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Washington State teachers got a bitter civics lesson this spring, as legislators refused to implement fully plans to reduce class sizes and increase pay for teachers that were overwhelmingly endorsed by voters in statewide referendums last fall.
Washington Education Association
members responded with a May Day lesson of their own: More than 5,000 teachers, classroom aides, bus drivers and custodians walked out of Puget Sound-area schools in protest. Their one-day strike was followed by walkouts in school districts across the state, and union officials say mounting anger could escalate to statewide action. The new militancy mirrors a rise in teacher activism nationwide, which comes at a time of mounting cynicism about whether the new "education President" will significantly increase aid for schools. Senator
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sit-in has focused national attention on the burgeoning movement to pass ordinances that lift pay rates for public and nonprofit workers above the poverty level. More than sixty local governments and school boards--from Ypsilanti, Michigan, to New York City--have enacted living-wage ordinances, according to the
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)
. Miami Beach; Ann Arbor; Missoula, Montana; and Rochester, New York, have passed municipal living-wage provisions this year, as has the Richmond, Virginia, school board. Living-wage campaigns are currently under way in more than seventy-five other communities, including Pittsburgh, Little Rock and Sacramento--where local unions working in coalition with church and student groups have begun organizing mass rallies to press for city action. Some college-based campaigns, such as the one at
Wesleyan University
in Connecticut, have already succeeded, while major efforts continue not just at Harvard but at other schools such as Swarthmore, where the
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got a boost from folk singer
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when he appeared on campus. Living-wage movements have progressed to the state level--in Massachusetts the Senate has passed a proposal to guarantee regular wage hikes by indexing the state minimum wage to the Consumer Price Index. Backed by a coalition that includes the Massachusetts
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President Bush is drawing fire for his nomination of "do drugs, do time" extremist John Walters to serve as the nation's drug czar. A Heritage Foundation acolyte, Walters quit a Clinton Administration drug-policy job to protest moves to spend more money on treatment. In a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing he dismissed calls for greater emphasis on prevention and treatment as "this ineffectual policy--the latest manifestation of the liberals' commitment to a 'therapeutic state' in which government serves as the agent of personal rehabilitation." How does Walters propose to win the drug war? He's a big fan of stepping up US drug-war interventions in Colombia and Peru. He opposes state moves to exempt users of medical marijuana from drug laws. He calls complaints that drug law enforcement tactics disproportionally penalize young black men one of "the greatest urban myths of our time" and dismisses as "utter fantasy" the claim that jails are packed with drug users who need treatment--despite Bureau of Justice Statistics data showing that 25 percent of America's 2 million prisoners were locked up for drug offenses.... One Republican who is definitely not on the Walters bandwagon is
New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson
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Wells and Covie Stanwick were practically born with lacrosse sticks in their hands.
By the time they could walk, they were trying to emulate their older siblings Sheehan, Wick, Coco, Tad and Steele, who were beginning to lay the groundwork that would make the name Stanwick synonymous with Baltimore lacrosse. All five helped their high school teams win championships and went on to stellar college careers -- four as All-Americans who played in at least one Final Four.

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Investors are becoming more strategic in planning successful financial futures by using self-directed IRAs to acquire alternative investments to build wealth for retirement. These individuals seek advice from certified public accountants for tax preparation and guidance on earning tax-free and tax-deferred investment income. The point? "Healthy retirement portfolios depend not simply on the investor, but also his or her financial advisors," says Jack Callahan, Managing Partner at Advanta IRA Administration.
Self-directed retirement plans give the account owners total control in acquiring alternative assets of their own choosing—things the investors know and understand themselves—instead of relying on a third party to make investments for them. "Self-direction puts investors in the driver's seat of securing their own successful financial futures," says Callahan.
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With a busy summer and a severe case of writers block, I thought I would do a post on an art project I did myself. It's a 36″x12″ embossed piece of copper foil. It's really easy to do, pretty inexpensive compared to other art projects and makes for an interesting and original piece to hang on your walls. So, if you are looking for something to do in a day, give this a shot.
Please note, before you critique the merits of my art talent, I have a few of disclaimers. First, once upon a time, I considered myself an artist. I took a ton of art classes in high school and college, and even received an art scholarship. Those days are now long gone along with rotary phones and Betamax. Today, my art skills have become pretty darn rusty. So in other words, cut me some slack. Secondly, taking a good photo of really shiny metal is difficult, so I don't think these photos do the piece justice. And thirdly, well…yada, yada, yada. Okay, enough already. On with the project.
So, if you want to create your own piece, here's what you'll need:
- A piece of copper or silver foil found at your local art shop.
- Tracing paper I found at a fabric store.
- A large piece of foam core.
- Embossing tools. I used a couple different wood sculpting items used for sculpting clay.
- Something pointed and sharp, like a pen.
- A hammer
- Maid-O'-Metal Plastic Luster
To prepare the design:
- Sketch out your design. This is where I usually get stuck. Yikes, new ideas. This time I was inspired by my trip to Alaska and all the Native American art I saw. I created my own interpretation of their animal artwork. Since the full sheet of metal is an odd size, I had to use several pieces of paper to create the design. The metal is pretty thin. So, if you like, cut it down to a more manageable size. Although, I like the full size it comes in.
- Trace over your designs onto the tracing paper. Remember, you'll be working in reverse.
- Place your tracing paper on the metal and trace your design from the paper. It doesn't seem to stick well, but at least you'll have a guideline to work from.
Now the fun part:
- Place the foil on the foam core. You need something soft under the metal, so that when you press on it, it will have some give to the metal.
- Start by using something sharp to trace an outline each piece.
- Next, press into the metal with the wooden tools. I flipped the metal over so some parts were concaved and other convexed. This took some thought as I went along, especially when it came to the eyes.
- When I was done, I thought the background needed some texture. I took a hammer and lightly pounded it.
- Once you are finished, brush a light layer of the Plastic Luster to keep it from dulling.
That's it! Easy to do in a day. If you should attempt this, send us a photo of the finished piece and we'll show it off.
One more note. Besides the metal being shiny, another factor I have to deal with when taking a photo is my dog. He always tries to get in every shot. How can I resist not adding him? He's such a cutie and a ham.
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Paul Worley says:
Deborah, A couple of the copper pieces I have worked on.
Beautiful pieces Paul. I've tried using a flame too, but could never get the colors like you did. What is your method?
Paul Worley says:
Deborah, you asked how I got flame colors on my copper art. I used a bernzomatic micro torch. similar to: http://www.amazon.com/Bernzomatic-2880116-Butane-Micro-Torch/dp/B003RVN5F6
I figured I would need something more powerful than what I was using, which was just a grill lighter. I'll check that out. Thanks.
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Google pictures of copper patina and see what a huge variety of colors, hues and effects there are – almost daunting to see how much variety is available. I remember my dad using something he called liver of sulfur to stain the whole copper picture once it was all embossed out, then the steel wool was used to softly shine up only the most projected parts of the picture, or all the embossed portions, depending on what he wanted. I hope to get a piece done soon, pretty sure I wont have time to do a patina stain due to the timing (a going away thing for my boss)but the next piece I will definitely try staining. I will post a link to it here when one or both are done if you like. regards, paul
I would love to see it. Please post a link or send me an email to email@example.com. I could show off your art work and process. I'm sure others that work with copper would like to see what you do and how you do it.
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Check this 60 year old Copper Alaskan ART OUT :
Very nice copper piece of the Beaver!
Paul Worley says:
thanks for posting, I like the way it came out! Alaskan type art is great for this kind of media. My father used to do this kind of art years ago when we lived in AK. He experimented with some staining techniques also, finishing up with a polishing with fine steel wool – leaving even more of a distressed and dark antique look to the background or non embossed areas. He also used to use flat black paint on some backgrounds to really make the embossed shiny areas really visually pop out.
I love Alaska, it's so beautiful. You're lucky to have the opportunity to have lived there. I've been planning on another copper project and I will have to play with some of those techniques. I like the idea of the steel wool for the background. I wasn't happy with hammer look that I used because it made it harder to distinguish the embossed parts, but it didn't look finished without it. Thanks for the ideas and input.
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If you've ever been jealous of Rihanna's edgy hairstyles, this should make you feel better: A source told the Daily Mail that the singer spends a whopping $22,400 a week paying her stylist, Ursula Stephen.
Apparently Rihanna's many public appearances and constantly changing style takes a toll on her wallet. "Rihanna likes to pioneer new styles but it's costing her a fortune," a member of her entourage told the Daily Mail. We'll say! Though the source also said that "most of these costs are paid for by her management." If only we had management like that.
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Basically, i have a 3GS, she has a 4S. We both wont have a smartphone without a screen protector & we both like the flip wallet kind of case. A typical example being:
Now with my 3GS, i don't have a problem - fit the screen protector, put the phone into the case & away i go.
My sister did hers but the case where it grips the phone keeps lifting & bubbling the screen protector - not good.
I don't know if it's this type of case, or just a faulty case. The 3GS has rounded edges whereas the 4S has box edges. She also had to have a bit of a battle to fit the phone in the case & a bigger battle getting the phone out.
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Between clubhouse chemistry, injuries and drama surrounding their manager, nothing went right for the Red Sox in 2012. Now, with John Farrell manning the dugout and a new concentration on character guys in the clubhouse, the only thing left for the 2013 Red Sox to succeed may be health. Pete Abraham told Dale Arnold on NESN Daily that as long as this team stays healthy, they should still be playing for something in September. Abraham also said this will be an easy team for fans to cheer for. Since they'll be rebounding from a season in the AL East gutter, they'll have an underdog mentality that will be easy to rally around. To hear what Abraham expects out of the Red Sox in 2013, watch the video above.
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"Sons of Anarchy" is in production for Season 5 and has started dropping some great tidbits for the fans, including this new behind-the-scenes video called "Before the Anarchy."
Rockmund Dunbar, who plays Sheriff Eli Roosevelt on the show, sums it up best with his assessment of Season 5:
"I thought they did it all last season, but apparently they're creative enough to come up with some more incredible s***. So stay tuned for it. It's gonna be amazing, it's gonna be hot. And people are gonna die. Because that's what we do on this show. We kill motherf***ers."
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Yes. But, as kids, there was no instruction. We learned as a pure trial and error/stimulus response activity. Cognition of what we were trying to learn often got in the way of actually learning how to do it. Thus, some kids seemed to "get it" right away. And other kids struggled for some period of time. In the comic strip Calvin and Hobbs, Calvin struggles with learning to ride a bicycle while his Dad who does ride often is of no real help. Ask any kid who rides how he/she does that and teach it to a kid who does not ride for an example of frustration.
Some years ago, a guy was selling a vhs tape of how to teach a kid to ride a bicycle in about 20-40 minutes. I haven't seen it. but am led to believe that it works pretty well.
A cupple years prior to that "Bicycle" magazine ran a blurb on how tough it was to teach a highly motivated and well intentioned adult to ride a bicycle. The guy eventually learned. At the time it amazed me that that such 'experts' would not know how to do that?
My grandkids cannot ride a bicycle and seem to have no interest, wtf?
Nice one. Boon Boon. That exemplifies the current thinking on how to get the job done. I took the pedals off the crank for my grandkids to use as a hobby horse learning steering and balance. Their interest was less than stellar.
But, the bicycle riders still do not have the cognition to understand what they are doing. And that lack of knowledge prevents them from teaching the technique. Another poster noted that none of the non-bicycle riding students in the MSF class passed and that the skill was too hard to teach there. I concur as none such students in my MSF class learned to ride either. But, I didn't know then what I know now about teaching how to ride a bicycle. The bicycle is the cheap and less dangerous way of learning the skill which then can be transfered to motorcycles.
I know some pretty accomplished motorcycle road racers who do not understand how a bike steers nor how they do it for themselves. Their talent for riding is not diminished for that lack. But their ability to instruct is hampered.
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After watching Travis Custis have a breakout season last year at Lovejoy, the teams offensive coordinator Craig Chatman believed good things were in store for the running back heading into this season.The big key, according to Chatman, was keeping the talented junior healthy. Despite playing six games on a hurt ankle last season, Custis rushed for 905 yards on 164 carries and 14 touchdowns. We saw what he could do, and were pretty amazed by it all, Chatman said. We knew he could have a good year, if he was healthy. During the offseason, Custis went to work in the weight room. The Wildcats patched up an offensive line that graduated four starters. The result was an even bigger year for the 6-foot-1, 210- pounder, who Chatman calls a beast in the weight room. Heading into Fridays Class AAAA semifinal against Warner Robins, Custis has 1,675 yards rushing and 29 touchdowns. He scored twice in the sixth-ranked Wildcats win over Ware County last week, including a 62-yard run that sealed the win. He finished with 203 yards on 24 carries. He has done a tremendous job, Lovejoy coach Al Hughes said. What he did last season surprised a lot of people because Travis is just a real quiet kid. After starting running back Rashad Samuel sustained a leg injury early in the season, Custis became the workhorse in the Wildcats offense. Even after Samuel returned, Custis never relinquished the starting role. Custis has shown his durability with an average of 20 carries per game. It seems he gets stronger as the game goes. Hughes and Chatman compare his work ethic to Lovejoys former all-state running back, Tashard Choice, who is now in the NFL. He has some of the same traits as Tashard had when he was here, Chatman said. Nobody is going to outwork him in the weight room. Custis and the Lovejoy offense will face a big test Friday against Warner Robins. The Demons, who come into the contest at Twelve Oaks Stadium at 11-2, have a stingy defense. Warner Robins has allowed only 156 points, an average of 12 per game. Ninety-one of those points, however, came in three games, and Warner Robins has held seven opponents to single digits, including two shutouts. At times, our defense has played pretty well, but weve been a little inconsistent in some games, Demons coach Bryan Way told the Macon Telegraph. Now it is the Demons turn to try to stop Custis.
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He didn't call him an Uncle Tom. He said people in his camp/friends would label what he did, saying he wanted to beat Nelson for the BOSS, an Uncle Tom move.
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I haven't been back to Hathor Zhi. It still struggles in towns or populated areas, but overall they've ironed out a lot of the issues that were there. The game pauses far less than it did and the 4-5 second freezes I was getting before are no longer there. In the patch notes it said "fixed memory leak" which I think was related to the problem.
New areas load up almost seamlessly now. Much improved compared to before.
From what I remember, though, I was getting better frames in populated areas than before. I'll take a screenshot or two when I boot it here in a second.
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Jailbreak developer chpwn is at it again and plans on releasing his new tweak VoiceActivator hopefully this week. VoiceActivator will allow you to take full control of your iPhone or iPod touch's voice control feature. It will allow users to launch apps, open URLs, use Activator actions all within the standard voice control feature.
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I'm looking forward to trying it out that's for sure!
I use voice commands to call sometimes. It's somewhat convenient when you don't want or can't touch the phone. But I think the experience is horribly slow. Horribly slow. And you need to be pedantic. No wonder voice interfaces really haven't become a common place input, control mechanism.
I want the option to voice speech to text standard on my SMS. Kind of the way Android does it. It would very useful especially when I need to send out a text while I'm on the road, driving. Why hasn't apple done this already?
That would be a very welcome feature for me as well!


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9 credits in Economics, 1 in Mathematics
- ECON 132 (US) Introduction to Economic Inquiry (1)
- MATH 140 or equivalent
- ECON 230 (QA*) Economic Statistics (1)
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- ECON 363 Microeconomic Theory (1)
- ECON 364 Macroeconomic Theory (1)
- ECON 470W Advanced Topics in Economics (1)
- ECON 496W Senior Research Seminar (1)
- Three elective credits in Economics (3)
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Economic theory (3)
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- ECON 363 Microeconomic Theory
- ECON 364 Macroeconomic Theory
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Data Analysis* (1)
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The beginnings of mining instruction
The foundation of Bergakademie Freiberg was the outcome of the well-established Freiberg teaching tradition in mining. The first discovery of silver in the area in 1168 was to bring about a mining boom throughout Saxony. While at the begin the mining and melting of the metal was relatively uncomplicated, from the 14th century on these processes required more thorough knowledge of surveying, assaying and metallurgy.
This expertise of the miners and mining officials was handed down from generation to generation. However, soon this was no longer adequate. The timely invention of the printing press provided the unseen possibility to record such knowlegde and make it accessible for teaching. The first mining textbook "Eyn volgeordnet und nützlich büchlein/ wie man Bergwerck suchen und finden soll" by Ulrich Rülein von Calw came out in 1500 and was an attempt to give the experience of Saxon miners a scientific basis.Another book, "De re metallica" (1556) by Georgius Agricola (1495-1555) became fundamental in the instruction of all miners and metallurgists from the 16th to the 18th centuries.
After Agricola's time, the most remarkable scientific achievement are records of the period 1650 - 1673 by the Freiberg mine surveyor Balthasar Rößler, published in 1700 as "Hellpolierter Bergbauspiegel".
The introduction of the mining fellowship fund "Stipendienkasse"The mining expertise of Abraham von Schönberg (1640-1711) is evident in the scientific handbook of business administration "Ausführliche Berginformationen " (1693). His outstanding merit, however, was setting up a mining fellowship fund, the Freiberg "Stipendienkasse" in 1702, which was to become a crucial factor for the later foundation of the Bergakademie. By decree of the Saxon ruler Friedrich August, the Stipendienkasse was given an annual budget of 300 Meißner Gulden (The "Meißner Gulden" was the standard unit of account used in books at the time. At around 1700 it was worth about 2/3 of the actual coin, the "Taler") to pay grants. In this way a teaching tradition in mining was established to help the miners afford to acquire the increasingly complex know-how in mining and assaying.
The first student to be granted such a fellowship in 1702 was Sebastian Heinrich Lippert, a student of assaying. Records of the years from 1702 to 1756 list 114 fellowship holders who studied mine surveying and assaying.
The first laboratory for montanistic studiesThe teaching of mining in Freiberg gained a new dimension when in 1733 a laboratory for montanistic studies was set up by Johann Friedrich Henckel (1675-1744). His teaching of applied and theoretical chemistry, metallurgy and mining was largely based on practical experience. The students descended into the mines, went to smelting plants and were given thorough instruction as to the production processes.
After Henckel had died, the laboratory was taken over by Christlieb Ehregott Gellert (1713-1795), Bergakademie's first teacher of metallurgical chemistry.
An international school from its outsetFrom its very beginnings mining instruction in Freiberg attracted students from beyond Saxony. Students began to arrive from all over Germany as well as from abroad, with the first coming from Russia in 1706, somewhat later also from Sweden, Norway and Switzerland. Some of them made a name for themselves later on: Mikhail Vazileviz Lomonosov (1711-1765) is referred to as the father of Russian science, Carl Eugen Pabst von Ohain (1718-1784) and Friedrich Wilhelm von Oppel (1720-1769) became Chief Mining Officers in Freiberg.
The foundation of Bergakademie in 1765In the period 1700-1765 several concepts were put forward for a mining college in Freiberg. In November 1765, during a visit to Freiberg of the Saxon Prince Regent Xaver and the then infant elector Friedrich August II, the Saxon Chief Mining Officer Friedrich Anton von Heynitz and the Freiberg Chief Mining Officer Friedrich Wilhelm von Oppel submitted to the sovereign an elaborate plan to set up a "Mining Academy". It was then on 21 November 1765 that the people of Freiberg received written notification: Prince Xaver had agreed to the foundation of the Bergakademie Freiberg. This makes the university the oldest specialist school for mining and metallurgy in the world. It is even listed in the Guinness Book of Records.
It foresaw colleges in the fields of metallurgy and chemistry (C.E.Gellert) and mathemathics (J.F.W.Carpentier) as well as a mineral collection, a library, a collection of maps, reports on mining field trips, instruments and models by the Mining Inspector Christoph Hieronymus Lommer. The plan also laid down principles for the teaching of surveying and assaying, and regulations on salaries and grants.
In a decree of 15th March 1766 the Saxon Prince Regent Xaver ordered that the budget of Stipendienkasse of 1702 be combined with a new fund of 1200 Taler made available to set up the mining school Bergakademie Freiberg.
The first matriculations at Bergakademie
Teaching began in spring 1766 with a course in chemistry and mathematics held in that building in Akademiestraße 6 which nowadays houses Bergakademie's administration.
In the first academic year of 1766/67 19 students were matriculated. Number one on the list and the first grantholder was Friedrich Wilhelm von Trebra (1740-1819) from Thuringia in Germany who received 100 Taler (later raised to 200 Taler) from the mining fellowship fund "Stipendienkasse". He took instruction in mineralogy, metallurgy, surveying, mining and mapping, and later advanced to the post of Chief Mining Officer. Number two was August Beyer, a miner from Schneeberg who was to add academic schooling to his practical experienc in surveying and assaying.
Both the availability of grants and the quality of instruction in Freiberg began to attract a greater number of miners and students from Germany, Europe and even from overseas.
The first non-German, a student from Amsterdam, Holland, matriculated at the newly founded Bergakademie Freiberg in 1771, followed by nationals of Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Norway, England and other countries in Europe. The first non-Europeans were a student from Madeira and one from Argentine who matriculated in 1816. The first American was Wilhelm Heinrich Keating from Philadelphia who came to Freiberg in 1819.
Bergakademie's excellent reputation
At a celebration marking the Bergakademie's 225th anniversary in November 1990 the then Rector, Prof. Dr. Horst Gerhard, pointed out that the Bergakademie Freiberg as one of the five leading mining schools in German-speaking countries is the oldest in the world, and both a traditional and modern centre for teaching and research. In his jubilee speech he stated:
"The nature of good traditions is in the consistency of their quality rather than in the number of years. Good tradition always makes demands on both the present and the future. The reputation our university has gained since it was founded is owed to its excellence in teaching as well as in research."
The City and Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg TodayThe mining industry shaped both the town of Freiberg and its university. Spanning a 300-year tradition Freiberg is still the headquarters of the government mining administration in Saxony and Germany's top region for mining-related consultancy services.
In more recent times Freiberg has made a name for itself throughout Europe as both a high-tech location for micro technology and renewable energy as well as a center for material cycles and solar technology. Nowadays the modern equivalents of old Freiberg's silver are silicon and gallium arsenide. Out of the region's dynamic economy have arisen multiple cooperative programmes. It is this close collaboration between research and business which allows Freiberg to be on the cutting-edge of technology in these areas.
In the course of the reunification of Germany (1989/1992) Bergakademie saw a major reorganization. It attained the formal status of Technical University in 1993 and was restructured in 1994 into the six departments it currently comprises. 2002 was marked by the inauguration of the Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg Foundation. In 2005 the university is meeting its 240th anniversary.
Freiberg achievements and prominent names
In Freiberg two elements were discovered. During the chemical analysis of a mineral, Clemens Alexander Winkler (1873 - 1902) noticed a difference that appeared again and again, which eventually led to isolating the element Germanium in 1886. This discovery confirmed Mendelejew's Periodical System of Elements. Mendelejew had predicted an element with the characteristics of Germanium as "Ekasilizium". In 1863 the chemist Hieronymus Theodor Richter (1824 - 1898) and the physicist Ferdinand Reich (1799 - 1882) discovered the metal Indium. It received its misleading name due to its characteristic indigo blue spectrum line.
Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749 - 1818), the most important teacher of the Mining Academy, brought order into the study of minerals and rocks. He laid the groundwork for mineralogy, geology and geological deposit studies to develop as independent sciences.
Famous names are also among the students of the Mining Academy: Alexander von Humboldt (1769 - 1859) sent his book "Mineralogical Observations of Several Basalts at the Rhine River" to Abraham Gottlob Werner in Freiberg and asked for permission to study at the Mining Academy. In 1790, the founder of animal and plant geography, climatology and landscape studies was permitted to study.
August Wilhelm Lampadius (1772 - 1842) made an important illuminating discovery in Freiberg. The professor assembled a gas lamp in his house on Fischergasse (Fischer Street), which became the first on the European Continent. He developed the principle of gas lights so that it could be used in an industrial factory for the first time. Furthermore, he equipped the first university in the world with his chemical-metallurgical laboratory in 1796/97.
Novalis (1772 - 1801), "the tiller of new ground" started his studies in Freiberg in 1797, and a year later used his pseudonym for literary publications for the first time. Besides attending lectures, going on excursions and working shifts in the mines, he wrote "Blütenstaub" and "Hymns for the Night". In "The Lehrlinge von Sais" as well as in his novel fragment "Heinrich von Ofterdingen", Friedrich von Hardenberg created a literary monument for his teacher Werner.
Lomonossow, Czar Peter I and Goethe came here not as students but to study nonetheless.
An odd fact about the history of the Mining Academy has to do with the Dungeon which was used from 1851 - 1872 and can still be visited today. Students were punished by being sent to the Dungeon. In the beginning, students were punished for not turning in books or written works. Later, they were sent to the Dungeon for more serious offences like insulting a teacher or a fellow student or for arguing with one of the night watchmen in Freiberg. The longest punishment recorded in the Dungeon Book lasted 14 days. Nevertheless, only 48 students were punished here during its 20 years of locally notorious use.
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I'm looking at a plane that has the Lycoming O-320. Has been upgraded to a 160 HP per Ram STC with chrome cylinders. 150 hrs SMOH. Heres the kicker, the overhaul was performed in 1992. The plane has always been hangared so the engine wasn't in direct contact with the elements. Runs great with the all the compressions in the high 70's. Man that had the plane only flew it about 15 hrs a year.
Should I expect troubles with an engine that has been treated like this?
My A&P and I are going to do a prebuy on it tomorrow, I trust his judgement, I just would like a few other opinions.
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Re: Low time Lycoming, ready for retirement??
In '86 I bought a '68 skylane with 1400hrs total time on it (O-470-R...1500TBO). It had been flown once in the previous year and very little for the two years prior to that. It had been tied down outdoors since '72 in San Jose Ca.
I had a leaky exhaust valve two years later & OVH thay cyl.
In '93 I OVH the engine with nearly 2000hrs on it.
I think I've been very fortunate to find this particular plane.
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I have a 1956 C172 with a Continental O300. My engine was overhauled in 1967 and todate only has 700 hours on it. The previous owners did not really fly it much but it was hangared for most of it's life. The only engine work I've had to do in the 10 years I have owned it is replace the genrator with an alternator (the genrator worked fine, I just wanted an alternator instead) and I've had to replace one cylinder because oif a crack that developed at the base. The mags had had a little bit of work done over the years but nothing real major or costly. Not to suggest that you will have as good of luck as I have had but I've been fortunate. Oh yeah, my compression is in the mid to high 70's.
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Well my A&P did a pre-buy on the plane and found nothing to worry about with the engine. It looked as if it was installed last week. The entire plane was in great condition.
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Boyceville Fire and Ambulance crew members are nursing three piglets back to health after saving the tiny porkers from the fire.
The three piglets were pulled from the burning barn, but they didn't make it out unharmed.
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Leading human rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have raised serious concerns about the legality of drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen.
The two organisations have conducted separate investigations into specific strikes to highlight how civilians are being killed. Such killings, they claim, are a violation of international law.
The groups say the US must investigate all drone attacks that kill civilians and those responsible for such 'unlawful killings' should be disciplined or prosecuted.
The reports follow calls last week by two UN experts for more disclosure of information about drone deaths.
A report by Christof Heyns, the special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, called for nations that operate armed drones to be more transparent and 'publicly disclose' how they use them.
This was followed by the findings of Ben Emmerson, a British barrister and UN special rapporteur on counter-terrorism, who urged the US to 'release its own data on the level of civilian casualties' caused by drone strikes.
Amnesty's report focuses on drone strikes in Pakistan. Human Rights Watch has concentrated on airstrikes, including those conducted by drones, in Yemen.
The Amnesty report, Will I be next? US drone strikes in Pakistan, names a group of 18 labourers, including a 14-year-old boy, killed in a drone attack on Pakistan in July 2012. This is the first time that all victims of the strike have been identified.
The group of men had been gathered for their evening meal when the first strike hit. In July field research by the Bureau found that this strike was then followed by another attack that killed rescuers trying to retrieve bodies. This was confirmed by Amnesty's research.
The report states: 'Amnesty International has serious concerns that this attack violated the prohibition of the arbitrary deprivation of life and may constitute war crimes or extrajudicial executions.'
Over nine months Amnesty researchers reviewed 45 incidents from the past 18 months in North Waziristan, the area hit most frequently by recent CIA-operated drone strikes. As well as the attack on the group of labourers the report also points to another drone strike in October 2012 which killed a 68-year-old grandmother who was looking after her grandchildren. The death of Mamana Bibi in this attack had already been highlighted by the Bureau's Naming the Dead project, which records all named casualties of US drone strikes in Pakistan. 'Bibi' means 'grandmother' in Urdu and Pashtun, and much of the earlier reporting on this case refers to her as 'Bibi Mamana'.
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Amnesty researchers spoke to Pakistani intelligence sources who said that a local Taliban fighter had used a satellite phone on a road close to where Mamana Bibi was killed about 10 minutes before the strike. The sources said they were not aware of the reason for the old woman's killing but assumed it was related to the Taliban fighter's proximity to her.
However Amnesty found no other evidence of militants in the area at the time of the attack, and the site of the drone strike was nearly 1,000ft away from the nearest road.
Mustafa Qadri, who led the research said: 'We cannot find any justification for these killings. There are genuine threats to the USA and its allies in the region, and drone strikes may be lawful in some circumstances. But it is hard to believe that a group of labourers, or an elderly woman surrounded by her grandchildren, were endangering anyone at all, let alone posing an imminent threat to the United States.'
The Human Rights Watch report, Between a Drone and Al-Qaeda, looks at attacks in Yemen and similarly highlights incidents where civilians were killed. It looks at six strikes that together killed 82 people, including at least 57 civilians.
The strikes investigated included a a drone-assisted airstrike on a passenger van which killed 12 civilians. Human Rights Watch spoke to 23-year-old Ahmad al-Sabooli, whose father, mother and 10-year-old sister was killed.
A demand for transparency
The reports stress the need for more transparency around drone attacks, particularly in relation to the victims killed.
Amnesty's call for transparency focuses on the difficulties faced by the families of drone victims in getting compensation. The report argues that the lack of disclosure about drone strikes means that victims are able to access neither justice nor recompense.
'Secrecy surrounding the drones program gives the US administration a license to kill beyond the reach of the courts or basic standards of international law… What hope for redress can there be for victims of the drone attacks and their families when the USA won't even acknowledge its responsibility for particular strikes?' the report asks.
More than a year after the death of the grandmother Mamana Bibi, for example, her family has not received any acknowledgement that she was killed by a US drone, let alone any compensation, says Amnesty.
The human rights group also expresses concern that the Pakistan government is failing to protect and enforce the rights of victims of drone strikes. It says: 'Pakistan has a duty to independently and impartially investigate all drone strikes in the country and ensure access to justice and reparation for victims of violations.'
A question of namesNaming the Dead project, launched last month, aims to record the names of casualties of the CIA drone campaign in Pakistan in an attempt to bring more transparency to this under-reported conflict. The data is regularly updated, even when there is confusion, or more than one name provided.
The Bureau's data suggests at least 2,500 people have died in these attacks including more than 400 civilians, and yet only one in five of the casualties can so far be identified.


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Five Foods for a Healthy Digestive System and Healthy Stomach
Best Foods for Healthy Digestive System.
Abdominal discomfort is not a rare thing and often bloating and belching give that uncomfortable feeling. High intake of unhealthy foods such as processed foods and hydrogenated oils can cause stomach problems. To keep your digestive system healthy you need to have a good diet. Eat should eat right foods in right portions and keep your immune system healthy.
Here is the list of five best foods for a healthy digestive system.
Five Foods for a Healthy Digestive System and Healthy Stomach:
- Yogurt:
Yogurt contains Probiotic – beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract, good bacteria that aid in digestion and keep the immune system healthy.
- Oats:
Oats are rich in soluble fiber and also contain other nutrients such as selenium, thiamine, phosphorus, manganese and Vitamin E. All these are very good for metabolism and healthy bowel movement.
- Lentils:
These are great sources of dietary fiber and protein. Lentils are also rich in folic acid. Lentils are very good for cleaning the digestive system and a healthy stomach.
- Red beets:
Red beets are rich in potassium and magnesium and good for maintaining the health of your digestive tract. Red beets are good for the healthy bowel movements and constipation.
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Avocados are good because they are rich in dietary fiber and folate. The monounsaturated fatty acids in avocados are good for the digestive tract.
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As I'm sure many of you that I'm friends with on Facebook & Twitter are already aware, I was diagnosed w/ Type II Adult Onset Diabetes back in December. A week in the hospital is a heck of a gift for your 40th birthday huh? It actually goes a lot deeper than that, not only did I have to spend a week in the hospital but I also experienced firsthand what it's like to go blind, have cramps in every single muscle in your body, and lose feeling in both arms. Yeah, it's a whole lot of fun, I promise. Do you know the worst part of the whole thing was for me? It's that I could have totally avoided every bit of this…
Doing what I do for a living I spend more than a fair amount of my time sitting in front of a computer. While computers are great and all that, I don't think anyone has ever viewed them as a way to add days to our lives. In fact, most people I know that do what I do for a living are not as healthy as they should be. Unfortunately many of us accepted this as our lifestyle and are now paying the price. I look back 10 years and remember how healthy I once was, and how much energy I had back then and it's astonishing how quickly things can slip away when you take them for granted.
Obviously things are a lot different now, I quickly correct anyone who says that "I'm on a diet", because it's not a diet, it's a lifestyle change. If I look at my current regiment as anything other than permanent I could potentially shorten my lifespan, and for those of you that know me are already aware, I have a lot to live for these days, namely my little boy – who I want to see turn the world upside down (in a good way)! Fortunately my results have been great (almost too good at times, see my most recent events), I've lost almost 40lbs and for the first time in years I will be breaking 220lbs, I'm on my way to 199lbs as my goal, a few months ago I would have told you that I would have loved to have been 220lbs again. I have plans of running my first 5k this year and have been getting my body in shape despite some issues that have been plaguing me such as foot problems, etc. I've said it a thousand times, Diabetes picked the wrong guy!!!
A lot of people have asked what signs my body gave me that something wasn't right, even months leading up to the point where I was hospitalized I knew I wasn't 100%. Probably the biggest indicator for me was that I had this undying thirst that never seemed to subside, I would literally drink gallons of water each day and probably get up to go to the bathroom 10-12 times a night, between the fact that I was going often and a few other issues that I won't go into here I was convinced that I had prostate issues. Next on my list of things that should have told me I had diabetes was the fact that I could break out into an enormous sweat in the most odd places, like a freezing cold Razorback football game where everyone is wearing jackets and bundled up but I'm wearing an Under Armor t-shirt w/ sweat dripping off my nose. I also had lost all energy and felt horrible most of the time, getting out of bed was a struggle each morning and nothing seemed to help. I also put on a lot of weight and eventually started losing my vision, but the one thing that actually forced me to go to the doctor was a sharp, persistent pain in my left side that turned out to be my pancreas, liver, and spleen all enlarged at the same time. There was literally a visible area on my left side that hurt when I sat down and made it so that I couldn't get comfortable in any position.
It's important to note that Diabetes can mask itself in a bunch of different ways and it attacks everyone differently. Dr. Rook, my doctor that diagnosed me, pointed out in my last visit that years ago when people had what I had going on they would just die. Fortunately these days we do have a lot of research in place, and it's getting better. We know what to eat to keep our sugar levels regulated and we know what not to do. For those of us w/ Type 2 Diabetes we know that our situation doesn't have to be permanent. When diagnosed w/ Diabetes you usually have the answer to the question, "what will eventually kill me?", but it doesn't have to be that way — and it won't be for me.
This past year I got each of our employees at Pleth a blood glucose meter for Christmas, I hope they check their blood sugar from time to time. Early detection is a great way to get out in front of this disease, and that's the purpose for this blog post. The 25th annual "American Diabetes Association Alert Day" (PDF) sponsored by the American Diabetes Association is Tuesday, March 26. On this day there are a couple of things that you can do, a) check your blood sugar. If you get two readings after meals over 140, go see your doctor (mine was like 700 or something, I got high score on their machines). Secondly, the American Diabetes Association has a Diabetes Risk Test that you can take. I highly recommend taking it.
Hopefully none of you have Diabetes, but if you are diabetic, or pre-diabetic, hopefully I have just inspired you to be proactive and find out before it has a chance to knock you on your knees like it did me.


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Cox: King Novak soars into greatest-ever debate
World's No. 1-ranked player wins the Rogers Cup to move to 53-1 on the season.
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It took 40 years for Roger Federer to come along and seriously challenge one of the tennis world's basic covenants of faith: that Rocket Rod Laver was the greatest player ever to step on a court.
No sooner had Federer done enough to displace Laver, however, than Rafael Nadal arrived to not only become his chief rival, but to stake his own claim to the unofficial title of finest ever to play.
And just as Federer so quickly begat Nadal, those two have begat Novak Djokovic, who in a remarkably short period of time — less than a year, really — has started to put together a resume that will soon place him in that conversation with Federer and Nadal. He's better than either right now, that's clear.
Three in one generation? Could it be possible?
With 53 wins and just one defeat this season, plus two Grand Slam titles, plus seven other tournament victories including the Rogers Cup over American veteran Mardy Fish on Sunday afternoon, Djokovic may be in the midst of the greatest single tennis season of all-time.
Unlike Federer, who struggled to find traction on clay, and Nadal, who needed time to prove he could win away from the dirt, the 24-year-old Djokovic's most compelling claim to greatness may be that he is already superb on every surface.
He may not yet have won at Roland Garros, but he has multiple clay titles in major events, beating Nadal in all of them. He hasn't won the U.S. Open, but he might next month and already has proven his quality on hard courts like those of the Stade de Uniprix.
According to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Djokovic has "no weaknesses." He has raised the art of court positioning to a new level, and through fitness and diet has turned his body into a bendable machine that can twist and contort and make shots few thought possible.
He wasn't at his best against Fish, and it was surprising he needed three sets and almost two-and-a-half hours to win 6-2, 3-6, 6-4. Fish, probably the hottest player on tour other than Djokovic, had some chances, but Djokovic cruelly snatched them away, leaving the 29-year-old U.S. player one set short of what would easily have been the most significant triumph of his up-and-down pro career.
"It's really hard to take," said Fish. "I mean, just so much energy, mentally and physically, goes into going that far. I've never won one. I want it so badly, it hurts."
The maturation of Djokovic's game has been accompanied by his maturation as a young man. Whereas once his act seemed a bit tiresome — the endless ball-bouncing, the injury timeouts, the breathing problems, the family members all wearing the same tennis shirt — he now seems to be one of the more-liked players on tour, capable of being an ambassador for the sport through his demeanour and good humour.
Once he did hilarious imitations of other players — Maria Sharapova was a particularly good one — but now others, like countryman Janko Tipsarevic, do imitations of him, perhaps a sign of his rise to prominence. He is the leading man for a young tennis country, Serbia, that is now the rival of the sport's great powers like Spain, France and Russia.
If there were questions going into this Rogers Cup, it was how he would shake off the rust in his first competition since winning Wimbledon last month, and how the crown of being No. 1 in the world for the first time would fit.
Answers? A little rust that was shed easily, and just about perfectly, as Djokovic became the first player since Pete Sampras in 1993 to win his first event after becoming No. 1.
"It is probably a little mental advantage when you get on the court, knowing you're the player to beat," said Djokovic. "But, on the other hand, it adds the pressure and expectations as well because you are the favourite to win each match you play, whoever you play.
"It's a right balance in the end, trying to think just about the match, think about the next point, figuring out tactics to win against an opponent that day, not thinking about the position you have."
He has three Grand Slam victories in all, and he'll need many more to really wedge himself into that greatest-ever debate. But he's the best right now, with Nadal still in his prime and Federer still viewed by most as capable of winning majors.
All hail King Novak.
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You ever write red code?
I've only done a few simple ones. In some ways core wars is unrealistic -
size (instructions) can work against you while in the real world, people
are chosing to run "nifty screen savers" to help infect their system. Of
course, those screen savers are not small, and often, neither is the
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GCS/CM$/IT$/LS$/S/O$ !d--(++) !s !a+++(-----) C++$(++++) U++++$(+$) P+$>+++
L+++$(++) E W+++$(+) N+ o K w+$>++>+++ O-@ M+$ V-$>- !PS !PE Y+ PGP++
t@-(++) 5+@ X@ R- tv- b++ DI+++ D+ G--@ e+>++>++++ h(++)>+ r*>? z?
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On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> hi matt,
> if you ever want to learn the essence of assembly without the pain of
> assembly, look into "corewars". it's a very cool game. probably has as
> many websites devoted to it as nethack.
> i installed it from source, but i'd be willing to bet dollars for
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> > > i agree that assembly is a remarkable language to learn, because it
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> > > but i think it's definite overkill for matt. at least at this point.
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> > > pete
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> > Thanks for the insights...Never did hack using assembly, but did some hex
> > editing of Xcom games to get better weapons, those pesky aliens were in for a
> > shock, at least in the earlier stages.
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1838 Restrike Half Dollar in Silver1838 P50C Half Dollar, Judd-73 Restrike, Pollock-77, R.5, PR64 PCGS. On the obverse a bust of Liberty faces left with seven stars to the left and six to the right. Liberty wears a diadem and a ribbon inscribed LIBERTY. The date is below the bust. On the reverse an eagle flies in a plain field with the statutory legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around, and the denomination HALF DOLLAR below. Struck in silver with a reeded edge. The reverse shows the usual pie-shaped die cracks, an indication this is a restrike from later decades (1850s through 1870s). Both obverse and reverse have a significant presence of gunmetal gray toning, but when angled properly the depth of mirrors is evident. (PCGS# 11288)
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Maryland does not access points for tickets received for out of state traffic convictions generally. The ticket you received in Virginia would not be assigned points to go on your MD license unless it is a serious violation instead of something simple like a speeding ticket.
Maryland and Virginia are part of a Driver's License Agreement which allows them to report tickets received in a different state back to the home state. So though it is not likely that you will receive points on your MD license for the VA ticket, the ticket itself might show up on your driving record. Also make sure to take care of the VA ticket because both states are part of a Non-Resident Violator Compact which means if you fail to pay a ticket received in a different state than your home state is required to suspend your driver's license.
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The Bombay cat could refer to one of two different breeds. The British Bombay cat or the American Bombay cat. The British Bombay is the name given to black cats of the Asian group. They are of the Burmese type and have an all-black coat, toes and nose. There should be no paling or dilution of the sleek black coat. The American Bombay cat is the result of breeding between the American Short-hair and a Burmese cat. The goal was to breed a cat that looked like a black panther. The American version was developed in 1958 in Louisville by Nikki Horner of the Shawnee Cattery. The coat is the same jet black color as the British Bombay.
The Bombay cat has a very unique voice. This is not the traditional "meow" that most cats have. This applies to both the American and British breeds of Bombay cat. These cats are very affectionate and loving with their owners. They are considered to be heat-seeking cats, which means they love to curl up on their owner's laps to stay as warm as they can be. Bombay cats are curious and intelligent, like most cat breeds and are very playful in their youth. They crave the attention of their owners and will follow them from room to room.
Build (Male / Female)
Male: 12 pounds (6kg)
Female: 8-12 pounds (3-6kg)
Life Expectancy
The Bombay cat usually lives from 9-13 years.
Litter Size
On average the litter size will be 6 kittens.
The short-haired Bombay cat is easy to groom. Brushing and combing the coat once a week will keep it in great condition and keep the fur free from knots. This cat is a low shedding cat.


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The following is a description of a remote-control application for your NXT:
"NxtMgr is a utility that will allow you to control (your) Lego Mindstorms robots via Bluetooth. The program will allow you to define the port control, set the speed of different engines installed on the robot and the time of issuance of the order, among other possibilities.
To use NxtMgr, you need Palm OS 3.0"
The application costs 0.99USD and is available here in English and Spanish.
I haven't used the app and make no claim regarding it or its seller.