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It's no secret that the success of a technology is not always explained by merit alone; there are also qwerks of history and qwerks of fate—named for the most famous example, the qwerty keyboard on which I am typing these words. The qwerty layout is not the best possible arrangement of the letters—it may even be the worst—but once everyone has learned it, the cost of change is too great. A slightly different kind of qwerk is sometimes cited to explain the ascendancy of the gasoline-fueled automobile engine. Whether or not this powerplant was the best choice at the outset, the argument goes, so much engineering effort was invested in its development that rivals couldn't keep up. By now, the global infrastructure supporting gasoline engines gives them an almost insuperable advantage. The story of color television offers yet another variation on the theme: The broadcast format adopted in the 1950s was chosen not because it gave the highest picture quality but because it was compatible with existing black-and-white TV sets. Even 50 years later, replacing that suboptimal format with the digital HDTV standard has been slow going.
These stories imply a certain mental model of technological evolution. When a new product category appears, there's an initial free-for-all period, in which diverse ideas compete on a more-or-less equal basis. But multiple alternatives cannot co-exist indefinitely. Eventually one technology becomes dominant—for whatever reason—and all others are driven out. A latecomer to the market has little hope of breaking in.
The trouble with this neat formulation is that counterexamples are as easy to find as examples. If it were true that an established technology could never be dislodged from its niche, we would still be listening to vinyl LP records. If competing technologies could never co-exist, we would not have three incompatible standards for cellular telephones in the U.S., with a fourth standard prevalent elsewhere. It appears that some technologies remain fluid over long periods, whereas others freeze solid early in their history. How do we tell them apart? What is it about audio recording that has allowed such a profusion of media (wax cylinders, 78s, 45s, 33s, eight-track cartridges, cassette tapes, CDs, MP3s), while keyboards have remained steadfastly faithful to qwerty? Perhaps close examination of specific cases and circumstances would explain these discrepancies, but I don't see much hope for a simple, predictive theory of technological evolution.
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The nut is coming back for a week!!!
Im going to be in "Bountiful" from March 15-19 (we leave for home on the 19th.
Anyways... would anyone be interested in meeting for a lunch or anything? Id hate to go to Salt Lake and miss out on seeing some Scrap Girls while im there!!
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Aw, why don't you ever come my way, Angela?
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I grew up and have family in SLC .... no family in NC .... maybe someday we will get to have lunch together Sara!!
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I hope so, Angela! North Carolina is a great place to visit though!
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I don't think he'll amount to much, but it does get an amazing amount of public attention for his TV shows.
Here's what I think is going on with someone like Trump. It isn't him. It isn't even his policies (such as they are.) It's his bluntness.
I think everyone is looking for the Anti-Obama. Someone who is frank, unscripted, unpolished, even someone who is not that attractive (hence the hair!).
Americans are looking for a leader who appears to like America, one who doesn't apologize for who we are and where we came from. Folks are appalled that their President abased himself (and by extension us) before a midget, puke potentate.
They'd like a leader who doesn't act like he's heading up a faculty committee, whose usual approach to a problem is appointing another "Blue-Ribbon Commission". For good or ill, whether we agree or not, we'd like a President whose policies have some sort of "unified field theory" and don't seem random and feckless.
This is why you see people who admire Chris Christy, Allen West (who actually grew up black...) and Herman Caine (who also grew up black) or Marco Rubio or John Bolton. These are people with resumes and accomplishments, men whose measure we can actually take.
I don't go for Trump, but I can see why he appeals to folks right now. (At least he can pay for his own parties and concerts.)
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What's Marilyn Monroe doing in a science book?
Marilyn Monroe was a famous movie star, even a superstar. Movie stars shine brightly — and in some cases, as with Marilyn, die young. Stars also shine brightly, then die. Their power, like that of an atom bomb, comes from nuclear fusion.
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The Sun is Earth's major source of energy, yet the planet only receives a small portion of its energy. The Sun is just an ordinary star. Many stars produce much more energy than the Sun. The energy source for all stars is nuclear fusion.
Nuclear Fusion
Stars are made mostly of hydrogen and helium, which are packed so densely in a star that in the star's center the pressure is great enough to initiate nuclear fusion reactions. In a nuclear fusion reaction, the nuclei of two atoms combine to create a new atom. Most commonly, in the core of a star, two hydrogen atoms fuse to become a helium atom. Although nuclear fusion reactions require a lot of energy to get started, once they are going they produce enormous amounts of energy (Figure below).
A thermonuclear bomb is an uncontrolled fusion reaction in which enormous amounts of energy are released.
In a star, the energy from fusion reactions in the core pushes outward to balance the inward pull of gravity. This energy moves outward through the layers of the star until it finally reaches the star's outer surface. The outer layer of the star glows brightly, sending the energy out into space as electromagnetic radiation, including visible light, heat, ultraviolet light, and radio waves (Figure below).
A diagram of a star like the Sun.
Particle Accelerators
In particle accelerators, subatomic particles are propelled until they have attained almost the same amount of energy as found in the core of a star (Figure below). When these particles collide head-on, new particles are created. This process simulates the nuclear fusion that takes place in the cores of stars. The process also simulates the conditions that allowed for the first helium atom to be produced from the collision of two hydrogen atoms in the first few minutes of the universe.
The SLAC National Accelerator Lab in California can propel particles a straight 2 mi (3.2 km).
The CERN Particle Accelerator presented in this video is the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator. The accelerator can boost subatomic particles to energy levels that simulate conditions in the stars and in the early history of the universe before stars formed.
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Yes very similar to a the yarn and egg fly imiations used for trout, steelhead, salmon. Since I don't use these much any more (except when I am desparate for a fish encounter) I can justify using the many in the fly books, yes for carp. Suckers also take these readily.
Thanks, and keep us posted on your continued research.
Don't give up on the hex nymph pattern either, its a go to general nymph imitation for many fresh water species.
Yarn Berry Fly (Egg Fly?) for Carp
I've recently had some incredible success catching carp on these flies. I've been referring to them as "berry" flies, but I guess they are actually the same as (or similar to) the yarn egg fly patterns that are used for trout and salmon. I'm not sure if the carp actually think they are berries since there were no real berries in evidence where I was fishing. The carp were hitting these flies while they were sinking, drifting or just sitting on the bottom (sometimes I would move the fly a bit to get their attention). Even the swimming carp were turning to inspect the fly and sometimes eat it. Here's how I make them, but other methods and materials would probably work just as well.
Hook: #12 short shank. I only had light wire hooks. Heavy duty hooks with a wider gap may be better.
Thread: white or colored to match body.
Body: purple and orange or white yarn. I used Needloft Plastic Canvas Yarn, but any type would probably work. These have purple near the hook bend and orange or white near the hook eye to increase visibility. I've also caught fish on solid orange flies. Other colors would probably work too.
Crush barb of hook. Wrap hook shank with thread. Lash a small strip of lead to the hook shank to add weight if desired. Cut a few 3/4" to 1" pieces of yarn. I use 4 or 5 pieces per fly. Unravel and fluff a strip of yarn to separate the fibers, and then tie the fibers onto the shank as if you were spinning deer hair. I make a couple turns of thread, then fold the fibers back and make a couple more turns. Work from the hook bend forward, tying in one bunch of yarn at a time, then tie off and cement the thread. Trim the fibers to the desired shape, making them short enough on the bottom so they don't block the hook point and prevent hookups.
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shite I may be adding myself to the list unless the 720 blows me away which I doubt.
Ive had a windows phone since 2011. I'm stick of this tiles bull shite
I don't need win8. I don't need whatever "extra" bull shite is thrown on the Xbox 720 os. I just need games and friends.
MS needs to impress and I'm one of the biggest ms fanbois there is
Sony Computer Entertainment Japan President Hiroshi Kawano has revealed to 4Gamer that even he hasn't seen the finished system, and he only saw the DualShock 4 the day before it went on stage.
Whatever the PS4 looks like in the end, we know it won't support the DualShock 3. Perpetual font of wisdom (and Worldwide Studios President) Shuhei Yoshida has warned that the PlayStation Move is the only controller making the leap to the next generation.
existing game library won't play on the PS4 as-is.
Nothing surprising there besides the exec not seeing it.
Well the fanboys are excited about backwards capability, but from different articles, it sounds like you will have to repurchase games you already own. Unless I'm misunderstanding it?
"I don't have good communication with anyone at Microsoft right now, but all our technical people like the PS4 specs a lot more than the leaked Durango specs, and we like the positioning of the PS4 (its about games) more than what we perceive Microsofts positioning is going to be."
Tretton also talked a bit about how Sony didn't actually show what the hardware itself looked like. "I can promise you that it will be plastic, it won't be triangle shaped or round. You'll see the box in due time."
Unless something awful happens, I don't see how people don't end up with every console. There's always more than enough to justify the purchase, imo.
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Five postwar Italian artists presented in the exhibition galleries with an original selection of their works.
Lucio Fontana, Piero Dorazio, Enrico Castellani, Paolo Scheggi and Rodolfo Arico.
An exhibition narrative that looks afresh at the notion of Italian painting in the period of the waning of the Art informel, evident in the career of a master such as Fontana.
The other artists, deploying an emerging pictorial language peculiar to the 60s, offer an international audience a rich vein of Italian creativity, predicated on a new concept of the art of painting, that proposed the chromatic and symbolic force of the monochrome as in both visual and conceptual terms.
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Lovely: Still more health insurers warning about increasing premiums
posted at 11:21 am on March 22, 2013 by Erika Johnsen
Health insurers are privately warning brokers that premiums for many individuals and small businesses could increase sharply next year because of the health-care overhaul law, with the nation's biggest firm projecting that rates could more than double for some consumers buying their own plans. …
UnitedHealth Group, the nation's largest carrier, and other health insurers said premiums for some individuals and small businesses could rise. …
Insurers are "not being shy that premiums are going to increase in 2014," and are urging brokers to "brace our clients," said John Lacy, vice president of group benefits at Bouchard Insurance, a brokerage in Clearwater, Fla. His firm has been hearing from carrier representatives that individual premiums in Florida could go up 35% to 50%, on average, and small-business rates around 30%, though it hopes to find strategies to blunt the impact. …
An official with Blue Cross & Blue Shield of North Carolina told a gathering of brokers last week that individual premiums could go up by as much as 40% to 50%, according to brokers who were present. A spokeswoman for the insurer said "we don't have final numbers" yet on premiums.
Honestly, you have to wonder: Was the Obama administration and the Democratic Congress actually convinced that ObamaCare was going to be the health care system's saving grace, rather than its undoing, or did they just say whatever they needed to say to get the dang thing passed? Who could have sincerely failed to see these market interferences and cost increases coming?
As Krauthammer put it last night, it really would've been better if they had dropped the charade about really trying to preserve the private health care system in the first place and been a little more intellectually honest (but then, of course, the law probably wouldn't have passed, so, wash). I don't want to underestimate Team Obama, because who knows what masterfully manipulative campaign strategy they'll think up next, but this is one of the reasons I'm skeptical about their odds to defy history in 2014 and beat the six-year itch: Maybe the full effects of ObamaCare still won't be widespread by November 2014, but if the system has started to implode by then and more people are seeing the consequences… If just the idea of ObamaCare was bad enough to inspire the 2010 Republican wave, it's implementation could be even worse in terms of rallying public opinion. 2014 anti-ObamaCare redux?
And I think the other point that's emerging as it begins implementation with all these regulations is that those of us who claimed early on that it was nationalizing healthcare, even though it's disguised as still a private system, we were absolutely right. There will be hundreds of thousands of pages of regulations, obscure, arcane, written by the bureaucrats only understood by them, and also administered by them. As are the waivers. All the power is in the hand of the government now and it's an arbitrary one. People are going to discover that it is a system run out of Washington, it is not a private system. And I would say, if you're going to go that way go the way of the British. Do it honestly, openly and simply own it instead of this pretend private healthcare system.
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No4, of 4 so far, in series on Kruger National Park. To see series search for "kpseries".
On our last day in the Kruger park we came across these lions near Skukuza rest camp. Again the sun roof came in handy to gigapan wild life. The first gigapan of lions in the wild?
Lions live for around 10–14 years in the wild, while in captivity they can live over 20 years. In the wild, males seldom live longer than ten years as fights with rivals occasionally cause injuries. They typically inhabit savanna and grassland, although they may take to bush and forest. Lions are unusually social compared to other cats. A pride of lions consists of related females and offspring and a small number of adult males. Groups of female lions typically hunt together, preying mostly on large ungulates. The lion is an apex and keystone predator, although they will scavenge if the opportunity arises. While lions do not typically hunt humans selectively, some have been known to become man-eaters and seek human prey.—Wikipedia—
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By Scott Reid
We will jump off the fiscal cliff on Jan. 1 if Congress doesn't do something. We have been climbing a mountain of prosperity in part due to the Bush-era tax cuts that have put more money in the pockets of U.S. citizens. They have spent that money on goods and services, and our economy has grown.
We also have climbed this mountain of prosperity because government spending on goods and services has grown significantly over the years. But if more money is going into our pockets so we can spend it, where is the government getting its money?
Of course, the government can't be shackled by the fact it's getting less money because of the tax cuts, especially when it has the ability to print money and it has so many things it would like to do. So this mountain of prosperity is built not only with increased production, but with a good bit of government debt as well.
The scary thing is that the Bush-era tax cuts are due to expire, meaning that the private sector will have less money to spend on goods and services to bolster our economy. At the same time, the government is due to enact mandatory spending cuts, which means it, too, will have less money to spend on goods and services to bolster our economy. So what is going to happen to our fragile economy with all this money taken from the system? Well, that's what the fiscal cliff worry is all about.
It's not all bad. If the government is going to tax more and spend less, then it makes sense that it would put that extra money against our deficit and we will reduce it at a faster rate. I believe that strategy would be a good thing because we all know that the deficit is out of hand.
But in my opinion, this has become much too big a problem to fix with tough love. I think we need some tough love, but what happens to the unemployment rate in this country if we take too much money out of the system? That is the money we need for jobs growth, as well as economic growth. Right now companies are still trying to make money with as little investment in human capital as possible. There has to be some faith that this economy is growing before we will see substantial gains in employment numbers.
So we have one group that wants to tax the people and spend that money through the government. Then we have another group that want to take money away from the government and let the private sector bail us out of this mess. How are we going to make this work? We better find a way to make some compromises on both sides and find something that can move us forward.
A lot of politicians give a lot of lip service to that idea. If there was ever a time to put that lip service into action, this would be it. The fiscal cliff isn't the problem. The problem is that we may not have a Congress willing to do what needs to be done.
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Description The Labrador Sulphur (Colias nastes) is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. In Europe, it is found in the North of Norway and Sweden and on rare occasions in Northern Finland. It is also found in North America, specifically in Alaska, Canada, and the Rocky Mountains, Washington, Montana and on Greenland. In Asia, it is found in the Altai Mountains, the border regions of Russia, China, Mongolia, Kazachstan, the Sayan mountains, the North of Siberia, and in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
The wingspan is 31–45 mm. The butterfly flies in May to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Astragalus species, especially Astragalus alpinus and Astragalus frigidus. In North America it is also recorded on Trifolium repens and possibly Vaccinium species.
Dimensions 1 1/8-1 5/8" (28-41 mm).
Habitat Alpine & subalpine habitats, Arctic habitats.
Range Western Canada, Alaska, Eastern Canada.


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KathyChung, Thursday July 28, 2011 - 1:56pm
I'm ba-ack! Did you miss me? I was offline for a couple of weeks of holidays. Now that I'm home, the weather is finally starting to hint at being summer-like here at SiWC Central, and for the first time this year, I'm writing a blog post on the patio under a clear blue sky. Lovely!
Registration has been going swimmingly. August 7 will mark two months since we opened our doors, so I'm going to celebrate, because I can, with a book draw. I'll pull a random name or two from the list of everyone who's registered by the end of day on August 7. If you're already on the list, you're in. The sooner your register, the more chances you'll get to have a free book added to your registration package.
Finally for today, I'm so pleased to be able to introduce you to terrific agent Elizabeth Wales, who'll be joining us for SiWC this year.
Elizabeth Wales of Wales Literary Agency, Inc. represents writers of narrative nonfiction and quality mainstream fiction. The Agency currently represents more than 60 award winning clients, including Dan Savage, It Gets Better, NY Times Bestseller; Lyanda Haupt, Crow Planet; Bill Streever, COLD (front cover NYBR); Carol Kaesuk Yoon, Naming Nature, Finalist LA Times Book Award; Jean Hegland, Into The Forest… Mediabistro has called the Agency "…a discerning Seattle outfit…" Wales is from New York and worked in publishing there. She is a member of the Association of Authors Representatives (AAR), Pacific Northwest Writers, and Authors Guild. You can read more about her on her website at www.waleslit.com. Welcome, Elizabeth!
If you've already booked your agent appointment, but think Elizabeth is the perfect fit for you, email me soon while slots are still available and we'll make the change for you. As always, I'm available at kathychung at siwc dot ca.
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WAHAHA Japanese Language School in Fukuoka is committed to teaching Japanese that can be used naturally in everyday life. Our Japanese classes do not focus on grammar alone, but also encourage awareness of correct usage situations and speaking styles. In addition, WAHAHA's small class sizes enable instructors to actively communicate with all students, resulting in an enjoyable Japanese learning experience.
We offer Japanese Language Courses designed to help you achieve your dreams in Japan. We are located in the Tenjin area of Fukuoka, the center of business, economy, administration, transportation, and culture of Kyushu Island.
At WAHAHA, we are proud to have a students' attendance rate of about 98%. The teachers work hard to provide curricula that fit each student's study goal. As a result, everyone is eager to learn and works hard to accomplish his/her goals and our students are thrilled with their achievements through our short-term lessons.
Things that only small schools like WAHAHA could do
WAHAHA is proud to be a smaller-sized Japanese school in Fukuoka and therefore be able to maintain a cozy, friendly and family-like atmosphere. Not only does it allow us to be more flexible and focus on each of our student's needs, but we are also committed to:
1. Provide the best learning environment. Students come from different countries, with different occupations and are at various ages. However, everyone is eager to learn. WAHAHA provides the best learning environment for each student to accomplish his/her goal.
2. Divide lessons into different levels. We do not put students with different level of Japanese proficiency into the same class and because of that, sometimes students get one on one lessons even though they sign up for group lessons. The usual group lessons are small as well, consisting 2~3 students at a time.
3. Communicate with students. We understand the importance of counseling and we communicate with each student on a constant basis to help solving learning problems.
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We say si to these six takes on the Italian classic. From coffee and caramel to red wine and figs, panna cotta proves to be a versatile dessert to suit all palettes.
These four desserts have one thing in common – Anzac biscuits.
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The Royal Horseguards hotel - Bonfire Night
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Remember, remember the fifth of November... Make sure you celebrate Bonfire Night in style at a spectacular London display. We'll have details of 2010 Bonfire Night Fireworks displays in London here closer to the time.
Bonfire Night is also known as Fireworks Night or Guy Fawkes Night. It's a British tradition dating back to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, when Catholic conspiritor Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament and King James I.
Stay at The Royal Horseguards hotel in London and experience the Bonfire Night!
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Sin Tax Wars! 60.9% of all smokes in NY go untaxed
posted at 8:31 am on January 19, 2013 by Jazz Shaw
With all the nonsense that's been going on in the Empire State of late – especially the Governor's successful gun rantings – I'd begun to worry that New York was doomed for mediocrity. But for better or worse, you just can't keep the government of this state down. If we can't lead in freedom, prosperity or employment, we can at least be the capital of piracy. (Cigarette smuggling piracy, that is.)
The Midland, Mich.-based Mackinac Center has released smuggling reports in 2006 and 2009, in addition to its most recent report covering 2011. In 2006, the Mackinac Center estimated that New York had the fifth highest smuggling rate in the country as 35.81%. In 2008, New York's state excise tax on cigarettes nearly doubled, going from $1.50 to $2.75 per pack. In the Mackinac Center's 2009 report, New York rose to number two on the list, with a smuggling rate of 47.35%. State excise taxes rose again in 2010, going from $2.75 to the state's current $4.35. Not surprisingly, the 190% increase in state excise taxes from 2006 through 2011 catapulted New York to its title as the most smuggled state.
But this still leaves a pressing question. Where are all of these smokes coming from? It's not as if Al Gore's global warming has suddenly turned New York into a great place to grow tobacco. According to another analysis, the largest (illegal) exporter of cigarettes to the Big Apple was New Hampshire. How could that happen?
New Hampshire had the highest share of its cigarettes — 26.8 percent — smuggled out of the state. The state cut its tax rate in 2011 by 10 cents to $1.68, still slightly higher than the national average. But it is surrounded by states with much higher tax rates. In Massachusetts, for example, the tax was $2.51 per pack.
If it was easier to get large quantities of cigarettes from a place like Tennessee to New York, that's where they would be coming from. (You can find Marlboros there for under five bucks a pack today, all taxes included.) But New Hampshire is closer, so their retailers reap the benefits. Meanwhile, Governor Cuomo's state continues to bleed out cash, thinking that just one more tax hike will finally make the difference and put us back in the black.
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By Dimitra DeFotis
The market on Black Friday posted some red ink.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged just below its new record high reached Wednesday. The Dow fell 10.92 points, or 0.07% to 16086.41 on Friday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index, which also hit a new record high Wednesday, fell 1.42 points, or 0.08%, to 1805.81.
The NASDAQ Composite Index rose 15.14 points, or 0.37%, to 4059.89.
Thanksgiving day online sales hit $1 billion for the first time, according to an Adobe analysis of 180 million visits to more than 1,000 U.S. retail websites. But more broadly, it's starting to feel like Thanksgiving sales are more tricky to measure with each passing year, given promotions extending across the week and into Cyber Monday.
Retail analysts offered their typical anecdotal confirmation of trends, with visits to retailers. Writes Jharonne Martis, director of consumer research at Thomson Reuters:
"Anecdotally, this Black Friday has seen a decrease in mall traffic … When looking at the earnings growth rates for the holiday season for the 129 retailers tracked by Thomson Reuters, Internet retailers are on top" with fourth quarter earnings growth of nearly 31% projected, followed by 23% for department stores. Thomson projects retail apparel earnings will decline nearly 2%, and discount retailers' earnings will flatline.
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Focus on Miramar PinelandBicycle Month ReturnsThe Renaissance, RevisitedFind Excitement – At a Broward County Water ParkWater of LifeSpring Break AlternativesFind the StarsListen To LearnFind Culture – At Tradewinds Park's Butterfly WorldTurning on the CharmFor a Good CauseAn Award-Winning PartnershipAdvisory Board NoticeQuote of the MonthSpecial AttractionsMission StatementYour Opinion Counts!SWIM CentralBroward County Board of County Commissioners
Upon its March opening, Miramar Pineland will be one of the most diverse sites in the Broward County Parks and Recreation Division: part regional park, part nature center, and part natural area. At approximately 157 acres, it is a unique combination of scrubby flatwoods to the north and restored wetlands and associated prairie to the south. Its slash pine forest, in the northern half, is one of the largest intact resources of its kind in the county. The two distinct vegetative communities are separated by fairly deep ravines that were cut when the site was once popular with off-road-vehicle enthusiasts.
The land that would eventually become Miramar Pineland was platted in 1908 by the Everglades Sugar and Land Co., which was owned by Robert Parsell Davie (future namesake of the Town of Davie) and the Colorado sugar tycoon J.R. McKinney. As with much of the Everglades, this land was purchased from the state's Internal Improvement Fund, established in 1855 to distribute wetlands to anyone willing to drain and farm them.
Sugar was never actually farmed on the site, however, which was used instead for cattle farming when the tract later came under the ownership of Royal Dairy Farms. The bare remains of a long-gone windmill and a concrete trough linger as reminders of the property's previous grazing activities.
The site has been greatly transformed over the last century. As part of the historical headwaters of the Snake Creek, it was once covered with typical Everglades vegetation, including sawgrass and clumps of bayhead tree islands. It was also connected to an active Seminole canoe route that flowed east to settlements along the Atlantic Ocean and west to the Big Cypress area of the Everglades. With the onset of the drainage, however, the site shifted into a drier pineland community, characterized by large, sprawling pines that date back 70 to 80 years.
The grazing cattle also affected the landscape, keeping it fairly open and restricting the spread of the pines and other canopy species, as well as prohibiting the growth of a thick understory. It's also likely that new grasses for cattle feed were introduced, and ranchers might have pulled up vegetation such as saw palmetto to keep the understory clear for the cattle.
Of the site's original 97.62 acres, almost 70 were purchased from the Estate of Emil Morton in 1989, through the Environmentally Sensitive Lands Bond Issue acquisition program; the remaining 27.64 acres were donated. Additional acreage was acquired in 2001, using a combination of funds from the 2000 Safe Parks and Land Preservation Bond program and grants from the Florida Communities Trust (FCT). The City of Miramar was a partner in the FCT project.
Since its purchase the land has had debris removed from it, and initial treatment and removal of exotic invasive plants has been completed, with the site now regularly monitored for exotics and treated again as needed. A slash pine forest with limited understory, grassy meadows, and bare sandy spots occupy a low ridge rising above the adjacent terrain in the northern portion of the area. The southern half of the site is a remnant sandy slough from the Snake Creek drainage system.
Amenities at the park include a pineland trail, a wetland boardwalk, a playground, a splash pad, and picnic areas (including rental shelters). A future interpretive center will include an assembly hall, interpretive displays, restrooms, and office and storage space.
Miramar Pineland was placed on the Urban Wilderness Inventory in 1996. The park is accessible via Broward County Transit's University Breeze line.
When a week's worth of events proved popular with the public, the organizers of Bicycle Week opted to expand it to Bicycle Month in 2008. Bicycle Month 2013 now includes dozens of programs and events from March 1 through 31. The purposes of this special month are to promote bicycle safety and education; to provide leisure and recreational bicycling opportunities for all ages and abilities; and to offer competitive/challenging cycling opportunities throughout Broward County within both the public and the private sectors.
Bicycle Month 2013 is made possible by Broward County, along with Broward B-cycle, the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization, CycleMobility, the Florida Department of Transportation, the Florida Velodrome Association, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, the South Florida Bike Coalition, and South Florida Commuter Services. Together these organizations have committed to hosting bicycle rodeos, recreational rides, bike-to-work challenges, nature bike hikes, lunchtime rides, bicycle scavenger hunts, and tandem rides for the visually impaired. Times, fees, locations, and registration requirements vary. Our Website features a calendar detailing the month's activities
Each year the Florida Renaissance Festival brings a taste of the Renaissance to Quiet Waters Park, and this year the celebration marks its 21st anniversary. Visiting kings and queens will all claim land for their respective countries, and the festival's makeshift village will be packed with artisans and crafts people selling and demonstrating their wares, not to mention rides, nearly a dozen stages featuring continuous entertainment, and hearty food and drink of the time.
The festival, now at roughly its midway point, runs from 10 a.m. to sunset on Saturdays and Sundays through March 17. Admission is $20 for ages 12 and up, $7 for ages 6 to 11, and free for ages 5 and under. Group rates are also available. The park's regular weekend and holiday gate entrance fee of $1.50 per person (children 5 and under free) will also be in effect.
For additional information, call Quiet Waters at 954-357-5100 or the festival at 954-776-1642, or visit ren-fest.com. The park is accessible via Broward County Transit Routes #14 and #48.
Our four aquatics facilities reopen for the season this month. From Friday, March 22 through Sunday, March 31, the following water parks will be open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5:20 p.m.: Paradise Cove at C.B. Smith Park; Tropical Splash at Central Broward Regional Park & Stadium; Splash Adventure at Quiet Waters Park; and Castaway Island at T.Y.(Topeekeegee Yugnee) Park. The water parks will be open the same hours on Saturdays and Sundays only throughout the month of April. Sessions will not be in effect in March and April. Details on the schedule from May through September are available on our water park Web page.
For water park fees and additional information, call C.B. Smith at 954-357-5170, Central Broward Regional at 954-357-5400, Quiet Waters at 954-357-5100, or T.Y. at 954-357-8811. C.B. Smith is accessible via Broward County Transit Routes #3, #5, #7, #23, and 95 Express; Central Broward Regional via Routes #18, #36, #40, and #81; Quiet Waters via Routes #14 and #48; and T.Y. via Routes #3, #12, and #17.
Water is an integral component of the quality of life to both residents and visitors alike in Broward County. This month two major events in parks attest to the importance water holds in our lives, in terms of both recreation and daily life.
The first event that will focus on water quality and conservation is Water Matters Day, scheduled for Saturday, March 9, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Tree Tops Park. Now in its 11th year, the county's signature water event – this year's theme is "Preserve. Protect. Conserve." – educates residents on what they can do to protect our drinking-water supplies. Among the relevant topics covered will be water conservation techniques, smart irrigation, and native landscaping.
This family-oriented event features live music, educational booths and exhibits, giveaways (including native plants), hands-on activities, children's workshops, and more. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. The Broward County Board of County Commissioners, Broward Workshop, the School Board of Broward County, and the South Florida Water Management District partner for the event.
Admission to Water Matters Day is free, although Tree Tops' regular weekend and holiday gate entrance fee of $1.50/person (children 5 and under free) will be in effect. For more information, visit broward.org/watermatters.
Then, from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 16, the county's largest environmental event, the 36th annual Waterway Cleanup, returns to Broward. The event, with the theme "Where Blue Meets Green," is organized by the Marine Industries Association of South Florida (MIASF) in cooperation with civil, public, and private partners to promote environmental awareness and responsibility. This year more than two dozen sites will participate, including the Anne Kolb Nature Center, Franklin Park and Reverend Samuel Delevoe neighborhood parks, Markham Park, and Secret Woods Nature Center.
Last year the event attracted more than 2,000 volunteers to work at waterfront locations and on floating sites on the Intracoastal Waterway. Approximately 20 tons of trash and debris was collected from the county's roughly 300 miles of navigable waterways, canals, and shorelines.
Participants should wear clothes that they don't mind getting dirty, as well as gloves and shoes. Sunscreen, sunglasses, hats, and drinking water are also recommended. For more information, call MIASF at 954-524-2733, visit waterwaycleanup.com, or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Anne Kolb is accessible via Broward County Transit Route #12; Franklin via Routes #11, #36, and #40; Delevoe via Routes #11 and #40; Markham via Route #23; and Secret Woods via Route #6.
Don't let your spring-breaker squander all his or her time when there are other possibilities out there. Young horse enthusiasts, for example, can participate in the Spring Break Equestrian Camp at Tradewinds Park & Stables. The camp, for ages 9 to 16, runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily from Monday, March 25 through Thursday, March 28, and the cost is $75 per day, with a sibling discount available for $50 per day. Florida sales tax will be added.
Instruction includes breeds and colors of horses; anatomy of the horse; appropriate riding equipment, tack, and general care of the horse in the show ring and on the trails; nutrition and feeding; and horse care – routine, preventive, and therapeutic maintenance. Children must provide their own lunches and snacks. Long pants and closed-toe shoes are required, and participants should also bring a hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, and a towel. Preregistration is required, and fees must be paid and a release and waiver of liability completed and signed at the time of registration. For more information, call the park at 954-357-8870.
Or you could take your kid(s) on a camping trip without going far from home. At the Rent-a-Tent/Tepee Campground at Quiet Waters Park, all you have to bring is your camping gear – each campsite has a platform tent or tepee already set up and ready to move into. Each site has water, electricity, a picnic table, a grill, and a fire ring. Other park amenities nearby include mountain bike trails, a marina with boat rentals, lakes for fishing, and Ski Rixen USA cable water-skiing. For fees and additional information, call the park at 954-357-5100.
Hollywood may turn out every year for the Academy Awards, but another kind of star – the heavenly kind – inhabits the South Florida sky every night. And every quarter the South Florida Amateur Astronomers Association (SFAAA) gets together at Fern Forest Nature Center to discuss all things astronomical.
The free program is called An Evening With the Stars, and the latest installment starts at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 15. Speakers will cover basic telescope techniques and general astronomy information. For more details, call Fern Forest at 954-357-5198. The nature center is accessible via Broward County Transit Routes #31 and #42.
The SFAAA also opens the Fox Observatory at Markham Park every Saturday evening, weather permitting, from dusk to midnight. For more information on the SFAAA, call 954-384-0442 or email email@example.com.
Learn all about "Cuttings" at this month's Propagation Lecture at Secret Woods Nature Center. This middle installment in the three-lecture series includes hands-on instruction in various techniques. The program is for ages 12 and up and runs $5/person (plus applicable Florida sales tax). For more information, call Secret Woods at 954-357-8884. The nature center is accessible via Broward County Transit Route #6.
Also concluding this month: the latest installment of the Lunch and Learn Nature Series, the lecture program that has been so popular at the Anne Kolb Nature Center. The final of three presentations, from noon to 2 p.m. on Friday, March 22, will be on the topic "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife of South Florida." The guest lecturer is Ricardo Zambrano, a wildlife biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Preregistration is required a week prior to the event. A $7 donation to the Friends of the Anne Kolb Nature Center volunteer group gets you in and gets you lunch. For more information, call Anne Kolb at 954-357-5161. The nature center is accessible via Broward County Transit Route #12.
Add a little culture to your life on Saturday, March 9, when Butterfly World at Tradewinds Park will host two concerts (at noon and 2 p.m.) by the Indiana Wesleyan University Chorale. The group's concerts consist of a diverse repertoire of music, including sacred classics, hymns, spirituals, and contemporary compositions. These shows, held in the Grand Plaza Concert Hall, are free with paid admission to Butterfly World, which runs $24.95 for ages 12 and up, $19.95 for ages 3 to 11, and free for 2 and under. For more information, call Butterfly World at 954-977-4434 or visit butterflyworld.com. Tradewinds Park's regular weekend and holiday gate entrance fee of $1.50/person (children 5 and under free) will also be in effect. The park is accessible via Broward County Transit Route #34.
Help your dog become a charmer by enrolling him or her in K-9 Charm School at Quiet Waters Park or T.Y. (Topeekeegee Yugnee) Park. Wednesday, March 6 is the registration deadline for group training classes, which get under way at Quiet Waters on Saturday, March 9, and at T.Y. on Sunday, March 10. Basic Dog Obedience runs from 9:20 to 10:20 a.m. on Saturdays at Quiet Waters and from 9:40 to 10:40 a.m. on Sundays at T.Y. Intermediate Dog Obedience runs from 8:15 to 9:15 a.m. on Saturdays at Quiet Waters and from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Sundays at T.Y. The five-week sessions cost $125 per dog/handler team. For more information, contact K-9 Charm School at 954-292-6894 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
In 2007 a South Florida girl named Kendra had just turned 4 when she died of a cancerous brain tumor. Two years later, the Kendra's Kisses Memorial 5K Run/Walk was launched as a fundraiser for the nonprofit Kendra Vermont Foundation, which provides social, emotional, and financial support to families and caregivers of children with cancer.
This year's event – the fifth annual – will start at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 24 at Markham Park. Early entry fees are $30 for ages 19 and up, $15 for ages 10 to 18; add $5 to that if you register on race day. Refreshments, food, and entertainment will be provided immediately following the event, and awards will be given in several categories.
For more information, visit the event Website, kendraskisses.org. Markham is accessible via Broward County Transit Route #23.
The Parks and Recreation Division recently bestowed its first Community Partnership Award on the YMCA of Broward County, in recognition of a variety of fitness programs for older adults and children that are being held in county parks. Funding for the programs is from a grant to the YMCA from the Jim Moran Foundation.
The Older Adult Fitness Program includes four key components: "EnhanceFitness" and "Living Healthy," both offered at Central Broward Regional Park & Stadium (954-357-5400); "Diabetes Self-Management," offered at Reverend Samuel Delevoe Park (954-791-1036); and "Matter of Balance," offered at Boulevard Gardens Community Center (954-497-1638).
YFit FEST, the children's program, adds Broward County Schools to the mix of partners. It launches on Saturday, March 2, from 10 a.m. to noon, at C.B. Smith Park (954-357-5170), with subsequent programs on Saturday, March 16 at T.Y. (Topeekeegee Yugnee) Park (954-357-8811) and on Saturday, April 6 at Quiet Waters Park (954-357-5100). The parks' regular weekend and holiday gate entrance fee of $1.50/person (children 5 and under free) will be in effect.
The public is invited to the next meeting of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, which is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. on Friday, March 1. The meeting will take place at Secret Woods Nature Center, 2701 W. State Rd. 84, Dania Beach 33312; 954-357-8884. More information is available here.
"The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done." – American politician Allard Lowenstein (1929-1980)
Airboat Rides (Everglades Holiday Park) – Batting Cages (AllGolf at C.B. Smith Park) – Bike America (Quiet Waters Park) – Butterfly World (Tradewinds Park & Stables) – Cable Water-Skiing (Ski Rixen USA at Quiet Waters Park) – Campgrounds (C.B. Smith Park, Easterlin Park, Markham Park & Target Range, Quiet Waters Park, T.Y. Park) – Dog Park (Barkham at Markham Park & Target Range) – Educational Farm (Tradewinds Park & Stables) – Exhibit Halls (Anne Kolb Nature Center at West Lake Park, Fern Forest Nature Center, Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center, Secret Woods Nature Center) – Golf Facilities (AllGolf at C.B. Smith Park) – Multipurpose Athletic Fields (Brian Piccolo Park & Velodrome, Central Broward Regional Park & Stadium, Tradewinds Park & Stables) – Observatory (Markham Park & Target Range) – Riding Stables (Tradewinds Park & Stables, Tree Tops Park) – Skate Park/Track (Brian Piccolo Park & Velodrome) – Target Range (Markham Park & Target Range) – Tennis Centers (Brian Piccolo Park & Velodrome, C.B. Smith Park) – Velodrome (Brian Piccolo Park & Velodrome) – Water Playgrounds/ Waterslides/Swimming (C.B. Smith Park, Central Broward Regional Park & Stadium, Quiet Waters Park, T.Y. Park)
The Parks and Recreation Division is dedicated to providing a countywide park system with diverse facilities and recreation opportunities, along with natural area conservation and research-based educational outreach, to enhance the well-being of residents, businesses, and visitors.
We'd like to know what you think about our programs and facilities. Please take a moment to tell us how we're doing by filling out this survey.
Broward County Commission's primary resource and referral service for available swim programs in cooperation with various cities and nonprofit organizations. Call 954-357-SWIM (7946).
Founded in February 1956 and accredited by the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies, Broward County Parks and Recreation Division manages almost 6,500 acres, encompassing nearly 50 regional parks and nature centers, neighborhood parks, and natural areas at various stages of development. Facilities include water parks, campgrounds, a target range, a stadium, a skate park, an observatory, mountain bike trails, an educational farm with stables, and a velodrome and other sports facilities. Hours and fees vary by location. For more information, visit broward.org/parks.
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations in order to participate in county programs, services, and activities must contact the Special Populations Section at 954-357-8170 or TTY 954-537-2844 at least 10 business days prior to the scheduled meeting or event to request an accommodation.
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HP struggled through its annual Scot Classic last weekend, posting a win in the opener but dropping the last t...Read more
B-Cr. Country: Scots 6th at state
ROUND ROCK - HP had a high hopes and a tall order in front of it Saturday at the UIL Championships. The Scots,...Read more
Team Tennis: Scots are golden again
HP made quick work of Boerne Champion at the UIL Championships, sweeping all seven doubles matches to roll to ...Read more
Team Tennis: HP advances, 10-0
HP swept through all seven doubles matches Friday, which made for an easier romp through singles play and a 10...Read more
B-Cr. Country: Scots win district meet
HP clipped Rockwall to win the District 10-4A Championships last Thursday, paced by their usual one-two punch ...Read more
Team Tennis: HP back at state tourney
HP had little trouble setting up another state title defense, sweeping through the Region II-4A Championships ...Read more
Team Tennis: HP sweeps district tourney
HP prepared for another run at the team tennis state championship on Friday by winning the District 10-4A Cham...Read more
Hockey: Scots 2-1 in preseason tourney
HP's hockey team opened its season by winning two of three games last weekend at the AT&T Metroplex Hockey Pre...Read more
B-Cr. Country: Galvin paces HP in 2nd
Matt Galvin, Philip Todd and Ben Clapp each scored top-11 finishes Saturday to help HP place second competing ...Read more
Team Tennis: Scots roll past Wylie
The Scots' tennis team wrapped another dominant win Tuesday, earning their second consecutive shutout win and ...Read more
Team Tennis: HP sweeps Wylie East
It wasn't quite a sweep as the headline suggests. But it came as close as it can be to one, as the Scots only ...Read more
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Trip Start May 24, 2007
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-Fly into Hong Kong (I like it already!)
-Take the train to Shenzhen to fly out.
-Spend a couple days in Guangzhou.
-Then head to the Guilin area in Guangxi, visit scenic areas of Guilin, Yangshuo, Longsheng
-From here the usual route is into Yunnan, but since I've already been there I would head to Guiyang, capital of Guizhou province.
-From Guiyang it's possible to visit several scenic attractions such as Dragon Palace Cave and Huangguoshu Waterfall, the largest waterfall in Asia. Also Guizhou is home to over 30 minority groups including the Miao, Buyi and Dong.
-From here a random add-on would be to go to Changsha, capital of Hunnan province, or just go back to Guangdong.
-total time: 10-12 days, plus desired time in Hong Kong
Trip 2
-Start in Chengdu, and take the bus to see the giant Buddha in Leshan (since we missed it last time in Sichuan)
-Move to Chongqing and hop on a Yangtze cruise
-3 or 4 days on the Yangtze, ending in Wuhan probably
-Next go to Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) in Anhui province, spend 1 or 2 nights on the summit and a day in Tunxi old town.
-Nanjing for a couple days
-Optional stop in Suzhou or Hangzhou
-End up in Shanghai, this would be a good trip to coincide with the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai-total time: 12-14 days, plus time in Shanghai
If there is any reason to go back to Beijing for business, a nice long-weekend trip in the summer would be horseback riding in Innner Mongolia. Or in the winter or spring, skiing in Harbin. Or a weekend trip Qingdao; there will be a high-speed train from Beijing to Qingdao installed for the Olympics.
So who's ready to go to China? Some people think I'm a little obsessed, but if you've ever been to China, you would understand the attraction.


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Track In mud, hindprint 3/4" (19 mm) long, with 5 toes printing; foreprint 1/2" (13 mm) long, with 4 toes printing. Hindprints ahead of foreprints; distance between individual walking prints approximately 1 3/4 3" (4575 mm).
Sign Large house of sticks, cactus parts, and other debris under cactus or other plant. Nest, inside house, 610" (1525 cm) in diameter. Well-worn trails leading from house.


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New Berlin - With the New Berlin School Board expressing no interest Monday in pursing a couple of fairly drastic changes at the middle/high schools, development of a facilities maintenance plan that will affect schools for decades can proceed.
One of those potential changes was whether the district would move from two middle/high schools to one middle school and one high school. The other potential change was sharing sports and co-curricular activities with some being at one school and the others at the other school or whether each middle/high school would keep its own sports teams with their own athletic fields. Both these ideas had kicked around for a while and both have implications for facilities planning, said Roger Dickson, chief financial and operating officer.
He said he didn't expect any changes Monday but just wanted to be sure so that no time or resources would be lost. The preliminary maintenance plan carries a price tag of $22.6 million to $32.6 million, although Dickson said he would never bring $32.6 million of projects to the board.
There was strong support Monday for keeping the combined middle/high school setup.
The district looked at the arrangement four years ago and found no reason to change, board member Art Marquardt said.
Member Keith Hastings also observed that in the long debate over closing Glen Park Elementary School, it became clear that the majority of parents like it the way it is.
The board also supported keeping the sports teams and clubs where they are.
This was of lesser importance from a facilities standpoint, Dickson acknowledged. There will still be room to make moves to gain efficiencies, even if the board now supports the status quo for planning purposes.
"This does not paint us into a corner," he said.
A third question that Dickson only two weeks ago had intended to ask the board is whether it wants to study going in with the city on building a class A athletic facility. But that idea was only in the most preliminary stages and Dickson didn't even inquire about it Monday.
Once he gets solid cost estimates, Dickson also said he wanted to be sure the board supports a frank discussion of project costs and benefits, without their evaluations being blurred by tricks that some boards use. They borrow for projects just when previous debts are paid off, so it looks like the new project costs nothing. He called it playing games with taxpayers.
But the board agreed that evaluating the projects on their own merits is the path to take. If the board decides to go ahead, then he will structure the debt so it has the least impact on taxpayers, Dickson said.
Dickson said he hoped to have a detailed plan to the School Board in January.
Public input would be sought in February through April, a preliminary School Board decision would be made in June, public comment from July through September and then a decision would be made on whether to go ahead, Dickson said.
There is some urgency for the district to move forward to get a start on its list of millions of dollars of maintenance projects, Dickson said, noting that historically low interest rates may not last much longer.


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By Brandon Speck/NEMS Daily Journal
Itawamba AHS 4-star ATH Ashton Shumpert committed to Mississippi State on Thursday. Shumpert confirmed his commitment to the Daily Journal via text.
The 6-foot-1, 210-pound running back/safety was named Daily Journal Offensive Player of the Year after posting 1,796 yards on 153 carries for Indians (12-1). He missed the first three games of the season.
Shumpert was also named Gatorade Mississippi Player of the Year, Division 1-4A Player of the Year and First Team All-State.


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For extensive control over image-making, in-camera RAW (DNG) image processing is available as well as HDR shooting capabilities. For expediting control over the most oft-used functions of the K-50, both the front and rear e-dials are customizable and can be programmed to control an array of exposure settings and camera functions. For creatively modifying imagery in-camera, a variety of filters, scene modes, and auto modes are available to enhance the look and feel of imagery prior to post-processing. In addition to the range of automatic camera settings, traditional manual shooting modes are also available, such as program, shutter-priority, aperture-priority, sensitivity-priority, and manual.
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Included with the K-50 camera body is the smc Pentax-DA L 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6AL WR lens, which provides a 35mm-equivalent focal length of 27.0-82.5mm, covering wide-angle to portrait-length perspectives to suit working in a wide variety of situations. The lens construction integrates aspherical elements to help minimize chromatic aberration as well as improve image sharpness. An SP (Super Protect) coating has been applied to elements to help repel dust, water, and grease and the lens body is constructed to the same weather-resistant standards as the K-50 for use in inclement conditions.
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Diabetes is a great challenge in the developing world. Many children and adolescents with diabetes die quickly or are chronically unwell due to lack of availability of quality care. Education of children and their families is essential so they can understand what diabetes is and live a healthy and full life. Likewise, health professionals need resources and training to provide quality care.
One of the key activities of the IDF Life for a Child Programme (LFAC) is making education materials on diabetes in children and adolescents more widely available. The LFAC online education resources section currently features materials in 12 languages, from a variety of sources, that are freely available for download.
Education resources in Marathi have just been added, courtesy of the The Nityaasha Foundation in Pune, India