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Modeling for Green Supply Chain Evaluation
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Mathematical Problems in EngineeringVolume 2013 2013, Article ID 201208, 9 pages
Research Article
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia UPM, 43300 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Faculty of Technology, University Malaysia Pahang UMP, Malaysia
Received 13 January 2013; Revised 17 March 2013; Accepted 18 March 2013
Academic Editor: Shengyong Chen
Copyright © 2013 Elham Falatoonitoosi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Green supply chain management GSCM has become a practical approach to develop environmental performance. Under strict regulations and stakeholder pressures, enterprises need to enhance and improve GSCM practices, which are influenced by both traditional and green factors. This study developed a causal evaluation model to guide selection of qualified suppliers by prioritizing various criteria and mapping causal relationships to find effective criteria to improve green supply chain. The aim of the case study was to model and examine the influential and important main GSCM practices, namely, green logistics, organizational performance, green organizational activities, environmental protection, and green supplier evaluation. In the case study, decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory technique is applied to test the developed model. The result of the case study shows only -green supplier evaluation- and -green organizational activities- criteria of the model are in the cause group and the other criteria are in the effect group.
Autor: Elham Falatoonitoosi, Zulkiflle Leman, and Shahryar Sorooshian
Fuente: https://www.hindawi.com/


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Me right??
I was just looking at my blog and its been months since I was able to post an entry about something I've made. What a bummer! At the moment I'm working on putting my scrapbook room together and I have a few projects up my sleeve. Now I just need to get stuff put away and get started on them.
I hope to post a new project soon!
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Who's A Scrapper?
Me right??
2 comments:
- Thinknpinkmom said...
:) I'm looking forward to seeing your room!!! :) I'm going to start working on getting some things of mine organized as well. My scrap stuff is in Landon's room, so I'm trying to not take over the whole room! :)
- December 28, 2008 at 8:14 PM
- Alayna said...
yeah - get busy! :) I can't wait to see what you come up with
- December 29, 2008 at 7:36 AM
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With arms outstretched, a mannequin wears a dress made of 7-inch records. Another, donning a Fendi dress, sits on a giant vintage phonograph with a horn. The third, in Belvest, stands atop an oversized box made of vinyl records.
In all, 2,000 scratched records, saved from the trash, decorate the occasionally headless mannequins in the window display at Stanley Korshak in Uptown Dallas. It's music, fashion and art, darling. It's "Spin," now on display.
"These are some of the biggest visual display retail windows in the country," says freelance visual artist Ben Lewis says. He's standing in one of the two enormous, 90-foot Korshak window display rooms at the Crescent. But it isn't just the air-conditioning that makes this workspace interesting.
"The intent, of course, is to sell clothes," says Stanley Korshak creative director Bret McKinney. "But fashion is art, and the way we are able to present it is so much different than on a hanger."
Since 2003, Lewis has made window displays for clients in Dallas, including Macy's, Nordstrom, Dior and Stella McCartney. He also helps design and build stores for Josey Records. Since opening in 2014, the Dallas record store has quickly expanded to two more states and has even bought a record plant.
"We buy tons of records every month, and not all of them are sellable," says Josey Records partner Waric Cameron.
Defective, scratched or otherwise ruined, the steady stream of junk records usually goes into the garbage. But Lewis started taking home stacks of unusable vinyl. Thousands of records later, Lewis decided to use the material for installation art.
It's not even Lewis' most outrageous idea: He also "put 400 Mr. Potato Heads in a window with $10,000 Gucci dresses" when he worked at Barneys years ago.
Lewis spent weeks covering frames with vinyl for the window display in Dallas. He also used a heat gun to bend records and "slowly manipulate them around a mannequin's face" to create detailed masks, he says.
Many of the male mannequins, wearing Brioni suits, have vinyl record sculptures for faces. Wearing brands like Andrew Gn, some of the dummies spin slowly, standing on overwhelmed turntables meant for playing records.
Too large to fit through the doors, Lewis and his team assembled "Spin" in the display windows. "We're still not sure how we're going to get them out," McKinney says, "But I'm pretty sure we will have to destroy the globe, which is my favorite." The ominous blob of vinyl records is 6 feet tall.
Cameron, however, hopes the giant phonograph can be relocated to Josey Records. "I am obviously biased about art made with vinyl records," he says. "But music goes hand in hand with art and fashion." Indeed, Josey Records has functioned as an art gallery and has hired artists like JM Rizzi to paint murals.
McKinney hopes the window displays draw people who have never heard of Stanley Korshak, perhaps artists and vinyl record addicts. "Decades ago, they built this complex like it was a fortress," he says. But the large display windows were installed as part of enhancements made to the Crescent just a couple years ago.
"The goal now is to turn it inside out and make it more pedestrian-friendly and inviting."
"Spin" will be on display at The Crescent until Sept. 24.


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Princess Jellyfish is a delightfully refreshing series -- one of those stories with a cast of utter goofs that you just can't take too seriously, but also wind up inexplicably rooting for.
It's the story of five female shut-ins, each socially awkward and obsessive about their own geeky hobby, who reside in a women-only shared home. Their shells are cracked and comfort zones uprooted, however, when newcomer and protagonist Tsukimi unexpectedly brings home a "stylish" one day (these otaku cannot tolerate the presence of a cool, stylish person, turning to stone on sight). And what's more, this particular stylish who has invaded their exclusively feminine space is secretly a cross-dressing man.
I have to admit, this isn't a show I would have thought to watch for myself. It showed up on my housemate's Netflix recommendations, and she mainly threw it on out of sheer curiosity. Her husband and I joined her just to have something to watch over dinner, and by the end of the night we had powered through all 11 episodes in a row. I'm not normally that into comedy anime, let alone female-targeted josei titles, but Princess Jellyfish won me over by being unusual and genuinely hilarious.
This show surprised me in a number of ways. For one, this was an anime that didn't really feel like an anime, and didn't resort to the same tropes I've become cynically used to. No panty shots, no obligatory violence, no blue or pink hair, and no magical elements. None of the central women are traditionally cute, sexy, or particularly marketable (I'm pretty sure the main character spends most of her time in a baggy shirt and sweatpants). The characters are zany, but only as zany as a human being can actually be. No one is superhuman, no one is invincible, no one is a "too cool for school" badass. This is the story of a bunch of vulnerable, weak people who become stronger by banding together in the real world. Sure, there is conflict and complications, with homes and ways of life threatened, but the plot is always grounded in reality and never comes off as heavy-handed or larger than life. Even the blackmailing, de facto "villain" is, in the end, someone with feelings who can be personally affected.
Even the cross-dressing catalyst, Kuranosuke (a.k.a. "Kurako"), is a pretty normal guy. He's actually the most down-to-earth character of all, always questioning the psychological hang-ups the gals and his up-tight brother have resigned themselves to wrestle with. The usual, snap assumption would be that he's gay -- and since this is a Japanese anime, a flamboyant caricature -- but I honestly don't recall that even coming up in the story. Dressing as the opposite gender is just a thing he does for kicks, and aside from the necessity of hiding his true identity from Tsukimi's housemates, it doesn't pose any significant obstacles or complications.
Another thing that surprised me is the quality of the writing. I have been a hard sell on English dubs, though I find some anime lately are doing them rather well. Princess Jellyfish, though, takes it to another level entirely. The English dub in this series is excellent. The voice acting is competent and expressive, the writing is witty, and the localization is masterful. You can tell that the script has been heavily altered from the original Japanese, since it's jam-packed with phrases and idioms suitable for a western audience, but it never feels artificial, contrived, or censored. There's nothing I hate more than an English adaptation that completely white-washes every cultural tidbit out of the dialogue, but it's equally awkward when a translator is overzealous about preserving literal meaning. Jellyfish lovingly retains the pacing and essence of the original, simply putting it in terms that will feel natural to an English speaker. For a comedy that's interested in having its audience laugh with it rather than at it, that's integral -- and this series earns that privilege through impressive virtuosity.
It may be unassuming, but Princess Jellyfish manages to make you care about its characters -- they're just so damned likable and non-intimidating! I think if I went into detail about why this show is so funny and disarming, it might ruin the experience. I'll just say: this is a show about the "uncool" crowd, about their struggles with fitting into society, about finding friends to share experiences with, and about personal growth. Do yourself a favour: get on over to Netflix and keep an open mind, and you'll have a great time with this heart-warming series.


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|Cost in millions
|Required alliance faith
|10 wood & 10 stone
|30 wood & 30 stone
|60 wood & 60 stone
|100 wood & 100 stone
|250 wood & 250 stone
|350 wood & 350 stone
|500 wood & 500 stone
|800 wood & 800 stone
|1,000 wood & 1,000 stone
|1,500 wood & 1,500 stone
The circles of monoliths placed on each continent in Lord of Ultima will activate over time and become Shrines dedicated to one of the eight Virtues.
- The 8 Virtues are: Honor, Compassion, Valor, Sacrifice, Spirituality, Justice, Humility and Honesty.
- Once a world has been live for a few weeks, Shrines will begin to spawn at ruinous locations which look somewhat like Stonehenge.
- Each continent has 8 Shrines and will own a Shrine of each type (once all Shrines become active).
- All continents, active or inactive, will have 1 Shrine before the first continent receives its second (this practice continues until all continents have 8 Shrines).
- All continents activate their 2nd shrine roughly at the same date, but expect a few days variation.
- The Virtues are chosen in a random order on each continent.
- The gap between shrine activations will be about 25 days for older servers and up to 40 days on new servers. Finally, there is a slight random factor in it, which can cause the shrine to activate a few days sooner or later.
- Shrines will not activate on unpopulated continents. To allow continents with relatively new populations to compete with continents that have been active from day 1 on any given world, the delay between Shrine activations will be reduced.
- Once a Shrine becomes active, it will enlighten nearby cities. A countdown will be displayed detailing when the next city will be enlightened.
Active Shrines will regularly enlighten nearby cities for a limited time. Only while a city is enlightened can the owner build or upgrade a Palace.
- Only cities with a Castle can become enlightened. The owner needs to be a member of an alliance.
- The chance for a city to become enlightened primarily depends on the distance to the Shrine. The closer the city is to the Shrine, the greater the likelihood that it will become enlightened.
- A city will only be enlightened for a certain amount of time. While the common delay between enlightenments will start with 3 days and reduce over time, the first enlightenment will take place within 24 hours of the shrine becoming active.
- Because there is some variability in when a Shrine activates, it is possible for two cities on a continent to be enlightened by the same Shrine while one enlightenment ends and the next begins.
- If the city is right next to the shrine, the chance for enlightenment is twice as great compared to a city which is 4 fields away and four times as great compared to a city which is 10 fields away. Don't be surprised if a more distant city becomes enlightened first; the cities close to the shrine will be enlightened more often over time.
- The score of the city also matters, but since most finished cities have a somewhat similar score, it has much less impact. The palace building itself has high score value, therefore it will somewhat increase the chance for the city to become enlightened again.
- For those who want to calculate it in detail: EnlightenmentScore = CityScore / (DistanceToShrine + 2).
- Considering the chances for enlightenment, one of the 16 closest cities with castles which are not excluded will get enlightened. The radius is limited to 20 fields distance.
- The rate that a shrine enlightens cities is not dependent on the number of castles near it.
- Since some castle cities are excluded (e.g. the city which was enlightened last, cities which do not belong to an alliance, cities with a palace level 10, cities currently upgrading a palace, cities with a palace from a different shrine, and cities currently enlightened by a different shrine), more than 16 different cities around a shrine can be enlightened over time.
Please keep in mind that those rules may be tuned at some point in the future.
Q: What is the schedule for activating the 2nd, 3rd, etc, shrines on each continent? How is it determined?
A: If you just look at a single continent, the shrines will become active with a gap of up to 40 days on new servers. On old servers, this gap will be a lot shorter, about 25 days. On newer servers and those which start in the future, the gap will also decrease if the continent was populated later to "catch up" with the early populated continents over time (Since the first shrine activation will not happen until the continent was populated). Finally, there is a slight random factor in it, which can cause the shrine to activate a few days sooner or later.
A: If you just look at a single continent, the shrines will become active with a gap of up to 40 days on new servers. On old servers, this gap will be a lot shorter, about 25 days. On newer servers and those which start in the future, the gap will also decrease if the continent was populated later to "catch up" with the early populated continents over time (Since the first shrine activation will not happen until the continent was populated). Finally, there is a slight random factor in it, which can cause the shrine to activate a few days sooner or later.
Building or upgrading a Palace requires preparation and a combined effort from an alliance.
- Building or upgrading a Palace takes vast amounts of wood and stone, becoming more expensive with each level. Common storage buildings will not be able to hold anywhere near enough resources to upgrade a higher level Palace.
- During the initial enlightenment, the city will gain a permanent and unlimited amount of storage for resources dedicated to build or upgrade its Palace.
- Every trade transport heading to the city while it is enlightened can choose to dedicate its resources to Palace construction. Those resources will not use the common storage space and cannot be used for anything else once they arrived.
- A ranking table only visible to alliance members will show which members (and other players) are supporting your alliance by sending resources dedicated to Palace construction.
- Once enough resources become available (both dedicated resources and standard resources count), the player can build or upgrade a Palace if the city is still enlightened.
- The Palace will be of the same type as the Shrine which enlightened the city. Only one Palace can be built per city and it requires 3 * 3 tiles of unused land.
- In the event that an enlightened city cannot acquire enough resources to begin production prior to losing its enlightenment, the resources dedicated for the Palace will remain in the previously enlightened city until it becomes enlightened once again.
- To upgrade a Palace beyond a certain level, the alliance must have a minimum amount of faith (see below) in the same Virtue.
- A Palace can only be built or upgraded once during an enlightenment. Further upgrades will have to wait until the next enlightenment.
Each Palace will increase the faith of the alliance for that Virtue, granting multiple beneficial effects which are similar to those of research (they will stack) to every member of the alliance.
- Depending on its level, a single Palace will grant up to 20% "faith" for the Virtue of its type. All Palaces within an alliance contribute to the 8 different collective "faith" values for the alliance.
- The amount of "faith" in a Virtue will grant multiple beneficial effects to every member of the alliance. Those effects are similar to the research topics, and they will stack.
- An alliance can have more than 100% faith in a Virtue, but the bonus effect will reach a cap at 100% faith.
- A new public ranking table will show the current highest Palace level and faith values for each alliance and Virtue.
- Cities with a Palace look different in the region view, and the level of the Palace is public, available for all to see, as is the level of damage sustained by the Palace.
Palaces can be damaged or destroyed by enemies. The Palace will be removed if the city moves from one alliance or player to another since they are built as a team effort of the alliance, but the palace can be rebuilt since the refunded resources stay with the city.
- Catapults and war galleons can damage or destroy Palaces. The Palace is the only building where the highest level can be damaged partially. It is not possible to repair a Palace, but of course a level lost can be rebuilt at the next enlightenment.
- If a city with a Palace is taken over by another player or becomes lawless, the Palace will be removed. All resources contributed towards the construction of the Palace will be refunded as dedicated palace resources of that city. If the Palace was damaged, the refund will be lowered accordingly.
- In general, that means the new owner will be able to rebuild the Palace to its previous level (or one level less, depending on damage) without the need for any additional resources, but it will take time since the player has to wait for one enlightenment per level to rebuild the Palace.
- If a player leaves his alliance or gets removed from it, all his Palaces will also be removed, but all resources are refunded and he will be able to rebuild the Palaces over time as mentioned above. If that player betrayed his previous alliance: We hope his new friends "have his back".
If an alliance manages to own a level 10 Palace of each Virtue, the alliance has won and every member of the alliance will become a "Lord of Ultima"
- As soon as an alliance manages to own a level 10 Palace of each of the eight Virtues, the alliance has won.
- The World will not reset! The World will remain online without any stat resetting after an alliance has won. If we plan to take a World offline for good, we guarantee an announcement time of at least 3 months.
- The winning alliance gets the first position permanently in the Lord-of-Ultima rankings for that server. Other alliances can continue to fight for the second position and so on.
- Every member of the winning alliance gets a permanent "Lord of Ultima"-achievement displayed in the player profile, which is visible on every server. The achievement will show additional information about the contribution and effort of that player.
Moongates have not been activated in Lord of Ultima yet nor have developers announced how they will function. Volker Wertich, the Creative Director of Phenomic, said in December 2010 that moongates will offer intercontinental transportation for land-based units. How Moongates have operated in previous Ultima games may provide hints…


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Robots able to scan faces could find new employment in airports
During the Paris Air Show, a new robot is on display that has a unique purpose: scan faces, verify passports, print boarding passes, and help check-in passengers for flights. The technology already has been deployed to airports across the world, but it looks like this update takes things even further.
The ability to scan to conduct iris scans and capture face images will step up biometric security to hopefully keep passengers safe while flying.
"You would only need one agent for every four or five machines," said Pascal Zenoni, a manager at Thales, speaking during the air show. "These systems can free up staff for the police and create more space in the airport."
Complicated algorithms are being developed by computer scientists able to accurately identify citizens, even if their faces are covered. The Apex Air Entry and Exit Re-Engineering Project was tested by the US Customs and Border Protection agency, which was able to match passengers to ID photos.


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And here are some prints from his summer 2010 campaign:
After further research, I discovered Nate Duval has done work for Phish, Spoon and Wilco (some of my absolute favorite artists) as well as Flight of the Concords (where Navy once made a guest appearance.*) I'm absolutely smitten with his work. Visit his website and blog and you can purchase his artwork on Poster Cabaret. I'm partial towards this Nighttime in the City print.
(* Navy appeared in the hilarious Epileptic Dogs episode. You can see a one second shot of him in this video around 1.20. He's sitting in the front row and it's literally for one second. But he's still a star in my eyes!)


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Every Sunday night, Golf.com conducts an e-mail roundtable with writers from Sports Illustrated and Golf Magazine. Check in every week for the unfiltered opinions of our writers and editors and join the conversation in the comments section below.
1. Tom Brady and Peyton Manning faced off in New England on Sunday night in one of football's great rivalries. What is the best rivalry in golf today? Do you see any budding rivalries on the horizon?
Michael Bamberger, senior writer, Sports Illustrated: The best rivalry in golf today is Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus. The best one on deck is Lydia Ko and Lexi Thompson.
Gary Van Sickle, senior writer, Sports Illustrated (@GaryVanSickle): I can't name one actual rivalry in golf today. When most top players win only eight or 10 times in a career, it's pretty tough to build a rivalry. Jack and Arnie won more than 60 times each. It's no wonder they bumped heads. Other than Phil and Tiger, who have seldom gone head to head, there's not much else.
Jeff Ritter, senior producer, Golf.com (@Jeff_Ritter): Easy: it's Tiger vs. Jack's record. But if we're picking two pros who have met on the course, it's Tiger vs. Phil. They are golf's biggest stars and most compelling characters. They seem to get along better these days, but if we ever had those two in the final group on a major championship Sunday, I'd expect a TV ratings records. For the future, I think McIlroy bounces back, hits his prime as Phil fades and becomes Tiger's most consistent challenger. But until Woods retires, his pursuit of Jack's record will continue to be the biggest story in golf.
Mark Godich, senior editor, Sports Illustrated (@MarkGodich): I have to go with Tiger and Phil. One of the keys to any rivalry is a dislike for each other, and I don't think it's any secret what these two think of one another.
Josh Sens, contributing writer, Golf Magazine (@JoshSens): From a field of very weak candidates, I think you have to go with Woods/Mickelson. Both are among the world's best with enough history and antipathy to qualify. As for the future, I could see Dustin Johnson having a heated relationship with whatever divorce attorney Paulina hires.
Joe Passov, senior editor, courses and travel, Golf Magazine (@joepassov): At present, there are two golf rivalries I care about: the U.S. Ryder Cup team versus Europe and Tiger Woods versus Phil Mickelson. The 2013 Open Championship was that much more compelling for me because Tiger and Phil were right in the mix when the final round started. I'm not seeing any budding rivalries coming anytime soon, though I sure hope I'm wrong. Most of the current top players seem to be too nice, too rich and too inconsistent from year-to-year to develop and sustain any rivalries.
Mike Walker, senior editor, Golf.com (@michaelwalkerjr): Europe versus the United States in the Ryder Cup is the game's only true rivalry today. Tiger vs. Phil is a distant second because it's so rare that they both play their best golf at the same event. Earl Woods said years ago that when Tiger and Phil go head-to-head, someone else usually wins the tournament. That's still the case today.
2. At the World Cup, Jason Day overcame personal tragedy and finally broke through to win an event, rather than finishing runner-up. Is there anyone more talented in golf with fewer overall wins?
PASSOV: Jason Day reminds me of Tom Lehman in his PGA Tour prime. You can count Lehman's regular Tour wins on one hand, yet he was seemingly a lock in every office pool to contend in all four majors. I'm mystified that Day can be so good and usually so clutch on the game's biggest stages, yet hoist trophies so infrequently.
SENS: No. He's been knocking at the door for so long now, you forget that he's only 26.
VAN SICKLE: Jason Day looks terrific when he's hitting on all cylinders, but that doesn't happen very often. He's got a lot of potential, but he's got a ways to go to fulfill it. Rickie Fowler, with one win, seems like he's got more talent than he's showed.
GODICH: He's certainly a good candidate, but before we go beating him up, let's remember that he just turned 26.
BAMBERGER: I don't know how to measure talent in golf, except by scores made, tournaments won, money won, how often a player contends. But this is wonderful win. Jason Day, like Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh and Carlos Franco, took an amazing path to get to where he is, and it's gratifying to see him win, most especially under these horrible circumstances.
WALKER: Day's win in Australia after losing eight relatives — including his grandmother — in Typhoon Haiyan is one of the most affecting sports stories of the year. His win total will start matching his talent in the coming years.
RITTER: Congrats to Jason for winning under such tough personal circumstances. It seems like he could have about 10 wins and three majors, but he's only 26 years old. Now he's learning how to win. More titles are coming.
3. As a preview of the 2016 Olympics format, this week's World Cup at Royal Melbourne emphasized individual results over a team format, like a Ryder Cup-style two-man better ball. Is it better to reward individuals with Gold, Silver and Bronze over 72 holes of stroke play, or would you prefer a team format in the Olympics with countrymen paired together?
VAN SICKLE: With only 60 players in the field, and probably half of them ranked outside the top 100 in the world, an individual stroke-play format seems fairly silly. There should be more than 60 players and they should be 60 of the top players. If that's not possible, I'd rather see three- or four-person teams from 20 competitive countries play for a team title.
BAMBERGER: Well, it will never happen, but a team competition, for sure. Ideally, an amateur one. (A man can dream.) Otherwise, Olympic golf is just another tournament.
WALKER: With the wonderful exception of the Ryder Cup, golf is an individual sport, so I'm fine with stroke play at the Olympics. Team play would be too complicated with all the countries involved; it would be like turning the marathon into a relay race.
SENS: Team. We get enough me-me golf in the course of a regular Tour season. It's nice to see them playing for something bigger than themselves. Or at least acting like they are.
RITTER: My preferred format would be 36 holes of stroke play that narrows the field to 64 (or even 32), followed by head-to-head match play for the medals.
GODICH: If you want to attract the best players, you'd be best served making it an individual event.
PASSOV: I get that 72 holes of stroke play is the fairest way to reward a champion — but it's not the most fun. I'd love to see the strategies embraced in a better-ball format (whether stroke or match play), and I'd definitely like to see the guys paired with each other, offering patriotic consult and support. Or how cool would it be to play it in a draw format, the way the NCAA men's golf now works? Maybe five guys on each team, with players paired off in match-play singles? It would be awesome to see Tiger and Jordan Spieth take on the Molinari brothers from Italy in the quarters, Sweden's Stenson and Karlsson in the semis and Aussies Day and Scott in the finals — for instance — for the Gold medal.
4. Caddie Steve Williams announced he'd be hanging up his bag and working a reduced schedule after the 2014 season. How has Williams helped Adam Scott since taking his bag in 2011? What impact does a caddie have at the highest levels of the game?
VAN SICKLE: It seems as if Stevie's arrival coincided with Adam playing a little tougher and finishing stronger. Coincidence? I don't think so. Obviously, Stevie made the key read on the playoff putt at Augusta. Outsiders can't fairly judge what impact caddies have at this level. It's knowing when to keep the player loose or focused or club down due to adrenaline, things we're not privy to.
PASSOV: Williams' combination of excellence and arrogance was likely the final piece in the puzzle that was Adam Scott. Williams' belief in Scott's abilities had to help Scott in a small but hugely significant way. He's been a different golfer — maybe the most consistent in golf on big occasions — and having a guy along as your partner who helped guide the era's greatest star to his biggest wins has to be reassuring. Caddies used to be very disposable and yes, I've heard the argument against any caddie ever being a Hall of Fame member ("he didn't hit a single shot"), but if a caddie can make a one-shot contribution, whether via a great read or as a calming presence, his contributions can't be overlooked at the game's highest levels.
RITTER: Hard to say exactly what Williams has done, but you can't deny that Scott's playing the best golf of his career. Maybe Stevie shared some tips on Tiger's work ethic or practice routine. Or maybe Williams has a way of making Scott more at ease on the course. At the highest level, I think the biggest contribution caddies make is providing that comfort level, but I'll defer to Bamberger for the final say.
BAMBERGER: Beyond the considerable mechanics of doing the job properly, the caddie helps the player combat loneliness and anxiety and other psycho-sporting disorders. If the player thinks the caddie is helping, the caddie is helping. Steve Williams has surely helped Adam Scott, Tiger Woods, Greg Norman and Raymond Floyd, but that doesn't mean he'd necessarily improve Zach Johnson or Jean Van de Velde or Jack Nicklaus.
WALKER: Scott plays with more of an edge since he started working with Williams and the wins have followed. How much a caddie helps depends on the player, but guys like Scott and Mickelson are more confident players because of their trust in their caddies.
SENS: Whether it's the Williams effect or not, Scott seems to walk the course with more swagger than he used to. Then again, a Masters win will do that for you. I don't doubt that Williams has had an impact. At that level, it's about intangibles. Having a guy who can keep you relaxed, in a good frame of mind, who understands your moods, when you want to talk, when you don't. Or so they tell me. Personally, I like a caddie who moves fast and tells good dirty jokes.
GODICH: No doubt Williams has had an impact on Scott. We rarely hear about those days when a caddie keeps his man in a positive frame of mind when all appears lost. But in the end the player has to hit quality shots — and, of course, hole the putts.
5. According to a USGA and R&A rule change effective Jan. 1, 2014, a golfer who unwittingly moves his ball during competition may not be penalized if that movement could not reasonably have been detected without the use of "enhanced technology." Do you agree with the change? What, if any, other issues would you like the USGA/R&A to address on video technology?
BAMBERGER: It's a good rule. If the player truly cannot see a ball's movement, he shouldn't be held responsible for it. As a practical matter, I cannot imagine this coming into play more than a couple times a year, if that. Most of the time, the player is watching his ball like a hawk. That golf ball is your meal ticket. You want to know what it's doing at all times.
VAN SICKLE: Let's go ahead and call this The Tiger Rule. How many other instances, ever, would this rule even come into play? It's a rarity, and we may never see it invoked. If that's the case, the rule seems unnecessary.
RITTER: I'm fine with the rule change. Never made sense to penalize players for violations they can't even see. Next up: eliminate penalties from TV viewer call-ins.
GODICH: Shouldn't the objective be to get it right? This is going to open a can of worms, because viewers are still going to be treated to the enhanced technology, so they can decide for themselves if a penalty should have been called.
WALKER: Yes, I like the change, especially since the qualifier "enhanced" means that the USGA/R&A are not likely to ban viewers from calling in rules violations. In other words, yes, you can call in violations that are clearly visible on television, but not violations that are only apparent in close-up, slow-motion replays (like Tiger at the BMW). Makes sense to me.
PASSOV: It may open up a bigger can of worms than intended, but I agree with the change. In my view, the USGA should have taken things another step or two further — and banned ever allowing video technology to impact the final result of a golf tournament via a penalty. That said, they didn't go that far … and now we'll likely witness more awkward judgment calls where the player is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. If this rule would have exonerated Tiger, it still wouldn't have altered the outcry. Should Tiger have done the gentlemanly thing and just admitted that if there were a speck of doubt, a penalty is warranted, or do the competitive thing and simply quote Sergeant Schultz ("I know nothing, I see nothing!")? Tiger should have never been confronted with this. If we're going to trust golfers to be honest and police themselves, seemingly a fundamental tenet of competitive golf, then let them do it and forget about video technology playing any role in determining the outcome of a tournament.
SENS: Given the painstaking scrutiny that video allows, it makes sense to cut the players that amount of slack. Next up: the precise location of where you drop, line of entry into a hazard, etc.
6. Henrik Stenson and Ian Poulter are slated to begin their own radio shows on SiriusXM next year. Which of these two will you tune in for? What other player or figure in golf would you like to see for this gig?
BAMBERGER: They're both droll, insightful, fun, but Stenson seems almost odd, in the best sense of the word, and I think he'll do especially well. I like his press conferences, and I imagine I'll like his show. I talked the other day to Scott Greenstein, the Sirius president. He was rattling off names from yesteryear — Al Besselink, Don Cherry, Miller Barber — and he clearly loves the lore of the game. I imagine over time Sirius will become a place where you can get your Bruce fix AND your golf fix in a meaningful way on your drive into work.
SENS: Stenson. He seems smarter and more idiosyncratic. The Poulter check-out-my-bling persona would tire pretty quickly, I think.
RITTER: I'm equally excited for both, and if I'm creating a new show and need a host, my first phone call is going to Peter Aliss. Second is Johnny Miller.
WALKER: Best of luck to both guys, who each bring a much-needed spark of life to pro golf, but I fear they will do as well at talk radio as Howard Stern would do on the PGA Tour. David Feherty is the only guy in golf who could pull something like this off.
PASSOV: I'll go with Poults. He's got the Charles Barkley thing going: he can border on the outrageous/ridiculous, but he's always entertaining and because he's played the game exceptionally well at the highest level, is worthy of respect, no matter how much you roll your eyes. For an extra listen, I'll take a daily hour of Miguel Angel Jimenez, talking fast cars, stretching drills, fine wines and cigars, cured hams and perhaps some golf.
VAN SICKLE: Since I'm not keen on paying to listen to the radio, I won't be tuning in for either one of them. Poulter seems more prolific, talking-wise, based on his Twitter feed, but I like Stenson's off-kilter sense of humor. I hope they're both entertaining. Let me know, will you?
The PGA Tour Confidential debate continues Monday on our new weekly show hosted by Jessica Marksbury. Tweet her your questions @Jess_Marksbury.


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Dhaka: American space research institute NASA will conduct a study on the weather and climate change in Bangladesh.
"NASA will conduct the research under its South and Southeast Composition, Cloud, Climate Coupling Regional Study Programme," Hal Maring, chief scientist of NASA`s Earth Science Division was quoted as saying by the Daily Star.
Maring discussed the programme at a meeting with Bangladesh`s Environment and Forests Minister Hasan Mahmud.
The top NASA official said around 250 scientists will take part in the study through NASA`s biggest aircraft next August-September.
"The findings of the research will help Bangladesh forecast weather warnings and conduct further research in agriculture," Maring said.
Mahmud said the research will help the region exchange weather and climate related information.


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The Pride
Another good, low budget and less famed movie released early this year. Packed with some good actors like Rahul Bose, Kay Kay Menon, Javed Jaffrey and Seema Biswas. A real good work by director Samar Khan after his debut movie Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye which got released in 2005.
The plot of movie is really very interesting where a junior army officer kills his senior officer. Rahul Bose and Javed Jaffrey are lawyers in the Indian Army and stands against each other. Rahul Bose is defending his client Javed Khan and he is helped closely by Minissha Lamba who is a journalist for a news paper in Kashmir valley.
A nice movie to watch.


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The Grand River is an important natural feature in the City of Brantford, with a rich heritage and cultural past. In order to enhance and preserve this asset, the City of Brantford has commenced the process of preparing a Waterfront Master Plan for lands along the Grand River within the City's boundary. The City has retained the services of The Planning Partnership to assist in the preparation of this Plan.
The key areas to be addressed in the Study include: environmental issues; recreational access and use; planning and development; tourism opportunities; and site-specific analysis. The study will be completed in a phased approach in order to optimize community involvement over the next twelve months.
The Waterfront Master Plan will represent our community's vision for the Grand River waterfront area. Each of us has a role to play in keeping our river healthy. Your involvement is key to creating a community-based Waterfront Master Plan that can be successfully implemented over the coming years.
The overall Study objectives are:
To ensure ongoing and inclusive community consultation for all phases of the Study and to gain a level of community acceptance at the completion of each phase;
To develop a Waterfront Vision Statement that articulates the City's vision for the lands within the Study Area;
To develop and adhere to guiding principles throughout the Study process;
To develop and recommend a comprehensive Waterfront Master Plan, including Official Plan policy, for the Study Area; and
To develop and recommend an implementation strategy for the proposed Waterfront Master Plan including a priority list, timeline, and cost estimates.
This will be a complex project addressing a variety of topics. The general themes to be addressed include:
What is a Terms of Reference? In short, it is a 'to do' list of all the things to be completed towards a final Master Plan. It is a document that outlines, in detail, all of the items that are required to be completed and included as part of the final product. In this case, the final product will be a Waterfront Master Plan.
The Waterfront Master Plan Terms of Reference, as approved by City Council, is attached here for your reference. CLICK HERE for Project Information
In finalizing the Terms of Reference, a Workshop was held on February 26, 2009 to ensure that our community had an opportunity to provide input into the final Terms of Reference. Within this process, the public had a chance to tell the City what their overall expectations were for this project.
A number of important themes emerged from the workshop discussion specific to "big opportunities" for the final waterfront plan. The Brantford community values the creation of a plan for the waterfront that has high standards for environmental protection, preservation and restoration. The community values rigorous development controls; programs for water quality and source water protection; natural and built heritage; and archaeological resource management. Limits for future growth, a high degree of regulation of development, coupled with responsible stewardship and land use within the study area is expected. There is a strong desire to incorporate opportunities for the continued participation of people of all ages with the view of creating a viable waterfront for future generations.
In addition to these overarching values, the public is looking for the Waterfront Plan to work towards the following:
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Happiness is a Butterfree!
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Butterfree, the Stray Pokémon![edit]
"SUNLIGHT!!!" Jason cried, running out into the desert route. Behind him, Misty and Ivory emerged from a cave, the same one he had just run out of.
"Jason, seriously." Misty sighed. "Sunlight can't be that big of a deal."
Ivory chuckled. "Let him enjoy it. We were stuck in that dark cave for a few days, just trying to get out of there."
"True." Misty sighed. They were still on a desert route though. But as she looked, she noticed she could see Phlox Town ahead. "Jason! There's a town ahead. Which one is it?"
"Phlox Town." Ivory said before Jason could even open his Pokégear. "It's a very small town, but it's home to it's own Research Center."
"I'm not interested in a crummy research center." Jason said, walking ahead, Pichu and Aipom jumping off his shoulders to walk next to him. Suddenly, a flying something hit Jason in the head, and he fell backwards, and something hit the ground.
Jason looked down. "It's a Pokémon." He pointed his Pokédex at it.
"Butterfree, the Butterfly Pokémon and the evolved form of Metapod. Butterfree has a superior ability to search for delicious honey from flowers, but are also fond of the sap of trees, and will drink it when the tree has been opened by a Heracross."
"Strange." Jason murmured. "This Butterfree isn't like the one in my Pokédex."
"It looks like it's been hurt." Misty observed.
Jason picked up the unconscious Butterfree. "Let's get it to the Pokémon center."
Ivory and Misty nodded, and they began to run down the route, Jason holding on tight to the Butterfree. "F-free?" Jason and co. ran into Phlox Town, and burst into a Pokémon Center.
"Nurse Joy! Nurse Joy!" Jason said, panting as he stopped at the desk. The Nurse turned around. "What is it?" She asked.
"We need you to help this Butterfree." Jason showed her the injured Pokémon. "We found it injured on the road." Techinically, it had found them, but that wasn't the time for this now.
"I'll do what I can." Nurse Joy, before she turned around. "Chansey, bring a stretcher!"
Two Chansey came in, rolling a stretcher down the halls. Jason handed Butterfree to them, and they placed it on the stretcher, before rushing Butterfree into the E.R.
"Now all that's left is to sit and wait." Jason said, and he, Misty and Ivory took a seat on one of the couches in the Pokémon Center.
"...My Charmander took it down easily." A boy's was came over from the other end of the Center, loud and carrying. "The Butterfree was so darn weak, I didn't even feel the need to capture it. It's probably kicked the 'ol bucket by now!"
The boy's friends who were around him started laughing. "I'm sure if I had caught it, I coulda sold the thing for a good chunk of change! Not everyday you find a Butterfree colored like that one was!"
"That's despicable." Misty hissed. Ivory nodded in agreement, but Jason got up, nearly causing Pichu and Aipom to fall off his shoulders. He walked over to the boy and placed his hand on his shoulder. The boy turned around, just in time to see Jason's fist meet his face.
"James!" The boys who were with him called out in shock as James stumbled back. Jason gripped James by his shirt. "You're digusting, you know that? I'm sitting over there, trying to keep my mind of some troubles, and you're over here bragging about how you nearly killed a Butterfree! Because of you, that Butterfree's in the E.R.! And you have the nerve to call yourself a Pokémon Trainer?"
"That Butterfree's still alive an' kickin' eh?" James asked, grinning. "Howsabout that? Guess I can catch it and sell it after all!"
A vein throbbed in Jason's head and he was about to punch the boy again before he heard someone whistle. He turned around to see Nurse Joy. "Now that's enough! A Pokémon Center is not a place for quarreling. Jason, I appreciate the fact that you're concerned for the Butterfree, but let James go."
Jason relunctantly released his hold on James, who slumped back into his seat. Jason went back to sit down next to Ivory and Misty, grumbling.
Shrinking Big Business[edit]
Jason was tossing and turning. He, Ivory, and Misty had decided to spend the night at the Pokémon Center, to make sure Butterfree would be alright in the morning. There were only two bunks, so, once again being a gentleman, Jason slept on a futon on the floor, and was tossing and turning.
The wind was hitting his face. Jason looked down. There it was. The ocean again. He sighed, deciding to resign himself to it this time as he hit the water, sinking ever deeper into the depths of the liquid. He looked around. It was different this time. He could breath, but it seemed to strain him this time. And he couldn't hear the familiar calls of the creature he'd heard before.
Suddenly, he was surrounded by a white sphere, and he felt himself rising. He was heading back towards the surface. What was going on. He broke from the water, floating in mid-air, he began to see a large, white figure moving closer.
Jason sat bolt upright. After a brief moment, he punched the floor. Whatever, that noise had been, it had woken him up. He had been so close to seeing what that figure was. It was the creature. He knew it. He had been about to see it's true form.
He sighed, getting up, and walking out of the room to the bathroom. "Pi..?" Pichu's eyes fluttered open in time to see it's Trainer walking out of the room.
Jason yawned. What was that noise he'd heard that woken him up? Suddenly, there was another crash and he could hear people muttering,
"...Alright James..." The voice was familiar. It was one of the boys who had been with James. "...we got that dang Pokémon, now pull us on up!" It was a whisper, but it carried.
He heard creaking, and Jason ran to see. Hiding behind a corner, he saw the boy being pulled up through a hole in the roof. He looked down to see that there was a circular peice of the cieling on the ground. That explained the crash. In the boys arm was Butterfree! It was unconscious. Jason hissed, and was about to turn to get his Pokémon, when he saw Pichu standing next to him.
"Pichu." It said, smiling up.
"Your timing couldn't have been better, Pichu!" Jason whispered. "C'mon, let's go outside!"
"Chu!" Pichu and Jason ran out the front door, and they could hear voices on the roof.
"Score!" It was James. "I never thought it would be so easy to steal a Pokémon. Maybe I should do this for a livin'!"
"You didn't do any of the stealing." The boy who had taken the Butterfree reminded him.
"Oh stuff it Jimmy!" James replied.
Jason motioned for Pichu to get on his shoulder, and he began to scale the wall, hopping onto the roof.
"Hello James." He said, quietly. "Out for a little stroll in the moonlight?"
James turned to see Jason. "Oh! Not you now!" He stashed Butterfree into a bag and behind his back.
"What's that you've got behind you James?" Jason asked slowly.
"Nothin'!" He said stubbornly.
"F-Freee! Butterfree's muffled voice came from the bag.
Jason smiled. "Not a good liar are you? Give me back Butterfree, or you'll be the next one who winds up in the E.R.!" Jason said menacingly. He meant business.
"Not a chance!" James snapped. "That isn't your Butterfree!"
"I stole it!"" James shot back. "That gives me owners rights!"
"Wrong again!" Jason said. "Pichu, use Quick Attack and get that bag!"
"Pichu!" Pichu dashed quickly towards James, before moving behind him, using Iron Tail to whack the bag out of his hands. Pichu dashed towards the bag, catching it, and made its way back to Jason, who opened the bag to let Butterfree out.
"FREEEEE!" It cried, spinning around in the air, letting off powder.
Jason smiled. James grabbed a Poké Ball. "GOOO Charmander!!!"
Jason held up Dexter.
"Charmander, the Lizard Pokémon. A flame burns on the tip of its tail from birth. It is said that a Charmander dies if its flame ever goes out."
"So, Charmander." Jason said. Charizard evolved from Charmander, didn't it? He reached for Charizard's Ball, only to realize it was in his room. Pity.
"Pic-?" Before Jason could even give Pichu an order, Butterfree floated in front of them.
"Butterfree!!" It cried, glaring at Charmander.
"Butterfree?" Jason was surprised. "You want to fight with me?"
"Free free!!!" Butterfree nodded.
"Alright!" Jason grinned.
"Charmander!! Ember!" James ordered. Charmander let loose small blasts of fire at Butterfree.
"Butterfree, Quiver Dance!" Jason ordered back.
"Butterfreeee!" Butterfree began to glow, and performed a mysterious, beautiful dance, dodging all the Ember attacks. As it moved, it seemed to grow faster. "Silver Wind!" Jason called out, and Butterfree began to flap it's wings, blasting powdery scales blown by wind at Charmander. It hit head on.
"Charmander!" James cried out as his Pokémon was thrown back by the force.
"Now, Sleep Powder!" Butterfree began to flap its wings, and blue powder fell from them, falling on Charmander.
"Char...Char...Chaaarrr...." Charmander began to sway drowzily before it plopped down, asleep.
"Now Butterfree! Confusion!" Jason ordered,a nd Butterfree's eyes began to glow. Charmander began to float off the ground, and was sent right into James, knocking him off the roof. His friends jumped from the roof, picked up James and Charmander, and ran out of the area. Jason sighed, sittingd own ont he roof. "We sure showed him, eh Butterfree?"
"Free!" The Butterfly Pokémon twirled. Pichu giggled.
Jason yawned as he, Misty, and Ivory set out from the Pokémon Center that morning. The battle he had in the middle of the night had really tired him out. He yawned again.
"Jason, why are you so tired?" Misty asked, concerned.
"It's nothing." He said thickly. Suddenly, he heard the cry of a Pokémon, and they all turned to see Butterfree following them.
"B-Butterfree?" Jason was surprised. "I thought you were with Nurse Joy?"
"Free!" Butterfree shook it's head, and nudged Jason. "Butterfree! Free free!"
"Wait..." Jason said slowly. "You want to come with me Butterfree?" He asked.
Butterfree nodded.
Jason grinned. "Alright then!" He pressed a Poké Ball to Butterfree's head and inside the Ball it went.
Jason grinned. "I caught Butterfree!"
"Caught?" Ivory repeated. "It practically jumped into the Ball."
Jason frowned as the Poké Ball teleported to the Lab. "A catch is a catch Ivory!"
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I guess this stuff has been around for a long time... but I didn't know about it. I actually did hear about it a few weeks ago but didn't have the time to really work with it like I did today. It is freaky cool! And SUPER easy...! What what? Oh and it's all free...
One app is called AR Flashcards. Totally free app. You can download it on any platform. You simply download the viewer (takes just a few seconds), go to their website - arflashcards.com, print out some flashcards and you are ready. You hold the viewer up to the flashcards and the images POP off the the page is 3D awesomeness. They move around and make noises. Seriously!
Now, I am not even going to venture a guess as to how they do this, but holy moly, I am glad they did. This particular app is a little young for my second graders, but you can bet I ran the cards off my own little ones!
The next app we used was called colAR. Free again. It is a coloring app. You again, visit the website and download and print their coloring pages. Once colored, you view your creation through the app and they JUMP off the page and come to life. Like the birds eat worms and the fish blow bubbles. It literally takes seconds to download, and your kids think you are a magician!
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It turns out that there a LOTS of these apps. They make Valentines cards and games and all kinds of things. And while I thought these were AH-mazing... they are maybe more fun than educational. So I was beyond excited to see the last app in action.
It is called Aurasma and I have actually heard things about it and have had the app downloaded for a while. But, I haven't really used it. Today our presenters gave us time to actually use it and create an Aura of our own and I CAN NOT stop thinking of how many ways it can be used. The FREE app layers a flashcard, or image with a video or another image, so when you hold the app over your image - the video or second image comes up. For example, if you hold the app over a student's self portrait in an art display, their photo will show up so you know who made it. Or if you hold the app over a flashcard the answer may come up. You can make vocabulary cards for a unit and have a video clip come up of what the word means. You can download videos or create your own. You can even make a video about how to do a problem. Hold the app over an image of a math problem and have a video explanation come up. I am thinking truly interactive word walls, self check stations, vocabulary centers....just think of how freaking amazing this could be for ELL's - image of the word dolphin, video of a dolphin swimming with the word pronounced.
We made Auras in a few minutes and I imagine with time it will only take seconds once you have picked your images. The only thing you really need to know is that you have to upload your overlay first - meaning whatever you want to show when you click on the image is where you start. You upload a video or image and then select it in the app. As soon as you do that it will prompt you to hold the app over the image you want to associate with that image or video and that is IT! I can't wait to show my kids. I can't see the things they CREATE! Can you imagine this in book reports or on a report board - having a new video or image to explain every image there? Who even knows what they will come up with?
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CRESTVIEW � Twelve Bob Sikes Elementary School students and one Walker Elementary School student have received recognition for participating in the city of Crestview and CH2MHill�s poster contest promoting environmental sustainability.
CRESTVIEW � Twelve Bob Sikes Elementary School students and one Walker Elementary School student have received recognition for participating in the city of Crestview and CH2MHill�s poster contest promoting environmental sustainability.
The contest is in conjunction with the Environmental Conservation Fair, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 4, on Main Street in Crestview. The city and the company that oversees its wastewater treatment are sponsors.
Event organizer Jayne Swift, a CH2MHill project manager, visited participating students at their schools on Wednesday and gave each a gift bag.
The first stop was Kristal Petruzzi's fourth-grade class at Bob Sikes Elementary School.
Her class has practiced environmentally conscious habits, including bringing forks from home for lunchtimelunchtime � to prevent plastic alternatives from entering landfills � and picking up trash and recyclables around the school.
"(It�s) just small ways that we can make a difference in the world with leaving as small a footprint as possible," Petruzzi said in an email.
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Such efforts impressed Swift, who now wants to work with Petruzzi to provide a sustainability education program.
Swift also visited Carleigh Fowler of Walker Elementary School, her school�s lone participant in the poster competition.
Some students gave insight on what went into their poster.
"I made a poster where you pick up trash, and not litter," Azlynn Swabb, 9, said. "I made a place where you can cremate the trash, instead of putting it into a huge landfill. Sometimes, landfills, they get into the ocean and kill lots of animals."
Cayden Hatfield, 10, said he hopes his poster will pass along one simple message.
"The world is not a giant trash can," he said. "We have to work hard to not trash our precious world."
Each participating student received a $10 gift card, among other items.
Want to go?
The Environmental Conservation Fair is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 4 on Main Street in Crestview.
Vendors wanted
Interested in being a vendor at the Environmental Conservation Fair? Call the Crestview Public Works department, 682-6133 extension 100.
Food vendors can contact the Main Street Crestview Association at 682-4846.
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Vizio E551i-A2 LED TV Review
Vizio has employed some kind of sorcery to resurrect last year's E-Series into a decent television.
Vizio sells more television units within American retail than any other manufacturer—the E551i-A2, new for 2013, hopes to be one of them. This 55-inch LCD is smart, supports a 1080p native resolution, and retails for $829.99, though you can find it on Vizio's website for less. While plain in its appearance, the E551i-A2 makes up for its visual shortcomings by being a sight for sore wallets—for a 55-inch TV, it's quite affordable.
Frankly, we are impressed by this machine. It fosters a great picture—save for a few unfortunate flaws—and all of its included smart features are useful at best, and stay out of the way of operation at worst. Engineering a usefully smart, 1080p, 55-inch LCD with a solid picture and selling it for $800 is quite a feat. Expect the E551i-A2 to fly off of retail shelves.
The Looks
Move along, folks. Nothing to see here.
I don't mean to disparage this television, but by 2013 design standards it's quite boring. Like most "budget" TVs, the E551i-A2 takes no risks with its appearance: A couple of black rectangles, held together by a plastic neck piece, is all she wrote. Part of this TV's low price owes to its low-end design, however—if you refuse to pay for fancy looks, this here'll do ya'.
Were you to trace the contours of this TV like a blind sculptor, you'd discover its on-set controls and connectivity ports without trouble. All of the E551i-A2's buttons and input options live on the panel's rear-left side. A simple array of controls stack vertically just within reach of your fingers, offering buttons for power, volume, channel, and the TV menu. Along the side of the TV, you'll find three HDMI inputs, a USB input, a shared component/composite, and optical audio out. On the back, in a recessed panel, Vizio has included a coaxial jack, LAN (ethernet) in, analog (stereo) audio out, and a fourth HDMI input.
The only accessory that accompanies this TV is Vizio's standard 2013 controller. The remote is of medium size, contoured to the hand, and covered in big, squishy buttons. It features dedicated buttons for Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, and M-GO. The remote itself works well with the TV, as far as sending a signal goes—typing in information or search terms, on the other hand, is tedious. This is likely an issue with the TV's software, but it means users need to exercise patience to get everything set up and working properly.
Overall, the E551i-A2 is certainly not going to win any awards for stylishness or inventiveness. Like a ham-and-cheese sandwich for lunch, it gets the job done, and is pretty cheap.
The Experience
"Vizio Internet Apps," aka "Netflix 'n stuff."
Let's be honest. If you're looking to buy the most tech-tussled, app-heavy, flash-game-having TV on the market, you probably already stopped reading this review. The Vizio E551i-A2 is not for the shopper with stars in her eyes—it's a practical TV, and as far as smart content goes, it is more rational than John Locke in a Smart Car.
Like the M-Series unit I recently reviewed, the E551i-A2 is equipped with Vizio's "non-platform" internet platform, occasionally called Vizio Internet Apps. Most smart TVs from LG, Samsung, and Panasonic come with a built-in internet headquarters—or "smart platform"—a place where all of a user's apps, games, and streaming content lives. The 55-inch E-Series simply strings apps along the bottom of the screen in a horizontal row. You just pick one, and it launches; as you might guess, there aren't that many.
Most notable are streaming providers Netflix, Hulu Plus, and Amazon Instant Video. Social networkers will be glad to know that Facebook and Twitter are in tow, too. Vizio puts those two apps—among less popular options from Yahoo!—in a box to the left side of the screen, so you can keep watching The Social Network while you get your social network on. I signed into Facebook, scrolled my status feed, and even brought up a photo album. After a bit of buffering, I was able to view my Facebook photos on the TV—kind of cool.
Outside of its app selection, the E551i-A2 offers pretty basic features. Inserting a USB drive into the TV will let you browse through photos, videos, and music, though only common file types are supported. There's also, of course, a slew of picture and audio options to tweak and toggle, including a full EQ, various playback pre-sets, color temperature adjustments, and picture modes. If you've used any HDTV in the last three or four years, most of these "extras" won't surprise you.
The Vizio E551i-A2's really quite austere; both its appearance and feature set only offer the most basic, meat-and-potatoes kind of experience. That's definitely not a bad thing, however—not everybody wants facial recognition software or integrated cable content. At least, not everybody wants to pay for it.
The Picture
The E-Series is back, and this time, it's for reals.
Last year saw both the E551i-A2 (E-Series) and M-Series from Vizio quietly parading into market. Well, they've been "resurrected" (or just never discontinued) for 2013, and both of them are much better products. Time-lapse improvement is a wonderful thing, and it's definitely the case here.
The E551i-A2's picture quality is, in a word, impressive. Test results tug back the marketing-spec curtain and shine a flashlight on this TV's true abilities, and they are honed to very solid levels. I was most taken with this TV's great contrast ratio—it produces respectable black levels and brilliant whites, offering the immersive picture quality that's reserved for high-contrast TVs. The only drawback to this TV's light-production ability is its edge-lit design: Watching in a black or dim theater room will reveal blotches and unevenly lit black bars during Blu-ray or standard definition playback. It looks fine in stronger ambient lighting, though.
This E-Series superstar is also a color champion, much to our delight. After dynamics, color production is the second most important aspect of TV performance. Modern HDTVs are meant to produce colors specified by the Rec. 709 color gamut, and the E551i-A2 accurately renders color the way it is meant to. We tested this TV's color performance in Movie mode, where its color temperature and handling of neighboring hues proved it capable of rendering a picture both rich in color and balanced in palette.
We only have one complaint about the E551i-A2: Smooth Motion Effect. During playback of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit, both subtle and intense bouts of motion looked juddery and over-sharpened, despite the TV's otherwise impressive contrast and color. While still shots looked great, the motion problem was downright distracting.
Tenaciously attempting to capture the sleekest-looking picture, we flipped the TV's Smooth Motion processor on, and immediately barfed. Vizio's motion processing goes way overboard, making proud, bearded Dwarf lords into operatic smoothies of the soap variety. This kind of interpolation has been vastly improved in the last few years, but this is the worst I've seen in 2013. Do not want.
Fortunately, juddery motion and cloudy uniformity are this TV's only problems—even if they're not negligible, they're not bad enough to detract from its otherwise impressive performance. As a creator of contrast and a copier of color, the Vizio E551i-A2 kicks some serious behind.
The Verdict
Not the King, but maybe Duke of Budgetingtonshire
The Vizio E551i-A2 ($829) is never going to claim the title of Home Theater King with its poor uniformity and judder-prone motion, but it deserves some serious accolades. For what you're paying, you could probably get a 50-inch dumb TV from other manufacturers. Vizio is tossing in an extra five inches of screen and easy access to Netflix, Hulu, and Facebook—more or less for free.
We think that's awesome. We also think this TV's picture is pretty awesome: Achieving the black level that it does is outstanding, considering it's an edge-lit LED. It adheres vigilantly to the color space it should as well, meaning most anything is going to look decent... if a bit juddery at times. If you can stomach less-than-perfct, you could save a ton of money by buying this Vizio instead of comparably sized/spec'd competition.
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In 2011, Neil Gaiman—award-winning fantasy author of American Gods, Coraline, and The Sandman series, among many, many others—proposed a new Halloween tradition, All Hallow's Read. The idea's simple: give someone a scary book or story for Halloween. Two years in All Hallow's Read is gaining traction, particularly online and, of course, among libraries and their staff—any excuse for a good book display or readers' advisory opportunity.
The official All Hallow's Read site includes an extensive list of recommendations, for all ages and preferences, pulled from a variety of sources, including Gaiman's personal list and those from several publishers.
Most of the people I'm hanging out with at the moment are MLIS candidates and, for all that the program choice might imply an undying love of books, we're coming back from research week and I doubt anyone's finding they have much time for reading right now. With that in mind, I'm going to offer up some short stories. Some nice, creepy bedtime reading to lull you gently off to sleep—until a floorboard creaks somewhere in your apartment. Now, I love the classics, which is has its advantages and disadvantages; on one hand, 'classic' can be shorthand for 'played out' and the archaic language isn't for everyone; on the other hand, hey, generally they survived for a reason and by now they're in the public domain.
So, a few suggestions, if you're looking for something brief but chilling, complete with links to a variety of formats you can download:
Edgar Allen Poe
Yes, yes, completely predictable, but there's a reason Poe's name is synonymous with horror. He remains the king of the horror short story, and created a truly prodigious body of well-crafted creepy tales and poems. Also, he's arguably the father of detective fiction and seriously influenced science fiction as a genre, so you know he had it figured out.
Poe writes a really specific sort of fictionalized madness that permeates his texts and often employs a gradually increasing sense of hysteria in tone that's particularly effective with his first person narration.
Personally, I enjoy 'The Black Cat,' a story about a man who commits a crime and is driven mad by his guilt. Like "A Tell-Tale Heart," but with a cat. You can find it in The Works of Edgar Allen Poe: Volume II. All of his short stories are good fun, though: "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Fall of the House of Usher," the list goes on and on.
Plus, Jules Verne was a fan.
'Come Dream with Me Tonight' By Kate Beaton
"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Alan Ryan once introduced this short story as "one of the finest, and strongest, tales of horror ever written. It may be a ghost story. Worse yet, it may not." "The Yellow Wallpaper" is defined by the common thread that runs through this collection: descent into madness. It's the story, told in first person, of a woman who is driven mad by the wallpaper of her sickroom. It's brilliant, a slow build with a Gothic feel, and also something of a cautionary tale of its time: Gilman published it in 1892, after she had been similarly confined on the orders of her doctor as treatment for her depression. In desperation, she eventually broke her treatment and, realizing how severely the 'rest cure' had further deteriorated her mental health, wrote this short story as a kind of protest against 1890′s oppressive psychiatric practices.
"The Yellow Wallpaper" is considered a seminal work of American feminist literature, and Gilman's life and work can readily support such a reading, but whether the context of the misogynist medicinal practices of its time make this work scarier for you or not, it's still worth the read as a lovely piece of disturbing, psychological creepiness.
Oh, Kate Beaton, is there anything you don't have a comic for?
H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft has a narrower appeal than Poe. I find people's reactions to him can sometimes be ambivalent, but usually they tend toward extremes, in a kind of 'you-love-him-or-you-hate-him' way. But maybe you'll never be able to decide? Jorge Luis Borges wrote a short story in tribute to Lovecraft entitled "There Are More Things" that was published in his collection The Book of Sand, but in the epilogue of the very same book calls him "an involuntary parodist of Poe." Jeez, Borges, make up your mind. So, all this is a long-winded way of saying that it's sort of hard to gauge how any one person will like him. Try him out if:
- you like the whole 'descent into madness' angle (In case it hasn't been made abundantly clear by my earlier recommendations, this is my horror preference)
- 'cosmic horror' sounds interesting: Lovecraft goes big. This doesn't just mean gigantic monsters—don't worry, they are plenty of those too—it means that much of the horror of Lovecraft's stories is based on dealing with forces so far beyond humanity that we're powerless in their presence—existential horror, essentially. He refers extensively to things beyond the bounds of human understanding. Words like 'singular' and 'nameless' are often used. People faint a lot.
If you're interested, you could start with "The Colour Out of Space," in which the narrator is chasing down the story about a local region where a meteorite crashed—bringing with it something that devastates the landscape and people around it. Lovecraft created an overarching mythos that informed a lot of his short stories, but you don't need to know any of it for this story.
(& for MLIS candidates and librarians—"The Dunwich Horror," one of the core stories of Lovecraft's mythos, features an unusually heroic librarian.)
* BE AWARE that Lovecraft, as with many writers, should to be read critically—in this case, specifically because he was crazy racist and classist. This doesn't affect all his stories, but it comes across in many of them in small ways. Avoid "The Street," and expect undertones/instances in "The Horror at Red Hook," and "Reanimator," among others.
H.P. Lovecraft by Mike Mignola
Apparently there is something Kate Beaton doesn't have a comic about. Betrayed!
One final thing:
Not a scary read, but on the subject of Gaiman and Lovecraft. For anyone who appreciates Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Lovecraft's mythos, Neil Gaiman wrote a clever short story combining the two, called "A Study in Emerald." It won the 2004 Hugo Award for Best Short Story along with a couple other awards, and is available for free on his website, in the format of a fictionalized Victorian newspaper.
Yes, I know my list looks like a compilation of cliché horror literature, but these babies are the original clichés, the wellsprings from which tired old horror conventions and tropes originally emerged. Exciting stuff. Honestly, I'm woefully out of touch with contemporary horror lit. I'm lucky there's such an abundance of recommendations this time of year, especially as its now spurred on by All Hallow's Read. Anyone got any suggestions for me?


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Well the Needles are for the IVF process that is now under way. I am on BCPs and start Lupron on 7/07. This wasnt the way this was supposed to go, but it looks like this is the only choice for us now. I am so worried that this isnt going to work. I am almost so worried that I dont want to do it. Once I do it, if it doesnt work, then I really dont have much hope left. I can't afford to do this more than once (at least in the next several years). So doing it now means this is it!! BTW..that was the last of the negative comments...cause this is going to work!!!!!! I will be pregnant soon!!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
N is for Needles and No kids!
No kids = kids are away at camp until Friday. This is the first time they have gone to an overnight camp alone. They are about 2 hours away. They can't call and they can't email, so I hope they are having fun. I find myself wondering alot about what they are doing and if they are being safe and watching out for each other. The camp is sponsored by the military for children of deployed parents and it is free for them to go. Say a prayer for them and hope they are wearing their lifejackets, sunscreen, and bugspray.
Happy 4th of July!!
Posted by Carey at 2:56 PM
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- twondra said...
You will be pregnant soon. :)
Hope the kids are having fun!!
- July 3, 2009 at 4:30 PM
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A Nebraska senator is pushing a proposal to speed up construction of Veterans Administration hospitals.
U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer says VA hospitals across the country are aging and need replacement. She says communities are willing to help, they just need the go ahead.
Fischer proposes the Veterans Administration be allowed to form a partnership with communities which could help plan, build, and even pay for new VA hospitals.
"I think it'll be available on possibly a limited few projects right now so we can see how this is going to work," Fischer tells Nebraska reporters during a conference call.
Fischer has testified before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs about her proposal. She told committee members her bill would allow the VA to accept donations of money and buildings to help accelerate delayed projects.
Congressman Brad Ashford sponsors similar legislation in the House, with Congressmen Jeff Fortenberry and Adrian Smith as co-sponsors.
Fischer says a number of factors have caused delays in replacing aging VA hospitals. The number of projects creates problems in and of itself. Also, VA hospitals can prove costly. A construction project in Denver is hundreds of millions of dollars over budget. Congress has set aside $56 million to replace the VA hospital in Omaha.
Fischer says her proposal would work best with projects already funded by Congress. Communities, under the legislation, would be allowed to contribute the money needed to complete projects.
Fischer adds replacing the 65-year-old VA hospital in Omaha would be a perfect place to start.
AUDIO: Brent Martin reports [:45]


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Between the years of 2000 and 2003, Interface sold "owned" ReSource dealers. In 2006, a group of ReSource members (now independently owned flooring contractors) purchased assets of the network organization to form ReSource Commercial Flooring Network, LLC.
In 2012, ReSource Commercial Flooring Network was rebranded and turned into Fuse Alliance as we know it today.
Fuse Alliance is made up of an executive leadership team and a 12-Member Board of Directors, consisting of Member-owned business owners.
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The past few days have been full of fun and adventure in the Black Hills of SD. I was so excited to plan this part of our cross country move because as a young girl I did the Black Hills area for two separate family vacations! I was going to get to share some memories with my own children!! And it was wonderful!
Before we left my home state, Iowa, my mother blessed me by having the old photo albums ready with the photos from our trips through WY and SD. My sisters and I had so much fun laughing over the old photos, and mom helped me fill in a few gaps... thanks mom!!!
First the trusty steed. This was the good old Buick station wagon that carried us all over the Black Hills. Dad would labor to get that huge turtle shell topper on it, we would load it with all sorts of stuff, then mother would pack a cooler with our vacation food and ice... then we would take off!!I don't remember this wagon as much, but our huge red chevy wagon usually had an unrolled sleeping bag in the back for us to sleep on while dad drove on. Now-a-days you have to stay all buckled in.. so boring ;-) Our steed looks nothing like this ;-)
Here we are feeding the wild burros at Custer State park. Of course we got out of the car to shove our hands into a wild animals mouth...I mean what is the big deal there???I had to chuckle at my hubby when my own children got out of the van to do this exact thing, he was quite nervous about it and had them get back in. Wild animals can be unpredictable and my hubby is pretty serious about our children's safety. I know they didn't quite understand this sentiment when soft, very tame acting burros came over to snuffle their hands.
Here we are at Devil's Tower. There is a fun Indian legend concerning the tower and how it came to be. My kids enjoyed climbing all over the rocks that still sit at the base of this magnificent rock formation.
This is Charlie the Ox, who sat so still for these 3 crazy girls. And one of the many waterfalls we played around during the vacation.
Mount Rushmore is an amazing sight!!! We camped during this vacation with my cousin's family. We stayed outside of Custer, SD where there is a teepee still standing at the front of the camping park. This particular vacation has some great memories all on its own, but I am just too tired to get it all down tonight. I burned pretty badly at Mt. Rushmore this trip. I just didn't' think that walking a toddler around the amphitheater would be such a bad idea for my skin. I just wanted hubby to watch the video since I had already seen it years ago. Somehow I came up pink ;-) Thank goodness I packed aloe lotion!!!


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House Wull
|House Wull
|Coat of arms
Three wooden buckets, brown on blue, with a border of grey and white checks
(Azure, three wooden buckets brunâtre within a bordure chequy cendrée and argent)
|west of the northern mountains
|Hugo Wull
The Wull
Lord Wull
House Stark (AGOT)
House Baratheon of Dragonstone (ADWD)
House Wull is the formal name given to the Wulls, the most powerful[1] of the mountain clans from the north. The Wulls inhabit the area west of the northern mountains along the Bay of Ice.[2] The chief of the clan is known as "the Wull", although at Winterfell he is given the treatment of "Lord Wull".
They blazon their banners with three wooden buckets, brown on blue, with a border of grey and white checks.[3][2]
The Wulls hold great animosity toward the Iron Islands because of historical ironborn raiding of the Bay of Ice.[1]
Theo Wull was one of the six companions of Eddard Stark at the tower of joy. Eddard buried Theo there after his death.[4]
Recent Events
A Storm of Swords
Bran Stark recalls there are Wulls that live west of the mountains along the Bay of Ice during his trip to the Wall with Hodor, Meera, and Jojen Reed. He also remembers the Wull visiting Winterfell once.[2]
Maester Aemon sends birds to most noble houses from the north asking for help to fight the wildlings at Castle Black, including the Wulls.[5]
A Dance with Dragons
Jon Snow tells Stannis Baratheon that the Wulls have the most men out of all the northern mountain clans.[6]
The clan chief, Hugo "Big Bucket" Wull, joins Stannis's army.[7]
House Wull at the end of the third century
The known Wulls during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Lord Hugo Wull, The Wull. Called "Big Bucket". Chief of the Wull clan.
With unspecified familiar relationship to him there are also:
- {Theo Wull}: a member of House Wull, called "Buckets". Slain at the tower of joy.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The North: The Mountain Clans.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 24, Bran II.
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: the North
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 39, Catelyn V.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 55, Jon VII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 17, Jon IV.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 42, The King's Prize.


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|27 Mar 2016
Sound is laging/stucking at laptop.
Hello I've got this problem. I have a laptop computer and I remember then u have a "power saving " mode If you try play some game and listening to music you get a laging sound or Idk how to tell it. But if you turn "high power" it's perfect. Anyway now I am at "high power" but sound still is laging. Even if I just write in office and try to watch a video in youtube it does like that. I've got this problem then I tried to crack office, I later Uninstalled the program but didn't help. I even tried system restore but it failed to do it, ive gotten some kinda of error.
So anyone maybe know how to fix it? I really don't want to reinstall windows and I'm using W7.
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windows 7 home premium 64bit
if your audio is lagging regardless of the source of audio, then you've got a resource problem.
could be a buffer set too high.
i've had audio lag in youtube videos before.. but that was only with 60fps videos (and i think 720p wasn't affected, but i don't remember).
most people don't have any access to the buffer size, thus if it has been changed by you - try changing it again.
if it wasn't changed by you, then perhaps you could do a system scan that repairs|replaces broken operating system files?
otherwise you'd probably need to reinstall the operating system if a driver reinstall doesn't fix it.
i've never-ever heard of using the 'power saving' mode & lagging audio before.
makes me think there's something else going on.
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