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I have probably tried every Android "home" app available. Touchwiz (which comes with my Samsung phone by default), the Froyo and Gingerbread AOSP launchers, LauncherPro, ADW.Launcher, Go Launcher, Zeam, the list goes on and on. These apps are generally considered the UI of Android, the desktop interface from which you launch apps and interact with various widgets.
I've had a serious Goldilocks problem with Android launchers. In a way, I think the choice itself is the problem. In iOS, you have Springboard. That's it. You take what Apple gives you and you like it. Even if you jailbreak, all you can do is dress it up. But on Android, every launcher app does things a little differently. Touchwiz and Go Launcher try to mimic iOS's Springboard. LauncherPro and ADW stick with the "stock" Android launcher paradigm, but try to add features or flexibility. Zeam just tries to be as small and fast as possible. All of them have something I like, but they all have something I don't. And ultimately, I gave up trying to find the ideal and stuck with the Gingerbread-themed Froyo launcher that came with with Serendipity, the custom ROM I use on my Samsung Captivate. Nothing really stood out.
Until now.
I knew SPB well from their work on Windows Mobile. They were almost single-handedly responsible for making Windows Mobile at least look like a modern smartphone OS (well, until HTC started doing their own thing). Now they've taken SPB Mobile Shell from Windows Mobile and reinvented it for Android, and in the process they've come up with an Android launcher that really stands out.
The first thing you'll notice is a little slide bug in the center of the dock. Slide this back and forth, and the screen drops away to a carousel view. You can spin the screens around as fast or slow as you need, and pick the right one out of the group. You can swipe from screen to screen like every other launcher out there, but I find this use of 3D (hence the name of the app) actually helps me find the panel I'm looking for quicker. The animation is fast and fluid, and the spin slows down with the natural, organic feel you would expect from Apple.
If you tap on the little three-panel icon in the lower right of the carousel view, you get the editing screen shown above. While this is completely intuitive in use, the screenshot looks little confusing. The carousel pulls back, so you're now looking slightly down at it rather than directly at it. Think the difference in perspective between an MMO like World of Warcraft and a first person shooter like Quake, respectively. In front of you between you and the carousel, you see several available but unused panels lying "flat" relative to the carousel. You can pull panels down from the carousel and put them in the stack, or pick up panels from the stack and insert them into the carousel. Like I said, it's quick and intuitive in use, and the screenshot really doesn't do the UI justice.
The panels available range from ad hoc things you build yourself to dedicated purpose panels that you might think of as full screen widgets. The included panels include time, calendar, SMS, weather, travel, images and more. These all show SPB's usual polish and attention to detail. I particularly liked the weather panel, complete with animated current conditions, although in the beta I used for this review, I couldn't get the weather to update reliably. I hope they get that ironed out for the release, because it's really neat.
You also have individual widgets supplied by SPB if you don't want to take up a whole panel for your calendar, say. What I really like about these is that they are all multi-state, and you can change them in size to fit the layout you have in mind. The time widget can be a 2×1 condensed clock, showing your next alarm, the time and small date, or a 4×1 clock showing the same but with longer, more descriptive date and time formats, or a 2×2 analog clock. When the screen is in edit mode (which you enter by tapping and holding an icon, just like every other launcher out there) SPB widgets have a white arrow in a green circle in their upper right corner, as seen above. Touch that arrow to switch modes.
Also note the black bar at the bottom of the above screenshot. This is the tray, where you can hold items, apps, shortcuts and widgets, if they overflow while you're moving stuff around. SPB Shell 3D automatically reflows each panel's contents for you, and this means you never have a "no more space on this home screen" error. It also means you don't have to tediously try to drag something from screen to screen to screen if you need to move it somewhere else. You can drop it in the tray, swipe over to where you're going, and drop it where it belongs from the tray.
In the lower right of the above shot, you see the standard grid icon for the app drawer. This is pretty standard stuff, smooth scrolling against a black background, but they managed to put in a nifty feature even here. When you're in edit mode, you'll see a little house icon over each app in the drawer that is also on the home screen. This is a great way to see at a glance what apps you have out on your panels and which apps you won't see unless you look in the drawer. Personally, I prefer to have just about everything on the home screen, so the only apps in my drawer that don't have little house icons are those that I launch by widget instead (BeyondPod, Rdio, etc.).
This is SPB Shell 3D's best feature, IMO. The stock launcher has had folders for some time, and even iOS finally gave up and admitted they were necessary. But there's a problem with home screen folders. Once you put something in them, even if the folder icon shows you tiny thumbnails of the icons, you rarely go back to that app. Folders are where apps go to be forgotten.
But SPB Shell 3D has a different approach. Yes, you can have folders that are just 1×1 thumbnails of the apps inside, but like Shell 3D's widgets, folders can also be multiple sizes. As you can see in the screenshots above, in addition to the thumbnail grid, home screen folders can contain 3-7 full size icons that are just as tappable as anything else on the home screen. This gives you the best of both worlds. A labeled container to hold related apps, but you can still get to those apps without the extra step of opening the folder. Of course, you can open the folder and see all the apps contained therein at their full sizes, if you need to. But I find that even with big groups of apps like Utilities, there are rarely more than 7 I need quick access to. Maybe I'm OCD — okay, definitely — but I really like having my home screen apps "penned in" with like apps in neat little groupings.
The last really cool feature I don't have any screenshots for. You'll just have to see it for yourself. Given all this eye candy, you'd think SPB Shell 3D would be slower than the competition. But the folks over at SPB have optimized this down to every line of code, and it runs not only faster than "full service" launchers like LauncherPro and ADW, but it runs faster than the stock launcher in my testing. Everything is quick, taps are responsive, and animations are smooth. It doesn't feel like it weighs down my phone at all. And as far as launcher replacements go, that's really saying something.
While it's fast and pretty, that all comes at a price. Battery life. I noticed my battery draining noticeably faster with SPB Shell 3D than with the stock launcher. The drain isn't dramatic or crippling, but it could be a factor if you're just barely getting by with battery life as it is. I still get through a full day with my Captivate, but the battery is almost completely dead by the end of the day rather than around 30%.
With the caveat that my test copy is a beta, I also found a few issues with crashing. Sometimes things would just stop responding, and I'd need to reboot, or I'd get weird feature lockups like the weather panel refusing to update. I'm sure these are normal development bugs and will be fixed in the release version.
It's also a little pricey compared to the competition, selling for $14.95. This is really expensive by Android app standards, three times the price of LauncherPro. Is it worth it? I think so, but your mileage may vary.
SPB Shell 3D is my new default launcher. It makes my Android phone more capable, and more fun to use. It's a little pricey, but well worth it if you use your Android device heavily. SPB Shell 3D is available now on the Android Market.


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The city police have taken a slew of measures to ensure fool-proof security in the wake of an alleged threat from terror outfit Indian Mujahideen ahead of the Republic Day celebrations.gurgaon Updated: Jan 23, 2013 01:04 IST
The city police have taken a slew of measures to ensure fool-proof security in the wake of an alleged threat from terror outfit Indian Mujahideen ahead of the Republic Day celebrations.
The police have not only alerted all hotels in the city but also kicked off a massive combing operation in search of illegal migrants in slum clusters, hotels and guesthouses.
Gurgaon police commissioner KK Sindhu said, "We have deployed our teams around the city and special checks have started since Monday. Though there is no threat but we want people to feel safe in the city."
Combing operations have started from Monday in all slum areas and other places.
The police have been on alert mode after a threat mail supposedly from Indian Mujahideen was received to Leela Kempinski Hotel on Sunday.
Apart from conducting surprise checks in guesthouses, the police have issued instructions to guesthouse owners to keep identity proofs and a photograph of each visitor.
Police stations have also started verification of tenants in their respective areas.
Many house owners, despite repeated awareness programmes, do not take interest in verifying their tenants, police said.
Police teams have also been conducting raids on the basis of tip-offs to nab illegal arm dealers and suppliers.
"The mail was sent to Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, Delhi Police commissioner and Delhi hotels. The same mail was forwarded to the security officer of Leela Kempinski here in Ambience Mall," said DCP (east) Maheshwar Dayal.
The cyber crime branch is investigating the case.
The IP address of the sender has been traced in West Bengal. A Haryana police team visited a cyber cafe in Behala and seized the hard disk of the computer from which the email was sent.
A total of 53 PCR vans and 45 riders have been deployed in double shifts.
All the 23 police stations have been given instructions for 100% deployment and to increase night patrolling in their areas.
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The timezone in Camp Bartow (historical) is America/Iqaluit
Sunrise at 08:05 and Sunset at 19:01. It's Dark
Latitude. 38.5375°, Longitude. -79.7681°
Weather near Camp Bartow (historical); Report from Elkins, Elkins-Randolph County-Jennings Randolph Field, WV 48.7km away
Weather :
Temperature: 6°C / 43°F
Wind: 9.2km/h South/Southeast
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Geographic features & Photographs around Camp Bartow (historical), in West Virginia, United States
- stream;
- a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
- Johns Run (3.6km)
- Little River (4.3km)
- Buffalo Fork (4.7km)
- Old House Run (4.9km)
- Rambottom Run (5.4km)
- Laurel Run (5.7km)
- Slabcamp Run (6.1km)
- Mountain Lick Creek (6.8km)
- East Fork Greenbrier River (6.9km)
- West Fork Greenbrier River (6.9km)
- Mulberry Run (6.9km)
- Spillman Run (7.1km)
- Shingleblock Run (7.1km)
- Local Feature;
- A Nearby feature worthy of being marked on a map..
- Camp Bartow (historical) (0km)
- Greenbrier District Ranger Station (1.2km)
- Travellers Repose Methodist Church (historical) (1.9km)
- Dunlevie Methodist Church (historical) (3.9km)
- Old House Run Picnic Area (4.4km)
- Max Roth Kugel Tree Plantation (4.7km)
- school;
- building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place.
- Brush Run School (historical) (5.5km)
- Durbin Grade School (historical) (5.9km)
- Grassy Ridge School (historical) (6.9km)
- Salisbury School (historical) (7.1km)
- Boyer School (historical) (7.2km)
- cemetery;
- a burial place or ground.
- Yeager Cemetery (0.4km)
- Saint Mark Cemetery (1.9km)
- Goodsell Cemetery (2.3km)
- Keller Cemetery (3.4km)
- Hauchen Cemetery (4.5km)
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- an elevation standing high above the surrounding area with small summit area, steep slopes and local relief of 300m or more.
- Frank Mountain (3.3km)
- Rough Knob (5.5km)
- Burner Mountain (7km)
- Smoke Camp Knob (7.1km)
- Fork Mountain (7.1km)
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- ridge(s);
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- Sandy Ridge (6km)
- Spencer Ridge (6.3km)
- Spruce Ridge (6.7km)
- Little Spruce Ridge (6.9km)
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- Burns Lower Farm Lake Dam (1.4km)
- Lake Buffalo Dam (2.8km)
- Coopers Rock Water Supply Dam (6km)
- Buffalo Fork Dam (6.7km)
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- Hawchen Hollow (2km)
- Reservoir Hollow (4.4km)
- Gum Cabin Hollow (6.4km)
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- a building for public Christian worship.
- reservoir(s);
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- Lake Buffalo (2.8km)
- Buffalo Lake (6.7km)
- park;
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- Little River Wildlife Management Area (3.2km)
- Old House Run Recreation Area (3.8km)
- administrative division;
- an administrative division of a country, undifferentiated as to administrative level.
- Greenbank Magisterial District (5.6km)
- building(s);
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- Travellers Repose (0.6km)
- post office;
- a public building in which mail is received, sorted and distributed.
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- Monongahela National Forest (7.2km)
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- Tygart Valley River river
- Cass, West Virginia city city o
- Monterey, Virginia city city o
- Dry Run, West Virginia city city o
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With the new Ray Charles biopic in the headlines, we can expect an avalanche of 'tribute' CDs by all and sundry, but Newman really has the right credentials. He worked with the man for more than a decade and it was his laconic tenor saxophone that put extra spice into such classic albums as Ray Charles at Newport. When he plays Charles favourites such as 'Georgia on my Mind' and 'Drown in my Tears', he does so with exactly the same soulful directness. He plays like a singer, stating the melody with broad strokes and making it his own with turns of phrase and elegant little asides. With a just rhythm section and vibraphone for accompaniment, he has everything he needs to create an eloquent and memorable set.
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As part of a world music series, this anthology brings together many strands of New Orleans jazz, with an emphasis on contemporary performers such as Kermit Ruffins, Dr John and Michael White. Nobody has ever really worked out what makes the music of this city so irresistible. No matter how radically it changes, it somehow remains the same, with that easy, rolling beat and maddeningly catchy tunes. This is probably the last place in the Western world where music is routinely passed on from one generation to the next, which helps to explain how, in 1996, Nicholas Payton (23) and Doc Cheatham (91) could come together to play the inspired version of 'I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues' contained here.
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If the late Hank Mobley had a fan club, I would join it like a shot. Not only did he hang on to his warm, round tone and measured approach when every other tenor saxophonist around him was emulating John Coltrane's ferocity, but he was one of the most ingenious theme writers of his generation. All six of these pieces are by him. Each one has a distinct character and the three front-line instruments are simply but incisively voiced. This was 1967, when at least one tune with a boogaloo rhythm was de rigueur, and his title piece is a classic of the genre. With Blue Mitchell on trumpet, Jackie McLean on alto and Billy Higgins behind the drums, this is a set to cherish.
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Android invasion! In an announcement that serves to only further infuriate me, a man who cannot afford an android handset, Google's just announced that 60,000 android enabled handsets are shipping daily. That's 21.9 million handsets per year.
The idea of a standardized, universal operating system for phones has long been a dream of the mobile consumer. Google, answering our prayers, has filled in this gap with the introduction of the open source Android operating system. The advantages of a universal open source operating system are obvious: we can all use the same programs, and have those programs talk to each other.
For example, if this guy on a Nokia and this guy on an LG are both running Android, then they can both use gChat to talk to one another, or play the same games head to head, or transfer files between them without confusing operating system garbage.
As a point of reference, the iPhone moved 8.7 iPhones last quarter, so the yearly figure well dwarfs the android figure. Still, it's pretty impressive for a system that's only a little over two years old.
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Hello guys,
I want to know if the HD 7850 works with my XPS 8300. The HD 7850 is a PCIE gen 3.0 card, will it work with a PCIE gen 2.0 motherboard? I have to ask this because i see some topics saids that the GTX 680 won't work on XPS 8300. Also, will 460 watts power supply enough for this video card? I seen many articles saids that Dell tends to underrate their power supply. Does it mean that a 460 watts is like a 500 watts?
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The HD 7850 should work fine on the 8300. Most do not have PCIe 3.0 boards so it would not make much sense for the card not to be backwards compatible with 2.0 which it is. Your 460 watt unit should be more than enough for these power efficient cards. The Dell PSU will probably peak over 500 watts, but capable of running at 460 watts continuously without any problems. However, you will not come close to this. Less than 300 watts will be your maximum. The HD 7850 only uses 10 watts at idle and you probably could not get it to use much over 90 watts at max. I am not sure what the issue is with the GTX 680. I thought is was said that the 7000 series AMD cards did work in the 8300, but the GTX 680 just did not for undetermined reasons.
NVIDIA Specifically says its a VBIOS issue.
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Do i have do upgrade my bios? And also, the notches on the card will fit on the motherboard?
update* i mean
You should have the latest bios version for best compatibility with add-on components. The HD 7850 is a PCI Express X16 card and will fit in your PCI Express X16 slot on your motherboard.
I checked the latest bios on Dell's website, the bios update, A06, saids that on the fix and enhancements, it saids, 1. Update VBIOS from 2098 to 2119. 2. Enable C6 as default. and 3. Update Intel MRC code to rev 1.2.2. Does it really have to do with compatibility with add-on components?
Is your XPS 8300 running okay? If so, forget the bios update and just install the card. It seems that a lot of people have had issues with this system. Manufacturers will always recommend the latest bios when installing things like new memory, a CPU or video cards. A general rule is not to update the bios if your system is working properly and you have had no problems. Make sure you fully understand how to install the video card and its drivers before you begin and if you currently have a video card in the PCIe X16 slot that you uninstall the driver and software first before removal.
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Central Dispatch gets Phase II technology
Published 8:00 pm, Monday, May 3, 2004
Huron Central Dispatch teamed up with Thumb Cellular to offer Phase II technology which is designed to improve emergency response for callers using cellular phones and other wireless communication devices.
Huron County 9-1-1 Central Dispatch/Emergency Services Director Steven A. Leese said more than 50 percent of 9-1-1 calls that come in to Huron Central Dispatch are made from a cellular phone.
"Up until today we didn't have a good idea where the cellular calls were coming from," Leese explained. "When we just had the Phase I technology, that only identified what tower the call was coming in from. But you all know that's not a real good indication as to where the caller actually is. Just because the caller hit on a certain tower didn't mean they were closest to that tower."
Phase II will go a long way in helping law enforcement agencies respond to 9-1-1 emergencies from cellular phones where the caller is lost, or the call becomes disconnected. Without these enhancements, persons placing 9-1-1 calls using cellular phones have had to tell dispatchers their exact location and phone number, which can delay response time and tie up incoming lines. This has been a particular problem for cellular callers in emergency situations who do not know their phone number or the location they are calling from.
In order for Phase II technology to work, Leese explained, callers must have a cellular phone that's equipped with a GPS chip. These phones will actually report the latitude and longitude of the phone's location on what is called an "ANI-ALI" (Automatic Number Information and Automatic Location Information) screen for dispatchers. When a 9-1-1 call comes in from a wireless phone, a computer map display will automatically pop up, showing the exact location of the caller as well as the phone number the call was made from, allowing dispatchers to send help if needed.
"On a hard line telephone we're able to get the address when a caller dials 9-1-1. We've been able to do that since 1994 when Huron County went E-9-1-1 (Enhanced 9-1-1). That information jumps from the computer on to what we call CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch). That information is then transferred into a report file so we can keep track of the times we've had calls from that location before, and also map it out. The CAD is map-based and is what made going to Phase II cellular so seamless and easy."
As of October, Thumb Cellular began only offering cellular phones that had the GPS chip to its customers at cost, preparing for Monday when Huron Central Dispatch would come online offering Phase II. Now, these cellular phones can display to central dispatch the information in latitude and longitude of the cellular caller using the GPS chip, which transmits the location of the phone to central dispatch using both satellites and towers. Even when a caller is on the move the location can be updated at central dispatch every 20 seconds.
Huron Central Dispatch is the fourth in the state to get online with Phase II technology. Sanilac County Central Dispatch will get online on Thursday, followed by Tuscola County Central Dispatch on Monday.
Phase II technology will allow the 9-1-1 center to receive the phone number of the cell phone the call is being made from and triangulate the location of the caller within 100 feet. This will allow the police, ambulance or firefighters to respond to the location.
Paul Picklo, general manager of Thumb Cellular, credited the foresight of John Eichler and family for providing Huron County with the kinds of resources that were instrumental in bringing Phase II cellular technology to the Thumb.
"We are one of the first ones to provide this kind of service to the rural markets, it is because of their foresight and wanting to be a good corporate citizen for this area, that we are able to provide this type of service," Picklo said. "One of the unique things that we are providing here is to look at providing this type of service on the water. We are in the process of doing testing out on the lake to make sure our service works out there so as people have emergencies we are able to locate them much quicker than with current types of technology. We want to provide to the community here in Huron, in Tuscola, and in Sanilac, the most advanced technology we can and to continue that in the future."
"This advanced technology is certainly an important enhancement and can save valuable minutes in an emergency," Leese said. "However, even with this technology, there is always a 1 percent chance that a cellular 9-1-1 call can be sent to a different department without Phase II equipment and will not be able to triangulate the callers location. So it is always best to stay connected with the dispatcher, if at all possible. However, should an emergency occur, and for some reason you are disconnected, the police now have the equipment that will help emergency personnel find your location.
"It is always a priority for Huron County Central Dispatch to keep pace with the ever-changing technology that can improve our services not only for our residents but the citizens traveling through the county," said Leese.
Huron Central Dispatch also will be able to locate 9-1-1 calls from people who are traveling into the county with cellular phones equipped with a GPS chip.
This advanced 9-1-1 cellular service requires no additional cost to residents. All equipment was paid for by the current 9-1-1 surcharge and the cellular 9-1-1 surcharge to further fund this new 9-1-1 service.
"Acquiring Phase II Cellular 9-1-1 equipment is a step in the right direction for a safer community," said Bob Reynolds, consultant for Thumb Cellular who was on hand for Monday's presentation.
As of 2003, there are approximately 145 million cellular phone users in the United States. Like in Huron County, in some of the largest cities in the United States, almost half of the 9-1-1 calls are placed from cellular phones.
Phase II implementation requires wireless carriers provide the precise location of cellular phone calls to 9-1-1 systems, generally within 50-100 meters. The FCC has set a deadline of Dec. 31, 2005 for nationwide implementation of Phase II in order for counties to receive wireless funds collected by the 9-1-1 surcharge.
According to Picklo each cellular customer pays a 9-1-1 surcharge of 52 cents per phone. That money is collected by the cellular providers and then sent on to the state to be disbursed locally.
"The state disburses the money by population back to the county," said Leese. "That sort of puts us at a slight disadvantage when our population swells during vacation season."


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ANCHORAGE - Anchorage may look as springlike as the inside of a spittoon right now, but still, spring it is. We know this because a vital part of Southcentral Alaska's agricultural labor force has started reporting for duty.
Just the other day, some 2,250,000 of these migrant workers, fresh off the California almond crop, arrived around 5 in the morning all jet-lagged after a long flight with precious little leg room in compartments no bigger than a half-rack of beer.
Which is to say, the honeybees have landed.
It would be too predictable to say this has created quite a buzz around town, so we won't. Let's just say their arrival via cargo jets this time of year is like the crocus bloom of the beekeeping world.
"You get gardeners that are so excited to get out there and dig in the soil; it's the same kind of thing with beekeepers," said Steve Victors of Alaska Wildflower Honey. "It's the start of a new season, and that's how some people mark the beginning of spring."
This year, more than ever, the emphasis is on "new beginning." That's because last summer- best just forgotten - was all about rain, chilly temperatures and skies the color of Mount Redoubt breath.
Like a lot of us, the bees went on strike.
It was often too cold for them to leave their hives, and when they did, they found nectar and pollen in short supply. Last summer's honey crop was such a bust, the Southcentral Alaska Beekeepers Association canceled its booth at the Alaska State Fair.
"We are starting fresh here," says Victors. "It's like any farmer. They say, 'Oh well, we'll just plant again because this year's going to be better.'"
Bees abound
A few beekeepers in Alaska have developed ways of over-wintering bees, which is not easy.
Victors, who keeps about 100 hives on his 160-acre Big Lake homestead, over-winters his in a 40-foot-long, insulated shipping container set up with a fresh-air circulation system and heaters to keep the temperature at precisely 40 degrees. He typically locks his bees inside in early October and doesn't let them out until it starts to warm in the spring.
Most beekeepers, however, get fresh starter colonies shipped up in mid-April. As a supplier, Victors is bringing up 750 of these "packages," which are little wooden boxes with screened sides containing 15,000 bees, or four pounds worth, each. Plus a queen.
Shipping bees is an art form, because a lot of things can and have gone wrong.
There's the stowaway problem, where wayward bees get attracted to the queen bees' pheromones and cling to the outside of the boxes and get loaded onto cargo planes.
Bees in the cockpit: Bad.
And honeybees are sensitive creatures, so temperature and circulation have to be just right. Several years ago, a major airline tarped a shipment sitting on the tarmac, the bees overheated and died. And it's not the first time bees have baked.
For Victors, these kinds of mishaps ended when he started shipping his bees through John Higgins, a manager for CEVA Freight. They've been working together long enough now that they've got it down to a science. In the process, Higgins has become a convert and is now ordering bees from Victors himself.
By the time the last of Victors' five loads arrives this week, he will have supplied beekeepers from the Mat-Su to the Kenai Peninsula with 11,250,000 honeybees. And if things go the way they're supposed to this season, those 11 million bees, being fed by their keepers for now, will multiply to 45 million by the time the nectar flows in June.
On being a bee
Even though it's about the honey, honeybees and the societies they build are fascinating to work with, Victors says. He imports two kinds - Italians and Carniolans.
The Carniolan are a bit more gentle, he says, but are less tolerant to overcrowding and have more of a tendency to swarm in search of new digs.
The Italians are more aggressive about finding food, and that makes them more likely to raid neighboring hives.
Guarding the hive entrance from robbers is just one of many jobs in the matriarchal bee society, which consists of all-female worker bees and relatively few males called drones.
During active summer months, the life span of a worker bee is all of six weeks.
"They literally work themselves to death," said Victors.
Even so, worker bee isn't the least desirable position in the hive, as Anchorage beekeeper, Josetta Cranston, tells it. That distinction goes to the drone.
The drones' whole mission in life is to hook up with a virgin queen in order to donate their services.
That doesn't sound so bad. But wait.
When the virgin queen embarks on her mating flights, she travels miles from her own hive to pick up strange guys. Drones zero in on this and follow. She then flies 200 feet up into the air and mates on the wing. One drone won't do, so she picks several.
And then?
"As they do their thing, they lose their apparatus and fall to their deaths," Cranston told those gathered for her releasing of the bees.
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Working in Iterative Development Mode
If you start WebLogic Server when you work in iterative development mode in WebLogic Workshop, your application is, by default, deployed on the server as an exploded directory. Changes to those source files are dynamically noted by the server and affect the running process.
The WebLogic Integration Administration Console allows you to monitor and manage the entities and resources for your WebLogic Integration applications.
Note: If you delete a business process (JPD) from your application, the data associated with instances of that process remain in the run-time database after the application is redeployed. You can purge the data for completed and terminated process instances using the WebLogic Integration Administration Console. However, before the data can be purged from the database, any instances of the deleted process that did not run to completion must be terminated. Terminate the instances of a business process in one of the following pages in the administration console: Process Instance Detail page, Process Instance Summary page. To learn how, see "Suspending, Resuming, Terminating, or Unfreezing Process Instances" in Process Instance Monitoring in Managing WebLogic Integration Solutions at the following URL:
If the purge process is scheduled to run regularly, tracking data, which includes process history, task history, and trading partner integration message history, is purged from the run-time database according to the specified schedule. You can also run the purge process manually from the System Configuration module in the administration console. To learn how, see System Configuration in Managing WebLogic Integration Solutions at the following URL:
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Deploying Applications and Modules at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs81/ConsoleHelp/deployment.html
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The implications for healthcare providers within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 are significant—from electronic health records, to more security and privacy (e.g., HIPAA) requirements and penalties, as well as near-term funding sources (especially if you are doing research).
Key messages:
- Incentives for physicians and hospitals to adopt EHRs (followed by penalties if you do are not using EHRs)
- More HIPAA-related requirements on providers (covered entities) and their business partners (business associates)
- Federal breach notification law
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Once I was seated in class, listening to my professor. He is a man of many tales. There we were munching on peanuts and drinking soda, the life of a class of 3 you know. As we drifted between the course plan and random tales, he said "my girls, you might end up working in a bank. Many Anthropology majors do!" Giving out a hearty laugh, he must have really found it funny.
Suhana wanted to be an archaeologist, Mwendwa wanted to be a development practitioner. Me? I just wanted to escape the sociology class! And the fact Anthropology was a discipline of actual true life tales was a bonus. So I sat there in shock, thinking about me and numbers. We have never been too kind to one another. Numbers do not go down well with me, i fail to see the music, movement, joy, fun, adventure in numbers. When i see numbers my soul is blank, my mind is shackled, i can't move, i can't think, i can't innovate! Numbers! Damn, numbers why did you have to be that to me? Listening to my amazing professor I knew I couldn't survive in a bank setting. I know I can't work 8-5. I know, I just know! I know some careers are a "kill me quick" scheme for me, it's not rocket science. I know I can't settle on a career because I need to pay my bills, or buy a car or buy a home. My peace of mind and happiness is worth more than what the world presents has happiness.
But every day, at the bank, at the coffee shop, hospital, mall, and the streets, I meet too many souls who have settled. Settled for a girl they didn't even like, settled for a man because he is the only villager with a car, settled for a job they don't like.
We all know these "settlers", the waiter who angrily drops your meal on the table, the government official who disappears from the office months on end, the wife who hates to go home at 5pm, the husband who winches when he gets a phone call "I hope it's not mama watoto" he thinks. The banker who is always upset at 8am, 10am, 4pm, staring down at you like you are a bother.
Winning in life needs you to settle for what you deserve not what the world tells you, you deserve. Does it make sense? You will not win if you settle for what's convenient and comfortable. Strive for what makes you happy, what you are good at, makes you have a good time, what you love and makes you wealthier by the minute. Just find a balance of all these things then settle for that and nothing less than that.


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Two Moncton entrepreneurs are offering to scoop poop as city officials are complaining that too many pet-owners aren't cleaning up after their dogs.
City employees who look after local parks said they are finding a lot of dog feces and bags of dog waste littering paths.
Wesley Breau said that sounded like an opportunity to him, and he has now opened a business.
"Me and my buddy Eddie, we both got laid off from our jobs," explained Breau. "I was working at unloading freight but the work was real slow and I got two kids at home."
Breau and his partner are offering to clean up dog excrement from yards now that the snow has melted.
"Some yards, from the accumulation all winter, you pretty much have to watch where you step," he said.
The team charges between $25 and $50 to clean up a yard, depending on volume.
Dan Hicks, who supervises parks with the City of Moncton, said there is no reason for people not to pick up after their dogs when they are out for walks.
"We have bags available at many of our regional parks and even some of our smaller ones too," said Hicks.
He suspects most dog owners are responsible, "it's the 20 per cent or less that really kind of make a mess of it for the rest of us," he said.
The fine for failing to pick up after your pet is between $100 and $1,000.


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"World's Fair" is the raw and witty true story of a dysfunctional Southern family's harrowing motor-home roadtrip from South Carolina to the Montreal World's Fair in 1967 (aka "The Summer of Love"). Told from the point of view of the author -- who was 15 at the time -- this intimate coming-of-age story shines a bright light on the issues of alcoholism, adolescent sexual confusion, family violence and the universal need to love those who hurt us, despite their frailties.
CHAPTER 3: "Like a Band of Gypsies, We Go Down the Highway"*
When Daddy finally put the truck in gear I was riding up front, while Gee, Matthew and Mark were back in the camper. The sky was ablaze with brilliant light slicing through the humidity. The sun beat down, sending rippling waves of heat off the hood of the truck. They made the road appear to be dancing. The reflection was blinding, causing me to squint, but Daddy didn't seem to notice. Or if he did he didn't say anything.
As we drove out of Camp Croft, we passed what Matthew called the "pretend house." The first time I went to Camp Croft with Daddy I was nine years old; he told me this "pretend house" was his new home. There weren't any other houses around, only a railroad track across the street that was beside a paper bag plant called Harvey Bag. The first thing I thought was that there were no neighbors for Daddy to play with. Worse still, the "pretend house" was an old one-room shack with busted glass in the windows, and the door was lying on the ground beside the entrance. I was surprised and felt really awful and sad for Daddy. I was afraid that only bad things would happen to him since he and Momma were getting divorced... and he didn't live with us anymore... and he was living alone.
Daddy had told me to go on inside. Laying on the floor was a dirty, torn mattress without any sheets and with the cotton stuffing coming out. At least there's a pillow, I thought, although it was gray and didn't have a pillowcase. I looked around and noticed there were lots of burned matches and cigarette butts crushed on the floor, and a whole heap of upturned, brown-glass beer bottles thrown around. I turned around and wondered where Daddy would sit, and why there was not a kitchen or bathroom. I didn't want Daddy to think I wouldn't want to come back and spend time with him, so I sat on the floor. When Daddy still hadn't come in after a few minutes, I got up and looked out the hole in the wall where a window had been and saw him smoking a cigarette and leaning against his car. I went outside, holding back tears and scratching at my legs and butt. I was covered with fleas.
This "pretend house" was actually a doghouse for strays. Daddy loved to tell the story about how I came out rubbing at my ass and legs and looking like a lost puppy. But it didn't make me laugh. Here I was, all upset that Daddy had to live in a dump, and he was teasing me. I loved him so much and this was my reward. Well, compared to some of the other things he did to people, this wasn't so bad. Besides, I was with my daddy, and to my way of thinking that was the best thing in the world.
Daddy usually had another adult to talk to when I went on trips with him, but now, on this trip to Expo '67, it was only Daddy and me, together in the front seat. Conversations with Daddy had always been a little weird, but they were even more so now that he no longer lived with us. I did talk to him when I would go to his office every week to get my allowance. But those were quick how-do-you-dos in between his seeing patients.
The strangest conversation we ever had was when I begged Daddy on one of his infrequent visits to our house to tell me about "the birds and the bees." I'd already heard all about it from our neighbor around the corner, Allen Morehead, whose Daddy had sat him down all proper like and explained everything to him. Allen had told me every detail. All I knew before that point was from what I'd overheard when I was about seven.
I'd been spying on Matthew and Mark, as I usually did when they wouldn't take me with them. They were talking about girls with the neighbor up the street, Dick Jefferson. I was on the other side of the bamboo fence that circled Dick's yard. The bamboo was so tight, and shrubs were on either side, that they couldn't tell I was there. I could barely hear since Dick was whispering, but I did hear him tell the twins that girls had three holes between their legs, not one like boys. And it was one of these holes where boys were supposed to want to put our dicks. That was when I first heard the word "fuck." Boys then would pee sperm inside. Later, Allen told me a slightly different version with much more information, so I was wondering if it was true.
When I begged Daddy to explain sex to me, he slowly put his paper down, looked over at me as I sat on the arm of the club chair in our living room, and asked, "How old are you now?"
"Oh, Daddy, what difference does that make? I'm 11 going on 12. All my friends are telling me things their daddies are saying, and I want to know if it's true. Please tell me what... well, tell me about the birds and bees. Please, Daddy! I want to get it right."
"Well, it's a beautiful thing between a man and wife," he began. "And it's something you do only after you're married." With that, he picked up his newspaper and brought it up so I couldn't see his face.
Shit. Did he really think I was going to believe that? When I was eight, and Momma and I were home alone, she grabbed me out of the house and dragged me to where the woman who worked in Daddy's office as the receptionist lived. Momma told me to stay in the car and not to get out no matter who I saw or what happened. Then she walked across the yard and into the house without knocking while I waited in the front seat of her Ford station wagon. I kept looking out the car window when suddenly I saw Momma slam open the screen door. It looked like she was yelling at me, which frightened me because I'd stayed in the car like she'd told me.
"This is it, buster," she shouted. "This is it! Your bags will be packed by the time you get home. THIS... IS... THE... LAST... STRAW!" And then Daddy appeared at the screen door without a shirt and in his white boxer shorts. I waved and jumped up on the seat, I was so excited; and he waved back, but wasn't smiling. I found out later that Momma had caught Daddy "in the act." And that is why I knew I couldn't rely on him as a source of accurate information when it came to "making love" and stuff. Our conversations were strange like that.
For some reason, as soon as we got on the road to Montreal, Daddy wanted to talk with me about acting. Even though he rarely came to see me in any productions, he did know that I liked acting and being in plays, and that I wanted to be a famous actor when I grew up. I'd been in plays about every year since I was three, when I was the youngest prince in The King And I at The Little Theatre. Recently I'd been in the musical Oliver, playing the creepy kid who worked at the coffin shop. And earlier in the year I'd had a small part in the Children's Theatre production of The Wizard of Oz. But Daddy hadn't come to either.
As I was watching the yellow divider lines wiggling in the heat, Daddy said, "I recently read an article about this actor. His name is Robert Redford. He'd started out as, I believe the article said, a painter."
"Really?" I didn't know who Robert Redford was, and I certainly didn't know what painting had to do with acting, other than painting the scenery.
"Yeah. And, I don't remember why, but he ended up working as an actor and now he's making quite a name for himself." This was Daddy's way of letting me know that if I wanted to be an actor it was okay with him, which Momma would have said was, "Out of the question!" Or else he may have been saying that if acting didn't work out I could become a painter.
"I don't think I know who... what did you say his name was?" I asked.
"Robert Redford. He's in the movie Barefoot in the Park, a romance, with Jane Fonda. Did you see it?" Daddy asked.
The types of movies I liked were To Sir With Love, Fahrenheit 451, Bonnie and Clyde, and The Dirty Dozen -- movies with themes around school, science fiction, gangsters, and war. A love movie was not the type I typically went to see, even though some people said Bonnie and Clyde was a love story. I asked, "Daddy, isn't Barefoot in the Park a movie for old people?"
A grin crossed Daddy's face. "It was very funny," he said. "It was written by Neil Simon. Have you ever heard of him?"
Sinking into the seat, ashamed that I knew so little, I answered, "No. I don't know all the people in movies. I don't even know all the people who write plays. I mean, I'm not interested in the playwright but in the role. You know, the part, and how big it is. Is it the lead, or a supporting role, or simply a walk-on. I've had tons of walk-on parts and now I'm getting larger speaking roles, and soon I hope to get starring roles. So, no, I don't know who that person is."
After that, we didn't say much. I stared out of the truck window at the telephone poles and watched how the wires waltzed through the air. Daddy turned on the radio. He found a news station that was talking about one of our ships being damaged by a fire off the coast of Vietnam. Over 130 sailors were killed. Daddy wanted to try and find out more about the fire and the damage while I became lost in thought, wondering how hot it would have had to have been on that ship to have killed all those sailors.
It sure was hot sitting in an un-air-conditioned truck watching the yellow divider lines become all wavy from the heat reflecting off the blacktop. It made my mouth dry. Luckily Daddy had put a hole in the back of the truck cab that connected to a hole he had put in the camper. This way, we could pass food and drinks from the camper to the driver and copilot without having to stop. I lifted the flap that Daddy had added to keep dirt out and poked my head through the hole to ask for a Coke. I think Daddy put in this passageway so we could pass him cold beers every time he wanted one. Well, not one beer was passed through that hole on the entire trip; if there had been, it would have been one too many.
Absolutely the most exciting thing that happened that first day was learning that Gee-Gee knew how to make terrific grilled cheese sandwiches. This was my sister who a year before didn't know how to boil water. She never did any cooking, and it was rumored she was allergic to the kitchen. I don't remember ever seeing her prepare or clean up after a meal. After our cook, Maryland, left and moved north, and before Essie came to work for us, who do you think cleaned the dishes after dinner? Not Naomi. She would have already left for the day. It fell to the twins -- and, when threatened with possibly being buried alive, I would do it. I didn't like putting my hands in hot water, though, so the grease stayed on everything. When I heard Momma complaining that I needed to use hot water to cut the grease, I quickly learned to use only cold water so that I rarely had to do the dishes.
When Gee passed that first grilled cheese sandwich through the opening I knew two things: 1) My daddy was brilliant for having put that hole there, and 2) We would not starve. At that very moment, I became a lifelong fan of Genevieve and grilled cheese sandwiches.
The first day, while in the truck, I divided my time between directing Daddy on which roads to take and seeing how many different state license plates I could find. It was a game Daddy wanted to play, so I went along with it even though it was a baby game. I didn't have anything else to do other than act as copilot with a map I wasn't sure how to even read. Besides, it made Daddy happy. I must admit that I was intrigued by the different colors of the license plates. Maybe there was an artist lurking behind my actor façade after all.
Since I was in charge of the map, it was my responsibility to let Daddy know how far we were from where we had to get on and off the sections of the Interstate that hadn't been completed. The Interstate system was a mess, since construction was delayed by the towns that were going to be bypassed once it was complete. We had to take roads through those soon-to-be-bypassed towns, and it was very complicated because the map and the roads didn't match. Some of the Interstate highway had yet to be completed, but the map said it was; or it had been completed, and the map said it hadn't. Daddy knew this part of the trip by heart, however, having driven to-and-from Duke University for basketball and football games so many times he could do it in his sleep. (Well, he could do it drunk, which was the state he was in whenever he traveled to Duke.)
Since Interstate 85 wasn't anywhere near complete, we headed out of town on US 29 towards Gaffney, which would eventually take us to Blacksburg, North Carolina. Daddy and I played a game seeing who could cross first into each State by stretching our legs and arms forward when we got to the state welcome sign. Upon "Entering North Carolina," we each claimed to be the first to cross, which made Daddy laugh. I don't know what was so funny about it, but Daddy enjoyed playing it. He would always thrust his hand up on the dashboard, which didn't even go as far as his feet when they were on the pedals. And he claimed that made him the winner. I would play along and argue that I had won, and Daddy would laugh and laugh.
There was another game Daddy liked to play. He would stick his finger out and say, "Pull on my finger." And when you pulled on his finger he would fart -- only he called it "passing gas." Now, pulling on his finger and his calling it "passing gas" always made me laugh. You knew he was going to fart when he stuck his finger out so I would start laughing the moment he asked me to pull it, and "passing gas" is such a funny thing to call a fart. If Daddy asked, "Who broke wind?" it would crack me up, too. I mean, when Daddy would say "breaking wind" or "passing gas," my sides would hurt from laughing so much.
After Blacksburg, we passed Gastonia. I said, "Passing Gas - tonia," and we both laughed out loud. Then we went through Charlotte, where I-85 was nearly complete, so we made good time with Daddy driving the truck full-out.
Charlotte was a much bigger town than Spartanburg. It was to Charlotte that Bunnie Ann, who was eight years older, had taken me to see The Sound of Music. Spartanburg movie theaters, of which there were two -- The Carolina Theatre and The Palmetto Theatre -- claimed to show first-run movies, but they always came to town after they had been shown in Charlotte. So Charlotte was where we went if we wanted to see movies before anyone else in Spartanburg. Of course, this made us really "cool," as Bunnie Ann liked to say. But being one of the first in Spartanburg to see The Sound of Music didn't make me cool.
Time seemed to pass by slowly, and as we cut across North Carolina I slumped into the seat and drifted into a daydream. I found myself in a Tennessee Williams play. I was the male lead and there were strange emotional and sexual forces working on my physical needs. I had to have release, and I had to have it now. The tension was building, which my untucked shirttail hid from view. Suddenly, I felt the urge to yell someone's name. I was trying to choose between sexy and handsome "Stanley!" or, as the script required, "Stella!" when my imaginary world was shattered by Daddy asking me to light a cigarette for him.
Okay. I told myself to take a deep breath and relax. It was coming back to me. I was in a truck with Daddy in North Carolina. He couldn't see my boner, and he wanted me to light him a cigarette. I could do that.
This was another one of the games we played, since he knew that I wanted to smoke. It was his way of finding out if I smoked or not: by checking to see if I inhaled. I already knew he was on the lookout for it, so I didn't -- even though I wanted to.
As I handed Daddy his cigarette, savoring the faintest taste of his Lucky Strikes, I wondered what my three siblings were doing in the camper. I hoped they were talking about me and how I was going to be the most successful member of our family because I was going to be a great actor of stage and screen.
* From "On the Road Again" © FULL NELSON MUSIC
COMING UP IN CHAPTER 4: Gee and the twins go on a scavenger hunt... an alternative use for empty Coke bottles... we meet a Confederate's descendant.
Want to read "World's Fair" from the beginning? Click the following links....
Prologue, Part 1
Prologue, Part 2
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
For more on becoming fearless, click here.


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The aim of the Spaciousness project is to give people full control over their computers, encompassing the full range of possibility that visionaries have hoped for.
You know how people say you only use a small percent of your brain's capacity? A myth. You use it to its full capacity given the limits of your tools. One important tool is your computer, and consider that you only use a small percent of your computer's capacity. Imagine what your brain could do if you used your computer fully!
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The Benefactor: Osgood's Retirement Will Help McCollum
Despite announcing his retirement, Chris Osgood will still be expected to provide at least one more big save for the Red Wings. This time, however, that save won't be on the ice but rather helping to rebuild the confidence of goalie Thomas McCollum.
Much is expected from the 21 year-old McCollum as he enters his third season as a professional. Unfortunately his lack of development last season left the Red Wings with few options other than to re-sign Joey MacDonald earlier this month. While the move adds depth to the organization, it also signals that McCollum will face fierce competition for AHL starts next season from MacDonald and Jordan Pearce. McCollum has all the technical skill and attributes to develop into a top notch goalie, but he is lacking mental focus and confidence. The former 30th overall selection in the 2008 NHL draft hasn't been able to show he can handle high pressure situations and is still looking to cement a starting AHL role next season let alone showing he still has NHL potential
As Detroit's newest goaltending coach, Osgood, could provide enough mentoring and advice to help McCollum move forward. The 38 year-old former goalie has some impressive credentials he brings to his new role including 401 NHL wins and three Stanley Cup Rings. Unfortunately Osgood's career will always be dogged by those who remember him for those occasional goals allowed from center ice. Even with all the chatter around Osgood throughout his career, his mental toughness was never questioned. He won the hearts of Detroit fans with his ability to bounce back after bad goals or performances and always seemed to rise to the occasion even under a heavy amount of media scrutiny.
While Osgood has always mentored young goalies in the organization during training camp, his new position will give him direct access to them throughout the year. His advice and knowledge could have a huge impact throughout the organization and it might just put McCollum's development back on track in what appears to be a make it or break it season.


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April 2012
18 April 2012 (6:00 – 8:00 pm)
Life after the Northeast Blackout of 2003
Presentation: PJM Interconnection, founded in 1927, is the oldest continuing power pool in the world and the largest electric power grid in North America. Its grid management operations integrate into one coordinated system, multiple transmission systems and independently operated generating stations and other supply resources. The blackout of 2003, one of the greatest challenges to face PJM operators, was weathered through advance system planning. Recently, PJM implemented the world's most advanced energy management system. It not only replaces legacy systems but provides real-time operational redundancy and better facilitates the integration of new resources such as demand response, energy efficiency and distributed resources. Today, PJM is addressing the challenges of intermittent renewable resources, impending retirements of large amounts of coal-fired generating capacity because of the cost of complying with environmental regulations, the approaching transformation of the generation fuel-mix as a result of low-priced shale gas, and the challenges of accommodating public policy while maintaining reliability.
Location: Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University; 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd Laurel MD 20723 (Main Entrance – Lobby 1)
Meal: Sesame-ginger stir fried chicken; Jasmine rice and Stir fried Asian vegetables with garden salad dressing, rolls and butter, dessert, coffee and iced tea.
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Update to "Finding Amelia: A Challenge in Systems Engineering"
On November 20, 2010 there was a Joint AIAA/INCOSE forum entitled Finding Amelia: A Challenge in Systems Engineering with Ric Gillespie, the historian, expedition leader, and author, speaking. Here is an update to that event. The State Department plans to join a new effort to find the plane of pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart, 75 years after she mysteriously disappeared over the South Pacific. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will take part in a ceremony Tuesday morning announcing the joint public-private search at the State Department, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and Time Magazines NewsFeed reports.
Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge 0.75
The release of Version 0.75 of the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK) at http://www.sebokwiki.org/ just happened. This is the third release of the SEBOK, a product of dozens of systems engineering experts from around the world. Version 0.75 primarily (1) adds important new material missing entirely from version 0.5, for example, articles on the relationship between systems engineering and software engineering; (2) improves some of the most immature 0.5 articles, and (3) responds to many comments provided by reviewers of version 0.5. The fundamental structure of the wiki remains unchanged with updates to around half of the articles. The entire wiki will undergo significant update between now and September when version 1.0 will be released.
We encourage all interested parties everywhere to provide review comments through April 15, 2012. Please look at the Note to Reviewer article in the wiki for more information. In addition to review, we encourage you to consider early adoption; i.e., we hope you find the articles a valuable resource. Please contribute!
Feature Article from our Blog
When Models and Metaphors are Dangerous
By Paul Martin
I just finished watching the documentary "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace" by Adam Curtis. The entire series of three 1 hour shows is a real challenge. I say this because of the way Mr. Curtis makes such seemly tenuous connections between people and the flow of their ideas across modern history. His assertion is that these ideas together have forged our present day perception of reality. False perception is more like it. This documentary discusses the modern financial meltdown, the environmental crisis and the selfish gene, all through the prism of faulty assumptions, incongruent metaphors and flawed models.
Did You Miss Last Month?
Satellite Observations and Climate Modeling
Dr. Albert Arking, JHU, and formerly an atmospheric scientist at NASA Goddard, talked about the science behind climate change. His talk was mainly about the basic physics. Time did not allow to do more than touch the climate simulation models. Instrument temperature measurements of land air and sea have established that the earth's temperature has increased by about 0.8 degrees C over the past 100 years. Information prior to instrumentation depends on proxies, isotopes, tree rings, ice cores etc. Correlations between apparently independently proxies leads to confidence in the data. A particularly impressive data set was sea level showing a 20 cm increase over the past 100 years due mainly to bulk expansion and to a lesser extent, ice melting. This was a steady increase exhibiting none of the decanal variations apparent in the temperature data. Extending this data back in time to the last ice age, 20,000 years ago showed a 130 meter rise, mainly due to ice melting.
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Is there such a thing as a father's day present? And if so, what do you get Dad?
Update: My father did not drink at all. I mean, never. Like maybe one beer once a year. Actually, I think a nightly drink wouldn't have hurt him one bit, but for this I'm to blame, because when he was still with us, I never gave him the gift he could have used:
I mean, look, dad is getting up in years. He probably has everything he needs, but what he doesn't have is a good distraction from the sound of time's winged chariot. So a good Scotch is in order. If he is a self-denying type, then he doesn't even think to buy himself a good 12 year old Scotch. If he isn't, if he might have Black Label already, you can stay Blended and go with Gold or Blue, or you could diversify into the Single Malt realm.
I've become very fond, recently, of LAPHROIAG. Good house Scotch, about $32 to $40 a bottle. I recently bought, on the day I finished my book, for about 85 smackers, LAGAVULIN 12 (NOT the 16, that you see everywhere, but the 12 at cask strength).
Meanwhile has anybody tried the high end CHIVASes? I like the 18 OK but have never gone beyond.
OK, since you asked, right now I have, on my shelf, ABERFELDY, JOHNNIE BLACK, JOHNNIE GREEN, JOHNNIE GOLD, JOHNNIE BLUE, MACALLAN 12, CHIVAS 12, DEWARS 12, LAGAVULIN 12 . . . I think that's it — plus an empty LAPHROIAG.
If you don't go alcoholic, try power tools or electronics. One thing to never do: Never get him a coffee table book. That's like saying you think he's dead already. Although Bram Dijkstra's NAKED may be the one exception.
Actually NAKED and a bottle of Black Label. If you haven't shopped yet for Dad, that might be an inspired combination.


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Welcome to a week full of fun recipes featuring a seasonal cutie called the 'Meyer Lemon'. But first, a little education: The Meyer Lemon is originally from China (discovered by Frank N. Meyer, who was on assignment from the USDA as an agricultural explorer) and is a cross between a lemon and a mandarin orange. The fruit has a thin skin with a bright yellow rind that darkens to orange-yellow as it ripens and is much sweeter than a conventional lemon. It is favored for its mild, sweet, juicy flesh and, although still too tart to eat out-of-hand, they are useful for flavoring both savory and sweet dishes alike. On fish, poultry, vegetables and desserts, use the juice as a low calorie seasoning and even as a delicious, fresh alternative to high fat salad dressings and sauces.
TIP: For those of you that can not find the lemons, simply combine fresh lemon juice and fresh orange juice at a 3:1 ratio and you will do pretty good job in the flavor department. So go ahead and create some dishes with that formula.
Let's start with an easy way to add flavors to dishes. For all you moms & dads that want to way to brighten things up, make a simply compound butter with freshly squeezed meyer lemon juice and some rind. Make this butter just before bed so you have once step is all done when you start supper the next day.
Meyer Lemon Butter & Almond Green Beans
2 tablespoons butter at room temperature
3/4 teaspoon meyer lemon juice
3/4 teaspoon meyer lemon rind, minced
Mix well, spread into log form on wax paper, roll and let sit in fridge until ready to use. When ready, begin below.
12 oz. green beans
¼ cup toasted sliced almonds (I toast them myself)
Simply steam the beans, top with a few thin slices of the butter, mix well and top with the almonds.
Now onto the Round-Up Part I!
Lovely Natasha of 5 Star Foodie Culinary Adventures, submitted two of her delicious recipes for me to share (she shares so well doesn't she?). The first dish is a savory creation: Buckwheat Crusted Flounder with Meyer Lemon Beurre Blanc.
Wow, I need to go get some more lemons and try these out!