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Regular readers of this space may recall the time, 21/2 years ago, that I arranged to trade a few reptiles from my personal collection for assorted critters that would become display animals at the then yet-to-open Hickory Knolls Discovery Center.
Using travel carriers and assorted plastic crates, I loaded up the truck and drove to, not Beverly, but the hills outside of Galena.
There, in a Walmart parking lot, I met up with representatives from the Northeast Iowa Reptile Rescue. We transacted our business and, in a matter of moments, the rescue people were headed back to Iowa with two tortoises and a lizard, and I was motoring back to St. Charles with a handsome and only slightly bitey black ratsnake, and two tarantulas to boot.
There's something oddly soothing about riding along with nonhuman – and specifically, nonmammalian – companions. Unlike a dog, reptiles and arachnids don't pant on you, drool or ride with their heads out the window. And unlike a cat, they don't mew or yowl incessantly. In fact, they typically don't do much at all, especially if they're securely enclosed and kept at a comfortable temperature.
We reached our destination, the Pottawatomie Community Center without incident. The ratsnake, now named Randy, and the tarantulas, known as T1 and T2, have been hardworking members of our education animal team ever since.
At the time of The Great Reptile Ride, I thought that it may have been a once-in-a-lifetime sort of experience. I should have known better.
This past week the opportunity presented itself again. In this case, just like the last, the animal was beautiful; her back was covered with a stunning pattern of dark bands, and her smooth scales reflected light like iridescent gems. But unlike last time, where my longest passenger measured only about five feet in length, this new girl was big. Eight feet, I would guess, with a girth similar to that of a two-pound meatloaf.
Boa constrictor ssp., or Bo as I came to call her, had come to Hickory Knolls through an odd set of circumstances that probably will never be repeated. An escaped pet, she'd done time in a cat carrier (minus the cat, I hope), as well as a large plastic tote with holes punched in the sides, before arriving, literally, on our doorstep.
Now, before we go any further into this week's story, I need to stress that Hickory Knolls is not an animal rescue or rehabilitation facility. It's true that all the animals we have on display were acquired from previous owners, but we have neither the staff, space nor skill level required to take in every homeless animal that presents itself. We can sometimes provide advice about placement, but only as time permits. And we're really not equipped to handle exotics of any sort.
OK, with that said, let's get back to Bo. I've seen boa constrictors on display at zoos, and seen baby boas for sale in pet stores. But until last week, I'd never tried to interact with one, up close and personal. As a result, I'd also never been hissed at or lunged at, nor had I ever gotten a really good look at a boa's amazing array of teeth. Bo, bless her heart, obliged on all counts.
Her hisses, which she'd uncork as a warning whenever we moved her crate, were unlike anything I'd ever heard before. Billy, our bullsnake, can snort pretty good, especially when he's getting ready to shed. But Bo's hisses would last a minute at a time, clearly indicating that she wanted to be left alone. (Hmm, Bo? Or GarBo?)
Her teeth were impressive, too, with two rows on top and a single row on the bottom. They weren't huge, but they were long enough to be easily seen. They curved backward, and looked like they would definitely leave a mark. I vowed to not find out whether observation could prove true.
With the issue of escaped exotics being a very real concern, even here in Illinois, Bo showed some potential to be used for community education. But after several attempts at handling that involved three staff members plus myself; a big stick; a sandbox lid that doubled as a shield; and a sledgehammer, just in case ... I knew that I'd soon be making another Reptile Ride. The only question was, where?
Luckily, we have some pretty solid connections in the herpetological world, and it wasn't long before I made contact with the Friends of Scales Reptile Rescue, a northern Illinois-based group with "a strong drive for education and prevention of abuse and neglect," as it says on its website. And if it says so on the Internet, it's got to be true, right?
Indeed, it was. FoS is an all-volunteer group dedicated to making life better for sick, injured or unwanted scaly and/or spineless pets. (FoS also rescues invertebrates like tarantulas and scorpions.) Erica, or Air, Mede is the president and founder, and when I emailed her about Bo her immediate response was, "We can help."
The only trick was going to be getting Bo to Wheeling, where she then would be placed in foster care. I knew I was up for a ride, but was she?
She'd cleared her digestive tract earlier in the day, which meant we'd be unlikely to have issues with car sickness. I peeked inside her crate, and she raised her head and flicked her tongue at me. No hiss! That was a good sign, too. I thought briefly about removing her water dish, so as to prevent spills along the way, but Bo coiled herself around it so tightly, I decided to leave it alone.
I hooked some bungee cords into place, to make sure Bo stayed secure during the trip, and off we went. During our hourlong journey, I once again took note of the soothing silence that accompanies a ride with an unruffled reptile. No excited barks or yips, no scratching or chewing. And we didn't have to make a "comfort stop" either.
Upon arrival at our destination, Erica welcomed us and gave me some paperwork to fill out. She identified Bo as a Peruvian subspecies and commented more than once on the snake's gorgeous coloration. She then explained how Bo would be given a health exam and treated prophylactically for mites, then put up for adoption.
As we chatted, I couldn't help but see and hear a large plastic tote on the floor in Erica's living room. The rustling sounds emitting from it did not seem to be vertebrate in origin, and my pulse quickened in excitement as I thought of the possibilities.
Hoping against hope, I asked, "cockroaches?" Happily, Erica answered yes. Long story short, Blaptica dubia, or Dubia roaches, are a nutritious food source that is appropriate for many of the education animals we keep at Hickory Knolls. (Contrary to popular belief, only about 1 percent of the world's cockroach species are considered pests. The rest, including Dubias, are helpful in surprising ways. More on this at a later date.)
Dear, sweet, generous Erica gave me a large "starter colony" of somewhere between 75 and 100 roaches, a gift that, because of the roa ches' rapid reproductive rate, will just keep on giving. Even better, it will save us a considerable amount of money since we won't have to buy as many crickets for our lizard, salamanders, tarantulas, etc.
With Bo safe and sound, and a new connection to reptile rescuers made, it was time to head back to St. Charles. I put the Tupperware container of roaches next to me on the front seat, and hit the road.
About 20 seconds into the trip, I became aware of a sound – a subtle crunching and crackling that was intriguing, but also vaguely unsettling. It was the roaches, scuttling about their temporary home and scritch-scratching its interior with their teensy, roachy claws.
Notes to self: On Reptile Rides, expect peace and serenity, and anticipate time for quiet reflection. On Roach Rides, hit the gas, cover the container with a blanket, and turn the radio up – waaaay up.
• Pam Otto is the manager of nature programs and interpretive services at the Hickory Knolls Discovery Center, a facility of the St. Charles Park District. She can be reached at 630-513-4346 or email@example.com.


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Nestled on the northern tip of Isle of Palms, a lush barrier island off the coast of South Carolina, Wild Dunes Resort is located less than 30 minutes from the charm and grace of historic Charleston. The Resort occupies 1,600 acres of private, oceanfront property defined on one side by the Atlantic Ocean and on the other by the Intracoastal Waterway.
Offering a year-round menu of golf, tennis, spa services and restaurant options, Wild Dunes Resort has been distinguished by many publications and associations as a top destination for families, golfers, tennis lovers and meeting and event planners. The entire Resort is connected with bike and walking paths and resort shuttles, making it possible to enjoy this paradise without ever getting behind the wheel of your car.
The Isle of Palms enjoys special status as a lush, green enclave located on South Carolina's only Blue Wave Beach – a national designation from the Clean Beach Council which goes to a handful of beaches with high levels of water quality, environmental responsibility and procedures for ensuring swimmer safety. Wild Dunes Resort is a paradise for visitors seeking clear waters, sunny skies and the unique feeling that comes from admiring tropical palm trees growing beside ancient live oaks.
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Maryland, Rutgers confident about chances in B10
Maryland and Rutgers will bring along a lot of familiar faces when they enter the Big Ten this fall. The hard part will be getting to know their new opponents.
The Terrapins return 18 starters, nine on each side of the ball, from the team that finished fifth in its division in its last year in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The experience is a big advantage for Maryland, coach Randy Edsall said. "We fully expect to be able to compete as we come into the Big Ten."
Rutgers, which tied for sixth in its one year in the American Athletic Conference, has nine starters back on offense and seven on defense.
Scarlet Knights coach Kyle Flood, like Edsall, is confident his team can hold up in the Big Ten. He'll know for sure after a mid-season stretch of games against Michigan at home, Ohio State and Nebraska on the road and Wisconsin at home.
Maryland winds up spring practice Friday and Rutgers on April 26. The next task for Edsall and Flood will be to study opponents they'll encounter for the first time.
Edsall said he and his staff already have started breaking down video of Big Ten teams. Flood said he'll start that project in in May, a month earlier than he typically delves into opponents.
Flood said he already knows one thing about the Big Ten. "It's going to be physical. That's for sure."
A look around the Big Ten East:
INDIANA: The Hoosiers' top priority is shoring up a defense that allowed 528 yards and 39 points a game. Brian Knorr takes over as coordinator after holding the same job at Wake Forest the past three seasons. He inherits nine starters. Coach Kevin Wilson said Knorr has been trying to instill a "culture of competitiveness" among his charges, and progress has been apparent this spring.
MARYLAND: The move to the Big Ten might cause a little friction in C.J. Brown's family the week of the Nov. 15 game against Michigan State. Brown, the first QB to throw for 2,000 yards and run for 500 at Maryland, is the son of Clark Brown, who quarterbacked the Spartans in 1983-84. "He's a Spartan fan," C.J. said. "When we play them, I expect him to be in red, and he'll be cheering us on." C.J. will be a sixth-year senior. He received a medical hardship for an ACL tear in 2012.
MICHIGAN: After last year's 7-6 campaign, all eyes are on the offense and new coordinator Doug Nussmeier. The Wolverines struggled to move the ball while losing six of their last eight games, and they were no juggernaut in last week's spring game. Coach Brady Hoke said if the season started tomorrow, incumbent Devin Gardner would be the QB. But Shane Morris was good enough to carry the competition over to the fall.
MICHIGAN STATE: The Big Ten champion Spartans are looking for more from QB Connor Cook, who was second-team All-Big Ten and the Rose Bowl offensive MVP in his first year as the starter. Coach Mark Dantonio said Cook has had an "outstanding" spring and is looking to become more productive as a runner. The Spartans also return 1,400-yard rusher Jeremy Langford, four of the top five receivers and five starters from the Big Ten's top defense.
OHIO STATE: QB Braxton Miller led an offense that set a Big Ten rushing record, and he'll be going into his fourth year as the starter. Coach Urban Meyer's biggest worry is protecting Miller. Only one starter returns on the offensive line, and the unit didn't impress Meyer this spring. "We've had the luxury of having a very good offensive line the last two years, and you hope some guys step up and get better," he said. "We've got two guys playing offensive line and you need five. That's an area we aren't where we need to be."
PENN STATE: Allen Robinson is gone after accounting for almost a quarter of the Nittany Lions' offense in 2013. His departure should give 6-foot-1, 200-pound Geno Lewis a chance to become a prime target for QB Christian Hackenberg. First-year coach James Franklin said he's been impressed with Lewis' leaping ability this spring, especially on deep balls. "Him and Hackenberg are building a rapport and chemistry with each other, and that's going to have to continue to grow," Franklin said.
RUTGERS: First-year offensive coordinator Ralph Friedgen is sorting out a red-hot QB competition, with Mike Bimonte and Chris Laviano challenging Gary Nova. Nova was benched the last three games last season after starting 23 in a row. Eleven players are out this spring because of injury, including top running back Paul James.


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It's interesting to note that a number of recent and current broadband procurements include provisions for wholesale broadband access, often combining public sector broadband requirements as well. The information in this post was sourced from tender notices published in the European Union's Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) database, which is is publicly available.
This from Cheshire:
"Cheshire and Warrington SuperFast Broadband:…provision of Superfast Broadband Services to all businesses by and households by 2015…Superfast Broadband infrastructure provisioned will be future proof in terms of capacity and speed and be able to exceed both national as well as European targets. Superfast Broadband Services should offer parity in quality, cost for rural and urban areas. It is expected that the offer of access to wholesale services on the Superfast Broadband infrastructure be made to other operators in an open, transparent and non-discriminatory manner...The strategic partner(s) should consider how Superfast Broadband services could support public bodies in the region that currently operate over 1,000 Public Sector sites with disparate ICT network connectivity in line with the government agenda is to create PSNs (public sector networks) to support converged, fast, secure and reliable communications to lower the cost of public service delivery."
"Provision of Strategic ICT Services in Cumbria: Lot 1: ICT services excluding wide area networks; Lot 2: wide area networks and superfast broadband...provision of both a wholesale superfast broadband network and provision of public sector enterprise network(s)...Lot 2 includes two distinct requirements, which the Authority may seek to procure under two separate contractual arrangements with the Contractor to reflect the different requirements:Devon & Somerset:
i) The provision of a wholesale broadband network;
ii) A managed enterprise network service for the Authority and its Partners.
The wholesale broadband network will be partly funded by the Broadband Development UK (BDUK) programme of work, and is therefore subject to state aid notification requirements which include the requirement for the Contractor to offer wholesale services to other retail service providers on a transparent and non-discriminatory basis for at least 7 years…the Contractor will either have a retail capability, or will partner with retailer businesses...The design, build, operation, maintenance and upgrading of a wholesale broadband network to provide wholesale service that a retail service provider might provide to business and residential consumers, including public sector organisations…the Contractor will also provide network connectivity and ancillary services to the Authority's enterprise managed ICT service described in Lot 1 (e.g. wide area network services between the Authority's premises including but not limited to offices, schools, libraries and other Authority premises, and potentially those of Partner organisations including - but not limited to- Police, Health Authority facilities such as hospitals and clinics, fire and rescue service locations)."
"Rural broadband project: Lot 1: RDPE funded areas (delivery of fast broadband to 4 rural areas as detailed within the ITT); Lot 2: DCC funded areas (delivery of fast broadband to 2 rural areas as detailed within the ITT)...Devon County Council is…seeking to enable access to the additional capacity, technical capability and geographical coverage that exists in the current physical network infrastructure, without the need to replicate a new network across the county. Somerset County Council has also indicated that its public service network supplier is willing to engage in discussions regarding open access to ducts and poles as part of the "rural broadband project" solution...The primary objective is to provide NGA compatible broadband connectivity to communities within specific geographical areas. Each area is defined by its rurality, some level of economic deprivation, current poor broadband connectivity but relatively high levels of business activity."Lancashire:
"Lancashire Superfast Broadband Project: The partner will own the superfast broadband network and in doing so will have responsibility for maintaining and upgrading the superfast broadband network, ensuring a sustainable arrangement. The partner will be required to ensure open, equitable and transparent access to the superfast broadband network...The superfast broadband network will be required to be open to all service and communications providers...It is anticipated that the superfast broadband network will be completed within 2.5 to 3 years from the commencement of deployment followed by a minimum operating period of at least seven years during which period of time the Partner will be required to offer wholesale services and access to other operators in an open, transparent and non-discriminatory manner...The proposed contract period assumes a design and construction period of 2.5 to 3 years, followed by an operational period of 7 to 10 years. There will be an option to extend the contract up to a maximum of a further 5 years."
"Digital Rutland: co-funding and provision of next generation broadband and end user services in the County of Rutland: The intention is to deploy technology neutral next generation broadband infrastructure so as to maximise broadband reach in the county, addressing the issues of "white spots" and areas that market providers will not penetrate on a commercial basis in the near future…Operation of an open provider model leading to a range of communication providers in the market place for both wholesale and retail markets…Increased demand and consumer choice in communication providers leading to competition for ISP provision and cheaper applications and services."
"UK-East Midlands Public Sector Network Framework procurement of PSN compliant Broadband a)Infrastructure and b) Services: Expressions of interest are invited to develop and deliver an East Midlands PSN compliant a) Infrastructure and b) services, for the period of a) Infrastructure 7 years plus options to extend by 3 years to 10 years, November 2011 to November 2021 to allow for return on investment required to ensure the coverage of the required quality and reach, and, b) Services 4 years November 2011 to November 2015. It is anticipated that suppliers would ,where appropriate, build upon the existing infrastructure and services investment made by the emPSN partners and customers in meeting the varying needs of the public sector and their partners in the East Midlands, and nationally. It is anticipated that any new infrastructure will facilitate the deployment of broadband in the surrounding area, for example by integrating digital hubs into the solution design. This might include the design and provision of community hub infrastructure to enable community broadband provision, along with provision of wholesale data transport products from these hubs. The contract must also ensure that the use of this new infrastructure is compliant with State Aid guidelines for the provision of next generation networks, including ensuring wholesale access and the monitoring and claw-back of super-profit where the network is used for this purpose...The following contracting authorities shall be able to use the contract: Education sites, including schools, tertiary sector and lifelong learning; Local Authority sites, other unitary authorities and the wider public sector; third sector and Institutions of higher education and colleges of further education in the region, and other sites within the East Midlands and nationally to meet the needs of those public-sector organisations which have business needs within the region."Do such wholesale provisions potentially offer a mechanism for community networks to plug into a wider local authority or regional infrastructure? For example to purchase backhaul provision?


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|Part of the delight in going to Lijiang lies in the
journey itself. Formerly, one had no choice but to go by road from Dali,
a magnificent 196-kilometre (122-mile) journey through narrow fertile
valleys, mountains and forest glades of rhododendrons and azaleas, all
culminating in an unforgettable view of the Jade Dragon Snow Range above
Lijiang. Today, however, the rail line has been extended from Dali to
Lijiang, and a small airport between Heqing and Lijiang handles flights
from Kunming; the short trip affords a spectacular hour in the air.
Lijiang is the home of the Naxi people, who speak a language of the Tibeto-Burman group, and dress in black or deep blue. Other smaller minority groups live around Lijiang, including the Lisu, Pumi and Nuosu Yi. The Pumi are more brightly clad than the Naxi people, and the Lisu can only be seen by visiting the more remote districts close to the Nujiang (the Chinese name for the Salween River).
Lijiang, elevation 2,400 metres (7,800 feet), falls into clear parts:
old and new (though the "old" part is in fact virtually all new too,
since a 1996 earthquake levelled most of the original buildings). The
old town is infinitely more interesting, with its pebbled paths, potted
mountain plants and small restaurants serving baba—deepfried wheat cake,
offered with a variety of fillings. It is now a ''UNESCO World Heritage
Site'' (the entire old town has been rebuilt and even enlarged but
using strictly authentic traditional methods and materials). The park
known as Black Dragon Pool is the principal attraction of the town, with its Moon Embracing Pavilion
(a modern reconstruction, since the Ming pavilion was burnt down in
1950 by a drunken cadre and his mistress in a fit of suicidal
romanticism—or vandalism). An adjacent building is used to house the Dongba Cultural Research Institute, and another, the Dragon God Temple, is a setting for flower and art shows. The Five Phoenix Hall,
a piece of whimsical architectural bravura, was once part of the now
defunct Fuguo Temple. The hall is one of two buildings from the temple
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Meet 'Korea's Adele'
South Korea's TV talent audition shows have been unearthing promising singers for a few years, but most of the performers find that their time in the spotlight is brief and commercial success elusive.
A 16-year-old female singer, Lee Hi, is being tipped to break the mold after sweeping to top spot in the music charts in South Korea for the past 23 days with her debut single "1,2,3,4."
Ms. Lee was the runner-up on popular singing-audition show "K-Pop Star" in April and subsequently joined YG Entertainment, the home of Psy, Big Bang and 2NE1.
Her single has accumulated 1.3 million downloads, over half of which were in the week after its Oct. 29 launch, in the range normally set by established K-pop superstars. On Nov. 12 she became the first female debut act to hit top spot in Billboard's K-Pop Hot 100 this year.
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According to Jerry and Gloria Black, their granddaughter spent more than seven hours trapped inside a school bus — luckily on an overcast day.
The girl — whose name the family asked not be used — will turn four in September and was on her way to pre-kindergarten class at Baywood Elementary.
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Crimestoppers has been alerted to a small number of calls where scammers have been impersonating their call handlers and asking for people's personal information, including their bank details.
The charity has been warned about a group of scammers who have 'hijacked' the 0800 555 111 number. The scammers are calling people, saying they are "Crimestoppers at the Home Office" and directing them to the website to clarify the number. They are then asking for personal details.
Crimestoppers has never, and will never, make cold calls to members of the public asking for any personal details, so if anyone does receive a call from someone asking for personal information and claiming to be from Crimestoppers, please report it to Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040.
Roger Critchell, Director of Operations for Crimestoppers, said: "We are currently talking to our phone service provider to attempt to resolve the situation over our number being hijacked and hope this can be rectified as quickly as possible.
"I would emphasise that it is business as normal for the charity and people can still contact us on 0800 555 111 to pass on anonymous information about crime, but we wanted to make sure people were aware that we will never, ever contact them asking for personal details, so please do not hand any over if you are contacted by someone claiming to be Crimestoppers."
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2013: Emerged as one of the top run produces in the NEWMAC … played in and started every game in right field for the Engineers … second team All-NEWMAC … NEWMAC Player of the Week (4/22) … CoSIDA Academic All-District … Academic All-NEWMAC … hit .358 with four home runs and 38 RBI … led MIT in doubles, home runs, RBI and slugging … recorded at least one hit in all but eight games ... led the NEWMAC in doubles and RBI … second in slugging … among the top-10 in the league in runs, hits, triples and home runs … 15 multi-hit games … eight multi-RBI games … 2-for-4 against Springfield (3/22), driving in a season-high three runs … drove in a pair of runs with a double in game 3 against the Pride (3/23), starting a 10-game hit streak … 3-for-5 against nationally ranked Wisconsin-Whitewater (3/26) … pair of hits and a run and RBI against Amherst (3/28) … hit his first home run of the season at Endicott (3/29) … 3-for-5, including a triple, at Johnson & Wales (3/30) … 2-for-5 with a pair of RBI at Babson (4/9) … season-highs of four hits and three RBI, including a pair of doubles, vs. WPI (4/5) … four consecutive multi-hit games in mid-April … two hits and three RBI at Wesleyan (4/16) … three hits in back-to-back games at Worcester State (4/17) and at Wheaton (4/22) … drove in runs in nine of the last 10 games of the season … pair of doubles at Rhode Island College (5/1) … two doubles and two RBI against Suffolk (5/6) … three-run home run against Elms (5/11) in the ECAC Tournament … belted another home run in the NCAA Tournament against Western New England (5/15).
2012: Played in 33 games and started 29 in the outfield as a freshman ... tied for second in the NEWMAC in home runs with four ... tied for eighth in batting average in the NEWMAC at .343 ... fourth in NEWMAC in slugging at .528 ... finished the season with 17 RBI's and had 37 hits ... got his first hit and RBI of his college career in a game against Keene State (3/3) ... racked up three RBI's in routs against both Eastern Nazarene (3/21) and WPI (4/21) ... went 3-3 in the first part of a double header vs. Clark (4/14).
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I retired from Brunswick County Schools, and it's time for a change.
I know Ray Gilbert, and he has been my neighbor of 20 years. He and his wife and children are the most helpful people you can find. He listens and tries to make the best decisions possible.
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Exploring Connections
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In order for teachers to increase their effectiveness, it's helpful to explore how making connections relates to developing a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts. Our own experience with learning mathematics may have been to learn one concept at a time, with few or no connections made to other mathematical concepts or to the real world. As students, we may have had little understanding of how number concepts led to building understanding of algebraic thinking, or how patterns are related to developing geometric principles. By developing the relationships between concepts, we give students many opportunities to revisit and clarify their thinking about the structure of the mathematics they are learning.
In this section, we take a look at your own, rather than your students', approach to an activity. As you complete the activity, think about the connections you can make to your previous mathematical experiences, to other mathematics content, and to applications in the world outside the classroom. The more experience you have with discovering and applying these connections, the more adept you will become at planning lessons around connected topics and helping students become aware of the interconnectedness of mathematics and its importance in other areas of study and application.
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If you refuse to go through one of the Transportation Security Administration's new full-body security scanners at the airport, don't be startled if a TSA employee grabs you by the private parts, according to travelers who have undergone security inspections that they claim would be illegal sexual assault if they weren't being done by the government.
If you're lucky, you simply get waved through the metal detector. If you're not, critics say, it's a Hobson's choice: You can pose for uncomfortably graphic full-body images in the new scanners, more than 300 of which are in use across the country, or you can get groped by the government. "If they refuse that, they will not fly," said Dwight Baird, a spokesman for the TSA. Door No. 3 is the exit.
An msnbc.com-NBC News report
By Alex Johnson of msnbc.com. The following NBC stations contributed to this report: KSL of Salt Lake City, Utah; KTVB of Boise, Idaho; KTVZ of Bend, Ore.; KUSA of Denver; WESH of Orlando, Fla.; WETM of Elmira, N.Y.; and WXIA of Atlanta.
That means "we're going to continue to get more and more violated," said Jennifer Lynn Woods of Salt Lake City, Utah, who said "I looked like somebody just about to cry" after she was randomly chosen for what the TSA calls an "extended pat-down" at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix this week.
During her inspection — which Woods said took place in a small cubicle in view of other passengers — an agent patted up her legs from her ankles and cupped her genitals. Then, the agent pulled her elastic skirt band away from her waist and looked down her skirt, she said.
"By the end of it, I had my arms across my face and didn't want to have anything to do with it," said Woods, who said the "humiliating" experience left her feeling like she'd been molested.
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"I think it's sexual violation," said Erin Chase of Atlanta, who was patted down when she flew out of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport last week with her young child.
"The TSA person proceeded to touch the outside of my clothing, my buttocks — including my private parts in the front — and touched in front of my breasts," Chase said. "I think it's sexual molestation all the way around."
Judith Briles of Aurora, Colo., said she is always pulled out of the scanner line because she has two knee implants, which inevitably trigger an alarm when she tries to go through. So she's already had several intimately personal encounters with TSA screeners
"They're doing full frontal, where they run their hands over your breasts — they will cup your breast — and they're going inside your collar," Briles said. "If anyone pulled what TSA is doing, they would be sued and fired for just blatant sexual harassment."
Briles called the procedure "a joke" and said that "taking off your clothes for a full-body massage would have more integrity."
Howard Bovers of Bend, Ore., said he, too, was appalled.
"I just think it doesn't require patting some poor guy in the crotch," Bovers said as he prepared to leave on a flight this week at Redmond Municipal Airport in Redmond, Ore. "That's ridiculous."
Baird of the TSA said travelers were exaggerating the intrusiveness of the inspections, which he said "have long been one of the security measures that TSA and virtually every other nation has used in its risk-based approach to help detect hidden and dangerous items such as explosives."
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"If it's going to make us safer, then I'm OK with whatever action they may have to take," said McCall Greenwood, who flew out of the Boise, Idaho, airport Tuesday.
"It was fine," said Sharon Thompson, who was screened Wednesday at Elmira-Corning Regional Airport in Big Flats, N.Y.
"They explained it, everything that they we're going to do," she said, repeating, "I had no problem with it."
There's one other group that also doesn't mind the new measures.
The American Association for Nude Recreation said it was offering a "Certificate of Achievement" for anyone who "proudly supports TSA body scanning measures."
"They're only bringing what nature gave them aboard," said Erich Schuttauf, executive director of the nudist group based in Kissimmee, Fla. "You can add the experience to your 'bucket list' as a virtual dipping of one's toe into taking a 'nakation' — that's a nudist vacation."
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Damn was worth a try. but I would not waste the HDD space on that crap.
Hell I did not even know he had a documentary.
1. Not knowing about it I would never buy it.
2. I hate the dip shit so I would never buy it anyways.
I think I will have to download it delete it and download it again just so I can take twice the money out of his pocket.
Wait remind me again what money would he have gotten from me?
ISP's (including the phones) will track all your data for 18 months soon enough. H.R. 1981 read the provisions about data retention.
hope to find out just signed it
and the one about limit copyright to 56 yrs http://wh.gov/KO9
Woops I guess that was to many fact for him to process and he thinks he can process the thousands of files being uploaded a day and know which ones are infringing.
Hmm Seems weird that the CEO of a bank gets caught and plead guilty to money laundering but yet they did not close the bank or even its site down why?
Probably because it would have effected all the people that used the bank but wait never mind this shut down effected the world not just the U.S. Damn where is the logic?
And what is the penalty if someone is caught misusing FedEx, etc for criminal purposes? Jail.
What's the penalty for both the uploader and the website if they violate the DMCA on a cyberlocker? Nothing.
And that right there is the biggest mistake they needed to band together and tell the US government to go fuck itself.
I don't care how much infringement was there and how much was not the point is they took down the way that Many use to distribute their own Cad files, Software, Music, Videos, and pictures. All before court this is not the same as a drug dealer losing his car that affects him and only those close to him this effected the world.
I was lucky My stuff is on Rapidshare using Directdownloads so I am ok for now but
It just cost me 3000 dollars to buy and put in the servers extra line I need and my clients still can't download at a reasonable speed If it is going to cost more than about another 1000 to get a tolerable speed I am shutting the doors on the section of my life as its not worth it.
This is nothing new at all they wanted to be able to KILL competitors end of story.
Ok so I was reading it right that had been bugging me and I had wanted to make sure I was not mistaken before using as talking points. I am not a lawyer, they use so much double talk its a pain to make out what they are talking about.
I have said from the first time I saw it that it was written so badly and broadly that nothing is immune from it no matter what they try to say. If it is not written clear and concise with no room for misinterpretation then it will be abused.
Scrap them and focus on the counterfeiting with clear and concise language, as that is something that has potential to harm U.S. citizens.
Innovate to cut back on infringement you will never remove it, so make it so easy, reasonably priced, and able to use when and where your customers want it legally that its point less to hunt down the infringing content.
Yeah I know but heck I guess sometimes a big enough out cry might make a few to decide to represent their district for once.
Sorry just had to many trolls that really believe that way.
He is free to say whatever he wants.
As long as he is in congress he has a duty to represent the people in his district.
Apparently he felt that supporting the bill in their name was not the best choice.
Does not mean that he personally feels one way or the other.
It's blacked out over here. and on a bunch of friends I have had a dozen calls in the past few hours.
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Hmm weird he mentioned the Happy birthday song it was created based off the good morning song written in 1896 and uses the same melody. Infringe much? Anyway the first remembered in print of the happy birthday song was in 1912 and it was not till 1935 a company (not the creators) copyrighted it. It is debatable on who really wrote it. Copyright on Happy Birthday is not up in the US till 2030 that's 95 years from the copyright and 123 years since it first appeared in print Now since it was released without notice of copyright under the Copyright Act of 1909 should the 1935 registration be not invalid? Some guy two or three times removed from the creators is making the royalties. How does this help the creator or their families?
Hmm and they wonder why people tend think this copyright system is in desperate need to be fixed.
Now on to TPB and the Netherlands umm ok he can't really say it dropped off that much but even he could support that and the traffic show that TPB recieved 80% less from there that might be because hey people decided to use proxies and vnc's and where the traffic came from or is going is hidden. TPB would have to report an 80% decrease in traffic on there end. But I guess if I was TPB I would say oh no it dropped 80% so the Netherlands would think they solved their problem and shut up.
I think that is more of the TECH side came out and made it clear to the upper management that its not possible. So the right hand was finally "heard" what the left hand was saying.
I added the "" around heard because as with kids the upper management is told but they don't hear till its in their face.
It is a step in the right direction I would have to agree with AC saying a lot of it is about Comcast implementing DNSSEC but I do feel that we as a community also gave them a lot to think about. I Think that we still need to keep after them the DNS implications are just a part of what is wrong with the bills. As Polis and Issa had said during the hearings if you feel that a court hearing before cutting off revenue is implicated whats their problem with making sure the language is in there so no confusion about it later.
Both Bills need to be removed. Both the House and the Senate need to focus on counterfeiting in a bill with narrow and precise language.
But then again that would make ICE do their jobs and stop bad goods at customs instead of sitting behind a desk surfing the net trying to find the next 84,000 sites they can destroy trying to mess with things they don't know.
They then want to mess with infringment issues find but it needs to be done with no room for confusion and must done with proper DUE PROCESS in place.
As long as there is any provisions that allow Legal sites (aka rapidshare and others) to be taken down because some or even most may/can/will miss use it will never be ok for me.


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Punny poetry that's ironically humorous in it's metaphorical philosophizing on the whole "God and religion" thing.


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On my 2011 I've noticed that the outside temperature reading when I first start up in the morning is accurate.....let's say 55 degrees. Then it will STAY on 55 even after the actual outdoor temperature rises to 70 or higher.
Sometime later in the day, when riding along....it will suddenly jump up to the correct reading. Anyone else notice this?
Sometime later in the day, when riding along....it will suddenly jump up to the correct reading. Anyone else notice this?
runox Posts: 156No, mine starts moving as soon as I am out of the garage. Sounds like a something is insulating the sensor. I would think bad contacts would not provide any reading.
I don't know where the sensor is placed, but leaves, plastic or something of sort may be on top of it, or just a bad sensor. Sounds like a warranty visit is due.0
The exact problem happened with one of my cars in the past.
They had to change the sensor, this happens lots of times.
Usually the sensor is located in the front of the radiator, the sensor is fasten by 1 or 2 screws on the metal frame (between the radiator and the grill).0
No....it's not the sensor. I had it replaced and things are pretty much the same. By the way...it's located in the opening just to the left of the license plate. It's held by a plastic bracket at the bottom of the radiator. Anyhow, the temperature display is updated regularly when you're driving around. The computer also updates the reading
in the morning as the outside temperature rises as long as I don't start up the engine. I rode around this morning and the fluctuation in temperature was reflected by the computer without a hitch. Now it's been sitting in the driveway for a few hours and it still shows the same reading displayed a couple hours ago....even though the outside temperature is 15 degrees higher. I'd have to take it for a ride again to update the displayed reading.
So......NO ONE else has noticed this at all?0
rocketent Posts: 60Sorry, I have not noticed this. In fact, I'm amazed at how consistently accurate this particular sensor is.0
I don't want to scare you, but let me tell you what happened to one of my friend a couple of years ago....
His outside temperature reading went crazy and he went to his GM dealer, it was his a faulty sensor. They changed the sensor and like you it didn't do anything, he went back, they changed it again and everything was fine on the second time.
This is what had happen, the first time he went to the dealer, they had put in another faulty sensor...Why you ask?
Because this sensor is a common problem and when the mechanics changes a sensor (or any other part) they put the bad one in the original box to send it back to the manufacture (they don't put in the garbage). So to make a long story short, a bad sensor from another customer had been returned to the stock room accidently and re installed in my friends Equinox.
I recommend you go back and make them change it again because this happens often, replacing a faulty part by another one.0
I don't actually think this was the case here. I saw the new sensor when the guy brought it out from the parts department. It was still sealed in a plastic packet from GM. You see, I can't really say the temperature reading ever "went crazy". It seems like the onboard computer occasionally doesn't display the message that the sensor is sending it.
Every morning the temperature is right on the money and as it warms up, the display accurately reflects that. But,
if you start it up for a bit, the computer sort of "locks in"
on that last temp reading. Almost like the computer now has other things to worry about. Then, if you drive down the road a mile or so, the temp reading will go up and be accurate. Now, this is ONLY on temp rises. Later in the evening as the outdoor temp decreases, the display will drift down right along with it.....no problem. It's almost the type of thing others with the same situation may not even notice.0
OK...thanks to a posting on another forum, I now know why the temperature display acts this way:
According to the GM Service Manual:
"The driver information center shows the outside air temperature as a damped value. The time and rate of the temperature update is based on an algorithm in the instrument cluster. Factors such as last temperature reading, current temperature reading, length of time the vehicle was off, current vehicle speed, and the distance driven effect when the displayed temperature is updated. To get the vehicle to display the most accurate temperature faster, drive the vehicle. Constant moving traffic will update the display to the correct temperature more quickly than stop and go traffic. "
So...there you have it. Strange but true!0
mikecsix Posts: 1Thank you so much for the information, the sensor is in exactly the place you described.
We took our 2011 model in for an oil change and had them inspect for a leak. Turned out the air conditioner developed a leak, parts were replaced and the next day we noticed no outside temperature readings. I called the dealer to find out where the sensor and perhaps a connector wasn't seated properly. The dealer wanted me to bring the car back in - a 45 minute drive one way, as this was no trivial task. I found this forum from a google search, found the sensor, the connector was just barely seated, ie, most of the sealing ribs on the connector were exposed. I properly reseated the connector and all works fine. It took all of 15 minutes to find this post, put on a pair of coveralls, find the sensor then check my work (started the car to make sure it was working). Thanks again for the information!0
safir Posts: 1The outside Temp. sensor on my Equinox LT 2008 has gone hay wire. It worked well for 4 1/2 years nut now it sows the right temp when you first start the car. But while driving, the temperature starts to rise and goes up to 45C then starts to drop and goes down to about 15 degrees even though the outside temperature is only 27C. While driving the above cycle continues all the time. Ha anyone experienced such a problem on their vehicle? Also how difficult it is to replace the sensor.0
bondjbond Posts: 1My 2010 Equinox's outside temp sensor has gone haywire as well. It's been reading 60 celsius for weeks now. A dealership want's $300 labour to replace an $8 sensor!!! Is there a way I can do this myself? To make things worse, it's at the dealership now and the sensor started working again so they can't even start to figure out if it's even that causing the problems. It makes my auto interior temperature system all screwed, not fun with blizzards in the forecast!0
wicceangel Posts: 12010 Chevy Equinox. My temperature indicator on the radio display is no longer there? anyone know how to get it back.


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Dropbox Tries To Kill Off Open Source Project With DMCA Takedown
from the copyright-as-censorship deptTeck points us to the troubling news of Dropbox seeking to kill off an open source project through questionable means, involving DMCA notices. As you may have heard, Dropbox got into a bit of a security/privacy kerfuffle lately after some researchers questioned the news that it uses a hash function to deduplicate files on its servers. If you don't know, Dropbox is a cloud storage system that's pretty useful. However, one of the ways it attempted to save some costs was that if you sought to upload a file that was identical to a file on someone else's shared server, it wouldn't actually "upload" your file, but just point you to the single file. There were clear security and privacy questions about this.
Of course, some noted that it could also represent an "opportunity" of sorts, and out of that came a project called Dropship -- which used a little hack to use this deduping tech to make Dropbox think you were trying to upload specific content that you might not actually have, and then the actual file (if already stored in someone else's Dropbox) would automatically appear in yours as well. Obviously, one key use of such a technology would be to make unauthorized copies of music and movies. Dropbox, for obvious reasons, didn't like that aspect, but its response to this was pretty troubling: it focused on censoring information about Dropship.
Dropbox's CTO and cofounder, Arash Ferdowsi, did not like Dropship. His reaction was swift. According to the project's creator, Wladimir van der Laan, Ferdowsi contacted him soon after and requested "in a really civil way" that he take the project off of github. van der Laan complied.Others quickly mirrored the project (some in their own Dropboxes) and Dropbox contacted all of them in a that same "civil way," asking each to remove the content... but in at least one case, with Dan DeFelippi, they sent a DMCA takedown, despite not being the legitimate copyright holder (a violation of the DMCA process). When confronted on this, Dropbox backed down and claimed that the DMCA notice (and subsequent limits on the guy's account) were really a mistake, but, along with admitting that, Dropbox was still asking the guy to remove all info about Dropship:
Soon after Ferdowsi contacted me directly, sending what I now assume is the same "really civil" request he sent to others. He requested that I not only remove the archive from Dropbox but delete my posts on Hacker News, which at that point included the fake DMCA takedown. He outlined his objections, that Dropship reveals their proprietary client-server protocol and that it could be used for piracy. He told me that the DMCA takedown was a mistake and reverted the lockdown on my public files.While it's good that Dropbox has been mostly civil on this, resorting to a DMCA takedown, even as a mistake, is problematic. Of course, you can't totally blame Dropbox here. As we've seen, copyright maximalists in industry and in government seem quite eager to blame tech companies if their tech might possibly be used for unauthorized access. While the law is almost certainly on Dropbox's side that it has no liability for Dropship, that wouldn't necessarily prevent them from getting hit with an annoying lawsuit. It's really an unfortunate sign of the copyright times.
First of all, attempting to protect a proprietary protocol is going to get them nowhere. His argument implied security by obscurity. Security by obscurity falls completely flat on its face in this case since their client can be analyzed by anyone with the proper skills and could be deciphered again.
Second, dealing with piracy is the responsibility of Dropbox. It's not the problem of an innocent hacker who wrote some useful code that could benefit legitimate users and advocates the use of his software for "sharing photos, videos, public datasets, git-like source control, or even as building block for wiki-like distributed databases."
Of course, the end result is also likely to be exactly the opposite of what those maximialists hope. While DeFelippi notes that Dropbox has been successful in getting many of these mirrors taken down, some are still up (including his) and the whole attempt to censor the project is only going to call that much more attention to it in the long run. I think there's a name for that phenomenon...
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What is old is new again—isn't that how the old cliché goes? It applies to so much in our hobby, and one old item that is new again is the W-series engine. It debuted in 1958 as a 348ci engine with the famous "W" shaped valve covers. Chevrolet stuffed these in cars and trucks alike. It would lead to the famous 409 in 1961, an engine that has become a cultural icon.
By 1963, output of the 409 swelled to 425hp thanks to two four-barrel carburetors, a solid roller camshaft, and 11.25:1 compression ratio. It was this combination that garnered a lion's share of the attention, especially from a 13-year-old boy from New York City named Scott Shafiroff. "I was riding my bike in my neighborhood when a bright red 1963 Impala SS with dual four barrels drove by me," Shafiroff reminiscent. He continued going down memory lane: "I just gotten home when I heard him doing some burnouts on the road next to my house. He launched it and ran through a few gears before letting off—a lot of hot rodders would use that road as a test track."
The young New Yorker would follow the Impala SS home, where the owner popped the hood and showed him the brand-new 409/dual carb engine. "It was the one of the first super hot rods that I was exposed to and that engine just stuck with me. I've never owned one, never raced one, but that memory just stuck with me. Just listening to the two four barrels open up was so cool," laughed Shafiroff.
The memories of the 409 remained with him through all the years despite the next generation MkIV big-block taking over the performance industry. The passion amongst W-series enthusiasts still rages today, and thanks to a couple of aftermarket companies, a few of Shafiroff's fellow car club members, and some ingenuity, the coolness factor of a 409 has entered the vast crate engine line-up at Scott Shafiroff Racing Engines (SSRE). Naturally, the team at SSRE put their own twists on the famous engine series by offering three all-aluminum versions of the legendary big-block.
The W-series engines came from the factory in three different configurations—348ci, 409ci, and a rare 427ci. Under the SSRE banner the W-series lives on in a larger package, with a 509ci dimension thanks to the World Products/Bill Mitchell Products aftermarket engine block.
"I came up with the 509ci because the 4.250-inch stroke crank fits perfectly with the deck height," explained Shafiroff. According to the seasoned engine builder, that particular stroke size is perfect for street applications. "You get great torque and everything. If you were to go with a bigger stroke then you start to make compromises."
Shafiroff uses a 4.370-inch bore size to come up with the final displacement. The engine size might not have a historical reference other than sounding similar to 409. As he puts it, pistons and rings can be made for any bore size, so why not a 509? Another overlooked fact is that when the bore sizes get over 4.370-inches, head gasket availability becomes tougher and the cylinder head doesn't pick up any cfm flow numbers
Typically, most cylinder heads increase airflow on the bench when subjected to a larger bore size as it un-shrouds the valves. That, however, wasn't the case with the Edelbrock W-series cylinder heads. The gains were barely recognized with the larger bore so Shafiroff just rolled with the new W-series engines in the 509ci configuration using the 4.370-inch bore and 4.250-inch stroke; he said, "It is like a 409, but bigger."
The Real Street engine is the starter package. It comes to the party with 509hp, while the Classic 509 has 565 hp. The top of the line 509 is called the Hot Hydraulic Roller, aka the HHR.
To support truth in advertising, a hydraulic roller camshaft is a large part of the 625 hp output. The engine build we followed made 617 hp on its first full pull on the in-house SSRE dyno but Shafiroff assured us that a little more tweaking with the carburetors and the engine would make the advertised 625 hp.
The World Products/Bill Mitchell Products block might be the foundation, but it's the Edelbrock 409 cylinder heads that really take the engine to the next level. The Performer RPM heads have been treated to a special SSRE package, including CNC porting and a very specific valve sizing.
SSRE offers the 509ci in a single four-barrel carburetor configuration with its Real Street package and the Edelbrock twin carburetor intake manifold is used on the Classic and HHR versions.
"It's great that people today can have these engines. Maybe someone couldn't have one back in the day, but now they can with the 509," said Shafiroff. He summed it all up: "The 409 kind of got lost and became old school once all of other big-blocks came out. This side of the hobby isn't only about the quickest e.t., but the coolness of the engine and the 509 brings together that great generation of people."


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A link I found interesting for the week has to do with a comment made Jodi Picoult in which she complains about how the New York Times review always raves about white male literary authors. I learned about the comment and the discussion that ensued here and the post is very interesting (and I completely agree with the author of the post).
This week we got....
Tortilla Sun by Jennifer Cervantes
When twelve-year-old Izzy discovers a beat-up baseball marked with the words "Because magic" while unpacking in yet another new apartment, she is determined to figure out what it means. What secrets does this old ball have to tell? Her mom certainly isn't sharing any especially when it comes to Izzy's father, who died before Izzy was born. But when she spends the summer in her Nana's remote New Mexico village, Izzy discovers long-buried secrets that come alive in an enchanted landscape of watermelon mountains, whispering winds, and tortilla suns. Infused with the flavor of the southwest and sprinkled with just a pinch of magic, this heartfelt middle grade debut is as rich and satisfying as Nana's homemade enchiladas.
Sellout by Ebony Joy Wilkins
NaTasha has a wonderful life in affluent Park Adams. She fits in, she has friends, and she's a member of the all-white ballet troupe. Being nearly the only African American in her school doesn't bother NaTasha. But it bothers Tilly, NaTasha's spitfire grandmother from Harlem, who decides NaTasha needs to get back to her roots or her granddaughter is in danger of losing herself completely. Tilly whisks NaTasha away to a world where all of a sudden nothing in NaTasha's life makes any sense: Harlem and Comfort Zone in the Bronx, a crisis center where Tilly volunteers her time to help troubled girls get on the right track. Girls who are completely unlike anyone NaTasha has ever encountered. These girls are rough, beautiful, streetwise, sure of themselves, and wield their secrets like knives--and they dislike NaTasha and her world of privilege with a passion.
If there is ever a time when NaTasha feels like running away from something, now is it. But she doesn't. She stands her ground. And what she discovers surprises everyone, especially NaTasha.
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
The acclaimed and inspiring international bestseller that is a tribute to the human spirit.
In a city ravaged by war, a musician plays his cello for twenty-two days at the site of a mortar attack, in memory of the fallen. Among the strangers drawn into the orbit of his music are a young father in search of water for his family, an older man in search of the humanity he once knew, and a young woman, a sniper, who will decide the fate of the cellist—and the kind of person she wants to be.
Notorious by Kiki Swinson
After the drama in Playing Dirty, Yoshi Lomax is on the run, but trouble follows her wherever she goes. . .
When things get too hot in Miami, criminal lawyer Yoshi figures she'll be safe if she goes home to Norfolk, Virginia, for a little while. But the streets there are just as mean, and a sistah needs to keep her head to avoid getting popped by a drive-by. And when Yoshi witnesses the brutal murder of a snitch by a ruthless drug dealer, she knows she'll be the next one in the gangsta's sights. Out of time and abandoned by everyone but her cousin Carmen, Yoshi's goin' to have to learn to fight back if she wants to live another day. . .All summaries from Amazon.com
So that's what we got this week. Leave a comment with a link to your own New Crayons post!


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The commission on Monday began discussing the state's so-called "setback" rules on how far wells must be from buildings.
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This function has a closed interval of (-4, 0), (4, 0), while passing through the origin.
I'm struggling to find the maxima and minima of the function, since this finction doesn't have a standalone constant. According to my book, f has a relative minimum if f'(x) changes from negative to positive at (c, f(c)), and a relative maximum from positive to negative at (c, f(c)).
I calculated the first derivative as $\sqrt{16-x^{2}} -\frac{x^{2}}{\sqrt{16-x^{2}}}$ and the critical points are at $x= -4, 0, 4$. I've been taught that to find the relative max/min by plugging in the critical number(s) into f(x), but in this case, zero is the only output.
One other difficulty I have is these calculations require a number from a given interval. Other than picking a number at random or testing each possiblilty, how do you find the min/max when there is no constant number in the function?


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Essential phospholipids: what are they?
|Phosholipids align themselves in a tail-to-tail formation with their heads facing outward which creates a double layer membrane. This bilayer structure is used by cells throughout the body for outer membranes as well as for structures inside each cell.
Phospholipids are the primary building blocks of cellular membranes. These membranes are the "containers" that hold the living matter within each cell. They also give definition, shape, and protection to many of the substructures (organelles within the cell like the nucleus and mitochondria) within our cells.
In addition to functioning as a skin for each cell — keeping the insides in and the outsides out — phospholipid membranes provide protection from chemicals and pathogens that can derail and/or destroy the necessary life functions that take place within each cell. While performing this function, phospholipid membranes are subject to constant attack from free radicals (oxidants), pathogens, and toxins.
In order to repair the structural damage caused by the continual barrage of toxic substances and pathogens, your body requires a constant supply of phospholipids. The body can synthesize some phospholipid compounds but others must be supplied by the diet. Phospholipids that can only be obtained through dietary intake are called "essential phospholipids."
|Anatomy of a phosphatidylcholine molecule. All phospholipids have a phosphate group and fatty acid chains connected by a glycerol group. Phosphatidylcholine, a class of essential phospholipids, has two distinguishing characteristics: 1) a choline head and 2) one of the fatty acid chains is an omega-6 fatty acid. (KEY — Gray: carbon atoms; Teal: hydrogen atoms; Blue: oxygen atoms; Violet: phosphorus atom; Gold: nitrogen atom.)
At the basic level, phospholipids are a phosphate group (phospho) attached to fatty acids (lipids) by means of a glycerol group.
Unlike phosphates, which are attracted to water (hydrophilic), fatty acids are repelled by water (hydrophobic). It is this very love/hate relationship with water that allows phospholipids to form cellular membranes — and liposomes as well.
As phospholipids are exposed to water-based solutions, they automatically align themselves in a double-layer (bilayer) configuration — phosphates toward the water and fatty acids away from the water.
One of the most important and prominent phospholipids in cell membranes is called phosphatidylcholine (PC) [pronounced FOSS-fah-tide-al-KOH-lean]. At birth up to 90% of cellular membranes are made up of PC. As humans age, the percentage of PC in their cellular membranes can decrease to about 10%. This fact leads many to recommend consistent supplementation with this essential phospholipid.
Intact PC — as well as its essential fatty acid and choline components — is required for many vital functions in the cardiovascular, reproductive, immune, and nervous systems. PC and its components are needed for the synthesis of important messenger molecules called prostaglandins which, among other functions, regulate the contraction and relaxation of muscles. Choline is required for the synthesis of intracellular messenger molecules including the neurotransmitters that allow nerve cells to communicate with muscles and each other, and are essential for proper heart and brain function.
The liposomes used for Lypo-Spheric™ Vitamin C, AGE Blocker™, and Lypo-Spheric™ GSH are made from essential phospholipids including a rich blend of phosphatidylcholine. These liposomes not only provide optimum protection and superior transport for these supplements, they also help satisfy the body's need for PC, omega-6 fatty acids, and choline.


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After the first recorded landing on the atoll in 1859, Midway became a United States possession in 1867. A trans-Pacific cable station was established there in 1903. In 1935, Pan American Airways used Sand Island as a stopover on its new seaplane route between the U.S. and Asia. A 1938-39 study of U.S. defense needs recommended Midway as a base for Navy patrol planes and submarines. Soon thereafter, construction began on a seaplane hangar and other facilities on Sand Island and an airfield on the smaller Eastern Island.
Midway occupied an important place in Japanese military planning. According to plans made before Pearl Harbor, the Japanese fleet would attack and occupy Midway and the Aleutian Islands in Alaska as soon as their position in South Asia was stabilized. Two Japanese destroyers bombarded the Navy base on Midway on December 7, 1941, damaging buildings and destroying one patrol plane. In the spring of 1942, flush with victory after victory in the Pacific and southeast Asia, Japan prepared to establish a toehold in the Aleutians; to occupy Midway and convert it into an air base and jumping off point for an invasion of Hawaii; and to lure what was left of the U.S. Pacific Fleet into the Midway area for a decisive battle that would finish it off.
The Americans had their own plans for the little atoll. With the fall of Wake Island to the Japanese in late December 1941, Midway became the westernmost U.S. outpost in the central Pacific. Defenses on the atoll were strengthened between December and April. Land-based bombers and fighters were stationed on Eastern Island. U.S. Marines provided defensive artillery and infantry. Operating from the atoll's lagoon, seaplanes patrolled toward the Japanese-held Marshall Islands and Wake, checking on enemy activities and guarding against further attacks on Hawaii. There were occasional clashes when planes from Midway and those from the Japanese islands met over the Pacific.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, inspected Midway in early May 1942, conferring with the local commanders, Navy Capt. Cyril T. Simard and Marine Col. Harold D. Shannon. Based on reports coming from U.S. intelligence, Nimitz believed the Japanese were planning an attack on Midway. The Japanese Combined Fleet depended on a complex system of codes to communicate by radio. The codes were regularly modified to avoid detection, but in the confusion of the rapid Japanese expansion in the South Pacific the change scheduled for early 1942 was delayed. In Washington, DC, and Hawaii, codebreakers worked around-the-clock to interpret every detail of the complex secret messages. By the spring, they were having some success--picking up words and phrases that gave them clues to Japan's naval strategies. One communication from the Japanese navy suggested they needed supplies for a powerful long distance strike. Were they planning to hit Hawaii again? The west coast of the United States? Midway? The abbreviation "AF" appeared frequently in radio communications. Navy intelligence in Hawaii concluded that Midway was the target and they convinced Admiral Nimitz.
Top Naval officers in Washington were not so sure. They could not believe that the Japanese would send a huge fleet to take a little atoll. It would be like fishing for minnows with a harpoon.¹ Lt. Comm. Jasper Homes came up with a brilliant idea. Knowing that Midway depended on desalinated water, he used the old undersea cable to send a message to the military there. He asked them to send out an uncoded radio message stating that the purification system had broken down: "We have only enough water for two weeks. Please supply us immediately."² A few days later, the code breakers picked up a Japanese message saying that AF had water problems. That made it certain. They now knew that the Japanese would send a small force to the Aleutian Islands, as originally planned, but that the main target would be Midway.
Nimitz asked Simard and Shannon what they needed to protect the islands. They reeled off a long list. He asked Shannon: "If I get you all these things you say you need, then can you hold Midway against a major amphibious assault?" The reply was a simple "Yes, sir."³ Within a week anti-aircraft guns, rifles, and other war materiel arrived at Midway. Eastern Island was crowded with Marine Corps, Navy, and Army Air Force planes--fighters, small dive bombers, and larger B-17 and B-26 bombers. Every piece of land bristled with barbed wire entanglements and guns, the beaches and waters were studded with mines. Eleven torpedo boats were ready to circle the reefs, patrol the lagoon, pick up ditched airmen, and assist ground forces with anti-aircraft fire. Nineteen submarines guarded the approaches from 100 to 200 miles northwest and north. By June 4, 1942, Midway was as ready as possible to face the oncoming Japanese.
Questions for Reading 1
1. What did the Japanese hope to accomplish by occupying Midway?
2. What actions did the Americans take to protect the islands?
3. How did the Navy determine that Midway was the target for the Japanese fleet?
4. Why was it difficult to convince people in Washington that the information provided by the code breakers was correct?
Reading 1 was adapted from Erwin N. Thompson, "World War II Facilities at Midway" (Midway Islands, U.S. Minor Islands), National Historic Landmark documentation, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1986; Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, and Katherine V. Dillon, Miracle at Midway (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1982); Edmund L. Castillo, Midway: Battle for the Pacific (New York: Random House, 1989); Edwin T. Layton, Roger Pineau, and John Costello, And I Was There, Pearl Harbor and Midway--Breaking the Secrets (New York: William Morrow and Company, 1985); and the Naval Historical Center Web site.
¹ Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, and Katherine V. Dillon, Miracle at Midway (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1982), xiii.
¹ Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, and Katherine V. Dillon, Miracle at Midway (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1982), xiii.