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I fell totally in love with Second Life one minute after joining in 2005. A few weeks later I left a very boring but very well paid senior management post in the public sector to became a technology entrepreneur.
I thought Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash vision of a highly immersive consumer virtual reality Metaverse would soon become a reality, and I wanted to be part of it.
As we all know, Snow Crash crashed in only a few years. In August 2007, as CEO of a Second Life development company in Spain with some high profile clients, I was interviewed by the national TV to comment on why companies were wasting millions on desert corporate VR spaces without visitors. The "desert Second Life" meme, started by an article on Wired, propagated very fast, and Second Life started to fade out.
These days I have the impression that Second Life (SL) is a dead alien world populated by the ghosts of a few former inhabitants who refuse to go. A couple of weeks ago I helped to organize a very good SL conference with many good speakers and interesting talks… and less than 10 people came.
Looking back, I see several reasons for the demise of SL:
1. The interface is far, far too difficult for today's casual users who think that the Internet is that little box with lights that flicker when you are on Facebook. Many users, including many who use the Internet daily for work, do not know how to copy and paste, or the difference between left and right click. Add to this a terminal attention deficit, and you see how the Second Life interface is too difficult for mass adoption. Today, you need to design one-click user interfaces, because two clicks is too many.
2. Related to 1, SL is too heavy for most user computers. Those with powerful gaming systems and modern graphic cards never realize it, but Second Life is just not usable on low-performance computers, including new computers of users who don't know how to switch off resource-hungry antivirus software, firewalls, background tasks and all the useless crap installed by manufacturers.
3. A 3D interface that imitates reality can be a great and intuitive user interface (if you see a door, you should go through, if you see a chair, you should sit down, etc.), but 3D on a flat 2D screen is not really 3D, and may make things difficult for the user, especially when combined with 1 and 2.
4. Many early users of SL were very jealous and protective of the early SL culture, strongly centered on pseudonymity and non-disclosure of real life information, and vocally resisted all technical innovations that could facilitate the intrusion of reality into their "magic circle" (see for example the very heated debates that followed the introduction of voice in SL in 2007). Most of them were "immersionists," mainly interested in SL as "another world" where they could live "another life" entirely separated from their "first life" (FL) and strongly resisted the "invasion" of "augmentationists" interested in SL as a communication tool for telepresence applications related to FL. I think the tension between these two communities played a significant role in the demise of SL. Henrik Bennetsen's essay on the subject is not available anymore at its original URL but a backup is still on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
5. In my (and many others') opinion Linden Lab, the company behind SL, made one disastrous decision after another, alienating existing users without attracting new users. For example, first they alienated immersionists by promoting SL as a platform for business and education, then they changed their mind, then they changed their mind again, then they changed their mind some more times until everyone stopped caring.
I wonder whether SL and other immersive virtual worlds still have a future, and whether Stephenson's Metaverse can still become a reality.
I am interested in online communication tools, and I have no interest in an building an alternative life in another world. My ideal avatar is a simple geometrical primitive with realtime webcam video streaming on a face (like the default avatars in OpenQwaq). This is easy to do in SL since version 2 of the viewer, and it is easy to set up videoconferencing in SL with free video streaming services, but these things don't seem too interesting for the remaining SL users. Perhaps they will catch on in the future in SL or (more likely) in next generation platforms.
There are, in fact, interesting next generation Metaverse platforms that run natively in modern browsers without requiring a dedicated viewer or plugin. See for example Cloud Party, or the awesome Virtual World Framework demos. These systems seem much lighter and easier to use than SL, and (hopefully) able to address points 1 and 2 above. Concerning point 3, consumer VR glasses like Vuzix Wrap, Oculus Rift and future version of Google Glasses will permit real 3D interfaces to 3D scenes, and may wake up the sleeping Metaverse. In summary, I am cautiously hopeful in a Metaverse renaissance.


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McCall, Idaho elementary teacher and school win presidential environmental education award
Release Date: 06/05/2013
Contact Information: Suzanne Skadowski, EPA Public Affairs, 206-553-6689, 206-295-4829, firstname.lastname@example.com
(Seattle – June 5, 2013) Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the White House Council on Environmental Quality presented a 2013 Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators to teacher Lindsey Hoffman-Truxel and to her school, Barbara Morgan Elementary, in McCall, Idaho.
The Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators recognizes and supports teachers who use experiential and environmental opportunities with creativity and community engagement to help students develop a sense of civic responsibility and stewardship.
Ms. Hoffman-Truxel and Barbara Morgan Elementary are recognized for their exceptional work as leaders in environmental education, integrating environmental education into their lessons, and connecting students with their communities and the natural world.
Ms. Hoffman-Truxel is working with four government agencies on an innovative project that teaches her students about invasive species of weeds and the nitrogen cycle. The Knapweed Project has allowed her students to learn about botany, soil characteristics, and land stewardship.
EPA presented the award to Ms. Hoffman-Truxel and to her school, Barbara Morgan Elementary, at a ceremony today in McCall, Idaho. The award includes $2,000 to further her professional development in environmental education and $2,000 to Barbara Morgan Elementary to fund environmental educational activities and programs.
Nationwide, ten other teachers and schools were also recognized with 2013 Presidential Innovation Awards for Environmental Educators.
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Bellthorpe Stays: Natures Retreat - Beautiful accommodation in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland with access to private waterfalls, rainforest, walking tracks, wildlife, wilderness plus farming. Next to Bellthorpe National Park.
Bellthorpe Stays is the place to get away from it all and catch up on the rest and relaxation you've been missing out on - just over an hour from Brisbane and half an hour to Maleny. You can stay at the traditional timber Cottage (up to three people - great for friends or couples) or one of the two bedroom Cabins (up to five people - great for family, friends and couples).
Located in the tranquil, leafy area of Bellthorpe, not far from Maleny, both the Cottage and Cabins are self-contained accommodation. There's lots of open space, cool breezes, wide verandas, local views, wood heater for cool nights and well equipped kitchen. Linen is supplied.
You have access to our own rainforest and waterfalls: all accessible on our walking tracks on 400 acres and next to the wilderness of Bellthorpe National Park, with birds aplenty.
You can rest and relax, take in the country atmosphere, explore or do nothing! Come and enjoy Bellthorpe Stays: Easy to take it easy!
Bellthorpe Cabins are part of the Bellthorpe Stays accommodation with 3 two bedroom cabins available, each sleeping up to 5 people, with private waterfalls, rainforest and walking tracks. The property is surrounded by rainforest country, borders Bellthorpe National Park and is a great place for couples, or family and friends to get together. Each cabin has a well equipped kitchen, television, DVD, stereo, barbecue, wood heater, electric blankets on the queen beds, washing machine and a deck with views into the wilderness or across the property.
The Cottage is a great place for couples to get away from it all and recharge the batteries; complete with rainforest, waterfalls, walking tracks and resident wildlife, all on the 400 acre property and bordering the Bellthorpe National Park. Plus, about half the property runs cattle - peacefully grazing away. Accommodation is a queen bed and a single bed in a separate room. The Cottage is self catering with a well equipped kitchen, barbecue, wood heater for those cosy cool nights and wide verandas with views across the property.
Whipbird Cabin is part of Bellthorpe Stays and sits at the top of the ridge over looking that pasture paddocks across the property. Whipbird still has all the normal access to waterfalls, rainforest and walking tracks, but with a rural farm outlook
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We invite you to discover who has made Evergreen Mortuary & Cemetery the ultimate provider of creating healing experiences in the community. This section contains the heritage, vision, and the people behind Evergreen Mortuary & Cemetery's reputation of quality, sincerity, and trust.
History & Staff
We have years of experience caring for families, from all walks of life. Each family comes to us because they know we are leaders in our profession, dedicated to excellence in service, and have the highest integrity.
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We give every family in our community unique opportunities to learn, share, and remember. Each of our educational, grief support or remembrance events is designed to appeal to a wide age range, including adults and children. It is our intention to enrich lives, educate minds, and ease sorrows.
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We'll be pleased to welcome your visit to our warm and comfortable offices. Evergreen Mortuary & Cemetery was designed to be unlike any cemetery you've ever seen; it's truly a one-of-a-kind place.
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We've made it easy to send your email inquiries via our contact form. Delivered in minutes, your message will not sit in our Inbox for long. We guarantee to respond within one business day.
Our goal is to provide our client families with memorable remembrance experiences. Celebrations of their loved one's life, and the time they shared. So who should speak of our success? That's easy; those we've served. Our words are expected, while theirs genuinely share their feelings about our services.
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After two decades working in B.C.'s non-profit sector, the Vancouver native was made president and CEO of VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation on Wednesday. The organization raised $61 million in donations in the past year. The Sun's Zoe McKnight talks to Grantham about the challenges in the field and her hopes and goals
Q. You've been involved in the non-profit sector for your whole career. Our archives first mention your name in 1991.
A. I was born and raised here. I moved away for about 10 years, but really my professional working career has been in the philanthropic sector here in B.C. with some national work as well. I started my career with the United Way of the Lower Mainland and had time in other terrific organizations like the Canadian Mental Health Association, Children's Hospital Foundation, Canadian Mental Health Association, Vancouver Foundation and the Streetohome Foundation. And when I was raising my family there were years I was an independent consultant working with those kinds of organizations.
Q. What changes have you seen in the sector over time?
A. Lots has changed. When I look back, in the late 80s in the early days of my career, we didn't use technology to process giving or communicate with donors and the public at all. We didn't have a website or email. ... One of the transformations I've seen is the arrival of technology and the revolution that's brought about. Increasingly now, donors want to give their gifts online. They don't want to receive anything in the mail. They want to direct their money in a very intentional way. In the early days, more people gave money without designating or specifying where they wanted it to go.
Q. When it comes to big donations — such as the $2 million the Rennie family donated to the new Joseph & Rosalie Segal Family Health Centre — versus small individual ones, how has the ratio changed?
A. It's changed, but not as much as people think. In the business, we loosely use the 80-20 rule. Eighty per cent of our gifts come from 20 per cent of our donors. It's a pyramid. A significant percentage of the overall revenue raised by any philanthropic organization in any given year comes from a small number of people. If we used the 80-20 rule 20 years ago, it's now 90-10. More people of high net worth are giving more. It's not that other people are giving less.
Q. What about the last five years after the global economic meltdown? What has been the impact?
A. The sector was impacted significantly, some organizations more than others. Foundations were harder hit than those that didn't have a lot of money invested in the market. So any foundation with money endowed or sitting in investment accounts took a hit. Universities have a lot of money in endowments. Community foundations is another example. Ours to a lesser degree. It was a two-fold impact: one was the hit to markets and investments that many charities hold for the long term. And the second was the pullback in donor behaviour as a result of the economic downturn. I think it was a little more pronounced in the States than here, as were the economic conditions more generally.
Q. Have things returned to pre-recession levels?
A. We certainly did notice a dip nationally and here in B.C. But yes, for the most part.
Q. What are the priorities of the hospital foundation?
A. No. 1 absolutely is finishing the campaign for the mental health building. It's a really important part of our infrastructure of care in this province. We're very excited. It's moving forward very well, both the campaign and the planning for the new building. Our next priority is all the ongoing equipment and tools that our physicians and health care professionals need to do the leading-edge work they do. That's everything from new CT scanners and new radiology equipment to new cardiac equipment, new neurological tools and equipment to go into patient care areas. The third is continuing funding for research.
Q. Is there a hospital department that is a particular focus for fundraising or has a particular need?
A. In the last few years, the priorities have really been around prostate and ovarian and pancreatic cancer. But we've also raised significant amounts of money for (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease) and neurodegenerative diseases. We've raised money for eye care research and lots of money for cardiac health and heart and stroke research. Virtually all of the specialized health care services are here at VGH or UBC hospital or GF Strong (rehabilitation centre) ... the priorities are really set by Vancouver Coastal Health, in the overall picture.


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Facilities Matters Archives
Report a Snow or Ice Condition
Submitted: December 3, 2013
Snow and Ice notifications
If you find an area on campus that appears to be in immediate need of attention for snow or ice removal, please send your request to firstname.lastname@example.com. Your request will go directly to the employee servicing that particular area. Please be sure to include your name and number so someone can contact you for more information.
For further information, please contact our Customer Service Center at 474-7000.
Chilled Water Line Replacement
Submitted: June 3, 2013
Subject: Chilled water line replacement in campus core area
Start Date: Wednesday, 06/05/13
End Date: Wednesday, 06/19/13
Contractors will be excavating the area on the north and northeast side of Gruening starting on Wednesday, June 5th . This will last approximately two weeks. The excavation is required to replace a chilled water line which provides cooling for Wood Center and Whitaker. This construction zone will be fenced off but please use caution while traveling in this areas. View a map of the area (PDF).
For more information, please contact our Customer Service Center at 474-7000.
Scheduled A/H power outages for Jan 2013 (Excel)
Sewer Line Project
Submitted: October 8, 2012
A section of Tanana Loop on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus will be closed
for most of the month of October for a sewer line project.
The project will begin Oct. 8. Crews will excavate a portion of the road near the Duckering and Bunnell buildings. The parking lot between the buildings will also be closed and there will be changes to campus shuttle routes.
Drivers and pedestrians on campus should watch for signs and allow extra time to reach their destinations.
Please view the document (PDF).
For more information, please contact our Customer Service Center at 474-7000.
Test Bore Drilling Site - Wood Center
Submitted: July 13, 2012
Test Bore Drilling Site - Wood Center (PDF)
FY12 Facilities Modifications
Submitted: April 2, 2012
The deadline to submit a Facility Modification or estimate work request using FY12» funding is April 1, 2012.
Existing requests are now in the planning stages or» in process, however Facilities Services cannot accept new requests after» that date until the new fiscal year begins on July 1.
This does not include requests for costs to set up events.
For information, please contact Marianne Freelong at 474-5990
Development of a Facilities Master Plan for Deferred Maintenance on West Ridge
Submitted: January 9, 2012
Please view the document (PDF).
For more information, please contact our Customer Service Center at 474-7000.
Light Monitor Product Info
Submitted: December 2, 2011
Please view the document (PDF).
For more information, please contact our Customer Service Center at 474-7000.
Asphalting of Arctic Health Roof
Submitted: October 26, 2011
Start: October 27, 2011
End: November 2, 2011 (estimated date)
Contractors will begin the roofing operation at the new Arctic Health courtyard clinic on October 27. This work involves using a tar type product which is called a "low smell" however, there will be a tar odor but the fumes are not toxic. This is similar to the roofing material being used at the new Life Sciences project.
To avoid fumes entering the building through the temporary front entrance at the stairwell, this door will be closed and designated as EMERGENCY EXIT ONLY for the duration of the roofing work. Signs will be posted to direct traffic to the east and north west entrances.
For further information, please contact our Customer Service Center at 474-7000 or view the link for the MSDS (PDF)
Closure of East Arctic Health Lot 9A
Submitted: September 22, 2011
Subject: Closure of East Arctic Health Lot 9A
Start: Sept. 23, 2011, 6:00pm
End: Sept. 24, 2011, 6:00pm
East Arctic Health lot 9A will be closed to vehicle for construction activities related to the AHCHC project. Contractors will be using the parking lot to deliver and set up a large crane. The use of the crane will be on the north side of the Arctic Health building from 9-24 to 9-25.
Please use extra caution when in the area of the operating crane during this time.
Thank you!
Tanana Loop Road Closure
Submitted: September 16, 2011
Subject: Tanana Loop Road Closure near Bunnell
Start: Sept 16, 2011, 5:00pm
End: Sept 26, 2011, 8:00am
A road closure on Sept 16th at Tanana Loop near the Bunnell building will begin at 5:00pm. This closure will also affect the east end of Bunnell Parking Lot 3G. The lot will have parking spaces extended at the west end for decal parking during this time.
This closure is required for contractors to install manholes and storm water sewer piping. The closure will not affect campus shuttle or borough bus schedules.
For further information, please contact FS Customer Service Center at 474-7000.
Arctic Health Construction Update
Submitted: September 15, 2011
Subject: Temporary North Entrance Door - A/H
Start: Sept. 17, 2011, 600am
End: Sept. 17, 2011, 800pm
The temporary north entrance door into Arctic Health will be designated as "emergency exit only" on Saturday, Sept. 17th.
Contractors will be working overhead in this area; access to the building will be through the northwest and southeast doors on Saturday only.
Thank you!
Campus Window Washing
Submitted: August 12, 2011
Facilities Services has a contractor on campus who will» be washing the windows in your buildings this month, beginning today, Friday, August 12th.
Please use caution when entering and exiting these areas as they will be using tall ladders and will be hanging from the buildings!
The tentative schedule (PDF) is likely to be adjusted as work progresses.
Please ensure all all small items are moved away from the windows.
For further information, please contact FS Customer Service Center at 474-7000.
Arctic Health Clinic ADA Access
Submitted: August 2, 2011
Subject: A/H CANHR Construction Project Update
Start: August 2, 2011
End: March, 2012
Construction on the Arctic Health in-fill project has commenced. The contractor has begun work on the front entrance (north) of the building. The stairwell (100S7) entrance in this area will remain accessible to foot traffic. Facilities Services will install a handle on the exterior of the door in the immediate future.
The ADA ramp at the front of building will be temporarily moved to the south east entrance of the building. Please note: this entrance does not have automatic door openers. This ramp will remain at the SE entrance for the project duration, into 2012. The ADA entrance at the west side of Arctic Health will remain in service.
Please view the new map for ADA access (PDF).
Interior foot traffic should avoid using the first and second floors, north hallways and the front (north side) of the building (100C1 & 200C5). These hallways will soon be closed for the duration of the project.
Thanks to all of you for your patience and understanding during this project.
For more information, please contact our Customer Service Center at 474-7000.
Arctic Health Clinic In-fill Project
Submitted: August 1, 2011
2011 Construction Overview Map
Submitted: April 21, 2011
The 2011 Construction Overview map highlighting UAF's summer projects is now available online. (PDF)
Constitution Hall Toilet Room Upgrade
Submitted: November 5, 2010
The Constitution Hall Toilet Room Upgrade project is scheduled to begin Monday November 1, 2010 beginning at 6:00pm.
The project reconfigures the existing toilet rooms into ADA compliant accessible toilet rooms. The project also provides accessible drinking fountains, a relocated janitor's closet, a new communications hub room, and space for a future elevator equipment room.
The project is scheduled for work on level one continuing thru mid December then moving to level three. The entire project is scheduled complete by mid-February 2011.
UAF Contact: Mike Schuetz, Project Manager, 474-6650
Road Closure Notice
Submitted: August 12, 2010
Beginning on Thursday, August 12 thru Monday, August 16 (depending upon construction progress), West Tanana Drive will be closed from the Thompson Drive roundabout to the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES/Farm) for approximately one day. The following day, Tanana Loop will be closed from the Thompson Drive roundabout up to the junction with Yukon Drive near the Butrovich building.
Detour information and signage will be posted on Sheep Creek Road informing motorists to use the Parks Highway and enter campus from Thompson Drive. Vehicles traveling east from Sheep Creek Road will be allowed only as far as the AFES farm driveways. There will be no traffic allowed on West Tanana Drive from the roundabout to AFES farm. Roads will be clearly barricaded and marked with signage.
It is anticipated that the work on both roads will be completed with minimal disruption to campus. We apologize to motorists, bicyclists, and walkers for the inconvenience of using alternate routes to AFES farm and Upper Campus during this construction period.
Please contact our Customer Service Center at 474-7000 for further information.
As always, thank you for your patience.
Click here to view Tanana Loop closure map (PDF)
Click here to view Sheep Creek closure map (PDF)
Skarland Hall Restroom Renovations
Submitted: August 3, 2010
Facilities Services is beginning the Skarland Hall Restroom Remodel project the week
of Aug 2- 6.
The scope of work includes the complete demolition and rebuild of the restroom and showers on floors 2-4. Systems impacted include electrical, alarms, mechanical, HVAC and parking.
Substantial Completion is scheduled for February 22, 2011.
See the attached drawing (PDF) for the areas used for contractor parking and material lay down.
UAF Contacts:
Reed Morisky, Project Manager, Wk 474-5856, Cell 460-6371
Scott Heidorn, Contract Manager, Wk 474-5558, Cell 590-0671
Nenana Parking Lot Closure
Submitted: July 8, 2010
Facilities Services will be closing the west and northwest entrance (click for a map (PDF)) of the Nenana Parking Lot for paving from Thursday, July 8 through Wednesday, July 14th. The lot willl reopen for normal use on July 15th. Signs are posted routing customers to access to the portion of the parking lot that will remain open. Please contact us at 474-7000 for more information.
Utilities Waste Line Repairs - Phase Two - Tanana Loop Connection
Submitted: July 2, 2010
Phase 2 of the Utilities Waste Line Repairs project will continue on July 30, 2010. This project is the continuation phase of replacing aged, unreliable sanitary and storm water infrastructure. This work will take place along Tanana Loop near the Student Recreation Center and Patty Gym. Work is scheduled to be completed September 30, 2010.
Irving I & II Elevator closure for upgrades
Submitted: June 25, 2010
Facilities Services will be shutting down the shared elevator between Irving I and Irving II on July 6. This outage is necessary to upgrade the elevator. The outage is expected to last until September 9, 2010.
For more information, contact Mike Scheutz at 474-7000
Thank you for your patience as we work to make our campus a safe one!
South Chandalar Drive
Submitted: June 10, 2010
South Chandalar Drive will be open to emergency traffic only from Thursday, June 10th - Monday, June 14th for re-surfacing. The contractor will remain on site afther the 14th working on sidewalks, curbs and gutters.
Please keep a watchful eye out for workers and yield to construction equipment.
Intersection of Sheenjek and Koyukuk
Submitted: June 10, 2010
The intersection will be open to emergency traffic only Thursday, June 17th - Sunday, June 20th. Road repairs will lift and repave the intersection to eliminate the large dip that exists now.
Auto traffic for the Museum will be temporarily re-routed to the east entrance off of Yukon Drive to parking lot 9J.
Traffic to parking lots 9E, 9M, 9F and 9G will be re-routed to Tanana Loop on the west side of West Ridge.
Roadway Line Painting
Submitted: May 12, 2010
The Department of Transportation will be on campus mid-June for roadway line painting. Specific dates and time schedule will be posted soon.
2010 Campus Master Plan - DRAFT
Submitted: April 21, 2010
A final 2010 Campus Master Plan will be available to view in July.
2010 Construction Overview Map
Submitted: April 19, 2010
The 2010 Construction Overview map highlighting UAF's summer projects is now available online. (PDF)
Brush Clearing - Campus Sewer Main Replacement
Submitted: March 11, 2010
Facilities Services is preparing for the Campus Sewer Main Replacement along Thompson Drive and Tanana Loop. This line will be installed to the east of the existing line, keeping campus in service during the installation. Brush clearing will begin in a few weeks, with digging to start in early summer.
Business Report FY10 Quarter 1 & 2 (PDF)
Parking Services is moving.
Submitted: February 15, 2010
Parking Services is consolidating its offices to one location at 114 Physical Plant. The offices at 111 Eielson Building and 1855 Marika Rd. will be closed about Feb. 20. A kiosk will be available in the PolarExpress office at 116 Eielson Building. You can purchase permits, update your information, pay or appeal tickets, and chat in real time with parking services staff to ask questions or get information through the online system. Log in with your UA AuthServ user name and password.
2009 UAF Heat & Power Plant Turbine Overhaul
Submitted: February 10, 2010
Final Wrap-up Report
The utilities department completed required maintenance on the electricity-generating turbine this past summer. During that time, electricity was purchased from Golden Valley Electric Association and the entire campus was called on to help reduce electric consumption. Facilities Services turned air handlers off at night, kept chillers off to the greatest extent possible, and limited use of all high-use, electric-driven building components.
On May 27, shortly before the turbine was brought back online the university community reduced overall energy consumption by 3%, approximately $10,000 in savings. The following month, the utilities division continued to rely on GVEA for maintenance on the coal-fired boilers at the power plant.
The final electrical savings was $24,300 or an overall energy consumption reduction of 3.5%.
Unseasonably warm weather and lack of individual control in office areas were challenges that we believe prevented the campus from reaching the goal of saving $50,000 goal.
In addition to the overhaul, the utilities division also:
- Changed out the turbine speed/load control system
- Changed the voltage regulator control system
- Changed out the power meter
- Relocated the control room
- Made the surface condenser operational
The efforts allow UAF to have better control of the power and steam that is produced for campus and made it possible for the power plant to move into a new, safer control room. Most of the power plant controls have been moved, and the remaining controls will be relocated in the following months.
As of December 2009, the campus' electric usage and savings remain flat compared to previous years' levels. We continue to cycle the main building air handling equipment at night to a greater degree than we had in the past, that coupled with changed behaviors of everyone is reducing our electrical usage at UAF!
FY11 Operating & Capital Requests
Submitted: January 21, 2010
The approved Redbook (PDF), UA Board of Regents' FY11 operating and capital requests is available online.
LED Test Installations
Submitted: January 21, 2010
Several test installations of LED lights have been completed. Comments on the LED lights installed on campus can be sent to email@example.com.
Visit our sustainablity page to learn more about LED lighting at UAF.
Submitted: January 10, 2010
Thank you for visiting the UAF Facilities Services website. Our website contains a wealth of information, and we diligently try to make it easy for you to find the information and services that you need.
If you have suggestions or unable to find the information you are looking for, please email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Escape to Kathmandu
This add-on is a 4-day tour of Kathmandu that can be booked in conjunction with any of our India group tours, city breaks or private tours.
Visit Nepal's enchanting capital city, located on the ancient caravan route between India and Tibet. A fascinating blend of old and new, Kathmandu is the largest and most cosmopolitan city in Nepal and yet in places, seemingly unchanged since the middle-ages with temples, shrines and living gods.
days 1 & 2
Welcome to Kathmandu! Transfer to hotel. On day 2 enjoy a guided tour of the holy Hindu temple of Pashupatinath, Kathmandu Durbar Square, the Buddhist Swayambhunath Pagoda and the colossal Bodhnath. Tonight enjoy dinner and a cultural performance.
Days 3 & 4
Spend day 3 at leisure or take an incredible optional scenic flight over the Himalayas to see mighty Everest. Alternatively consider trekking in the beautiful Kathmandu Valley. Day 4, depart Kathmandu.
Hotel used: Hotel Shanker or similar
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What you need to know before you go
Estonia is located in north-eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland. This Baltic state has over 1,500 islands with rocky beaches, forests, moraine hills, and glacial lakes.
You'll find majestic castles, churches, and hilltop fortresses throughout the country. Estonia's capital, Tallinn, is known for its UNESCO World Heritage listed Old Town, where you can wander along cobblestoned streets and visit medieval structures. If you're into the great outdoors, the Soomaa National Park has hiking trails and suspension bridges overlooking untouched bogs and glades.
Top destinations in EstoniaWhere will you go next?
Tallinn lies on the Gulf of Finland's southern coast. The capital city of Estonia features a UNESCO World Heritage listed Old Town, where you'll find encompassing city walls and medieval architecture along its cobblestoned streets. The 314-meter-high Tallinn TV Tower, which has an observation deck on the 21st floor, is one of the city's best vantage points.
Tallinn has several beaches that are suitable for swimming – Stroomi Beach is a gay-friendly beach north of the city center, while Pirita Marina and Beach features a large sandy expanse that's often packed during summer. Music festivals, like the Tallinn Winter Festival and The Estonian Song Celebration, attract thousands of music lovers from around the world each year.Read more


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Bill to Protect Healthcare Providers Licenses Passes Senate Health Committee
By Brandon Moseley
Alabama Political Reporter
There was a time in this country when doctors, dentists, optometrists, and chiropractors were independent businessmen who saw the patients that they wanted to see and they and their patients set the price for their services on the free market. Then health insurance companies began to set the prices for the services that medical providers can get paid and doctors and the other medical professionals could choose whether or not they wanted to participate in those plans. Then in the 1980s the federal government established the DRG system. Federal bureaucrats established what the Medicare agency set for services. If doctors, optometrists, dentists, and chiropractors wanted to see patients who participate in that program they had to elect to receive that set dollar amount as payment.
Whether they are internationally recognized as the best in their field or are just starting out, what Medicare pays for the service is the same. State Medicaid agencies followed suit and soon Congress, the state legislatures, Medicaid, Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), Patient Provider Organizations (PPOs), and other managed care organizations had more control over pricing for medical services than the medical professionals themselves had. Medical care providers could still opt to choose what plans that they take and whether they participate in a plan or not.
Even that little bit of freedom is starting to slip away as government gets to be an even bigger player in the healthcare sector of the economy. Senator Phil Williams (R) from Rainbow City is sponsoring a bill, SB 22 that protects the licenses of doctors, dentists, optometrists, and chiropractors who elect not to participate in plans with which they disagree.
SB 22 was given a favorable report by the Senate health Committee on Wednesday, January 22.
Senator Williams told the Committee that the bill passed out of their committee last year, but was tied up in the House due to time constraints. It mirrors a law in Georgia and applies to physicians, optometrists, chiropractors, and dentists. The bill says that medical providers can not have their license withheld because they elect not to participate in some plan. "Who they choose to see as a patient is purely their business decision," Senator Williams said.
The Etowah County Senator said that Massachusetts has withheld licenses for providers who refuse to participate in their Romneycare program. Minnesota has done the same thing to dentists and as Obamacare (the government takeover of the healthcare sector authorized in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 spreads and gets more implemented this is becoming a bigger concern.
Senator Paul Bussman (R) from Cullman introduced an amendment which would add optometrists.
Sen. Williams said that they were accidentally left off.
The amendment passed and the Health Committee issued a favorable report in a 9 to 1 vote.
Senator Linda Coleman (D) from Birmingham was the lone "no" vote.
Three mental health crisis centers coming to Mobile, Montgomery and Huntsville
"Today marks a culture change in Alabama for treatment of individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders," Mental Health Commissioner Lynn Beshear said.
Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday announced an $18 million project to create three new mental health crisis centers to be located in Mobile, Montgomery and Huntsville.
These centers, once in operation, will reduce the number of people suffering from mental health crises who are hospitalized or jailed, Ivey said during a press briefing in front of the Capitol Building in Montgomery.
"When these facilities are open and fully staffed, these centers will become a safe haven for people facing mental health challenges," Ivey said.
Lynn Beshear, commissioner of the Alabama Department of Mental Health, said during the briefing that the centers will provide "recovery based" care with "short term stays of a few hours, or up to a few days, to provide treatment, support, and connection to care in the community."
"Today marks a culture change in Alabama for treatment of individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders," Beshear said.
Beshear said AltaPointe Health in Mobile will operate one of the three facilities, and once built it is to serve Mobile, Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe and Washington counties with 21 new beds, including 15 temporary observation beds. Altapointe will begin with a temporary space while constructing the new facilities, she said.
Beshear said the Montgomery Area Mental Health Authority is partnering with the East Alabama Mental Health Authority and the Central Alabama Mental Health Authority to serve the 11 counties in Region 3 with 21 new beds, including 10 temporary observation and respite beds.
"The regional crisis center will be located in Montgomery, and will be open to walk-ins and for drop off by law enforcement, first responders and referrals from emergency rooms," Beshear said.
Wellstone Behavioral Health in Huntsville was selected to open the third center, and will do so at a temporary site while a new facility is being built, with the help of an additional $2.1 million from local governments, Beshear said. That facility will eventually have 39 beds, including 15 for temporary observation and 24 for extended observation.
"There's not a day that goes by that after-hours care is not an issue in our state," said Jeremy Blair, CEO of Wellstone Behavioral Health, speaking at the press conference. "And so I applaud the Department of Mental Health and the leaders for their efforts in recognizing that and taking it a step further and funding our efforts here."
Asked by a reporter why a center wasn't located in Jefferson County, one of the most populous counties with a great need for such a center, Ivey said those residents will be served in one of the other regions.
"Plans are underway to continue this effort. Today's beginning, with these three crisis centers, is just the beginning," Ivey said.
Ivey added that request for proposals were sent out for these three centers and "it was a strong competition for the location of these three crisis centers."
Alabama House Majority Leader Nathaniel Ledbetter, R-Rainsville, said during the briefing that more than a year ago, Ivey asked him what the state should be looking at, and that he replied "we're failing miserably in mental health."
Ledbetter said Ivey asked him to take on the challenge of correcting the state's response to mental health, and a team was created to do just that.
"Working together, today's announcement will not only change Alabamians lives, but will help to save lives," Ledbetter said.
Ainsworth returns to work after testing positive for COVID
Ainsworth's office on Sept. 21 announced he had tested positive earlier that week, having been tested after someone in his Sunday school class tested positive for the disease.
Alabama Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth on Wednesday announced that he was returning to work that day and had met public health requirements for quarantining after testing positive for COVID-19 some time last week.
Ainsworth's office on Sept. 21 announced he had tested positive earlier that week, having been tested after someone in his Sunday school class tested positive for the disease.
"While many have battled with coronavirus, my symptoms never progressed beyond some mild congestion that I usually experience with seasonal allergies," Ainsworth said in a statement. "During the quarantine period, I participated in several Zoom calls, caught up on some office work, spent some quality time with my family, and completed a number of overdue projects on my farm."
Members of Ainsworth's staff who were in close contact with him haven't tested positive for COVID-19 but will remain in quarantine for a full 14-day period as a precaution, according to a press release from Ainsworth's office Wednesday.
"Ainsworth once again urges all Alabamians to practice personal responsibility, which may include wearing masks, maintaining social distancing whenever possible, and taking other precautions to lessen chances of exposure to COVID-19," the press release states.
Ainsworth still disagrees with Gov. Kay Ivey's statewide mask mandate, he said. According to the release, he considers such orders "a one-size-fits-all governmental overreach that erodes basic freedoms and liberties while removing an individual's right to make their own health-related choices."
The wearing of cloth or medical masks has been proven to inhibit the spread of COVID-19 and the more people who wear masks, the better. While not perfect, masks limit the spread of respiratory droplets that may contain infectious virus shed from the nose and mouth of the mask wearer.
It is possible — even likely — for symptomatic, pre-symptomatic and mildly symptomatic people to spread the virus. That's why it's important to wear a mask even when you're not sick.
Cloth masks offer only minimal protection from others who are not masked, meaning that masks are not simply a matter of personal safety but safety of others. Masks are also only effective when worn over both the mouth and the nose. [Here's a guide on how to wear masks properly.]
Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House's coronavirus task force, told Ivey after she announced the statewide mask order that it was a "brilliant" idea. The order has been credited by Alabama infectious disease experts as having dramatically reduced the number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the weeks after the order went into effect.
Dr. Don Williamson, president of the Alabama Hospital Association, told APR on Tuesday that from personal observation he is seeing more people not wearing masks, or wearing them improperly, and said the state could dramatically reduce the risk of COVID-19 if the public regularly wore masks and wore them properly.
Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients in Alabama on Monday crossed the 1,000 mark for the first time since Aug. 31 — a sign that Alabama may be headed for another peak in hospitalizations as the state prepares for winter and flu season.
Faith in Action Alabama calls on law enforcement to protect voters from harassment
"In these harrowing days it is incumbent upon all of us as citizens and you and your colleagues as law enforcement professionals to do all we can to maintain this right secured by so much courage and sacrifice."
Nine clergy members from across the state have signed an open letter calling on local and state law enforcement to protect voters against intimidation and harassment at the polls.
The clergy are leaders in Faith in Action Alabama, a regional association of Christian congregations affiliated with the national group Faith in Action, the largest grassroots, faith-based organizing network in the country. It seeks to address a range of issues like gun violence, health care, immigration and voting rights.
This is their letter:
Across our country and here in Alabama, it is being seen that citizens are turning out in record numbers to vote early and by absentee ballots. It is very heartening to see so many of our fellow citizens energized and committed to exercising that most fundamental and critical duty of citizenship, the use of their franchise. As servant leaders of an ecumenical association of nearly 2,000 faith communities across our state we are certainly encouraging our congregants to fulfill this duty either through early, absentee or day of election voting. For us this is not only part of our civic duty, but as people of faith obligation as well.
Unfortunately, it it also largely known that there are forces in our country that are actively, publicly and fervently at work to suppress the votes of some of our fellow citizens. We write to implore you to use the full authority of your office and department to ensure that those who seek to vote, especially on November 3, 2020 are not assailed or intimidated by illegal harassment in their polling places. We believe these threats are pervasive enough and real enough that proactive measures should be in place as citizens come to vote throughout that day. The strong, visible presence of uniformed legitimate law officers will hopefully prevent any attempts at confrontation or intimidation and violence.
The history of our state is marked by the efforts of tens of thousands of Alabamians who marched, protested, brought legal actions, shed their blood and some even gave their lives that every citizen of this state might have full and free access to the ballot box. In these harrowing days it is incumbent upon all of us as citizens and you and your colleagues as law enforcement professionals to do all we can to maintain this right secured by so much courage and sacrifice.
Please be assured of our prayers for you and the men and women of your department who have the awesome responsibility of providing public safety and equal protection under the law for every Alabamian. If we, the members of Faith in Action Alabama's Clergy Leadership Team, can be of assistance please do not hesitate to call upon us.
Rev. Jeremiah Chester, St. Mark Baptist Church, Huntsville
Rev. David Frazier, Sr., Revelation Missionary Baptist Church, Mobile, and Moderator, Mobile Baptist Sunlight Association
Bishop Teresa Jefferson-Snorton, Fifth Episcopal District of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Bishop Russell Kendrick, Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast
Bishop Seth O. Lartey, Alabama-Florida Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
President Melvin Owens, Alabama State Missionary Baptist Convention
Bishop Harry L. Seawright, Ninth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Dr. A.B. Sutton, Jr., Living Stones Temple, Fultondale
Father Manuel Williams, C.R., Resurrection Catholic Missions of the South, Montgomery
Report: Alabama's Black Belt lags behind state in economic prospects
Black Belt counties lag behind others in economic prospects and investments in businesses.
It took Marquis Forge five years and 18 banks before he and his partner were able to open their company, Eleven86 Water, in Autauga County, just north of the Black Belt, and a report released Tuesday shows how Black Belt counties lag behind others in economic prospects and investments in businesses.
Forge, a former University of Alabama football player, told reporters during a briefing Monday that he considers Autauga County, which borders the Black Belt's Lowndes County, part of the Black Belt, and said it shouldn't have been so difficult to access the capital needed to start a business.
The report released Tuesday by the University of Alabama's Education Policy Center titled "Black Belt manufacturing and Economic Prospects" is the last in the center's Black Belt 2020 series, and found that only four of the state's 24 Black Belt counties, as defined by the center, are above the statewide average of 22.4 businesses per 1,000 residents, and just one, Montgomery County, was above the 2018 statewide average of personal income of $43,229.
Researchers also found that just three Black Belt counties are above the state's average in gross domestic product being produced by counties of $45,348.
"To achieve Governor Ivey's ambitious goal of 500,000 a million more Alabama workers with skills by 2025, all hands have to be 'on deck.' It will require higher labor force participation rates, particularly in the Black Belt, where the average is 20 points below the statewide average," said Stephen Katsinas, director of the university's Education Policy Center and one of the authors of the report.
"Due to smaller economies of scale, our approaches to education, workforce development, and community building will have to be different to reach Alabama's Black Belt," Katsinas continued. "In the longer term, we first must define the Black Belt, because you can't measure what you can't define. Then we must do what West Alabama Works is doing–go where the people are to bring hope by connecting them to a well-aligned lifelong learning system that makes work pay."
Donny Jones, COO of Chamber of Commerce West Alabama and Executive Director of West AlabamaWorks, told reporters Monday that one of the keys to helping the Black Belt will be helping state and Congressional legislators understand the nuances of rural Alabama.
Jones said the state should look at how colleges are graded, and that many smaller colleges don't get credit for putting students through programs that get them short-term certificates that lead to jobs.
"Those are some of the things on the statewide level that we can really start to work on," Jones said, adding that they've already begun teaching modern manufacturing in Black Belt high schools that gives students college credits toward an associates degree while still in high school.
"I think that's very important for individuals to understand the impact that we can have in our higher ed and our K-12 system, really works hand in glove to move the needle for workforce development," Jones said.
Jim Purcell, State Higher Education executive officer of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, told reporters that it's also important to look at one's own community and identifying what is "unique and special," and said he was recently in Autauga County, where he is from, and bought two cases of Eleven86 Water because he remembered how good the water there was.
"I think that's what you've done, is you've taken the gift that Autauga's environment has and enhanced it, so that the people can benefit from it," Purcell said to Forge. "I think that's the key."
Asked what he'd tell state legislators to spur them to make changes so that other entrepreneurs wouldn't have to struggle as hard as he did to open a business, Forge said he would ask for a clearer path for assistance.
"Instead of digging down through a tunnel with a spoon I would have someone outline the tracks on getting funds and assistance from local, state and the national level, because there are funds out there," Forge said.
After going to 18 banks to get the financing he needed, he still had to liquify all his assets to make it happen, Forge said.
"How many people are going to do that?" he asked. "We shouldn't have to do that."
To read all of the Education Policy Center's reports on Alabama's Black Belt, visit here.


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Teens Charged In Deadly Rowan County Moped Crash
POSTED: 3:06 pm EST February 1, 2007
UPDATED: 4:36 pm EST February 1, 2007
SALISBURY, N.C. -- Detectives in Rowan County say six teenagers saw a moped crash and knew the driver was seriously hurt, but did nothing to help.
According to authorities, the teens were all in a car that caused Michael Brown to crash his moped in May 2006. The teens, who are now in college, were students at East Rowan High School.
They are accused of leaving the scene of the crash.
Alston Vanderforth, Brandon Lowery, Rachel Miller, Patsy Morgan and Derek Talbert are charged with passenger fleeing an accident with injury/ death and involuntary manslaughter.
The driver, 19-year-old Eric Taylor, is charged with felony hit and run and involuntary manslaughter because investigators say he caused the crash that killed Brown.
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Acclaimed director Ben Affleck is taking his talents to the small screen.
The two-time Oscar winner is set to direct the pilot for the Fox period drama The Middle Man, the network announced Friday.
This marks the first TV directing gig for Affleck, who is also executive-producing the project with writer Glenn Gordon Caron.
The Middle Man is set in 1960s Boston and centers on Rudy MacAteer, an FBI agent tasked with taking down the Italian mafia, and his confidential informant, Irish-American mobster Mickey Flood. MacAteer's efforts inadvertently give rise to the Irish mob, as he finds himself beginning to bend the rules he is governed by.
Casting is expected to begin right away, and production will kick off in early 2014. Deadline first reported the news.
Affleck, who recently made headlines when he was cast as Batman in the upcoming Man of Steel sequel, has directed three films, including the Boston-set Gone Baby Gone and The Town. Caron is best known for creating Moonlighting and Medium. Chay Carter will also serve as an executive producer.


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About Exit Festival 2009
Born from a stance against Milosevic's rule over former Yugoslavia, EXIT festival is a social and cultural event to behold.
Established as one of the roots for cultural renewal in Serbia following the war torn years, the festival plays host to a strongly-alternative line-up to delight rockers and clubbers alike.
The once impregnable Petrovaradin fortress, overlooking the Danube, is taken over by 55,000 revellers daily during the four days of the festival which has hosted the likes of the Sex Pistols, Laurent Garnier and Paul Weller.
22 stages are spread throughout the maze of courtyards, rooms and underground tunnels whilst camping is available for a full 10 days in the University Park, just down the hill in the town of Novi Sad.
The closest international airport is Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport with extensive European connections while a number of budget airlines fly to Budapest (Hungary) and Ljubljana (Slovakia) airports. Travel to Novi Sad and the festival is then assured by various train and bus routes.


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Founded by the brothers Kenichi and Kenji Shiotani in 1995, Warehouse Denim is globally known for their extremely detailed and authentic denim work wear. Traveling through the world, the Shiotani brothers are constantly searching for vintage weave treatments as well as one of its kind models, transforming them into styles fit for the 21stcentury. Combining Y-3´s inspiration and Warehouse´s technique and weaving qualities, an exclusive capsule collection is being launched: NICE TO MEET YOU, featuring three distinct men's pant styles in indigo blue. The Denim Basic features a 5 pocket straight leg jean cut. The Denim Drop features a voluminous style and a low cut crutch. For the Denim Statement a 1930s denim banner was taken apart, the wrap and weft threads were removed and reworked into a distinctive fabric solution.
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We're excited to be hosting another in our ongoing series of Live Chats with two special guests: John Tolva, chief technology officer for the City of Chicago, and Brett Goldstein, chief data officer for the City of Chicago. We are opening up the Live Chat to all readers as a way to celebrate the launch of a new design for Ars Technica on May 9. Our chats are usually a subscriber-only benefit that lets Ars readers engage directly with our guests. Upcoming chats with future guests will be subscriber-only (as past chats have been), but our conversation today with John and Brett will be open to all readers.
In an effort to promote increased transparency and accountability in a government historically famous for cronyism and graft, the City of Chicago is working to provide open access to all information collected by the city. Data sets ranging from budgets, permits, employee salaries, school scores, and crime, to name a a few, are available from its Data Portal, where developers can use APIs to access and use the data. Major US cities, like San Francisco, New York, and Chicago have also opened up their data, sparking new conversations about the current state of city government. How transparent and open does city data need to be? How are organizations implementing the information into solutions? What kind of impact can these projects have on the future of cities?
John Tolva was appointed as Chicago's first chief technology officer by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, charged with establishing city-wide technology and innovation priorities, interfacing with the global technology industry, and maintaining a modernized, streamlined city IT system. Previously, he served as director of Citizenship & Technology for IBM, where his team developed programs such as contributing idle processing power to the search for a cure to HIV, and matching employees with community volunteer opportunities. Tolva earned his MA in Information Design and Technology from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MA in English Literature from Washington University.
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Working as Curator of Archaeology at Manchester Museum is never short of variety. I am currently working on a temporary exhibition about figurines from Koma Land in Ghana in West Africa that opens October 25 2013. This will be the first time that such figurines, which date roughly from the same time as our Middle Ages, have been shown outside Ghana with the approval of the Ghanaian authorities. It has been quite a learning curve and it's been a great privilege to work with Prof Tim Insoll of the University of Manchester and Dr Benjamin Kankpeyeng of the University of Ghana to find out about what these beautiful but enigmatic figurines mean. Today I am editing some text for the exhibition. Shaving off words in order to reduce the number for the designer is challenging as a few words can subtly change the meaning about figurines that are already loaded with significance and complexity.
Working at the Museum means that I come across some great objects during my day to day activity. Yesterday I was just about to take a seat at the staff presentation when Lindsey Loughtman, one of the Assistant Curators called me over to say she'd found an object in the Botany collection that appeared to be archaeology. I recognised it immediately as a neolithic ground and polished stone axehead dating from about 3500-2000 BC. Not only that, it had the original 'O' number museum reference written on it together with the name of the place where it was found: Winton near Eccles. It was a stone axehead I knew of from references in J.Wilfrid Jackson's papers about the archaeology of Manchester. Jackson was the very widely respected curator who worked at Manchester Museum during the first half of the 20th century. The Eccles axehead is listed in Jackson's 'The Prehistoric Archaeology of Lancashire and Cheshire', Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society 50 (1936), pp.65-106; and in his 'Contributions to the Archaeology of the Manchester Region', The North Western Naturalist 11 (1936), pp.110-119.
The axehead turned up during the building of the new Westwood housing estate at Winton in 1922. At the time it was described as one of the finest and most perfect specimens in the Manchester area. J.J.Phelps in a short article 'Stone Implement found at Winton, Eccles', Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society 40 (19XX), pp.42-44 described it as 'a remarkably fine specimen' and 'one of the finest and most perfect specimens found in the district around Manchester'.
The axehead was found in June 1922 by Mr. James Caine, who saw it lying on top of spoil thrown out of a drainage trench cut in the soil about the centre of a newly made roadway named Westwood Crescent near Parrin Lane. The axehead has been sampled petrologically. You can see the thin slot cut in the side of the axe in order to provide a thin section to be used for identification. The stone was identified by J.W.Jackson of Manchester Museum as group VI greenstone, a kind of rock known as volcanic tuff. It is fine grained because it is made up of the compacted dust and grains from volcanic eruptions millions of years ago. It shares characteristics with glass and flint which means it can be shaped by flaking because it will break in a predictable way. The source material outcrops in Langdale in the Lake District and the Pike O'Stickle quarry is famous for its breath-taking location. The prehistoric axe-makers made rough-outs and then ground and polished the rough-out until it was smooth and of a regular, symmetrical shape. I wanted to display it with other Manchester neolithic discoveries in our new Ancient Worlds displays which opened last autumn but unfortunately I couldn't locate it at that time. And to think it was in the Botany department all the time!
So all-in-all a wonderful surprise and great to be reunited with an old friend.
Written by Bryan Sitch, Deputy Head of Collections and Curator of Archaeology at Manchester Museum.
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Harford's delegation to the Maryland General Assembly will be tackling a number of major bills this year, including those dealing with gun control and the death penalty.
Some elected officials, like Sen. Nancy Jacobs, plan to fight those measures. Jacobs said her committee, Judicial Proceedings, will be reviewing those proposals and she is "against everything I have seen so far."
Jacobs said she plans to confront efforts to "take away guns" and to repeal the death penalty.
Nevertheless, "the big issue, of course, is going to be taxes and gun control," she said. "That should be very interesting, should be a very lively session."
Sen. Barry Glassman said the General Assembly has already averaged 50 to 100 letters on the issue of gun control.
The gas tax, which came up last year, will also be "a big issue," as will items related to septic systems and PlanMaryland, the state's new comprehensive master plan.
The long-contested hotel tax is not expected to get any traction, she said. So far, the delegation, except Del. Glen Glass, appears to be against the proposed room tax.
Glass said he is willing to support enabling legislation that would allow the county council to make it a county issue.
He said he probably would not introduce it, however, because it does not seem any other representatives would support it.
"It's dead in the water," he said of the room tax bill. "There's no chance, because everyone is thinking about the primaries and it's not going to go anywhere."
Jacobs said of the room tax: "It's not going to be an issue in the Senate, that's for sure."
Glassman said he likewise has not heard anything on the tax or any requests to bring it back.
"We have never seen a good accounting for how much that would generate, what the rate would be and how that money would be split up," he said.
Jacobs, for her part, plans to introduce bills that would close a loophole in child sex offender laws and allowing new AED defibrillators that give vocal instruction to the user.
The sex offender legislation focuses on people such as part-time coaches and teachers, in regard to background checks, Jacobs explained.
The AED "is amazing and it will save more lives than CPR because if you can get to somebody in the first four minutes with a defibrillator, there is about an 80 percent chance that they can make it," she said.
Glass, meanwhile, said he plans to introduce at least 20 bills, including one that would give a $5,000 tax credit for businesses that hire a disabled veteran and a $100 tax credit for anyone adopting a dog or cat from a shelter.
He also intends to bring back a bill allowing electricity consumers to opt out of BGE's Smart Meter program.
"Obviously I led the fight on that last year," he said. "Because of the health issues, privacy issues, I want people to have the right to opt out at no cost to them."
Glass is also proposing a bill to create a task force to study tax assessments.
"I think some people are paying too much. I think our taxes are too high and they are not fair," he said.
Other bills would extend the hunting season for several additional days past Jan. 31 and deal with food safety issues.
One of the food bills would allow at least some consumption of raw milk, Glass said.
"If you own a goat or cow, or have a partial share in a goat or cow, this says you can legally consume the milk," he said, adding the bill is better than nothing. "It's something. I want people to drink the raw milk if you want to do that."
A bill addressing GMO, or genetically-modified food, would require businesses such as supermarkets to label food that uses GMOs.
Glass said farmers' markets or produce stands would be exempt.
"I am doing it because I think food that has GMOs is not healthy for Harford County citizens," he said. "I am very concerned with what we eat."
Glassman, the senator, mentioned a couple items more specific to Harford.
He said he hopes to continue pushing for construction funding for Youth's Benefit Elementary, having been to a few meetings with the Interagency Committee.
He is proposing a bill to let the liquor control board hold a fund balance to use for items such as purchasing car equipment.
"We haven't given them an increase in over eight years," he said, explaining the bill would allow them to build up a reserve balance.
Another bill would create a license for conference center or convention center, effectively a large venue license.
Glassman said the bill is not aimed at the possibility of a county-paid conference center, which the administration has proposed in recent years, but is just to help out private centers like a new conference facility being built at Water's Edge in Belcamp.
The Palmer State Park, near Route 1 in the Dublin area, could get seed money to build a trail network or canoe launch, Glassman said.
He is pushing for $50,000 to $100,000 to begin funding that project.
"It's a fairly small state park but it's been really underutilized," he said.
One agriculture bill would require the state to compensate a farmer for agricultural land that is permanently taken out of production because of TMDL (total maximum daily load) or stormwater management and nutrient management requirements.
He said that follows a similar federal proposal.
The uncertain state budget means things could change, Glassman noted.
"We are kind of still watching this thing," he said about Gov. Martin O'Malley's budget. "There is going to be an increase in school construction funding. We have been pushing the board to make sure we have one major construction project that is ready."
He said the fiscal situation explains why he is focused on smaller items like the Palmer State Park funding.
"The budget is still in a deficit but some of these projects are pretty small," he said.
Glassman said he is also watching a new concept of a block grant that would include having the state guarantee some amount of funding per year.


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The beach is located at the north of Patong beach, starting from about the Novotel Resort Hotel Patong to Thavorn Bay Resort. Follow the 'Thaweewong Rd.' to Kamala and Surin. 300 meters from Novotel. Go with your motorbike.
DistanceTake a car
WalkInstant access (< 5min)
Easy to find?OK
Public access?Public access
Special accessDon't know
Wave qualityNormal
ExperienceExperienced surfers
BottomReef (coral, sharp rocks etc..)
Normal lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good day lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good swell direction
Good wind direction
Swell sizeStarts working at Less than 1m / 3ft and holds up to 2.5m+ / 8ft+
Best tide positionMid tide
Best tide movementRising and falling tides
Week crowdFew surfers
Week-end crowdFew surfers
Watch where the locals go in when it is high tide, mind the sharp rocks. Peddel in inmidiatly. There are two surf shops near Kalim, one called Yellow's Shop located beside Kalim School another one call Day's shop located on the north side of Patong beach (opposite grace land hotel)
Becareful about sharp rock and submerse rock specialli lowtide. Also very strong rip current when storm hit or over 8ft day.
Keep your eye on local surfers before heading into the water.
Best waves i've seen in Thailand so far, long ride and friendly locals.
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By Beachboy Mikey , 11-12-2008
Cosmidiot - Cosmic-- You've been checking the surf in Phuket for that long and havn't found anything over 3 ft.? I think you must be so F+++++ dumb that you're coming during the dry season!.. Phuket gets overhead, just like anywhere have to know where to be and when. Not consistent enough for a surf trip but if you're there for the entire monsoon season you WILL score.
By Joob , 16-08-2008
Joob - Kalim is my best break ever. I did discovery around Thailand and I can say here is the best!
We have local boardriders club maybe u can check phuketboardriders.com with tons of Kalim surf pictures
By regular thailand surfer from oz , 14-07-2007
You idiot. - In addition to my note below. There are ample places to hire a surf board. You just have to get off your ass and look for the hire places. There are two in patong, one in kalim, 2 in surin and 3 or 4 between patong and kata. See you at the pool bar at the patong merlin knackerbags.
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If you've been mourning the end of the NFL season this week, you can still relieve some of the season's greatest showdowns thanks to Pixar animator Austin Madison. His series of "Fantasy Football" sketches pits NFL mascots against one another in fantastical cartoon battles.
Madison takes a bit of liberty with his "mascots," as you can see from Master Chief standing in for the Kansas City Chiefs. Similarly, the Saints are played by the gun-toting protagonists from The Boondocks Saints and Buffalo gets a bunch of famous fellows named Bill. Madison has the full series (including moments from the Super Bowl) on his blog, and has prints and cards of some of the illustrations available on Zazzle.
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Okay. So would I have been safe if I had kept the old recovery.cmdline and not used the one from the fresh zip?procount wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 4:57 pm@vinaypundith - That is unfortunate.
If you install pinn-lite.zip afresh, then it overwrites recovery.cmdline with the default version that includes the `runinstaller`option. This causes PINN to wipe your fresh SD card to make it suitable for use with PINN. If you have any existing OSes installed, then this will unfortunately wipe them out.
Whenever your PINN self-updates, it does not change recovery.cmdline for this reason.
This is detailed in the documentation ->https://github.com/procount/pinn/blob/m ... ne-options and applies to NOOBS as well.


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http://mmajunkie.com With a perfect 9-0 record and nine first-round stoppages, Myles Jury entered "The Ultimate Fighter 13" as one of the show's youngest and most promising cast members.
But as we saw on this past week's season debut of the Spike TV reality series, the 22-year-old suffered a significant knee injury and was cut from the cast.
However, as Jury recent told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio), he's confident a future "TUF" spot or even a UFC fight is in his future once he's fully healed.
Jury was head coach Brock Lesnar's fifth-round pick. As MMAjunkie.com detailed in our "Fight Path" series nearly a year ago, the former Detroit Zoo employee began his fighting career a year before he legally was old enough to drive. So despite Jury's age, the King of the Cage vet had the needed experience.
But no sooner than teams had been picked did Jury suffer the knee injury.
"I heard the snap, crackle, pop," he said. "But being on that show with everyone around you and fights every couple days … I didn't want to show any weakness. It's like a shark tank in there. If you show any weakness, then people are going to take advantage of it. I was definitely holding my breath. My leg was really, really hurting."
Jury, in fact, secretly iced his knee back at the "TUF" fighter house. As he rested in bed, he threw the covers over his iced knee and hoped Team Dos Santos wouldn't catch wind of the injury.
But before they had an opportunity, Jury followed Lesnar's advice and got an MRI. Unfortunately, the damage – a 100 percent tear of his ACL and a torn meniscus – brought about the end of his "TUF" plans.
"I was just trying to make the most of it," Jury said. "My knee was swollen up. But with an opportunity like that, I was willing to fight with one leg."
He didn't get that chance, though.
Jury, who's already underwent surgery and now is walking without braces or crutches, said he's always admired UFC president Dana White. He respected him even more after the fight executive cut to the chase with him and told him he needed to remove Jury from the show. But White also opened the door for a return, and that's what's motivated Jury.
"When he says something, it's legit," Jury said of White. "Once my leg gets better and I get healthy and 100 percent, I have a feeling I'll be on another 'TUF' show, or if I get some more wins, I'll get in with the UFC."
Does he have a preference?
"Whatever they want to do," he said.
Jury said he had never been through a serious injury before. So, of course, he never had to hide an injury from a possible opponent, let alone a house full of them.
While his dream was to win "TUF 13" and get the immediate UFC contract, he sees a silver lining in the whole situation. And in the end, he thinks he'll be a better fighter because of it.
"That's one thing about hard times," he said. "You always learn a lot from them."
For the latest on this season, stay tuned to "The Ultimate Fighter 13" section of MMAjunkie.com.
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Wire was/is a band from England that, in the course of 14 short years, went from playing bad, strange punk to bad, strange electronica, and then, after a 70-year hiatus, returned to playing bad, strange punk. They have only released two albums, despite being together for over 57 years. Wire was/is best known for its highly ornate and gaudy organizations of orchestral instruments, its civil and elegant shows, and its amazing ability to discern when to cease producing music.
Band Formation[edit]
The band was formed when singer/guitarist Randy Newman, singer/bassist Graham Cracker, guitarist Bruce Springsteen, and drummer Robert Gotobedrightnowyoungman met at Fred Phelps School of Art and despite not knowing how to play their instruments in any way, shape, or form (an aspect of their music that would continue for the rest of their career) decided to form a band. Naming the band after Graham Cracker's cat, they began to work on some songs.
Early Years[edit]
In 1952, Wire released their first album, Pink Flab. Featuring nearly one thousand songs in just under 30 minutes (one of the songs, "Field Day for Some Gays", lasted a picosecond), it showed a rather primitive, punk approach that was in no way unique, but since the band sucked so bad, critics ADORED it. Within a year, Wire learned another chord and decided to release another album, Pears Missing!. Although it sounded the same as Pink Flab, the only difference being slightly longer songs that were a bit more poppy and atmospheric (e.g. "French Films and Kurds", "Pop Song about a fucking insect"), critics (obviously) thought it showed a huge step forward in the evolution of the band. Then again, critics also thought John Zorn was a great sax player. (Fuck critics) Wire's next album, Nineteen-one-fifty-four, while still an absolute piece of shit, was actually a little bit of a progression. In fact, the song "They're Touching in Strange Ways" lasted a little over 2 minutes and contained almost 4 chords (a record in punk music still unbroken). But as soon as they were on the cusp of mediocrity, Wire released one totally shit-tastic live album (Document of A Sucky Band Trying to be Dada and Their Understandably Outraged Eyewitnesses) and broke up.
Breakup (unfortunately a temporary one) and Middle Period[edit]
During the break-up, Randy Newman, in between stints with Slint and Stereolab, released a solo album that contained material that was intended to be on the fourth Wire album, while Cracker and Springsteen had a project called Sphere. After twenty-three years of blessed silence, though, the octogenarians of Wire unfortunately decided to reform as a "beat combo" (a euphemism for "shit") and in 1982.3 released the EP Mandrill, which was soon followed by the full-length Not-So-Ideal and Quite Sloppy. Totally different from their previous crappy-poppy-punk sound, this was almost indescribable, except if you use several negative expletives. Again, critics about had an orgasm at the new album, one that would only get worse when they released A Bell is a Cup Until It Is Struck, In Which Case it's Fucked, which contained the singles "Kidney Beans" and "The Queen of 'Err...' and the King of 'Uh...'". After two more albums that, believe it or not, actually made the first batch look good, Robert Gotobedrightnowyoungman left to become a farmer (what the hell? a farmer?), and the remaining trio formed Wir.
Not only was it a dumb name (they called themselves this because they were a four-piece band with a four-letter name, so when the drummer left, they dropped a letter. How clever), they also made horrible music too. Someone should have told them that tepid, repetitious, depressing electronica is not the way to go, because that's exactly what "Wir" ended up being. Songs like "Dick in your Mouth" and "Naked, Whooping, and Such-Like: Extended on and on and on and on and fucking ON!!!! My god, stop us, for the love of god" made people want to kill themselves with rusty spoons (some were, in actuality, included with the album), so luckily, Wir disbanded.
Jesus, another album? WTF?[edit]
Yes, it's true. After another ridiculously long period of no albums (which was quite nice), Wire, all four of them, regrouped and released another album, Send (this to Guantanamo Bay and torture terrorists with it). Sounding like their "Pink Flab" days only played by people old enough to be someone's great-grandfather, Wire took the world by storm yet again (well, at least the borderline retarded people). Luckily, they've not been heard from since.
Band Members[edit]
- Randy Newman- Vocals, guitar, banjo, contrabass piccolo, sitar, kazoo
- Graham Cracker- Vocals, bass, anal sex, bass (the fish), vocals, guitar, aulos
- Bruce Springsteen- Turntables, rhythm anal sex
- Robert Gotobedrightnowyoungman- Drums, farming, blowing raspberries
Additional Members:
- Johnny Rotten %
- Ithaac Brock %
- Mike Oldfield %
- The Singing Resident%
- Elmer Fudd %
- Cap'n Jazz %
- that guy %
- Demi Moore %
- %- Additional kazooists on the album "A Bell is a Cup Until It Is Struck, In Which Case It's Fucked"
- Pink Flab
- Chairs Pissing
- 154,154,154,154
- Not-So-Ideal and Quite Sloppy
- A Bell Is A Cup Until It Is Struck, In Which Case It's Fucked
- It's Beginning to Suck Even Worse Again
- Manscrape
- We're Still Bedwetters
- Send (this to Guantanamo Bay and torture terrorists with it)
- Wire's Dance Party Extravaganza
- Wire en Espanol: Somos perdedores totales
- Mandrill
- Wire goes wire!
- Wire goes wir!
- Wir goes wire!
- Earnest goes wiring


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Daily Slice: The Mootz at Paulie Gee's, NYC
Pizza reviews in NYC.
Daily Slice gives a quick snapshot each weekday of a different slice or pie that the folks at the Serious Eats empire have enjoyed lately.
My daily loyalties lie with tomato pizzas, but a great white pie always wins out. Why do I love white pies? Let me count the ways.
- Crust has fewer places to hide. On a tomato pie, mediocre crust can slink under, and be excused by sauce. On a white pie, it has to go big or go home.
- I love me a crisp exterior on my slice, but I love a tender bite even more. A white pie can afford to be more tender without the risk of tomato-induced-soggification.
- White pies usually mean really creamy, tender, flavorful cheese. Like, "I want to sleep on a pillow of this" cheese.
So it's no surprise I enjoyed the hell out of The Mootz ($13) from Paulie Gee's, the best white pie I've had the pleasure of eating in a long time. It plays a simple tune, but damn it's a good one: fior di latte for creaminess and Pecorino for punch, garlic for personality, and basil for verve. There is, of course, olive oil all over; it is excellent.
Paulie's pies are plenty tender but carry a wonderful backbone, and this one doesn't disappoint; it's a great cradle to carry this pile of soft, creamy cheese. Let's not forget that garlic—not enough to give you a serious case of garlic breath, but just the right amount to make you fall in love with this slice.
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Reminder—dessert is an important course tomorrow, too. (We still adore the @HumphrySlocombe book we trialed in 2012) https://t.co/zGe5xmGlCN pic.twitter.com/nZyIA9bS79
— Ars Technica (@arstechnica) November 22, 2017
During the weekend, even Ars takes an occasional break from turning Vitas into phones or worrying about Best Buy's PC setup procedures. Weekend Ar(t)s is a chance to share what we're watching/listening to/reading or otherwise consuming this week.
If you're the kind of ice cream eater who only opts for the classic swirl, the genius of Humphry Slocombe is lost on you. On any given day inside the San Francisco flavor factory, sure, you can find some form of chocolate and vanilla. But it's likely Chocolate Smoked Salt and Tahitian Vanilla. And those can usually be found next to tastes that really make all other parlors jealous: Peanut Butter Curry or Jesus Juice (a red wine and cola sorbet) for instance.
Last month Humphry Slocombe did foodies everywhere a favor. They took 40 of their favorite recipes and compiled them into the inaugural Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Book. Finally, the world could learn the secret behind mind-melting experiences like your first scoop of Secret Breakfast (bourbon and cornflakes).
But ice-cream making isn't as commonplace as baking. One would assume the more exotic the flavor, the more difficult the process behind it. The authors behind the Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Book must've been aware of this notion. They decided to only include recipes that could be completed with nothing more than a bottom-level Cuisinart ice cream maker. "It's easy, even for kitchen dummies" according to the book's Base 101 page. The related author's note only emphasizes this further: "It's true. These recipes are idiot tested, idiot approved."
That sounded like a challenge.
Opting for the lowest priced model, I rounded up my usual kitchen staff: an 8-year-old girl and 20-year-old college sophomore, male. We've run into trouble with knock-off EZ Bake Ovens before, so surely this could determine idiot-proofing.
The results
Every ice cream in the book can be started with a custard base outlined in the introduction. So although our most vocal chef wanted to do one of the rare basic flavors—called "Here's your damn chocolate ice cream"—it should be a good indicator of how difficult any recipe in the book could be.
The whole process probably took under an hour in terms of actual food preparation. There are steps that require explicit waiting—cooling your initial custard before using the ice cream machine, freezing the ice cream machine bowl, freezing the ice cream itself—but this is not an all-day, Thanksgiving-like affair.
Nearly everything the recipe asked for is commonplace in a kitchen (we only needed to run for heavy cream). The most complicated techniques were isolating egg yolks and ensuring our sugar mixture didn't burn. In other words, an 8-year-old being supervised can complete most steps.
Ultimately, we ended with something that absolutely resembled chocolate ice cream. "I bet if we didn't have the little chocolate chips in it, it'd be perfect chocolate ice cream," according to my little sister. Can't please everyone, but if you aren't a picky adolescent, this chocolate is a welcome, sweet dessert. Even if you are that kid, the process is fun and it's cool (pun unintended) to learn you have the ability to make shop-quality ice cream at home.
Our homemade chocolate won't cause me to skip the next Humphry Slocombe visit, but what would? The book certainly gives me a new appreciation for what they do and lets me further indulge my blossoming Humphry fandom. All things considered, sounds like the project turned out perfect for its authors.
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