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Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, RWTH Aachen University, 13 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: PAUL AUSTER`s novel 'City of Glass' published in 1985 appeared during the period of the postmodern era.1 Although it is considerably discussed at what time the beginnings of the postmodern era is to be set, it is irrefutable that ¿City of Glass¿ belongs to postmodern literature. To analyse in how far PAUL AUSTER`s ¿City of Glass¿ serves as a representative of the postmodern era and to show the reader in what way postmodern qualities are converted into the writings of that time, the main part of this paper will be divided up into two sections. The first section serves to define the coming up of this movement and the qualities it possesses within the genre of detective fiction. Furthermore some important idealistic features like the idea of reality and identity have to be taken into consideration. The short introduction of the two identity-constituting models by ERIKSON and MEAD will provide a better overview of the idea of identity formation. Within the second section the novel itself will be taken into consideration. Therefore it is necessary to take a close look at the main character Daniel Quinn and his character development the crisis of his identity in the course of the novel respectively. Besides another striking factor, namely the appearance of doublings and triplings of characters, has to be clarified as well as the role of the narrator. The conclusion at the end of the paper is supposed then to show to what extent ¿City of Glass¿ belongs to postmodern literature and which peculiarities of postmodern writings have been included in this novel. Since there are just a few recent publications on Paul Auster and his novels three of them namely, An Art of Desire: Reading Paul Auster by BERND HERZOGENRATH, Crisis: TheEAN: 9783638766234
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Analog signal with different source of supply
We have a few units of modulating valve with 4 terminals; 1. 24V AC/DC + 2. 24V AC/DC - 3. Signal IN DC 2 to 10V 4. Signal OUT DC 2 to 10V Signal IN = Analog signal from PLC to control the valve Signal OUT = Analog signal to PLC as valve position feedback. Can I tap supply the voltage (terminal 1 & 2) from another a Power Supply Panel and the Signal IN & OUT (terminal 3 & 4) wired to my PLC panel. Power Supply Panel is located another level from the PLC Panel. By doing this connection, the common of the analog voltage is different, is that possible? Thanks in advance. |
July 13th, 2011, 08:56 AM | #2 |
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The 24 VDC terminals in most valve systems are provided to power discrete signals, like limit switches, Local/Remote switches, etc. You can use them for anything, including loop power, but you need to make sure your load doesn't exceed the supply limits.
Now then, if you are using a voltage signal for control and feedback you don't want to power them at all. Most voltage devices are self-powered. In other words, the PLC output will provide the power needed for the output signal, and the valve will provide the power for the feedback signal. I'm a little suspicious about the 2-10 VDC value. This sounds like you are using a 4-20 mA signal and running it through a 500 Ohm resistor to create the voltage signal. If that's the case you really have a current loop, and the wiring may be a little different. Have yo looked at teh valve manual? Another option is toal to your valve supplier - they should be able to help with details. |
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Thanks for your reply, based on the drawing extract from the product catalog, the 24V AC/DC should be for its operation (supply from panel). The client request us to lay a 2 core cable (for this valve power - terminal 1 & 2) from another DB panel. While the signal (Terminal 3 & 5) will lay a 1 pair screen cable to our PLC. By doing this, they can categorize all the instruments power from DB panel and signals are to/from PLC panel. |
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I'm not sure I understand completely from just this diagram. It is uncommon to have one pair of terminals that can be either command or feedback. It appears to me that these terminals are only a feedback signal indicating actual position. The reference to "master-slave control signal" I interpret to mean that you can use this output from this valve as the command signal to another valve so that both track together. I don't think you will be happy of you tie your PLC output to these terminals.
If I'm right then terminals 1 and 2 are powering the feedback circuitry and can be tied to any power source. I encourage you to contact the valve supplier and pose the question to him. He should eitehr be knowledgeable or have good access to someone who is knowledgeable. There are peices to this puzzle missing, and you shouldn't rely on answers from those of us that don't know the whole picture. |
July 15th, 2011, 09:14 AM | #5 |
This is an odd one. The concerns are certainly legitimate, having 'common' between the power supply and the
PLC AI at different potentials. The control signal input has to be from terminals 3 (+) to 1 (-), using the power supply return as a common. 24Vac on a common for DC control ? Hmmmmm. 24Vac is very common for HVAC, rare in process. If the negative return of the power supply, terminal 1 (-), is at a different 'ground' potential than the negative of the AO on the PLC supplying the signal, then there'll be a common mode issue. The use of the output voltage U at terminals 5 (+) to 1 (-) assumes that the devices it is driving are at the same power supply return voltage. I'm speculating that the triangle warning for 'safety isolated transformer' is probably an attempt to 'float' the actuator negative terminal and but letting it get pulled to the ground reference of the AO (rather than a having it connected to a hard ground at different potential.) Please let us know what you find. |
July 15th, 2011, 09:31 AM | #6 |
I think you should run a wire from the 0V at the PLC to pin 2 of your valve. This way the ref. is the same (just in case!!)
July 15th, 2011, 03:53 PM | #7 |
nonuke is not correct it should be pin 1
make sure the transformer or power supply is not used for anything else as this will disrupt the signal. you can use the psu from the PLC as inside the unit is a rectifier (siemens valves) you can use either 4/20 mA output with a resistor but the output Feedback) is only in volts
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After Petland mountain climbing, Kerry, Alex, Katie and I hopped off the bus at Princess Street and hit the Walter Scott Monument. It has about 40 more steps than the Wallace monument and not nearly the walking space. If you thought it was cramped on the Wallace Monument, don't go up the Scott monument. The stairs narrowed so much at the top that we had to turn sideways to get our shoulders through the doorway. There is very little space to walk around at the top of the monument, but it is a great view of the city.
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– the time-bending platform game that was either made by a pretentious snob or a hardworking genius, depending on your point of view, has now finally made it to the PC. The game, which was released on Xbox 360 last year and which went on to achieve great acclaim for independent games designer, Jonathan Blow, has taken it's sweet time to arrive on the PC, but it's finally done it after a series of delays.
The only question is, was it worth the wait?
If you're familiar with the game and have just checked in on the review to gauge how decent the PC port is, and whether there's any extra content that might merit picking up the PC version, the answer is no; not really. For those of you who aren't familiar with the game because the Xbox 360 version has passed you by then the answer is absolutely; yes.
The main flaw of
on the PC you see is that it's actually not at all different from
on the Xbox 360
except for the fact that it's obviously
on the PC
. Aside from the change in platform there's no difference. No new content, no hi-res textures, no extra levels or cheats and no free soundtrack, t-shirt or logo-emblazoned pocket watch included in the box. Not that there is a box of course; it's only available to buy in digital stores, just like the Xbox 360 version.
What that means then is that if you've literally been waiting for the PC version in the hope of getting something more than the Xbox had to offer then you're going to be slightly disappointed. The good news though is that if
is new to you then you won't have had your hopes built up and can be as blown away as we were when we first laid eyes on the game.
If that's the case then you'll need a quick introduction, so here goes.
is about a man in a suit called Tim. Tim is looking for someone he calls The Princess. Tim does this by solving complex puzzles that are all based on his abilities to alter time – abilities which manifest differently in each level. Sometimes Tim can rewind time at will, sometimes he can interact with past or future events or sometimes he can fuse time and space together, it really depends on the level. In between the different worlds Tim assembles jigsaws and thinks about his life.
If you are new to
then it's worth laying out some of the fundamental facts that make the game so engaging too. For starters it's animated in a very, very beautiful and painterly art style and accompanied by some very delicate and elegant music – two elements that combine to make the game calming and meditative no matter how hard the puzzles are. Not that you should be put off by how hard it is though, as everything in
is optional. Both the plot and the puzzles can be utterly bypassed if you choose.
What players end up with then is a game, which we very rightly said, floated towards excellence in our first review.
is a beautiful and emotional to the point of transcendence, even if a lot of what it is is often annoyingly perplexing.
The only fault with the game is that it's taken so long to make it to the PC – almost a whole year – and has nothing really concrete to show for the effort. We don't want to sound greedy, but a downloadable soundtrack or concept art gallery would have been a predictable but effective way to incentivise and reward fans. The fact that there is none is a bit of a let-down then.
Worse than that though is the fact even though Blow has had more than a year to port the game from Xbox 360 to PC the game now has more flaws than it did before. The release was delayed by a week due to problems with DirectX, yet there are still V-sync problems for many high-end PC users (though a
is available until the first patch), as well as
known errors
Compounding the problem is the lack of certain features which PC players will certainly expect – like being able to alter the controls, resolution or graphics. All you can do is change the screen size.
We're loath to whine about
– because it really is a fantastic game that everyone should play. It's difficult without being unfair and it has a gentle whimsy and charm to it that make it both endlessly endearing and constantly relevant. It's just a shame that despite the fact Blow has taken nearly a year to release
on the PC there's nothing concrete to show for it except for the crash reports of an unfortunate few.
is a wonderful game and you should definitely consider buying it – but if you've got an Xbox 360 then you'd be just as well off buying it for that instead, if not better.
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Moving on...I'm still not entirely sure what to make of Justine Larbalestier's latest piece of young adult fiction, especially after reading her other, lighter book. Here's the publisher's description:
"Micah will freely admit that she's a compulsive liar, but that may be the one honest thing she'll ever tell you. Over the years she's duped her classmates, her teachers, and even her parents, and she's always managed to stay one step ahead of her lies. That is, until her boyfriend dies under brutal circumstances and her dishonesty begins to catch up with her. But is it possible to tell the truth when lying comes as naturally as breathing? Taking readers deep into the psyche of a young woman who will say just about anything to convince them - and herself - that she's finally come clean, Liar is a bone-chilling thriller that will have readers see-sawing between truths and lies right up to the end. Honestly."
How do you connect with a main character that is probably lying to you from page one? The concept of Micah being a compulsive liar was initially very intriguing, but ultimately left me confused and missing something. I wanted to like my main character...or even hate her...but I didn't even know her, which turned out to be a big problem in whether or not I liked the book.
And about halfway through the plot there is a twist. One I definitely did not see coming and kinda wish never happened. The story was flowing along just fine without it and I feel it made the whole book a lot more complicated than it already was. BUT I can't say anymore without giving you one whopper of a spoiler!
I think the whole "liar" idea will continue to intrigue people and maybe some of you will really love Larbalestier's novel. I didn't really connect with it, didn't totally understand the "why" of it all, and think the whole book was just a little too odd for my liking.
To learn more or to purchase, click on the book cover above to link to Amazon.
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- Ladytink_534 said...
Yeah it sounds like an interesting idea for a premise but I can see how it wouldn't play out quite as well in a book. Way too confusing and I need to connect at least a little bit with the main character when reading.
- October 3, 2009 at 7:41 AM
- Kailana said...
I think if I read this it will likely be from the library. I can't decide if it sounds like a good book or not!
- October 4, 2009 at 10:42 AM
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Fuzhou - Capital city of Fujian ProvinceFuzhou is an ancient city with a history of more than 2,100 years and now the capital city of Fujian province. It is one ofthe fourteen open coastal cities in China. Situated by the East Sea and in the lower reaches of the Min River, this area of 12,153 square kilometres is populated with 5.83 million people. The city tree is Banyan Jasmine flower is known as the symbolic flower of the city. The
city of Fuzhou is alternatively called Three Hills. The Yu, Wu
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form a triangle inside the city. The White and Black Pagodas,
elegant and slim as they are, face each other from the Yu and
Wu hills. The Min River flows through the city, carrying along
with it the reflections of trees and flowers. As it is said, "Three
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of Fuzhou City. The banyan is the symbolic tree of the city. Since
the Song Fuzhou has a honourable title "Civilization by the East Sea. " Since the establishment of the city under the reign of Song Dynasty Gaozhu over one thousand years ago, the city has even served as the capital either to the king's prefecture or emperor's state or today's province. The rock-face inscriptions in the Drum Mountain, the Luoxing Tower in Mawei,the Great Iron Buddha in the Kaiyuan Temple and the Jinshan Temple amid the Min River, along with the hundred and more historic sites, have recorded the glory of Fuzhou City. The historical figures such as Lin Zexu, Yan Fu, Sha Zhenbing, Zheng Zhenduo and Gao Shiqi, have always aroused the pride in the hearts of Fuzhou people. The "Treasure Land" Fuzhou has become more and more glamorous today. |
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My FOX 5 in New York also tried to ask Maksim about the rumors, but he deflected.
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After parking on some virgin concrete for a few hours Saturday afternoon, I noticed a puddle of fluid on the ground - very close to the passenger front tire. I backed away from the spot and stuck my finger in the puddle.
The fluid was thick and viscous - like motor oil, but I don't think it was. I checked my oil, and the level was fine. When I got the Jeep back in the garage, I placed a piece of corrugated under the spot overnight to see how much fluid would accumulate. To my surprise, there was no fluid on the corrugated this morning. I didn't know what to think. I ran some errands today - driving about 50 miles total. I parked it in the garage and put the corrugated back under it. Almost immediately, the leak started again. I know it's difficult, but based on the strange location of this leak, I'm wondering if anyone can theorize what's leaking on my Jeep. It's a 2011 with only 8,500 miles on it. The only work I've had done in this general area was new 33" Duratracs and 15" Level 8 Trackers about a month ago. Could that have had anything to do with this? |
Difficult to tell from the pics due to the fact that the ones showing the underside of your rig are somewhat far away & dark, but given the location of the leak my guess would definitely be brake fluid.
Get under there & check the brake line, especially where the hard line from the engine compartment meets the soft rubber line that extends to your brake assembly... I'd be willing to bet you'll find fluid dripping from that line somewhere... |
X2 same spot, no clue what it is. I don't think its condensation, as I don't run the A/C.
Edit: Actually mine isn't oil like though, more like heavy water. |
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Your entire caliper/knuckle area looks black?
Brake fluid would be my guess also. |
He said the oil was thick. Axle seal, under warranty, return to dealer. One hour fix.
Some times it appears to not leak but the Jeep can be tilted away from that side a little.
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Never had an axle seal go on me :thumb: |
:whistling: Could be an overfilled front pumpkin and the passenger side axle seal is going anyway as Silverton says, but
Thats not the problem---I'm trying to figure out where you found "Virgin Concrete" ! :dance::rofl: JIMBO |
My garage floor is coated in a green epoxy. These leaks were actually in the garage, but I couldn't see them against the dark floor. I parked the Jeep in my two year-old driveway for about six hours on Saturday. I had a saucer-sized puddle in that time.
Thanks for the recommendation on the axle seal. After googling some pics, I think that is the culprit. I didn't realize the passenger side axle seals on the D30 axles was such a recurring problem! Thanks, guys. I'm calling my dealer first-thing Monday morning. |
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Another vote for leaking axle seal. :whistling:
leaking axle seal. just had to replace mine as well. same spot. oddly enough, mine is also a 2011 with 8000 miles on it
That's exactly where an axle leak will drip, and also where excess grease on aftermarket ball joints will drip. Personal experience on both accounts.
Just called my local dealership. Their service department is booked solid until Friday afternoon! Now that I'm pretty sure it's an axle leak, I'm terrified to drive it anywhere but to the dealership. Looks like the Jeep is stuck in the garage until then...
As long as there isn't any oil getting on the brakes you should be fine to drive it. If it were gushing out then that would be a problem.
It only takes a few drops of oil to make a huge looking mess. Check the level in the diff. If it is ok then drive it but keep an eye on it. |
Can anyone post a step by step on how to replace the front inner seals?
What do I do once the diff cover is off? |
1) Take Jeep to someone who knows how to replace axle seals. |
Using a "hook", remove old seals. Clean seal mounting surface and check for burrs. Press in new seals making sure to use the correct orientation. You can purchase or make a tool to do this. Replace differential, shims and bearing caps - torque to speck. Check back-lash to verify nothing moved. Replace cover, fill with fluid and test drive. This is just the basics, so you really need to know what you are doing to do it correctly. There are write-ups on several Jeep forums, didn't check this one. Good luck! |
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that link is awesome, thanks
what do the shims look like???
Like big flat washers of varying thicknesses.
I am basically just learning about it (Thank you), I do not have a leak but I called the dealership and this is covered under the lifetime warranty if it ever happens. :)
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My Stud and My Son! Our big mean stallion ;) GR (My son) really wanted to get on the horses while we were trimming feet and deworming today so when we were finished with Beau we let GR sit on his back while Beau Man had his oats! :D http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...sJune11006.jpg http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...sJune11010.jpg |
Those are really great pictures, Tiff!! Makes me want one of my own ;) Between you and hubby, that GR is gonna grow up to be a looker!! Better watch out! You can see George really loves GR... what great pictures. |
Thanks Allie! :D I thought they turned out really good! George sure does love him, he is his world! |
Awww how cute!! I love them. Your son is sooo cute! Is your husband a farrier? |
Great pics TIff, i am so happy to see some happy pics of your family :D |
He sure is Allie! Thank goodness, saves me lots of money..lol. He's very good at donig corrective trimming! We do all barefoot trimming. Thanks Brandon. My red heads..lol :D |
What a beautiful stud? Is he a blue roan? Can't really tell,lol. Your son is sooo cute! :D |
Wow Beau is gorgeous! And your son ADORABLE!!! When he's all grown up he's going to be quite a horseman. |
beautiful pictures! Wow, I wish you and your husband lived by me. I am having the hardest time finding a good farrier here. :cry: |
Small Town Girl, he is a blue roan. In the winter he is almost black in the early spring he is almost white. His summer coat looks like it is blue, a dark blue. He's a looker! :D Thanks Mudpony! I sure hope he turns into a horseman! :D Kim-I know what you mean, so did we. That is why George decided he needed to take over that job! Good feet are very important to us! |
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Wood versions of Motorola's recently unveiled Moto X will be launched in the fourth quarter of the year, the company confirmed to a publication.
The Next Web has had a chance to test out devices that had early versions of oak and rosewood backs and says that Motorola has been experiencing with a variety of wood types, but that "it will settle on four distinct styles."
The company has already promoted its wooden Moto X, but what could have been a funny innuendo resulted in a sort-of PR disaster – that's one happens when you try to promote your shiny new device with a few too many sex jokes.
Actual availability dates for these versions have not been mentioned. The "regular" Moto X models will start shipping in late August / early September in a variety of colors.
Pricing details for the wood Moto X versions have not mentioned at this time, so it will certainly be interesting to see whether they're going to be more expensive than the "regular" models.
As you can see in the image gallery below the wooden back sides of the Moto X look great, certainly a lot better than one would have expected. Not to mention that they look a lot better than colored Kevlar.
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Funny thing though...did you end up wearing the Zora armor during Otakon again? Because I think Hana was standing next to you at some point for a long time. SHe thought it might have been you, but she never thought to say hi because I told her to look for Scout's Mom or Minish Cap LinkX(
I am so bummed I didn't get to see this. You have the cutest smile by the way!
Bah, I didn't see you at ALL this weekend! D: But you look mahvelous, dahling!
I enjoyed Scout's Mom. Er, seeing you as Scout's Mom...um. Yea.
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The pet product that caught my eye this week is the Thundershirt - so named because it's claimed to calm a dog at times when it gets anxious, for example during thunder. If it does what is claimed, then a Thundershirt could be a boon for Connor - and maybe for many other dogs that get jumpy when faced with something that troubles them.
The Thundershirt is a Velcro-fastened jacket that puts a "gentle, constant pressure" on the dog's torso, calming and settling the dog. It's used to combat fearfulness, separation anxiety, problem barking and other troubles, and the makers say four out of five dogs show a significant improvement with the jacket.
The jacket is based on the finding that pressure calms the nervous system and can help ease anxiety - an insight that's used with autistic children and kids with certain behavioural problems; swaddling a crying baby can also relieve its anxiety.
There are at least a couple of outlets in New Zealand (here and here) for the Thundershirts, and I'm tempted to get one for Connor.
As chronicled on this blog for the past two years, Connor finds life a struggle. He was terrifically fearful when we got him at the age of 7 months, though he's a lot better now, after a lot of effort in training and socialising him. Still, though, the sight of another dog gets him worked into a lather, with barking and lunging the worst of the symptoms. If slipping on a jacket could calm that emotion, then his life would be less stressful - and so would ours.
So we might try a Thundershirt. If we do, I'll review it here on the blog. Has anyone tried it and formed an opinion about it?
Connor is actually showing some signs of improvement. At Sunday's meeting of the local small-dog playgroup, he spent the first half of the session fixated on a grey-blue poodle, barking at it and trying to lunge at it. We walked him around the inside of the church hall where the group meets, allowing him to see all the dogs but taking him away when he reacted to the poodle.
I "heeled' him a couple of times and he sat quietly at my feet. Then, as though a switch had been flipped, he changed. He started noticing his surroundings, the others in the hall, my partner standing at the other end of it. Connor took a drink from a bowl and seemed more his normal self.
So we let him off his leash and ... he was fine. He was blessedly, sigh-promptingly, unprecedentedly fine. He just trotted around, taking the odd look at the poodle then withdrawing, looking to us for praise for being so well behaved. Maybe he'd just run out of gas; maybe it was the calmer energy that all the other dogs were exuding. Whatever it was, we've never seen him so calm around so many other dogs. It's hard, tiring, patience-testing work, but the long drive to socialise Connor and make the world less stressful for him seems to be paying off.
And speaking of de-stressing and of garments, this is my chance to pay tribute to Four Legs Good reader Colleen, who took the time to design and knit jackets for my two dogs. I sent Colleen the measurements, and she created two elegant black garments that fit Phoebe and Connor perfectly. Connor gets a spiffing tuxedo complete with silk bowtie, while Phoebe now has an evening gown embroidered with pearls and monogrammed with a silver "P".
Connor, who usually hates being put into anything more constricting than a collar, took to his jumper immediately - it gives him all the range of movement he needs, including in his boy areas. And he looks like a little toff.
I'd hate to see the jumpers get mud on them, but I can think of one or two coming special events for which a touch of class will be needed, so the dogs will go into their bespoke evening-wear and no doubt cause jaws to drop.
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Great news about Connor at the meeting - what a good boy! And don't they just look absolutely gorgeous in their outfits - now you need to have an event for them to dress up for!
Those outfits are fantastic, great job Colleen!
We have an 'anxious' rehomed pooch who we tried the Thundershirt on, with no difference at all... He's a 'reactive on the leash' boy, and we've noticed improvements with working with treats. He can get past a moving bus now without going mental, and that's a huge improvement! And sometimes we can even manage walking past a still person, however having one walking towards us is still hit and miss. And another dog coming towards us... well let's just say we're working on that (would be helped if people could keep their 'friendly' dogs out of our faces!). Having said that, he had a great time at the kennels with a room mate so there is hope. The dog trainer/behaviourist is coming next week, so hopefully we can get some good tips then. Wish the Thundershirt had worked though, guess it's just not for our boy.
I have tried the thunder shirt on my dog Polly and have had a good result. She is an anxious dog and is very unsettled if in new enviroments or if she is let inside. The first night I tried the shirt on her she actually went to sleep next to me! This was amazing since usually she would be pacing the room, panting and whining. I have also noticed a difference when walking her, things dont wind her up anymore (such as other dogs or children) and she doesnt pull now.
Can I have Colleen's details please? I have been desperatley trying to find a woollen jersey for one of my dogs but can't find one big enough - she's a boxer/rhodesian. She loses weight when she gets cold so at the moment she's wearing an old jersey of my boyfriend's that I shrunk accidently!
Great article Nick. For anyone thats a little sceptical whether they work or not, check out Thundershirt on Facebook for loads of customer feedback. Debbie - Furr Kids
Yes i brought a thundershirt from auckland for my very scared bichon frise she was also barking at everything now a total different dog she was left on her own only with her mother as i was very ill in hospital I find if she gets excited or starts barking for nothing i just get out her jacket iam thrilled wish i could find another color watch you tube
I saw the Thundershirt videos and feedback before we bought ours and had high hopes, the do seem to work well for lots of dogs (just not ours!). Whereabouts is your small dog social group? That's probably just the thing we need for our boy, a safe environment where the dogs are all his size!!!
My border collie hates boxers. If I stay calm and ignore the boxer so will he as he seems to pick up on our moods. If I am worried and pull him away he gets grumpy and barks.
Perhaps the same is true for Connor he was calm because you were calm.
Don't they Phoebe and Connor look marvelous in their new gear, they look 'simply spiffing' Great work Colleen.
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The World's Sport
In 1986, Jack Kemp spoke out before the United States Congress against a resolution backing an American bid to host the World Cup. "I think it is important for all those young out there who someday hope to play real football, where you throw it and kick it and run with it and put in your hands, a distinction should be made that football is democratic, capitalism, whereas soccer is a European socialist [sport]."
Kemp's moronic soliloquy -- why he would refer to American football as "real football" over soccer, a game that the rest of the world refers to as football and is actually played with feet, is beyond me -- was and is indicative of an often frighteningly prevalent American distaste for the latter. It's a puzzling attitude detailed at length in a chapter of Franklin Foer's new book, How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization. "Lovers of the game usually can't resist dismissing these critics as xenophobes and reactionaries intoxicated with a sense of cultural superiority," Foer writes. But the author rejects this explanation and delves deeper, expounding upon the insufferable musings of frat-boy shock jocks like Jim Rome -- a notorious soccer basher -- and how such attitudes are often indicative of a globalization phobia, a fear that by accepting soccer (i.e., the world's sport), one must reject traditions like baseball (i.e., one's country).
Foer argues that in the wake of 9/11 -- and the resulting birth of an era in which, as an American, you increasingly align yourself with either country or world -- the issue becomes all the more divisive. He'll discuss the same when he appears at the Mizel Center for Arts and Culture this week as part of the Leah Cohen Festival of Books & Authors.
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Augmented fifth
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Abbreviation | A5[1] |
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Interval class | 4 |
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24 equal temperament | 800 |
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In classical music from Western culture, an augmented fifth ( Play (help·info)) is an interval produced by widening a perfect fifth by a chromatic semitone.[1][3] For instance, the interval from C to G is a perfect fifth, seven semitones wide, and both the intervals from C♭ to G, and from C to G♯ are augmented fifths, spanning eight semitones. Being augmented, it is considered a dissonant interval.[4]
Its inversion is the diminished fourth, and its enharmonic equivalent is the minor sixth.
The augmented fifth only began to make an appearance at the beginning of the common practice period of music as a consequence of composers seeking to strengthen the normally weak seventh degree when composing music in minor modes.
This was achieved by chromatically raising the seventh degree (or subtonic) to match that of the unstable seventh degree (or leading tone) of the major mode (an increasingly widespread practice that led to the creation of a modified version of the minor scale known as the harmonic minor scale).
A consequence of this was that the interval between the minor mode's already lowered third degree (mediant) and the newly raised seventh degree (leading note), previously a perfect fifth, had now been "augmented" by a semitone.
Another result of this practice was the appearance of the first augmented triads, built on the same (mediant) degree, in place of the naturally occurring major chord.
As music became increasingly chromatic, the augmented fifth was used with correspondingly greater freedom and also became a common component of jazz chords. Near the end of the nineteenth century the augmented fifth became commonly used in a dominant chord. This would create an augmented dominant (or V) chord. The augmented fifth of the chord would then act as a leading tone to the third of the next chord. This augmented V chord would never precede a minor tonic (or i) chord since the augmented fifth of the dominant chord is identical to the third of the tonic chord.
In an equal tempered tuning, an augmented fifth is equal to eight semitones, a ratio of 22/3:1 (about 1.587:1), or 800 cents. The 25:16 just augmented fifth arises in the C harmonic minor scale between E♭ and B.[5] Play (help·info)
The augmented fifth is a context-dependent dissonance. That is, when heard in certain contexts, such as that described above, the interval will sound dissonant. In other contexts, however, the same eight-semitone interval will simply be heard (and notated) as its consonant enharmonic equivalent, the minor sixth.
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Pythagorean augmented fifth[edit]
The Pythagorean augmented fifth is the ratio 6561:4096, or about 815.64 cents.[6]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b Benward & Saker (2003). Music: In Theory and Practice, Vol. I, p.54. ISBN 978-0-07-294262-0.
- ^ Haluska, Jan (2003). The Mathematical Theory of Tone Systems, p.xxviii. ISBN 0-8247-4714-3. Classic augmented fifth.
- ^ Hoffmann, F.A. (1881). Music: Its Theory & Practice, p.89-90. Thurgate & Sons. Digitized Aug 16, 2007.
- ^ Benward & Saker (2003), p.92.
- ^ Paul, Oscar (1885). A manual of harmony for use in music-schools and seminaries and for self-instruction, p.165. Theodore Baker, trans. G. Schirmer.
- ^ Haluska (2003), p.xxiv. Pythagorean augmented fifth.


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Since Scotty picked up a mouse and said "Computer," or we saw HAL in 2001 a Space Odyssey, or [insert your favorite talking to a computer scene here], there's been this dream that one day we'll have computers that understand us (well understand our speech anyway... what I wouldn't pay for a computer that "understood" my spouse... oh... did I say that out loud?). The Kinect seems to be on the road to finally realizing that dream in a way that's actually viable. Who knows, it might be Kinect speech recognition that becomes its real killer feature...
Intro to the Kinect SDK–Adding Speech Recognition
For those of you who frequent this blog, you know a few days ago I wrote an introductory article on Kinect and XNA (link). In that article, I modified the Primitive 3D Sample from App Hub to render Joints from Kinect as Primitive Spheres. I've decided to build upon that sample, and leverage the Kinect's NUI Microphone and the Microsoft Speech Recognition SDK to replace touch/keyboard input in the sample. I also refactored the previous sample a bit.
Project Information URL: http://www.ximplosionx.com/2011/06/22/intro-to-the-kinect-sdkadding-speech-recognition/
Project Download URL: http://www.ximplosionx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Primitives3DSampleWithKinectAndAudio.zip
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hey what are the references I need to add?
You need a reference to Microsoft.Speech and Microsoft.Research.Kinect
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Gothic Armoire
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This armoire is one that, the moment we first saw it, we knew that it was a beautiful example of Gothic styling. But it wasn't until closer examination that we discovered its rarity - it is made from solid chestnut. While resembling some pieces of oak in its distinctly wide grain of the wood (and often misclassified by dealers), chestnut is a somewhat softer wood and its grain is richly varied, with the contrasting portions wider and more accentuated. The chestnut trees in the temperate areas of Europe were introduced by the Romans and planted to assure a reliable source of nutrition during long-term occupations when crops of cereal grains might fail. Until the potato was introduced from the New World, chestnuts were a staple and an excellent source of carbohydrates in Europeans' diets. As other sources of carbohydrates became more popular, cultivation of chestnut trees for their nuts declined as did the supply of chestnut trees for use in furniture. We love chestnut wood for furniture because the natural color is lighter and somewhat more reddish than oak and the ability to see the rich grain of the wood persists, even when it has been stained. Because the wood is less hard and generally younger than oak, it is easier to carve (more akin to walnut) and to embody the exuberance of the sculptor's imagination. Therefore, furniture made from chestnut offers the best of both worlds -- a rich and varied grain like oak and a susceptibility to intricate carving like walnut. Description (continued) This armoire boasts both of these qualities in an array of interesting Gothic ornament amidst unadorned sections of wood displaying the chestnut grain to full effect. The upper part of the two doors making up the front are carved with tracery (fenestrage) patterns we have never seen before. Each has four lancet arches above four rounded arches. These give rise to two flower-like shapes with quatrefoils at the top, resembling a blossom, and leaves made up of elliptical mouchette patterns. Below these panels are plis-de-serviette designs unusual for the depth of relief and that they involve intricate trefoils at top and bottom. The panels on the upper parts of both sides of the armoire also involve fenestrage patterns, but completely different from the door panels. Again the stem and blossom theme is used but this time set within larger elliptical shapes, undulating upward from pairs of pointed, rather than rounded, arches. Separating these panels from the plis-de-serviette panels below is a band of tracery involving mouchette shapes. As if all this were not enough, the armoire is crowned by an intricately carved railing of open tracery or fenestrage on the front and sides. It is also in the details of this carving, and that of the base, that the skill of the artist shines through in intricate details and flourishes. The interior is fitted with four shelves. The aluminum hardware comprising straps and escutcheon plate may be of a more recent vintage. The armoire locks with a beautiful, decorative key. Reference Boccador, Jacqueline, Le Mobilier Français du Moyen Age à la Renaissance, Editions d'Art Monelle Hayot (Saint-Just-en-Chaussée, 1988); Thirion, Jacques, Le Mobilier du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance en France (Editions Faton, Dijon, 1998); Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène, Le Mobilier Médiéval (Georges Bernage, editor) (Editions Heimdal, 2003). Uses This armoire is ideal for an entryway to a home, for storage in a kitchen or dining room, or even in an office. Unlike the typical armoire made in the 19th century, this one is smaller and better suited to today's diverse uses. For more information, visit M. Markley Antiques on the Web -- the premier resource in the U.S. for French Gothic Revival and Renaissance Revival furniture, including Henri II and Louis XIII styles.
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Already did Had to do some yardwork(rake leaves to find spent casings) and take the cat for a walk(fetch bullets down range) and now I'm about to test out last nights test batch of reloads with a new powder in my RO Life is tough
Nice pics guys. I have to admit they are making me jealous. I have yet to purchase a 1911 but have been drooling over the RO since they were released. Within the next few months I should have the funds scrapped together to get one but now I'm debating between the RO and a wheelgun.
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16:20 | A month after my interviews, potential employer came back with an answer. Sadly, not the one I wanted. *sigh* |
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16:22 | @BonesMcCoy Red Shirt Memorial Fund. Better yet, blue sweaters for red shirts. |
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17:04 | @wilw More #RadioFreeBurrito? Yes, definitely! |
17:22 | Good grief! Houston paper imagines other comic strips following Doonesberry in taking on the Texas Sonogram Bill. http://t.co/YRqNxqzh |
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22:34 | "Hello." http://t.co/mqwgcwlt |
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Chuck E. Cheese's Gummie Pizza is new from Beverly Hills, CA-based Taste of Nature, Inc.
Available in the USA in February, the licensed Candy will be sold in a 4 oz. peg bag and in a 5 oz.(142g) concession box. According to literature, "a coupon can be found on each package which is redeemable for $2.50 worth of tokens at any Chuck E. Cheese location."
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Ben 10 Planet:Spoilers
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A spoiler is a wiki page that spoils the Ben 10 experience by giving out detailed information about what's going to happen in the show.
Most people don't enjoy spoilers because they want to watch the show's plot themselves.
Sometimes, however, spoilers are needed to complete a Wiki page about a specific Ben 10 episode. Otherwise, the episode Wiki page will be very short.


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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
A break?
from blogging? well, I am not writing anything for quite a few days now. For various reasons actually. Like for one, I am feeling like a sloth, which means life is rushing past me, while I semi open my eyes and go back to crawling again.
Anyways, I have been reading quite a bit of awesome stuff really. the link to all those shared items is here.
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What are you guys reading these days?
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Free?? really??
This day I got an sms saying that get free 300 local smses after a recharge of XY Rs. How are the smses free if I am paying some amount for it?? This is high level bull crap going on.....
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With MeCanto on your S60 phone you'll be able to browse and play all the music in your MeCanto Account where ever you are.
MeCanto is a service for storing your music collection online and enabling access to it from anywhere. By using MeCanto your music collection turns instantly into an online repository where you can browse, organize, search, and most importantly listen to your music.
* Automatically syncs your online collection with new tracks and albums from your your PC.
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escapeVektor: Chapter 1 Wii
- Publisher: Nnooo
- Release Date: Sep 29, 2011
- Summary:
- Developer: Nnooo
- Genre(s): Miscellaneous
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
- More Details and Credits »
Score distribution:
Positive: 5 out of 7
Mixed: 2 out of 7
Negative: 0 out of 7
Sep 29, 2011The conclusion left me wanting more and the experience was as smooth as silk. It was addictive, fun, and strikes the perfect balance between an arcade and puzzle game.
Sep 30, 2011Well, it's a major Yes for Nnooo's first real game in a long time. Download this one immediately and enjoy Vektor's escape.
Oct 4, 2011Fantastic. Brilliant visual design, unforgettable music and addictive, challenging gameplay all come together to create what is easily one of the finest experiences WiiWare has ever seen.
Oct 7, 2011EscapeVektor is a good blend of arcade and puzzle elements that converge to create an original concept. Very - almost too - basic, its gameplay can be addictive for the player who likes to return back to the roots of videogaming.
Oct 7, 2011If it weren't for the slow start and zooming-out annoyance, the game would be close to perfect. As it stands, this stacks up with the best of WiiWare, providing a killer audio/visual presentation and pleasurably obsessive good time.
Nov 8, 2011EscapeVektor looks good but lacks charm, and just going up, down, left and right over lines is a little boring. Solid retro gaming, but with a lingering feeling of style over substance.
Nintendo GamerNov 2, 2011Does little to stand out, but is deep and rewarding once you get the hang of it. [Nov 2011, p.76]
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Fact Check: Obama Ad Hurls Numerous Accusations Romney's Way
Claim: A new advertisement endorsed by President Barack Obama that is airing on KLAS-TV Channel 8 has a narrator who states: "It's said that character is what we do when we think no one is looking. Mitt Romney thought no one was looking when he attacked 47 percent of Americans. His companies shipped jobs overseas. His plan cuts millionaires' taxes but raises yours. He'll voucherize Medicare and make catastrophic cuts to education. So remember what Romney said and what his plan would do."
Verdict: Partly true and partly misleading. Republican presidential nominee Romney ultimately apologized earlier this month on Sean Hannity's Fox News show for remarks at a secretly taped fundraiser about the 47 percent of Americans the candidate said will automatically vote for Democrat Obama. Romney was caught saying in part that these are people "who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them …"
The claim about shipping jobs overseas came from a Washington Post story in June on Bain Capital, the private equity firm Romney co-founded. The newspaper reported that Bain invested in companies that specialized in relocating jobs done by Americans to low-wage facilities in places such as China and India. But the same story also stated that "outsourcing has been a powerful economic force. It has often helped lower the prices that American consumers pay for products and created a global supply chain that has made U.S. companies more nimble and profitable." What the ad fails to mention is that many Americans eagerly buy brand name products such as those from Nike, Apple and Levi Strauss, that are made overseas. Many 401(k) retirement savings accounts found in American workplaces also invest in U.S. companies that do business overseas.
The oft-repeated claim from the Obama campaign that Romney's tax plan would favor only the wealthiest Americans comes from a study done earlier this year by the Tax Policy Center, a collaboration of the Brookings Institution and Urban Institute think tanks. But the authors of the study conceded that they couldn't score Romney's plan directly because he hadn't provided full details, such as how he planned to expand the tax base by reducing or eliminating certain tax loopholes or deductions. Romney is sticking to his claim that he will cut marginal income tax rates by 20 percent across the board, and eliminate taxes on interest, dividends and capital gains for taxpayers with adjusted gross income below $200,000.
As for the Medicare claim, Romney repeatedly has said that his plan doesn't affect current seniors or those nearing retirement. The ad can mislead viewers into believing that Romney's plan indeed affects current Medicare recipients.
The reference to "catastrophic cuts to education" is sourced to an Oct. 19 Denver Post editorial endorsement of Obama that actually didn't address education specifically. Instead, the newspaper wrote: "Romney's approach is one of tax cuts for all, drastic Medicare reform, increased defense spending, and what would be catastrophic cuts to other discretionary programs." The ad needs stronger sourcing on this claim because the education plan detailed on the Romney campaign website mentions nothing about deep cuts.
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The online resource Gallica is adding stuff all the time — it's hard to keep up. This post is about their coverage of some of the main medieval monophonic song books.[NB: now updated to include sources outside Gallica!]
I'm teaching medieval monophonic song to undergraduates at the moment and I always ask them to critique modern editions in the light of the complex source situation, especially for the troubadour and trouvère repertoire. They report finding Gallica quite hard to navigate, so I've designed this blogpost for them so that they can at least be directed to some of the troubadour and trouvère sources.
I found information and updates on Gallica's holdings from various posts on Dominique Gatté's social network site for medieval musicology. It's really worth joining — despite its URL, it's not just for chant! They send a lot of emails, but you can opt to have them aggregated into a daily digest (recommended).
The links below are to a few of the troubadour and trouvère chansonniers with melodies (and without) that are on Gallica (as well as some from other libraries; manuscripts of vernacular song repertoires from other linguistic traditions, can be found via a recent blogpage on Gatté's site; for German repertoire, see my post here).
NB: The sigla are particular to troubadour OR trouvère sources; so troubadour C is not the same as trouvère C; and some single physical sources do double duty, so trouvère M is troubadour W!
Trouvère sigla
Trouvère A.(F-AS 567). (Scroll down in the pop-up text box to accept the conditions of use.)
Trouvère F (GB-Lbl Egerton 274; also =motet manuscript LoB).
Trouvère H (I-MOe R 4, 4; also =TroubD). [no musical notation]
Trouvère K (F-Pa 5198; the "Arsenal chansonnier")
Trouvère M "du roi" (F-Pn fr. 844 = troubadour W; also known as motet MS R). DIAMM description.
Trouvère O "Cangé" (F-Pn fr. 846) (18thC copy of this source in F-Pn fr. 12610)
Trouvère S (F-Pn fr. 12581) [no musical notation]
Trouvère T "Noailles" (F-Pn fr. 12615; also known as motet MS N)
Trouvère U "Saint-Germain-des-Prés" (F-Pn fr. 20050; = Troubadour X)
Trouvère W (F-Pn fr. 25566); Adam de la Halle manuscript; DIAMM description
Trouvère X "Clairambault" (F-Pn n. a. fr. 1050)
Trouvère a (I-Rvat reg. lat. 1490).
Trouvère b (I-Rvat reg. lat. 1522). [no musical notation]
Trouvère j (F-Pn n.a.fr. 21667). Facsimile of first folio.
Trouvère k (F-Pn fr. 12786) [no musical notation, but space for staves]
Trouvère l (F-Pn fr. 22495) [only two songs and no musical notation]
Trouvère n (F-Pn lat.11724) [one song and no musical notation]
Troubadour sigla
Troubadour B (F-Pn fr.1592) [no musical notation]
Troubadour C (F-Pn fr.856) [no musical notation]
Troubadour D(I-MOe R 4, 4; also =TrouvH) [no musical notation]
Troubadour I (F-Pn fr.854) [no musical notation]; 2nd half of 14thC, 858 songs with razos.
Troubadour K (F-Pn fr.12473) [no musical notation]
Troubadour M (F-Pn 12474) [no musical notation]
Troubadour N (US-NYpm 819) [no musical notation]: some illuminations available here; catalogue entry here.
Troubadour P (I-Fl Plut 41.42) [no musical notation] NB: Requires Java plugin
Troubadour U (I-Fl Plut 41.43) [no musical notation] NB: Requires Java plugin
Troubadour V (F-Pn fr. 1553) [no musical notation]
Troubadour W (F-Pn fr.844 = trouvère M"du roi")
Troubadour X (F-Pn fr. 20050; = trouvère U "Saint-Germain-des-Prés")
Troubadour Z (E-Bbc 146) [no musical notation]. Also known as MS Sg. See Wiki page.
For a more complete list, see this pdf of a now defunct page by Rob Wegman, kindly supplied by Justin Eiler here.


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I was Born in Israel in 1949, Being a child of Holocaust survivors, I sought the sanctuary of pure mathematics, whose beauty and order have preserved my sanity . . . and, to a certain extent, my humanity. Thanks God, now that this phase of my life is behind me I turned my time and energy and am joining with others to share the beauty of Math with people from all backgrounds and all ages. Math is hard wired into our brain. It is a part and an expression of human consciousness that keeps unfolding forever like music, poetry and other forms of art.
I completed my undergraduate and MA degrees at the technion in Israel and immigrated with my wife and 3 years old daughter to the USA in 1977. In 1981 I completed my PhD in Pure Mathematics at the University of Connecticut under the guidance of George Raney who became a dear friend and mentor. In 1981 I was accepted as an assistant professor at Ithaca College and retired after 33 years in 2014. In addition to the usual course taught, I designed two new courses: Math Art with Computers and Math Fun with computers. These non traditional courses were designed to empower and inspire students who do not like math and to connect math with life.
Shortly after coming to Ithaca College I started directing Math summer camps and with the help of a colleague, Dr. David Rosenthal co-designed a computer language that was later used both in college classes and in the summer camps. Recent versions of the language integrate math and music Here is a link to an example. I also conducted many Math days at Ithaca College and in school and inspired local schools to run Math days. In 2008 I discovered a wonderful tool to teach Math called GeoGebra and directed the First GeoGebra conference in North America.
Link to my personal page


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Could New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick be in the market for a new boat?
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