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A 2000 Supreme Court judgment prohibited corporal punishment in all forms in India. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) also issued guidelines to the education departments of states and various chief secretaries.
Basanti Roy, educationist and former secretary of Maharashtra state boards Mumbai Division said, Teachers cannot beat student or humiliate them. I believe a thorough investigation should be done and both sides should be heard. In case the teacher is found guilty, the school must take stringent action against her or him. Parents must also take note if the incidents are serious.
Discipline is a relative term. Kids always make noise, and are mischevious. To discipline them and stop them from misbehaving, teachers in our school use stories and anecdotes. In serious cases, parents are called to the school and the matter is discussed. To make all this possible, we organise workshops for teachers on a regular basis
Guru Prasad Rege, Trustee, Balmohan Vidyamandir, Dadar
Schools and parents need to work together assume the responsibility of instilling values and discipline in the child. Corporal punishment should not be allowed and strict action should be taken against teachers. No teacher should beat up a child. It is important to understand the root cause so that remedial measures may be taken
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Can you imagine anything that would inspire marketing creativity more than a device that allows you to view the Internet all the time, everywhere … like a digital layer across the world?
That certainly seems to be the promise of Google Glass, perhaps the boldest step forward in the trend of "wearable technology." In my mind, this will be a transformational opportunity for, well … everything! Education. Connection. Discovery. Entertainment. Business.
But my wise friend and podcast co-host Tom Webster is not so sure. In the latest edition of The Marketing Companion, Tom and I debate a wide range of topics surrounding this exciting, and to some folks, disturbing, technology. Some of the topics we tackle include:
- A lesson in how NOT to become a meme like Robert Scoble
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Nittany Nation knows all about the expectations placed on Christian Hackenberg this season.
But his backfield will provide him a lot of support.
The Nittany Lions have both Zack Zwinak and Bill Belton returning.
Both guys are on preseason watch lists for the Doak Award, which is the nation's top running back.
The coaching staff is especially looking to senior Belton to be a big factor this year.
He finished with over a thousand all purpose yards and five touchdowns in 2013.
Offensive Coordinator John Donovan expects not only production, but a lot of leadership out of Belton in 2014.
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Special Olympics pics from Saturday
The Special Olympics Winter Games were held at the Extreme Ice Center in Indian Trail Saturday. Two skaters from Mecklenburg County participated—David Wilches and Caitlyn Belk.
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Will Steger, "Eyewitness to Climate Change"
Arctic explorer and environmentalist Will Steger will speak as an eyewitness to climate change, showing the changes that he's observed in his expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. He will be joined by Toby Thorleiffson, a Norwegian arctic explorer and environmental educator.
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The Healthcare Industry and an Aging Society
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The US population is an aging society, which underscores the demand for professionals in the healthcare industry. By the year 2030, the over-65 population is expected to triple. Six out of ten baby boomers will manage more than one chronic health condition. And forecasts predict there will be eight times more Read More


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Thursday, January 23, 2014
Burial Rites - Hannah Kent
I can't say I'm hugely well versed in Icelandic historical fiction, to start with, but I suspect it's a bit of an unplumbed depth. If anyone has encountered any previously, please tell me, because I am now jonesing for more. Which is a roundabout way of saying yes, Hannah Kent's Burial Rites is worth your time, and yes, you wont have read anything like this before.
Hannah Kent ticks all the boxes - this is her debut novel, she's an Adelaidean, she's doing a PhD and is a year younger than me, all of which inspires flaming jealousy in me like you would not believe. Also cute as a button and bespectacled, a point of sadness since my vision is 20/20. And on top of everything, her debut is brilliant - sharp, brutal and hugely atmospheric. Her Iceland is a barren hellscape and a character in it's own right, very far removed from my vague previous concept of Iceland as a snowy crystalline fairyland (thanks, Bjork).
The set up for Burial Rites is deceptively simple. Agnes Magnusdottir is sentenced to death for the murder of her employer and his friend, and in a politically motivated move, it's decided she will be kept on a local farmstead until the day itself. The family who own the farmstead aren't given a choice in the matter, and react to their visitor/prisoner in a full spectrum of ways. The viewpoint jumps from third person to Agnes' first person, which I found a bit odd initially, but since the cast is small it was a reasonably short adjustment - but it also jumps around in the time stream, which took a bit longer. She recounts her story to different people, but the full chronological layout isn't obvious until the final few pages. The circumstances surrounding Agnes' guilt (or lack thereof) are scattered through the book, and by the final stages I was making disbelieving noises at the level of unfairness in Agnes' treatment. Oh - and it's a true story. Agnes was the last woman in Iceland to be sentenced to death, in 1830.
I'd like to have a moment of appreciation for good editing, which BR has. There's this recurring perception with Literary Fiction that if it isn't a 600 page Picoult behemoth it almost isn't value for money, and definitely the biggest gripe I have when I dip my toe into Adult Literature is that the author seems unwilling to let an opportunity for massive exposition or metaphor or just flat out environment description pass by, and thus the whole thing reads more like self-indulgence than something that's been crafted with the reader in mind. BR is very - spare. There are no more words than strictly necessary, and nothing is dwelled on or waxed lyrical thereof (I don't even know what grammatically just happened there). And somehow there is still enough descriptive environmental details to paint the picture - the picture being a bleak, painful and somewhat unhygienic one.
One of the unexpected intrigues of Burial Rites is how revolting, freezing and difficult daily life is for the characters. The food is gristly, oily and unappetizing, letting a fire go out can condemn a whole family to death and even relatively comfortable families live two steps ahead of poverty all the time. Similarly Kent doesn't glorify her cast - all the characters are hard as nails, and as grim and unforgiving as the landscape itself. There are lice, fleas, rats and illness; when Agnes finds another character kicking the corpse of a sheep, her immediate angry response is about the ruining of the pelt, as opposed to the death of the animal. The environment Kent creates is very harsh, and it's people have realistically adapted to it.
None of this really communicates how fast and easy a narrative this is. I don't know how such awfulness can be easy to read, but it is - you will most likely power through this book. It took me a day. Seriously now, how does an Australian write so vividly about below-freezing weather? Shenanigans.
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Why It's Become More Tempting Than Ever for Chefs to Leave New York
"I wanted to be able to create something that was my own."
Any chef who dreamed of seeing their name emblazoned on a cookbook cover knew that doing so meant first making that name in New York. Chefs who dreamed of making it big — really big — had to build a reputation for him or herself in NYC. But things are changing: Thanks to a number of factors, chefs increasingly feel like they can avoid or leave New York without sacrificing the potential for fame. "The way that food has evolved now, you don't have to be in New York forever," says Brian Bistrong, who left Bouley to cook at Bottega in Yountville. "It's not that necessary." Here's why this kind of thinking seems to be on the rise among chefs.
Other cities offer potential for less-fleeting attention.
It's easy for diners to become distracted in New York — there are major new restaurants opening on an almost weekly basis. For diners, it's great. For chefs, it can feel impossible to stay relevant in a city where even year-old restaurants can seem like old news. "When it came down to what I wanted to do next, I wanted to be able to create something that was my own," says Gavin Kaysen, who recently left Café Boulud to open his own restaurant in Minneapolis (his hometown). "I wanted to be able to have an impact in doing so — and have it not just be the let's-write-about-it-for-a-few-weeks-and-then-it-goes-away sort of thing." Sara Kramer, who's headed to Los Angeles after becoming the hot new chef while cooking at Glasserie, agrees: "It feels now-or-never in terms of trying to do something that has some lasting and staying power," she says.
Other cities are cheaper, of course.
The logistical challenges of opening and operating a restaurant in New York — especially a small or midsize one — push chefs farther and farther away. "It's just becoming more and more expensive to rent a restaurant in New York," Kramer says. "It's really hard to balance the cost of what people expect to pay with the cost of renting." At a time when the news is dominated by stories of big names like Danny Meyer and Wylie Dufresne falling victim to rising real-estate prices, the message being sent is that the city will willingly squeeze out even the most prominent operators — not the kind of thing that necessarily inspires would-be owners who don't have a lot of money.
Smaller cities have much better ingredients than they used to.
Jonathon Sawyer, who moved to Cleveland in 2007 after working for Charlie Palmer and Michael Symon in New York, says one of his initial obstacles in the Midwest was simply finding high-quality ingredients to use. "The drawback was the food scene wasn't where I wanted it to be — the supply chain, specifically," he says. That's not the case anymore: "Looking back, in retrospect, we've seen our farmers grow tenfold because of our initial demand." Bistrong agrees: "Times have changed with the quality of product you get now in any city — not necessarily a major city."
The entire country has a much stronger interest in food.
For better or worse, the Food Network turned a huge chunk of the American public into restaurant obsessives. "The customer is a lot smarter now, so they're going to push you a lot harder as well," Bistrong says. Vivian Howard started her cooking career in New York because she felt like "that's where all the good things happened." And then, in 2006, Howard moved to rural Kinston, North Carolina, to open Chef & the Farmer. "When we first opened, there was very little understanding of what we were trying to do, and few people who were interested in working with us," she says. "But in these eight years, there's been a lot more interest in cooking. As there's more of an appreciation for my good food made from scratch; it allows people to do what I'm doing here, really anywhere."
The weather's just better in some other places.
Don't underestimate the appeal of a less severe climate than the Northeast: "I moved to New York 14 years ago, and every winter got longer and longer," says Trevor Kunk, who left Blue Hill in May to cook at PRESS in St. Helena. "It's 70 degrees, there's a light breeze, and vegetables are in full swing right now. The pace is a bit more relaxed the perfect world." And, in a world obsessed with local produce, better climates mean longer growing seasons, so chefs aren't forced to spend their entire winters thinking up new ways to use beets and root vegetables.
There's less competition for talented staff outside of New York.
Moving to a smaller city doesn't necessarily mean you can't attract world-class talent to work in your restaurant. Sawyer says that out of his ten chefs on salary, only one was born and raised in Cleveland. Kaysen has been approached by cooks who've never been to Minneapolis, but, he says, "are excited to be a part of something that's meaningful." After all, the internet allows potential cooks, a group of people that tends to be kind of naturally nomadic anyway, to look for jobs anywhere — and being the big fish in a small pond means you're not necessarily competing with other brand-name chefs for the same employees. (Though Howard admits that the flip side of this is that cooks might feel less incentive to excel: "In New York, I always knew that there were several people right behind me, wanting my job," she says. "There's nobody behind my cooks trying to get their jobs. I often have to accept less than I really want for them.")
Leaving New York has lost its "failure" stigma.
There's even a whole book dedicated to breaking up with the city. "When I chose to leave, I felt like I was giving up in a lot of ways," Howard says. "It seemed like going home and being a part of your family was giving up on your dreams. I've realized that you don't have to leave home to do something special. Maybe there's a shift in our culture toward that."


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This Week In Home Entertainment: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, The Call And More
By Jessica Rawden 2013-06-25 14:29:59 comments
The Call DVD
The Call has some problems simply due to its concept. Its a film about a 911 operator attempting to save the lives of people who call in, and in the case of the main plotline in the movie, it follows our operator as she attempts to save a young woman who has been kidnapped. Conveniently, the kidnapped teen has a phone in her back pocket that her inept kidnapper doesn't know about. Inconveniently for the movie, this means we spend a lot of time with our two heroines while they chat on the phone.
These are problems movies like Cellular and Taken 2 have dealt with in the past, to varying degrees of success. Luckily, director Brad Anderson knows how to keep the stakes and thus the suspense high throughout the film, taking viewers on an extended car chase through a good percent of the movie. He also creates an engaging soundtrack throughout the car chase, juxtaposing fast-paced music with some much creepier stuff, including They Might Be Giants Puttin on the Ritz." If this doesnt work to give fans the heebie jeebies, some of the more visual aspects of the film will.
Our two heroines are played by Halle Berry and a now-teenaged Abigail Breslin. The former is a 911 operator who has been on edge ever since she made a mistake that cost a life during an important emergency call. The latter is an average teenager who is forced into extraordinary circumstances after being kidnapped. The two must work together to lock in the kidnap victim's location before its too late.
The high stakes timeframe of the film allows for fans to engage in The Calls plot easily and quickly, but unfortunately, this pace doesn't continue into the third act, which slows the film down and goes off the rails in terms of plot. Slowing down at the climax is never particularly awesome for any film, and its a problem that this movie made for itself while building its script. To compensate, fans will get a ludicrous ending, but it doesn't make sense in terms of the strong and honest protagonist Berry has built. Despite this, The Call is still worth a watch for the first hour, though.
The set offers an annoyingly lengthy number of trailers before you get to the menu screen, and the DVD is not particularly impressive, either in picture quality or in bonus features. Weve written on The Calls Blu-ray and DVD release before, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment opted to put together a Blu-ray set featuring more extras than the DVD set, including an alternate ending and deleted scenes. Having only seen the DVD, I cant tell you whether trading up for the Blu-ray is a great purchase, but I can tell you that the bonus features with the DVD set are lackluster.
You can order The Call over at Amazon.
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Real Estate Law
Have Real Estate Law Questions? Ask a Real Estate Lawyer.
A property line is a legal boundary line that defines your property and separates it from your neighbor's. If your neighbor has a fence, a structure or a new addition to his home that crosses your property line, this could end up becoming a boundary dispute. In a situation like this, by comparing deed copies, you can clearly make out where your property lines lie. If the deed does not show it, you can arrange for a paid survey to earmark your property line.
Listed below are a few questions answered by lawyers on property line related issues.
Case Details: At a certain point, the fence extends 60 feet into my property.
What you should first do is to contact a property lawyer to understand your rights. This is important since many states have a legal concept called "adverse possession". This is basically a legal way to get title to land that does not belong to you by possessing it openly for a certain amount of time. The property lawyer will go through your case and tell you if adverse possession already applies to you. In the event that it doesn't apply, you will need to get the neighbor to move the fence, otherwise he/she might be able to get the title to the land through adverse possession at some point. You may want to contact a lawyer as soon as possible.
Case Details: Location is Brooklyn. There was an unfinished wall built with uneven bricks and bulging cement on my property line when I moved in. Now new owners have moved in on the other side of the wall.
The exterior part of the wall needs to be finished. What you could do is file a complaint with code enforcement. You could find more information at: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dob/html/contact/contact.shtml
Case Details: Location - Wisconsin. Papers show that the neighbor owns less than 10 feet on one side. This would make the land under debate belong to my daughter but no one knows exactly where the property corners are.
Based on the facts of your case, your daughter seems to have ownership and the right to possession. If there continues to be a dispute regarding this, then both parties should hire an attorney to try and sort out the matter without having to go to court and file a lawsuit. Squatter's rights falls under adverse possession which requires that your daughter and any previous owners need to have maintained the section of the property for at least 20 years continuously to have become entitled to claim ownership.
Case Detils: My neighbor did a survey of his land in Oregon and it seems like my fence has crossed the property line and is on his lot by four feet. I think this land should be mine by way of adverse possession.
To acquire quiet title to this land by adverse possession, you would need to prove to the court that your use of the land has been continuous, open, notorious, and hostile for the statutory period. This period would amount to 10 years in Oregon per Oregon Code 105.620; 12.050.
Arguments or disagreements over property lines can lead to a lot of unpleasantness and poor neighborly relations. That is why it is best to find out where your property line ends and have clear documentation that proves it.
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Let's admit it, Wednesday's are the worst. Smack-dab in the middle of the work week, waiting to wreak havoc on the unsuspecting.
But lucky for you, and us, today we've got some very sexy, shirtless male models to help you get through the day. Last night the good folks at Jeffrey Fashion Cares but on their annual fashion show in New York City that helps raise money and awareness for the plight of people living with HIV/AIDS and members of the LGBTQ community.
Shirtless men for a good cause? I love it!
Launch the gallery to check out all the perfectly chiseled models, and visit Jeffrey Fashion Cares' website for more information on the organization!
And wouldn't you know it, most of these guys are from Soul Artist Management, or as I like to call them, Keepers of the Sexiest Men in Modeling. These are all the hots dudes they gave us!
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I am trying to install the Zimbra Network Edition 7.1.x on an Ubuntu 10.04 Linux box and I am experiencing the following error when trying to run the install:
ERROR: Installation can not proceeed. Please fix your /etc/hosts file
to contain:
<ip> <FQHN> <HN>
Where <IP> is the ip address of the host,
<FQHN> is the FULLY QUALIFIED host name, and
<HN> is the (optional) hostname-only portion
Here is what my /etc/hosts file looks like:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
18.104.22.168 mail.titanpro.us mail
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
As far as I am concerned everything looks correct in this file... if you have any suggestions or advice on how to approach this error please let me know. I left a voicemail with my designated Zimbra Rep this morning to get access to Technical Support and I am patiently awaiting his phone call. In the meantime I figured I would use the forums to see if I could get the issue resolved.
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Analysis: Israel seems prepared to accept passage of goods, people between Gaza, West Bank; diplomats considering release of prisoners withheld during peace talks.
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Israel will most likely agree to release Palestinian prisoners that were denied their freedom during the last round of peace talks. This move will strengthen PA leader Abbas and at least partially meet Hamas' demands to release certain prisoners. However, right-wing politicians in Israel deny reports regarding the possible release of prisoners who were released in the deal for Gilad Shalit and re-captured during Operation Brother's keeper in the West Bank.


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The ultimate goal of a new parent is to achieve the coveted prize that is sleeping though the night. That's both of you – the baby who until now has had you up at all hours, and you, the parent who has been blearily breast feeding or making bottles at 3am for so long you can't remember what a full nights sleep is like.
So having conquered part one of this parenting Everest, Lumpy now sleeps regularly from 7pm until 5 and sometimes 6am without waking. Occasionally, with new teeth popping up every couple of weeks we'll have a blip where she is inconsolable at all hours but thankfully these are short lived. We didn't do anything in particular to achieve STTN (sleeping through the night), we just waited for her to figure it out. And as she has become more active, spending more time on her feet than on her bum (she has eschewed crawling completely in favour of cruising the furniture and the chasing the cat in her baby walker) she is more physically, and mentally exhausted. And so am I but here's the crazy thing – I am unable to make it though the night.
Not long after she moved into her own room at 5 months and started sleeping until 2 or 3am without a break, I have stopped sleeping and started having something that, to me at least, is a bit like what night terrors must be like. I will wake to find myself bolt upright in bed looking for the baby several times a night. I will find myself patting the duvet, flailing at J, pushing him out of the way as he is clearly lying on the baby because she is in the bed with us. I switch on the lights looking for the baby, I look under the bed, everywhere looking for a child who not only isn't there, but has never been there. Lumpy never slept in our bed with us over night because she was in a crib right next to me, close enough for me to hold her hand and lift her out without me getting out of bed – our bedroom is very small so she was literally wedged down the gap between the bed and the wall where my nightstand used to be.
Sound crazy? Certainly feels that way and when I say that it gets weirder you will probably think I need some sort of professional help. I've reviewed our iBaby video monitor on this blog and it is wonderful. When I finally come too enough to realise what I'm doing in the night I finally figure out that I can check on the baby using the monitor. On goes the iPhone and up comes a picture of my sleeping pixie, quite happy and safe in her cot not 15 feet from my door. Most nights this is sufficient for me to lie back down as if nothing happened but sometimes, more often that I'm really happy about, I will not only have checked that she is in her room and been satisfied with that, but I will then continue to look for the OTHER baby that I know is still in the bed. On more than one occasion I have even lain in bed holding the other baby on my chest (actually holding out my hands steadying an invisible baby) wondering to myself where I am going to put this child to sleep because it's not safe in bed with us, that's why I woke up in the first place, and can't possibly share a cot with Lumpy. This dilemma will have me in some sort of state of consciousness for some time until something, normally J, snaps me out of it.
It's official. The plot has left the building. But crazy aside, this behaviour istaking it's toll on me – I feel like I'm getting less sleep that I did when Lumpy was first born, and on J, who regularly gets poked, prodded, duvet stolen, pushed and talked to in the middle of the night and still has to go to work.
I've tried a warm milky drink before bed, I don't drink caffeine so can't cut that out. I've tried only having water and no food after 9pm – compulsive snacker late at night. I've tried going to bed earlier, later, warm baths, lavender on my pillow, no cheese, no wine – I'm not much of a drinker anyway so this is no hardship, but still these dreams persist.
I tried the doctor, who understandably doesn't want to prescribe anything because a) it doesn't appear to be anxiety because I'm so chilled out the rest of the time, b) it's not depression – see a, c) I might not hear Lumpy if she does wake and neither does J, d) pills are a short term solution not a cure. What does she prescribe? Warm milky drink, lavender, warm bath. Been there done that. Do something different before bed – read a book, get J to check on Lumpy instead of doing it myself, try a herbal solution over the counter like Rescue Remedy or More normal drugs like Nightol.
My best friend tells me she has experienced the same thing, so does my mum so I know I'm not mad, just crazy. But when it's every night, multiple times a night it's time to take action. We'll start with the rescue remedy. Anyone else got any bright ideas?


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However, Morbidelli retained the five qualifying points for the fastest time in Q3.
His penalty means that Yvan Muller and Sebastien Loeb advance to first and second on the grid for Race 1, with Coronel and Lopez behind them and Chilton and Morbidelli filling the third row.
This was the second time so far this season that Muller inherited pole position following a penalty; it had happened at Le Castellet, where Loeb and Lopez were penalized for a technical infringement.
Morbidelli had earlier taken a brilliant provisional pole, seemingly becoming the first driver to break the Citroën domination in the Super Pole exercise this season - only for the stewards to deny him.
The ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Italian ace, always among the fastest since the beginning of the weekend, made a perfect lap at the wheel of his Chevrolet RML Cruze, stopping the watches at 1.22.137.
Morbidelli had topped the time sheets in Q1 as well, showing excellent form and beating the three C-Elysée cars of Muller, Loeb and López, with Borković in fifth position. The Serbian would then be victim of the fast Turn 9 in his very first lap of Q2. Fortunately, the Campos Racing Chevrolet suffered much less damage than its sister car of Hugo Valente, who heavily crashed in the same corner in the morning.
Q2 saw Muller fastest ahead of the Chevy cars of Coronel and Morbidelli, while the Honda cars seemed to deliberately targeting the last positions in the top ten. The first two rows of the Race 2 grid will be trusted by Tarquini, Michelisz, Bennani and Monteiro.
Franz Engstler took pole again among the TC2 cars, this time preceding John Filippi.
Qualifying 1
Norbert Michelisz led the field after the first timed lap, clocking a 1:23.259 that was faster than Muller's 1:23.431, Lopez's 1:23.432 and Morbidelli's 1:23.474.
The second attempt saw Coronel improving the mark to 1:22.960, ahead of Michelisz (1:23.207), Morbidelli (1:23.283) and Chilton (1:23.354).
The Citroën trio improved further: Muller (1:22.608), Lopez (1:22.619) and Loeb (1:22.722), but Morbidelli jumped on top with a lap of 1:22.535. A few seconds later Lopez spun at Turn 9, but managed to avoid crashing and returned to the pits.
The LADA drivers made a final, desperate attempt to squeeze among the top-twelve, but they failed to make the cut and Tarquini salvaged his 12th position from Thompson by less than two tenths.
Engstler was the fastest man in TC2, ahead of Filippi and Di Sabatino.
The following drivers made it to Q2: Morbidelli, Muller, Lopez, Loeb, Borković, Coronel, Bennani, Monteiro, Michelisz, Chilton, Münnich and Tarquini.
Qualifying 2
The ten-minute session was soon disrupted by a red flag after Borkovic spun and got beached at Turn 9 on his first flying lap.
Just before the neutralization, Morbidelli was able to set a provisional fastest lap of 1:22.281 ahead of Muller (1:22.368), Loeb (1:22.371) and Lopez (1:22.471). Chilton was provisionally lying in fifth position (1:22.596).
When the session resumed, Muller (1:22.085) and Coronel (1:22.168) climbed to first and second, dropping Chilton out of the top five.
The four Honda cars of Monteiro, Bennani, Michelisz and Tarquini did not even try to improve, aiming for filling the two front rows on the top-ten reverse grid for tomorrow's second race.
Qualifying 3
López and Loeb were the first drivers to take the track. The Argentine's time (1:22.507) was 0.046 seconds slower that his Q2 lap, while Loeb (1:22.363) improved his own Q2 performance by eight thousandths.
Morbidelli came third, and in the first two sectors laid the foundations for a remarkable pole position (1:22.137). Coronel (1:22.432) managed to demote Lopez by one place.
The last one to qualify, Muller was clocked at 1:22.186, that was not enough to beat Morbidelli but the Italian's subsequent grid penalty promoted Muller into pole.
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BROOMFIELD � The seventh and largest class that was inducted into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame here Friday night came from many different backgrounds and had accomplishments through the roof, but the one common theme was a love for their alma mater.
KOA's Mark Johnson and Larry Zimmer served as co-emcees of the event, held at the Omni Interlocken Resort. Assistant athletic director Bill Harris, who heads up the Alumni C-Club, opened the evening by citing that this class "truly features trailblazers, groundbreakers, and outright stars" of their respective programs.
The nine inductees included the schools first African-American varsity-athletes Claude Walton (the first letterman of color, and the school's first All-American in any sport), Frank Clarke and Billy Lewis; the most decorated female athlete in school history, Kara Grgas-Wheeler Goucher; world-class sprinter Don Campbell; two sport-stars Dave Logan (football, basketball) and John Stearns (baseball, football); CU's first postseason trophy winner and one of key players on CU's 1990 national champion football team, Alfred Williams; and the late Dal Ward, legendary football coach.
"Now I've heard stories, but I haven't heard stories from 1932," Harris said when telling a story about picking up Walton and his family at the airport on Thursday. Walton, who recently turned 95, was CU's first All-American, earning the honor for the discus in the spring of 1936.
"For the things he went through during his time, and his never-wavering love for CU he has constantly expressed, Claude, you're one helluva man." Harris also read a letter from John Wooten, a member of the 2004 Hall of Fame class, who could not be in attendance due to a death in the family. Wooten was a teammate of Clarke's, and in his letter, he stated, "Claude Walton, when I read your story, I wanted to meet you."
Athletic director Mike Bohn also spoke and announced that funding has been obtained to finally build a permanent display of the Hall of Fame, which will be located at the Coors Events Center
The late Dallas "Dal" Ward, who passed away in 1983, was the first to be honored with his credentials presented to the crowd of about 400 by Zimmer.
Ward blazed the trail for the Buffaloes as they left the old Mountain States Conference and turned things up a notch on the national scale when CU joined the Big Seven Conference in 1948. Many credit him with putting Colorado on the national football map and keeping it there, spending 11 seasons as head coach walking the sidelines of Folsom Field. He was 76 at time of his death.
"He was an offensive genius. He took the T-formation and modified it and gave defensive coordinators headaches," Zimmer said. "He took CU to a new level nationally, and coached the Buffaloes for 11 seasons, the fourth-longest tenure in school history, winning 60 percent of his games. And perhaps his greatest achievement was bringing Frank Clarke to Colorado from Trinidad Junior College, breaking the color lines in football."
"For those of you remember my father, you might remember him on the sidelines wearing a coat, tie and fedora," Ward's daughter, Mary Ward-Metzger said. She talked about his commitment to education, and cited the saying on the etching of her father's display in the building at the north end of Folsom Field that bears his name, "Son, you came here to get an education and play football, in that order."
She also mentioned an autographed picture that astronaut Jack Swigert of Apollo 13 fame gave her father which read, "Dal, with gratitude for education, for sportsmanship, and competition that has served me beyond the playing field." She closed by saying that her father "would be proud to be a member of this great club."
The "Colorado Comet," Don Campbell compiled an impressive track resume for the Buffaloes. Considered the top collegiate sprinter of his day and among the top 10 in the world, he was a seven-time conference champion in three events and a 1948 All-American in the 100-yard dash, all after surviving machine gun fire to his upper leg and hip areas from his service in World War II as an Army private in the Philippines.
I came to the University of Colorado, simply because I wanted to be coached by Frank Potts," Campbell said. "I want to answer four questions that have always been asked of me'
'When in the world did they start calling you the comet?' Chet Nelson (the old sportswriter from the Rocky Mountain News), when I was in high school, referred to be as the Sterling Comet. So when I came to CU, it became the Colorado comet. Now it's been said that I was wounded in (World War II) in 1945, which is true. A lot of people asked me, 'Didn't that affect your sprinting?' I would say I am sure it did, but I can't tell you how, if it made me slower, or made me faster. Now people often say I won a purple heart. Let me say this: nobody wins a purple heart, it's not a competition. I tried to tell people what my goals were, but it's hard because I get so emotional about it." He then relayed a story about having doubts about returning to running or to just give it up, but was convinced by an Army superior to set a goal give it his all. His goal was to "run around the world." Fourth was 'What's the difference between you and Hussein Bolt (current Olympic champion)?' One, he's faster, two he's taller, and three, he lifts weights. Frank Potts would not allow us to lift weights back in my day."
Logan and Stearns' careers overlapped in 1972, when Stearns was a senior and Logan a true freshman on the football teal; the two kidded each other when they took the podium on whether or not Stearns "clothes-lined" Logan in practice.
Logan starred in football and basketball, enrolling in college right when freshmen were once again eligible to play four seasons, and was a preseason and postseason All-American on the gridiron. Now the voice of the Denver Broncos, he's also the head football coach at Mullen High School. Stearns remains CU's all-time interception leader (16), and holds several of the school's baseball records set during his All-American career. Both went on to stardom in their professional sport of choice, Logan in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns and Stearns in major league baseball with the New York Mets.
"For myself and my family, this is really a tremendous honor, and I am humbled," Logan said."I was thinking about the first time I had a chance to be indoctrinated to the University of Colorado. In the 60s, we took a trip up to Boulder in the car to see a football game, and the story was told to me later on that I sat on the laps of my mother and father and so intently watched what was going on. I remembered a lot of the names when I went back a couple of years later, and soon realized that I had been at the 1961 CU-Kansas game, where Kansas led 19-0 at the end of the third quarter but came back to win, 20-19. I knew at that point that years' later, it was going to be the University of Colorado for me.
"My first-ever trip on a plane was (a recruiting trip) to Lincoln, Nebraska, and I met with coach Bob Devenny and Tom Osborne, and they had just won the national championship," Logan recounted. "I was pretty much in awe, and I remember them telling me that Nebraska was the place for me, and anywhere else would be a mistake, including Colorado
"Now aside from my mother and father, the single most important person in me going to the University of Colorado was Eddie Crowder. I met with Coach Crowder, and it was such a stark difference with what he told me, that CU and Nebraska were two fine programs and that I would have a good career at either place, and to do what was best for me. Well, that sealed it and the University of Colorado was definitely the place for me. It's been an honor for me to 'steal' from Coach Crowder and coach (Sox) Walseth (his basketball coach at CU) in what I try to do to teach young kids today.
"Anyone who has ever run out behind the buffalo, there is a special bond and a special feeling," Logan concluded. "There is such a high to run out behind the buffalo that there's nothing else that can match it in your life. Once you wear the black and gold, it's black and gold forever."
"When I arrived at CU in the fall of '69, it was a dream come true for me," Stearns said. "My grandmother, Virginia, graduated from CU in 1915, in a time when very few women went to college, and my father played on the football team in 1940, '41 and '42. I was raised to go to the University of Colorado, and we used to attend games there starting in the late 1950s. When Eddie Crowder and Steve Sidwell came to my house to offer me a scholarship to attend the University of Colorado, the only thing I asked was to be able to play baseball in the spring instead of participating in spring football, and Eddie said no problem. I was ecstatic.
Stearns thanked an impressive list of people, including former CU baseball coach Irv Brown, whom he credited with making him the professional baseball player he would become.
"When I went from freshman to sophomore to junior to senior, it just got better and better," Stearns continued. "To be inducted into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame is the highest honor of my life.A person cannot stand up here and receive this kind of honor without the help of a lot people, and it's such an honor to receive this prestigious award."
Arguably the most decorated women's athlete in CU history, Kara Grgas-Wheeler Goucher, was inducted, the only performer, male or female, to be named CU's Athlete of the Year two times (1999-2000, 2000-01). One of just six Buffaloes to win as many as three individual NCAA titles, she led Colorado to its first national championship in women's cross country in 2000. She ran in both the 5,000- and 10,000-meter runs at the Beijing Summer Olympics this past August (advancing to the finals in both), and her husband, Adam Goucher, was an accomplished distance runner at CU who was inducted in the Hall in 2006.
"This is a very big honor for me... I could run in front of 90,000 people and not be nervous, but this is harder to stand in front of a room of people and accept something like this," Goucher said. "I need to thank the University of Colorado and acknowledge everything its done for women's athletics. A lot of fine women athletes have come through CU, and there is a lot of history, and I want to accept this honor on behalf of all the women's athletes at CU. I have to credit my coach, Mark Wetmore, for turning things around for me and for making me believe in everything I could accomplish."
Williams is one of the area's most popular sports figures, playing a pivotal role in the Buffaloes winning the 1990 national championship and back-to-back Big Eight Championships (1989-90). He became the first CU athlete to win a major postseason award when he received the Dick Butkus Award as the nation's best linebacker his senior year. A two-time Big Eight defensive player of the year, he was a consensus All-American as a junior and then a unanimous choice as a senior. He went on to enjoy a long career in the NFL and won two Super Bowl rings with the Denver Broncos in 1997 and 1998 and is now a popular Denver radio sports personality.
"This is something that you never think that will happen to you," Williams said of the honor. "When you play football, and you're out there, and it's cold, it's raining, it's even snowing some times, the only thing I was thinking about was, 'I want to go home to Houston. It's cold out here." But I had a guy, coach Bob Simmons, who said his job was to get me to play better each and every time out there. He kept me focused.
"This place is about the spirit and giving your absolute best. What separates people is spirit. When it's 3rd-and-1 at Nebraska, and they're going down the field to try and get the winning points, it's all about what are you made of. It's giving your absolute best. It had nothing to do with the body I was given, it had to do with the spirit, the coaches, the support I had at CU.
"When I left Houston, and came down I-36 (actually U.S. 36) the first time, well, it was different, it wasn't Houston," Williams remembered. "I thought for sure I'd get a change in climate, in scenery. Houston was flat, in Colorado, you had the ability to go to a mountain top and look all around for miles and miles. I also grew up in the tough projects of Houston, and I wanted to do something different. I wanted to love, I wanted to hug, I wanted things to be different. The University Coloradowas an honest program, I'm not going to mention names, but other schools, right in this conference, were offering money. CU didn't offer me a dime, and I liked that. I realized that Bill McCartney was the only man who came to my house, and would talk to my brothers, my mom, I mean, it was a love-fest. My mom just loved this guy. It was crazy. Coach Mac teamed up with Coach Simmons, and for me, it was a match made in heaven. I played in a lot of games at the professional level, and I've won two Super Bowls with the Broncos, and this is a professional town. But I am a (University of) Colorado man."
Clarke and Lewis were also trailblazers, CU's first blacks on the football and basketball teams, respectively, in the mid-1950s. Clarke was a wide receiver who went on to a great NFL career, while Lewis was a forward for Walseth and continued his accomplishments of firsts in the field of law after graduating from CU.
Along with Walton, these great gentlemen opened the door for many others in a pre-Civil Rights America, enduring unbelievable racism and forced segregation at times from their own teammates on the road. The accomplishments of all three in their respective sports along with what they went on to accomplish in their days after they left CU made the trio unanimous selections.
"When I got the call from Mike Bohn about the Hall of Fame, I went silent," Clarke said. "I accept this award with incredible humility. I know for certain what it means for me to be here and to be inducted into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame. It is indeed an honor to be in this class. I was a pretty swift receiver here and with the Cleveland Browns and Dallas Cowboys. I had some wonderful fedora-wearing coaches, and it all started with my sweet coach here, Dal Ward. Something (eventually) was instilled in me and it was love. How we understand it, how we live it, and how we spread it. It became such a part of me."
Clarke revealed publicly for the first time that just last year, when Terrell Owens broke the Dallas Cowboys record for he most touchdown receptions in season, one that Clarke had held for almost 45 years, that Owens sent him the game ball and signed it, "To Frank, it's an honor to be in your class."
"CU is one of the finest universities in the land," Clarke said. "You can go anywhere in the world, and not find a finer university than the University of Colorado
"I am overwhelmed by the response I've gotten from family and friends here in Colorado," Lewis said in noting that about a dozen relatives flew in from as far away as Atlanta, Baltimore and even Egypt. "In order to receive a full athletic scholarship at CU, or any other Division I school, one has to have above average skills and maintain those skills. They have to be able to compete before thousands of people and know that the pressure of the butterflies that all of us have experienced are character building. Those are the kinds of things that I experienced. My grandmother told me to never let anyone break my spirit. That and the chance to attend a multi-cultural school like (Denver's) Manual High School enabled me to attend a school like CU. It's a blessing for me to be successful and because of what I learned and what I was exposed to at CU, I was never afraid of anything.
"I hope in some small way I have contributed to the success of the university, as it has benefitted me in a myriad of ways."
Walton's induction completed the quartet of CU's stars of the 1930s into the Hall, as he joined college buddies Byron White, Kayo Lam and Gil Cruter, who were previously inducted.
"Isn't it awful when you get old, you need a half a dozen people to help you get up here," Walton mused about needing some aid to take the stage, typical of an athlete being frustrated even though he's lived longer than most of the population. He relayed a story about meeting with White years ago in Washington D.C., when he was a member of Supreme Court. He called his office and was transferred to White, who said, 'Court is in session, and I have a very busy schedule, so I regret that I can't take you to lunch. But why don't you come by the office, we can have lunch here and talk about our days at CU.' "So I went over there, and after lunch, he then gave me a tour of the building, the chambers where they do their deliberations, and then to actually watch the court in action later that day."
"When I came here, it was simply CU, the Silver & Gold. We didn't have any buffaloes, there were no training tables, no dormitories, and you could waive across campus at your friends walking to class," Walton recalled. "I want to thank the committee for voting me into the Hall of Fame. Alfred, I wasn't offered anything, there were no scholarships back then. The only reason I came to CU was to get an education, and I am indebted to CU for the exposure, the lessons learned, and the experiences I had. They were the backbone that helped carry me through my life. Thank you, CU, and in terms of the modern day CU, 'Go Buffs!"
With the addition of the 2008 class, there are now 37 individuals and one entire team (the 1959 ski team, CU's first national champions); the Hall was established in 1998. The nine will be honored at halftime of CU's football game against Kansas State, which will kickoff at 5:10 p.m.


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ASUS state that the Vulcan ANC weighs 325g and has a carbon fibre finish for enhanced durability.
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On July 20, 2006, over 4000 people squeezed into an auditorium at San Diego's Comic-Con International to hear the announcement of the winners of the fifth annual Star Wars Fan Film Awards. Approximately 10,000 people voted on the AtomFilms website to give the Audience Choice Award to "Pitching Lucas," an eight-minute short directed by Shane Felux. In a surprise move, George Lucas also picked the same film for his George Lucas Selects Award, a first in Fan Film history.
A similar synchronicity occurred at SXSWclick 2006, the third edition of South by Southwest's mobile media festival, which announced its winners on July 28th. Keith Bearden, Jason Reitman, and Karen Schmeer, the three jurors assigned to pick the winner of the Old-School Shorts category, selected "Playing Chicken," writer/director Bradley Jackson's eight minute wacky saga of a guy in a chicken suit, a woman in a wedding gown, a clown, a pack of mimes, and two bratty boys on a bicycle built for two. With fifteen films eligible for the Popularity Contest Award, the online public cast over 3,000 votes for "Playing Chicken," allowing Bradley Jackson to take home that prize as well.
Matt Dentler, producer of the SXSW Film Festival & Conference, remarked that the viewership of SXSWclick 2006 "is about a 200% increase over last year's, so it seems true that the audience for this sort of event has grown. This is part of why we enjoy organizing SXSWclick, because we always want to go where the audience goes. That's ultimately our job, as a film festival."
While all the winners of SXSWclick are automatically selected to screen at the 2007 SXSW Film Festival, several of the showcased films work best when viewed on a computer screen versus the silver screen. Director Sharad Patel's two-minute experimental film "Snail," which scored the award in the 'What the F*#!?' category, begins with a black and white 16mm film image, then the camera pulls back, and back, and back, until viewers are forced to confront the fact that they have been watching the image on a computer all the time. Alan Becker's two-minute flash animation piece, "Animation vs. Animator," which won the Animate-it Award, cleverly uses the Flash interface itself as the framework for a stick figure's adventure. There's something very trippy about watching those familiar desktop icons come to life - as you watch the action unfold on your own computer screen.
In contrast, the winners of the Star Wars Fan Film Awards were not specifically conceived for the online viewing experience. The slickly-made "Pitching Lucas" has George Lucas (played by actor George Starkey) meeting with Hollywood suits who pitch him new ideas for the "Star Wars" franchise, the best being "The Sith Million Dollar Man." Director Shane Felux, who also helmed the infamous 47-minute "Star Wars: Revelations" (boasting a reported budget of nearly $20,000), is clearly a master of the Fan Film realm. In the credits of "Pitching Lucas," the filmmaker goes out of his way to say "George Lucas, thank you for the inspiration and a dreamer's dream." Steve Sansweet, head of Fan Relations for Lucasfilm Ltd., praised Felux's film as a "wonderful spoof," and added, "the fifth annual Star Wars Fan Film Awards met our every expectation."
Another Fan Film winner clearly made by a true Lucas devotee is "Memoirs of a Padawan," Michael Q. Yowhan's two-minute Mastercard commercial parody that took the Spirit of Fandom trophy. Consisting of old home movies, the film reveals young Michael to be a first generation "Star Wars" aficionado. As the voiceover says, "Finding an undeveloped roll of film in an 8mm camera from 1977...just in time for the Star Wars Film Fan contest: priceless."
What makes online festivals like SXSWclick and the Star Wars Fan Film contest so special is that the showcased shorts are created by filmmakers excited to share their vision with the masses via the World Wide Web. While it's impressive that 4,000 people would gather in a convention hall to watch Fan Films, it's even more impressive that any time, anywhere in the world, anyone can go to Atomfilms, click on "Memoirs of a Padawan," and watch the Yowhans' repurposed home movies. Or go to the SXSWclick website and watch Avram Dodson's Really Real Shorts Award-winning five-minute documentary "art/work," in which struggling artists discuss the pros and cons of working a day job. Voting for the awards might be closed, but online viewing of the films remains open 24/7.
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I applaud the 5r design.
I am very satisfied to see that Sony did not change the footprint of the 5R therefore the half case for the 5N still works. Also, they kept the same flash unit and viewfinder from the 5N. Will I upgrade? maybe if the PDAF works out, but its nice to see Sony's NEX line commit to a style so that your accesories are not garbage in a couple year. They must have learned after going from 5 to 5n that people were not happy with complete re-designs.
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I'm asking, because if that's intended to be "the world on a plate" (so to speak), your kingdoms look humongous, like, continent sized.
I dont know how your governments operate, communicate or move armies around in your world, but by way of comparison, the entirety of modern day Germany is 135,000 square miles, or basically a box 370 miles on a side.
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In the August 11 Sports Illustrated College Football Preview issue there is a great article on the spread offense, execution and defending. Makes me glad we don't play Texas Tech this year, but Mizzou won't be any picnic.
The article talks about making at least 5 reads and progressions all the way down to the tailback as a last resort and it makes you recall the Bret Meyer era where this didn't happen. Could have been a lack of coaching, QB skills, or the fact that he often ran for his life. Moot questions at this point, but it will be interesting to see if our young new QBs show any skill at all on that front tonight. Might be too early to tell, especially for Bates.
The two basic ways to defend the spread were speed and tackling. Pretty simple, but two things we've lacked in the past too. However I think recruiting and coaching in the Chizik era may be improving both of those.
And a last complaint to SI and reason why I dislike the Big 10. We get Ohio State on the cover from a school several states away in a different time zone instead of Mizzou right to the south. Apparently Iowa is considered Big 10 country. Ick.
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The First Nature Aquarium LED Light: AQUASKY
LEDs have been tricky for the planted tank. As a new technology in the industry, LED-lit aquaria has mostly revolved around the Reef hobby - meaning most lights have been optimized for growing coral, not freshwater plants.
However, with the introduction of AQUASKY, the new LED solution from Aqua Design Amano, there has finally been a giant leap forward in the ability for LED lights to grow aquatic plants.
I'd like to take the time to answer a few of the most commonly asked questions so far about AQUASKY:
Q: What color temperature does AQUASKY render in?
A: AQUASKY uses a combination of LED lamps to produce an optimal color spectrum between 7,000-8,000k. This replicates the noon sun and contributes a great deal to the success of growing aquatic plants.
Q: Why do many other LED lights, which are advertised for aquatic plants, seem to only grow low-light plants?
A: Most LED manufacturers are geared towards Reef applications - meaning they use a lot more blue light for coral growth. So when many of these are translated to freshwater versions, they use a combination of blue/white LEDS, so half of the light is not good for aquatic plants. For some reason, other LED lights which are all white, do not get proper penetration for aquatic plant growth.
Q: If LEDs haven't grown aquatic plants as well - how is AQUASKY different?
A: AQUASKY spent a lot of time in research and development - for the sole purpose of growing aquatic plants. This means that on the aquariums they are designed for, they grow any aquatic plant even better than it's predecessor: the Solar Mini - without the need to use multiple LED strip lights.
Q: How do we know that the AQUASKY will work better than the Solar Mini or T5HO?
A: Mr. Amano has over 3 decades of experience with aquatic plants, and because ADA is ADA's single largest customer, this experience was leveraged to create an LED light that works better than the predecessor. The AQUASKY is used in the Nature Aquarium Gallery in Niigata, Japan to grow all the Mini aquariums, replacing the Solar Mini's they had before.
It is the philosophy of ADA to not create a product unless the new product is even better than it's replacement - this is why ADA never created a T5HO light.
Q: I see that the cord is not pictured, how does this look?
A: If you watch this amazing video about the world's largest planted aquariums, you will see the AQUASKY first thing with the cord displayed. By itself, the cord drapes easily to the side and creates less of a distraction from the aquarium than the previous Solar Mini fixture. Additionally, like many other clip on lights, the cord does not sit on the back of the aquarium, creating a distraction from the aquascape.
Q: What are the tech specs of AQUASKY?
Light housing unit size: W280mm x D68mm x H9mm
Clear stand size: W300mm x D100mm x H95mm (for aquarium 30cm in width) / W360mm x D100 x H95mm (for aquarium 36cm in width)
*** AQUASKY is NOT compatible with current Cube Garden Mini S and Cube Glass Mini S (31cm in width) ***
New Cube Garden Mini S and Cube Glass Mini S with 30cm in width will be coming out soon.
[Product Specification]
Input voltage: AC100~240V 50/60Hz
Power consumption: 17W
Current consumption: 0.4A
Luminous flux: 1450~1550ml
Color temperature: 7,000K~8,000K
LED: 0.4W/each x 30
LED lifespan: over 30,000hrs (depending on operating environment)
Operating temperature range: -20 Celsius to 35 celsius
Q: What are the sizes of the AQUASKY?
A: One is 30cm for 30-C (12 inch cube), the New Mini S and any other frameless aquarium of that length (including ADA 60-P if placed front to back).
The other is 36cm for ADA Mini M or any aquarium which has a 36cm length or width.
Q: How much is AQUASKY?
A: Both models are $195 - and include free shipping in celebration of the first Nature Aquarium LED light and the 20th Anniversary of ADA.
Q: Where can I get AQUASKY?
A: http://adgshop.com
Q: When is AQUASKY available?
A: AQUASKY ships to our facility June 4th, 2012. All orders processed before this time qualify for the special release packages - which will include a few surprises to be announced.
AQUASKY is here and the first round shipped out today!
Frank, ADA Japan website has some 20th anniversary products. Will you be getting those items? I was interested in the scissors and pincettes.
Anniversary Premium Goods are also going to begin releasing with next week's air cargo arrival.
Initial availability list of Anniversary Premium Goods:
Lily Pipe Inflow V-3
Lily Pipe Outflow P-2
Pro Scissors Short Curve Type (Black & Silver)
Pro Scissors Short Curve Type (Silver)
Pro Razor Mini (silver)
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Co2 Advanced System / Laser Engraved 20th
Pollen Glass TYPE-3 Co2 20th
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Pincettes are due in later July, as well as some of the other items, such as Titanium Vuppa-I.
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Bureau of Land Management engine captain Randy Jack, from Grand Junction, Colo., works the engine's pump as Todd King, from Minturn, Colo., holds the collection end of the hose in the water during training at the Rocky Mountain Engine Academy, May 15, 2012, at the Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center, Wyo. The academy provided instruction for wildland firefighters for pump operation, preventative maintenance for vehicles and drivers' training.
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My ex of 7 years was very abusive and violent towards me.
I managed to get out of the relationship about 8 months ago but he is constantly gets in the way of me forming and new relationships.
I've been seeing and texting a guy recently and i explained the situation with the ex and he seams to be supportive but i cant help thinking he will get fed up of it.
He turns up unannounced and demands to me see me.
Rings me and texts me constantly asking 'how could i do this to him'?
I've changed my mobile number recently and he got hold of my new one somehow.
I know that if i completely ignore him he turns up at my house, my parents house of questions my friends.
I went to the police about him a while ago but they basically said I should just ignore him and theres nothing they can do until he actually threatens me.
Ex keeps scaring off any potential partners.
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Block his number from your phone. It can be done, i think you can ring your phone company to do it.
Have you actually told him to get lost? Tell your parents not to answer the door to him, and ask your friends not to answer questions about you because it's making things really uncomfortable with you. If they then choose to answer questions, then...
Just tell him you will ring the police he should be gone soon then
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Go to the police again. Don't let them fob you off, keep pestering them until something is done. What he's doing is harrassment. The police may not be able to prosecute him or arrest him, but they could certainly have a talk with him and give him a verbal warning.
Every time he turns up uninvited at your / your parents / friends house, call the non-emergency police (the kind who deal with anti social behaviour etc, NOT 999) - this way, they'll start to build up a picture of what he's actually doing. Go to the police station again, and ask someone to have a word with him. Explain your concerns, and that he has been abusive and violent in the past. Tell them you need them to do something, and don't take no for an answer. He shouldn't be getting away with this kind of behaviour!
Edited to say: also, contact your mobile phone service provider and have his number blocked. Then you can keep your number and he won't be able to get through (although it doesn't stop him getting a new number, unfortunately).
Just do not engage. If he calls, don't answer. If he texts, don't delete (keep them and show them to police) but ignore. If he turns up at a house, lock the doors, close the curtains / move to a room he can't see into and call the non-emergency police. Do not interact with him in any way. Keep records of any correspondance (texts, call logs, make a diary of when he turns up etc).
Sorry I know this is a thread about dating and getting him to stop scaring off your new boyfriends and I've gone a bit further, but you really need to stop his behaviour and get him out of your life in all areas!
Keep a diary of every time he contacts you and take it to the police so they know the full extent of it, i'm sure there is something they can do even if they just visit him to sort of scare him off. Don't give up you shouldn't have to deal with this.
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I went to the police about him a while ago but they basically said I should just ignore him and theres nothing they can do until he actually threatens me.
The police can act now. Keep a record of all the times he contacts or attempts to contact you. Record the time, date and what happened. Ensure that he is aware that you do not want him contacting you.
Every time he contacts or attempts to contact you, report it to the police - on the non emergency number (101).
The police will usually speak to him informally first - usually over the phone. They will remind him that you want to be left alone and warn him that further action could be taken against him.
If he carries on, the police will then visit him. He will be warned and advised that he should not contact you. At this stage, he will usually be asked to sign a document which informs him of the complaint made against him and confirms the advice he has received from the police.
Hopefully, contact will then stop. If it doesn't, the next step for he police would be to arrest him and consider charging him.
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Posted by: leelefever on April 23, 2013 Topic: Art of Explanation
Think for just a minute about the skills you use every day at work. Maybe you're a designer or engineer who had specialized training and tools. Maybe you're an executive who has a talent for building teams. Or maybe you're a Mom or Dad who works to help your child understand the world.
No matter what you do for work, you are an explainer. Part of your job is helping others understand ideas - it's a fundamental part of being a professional. We explain ideas every day - we just never think about how we do it. Our explanations just... happen.
But what if they didn't just happen? What if we actually recognized when an idea was not getting through and crafted a better explanation to solve the problem? In this context, explanations can solve problems, lots of them. Here's one way to think about it...
Understanding comes with a cost. If we want to understand compound interest, we must invest some time. If we want to understand quantum physics, we need to invest a LOT of time. These investments are costs in the form of time and energy. If the cost is too high, we lose motivation.
When you're at work and your team is not understanding an idea, they may feel that the cost of understanding it is too high. They don't have the time to invest, so they'd rather just focus on other things.
For you, this is a challenge. Rather than convincing them to invest the time, you could focus on lowering the cost of understanding. By explaining the idea in a remarkable way, you may be able to get their attention and help them see an idea from a new perspective. This is the goal of explanation and why it matters. Explanations lower the cost of understanding so that we can motivate and inspire others to take the next step.
So, you may be wondering, how do you lower the cost? The first step is to empathize. Try to imagine yourself in their shoes and consider what your explanation sounds like to them. Talk about the idea from their perspective and build context. Second, write it down. By simply writing down what you're trying to explain, you'll start to see it in a new light. Pretend you're writing a script for a Common Craft video. Third, think in terms of confidence. What can you say that will create and sustain their confidence? Get their heads nodding early and build onto a big idea, step-by-step.
Here are a few blog posts that may also help:
- 10 Steps to a Truly Horrible Explanation
- How to Explain Your Job
- Explaining Vs. Storytelling for Startups
- Why this Bathroom Sign is a Great Explanation
Of coure, you might also consider the book The Art of Explanation - Making Your Ideas, Products, and Services Easy to Understand.