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Elisa Bertino, Susan D. Urban, "Guest Editorial: Introduction to the Special Section," IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 1-2, January/February, 2000.
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I had a few hurdles to get through when trying to install the "rgl" R package in Ubuntu. In summary, here was my solution:
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Detailed Log
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checking for X... no configure: error: X11 not found but required, configure aborted. ERROR: configuration failed for package 'rgl'
You'll need the `xorg-dev` package to get around this issue. I then hit an error regarding a `GL` library:
checking for X... libraries , headers checking GL/gl.h usability... no checking GL/gl.h presence... no checking for GL/gl.h... no checking GL/glu.h usability... no checking GL/glu.h presence... no checking for GL/glu.h... no configure: error: missing required header GL/gl.h ERROR: configuration failed for package 'rgl'
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There's one place where almost all of us spend some time every night: sleeping on a mattress. Choosing the right one can be difficult, but it turns out, trying to return the wrong one is even harder.
People stretch out on mattresses in department stores all the time, trying to find the right one. But, what if you buy one from a salesman in your home and you don't check it out until it arrives?
That's what happened to one Chicago woman, who, with some help from FOX 32 News, will be getting a good night's sleep and a $5,000 refund.
"And this part here, because of the way it sags when you're lying on it, try to get out, I almost fell out of my bed twice," Easy Rest customer Dolores Cabrera demonstrates.
Two months ago, Dolores Cabrera of Riverside and her sister purchased two Easy Rest adjustable sleep system twin beds. Cabrera's doctor had told her she should sleep sitting up,
"The acid reflux backs up, and I get real bad burning in my throat," she says.
The remote-controlled, motorized bed seemed like the answer, even though she was ordering it, without having tried one out. Another of her sisters owned a double bed from Easy Rest and was happy with it. Plus, at her home, the salesman reduced the price for two beds from about $8500 to $5,000. But after one night, Cabrera wanted to send the beds back.
"We noticed that we were sagging on the beds," Cabrera explains. "She was sagging on hers, I was sagging on mine. I got cramps during the night in my legs and I had to get up in a hurry because the pain was so bad."
The next day she called to cancel her purchase and get a refund, but she was reminded that her signed contract said she has five days to cancel -- five days from the date she ordered the beds, not when they arrived. The beds hadn't arrived until two weeks after they were purchased.
"And I said, how can we cancel something if we don't even have it in the house?" Cabrera argues. "You know, why would we cancel?"
Easy Rest did offer a free in-home service call. Cabrera claims the servicemen showed up with foam inserts that were covered with dirt and twigs. She took pictures as proof.
"You know, it looked like it might have been sitting on a shelf and collected dirt on it," she recalls. "And then, to have all those, I call them twigs, all along the side and top, I mean it was disgusting."
Cabrera has since filed complaints with the attorney general. Easy Rest, based in Baltimore, declined to discuss her case on camera, but did say in a statement that the company refuses returns because "by law, bedding, even if slept in for only one night, must be taken apart...inspected for stains, odors and infestations prior to being reassembled and resold. We do not believe any consumer should spend their hard earned money and receive a previously used bed so we do not accept returns."
The company named four other major bedding companies which follow similar practices, and added, "all of Ms. Cabrera's issues could have been resolved if she had allowed us to service her bed in the manner we had suggested.
The company added that it sells more than 12,000 beds a year to happy customers and it stands behind its product."
As for Cabrera, she'd rather stand behind the product than try to sit or sleep on it.
"I like a bed to sit on. You know when I'm in here watching television and stuff, I cannot sit on it because it forms a pocket in here and it hurts the lower back, I like sink into the mattress," Cabrera says.
In the eight days since Dolores Cabrera's first interview with FOX 32, reporter Larry Yellen had been exchanging emails with Easy Rest about her case. This morning, the company contacted Cabrera and told her that she would be allowed to return the beds and that she'd be getting a full refund of her $5,000.
Our company is very transparent about our cancellation policy and we state in large type on the contract that our bed is not sold on an in-home trial basis.
By law, all used bedding, even if slept in for only one night, must be taken apart and each interior component must be inspected for stains, odors and infestations prior to being reassembled and resold.
We do not believe any consumer should spend their had earned money and receive a previously used bed so we do not accept returns. Household names in the bedding industry such as Tempurpedic, Select Comfort and Serta adhere to the same policy and refuse to accept returns on adjustable beds for this reason. We stand behind our product.
All of Ms. Cabrera's issues could have been resolved if she had allowed us to service her bed in the manner we had suggested. We sell more than 12,000 beds a year to thousands of happy customers and we wish that we had been able to include Ms. Cabrera among them.
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Bemidji City Council, Red Lake Tribal Council meet
BEMIDJI -- The Bemidji City Council held an apparently unprecedented meeting with the Red Lake Nation Tribal Council on Monday, discussing issues at interest to both governments. As 26-year Tribal Council member Roman "Ducker" Stately put it, such a meeting had "never...
news / local
September 15, 2014 - 10:38pm
CITY COUNCIL: The pot thickens; Group proposes to start hydroponic medical marijuana farm in Bemidji
BEMIDJI -- Bemidji may be home to an indoor medical cannabis farm as soon as summer if a potential application is approved by the state. A group from Bemidji plans to apply to the Minnesota Department of Health to become one of two locations in Minnesota where marijuana...
news / local
September 15, 2014 - 10:07pm
September 2, 2014
BELTRAMI COUNTY: Gaining ground with Red Lake while losing local dirt
BEMIDJI -- Landmass to grains of sand highlighted Tuesday's Beltrami County Commissioners meeting. A recent debate over liquor permits near the Red Lake Indian Reservation was a potentially massive debate until a resort owner pulled his liquor permit application. A public hearing...
news / region
September 2, 2014 - 10:19pm
Bemidji City Manager John Chattin to retire at end of year
Bemidji City Manager John Chattin announced Tuesday he will be retiring at the end of the year. "I … want to thank the best staff I have ever had the opportunity to work with," Chattin said in a letter to the council, which Bemidji Mayor Albrecht read aloud at Tuesday's...
news / local
September 2, 2014 - 9:47pm
August 13, 2014
PRIMARY ELECTION: County attorney race and Red Lake school district drew voters out
BEMIDJI -- Beltrami County's voter turnout for Tuesday's primary election fell just below the anticipated rate, but was higher than the state's average overall. A total of 16 percent of Beltrami County registered voters participated, while the state average as 9.8 percent. "It...
news / local
August 13, 2014 - 6:27pm
COURTS: Judge's pending decision may dismiss second Bemidji annexation case
WALKER -- It's now up to a judge in Cass County whether to dismiss or continue the second lawsuit between the city of Bemidji and Bemidji Township over annexation. The township filed a second lawsuit in April for claims that allegedly arose after a May 31, 2013 settlement agreement...
news / local
August 13, 2014 - 2:23am
August 12, 2014
COURTS: Judge's pending decision may dismiss second Bemidji annexation case
WALKER -- It's now up to a judge in Cass County whether to dismiss or continue the second lawsuit between the city of Bemidji and Bemidji Township over annexation. The township filed a second lawsuit in April for claims that allegedly arose after a May 31, 2013 settlement agreement...
August 12, 2014 - 2:46pm
August 11, 2014
Council OKs levy increases: Funds earmarked for eventual Sanford Center, City Arena repairs
BEMIDJI -- The Bemidji City Council on Monday acknowledged the fact that no building lasts forever. The council voted 5-1 to approve a 2.2 percent property tax levy increase of $84,000 dollars in the 2015 budget to future repairs to the Sanford Center. Bemidji Mayor Rita Albrecht...
August 11, 2014 - 10:48pm
CITY GOVERNMENT: City likely to re-up with VenuWorks for Sanford Center
BEMIDJI -- Although the Bemidji City Council previously considered dumping its contract with VenuWorks for management of the Sanford Center, an advisory board meeting Monday indicated the city will likely continue to contract with the Iowa-based arena management company. The Sanford...
August 11, 2014 - 10:04pm
August 9, 2014
The (pipe)line that divides: Politicians weigh in on Sandpiper crude oil system
BEMIDJI -- In the shadow of a state decision Thursday to study alternative routes for the proposed $2.6 billion Sandpiper crude oil pipeline, politicians weighed in on whether to wait for new and different pathways through Minnesota or go ahead with Enbridge Energy's original proposed...
news / region
August 9, 2014 - 11:29pm
August 8, 2014
Let's talk taxes: DFLers encourage tax credit applications
BEMIDJI -- Minnesota Speaker of the House Paul Thissen, along with Reps. John Persell, DFL-Bemidji, and Roger Erickson, DFL-Baudette, took a break from campaigning Wednesday to send out a call for more people to submit property tax credit applications. DFL legislators previously...
news / local
August 8, 2014 - 12:25am
August 4, 2014
Council member Johnson recovering after suffering cardiac event at Dragon Boat festival
Bemidji City Council member Ron Johnson is recovering after suffering a cardiac event at the Lake Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday. In their reports at the end of Monday's City Council meeting, his fellow council members gave well wishes to Johnson. He is doing well...
news / local
August 4, 2014 - 9:48pm
CITY COUNCIL: 'Wave' of unruly patrons disrupts library, manager says
BEMIDJI -- The Bemidji Public Library has seen a "wave" of patron behavior incidents in recent weeks, branch manager Paul Ericsson reported to the City Council on Monday. "We've experienced a wave of incidents in the past month, which are more severe than the usual issues...
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August 4, 2014 - 9:38pm
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text: World news Protests at the Republican national convention - in pictures As the convention gets underway in Florida, protesters take to the streets to demonstrate in Tampa and St Petersburg Monday 27 August 2012 18.03 EDT Share this article Share via Email Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ People stand on the main stage at the Tampa Bay Times forum on the first day of the Republican national convention in Tampa, Florida. The RNC was scheduled to convene on Monday, but will hold its first full session on Tuesday after being delayed due to tropical storm Isaac Law enforcement officers take their positions before demonstrations in Tampa Protesters march with anti-GOP placards Winnie Foster of St Petersburg carries an anti-Republican banner on her mobility scooter during a march from Mirror Lake to the Republican national convention's official welcome party at Tropicana Field Protesters link arms and shout slogans during the demonstration Undeterred by the impending threat of a hurricane, Veronica Jackson of Cincinnati leads chants with a microphone while Cara Jennings of West Palm Beach holds the megaphone for her. ''We are the 99%,'' said Jackson. ''The one percent is making all the money and taking all the breaks. That's what we're fighting against.'' Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican national committee, calls to order the first session of the convention David Ashworth and Greg Stemm carry a symbolic coffin during the march A protester is detained at the march A protester dsiplays his dislike for a group of National Guard troops as he and other protesters walk through the streets Protesters form a line and march with a banner decorated with anti-Republican slogans As the sky darkens, Lynne David fights to save a rather emphatic umbrella from the wind Topics Republican national convention 2012 Florida Republicans Protest US politics More… US elections 2012 Share this article Share via Email Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+


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Recently updated in 2011, the Rudd Center's web-based Continuing Medical Education (CME) course increases awareness of weight bias in health care settings and helps clinicians improve care for overweight and obese patients. Created in 2008, it was the first evidence-based online learning tool designed to address the topic of weight bias in clinical settings.
This course responds to a growing concern about weight bias in the health care environment, and will help providers implement important strategies to reduce stigma and provide better care for their overweight and obese patients.
The course is designed to help health care providers become aware of personal attitudes that may affect health care delivery, and highlights appropriate and sensitive communication strategies to address weight with patients. This free course is accredited by the Yale University School of Medicine's Center for Continuing Medical Education (for 1 CME credit).
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Hip resurfacing arthroplasty is surgery that replaces the damaged outer surfaces of the femoral head found at the top of the thighbone and, if necessary, the cup-shaped socket where the thighbone meets the pelvis in the hip joint. This surgery was done in the 1970s. But its use decreased, because the parts used to replace the joint surfaces did not hold up well. Now, doctors are using new materials, and the procedure is gaining popularity.
People younger than about age 55 who have hip osteoarthritis have been difficult to help with standard hip replacements. They have many years of activity ahead of them and put a lot of stress on their replaced hip joint. So their hip replacements often need to be redone a few years after the original surgery. These later surgeries are usually less successful than the original hip replacements.
Hip resurfacing removes less bone than a hip replacement and maintains a better ball and socket joint. The chances of hip dislocation are less than with hip replacement. And people usually find the hip eventually feels normal after the surgery. Also, if the hip resurfacing parts eventually need to be replaced, there is enough bone remaining to do a standard hip replacement.
One study shows that the success rate of hip resurfacing in people younger than 55 is nearly 100% for the first few years after surgery, but long-term studies (greater than about 8 years) are not yet available. People in this hip resurfacing study were not advised to change their jobs or lifestyles in the long term. None changed their jobs, including those involved in heavy labor, and most returned to recreation and sports.1 One large study suggests that results of hip resurfacing are good. But the risk of needing the surgery redone is a little higher than with a standard hip replacement.2
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Coming soon to 22nd Street... a new public art project!!!
SLA's Modern Day de Tocquevilles profiled by WKCD
Sample Revolution Blog Post
Title it: Revolution Guidebook Project
Part I: Write two paragraphs that summarize our unit of study and your learning in this unit. Make these paragraph polished and clear for readers who know nothing about our class or our unit of study.
Part II: The video. Make sure the video has a title page that includes your name and citations (url's) at the end. Do no upload your video until you have watched it one last time and confirmed that it is a polished final product.
Sample Pipeline Monologue Blog Post
Title it: Pipeline Monologue Project
Part I: Write a paragraph that summarizes our unit of study and what you feel you have learned in this unit. Make this paragraph polished and clear for readers that know nothing about the pipeline or our unit of study.
Part II: List five key facts or short quotes that you feel everyone should know about the pipeline and/or humans relationship to the environment. For each point put the title of the source in parenthesis after the bullet point.
Part III: The monologues! Make sure they are polished and revised (double check the blue page in the room). Make sure each monologue has a title and that stage directions are in parenthesis.
Part IV: The video(s). Make sure the video has a title page with the title of the monologue and your name. Post the video to Vimeo. After Vimeo has processed it get the embed code and paste it into the multimedia section of your blog post. If you do this correctly your video will show up within the blog post itself. (It should not be a link.)
SLA Playwrights Win Big!
In addition, several other SLA students earned awards! Enthony Chin won second place for The Ticket, Margaret Hohenstein won second place for Silence, Marlyn Mooney won second place for her play Society's Idea of Perfection, Betty Louis won third place for The Struggle for Survival: Ayiti, Bryanna Jones won third place for her play Refuge, and Amani Bey won third place for Grey Boundaries.
According to PYPF, "So many strong plays, and so many voices and stories that we do not see represented often."
Way to go SLA playwrights!
Revised Performance Schedule for SLA's Rainy Hidden City
SLA's Hidden City: Performances Friday, 6/7, 1:00-3:00
Come out to see student-created site specific performance pieces on Friday, June 7th, between 1:00 and 3:00. A detailed schedule is in the attached PDF and will be available inside the front door of SLA on performance day.
You will never see the neighborhood around SLA in the same way...
To see a photo gallery of the project and the process, click here.
To see a documentary about last year's projects, click here.
New Public Art Project on 22nd Street!
We are very excited about the new public art project that is installed under the JFK overpass on 22nd Street! Come out and visit our "I Believe Wall" and add to the conversation!
The project was inspired by Candy Chang's Before I Die project. It is a collaboration between Ms. Manuel's Spanish 4 class and Mr. Block's English 2 classes. Special thanks to the Home and School for generously funding this project.
You can see more photos of the process and the project here.
Klarissa wins Essay Contest!!
Here is an excerpt from her essay:
Happy..I don't really hear that word come from my mouth when I'm asked how I'm feeling. It's usually an "I don't know," a "I'm alright/fine," or "I'm chilled." Happy isn't really in my vocabulary. I imagine it's not in the vocabulary of most LGBT young people. The only time I use this word for myself is when I'm saying, "I wish I can someday be happy.." It's not easy to be happy. Not everyone has a stress free and painless life. Not everyone has friends in school. Not everyone is loved. It's not easy to be accepted.
You can read the full essay here...
Language Autobiography 2013: Title of my Paper
(Notice that this post is in the English class and that I have made Language and English two tags for the post. You can add any other tags that you would like.)
This is where I will write a short paragraph that describes the unit and the Language Auto assignment. I will be sure to include a reflective statement about my learning and work. This paragraph should help readers understand the context for this project and to make them want to read what is below. Notice that this paragraph is in italics.
This is where I will paste in my Language Autobiography. After I paste it I will check for formatting issues that I need to correct. If I used outside sources I will list them in a Works Cited section at the end of my paper. (Luckily Mr. Block is a nice guy and created some of the citations from class in MLA format at the end of this post.)
This is where I will paste the embed code from Vimeo so that people can see my video and after they have read my language autobiography people can click on the video to see it (without having to go to another website).
Sample Citations:
Kingston, Maxine Hong. The Woman Warrior. New York: Vintage International, 1976. Print.
Anzaldua, Gloria. Borderlands/La Frontera. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 1999. Print.
Rodriguez, Richard. Hunger of Memory. Boston: David R. Godine, 1982. Print.
Baldwin, James. "If Black English Isn't a Language, Then Tell Me What Is." New York Times. (July 29, 1979): <http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/03/29/specials/baldwin-english.html>.
hooks, bell. Hooks on the Language of Power. New Learning. Web. 11 Jan 2013. <http://newlearningonline.com/literacies/chapter-6-critical-literacies/hooks-on-the-language-of-power/>.
Tan , Amy. "Mother Tongue." Home is Where the Heart Dwells. N.p.. Web. 11 Jan 2013. <https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/guorui/2008/02/06/mother-tongue-by-amy-tan/>.
SLA Public Art Project featured on Edutopia!
SLA Playwrights Rake in the Prizes!!
Congratulations to the following students:
Byshera Moore for her play Star Dance (Second Place)
Ellen To for her play Breaking Borders (Second Place)
Alexis Babcock for her play The Stranger (Third Pace)
Sarah Charlotte Brown for her play Waiting for a Mother (Third Place)
Maria LaTorre for her play Sono la rosa nella mi storia (Third Place)
DeShawn Mcleod for her play Just Do It (Third Place)
James Prell for his play In A Foxhole (Third Place)
See the complete winners list here.
SLA Students in the Art in the Open Festival!!
Click here for a printable performance schedule. (This will also be at the front door of the school on May 18th.)
Enormous thanks to all our collaborators and for all of the wonderful collaborative energy everyone is bring to the project!
Hidden City Festival 2009
AiO Publicity Video (can you spot the SLA student?)
SLA Playwrights Shine!!
Congratulations to Manna-Symone Middlebrooks for winning first place!! Her play will be performed at Temple November 3rd-5th. Click here to get a free ticket. (Also, check out the picture of Gina Dukes on the front page!)
Congratulations also to Aja Wallace, Martha Robles, Maddie Walls, Taylor Stover, and Bernicia Guercio for their awards. Look for their names to appear shortly on the Philadelphia Young Playwrights website (link above).
Click here to see all these play, videos, and other examples of amazing work students did last year during their World History class.
Pipeline Monologue Project (sample)
Title Your Post: Pipeline Monologue Project
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SLA Art in the Open Performances: June 9th, 10:00-12:00
"Unusual movement in a public place will capture your eye, call your attention to the present, and expand your awareness of your surroundings…Site-specific refers to the fact that these dances take a particular place as both the inspiration and setting for the dance."
from Site Dance edited by Kloetzel & Pavlik
Science Leadership Academy students have been working with the Leah Stein Dance Company to create a collection of alternative performance pieces as part of the Art in the Open festival along the Schuylkill River. Each performance is inspired by its specific site as inspiration. As you watch the dances notice the ways that they interact with the the different sites. Each piece is the product of extensive observation, experimentation, and collaboration. Allow yourself to take in the full range of possibilities that the performances create. We hope that these performances inspire new ways to see and experience this part of the city.
Thank you for your support!
SLA 10th Graders Write Plays about Hope, Resistance, & Change
10th Graders have been working with Kate McGrath from Philadelphia Young Playwrights on a five month playwrighting project. During this time students researched Enlightenment Philosophers and investigated the evolution of ideas of human rights. Then students choose an issue and a location to focus on. They researched and began crafting monologues that focused on one or more of our essential questions:
1) How do people find hope in the face of struggle?
2) How do people find ways to resist power?
3) How does individual change happen?
Throughout the winter students wrote, revised, heard their work out loud, got feedback, wrote, revised, heard their work out loud, got feedback…
The finished plays are the product of many, many hours of hard work.
See the completed plays and videos by clicking here.
This whole process could not have succeeded without the tireless efforts of Kate McGrath, play advisor extraordinaire. Thanks Kate!
Sample Monologue Project Post (Title of Your Project Here)
The different parts of your post:
1) 1-2 paragraphs describing your project here. This should include background on your topic and background information about/description of the piece you have created.
2) Embed video here. You must have a recording of at least one part of your project. You can embed as many videos as you would like. All videos should be close-ups of the actor performing the piece. Info on how to upload videos available in class.
3) Your final, polished monologue project goes here. Be sure to include a cast of characters list, stage directions, and any other necessary information in order for the project to be performed (this may include a glossary, descriptions of staging, etc...) Pay attention to formatting-- make it clear and easy to read.
SLA Students Win Philadelphia Young Playwrights' Annual Playwrighting Festival!!
Congratulations to Gina Dukes for her play "God Makes No Mistakes," Jareese Long for her play "Circle," Julia Boyer for her play "Office 309," and Natalie Sanchez for her play "Karen's Battle." Their amazing plays won First Place, Second Place and two Third Place prizes. They have a lot to be proud of!
Gina's play, is being professionally directed and performed by Temple Undergraduate actors on Friday November 5th and Saturday November 6th. Come out to see it-- admission is free and no tickets or reservations are required.
See Philadelphia Young Playwrights for more information.


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ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- SimuQuest Inc., (http://www.simuquest.com/) a global leader of advanced model-based software tools for embedded systems development, announced the debut of its all new server-based version of UniPhi for centralized data and architecture management at the recent Mathworks Automotive Conference (MAC), providing a new level of automation in the design and development of model-based systems.
"SimuQuest's UniPhi product has undergone a major transformation over the last three years due to a collaboration between SimuQuest and Ford Motor Company to establish a new level of sophistication in data and model management," states John Mills, CEO and president of SimuQuest. "The opportunity to develop this tool in a collaborative process with such a forward thinking company as Ford, has been as rewarding to SimuQuest as it is revolutionary to the model-based design process," Mills added.
Competition in the marketplace and the pressure to decrease product development time, while at the same time improving safety and reliability, has automotive companies continuously looking for ways to improve their product development process. Model-Based Design is becoming more prevalent in the automotive industry, providing a methodical, reusable, and cost effective product development solution. Embedded systems are developed faster, with less resources, and far fewer defects. However, there are major challenges to overcome before Model-Based Design can be deployed within large organizations. A plethora of legacy tools and processes have been put in place over a period of many years, to manage highly complex systems using traditional methods. The associated difficulties and risks have prevented large organizations from the enterprise-wide adoption of Model-Based Design.
UniPhi has been designed with Ford's input, to address the management of complexity on an enterprise scale, utilizing server-based centralized management of system data and architecture together with advanced functionality for complexity visualization, user permissions, version control and automated issue resolution. UniPhi thus enables large organizations to adopt Model-Based Design. UniPhi provides Ford a new level of integration of Model-Based controls and software design into a fully integrated Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) Process.
"Successful deployment of Model-Based Design requires attention to detail. This is particularly true for complex systems or large teams. There are some large gaps to be filled when you try to connect all the tools together in a seamless process. UniPhi is a really good example of a tool that fills some of the most significant gaps," states Craig Stephens, Chief Engineer: Controls Engineering Research and Advanced Engineering, Ford Motor Company.
UniPhi is seamlessly integrated with the Mathworks tools. In addition, an API is provided to enable interoperability across tools. Powerful centralized data management and dependency visualization, enables consistent, version-controlled management of data (signals and parameters) and rapid visualization of object dependencies (modeled features, signals and parameters.)
A recent assessment identified the following managing data and model/software complexity issues:
To the extent that handling software and model complexity issues are resolved, developers have more time to devote to the real value of a company, namely, the development of intellectual property.
SimuQuest's state of the art products result in rapid, high quality development of embedded systems utilizing the most advanced model-based design process.
SimuQuest's goal is to optimize client's productivity. Our tools and services are aimed at providing clients with the ability to focus on their core competency. To this end, SimuQuest provides the tools and support to enable plug-and-play development and one-touch code generation to the target micro or Electronic Control Unit (ECU).
About SimuQuest:
SimuQuest is an Ann Arbor, Michigan, based company that develops state of the art products to enable the most advanced model-based design of embedded control systems. SimuQuest's high-quality, off-the-shelf software tools have empowered engineers to design and innovate, while dramatically reducing development time and cost. SimuQuest's products include UniPhi for data management, QuantiPhi for driver generation and Enginuity for engine modeling. SimuQuest technology enables rapid, high quality development of embedded systems for aerospace, automotive, consumer appliance, alternative energy, academia and other industries. To learn more, see www.simuquest.com
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Originally from New Orleans, Virginia Martinsen received her BFA from the University of California at Los Angeles. Her first solo exhibition, A Face on Mars, was shown at the ATM Gallery in New York in 2009, and explored the human need to identify with or find familiarity in the unknown. Robert Shuster declared Virginia "a new action hero" due to the inspiration she has received from her visits to Hermann Nitsch's castle in Austria. Virginia's work is produced by pouring solutions of oil paints, varnish, dry pigment and painting mediums onto canvasses lying flat and allowing them to flow and solidify in a process that takes many months to dry and continues to "develop" over time.
Q: What drew you to Mana Contemporary?
A: The large spaces and convenience of what the facility offers (storage, shipping, studios, framing, etc.), but mainly, Kurt's beer hall–umm, schnitzel!
Q: When did you decide to move your studio here?
A: A couple of months ago.
Q: How do you feel about Jersey City?
A: I'm new to Jersey City and don't actually know that much about the area. I hear there is good Indian food.
Q: Did you design your studio here?
A: Yes, the layout is fairly simple. I paint my canvases horizontally–so I need lots of floor space, but it's fantastic to be able to tailor my space specifically to my needs.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: A series of paintings that are created by building up layers of gesso and then poured oil paint, which takes many months to dry and continue to "develop" over time.
Q: What do you like about your studio?
A: I'm really excited about my adjustable storage rack for my paintings–it's very cool.
Q: How do you feel about being part of Mana Contemporary?
A: It's an exciting new space with a lot to offer and I look forward to being a part of it as it grows.
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Synopsis: Adapting Humphrey Cobb's novel to the screen, director Stanley Kubrick and his collaborators Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson set out to make a devastating anti-war statement, and they succeeded above and beyond the call of duty. In the third year of World War I, the erudite but morally bankrupt French general Broulard (Adolphe Menjou) orders his troops to seize the heavily fortified "Ant Hill" from the Germans. General Mireau (George MacReady) knows that this action will be suicidal, but he will ... Full Synopsis


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SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, WI (WHBL) - Home sales in Sheboygan County and the state continue to improve over last year. According to the Wisconsin Realtors Association's most recent release of figures, sales of homes in July in Sheboygan County are up three-percent when compared to July of 2012, and the median price for a home is up 7.3-percent. So far through all of 2013, homes sales in the county are up 10.6-percent and the median price up 15.2-percent when compared to last year.
For the entire state, home sales are up this year 12.8-percent, and the median price is up 7.8-percent. The number of new listings and closed sales are also above 2012 levels. The only downside to the report is that the housing affordability index dropped last month due to increase home prices and slightly higher mortgage rates.


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The U.S. Coast Guard said Lewis Mills, 23, fell off the Calumet Bridge on U.S. 90 into the Wax Lake Outlet near Patterson.
The St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office reported witnesses said the man, believed to be from Sylvester, Georgia, was walking the rail of the bridge when he lost his balance and plummeted to the water.
The witnesses added they lost sight of Mills after only a few seconds. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt.
The U.S. Coast Guard, St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue and Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries are trolling the area for Miller.
Here is a new release from the U. S. Coast Guard:
MORGAN CITY, La. - The Coast Guard and the St. Mary's Parish Sheriff's Office are searching for a 23-year-old male who reportedly went missing, Tuesday, after he fell from the Calumet Bridge into the Wax Lake Outlet near Patterson, La.
At approximately 2 a.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans command center received a call from the St. Mary's Parish Sheriff's Office reporting that their marine unit and the Patterson Volunteer Fire Department were searching the Wax Lake Outlet for a white male.
The man had reportedly fallen into the water while playing around under the bridge with a group of his friends. The man was last seen wearing a white T-shirt.
Currently searching are:
Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65C helicopter and crew;
St. Mary's Parish Sheriff's marine unit;
Patterson Volunteer Fire Department;
Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Morgan City 25-foot response boat (RB-S) and crew.
Also, an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast was issued to mariners to keep a sharp lookout in the area.
"The integration of multiple agencies involved in this search highlights the crucial partnerships between local, state, and federal search and rescue agencies, which benefits the communities they serve," said Lt. Cmdr. Len Robinson, chief of the Sector New Orleans command center.
Anyone with information about the missing person should call the Coast Guard Sector New Orleans command center at (504) 365-2200.
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Could legal marijuana become big business?
State victories for recreational pot use are prompting questions about its pros and cons.
Does Tuesday's legalization of recreational pot use for adults in Washington State and Colorado signal a death knell for illegal marijuana across the United States -- and the start of a new, legal and profitable industry?
Supporters say the measures will generate tens of millions of dollars in revenue for state and local governments while undermining illegal drug enterprises.
"Prohibition has failed," said an editorial in the Seattle Times. "Licensing the growers and retailers will take marijuana out of the hands of criminal gangs and bring it into the open, where it can be regulated and taxed."
But just how to regulate and tax marijuana in those states remains a huge question, especially since the drug remains illegal under federal law.
Eighteen states and the District of Columbia have legalized the use of medical marijuana. Years of observations of the industry have given analysts a baseline for considering the financial and legal obstacles recreational pot stores will face.
"This is the tricky thing," says Dr. Alexandre Padilla, an economics professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver. "Already you have the issue with medical marijuana dispensaries -- where a lot of banks refuse owners of medical dispensaries to open accounts because they're afraid the feds will close their offices because they are violating federal law."
The U.S. Department of Justice has been relatively quiet on the issue, saying Wednesday it's reviewing the Colorado and Washington ballot initiatives, with "no additional comment at this time." But there are concerns that the measures could trigger legal challenges all the way up to the Supreme Court.
In Colorado, the first recreational pot stores are scheduled to open in January 2014. Local governments can still keep the stores out of their towns, and employers can prohibit their employees from using marijuana. The state "has a lot of work to do quickly in terms of setting up the appropriate rules and structures," Rosalie Pacula, with the Rand's Drug Policy Research Center, told the Denver Post.
Supporters of marijuana reforms say legalizing pot has potentially enormous financial benefits. They say pot is already one of the largest cash crops in the United States. And longtime observers believe that, if legalized and properly regulated, marijuana could become a very cost-efficient commodity.
"It doesn't cost much to produce it if you don't have to hide it," said Bruce Benson, the chair of the economics department at Florida State University. "I don't know if there are the kinds of scale economies in marijuana production that that there are in beer production. It's more of . . . a packaging thing for a retail market, a legal market. So you could see some substantial processing packaging plants perhaps develop. That's down the road."
But all of this is still speculative. "The voters have spoken, and we have to respect their will," Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat who opposed the recreational marijuana measure in his state, said in a statement issued Tuesday night."This will be a complicated process, but we intend to follow through. That said, federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug, so don't break out the Cheetos or goldfish too quickly."
Ho... Ra for Washington State and Colorado
When will these so called "smart" people in Washington realize that they are losing out on Billions of tax dollars. Wasting billions of dollars prosecuting and jailing people who are not doing anything "Criminally" to anyone else (in most cases). The #1 "Crime" of inmates in the current U.S. Prison population, is for posession/ and or distribution. The "War on Drugs" should be dropping pot (legalize Nationwide), and put efforts on: Meth, Crack, Heroin.
Nuff said.
Cannabis is a class "D" drug. Alcohol, Cocaine, Heroin, Opium, and Tobacco are considered to be a class "A" narcotic.
Cocaine, Heroin, Tobacco, and opinion narcotics
I've smoked pretty much every day for the last 20 years. Never had to be rushed to the hospital because I was od'ing. Never puked my guts up because I smoked too much. Never robbed a liquor store to buy it. Never sold it to kids or blew the smoke in anyone's face. Never considered killing myself or anyone else because I couldn't handle my high. Graduated from college, always maintain a job, and always pay my bills on time. If someone can explain to me, in detail with logically sound reasoning, what I'm doing that is directly hurting them, I'll glady quit and take up the anti-pot campaign. But it's never happened before, and I don't see it happening now. Blaze on, brothers and sisters...
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Under the leadership of Coach Amos Alonzo Stagg (SDN-000884), the University of
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Approximately 143,000 young people age 12 to 17 used inhalants in the past year and had a condition such as pneumonia, bronchitis, asthma, or sinusitis, according to a new study from SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies.
The study determined that the rate of use was 4.4 percent among adolescents who had at least one of the aforementioned respiratory conditions, similar to the rate among adolescents overall (4.1 percent).
An estimated 44,000 adolescents on a typical day put their health and lives at risk by using inhalants. The use of inhalants can seriously impair the proper functioning of the respiratory system as well as other systems in otherwise healthy individuals, resulting in unconsciousness, coma, or death—so it may pose an even greater risk to those with serious underlying respiratory conditions.
"No one should engage in huffing. The consequences can be deadly," said SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde, J.D. "The fact that adolescents with respiratory problems are just as likely to engage in huffing as adolescents in general underscores the continued need to educate parents, teachers, service providers, and young people about what they can do to prevent this misuse of common everyday products."
The study also provides insight into the prevalence of adolescent inhalant use by various demographic factors. For example, it shows that among the general population, American Indian or Alaska Native adolescents were more than twice as likely to engage in huffing as African American adolescents (5.5 versus 2.5 percent).
In addition, the study examines the types of inhalants most commonly used by adolescents with pneumonia, bronchitis, asthma, or sinusitis (see chart below).
Adolescent Inhalant Use and Selected Respiratory Conditions is based on data collected during 2006 to 2008. Download the full report at http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k10/175/175RespiratoryCond.cfm.
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As I said before, during the looooong period when my car was disabled because I couldn't find the kill switch on the alarm and I was walking to and from work, I was telling myself a story during my walking time. I finished the story on my penultimate walk home, (I found the kill switch the next night), and I've been letting it stew in my brain for a few days.
Before I go forward talking about it, I have to give a big SPOILER ALERT. Stop reading if you want to wait for the story/book/movie to come out.
All set? OK.
I have a tendency in most of my writing to be somewhat casual about the lives of my characters. I've had people complain to me that I killed off their favorite characters more than once. (People complain to me more than once, I mean - although I may have killed a couple of characters multiple times, as well). I'm currently finishing up a horror novel in which simply piles of people die. So, I'm not afraid to off a character here and there for the sake of realism or to provide a good dramatic punch.
But, I got to the conclusion of my space horror story and, not only did the good guys win, but not a single on-camera character went down. Can that even classify as horror? I didn't even have anybody driven mad, which certainly makes it a wimpy Cthulhu story. I'll have to write it up and see if the conclusion still dissatisfies me, but what do you think? Am I letting my bloodlust get the better of me? Is it possible to have a good, horror-esque story without permanent damage to the main characters?
I hope to have this done for an April release date. I'm working on a horror novel based off of one of the more extensive timelines from my old Today In Alternate History web site. It's a sort of Cthulhu-meets-the-cave-paintings-of-Lascaux story, and people enjoyed it when it first appeared on TIAH. This is from the beginning of the book:
Henri slid down the side of the small ravine and hid himself under the bank. Marcus had heard him come this way, but he was certain that the older boy hadn't seen him. He smothered the giggles that were almost uncontrollably bursting forth from his mouth and snuck his way a little further down the muddy bank. He almost tripped on Xavier, who cursed at him in a sharp whisper. "Merde, Henri! Watch where you're putting those big feet."
"Pardon," Henri whispered back. They both silenced themselves as they heard Marcus's stomping feet come up to the side of the ravine they were hiding in.
"I'll find you any second now," Marcus cried out in a loud voice. "I know these woods better than anyone." The slide of a little mud over the side accompanied the unmistakable sound of Marcus's backside thudding into the dirt above them, and the two younger boys nearly burst from having to contain their laughter. "You'll see. I know everything here." They heard him stumble off in a direction that was not where they were at, and relaxed. After the noise of his passage faded completely away, they felt safe enough to talk again.
"Where's Philippe?" Henri hadn't seen him hide, but had seen some tracks veering off towards the small hills.
"I think he went to the caves," Xavier said. Henri didn't feel brave enough to hide over there; the stories that the older children told about the caves were enough to keep him away. Philippe obviously hoped that Marcus felt the same way.
"I hope he doesn't get lost. You know we're not supposed to go in there. Sondrine's father beat her blue when she just went in one of the caves last month."
"He'll be all right." Xavier looked around at the ravine, then stood up and craned his neck over the edge. "Hey, do you know where we are? I'm not sure which way the village is from here."
"You just follow the ravine back to the south and take a right from that big rock. It takes you straight back into the town."
"You're sure?"
"I'm sure."
Xavier sat back again and breathed in deeply. The air was filled with the crispness that the advent of autumn brought, and it invigorated him. "Come on, let's go find Philippe."
Henri was highly put out at that suggestion. "What for? This is a good hiding spot."
"I just want to make sure he's all right."
Xavier looked concerned, and Henri couldn't come up with a good enough reason not to, so they both slunk off towards the caves, head swiveling around every few seconds to see if Marcus was about to leap on them.
Most of the trees in the small forest still had their leaves, but enough had begun falling that their feet made a constant crunch as they strode along, completely negating their efforts at stealth. After realizing that they were being as quiet as a marching band, they gave up sneaking and moved towards the caves as quickly as they could.
The small hills that held the caves were not very impressive. You could easily miss them if you didn't know they were there; they looked for all the world like giant green mounds. For those who knew where to look, the mounds revealed their porous innards, which the young people of Montignac had been told never to explore. Some of the adults went so far as to say the caves ate children, but most just sensibly told their youth that it was easy to get lost, and curiosity had not driven too many to test these claims.
Henri and Xavier approached one of the cave entrances now, one they had both peeked into many times, but had never been in. There had been several dares, but the courage had never been summoned up to face that darkness. Now, they both stood at the mouth and called in quietly for Philippe.
They both nearly jumped out of their skin when they heard him shout, "I'm over here!" He was at a different entrance than they were used to, one they hadn't even known existed. "Come on, this one has something on the walls." He sounded terribly excited, not frightened, so the two other boys hurried over to him. Philippe, the thinnest of them all, was covered in mud and dust, with a leaf here and there as garnish. He was holding a stout stick that he had stuck a flaming bunch of brush on – a very rudimentary, dangerous torch. "Vite, vite," he encouraged them. "Somebody's been drawing on the walls."
They followed him into the cave, and stood in the darkness for a moment to let their eyes adjust. Once they did, Philippe motioned down a passageway. "This way." They stepped carefully, because the rock under their feet was slippery. The torch that Philippe was holding spluttered and gave off only enough light to keep them from tripping over each other, and air was oppressively still. They were all uncomfortable, but after several minutes of twisting and turning, Xavier had had enough.
"Zut, Philippe, where are you taking us?"
"It's just a little bit further," Philippe said, looking around. The mildly confused look on his face did little to instill confidence in his companions. "I swear."
Henri patted Xavier on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, there weren't that many turns to get down here. We can find our way back." It was a total lie, but it seemed to make Xavier feel better, and they pressed on.
Finally, when even Philippe seemed to be about to give up hope, he announced, "Ah! This is it!" He moved slowly over to the wall of the cave and almost touched his makeshift torch to the rock.
There was a sharp intake of breath from Xavier and Henri as they involuntarily stepped back from the mouth of the creature on the wall before them. This was followed by nervous laughter as they realized it was nothing more than a painting of a bear. They stood with noses nearly pressed against the cave wall as Philippe shone his light around at the myriad images that had been painted there.
On the one wall alone, there were great hunts with bows and spears, animals as much as ten times the size of the little men who were hunting them, a spread of hands in various colors; it was all too much to take in, especially with the tiny amount of light they had with them. For some reason, though, the light increased as they were watching…
"Got you!"
The three boys screamed. Xavier nearly fainted. Marcus laughed so hard at their discomfiture that he nearly dropped the torch he was carrying, which would have been bad for them all, because Philippe did drop his, and it immediately extinguished itself. "Zut alors, Marcus," Henri strangled out, "don't ever do anything like that again!"
"What is this place?" Marcus had lost all interest in their game now and was gazing at the wall in fascination. "What is that?"
"Paintings," Philippe said, kicking at his torch. "I think they must be from a long time ago, too. Point your torch at this one." Marcus obliged, and they all looked at a portrait of a creature that looked vaguely like an elephant, but with far too much fur. "That's a mastodon," Philippe told them in a hushed tone. "They're extinct. Cavemen used to hunt them."
The boys all looked around the cave again, wonder in their eyes at the age of what they stood in. Henri was the first to recover his voice, and asked them, "Do you think we should tell someone about this?"
Marcus grew excited at the suggestion. "Mais oui," he said. "They'll put our pictures in the newspaper." He looked at his small, pitiful torch. "Perhaps we can get some decent light in here, as well."
Henri eyed Marcus's dying flame and said, "We should get out of here now, while we can still see." The other boys agreed, and they threaded their way back through the passages as quickly as they could, Marcus holding his hand in front of the flame to protect it from the wind of their passage.
Before they could see the cave's entrance, though, the light flickered and went out, plunging them all into pitch blackness. They whimpered and gathered in close together as Marcus searched in his pockets for a match. The scratch of it igniting brought light back to them, and they all breathed a little more easily.
That is, until they heard another scratching sound from behind them. "What was that?" Xavier made no attempt to try to sound brave, and none of the others even thought of ridiculing him for it.
"Vite," Marcus said, hurrying ahead with the torch. The other boys scrambled to keep up, their hearts pounding in their chests and lungs aching with the need to breathe the fresh air outside.
The cave's entrance was the most welcome point of light any of them had ever seen, and they dashed for it as if Hell itself were at their heels chasing them. Marcus was the first out, casting his now-dead torch to the ground and flinging himself away from the cave as he was followed, in turn, by Philippe, Henri, and finally the terrified Xavier. They all collapsed on the ground, sucking in air and watching the cave as if they expected some horrifying beast to hurl itself out after them.
Nothing happened, though, and the light of day soon relieved the terror they had all been feeling. "I think Xavier wet himself," Marcus said, prompting peals of laughter from all of them, even Xavier. "I know I did," he added, rolling on the ground and guffawing.
After they recovered themselves sufficiently to where they felt capable of walking away from the hills without someone watching their back, they headed back to town. Henri had convinced them to pay a call on the editor of Montignac's paper as soon as they walked into town. "I just hope the Nazis let him publish this," he said mournfully.
"It's not like we're resistance fighters," Xavier said. "Why wouldn't they?"
"They're strange people," Henri said, looking at their village, where he could see the swastika flying over the city hall. "You never know what they're going to do."


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How do I make blogs look same as my site.
First of all, I have looked many answers but haven't found one. In buddypress even If a make a member an author there is no post/blog tab in the profile.
Therefore I thought to give MU a run. But in WPMU, the system I think is creating a whole new site for the member not a blog. I want the member's blog to look like its my main site. So when someone clicks on the profile, the blog tab. The blog must be shown just below the profile header like the other activity, friends, … etc, tabs work.
Moreover each member must have a single blog, which should be auto created on registration.
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Harvard University's budget deficit rose to $34 million in the year ended June 30, a gap that will prompt the world's richest school to trim near-term spending even as it proceeds with ambitious building plans and fund-raising.
The results, reported in the university's fiscal 2013 annual report released Friday, show Harvard is in better financial condition than it was five years ago, during the financial crisis. But the budget deficit is up from $7.9 million in 2012, and school officials indicated they will stay sharply focused on costs.


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