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Teacher contract in place at Triton
BOURBON — Positive interaction with the Triton Teachers Association was reported last Monday evening by Superintendent Donna Burroughs as the school board ratified a new personnel contract.
The agreement results in an increase for all employees, and was approved unanimously with one abstention due to conflict of interest.
The new contract:
• Removes items which cannot be contained in a contract due to changes in the law;
• Sets a new salary schedule with an increase for everyone;
• Adjusts the substitute teacher daily rate from $60 to $65;
• Adds vision insurance;
• Develops a new teacher compensation model based on years of experience, education and degrees, and the RISE teacher evaluation rubric.
In other personnel matters:
Resignations were accepted from Vicki Markley — part-time custodian, Christine McIntire — bus driver, Craig Groves — computer technician, and Diane Walter — part-time speech therapist. The retirement of Ann Weirick as elementary instructional assistant was accepted.
The following hires were approved: Jordan Smith — first-grade teacher; Marcile Lindsey — high school special education instructional assistant; Kris Berger — bus mechanic; Mindy Klotz — approved as transportation director; Mitchell Mortensen; Carey Whiteman — bus driver; Maureen Lemler — bus driver; Lori Shively — approved as high school study hall instructional assistant; Johna Snyder — kindergarten instructional assistant; Marcia Keyser — half-time reading interventionist; Tabitha McCoy — high school cafeteria cashier; and Paula Meredith — high school cafeteria lunchroom supervisor.
Rounding out the personnel appointments were these extra-curricular activities personnel: cross country: Wes Rettinger — varsity and Travis Cooper — JH; boys tennis: Al Peckham; girls golf: Jack Carpenter; volleyball: Samantha Keel — varsity, Amy Yates — JV, Shelley Feldman — 8th, and Christina Stout — 7th; football: Ron Brown — varsity assistant, Jerad Crooks — varsity assistant, Brad Hargrave — JH coach, Jim Snyder — JH assistant, and Chris Gray — JH assistant; cheerleading: Emily Grubbs — varsity 50%, Whitney Ambrose — varsity 50%, and Dana Greenawalt — elementary; and volunteers Staci George — JH cheerleading; Olivia Eyrich – JH cheerleading; and Dave Carpenter — golf.
The possibility of a "balanced calendar" for next year was addressed as Burroughs gave her report. This concept, while not "year-round school," would provide a two-week vacation after each nine-week grading period, while still allowing for time off in the summer. Other nearby corporations are considering the same schedule so that vacation periods, sports schedules, etc. would be coordinated.
She reported that the summer school served 836 breakfasts and 1,428 lunches.
On Thursday, the old gym was inspected by a state team to determine if the building can become an Indiana historical landmark. It is of the same ilk as the high school gym in the movie "Hoosiers." If approved, it would be eligible for grant money which could be used for its upkeep.
At the next board meeting, Burroughs said, Linda Yoder, executive director of the Marshall County Community Foundation, will be present to discuss the starting of a Triton Educational Foundation Fund, the interest from which could then be used for corporation needs. Burroughs and high school principal Michael Chobanov have submitted a grant for $3,500 in safety improvements, all of which have already been made. If awarded, the grant would reimburse the corporation for money spent. In conclusion, Burroughs complimented administrators of both buildings for the job they did training teachers and custodial staff.
Elementary principal Jeremy Riffle reported that his school was holding an open house as the board meeting was taking place, and that attendance was very good. He is pleased with the way the new teachers were adding a sense of excitement to the start of school.
There was a good turnout for the seventh-grade orientation, said junior/senior high principal Chobanov. He said that during registration, the school ran out of lockers — a good thing — and that more had been ordered. The high school has received several calls to transfer students from outside the corporation limits due to the new dual credit and Project Lead the Way course offerings. A new cell phone policy was drafted for this year which recognizes the importance of cell phones to the students. Under the new policy, cell phones may be used in the halls and at lunch without penalty.
In a new development, Triton and Culver Community School Corporation have partnered to hire Jill Houin, an eLearning coach, who will work half-time at each high school, dealing with software, e-research, etc. The coach will not be burdened with computer hardware malfunctions, which is the job of each corporation's computer techs.
Finally, the board approved payment of a total of $903,826.11 in payroll and voucher claims.


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Have "unforeseen, but fully justified" reasons for not completing the class work (Policy Statement 12-03).
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On notification of approval, the Instructor will file an incomplete contract including the terms of the Incomplete.
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After the student submitted the completed class work to the instructor, the instructor will assign the final grade for the class. If no additional work is submitted, the student will receive the grade indicated by the instructor. If the instructor did not indicate a grade on the incomplete contract, the student will receive an "F" in the class.
The student will not be allowed to re-enroll in a class for which the student has an unresolved Incomplete grade.
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text: 52 lovely ambient seconds of "Amazing Grace" being played by distant pipes on the moor while a light wind blows. They say that one of the reasons the Scottish marched to battle using bagpipes was that it was very difficult for enemies to judge the distance of the sound. Adding light wind noise and a mixture of atmospheric pads helps to create an indeterminate feeling of distance and space. Creates a calm, somber mood with a simple, beautiful melody known around the world.


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Beat Hazard Ultra by Cold Beam Games is an auditory and visually stunning experience. You fly a ship in a confined area destroying asteroids and ships while gathering powerups to make the music louder and your vessel stronger. Oh yeah—and all of this is generated by your music, or the music of one of the available Internet radio stations.
Beat Hazard Ultra analyzes the music from your iDevice library to create a playing experience that corresponds to the peaks of your chosen song, and this works incredibly well. The visualizer in the background gains intensity as your song does. Then more enemies spawn, and the screen goes crazy! It's frantic, hectic fun. I've played music from "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by the Beach Boys, to "The Seed (2.0)" by The Roots, and every song has proven to be different in terms of what the game sends your way. And all of them have been enjoyable to play this way—there rarely is a complete lull in action, the game creates a challenging progression of enemies for each song.
The audio is clearly awesome, but how are the controls? They're amazing, because they're very customizable. You can play it as a dual-stick shooter, or use one stick, and choose between floating and fixed, as well as change the size. All you need to do is try a few things and one of the options will work out perfectly. Honestly, the controls feel as responsive to me as they do when I play the computer version using my gamepad or keyboard and mouse.
The game has a few modes: standard, survival, boss rush, and chill out. They're all pretty self-explanatory, and all very fun. If you play well you are rewarded with points to spend on perks that can alter your game and customize it to fit your needs. If you die a lot, you can purchase a perk that gives you two extra lives.
Graphics: These are fun and exciting. The visualizations that take place in the background based on your music make the gameplay more exciting, and are just plain cool to watch. The ships and asteroids are all very well designed.
Controls: Completely customizable to your needs. What more could you ask for?
Concept: The overall experience of this game is awesome. Being able to play your music is incredible—because you can choose songs you like and then add another element of fun.
Modes and Perks: The standard mode is enough, but the other modes create more depth, as do the perks.
Radio Stations Available: This is a stretch, I truly don't dislike anything about the game, because they have is good, but more customizable experiences here could be nice.
Beat Hazard Ultra has been flawlessly ported to the iDevices. The core gameplay is still a blast, and the visualizations are phenomenal. What surprised me are the controls—they work perfectly once you find what works for you. Definitely a "Must Have," and I whole-heartedly recommend picking it up.
Beat Hazard Ultra was developed by Cold Beam Games, and I played through version 1.4 on my iPod Touch 3G. The current price is $1.99.


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Weekend before this past one I floated from White's Crossing down to Martin's Crossing. Parked my car at Homer Martin's ranch and they shuttled me up to White's Crossing. The folks at Homer Martin's ranch were really helpful and they have those great cabins right there on the river! Anyway, I got dropped off about 4p at the White's Crossing and was able to float down to the James River Junction by dusk. Put out my blue tarp on the rock bar at the James River Junction and slept under the stars after a delicious Cliff Bar dinner. Up at dawn and floated down to Martin's crossing by about 11a. The take-out was easy.
No pictures - sorry! I know it makes these little stories a bunch better. But you can expect crystal clear water, gorgeous scenery, and a nice relaxing trip all-around. I think I saw 6 people on the bank the entire trip.
The flows were okay, I only had to drag the riffles between the long pools.
I didn't fish too much - usually I get anxious when I do a float for the first time and so I keep paddling to see what is around the next bend...an affliction that has plagued mankind for eternity!
I did a Llano Float
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FERPA - Tutorial
As soon as an applicant becomes a student, FERPA rules apply. FERPA stands for the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. FERPA protects a student's records once an individual becomes an actual Clarkson student: the first day of classes of the term in which they enroll.
Some student information is considered public information. This information includes name, address, phone, dates of attendance, degrees received, major program, student ID photo and height and weight of athletes. This information may be released without the student's written permission. However, the student may opt to consider this information confidential as well. PeopleSoft employs a flag system to insure you know if a student has made such considerations.
Student educational records are to be kept private. A student's educational or academic record includes his date of birth, social security number, grades, schedule, and all personal information. No matter where this information is stored (in a document in the registrar's office, on a class list on a professor's desk, on a computer display screen) it is still confidential. Whether you are faculty, staff or student, maintaining confidentially of student records is your responsibility.
So what does one do if there are inquiries made by parents or members of law enforcement? If you are ever in doubt call Student Administrative Services. You must treat each student as an adult who is entitled to privacy, even from parents. You cannot give out grades, schedules, or any other personal information. There are situations in which the student is a legal dependent of one or more parents so that such disclosure might be legal. Nevertheless, simply refer the parent to the student's Student Administrative Services Representative. Campus Safety can handle issues surrounding the location of a student. If you are issued a subpoena, contact the Registrar in Student Administrative Services for further instruction. The University is required to notify the student if any subpoenas are served. You never have to make the decision on your own. To protect students, Clarkson University and yourself, call Student Administrative Services whenever you are unsure.
It is inappropriate for students to have access to other students' private information. Therefore, exams, papers, etc should not be left in public areas for students to pick up. Likewise, grades should be posted in a manner that does not link the grade with social security numbers. However, unique numbers may be assigned to students for one class only that would be privately shared with students for this purpose. Information on a computer screen should be treated the same as printed reports. Private information should not be left accessible or unattended.
Finally, when you are granted access to personal data, it is with the trust that you will be a responsible user of the data, you will store data that you have access to under secure conditions and you will make every effort to maintain privacy of data.


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To say Playa Vista is to Los Angeles' ad scene what Soho is to London's would be an overstatement. But, one way or another, we're all down here: us, TBWA\Chiat\Day, 72andSunny, David & Goliath and others, including Facebook's new LA headquarters. Why? Well, it's certainly not for the restaurants, trust me. What I wouldn't give just to have a Pret within walking distance!
No, the agencies are here because, this being LA, it's all about the parking lot. In LA, if you have a few hundred people in your company, you need a building with an equal number of parking spaces. The result (more often than not) is a huge, repurposed, warehouse-like object surrounded by asphalt. Buildings that, from the outside at least, have a lot more in common with a big-box retailer than an ad agency.
The good news about spaces like these is that, while the exterior might resemble a Wal-Mart, inside you get to build whatever you like.
At Deutsch LA, we've kept things really open, light and airy inside, which is good because I'm a big believer that ideas are living things that require sunlight and air to grow.
Accordingly, we keep the number of people working in offices to a minimum, with the vast majority sitting and working out in the open in shared cubicles or purpose-built breakout areas. It's fair to say that ideas have few places to hide at Deutsch LA (except, perhaps, in the old Dodge camper van that one of my teams bought and keeps in the parking lot. I don't know what they get up to in there, and I don't want to).
From a style and materials point of view, our creative space has a fair bit in common with the Soviet Union, which is to say that it's vast and has a heavy reliance on poured concrete. Sounds grim, but it isn't. The scale of the place is good because it means we get to keep all sorts of gigantic props from shoots in our hallways, and the concrete works because stuff just looks cool against it. Anyway, we offset some of the cold starkness with a lot of warm wood and bright orange things everywhere.
But all of that is just the shell, right? How do we work? When I arrived at Deutsch LA, we entered into the grand experiment of blowing up the creative department (in fact, we blew up all the departments) and instead sat people by account.
The idea was that if everyone involved in a project was situated nearer to each other, there would be better lines of communication and more cross-pollination between the disciplines. The result, of course, was total failure.
There are plenty of theories about agency seating and I'm sure there are abundant examples that prove sitting by account has a positive effect on the work. But my first-hand experience is that when you blow up the creative department, you blow up the soul of the agency. You blow up the engine room. The place where crazy happens. Where inspiration grows. Where you're allowed to throw a football or drink beer.
Suffice to say that, after a little less than a year, I moved everything back to how it was before, so now all the slobs are back together again. I'm glad we tried it (and not just so I got to appear "modern") because it reinforced something that I always knew: namely that everybody, not just the creatives, needs the heart and soul of the whole operation to be the creative department. And that department needs to be a physical place, not just some amorphous notion.
I was amazed by how many account people and planners told me after we switched back how much they missed walking over to the creative department simply because it inspired them or relaxed them or reminded them why they got into advertising.
That's the thing about creativity – it has the power to transform how you feel and think and see the world and yourself in it. And that is pretty fantastic. It is, after all, what we preach and sell to our clients. As such, it deserves every bit of special treatment we can give it.
Mark Hunter is the chief creative officer at Deutsch LA


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Sarah Michelle Gellar to be Honored at Greater LA Zoo Beastly Ball, 6/16
The Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association's (GLAZA) 42nd Annual Beastly Ball is set for Saturday, June 16, 2012, 6 pm, under the stars at the Los Angeles Zoo, announces GLAZA President Connie Morgan. The Honorable Richard J. Riordan, former Los Angeles Mayor, and actress Sarah Michelle Gellar, the Tom Mankiewicz Leadership Award recipient, are being honored at the fund-raiser. The Ball traditionally attracts 1,000+ attendees and raises $1 million or more for the Zoo.
Gellar succeeds rock icon Slash, a GLAZA Trustee, who was last year's inaugural Tom Mankiewicz Leadership Award. As a GLAZA Safari Club patron and an active advocate for various charities, she is an ideal honoree for the Award, which recognizes members of the entertainment community who have excelled in establishing meaningful and lasting programs that contribute to the welfare of the world's natural and civic environment. It was established in memory of former GLAZA Chairman Tom Mankiewicz, a beloved and highly regarded film and television writer and director associated with such films as "Superman," "Diamonds Are Forever" and "Live and Let Die," and the "Hart to Hart" television series, among many others, who passed away in 2010. Mankiewicz championed the cause of saving and protecting wildlife and the environment through education and on-the-ground conservation. He was additionally an advocate of charitable initiatives to promote opportunity for and interaction among the world's diverse communities.
Sarah Michelle Gellar is best known for her iconic role as Buffy Summers in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." She wrapped her seventh and final season of the critically acclaimed drama in May of 2003. Gellar also originated the role of Kendall Hart on ABC's daytime soap opera "All My Children," which earned her a Daytime Emmy Award in 1995 for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series. Gellar recently starred in The CW series "Ringer," where she played a double role as beautiful twin sisters Bridget Kelly and Siobhan Martin. She has also starred in several notable film roles including "Cruel Intentions," "Scream 2," "I Know What You Did Last Summer" opposite husband FrEddie Prinze, Jr., and the blockbuster hit "The Grudge." No stranger to the world of voice over, Gellar has lent her voice in Liongate's "Happily N'Ever After," opposite Sigourney Weaver and FrEddie Prinze, Jr., and can be heard as the voice of April O'Neil in Warner Brothers' "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles." In addition to her work in film and television, Gellar, a GLAZA Safari Club patron, is an active advocate for various charities, including Make-A-Wish Foundation, Project Angel Food, Habitat for Humanity, breast cancer research, and CARE, a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. She says, "I started because my mother taught me a long time ago that even when you have nothing, there's ways to give back. And what you get in return for that is tenfold." Most recently Gellar hosted an Operation Shower group baby shower for 40 expectant mothers with spouses that are deployed or seriously injured. Born in New York City, Gellar currently lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband and daughter.
Riordan is being recognized for his pivotal contributions to making the Zoo an international leader in the preservation of endangered species and a conservation center for the care and study of wildlife. He maintains a long-term belief that a trip to the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens is a rare find within a vast city that provides a beautiful physical respite as well as a magical and educational journey to other worlds particularly for children living in urban neighborhoods with few opportunities for exposure to the natural world.
Beastly Ball guests, invited to dress in casual or safari attire, stroll through the Zoo after hours viewing its inhabitants, this year with a spotlight on the new LAIR (Living Amphibians, Invertebrates and Reptiles) habitat. Comedian Jimmy Pardo serves as MC and Auctioneer for the event, which also features animal feedings and "animal walk-abouts" (chats with keepers and the chance to observe small animals up close), silent and live auctions with hundreds of remarkable items and one-of-a-kind opportunities, entertainment by world music groups, dancing to music from popular D.J. Morningstar, and bountiful fare provided by some of L.A.'s most popular restaurants.
Participating restaurants, all donating their services, are Bar Celona, Canelé, Celestino Ristorante and Bar, Clancy's Crab Broiler, El Cholo – Los Angeles, Fabiolus Café, The Federal Bar, Glorious Gourmet Catering & Garnish Café, Green Street Restaurant, Il Fornaio, Ix?Tapa Restaurant & Cantina, Jersey Mike's Subs – Pasadena and La Canada, Maison Akira, Momed, Pink's Famous Hot Dogs, The Smoke House, Taix French Restaurant, Villa Sorriso and Yummy Cupcakes (Brentwood, Burbank and Santa Monica).
The Beastly Ball is presented by the private, non-profit Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (GLAZA), founded in 1963. For nearly five decades, GLAZA has funded exhibits, plant and animal species conservation, capital projects, and education and community outreach programs at the Los Angeles Zoo, an international leader in the preservation of endangered species and a conservation center for the care and study of wildlife. GLAZA also builds and invests endowment funds and operates five essential departments on behalf of the Zoo, including development, publications, membership, volunteers and oversight of the Zoo's food/retail concessions. There are currently 72,000 GLAZA member households representing more than 300,000 adults and children, the largest membership base of a cultural organization in Los Angeles, and a volunteer corps of over 700.
Tickets to the Beastly Ball are $1,000 per person; individual and corporate sponsorship opportunities at higher levels are also available. The Los Angeles Zoo is located at 5333 Zoo Drive in Los Angeles' Griffith Park at the junction of the Ventura (134) and Golden State (5) freeways. For tickets and information, call (323) 644-4753. For more information, visit www.lazoo.org.


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Amazon.com Review
A Reading Guide for Ender's Game.
Ender's Series: Ender Wiggin: The finest general the world could hope to find or breed.
The following Ender's Series titles are listed in order: Ender's Game, Ender In Exile, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind.
Ender's Shadow Series: Parallel storylines to Ender's Game from Bean: Ender's right hand, his strategist, and his friend.
The following Ender's Shadow Series titles are listed in order: Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant, Shadows in Flight.
The First Formic War Series: One hundred years before Ender's Game, the aliens arrived on Earth with fire and death. These are the stories of the First Formic War.
A War of Gifts, First Meetings.
The Authorized Ender Companion: A complete and in-depth encyclopedia of all the persons, places, things, and events in Orson Scott Card's Ender Universe.
Amazon.com Review
Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister. Back on Earth, Peter and Valentine forge an intellectual alliance and attempt to change the course of history.
This futuristic tale involves aliens, political discourse on the Internet, sophisticated computer games, and an orbiting battle station. Yet the reason it rings true for so many is that it is first and foremost a tale of humanity; a tale of a boy struggling to grow up into someone he can respect while living in an environment stripped of choices. Ender's Game is a must-read book for science fiction lovers, and a key conversion read for their friends who "don't read science fiction."
Ender's Game won both the Hugo and the Nebula the year it came out. Writer Orson Scott Card followed up this honor with the first-time feat of winning both awards again the next year for the sequel, Speaker for the Dead. --Bonnie Bouman


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JUST IN: Jennifer Lawrence's FIRST Miss Dior ads are released!
February 25, 2013 | Celebrity News, Dior, Fashion, Jennifer Lawrence | No Comments|
Jennifer Lawrence was announced last October as the new face of Dior. We've been waiting oh-so-patiently for our first look at the ad campaign, and today we're getting our first look! Jennifer was tapped as the face of the Miss Dior handbag line.
This awards season, Jennifer has been wearing all Dior, including her baby pink Dior gown at last night's Oscars. Some critics claim she looks too "girl next door" to represent Dior, but I don't agree. I think she's perfect.
Here's Dior's Spring/Summer campaign for the handbag line.
What do you think? Is Jennifer a good pick by Dior?


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Frederick R. "Rick" Merle
Rick Merle of Boise, a former Blackfoot resident, passed away peacefully at home July 24, 2012 in the arms of his daughter after a long battle with cancer.
He was born Oct. 14, 1950 in The Bronx, New York, the oldest child of Frank and Audrey Merle. He grew up on the East Coast, graduating from Rumson Fairhaven High School in Rumson, New Jersey.
He moved to Manhattan, Kansas, attending Kansas State University where he met and married Vickie Rader. They then moved to Blackfoot, where he began a long and storied career as a master of all things mechanical.
Several years after the birth of their daughter, Melissa, Rick and Vickie divorced, and years later Rick, seeking new adventures relocated to Boise where he remained until his passing.
Rick had many passions in life. He was always fascinated by both real and model trains, and was involved in various model railroading clubs throughout his life, as well as working on real locomotives at Motive Power during the last years of his career. Rick also loved and shared his life with many Russian Wolfhounds (Borzoi), with whom he spent many a day exploring and watching the trains go by. He was a lifelong devotee of the Ford brand and loved his Mustangs, his classic Galaxie, and his ancient Econoline van, all of which he maintained meticulously. Rick was also a huge fan of NASCAR, as well as good old Rock and Roll, and he played Lynyrd Skynyrd loud and proud.
Rick is survived by his daughter, Melissa (Rob) Pruss, Epping of North Dakota; grandchildren Clayton and Kaci; parents Frank and Audrey Merle, Blackfoot; brothers Les (Vickie) Merle, Boise, and Bob (Roxanne) Merle, Pocatello, and sisters Lindsay Serna, Roy, Utah, and Tracy (Brad) Hasty, Richland, Wash.
Per his wishes, Rick was cremated and requested that no services be held.
The family wishes to thank the various health and hospice care providers for their kind and caring assistance, as well as the many friends that brought so much joy to Rick in his life. Please keep him in your heart for a while.


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MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) -- Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa and Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor of Spain won in straight sets Monday at the Grand Prix SAR.
Scheepers and Torro-Flor will meet in the second round.
Scheepers beat second-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-3, 6-1, and Torro-Flor defeated Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands 6-1, 6-1.
Scheepers had four aces and broke six times against Cirstea, who won their only previous meeting on hard courts two years ago at Brisbane, Australia.
Rus struggled on serve, double-faulting eight times and winning only 50 percent of first-serve points.


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10 Things to Remember From Rick Ross and MMG's Press Conference
The most anticipated press conference that hip-hop cared about since Lebron's decision to leave Miami has come and gone. Hip-hop's newest "it" clique, Maybach Music Group, held a press conference yesterday afternoon to drop dates on their upcoming albums and to introduce the team's newest member.
With bosses present such as Lyon Cohen, new Def Jam president Joe Manda, Swizz Beatz and Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, the importance of the event was solidified.
Hosted by hip-hop vet Elliott Wilson, VIBE sat front and center to bring you 10 Things Not to forget from MMG's Press Conference. –Talim Adderly & Jonathan Cruse
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The Danfoss ERC 102 is an electronic refrigeration controller that regulates all energy-consuming parts in glass door merchandisers and vending machines.
Danfoss has introduced the ERC 102, the first in a series of electronic refrigeration controllers. This 0.5 W controller is designed to operate between 50 and 300V at 50 to 60 Hz. The mini computer uses four inputs and four outputs, algorithms, and input from multiple sensors to regulate all energy-consuming parts in glass door merchandisers and vending machines. The interface enables individual setting of more than 500 parameters, including the daylight saving mode, compressor operating times, canopy/cabinet lighting schedules, evaporator/condenser fan control, and variable temperature control. Manufacturers have the ability to configure the controller remotely using an external docking station.
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When Andrew Cuomo announced last month that he was going to make the state Department of Motor Vehicles open and friendly, you could hear the snickers from Niagara to Montauk. If there is one thing that unifies New Yorkers, it is disdain for the DMV.
When Andrew Cuomo announced last month that he was going to make the state Department of Motor Vehicles open and friendly, you could hear the snickers from Niagara to Montauk. If there is one thing that unifies New Yorkers, it is disdain for the DMV.
Even those who were willing to suspend their disbelief greeted the news with faint praise, calling it long overdue and noting that the governor's father had tried a similar makeover when he was governor.
Good luck, they said. We'll believe it when we see it.
I'm sure some of this reaction comes from personal experience, but I imagine most comes because it is what you're supposed to say if you are a New Yorker. The DMV is just about as popular as a root canal.
Let's think about that.
I happen to be a big fan of root canals. As an adult, I have paid the price for a childhood of intermittent dental hygiene — flossing for the week before a checkup just so you can say you have. The result has been a few root canals, and far from being something to avoid, they have stopped the pain and kept it from coming back. That's what they do, yet you still hear people carelessly comparing some uncomfortable choice to a root canal, as if it were something that caused a problem rather than solved one.
While I'd like to go along with the DMV bashers, my experience in the past few years does not justify that. If anything, the DMV has provided service as good as any I've received in other shopping environments, both online and in person. And it has done remarkably better than many businesses who put me on hold while I wait for a supervisor who also cannot seem to solve my problem.
We recently moved, requiring the dreaded change of address on two driver's licenses and two registrations. I handled all four transactions online; the forms were simple and intuitive; the documents showed up even earlier than promised; and the correct charges showed up on my credit card.
Even more impressive was an office encounter a few years ago. The insurance form did not have the middle initial that the car registration did and they have to match. No problem, the woman at the counter said. Call your agent and have him fax a new form.
It took half an hour and by that time, the personnel at the desk had changed. I was sure I would have to start over but found to my delight that the new clerk had been fully briefed by the other one and I was quickly out the door with my new plates.
I have a long list of retail establishments, online stores and communications services that have cost me more time and aggravation in a single transaction than the DMV did in the past four years.
Maybe I have been lucky at the DMV and unlucky everywhere else I shopped, but I doubt it.


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Further Java Practical Class
Table of Contents
In this course you will work through a series of practical exercises which will improve your Java programming skills and teach you how to write distributed and concurrent programs in Java. The course focuses around the construction of a instant messaging system, and during the next five weeks you will write both the client and the server components. There are no lectures associated with this course, but there are two questions based on the material in this course in the final exam. This course assumes you have studied the Part 1A Computer Science Tripos course Programming in Java, or have familiarised yourself with the Java programming language over the summer vacation.
You are required to attend a two hour practical lesson once a week for the five weeks. During the practical lesson you will work through a workbook like this one. You may take the workbook home at the end of the lesson to complete any unfinished sections. You will also need to complete the associated assessed exercise, or ticklet, described at the end each workbook. You will need to complete all five ticklets in order to receive the tick associated with the practical elements of this course.
An on-line version of this guide is available at:
You should check this page regularly for announcements and errata. You might find it useful to refer to the on-line version of this guide in order to follow any provided web links or to cut 'n' paste example code.
In each practical class you will find three course instructors who have the following duties:
The lecturer has written the material for this course and is able to offer advice on its content and correctness as well as more general help with programming.
The assessor or ticker marks submitted exercises and discusses them with students.
The demonstrator is responsible for providing practical help on the content of the workbook and associated Java programming exercises.
The course is designed to accommodate students who have studied Programming in Java last year (or equivalent) but may have different levels of programming experience; consequently the material is taught in a practical class setting where you can work at your own pace. Each practical class explores a new programming topic and provides pointers to further background reading. Each exercise is designed to provide experience and insight into the practical effort of designing, building and testing software. The work for each week is cumulative, building on work undertaken for previous weeks, so by the end of the course you will have written a substantial piece of software.
The tasks you need to perform on week n of the practical class can be expressed as follows:
Arrive at the practical class on week n at the start of your allocated time period (1400-1600 or 1600-1800).
Find your computer as allocated on the seating plan.
Collect workbook for week n.
When the ticker comes to your desk, be prepared to discuss the practical work you completed for for week n-1.
Leave your computer at the end of the session, taking your workbook(s) with you; you may continue to complete any exercises in your own time.
Submit your solution to the exercises for week n (which must pass the automated tests) before 23:59 on the Sunday following the practical class on week n.
Note: when n=1 (i.e. the first week), the ticker will mark your submission for "Tick 0", the exercise set as work to do over the summer vacation period. The last ticklet, along with any outstanding work, will be marked in a practical class held on Monday 18th January 2010; no new work will be set in this practical class.
Many of you will find that nobody else will occupy your allocated seat in any other session, and consequently there are likely to be free workstations for you to use outside your session if you find you need a little extra time to complete the practical work. Remember that the ticker will come to you during your session (not the other way around) therefore you must sit in the correct place for your session!
As you progress through the workbook each week, you will be presented with questions in a grey question box just like the one shown at the end of the next section. Make sure you follow the instructions and answer any questions in the question boxes; you will need to complete these instructions in order to gain your ticklet.
The phrase
crsid in these notes refers to your University of Cambridge Common Registration Service IDentifier (CRSID). This is the username you use to log in to PWF workstations; for example, Alastair Richard Beresford uses the crsid "arb33". Please replace the string
crsid with your own CRSID whenever it appears in the workbook.
The first part of today's practical class introduces the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
Last year you used the command-line tools
javac and
java developed by Sun Microsystems. This year you will learn to use Eclipse to write, compile, and test your Java programs. Eclipse is a very powerful development environment, but to paraphrase Stan Lee, with great power comes great responsibility.
In this section of the workbook you will learn how to create a new Java project in Eclipse, how to create new packages and classes, and how to compile and test your code. You will also learn how to export a Java jar file in order to submit your tick. You will begin by writing a simple "Hello, world" program to learn the basic operations of Eclipse.
This course uses PWF Linux. If your PWF workstation is currently running Windows please reboot it into Linux and log in using your PWF username and password. Once you have logged in, please do the following:
Start the Eclipse program by using the Application menu at the bottom right-hand side of the screen and selecting Teaching Packages→Computer Laboratory→Eclipse.
A dialog box will appear asking for you to select your "workspace". Leave the default as is, which should be
A splash screen will be visible for thirty seconds or so, after which the main screen of Eclipse will load.
Create a new project by using the Eclipse window menus File → New → Java Project to bring up the New Project dialog box. Enter "Further Java" as the project name and click on the Finish button.
At the moment you will still see an Eclipse welcome screen. Close the tab with the label "Welcome" to reveal the main developer screen. The left-hand window pane contains the Package Explorer, the centre and right-hand portions of the screen are currently mostly blank.
In the Package Explorer pane, click on the triangle or arrow next to the "Further Java" project you've just created. The arrow should now point downwards (▼) to reveal a sub-directory called "src" associated with the project. Right-click on the "src" icon to reveal a menu; on this menu select New → Package to reveal a pop-up dialog box; in the dialog box enter
uk.ac.cam.crsid.fjava.tick1 as the package name and close the dialog box.
Your next task is to create a class called
HelloWorld inside the package you have just created. This can be done from either the File menu (then New → Class) or by right-clicking on the "src" directory in a similar fashion to the previous step. In the dialog which appears, check the tick box beside "public static void main(String[] args" to auto-generate a
main method in your class. Click the button Finish to create the class.
You should see a source file
HelloWorld.java appear in the Package Explorer, although you may need to expand the view of the package you have created by clicking on the arrow next to the package name so it points downwards (▼).
The central portion of the screen should display an editor window for the file
HelloWorld.java. (In future, you can open source files by double-clicking on the icon representing the source file in the Package Explorer.) Edit the contents of the file in the central edit portion of the screen to read as follows:
package uk.ac.cam.crsid.fjava.tick1; public class HelloWorld { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Hello, world"); } }
At this point you might like to explore some of the more advanced auto-complete features in Eclipse. For example, when writing the body of the
main method, type
Sys and then type Ctrl+space to see a list of possible completions; choose
System and press Enter. Now press "
." and wait briefly for a set of possible classes, methods and static references within
System; select
out. Press "
." and wait briefly for a set of possible classes, methods and static objects within
System.out.println and select
println. Typing
(" will auto-generate
") and place the cursor inside the quoted string, enabling you to simply type
Hello, world. Finally, press the tab key twice to move outside the terminating quote and round bracket and enter
; to finish the line of code.
To compile and run your new Java program, click on the "Run" button in the Eclipse menu bar, or right-click on the source file
HelloWorld.java in the Package Explorer and then select Run As... → Java Application. If all has gone well, you should see
Hello, world printed in the bottom Console portion of the Eclipse window.
Create a Java jar file using the code you have just created. To do this, go to the File menu and select Export.... A dialog window should pop up; expand the folder Java and select JAR and press the Next button. In the subsequent dialog window, expand the "Further Java" project and tick the box next to the package
uk.ac.cam.crsid.fjava.tick1 to indicate you wish to export the code in this package. In addition, tick the box further down the dialog box labelled "Export Java source files and resources". You must remember to do this whenever you generate a jar file for submission as practical work since the source files are required for marking. Enter a name for the jar file by clicking on the Browse button and selecting a suitable destination directory; please save your file as
crsid-HelloWorld.jar. Once you have entered a suitable filename for the jar file, press Finish on the export dialog to complete the export.
Finally, to check that your export was successful start up a Bash terminal (hint: look in the Applications menu at the very bottom of the screen). Change your working directory using the command
cd so that your working directory is the same as the location of your jar file. Run your program as follows, making sure you get the same output as shown below:
crsid@machine:~> java -cp crsid-HelloWorld.jar \ uk.ac.cam.crsid.fjava.tick1.HelloWorld Hello, world crsid@machine:~>
The second half of today's class uses the Eclipse environment to write a simple chat client.
Many distributed systems use the client-server metaphor for communication. This style of communication will be explored in more detail in the Concurrent and Distributed Systems course, as well as the Digital Communications I course. A server is a piece of software which runs indefinitely, accepting requests from multiple clients and providing those clients with any information or other services they request. For example, a web server runs indefinitely, responding to requests from many web browsers. Last year you wrote a very simple client when you used an instance of the
URL class to create a
URLConnection object, and thus connect to a web server and download descriptions of board layouts for Conway's Game of Life.
The Java programming language provides several libraries to support the construction of distributed systems. In this course we are going to explore writing clients and servers with the
Socket and
ServerSocket classes respectively. These classes use the TCP/IP communication protocol, which won't be explained in detail here, but is taught in the Digital Communications I course. For this course it is suffices to know that a TCP/IP connection provides a method of transmitting a stream of bytes between a client and a server (and back again) and that the TCP/IP protocol guarantees reliable and in order delivery of any bytes sent. A TCP/IP connection is initiated by a client connecting to server running on a particular machine and port. For example, the Computer Laboratory website runs on a machine called
www.cl.cam.ac.uk on port number 80. Port numbers allow multiple servers and clients to run on a single machine.
The Java
DatagramSocket class supports a datagram service, an unreliable mechanism for sending packets of data between two computers on the Internet. This class uses the UDP/IP protocol for communication. The Java
MulticastSocket class supports multicast communication, a method of sending the data to many computers simultaneously. Today we will use the
Socket class to create TCP/IP connections.
Reading data from an instance of a
Socket class in Java blocks the execution of the program until data is available. This can be a useful feature, since you will often want your program to wait until at least some data is available before continuing execution. In the next section you will take advantage of this feature. Later on, you will discover the limitation of this approach and learn how to write your first multi-threaded application to overcome this problem.
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Table 1. Unit tests for
Use Ctrl+Shft+o to organise your
import statements and fill in any missing ones.
Use the appropriate constructor for the
Socket class to initiate a connection to the server.
Create a local array of bytes of a small fixed size (e.g.
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];) to store the responses from the server.
The method
getInputStream on the
Socket object will return an
InputStream object which allows you to read in the data from the server into an array of bytes.
An instance of the
InputStream class has an associated
read method which will pause the execution of your Java program until some data is available; when some information is available, the
read method will copy the data into the byte array and return the number of bytes read; the number of bytes read is a piece of information you will find useful later.
String class has a number of constructors which enable you to reinterpret an array of bytes as textual data. Use the following constructor to convert data held in the byte array into a
String object:
public String(byte[] bytes, int offset, int length)
Your final task is to use the
Socket class to write your first instant messaging client. Your client will communicate with a server running on
java-1b.cl.cam.ac.uk on port number
15001 (note this is a different port number than the one used earlier). The clients and server will communicate by sending text between them. You may have noticed that you've already written half the code! Your implementation of
StringReceive is already capable of connecting to the server and displaying any messages sent between users.
Your final task in this workbook is to successfully send messages to the instant messaging server. One of the difficulties which must be overcome is that reading user input from
System.in, and reading data from the server via a
Socket object, both block the execution of your program until data becomes available. Consequently you must write a multi-threaded application: one thread will run in a loop, blocking until data is available on a
Socket object (and then displaying the information to the user when it's available); a second thread will run in another loop, blocking until data has been typed in by the user (and sending the data to the server when it becomes available).
Threads in Java are created either by inheriting from the class
java.lang.Thread or implementing the interface
java.lang.Runnable. In either case, you place the code which runs inside the new thread inside a method with the following prototype
public void run();
. You should create a new thread via inheritance today, but you will often find it useful to implement the
Runnable interface in more complicated programs because Java only allows a class to inherit code from one parent.
A partially completed class is shown below:
//TODO: import appropriate classes here public class StringChat { public static void main(String[] args) { String server = null; int port = 0; //TODO: parse and decode server and port numbers from "args" // if the server and port number are malformed print the same // error messages as you did for your implementation of StringReceive // and call return in order to halt execution of the program. //TODO: why is "s" declared final? Explain in a comment here. final Socket s = //TODO: connect to "server" on "port" Thread output = new Thread() { public void run() { //TODO: read bytes from the socket, interpret them as string data and // print the resulting string data to the screen. } }; output.start(); BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)); while( /* TODO: ... */ ) { //TODO: read data from the user, blocking until ready. Convert the // string data from the user into an array of bytes and write // the array of bytes to "socket". // //Hint: call "r.readLine()" to read a new line of input from the user. // this call blocks until a user has written a complete line of text // and presses the enter key. } }
Take a careful look at the use of class
Thread in the above code. The variable
output is a reference to an unnamed child of the class
Thread which overrides the
run method. The method
start is then called on the reference. When
output.start() is invoked, the body of method
run is executed and simultaneously execution of the rest of the program proceeds. In other words, the body of
run is executed concurrently with the rest of the program. As a result the above program structure provides one (new) thread of execution to print out messages from the server, whilst the another (original) thread of execution handles the user input.
You have now completed all the necessary code to gain your first ticklet. Please generate a jar file which contains all the code you have written for package
uk.ac.cam.crsid.fjava.tick1. Please use Eclipse to export both the class files and the source files into a jar file called
crsid-tick1.jar. Once you have generated your jar file, check that it contains at least the following classes:
crsid@machine~:> jar tf crsid-tick1.jar META-INF/MANIFEST.MF uk/ac/cam/crsid/fjava/tick1/StringChat$1.class uk/ac/cam/crsid/fjava/tick1/StringChat.class uk/ac/cam/crsid/fjava/tick1/StringChat.java uk/ac/cam/crsid/fjava/tick1/StringReceive.class uk/ac/cam/crsid/fjava/tick1/StringReceive.java uk/ac/cam/crsid/fjava/tick1/HelloWorld.class uk/ac/cam/crsid/fjava/tick1/HelloWorld.java crsid@machine~:>
When you are satisfied you have built the jar correctly, you should submit your jar file as an email attachment to
You should receive an email in response to your submission. The contents of the email will contain the output from a program (written in Java!) which checks whether your jar file contains all the relevant files, and whether your program has run successfully or not. If your jar file does not pass the automated checks, then the response email will tell you what has gone wrong; in this case you should correct any errors in your work and resubmit your jar file. You can resubmit as many times as you like and there is no penalty for re-submission. If, after waiting one hour, you have not received any response you should notify
firstname.lastname@example.com of the problem. You should submit a jar file which successfully passes the automated checks by the deadline, so don't leave it to the last minute!


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Audio-Technica introduces ATH-M35 dynamic stereo monitor headphones
Key features include a foldable design for easy storage and a rugged storage pouch, enhancing the headphones' durability and lifespan. They are an ideal choice for a wide range of applications, from professional studio and home recording use to more portable situations such as live sound, broadcast audio-for-video and location recording.
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This could be a disturbing trend if allowed to go through here in Canada, as I am sure other countries will take notice, (those that don't currently do this that is ).
New LawThe Lawful Access Spin
As expected, the government today unveiled Bill C-74, the Modernization of Investigative Techniques Act, better known as lawful access. Since I' m Tunis, I'm relying on the various releases from PSEPC,http://www.psepc.gc.ca/media/nr/2005/nr20051115-en.asp the Ministry responsible for the bill. I'll update this posting as needed once I' ve had a chance to fully digest the bill [update - Bill C-74 is now online]
Based on the PSEPC information, there are two key elements to this bill. First, telephone and Internet service providers will be required to include an interception capability as they introduce new technologies. Not all ISPs will be immediately affected, however, since those with under 100,000 subscribers will be exempted from the technological mandates for three years. Those ISPs subject to the law will have one year to comply. Access to this information will be subject to court oversight.
Second, law enforcement will be able to compel ISPs to disclose subscriber information, including name, address, IP address, telephone number, and cellphone number. It would appear that such information can be compelled without judicial oversight. The so-called rigorous oversight is basically limited to recording the requests and creating the prospect for audits on the use of this power.
A few comments on MITA and the government' s spin on the bill. First, the government is clearly trying to convince Canadians that we are playing catch-up on this issue, as it provides a chronology illustrating how the U.S., the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand have already moved forward with intercept legislation. This should not be viewed as particularly persuasive there are crucial elements in the Canadian legal framework (national privacy legislation, the Charter of Rights) that differ from those other countries. Moreover, Canada is free to choose its own path and create Canadian provisions that better reflect national priorities and values.
Second, the government seeks to assure Canadians that their privacy will be protected with the oversight described above. In fact, one document downplays the sensitivity of the information, likening it to "basic contact information, like that found in a phone book." Unfortunately, the bill does precisely what privacy advocates warned against by increasing surveillance and decreasing oversight. The oversight included in the bill is weak since it all occurs after the disclosure has been made. What is needed is oversight before the disclosure to ensure that the proper privacy safeguards are maintained. Moreover, we should not be lulled into thinking that the information is not sensitive - the information can hold the key to a wide array of additional information that can be exceptionally revealing. As we learned with this week' s Maclean' s story, it isn' t the phone number that matters, it is what the phone number can lead to and the same situation applies to ISP subscriber information.
Third, the government suggests that lawful access wont cost Canadians and will, in fact, "reduce costs to taxpayers and consumers." Apparently the logic here is that government overspends to access this information at the moment (by having to actually obtain a warrant rather than a phone call in some circumstances) and this bill will therefore reduce costs. I' m assuming that everyone can see through this obviously lawful access is going to create new costs for ISPs, who will ultimately pass along those costs to consumers. To argue otherwise is just plain silly.
Fourth, the government plays the "it could have been worse" card. It notes that the bill does not include requirements to retain data on web surfing habits or "know your customer" rules for ISPs. The fact that the government declined to include even more invasive provisions should hardly be seen as a victory.
Fifth, it is important to note what is not in the documentation . Yet again, the government has failed to make the case that this is necessary. While they note that convictions are more likely with lawful access information and that this bill , there is no evidence provided that the current system has somehow led to botched investigations or failed prosecutions. Indeed, access to subscriber information without a warrant is needed because "subscriber information is often required at the beginning of an investigation or for general policing duties. In these circumstances, the police may not be able to get a warrant given the little information available to them, and the time it would take in order to gather the necessary information for a warrant, where it is possible, can be critical to an investigation." In other words, authorities don't have enough evidence to justify obtaining a warrant, to the law is being changed to make it easier.
Canadians deserve better. They deserve real judicial oversight before their personal information is disclosed and, given the costs (financial and otherwise) they deserve a full accounting on why this bill is needed.
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We can't stop ourselves from ageing or turn back the hands of time but there are steps you can take to improve the ageing process.
As you age your skin begins to change, you will experience less tone and elasticity but how fast your skin ages depends on a number of factors like how you take care of your skin to avoid premature ageing and your lifestyle. Following a healthy eating plan and taking regular exercise will all contribute to how well you age.
These days so many people see the ageing process as a threat and the whole experience leaves them gasping for air but this certainly doesn't have to be the case. There are certain steps you can take to make the ageing process easier and less of a shock to your system.
1. Eyes
Taking care of your eyes is extremely important to improve the ageing process as your eyes can be a sure fire giveaway of how old you are. A good under eye lightweight serum is important to use on a daily basis. A serum that will help reduce the puffiness and darkness from under your eyes and one that also helps with the appearance of wrinkles. Using an eye serum will make your eyes more youthful and alive.
2. Makeup
As your skin begins to age you may have the tendency to apply more make-up then you have previously but remember the old saying of "less is more"? This certainly applies when considering your make-up options. Keep it simple. Apply a little colour to your cheeks and eyes. Look for concealers and foundations that contain retinol as using make-up that contains this may help with the increase of cell turnover and collagen production which will help with the appearance of wrinkles. Make-up that contains retinol can make your skin overly sensitive to sunlight, so it's very important that you use a daily sunscreen with a good SPF.
3. Sunscreen
You should use a daily sunscreen whatever your age to help prevent premature ageing and especially if you suffer from sensitive skin. A sunscreen of SPF40 is ideal for ageing skin as it will protect you from further sun damage whatever the weather. A chemical free sunscreen is highly recommended as you don't want to be using ones that contain ingredients that damage your skin, especially as your skin starts to age. Look for a product that contains hyaluronic acid, antioxidants and CoQ10 these both provide a huge amount of benefits to your skin and also help with anti-ageing.
4. Hands
If you want to know someone's age then take a look at their hands. Your skin on your hands is very thin and slightly more fragile than anywhere else on your body. Your hands are constantly exposed to the elements which can damage them further over the years and the hands tend to be one of the least looked after parts of the body, the collagen layer makes the skin look weaker and thinner. This can lead to them ageing far quicker than your face. Applying a sunscreen in the morning and throughout the day, especially after you have washed your hands is a good way to take care of them. At night when you are applying your anti-ageing moisturizer to your face use some on your hands as well.
5. Weight
As you age it's not so uncommon to gain a few pounds here and there. It's important that you keep your weight in check as this will cut your risk of health problems down. Stroke, diabetes and certain cancers can all be associated with the ageing process. Taking regular exercise and watching what you eat can not only make you look better but it can also make you feel better.
Follow these 5 tips to help you deal with the ageing process and enjoy your later years with a smile instead of dreading them.


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Consider: the UK gun laws have nothing to do with personal safety. They were designed to prevent the populace from retaliating against the monarchy. They were not designed with your well being in mind at all. Sure, there are a lot of "Liberty!" chanting fools out there (and I agree with your assessment of those particular fools who stretch it to far limits, thinking that a lack of government is good.) But, your laws are specifically designed to keep you from complaining too much, and to keep you and your fellow citizens in line.
One could always reasonably ask why you in the UK, as a citizen in good standing, should not be able to defend yourself against a knife attacker with a gun. Why not? He would be out to kill you, after all. It's not like you live in Japan, where it is safe and you don't need a weapon. It is a fair argument for me to pose, saying that your government has decreed that it is far better for you to die from criminal attack, than for you to own a weapon to use.
Now, as I said before, homicide and gun use are such a small thing, really. The stats show it. The real tasks that both our countries should be focused on are stemming suicide and automobile deaths and accidents. Those issues are far more pressing.
The other guy was pulling a gun in my example, not me. And sorry, but if someone decides that they're going to hurt me, they deserve whatever the f**k happens to them. If that's death, so be it. You want to stay alive, you should try not assaulting people.
You have a cable on your keyboard? The 90s were over ten years ago.
This is exactly my point.
The US is one of the few countries in the world where people rationally argue that NOT having a deadly weapon makes them feel vulnerable. Like you need a gun just to feel a baseline level of safety. I think it is sadly ironic that gun ownership is a right in the US, but health care is not. Says someting about our priorities....
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one
As for keeping me and my fellow citizens in line and from complaining too much - that's far from the actual case.
Because I don't want to see guns on my street?
And you were beating him up, he pulls the gun, no doubt if you had a gun too, you'd pull yours out too (you don't want to get yourself killed).
As for assault, I completely disagree that a person deserves to die for assaulting somebody. How is one deserving of the other?
Yes, if you're assaulted there's a good chance you don't deserve it, there are other ways of stopping him from getting away with it without killing the fucker.
And it's one I've been trying to emphasise. Whilst banning guns in the US would be low on the list, I maintain the argument that in the UK legalising them is too.
Consider: the UK gun laws have nothing to do with personal safety. They were designed to prevent the populace from retaliating against the monarchy.
If you're putting my life in danger, why do you not deserve to have yours put in danger
It's not about complaining, it's about overthrowing the government.
...you've missed my point again. Making laws for no other purpose than the prevention of crime allows ridiculous infringements on freedom to occur, therefore it shouldn't be a justification for anything, regardless of its effectivene
Such as what? I'm 6'1", but I'm a rather pathetic 160 lbs or so. People half my size have no trouble pushing me around, and anyone who wanted to beat me to death with their bare hands could do so quite easily.
Quote from: koberulzIf you're putting my life in danger, why do you not deserve to have yours put in dangerThere's a difference between assaulting somebody and trying to kill them, otherwise assault statistics would be a lot lower and murder a lot higher.
There's a difference between assaulting somebody and trying to kill them, otherwise assault statistics would be a lot lower and murder a lot higher.
We're a long way off from needing civil war to solve our problems, if we ever need a revolution, then guns can be smuggled - taking up guns against the government is illegal, so are people going to be bothered about breaking the law to smuggle? But we're talking about a pretty big if - it's still very difficult for a member of government to gain enough power to become a corrupt fascist dictator worthy of going in guns blazing at.
I argue it's not an infringement on your freedom
then is it worth carrying if it increases the number of people being murdered each year? I mean, what happens to their freedom? If they're dead they can hardly exercise any of their civil rights.
Again, said assaulters may have weapons too, especially if everybody's packing, so who's to say they're not going to retaliate you waving a gun in their face?
Quote from: Jim on October 03, 2010, 03:19:41 PMConsider: the UK gun laws have nothing to do with personal safety. They were designed to prevent the populace from retaliating against the monarchy. Wrong.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_the_United_Kingdom#Licensing_and_legislation
The right to keep and bear arms had originated in England during the reign of Henry II with the 1181 Assize of Arms, and developed as part of Common Law. These rights no longer exist in the UK, since the UK's doctrine of Parliamentary sovereignty allows the repeal of previous laws with no enshrined exceptions such as contained within a codified constitution.
The Firearms Act of 1920 was partly spurred by fears of a possible surge in crime from the large number of guns available following World War I and in part due to fears of working class unrest in this period....Shootings of police by militant groups in Ireland may also have been a factor...
The difference is whether or not the victim lives, which often has nothing to do with any choice on the part of the perpetrator. There were several occasions a couple of years ago in which people were killed after a single punch.
Getting guns into the country illegally isn't that easy.
How? "You cannot possess X" is always "you do not have the freedom to possess X". Always. Not letting me kill people is an infringement on my freedom. The difference, however, is that the latter directly infringes upon the freedom of others, the former does not.
Nobody's suggesting legalising murder.
The fact that I have a gun, and have my finger on the trigger? Anyone who cannot pull the trigger of a gun before their attacker unholsters, aims, and fires his shouldn't be pulling one out in the first damn place.
Comparing assault and murder figures, it seems to be a big enough difference. UK and US stand similar on assault figures, but there's fewer murders in the UK. It'd appear fewer violent crimes end in death.
If possession of guns leads to more people being killed as a result, it becomes an infringement of the victims' freedom.
So if your attacker isn't only able to beat the crap out of you, but if he's good with a gun, then you should let him kick the crap out of you anyway?
One thing we're taught with self defense is to NOT cause aggression or provoke the attacker, but get out of the situation as quickly as possible. If the attacker can cause damage to you, particularly if he's got a weapon, your chances are slimmed if they're provoked to use them.
You walk down the street, and see one guy belting another. What would you look at to determine whether you are witnessing a murder or an assault?
No. Killing people is an infringement on their freedom. Possessing a gun is not. Again, the argument you're using can be used to justify banning photography at children's sporting events, censoring the internet, and all sorts of other freedom-inhibiting bullshit.
It'd be very difficult to tell.
Not really. And I've explained exactly why that is. If having guns in a society causes an increase in murder or other violent crimes, then it's a problem, so if this is the case, they why allow them.
Why can't a person drive a tank on the highway? Surely it ought to be in their right? It doesn't matter what dangers it causes, because it's our freedom.
And yet again I'm repeating myself. Changing US or UK gun law I don't feel will improve things, but rather exacerbate things.
It's interesting that this discussion has turned into conjecture - are you really wanting the UK to increase its violent crime and murder because you feel gun ownership ought to be a civil right here?
Why allow knives? They kill plenty of people.
There's a difference between driving a tank on the highway and owning a gun. Driving a tank on the highway is much more equivalent to firing a gun randomly into the air. If you just want to own a tank, go right the hell ahead. It's legal in the States. Just for you, some are even road-legal.
It's not about improving things, or exacerbating things. It's about rights and freedoms.
No, it can keep its murder rate down if it likes, but owning a gun should be a right everywhere.
However, you came in late to the conversation, and do not seem to have been following the line of disscussion.
And, your implication that I think the citizens of the UK should arm themselves with firearms -- as if I am insisting that other countries do as America does -- is incorrect.
I think the 2nd amendment is flawed however, in that it only grants the people a RIGHT to bear arms, it should be a REQUIREMENT. For the record, I'm not a firearm owner either.
I always say what I mean. But sometimes I'm a sarcastic prick whose tone can't be properly communicated via text.


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Like Guitar Hero before it, DJ Hero makes enjoying music an interactive experience. The idea is to accessibly showcase dance music and DJ culture. DJ Hero includes over a hundred licensed songs, including music by some of the biggest acts on the planet. This includes contributions by Jay-Z, Eminem, Daft Punk, and renowned DJs like DJ Shadow, DJ Z-Trip, and DJ AM.
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DJ Hero's original mixes combine songs from a variety of musical genres, including hip hop, soul, techno, and house. Examples included Benny Benassi's "Satisfaction" mixed with Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" and a DJ Shadow mashup of "Bustin Loose'" by Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers and "Time of the Season" by the Zombies. The individual tracks are entertaining on their own, but when blended together by a skilled DJ, the results are greater than the sum of their parts. DJ Hero is all about feeling like you're the mastermind behind these creative concoctions.
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My initial hesitation at this whole DJ thing was that mixing songs and creating the club atmosphere wouldn't be as fun as playing a guitar. That misgiving went straight out the window when I saw the turntable peripheral in action. This hunk of shiny plastic was built to recreate the mixing, scratching, and sampling that make up the art of turntablism and it makes these activities entertaining.
The peripheral is split into two parts: turntable and mixer. The turntable includes the spinning platter and three buttons, one green, one red, and one blue. The green button controls record one, the blue button controls record two, and the red button in the middle controls the sample stream. These are used to manipulate record playback, including the scratch gameplay that gets wannabe DJs excited. You just hold down the button and scratch.
You'll need to maintain control over the mixer to achieve the proper results. The mixer includes a crossfader for controlling what record is being heard: Slide it left for record one, slide it right for record two, and keep it neutral to play both together. Other controls include an effects dial which modifies the sound, playing the role of the Guitar Hero whammy bar and a Euphoria button that activates DJ Hero's version of Star Power.
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Competitive DJs can take on three different multiplayer modes. DJ vs. DJ is self-explanatory, while ten tracks have been included for Guitar vs. DJ play. The final mode should be a favorite at house parties, bringing microphone support into play and allowing an emcee and DJ to work together.
DJ Hero should be playable at E3, so look out for our hands-on report. We're not even charging you a cover at the door.


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But yeah, Lunar and Lunar 2 is still my number one JRPG I have every played even if it's so cliche, I still loved it.
|2009-03-25, 01:03
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Lmao if it's like that then Layfon would've mate with all chicks in Zuellni and in 20 years ahead Zuellni would have been re-populated with superhumans on par with Layfon's. Imagine a city filled with Heaven Blades, it'll be fucking awesome.
|2009-03-25, 03:44
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Well...then Zuelni needs another city just for mass-producing heaven blades.
Not to mention that in contrast with Suzaku and Kallen from CG. Layfon's power not just cause of genes but dead-serious training too(well...for someone to be HB reciever at the age of 10 it means he's a military arts prodigy)
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|2009-03-30, 01:30
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Layfon is too accommodating. He keeps on saying "yes" to every request. I found out that the same voice actor of Shin in Persona Trinity soul voices Layfon. Perfect match! These two characters are extremely similar - except Layfon is so much stronger.
|2009-04-01, 07:45
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|2009-04-05, 14:40
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"Fon-Fon" is a cool character, at first I was a little weary that he was going to turn into a generic male hero type, but since then he has shown me a lot of spark and has become deserving of a leading character role in this series. I love his action sequences and I (like a lot of people here) am hoping he finds love and ends up in the arms of Felli.
|2009-04-05, 15:24
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Well...we've got many lovely girls. If i have to choose a girl scene-wise(i mean the scenes together with Layfon) then my choice is Meishen.(I have to admit i starting to like her character...walking water-boiler for the win!)
|2009-04-08, 11:54
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Hey Guys first post in a looong time. I have been watching this series for awhile and at first it didn't impress me but the characters especially Layfon and Felli sold me on it. Layfon is one of the most interesting protagonists I have seen in a show, mainly because it is difficult to categorize him. His motivations for underground fighting, for not throwing the fight where he cut off the arm to saving the girl at the ceremony and various others combine to produce an end result that is engaging enough for me to stick around and see how it ends.
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Episode 14 showed us how badass in a battle Layfon can be, I mean, this guy is a straight up fighter and is an awesome addition to Nina's 17th platoon, I hope we get to see more great battles with Layfon in the future. Dude knows how to weild a dite, thats for sure
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