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Emerson CF2000AP Maui Bay 52" Indoor/Outdoor Ceiling Fan in Antique Pewter
- Antique pewter exterior housing but does not include blade set
- Better built for maximum durability and reliability
- Easy-to-use and traditional pull-chain control
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Emerson CF2000AP Maui Bay 52" Indoor/Outdoor Ceiling Fan in Antique Pewter can be installed inside or outside of the home for comfort anywhere.
Easy and Versatile
This unit installs in virtually any location to ensure superior versatility while remaining easy to use under any circumstance.
Beauty and Attraction
Beautiful and attractive, this unit will only improve upon your existing decor whether located in or outside of the home.
High Build Quality
Built to ensure the highest level of durability, this unit includes superior parts and materials that are unmatched in the industry.
Warrantied for Life
A limited lifetime warranty is included to show that you can expect years of reliable performance and comfort without failure.
May be subject to restocking fee. Blade set sold separately.
Guaranteed Satisfaction.
- Up To 30 days to return your purchase
- Money back guaranteed
- Free return shipping
- No restocking fees
- Model: CF2000AP
- Product Type: 52" Indoor/Outdoor Ceiling Fan in Antique Pewter
- Product Color: Antique Pewter
- Application: Cools air.
- Warranty: Limited lifetime
- Type: Ceiling Fan
- Max Air Flow: 5140 CFM
- Diameter: 52 inches
- Voltage: 120 volts, 120 volts
- Oscillation: No
- Watts: 56 watts, 56 watts
- Usage: Indoor , Outdoor
- Certified for Commercial Use: No
- Energy Star Certified: No
- Fan Blades Finish: Does not include fan blades - must be purchased separately
- Motor Finish: Pewter
- Room Size: Standard Room
- Ceiling Fan Style: Rustic/Tropical , Transitional/Casual
- Number of Paddles: 5
- Includes Light: No
- Control Type: Pull chain
- Mount Type: Standard
- Includes: Downrod , Mounting Hardware
- Remote Control Compatible: Yes
- Downrod Length: 6 inches
- Must Be Purchased Separately: Fan Blades , Remote Control , Light Kit
- Light Kit Compatible: Yes
- Optional Accessories: Remote Control , Light Kit , Fan Blades
- Certified for Use in Damp Areas: Yes
- Antique pewter exterior housing but does not include blade set
- Better built for maximum durability and reliability
- Capable of being installed in damp environments
- Easy-to-use and traditional pull-chain control
- Indoor/outdoor installation flexibility
- Warrantied for life to ensure superior performance


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Bruce E. Gnade, PhD
Distinguished Chair in Microelectronics
Chemistry and Electrical Engineering
Materials Science
Research Group / Personal Webpage
B.A., St. Louis University (1976): Chemistry
Ph.D. , Georgia Institute of Technology (1982)
Advisor: Richard W. Fink
Research Description
Electronic materials, with an emphasis on materials and processes for flexible electronics and thermoelectrics, field emission devices, radiation detectors, thin-film electronics
Selected Publications
H. Charkhkar, G.L. Knaack, B.E. Gnade, E.W. Keefer, J.J. Pancrazio, "Development and Demonstration of a Disposable Low-Cost Microelectrode Array for Cultured Neuronal Network Recording", Sensors and Act. B 161, 655 (2012).
R.P. Gupta, J. Sharp, A. Peng, S. Perera, C. Ballinger, T. Zheng, B. Gnade, "Inorganic Colloidal Solution-Based Approach to Nanocrystal Synthesis of (Bi,Sb)2Te3", J. Elect. Mat. 41, 1537 (2012).
D. Mao, I. Mejia, H. Stiegler, B.E. Gnade and M.A. Quevedo-Lopez, "Fatigue Characteristics of Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluorothylene) copolymer Ferroelectric Thin Film Capacitors for Flexible Electronics Memory Applications", Organic Electronics 12, 1298 (2011).
Israel Mejia, Ana L. Salas-Villasenor, Adrian Avendano-Bolivar, Julius Horvath, Harvey Stiegler, Bruce E. Gnade and Manuel A. Quevedo-Lopez, "Low-Temperature Hybrid CMOS Circuits Based on Chalcogenides and Organic TFTs", Electron Dev. Letts. 32, 1086 (2011).
U.S. Bhansali, H. Jia. I.W.H. Oswald, M.A. Omary, B.E. Gnade, "High efficiency warm-white organic light emitting diodes from a single emitter in graded-doping device architecture", Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 183305 (2012).
N. Hundt, K. Palaniappan, P. Sista, J.W. Murphy, J. Hao, H. Nguyen, E. Stein, M.C. Biewer, B.E. Gnade, M.C. Stefan, "Synthesis and characterization of polythiophenes with alkenyl substituents", Polymer Chemistry 1, 1624 (2010).
E. Fuentes-Fernandez, W. Debray-Mechtaly, M.A. Quevedo-Lopez, B. Gnade, A. Rajasekaran, A. Hande, P. Shah and H.N. Alshareef, "Fabrication and Characterization of Pb(Zr0.53,Ti0.47)O3-Pb(Nb1/3 Zn2/3)O3 Thin Films on Cantilever Stacks", J. Electron. Mat. 40, 85 (2011).
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I'm heading over to Adelaide to see my family, do some training with my old mates at SASI, and do a race. Packing the bare minimum (which is still a fair bit of stuff when you do all of that) took me way over and I'm now $90 lighter- almost more than my airfare.
If you booked your ticket before 27 April you are entitled to 28kg, although you need to argue that at checkin as they don't volunteer it.
It's sad to see Virgin going the way of other airlines as they used to be the cyclist-friendly airline. No more.
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MOZART Piano Concertos Nos. 17 + 21 / Pires, Abbad 4399412
I have only praise for the performance [of the Piano Concerto No. 21], Pires delivers it in a redeemingly Mozartian way. There is no obvious alternative coupling for these two concertos, and if there were it would have to be of remarkable quality to better this outstanding new disc.
This could be the disc I take away to my desert island. Despite the wonderful instrumental playing here, I was always drawn to how Mozart, my favourite composer, sounded in the hands of my favourite conductor. In a word: sublime.


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Soft Robotics -- preview issue of groundbreaking journal on engineered soft devices that interact with living systems
Soft Robotics (SoRo), a new peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the science and engineering of soft materials in mobile machines.
New Rochelle, NY, July 18, 2013-Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers (http://www.liebertpub.com) has introduced a preview issue of Soft Robotics (SoRo), a new peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the science and engineering of soft materials in mobile machines. The scope and contents of the Journal capture the innovative research on robotic technology that is enabling robots to interact safely with living systems and to function in complex natural or human-built environments. Soft Robotics will be available online with Open Access options and in print. The articles in the preview issue are available free on the Soft Robotics website (http://www.liebertpub.com/soro)
The insightful Roundtable Discussion included in the preview issue, "At the Crossroads: Interdisciplinary Paths to Soft Robots," brings together experts in the many diverse fields needed for the successful development, integration, and application of this complex technology. The panelists discuss the challenges, opportunities, state-of-the-field, and future promise of soft robotics.
Participants in the Roundtable, who also contributed review articles to the preview issue, included Randy Ewoldt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ("Extremely Soft: Design with Rheologically-Complex Fluids"), Mirko Kovač, Imperial College London, UK ("The Bioinspiration Design Paradigm: A Perspective for Soft Robotics"), Hod Lipson, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY ("Challenges and Opportunities for Design, Simulation, and Fabrication of Robots"), Nanshu Lu, University of Texas at Austin ("Flexible and Stretchable Electronics Paving the Way for Soft Robotics"), Mohsen Shahinpoor, University of Maine, Orono ("A Review of Ionic Polymeric Soft Actuators and Sensors"), and Carmel Majidi, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA ("Soft Robotics-A Perspective: Current Trends and Prospects for the Future").
The preview issue also includes the original research article "A Hybrid Combining Hard and Soft Robots" by A.A. Stokes et al., University of Edinburgh.
"The next frontier in robotics is to make machines that can assist us in everyday activities, at home, in the office, in hospitals, and even in natural environments," says Editor-in-Chief Barry A. Trimmer, PhD, Henry Bromfield Pearson Professor of Natural Sciences and Director, Neuromechanics and Biomimetic Devices Laboratory, Tufts University, Medford, MA. "Soft Robotics provides a forum, for the first time, for scientists and engineers across diverse fields to work together to build the next generation of interactive robots. This journal provides biologists, engineers, materials specialists, and computer scientists a common meeting place, and we are very excited about this new forum."
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Soft Robotics (SoRo), a new peer-reviewed journal published quarterly online with Open Access options and in print, combines advances in biomedical engineering, biomechanics, mathematical modeling, biopolymer chemistry, computer science, and tissue engineering to present new approaches to the creation of robotic technology and devices that can undergo dramatic changes in shape and size in order to adapt to various environments. Led by Editor-in-Chief Barry A. Trimmer, PhD and a distinguished team of Associate Editors, the Journal provides the latest research and developments on topics such as soft material creation, characterization, and modeling; flexible and degradable electronics; soft actuators and sensors; control and simulation of highly deformable structures; biomechanics and control of soft animals and tissues; biohybrid devices and living machines; and design and fabrication of conformable machines. Complete information is available on the SoRo website (http://www.liebertpub.com/soro).
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Not to mention not being a hardcase and openly dismissive about people who, if you look carefully enough, are doing you a favour. We're on your side to the point that well established gods mostly have less devout followers than your game...
What sidestepper, and the rest of us, are saying is true, and if you think about it with an open mind you will come to realize this. It's also pretty mild, and some of it can be adressed in less drastic ways. But if you dismiss people who are willing to do the insane and do what we've been doing for a year and give us a very uninformed "reasons why you suck" speech - you put yourself into a position where once you realize that we are in fact pretty fair, benevolent and right about what we are saying, and do something about it it's gonna look like "we won". And we aren't trying to "win" anything and it's not about us not understanding the logic behind the original design decision, it's us, the most masochistic and inventive of us, trying to tell you that it's not working as intended.
I'm sure you are familiar with the story of the genious architec who designed a neighbourhood with green areas, but didn't make any pathways. He waited for a few months for people to form natural paths and then paved them, and everyone was happy. I'm not asking you to give us as much weight as the award winning guy, but I can guarantee that a decent compromise would be very beneficial to your game. I don't care if you openly acknowledge when I'm right about something - I read it off changelogs. This is one such thing - the problem is there, it's a big one, and it's there wheter we talk about it, not talk about it or even if you acknowledge it or not. Except if you don't even acknowledge it it's still going to be there, and it's hurting your game more than it's hurting anything else.
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Nation's First Marijuana Club Closes After One Day
A landlord dispute has led to the closure of the United States first known legal pot club in Colorado.
The Associated Press reports Tuesday that the White Horse Inn in the southern Colorado town of Del Norte closed a day after its opening because of a landlord dispute.
Owner Paul Lovato says that he wanted to be first in the nation to open a marijuana club. He beat another marijuana club in Denver by a few hours.
Lovato says his lease on the building didn't start until Tuesday. Lovato said that when his landlord saw the publicity about the club, he canceled the lease before it took effect.
Colorado voters in November legalized use and limited possession of marijuana. The marijuana measure bans public consumption but doesn't ban members-only group smoke-outs.
According to an attorney for another pot-smoking club in Denver the clubs are permissible under Colorado's new constitutional amendment on marijuana. Marijuana will not be sold at clubs. He said Denver's Club 64 had 200 members over age 21, as of Monday, who had paid $29.99 for a one-time club event.
Law enforcement officials in Wyoming have recently voiced concern over the passage of Colorado's Amendment 64, which legalized marijuana for recreational use in Colorado.


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Duties and Responsibilities of the Purdue University Animal Care and Use Committee (PACUC) (B-1)
(Supersedes Executive Memorandum No. B-1, dated July 1, 1971)
June 20, 1986
To: Chancellors, Deans, Directors, and Heads of Schools, Divisions, Departments and Offices
Re: Duties and Responsibilities of the Purdue University Animal Care and Use Committee (PACUC)
Executive Memorandum No. B-1, July 1, 1971, established the University Committee on Animal Care. The major responsibility of the Committee was to ensure the humane care of laboratory animals. Advances in the field of animal experimentation and recently issued Federal policies and regulations require that attention be directed not only to the care but also to the use of laboratory animals in research, testing, and teaching.
The Purdue Animal Care and Use Committee (PACUC) consists of members representing the major animal use areas of the University as well as other members mandated by law. PACUC members are appointed annually by the President upon the recommendation of the Vice President for Research, in consultation with the various Deans. The chairman will be appointed in a similar manner. The chairman will preside at the regular meetings of the PACUC, assure timely reviews of all animal use protocols, file an annual report with the Vice President for Research, as well as other designated functions.
University laboratory animals are vertebrate animals that are housed, cared for and used in any of Purdue University's schools, departments or other units and are used or intended for use in teaching, testing or research.
The University Laboratory Animal Veterinarian is a veterinarian trained in laboratory animal medicine who is responsible for the daily conduct of the Laboratory Animal Care and Use Program at Purdue University and its regional campuses. The individual will report directly to the Vice President for Research but will receive direction from the PACUC on policies and procedures and be responsible to the Committee for the enforcement of designated policies and procedures.
Effective immediately, and continuing until further notice, the duties and responsibilities of the PACUC are as follows:
- Review and approve or disapprove the animal care and use procedures in all research, testing, and teaching activities that utilize University laboratory animals. The review shall confirm that the activity will be conducted in accordance with the Animal Welfare Act and that the activity is consistent with the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (N.I.H. Publication No. 85-23 or succeeding revised editions) unless acceptable justification for a departure is presented. The PACUC shall determine that the activity conforms to Purdue University's Assurance to N.I.H. and meets the following requirements:
- Procedures with animals will avoid or minimize discomfort, distress and pain to the animals, consistent with sound research design.
- Procedures that may cause more than momentary or slight pain or distress to the animals will be performed with appropriate sedation, analgesia or anesthesia, unless the procedure is justified for scientific reasons in writing by the investigator.
- Animals that would otherwise experience severe or chronic pain or distress that cannot be relieved will be euthanatized at the end of the procedure or, if appropriate, during the procedure.
- The living conditions of animals will be appropriate for their species and contribute to their health and comfort. The assurance of proper housing, feeding and nonmedical care of the University laboratory animals will be the responsibility of the University Laboratory Animal Veterinarian or delegated representative trained and experienced in the proper care, handling and use of the species being maintained or studied.
- Medical care for University laboratory animals will be available and provided as necessary by a qualified veterinarian.
- Personnel conducting procedures on the species being maintained or studied will be appropriately qualified and trained in those procedures.
- Methods of euthanasia used will be consistent with the recommendations of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Panel on Euthanasia unless a deviation is justified for scientific reasons in writing by the investigator. PACUC shall make available a document on "Procedures to obtain Approval of Grants or Contract Applications and Testing and Teaching Protocols for the Use of Vertebrate Laboratory Animals".
- Suspend activities involving University laboratory animals if such activities are not in accordance with applicable provisions of the Animal Welfare Act, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (N.I.H. Publication No. 85-23 or succeeding revised editions), Purdue University's Assurance to N.I.H. and Purdue University's regulations.
- Update as required or mandated, guidelines for housing, care and use of University laboratory animals.
- Assist the staff responsible for each University animal facility in outlining and updating specific guidelines for animal care and use in that facility. These guidelines shall be in compliance with the Animal Welfare Act, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (N.I.H. Publication No 85-23 or succeeding revised editions), Purdue University's Assurance to N.I.H. and Purdue University regulations.
- Provide for training in animal welfare of University personnel involved in the care and use of University laboratory animals.
- Inspect, as required or requested, all University laboratory animal facilities and study areas.
- Ascertain that all University animal facilities comply with current Federal regulations, policies and guidelines and any special University regulations relating to the safety and health of both humans and animals involved with such facilities.
- Review and approve plans for animal facilities in new buildings or for renovations or remodeling of existing University animal facilities. It is the responsibility of the Director of Facilities Planning to obtain clearance from the PACUC before the estimate will be released to the requesting department.
- Prepare and disseminate information involving the housing, care or use as well as new regulations or procedures pertaining to University laboratory animals.
- Be cognizant of all Federal, State or University guides, laws and regulations related to the humane care and use of University laboratory animals.
- Report as necessary, but at least annually, to the Vice President for Research, and make recommendations concerning University practices that will meet the requirements as described in 10 above.
- Maintain records of activities, actions and decisions of the Purdue Animal Care and Use Committee.
- Assist in the prospective planning of Purdue's Laboratory Animal Program and Facilities.
Executive Memorandum A-299 relating to the care and use of nonhuman primates and Executive Memorandum B-62 relating to physical examinations for animal care personnel remain in effect.
This Executive memorandum shall apply to all of the Purdue campuses.
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I'm interested in the telnet capability. Here's a question: if I want to telnet to other than port 23 on another computer, what do I need to put on the Dos command line? Example-- Let's say I want to telnet to Ip 220.127.116.11 (just made that up) on port 3567, how do I phrase the dos command line? Thanks.


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It's your first Valentine's Day together. You're enjoying the haze of new-found affection and lust, and as such, lingerie seems like the perfectly pitched gesture. You aim for something chic and expensive. You leave with overpriced dental floss that spends the rest of its short life stuffed into a drawer. You got it wrong. Again. Next time, here's how you get it right.
Underwear shopping can be embarrassing and for some cruel reason, the person you come face to face with is usually unfeasibly hot. Don't let your trousers or her charms lead you in the wrong direction. Research and buy online so you won't get distracted.
If she's ample up top, then she'll need an underwired bra. If she has more than enough, the service of specific brands will be required (Elle Macpherson Intimates and Stella McCartney go all the way up to E, F and G cups). Whatever you do, avoid anything that calls itself a "soft cup". These little beauties are more suited to barely-there types.
If you can't figure out what strap, clasp or clip goes where, chances are she won't either. If it's got more strings and things than a cat's cradle, I can pretty much guarantee it will be worn once and then never see the light of day again. Simple is often sexiest.
Men tend to think small when it comes to buying lingerie. Whether this is wishful thinking, a misjudged sort of kindness or an innate inability to gauge size and distance (wink, wink) remains a mystery to women the world over. Whatever the cause, stop it. Use your head. SpongeBob SquarePants wouldn't fit into Patrick Star's shorts and attempting to make him fit would be humiliating. Point made.


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Showy performances, big names and high hopes propel the film releases for November. As we head to the year's end, we need a few heroes at the multiplex. Remember: Opening dates are subject to change.
Release date: Nov. 5
Premise: The thrilling trailer suggests a space odyssey with ambitions to rival "2001." An interstellar mission, consisting of NASA remnants, hunts for answers to rescue a hungry, deteriorating Earth.
What to expect: Director Christopher Nolan (the "Dark Knight" trilogy, "Inception") is known for big movies, but he goes epic this time....


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#2: Institute of Medicine: 80% of all nurses should have BSN by 2020
Last year, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released The Future of Nursing, the culmination of its two-year, cooperative study of nursing and healthcare with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The study was commissioned because health leaders recognize that the health challenges faced by nurses today are not the same as those faced in the past. Today's patients are older, sicker and more diverse than ever before. The healthcare landscape has changed as well. Nurses today work out in the community and actively promote health and well-being for entire populations. The report concludes that "the ways in which nurses were educated during the 20th century are no longer adequate for dealing with the realities of health care in the 21st century."
Knowledge of basic nursing skills is no longer enough. According to the IOM, core competencies for today's nurses include:
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• Health policy
• System improvement
• Research and evidence-based practice
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Competency in specific content areas such as community and public health and geriatrics
• Technological knowledge
While the IOM recognizes that "a BSN education is not a panacea for all that is expected of nurses in the future", it recommends that the proportion of nurses with baccalaureate degrees increase to 80 percent by 2020. (They also recommend doubling the number of doctorate-prepared nurses by 2020!)


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While you can make the argument Twitter is local, the platform isn't inherently built to find out what's going on near you. What if you want to find something to do in your hometown, or locally while on vacation? Specific Twitter accounts can help you out, but the service doesn't have a native feature to get you this type of information. For that, we turn to places like Yelp and Foursquare. But according to AllThingsD, sources say Twitter is working on localizing the service to address this very issue.
Based on reports, users will be able to discover tweets from people around them within a specified perimeter of your current location. And whether or not you're following people may not really matter: Regardless, you would see tweets around you based on location. For example, if you choose to use the purported location feature, once activated you would start seeing tweets within your zip code, or within a certain distance (say, all tweets within 60 miles).
AllThingsD's Mike Issac says that the localized feature was birthed out of Twitter's Hack Week, an event where its employees gather around for an entire week and hack something together that may or may not make it into the final design. As for localization, apparently the feature has been experimental but something that has a good chance of making it into Twitter. It was even being tested in Boston last week.
The closest we have to discovering things happening locally is that "Trends" module that sits on the left side of your screen. You can change the trends based on location that you'd like to keep an eye on, whch Twitter has been adding more and more supported cities to. But all you really get to see are trending hashtags here. And these hashtags more often than not have nothing to do with your interests or for discovering real-life activities. If news about an election is big in your city, then that's going to show up in trending – so if you're looking for something to do, it's not always a sure bet it will help you find it.
The service would help with local discovery, but it would also give Twitter a new healthy batch of contextualized user data. It could even help the service eventually serve you hyperlocalized tweets (and Promoted Tweets, or ads) based on what you're tweeting. For example if Twitter thinks you're a music lover, Twitter might show you tweets from upcoming bands announcing their set next week. Or it might be a sports event at the local stadium if you're a sports fan. We're already seeing a good amount of these types of tweets, so you might feel annoyed at the idea of more promotional content – but you have to take it with the good, which is certainly what a local discovery feature would be for the platform.
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2013 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational Ford Results
Those who attend the biggest automotive trade show each year, the Specialty Equipment Market Association – or SEMA – held in Las Vegas, probably know of the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational (OUSCI) that takes place right after the show and is held right down the road in Pahrump, Nevada.
Drivers from all over and some straight off of the SEMA showroom floor, show off their skills in modern and classic muscle cars. When it comes to Ford vehicles, there were many Mustangs from classic to modern as well as a few other non-Mustang Fords competing at this year's OUSCI such as a '33 Ford Coupe, a '13 Focus ST, and a '72 Ford Maverick.
On Friday, November 8th, drivers met outside of the Las Vegas Convention Center around 3 p.m. in the silver lot near the Optima Battery rig to get ready for departure. At 4 p.m., everybody departed with the ending destination at the Carroll Shelby Museum.
Saturday, Nov. 9th, the day of the OUSCI, everyone started out bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, arriving at the Spring Mountain Motor Resort and Country Club with media check-in at the front gate and a drivers' meeting both at 7:00 a.m. From 7:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. was open track for the finalists.
The pace lap started at 8:10 a.m. with the Ridetech Street Autocross Challenge and BFGoodrich Hot Lap Challenge. With a small break for a complimentary lunch, the festivities started up again from 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. with the BFGoodrich Hot Lap Challenge, Wilwood Disc Brakes Speed Stop Challenge, and Lingenfelter Performance Design Challenge. At 3 p.m., the OPTIMA Invitational drivers/vehicles group photo was taken and then from 3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m., the awards were given out to participants. Gates closed at 5:30 p.m. Here were the Ford participants, the cars they drove starting with the ranked position they ended the day with.
No. 9 – Bret Voelkel – 1933 Ford Coupe
No. 11 – Corey Weber – 1969 Ford Mustang
No. 13 – Alan Palmer – 1965 Ford Mustang
No. 15 – Dave Eckert – 1969 Ford Mustang Mach IV
No. 20 – Ed Moss – 1967 Ford Mustang
No. 30 – Ken Edwards – 1966 Ford Mustang
No. 37 – Chris Moore – 1972 Ford Maverick
No. 37 – Lou Krakar – 2009 Shelby GT500
No. 37 – Dave Stundon – 2009 Shelby GT500 Super Snake
No. 37 – Mark German – 2013 Focus ST
The OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational was presented by Royal Purple Synthetic Oil and K&N Filters. The sponsors for this year's event consisted of BFGoodrich Tires, Detroit Speed and Engineering, Lingenfelter Performance Engineering, Ridetech and Wilwood Disc Brakes. And finally, associate sponsors include Magnaflow Performance Exhaust, The Roadster Shop, Centerforce Performance Clutch


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SpeedTouch Configuration
This is the procedure NCF uses to configure Thomson/SpeedTouch 516 and 585 modems out of the box or after a factory reset. The process for older model SpeedTouch modems is similar. To learn more about configuring your particular modem, consult the manual for your modem.
Beginning a Configuration
Connect the modem to power and reset it to the original factory configuration by holding the reset button for 15 seconds..
After a factory reset,
- ADSL VPI / VCI will be different from the required 0.35
- Configuration server username is "Administrator"
- Configuration server password is
- Gateway and configuration server are 192.168.1.254
- The firewall is disabled
- The modem will connect to ADSL
- The modem is not configured to authenticate for an NCF Internet connection
Configure as router
- Plug in (including power and ethernet) and then turn on modem
- Open a web browser and type http://dsldevice.lan or http://192.168.1.254 in to the address bar. Press Enter. (For details, see DSL modem web interface.)
- Click Speedtouch from the menu on the left
- Click Setup in the pick a task section at the bottom of the page. This will cause a popup to come up on your screen saying welcome to ... easy setup
- Click Next
- Select Router from the menu in the Service Selection window
- Click Next
- Use the drop down menu to select 0.35 in the VPI/VCI section of the Routed Internet Connections
- Confirm that PPPoE is selected
- Click Next
- In the Internet Account Settings window, enter the DSL username as issued by NCF (e.g. email@example.com)
- Enter the DSL password twice. This password will start with the letters ncf and is not the regular NCF password for your account
- In the Access Controls window leave the username as Administrator and enter the DSL Password in the two password fields
- Click Next
- You will now see a Confirmation Page. Click Start
- You will now have to wait as the SpeedTouch configures itself. You will see a window asking you to do so.
- Re-enter the DSL modem username Administrator and the DSL password to confirm
- Click Finish
|DSL Quick Configuration Info
|DSL username
|(eg. firstname.lastname@example.com)
|DSL Password
|Starts with 'ncf' (not the same
as your NCF Start Page login)
Enable wireless functions (if supported)
- Open web browser and type http://dsldevice.lan in to the address bar. Press Enter.
- Enter the username Administrator and the DSL password
- Click on Home Network in the left column
- Click on Wlan: Speedtouch...
- Wireless Access Point menu will appear. At the top right, click Configure
- In the Configuration section, remove the checkmark beside Interface Enabled to disable wireless, or add the checkmark to enable it
- If enabled, NCF recommends WPA-PSK with version WPA2.
- Click Apply. Consult the modem manual for information about how to configure computers to communicate wirelessly to the modem.
The WPA-PSK wireless key code is printed on the label on the bottom of the modem (also on a sticker on the Set-up CD included with the modem).
NOTE: Since in the past the default Thompson wireless keys have been easy to hack it is recommended that you change the wireless key.
Enable the modem firewall
- Open web browser and type http://dsldevice.lan in to the address bar. Press Enter.
- Enter the username Administrator and the DSL password
- Click on Toolbox in the left column
- Click on Firewall
- Click on Configure in the top right
- Menu called security settings will appear. Click the button called Standard
- Click Apply. This will redisplay your settings so that you can confirm.
Set the time server to National Research Council (NRC)
- Click on Speedtouch on the left column
- Click on Configuration
- Click on Configure in the top right
- In the section called Time Configuration check the auto-configuration checkbox
- Change the time zone to -5 Eastern Time
- Check Summertime if it is currently Daylights Savings Time
- In the box called Time Server 1 enter time.nrc.ca
- Click Apply
Changing WiFi Password on SpeedTouch ST585
NCF recommends making wifi changes on your modem from a computer that is connected via an ethernet cable to one of the LAN ports behind the SpeedTouch.
- 1. Open web browser and type http://192.168.1.254 or http://dsldevice.lan in to the address bar. Press Enter.
- 2. Enter the username Administrator and the DSL password.
- 3. From the Home Page, select the link Wireless towards the bottom of the page.
- 4. From the Wireless Access Point page, click on the Configure link at the top right corner.
- 5. From the Security section of Wireless Access Point configuration page, make the following changes:
- Set WPA-PSK Version to WPA2. This is the most secure setting for this modem may cause some older devices to no longer connect to your wifi network. If so, you can change it to WPA+WPA2
- Enter your new password in the WPA-PSK Encryption Key field and click Apply
- 6. After this change is applied, you will have to enter the new password on your client devices (computers and mobile devices) to reconnect over wifi.
See also
- Modem Configuration (DSL) - for a complete list of instructions for all NCF modems
- Modem_manuals_(DSL)#Thomson_Gateways - For modem manuals including firmware and emulators for Thomson and SpeedTouch gateways
- SpeedTouch 516 and 585 on ADSL2+


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Members of Wabash's Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity took a break from studying for final exams to deliver checks to local charitable agencies Tuesday. The group donated $1,425, proceeds from concession sales at football and basketball games, to the Animal Welfare League, Family Crisis Shelter, and Head Start.
The Delta Omicron chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, advised for the last 20 years by Terri Fyffe and Larry Frye, generates proceeds from the sale of concessions at Wabash football and basketball games, which are donated to local charities and service agencies. APO's mission is to "promote friendship and provide Service to humanity; and to further the freedom that is our national, educational and intellectual heritage."
Bob Boarman, Robert Newkirk, and Filip Drambarean, along with Frye, took a break from studying Tuesday to visit the Crawfordsville/Montgomery County Family Crisis Shelter (photo at the top) and the Animal Welfare League (photo below) to drop off checks for $475. The same amount will be donated to Head Start.
Anita Byers, who directs the services provided by the Family Crisis Shelter, happily accepted the check and said, "I wish I could tell you that the need was dropping, but unfortunately, I cannot." The Family Crisis Shelter serves approximately 250 families seeking shelter from abusive households each year. The facility houses families, mostly women and children, for short and extended periods of stay, and includes apartment-style living quarters and group living arrangements.
Toby Kahl and Tosha Falconbury welcomed the APO members to the Animal Welfare League's facility on Big Four Arch Road. There, the students also saw a familiar face in Dottie McCormick, who works as the College's switchboard operator and as an assistant in Goodrich Hall. She spends several hours after work each day at the Shelter, caring for needy cats and dogs. McCormick worked with Wabash's faculty rock band to generate about $500 for the shelter and has sold "paws" from her office in Goodrich Hall, which to date has generated an additional $125.
Kahl explained to the students that "on good days, we might have three or four adoptions, but there are days when nobody comes in at all." He told the Wabash men that Saturdays are big and busy days at the shelter, but that there is a waiting period for all new adoptions. "When people make quick decisions about adopting a pet, a lot of times those animals come right back to us," said Kahl.
There were about two dozen dogs, most of mixed breed, in the facility when APO visited, plus nine puppies from a single mixed breed litter. The shelter is also housing about two dozen cats with more on the way; a very pregnant feline will give birth any day.
The Delta Omicron chapter of Alpha Phi Omega logs close to 1,000 hours of service to the community each year. The Community Service Committee of the College makes an annual award to honor the student who has done the most outstanding service during his time at Wabash. This year's winner was Raul Gonzalez.


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Game One
Farmingdale State, 10
Mount Saint Vincent, 4
Game Two
Farmingdale State, 6
Mount Saint Vincent, 2
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State baseball team clinched a playoff berth tonight with a doubleheader sweep over Mount Saint Vincent (10-20, 8-10) in Farmingdale, N.Y. The Rams will head to the Skyline Conference playoffs for the first time in program history, finishing the regular season with a record of 20-15 overall and 11-7 in the conference, another program best.
Farmingdale won the 9-inning game with scoring in all but three innings. The first two innings called for a 3-3 tie, before the Rams broke away with a three-run third inning and then finished strong for the 10-4 victory. Junior pitcher Rob Savarese (Syosset, N.Y./Syosset) threw eight innings with two strikeouts and nine hits, before Freshman pitcher Billy Garofalo (Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue) came in for the final three outs and struck out two batters. Freshman catcher Zach Nersesian (Nyack, N.Y./Nyack) finished the game 3-for-5 with four runs batted in, while junior rightfielder Anthony Mazzilli (North Babylon, N.Y./North Babylon) had three hits and two RBI's.
In game two, the Rams won 6-2 with the help of a four-run first inning. Junior first basemen Keith King (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) and sophomore third basemen Tom Heeman (Valley Stream, N.Y./Hewlett) led off with singles, while sophomore shortstop Brian Benvenuto (Dix Hills, N.Y./Hills West) reached on a fielders choice and Heeman was safe at second on an error. With bases loaded, all runners advanced on a wild pitch as King scored for a 1-0 lead. Mazzilli would then knock a bases clearing triple to left center for a 3-0 lead and man on third. Junior outfieler Rich Santoro (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) would score Mazzilli on a sacrifice fly to center for the comfortable 4-0 lead. Farmingdale added one more run in the third and fifth innings, while holding Mount Saint Vincent to just two runs on five hits. Freshman pitcher James Raimondi (Medford, N.Y./Patchogue) went five innings with six strikeouts for the victory. Garofalo came in again for relief in the final two innings and struck out two.
Farmingdale State will now face Manhattanville this Thursday, May 3rd at 3:30 p.m. in the opening round of the Skyline Tournament, before playing for the conference's automatic NCAA Tournament bid next weekend at Dutchess Stadium, home of the Single-A Hudson Valley Renegades.


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The news that Mel Gibson is going to make a biopic about Judah Maccabee, the great hero of the Hannukah story, did not come as a surprise to me. Well, it is somewhat surprising that Warner Bros. -- or any studio, for that matter -- would sign up Gibson (not to mention Joe Eszterhas, who is writing the script) to do anything, after his serial meltdowns.
But I've known about Gibson's interest in the original Hebrew Hammer for several years. I'm working on a biography of Judah Maccabee for Nextbook (don't ask me how it's going), and so it was brought to my attention that Gibson is preoccupied with the subject. (My preoccupation is simple: Judah Maccabee led the first revolt for religious freedom in recorded history, and he is without parallel as a guerrilla fighter and as a man of faith. And he also bequeathed us a pretty excellent holiday.)
A few years ago, I was having dinner with Christopher Hitchens, who had recently launched an excoriating attack on Judah Maccabee in his book, God is Not Great (Hitchens blames Judah Maccabee for, essentially, his success -- the Maccabean revolt helped preserve, against the force and power of Greek culture, what Hitchens might call jealous-God Judaism, and thus paved the way for the birth of Christianity, which Hitch, as I'm sure you know, regrets). I happened to mention to Hitchens news that Gibson had expressed interest in the Judah story, which prompted Hitchens to look at me gravely and issue an order: "You must go to Los Angeles and stop him."
So I did. I went to L.A. and spent an intermittently pleasant afternoon with Gibson. Obviously, I failed in my mission, but truth be told, I didn't actually try very hard. I was so unbelievably amused to be in the presence of Hollywood's leading anti-Semite, as well as one of my favorite actors (The Year of Living Dangerously is a much-loved movie here at Goldblog), that I didn't argue against the idea. In any case, we wound up having a surprisingly complicated theological and historical discussion, about which I will write in my forthcoming book. But I thought, given the news of the week, that I would share some of the more absurd, and enlightening, moments of this visit.
Let me dispense first with the famous anti-Semitic blow-up. I asked him why it happened, and he answered me directly: "I was loaded, and some stupid shit can come out of your mouth when you're loaded."
But from what dark corner of his soul did this terrible accusation -- that Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world -- emanate? He said, "That day they were marching into Lebanon. It was one of those things. It was on the news."
The "they" in question is the Israel Defense Forces. I found this answer to be proof, of course, of Gibson's anti-Semitic tendencies. Most drunk people, when stopped by the police, don't launch into tirades against Jews. He was obviously preoccupied with the putative sins of Jewish people, which raised the obvious question, why would he seek to make a film about one of the great Jewish heroes of history? Money, he said, was not a motivator.
"If you're looking to make money out of this, forget it," he said, citing the costs of staging period spectaculars. "Even Braveheart didn't make much money."
His interest stemmed, he said, from the simple fact that the Book of Maccabees (I and II, he said) are "ripping good reads."
"I just read it when I was teenager, and it's amazing. It's almost like" -- here, he grabbed my digital recorder, held it to his mouth, and spoke in a portentous movie-announcer voice -- "They profaned his Temple. They killed his father. They... all kinds of stuff. In the face of great odds for something he believed in" -- here he switched out of movie-announcer voice -- "Oh, my God, the odds they faced. The armies they faced had elephants! How cinematic is this! Even Judah's dad -- what's his name? Mattathias? -- you kind of get this guy who more or less is trying to avoid the whole thing, but he just gets to a place where had enough, and he just snapped!"
In other words, Judah Maccabee, his father, and his brothers, are like the heroes of every Mel Gibson movie.
I mentioned to Gibson the Hitchens critique of Judah Maccabee. Hitchens argues, in essence, "No Judah, no Jesus," that Judaism at the time (2,100 years ago or so) would simply have been swamped by assimilationist forces, and would have disappeared before the birth of Jesus. And if Jesus had not been born into a traditional Jewish household... well, you can figure out the rest.
"I can see where Hitchens is coming from, but he's pretty puny in his thoughts, because he left out one vital ingredient," Gibson said, "and that is that God can do what he damn well pleases! No matter what the Greeks did! And you know, he doesn't bring that into consideration. I think he thinks that way because he might be an atheist. He's an atheist, right?"
I'm still reading through transcripts of our lengthy discussions, and perhaps I'll post a few more items, but for a fuller discussion of Gibson's theology, and his motivation, you will be able to read my still nonexistent book on the subject.
However, I would be remiss not to include our extended discussion on circumcision. One of the more brutish aspects of the Hannukah story was the decision by the Maccabees to forcibly circumcise assimilated Jews. Some Jews, who had acquiesced to assimilation before the revolt, had even attempted to "rebuild" their foreskins. In other words, the penis plays a more central role in the Hannukah story than you were told in Hebrew School.
This all seemed like fodder for a discussion with Gibson. Here is a transcript of this part of the conversation.
Jeffrey Goldberg: There are some unpleasant aspects to this story, you know. Some crazy stuff went on. Some of the people were so in love with Greek culture that they would uncircumcise themselves.
Mel Gibson: I know! I read that. That's weird. How do you do that?
JG: You attach weights to your penis, I think. I think they pull the skin down. Some people have extra skin.
MG: Fuck, I don't know. I don't know how you do it.
JG: I think they attach weights. Which has to --
MG: -- Damage you.
JG: Well, hurt like I don't know what. The whole idea was to go and wrestle naked. It wasn't just in front of your wife that you were worried about. It was in the gymnasium.
MG: With the guys!
JG: I guess they didn't want to be embarrassed with a circumcised prick.
MG: Dick.
JG: Yeah, dick. It was a war about circumcision in some ways.
MG: Weird.
JG: I don't know how you dramatize that.
MG: You have to mention it, but you wouldn't want to make it a thing in the movie. "Hold them down!" Jesus.
JG: Try to convince your actors.
MG: In this scene, we'll stay away from the disgusting aspects. We'll stay on the guy's face. Aaargghhh!
JG: Well, you did that before. You had them pull out your intestines in Braveheart.
MG: Disemboweled. You know, they castrated William Wallace. First they castrated him, then they dragged him through the streets behind horses.
JG. They did?
MG: I softened it a lot. They cut off his dick and his balls and they dragged him through the streets. Then they hung him up and drew and quartered him. He was a real wreck.
JG: I didn't realize they castrated him.
MG: It was hideous. Yecchhh. You don't put that in films. I thought, "I'm not doing that."
JG: The interesting thing about Judah Maccabee is that he sweeps down from the hills and he takes boys, the children of hellenized Jews, boys who aren't circumcised, and he circumcises them.
MG: Yeah, I didn't even remember all the moves he took.
JG: That's the one that always stuck in my mind.
MG: Hey, I was circumcised. That was more like just a medical procedure. It wasn't for religious purposes. Cleanliness or something.
JG: Oh, yeah?
MG: I don't know what it was for. And one of the doctors made a wallet out of it.
JG: You rub it and it turns into a suitcase, right?
MG: Yes. Hey, did you know they use foreskins for replacing eyelids?
JG: No they don't.
MG: Yeah, they do.
JG: Come on, really?
MG: You tend to look a bit cock-eyed, though.
JG: I can't believe I just walked into that one.
MG: Me either.
UPDATE: I see that various Jewish organizations are rallying their forces against Warner Bros. and Mel Gibson over yesterday's announcement. Their goal is to get this movie stopped. But what they will do instead is give Gibson yards of free publicity. We've seen this before, with Passion of the Christ. My opinion, FWIW: I don't care if he makes this movie or not. He's not actually important. It's better for these Jewish organizations to spend their time focused on Hamas, Hezbollah and the Islamic Republic of Iran. These are things I worry about. I don't worry about Mel Gibson.
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On the evening of October 2, 2012, the Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God "of the Sign" arrived in the city of Perm, Russia, brought by His Eminence Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Germany.
The icon was greeted at Holy Trinity Cathedral by a multitude of local clergymen.
A moleben and akathist were performed before the holy icon, during which Cossacks of the North-West (Prikamsk) United Regional Cossack Community, the Volga Military Cossack Communion headed by OI Saliichuk and cadets from the Ataman Yermak Novoilyinsk Cossack Cadet Corps provided security.
At the end of the services, when worshipers were given an opportunity to venerate the Kursk-Root Icon, His Eminence Metropolitan Mefody of Perm and Solikamsk fervently thanked Archbishop Mark for finding the opportunity to bring the icon to their remote Ural city: "Look, dear Vladyka, how many believers have gathered in church today despite the fact that it's a workday! Let it rain, let the wind blow, but our hearts are warmed by the joy of meeting this great holy icon!"
In return, Vladyka Mark thanked Metropolitan Mefody for his hospitality and expressed confidence that the visit of the image of the Mother of God to the Perm region would be a healing event for people seeking to strengthen their faith. "The very fate of this wonderful icon--which survived fires, theft, being hacked to pieces by enemies of the faith—is clear proof of Divine Providence."
The icon will be available for veneration at Holy Trinity Cathedral in perm from October 2-9.
Ekaterina Lyubomirskaya


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The Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) 2011 conference is coming up soon. It will be in Hong Kong July 4-8. Online registration is open until June 27th. See http://www.isls.org/cscl2011/. We are participating in two major ways.
Dan Suthers is leading a symposium on Productive Multivocality in the Analysis of Collaborative Learning. This is the culmination of a series of 5 workshops (held at ICLS 2008, CSCL 2009, Alpine Rendez-Vous 2009, ICLS 2010 and Alpine Rendez-Vous 2011: the links are to workshop descriptions). The workshops supported the ongoing collaboration of a few dozen researchers, including LILT's Richard Medina and LILT alumni Nathan Dwyer and Ravi Vatrapu. Our symposium paper has 17 authors! It will be posted in publications here as the conference approaches. According to the schedule we are at 16:30 Wednesday July 6th.
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