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Kim Stanley Robinson (born 23 March 1952) is a science fiction novelist most famous for his Mars trilogy.
- Science fiction rarely is about scientists doing real science, in its slowness, its vagueness, the sort of tedious quality of getting out there and digging amongst rocks and then trying to convince people that what you're seeing justifies the conclusions you're making. The whole process of science is wildly under-represented in science fiction because it's not easy to write about. There are many facets of science that are almost exactly opposite of dramatic narrative. It's slow, tedious, inconclusive, it's hard to tell good guys from bad guys — it's everything that a normal hour of Star Trek is not.
- If the amount of money going into the war economy were invested in landscape restoration, we would be in a far more positive position. It may get a little dire before we pull together, but I think when the prosperous nations, and in particular the US, realise they're wrecking their own kids' lives, there will be a mass change in value. It will be a difficult century, and ugly, but I don't think that in the end people are so stupid as to kill themselves off.
- As quoted in "Future tense" in The Guardian (14 September 2005)
- I think the US is in a terrible state of denial … Worse than that, we seem to be caught in a kind of Götterdämmerung response: we'd rather have the world go down in flames than change our lifestyle or admit we're wrong.
- As quoted in "Future tense" in The Guardian (14 September 2005)
- Science is--or should be--the greenest force of all.
- As quoted in "Heroes of the Environment 2008" in Time (24 September 2008)
Red Mars (1992)[edit]
- The only part of an argument that really matters is what we think of the people arguing. X claims a, Y claims b. They make arguments to support their claims with any number of points. But when their listeners remember the discussion, what matters is simply that X believes a and Y believes b. People then form their judgment on what they think of X and Y.
- John Boone
- Science was many things, Nadia thought, including a weapon with which to hit other scientists.
- They were so ignorant! Young men and women, educated very carefully to be apolitical, to be technicians who thought they disliked politics, making them putty in the hands of their rulers, just like always. It was appalling how stupid they were, really, and he could not help lashing into them.
- thoughts of Frank Chalmers
- Historical analogy is the last refuge of people who can't grasp the current situation.
- Frank Chalmers
Green Mars (1993)[edit]
- You can't get any movement larger than five people without including at least one fucking idiot.
- Coyote
- It was not power that corrupted people, but fools who corrupted power.
- Nadia Chernyshevski
- Even if you want no state, or a minimal state, then you have to argue point by point. Especially since the minimalists want to keep the economic and police system that keeps them privileged. That's libertarians for you — anarchists who want police protection from their slaves. No! If you want to make the minimum-state case, you have to argue it from the ground up.
- Coyote ("What Is to Be Done?", p. 370)
The Years of Rice and Salt (2002)[edit]
- Plague was plague, and could not be treated lightly. And this plague was obviously worse than most, having killed everyone in the region.
- Book 1: "Awake to Emptiness", Ch. 2
- He often spoke aloud to himself now, or hummed, without ever noticing it, as if ignoring an old companion who always said the same things.
- Book 1: "Awake to Emptiness", Ch. 2
- It is always the teacher who must learn the most … or else nothing real has happened in the exchange.
- Book 2: "The Haj in the Heart", Ch. 5
- What kind of story am I going to give them next? Because that's what we are to other people, boy, we are their gossip. That's all civilization is, a giant mill grinding out gossip. And so I could be the story of the man who rode high and fell hard, and had his spirit broken and crawled off into a hole like a dog, to die as soon as he could manage it. Or I could be the story of a man who rode high and fell hard, and then got up defiant, and walked away in a new direction.
- Book 4: "The Alchemist", § 11
- Rock is much more malleable than ideas.
- Book 6: "Widow Kang", Ch. 3
- The world operates by number, by physical laws, expressed mathematically. If you know these, you will have a better grasp of things. And some possible job skills.
- Book 9: "Nsara", § 5
Galileo's Dream (2009)[edit]
- We all have seven secret lives. The life of excretion; the world of inappropriate sexual fantasies; our real hopes; our terror of death; our experience of shame; the world of pain; and our dreams. No one ever knows these lives. Consciousness is solitary. Each person lives in that bubble universe that rests under the skull, alone.
- Ch. 13, p. 280
- There was nothing for it but to pace through just behind or ahead of the spooling present that was never there, caught in the nonexistent interval between the nonexistent past and the nonexistent future.
- Ch. 13, p. 282
- When some French were assembling an encyclopedia of paranormal experiences, they decided to leave déjà vu out, because it was so common it could not be considered paranormal.
- Ch. 13, p. 284
- One of the chief features of incompetence was an inability to see it in oneself.
- Ch. 13, p. 295
- Fights over ideas are the most vicious of all. If it were merely food, or water, or shelter, we would work something out. But in the realm of ideas one can become idealistic.
- Ch. 14, p. 329
- This vain presumption, of understanding everything, can have no other basis than never understanding anything. For anyone who had experienced just once the understanding of one single thing, thus truly tasting how knowledge is accomplished, would then recognize that of the infinity of other truths, he understands nothing.
- Ch. 15, p. 354; note: though this statement is incorporated into the story as one Galileo spoke, it is actually a quotation of one he historically made in his Dialogue Concerning The Two Chief World Systems as translated by Stillman Drake.
- The sky itself is the eighth color of the rainbow, spread over the whole sky for us, all the time.
- Ch. 15, p. 354
- You could never teach other people anything that mattered. The important things they had to learn for themselves, almost always by making mistakes, so that the lessons arrived too late to help. Experience was in that sense useless. It was precisely what could not be passed along in a lesson or an equation.
- Ch. 20, p. 513–514
- Yes. God makes the world using mathematics, and he has given us minds that can see it. We can discover the laws He used! It is a most beautiful thing to witness and understand! It's prayer. It's more than prayer, it's a sacrament, a kind of communion. An apprehension—an epiphany—it's seeing God, while still in this body and in this world! How blessed we are, to be able to experience God like that! Who would not devote their time to understanding more, to seeing deeper in God's manner of thinking about these things?
- As quoted in John Clute, "Scores", in Strange Horizons (18 January 2010)


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Friday, October 16, 2009
Think Tank Lineup Oct 16 (Afghanistan)
This is the second installment of the Think Tank Lineup, a new feature here at THL: a regular round-up consisting of short excerpts from- with links to- articles from the various liberty-oriented think tanks.
In last week's lineup, we put our finger to the pulse of America's libertarian think tanks to see what they thought about health care reform. (To summarize, it should involve LESS, not more government.)
This week, the libertarian think tanks are also in agreement: a more successful national defense strategy should involve less troops in Afghanistan and a more focused mission, but that if America does choose to escalate in Afghanistan, it had better send A LOT more troops than 40 or 80 thousand, and win a swift, decisive victory.
The Cato Institute
Afghanistan, The "Graveyard of Empires"
The Ludwig von Mises Institute
The Afghan Disaster
In the private sector, there is always a test of success. The business must make a profit. It can sustain some losses, but the clock is always running on those. At some point, after all cuts have been made and costs are trimmed to a minimum, the business has to close shop. The summer of losses must become the autumn of profits, or else it's all over.
Not so in government. Failing projects can go on forever. There is no profit and loss test. There is no test at all, in fact. Agencies like the Government Accountability Office (GAO) can blast away at a particularly egregious case of government waste, but hardly anyone pays attention. Congress has no reason to scrap it. No one does. Taxpayers have no means to pull the plug, because the whole thing is run outside their purview.
The Independent Institute
Five Facts About Afghanistan
The motto for counterinsurgency war should be either commit enough forces to win early or get out. After eight long years of a lackadaisical effort, another 40,000 committed this late won't even lift the Obama administration out of the halfhearted category. The U.S. should cut its losses, withdraw from Afghanistan, and concentrate on pressuring al-Qaeda in Pakistan with a smaller military footprint—so as not to stir up more anti-U.S. Islamists than we are neutralizing.
The Reason Foundation
The Tragedies of Afghanistan
For the United States, Afghanistan has been one tragedy after another, with more looming ahead.
In that part of the world, the only thing more dangerous than failure is success. It was America's success in helping the mujahedeen rebels defeat the Soviet Union that spawned later troubles.
In the vacuum left by the departure of the Red Army, civil war broke out among competing factions, with the fanatical Taliban coming out on top.
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We can only hope the US has learned by the experience of the Brits and the Soviet Union.ReplyDelete
our choices are as I see it;
1) Get the hell out leaving the Afganistan people to resolve their on problems.
2) Focus the mission to win an all out victory and then commit the dollars and troops needed to achieve the mission.
If history is any indicator the Obama administration, like the Johnson administration, will make the incorrect decision and mire us in a conflict that will surely result in our ultimate defeat.
- AnonymousOctober 16, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Rational Nation, there's some truth to what you say. For #1, the longer we subsidize Afghanistan, with both troops and money, the more dependent they become on US handouts. Maybe pulling out would inspire them to take hold of their own future. For #2, more troops=more dollars, but this is a big problem, since we're running $1.42 trillion budget deficits and our Dollar is losing more and more of its value due to all the debt. Also, more troops puts greater strain on a military that is suffering from record suicide rates and PTSD.ReplyDelete
There is, however, a 3rd option. Focus the mission by withdrawing a significant portion of ground troops. Then, begin a more targeted campaign of utilizing special ops, drone strikes, air strikes, and missile strikes, and coordinating with Pakistani intelligence services to disrupt and destroy al-Qaeda safe havens. This plan could save the lives of thousands of troops, save hundreds of billions of dollars, and reduce strain on the Dollar. It would also reduce the pyschological strain of long-term, repeated deployments.
Your points are well put.
The solution you are suggesting, and I am quite sure the BO administration has considered, may work. Note I said may, and by this I mean short term.
I however am one who believes that A) since BO is not a military person, he is a politician, and like other politicians of a prior era will will run the war from Washington. Thus certain loss. And 2) that no matter which military strategy we follow ultimately we will lose by far more than we gain.
That is why I am a proponent of a pullout now. As to the arguments of security, well lets just say that while certainly a related consideration, the deeper threat lies not in Afghanistan.
The deeper threat lies at home, in the muddled thoughts of multiculturalism, diversity at any cost, and the belief that somehow America is "obligated" to be the worlds policeman.
The larger question is one of philosophy. More specifically ethics and politics/governance. Until such time our Republic and the majority of the governed have time for a sincere consideration of the principals on which this nation was founded, and have the much needed philosophical debate, we will continue to repeat the mistakes of the past.
All action should be based on a clear vision, grounded in an objective understanding of reality, with the nations LONG TERM interests the primary consideration and concern of its government.
Today, as well as in the recent past, such has been lacking.
Rational Nation- I totally agree that the biggest threats to our freedom are not foreign but domestic.ReplyDelete
I also think it never hurts to repeat over and over that the ultimate question is a philosophical one pertaining to our view of government, which derives from our view of human-kind, which derives from our view of reality itself.
In the meantime, I also agree with "Anonymous" that focused strikes on terrorists groups does play an important role in America's national defense, and that such efforts should actually be strengthened.
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New Hardware Serving KDE
In the past, the KDE infrastructure has several times suffered from extended downtime of our websites and mailinglists. That was due to the fact that master.kde.org ailed from old and failing hardware. Forget the past, and welcome our new master: ktown.kde.org!
ktown, a xSeries x232 kindly donated by IBM is located at the University of Kaiserlautern in Germany. As everyone loves specs, here they are:
ktown is now the new server behind the well-known address master.kde.org and hosts several KDE websites as well as the mailinglists. The old master will from now on serve for backup purposes. The basic setup was done at the SuSE offices (Photos) before the server was shipped to Kaiserslautern where Dirk Mueller did the final hardware works.
Thanks go to:
Nice machine
Wow, nice machine guys. Thanks, IBM, for helping out the community!
By jmalory at Sun, 2002/08/18 - 5:00am
and thanx suse !
and thx suse ! people often forget suse, think that they are anti-gpl ... but that isn't true ! they did great work with kde and alsa !! :-)
By Daniel at Sun, 2002/08/18 - 5:00am
I miss K-Town
...as the US service families would call it. My brother and I swapping stacks of C=64 games in Kaiserlautern were probably the highlight years of my life. Late nights of Epyx games and Jumpman come swarming back from my memories.
By b-boy at Sun, 2002/08/18 - 5:00am
Re: I miss K-Town
Oh yeah....and playing Bordello on the Speed of Light BBS out of Ramstein at 2 am on night shift. And the potent cappucinos and ameretto sundaes at the Cafe Rialto. Not to mention the Laser Discotech in Landstuhl. God that place was great. Movie theatres that serve beer! What I'd give for a bottle of Diebels Alt right about now...
By Rick at Wed, 2002/08/21 - 5:00am
I have just one thing to say: IBM, you rock!
By Christian A Str... at Mon, 2002/08/19 - 5:00am
IBM and Linux in general :)
Thanks a BUNCH IBM :) and also thank you for showing the "IBM server with Linux" add on TV! Its nice that someone makes sure that even the most un-enlightened sysadms out there cant say they havent heard that Linux is ready for primetime. Now we just need to make them understand that KDE brings it to the desktop too :)
I hope you have plans for releasing a KDE/GNU/Linux based IBM Workstation some time soon :) Id love to own a workstation that is intended to run Linux from the day it leaves the plant to the day it is taken offline to go to my "museum".
Way To Go (TM)!!!
PS.: *kudos* to SuSE as well.. no doubt about that!
By kidcat at Mon, 2002/08/19 - 5:00am
Re: IBM and Linux in general :)
Yes sir! That ad rocks! And thank you IBM and SUSE
By Rick at Wed, 2002/08/21 - 5:00am
And an PIII 1.2Ghz?
Now IBM is really in trouble after shoping
By ac at Wed, 2002/08/21 - 5:00am
Re: And an PIII 1.2Ghz?
Servers are different than desktop machines, Mr. Coward. The CPU is seldom the bottleneck on a file, mail or web server. This cpu can probably outpace the bandwidth and file system with little problem. The only thing adding a P4 would do is make for a hotter machine drawing more power. More memory and faster disk i/o is much more important.
By Evan "JabberWok... at Wed, 2002/08/21 - 5:00am


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Laura Turnroth tossed a three-hitter to lead the Newman softball team to a 4-0 win over Bureau Valley on Wednesday in Manlius.
Turnroth (5-2) struck out six and didn't walk a batter. Jenna Stevens had a pair of RBIs for the Comets (5-2, 5-2 Three Rivers).
Dana Kepner took the loss for BV, allowing two earned runs, two hits and three walks, with four strikeouts.
Rock Falls 11, Winnebago 2: Jordan Giddings allowed just one earned run and three hits while striking out 10 as the Rockets rolled over the visiting Indians.
Giddings also doubled and drove in a run for Rock Falls (12-2, 3-1 Big Northern West). Linsey Brown had two RBIs, while Julie Dodd and Morgan Mammosser each had two hits.
DeKalb 10, Dixon 0, 5 inn.: Morgan Newport threw a two-hitter and drove in four runs in a nonconference game in DeKalb.
Erin Smith went the distance for Dixon, and four of the runs were unearned. Rachel Musser had both of the Duchesses' hits.
Durand 10, AFC 0, 6 inn.: Ella McCorkle drove in three runs, and the Bulldogs pulled away late in the NUIC East matchup in Durand.
Cassidy Koning (2-3) had two hits and took the complete-game loss and was victimized by six unearned runs. She struck out three and walked two, and Sarah Matson doubled for AFC (2-4, 1-3).
Haley Smith got the win for Durand, striking out six, walking five and scattering four hits.
Fillies take two: Morrison stayed undefeated in Three Rivers play with a pair of 5-inning wins in Kewanee, 24-8 in the opener and 13-1 in the nightcap.
Chelsea Eads knocked in seven runs between the two games, while Allie Renkes added four for the Fillies (11-2, 7-0). Allie Wiersema and Lauren Pannier got the wins in the circle.
Thunder, Panthers split two: Allison Thulen allowed three earned runs in nine innings as West Carroll gained a 6-5 win at Lena-Winslow in the first game of a doubleheader.
Thulen also collected three hits and two RBIs to pace an 11-hit attack. Ieshia Larson drove in two runs for the Thunder (6-10, 6-0 NUIC West).
The second game was nonconference and won by Lena-Winslow, 3-1 in five innings.
Girls soccer
Sterling 3, Streator 1: Freshman Rosa Sanchez's second hat trick of the season spearheaded the Golden Warriors' comeback Northern Illinois Big 12 West victory at Roscoe Eades.
Sanchez scored on a header off a Kayleen Terrock throw-in, as well as on a penalty kick and a free kick. The Golden Warriors battled back from a 1-0 deficit to improve to 5-6 overall and 3-1 in the West.
College softball
Skyhawks sweep Kish: Cali Bartholomew had a hand in Sauk Valley's taking a doubleheader from visiting Kishwaukee, 7-5 in the opener and 7-1 in the nightcap.
In the first game, Bartholomew had three hits, including a double, and drove in a run to pace a 14-hit attack. Therese Jender added two RBIs. Kiara Kaleel was the winning pitcher.
In the second game, Bartholomew tossed 3 2/3 innings of 1-hit relief for the Skyhawks (26-10-1, 12-6 Arrowhead). Kelsey Hagen and Beth Fuller each had two RBIs.
Wednesday's stars
Laura Turnroth, Newman softball, 3-hitter, 6 SO, 0 BB
Rosa Sanchez, Sterling soccer, 2nd hat trick of season
Chelsea Eads, Morrison softball, 7 RBIs


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G1962, Reviewed July 1997
Farm workers experience one of the highest rates of hearing loss among all occupations. This is due in part to the many potential sources of loud noise on the farm: tractors, combines, grinders, choppers, shotguns, conveyors, grain dryers, chain saws, etc. Prolonged exposure to excessive noise can cause permanent hearing losses unless noise control measures are taken.
The human ear is composed of three major sections: the outer, middle and inner ear. Each section has a specific function in the hearing process.
The middle ear consists of three tiny bones, or ossicles, that are suspended in an air-filled space. They connect the eardrum to the inner ear, which is embedded in the skull. The ossicles function as a mechanical lever system that delivers sound from the ear canal to the inner ear. Noise does not affect the middle ear unless there is an impact sound or pressure so great that it dislodges or fractures the ossicles.
In the inner ear, the cochlea is susceptible to damage from continued exposure to high-level noise. The cochlea (Latin term meaning snail shell) is a fluid-filled hydraulic system driven by the piston action of the last ossicle. The vibrating motion of the ossicle produces a wave motion in a membrane that runs the full length of the cochlea. If the vibrations are fast (high-frequency sound), the membrane has its greatest motion at the base of the cochlea near the vibrating ossicle. If the vibrations are slow (low-frequency sound), the maximum membrane motion occurs at the tip, or apex, of the cochlea.
Situated on top of the moving membrane are thousands of small hairlike structures with nerves connected to each hair cell. When a hair cell is bent because of membrane motion, the nerve fires and the message is transmitted to the brain. Hair cells near the base transmit information about high-frequency, or high-pitched, sound, while those at the apex provide information about low-pitched sound.
If the hair cells in a particular region of the cochlea are destroyed, the nerves will not fire and the brain will not receive any information. If part of the hair cells are destroyed, the brain may receive a distorted message that it cannot interpret.
The whole cochlea is smaller than a dime and is embedded in the hardest bone in the body. When the microscopic structures are damaged, there is no way to repair them to restore reasonable hearing.
Typically, hair cells are damaged or destroyed when their supporting structures are overworked. With continued exposure to high-level noise, the membrane motion is great and the cells that support the hair cells swell. Eventually, they rupture and the hair is destroyed or damaged. Only a few hair cells may be lost at a time, but with repeated exposure over days, months and years, the cumulative effect can be substantial.
Even though we cannot see sound, it is a force with real dimensions and three definite properties: intensity, frequency and duration.
Intensity is the loudness of a sound, or the pressure it exerts through the ear. It is measured in units called decibels (dB).
Table 1
Sound intensity levels
The ear is a remarkable organ, responding to sounds ranging from dripping water to amplified music (Table 1). The normal range of hearing begins at about 0 decibels, a level at which a person with excellent hearing is able to detect a sound. Typically, a person begins to identify sounds when a level of 10 to 15 dB is reached; this is the threshold of hearing.
The other end of the scale is known as the threshold of pain (140 dB), the point at which the average person experiences pain. In assessing noise, a special measure called "dBA" indicates damage to hearing. The dBA rating is provided for many pieces of agricultural equipment. The higher the dBA number, the greater the risk of damage to hearing.
Frequency is the number of sound waves (high and low pressure areas) produced by a noise source passing a given point per second. Frequency is measured in cycles per second, also called hertz (Hz). The higher the number, the higher the frequency.
The human voice has a range of about 200 to 4,000 Hz. A noise-induced hearing loss first causes the loss of the ability to hear sounds at 4,000 Hz. Then hearing loss proceeds until the ear cannot hear frequencies between 500 and 3,000 Hz, a range crucial to understanding conversation.
One of the first signs of loss is the inability to understand people (especially in a crowd) or other sources of voice communication such as the television or radio. You become "hard of hearing," and sounds seem muffled.
The most dangerous sounds have both high intensity (dB level) and high frequency. This is because a large number of sound waves are transmitted to the ears with a force greater than they can tolerate. Noise-induced hearing loss cannot be reversed, and a hearing aid does little good. Therefore, prevention is by far the best treatment.
Duration is the amount of time you are exposed to a sound level. In Table 2, the right-hand column lists various high sound levels and the left-hand column indicates the length of exposure that is safe for the corresponding noise level during a day. These figures have been determined after years of research on noise-induced hearing loss and are accepted as the standard for allowable noise level exposures.
Table 2
Permissible noise exposure scale.1
The average person can be exposed to a sound source producing 90 dBA for a maximum of eight hours a day. If the sound level is at 100 dBA, then the maximum exposure is two hours. An unprotected ear can be exposed to 115 dBA for a maximum of only 15 minutes a day. Your ears should not be directly exposed for any length of time to sounds greater than 115 dBA.
For every 5 dB increase above 90 dBA, the permissible exposure time is reduced by half. For example, if you purchased a tractor with a 95 dBA rating, you would be risking a hearing loss after four hours of exposure. If the tractor had a 90 dBA rating, you could use the tractor for eight hours before reaching the same risk level.
The effects of noise can be broken into three areas:
The ears provide two warning signs for overexposure to noise: temporary threshold shift (TTS) and ringing in the ears (tinnitus). After leaving a noisy area or piece of equipment, many people commonly experience both of these symptoms. The temporary hearing loss is difficult to detect unless a hearing test is performed.
This temporary hearing loss was taken into consideration in the exposure limits listed in Table 2. For example, should you be exposed to a noise level of 100 dBA for two hours, the remaining 22 hours of that day's exposure should be at a noise level below 90 dBA. This allows the ear to recover from the temporary hearing loss. This recovery period varies, depending on the individual, the severity and length of exposure.
Hearing usually returns almost completely in 12 to 14 hours if there is no more noise exposure. Any amount of hearing that does not return becomes a permanent threshold shift (PTS), or permanent hearing loss. With repeated exposure, effects are cumulative.
Tinnitus is a general symptom of the auditory system not functioning properly. If you have persistent tinnitus, consult a physician. If you experience tinnitus after exposure to noise, it is a sign of overexposure. Since some people are more susceptible to noise damage than others, one person may experience more tinnitus or damage than another with exposure to the same noise.
People who have damaged their ears permanently from overexposure to noise often have constant ringing in their ears. Some just learn to live with the ringing. Others cannot stand it and seek professional help. For the most part, physicians and audiologists can do very little to relieve tinnitus.
The permanent damage that occurs from overexposure to noise results in a hearing loss that is most annoying and deceptive. In general, most noises damage the hair cells near the base of the cochlea, where high-frequency information is processed. High-frequency hearing loss creates several problems:
The psychological effects of noise are more difficult to describe than the physiological effects. Psychological effects such as depression and nervousness are a result of the ear's inability to adjust to sound. Our eyes have a very effective means of adjusting to light, but we never get "used" to noise. Instead, we usually adjust our mental attitude rather than making a hearing compensation. Subconscious frustrations can result when noise is endured, but the body system cannot adjust to it.
The effects of noise on communications are obvious. Did you ever try to communicate with someone while a tractor was running or around a grain dryer without yelling? This can be a major problem in an emergency.
Noise-induced hearing loss is a major problem because people are unaware of its warning signs and effects until it is too late. Since there is strong social pressure to have normal hearing, an individual rarely admits to having a hearing problem until the effects are very substantial. Early awareness and corrective action are essential to eliminating noise as a hearing hazard.
Engineering controls, when practical and economically feasible, are the most effective ways to reduce noise exposure because they reduce sound level at the source. Some examples are:
Before purchasing a new tractor, consider using an acoustical rollover protective cab. Just as tractors are different, so are cabs in their ability to reduce noise levels. Sound data are available on most new tractors as part of the Nebraska Tractor Test Report.
To get information on the sound levels of various tractor models, write to: Tractor Testing Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583. Ask for publication MP37, Nebraska Tractor Data. Tractor dealers should also have this information for any tractor tested in Nebraska.
Reduction of noise exposure on new tractors is only a part of the total noise problem in agriculture. Additional noise engineering must be done on grain dryers, combines, pickers, elevators, chain saws, shellers, grinders, mixers, pulverizers, snow blowers, conveyors and grain roller mills, to name just a few. Noise not eliminated by engineering must be controlled by altered work schedules.
Altered work schedules are a second alternative to prevent noise-related problems by reducing the amount of exposure to high sound levels on farms. When practical, arrange work schedules so that farm workers do not exceed the allowable exposure limit to a high noise source.
For example, for a tractor that produces a noise level of 95 dBA, the safe exposure is four hours per day per person. Try to arrange work schedules to let farm workers exchange work activities so that no one person is exposed to the noise for more than four hours.
Personal protection equipment is the final alternative for farm workers who wish to cut down on noise exposure. The two basic types of hearing protection are earmuffs and earplugs.
Earmuffs are the most effective. The attenuation (noise reduction) provided by earmuffs varies widely because of differences in size, shape, seal material, shell mass and type of suspension. Some may attenuate sound by as much as 40 dB.
To get good-quality muffs, deal with a reputable firm. Examine them for comfort, construction, seal and attenuation. Manufacturers supply attenuation data for their product, so you can evaluate their effectiveness.
Earplugs are available as preformed inserts made of rubber, plastic or foam and hand-formed inserts of disposable materials such as wax or Swedish Wool. For agricultural use, wax and Swedish Wool have little value from a sanitation standpoint because they must be changed daily and must be shaped by hand before inserting and because of their lower attenuation level.
Preformed earplugs may be cheaper, but because of differences in the shape of each person's ear canal, trained personnel should fit each individual for plugs. The wearer must also know how to insert the earplug properly. When purchasing earplugs, follow the directions closely so that a snug, tight fit is obtained in the ear canal when the plug is inserted.
Cotton should never be used for the purpose of reducing noise exposure. Cotton cannot block out high-frequency sound and will provide no protection from high sound levels.
Ear protective devices will not block out all sounds. They will block out only those sounds that are dangerous to hearing. Machinery sounds different when you are wearing ear protection, but with continuous use, you can learn the new sounds and still be able to determine whether the machinery is operating properly.
Operators who have suffered previous hearing losses may find that they are unable to detect certain sounds necessary to ensure proper machine operation when they are using ear protection. In these cases, it may be necessary for the operator to remove the ear protection to check for these sounds. But remember to properly replace the ear protection to protect against further hearing loss.
If you are continually exposed to high sound levels, you should have a hearing test periodically. This test, called an audiogram, will reveal signs of hearing loss. If hearing loss is noted, take the necessary steps to reduce exposure and eliminate further damage to your hearing.
If you allow your ears to be exposed to the invisible dangers of agricultural noise or other sources of high sound levels, the result could be a permanent loss of hearing. You can make the difference between a life with all the joys of sound or a life of silence by following the safe work procedures outlined in this guide.
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All in one NAS
Getting the "All in One" working (rev 1.3 – 5/15/06)
This is a translation of a Kurobox contest originally posted as a Word Document here: http://www.kurobox.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=956 It has some great ideas in it, so I placed it up here for posterity sake. Ramuk 07:28, 3 June 2008 (BST) I believe the original was made up by Kuroguy
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Directions
- 2.1 Hardware Description
- 2.2 Software steps
- 2.2.1 Compile a new kernel with the required functionality
- 2.2.2 Install and configure eth1
- 2.2.3 Install and configure wlan0
- 2.2.4 Install Apache, MySQL, and PHP
- 2.2.5 Install Your Mail Server
- 2.2.6 Install your FTP daemon
- 2.2.7 Install your DCHP daemon (if required – not in my case)
- 2.2.8 Install Samba
- 2.2.9 Serve media across the internet or intranet with Jinzora
- 2.2.10 Serve media to your home media player with Wizd
- 2.2.11 Setup the startup scripts to boot the 2.6.15 Kernel
The All in One setup turns your Kuro into a complete SOHO network solution. It adds typical office server type functionality and allows me to retire at least two other devices; a D-link wireless router that crashes about once a week which, is only used to access the Kuro when I roam on my notebook computer and a Network Everywhere router that can't seem to accept entries into the port forwarding table. That'll teach me to buy Buffalo and Revolution gear only. All of the extra parts used in this project were salvaged from my computer graveyard. This includes the wired and wireless network devices as well as the additional USB connectors and resistors used to expand the USB capability of the Kurobox. This article will describe the capabilities of the All in One as well as the hardware modifications which were required to pull the whole thing off. One particularly difficult part of this project was getting the wireless portion to work. Linux support for USB wireless devices is lacking at best. It is by sheer luck that I had a wireless USB dongle that would work with the PPC architecture. This project underscores the need for additional expansion capability (other than USB) in future generations of the Kurobox.
I would not have set out to develop this device had I not had the spare parts lying around, as the cost for the required hardware would have exceeded the cost of a standard off the shelf wireless home router (by Buffalo, of course). Still, it is an interesting exercise to prove the capabilities of the Kurobox and the Gentoo operating system.
The All in One adds the following Functionality to the Kurobox:Wireless Access - For connecting to the Kuro remotely
Wireless Access Point – access your whole network through the All in One.
WAN Router/gateway - For sharing my internet connection with all devices on the network (including wirelessly)
Web Server - Uses Apache/MySQL/PHP for serving active web pages
Mail Server - Every office needs one of these.
FTP Server - It seemed to go with the collection. After all, most of the commercial devices have one these days
DCHP Server - For easy setup of client machines on your intranet; I prefer static IP addresses for my clients.
Samba Server - Every network needs Windows file serving.
Media Server - Serve audio and video files to your Linktheater and across the internet to other computers.
Hardware Description
For our purposes eth0 is the intranet network interface (the internal Ethernet), eth1 is the WAN interface (the wired USB Ethernet), and wlan0 is the USB wireless interface. We will setup iptables for eth1 to keep intruders from accessing the entire intranet.
We are using a ZyXEL G-220 wireless G network adapter Which is based on the ZD1211 chipset. I found this device in a box of extra parts I had. The G-220 is plugged into a second rear USB port via a short USB extension cable. This allows me to raise the device for better reception and transmission. I have also populated the front USB port. The standard Kuro does not come with the connector for the front USB, which provides a spare easily accessible USB port for mounting other devices such as flash memory or hard drives for backup purposes via a USB to IDE converter. There always seems to be an abundance of extra drives around here.
The only current USB adapters that will work with the Kuro use the ZD1211 driver. Other USB devices are only supported using NDISWrapper. Unfortunately, this wrapper only works with x86 machines. A mini PCI port would be a great addition to the next generation Kuro. The devices using the Prism chipset are moving towards supporting USB devices. In the future, the Prizm54 chipset will be the way to go as the current drivers, although not yet supporting USB, fully support master mode and bridging which is required to run an access point. Bridging is still quirky with the ZD1211 chipset, but does work. A future upgrade of the All in One will include support for a Prism chipset USB wireless dongle.
We need to install extra USB headers for this setup. The manufacturer of the Kuro filled the jumper holes for the front USB with solder. Removing the solder from the jumper holes on the Kuro board is simple. Press the tip of a 15 watt soldering iron with a good sharp tip (if the tip isn't sharp use a file to sharpen it and tin the tip) into the hole from the back of the circuit board. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. IN THE NEXT STEP THE BOARD SHOULD BE BETWEEN THE SOLDERING IRON AND YOUR MOUTH. FAILURE TO PLACE THESE THREE OBJECTS IN THE CORRECT ORDER WILL RESULT IN EXCESSIVE PAIN. When the solder is flowing nicely, get your mouth about 1" from the front of the board and blow hard into the wet solder while at the same time removing the solder iron. You will blow the solder out of the hole leaving a hole that you can easily put a wire through. It should be noted that the larger holes for the lugs on the connector might require a larger soldering iron. Do not use anything larger than a 25 watts iron or you risk damaging the board.
I have plugged a Belkin F5D5050 10/100 Ethernet adapter into the remaining rear USB port.
Software steps
Compile a new kernel with the required functionality
Use the provided .config file and the patch for the 2.6.15 vanilla kernel to compile a 2.6.15 kernel with the required functionality. This kernel has the standard configuration and the following additional functionality:
Pegasos Ethernet driver
IP Chains
Bridging capability
IEEE 802.11 encryption
Net radio
Wireless Ethernet support
USB /proc filesystem support
I would suggest using the .config supplied here as a starting point as it is known to work.
Install and configure eth1
Follow the Gentoo Home router guide located at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/home-router-howto.xml . Eth1 is the wired USB ethernet adapter and will be connected to the WAN via the cable modem that is furnished by your ISP (Goodbye old Network Everywhere Cable/DSL Router). You need to setup eth1 in /etc/conf.d/net and add a symbolic link from /etc/init.d/net.lo to /etc/init.d/net.eth1. For a static IP address edit /etc/conf.d/net and add a line:
Config_eth1=("xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx broadcast xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx") if your ISP has assigned a static address to you. For a dynamic IP the file does not require editing. Replace the xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx with your WAN IP address, netmask and broadcast mask
Install and configure wlan0
There are reports of the R38 driver for the zd1211 chipset working with bridging. I didn't have much success so I'll use the latest version, R76. We will download and install the r-76 version of the driver.
wget http://zd1211.ath.cx/download/zd1211-driver-r76.tgz tar zxvf zd1211-driver-r76.tgz cd zd1211-driver-r76
change directories into the zd1211-driver-r76 directory and edit the makefile. Change the KERNEL_SOURCE lines to match these:
Save the file and compile the driver.
make make install
Next we add the module name (zd1211) to /etc/modules/autoload.d/kernel-2.6. This will make the module automatically load on booting the 2.6.15 kernel.
Next we configure the wireless device. To make these settings permanent, edit /etc/conf.d/net and make sure the following lines are included. These lines can also be in /etc/conf.d/wireless, but /net is the recommended location. We will use the SSID of Kuro and passkey of 1234567890abcdef1234567890. In particular, make sure these lines are included:
essid_wlan0="Kuro" key_Kuro="1234567890abcdef1234567890" mode_wlan0="master"
For a static IP address we edit /etc/conf.d/net and add a line:
config_wlan0=( "192.168.0.1" )
We use the same address, netmask, and broadcast mask as those assigned to eth0, so make sure the config_eth0 line has these numbers too. This setup makes the Kuro's internal IP address 192.168.0.1 which is typical for a router.
The bridging capability of the zd1211 chipset has been reported to be quirky and in some cases badly behaved. We'll give it a shot, although it is not needed to access the Kuro wirelessly, it is required to access the other wired devices on your intranet.
To create the bridge from eth0 to wlan0 Add the following lines:
bridge_br0="eth0 wlan0" config_eth0=( "null" ) config_wlan0=( "null" ) config_br0=( "192.168.0.1" ) #this is the IP address of the kuro depend_br0() ( need net.eth0 net.wlan0 )
Last, add a symbolic link from /etc/init.d/net.lo to /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 and add net.wlan0 to the default runlevel.
rc-update add net.wlan0 default
Add net-misc/bridge-utils to /etc/portage/package.keywords since it is masked. It is needed to create the bridge between eth0 and wlan0.
emerge bridge-utils.
You need wireless-tools to configure wlan0.
emerge wireless-tools
Note: you cannot connect to the Kuro via a wireless connection while simultaneously connected via a wired connection. To test the wireless connection you must stop eth0 with the command "/etc/init.d/net.eth0 stop" or physically unplug the wired Ethernet cable from your client machine.
Install Apache, MySQL, and PHP
This is very straight forward. Follow the instructions at
Install Your Mail Server
Follow the instructions at
I have been using this setup for over two months at this point and it works flawlessly. It is perfectly adequate for small a SOHO application.
Add POP3 support by starting courier-pop3 and adding it to the default runlevel.
/etc/init.d/courier-pop3 start
rc-update add courier-pop3 dafault
Install your FTP daemon
emerge vsftpd cp /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf.example /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
Edit vsftpd.conf as required for your purposes. The file is well commented and very easy to understand.
Finally, add vsftpd to the default runlevel.
rc-update add vsftpd default
If you would like to run vsftpd via inetd follow the instructions for step 3 at http://www.vsftpd.org/rpm/
Install your DCHP daemon (if required – not in my case)
This is part of dnsmasq. Configuration instructions are part of the Home router guide (referenced in part 3 of this guide), chapter 5.
Install Samba
Everybody needs network storage for Windows, so emerge samba. Follow the Samba how-to at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/quick-samba-howto.xml. Also setup a printer if you want, but it will require adding a 4th USB or a USB hub. Since we are trying to reduce the total number of devices required, the 4th USB is the way I'd go.
Serve media across the internet or intranet with Jinzora
Follow the instructions at www.jinzora.com to access your central media store from anywhere. Jinzora requires that you have Apache/Mysql, and PHP (not version 5) installed and is very easy to install. The version I installed (2.3.7) had two errors in it. See this thread to fix one that causes problems with downloading:
and to fix an error that prevents the database tables from being created. Edit the file jinzora.sql and change :
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
) ENGINE=MyISAM;
It shows up six or so times.
Serve media to your home media player with Wizd
Follow the instructions at http://jhue.users.sonic.net/. Also add the included wizd init script to /etc/init.d and add it to the default runlevel since there is not one that seems to work online, except the one I wrote last year. It assumes wizd is installed in /usr/local/wizd. Here it is:
# /etc/init.d/wizd ## start/stop the Wizd daemon.# start() { ebegin "Starting the Wizd Daemon" start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /var/run/wizd --make-pidfile --chdir /usr/local/wizd --exec /usr/local/wizd/wizd eend $?} ## Stop the Wizd server daemon# stop() { ebegin "Stopping the Wizd daemon" start-stop-daemon --stop --name wizd eend $?}
Add it to the default runlevel:
rc-update add wizd default
Setup the startup scripts to boot the 2.6.15 Kernel
There are several bootloaders based on init.d scripts available on the Kurobox forums. The one written by Gordo works acceptably well and is the one I use. It can be found at http://www.kurobox.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=665


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Comparing eras is a complicated business and such countdowns often result in a flood of abuse from those who believe one player's achievements have been unfairly maligned. Please regard it as a bit of fun and hopefully instructive.
Well, I've given the matter plenty of thought and here goes in reverse order, starting with numbers 10 to 8...
Years on tour: 1984-2001
Highest ranking: 22
Jones, like so many Welsh players, was grounded in the game from boyhood, hailing from the mining village of Abertysswg.
He was Welsh amateur champion in 1983 and turned professional the following year. It took a while to make a breakthrough but he beat Dennis Taylor on his way to the 1986 UK Championship quarter-finals.
Jones's best moment came in 1989 when he reached the Mercantile Classic final, beating Jimmy White, John Parrott and Willie Thorne before losing 13-11 to his great friend and compatriot Doug Mountjoy.
He played at the Crucible four times, beating Neal Foulds 10-9 in the first round in 1989.
Years on tour: 1979-1994
Highest ranking: 16
Wilson was an extraordinary long potter in the Mark Williams/Ronnie O'Sullivan/Neil Robertson mould. He was a very talented amateur but stopped playing competitively in 1957 as the game went into abeyance.
However, 15 years later he returned after a friend asked him to play in a league match. In 1978, he beat Joe Johnson in the World Amateur Championship final in Malta and a year later joined the professional ranks, where he would beat, among others Doug Mountjoy, Mike Hallett, Jimmy White, Willie Thorne and Ronnie O'Sullivan in the future world champion's first season.
Wilson spent one season in the top 16 in 1988/89. This meant an automatic entry to the Wembley Masters and it was typical of this gregarious character that he spent the mid session interval of his first round match not in his dressing room but chatting to a group of Chelsea pensioners in the audience.
He was a natural extrovert and at times outspoken against those he disapproved of. He played at the Crucible eight times but failed to win a single match, an unwanted record he shares with Rex Williams. In 1991, Wilson recovered from 4-2 down to beat Eddie Charlton 5-4 in the final of the World Seniors Championship.
This great character sadly died in 1994.
Years on tour: 1992-present
Highest ranking: 19
Dale was actually born in Coventry but represents Wales through parentage and has won more ranking titles than all but three of the players above him on this list.
So why isn't he higher? For whatever reason, Dale has found consistency hard to discover. After winning the 1997 Grand Prix as a huge outsider it rather went to his head. He was not himself prepared for such a big moment and, rather than take his career forward, it knocked him back.
Something of an eccentric, Dale was nicknamed 'the Spaceman' because it was felt that, at times, he was on another planet. He was 1991 Welsh amateur champion and runner-up to Noppadon Noppachorn in the World Amateur Championship later that year.
Dale was a World Championship quarter-finalist in 2000, he appeared in the semi-finals of six ranking events and won a second title at the 2007 Shanghai Masters, but again suffered a collapse in form after doing so.
A free spirit, he now lives in Vienna and can be heard commentating for BBC Wales and, sometimes, for Eurosport.
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just three names?! can't be waiting for to read more! very interesting topic!
- 10:39 am
Just as long as Mark Williams is number 1 I won't complain.
- 10:44 am
- andy said...
Cliff Wilson was brilliant, such raw talent, a real joy to watch!
By the way, your search box isn't working, I was searching for World Series articles.
I could have sworn there was going to be a World Series tournament at the Kremlin in March, ...has this changed, did I miss it??
- 12:11 pm
This is going to make interesting reading, can see why you said it was a bit of fun.
IMO, numbers 6 and 7 are fairly easy, one from the 90's one from the 80's. Number 5 probably from the modern game then comes the final 4. Once again IMO, in two groups of two, one modern day and one older player in each group. We await with interest.
- 12:22 pm
Griffiths, Stevens, Williams, Mountjoy, Day, Reardon, Morgan to come then.
Or maybe Clive Everton?
- 12:40 pm
Remember a match between Cliff Wilson and Tony Drago in the grand prix one season. it was just a mad game, don't think there was much safety if at all, they just threw their cues at everything, there was some incredible potting going on.
R.I.P. Cliff
- 2:37 pm
- Janie said...
Yes RIP Cliff. Sadly missed
he could make Ronnie look like a tortoise and must have been one of the greatest single ball potters ever anywhere.
A great entertainer whether in matches or exhibitions, and I had the great misfortune to play him in exhibition once, or not play as I was laughing so much!
- 8:20 pm
Nice post, kind of drawn out though. Really good subject matter though.
- 5:45 pm


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MONTREAL — Four Montreal-area educators from the public system will spend three weeks in Israel this summer attending an international seminar on the teaching of the Holocaust, thanks to the generosity of a survivor of the Shoah and his wife.
Teacher Julie Etheridge of the English Montreal School Board, teachers Steve Santella and Carin Schwartz of the Lester B. Pearson School Board, and Mary Rutherford, a spiritual guidance and community involvement animator with the latter board, are this year's recipients of Riva and Thomas O. Hecht Scholarships that enable local educators to attend the annual program at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.
Educators from several countries will attend the seminar July 1 to 19.
The Hecht scholarships, now in their seventh year, have fully sponsored 21 Quebec educators to date. Upon their return, each recipient is asked to create at least one teaching unit or module on the Holocaust or antisemitism based on what they learned at Yad Vashem.
Etheridge is the head of the visual arts department at Vincent Massey Collegiate in Rosemount, where she has taught since 2001.
Santella has taught at Westpark Elementary School in Dollard des Ormeaux since 2006, while Schwartz has been teaching English, media and drama at Lakeside Academy in Lachine since 2007 when she graduated from McGill University in education.
The granddaughter of German and Austrian Holocaust survivors, Schwartz also has a degree in communications and a diploma in documentary film. She is already involved in Holocaust education at her school, and works on cross-curricular projects with other teachers.
Rutherford is the first spiritual or community animator to be awarded a Hecht scholarship. Over the past decade, she has worked with many schools in human rights, conflict resolution, social justice issues and intercultural understanding.
"Our scholarship program is an essential educational component for teaching about the history of the Jewish People," said Riva Hecht.
Her Czech-born husband was 12 years old when he, his parents and sister arrived in Montreal on Dec. 31, 1941, after a harrowing flight from the Nazis, from Bratislava to Paris to Nice to Lisbon. There they set sail with 900 other refugees aboard the Serpa Pinto.
Over its history, 350,000 teachers from 100 countries have studied at Yad Vashem, said Yaron Ashkenazi, executive director of the Canadian Friends of Yad Vashem.
"You are going to be exposed to the true story of the Holocaust and be provided with the pedagogical tools for your schools," he told this year's recipients.
Past recipients invited to meet the 2012 cohort spoke of the impact the trip had on them and how they have transferred this knowledge to the classroom.


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Four years after the murder of Charity Worley, no new leads have surfaced and investigators say the case has come to a "standstill."
Four years after the murder of Charity Worley, no new leads have surfaced and investigators say the case has come to a "standstill."
The 28-year-old mother of a young son was found brutally beaten in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008, in her driveway at 1004 W. Gilbert St. in the Barker Heights area of Hendersonville. She was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
An investigation into her death, conducted by multiple local, state and federal agencies, determined her killing was not a random act of violence, according to a news release from the Henderson County Sheriff's Office in July.
"This was a targeted, violent act," Special Agent Bo Barton of the S.C. Law Enforcement Division said at a news conference in October 2010.
He stressed that the person responsible was very close to Worley, was impulsive and would follow the case in the media, talking about it frequently. And although a lot of talk circulated after the Sheriff's Office created a new website in July, some family members are no longer talking with investigators and have refused to participate in a re-enactment of the crime, according to Capt. Frank Stout.
"We have interviewed and re-interviewed suspects based on tips from the site," he said. "When we get leads, we investigate them."
But, he added, "Nothing has led to a break in the case."
Deputies have "determined the assailant was familiar with Charity, her habits and most specifically her morning routine," according to the release.
For now, investigators seem to "have hit a rock wall," Stout said Friday, but their investigation is far from over. The department is determined to bring Worley's killer to justice.
With a larger reward, Stout said that day could come sooner rather than later. In February 2009, the Governor's Office issued a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case. But Stout said more money would need to be offered to entice people to come forward.
Barton said the murder weapon was a metal pipe. A report from the N.C. Medical Examiner's Office confirmed Worley died of blunt force trauma to the head and body, apparently when she was outside her car that morning.
The website the Sheriff's Office created, www.charityworley.info, includes a forum for discussions and a selected portion of a news conference with Barton.
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We traveled on a 15 day self-guided trip through Yunnan province, with a quick stop into Beijing on the flight back to the U.S.
Here are some of the highlights…
- Street food around Green Lake: yams baked in an oil drum, shaved chunks of grapefruit.
- Mushroom hot pot at Ye Jun Yuan (185 Guan Xin Road). A huge selection of refrigerated (cultivated) and frozen (wild) mushrooms and other accoutrements. My favorite dish was our first course - hung niu gan, which was a plate of deep-fried mushrooms with dried chili and garlic. We picked 4 -5 different types of mushrooms for our hot pot, thick planks of tofu, an a couple types of greens. Dinner was fantastic, affordable and filling, and this was a great meal to share with a group.
- Minority Food Hall. Pretty disappointing--the dishes we tried were too oily and not flavorful.
- Renmin Lu for touristy but enjoyable street eats, with typical ingredients displayed in plastic tubs out front--purple flowers, herbs, onion, ginger, pork hooves and fish (eating noodles!). We liked the rushan (Dai-style fried goat cheese)--rubbery inflated pockets of deep-fried cheese sprinkled with a little bit of sugar. One of the top 5 tastes of the trip was the baba purchased from a street vendor near Erhai Men Gate. A giant wheel of a roll cooked in a street-side oven, hit with just a touch of lard, this made for a perfectly light, savory breakfast. We found many interesting types of dried and fresh tofu at the street market off of Remin Lu.
- At a Dai-style restaurant in an alley off of Yu Er Lu near Dong Men Gate, we shared "Grandma's Potatoes" and a chicken dish--the potato dish was a winner.
This would be a one horse town if you packed your own horse. Of the two cafes on the square, one was closed for the season (or forever, not sure).
- Old Tree Cafe. The owners were the nicest people we met on the trip, and helped set us up with new lodging when the spot we had booked decided to close early for renovations. A curry stew with beef, pumpkin and potatoes was delicious and warming on a very cold day. The warm temperature of the banana "shake" (foamed milk with pureed banana) was surprising but ultimately satisfying against the winter chill.
- 58 Cafe. We liked the mushroom fried rice, pickled peppers, and cat in a bumblebee costume. Handy "space heater" (charcoal in a metal bowl) for chilly winter nights.
- Bars on North Tibetan Street. There are two bars side-by-side next to the main street. One was very pleasant and had simple bar snacks, like fried skin-on peanuts. The other may have been a brothel but we kept our noses down in a game of Uno and didn't get bothered. The better choice is the one with the blue-lit plastic floor. 10 Y beer, 30 Y whiskey.
- Jin Mama. After an unfortunate run-in with cheese cooked with dog the day before, we went for a safe-looking chain which seemed like a Chinese Denny's. The pork soup with mushrooms was delicious.
- Crepes sold at the tourist booth in the main square. We liked the red bean version, and I thought one of the Tibetan falcons working the crowds was eyeing it jealously.
We ended up in the xishuangbanna region later, but didn't try anything that could be easily located. The dwarf bananas were great, though.
- Quanjude for roast duck. The atmosphere is a trip: waiters with walkie-talkies, hostesses in icy blue ballgowns with fur muffs, and an iPad-based ordering system (easy for non-Chinese speakers). The duck is good, with nicely crisped skin, and expensive--we paid about $50 for dinner, which was our most expensive meal of the trip.
- Shun Yi Fu for dumplings. Another top taste of the trip--mutton potstickers, with a perfectly crusted skin and moist interior.
- Lao Jia Rou Beng for breakfast. Loved the dofu with green onions.
Photos are baba oven, mushroom hotpot, Old Tree beef stew, rushan (fried cheese), and last Shun Yi fried dumplings.


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Up until now, college coaches from all sports have been forbidden from sending messages to recruits via text, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites. They've also been limited to how many phone calls they make to recruits.
That's now changed—at least for Division I men's basketball coaches.
Coaches from that sport can now send unlimited texts and place unlimited phone calls to recruits who have completed their sophomore year of high school.
WKU athletic director Todd Stewart says he's not surprised the NCAA is modifying the rules. He says texting and social media messaging are so widespread these days it's impossible to think a governing body could somehow keep track of which school was sending messages to which recruit.
"I think it took a lot of time for the NCAA to monitor that and the feedback I received was that their resources would be better devoted elsewhere, rather than trying to monitor how many texts somebody did or did not send," said Stewart.
For now, at least, the rule changes only affect men's basketball recruits. But it's likely that the new provisions will eventually be granted to all NCAA sports, including women's basketball, football, and baseball.
The new NCAA rules on texting add another wrinkle to an already intricate recruiting process for college basketball players.
That process usually starts with coaches identifying prospects after seeing players perform for their high school teams--and in the case of elite players—summer traveling squads.
Coaching staffs will then send letters to recruits. If the high-schooler is interested, he might respond to that school, and then communicate over the phone with the coaching staff. If the player likes what he hears, he could take an official visit to the school, tour the campus and facilities, and meet the coaches face-to-face.
Now, basketball coaches have to consider who they text, and how many messages they send.
"For example, if we're recruiting you, I guarantee you somebody is calling or texting you probably every day," said WKU men's basketball coach Ray Harper. "Is that going to be an impact on where you go to school? That's our job to find out. When is enough, enough? What we're trying to do right now is let parents and kids know that if they don't want to talk this much, let us know. What's a good balance for you?"
Coach Harper says he especially appreciates the fact he can now make unlimited phone calls to recruits. For example, if a high school junior or senior WKU is recruiting plays in a big game Friday night, Coach Harper or a member of his staff can call that recruit to talk about the game without worrying if they've gone over the maximum number of calls they can make in a week.
Harper's boss, WKU athletic director Todd Stewart, says he trusts his basketball coaches to strike the right balance now that they have new communication tools at their disposal.
"I actually heard two different coaches comment on this, and it was interesting,"said Stewart. "One said that what he's hearing is that some programs will assign a manager to a coach's cell phone, and that manager will do nothing but text recruits non-stop. The coaches themselves won't be doing the texting. The person receiving them won't know that, but you'll have managers being relentless in terms of sending out texts to all kinds of people."
Someone who knows the college recruiting process well is Scooter Hollis. He played quarterback for Bowling Green High School, leading them to last year's Kentucky 5A championship. He also graduated with a 4.0 GPA, and is playing this fall for Colombia University in New York City.
Hollis has this advice for coaches recruiting high school athletes: don't try to get to know a player through texting. Save the texts until after you've met the recruit face-to-face and talked to him over the phone. Still, Hollis says texting will come in handy for both players and coaches.
"I see it as a very useful way of communication, simply because not everybody has enough time to talk. You might catch somebody at a bad time when you call them, and then you end up playing phone-tag. But with a text message, it allows you to get what you need to get out, and it also allows the person you're texting to respond whenever they're available," said Hollis.
The future Ivy Leaguer believes it will be important for coaches to find a way to let a player know the coaching staff is interested in him, while giving that recruit room to breathe.
Besides, says Hollis--high school athletes are still kids. They should enjoy their last two years of high school without being inundated with texts from college coaches.


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New York, NY – Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) held its 2014 Vision 2014Gala on February 25th at Cipriani 42 in New York City.
As Dance Theatre of Harlem celebrates its 45th Anniversary, this year's gala was themed "Live the Moment" and raised $700,000, $75,000 of which resulted from the entertaining live auction conducted by Audrey Smaltz,with the proceeds benefitting the DTH School's Next Generation and Community Engagement Funds.
Honorees were Grammy Award-winning recording artist Patti LaBelle with the Arthur Mitchell Vision Award; dance educator and arts advocate Jody Gottfried Arnhold with The Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Medal; and Goldman, Sachs & Co. senior partner Valentino D. Carlotti with the inaugural Virtuoso Award.
The evening's honorary chair was Billy Joel (not in attendance).
There were performances by the Dance Theatre of Harlem School to "Over the Rainbow," choreographed by School Director Endalyn Taylor; a preview of the Dance Theatre of Harlem Company's forthcoming spring season at Jazz at Lincoln Centerwith an excerpt from "The Pas de Dix from Raymonda;" as well as a special tribute performance by the Company to Ms. LaBelle, choreographed by resident choreographer Robert Garland.
However, the surprise performance of the evening was from "Lady Marmalade" herself when she ended her acceptance speech with an acapella rendition of "The Lord's Prayer," with opera singer Jessye Norman joining her, along with the entire audience, in singing amen.
"I can dance, but they dance like angels," said LaBelle during her acceptance speech, referring to the Dance Theatre of Harlem Company tribute performance. "This is my 52nd year in this business called show and to be honored by the Dance Theatre of Harlem for their 45th year anniversary, I feel so blessed, so honored," she continued during a short dinner break in the program.
Nearly 400 corporate sponsors, supporters, friends, alumni and members of the board attended the event, including journalist Paula Zahn, Malaak Compton Rock, Kimberly Chandler, Miss USA 2012 Nana Meriwether, Isiah and Lynne Thomas; Miss New York City 2014 KiraKazantsev, philanthropists Samuel Peabody, Judith M. Hoffman, Jean Shafiroff, Beverly D'Anne and Guy Mognaz.
"It was a very special evening that brought together the tremendous talent and expertise of our Company dancers and the great potential in our DTH school students. What a perfect celebration of the past 45 years of Dance Theatre of Harlem, to see the legendary Patti LaBelle take the stage to receive the Arthur Mitchell Vision Award from our longtime board member Jessye Norman, and to say thank you to honorees Valentino D. Carlotti and Jody Gottfried Arnhold for all that they've done for Dance Theatre of Harlem, the arts and education," says Virginia Johnson, Artistic Director.
Members of Dance Theatre of Harlem's Board of Directors were also on hand for the star-studded celebration, including Chairman of the Board Kendrick Ashton, Jr., Gala Committee Chair Leslie Wims Morris, along with board membersAlpha Mom's Isabel Kallman, DTH Vice Chairman of the Board Michael Armstrong, Trey Muldrow, Kevin Cofsky, Zandra Perry Ogbomo, and AliyaLeeKong.
Among the Vision Gala's sponsors were Jody and John Arnhold; Goldman Sachs & Co; American Express; Siris Capital Group, LLC; Isabel and Craig Kallman; GiftCards.com; CenterLight Healthcare; Disney; Fried Frank; and Akin Gump. The gala reception was sponsored by BET Networks. "We are thrilled and very grateful for the wonderful support shown by so many corporations and individuals," remarked Laveen Naidu, Executive Director of Dance Theatre of Harlem. "This gala helps make it possible for Dance Theatre of Harlem to continue making a difference around the world with our performances, community engagement and education programs."


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It's usually cold, rainy, blustery weather that makes people want to leave a place, not move to it. But for Google, Ireland's famously challenging weather is exactly what makes it so attractive – well, that and its remarkably low corporation tax, that is.
According to a recent Guardian report, the country's climate is actually a selling point when it comes to attracting tech and online companies such as Google, as the cold weather helps keep down the running costs of enormous data centers.
The Web company recently built a $75 million data center close to its European head office in the Irish capital, Dublin. The cooler weather helps make the center more energy efficient, as less power is required to keep its servers cool. While obviously helping Google to save money, it also helps to enhance its green credentials.
Dan Costello, Google's global data center operations officer, told the Guardian: "It's not often that Irish weather is a cause for praise, but the temperate climate was very significant in choosing Ireland as a location for this data center."
According to Google, its data centers use 50 percent less energy than typical data centers by incorporating smart temperature controls, the latest power distribution methods, and what it describes as 'free-cooling' techniques, enabled by building the centers in cool locations like Ireland where it can use outside air and water to keep servers at the optimum temperature for safe and efficient operation.
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It's not only Google that has chosen Ireland as a location for some of its data centers. Computer giant Microsoft has invested over $600 million in such facilities in the last few years while UK firm Telecity last year spent around $131 million on a center in Dublin.
"The growth of the digital economy is creating significant demand for IT infrastructure environments," Maurice Mortell, Telecity's managing director, told the Guardian. "The cooling element of these IT facilities is one of the reasons why Ireland is a popular choice for data centers."
While the Irish government has no control over the chilly wind blowing off the Atlantic, it can set the rate of corporation tax, an important factor for companies looking for a location to set up shop. The 12.5 percent rate has in recent years encouraged many tech- and online-related businesses to base their regional headquarters in the small European country, including the likes of Facebook, PayPal, Twitter, LinkedIn, IBM, Zynga, HP and Dropbox.
The government recently spent €5 million ($6.6m) on the Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce (IC4), a new cloud computing research center located in Dublin. With investment like that, and plenty of inclement weather to go with it, the Emerald Isle looks set to maintain its position at the forefront of Europe-based computer development for some time to come.
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Heat wrap up road trip in Phoenix
The Miami Heat complete a six-game road trip on Saturday night when they make their only appearance at US Airways Center against the Phoenix Suns.
The Heat beat the Denver Nuggets 98-93 on Thursday to go 3-2 so far on this trip. LeBron James was his dominant self with 27 points, 12 assists, seven rebounds, three blocks and a steal.
He had to be great with Dwyane Wade out of the lineup with a sore foot. Wade is day-to-day with the sprained left foot and his availability Saturday night is unknown.
Mike Miller started for Wade on Thursday and scored 12 points on 4-for-8 3- point shooting. Shane Battier was huge against the Nuggets with 18 points, and, like Miller, all of his points came from beyond the arc, where he went 6- for-7.
"You make your first one of the night, you feel great," said Battier, who also took three charges against the Nuggets. "We had over 20 assists in the game and when we do that, shooters are going to make shots. Offense becomes much easier to play."
The Heat are the NBA's top scoring team, but are 26th in points allowed. Thursday night marked the first time in their last four games, and only the fourth time in 10 games they held an opponent under 100 points.
The Suns held tough against the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday, but ultimately fell by 12 at the Staples Center. Phoenix was led by Goran Dragic (22 points) and Luis Scola (18 points).
The Suns committed 15 turnovers that led to 26 Lakers points.
It's pretty remarkable the Suns are 4-6. They have trailed by double-digits in an astounding nine out of 10 games this season and Friday night was no different.
"This team is young. We are trying to learn on the run, and that is one reason why I came here - to help out with some of these young guys," said veteran Jermaine O'Neal. "I think the Phoenix Suns will be in a great place in the next couple of years. The growth in these players, what they are doing on a day to day basis is amazing."
What would help Suns' players both old and young would be to play some defense. Phoenix is dead-last in the NBA, holding their opponents to 105.0 ppg.
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& My partner is atheist, and I'm spiritual leaning Taoist, and we celebrate the seasons in place of Christian holidays. I doubt anyone will ever tease our little one living in the SF Bay, I think we "non-believers" might be the majority.
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Most of the time I don't have a clue how to describe myself! I believe there is some sort of higher power, but not necessarily one god. I believe in reincarnation. I live my life nonreligious, but with strong morals and the belief that kindness, understanding, and acceptance are of utmost importance. I do not see all three of these things in organized religion. I want my sons to make their own choices and create their own ideas. DH and I were both raised in believing households, but not strongly religious. We will continue to celebrate the holidays of our childhood, but make them more about celebrating family and creating our own traditions. We live on the east coast technically across the Mason Dixon Line, but in such a diverse area that it usually isn't an issue. We will occasionally run into people who ask what church we go to and are simply appalled when we do not have a church. It annoys me, but I'm finally comfortable with my beliefs, so it doesn't get to me. My oldest doesn't seem bothered by it and my youngest is too young to care. Occasionally my oldest will express interest in church, but he hasn't attended since he was 5 or so.
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We are as well in California. I was raised a go to church twice a week Christian, but found real truth after moving out when I was 18. My kids are still very small, so we haven't dealt with bullying yet. Luckily my parentd and sister haven't made a fuss over not raising my kids to go to church. When we visit we all jusy go to church together to be polite. Besides, it's fun for the kids to play, do crafts, hear stories.
To my kids, I plan on teaching them that the religious books of different faiths are just a collection of stories that some people actually believe, ju ust as people u sed to believe in tje Greek and Roman gods, etc.
I will teach them that if someone tries to tell them that theu are going to hell, they can quietly laugh it off, knowing it's just a fairy tale. They can just tell them that people have different beliefs all around the world and there is no need to worry about hell. If other kids of faith can state their beliefs, then non-religious kids can too.
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My husband and I are both atheist and we live in Texas as well. DH grew up in an atheist household (he's English) and I grew up in a very conservative religious one. We will answer his questions with truth and compassion and let him decide as he gets older. I would never say he couldn't believe in a certain religion but he will know from a young age that it just isn't something we believe in. We don't do Christian holidays and we are big into science and proof of things. All I really care about is that he grows up with respect and compassion for others and their beliefs.
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My husband and I are atheist. LO is only 6 weeks old though so we haven't dealt with any of the parenting issues that may surround it. However, I grew up Unitarian and have always been an athiest and never really had any problems.
Right now I'm more concerned with the social implications of raising LO vegan. I'm sure there will be many more talks and potential problems with staying at other kids' houses over that. I doubt the atheism will be a big deal!
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Another atheist family in Texas. I intend to raise my children to be aware and respectful of other beliefs and teach them to be freethinkers. We will teach from a perspective of, "Some people believe blah blah, but mommy and daddy believe this and this is why."
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I'm not religious at all, which is not always a fun thing living in the bible belt. My family's baptist and sometimes I worry what my mom's going to say to him. I do want him to feel free to explore religion if he finds any that appeal to him and I want him to be respectful of other people's beliefs but I will just be honest about what I believe and why. The hardest part I think will be holidays. I don't want him to miss out on fun things, like Christmas presents and egg hunts, but I kind of think that most holidays have been commercialized enough that we might be able to take the fun stuff and pass on the God parts.
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I am in an odd situation for sure. I grew up in a non-committal Anglican family. I became and Atheist in high school and haven't looked back, except I started dating a Christian and for 3 months he didn't know I was an Atheist and I didn't know he was a Christian.
Now we're married and have 3 kids. He's almost finished school and will be ordained as an Anglican Priest next May and I'm still very much an atheist.
It's a juggling game. I have no intention of lying to or misleading my children with my feelings on religion. My husband obviously is hoping they will be religious like him.
We compromised that I would allow them to start attending church in Grade 1. Other than that church or religion doesn't come up that much. He's too busy with school and training to be a Priest and I'm obviously not going to bring it up.
I guess we'll see how the chips fall when they are older. He will tell it's all true and I will tell them that personally I don't think it's any different from a myth. I'm hoping we try to keep it civil and don't make the kids feel like they are choosing one parent over another. I think we're respectful enough to do that. We live in a very metropolitan Canadian city so I'm not too worried regardless of what they believe.
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