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Whether you're an amateur or a professional astronomer, it is now easier to help Venus Express by submitting your pictures via a newly launched web interface.
Since the Venus Amateur Observing Project (VAOP) was launched in March 2006, your images and data taken from the ground have been complementing Venus Express' observations.
The VAOP is aimed at obtaining high-quality images of Venus during and after Venus Express operations, which started in May 2006. A new, simpler web-based interface, called the Venus ground-based Active Archive (VAA), is now available for you to upload your pictures. Given its design, it is very easy for both amateurs and professionals to contribute to the project.
With your observations, you can provide routine imaging of Venus during each appearance and also complement spacecraft observations at certain times during the mission. The upgraded tool has been made public late last month, on 29 October. The tool works such that any data you use can be useful rightaway for scientists, without much work beforehand.
ESA's Venus Express scientists want to specially encourage amateurs to help. This is because although professionals are equipped with state-of-the-art telescopes, they only have limited observing time. These days, amateurs are also able to take excellent images.
The web interface performs some simple checks on data consistency and whatever you submit then becomes visible on the 'recent submissions' page.
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Posted: Wed 21 Oct 2009, 07:47
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slackware puplet, back to the drawing board
see the new thread here
md5: 127c82b933181bcffeea015142312499
here is my fixed spup. i changed the pup to pdp so there is no confusion between the real spups and my edited version. pdp=plague dogs puplet
new stock spup iso,
c403b472d90df45a235e13cfea5f5228 checksum for the iso
0d58b111643d90d661b73eec94fddb7e checksum for the devx
kernel sources
this was built with the latest woof, 20091024B. kernel 126.96.36.199. no scsi, no extra modules, nothing. i changed the backgrounds to fit my taste, and i had to edit line 126 in Packages-puppy-woof-official to use rox_filer-2.6.1-21-p4.pet as opposed to ver 2.9.0-p4. as for the other missing pets, jwmconfig2, valide and you2pup have been located, processed, and are in the build.
happy testing slackers.
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You can join any of these ongoing efforts to speed up your progress:
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Posted: Fri 23 Oct 2009, 12:48
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I'm into spup myself, too.
I think we should arrange some group to develop a spup - just choose one leader, upload his buggy ISO and share it between all members to start bug-hunting. I offer my skills.
I think gposil's development model fits: we need a "476", a default spup built with all defaults, then we can start fixing every Puppy-Slackware incompatibility and make a "482", a stable 4.3.1-like Puppy built from Slackware 13 packages. After that, we can replace applications and mess with dependencies.
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There is now updated woof for getting started:
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Posted: Sat 24 Oct 2009, 23:40
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i agree that we need some sort of strategy, i also really like the idea of building from current slack packages. i think over in the slaxer forum, big bass has the latest pkgtool running and i think its installing .txz's from slack 13. ill have to read through the thread again. i had pkgtool installed on my spup but it wasn't dealing with the txz's. i think the only difference between tgz and txz is lzma compression. my "normal" distro is zenwalk(slack based xfce), it has its own pkg format calld tlz, its just a tgz with lzma. so when slackware changed in ver 13, zenwalk had no problem with the new format, a guy just had to upgrade his pkgtools and all was well. we were all installing packages from slackware current the same day.
yeah we need a leader too. im no leader, im just a welder. i dont have the skills, or the time to administrate a project of this scale.
tonight i will get the latest woof and build a stock spup. i think that most of my fixes from my first iso will still be relevant so instaed of editing the root fs during the ./3builddistro, maybe ill upload the fixes as a seprate tar or something. what do you think?
my last build had a 22.214.171.124 kernel because i cant get any sound out of the 18.104.22.168 builds. im running a dell inspiron 1525 notebook and i have the same issue with the offical 4.3, dpup and the spups i built with the 30.5 kernel. unfortunately my collection of outdated desktops are in alberta, about 1500km from here (here being victoria bc canada).
im off to start my new build, wish me luck.
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Spup on the wiki now
Puppy Raspup 8.2
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Posted: Sun 25 Oct 2009, 02:01
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I'm currently messing with upup, but once I'm done with it I'll make a spup too, I just need some base for my puplet. I'll make 2 spups with both 184.108.40.206 and 22.214.171.124, because nVidia drivers worked beautifully only with .25.16 under Puppy 4.3, I want to test this again with different packages to track down the source of the problem.
And by the way, I tried to make Woof work with Zenwalk and failed, I'll try again. Zenwalk uses a repos format similar to Slackware's ... a quick start.
I think it might be a good idea to share bugs and fixes in this topic.
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Posted: Sun 25 Oct 2009, 03:13
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I tried to make Woof work with Zenwalk and failed, I'll try again.
the first few woofs worked with other distros, providing you had the sfs4 dependency met. all the recent woofs need a puppy 4.3 or better. its mentioned in the readme. it is nice to know there is another zenwalker among us.
in my first iso, spdp-296. i edited the rootfs in sandbox3 during the ./3builddistro script. i replaced the following with their slackware 12.2 equivalents.
abiword 2.6.6 -upgrade from 2.6.3
geany 0.17
leafpad 0.8.16
xine-libs 1.1.15
parted 1.8.8
i did it all by hand and it took a long time. i also added some stuff to meet their dependencies.
cxxlibs 6.0.9
device mapper 1.02.28
gucharmap 1.10.0
svgalib 1.9.25
epdfview was also broke. i cheated and did a
ln -s libpoppler-glib.so.3.0.0 libpoppler-glib.so.4
it worked so i left it.
i tried a few different methods of implementing my fixes. i tried editing the package list, i tried pulling the packages out of the /packages-spup dir. in the end it seemed like less work to do it by hand in the rootfs-complete dir. the only downfall i could see was that the list in /root/.packages is incorrect. it still lists the old versions of the fixed packages.
i was pretty proud of it when i posted it on file share. i had lots of slack packages installed and working. then after having problems while compiling vbox kernel modules, winecfg crashing, and some strange behaviour from xfce, i edited my first post to reflect my failure.
check this out, i installed xfce from slackware, it worked awesome. then i tried to drop out to a console, and i was left blind. xfce closed, my screen went black. i typed startxfce4 and my window manager came back. i repeated this 3 or 4 times, i switched from xfce to jwm (all in a blacked out console, or "blind" if you will). if i remember correctly when i dropped out of jwm i had my console back, displaying text like it should. is that not bizarre?
the link is still there, at the very top of this thread.
right now im about half way through ./2createpackages. give me a couple hours and ill have the new one built. im going to build one with the newest 184.108.40.206 kernel, option 7. and ill build a "retro" 18.104.22.168 for my self, or anyone who wants it.
see you in a bit.
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Posted: Sun 25 Oct 2009, 04:26
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during my ./2createpackages i ran into this,
jwmconfig2-20091009.pet not found
it suggests to find it, put it in packages-pet, & build it.
it can be found here
these are also missing
rox_filer-2.9.0-p4.pet - might have to use an older version
valide-20090321.pet -i cant find this anywhere
you2pup-1.3-2.pet - this ones on
i have found a few pets with "uj" in the title, like valide-194-uj.pet & rox_filer-2.6.1-18-uj.pet. whats this stand for? ubuntu juanty?
that will never do, ill figure something out.
this is more or less a post to me, from me.
ok its very late now and i will get the iso up tomorrow...
but i ran a grep -i -r on my woof dir looking for something to hack, i found
valide-20090321 is in the packages-puppy-woof-official file, line 153
valide-194-uj is on line 154, the packages are the same size. what do i do here? i think im just going to leave that one alone.
as for rox filer, im afraid that has to go back to version 2.6 something.
until tomorrow
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Posted: Sun 25 Oct 2009, 09:19
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I'll try to examine the Slackware package tables again today and see if Zenwalk works as I expect. If it does, I'll try to make Woof Zenwalk modifications and a zpup
Thanks for the info about spup, I'll try to make a Slack-13 spup today if I find the time, I'll post the results here.
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Try this
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Finally got home and reinstalled 4.3.1 to start messing with spup... I'm in the ./1download stage, I'll edit this reply with all important notes.
Btw, can Slack's/Zenwalk's package manager be ported to Puppy? I'll try to get netpkg working
EDIT 1: got netpkg working, but it doesn't find packages, I'll try to fix netpkg for Puppy once I make the base spup
EDIT 2: I added Zenwalk's perl, wget and tar, netpkg still doesn't work. It loads the repos but doesn't seem to locate and download packages. netpkg supports both Zenwalk and Slack packages, and the Slack package management tools work on Puppy as far as I know.
EDIT 3: success! Got installpkg and removepkg from Zenwalk to work. It installs and removes packages correctly! I can code some frontend that downloads packages and runs installpkg and removepkg to install/uninstall. I'll try to do this when I find the time. Maybe. Oh, and it supports both Zenwalk and Slack packages, including tlz!
# installpkg
Usage: installpkg [options] <package_filename>
Installpkg is used to install a .t{gz,bz,lz,xz} package like this:
installpkg slackware-package-1.0.0-i486-1.tgz (or .tbz, .tlz, .txz)
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Iguleder wrote:
I'm currently messing with upup, but once I'm done with it I'll make a spup too, I just need some base for my puplet. I'll make 2 spups with both 188.8.131.52 and 184.108.40.206, because nVidia drivers worked beautifully only with .25.16 under Puppy 4.3, I want to test this again with different packages to track down the source of the problem.
On pup 431, NIVIDIA-185-18.36-L22.214.171.124-1.pet works great with my Nividia Geforce 8400 GS 512MB card.
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Here's the pkgtools, converted from Zenwalk, just installpkg and removepkg, it needs tar <= 1.13. Needs testing.
To use it, download a Zenwalk/Slackware package, to install /root/lol.tgz, run installpkg /root/lol.tgz and uninstall it with removepkg.
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Life Line Screening Data Supports Awareness as Key to Treating Arterial Disease
By Family Features
A lack of symptoms may be giving you a false sense of security about your health. In reality, there are several serious health conditions that can be asymptomatic, meaning your body doesn't give you signals that something is wrong.
When it comes to peripheral arterial disease, for example, some patients feel pain or numbness in their legs. Other possible symptoms include dark or blue-tinged skin on the legs, and, for men, erectile dysfunction. Other patients notice none of these symptoms at all.
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According to researcher Jeffrey S. Berger, M.D., of New York University School of Medicine, patients who have peripheral arterial disease are more than three times as likely to have issues in their carotid artery, which can lead to stroke and ultimately brain damage.
Berger's study, published in Atherosclerosis, a leading journal on arterial and vascular disease, was based on an anonymous review of 3.6 million Life Line Screening cases. While some patients were aware of a peripheral arterial disease diagnosis, others were not. Regardless, the majority was shown to have carotid artery stenosis, or more simply, constricted blood vessels leading to the brain.
"We're pleased that we were able to contribute to such important work while maintaining patient confidentiality," said Andrew Manganaro, chief medical officer of Life Line Screening. "It is the kind of research that heightens awareness of a critical medical issue."
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In fact, awareness was a major theme of the study. Berger concluded that patients who have received treatment and believe they are cured, or patients with no symptoms, may be at higher risk because they are not be adhering to appropriate lifestyle and medication therapies.
If you are exhibiting common symptoms of peripheral arterial disease, a simple, non-invasive screening can help gauge your arterial health. Symptoms include pain during exercise that is relieved during rest, cold legs, poor wound healing and constant leg pain, tingling, burning or loss of sensation.
Patients who have no symptoms but are at high risk for the disease should also consider an evaluation. Risk factors include family history, increasing age, smoking, high cholesterol, heavy alcohol consumption, poor diet, heart disease, diabetes, obesity and physical inactivity.
The peripheral arterial disease screening procedure, available through Life Line Screening, is done using the ankle-brachial index. After removing your socks and shoes, you will have pressure cuffs placed around your upper arms and ankles. A small ultrasound device will then measure the systolic blood pressure in your limbs.
In addition, a simple finger-stick measures three different kinds of lipids in the blood (HDL, LDL and triglycerides) as well as total cholesterol, which help determine arterial disease risk, and ultimately the risk of trouble with the carotid artery.
To learn more about screenings that can help identify your health risk for potentially asymptomatic diseases, visit www.lifelinescreening.com.
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SACRAMENTO – According to a recently completed annual report compiled by the California Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) from small business client surveys, small businesses experienced substantial growth opportunities due to increased financing in 2014.
The California SBDC is the largest technical assistance provider for small businesses in the state and is part of a national network of nearly 1,000 centers – which are funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Through its 42 centers, the California SBDC provided free on-on-one consulting and low-cost workshops to 60,000 small businesses in 2014. The positive economic impacts of the SBDC program included helping clients' access more than $535 million in loans and equity investments, a staggering 56 percent increase in capital infusion over the prior year.
In addition, follow up client surveys credited the California SBDC program's assistance with the creation and retention of 8,624 jobs last year, the launch of 920 new businesses and sales increases of nearly $344 million. Jesse Torres, chair of the California Small Business Development Centers Leadership Council, attributed the upswing in impacts of the SBDC program to several factors including increased funding for services, a statewide initiative centered on helping clients increase loan and investment opportunities as well as an increase in demand for services from technology firms.
"In 2014, the California SBDC Network assisted our clients in achieving more than half a billion dollars in capital infusion," Torres said. "Through important grants like the Governor's Capital Infusion program, we were able to expand our confidential business advising and secure our place as a leader in capital infusion assistance. We are grateful to Governor Brown's leadership on this special funding for our centers and for the state's ongoing support for small business."
Last September the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) announced its Capital Infusion Program that would provide $2 million in one-time, matching grants to California SBDC offices to assist small businesses in obtaining capital. The funding came at a crucial time for the California SBDC and provided some assistance in meeting the federal matching funds requirement from the SBA.
Across its 43 centers and more than 100 outreach locations, California Small Business Development Centers provided more than 78,000 hours of free consulting to entrepreneurs in 2014 and conducted 2,515 workshops across the state.
"The SBA's highly productive partnership with the California SBDC Network has had a significant positive impact in helping small businesses start, grow and prosper," said SBA Region 9 Regional Administrator Donna Davis. "The SBA's ongoing commitment to small business and entrepreneurial development not only provides enhanced technical assistance service to the 3.6 million small businesses in California, but also promotes economic development and job growth."
For more information on California Small Business Development Centers or to find a Small Business Development Center near you, go to www.californiasbdc.org.


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There are a thousand reasons you might want to take a screenshot on your Kindle Fire, Kindle Fire HD 7, or Kindle Fire HD 8.9. Maybe you want to help a friend figure something out or share a high score in Planets Vs. Zombies. Whatever the reason, where there's a will, there's a way. Below, we've outlined several methods to take a screenshot on your new tablet, split up by the Kindle Fire model you have.
How to take a screenshot on a Kindle Fire 2, Kindle Fire HD 7, or Kindle Fire HD 8.9
Taking a screenshot on one of the newer late 2012 Kindle Fires is easy and can be achieved in one simple step:
- Press and hold the volume down button and the power button at the same time.
You'll find both of them on the top of the device. As long as you hold them down at exactly the same time, you'll see an animation and hear a sound indicating that you've captured a screenshot. Now go to the Photos app and you'll see a Screenshots album with your captured screenshot in it.
How to take a screenshot on an older Kindle Fire
If you have an original Kindle Fire (if it was purchased in late 2011 through late summer 2012) then the process to capture a screenshot is long and complicated. Here are the steps:
- Install the Android SDK on your computer.
- Make sure you have the Kindle Fire USB driver installed (Amazon instructions).
- Plug in your Kindle Fire to your computer via USB.
- Go to your Android tools directory (should be something like C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk-windows\tools) and then scroll down until you see a file labeled "ddms" and double click on it.
- A window will pop up and then you should see the Dalvik Debug Monitor.
- Your device should be listed under name so click on it.
- Now choose Device and Screen capture from the top menu in Dalvik.
- A window will pop up showing your Kindle Fire screen and you can hit Save to capture a screenshot. You'll need to hit Refresh to update for a new screenshot
- You'll be prompted to save it at a location on your computer. Choose a spot.
- Congratulations. It's probably been an hour, but you have a screenshot!
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Steak Carpaccio
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- 1 piece beef tenderloin - (10 oz)
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Salt to taste
- Freshly-ground black pepper to taste
- 2 cups fresh arugula or fresh baby spinach - (lightly packed)
- 1/2 ounce shaved Parmesan
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Servings 2
Step 1
Tie the beef tenderloin with kitchen twine to help maintain its shape, then freeze the tenderloin until frozen (this ensures that the center stays rare when cooking a small piece of meat). Then, heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a heavy small skillet over high heat. Rub the frozen beef with salt and pepper. Add the beef to the hot skillet and sear on all sides, about 4 minutes total (the beef will be just barely seared on the outside but will remain rare). Freeze the beef until it is almost frozen, about 1 hour (this makes it easier to cut into very thin slices). Using a large sharp carving knife, slice the beef as thinly as possible. Arrange the arugula and Parmesan shavings on a serving platter and lay the beef slices on top. Drizzle with the remaining olive oil and lemon juice. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and serve.
Alternative: Use 6 ounces of thinly-sliced bresaola instead of the tenderloin. Do not cook the bresaola. Serve it as you would the tenderloin, above.
This recipe yields 2 servings.


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Cincinnati (plus 4.5) at Houston, Saturday, 4:30 p.m.
Scott Reid: It's fashionable these days to be a Texans skeptic. And, as Feschuk knows well, I'm nothing if not fashionable.
Sure, Houston has won 12 times but who have they really topped? Take away early-season victories against Denver and Baltimore and their record relies on beating up on the likes of Jacksonville (twice), Miami, the Jets, Angela Lansbury, the 1962 New York Mets and Willow Smith (although she took them to overtime). By contrast, their losses were all to playoff teams: Green Bay, New England, Minnesota and Indy. Making matters worse, Houston is skidding badly into the playoffs. Since getting squared by Ndamukong Suh on Thanksgiving Day, Schaub has thrown as many interceptions as touchdowns, led the team to three losses in five games and only pees while seated (fun fact: JJ Watt is also a squatter). Handicappers everywhere are consequently predicting a swift exit from the playoffs. But in my red-thonged opinion, the boys in Vegas are a week too early. Houston is no powerhouse but, at home, they'll easily dispatch the Bengals. But in the next round? They're going to get Willow'd. Pick: Houston.
Scott Feschuk: It's true: everyone is picking a Bengals upset. It's as though we've all forgotten that in the most pivotal of football moments, Cincinnati coach Marv Lewis is best known for staring ahead with an expression on his face that says, "Hmm, where did I leave my car keys? Also, what are car keys? And hey, who's this voice in my head wondering about car keys?? OUT WITH YOU, SATAN! [Punches self in brain.]"
What I'm saying is that with Norv Turner and Andy Reid having been fired, Marv Lewis is the NFL's longest-tenured and most-distinguished Terrible Coach in Crucial Games. And that's good news for football fans. Every big drama needs some comedy relief – and Marv will be here on Saturday to burn three timeouts before the eight-minute mark of the first quarter, or let time expire in the first half while mulling over a field-goal attempt, or throw his red flag to challenge whether Joanie ever truly loved Chachi. Pick: Houston.
Minnesota (plus 8) at Green Bay, Saturday 8 p.m.
Reid: Looks like the Vikes' huge win last week did little to sway the odds makers. If this line were any bigger, Adrian Peterson could run through it (see how much better the jokes are going to be in 2013). But it's for a good reason: Green Bay will win this game just as surely as the next Nora Ephron picture will include a gay best friend and something soulful from Snow Patrol. (Note from Feschuk: Reid is either unaware that Ephron is dead or is convinced that this small hurdle will not diminish her output of cinematic treacle.) The real thing we've got to sort out is why Kathy Griffin thinks it makes sense or any kind of decency to go down on a gay dude with a national audience watching – including two of my sons who now think the funniest word in the English language is 'pricknic' (they're probably right).
Pick: Green Bay.
Feschuk: According to league sources, Vikings QB Christian Ponder has been "very limited" in practice this week, and also in every game in his NFL career.
This guy gets the Trent Dilfer Memorial Award for Playoff Team That is Unaware It Even Has a Starting Quarterback. Can't they just jerry-rig a pitching machine or a Lego robot to repeatedly hand the ball to Adrian Peterson? Or how about a series of stunt-casted guest stars to boost ratings?
Ponder: My elbow still hurts from when it hit a helmet last week, coach.
Coach: No problem, kid. We're going to go with Tom Selleck, Florence Henderson and TV's Radar O'Reilly.
The key to this game will be the Packers learning from last week and this time around stacking the box with 11 players and a hastily dug moat. Pick: Green Bay.
Indianapolis (plus 6) at Baltimore, Sunday, 1 p.m.
Feschuk: What a Sunday of football – unless you're Joe Flacco. To put it in the parlance of Sesame Street: Joe Flacco is the one of these things that's not like the other. All week long the hype has been about the three amazing rookie quarterbacks (Andrew Luck, RG III and Russell Wilson) who took their teams to unexpected heights during the 2012 season and will be taking the field on Wild Card Sunday. And then there's Joe, who's so average at his job that young, doe-eyed children come up to him and lament, "Say it ain't so-so, Joe." I'm not saying the guy doesn't engender much confidence but right now John Harbaugh's game plan calls for Ray Rice to carry the ball 3,400 times. The Ravens have a reputation for being defensively stout, but in fact their D ranks in the bottom half of the league this year. And the team lost four of its last five games. They're ripe for the picking! To again put it in the parlance of Sesame Street, "Six! Six beautiful points against the spread! AH! AH! AH!" Or as Mr. Hooper used to say to Big Bird, "Get out of my store, you filthy animal." That quote doesn't have any practical application in terms of this game but it's always worthwhile to remember that Mr. Hooper was a horrible, hate-filled man. Pick: Indianapolis.
Reid: There are two kinds of people on this Earth: Those who retire gracefully from life as a professional athlete. And those who decay into a spiral of despondency, drugs and murder. (The second kind are also known as Nickleback fans). To help Ray Lewis determine which of these two categories into which he might fall, we have prepared this helpful three question personality test.
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3. Do you believe Chavril is a real romance? (Answer: Who gives a shit, just burn the white suit). Pick: Baltimore.
Seattle (minus 2.5) at Washington, Sunday, 4:30 p.m.
Feschuk: Maybe I've been listening to too much sports radio but based on what I've heard this week it is my understanding that Robert Griffin III is an amazing quarterback, a peerless athlete, a terrific teammate, a great humanitarian, a super genius, a hilarious prankster, a compelling singer-songwriter, a founding member of the Dogme 95 film movement, a good source of 11 essential vitamins and nutrients and a Rockette. He makes the Most Interesting Man in the World look mildly intriguing at best. But let's face it: it's hard to predict what's going to happen in this game. The Redskins came off of their bye week and won their last seven games in a row. Meanwhile, Seattle has won five straight and seven of eight. As an added bonus, Pete Carroll is planning to coach despite the fact it conflicts with his rehearsal schedule as a backup singer in the coming sensation, Manilow on Broadway!
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So here it is: I'm going with Seattle because based on extensive research, they are the only NFL franchise that tells its fans how they can "get the look" of the team's cheerleaders.
You may not think this is an important strategic edge, but you're not the one who has to pick up the phone on Sundays and hear Scott Reid lament, "Why won't those cheerleaders share the secrets of their fitness and beauty regimens?" I think back on how many accidents with a curling iron and home waxing kit could have been avoided in the Reid household! But those thigh burns are in the past, buddy. Want hair like a Seahawks cheerleader? Just make an appointment at the Gene Juarez Advanced Training Salon. Want to look slightly too orange? Seattle Sun Tan. It's all there at your disposal, Scott Reid. YOU SHALL BE RADIANT. Pick: Seattle.
Reid: Yes, body wax can be dangerous. Remember that day you did my back?
Because I am a Niners fan, I now fear the Seahawks the way dogs fear electric fences. For that reason alone, I must believe Washington will win at home against Seattle. But I'm also convinced that the Skins rushing game will wear down Pete Carroll's defence – which doesn't travel super well and is soft up-the-gut. Hands up if you also think that RGIII has had enough of this 'Russell Wilson is the real rookie of the year' talk. Wouldn't it be awesome if, instead of a football game, Griffin and Wilson could just settle things with some kind of head-to-head competition of skill and strength.
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Some rank-and-file officers are upset with what they view as lenient treatment of the lieutenant and are discussing a vote of no confidence in Chief Michael Kehoe, department sources said.
Lt. George Sinko, a 24-year veteran, was off-duty and working a side job on Route 25 on the morning of Dec. 14. He remained there long after scores of other law enforcement personnel from across the area had responded to one of the deadliest school shootings in the nation's history, said sources familiar with the department's investigation into the incident. Sinko arrived approximately two hours later, but his failure to respond immediately to the school where 20 first-grades and six staff members were killed did not result in any additional casualties, Kehoe said.
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The discontent is so great, according to two sources, that the Newtown Police Union may take a no-confidence vote in the chief. Union President Scott Ruszczyk declined to comment Thursday.
Since Dec. 14, Kehoe has been a highly visible and much-praised public face of the 45-member department, appearing with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden to lobby for gun control, testifying before the state Legislature and speaking at national law enforcement seminars on the police response to the Sandy Hook shooting.
Kehoe responded sharply to the favoritism charge.
"There is fairness across the board and there is no disparate treatment of officers," the chief said. "As with all discipline within our agency, it is appropriate to the charges and what we can prove."
Word of the possible no-confidence vote took him by surprise.
"That's the first I've heard of it. I'd like to know the reasons they would think that because I'm at little bit at a loss to figure out why," Kehoe said.
Kehoe assigned Rios to conduct the investigation after the department received an anonymous written complaint earlier this year.
Department sources said the investigation determined that Sinko continued to work the road job even as countless police cruisers, including troopers from the State Police barracks in Bridgeport, raced by on the way to the school. Under the department's policy, all officers must immediately respond to an active-shooter call.
Kehoe declined to discuss any of the evidence that led to the reprimand.
"There was a general overall lack of communication that kept him at his (road) job," he said. Kehoe said he had also advised Sinko not to speak to a reporter regarding the incident.
He said Sinko had "an exemplary record" and has earned numerous commendations, including citations for bravery.
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The News-Times filed a Freedom of Information request for documents related to the complaint in June, but department officials and town attorney Nathan Zezunga said they couldn't be released until the investigation was completed.
Members of the Police Commission were briefed on the results of the internal affairs investigation during an executive session at their meeting on Sept. 3. Chairman Paul Mangiafico declined comment Wednesday, saying he would not discuss any matters that were the subject of the closed-door session.
Zezunga said Tuesday the report "has only been recently completed" and he had to review it before determining whether it would be made public.
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Sony Pictures has bought the rights to the film formerly known as "Killing Bin Laden," from director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal, the duo behind "The Hurt Locker." Bigelow and Boal have been working on this film since 2008, but will be tweaking their film to reflect the recent downturn in OBL's fortunes.
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Friday, March 2, 2012
Happy Read Across America Day!
Every year Dr. Seuss's birthday is marked by the NationalEducation Association's Read Across America Event. This year's theme book is The Lorax, highlighted in conjuction with the feature film version of that title. If you're a fan of the Lorax (or have yet to be introduced to this eco-minded creature) I'm sure you'd enjoy celebrating by reading it with a child (or a group). But you don't have to love the Lorax or even Seuss to be a part of this worthwhile event. Read Across America is an annual recognition of NEA's year-round goal of encouraging and motivating young readers. Whether you choose a book you love or explore a new interest, read a treasured classic or a noteworthy newbie, reading with a child is a wonderful opportunity for spending time together and cultivating a love of reading. Take the pledge at the NEA homepage or the facebook cause page and get reading!
If you want to take advantage of the Seuss theme, here are some fun resources to go along with the celebration:
- Find a huge variety of activities in Seussville including book descriptions, videos, and games.
- Check out Seuss-inspired blog: ObSeussed
- Check out all the activities at the Dr. Seuss Linky party (I'm there too!)
- Make a Seuss themed snack - I made Cat In the Hat cupcakes last year.
- Learn more about Dr. Seuss at wikipedia or CatInTheHat.org
- Download a Dr. Suess book themed app from Amazon for your Android device. Many are on sale today in honor of Read Across America!
- Lots of ideas on the Seuss pinboard and Seuss unit study pinboard on Pinterest
- Literacy resources from Reading Rockets
Other good reading resources outside the Seuss-sphere include:
- Choose any book that strikes your fancy and contribute to a great cause while reading at WeGiveBooks.org
- Book related games, stories, and videos at scholastic
- Lots of activities for early readers at starfall.com
- Visit your local library - many are participating in the celebration, or explore some new titles!
Any special celebration plans? Anyone going to see The Lorax in theaters this weekend? The Lorax has some pretty complex themes of ecology and responsible production, but B has been captivated by it since he was about 3 ½. Do you think there's a "right" age for The Lorax?


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The Yoga Research Center is spearheading a movement to promote a spirit of unity among yoga practitioners and organizations. Founded by Dr. Georg Feuerstein in 1996, the Center is located in Lower Lake, California, and now publishes an international newsletter called Yoga World for Western yoga teachers and students. The journal's purpose is to reach those interested in learning about the various aspects of yoga as part of their personal spiritual quest. The Center's website (members.aol.com/yoga
resrch/) introduces the three major cultural branches of Hindu Yoga, Buddhist Yoga and Jaina Yoga and includes an article explaining these and other forms of yoga entitled "Forty Types of Yoga." Here you can register for lectures and workshops, subscribe to the newsletter, become a member of the Center and enroll for a 200-hour correspondence teacher's training course on the classical yoga of Patanjali. Also found are links to yoga-related websites and affiliated organizations. In conjunction with Sava Multimedia Productions, the Center is working on a multimedia CD version of Dr. Feuerstein's bibliography of yoga resources, "Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga." You can link to a sample on SMP's site.
Apple Computer announced in February software for six North Indian languages for shipment in April. The Indian Language Kit will allow users to enter, edit and print text and graphics in three fonts: Devanagari for Hindi, Marathi, Nepali and Sanskrit; Gurmukhi for Punjabi and Gujarati. Apple said a study showed that the government of India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, would spend about US$1 billion in two years on computers and peripherals if OS-level Hindi-based computing was possible. The US$119 software will be distributed by Claris Corp. and will include three Apple¨ TrueType fonts, a Devanagari typing tutor and the Hindi Learning Stack 1.0. The kit will allow users to create and view Indian language-based websites and Quick Time movies. Claris Corp. is at http://www.claris.co
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates urged Indian programmers to think globally during his three-day visit in March. He told the heads of 500 Indian software firms in Bombay, "India has what it takes to participate in, even to shape, the future if it makes the necessary investments now. It must build a national telecommunications infrastructure, develop a robust domestic software industry, provide Internet connectivity for the consumer and invest in education." Gates said his company was committed to establishing India as a global pool of talent and resources in computer software. He encouraged the software chiefs to invest heavily in research and development.
Far too few websites are created to promote the concept of ahimsa, or nonviolence. Prince among the pages of peace is the Ahimsa Home Page (wizard.net/~ethan/ahimsa.htm).Its purpose is to provide links to the best Internet sources on the subject. Here you can find scriptures about nonviolence, compassion and vegetarianism from Hindu, Christian and Jain sources. Relevant Hindu verses can be found among 108 complete chapters of the Tamil classic Tirukural, translated in English. The Hindu and Jain views are well represented in essays on ahimsa, mainly one by Swami Sivananda Maharaj and a piece dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi by Arun M. Sannuti entitled, "Vegetarianism: The Road to Satyagraha."
Rig Veda 10.129.4
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B.USOC, the Belgian ISS utilisation support centre
The Belgian User Support and Operation Centre (B.USOC) is situated on the new third floor of the Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB). The centre provides technical support for users and experiments on board the International Space Station (ISS). B.USOC which plays a key role during the Odissea mission has three major tasks:
1. It gives the most complete information about the possibilities of space research to scientists, about the flight possibilities of experiments and about the availability of equipment for planned missions. The information is available in a database, which is accessible through a web server.
2. B.USOC provides technical and operational support for the experiments financed by the Belgian Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs (OSTC) through the ESA programme Prodex. This support covers all possible disciplines of space research including microgravity research, remote sensing and technology. B.USOC is an interface with the industrial partners, developing scientific equipment, and with the scientists when elaborating technical dossiers. It also helps with the development and verification of qualification tests. B.USOC is a point of contact with ESA's research and technology centre, ESTEC, in Noordwijk (The Netherlands) for the technical follow-up of certain experiments.
3. B.USOC coordinates the telescience operations during the preparation of space missions and during experiments in Earth orbit. Several research laboratories, like the Microgravity Research Centre (MRC), are well equipped for operations of kind, which are supported and controlled by B.USOC. B.USOC participates in the development of telecommands and in saving, processing and relaying of data.
During the Odissea mission B.USOC is operational 24 hours a day. There are four workstations available for Belgian investigators. There is a permanent link between B.USOC and the Taxi-flight Operations Coordination Centre (TOCC) in ESTEC, the Russian flight control centre TSUP in Korolyov near Moscow, the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt (Germany) and with the NASA centres in Houston (Texas) and Huntsville (Alabama).


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#11 Prosocial Facilitators Course (US/Aus) 6 weeks @ 6-8pm New York time
Getting ready for the course
Welcome to the course! (1:15)
IMPORTANT Please join the community.prosocial.world site and introduce yourself to the class
What time and equipment do I need to do this course?
Make sure you know how to use Zoom
Assignments for the course
Course Certificates and Accreditation
Preparing for Week 1: Overview and introduction to PROSOCIAL: Core Design Principles
What is Prosocial and why is it important?
Some useful background reading for Prosocial
Think about the most effective and ineffective groups to which you have belonged
OPTIONAL - The evolution of trust
Preparing for Week 2: "Doing the individual matrix with groups: How and why?"
Learning the ACT Matrix
Enlisting people with whom you can practice the ACT matrix
Make sure you have a pencil and paper available for our Week 2 session
Preparing for Week 3: "Consolidating the individual matrix in a group setting. Having flexible conversations"
Complete a personal matrix on your own facilitation of Prosocial
What helps you be psychologically flexible?
Facilitate an individual matrix with someone else
[OPTIONAL] Jim Lemon National Health Service Scotland case study (47:15)
Preparing for Week 4: Bringing the core design principles to life with the Group Matrix
Practice one (or more) approach(es) to building "psychological flexibility"
A group matrix exercise - creating a shared purpose for a Prosocial community of practice
A reminder regarding the group matrix assignment
Using the Prosocial surveys
[OPTIONAL] Another case study: Prosocial in government agencies
[OPTIONAL] Buurtzorg - an example of all 8 principles in action
Preparing for Week 5: Consolidating the group matrix using the Core Design Principles. Creating purposeful flexible groups
Exercise: Complete a collective matrix on a principle
Assignment: Practice running a collective matrix with a group
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CDP2: Equitable distribution of costs and benefits
CDP3: Examples of inclusive approaches to decision making
CDP4: Ways of noticing what others are doing
CDP5: Examples of effective responding to behavior
CDP6: Some nice examples of conflict management processes
CDP7: Authority to self govern
CDP8: Examples of collaborative relations between groups
Wrapping up the course
The Canberra Innovation Network exercise
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Learning to Count Is Important for School Readiness, Study Says
Teaching preschoolers to actually count numbers—not just recite them—will better prepare them for success in math once they start school, new research from the University of Missouri suggests.
"Counting gives children stronger foundations when they start school," researcher Louis Manfras, an assistant professor in the university's department of human development and family studies, said in a news release. "The skills children have when they start kindergarten affect their trajectories through early elementary school; therefore, it's important that children start with as many skills as possible."
To determine the importance of learning to count, Manfra studied data from more than 3,000 low-income kids to find out whether their abilities to recite and count in preschool affected their math scores once they were in 1st grade.
Here's what he discovered: Kids who could recite and count to 20 in preschool had the highest math scores in 1st grade. The bad news? Less than 10 percent of the children in the study could count and recite to 20, according to the university.
"When children are just reciting, they're basically repeating what seems like a memorized sentence. When they're counting, they're performing a more cognitive activity in which they're associating a one-to-one correspondence with the object and the number to represent a quantity," Manfra said.
Manfra notes that learning to count would give kids a stronger math foundation when they start school, which can only benefit them as they progress through the grades. But developing that skill may be more difficult in low-income families because research has shown that these families tend to rely more on schools to teach some basic skills—while teachers may be expecting that kids will have learned them at home.
"This is a problem because it gives parents and teachers the idea that it's not their responsibility to educate the children, when it's everyone's responsibility," he said. "This is problematic because, when the children enter kindergarten and are at lower math levels, they don't have the foundational skills needed to set them on paths for future success."
Manfra reminded parents that easy math lessons can be found in many daily activities.
"When adults read books with children, they can count the ducks on the page," he suggested. "They might count the leaves that fall to the ground outside or the number of carrots at lunchtime."
Manfra's study is expected to be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Research in Childhood Education, according to the university.


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April 28, 2012
Pleased by the students' catching on so quickly to the power of rhetorical schemes and tropes, I asked them to turn next to the handout including Dr. King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail." To contextualize this famous essay, I contrasted King's situation with Faulkner's, the latter speaking from the "pinnacle" of high literary achievement, the former, 13 years after Faulkner's speech, sitting in Birmingham's jail for having led a protest march against segregation laws and practices. Pointing to additional rhetorical terminology on the board, I said that Faulkner's situation, as we had seen, called for ceremonial discourse; in contrast, King's situation called for "judicial discourse," the kind of rhetoric that accuses the unjust and defends the just. But King also had to blend "deliberative discourse" with his judicial discourse, I argued, for he sought to dissuade Americans from tolerating racial discrimination and to advise Americans to live up to the high ideals of the country's founding, especially the belief that "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." In other words, I explained, though King wrote nonfiction, he had the same goal that Faulkner urged novelists and poets to set, to 'uplift the heart' of a nation, to inspire his fellow citizens to endure and to prevail over the brutalities sanctioned by a racist culture.
To achieve these dual aims of discourse, the judicial and the deliberative, King knew, I continued, that he would have to blend carefully the elements of persuasion. Clearly, his letter could begin with exposition. He would have to explain to his eight fellow clergymen, who condemned him in the local newspaper for his "unwise" and "untimely" demonstrations, why he had to leave Atlanta for Birmingham. Then reading from the handout from Questioning, I said that his exposition would also explain "why he had to break the law, why he could wait no longer for freedom. But he knew that mere exposition would not be enough; he would need to persuade the clergymen, his immediate audience, and the American people, his extended audience, that 'injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,' that the 'stinging darts' of segregation have made it impossible to wait any longer for freedom" (136).
Then I read one more excerpt from Questioning that provided a preface to our analysis:
To achieve his persuasive goal, he would have to provide plenty of logos, plenty of facts about his nonviolent movement, plenty of examples of lunch counters closed to black men and amusement parks closed to black children, plenty of cases of lynchings and drowning, plenty of testimony from prominent theologians who define segregation as "sin." He would also have to temper his outrage over such cruelties with cool reason, stressing the illogic of writing laws that apply to some but not to all. Such logos, he knew, would build his ethos, his credibility, showing his skeptical audience that he knows the facts of injustice (informed), that he cares about his people's long sufferings (generous), that he has told the truth about the brutal police. As a preacher, he knew, too, that he could further build his ethos with pathos, the appeal created by emotionally charged words and vivid imagery imbedded in rhythmic sentences, calling us all, black and white, to rise from "the dark depths of prejudice and racism to the majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood." (137)
With King's rhetorical purpose before us, I asked the students to look at King's introduction, the first four paragraphs, to determine how he attempts to build his ethos in the presence of an immediate audience, the clergymen, who consider his persona to be entirely negative—an outsider, a trouble-maker, an instigator of "unwise" and "untimely" civic disturbances. "How does King show his generosity toward these men who have publicly condemned him?" I prompted. "Does he offer counter accusations?" Arben responded, saying that King responds to their polite hostility be crediting them with being "men of genuine good will" who therefore deserve to be answered in "patient and reasonable terms."
Thanking Arben, I reminded the class that a positive ethos must seem informed and honest as well as generously disposed toward the audience. "How does King send these messages in paragraph two through four?" I inquired. Several students answered at once, mentioning King's credentials as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and his "organizational ties" to his Birmingham affiliates, who "invited" King to come, an invitation that never would have been sent, I commented, if he had no knowledge of Birmingham's troubles or lacked the courage to help solve the problems.
"Then how does inject pathos, emotional appeal, in the next two paragraphs to underscore his honest, generous intentions?" I asked. Students quickly responded by noting the parallel sentences and the comparisons. Laureta said that by linking his "gospel of freedom" with that of the "prophets" and the "Apostle Paul," King makes a comparison that clergymen would have to respect. Then I wrote on the board the sentence that follows his famous parallel sentence about injustice "anywhere" threatening justice "everywhere": "We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny." "Can you explain how King intensifies these already strong parallel rhythms?" Xhemile answered my question, pointing to the metaphors imbedded in the parallel phrases, helping us to see the "network" we must preserve and the "garment" we must all wear to ensure a "destiny" of justice.
Congratulating the students on their astute readings, I then divided the class into three groups of five or six and assigned them further analytical tasks on the blending of ethos, logos, and pathos. After ten minutes of work, I called for a report from group one, who had been charged with paragraphs 6-11 and their contributions to ethos-building. This group then outlined King's attempt to "negotiate with the city fathers" to get "racial signs removed," then, once that process failed, the "self-purification" process that King and his followers underwent to prepare for "direct action," a non-violent but dangerous way of challenging an unjust government that would likely respond with police dogs, batons, and jail. "So how does this use of logos, this evidence of his non-violent process of effecting positive change, build King's ethos?" I wondered. Ragip responded by saying that this process shows King's courage as well as his patience and reasonableness. "Yes," I said, "and notice how he ends this section by injecting pathos again. How so?" Ragip followed up by noting the reference to Socrates, who also created "nonviolent tension" to liberate his people from "the bondage of myths and half-truths," just as King and his people strive to "help men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to the majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood." Praising his habit of citation, I stressed once again that the emotional appeal comes from couching vivid metaphors within parallel sentence structures, juxtaposing the "dark depths" or racism with "majestic heights" of equality.
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The next group, charged with finding more allusions, presented their list: St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, Martin Buber, Paul Tillich, the Boston Tea Party, the Hungarian freedom fighters, Jesus. "So do these historical and philosophical allusions represent ethos-building, logos, or pathos?" I asked. Hearing all three answers, I pronounced them all correct, explaining that each example of courageous resistance to tyranny counts as logos, and that such daring resistance stirs our emotions. "And how do the names of theologians build King's ethos?" I pushed. Blerta answered that clergymen would respect the names of saints and that King did not just mention their names but quoted their advocacy for disobeying unjust laws. I praised her response and noted King's wisdom in citing the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber and the Christian theologian Paul Tillich, both defining segregation as "morally wrong and sinful," a reference, I said, that no doubt made King's "dear fellow clergymen" squirm.
Finally, the third group reported on paragraphs 24-26, where King expresses his disappointment with the "white moderate," the expediential cowards who support King's cause with their words but never take action to help. The students found numerous examples of King's blending of logos and pathos in his critique of these "lukewarm" allies, thereby strengthening his ethos as passionate and informed. First, they noted the parallel structures that repeat King's frustration with the willful ignorance and inaction of the white moderates: "I had hoped that the white moderate would understand….Now is the time to make real the promise of democracy." Commending their reading, I explained that this repetition of an opening structure of a sentence goes by the Greek term anaphora, and that it adds emotional intensity with its persistent beat: "Now is the time….Now is the time." I then asked if they saw King's method—a strategy we had seen before—of intensifying the beat, a prompt that quickly yielded King's metaphors imbedded in the parallel sentences, the white moderates' obstructions becoming a "dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress," failures to "lift our national policy from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of human dignity." I then asked why King used the disgusting "boil" simile. Hearing no answer, I asked, "What happens when a boil goes unlanced?" Besa responded that the infection can kill a person, precisely the point of King's simile: if we fail to open the boil of segregation to "the air of national opinion," the infection will spread through the national body and ultimately kill.
As the class prepared to leave, I asked them to re-read King's letter, focusing this time on the part of logos we had not addressed yet, his use of inductive and deductive reasoning to strengthen his case and to move toward his meditational, peace-making goal. I reminded students, too, that they would find definitions and illustrations of induction, deduction, and meditational discourse in the handout from Questioning, 153-58.


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A usually quiet RIM has been busy unleashing numerous statements about upcoming BlackBerry devices as well as pictures and rumors of their looks and specs. While some of these leaks might just be rumors, this one here will be released on a CDMA network, and after its initial release, possibly on GSM, CrackBerry confirms.
Now, off to the exciting information! Here are the rumored specs for this device:"Better known as the BlackBerry codename "Malibu," it will most likely launch with the name BlackBerry Curve Touch... It's going to be CDMA."
- Processor: Qualcomm MSM 8655 800MHz CPU
- Radio: CDMA EvDo Rev A
- Display: 3.25″ 480×360 HVGA
- Navigation: Trackpad & Nav Keys
- Keypad: Virtual QWERTY
- Camera: 5 MP (with HD Video recording)
- Memory: 1GB Flash + 512MB RAM, Hot Swap MicroSD slot
- Wi-Fi: 802.11 b/g/n
- GPS: Autonomous & A-GPS
- Connectivity: NFC, Micro USB, Bluetooth 2.1
- Sensors: Ambient Light Sensor, accelerometer
Sounds good! The only thing that sounds bad is that the release date for the device isn't until late 2011 or early 2012.
My question to you is: What touchscreen will you choose; Storm 3, Torch 2, or BlackBerry Curve Touch?
- Avonlea


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CHICAGO — Self-service laundry sales were a mixed bag in November, with two regions reporting increases and the other two lamenting drops, according to the most recent AmericanCoinOp.com unscientific StatShot survey.
November sales in the Northeast were up 5.3%. Fifty-three percent of the operators experienced an increase in sales, most of them double-digit increases.
Sales rose 1.4% in the West, where about half of the operators had increases.
In the South, sales fell 0.7%. Operators reported having been impacted by increasing utility costs, a recently passed immigration law, layoffs among NASA clientele, and bans on the local fishing trade.
The Midwest saw the country's biggest sales decline, 2.2%, for November. "Still very flat here in Michigan. People put more in each load and come in less often," says one operator.
"The market is pretty bad," adds another. "Most self serves are starting to move into the commercial sector to stay afloat."
Respondents were also asked about November 2011 front-loader prices — their lowest prices, highest prices, and whether the prices had changed since the previous November. The lowest and highest prices varied quite a bit.
In the West, customers can get a front-load wash for as little as $1.50. The lowest-priced front-load washes range from $1.50 to $3.75. Nearly 88% of these prices were unchanged from November 2010. The remaining 12.5% of respondents have raised their lowest-price wash in the last year.
The price range for the most expensive front-load washes in the Western region is $2.75 to $7.89. Every respondent reported these prices were unchanged from a year earlier.
Low-end front-load prices in the South range from $1.75 to $4.25. Approximately 62% of respondents have kept the same low price since November 2010, and 31.6% have raised the price. Just 5.3% have lowered the price.
Southern customers face the widest price range of all regions — $2 to $17.50. Nearly 58% of operators reported having raised their high-end price since November 2010, and the remainder were unchanged.
In the Northeast, the most inexpensive front-load prices are $1.50 to $5.50. Just 6.7% of operators have raised their prices in the last year, while the remainder has kept the prices unchanged.
When it comes to the most expensive wash, Northeastern customers are paying $2.25 to $8. Approximately 21% have raised this price compared to November 2010, while the remainder has stood pat.
The most inexpensive front-load prices in the Midwest range from $1 to $4.50. Just 5.9% of operators have raised their prices in the last year, while another 5.9% have lowered them. The remainder has kept prices unchanged.
When it comes to the high side of front-load prices, Midwestern customers face a range of $2.50 to $8.79. Some 12% of respondents have increased prices, with the remainder keeping the status quo.
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Audience members are invited to participate in these unscientific surveys, which are conducted online via a partner website, on a regular basis. Self-service laundry operators are encouraged to participate, as a greater number of responses will help to better define industry trends.
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In October of 2011, Deborah Bobell received one of those phone calls that every parent dreads: her daughter Marcy had just passed out at work. Marcy—an active and athletic 37 year old—has Down syndrome and a history of previous heart issues. As Deborah raced to her daughter's side, Marcy passed out two more times.
Marcy was rushed to Memorial Hospital in Springfield, Illinois where she was stabilized. Doctors discovered that Marcy had severe leakage in her left atrioventricular valve and her heart function was deteriorating. Further evaluation revealed problems with the electrical system of her heart. "The cardiologist in Springfield was extremely concerned, says Deborah. He was very honest with us and said he would not touch Marcy's heart—it was too risky. We really appreciated his honesty. He told us we needed to go to St. Louis Children's Hospital and see Dr. Pirooz Eghtesady."
The family traveled to St. Louis and met with Dr. Eghtesady and his team. "Marcy's case was complicated, said Dr. Eghtesady, co-director of the St. Louis Children's and Washington University Heart Center. "We had to do a left AV Valve procedure and surgically create "speed bumps" to prevent abnormal hearth rhythms from taking control of the normal conduction mechanism within her heart.
For the next couple of weeks, Marcy was confined to the family's home so she would not be exposed to any germs. Her parents had to carefully monitor her blood pressure and other vital signs as they counted down the days to her surgery. "Dr. Eghtesady said that the surgery would take 8-10 hours. When he came into the waiting room after just six hours, it took my breath away—I thought something had gone wrong. Thanks to Dr. Eghtesady and his colleagues, everything went according to plan and there will be no need for additional surgeries."
Within three days Marcy was up and walking around. "It was amazing," says Deborah. "It was such a positive experience—from the minute we checked in St. Louis Children's Hospital we were well cared for. And Dr. Eghtesady is just an amazing man. He led us through the entire process, keeping us informed every step of the way. I don't have the words to express how I feel about what he did for our daughter."
Marcy is just one example of how the close collaboration between the surgeons at St. Louis Children's Hospital and Barnes Jewish Hospital advances patient care at both facilities. In fact, the procedure used to regulate Marcy's heart rhythm, called the Cox-Maze procedure, was actually first developed at Barnes-Jewish Hospital for adult patients. The success rate at Barnes-Jewish is the highest in the world.
"All of our young patients benefit from our working relationship with our fellow surgeons and colleagues on the adult side. We both see a high volume of patients and have access to the latest devices and advances in surgical technique. Patients like Marcy benefit from our ability to pick up the phone and immediately consult with our colleagues on complicated cases like hers. In some situations, they will come over and join us in the operating room—and we will do the same for them. The net outcome is a cohesive collaboration that allows a comprehensive array of options for our patients."
Marcy is equally grateful for her new lease on life and echoes her mother's feelings. "Amazing!" she says. What's even more amazing is that just months after a precarious open heart surgery, Marcy is back to work, participating in sports and serving as Global Messenger for the Special Olympics. "Thanks to Dr. Eghtesady's surgical skills and Marcy's active lifestyle, she is back to her old self again," says Deborah.