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Sedalia Family Details Cruise Ship Ordeal
SEDALIA - Sedalia mother Stephanie Kolasky and her two-year-old daughter Hannah had no idea they were setting sail on a 'porta-potty' cruise ship to celebrate a family wedding. The family chose the Carnival Triumph because it was affordable and convenient. Of their wedding group of 23, many live in San Antonio, Texas--about a four-hour drive to the Triumph's port of departure in Galveston.
Kolasky said the engine room fire that crippled the cruise ship on Sunday, February 10 didn't interfere with the wedding. "The wedding actually happened on Friday and it was beautiful," said Kolasky. "They ended up getting everything paid for complimentary because of the fire on the ship. So it worked out in their favor, definitely."
The ship made it to its only destination stop in Cozumel, Mexico on February 9 without any sign of trouble. "But with Hannah, we were only able to stay off the ship for about four hours because it was hot--really, really hot," said Kolasky. "We just needed to keep her in a happy mood. So in eight days, we were off the ship for four hours."
Kolasky went to sleep Saturday night after admiring a beautiful sunset on board. She thought she would wake up and enjoy a final day of relaxation at sea on Sunday, but the morning had other events in store. "We woke up to an alarm over the PA system Sunday morning of 'Alpha Team! Alpha Team!'--which at that point we didn't know what the 'Alpha Team' was, but it turned out that it was their fire response team."
A series of announcements echoed through the PA system, but left passengers clueless as to what was going on. Kolasky could see smoke out her balcony window and smelled a burning electrical smell in the hallway. "Probably about an hour and a half later they finally came over the PA system to let us know that there had been a fire. And at that point, everybody just kind of wondered what is going to happen and what is going on."
Lights began to flicker throughout the ship and Kolasky knew trouble was ahead. "After that all power went off and the electricity never came back on." A lack of power was the least of their problems. When the boat leaned to one side or the other, sewage water emerged from the drains and piping in the bathroom. "There weren't enough people to clean up everybody's room all at the same time, so you really kind of had to pitch in to help. If you didn't clean it up right then, then it would overflow into your room. It was gross."
Many passengers migrated to the upper decks to escape smells and overflows of sewage, but Kolasky was able to stay in her room. "We had a balcony room and that was a godsend because we had access to fresh air constantly." The tent city built of sheets impressed Kolasky. "It was pretty incredible to go up and see how people had MacGyvered these tents all over the decks. It was really incredible to see that. But I felt so bad for those people because you knew those were the people that were on the lower decks that had no fresh air at all and couldn't stay in their rooms. I couldn't imagine having a child and having to stay up on those decks. That would have been awful."
Stephanie and Hannah slept in their room every single night. "The first couple of nights were really, really hot," said Kolasky. "But we were able to leave the doors open and get a really good breeze, which also helped with the smell tremendously. But the last night, Wednesday night, it was pretty chilly, so we had to keep the doors closed. And then you have the problem of the smell building up, and with a two-year-old, we were really worried about her getting sick so we kind of left the doors open as long as we could before it got too chilly."
Besides horrible smells wreaking havoc on nostrils throughout the ship, passengers also dealt with unappealing food. "There was always food. There was never a shortage of food," said Kolasky. But according to her, it wasn't the most appetizing food. "I think the most unappetizing thing that we came across was yogurt that they gave everybody that didn't need to be refrigerated. They promised us that it was okay, but I don't think there was any way that any of us were going to eat that."
Kolasky and her daughter ate a lot of boxed dry cereal, which was in high demand. Kolasky said people hoarded food in the morning by taking 10 to 12 boxes of cereal, but crew members monitored food distribution during lunch and dinner. "Every once in a while we would get burgers or hot dogs when one of the other ships would come by, but the wait to get one of those was three to four hours."
Kolasky said taking care of her two-year old daughter was a welcomed distraction because keeping her entertained was a full-time job. "Instead of dwelling on this dire situation we were in, she kind of kept everybody busy with us trying to entertain her," said Kolasky. "So really, I think she helped us get through it with more of a positive manner than some of the people on board the ship."
Despite the circumstances, Kolasky described the atmosphere on board as amiable. Other passengers and crew members jumped to help carry Hannah's stroller up and down flights of stairs. "There was always ample help for everybody that needed it," said Kolasky. She never felt unsafe on the ship either. "Really it was amazing that the honor system kicked in immediately. We left our cabin doors open almost constantly so that everybody across the hall in the interior rooms that didn't have fresh air could have airflow all day long."
Kolasky said the crew was amazing and always willing to help. However, her one complaint was a lack of communication. "I really would have expected that we would have gotten more information than the general public back home would get, but we got nothing additional." She said the first day was the most frustrating. "They would come on every hour or so and tell us, 'Well, we still don't have any news. We can't get into the (engine) room to let you know when we're going to be able to start moving again and if we're going to be able to start moving again.' And then once they finally did, then they said, 'Ok, now we'll call for help.' So we had a wait time of over 24 hours before help actually arrived to start towing us back to shore. I think the ill communication for that purpose was really frustrating for all the passengers."
With communication scarce at first, rumors surfaced among passengers. "I think the worst one was that the reason the Coast Guard was following us and assisting us was to protect us from Mexican drug lords coming on board and robbing us, which was obviously certainly not going to happen."
Communicating with family members back home was also difficult. Kolasky could only pick up signal for her cell phone when other cruise ships came by to drop off food. She managed to make a call to her worried father, James Van Horn, on Monday. "It went from Monday knowing that she was okay and that things weren't too bad to then hearing the news reports throughout the week of how things were deteriorating," said Van Horn. "Really, what was a short few days seemed like months. That week just seemed to go on forever."
After four long days aboard the crippled ship as tug boats slowly towed it to Mobile, Alabama, the 3,141 passengers finally disembarked the ship the evening of February 14. Carnival paid for travel arrangements home for all passengers. Kolasky and her daughter arrived at the Kansas City International Airport Friday afternoon. "Seeing them come off the jet way and come through the gate area was just incredible," said Van Horn.
In a news release, Carnival stated that all guests of the February 7 Carnival Triumph voyage will receive a full refund of the cruise and transportation expenses, a future cruise credit equal to the amount for the voyage, reimbursement of all shipboard purchases made during the voyage, with the exception of casino, gift shop and artwork purchases, and compensation of $500 per person.
Carnival president and CEO Gerry Cahill stated, "I want to again apologize to our guests and their friends and families. The situation on board was difficult and we are very sorry for what happened. We pride ourselves on providing our guests with a great vacation experience and clearly we failed in that case."
Carnival canceled 14 voyages of the Carnival Triumph through April 13, 2013. Guests on the voyages will receive a full refund of their cruise fare, non-refundable transportation costs, pre-paid shore excursions, gratuities and government fees and taxes.
"As far as being taken care of and compensated through Carnival, I think that they've been more than fair," said Kolasky. "They've taken really good care of us." Kolasky said she will probably use Carnival's free cruise offer, but that cruise will be her last with Carnival.


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Good intentions, wrong words
When my mom died, my boyfriend told me he "knew how I felt" even though no one in his family had ever died. He told me to "not feel bad." He told me the Bible says that all things work together for good (making Romans 8:28 my least favorite verse since most people take it out of context like that). He looked at me a month after she was killed and wondered why I hadn't gotten over it yet. What was my deal anyway? Why was I being all sad and depressing?
And he listened for hours and hours. He held me as I cried. He was there at 2am. He went out of his way to learn about grief. He read up on it. He dragged me to a counselor. If it weren't for him, I would be lost.
And some of his words were born from innocent ignorance. The pure kind of ignorance that comes from never having experienced what I was going through. And he had to learn not to say "I understand what you're going through," or "It can't be that bad," when I poured out my heart to him. And I appreciate him more than anything in the world. And I married him.
I learned the importance of words a while back after listening to a tape of my aunt talking about what to not say to single parents. This was back in my first or second year of college. She and I switched cars after mine broke down in her hometown on my way back to Placerville. Her car had a tape of her talking about single parents, she being one herself. She is involved with S Moms. (Although I still haven't figured out what the "S" stands for since it doesn't stand for "single"… super maybe? :)) She said never say, "I don't know how you do it," because, and I never thought of this, most single moms don't know how they do it either! And they may be thinking they're not pulling it off and wonder if you're noticing. Have I ever said that to a single parent? Maybe. Possibly. But I've never been a single parent (joking about Charley's late hours aside) so it would have been said out of simple ignorance.
In the same vein, most people don't know what to say to parents of special kids because they are not in that situation. They have, what my friend, Sue, calls, "boring" kids. I have had many conversations with other parents of "not so boring" kids, and many of the same themes arise.
It's not helpful when you tell someone your kid's diagnosis and they start out the next sentence with, "At least your child will never…" The nurse at the doctor's office just told me, "At least your child will never fall out of her crib like my son did last week." Many people have said, "At least your child will never scratch her face like my baby always did." And after telling people why our babies don't move, many of us have heard, "Well at least you will never have to chase them all over the house!" But what they don't get is that they would die of grief if someone told them their child would never do those things! It's like saying, "Well at least with little Johnny's Down's Syndrome, you'll never have to worry about rising college costs!" It's just not appropriate. Yet every time I've heard "well at least…", it's from some good-intentioned person trying to make me feel better. And it's weird, but I do feel better–that is until I'm thinking about it later that night. Then I'll think about how my little daughter will at least never do those things and I get sad all over again.
I'm not saying that I'm remembering this one person who said those things and that one person is, of course, you yourself, and I'm harboring hurt feelings towards you. On the contrary. I don't remember half the times I've heard these things. I don't have anyone particularly in mind (besides that one nurse mentioned above who was actually really nice) when I think of the hundreds of times I've heard words like these. It's something I would have said too. In fact, I've caught myself saying similar things like this plenty of times. Well at least you had fire insurance… at least you can get another dog… at least there were no other people involved… at least they didn't feel any pain. Later I've wanted to smack myself for saying those things!
I realize now–and this is the point–that it's not my responsibility to see the bright side for other people. It's always better when someone comes to those conclusions on their own. Like somehow it's okay for Charley to say, "At least my daughter will never have to wait in line at Disneyland," but not for other people to say that.
But even when people don't know what to say, I always feel better after talking it out with someone. I hate elephants in the room. I don't mind questions. I like talking about Laelia, and sometimes that involves talking about her disability in the same way talking about Billy means mentioning his bad haircut. I also like hearing about other people's kids. I can sympathize when little Joey gets a hangnail. I don't have to compare it to Laelie and conclude that Joey's boo boo somehow doesn't count.
And most of the other moms I've talked to feel the same way. At least the ones who are over the initial grief. We love how our friends and families have supported us and loved us and been a shoulder or an ear or a helping hand to us. Even when they didn't know what the right thing to say was.
You give "boring" a good name.

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Greetings! I am Mark Brill (The Brillustrator) and I have created this blog as a place to post my sketches, drawings, comics, paintings, paper sculptures and just whatever the hell I happen to be doing!
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My MAD Tom Richmond Experience!
So, at the beginning of February I traveled to Las Vegas and participated in a three-day caricature workshop offered by the great Mad Magazine illustrator, Tom Richmond! (Above is the group caricature he did of the attendees--an AMAZING piece of work!) It's the first and so far, only formal training I have had in caricature art and it was a fantastic learning experience! I really gained a lot from it and will probably be trying to process it into my work for the next few years. I've described it as "caricature bootcamp"--although I have a feeling that the indoctrination of new employees at his various theme-park caricature franchises is more like a bootcamp. We got a bit of that as well as other aspects of the world of the caricature artist and cartoon illustrator business!
In addition to discussions and demos by tom, we also did a lot of drawing which included one-on-one critiques. We also did a session of timed, 5 minute caricatures of our fellow classmates. It was difficult because each of them was drawing me at the same time...so nobody was looking at you when you looked up for reference! Everyone drew everyone else. Some of mine truned out OK, I think. Some of them were crap. ALL of Tom's were great. LOL That's why he was the teacher! Above is the 5-minute caricature he did of me while I was struggling to draw him! Also a shot of us together because I just had to fanboy at him a bit!!
It was a truly amazing experience and I'm so glad I was able to do it! And a HUGE and heartfelt THANK YOU to Tom Richmond for the opportunity to learn so much from him!
So a couple of weeks later, I did a "Skill Share" event for my cartoonist's group CLAW as our community "Open Swim" Meeting for the month of February. I started off with the story of how I almost missed the whole thing because of the freak SNOWSTORM that took place the night before my flight! My flight was cancelled, I had to wait in line for hours to find an alternate route to Vegas and how I finally got to my hotel 11 hours after I was supposed to have arrived. (My luggage took another full day to show up.) It was pure hell getting there, but once the workshop started, everything was worth it!
I talked about the experience and how much I had learned, I pimped Tom's incredible book "The MAD Art of Caricature" and I had artwork from the workshop on display, including the caricatures everyone had done of me and some of the pieces I had done during our numerous practice sessions. After that I did a couple of demos drawings of the kids that were there, which was fun. Another item that I brought with me was a handout page with some VERY basic caricature art information. I wanted people to have something to take with them. So lastly, I'm posting it here, along with the drawing I did for the Facebook announcement of the CLAW event. Feel free to download the sheet and print it out if you find any of its advice helpful.
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The mosquito is nobody's friend. And when certain mosquito species carry diseases such as malaria or West Nile virus, public-health authorities need to take action. Surely, anything that helps to kill mosquitoes must be good?
But there are other considerations. Can we reduce the mosquito population without damaging other parts of the living system on which we depend for long-term survival? At what stage of development are mosquito populations easiest (and therefore cheapest) to control? How much pesticide are we willing to live with as we control mosquitoes? Which pesticides are the safest for us to use? What sorts of non-pesticide measures are available to us? How much money are we willing to spend?
Applying insecticide seems clean and easy; besides, "the government" can do it. They should have at least one qualified and experienced entomologist in charge who can supervise the job properly. The mosquito entomologist knows how to make the mosquitoes' lives miserable, where and how to apply insecticide, and when is the most effective time. So why not just give him/her the resources to go ahead, apply the insecticide, and kill the mosquitoes?
For many years, I was the head of the Pesticide Research Laboratory at the University of Manitoba, involved in projects to do with pesticide chemistry in the environment. So I know there's more to the story.
Killing adult flying mosquitoes is intrinsically inefficient. Adult mosquitoes hide during the day under protective vegetation to stay moist and cool, and they aren't easily accessible to applicators who must stay on city streets and lanes and apply adulticiding insecticides at night. By contrast, mosquito larviciding is intrinsically efficient, focused, and much more cost-effective. Reducing available breeding sites is the first step.
In experimental testing of mosquito adulticides, mosquitoes in small cages are placed in a row on short poles in an open test area and, with the wind blowing gently toward the cages, a truck-mounted sprayer is driven by with the mosquito insecticide being atomized behind it. The wind wafts the insecticide to the cages, and the insecticide enters the cages and kills the mosquitoes. The technique kills mosquitoes effectively. But in the real world, adult mosquitoes, whether nuisance species or disease-carrying ones, aren't conveniently caged, nor are they all downwind of the applicator trucks.
Real application of adulticides involves the application of insecticides to residential areas from roadways, both upwind and downwind of mosquito-infested yards. If the wind doesn't carry the insecticide to the mosquito, the mosquito doesn't receive the lethal dose. If the mosquito is in the back yard and the truck drives by the front, it is highly likely that the mosquito and insecticide won't meet; a similar result can be anticipated if the mosquito is hiding in vegetation.
During actual mosquito infestations, there are many more times the "tolerable" population of mosquitoes present. Under favourable conditions, the kill will be 50-per-cent to 80-per-cent successful and the reduction of mosquitoes may last 12 to 36 hours. However, there will enough mosquitoes left after an adulticiding event to cause the person with the back-yard barbecue considerable annoyance. If we want to kill disease-carrying species, the results aren't acceptable.
The treatment of sports facilities, picnic sites, cemeteries and formal gardens is localized and can be carried out more thoroughly; control of the mosquitoes in such locations can be expected to be more complete. It may even last for two to three days. And the areas being treated are small enough that whole populations of non-target organisms — those that we like and which may eat mosquitoes, and those that make up the complicated web of life and do us no harm — will likely be able to repopulate the limited areas treated.
The day-to-day variability of the mosquito population is affected by temperature and humidity. It's often impossible to tell if an application of insecticide is responsible for a reduced mosquito population.
Yet the public has great faith in the efficacy of insecticides, particularly for the control of mosquitoes. While this faith is well-placed in the case of larviciding — when the mosquito larvae are localized in pools of standing water — it is much less well-deserved when applied to the control of adult mosquitoes.
The use of more insecticide may marginally assist in killing more adult mosquitoes. However, it brings with it the risk of killing beneficial insects and other susceptible forms of life. In particular, higher levels may adversely affect the lives of vulnerable humans (especially children and the elderly) who are exposed to the insecticide.
The reliance on larviciding appears expensive, particularly compared to the no-action alternative. However, modern biological larvicides based on Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) are capable of killing larvae without harming virtually all of the non-target organisms. Comprehensive larviciding requires planning and selective widespread application to all breeding areas. And it is intrinsically effective. By comparison, the application of adulticides is much more expensive, is of dubious benefit, and must involve the entire area rather than just the breeding sites.
The decision to apply mosquito adulticides is political. Citizens who are terrified of mosquito-borne diseases demand relief. Does adulticiding of residential areas actually provide good value for money? Probably not. Does the city or regional entomologist have any alternative other than to follow the short-term dictates of city or county council? Only with forethought and planning.
As authorities confront the challenge of controlling mosquitoes bearing the West Nile virus, they should remember that effective and timely larviciding, and reducing mosquito habitat, could make costly and intrusive adulticiding unnecessary. Adulticiding seems attractive, but benefits at best last for a day or so.
It isn't easy being the government entomologist, but such expertise is essential. We as citizens must have realistic expectations about his or her capacity to make our mosquitoes disappear.
Barrie Webster, vice-president of Websar Laboratories Inc., is a former head of the Pesticide Research Laboratory at the University of Manitoba.


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British sporting champions Tom Daley and Becky Adlington are encouraging children to 'just keep moving' this summer, as they launch nationwide interactive family swim sessions and a brand new 10 Minute Shake Up campaign – all inspired by the new Disney·Pixar blockbuster, Finding Dory.
The joint Disney, Change4Life and the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) campaign launches family swim sessions at hundreds of pools across the UK as well as new 10 Minute Shake Up activities, in a bid to make exercise fun and help children get the 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity they need each day.
The Finding Dory inspired swim sessions, which are co-created with the ASA and run from 22 July until 4 September, will provide an hour of in-water storytelling for the whole family, teaching children key swimming skills as they are taken on a journey with Dory and friends, led by trained instructors.
These interactive family swim sessions will be taking place at The Link Centre in Swindon. For further information or to book, visit www.disney.co.uk/justkeepmoving
A recent survey, commissioned by Disney, Change4Life and the ASA revealed that three quarters of children aged 5 to 11 (73%) want to do more physical activity, and 56% of children miss taking part in school PE lessons over the summer. Finding ways for their children to be active is a challenge faced by families, with 61% of parents saying they struggle for ideas during the school holidays.
The research showed that more than half of children (55%) said that swimming is one of their favourite ways to keep physically active during the summer holidays. 39% of 5 to 11 year olds also said that they would want to go swimming more often if they could go with family members.
Physical activity helps children build social skills, boost self-confidence, improve bone and heart health and maintain a healthy weight, yet just 21% of boys and 16% of girls currently meet the national recommended level of activity of 60 minutes each day.
Campaign ambassador Becky Adlington, who stars in a series of films sharing her top tips for inspiring children to get active, comments:
"Since I stopped competitive swimming a few years ago, I understand how tricky it can be to fit exercise into a busy routine – and also make it fun. As a mum, it's even harder. But I'm passionate about inspiring the future generation to get active and that's why I'm supporting this summer's campaign from Disney, Change4Life and the ASA. The summer holidays can seem really long but there are loads of great ideas to get kids up and about with new 10 Minute Shake Ups, and what better way to spend time together than enjoying a family swim session where you're learning key skills."
Search Change4Life online for Disney and Finding Dory inspired 10 Minute Shake Ups and don't forget to book your swim session today at www.disney.co.uk/justkeepmoving


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The fact that this week marks the completion of my first month at The Spires Serviced Apartments is exceptionally crazy; where has the time gone?! Fortunately, I am still really enjoying myself and feel quite at home now in the office; it is almost hard to imagine not working here.
Last week, I continued with my email marketing databases (I now know the names of more oil & gas firms than I ever thought possible) as well as my phone calls to update the company database; I am rather worried about the phone bills I will have been accumulating. Last week was also a rather busy learning experience as I was educated in the use of Google Analytics and email marketing tools like Dotmailer. I also learnt how to alter the design of the company webpage and so am slowly accumulating even more power over the company's online presence which can be a bit daunting, but is ultimately very fun.
A task that has been particularly engaging has been the development of our new Bollywood blog series that is running in association with the VisitScotland campaign. The campaign aims to encourage people to visit Scotland to live out their own personal Bollywood adventure by visiting all the landmarks that played as backdrops to iconic Bollywood movie moments. It has been really enjoyable getting to help write the blog because I get to use a bit of creativity, and it is also really interesting seeing just how many Bollywood movies have been filmed here: including in Aberdeen! I had never even suspected a single Bollywood movie had been filmed in Scotland, let alone over 20; a little bit of trivia for you all. Consequently make sure to check out the blog here: http://www.thespires.co.uk/the-spires-blog-when-bollywood-meets-scotland.html.
Hope you all enjoy the last week of February!
Till next time,
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originally, microsoft had planned to release a client and server version of its "longhorn" windows code, the next version of windows following windows xp and .net server. microsoft has now announced that only a client version of the code will be released. also, "blackcomb," which is to follow longhorn, will be released with only a server version. microsoft has traditionally released a client and server version of windows code around the same time.
one of the factors affecting this change is the extended time frame companies have been taking in updating to windows 2000. windows .net server, expected to be released in 2003, is not expected to be implemented by companies until 2004, the year longhorn server was scheduled to be released.
longhorn is expected to include a new 3d gui with interactive video, as well as a new file system, windows future storage (winfs), which will allow network files to be located easier. winfs is also expected to be included in the next release of sql server, code named "yukon."
read more on this topic at cnet and it news. you can also check our previous longhorn, blackcomb, and yukon coverage.
brian's opinion
this was a smart move by microsoft. if it had released longhorn in 2004 it would have received a very lukewarm response. many companies are just now in the process of moving to windows 2000 active directory. with .net coming out next year the chances that a company would then turn around and plan an update in 2004 would be pretty slim.
the additional benefit of skipping a version of windows server is that it will allow administrators to catch up on the new technology of windows 2000 and .net server if they had not already done so. many of the techs that i have spoken with are just now getting their hands dirty with windows 2000 in their corporate environments.
i can't help but also wonder if the new schedule of releases will allow for a better windows product to be produced. after all, microsoft will just have to concentrate on one version of the operating system instead of two. if this is true, it makes you wonder if the change was made to also allow the windows development teams to focus more on security.
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|.net/2000 (9:01am est thu nov 14 2002)
what is the real difference? .net looks nicer, has newer code (could be a bad thing), but 2000 server is pretty powerful
then again, xp/.net/2000 are all built on the same architecture – by first
|long horn (9:28am est thu nov 14 2002)
"longhorn is expected to include a new 3d gui with interactive video"
could someone expand on the statement for me.
|what is the point of license 6.0? (9:45am est thu nov 14 2002)
license 6.0 is very expensive. company who have license 6.0 are suppose to have up to date software. now with longhorn server canceled, .net server is good enough for a few years.
license 6.0 is a real bad deal, you pay a huge amount of money for licensing and the software upgrades from microsoft are coming in longer cycles. – by license6 2 expensive
|future of the windows server gui (9:57am est thu nov 14 2002)
do you know how bad that would suck if they would throw the xp gui on .net server.
could you imagine the increase in horsepower you would now need for a server. it's bad enough that you have to get the specs you do for windows 2000 to get it running good. windows should come up with a server gui. very cut down and very lean. something like icewm that linux has. personally, i don't need media player and tons of other crap installed on a server, and i don't need a resource hogging gui taking up my precious cpu cycles either.
just my 2cents. – by me
|future of windows is…. (10:08am est thu nov 14 2002)
linux – by the truth
|i agree with me (10:09am est thu nov 14 2002)
servers should be lean and mean.
if anyone disagrees then they could buy professional, and use up to 10 users.
– by me2
|win server gui (10:15am est thu nov 14 2002)
i agree with a lean gui. too many small companies try to use their win server as a workstation causing all kinds of problems. i was always a fan of the novel ui back in the 3.x days because the its ui was a server only ui. plus i don't see the point in wasting system resources for the ability of a server os to be used for things it's not meant to be used for in the first place. – by rg
|how about… (10:31am est thu nov 14 2002)
…having a good architecture where you can seperate the gui from the os so it doesn't need to hog resources. oh yeah, there are operating systems like that… – by spottedsnail
|for a pure server, no guis needed. (10:31am est thu nov 14 2002)
for a pure server, no guis should not be needed. on a linux server, you can have a text base server to boost efficency. if you need to do system or network adminatration on a text base server, put the gui on the client linux machine controlling the server. – by *nix sys adm
|re: dx2 (11:08am est thu nov 14 2002)
i have heard that the 3d gui will require a 3d accelerated video card as the desktop will be rendered in 3d. 3d menus & effects, etc. it'll probably look great for those who have the hardware.
hey man! how many frames per second you gettin' in windows?! – by mrx
|m$ smart (11:26am est thu nov 14 2002)
as much as i complained about m$ hiring only lawyers in the late �80s, just like in the early �90s, m$ needs to hire programmers. i know they are hiring a ton in india. .net is not yet finished. m$ basically said, �we don�t have the programmers to finnish .net, so we�ll let 3rd parties finish it for us.� i don�t thing corps are considering switching from w2k to .net, but linux. rg: cos only make the mistake of using a server as a workstation once. – by tech
|gross (11:33am est thu nov 14 2002)
m$'s settlement cleared the way for thousands of current and former temporary employees to receive their share of $97 million in pay. the temp lawsuit was filed in 1992, after some temp workers had spent years with the company. between 10k-12k current and former m$ employees who worked at least 750 hours over at least nine months are eligible for a share of the money.
ever work 10-15 yrs for free? wonder why m$ has to go to india for programmers? – by tech
|server gui (11:47am est thu nov 14 2002)
i think that with the current computing power and frequency of use of a server console even a windows gui should not be that much of a problem. otoh i wouldn't miss media player and other crap either :) – by jac
|re: tech: if you can't beat linux, bribe the users (11:56am est thu nov 14 2002)
"wonder why m$ has to go to india for programmers?" to slowdown the mass migration of india from windows to linux. the indian government has decreed to go to linux.
gates' visit to the asian it hotbed could be an attempt to stop linux from gaining momentum in the populous country.
ms invests in india–to stave off linux?
|there is no need for a server gui. (12:02pm est thu nov 14 2002)
admin admin from the desktop (sometimes yours). todays sys manager is in the rack/wire room, conf room, seminar, classroom… the last time i had a pure admin work for me was '92. i work with a # of large cos that admin 2-3k campuses with 1. no, you need a good remote client with a nice gui. – by tech
|re: linux user (12:16pm est thu nov 14 2002)
bill had been handing out so many freebies to india's federal and state governments in the last three
days that talk of open-source software had started annoying government officials. bill's policy of
regaling developing countries with 100ms+ worth of free software and training is blatantly self-
serving and counterproductive if the stated goal is diminishing the digital divide. bill is spending $500m in india on a new programming location. his $100m bought him no taxes. no, the reason bill�s moving to india is the market. huge population of illiterate suckers to make him king & give him all their $. this is the us back before at&t, & standard oil. – by tech
|re: tech (12:34pm est thu nov 14 2002)
microsoft giveaway drowns out india's open-source software movement
"frederick noronha, founder of bytesforall.org, an indian group seeking to help the poor benefit from technology, called gates' visit irrelevant to 95 percent of indians.
the average indian makes less than $400 a year. but microsoft windows can cost nearly that much after local taxes and import duties are passed on to the buyer.
instead of growing dependent on the pricey upgrades to the software that microsoft hands out free, noronha said india is better off developing programming expertise in linux, which can be freely copied and spread to the poor."
there is a lot of linux development going on in india. did you read about the simputer, a pda running on linux? the simputer hardware features are comparable to a pocket pc. you can give a simputer to an indian peasant and he can start using it in a short time span while a windows pda has a huge learning curve for the indian peasant.
– by linux user
|server gui (1:43pm est thu nov 14 2002)
agree with most people here … server gui should be cut down .. ms have absolutely no idea how to configure their oss that they ship …xp pro comes setup in the worst possible manner. even .net server comes with the search assistant turned on by default … is ms crazy ??
– by ste
|who cares (3:31pm est thu nov 14 2002)
by 2004 60% of the world will have switched to open source (linux), anyway. microsoft should take bullcraphorn and shove it up their own asses. by 2008 no one will be using any microsoft windows products any more. their time on this earth is very short, so steven you and other microsoft lackeys enjoy your ten minutes of fame. the world will soon forget you losers that you are.
– by whackedout
|die, .net, die (3:39pm est thu nov 14 2002)
we don't need it.
we don't want it.
die! – by urgeek
|re: whackedout: interesting news. (3:40pm est thu nov 14 2002)
"linux seller red hat–which chiefly looks to displace unix rivals–announced today it has landed a customer that is bumping aside microsoft windows in favor of red hat software for its database servers. "
– by linux taking over
|win-redhat (4:00pm est thu nov 14 2002)
do you know what type of support oracle gives to the windows platform? i think they update their applications for openvms before win32. might explain why oracle is losing money and having to lay off more people. if you can't get oracle to play with ms, then you make a choice of switching os or switching db. i'm thinking we'll be dropping the oracle appplication server – not quite sure about the db yet. – by robguy
|lol (4:13pm est thu nov 14 2002)
"by 2004 60% of the world will have switched to open source (linux)"
lolol ahahahahahah
so you're saying in about 1 years time 60% of the world will be using open source os's. that's laughable!
i don't even think i need to outline the reasons why. – by bleh
|re: robguy: spreading fud microsoft memo said so. (4:29pm est thu nov 14 2002)
do you know what microsoft gives to their customers with license 6.0? bend over and you will find out. you will be screwed royally.
robguy stop spread fud. the microsoft memo stated that it is ineffective.
oracle battens down the hatches
check this comment from the news article:
– by linux taking over
|re: bleh: check this news story (4:34pm est thu nov 14 2002)
intel server sales to outpace rivals
check this comment from the news article:
one compelling pricing advantage of linux is lower "client license" fees, the money software companies charge according to how many computer users are tapping into a server. linux software, unlike many competitors, often comes with no client license fees. – by linux taking over
|linux is coming (4:51pm est thu nov 14 2002)
first of all, neither of these things are new, the 3d gui and this winfs. well, sorta, 3d gui's aren't very common, but they do exist. linux has an opengl driven 3d desktop and file management app but i don't recall the names of them.
also, winfs sounds a lot like nfs, which is sun microsystems network file system. nfs makes it possible to mount remote filesystems under your local root so that they appear and react just as a true local filesystem would. it has been around since the mid-80's. also, if you link it with sun's cachefs, you get backup similar to windows "offline files".
microsoft hasn't created anything new, they have just coined new terms as a way to market something as "new".
any remote access enabled filesystem is ultimately going to be affected by the underlying network performance.
just remember, these are things that first appeared on unix systems:
1. journaling filesystem
so, if you really want to be using the "latest and greatest" technology, you would be running unix/linux instead of repackaged, crippled variants from microsoft.
|i can't find where i saw it… (5:41pm est thu nov 14 2002)
yesterday, but apple has put demo x86 macs running osx in testers hands. maybe the gui linux needs is aqua, or some hybrid. – by tech
|re: tech: this has nothing to do with longhorn article (5:49pm est thu nov 14 2002)
this has nothing to do with longhorn server being canceled, but here is your link:
apple is testing amd chips claim
|palladium and lagrande technology (6:59pm est thu nov 14 2002)
palladium will make it into longhorn, and if not it will definitely be in blackcomb. better switch to mac os x or linux if you want your mp3's – by rob 666
|re: — (8:22pm est thu nov 14 2002)
thanks but that's not it. i think it got removed from ap or reuters. the article i read had direct quotes from apple reps, demo info links, timeframe, specs… i think it was a press release from apple. – by tech


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I've been catching the second season of Party Down, an original sitcom on Starz. It's a bit like Taxi, but instead of following a group of cabbies, we watch as caterers go from party to party. None of them see catering as their life--they're mostly young people who want to make it in Hollywood. Each week is a different event, and they usually get mixed up with the host and guests.
It's actually pretty smart. The writing is fairly sharp and the performances are fine. It's apparently been created by people associated with Veronica Mars, a show I never watched but was rumored to be smart as well.
For years I've been hoping to see the return of the sitcom. While they're don't rule the ratings roost as they did in the 80s and 90s, I'm surprised to realize how many half-hour shows I actually watch (when I get the chance--they're not all appointment TV, but then, when you can watch whenever you want, what is?). The biggest difference from the glory days of sitcoms is with few exceptions (Big Bang Theory comes to mind--and it's a bigger hit than any of the others), they're all done without a live audience, or a laugh track.
Party Down is usually shown right before Gravity, a half-hour show (with some comedy, but I don't think you'd call it a sitcom) about a support group for people who have attempted suicide. It features Krysten Ritter, who's quite beautiful, but the show itself is not particularly clever or compelling. I blame co-creator Eric Schaeffer, who also plays the (unnecessary) role of Detective Miller. Schaeffer is a mystery to me. He's written, directed and starred in a number of movies (often with hot models as costars), none of which are much good. I admire the guy for getting projects made, but who keeps backing him?


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If you read yesterdays post, I'm on a mission this year with my holiday cardmaking. First off, I'm trying to make cards with simple designs, minimal steps & little embellishing. This card fits the bill, but the background stamping may take a bit. I think I can handle quite a few of these though! Another goal for this years cards is to complete my cards inside & out before putting them away. I spent several days last year completing the insides of my cards before I was able to write them out and send them. It is so much easier to finish them off when you have all of the coordinating products out!!! Notice the inside of this card is complete :)
Do you make your own Christmas cards? Have you started yet or are you a last minute kind of girl?
**This card is being entered into the following challenges: Stamp N Plus, Crafter's Companion, Tip Top Tuesday, Creatalicious Challenges
Stamps: Fair Isle Backgrounds, Winter Wishes (Wplus9) Stocking Prints (PTI)
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Crumb Cake (SU!)
Paper: White (Wplus9), Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler (SU!)
Accessories: Stocking Prints Die (PTI), Circle Stackers (Wplus9), Bakers Twine (SU!)


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Snapchat is the fastest way to share your moment.Just Snap a photo or a video, add caption then send it to your friend or group of friends with Snap chat app.Download Snapchat for Android and iOS available as free at Google Play Store and Apple iTunes. Snapchat windows phone app also available but with its first version you are only able to view Snapchat's messages and not able to send snaps or videos.
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Design of water shock tube for testing shell materials
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014-04-15)
This paper presents design considerations for a shock tube experimental rig used to investigate the dynamic failure mechanisms of shell geometries subjected to water shock impact loading. In such setup, it is desirable that the drive pressure used within the tube can provide a wide range of impulsive loads on the test structures and some flexibility can be achieved on the applied pulse durations. ...
Quantitative analysis of accuracy of voidage computations in CFD-DEM Simulations
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
Ice Detection Experimentation Setup Using Infrared and Active Heating
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-07-24)
The paper shows the possible implementation of Infrared (IR) ice detection technique. The experimental setup is implemented keeping in view of the marine icing phenomena over the ships and offshore structures. The detection mechanism is unique from the passive IR detection by introducing the active heating concept. The intervention of the active heating information inside the IR ice detection system ...
Sound waves in fluidized bed using CFD–DEM simulations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2017-10-16)
The speed of sound waves is investigated using CFD-DEM numerical simulations. Appropriate initial and boundary conditions are applied to capture the phenomenon. The effect of varying the height of the bed is also studied. The results of the simulations matched those from literature. The pressure and particle velocity profiles from the simulation showed the oscillatory behavior. Functions (based on ...
Detection of Red Dye in Diesel Oil
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Developing a sensitive and effective instrument for detecting the presence of red dye in diesel fuel is very advantageous for governments in preventing tax loss by controlling illegal use of the diesel fuel. The objective of this work has been to investigate and develop an instrument to detect red dye in diesel, based on the principle of absorption. The peaks of absorption in red and pure diesel ...
Fluid solid interaction simulation of CFRP shell structure
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017)
This work attempts to model the dynamic behavior of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) shell structure subjected to water shock wave to improve the results presented in the study by Khawaja et al., 2014. In the previous study, the real physical problem was simplified by decoupling the fluid and the structural phenomena, applying the recorded experimental fluid pressure load to the CFRP shell ...
Study of the required thermal insulation (IREQ) of clothing using infrared imaging
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017)
The sense of cold develops due to the increase in heat loss from a human body. Excessive cold can be a health hazard, since excessive heat loss from the body may result in hypothermia/frostbite. Decreased body temperature due to heat loss also affects the physical, manual and perceptive performance of individuals. Therefore, protective measures are taken through clothing that controls and regulates ...
Review of marine icing and anti-/de-icing systems
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The aim of this work is to review the phenomenon of icing in marine operations. The focus is on two main sources of icing, namely atmospheric and sea spray. The literature reveals that sea spray icing is the main contributor to marine icing. This work discusses the available ice accretion prediction models on ships and offshore structures. It also reviews the anti-/de-icing technologies that can be ...


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Clothing in the Early Mining Supply Towns (1860-1865)
by LaDonna Gunn
In Colorado City as in other western supply towns during the Civil War, wool and cotton became very expensive. When miners, farmers, and ranchers wore out their clothing, the men did not usually have the money to buy new clothes or the skills to make their own new clothes. Rather, the men used whatever fabric they could find to sew patches on their worn clothes, ignoring whether or not the "color, fiber, texture, stripes or stamps" matched the clothing. Since most of the flour shipped into the supply towns came in 100 pound sacks manufactured by the XXXX Family Flour company in Saint Louis, Missouri, many men used the flour sacks as patching fabric. S.M. Buzzard, a resident of Colorado City in the early 1860s, recalled that "it was not unusual to see the hind-end gate of a fellow's trousers labeled with 'XXXX Family Flour'."


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Arizona is legendary for its deserts and Wild West heritage. But it's not all cactus and cowboys in the Grand Canyon State. Arizona's wide-open spaces provide opportunity for wildlife, wildflowers, and wild adventures and vistas from all elevations. And the people – from Native Americans to miners – make for some wild stories to tell, too. When visiting Arizona's wild side, bring your camera – and your appetite, because you'll eat some of the best hometown Mexican food and collect the best salsa recipes from mom-and-pop shops that have been making and serving it for decades. Plus, discover the Salsa Trail – great for groups!
Day 1: Get in touch with nature at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum.
Pack a snack or a lunch and begin your trip on the Gila – Pinal Scenic Road at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum, one hour east of Phoenix. Spend a few hours enjoying a moving experience of the beauty, majesty and mystery of arid land plants and creatures. The arboretum offers tours, art exhibits and educational programs to help you better understand the desert and how inhabitants have lived in it for centuries. Then it's off to Globe (:30), where silver and copper mining rule the day.
Between Globe and Miami, off Highway 60 and Highway 188, you'll view Sleeping Beauty, the famed mountain that resembles a giant sleeping woman. It is now the site of a large open-pit turquoise mine. Globe claims to have some of the best Mexican food around. So tonight, indulge in some spicy local fare. Overnight in Globe.
Day 2: Experience Arizona's wild military and Native American past.
Today, pack a lunch and take the scenic drive up the Salt River Canyon along Highway 60 toward the Fort Apache Indian Reservation (1:30). Near Whiteriver, tour Fort Apache National Historic Park, which recalls a period of both conflict and cooperation between soldiers, scouts and the various rebel bands of the Western Apaches lead by such Wild West legends as Geronimo and Cochise. See prehistoric ruins and petroglyphs and visit the Apache Culture Center.
Just up the road, visit the Alchesay Fish Hatchery (:15), which supplies our lakes and streams with various trout species. Picnic among ponderosa pines in this secluded area, then take a tour of the hatchery, which will show you nearly every stage of a trout's lifecycle. Overnight in Globe.
Day 3: Explore 800-year-old ruins and Old West saloons.
Today, visit Besh-ba-Gowah Archeological Park, an ancient ruin and a beautiful restoration of a salado pueblo, inhabited in the 12th and 13th centuries. Walk through the rooms of this 700-year-old pueblo, climb ladders into the upper stories and see the utensils and furnishings that were part of life in pre-Columbian times.
A few miles south of Globe on Highway 77, don't miss the spectacular view of El Capitan Pass. In 1846 Kit Carson led Kearny's army through this difficult pass on its march to California to fight in the Mexican War. After lunch head to Safford on US 70, also known as The Old West Highway, where you'll spend the next three nights. Tonight, dine at the Manor House and Rock'n Horse Saloon. Overnight in Safford.
Day 4: See the stars from Mt. Graham International Observatory.
Your stellar activity today is a tour of Mt. Graham International Observatory (MGIO), the largest binocular telescope in the world, which views planets outside our solar system. The tour features a 40-mile trip (from an elevation of 2,500 feet to an elevation of over 10,000 feet) to the MGIO site near the summit of scenic Mt. Graham and focuses on the mountain's rich history, geology and diversity (limited tours, call for reservations).
This evening visit Discovery Park. Take a trip through the interactive museum and learn of the formation of the universe. View the 1608 Astrolabe and Merz telescope constructed in 1790. Then blast off on a virtual ride through the solar system on the Polaris Shuttlecraft. View the heavens through the 20-inch research-grade telescope at the Gov Aker Observatory. Safford is home to many Mexican restaurants located along the Salsa Trail. Tonight have dinner at any of these to determine which one is your personal favorite. Overnight in Safford.
Day 5: See the copper mines of Morenci and the birds of Gila Box.
This morning, drive north on US 191 toward Morenci and Clifton (:45), known for the copper mines which supply much of the world's copper. On your way, you'll cross the Gila River, where you may catch Sandhill cranes flying overhead (although morning or dusk is the best time for birding).
Once in Morenci, take the Morenci Mine Tour (call for schedule). This tour will not only tell you how the mining process works, but will also show you the world's largest open-pit mines, a spectacular view in a beautiful setting. Lunch in Clifton at P.J.s and say "hello" to Nona and Esther, who have served folks for more than 20 years.
On your way back to Safford, stop by the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area, where you can easily spend hours at Bonita Creek experiencing nature you probably didn't even know existed here. Home to many tree species, this area also offers a haven for 140 types of birds, so binoculars are a must. Keep your eyes peeled for frogs, javelina and even black bears here. Other options include interpreters, float trips, horseback riding and hiking. The picnic area should be reserved for groups. Tonight enjoy another stop on the Salsa Trail. If you dine at enough of these great restaurants, consider buying the official Salsa Trail t-shirt to commemorate your Wild West culinary adventure. Overnight in Safford.
Day 6: Experience Arizona's spice on the Salsa trail, then finish your trip at a luxe ranch.
Head south of Safford on US 191. Your next stop on the Salsa Trail is the San Simon Chile Company (seasonal hours). They have been growing red and green chiles for many years and offer fresh roasted green chiles in season as well as frozen and sundried red chili pods. You're lucky if the roaster is out! Sauces, relishes and jellies are available too.
Next, visit the Amerind Foundation (:30), a private anthropological and archaeological museum and research center dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of Native American cultures and their histories. Located in spectacular Texas Canyon in the Little Dragoon Mountains of Southeastern Arizona, the Amerind beautifully houses one of the finest private collections of Native American art and artifacts in the country. Visitors may find artists demonstrating their skills or they come just to find solitude among the birds and plants of the desert. A picnic area is also available.
Lunch or dinner will be at the beautiful Triangle T Ranch nearby, where horseback riding, hiking, jeep tours and old-fashioned campfires are just a few of the onsite activities. But this is no typical ranch; this beautiful setting also once hosted the Rockefellers, Vanderbilts and Kennedys, so you can bet on a first-class experience. From Dragoon, you may head west toward Tucson (1:00) to experience more of beautiful Southern Arizona.
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Can money buy your Happiness?
There are tons of websites out there about money.
Even songs about it!
Now don't get me wrong and please don't misunderstand my point, money is not a bad thing. Making money is not a bad thing. Making TONS OF MONEY is not a bad thing. But it is entirely too easy to become completely money focused. Even to the point where making and keeping money consumes your thoughts until you have this weird lovey-dovey relationship with the money itself (think Ebenezer Scrooge here).
What does money have to do with happiness? Well, a lot actually. As is with most things in life, it either enhances your happiness or helps to destroy it and I think it depends completely on your approach to Money itself and on your chosen state of mind. We could argue that there are really only two money mind-states – loving money, and not loving money. There are members of both camps who have tons of it (money, that is, not happiness) and it works for them (several FI bloggers refer to them as their little employees) and others don't have much of it (money, that is, not happiness) yet seem to continually pursue it (money, that is, not happiness) will all their might.
On the other hand, we all know of people who, whether they be friends, family or distant acquaintances have chosen Happiness over Money. They pursue it (happiness, that is, not money) and seem to be more content than the average Joe. I have two neighbors who have chosen their happiness over their money and interestingly enough, one is financially independent while the other has what most people would consider barely enough to live on. Yet, after many, many hours of long insightful conversations it is pretty clear both are incredibly happy with their chosen paths. To me, this was a huge lesson – there was no one-size-fits-all formula to happiness, at least not one that involved money.
Money can't buy your happiness unless you spend it on others.
At least that is what the research indicates.
Another study indicated that even if you have a low income if you spend money on others your are happier than if you only or primarily spend that money on yourself.#Money can't buy your #happiness unless you spend it on others. Click To Tweet
We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. – Winston Churchill
For me personally, I want to have more so I can give away more. After all, you can't give away more than you have without going into debt. Debt, of course, can be the antithesis of happiness.
So, not to sound all preachy but the encouragement here is to master your money and not let your money master you. For help with money mastery, check out our great list of great FI bloggers.
There is a saying that I think is appropriate for this post. "Learn to be content in whatever state you are in." I think you'll find this will help in all of our Pursuits.
Share with us – How has money affected your Pursuit of Happiness?


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Indiana contains 27 schools that offer respiratory therapy programs. Ball State University, the highest-ranking respiratory therapy school in IN, has a total student population of 21,401 and is the 196th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 27 respiratory therapy schools in Indiana, only 6 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Phoenix-Indianapolis Campus comes out as the most expensive ($23,483/yr), with Vincennes University as the lowest recorded at only $8,501/yr.
Respiratory Therapy students from Indiana schools who go on to become respiratory therapists, respiratory care specialists, respiratory care practitioners, certified respiratory therapists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 107,270 people working as respiratory therapists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $54,200.
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January is always an odd month. It's a new year, an opportunity for a fresh start and time to get stuck back into everything. I spent the first half of the month at home in Ipswich with my family. Half my time was spent doing both uni work and earning some money working in the bakery at Tesco, and the other half was spent spending time with my family and Jamie who had some time off work. As much as I love being able to come back home between uni and having some time to relax, I was really eager this year to get some work done and earn a bit of money to save up for a holiday, so working has been great.
I had a few stressful essays to write over the break, but thankfully got them done and sent off in time, I just have to hope that I've got a good enough grade in them! Jamie and I had a lovely couple of weeks being able to chill all day and stay up super late watching movies, which we don't get very often! We watched The Revenant which was amazing, a definite must-watch! We had a super cheap date-night at Pizza Express thanks to a gift voucher, and ended that night eating mcflurrys in his car. It's the little moments like that which make me so happy to be with him.
The second half of January saw me head back to University in Norwich. Although I hate leaving home, I was really excited to start second semester and to get back into my routine again. Refreshers was a lot of fun, I definitely ended the week a lot poorer and with a couple more bruises thanks to some alcohol-induced trips. Another great thing that happened was I got not only one, but two First grades – the first ones I've got for second year, so I'm happy to see the hard work finally paying off! My friend Anna came for a birthday shopping trip on Friday and I took the trip back home with her to celebrate on Saturday. The busy weekend didn't end there though, I only went and saw bloomin' Busted at my uni venue!! Although I was never a big fan I thought it was an opportunity that couldn't be missed. They played a mix of their new album which I'm loving, and some old school classics – it was such a fun night!
I'm super excited for February, despite not having a lot planned. Of course, it's Valentines which I can't wait for – I love having any reason to celebrate with Jamie. I'm not sure what our plans are yet but It'll be brilliant nonetheless! University will get into full swing and hopefully, it'll follow the good footsteps of January!
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First off, thanks to the folks so far who have supported my artistic efforts here in buying my subwaysurfing books. For those of you who havent purchased one yet, Im offering an incentive.
First off, Ive jam packed the latest book, SUBWAYSURFER with more pictures, including commentary on my drawing experiences on the train, buses, and ferrys in New York. There is a wide variety of styles here including pen and ink, colored pencil, and graphite.
For each person who buys a book I will personally send you hand drawn graphite caricature of yourself. Hope thats a prize you want... as i cant offer anything else!
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The creamy white and black incarnation of the latest high definition Sanyo Xacti VPC-CG10 model remains desirably attractive and portable too at a weight of 188g with rechargeable lithium-ion battery and card inserted.
The Sanyo Xacti VPC-CG10 also boasts a wide angle LCD screen. It's a full 3in and has a resolution of 230k dots. This 'lives' with its screen folded inwards flush with the handgrip when not in use.
The Sanyo Xacti VPC-CG10's other headline features are an HD movie resolution of 1,280x720 in Mpeg4 AVC/H.264 format plus 10Mp Jpeg photos with an option to interpolate them up to 12Mp. The CG10 also has a 5x optical zoom (60x digital) and comes with a 40GB internal memory, so you don't need to worry too much about having an SD or SDHC to hand.
Sanyo kits out the Sanyo Xacti VPC-CG10 with a 'Face Chaser' to ensure footage of people is optimised. You also get sequential shooting of up to 7fps for action sequences. A noise-reduction filter claims to deliver smoother, cleaner images, while nestling beneath the lens at the front is a flashgun for illuminating your subjects.
The Sanyo Xacti VPC-CG10 is aimed at newcomers to digital video recording however as nearly every operation is sound-tracked by an irritating transatlantic female voice warning, for example, that footage will be saved to the internal memory if you haven't inserted a card.
Once you've activated the model by pressing the on/off button mystifyingly hidden away beneath its LCD screen, the Sanyo Xacti VPC-CG10 can hereafter be activated by simply flipping the screen up and opening it out so it's at an angle of 90-degrees to the body.
Operation takes place via a control pad at the top of the rear of the handgrip, falling under the thumb. This features a shutter release button for shooting stills to the left, and familiar video record button to the right, with a thin slider switch for operating the zoom - the action of which is thankfully quiet and smooth - nestling in between.
With a press of the 'menu' button beneath, options are navigated and implemented by a four-way joystick. It's fairly intuitive to use from the off and fun too, but if you're looking for a Full HD Sanyo model, you'll be better served by the HD2000.
The attractively styled Sanyo Xacti VPC-CG10 with its uniquely comfortable gun grip is both fun and simple to use. It produced decent stills and offers a good video resolution, though not at full HD. The generous onboard memory makes it good value, but the overall impression is marred by the plasticky controls at the rear.


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Peat accumulation in coastal-plain mires: a model for coals of the Fruitland Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of southern Colorado, USA
International Journal of Coal Geology
By: Roberts L.N. Robinson and P.J. McCabe
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In the northwestern part of the San Juan basin, Colorado, thick high-volatile B bituminous coal deposits in the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland Formation are associated with nearshore marine sandstones of the Pictured Cliffs Sandstone. Detailed work along the outcrop and examination of drill cores, revealed two coal-bearing zones in the lower 60 m of the Fruitland Formation. Each zone is up to 13 m thick and consists of interbedded bright and dull coal (average ash values of 17 and 34% on a moisture-free basis, respectively), thin fine-grained clastic partings and abundant altered volcanic ash partings. Isopachs of the interval between the top of the Pictured Cliffs Sandstone and a marker bed (Huerfanito Bentonite Bed) in the underlying Lewis Shale show linear zones where the interval abruptly thickens. These zones, which trend northwest to southeast, represent areas where the shoreline paused during an overall migration to the northeast. Isopach maps of coal in the lower part of the Fruitland Formation and subsurface correlation of shoreface sandstones with coal zones show that the thickest accumulation of coal is 20-25 km landward of these coeval shorelines. The Fruitland coals may be compared to the high-ash peats of the Dismal Swamp in the southeastern U.S.A., which form in pocosin mires about 20 km inland from the Atlantic coast. Clastic deposirion, resulting from coastal processes, precludes the formation of peat in low-lying mires adjacent to the shoreline. The high ash yield, numerous partings and the relationship with the coeval shoreline suggest that the coals in the lower part of the Fruitland Formation accumulated in mires that were transitional from low-lying to raised. ?? 1992.
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Some time back I bought the longest telescoping mast I could get and am now today getting around to installing it to replace my olde one.
I believe my feed point on my 300 foot wire loop was to low to the roof line for the long wave HF bands. I am in the process of raising my feed point up higher by about 20 feet.
I have not tested it out but only stopping for a bite to eat.
Best get back to it and finish.
Supplement to this post as I have finished working on the antenna. It now has a feed point up some 25 feet higher than previous and I was able to test it out by making a phone/microphone contact to Ontario, Canada to a special event station celebrating 150 years of service in the Canadian Engineering Regiment. I received a contact number and sent off a e mail to them with a signal report and station conditions here.. Hoping to get a reply soon.
7.175MHZ on LSB..at 100 watts to a 300 foot delta loop. Rig is a Icom 706MK II radio using a desk microphone.
My friend across the river is planning a move to Tennessee soon and as both of us have our extra class licenses we are trying to get our contact frequencies arranged on the less used extra class end of the band on HF We need to work out our system and also here get this HF set up working again. This includes my Ameritron 811H amplifier..which has not been run in over three years. It is quickly becoming a boat anchor.
We are also going to have to brush up on our CW technique for those nights when the HF band and the noise levels are max. Sometimes CW is about the only thing to get through without going to max amplifier power...which I do not like to do.
Also ..;I do not know what his situation is with IRLP nodes out there in Tennessee. That too will have to be looked into.


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