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Digital signage options can boost awareness and broadcast important messages.
Digital signage can do so much more than post sales figures or reminders about Casual Friday. Interactivity or integration with your network enables endless possibilities.
In fact, network integration is especially suited to campus applications, whether healthcare, higher education, or corporate. Expand your signage plans to a campus-wide network and watch the value grow.
Content: Where, What, and Why
Could your campus benefit from multiple digital signs? Take stock of your properties to determine where the most potential value resides.
A healthcare campus, for example, could broadcast anything from simple seasonal allergy reminders to videos on wellness topics. Corporate campuses can show off accomplishments or inform employees of meetings and deadlines. Any type of campus would benefit from having an extra outlet for emergency communications.
For extra functionality, add some interactive touchscreen signage to the network – it's useful for wayfinding and searching for specific information.
"Your goal is to provide a variety of information, and you can't show it all on a non-touchscreen," explains Will Pymm, vice president of RedyRef, a manufacturer of touchscreen signage and kiosks. "There's more information you can give the public with a touchscreen. Hospitals typically search by departments – you have pediatrics, emergency, oncology, and so on. You have doctors, locations, or amenities. For an office building where you just want to show companies, however, it's very easy to use a non-touchscreen because your goal is not to provide information on individuals. We're finding a trend in the corporate world to go non-touch."
If you have a smaller campus with a handful of buildings, you may want to make one person responsible for updating the signs as needed. Larger campuses or those with many departments, such as higher education institutions, would likely benefit from allowing separate departments to control what is shown on their individual screens.
Goal: Replace four-cell incandescent sign and reach the community in a personal way while communicating new service offerings.
Specs: 35mm color LED sign with up to five lines of 10-inch characters. Screen is 4 feet, 10 inches by 17 feet.
Results: Eliminated cumbersome programming, bulb and labor expense, and downtime associated with the incandescent sign, plus its $5,000 annual maintenance contract fee. This produced an estimated annual savings of $3,500.
Dan Young, director of facilities, says signage has changed drastically in the 20 years since the Mooresville campus installed its first digital offering, a one-color model with large bulbs.
"The signage has been updated twice since then and the power consumption has been halved each time," Young explains. "It keeps getting more and more reliable, less and less expensive, and better. Pixelation is much improved with LED.
"People typically want one or two content managers to control the systems," Pymm says. "Sometimes it gets a little difficult when you have too many chefs in the kitchen, but you can still have departmental control. Let's say that in a sports complex you have five monitors and the content is mostly based on sporting events. You can have the sports complex administrator log on and have control over only those five systems, but then have a super-administrator who can override all of the monitors."
Outside signage can give your campus a visual boost as well with proper placement. Useful locations include the main entrances to campus, student unions or other major gathering places, and large venues such as sports arenas. Target the most heavily trafficked areas to reach as many people at once, says John Kunze, director of Watchfire Signs.
"A college campus might add an entry sign promoting some programs, one on the outside of the arena, and one at the communications or student events center where they're hosting concerts," Kunze explains. "Medical facilities are done in conjunction with the branding of that facility, so it's directing people to wellness programs and support groups."
Team Up to Start the Planning Process
As with any capital request, numbers are extremely important. Compare bids to estimate the cost of purchasing the sign and weigh it against the manufacturer's specifications on the signage's power needs to determine how the installation might impact your energy bill.
If you're upgrading from an older sign, as Franciscan St. Francis Health in Mooresville, IN, did a few years ago, you may be pleasantly surprised at the payback period.
"We've had digital signage here since the mid-1980s. It's been updated twice since then, and our data showed the power consumption has been halved each time," says Dan P. Young, director of facilities for Franciscan. "A hospital is not a world where a good idea is competing for dollars with a bad idea, it's competing for dollars with another good idea. This current sign was justified solely on the basis of energy savings and eliminating maintenance contracts. My numbers were conservative, and it's exceeded those projections. In fact, payback was less than a year."
After your funding request has received the go-ahead from the C-suite, start making concrete plans. Try this five-step process for maximizing your signage network's performance.
1) Who is in charge? Determine who the stakeholders are and tap those groups for team members. At a bare minimum, you need to incorporate your public relations or marketing department because the signage should be consistent with your institution's image and brand identity. Also request representatives from IT, student services or HR, and database managers. Work with the new team to agree on individual roles that maximize each member's personal strengths and agree mutually on project goals.
Goal: Generate interest and engagement in campus resources, events, teams, and other activities.
Specs: Seven screens in the Terrace Food Court, one for each food venue; two at Wilfs, a popular on-campus restaurant; and many screens in the student center, including the reception area, main concourse, variety store, and Hall of Fame (a popular thoroughfare).
Results: Provides live weather and news, as well as information about job opportunities, university sports highlights, and more. Need for posters and flyers is drastically reduced. Local businesses gain exposure by advertising to students.
2) Who will watch the screen? Examine your campus to determine which groups will have interest in which screens. The types of buildings, venues, and open areas on your campus will help with this step. After narrowing down your search to some high-impact areas, dig in further to find locations in each building or area of campus where people frequently congregate. This should include areas where the intended viewers will sit or stand still for some time and can spot the sign without even trying, such as cafeteria lines, main hallways, and lobbies.
3) What do viewers want? The team should narrow down the most likely uses for each sign when determining their precise location. For example, viewers in a cafeteria line would probably be interested in reading menus and nutrition facts about the day's specials while they wait, so logical locations would include a spot just outside the doors of the cafeteria or near the ceiling at the entrance – both will grab viewers' attention before they reach the first food station.
Recurring messages can help you deliver these notifications efficiently. The food service department will have control over what food items are displayed on the menu, but creating a content library that includes a menu template can make updating infinitely easier. Other basic items, such as templates for Amber Alerts, regular events, and seasonal messages, can be updated and used whenever necessary.
"Once you understand who the audience is, you understand the information they're looking for. Then you need to decide where that information comes from," says Jeff Collard of Omnivex, a digital signage software provider. "Figure out how to take the information you already have or you know is around you in one form or another, and put it all together to provide the relevant information when they have to make a decision."
4) Which codes and regulations apply? While you must make absolutely sure your sign complies with ADA regulations, there's more to it than that. You may find you need to build in additional interactivity or services to provide the best content to viewers with disabilities. This is easy to overlook but can cost you later if you don't plan for accommodation from the start.
"There are certain requirements for wheelchair accessibility, cane sweep, and such," Pymm says. "Sometimes buyers don't ask. People should know that when the screen's too high, a person in a wheelchair can't use it, but a lot of people don't think about it – they'll install it and then come back and say 'We didn't think about the ADA circumstances.' We can put submittal drawings together showing the customer the optimal mounting heights to meet ADA requirements."
5) How will you update the signs? You've already chosen representatives in each department and appointed an administrator who can override all signage content in case of an emergency, but have you given any thought to the interface they'll use to do so?
Today's products are much easier to use than the earliest signage offerings, Young says, but it's important to make sure anyone who will interact with the signage on the back end is comfortable updating it.
"Our first sign was DOS-based and you programmed the time in it," Young explains. "The current one is PC-based. A lot of the employees are very comfortable with this, whereas back in the '80s, not everyone was. Back then, connectivity to the sign was hard-wired – it had its own communication link. Now it's wireless."
Partner with IT for Optimal Results
Technological considerations are a vital part of the planning process. IT will be an invaluable resource as you make behind-the-scenes choices that will ultimately determine how successful the signage network is.
Interactive wayfinding offers viewers an easy, customized route to their destination while making the search as painless as possible. Consider adding these technologies to your system:
1) Touchscreens. Frequently found on kiosks, touchscreens allow viewers to select a destination from a list. The system then generates a customized path to the end point.
2) RFID. Radio frequency identification allows targeted wayfinding experiences based on what the system can "learn" about the viewer. Embedded RFID tags are easily added to badges and identification cards; when the tag is scanned by the wayfinding device, the system can access any credentials, access permission, or custom content assigned to that cardholder.
3) Barcode scanners. Event ticketholders can scan a barcode on their ticket at a wayfinding kiosk to find their seat or identify services near their seating area.
4) Multifloor/multiregion services. Your campus wayfinding system should be able to guide viewers to locations on multiple floors or in multiple regions, such as a building across the street or on the other side of campus. Show stairs, elevators, escalators, and transit points at strategic areas on campus to help guide people.
5) Conditional formatting. Wayfinding software can respond to facility and outdoor conditions to deliver the optimal route, such as avoiding elevators that stop during certain times of day or escalators that change direction depending on traffic. Advanced wayfinding capabilities can even reroute people away from areas that are crowded or under maintenance.
6) Customized view. A large campus map should offer the ability to zoom in and drag, but not to the point where reference points are lost. The ability to zoom and drag is especially helpful to viewers with physical impairments who may not be able to reach certain touchpoints or use certain routes.
7) Extra information. Include offerings that complement the wayfinding function, such as store descriptions, hours of operation, or printable turn-by-turn directions.
8) Emergency procedures. Evacuation procedures and other emergency information should be added to your wayfinding solution immediately if they're not already there. The system's routing capabilities will direct traffic away from the emergency – for example, if a fire alarm goes off near one exit, it can lead occupants to other exits.
9) Easy updating. A major advantage of digital signage is the speed at which you can update the content. Make sure your signage solution doesn't require special skills, such as coding, to update messages – if this isn't possible, ensure that the costs for such services are provided up front.
10) List management. Turnover and location changes in large facilities can require hours of linking map items to location and tenant names. If these updates also require coding and scripting skills, the updating process will slow down, increasing costs.
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Answers to the above questions will also help you make important decisions on other factors, such as interactivity, sign content systems, and screen types. As Pymm notes, interactive systems can provide much more information than a static screen that only scrolls through updates, but this can also introduce additional costs and time to the content management process.
Use interactive signage where a non-interactive version can't possibly satisfy customers' needs quickly, such as a searchable directory in a lobby or a touchscreen wayfinding tool near each elevator.
"If you're in healthcare, put signs in waiting areas where people will see them after they go through the entrance," Pymm suggests. "Provide people information about why they're waiting or add some entertainment value to it. You could then implement signs throughout the facility. For example, in a five-level facility, someone might get information on the first floor, but by the time they get to the fifth they've forgotten the information or need more guidance."
Your facility's specific needs will also show you where to tip the balance between price and functionality. LED-based signs generally perform better outdoors because they can compete visually with sunshine, allowing them to stay on during the day, says Kunze. LCD screens might be better matches for indoors.
Ensure Success with Diligent Updates
Consider how the system will be updated. A simple media card-based sign is much less expensive than a PC-based operating system, but the media card model is also less scalable and can't integrate into your network the way a PC-based sign can. On the other hand, a PC-based sign with its own operating system can coordinate with other signs, offer remote updating, and integrate with existing databases and data feeds you'd like to display.
"Wayfinding is a good example, but the intelligence might dictate other things," Collard explains. "There should be detailed needs analysis going on – you could add options like RFID or bar code readers (see left). There are various data feeds you can connect to, like news or weather, as well as sensors that tie into something around the facility to determine what should be playing there."
Ultimately, the success of your signage depends on whether it draws enough eyes and supplies the right information at the right time, so faithfully updating it with current information is extremely important. Let it run dated content and you risk losing your viewers. It may be hard to quantify the sign's positive impact at first, but fresh, relevant content presented attractively and displayed in the right location will draw eyes as it did at Franciscan.
"We have a car count that's between 40,000 to 50,000 cars a day, and the only time I've had negative feedback where people have called me was when I was switching out the old sign for the current one," Young reminisces. "People would miss their turn because they used that sign as a marker along the highway."
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All for Love, or The World Well Lost is John Dryden's epic adaptation of the tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra into a neo-classical quintet with supporting voices. The play, which the 1678 quarto titlepage claims is 'Written in Imitation of Shakespeare's Stile', draws heavily on Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra; it does away, however, with the salaciousness of Shakespeare's text, and reduces his temporal and geographical range to that of one time and place as per Aristotelian dramatic unities. The play was arguably intended to be seen in direct relation to the contemporary Antony and Cleopatra: A Tragedy (1677), written by politician and playwright Charles Sedley. Dryden's application of neo-classical conventions and contemporary dramatic practice gives the classic love story a structural beauty and an austere power.
After Cleopatra's desertion of Antony at the battle of Actium, not only his wife Octavia but also his general Ventidius and his friend Dolabella strive to win him over to their side. Antony, torn between the claims of duty, friendship, dignity and love, despairs when he hears the rumour of Cleopatra's death, which is not, as in Shakespeare's version, spread by the queen herself but by her deceitful eunuch.
The first recorded performance was at the Theatre Royal, London by the King's Company in 1677. The play's political implications have perhaps been lost over time: absolute monarchy and the illicit love of a ruler were highly topical concerns in a post-Restoration Britain, when King Charles II's extra-marital amours, most famously with the celebrated actress Nell Gwyn, were the subject of much anxiety.


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Sun Fin wrote:Shockingly I couldn't find a Star Wars thread. One of you guys wanna make one and we can continue this discussion there .
This topic should cover the Star Wars Trilogy, the Prequels and the various Extended Universe stories (including cartoons, novels, manga and video games). Since Star Wars is popular fiction and not literature, I felt that it belonged in The Pub rather than in the Literature, Academics and Philosophy sub-forum.
So, folks, as a conversation starter: Jedi or Sith? In the 'Death Before Dishonour?' thread I described my views as conforming roughly to those of the Grey Jedi or the New Jedi Order - the Augustinian puritanism of the Old Republic-era Jedi Order (the whole sex = Dark Side thing, and all of the messed-up conclusions that follow from it) kind of rubs me the wrong way. I think the Sith had some valid criticisms of the (Old) Jedi way, but through those criticisms they fell into a kind of solipsism which invalidated the moral ground they stood on.
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I've heard a number of genuine, dyed-in-the-wool Libertarians lately talking about *not* voting for the party's presidential candidate, Bob Barr. There are a lot of folks who just don't think he was a good choice and I can understand that. That said, it's important to consider all of the facts before making a decision like this one. In this case, one important fact is that the number of votes for a presidential candidate impacts the number of delegates that one's state gets to the LP national conventions. This means that states with more people who support, and hence vote for, Barr are likely to get more national convention delegates than states with Libertarians who will refuse to vote for Barr on principle. Think about it! Personally, I want the most principled individuals serving as delegates to the LP national conventions. Of course, this advice is only what it is. I'm not necessarily urging anyone to take any specific course of action. What I am doing is urging everyone to consider all of the facts in this, as in any situation, prior to making a final decision.
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With all the new methods for drumming up business for your new programs and services, the best method may still be one of the most tried and true: word of mouth, says Julie Machon, program supervisor at TriHealth Fitness & Health Pavilion in Cincinnati, OH.
TriHealth Fitness & Health Pavilion has rolled out quite a few programs over the past few years for its 7,000 members. Burn Fat Faster (an eight-week weight loss program), Teens in Training (a four-week certification program for 13-year-olds so they can use the gym equipment) and Water Personal Training (personal training in the water) are just three of those programs.
The Water Personal Training program has blown away the club's original conservative goal of $160 per month in revenue, according to Machon.
"We weren't sure if it was going to make it," says Machon. "It's scary budgeting it for the first time."
Perhaps the fear was unwarranted in this case. In March, the Water Personal Training program had 36 personal training sessions and collected $1,400. Much of that success can be attributed to word of mouth promotion from water instructors and front desk staff at the club, says Machon.
"Our aquatics coordinator is a ball of fire in terms of spreading the word," says Machon. "She was like, 'You have to try this.' They (members) follow what she says."
The same holds true at Akron General Health & Wellness Center in Akron, Ohio, says Sue Parker, manager of center activities and programs at the facility. Before rolling out or advertising any new program at the club, Akron General makes sure all staff are informed and fired up about the program.
"Written literature only goes so far," says Parker. "Word of mouth really helps. Sometimes, we've challenged our staff to get a certain number of members signed up."
Of course, newsletters, Web sites, newspaper articles, posters and direct mail are other tried and true methods of getting the word out. Akron General used several promotional methods for the facility's Girl Scout Wellness Day and Stress on Safety day. The club also used posters, fliers, newsletters, a rolling TV screen at the front desk and word of mouth to promote its family fun night.
To promote Akron General's six-week, $175 program on preventing childhood obesity, Shani Artino, community outreach dietician, Wellness Services at Akron General Health & Wellness Center, advertised the program in an internal newsletter for members as well as an external publication (a children's directory distributed free at pediatrician offices, clothing stores and other child-related places); sent out a direct mail piece using a mail house; and put up signs, fliers and posters within the center.
To promote your new programs and services, take a look at these suggestions:
- Plan early
When developing a new program or service, the earlier you can plan it, the better.
"We developed our action plan in late August of the previous year so by October we have the plan for the year and can start working on it," says Parker. That plan includes the area trends and member interests, which are gathered through surveys, word of mouth, conferences and magazine articles.
Akron General creates an action plan about how to get the advertising out well in advance.
"We have to know our target audience and all the media we can use," says Parker. The club has a communications department to help with the advertising, but Parker and Artino must make sure staff are trained, get the supplies and evaluate the program themselves.
- Know your audience
For the Teen Training program at TriHealth, Machon knew that the club would only be pulling from current members so the main promotions were a banner at the front desk, posters on the fitness floor and a mailing to members with 13-year-old children.
- Inform and educate staff
As mentioned previously, staff members from the front desk to the personal trainers are your most valuable source of advertising. Make sure the staff knows what is going on.
TriHealth trained and certified all of its water instructors and personal trainers on the Water Personal Training equipment before rolling out the program so that during classes the instructors could talk about the program knowledgeably, says Machon.
- Let members test drive
Not only did TriHealth train staff on the Water Personal Training equipment, but the club also offered free equipment demonstrations to members as a way to familiarize them with the program. After the demonstration, the members were given an opportunity to sign up for the Water Personal Training.
You may also want to set up a booth at the front desk and let members sample food for your healthy cooking class or have your new salon dab free lotion on members' hands as they leave.
- Be willing to spend on marketing
The success of many programs is dependent upon the money spent to market those programs.
"If the marketing is not done properly, then the program is not successful," says Parker. "There are programs that we find if we add more to the marketing, they are more successful."
- Run newspaper ads
Newspaper advertisements may not work for every program, but for Akron General, they worked for swim lessons, says Parker. She has found that advertising just prior to the beginning of a swim session pulls in more participants than not running an ad or running one ad at the beginning of the summer for all swim sessions.
- Free press
If you can get the press interested in a program or service by tying it into a larger issue (such as the childhood obesity crisis and your children's obesity program), then you may be able to get a free article about your program in the local newspaper or on the local news.
- Plan a kick off party/seminar orientation
Akron General held a kick off for the adult weight management program that went well, says Artino. A party can create interest from other members who may sign up the next time the program is offered, and it can help the current program's participants feel more comfortable about beginning the program.
- Use your newsletter
Machon credits the success of many of TriHealth's programs with their mention in the club's quarterly newsletter. That piece of paper is something many members will hang onto and refer back to.
- Laminate 'til your heart is content
For TriHealth's Burn Fat Faster program Machon tried an internal promotion where she put up clear table tents displaying information about the program all over the building including the locker rooms, the drinking fountains, the assessment room and café tables. She also created a business card-sized laminated promotion that she taped to all the cardio equipment.
- Visuals are vital
To promote TriHealth's Burn Fat Faster program, Machon put five pounds of fat on display in the club's atrium.
"Props are always very good," Machon says, noting that people were drawn to the fat and wanted to touch it.
In addition, pictures of past program sessions can help promote future sessions, says Parker. The pictures can help demystify a program, show how much fun the program really is and show that people similar to that member participated in the program in the past.
- Spotlight it
TriHealth promotes a Program of the Week in the same location within the club each week. The selected program for that week is highlight with various posters in specified areas of the club, such as on the six-foot wall behind the front desk and the bulletin boards in the locker room.
- Cross promote
TriHealth used the Subway restaurant across the street to cross promote the Burn Fat Faster program. The manager of the fast food shop agreed to allow the club to put a promotional piece inside the sandwich bags at the shop in exchange for her free enrollment in the class. That outside promotion may have had a lot to do with 25 percent of the class participants being nonmembers.


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"While rain gardens are fantastic at removing many troublesome pollutants, improperly installed rain gardens can add to water quality problems when located in sensitive watersheds like Lake Whatcom and Lake Samish," said Eli Mackiewicz, Stormwater Engineering Technician at the City of Bellingham. "The tour will focus on the special considerations that are taken when designing and installing rain gardens for nutrient-sensitive watersheds."
Rain garden and stormwater experts from local organizations are collaborating to bring homeowners this comprehensive guided tour, including RE Sources for Sustainable Communities, Sustainable Connections, the City of Bellingham, and WSU Whatcom County Extension. The tour cost is $20 to cover the cost of transportation and lunch. Register at http://raingardentour.brownpapertickets.com to reserve your space and find out where to meet the bus.
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Btw. August 6th looks like the day the Dodgers will face Stephen Strasburg. Get your tickets? :P
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Awesome! I hope so :)
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I think that alternator is way overkill for "topping off" those batteries. And, while it may be too big for that motor when run at full juice, the resistance of the alternator is proportional to the load on the alternator, plus losses, so it'll probably run. You might want to look at a smaller one, though.Also, if you're using SLA batteries, that will probably work well enough, as SLA aren't particularly picky about how you charge them. If your batteries are LiPo or similar, then keeping them topped off is actually a good way of killing them, and charging them with a rectified sine wave is another good way of killing them :-/
You ought to take a look at an article by Ken Gracey in Robot magazine. He used a gas motor and generator to power the electronics (including electric motors) on his robot. It seems like there are similarities between your project and Ken's.There's a pdf of the article in post #2 of this thread.http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php/96081-Great-Article-on-the-Hybrid?p=663845&viewfull=1#post663845
With 5 Ah of battery, and at full stall current (20 Amps each) you can run for seven or eight minutes after the gas runs out. That seems like quite sufficient buffer.Also, your motors won't actually be drawing the full stall current most of the time. Unless you're planning to do something truly heinous, which would probably end up burning out the motors before you ended up wearing down your batteries.So, if stall current is 20 amps, times two, then a 50A alternator ought to be able to sustain the motors for as long as you have gas. If your run current is more like 5A (1/4 of stall; a good design target) then a 20-25A alternator ought to be quite enough. And easier for your engine to drive :-)
when the rotor is locked, currents can approach around 100 amps!
Quotewhen the rotor is locked, currents can approach around 100 amps!If that is the case, then yes, you need a beefy alternator! When you said "no load current 1.8 A, rated current 19A" I thought the "rated current" was the "stall current," but from what you say, it's actually the "holding load current." Thus, scale the math I did by a factor 5 :-)Convenient formulas:horsepower == footpounds * rpm / 5252horsepower == kilowatts / 0.75Your alternator is approximately 3 horse-power, and your motor is also approximately 3 horse-power, so there's some risk of stalling out at full load. It's unlikely your batteries will ever be depleted enough to draw the full load on the alternator. However, the voltage regulator may actually generate significant load even when the batteries are full, although that 16 Ohm resistor seems to limit it to 1A, which I'd think isn't big enough to worry about in this system.
I'm not great with car electronics. If I had an AC alternator, I'd run it through a full-wave rectifier, and if I needed to control the charge of a battery, I'd use either a linear voltage regulator as a current limiter, or a PWM regulator. That circuit you posted works differently, so I'm hoping someone with a better knowledge of that side of things can chime in!
I think the circuit above, and a 40A or better alternator, would do that just fine for you!
I'm thinking about ditching the alternator idea, since it will take about ~1 HP away from the engine


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Senate easily approves fix for flight delays
The modern Senate has earned its unflattering reputation. As abuses became more common and norms were abandoned, the once-venerated institution became a lumbering, dysfunctional, and inefficient mess.
But when it really wants to, the Senate can move with lightning speed.
The Senate moved quickly Thursday evening to help ease the Federal Aviation Administration's ability to handle automatic spending cuts set forth in the sequester.
Senators unanimously approved the "Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013" – a patch to fix the deep cuts that have furloughed air traffic controllers and delayed flights across the country.
The bill gives the FAA authority to spend up to $253 million of money already in the FAA's budget – but not allocated to pay for other things – to keep employees on the job and make sure more flights are on time.
The measure didn't even face a Republican filibuster – it just passed by unanimous consent. It will now move to the House, where it's scheduled to be brought to the floor today. It will be considered on something called the "suspension calendar," which means it'll need a two-thirds majority to pass, but proponents appear optimistic.
To clarify an important detail, the "Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013" does not allocate funds to replace the budget cuts and end the furloughs, but rather, gives the FAA the authority to move around other funds within its existing budget to make up the difference. In this sense, it's a win for Republicans – Democrats have argued that when it comes to ending the sequestration fiasco, Congress should either turn it off or replace it with a balanced compromise. The GOP line, meanwhile, has been to put the onus on the Obama administration to make the cuts work. It's a relatively tiny slice of the pie, but the FAA fix is in line with the Republican approach.
So why did Democrats go along? Because they were just looking to solve this problem quickly, and this was the path of least resistance.
Procedural considerations notwithstanding, we're still left with an unnerving examination of Washington's often twisted priorities.
When the sequester started kicking children out of pre-K, Congress did nothing. When this stupid policy denied low-income seniors the benefits of Meals on Wheels, Congress barely noticed. When sequestration cuts put new burdens on cancer patients and cut housing aid to struggling families, most of Congress shrugged its shoulders.
But when business travelers ran into flight delays on Monday, a unanimous Senate approved a fix without breaking a sweat on Thursday.
I have no special fondness for FAA furloughs or disrupted air travel, but when Republicans pushed for sequestration, the goal was to create a policy that would hurt the country on purpose. What's more, it's proven to be quite effective – millions of Americans have been affected and continue to feel the pinch.
But it appears that lawmakers are also mindful of which Americans are affected and what kind of inconveniences the political world is prepared to tolerate. Children being thrown out of Head Start centers is a shame, but wealthier air travelers waiting on the tarmac for a couple of hours is a travesty in need of swift congressional intervention.
Noam Scheiber had a good take on this:
The problem with the deal to end the airport delays – as with so many of the other ways the sequester has been eased – is that it does away impact of the dreaded FAA cut without an alternative that would be roughly as painful for the affluent. It treats the delays as a kind of gratuitous sideshow to the sequester fight when in fact they're really the whole point. "The public's going to be furious when they find out that this could have been prevented," Republican Senator Dan Coats complained to the [Wall Street Journal]. Exactly. And it was only then that they would have had the moral standing to judge the rest of the sequester.


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Jet-Engine Tech Makes Super-Thin and Quiet Ultrabooks a Reality
Laptops are getting even more powerful. Even though their processors are steadily becoming more efficient and running cooler, most of them still need at least one noisy fan to keep a machine's innards from melting into a useless heap of parts. Now there's a tiny bellows-like innovation that solves that cooling problem, using miniaturized technology that was first employed in jet engines.
Leave it to General Electric, the company that makes everything from blenders to nuclear reactors, to come up with a silent solution to this noisy problem. Its new Dual Piezoelectric Cooling Jets will efficiently keep our gadgets' electronics from overheating without annoying us with whiny, whistling and whirring fans.
Take a look at the video above, and you'll see this remarkable mechanism at work, opening a miniscule aperture to both blow air out and suck it in. This credit-card-thin device takes care of its cooling tasks with nary a sound, altogether eliminating the need for fans and all their associated racket.
Another admirable attribute of this tech that we'll be seeing in quiet laptops by 2014: because of its nearly flat dimensions, it takes up a lot less room than conventional fans, allowing all manner of electronic devices can be even thinner than they are today.
All this space savings, quietude and power will result in better gadgetry for us, according to General Electric, whose company rep says the little bellows will enable "thinner, quieter and more powerful tablets, laptops and other electronic devices."
In a world that's too noisy already, tech like this won't come a moment too soon.
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GET WELL SOON – Teddy Bear
Our adorable traditional brown teddy bear is made with super soft fluffy fur perfect to cuddle up to, full of character and with a friendly face – this teddy makes the ideal gift.
This Teddy Bear is new and comes in perfect condition. This superb brown teddy bear wears a t-shirt with Get Well Soon on it.
This lovingly crafted traditional brown teddy bear is full of character and with a friendly face, everyone will love this bear. CE Approved for quality.
Lovable, huggable toy for children age 3+. An excellent present for any occasion. Brand new, unopened, bagged. All new materials.
This teddy bear will be one of the most heartfelt gifts that you could choose to give to someone! A teddy bear instantly shows how much you care.
This cute brown teddy bear is extremely easy to hug and just about impossible to put down.
Remember, you are never too old for a cute and cuddly teddy bear.
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- Size: 20 cm / 8 inches
- Makes an original gift.
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- Please note – small parts – this toy is not suitable for children under 3 years of age.
This cute and cuddly soft teddy bear is the ideal present, gift for birthdays, xmas, anniversaries and surprise parties.
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Ahhh, I see. So god was talking about a group that would not exist for close to 2000 years and since your little sect is at peace then the prophecy must be fulfilled. SO everything revolves around JW, it's peace and it's understanding, right! And you call me haughty?
I don't believe in religion that often...but when I do...I prefer JW. Stay ignorant my friends!


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- Bluette pocket agenda in crocodile embossed calf leather
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- Runs from 18th November 2019 to 24th January 2021
- Gilt-edged, pale blue Featherweight paper
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- Dimensions: W9 x H14cm / W3.5 x H5.5"
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One of Smythson's most iconic collections, each Mara piece is instantly identified by its embossed crocodile print calf leather. This season sees a host of notebooks, accessories and bags reimagined in earthy shades of mahogany and ochre, alongside a cool sea green and striking sky blue.
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Massage and Skin Care for Women and Men
Certified Massage Therapist and Licensed Cosmetologists
The luxury and the serenity of detoxifying your body with massage and skin care is now available at the Filbert Bed & Breakfast.
The benefits of massage are:
- relieving muscular pain, tension, and joint stiffness
- improving muscle condition and flexibility
- increasing circulation
- reducing stress
- reducing anxiety
- creating a sense of well being
The Filbert Bed & Breakfast provides a safe, relaxing environment for the ultimate massage or skin care experience. This service is uniquely designed to provide only the best bodywork techniques. Take the rare opportunity to be pampered with a special Swedish massage, a deep tissue massage, or an exfoliating facial.
The Filbert Bed & Breakfast offers a variety of other services.
Swedish Massage
1 hour
|Long and relaxing strokes to relax muscles and increase circulation. Enjoy a calm, serene atmosphere conveniently at the Filbert Bed & Breakfast.
Deep Tissue Massage
1 hour
|Primarily to relax muscle tension using light to hard pressure. This therapeutic style of massage incorporates stretching of tight or strained muscles perfect for the Appalachian hiker or the stressed overworked individual.
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A great addition to Ladies Day Out, a bridal shower, or any special event held at the Filbert Bed & Breakfast.
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Teaching in Thailand - Vacation Update
Thailand is the only one of our destinations to take their main school vacation during April and the start of May. This year we've been running two exciting teaching programs during this time, one in Ao Nang and one in Chumphon. The volunteers helped to plan the activities before the vacations started and both programs have proved popular with the local children.
Teaching & Care Director, Parichart Chaipikul or Ant as she's known, sent us this update:
'It is going very well. The children are so well-behaved, it is unbelievable! Maybe we should worry that they won't stay this way, but I doubt it. They seem to love it and join in on the activities very actively. The volunteers are doing great as well with the help of our Thai student helpers.
Last week we had food day; they discussed different foods. They did a whisper game and the children managed to turn 'sandwich' into 'tsnunami'... rather interesting!
They prepared sandwiches after that; some children seemed to love them, others sneakily took their plates outside, folded (with their sandwich in between) and binned them. The majority seemed to like it though!
From Monday to Thursday we were in Ao Nang School. Monday they covered the topic of transport, such as bus, train, etc. Tuesday we ran activities around the topic of body parts. So, they did hand printing and body labeling, and on Wednesday we had a sports days. We separated the students into groups using the names of the school houses in Harry Potter. The activities involved games and competitions; such as musical chairs, throwing and egg and spoon races. The students had so much fun. On Thursday, we did paper maché models of animals.
Today, we had the field trip. We brought them into Ao Nang town and the students had to fill in a questionnaire that we provided. All the questions were related to important places and signs in the Ao Nang area. It was amazing that they could find the answer in English without any help from Thai helpers! The last place that we brought them to was Somkiat Buri Hotel. The aim of visiting the hotel was to show them the hotel and let them to get a new experience.'
The vacation program will be continuing after the national Songkran vacation which celebrates the traditional Thai New Year. Happy Songkran to all our Thai staff!


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Food and Agriculture
Strengthening the Bay Area's urban and regional food systems
The Bay Area is known for its passion for food and its forward-thinking policy. The region's central cities have the potential to combine the two, leading the nation by demonstrating how municipal policy can catalyze the development of urban agriculture, build a stronger regional food system and create healthier communities.
This program is generously supported by the The Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation, TomKat Charitable Trust, 11th Hour Project, New Belgium Family Foundation, John & Marcia Goldman Foundation and the Clif Bar Family Foundation.
Lead staff: Eli Zigas, Food and Agriculture Policy Director, email@example.com
Santa Clara County Healthy Food Incentive Grocery Project
Piloting a scalable model for making healthy food more affordable
One of the biggest obstacles to healthy eating is the affordability of healthy food. The Santa Clara County Healthy Food Incentive Grocery Project helps families overcome that barrier. The project provides matching funds so that families and individuals participating in the CalFresh program can buy even more fresh fruits and vegetables at the grocery store.
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Healthy Food Within Reach
Helping Bay Area residents find, afford and choose healthy food
One in 10 adults in the Bay Area struggle to find three meals a day, while more than half of adults are overweight or obese. To meet our basic needs, improve public health and enhance our quality of life, Bay Area residents must have access to healthy food. SPUR recommends 12 actions that local governments can take to improve food access in Bay Area communities.
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Makers & Movers Economic Cluster Strategy
Recommendations for San Francisco food and beverage manufacturers and distributors
The past and future growth of the local food economy depend on the food and beverage manufactures and distributors who often operate behind-the-scenes. Recognizing this, SPUR partnered with the San Francisco Planning Department and Office of Economic and Workforce Development to develop recommendations for how the city can better support these businesses.
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Locally Nourished
How a stronger regional food system benefits the Bay Area
The Bay Area's food system supports our greenbelt, employs hundreds of thousands of people, and helps reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. SPUR's recommends a series of policies to help us more effectively capture the benefits of our regional food system.
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Public Harvest
Expanding the use of public land for urban agriculture in San Francisco
Urban agriculture has captured the imagination of San Franciscans in recent years. But the city won't realize all the benefits of this growing interest unless it provides more land, more resources and better institutional support.
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It might be time to say goodbye to "Family Guy," creator Seth MacFarlane says.
In the cover story of this week's Hollywood Reporter, the man behind Peter Griffin et al. said every show has a limited shelf life. "Part of me thinks that 'Family Guy' should have already ended," MacFarlane told the publication. "I think seven seasons is about the right lifespan for a TV series."
A strange thing to say, as his show that's in its tenth season.
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"I talk to the fans and in a way I'm kind of secretly hoping for them to say we're done with it," MacFarlane said, though there are obviously other factors he needs to consider. For one, he's got around 300 people working on staff for the Fox television show. For another, he's got a golden touch and started a cash cow for the network. And, of course, there's the cult success the show has garnered.
In 2010 alone, his programming (including "Family Guy" spin-off "The Cleveland Show" and "American Dad!") generated a solid $200 million in ad revenue.
But if MacFarlane wants to bid farewell to Quahog, what has he got his eyes set on? Possibly a reboot of his favorite television series, "Star Trek."
"I'd love to see that franchise revived for television in the way that it was in the 1990's: very thoughtful, smartly written stories that transcend the science fiction audience."
One thing, MacFarlane said, that's not in the cards Broadway. While the "South Park"'s Trey Parker and Matt Stone translated their love of political incorrectness, religion, and show tunes into the wildly popular "Book of Mormon," MacFarlane said that if he ever did Broadway, he'd do something more "old fashioned."
As it stands, though, "Family Guy" will continue into the foreseeable future.


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City Cruiser of San Diego is a great way to celebrate bachelorette parties, wine tasting, or even tailgate at a Padres game. It is quite literally a bar bike and the perfect way to tour San Diego. If you are looking for things to do in San Diego, why not take a bike tour to San Diego sights and attractions? We are also near the San Diego Convention Center and Gas Lamp Quarter. Ask us about booking your next corporate event or private party. on our party bike. When you are looking for things to do in San Diego why not try one of our bike tours. It's just better on a bike.
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