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Whether despite, because of, or wholly unrelated to the legacy of Schwinn, Chicago does not really have local bicycle manufacturing. There are a few people dabbling on the level of your sketchy, but no dedicated operation.ReplyDelete
Not to say the city lacks entrepreneurial spirit. Google Dose Market. There are cottage industries building in all manner of areas. Just not bicycle frames.
Southern Wisconsin has some great operations - many of which spun off from Waterford, which of course can trace its origin to work on high end Schwinns. Indiana and Minnesota also have some shops.
Happy 4th.Replies
Are Heritage Bicycles Chicago-made?Delete
No. Heritage specs them, but they are made elsewhere.Delete
When I first heard of the effort, I thought maybe Waterford would make them as W'Ford builds for Ben's Cycle in Milwaukee and, of course, Rivendell. But turns out they are made by a small outfit in Ohio.
Forgot to mention Chicago does have a bike commuter clothes manufacturer:
- AnonymousJuly 4, 2012 at 7:28 PM
Ron Boi, RRB Cycles continues to build. Kenilworth and Lake Geneva. Very low production numbers, bikes as nice as everDelete
- AnonymousJuly 7, 2012 at 3:46 PM
I'm late to this thread, but thanks Matthew J for the insight on lack of frame builders in Chicago. No wonder my internet searches weren't getting me anywhere. I stopped by the Heritage General Store yesterday to check out their bikes. Meh. After seeing many photos of top quality brazing, lugs, etc. on this site and many others, the Heritage frames leave a lot to be desired. Too bad...I'd really like to have a Chicago-made bike.Delete
It's good to see the growth in artisanal bike builders here in the U.S. of A. As the global economy continues to disintegrate, it will also be helpful to have U.S. based building supplies and components. On that score we have True Temper tubing and the new KV2 stainless, and as many of your readers likely already know, Velocity recently relocated from Australia to Florida. (Where the aluminum it uses comes from is another question.) There are of course various component manufacturers scattered about. Quality tires could be an issue down the road.ReplyDelete
Here in the Hudson Valley we have Carl Schlemowitz of Vicious Cycles, but not much else as far as I know. Carl has recently started offering a framebuilding class similar in structure to the one by Mike at ANT.
It would be great to see one of the small Hudson River cities (Poughkeepsie, Kingston, Beacon, Newburgh) develop into a regional bicycle building hub.
Like the bike boom of the 1890s, there is potential for current manufacturers in other fields to try adding bike-related products. Thompson comes to mind. I helped design a bicycle parking post that was produced by Atlas Industries, a shelving manufacturer in Brooklyn (moving to Newburgh).
The days of sending computer files to Taiwan and waiting for the container ship to sail in are numbered. I look forward to your continued coverage of this critical aspect of bicycling!
- PapabybikeJuly 4, 2012 at 8:13 AM
They're all really nice people too. I've been customizing a cross check (adding disc brakes and lowering the trail a bit) and everyone has been helpful and great with my daughter, who's three and is my sidekick. Chris at circle a did the disc tab, support, cable guides and got the kickstand plate (made by ANT.). Marty at geekhouse made the fork and they're doing the powdercoating too.ReplyDelete
Everyone has been great, done excellent work and very communicative. All of them have treated small jobs with care and precision. I can't wait to get everything back. We're very lucky to have these guys around.
- AnonymousJuly 4, 2012 at 8:15 AM
My picks:ReplyDelete
Best LBS: Harris.
Best Prices for mainstream Bikes, parts and accessories: Simple Living Cycles in Framingham.
Best Accessory: Bailey Works Super Pro in NH.
Best Bike Path: Minuteman on a weekday.
I'm interested in leaning more about: Bamboo Bikes, Fixed Gear Randonneuring, Winter Cycling, AlleyCats and lighter options for bike locks.
Lousy experiences: mainstream LBS shop in Watertown, cycling along the Charles during busy Summer weekends, high-end designer bag company based out of SF.
Here in Providence, RI we have Circle A Cycles. Their "Hand Built in Providence" bikes are amazing. Not only do they build everything, all the painting is done on site, as well. I'm told this is not typical within the industry. Currently, there are building a Rohloff touring bike for me.ReplyDeleteReplies
- PapabybikeJuly 4, 2012 at 1:12 PM
From what I've seen their work is amazing. The support for the chain stay on my bike was very elegant on my bike and all of the brazing is very very clean. I see a circle a out and about regularly and the paint is some of the best that I've seen. Marty and the guys were pretty impressed with Chris' work.Delete
If I were getting a custom bike built, it'd be hard to choose because we have an embarrassment of riches. I was walking around Kendall sq. the other day and I saw three ants, a geekhouse and a royal h. The guys seem to be doing well.
- AnonymousJuly 4, 2012 at 12:32 PM
Well, Portland, Ore. has a couple :) Too many to mention, but it's vibrant and diverse and actually stretches down the I-5 corridor to Eugene and beyond. I especially like the support industries -- custom bags, racks, trailers, etc. -- and component manufactures whose products always find their way onto these gems of bikes that keep appearing on the roads :)ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 4, 2012 at 5:45 PM
Twin Cities area in MN. has numerous frame builders to choose from. Some are listed below.Delete
Curt Goodrich Cycles
Peacock Groove
A-Train Cycles
Clockwork Bikes
Three Star Cycles
Pallas Athena
Bob Brown Cycles
Paul Wyganowski
Anderson Custom Bicycles
Chris Kvale Cycles
Mike Pofahl - MIP Frames
Vincent Dominguez Cycles
I am sure I am forgetting some, but they all have their specialties, so it is not hard to get your dream bike built around here :)
I see you're still on about wishful thinking wrt ti loops. It'll twist up, but I've said that before of course.ReplyDelete
Yeah the Brompton has run its course -- time to replace it.Replies
I wouldn't want a Ti loop frame myself, but I think it's a neat concept. Several local builders are talking about it, so might happen. I'd be interested how they resolve the twisting thing.Delete
Cantabrigian is what's know as a jobber.Delete
Note: all this local fab is good, but what is not clear is the experience level or expected ride parameters. Ime some of the many, many reputed handcrafters do not build extremely good, efficient race bikes due to various reasons. Go down a notch or two and pretty much anyone with fabrication skills can cobble together a nice-riding bike, as the available tubing is of very high quality and everyone uses the same software.
It's not quite as easy as cobbling together eight bits of tubing and following a plan, as though it were a recipe. It doesn't work that way, however nice your tube set and CAAD drawings.Delete
First, you assume race bikes are the top notch of the craft. They aren'tDelete
Second, off the top of my head I can think of small and even one person shops such as Sachs, Speedvagen, Retrotec, Sycip who sponsor race teams.
Finally, software does not fillet braze, file lugs, and make paint just the right color. That comes from experience and craft.
Roff -- I agree. It's not simple but my point is many of the new builders are using customers as beta testers in their learning process, "art" taking precedence over an nth degree of fine development.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 4, 2012 at 5:40 PM
There are two other builders in Boston that also work at Seven. Saila Cycles (Lauren Trout) and Kualis Cycles (Yoshi - can't remember his last name). Both very talented builders.ReplyDelete
'Be it food, furniture, clothing or bicycles, there is nothing quite like getting things made by people we know and trust.'ReplyDelete
I'm afraid I disagree.
I'm a middle aged Englishman.
The general quality of nearly food and material good has increased vastly over the last 40 years of my memory and at the same time they have been increasingly provided by people all over the world who I don't know at all.
As for bikes, I'm a fan of the English steel frame and like to buy local for them - but even then I'll buy over the internet rather than travel 50 miles to Leeds to actually pick the thing up in person.Replies
sadly i kindof agree - i just bought a giant defy, and it's amazing, but i dont know whether that's because i'm in england - a place curiously without good independent craftsman of any type these days, i more or less envy velouria for being in the states, which sounds a different cultural contextDelete
You must be kidding, or else you've never looked around. England has a lot of very fine frame builders. You need to get more in the loop. And I am not saying this as an Englishman trying to boost his country - I am an American-birn Australian.Delete
To my mind, the benefit of having a profusion of local craftspeople really shows when it comes to smell niche markets with specific needs. When you buy your gear (especially something as expensive and involved as a purpose-built custom bike) from someone whose specialization comes from participating in that same activity, they'll have much more of an understanding about your needs and what small details might help you. They have much more flexibility to respond to new ideas and changes than larger companies. And some things that eventually make their way into the mainstream start out because a few small manufacturers are trying to satisfy a particular need of a small subset of people.Delete
i had a look at enigma bikes, but cycling is a seat of pants affair for me (apologies for very bad pun) that suspends any preconceived notions and - believe it or not the defy 1 was surprisingly better than a friend's eclipseDelete
You are so fortunate to have so many builders in your area. Here, in southwest Missouri, they are "scarce as hen's teeth". Please pardon my Ozarks lingo. ;)ReplyDelete
Of course a frame that is constructed under the watchful eye of a large rabbit is going to have a magical quality. How could it not?ReplyDelete
As always, drooling and sighing from the Antipodes. I have a huge admiration for people who go out alone and take a risk to do something they have a passion for. So, it's always wonderful to see their success showcased.
In Northern California we have a great framemaker, Steve Rex of Rex Cycles. Steve is an avid cyclist ( he and his wife have finished PBP on their tandem several times ). His forte is fillet brazing, but he also builds some beautiful lugged frames.ReplyDelete
I am fortunate enough to live a short ride away from Enigma Bikes, here in Sussex. Their master frame builder Mark Reilly is among the very best in Britain. They build with titanium and very sweet riding steel tube sets - Reynolds 853 and 953, and Columbus Spirit and XCR. I have had the good fortune to get to know them rather well, learn a bit (vicariously) about brazing and have been able to photograph the frame building process which truly is an art - and a visually appealing one at that.ReplyDelete
I'd also like to give a mention to fastboy cycles, Ezra's bikes are art.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 5, 2012 at 12:10 PM
Yup you're lucky to have all that homegrown stuff. Nothing like that here in Nova Scotia... just one framebuilder that I know of, skilled and experienced but he only builds a few frames each Winter. Of the two upstarts I knew, one moved to Chicago and one became a farmer and gave up framebuilding. There's just not the market here to nourish such enterprising with only a million people in the whole province. Hopefully the ethic and ideas waft up from New England with the Gulf Stream or something. I've made a few bucks modifying frames and one day I hope to progress to building as a hobby, but I'd never dream of making a living from it. (gotta get that shed renovated!)ReplyDelete
Thanks for the report!
-- Rolly
- AnonymousJuly 5, 2012 at 5:32 PM
i'm guessing one out of ten thousand will buy a custom bike.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 5, 2012 at 6:45 PM
Montana, where I live, has a few custom frame builders. Carl Strong of Bozeman specializes in welded steel and titanium frames and has also branched out into carbon fiber. His frames are quite nice, and I know folks who swear by them: www.strongframes.comReplyDelete
Another Bozeman builder, Kirk Frameworks, has been around for nearly a decade. Owner David Kirk used to work for Serotta before venturing west. www.kirkframeworks.com
MT cyclist
- AnonymousJuly 6, 2012 at 3:46 PM
Parlee makes some awfully nice bikes. I would love to see a review here. ;)ReplyDelete

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Venerable Pelagia the Penitent
Saint Pelagia the Penitent was converted to Christianity by Saint Nonnus, Bishop of Edessa (Saturday of Cheesefare Week). Before her acceptance of Christianity through Baptism, Pelagia was head of a dance troupe in Palestinian Antioch, living a life of frivolity and prostitution.
One day Pelagia, elegantly dressed, was making her way past a church where Saint Nonnus was preaching a sermon. Believers turned their faces away from the sinner, but the bishop glanced after her. Struck by the outer beauty of Pelagia and having foreseen the spiritual greatness within her, the saint prayed in his cell for a long time to the Lord for the sinner. He told his fellow bishops that the prostitute put them all to shame. He explained that she took great care to adorn her body in order to appear beautiful in the eyes of men. "We... take no thought for the adornment of our wretched souls," he said.
On the following day, when Saint Nonnus was teaching in the church about the dread Last Judgment and its consequences, Pelagia came. The teaching made a tremendous impression upon her. With the fear of God and weeping tears of repentance, she asked the saint for Baptism. Seeing her sincere and full repentance, Bishop Nonnus baptized her.
By night the devil appeared to Pelagia, urging her to return to her former life. The saint prayed, signed herself with the Sign of the Cross, and the devil vanished.
Three days after her baptism, Saint Pelagia gathered up her valuables and took them to Bishop Nonnus. The bishop ordered that they be distributed among the poor saying, "Let this be wisely dispersed, so that these riches gained by sin may become a wealth of righteousness." After this Saint Pelagia journeyed to Jerusalem to the Mount of Olives. She lived there in a cell, disguised as the monk Pelagius, living in ascetic seclusion, and attaining great spiritual gifts. When she died, she was buried in her cell.


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Over the past several weeks, we've been discussing everyone's favorite subject to hate, taxes. One thing of particular interest to me is how federal government revenue is close to an all-time high and yet all we hear about is how they need more taxes! More taxes? How much more? That's a question no one has really answered. Come to think of it, I don't recall anyone asking the question. If I may translate, government needs new taxes to pay for all this stimulus spending. In other words, the Fed is buying $85 billion in government and mortgage backed securities each month. I believe if it doesn't stop soon, we won't be able to tax individuals and businesses enough to pay for it. Interestingly, some of the recent tax hikes have been a little more clandestine. Let me explain.
Other than raising the highest bracket to 39.6%, marginal tax rates stayed the same. However, several new taxes were implemented and old ones were taken off the shelf. For example, the phaseout of the personal and dependent exemption along with the phaseout of itemized deductions, which had been suspended, were brought back. Also, the temporary 2.0% payroll tax cut was allowed to expire. In addition, the Medicare payroll tax was increased by 0.9% and the top long-term capital gains rate was increased to 20%. Finally, a new 3.8% Medicare Surtax was introduced. What do all these tax hikes have in common? They all target high-income earners! Each of these tax hikes are aimed squarely at the heart of those individuals whom we, as advisors, serve. Therefore, we need to stay abreast of these changes and plan accordingly. Here's one thing I'm doing to help clients plan for potentially higher taxes in the future.
Typically, when a financial plan is created, it is done using a set of reasonable assumptions. However reasonable they may be, they will not mimic reality. Because of this, Monte Carlo simulation has become a widely used and useful tool. But how you use MCS is key. To digress for moment, in a typical MCS analysis, investment returns are simulated using the mean and standard deviation. However, when you have multiple portfolios, if each portfolio isn't properly correlated with every other portfolio, the simulation will understate the risk. This is because during the simulation, there will be trials when one portfolio zigs and the other zags. However, in reality, even conservative and aggressive portfolio sare more highly correlated than one might think. Hence, they move more together than the "zig" and "zag" would indicate. But that's a topic for another time. Let's get back to taxes.
Due to the extent of debt our government is accumulating, in the financial plan, I am simulating higher taxes in the future. Here's how. Using the "effective tax rate" (ETR), I am setting a parameter around this assumption. At the lower bound is the current ETR and at the high end is an arbitrary ETR percentage above the current ETR. Moreover, I'm using a Uniform distribution for this because there is no preference for any number in between the lower bound and the upper. In other words, it is equally probable that the future ETR will be anywhere between the lower and upper bound.
Even though actual tax increases may stem from sources other than marginal tax rates, by simulating higher tax rates, I can effectively stress test the client's plan. With the massive debt accumulation we are witnessing, it's important to protect our clients against a government which continues to spend nearly $1 trillion more than it collects. Therefore, when Uncle Sam comes knocking, don't forget, "The tax man cometh…and the tax man taketh away!" Let's help our client prepare for his arrival.


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On New Year's Eve, many of us raised our glasses and made resolutions - to save money, to work less, to lose weight. Shedding pounds is often at the top of resolution lists, but it doesn't always mean dropping a dress size. This year, why not make it a resolution to lose the weight from your home?
The start of the year is the perfect time to rid your house of clutter and create a lighter, more organized space. Personal organizer Heather Cameron, owner of Ottawa's Edited Interiors (editedinteriors.ca), says post-Christmas provides a perfect opportunity to review the contents of your home. Rather than adding accumulated gifts to your already cluttered abode, Cameron suggests using your new bounty to trade up.
"As you're putting away new items, take a look at what you already have," she says. If you received a new sweater, go through your closet and see if there's an old one you can get rid of. Same goes for board games, glass bowls and DVDs. Replacing items rather than adding to the collection ensures your home's content remains manageable.
While purging your home can often seem an overwhelming task, Cameron says the end of the holiday season provides a natural starting point - the decorations box. "Take a look at what didn't come out of storage and didn't get used this past Christmas. If it wasn't worth displaying this year, it likely won't be next year as well."
Once you've sorted through your holiday box, it's time to tackle the rest of your home. Gwen Gibson, owner of Simply Home Organizing (simplyhomeorganizing.com), says helping your house lose weight is a methodical process that shouldn't be rushed. She approaches the purging process by tackling one room at a time, moving slowly throughout the home.
"Look for one room that's causing the most stress and start there," she says.
According to Cameron and Gibson, the best weight-loss results can be achieved by targeting these five flabby areas of your home:
It should come as no surprise that the kitchen is the start of our weight gain problem. As the heart of the home, the kitchen is typically the area where we accumulate the most. Gibson recommends removing everything from countertops, drawers and the pantry, and sorting items into like piles.
"That way you're starting with a blank slate," she says.
After purging duplicate spatulas, can openers and peelers, begin examining your food. Check expiry dates and donate any non-perishables you no longer want to your local food bank. If you haven't used a condiment in your fridge in three months, dispose of it now.
Cameron calls the basement the place of postponed decisions.
"People will often put things in the basement thinking they might use it someday or because they don't want to commit to doing something with it yet," she says. When digging through basement treasures, ask yourself: "Do I love it? Do I use it? Do I need it?"
"If the answer is no, then the item likely doesn't have a place in your home," says Cameron. Toss it, recycle it or donate it.
Living room
Get magazine and newspaper piles under control by cutting out any articles and recipes you want to keep and filing them away for later. Pass the rest of the magazine onto a friend or the recycling bin. Purge your bookshelf contents by hosting a book exchange with friends, and place CDs and DVDs in plastic-covered folders, disposing of their cases.
Are your bathroom cabinets overflowing with expired medications, half-used bottles of shampoo and lotions and opened cosmetics? Opened mascara has a shelf life of three to six months, one year for lipstick, foundation and nail polish. If you stopped using a product last year, chances are you aren't going to start using it again.
Check the expiry date of all medications and place expired or unused pills in a Ziploc bag. Take them to your local pharmacy for safe disposal.
Bedroom closet
Pull out every item of clothing from your closet and review it.
"If you haven't worn it in one year, get rid of it," says Gibson, adding that we often hold onto items that don't fit by tricking our minds into thinking we will one day be able to wear it. "The space you use every day should contain the things that you use every day," she says.
Putting your house on a diet
On New Year's Eve, many of us raised our glasses and made resolutions - to save money, to work less, to lose weight. Shedding pounds is often at the top of resolution lists, but it doesn't always mean dropping a dress size. This year, why not make it a resolution to lose the weight from your home?


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PhD student and musician Jeremy Rose vamps it up
29 November 2012
Despite his passing resemblance to the Twilight star Robert Pattinson, saxophonist Jeremy Rose is quick to clarify that his band The Vampires predates our current cultural obsession with the creatures of the night.
"The name comes from the musical term 'vamp', which is a repeating bass pattern or short set of chords," says Rose, a founder and composer with the Vampires, who is currently studying for a PhD at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (SCM).
"A lot of the early Vampires compositions used vamps, and at the same time we were looking for a non-traditional name for a jazz group - something other than 'The Jeremy Rose Quartet'."
When he's not studying for his doctorate Rose runs his own record label, composes and performs for one of his numerous other musical projects, and blogs on his eponymous website about his trips to Greece to play Balkan brass music, or to the Dominican Republic for a stint of volunteer work.
Now the 28-year-old will be soon be updating followers about trips performing around Australia, after he received two grants for national tours from the Federal Government's Contemporary Music Touring Program. One grant will support a regional Australia tour by the Vampires, and another will put petrol in the tank for another one of his projects, the Afrobeat, reggae, jazz eight-piece ensemble The Strides.
"This is an amazing opportunity to connect with regional audiences and to take original music on the road," says Rose, who received the 2009 Bell Award for Young Australian Jazz Artist of the Year.
When he takes to the road next year with the Vampires he will be accompanied by SCM graduates Nick Garbett (trumpet), Alex Boneham (double bass) and Alex Masso (drums).
In February 2013 he will also need to find time for a residency at the Campbelltown Arts Centre, where The Strides will spend an intensive week collaborating and writing music for a new album after receiving another grant, this time from the Australia Council. The residency will include a public concert, as well as workshops with local high schools in the region, one of Sydney's most disadvantaged.
The renowned composer Matthew Hindson, Rose's doctorate supervisor, is full of praise for his talent, and the very catholic way he keeps building musical knowledge and skills. "He is very cross-genre musically and very cross-cultural in his approach, moving between different disciplines and styles ably. That is what music is about today."
While he is constantly thinking globally, Rose's PhD thesis will try to unearth what he thinks is a particularly Australian character reflected in the local jazz scene. "I'm trying to show the Australian identity is clearly evident not merely in the way the music sounds, but the way we create music," says Rose.
Pragmatism, mateship and eclecticism - drawing from musical styles outside the jazz paradigm, including from non-western countries such as India, the Caribbean and the Pacific as well as Europe - are all qualities he sees in the way jazz music is practised here.
Raised in Sydney by a visual arts teacher mother and architect father, he learnt classical music from the age of six. "I was always surrounded by music and by many different musical styles from my parents' record collections, from Indian classical music, to folk and jazz and classical music," he recalls.
His interest in exploring diverse music styles extended to a recent trip to Greece to study the complex micro-tonal techniques developed by the innovative saxophone player, the Cologne-based New Zealander Hayden Chisholm. On the same trip he also visited Cuba, working with local composers and performing with local musicians in a jazz club.
The fruits of all of this researching, travelling, composing and performing can be heard on records released through his label Earshift records, and directly via videos posted on websites for The Vampires and The Strides. "Through technology such as the internet, and particularly social media, artists are able to connect with audiences in so many different ways and also establish long-term fan bases," notes Rose.
To hear The Vampires or The Strides live during their regional tours, look out for 2013 tour dates on their websites.
Contact: Kath Kenny
Phone: 0478 303 172; +61 2 9351 1584


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But recently Obama has implied that he might be adopting more gay-friendly policies:
"I have been to this point unwilling to sign on to same-sex marriage primarily because of my understandings of the traditional definitions of marriage. But I also think you're right that attitudes evolve, including mine," Obama said in response to a question from Joe Subday of Americablog.
"I think that it is an issue that I wrestle with and think about because I have a whole host of friends who are in gay partnerships. I have staff members who are in committed, monogamous relationships, who are raising children, who are wonderful parents. And I care about them deeply," Obama continued. "And so while I'm not prepared to reverse myself here, sitting in the Roosevelt Room at 3:30 in the afternoon, I think it's fair to say that it's something that I think a lot about. That's probably the best you'll do out of me today."
Later, Obama seemed to suggest that legalization of gay marriage is inevitable. "The one thing I will say today is I think it's pretty clear where the trend lines are going," he added.
My first reaction is to be hopeful that Obama is becoming the stand-up guy I always wished he would be. On the other hand, the cynical side of me is thinking that midterm elections are coming up and he might just be trying to tease the gay community into voting his way on November 2nd.
What do you think? Do Obama's recent comments reveal a change for the better for gay community or a just more false promises?


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The Bison are only down 9, 34-43 at Half.
The game would be a blow out if NDSU could not hit from distance. Ben Wooside has 16 points and can get almost anything he wants of the dribble. The match-up of Woodside, scoring 16 points and Collins 17, is a heated contest.
PS – The crowd is very yellow, but also very quite


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Disease, not climate change, fueling frog declines in the Andes, study finds
A deadly fungus, and not climate change as is widely believed, is the primary culprit behind the rapid decline of frog populations in the Andes mountains, according to a new study published today in the journal Conservation Biology.
Frogs living at higher elevations can tolerate increasing temperatures, researchers found, but their habitats fall within the optimal temperature range for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, or Bd, a harmful pathogen they have only encountered relatively recently. The disease caused by Bd, chytridiomycosis, has led to the recent decline or extinction of 200 frog species worldwide.
The results have implications both for researchers trying to understand the rapid decline in frog populations across the globe and for conservationists looking to save the animals, said Vance Vredenburg, associate professor of biology at San Francisco State University and co-author of the study.
"Our research shows that we can't just automatically point our finger at climate change," he said. "We need to look carefully at what is causing these outbreaks."
The research was conducted at Wayqecha Biological Station on the eastern slopes of the Andes, located near Manu National Park in southern Peru. To measure frogs' tolerance to the changing climate, researchers placed them in water baths of varying temperatures, then flipped them on their backs. If a frog quickly flipped itself back over, that meant it was able to tolerate the warmer water. If not, researchers knew the frog had become overwhelmed and unable to deal with the change.
Researchers also measured the temperatures at which conditions are optimal for the growth and spread of Bd and found that the highland frogs' habitats lay right within that range.
"This really suggests that the fungus is driving a lot of the declines in this place," said Alessandro Catenazzi, assistant professor of zoology at Southern Illinois University and the lead author of the study. He was recently a post-doctoral fellow at SF State when much of the research took place.
Climate change, however, isn't let completely off the hook. Although Bd poses less of a threat to frogs in the lowlands, this study suggests that species at lower elevations are more susceptible to climate changes, putting them at risk if they are unable to adapt or move to higher altitudes.
"It's terrible news," Vredenburg said. "The frogs at the top of the mountain are in trouble because they are experiencing a novel pathogen. The guys at the lower elevations are not in trouble from the fungus, but they're really susceptible to changes in climate."
Vredenburg said Bd was likely introduced into this area of the Andes by human activity, and the results of the study indicate research and conservation efforts should focus on understanding and stopping the spread of the disease. Methods of doing so could include stopping the transport of live amphibians across borders, he said. But understanding the disease also has important implications for human health.
"This pathogen is like no other in the history of the world. Bd outbreaks make bubonic plague look like a slight cough," he said. "We need to understand the basic biology that's driving this terrible pathogen because it's the same biology that drives diseases that affect humans."
Vredenburg has studied the impact of Bd for more than a decade. His research has tracked the spread of the disease through the Sierra Nevada and beyond and shown that some species of frogs are relatively immune to its effects while others are highly susceptible. Future research will focus on those species to learn how they are able to escape Bd's harmful effects and see how that knowledge can be used to save other amphibians.
"Thermal Phsyiology, Disease and Amphibian Declines on the Eastern Slopes of the Andes" was published online in Conservation Biology on Dec. 13. Vredenburg co-authored the study with Catenazzi and Illinois Wesleyan University Assistant Professor of Biology Edgar Lehr. The research was funded by the Amazon Conservation Association, the Rufford Small Grants Foundation and a grant from the National Science Foundation.
Vance T. Vredenburg is an associate professor of biology at San Francisco State University. He is also a Research Associate at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley and California Academy of Sciences. Vredenburg is the co-founder of AmphibiaWeb.org, an online bioinformatics project promoting science and conservation of the world's amphibians.
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There are rare occasions when a new television show establishes itself so well and gives such a sense of purpose that you feel you've been with it all along. Showtime's Homeland was a fine example, with one of the best drama pilots I've ever come across. But Banshee, the new drama from Cinemax, is a close contender. It also has the surprising distinction, so far, of possibly being a contemporary heir-apparent to Deadwood.
The series comes from Alan Ball, who lest we forget, gave us American Beauty and Six Feet Under before he lost his way with True Blood. Banshee is a callback, thankfully, to his earlier work, focusing on that familiar territory of the underbelly of a sleepy, small town. The series' title comes from the name of the town where the show is set, deep in rural Pennsylvania, in Amish country (or close to it). But despite the rural setting, there is plenty going on. Hit the jump for the specifics and more reasons to give this one a shot.
The gist is this: a jewel thief (Antony Starr), once one of the most notorious in the country, has served his time and is freshly released from prison. With the help of a friend from the underground, he goes after his old partner (Ivana Miličević) who possesses the bounty from the heist that got him sent to prison. But it's 15 years later, and the woman he once knew as Anna is now a respectable realtor named Carrie, who is married to the District Attorney and has two children. But what of the diamonds from the heist?
Meanwhile, it just so happens (as is so often the case in dramas), that our jewel thief has come to town at the same time as the new Sheriff, but after some hullaballoo (which I won't spoil), our protagonist assumes the identity of the Sheriff, Lucas Hood, and begins to settle into town. Banshee so happens to also be terribly lawless (luckily), which the new Hood gets dragged into immediately, including being set up against the mob boss of the area, Proctor (Ulrich Thomsen). However, there's also an uber boss somewhere out there, known only as Mr. Rabbit (Ben Cross) who is still on the lookout for the pair (Carrie and Lucas) who conned him out of his diamonds fifteen years earlier.
This doesn't even begin to touch the sundry plots of Banshee (one of which features Frankie Faison, a fantastic Wire alum), but it sets up a nice foundation for the rest of the drama to build upon. In just the first two episodes, so much is sprawled out in front of us that characters met in the pilot are nearly obsolete as we meet more and more secondary characters, who all deserve time and story (and get it, in the best of ways).
Back to the Deadwood comparison: a reluctant Sheriff with a questionable past is asked to take on the town kingpin in a lawless place filled with a lot of yahoos. However, there's also a smart and pretty lady he has feelings for, who happens to be taken. There's a friendly bartender who helps things lively, and plenty of sex and violence. Sound familiar?
Actually, compared to some HBO fare (True Blood, Game of Thrones), Banshee is positively pious. There's a little humor in there too, but for the most part Banshee is straight up drama. In addition to the confusing lives of the adults, there also seems to be a decent rebellious teenager subplot as well, handled just as knowingly and deftly as Claire's from Six Feet Under.
Bottom line: Banshee is a great surprise on the winter TV docket, and absolutely worth the trouble of finding it to watch.
Banshee premieres Friday, January 11 at 10pm on Cinemax.


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Independent Study Finds TripAdvisor Business Listings Generates $64 for Every Dollar Spent
Sep 05, 2012, 11:01 ET
L'Hermitage Hotel GM Reports Upgraded Hotel Page on the World's Largest Travel Site "More than Pays for Itself in One Day"
NEWTON, Mass., Sept. 5, 2012 /CNW/ - TripAdvisor®, the world's largest travel site*, today announced that Vancouver's L'Hermitage Hotel has converted $64 in incremental bookings through TripAdvisor Business Listings for every dollar spent – this according to a July 2012 Forrester Consulting Total Economic Impact™(TEI) study entitled The Total Economic Impact of TripAdvisor's Business Listings. This independent, commissioned report, conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of TripAdvisor, projects that the 60-room boutique property will convert more than $327,000 in incremental bookings over a three-year period on a $7,500 investment.
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TripAdvisor Business Listings enables individual hotels to increase their property's exposure in front of TripAdvisor's more than 60 million unique monthly visitors* by adding their direct contact information—such as a website link, email address and phone number—to their property pages on the site, and also by adding special offers on high-visibility pages.
Forrester Consulting evaluated the economic impact of Business Listings for L'Hermitage with the goal of providing accommodation owners with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of using Business Listings in their organizations. According to the study, Business Listings produced a very positive 5,360% risk-adjusted return on investment (ROI) for the hotel. A "risk-adjusted" ROI factors potentially mitigating risks into the overall return formula, allowing a more accurate results projection.
"Our Business Listings subscription costs us approximately $200 per month and it more than pays for itself in one day," said Glenn Eleiter, general manager of L'Hermitage Hotel. "Every day we convert at least one incremental two-night booking (approximately $440) directly attributable to Business Listings, which easily covers our monthly investment. Payback is very quick."
"The results L'Hermitage has achieved through TripAdvisor Business Listings is consistent with many other success stories we've heard from properties of all sizes," said Christine Petersen, president, TripAdvisor for Business. "A Business Listing combined with a fantastic service culture is a winning combination for driving direct bookings."
For more information about this and other Forrester Consulting studies on TripAdvisor Business Listings, please visit the TripAdvisor for Business blog.
About TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor® is the world's largest travel site,* enabling travelers to plan and have the perfect trip. TripAdvisor offers trusted advice from real travelers and a wide variety of travel choices and planning features with seamless links to booking tools. TripAdvisor branded sites make up the largest travel community in the world, with more than 60 million unique monthly visitors*, and over 75 million reviews and opinions. The sites operate in 30 countries worldwide, including China under daodao.com. TripAdvisor also includes TripAdvisor for Business, a dedicated division that provides the tourism industry access to millions of monthly TripAdvisor visitors.
TripAdvisor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP) manages and operates websites under 19 other travel media brands, and together the sites attract more than 74 million unique monthly visitors.** TripAdvisor, Inc.'s travel media brands include www.airfarewatchdog.com, www.bookingbuddy.com, www.cruisecritic.com, www.everytrail.com, www.familyvacationcritic.com, www.flipkey.com, www.holidaylettings.co.uk, www.holidaywatchdog.com, www.independenttraveler.com, www.onetime.com, www.seatguru.com, www.sniqueaway.com, www.smartertravel.com, www.tingo.com, www.travel-library.com, www.travelpod.com, www.virtualtourist.com, www.whereivebeen.com, and www.kuxun.cn.
*Source: comScore Media Metrix for TripAdvisor Sites, Worldwide, July 2012
**Source: comScore Media Metrix for TripAdvisor, Inc. and its subsidiaries, Worldwide, July 2012
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SSPX: We Didn't Criticize Pope Francis; We Agree With Him
The spokesman for the society unites Bishop Bernard Fellay's remarks from his latest letter to Holy Father's.
A spokesman for the Society of St. Pius X has denied its leader, Bishop Bernard Fellay, was criticizing Pope Francis for his concern for the poor in a recent letter to supporters.
"It is an analysis of the current situation facing the Church, not a criticism of Pope Francis' concern for the poor," said Father Alain Lorans, spokesman for the traditionalist group, which holds no canonical status in the Church.
Reuters reported in an April 19 article that Bishop Fellay, superior general of the SSPX, had "begun criticizing ... Pope Francis for the popular approach he has taken since his election last month."
It suggested Bishop Fellay had "publicly taken issue with Pope Francis' approach to the poor, which he believes comes at the expense of leading souls to salvation and denouncing sins against faith and morals."
Reuters based its report on an extrapolation of an April 14 letter to friends and benefactors of the fraternity. In the letter, Bishop Fellay stressed that the Church has always had a "true concern" for the "poor, the needy, the infirm and the sick." But he added that if it becomes "merely man-centered philanthropy, then the Church is no longer carrying out her mission; she is no longer leading souls to God, which can really be done only by supernatural means: faith, hope, charity and grace."
He implored Pope Francis "not to allow souls to perish because they no longer learn sound doctrine."
"What good is it to devote oneself to serving people if one hides from them what is essential, the purpose and the meaning of their life, and the seriousness of sin that turns them away from it?" he asked.
Bishop Fellay pleaded that sin and errors against faith and morality be denounced to prevent damnation. "The Church's reason for being is to save them [sinners] and to help them avoid the misfortune of their eternal perdition," he said. Such an approach "could not possibly please the world," he argued, and said that history has shown that it "will turn against the Church, often violently."
But in comments to the Register April 22, Father Lorans disagreed with Reuters' report and instead contended the SSPX leader's remarks were in concert with the Church. However, the comments further illustrate that the organization still has ground to make up in order to achieve communion with the Church.
"[They] could even be compared to a passage from the Pope's first homily (to cardinals in the Sistine Chapel, March 14)," he said, and refers to Pope Francis' words: "We can walk as much as we want, we can build many things, but if we do not profess Jesus Christ, things go wrong. We may become a charitable NGO [non-governmental organization], but not the Church, the Bride of the Lord."
Father Lorans then quoted Bishop Fellay's words from the letter to show their similarity: "Works of charity done for the poor, the needy, the infirm and the sick have always been a true concern for the Church, and we must not excuse ourselves from it, but if it becomes merely man-centered philanthropy, then the Church is no longer carrying out her mission; she is no longer leading souls to God, which can really be done only by supernatural means: faith, hope, charity and grace."
In his letter, Bishop Fellay noted other concerns that began before the pontificate of Pope Francis. He highlighted how those who adhere to Church Tradition are penalized, while "those who profess doctrines which are heterodox or who commit veritable sacrileges are in no way troubled." He said it is "the logic of an abuse of authority."
However, as illustrated by the Holy Father's affirmation of the "Doctrinal Assessment" of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Bishop Fellay's comment would appear to be incorrect.
He said he believes only the Successor of Peter can save the Church, and he advised the Holy Father to "surround himself with vigorous defenders of the faith."
"Let him appoint them in the important dioceses," he said. "Let him deign, by important documents, to proclaim truth, pursue error without fear of contradictions, without fear of schisms, without fear of questioning the pastoral guidelines of the [Second Vatican] Council."
The latter comment regarding Vatican II would seem to indicate that the SSPX has set its course.
In a June 27, 2012 interview, Archbishop J. Augustine DiNoia, secretary of the Pontifical Council Ecclesia Dei, discussed the SSPX's evaluation of the Second Vatican Council:
"To say [the documents of Vatican II] are not binding is sophistry. The Council contains swathes of the ordinary magisterium, which is de fide divina [of divine faith].
"[T]here's nothing in the Council that is contrary to Tradition and … every text, or every part of it that is controversial, should be read in context of the Council — and read it in light of the Tradition. It seems to me, despite their difficulties, they should be able to do that."
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A Sandwich a Day: Fried Grouper at Mid Peninsula Seafood in St. Petersburg, FL
A different sandwich profiled every single day.
In this great country of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year—so that's what we'll do. Here's A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at sandwiches around the country. Got a sandwich we should check out? Let us know. —The Mgmt.
In researching dining options before heading to St. Petersburg, Florida, two things were clear. First, get fresh stone crab as often as possible. And second, go for grouper. I didn't see stone crabs on a sandwich, but grouper sandwiches were all over the place. It's quite possible that having a grouper sandwich is a prerequisite for any restaurant that wants a business license in St. Petersburg.
Local sources led me to sample the fried grouper sandwiches at Mid Peninsula Seafood Market & Restaurant, and I'm very thankful for their help. This $8 sandwich is all about the thick, fresh piece of flaky fish covered in a lightly crisp well-seasoned batter. There's not a whole lot else going on in this sandwich but with fish this good, that's just fine.
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400 49th Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33707 (map); 727-327-8309
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Sustainability has become a vital part of many business strategies across industries, which has prompted growing interest in the circular economy. Accenture recently conducted a study to explore the potential of the circular economy for the European chemical industry.
The advent of the circular economy is likely to lead to significant changes for European chemical companies, along with fundamental challenges. But it could also present a major opportunity for the European chemical industry—and for Europe overall.
A circular economy seeks to replace today's linear "take-make-dispose" approach to resources, in which materials are made into products, the products are used and then the materials are thrown out. A circular economy aims to continuously keep products, components and materials at their highest utility and value. With this model, the materials are constantly cycled back through the value chain for re-use, resulting in less energy and resource consumption.
reusing and recycling existing molecules that are tied up in end-consumer products that have reached the end of their lives.
creating products that are more durable, suitable for sharing and energy efficient.
of the European chemical industry molecules provided to customer industries and end-users can be recirculated using all five loops.
Creating and operating new circular economy processes requires large amounts of renewable energy and significant investments. However, the benefits to adopting a circular model can curb energy usage for conventional chemicals production. Extensive re-use of molecules can shrink markets for fossil-based feedstock and basic chemicals, and reduced production would drive industry-wide energy savings.
Moving to a circular economy will not happen overnight and will be a very gradual process. In a sense, chemical companies will be able to "bend" the linear "take-make-dispose models", working on the two ends—raw materials and increased recyclability of end products—and continue moving forward until they have created a circular model.
For more information, download the executive summary: "Taking the European Chemical Industry into the Circular Economy." To see the full report, contact us.


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Fred Rogers: Esteem-builder for hard-boiled kids
February 27– Mr. Rogers died this morning.
In an interview, Mr. McFeely, the Neighborhood's postman, said that Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood had been running since 1966. That means I saw the first shows when our family lived in the Washington, D.C., area in the mid- to late-'60s.
Ian Jr. was two and a half and Margaret not quite a year when we moved there. Our small Cape Cod in Silver Spring was cozy for a family of four. We didn't watch TV much, and I didn't want it in the small living room. So I put the TV in the dining room, just off the kitchen, where I could keep my eye on it and the kids while I cooked supper. Mr. Rogers soon became a family ritual every afternoon at 5.
I thought I was turning it on for the kids. In reality, I was the one who benefited the most.
Mr. Rogers spoke to the children: You're a good person, an important person, your feelings are good. One day, as I listened, I stopped cooking, sat down in the dining room and wept. I felt he was talking to me.
I had grown up in a household with more than its share of troubles, and although I knew that my parents loved me, their own problems prevented them from responding to my need to be acknowledged and esteemed. Having become a wife at 22 and a mom at 23 and again at 25, I had prematurely taken on the role of nurturer, yet I still craved a lot of care. I needed a boost to my self-esteem.
And now I had Mr. Rogers.
When he sang "What do you do with the mad that you feel?" I felt he was speaking to my son– a child who, from a very young age, became quickly frustrated and angry. Now a hard-boiled cop, my son doesn't remember enjoying Mr. Rogers; he only recalls poking fun at him as he grew older, thinking the show was sissy stuff. But I remember the cop as boy, sitting enthralled in front of the TV, listening to Mr. Rogers.
Similarly, Mr. Rogers reminded the children (and me) that "Everything grows together. Everything is one piece. Your nose grows as your toes grow as your ears grow..." It helped me find a way to talk about these things with my kids. As Margaret grew into a toddler, she also watched and sang and danced along with the tunes.
Mr. Rogers was gentle on the ears, but he was intelligent. He played like a kid, but he never talked down to them. He combined music and knowledge of child psychology and a wonderful spiritual sense to help children feel good about themselves and to deal with the everyday questions and fears: darkness and the bogeyman, whether you can get flushed down the toilet with the water, what happens to dead pets, differences between boys and girls, and the divorce of mommies and daddies. Mr. Rogers explored them all– for my kids, and for me, the mother. I felt he knew us, and we knew him as a member of our community.
He will be missed by generations of families. And sadly, the next generation– mothers as well as children– won't get to know this wonderful friend in our neighborhood.
Epilogue: In a move station officials say was planned before Rogers died, public television station WHTJ, which appears on broadcast channel 41 and Adelphia cable 7, plans to begin airing reruns of the show at 2pm on weekdays starting March 17.
Kay Slaughter is an environmental attorney and former Charlottesville mayor.


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Want to lose weight in 2014? You're not alone
It's Jan. 2: Have you kept your New Year's resolution?
For those committed to losing weight, Thursday marks one of the busiest gym days of the year.
"I'm tired of being out of shape," said Jeff Phillips. He's been out of the gym for five years, and decided 2014 was the year to come back.
VIDEO: Getting into workout habit could take months
"I quit smoking, I'm eating better. I want to feel good," he said.
The YMCA launched a media campaign centered around characters Will Power and Mo Tivation.
Their hope is to help people keep up with healthy goals and break down any barriers to getting healthy.
Mac Baker has been going to the YMCA three times a week for nearly seven years. He firmly believes that it takes nearly six months for an exercise regimen to become habit.
"Stick with it," he said. "It's going to be the hardest at first and then gradually get easier."
According to the website Statisticbrain.com, losing weight was the number one resolution for 2014. It also said the number of people sticking with their resolutions for six months or longer was about 46 percent.
Baker said the commitment to your health is well worth the time spent.
"Once you start to see the results, you'll understand why you're putting the time in."


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Wrong byline, wrong numbah, etc.
* Due to a production template error, last week's news story "Happy again: Albemarle First finds a taker" had an incorrect byline. It was written by the Associated Press.
* The phone number for Albemarle County director of general services George Shadman is incorrect in the January 11 article, "Albemarle recycling: Let the consumer beware." His number is 296-5816.
* In last week's cover story, the image of multiple lanes was provided by Rail Solution, Star Solutions' most ardent critic, as a representation of what Star Solutions might create.
* In last week's cover sidebar, we misstated VDOT's figure for the percentage of I-81 traffic that's trucks. The correct figure is 29 percent.
* The picture in last week's "On Architecture" column should have been credited to Jason Hottel Photography.
* Bern Ewert, the subject of last week's Hot Seat, actually went to Europe twice as a youth. He hitchhiked around for six months on the first journey; the second trip in 1965 was to study French in Paris.
* The location and spelling of the robbed Westpark Market on Four Seasons Drive were incorrect in the January 22 issue.


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time to bring out the pig of happiness!
Friday, June 25, 2010
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perfect french fries
Sunday, June 20, 2010
The story of how the recipe cam to be:
The recipe itself.
I came across this when trying to figure out what I can do with the french fries I do have. I don't usually eat them, but apparently they rung me up for fries when I ordered my hamburger last night. So now I'm trying to figure out how to make eating them more enjoyable, so that I don't just throw them away.
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So awesome. If I had the duckeys, I'd get one for Gumby.
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searching for a solution
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Hurricane season is upon us. An active season is predicted for this year. When I was unemployed several years back, I cut plywood for all of our windows. They were to be used with Plylox and fit into the window opening. When Ike came through, we were able to board up the windows in no time flat. The Plylox worked great, though there was a moment when I thought one of the boards was in danger of being pried off. After Ike, I got another pack of Plylox so each board will have another pair of clips the next time around.
Recently we replaced our windows with double-pane vinyl windows. Great for energy savings. However, the Plylox can no longer be used because the window is "thicker" and reduces the "setback". That is, the window doesn't sit deep into the opening. Plylox require at least 2 1/2 inches setback. They don't say so on their website, but I've seen it in a news article.
So I've been trying to find another solution without having to cut new plywood (to overlap the window opening, not sit in it) or having to drill into our brick. So far:
- Storm Brace http://www.stormbrace.com/
- Hurricane Bar http://www.hurricanebar.net/index.html
- Panel Lock http://www.hurricanepanellock.com/howwork.html
- and I saw reader comments on some blog that said to cut a 2x4 the same size as the window opening and then tap it into the opening with a hammer. Space three of those per opening and then fasten your plywood to the 2x4.
Quick Shutter http://www.quickshutterclampingsystem.com/
At this time, I am still searching for a solution. If I run out of time, then I'll probably go with the "tap-in 2x4" solution and use our exisitng plywood. I still have some fence screws and can use those.
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How do homeschooling parents know what to teach their children?
(i.e. what curriculum to follow for the specific grade level, etc.)
(i.e. what curriculum to follow for the specific grade level, etc.)
Before you purchase curriculum, do some homework! There is a lot of curriculum available to homeschoolers and it can be overwhelming and expensive if you don't do a little research first.
What does your state recommend? Look at the homeschool laws in your state using the Homeschool Legal Defense Association at this link: http://www.hslda.org/laws/default.asp
What does your state recommend? Look at the homeschool laws in your state using the Homeschool Legal Defense Association at this link: http://www.hslda.org/laws/default.asp
At that website you will find so much information, you might just want to spend an evening reading on that site!
After that, think about why you want to homeschool. Are you concerned that your child is "behind", "ahead", "lost", not getting enough, getting too much, or the many other reasons that a parent might begin looking into homeschool. Think of those reasons. Materials are available for the struggling learner as well as for the motivated learner.
- Do you have a scope in mind? An array of materials that you feel are the right materials or subjects at this time?
- Do you want materials that will tell you what to say? Materials that are designed to walk you, the parent, through the lesson, and give you the words you need to explain clearly?
- Do you want to proceed with "outside of the box" or non-mainstream ideas?
- Do you want to work on lessons for hours each day?
- Is your child ready for independent work?
- Does your child prefer "hands on" materials, doing it themselves, being read to, lectures, reading independently?
All of these questions and more are a good place to start as you begin your search for your own style of homeschooling. Some parents feel free to pick and choose materials from across the spectrum; some parents choose a "boxed" curriculum; some parents do not purchase specific materials at all.
You Don't Have To Make This Decision Today.
I give you permission to take all of the time you need to look at the various lines of materials out there.
- Take as much time as you need to familiarize yourself with styles of learning.
- Take the time to work with and talk to your children and figure out together what WORKS with them and what direction would they like to go.
- Furthermore, get out there and make every effort to meet other homeschoolers, learn from them, talk to them, and ask every one of your questions!
Let go of the fear this moment. Go read with your child. And allow yourself all of the time you and your child need before purchasing or acquiring any materials at all!


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Huygens 3D animation of Titan's surface
Huygens probe scientists have produced this colour-coded animation which displays the heights of the highland terrain cut by dendritic channels near the Huygens landing site.
Although Huygens landed on Titan's surface on 14 January 2005, the data collected during its descent is still being processed, and more new views of this fascinating world are becoming available.
Further processing of the images and data returned from the Descent Imager Spectral Radiometer (DISR) instrument on Huygens has allowed scientists to produce a colour-coded stereo animated model of topography near the probe's landing site.
The region pictured is approximately 1.5 by 3.5 kilometres and displays a maximum relative relief, or difference in heights, of between 150 and 200 metres. The blue and green areas are the lowest, with orange and red denoting the highest areas.
The members of the Huygens DISR instrument team are based throughout the USA and Europe, with the largest contributing groups from the University of Arizona, USA, the Max Planck Institute, Germany, and the Paris Observatory, Meudon, France.
For more information:
Bashar Rizk, DISR Co-Investigator
E-mail: bashar @ lpl.arizona.edu
Mike Bushroe, DISR Senior Staff Software Engineer
E-mail: mbushroe @ lpl.arizona.edu
Lori Styles, DISR News Services
E-mail: lstiles @u.arizona.edu
Jean-Pierre Lebreton, ESA Huygens Mission Manager
E-mail: jplebret @ rssd.esa.int


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A while back Larisa over at the Pink Pigtail Inn posted about the 33 things she wants to do in WoW before she leaves the game. It was a really great read, and it's had me thinking ever since. Eventually everyone will leave the game for one reason or another, including me. Surely there are things that I want to do before I quit WoW, but what are they?
Well, after much thought, I think I have my own WoW "bucket" list. Things that I would like to complete before hanging up my branches so that I can feel like I've "finished" the game.
- Grind out my Timbermaw faction. It's the last one I need for my Diplomat achievement…and the trinket is cool!
- Purchase a Traveler's Tundra Mammoth.
- On that same note, I'd like to obtain 100 mounts.
- Finish questing in IceCrown, so I have completed all of the Northrend quests on Beru.
- Complete my Loremaster Achievement. I have about 105 quests to complete in Kalimdor.
- Go back and finish Sunwell Plateau. I loathed the zone, but it is the only instance to date I've not finished. That just doesn't feel right.
- Complete my Val'ynar.
- Obtain one of the new raptor mounts coming out with 3.2.
- See Alagon. Either 10 or 25 man, it doesn't matter to me =)
- Kill Arthas.
- See the alliance side of Northrend. I suppose I better do this before faction changes, so I am not tempted to make my warlock horde before I have it finished!
- Get my Death Knight to 80…because everyone needs an 80 DK, amirite?
- Catch Old Ironjaw. Damn fish!
- Do something irreverent and unexpected, but nice for all of my friends in game.
- Plan something spectacular for Monolith's 5 year anniversary this coming November.
- Get my Defiler's faction to exalted. It's the only one I don't have…in large part because I find AB so boring. But I've said to myself many times that I need to suck it up and finish it out =)
- Do the Draenei starting area quests, as it's the only zone in the game I've not seen and I've heard that the zone is quite lovely.
- Break 10k HPS. I've seen it done on other's parses, I've heard it's possible. I'm going to figure out how to do it! =)
- Find a peace with all of the nasty things that happened during the start of TBC as a result of the guild split. While I'm not sure I will ever forgive certain people involved, I think I can find a peace so that I don't leave the game with that poor memory.
- Obtain Anzu's mount. Oh, how you taunt me, you evil Raven!
- Say goodbye to everyone that was important to me throughout my WoW Career.
I'm sure I probably missed something in there, but I'll come back and update it when I think of it. I don't know how long my WoW career will continue, it's already been four and a half years. At some point everyone has to walk away to find a new adventure in their life. It isn't my time for that yet, but you never know what tomorrow brings. I still get a lot of enjoyment from WoW, so I continue to play. There are still things in the game that I want to see and do, and while those remain and I still have interest in the game, I anticipate that I will keep trucking along =)
How about you guys? What would be on your "bucket" lists?


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I'm trying to wrap my head around all of this and all I read is only getting me more and more confused. Comprehensive information about OpenCl and compilation of its code is rather endangered species( common for new relatively new technology I guess).
Is there any way of compiling OpenCl code with the use of llvm+clang? After all it is used by Apple/Nvidia/RapidMind for their implementations of OpenCL.
Do I really need driver for OpenCL provided by Nvidia to make use of OpenCL?
Second question comes from actual hardware I right now poses. It's 7 series which is not obviously "CUDA-enabled" thus not supported by OpenCL driver from Nvidia.
Thank is advance for shedding any light on those questions
On another note. This is rather different story, but comes to my mind. Ignore it if it there's too weak connection with questions above.
According to GPU Gems, series of n40 GPUs are actually programmable in GPGPU context ( via HSLS AFAIR right). How does this comply in the light of OpenCL?


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So you've been on DRF a couple of times now, and you've decided to start looking for a team to join, but you don't know where start, or look for information about them. Well, I decided to make a brief overview of all the teams on DRF for you!
Team HOW - Hell on Wheels
Recruitment: CLOSED
Leadership: HOW_ManU, HOW_DINIS2005
Bio: HOW may only have 5 members, but they are one of the most respected teams in Drag Racing history. In total, they own more World Records than any other team.
Team TCR - Team Crum Racing
Recruitment: CLOSED
Leadership: TCR_Elvis_PR
Bio: TCR's accomplishments are too numerous to list all of them, but to name a few, they have won 2 TOTY's(Tuner of the Years), have been in the top 3 in every competition they have entered, and have the second-most number of World Records, after HOW.
Team DRE - Drag Racing Elite
Recruitment: OPEN
Bio: Drag Racing Elite was the first of many teams to be created on. Many of their members do not use this forum very actively, and the member you are most likely to see on the forum is DRE_Animara.
Team SDR - Silver Dragon Racing
Recruitment: OPEN
Leadership: SDR_Speedcuber, SDR_Liquid_Wrath, SDR_Dagobah
Bio: The members of SDR have distinguished themselves from early on in DRF history, and have hosted the 2012 Summer Games. The ranks of SDR are based on a military command structure, and recruitment is limited.
Team T2F - Time 2 Fly
Recruitment: OPEN
Leadership: T2F_Killswitch, T2F_Kalamus
Bio: T2F was one of the very first teams on DR, and the only team to have a member who was among the first 50 to register on the site.
Team MVP - Most Valuable Players
Recruitment: OPEN
Leadership: All full members are equal in rank.
Bio: In early 2013, the founding members of MVP split off from KOD to form their own team. Little more than 2 months later they went on to get second place in the Tuner of the Year 2013 challenge, and closed off recruitment to all but veterans of the game. Trainees go through a 30 day probationary period before joining.
Team ACE - All Class Elite
Recruitment: OPEN
Leadership: ACE_BD, ACE_My Name G, ACE_rbate, ACE_FastEddie, ACE_MADMAN
Bio: In early 2013, two highly respected teams, RYR and FA, merged together to form ACE. Having once had the most members of any team in history(over 60), ACE trimmed its roster down considerably. Trainees go through a 40 to 60 day probationary period before joining.
Team RDR - Russian Drag Racers
Recruitment: OPEN
Bio: RDR is a Russian-only team that currently holds multiple World Records. They are still recruiting members from Russia, and the Ukraine. In mid-2013, the founding members of RDR split off and joined TCR.
Team X Racers
Recruitment: OPEN
Leadership: NeeRoX
Bio: Team X Racers were formed in 2012, and are mainly active on the Bike Edition. They hold 20+ records in Bike Edition. Many of the members of the team met on 7Worlds Gaming, and some still wear the 7WG tag in their name.
Team PS - Precision Shifters
Recruitment: OPEN
Leadership: PS_CoUnTrYbOy, PS_SVO_Racer
Bio: Precision Shifters are a old and respected group in the DRF community. They were the second team ever created.
Team KDR - Korea Drag Racing
Recruitment: OPEN
Leadership: KDR_Zero, KDR_Changss
Bio: Similar to RDR, KDR is a Korean-only team. KDR was founded early in 2012.
Team EVO - Evolution Drag Racing
Recruitment: CLOSED
Leadership: EVO_Kryptonite, EVO_Razista, EVO_Palm_Punks
Bio: In mid-2013, the founding members of EVO split off from KOD to form their own team. A very new and active team, EVO is still recruiting members. EVO has merged with SDR...
Team FnF - Fast n Furious
Recruitment: OPEN
Leadership: FnF LeoShady
Bio: On Sunday October 20th 2013 EVO decided to merge with SDR.. LeoShady, the team recruiter for EVO disagreed with the merge. Tripp (a.k.a. RADIOACTIVE) and Coolrex supported LeoShady. They parted off and recruited some members from DRF and created Fast n Furious. Wednesday October 23rd 2013 Fast n Furious was born.FnF follows all the good ideals and principals of EVO. FnF is a team for players from all over the world of any age and belief. Their moto is "Helping the New n Challenging The Pro".
Team OGR - Old Guys Racing
Recuitment: OPEN
Leadership: OGR_iaxelr8
Bio: Old Guys Racing is a team that is just what it sounds like. A minimum age of 40(though somewhat flexible) is required to join.
Team DRMT - Drag Racing Malaysia Team
Recruitment: OPEN
Leadership: DRMT_NightcoreSP
Bio: DRMT is a relatively new, Malaysian-only team. They are still in the midst or recruiting and training newer members.
Team DRO - Drag Racing Obsession
Recruitment: OPEN
Leadership: DRO_Fastwilly187, DRO_TaintFast
Bio: DRO is one of the older teams still recruiting on DRF. They are recruiting both in their main team, and in their training team, DMF, led by DMF_KLLDMNSTR(just click on his name, it will take you to his profile).
Team WTF - Way Too Fast
Recruitment: OPEN
Leadership: WTF_Yeah_Right_, WTF_Chucho_Ponce, WTF_MightyMattj
Bio: WTF was formed in early 2013. Many of its founding members were a part of team PRR. They currently hold 2 World Records.
Team Fu2 - F*** You Too
Recruitment: OPEN
Leadership: Fu2_liv3Evil, Fu2_SPEED_DEMON
Bio: Fu2 was formed in Late 2011. They currently have 6 VIP's, the third most of any team on DRF.
Team DMT - Drag Malaysia Team
Recruitment: OPEN
Bio: DMT is a Malaysian-only team founded in 2011. They currently hold several World Records, and are very active in Pro League.
Legacy Guide(Under Construction)
A guide to the teams that once were:
More to come later...
updated 15.08.13 by MVP_Serebiisean/DRF_Stagfly
edit:The attached pic shows you how you can view the current list of team members. Just click on the appropriate team! (you must be registered to access)


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Braised Beet Salad with Golden Raisin Vinaigrette from 'Indian Cooking Unfolded'
Green salads are not traditional Indian fare, but according to Raghavan Iyer, that doesn't mean they can't fit into an Indian meal. In Indian Cooking Unfolded, Iyer offers seven Indian-esque salad recipes that blend Western-style raw greens with robust Indian spice. This beet salad is a perfect example of Indian-American fusion. Iyer cranks up the flavor with an abundant use of ginger—first, it's braised along with the beets for subtle, lingering heat to complement the beets' earthiness. Next, raw ginger is pureed into the vinaigrette for brightness and punch, balancing the grassy cilantro and candy-sweet golden raisins.
Why I picked this recipe: I eat a lot of beet salads, but rarely venture past of my usual soft cheese and herby vinaigrette habit.
What worked: I really liked this treatment for the beets: by cutting them into small pieces and braising, they cooked much more quickly than roasting and retained far more of their intrinsic earthiness than they do when boiled. And the vinaigrette was awesomely balanced—at once sweet, sour, spicy, and rich.
What didn't: No problems here.
Suggested tweaks: If you want to make this salad into a more substantial main dish, you could add crumbled paneer or feta cheese to the finished salad along with toasted nuts (Iyer recommends pistachios). You could also make the salad in the same way with just about any other root vegetable (or a combination). If you want to include fresher summer produce, you will want to decrease the cooking time substantially.
Reprinted with permission from Indian Cooking Unfolded: A Master Class in Indian Cooking, with 100 Easy Recipes Using 10 Ingredients or Less by Raghavan Iyer. Copyright 2013. Published by Workman Publishing Co. All rights reserved. Available wherever books are sold.
- Yield:Serves 4
- Active time: 25 minutes
- Total time:35 to 40 minutes
- Braised Beets
- 1 1/2 pounds beets with their green tops
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 teaspoon black or yellow mustard seeds
- 3 pieces fresh ginger (each about the size and thickness of a 25-cent coin; no need to peel the skin), cut into matchstick-thin shreds
- 1 to 2 fresh green serrano chiles, stems discarded, finely chopped (do not remove the seeds)
- 1 teaspoon coarse kosher or sea salt
- Golden Raisin Vinaigrette
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1/4 cup cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup golden raisins
- 1/4 cup firmly packed fresh cilantro leaves and tender stems
- 3 pieces (each about the size and thickness of a 25-cent coin) fresh ginger (no need to peel the skin)
- 1 fresh green serrano chile, stem discarded
- 8 ounces mixed salad greens (like mesclun)
Prepare the beets: Twist off the green tops of the beets. These look very similar to chard leaves and more likely than not will be gritty with sand and mud. Cut the tender ribs and leaves crosswise into thin slices and place them in a colander. Thoroughly rinse the beet tops to rid them of the gritty material. Transfer them to a salad spinner and spin them dry.
Peel the beets and cut them into 1-inch cubes. Rinse the cubes as well in the colander (the gush of blood-red water gives you a clue to the power of the natural dye the vegetable has within its sugary sweetness). There's no need to spin them dry.
Heat the oil in a medium-size saucepan over medium-high heat. Once the oil appears to shimmer, add the mustard seeds, cover the pan, and cook until the seeds have stopped popping (not unlike popcorn), about 30 seconds. Add the ginger and chiles and stir-fry until the ginger is lightly browned and the chiles are much more pungent, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the beet greens, the cubed beets, and salt and stir well to coat them with the mustard seeds. The liquid in the beet greens will start to pool at the bottom of the pan and boil instantly, loosening the stuck-on bits of ginger and chiles, effectively deglazing the pan and releasing those flavors into the beets. Reduce the heat to medium, cover the pan, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the beets are tender when pierced with a fork, 10 to 15 minutes (the beets also will sweat, releasing some liquid, in which they will braise).
While the beets cook, make the vinaigrette dressing: Heat a small skillet over medium-high heat. Once the skillet is hot (when you hold your palm close to the bottom of the skillet you will feel the heat), usually after 2 to 4 minutes, add the cumin seeds and toast them, shaking the pan every few seconds, until they start to crackle, turn reddish-brown, and smell nutty, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Immediately transfer the cumin seeds to a blender or they will start to burn in the hot skillet.
Pour the oil and the vinegar into the blender along with the raisins, cilantro, ginger, and whole chile and blend them into a smooth puree that is light greenish brown and sweet, sour, pleasantly hot, and highly aromatic (trust me, you will stick a finger in it, taste it, and go wow!).
Once the beets and greens are done, make the salad: Place the mixed salad greens in a large bowl. Pour the vinaigrette dressing over the salad greens and toss to coat; I use my hands (clean) to do this. Pile the dressed salad greens onto a platter, spoon the still-warm beets and greens over them, and serve.
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I've thought about it for a bit, but I still can't get the punchline of today's Dilbert strip.
Anybody knows?
I've thought about it for a bit, but I still can't get the punchline of today's Dilbert strip.
Anybody knows?
The punchline is that there aren't any smart people debating.
yeah, he stated that he may not be smart enough to debate, then he starts by looking for smart people, then--Oh my god I've just gone cross-eyed *faints*
Heh, forgive my lack of mental aptitude, but I still don't see how the words Ratbert is saying in the last panel, "Okay, I'm in", fit into the strip. IMHO, the comic ended on the 2nd strip.
Have you seen any Heist movies?
You mean those hacker movies where they break into some computer and say "Okay, I'm In"?
Yeah, but that would mean, the punchline was really in the 2nd panel, not the 3rd right?
"Ok, I'm in [the debate]"... it took ratbert only one panel transition to read everything smart people have said on the internet... ?
Between the second and third panels, he looks around and realizes there are not smart people on the internet, so he can debate.
I fixed it for you, Perspective.Originally Posted by Perspective
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Originally Posted by SlyMaelstrom
But there aren't smart people on the internet, so the clock should only move a couple seconds.
Well, clearly ratbert's clock is broked... and, really, doesn't that just add to the humor of it all? Besides, everyone who's anyone who's a Dilbert fan knows ratbert uses 56k.
Sent from my iPad®
The hands aren't centered in the middle frame, and the clock's in different positions in the last two frames. Plus, what is he doing looking for smart internet debates (Political discussions anyone, hehe) in work!?!? That'll kill staff moral!
They had to make the third strip, because they always have 3 strips.
The third one is just to fill some space.
"The Internet treats censorship as damage and routes around it." - John Gilmore


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I have watched with interest the statement and comments that arose out of journalist Andrea Mitchell's announcement that she has had breast cancer and is back to work with a great prognosis. The blogsphere is up in arms about her word choice and whether she should use her platform to discuss personal information or health care agendas.
How can I comment on what she said or how she said it with a clear conscience? I have said many things I wish I could take back in my life, fortunately not any on network television in front of millions of people. In my personal and professional relationships, I try to put myself in the other person's shoes. It's easy for me to do this with Andrea Mitchell since I have had breast cancer twice, both times caught early and with a "terrific prognosis."
Before we judge, I think it's important to see the world from her view. She had her breast cancer detected in a routine screening mammogram. It goes without saying if you had yours revealed in the same way, you would be a proponent. If you were a young woman at diagnosis, saw your breast cancer in 3-D imaging, and knew that mammography is not quite as accurate for younger women with dense breasts as it is for older women, you, like me, might be a huge fan of MRI technology. So much so that you may participate in a study and allow your films to be shown at conferences like I did.
While Mitchell's word choice has caused quite a bit of controversy, we must remember that although "cure" is not a word I have heard in breast cancer forums, if you had early-stage breast cancer that was treated, you would like to believe you are "cured." Sure, she could have done better. She's a journalist after all. She could have explained that in reality, there is a high survival rate with early detection (which is very true). She might have mentioned that the percentage of women who die of this disease is decreasing as we make some progress in treatment and screening, and the age of diagnosis is creeping frighteningly low, although still only a small percentage of breast cancer diagnoses occur in premenopausal women. She could have talked about the need to find a cure for one of the 288,000 American women who found out they had breast cancer in 2010.
In the end, though, I found it way more offensive when I watched Larry King Live in 2006 and Sheryl Crow stated she was getting radiation for systemic treatment of breast cancer. Well, that's just plain wrong. Radiation is local treatment. She also said it was "better" than chemotherapy, and that is just wrong too. It is different than chemotherapy because chemotherapy is in fact, systemic treatment. She added that she wasn't a candidate for chemotherapy because it wasn't in her lymph nodes. As one of many women who have had chemotherapy with no node involvement, I will tell you it is more driven by the type of cancer and the pathology than lymph nodes alone. She also professed the need for screening, and I didn't hear of anyone giving her a hard time. But she gave flat-out incorrect information to millions of viewers. Granted Andrea Mitchell is a journalist, and Sheryl Crow a singer, but she wasn't reporting on breast cancer. It was a personal story.
It's always bothered me. Not because she didn't have the right to tell her story in her interview, but because without malice, she propagated some myths and fed incorrect information to a huge population of people. And because she is Sheryl Crow, people believe her. I wish I called in to the show and told them. But I am not a doctor, just a two-time breast-cancer patient who did her homework.
I think that is the bottom line. When you are a public figure, you have the ability to use the power for good or bad. How would you use yours?
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Friday, September 07, 2007
Last night, I stayed up all night to write the first graded paper I've written since my thesis. What the hell is wrong with me?
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I have just read this post (Is education technology doomed?) on Edudemic.com. In it, it suggests that by pushing the barriers in education with using technology we may be leaving kids behind. Kids from families that cannot afford high-end computers/tablets/mobile phones and connections to the internet. In essence, this is true. These families are disadvantaged. However, I think, instead of seeing this as a problem that means educating kids in this way is not a good idea (I don't believe that is what the post was saying, but it could be read into it), we need to look at ways to overcome this problem so that we can continue to bring our education systems/practices into the world of today.
A couple of years ago, I bought an old computer for about $12. This included the monitor, keyboard, mouse and CPU. It was definitely not a high-spec computer. It wouldn't run the latest version of windows on it. It wasn't fast and it didn't have a large hard-disk. I installed Ubuntu Linux on it, and it ran like a dream. How much did Ubuntu cost? Nothing. What came with it? A stack of different programs to do pretty much anything you wanted! And I could download many more free programs.
Why am I writing about this? I'm wanting to get across the idea that perhaps schools need to re-evaluate what technology they use. No, not everyone can buy the latest computer with the most up-to-date software on it. But, I could do just as much on the computer that cost me $12 as I could on my $1000 desktop PC. The physical machine wasn't as flash, but it worked, and worked well. If schools could consider these types of options (and I know this is happening already), then technology can become more accessible to those who cannot afford it.
As for the internet. Well, the cheapest dial-up plans I know of in New Zealand are about $10 a month. Not too difficult for most to scrape up. Yes, I know not everyone will be able to, but many can. I also no that dial-up is not great for watching videos etc online, however a lot of other things can be done. Remember also, that if you've never had the internet before, then dial-up is a lot faster than nothing! I spent many years on a dial-up connection quite happily. It's hard to go back, but to move forward from no connection, dial-up is fine.
The cheapest broadband plan I know of in NZ is about $25 a month. Again, quite a few people will be able to find this in their budget.
So, my suggestion is that schools think about their clientele – their students and families. What can they access? What can they afford? Come up with a plan or strategy that will benefit those families where they are now. Perhaps you decide as a school to use open source (or free) software only. Perhaps you partner with computer firms to get good deals for your school and students? Perhaps you buy a few cheap computers with Linux installed and loan them to families?
Don't give up on technology because not everyone has access. Work with your Board and community to find a way forward for all involved.


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A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
1620 - 1695
Historical Period:
The Early Modern Period
Neville was a supporter of the English Revolution until his oppisition to Cromwell led to his arrest for treason. He translated the writings of Machivelli in the late 17th century.


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An Incomplete Timeline of Recent Anti-Police Activity in the Triangle
From TriAnarchy
The following is a timeline of anti-police activity from the triangle area in the last few months. We assembled this to help folks in digesting this recent period, connecting the dots of various, seemingly disparate kinds of activity, and strategizing about future efforts. This list is most certainly incomplete, and we would welcome any additions with links, pictures etc., which can be sent to email@example.com .
Aug 15th – The Chapel Hill Police Headquarters is vandalized by a group of anarchists claiming solidarity with prisoner Luke O Donovan, incarcerated for defending himself from homophobic violence in Atlanta, Ga, and with the ongoing uprising in Ferguson. Police cars are smashed out and spray-painted.
August 22nd – Over 100 people hold an angry rally and proceed to march down Franklin St. In solidarity with the riots and protests in Ferguson. In response to a column in the Daily Tar Heel condemning the anger and tone of the protest, a piece is released online and in paper several days later that defends the protest. (more…)