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Model S Reservation Tally
Model S Reservation Tally
You don't really have to post in more than one forum.
But since you did I'll add another comment to what I placed in the General forum.
If you do place your reservation, you'll probably be able to look at and drive in a beta sooner than otherwise.
Can't wait!
First off, congrats to switching, I am sure you will find you made the better choice.
Secondly, I would actually suggest putting down for the Signature Model S if you want the 300 mile version. It bumps you up towards the front, and technically, the reservation numbers have already surpassed the max amount Tesla expects to produce next year.
They guessed 5000 units produced then 20,000 in 2013 and so on.. as of now we have around 5,246 according to our unofficial running tally.
Now what do I do to keep myself sane while I wait for 1.5 years?
I went to the shareholders meeting, then the 'storefront' in San Jose. Got home... pulled the trigger on the deposit.
Made my reserve yesterday for Model S, will use it as my primary transport in Miami. Will get free charging in my electric parking spot and work at my Green Power Plant.
Recieved reserve number today for Model S p 4123... my free electric parking space awaits. Wanted an American EV for so long Chevy Volt disappointed me being a hybrid. Almost bought a Volt but they are impossible to get in Miami. I have a Corvette Z06 and like sporty cars but hated look of Roadster. So jumped on the Model S.
Reserved yesterday
Please recheck you numbers for Canada, my reservation number for a Signature Series is 80 and is dated April 5.
is that the same number that is listed when you login to your mytesla (https://www.teslamotors.com/mytesla) page?
clea, thanks for keeping me up to speed. my reservation number when i log in is S75
I payed the 4000 euro on 19 May and got P360 today. And I am from Belgium.
but on 1 June i got this message for the European Sales Advisor:
.... We do not issue reservation numbers any longer purely because they are subject to change, but if you like I can get your current number to give you an idea of your position in the "queue".
You will receive regular updates from Tesla about your Model S and we will let you know as soon as Model S test drives are available in your region......
I don't know if anybody said it, but thank you for doing the work to provide this useful and interesting tally.
reserved signature S in Canada #81
Your reservation number is going to drop over time as some people will get out of line for different reasons.
I put down the money just over a year ago (sigh and more than a year to go) and my number has dropped from P270 to P171. I guess they don't want to update the website every time somebody bails ship.
I don't think the US list has been cleaned up yet. I wonder how many reservations still stand there.
Shouldn't be too hard to make automatic updates on the web page. Computers tend to be good at calculations. But as we have seen, the numbers are not certain since your number in line will ultimately also be based on what options u choose.
Is there anybody except me who noted an *increase* in his or her reservation number? I went from P1 to P3 (Europe) which, as you will understand, makes me a little unhappy (although, honestly, irrationally so). I hope Tesla will fix this soon, and place me back on the pole position! :-)
My reservation number disappeared from the My Tesla site several months ago, so I have no idea where I am in line anymore. I used to be P299 before it disappeared. Still says status reserved, at least.
Perhaps that means that there have been enough early reservation holder that have lost patience and left for other (I don't know what other could be) options, that numbers below P300 are in flux.
Reserved my Model S today! Haven't received my reservation number as of yet, but they checked for me today and told me they were still UNDER the 5,000 reservations for first year production. Is the tally overestimating a little?
"Is there anybody except me who noted an *increase* in his or her reservation number? I went from P1 to P3 (Europe) which, as you will understand, makes me a little unhappy (although, honestly, irrationally so). I hope Tesla will fix this soon, and place me back on the pole position! :-)"
Volker, a couple of early Signature reservers -- ones who reserved before you -- might have "dropped down" to ordinary production.
rd2 -- The tally is definitely overestimating; not only are there definitely some dropouts, but there are definitely switches between ordinary and Signature, and both create "gap numbers".
@ncn and @michiganmodels - thanks for clarifying. Will let you know when my reservation number arrives. I neglected to ask whether the 5000 was worldwide or US only. I'm here in the Bay Area, though, so it could have been a US-only number he was quoting.
It's very exciting to be on the list finally. The wait will be excruciating though. Thanks for keeping everyone up to date.
@ RD2 ... the tally is not an estimation actually, it is based on what people post here and we just add it to the list and assume it is the most up to date information we can get a hold of
@ Volker EU#P1
Ya I actually contacted Tesla corp, worked my way up the chain of command and squeezed in some extra $$ to take P1 from you just cuz your name said you were P1 ;)
not really tho, just teasing :-P
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welcome aboard mike & designtime
the unfortunate thing is, there is a huge discrepancy between your two postings. that's a 422 jump in a single day. The Model S is great, but that seems a bit unlikely.
uhh, you might want to check the date associatd with mike's reservation ... that works out to be 422 in over 50 days ...
Maybe there was sa run on them? :-)
We just reserved on Sat afternoon (6/18/2011)
ya misread it nevermind ...
Looks like about 9.4/day so here's what it looks like extrapolated
P = General Production (Model S)
1-Jul 4303 5561
1-Aug 4613 5871
1-Sep 4923 6181
1-Oct 5223 6481
1-Nov 5533 6791
1-Dec 5833 7091
1/1/12 6143 7401
Model S
Signature #353
I don't think that reservations will stay linear. I expect we will see an acceleration with each new milestone and as reservation systems come online for other geographies.
Hi all, I have been reading for a long time on the forum and decided to start posting as well. Seen the 2 years wait for the car, we have to keep us busy with something.... :-)
I had P422 (Europe), received it on 14/04/2011, I changed it recently for a S65 (Europe) on 20/06/2011.
On strange thing, my Tesla representative told me he has about 130 Signature orders for Europe, he explained the number doesn't say anything, close to production the numbers will be "straighten out" anyway. The first 500 signature would be deliverd almost at the same time, so this won't change much in any case.


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Read Updated Article "Creating your ultimate Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop " for Ubuntu 7.10 Here
In this article i try to describe how to install Codecs / Applications easily on
1. Installing/Enabling additional Repositories
Now many applications need additional repositories to be installed or some to be enabled in Synaptic package manager so before trying out steps given below ensure that repositories in order.
launch Synaptic Package Manager (System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager ) , then in Synaptic package manager go to (Settings -> Repositories ) you will find window like this . Ensure that all the check boxes are marked leaving source code(if you want to you can enable this also but you are not going to need this unless you are software developer) the dialog box should look like this .
¨wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - ¨and
¨sudo wget http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/sources.list.d/feisty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list ¨
after completing above steps type
Now your system should be ready for installing extra codecs .
IMPORTANT : In General i don't recommend adding unknown repositories it is risky and could pose a security risk to your computer , however the repository i am adding above is official repository(Medibuntu) whose reference i got from official Ubuntu website so you should not worry about adding repository i mentioned above .
Here is the offical Ubuntu documentation with reference to Medibuntu repository
2. Installing Multimedia Codecs
w32codec is a collection dll files from windows that helps in decompressing major video/audio formats allowing them to be played flawlessly on Linux Media players , however because of legal issues associated with it is not included with Ubuntu . To Install the package type the following command in the terminal window(assuming repositories are in order and they are set up correctly as described above ),keep in mind that codecs are downloaded from Medibuntu repositories and not Ubuntu hence be sure you have activated the repositories correctly as described in first step of this article.
¨ sudo aptitude install w32codecs ¨
¨sudo aptitude install libxine-extracodecs gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-pitfdll ¨
Installing DVD Playing support : -
Now this is a contentious issue , in some countries playing DVD files through DEcss is illegal so use it at your
own will , anyways to enable dvd playback issue the following command in the terminal window : -
¨ sudo dpkg -i libdvdcss2_1.2.9-2medibuntu2+build1_i386.deb ¨
Now Ubuntu by default dosnt come with many popular media players like Xine,Mplayer and VLC preinstalled so you can install them using the following command .
4. Installing Audio players
Now similar to Video players many good audio players are not shipped with Ubuntu here is the command to install audio players - xmms,mpg123 ,banshee,amarok. Type the following command in the terminal windows (Application -> Accesories -> Terminal)
5. Installing Macromedia Flash-PluginMacromedia Flash player is not installed by default but since we would be surely needing it while browsing the net , installing it is necessary since Macromedia flash has more or less became an integral part of internet browsing experience .
it can be installed by following command
6. Installing beryl and other eye candy
Ubuntu 7.04 makes installing beryl/compiz extremely easy , to install beryl type the following command in the terminal window (Application ->Accesories -> Terminal) :-
After installation is over restart X Server/Computer and launch beryl-manager by going into (Application -> System tools -> Beryl Manager)
If you want to avoid starting beryl-manager manually every time you can make beryl-manager start automatically when gnome starts to do this go to (System->Preferences->Sessions) you will get a window like this
Press New and in windows that appears next in Name type Beryl Manager(or what ever you like) and in command type beryl-manager . Now every time gnome starts Beryl Manager should load automatically.
7. Installing Java Runtime environment v6.0 With Mozilla Firefox plugin
Similar to Macromedia Flash , today Java applets and applications have become a integral part of internet browsing experience however java runtime is not installed by default in Ubuntu to install java Runtime Environment with plug in for Mozilla Firefox type the following command in the terminal window.
Two of the popular Google application available on Windows Google Picasa and Google Earth are also available on Linux platform. While Google earth is a native Linux application , Google Picasa uses Wine to run on Linux platform.
Installing Google Earth : -
To install Google Earth type the following command in the Terminal Window (Application->Accessories -> Terminal ),keep in mind that googleearth is downloaded from Medibuntu repositories and not Ubuntu hence be sure you have activated the repositories correctly as described in first step of this article.
After downloading is over you will get a screen like this press ¨Yes¨ to accept the license agreement and complete software installation.
Now you can launch Google Earth from (Application -> Internet -> Google Earth)
Installing Google Picasa : -
Google Picasa is a nice Photo Management software that offers some really neat features , however Picasa is not a native Linux application but runs on Linux atop application layer called Wine which allows many Windows application to run flawlessly on Linux .
To install Google Picasa type the following command in the terminal window : -
¨sudo dpkg -i picasa_2.2.2820-5_i386.deb ¨
Real player is one of the most popular media player on Windows Platform, now Real Player for Linux is not as feature rich as one on Windows platform but still it plays real media files and some other formats quite well . It´s interface is clean and usable.
To Install Real Player type the following command in the terminal window : -
¨sudo ./RealPlayer10GOLD.bin¨
for installation to begin . Follow the instructions as presented to complete installation .
After installation is over you can launch Real Player from (Application -> Sound & Video -> Real Player 10 ).
Installing Adobe Reader : -
On Ubuntu/Linux a number of good pdf reader exist that are quite functional and less resource hungry as compared to Adobe Reader , However if you still want to install Adobe Reader 7.0 you can either download package from adobe website or type the following command in the terminal window .
However note , the following command would only work if Medibuntu repositories are configured properly so be sure you have installed it correctly as described in the beginning of article .
Downloader for X is a nice download manager that allows downloading files from Internet , pausing them and downloading them later . It also supports splitting file into number of segments so that files could be downloaded quickly . However one thing that i didn't like about is it's interface is somewhat difficult as compared to some of the download manager available on Windows.
Anyways to install " Downloader for X " type the following command in the terminal window.
After installation is over launch ¨Downloader for X¨ by typing ¨d4x¨ in the terminal window , or by going to (Applications-> Internet -> Downloader for X )
Installing azureus : - Azureus is one of the more popular bittorrent client available on both Windows and Linux , based on java it is one of the most powerful bittorrent client.
To install azureus type the following command in the terminal window : -
Skype is a popular VOIP application , allowing one to make voice calls over the internet . To install Skype type the following command in the Terminal Window (Application->Accessories -> Terminal ),keep in mind that Skype is downloaded from Medibuntu repositories and not Ubuntu hence be sure you have activated the repositories correctly as described in first step of this article.
12. Installing Microsoft True Type Fonts
To install Microsoft True Type fonts on Ubuntu type the following command in the terminal window .
13. Installing Miscellaneous Other Applications : -
Here is how you can install some other useful applications on Ubuntu Desktop .
Opera : -
Opera is very fine browser is quite popular too , it features a integrated bittorrent client , has a strong download manager and offers tab browsing . It is third most popular browser after IE and Mozilla Firefox
Type the following command in terminal window : -
instead of above steps type : -
¨sudo aptitude install opera ¨
Making Windows see your Linux partition
Windows XP lacks support for reading and writing files to Linux file system however external utilities like free Ext2 File system for windows allows Windows XP to read and write files to a Ext2 , Ext3 file system however ReiserFS file system is not supported .
You can get Ext2 file system for windows at the following link : -
Installing Unrar : -
RAR is one of the very widely used archives on Windows , however unrar tool to decompress RAR is not shipped with distribution and has ti be installed manually.
Article written by Ambuj Varshney (blogambuj(at)gmail.com)
For Linux On Desktop Blog (http://linuxondesktop.blogspot.com)
(C) 2007, Ambuj Varshney

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NKY track's schedule cut nearly in half next year
Churchill Downs crossed the finish line a winner Tuesday in its pursuit of September racing, as Kentucky horse racing regulators awarded the track a third meet next year for the first time in its history.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission approved a 2013 racing calendar that sets aside 12 days of September racing at the home of the Kentucky Derby. Races will run Fridays through Sundays, and Churchill holds an option to add four Thursdays of racing if business is good.
September racing will augment the track's traditional spring and fall meets. Churchill hopes to attract big crowds and full thoroughbred fields by capitalizing on the typical good weather in September.
"We certainly hope that it's at the upper echelon of meets," said Churchill track President Kevin Flanery.
September racing dates traditionally went to Turfway Park, but the struggling suburban track in Florence grudgingly conceded those prime dates to Churchill. Turfway couldn't compete with the higher purse money Churchill can award horsemen.
"We weren't happy about it," said Chip Bach, Turfway's director of operations. "September is a fun time at our racetrack."
Flanery told reporters that daily purses will average between $200,000 and $240,000 during Churchill's September meet.
By contrast, Turfway's purses averaged $97,000 per day during its meet last month.
Kentucky racing officials hope the higher purses at Churchill will keep more horsemen stabled and racing in the Bluegrass state.
The roots of horse racing and breeding run deep in Kentucky. Despite the state's reputation as the horse capital, its tracks have struggled to compete with tracks elsewhere that supplement their purses with casino revenue. Kentucky tracks have tried for years to get approval to add slot machines, but their efforts have been stymied in the state General Assembly.
The last time Churchill offered September racing was in 1983 and 1984, when it had a handful of racing dates in the month. However, it will be the first stand-alone September racing meet at Churchill since the 1890 fall meet consisted of eight racing days.
As part of next year's racing calendar, Turfway will have its live racing schedule cut nearly in half, from 81 days this year to 47 days in 2013.
Turfway's slimmed-down 2013 schedule includes just four days of racing in February, with a track option to add four more days.
"We would love to run nine days a week if we could," Bach said. "We just have to take it one year at a time, and right now this is totally new territory for us, so we're going to have to see how the public responds to it, how the horsemen respond to it and move forward."
The Kentucky Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association asked that Turfway offer eight days of racing in February to give more horsemen a chance to make money during the month. Instead, the commission awarded four racing days that month and gave Turfway the option of adding four more February racing days if business justifies the addition.
"If business is going gangbusters like we anticipate, we can use those (days) to race as well," Bach said.
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So many typefaces are named after their designers, one might assume that being a type designer is the only way to get a typeface named after you. But Garth Graphic, in addition to being a distinctive and versatile design, is proof that you don't have to create the face to be its namesake. The founding of a major phototypesetting company is enough – or at least it was back in 1979.
The story begins with a typeface designed in the 1960s by John Matt for American Type Founders – named, not surprisingly, Matt Antique. Matt Antique was to be part of the type library offered with ATF's phototypesetting machine. Unfortunately, when plans for the introduction of the phototypesetter were scrapped, John Matt's design suffered a similar fate.
For almost a decade, Matt's design lay dormant, along with a hundred or so other typefaces intended for the now-abandoned ATF phototypesetter. Finally, someone at ATF realized that these designs would have value to a company that was successfully making and selling phototypesetting equipment. ATF approached several firms, but it was Compugraphic (the company that would eventually become Monotype Imaging) that purchased the collection. In 1976, several boxes of artwork, production prints and trial proofs were delivered to their new owner. All that remained of Matt Antique, however, was a small 12-point proof of the roman and italic design.
It took Compugraphic's staff designers almost three years to transform the letters on the small proof into a complete typeface family. Although the heritage of Matt Antique clearly shows in their work, many subtle and not-so-subtle changes were made to John Matt's original ATF design proposal. The completed family was named after Compugraphic's founder, William Garth, Jr., and released in the spring of 1979.
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Monday, February 13, 2012
3-Day Work Week Kway Chap Stall
Recommended by Carrie Kan, I'm now reading The 4-Hour Work Week. While that is in progress, check this kway chap stall that operates only 3 days per week! Yes, many would certainly die for a 3-day work week. Moohahaha.
The Kway Chap is very good. Though I would have preferred the smooth, silky sheets instead of this floury, rough version, as a whole it was still worth the 15-min queue.
Chewy, springy pig skin and intestines that appealed with a robust flavour without any offensive odour usually associated with innards.
The braised pork belly is well flavoured with the braising sauce. We also ordered the tau kwa, tau pok, lor neng, tau kee. Dip the morsels into a tangy spicy chilli sauce for oomph.
Total cost for 4 pax was about $20.
Now to read up on that 4-day work week...
Xing Yun Kway Chap
Tampines Round Market & Food Centre
Blk 137 Tampines Street 11
Opens: Fridays to Sundays (and I don't think they open till late)
Chew On This: If you need another bowl of kway or want additional eggs/tau kwa etc, head straight to the front of the queue and tell the aunty/uncle. Don't re-queue! #justsaying
5 comments:
- Olivia Burn said...
Ahh, that food looks DELICIOUS!
- 8:52 am
- sn00pyee said...
this place is awesome! i have been eating @ this store for the past 20 years (used to be in Blk 201 Tampines St 22). If you want kway chap, this is the place!
- 8:55 am
- Tony Johor Kaki said...
LOL on the 4-hour week, I console myself by convincing myself that if I love my work I never need to work a single day ;P That kway chap looks really nice. Pig skin is my fave. I tried some good ones across the causeway too. But they eat the dish with small kway teow instead of our wider rice sheets. I love these two the best so far ;D http://johorkaki.blogspot.com/search/label/Kway%20Teow%20Kia
- 3:11 pm
just tried it today. you are right its outstanding. only negative point is that it does not serve any other intestines other than the big ones - which is fatty. pricing is good.
- 7:26 pm
- The Hungry Cow said...
Olivia x: Thanks! It is yummilicous. :D
sn00pyee: Yay, another fan! High 5.
Johor Kaki: Agree on loving what one does. Oh those look good too! :)
Anonymous: Thanks for sharing with us your comments. Happy Kway Chapping!
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Sharknado has left the building.
Tonight's The Last Sharknado: It's about Time kind of befits the title: It's is about time that this campy franchise has called it quits.
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Cuban told me that we'll never know whether The Donald could've fulfilled the role like he did.
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As proof, Cuban provided a seven-second clip of him doing a body roll in front of the rolling cameras, "and that was 6 months after a hip replacement :)," Cuban wrote.
Cuban hammed it up as the POTUS, gunning down flying CGI sharks raining on the White House.
Lewisville actor Cody Linley
The young TV actor from Lewisville had already been Miley Cyrus' boyfriend for four seasons of the Disney Channel's Hannah Montana. And he was a final four contestant on ABC's Dancing With the Stars with Julianne Hough as his partner.
When Sharknado came calling with a role as Fin Shepard's dashing son in Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens, he had to do an online search.
"I hadn't even heard of Sharknado before then," he said. "I guess I'd been living under a rock."
He binge-watched the other three Sharknadoes and was ready. Too bad he got knocked off in a later Sharknado.
Cassie Scerbo
Well, Scerbo doesn't have exactly Texas roots, but she does love to hang out at the lake in Granbury and loves her some Chick-fil-A from there.
She appeared to be taken out in first sequel, but came back as Nova Clark in Sharknado 3.
"It was already so crazy and ridiculous," she said. "That's how it's become a cult classic. It's real cool to say that I was part of that. I got to be in the Jaws of our day."
Texas-born Gary Busey
Surprisingly to most of us, it took four Sharknadoes to finally get Busey signed on. Busey went against typecasting and was the lead scientist at some company that's supposed to control Sharknadoes. He looked good in a lab coat and flashed that toothy grin a few times.
West Texas
In Sharknado 4, a Texas town makes an appearance when a Sharknado swept into a West Texas oil field and turned into an "Oil-Nado!"
Yep, we're going to miss it.


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Expo '09: Liquid Force
The 2009 Surf Expo is officially underway here in Orlando. All of the major companies are debuting their 2010 lines all under one roof, so it's sure to be an exciting weekend. My first stop of the show was the Liquid Force booth. Team manager Aaron Grace walked me through the line, which was full of new graphics and a few new shapes as well. The most talked about board was Shawn Watson's new pro model. Watson's last pro model was also kept in the line and will be sold as the Watson Classic. Kevin Henshaw and Mikey Ennen were also given new boards designed not only to perform well behind the boat, but hold up on rails as well. The boots have also all changed for 2010. The pro model boots all sit on redesigned air ride chassis, allowing for super duper soft landings. After being at the top of their game in 2009, look for LF to keep their momentum heading into the upcoming season.– Danny Evans
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This month, Documenting the American South celebrates the birthday of naturalist and explorer William Bartram, who was born April 9, 1739, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
William Bartram was the son of John Bartram, a naturalist, and Ann Mendenhall. His paternal grandfather was one of the earliest settlers along the Cape Fear River in North Carolina. Traveling with his father on various collecting trips in rural Pennsylvania and New York, Bartram's interest in nature was cultivated from a young age. Sketching the plants and animals he observed during their travels, young William exhibited notable artistic ability. In his later journeys, Bartram continued to represent visually the native flora, wildlife, and peoples he encountered. Whereas his father had been largely self-educated, William was grounded in the classics, history, Latin, and French at the Philadelphia Academy (a precursor of the University of Pennsylvania), where he attended school until 1756. That same year, following his withdrawal from school, Bartram was apprenticed to a Philadelphia merchant but showed little business acumen. Nevertheless, he moved to North Carolina in 1761 in order to run a trading post on the Cape Fear River that was backed by his uncle, Colonel William Bartram. This was the first in a series of failed business ventures. In 1765, Bartram accompanied his father, Royal Botanist to King George III, on an expedition to the St. John's River in Florida and was the illustrator for his father's published journal.
Bartram's career as a commissioned naturalist and explorer was initiated when Peter Collinson, one of his father's English patrons, showed his illustrations to Dr. John Fothergill, also a wealthy benefactor. Returning to North Carolina in 1770 following another unsuccessful business enterprise in Philadelphia, Bartram remained in contact with Collinson, forwarding him drawings of turtles and mollusks as well as indigenous plant samples. By 1772, John Fothergill had promised an annual stipend of 50 pounds, and Bartram was to embark on an independent expedition to Florida, gathering seeds, roots, and plants while documenting his travels through written observations and illustrations. In the spring of 1773, Bartram chose Charleston, South Carolina, as his operations center and undertook a nearly four-year, 2,400-mile excursion through the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana. Left visually impaired and considerably weakened by a serious illness contracted in Alabama, he returned to Philadelphia in January 1777. Until his death in 1823, he helped manage the family's botanical gardens, a Philadelphia landmark. Bartram never married.
Though he most likely finished his manuscript in the early 1780s, Bartram did not publish an account of his travels until 1791. As a result, some of his botanical discoveries were attributed to other scientists initially. James and Johnson published the lengthy text, based on Bartram's collected diaries and field journals, under the full title Travels through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee County, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing an Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians. Despite its limited sales in the United States, the book enjoyed popular and critical reception in Europe.
Throughout his Travels, Bartram exhibits a deep admiration and reverenced awe for the natural wonders he encounters. As he writes in his Introduction, the world is "a glorious apartment of the boundless palace of the sovereign Creator" and continually reveals "a glorious display of the Almighty hand." A Quaker like his father (though John Bartram eventually would break with this religious sect), Bartram's vibrant descriptions are imbued with mystical delight. It is in nature where Bartram finds the clearest evidence for divine Providence animating a benevolent handiwork. While divided into four parts, outlined in the book's Contents, Bartram's prose has a somewhat rambling quality, and the book is loosely organized chronologically. Yet his far-reaching observations on the southeastern states and their inhabitants—plant, animal, insect, and human alike—provide an invaluable portrait of an early American landscape. Though his official travels conclude with Part III, the book's final part contains his observations on the culture, practices, language, and government of several Native American tribes, among them the Choctaws, Chickasaws, Seminoles, Cherokees, and Creeks.
Bartram's narrative passages, which variously detail a lively battle with preying alligators, countless river crossings, fantastic reports of the storms he weathered, and his numerous encounters with American Indians, are interspersed with catalogs of birds, flowers, trees, and shrubs by their scientific classifications. The long-term significance of Bartram's work—even as an early treatment of American natural history, with its generally reliable scientific observations on regional flora, fauna, and terrain—principally rests in its literary contributions. Bartram's Travels profoundly influenced English Romantic poets such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth as well as the American Transcendentalists Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. His occasional musings on the sublime reveal a familiarity and engagement with contemporary aesthetic philosophies. Still more significant, William Bartram, in recounting his joyous, solitary communion with the natural world, emerges as one of the first writers to treat a theme that might be considered uniquely American.
Works Consulted: Elliott, Emory, ed., Dictionary of Literary Biography: American Writers of the Early Republic, Volume 37, Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1978; Garraty, John A. and Mark C. Carnes, eds., American National Biography, New York: Oxford University Press, 1999; Perkins, George and Barbara Perkins, eds., The American Tradition in Literature, Volume I, 8th edition, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Now that President Barack Obama has clinched a second term, will he embrace one of the most politically vexing tasks on his to-do list - streamlining the mind-numbing U.S. tax code?
Backers of a top-to-bottom overhaul hope so, with momentum building for such a feat, last accomplished under President Ronald Reagan in 1986. It will be Obama's choice, those in both parties agree, to make a bold proposal and use his bully pulpit to push it through.
"You need presidential leadership," said Michael Mundaca, who was Obama's assistant treasury secretary for tax before returning to Ernst & Young. "You need the power of the Treasury tax policy and White House economic team and the IRS (tax-collecting Internal Revenue Service) to do something this massive."
Obama, who defeated Republican Mitt Romney for re-election, is among those in both parties who say the tax system is overly complex and stifles growth.
Raising new revenue will be a major challenge of Obama's second term, with a deficit topping $1 trillion. Many say a tax code rewrite is a place to get it but the battle will be uphill, with interests from homeowners to union workers to insurance companies all fighting to keep their benefits.
Not to mention a Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, home to the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee. Many Republicans dispute that new revenue is needed at all.
Besides the deficit push, congressional hearings by the dozens and circulation of reform blueprints have prompted some analysts to predict the odds are the best in decades for a major revamp in the next few years.
The president's critics argue that he has failed to take the lead, for example, by not endorsing the Simpson-Bowles deficit panel's recommendations, which included options for major changes.
Jared Bernstein, a former Obama economic adviser, points to Obama's budget proposals of recent years. Obama backed trimming tax deductions to a maximum of 28 percent of income for the wealthy and sought changes to the tax treatment of debt as one way to pay for a cut in the corporate tax rate.
"He actually has a fairly extensive paper trail on tax reform," Bernstein said before Tuesday's elections.
The tax code was last significantly scrubbed clean in 1986, with a significant push by Reagan in his second term. Reagan directed his Treasury Department to prepare a proposal but cleverly pursued it only after he was safely re-elected.
Skeptics and some Republicans caution that Obama will face the same predicament that has dogged him for the last two years: Republicans kept control of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate remains closely divided but controlled by Democrats, according to late projections.
Regardless, a 1986-like revamp will be an uphill climb, analysts agree.
Editing by Howard Goller, Bill Trott and Bernard Orr


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Jaleel White And Kym Johnson Discuss The Competition On Dancing With The Stars And More (Videos)
Below is Jaleel White on The Rosie Show! He reveals what's happening behind the scenes of Dancing With The Stars. He also talks of who he sees as his biggest threat on the dance floor and lots more….
His partner, Kym Johnson, is also featured at Reality TV Magazine. Below is a take with her thoughts on Jaleel and the competition.
So, what does Kym Johnson think of her partner, the former Steve Urkel? Kym thinks that Steve is very intelligent and coordinated, which helps on the dance floor. She also added: "He's very hard on himself. That can be a great quality, but it can be a detriment as well. It's great because he strives for perfection, but he gets frustrated when he can't pick a step up in the first two seconds. He just has to be a little bit more patient with the learning."
As for the competition this season, Kym Johnson revealed that she is a big fan of Martina Navratilova, Katherine Jenkins, and Maria Menounos. Kym also reiterated what everyone has been saying along – the standard is very high this season, and she is looking forward to seeing how it all plays out each week.


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Fed Up at the Pump Statement: Steinberg Denies AB 69 Hearing
Sacramento, Calif. (August 25, 2014) –– Below is a statement from Fed Up at the Pump in response to Friday's letter from Senate pro Tem Darrell Steinberg to Assembly Member Henry Perea denying AB 69 a legislative hearing. The bill would provide for a three-year delay to California Air Resources Board's (CARB's) Fuels Under the Cap regulations within the Cap and Trade program.
"Fed Up at the Pump is disappointed that a small percentage of our state's legislators took a pass on one of the most important issues facing California's hardworking families. By denying an open, public discussion of the need for a delay in the implementation of CARB's hidden gas tax, the Legislature missed an opportunity to educate motorists about the upcoming hit to their wallets.
We must not balance our carbon emission reductions on the backs of our state's most-vulnerable – the neighborhoods struggling to recover from the Great Recession where disadvantaged and fragile residents have limited disposable income, as well as farmers, small businesses and the transportation sector employers. All of these groups, and more, continue to deal with the nation's highest unemployment rates and the consequences of the state's current drought and slow economic recovery."
About Fed Up at the Pump
Fed Up at the Pump is a grassroots coalition of businesses, consumers and advocates who are concerned about the negative impacts that a hidden, unfair gas tax will have on California.
The coalition's goal is to halt a state-mandated gas tax – created by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) "Fuels Under the Cap" regulations – before it goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2015. This gas tax will disproportionately affect lower-income Californians and there is no guarantee money generated will go to programs that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The coalition is spearheaded by members of the California Independent Oil Marketers Association (CIOMA), a group of independent fuel conveyers in California. CIOMA members provide a strong backbone to the state's economy but are often blamed for oil industry gas price hikes. The coalition aims to educate consumers about the source of the gas price increase they will experience in January, 2015, a campaign CIOMA believes that CARB should be conducting so Californians can plan for the upcoming gas tax, especially low income workers in the Central Valley.
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ABC News
July 26, 2013
On Thursday, Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich started seeing things from a different perspective, but not because of any altered political views.
Earlier this week, Gingrich tweeted that he was "very excited" to test-drive Google Glass at the Peoria Zoo in Peoria, Ill. The visit marked the first time Gingrich used the technology at a zoo, which he said he planned to do when he won a Google-sponsored Twitter contest in February.
Gingrich, the former presidential candidate and speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, is an avid zoo visitor and has made no secret of his love for animals.
Very excited to visit @Peoriazoo tomorrow with my @googleglass. First time bringing them to a zoo! @projectglass
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) July 24, 2013
A spokesperson for Gingrich told ABC News, "Newt loves the Google Glass" and already used the specs once before at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Gingrich's action-packed day in Peoria included feeding Taji the giraffe; hanging out with George the turtle; test-driving a bulldozer; and finally — since Gingrich never strays too far away from politics — a visit with longtime colleague state senator Darin LaHood (R- Ill.), son of former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
Feeding Taji the giraffe at the @peoriazoo pic.twitter.com/SJ0b98mu10
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) July 25, 2013
Capturing my visit with George the turtle on @googleglass. @peoriazoo pic.twitter.com/Sf6DJv0x6j
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) July 25, 2013
According to the Illinois Review, Gingrich planned to attend LaHood's annual "Sizzle and Swizzle" fundraiser on Thursday in hopes of helping LaHood's potential Illinois state treasurer campaign in 2014. (In 2012, LaHood ran as a delegate for Gingrich in his GOP presidential campaign).
While Gingrich's Google Glass recordings from Thursday's zoo visit have yet to be made public, he isn't the only politician to throw on a pair of the futuristic glasses, which gives users the ability to search the web, record videos and take photos hands-free.
In May, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., was spotted wearing Google Glass at a Republican House meeting, and in June, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., let Google Glass direct him to the nearest Chinese restaurant on Capitol Hill.


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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) Northern Illinois coach Rod Carey got some sleep on Wednesday, his third full day on the job of leading the Huskies.
On a plane. For an hour.
``Felt awesome, by the way,'' Carey said. ``Awesome.''
Right now, awesome would seem a most appropriate word to describe what Carey and Northern Illinois are going through. BCS mania has struck the small city of DeKalb, Ill., and it'll likely keep ramping up over the next four weeks until the Huskies (12-1) meet Florida State (11-2) in the Orange Bowl in Miami on Jan. 1.
Carey - unsure when his next good night's sleep will come and unbothered by that - will make his debut as the Huskies' coach in that game, the first Bowl Championship Series appearance for the newly crowned champions of the Mid-American Conference. He spent Wednesday in South Florida, seated on the opposite end of a poolside dais from Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher at a hotel resort, a huge glass bowl of oranges propped between them.
``I think the right word is blessed,'' Carey said. ``That's the best way I can say to put it right now. It's been a crazy four days for me personally and our team, and really this is about our team, not about me. Our team has earned this by going out and doing what they have to do on the field and we're super-excited to be part of this Discover Orange Bowl and have a great opponent like Florida State.
``What a thrill for us.''
Ever since the Huskies were announced Sunday as being BCS-bound, the debate has been ongoing over whether Northern Illinois was worthy of being in one of football's premier bowl games.
Clearly, the Huskies would think they earned their trip to Miami.
And if they're not convincing enough, Fisher was more than happy to make the case for them.
``That team had an unbelievable football year,'' Fisher said. ``You look at the numbers and the people they've beaten and the things they've done. They're a great opponent. They've had a tremendous year. And to me, it's disrespectful to Northern Illinois (to question its BCS validity). We definitely don't think that way. We know what kind of opponent they're going to be.''
Carey and Fisher did all the buzz-creating things on Wednesday, like posing with Obie, the game's overstuffed orange mascot, and shaking hands while standing on either side of the trophy that'll be presented to the winning coach on New Year's Night.
Fisher even good-naturedly warned Carey about the pratfalls of bringing a football team for a week to Miami - where nightlife can be tempting.
``Know where they're at,'' Fisher said.
``Thanks,'' Carey groaned.
``Hey, I'm going to have to the same problem,'' Fisher said. ``My problem is, they know where to go.''
Neither team has started bowl practices yet - Northern Illinois returns to the practice field on Saturday, and Fisher is still finalizing the Seminoles' practice plans going forward. So both coaches were at ease Wednesday, sitting in a cool breeze as waterfalls sprayed behind them and a few people lounged on nearby hammocks nestled between palm trees.
Carey probably needed the bit of rest and relaxation. Dave Doeren, who was Northern Illinois' coach for its march to the MAC title, left Saturday for North Carolina State. Carey - a former offensive assistant - got promoted Sunday, when the Huskies learned they were BCS-bound. He didn't even get a chance to speak at any length about the move to his wife until about 2 a.m. that night.
He knows he's ready to coach, and knows some nerves will come with that as well.
``I think that would be normal,'' Carey said. ``I think it's like walking down the aisle when I was marrying my wife. You have those last-second thoughts - but those thoughts don't stop you from doing it. It's 10 years later and I'm married.''
So now, he's turning much of his attention to other commitments - the ones of the four-year variety, from recruits. And he's already noticing one distinct advantage of calling recruits from ``BCS-bound Northern Illinois'' as opposed to just ``Northern Illinois.''
``They call back, which is a new thing,'' Carey said. ``So yes, absolutely, are we using that. And why wouldn't we be?''
NOTES: Fisher said his former Florida State defensive coordinator Mark Stoops - now the coach at Kentucky - may come back to help the Seminoles prepare for the Orange Bowl. Fisher also said that Seminoles' defensive assistant D.J. Eliot, who will be Stoops' defensive coordinator at Kentucky, is also expected to be with Florida State for the bowl preparation, once the recruiting period goes dead later this month. ``D.J. will definitely come back and coach in that game,'' Fisher said.


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As for todays action....looks like we may be in consolidation/pause/dip mode with the AppleRadio announcement early next week.
Sell the rumor and buy the news would be nice.
EDIT2: Roughly 195 mn shares that Liberty would need to sell to get down to 50%
EDIT3: Yes, a higher price would cost SIRI more today but by this time next year they will been seen as a bargain if the price is at $5.


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Boca Raton Police have evicted Andre "Loki Boy" Barbosa from the home he had been squatting in, on Thursday, reports ABC News.
Barbosa filed for "adverse possession" with the county, an archaic Florida law which allows the resident to legally take ownership after seven years in the absence of a title or other documents. Barbosa only was required to file a legal notice with the property appraiser, pay taxes and liens, and lived in the house "in an open manner," and the house was his.
U.S. & World
The foreclosed home is owned by Bank of America, but it's been eighteen months since anyone (besides Barbosa) has taken residence there.
Boca Police and the state attorney's office worked together to determine "a trespassing charge could apply" and warned Barbosa that remaining in the home could mean he was trespassing. When they entered the home, they found personal belongings but no people.
The case was the most valuable adverse possession attempted in Palm Beach County in ten years, and has inspired several copycat adverse possession filings, making them a much more common occurrence.
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There are many times when an image or text is required to be overlayed on your images. This might be when an image is published to the web (in the form a a copyright logo/text), or maybe at an event where logos are overlaid and printed on the output. This blog post will explain how to set up text and graphics for an overlay, as well as including the overlay on a tethered capture.
Lightroom accepts both JPG and PNG files for watermarks, both of which are easy to create. We will use Photoshop CC to create a simple .PNG image overlay. The Benefit of using Photoshop CC, is that you can use anything for your image overlay and get it exactly where you need every time.
The first step is to think about the dimensions/size of the final output (you can change it later, but I find it best to design this early in the process.
The example used here is based on a standard 6×4 output.
First, open up Photoshop CC and create a canvas with an aspect ration of 6 inches by 4 inches, making sure that the background is transparent (this is import, as it will let the image be displayed through it (remember the watermark overlay will be above the image in it's stacking order).
Photoshop CC will now show the transparent canvas
Graphics and the like can be added to your overlay design. In this example, there is a simple piece of text (Font is coming from Typekit), as well as the Adobe logo and a white rectangle with a blurred edge.
You can see that we have used the "Facit" font which has been downloaded as part of the Typekit Fonts.
Save the template for Lightroom in the .PNG format. It's also worth while saving the .PSD file as we may need to revisit it at a later time.
Open Lightroom and head over to the Print module (Lightroom 5.4 is being used in this example).
A new page setup will need to be created, to do this click on the "Page Setup" marked in Red below. For the image size that i've chosen in this example, a preset does not exist, so a new custom one will need to be created. Clicking on the "Manage Custom Sizes.." will take us to the custom page editor.
A new page can be created by clicking on the "+" button on the dialog. Name the page preset as appropriate (in this case I have called it 6×4), then specify the width and height values.
To make it simple, this dialog uses Millimetres (MM), you can convert inches to mm by using the following calculation
Press OK.
Inside the Print module of Lightroom (marked Red). You can see that the Single Image / Contact sheet (marked Yellow) has been selected. An image has also been loaded into the image area (done by selecting a picture) in the filmstrip. Within the Layout configuration (marked Purple) the margins have been zeroed, 1 row and column selected, as well as the cell size equalling the size of the page setup (6in x 4in (ruler units can be changed if required)).
Open the "Page" tab (right hand side of the print module in Lightroom, "Watermarking" (Marked Red) has been enabled by clicking on on the tick box, then click on the "None" combo box to open the watermark selector. Notice there are already a few watermarks set up, and am able to call upon any saved ones when needed. To create a new one, select "Edit Watermark" (marked Yellow). The Watermark dialog will appear (marked Green).
By default text might be enabled (radio button at the top of the panel). The text that is used for the watermark is shown and is editable on the bottom right hand side (under the picture). The Font can also be changed under the text options, including fonts from Typekit (which are now available if you are a Creative Cloud subscriber, if not then you can access a 30 day trial here).
To enable graphics, click on the Graphics radio button selector in the top right hand side of this panel. Then choose the .PNG file that was created in Photoshop CC earlier.
The transparent file will be shown over the example picture that was selected earlier.
Under the watermark effects, physical attributes can be changed, i.e. Opacity, size (if the Photoshop page size was done correctly, this should need to be set to Proportional and 100%, otherwise, these can be adjusted), The anchor point can be changed as well, centre has been used on this example.
But looking at the overlay, there is some of the underlying image missing, the original template needs to be changed to make the white rectangle more opaque, just need to head back over to Photoshop CC and adjust the opacity of the white area. The adjustment is marked in Red below.
Re-save the file as the .PNG version and re-load the image in to the Lightroom Watermark dialog. You can see the change makes more sense and shows the whole image.
Before Save is pressed, you can update the current watermark or create a new one by opening the combo box (marked "RC (edited) above), at the top of the watermark editor dialog (shown below).
Save the watermark. The image should update in Lightroom
The print job can be set up as well, Printer configuration has been completed in the example, however, you can also create a JPG file as well from the result.
A Saved print can be made by clicking on the Create Saved Print button (marked Red below), then naming it and selecting the options.
I would also recommend that a Lightroom template is made. Navigate to the Lightroom Print Templates and click on the "+"sign. Then name the template as needed and press Create.
Once the template has been created a right click will update it with subsequent changes, as well as able to export and import other templates in other Lightroom's (if you are transferring the templates, you might need to also transfer the image used for the overlay as well).
One useful purpose and a trigger for this post is event photography, having images captured via tethering and having the watermark automatically applied. To do this, Plug the camera into the computer using a tether cable (or your preferred method). Head over to the library module and start tethered capture.
Once tethered capture has been selected, you will need to select a few options (like the shoot name). This name will be used later to select the images captured.
Press OK. The tethered tool bar will appear and should connect to the camera. Notice that a development setting can be applied at the time of tether, this will allow you to make your prints with a development preset already having been applied, giving your prints finished look. Also, notice the name of the session appears on the left hand side of the Library module.
To make sure that the print template is applied to the images that are taken in this shoot, a smart collection can be used to hold the images coming in from the camera (this is nice and clean, especially if you are showing clients that are with you in the shoot). Locate the collections panel in the Library module and click on the "+" icon, then select the "Create Smart Collection" as shown below (marked Red).
The Smart Collection will need some more information (i.e. where to find the images), for this make a rule that will select all images where the folder name contains all of the words of the tethered capture shoot name, in this example "Studio Session 2".
Head over to the Print module, select the newly made Smart Collection, the film strip should be empty. Any pictures taken on the camera as part of the tether should will be placed in this Smart Collection and have the template applied automatically. Markings in Red are the configurations in Lightroom, the areas marked Yellow will create the Print or the file.
The last thing, is that the operator just needs to press CTRL+P and the result will be printed on the printer.


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Something of a powerhouse when it comes to Power-over-Ethernet switches, this compact beauty offers PoE to 802.3af/at standard across all eight Gigabit Ethernet ports, at up to 30 Watts per port with a power budget total of 140 Watts. Which, put simply, means you can power devices such as access points, IP phones and video surveillance cameras simply by plugging them in with an Ethernet cable – no additional power required.
The DGS-1008MP features 8 x 10/100/1000BASE-T ports that support the IEEE 802.3at PoE+ protocol. Each of the 8 PoE+ ports can supply up to 30 watts with a total PoE power budget of 140 watts. PoE is especially suitable for devices that are far from power outlets or when you want to minimise the clutter of extra cables.
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No configuration is required and installation is quick and easy. Support for Auto MDI/MDI-X on all ports eliminates the need for crossover cables when connecting to another switch. Auto- Negotiation on each port senses the link speed of a network device (10, 100 or 1000 Mbps) and intelligently adjusts for compatibility and optimal performance. The switch has been designed without fans ensuring silent operation wherever it is installed. With wire-speed filtering and store-and-forward switching, the DGS-1008MP maximises network performance while minimising the transmission of bad network packets.
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Additional Information
Product SKU DLI00221 Model DGS-1008MP Condition New Ethernet Type Gigabit Ethernet Advanced Features
Technical Specifications
- 11-inch Desktop/Rackmount size, 1U height
Number of Ports
- 8 10/100/1000 Mbps Ports
Port Standards & Functions
- IEEE 802.3i 10BASE-T Ethernet
- IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet
- IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet
- IEEE 802.3at Power over Ethernet
- IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet
- IEEE 802.3x Flow Control supports half/full duplex mode
- ANSI/IEEE 802.3 NWay auto-negotiation
Switching Capacity
- 16 Gbps switching fabric
Media Interface Exchange
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Transmission Method
- Store-and-forward
MAC Address Table
- 8K entries per device
Packet Buffer Memory
- 128 KB per device
Packet Filtering / Forwarding Rates
- Ethernet: 14,880 pps per port
- Fast Ethernet: 148,800 pps per port
- Gigabit Ethernet: 1,488,000 pps per port
Data Transfer Rates
- Ethernet
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- 20 Mbps (full duplex)
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- 200 Mbps (full duplex)
- Gigabit Ethernet
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Agency Proposes Criteria to Evaluate Activities and Facilities Allowed at Ski Areas Using Forest Service Lands
The U.S. Forest Service recently published a Federal Register noticeseeking public comment on proposed criteria to evaluate activities and facilities allowed at ski areas on Forest Service lands under the Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2011.
"This is another step forward in how the agency efficiently manages developed recreation areas, such as ski areas, to accommodate the increasing demand for outdoor recreation experiences from the public," said U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell. "It also opens the door for the prospect of a larger economic boost to forest-dependent communities and the nation."
Most of the 122 ski areas operating on Forest Service lands are authorized by the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 for Nordic and alpine skiing. The Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2011 expanded the Ski Area Permit Act to allow approval of additional seasonal or year-round recreation activities, including summer recreational activities where the ski area's developed infrastructure could accommodate an increasing demand for year-round recreation.
The revised law includes such activities as zip lines, mountain bike terrain parks and trails, disc golf courses, and ropes courses, which are generally natural resource based and encourage outdoor recreation and the enjoyment of nature. These types of activities fit well with the agency's mission in support of outdoor natural resource-based recreation settings and experiences, in contrast to theme or amusement parks where different customer expectations are accommodated.
This proposed rule change would establish criteria to guide the agency when evaluating proposals. New activities should be natural-resource based, encourage outdoor recreation and enjoyment of nature, and be consistent with the intent of the act. The rule also would address the types of facilities that would be permitted.
The agency also is proposing guidance on the management of other recreational uses within the operational boundary of ski areas by the non-paying public, such as snowshoeing and hiking. The proposed changes also include guidelines for development of aerial adventure courses at facilities other than ski areas.
The public has 60 days to comment from Oct. 2, 2013, the date the notice was published in the Federal Register. Instructions on how to comment are included in the notice.
The allocation of federal land for ski areas covers some 180,000 acres out of 193 million acres. The agency averages 23 million visits annually to ski areas, which has contributed $3 billion every winter to the economy and created approximately 65,000 full and part-time and seasonal jobs in rural communities. Under the new proposal, the Forest Service estimates roughly 600,000 more summertime visits would occur; that may create and sustain up to 600 more full or part-time and seasonal jobs with expanded recreation opportunities on ski areas. The addition of summer recreation is expected to infuse almost $40 million into local mountain communities near ski areas.
The mission of the U.S. Forest Service is to sustain the health, diversity and productivity of the nation's forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. The agency manages 193 million acres of public land, provides assistance to state and private landowners and maintains the largest forestry research organization in the world. Public lands the U.S. Forest Service manages contribute more than $13 billion to the economy each year through visitor spending alone. Those same lands provide 20 percent of the nation's clean water supply, a value estimated at $7.2 billion per year. The agency also has either a direct or indirect role in stewardship of about 80 percent of the 850 million forested acres within the U.S., of which 100 million acres are urban forests where most Americans live.


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|Oracle® OLAP DML Reference
11g Release 2 (11.2)
Part Number E17122-05
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The ABS function calculates the absolute value of an expression. Since, the absolute value of a real number is its numeric value without regard to its sign (for example, 3 is the absolute value of both 3 and -3), this function always returns a positive value.
Return Value
The dimensionality of the result is the same as the specified expression.
The expression whose absolute value is to be calculated.
Example 7-1 Finding Values in an Absolute Range
Suppose you are interested in how close your planned 1996 sales figures for sportswear in Boston were to the actual sales. You would like to see those months where budgeted figures are off by more than $5,000 in either direction. You can use ABS to help you find those months.
LIMIT product TO 'Sportswear' LIMIT district TO 'Boston' LIMIT month TO YEAR 'Yr96' LIMIT month KEEP ABS(sales - sales.plan) GT 5000 REPORT DOWN month sales sales.plan sales - sales.plan
These statements produce the following output.
DISTRICT: BOSTON ------------PRODUCT------------- -----------SPORTSWEAR----------- SALES - MONTH SALES SALES.PLAN SALES.PLAN -------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Jun96 79,630.20 73,568.52 6,061.68 Jul96 95,707.30 80,744.18 14,963.12 Aug96 82,004.00 71,811.45 10,192.55 Sep96 89,988.60 78,282.07 11,706.53 Dec96 50,281.40 56,720.87 -6,439.47


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Liberty News
Jonathan Falwell delivers prayer at U.S. House of Representatives
The Rev. Jonathan Falwell, Vice Chancellor for Spiritual Affairs at Liberty University and senior pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church, said the opening prayer at the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday, July 29. He was welcomed as the guest chaplain by Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-6th District.
"It was such an honor," Falwell said. "I spent a great deal of time praying about the words I would use in my congressional prayer because, above all else, I wanted Christ to be magnified in that place. I prayed that God would direct the steps of the men and women who serve in Congress. I also focused on the admonition from Scripture that 'righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reproach to any people' and asked forgiveness for our sins as a nation."
After the prayer (see full text below) and Pledge of Allegiance, Goodlatte introduced Falwell as the senior pastor of TRBC, "one of the largest churches in America which has a tremendous outreach to the community in Lynchburg, across Virginia, across the nation and indeed across the world, helping people in need." He announced Falwell's role at Liberty University, "the world's largest evangelical Christian university with over 40,000 students both on campus and online." Goodlatte said he was honored to call Falwell "a constituent and, most importantly, a dear friend."
He welcomed Falwell's wife, Shari, their four children and his mother, Macel Falwell.
"We are delighted they could be with us to share in a full day of activities here at the United States' capital and to meet as many members of the House and staff members and others who work so hard here on behalf of our country," Goodlatte said.
Falwell said Goodlatte took them on a "behind the scenes" tour of the Capitol, including climbing to the top of the Capitol dome.
"We were able to look out over Washington from atop the dome which offered a breathtaking view. We also were able to travel down Pennsylvania Avenue and spend some time touring the White House which was a great thrill for my children," he said.
Falwell and his family also visited with several lawmakers, discussing the importance of God in our society.
"I am greatly encouraged to hear of the work that is being done by a number of congressmen to make prayer a focus in D.C.," Falwell said. "They shared incredible stories of how God is moving in the lives of many of those who represent us in Washington. It helped me to remember to pray not only for the legislation that guides our nation, but for the men and women who lead us as well."
In the afternoon, they visited with about 25 Liberty students and alumni who are either serving as interns or full-time staffers on Capitol Hill.
"I was greatly encouraged to hear from these young men and women about how God is using them as 'Young Champions for Christ' in our nation's capital," he said.
Jonathan Falwell's prayer:
"Our Heavenly Father, we thank you for our great nation. We thank you for what you have done to make this nation a lighthouse to the world and a beacon of hope to people everywhere. We know as our forefathers knew and as the Scriptures tell us that righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reproach to any people, and so today we ask your forgiveness for the sins that we as a people and we as a nation have committed. Today we seek your wisdom and your guidance in all that takes place in this room. We ask you to be a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. We ask you to protect the men and women who serve here in this place. We ask you to protect the men and women who serve our nation around the world today and are in harm's way. We ask you to lead them as they lead us. And above all we ask you to continue to bless this great land that we call home. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen."
Read a feature on Jonathan Falwell in the June/July 2009 Liberty Journal.


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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Everyone Just Wants to be Loved
As a rule, he tends to avoid romances. That mushy stuff has never been up his alley in books, and certainly not when it's acted out on the big screen. But he shared a realization with me the other day.
"All the best stories have romance in them, don't they?" he asked.
I gave him a quizzical look so he elaborated.
"My favorite movies, like Avatar. It's basically a love story, right? Inception? The most tragic love story of all. Every good movie has great action, funny stuff and an amazing story, but there's a romance at the center of it. All of it has to be there for it to be really good."
"Why do you think that is?" I asked.
He thought for a moment then shrugged. "I guess maybe everyone just wants to be loved."
Amazing, the lessons I keep learning from my kids...
14 comments:
- Natalie Aguirre said...
Awesome what kids can teach us. Thanks for sharing.
- March 14, 2012 at 3:59 AM
- Unknown said...
Love it!!!!!
My 9yo wants to be involved in movie making too. His room is covered in movie posters, and every time we go to San Francisco, we have to visit the Pixar studio (not that you can go inside). :)
- March 14, 2012 at 5:08 AM
- Susan Kaye Quinn said...
Your kids are so awesome! Has he watched Super 8? It's adorable, but it has this kid film crew that discovers the same thing, and it's just the most precious moment in film!!
- March 14, 2012 at 5:20 AM
- storyqueen said...
Wow. That's very profound. He is very insightful...that's going to be a great quality for someone in film!
- March 14, 2012 at 6:03 AM
- Kristan Hoffman said...
That is seriously genius. :)
- March 14, 2012 at 8:02 AM
- Shannon O'Donnell said...
Wow, that is a deep insight from a 12-year-old. He's pretty brilliant, mom!! :-)
- March 14, 2012 at 8:50 AM
- Dianne K. Salerni said...
What an awesome insight from a 12 year old! If he sees this now, then I look forward to watching his films in the future!
- March 14, 2012 at 5:21 PM
- Sherrie Petersen said...
Natalie: I'm amazed by how much I keep learning from them!
Stina: I hope some day as adults they get to work together on a film. Wouldn't that be cool? :)
Susan: We haven't watched Super 8, but I'll add it to the Netflix queue!
Shelley: He's so focused, I think he really has a shot at making it happen. I've certainly enjoyed watching his film making evolve over the years. :)
Kristan: I'm going to have to keep that comment to myself. We don't want his ego to match his genius :D
Shannon: He wrote a whole essay on Inception and turned it in for English today. It seriously brought tears to my eyes. I wish I could have written that well at his age!
Dianne: I hope he sticks with it because I want to see them too!
- March 14, 2012 at 5:39 PM
- Rosi said...
Out of the mouths of babes... Great story, great kid!
- March 14, 2012 at 8:46 PM
- Bish Denham said...
You have a wise young man there. If this is but a small indication, then there is a good possibility he will go far in his life.
- March 15, 2012 at 6:56 AM
- Barbara Watson said...
That's at our core, isn't it? I love that your son could voice that.
- March 15, 2012 at 11:50 AM
- Lydia Kang said...
Talk about brilliant observations!
- March 15, 2012 at 2:39 PM
- Kelly Polark said...
Wow! He sounds very intelligent and mature.
And yes, I think everyone does want to be loved.
- March 15, 2012 at 8:12 PM
- Krispy said...
Did not see this until now, but what a revelation your son had! So true and insightful!
- March 21, 2012 at 12:54 PM


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UConn Women's Basketball -- Huskies roll past Texas A&M
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) -- Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma isn't altogether certain what exactly he's got in this year Huskies squad, but he has a much better idea after Sunday.
"When you're on the road early in the season with a lot of young players, you never know what it's going to be like early in a game," Auriemma said.
His verdict following No. 2 UConn's 81-50 hammering of No. 16 Texas A&M?
"In the first half, we looked really good at times, and really shaky at times," he said of his youngsters shaking the jitters. "When we came out in the second half, we had our tempo going and we played the way we like to play."
Stefanie Dolson paved the way with 24 points on 11 of 15 shooting. The Huskies (2-0) outscored the Aggies (0-3) in the paint 42-12, as A&M had no answer for the 6-foot-5 Dolson, a preseason All-Big East first team selection, and forwards Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (16 points) and Breanna Stewart (11 points) down low.
"If we throw it down to Stefanie, something good is going to happen," Auriemma said. "If we keep doing that, it's going to put other (teams') big guys under a lot of pressure
Aggie junior center Kelsey Bone, a preseason All-SEC first team selection, countered Dolson's effort with eight points, three rebounds and zero blocks.
UConn outrebounded A&M 40-28.
"Dolson just put on a clinic over my post players," A&M coach Gary Blair said.
Freshman Courtney Walker led A&M with 20 points, the only Aggie to score in double figures.
The Huskies continually worked the ball around the perimeter and inside, in tallying 27 assists to the Aggies' 14.
"When points are coming from a lot of spots on the floor, we're a hard team to play against," Auriemma said. "We're a really good outside shooting team. The danger of that is you come down the floor and pass the ball once and start jacking up jump shots. We really made a concentrated effort to get the ball in the lane."
Added Dolson, "Teams are going make sure they take away our jump shots, which spreads the floor and opens up the paint. It makes it a lot easier for me and my job down there."
UConn, with six underclassmen among its 11 players, is likely to slide into the top ranking after defending national champion Baylor fell to No. 4 Stanford 71-69 in the first game of the Rainbow Wahine Classic in Hawaii on Friday.
"That's something we don't even look at," said UConn guard Kelly Faris, who tallied a game-high six assists, of the Huskies likely becoming No. 1. "All of that stuff is on paper. The stuff that really matters is what comes out on the court."
While A& M actually had fewer turnovers (17-15), the Huskies outscored the Aggies 14-5 in points off of turnovers. The Aggies shot a season-low 30 percent (18 of 60), while UConn countered with 56.1 percent (32 of 57) from the field.
"We have a lot of depth this year compared to last year," Faris said. "We have points coming from every direction. The more we work on our passing the better it's going to be, and that's one of the strongest parts of our game."
Huskies guard Bria Hartley missed her second consecutive game to start the season with a sprained ankle.
The youthful Aggies, the 2011 national champions, have lost to three top 10 programs this season in Louisville, Penn State and now UConn.
A&M has seven freshmen on its 15-player roster.
"UConn was in midseason form," Blair said. "My freshmen have to learn on the fly. That's what this schedule is all about, and that's what this year is all about. Eventually we're going to have to become a smarter basketball team. But by far this was the best team of three we've played."
The Huskies defeated the Aggies by the nearly identical score of 81-51 in last year's Jimmy V Classic in the XL Center in Hartford.


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Whether it's because BlackBerry users want the new iPhone or their anger at a worldwide outage earlier this month, gadget buyer Gazelle reported an 80 percent jump in BlackBerry trades last week.
BlackBerry maker RIM was hit with a global power outage that started Oct. 11 and lasted three days. The company is now being sued by users in a class-action suit, Reuters reported. At that same time, Apple's new iPhone 4S was also launched -- so perhaps it was merely the perfect storm for BlackBerry users to trade platforms.
Gazelle, a company that buys used phones, said it was the highest number of trades it had seen.
U.S. & World
Gazelle's "Chief Gadget Officer' Anthony Scarsella told CNET that this is "easily the highest volume of BlackBerry trades ever seen period." That includes a "spike" following this month's outage. "In the grand scheme of BlackBerry growth over the past month, it can be pretty much entirely attributed to the launch of the iPhone 4S," Scarsella said.
Android sellers also jumped 72 percent last week, too, Scarsella said.
The high Android numbers signifies to us that it may not be about anger at BlackBerry, but more about wanting Apple's new iPhone.


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Interlocking Bicycle Lights:citylite by Lars Beck
Lars Beck Presents The Citylite Interlocking Bicycle Lights
Lars Beck, the creative mind behind the awarded project Lars Beck's Citylite Interlocking bicycle lights illustrates, The Citylite bicycle light combines a simple and elegant design with easy handling and outstanding efficiency. It is powered by two lithium coin cells that are connected in parallel - a technical detail that simply doubles the batteries life span. The light angle is 220° so that the cyclist is visible even from the sides, a feature that secures a particularly safe ride. It can swiftly be glided on and off the bicycle without brackets or tools. Form and function are united in Citylite in an exemplary manner through a straightforward design that is well-thought-out down to the last detail.
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It's been more than a week since I helped with the OLPC-za stand at the Digital Freedom Expo, so finally here's an attempt to document my thoughts.
The Laptop
|Photo: Antoine van Gelder
My first impression was that the XO seems well constructed, even in a beta version. It is sturdy and light, and looks attractive. I don't know if it will have a laptop case as part of the
$100 $175 – the carrying handle suggests that it won't, so I wonder how long the shiny white surfaces will stay shiny white…
The questions and comments on the XO at the event included the following:
- How much does it cost? (Answer: "One hundred million dollars… for the minimum order of 1 million…") (Yes, more than that in reality… especially when you include servers)
- Where can I get one?
- Was it made by Apple? (No, by Quanta, but they do make some of Apple's hardware)
- Isn't the screen too small to run a spreadsheet? (Do 6-year-olds need a spreadsheet?)
- Does it come with OpenOffice? (No, but the
word processorwriting activity is based on Abiword)
Some people would not believe that the XO, when placed next to my Sony Vaio, is a fully capable laptop. (A demo of the laptop convinced them it is real, though…)
The most effective demo actually was the camera activity which shows the live video from the camera – webcam style – and captures an image from it. Everybody loved that, and commented on how their much more expensive hardware had no such camera – or their cellphone with a camera costs more than the XO!
The Software
The first clue that the interface is different comes from the keyboard – see here for a diagram. Note the symbols, especially along the top row. The laptop runs on a stripped down version of Fedora Core 6, but only the boot up sequence looks familiar. The user interface, known as Sugar, is completely different. The symbols occuring on the keyboard are also used in the software.
The best guide to the software that I've found is the lengthy Human Interface Guidelines page on the OLPC wiki. See also this IBM DeveloperWorks article: Sugar, the XO laptop, and One Laptop Per Child. In summary, some of the major features:
- There are no menus. Functionality is generally implied pictorially by icons. The icons are culture-neutral to some extent – for example the camera is denoted by an eye, rather than a lens or picture of a camera.
- There is no "save". Work is saved on the fly, and can be accessed by a Journal activity. This means there is no worry about "where" you saved something or whether you remembered to save it at all. Tagging is implemented in the Journal to aid categorising and finding things.
- There is no "open". You can resume an activity from the Journal, which acts like a type of version control, so you can go back in time and resume earlier versions of whatever you are working on.
- While Internet is not assumed, the mesh network is always in operation. Most activities can be shared with the child's group of friends, classmates, or others in the area. Most content, such as pictures, audio or video can be shared.
- And lots lots more – I really can't do this justice!
The irony is that while my generation are more comfortable with technology than my parents', for perhaps the first time I was confronted with a strange interface and wondered if this is how it will be when my kids get to grips with technology I never had… I had to "unlearn" the familiar, since in a lot of ways there aren't simple equivalents for concepts.
I've been looking into software development for the XO – especially since the dominant language in the development of Sugar is Python. Of interest is the Develop activity that will allow programming on the laptop itself, applying the same Sugariness to the process. Note that bzr is (to be?) built in!
I really don't see how running Windows XP on these laptops, even at $3 per "user", makes sense. There is so much innovation here that it would be a complete waste to run a partially disabled version of a 6 year old operating system on the XO. Microsoft, 6 years old refers to the users, not the software! For more on this, see Jonathan Carter's rant.
The Community
Antoine's getting a local grassroots community going – see http://www.laptop.org.za/ and the mailing list (links on the site). Here's hoping we can get MORE than one of these in South Africa!