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When I arrived home from my pointless "guiri" job in Barcelona, one I should feel lucky to have, all things considered, I logged on to the RTVE website to have a look at their live feed of the 25S "Rodea El Congreso" protest in Madrid. The first thing I saw were the helmets and plexi-glass shields of the police. The armor protected them from reprisal as they swung their truncheons wildly at unarmed protesters.
An older man stepped in between the tens of thousands in the crowd and the police, his arms stretched out toward the protesters, urging calm and restraint. His palms were were open, pleading to the crowd not to give in to the rage, but he was walking slowly, back toward the police. When he got close enough, they clubbed him as well. I suppose you can't be too careful, especially with ageing, pony-tailed hippies in denim jackets attempting to pacify a potential riot.
Moments later, the camera caught three or four riot police beating a young woman on the ground. She was pale, with dyed, bright red hair. She tried as best she could to protect herself from the flurry of blows. A young man with a shaved head hovered over her, attempting to protect her from further injury. He was clubbed across the skull for his trouble. This act of brutality in particular seemed to stir something in the crowd. Objects soon hurtled toward the thin black line of the riot squad. Individual protesters showed momentary swells of courage as they advanced on the police, whose faces were obscured by black helmets and plastic visors. There was the sense that, at any moment, the situation could turn dark. Ugly.
There was a sense of imminent madness, an aching fear in the gut that things would go horribly awry. That fear didn't come from the protesters. They tossed brightly coloured swathes of fabric in the air while others cheered; they raised their arms up, palms open to the sky as they sat cross legged in front of the shields and the visors and the bean bag rifles held at the ready. It came from the police. Their charges into the crowd came randomly, without warning. Their clubs struck out at young women and old men with little care over who was hit. It seemed not to matter that the weapons made contact at all. The act was automatic. Reflexive.
When the sun set over the Spanish Congress building, where citizens from across the country gathered to demand that a government -- seemingly hell bent on testing the limits of its power over the masses -- step down, one of the estimated 1,300 police officers on hand to keep the gathering of angry, desperate people in line charged too far into the crowd. A few struck out at him, kicking at the heavy Kevlar vest covering his torso, and one gave him a quick boot to the rear end, but he was allowed to scamper off to safety; his survival was never in doubt. A mob hell bent on tearing it all down would have swallowed the trapped cop whole. This one let him go.
Watching the night unfold in Madrid, what becomes crystal clear is that a crowd of hundreds of thousands -- possibly a million -- remains peaceful because they choose to. The police, charged with protecting the members of Congress in Madrid tonight, should bear that in mind. The people's commitment to non-violence is a greater protection than padded armour and shields ever can be. The police, as they protect the same members of parliament that day by day turn the screws tighter, would do well to realize that one day the crowds won't turn and run at the sight of a truncheon bearing down overhead. Their desperation will consume their fear.


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Pattern: basic stockinette with 2x2 ribbed cuff and slip-stitch heel
Yarn: Knit Picks Essential (75% superwash wool, 25% nylon), colorway Dusk, two skeins
Needles: two 12" US 1 (2.5 mm) Addi Turbo circs
Started/Completed: October 6/October 26
Recipient: my FIL, for Christmas
There's not much to say about these socks, as they are very plain and were a very straightforward (albeit somewhat boring) knit. They were cast on our first afternoon in Venice on our honeymoon and traveled with us to Greece, Turkey, and Croatia. The only thing really noteworthy about these socks is that the legs are an unusual length. Somehow I managed to pack stitch markers, thread scissors, and even tapestry needles with my yarn, but I completely forgot to throw in a tape measure. Without any way to accurately measure length, I relied on what I thought my row gauge was with this yarn (I figured roughly 11 rows/inch) and counted rows. So the cuff is 22 rows long and the rest of the leg is 55. I thought the 77 total rows would be about the 7 inches I normally use for my basic sock pattern; in reality, it's a little less. As I highly doubt my FIL will know this is the case, and I know he'll be thrilled with these socks anyway (he specifically requested "heathered blue" socks a while ago), I'm not sweating it. You can bet I always check to make sure I've got a tape measure now, though!
Now that these are done, I can finally cast on for my new Rockin' Sock Club shipment. I think this may be the first time I've actually started the shipment in the same month in which is was shipped.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Finished: Intercontinental Socks
Pattern: basic stockinette with 2x2 ribbed cuff and slip-stitch heel
5 comments:
- Jess said...
Looks great. I have some of that yarn in my stash. It's a really beautiful color. I keep debating making something for myself or Hub with it! lol!
Ooohh... can't wait to see the STR knit up. The yarn is gorgeous!
- DPUTiger said...
I know this doesn't help now, but here's a tip for future use: All US paper currency is 6" long. :) Well, 6-1/8", but if you're measuring with a dollar bill, is that 1/8" THAT important?
- The_Add_Knitter said...
Convalescence has its bonuses, right? Love your socks!
- ~Kristie said...
Your FIL will love them! I'm not showing them to DH though. I'm not as patient as you to do so much stockinette.
- Yvonne said...
Glad you're doing better!! Love the socks. Will see you in a couple weeks!

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Video Welcome to the Goodwill Computer Museum (Video) 72
Lisa: We are in the Goodwill Computer Museum which is here in North Austin. The Goodwill Computer Museum has been in this location since 2005, although the collection itself has been around since the mid '90s. It started as a few shelves and the Computer Works store which is our next door neighbor, cool things coming through the recycling stream. We do 215 million pounds of recycling of electronics here every month.
Tim: Wow!
Lisa: Yes, it is an amazing amount of stuff that comes through. And so as these really cool pieces started coming through when we started the electronics recycling, guys in the Computer Store were basically like "This stuff is really awesome. We shouldn't pull it apart and recycle it. We should show this to people." And so it started small, 'Relics of the Past is what it was called, a few shelves in the store. But when we built this headquarters building for Goodwill here in Austin they actually dedicated this space for the museum. So we've been here since 2005.
Tim: Now, how many pieces do you have on display?
Lisa: On display we probably have 75 to 100 pieces. It's a small space about 1200 square feet. The collection itself is absolutely enormous. We are in an offsite warehouse location right now. Maybe 5000 to 7000 pieces of hardware; we also collect software documentation, all sorts of stuff like that – that collection is also enormous.
Tim: So we are looking at the tip of the iceberg here?
Lisa: Oh yes, yes. Do not let the small size sway you to think that we don't have a very big collection, because it is absolutely enormous.
Tim: Now, how do things that are here, at the museum, typically get here?
Lisa: As I said, originally everything started coming through the recycling stream, but in the last couple of years a lot of that, especially the older pieces, I think they've already come through, so we don't get a lot through the recycling stream anymore. And now that people know we are here, I get phone calls and emails with people actually donating directly to the museum. So we have these great provenanced pieces, we know that you donated it to us, you bought it here, you used it for this. And those are stories that we can share when we actually exhibit these things like how did people work with the pieces.
Tim: Now I think of the people who will watch this video, many of them, and I mean many of us, have _____2:33 what we think of as a little museum. What kind of criteria do you use to determine whether something is actually worth putting on display or even keep in your collection?
Lisa: Right. So we have a few things that we look at. Because we have such an enormous collection already of stuff that has come through the recycling stream, sometimes if you call me and you say, "I have a TRS 80 Model 1", well, we have some of those in the collection, but do you have the history of your piece, does it still function? If it functions, then we might take that, and use it as a replacement for the one that we don't know anything about, and switch those out. Otherwise, we look at: Does it work? Does it look good? Do you have any documentation with it? And do we already have it in the collection or not?
Tim: Now one thing, before we started the camera _____3:22 what packaging to narrow what comes here, and look at the things that are from the North American market?
Lisa: Yes, yeah, I mean we have limited storage space. And so we really had to think about what is the most important to the stories we want to tell and so North America based although as I said, if something really awesome comes through, I might change my mind and keep it.
Tim: With that let's go ahead and go through some things that you've got on the wall here?
Lisa: Okay, great.
Tim: We got over here just on the wall withmostly Apple stuff, and I noticed some Dell from over here from 13 years ago.
Lisa: Right. It is a really neat legacy free PC that in some ways I feel it is like the AMD 5015, this is basically just to hook up to the internet and get your work done. It is a really neat piece. It is so very compact, I was really surprised when I saw it. I'd never seen anything like this before.
Tim: And right behind that, we have one of my favorite nostalgic computers, the Audrey here.
Lisa: It is so pretty. This came in multiple of colors. We have it in yellow, green and white in the collection. This is the only one of the three that we have that has everything with it, so the power cord, the stylus, the manual; all three of the ones in our collection work. So it is a beautiful touchscreen. And it is a really neat piece.
Tim: Really neat. Let's walk around a little bit and I know also you've got some communications devices here, I've never seen in person one of these Braille printers before.
Lisa: Yeah, I had never seen one before. They are really cool. And Goodwill's mission is to work with people that have barriers to employment, and so we and our collection, we like to try to make sure we collect those things that represent that also. So the Braille reader, that you would put under your keyboard or under your laptop, and so people can actually read what's on the screen, and the same with the coupler and the printer, so for phone calls, there is this nice little LCD screen there, and you can also print it out on a little receipt piece of paper, your conversation.
Tim: That's very neat. Now, I'd like to walk around the edges a little bit more. And just check out some of the very older stuff on the far wall here.
Lisa: Yeah. You want to start with the PDP 8S? So this is a piece that actually a former volunteers got running again. So they worked for months to get this piece up and running. So you can see it has fans on the side, over here, it has got its power cord.
Tim: I like the Plexiglas.
Lisa: Yes, yes, of course custom made, to fit over the top of that. I love that you can see inside so when we get school groups through here, we can show like, them this is the difference between pulling out my smart phone and what we use now versus something like this - they are so big. And it is a beautiful piece. And it went on sale, it cost $10,000. That's an amazing amount of money.
Tim: Now is this a machine that can turn on?
Lisa: I don't know. I actually admit that I've never turned it on before, I don't know.
Tim: You've been on the _____6:34.
Lisa: I would be very nervous. We actually have a restoration manual that the last volunteer put together. It is this huge 3-inch thick binder of every step he took going through testing and rebuilding it.
Tim: Yeah, and I guess you have a mixed mission here both to display, and some pieces are restored back to working function.
Lisa: Yes, and in the past, it had been more of a restoration focus. When I came on board, we decided that it was really important to know everything that we have in the collection. So we've sort of stopped restoration for now. We are doing inventory of absolutely everything that we own. We are putting it into a database that we are going to make available online by next year, so people can see what we have in our collection. While testing for functionality and making notes, things that don't work, that need help, once the inventory is done, we can say these are candidates for restoration and then return to that mission.
Tim: With the volume of recycling you mentioned, it seems like a pretty deep task to take on.
Lisa: Yes, absolutely, absolutely.
Tim: Now what about the state _____7:40.
Lisa: You know, I don't really know a lot about this. It's gorgeous. I love the colors. You can see the big platter down here, I don't believe that this one works.
Tim: And next to it, we have an even older device.
Lisa: Oh yeah. Again talking to school kids about 'this was your computer screen, this is your printer.' This just came in a couple of months ago from a donor here in town in beautiful condition, other than this. Actually at the storage, we still have the paper tape that goes with it. So yeah, 1965.
Tim: And this famously is the variety of the place, not the individual one where the "@" sign came for email. That is a pretty neat historical legacy down on a piece of hardware.
Lisa: Yeah, yeah.
Tim: And I guess telex is, nowadays people ask for fax numbers, and I should start to get them a telex number, because it seems about as historically interesting.
Lisa: Yeah, people still fax yeah.
Tim: And in the corner, you have a floppy drive.
Lisa: Right, this thing is like solid metal. It weighs a good I don't know, 15 to 20 pounds. We ran across this when we were doing the inventory, because again there is no provenance with this. It's just this floppy drive. I was considering de-accessioning it from the collection. And all of my volunteers said "Absolutely not. We have to have this. It is so awesome." And so then, we were picking out new items for the exhibit, I said, "Well, what would you guys like to see in exhibit? You work with this stuff just as much as I do." Half of them said this, "You have to put this out." So, there it is.
Tim: We are probably _____9:26 birthdays by what size floppies were in use when they were born.
Lisa: Yeah, it is funny, holding up like floppies like this. People are – I had – they know clearly that they were that big. It is really cool.
Tim: Now, let's go again around the _____9:39 you have a pretty nice wall here, all-in-one units. You've got everything from purely terminal to you've got, Matthew Broderick's _____9:54 breaking machine here, not the actual one and you got Commodore PET, you have got TRS 80.
Lisa: Right, the trinity of computers, right?
Tim: And I want to actually take a _____10:07 to theright over here, I see another TRS 80, which is a little more unusual, explain this to me in just a bit.
Lisa: So, this came out in early 1980s, and it was basically the TRS 80 Data Terminal. So people – so business travelers could take this on the road, remotely hook up to another computer and do their work on the road.
Tim: And so, this is the MacBook Air of 1982.
Lisa: Yeah, there you go. And honestly, much, much lighter than something like the Kaypro or all those Osbornes, they weigh like a ton you know.
Tim: Now what about the display capability of the portable kit, hook up to a television?
Lisa: Oh this? No.
Tim: Surely, it is internal.
Lisa: Yeah, and it is like a thermal paper roll that you could order for that.
Tim: So, it is basically, as far as display, it's lot like Model 100. It's a
Lisa: Yes, yes, absolutely, with the _____11:05 yes. Yeah.
Tim: Another one that we've got here, that really seems ahead of its times in some ways, is the Apricot
Lisa: Yeah, that thing's really cool. And again Apricot is a UK based company, so do we keep it, or do we not keep it, it is so cool, this is another one that the volunteers said, "Absolutely, you have to keep this. It is wonderful." So 1984, wireless keyboard, the mouse is actually called a light pipe, infrared. This computer had speech recognition technology, so they had over 4000 words; the problem was you could only hold 64 words in RAM at any given time, so limited but still cool.
Tim: Absolutely.
Lisa: I mean 1984, it was 11 years old. It is amazing.
Tim: Now, this is just because of the UK connections it reminds me a little bit of where we would put Raspberry Pi in 30 years from now. I think they're going to be recognized as sort of an interesting milestone.
Lisa: Right, right, absolutely.
Tim: Is there anything on the floor that we've been walking around here that you really like to show off that I've ignored so far.
Lisa: You know, I don't know that to people know about Datapoint. Yeah, that is a really cool story. The guys moved here, and opened up the computer company in San Antonio and many people consider these and the 2200 over here especially like what is the first personal computer? It is an all-in-one personal computer 1970. That's super early. And obviously these were used as like mainframes, but still a really nice piece. We have a large collection of Datapoint items. One of the sons of one of the co-founders lives here in town and so, he has been really instrumental in donating documentation and hardware to us.
Tim: And I know Michael Dell has been involved with some donations here as well.
Lisa: Yes, actually right over here. We have a very early PCs Limited and when it came through the stream, it was – everybody was really excited and so, we went to Michael Dell and asked him if he would actually sign the PC, so he signed the keyboard and actually the side of the terminal over here.
Tim: So, this is one of the ones that he was building in the dorm room at UT?
Lisa: You know, I don't know but it is definitely an early one. I mean that would be really cool, right?
Tim: It really would. He is one of the famous computer drop-outs, these big three probably lot more that, if you look at it that way.
Lisa: Lucky.
Tim: Now also would you have some bigger pieces under here, I realized that these are technically on display the same way some of the others are?
Lisa: Right, I mean yeah.
Tim: It had some of these really large either storage in some cases. Here is a
Lisa: Right, this 8-inch.
Tim: Interesting box here, I always see Radio Shack Computers. I very rarely see associated larger verticals like this, and this is a disk system, you mentioned you are not sure how much this actually held, right?
Lisa: I do not know. I'll admit that I have not done a lot of research on that. But we had a really cool peripherals in general come through. So, these are really neat. We also had with the Model 3 a really early screen printer, have you seen those, they print out like in a barrel shape, on like a receipt paper, I have never seen anything like that before. It was really cool.
Tim: Great, yeah. I think people are going to be intrigued to see some of the _____14:44 display here, but like I said, some many people have interesting things, that they probably would like to see on display, right, is there a way for people to get to contact you and say, 'I have got an interesting piece of hardware', wondering if they are interested.
Lisa: Yes, absolutely. www.goodwillcomputermuseum.org and my email address is on the page.
Tim: And if anybody gets to Austin and wants to visit, what is the best time to come?
Lisa: We are actually open every day of the week, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 to 8 on the weekends.


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Skip to comments.Stone Age hunters liked their carbs
Posted on 01/20/2013 6:21:05 PM PST by Renfield
Analyses of Stone Age settlements reveal that the hunters were healthy and would gladly eat anything they could get their hands on, including carbohydrates contrary to the modern definition of the Paleolithic, or Stone Age diet.
The Stone Age hunters food contained large amounts of protein from fish, lean mean, herbs and coarse vegetables and has formed the basis of one of todays hottest health trends: the paleo diet.
The modern version of the Stone Age diet excludes foods rich in carbohydrates. This exclusion of carbs is based on the idea that Stone Age hunters didnt have access to bread, rice or pasta.
But is it true that Stone Age hunters and gatherers didnt eat any carbohydrates at all?
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencenordic.com ...
nuts, fruits, seeds, cooked root crops, ...... of course paleolithic folks ate carbohydrates and enjoyed them immensely. The popular caveman diet simply reduces carb intake ~
Although not widely reported, they also had a craving for potato chips......
It just isn't meat and potatoes without the potatoes...
"I was just a fad, really."
Crabs is good.
It was as if a million CrossFitters cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced...
I still love the Cavemen. "I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa." LOL!
Pretty sure that anything that made a turd was on the diet ... Moochelle was probably big into Cockroaches back then... Arugula was just bait.
Just an opinion
I believe in getting plenty of carbs......
12 oz at a time...............
Kinda like duh....How much are these guys getting paid??
Healthy...Right!!....Life expectancy was 33.
Where exactly is the carb?
They were healthy, but hygeine was non-existent and hunting accidents could be fatal.
The infant mortality rate must have been atrocious due to infections. Combine that with death at childbirth (newborn's craniums were getting larger making birth more difficult) and hunting accidents, no wonder people did not live long statistically.
Healthy...Right!!....Life expectancy was 33.
Actually that was the AVERAGE life expectancy. Infant
mortality was really a bitch!
Once he makes it into late teens he has a pretty good chance of making it to 60 or 70 plus. Not at all different from our today's expectancy except for the meds and stuff to make into the 80's and 90's.
Indians, for example, abandon their aged members when they cannot keep up with their nomadic movement. It is cruel but necessary.
Kind of a silly article.
Peleolithic man, like most humans thru history, ate whatever they could get hold of.
Carbs would be an infrequent item on the menu and most certainly would be seasonal.
Didn't the caveman die around the age of 30 ?
Gorp loves GORP sort of thang .....
The basic Neanderthal diet included other Neanderthals...
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Yesterday I was walking around Brooklyn and heard someone call out, "Hey!" I turned and saw a carpenter named Gary, who I used to hang out with at a bar we both frequented. We hadn't seen each other in years, maybe longer (he admitted that he couldn't even remember my name, which is why he'd simply said, "Hey!"), so it was a nice surprise to encounter him there on the street.
Gary was standing in front of a storefront. "Is this your carpentry shop?" I asked. He said yes and offered to give me a quick tour. He was particularly eager to show me a bunch of artifacts that the shop's previous tenants had left behind in the basement, including a bunch of old stamping/embossing dies. Gary said they were for old-fashioned analog credit card machines (you know, the ones where the merchant would put your card in a metal bracket thingie and then run a slider over it), although I'm not convinced of that.
Whatever the dies were for, Gary had dozens of them, mostly for local businesses. One of them, shown above, really spoke to me -- "Atlas Putty Co." Sounds like the very embodiment of light-industrial Brooklyn, no? Since the address on the die includes a zip code, the die can't be all that old (zip codes weren't introduced until 1963 and didn't come into common usage until the early 1970s), but something about "Atlas Putty Co." has more of a 1930s or '40s. feel to it. I suspect that's when the company was founded.
There's something inherently amusing about the word putty -- it feels sort of diminutive and playful. Is this simply because of the toy Silly Putty, or is it the word itself? In any case, the notion of an entire company devoted to putty seems endearingly quaint (although, of course, someone has to make the stuff).
From what I can tell, Atlas Putty is no longer operating in Brooklyn. Some quick internet searches came up dry, and Google Maps shows the address as a plain warehouse space.
There's a company called Atlas Putty in Illinois, however. This "other" Atlas has even snagged what is presumably the definitive putty-related web domain name, putty.com (although they haven't exactly made the most of it). Could this be the same company as the Brooklyn operation? Curious to find out, I called the Illinois Atlas, where the very pleasant woman who answered the phone told me, "No, we've always been here in Illinois."
So what became of the Atlas Putty in Brooklyn? If I spent a bit more time digging, I'm sure I could find out, but I don't have time for that right now, plus I kind of like it sometimes when things are left unresolved -- it's a little more mysterious that way, which lets us project our own imagined versions of what happened. Maybe Atlas Putty was a Mob front, for example (laundering cash via putty -- hey, stranger things have happened), and it went out of business when the owner was busted by the Feds. I'm gonna stick with that storyline until someone comes up with the real one.
Wondering when I'll get back to talking about report cards? Soon. This weekend I'm driving up to Connecticut to interview the son of Eva Greene, who attended the Manhattan Trade School for Girls nearly 100 years ago. She went on to work for her sister-in-law, Nettie Rosenstein, who was a famous fashion designer. Nettie is credited with having designed Mamie Eisenhower's 1953 inaugural ball dress, but I've been told that Eva -- the former Manhattan Trade student -- was actually doing most of the company's design work at that point, including the Mamie dress. I'm looking forward to hearing the full story this weekend.
Wondering when Slate will finally publish the next full-length Permanent Record article? You're not the only one. Grrrrr.


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WESTPORT — Voters at a special Town Meeting Thursday will consider changing the highway surveyor's position from elected to appointed, a move officials said was broached before the current Highway Department controversy.
WESTPORT — Voters at a special Town Meeting Thursday will consider changing the highway surveyor's position from elected to appointed, a move officials said was broached before the current Highway Department controversy.
The special Town Meeting is at 7 p.m. at Westport High School.
The article is the only one on the warrant and would create an appointed highway surveyor's post overseen by selectmen and the town administrator. The Finance Committee has recommended approval.
If the article receives the necessary "super-majority" of two-thirds, it will be on the ballot at the annual town election on April 9.
For the change to become official, it must be approved both at Town Meeting and then by ballot vote at the town election. Selectmen explained that if the issue were pushed back to May's annual Town Meeting, it would miss this year's town election, pushing the ballot vote all the way into 2014.
That would likely create confusion because the post of highway surveyor would also be voted on that same April 2014 ballot.
Last November, police filed criminal charges against Highway Surveyor Harold "Jack" Sisson Jr., alleging that Sisson traded a riding mower with attachments to 146 Supply Company Inc., of Millbury, for $100 without soliciting proper bids and later asked the company to give it to a highway employee for free.
Sisson, who is on paid suspension, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and receiving stolen property during his November arraignment in Second District Court and was released on personal recognizance. A pretrial hearing was scheduled Tuesday in the case.
If it passes, the special Town Meeting article would not give town officials the power to remove the current surveyor from office, officials said. Rather, it provides that if the voters approve the change, "the incumbent elected highway surveyor shall continue in said office until the expiration of his elected term or sooner vacating of office."
Town Administrator John "Jack" Healey said the bylaw change was under consideration prior to the charges against Sisson and his subsequent suspension.
"There is a long history of private, state and local accounting officials supporting this sort of structural change" said Healey, adding that such a change has been recommended by studies by both the Department of Revenue and town auditors.
He also cited a recent study by UMass Dartmouth on town government structure that recommended this type of structure.
Selectman R. Michael Sullivan said Westport is one of only two towns with a population exceeding 10,000 that currently has an elected highway surveyor. Milford is the other.
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The fundraiser spearheaded by Marian Central High School's National Honor Society is working in collaboration with the NHS chapters of McHenry East and Crystal Lake Central high schools. Those chapters will run drop-off sites at their respective schools during the drive from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
McHenry East is at 1012 N. Green St., McHenry. Crystal Lake Central is at 45 W. Franklin St., Crystal Lake.
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Or he could use PowerShell to automate routine drudge tasks.
I do it for free; usually for NPOs that can't afford programmers. Helps me to learn.
I don't particularly care whether or not it ever becomes "famous" (it won't because it addresses a very small, select audience). I just care whether or not it is the best quality I can do.
The nice thing, is that there is minimal pressure, which is good, as my "day job" gets first dibs on my time.
I don't watch TV. I don't hunt. I don't tweak cars, and I don't like to spend much time tending a server.
I just like to code. I also make sure that I don't write stuff that competes with my "day job." I like my company, and they could easily make my life miserable if I did. I also don't spend much of my "day job's" time on my personal stuff. I don't mind spending a bit of it, though, as they DEFINITELY benefit from my extracurricular work.
That works for me.
I also don't spend much of my "day job's" time on my personal stuff. I don't mind spending a bit of it, though, as they DEFINITELY benefit from my extracurricular work.
Just don't ever let the company lawyer see that post...
Agreed. I've used a fair chunk of languages and you can learn from each of them (although sometimes what you learn is 'don't do things this way', I'm looking at your early versions of Visual Basic and all versions of brainfuck (i still prefer brainfuck to VB though). Python isn't perfect and it isn't for everyone (some people get real grumpy about meaningful white space), but if you haven't programmed before then it is a good place to start. If not python then something designed with teaching in mind, say P
Pick something you love, or an itch you're dying to scratch. If it's a passion you'll stick with it.
Then pick a language that fits the niche that you're working in. If you're gluing unix bits together that's one thing, if you're going to be pushing out a big web app, that's another, and if you're making meatspace things go "Bing" then that's a third.
As you said, an hour a day is a great way to get yourself to be serious about it.
You can become a rockstar DevOps Sysadmin if you get this down
I'd suggest Ruby first, then Python...but of course, you'll want to make sure your Linux/unix sysadmin knowledge is top notch too. I'm self taught so I'm not very good at telling people how to learn it besides "eh figure it out", but I'm sure you are industrious enough
In conclusion: Stick with IT. Also add Programming. Collect $$ for being a DevOps specialist.
Hardware guys are indeed the most likely ones to get chicks in the IT world.
Must be all that silicon.
silicon != silicone
I find it hard to learn dense material (specific kinds of math, etc.) unless I care about the problem that needs to be solved.
So how about trying to find (or start) some project which develops an app you'd like to use?
Sounds simple but that's really all there is to it. Pick a language with a good support community and dive in. Python is a good choice because of it's versatility and support. Perl is still around and is a great scripting language. The important thing is pick something and stick to it. I've seen so many people with bookshelves full of programming books and they never got to the end of any of them. Professional dabblers. It's better to pick one or two languages and really know them well than to dabble in lots of them without any real expertise. Once you do that then picking up new languages will be easier because the core concepts will be familiar to you.
I used to work in the public sector so I'll share something with you. There is a stigma attached to being a public sector employee. I've been told this by more than one recruiter. It's a great training ground but at some point you have to make up your mind whether you want to stay there your whole career or venture into the private sector. The longer you stay the harder it will be to get out. Some recruiters will look at someone with 10-15 years of public sector experience and be reluctant to hire you for a private sector job. I met some smart people in public sector but I also met more than my share of lazy pricks. You sound like one of the former so just make the right choice for you. Good luck
The current learning language for Computer Science is Java. It used to be Pascal. Switched to Java because of the importance of object oriented programming.
The language of choice for Linux/Unix system administration is Perl. Windows admins don't generally code though one of the dot-net's would likely be the choice if they did.
Pick one. Then buy a book and work through writing and running the example code. Then come up with an idea for a simple program you want to write. Then write it, referencing your books and Google search.
PowerShell is what a Windows IT admin would be using these days.
I would recommend Java or C# for the questioner. Both are easy to find work in.
It's been a while since Perl was The language used by sysadmins. It's still around, sure. But shell scripts never really went away and Python has been growing steadily as well.
C and/or C++ will get you further than any other "modern" language.
Join an open source project that strikes your fancy, or find a niche and start your own.
Probably won't get you a job though. The relatively few C/C++ jobs will be filled by experienced people.
It's been my experiance that good programmers always have a project in the works. It's almost a disease. I can't go 2 weeks without writing something. So if you've gone 6 years without writing anything, I've got to wonder if it's really your thing.
That said, the next question is where to start. Pick something with high demand where it's relatively easy to get your foot in the door. The biggest problem you'll encounter is that everyone wants 5 years of experiance. If you can work programming into your current job, great. That's how I switch from systems administration to programming. I'd recommend learning C# and MVC. The tools are excellent and there's huge demand for it right now. The HTML and Javascript side of it will translate over to anything else you want to do.
Of course programmers code every day, it's their job.
If you want to be a web developer, learn HTML, CSS, JavaScript, a web backend language, and SQL. If you want to do sysadmin type stuff, learn a scripting language or three (PowerScript, Python, Perl, UNIX shell scripts (ick!)). If you want to get into heavier programming, pick up languages used in the direction you want to head; that might be a scripting language or it might be a "real" programming language.
If you can, work your programming skills in to your current job. It's much easier to get a job progra
Learning styles have been shown to be irrelevant: see Pashler, H.; McDaniel, M.; Rohrer, D.; Bjork, R. (2008). "Learning styles: Concepts and evidence". Psychological Science in the Public Interest 9: 105–119.
Note that they don't say that learning styles "don't exist", just that whether they exist or not, nobody has been able to demonstrably improve teaching or learning by conscious application of learning styles.
Good teaching is better for everybody, regardless of learning "style".
Instead of following the pattern on here of recommending this programming language or that, I'll suggest a different course.
First, choose a very specific field of work. Video games, insurance, pinnipeds, ASIC design... something.
Second, look at the development technologies and tools that exist in that field and are used frequently and common. Games use C++ and assembly, ASICs use Verilog, pinniped databases are written in
Third, focus on learning the technologies that are used in your particular field of interest.
This will permit you to have a marketable skill in precisely the area of programming you want to accomplish.
I am aware that many programmers consider themselves "generalists" -- and heck, I do too. But the field of programming is now sufficiently wide that ALL programmers must, to an extent, specialize. Of course you can always apply your generalist knowledge to solving one-off problems. Instead, I suggest you focus on a particular area of expertise related to your dream job.
Best of luck.
Seriously - It's better as a generalist. Or do you really want to swap having a new problem every day to having the same one for years?
My question to you all is, what language should I start with, to learn and get back into the principles of programming, that will help me build a personal portfolio, but will also lend to learning other languages? At this point, I'm not sure if I'd like to make/maintain custom applications, or if back-end web programming would be more interesting, or any of the other niches out there."
Several languages are good and refreshing the basic principles of programming and as stepping-stones to learning other languages. If you need a list, just ask several high school or college CS department what languages they teach as 1st and 2nd languages.
You narrowed things down by saying you want to build a portfolio. What kinds of projects do you want in that portfolio? You don't seem to have decided yet.
Once you decide, that will be a major factor in choosing your language. You'll want to pick a lang
By and large, languages don't matter. It's the frameworks that do. Nobody* is looking for a ruby programmer - they're looking for a ruby on rails programmer. Nobody is looking for an Objective-C programmer - they're looking for iOS (and/or MacApps) programmers.
* yes, there probably are 3 ruby jobs, but you don't qualify and they are not near you/flexible enough/whatever.
I don't happen to like Java. I found python annoying when I last tried it (which was long ago). I think I'd like it more, now. php was meh. I really enjoy ruby and I liked Obj-C 15 years ago. Find out what you like to work with.
Check out the Seven Languages book. It's fun to take a few languages for a spin. If it's not fun for you, maybe you should stick with IT
But you're really asking about finding a job.
By and large, jobs don't matter. Yes, you need/want to make enough to live comfortably, but it's amazing what you can be comfortable with. What really matters is what you work on, who you work with, and what you work with. Find a job in a field that interests you, working for/with folks that you get along with. Once you're there, fix the kinds of problems you enjoy fixing. Do some of the ones that need fixing, too. You do both software and IT - it should not be hard to find a great place to work and make it work for you.
3.) Something that's platform independent.
I asked myself the same question several years ago. Because I was a hard care Unix admin at the time, I picked C# and DirectX development. I wanted something "easier" than my 50 hour a week job and different enough that I did not get sick of it. Also, I remembered Visual Basic from college and it was fun. I wrote about 40% of a pretty impressive game, all while teaching my
I wrote about 40% of a pretty impressive game
Oh, you too?
Seriously though, the cool thing about making a game, creative app or random "effects" is that you're totally free to experiment, while still learning a LOT, especially the higher you aim. Making a simple game or a starfield is easy, but there is just no ceiling to that stuff; while there are usually limits to how crazy you can get with "serious" apps etc.
Do you have a Bachelor's degree? I began working as a systems administrator before completing my Bachelor's degree. I have always done some amateur programming, but wanted to improve my skills to where I really was a "programmer". So I killed two birds with one stone and started taking one course a semester at a local college. I would go either at night, or on the weekend. Some semesters I took more than one course.
As I said, I already had written programs. I did not have the deeper understanding to write better, bigger and more complex programs though. The computer science program laid a foundation of calculus, statistics, and discrete mathematics. Then it went deeper into graph theory, and the theory of computation. Then we began learning C++. Then we learned more advanced C++, how algorithms and recursion and so forth worked. Then we learned Java. Then we learned about data structures, and the relationship between data structures and algorithms.
If you just want to learn a little Perl to write some simple scripts, you don't need to do all of this. It sounds like you want to have a deeper understanding of programming though. So this is necessary. I think it is best done at a college, although theoretically someone can learn much of this on their own.
I think the idea of learning programming by "I want to learn one language well" is an amateur mistake. Our learning initially was almost purely mathematical. If you read volume I of "The Art of Computer Programming", he doesn't get into (M)MIX programming until pretty far into the book, the beginning is math. The cursory learning of a programming language was just a byway to then teach us about recursion, backtracking and the like. We immediately moved onto Java instead of going deeper into C++, to see that there were different ways of doing programming by different languages. We later learned radically different languages using different paradigms like logical programming (Prolog), functional programming (Lisp) on top of the object-oriented programming (C++, Java) languages we had already learned.
Eric Raymond once said "Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot." Other experienced programmers have agreed with this sentiment. As you said you're still an amateur, it's probably beyond your capacity right now to understand why someone should "waste time" learning a language like Scheme Lisp which they might end up never using. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure though. The opinion of most expert programmers is that understanding the core ideas of computer science and programming is more important than domain expertise in a particular language. You say "I'll be setting aside an hour every day to devote to learning a new language, in the eventual hope that I can leave this company (take a sabbatical) and hop into the private sector for a few years." You should ask yourself if this is enough. Yes, knowing at least one commonly used programming language is important to get a job as a programmer. You will never really understand that language, and its limitations and advantages, until you learn some other languages, and some of the general concepts behind all programming and computer science. You said you were a novice programmer, and I think putting too much emphasis on learning one language well is an amateur mistake. There's a lot of steps you should be doing before deciding to become an expert in one language.
I'll give a personal example. I do a lot of Android (Java-like) programming. I also need a web API for some of the programs. A server-side Java solution is just too expensive for what I'm doing - sites like Bluehost and Dreamhost don't really support Tomcat and the like for $9 a month. So I use other languages for my web API than Java. Do a Google, or more importantly, a Craigslist job search for "full s
This book teaches you to think like an experienced programmer.
It's a great way of refreshing your algorithm skills and an easy ready compared to other (heavier) algorithm books.
Just don't jump into projects involving involving the technologies (i.e. platforms and tools) of the now. The number of subjects you have to "learn" about are so fragmented it's an utter nightmare. You'll get lost, feel incompetent, and give up; I've seen it a hundred times. What you are going to do is reinforce and awaken your incommunicable knowledge of programming fundamentals; not in a formal, theoretical way, not with simple practice (though consistent routine is required to turn this into a habit agai
The dirty little secret of the programming world is that the vast majority of jobs aren't really all that different than what you're doing now. Sure a few folks work in C on the bare metal, and a few people do some really high level stuff for companies like Google or Microsoft, but the vast majority of people working as programmers are making LoB apps used by maybe a few hundred people accessing a dozen or so tables from either an existing LoB system or a custom database. For the most part these apps are ac
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SHANGHAI, China – November 19, 2009 –SEMI today announced that FPD China will move to Hall W1 of the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) on March 16-18, 2010. The China FPD Conference, the authoritative technical conference of the China FPD industry will be held concurrently with the FPD China exposition.
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by Mike Masnick
Fri, Dec 12th 2008 2:12pm
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Congrats to the FCC -- supposedly the most tech savvy of gov't agencies, for going a full five years without updating its website search. Jerry Brito, who has been watching the FCC's website for quite some time, and noting how awful it is for a tech-related agency, points out that the search page was last updated on December 11, 2003. Of course, that's not the biggest problem. As Brito notes, the docketing system has tremendous problems for an agency that needs to be more transparent: "there is no full-text search, there are no data feeds, and their robots.txt file is set to exclude search crawlers." Of course, when the agency is run by a guy famous for secrecy and purposely hiding information to get his way, perhaps it's no surprise that the search function has gone neglected.
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Mark Regan, 12 Dec 2008 @ 3:32pm
FCC Will NOT learnI have been licensed by the FCC in one way or another for most of my adult life, and beginning with the Bush Administration's replacing the engineers and technicians who previously did a good job of running that agency with POLITICAL HACKS who were on a mission to enrich their "billionaire buddies" and administer political plum sweetheart contracts, it has been simply one scandal after another at that organization.
Their website was programmed using 20 year old technology and mechanisms, and I and all other licensees are REQUIRED to know all kinds of numbers, codes, passwords, and such simply to renew a license even when NOTHING has changed. Since it is impossible to keep up with or remember these numbers and codes and designators, we have to use OUTSIDE consultants who are experts at doing so for their clients or members. So in the process of making it easier for the government, they make it more difficult for hundreds of thousands of licensees.
And writing or emailing them? Forget it. They DO NOT ANSWER since the Bushies took over. Telephone? Forget it. The lines are apparently answered by third party call centers.
And the digital television coupon program? A financial reward to the loyal Republican operatives who administer that program. Imagine the cost of printing holograms on quality one time use only credit card-type plastic, a very complex application process, an even MORE EXPENSIVE advertising campaign (mostly on Republican owned media), and what is the net result? Millions of Americans who could not meet the "requirements" for the coupons, or who could not use them in time, or who were too poor to pay the cost difference for the converters, will LOSE the ability to receive television signals on the PUBLIC AIRWAYS, many of which were SOLD to Bush's Billionaire Buddies.
We will now be paying a "hidden" tax on the use of these frequencies to these companies with NO representation. I thought that taxation without representation was one of the ideals of our country. Under Bush, it is the de facto standard.
The complicated and outdated website is just ONE TOOL in the Bush toolbox to obfuscate and coverup the malfeasance, misfeasance, and secret contract wheeling and dealing that have been going on at the FCC.
One of the first missions the Obama Team will need to do is CLEAN HOUSE at the FCC and appoint actual RF engineers and technicians and specialists who know what the heck the mission of the FCC actually is, and what the definitions of Public Airwaves and Fair and Equal Access and Public Interest, Convenience, and Necessity are.
My town went 12 HOURS without ANY 911 service because of the FCC's negligence and failure to provide adequate oversight of one of the "favored" companies. The law enforcement agencies are using 30 year old technology because the Bushies got rid of the Clinton era grants for communications improvements. There are only a couple of cell towers serving the entire county which is about the size of Cook County, Illinois. In other words, more than 50% of the people here do NOT have access to ANY cell phone service, and high speed internet and cable is available to only about ten percent of the geographic area of the county, and the phone company closed their only office serving the county and answers the phone in another country and the operators cannot understand the difference between Arkansas and Kansas even when phonetically spelled out, so even simple matters become complicated.
Since there is no cell phone or high speed internet service to the county industrial park, no industry wants to locate here and the few that are here close up and go to where there is modern technology, like 1972 cell phone technology.
Now the Bush administration is trying to stop public use of the frequencies between the television channels in order to allow the FREE usage of those same frequencies by CERTAIN "favored" companies in the wireless mike industry. Why can't they qualify for frequency licenses like EVERY other business wanting to sell services using the public airwaves, and pay the appropriate fees? Because they are Bush Buddies, that's why. Screw the users, the citizens, the taxpayers, and reward the BIG industrial monopolies and multinational corporations that out source the manufacturing of all those wireless mikes, televisions, digital converters, and such. Then the Bush Buddies can make additional BILLIONS through the importing and retailing of these gems.
I get too angry even thinking about how Bush and FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and their corporate bandit associates LOOTED not only the US Treasury but also imposed TRILLIONS of dollars in hidden taxes imposed on our children and grandchildren.
Sos, 14 Dec 2008 @ 8:11pm
Re: FCC Will NOT learnTheir website was programmed using 20 year old technology
Really? It predates HTML? Which 20yo technology was the FCC site developed with then?
mslade, 15 Dec 2008 @ 7:12am
Re: Re: FCC Will NOT learnThe internet is not built on "html". HTML is just the language used to deliver content. There are and long have been far more complex technologies on the server-side that generate the HTML.
To put it more simply, HTML is not capable of search functionality. HTML just describes how to display content.
Anonymous Coward, 12 Dec 2008 @ 3:46pmOooh! Kevin Martin's Birthday is on Sunday too.
Do you think there will be a party?
Anonymous Coward, 12 Dec 2008 @ 10:40pm
Re:Oooh! Kevin Martin's Birthday is on Sunday too.
Do you think there will be a party?
Hmmm... I tried to do a search on the FCC web site, but apparently the search page is very old, and doesn't work very well. Someone should report on this..... (^_^)
Anonymous Coward, 12 Dec 2008 @ 7:32pm
Eye Ron IckFunny how the Federal Communications Commission is not very good at communicating.
Peter Blaise Monahon (profile), 13 Dec 2008 @ 4:50am
Job security wins over customer service every time!.
This is government where they've taken the merit system and learned how to game it to be worse than whim management.
The Trademark Office also has a broken search system, but the "owner's" of each department defend "their territory" against any newcomers who may change the status quo and actually serve their customers better. I developed a modern alternative that thrilled the Commissioner, and 2 weeks before announcing it, I was tossed for supposedly "breaking the rules", and my search solution was tanked. Nobody stood up for me because the entrenchment is fierce, and incompetence in tenacious.
Broken as it ever was. Surprised?
Anonymous Coward, 13 Dec 2008 @ 8:48am
Re: Job security wins over customer service every time!"serve their customers"
Problem is, they do not think of the public as their customer.
Their customer is whom ever puts $$ under the table.
buzz, 15 Dec 2008 @ 11:17am
Data feeds, we got 'em> there are no data feeds
I provide RSS feeds of FCC Experimental Radio license applications and grants, at www.radiospectrum.info .


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For the second straight game, the Twins took a 2-0 lead before making an out. Danny Santana drew a leadoff walk and Dozier followed with his team-leading 14th home run.
Santana and Dozier hit back-to-back homers in the first inning Monday.
Correia allowed six hits, walked one and struck out one in six innings. It was his first scoreless outing since Aug. 27, 2013.


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by Brian DeCandia, Sports Information Graduate Assistant
NEW YORK – The Georgia College golf team is ranked No. 14 in the Men's Division II October Golf World/Nike Golf Coaches' Poll that will appear in the Oct. 3 issue of Golf World.
GC golf garnered 157 points in the poll, only 13 behind Peach Belt Conference (PBC) foe Columbus State University. Other notable PBC teams in the top-25 are No. 17 USC Aiken, No. 18 Armstrong, No. 21 Flagler College, No. 22 UNC Pembroke and No. 24 Georgia Southwestern State University.
Abilene Christian University took the top spot with 368 points, followed by the University of Central Oklahoma, and NCAA runner-up Lynn University rounds out the top-three. Defending NCAA Champion CSU-Monterey Bay still sits at No. 6.
The Bobcats square-off in their final tournament of the fall season Oct. 3-4, at the Aflac Invitational hosted by Columbus State University.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute spports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Astronomers Fix the Astronomical Unit 182
gbrumfiel writes "The Astronomical Unit (AU) is known to most as the distance between the Earth and the Sun. In fact, the official definition was a much more complex mathematical calculation involving angular measurements, hypothetical bodies, and the Sun's mass. That old definition created problems: due to general relativity, the length of the AU changed depending on an observer's position in the solar system. And the mass of the Sun changes over time, so the AU was changing as well. At the International Astronomical Union's latest meeting, astronomers unanimously voted on a new simplified definition: exactly 149,597,870,700 meters. Nobody need panic, the earth's distance from the sun remains just as it was, regardless of whether it's in AUs, meters, or smoots."


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Putting politics and views on the war aside, it is my holiday wish that the media continue to draw attention to the disturbing number of suicides among our troops in
Just this week, we have seen (and I have cited at this blog, see below) a remarkable report in the Army Times about a mutiny among our troops that followed a sergeant's suicide and other tragic deaths, and an in-depth AP report about a family's quest to uncover information about the military's mistreatment of their son, who also killed himself over there. The official total of suicides in the
I'd like to close by publishing here a comment on my Army Times posting below. It comes from the parent of a suicide victim in
"We are dealing with non-hostile combat death in the family. The army ruled it as self-inflicted despite the fact we were in constant contact with him. Testimonies of his final hours showed no sign of suicidal tendencies, physical evidence provided was contradicting and circumstantial at best. He was getting out
"Greg, something stinks with this noncombat crap going on, and families like us are isolated & left to fend for ourselves. The government/Army holds all the cards and resources and know the process in which we have to navigate through to get information and the many ways to be denied. It's a job to them. For us, it's picking up the shattered remains of our lives."


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The Artist Studios at Boston Center for the Arts are dedicated to providing affordable workspace and a supportive environment to artists in all disciplines, and at all stages of artistic development. Artists working in studios at the BCA include painters, printmakers, sculptors, filmmakers, craftspeople, writers, performing artists and other art-related organizations.
The building includes fifty work-only studios for artists and arts organizations (studios are not live-in spaces). Studio sizes range from 110 sq ft to 1500 sq ft.
Artists and arts organizations are selected and placed in studios at the BCA through an application and jury-review process as studios become available.
If you would like more information on the Artist Studios or are interested in applying for a studio, please refer to the most recent application instructions.
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Jane Kadohiro awarded the 2008 Robert W. Clopton Award for Distinguished Community ServiceUniversity of Hawaiʻi
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Kadohiro has taken her role and skill as an educator, a nurse and a diabetes educator and utilized it for the benefit of the community and State. Her contributions have helped improve the health and well being of Hawaiʻi's people and the quality of health care delivered by her professional colleagues.
"She has dedicated her life both personally and professionally to bringing about a world without diabetes," notes Majken Mechling, Executive Director of the American Diabetes Association, Hawaii Market. "We salute her for her lifelong commitment to this cause. There is no one more deserving of this award."
Kadohiro credits her personal experience with type 1 diabetes with largely influencing her research and career field, which has spanned more than 40 years. She is an active community member and especially known for her work with youth in the community. Among her activities are the initiation of the Hawaiʻi Diabetes Youth Camp and the International Conference on Diabetes in Native Peoples, as well as chairing numerous local and national conferences and programs on diabetes.
Kadohiro will be recognized for her achievements along with other UH award recipients at the annual Convocation ceremony to be held September 9, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at Kennedy Theatre on the UH Mānoa campus. The ceremony is open to the public at no charge and no reservations are needed.


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-A man accused of diverting raw sewage directly into a stream was arrested Tuesday, according to Attorney General Kathleen Kane. Charges were filed in Hawley before Judge Bonnie Carney.
-A man accused of diverting raw sewage directly into a stream was arrested Tuesday, according to Attorney General Kathleen Kane. Charges were filed in Hawley before Judge Bonnie Carney.
William E. Neville, 85 of Moscow, was charged with one count of unlawful conduct, Clean Streams Law, a felony three; one count of prohibition against other pollutions, a felony three; and one count of pollution of waters, a misdemeanor three. Neville is the owner of the Neville Trailer Park, located at 377 Neville Road in Moscow.
The Attorney General's Environmental Crimes Section conducted an investigation based on a referral by Wayne County District Attorney Janine Edwards. Investigators said that Neville was "discharging untreated sewage into a tributary of Wilcox Creek."
According to court documents, Neville violated the Clean Streams Law when he "did intentionally release sewage from the Neville Trailer Park and the Neville residence into an unnamed tributary in Wilcox Creek" between Dec. 9, 2008 and Dec. 12, 2012.
Wilcox Creek is a tributary to Wallenpaupack Creek.
The dumping was done "via a constructed pipe system."
Neville has owned the property since 1981 and assumed a joint ownership with his daughter Nancy Neville Haines in July 2011.
On Aug. 10, 2011, Robert Corby, Sewage Planning Specialist for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Gary Enslin, Salem Township Sewer Enforcement Officer visited the Neville Trailer Park and detected sewage odors, but "couldn't locate the source."
On Feb. 28, Corby learned of "potential water pollution problems" associated with the Neville Trailer Park from Enslin. On March 1 in an interview with Enslin, it was found that he became aware of the sewage problem in the vicinity of the trailer park "based on complaints by nearby residents."
In samples that were taken from Wilcox Creek on Dec. 9, 2008, results indicated "constituents associated with sewage." Neville was approached and he denied any knowledge of a source for the stream pollution.
Complaints continued to be sent to Enslin and on May 17, 2010 he observed what he deemed as "obvious septic wastes downstream" of the Neville Trailer Park. Again samples indicated sewage contamination.
On May 6, 2011 Enslin asked Neville if he could insert a camera into a pipe along Neville Road in an attempt to "determine the pipe's origin." Instead, Neville covered the pipe outfall with fill. Enslin was granted access to the pipe on Oct. 6, 2011, where Enslin determined the pipe's origin was "in the immediate vicinity" of the Neville Trailer Park sewage collection system.
On Nov. 11, 2011, Corby and DEP Soils Scientist Tim Craven met with Neville. It was then that Neville admitted to "directly discharging sewage" from the trailer park to the unnamed tributary of Wilcox Creek "over the course of many years." Neville stated that by opening a valve he could "divert sewage away" from the trailer park's on-lot sewage system. He primarily discharged to the stream at night.
On Nov. 14, 2011 after a site visit from Enslin, a gate valve, operated by a "T" handle was located and Enslin cemented the valve closed, "making it inoperable."
On Nov. 20, 2012, Enslin received many complaints from residents on Neville Road about "toilet paper and sludge discharging from a pipe" and entering the unnamed tributary of Wilcox Creek. Samples once again showed constituents associated with sewage. A few days later Enslin visited the site again and witnessed sewage, "including toilet paper," being discharged from the pipe.
A week later, Neville told Enslin and admitted the sewage collection system from the Neville household "was not hooked" to the Neville Trailer Park on-lot sewage treatment system and was discharging into the creek. Neville was told to "redirect the sewage" from the Neville residence to a "newly installed sewage collection area."
On April 19, Neville said he's owned the property for 65 years and that the trailer park has been in existence for 36 years. He said he "put all the pipes in the ground" and that he installed the sewer system. He "was aware" that the sewage from the trailer park was discharging to the tributary.
On May 30, DEP learned that neither William Neville, Nancy Neville Haines nor the Neville Trailer Park "has ever had a permit to discharge into the waterways of the Commonwealth."
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This is my 1000th post (assuming no deletions pending) and I want to do something special. Theres a blogging tradition of posting a Thursday Thirteen (TT) list, a list of thirteen things with a common theme. It can be single words, phrases, descriptions, pictures, or some combination, for example, 13 of your sex toys, 13 things youd like to try, etc. It doesnt have to be about sex, but I posted in this forum because it allows porn and thats what my first list has. If youre like me, you wont want to wait for Thursdays, so I say we post any time. Please join in!
Below are my thirteen favorite picture threads on JUB.
1~ PICS Male beauty. Kyanimal makes an almost-daily contribution of ten pics and is joined by several other regular contributors sharing the beauty of the male form.
2~ PICS Sexy, arty, unconventional PICS. This is one of my favorite threads. The idea is for the total image to be interesting, not just a picture of a hot man. Most posts have photographs, but Im sharing a drawing by our talented and creative ShiTzuTylenol.
3~ PICS Black and White PICS. The black and white counterpart to the Arty thread. A lot of eligible black and white pics end up in Beauty or Arty instead (or in addition to) so there arent as many new posts.
4~ PICS Ur fav bathtub picture! Bathtub and shower pics of all types naked and dressed, indoors and outdoors, singles, couples, and the occasional moresome. I understand its hot to see a dudes package through wet briefs, but theres a part of my brain screaming, Why did he get in the shower with his clothes? The answer, Ive learned, is because it makes a great photo.
5~ Perfect Butts,Balls and Feet..MMMM. To be honest, many of these seem a little repetitive to me, but if you like this classic porn pose, theres plenty of it. Maybe because Im more of a bottom I dont appreciate this view as much as others.
6 ~ PICS Hard While Bottoming. Like the title says, its pics of the bottom staying hard while getting fucked, at least long enough to get the photo.
7~ Info Request frot guys? cock2cock dick2dick frottage. dunhills hot thread on frot action includes contributions from a few others.
8~ PICS Neck Nibblers (kissing neck/jawline/ears). The title says it. Delicious.
9~ Chris Pine is a major hottie! . Self explanatory.
10~ Facial Hair Lovers Check In Here! After ignoring this for a while big mistake I found more than just facial hair here. Those faces are attached to some great bodies.
11~ The official thread of Kissing!!! All sorts of kissing pictures from greeting card sweetness to explicit porn.
12~ New Vintage Pics thread The OP stopped posting, but a few other people contributed. Perhaps some of you will bring it back to life.
13~ PICS Challenge - Hot Guys...in...kilts? Not many posts, but a fun thread, as expected from illgetbi.
More lists: A good friend and writer put together a TT called Celebrating Men. She credits me and my JUB habits for some of the pictures. Not a porn site. http://darlassandcastles.blogspot.co...ating-men.html
She let me fill in as a guest blogger one day: http://darlassandcastles.blogspot.co...-thirteen.html Slightly kinky, no pics.
Sample pics in thumbnails below. ShihTzuTylenol drew the third one.
Im already planning two more lists - favorite photographs of butts and cocks.
This cartoon seemed appropriate. I think I obtained this is from a Jubber - sorry I can't give proper credit.


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Do we know whether the gunman who killed 20 elementary school children and six adults obtained his weapons through legitimate means? Not yet. Would gun registration have made a difference? Unclear so far. Is it a coincidence that Newtown, Conn., the town where the shooting took place -- a small, picturesque and usually ultra-safe place -- is also the home of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, which describes itself as the "trade association for the firearms industry"? Probably.
So is it too early to talk about the need for better gun regulation? Not to me. Up to now, gun enthusiasts have said the problem isn't that some bad people are walking around with guns; it's that too few good guys are equally armed. If guns aren't allowed at colleges, there will be more campus shootings, they contend. A few armed patrons at the Aurora, Colo., shootings during a showing of the newest Batman movie would have been a better solution to violence than tighter rules over who can buy guns and how quickly.
Mass shootings aren't the extreme, unthinkable rarity they used to be, though things have reached an unspeakable pass when our youngest students cannot be safe in their classrooms. What were the parents supposed to do, arm their third-graders?


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Armadillo Eggs Recipe
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- 3 cans (12 ounces each) pickled jalapeno peppers
- 4 cups shredded cheddar cheese, divided
- 1 pound Jones No Sugar Pork Sausage Roll sausage
- 1-1/2 cups biscuit/baking mix
- 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 envelopes pork-flavored seasoned coating mix
- Cut each jalapeno in half lengthwise; remove seeds and stems. Stuff each pepper half with about 1 tablespoon cheddar cheese. In a bowl, combine the uncooked sausage, biscuit mix and remaining cheese; mix well. Shape about 2 tablespoonfuls around each pepper.
- Dip into eggs, then roll in coating mix. Place on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Yield: about 3 dozen.
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"These took a lot longer to make than 40 minutes. That said, these are really good - spicy, but not so hot that you were reaching for the milk. I had a mix of medium and small fresh jalapenos, and think next time I will use only small peppers - I ran out of filling at 24 peppers. Took these into work where they were well received. Didn't finish the first day, but everyone insisted on my leaving the remainder so they could heat up the next morning - even good reheated!"
"HUGE HIT!!! I have made these with reduced fat biscuit mix, fat free cheese and turkey sausage. Can't even tell they are lower in fat. One suggestion, I had better luck stuffing them with chunks of cheese instead of the shredded cheese. I also made a double batch and froze half. Still super yummy!"
"These are great!! Instead of pork sausage we used a brisket that we had smoked the day before.. we also panko flakes.. Fantastic flavor."
"These are really great. I used fresh jalapeno peppers and made my own coating. Also I made them ahead of time all but the egg and coating and put them in the freezer, then when I had company I just took them out dipped in the egg and coating mixture and impressed everyone!!!"


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|U.S. Military Training Programs in Latin America
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|Monday, 04 April 2011 20:24
Each year, U.S. Southern Command helps send approximately 5,000 students from the AOR (Area of Responsibility) to attend U.S. military training programs across the Department of Defense, to include the WHINSEC- Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (School of the Americas), the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, the Inter-American Defense College, and the Inter- American Air Forces Academy.
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Every year U.S. Southern Command sponsors 7military exercises specifically designed to facilitate interoperability, build capabilities, and provide venues to share best practices among the military and security forces in the region. Our largest multinational 21 exercise, PANAMAX 2010, brought together eighteen nations from the Western Hemisphere to train for the defense of the Panama Canal. Other key FMI exercises in the region include TRADEWINDS, FUERZAS COMANDO, and UNITAS.
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El Cirque du Soleil ofrece kits de prensa de sus diferentes espectáculos e información acerca de la compañía.
Rogé Francoeur dreamed of acting as a youngster, but it was behind the scenes rather than on stage that he was to make his mark. His studies in Fine Arts in Quebec and sculpture at York University in Toronto led him to a career creating props for film, theatre and television productions.
Rogé started in film as a set decorator, model-maker and props designer. He worked on many features, including Emile Radok's Taming of the Demons (1985) which was instrumental in his choice of career. He also applied his three-dimensional point of view to Shadow of the Wolf (1992) directed by Jacques Dorfmann, the 1993 TV movie Zelda directed by Pat O'Connor, and Screamers (1995) directed by Christian Duguay.
In 1996, Rogé Francoeur worked as a creative assistant, set decorator and model-maker for Cinema Avenue Japan, a major film exhibition in presented in Tokyo. For the past six years he has taught prop design and set painting at a college in Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec, and he is currently completing a Master's degree in teaching with a thesis on show creation.
Rogé's first formal association with Cirque did not come until 1992 when he worked with the costume designer Dominique Lemieux on the creation of Saltimbanco. He went on to work with set designer Michel Crête, creating props for the shows Mystère and Alegría in 1993 and 1994. Since 2003 he has been a consultant on R&D projects for Cirque and has also worked closely with the costume department. He says it was his work on Alegría that really caught the attention of the company, which led to KOOZA – the first time he has worked on a Cirque show as a designer.
"KOOZA is an exploration of the world of the clown, as imagined by David Shiner," he explains. "The performances of the comic actors are at a very high level and the props must never upstage their characters. My constant preoccupation is to keep things simple, ergonomic and compatible with the set design. My approach to prop design is impressionistic. Props are often only fully revealed when seen from a distance, or under lighting."
Rogé Francoeur was born in 1963 in Macamic, Quebec.


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It might be the current economic situation, or possibly because it's an election year or maybe we have all just taken a good look at our waistline, but America seems to minimizing their propensity for super sizing. Small is the new big, with a call to arms to shrink everything from the government right down to the size of a New Yorker's favorite carbonated beverage.
One might question the logic behind imposing limits on a Big Gulp, but who among us wouldn't like to drop a few pounds? In many cases, less really is more, but this particular build up isn't one of those instances. In fact, it's all about more, as in more cubes, more cam and more compression--but we didn't stop there. In keeping with the theme, we even added a large blower. Usually reserved for big-block applications, our big-inch, small-block was topped with nothing less than a dual-quad inducted, 8-71 supercharger from Weiand. Loud and proud, nothing screams "look at me" like an 8-71 sticking out of the hood. The question now was did the massive blower have the bite to back the bark? Was it really worth the effort to "Go Big?"
While it is possible to build small-blocks exceeding 450 inches, doing so requires a great many custom components. Our adventure was more of an off-the-shelf variety, including the eventual displacement of our stroker assembly. Not content with a mere 350 inches, we stepped up to the most common of all small-block stroker dimensions, 383 ci. This was achieved in the usual fashion, by combining a 4.03-inch bore with a 3.75-inch stroke. Knowing boost was also on the list, we opted for a 4340 forged steel stroker crank from Scat matched with a set of its 6.0-inch I-beam rods.
Completing the stroker rotating assembly was a set of forged flat-top pistons from JE and matching rings. Some may question the use of (relatively) high-compression flat-top pistons on a blower motor, but elevated static compression improves off-boost power and fuel economy, to say nothing of maximizing overall power. The trade of is it makes octane rating and tuning more critical. Not wanting to use a production block, we instead chose a new four-bolt race block from Procomp Electronics. Available with either a 4.030- or 4.125-inch bore, we chose the smaller of the two. The beefy block was on hand to withstand the prodigious power offered by the blown stroker.
The camshaft all but determines the personality or more accurately the power curve of the motor. Small cams maximize low-speed power (torque) production, while more aggressive profiles shift power production higher in the rev range. Looking for big power numbers from our 383, we chose our cam accordingly. Choosing a cam from the Crane catalog, we selected one of its powerful solid roller profiles. The Crane cam offered a 0.670/0.625 lift split, a 260/268 duration split and 108-degree lobe separation angle.
We know blower cam guys out there might be wondering where the big intake-to-exhaust split or where the wide LSA are, but believe us, this cam worked well both normally aspirated and supercharged. We've even tested this profile against a so-called blower grind and found the NA cam worked better in both applications. The high-lift, roller cam was ideally suited to the impressive flow rates offered by our cylinder heads. Crane also supplied the roller lifters and 1.5 ratio Gold roller rockers. With our cubes, cam and compression taken care of, it was time to address the induction system. Obviously the stroker would eventually be topped by the massive 8-71 supercharger from Weiand, but we also wanted to break in the motor and make a few pulls in normally aspirated guise to establish a baseline. Looking to optimize the induction system, we combined a set of Super 23 230 heads from Trick Flow Specialties with a single-plane intake from Dart.
In addition to the dual 750 HP carbs for the Weiand blower, Holley also supplied a 950 HP carburetor for our normally aspirated testing. As indicated by the name, the Super 23 230 heads featured 230cc intake ports combined with a 2.08/1.60 valve package and 70cc combustion chambers. The chambers on our heads actually measured just under 72cc, bringing the static compression ratio of our combination to 10.3:1. Since the Super 23 230 heads were capable of supporting 650 hp in normally aspirated trim, we knew they were more than adequate to feed our 383. The heads were secured using Fel Pro gaskets and ARP head studs.
The majority of our stroker was ready, but there were still a few pieces missing. The oiling system came from Moroso, including a billet pump with integrated pick up, pan and windage tray. That billet pump flowed some serious oil, requiring that we step down to the supplied relief spring to decrease oil pressure. Additional components included a complete MSD ignition system including (small cap) billet distributor, wire and ignition amplifier and a set of 1 3/4-inch headers from Hooker. We even ran a 1 inch carb spacer from Wilson Manifolds during testing, which improved the power production by 6-8 hp. After the break-in procedure, the normally aspirated 383 demonstrated its worth by pumping out peak numbers of 571 hp and 497 lb-ft of torque. The Crane roller cam allowed the motor to make peak power at 6,600 rpm and peak torque at 4,900 rpm.
With our baseline testing out of the way, it was time for some boost. Let's be honest, hoisting an 8-71 blower up on the small-block is not for the feint of heart (or body). This is a big chunk of aluminum (and steel), but the results (both visual and dyno) were more than worth the effort. Installation of the blower was basically an intake swap, so off came the single-plane Dart intake and on went the lower (blower) manifold for the Weiand.
When it was properly secured, we hoisted the blower up into place and snugged the blower bolts (Do not over-tighten these!). Feeding the beast was a pair of 750 HP Holley carburetors, both working in unison thanks to the supplied dual-quad linkage. We started things out on the conservative side with a 54-tooth crank pulley and 63-tooth blower pulley, which allowed the blower to spin 14.3 percent slower than the engine. Run at this boost level, the blown 383 produced 728 hp and 625 lb-ft of torque. A 728hp Mouse is nothing to sneeze at, but there was plenty more hiding in the 8-71.
The great thing about superchargers is that more power is just a pulley change away. More blower speed equals more boost, which, in turn, equals more power. Of course all this assumes there is no detonation. With extra blower and crank pulleys at our disposal, we decided to crank up the 8-71. To get things started, we made a small change by swapping out the 63-tooth blower pulley for a smaller 61-tooth version. The blower was still under driven (relative to engine speed) by 11.5 percent, but the resulting increase in blower speed pushed the peak boost level to 8.7 psi and the peak power output to 760 hp and 638 lb-ft of torque.
The previous pulley swap netted an increase in boost of just 1 psi, so we decided to make a major change. The air/fuel was spot on at the elevated boost level, so we felt comfortable making a sizable change in boost. Looking to exceed 800 hp, we installed a larger (57-tooth) crank and smaller (59-tooth) blower pulley. The result was a jump in boost to 11.7 psi and a peak power output of 813 hp. Peak torque was up as well, from 638 lb-ft to 667 lb-ft. Even more impressive was the fact that the power curve was still climbing at our self-imposed shut off point of 6,600 rpm. More boost and more engine speed would certainly yield more power, but how can you argue with an 800hp, 8-71 blown stroker small-block? That, my friends, is Going Big.