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Hotel de Paris Museum in Georgetown open for summer
May 31, 2012
The National Historic Trust site the Hotel de Paris Museum in Georgetown opens to the public today for its 57th season.
The legendary hotel of Frenchman Louis Dupuy dates to the silver mining boom of the region, when it served as a first-class French restaurant, showroom for traveling salesmen and luxurious hotel during the Gilded Age. The site is owned and operated by The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Colorado.
New this year, guests are allowed to touch selected historic artifacts owned by Dupuy due to a reduction in museum barriers and an improved sensory experience. In 2010, Preservation magazine listed the museum as one of the "16 sites to see."
"The opportunity to interact with original artifacts once owned by hotel prince Louis Dupuy encourages the public's exploration of history through multiple senses," said museum director Kevin Kuharic. "No longer just a visual or intellectual experience, our tours now involve the participation of visitors who are operating fascinating mechanical items, including a call bell used when patrons desired meals or accommodations at Hotel de Paris well over a century ago. The thrill of participating, not just witnessing, has proved to be a transformative feature of this year's tour."
Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 Sundays. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for seniors, military and minors, and children under 6 and Georgetown residents are free. Tours are led by docents and are available in multiple languages.
Recognized for its authenticity, Hotel de Paris Museum displays a significant collection of objects from the hotel's past in restored period rooms. More than 7,000 square feet are furnished with faithful arrangements of historic artifacts that tell the story of Dupuy, the "father of domestic science," and his amazing transformation from journalist, to miner to renowned host.
Dupuy's life is illustrated throughout the property in photography, oil paintings, statuary, etchings, lithographs, books, maps, decorative arts and culinary items. Patrons are able to experience one of the most celebrated and well-appointed hotels in the American West from the perspective of guest, proprietor, and back of the house staff, as well as learn about the preservation of this rare historical and cultural resource.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a privately funded nonprofit organization that works to save America's historic places. For more information, visit PreservationNation.org.
The Hotel de Paris is located at 409 6th St., Georgetown; (303) 569-2311, http://www.hoteldeparismuseum.org.


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Every time I see another piece or book on social network analysis, I have to say something, particularly because the term is used so often these days.
There is definitely a science behind social network analysis that has existed for years. In simplest form, it maps the relationships between different people in a group, and draws the connections between folks. This contrasts against the hierarchical structure in most organizations and companies. In other words, the actual way people connect and interact in a group can often be very different than reporting structures and formal relationships between different teams. SN analysis examines these relationships and helps to point out bottlenecks, misdirections, and point out key people in your organization.
However, the shortcoming of this approach is, first, it requires that the members in the group all participate and respond to a questionnaire (and honestly) on who they interact with. The truth is that we may remember the first set of fewest people we interact with the most often (e.g., those folks on your speeddial, "myFaves" in Tmobile, etc.), but there are many others who we do not interact with so often but still hold value. So what SN analysis uncovers is frequency more than accuracy. That's the second part, accuracy implies quality, and the quality of relationships between folks are hard to determine, especially when you consider that people rarely record and evaluate every single interaction they have with others.
The diagram on page 99 of this month's Fortune magazine is pure fantasy--it is not on the online version of the story. It is unlikely you will ever uncover this kind of information, mostly because it is very invasive and raises many privacy concerns. Don't get me wrong; there are probably people who really do try to create such a map, but it can get horribly complicated over time and with larger populations. The reality of what you can get is shown in the article, luckily.
The article does however, point out the reality: there is a hidden network of how people interact in a workplace. You cannot directly measure this to a really fine degree and probably shouldn't even try. Every manager knows that they should get to know their employees to some degree; some managers can remember more about the work relationships and history of their employees than others; in that way, they build their own mental map of their surrounding hidden workplace.
How does this relate to "social networking" in the Web 2.0 sense (i.e., blogs, forums, wikis, tags, etc.)? When you get frequent and regularly participating members in any community, you have this same kind of invisible relationship network. I won't say it is impossible to map this out; someone might eventually prove me wrong. Software makes it easier to track interactions since there is a "written record" somewhere. Smart software may be able to automatically analyze your interactions with other folks to help you keep track of your own social circle. I have seen this at work already. It can look at how you email, instant message, chat, online event, blog comment, forum reply, etc. that you make with each individual and create a map for you. This is harder than it sounds because it means the software has to look in many places. It also means that the analysis software needs to be compatible with each of these applications which you use; since most people don't use the same set of such tools that may not even be in the same site or organization, it is really hard to track.
This points out to keep track of relationships more than messages. While we still tend to think of email as the main way we communicate online, this is already starting to spread to many other types of applications. Eventually email may no longer be king; even if that day is a long way off.
This also points out another behavior that is an unfortunate side effect of the availability of peer networking social tools like LinkedIn. The value of social network comes from deep or meaningful realtionships with others, not quantity. It may be a while before this sinks in so reiterating it frequently is a public service. It's not how many people you connect with but how many of these are meaningful. Quality over quantity.
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This "The Best…" list requires a bit of an explanation.
I've already posted The Best Websites For K-12 Writing Instruction/Reinforcement. That list primarily contains links to sites that provide direct writing instruction. And I've also posted several lists of Web 2.0 tools where writing is a key feature to using them, including The Best Ways To Create Online Slideshows, The Best Ways For Students To Create Online Animations, and The Best Ways To Make Comic Strips Online.
I thought, though, that it would be useful to create another list of the best places where the primary purpose is just to write, and which make it interesting and easy for English Language Learners and other students to do so. I don't think that's an artificial distinction and, if it is, so be it!
You can find easier tools that don't have as many features at A Few Simple Ways To Introduce Reluctant Colleagues To Technology.
Here are my choices for the Best Places Where Students Can Write Online:
Obviously, Edublogs has to be on this list. I know many teachers have successfully had their students write their own individual blogs. However, I've found it easier to have class blogs and have students write comments. In addition, the ability to have Edublogs Forums (basically a chatboard) is another real benefit. In our International Sister Classes Project, my U.S. History students have been able to write back and forth to a EFL class in Spain (using the Edublogs Forum) asking them about how Columbus and the Conquistadors are taught in that country. And Edublogs is often the only blogging tool that's not blocked by school content filters. You might also find Sue Waters' post on Tips On Blogging With Students helpful.
Kidblog is another option. Here are good instructions on how to use it.
Micro-blogs are designed for users to write short posts, and to easily add multimedia to them.
Tumblr is the most popular, and was ranked first on The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2007. Soup is another one that's easy to use, and is similar to Tumblr.
Diary is a new micro-blogging application that is simple to use. However, you are limited to posts containing 255 characters or less.
There are two stand-out sites that allow users to very, very easily and quickly create their own online books.
Tikatok is a new site that is a real find for English Language Learners (and lots of other students). Users can create online books that they write and illustrate (they can also use lots of images available on the site).
It has a number of features that really make it stand-out. You can make a book from scratch, or you can use one of their many story frames that contain "prompts" to help the story-writer along. In addition, you can invite others to collaborate online with you to develop the book.
Once the book is done you can email the link to a friend, teacher, or yourself for posting on a blog, website, or online journal. You can create the online version for free, but have to pay if you want them to print a hard-copy version.
The other exceptional site is called Tar Heel Reader. It has two great features: 1) It has 1,000 simple books with audio support for the text immediately accessible to Beginning English Language Learners and 2) It makes it as simple as you can get for students to create their own "talking" books using images from Flickr.
Anybody can read the books on the site. However, in order to have your students create talking books using their "easy as pie" (and free) process, you need to register and have to have a code. They're rightfully concerned about publishing the code because of spammers. Gary Bishop from the site, though, is happy to provide it to teachers. Just contact them here and he'll send it to you. Here's a screencast from David Deubelbeiss on how to use the site.
Storybird is a neat new site where users can choose artwork from a specific artist and then add text to create a storybook. Susan Stephenson from the excellent Book Chook blog has written a post about it, and I'd encourage you to go over and read her description.
Story Jumper is a new site that lets kids create their own story books. Online versions are free, and you can pay for hard copies. Registration is quick and easy. You can create your books from "scratch" or use one of several templates they have (one or two of them didn't seem particularly intuitive to me, but most were fine, and the "scratch" version was certainly easy). The offer lots of easy "props" to integrate into the stories, and you can upload your own photos and type your own text. Once you're finished, you can email the link to yourself and post it on a student/teacher blog or website.
At Bookemon, you can create an online book for free that can be shared and also have the option to purchase a printed version. What really makes it attractive to me, though, is that you can use any of its templates for a book and just upload a Word or PDF document that will automatically be inserted into the book. In other words, a student who is familiar with Word can write a "book" — including images he/she took or ones they grabbed off the Web (that are copyright-friendly, of course); upload it to Bookemon; and within minutes have an online presentation that looks very much like a virtual book. I really like applications that let students use something they are very familiar with and then convert it into something a lot neater. Students just with the knowledge of typing and copy and pasting can quickly create a piece of writing that looks a lot more attractive and can be shared.
ePub Bud is a new online application that lets you create your own eBooks for free. It seems quite easy to use, and lets you grab images off the web as well.
Simple Booklet, a very easy tool to create online "books" without registering, is now back online. It hadn't been working the last few times I checked it and its creator — Middlespot — has closed its excellent excellent search engine.
Foboko is a new site where you can easily write and publish books online. It similar in most ways to a number of other sites that are on this list. The big place where it does differ, though, is that it actually takes you through a step-by-step planning process for your story/book. That could be particularly useful for some students.
My Storybook lets students easily create simple virtual books with text and images/characters you can insert with a click. You can also draw your own.
Here is one site that I think are a notch above the rest for providing students excellent images and good opportunities for writing. No registration is required for any of these three sites, and the link to the students creation can be posted on a teacher or student blog or website.
One is Picture History, which offers an enormous number of American History images. All of them can be sent as E-Cards.
Even though this last site is already on my "The Best…" list for slideshows, I feel I have to include here because it's so easy to use, and my students have often used it effectively for writing.
Bookr is another great tool for anybody, including Beginning English Language Learners. You just type in a "tag" to search Flickr for images, drag them into a book and write about them. Here are samples made by my students. No registration is required.
The Art of Storytelling is from the Delaware Art Museum. At this site, you can actually use art from the museum's collection to create your own storytelling experience. It's pretty neat, and very accessible.
Twiducate is a new web application that says it was designed by teachers. It provides a private social network where teachers and students can communicate, with messages not visible unless users register and sign-in. I could see this being useful for classes of younger learners where teachers or schools are concerned about their web content being public.
buncee lets you easily create simple multimedia creations — almost like an extended virtual postcard. You can grab media off the web and add text.
"Booktrack" Lets You Read Books With Soundtracks & Make Your Own
"Write About" May Be The Education Site Of The Year
Additional suggestions are welcome.
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Nico Yennaris believes Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's rapid rise to Stuart Pearce's England Under-21 squad is an incentive for every young player.
Yennaris featured for England's Under-19s last night in their 1-0 victory over Denmark, making his sixth appearance for Noel Blake's young side.
The 18-year-old made his Carling Cup debut for Arsenal in the Third-Round victory over Bolton last month, playing behind Oxlade-Chamberlain on the right flank. Yennaris says his club-mate's elevation to the Under-21s shows what can be achieved.
"I was only playing against Alex last year with the Under-18s so it just goes to show what can happen in a short space of time," Yennaris told Arsenal.com. "He's doing well for himself and he's just showing everybody else what's possible.
"I think for me to get some first-team football would give me a better chance of breaking into that England Under-21 team.
"There aren't too many players in Reserve team football that are playing for the Under-21s and most of them do play first-team.
"I think for me playing that kind of football, whether it's with Arsenal or on loan, will help me a lot."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Subject: Waterfowl Meetings -- Aug. 9, Whitehall, NY -- Aug. 10, Burlington, VT
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For Immediate Release: July 11, 2011
Media Contacts: Vermont - Bill Crenshaw, David Sausville -- (802) 878-1564
New York -- John O'Connor (518) 897-1291
Waterfowl Meetings -- Aug. 9, Whitehall, NY -- Aug. 10, Burlington, VT
WATERBURY, VT – Public meetings on the status of waterfowl populations and waterfowl hunting seasons for the State of Vermont and Lake Champlain zone in New York will be held Tuesday, August 9, in Whitehall, New York, and Wednesday, August 10, in Burlington, Vermont. The annual meetings are being held by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.
The August 9 meeting will be held at the Skenesburgh Rescue Squad building in Whitehall, New York. The August 10 meeting will be held at the University of Vermont's Billings Lecture Hall. Both meetings will run from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Those attending the Burlington, Vermont meeting should park off Colchester Avenue.
Vermont and New York waterfowl hunters are encouraged to attend one of these meetings and share their preferences and opinions with other waterfowl hunters and Vermont and New York wildlife personnel.
Under Federal regulations, waterfowl seasons, bag limits, and shooting hours in the Lake Champlain Zone must be uniform throughout the entire zone. Therefore, waterfowl seasons in New York's portion of the Lake Champlain Zone must be identical to the waterfowl season in Vermont's portion of the Zone.
Comments received at the August meetings, as well as input and recommendations from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, will be reviewed by the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board.


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The Wright State women's tennis team split a pair of home matches to open the spring portion of its schedule over the weekend, defeating Robert Morris 7-0 before falling to Dayton 5-2.
The Raiders swept the Colonials on Saturday, January 26, as WSU won all six singles matches in straight sets and took all three doubles matches. On Sunday, January 27, Wright State fell to the Flyers despite Kayla Tuscany and Alex Bastock winning in three sets in #1 and #2 singles. The #2 doubles team of Taylor Hines and Amy Nini was also victorious.
Wright State (1-1) continues its seven-match homestand with a pair of contests next weekend, hosting Ball State on Friday, February 1 at 11:00 before welcoming in Northern Kentucky on Sunday, February 3, at 1:00, with both taking place at the South Regency Tennis Center.


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The rearview camera mandate would make it so every vehicle would have a backup camera for seeing behind the vehicle when in reverse
After many delays, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is ready to begin finalizing regulation for
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DOT Secretary Ray LaHood said he is meeting with White House officials to finalize the regulations by December 31.
We have a meeting with the White House about this in the next few days so I hope that they see the importance of this the way we do," LaHood said.
The rearview camera mandate would make it so every vehicle would have a backup camera for seeing behind the vehicle when in reverse. The idea was triggered by the 300 deaths and 16,000 injuries annually caused by a driver's inability to see behind their vehicle when backing up.
Many of the injuries and death affect young children and senior citizens.
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While DOT and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are both behind the making of these new standards, others, namely automakers, have worried that the cost of installing these cameras on each vehicle would drive the price up too high.
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Its name may sound like a paradox, but the 'Dairyland Surf Classic' brings the SUP surf stoke to America's largest coastline. Our correspondent reports from Lake Michigan:
With a standup board in one hand and a paddle in the other, seven fierce competitors dash across the sand and plunge headlong into the breaking waves. Mounting their boards each standup paddler digs into the churning water with powerful strokes charging pell-mell toward the horizon and a distant buoy for the first turn. The race is on. Along the shoreline a crowd of spectators cheer above a howling wind and the thunderous roar of the crashing tide. On this broad expanse of beach under a deep blue sky you'd never know you were in Wisconsin.
Nicholas Vandervelde takes an early lead in the out-and-back loop of the sprint race. And on this day in Sheboygan, the SUP instructor from Madison's Rutabaga paddlesports mega-shop surfed the breaking waves of the Great Lakes for first time.
"Even though the waves are small you can still catch them," Vandervelde says. "I lived for three years in Hawaii and surfed crappier days than this. So I'm pretty excited!"
Having grown up in Los Angeles I've often pooh-poohed the very idea of surfing the freshwater waves of Lake Michigan. Even with the advent and rise of standup paddling I figured there was only flat water in store for anyone angling to ride a board a thousand miles from the nearest ocean. But in Sheboygan, up the inland coast from Milwaukee, hundreds of Midwestern wave-riders gather to celebrate the sport and kick off the winter surf season opener at the Dairyland Surf Classic.
"There's more than 11,000 miles of coastline along the Great Lakes, which is surrounded by eight states and one province of Canada," says co-director Larry Williams. "That makes up more coastline than the East Coast and the West of the U.S. combined."
With more than 22,000 square miles of open water, Lake Michigan is a vast inland sea with currents and weather patterns that surge waves of surf to the shores of Sheboygan and other coastal towns. I jumped at the chance to put on the wetsuit (55-degree water) and paddle out past the breakers, where I and was pleasantly surprised to catch some friendly, waist-high waves.
"Labor Day weekend is the start of our surf season that runs from September through the end of March," Williams says. "We surf right through the icy cold months of winter. It's not unusual to paddle out in 30-degree water temperature, 17-degree air, with a 24-below wind-chill factor. It really thins out the crowds."
For 22 years Williams and his twin brother Lee have invited surfers to come out and ride the waves at the Surf Classic. Several competitions are held during the event, which includes an SUP race. A potluck buffet and live music by a local band of 'boarders, The Mad Pole Cats, gives the weekend the feel of a family reunion.
The tradition of surfing the Great Lakes goes back to the 1920s when Wisconsin native and surf pioneer Tom Blake connected with Duke Kahanamoku to promote the sport across the country. Despite smaller waves early in the season, paddlers come out to enjoy the less buoyant, salt-free water of Lake Michigan while embracing the full experience of Midwestern surf culture.
"The community here is quite different here and I think maybe better," says Jonno Durrant, the Australian filmmaker of Surfing 50 States. "Everyone here is so friendly and stoked whether there're waves or not. In Australia if there weren't waves, everyone would be out doing something else."
Full of the aloha spirit, Wisconsin surfers blend Midwest hospitality with the strength and tenacity of northwoods lumberjacks. Adding standup paddling to mix simply expends the season to days when waves are few and far between.
Paddling his first SUP race on the Great Lakes, Vandervelde powers his way to a first place finish with a dramatic scramble up the beach and dive for the victory post.
"Before I didn't want summer to end. Now I say bring on the snow, bring on the wind, bring on the storms. I'm ready," Vandervelde beams. "I don't know about a drysuit, but I'm going to surf as long as I can. When I start pushing ice chunks out of the way I think that's when I'll get out of the water." — James Edward Mills


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Arsène Wenger says consistent teams will reap their rewards in 2013 - and he believes Arsenal can be one of them.
The Frenchman has seen his side string together consecutive Premier League wins over West Bromwich Albion, Reading and Wigan Athletic to leave them well-placed for a top-four finish, and perhaps more.
Manchester United have shown the way in the first half of the season and now lead Manchester City by seven points at the top of the table thanks to a last-gasp winner against Arsenal's next opponents, Newcastle.
Now Wenger wants his team to emulate the leaders and put together a long, unbeaten run of their own.
"It is down to consistency," he told Arsenal Player. "Christmas showed us that Chelsea and Manchester City are not out of reach. The team that is consistent with their results will get there.
"They [Man United] don't look out of reach if you look at the way the games go. But again they manage to win at home in the last minute. They have the quality to score goals but they do concede so it is open. But at the moment they are the most consistent."
With only seven points separating the six teams from third to eighth place, and with six points up for grabs over the New Year period, Wenger knows this is a vital stage of the season. He believes last weekend's win at Wigan augurs well.
"It was an important three points because they [Wigan] came into the game on the back of an important win at Reading. For us to have two away wins just before playing at home over Christmas was vital.
"We were less impressive than we had been at Reading going forward but we were well organised and disciplined. So [it was good] to get the three points with this type of performance.
"We have built a team who showed fantastic promise at the start but have stuttered a little bit. Now there is a block of unity and understanding. They know the way to play. That can give us the consistency between January and May."
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AMES, Iowa — The Iowa Learning Farms Dec. 18 webinar will feature Bill Crumpton, Iowa State University professor in the department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology. Crumpton's research focuses on wetlands.
The webinar begins at 11:30 a.m. and is part of a free series, hosted by ILF, through Adobe Connect. The series is on the third Wednesday of each month. A computer with Internet access is all that is needed to participate. To connect to the webinar, go to https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/ilf/ at 11:30 a.m. on the morning of the webinar and log ini using the guest option.
Crumpton's research focuses on wetlands and their function in agricultural landscapes. He is studying nutrient transformation and the effects of agricultural contaminants within wetlands. He developed a model for nitrate loss in wetlands that receive nonpoint source water on a watershed scale. This model is used to site and design alternative wetlands, serving as the foundation for the Iowa Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program. The program provides financial incentives for farmers to install wetlands in targeted locations to reduce nitrate loads from tile-drained fields.
Research has shown that CREP wetlands can remove 40-70 percent of nitrates and more than 90 percent of herbicides from cropland drainage waters. The CREP program is available in 37 Iowa counties in north central Iowa.
The ILF website contains links for archived webinars from all previous sessions at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/ilf/Webinars/. The webinar archive also is available in a podcast through iTunes.
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|The reason I suggest the application proxy approach is twofold. First, it affords you the ability of having custom interactions with the REST API. For instance, you may insert logic into the server-side proxy code that returns only a subset of the JSON data contained in the response from the appliance. Alternatively, in an effort to reduce the chattiness on your client-side, you may join JSON data from multiple different REST requests to the appliance to fulfill a single client request. You may even decide to represent the data in an all together different format than JSON. All of these options and many more are available to you if you implement an application-based proxy to the REST API.
|The second reason I suggest the application approach is that it is easier, and seemingly safer, to not deal with user passwords on the client-side. If you setup your application proxy, you can configure it to retrieve the appropriate password from a secure location (like an encoded file) based on information passed along in the request. This means the password information is only present in the request (in encoded form of course) from the application proxy to the WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance.
|The good news about the application-based proxy approach is that it is simple to put in place. I composed one using the open source Apache Wink project. The Apache Wink project is an open source implementation of the JAX-RS specification (and then some), and it enables you to develop POJOs that are in turn exposed in a RESTful manner. In my case, I had a single resource POJO:
|The Apache Wink runtime routes any HTTP GET request whose path is like /resources/* to the getResources method in the WCAResource class. This method passes along information taken from the query string (the host name of the target WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance and the requesting WebSphere CloudBurst username), as well as the HTTP path information and sends it on to the getResource method declared as follows:
|The getResource method above uses the WebSphere CloudBurst host name and the request path to construct the URL for the corresponding WebSphere CloudBurst REST API call. Next, it constructs an Apache Wink Resource object and sends the REST request along to the WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance. How do we authenticate this request? We use the WebSphere CloudBurst username (sent as a query string parameter) to retrieve the appropriate encoded password information. Once we have that, we construct the necessary header for basic authorization over SSL.
|The application-based proxy shown here is simply a pass-through. It does not manipulate the data returned from the WebSphere CloudBurst REST API, nor does it map a single client-side call to multiple REST requests. However, it would be simple enough to extend it to do any of those things. If you have any questions about the code here, please let me know. I'd be happy to share more of the code, or talk about how and where to extend it.
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Part 3. Equalization
Chapter 1. Equalization by County Board of Equalization
Article 1. Generally
Section 1608
1608. Examination; waiver. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1607, the county board may, in its discretion, waive the examination of the person or agent making the application, if the board and the assessor are satisfied that the issues raised by the application have been considered by the board in previous years or are fully presented in the application, and if the person or agent making the application requests such waiver in his or her application. The board (whether meeting as a board of equalization or as a board of supervisors) shall promptly act upon such request for waiver and shall give the applicant written notice of its decision thereon. If the board waives the examination of the person or agent making the application, it shall give such person or agent written notice of its decision on the merits of the application promptly after making such decision.
History.—Added by Stats. 1967, p. 2861, in effect August 15, 1967. Stats. 1974, Ch. 180, p. 360, in effect April 24, 1974, renumbered the section which was formerly numbered 1608.5, and substituted "1607" for "1608" in the first sentence. Stats. 1990, Ch. 992, in effect January 1, 1991, added "or her" after "his" in the first sentence, and deleted "within 10 days after the filing of the application and request for waiver." after "decision thereon" in the second sentence.


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I'd like some opinions on my stuff, can viewed on my deviantart, would really appreciate it.
I'd like some opinions on my stuff, can viewed on my deviantart, would really appreciate it.
Honestly it looks really good. I would have mistaken it for a professionals work, if not better. Speaking about your website layouts btw.
Really,your work is awesome.The look of your images is super,can you share tutorial and software,which you are use.
looks like work of a professional it really looks awesome..
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Uh thank you :P Just saw that. Oh and I use the newest version of Photoshop. ^^
It flatters me that people think my stuff looks somewhat professional hehe
Awesome work dude. Like a pro!
I'm a beginner web designer myself and your works inspire me.
Your web designs are good. Everything else is negligible.
yep.. lookin' good.
I wonder if your planning to make money with that or just a hobby..
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The website designs you have made are really quite stunning to say the least.
Good work !
They look amazing. As a webdeveloper I wouldn't hate doing any of these. Ofcourse there could be some improvements like the font type and size, but for the rest; keep up the good work!
Oh looks great i was amazed in your art work
Thank you very, very much!
wow really nice and that made me think that I still need more practice :3
I'm pretty jealous, they look fantastic. Kinda inspires me to want to do this sort of thing.
can you code and apply these layouts to the web is the important question.. the designs themselves though five star quality
This all have a great wishes for you.. I also like your art it looks so nice, great work done..
You should try to make this your profession it will be beneficial for you...
But totally depend on your mind ether you want to make your profession or just a hobby..
Best of luck..
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Have a wonderful day!
Thanks a lot!
If I honestly inspire people to try that sort of thing, that is really flattering and would make me very happy
And yes, I do consider 'making this my profession' indeed!
Beautiful. Have you tried applying as web designer in places?
Also, there's plenty of new stuff since the last time I posted here, you might want to take a look? I always appreciate comments, good and bad alike.
This one would have to be my newest:
Full view: here
Also, thank you very much for the support!
It looks very nice and professional! I'm a webdesigner + developer myself so I'm in the same branch as you.
That looks awesome, hopefully I can learn to do that soon


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Feminism | Posted by Katherine C on 07/27/2011
A Feminist Image In The Eye Of The Beholder
I don't remember how I set out to do this painting. What I do know is that it was the first non-commissioned artwork I've sold, and that is was my first explicitly feminist-based painting that got any attention.
Beyond Betty, named after Betty Freidan, author of the second-wave feminist classic The Feminine Mystique, was exhibied twice at a local retirement community gallery- once as part of a group show for high school seniors, and once as part of my International Baccalaureate candidate show. In the small town where I live, people who had seen it came up to me in the street and, even more frequently, at church. "What were you trying to say?" "Is it making fun of Christianity?" "Is it about eating disorders?" "Is it …


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Interesting. My fall harvest three weeks ago has a cane syrup flavor. No sugar cane near me that I know of.Steve
Ummmm??? Could the honey be from a related plant? Or maybe something like a relative of sudan/sorghum? Both the latter are also used as forage/hay crops for cattle as well as grain and sorghum molasses.


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Posted by Alexander Peters, Ph.D. on December 27, 2012
It is end of the year and time for predictions. Mine are rather intuitive, with a few obvious implications for CIOs:
First, the industry will continue to push innovation to businesses faster than businesses can absorb. In addition to customer obsessions — BOYD and tablets, social business processes, cloud computing, machine-to-machine applications, and many others — CIOs will continue to struggle with the usual suspects: huge expectations of technology from business stakeholders, cost reductions, people's longer-than-expected learning curves, skills shortages, immature management practices, and a few more:


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Monday, 18 July 2011
At 4.30pm yesterday I was still in Marbella. Now, after a taxi ride, a bus ride, a plane ride, a train ride, another bus ride, a walk, another bus ride, another train ride and a car ride, I'm home. Nerja was relaxing, hot and lovely. Marbella was slightly less relaxing, slightly less hot (although still roasting) and hilarious.
I'm shattered and just about ready to fall into bed. So, without further ado, some snippets...
Food eaten: Curry (yes, really), pasta (numerous times), whitebait, paella, pineapple on the beach, far too much ice cream
Drinks drunk: Strawberry daiquiris, tinto verano, sangria, wine that cost 10 euros for a glass (horrific), sambuca (downfall), Jagermeister, more blanco y negros (coffee granita with cream ice cream) than I care to admi, GALLONS of water
Swimming pools jumped in at 4am: Just the one
Parts of body sunburnt: Numerous
"Celebrity" spots: Lauren from Eastenders, Gavin Henson (maybe)
Verdict: AMAZING. Take me back. Now.
5 comments:
- frilly-lace-knickers said...
Looks like you had a lovely time although the journey back sounds more like a backpackers and stop making me hungry talking about all that food :) x
- 18 July 2011 at 20:47
- P said...
Oh so jealous. I love the Costa del Sol.
- 18 July 2011 at 21:15
- Jazzabelle said...
ohh, it looks like you had an amazing time! the food looks so delicious, plus you look so lovely in the last picture!
isn't the shopaholic series great? i adore sophie kinsella, i've got all of her books! i think 'remember me' and 'the undomestic goddess' are my favourites.
- 18 July 2011 at 23:31
- Beth Ramsay said...
gorgeous pics, the 'blanco y negras' sounds lush! hope have a tan somewhere under all that sunburn haha.
- 19 July 2011 at 17:01
- Sally said...
I'm sure i saw lauren from eastenders at a folk festival a while back. I think it was just my eyesight though...
also, looks great! jealous...
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Ready to take your IT skills to the healthcare industry? This concise book provides a candid assessment of the US healthcare system as it ramps up its use of electronic health records (EHRs) and other forms of IT to comply with the government's Meaningful Use requirements. It's a tremendous opportunity for tens of thousands of IT professionals, but it's also a huge challenge: the program requires a complete makeover of archaic records systems, workflows, and other practices now in place.
This book points out how hospitals and doctors' offices differ from other organizations that use IT, and explains what's necessary to bridge the gap between clinicians and IT staff.
Fred Trotter is a hacktivist. He works for social change by coding and promoting Open Source Health Software. In recognition of his role within the Open Source Health Informatics community, Trotter was the only Open Source representative invited by congress to testify on the definition of 'meaningful use' for the federal health care incentives law (Meaningful Use). Trotter also represented the Open Source EHR community in negotiations with CCHIT, the leading EHR certification body. Trotter is the original author of FreeB, the worlds first GPL medical billing engine. In 2004 Fred Trotter received the LinuxMedNews achievement award for work on FreeB. Fred Trotter was an editor for the Open Source EHR review project with the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), Open Source Working Group (oswg). Fred is a member of WorldVistA and is the programmer behind Astronaut Shuttle which is the first cloud-based VA VistA offering. Fred Trotter is a recognized expert in Free and Open Source medical software and security systems. He has spoken on those subjects at the SCALE DOHCS conference, OSCON, LinuxWorld, DefCon and is the MC for the Open Source Health Conference. He has been quoted in multiple articles on Health Information Technology in several print and online journals, including WIRED, ZSnet, Government Health IT, Modern Healthcare, Linux Journal, Free Software Magazine, NPR and LinuxMedNews. Trotter has a B.S in Computer Science, a B.A in psychology and a B.A in philosophy from Trinity University. Trotter minored in Business Administration, Cognitive Science, and Management Information Systems. Before working directly on health software, Trotter passed the CISSP certification and consulted for VeriSign on HIPAA security for major hospitals and health institutions. Trotter was originally trained on information security at the Air Force Information Warfare Center.
View Fred Trotter's full profile page.
David is CEO of ClearHealth Inc. which created and supports ClearHealth, the first and only open source Meaningful Use certified Comprehensive Ambulatory EHR. Coming from a background of supply chain systems and big business ERP for companies including DEC, Micro Systems, Motorola, and EDS, David entered health care in 2001 as CTO for the OpenEHR project. One of the first companies to try commercializing open source healthcare systems, OpenEHR met face first with thedifficult realities of bringing proven mainstream technologies into the complicated and sometimes nonsensical world of health care. In 2003 David became CEO of ClearHealth and created theClearHealth system based on VistA that was originally developed by the Veterans Health Administration. ClearHealth's software is open source (GPL) and powers more than 1,000 sites from small offices to mega-institutions servicing millions of patients per year. As CEO of ClearHealth Inc. David alsooversees outsourced management and operations consulting of several general practice groups and in 2013 will begin operating it's own general practice facilities. A frequent speaker and writer David has presented and OSCON, TEPR, LinuxWorld, SCALE, OSHC, and others. You can see his work online in Modern Health Care, Wired, Linux Journal, and on his blog: Health 365.
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Outstanding overview of an important topic
By Wendell Murray
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The authors, as noted in the book, are experienced people with regard to healthcare-related information technology. Mr. Trotter in particular has been an advocate of VistA and its offspring for quite some time. I, myself, do software development using the Java language as a base, and have done consulting work in addition to healthcare providers, i.e. physicians practices, regarding selection and implementation of electronic medical records systems. I also recommended to Craig Barrett, the retired chairman of Intel, who was involved in the Dossia project discussed in the book, to find an alternative, including consideration of Indivo, to the approach taken at the time for development of Dossia, in which Intel, as company, was a participant.Messrs. Trotter and Uhlman cover all the key topics in their book and do an excellent job on each one.Personally, I am strong advocate of so-called single-payer/single-insurer systems for financing medical services. Such a financing scheme is in effect Medicare for all. Intelligent application of computer technology and networking are important parts of a reasonably well-functioning healthcare system. Their implementation has merit no matter what the financing or medical delivery system is in force.
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The perfect book
By Scott
from Missouri
About Me Developer, Sys Admin
It's so good I ended up buying the actual ebook copy for my eReader of choice.
One thing perfectly clear
By Anatoly Shipov
from Yaroslavl, Russia
About Me Designer, Developer, Educator, Maker
Book provides very good introduction to US healthcare system, HL7 Standards, Controlled dictionaries and HIE.
Amazing and Concise
By MD Geek
from Florida
About Me Hospital Informatics Md
I'm only halfway through this book, but just decided I have to buy one for each of my staff, stat. This is the first HIT book I've read any of that struck me as so incredibly direct, down-to-earth, and comprehensive. Kudos.
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Helpful, but with annoying errors
By Dandelion
from San Francisco, CA
About Me Designer, Developer, Maker, Sys Admin
I'm using this book as a jumping-off point for understanding HL7. The PROS are that it's obviously written by a cutting-edge industry expert, with humour and insight, and deep consideration for the legal and ethical issues. It's detailed enough for a reference book, and I hope, given the pace with which the industry evolves, there will be 2nd and 3rd editions issued quite rapidly. At the same time, there is a light conversational style, not quite in the nature of a manifesto, but which makes it very clear that health IT is an uphill struggle, an insight gained by the authors through bitter experience. It's also one of those rare books which is aware that it is trying to bridge two disciplines which historically haven't had much rewarding contact (healthcare and IT).Which leads me to the CONS. This book was obviously published in a hurry. It lacks basic proofreading, something which annoys me enormously from lesser publishing houses, but which I certainly do not expect from O'Reilly. It also leads to confidence issues; if basic errors such as "... institutions could getting [sic] about $50,000 per doctor ..." abound, what other errors are there that are less visible but are perhaps more pernicious? And this is on page 8. I found at least one minor punctuation mistake before that, too (a misplaced comma).To be fair, I've not read it from cover to cover; I think I will, because I find the discursive style engaging, and the ethical and legal issues are rarely so prominent as they are in health IT. But I do hope that before the second edition goes out, a different proofreader to the original one gets to cast an eye over it.
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A Good Introduction to a Tough Problem
By Infamous RCR
from Sacramento, California
I am in the target audience as well as having worked on getting VistA to the point of passing "Meaningful Use". The book lays out the issues pretty well, but it is not finished. The next round of "Meaningful Use" hurtles are coming. There are additional functionality to be invoked by the certifying organizations. If you are just getting started in "Meaningful Use" this is the book to start with.
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great intro to health care IT
By bronzemustache
from Boston, MA
About Me Developer, Software architect
I am in the target audience for this book, a programmer with a background in consumer electronics who now works for a company that sells medical billing, an EHR, and other health care IT. Trotter and Uhlman provide a lot of context and filled in a lot of gaps in my understanding of the practice and business of medicine, and in the specific IT issues in the medical domain. I appreciated the range of levels of abstraction, from systemic problems in U.S. health care to the nitty gritty of message data formats, all informed by authors' extensive experience. I also noted the advice along the lines of "if you are trying to do X, you will have issues of the form A and B". As an experienced programmer I regard advice of that form from other programmers knowledgeable in the problem domain as gold. Finally the book is well written and an easy read. The book is not meant to be a comprehensive reference, which I mention not as a drawback but in case someone is expecting that. I plan to recommend it to all of the programmers and development managers who come to my company from college or another industry.
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Good book on Health IT
By Rob
from Brisbane, Australia
About Me Developer
Getting to Meaningful Use and Beyond Is a book about the meaningful use standards for electronic health records in the united states. I grabbed a preview copy of this book having implemented a simple database for a patient record reporting for a small therapy group many moons ago. I was expecting a dry boring book, but was pleasantly surprised to find it engaging and well written.Health IT systems provide great promise for improving the efficiency and quality of health services, with the cautious guard that IT implementations for large organizations carry huge risk of failure. Queensland Health have been an example of what can go wrong, particularly with their spectacular payroll system failures after a recent upgrade.Getting to Meaningful Use and Beyond presents many of the opportunities with health IT, informing of some of the great successes, while informing of the risks and challenges.A quote in the book says "When you've seen one medical practice, you've seen one medical practice." which forms a basis for one of the key challenges in Health IT systems. The book continues the point out some of the differences, and considerations to include. It highlights the requirements and value for helping to follow the processes for health it systems, but also the need for flexibility and customization. It cries out for techniques like those used by FlexaData http://flexadata.com/ for modeling and working with data.I was reviewing an early access version of the book, which was well worth reading on it's own right, even with some typos and a couple of chapters missing. It will be interesting to see how the book evolves with a changing landscape. In particular I look forward to seeing the authors comments on the pending demise of Google Health (google health was referenced in the book, but the comments predate knowledge of it's pending close in 2012).I'd definitely recommend the book to anyone considering HealthIT, or an IT professional interested in health. There is also some great pointers and ideas useful for computer literate people who are dealing with health issues.[This book was reviewed as a part of the O'Reilly Blogger Review Program]
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May have to look into building one of these for no other reason than personal satisfaction.
This tutorial does make it look fairly easy,as long as attention to detail is followed.
Thanks for putting this up.
here is a request. had this thread up before (or thought i did)& its just a basic run thru with a couple of nice pix and a template that another member made for me off of my AR set up.
so here we go:
we have lots of different members here with varying skill levels.
mills are great if you have one, but not everyone can afford them or has the space for one. many of the builders in our hobby use just basic tools.
grinder, welder, drill press, rotozip and so on...
with that said here is a template for the guys who want to use a drill press to complete an Tactical Maching style upper. im sure it could be used to complete any brand out there, im just referencing theirs because i have done them this way.
this PDF was sent to me and is available on many sites on the web. its pretty good for the basic completion with the drill press or even with just my "mini template" set up in the other thread.
the main thing here is taking the time to be square and true with your markings.
this doesnt take fancy tools, it takes care on your part and not letting yourself get in too big of a hurry.
this is always a problem for me as i luv building and get way into it and get in a hurry every time!
so measure twice and drill once
the PDF shows what holes and locations to drill for the pocket of the FCG along with the depth and even the size bits to use.
my own ad on tip is for after the drilling is done.
go to your local fastenal, grainger, MSC or some similiar type of store and get you an ALuminum "burr bit". you'll be better served to get a 3/8" size to use a a finish bit for the sides of your pocket.
its just a personal preference but i like the one with the flat bottom that also cuts so that you smooth up all the way around.
now this is where the "tool NAZI's" will jump in and tell you how a drill press is not a mill and that its not made for side loading......
they would be correct. ITS NOT good for it. especially if your gonna shove your guts out on it.
but if you have a decent drill press and are just trying to smooth up aluminum and go slow your not gonna tear it up overnite.
or if you have a cheap one and dont care then have at it. ;D
the main thing is to make sure you have a ALUMINUM BURR BIT and not one for steel. the aluminum ones have different cutter grooves and wont clog up if you use them right. and this will last a long time if you use it correctly.
dont over heat it is the key.
my very first tommy conversion was completely "milled" out on a drill press and theres tons of pix here showing that. same thing for the P7 build. its all about patience with this.
just remember: if you really want to build it, you'll find a way to get it done.
and then Anthony C made this lovely little PDF that is to the correct scale. i printed it out and then put it on a lower and its perfect. so big props to him!
so thats really all there is too it. theres all the info you need on 1 sheet and pic and then theres a PDF template for laying out a FCG plate in actual size.
ive done ..... lets just say "several" of these Tactical Machining lowers with this set up and it works every time.
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May have to look into building one of these for no other reason than personal satisfaction.
This tutorial does make it look fairly easy,as long as attention to detail is followed.
Thanks for putting this up.
Someone bought me a 0% as a joke. I'm starting to look at in a different light. Thanks Dutigaf.
Good info! I'm not a tool nazi but do think you are spot on about the drill press capability with aluminum if you go slow and don't expect too much accuracy. I would finish up everything with a dremel sanding disk (wear a resprirator!!!!) to smooth things out.
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thanks guys and the whole idea of this was that yes regular "garage builders" like me CAN do these if they want to put in the effort and small amount of work.
the aluma burr bits are the most important part of this and make it a real breeze, and its tough to wear them out on aluminum.
just get a GOOD 80% lower.
ive used many brands and the Tactical Machining is the most complete that still has an approval letter that ive ever seen.
Hate takes LESS energy & thought... Dont be so Lazy.
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Do you think one of these would be a good aluma burr bit? If so which size would you recommend? MSC MSC Item Detail
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Also what did you end up using to keep the lower level while drilling it? Did you make your own bracket?
thats a regular mill bit...
you cant turn that fast enough in your drill press to get a good edge... try one of these:
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these are what you want for finishing off a AR lower if you drilled it out.
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Those "burs" are typically used in die grinders.
Many years ago I used my small Rockwell benchtop drill press and small die grinder burs to mill custom ports in my model airplane engine cylinders. Not easy but it can be done. Those were steel Cox 049 cylinders by the way.
There are plans on the net that show a neet method of beefing-up your drillpress with an added bearing, strut, and quil extension.
Another trick for grinding on aluminum with a bur is to coat the bur occasionally with tallow (wax) to keep it from loading up with stuck metal.
Dremel bits can also be used in a drillpress by the way. Hobbyshops everywhere have them.
Another source of burs are regrinds or re-sharpened carbide. These may be found at user-friendly prices.
The Tool Nazi in me says look for a deal on a milling machine !!!! Then you can goose step right through aluminum with impunity. haha.
YOU my friend are correct!
i use them in a dia grinder alot...... 20,000 plus RPM instead of 2,500 in the drill press on high.
BUT it will work if thats what you got. im all about being able to do this stuff with jsut standard garage tools that "regular" people have.
most regular people dont have a mill. LOL
my best friend did buy me a mini mill for xmas last year so of course i can do them that way now....
and some day i'll have a real mill. but then i wont be just a standard old garage builder anymore. :-)
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Building or Bitching? which are you here to do?
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Thanks for all your help, My friend actually has a mill at his parents house but it is covered up with a lot of stuff in the garage right now. Maybe I should buy some mill bits and the tactical machine jig and talk him into letting me use it so I don't make any mistakes. I made a few 80% lowers with hand tools back when the Tannery Shop was selling them but none of them are nearly as good as my bought receivers. I am hoping by only doing the FCG area they will turn out much nicer.
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