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Sculpture, Photography, and the Index | Recent Work from Leeds College of Art
Tue, Nov 5, 12am - Sat, Nov 9, 2013 12am
41 Cooper Square, LL1
New York, NY 10003
Open Tuesday - Saturday, 11am - 6pm.
Closed Sundays and Mondays.
This exhibition continues a dialogue begun earlier this year with a photography exhibition of young alumni from The Cooper Union School of Art at Leeds College of Art: FRAMING SPACE / NARRATING PLACE. Organized by Cooper Union faculty member Christine Osinski, FRAMING SPACE / NARRATING PLACE addressed the experience and perception of space, the intersection of photography and sculpture, and the representation of three dimensions in two.
SCULPTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND THE INDEX includes work by current students, recent graduates and faculty from Leeds College of Art, one of England's leading art schools outside of London. The exhibition draws in part on the proud history of the college, whose distinguished alumni include Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. SCULPTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND THE INDEX looks at the ways in which sculpture and photography materialize coexistence between subject, object, event, and image.
Works by; Hannah Wenham, Vincent Todd, Claire Holyoake, Karl Sims and Harry Griffiths, Jade Long, Jack Fisher, Richard Green, Joseph Roberts, Sheila Gaffney, Sarah Taylor, Sarah Hawkins, Alex Dodgson and Maxwell Harper.
Located in the 41 Cooper Gallery, located in 41 Cooper Square, on Third Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets.


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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Companies involved in employing foreign students who walked off their jobs in protest at a facility that serves the Hershey chocolate manufacturer on Friday developed a plan to send the students on a trip to see some of the United States' cultural and historical landmarks, but leaders of the protesting students rejected the idea flatly.
Rick Anaya, chief executive of the Council for Educational Travel USA, the San Clemente, Calif.-based nonprofit company that helped bring the students to the U.S., said the plan emerged after a two-hour conference call with representatives of the other three companies involved in their employment at a chocolate distribution center just outside Hershey.
"We're actually doing this on our dime," including paid time off for the student-workers, he said. "We're paying for this trip. We're just fleshing out the details."
Students walked off the job at an Exel Inc.-run facility on Wednesday, saying the work was so strenuous and low-paying that they were unable to see very much of the country they came to visit and that they were angry at having spent thousands of dollars to participate in the program.
The students hold J-1 visas, which supply resorts and other businesses with cheap seasonal labor as part of a program aimed at fostering cultural understanding.
Exel said Thursday it doesn't intend to continue to employ J-1 visa holders after the current group's tenure ends in mid-September.
Godwin Efobi, a 26-year-old medical student from Ukraine who's originally from Nigeria, said the initial reaction by student leaders to reports of the proposal was to reject it in the strongest terms.
"They're not interested," Efobi said late Friday. "If we say yes to this, it means that we were just making noise just so we could get a holiday. Yes, we want that, but there are bigger issues than just a holiday."
Anaya said the plan was developed during a call with representatives of Westerville, Ohio-based Exel; The Hershey Co., the nation's second-largest candy maker; and SHS Staffing Solutions, a Lemoyne-based temp agency that employs the roughly 400 J-1 visa holders who work at the Exel facility.
Anaya said the trip was not designed to buy off the students but rather to directly address one of their main concerns. He said their other issues would remain on the table and his organization was committed to dealing with them.
Exel spokeswoman Lynn Anderson described the cultural trip as part of an effort to address the workers' complaints.
"We're certainly supportive of it," Anderson said. "I think they will play that back to the students who have expressed concerns."
A spokesman for Hershey, whose sweet treats include Almond Joy, Kit Kat, Milk Duds and Reese's peanut butter cups, said it was working with the other companies on the issue but offered no details about the cultural trip. A spokesman for SHS Staffing did not immediately return a phone message.
It's unclear how many of the 400 students have participated in the job action. An organizer has said about 200 continue to support it, but Anderson said a majority of students have showed up for every shift since it began. She said the protest has affected the facility but production has largely continued as expected.
More than 100 students demonstrated in downtown Hershey on Thursday, chanting and holding signs that described themselves as slaves and captive workers and targeted The Hershey Co. in particular. Exel is a Hershey vendor, and SHS supplies workers to Exel.
One protester, Yana Brenzey, a 19-year-old journalism student from Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, said she said she had no idea that she would be lifting 40-pound boxes or netting only about $200 a week when she began working in early May at the warehouse run by Exel.
Other students who took part in this week's protest are from China, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Romania and Turkey. The students say they want their jobs converted into family-sustaining work for the local community and want the companies involved in hiring them to negotiate over returning some of their costs to participate in what was billed as a cultural exchange program.
Anaya said he hoped the trip would help get the students away from what he described as a negative atmosphere around the Hershey plant.
"I want the kids to have a good impression of what America is like before they go home," he said. "We don't want these kids to leave with a bad taste in their mouth."
Also Friday, some of the student-workers participated in demonstrations in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to bring attention to their complaints, while others began meeting with a team of labor law experts from colleges and universities who were probing the dispute.
The U.S. Department of State said Friday its investigators would be arriving in Hershey on Monday.
More than 100,000 college students come to the U.S. annually on J-1 visas for a mixture of work and exposure to the country's culture, but an investigation by The Associated Press last year described how some ended up stuck in extremely low-paying jobs and living in crowded, unsanitary conditions.

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - LSU has announced that Zach Mettenberger's playing career with the Tigers is officially over.
Mettenberger injured his left knee while unloading a 32-yard completion in the fourth quarter of No. 14 LSU's 31-27 victory over Arkansas last Friday, and LSU coach Les Miles confirmed the severity of the injury on Wednesday.
Shortly after Friday's game, Miles initially expressed hope that Mettenberger's injury did not involve any torn ligaments and that he'd be ready to return for a bowl game that the Tigers will likely play in January, depending on the bowl bid they accept this Sunday.
Instead, Mettenberger will require surgery and his rehabilitation will take place when he would have been preparing for next spring's NFL draft.
"We are very disappointed for Zach," Miles, who is on a recruiting trip, said in a written statement provided by LSU. "He's been a tremendous leader for our team and he's as a competitive a guy as I have ever been around. He's had a great impact on our program.
"I know Zach will work extremely hard to rehabilitate his knee and I don't anticipate this injury having any impact on what should be a great future in the NFL," Miles added.
Mettenberger had been widely projected as an early round draft choice. He passed for 3,082 yards and 22 touchdowns this season, getting within 266 yards of breaking Rohan Davey's 2001 LSU record for yards passing in a season.
Freshman backup Anthony Jennings, who led a game-winning, 99-yard touchdown drive against Arkansas, likely will start the bowl game.
Mettenberger is the only player in LSU history to throw for 2,500 or more yards in back-to-back seasons and his finished his career with a 19-6 record as a starter.
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Last night's Chicago Bears-Green Bay Packers game on NFL Network was watched by an average of 8.6 million viewers (not including over-the-air stations in Chicago and Green Bay/Milwaukee) - ranking as the most-watched opener in the seven seasons of Thursday Night Football.
The telecast of the 185th meeting between the teams - the most-played rivalry in NFL history - topped by 62 percent last year's NFL Network opener between the Raiders and Chargers (5.3* *million viewers). Bears-Packers was also Thursday's most-watched program among all shows on cable doubling the viewership of the second-ranked show ("The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News Channel, 3.4 million viewers).
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This year marks the seventh season of live regular season primetime games on NFL Network. Last year's edition of Thursday Night Football was the most-watched in the network's history with a record average of 7.3 million viewers per game (including OTAs).
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Play-by-play announcer Brad Nesslerand Emmy-nominated analyst Mike Mayockreturn to the Thursday Night Football broadcast booth for the second season and are joined by Alex Flanagan, who enters her third year as the sideline reporter.
Two hours before kickoff, NFL Network's Thursday Night Kickoff Presented by Craftsman*pregame show is live from the stadium starting at6:00 PM ET, taking viewers right up to kickoff with analysis and the latest reports. HostRich Eisen *is joined by Hall of FamersMarshall Faulk,Deion Sanders andMichael Irvin, and former head coachSteve Mariucci. ReporterStacey Dales **provides pregame news reports from the locker rooms, as well as interviews with players and coaches.
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Here's a side dish from The Kitchen Revolution that I made to go with Bacon and Spinach Pancakes. The baked beans were easy--I just let them simmer away while I was preparing the more complicated parts of the meal.
Grown-Up Baked Beans
side dish for four people
3 T olive oil
1 large onion, finely sliced
2 garlic cloves
pinch of dried herbes de Provence
pinch of paprika
1 c white wine
1.5 x 400 g cans borlotti beans
1 x 400 g chopped tomatoes
1 t light brown sugar
Heat the oil and sweat the onion. Add the garlic, herbes de Provence, and paprika. Cook over a medium high heat for 5 minutes, then turn the heat up and add the wine. Bring to the boil and add the borlotti beans, tomatoes, and sugar.
Allow to boil then reduce the heat and simmer for half an hour or more.
I have been doing quite a few recipes from The Kitchen Revolution, but it is only a library book. So I am trying to keep it clean, especially while cooking spattering things like tomatoey beans.


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Doppler, Roxie and I are holding down the fort this afternoon. Helaine, Stef and my Cousin Melissa have disappeared to points unknown leaving us to fend for ourselves.
We've been in SoCal long enough they know each now. Doppler still doesn't want to be cornered, but other than that they're cordial. At one point this afternoon they were both licking my left hand. Cool moment.
I was down in the kitchen a little while ago. Quietly, I asked Doppler if she needed to go out. From the floor above I could hear Roxie jumping from the couch. Take one, take all! She was waiting when we got to the door.
They dart out of the house and up the grassy strip at the curb.
Shhhh. I carry a leash, but they're never on it during daylight hours. We're only a few feet apart. Both respond to my voice when needed.
Roxie needs to be in the middle of the action. Doppler favors her bed in a corner of the kitchen.
Roxie plays with toys. Doppler can't be bothered.
They are different as the color of their fur. And yet, like children, I'd be hard pressed to consider picking a favorite.


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Liebherr Components demonstrates its expertise in the field of winch systems, supplying gear ring rope winches with electric motors for an onshore crane with one of the world's largest lifting capacity.
The AL.SK350 crane is a creation of ALE, a global leader in the market for heavy and specialised transport. It is designed for ultra-heavy loads of up to 5,000 tonnes and is used for lifting ultra-heavy modules onto FPSO (floating production storage offloading) installations. These are tanker-like vessels developed to lift heavy modules onto vessels moored at underwater wells for temporary storage or for crude oil treatment. The rail-mounted crane has a 49-metre ballast radius and an A-frame main boom of 130 metres on a stable 18-metre wide base. For lifting loads, Liebherr has developed two winches with the pulling force of 600 kN per winch, weighing 25 tonnes each. Each of the two systems is 5.5 metres long, 2.5 metres wide and 2.5 metres in height, which makes them ideally suited for shipment in a container. The only difference between the two winches is the direction of winding, thereby ensuring that the rope is wound and unwound symetrically.
Four electric slew drive combinations actuate the winches. All winch components are developed and produced in Liebherr's own factories and are internally compatible. The torque generated by this drive combination is substantially higher than in conventional planetary plug-in gearboxes. The torque is transferred straight to the gear ring, which is mounted directly on the winch drum. The winch is lubricated continuously by a central lubrication unit.
This low maintenance and unique design is the product of Liebherr's years of experience and know-how in large winch construction for lifting applications. The winch system was designed and produced in collaboration with ALE according to customised specifications. The crane has already been successfully rigged, load tested and put into operation. This giant piece of machinery is presently being used for lifting, transporting and installing approximately 40 heavy load modules in P-74 FPSO facilities in the south of Brasil.


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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. – Sixty-five years after becoming the first human to fly faster than the speed of sound, retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager is still making noise.
This time the 89-year-old Yeager, who was featured in the movie "The Right Stuff," flew in the back seat Sunday of an F-15 Eagle instead of the experimental rocket plane, Bell X-1, he piloted on the historic flight.
The F-15 took off from Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas and broke the sound barrier at more than 30,000 feet above California's Mojave Desert where Yeager achieved the feat on Oct. 14, 1947.
Asked by a young girl afterward if he was scared, Yeager joked, "Yeah, I was scared to death."
But the legendary pilot said he continues to fly all the time and it was just another flight to him.
The flight went smoothly, and Yeager flew the F-15 as it took off and landed, said Airman Timothy Young, a Nellis spokesman. The plane was piloted by Capt. David Vincent of the 65th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis.
The aircraft broke the sound barrier at 10:24 a.m. Sunday, exactly 65 years to the minute the then-Air Force test pilot made history. At the time, the F-15 was flying over Muroc Dry Lake in California where he accomplished the feat in 1947.
On that earlier flight, Yeager took off from the Air Force test center at Muroc Field, now Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Yeager told reporters on Sunday that he remains grateful for what his Air Force service allowed him to achieve. He has flown more than 350 kinds of planes around the world.
"It was a great honor to have him fly out of Nellis," Young said. "We pride ourselves on training fighter pilots and to have someone of his caliber here is such an honor."
Yeager's wife, Victoria, said he had been looking forward to re-enacting the historic flight.
"This is so cool. I'm excited," she told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. "He's in the back seat where the instructor pilot sits because he's the elder statesman."
On the anniversary of the historic flight last year, Yeager flew an F-16 to reach Mach 1, the speed of sound.


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Xotic Effects' Robotalk 2 is a pro-grade envelope filter.
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The Robotalk 2 envelope filter played through a humbucker equipped guitar in the bridge position (SD pickups). Moves from uneffected signal to Channel A engaged (Sensitivity at 12:30; Decay at 2:00), then to both Channel A and Channel B engaged (Sensitivity at 12:30, Decay at 8:30), and finally to Channel B alone. Recorded with a modded Epiphone Valve Jr. head and a Eminence 12" Red Fang speaker, through a Shure SM57 and ProSonus Audiobox interface into Cubase. No EQ adjustments; minor compression on the track. |
Debuting at this year's NAMM show, the Robotalk 2 proves that Xotic has been listening to players, adding in features they want and cutting the rest. The Robotalk 2 refines and focuses the scope of the original version, adding another envelope filter channel and dispensing with the random arpeggiator function. Each channel features Sensitivity and Decay knobs located at the top of the box, along with Channel Volume and Resonance mini-knobs situated underneath. A Direct Volume mini-knob is shared by the two channels, and essentially functions as a Mix control (more on this in a moment).
Versatility is the name of the game here. While the Robotalk 2 doesn't pack in any real surprises, envelope filter fans of all stripes should find something to like. For starters, the two channels are each distinctively voiced, giving players two different jumping-off points; the A Channel is more midrangey and a bit hotter, making it suitable for lead lines and notes higher up on the neck, while the B Channel dials down the midrange and the gain for chord work. If you're still not digging the sound, four internal dip-switches allow you to lower the envelope frequency—I actually preferred this over the stock settings, as the Robotalk 2 became more round and vocal, and less nasal, but the point is that Xotic was wise enough to let you decide what works for you.
On the topside, the Sensitivity and Resonance controls work as you would expect, but the Decay and Direct Volume controls provide for some extended tone-shaping. The Decay knob in particular has an impressive range to it, allowing you to move from deep textures to sharp, percussive snaps. In fact, some of the coolest sounds in the Robotalk 2 actually came from setting the channels with opposing Decay settings and engaging them both at the same time; you get both percussive funkiness and slower wah-tones simultaneously. And while the true bypass Robotalk 2 resists imprinting itself upon your tone too heavily, the Direct Volume control allows you to tweak your dry/wet signal balance, so you can either go all filter or keep more of your instrument's attack, so it isn't washed away altogether.
To be honest, the only real complaints I had with the Robotalk 2 were on the surface level. While the pedal is built like a tank, the paint scheme has the dual distinction of being a bit bland and making the control labels difficult to read from a distance. And it could just be my Western left-to-right bias, but the fact that Channel A appears on the right side and Channel B on the left seems somewhat counter-intuitive. But that's really personal preference and backseat design—if you could care less about being able to read your control labels, then the Robotalk 2 will serve you just fine.
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Xotic's Robotalk 2 will likely be a revelation for any player who has been searching for the perfect envelope filter—it can do subtle, it can do intense, and everything in-between without sacrificing nuance or control. At an MSRP of $280, the Robotalk 2 may look a little expensive in comparison to other popular filters, but if you're tired of buying and selling pedal after pedal, this could be the one that ends your search.
Buy if...
you're looking for a pro-grade filter pedal that will cover all of your basses.
Skip if...
the envelope filter makes only a brief appearance on your set list.
MSRP $280 - Xotic Effects - xotic.us |


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text: SHADOWS OF CAIRN AUTHOR: George K. Ison This walkthrough is based on the Cheat Patch that allows the game to be played in the Very Easy mode (invincible thief and unlimited hits.) You can start a new game in any of the other modes, and the general idea of this walkthrough will be of use. When you quit, if you choose continue or open a saved game later on, be sure and check the two cheat options. *get out of dungeon *double-click Shambles icon, at upper-left, to go there In any mode except the Easy and Very Easy, the only location you can teleport to is the Fence's Warehouse. The game manual doesn't mention this. *enter the Shambles Tavern NOTE: In the sewers, there are green slime pits and holes in the floor. You can leap over the holes (Shift and Home simultaneously for left, or Shift and Page Up for right.) You cannot leap over the slime pits or you'll get eaten. You have to fight them. This does not apply to the cheat mode. *in the sewers, talk to Crazy Guy *continue right (east) and knock out the man *get rat from chest *go west and give rat to Crazy Guy, you get daggers in return *go west to end (several screens and hazards along the way) *turn north and continue through several hazards *turn east and continue through hazards *take first stairway on south wall *at warehouse, go right and talk to Fence *go left and exit north door *double-click upper-left Tier icon, then fight *enter weapon shop and get Fence's dagger from the trunk *exit, return to the warehouse, and talk to Fence *outside, teleport to the alchemist shop and fight *slightly to the right (east) enter the shop *get Nobleman's potion from trunk *exit and teleport back to the warehouse and talk to Fence *exit and teleport to the secret entrance by the barrel *there's lots of hazards in the dungeon, carefully watch the ceiling and floor *continue right (E) to end and go through north door *continue west and go through first door on north wall *go east to end and fall through floor *go west to end and through door on south wall *go east to end and through south door *go west to end and fall through floor *continue east and go through first door on north wall *go west and through first door on north wall *go west and get healing herbs from the trunk *go east to the end and through the north door *carefully walk just far enough west to reach the next screen. *walk to one step before the spot on the floor *to jump over the spot, hold down Shift and tap Home key once *continue west to end and go through north door *go to east end and drop through floor *you should now be on level 3 *go west to next screen and go through secret north door by torch *get skull dagger from trunk, then exit chamber *next screen west you have to fight *go through south-west door. *carefully go east and through south door *go west and fall through floor *you're now on level 5 *go north twice, then east *get herbs from trunk *continue east, fall through floor and get next to right wall. This is level 6. *turn around, hold down Shift and Home at same time to jump twice *go through south-west door and stop to consider the following: You could jump over all burners and traps and avoid the pile drivers. Two other areas of level 6 have healing herbs. Level 8 has extra herbs and a scroll. Level 9 has some herbs and nearly all the gates will unexpectedly crush you. Level 10 has a scroll and a Ring of Invulnerability. Level 11 has herbs, a Ring of Strength, and an Amulet of Levitation. The ring and amulet are only good for two doors. They are destroyed when going through the third door. Level 12 has the object you're after in the dungeon, an Ancient Book. *fall through several floors *go through the secret door in the north-east corner *go three screens west and through a secret door on north wall by the west lamp *go through the south-west door *carefully go west just far enough to fight one ghost at a time. Five of them randomly drop from the ceiling. *get a book from the trunk *go through north-west door *get ratty old scroll from the trunk *in the north-east corner, get on a lift *use several lifts to get to the top and outside, then fight *teleport to the warehouse and talk to Fence *outside, teleport to the hedge maze and enter *go to the big double doors and enter *go back between the statues and go to the wizard. After the scene, fight some gargoyles. *now you must find your way to the outside and return to Fence's warehouse TIPS: Burners are not timed; you must jump over them. Fireball triggers are those raised square blocks on the floor. Trapdoors should always be avoided. A Portcullis trap looks like a normal portcullis, except that the groove at the backside is darker. There are five different gargoyle figures, throughout the tower, over the teleport areas: A squatting, horned gargoyle is I (one.) A slumping gargoyle with arms down is V (five.) A sitting gargoyle with flower headdress is X (ten.) A kneeling gargoyle with closed wings is L (50.) A squatting gargoyle with open wings is C (100.) BEST ROUTE OUT OF WIZARD'S TOWER *teleport from room 3 to room 4. Then go two screens right. *enter the right teleporter in room 6 and arrive in room 23 *teleport from 23 to 32. Go one screen right. *teleport from room 33 to room 37 *take the right teleporter from 37 to room 42. Go one screen left. *teleport from 41 to room 47 *take right teleporter from 47 to room 50 *teleport from 50 to room 53 *teleport from 53 to room 52. This allows you to avoid the traps in room 52. *teleport from 52 to 56 *teleport from 56 to 58 *teleport from 58 to 62 *take right teleporter from 62 to 66. Go left and enter the doorway. *teleport from 64 to 68 *teleport from 68 to 72. Go left and avoid the traps while passing through room 71. *teleport from 70 to 75 *teleport from 75 to 78 *take right teleporter from 78 to 80 *take left teleporter from 80 to 84 *teleport from 84 to 86 *teleport from 86 to 90. Take right doorway, take another right doorway to 88 and get the herbs from the trunk. *teleport from 88 to 93 *take left teleporter from 93 to 94. Go two screens right to room 96 and get the scroll. Go two screens left to 94. *take the right teleporter from 94 to 99 *teleport from 99 to 101 *teleport from 101 to 103 *take right teleporter from 103 to 108 *take right teleporter from 108 to 109 *teleport from 109 to 112. Go through the door and go right to 114 and get the scroll. Go back left to 113. *teleport from 113 to 115. Go right and through door to 117. *teleport from 117 to 118. Go down screen to 120 and get the herbs. *teleport from 120 and enter the hedge maze. HEDGE MAZE This part is huge, compared to the entrance maze, and quite dangerous if you're playing other than very easy (by using the cheat patch.) Watch carefully for the burner as you enter the maze. If you enter a screen with a gargoyle then leave to previous screen, then go back again, the gargoyle multiplies. Try to avoid unnecessary backtracking. An Archer, Medusa, or Knight can't be hurt or killed. An archer won't shoot if you're right next to it. Don't look directly into Medusa's eyes. Sneak past a knight. When entering an area with a trumpet statue, a devil is created. You only have to hit a devil once. A trumpeter won't create a devil if you're close to the statue when you enter the screen. CRITICAL: Pay close attention to the compass at the top-left of your screen. West is up! *go south and take first exit west *go north to end then west *go south to end then west. Get herbs from chest. *go all the way south then west *go north and get the scroll *work you way back east 4 levels to the bottom *go all the way south then west. This is area 2. *work your way up west 5 levels and get the scroll *work your way back east 6 levels to area 1 *go north and take the first exit west *go north then west *go north to area 3A and get the herbs *go south then 3 screens west and get the herbs *go all the way north then west *go all the way south then west to area 3B *go north and get the herbs *go west, south, west, north, west, south and get the herbs *go north then west *get right in front of the statue's down arm and hit the up arrow on your keyboard. The lantern should lower. This opens a secret door in area 1 that leads to area 4A. *work your way back east 10 levels *go south, west, west. You should see a knight. *work you way up west 4 levels *go south to end and get the herbs *go west to enter area 4B *go north, west, south and get the herbs *go west, north, west, south, west then all the way north and get the scroll *take east exit in same screen *take next east exit to statue. Get in front of down arm and hit up arrow on keyboard. Lantern should lower. This opens a secret door, in another screen, to tower room 120. *go up screen, screen right then up screen and get the herbs *go screen right and exit the hedge *teleport to the warehouse and talk to Fence *teleport to Keep E and climb to the top of the wall *enter the south door and fight *enter the west door and fight After fight in Castle Study, don't forget the herbs in the trunk. *enter the west door and fight *enter the south west door and defeat the Master Thief WATCH THE WELL DESERVED ENDING AUTHOR: George K. Ison


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In my web app, I have a long list of items on one side of the screen and a shopping basket list on the other.
Here is an example:
The app works by checking the boxes next to items and then clicking add to basket. This moves them over to the shopping basket list.
(Because of the large amount of items in the list, I think I need to stay using checkboxes by the way. Please don't stress on this point too much.)
Most people get that the checkboxes on the left list are to add things to the basket, but they dont understand the checkboxes on the right. Some people even think that you have to check the boxes in the right hand list if you want to take them to the checkout.
How can I make it clear that the checkboxes on the right are to actually remove items from the basket in bulk?


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I love this little beach house featured in this month's House Beautiful. A house apparently transformed from an ordinary stucco into an open and airy space fitting for seaside living. The house re-imagined by designer Peter Dunham. He used lots of natural materials as accents throughout the home – wicker, rush, abaca and rope. Fresh, bright, cheerful and accessible. I wouldn't mind cozying up here!
What do you think of this cute cottage? Anything you like here. I love the entry with the fretwork banister and I love the breakfast dining area with the banquette seating.
Happy New Year!
Happy Wednesday!
P.S. Still in Beaver Creek. My computer is not working again. Have photos I will share with you when I get back today!
P.P.S. Hope you had a fantastic New Year!


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As we approach the 34th anniversary of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the commercial success of Ben Affleck's film Argo is a timely reminder of the great tragedy that severed relations between Iran and the United States. During most of the 20th century these two great countries enjoyed generally cordial and constructive relations.
It is baffling that after 33 years of the Islamic Republic, with its dreadful record on human rights, abuses, and excesses, the director found it necessary to open Argo with a distorted and one-dimensional picture of life in Iran before the revolution. Understandably, Argo is not a documentary. But it is a motion picture which purports to re-enact true events about recent Iranian history. Affleck told Interview magazine that he went to special lengths to achieve historical accuracy, to the point where he considered traveling to Iran (he said he was dissuaded from making the trip by his studio and by the U.S. State Department). "I wanted to go—just for research—very badly," he said. "I really wanted to be accurate."
Yet very little about the first few minutes of Argo can be described as accurate. Over the years, the Pahlavi era has been hailed for its successes and criticized for its failings. Some criticisms are fair, others are not, just as some are truthful and others have no bearing whatsoever on reality. This is part of the natural process of trying to understand our collective experiences. All societies examine and reexamine their histories. We also understand that life on the public stage invites scrutiny. Nonetheless, Argo pushes the boundaries of fairness and truthfulness beyond what some would regard as acceptable norms even for a Hollywood movie.
The history of the Pahlavi era and pre-revolutionary Iran is presented in Argo from the vantage point of a series of cartoonish vignettes. The vignettes contain some surprising (and surprisingly basic) factual errors and inaccuracies:
• The film claims that in 1953 a democratically elected prime minister, Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh, was overthrown in a plot that installed the Shah on the Peacock Throne. In pre-revolutionary Iran, the prime minister was always appointed after receiving a vote of confidence from the Parliament. Dr. Mossadegh was appointed to his post by the Shah in 1951 and then again in 1952.
• The Shah did not become king in 1953—he had already been on the throne since 1941 (following the ouster of his father at the hands of the British and Russians).
• The accusation that the Shah was a "puppet" of the West and particularly the Americans is an old canard disproven by the most recent scholarship. To the contrary, the Shah was a strong nationalist whose ambitions led to protracted and intense disagreements between Tehran and Washington over the direction of Iran's foreign and domestic policies.
• The Shah's consort and widow, Queen Farah, did not bathe in milk. Moreover, the absurd statement that the Shah's personal meals were flown to Iran by Concorde from Paris is pure fabrication. Does anyone seriously believe that the Shah of Iran was so bereft of a decent meal in a country renowned for its splendid cuisine that he actually imported his personal meals? The reality was very different. The Shah's dietary habits—he was allergic to certain foodstuffs including caviar—and his natural modesty meant that he preferred simple local dishes.
Quite aside from Argo's factual errors, there is the issue of how Affleck depicts the Iranian people. The Iranians who stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979 and held American diplomats hostage committed criminal acts. We, as Iranians, were then and will always be ashamed of what they did. We do not wish to be associated with these acts. Nor will we allow ourselves to be defined by what the Islamic Republic did in the years following the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty. Thirty-three million Iranians (Iran's population in 1979) did not commit acts of murder and terrorism. Thirty-three million Iranians did not chant "Death to America!" or take Americans hostage.
The record shows that from a very early date many millions of Iranians were appalled at the excesses of the Khomeini regime and horrified by its violations of international and domestic law. The tragic reality is that many of the same Iranians who initially marched against the Shah and cheered when he left the country later bitterly regretted their earlier opposition. If they could turn the clock back, believe me they would. They understand that Iran during the Shah's 37-year reign, whatever its blemishes, made enormous strides that today can barely be comprehended. They lament the massacre of innocents, the stoning of women, the blatant economic mismanagement and widespread corruption, the cruel fate of children ordered to walk through minefields to clear them of explosives during the Iran-Iraq war, and so many other abuses and excesses. They remember that their king refused to turn the army's guns against his own people and that he left for exile rather than instigate a bloodbath.
Whatever the intentions of Argo's director—and I do believe Affleck's intentions were and are sincere—his film perpetuates the unfortunate contemporary stereotype that Iranians somehow "hate" Americans. Nothing could be further from the truth. American visitors to Iran bear witness to the fact that the Iranians they meet go to special lengths to receive them with hospitality. It is unfortunate that young Iranians feel they have to prove to foreign visitors that they are human too, and that like their American peers they share similar dreams of a better life and aspire to build a better world. Imagine what it must be like to start life from that point at that tender age—to feel that you have to somehow prove that you are not a hatemonger or an extremist? It is a burden that too many young Iranians carry with them.
Like many Iranians, I look forward to a time when we can look at the Shah's reign and the tragic events of the revolution in a calmer, more reflective way. I think most fair-minded Iranians will appreciate that the director's brief and absurd portrayal of the queen as some sort of Persian Cleopatra in no way diminishes her passionate advocacy in support of women's and children's rights, nor does it trivialize her ongoing efforts to champion Persian culture and the arts. Her life now, as then, remains dedicated to serving the welfare and wellbeing of the Iranian nation.
Affleck is certainly entitled to his viewpoint and artistic license. He presumably understands that there are risks involved in trying to interpret another country's history and experiences. That does not mean he should not have made the film. To the contrary, artistry and entertainment offer invaluable forms of communication between cultures. Our concern is that this particular film sends the wrong sort of message to its intended audience.


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What is GERD?
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Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a digestive disorder that is caused by gastric acid flowing from the stomach into the esophagus.
Gastroesophageal refers to the stomach and esophagus, and reflux means to flow back or return. Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is the return of acidic stomach juices, or food and fluids, back up into the esophagus.
What are the symptoms of GERD?
The following is the most common symptom of GERD. However, each individual may experience symptoms differently.
Heartburn, also called acid indigestion, is the most common symptom of GERD. Heartburn is described as a burning chest pain that begins behind the breastbone and moves upward to the neck and throat. It can last as long as two hours and is often worse after eating. Lying down or bending over can also result in heartburn.
Most children younger than 12 years of age, and some adults, diagnosed with GERD will experience a dry cough, asthma symptoms, or trouble swallowing, instead of heartburn. Heartburn pain is less likely to be associated with physical activity.
The symptoms of GERD may resemble other medical conditions or problems. Always consult your doctor for a diagnosis.
What causes GERD?
GERD typically occurs when acid from the stomach backs up into the esophagus. The lower esophageal sphincter (LES), a muscle located at the bottom of the esophagus, opens to let food in and closes to keep it in the stomach. When this muscle relaxes too often or for too long, acid refluxes back into the esophagus, causing heartburn.
Other lifestyle contributors to GERD may include the following:
- Being overweight
- Overeating
- Consuming certain foods, such as citrus,chocolate, fatty, and spicy foods
- Caffeine
- Alcohol
- Smoking
- Use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAIDs) drugs, such as aspirin and ibuprofen
Other conditions associated with heartburn may include the following:
- Gastritis. This is inflammation of the stomach lining
- Ulcer disease
How is GERD diagnosed?
In addition to a complete medical history and physical examination, diagnostic procedures for GERD may include the following:
- Upper GI (gastrointestinal) series (also called barium swallow). A diagnostic test that examines the organs of the upper part of the digestive system: the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum (the first section of the small intestine). A fluid called barium (a metallic, chemical, chalky, liquid used to coat the inside of organs so that they will show up on an X-ray) is swallowed. X-rays are then taken to evaluate the digestive organs.
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (also called EGD or upper endoscopy). An EGD (upper endoscopy) is a procedure that allows the doctor to examine the inside of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum. A thin, flexible, lighted tube, called an endoscope, is guided into the mouth and throat, then into the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum. The endoscope allows the doctor to view the inside of this area of the body, as well as to insert instruments through a scope for the removal of a sample of tissue for biopsy (if necessary).
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- Bernstein test. A test that helps to confirm that the symptoms are a result of acid in the esophagus. The test is performed by dripping a mild acid through a tube placed in the esophagus.
- Esophageal manometry. This test helps determine the strength of the muscles in the esophagus. It is useful in evaluating gastroesophageal reflux and swallowing abnormalities. A small tube is guided into the nostril, then passed into the throat, and finally into the esophagus. The pressure the esophageal muscles produce at rest is then measured.
- pH monitoring. This measures the acidity inside of the esophagus. It is helpful in evaluating gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). A thin, plastic tube is placed into a nostril, guided down the throat, and then into the esophagus. The tube stops just above the lower esophageal sphincter, which is at the connection between the esophagus and the stomach. At the end of the tube inside the esophagus is a sensor that measures pH, or acidity. The other end of the tube outside the body is connected to a monitor that records the pH levels for a 24 to 48 hour period. Normal activity is encouraged during the study, and a diary is kept of symptoms experienced, or activity that might be suspicious for reflux, such as gagging or coughing. It is also recommended to keep a record of the time, type, and amount of food eaten. The pH readings are evaluated and compared to the patient's activity for that time period.
Treatment for GERD
Specific treatment for GERD will be determined by your doctor based on:
- Your age, overall health, and medical history
- Extent of the condition
- Your tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies
- Expectations for the course of the condition
- Your opinion or preference
In many cases, GERD can be relieved through diet and lifestyle changes, as directed by your doctor. Some ways to manage heartburn include the following:
- Monitor the medications you are taking–some may irritate the lining of the stomach or esophagus.
- Quit smoking.
- Watch food intake and limit fried and fatty foods, peppermint, chocolate, alcohol,citrus fruit and juices, tomato products, and caffeinated drinks, such as coffee, soda pop, and energy drinks. .
- Eat smaller portions.
- Avoid overeating.
- Watch consumption of alcohol.
- Do not lie down or go to bed right after a meal. Instead, wait a couple of hours.
- Lose weight, if necessary.
- Elevate the head of the bed 6 inches by placing bricks or cinderblocks under the legs of the bed.
- Take an antacid, as directed by your doctor.
- Ask your doctor about use of over-the-counter medicines called "H2-blockers" and "protein pump inhibitors". Formerly available only by prescription, these drugs can be taken before eating to prevent heartburn from occurring. Also, promotility medications, which help to empty food from the stomach, may be prescribed by your doctor.
- Occasionally, a surgical procedure called fundoplication may be performed to help keep the esophagus in proper position and prevent reflux.


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PHILIP ELLIOTT Friday, 19 July 2013 10:59 AM EDT
A compromise deal on student loans that could hold down loan rates in the short term was expected to come to a vote next week, well before students returning to campus this fall have to sign their loan agreements.
While the deal could lower rates for students and parents over the next few years, it could spell higher rates as the economy improves.
The Senate deal pegs the interest rates on new loans to the financial markets. Under the deal, undergraduates this fall could borrow at a 3.9 percent interest rate. Graduate students would have access to loans at 5.4 percent, and parents would be able to borrow at 6.4 percent. Those rates would climb as the economy improves and it becomes more expensive for the government to borrow money.
The compromise undoes the doubling of rates on some student loans that took hold on July 1, and one analysis of the Senate deal suggests incoming freshmen would save more than $3,300 in interest.
"We have gone through weeks of negotiations and we have an agreement," said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
At the White House, spokesman Jay Carney said President Barack Obama was "glad to see that a compromise seems to be coming together."
And Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said students benefited: "For every one of them, the interest rates on their loans will be lower."
At least for now. The compromise could be a good deal for students through the 2015 academic year, but then interest rates are expected to climb above where they were when students left campus in the spring.
Even in announcing the compromise, it was clear the negotiations were dicey.
"While this is not the agreement any of us would have written, and many of us would like to have seen something quite different, I believe that we have come a very long way on reaching common ground," Durbin told reporters.
Moments later, Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said he would revisit the whole agreement this fall, when his panel takes up a rewrite of the Higher Education Act. Harkin did little to hide his unhappiness with the compromise, but said there were few options to avoid a costly hike on students returning to campus this fall.
As part of the compromise, Democrats won a protection for students that capped rates at a maximum 8.25 percent for undergraduates. Graduate students would not pay rates higher than 9.5 percent, and parents' rates would top out at 10.5 percent.
Using Congressional Budget Office estimates, rates would not reach those limits in the next 10 years.
Lawmakers engaged in near-constant work to undo a rate hike that took hold for subsidized Stafford loans on July 1. Rates for new subsidized Stafford loans doubled from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.
On Wednesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau estimated outstanding student debt at $1.2 trillion — up 20 percent in just two years. Student loans are now the largest form of consumer debt behind mortgages.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates 21 million loans would be issued in 2013. Students often take a combination of subsidized and unsubsidized loans to pay for their education.
The rapid growth in debt is raising alarm among experts, and there is growing evidence student debt is weighing down the economy — for instance, by delaying the ability of young graduates to buy homes.
The increase follows the jump in the cost of higher education.
The tuition sticker price at public four-year colleges is up 27 percent beyond overall inflation over the last five years, according to the latest figures from the College Board. This past year it rose nearly 5 percent to an annual average of $8,655 nationwide.
Only about one-third of full-time students pay that published price, and the average net price — what the average student does pay after grants, scholarships, loans and federal tax credits and deductions — is just $2,910 for a year of studies. But net prices have been rising, too, and tuition is just part of the cost of college. Including room and board, the average annual sticker price at public colleges is now $17,860, and students pay on average $12,110.
At private four-year colleges, the annual average full tuition price is now just under $40,000, with the average student paying $23,840.
The bipartisan student loan compromise closely hews to what House Republicans passed earlier this year. Both Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican House Speaker John Boehner suggested the outlines of the proposal were acceptable to the GOP rank-and-file members who have pushed for a link between interest rates and the financial markets.
Even House Democrats who opposed the GOP-led deal there appeared ready to go along.
"I'm encouraged that bipartisan efforts continue in the Senate to reverse the student loan interest rate hike," said Rep. George Miller, the top Democrat on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Few students had borrowed for fall classes. Students typically do not sign loans until just before they return to campus, and lawmakers have until the August recess to restore the lower rates. The students who had borrowed for summer programs since July 1 would have their rates retroactively reduced.
The deal was estimated to reduce the deficit by $715 million over the next decade.
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In the aftermath of the Megaupload shutdown, people have been keeping a close eye on other file-hosting services, RapidShare included.
As a company, RapidShare sees itself operating in the "cloud hosting" business, offering a service comparable to the likes of Dropbox. And since people are moving data from local drives to the cloud at an increasing rate, these companies will undoubtedly host some copyrighted material too.
During the past several years RapidShare has made tremendous efforts to cooperate with copyright holders and limit copyright infringements. The Swiss-based company is trying to position itself as a front-runner when it comes to responsible dealings with copyright infringers.
Emphasizing this role, the cyberlocker has just published an anti-piracy manifesto for cyberlockers, or a "responsible practices for cloud storage services" as they call it.
"RapidShare has always embraced our obligation to protect the intellectual property and copyright interests of creators. Today's announcement takes that obligation to a new level," said RapidShare's general counsel Daniel Raimer commenting on the release.
The four page document is a summary of what RapidShare believes cyberlockers should do to assist copyright holders in preventing copyright infringements. While some of the suggestions are already baked into the US DMCA, several of the suggestions go above and beyond existing law, with inevitable consequences for the privacy of users.
It includes basic recommendations such as making files private by default, but it also goes further by granting copyright holders the power to get account holders disconnected when they are merely suspected of copyright infringement.
"Services should terminate account holders or subscribers not merely upon proof that they are infringers but when sufficient copyright holders have called their conduct into question," RapidShare writes. Or in other words, account holders are guilty until proven innocent.
In addition, RapidShare also makes it mandatory for account holders to use valid email addresses, so these can be shared with copyright holders when there's a legal dispute.
"Services should require valid e-mail addresses of subscribers and account holders in order for them to register new accounts. In the event a copyright holder seeks account holder information through valid legal procedures, the service should have access to valid e-mail address information to furnish in response, which may facilitate an inquiry to the e-mail service provider. "
The above is bad news for privacy loving anons, but there are more concerns on this front. RapidShare also suggests that all cyberlockers update their privacy policy to make it possible for them to inspect the personal files of those who are accused of copyright infringement.
"Privacy policies should establish that service providers retain the right to inspect files of repeat accused infringers or accused violators of the service's terms of service who, after reasonable notice to them by the service provider, have made no good-faith counter notifications or efforts to justify their conduct as non-infringing or as not violating the service provider's terms of service."
Also, RapidShare recommends that cyberlockers operate from countries that respect copyright law.
"Service providers should either reside in a country that belongs to the Hague Convention for the Service of Process Abroad or should voluntarily comply with requests to waive service of process with respect to subpoenas for user information. They should also reside in a jurisdiction that shows respect for copyright law."
In his announcement of the manifesto Raimer once again emphasized that his company is doing all it can to eradicate piracy.
"We want all stakeholders in the debate over online copyright infringement […] to understand that RapidShare recognizes that piracy is a serious problem, that we're reinforcing our efforts to eradicate it, and that we're calling on other data logistics companies to do the same," he said.
The company itself goes even beyond its own recommendations, by monitoring third-party sites and forums that post links to infringing material on RapidShare. In addition, the cyberlocker also decreased the download speeds of free users to drive pirates away.
Thus far the entertainment industry is quite content with RapidShare's efforts, but whether the average RapidShare user is happy with these changes is doubtful.


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Hi all treeleafers,
I sent a mail to Jundo and he asked me if I can post my message, some of you might have an interest
"I've ordered The koroku by Leighton
I wanted to know what are the differences between the Shobogenzo and the Koroku.
I know the first one his the first part of this life, and the second one the second part of his life, and that the Shobogenzo was written to develop the theory of what he learnt in China to bring it in Japan, and The second Koroku is a collection of Dharma talks, when Soto was well implanted.
So the questions are:
1. What I wrote is correct?
2. In those two books, do we have the entiere teaching, philosophy of Dogen?
3. What part of his teachings do his other books have to add to the Shobogenzo and The koroku?
Thank you for your answer


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[rmunroe] of the notorious xkcd made his own ball pit. I'm now completely, totally jealous.
[-] sent in this Commadore 64 Guitar Hero project.
[Jock] sent in this uh, marriage of a Wiimote and a rocking horse. It's actually a great idea if you've got a kid and some duct tape handy.
[warthox] sent in this XBox 360 tilt controller project. These have been popping up a bit, but you might like this one. The board is all surface mount, and was routed to make the prototype. I kind-of like the surface pads that were used to mount the wires to avoid doing thru hole mounts.
We've been digging the EeePC – [Paul] wrote up his tricks to get Ubuntu working on the thing.
[Jock] sent in this huge set of music hacks. Mostly circuit bent, but they make for interesting reading.


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The Madonna Chipmunk is a fame-seeking, scrawny little rodent that annoys most anyone who comes in contact with her. Her range of habitat is vast, worldwide and relentless. The Madonna Chipmunk is easily spotted wherever opportunies arise for her to promote herself. Really, it is difficult to avoid spotting her...unless you live in a cave.
Her predatory habits include stalking and pouncing on much younger men, especially sexy Latinos. A cunning evolutionary trait developed to satisfy the creature's desperate need for attention, she knows all cameras will be on her each time she nibbles the tender young meat of her victims. She also enjoys stuffing her cheeks full of Restylane Berries because she believes they give her a youthful appearance, but they are indeed what causes her to resemble a chipmunk.
She may be identified by her distinct chirp, a smug yapping tinged with an abrasive fake British accent that spews egotisical proclamations each time she opens her mouth. Her mortal enemy is Elton John and both are often spotted viciously chirping at each other in the public arena. If you're looking to deter the Madonna Chipmunk from entering your garden, simply plant a smattering of hydrangeas on your property (she absolutely loathes them), play certain Lady Gaga songs over a loudspeaker, or leave a copy of the Daily Mail laying around. Medium: graphite on paper, digital paint)


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It is possible to receive text notifications to a wireless device or email account. If you wish to receive email or text notifications, enter the desired email address in the appropriate field of the self-registration page. The County will not be responsible for any fees associated with delivery or receipt of text or email messages. If you are unsure of your text or email fees, contact your wireless provider.
Additionally, be aware that capabilities of various cell phone models and limitations of wireless carrier networks may impact delivery of email and text messages. Timely and complete delivery of these email and text messages is not implied or guaranteed.
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CodeRED is a web-based critical communication solution that enables local public Safety personnel to notify residents and business by telephone, text message, email, and social media of time sensitive information, emergencies, or urgent notifications. The system can reach hundreds of thousands of individuals in minutes to ensure emergency notification reach the intended recipient. Only authorized officials have access to send alerts using the CodeRED system.
Any message regarding the safety of our residents and community will be disseminated using CodeRED. We will send out alerts via phone text, email, and social media when the life safety of the residents of Westmoreland County will be directly affected by an emergency. This is a community alert system to ensure you remain informed of important information. Please keep in mind that as you register to receive CodeRED alerts, you have the ability to select the types of messages you wish to receive and your preferred means of communications.
No, registering for CodeRED phone calls, text messages, and email are free. Simply sign up on our enrollment website and select your preferred means of communications.
A CodeRED message will have the caller ID # 866-419-5000 for emergencies and caller ID #855-969-4636 for non-emergencies. We suggest that you program these numbers into your cellphone as a "new contact" and use "CodeRED" as the contact name. If you need to replay the message receive, you can dial this number and listen to the message again in its entirety.
CodeRED is an important tool to help keep you informed and prepared for any emergencies that may occur in Westmoreland County. Officials will send messages to alert you of emergency details, instructions, or precautions that you need in order to make well-informed decisions and remain safe. This system is precise enough to geo-target residents within an exact area of impact, so that only those people who are affected by emergency situation are notified.
Visit the Westmoreland County's CodeRED enrollment website and enter the required information online (address, phone number(s), This is the quickest way to sign up because the information you supply is immediately registered in the system. If you do not have Internet at home, please consider visiting a library or asking a friend or family member for assistance.
No, residents should assume that their information is not is the CodeRED system until online registration is complete.
Make sure to have at least one working corded telephone on hand for these situations. However, when signing up for CodeRED, you may indicate both a primary and alternative phone number. Cell phones and/or work phone numbers can be entered as alternatives. Both your primary and your alternative phone numbers will be contacted in the event of a CodeRED notification.
If you receive a CodeRED phone call, listen carefully to the entire message. You can repeat the message by pressing any key. Do not call 911 for further information unless directed to so, or you need immediate aide from the police or fire department. If you receive a CodeRED email or text message, please be sure to read the entire message carefully and follow all instructions.
The CodeRED system will leave a message on your answering machine or voicemail if you miss a CodeRED phone call. If you do not have an answering machine the system will consider the call as "incomplete" and will attempt to call again after several minutes have passed. If your phone line is busy, CodeRED will try two more times to connect. At any point, you may re-dial the 800 number on your caller ID to hear a replay of the message sent.
CodeRED offers a mobile app for Android and IPhone devices. All residents and business owners are encouraged to download the free app to receive alerts based on the geo-location of your phone. As you travel throughout other CodeRED communities, you can receive important alerts from those communities. Download the CodeRED Mobile alert app.
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Plants from Royal Garden of Kew by W.H.Fitch 1853-1871
While our images are electronically watermarked, the antique prints themselves are not.
Rhododendron Shepherdii WFC1 $45 Each print measures approximately 5 1/2 by 9 inches
William Curtis began publication of the Botanical Magazine in February 1787 and continued almost without interruption for 160 years. After Curtis edited the first 13 volumes, the publication continued under the editors: John Simms (1800-1826), William Jackson Hooker (1827-1865) and Joseph Dalton Hooker (1865-1904). The images were engraved and hand-colored by many artists including Sydenham Edwards, William Graves, James Sowerby, John Curtis, William Jackson Hooker, W.H. Fitch, Matilda Smith, Lillian Snelling and Stella Rose Craig. The plates are known for their fine detail and delicate hand coloring. The prints are all copper engravings to Volume 70 & then stone or zinc lithography until the introduction of color printing in 1948. It is the longest running botanical magazine and was entirely hand colored until 1948. References: Blunt (1994) pp 211 - 217, Great Flower Books pp 156 - 157, Nissen BPI 2350, Staflue 1290.
These Curtis prints are from the Walter Hood Fitch years, the time of a long collaboration between Fitch and the editor of the magazine, Sir William Jackson Hooker. It was a partnership with William & J.D Hooker which lasted over 40 years, during which time Fitch was the sole artist for Curtis Botanical Magazine & Kew Gardens. Sadly, this creative partnership was dissolved after a financial dispute with J.D Hooker, which both parties regretted, but never resolved.
Walter Hood Fitch was the greatest botanical artist of his time and we are exceptionally pleased to have such a good selection of his finest work. The prints are much rarely than the earlier Curtis, as may fewer were published, with subscriptions numbering in the hundreds, rather than the thousands of early years, so it is doubly satisfying to offer to Curtis collectors. Each print measures about 5 1/2 inches by 9 inches and is in excellent condition as shown, with vivid hand coloring.
We accept credit cards & PayPal. Florida state residents pay Florida state sales tax. Shipping for this item is $9.95. Items can be combined to save on postage. International shipping starts at $35 for any number of prints, but may be more depending on the size of the prints and the country. Buyers are responsible for all customs duties. Our environment is smoke free. We pack professionally using only new materials. All items are beautifully wrapped and suitable for sending directly as gifts. You may return any item within 15 days if not satisfied. To order, you may call us at 1-888-PANTEEK, or send email to email@example.com
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Join the Mobile Volunteer Network (MVN), a group of community members who assist the Police and Fire Departments. MVN members assist during special events or emergency situations and are trained in crowd control, first aid, traffic control and search and rescue.
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Yes! There is a variety of community events and activities held throughout the year. Events include Party on the Plaza, the International Festival of Burnsville, the Burnsville Fire Muster, the Winter Lighting Ceremony and more.
Night to Unite is held on the first Tuesday of August and the goal of the night is to strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships. Note: A party must be registered with the city for an opportunity for visits from police, fire and local leaders.
There are many programs and activities available for older adults. Recreational activities include, pickleball, nature walks and special fitness events. There are also many types of educational seminars available with topics on de-cluttering, recycling and aging in place. The Burnsville Senior Center offers a variety of activities, programs and social events. The Senior Center is operated by District 191 Community Education and can be reached at 952-707-4193.
The Burnsville Senior Center is operated by School District 191 Community Education. The Center invites older adults to become members and take part in activities such as senior workshops, health and wellness seminars, defensive driving, coffee talks and more. The Elder Resource Association has contact information for many organizations in the area and can assist you in connecting with additional resources.


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Nov 16, 2010 | |
Riso Energy Report 9: CO2-free energy can meet the world's energy needs in 2050 |
(Nanowerk News) Risø Energy Report 9 lists a wide range of energy technologies in the market with low or no emissions of greenhouse gases, describing how several of these will be made commercially available in the next decades. | |
However, it is not possible to make the world's energy supply CO2-free as cheaply as possible, using only technology development in the current energy systems. There must be room for technological leaps and there is a need for an integrated process to optimise the entire energy system, from energy production, through transformation into energy carriers, to energy transportation and distribution and efficient end use. | |
There is also a need for a smart grid, connecting production and end use at local level. End users should contribute to maintain balance in the future energy system and new technologies should be introduced to the end users, including houses with low and flexible consumption, smart electronic equipment, heat pumps, energy storage and local energy supplies such as solar cells and micro CHP. Information and communication technology (ICT) will determine how successful the integration of renewables into the grid actually will be. | |
Considering the security of supply in the short and long term, there is still a need for access to fossil fuels, but they must be continuously replaced with renewable energy sources. If we do not make efforts to promote renewable energy sources, coal and gas might easily be prevailing in the global energy supply for the rest of this century. For many countries, however, it could be advantageous to switch to renewable energy sources in order to reduce dependence on imported oil and gas. In addition, this transition can help the countries achieve their environmental policy goals. | |
Seen in isolation, Denmark has a great chance for achieving these goals and for phasing out fossil fuels at a rapid pace and thus reduce emissions of greenhouse gases at the required pace. | |
Danish wind and biomass resources in particular will make it possible to phase out fossil fuels in connection with power generation and heat production before 2040. It will take further 10 years to eliminate fossil fuels within the transport sector. | |
A future smart energy system requires that we start investments now. If we do not make these investments, future generations will look back on this period wondering how we could be satisfied with an outdated energy system, without taking advantage of the opportunities which we already were aware of. | |
Reference | |
Risø Energy Report 9: Non-fossil energy technologies in 2050 and beyond Edited by Hans Larsen and Leif Sønderberg Petersen, Risø DTU Risø-R-1729(EN), ISBN 978-87-550-3812-7 |
Risø Energy Report 9 can be downloaded at risoe.dtu.dk |
Source: Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy |


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I'm attempting to model asset performance to Bitcoin revenue, which is a driving force in the Bitcoin community.
Is there any model, or research being done that tracks "hashes per second" (MHz) to BTC earned over time?
If no prior work exists, what is the best way for me to model:
Various non-linear interdependencies
The range of possible outcomes
The likelihood of the particular outcome
I'm also aware of certain market forces that will occur in the near future (technology changes, valuation adjustments, etc) that I'd like to include.


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Titan Portable Toilet Rentals offers the best porta potty rental services in Pico Rivera. We offer a wide range of clean, well-maintained, and modern portable toilets for events and construction sites. Our team is committed to providing exceptional customer service by ensuring prompt delivery and setup. Our porta potty rental services are tailored to your needs, whether you're planning a marriage, managing a corporate event or managing a building project. Titan Portable Toilet Rentals offers reliable and hygienic solutions for portable toilets in Pico Rivera.
Pico Rivera is a city located in southeastern Los Angeles County, California. The city is situated approximately 11 miles (18 km) southeast of downtown Los Angeles, on the eastern edge of the Los Angeles basin, and on the southern edge of the area known as the San Gabriel Valley. As of the 2020 United States census, the city has a population of 62,088. Pico Rivera is bordered by Montebello to the west, Downey to the south, Santa Fe Springs to the southeast, and Whittier to the east. Northrop Grumman's Advanced Systems Division developed the B-2 Spirit bomber here.
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To edit URLs in a traditional way a click on the empty space right beside "Documents"...
... allows to edit the URL manually with the keyboard:
A drop down menu for fast access on bookmarks is available:
Most readers of this blog are already familiar with the URL navigator, so why do I explain something obvious? Well, we currently try to do some improvements for KDE 4.2 and I'd like to get some feedback for our plans. It is clear that the feedback to this blog might not represent the main target user group of Dolphin. However if something is fundamentally wrong, then I'm sure this can be noticed quite fast :-)
Before sharing our plans, I must explain one very important point of the URL navigator: For me the main feature of the URL navigator is the hiding of parent URLs. For example if a bookmark called "My Documents" is created which is represented by the URL "file:///home/peter/Documents", then the navigation bar looks like this:
This is something I don't intend to change, as for purists still the editable mode of the URL navigator shows the original URL in its full glory.
However there have been some requests about a missing "G
So Aurélien Gâteau (= Gwenview maintainer) and I had a discussion about this. We agreed that a kind of "show parent paths" button would be useful, like this mockup shows:
So I tried just to add a "Go Up" button:
and for me this solved two issues:
There is no need to explain what this button does, as people have been used this kind of button since years in file managers. If the URL navigator is in the editable mode and no "Go Up" button is in the toolbar, then this button allows to go up the hierarchy.
So this is the point where I'm not sure how to proceed: Is the "Go Up" button a good solution or do we solve a problem that never existed? Is a kind of "show parent paths" a better approach? If this is the case: What icon should be used? Are there other ideas we are not aware of?
So I'd kindly ask to give us some feedback :-) Please note that I won't reply to any comments to this topic, as I don't want to influence the upcoming feedback.
PS: Some graphic gurus might have noticed that the home-icon is not vertically centered correctly. This has been fixed for KDE 4.1.1.


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1 | Our Cottontail
Throughout southwestern North America, from northern Montana to central Mexico and west to the Pacific, Audubon's cottontails (named in honor of John James Audubon) are multiplying like, well, rabbits. These long-eared, medium-sized lagomorphs breed in every month, sometimes producing five litters a year. The gestation period is about a month, and there can be as many as five young per litter. Like most species that compensate for heavy predation by pumping out lots of offspring, the Audubon's cottontail is short-lived, seldom surviving more than two years. However, its fecundity together with an ability to adapt to radically diverse habitats—from high-country grasslands to low, sun-blasted badlands, even to the lawn under your bird feeder—has enabled the species to achieve great success. Audubon's cottontails are especially fond of prairie dog towns, where they appropriate the burrows and take advantage of the forbs and grasses that thrive in the excavated earth. Unlike other rabbits, they're proficient climbers, sometimes scaling leaning trees. Midday heat usually drives them to their burrows, so look for them at dawn and dusk.
2|Ode to a Devil's Urn
Most winged and flowering harbingers of spring are weeks away. But now, east of the Rockies, nothing speaks of coming beauty quite like the devil's urn—that black, leathery fungi fruiting on dead hardwoods and on cankering living ones. Its apt Latin name, Urnula craterium, translates to "burned crater." If you look past the physical appearance of this agent of decay and rebirth, you may perceive in its function something more beautiful than any Grecian urn. What's more, you have reason to rejoice if you discover devil's urns on your property, because their presence proves your soil is fertile. Not only do these fungi herald spring, they symbolize it as well, for few forest denizens are so prolific. Spores require only about an hour and a half to germinate, and the success rate is extremely high. If the sight of a March devil's urn buoys your spirits as much as, say, the first flash of a May tanager, then you have arrived as a naturalist.
3|Midday Caroler
Snow lingers in their breeding range when indigo buntings waft north on night winds from Central America, Mexico, and our nation's extreme south. The diffraction of light from the males' black feathers makes them appear iridescent blue and sometimes varying shades of turquoise. Females are dull brown, with faint, buff wing bars, whitish throats, and often finely streaked breasts. Few insects and spiders are active now, so for the next few days don't be surprised to see them at your bird feeder. Unlike most songbirds, the male indigo bunting often carols at midday. In the words of early 20th-century ornithologist Edward Forbush, "He will sing his way from the bottom of a tree to the top, going up branch by branch until he has reached the topmost spire, and there, fully exposed to the blazing sun, he will sing and sing and sing." (To hear the vocalization, Google "indigo bunting song.") Because these birds avoid unbroken forests, preferring instead second growth, edges, and brushy fields, there are doubtless more now than in pre-Columbian days.
4|Early Risers
Even before some of the hibernating butterflies have hauled their tattered wings from leaf piles and wood crevices, Pacific orangetips are struggling from overwintering pupae (which may have been in diapause for two or more years). As spring races north from Baja California to Alaska, watch for these members of the white and sulphur family west of the Pacific divide. They resemble their cousins in basic coloring, save for the rich orange tips of their forewings. Dorsal wing surfaces of both sexes are mostly white (sometimes yellow, especially in females). But their undersides are marbled, camouflaging the insects when they perch on bark with their wings folded shut. Now males search for mates in wooded, grassy, or brushy meadows, canyons, stream banks, and hillsides. As the season progresses, females will deposit green eggs on rock cresses and other wild mustards. Within about 24 hours the eggs turn bright orange.
5| Dance Class
A strange and ancient dance takes place starting this time of year in most of our eastern and central states and in much of Texas and Oklahoma. You may have missed it in the southern part of this range, but in the north there's still time to attend. The only prerequisite for participation is that you be a slimy salamander. Here are the steps: First the male pushes the prominent gland on his chin against his partner's tail, body, and head. Then, employing his stout tail, he raises and lowers his hind legs simultaneously and separately. As the dance progresses he starts raising his front legs as well. His feet, chin, and the silvery spots on his head, body, and tail turn pink, then bright red. He rubs against his partner, gently bites and releases her, then inserts his head under her chin and moves beneath her. Now the female gets into it, straddling his tail and moving forward. The male stops, rocks, and drops a sperm-filled capsule called a spermatophore. Finally, the female picks up the spermatophore with her cloacal lips. Slimy salamanders are a complex of species, not a single one. Depending on which taxonomist you believe, there may be as few as three or as many as 16 closely related and strikingly similar species. Forget about distinguishing them in the field. A better name for this complex would be "sticky salamander," because the mucous they secrete as a defense against predators is thick and gluelike. It took one researcher 10 minutes to scrub it off his hands. Slimy salamanders are completely terrestrial, and there is no distinct larval stage. Eggs, deposited underground, hatch into miniature versions of the adults.
6|Flower of Many Names
The trout lily, as the unofficial dean of fly fishers, John Voelker, wrote of its namesake, "will not—indeed cannot—live except where beauty dwells." The brown mottling on the elliptical leaves resembles the pattern on the backs of brook trout—the gaudy landlocked char with which trout lilies share some range and general habitat in the eastern United States and Canada. As brook trout begin their spring feeding frenzy, the yellow blooms of trout lilies unfurl in moist, open woodlands and especially along rills, rivers, and ponds. Though they're true lilies, they're also known as "dog-toothed violets" because of the shape of the corm. Other names include "fawn lily," for the spots on the leaves; "adder's tongue," for the sharply pointed, unfurled leaves that push up through forest duff; and "thousand leaf," because the dense colonies often have few blooms, a function of subterranean runners that produce only one leaf. (A plant needs two leaves to produce a flower, and this may not happen until its seventh year.) Leaves and corms are relished by wild-food aficionados, though if consumed in excess, they can cause vomiting. Leaves may also be ingested as birth control—as prescribed by early Native Americans—provided pregnancy is not a concern.