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This week's home of the week is a bona fide gem located on Jewell Valley Rd., in Taylorsville, Kentucky. If you are looking for a newer home, in a quiet neighborhood, with some land to call your own - then look no further this house for sale has it all! Having quick access to three major expressways (I-265, I-64, and I-65) makes this home a valuable find.
Located about thirty minutes south of Louisville, this Taylorsville home for sale at 65 Jewell Valley Road is close to several parks and is loaded with great fishing spots nearby. Enjoy the outdoors and spend the day at Taylorsville Lake State Park-less than ten miles away, or Jefferson Memorial Forest-about twenty minutes away. Take the family over to the Blackacre State Nature Preserve, Sky View Park, Floyd's Fork Park or Charlie Vettiner Park for some fun quality time-all within a twenty-mile radius of this just-listed home.
Access to expressways is not the only convenient aspect of this house-it is located about five miles from either Taylorsville or Mount Washington and thereby provides easy access to shops and restaurants in either direction. There are two main libraries nearby, the Spencer County Library and the Mount Washington Library. Restaurants include Hometown Pizza, El Nopal, New China, Café at Main Street, Main Street Market, and Kettle Creek just to name a few.
Pull up to this home and you will see that it sits on over an acre of land and comes with an excellent view of the sprawling landscape. A two-car garage with an extended driveway provides plenty of parking room. This hot-off-the-presses, deal of the week home features an open floor plan that is filled with natural lighting, beautiful kitchen cabinets, updated appliances, tall windows, a deep tub you can sink in, bedrooms that actually have some room in them, perfect paint colors throughout, three full bathrooms, a brand new roof, AND a pond! The deck and garage are spotless adding even more convenience to this property.
This is one of the must-see, just-put-on-the-market homes for sale in Taylorsville, Kentucky. Schedule your appointment today!
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As of February 22, 2010, a new federal law allows people who can legally possess firearms under applicable federal, state, and local laws, to legally possess firearms in this park.
It is the responsibility of visitors to understand and comply with all applicable state, local, and federal firearms laws before entering this park. As a starting point, please visit our state's website.
See Maryland Code, Public Safety, Title 5
See also Maryland Code, Criminal Law, Title 4
Federal law also prohibits firearms in certain facilities in this park; those places are marked with signs at all public entrances.
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NYC Weekend Picks include Bette Midler on Broadway, a David Byrne musical, more
Our picks for what to do in the city this weekend.
"HERE LIES LOVE" This collaboration between David Byrne and Fatboy Slim explores the life of Imelda Marcos in an experimental musical with a "dance-club atmosphere." The audience walks around. Wear comfortable shoes and don't bring heavy bags.
WHEN | WHERE Friday night at 8, Saturday at 5 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St.
INFO $79-$89; 212-967-7555; publictheater.org.
"I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS" Bette Midler stars in John Logan's nonsinging solo play about Hollywood's first woman super agent.
WHEN | WHERE Friday night at 8, Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m., Booth Theatre, 222 W. 45th St.
INFO $82-$152; 212-239-6200; illeatyoulast.com.
"COLLAPSE" Things globally and personally are falling apart in Allison Moore's dark comedy at the Women's Project.
WHEN | WHERE Friday night at 7:30, Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m., New York City Center Stage II, 131 W. 55th St.
INFO $60-$75; 212-581-1212; womensproject.org.
"KNOCK ON WOOD" A rare screening of the 1953 Danny Kaye comedy about an American ventriloquist who stumbles into a European spy ring. To celebrate the centennial of Kaye's birth, his daughter, Dena, will appear in person.
WHEN | WHERE 2 p.m. Saturday at Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave. in Astoria, Queens.
INFO Tickets are free with museum admission of $12. 718-777-6888; movingimage.us
EDVARD MUNCH AND ANDY WARHOL Two artists who have nothing to do with each other? Think again. "Munch/Warhol and the Multiple Image" explores how the man behind "The Scream" and Pop Art's eccentric prince had similar artistic goals and results -- though decades apart -- in their printmaking.
WHEN | WHERE Saturday through July 27, closed Sunday and Monday, Scandinavia House, 58 Park Ave.
INFO $5, 212 779-3587, scandinaviahouse.org
LE PHILOSOPHE This brilliant NoHo newcomer has a menu that sounds stuck in the past, including a heavenly lobster thermidor ($29), but the execution level is so high, you're reminded why these dishes exist in the first place. Chef Matthew Aita pushes the game forward, too, with entrees like a delicate hake with cranberry beans ($20).
WHEN | WHERE Lunch and dinner daily, 55 Bond St., Manhattan
INFO Average entree $25, 212-388-0038, lephilosophe.us
OVER THE RHINE The Cincinnati husband-wife duo of Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist continue to make beautiful pop-rock music together.
WHEN | WHERE Friday night at 7, The Living Room, 154 Ludlow St., Manhattan.
INFO $25; 866-468-7619, ticketweb.com
FUNK NIGHT Get your funk on with a mix of Top 40 dance music, hip-hop and reggae spun by some of the hottest DJs around.
WHEN | WHERE Friday night at 10, Sapphire, 249 Eldridge St.
INFO $5, 212-777-5153, sapphirenyc.com
Compiled by Linda Winer, Rafer Guzmán, Ted Loos and Kevin Amorim.


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The big chill: Danielson and Rolph's split final
The men who remade downtown Charlottesville have severed the last of their ties. After a blistering lawsuit that included charges of bullying so profound that an accountant was allegedly reduced to tears, the no-longer-so-dynamic duo of Lee Danielson and Colin Rolph has finally finished breaking up.
For most of the 1990s, Danielson and Rolph were a financial dream team. Danielson cooked up the schemes and Rolph put up some serious money. Their company, D&R Development, was credited with the invigoration of downtown Charlottesville.
But the partnership hit some icebergs. Danielson and Rolph became embroiled in a bitter public feud over the future of their Charlottesville Ice Park. It seemed they couldn't agree on exactly how much money the Ice Park was losing.
"The ice park should have closed down long ago," Danielson told the Progress a year ago. Rolph begged to differ.
In the liquidation of their joint properties that was announced in March, Rolph took over the Park and kept it running. By this time, the pair was already involved in a nasty lawsuit that concluded just last week with a settlement and a gag order.
Why couldn't Rolph and Danielson keep their partnership alive?
The problem, as seems apparent in court papers, stems from that basest of human motivators: money. Rolph had plenty to spare; Danielson didn't. In 1996 Danielson borrowed $1.2 million from Rolph. The promise to repay with 10 percent annual interest was handwritten on one of Danielson's own business cards.
Danielson expected to repay his business partner upon inheriting a large estate. But as time passed and the pair disagreed more and more vehemently about the operation of D&R, it became apparent that the debt was a symbol of a once fertile and trusting partnership in meltdown.
Pre-lawsuit, Jake Mooney's July 2001 Progress article described the two sniping at each other like a divorcing couple.
"Lee is basically not a part of Charlottesville anymore," said Rolph, pointing out that his partner spent more time in California than Virginia. Danielson's take on the duo: "One has real estate experience, the other doesn't."
By August 2001, the situation in the D&R Development office was out of control. Checks were being written without the money to back them. "SINCE WE ARE BROKE, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT NO CHECKS GO OUT THAT CANNOT BE COVERED," Danielson wrote in emails to Rolph, accountant Jennifer Beckman, and Tim Slagle, then president of D&R. With its electric bills unpaid, Danielson worried about the Fredericksburg Ice Park. "IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL HAVE A SWIMMING POOL AS OF AUGUST 24," he wrote.
Things went from bad to worse in November 2001, when Danielson wrote several checks totaling $11,000 to himself. While he told Beckman he had written checks to Rolph for the same amount, he also made disparaging remarks about Rolph and Slagle that brought the frustrated accountant to tears.
According to Beckman's affidavit, Danielson's withdrawals left D&R unable to pay Fredericksburg Ice Park employees; only a fortuitous windfall from ice hockey participant fees enabled D&R to keep the facility open.
But the near loss of yet another ice park was an example of how countermanding instructions from Rolph and Danielson made it impossible for employees to keep the company running. "In my mind," Danielson wrote in an email, "D&R no longer exists, and I will do everything in my power to have it shut down along with the Ice Park."
The wheels were in motion to end the partnership, but even the dissolution got off to a rocky start when Danielson filed a motion to disqualify Rolph's attorneys, Feil, Pettit & Williams, P.L.C., since they had previously represented the partners. Danielson's motion was denied, and he was ordered to pay an additional $15,072 to cover Rolph's legal fees.
Several hearings later, an agreement of sorts has been made. The Hook couldn't get details of the truce, but a tight-lipped spokesperson for Gaylon Beights, the court-appointed receiver overseeing the liquidation of the properties, says the settlement resolves "all of the issues."
Many Charlottesville residents don't care about "all of the issues." Their only concern is whether the beloved downtown Ice Park will remain open.
"It's part of the downtown community, and we're committed to keeping it here," said Rolph, who refused to respond to questions about whether the Ice Park continues to lose money.
So as Rolph seems determined to keep the Ice Park doors open, the public can now close the door on a contentious-but-lucrative chapter in City history.Read more on: lee danielson


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I hit at griffith park and echo park and if you are still looking to hit I am always looking to get out and hit as well.....
hello I am going to be in burbank mid jan thru feb looking to line up some hitting/ practice while on vacation any interest? thanks ..bill
Hey Paul, Any chance you can play next weekend...the weekend of the 10th??? Ive asked Canan, too, to see if the three of us can maybe get something going. Let me know.
Hi Paul, I'd love to play!!! I've been looking for partners. Let me know what days/times you're available and we'll go from there.
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Activities: Multitrack test
Maintained by Valery Fremaux
This activity proposes a multitrack test such as visible in magazines. Questions are defined with a predefined number of answer categories, one answer per category. If the participant chooses the answer, it gives points to the relevant category. Each category drives a scoring track and the feedback of the most rated category is given. The result of the test can be used to generate groups in the course.
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Features available :
- Setup categories and optionally associate customisable graphical icon for them
- Define questions
- Define choice options for the questions associated with each category
- Define conclusions per category that will displayes as debriefing when the test gets finished.
- Optionnaly weight answers (an aswer may not add always the same amount of "points" to a category score).
- Preview the test with weighting (according to capability "mod/magtest:manage")
- Play the test (according to capability "mod/magtest:doit")
- View the test result when finished
- Replay the test if allowed (according to capability "mod/magtest:multipleattempts" plus a global "per instance" feature switch).
- View the complete results (according to capability "mod/magtest:viewotherresults")
- Per user
- Per category with additional hint :
- Convert test results into Moodle groups if
- Course is in goup mode
- Course has no group set
- The "per instance" feature switch "usemakegroups" is enabled.
- Course is in goup mode
- View global stats about answers.
- Display a global conclusion
- Backup module
- Restore
- Do not allow playing the test if current time is former than an enabled starttime.
- Do not allow play nor replay if current time is over an enabled endtime
- Delete all user's answers on course reset
New SingleChoice mode
When enabled, only the question is displayed with a single yes/no choice . Category answers weights are credited to respective category if the answer is "yes".
This plugin is now maintained at Edunao.com (French Moodle Partner).
Please login to view contributors details and/or to contact them
Show comments
- Sat, Jun 1, 2013, 3:32 PMruns quite good... just some help icons that should be recoded to popup the helpers correctly.... probably some light review to do in debug mode to track architecture obsolescence....
- Mon, Oct 7, 2013, 1:26 AMI have easily uploaded your Moodle 1.9 version of Multitest and find that it does not want to update after I add questions. Is there something that I am doing inproperly? Thank you for your time.
- Mon, Oct 7, 2013, 11:15 PMHi Valery,
I visited the Website URL page at http://www.mylearningfactory.com/course/view.php?id=33 to know more about your magtest add-on. I could not find much info (Je ne parle pas français), so maybe I will create a Moodle Docs page for this plugin. Is that OK with you?
In the Website URL page You have a block named Fréquentation (hits). I liked it a lot.
Is the Fréquentation block a moodle add-on block that you developed?
Will you submit it to Moodle plugins database for all to use ?
Thanks in advance.
- Mon, Oct 7, 2013, 11:22 PMHi Valery,
I just found the Moodle Docs page that you wrote for this plugin at http://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Magtest_module.
I had not seen it before My fault. I apologize.
Could you please link to this page in 'Useful Links' above as 'Moodle Documentation for this plugin' ?
Thanks again.
- Wed, Dec 4, 2013, 11:25 PMHello, Valery, Excellent Plug in.
Is there any solution for the Hint issue?
("- about helps and hnts : absolutely agree. I will work on it. to improve this early step of dicumentation.")
I downloaded the version 2013070901 and works perfectly, but the hint button opens a new page, I would expect it to open a pop up or a floating div.
- Fri, Nov 20, 2015, 8:59 PMNous utilisons le plugin "Multitrack test".
Nous aurions besoin de ce plugin sur une version 2.9 de Moodle.
Savez vous s'il est prévu une mise à jour de ce plugin pour cette version et si oui pour quand ?
Merci d'avance,
Kevin TREUSSIER
- Mon, Jul 11, 2016, 1:23 PMIs it possible to shuffle the questions. Also how to show a particular response for scoring high in a particular category?
- Sat, Jul 16, 2016, 8:06 PMHi, Valery
Small error in mod_form.php
String 78 $mform->addHelpButton('allowreplay', 'pagesize', 'magtest');
Must be $mform->addHelpButton('allowreplay', 'allowreplay', 'magtest');
Thanks for this plugin
- Tue, Nov 1, 2016, 12:01 AMi am having issues with the plugin. it allows one user to upload their answers but then all other learners who try and take aprt its says 'you have completed the test' and then when clicking 'redo' it doesnt allow you to do anything. does anybody have any information on this?
- Tue, Apr 25, 2017, 6:08 PMI've run into an issue with this with MySQL 5.7. Specifically the magtest_get_next_questionset() function fails for any other user if one user has undertaken the activity. The LEFT JOIN in this is not returning any null values so the user will never be given the next question as it returns false.
I changed the function to get the number of questions in the test and then check the number of responses a user has. If these are different then it presents the next question to the user. Code is:
// If all questions have answers, test is finished (no next page).
$questions = $DB->get_records('magtest_question', array('magtestid' => $magtest->id), 'sortorder');
// Check if the user has answered already.
if ($useranswers = $DB->get_records('magtest_useranswer', array('userid' => $USER->id, 'magtestid' => $magtest->id))) {
if (count($useranswers) == count($questions)) {
return false;
This could obviously be more efficient by using count_records() rather than get_records() followed by count(). This was more of a hack to find and fix the issue.
- Wed, May 23, 2018, 2:57 AMHi Valery. The plugin does not allow to creat groups using the tests anymore ( it shows this error: coding error detected, it must be fixed by a programmer: groupmode() can not be used any more, please use groups_get_* instead ). I beg you to fix it, I need the plugin for the final work of my master on e-learning. Thanks a lot.
- Mon, Jul 2, 2018, 7:05 PMException : syntax error, unexpected '<<' (T_SL)
- Wed, Sep 26, 2018, 2:43 AMMoodle 3.5 versión Pluggin 2016060100 y aparece este error al intentar crear una pregunta Excepción - syntax error, unexpected '<<' (T_SL)
Más información sobre este error
Debug info:
Error code: generalexceptionmessage
Stack trace:
line 64 of \mod\magtest\questions.php: ParseError thrown
¿alguien tiene la solución?
- Tue, Nov 6, 2018, 7:06 PMWe were waiting for the update of this wonderful and very useful plugin, but the error remained. Moodle 3.5
- Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 4:26 PMHello,
This module contains multiple PHP syntax errors, appearing to come from un unsuccessful code merge. We managed to test the plugin by installing the master version from GitHub, but other errors arise then.
Is this plugin still maintained?
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Following the exits of Kristen Wiig and Andy Samberg, Sudeikis hinted at his own exit in the latest issue of Men's Journal, via New York Times. "I've left places before," he said. "This is very, very different. Goodbyes are tough." He also noted that not having a full-time job for the first time in years has made him feel "kind of in the trees."
SNL sends off Kristen Wiig: What will the show do without her?
Sudeikis did not officially confirm that he was leaving the show, but his contract was up at the end of last season. He also appeared to be holding back tears during SNL's season finale, as the show officially said goodbye to Wiig. (Samberg made an official announcement after the season ended.)
Sudeikis is known for his portrayal of political figures, including Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Vice President Joe Biden.
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Samsung Galaxy S4 full review
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is the new flagship Android smartphone from the Korean tech giant. It comes 13 months after its predecessor, the Galaxy S3, almost single handedly propelled the Android smartphone market into being a force to be reckoned with. Since then several Android smartphone makers have caught up with Samsung in terms of phone spec and features. Read our Samsung Galaxy S4 review to find out what we think about one of the most anticipated smartphones of 2013. See also: Group test: What's the best smartphone?
The Galaxy S4 has not only got to follow-on from the hugely popular Galaxy S3, but take on the might of rival flagship smartphones including the iPhone 5, Sony Xperia Z and HTC One. See also: Samsung Galaxy S4: details, what you need to know.
Here's what we think of the new Android heavyweight.
Samsung Galaxy S4 review: Design and build
The Galaxy S4 looks something like a cross between the Samsung Galaxy S3 and the Galaxy Note 2. It comes in 'black mist' and 'white frost' colours which look pretty standard but still stylish. We understand that other colours will launch later on in the year.
Despite the fact Samsung has stuck with the same flimsy plastic rear cover found on the Galaxy S3, the design of the Galaxy S4 is impressive. This is mostly because the firm has managed to put a larger screen into a slightly smaller handset, compared to the S3. It's an impressive feat and means the Galaxy S4 doesn't feel unwieldy in the hand. It's both thin and light at 7.9mm and 130g.
The device feels more solid than the Galaxy S3, but the plastic build is a downfall of the Galaxy S4, it can't compete with the likes of Apple, Sony and HTC in this area.
There are a couple of caveats other than the build quality to mention. The first is a minor niggle in that the front of the handset is interrupted by the front facing camera and three sensors, most noticeable on the white model. The other is that the touch sensitive buttons below the screen which sit either side of the physical button are a) difficulty to reach and b) get pressed too easily due their close proximity to the edge of the device – namely the back button if you're right handed.
Samsung Galaxy S4 review: Video review
Samsung Galaxy S4 review: Hardware
There's no faulting the Galaxy S4's hardware which rivals devices like the HTC One and Sony Xperia Z. It's a shame that the UK model comes with a 1.9GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quad-core processor instead of the Exynos octa-core chip. Nevertheless, the Galaxy S4 is no slouch of a phone.
With a whopping 2GB of RAM the Galaxy S4 blasted through our benchmarks as we expected it would.
It breezed its way to being a new record holder in both Geekbench 2 and GLBenchmark with results of 3227 and 41fps. The former is significantly more than the HTC One's 2721 previous record and almost twice that of the Galaxy S3.
The Galaxy S4 couldn't quite manage a treble win but still gave us an impressive time of 1092ms in the SunSpider test. The iPhone 5 remains the best phone in this area at 903ms.
However, at the end of the day these are just numbers and you can get excellent performance from similar hardware for less money in the HTC One and Sony Xperia Z. Even with outstanding benchmark results, we found the Galaxy S4 occasionally laggy when opening certain apps.
Once again, storage is an iPhone matching 16GB, 32GB and 64GB and Samsung has gladly kept the microSD card slot for expansion. This is an area where Samsung has one up on many of its competitors, namely the iPhone 5 and HTC One.
However, as others have found, the device comes with a large chunk of the storage space already used up. Our 16GB model had just over 8GB of free storage which is much less than we are accustomed to finding. The microSD card helps but you can't install apps here so it makes for a tricky situation.
The 5in Full HD screen on the Galaxy S4 is really impressive. The SuperAMOLED technology means colours are vibrant but not over the top like previous models. It matches the Xperia Z's pixel density of 441ppi meaning the HTC One is still the highest at 469ppi – a minor difference. Samsung says it consumes less power than the Galaxy S3's display which we hope is true.
There are some features related to the screen which we'll cover in the software section. Like some of Nokia's Lumia smartphones, the Galaxy S4 display can be used with regular gloves.
As you would expect from a wallet emptying flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4 is packed with connectivity – Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC and support for 4G LTE networks. The Galaxy S4 also has two additional sensors than its predecessor, infrared and a barometer. It's a shame the device doesn't have built-in wireless charging, a feature which we would like to see more of in high-end smartphones.
Samsung Galaxy S4 review: Software
As you might know, the Galaxy S4 will ship with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. The interface is familiar to that of the Galaxy S3 so existing Samsung users will feel right at home. Other Android users shouldn't find it too hard to get used to either, since everything is located where you would expect it to be.
One tweak is that the settings menu has been split into different tabbed sections, but this isn't hard to get accustomed to. As well as the Google Play Store, the Samsung Hub is another source for games, movies, music and books.
What Samsung offers is seemingly endless amounts of software features on top of the usual Android ones. The firm did this with the Galaxy S3 to differentiate itself and has gone even further with the Galaxy S4. Since there are so many we'll go through each one, explaining what it does and whether it's any good.
Air View and Air Gesture
Air View and Air Gesture are innovative screen technologies. The former lets you can preview information by hovering a finger above the screen while the later means you can scroll through content or answer the phone with a wave of your hand. They work reasonably well once you get the hang of it and could be handy, albeit in a few niche situations such as when you're cooking and have messy hands.
Smart Scroll and Smart Pause
Samsung has also advances its Smart Screen technology with the Galaxy S4. Smart Scroll and Smart Pause are two new features which utilise the front facing camera. They allow you to scroll up and down pages and pause video content without touching the screen.
We found the automatic scrolling of Smart Scroll buggy and hard to use – apparently it doesn't work too well if you wear glasses and it often scrolled when holding the phone at a suitable viewing angle. When it does work, it's a neat thing to show off in the pub but we can't see a real-life use for it apart from being extremely lazy. It also doesn't work if you're using the Chrome browser or Gmail which is a shame.
We can see that automatically pausing a video if you look away from a screen is cool but pretty handy too, the problem is a slight delay before it happens and a weird sensation where you don't know if the handset has done it properly or not. The feature works with your own videos and apps like YouTube.
Multi Window
One of our favourite features is Multi window. This allows you to use two apps side by side in a similar way to Snap Views in Windows 8. You can have a straight 50:50 split or let one app take up more real estate than the other to varying degrees. It works in both portrait and landscape but an annoying retractable side bar stays put unless you switch the mode off.
S Translator and S Health
Two key apps which Samsung pre-loads onto the Galaxy S4 are S Translator and S Health. The S Translator helps you communicate either by text or speech recognition with someone who doesn't speak your language. It works pretty well but there are only eight languages aside from English plus it needs a data connection to work which isn't handy when you're abroad and roaming.
For those into fitness gadgets, the Galaxy S4 is one in itself. With its multiple sensors and S Health app you can keep track of your steps, calories used and other information.
Like the HTC One, the Galaxy S4 can be used as a TV remote control because it has a built-in infrared sensor. It's a handy way of controlling your TV if you've lost the remote and also works for multiple devices in rooms around the house. Furthermore, it tells you what's on the box and gives recommendations. Compatibility will vary between devices and you might not get all the functions working. At the end of the day, reaching for the dedicated remote is still easy, if far more boring.
Overall it's a mixed bag when it comes to these software features. Many seem to be there for the sake of it, to have bragging rights but no real day-to-day benefit to the user. However, some are really handy.
Plenty more software features appear in the camera app which we'll talk about next.
Samsung Galaxy S4 review: Cameras
The Galaxy S4 has a 13Mp rear facing camera and a 1.9Mp front facing camera and both images and video footage from each was very impressive with excellent levels of details, good exposure and colour saturation on the default 9.6Mp (16:9) setting.
The Galaxy S4 camera app comes with a number of different modes beyond the likes of burst mode. The main talked about mode is Dual Shot which lets you take a photo with both cameras at once meaning the user is also in the photo, albeit in a small thumbnail. We find this a bit of a gimmick but other modes seem genuinely good.
Sound and Shot takes photo and also records some audio to go with it while Drama mode takes multiple photos and combines them into one – great for capturing moving objects. There are other more regular modes like panorama, night and HDR. In general they work well, but the more complicated ones take a bit of practice before you get the desired results.
Samsung Galaxy S4 review: Battery life
With a battery about a quarter larger than the Galaxy S3 and a display which uses less power despite packing more pixels, we would expect the Galaxy S4 to offer decent battery life.
So far we found the whopping 9.8Wh (2600mAh) battery hasn't lasted quite as well as we thought. During the space of a working day we lost 65 percent of the juice, albeit with a fairly heavy usage pattern.
When not being used so heavily, the Galaxy S4 holds it charge well when in standby so lighter users can expect a couple days use from the phone. We got through 24 hours and lost just over half of the battery, the screen sucked up most of the power.
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Samsung Galaxy S4: Specs
- Display: 5 inch Full HD Super AMOLED (1920 x 1080) display, 441 ppi
- Processor: 1.9GHz quad-core
- OS: Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
- Camera: Main(Rear): 13 Mega pixel Auto Focus camera with Flash & Zero Shutter Lag, BIS
- Sub (Front): 2 Mega pixel camera, Full HD recording @30fps with Zero Shutter Lag, BIS
- Video: Codec: MPEG4, H.264, H.263, DivX, DivX3.11, VC-1, VP8, WMV7/8, Sorenson Spark, HEVC
- Recording & Playback: Full HD (1080p)
- Audio: Codec: MP3, AMR-NB/WB, AAC/AAC?/eAAC?, WMA, OGG, FLAC, AC-3, apt-X
- Connectivity: WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (HT80), GPS / GLONASS, NFC, Bluetooth® 4.0 (LE), IR LED (Remote Control), MHL 2.0
- Sensor: Accelerometer, RGB light, Geomagnetic, Proximity, Gyro, Barometer Temperature & Humidity, Gesture
- Memory: 16/ 32/ 64 GB User memory ? microSD slot (up to 64GB), 2GB RAM
- Dimension: 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm, 130g
- Battery: 2,600 mAh
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TGIF!!! I know, I know it has been awhile but the holidays seem to get the best of you sometimes. What matter is, I am here now to show you this adorable look! First, Cynful has this adorable dress at The Dressing Room Fusion for 70L!!! There are multiple colors to choose from and I LOVE IT!! Second, LaRoo is releasing some very cute shoes. These boots are called Clyde and are mesh. I love them, they are rough looking but still girly in their own special way, wear them with jeans or a dress like I did, still looks amazing!! Be sure to check out The Dressing Room Fusion guys there are lots of awesome things there from top designers. Oh and LaRoo, so many cute shoes!! ❤ Addy
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There is an unthinking assumption in every analysis I can read about Prop 29, the cigarette-tax-for-cancer-research initiative that appears to have lost a big lead in the polls.
That assumption is that the big money spent against the measure by tobacco companies is responsible for the drop. It seems obvious, since big tobacco has spent more than $40 million to defeat it, mostly on ads that attack the initiative.
But I've yet to see data connecting the tobacco ads to the decline in Prop 29. And given recent California political history, it's not a safe assumption to say that the money is what's defeating the measure.
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Consider two recent ballot initiatives that had huge financial support behind them -- and no money spent against them.
In 2008, the billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens sponsored Prop 10, an initiative that would have used billions in general obligation funds to subsidize alternative fuels and natural gas (Pickens had huge investments in natural gas).
Pickens spent millions on the campaign -- while the campaign against the initiative had virtually no money (official reports suggest Pickens outspent his foes 100-1). But Prop 10 lost -- because reporting by newspapers and other media emphasized the potential budget folly of devoting g.o. bonds in bad budget times to a particular energy policy, as well as Pickens' own financial interest in his measure.
In 2010, the utility PG&E sponsored an initiative, Prop 16, that would limit the ability of California local governments to start their own public power.
PG&E spent more than $40 million; the campaign against the measure had virtually no money.
But once again, the message about the problems of this kind governance (PG&E's measure imposed another kind of supermajority restriction on the powers of local elected officials in a supermajority-mad state) broke through via media coverage and the Internet. Message defeated money and Prop 16 lost.
There are a couple of political lessons from this that may apply to Prop 29.
First, it's relatively easy -- even with almost no money -- to raise doubts about an initiative. Second, it can be possible to defeat even a well-financed initiative if opponents can point to problems that the initiative would create for the budget process or governance -- a powerful argument when California is in the midst of a budget and governance crisis.
Prop 29's supporters may want to blame its troubles on the evil tobacco companies and their money; if the initiative were merely a choice between tobacco companies and cancer research, Prop 29 would be an easy winner.
But it may well be that the bigger problem for Prop 29 supporters has been newspapers and media folks (including this blogger) pointing out that the measure -- while making sense as tax policy and public health policy -- is bad budget policy because it locks up tax dollars that might be better applied to core, cash-starved health and education programs in the state.
That explanation would fit the polls, which show that Prop 29's support has dropped even though cigarette taxes remain popular with the public, and even though Californians don't like tobacco companies.
If Prop 29 loses, pundits should think twice about blaming tobacco companies and their money for defeat. A better reason may be the problems with Prop 29 itself -- and the larger context of a broken budget and an ungovernable state.
Lead Prop Zero blogger Joe Mathews is California editor at Zocalo Public Square, a fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Social Cohesion, and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (University of California, 2010).
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Global Positioning System technology, more commonly known as GPS, has changed our many people's daily lives forever. As well as directing you to and from specific locations, GPS units can navigate you to points of interest (POIs), pinpoint your current location in the event of an emergency, let you know about traffic congestion and synchronise with your mobile phone via Bluetooth connectivity to enable hands-free phone calls.
But GPS units aren't just a way to find a way to your mate's house. Many GPS units available in Australia are designed to track your pets, particularly cats and dogs. So when Rex manages to jump over the back fence or Whiskers disappears for days at a time, you no longer need to break down into tears of despair.
We've rounded up five products (some GPS-based and other relying on radio signals) that might be of interest to Aussie pet lovers.
PetTrack by Corteo
Based on the use of mobile receivers and phone towers to relay signals to owners, PetTrack is a device that is strapped onto your pet and sends GPS coordinates of its location to the owner's mobile phone via SMS.
The owner must first send a command to the device (via SMS) before the device can respond and send information to the owner. Using a GPRS compatible phone, the device can send a full visual display via SMS which contains GPS coordinates including the street and suburb. If the mobile phone issuing the command is not GPRS-compatible, the recipient will be sent an SMS message containing the coordinates of the dog's location. They will then be required to contact Corteo for full details of their pet's location, such as street name and suburb. PetTrack includes a Telstra SIM card and also has a 'boundary alert' feature where the owner is sent an SMS when their pet strays beyond a particular area.
PetTrack is handicapped in areas of limited mobile phone reception and we think questions also need to be asked about data usage costs when GPRS is utilised, but it could be a godsend for pet lovers. It's available in Australia for $299.
CatTraQ Live by Mr Lee
Designed by Jurgen Perthold, who currently resides in South Carolina, this GPS locator is part of a range of products in the 'Mr Lee' range. Other nifty gadgets include a CatCam which allows owners to see video footage of their feline companion.
CatTraQ Live operates in a similar fashion to PetTrack. The tiny device (measuring 5cm x 4cm and weighing just 50g) allows up to five different mobile numbers to request GPS coordinates. The user has to call the device that is strapped to the cat and then the GPS coordinates are sent directly to the mobile phone. CatTraQ Live claims that it is synchronised for use with Google Maps, but this is slightly misleading as the user can just insert the GPS coordinates into any navigation site or software.
Other cool features include auto-tracking, a low battery alert, audio surveillance (the device includes a microphone) and Geo-fence. The latter alerts the owner if the cat moves outside a certain area. Battery life is claimed to be 48 hours and probably the best asset that the device boasts is quad-band capability, so it works globally. It costs US$135.
GPS-20 by Innotek Australia
The GPS tracking market for pets has long been a useful tool for hunting dogs. With this in mind, there are some better-quality products on the market that carry a higher price tag. The GPS-20 by Innotek Australia is one such product. It utilises older radio technology as well as GPS.
The GPS-20 comes in two parts: a handheld receiver and a collar that transmits information back to the receiver unit. With a built-in electronic compass, the LCD screen on the receiver is able to show the direction and exact distance of the collar. The R2 GPS dog tracking system communicates via a radio signal and not through GPS satellites. As it is much more difficult to transfer a GPS signal than the simple beep required in radio mode, the radio tracking mode of the GPS-20 has a range up to five times greater the GPS.
Innotek recommends tracking your dog first in radio tracking mode and finding the exact location within last few kilometres. The company claims that tracking in radio mode has a range of up to 20km (7km in GPS mode). Dog collars from other manufacturers can be used with the GPS-20 receiver, and the components use replaceable AA batteries. The GPS-20 receiver and collar will set you back $1990, while an extra collar can be added for $449.
RoamEO Classic GPS Dog Tracker
Similar to Innotek's GPS-20, RoamEO's Classic GPS Dog Tracker includes a receiver unit and a collar for your pet. The unit can track up to three dogs (each needs its own collar) and has a range of almost 5km.
The handheld device uses a colour LCD to show the location, direction and velocity of your pet and is designed to update readings every few seconds. You have to buy it online from the US and it costs US$400 with an additional collar setting you back US$160.
SportDog SportHunter SD-800
A radio-operated locator, the SportDog SportHunter SD-800 has a range of about 725 metres. It operates on an AM signal, which means the signal is weakened in thick terrain or if you lose line of sight. The product is fully waterproof and can be expanded for up to three dogs. It's yours for just $500.
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Many times i need to copy the content in the tooltips of images or just from web area.
by example, this page :
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no name are displayed; only tooltips contains information, so i would like to copy-past them.
it would be useful, it seamonkey could have his kinf of option in the COPY contextual menu on an image...
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Dean Dennis ONeal and the School of Engineering & Computer Science
invite you to participate in the presentation:
Overview of Sandia National Laboratories
Dr. Stephen (Steve) Rottler
Vice President, California Laboratory and Energy
Climate and Infrastructure Security
Dr. J. Stephen (Steve) Rottler is vice president of Sandias California laboratory and serves as lead for the Laboratories Energy, Climate, and Infrastructure Security business unit. The California laboratorys principal programs include nuclear weapons stewardship; homeland security with a focus on defending against weapons of mass destruction; combustion, transportation and hydrogen energy research; biology; and advanced computational and information systems.
Prior to moving to Sandias California laboratory, Dr. Rottler guided corporate research and development efforts as Chief Technology Officer and Vice President, Science and Technology. He also managed technology transfer and strategic research relationships with universities, industry, and the State of New Mexico.
Dr. Rottler is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a member of the Institutes Board of Directors, and a past chair of the Institutes Technical Committee on Management. He is a recipient of the Department of the Air Force Award for Exemplary Civilian Service. Dr. Rottler is a Fellow of Seminar XXI at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is currently serving or has served on the Board of Directors of the United Kingdom Atomic Weapons Establishment, New Mexico Humanities Council, the Albuquerque Explora Science Museum, and Technology Ventures Corporation. Additionally, he has served as a member of the external advisory board for the Texas A&M University Dwight Look College of Engineering, and he has led or served on independent review panels for the U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs Office and the United Kingdom Atomic Weapons Establishment.
Dr. Rottler received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Nuclear Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1980, 1982, and 1984, respectively. He has published papers, reports, and conference presentations on the development and application of computational radiation-hydrodynamics codes.
Dr. Rottler and his wife have two children. In his spare time, he finds relaxation through long-distance running and researching his familys history, and he is an avid reader of U.S. and English history.


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I recently recommended that people skip the new Kirby game for the Wii, Kirby's Return to Dreamland. I don't hate the game. I just think you have better options. I also think you might like to see more of the game, since it's a charmer and has good stuff in it.
Sit back and enjoy just under 10 minutes of the game. Stick around for the surprise conclusion, would you?
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Can NJ Women Brave the Economic Recovery? [AUDIO]
More of the unemployed are finding work these days, but most of the jobs are going to men. Women were spared the worst of the recession, while men were hit hard by the devastation, especially in the manufacturing and construction sectors. So, what gives?
"It's a tale of two chapters. Chapter one was the recession hitting very hard in the male-dominated construction and manufacturing sectors and during that same period of time, the areas of education and health care where women tend to be the majority of workers, were doing better," said Carl VanHorn, Director of the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers. "And chapter two, as the construction and manufacturing sectors begin to recover a bit, some of the sectors where women were employed, especially education, have been shedding jobs."
The private sector picked up nearly 2.9 million jobs over the course of the recovery, but women secured only 23.5 percent of those positions according to the National Women's Law Center. Women gained only 12.3 percent of the more than 2.3 million total jobs added to the economy during the recovery. Women lost 396,000 public sector jobs during the recovery, which is 69.1 percent of the jobs cut.


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"The heat", being work, not the weather. It's miserable here, but then it's winter, what was I expecting? I'm just hoping that the horizontal rain and wind here equates to nice fluffy snow on the mountains. I'm looking forward to the ski season this year.
We spent a very nice long weekend in Amsterdam celebrating Sinterklaas. In my opinion this is a much better alternative to the over-commercialised Christmas we celebrate. You hand make presents and write poems for people and then sing a few songs and have a big meal. Great fun, plenty of pressure trying to out-do each other in the hand made presents and writing the poems, capped off with lots of sweets, Christmas beer and food.
But over the weekend I heard a very interesting statistic. It seems that the ski season, or the cold weather at least is linked to the activity of the sun. The more sunspots, the warmer the winter and the less snow you get. The sun has a cycle of eleven years between minimum sun spot activity and 2007 is one of those minimums! So, this winter will be cold with lots of snow for me to plant my face into at high speed.
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Are You VoIP Ready? – Bandwidth
Bandwidth -
When measuring your needs and potential use for VoIP you need to understand the type of compression (aka codec) your device (eg. your PBX) is going to use. The three most common types are g.711, g.723 and g.729 and it essentially refers to the number of samples of your voice
the device is going to send over the wires to the far end.
G.711 uses the highest sampling rate and consequently uses the highest amount of bandwidth - typically 80k to 90k per session (or per conversation). This means that over a T-1 connection (1.54m of bandwidth) you will be able to sustain 16 simultaneous conversations or voice sessions. Most VoIP services like Vonage state in their contract that the user understands that they will have to have at least 90k to sustain a VoIP conversation (implying a g.711 compression). In theory, you get the best voice quality (you will see this often referred to as Toll Quality ) with this codec and for the most part that is true. If you intend to run faxes or dial-up modems over this connection, g.711 is about the only way to go (there are some exceptions to this but not many).
The main down side to this compression, of course, is the bandwidth requirement. If you have off site users (the CSR agents working out of their homes, for example) using a DSL or cable connection, this could be an issue because you need the 90k for inbound AND outbound audio.
For these type of circuits, the downstream speed (i.e. packets coming to you from the Internet) is usually much greater than upstream speed (packets you send to the Internet). I often hear from end users that they get 3M up and down from their provider for $40/mo but upon closer
inspection, their contract actually says something like … you may experience speeds UP TO 3M … which usually translates into something like 700k down and maybe 256k up on average – if that.
G.723 and g.729 codec sample rates are much lower and therefore use much less bandwidth. Typically, g.729 will consume about 40k per session and g.723 will be as low 23k. Most devices will offer g.729 along with g.711 and some offer all three – there are others (g.726,
g.728 etc) but you will only have know about those if you are going to study for your CCNA. Between g.723 and g.729, I personally prefer the latter – the sound quality is very close to g.711 and is great if you have a half way decent Internet connection and do not need to run a fax or
modem across it. G.723 sounds a little thin to me and is usually accompanied with low volume. This is the compression that people commonly experience when they are calling support centers in India or the Philippines.
About 5 years ago, codecs like g.729 and g.723 use to add about 20ms to 30ms of latency which would have been a problem if your latency was already high – say 110ms or higher. Now it is almost a non issue with some of the Cisco routers that most of the carriers are using to offer
Figure 3 shows an elusive hardware configuration issue. The packets were doing well up to the last hop which was the customer s gateway where they were experiencing 10% packet loss at the point of the sample (next to the red triangle on the time line). The hardware was fine but as it turned out, the router had it s clock source set to itself instead of getting it from the ISP. As you can see, once the problem was corrected, the packet loss stopped altogether.
convergent solutions of voice (with built in QOS), data and MPLS. Symptoms of a bandwidth problem, unfortunately, are reported to the IT department the same as latency problems (which are of caused by bandwith problems) and from my field experience, they usually are. As the users will put it – It does not work … and they won t care what the cause is and usually won t try to distinguish. The voice will be choppy, unintelligible or simply gone. Low volume is usually not a bandwidth issue but more often the result of the type of compression being used or configured. In the case of bandwidth saturation, as illustrated in Figure 2, your voice packets are likely to get delayed or lost altogether unless they are prioritized. If the saturation is really severe, you will probably experience poor voice quality even with QOS. In such cases, get more bandwidth!


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I was reading a description of a place where it was stated that the region was hundreds of square miles on every side. The square mile is a unit of area. That's the surface covered by the rectangle. The sides are miles long (miles being a unit of distance or length).
The plural of manservant is menservants.
I'm not quite sure about this one. Different than feels wrong to me, I would use different from instead. Than is used to make comparisons, but merely marking
Well, the Olympic torch went past my house today. Got a couple of pics that turned out so so.
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To say someone is stark naked, the expression is buck naked. (Though I'm not sure for how much longer.)
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Well, its getting to the point where Im wondering, Have I done this one already? So, Im making a list of what has been done, where it is, and what still needs to be done.
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Of the Dolours of Mary, by Saint Alphonsus de Liguori
Mary was the Queen of Martyrs, for her martyrdom was longer and greater than that of all the Martyrs.
Who can ever have a heart so hard that it will not melt on hearing the most lamentable event which once occurred in the world? There was a noble and holy Mother Who had an only Son. This Son was the most amiable that can be imagined–innocent, virtuous, beautiful, Who loved His Mother most tenderly; so much so that He had never caused her the least displeasure, but had ever shown her all respect, obedience, and affection: hence this Mother had placed all her affections on earth in this Son. Hear, then, what happened. This Son, through envy, was falsely accused by His enemies; and though the judge knew, and himself confessed, that He was innocent, yet, that he might not offend His enemies, he condemned Him to the ignominious death that they had demanded. This poor Mother had to suffer the grief of seeing that amiable and beloved Son unjustly snatched from her in the flower of His age by a barbarous death; for, by dint of torments and drained of all His blood, He was made to die on an infamous gibbet in a public place of execution, and this before her own eyes.
Devout souls, what say you? Is not this event, and is not this unhappy Mother worthy of compassion. You already understand of whom I speak. This Son, so cruelly executed, was our loving Redeemer Jesus; and this Mother was the Blessed Virgin Mary; Who, for the love she bore us, was willing to see Him sacrificed to Divine Justice by the barbarity of men. This great torment, then, which Mary endured for us-a torment which was more than a thousand deaths deserves both our compassion and our gratitude. If we can make no other return for so much love, at least let us give a few moments this day to consider the greatness of the sufferings by which Mary became the Queen of martyrs; for the sufferings of her great martyrdom exceeded those of all the martyrs; being, in the first place, the longest in point of duration; and, in the second place, the greatest in point of intensity.
First point. – As Jesus is called the King of sorrows and the King of martyrs, because He suffered during, His life more than all other martyrs; so also is Mary with reason called the Queen of martyrs, having merited this title by suffering the most cruel martyrdom possible after that of her Son. Hence, with reason, was she called by Richard of Saint Lawrence, "the Martyr of martyrs"; and of her can the words of Isaias with all truth be said, "He will crown thee with a crown of tribulation;" that is to say, that that suffering itself, which exceeded the suffering of all the other martyrs united, was the crown by which she was shown to be the Queen of martyrs. That Mary was a true martyr cannot be doubted, as Denis the Carthusian, Pelbart, Catharinus, and others prove; for it is an undoubted opinion that suffering sufficient to cause death is martyrdom, even though death does not ensue from it. Saint John the Evangelist is revered as a martyr, though he did not die in the caldron of boiling oil, but he came out more vigorous than he went in. Saint Thomas says, "that to have the glory of martyrdom, it is sufficient to exercise obedience in its highest degree, that is to say, to be obedient unto death." "Mary was a martyr," says Saint Bernard, "not by the sword of the executioner, but by bitter sorrow of heart." If her body was not wounded by the hand of the executioner, her blessed heart was transfixed by a sword of grief at the passion of her Son; grief which was sufficient to have caused her death, not once, but a thousand times. From this we shall see that Mary was not only a real martyr, but that her martyrdom surpassed all others; for it was longer than that of all others, and her whole life may be said to have been a prolonged death.
"The passion of Jesus," as Saint Bernard says, "commenced with His birth". So also did Mary, in all things like unto her Son, endure her martyrdom throughout her life. Amongst other significations of the name of Mary, as Blessed Albert the Great asserts, is that of "a bitter sea."9 Hence to her is applicable the text of Jeremias : "great as the sea is thy destruction." For as the sea is all bitter and salt, so also was the life of Mary always full of bitterness at the sight of the passion of the Redeemer, which was ever present to her mind. "There can be no doubt, that, enlightened by the Holy Ghost in a far higher degree than all the prophets, she, far better than they, understood the predictions recorded by them in the sacred Scriptures concerning the Messias." This is precisely what the angel revealed to Saint Bridget; and he also added, `that the Blessed Virgin, even before she became His Mother, knowing how much the Incarnate Word was to suffer for the salvation of men, and compassionating this innocent Saviour, who was to be so cruelly put to death for crimes not His own, even then began her great martyrdom."
Her grief was immeasurably increased when she became the Mother of this Saviour; so that at the sad sight of the many torments which were to be endured by her poor Son, she indeed suffered a long martyrdom, a martyrdom which lasted her whole life. This was signified with great exactitude to Saint Bridget in a vision which she had in Rome, in the church of Saint Mary Major, where the Blessed Virgin with Saint Simeon, and an angel bearing a very long sword, reddened with blood, appeared to her, denoting thereby the long, and bitter grief which transpierced the heart of Mary during her whole life. When the above named Rupert supposes Mary thus speaking: `Redeemed souls, and my beloved children, do not pity me only for the hour in which I beheld my dear Jesus expiring before my eyes; for the sword of sorrow predicted by Simeon pierced my soul during the whole of my life: when I was giving suck to my Son, when I was warming Him in my arms, I already foresaw the bitter death that awaited Him. Consider, then, what long and bitter sorrows I must have endured."
Wherefore Mary might well say, in the words of David, "My life is wasted with grief, and my years in sighs." "My sorrow is continually before me." "My whole life was spent in sorrow and in tears; for my sorrow, which was compassion for my beloved Son, never departed from before my eyes, as I always foresaw the sufferings and death which He was one day to endure." The Divine Mother herself revealed to Saint Bridget, that "even after the death and ascension of her Son, whether she ate, or worked, the remembrance of His passion was ever deeply impressed on her mind, and fresh in her tender heart".
Hence Tauler says, "that the most Blessed Virgin spent her whole life in continual sorrow;" for her heart was always occupied with sadness and with suffering.
Therefore time, which usually mitigates the sorrows of the afflicted, did not relieve Mary; nay, even it increased her sorrow; for, as Jesus, on the one hand, advanced in age, and always appeared more and more beautiful and amiable; so also, on the other hand, the time of His death always drew nearer, and grief always increased in the heart of Mary, at the thought of having to lose Him on earth. So that, in the words addressed by the angel to Saint Bridget: "As the rose grows up amongst thorns, so the Mother of God advanced in years in the midst of sufferings; and as the thorns increase with the growth of the rose, so also did the thorns of her sorrows increase in Mary, the chosen rose of the Lord, as she advanced in age; and so much the more deeply did they pierce her heart. Having now considered the tenth of this sorrow in point of duration, let us pass to the second point-its greatness in point of intensity.
Second point. – Ah, Mary was not only Queen of martyrs because her martyrdom, was longer than that of all others, but also because it was the greatest of all martyrdoms. Who, however, can measure its greatness? Jeremias seems unable to find any one with whom be can compare this Mother of Sorrows, when he considers her great sufferings at the death of her Son. "To what shall I compare thee or to what shall I liken thee, O daughter of Jerusalem "… for great as the sea is thy destruction: who shall heal thee?" Wherefore Cardinal Hugo, in a commentary on these words, says, "0 Blessed Virgin, as the sea in bitterness exceeds all other bitterness, so does thy grief exceed all other grief. Hence Saint Anselm asserts, that "had not God by a special miracle preserved the life of Mary in each moment of her life, her grief was such that it would have caused her death. Saint Bernardine of Siena goes so far as to say, "that the grief of Mary was so great that, were it divided amongst all men, it would suffice to cause their immediate death.
But let us consider the reasons for which Mary's martyrdom was greater than that of all martyrs. In the first place, we must remember that the martyrs endured their torments, which were the effect of fire and other material agencies, in their bodies; Mary suffered hers in her soul, as Saint Simeon foretold: "And my own soul a sword shall pierce." As if the holy old man had said: "0 most sacred Virgin, the bodies of other martyrs will be torn with iron, but thou wilt be transfixed, and martyred in thy soul by the Passion of thine own Son." Now, as the soul is more noble than the body, so much greater were Mary's sufferings than those of all the martyrs, as Jesus Christ Himself said to Saint Catherine of Siena: "Between the sufferings of the soul and those of the body there is no comparisons." Whence the holy Abbot Arnold of Chartres says, "that whoever had been present on Mount Calvary, to witness the great sacrifice of the Immaculate Lamb, would there have beheld two great altars, the one in the body of Jesus, the other in the heart of Mary; for, on that mount, at the same time that the Son sacrificed His body by death, Mary sacrificed her soul by compassion."
Moreover, says Saint Antoninus, "while other martyrs suffered by sacrificing their own lives, the Blessed Virgin suffered by sacrificing her Son's life, a life that she loved far more than her own; so that she not only suffered in her soul all that her Son endured in His body, but moreover the sight of her Son's torments brought more grief to her heart than if she had endured them all in her own person. No one can doubt that Mary suffered in her heart all the outrages which she saw inflicted on her beloved Jesus. Any one can understand that the sufferings of children are also those of their mothers who witness them. Saint Augustine, considering the anguish endured by the mother of the Maccabees in witnessing the tortures of her sons, says, "she, seeing their sufferings, suffered in each one; because she loved them all, she endured in her soul what they endured in their flesh." Thus also did Mary suffer all those torments, scourges, thorns, nails, and the cross, which tortured the innocent flesh of Jesus, all entered at the same time into the heart of this Blessed Virgin, to complete her martyrdom. "He suffered in "the flesh, and she in her heart," writes that Blessed Amadeus. "So much so," says Saint Lawrence Justinian, "that the heart of Mary became, as it were, a mirror of the Passion of the Son, in which might be seen, faithfully reflected, the spitting, the blows and wounds, and all that Jesus suffered." Saint Bonaventure also remarks that "those wounds –which were scattered over the body of our Lord were all united in the single heart of Mary."
Thus was our Blessed Lady, through the compassion of her loving heart for her Son, scourged, crowned with thorns, insulted, and nailed to the cross. Whence the same Saint, considering Mary on Mount Calvary, present at the death of her Son, questions her in these words: "0 Lady, tell me where didst thou stand? Was it only at the foot of the cross? Ah, much more than this, thou wast on the cross itself, crucified with thy Son." Richard of Saint Lawrence, on the words of the Redeemer, spoken by Isaias the prophet, "I have trodden the wine-press alone, and of the Gentiles there is not a man with me," says, "It is true, O Lord, that in the work of human redemption Thou didst suffer alone, and that there was not a man who sufficiently pitied Thee; but there was a woman with Thee, and she was Thine own Mother; she suffered in her heart all that Thou didst endure in Thy body."
But all this is saying too little of Mary's sorrows, since, as I have already observed, she suffered more in witnessing the sufferings of her beloved Jesus than if she had herself endured all the outrages and death of her Son. Erasmus, speaking of parents in general, says, that "they are more cruelly tormented by their children's sufferings than by their own." This is not always true, but in Mary it evidently was so; for it is certain that she loved her Son and His life beyond all comparison more than herself or a thousand lives of her own. Therefore Blessed Amadeus rightly affirms, that "the afflicted Mother, at the sorrowful sight of the torments of her beloved Jesus, suffered far more than she would have done had she herself endured His whole Passion." The reason is evident, for, as Saint Bernard says, "the soul is more where it loves than where it lives." Our Lord Himself had already said the same thing: "where our treasure is, there also is our heart." If Mary, then, by love, lived more in her Son than in herself, she must have endured far greater torments in the sufferings and death of her Son than she would have done, had the most cruel death in the world been inflicted upon her.
Here we must reflect on another circumstance which rendered the martyrdom of Mary beyond all comparison greater than the torments of all the martyrs: it is, that in the Passion of Jesus she suffered much, and she suffered, moreover, without the least alleviation. The martyrs suffered under the torments inflicted on them by tyrants; but the love of Jesus rendered their pains sweet and agreeable. A Saint Vincent was tortured on a rack, torn with pincers, burnt with red-hot iron plates; but, as Saint Augustine remarks, "it seemed as if it was one who suffered, and another who spoke." The Saint addressed the tyrant with such energy and contempt for his torments, that it seemed as if one Vincent suffered and another spoke; so greatly did God strengthen him with the sweetness of His love in the midst of all she endured. A Saint Boniface had his body torn with iron hooks; sharp-pointed reeds were thrust between his nails and flesh; melted lead was poured into his mouth; and in the midst of all he could not tire saying "I give Thee thanks, O Lord Jesus Christ." A Saint Mark and a Saint Marcellinus were bound to a stake, their feet pierced with nails; and when the tyrant addressed them, saying, "Wretches, see to what a state you are reduced; save yourselves from these torments," they answered: "Of what pains, of what torments dost thou speak? We never enjoyed so luxurious a banquet as in the present moment, in which we joyfully suffer for the love of Jesus Christ." A Saint Lawrence suffered; but when roasting on the gridiron, "the interior flame of love," says Saint Leo, "was more powerful in consoling his soul than the flame without in torturing his body." Hence love Tendered him so courageous that he mocked the tyrant, saying, "If thou desirest to feed on my flesh, a part is sufficiently roasted; turn it, and eat." But how, in the midst of so many torments, in that prolonged death, could the Saint thus rejoice? "Ah!" replies Saint Augustine, "inebriated with the wine of Divine love, he felt neither torments nor death."
So that the more the holy martyrs loved Jesus, the less did they feel their torments and death; and the sight alone of the sufferings of a crucified God was sufficient to console them. But was our suffering Mother also consoled by love for her Son, and the sight of His torments? Ah, no; for this very Son who suffered was the whole cause of them, and the love she bore Him was her only and most cruel executioner; for Mary's whole martyrdom consisted in beholding and pitying her innocent and beloved Son, who suffered so much. Hence, the greater was her love for Him, the more bitter and inconsolable was her grief. " Great as the sea is thy destruction; who shall heal thee?" Ah, Queen of Heaven, love hath mitigated the sufferings of other martyrs, and healed their wounds; but who hath ever soothed thy bitter grief? Who hath ever healed the too cruel wounds of thy heart "Who shall heal thee," since that very Son who could give thee consolation was, by His sufferings, the only cause of thine, and the love which thou didst bear Him was the whole ingredient of thy martyrdom. So that, as other martyrs, as Diez remarks, are all represented with the instruments of their sufferings–a Saint Paul with a sword, a Saint Andrew with a cross, a Saint Lawrence with a gridiron–Mary is represented with her dead Son in her arms; for Jesus Himself, and He alone, was the instrument of her martyrdom, by reason of the love she bore Him. Richard of Saint Victor confirms in a few words all that I have now said: "In other martyrs, the greatness of their love soothed the pains of their martyrdom; but in the Blessed Virgin, the greater was her love, the greater were her sufferings, the more cruel was her martyrdom."
It is certain that the more we love a thing, the greater is the pain we feel in losing it. We are more afflicted at the loss of a brother than at that of a beast of burden; we are more grieved at the loss of a son than at that of a friend. Now, Cornelius a Lapide says, "that to understand the greatness of Mary's grief at the death of her Son, we must understand the greatness of the love she bore Him." But who can ever measure that love? Blessed Amadeus says that "in the heart of Mary were united two kinds of love for her Jesus–supernatural love, by which she loved Him as her God, and natural love, by which she loved Him as her Son." So that these two loves became one; but so immense a love, that William of Paris even says that the Blessed Virgin "loved Him as much as it was possible for a pure creature to love Him." Hence Richard of Saint Victor affirms that "as there was no love like her love, so there was no sorrow like her sorrow." And if the love of Mary towards her Son was immense, immense also must have been her grief in losing Him by death. "Where there is the greatest love," says Blessed Albert the Great, "there also is the greatest grief."
Let us now imagine to ourselves the Divine Mother standing – near her Son expiring on the cross, and justly applying to herself the words of Jeremias, thus addressing us: "0 all ye that pass by the way attend, and see if there be any sorrow like to my sorrow." O you who spend your lives upon earth, and pity me not, stop awhile to look at me, now that I behold this beloved Son dying before my eyes; and then see if, amongst all those who are afflicted and tormented, a sorrow is to be found like unto my sorrow. "No, O most suffering of all mothers," replies Saint Bonaventure, "no more bitter grief than thine can be found; for no son more dear than thine can be found." Ah, "there never was a more amiable son in the world than Jesus," says Richard of Saint Lawrence; "nor has there ever been a mother who more tenderly loved her son than Mary! But since there never has been in the world a love like unto Mary's love, how can any sorrow be found like unto Mary's sorrow?"
Therefore Saint Ildephonsus did not hesitate to assert, "to say that Mary's sorrows were greater than all the torments of the martyrs united, was to say too little." And Saint Anselm adds, that "the most cruel tortures inflicted on the holy martyrs were trifling, or as nothing in comparison with the martyrdom of Mary." Saint Basil of Seleucia also writes, "that as the sun exceeds all the other planets in splendour, so did Mary's sufferings exceed those of all the other martyrs." A learned author concludes with a beautiful sentiment. He says that so great was the sorrow of this tender Mother in the Passion of Jesus, that she alone compassionated in a degree by any means adequate to its merits the death of a God made man.
But here Saint Bonaventure, addressing this Blessed Virgin, says, "And why, O Lady, didst thou also go to sacrifice thyself on Calvary? Was not a crucified God sufficient to redeem us, that thou, His Mother, wouldst also go to be crucified with Him?" Indeed, the death of Jesus was more than enough to save the world, and an infinity of worlds; but this good Mother, for the love she bore us, wished also to help the cause of our salvation with the merits of her sufferings, which she offered for us on Calvary. Therefore, Blessed Albert the Great says, "that as we are under great obligations to Jesus for His Passion endured for our love, so also are we under great obligations to Mary, for the martyrdom which she voluntarily suffered for our salvation in the death of her Son." I say voluntarily, since, as Saint Agnes revealed to Saint Bridget, "our compassionate and benign Mother was satisfied rather to endure any torment than that our souls should not be redeemed, and be left in their former state of perdition." And, indeed, we may say that Mary's only relief in the midst of her great sorrow in the Passion of her Son, was to see the lost world redeemed by His death, and men who were His enemies reconciled with God. While grieving she rejoiced," says Simon of Cassia, that a sacrifice was offered for the redemption of all, by which He who was angry was appeased."
So great a love on the part of Mary deserves our gratitude, and that gratitude should be shown by at least meditating upon and pitying her in her sorrow. But she complained to Saint Bridget that very few did so, and that the greater part of the world lived in forgetfulness of them: "I look around at all who are on earth, to see if by chance there are any who pity me, and meditate upon my sorrows; and I find that there are very few. Therefore, my daughter, though I am forgotten by many, at least do thou not forget me; consider my anguish, and imitate, as far as thou canst, my grief." To understand how pleasing it is to the Blessed Virgin that we should remember her dolours, we need only know that, in the year 1239, she appeared to seven devout clients of hers (who were afterwards founders of the religious order of the Servants of Mary), with a black garment in her hand, and desired them, if they wished to please her, often to meditate on her sorrows: for this purpose, and to remind them of her sorrows) she expressed her desire that in future they should wear that mourning dress. Jesus Christ Himself revealed to the Blessed Veronica da Binasco, that He is, as it were, more pleased in seeing His Mother compassionated than Himself; for thus He addressed her: "My daughter, tears shed for My Passion are dear to Me; but as I love My Mother Mary with an immense love, the meditation of the torments which she endured at My death is even more agreeable to Me."
Wherefore the graces promised by Jesus to those who are devoted to the dolours of Mary are very great. Pelbert relates that it was revealed to Saint Elizabeth, that after the assumption of the Blessed Virgin into heaven, Saint John the Evangelist desired to see her again. The favour was granted him; his dear Mother appeared to him, and with her Jesus Christ also appeared; the Saint then heard Mary ask her Son to grant some special grace to all those who are devoted to her dolours. Jesus promised her four principal ones: First, that those who before death invoke the Divine Mother in the name of her sorrows should obtain true repentance of all their sins. Second, that He would protect all who have this devotion in their tribulations, and that He would protect them especially at the hour of death. Third, that He would impress upon their minds the remembrance of His Passion, and that they should have their reward for it in heaven. Fourth, that He would commit such devout clients to the hands of Mary, with the power to dispose of them in whatever manner she might please, and to obtain for them all the graces she might desire. In proof of this, let us see, in the following example, how greatly devotion to the dolours of Mary aids in obtaining eternal salvation.
In the revelations of Saint Bridget we read that there was a rich man, as noble by birth as he was vile and sinful in his habits. He had given himself, by an express compact, as a slave to the devil; and for sixty successive years had served him, leading such a life as may be imagined, and never approaching the sacraments. Now this prince was dying; and Jesus Christ, to show him mercy, commanded Saint Bridget to tell her confessor to go and visit him, and exhort him to confess his sins. The confessor went, and the sick man said that he did not require confession, as he had often approached the sacrament of penance. The priest went a second time; but this poor slave of hell persevered in his obstinate determination not to confess. Jesus again told the Saint to desire the confessor to return. He did so; and on this third occasion told the sick man the revelation made to the Saint, and that he had returned so many times because our Lord, who wished to show him mercy, had so ordered. On hearing this the dying man was touched, and began to weep: "But how," he exclaimed, "can I be saved; I, who for sixty years have served the devil as his slave, and have my soul burdened with innumerable sins?" "My son," answered the father, encouraging him, "doubt not; if you repent of them, on the part of God I promise you pardon." Then, gaining confidence, he said to the confessor, "Father, I looked upon myself as lost, and already despaired of salvation; but now I feel a sorrow for my sins, which gives me confidence; and since God has not yet abandoned me, I will make my confession." In fact he made his confession four times on that day, with the greatest marks of sorrow, and on the following morning received the holy communion. On the sixth day, contrite and resigned, he died. After his death, Jesus Christ again spoke to Saint Bridget, and told her that that sinner was saved; that he was then in purgatory, and that he owed his salvation to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin His Mother; for the deceased, although he had led so wicked a life, had nevertheless always preserved devotion to her dolours, and whenever he thought of them, pitied her.
O my afflicted Mother! Queen of martyrs and of sorrows, thou didst so bitterly weep over thy Son, who died for my salvation; but what will thy tears avail me if I am lost? By the merit, then, of thy sorrows, obtain me true contrition for my sins, and a real amendment of life, together with constant and tender compassion for the sufferings of Jesus and thy dolours. And if Jesus and thou, being so innocent, have suffered so much for love of me, obtain that at least I, who am deserving of hell, may suffer something for your love. "O Lady," will I say with Saint Bonaventure, "if I have offended thee, in justice wound my heart; if I have served thee, I now ask wounds for my reward. It is shameful to me to see my Lord Jesus wounded, and thee wounded with Him, and myself without a wound." In fine, O my Mother, by the grief thou didst experience in seeing thy Son bow down His head and expire on the cross in the midst of so many torments, I beseech thee to obtain me a good death. Ah, cease not, O advocate of sinners, to assist my afflicted soul in the midst of the combats in which it will have to engage on its great passage from time to eternity. And as it is probable that I may then have lost my speech, and strength to invoke thy name and that of Jesus, who are all my hope, I do so now; I invoke thy Son and thee to succour me in that last moment; and I say, Jesus and Mary, to you I commend my soul. Amen.


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Artist's talk and critique at Keest
Center on May 12
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As part of the effort of Logan
County Arts to educate the public and create awareness of all types
of visual arts in the community, there will be an artist's talk and
critique at 7 p.m. May 12 at the Salvation Army Keest Center, 307 N.
Kickapoo in Lincoln.
Simpson will show several of his own drawings and
discuss them, critique LCA members' drawings as well as those of the
general public, and give tips and techniques to help improve figure
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Simpson left the academic world in 1984 after completing his
graduate exhibition in photography at Illinois State University,
then spent the next 20 years exploring life drawing while making a
living as a bookseller — he owns and operates Babbit's Books in
Normal. He has been affiliated with the McLean County Arts Center
for a number of years.
Admission will be charged at the door. People attending are
asked to bring a few of their drawings to share with Simpson.
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The deep-dwelling dwarves of Blackrock Mountain employ a forge constructed directly into a river of molten lava, the only place they could find that could generate the required amount of consistent heat.
There are also rumors that a similar forge exists in the heart of the Elemental Plane, where dark iron is much more common. A journey to this site would not be for the faint of heart.[1] (MM&M #?)
In World of WarcraftThis section concerns content exclusive to World of Warcraft.
The Black Forge (related to "The Black Anvil") is the only location in World of Warcraft in Azeroth where Dark Iron ore can be smelted into Dark Iron Bars, which are used in several Blacksmithing and Engineering recipes. Eight dark iron ore are required to smelt one dark iron bar. The Black Forge is also the only place where one can make the Smoking Heart of the Mountain, an enchanting recipe (requires enchanting 265 to make).
The forge is located just before the bridge leading into the main Molten Core entrance and just after the Summoners' Tomb. Upon exiting the room of the Seven, turn right, and then immediately left - there will be a small bridge leading to a single Fireguard Destroyer. The Forge is directly behind it.
See the quest [60] Attunement to the Core - Solo Attunement, or the Molten Bridge on how to reach this forge by yourself. High fire resistance gear is recommended. Most of this distance can be skipped by using [Direbrew's Remote] from the Brewfest seasonal event to reach the Grim Guzzler and dropping down into the lava outside the back door. Note that the forge is not a subzone of Blackrock Depths, it exists only as a static object in the Molten Bridge subzone.
In CataclysmThis section concerns content exclusive to Cataclysm.
Blackrock Depths has been partially redone, so you don't need Direbrew's Remote to get there more quickly, but a negative change is that using Lothos Riftwaker to teleport into Molten Core (assuming you are attuned) will not allow you to get to the Black Forge, because leaving the instance will teleport you back to Lothos.
- Quick way
- Just to the right inside the entrance to the Blackrock Depths is an Abandoned Mole Machine.
- Right click the machine and select 'Hit button labeled "Just past the Grim Guzzler".
- You should appear on the platform in the back of the Grim Guzzler, so kill or avoid the mobs near the only opening and go through it to the Chamber of Enchantment to the room with Ambassador Flamelash. (You don't need to use the door to the Grim Guzzler.)
- Kill Flamelash if needed and go to the left 'tab' behind him jutting out over the lava.
- Down in the lava ahead of you you will see an island in the lava with the Molten Bridge in the distance, jump down and continue jumping toward the island and be prepared to kill 5 or so elite fire elementals on the island.
- Jump through a short stretch of lava to the ramp under the Molten Bridge.
- You should see a catwalk from the left side of the Molten Bridge (as you face the Molten Core entrance) that leads to the Black Forge.
- You'll need to kill the single elite fire elemental to use the Black Forge.


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Department of Human Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: +49 (341) 3550 - 350
fax: +49 (0341) 3550 - 399
e-mail: streiber@[>>> Please remove the brackets! <<<]eva.mpg.de
Philipp Gunz
Senior Scientist (W2) - Research Group Leader
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Department of Human Evolution
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: 0049 (0) 341 3550 853
fax: 0049 (0) 341 3550 399
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Research Interests
Dr. Philipp Gunz is a biological anthropologist with a primary research interest in paleoanthropology, who works as a Research Fellow at the Department of Human Evolution.
He studies developmental and evolutionary changes in the growth patterns and morphology of fossil hominins, extant humans and non-human primates. Philipp works both in the area of «virtual paleoanthropology» where he applies computer modelling techniques to reconstruct partial and damaged fossils for further analysis, and in the application of statistical methods to analyze shapes of fossil and living primates (geometric morphometrics).
His research focuses on the application of geometric morphometrics to quantify large scale evolutionary changes in the craniofacial and endocranial growth pattern of great apes and australopithecines, morphological integration in modern humans and Neanderthals, craniofacial variability in early Homo, and subtle shape differences among teeth. Together with Philipp Mitteroecker from the University of Vienna he has developed new techniques to measure and compare curve and surface information from biological forms ("semilandmarks").
He obtained his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Vienna, Austria in 2005. The dissertation research involved the virtual reconstruction of broken and incomplete fossil crania using computer tomographic data. He developed the theoretical framework and the necessary algorithms and software to correct taphonomic distortions and estimate missing parts, aiming to make the reconstruction process as transparent and reproducible as possible.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program (PennTAP) has been awarded a two-year, $550,000 Discovered in Pennsylvania, Developed in Pennsylvania (D2PA) program grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development (DCED).
Grants are awarded to private and public sector groups whose mission includes economic development, and proposing new and innovative projects and/or programs that are designed to aggressively enhance the economic vitality of a region.
Richard Hudic, DCED executive deputy secretary, announced the grant at the Learning Factory kickoff on Jan. 16. He explained, "The collaborative program we are supporting today will help identify and support local businesses, providing them with the University resources needed to grow and hire new employees. The Corbett Administration is proud to support PennTAP's initiative, and we look forward to continued collaboration in the future."
Anthony Atchley, associate dean for research and administration in the College of Engineering stated, "The college has long recognized that we have a responsibility to the Commonwealth's small and medium-sized industries to help them maintain or increase their competitiveness in the global marketplace by fostering collaboration between them and our faculty and students. The D2PA grant will provide critical resources to accelerate this mission."
Atchley added that an essential ingredient to the project's success is the college's partnership with Penn State Outreach and Online Education and PennTAP, both of which have a great deal of experience in working with industries around the state.
"Together we are able to provide the complementary resources necessary to be make real progress toward our vision," he said.
According to PennTAP Director Heather Fennessey, roughly half of the funding will be allocated toward industry projects. "PennTAP helps identify real-world problems the College of Engineering might help solve," Fennessey said. "We then collaborate with Sven Bilén, head of the School of Engineering Design, Technology and Professional Programs, to identify which faculty member will work with the company. This is a great opportunity for businesses to get to know the college while they work together on innovation solutions."
A portion of the product design and innovation will be completed at the Bernard M. Gordon Learning Factory. "Some of the grant may be used to offset the costs for small or medium-sized companies to collaborate with engineering students at the Learning Factory as part of their capstone design project," said Fennessey.
The remainder of the grant will be used to supplement engineering graduate students' travel and stipends, publicity and PennTAP and College of Engineering operating expenses.
Fennessey noted, "PennTAP project managers oversee budgets and communicate progress to companies, so engineering faculty members can focus on working with students to design and develop viable solutions."
Aaron Fleishman, a 2009 chemical engineering graduate currently enrolled in graduate engineering design courses, was a design engineer on similar Integrated Design Solutions projects, such as developing an interface design and energy app for PaceControls LLC, a Pennsylvania-based company. He reflected on how his hands-on involvement enhanced his educational experience: "I learned new skills related to programming, electronic circuit design and analysis, mechanical design and rapid prototyping. Most of these are things that you briefly touch on during your coursework, but being in a lab gives you time to really develop these skills while working on applied research and sponsored projects."
Fleishman appreciated the opportunity to solve real-world problems. "I look at them a lot like puzzles. There is (likely) a solution out there, but it's going to take some time to research and implement. If it were easy, it would have already been done."
PennTAP continues to seek new companies to partner with the College of Engineering. "We're like matchmakers, and this grant will help PennTAP, the college and the companies be successful," said Fennessey.
Established in 1965, PennTAP helps Pennsylvania companies improve their competitiveness by providing technical assistance and information to help resolve specific technical questions or needs.
For more information about the DCED and its D2PA program, visit http://tiny.cc/4pjl6w.


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MUSKEGON — Researchers at Grand Valley State University's Annis Water Resources Institute have been awarded a grant for about $85,000 by the federal Environmental Protection Agency to help restore portions of the Muskegon River watershed.
The grant, given to AWRI as part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, will allow AWRI researchers to create stewardship plans for sensitive areas included in a larger watershed restoration effort.
The larger two-year project will:
* Reforest more than 400 acres of riverbank land;
* Restore 150 acres of streambank using native vegetation;
* Put 150 acres of revegetated land into conservation easements;
* Develop 14 forest stewardship plans; and
* Implement proper erosion control in high-priority sites.
The project is expected to prevent 100 tons of sediment, 1,000 pounds of phosphorus, and 6,000 pounds of nitrogen from reaching the Muskegon River, Muskegon Lake Area of Concern, and Lake Michigan each year.
AWRI is responsible for the development of the 14 forest stewardship plans. John Koches, associate research scientist at AWRI will be the principal investigator on the project and will be assisted by research associate Rod Denning and technical call-in Betty Gajewski.
The team from AWRI will work with individual property owners who already have established forests on their lands and are interested in managing these forests to maintain or enhance lumber production, wildlife habitats and ecosystem services. The goal is to help landowners get the most out of their property while ensuring the continued integrity of the areas for the protection of the Muskegon River Watershed.
AWRI will also assist the Muskegon River Watershed Assembly in the overall evaluation of the project, making sure that the reduction estimates for the sediment and chemicals are accurate, and that the intended goals are achieved.
The total budget of the project is more than $939,000, with a federal share of more than $798,000.
For more information, contact John Koches, (616) 331-3792, email@example.com or visit www.gvsu.edu/wri.