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The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Florida State Fair Authority are partnering to celebrate 500 years of agriculture at this year's Florida State Fair. The fair officially beings Thursday, Feb. 7, when Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam and his fellow Cabinet members will "flip the switch" to illuminate the Midway in Tampa.
The fair's theme this year, "Discover the Fun," features a variety of events and activities designed to raise awareness for the commodities, innovations and people that make up Florida agriculture. The department's "Florida Agriculture: Then and Now" traveling exhibit, part of the statewide Viva Florida 500 celebration, will make its debut at the fair. This exhibit is a fun and educational experience that conveys to residents and visitors the exponential growth and impact of the agriculture industry during Florida's 500-year history.
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Upward Bound House Family Shelter
Filed under: architecture + design, videos | Tags: Beyond Shelter, family shelter, homeless, housing, los angeles designer, motel, PATH, santa monica, social welfare, Upward Bound |
Written by Lee Schneider, director of SHELTER
The power was off during the grand opening of Upward Bound House's new Family Shelter, but there was a lot of daylight in the eighteen brand-new rooms. And, as though to compensate for the lack of electricity, while on a walk-through to meet the designers of each room, a visitor could feel the buzzing energy of community and of creativity.
The idea for Family Shelter was simple enough. Upward Bound House, a Santa Monica-based agency, is experienced in providing transitional housing for homeless families with children. They have a 21-unit facility in Santa Monica that helps homeless families get back on their feet. The families can stay there for as long as a year. The success rate for those families later obtaining and keeping permanent housing? Ninety-five percent, according to Upward Bound's numbers.
Sounds good. But could you achieve similar success over a 90-day period instead of a year? Upward Bound has "beta tested" that idea already, by giving families in need of housing special vouchers to live in motels for 90 days until they get their lives together. Living in motels, though, doesn't always address a family's need for counseling and support. Upward Bound specializes in supported housing – you get a roof over your head, but you also get case workers checking in on you to see if you're stable and thriving. The motel plan was a good beta test but it wasn't the perfect path to a comprehensive plan to address family needs. There had to be a better way.
Well, why not buy a motel, redesign it from the outside in and start a new Family Shelter in Culver City? That's exactly what Upward Bound did. The Family Shelter grand opening happened last month and attracted a crowd of social activists and politicos and some of LA's best-known designers. Take a look at this short video to hear the designers speak about the experience in their own words. Each of the eighteen rooms was designed by a different designer with a singular vision.
The event was inspiring, but now it's down to business, finishing up the exterior of the building, and settling the eighteen families into Family Shelter for the first 90-day cycle. Upward Bound has a screening process to pick the right families. "We work with partner agencies, like Beyond Shelter and St. Joseph Center. Case managers with those organizations know about Upward Bound and they refer people to us," says David Snow, executive director of Upward Bound House. After the initial referrals, Upward Bound does another level of candidate screening to insure a good fit. To get into Family Shelter you have to have a job and be free of substance abuse issues or receiving counseling.
"The people we serve have the fundamentals. They need a safe place where they can recover. These are families with kids. They are not looking for a hand out. They want their own home. That's who we serve best."
— David Snow, Upward Bound House
Children, as David Snow has found with Upward Bound, can be the innocent victims of misfortune or bad decisions made by their parents. "For us it's about kids. We are geared toward the kids in family dynamics. We offer parenting management and anger management to help with kids going through crisis. We offer tutoring and mentoring, arts programs and enrichment programs. Not many programs out there focus on kids."
Focusing on kids makes economic sense. Truancy, public health services and incarceration can make for a big bill for all to pay. Catch problems early, it's a good deal for society. "Wait until later, and you've got bigger problems," says Snow.
Snow sees an opportunity for Upward Bound to provide more emergency and transitional services. These services, he says, are the missing link to families receiving permanent housing. He's looking at partnering Upward Bound with developers or buying existing facilities to get that going. Upward Bound should find a welcome reception – its facilities look like high-end town homes or apartments.
The grand opening of Upward Bound's Family Shelter received good coverage in inhabitat and the Los Angeles Times L.A. at Home blog. You can follow along on new developments on the Turquoise blog.
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Jonathan York, response and recovery branch director for the Kansas Division of Emergency Management, said during a town hall meeting Saturday that preliminary reports show the April 27 that hit Baxter Springs didn't have a magnitude to meet public assistance or individual assistance from FEMA. About 100 of the city's 2,000 homes and 12 businesses were damaged by the EF-2 tornado.
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DENVER—At times in the Denver Broncos' first 5 1/2 games, their defense was burned to ashes.
Opponents turned third downs into drive-resuscitating plays at a frightening rate that lingered among the league's worst. A succession of elite quarterbacks—from Ben Roethlisberger to Matt Ryan to Matt Schaub to Tom Brady—diced the defense to shreds, which made the Broncos the league's worst first-half team by the time they trailed 24-0 at San Diego two weeks ago.
The unit was plagued by poor timing, miscommunication and lost takeaway opportunities. Even consistent pressure from Von Miller and Elvis Dumervil wasn't enough.
But after a 34-14 rout of the New Orleans Saints Sunday night in which the defense aggressively attacked from the edges, forced Drew Brees into hurried throws and allowed only one play of more than 20 yards, it appears the early struggles were part of a gestation process—and not of a defense that would remain among the league's worst.
While countless gigabytes were consumed and pages printed chronicling the offense's attempt to transition from the Tim Tebow-led zone-read option to Peyton Manning's precisely timed, up-tempo attack, the defense endured changes equally profound.
Its Week 1 starting lineup included five new starters and two others who were backups last year, and defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio was the unit's seventh boss in as many seasons.
No wonder the defense couldn't keep up in the track meets it was forced to run.
"We had a lot of growing pains, but it kind of let us know what we've got to work on, what we're good at," said cornerback Champ Bailey, who, along with suspended linebacker D.J. Williams and Dumervil, represents the only members of the defense to have survived the ceaseless, dizzying annual changes that hindered its progress.
"That's the thing as a defense: You kind of want to have your bread and butter and a few other things that you're good at, and that's what's going to make you special, to put you over the top."
What is the defense's bread and butter? "I can't put it out there like that," Bailey said, laughing, "but I think if you look at the tape close enough, you'll figure it out."
It was apparent Sunday in three ways:
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Neither Miller nor Dumervil finished with a sack, but both attacked Brees on the Saints' 12 third-down plays, forcing him to step up in the pocket and often throw before he wanted, leading to repeated pases into coverage.
Just three weeks after Denver (4-3) allowed Brady and the Patriots to convert 65 percent of their third downs, Brees went 2-for-11 in those situations and was plagued by drops. New Orleans (2-5) averaged a paltry 27 inches per third-down play and converted just one of 12 third-down chances.
"That's impressive," Bailey said. "Our big guys, when they get pressure like that—we can become unstoppable."
Wesley Woodyard was set free
The fifth-year linebacker is a team captain—but that's for his work on special teams. He initially replaced the suspended Williams at weakside linebacker, saw his role reduced to passing downs only in Weeks 2 and 3, then earned the every-down job back by Week 6 at San Diego when Keith Brooking moved to middle linebacker.
Woodyard was Brees' nightmare Sunday, intercepting him once, sacking him and forcing a fumble another time, breaking up two passes and finishing with 13 tackles.
"That's what he does," Bailey said. "He's been making plays all year, double-digit tackles is easy for him. I expect more out of him, to be honest with you, because I know what he can do. I've seen him do it in practice several times."
More? If that happens, Williams may never get his job back after he comes back to the 53-man roster on Nov. 12.
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The Broncos have had a habit of letting small plays turn into big ones—and letting receivers and tight ends get free downfield. Sunday night, that happened only once—when Darren Sproles beat the Broncos for a 29-yard score. Bailey spent most of the night shadowing Marques Colston, and rookie linebacker Danny Trevathan often drew New Orleans tight end Jimmy Graham with help from a safety. When Brees took deep shots to Devery Henderson, they were deflected,
"We wanted to make them check it down, and that's something that we had to do, and be on top of the game plan," Woodyard said.
The result? A full 60 minutes of containment that was just 2:03 from becoming the Saints' first single-digit scoring game with Brees since Oct. 19, 2008, when they were held to seven points by the Panthers. The Carolina coach that day? John Fox, the man who hired Del Rio this past offseason to take the Broncos' defense to a higher level—which they've finally found the last six quarters.
"Coach Fox has been preaching to us about playing a 60-minute game. Tonight, we finally got a taste of what that really feels like," Woodyard said.
As long as Manning is able to dissect defenses as though he never endured four neck surgeries just a year ago, the Broncos don't need to hold opponents in the teens to win—unlike last year, when their six-game Tebow-led winning streak was also fueled by a defense that allowed an average of 16.7 points per game.
But unlike last year, a game in the teens or less is not only a guarantee of success but of a runaway. When the Broncos hold opponents below 20 points this year, their average victory margin is 21 points.
"I know we've got a good offense. I know we're not scoring less than 14," Bailey said.
Manning, who put up three touchdown passes, 305 yards and a passer rating of 138.9 as the Denver offense amassed 530 yards Sunday night, allows the Broncos to win.
If the effort of the last six quarters can be replicated, the Broncos' defense will allow them to dominate—and earn a legitimate place in the Super Bowl conversation in the coming months.


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by Alaina Mabaso
Chestnut Hill native and Norwood Fontbonne alumna Elizabeth Franklin, 35, is on a mission to help her students see nature's bigger picture. Now in her fifth year teaching science to sixth and eighth-graders at Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, she's excited to be finishing her first year in the Academy's brand-new LEED-certified building, enjoying a new push for lessons inspired by the natural world.
She recounts the experience of an Academy colleague who teaches science for pre-kindergarten to second grade. "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" she asked her youngsters. They replied that the egg came first, of course, but she asked, "Where did the egg come from?"
The kids were confused. Mom buys it at the grocery store, they said.
Franklin hopes any of several eco-inspired initiatives that go along with the Academy's new energy-efficient building (including storm-water collection and composting) will help put students back in touch with the world outside their homes and classrooms. But nothing excites her more than two brand new beehives that have been recently installed on the school's roof.
"It's a really valuable learning tool!" she says, praising Head of School Jim Connor's support for installing the bees.
While no students have been allowed to participate yet in any hive inspections, "the interest in it is huge," she says of students' reaction to the new tenants. One initial five-minute bee-themed classroom session rapidly turned into an entire class period as students deluged her with questions about how the bees' colony worked. She put a few important questions to the class as well.
"Why do we keep bees?" she asked.
Her students, unaware of the bees' importance as pollinators, replied that we do it because we want their honey. It was the perfect chance to explain the honeybees' vital role in our ecosystem.
Franklin is new to beekeeping, but is proving an enthusiastic devotee of her first two colonies, headed by queen bees named Becky and Rafaela. She began her first beekeeping class through the Montgomery County Beekeeping Association in March, and the bees destined for the Academy's brand-new pair of Langstroth hives arrived with their queens just a few weeks ago.
With an undergraduate degree in botany preceding her graduate-level teaching certification from Temple, Franklin finds the educational hives a natural extension of her interests.
For now, the bees are being fed with sugar water and pollen while they build their combs; it takes some time before there's enough honey to share. But that's OK: "our primary goal is to make people understand that it's OK to have bees," Franklin says. A beehive close by can seem like a worrisome proposition to many people, but Franklin's mantra is that 70% of bee stings are actually the work of wasps. Honeybees, which die upon unleashing their sting as a last line of defense, typically sting only when stepped on or when they feel their hive is threatened.
"It's not resistance; it's more of an unawareness," Franklin says of those who don't know how beneficial bees are to our environment, and might worry about installing bees at a school. "The beehives are a tool for students to learn mutualism and animal behavior," she adds.
As students don backpacks and stream out the front doors for home far below, a rooftop inspection reveals the progress the Germantown Academy bees have made in the weeks since they moved in. In a Langstroth hive, the most commonly used hive in the US today, several flat frames sit vertically inside the hive's boxed layers.
They are specially designed to hold the honeycomb that the bees build (or "draw out") to hold their honey and young ("brood"), while also being easily removable by human hands for inspection and honey harvest. This ease of handling is achieved by leaving a tiny, carefully calibrated gap between frames known as "bee space": large enough for the bees to fit into and small enough that they do not seal the frames together with a substance called propolis.
In a beekeeper's boxy, veiled headdress and gloves, Franklin uses a page of The New York Times to kindle some smoke in a metal bee-smoker, which looks like a piece of the Tin Man got stuck to a miniature bellows. The colony rallies, and the air grows thick with the humming of more and more bees as Franklin carefully inspects each frame, noting pockets of deep red pollen and growing brood. Many of the bees sport plump, jaunty dabs of yellow or red pollen on their hips. But nobody stings.
With 160 lush acres bordering the Wissahickon Creek (Germantown Academy moved to the spacious grounds in Fort Washington in 1965 following 200 years in Germantown), the bees are sure to have a busy summer.
"We have such an awesome property for academic learning," Franklin says, looking forward to more chances for her students to connect with the bees and a bigger world. "I want to help kids see the cycle we're all part of."


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Greenwich Academy lacrosse primed for repeat
Going just one season without a title isn't a drought. But one year was too long for the Greenwich Academy lacrosse team's taste.
After finishing as the runner-up in the season-ending FAA tournament final in 2011, Greenwich Academy took back what had been theirs for so many years last spring -- the league championship trophy.
Now, despite graduating some firepower from last season's 18-2 squad, the Gators believe they're ready to repeat.
"Last year was great for the girls, after having what was for us, a subpar season the year before," Greenwich Academy coach Angela Tammaro said. "We came back strong and had some great wins against some of the big prep teams."
Leading the young Gators this season are senior co-captains Emilia Tapsall and Emma Olney. Tapsall was the squad's second leading scorer a year ago, tallying 50 goals, while Olney helped anchor the defense.
"I am really excited about the team this year," Tapsall said. "We only have four seniors out of 21 players on the team, so we have a lot of younger people who are stepping up."
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Sure, commencement claimed a considerable amount of talent from the 2012 team, but anyone who follows the Gators knows they don't rebuild -- they reload.
"I think we have the potential to jell and become an even stronger team as the season goes on," Tammaro said.
That potential was showcased a bit Thursday during Greenwich Academy's scrimmage against neighborhood rival Greenwich High School. Both teams seemed primed to start their respective regular seasons, displaying the teamwork, skills and savvy that makes them one of the top teams in their league.
"We don't want to give up the title this time, so we are really going to focus hard on each game," Tapsall said. "Hopefully, we can get to that level again and win it all."
AT THE HELM: This is season No. 48 for Tammaro, who has guided the Gators to 27 FAA Tournament championships in 29 seasons. A member of the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame and Connecticut Lacrosse Hall of Fame, Tammaro has totaled more than 700 victories as the school's field hockey coach (she's also in the Field Hockey Hall of Fame) and 600 wins in lacrosse.
WHO'S GONE: Tammaro went through an impressive list of players while discussing who graduated last spring. Attack Emily Conway, who paced the team offensively with 58 goals and 39 assists, graduated as did attack Anne Gilliland (17 goals, 14 assists), Marisa Noto (39 goals, 29 assists), Parker Procida (25 goals, 14 assists), Sarabeth Brecht and defenders Becky Dobbin, Kara Sperry, Kiera Schott, and goalie Olivia Tapsall (164 saves, saved 51 percent of shots that came her way). Conway was an All-American, All-New England, All-League selection and Gilliland, Sperry and Schott made All-League honors.
WHO'S BACK?: Tapsall's presence, and the return of senior Lexi Henkel should bolster the Gators offensively. Henkel, who registered 39 goals a year ago, will also be complemented at attack by junior Annie DeFrino (33 goals last season). Olney provides experience on defense, along with junior Maggie Schmidt and sophomore defensive wing Izzy Viola.
Senior Mary Taussig (All-League, All-American in 2012) will be relied upon to lead the play in the midfield with junior Julia Conway, sophomore Angie Loynaz and sophomore Izzy Nixon.
WATCH OUT FOR: Sophomore Nanny Burke and Lexie Seidel are vying for the starting spot in goal.
"Both goalies have played well in the preseason," Tammaro said. "We'll play the hot hand."
STRENGTHS: "Our fast break is always one of our strong points and our motion offense has been looking good, we've been working hard on it," Tapsall said.
Scoring on the Gators won't be easy.
"We've been focusing really hard on our denial defense, making sure the other team doesn't get a pass through on us," said Tapsall, who will play field hockey at the University of Virginia.
WEAKNESSES: The Gators must fill the void on offense left by the departure of Conway.
SHOWDOWNS: After opening their season at home Wednesday against Holy Child, GA will host Westminster School on April 6. The Gators will play host to Millbrook School (April 13), Greens Farms Academy (April 22), King (May 6), Hotchkiss (May 11), and Greenwich High (May 14). Their showdown with Convent of the Sacred Heart -- the team they beat in last year's FAA final -- is scheduled for April 27 at CSH.
DID YOU KNOW?: Conway is playing lacrosse at Washington and Lee, where she is the school's leading scorer so far this season. ... Schott is on the lacrosse team at MIT.
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I purchased a 10 lb bag of C&H Granulated Sugar over the weekend and this recipe was on the back of the bag. It's a soft sugar cookie with a buttercream icing. It's really tasty and sweet! You don't have to chill the dough, so that's nice. It's not the sort of dough you can roll out and cut into shapes. I simply scooped it out of the bowl and right onto my parchment lined cookie sheets. The icing recipe is pretty basic except that it calls for cream of tartar. I'm not excactly sure what that ingredient does to the icing but it was good. The icing recipes calls for water but I used milk instead. Besides that, I followed the recipes!
Frosted Soft Sugar Cookies
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 1/3 cups butter
2 eggs
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
Buttercream Frosting for Cookies:
2 sticks (1 cup) butter, softened
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 pound powdered sugar (about 3 3/4 cups)
2 teaspoons vanilla or almond extract
1 teaspoon water (I used milk)
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Oven to 350 degrees
Combine granulated sugar & butter and beat until creamy. About 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time beating after each addition. Add vanilla. In separate bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add flour mixture to the butter mixture one cup at a time and blend till incorporated. Roll into balls or scoop and place on the cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake about 10-15 minutes until the edges are light brown. Let stand for 5 minutes before removing to cool on a wire rack. Frost with buttercream.
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What: The HRE Wheels Annual Open makes its return on June 7, 2014 and aims to be even larger than last year's event that attracted over 1000 attendees and 500 cars, including two Bugatti Veyrons, a Ferrari F40 and a multi-million dollar off-shore race boat from Strut.
HRE Wheels will open up its doors for the annual HRE Open House featuring a massive gathering of supercars and sports cars from all over California, along with special guests including The Smoking Tire's Matt Farah as the master of ceremonies, wheel/product giveaways and more. President Alan Peltier will be giving guided tours showing every step of the wheel making process and offering a sneak peek at upcoming forged models.
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The Lady Bisons started out quickly but couldn't sustain the pace in a 63-51 loss to Upstate's Spartans Saturday afternoon at Allen Arena.
After jumping out to a 7-0 lead, including back-to-back layups by freshman forward Hannah Phillips, the Lady Bisons watched their lead slowly disappear.
"We got off to a good start and they shifted to the 1-3-1 out of their man defense," said Lady Bisons coach Frank Bennett. "We had some good looks and missed them.
"We got frustrated and couldn't work ourselves out of it. It carried over to letdowns on the defensive end for us. We have to break out of those stretches a little quicker."
Upstate guard Koko Richardson tied the game at 16-16 with a pair of free throws with 8:47 remaining before intermission. A lay-up by forward Christine Nyobe with 7:28 on the clock gave Upstate its first lead of the game at 18-16.
Upstate's Spartans closed out the first half with a 17-3 run to take control of the game.
The Lady Bisons kept the game close though they never were able to regain the lead. The biggest advantage for Upstate was 11 points, 40-29, on a layup by guard Kendra Wallace with 15:57 left in the game.
Several times during the second half Upstate would lead by 10 points, but the Lady Bisons continued to try to chip away at their deficit.
The Lady Bisons wanted to neutralize 6-foot center Chelsea McMillan who scored a combined 56 points against the Lady Bisons in two games last season. They held her to only six points, but Wallace took over the scoring burden for Upstate with a game-high 21 points.
"If you had told me before the game that McMillan would only have six points I would have thought for sure that we would win the game," Bennett said. "We knew she was a good 3-pointer shooter, but we didn't play Wallace very well.
"The way they ran their offense made it hard for is to guard both McMillan and Wallace. We weren't sharp on helping on some things. Defensively, in the second half I was disappointed because we got our offense going and couldn't get the stops we needed."
Sophomore guard Anna Bowers played an outstanding game, tying freshman forward Hannah Phillips for the team lead in scoring.
"Anna Bowers and Hannah Phillips both shot the ball very, very well scoring on two and three pointers," Bennett said. "They were bright spots for us."
With 4:07 left in the game she connected on a 3-pointer to trim USC Upstate's lead to five points, 55-50.
"In the second half we regrouped and executed our offense a lot better," Bennett said. "We finally made a couple of stops and got it to five points."
McMillan hit a layup to give Upstate a seven-point lead at 57-50. Phillips went to the free throw line for two shots at 2:55. She missed her first attempt and made her second one to cut the lead to 57-51.
Sophomore center Brittany Duerk led the Lady Bisons in rebounding with six. Bowers and freshman center Katie Fritts each grabbed four rebounds.
Nyobe led Upstate with seven boards.
The Lady Bisons are 3-12, 1-4 in the A-Sun. USC Upstate, on a three-game winning streak, is 9-6, 3-3 in the conference. It is the first time in the history of the program that Upstate has posted a .500 record in A-Sun games. it is also the first time Upstate has beaten the Lady Bisons at Allen Arena.
Monday night the Lady Bisons are back in action at 5:30 when Belmont visits Allen Arena for the first edition of the "Battle of the Boulevard" this season.
Written by Mark McGee, Senior Publisher/Director of Media Relations


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MINOX will be present at the HuntEx 2014 in South Africa
The HuntEx in Midrand South Africa, has now become the largest trade fair for hunters and marksmen on the African continent. With 35,000 visitors last year, the fair attracted a record number of visitors. MINOX will be present again this year from the 25th to 28th April 2014 and and will display the complete assortment of sport optics to include binoculars, riflescopes with illuminated dot, tactical riflescopes and even game cameras. For expert advice on location, visitors can speak directly to a MINOX employee from Germany. Further informationen at www.huntex.net.


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On Saturday, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported that Saints running back Darren Sproles could miss 4-6 weeks with a broken hand.
On Sunday, Mort added that team sources say Sproles could miss only one game.
We've confirmed the latter. Indeed, as one team source explained it, Sproles laughed at the report that he could miss six weeks. The Saints, we're told, will be shocked if Sproles doesn't play in the next week or so.
The only thing we know for sure is that he's not playing Monday night. Based on interim coach Joe Vitt's comments from Saturday, don't expect Vitt to say anything more than what the injury report requires as Week 10 approaches.


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foundation is a minimalistic foundation library with functions for memory allocation, data manipulation, etc released under the very permissive MIT license - for your pleasure.
Library Design
foundation has been written with data-oriented programming in mind (POD data is preferred over complicated classes, flat arrays are the preferred data structure, etc).
foundation is written in a "back-to-C" style of C++ programming. This means that there is a clear separation between data and code. Data defitions are found in _types.h header files. Function definitions are found in .h header files.
When you are writing a system using foundation, your header files typically only need to include the _types.h files. These are designed to be as compact as possible, meaning your compile times will be short. In the .cpp files you can include the heavier .h files.
foundation uses the following types of data:
// Open structs struct Vector3 { float x, y, z; }; // Closed structs struct Object { Object(); unsigned _data; }; // Abstract classes class Allocator; class Allocator { public: void *allocate(uint32_t size, uint32_t align) = 0; };
Open structs. Raw POD structs defined in the _types.h file. You can directly manipulate the members of these structs.
Closed structs. A closed struct is indicated by the fact that its members start with an underscore. You should not manipulate the members of a closed struct directly. Instead, use the functions in the namespace with the same name as the struct. (In this case: object::). These functions are found in the .h file, unlike the struct definition, which is in the _types.h file.
Note that since namespaces are "open" you can extend the functionality for the object by adding your own functions to its namespace.
Abstract classes. Used for high-level systems that are only accessed through pointers and/or references. These are predeclared in the _types.h file. The virtual interface is found in the .h file.
Compiler flags
- PLATFORM_BIG_ENDIAN Should be defined if you are compiling for a big endian platform.
Allocator A virtual base class for memory allocation. Can be subclassed to implement custom allocator behaviors.
memory_globals::default_allocator() Returns a default allocator based on malloc().
memory_globals::default_scratch_allocator() Returns a "scratch" allocator that can be used for temporary memory allocations. The scratch allocator allocates its memory from a fixed sized ring buffer, meaning it doesn't touch any OS resources. When the ring buffer loops around, the old memory must have been freed for the scratch buffer to be able to allocate new memory, so only use it for temporary allocations.
TempAllocator. An allocator suitable for temporary allocators. The TempAllocator comes in a number of variations: TempAllocator64, TempAllocator128, etc. The number indicates how much local stack space the allocator reserves. Memory is allocated first from the local stack space and only if that is exhausted from the scratch buffer. Memory allocated with the TempAllocator does not have to be freed. It is freed automatically when the allocator is destroyed.
Array<T> Implements an array of objects. A lightweight version of std::vector that assumes that T is a POD-object (i.e. constructors and destructors do not have to be called and the object can be moved with memmove).
Queue<T> Implements a double-ended queue/ring-buffer of POD objects. Push items to the back of the queue and pop them from the front.
Hash<T> Implements a lightweight hash that assumes that T is a POD-object. The hash keys are always uint64_t numbers. If you want to use some other type of key, just hash it to a uint64_t first. (The hash function should not have any collisions in your domain.) The hash can be used as a regular hash, or as a multi_hash, through the multi_hash interface.
string_stream Functions for using an Array<char> as a stream of characters that you can print formatted messages to.
- Basic data definitions for vectors, quaternions and matrices.


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In the 1980s, scientists discovered a fascinating family of powerful molecules and gave them a long name: extracellular signal-regulated kinases, or ERKs. Kinases are enzymes, and while many kinases are cellular workhorses that catalyze energy transfers and keep the cell's internal machinery humming, ERKs in particular — as their name suggests — respond to signaling molecules from outside the cell that, in effect, relay biochemical messages telling cells to grow, die or change function.
When all goes well, ERKs operate like a network hub and routing system of astonishing resourcefulness, receiving signals from a host of molecules and transmitting information to at least 70 different cellular proteins. Because this process works, cells grow and differentiate into healthy tissue, networks of nerves communicate, and the body's immune system springs into action when bacteria or other pathogens invade.
But ERKs have a dark side. They can spark the wild fire of cellular chaos. For reasons not fully understood — but often due to genetic mutations in the proteins that signal ERKs, some ERKs become over-energized and, in this state, activate biochemical pathways that trigger uncontrolled cell proliferation — disease states we experience as various forms of cancer. As scientists have learned more about these processes, ERKs have become immensely interesting to researchers; they are one of the most promising targets available for anti-cancer drugs.
The trick, notes University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) biophysicist Alex MacKerell, is to design "smart drugs" – drugs that can block the over-energized ERKs while allowing normal ERKs to go about their essential cellular business. MacKerell, who directs the Computer-Aided Drug Design Center of the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, and his UMB biochemist colleague Paul Shapiro have attacked this challenge with a formidable one-two punch of computation and laboratory experiments.
The ERK protein (blue) represented as a surface with a potential binding-pocket (yellow spheres) on the docking domain and the predicted orientation of a compound (ball and stick representation, balls colored by atom type) that would inhibit the binding of ERK with its partner proteins.
Over the last four years, with multi-year support from the National Institutes of Health and tens of thousands of hours worth of computing on several PSC systems, starting with LeMieux and evolving to BigBen, MacKerell has applied powerful molecular-search techniques. From millions of possible candidates, he has identified about 100 drugs that have potential to stop only the bad ERKs.
In laboratory studies, Shapiro has taken the next step. Working from MacKerell's list of candidates, he found several compounds with the ability to stop malignant growth in a variety of human cancer cells, including breast and lung cancer. "We're very optimistic," says MacKerell. "We have patents pending on some of these compounds, and people in Paul's lab are testing more of them. Companies want to talk to us about licensing."
In recent years, researchers around the world have confirmed ERKs' role in the generation of cancer. In 2001, for example, scientists working in Chicago, New York and Israel found that one of the most used cancer-fighting drugs, Taxol, has its effect through interaction with ERKs. Such intriguing finds help to suggest the prospect of drugs that selectively target particular sites within the complexly coiled structure of ERKs.
You can think of a protein as a big machine with many functions, says MacKerell, and some of them may not be good. "You can break the machine in many places, but that might mean you'd lose some of the good things the machine does. So our job is to be extremely specific about how we break the machine, and to do that you have to understand exactly how the machine is built, its precise shape."
ERKs, notes MacKerell, can be thought of as a crossroad protein. They are activated by a range of different signaling molecules and in turn can communicate with (via a reaction called "phosphorylation") up to 70 different proteins. "We want to block just a subset of those 70 proteins — so that we block one pathway and not others. This work falls into the realm of 'chemical biology,' an important area right now in biomedical research, and it helps us to understand in detail how ERKs function."
Across the atomic landscape of ERKs are specific places — "docking domains" — where other molecules can link up. For ERKs, a partner protein first docks and then a chemical change occurs at the ERK's "active site." The method to MacKerell's and Shapiro's madness is that experiments show different parts of the docking domain link with different proteins.
"It's like if you jump into a moving truck," says MacKerell. "You've got to latch onto it, and then you can pull yourself in. Basically, 70 different proteins can latch onto ERKs, and one part of an ERK is involved in the latching on, and another part handles the phosphorylation. And that hand-hold where proteins latch on involves different parts of the ERK docking domain for different proteins."
View from the interior of the ERK protein with a bound inhibitor (red), where the ribbons represent the protein backbone and the mesh represents the protein surface.
Each of the hand-holds — better known as binding pockets — represents the start of a distinctive biochemical pathway that controls a specific task in cellular life. Finding these pockets is a first step. The next is to find a compound that can fill the right pocket and block a cancer-causing pathway. Ultimately, such compounds have the potential to become new drugs that can treat certain types of cancer.
The trick is to find molecules that are the right size, shape and electronic charge at the right places to latch on and fill the pockets. This quest puts MacKerell squarely into the prediction business, and it would be impossible without computational tools. With "molecular dynamics" — simulations that track the atom-by-atom position of a molecule as it changes its shape over time, MacKerell identifies likely binding pockets.
The next step is to use this computer-drawn blueprint to search through a database of small organic compounds to find candidates that are likely fits to a binding-pocket target. To match a single molecule with a single binding-pocket within an ERK's docking domain requires screening nearly a million compounds one-by-one. When a promising compound is found, it takes up to 20 "docking runs" — computational screens that test to see how snug is the fit, how well the compound matches structurally and biochemically with the pocket. Each of these runs can require up to 100-billion calculations.
Without massively parallel systems — such as PSC's BigBen — that make it possible to employ hundreds of processors simultaneously, this work would not be feasible. "What PSC does," says MacKerell, "by allowing us access to so many processors, is make it possible for us to screen through our database multiple times in a very short period of time." Searches that otherwise would take months can be done in as little as a couple of hours.
When the data storm of the first round of screening settled, MacKerell had found about 100 compounds worth focusing on — his best picks for Shapiro to take into his laboratory for in vivo biological testing with cancer cells. "Alex gave me a list of 100 or so compounds," says Shapiro, "and I bought a small amount of each of them. In my lab, we have several cancer (cell) lines that we use for our preliminary studies and then the most biologically active compounds are tested in animal models. Here's where we evaluated whether the compounds Alex predicted could actually be useful by biological standards."
From the original round of 100 compounds, Shapiro found 10 that showed significant promise as ERK inhibitors, molecules capable of turning off taps of cancer at their source. "It's exciting," says Shapiro "that some of these compounds are showing they have an effect on stopping cancer cell proliferation."
Shapiro counts the computer-based methodology as highly "cost and person-power effective." His findings to date led two years ago to renewal of NIH support for his work with MacKerell's lab. "Computational modeling has identified a number of compounds with biological activity," says Shapiro. "Some of them are now under patent protection."


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Git outta here
So we make our voyage over to Github which will be really exciting until we lose interest and leave it to rot. We've set up shop at http://github.int13h.com and like all spirited int13h endevours we plan to push some code and half baked projects over there for the world to see. To kick off the glorious event we have a half baked demo of Doom running in WebGL!
Is your graphics card too quiet when you browse websites?
WebGL is (hopefully) the future of graphics on the interwebs, there is already some really good support out there in browsers that aren't descendants of good ole' Internet Explorer 6 but just how well is it supported? That's a very valid question that Florian Boesch over at codeflow.org wants to help find the answer for, he has set up a stats website for finding out just how widespread the feature set is implemented.
There are a lot of variables to consider when it comes to running accelerated 3D graphics on websites, operating systems / browser versions / drivers and hardware capabilities. By gathering this basic information it will be possible to gauge which features such as an average of Texture Units available and extensions like Floating Point Textures. While not exciting to most people these small nuggets of information help WebGL developers know how far they can push their application.
Look out for lens flares and blood screen on your favorite webpages soon!
More of this please!
What started as a bit of flirting on Twitter has quickly turned into a great idea that could affect future big title game development. Tim Shafer's Double Fine has created a Kickstarter Project to fund a classic point and click adventure game which will also be fully documented during its development. There are various price brackets which will give you some goodies as well. The minimum pledge will give you a code for access to the beta and final release Steam as well as access to the video documentary.
This is why we can't have nice things!
No one's gonna notice but int13h will be doing their small part to help bring to an end to this SOPA madness. On January the 18th at 13:00 GMT our little corner of the interwebz will go dark. This is in protest of the US Congress trying to pass the PIPA/SOPA bills. Although we aren't American nor are our servers based in America these "acts" will make it impossible to link to any sites in the world ever again for fear of infringing copyright law. Without legal process our DNS records would be nuked... and then you'd have no more text-only-websites that haven't been updated for years... well it's the principal of the thing!
Basically head on over to reddit for the full skinny.
A dino in party hat!
Battlefield 3 has finally arrived and would you believe it, we are all over that like white on rice! Shocking I know...
The [i13h] int13h Platoon is up and running if you so wish to hurl some abuse at us on Battlelog. See you on the field soldiers Hoorah!
How they do it in the Pro's
Just taking a quick break from not updating the int13h site, I stumbled apon a great write up of the Quake 2 source code by Fabien Sanglard, who incidentally did a rather nifty write up of the Quake 1 source code and if you couldn't see where this was already going... yes a write up of Doom
The Quake 2 write up is quite interesting as it talks about how rediculous the software rendering side of things can get compared to modern graphics engines using hardware acceleration and some of the cleaver little tricks they did to get the software engine to look so great. Also you can see how bad ass John Carmack's workstation was at the time =P
Super Awesome Mega Level Up Extreme! SURREAL!
Woohoo, finally some real information released about Battlefield 3 and even a naff teaser trailer (zomg jets!!).
Also from GameInformer :-
Most of the hard information is being kept under wraps for the cover story, but here's some declassified intel for you: Several standout features that defined Battlefield 2 return to the fold, including 64-player multiplayer on PC, jets, and the ability to go prone.
And here is a sneak peek at the ingame footage
Stiiiimpy, I'm so... happy
If this needs an introduction then you should just leave now..
Map of Metal!
Just incase you didn't know, 'Metal' has a few sub-genres. Ever wondered what Viking Metal bands are out there? or maybe you didn't know about Funeral Doom Metal? Thankfully we've found a website that will help you... http://www.mapofmetal.com/ - \m/,
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What happens when you take two very awesome things and put them together?


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A McConnellsburg man faces charges of theft of a firearm as a result of an incident at Buchanan Trail Sporters LLC located in the Penn's Village Shopping Center. State police reported Aaron Lee Deneen, 24, was inside M&M Electronics on Wednesday, December 30, using the store phone when he walked into the adjoining shop and allegedly removed a Sig Sauer 9MM semiauto pistol from a display case. The gun belongs to a 43-year-old McConnellsburg man. Deneen then fled the store on foot. The theft reportedly occurred between 11:55 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Burglary At Promise Land Road
A 23-year-old McConnellsburg woman reported a burglary at her home located at 819 Promise Land Lane in Todd Township on Tuesday, December 29. At 10:29 p.m. burglars stole several personal items from the home and punched several holes in the woman's walls. Anyone with additional information related to this case should contact Fulton County Crime Solvers at 717-485-5771 or Trooper Bartlett at 717-485-3131.
Waterfall Woman Flown To Hospital
A Waterfall area woman was flown to Altoona Regional Hospital's trauma center on Sunday, December 27, after suffering a leg injury during a two-vehicle collision in Breezewood.
According to state police in Bedford, Angela Gesser was headed eastbound when her Subaru Legacy struck the rear of a Freightliner tractor-trailer operated by James A. Crocci of Pittsburgh. The 4 a.m. collision occurred along Route 30 near the entrance to the Gateway truck stop. Gesser was not wearing a seat belt during the crash.
Mailbox Damaged
The red flag of a mailbox located at 951 Strawberry Ridge Road, McConnellsburg, was broken off between 9 p.m. on January 1 and 10 a.m. on January 2. The victim is a 36-year-old man.
Eggs Thrown
Eggs were thrown at a home along Lincoln Way East in Mc- Connellsburg Borough between 7 p.m. on January 2 and 1:15 p.m. on January 3. The victim, a 49- year-old McConnellsburg woman, reported to state police her vehicle was also struck by eggs during the incident of criminal mischief. Anyone having additional information linked to this case should contact Fulton County Crime Solvers at 717-485- 5771 or Trooper Johns at 717- 485-3131.
McConnellsburg Man Arrested Following DUI Crash
Fifty-three-year-old Michael Keith Wilson of McConnellsburg was arrested by state police on Thursday, December 31, following a driving-under-the-influence related collision along Route 522.
Wilson, state police reports indicate, was travelling south through Dublin Township when his 2000 Dodge Ram 1500 crossed the centerline and struck an oncoming 1999 Mack tractor-trailer driven by Scott Alexander Bousum, 44, of Petersburg.
Following the 2:30 p.m. impact, Wilson's truck travelled onto the berm and struck a utility pole. Wilson was transported to Fulton County Medical Center for treatment of minor injuries. He was not wearing a seat belt. Charges of drunk-driving will be filed against Wilson through Magisterial District Judge Devin Horne.
Domestic Dispute Investigated
State police, McConnellsburg, were dispatched to the parking lot of Johnnie's Motel in McConnellsburg for a domestic dispute that reportedly occurred during the early morning hours on New Year's Day.
Thirty-nine-year-old Mc- Connellsburg resident Dodie Virginia Carbaugh allegedly encountered and argued with a 39- year-old male in the parking lot at 12:50 a.m. Carbaugh is accused of shoving and clawing the man during the argument that turned physical.
The victim suffered scratches and minor cuts to his face and neck, and Carbaugh sustained minor cuts to her hand. She was cited for harassment as a result of the incident.
McConnellsburg Men Face Drug Charges
After having drug charges filed last month against him in Fulton County, McConnellsburg resident Michael P. Collins now faces charges in neighboring Franklin County of criminal conspiracy to deliver illegal drugs and criminal use of a communication device. The newest set of charges stem from an incident that occurred on December 4 in St. Thomas Township, where Collins and fellow McConnellsburg resident Robert John Clark, 21, allegedly sold marijuana to an undercover officer.
Bail has not been set for Collins in the Franklin County case. He currently remains in the Franklin County Prison, however, in lieu of $50,000 for the Fulton County incident. In the meantime, Clark's bail has been set at $50,000.
Car Strikes Utility Pole
Two Huntingdon County men were injured when their eastbound 1998 Saturn slid on a patch of gravel and struck a utility pole near the intersection of Rock Hill and Great Cove roads Sunday night. State police reported driver Seth Clemens, 18, of Mount Union and passenger 19-year-old Michael Detwiler from Rock Hill Furnace both suffered minor injuries during the 10:43 p.m. crash in Ayr Township. Only Clemens was wearing a seat belt, and his car sustained severe damage.


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RCA has two iPod compatible audio systems coming out in 2007. The RP5500i Dual Wake Clock Radio can dock and charge the iPod and provide the usual alarm clock functions. It can play back from any digital audio player, but it looks a lot prettier with an iPod dock. The supposed highlight of the alarm clock is the SmartSnooze feature that allows any button to be used to snooze. Wow! It also includes a Graduwake and Gradusleep that will fade the music in and out for waking and sleeping. It will be available in May for $79.
The RCA RS2130 Bookshelf Audio System also includes and iPod dock that is detached, 160-watt amplifier, CD player, radio, etc. It does use RCA's Rip&Go feature that can rip music from the radio or CD player directly to an MP3 player or other mass storage device. It will also be available in May for $169.


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By Anne Tergesen
Good news for America, perhaps: More people between the ages of 50 and 70 are interested in transitioning into careers with a social impact—a trend that could help address the country's social problems, while also shoring up some boomers' insufficient nest eggs.
According to a new survey by encore.org, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting public interest work among older adults, interest in such work rose significantly from 2011 to 2014. Now, 28% of people ages 50 to 70—a share that would represent 21 million Americans, in all—say they are "ready" to make the switch, up from 24% in 2011.
One obvious reason for the growing interest: Thanks to the rising stock market and improving job market, people are less worried about their finances—and so may be less likely to cling to their current jobs and paychecks. (Jim Emerman, an executive vice president at encore.org, says that interest in public-interest work declined during the worst of the recession.)
Only 12% of those with a serious interest in "encore work" say the economy represents an obstacle to their plans – down from the 30% in 2011 who reported "significant concerns that a next act focused on social impact wouldn't provide the income they needed," says Emerman.
Still, the survey results aren't all rosy. Despite boomers' best intentions, only 6% have already moved into nonprofit careers – a relatively low proportion, considering the interest. Even more depressing: The same fraction, or 6%, reported having made the switch in 2011—an indication that little real progress has been made.
Why the lack of follow-through?Emerman has a few theories. First and foremost, he says, is the still-soft economy. Despite people's diminishing concerns about the economic cost of leaving their jobs for nonprofit work, jobs remain hard to come by – particularly for people ages 55-plus. "When people go out looking for paying jobs at nonprofits, they are still confronting a harsh reality — that the jobs just aren't there," Emerman says.
Moreover, he adds, older adults "could be experiencing age discrimination."
"I don't think there is yet sufficient appreciation on the part of nonprofit employers of the value that encore talent can bring. I think there is an undervaluing of experience," he says.
Among the survey's other findings:
- 70% of those who are doing encore work are doing something different than their primary career. Among those who have yet to make the shift, 62% say they want to try something new.
- The average age at which people say they want to take the plunge: 61
- 86% of those with encore careers say their new gig is "more enjoyable" than their prior career.
Also on Encore:
Age-bias laws backfire on jobless boomers
Will retirees get their IRA tax break back?
Managed accounts: Too pricey for retirees?
Anne Tergesen covers retirement for The Wall Street Journal. Follow her on Twitter @AnneTergesen.


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - British International Language School in Budapest Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in British International Language School in Budapest Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Europe Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message BlueStaterJoined: 24 Oct 2012Posts: 20Location: Bangkok Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 2:34 am Post subject: British International Language School in Budapest Does anyone have any information about this school? It appears legit, but I am always wary when asked to send money upfront. *Though, in this case the upfront $$ is for Euro work visa (I am American) and refundable key (apartment) money. Thanks in advance! Back to top artemisiaJoined: 04 Nov 2008Posts: 875Location: the world Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 5:27 am Post subject: I'm just wondering, Bluestater, where you saw this job advert, who's asking you to send money (and how)? The school itself or a recruiter? Others will probably be along to clarify matters, but I think it's got to be a scam. I only know of the British International School in Budapest, but even if there genuinely is a "British International Language School", the name is most likely being used by scammers. Back to top spiral78Joined: 05 Apr 2004Posts: 11518Location: On a Short Leash Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 7:54 am Post subject: Private language school cannot pay for a 'Euro work visa.' There is no such thing as a 'Euro work visa.' Hungary, being a 'new' EU member state,I THINK still does allow legal permits to be issued to non-EU citizens (this is true in the Czech Rep, Poland, and Slovakia, but I do not have direct knowledge of the current law in Hungary). However, there should be NO upfront fees. The normal procedure is to go to Hungary, sign a work contract, then immediately make application for work permits, usually assisted by the school so far as paperwork. There may be a small fee for all this, but upfront is not the norm; you have to have a signed work contract in advance. Another red flag is if they are recruiting from abroad. In this region, it's very rare to be hired sight-unseen. There are simply plenty of teachers around in most every case so that reputable schools don't need to take a chance on anyone sight-unseen. Please do let us know how this works out, and be extremely careful. It does honestly sound quite suspicious. PS - another indication of scam; what is the origin of the email address of the country? (.cz being Czech Rep, .ca being Canada, etc.; I'm not sure what the address is for Hungary, but it should be google-able) Back to top BlueStaterJoined: 24 Oct 2012Posts: 20Location: Bangkok Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 10:28 am Post subject: I have the contract in front of me and it all appears very legitimate. It is for the British International Language School located at the British International School located at Kiscelli koz 17. I am to send $$ WU to the British international school offices at their verified address in London. I have been teaching ESL in Korea for two years and saw the ad on one of the major ESL job sites, and I nailed the interview. Certainly hope its all legitimate. I even sent a brief email to the Language School London offices giving them the name of the person i am to send the $$ to over there. Back to top artemisiaJoined: 04 Nov 2008Posts: 875Location: the world Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 11:11 am Post subject: You mean it's saying it's one and the same as the B I S? The British International School is a reputable chain of schools for primary and secondary school students. They would recruit certified school teachers. I dont see any mention of a separate language school on the Budapest site. Have you already looked here? http://www.nordanglia.com/budapest/home.html Is this the email address you used for the London office? http://www.thebis.com/contact-us/ W U = Western Union? I cant believe the B I S would be using Western Union!! Money to be sent via W U (untraceable) is usually a sure sign of a scam. People on these boards have reported elaborate scams involving quite authentic sounding interviews via Skype. I cant remember which thread or which forum. I'd be ringing and checking with B I S London directly before I sent any money. Back to top spiral78Joined: 05 Apr 2004Posts: 11518Location: On a Short Leash Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 12:16 pm Post subject: I can't imagine that BIS would ask a teacher to pay any fee for a visa. Actual international schools normally take care of any such costs. Back to top Xie LinJoined: 21 Oct 2011Posts: 731 Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 1:16 pm Post subject: Re: British International Language School in Budapest BlueStater wrote: Does anyone have any information about this school? It appears legit, but I am always wary when asked to send money upfront. *Though, in this case the upfront $$ is for Euro work visa (I am American) and refundable key (apartment) money. Thanks in advance! I cannot recall a sinle incident of a request to send money by WU for visa processing or lodging that did NOT turn out to be a scam. It has probably happened, but be aware that the odds are against this being a legitimate offer. I certainly hope it is, but be alert, cautious, and verify everything. I wouldn't go any further without calling the BIS at a verifiable number to ask about the language school and this job offer. . Back to top BlueStaterJoined: 24 Oct 2012Posts: 20Location: Bangkok Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 1:35 pm Post subject: Yeah guys, it is one and the same as British International School (as the school teaches a variety of subjects, the Language school gets its name). It's been vetted and verified. I definitely had my doubts as well until I emailed and called. Back to top QaaolchouraJoined: 10 Oct 2008Posts: 539Location: 21 miles from the Syrian border Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 1:52 pm Post subject: You called the London office, as listed on the website, and they confirmed the Budapest office is offering you a job, and that the Western Union thing is Kosher? Well, if you're certain they're not your run-of-the mill Western Union scammer, best of luck to you I suppose. Would you mind reporting back when you actually start working there? I don't think I'll believe it otherwise. Regards, ~Q Back to top BlueStaterJoined: 24 Oct 2012Posts: 20Location: Bangkok Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 3:39 pm Post subject: Thanks for all of your responses, I'm opting out, all in all it does sound fishy- that's my update. On to Taiwan or Vietnam...warmer there anyway Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15327 Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 8:51 pm Post subject: SCAM Back to top artemisiaJoined: 04 Nov 2008Posts: 875Location: the world Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 9:50 pm Post subject: Yeah, I think we're all in agreement. If the email address Blueslater has matches the one in the link (London) I posted before, then I wonder how genuine that site is. British International Schools dont all come under the same group, but jobs are usually posted on sites like TES, not ESL job sites. Its not just about money; its also handing in notice and possibly travelling. Scams seem to be getting more elaborate and detailed: interviews/websites/contracts. But scammers cant cover themselves fully. Out of the number of red flags pointed out, WU is a flashing light. Back to top redcard23Joined: 15 Feb 2013Posts: 9 Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 9:31 pm Post subject: I am working in Budapest and can definitely confirm that this is a scam. The address that you mentioned Kiscelli 17 has only the British International School , there is no language school. The international school hire teachers directly to teach ESL and they advertise via tes and the likes.... 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2007 Mercedes-Benz S-Class ReviewThis car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale.
All-new, ultramodern, ultra fast, ultra safe.
The Mercedes-Benz S-Class has been the sales leader in luxury sedans for four decades. The outgoing model remained the segment leader in sales even after seven years on the market. Indeed, half of all the cars priced over $100,000 sold in the U.S. are still S-Class Benzes. That tells you something about the reputation of Mercedes-Benz's most expensive, most elaborate sedan.
Now, Mercedes has introduced an all-new S-Class. The exterior design, the interior design, and the onboard controls systems are entirely new, and all of the safety systems have been upgraded and even further integrated. Only a few parts and systems carry over from the previous-generation models, such as the air suspension system, the seven-speed automatic transmission, and most of the safety systems.
Competition among the best of the mainstream luxury cars is tough, but Mercedes may have risen to the top of the class with this ninth generation of S-Class models.
For 2007, two models of the S-Class are available: the S550 ($85,400), and the S600 ($139,900). Each is distinguished mainly by their engines. The gas guzzler tax on the V8 is $1000, and on the V12 version, $3000.
The S550 is powered by a completely new engine, the 5.5-liter V8 that has gone back to a 4-valve-per-cylinder design. The top-of-the-line S600 is powered by an upgraded version of the 6.0-liter 3-valve V12 twin-turbo engine currently used in the $350,000 Maybach sedans rated at 510 horsepower.
The S550 model offers extremely high levels of standard equipment, befitting its high market position. Virtually every comfort and convenience item is standard, with a huge option list to ease customization. The S600 adds Parktronic front and rear parking radar system, and the newly updated Distronic radar-controlled cruise control. The V8s come with the seven-speed automatic, while the V12 is equipped with a heavy-duty five-speed automatic.
Options include Active Body Control ($3900, standard on S600), Night View Assist ($1775), Parktronic park assist ($650), Distronic Plus cruise control ($2850), wood-and-leather steering wheel ($550), heated steering wheel ($450), dynamic multicontour front seats ($1800), Keyless Go ($950), power rear and side window shades ($700), Panorama glass roof ($1000), a reverse camera that displays on the COMAND screen ($1000), 19-inch wheels ($1200), 18-inch chromed wheels ($1000), and an electronic trunk closer ($500), Packages include the AMG Sport package of wheels, exhaust tips and body moldings ($5600), the P1A package of heated rear seats and Sirius satellite radio ($1250), and active ventilated rear heated power seat package ($2900). The S600 has a new designo Mystic White white-and-black interior and exterior design option for $9295, with only one other option, the 19-inch wheels for $1200.
The new S-Class safety package is unequalled in the class, with all the usual brake and airbag technology upgraded and Pre-Safe accident-readiness equipment made standard. The Brake Assist feature has been improved to Brake Assist Plus status, and is fully integrated with Parktronic and Distronic, respectively the radar-controlled parking and distance-controlling cruise control systems. The system now has two forward-facing radar systems, and can apply the brakes at any speed from zero up to about 125 mph and bring the car to a full stop without driver input. The company says the new system can reduce rear-end collisions in stop-and-go traffic by up to 75 percent. An added wrinkle to the revised PreSafe system that closes the sunroof, closes windows and repositions the seat in the event of an impending collision is that the air chambers in the backs of the multicountour bucket seats inflate to add support to the upper body in case of a rear-ender. The Electronic Stability Program, or ESP, which was introduced to the world on the S-Class two generations ago, is back as standard equipment, with two new features: trailer stabilization, and tire-pressure monitoring.
Another new offering is the optional Night View Assist. It uses infrared, not thermal imaging as the Cadillac's older systems. Using infrared headlamps, a tiny camera picks up and projects clear, sharp images of what's ahead of the car. The picture is displayed in the space normally occupied by the speedometer and tachometer, which change to bar graphs underneath the night vision display when it's activated. Unlike the thermal systems, the Mercedes system uses a sharper SIMOS display instead of a CCD, it does not depend on heat generated by engines or humans to create images, and can operate unaffected by temperature extremes. The system is a world first, and an exclusive S-Class option.
4Matic all-wheel drive is expected in the fourth quarter of 2006 for V8 models, but it is not available for the V12 version. A high-performance AMG model with a new 6.3-liter naturally aspirated V8 replacing the supercharged 5.
The new Mercedes S-Class is longer, wider and taller than the outgoing models, with a wheelbase that is a full three inches longer. Although a short-wheelbase model is available in other markets, as is an S 320 V6 diesel and an S 350 gasoline V6 model, the U.S. market will get only the roomier long-wheelbase version with V8 or V12 power, at least for now.
The exterior features a completely new, more aerodynamically efficient shape. Most noticeable are the exaggerated fender flares front and rear. New design cues include a more upright grille, new headlamps and new tail lamps, the latter with thick body-colored horizontal bars running through them, all tied together with lower body molding. For the first time in the design history of the S-Class, the decklid opening is not contained within the rear fenders, but instead extends out to the side of the body, with a distinctly raised position that looks a bit like the rear end of a 7 Series BMW. That was done for exactly the same aerodynamic reasons as on the BMW, to give the air rushing over the long, long roof panel a good place to separate cleanly from the body without causing drag. A side benefit is a huge trunk opening for easy loading. Active bi-xenon headlamps which illuminate around corners, and cornering fog lamps that illuminate the front corner areas of the car, are standard equipment.
This is the sportiest-looking S-Class ever with this new shape. Despite its increased size, width and height, it has the best aerodynamic rating in the entire luxury class, a 0.26 coefficient of drag, a figure that is among the best in the world, regardless of vehicle size or class. To keep weight down, the hood, decklid, door skins, and much of the door interiors are all made of various aluminum alloys, while the main body shell is made of high-strength steel.
A wide variety of wheel designs and sizes is available to suit each model, with a number of optional wheel and tire combinations. The S550 will come with nine-spoke 18-inch wheels with an optional five-spoke 18-inch alloy wheel or a chrome version of the same wheel or a 19-inch 22-spoke alloy wheel with 255/40R19 front and 275/40R19 rear tires or a 19-inch split spoke design with the same staggered tires. The S600 starts with a beautiful five-spoke 18-inch alloy wheel with 255/45R18 front and 275/55R18 rear tires. An AMG alloy wheel is available for the staggered 255/275 19-inch tire combination as well.
An optional AMG Sport package adds the big AMG wheels, a new front bumper with lower intakes and lamps, a new rear bumper, exaggerated side sills, and twin dual-outlet chrome exhaust tips.
The new Mercedes S-Class boasts one of the most beautiful interior executions on the market today. Nothing in the interior of the outgoing car, absolutely nothing, was kept for this new S-Class. Every gauge, indicator, switch, lever, display and lamp has been changed.
The most striking change is in the COMAND system in the center of the dash that operates the radio, telephone, entertainment system, navigation system, and vehicle systems. Where the old system was sort of blue on gray, mounted low in the center stack of the console, the new system uses a large, deeply hooded and high-mounted 16:9 ratio full-color display screen, with a console-mounted knob that twists and pushes to change categories and change settings. Everything is done with the twist-and-push controller that operates like the BMW iDrive or Audi MMI systems, only better. It's far easier to use and understand, even without resorting to reading the manual, far more intuitive than the BMW and Audi systems or its predecessor. Select the vehicle systems and the display changes to a silhouette drawing of the car where you can customize 10 different settings to your preferences as easily as using a point-and-shoot camera.
Any item inside that was once black plastic with a white ideogram has been changed to a ridged matte silver button with a white-on-black ideogram above or below it that lights up when the lights go on to be visible in night driving. The driver's door panel is packed with controls for windows and mirrors, including a folding function, and in this case they fumbled. The switches that select the left or right mirror to be adjusted or folded are so tiny that the average driver will probably hit both at once until he or she is used to the change (they each light up with a red jewel to show you which side you're adjusting). The steering wheel has been redesigned to make the audio and other functions easier, with a pair of round controls in the spokes that can do up/down and left/right function selection and change, such as radio station, CD or MP3 track, volume, and muting.
Interior environment is controlled by a new switch panel at the center of the dash, with four vents and a new air conditioning system that is both vertically layered and capable of focused, medium, or diffuse air distribution throughout the car, with two zones in front and two in the ear, each with its own controls. Oh, and that thing that looks like a folded-up wood-grained, chrome-edged cellular telephone, on the console just behind the COMAND interface, is exactly that: a telephone dialer.
Another brand new wrinkle is a strip of ambient lighting in the cockpit that starts on the left door, goes all the way across the lower part of the dash, under the wood trim panel, and all the way back on the right door, creating a continuous ribbon of light that can be adjusted through five brightness levels by using the Vehicle portion of the COMAND system. A beautiful touch in a beautifully organized, visually exciting interior.
The new transmission shifter operates like the one in the new M-Class and R-Class SUVs: A tiny stalk on the right side of the column features up, down and in positions for Reverse, Neutral, Drive and Park modes, and all models come with three-mode shifting including Manual, Sport and Comfort shifting using the steering wheel paddles on the reverse side of the spokes, left for downshifts, right for upshifts. While we liked the new metallic interior panels very much, we didn't like the chrome tip on the shifter handle, because it's bright chrome, and it glares like crazy on a sunny day, directly where the driver is looking. We'd prefer the matte metal finish.
The CD/DVD system loads behind a panel under the HVAC system, and contains a slot for loading a PCM/CIA memory card to an internal hard-drive that will play up to 1550 songs through the Harmon/Kardon 5.1 Logic 7 600-watt, 14-speaker surround sound system. The system is comp.
Driving Impression
Power (and money) have a lot to do with choosing among the new Mercedes S-Class models. The S550 comes with a 5.5-liter engine that has 80 horsepower more it did with the old 5.0-liter 3-valve V8, and it can sprint from 0-60 in 5.5 seconds. The 5.5-liter biturbo V12, lifted from the Maybach and bumped to 510 horsepower and 610 foot-pounds of torque, will do the sprint in a staggering 4.5 seconds. And, remember, this is a huge, heavy, fully equipped luxury car.
Both transmissions upshift and downshift with the speed of a lightning bolt, with no hesitation whatever, regardless of shift mode. The transmission is designed to upshift at redline to protect the engine.
The Airmatic air suspension system has been retuned to give a far sportier and yet flatter ride than the previous S-Class could offer. The Adaptive Damping System shock absorbers and the steering effort and feel have also been retuned toward the sporty end of the spectrum with no dartiness, just a nice, progressive feel. The Automatic Body Control active suspension option cuts body roll at a rate 60-percent higher than the first version, and you can really feel it working when you throw the car into a fast, sweeping downhill curve like those we experienced on our Swiss-Italian test drive.
The new Brake Assist Plus brakes are, in a word, spectacular in their stopping power and stopping distance performance. With the new system, the brake lights go to full brightness and pulsate in the event of a panic or ABS stop.
We solved all of the mysteries of a brand-new car with a completely new switch layout and control system without looking in the owner's manual. It's that easy to go from one of last year's models to the 2007 S-Class, and we think that counts for a lot for the older portion of Mercedes-Benz's clientele with this car. It may be inordinately quick and fast on its feet for a big luxury car, but it's also easy to use and easy to learn.
It's also quiet. Mercedes-Benz says they spent an inordinate amount of time and money using human volunteers on the quiet aspects of the car, and called in some of the experts from the Maybach ultra-luxury car team. There are 170 individual pieces of sound and noise control equipment in the new car, including a patented front floor panel that cuts both noise and vibration. At continuous cruising speeds up to 125 mph, the S-Class is very, very quiet.
Our final word on the subject of the new S-Class is that we think there isn't a better luxury car for the price produced anywhere in the world. It's monstrously quick, 155 mph fast (limited by electronics, not power), much sportier than we expected, quiet as a winter night in Wyoming, and comfortable enough for the famous Bangor to Tijuana run twice a week for a month. The safety achievements alone would be reason enough to buy this car, but when you throw in the dramatic new looks, the power and the performance, the case is made.
New Car Test Drive correspondent Jim McCraw filed this report from the Swiss Alps.
Model Lineup
Mercedes-Benz S550 ($85,400); S600 ($139,900).
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Automatic Body Control suspension ($3900); Parktronic ($650).
Model Tested
Mercedes-Benz S550 ($85,400).The Mercedes-Benz S-Class has been the sales leader in luxury sedans for four decades. It is quick, quiet, and the safety achievements alone would be reason enough to buy this car. The S550 is powered by a completely new engine, the 5.5-liter V8 that has gone back to a 4-valve-per-cylinder design. It offers extremely high levels of standard equipment, befitting its high market position. Virtually every comfort and convenience item is standard, with a huge option list to ease customization. The V8 engine comes mated to a seven-speed automatic. The new S-Class safety package is unequalled in the class, with all the usual brake and airbag technology upgraded and Pre-Safe accident-readiness equipment made standard. The Electronic Stability Program is back as standard equipment, with two new features: trailer stabilization, and tire-pressure monitoring. The Mercedes-Benz S-Class is fully re-designed for 2007.
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As a response to the Boston Marathon bombing, President Obama said, "Anytime bombs are used to target innocent civilians, it is an act of terror."
On April 7, the U.S. dropped a bomb on an Afghan home killing 11 Afghan children and two women; prolific tears for the Newtown, Conn. kids, but not one teary eye for the dead kids of Afghanistan.
All kids are equal. These kinds of killings happen all too frequently. Maybe President Obama and the U.S. public do not care about Afghan children being killed by U.S. bombs, but the parents of those kids are probably a little irritated with the U.S. policy of killing innocent children and pretending they don't matter.
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