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All questions and answers are based on the 2005 NEC.
Q. Can I ground a satellite system to the metal parts of electrical equipment?
A. No. You must ground the antenna mast [810.15] and antenna discharge unit [810.20(C)] to one of the following, as shown in the Figure:
Building or structure grounding electrode system [250.50].
Interior metal water piping system, within 5 feet from its point of entrance [250.52(A)(1)].
Accessible means external to the building, as covered in 250.94.
Metallic service raceway.
Service equipment enclosure.
Grounding electrode conductor or the grounding electrode conductor metal enclosure.
Grounding the lead-in antenna cables and the mast helps prevent voltage surges caused by static discharge or nearby lightning strikes from reaching the center conductor of the lead-in coaxial cable. Nothing can prevent damage from a direct lightning strike, but grounding with proper surge protection can help reduce damage to satellite and other equipment from nearby lightning strikes.
Q. How deep must I bury USE cable?
A. When cables or raceways are run underground, they must have a minimum "cover" in accordance with Table 300.5. Note 1 to Table 300.5 defines "cover" as the distance from the top of the underground cable or raceway to the surface of finish grade. According to this table, Type USE cable must have 24 inches of cover, unless the installation is a residential 15A or 20A branch circuit rated 120V or less with GFCI protection.
Q. Can I install low-voltage, Class 2 thermostat wire in the same raceway with power conductors for the A/C compressor?
A. No. As specified in 725.55, Class 2 cables are not permitted to be placed in any enclosure, raceway, or cable with conductors of electric light or power.
However, Exception No. 2 to 725.52 allows Class 2 circuits to be reclassified as a Class 1 circuit if the Class 2 equipment markings are eliminated — and the circuit is installed in a Chapter 3 wiring method [725.55(D)(2)(b)]. Reclassifying the circuit allows the Class 1 circuit to be installed with functionally associated power circuits in accordance with 725.26(B)(1).
Q. Can Type MC Cable be installed in a cable tray?
A. Yes. See Table 392.3(A).
Q. Can I use a cable tray in a commercial occupancy?
A. Yes. Cable tray installations aren't limited to industrial establishments [392.3].
Q. Can nonmetallic raceways be installed under the raised floor of a computer room?
A. Yes. You must install branch-circuit supply conductors for information technology equipment under a raised floor in accordance with the requirements contained in Art. 645 — not Art. 300 [300.22(D)]. Sec. 645.5(D)(2) permits you to install the following nonmetallic wiring methods under raised floors of information technology equipment rooms: rigid nonmetallic conduit, electrical nonmetallic tubing, nonmetallic wireway, nonmetallic surface raceway, liquidtight flexible metal conduit, or liquidtight flexible nonmetallic conduit.
Q. Must I secure wiring installed under the raised floor of a computer room?
A. Any wiring method field installed in the underfloor space of information technology equipment rooms must be securely fastened in place in accordance with 300.11 [645.5(D)(2)]. However, power cables, communications cables, connecting cables, interconnecting cables, and associated boxes, connectors, plugs, and receptacles that are listed as part of (or for) information technology equipment shall not be required to be secured in place [645.5(D), 645.5(E)].
Q. What are the grounding requirements for the metal standards that support a raised floor system in computer room?
A. There are none.
Q. Does the NEC allow me to mix intercom system conductors (audio circuits) and power circuit conductors in the same raceway?
A. This depends on the rating of the audio conductors. For example, audio output circuits [640.9(C)] using Class 2 or Class 3 wiring methods [725.54 and 725.61] are not permitted in any enclosure, raceway, or cable with conductors of electric light or power circuits. However, you can mix audio output circuits using Class 1 wiring methods [725.25] with power circuits where the two systems are functionally associated with each other [725.26(B)(1)].
The concern is that a fault from audio amplifier circuits to Class 2 and Class 3 circuits has the potential of creating a hazard by disrupting the operation of alarm systems and remote-control circuits for safety control equipment.
Q. I'm working on a house with a detached garage for aircraft. Are there any special rules I need to know about?
A. Yes. Article 513 has a number of stringent requirements for buildings or structures in which aircraft might undergo service, repairs, or alterations.
Q. Can I use NM cable to wire a hot tub? What about a hydromassage bathtub?
A. Outdoor hot tub motors must be installed in rigid metal conduit, intermediate metal conduit, rigid nonmetallic conduit, or Type MC cable listed for the location (sunlight-resistant or for direct burial) [680.21(A)]. Indoor installations of hot tubs can be connected by any of the wiring methods contained in Chapter 3 [680.43]. Hydromassage tubs also are allowed to be installed by using any of the Chapter 3 wiring methods.


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You know the drill:
- The winner of the Caption Contest will get a fancy Award Certificate and a year's free subscription to FOTM!
- FOTM writers will vote for the winner.
- Any captions proffered by FOTM writers, no matter how brilliant (ha ha), will not be considered.
This contest will be closed in a week, at the end of next Wednesday, February 6.
To get the contest going, here's my caption:
"The Picture of Dorian Obama: In 2008, the buyer of Obama's old home in Chicago found this curious portrait, covered with cobwebs, in the dusty attic."
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An 18th-Century Trades Sampler
a photographic essay by 1999 Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute participants
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Teachers who attended the 1999 Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute were asked to explore the use of digital cameras in the classroom by capturing images of their visits to historic trade sites in the museum and providing captions for the pictures. We invite you to view some of the digital images the teachers captured by visiting ten of Colonial Williamsburg's trade shops. Enjoy!
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During the 18th century, individuals of all social classes within the Williamsburg community increased their demands for consumer goods and services. Improved ways of conducting business, a high degree of specialization of labor, and the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution allowed Great Britain to supply Virginians with a large portion of these goods. Virginians transported their enthusiasm for British goods across the ocean just as they imported English forms of government and religion to their new homeland. In addition, Virginia people engaged in trades in the colony met a small part of the demand for consumer goods in the oldest, largest and wealthiest of Britain's thirteen colonies.
While most people in Virginia engaged in agricultural work, there were a small number engaged in non-agricultural trades. Approximately 140 different non-agricultural occupations were practiced in Virginia. Many of these trades were practiced in Williamsburg, and some of these colonial-era trades are still practiced in the 18th-century manner in Colonial Williamsburg today.
Virginia's 18th-Century Economy
The exportation of tens of thousands of barrels of tobacco, the primary cash crop, provided Virginians with the ability to procure goods produced in England a well as goods and services provided by Virginians. Large planters also grew corn and wheat for export to England and the West Indies.
Tobacco was the cash crop that made some Virginians wealthy. It was cultivated on plantations (farms) both large and small throughout a large portion of the colony. It grew in fields like this one at the Rural Trades site in the Colonial Williamsburg Historic Area.
Tobacco was called a "13 month" crop. Seedbeds were planted beginning in January and seedlings were transplanted in early spring. The plants required worming, weeding, topping, and suckering until harvest time in September. Tobacco used up the nutrients in the soil in a few years and required large amounts of labor to cultivate.
Tobacco was cured (dried) and prized (packed tightly into barrels) during the fall. Tobacco inspection began in November and lasted into the next year. The Tobacco Inspection Act of 1730 stated that all tobacco exported from Virginia was to be inspected and meet a minimum standard of quality. After tobacco passed inspection it remained in a government warehouse until it was shipped to England.
A barrel called a hogshead was used to ship tobacco to England. A hogshead was one type of container made by a cooper. By law, it was 48" tall and 30" across the head (either end.) It held 1,000 - 1,500 pounds of tobacco. Numbers burned into the side of the barrel indicated the weight of the barrel alone (tare weight), the weight of both the barrel and the tobacco (gross weight), and the weight of the tobacco only (net weight.)
Small planters received tobacco notes from Virginia merchants for their crops. These warehouse receipts passed as a sort of currency and represented the worth of the crop taken to the warehouse at the current price on any given day. Large planters sold tobacco through agents in London. The agent deducted shipping fees and his commission from the selling price of the crop and issued credit to the planter for the balance. When the planter sent tobacco to England he also sent an order for manufactured goods that his agent was to purchase for him in Great Britain.
While the importation of British goods accounted for a significant portion of the manufactured goods available in Virginia, goods and services provided by Virginia tradesmen and tradeswomen, also helped meet the increasing demands for consumer goods in the colony during the 18th century.
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The water-resistant, durable polyester tote has a generous primary storage area and a mesh top with drawstring closure to contain loose or oversize items. Four outside pockets organize sundries (magazines, water bottles, keys, etc.) and there is even a sleeve to hold an umbrella. The top is detachable. Large handles allow the tote to be carried when separated from the cart.
The 39" tall chromed-steel cart, with a 10" bed and 5-7/8" diameter foam-filled rubber wheels, can travel up steps or through gravel with ease.
Capable of holding up to 60 lb, it doubles as a light-duty hand truck to haul small boxes or recycle bins, and comes with a bungee cord to secure loads.
Used in combination, the carryall is also excellent for transporting items to the cottage, the picnic site, outdoor sporting events, etc.


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Ruthe Batulis saw her younger co-workers texting, tweeting and posting videos online. Rather than getting intimidated, she decided to join them in chatting on Twitter and sharing videos through Tout.
"You're not just sitting there saying 'I don't know how to do this,' " said Batulis, 62, executive director of the Minnesota Recruiting and Staffing Association. "You say, 'Can you show me how to do this?' Then you'll be able to do that the next time."
Amid a tech revolution unmatched in scope and speed, more older workers are delaying retirement — and finding themselves racing to keep their skills updated. Careers that may have started with typewriters have stretched beyond punch cards and clunky desktops with dial-up Internet to the era of WiFi, tablets and smartphones.
Technology in the workplace changes so fast that hardly anyone can keep up, and those on the far side of 40 are often assumed to be the farthest behind.
But Batulis and others who approach new tools with a mix of confidence and curiosity have found good reasons to tap into the latest technology.
Industry updates spill out daily on Twitter. LinkedIn exponentially expands the opportunities for networking. Presentations go beyond tired PowerPoint slides. Perhaps more than anything, dabbling in new technology demonstrates that experienced employees aren't coasting into retirement.
"Age discrimination is real," said Mary Schmidt, area manager for Minnesota Workforce Centers in Ramsey and Washington counties. "If you are an older worker, you want to be careful about how you are perceived."
Ageless tech trouble
Experts say that something as simple as carrying a smartphone goes a long way toward conveying that someone is savvy and reachable via e-mail, text and maybe even Twitter. It also implies that employees are plugged in beyond the traditional 9-to-5 workday, as is often required in the modern workforce.
"A few years back, I didn't have e-mail on my phone and a client said, 'Are you serious? Get with the program,' " said Catherine Byers Breet, a career coach who advocates that anyone serious about their career have a smartphone and a social media presence. "In the old days, you had to go to the company parties to stay relevant. Now you have to get connected and tech-savvy to be considered relevant."
But where to start? Social networks are ever-multiplying. There are thousands of apps that do everything from taking voice memos and calendar management to booking a hotel or calling a cab. No matter the industry, it seems software updates come just as people adjust to the older version, demanding a new routine. It can be tricky to understand which media would best serve you in your career.
"There's a fear of failure and fear of technology in general," said Sunny Ainley, associate dean for continuing education at Normandale Community College. "You're overwhelmed with the lightning speed at which everything is developing and changing."
Often, Ainley said, adjusting to technology comes easiest by diving in without worrying about mastery right away. She suggests identifying a goal — say compiling and analyzing data for a presentation — and then focusing on learning the tools that will allow you to accomplish that task.
"You have to make it relevant," she said. "A hammer is just a hammer until you learn how to use it in whatever effective and creative way you want to."
Ainley and others say there are many ways to pick up new tricks: Ask tech-savvy co-workers, check out free classes through libraries and community organizations, connect with professional associations for training online or in-person.
It may seem like the younger generations pick up new tools more quickly, but research has shown that age doesn't determine the ability to learn tech skills. Indeed, a recent Northwestern University study of an internal social network at a large credit card company found that more experienced workers were more willing to embrace the technology than younger employees were.
Willing to learn
Alicia Nesvacil, 48, built her career by continuing to acquire new skills, starting as a clerk at a hospital and now working as a program manager for health information technology at HealthPartners.
She went back to school, completing a health information technology certificate program at Normandale Community College a couple of years ago to pick up more information on electronic health records.
"I could have just sat idle, but I knew that there were some enhancements that I wanted to add to my toolbox," she said. "You have to be open to the change."
Also, it helps to be realistic.
Michael Smith, who works on the tech services desk at North Memorial Medical Center, answers people's questions for a living. He went to Normandale a couple of years ago to brush up on his skills in health information technology. He also learned LinkedIn and credits the professionally focused social network with helping him land his current job. But he isn't completely comfortable with Facebook — yet.
"Every person is different," said Smith, 44. But he's clearly committed to building his tech skills over time. "You don't want to be a dinosaur."


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A President without Power
Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi has won Egypt's historic presidential election securing 51.7 percent of the vote, making him the nation's first civilian president.
But the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has done everything possible to repress the will of the people and enforce its interests: After dissolving the democratically elected parliament through the constitutional court, and as it became clear that the Muslim Brotherhood had won the race – the council truncated the powers of the presidential office to such an extent that it can barely still be described as such.
Constitutional amendments issued as votes were being counted after the runoff would give SCAF huge influence over the drafting of Egypt's new basic law. But the Muslim Brotherhood has now sealed important alliances with non-Islamic opposition groups and publicly declared plans to occupy Cairo's Tahrir Square for as long as it takes until the constitutional decree in its current form is revoked.
Following Morsi's election victory, it appears a new round of confrontation is to be expected on the streets of Egypt. But if the new president manages to channel the euphoria that erupted after the announcement of his victory, his office could in the end gain more influence than SCAF would deem to be appropriate at the present time.
Egypt's self-appointed saviour
During the race for the presidency, the council threw its weight behind a scare campaign by Morsi's rival, Mubarak's last prime minister and ex-general Ahmed Shafiq.
According to the tenor of Shafiq's campaign, an election victory by the Muslim Brotherhood would usher in the establishment of an Islamic theocracy and only an experienced politician such as himself, ruling with a firm hand, could save the economy from collapse and prevent the nation from sinking into a quagmire of crime. He did of course neglect to mention that Egypt's ailing economic situation and rising crime figures are both primarily due to the policies of the old regime.
Despite his defeat, it is not absolutely clear whether or not electoral fraud on a massive scale took place in Shafiq's favour: Although after the first round of the race there were indignant accusations that the data of millions of army recruits, police officers and dead people had been smuggled onto the electoral register to increase Shafiq's share of the vote, the electoral commission refused to grant access to the register.
But presumably the regime in any case believed that due to the mighty machinery of the state apparatus, Shafiq's victory would be a done deal without the need for electoral fraud on too crude a level. But it miscalculated and had to activate "Plan B": Measures that would either prevent a Morsi victory in the last minute or minimise any damage inflicted by such a victory.
Fear of such measures led the Brotherhood to publicise their election result before the official announcement by the electoral commission: After the ballots were tallied up at each polling booth – and in the presence of a representative of both candidates – a vote count protocol was drawn up and signed by a judge, who was also present. The publication of all these protocols lent great credibility to results issued in advance documenting Morsi's victory. This in turn stepped up pressure on the electoral commission to concede victory to Morsi.
If an accusation circulated shortly after the poll is to be believed, the Muslim Brotherhood had large numbers of ballot papers made in one of Egypt's official ballot printing presses – all of them pre-marked in favour of Morsi. So there were good reasons why the Brotherhood took this step.
Fear of reaction on the streets
If one considers the dubious role played by senior figures in the politicised Egyptian judiciary, which is closely allied to the old regime and also represented on the electoral commission, a disqualification would have been by all means conceivable. But in the end, fears of a popular backlash were too great and the military council had to sacrifice Ahmed Shafiq to safeguard its extensive economic and political interests. Instead, it moved just in time to issue a constitutional decree reducing presidential powers to a minimum.
This decree wrests all authority from the new president concerning all military matters, including the appointment of commanders. The current chairman of the military council, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, remains supreme commander of the armed forces. And if he ever wants to issue a declaration of war, Morsi must seek permission from SCAF.
The military council also formed a National Defence Council consisting of 11 members of the military, the president, the parliamentary president and four members of the cabinet. It is still not clear exactly what its duties will be, apart from being responsible for matters of "national security".
This will impose substantial restrictions on the authority of the government which is yet to be appointed by the president, as all departments sensitive to national security issues such as domestic and foreign affairs, defence, the judiciary and also broadcast media would be subject to the influence of the defence council.
And as though all this were not enough: By dissolving parliament the military council has also assumed control of legislation and budgetary laws. And the chairman of a military council advisory committee, Sameh Ashour, explained that in any case, the new president would only remain in office until the adoption of the new constitution. This military monopoly on power finally culminated in the seizing of de facto veto rights over the content of this constitution, which has yet to be hammered out.
The reaction from the Muslim Brotherhood was therefore unambiguous and fierce: It rejected the constitutional decree and the dissolution of parliament and declared both measures null and void.
In a bid to underpin its stance the organisation began daily demonstrations on Tahrir Square. Since then, hundreds if not thousands of supporters have been camping out, sometimes through the night, on the square. Members of the party announced that they would be taking part in all related protest action across the nation. And they did not stop there: In a show of yet more force against the military council, the Muslim Brotherhood played a media-savvy card and sealed an alliance with numerous non-Islamist opposition groups and high-profile individuals.
Gearing up for confrontation
This alliance announced that the Brotherhood would share power with representatives of the non-Islamic opposition by appointing them in vice presidential roles and involving them in the work of the future cabinet.
Consequently, the cabinet would not be majority-held by the Muslim Brotherhood, and the prime minister would also be an independent.
In a second common position, the newly-formed alliance issued a decisive rejection of the new constitutional decree, as well as the creation of a national defence council. Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Jihad Al-Haddad also told the New York Times that from that moment on, all communication with the military council would be conducted via this alliance.
With this alliance between the strongest opposition party and non-Islamic organisations and high-profile leaders, the Brotherhood has in the last minute exerted considerable pressure on the military council, which has up to now been able to exploit divisions within the opposition to its own ends.
An anti-Brotherhood smear campaign launched in parallel by some state and private media then lost its clout. For example, as part of this campaign the newspaper Al-Dostur ran a report, without attributing any sources, on a secret meeting of Muslim Brotherhood leaders who allegedly discussed plans to stage a "massacre" in Egypt should Shafiq win the elections.
Although this represents a stage victory for the Muslim Brotherhood, the party is by no means satisfied. Following its election victory it announced that until the constitutional decree is revoked, its members would remain on Tahrir Square. The credibility of these statements is underlined by the fact that the organisation has now even built brick washrooms on the site.
That the Brotherhood is gearing up for confrontation is also evident from a statement by Morsi's election campaign team that the president will not take his oath of office before the Egyptian judiciary, as demanded by the military council, but only before parliament (which has actually been dissolved).
If the party remains steadfast in its resolve – and in view of the tangible sense of new hope evident on the streets following its election victory – it is quite possible that Morsi's presidency will eventually gain more power than might be expected at present.
Matthias Sailer
© Qantara.de 2012
Editors: Arian Fariborz, Lewis Gropp/Qantara.de


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We are constantly subjected to environmentalist scare campaigns -- none so common or terrifying as those directed against the use of pesticides and herbicides on our crops. These, it is argued, represent an environmental and health menace.
But what would happen to the environment if we banned pesticides and all tried to live on "organic" crops?
An expert explains the facts of life...literally. Those long under the sway of the environmentalist Narrative might find the claims disconcerting. But check them out for yourself.


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One teen dead, 3 injured in Texas school stabbing
Houston-area high cancels classes rest of week. Possible gang rivalry investigated.
A teen student was stabbed to death and three others were injured in a possible gang-related confrontation Wednesday at Spring High School in the Houston suburb of Spring, Texas, Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia said.
Three students described as "persons of interest" were taken into custody after the fight in a hallway leading to the school cafeteria, he said. At least two were taken away in handcuffs, KTRK-TV reports.
The sheriff's office later said it was questioning a 17-year-old boy as the only suspect, the Houston Chroniclereported.
Spring High School, which serves 3,000 students, was locked down, and classes were canceled the rest of the week.
Garcia said the stabbing occurred around 7:10 a.m. and "may have been gang-related." He said the incident started with a physical confrontation involving a "cutting instrument." Investigators have not found the weapons involved.
Authorities have not named the dead student but several news reports identified him as Joshua Broussard, a 17-year-old sophomore.
KPRC-TV spoke with a man who said he was the father of the slain teen. "He was just trying to come to school today," he said of his son.
The victim's aunt, who identified herself as Alisa Broussard, said the killing "was random."
The sheriff said two students were taken to the hospital with minor injuries and the third was undergoing surgery.
KTRK-TV said one of the injured teens was stabbed in the abdomen and had been listed in critical condition at Memorial Hermann Hospital, but later his condition was upgraded to good. The TV station had previously quoted a family member as saying the boy was fighting for his life.
At midmorning, the school sent out an e-mail and recorded message to parents:
"This is an important message from Spring High School. Based on a preliminary report, a fight occurred this morning in the cafeteria. There has been one fatality and three students have been transported to hospitals with injuries. All other students are safe in their classrooms and will remain there while the investigation continues. Students will be released as soon as we have been given permission from the investigating authorities. We will call you again as soon as we have more details."
"When street violence pours into the schools, it compromises the well-being of all our students," said Ralph Draper, Spring ISD superintendent, at a news conference outside the school.
"It is our aim to re-establish a safe and secure place" for students on campus. He said police arrived on campus within 60 seconds of being summoned.
Garcia said the campus has no metal detectors.
Pastor E.A. Deckard of Green House International Church told the Houston Chronicle that he was serving as spokesman for the family of one of the victims. Deckard said the incident was part of an ongoing battle involving young men of different races.
"We as a community need to come together to show kids the value of real life," Deckard said, adding that "this was not gang violence, but simply a misunderstanding between two people."


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ESA Euronews: The Ministers of Space04 December 2012 The Italian city of Naples was the dramatic setting for a summit to set Europe's future in space. From rocket launchers to Mars explorers, everything was under debate – in particular, money.
European Ministers decide to invest in space to boost Europe's competitiveness and growth21 November 2012 PR 37 2012 - ESA has just concluded a successful two-day Council meeting at ministerial level in Naples, Italy.
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By David Ponce
Laptops should be called lapburners: there aren't many models that don't get at least a little hot. Of course there's a ton of stands on the market that aim to keep your legs and privates cooler but most add bulk, simply elevate the machine and don't look all that great. Well, the TILT is a Kickstarter project that we feel will take off. It's a stand made specifially for the MacBook Pro that clips right into the base and features passive and active cooling. Made to look as if it was part of the machine it aims to cool, it adds only 0.6″ of thickness but will actively push hot air out the back if you connect it to a free USB plug. No plug free? That's ok, because even without active cooling, the TILT will keep your MacBook Pro off your lap. There's even a standard 1/4″-20 tripod thread for remote mounting.
It will retail for $55 once on the market, but you can pre-order it now for $45 and contribute to making this project a reality. As of this writing, they've raised $2,236 of the $8k they're after with over a month left. Yeah, this thing will sell.
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Originally from England,
Rupert Wainwright studied at Oxford University and put himself through college
by acting in such 1980s British films as "Another Country" and "Dreamchild." In
1986, he attended UCLA on a Fulbright scholarship to study film and started
directing music videos to pay for his short-film work.
He has won numerous
awards for his work, including several MTV Video Music Awards, Adweek's Effie
and a Grammy.
Wainwright is best known
for his 1999 work, "Stigmata." Starring Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne and
Jonathan Pryce, the film is an original vision of a classical horror film
blended with a personal search for faith under the strictures of the hierarchy
of the Roman Catholic Church. The picture was as controversial for its content
as it was praised for its striking imagery. The film was released in 1999 and
made over $100 million worldwide.
Wainwright continues to
successfully straddle the worlds of features and commercials with unique visual
style and driving sense of storytelling. His most recent feature was "The Fog"
for Revolution Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment. Starring Tom Welling
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Rubio Raises More Than $100,000 Off Water Bottle Incident
(NEW YORK) -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has hauled in some serious cash since his water sipping moment Tuesday during the Republican response to the State of the Union.
Reclaim America, Rubio's PAC, has raised more than $100,000 by selling more than 3,450 water bottles since Wednesday, a source close to Rubio confirmed to ABC News. The white water bottles, which bear the name "RUBIO" in bright red letters, come with a minimum donation of $25.
"Send the liberal detractors a message that not only does Marco Rubio inspire you … he hydrates you too," the donation request read.
Late night comedians have spoofed Rubio's water sipping incident throughout the week, and "Saturday Night Live" was the latest to contribute to the line of water break jokes.
Rubio has made light of what some have dubbed his "Watergate" moment, and he told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos Wednesday morning that the incident reminded him that he is not perfect.
"God has a funny way of reminding us we're human," Rubio said on Good Morning America.
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First Look: Beer Cocktails at Alla Spina in Philadelphia
Alla Spina, the latest venture from Philadelphia's Marc Vetri, is an Italian gastropub with a serious beer program. They've got twenty taps, two casks, a list of fifty plus bottles as well as a reserve list featuring large format and vintage selections. With a beer list like that and bar food like Poutine with Guinea Hen Leg Bolognese (and Mozzarella Curd) and "Involtini del Muratore," Fried Mortadella with Fontina, we'd be plenty happy, but Alla Spina also has an Italian-accented cocktail program with a heavy focus on beer cocktails and Italian classics.
We sat down with beverage director Steve Wildy to talk about what's going on behind the bar at Alla Spina. All of the beer cocktails on the list are Wildy's creations, taking inspiration from the flavor profiles of unique beers and classic cocktails, bringing them together in a way that heightens both. Wildy sees beer cocktails as a mini pairing.
Alla Spina's beer based cocktails have the advantage of being food friendly, and not over-the-top boozy, giving patrons the chance to try out a few without worrying about the inevitable effects of more high proof tipples.
Here's a first peek at some of what you can sip at Alla Spina. Get excited: they've got Negronis on draft.
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Who takes all of your photos? My husband takes a lot of my photos and was my photographer when I first started. Now I have another photographer I use on a regular basis. But I still love having Michael shoot me!
What self-tanner do you use? I shared all my favorite products and tips for the perfect sunless tan in a blog post here.
What's your advice for new bloggers? You don't grow overnight, this takes time. Make sure you are able to post consistently and include high quality images before you decide to start blogging seriously. Make sure to network yourself, by visiting other blogs and commenting. Use trending hashtags that are relevant on instagram and twitter. Blogging is very fun, but a lot of hard work and dedication. Good things don't come easy, ever!
What type of camera do you use? We use this camera here and this lens here.
How can you grow your instagram?
Take high quality, well lit photos and post consistently. Tag brands you are wearing on instagram for a possible feature/regram. Use relevant hashtags and post at peak times of the day. Instagram now has analytics that show you what times have the best engagement from your audience.
What instagram filters do you use?
To edit photos taken on my phone, I use Afterlight, VSCO and Snapseed are all my favorites.


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30 Rock star Tracy Morgan has delivered a personal apology today in Nashville, the site of his now infamous stand-up routine where he said that he would stab his son if he were gay, reports the AP.
Comedian Tracy Morgan has delivered a personal apology to gay advocacy groups and audience members in Nashville, Tenn., who were offended by an anti-gay rant during his June 3 show there. Morgan met with them Tuesday morning and later addressed reporters at the Nashville Convention Center. He did not take questions.
Morgan said: "I just wanted to take this opportunity to help and not hurt."
This is the second stop in Mogan's mea culpa tour after his offensive and violent rant. On Friday, the comedian visted the Ali Forney Center in Brooklyn to hear the stories of homeless LGBT teens rejected by their families.


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Anu Bradford, "The Brussels Effect: The Rise of a Regulatory Superstate in Europe"
It is common to hear Europe described today as the power of the past. Europe is perceived to be weak militarily. Its relative economic power is declining as Asia's is rising. Its common currency may be on the verge of disintegrating. On the world stage, the European Union is thought to be waning into irrelevance due to its inability to speak with one voice. Contrary to this prevalent perception, "the Brussels Effect" highlights a deeply underestimated aspect of European power that the discussion on globalization and power politics overlooks: Europe's unilateral power to regulate global commerce. It explains how Europe is successfullyexporting its legal institutions and standards—ranging from antitrust and privacy to health and environmental regulation—to the rest of the world and why the markets, other states and international institutions can do little to constrain Europe's global regulatory agenda.
Anu Bradford is Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School.This talk was recorded on January 18, 2012, as part of the University of Chicago Law School's "Chicago's Best Ideas" lecture series.


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In the world of polymer science, Alan Neville Gent was a giant09/25/2012
A native of Leicester, England, Alan Neville Gent joined the faculty at The University of Akron in 1961 and spent the next half century as a pioneer in his field. Internationally known, Gent was widely regarded as the foremost expert on the fracture mechanics of rubber and plastics. His research yielded significant contributions to the world's understanding of the physics of adhesion and the fracture of rubbery, crystalline and glassy polymers. Gent's work had the potential of impacting nearly every rubber or plastic product developed today.
Dr. Alan Gent
Although Gent likely will be remembered primarily for his groundbreaking work as a scientist, his legacy also will include being an outstanding educator. Gent possessed a unique gift for bringing complex concepts into clear focus in both laboratory and the classroom, and during his lengthy career with the University, he directed to completion more than 40 Ph.D. dissertations and 35 M.S. theses.
'Visionary scientist and educator'
"Brilliant and unassuming, Dr. Gent was both a remarkable scientist and a remarkable man," said Dr. Stephen Cheng, dean of the College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering. "From the beginning of his ties to The University of Akron, it was clear he possessed an extraordinary knowledge of and passion for his field. His pioneering work was coveted by global research and development firms, his contemporaries and students, and the University gratefully acknowledges Dr. Gent's invaluable role in helping position it as a leading center for polymer science and polymer engineering research. Truly, Dr. Gent was a visionary scientist and educator."
Born in 1927, Gent was educated at the University of London, where he earned degrees in physics and math before receiving his Ph.D. in 1955 on the mechanics of deformation and fracture of rubber and plastics. At the age of 17, he worked as a research assistant at the John Bull Rubber Co. and served the British Army from 1947-49 before becoming a research physicist and later a principal physicist at the British Rubber Producer's Research Association, where he initiated a program in engineering research.
Just two years after joining The University of Akron as professor of polymer physics in the Institute of Rubber Research, Gent was named assistant director of the Institute of Polymer Science. He served in this role until 1978, when he was named dean of graduate studies and research, a post he held for eight years. Gent returned full time to research and teaching, as the Dr. Harold A. Morton Professor of Polymer Physics and Polymer Engineering, from 1986 until his "unofficial" retirement in 1994. He also served as consultant and scientific adviser to the Research Division of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company from 1964 to 2002.
Prolific author
During his distinguished career, Gent published more than 200 papers and book chapters on the mechanical properties of rubber and plastics and edited a book titled "Engineering with Rubber." A co-holder of two British patents and one U.S. patent, he frequently was invited to address universities, corporations and professional society meetings around the world and served as a visiting professor at Queen Mary College at the University of London, McGill University and the University of Minnesota. Gent also presided over three national scientific societies (The High-Polymer Physics Division of the American Physical Society, The Society of Rheology and The Adhesion Society) and chaired four Gordon Research Conferences dealing with Elastomers, Cellular Materials, Adhesion and Composites. In 1991 he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
In addition, Gent's extraordinary teaching and research career was recognized with numerous honors and awards, including:
- Mobay Award, SPI's Cellular Plastics Division (1964)
- Bingham Medal of the Society of Rheology (1975)
- Colwyn Medal of the Plastics and Rubber Institute (1978)
- American Society for Testing and Materials International, Adhesives Award (1979)
- Society of Plastic Engineers International Research Award (1980)
- 3M Award for Excellence in Adhesion Science for the Adhesion Society (1987)
- George Stafford Whitby Distinguished Teaching Award (1987)
- Charles Goodyear Medal of the Rubber Division (1990)
- Medal of the College de France (1990)
- Polymer Physics Prize, American Physical Society (1996)
- NASA Public Service Medal (1988)
- Honorary degrees from Universite de Haute-Alsace, France (1997) and De Montfort University, U.K. (1998)
- Tan Sri Dr. B.C. Sekhar Gold Medal (2011)
- Inaugural Tire Technology International Lifetime Achievement Award (2012)
Respected and admired by his colleagues and students, Gent never relinquished a desire to contribute to his field, and he remained active with the University and the College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering until his passing.
In honor of his international recognition and his service to The University of Akron, the Board of Trustees of the University voted unanimously to change the name of the Ohio Research Scholar Professor at The University of Akron to henceforth be named the "Alan N. Gent Ohio Research Scholar Professor of Polymers."


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Dorothy Bernice Jolette passed away peacefully in her sleep on October 13. She had been ill for the past three weeks but had enjoyed 95 years of a very good life. Born in Menominee, Michigan, she spent almost all of her first 75 years in Niagara, Wisconsin. Her husband Ray, preceded her in death in 1979, two brothers, Sonny and Lester Tappy, sister Joyce Kellerman, also preceded her in death. In 1991 she moved to Pleasanton, California where she began a new life, living near her son Barry and daughter in law Carole. In addition to Barry and Carole, she is survived by grandson Tim Jolette, his wife Debi and great-grandchildren Caitlin and Danielle, who live in Eldorado Hills, California. Her second grandson, David Jolette, wife Stacy and two other great-grandchildren, Nicole and Ryan, live in Denver, Colorado.


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As a member of the Edmodo community, you likely already understand the power of digital learning to engage and inspire students. By participating in Digital Learning Day on February 1, you can not only showcase some of the innovative ways you are integrating technology into your classroom activities, but inspire others to take their first steps towards transforming their classrooms into digital learning environments.
Digital Learning Day culminates a year-round campaign to improve the educational experience of all children by encouraging educators to use technology to engage their students. This could take a variety of forms, from using mobile devices in the classroom to project-based learning activities. Participants are asked to discuss how digital learning can help their schools and communities, to try new projects and technology, and to showcase examples of how they are using technology with their students.
Go to digitallearningday.org to find out more and to submit an example of how you are using technology to engage your students.
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What System Firmware is recommend for Power 770, 780, 795 and why?
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As we all know, the advanced PowerVM virtualisation functions of POWER7 based machines are implemented in the hardware (the POWER7 processor itself and the System Firmware, which includes PowerVM Hypervisor) for increased security, high performance and reliability. After more than a year of POWER7 field experience and fixes to increase RAS, further development of still more virtualisation functions and improved algorithms for higher performance - it is very important for all of us to install the newer levels of System firmware to avoid already fixed problems and improved performance - partilcuarly on larger machines. With the firmware, we also need to update the Hardware Management Console (HMC) to give us access to the features (i.e. turn them on).
The IBM Client Care team are pushing out High Impact Advisory emails to let people know the minimum levels that are recommended for Power 770, Power 780 and Power 795 machines. If you have one of these machine but no email then you are probably not on the Subscription Service - "tut tut" - you should be unless you like sitting in the dark and like getting hit by completely avoidable problems!
Here is the link to the Client Care website and the System Firmware News for Power machines:
Take the Top Right Subscription Service link to sign up to be told of Important Firmware News.
At the moment (and this will be out of date by the time I hit "Post to blog") your machines should be at a recommended:
If you have one of what is called the "C models" that arrived in October 2011:
Also note for planning purposes the developers tell us they are targeting new firmware releases End of January to 740 and End of February for 730.
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When I get sent reports of a customer with one of these large machines needing help, the very first question is "What Systems Firmware level are they running?" and to be blunt I getting a little annoyed if the firmware is a long way back level - IBM may have fixed the issue 18 months ago! It is very hard to be sympathetic.
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The other key component of PowerVM virtualisation is the Virtual I/O Server
Perhaps, once I have my Shared Storage Pools phase 2 movies ready for download from http
My Power 770 and Power 795 are up to date but that is a little unfair as they are not production machines, I hope your machines will be up to date soon, thanks for listening, Nigel Griffiths


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The Danish Cohort Study:
The Politics and Economics of Bias
The latest update of the Danish cell phone-cancer study is being touted as the biggest and best ever. It shows "no link between mobile phone use and [brain] tumors," according to the press release.
Don't believe a word of it.
On October 20, the British Medical Journal released the third installment of the Danish Cancer Society's cohort study, which has been tracking some 400,000 mobile phones subscribers since the 1980s. The whole enterprise has been dogged by controversy and political suspicions since the first results were published ten years ago.
From the very beginning, the Danish project was criticized for eliminating more than 200,000 corporate subscribers, one third of the actual number of Danish cell phone users, the intended study population. The researchers had little choice: They did not know the names of the people using phones paid for by their employers and so had no way to match those on mobile phone subscriber lists with those on tumor registries. Everybody agrees that those who were dropped were the heaviest users. In the time period covered in the Danish project —from 1987 through 1995— cell phones were expensive and it's no stretch to assume that those who did not have to pay their own bills racked up the most talk time.
In an e-mail to Microwave News, IARC's Robert Baan, wrote that the exclusion of the corporate subscribers "seems remarkable." Baan coordinated last May's panel meeting that designated RF radiation from cell phones as a possible human carcinogen. He also pointed out that, as the authors of the Danish study have openly disclosed, all those corporate users ended up in the control group. In other words, these heaviest users were treated as if they did not use cell phones. In his report on the May IARC meeting, Baan wrote that this "could have resulted in considerable misclassification in exposure assessment." That's just a smart way of saying that the study has a good measure of bias.
Bias can magnify or understate a risk. The bias that Baan is referring to will lower the observed tumor risks from cell phones. (Remember that the tumor risk is estimated by comparing the number of cell phone users who get tumors with the number of non-users who get tumors.) Here's why: If cell phones do indeed lead to tumors, then obviously some people who use them will get one. And if those people are put in the control group instead of the user group, they will inflate the expected rate of tumors. The new normal will be higher than it should be. This bias explains why the IARC panel put much less weight on the Danish study than on the Interphone and Hardell efforts. The Interphone and Hardell studies used a case-control design; both point to a tumor risk. (The IARC panel reviewed the first Danish update, published in 2006, but not the latest one released two weeks ago.)
The Danish study has another, perhaps even more potentially fatal source of bias. The user population includes only those who had a cell phone in 1995 —that was about 20% of the population. The Danish Cancer Society treats everyone who took up cell phones after 1995 as if they had never used one. They too are in the control group. That's hard to believe but true. Here's a direct quote from the BMJ paper: "individuals with a subscription in 1996 or later were classified as non-users."
The number of cell phone users in Denmark more than doubled between 1995 and 1997, to about 44% of the population. All those people who started using cell phones in 1996 and 1997 could have accumulated 10 or 11 years of cell phone use by the end of 2007, the cut off date for the BMJ paper analysis. All those post-1995 users are also in the controls together with the heavy corporate users. More bias on top of bias.
There are other sources of bias. For instance, there's no way to know who used a cordless phone, which can deliver as much radiation exposure as a cell phone.
Despite all this, IARC, in a recent release, wrote that Danish cohort study "confirms the overall Interphone findings of no association, but with reduced potential for bias." We've already addressed the bogus argument that Interphone showed no tumor risk —though we are still wondering who wrote those words. We find it hard to believe that it was Robert Baan; that leaves Joachim Schüz, IARC's head of the section on environment and radiation, as the most likely to have been responsible. Schüz is also one of the principal authors of the Danish cohort study. (Is there some kind of internal RF dispute going on at IARC?)
No one doubts that Interphone had bias. That's what lowered all the risks and made the study appear to show that cell phones protect against brain tumors. Arguments about the role of various types of bias —primarily selection and recall bias— delayed the release of the Interphone paper for four years and finally forced Chris Wild, the director of IARC, to step in and force a compromise.
Is the bias in Interphone any worse than in the Danish study? We asked Lennart Hardell and Elisabeth Cardis, the leader of Interphone, whether they agreed with Schüz. They don't.
"It is very difficult to quantify and compare, but I would not say that there is less bias than in Interphone," Cardis replied. Hardell thinks the Danish cohort has more intrinsic bias than his and the Interphone studies. He sent us a list of all the various types of bias at work in the Danish study.
Michael Kundi of the Medical University of Vienna goes much further. The Danish study is "the most severely biased study among all studies published so far," he told us. Kundi explained that he had done calculations to correct the 2006 Danish paper for the "contamination" of having so many long-term users among the controls and had found a "highly significant increase of glioma [brain tumor] risk." He predicted that when he does similar corrections of the latest data, the risk "would be even more pronounced."
As would be expected, the Danish paper has not been well received by those who have long pushed for caution and precautionary policies. Devra Davis, Denis Henshaw, Ron Herberman, Vini Khurana, Lloyd Morgan and Alasdair Philips have posted critical "rapid responses" on the BMJ Web site. Philips of U.K. Powerwatch was particularly outspoken about the new paper. "It's absolute rubbish," he said in an interview with Microwave News. "It's garbage in, garbage out."
Anders Ahlbom and Maria Feychting of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm are more kindly disposed. In an editorial commissioned by BMJ and published with the Danish paper, they wrote that the results are "reassuring." They noted the potential for bias: "having a mobile phone subscription is not equivalent to using a mobile phone," they warned. They conceded that this would "dilute" a possible association, but they maintained it's a minor problem because the bias would have only "a small effect" for long-term users.
Somehow Ahlbom and Feychting don't address the fact that corporate subscribers and post-1995 users are in the controls. They are, of course, well aware of these sources of bias. Five years ago, they criticized the Danish study (the 2006 update) for these exact faults in a letter to the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI). Back then, they did express "concern" over the treatment of the corporate and post-1995 users. A "large proportion of the population started to use mobile phones after the cohort was defined and thus are included in the reference population," they wrote, admitting that the "same problem applies also to corporate users, who are not included as subscribers in the study." They warned: "All these circumstances would dilute any excess risk, were it to exist, and push the estimate toward the null." Elisabeth Cardis and U.K.'s Paul Elliott cosigned the letter to JNCI.
Ahlbom and Feychting also appear to have fogotten yet another source of bias which they had raised in JNCI. When the Danish team checked to see if members of the original 1987-1995 cohort were still using a mobile phone in 2002, they found that only 61% of those questioned said that they still used a cell phone. This means that not only were the controls using cell phones but many of the so-called subscribers were not. This adds more bias to the already overflowing bucket of bias.
Is the COSMOS Study Another Source of Bias?
Why aren't those concerns as relevant today as they were five years ago? We were unable to ask Ahlbom and Feychting directly; they have both refused to be interviewed by Microwave News ever since we took them to task some years ago after they omitted an important paper showing tumor risks —one they both worked on!— in a report to the Swedish radiation protection authority.
Though Ahlbom and Feychting ignored the many biases of the Danish cohort study in their editorial, they didn't pass up the opportunity to highlight the recall and selection biases in the Interphone and Hardell case-control studies. In the process, they also take a swipe at the way Hardell did his case-control studies. What should be done next? Their answer: "Continued monitoring of health registers and prospective cohorts is warranted, but more case-control or other studies with built in selection and recall bias are not needed." This is, at least in part, another attack on Hardell: they are advising cutting off support for Hardell's work.
Ahlbom and Feychting neglect to mention that they are involved in the Swedish part of the only ongoing (or planned) prospective cohort study, the COSMOS project.
Officially launched last year —long after Ahlbom and Feychting wrote their critical letter to JNCI on the Danish cohort study— COSMOS is an international prospective cohort study. Because it will follow cell phone users in real time, it must continue for decades to allow for the long latency of brain tumor development. Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden and the U.K. are participating. Germany planned to take part, but then dropped out over concerns about the project's feasibility. Schüz was a leader of the Danish component of the project before he moved to IARC. IARC now lists COSMOS as one of its current research projects.
COSMOS is attractive for the researchers and its sponsors alike. The major Swedish telecom companies —TeliaSonera, Telenor and Ericsson— are all helping pay for COSMOS. Because the project must continue to monitor the Swedish cohort for decades to come, COSMOS will keep Ahlbom and Feychting busy for the remainder of their careers at the Karolinska. The cell phone companies like it because COSMOS means business as usual —denial of tumor risks— for the foreseeable future as the results won't be published for many, many years. All the while, they can claim to be good corporate citizens for supporting health research. The governments like COSMOS too because they can continue to collect licensing fees worth billions without having to adopt precautionary policies that would incur the wrath of the companies that help them stay afloat.
The Karolinska group receives "practically all" the available funds for cell phone research in Sweden, according to Mona Nilsson, a freelance journalist and frequent critic of Ahlbom and Feychting. A lot of that money goes to the COSMOS project. For instance, Ahlbom recently received a SwKr3.2 million (~US$500,000) grant from Afa, an insurance company, to help pay for COSMOS. This is only one of many awards for COSMOS. Hardell attributes some of his troubles raising money to continue his epidemiological studies to Ahlbom's major influence on who gets funding in Sweden. "We do not get any money," he told us.
Here's the question: Would the mobile phone companies continue to support COSMOS and the Karolinska group if Ahlbom and Feychting ever started ringing alarm bells over cell phones and cancer?


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Small World After All
My name is John and I am twenty five years old. I spent alot of my time growing up in Baton Rouge Louisiana with my little brother. We both attended middle school together while we were there, and my brother ended up becoming the boyfriend of a girl who was the daughter, of one of our aunts friends, who worked at the school.
Anyway time went on and we ended up moving away. Later on that year after we had moved we started seeing all the stories in the news about the DC Sniper which had manage to catch the attention of even us. "Some guy running around DC shooting people at the gas pump". At this time we were living with my aunt in colorado and she had a monthly subscription to jet magazine whch we never really payed any attention to. Until one day we came home from school and my brother had retrieve the mail for my aunt.
As he was bringing in the mail he just happened to look down at the cover of jet magazine that was in hand, and on the cover it had read the DC Sniper had been caught and they had interviewed his wife and step daughter and to my brothers surprise there on the cover was a picture of his ex-girlfriend from middle school and her mother who had not only worked at our school but was friends with our aunt. They had been to our house for get togethers and my aunt had hung out with her mom outside of work. So when you hear people say its small world you never know how truly small it is until a situation this big could make you, and the world you live in, feel so small.


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Why Should Young Women Consider a Career in Information Technology?
This card gives adults talking points and additional resources for a conversation with their daughters and/or other young people. The main message is that IT offers meaningful work, security and high salaries with a bachelor's degree, and flexibility and variety. Information is provided to address these specific questions: What should you tell a young woman about a career in IT? How can a young woman prepare now for a career in IT?
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5.1 Parallel Installations
Guile provides strong API and ABI stability guarantees during stable series, so that if a user writes a program against Guile version 2.0.3, it will be compatible with some future version 2.0.7. We say in this case that 2.0 is the effective version, composed of the major and minor versions, in this case 2 and 0.
Users may install multiple effective versions of Guile, with each version's headers, libraries, and Scheme files under their own directories. This provides the necessary stability guarantee for users, while also allowing Guile developers to evolve the language and its implementation.
However, parallel installability does have a down-side, in that users
need to know which version of Guile to ask for, when they build against
Guile. Guile solves this problem by installing a file to be read by the
pkg-config utility, a tool to query installed packages by name.
Guile encodes the version into its pkg-config name, so that users can
ask for
guile-2.0 or
guile-2.2, as appropriate.
For effective version 2.0, for example, you would
pkg-config --cflags --libs guile-2.0
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2.0 of Guile. You would typically run
pkg-config during the configuration phase of your program and use
the obtained information in the Makefile.
pkg-config file,
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Philips Vision Plus Halogen Headlights - Let There Be Light!Posted in How To: Electrical on November 1, 2005
Few things can improve your night-time driving experience better than good lighting, but most factory headlights are somewhat lacking in this area. Better lighting allows you to see the dangers lurking out on the road sooner and lets you see the obstacles on the trail better, which makes you a better and safer driver.
Philips Vision Plus replacement headlight bulbs can be easily installed in just minutes, without tools in most cases. These halogen bulbs provide more light and up to a 50-foot-longer beam. The Philips bulbs are an exact replacement for the factory bulbs and install in the factory headlight housings without modification, all of which makes this a good deal for night wheeling as well as on the road.
We installed the Vision Plus bulbs in an '03 Dakota in just a few minutes. First, allow the bulbs to cool before removal. To remove the old bulbs, simply reach behind the headlight housing (easier said than done) and remove the electrical connector, then twist the retaining ring to free the bulb.
Installation of the new Philips Halogens is just as simple; be careful not to touch the glass of the bulbs with your bare hands. The oil from your skin can cause hot spots on the glass and lead to premature bulb failure. Carefully align the new halogens in the housings and be sure the base is properly seated. Then twist the retaining ring in place to secure the lamp. Reconnect the power cables and you are ready to really see.
With the Philips bulbs installed we set off into the night to see the results. The new halogens put more light on the ground directly in front and to the side of the Dakota, and the low-beam reach was greatly improved. This lets you see much more of the road than with the factory bulbs. The high beams of the Vision Plus halogens are impressive as well. The beam length was improved by more than 60 feet and they generally put more light out in front where you need it.
The Philips Halogens make night-time driving more enjoyable. This simple modification was completed in just a few minutes with no tools, and made a big difference in the total driving experience.


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Looking for info on Daniel Webster TAYLOR, b. 1823 married Mary Jane SHANKLIN Mar 1849 in Rutherford Co, Tn. They came to Tx in 1854. Children: 1. Charles M b. 1850, Rutherford Co., Tn, 2. Harry Morgan b. 1852, Rutherford Co., Tn, 3. Lucy b. 1854, Tx, 4. Gordon Shanklin b. 1856, Tx, 5. Mary Jane b. 1859, Tx, 6. Fanny A. b. 1862, Tx., 7. John G. b. 1864 Tx., wife Mary died in 1867 and Daniel remarried in 1868 to Mrs. Margaret 'BARKER' HAMILTON. They lived in Kempner, Tx and had three children: 1. Betty b. 1869 d. abt 1873, 2. Daniel W. Jr. b. 1870 3. Robert Buford b. 1872 d. 1968.
When Daniel came to Tx. he settled in Kempner, Tx and opened a supply store, which still stands today 2010. He carried the mail from Belton to Lampasas and was the 1st County Judge of Lampasas bet 1860-64. He was a stock raiser and went on cattle drives on the Chisholm Trail. He died in Raymond, Ks in 1872 while on a cattle drive.
I have no further info on his Parents or siblings although I know he brought a nephew with him to Tx. He had a sister in Ky, but no names.
I have lots of info on his children and grands and greats...just can't go before him.
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Before taking the entrepreneurial plunge and founding Unearthen—her line of raw, sophisticated gems—in 2007, Gia Bahm was living in New York and working as a wardrobe stylist. "I realized I was happiest when I was just messing around on set and improvising little accessories out of scraps," explains the designer, who spent childhood weekends in her native Seattle shuttling between various arts-and-crafts classes. "I just knew I wanted to try doing my own thing for a while and see what came of it."
When Gia got down to experimenting, she whipped up pendants that paired gemstones with bullet casings, and they got so much love that she then needed to determine a name for this undertaking. "I agonized over what to call it," Gia, now an L.A.-dweller, admits. "I wanted something that sounded natural and mysterious, and 'Unearthen' just felt right. I like that it's not a real word. It kind of allows you to interpret it however you want." And although the line has expanded well beyond its inaugural necklace into a range that now includes rings, bracelets, lockets, and even pocketknives (why not?), Gia is still all about the making. "I'm obsessively hands-on," she says. "It sounds insane, but I love finding the perfect setting, the perfect little home for each crystal." Sounds like, in the process, she's made a pretty fine home for herself as well. —mattie kahn
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Arma 3 will be a little late to your ultra-realistic military shooter party. Project Lead Daniel Musil cites extra bug-squashing and polish (hooray!) as reasons for the delay of unspecified length (boo!) - I'd guess it'll be 2013 before the full thing comes out. But on the bright side, we won't have to wait that long to mess around with it: Musil says that you'll get your chance with a playable "Community Alpha" version that'll hit soon after E3 (in early June).
"The Community Alpha will be quite limited in terms of the assets it
includes, with the goal of providing enough content to experiment with
the brand new bits of gameplay and technology," Musil says in a blog post. That
"quite limited" part is kind of a bummer, but part of the goal of this
release is to give modders a head start on getting insane stuff like Santa's sleigh ready for us to
play with by the time the full game comes out.
Musil also gives a few updates on Arma's progress, highlighting DirectX
10/11, new rag-doll animations, and a UI redesign focused on improved
usability (thank jeebus - the awful UI is one of Arma 2's biggest
problems). Delays are always sad news, but I'd much rather play a tardy
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We all know that desktop virtualization is a great way to extend corporate desktops out of the office and into the world for users no matter where they are. But doing this introduces a lot of challenges. How do you deal with remote protocol performance? What about latency and packet loss? Or bandwidth? How about security and encryption? Will that require more bandwidth and slow things down? And of course, if you centralize your desktops, how do you handle failover & high availability?
If you want to get questions like this answered, join industry experts Gabe Knuth & Brian Madden along with Charlie Cano, Sr Solution Architect for F5 for this online live chat. You can submit your own questions to the experts and learn what you need to know about how to extend desktop virtualization across the WAN.
Key Takeaways:
- WAN acceleration can be a valuable tool for making VDI work in situations where it might not have worked under ordinary circumstances.
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- Beyond simply ensuring that a VDI implementation can work in the first place, streamlining the user experience through Single Sign-On and other means will increase acceptance among your users.
- With any desktop virtualization project, it is important to carefully consider the actual cost benefits. Cost savings will come from locking down users' computers, not from putting them in the datacenter or cloud.
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Charlie Cano is a Senior Architect for F5 Networks. He is a subject matter expert on virtualization, Web, and application security trends and solutions. Cano joined F5 from MagniFire Websystems, where he was instrumental in introducing the TrafficShield (now F5 Application Security Manager) application firewall solution to the North American market. Prior to MagniFire, he held software architecture and project lead roles at Bang Networks and Abercrombie & Fitch. Cano holds a degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, three patents in application networking technology, and a CISSP.


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Published January 08, 2015
The cremated remains of nine victims of a 1978 mass cult suicide-murder in Jonestown, Guyana, have turned up in a former funeral home in Delaware, officials said Thursday.
The state Division of Forensic Science has taken possession of the remains, discovered at the former Minus Funeral Home in Dover, and is working to make identifications and notify relatives, the agency and Dover police said in a statement.
On Nov. 18, 1978, gunmen from the Peoples Temple cult ambushed and killed U.S. Rep. Leo Ryan of California, three newsmen and a defector from the group at a remote jungle airstrip as they visited on a fact-finding mission to investigate reports of abuses of members.
Cult leader Jim Jones then orchestrated a ritual of mass murder and suicide at the temple's nearby agricultural commune, ordering followers to drink cyanide-laced grape punch. Most of them complied, although survivors described some people being shot, injected with poison, or forced to drink the deadly beverage when they tried to resist.
After the deaths, bodies of 911 massacre victims were brought to Dover Air Force Base, home to the U.S. military's largest mortuary. Many of the bodies were decomposed and could not be identified. Several cemeteries refused to take them until the Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland, California, stepped forward in 1979 and accepted 409 bodies. The remaining victims were cremated or buried in family cemeteries.
On Thursday, the dilapidated former funeral home in Dover had a padlock on the double front doors. The building showed few signs of its former use, although a floral design was etched in glass panes at the entrance. Dead vines hung from the building's white plaster walls, and cracked windows were repaired with blue tape. Torn carpet and damaged title could be seen inside. Out back, beer and soda cans, broken cinder blocks and empty cigarette packs littered the ground. There were two areas of disturbed soil, each about the size of a child's wading pool. The grass was overgrown, reaching 10 inches in some areas.
Last week, the Delaware agency responded to a request to check the former funeral home after 38 containers of remains were discovered inside. Thirty-three containers were marked and identified. They spanned a period from about 1970 to the 1990s and included the Jonestown remains.
On Wednesday, Delaware authorities also conducted an "exploratory excavation" on the former funeral home property after finding areas of loosely compacted soil, looking for other unclaimed, cremated remains. They discovered an arrowhead, two animal bones, oyster shells and charcoals.
Searchers also found several bronze gravesite markers for deceased veterans who served in World War I through the Vietnam War.
Jones ran the Peoples Temple in San Francisco in the early 1970s. He established a free health clinic and a drug rehabilitation program, eventually emerging as a political force. He became chairman of the San Francisco Housing Authority in 1976. But allegations of wrongdoing mounted, and Jones moved the settlement to Guyana, the only English-speaking country in South America. The cult leader believed he would be safe there from what he perceived as media and police persecution. Hundreds of followers moved to Jonestown, seeking socialism and racial harmony.


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July 31, 2013 -- Iowa is ready to expand eligibility for Medicaid so more poor residents can get coverage as of Jan. 1, 2014. But it's waiting for the federal government to approve a unique approach under the Affordable Care Act.
The state wants to use federal funds to let residents buy insurance through its new Marketplace, instead of being required to get insurance through Medicaid itself, says Tom Alger, a spokesman for the Iowa Insurance Division.
For now, the state is expecting a waiver that will allow it to pursue this approach. "We don't have it yet, and we're waiting," Alger says. "Enrollment starts on Oct. 1, so it would be helpful to know in advance of that time."
Jennifer Vermeer, Iowa's Medicaid director, told The Des Moines Register last month that she was optimistic about the state's waiver request. She noted that a similar program in Arkansas was moving smoothly toward approval.
The Supreme Court last year ruled that the federal government must allow states to accept or reject Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. Most states have already decided whether or not to approve expansion, which covers adults under age 65 who aren't pregnant, aren't already eligible, and have incomes less than 138% of the federal poverty level. (That's currently $32,499 for a family of four in Iowa.)
Iowa, however, is one of the last states to act. Gov. Terry Branstad signed the expansion into law on June 20.The Des Moines Register estimates that tens of thousands of Iowans will be affected by it.
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Clinton outpolls Obama in popularity
President Obama may have defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primaries, but after one term in the White House he now trails her in a new popularity poll.
According to the Quinnipiac University survey, 61% have a favorable view Clinton, while only 34% have an unfavorable view.
Obama's numbers are 51% favorable and 46% unfavorable.
The poll also said that Obama "has a split 46-45% job approval ... down from 53-40% approval among registered voters in December, a month after his re-election."
Clinton, who recently retired from the Secretary of State job and may seek the presidency again in 2016, has higher approval ratings than other national figures, Quinnipiac reported.
Some other favorable/unfavorable ratings:
46-41% for Vice President Joseph Biden;
25-29% for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, with 45% who don't know enough about him to form an opinion;
20-42% for House Speaker John Boehner;
27-15% for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, with 57% who don't know enough;
34-36% for U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan;
43-33% for new Secretary of State John Kerry;
14-18% for Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel, with 67% who don't know enough about him.
Said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute:
"Hillary Clinton ends her term as Secretary of State and the bruising inquiry into the Benghazi murders as easily the most popular actor on the American political stage today.
"After an initial burst of reelection enthusiasm for President Barack Obama, we may be seeing a return to the age of the polarized electorate.
"The difference in favorability ratings for the two leaders lies in Clinton's ability to win thumbs up from many more independent voters and Republicans than does the president. The lower approval numbers for the president could be because once the election afterglow is gone, governing inevitably requires decisions that make some voters unhappy."


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April 03, 2014Montgomery City License Office contract awarded
JEFFERSON CITY - The Office of Administration, in conjunction with the Missouri Department of Revenue, has awarded the management contract for the Montgomery City License Office to the Montgomery County Farm Bureau. All license office contracts in Missouri are awarded through a competitive bid process.
The Montgomery County Farm Bureau has been the contractor of the Montgomery City License Office since 1981. The license office will remain at its current location at 652-B South Sturgeon.
In fiscal year 2013, more than 18,000 transactions were conducted at the Montgomery City office, generating $61,921 in agent processing fees.
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