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Did Jennifer Lopez + Casper Smart Go Engagement Ring Shopping?
Jennifer Lopez and her boy toy, dancer Casper Smart, did some newsworthy shopping in Perth, Australia today (Dec. 6) and no, we're not talking about the items they picked up at Gucci and Louis Vuitton boutiques.
The couple, who got together after Lopez split with hubby and baby daddy Marc Anthony, hit Tiffany & Co., where they were reportedly browsing diamond rings.
Of course that sparked rumors of "They're shopping for engagement rings." Whenever a lovey dovey duo takes a gander at sparklers, commitment talks arise. It's not outlandish to assume that they were looking at jewelry for that reason. But don't be fooled by the rocks that she was looking at. Lopez and Smart could have merely been perusing rings for holiday present ideas for one another or for members of their family.
Lopez has been married three times so she may not be ready to rush into marriage just yet, even though Smart is quite a catch who seems to make her very happy. She also had a failed engagement to Ben Affleck, resulting in the Bennifer spectacle. Maybe she wants to enjoy her time with her young hunk before making it a more permanent commitment.
She's J. Lo. She can do whatever she wants.
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The Endless Thirst
When the town begins to run low on water, the residents of Chester's Mill begin to fight for the remaining resources. Meanwhile, Julia discovers a strange connection that two of the town's residents have with the Dome, on UNDER THE DOME, Monday, July 29 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured L-R: Natalie Martinez as Deputy Linda, Britt Robertson as Angie and Mike Vogel as Barbie. Photo: James Bridges/©2013 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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Black Crow White Lie
Candi Sary
Casperian Books; 159 pages
In the film noir classic "The Night of the Hunter," Robert Mitchum plays a preacher who tattoos the word "love" on one hand and "hate" on the other — a symbol, he explains, of the struggle between good and evil. The protagonist of "Black Crow White Lie," Candi Sary's new novel, faces this conflict in a deeper sense. Carson Calley, a preteen who moves with his alcoholic mother in and out of Hollywood motels, often responds to frustration with clenched fists; when others aren't watching, he pounds walls, vandalizes bikes, even smashes store windows. Hate, adolescent angst — it has the same effect.
But Carson's hands harbor a loving power as well: When he holds them over a wound and concentrates, he sees and feels a rush of energy through his body, and the ailment disappears. "Black Crow White Lie," which came out last year and recently won the Reader Views Literary Award for the West-Pacific region, is about which side of Carson's energy will triumph — whether he'll give into his nastier impulses (especially after a plot twist that causes him, and us, to doubt the power of his gifts) or whether, like the proverbial physician, he'll heal himself.
It's no small feat for a novelist to capture a child's voice convincingly. Sary, a Costa Mesa resident and UC Irvine graduate, pulls it off throughout "Black Crow White Lie." Carson, who narrates the story, comes off as a bright, thoughtful kid who is still a kid nevertheless (he uses "mom" instead of "mother"), describing the seamy Hollywood streets in detail while still sounding plainspoken and wide-eyed. With his mother often in the hospital or off with her mysterious boyfriend, Carson clings to a pair of surrogate father figures: Faris, a tattoo shop owner who concedes to inking a crow on his pubescent shoulder, and Casper, who works at a head shop and sees business potential in Carson's healing fingers.
Those men take the place of Carson's real father, a man who, per his mother's stories, died when Carson was a baby and served with the U.S. military in "the special forces that no one knew about." While Carson devours the stories whole, it's not hard for the reader to discern that the pieces don't add up. A stretch toward the end, when the hero goes to Washington, D.C. in search of his father's grave (he hopes to use his healing powers to resurrect him) and gradually discovers the truth, ought to elicit a shudder from anyone who's lived through the middle-school years.
Just as Carson expects a revelation at the end of that cross-country trip, the reader may expect an action-packed epic after the opening pages of "Black Crow White Lie." The book, though, turns out to be surprisingly low-key — and that's one of its greatest strengths. Sary has a natural grace to her writing, and she treats her hero's power almost casually, as if being able to cure the sick were no more remarkable than being able to throw a baseball accurately or play a tricky Mozart piece. Since the author doesn't pump up her story with melodrama, it works all the better as metaphor — haven't we all spotted that rare ability in ourselves and wondered if we could hold onto it?
It takes until nearly the novel's end for the meaning of its title to become apparent; by the last of these 159 compact pages, reality and fantasy seem equally strong, equally beguiling. Given its length and subject matter, I suppose Sary's work qualifies as a young-adult novel, but its message may resonate beyond the teen years. What this book asks is whether we can identify our calling in life and use it as a gift for others, and in "Black Crow White Lie," Carson accomplishes that feat. So, as a writer, does Sary.
—Michael Miller
Cradle to the Grave
Moonsville Collective
Moonsville Records; LP
Moonsville Collective's music and lyrics take you back to simpler times. When mining gold and drilling for oil would make you rich and dreaming about fishing was just as good as the real thing.
Those are some of the songs found on their 10-track album "Cradle to the Grave." Recent winner of Best Country/Americana at the 2013 OC Music Awards, the Collective's second self-produced album is a collection of songs about, simply put, life. Lyrics about losing a loved one, a tribute to an influential country musician and even a well-known moonshiner are accompanied by catchy riffs that'll have you clapping along.
The LP opens with "Millionaires," which transports you to a time when the fastest ways to make money were mining gold, refining cotton or drilling for oil. "Gold gold, white gold, black gold; we're getting rich" are the lyrics often repeated during the chorus, and once it imprints itself onto your brain, you'll catch yourself singing along.
But if you listen closely to the lyrics, the boys at the Collective made the mistake of referencing the city of Deadwood, S.D., as being in North Dakota. It may be a nitpicky detail that doesn't affect the song in any way except accuracy, but a little fact-checking would be nice.
Speaking of lyrics, the words found in "Rum Runners" shouldn't be taken too seriously. The song is a story of a man who shot and killed his mother and father because of their rebellious lifestyle. According to the lyrics, both the mother and father were sleeping with other people and having their kids deliver rum. It's a really catchy song, but one shouldn't focus too much on what they're saying.
"In My Mind" makes you remember that life can be simple and that one can do anything — well, in their mind. Anyone can "catch a six-pound trout" or be "kissing Zelda Fitzgerald and still be in [their] bed." The Collective's simple, laid-back sound on this track makes you want to take a nap, regardless of where you are, and dream about almost anything.
Moonsville Collective took the time to record two ballads about two very different people: Levon Helm and Marvin Sutton. In "Gone but Not Forgotten," the group pays tribute to multi-instrumentalist Helm, who is best known for his time with the Canadian-American roots group the Band and their hit song "The Weight," on which Helm drums and sings lead vocals.
The Collective touches on Helm's concert series called the "Midnight Rambles" and his battle with cancer. And as the chorus suggests, Helm is neither gone nor forgotten as he's "sitting on a bale of cotton."
The other tribute is directed toward Tennessee moonshiner Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton in the song "Ballad of Popcorn Sutton." It's a song about the well-known microdistiller who made Tennessee white whiskey up until the early 2000s. According to a story by the New York Times, Sutton was sentenced to 18 months in jail, but committed suicide four days before having to report to prison.
After listening to the album multiple times, it's clear to me why Moonsville Collective was picked as Best Country/Americana for 2013. It's not the typical country music that you hear on the radio. They don't sing about red Solo cups or being an "Accidental Racist," like on Brad Paisley's latest album. It's about the simple things in life, and Moonsville Collective has captured that in this album.
I've jumped on the Moonsville train, and I'm curious to see where it goes.
—Anthony Clark Carpio


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Hopefully Gordeyev doesn't mind if we reproduce some of the images here - they are simply spectacular:
But strangely for a manufacturer as adept at PR as Specialized, their "Signature" edition hardly merited discussion in the coverage of that day's race, perhaps owing to the fact that Contador abandoned it midway through the day, and reverted back to his primary machine. Cyclingnews.com hosts the only picture I could find of the actual bike change:
Given the lack of copy, we'll revert to Gordeyev's own notes from that day, and his reference to Specialized's "War-Horse"!!!
"Wakening and breakfast was as usual according to the schedule.
Technicians woke up earlier this morning. Specialized requested Alberto to use new frame bike on this stage. War-horse is seldom changed during the race , only Frenchmen could afford themselves to change frames, but Astana had serious task , and horses are not to be changed during the race. The request of bikes' suppliers couldn't be ignored so thus the technicians prepared the bike.
The frame was unusual with its painting. There were names of people who paid 30 Euro for placing of their names on the frame. This is what I've got from my conversation with a technician. The conversation was "with fingers" as we spoke different languages."
Bravo, Alexandre!
Photos (c) 2010 Alexandre Gordeyev
Nevertheless, for as "different" a bike as the Signature edition was, we must not lose sight of the fact that it was a mere curiosity compared to a truly majestic steed: Vino's Golden Eagle (pictured above).
While Vino races aboard a bicycle adorned with a solitary bird of prey, the quiet Kazakh is a fiercely loyal teammate, dedicated to maintaining the unity and focus of his squad. So perhaps its fitting that the final image that Gordeyev would shoot that night was an after-dinner portrait of Vino at the head of a round table (lol), surrounded by his teammates, minus Contador, who was conspicuous by his absence.


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To all who knew Ray, I'm sad to report he passed away Thursday, November 16th, 2017 at his home in East Wenatchee, Washington. We do not have details, but apparently he
was found in the garage doing what he loved doing, tinkering around on his Studes. He was a gentle soul and always willing to help. Feels trite saying he will be greatly missed, but he really will be.
Our best wishes to Carol, his widow and we pray God will comfort her in this tough time and the months ahead.


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Electronic Fuel Injection Tech - EFI Facts & FallaciesPosted in How To: Engine on September 1, 2005
Fuel injection is on every 4x4 that's newer than about 15 years, but truck owners still approach EFI modifications with shaky hands. We had a rare opportunity to get deep inside a company at the cutting edge of fuel injection development, Precision Automotive. The Technical Services engineering department of this company operates a test lab where fuel-injection programs are written from scratch. They are hired by various OEM and aftermarket manufacturers to write computer code for fuel-injected engines of all types. On any given day, you can see just about anything on a dyno, from an ordinary four-cylinder econo-box engine, to fire-breathing V-8, a 600hp light-truck diesel, and even a helicopter engine. Our time there yielded a wealth of information that's bound make those hands a little less shaky. We asked Alan Tehan, founder, CEO, and chief gearhead at Tech Services, for some tips on modifying fuel injection.
What are the best and simplest EFI tuning tricks?
Overall, headers and exhaust systems are the most bang for the buck. The ECM can adapt in most cases to offer improvements in performance. If you're talking about tricking the ECM by messing with sensor inputs, think again. Generally, there are very few tricks that won't be negated by the ECM. From the early '90s, the manufacturers have installed algorithms that are "trained" to look for variations that are not synonymous with "normal" operation and override them. The government has mandated this. Your trick will only last long enough for the ECM to figure it out and revert to some predetermined programmed function akin to "limp-home mode." Your gains, if any, are short lived.
OK, what are the worst tuning tricks?
One of the more common tricks is to fool the coolant or air-temp sensor into thinking the engine is running colder than it really is to increase fuel delivery. The engine may run richer, and in certain circumstances and at certain times, that might be beneficial. The problem is that an engine is not a linear animal. It may want more fuel at certain airflow rates but not others. When you richen by temp-sensor fooling, you richen at all speeds and loads. A sprinkling might work as well.
When all is said and done, the oxygen sensor will trim the air/fuel ratio back regardless-unless, of course, it comes up MIA. Can you say bye-bye to fuel efficiency? The same things happen when you increase fuel pressure, plus some other negative effects. Low-temp thermostats are OK and may offer small gains, but never use one that opens lower than 180 degrees. At between 140 and 160 degrees of coolant temp, the system will go into fuel-enrichment mode and you are back to the "sprinkling-can effect."
Many performance enthusiasts think Mass Air Flow (MAF) systems are better than Speed Density (SD) systems. Do you agree?
Everything is a trade-off. MAF systems generally are able to react to component changes (i.e., performance mods.-Ed.) easier because they measure actual airflow instead of "computing" airflow based on engine speed and manifold pressure. They are more susceptible to the vibrations and transient airflow reversions that come with more aggressive camshafts. Additionally, there is some question as to their effectiveness with boosted (i.e., supercharged/turbocharged) engines. Overall, I would agree that performance tuning by owners is easier with a MAF system.
In a similar vein, many people think sequentially actuated fuel injection (SFI) is better than batch (or group) actuated. Do you agree?
There is little power difference using one versus the other-at least on the engine systems we have quantified. SFI is supposed to offer a little better control of fuel overruns and emissions, as well as idle quality. The OEM can program for it because they have the equipment to monitor individual cylinder air/fuel ratios, combustion temps, and combustion pressures at each firing event. Most aftermarket labs cannot do this, so unless these factors can be accounted for in the mapping, there is no great advantage to SFI from an aftermarket perspective. Don't forget that the injector "squirts" before the intake valve opens, so intake runner design, injector targeting, and location have some effect as well. Additionally, oxygen sensor feedback is usually on a bank-by-bank basis, so fuel trimming during normal operation is usually accomplished equally on all cylinders on a bank.
To what degree, if any, will larger throttle bodies on a port-injected engine cause "soggy" bottom-end performance? Do OEM-size throttle bodies limit upper-end performance?
With low-rpm performance, throttle-body size is not critical, since it's not responsible for atomizing the fuel. Intake runner size and design is much more an issue. In the high-rpm ranges, a larger throttle body may offer a performance increase, but only if the fuel rate is increased to match. Injector fuel flow rates and engine airflow rates are closely related. Intake valve size is more of a limiting factor than throttle-body CFM rates on the engines I've tested.
Same question for throttle-body fuel injection?
The answer is largely the same. There are more issues with keeping the fuel atomized when you have more distance for the air and fuel to travel, but the injectors in a TBI system do a better job than a carburetor. Also, intake manifold design, port location, or spray targeting are so poorly engineered in some port-injected systems that their advantage over TBI is largely negated.
What's the best way to compensate for the effects of a "hotter" cam profile?
The best way is to use a stand-alone Electronic Control Module (ECM) and build a fuel and spark map commensurate with the cam profile and power curve. There really isn't another good way to accomplish this. As I mentioned previously, some MAF systems will compensate for small cam changes quite well, but injector sizing becomes a major factor fairly quickly here.
Alright, how do you know when you don't have large enough injectors, and how do you choose new ones?
Generally, if you modify your engine beyond a very low level, you will out-strip the injector performance. Frequently, you can't tell if your injectors are too small, and that can be a major problem. The only chance you have to "feel" the problem is at WOT (Wide Open Throttle). If it feels like you're running out of gas, serious damage is near. Lower-rpm, heavy-load situations are more insidious because, unless you can electronically detect detonation from a lean condition, your first indicator will be when you "toast" the engine. Ideally, you choose injectors based on dyno test and flow-bench evaluations. Outside the lab, there are some formulas that can get you into the ballpark, but it's important not to exceed an 80-percent injector duty cycle below WOT or you can overheat the injector.
The other important consideration is being able to control the injector for low-speed operation. A high-flow injector may supply too much fuel for the engine at low speeds, even at its shortest pulse width. That's why the OEM injectors are sized very close to maximum flow for the base engines because that allows for the closer calibration parameters needed to meet emissions requirements. Again, a stand-alone ECM with careful calibration can go a long way towards controlling large injectors at lower speeds to make a tractable engine.
Can't you increase fuel pressure to compensate for inadequate injector flow rates?
Bad, bad science! There are pressure spikes that occur in most fuel rails due to the opening and closing of injectors. They usually equate to about 40 percent over the rated injector-operating range. That means a 40psi injector might be operating at nearly 80 psi, but it will probably work OK in most cases. If you run your fuel pressure up to 60 psi to increase injector flow, your pressure spike may now reach over 100 psi. Some injectors won't open against that kind of pressure, and you end up running some cylinders lean. Lean mixtures burn valves and cause detonation-bad! Better to keep the designed pressure and install higher-flow injectors.
Engines with knock sensors can adjust to lower-grade fuel. How much power is lost when coming down from, say, 92 octane to 87?
A lot depends on the engine. Many of the new cylinder head designs-the GM Vortec (4.8, 5.3, 6.0, 8.1), the newer Fords (4.6, 5.4), and the DaimlerChrysler engines (3.7, 4.7, 5.7 Hemi) for example-have had combustion optimized to the point that we crank in much less timing advance than we did previously. On these engines, the change is minimal with stock calibration. On older engines, either a factory fuel-injected engine with an "old-tech" combustion chamber, or add-on fuel injection on a previously carbureted engine, the effect might be more pronounced. More aggressive fuel and spark mapping would change all of that in both cases.
Are there any negative effects in day-to-day driveability with going to a larger-bore mass air sensor on a MAF system?
We have not done any quantification in our labs to authoritatively answer this question. I doubt it would make any difference unless the feed to the ECM is altered. If the larger sensor uses the same 5-volt reference and signaling, I would suspect little difference.
What are the common pitfalls to converting carbureted engines to EFI, both aftermarket kit and home-built?
Fuel delivery is the number one problem, particularly the placement of the fuel pump. In my experience, over 80 percent of the problems are fuel-delivery related. In my opinion, only an in-tank pump should be used. Why? "Fuel shear"-that's an engineering term for aeration. Air in the fuel lines in anything but tiny amounts can have a major effect on driveability and performance. Erratic low-speed performance, vapor-locking, and lean conditions under load are just a few possible symptoms. On a typical EFI conversion, an inline pump is installed with a filter between the pump and the tank. The flow through the filter shears the fuel, which can also cause problems with the pump. The pump should be protected by a filter, but it's better placed in the inlet of a submerged pump. If an inline pump must be used, a submerged fuel "sock" is a better idea than an inline filter in front of the pump. We've also found that certain types of fittings will cause fuel shear. Just like optimizing intake or exhaust flow, all bends in the fuel line should be gentle ones, and transitions inside the lines as smooth as possible. After fuel problems, poor electrical connections are the big problem. Wires connected by the "twist and tape" or "Scotch Lock" methods are inadequate.
What is the major key to performance improvement in an EFI engine?
It's simple: Optimum fuel and spark for the particular application. In milder cases, that can come from an aftermarket chip or programmer. Many of these are emissions-legal. If you want serious increases, combine internal and external engine mods with new calibration. If you want calibration that will give you driveability comparable to OEM, in most cases you need a stand-alone programmable ECM, some dyno time, and a laptop with programming software. With time, effort, patience, and thought, it's possible to do that without the dyno. If the calibration is optimized for the engine, you should get optimal results.
Any specific calibration tips for trucks and 4x4s?
Traditionally, with a heavy load, we add fuel and subtract spark. This keeps combustion-chamber temperatures in the safe zone and allows for reliable engine power. For four-wheeling, we might devise a more aggressive acceleration enrichment calibration to allow the throttle response to be more positive.
BSFC: Brake Specific Fuel Consumption. A measure of how efficiently fuel is consumed in the engine, or how many pounds of fuel is being used per horsepower produced in an hour.
Detonation: Also called "pinging" or "spark knock." A too-rapid release of energy that creates excessive combustion-chamber pressure and temperature. The result is engine damage.
ECM (Engine Control Module. a.k.a. "ECU"): The electronic "brain" of the fuel-injection system. Controls fuel delivery and often spark.
Fuel Enrichment Mode: The warmup period when the engine is in open-loop mode and following a predetermined program rather than being controlled by oxygen sensor inputs.
Group Fired Injectors: The injectors are actuated in groups. A V-8 is typically fired in banks of four.
IAC (Idle Air Control): A motor-operated air-bleed valve controlled by the ECM to adjust idle speed.
Injector Duty Cycle: The amount of time the injector is open versus the time it is closed.
Knock Sensor: Essentially a very sensitive "microphone" mounted on the engine that's tuned to the sound frequencies typically found during detonation (pinging). When they are detected, it converts this to a signal that the ECM can read so the timing can be adjusted.
MAF EFI (Mass Air Flow Fuel Injection): The two main reference signals are the MAF sensor, which measures actual airflow, and engine temp. Finer adjustments are influenced by any other sensors that are present.
MAP (Manifold Absolute Pressure) Sensor): A device that reads manifold pressure (vacuum). The ECM uses this signal as a reference to measure airflow.
Oxygen Sensor, a.k.a "Lambda" sensor: A device inserted into the exhaust system that measures oxygen content in the exhaust. The ECM uses this as a reference to adjust fuel mixture
PCM (Powertrain Control Module): Controls and integrates the engine with the transmission and transfer case. May also connect to an Electronic Traction Control system.
Pulse Width: The amount of time, in milliseconds, the injectors are open.
SFI (Sequential Fuel Injection): The injectors are opened sequentially according to the firing order.
Speed Density EFI: The engine has three primary reference sensors, the MAP sensor, engine temp, and engine speed. Airflow is calculated from these inputs and basic fuel delivery is adjusted to match.
TCM (Transmission Control Module): Some rigs use a separate transmission-control module to control the shift on an electronically controlled transmission. It will react to inputs from the engine or ECM.
TPS (Throttle Position Sensor): A device that converts the angle of the throttle butterfly into an electronic signal
VCM (Vehicle Control Module): Essentially a PCM with another name. It may integrate some other non-engine/drivetrain systems into the mix.
Building and Tuning Electronic Fuel Injection
By Ben Strader
(Cartech, 2004; 128 pp.)
Ben Strader has been firmly established as one of the gurus of the performance fuel-injection realm. Up to now, his vast knowledge has only been dispensed in the seminars he does in various parts of the country. Now you can learn those EFI performance secrets at home. Strader's book is not light reading, but the mental effort is worth the time. The book is broken down to cover the basics of electronic useful injection and individual chapters on the setup and tuning tricks for the various popular aftermarket EFI systems. That includes bolt-on systems to convert a carbureted engine, or tunable stand-alone ECMs for modified fuel-injected engines. Some of the systems covered include ACCEL, AEM, Autronic, Edelbrock, EFI Technology, Electromotive, F.A.S.T., Haltech, Holley Commander 950, MoTeC, and SDS. If you have an unanswered EFI performance question or an unfulfilled project, this book is the latest and greatest on the topic.
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Corona del Mar High product Reed Williams, a junior forward at UCLA, was named first-team All-Pac-12 in men's soccer.
Williams produced seven goals, tied for the team lead with teammate and Pac-12 Player of the Year Ryan Hollingshead, and four assists. His 18 points (two for a goal and one for an assist) ranked second at UCLA.
Williams, also an Academic All-District team honoree with a 3.34 grade-point average in business economics, helped the Bruins (13-3-3) win the conference title and advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Williams, who started 17 of the Bruins 19 games, now has 13 goals and 10 assists in 61 games for the Bruins. He received honorable mention in All-Pac-10 voting as a freshman.
He had multiple-goal games in 2012 against Maryland and San Diego State.
— Barry Faulkner
Iverson nominated
Former Newport Harbor High football player Ryan Iverson was one of 50 college football players nominated for the Burlsworth Trophy.
The award is given to the most outstanding football player in America who began his career as a walk-on like Brandon Burlsworth. The winner will be announced during a ceremony Monday in Arkansas.
Iverson, who's now a junior at the University of Colorado, earned first-team All-Sunset League honors as a linebacker and was the Sailors' Defensive Player of the Year in 2009. He walked on as a long snapper with the Buffaloes and became the sixth walk-on to play as a true freshman at Colorado since 1986. He also earned a scholarship after his freshman year.
— From staff reports
Award in Newport
The Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation revealed the four finalists for the 2012 Lott IMPACT Trophy.
All four defensive players up for the award are linebackers: Georgia's Jarvis Jones, Notre Dame's Manti Te'o, Stanford's Chase Thomas and Kansas State's Arthur Brown are the four up for the award.
The annual honor is bestowed to the defensive player who's had the biggest IMPACT – an acronym standing for integrity, maturity, performance, academics, community and tenacity – on his team. The winner will be announced during a banquet Dec. 9 at the Pacific Club in Newport Beach. Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be the keynote speaker of the event, which will be televised live by FOX Sports at 7 p.m.
Each of the finalists has been highly recommended by their universities, citing their strong academic work, community involvement and team leadership roles. The IMPACT Foundation will award $25,000 to the general scholarship fund of the winner's university with each of the runner-ups' school receiving $5,000.
Past winners of the Lott IMPACT Trophy include DeMeco Ryans of the Philadelphia Eagles, James Laurinaitis of the St. Louis Rams and J.J. Watt of the Houston Texans.
— From staff reports
UCI baseball announces signees
Heralded right-handed pitcher Michael Martin tops a list of five high school seniors who have signed to continue their baseball careers at UC Irvine, the school announced Friday.
The 6-foot-2, 200-pound Martin identified as the No. 38 prospect in the nation in 2010 by Perfect Game who was recently named Collegiate Baseball All-American, helped Cathedral Catholic of San Diego win section Division III titles the last two seasons.
Martin was 7-2 with one save and an 0.90 earned-run average as a junior and 7-0 with one save and a 1.17 ERA as a sophomore. In those two seasons, he struck out 136 in 211 2/3 innings, fashioned a combined 1.04 ERA and allowed 87 combined hits.
Martin also hit a team-leading .374 with 18 runs batted in 107 at-bats in 2012, after hitting .300 in 40 at-bats as a sophomore.
The class also includes Alex Guenette, a catcher out of La Jolla Country Day in San Diego County, Chris Vargas, a pitcher and shortstop out of Villa Park High, John Brontsema, a shortstop out of Santa Barbara High, and Jordan Scheftz, a pitcher out of University High.
Guenette hit a combined .405 in 190 combined at-bats the last two seasons and in three varsity campaigns has produced 13 home runs, 76 RBIs, 21 doubles and 19 stolen bases in 21 attempts.
Vargas, projected as a right-handed pitcher, was 5-1 with a 3.20 ERA in 65 2/3 combined innings the last two seasons. He struck out 63, allowed 60 hits and walked 37 during that span.
Vargas, entering his fourth season, hit a combined .326 with one home run, 42 RBIs and 14 stolen bases as a shortstop and third baseman for the Spartans.
Scheftz, a 6-3 right-hander, was Pacific Coast League Co-MVP as a junior, and has twice been named All-CIF Southern Section.
Brontsema, the son of former UC Santa Barbara Coach Bob Brontsema, hit .379 with three homers and 18 RBIs in 58 at-bats as a junior. He also had five doubles and three triples and was six for six in stolen-base attempts.
"These five players are advanced in theri skills and will be outstanding college players," UCI Coach Mike Gillespie said. "This group will address our most immediate needs and we are confident that they each will play a pivital role as freshmen."
— From staff reports
Sarris sets PR
Newport Harbor High graduate Tori Sarris finished 65th in the NCAA Division III West Regional Cross Country Championships, completing the 6,000-meter course in 23 minutes 19.14 seconds.
The University of Puget Sound sophomore set a personal best in the race, which took place Nov. 10 in Independence, Ore. It stands at 18th on the all-time list for the Loggers.
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Following a service interruption of MoviePass on Thursday, its parent company, Helios and Matheson, borrowed $5 million to bring the service back online.
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Hopkins in Hollywood | Johns Hopkins Alumni Event on 1-12-17
I've been invited to participate in a panel discussion as part of an Intersession course by the Johns Hopkins Film and Media Studies Program. I hope fellow alumni in the entertainment and media sectors will come out and join us in Culver City on Thursday.
Join the Hopkins in Hollywood Affinity Group (AEME LA) as they welcome Linda DeLibero, Director of the JHU Film and Media Studies Program, and current students of the program for a dynamic evening of networking which features an alumni panel of industry experts.
Open to alumni, students, and friends of Hopkins, this event is sponsored by Donald Kurz (A&S '77), Johns Hopkins University Emeritus Trustee and School of Arts and Sciences Advisory Board Member, and the Hopkins in Hollywood (AEME LA) Affinity Group.
Event Date: Thursday, January 12, 2017
Start Time: 6:30pm
End Time: 8:30pm
Donald Kurz, A&S '77
Jason Altman, A&S '99
Jason Altman is an Executive Producer at Activision working on the Skylanders franchise and new development projects. Prior to Activision, he spent the past 5 years at Ubisoft Paris in different leadership roles, most recently as the Executive Producer of Just Dance, the #1 music video game franchise. He is a veteran game producer who loves the industry, and is a proud graduate of the media studies program at Johns Hopkins.
Paul Harris Boardman, A&S '89
Paul Boardman wrote The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) and Devil's Knot (2014), both of which he also produced, and Deliver Us From Evil (2014), which he also executive produced. In 2008, Paul produced The Day the Earth Stood Still for Fox, and he did production rewrites on Poltergeist, Scream 4, The Messengers, and Dracula 2000, as well as writing and directing the second unit for Hellraiser: Inferno (2000) and writing Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000). Paul has written screenplays for various studios and production companies, including Trimark, TriStar, Phoenix Pictures, Miramax/Dimension, Disney, Bruckheimer Films, IEG, APG, Sony, Lakeshore, Screen Gems, Universal and MGM.
Devon Chivvis, A&S '96
Devon Chivvis is a showrunner/director/producer of narrative and non-fiction television and film. Inspired by a life-long passion for visual storytelling combined with a love of adventure and the exploration of other cultures, Devon has made travel a priority through her work in film and television. Devon holds a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University in International Relations and French, with a minor in Italian.
Chris Aldrich, Engr '96
Chris started his career at Hopkins while running several movie groups on campus and was responsible for over $200,000 of renovations in Shriver Hall including installing a new screen, sound system, and 35mm projection while also running the 29th Annual Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium "Framing Society: A Century of Cinema" on the 100th anniversary of the moving picture.
Following Hopkins he joined Creative Artists Agency where he worked in Motion Picture Talent and also did work in music-crossover. He later joined Davis Entertainment with a deal at 20th Century Fox where he worked on the productions of Heartbreakers, Dr. Dolittle 2, Behind Enemy Lines as well as acquisition and development of Alien v. Predator, Paycheck, Flight of the Phoenix, Garfield, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., I, Robot and countless others.
Missing the faster pace of representation, he later joined Writers & Artists Agency for several years working in their talent, literary, and book departments. Since that time he's had his own management company focusing on actors, writers, authors, and directors. Last year he started Boffo Socko Books, an independent publishing company and recently put out the book Amerikan Krazy.
Source: Hopkins in Hollywood | Johns Hopkins Alumni
More information Office of Alumni Relations
Part of the course:
The Entertainment Industry in Contemporary Hollywood
Students will have the opportunity to spend one week in Los Angeles with Film and Media Studies Director Linda DeLibero. Students will meet and network with JHU alums in the entertainment industry, as well as heads of studios and talent agencies, screenwriters, directors, producers, and various other individuals in film and television. Associated fee with this intersession course is $1400 (financial support is available for those who qualify). Permission of Linda DeLibero is required. Film and Media Studies seniors and juniors will be given preference for the eight available slots, followed by senior minors.Students are expected to arrive in Los Angeles on January 8. The actual course runs January 9-13 with lodging check-in on January 8 and check-out on January 14.
|Course Number: AS.061.377.60
Credits: 1
Distribution: H
Days: Monday 1/9/2017 – Friday 1/13/2017
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anyone have the drawings and parts list to make one of those methanol burner things ... i rember seeing one that used an old propane tank.and a hair dryer.. the flame exited like a twister pretty neat thing i wish i could rember . id like to make one so i dont have to store the glyercine byproduct and have it combust or something
Search google for Turk Burners or Babington burners . I know the group is called wastewatts , but I don't have a link to it .
thats the one i was talking about... what parts are needed so if i want to build one i can.. and is it safe enough to burn fresh glycerol in it.. anybody know?
if i build a turk burner like the one i provided in the last post and mix in glycerol to some veggie and feed it through a gravity fed system will it be ok or will i blow up
I think you would be better off to recover your methanol from the glycerol, you could easily build a solar still for that purpose, you live in an area where it is mostly warm. Are you close to arcadia or Myaka city? I know both coasts south of Orlando, but I always tried to keep away from the center of the state.
Some people use their glyc. byproduct for animal feed or compost. burning this stuff at too low a temp can cause dangerous fumes.
i plan on storing the glycerol in a 55 gallon closed top drum.. maybe i can cut the top make a box out of plywood paint it black make the interior shiny or black and put a plexi glass top and leave it outside next to the shop.. it wont blow up will it???? id like to dipose of the glycerine in a safe way or give it to agriculture for there compost if they use it
i have no idea where those two cities are.. but im close to plant city
do a google search for "solar still" using the quotation marks, then you could recover the methanol and re-use it, if you just want it to evaporate that is real easy, but you are doing this in high school right? this would be another way to show different principles of recycling and self reliance away from petroleum. this same still could be used to produce fuel grade (AKA moonshine) fuel.
Plant city huh,
I was just in Ruskin visiting the parental units the first week of Sept. I wish I would have known. that was pretty close
ive got an idea.. i looked at some of those pics... i could take a 55 gallon drum i have a plastic one paint it black right?? and get a clear trash bag or a black one and have it like a cone shape going inside the drum with a 5 gallon bucket inside to capture the methanol drops right makwa?? id put a crap load of no smoking sings all over the place and such as the area right outside the shop is hit by sun all day long
Wrong kind of still. the one you are refering to is mostly for water, such as being stranded in the desert. (by you you just need to dig 3 inches and your feet will be wet) what you need to look for is a type of moonshine still that is solar powered.
like this one?
Have a look at the research I sponsored at Reaading University:
I have a related question.
Has anyone experimented with burning the glycerine in one of those waste oil burners?
We are trying (like you all) to find a way to burn the glycerine to heat the workshop/garage. Up until now it has all gone onto the compost and eventually into the fields as fertilizer - but there must be a way to safely burn it...mustn't there???? It would sure be helpful here in the north - winter can be cold.
Looks like a Turk burner to me?
someone combined a turk burner unit inside a large drip stove adapted from a mother earth design. Seemed like a sucessful taming of the fierce turk burner and keeps it fed. Even had a boiler coil. Made it from an old gas boiler.
Expect it would burn liquid glycerine once it was going.
mathematical elegance -- desired result achieved with minimal complication
I use a waste oil burner to heat my shop and was thinking about burning the glycerine/methanol through it. My burner is homemade and I use a fuel oil furnace gunburner to atomize the oil and fire it inside of an old woodstove. I rarely get any smoke inside the building but I don't want to produce poisonous gasses either. This unit burns real hot but I would like to know if anyone knows what it takes to eliminate the poison gas.
What kind of waste oil burner is it, do you have any pix?
You would have to clean, strain, or filter glycerol to burn it in a waste oil burner (WOB) but just pour it into a turk and set it a fire. I don't know if a WOB would burn glycerol turks do because they are burning vapor.
I think gylcerol must be burned at least 1100 or 1500F to be safe. I believe a turk gets hot enough as it will get a steel bar laid across it's top red hot very fast. How hot is red hot steel?
Even a normal woodburning type stove works well. The point seems to be to burn everything and to avoid just boiling the glycerol which is when you get the acrolein.
mathematical elegance -- desired result achieved with minimal complication
I built a turk burner out of an old paint can and a soup can. The glycerine burns, but not nearly hot enough to be useful, and I want to use it to heat my WVO for reaction. My design isn't ideal, but I would have thought it would work a lot better than it does. I should meantion that I do not recover the methanol from the glycerine.
I read that the key is to get alot of heat into the glycerine, so I made a sort of baffle arrangement that I put down into the center of the inner can (where the glycerine is held) to conduct heat from the flame down into the glycerine. That helps, but not enough. Do I just need more area for vaporization? I'm going to try another design with just a piece of pipe in a paint can to see if it will burn better.
I also tried biodiesel and WVO in it. They both burn quite well, much better than the glycerine. But with WVO and biodiesel the flame is very yellow and makes a lot - and I mean a lot - of soot. The pot I heated the oil in was completely covered with soot when I was done. I think I just need more air flow - as right now I'm just using a small cooling fan from some electronic instrumentation.
I've done a few tests (outside) with glycerine whose methanol was still in it and it burns qute well, although there is a steady stream of black acrid smoke (acrolene?) and it leaves quite a residue of hard black gunk.
I also will be building a Turk Burner soon. I have a blower and I am removing the SVO system from the Benz so I will have a tank for WVO as well. I have the propane tank and the AC tank, so now it is a matter of cutting, some welding and assemblage, which will be done once the Benz stops giving me headaches.
** Biodiesel Glycerine Soap - The Guide
- on 5 continents helping people make & sell soap from the Biodiesel Glycerine.
I built 3 glycerin burners before I got one right. Seems that glycerin burns above 850 degrees, and a lower temperature leaves the black gunk. So the last burner is masonry lined, to retain the heat. It has to be fired with a babington burning vegetable oil, and when hot the glycerin is added to the stove as a separate stream. I could post a picture if anyone want to see it.
Tom Leue
Pic away, I'd like to have a snoop. The next project in line is the turk burner, but using a drip oil feed and a small blower, but who knows, maybe yours is better.
** Biodiesel Glycerine Soap - The Guide
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Demi Lovato Tweets About Top Secret MTV Special Airing in March
Calling all Lovatics (aka Demi Lovato fans). The teen queen tweeted a promo photo from her upcoming, top secret MTV special, set to air March 6. The image is striking, but it's not of Lovato's beautiful face or expressive eyes. It's of her hands.
Lovato's wrists are face up, with her swirly "Stay Strong" script tattoo in full view and adorned by a heart and a lipstick kiss on either side. She's also sporting dangerous, sharpened-to-a-point, black lacquered dagger nails. Those things could do some damage.We hope Demi doesn't wear contacts or she'd need a personal assistant to help her remove them thanks to those talons.
The photo is certainly meant to capture Lovato's fierce, never-give-up quality, which made her a role model for teens dealing with eating disorders and bullying. She posted this tweet along with the image: "Lovatics-I wanted to tell you FIRST about a special I worked on with @MTV. It premieres March 6th at 10pm!"
Further details about the special are scarce, but one can surmise that it's going to detail her 2010 rehab stint. Lovato has been dogged by return-to-rehab rumors for several weeks, all of which she and her handlers have denied. Demi is indeed staying strong.


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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A 29-year-old Bamberg man is accused of killing a man after walking up to him as he played cards.
The State Law Enforcement Division said in a release Saturday that Tyrone Stroman Jr. is charged with murder in Tuesday's shooting death of 38-year-old Gene Anderson of Bamberg.
According to an arrest warrant, witnesses told police that Stroman approached Anderson while they played cards on a porch. Anderson said something to Stroman and pushed him. As Stroman fell backward, he pulled out a gun and fired it several times. The witnesses say that when the shooting stopped, Anderson was lying face down on the porch.
Anderson died after being taken to the Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg.
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Scholar slams China repression of ethnic minority
BEIJING (AP) — An outspoken advocate for China's Muslim Uighur minority criticized the authoritarian government Friday at a time of heightened sensitivities because of recent unrest, saying its stifling security presence has fanned ethnic discord in his far western homeland.
The comments by Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti, as well as his allegations that 34 people, mostly Uighurs, remain missing after a previous crackdown, came on the fourth anniversary of massive ethnic riots that rocked the Xinjiang regional capital. His critique of Beijing's policies was unusually bold for an activist based on the mainland, rather than overseas, at a time when authorities are on high alert and have responded to such critics with detentions.
Clashes in recent months have killed at least 56 people in Xinjiang, a region that has long been home to a simmering rebellion against Chinese rule among parts of the Central Asian, Turkic-speaking Uighur population. In the bloodiest recent clash, 35 people were killed last week when a group of assailants attacked a police station and government offices in the eastern Xinjiang town of Lukqun, the government said.
Tohti, a Beijing-based economist, said tensions will continue to boil over into violence as long as the government maintains its tight controls over the region and fails to address the Uighur (pronounced WEE-gur) minority group's complaints of discrimination and marginalization.
"Every time something happens, the government responds with one word: pressure. High pressure, high pressure, and even greater pressure. This leads to greater resistance and more conflict," Tohti said by phone. "The government should reflect and take responsibility for what is happening in Xinjiang now and in the future."
China has responded to the recent unrest with a massive show of force. State media have shown fleets of armored anti-riot vehicles and trucks loaded with paramilitary police rolling along main streets. Hundreds or thousands of gun-toting, helmeted troops were shown assembled on a public square in Urumqi being sworn-in before they were deployed for patrols.
Authorities have blamed the unrest on "terrorism, extremism and separatism," ordered the confiscation of long knives, guns and other weapons and offered rewards for tips on suspected terrorist activity. In what was described as counter-terror efforts, police also publicized a list of names and pictures of 11 Uighur men it described as suspects wanted for murder and other attacks dating back to 2011.
Tohti said the lack of transparency surrounding the recent unrest and controls on independent reporting from the region make it difficult to determine what the true nature of the violence has been. He said that local frustration with Beijing's policies has likely fueled the unrest in part.
"The government should know that in Xinjiang there is a peaceful resistance to violence, as well as a violent struggle against violence. Some of it has nothing to do with terrorism or separatism," Tohti said.
"A lot of people just cannot go on this way. They can't turn to legal channels or the media; they have no way to protect their own rights or express themselves. What are they supposed to do? Some of them choose confrontation and agitation," he said.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying dismissed skepticism about the government's crackdown in the region both in 2009 and in recent weeks, describing the violence as being so severe it "makes people's hair stand on end."
"If one not only refuses to condemn or fight the atrocities, but actually takes a skeptical attitude toward the legal crackdown by the local government and the Chinese government, then all I can say is that such accusations can be explained by nothing but a double standard and a seriously biased view against China," Hua said at a regular briefing.
Tohti was speaking on the fourth anniversary of the July 2009 riots in Urumqi which killed nearly 200 people and marked Xinjiang's worst ethnic violence in over a decade.
That violence began as Uighurs protested the deaths of Uighur factory workers in southern China and then clashed with police. The crowd scattered throughout the city, attacking majority Han Chinese, overturning and burning buses and cars and torching shops. Nearly 200 people, mostly Hans, were killed, according to the government. Two days later, Uighurs were targeted in revenge attacks.
On his website, Tohti posted a letter Friday addressed to China's rubber-stamp legislature, the National People's Congress, and China's Cabinet, the State Council, in which he compiled a list of people who remain missing after authorities launched an expansive crackdown in response to the 2009 riots. They include 32 Uighurs and two people of the Kazakh ethnic group. He said the authorities' persistent lack of accountability over the crackdown has fueled hatred toward the government.
China defends its treatment of minorities, saying all ethnic groups are treated equally and that tens of billions of dollars in investment and aid have dramatically raised their living standards.


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On yesterday's date in 1792 Percy Bysshe Shelley was born in Sussex. See this review by Nora Crook of The Shelleys of Field Place, as well as an earlier Romantic Circles Editors' Dispatch column by the book's author. In textual commemoration, Neil Fraistat makes available the following opening stanzas of Queen Mab, Canto IX (a sneak preview of Volume II of The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley, now at press, to be published in December), which imagine nothing less than the utopian renovation of the world.
O happy Earth! reality of Heaven!
To which those restless souls that ceaselessly
Throng through the human universe, aspire;
Thou consummation of all mortal hope!
Thou glorious prize of blindly-working will! 5
Whose rays, diffused throughout all space and time,
Verge to one point and blend forever there:
Of purest spirits thou pure dwelling-place!
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When creating your products in Prestashop 1.5, you may want to add a file attachment for your customer. This can be a driver, a guide or manual, or even warranty information. The instructions below will guide you on how to add your attachment to your product in PrestaShop 1.5
Creating product attachments in PrestaShop 1.5
- Log into your PrestaShop 1.5 admin dashboard.
- Using the top menu bar, hover over the Catalog tab and click on the Attachments option.
- This leads you to the Attachments screen. To add a new file attachment, click on the green Add New button in the upper right corner.
- This new screen is the attachment data screen, where you will enter the data for the attachment. Be sure to enter a name for the file and a description. The filename field does not have to be in computer file format, in our example we simply entered "Ipod User Guide". The description The last field is for uploading the file to your site.
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Custom properties export for Collada.
I am using 2.63.0 and it appears no custom properties were exported.
The engine I am interfacing with has fairly complex semantics for each object. The natural way to do this would be to go through custom properties however this feature has been missing for quite some time so the filter was reworked so all the information would get passed using the node name (orange cube tab near the chain).
Today, this usage has come to an end. I've hit node name upper limit. That is, it is no more possible to pack the information I need.
I've been told "a python script can do everything you need in a second". I have not been able to afford learning python in the last 12 months and I'm afraid I won't be able to learn it in the next 72 hours.
I've been looking at blender's scripting documentation and it looked like a complete black blob to me. I'm not interested in building stairs by scripts or doing some new UI or anything: I need to get those properties dumped to either collada or some other format to parse (JSON would be ideal).
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - How to get students to role-play.... Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in How to get students to role-play.... Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Taiwan View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message 7969Joined: 26 Mar 2003Posts: 5782Location: Coastal Guangdong Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 4:39 am Post subject: How to get students to role-play.... edited.Last edited by 7969 on Tue Nov 15, 2016 12:48 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top AristotleJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 1388Location: Taiwan Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 4:42 am Post subject: Teenagers in general are incredibly self conscious. Try giving them a little practice before class and make it a graded exercise. Back to top killianJoined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 937Location: fairmont city, illinois, USA Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 6:06 am Post subject: 1 know your audience. calling out shy kids first'll squelch the wholething. 2 such is a new learning style for many of them. by junior high they are already trained to sit at their desk and shut-up. what you aspire to do is new for them. try to lure an outspoken student first. build it up slowly. attaining a beneficial role-playing set up doesn't happen in one day. it is part of the classroom culture. 3 sometimes, no matter how hard you try the chemistry still ain't there. Back to top surrealiaJoined: 11 Jan 2003Posts: 241Location: Taiwan Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2003 4:09 am Post subject: a better way First of all, I admire anyone who can teach junior high school students in Taiwan. That takes guts! I find role play works much better when you give them some time to practice. You could try these steps: 1) Show them some pictures/drawings related to the subject of the role play. Ask "What is he saying?" "What is she saying?". Call on individual students to give you some lines, and you put the sentences/phrases up on the board. 2) Assign them to do role plays in groups. They will do a better job in the end if they have time to rehearse. To reduce the stress level, they can write the role play down before reading it or even roleplay in Chinese (Taiwanese?) the first time around. 3)Try doubling the size of the groups. For example, if your role play calls for 3 characters, make a group of 6. Get three of them to do the role play while the other 3 watch. Then they switch. Each group can then choose the better sub-group to do the roleplay for the class. 4) Walk around and monitor while they are practicing. If a group is not working, hover over them until they start. (You may feel like you are wasting time, but you will get much better results if you give them some time to prepare.) 5) After 30 minutes, clap your hands and tell them that in a minute you want them to do the role play in front of the class WITHOUT THEIR NOTES. Then tell them you want them to practice one more time, and to add something to their role play (more dialogue, some action, some gestures, etc.) 6) FINALLY, get groups to come up in front of the class and perform. By this time, they should have something pretty good. I hope this works for you. Best of luck! Back to top surrealiaJoined: 11 Jan 2003Posts: 241Location: Taiwan Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2003 4:13 am Post subject: oh I forgot here's a link you might find useful: http://www.eslflow.com/roleplaysdramatheatregames.html Back to top jason_seeburnJoined: 26 Apr 2003Posts: 399Location: Toronto Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2003 8:51 pm Post subject: []][[]Last edited by jason_seeburn on Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:16 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top tjpnz2000Joined: 22 May 2003Posts: 118Location: Japan Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 12:00 am Post subject: Fully agree with surrealia. In addition, students are usually VERY self-consious at junior high school age, how many times did we put up our hands then when we were 13? If I want to do role play I often pick the strongest student in the class and do the role-play with that student. When I do it I over act. over pronounce and generally play it for laughs. The student is in the role of my straight man so to speak. This shows the students that the idea is to have fun and if I'm not embarrised then there is no reason for them to be. Of course, you have to balance this with not being a clown. It is a fine line to walk between having fun and loosing all respect. I think my students know that I can have fun with them but that I will not tolerate challenges to my authority, but it is a daily struggle maintaining the balance. That I guess is why they pay us the big bucks. Back to top SunpowerJoined: 22 Jan 2003Posts: 256Location: Taipei, TAIWAN Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 5:39 pm Post subject: I teach JR. High once a week and it's like pulling teeth to get them to do anything. I had to throw a couple of them out in order to get their attention. I've since learned it's lucky that I'm still alive. Ha, aha!! 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MacBookPro8,1/8,2/8,3 (2011)
discuss at https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1021706
Installation CD
use latest version in http://releng.archlinux.org/isos/
For 3.1 Kernel:
install b43-firmware-latest from AUR.
download the latest package from http://linuxwireless.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/
$ cd compat-wireless-2011-10-09 $ scripts/driver-select b43 $ make $ sudo make install $ sudo make wlunload $ sudo rmmod bcma $ modprobe b43 # it should works.
add 'blacklist bcma' to '/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf'
Note that after every kernel update you will have to recompile the module for the new kernel:
$ cd compat-wireless-2011-10-09 $ make clean $ make $ sudo make install
more see https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=129849
For 3.2 Kernel:
Install compat-wireless-patched and b43-firmware-latest packages from AUR. Note that b43-firmware-latest depends on 'linux<3.2', so change that to read 'linux>3.2' in the PKGBUILD.
yaourt -S compat-wireless-patched b43-firmware-latest
Unload bcma module and load b43 module
$ sudo rmmod bcma $ sudo modprobe b43
That's it. The wireless should work now.
Ethernet: works out-of-the-box
Bluetooth: Unkown
Keyboard & TouchPad
default F1 key represents XF86MonBrightnessDown, if you want it represents to F1.
echo 2 > /sys/module/hid_apple/parameters/fnmode # value 1: F1 is XF86MonBrightnessDown # value 2: F1 is F1, Fn + F1 is XF86MonBrightnessDown.
and put that into /etc/rc.local
Two finger scrolling and left-click works out of the box. Unfortunately the right-click is not functional.
To enable most of the multitouch touchpad features (even right and middle clik) use mtrack, which is avaible in AUR. The configuration is done via the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-mtrack.conf file. Check if the mtrack module is properly loaded in the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file. Sometimes xorg loads other drivers before, like eg. synpatics, and the mtrack driver is not used at all.
Video & Screen
Intel HD Graphics 3000: works with xf86-video-intel
Adjust Brightness: works with xorg-xbacklight For example:
xbacklight -inc 7 # increase brightness xbacklight -dec 7 # decrease brightness
15-inch and 17-inch
AMD Radeon HD 6490M: Unknown
AMD Radeon HD 6750M: works with xf86-video-ati
Adjust Brightness: boot into Mac OS X and change it, then boot back.
8,1 and 8,2
$ alsamixer # unmute 'Front Speaker' and 'Surround Speaker'
Suspend & Hibernate
For s2ram install uswsusp-git and add to file /etc/pm/config.d/module following content:
SUSPEND_MODULES="bcma b43" SLEEP_MODULE=uswsusp
Without this, system hangs after the machine wakes up and tries to reconnect to the wireless network.
HFS is mounted as Read-Only. By turning journaling off in OS X, the HFS+ file system will be read/write under Linux.
I had problems pairing devices, nothing was detected with
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There seems to be a conflict between the bluetooth module and the b43 one (wifi), as written in this blog post. The solution is to do the following:
# rmmod b43
pair your bluetooth device
# modprobe b43
Alternative solution
/etc/modprobe.d/b43.conf with the following content:
options b43 btcoex=0
Others that works-out-of-the-box
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