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The new scaled-down younger brother to the best-selling Galaxy Tab 10.1, the Galaxy Tab 8.9, comes on like an iPad-challenger just like its older sibling. It's also been built with a certain eye toward business applications and being manageable in the workplace.
The Galaxy Tab 8.9 shaves a few inches off its larger brother, the 10.1.
Weighing just one pound and measuring 9.1 inches long by 6.2 wide by 0.34 inches thick, with an 8.9-inch WXGA (1280 pixels by 800 pixels) screen, this Android 3.0 Honeycomb-powered tablet offers a good compromise between portability and comfortable viewing. It's tidy: the only physical buttons on the unit are the power switch and the volume rocker, with all other controls are on-screen. My model came with Wi-Fi only (plus Bluetooth and GPS). An LTE-equipped edition is to be released at a later date.
At one pound, the Tab 8.9 doesn't weigh you down at all.
Flash is included--a major plus--which means all websites that need Flash work fine in the supplied browser. That said, Flash apps and video playback hesitated. Netflix in particular lagged a great deal. People looking for a razzle-dazzle multimedia machine will want to keep looking, unless Samsung offers a software update (none was available at press time) that addresses these issues. This doesn't feel like a 1GHz dual-core processor system with 1GB of RAM.
Samsung's biggest mistake with the device's design was to eschew a conventional USB connector for a proprietary one (the wide slit at bottom center in the above photo). You have to use Samsung's own proprietary cable to charge the tablet, or to connect it to a PC. (Even worse the device doesn't charge when connected to a PC. You can only charge it with the supplied AC adapter.) There isn't even an integrated SD card slot. The only way to read a media card is via a separately-sold reader that attaches to the charger/USB-connector port. (When plugged into a Windows PC, the tablet mounts as a media player, although it won't display its contents if it's locked with a password or PIN.)
With most Android devices that I've worked with, the single biggest battery drain is the display, and the Tab 8.9 is no exception there. But I was impressed overall with battery life, which held up quite well during regular use. Watching a Netflix movie drained the battery the fastest, but conventional browsing and tasks such as using email or Google Maps had little impact.
On-device encryption keeps corporate data safe from prying eyes.
The on-device encryption option for the Tab 8.9 isn't enabled out of the box. You have to set it up yourself, including choosing an unlock password. Fortunately, encryption took only a few minutes (although there was very little on the device at the time), and decrypting the system was just as fast. Using encryption on the device didn't result in any noticeable performance hit or battery drain, either.
Samsung's custom TouchWiz launcher doesn't take too much getting used to if you're already a 'Droid user.
Samsung implements its own custom launch interface called TouchWiz to keep everything organized. Most of the interface customization can be seen in a group of icons at the bottom left of the screen: a handy universal back button, homepage shortcut, a list of running apps, and a shortcut to a screenshot utility. Tapping the arrow at the bottom center gives you fast access to a task manager, calendar, and world clock, among other apps useful in all contexts. Unfortunately, the default app selection doesn't seem to be customizable.
The social hub displays your email and social networks in a single interface.
Apart from the usual roster of Google-specific apps, the Tab 8.9 also comes preloaded with a few Samsung apps called hubs. These hubs let you buy music, movies, and books, or organize your social media activity (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) in a single view. The social hub is where you can add both conventional POP email and Exchange ActiveSync email accounts, all of which can be read in a single combined inbox--and also where you can designate a default email address from which to send when responding to everything you get. I myself have several email accounts scattered here and there which all feed into Outlook in the same way, so this one-inbox system is helpful.
The issue with pro-level features such as encryption and Exchange integration is whether it's possible to administratively enforce the behavior of those features--Android devices have historically lagged in this area, forcing the device makers themselves to fill in the missing pieces. Samsung, fortunately, has done the needed legwork and has blessed the Galaxy Tab 8.9 with its mobile device management tools via the Samsung Approved For Enterprise (SAFE) program. If you're using Sybase Afaria, MobileIron VSP, or SOTI MobiControl to manage mobile devices in your company, you can use any of those products to manage the Galaxy Tab (and the Galaxy S as well).
In sum, the Tab 8.9 is only okay as a personal Android tablet--movies hesitate and the proprietary cable is annoying. But it has just enough enterprise-friendly features to make it a device IT won't mind seeing come to work with you.
According to Samsung the 16GB model of the Galaxy Tab 8.9 costs $469 and the 32GB model $569.
Based in Long Island, NY, Serdar is founding senior editor managing reviews at BYTE. He's a well-known tech reviewer in multiple media. Follow him on Twitter as @syegulalp and email him at [email protected].


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Center on Disability Studies receives $1.1 million grant to expand innovative programs for Native HawaiiansUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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HONOLULU — The Native Hawaiian education grant, "Hana Like: Hawaiian Youth Improve Education and Create Their Futures," developed by the UH Mānoa College of Education's Center on Disability Studies, was awarded $1.1 million over three years by the U.S. Department of Education.
Hana Like is one of nearly two dozen Native Hawaiian Education (NHE) programs on Oʻahu, Lanaʻi, Maui and the island of Hawaiʻi that have been selected to receive $11.6 million to develop, assist and expand innovative programs that provide supplemental services and address the educational needs of Native Hawaiian children and adults.
According to Principal Investigator JoAnn Yuen, Native Hawaiians are underrepresented in the teaching and computer/technology professions, and they are overrepresented in special education and in the justice system. Hana Like will implement programs in three school sites, including public schools, alternative programs, and after-school programs, to address these issues. Hawaiian youth across all levels of achievement will participate in activities that inspire teaching, interacting with children, learning about computers and preparing their futures.
"Hawaiian youth and children at risk will learn reading, writing, and math, and to enjoy learning," said Yuen. "Disproportionately large numbers of youth with disabilities are adjudicated, many of whom have low literacy skills and poor academic performance. Of those in detention, few successfully return to graduate from public school, and most are seriously compromised in transition to adulthood."
The three-year project will build on proven strategies in two areas—technology-based literacy learning, including math, for children and teens, and creative futures planning. These elements will be combined into novel packages, chosen by and designed for each site.
Hana Like will serve 3,000 participants, including 900 Hawaiians, as well as 360 students classified as having a disability, and an additional 180 at risk. Quantitative and qualitative data from assessment data, interviews with participants, family members, and personnel, and from direct observations, will be examined for explanations of process and outcomes. The program will be evaluated with both a Logic Model and Community Responsiveness, to enable continuous improvements and assure long-term benefits to Hawaiian education.
For more information, contact Dr. JoAnn Yuen, Center for Disability Studies, at 808-956-5462 or visit http://www.cds.hawaii.edu
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An Ode to the Fashion Scarf
It's every girl's friend.
One night, I was in the bar area of Al Biernat's, pretending to belong, when I saw that, at almost every table, there sat a woman wearing a scarf. Old women, young women, large, tiny. They sat there with a bundle of fabric scrunched under their necks, as though they had just ordered very fancy lobsters. These were not the wool scarves demanded by bitter winter blasts. In fact, the weather outside was damn near perfect. No, these scarves hung around their necks like puffy cotton necklaces. These were fashion scarves.
Like so much in our culture, the fashion scarf can be blamed on celebrity tabloids. Around 2008, it became a staple for Los Angeles starlets, who draped them over jeans and a tank top, part of the bohemian-princess uniform that still dominates our malls (giant sunglasses, maxi dresses scraping the ground). What female imitators may not appreciate about this look is that a) it's designed for Southern California weather, and b) it's a form of hiding. If you were stalked by paparazzi every time you scooped up dog poo, you would probably swaddle yourself in a bolt of cashmere, too.
The fashion scarf has become so popular that it has hatched subgenres: the double loop of the eternity scarf, which looks like you are carrying a baby in a sling and it just fell out; something called a snood (it goes over the head). Years after their debut, fashion scarves continue to get pumped out by Target, Gap, and Banana Republic, as well as kids' stores like Justice, and the look is a good fit for Dallas, with its mild fall and early spring. This is a town that doubles down on accessories. Dangly earrings, rings like Gobsmackers. Dallas women have never met an outfit they would not like to amplify.
And, so, Jessica in Frisco gets to feel like Jessica Alba or Jessica Biel or Jessica Simpson (a more famous Jessica). And Helen in Preston Hollow gets to feel like Helen Mirren. Because fashion scarves are an all-ages accessory, and you could argue that they're even more popular with the senior set. The older you get, the more you need to camouflage.
One Saturday afternoon, I dropped by Neiman Marcus to sample the finest in fashion scarves. A nice saleslady toured me through the fall collections: Alexander McQueen for $295; Gucci for $430; Etro, a luxury line from Milan, for $1,150. I placed a finger on my chin, to keep my jaw from hitting the floor. Don't get me wrong: that scarf was like gossamer. Wearing it was like being cloaked in whipped cream and the gentle caresses of Adam Driver. But my brain short circuits at the idea of dropping a thousand bucks for a giant cloth rectangle.
I drove out to Sam Moon, a store for people with my kind of bank account. The Dallas-based warehouse features bins of discount bedazzlement, handbags, and jewelry and accessories. There, I hit the jackpot, with rows of goodies between $3 and $11. I tried on a $7 scarf lined with black skulls, which I now recognize as an Alexander McQueen knock-off. I swaddled my chest in the thin, gauzy material, and, while I think I was supposed to feel like an actress flitting out to the Hollywood Hills Starbucks, I felt more like a nurse dressing a neck wound. It's awkward to be a grown woman, confronted with your own inability to drape properly.
Bunchy scarves are not my jam. Still, I do get their appeal. It's gratifying to punch up a dumb old outfit with a streak of personality. And they fall into that deeply satisfying bucket of fashion that fits every figure. No one ever had to diet her way into a fashion scarf. No one ever needed bigger boobs or longer legs, because a scarf works with whatever you got. Indeed, this is their true miracle: they make a small girl feel embellished and a bigger girl feel covered. An older woman feels younger. A younger girl feels older.
There's a reason scarves have been popular in multiple decades. Me, I prefer the cute neckerchiefs of the '50s. Or the '60s silk scarf that you can wear over your hair with cat's-eye glasses, like you're in a Hitchcock movie. Most women have a movie-star fantasy self. Mine just happens to be from an earlier era. Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn. The cool thing about scarves is that they contain many dream lives. Wrap yourself up in a delusion, and go to town.


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Berkeley's Hippie Gypsy dinner (1797 Shattuck Avenue) recently celebrated a birthday. Now, if your café is called "hippie gypsy," what better way to spread the word than by staging a chalk-in on the sidewalk!
(No, the restaurant does not serve mashed-potatoes-and-groovy.)
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When it comes to political conspiracies, there's no better place to "walk the talk" than a public sidewalk.
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At the Berkeley Marina, I came across this message chalked onto a paved walkway curving over the low hills.
After puzzling over the sight, I imagined the following scenario:
A young man, smitten by a special lady, invites her to join him for a stroll down by the Bay where he draws her attention to the clouds, the birds, and the view of the Golden Gate as he leads her to this spot. And then he stops, directs her gaze downward and says: "By the way, sweetchops, I worship the ground you walk on."
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"Scream" is heading back to the big screen, and it's going old school.
Not only has Dimension Films brought on Wes Craven to direct "Scream 4." But the iconic stars Neve Campbell, David Arquette and Courteney Cox Arquette are all signed on to reprise their roles in the original.
Original screenwriter Kevin Williamson has also been drafted back to work to make it all work for a new generation of horror fans.
For those who only know Courteney Cox Arquette as the hottie from "Cougar-Town," there will be a host of youngsters on board as well.
Craven said in a release: "I can't wait to find the talent that will bring new blood to the screen as well." Surely some of this blood will be spilled by movie's end. Craven promised plenty of "hair-raising scares" in the new flick, but was not specific on plot lines.
The movie is slated to open on tax day -- April 15, 2011.
The "Scream" franchise has featured a virtual Who's Who of 1990s stars and grossed more than $500 million at the worldwide box office. But after 2000's "Scream 3," the franchise has been deadly silent. Never turn your back on a nearly dead horror franchise however. They always rise back up.
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Last of five Wine & Dine for the Arts giveaways. The contest closes at 5 p.m. Monday (1/14).
Today's Table Hopping giveaway is a pair of tickets to the closing reception and gala dinner for Wine & Dine for the Arts, scheduled to start at 6 p.m. Saturday (1/19) at the Hotel Albany. The giveaway represents a $300 value, and tickets are otherwise unavailable, as the gala is sold out. Ten of the Capital Region's top chefs are collaborating on the event (menu here), which will also feature live and silent auctions (items after the jump).
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Question: Looking over the list of auction items, which would you compete for if your tickets also came with cash to use for bidding?
The entire festival was sold out before it started last year. See the schedule and buy tickets here.
In all, more than 70 Capital Region chefs will participate in some part of Wine & Dine for the Arts, which in its first three years has raised more than $168,000. The goal this year is $100,000.
Live auction items (descriptions by festival organizers):
- MICHELE DIAMOND LILOU WATCH: Eighty hand-set diamonds adorn the distinctively bold case of the Michele Lilou Diamond Watch. Stylized numbers and the signature MICHELE logo grace the mother of pearl dial. The stainless steel bracelet is interchangeable with any 16mm Michele strap. Donated by: Frank Adams Jewelers. Value: $1750.
- WINE & SPIRITS COLLECTION: An extensive collection of wines & liquors that have been selected to make a complete starter collection and bar. There are many premium & super premium bottles included in this package. Perfect for the person that entertains!
Donated by: Empire Merchants North. Value: $3,500.
- SUVIR SARAN DINNER FOR 8 AT MASALA FARM: How would you like to have dinner prepared by the "Breakout Star of Bravo's Top Chef Masters"? Our Festival Honorary Chef Suvir Saran is that very chef! He has generously donated a 4 course dinner , plus dessert and wine for 8 people at his beautiful American Masala Farm in Washington County! This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to have dinner prepared by one of the world's great chefs and it will be auctioned off live at our Grand Gala dinner! Donated by: Suvir Saran. Value: Priceless.
- SICILY ON THE SEA: A week for two in the magnificent beachside town of Marina di Ragusa including roundtrip airfare from JFK to Palermo, accommodations in a beachfront apartment, relaxing massage upon arrival, and Italian cooking & language classes. Also receive a copy of your hostess, Sally Veillette's new book, "Sicilian Roots" and let her help you to plan your Sicilian Adventure. Donated by: Sally Veillette. Airfare donated by: Empire Travel Services. Value: $5,000.
- WINE & DINE FOR THE ARTS CULINARY MASTERPIECE DINNER FOR 20: 5 of Albany's Signature Chefs (to be announced at the auction) will be combining talents to WOW your guests with this priceless dining experience. The 5 course custom menu will be expertly paired with wine & spirits by Sommelier Dominick Purnomo. Dinner, to be staged on a mutually agreeable date, at Yono's. Donated by: Festival Board, Signature Chefs & Empire Merchants North. Value: Priceless.
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- "Baby Block" Sculpture by Peter Leue: #2 in his "Quilt Series" made from curly maple, Madagascar Ebony and African Lacewood connected by stainless steel rings and suspended to a stainless steel hoop. Donated by: Albany Barn.
- Original Oil painting by Leigh Wen: Noted artist, Leigh Wen has exhibited nationally and internationally since the early 1980s. In 1980, she was awarded Outstanding Merit in the Young Artists in Asia Now competition in Hong Kong. Her work has been featured in many national and international highly competitive jury shows, chosen from thousands of submissions. Donated by: Albany Center Gallery.
- Albany Institute of History and Art Exclusive Behind the Scenes Tour with Chief Curator for you and 5 guests. Get up close and personal with fine and decorative collections spanning the !yth Century to the Present. The adult version of Night at the Museum! Donated by: Albany Institute of History & Art.
- Albany Pro Musica Private Event: "Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent". ~Victor Hugo On a mutually agreed upon date, gifted performers (between 15-20 singers) from Albany Pro Musica, lead by Artistic Director David Janower, will perform at your event or private party. Donated by: Albany Pro Musica.
- Subscriptions to the Albany Symphony Orchestra: Enjoy 2 subscriptions to Albany Symphony Orchestra's 2013-2014 Season This package also includes a signed CD by internationally-acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma! A full season of the finest symphony music from some of the best seats in the house. Highlights include Ravel's Bolero, Beethoven's 3rd Symphony, and Brahms' 1st Symphony and more! Donated by Albany Symphony Orchestra.
- CINDERELLA on Broadway with Roundtrip Train Tickets: Rodgers and Hammerstein's CINDERELLA is coming to Broadway for the first time ever! Includes your choice of performance date from a wide selection beginning January 28th through February 28, 2013. Two show tickets as well as 2 vouchers for Amtrak round trip to NYC. Donated by Capital Repertory Theatre.
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The apostle Paul practiced a number of strategies to communicate the gospel, willingly becoming all things to all men so that he might win some to Christ. Like Paul, Graham Johnston, who pastors and lectures on homiletics in Australia, does not compromise the biblical message, but he does adapt the style of his preaching to his audience. His book is a call to preachers who address listeners caught up in the cultural shift going on around them. He urges preachers to move beyond talking to themselves in traditional Christian words or images in order to communicate with clarity and relevance to the postmodern world.
Johnston's writing flows easily, with interesting illustrations and extensive documentation in endnotes. For those not acquainted with the postmodern shift and worldview, the first two chapters furnish an excellent entry-level overview. For those aware of the trend, the review will prove beneficial. Preachers must "reach the listener, a fellow human being, with the message of Christ, and at the same time uphold the Word of God, faithfully and with integrity" (pp. 18–19) Readers will sense the author's passion for the lost from the introduction through the conclusion. A carefully limited bibliography provides suggestions for further study.
Chapters 3–7 identify the strategies preachers need to communicate the truth of Scripture successfully to distracted and uninterested audiences. Preachers should not expect to connect without first understanding who their listeners are and how they think and choose. Preachers will also be challenged to make the effort and take the risk necessary to reach out to a different kind of churchgoer. At the same time they must not surrender their expositional method by preaching culture rather than the message of the Bible. "Twenty-first-century listeners may prefer idols but they lack a God large enough to sustain their lives in complicated times" (p. 145).
Preaching magazine honored Preaching to a Postmodern World as "Book of the Year 2001." Unquestionably this text is for preachers, not scholars of postmodernity. The goal is not to critique the culture as much as to engage it. While Johnston's ideas are not new, they do bear repeating. Here is lucid, time-tested, God-honored rhetoric; communication that seeks to persuade men and women, to win them to the Savior.
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JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri lawmakers are pressing to renew a program that provides Medicaid coverage to disabled workers who otherwise would earn too much to qualify for government-funded health care.
The Ticket to Work program covers more than 1,300 Missouri residents but is due to expire this August. Legislation endorsed Monday by a Senate committee would renew the program through August 2019.
The program covers disabled workers with incomes up to three times the federal poverty level, or more than $34,000 for an individual. It requires them to pay a premium on a sliding scale that tops out at 6 percent of their income.
To go to the governor, the bill still must be passed in the same form by the Senate and House before the session ends Friday.


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...down those mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid …He must be a complete man and a common man and yet an unusual man. He must be, to use a rather weathered phrase, a man of honor - by instinct, by inevitability, without thought of it, and certainly without saying it. He must be the best man in his world and a good enough man for any world. I do not care much about his private life; he is neither eunuch nor a satyr; I think he might seduce a dutchess and I am quite sure he would not spoil a virgin; if he is a man of honor in one thing, he is that in all things.
He is a common man or he could not go among common people; he has a sense of character, or he would not know his job. He will take no man's money dishonestly and no man's insolence without a due and dispassionate revenge; he is a lonely man and his pride is that you will treat him as a proud man or be very sorry you ever saw him. He talks as the man of his age talks - that is, with rude wit, a lively sense of the grotesque, a disgust for sham, and a contempt for pettiness.
The story is this man's adventure in search of a hidden truth, and it would be no adventure if it did not happen to a man fit for adventure. He has a range of awareness that startles you, but it belongs to him by right, because it belongs to the world he lives in. If there were enough like him, the world would be a safe place to live in, without becoming too dull to be worth living in. Such is my faith.
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Mr. Gray currently appears at ten, or twelve different WCAB jurisdictions, including Fresno, Bakersfield, Stockton, Salinas, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Long Beach, Van Nuys, San Jose, and Sacramento. Interestingly, he also conducted a two-day trial in Bishop (an adjunct of the San Bernardino court! He knows the judges at most of these courts quite well, because of so many appearances over the years.
The Gray Law Firm provides experienced, legal representation for Applicants who have been injured in the work place. We will represent you for all aspects of your workers' comp. claim, including filing all your legal paper work, dealing with insurance companies, claims examiners (and their attorneys) doctors, chiropractors, physical therapists, and other health care providers. We are a full service Applicant's law firm.Fresno Attorneys
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In Nom De Plume, Carmela Ciuraru provides snapshot biographies of sixteen of the world's most famous authors who have written under a pseudonym. Each chapter is devoted to an individual author, discussing his/her childhood, writing career, and death. The author does a fantastic job of focusing on why and how the writer chose their pseudonym. Whether it was for a fresh start, to avoid sexist publishers, or to find a different muse for each new work.
I want to be a biographer reader, I really do. I just don't have the attention span for most biographies, as they focus on a ridiculous amount of energy on the trivial and mundane aspects of the subject. What I like about Ciuraru's book is that she provides biographies on some of my favorite authors, but summarizes the details in a way that leaves me feeling sated. I don't want or need to know more, and it's certainly not less than what I need to understand the author at hand.
Ciuraru's writing style is very easy-going and chatty. I liked how she approached each subject and didn't hold back on their accomplishments and disappointments. By the end of the book, I probably added 10 titles to my "to be read" list from the new authors she introduced me to. The biggest chunks of each chapter are devoted to the author's choice of pseudonym, and public reaction to the author's works. I found out a lot of details about the lives and personalities of Mark Twain, the Bronte sisters and Lewis Carroll that were completely new to me.
I'd split my knowledge of the selected authors into three categories:
- Know the name and read at least one of their books
- Know the name, have not read their books
- Don't know the name, hence never read their books.
I found a large portion of the authors discussed to be French or from France, or French influenced in one way or another. I'm not complaining about that aspect, it fits my reading taste just fine. I just found it odd that there wasn't more variety of authors from different regions. In its entirety, the authors were all European or American.
One complaint I have, and this is more editorial than content, is that there was no consistency in the 2 font styles used for the chapter headings. The two fonts represent the author's real name and their pseudonym. There was no consistency with which font stood for which name. It wasn't confusing, just annoying. It's such a small detail to overlook in the final editing process of the book.
I think this book is great for English majors in college. Ciuraru provides interesting insight not only into the author's lives but also their works and the contextual relevance, shock-factor and social issues that accompanied the author in their heyday.


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The Friday after Thanksgiving is always an important day in the retail world. But this year it takes on added significance and retailers are feeling the heat, especially given the relative late "Black Friday" and persistent doubts about the economy's strength this holiday season.
The Friday after Thanksgiving is always an important day in the retail industry. But this year it takes on added significance, and retailers are feeling the heat. The sluggish economy has everyone on edge. And what makes this long post-holiday weekend especially significant is its timing, because retailers lose a weekend between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
"You're compressing sales into a shorter period," said Jon Hurst, president of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts.
Despite all the attention it gets, the Friday after Thanksgiving, known as "Black Friday," isn't typically the year's busiest shopping day, Hurst noted. It usually ranks fifth or sixth, behind the weekend days preceding Christmas.
A lot more is on the line this year, and a relatively strong or weak sales day could speak volumes as to how the holiday season will turn out. With only four weekends between Thanksgiving and Christmas, merchants will be under more pressure this weekend to ring up as many items as possible.
The shortened Thanksgiving-Christmas stretch exacerbates an already tough situation for the retail industry, with the weak economy inducing many consumers to scale back their spending plans. The state's retailers anticipate that sales at stores open at least a year will drop by an average of 1 percent from the November-December time period last year.
"It's not going to be an easy holiday season," Hurst said. "The retailers are just trying to get through it and trying to tread water."WHY 'BLACK FRIDAY'?
"Black Friday" gets its name because, given the high volume of sales, it was often the day when retailers went from being unprofitable – in the red – to becoming profitable – in the black – for the year.
Hurst said many retailers in the state saw disappointing sales in September and October, but the industry also has ticked up a bit since early November.
"It started getting a little more positive once we got past the election," Hurst said. "Shoppers are back out now, and they are spending. ... We'll see if that momentum continues through Black Friday and this weekend."
That shift leaves him hopeful that some local retail companies will report sales at least as strong as what they saw in last year's holiday season. However, Hurst anticipates that retailers' profits may suffer because many stores are offering deeper discounts this year, hoping to attract price-conscious shoppers.
Black Friday is also important to retailers because the sales that day provide an important barometer of consumer attitudes.
"It gives you an idea of what's going to be hot, what promotions are moving the consumer and what you need to do to compete with the guy across the street," Hurst said.
It goes by a sinister name, "Black Friday," but for retailers it often is a great source of success.
Still, store owners and operators are on edge this holiday season, hoping to survive – if not thrive – in today's tough economy.
So, just how big is "Black Friday," which occurs the day after Thanksgiving every year? While it's often not the biggest shopping day of the year – Americans love to procrastinate, so the Saturday before Christmas attracts throngs to garner that honor – here are some numbers to help you put the retail holiday in perspective.14.5 million: Google hits in a search for "Black Friday" $347: average amount spent by shoppers during the three-day post-Thanksgiving weekend in 2007 2.2: percent increase in holiday season spending, predicted by the National Retail Federation $470.4 billion: National Retail Federation's holiday shopping season sales prediction for 2008 14: percentage of "Black Friday" shoppers who showed up at stores before 4 a.m. in 2007
Sources: National Retail Federation, International Council of Shopping Centers
Credit, and to a lesser extent, gift cards, are as much part of the holidays as Santa Claus, malls and mistletoe. A sampling of key figures on the credit and gift card fronts:
Sources: Creditcards.com, National Retail Federation, International Council of Shopping Centers


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Founded in NYC back in 2010, Social Report was built on the idea that managing your social media should be both easy, organized and time-saving--without costing you an arm and a leg. Whether you are a small business just getting started, an agency managing a nicely-sized client portfolio, or a large enterprise looking to manage their social media on a reliable software, Social Report is proud to provide every social media management feature you could possibly need on a day-to-day basis, all on one, beautifully organized and incredibly powerful platform.
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American Graffiti
Considered by some to be an interesting historical footnote as the film uber-nerd George Lucas directed before he became a zillionaire with Star Wars, American Graffiti is actually much more. Besides helping to usher in a nostalgia wave during the '70s for a more innocent time before the Vietnam War and playing like catnip for classic car geeks, American Graffiti is a perfect ensemble comedy with a then cutting-edge use of wall-to-wall classic Rock & Roll songs on the soundtrack and a wonderful piece of Americana. It's Lucas's homage to those years in Modesto, California when kids drank milk shakes at Mel's Drive-In and then cruised up and down the boulevard all night with their radios blasting, looking for kicks. The film is set in 1962. JFK was still alive, most Americans couldn't yet point out Vietnam on a map, the Beatles hadn't even touched down yet, and the baby boomer youth culture was beginning to dominate but still looked a lot like leftover 1950s innocents.
In a now classic coming of age set-up, American Graffiti takes place one August night after high school graduation. With the summer coming to an end, four buds (and the women around them) face the dilemma of impending adulthood about to overtake them. The clean cut Steve (Ron Howard) is excited to be heading off to college but has to figure out how to break it off with his longtime girlfriend, Laurie (Cindy Williams of future Laverne & Shirley fame). The much more thoughtful Curt (Richard Dreyfuss, in a role that would jump start his career before Jaws would make him a superstar a few years later) isn't so sure about leaving for college out East the next day and goes on a search for some kind of meaning to his life and for the beautiful blond (Suzanne Somers) he spotted cruising around in a T-Bird. Instead he ends up taking part in antics with a gang of Greasers known as The Pharaohs (lead by the hilarious Bo Hopkins). Steve leaves his beloved Chevy Impala in the hands of his nerdy pal Terry "The Toad" (Charles Martin Smith who would go on to play a similar bumbler in The Untouchables). Now sporting a bitchin' set of wheels, Terry spends the evening wooing a much more experienced woman, Debbie, played wonderfully by Candy Clark who scored an Oscar nomination for the performance and went on to appear in The Man Who Fell to Earth. The fourth strand of the story follows the more blue-collar, street racing cool kid, John Milner (Paul Le Mat, an actor who had the charisma and looks to hit the big time, but unlike many of his costars, his career never really took off other than playing the lead in Jonathan Demme's acclaimed flick Melvin and Howard). He is being pursued for a drag race by a new guy in town, Bob Falfa (a cowboy hatted Harrison Ford), but his nightly fun is interrupted when he gets stuck with an annoying "tweener" Carol (Mackenzie Phillips), the two start off at odds but end up with a sweet brother/sister like relationship. A final "where are they now" epilogue scroll tells us what happened to the guys, bringing the film even more powerful pathos.Continue Reading


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HyeDeal.com necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 25 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
HyeDeal.com is a daily deal site (concept similar to Living Social and Groupon) catering to Armenians in the Southern California region (Glendale, Burbank, Pasadena, Hollywood, the Valley).
This venture was created to inject new life to our local Armenian Communities. With the current state of the economy, the group buying business model will help spread word of QUALITY, HONEST and GOOD Armenians out there that have Businesses in our local communities. By providing daily deals to these businesses on our website, HyeDeal.com will allow for Exposure, NEW CUSTOMERS, FEEDBACK and added SALES that so many of our community businesses need.
HyeDeal.com also believes in helping each other through Unity, Community and Charity. HYEDEAL.com promises to donate a certain amount of our proceeds to Armenian charities and organizations in Armenia and locally here in the United States. So not only will our site's visitors get fantastic deals and help local businesses, but they'll also be contributing to charities across the world!
Primarily the Armenian community in the Southern California region. The age demographic can be anywhere from 16-50.
We are looking for a tri-fold (8.5 x 11) brochure template that can be handed out to merchants as well as curious future website visitors. Also, it is worth to note that the colors Red, Blue and Orange are symbolic of the Armenian culture.
The content of the brochure is attached as well as a logo that we have. PLEASE keep in mind that the logo DOES NOT have to be used. If you feel more comfortable changing the logo and using "fancy text" we are open minded to that idea.
The brochure needs to integrate the websites main idea which is a daily deal site. However, we'd also like this brochure to wow the reader in regards to how it will help Armenian businesses, Armenian consumers and Armenian people in general.
We haven't include any pictures on purpose as we are hoping the design of this brochure will be based on shapes and vectors so that the message is clear and the reader is not distracted by unnecessary fluff.
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Normally, I'd call this an insane idea that'll never happen, but apparently it's going to: China is building gigantic buses that ride over traffic rather than with it, allowing it to skip gridlock entirely. Ho-kay.
Sure, wacky renderings of fantastical objects are nothing new, but apparently Shenzhen Huashi Future Parking Equipment is actually breaking ground on special tracks for these crazy things in Beigin's Mentougou district by the end of the year.
I mean, it makes sense, I guess. It just seems so...crazy. Godspeed, insane Chinese rail buses. [China Hush via Engadget]


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Youth Service at Community College Dunedin provides two services to youth in the
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Community Colleges NZ have been contracted to provide a new free "Youth Service"
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The aim of the service is to get young people into education, training or work-based learning.
If you are 16-19 years old and not in education, training or work, Youth Service can probably
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Check out the Youth Service website for more info. Our Youth Advisors will talk through your
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AXIS T94X01A Wall Mount
The product is available in selected markets only. Please check with your local distributor.
- Indoor and outdoor use - wall installation
- Protection against water and dust
- Compatible with AXIS T92F10 Outdoor Housing
- Easy to install
The affordable AXIS T94X01A Wall Mount is compatible with AXIS T92F10 Outdoor Housing. It is made of powder-coated aluminum.
The cables can be routed not only from the main back hole, but also from each side or the top of the mount.
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Warlords of Draenor Secondary Stat Changes
Easily among the aspects of Warlords of Draenor that I'm most excited about are the changes to stats. Not the item squish, mind you, that I still have some reservations about, but the secondary and new minor stats. As you're likely … Continue reading


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During a key scene in the play "Venus in Fur" the lead actress lights up a Marlboro from her purse and takes a drag, tilting her head backward while exhaling a long stream of smoke.
Vanda smokes for only about a minute before dropping the cigarette into her coffee mug, but it's a pivotal moment that begins the character's transformation into an assertive woman. And some theater employees say it wouldn't feel nearly as raw if the actress couldn't smoke an actual cigarette on stage.
"If you're going to be authentic to that aspect of a play, it's essential," said Bain Boehlke, artistic director at St. Paul's The Jungle Theater, where "Venus in Fur" currently is playing. "Just the smell of the cigarette smoke is part of the world of the play."
Those moments of authenticity could become harder to pull off in Minnesota if lawmakers amend the state's smoking ban to eliminate an exemption for theatrical productions. Now that alternatives exist, a state senator says there's no reason actors should subject the audience to tobacco fumes or glorify smoking on stage, and she has introduced a bill that would ban the practice.
"It's so much easier to use e-cigarettes or to use something else that doesn't have all the carcinogens in it," said Barb Goodwin, a Columbia Heights Democrat.
Minnesota is one of 11 states, plus Washington, D.C., in which smoking bans don't apply to actors lighting up on stage.
Goodwin said she proposed her bill on behalf of a constituent, a frequent theatergoer with a severe allergy to cigarette smoke. The senator also worries that actors smoking onstage glamorizes tobacco for children.
Her constituent, Joan Gilmore, said cigarette smoke makes her throat tighten and her head pound. Gilmore, a 53-year-old sailing instructor from Fridley, said she has had to leave three plays early and skipped others after learning that actors would smoke onstage. She doesn't see why it's a big deal for actors to use pretend cigarettes.
"Theater is all about illusion," Gilmore said.
But Boehlke and other directors worry that the "clink" of an electronic cigarette on an ashtray or the smell of burning herbs will pull the audience out of the action of the play.
The Minnesota Opera already chooses not to use tobacco cigarettes, in part because it's bad for a singer's voice.
Actors at the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis' drama kingpin, rarely light up real cigarettes. An actor smoked an electronic cigar in the recent performance of "Long Day's Journey into Night."
But theater spokesman Quinton Skinner said the Guthrie wants to keep tobacco cigarettes an option, especially for plays set in a time when smoking "was part of a fabric of society."
"In order to realistically depict that, you need to have some onstage smoking," Skinner said.
Minnesota's exemption dates to 2007, when a group of theaters asked lawmakers for a pass as they put the final touches on the statewide smoking ban. Larry Redmond, a lobbyist for Minnesotan Citizens for the Arts who led that push, said his organization will fight against any change. He called it a matter of artistic freedom.
Goodwin rejects that.
"What's going to happen if they don't smoke in that production? Really, how is that going to have a good bearing on the way people feel about the play?" she asked incredulously.
Goodwin said she's open to allowing actors to smoke herbal cigarettes, but some directors aren't sold.
Joel Sass, who directed "Venus in Fur" at the Jungle, said most actors and audiences have hated the herbal alternatives when he has seen them used.
He doesn't believe the real thing must always be used but said it's important to have the option.
"We can't go in and cross out every stage direction in a Tennessee Williams play with smoking just because we have a moral objection to it now," Sass said. "It's about those people in that time."


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Quickie Questions - Humans - Technology
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|why solar cell produce dc supply not ac supply.
|The basic principle is that when a photon is absorbed, its energy is given to an electron in the crystal of which the cell is made of. The "hole" left by the electron is occupied by another electron, which now leaves a new hole behind, and so on. This is basically, a direct current being generated. (The whole explanation requieres a lot more space. See, for example, this article for more details.
|May 19, 2009
|Daniel (Delaware)
|why can we not create a zero gravity bubble around a large object the could propel it into space.?
|because there is no such technology (yet?).
|May 19, 2009
|Clinton (South Africa)
|Name the different energy wave lenghts used to vorm a picture of the cosmos.
|Different wavelenghts are used to see the sun, planets and the universe in general. The visible light is just a fraction of the electromagnetic spectrum. For example, the Hubble Space Telescope can observe in visible, infrared and ultraviolet light. Radio waves and infrared radiation are of longer wavelengths (beyond red), while ultraviolet is of shorter wavelenght (beyond violet). When we observe our galaxy under the different wavelenghts, different informations are obtained. for example, gamma ray observations of our galaxy reveal cosmic rays colliding with hot gas, when observed in X-rays galactic 'hot spots' are revealed, under infrared clouds of dust appear, and radio waves come from the centre of the galaxy.
|April 21, 2009
|khawla (saudi arabi)
|how the junk is being tracked?
and what is your suggested ways of cleaning it up?
|If you are asking about the space junk around our planet, there are two main institutions tracking them: The U.S. Space Command, a military agency, catalogues and tracks debris larger than 10 centimeter while NASA's Orbital Debris Program Office uses data collected by radar telescopes and other observatories to detect debris from 10 centimeters (4 inches) down to the size of a pinhead.
|February 19, 2009
|kylie (mansfield)
|what is a optical telescope and what does it do
|An optical telescope is an instrument used to gather and focus light from the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.- There are two types of optical telescopes: Reflecting and Refracting. This page describes both types, and includes diagrams.
|August 24, 2008
|mark (australia)
|If i'm in a jet flying south to north for two hrs and in that two hrs the earth has rotated 3200kms how then does the jet fly a direct course and not have to fly in a huge arc
|By keeping the same height above the Earth surface, the jet is indeed flying in a huge arc!
|August 14, 2008
|vishal (india)
|"If i want to trasmite signle through parabolic antenna with satelite,it is necessory to rotate our antenna with time changing?
|It depends on what kind of satellite you are trying to communicate with. If it is a satellite with a geosyncronic orbit, the antenna would be in a fixed position, but if the satellite changes position respect to Earth, the antenna will have to be moved.
|March 27, 2008
|enzo (ontario canada)
|how does a gps map system work?
|The satellites from the GPS constellation are continuously transmitting their coordinates along a very exact time reference (using atomic clocks). The GPS receivers receive the signals from all satellites in view and, processing the small time difference between each signal, are able to determine the position where they are at. MOre information can be found here.
|February 28, 2008
|Miami (310 10th Ave. South)
|What type of rockets do the space shuttle use?
|The Boeing Company's Delta 4 and Lockheed Martin Corporation's Atlas 5 are two powerful new expendable space rockets introduced in the United States in 2002. This page describes them.
|February 7, 2008
|t-man (New York/United States Of America)
|Where is the Mauna Kea Space Center located?
|Mauna Keas Onizuka Center for International Astronomy (named Onizuke after the Hawaiian astronaut who perished in the Challenger tragedy) sits atop Hawaiis tallest peak, Mauna Kea (white mountain") at 13,800 feet.
|February 7, 2008
|Sophie (UK Lincoln)
|What is the Chandra X ray observatory?
|The Chandra X-ray Observatory is a satellite launched by NASA on July 1999. Because X-ray photons would be absorbed by normal mirror surfaces, X-ray telescopes use mirrors with a low grazing angle to reflect them. Chandra uses four pairs of nested iridium mirrors, together with their support structure, called the High Resolution Mirror Assembly (HRMA).
|January 31, 2008
|Luís (Portugal)
|Do diesel engines have explosions inside the cylinders?
I can find in books 2 answers for this question:
No! Inside a diesel engine there is combustion and no explosion.
Yes! Explosions take place inside a diesel engine, although slower then gasoline engines.
Please I would like to have some help to prove to my colleges (teachers) that in fact diesel engine have explosion inside their cylinders.
|Both diesel engines and gasoline engines covert fuel into energy through a series of small explosions (combustions). There are differences between them: Gasoline Engine: fuel is mixed with air, compressed by pistons and ignited by sparks from spark plugs. Diesel Engine, air is compressed first, and then the fuel is injected. Because air heats up when it's compressed, the fuel ignites.
|July 20, 2007
|Name the equipment that keeps a track of aircraft and missiles in the air using radio waves
|The radars are also used to track the weather, animal migrations, etc.
|January 3, 2007
|Michael (Wisconsin/USA)
|what are carbon nanotubes and what holds them together?
|Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are allotropes (different molecular configurations) of carbon. They take the form of cylindrical carbon molecules and have novel properties that make them potentially useful in a wide variety of applications in nanotechnology, electronics, optics and other fields of materials science. For a comprehensive discussion please visit the Wikipedia page Carbon Nanotubes.
|March 17, 2003
|If I wanted to make a telescope that could see far away how would I go about doing that?
|You can make a simple telescope out of lenses and a cardboard tube! Just follow the directions on the Lightwave website. Or, order a kit from Newport Glass Works to help you make your own telescope.
|November 22, 2002
|Angie (California, USA)
|What is the difference between chart and a graph?
|The words 'chart' and 'graph' are often used to mean the same thing. They refer to a visual aid that is used to illustrate measurements. For instance, a pie chart, which represents the percentages of a whole, can also be called a pie graph.
|September 23, 2002
|Michael (Ohio, USA)
|I have a really good invention, but I do not know where to go to make it?
|You might try talking to your science teacher or your parents. If it really is a good invention, they would probably be able to point you in the right direction.
|September 12, 2002
|Brad (Alaska, USA)
|Why does it cost so much to patent your ideas? And I would also like to know where I would go to find money to do scientific research if at all possible.
|The patent process takes a lot of money because it actually takes a lot of work. To file a patent you need to do a lot of research, then write an application that describes your invention and what you think is unique about it. This usually requires legal help. Once you file a patent, it goes to the patent office, and there examiners check to see how your invention fits in with everything else in their records. Once they're satisfied that your invention is really unique (they also check other things), they can issue the patent. Overall, the process is slow and expensive, but worth it if your invention is really unique!
As for getting money for research, there are a lot of private and government-funded agencies that provide money for research. The application process is actually a lot like applying for a patent, because you have to write a long research proposal that describes what research you will be doing and why it is important. This process is not easy to do, so only the best scientists get money to start new projects.
If you are interested in trying research, I encourage you to contact the colleges and universities around you. Many schools have opportunities for students to do research in all sorts of different fields, and this is the best way to decide if you like it and to get to know the people who can help you take the next step in a research career.
|November 30, 2000
|Kearrie (New York, USA)
|What has NASA done for humanity?
|NASA actually sent out an email earlier in October answering just that. Take a look!
|September 6, 2000
|Where do I get plans to build my own telescope?
|To build your own telescope, you should definitely check out the ATM web site...that's the Amateur Telescope Making web site. Good Luck!
|July 12, 2000
|Fran (Arizona, USA )
|How would you define a planetarium?
|A planetarium is any building that has a dome and a projector system which can produce an impression of the stars of the night sky. Planetariums are used for education and entertainment. And sometimes they offer star gazers refuge from the cold or the mosquitos!
|June 29, 2000
|Sidney (Washington, USA )
|If a meteor is the size of a grain of sand, how can they do damage to satellites?
|Man-made debris orbits at a speed of roughly 17,500 miles/hour! A small speck of paint or a tiny meteor could do a lot of damage to a spacecraft if it hit at such a high speed!
|June 19, 2000
|Susannah (California, USA )
|What is the future of the Hubble(What Do you think?)?
The Hubble has been going strong since 1990, and will continue to help scientists for many more years. Another telescope will take its place in the years to come.
|June 2, 2000
|Steve (England)
|Does any one know a good site for setting up a reflecting telescope ?
|This site is a great reference for telescopes.
|May 30, 2000
|Stephanie (Indiana, USA)
|I am getting a telescope soon. What are some stars or planets I could look at?
First of all, make sure you get a good look at the Moon. A telescope can provide a great view of our celestial neighbor!
Also look for Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. They should all stick out in the night sky.
|May 17, 2000
|Carlene (Canada)
|What is hydro-electricity and how does it operate?
|Hydro-electricity is electricity produced by water! Power plants use the energy produced from flowing water.
Sometimes dams are set up along rivers. The water flows through the dam and pushed on a large turbine, which spins on a generator and makes electricity!
|February 5, 2000
|Carl (Texas, USA)
|Why can't balloons travel in space?
|One of the major constraints on sending balloons to space is the amount of time a balloon can stay aloft. However, NASA has been working on this, and is working on an Ultra Long Duration Balloon which will be able to remain in the upper atmosphere for up to 100 days.
|January 25, 2000
|Nicole (Arizona, USA)
|In year 2025 what would be most high tech space craft?
|It's hard to say exactly what will be the most advanced spacecraft 25 years from now, simply because out technology is changing so quickly.
However, in the near future space shuttles will be obsolete, thanks to a new spacecraft NASA has been working on. The VentureStar will be a reusable spacecraft that costs much less than the current space shuttles.
Read more about the VentureStar and it's prototype, the X-33, here.
|July 12, 1999
|Annabelle (Ghana)
|What is the fastest spaceship and its speed?
|The fastest space craft in operation is the Ulysses mission to study the poles of the Sun. It travels at up to 11.3 km/s, which is 40680 km/hr. To put that in perspective, its over one-hundred football fields endzone to endzone per second! The Galileo probe was traveling at 47 km/s when it plunged into Jupiter's atmosphere, but it was destroyed shortly after entering the atmosphere.
|June 30, 1999
|Josh (Minnesota)
|How long would it take to get to Grandma and Grandpa's house (Minneapolis to Tucson) aboard the space shuttle?
|Good question! I guess it depends if you are going to use highways, or just go straight there (avoiding construction delays). The distance between the two cities is about 1,800 miles by highway, and 1,300 miles as the crow flies (in a straight line). The shuttle has an orbital speed of about 17,500 mi/hr - so it would take about six minutes and six seconds with highways, and a little less than four and a half minutes if you go in a straight line. Barely enough time to even fall asleep in the back seat!
|June 7, 1999
|Nichole (Idaho)
|Will the Y2K computer bug have any effect on the NASA's Cassini mission to Saturn?
|NASA is very carefully checking all their computers, hardware and software, to be absolutely sure nothing will go wrong as the new year begins.
|May 24, 1999
|Nicholas (United Kingdom)
|What are the uses of resonance in modern day life ? What is Nuclear Magnetic Resonance?
|Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an imaging technique used primarily in medical settings to produce high quality images of the inside of the human body.MRI is a painless technology used to view inside the body without using X-rays. It can produce two- or three-dimensional images using a large magnet, radiowaves, and a computer. The magnetic fields MRI uses are not known to be harmful and are painless. You can learn more about MRI at this site.
|May 21, 1999
|Jordan (Ontario, Canada)
|How does a machine gun keep firing when you only press the trigger to fire once? How does this work?
|Machine guns are really clever. The original single-barreled machine gun used its own recoil energy to keep firing. The force of the fired bullet ejected the spent cartridge and loaded the next.
|May 18, 1999
|Do all visible artificial satellites travel from West to East?
|All visible artificial satellites do not travel from west to east. Many
polar satellites occupy low orbits so are visible and travel north-south.
For more information on satellites you can look at the Windows satellite page.
|May 1, 1999
|Mark (Nebraska, USA)
|What is the most powerful telescope you have there.
|Here at the University of Michigan, we have a 0.4 meter reflecting telescope. As far as the rest of the world goes, the Keck telescopes are some of the largest, with mirrors of 85 meters!< /td>
|April 5, 1999
|Matthew (Australia)
|What is an infrared spectroscope and how does it work.
|I think maybe you are looking for information on an Infrared Spectrometer. This is the instrument used in infrared spectroscopy.
|February 5, 1999
|How long does it take for an object to orbit the earth? For example the space shuttle.
|How long it takes depends upon the object. But satellites such as the Space Shuttle circle the Earth once every 90 minutes. Since the orbit covers about 40,000 kilometers, the speed is about 26,000 km/hr or 17,000 mi/hr.
|February 3, 1999
|a. How does RADAR work?
b. How does 'stealth' technology work?
|Here are a couple good pages...one for RADAR (click on 'First Time Visitors', then at the bottom on 'What is imaging radar.') and one for stealt h technology.
|January 21, 1999
|David (Colorado, USA)
|When will the 'Space Plane' (X-33) take its first flight and what is the power source?
|The X-33 is scheduled to take its first flight in March. It will be launched using linear aerospike engines, and has fuel tanks holding liquid hydrogen and oxygen.
|September 30, 1998
|Elizabeth(Florida, USA)
|If an air plane goes up in the clouds to the high level ones will it get ice on its wings?
|It's possible! At a certain temperature and pressure, called the dewpoint, the water in the air will change from a gas to a liquid. If the dewpoint is reached and the temperature at that altitude is freezing, then yes ice could develop on the wings of an airplane. Another important thing is the temperature of the wing surface. If the wing surface temperature is below freezing then the water can freeze on the wing surface in a process called sublimation. This process takes water as a vapor and turns it directly to a solid. Most airplanes that can go up that high have heaters in the wings to make sure that the wing surface is above freezing.
|September 24, 1998
|Thanks to give me this chance to ask something about the space and our earth.I want to ask to what is the biosphere2 and is it the space colony of our future?
|Biosphere 2 is a large glass structure. It has seven ecosystems inside, and can be completely controlled. It is possible that someday we will build space colonies similar to this. At this time, it is important to learn as much as possible about how our Earth environment works in order to extend it to outer space.
|May 16, 1998
|Deana (Missouri, USA)
|What substance(s) can neither be melted by extreme heat or frozen beyond use in the coldest temperatures, and is also lightweight? Can this substance withstand without being crushed by extreme pressure?
|NASA is still experimenting with a truly remarkable material called aerogel. It is the closest material I have heard of that fits your description. Aerogel is the world's lightest solid made principally from silica. It also is the strongest, lighte st and only transparent building material. Weighing as little as 3 times that of air, a single inch thickness of this silica-based material has the internal surface area of a basketball court and can protect a human hand from the heat of a blowtorch! Ch eck out some more info on aerogel...
|April 6, 1998
|Sylvester (Sabah/Malaysia)
|What has space technology contributed to mankind's daily life?
|It would take a full book (or a full thesis!) to fully answer this! Let's see --computer design, electronic miniaturization, medical equipment, and international communications have all benefited from space technology. One of many practical examples is the system that is used to heat the faceplate of space helmets has also been used to keep burn victims warm since they can't tolerate blankets. And there are more intangible benefits. As astronaut William Pogue wrote, "I believe the most important a re the subtle and intangible benefits that have occurred within the minds and spirits of people. Among these benefits are aroused curiousity, the intellectual stimulation that attends exploration, and appreciation of the importance of goals, the virtue o f dedication, the necessity of commitment, and belief in one's ability to accomplish."
|March 27, 1998
|Steve (Kansas, USA)
|I have been told that the Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the actual 'Big Bang'. If this is true would you please guide me to some links and images.
|There are no pictures of the Big Bang. There have been observations of background radiation at radio frequencies which may be associated with the Big Bang, but there are no pictures.
|February 20, 1998
|Aaron (Michigan, USA)
|What kind of a telescope must be used in order to see, if possible, the American Flag placed on the moon by the Apollo 11 astronauts?
|The Hubble Space Telescope can see farther with more clarity than any other telescope, but I don't think even the Hubble can see such tiny detail as the flag on the moon.
|January 16, 1998
|Kory (Idaho, USA)
|Can you explain how a refractor works?
|Refraction telescopes use lenses, as opposed to mirrors as do reflective telescopes. Refractors have two lenses, and work by bending light. When light enters the telescope, it passes through the first lens and bent so it is focused down to a point. As the light passes through the second lens, it is again bent, this time magnifying it so the eye can see it.
|January 8, 1998
|Kevin (USA)
|How far can the Hubble Space Telescope see?
|When the HST was first sent into orbit, the telescope was nearsighted! Its mirror was improperly curved, allowing it to see only one third as clearly as it should have. Now, however, the problem has been co rrected. The distance the HST is able to see depends upon how big and bright the object is. However, it can see with about ten times the clarity of telescopes on Earth.
|December 9, 1997
|Great Scott (Kentucky, USA)
|When was the Keck telescope invented?
|Today Caltech and the University of California operate two Keck telescopes. They premiered in 1995. Both are located in Hawaii. It took 14.4 tons of glass to make the mirrors within just one telescope! These things are big!


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The Phils have announced that they have retained outfielder Grady Sizemore for another year.
Earlier today, the Phils have announced that they have retained the services of outfielder Grady Sizemore for the next season.
Sizemore had appeared in 112 games during the 2014 seasons, 60 of which were played for the Phils and 42 with the Red Sox. In the games that he had played with the Phils, he would bat .253, going 41 for 162, with a slugging percentage of .389, as he would hit 9 doubles, 2 triples and 3 HRs, knocking in 12 RBIs while scoring 21 times. He would collect 14 walks while striking out 35 times. For both the Red Sox and the Phils, Sizemore would have a combine batting average of .233 with a slugging percentage of .354, as he went 81 for 347, hitting 19 doubles, 4 triples and 5 home runs, while he would walk 33 times, while striking out 76.
Sizemore will be given a one-year contract worth 2 million dollars, as he is expected to be the team's fourth or fifth outfielder at the end of Spring Training next year.
The Phils have also announced that they have avoided arbitration with left-hander Cesar Jimenez, as the two sides have agreed to a one-year contract.
Phillies' Hall of Famer Robin Roberts died earlier this morning at the age of 83, due to natural causes.
Hall of Fame pitcher Roberts dies at 83
Beloved member of 1950 'Whiz Kids' team was Phillies legend
By Marty Noble / MLB.com
For the second time in three days, baseball lost one of its foremost gentlemen. Robin Roberts, as pleasant and gracious as any man in the game, died Thursday. As readily associated with the Phillies as any player has been with any franchise, Roberts was 83 years old when he passed away in Florida due to natural causes.
The most accomplished right-handed pitcher in the history of the Phillies, Roberts was a Hall of Famer, card-carrying member of the 1950 "Whiz Kids" and an active force in the creation of the Major League Baseball Players Association. Most of all he was an agreeable, genial man whose company was enjoyed by those who met him.
Roberts' death followed, by two days, the passing of beloved Tigers announcer Ernie Harwell, and it leaves another conspicuous void in the game. Few men who reached the levels Roberts and Harwell attained have been so widely hailed for their pleasant natures and general goodness.
The Phillies observed a moment of silence in Roberts' memory prior to their Thursday afternoon home game against the Cardinals. They also announced that Phillies jersey No. 36 will be hung in the team's dugout during games for the remainder of the season, that players will wear No. 36 patches on the right sleeves of their uniforms beginning Friday, and that the 1950 pennant will be hung at half-mast at Citizens Bank Park. It was a championship the Whiz Kids wouldn't have won without Roberts' contribution.
"Robin Roberts was a Phillies treasure, a Hall of Fame pitcher and a Hall of Fame person," Phillies president David Montgomery said in a statement. "He will be sorely missed. Having known Robin since the late 1960s, this is a personal loss as well as one felt by the entire Phillies organization and our fans."
Roberts' funeral will be at 6 p.m. ET Monday at Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Temple Terrace, Fla., where he lived. In lieu of flowers, mourners are asked to donate to the church, the Baseball Assistance Team or the Gold Shield Foundation.
Former Phillies owner Bill Giles said, "When I think of Robin, there is definitely one word that comes quickly to mind — class. He was a class act both on and off the field. He was definitely one of the most consistent quality pitchers of all time, and the way he lived his life was exemplary. Every young baseball player should model their life after Robin."
And former Phillies president Ruly Carpenter issued this statement: "Baseball and the Phillies not only lost one of the greatest pitchers the game has ever known but the Carpenter family also lost a true friend. He was my idol as I grew up with the 1950 Phillies."
Robin Evan Roberts was a remarkable pitcher because of his effectiveness and a level of stamina uncommon even at a time when pitchers routinely worked overtime. Beginning in 1950, the only year his Phillies reached the World Series, Roberts won 20 or more games and pitched at least 304 innings in six consecutive seasons.
He was the winning pitcher in the Phillies' 4-1 pennant-clinching victory against the Brooklyn Dodgers on Oct. 1, 1950. That distinction, of itself, paled to a degree in comparison to the circumstances surrounding it. Roberts pitched a 10-inning complete game in smallish Ebbets Field and if not for a home run by Pee Wee Reese, would have shut out Dem Bums.
Moreover, that start occurred three days after he had pitched nine innings in a loss to the New York Giants in the unforgiving Polo Grounds, and four days after he had thrown four in another unsuccessful start in New York. And beyond that, Roberts was the starter in Game 2 of the World Series against the Yankees on Oct. 5 — he pitched 10 innings — and threw an inning in relief in the final game of the Yankees' sweep two days later.
"He was like a diesel engine," Roberts' teammate and fellow Phillies starter Curt Simmons said from his home in Arizona. "The more you used him, the better he ran. I don't think you could wear him out. The end of the 1950 season, I was in the Army and I think Bob Miller had a bad back. I know Robin had to throw almost every day."
Dallas Green, the former Phillies manager and pitcher, became one of Roberts' friends despite an eight-year difference in age. Green who broke into the Majors in 1956, attended Roberts' professional debut in 1948 in Wilmington, Del., where Green lived. Roberts' first game was as a member of the Blue Hens. "Robbie was a real special person to me," Green said Thursday. "I love him. He was as old-school as you could get. He'd just run and throw to get in shape. I tell all the kids that now."
Roberts contended that pitching came easily to him. "Too many people try to make it more complicated than it really is," he would say as part of his continuing effort to deflect praise. His efforts in that regard weren't as successful as his pitching. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976.
He won 286 games overall and still was pitching in the Minor Leagues when he retired because he wanted 14 more wins. "Three hundred was big to him. He wanted it," Green said. "We were roomies at Reading in the old Eastern League and we were both at the end. Robbie just ran out of gas. The will was there. It was always there."
The second-leading all-time winner among the Phillies — Steve Carlton won 241 games to Roberts' 234 — Roberts was recognized primarily as a power pitcher until late in his career when he pitched for the Orioles, Astros and Cubs. His career strikeouts total of 2,357 was unremarkable. It ranks 40th all-time. But he walked merely 902 batters and never more than 77 in a season.
The numbers that distinguished him most during and after his 19-year career were his victories, shutouts (45), complete games (305) and home runs allowed (505), the most ever. But like fellow Hall of Famer Catfish Hunter, Roberts was renowned for limiting the damage. Sixty-five percent of the home runs he surrendered were hit with the bases empty.
His complete-games total ranks 38th all-time and nearly all of those who pitched more played well before Roberts broke in on June 18, 1948. He pitched 28 consecutive complete games from August 1952 to July 1953. What would closer Brad Lidge have done during Roberts' time with the Phillies?
That will remain an unknown, but Lidge certainly developed an appreciation for the pitcher now memorialized by a statute outside Citizens Bank Park.
"Every time he came around the clubhouse he would start talking about pitching," Lidge said Thursday. "He talked with me about my slider, and anything he had to say, I was all ears. Another thing about Robbie was that he never talked about the way things were when he played the game. He realized that the game changed with time. I was really fortunate to be able to talk with a living legend about pitching."
Lidge's teammate Jamie Moyer provided this perspective: "Almost every day I look at the Phillies Hall of Fame jerseys that hang in the hallway by the clubhouse. I try to appreciate what Robin did as a pitcher. Looking back at the impact he had on the game, it was special. He would always kid around when he came by and would be concerned about how I was and how my family was doing. I feel like I lost a friend. He bled Phillies Red. He was a true Phillie top to bottom."
Roberts' contemporaries saw him in a different light. "Probably the best fastball I ever saw was Robin Roberts'." Ralph Kiner once said. "His ball would rise around six or eight inches, and with plenty on it. And he had great control."
"He looks like the kind of pitcher you can't wait to swing at, but you swing and the ball isn't where you thought it was," the late Pirates slugger Willie Stargell once said.
"You know," Green said, "for all the success Robbie had, he did it without a breaking ball. He had that little 'slurvy' thing that was an ugly pitch. But he got you when it counted. A man on third with less than two out just didn't score. He'd bear down like nobody else. And he never threw at any one. That wasn't him."
Stan Lopata, one of Roberts' catchers with the Phillies, recalled that he didn't have the best move to first base. "They'd always be running on him," Lopata said Thursday. "[Fellow catcher] Andy Seminick and I went to Robbie one day and said 'You gotta give us a chance.' And Robbie said 'They can steal second, they can steal third, but they're not gonna score. And 99 times out a hundred, they stayed at third."
Roberts was born in Springfield, Ill., the son of an immigrant Welsh coal miner. He attended Michigan State University and participated in an Army Air Corps training program. He returned to the school following World War II. He signed with the Phillies in 1948.
His extraordinary workload in the early to mid-'50s took a toll on his shoulder. In 1956, he lost 18 games but won 19. In the following seasons his career took a steep descent. He won 10 games, his fewest victories since his rookie season, and he lost a career-high 22 games, the most in the National League, in 1957. He won in double figures through 1960 but produced a 1-10 record in 1961.
The Yankees purchased his contract after that season, but Roberts was released by the Yankees without pitching for them in May 1962. He became something of a finesse pitcher thereafter, pitching for three teams before returning to the Phillies' Reading team at age 40.
He played an integral role in establishing the Players Association. Michael Weiner, the current executive director of the union, noted as much in a statement Thursday. Weiner said Roberts helped "the players of his day understand the benefits to be gained by standing together as one. Robin and his peers had the foresight to hire Marvin Miller as the MLBPA's first executive director in 1966, a decision that has since benefited all Major Leaguers and their families."
Miller could not be reached Thursday.
Roberts later served as head coach of the University of South Florida in Tampa and roving Minor League instructor for the Phillies.
He is survived by four sons, Robin Jr., Dan, Rick and Jim; one brother, John; seven grandchildren and one great-grandson.
"Dad didn't miss a Phillies game on television, including [Wednesday] night," Jim Roberts said Thursday. "He really loved this team and was so thrilled that he was included in the World Series festivities the last two years.
"He'd sit there and would comment, 'Did you see Jimmy make that play? … Chase can really play this game … My man Jayson is some kind of an athlete … Did you see that change-up from Cole? … How strong is Ryan? … Roy makes pitching look so easy and it isn't … I wish I had Brad's slider … Shane can fly. Can't he?'"
H/T Phillies.com
And thus another great of the game, and a gentleman, fades away. Condolences to both your family and to the Phils, Robbie. You will be missed.