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Annual to trees, some dioecious
Stem: nodes often swollen
Leaves simple, basal or cauline, alternate, opposite, or whorled, generally entire; stipules 0 or obvious and fused into a generally scarious sheath around stem
Inflorescence: small cluster, axillary or arrayed in cymes or panicles; involucres sometimes subtending 1many flowers
Flower generally bisexual, small, ± radial; perianth generally 56-lobed, base ± tapered, often jointed to pedicel; stamens 29, often in 2 whorls; ovary superior, styles generally 3, generally fused at base
Fruit: achene, generally enclosed by persistent perianth, generally 3-angled, ovoid, and glabrous
Genera in family: 50 genera, 1100 species: worldwide, especially n temp; some cultivated for food (Fagopyrum ; Rheum , rhubarb; Rumex , sorrel) or ornamental (Antigonon , coral-vine; Muehlenbeckia ; Polygonum )
Reference: [Ronse Decraene & Akeroyd 1988 Bot J Linn Soc 98:321371; Reveal et al. 1989 Phytologia 66(24):83414]
Treatments of the 15 eriogonoid genera are based on the monographic work of James L. Reveal, who is gratefully acknowledged.
Annual to shrub
Leaves generally ± basal (clustered on low stems or cauline), petioled, generally ± tomentose below (often shedding above); stipule 0
Inflorescence openly cyme-like, umbel-like, or head-like, generally ± scapose; bracts (any whorled, leaf-like structures on inflorescence) 3many per node, leaf-like to scale-like; involucres generally 1 per node, generally ± obconic, lobes (or short teeth) generally 310, generally erect; flowers generally many per involucre, pedicelled
Flower: perianth white, yellow, or red, lobes 6, generally ± oblong to obovate; stamens 9
Fruit brown to black, glabrous to hairy
Species in genus: ± 250 species: North America
Etymology: (Greek: woolly knees, from hairy nodes of some)
Reference: [Reveal 1989 Phytologia 66:295414]
Largest dicot genus in CA; apparently currently differentiating; many taxa ± indistinct. Better habitat data needed. Many are excellent bee fodder
Horticultural information: Most are attractive and easy to grow with good drainage.
[Group 4] Annual or perennial herb 10150 cm
Leaves basal; blade 550 mm, oblong to reniform, ± coarsely short-hairy
Inflorescence cyme-like, glabrous, glaucous; main axes generally wider below nodes; bracts scale-like; involucres on erect or spreading, thread-like stalks, 11.5 mm, teeth 5
Flower: perianth 13 mm, yellow, coarsely white-hairy, lobes narrowly ovate
Fruit 22.5 mm, glabrous
Chromosomes: n=16
Ecology: Dry sand or gravel
Elevation: -152000 m.
Bioregional distribution: Great Basin Floristic Province, Desert
Distribution outside California: to Colorado, New Mexico, nw Mexico
Annual or perennial herb, often flowering first year, 280 cm
Inflorescence: branches fewmany; main axes wider below nodes
Ecology: Common. Habitats and range of sp
Bioregional distribution: Great Basin Floristic Province, Desert
Flowering time: MarJul, SepOct
Nearly identical to E. trichopes var. hooveri of eastern CW
Horticultural information: DRN, DRY, SUN: 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24.


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To commemorate Veterans Day, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is coordinating four events around the country that will bring together military academy cadets and students of liberal arts colleges for a screening and discussion of Ric Burns' NEH-funded documentary Death and the Civil War.
These events will be held November 13th and 14th at Georgetown University in Washington, DC; the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York; the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland; and Colorado College at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Each gathering will begin with a special director's cut of Death and the Civil War, followed by a scholarly panel discussion featuring historians, veterans, and policy experts from the partner institutions. Their discussions will examine the legacy of the Civil War and its relevance to veterans' needs today, with the aim of exploring how students and academics can bridge the gap between the military and civilian spheres to create stronger educational support for returning veterans.
Based on the book This Republic of Suffering by historian Drew Gilpin Faust, Death and the Civil Warexamines how the unprecedented death toll and carnage of the Civil War challenged American cultural attitudes about death and fundamentally transformed federal government policies towards soldiers. The NEH-funded documentary, produced by Emmy-award winning filmmaker Ric Burns, premiered in September on PBS as part of the American Experience series.
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Georgetown University, Washington, DC
November 13th, 6 p.m.
ICC Auditorium, Georgetown University
Featuring Ric Burns, writer and director of Death and the Civil War, representatives of National Defense University and Georgetown University's History Department and Student Veterans' Association
This event is free and open to the public
United States Naval Academy and St. John's College
November 14th, 7 p.m.
Rickover Hall, U.S. Naval Academy
Featuring historians from the U.S. Naval Academy and St. John's College and the U.S. Marine Corps Division Director of the Humanities and Social Sciences
United States Military Academy and Mount Saint Mary College
November 14, 12:50 p.m.
Haig Room, USMA Library
Featuring Civil War historians from the United States Military Academy and Mount Saint Mary College
United States Air Force Academy and Colorado College
November 14th, 6 p.m.
Colorado College
Featuring historians from the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado College, and the University of Colorado at Denver, and a representative of the U.S. Air Force Mortuary Affairs

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Guess who is doing the most indexing at our house?
12 year old daughter!!
Letting her do it on my ipad doesn't hurt. It's just more fun on there. I think we've found a great new project for my daughter. Indexing is addictive.
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Indexing the 1940 census
Posted by Janet Hovorka at 9:56 PM
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- Michelle Goodrum said...
- April 8, 2012 at 11:07 PM
- Jae said...
Wait, you can index from an iPad? Or are you talking about the app where you index snippets?
- April 12, 2012 at 3:27 PM
- Janet Hovorka said...
You are right. She has been using the ipad app, but the 1940 indexing is on the regular computer. So she's more drawn to the ipad, but I'm working on convincing her how cool it will be to find her great-grandpa by accident in the census ;)
- April 18, 2012 at 4:15 PM
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SANTA ANA, Calif. — Two people were killed and five others were injured, including a firefighter, in an early morning fire Wednesday at a group home for developmentally disabled women in California, authorities said.
The blaze broke out about 5:45 a.m. in a Santa Ana neighborhood, according to Orange County Fire Authority spokesman Steve Concialdi.
The caretaker, a 71-year-old woman, was in the kitchen preparing food for the day when a smoke alarm went off, Concialdi said. She found a mattress on fire in one of two front bedrooms, and the flames quickly spread to the rest of the house, he said.
The caretaker was critically injured while attempting to rescue residents, sustaining burns to her face and arms, and had to be rescued from the house herself by firefighters, Concialdi said.
Three other women, between 30 and 60, were hospitalized with serious injuries — possibly smoke inhalation — and one firefighter was treated at a hospital for burns to his hand from flames that ate through his protective glove.
Arriving firefighters found the house and its garage consumed in flames. At least 50 firefighters from multiple agencies knocked down the fire in about half an hour.
Two women, 48 and 52, were killed. One was found in her bed and another was discovered on the floor next to a bed, Concialdi said.
Concialdi said the house had a smoke detector in every room and the detectors that were not destroyed by the fire were functional.
Co-owner Gloria V. Uy told the Fire Authority at the scene that a fire drill had recently been conducted. Concialdi could not immediately verify that but said it would have been reported to state authorities in charge of licensing.
Uy told The Associated Press that she and her sister, the caretaker, have owned the home since 2006 and were licensed for six residents but had only five. She said the residents slept in three bedrooms, two each in two of the rooms and one in a third room. She said her sister slept in a fourth bedroom.
"I've had it a long time," she said. "They're like my family."
Neighbor Hugo Montes, 35, was getting into his truck to go to work when he heard a smoke alarm going off two houses down. He said he went to investigate and saw smoke coming from a bedroom near a patio.
The window was slightly ajar so he wrenched it open and dragged out the mattress that was on fire, but by that point "the flames were spreading to the wall," Montes said. The caregiver was also in the room trying to beat out the fire with a blanket, he said.
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Montes then ran to his house to get a hose and call 911. By the time he got back a few minutes later, the house was fully engulfed in flames and the caregiver had rescued two other residents and was outside pacing.
When he asked her if there was anyone else inside, she pointed inside and held up two fingers, he said.
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Firefighters rescued one other woman, he said.
The address is known as Mary's Home and licensed for the care of up to six people with developmental disabilities who require 24-hour non-medical care, according to the state's Community Care Licensing Division online database. Uy said the residents had mental disabilities.
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The cause of the blaze was under investigation.
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Family in car crash on Thanksgiving
On their way to holiday dinner
A family on their way to Thanksgiving dinner was involved in a serious car crash, caused by an alleged careless driver in Albuquerque Thursday.
Albuquerque fire officials say the family's car was hit by a driver who ran a red light at Eubank Boulevard and Constitution Avenue.
The Picchione family claims they saw the driver talking on her cell phone right before the crash.
"This goes to show people to not run red lights, pay more attention and don't talk on your cell phones," said Roxanne Picchione.
The driver also hit a traffic light with such force, it took down some power lines. Officials say she flipped her car three times and had to be taken to UNM Hospital. Police are still investigating why she lost control of her vehicle.
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RICHMOND, Va. – Although he grew up as something of a track and field junkie, Ethan Tussing never had much use for throwing events. Not that they had much use for him, either. Usually the only reason you'd find a 5-foot-10, 140-pound guy like Tussing around the shot put pit is if he went out for a five-mile run and got lost.
Sometimes, back when he was an intern on the track and field staff at the University of Florida, the throws coach would ask him to film the shot put or the discus. But Tussing would usually get bored, miss a bunch of attempts and get an earful from the coach.
He saw himself as a sprints coach one day or as the head coach of a high school track team. What he did not expect, was to be leading arguably the best crop of throwers in VCU history to the Atlantic 10 Conference meet this weekend.
What's that saying? Life is what happens when you get busy making other plans.
When he was five years old, Ethan Tussing watched the Olympics with his dad, Tony, a respected high school track coach and official. Ethan decided he wanted to be like Carl Lewis.
"Then I got to high school and found out I was a terrible sprinter," The 30-year-old Deland, Fla. native said.


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Bird sense: Crows, pigeons good at math
DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK
Q. How much numbers sense is out there in the "wild kingdom"? Can any animals count to 5, 10, 45, 50...? M. Perkins
A. Counting crows are famous for being able to keep track of up to six hunters lurking in a blind, who try to fool the critters by having two hunters go in, then one back out (2-1 = 1), or four in and three or two out, etc. The birds generally don't lose count until five or six.
For social animals, there is "strength in numbers," says Mark Hauser in American Scientist magazine, such as three male chimpanzees attacking and killing a lone intruder at 3-1, but 2-1 may not be enough. Yet within the same social group, 2-1 may be enough to establish dominance. Rhesus monkeys can figure 2 + 1 and 2 - 1 but not 2 + 2. They seem to count 1, 2, 3, many, says Hauser.
All that's in the wild. What happens when rats or pigeons are "educated" in Skinner boxes? They press the button once and 1 food pellet is released. The same if every three pushes yield one pellet. And even if exactly 24 pushes are necessary, no more, no less, the counters can do this as well. Mon dieu!
Now for the incredible part, says Hauser: Pigeons can count to 45 or 50 pecks for food, 45 on a left button, 50 on a right. In another trial, when a central button lights up, they must learn to peck until the light goes off, at either 45 or 50. Then to get the food, they must recall the count and go without error to either the 45-peck or 50-peck button and push it. "Pigeons can solve this problem too," he says.
Q. When talk turns to nuclear weapons of mass destruction rated in megatons of TNT, how is this destructive power to be pictured? Je ne sais pas. What is a megaton? G. W. Bush
A. That's a million tons. First imagine a large truck, capacity 30 tons, then 33,000 such trucks fully loaded to carry the 1,000,000 tons of "payload"–1 megaton of TNT, suggests Art Hobson in Physics: Concepts and Connections. At 15 meters per truck, with no spacings between, the convoy would stretch 500 km (310 miles); for 10 megatons, make that 5,000 km, or trucks all the way across the U.S.
For comparison, the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima August 6, 1945, released just 12 kilotons of nuclear energy, or 12,000 tons; Nagasaki on August 9, 20 kilotons. Thus it would take some 50 Nagasakis to equal just 1 megaton!
The largest weapon ever detonated, says Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, was the "Tsar Bomba" (King of Bombs) at 50 megatons, or trucks half way around the world.
Q. For romancing in another nation or culture, would you need to learn new flirting techniques? Or are these pretty much universal? R. Montague
A. They're instinctive, no practice necessary, says Diane Ackerman in A Natural History of Love. It doesn't matter if you're in Holland, Taiwan, Indonesia, or Amazonia.
"The eyes– a little glance, glance down, glance back with a little smile– that will work anywhere," says University of Michigan psychologist Phoebe Ellsworth. But a word of caution: American guys are a lot more blatant than men in many other cultures, and while the women may appreciate this, their fathers and brothers won't. You could find yourself in deep trouble by being too friendly.
"In many cultures, flirting with strangers just isn't done," Ellsworth says. Physical closeness, parallel postural orientations, and touch also are universal, but there are differences in how these are used, says University of Connecticut professor of communication sciences and psychology Ross Buck. In a famous example, couples at cafés were observed to touch 180 times per hour in San Juan, couples in Paris 110 times, and in London 0!
In other words, romance "display rules" vary widely: So, when in Rome, do as the Romans dounless, of course, you're in a racier mood and couldn't care less about conforming.
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1st Gear: Most of the world's largest automakers will join President Barack Obama at a ceremony this morning to endorse new U.S. fuel economy standards that will set an eventual average of 54.5 mpg by 2025. Execs from Detroit's Big Three, Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Hyundai, along with UAW President Bob King and California Gov. Jerry Brown — whose state regulators' agreement with the plan was still not cinched late Thursday — are all scheduled to embrace the proposal. There are two big exceptions according to The Detroit News: Volkswagen and Daimler, both of which object to the 5% annual increase in passenger car efficiency proposed by the rules as too stringent, especially when pickups and truck-based SUVs get lesser annual increases.
2nd Gear: The tougher U.S. fuel economy rules are a big motivation for BMW's unveiling of fresh electric and plug-in hybrid concepts this morning that foreshadow the company's first electric models due in 2013 and 2014. The electric-only i3 hatchback has a range of 93 miles driven by its rear wheels in a nod to BMW traditions. The i8 plug-in hybrid has a small 21-mile electric-only range, but a three-cylinder, 220hp gas engine can help power it to 62 mph in under 5 seconds, with the electric motor powering the front wheels and the gas engine driving the rear. Both cars use carbon fiber components to shed as much weight as possible, which BMW expects to preserve when it starts building the i3 in 2013 and the i8 in 2014.
3rd Gear: And while we're talking about it: After some delay, Ford has unveiled the latest version of its EcoBoost engine for the Ford Explorer, a 2-liter four-cylinder turbocharged mill that will pump 240 hp and 270 lb-ft of torque while sipping gas at 20 mpg city and 28 mpg highway. The efficiency figures make the EcoBoost Explorer the least gas-thirsty vehicle in its class — outside of the Toyota Highlander Hybrid, but even then the Toyota only bests the Explorer in city driving. Through June, Ford has sold 65,823 Explorers, more than the entire sales of the old model in 2010. Robocop's mom is a happening gal.
4th Gear: In other news of automakers raking in cash, Volkswagen said it earned $4.55 billion in the second quarter before interest and taxes — but that was so disappointing to European investors its shares fell 7% after the announcement. Also not helping: Concerns of rising costs at VW for raw materials and the price of its march toward global dominance. Meanwhile, Kia Motors, South Korea's second-largest automaker, said its profits rose 67% to $1.07 billion in the second quarter thanks to booming U.S. sales. Bloomberg says Kia's global sales rose 21 percent during the latest quarter compared to a year earlier, boosted by a 36 percent surge in exports to the U.S., namely sedans and Sorento sport utility vehicles.
5th Gear: Fiat honcho Sergio Marchionne unveiled his new management team that will preside over a unified Fiat-Chrysler, and given that Marchionne himself will oversee Chrysler and Fiat in North America, its fair to say that the Italian company's center of gravity has moved closer to Auburn Hills, Mich. The two firms will be run by a 22-member panel of executives, including seven chief operating officers, all of whom still report to Marchionne. If having 22 executives reporting directly to one person sounds like a lot, it's actually a reduction of about half in the number of officials directly reporting to Marchionne, who carries five Blackberries and has never produced evidence that he actually sleeps.
6th Gear: Bloomberg reports this morning that Michelin & Cie. and Continental AG, Europe's two biggest tiremakers, raised forecasts for 2011, saying raw-material cost effects are easing after leading to lower-than-expected earnings earlier this year. Michelin's first-half operating income of 971 million euros ($1.39 billion) fell short of the 990 million-euro average of five analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Continental's second-quarter earnings before interest and taxes of 647 million euros compared with analysts' expectations of 716 million euros. Automotive suppliers are fighting to defend profitability by passing on rising raw-material costs to customers through price increases. The price of natural rubber has jumped 44% in the past 12 months, while crude oil has gained almost a quarter. Hanover, Germany-based Continental is also Europe's second-largest car-component manufacturer.
⏎ The "adults only" ice cream truck is a little disappointing. [DriveOn/USA Today]
⏎ Dan Pund suffers ED in a Smart. Thanks for taking that bullet, buddy. [Car and Driver]
⏎ California busts unlicensed auto repair shops. [KFSN]
⏎ Bentley tests new twin-turbo V8. [Autocar]
⏎ Great news! The Dacia Popster is coming. [WorldCarFans]
Today in Automotive History:
On July 29, 1909, the newly formed General Motors Corporation (GM) acquires the country's leading luxury automaker, the Cadillac Automobile Company, for $4.5 million. [History]
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PITTSBURGH — Forward Drew LeBlanc of St. Cloud State won the Hobey Baker Award on Friday, given to the nation's top college hockey player.
LeBlanc, who helped to lead the Huskies to an appearance in the Frozen Four, becomes the first member of the St. Cloud State program to ever win the coveted award.
LeBlanc, a fifth-year senior center, led the nation with 37 assists in 42 games. He scored 13 goals, and finished with 50 points, good for seventh in the nation. He was a two-year captain for the Huskies, who lost to Quinnipiac, 4-1, Thursday in the national semifinals here.
He is a native of Hermantown, Minn., and was named first team all-conference in the WCHA this season.
Hobey Baker was a legendary player at Princeton, and is remembered for redefining the game with end-to-end rushes and no-look passes.
"Well, I think just to be associated with the name Hobey Baker and what he meant to not only college hockey, but the time period in general, how big of a figure he was, just to be associated with that has been pretty special for me," LeBlanc said.
"I've been fortunate enough to play with a great group of guys and with great people and great leaders. It's just everything kind of aligned right and found a place for me, and I'm just fortunate to have the opportunity."
Quinnipiac goaltender Eric Hartzell was also a Hobey Baker finalist, was a key cog in the Bobcats' run to the title game. Hartzell outshined LeBlanc Thursday night, and Quinnipiac will try to win its first national championship tonight at the Consol Energy Center vs. Yale.
But goalies rarely win the award. In fact, the last one to win the Baker was Ryan Miller in 2001. Miller was a standout for Michigan State before graduating to an impressive career with the Buffalo Sabres. He also helped lead Team USA to a silver medal in the Vancouver Olympics. The previous three Baker winners were also forwards: Wisconsin's Blake Geoffrion (2010); Miami, Ohio's Andy Miele (2011); and Minnesota Duluth's Jack Connolly (2012).


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06/24/2013 6:46amRecent surveys show that the majority of college grads don't think they've been adequately prepared for the workplace.
Ask a cop: I'm not the cop you dealt with last time
06/24/2013 10:44amHave you ever wanted to ask a cop a question but either were too shy or had warrants? Well now is your chance through the safety of the Internet. Today I try to explain why cops should not all be lumped together.
Police arrest Murray man on suspicion of beating, cutting his girlfriend
06/24/2013 11:34amA Murray man was arrested after police say he cut and choked his live- in girlfriend.
4 natural swimming holes in Utah worth a visit
06/24/2013 3:26pmWhen the temperatures rise, many people head to the only place they can stay cool outdoors — the swimming pool. However, if you aren't in the mood to fight the crowds at your local Rec Center, here is a list of 4 natural swimming holes to enjoy.
Geyser-like water malfunction shoots through roof of Riverdale building
06/24/2013 3:30pmA malfunction in a drinking water purification station had the appearance of a geyser shooting water straight through the top of a building Monday morning.
Family on vacation when fire destroys home
06/24/2013 4:28pmA house fire late Sunday night left a family homeless, and they might not even know it yet. Neighbors say the Cottonwood Heights family of eight left for Wendover hours before the fire started.
Deputy AG denies making threat against attorneys in fraud case
06/24/2013 5:03pmAn attorney for Marc Sessions Jenson says he received a "veiled threat" from embattled Utah Attorney General John Swallow's chief deputy over the weekend. But the official in question claims he was simply venting frustrations while "talking to a friend."
Man gets 6-day jail sentence after attacking then marrying BYU student
06/24/2013 5:10pmA man accused of kidnapping and assaulting his ex-girlfriend before then marrying her just before trial, was sentenced to three days in jail Monday. The woman revealed that she is now pregnant.
City working to tackle vandalism problem at Ensign Peak
06/24/2013 6:00pmOne of Salt Lake City's best known landmarks was recently defaced by vandals, and it's not the first time it's happened. City administrators say they're looking at the problem, but it's become a frustration for hikers.
Utah business joins growing trend, offers paid paternity leave
06/24/2013 6:37pmWhile most companies offer some sort of maternity leave, more companies are beginning to offer paternity leave as part of their employee benefit package, including a company right here in Utah.
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Nader Ale Ebrahim, a doctoral candidate at the university of Malya argues that the internet can be used effectively to disseminate one's research, for e.g.:
- Google Wonder Wheel
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- Microsoft Academic Search: VisualExplorer
- Mind Meister Mind Map
- Research ID
Useful questions to ask yourself:
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How are candidates supported in utilising these media?
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Mocha Toffee Crescents (Adapted from Land O Lakes)
1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
1 tablespoon warm water
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup toffee bits
2/3 cup confectioners' sugar
16 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
2 teaspoons trans-fat free shortening
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
In a small bowl, dissolve espresso powder in warm water - set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour and salt.
In a large mixing bowl, add dissolved espresso, butter and confectioners' sugar. Beat together until creamy. Add the dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Stir in toffee bits.
Shape heaping teaspoonfuls of dough into crescents and place on parchment lined baking sheets.
Bake just until set and the cookies have not taken on any color, about 13 to 15 minutes. Remove and let sit for 1 to 2 minutes on the baking sheet before carefully moving them to a wire rack to cool completely.
In a small saucepan over low heat, melt together chocolate and shortening, stirring often. Dip each end of the cookie into the mixture and place on piece of parchment until set.
Makes about 42 cookies.
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WASHINGTON � More than a dozen Arkansas River campgrounds could benefit under legislation recently proposed by Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark.
WASHINGTON � More than a dozen Arkansas River campgrounds could benefit under legislation recently proposed by Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark.
Boozman and Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., have teamed up to add the Army Corps of Engineers to a recreation fee program that has helped spruce up recreational facilities on federal lands from Alaska to Virginia.
�This legislation would result in millions of dollars of annual reinvestment to Arkansas recreational facilities,� Boozman said.
In 2004, Congress approved the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to enable land management agencies to retain and spend recreation fees where they were collected.
The law covered five federal agencies that oversee most of the nation�s federal lands but did not include the Army Corps of Engineers.
The omission was particularly glaring for Arkansas where the Army Corps of Engineers has more than two dozen recreation areas along the Arkansas River as well as by lakes in the Ozarks and in southwestern Arkansas.
In Arkansas, more than $4.2 million was collected during the last fiscal year at Corps recreation facilities. The legislation would make it so those funds are used to maintain and improve the facilities in the state, Boozman said.
�This will help maintain and improve facilities that people use in the Natural State and continue attracting people to these sites,� he said.
A 2009 report on the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act found the recreation fees enabled improvements to visitor services and facilities on federal lands across the nation.
There were more than half a billion visits to federal recreation lands in 2008, which generated more than $253 million in recreation fees, according to the report.
The report also touted the �America the Beautiful� interagency recreational pass that launched in 2007. About 760,000 of the passes were sold in 2008 generating nearly $2.9 million.
Boozman said his legislation would enable the Corps to participate in the America the Beautiful Pass program to allow customers an alternative payment option at sites where entrance or amenity fees are charged. It would also allow the Corps to distribute Military Passes.
�The Corps currently honors the pass but isn�t allowed to distribute them. Providing the ability for the Corps to offer passes to customers is a commonsense solution that will encourage continued use of federal recreation sites,� Boozman said.
Boozman and Merkley are members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
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Fiscal 2011 plan proposes 1.4 percent pay raise for civilian and military employees.
This story has been updated.
The president's fiscal 2011 budget proposal, unveiled Monday morning, recommends a 1.4 percent pay raise for civilian and military employees.
Administration officials praised the recommendation for civilian employees, pointing out that it's based on the traditional formula. The Employment Cost Index, one of the indicators for the formula, showed 1.4 percent growth from September 2008 to September 2009, according to White House reports. "Federal employees will get a 1.4 percent increase, which frankly I think to a lot of Americans sounds pretty good," Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag said during a press conference on Monday. "It's lower than it's been in the past, because inflation has been lower than it's been in the past." The 1.4 percent pay raise includes both a base pay increase and a locality pay raise.
The 1.4 percent pay raise would be the lowest for the armed forces since 1973, when the draft was abolished and the military became an all-volunteer force. The president requested a 2.9 percent pay raise for the military in fiscal 2010, but Congress ultimately gave members of the armed forces a 3.4 percent increase last year. Civilian workers received a 2 percent boost in fiscal 2010.
Federal employee groups and lawmakers, including House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., repeatedly have called for pay parity between members of the military and civilian workers for annual salary raises.
Hoyer, whose Maryland district is home to thousands of federal employees, said the proposed raise was consistent with the economy but that he wanted to ensure that federal pay was enough to attract qualified candidates to government.
"I think it's fair in the sense that we're going through very, very tough economic times," he said. "What we're really looking at is, 'Is it competitive?' Can we retain those that we have, and are we competitive in what's clearly a competitive market for skills?"
Federal employee unions praised the administration's effort at pay parity, but expressed concern about the size of the increase. "There's still a huge pay gap between federal and nonfederal salaries," said John Gage, president of the American Federation for Government Employees. "I think the raise should be higher. Do I think it's understandable? Yes. Do I think we have a case to make for a higher pay raise? Yes, but maybe a difficult one."
"At best, 1.4 percent is a modest adjustment. But in this economy, a modest increase is better than no increase at all," said National Federation of Federal Employees President William Dougan, who sits on the Federal Salary Council.
National Treasury Employees Union President Colleen Kelley, also a member of the Federal Salary Council, praised the inclusion of pay parity, but commented that the raise is "very low," and said she would explore opportunities for increasing it legislatively.
Also on Monday, the Office of Personnel Management released the 2009 Pay Agent Report, which outlined the locality pay formulas for 2011. The report shows an average pay disparity of 22 percent between federal pay and nonfederal pay in comparable occupations and areas. As in previous years, the report, however, does not recommend following the locality pay formula outlined in the 1990 Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act.
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By AMY GRAFF, sfgate.com
Kindergarten is a blissful time when life is all about finger painting, skipping rope, zipping down park slides and, of course, believing in Santa. Not the case for a group of 5-years-olds at a public school in Austin, Texas. The students' teacher—who just might be the world's Grinchiest Grinch—decided to tell her students that the man in a red suit is a fake. Suddenly, these kids were robbed of one of the great joys of childhood.
The Houston Press reports:
Late last week, a five-year-old girl came home from Austin's Pease Elementary school with a question for her dad.
"Daddy," she asked her father, "Is Santa real?"
Dad said yes, and wanted to know why his daughter asked.
"Because Mrs. Fuller" — the girl's afters-chool teacher — "said he wasn't real. She said 'None of you believe in Santa do you?' and said that you and mommy buy all our presents and put them under the tree. She said that you should tell us the truth."
The girl's parents were upset, especially since their daughter attended a Waldorf preschool that encouraged kids to believe in magical things like fairies. The parents felt that the teacher was wrong in pressing her beliefs on the students. They complained to the principal who reprimanded the teacher.
Now, some parents (who I can't help but call self-righteous) opt to tell their kids that Santa isn't real from the start. They believe that lying to a child breaks a child's trust, so instead they tell the "truth." To that I say—Bah humbug! Kids enjoy believing in magical things. Believing in Santa, leaving the cookies for his reindeer and waking up to an overstuffed stocking, is a fun part of childhood. Regardless, it's a parent's choice (not a teacher's). I just wish these parents who tell their kids that Santa is a fake would also tell their children to keep quiet at school.
My daughter, as an 8-year-old third-grader, found out the truth about Santa from a classmate last year. She asked me if her friend was telling the truth. My response? "You can believe what you want to believe but it's a lot more fun to believe in Santa."
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Gaston County Schools spent almost $31,000 to give raises to three central office administrators and a technology manager.
The raises showed up in January paychecks, a measure to ensure competitive salaries, said Gaston County Schools Superintendent Reeves McGlohon.
�I think leadership is important in any organization and certainly in our school system,� McGlohon said. �And we need to have competitive salaries throughout the district but certainly in key leadership positions. And I felt that we needed to make some adjustments to salaries.�
The school board does not have to give its approval of salary changes because salary adjustments are a function of the superintendent, he said.
Money to pay for salary increases came from vacant positions, McGlohon said.
Mixed opinions
School board member Chris Howell would like to see the school board vote before any salary changes are made. Monday, he proposed allowing the school board to approve any central office cabinet salary increases. The school board didn�t vote on his attempted motion, but did go into closed session to talk about the salary increases that had already been made.
�I�m not looking to micromanage the superintendent,� Howell said. �I think there are times when people might need a salary increase that is above the standard system increase of 1.2 percent. I think the board should have the responsibility of approving large salary increases as part of their financial responsibility to the community and this system.�
School board member Dot Guthrie said she trusts the superintendent to make the right decisions in making sure qualified staff in the district are paid a salary competitive with what they might receive elsewhere.
�I don�t necessarily think we should have to vote. I think we need to give the superintendent more flexibility. He undoubtedly knows more about that. We�re there to set policy,� said Board of Education Chairman Kenny Lutz. �He�s got to run the school system however he sees is fair. He does have to answer to us.�
Most companies have pay ranges, and in this case a few of those ranges needed to be adjusted, said Board of Education Vice Chairman Jeff Ramsey.
�I don�t think it�s an increase,� Ramsey said. �It�s more of an adjustment that was out of place.�
Unhappy parent, official
Chris McClure, a parent who was PTO president at McAdenville Elementary until two weeks ago, disagreed with the decision to raise central office salaries.
�That�s not right. That�s totally unfair,� McClure said. �But let me say this, I do not know what each and every one of their jobs involves.�
McClure said other parents will object to the news.
�They�re not going to be happy. When you give a 1-percent raise to teachers and a 10-percent raise to a boss, they�re not going to be happy about that. I would say 50 percent of the parents are going to complain,� McClure said. �How can you personally justify that? How can any board justify that?�
County commissioners learned about the raises after an upset teacher emailed them, said Vice Chairman Tracy Philbeck.
�I understand the need to recruit good people,� Philbeck said. �But in tough economic times, when teachers are way underpaid now, to take what monies you have now, to give it to people already making $80,000, $90,000, to me that�s unreasonable.�
You can reach reporter Amanda Memrick at 704-869-1839 or follow @AmandaMemrick on Twitter.
A look at top central-office administrators and directors
Superintendent Reeves McGlohon
2011-12 salary: $177,924
2012-13 salary: $180,054.84
Percent increase: 1.2%
School Attorney Sonya McGraw
2011-12 salary: $108,000
2012-13 salary: $109,296
Percent increase: 1.2%
Deputy Superintendent for OperationsJeff Booker
2011-12 salary: $142,000
2012-13 salary: $143,700
Percent increase: 1.2%
Deputy Superintendent of Instruction Lory Morrow
2011-12 salary: $130,000
2012-13 salary: $131,556
Percent increase: 1.2%
Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources John Tutterow
2011-12 salary: $95,028
2012-13 salary: $102,000
Percent increase: 7.34%
Assistant Superintendent of StudentSupport Services Melissa Balknight
2011-12 salary: $88,000
2012-13 salary: $100,000
Percent increase: 13.64%
Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Education Dixie Abernathy
2011-12 salary: $90,996
2012-13 salary: $101,000
Percent increase: 10.99%
Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education Mark Hollar
2011-12 salary: $101,904
2012-13 salary: $103,125
Percent increase: 1.2%
Chief Communications Officer Bonnie Reidy
2011-12 salary: $102,504
2012-13 salary: $103,737.96
Percent increase: 1.2%
Executive Director of Auxiliary Services Jim Parks
2011-12 salary: $96,180
2012-13 salary: $97,338.12
Percent increase: 1.2%
Executive Director Business Services and Finance Mary Jo Lindquist
2011-12 salary: $94,284
2012-13 salary: $95,419.32
Percent increase: 1.2%
Chief Technology Officer Debbie Core
2011-12 salary: $87,456
2012-13 salary: $88,500
Percent increase: 1.19%
Director of the Department for Exceptional Children Sadie Broome
2011-12 salary: $84,100
2012-13 salary: $85,104
Percent increase: 1.19%
Executive Director of High School Instruction Brent Boone
2011-12 salary: $97,276.68
2012-13 salary: $98,448
Percent increase: 1.2%
Executive Director of Middle School Instruction Denise McLean
2011-12 salary: $79,068
2012-13 salary: $80,016
Percent increase: 1.2%
Executive Director Elementary School Instruction Carrie Minnich
2011-12 salary: $76,944
2012-13 salary: $77,868
Percent increase: 1.2%
Director of Title I Shelly Bullard
2011-12 salary: $72,000
2012-13 salary: $72,864
Percent increase: 1.2%
Chief Accountability Officer Dot Lodge (retired in March)
2011-12 salary: $84,072
2012-13 salary: $85,080
Percent increase: 1.2%
Chief Accountability Officer Lynee LaCaria (hired in Feb. to replace Lodge)
2012-13 salary: $93,000
Administrative technology manager Chris Hall
2011-12 salary: $50,592
2012-13 salary: $52,615.68
Percent increase: 4%
Director of Transportation Miles Braswell (hired as project manager in 2007, hired as transportation director May 2012)
2011-12 salary: $74,808
2012-13 salary: $77,976
Percent increase: 4.23%
Director of Testing Sheila Clippard
2011-12 salary: $74,568
2012-13 salary: $75,468
Percent increase: 1.21%
Director of School Nutrition Frank Fields
2011-12 salary: $80,496
2012-13 salary: $81,468
Percent increase: 1.21%
Director of Career and Technical Education Karen Gilbert
2011-12 salary: $65,292
2012-13 salary: $66,072
Percent increase: 1.19%
Director of Academically and Intellectually Gifted program Resa Hoyle
2011-12 salary: $60,189
2012-13 salary: $60,912
Percent increase: 1.2%
Director of Facilities Chip Irby
2011-12 salary: $89,900
2012-13 salary: $90,984
Percent increase: 1.21%
Director of Pre-Kindergarten Linda McConnell
2011-12 salary: $74,320.08
2012-13 salary: $75,181.08
Percent increase: 1.16%
Director of Languages Ann Neal
2011-12 salary: $77,040
2012-13 salary: $77,964
Percent increase: 1.2%
Director of Health Services Susan Neeley
2011-12 salary: $78,480.48
2012-13 salary: $79,428
Percent increase: 1.21%
Director of Athletics Dennis Noble
2011-12 salary: $73,816.68
2012-13 salary: $74,700
Percent increase: 1.2%
Director of School Counseling and Director of Media Services Grant Sparks
2011-12 salary: $69,732
2012-13 salary: $70,572
Percent increase: 1.2%


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Signaling games are dynamic games with two players, the sender (S) and the receiver (R). The sender has a certain type, t, which is given by nature. The sender observes his own type while the receiver does not know the type of the sender. Based on his knowledge of his own type, the sender chooses to send a message from a set of possible messages M = {m1, m2, m3,..., mj}. The receiver observes the message but not the type of the sender. Then the receiver chooses an action from a set of feasible actions A = {a1, a2, a3,...., ak}. The two players receive payoffs dependent on the sender's type, the message chosen by the sender and the action chosen by the receiver [1][2].
Perfect Bayesian equilibriumEdit
The equilibrium concept that is relevant for signaling games is Perfect Bayesian equilibrium. Perfect Bayesian equilibrium is a refinement of Bayesian Nash equilibrium, which is an extension of Nash equilibrium to games of incomplete information. Perfect Bayesian equilibrium is the equilibrium concept relevant for dynamic games of incomplete information.
Definition of perfect Bayesian equilibrium of the signaling gameEdit
A sender of type ,$ t_j $ sends a message $ m^*(t_j) $ in the set of probability distributions over M (a mixed message!). ($ m(t_j) $ represents the probabilities that type $ t_j $ will take any of the messages in M.) The receiver observing the message m takes an action $ a^*(m) $ in the space of probability distributions over A.
Requirement 1Edit
The receiver must have a belief about which types can have sent message m. These beliefs can be described as a probability distribution $ \mu(t_i|m) $, the probability that the sender has type $ t_i $ if he chooses message $ m $. The sum over all types $ t_i $ of these probabilities has to be 1 conditional on any message m.
Requirement 2Edit
The action the receiver chooses must maximize the expected utility of the receiver given his beliefs about which type could have sent message $ m $, $ \mu(t | m) $. This means that the sum
$ \sum_{t_i} \mu(m|t_i)U_R(t_i,m,a) $
is maximized. The action a that maximizes this sum is $ a^*(m) $.
Requirement 3Edit
For each type, $ t $, the sender may have, the sender chooses to send the message $ m^* $ that maximizes the sender's utility $ U_S (t, m,a^*(m)) $ given the strategy chosen by the receiver, $ a^* $.
Requirement 4Edit
For each message $ m $ the sender can send, if there exists a type $ t $ such that $ m^*(t) $ assigns strictly positive probability to m (i.e. for each message which is sent with positive probability), the belief the receiver has about the type of the sender if he observes message $ m $, $ \mu(t|m) $ satisfies the equation (Bayes rule)
$ \mu(t|m) = p(t)/\sum_{t_i} p(t_i) $
The perfect Bayesian equilibria in such a game can be divided in two different categories, pooling equilibria and separating equilibria. A pooling equilibrium is an equilibrium where senders with different types all choose the same message. A separating equilibrium is an equilibrium where senders with different types choose different messages.
Applications of signaling gamesEdit
Signaling games describe situations where one player has information the other player does not have. These situations of asymmetric information are very common in economics and behavioral biology.
The first known use of signaling games occurs in David K. Lewis' Ph. D. dissertation (and later book[3]), Convention. Replying to W.V.O. Quine (1936[4], 1960[5]), Lewis attempts to develop a theory of convention and meaning using signaling games. In his most extreme comments, he suggests that understanding the equilibrium properties of the appropriate signaling game captures all there is to know about meaning:
- I have now described the character of a case of signaling without mentioning the meaning of the signals: that two lanterns meant that the redcoats were coming by sea, or whatever. But nothing important seems to have been left unsaid, so what has been said must somehow imply that the signals have their meanings (Lewis 1969, 124).
The use of signaling games has been continued in the philosophical literature. Other have used evolutionary models of signaling games to describe the emergence of language. Work on the emergence of language in simple signaling games includes models by Huttegger (2005[6]), Grim, et al. (2001[7]), Skyrms (1996[8], 2000[9]), and Zollman (2005[10]). Harms (2000[11], 2004[12]) and Huttegger (2005[13]) have attempted to extend the study to include the distinction between normative and descriptive language.
The first application of signaling games to economic problems was Michael Spence's model of job market signaling[14]. Spence describes a game where workers have a certain ability (high or low) that the employer does not know. The workers send a signal by their choice of education. The cost of the education is higher for a low ability worker than for a high ability worker. The employers observe the workers education but not their ability, and chooses to offer the worker a high or low wage. In this model it is assumed that the ability of the worker is independent of the education he has.
Valuable advances have been made by applying signaling games to a number of biological questions. Most notably, Alan Grafen's (1990[15]) handicap model of mate attraction displays. The antlers of stags, the elaborate plumage of peacocks and birds of paradise, and the song of the nightingale are all such signals. Crucially, however, the signal must distinguish types.
Godfray (1991[16]) modeled the begging behavior of nestling birds as a signaling game. The nestlings begging not only informs the parents that the nestling is hungry, but also attracts predators to the nest. The parents and nestlings are in conflict. The nestlings benefit if the parents work harder to feed them than the parents ultimate benefit level of investment. The parents are trading off investment in the current nestlings against investment in future offspring.
Pursuit deterrent signals have been modeled as signaling games (Yachi, 1995[17]). Thompson's gazelles are known sometimes to perform a 'stott', a jump into the air of several feet with the white tail showing, when they detect a predator. Alcock and others have suggested that this action is a signal of the gazelle's speed to the predator. This action successfully distinguishes types because it would be impossible or too costly for a sick creature to perform and hence the predator is deterred from chasing a stotting gazelle because it is obviously very agile and would prove hard to catch.
See alsoEdit
- ↑ Gibbons, Robert (1992) A Primer in Game Theory, Harvester Wheatsheaf ISBN 0-7450-1159-4
- ↑ Osborne, M.J. and Rubenstein, A. (1994) A Course in Game Theory, MIT Press ISBN 0-262-65040-1
- ↑ Lewis, D.: 1969, Convention. A Philosophical Study, Harvard University Press, Harvard, Mass.
- ↑ Quine, W.v.O (1936) "Truth by Convention" in Philosophical Essays for Alfred North Whitehead pp 90-124. Longmans, Green & Co. London (ISBN 0-8462-0970-5, for 1967 Russel and Russel Publishers reprinting)
- ↑ Quine, W.v.O (1960) "Carnap and Logical Truth" Synthese 12(4):350-374.
- ↑ Huttegger, S. M. (2005) "Evolution and the Explanation of Meaning." Forthcomming in Philosophy of Science
- ↑ Grim, P., T. Kokalis, A. Alai-Tafti, N. Kilb, and Paul St. Denis. (2001) "Making Meaning Happen." Technical Report #01-02, Stony Brook: Group for Logic and Formal Semantics, SUNY, Stony Brook.
- ↑ Skyrms, B. (1996) Evolution of the Social Contract. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ Skyrms, B. (2000) "Stability and Explanatory Significance of Some Simple Evolutionary Models." Philosophy of Science 67:94–113.
- ↑ Zollman, K. J. S. (2005) "Talking to Neighbors: The Evolution of Regional Meaning." Philosophy of Science 72:69–85.
- ↑ Harms, W. F. (2000) "Adaption and Moral Realism." Biology and Philosophy 15:699–712.
- ↑ Harms, W. F. (2004) Information and Meaning in Evolutionary Processes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ Huttegger, S. M. (2005) Evolutionary Explanations of Normative and Descriptive Statements, to appear in Erkenntnis.
- ↑ Spence, A.M. (1973) Job Market Signaling, Quarterly Journal of Economics. 87:355-374.
- ↑ Grafen, A. (1990) Biological signals as handicaps. Journal of Theoretical Biology 144:517-546.
- ↑ Godfray, H.C.J. (1991) Signalling of need by offspring to their parents. Nature 352:328–330.
- ↑ Yachi, S. (1995) How can honest signalling evolve? The role of the handicap principle. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B262:283–288.
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Facebook wants to convey contemplation, admiration, maternal love and resignation with its new emoticons.
Facebook has commissioned Pixar story illustrator Matt Jones to create new emoticons on a freelance basis, according to BuzzFeed. "Facebook was canny enough to realize that traditional emoticons are quite bland," Jones said. "At Pixar we consider emotional states every day with every drawing we make. Our work is informed by the years of study we do, constantly studying people's gestures and expressions in real life."
We previously mentioned that Facebook was working on emoticons, but the idea that it's using this much creativity to create new smiley faces is encouraging. If only it would start making its privacy policies as user-friendly.
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Boeing 747-400
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Boeing 747-400
Film star, legend, collector's item. Few aircraft have earned more admiration than the Boeing 747 – a plane that has made history, inspired Hollywood and thrilled fans around the world
A meadow in Bassersdorf, Canton Zürich, Switzerland: It's a mild September day and there's a light breeze blowing. Having decided that "today's the day," Arnold "Noldi" Meier has driven his station wagon over to the airfield and now brings it to a standstill. Three men haul a freshly painted Boeing 747-400 from the back of his car, a technically perfect model jumbo jet that even had to come through thrust tests before being declared ready to fly. The remote-controlled aircraft weighs just under 25 kilograms, has a wingspan of over three meters and can fly 120 kilometers per hour in horizontal flight. Noldi, its owner and builder, isn't able to make her lift off by himself today; he needs an experienced jet pilot to lend a hand. "I was too nervous plus I simply didn't have the nerve to fly her the first time myself," he explains. That's understandable given that he spent thousands of euros on the plane and put in thousands of hours of work over the course of 17 years.
The model 747-400 finally leaves the ground with a thunderous roar. Once in the air, it is almost indistinguishable from the real thing. Meier had a special reason for choosing a 747 for his mammoth project; this was no chance decision. "I love to watch the 747s at Zurich Airport, to see them land, roll majestically across the apron and take off. They fascinate me." There's something different about the jumbo jet, something very special. It's more than "just" a plane. Its distinctive hump and cockpit located up high in the snout above the pointed nose really make it stand out from the crowd. Ant that's not all: The 747 has also made history by transporting more people than any other plane. It's a majestic cult object with wings, and it has real character. It is also the only plane in the world to be known the world over by its nickname – the jumbo jet.
Search the Internet and you'll easily find hundreds of jumbo jet fan clubs. Thousands of scale models of the 747 sit on children's bedroom shelves and inflatable versions float in swim- ming pools. No other plane has enjoyed anything like the jumbo jet's Hollywood career. In Air Force One, a film starring Harrison Ford and in the legendary Airport disaster movies, a roaring 747 is the main star of the screen. And in Die Hard 2, Bruce Willis actually fights the bad guy out on an airplane wing – a wing belonging, naturally, to a 747. The British rock band Genesis, renowned for its dramatic live performances, used a double row of dazzling white landing lights from a 747 to illuminate the stage. Back in the 1970s, they were reputedly the brightest lights around. Today, the jumbo jet is very much a symbol of an optimistic modern age, and is universally loved and admired and displayed – as a full-size model – in museums. The 747 is an aluminum metaphor for an entire era – for progress, for elegant travel and for global mobility.
At Arlanda Airport in Stockholm, a retired 747 has been turned into a hotel with 85 guest beds. The cockpit has been transformed into a two-bed suite. Another 747 was converted into a restaurant in Namyangju, South Korea, in 2007. Parked in the middle of a residential development, it looked like it had landed right next to one of the tower blocks. Guests had 150 tables to choose from, each with its own window to look out of, just like on any other plane. One of the engines was closed off by a tarp with the daily menu – fast food and noodle dishes – printed on it. The jumbo cook shop has since been scrapped.
The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in the US state of Oregon has also put an old 747 to a very unique use. Attached to the museum there's a water park, where families with children can have a great time splashing around in the pools and careen- ing down the water slides – a number of which start in the body of a 747-100 perched on the roof. A crane was used to haul the entire plane – wings, engines, undercarriage, together weighing a good 200 tons – some 30 meters into the air. Not even the boldest aircraft designer would have dreamed that the 747 would one day be the main attraction at a water park.
But there seems to be no end to the fascination the iconic 747 inspires. An entire jumbo jet was dismantled in the California desert, its parts flown by helicopter to a construction site in the Malibu hills, where the architect David Hertz had been commissioned to design "747 Wing House," a home built mostly from 747-200 components weighing around 180,000 kilos. The curved aircraft wings – stripped of their engines – each form the roof of an elegant glass-walled bungalow. Elsewhere on the estate, the cockpit was converted into a pavilion for meditation, and the unmistakable hump that once contained the First Class cabin has been turned into the roof of the guesthouse. The eccentric home owner even had the freight bay converted into an animal barn, where she intends to keep endangered animals. Unlike the rest of the residence, the giant silvery wings of the 747 are perfectly visible from the air. In fact, they had to be registered with the US Federal Aviation Administration so that pilots flying overhead would not report it as a crash site.
Then there's Anthony Toth of Redondo Beach, California, who is so crazy about the 747 that he built a perfect mock-up of a First Class jumbo cabin in his garage at home. He put in almost all of the design details and furnishings that were typical back in the 1970s and 1980s: the seats, the overhead bins, even the steps leading to the upper deck in the hump – not forgetting the original coffee machines. Toth collects the napkins that the flight attendants used to hand out to passengers back then, as well as the headphones, and even the almonds, which are still wrapped in their sealed packages. This keenest of fans actually lavished 20 years of his life on perfecting his replica cabin and spent some 50000 dollars on the project. You'd never know, either, just by driving by his house, the secret hidden away in his basement: a jamboree of jumbo jet nostalgia, a monument to enthusiasm, an altar to an aviation icon devoted to 747 memorabilia.
When all is said and done, the 747 is no ordinary plane. It has long since taxied into people's hearts.


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At Glossop Caravans we have hundreds of caravans for sale. There is a caravan to suit everyone – all you need to do is decide how you want to use your caravan. Do you want the ability to travel and discover new places? Then a touring caravan is what you need. Do you have a favourite spot in which to spend your leisure time? Then a static caravan may be perfect for you. At Glossop Caravans we have touring caravans for sale and a good range of static caravans for sale.
So how do you take that first step? Once you know whether it is a touring caravan or a static caravan you need there is plenty of advice out there. The Camping and Caravanning Club and the Caravan and Motorhome Club both offer valuable advice about choosing a used caravan. Your choice of where to purchase is also very wide; there are caravans for sale on gumtree and ebay – some of these are personal sales and other may be caravan dealers; the same goes for Autotrader caravans – there is good information and choice but check if you are buying from an individual or a dealer. Often a caravan trader will be able to offer some sort of warranty that will give you peace of mind.
At Glossop Caravans for example all our used caravans for sale come with an exclusive Platinum warranty which as well as covering a host of mechanical and electrical part also protects against water ingress until the caravan is 15 years old. – a fantastic bonus when buying a used caravan.
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All these brands have been around for some time now and have continually progressed in the field of engineering lightweight and practical vehicles. If you see a vintage caravan for sale and compare it with one built in the last 20 years you will quickly see how the material used have changed and made a huge difference in both the quality and usability.
A preloved caravan for sale is often a good way to get started in the caravan and camping lifestyle. Using recognised caravan dealers and caravan traders can you give you peace of mind more so that making a private caravan sale.
At Glossop Caravans all our used caravans for sale undergo a 122-point check before being despatched to their new owners. This together with the Platinum warranty ensures that you get off to good start.
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Used touring caravans for sale at Glossop Caravans; whichever brand you choose you can be sure of a safe and comfortable home from home in which to start your caravan adventures.
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Used caravans for sale come in many different shapes and sizes so what's the priority? First of all would have to be the number of beds – the usual choices would be 2- berth caravan, 4 berth caravan or 6 berth caravan. One of the beauties of caravanning though is you can instantly increase your sleeping arrangements with the addition of an awning. An awning can double he floor space of your used caravan and provide either living or sleeping space with the addition of inner tents.
Once you know the size of the caravan you will need you will need to look at the weight. Although caravans are getting lighter there is still careful planning to be done as your and caravan have to be well matched in order for it to tow well and safely. Your caravan dealer wil be able to advise you on this as well as whether or not your driving licence allows you to drive the combination.
When you are looking to buy a caravan, you will also want to think about how you will be using it. If you are going to spend a lot of time indoors you will probably want to maximise your space. Bunk beds are often found in larger 6 berth caravans for sale – usually located at the rear of the caravan some are permanently fixed and even have 3 storey bunks. Others, often found in a four berth caravans for sale, can be dropped down from the wall over existing seating. Generally, in all used touring caravans the lounge seating will transform into a double or two single beds.
If you are intending on spending most of your time outdoors, or floor space inside is not an issue you may prefer to choose a fixed bed option. This option is getting more popular in new caravans for sale and as a result more and more are filtering down into the used caravan market. Island beds, fixed side beds, French beds are all types of fixed beds – you don't need to alter your seating in order to make up the bed and you can divide the caravan into a bedroom and living space giving you further lifestyle options.
Other important decision will be based on kitchen and bathroom preferences. Central and rear positions are usual in all used caravans – small caravans and 2 berths often make use of the rear of the caravan for the kitchen space and its surprising how much functional space can be fitted in. Most caravan kitchens nowadays come with good sized ovens and hobs and full-size fridges and sometimes freezers. Cooking in a second-hand caravan does not have to be hard work.
Many caravanners will visit sites with full facilities including toilet blocks and washing and showering facilities however used touring caravans for sale come equipped with excellent on-board facilities. A cheap caravan for sale may have the most basic facilities but it will still include a toilet and wash basin at the least. Moving up the scale towards a luxury caravan you will begin to see expertly crafted bathrooms with sleek fixtures and fitting and a shower room that wouldn't look out of place in the bathroom at home.
Take a look at the used caravans doncaster for sale on the Glossop Caravans website – you can see inside each one and take a virtual tour to investigate all these layouts and decide which is most suited to your new holiday lifestyle. .


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Jimmie Johnson, back-to-back All-Star wins (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
By Mike Mulhern
It was exciting, furious, fender-banging side-by-side action, after a lengthy rain delay. Then it was confusion near the end, because of an unusual scoring system.
But at the finish line of Saturday night's annual NASCAR All-Star race, it was the same old story -- Jimmie Johnson, by a country mile, again winning Sprint's $1 million.
Johnson, castigated last spring for gaming the system to win, beat this year's new rules too, with a smooth final pit stop to get the front row for the final restart. Teammate Kasey Kahne, who won that race off pit road, picked the outside line for the restart, and that bit him.
Johnson needed two laps to complete the move to the lead. And once he got clean air, he was gone, finishing nearly two seconds ahead of runner-up Joey Logano, as Kahne faded.
However the night belonged to the Busch brothers, Kyle and Kurt, who had the two best cars. They won all four of the 20-lap legs that set up the 10-lap dash for cash. They tied for 'best average finishing' in those four, and Kurt won the 'tie-breaker' by winning the fourth leg.
The 'best average finish' was used to determine how the 22 men still running would be lined up for the sprint to pit road for a mandatory four-tire stop.
Even though Kurt Busch was first in, and Kyle second, Kahne and Johnson won the race back to the track. That gave Kahne and Johnson the front row for the final 10 laps.
"Kasey and I ran side by side until I could get by him, and then I had clean air and could pull away," Johnson said.
"I really didn't think we had a shot at winning, starting 20th (after a poor qualifying effort Friday night).
"I don't know how we keep doing it."
Kyle Busch was dejected. He also had the fastest car last weekend at Darlington but lost.
"We had a really, really fast car. Awesome, probably the best car here," Kyle said.
"Ultimately it came down to pit road, where my guys always prove their worth. Unfortunately tonight we didn't have the best of stops, and come out third, and that was the race right there. You've got to be on the front row if you're going to win this thing.
"Unfortunately on the restart we were getting side-drafted and sucked around, and hit from behind, and loose, and everything else. I had to finally get straight and get everybody off me to be able to race. Once I could do that, I could go forward.
"Just another missed opportunity here with the best car....and come home without a win.
The novel 'best average finish' concept over the first four legs didn't work very smoothly. NASCAR did not provide those numbers to the fans at Charlotte Motor Speedway or apparently to television carrying the race. TV put up an graphic that was glaringly wrong in retrospect.
A fairly decent crowd, maybe 75,000, for the annual All-Star race. But NASCAR scoring didn't do fans any favors (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Logano made a surprising run at the end to take second. "It was entertaining, to say the least," Logano said with a grin.
"My guys did a great job calling the race -- keeping that 'average finish' up. I thought we were a fifth to sixth place car in the beginning of the race, and we just needed to get track position. I felt if we got our track position we could run decent.
"I think we 'averaged' fifth, and then we came down pit road, and beat one car out, which put us in the second row.
"In the back of my mind, before the race started, I felt I needed to be in the second row with 10 to go to at least have a shot at this thing.
"My guys got me what I needed, and then it was up to me to make of the most of what I had.
"But Jimmie was really, really fast. Once he got that clean air, he was gone.
"All I could do was hope for clean air and try to stack everything up and give it one more shot.
"Second is nothing to hang our head down... but it doesn't mean much when there's no points. It's all about the million bucks tonight."
Jamie McMurray and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. went one-two in the Showdown preliminary to earn spots in the feature, but they weren't contenders. Danica Patrick won the fan vote for the final spot in the big race; she too was uncompetitive, finishing last among the 20 still running.
Brad Keselowski was the first out, breaking a transmission at the start.
The night's action was 30 minutes late starting because of sprinkling rain, and then it was red-flagged for 45 minutes for more rain. But the track was ready for racing to resume at 10:30 p.m. ET, and the checkered came just before midnight.
Jimmie's smokin' 'em (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
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Please send me your new address so I can ship the Oud 27 =)
fantastic review on dior homme / and intense comparisons. have to prefer the original!
great writing too, id like to recommend a couple of books that blew me away this year...
i tulips mario petrucci
alan gillis - here comes the night
best wishes
great review of frederic malle's 'french lover', have gotten my hands on a sample today and i have to say, i love it! not a big fan of pink pepper or peppery notes in my cologne but this combined with vetiver it's just dreamy. i thought i only liked vetiver extraordinaire from malle's line but this one is as close to it in terms of perfection as you can get, well, on my skin anyway and from my point of view.
Hello Oh. Your eulogy of / paean to Vanilia almost brought a tear to my eye. So wonderful a scent so depressingly discontinued. Anyway, just thought I'd drop by to say how much I enjoy your informative and expressive reviews.
Hello Oh_Hedgehog,
I was reading reviews of Cuir de Lancome, and having not smelled the stuff, your review seemed one of the best and most descriptive. Then I went on to read your reviews of Osmanthus and En Passant, which I have smelled. I really enjoyed your articulation of the notes in Osmanthus. It was an excellent review. Thanks for sharing.
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Monterey County Sheriff's Office Selects Kronos for Fast Payback and Operational Efficiencies
CHELMSFORD, Mass. — California's Monterey County Sheriff's Office selected an integrated suite of workforce management solutions from Kronos Incorporated to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity.
News Facts
• Monterey County Sheriff's office selected Kronos time and attendance and TeleStaff™ applications, as well as the revolutionary new Kronos® InTouch™ time clock. Kronos will primarily help the office operate more effectively by optimizing resource utilization and improving employee morale through an automated and equitable scheduling system. The medical center of the county was already implementing Kronos, and based on results achieved in that unit, the sheriff's office chose to replace its manual processes with Kronos to achieve fast payback and operational efficiencies.
• Among many benefits, Kronos will help Monterey County Sheriff's office accurately align staff to demand. This will fill a critical need, particularly in mission-critical jobs in public safety. The Kronos TeleStaff solution will also address unique public safety requirements such as shift, post, and event scheduling. Additionally, the Kronos solution will create schedules while taking into consideration complex federal, state, and union laws and regulations, as pay rules are supported automatically within the solution.
• Accuracy in time and attendance data collection and payroll processing with Kronos will also help minimize errors leading to unnecessary overtime payments. Kronos will play an important role in the tracking of labor costs to specific projects. Precise accounting of labor hours and associated costs by job or project will help the office further expedite the federal reimbursement and grant-seeking process.
• By implementing next generation workforce management solutions from Kronos, Monterey County Sheriff's office will more effectively balance employee satisfaction with operational efficiencies. For example, the Kronos InTouch time clock will enable employees to check accrual balances, request time off, and view schedules – all in real-time – while preventing employees from clocking in or out outside scheduled start and stop times. Through biometric technology, Kronos will help prevent buddy punching, the costly act of employees punching in for one another.
Supporting Quotes
• Scott K. Miller, sheriff-coroner, Monterey County Sheriff's Office
"All governments today are facing fiscal challenges and will need to more effectively manage labor costs, as it accounts for a significant portion of all operational expenses. For this reason, we selected Kronos. Through real-time visibility into labor data, Kronos will help us allocate our resources more effectively and efficiently, and the time and money saved can be applied to improving public safety, our biggest priority."
• Christine Carmichael, director, public sector practice group, Kronos
"While government entities are slowly digging out from one of the most significant budget crises in history, we are witnessing an increased focus on workforce management for improved efficiencies. Progressive government departments such as Monterey County Sheriff's office are now looking at optimizing labor as an effective way to preserve budget dollars that fuel jobs and programs."
About Kronos Incoporated
Kronos is the global leader in workforce management solutions that enable organizations to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. Tens of thousands of organizations in 100 countries — including more than half of the Fortune 1000® — use Kronos time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, HR and payroll, hiring, and labor analytics applications. To learn how Kronos uniquely delivers complete automation and high-quality information in an easy-to-use solution, visit www.kronos.com.


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Champs-Elysees is an expansion bank of 89 presets for the Korg Monopoly Vsti
The Champ-Elysées bank covers Leads, Synths, and Vox instruments.
Taking full advantage of Monopoly's Matrix Modulation huge possibilities and of its gorgeous oscillators and filters, all the instruments in this collection make full use of the modulation wheel for expressive playing and instant pleasure.
Champs-Elysées covers all types of Leads : From classic analog leads to more modern instruments suitable for all electronic musical genres.
Lotuzia (programmer of the bank) : " The Monopoly has the same oscillator quality than its brothers Ms-20 and Polysix. It adds a brilliant Modulation Matrix, and another Korg Wonder Filter. This allows precise and versatile sound sculpture and "beyond strict analog" possibilities. A real class synth, in a category of its own."
Note : there are 4 other available soundsets for the Monopoly, each covering a specific range of instruments.
Note : All banks are Mac compatible Korg Official Monopoly Page
Judge by yourself and listen to our audio demos. Our audio demos only make use of the internal Fx and we only used the modulation wheel for the automations. Not a single Eq, compressor was used
Single instruments demos (only one instrument playing at a time)
Park Lane Demo (pads) Broad Walk Demo (keys)
Champs-Elysées Demo ( Leads) Flinder's Way Demo (Bass-Prc)
SchlossAllée Demo (Fx-Arp-Seqs)
User Feedback : Echoes of the Real World
" I love the Monopoly and Vanguard Banks very much :-) "
Michel R W (Switzerland) in Email
" Don't miss this one, you'll be sorry if you don't. No really, get them they're good ! "
NorthSouth in Kvr forum
"Got it - excellent stuff thanks!"
SWAN808 in Kvr PM
11/2008 "Thanks a lot for the outstanding banks - truly great programming!!!"
Jesper F.N -Denmark- in Email
"Some very cool and useful sounds in your collections. I would definitely recommend people to check them out!"
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In the May-June 2012 issue of Vertiflite, famed aviation photographer Jay Miller takes us inside helicopter interiors as you've never seen them before! Jay writes: "Photographing aircraft and helicopters entails a lot of variables. Among the many are requests to photograph specific parts and pieces, create images of major and minor subassemblies, and provide reference photos of accessories and equipment. The most popular among these, at least in terms of my specific helicopter clients, are overviews of cockpit and cabin interiors. In response, I have developed some special techniques and acquired some special lenses that give me the ability to produce images that emphasize the quality of their workmanship, underscore their subject knowledge and technical skills, and emphasize their overall capabilities as a manufacturer or completion shop."
If you're an AHS member, log in to My AHS to read the rest of the article online in Vertiflite or download a free pdf from the AHS Online Store (non-members can purchase a pdf of the issue for $30).