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I received a tiff file from someone, but I'm not sure if it's georeferenced. Is there an easy way to check this?
Looks like gdalinfo will tell you:
A non-georeferenced figure exported from ArcMap layout:
A aerial photo:
Adding on to Chad's answer: Is there a .TFW file accompanying the TIF? If so, the image has georef info that isn't embedded in the header. I don't know if GDALINFO will catch that or not.
Unfortunately a TFW only gives you coordinates and cell sizes. It doesn't specify which CRS/projection/datum the image is referenced to, nor what units are used for the projection.
In the ESRI world, if the image is georeferenced, but not rectified, gdalinfo won't return the projection information
If you look in the tif.aux.xml you will find the projection information:
However, once rectified gdalinfo will work and the data will no longer be in the tif.aux.xml so you may have to look in both places.
There's also listgeo, part of libgeotiff.
Also, if you're using windows, there's a handy GUI application for it and geotifcp(also part of libgeotiff) which allows you to easily dump and restore metadata to a geotiff - useful if you want to edit your geotiff in a non-spatially enabled image editing software or for applying spatial metadata to the results of a classification, etc.
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(1). "listgeo.exe" - utility program for dumping the metadata of a GeoTIFF file. (2). "geotifcp.exe" - utility program for applying metadata to a TIFF file, making it a GeoTIFF file.
They have been freely distributed with the popular libgeotiff library.


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$N$ the positive natural numbers has one infinity. $Z$ the integers has 2 infinities.
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Edison students deserve support
January 27, 2013
To the editor: What does it take for you to realize the value of an education? There is a special election on Feb. 5 for voters in Edison Local School District to vote on a levy to increase taxes....
this artical is garbage. i have been in this district my whole life. i am 26 so it wasnt to long ago sence i was in school there. frankly half the time the teachers just sat at there desks. we had a few good teachers but most of them are junk. i hear that if the levy dont pass they are going to shut down pleasent hill well its funny cause if you look it up john gregg ranks a 3 in all around education and pleasent hill ranks a 7 scare tactic if you ask me take away the only school that is doing good. my daughter went to john gregg the first half of this year then had to be transfered to pleasent hill answer me this how can these two schools be in the same district but one be light years ahead of the other? could it be cause they are not doing there job. as for the home school comment another scare tactic btw home school and charter schools send some of the most brightest childen out in to the world.
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GTFC, my point is that they keep putting this issue on the ballot, the people have said no every time. However, the supporters keep trying to slam it home by getting support from low information voters, and tax consumers so they can vote their way into the wallet of the property owner.
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What will Edison get with the new School Funding proposal from Gov. Kasich?
The plan ensures that the first 20 mills of local property tax generate the same as a district with a $250,00 per student property tax base.
Edison District Valuation = $312,125,400 Edison Number of students = 1,985 Valuation per student = $157,242 Edison tax revenue on 20 mills at valuation of $312,125,400 is $6,242,508. Proposed tax revenue on 20 mills at $250,000 per student is $9,825,000. (250000 * 1985 students = valuation of $491,250,000) ($491,250,000 / 1000) * 20 = $9,825,000 Under the Kasich plan Edison would receive additional state funding of $3,582,492.
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RPG-The survival of the district doesnt take priority over the taxpayers. That is why the levy is up for a vote. Thomas- You are correct. That is a five year forecast based on inflation in regard to health insurance premiums. The treasurer is allowing an increase as there will be an increase. However, that doesnt mean the actual cost is going to be that much. The increase could be less than forecasted, teachers could end up paying more for insurance, etc. No one one here seems to have read the fact that the State did a study and Edison is currently UNDERSTAFFED according to the state minimum staffing requirements. Oh well, I wish everyone good health and prosperity.
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Fact: 2008 there were 109 teachers Fact: Since 2008 the district lost about 200 students and closed a school building. Fact: 2012 there are 109 teachers. Fact: in the 5 year projections by the treasurer of the district, salaries will still be 8 million a year but the benefits will increase from 4 million to 7 million. While at the same time losing 200 kids. I also remember the newspaper endorsing Romney for President.
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You mention the budget of the district. Why should their inability to manage their budget have an effect on the budget of the property owner that MUST adhere to a budget otherwise he or she would lose their property? My question to you is this. Why should the survival of a school district take priority over the rights of the taxpayer?
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I praise the Herald Star for endorsing the levy and congratulating the administrators, teachers, staff and board members for what they have been able to accomplish in the past four years without much support. Read the article, the facts are correct. They have cut, cut and cut. If people on here went to a board meeting they would understand where the approxinate $450,000 gas lease money went. It went to the general fund to balance the budget for this year. There wasnt poor management, there was a cut in funding by the new governor and legislature. Read the Herald Star editorial. Those are the correct facts people.
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Edison students do need support but this administration doesn't!!! The amount and the FOREVER is what the problem is at. It has been suggested to lower the mills and make it 5 or 10 year but the said no. They are just not listening to the people. Where did the oil/ gas lease money go? They will not answer. What happens when the royalties start coming in to the district? I am sure the tax will not go away. I remember not too long ago, the district was out of debt and on budget, what happened? I don't want to bail out poor management. Maybe the state can come in and balance the books again.
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Back in November 2007 Edisons great teachers turned their backs on their students for 2 weeks. The voters still remember.
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It is not negativity, it is about our broken values and system in general. Here is the big picture of the problem. Individuals that own property in a school district must pay taxes, they also have one vote (two if you count a spouse). If they live in a district where there is a large number of renters, government dependents, people with school age children that do not own a homeetc... They can be forced by vote to give more of their wealth to pay for a system that they do do not use, or benefit from.
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I dont even know what to say. So much negativity by the same people. I truly hope this levy passes so Edison can continue to operate. Thank you to the residents in district that value education and have supported the levy everytime.
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I'd like to see a re-structuring of the way taxes are collected. Make people think about what they are doing. Have a district sales tax. If a person does not have children, disagrees with it, the district, etc... they can simply take their business elsewhere. Have an "education consumer tax" which would charge people that have school age children for their use of the school. Maybe a "child transportation tax," if your kid rides the bus, you pay for that at least that way people can be responsible for their own.
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Worse yet, is that they lied about how much it would cost. My property taxes increased about twice what they said it would. What is upsetting about the Edison situation is that many of the folks that live out that way are retired or are on a tight budget. Taxes go up, people might not just leave, or worse yet lose their homes.
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I believe Edison is spending $1.6 million on transportation... With the state transportation reimbursement at $950,000.. So actual cost is $1,600,000 - $950,000 = approximately $650,000. I hope the BOE has calculated how much the state transportation reimbursement will decrease when busing for 9-12 high school students is stopped...
Could be an additional hit to the schools revenue in the 2014-15 school year that the BOE will want the taxpayers to also provide new tax money for....
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Edison classified and certified contracts are up for renewal this year (2013)... When this levy passes you will see where money goes...
When this levy passes, it will only last the district 5 years and that is with the "emergency levy" being renewed. The BOE will be right back at the ballot trying to get back into your checkbook.... Tis district has $18 MILLION in revenue... Still giving Wal Mart a Tax abatement but asking the home owners to pay more.. If you don't need a building... close it... Personally, I would close the current high school building.. It is the oldest building and costs the most to operate.....
Be sure to get out and vote, you had better believe there are enough "YES" votes to get this levy passed.....
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The reason why such a measure would cause most levy, and bond issues to fail is because it has an effect on everyone, not just property owners. The way Toronto passed the school levy almost 3 years ago was offer free hot dogs and kool aid to the low information voters (Sec 8, renters, welfare bums, Single mothers with government supported children). They were sucked in, fell under the influence of the kool-aid, and went out and voted for the bond issue. That is how it passed because 99% of homeowners voted against it. However, in Toronto, the number of home owning voters can easily be cancelled out by the non-home owning voters. Edison has a chance, I believe more people own property in that district than not.
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I agree 100% with a local sales tax idea. It would be funny to see such a thing be used, especially when it fails by around 90%.
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Amy, The problem is, the levy or tax is just unfair. Only a subset of the population will be forced to pay the tax if passed), not the entire eligble voting population for that district. Try proposing the Edison Levy as a Local sales tax and watch what happens.
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If anything is going to create anti-social, isolated kids with dangerous rhetoric like the misguided Newtown, Conn., youth who shot 26 people at school, it will be the Public School system. If you really care about your kids you should think about sending them to a Christian School or Home School yourself.
The problem is most parents are more worried about someone else paying for and taking the responsibility.
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Dori and Pat McCarthy We had the privilege of being part of the audience for the performance of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," at Seven Angels Theatre. We were thrilled and amazed at the superb talent of the cast and the professionalism of the production, which easily could have been a Broadway event. The vocals, in particular, were phenomenal. We congratulate all the performers, some of whom actually attend local high schools and colleges, and everyone involved in this outstanding production.


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Fights happen. Sled dogs have personalities that aren't always compatible... Is there a technique to breaking up a fight that will minimize risk of injury to both me and my dogs?
Try getting their attention / distracting them with food, and then throw pieces in two separate directions. If the dogs are food motivated, they will go for the path of least resistance. They are fighting for dominance, to be sure, but many dogs will attend to that only after satisfying their instinctual desire for the food.
Additionally, if you have the dominance over them, they will respect you. You clearly don't want to get in between them while fighting, but by holding the food, you are reminding them who is in charge.
Since answers are not forthcoming - I'll share what I have learned works, but I'm still hoping someone has some better ideas:
Since dog fights are not the result of some deep-seated impassioned hatred for one another (dogs don't carry a grudge) separating the fighters is usually enough to break up the fight. They quickly forget what they were fighting about and move on.
Distraction A loud noise, such as the snap of belt against the sled, or a loud whistle can sometimes startle and distract fighting dogs momentarily, allowing you to pull one away from the other.
Dragging Grabbing a dog by its hind legs and pulling it away from the other dog can confuse it enough that it lets go. It might instinctively whip around to check you out, but assuming you have worked with these dogs, and they respect you, a quick "Hey!" will let it know who you are, and it won't bite you.
Controlled Pressure Using your foot to press down on one dog's neck and pin it to the snow while pulling the other up by the collar (lifting its front legs off the ground) is a way to regain control without injuring the dogs. This would be akin to your father putting his stern hand on your shoulder and pressing you down to get you under control as a child. NEVER kick a dog
This all assumes these dogs know you - and know you to be the benevolent dictator of the pack. Dogs run best if they respect their handler as the Alpha of the pack - not because they fear their handler. Thus there is no excuse for violence, beating, kicking or otherwise harming a dog.
Of course, prevention is the best course (keeping dominant males separate, correct placement of females in heat) but that is a topic for a different question.


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I'd like to describe the sense of two people, one who is angry (call him Joe) at another (call him Bob), but upon hearing Bob's retort, Joe reconsiders his position and changes his mind about being angry.
How would you describe such a scene in terms of Joe's body language during this change?
One idea I was to describe how his tense limbs loosened, but I can't think of a concise, elegant way of describing that.


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Box of Books for Francis--The Poll! UPDATED
A while back, I asked you to suggest books that might be sent to Pope Francis as helpful resources for his call for a "new theology of women." You made LOTS of excellent suggestions. I've turned them into a SurveyMonkey survey, and here's your chance to vote for the final 10. Vote for your favorite 5-10, and one vote per person, please. It's a long list, so read through before you vote!
I've done some editing on the list. For example, I assume that the Pope has a copy of Genesis laying around somewhere. Similarly, John Paul II's Theology of the Body must be there at the Vatican somewhere. I've taken a couple items off the list that cost lots of money (like $100 or more). I took out some books that looked excellent but only indirectly contribute to a new theology of women because they're of a different discipline. I added some additional references for your consideration, too.
Things to think of while voting:
- remember the topic is a "new" (my quotes--people have been doing this work for decades, arguably for centuries...sigh...) theology of women. Some books are closer to this topic than others.
- recent is good--if there are several options for an author (which is the case in a few instances,) more recent work is probably most what the writer would like to have represent him/her, assuming it's also the closest match to the topic.
- Think across disciplines, maybe aim for some systematics, some scripture, some ethics, some history. In my additions to the list, I've aimed for a wide range of perspectives, too.
- Availability matters, and a reasonably-priced edition should exist--like $15-30 new, if possible. This is especially important for older books. If I can't get it, I can't send it.
Two people have offered to help with shipping costs, for which I'm very grateful.
I'll leave this survery up for a week or so, and will report back...
UPDATE: 90 responses so far! Keep 'em coming. I'll compile next week...
About the Author
Lisa Fullam is professor of moral theology at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. She is the author of The Virtue of Humility: A Thomistic Apologetic (Edwin Mellen Press).
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Sorry to see that Eleanor Herman's Mistress of the Vatican" didn't make the list. Oh, well.
Delighted to see that my three suggestions made the list: Letters of St. Therese, Vol. I; The Bone Gatherers: The Lost Worlds of Early Christian Women, by Nicola Denzey; and Women Officeholders in Early Christianity: Epigraphical and Literary Studies by Ute Eisen.
(I'll bet he's read them all.)
I'd like Pope Francis to read a new book, too, one I just read yesterday: Monastic Springs, by Paula Howard, OSB.
It's the story of the Benedictine Sisters of Mt. St. Scholastica in Atchison, Kansas, from 1963-2013. This is their sesquicentennial year. For the centennial in 1963, Sr. Faith Schuster's book, The Meaning of the Mountain, was published.
If Francis were to read both those books, he would understand how a community of women religious developed, contributed to the education of generations of Catholics, flourished, and withstood difficulties, including the "apostolic visitation". For an interesting account of how the monastery dealt with the unprecedented visitation, see pages 477 - 483.
Perhaps if the Pope were to read the book, he would insist that the women's congregations who were subjected to Cardinal Franc Rode's investigation be given the results. Over three years have passed since the visitators met with the Atchison nuns. "You may wait in hope for the final report," they told the Prioress as they left.
However, "Results are still pending."
Kind of surprised to see worls by Alice von Hildebrand and Edith Stein on the list - I thought they were "theology-of-the-body" complimentarianists.
I went to Survey Monkey ready to endorse some titles when I realized that I hadn't ever read any of these works except for reveiws I read in some magazines along the way. [Who hasn't if you still have a pulse not heard of folks like Chittister, Johnson, Stein, Kung, Curran? There is even a volume on Therese of Lisieux on my office bookselves!]
How embarrassing! Suffice it to say that maintaining a professional practice and raising teenage boys can divert one's attention from higher intellectual pursuits.
Please publish the list of titles that make the final cut for Il Papa. My reading list needs updating ...
Lisa: I understand that Pope Francis called for a "new theology of women."
But did he mean that he would undertake to develop a "new theology of women" in, say, an encyclical?
If this is what he meant, then it makes sense for you to send him some recommended reading.
However, if this is not what he meant, then it does not make sense for you to send him some recommended reading.
If this is not what he meant, perhaps you could undertake to write a book titled A NEW THEOLOGY OF WOMEN. Perhaps you could dedicate it to Pope Francis -- and send him a copy.
Jesus did not write at all. Somebody had to record what he did. Now they say he never said this or that. Paul wrote at least seven and they nailed him with another six. Origin really got the ball rolling. (I demand to know which books were written before and after his castration). Augustine really got sick with it by bringing idolatry into the written word so much so that thereafter people expected to be transformed by whatever book they were currently reading. (Don't miss it!) I blame my father for sacking me with the disease so strongly that I don't think there has ever been a day without a book in my hand.
Stay tuned for the greatest book ever. No kidding this time.
Realistically we might send Francis quotes rather than books. His time is limited and he certainly would resign if he were required to read the great Elizabeth Schussler-Fiorenza. Has anybody ever finished any of her books? If you were assigned one it does not count. But you do deserve some credit. Here is a quote that i believe Francis would appreciate from the inimitable Mary Daly:
"God's plan' is often a front for men's plans and a cover for inadequacy, ignorance, and evil."
I have to admit I haven't read any of the books on the list, though I've read some articles by some of the authors. I'm not feeling very hopeful about the books changing Francis' mind about women, as he seems very invested in JPII's ideas about us. Maybe we should save up to send a few of the authors on the list to Rome to speak to him one on one :)
@Crystal: I'm a theologian, not a venture capitalist! :-)
@Thomas: Not sure if he intends another encyclical. If so, count me skeptical even now--there's too much history of men defining women as "other" and informing them of their correct "place," generally well below that of men. Another man--however goodhearted--cannot correct this fundamental problem. Your book idea is a good one, but it would need to be an edited volume, with women of various perspectives, cultures, ages, disciplines, etc., collaborating. Publishers, take note!
And for a model of what such a book might look like, I recommend Calling For Justice Throughout the World. Catholic Women Theologians on the HIV/AIDS Pandemic, Mary Jo Iozzio with Mary M. Doyle Roche and Elsie M. Miranda, eds. (New York: Continuum, 2008).
@Lisa Fullam: "Another man --however goodhearted --cannot correct this fundamental problem"? That seems pretty close to one of those overstated Mars-Venus dichotomies that Carol Tavris took so much care to dismantle years ago in The Mismeasure of Woman (I'd have recommended her book for the box if she'd shown the slightest interest in religion). Not only do such dichotomies not stand up to scrutiny of the facts, as Tavris pointed out (we all belong to the same species, after all): They also reinforce any tendency we may have to a despairing biology-is-destiny determinism. And it's no accident that the planets used in that popular metaphor are named for Greco-Roman deities, capricious and sexually differentiated.
As far as I know, the human authors of Genesis 3:12 were males in a patriarchal culture, yet they preserved for us that delicious bit of dialogue in which Adam, by blaming Eve, manages simultaneously to blame God...
If a rich man can enter Heaven, then indeed all things are possible with God. And Francis, whatever his limitations, has been working for a long time on overcoming the impediment of wealth.


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I work in a sensory research lab and we wanted to set up 5 or more speakers and control them with one computer, probably running Matlab. Is there a ready hardware solution for controlling 5 or more channels with a single computer. The project requires to synchronize audio and visual stimuli in different locations at different times. The Audio doesn't need to be complex, but the speakers need to play the sounds separately, not necessarily concurrently. Thank you for reading!
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An easy solution would be to use a recording interface that has more than 5 outputs.
I own a M-Audio ProFire 2626 which has 8 analog inputs and 8 analog outputs that you can individually control and route any input to any output with the included software. There are also several other brands/models of interfaces with the same number of outputs that are a bit cheaper. You will need to shop around to find what fits your needs/budget.
To send pre-recorded material to the outputs you will need software like Audacity. You will simply need to import each audio file that needs to go to a separate speaker to a separate track. Then route each track to a different output channel.
The M-Audio Delta 1010LT PCI card has 8 unbalanced ("RCA jack") outputs and is confirmed to interface correctly with Matlab using Psychtoolbox. It's a lot cheaper than the ProFire 2626 (currently about $200 US).
Obviously, you'll need an amplifier that can deal with 5+ channels as well if you go this route.


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I have seen a few DEM/hillshades in published journal articles that use a phong lighting scheme which gives surfaces a metallic luster. Does anyone know how/if this can be achieved in arcmap?
Yes, it can.
Phong shading is a sum of ambient, diffuse, and (specularly) reflected light.
ArcGIS computes hillshades and allows semi-transparent overlays, which is tantamount to forming a positive linear combination of images. Thus the only novelty is to compute the reflection map (3). Spatial Analyst (part of ArcGIS) computes aspect grids (again in degrees east of north) and slope grids (in degrees). The specular reflection therefore can be computed from these grids using raster calculations ("map algebra") according to the Phong shading formula.
The formula requires the component of the reflected light reaching the observer to be raised to a positive power alpha (which determines the "shininess"; the larger it is, the more point-like the reflections become). To find this component we do a small amount of 3D analytic geometry and conversion between spherical and Cartesian coordinates:
By raising this last grid to the alpha power you will have computed the specular component of the reflection (up to a multiple determined by the sun's intensity). That multiple can be set in terms of the transparency parameter in the grid's display. To show the Phong shaded map you will display the three grids--a good order is hillshade, DEM, reflection--with appropriate transparency settings to balance the diffuse, ambient, and specular portions, respectively.
The terminology here--R, N, V, and alpha--is the same as that used in the Wikipedia article.


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10 Classic Toys (And Why They Suck)
#5. Boomerang
Why it sucked:
A curved piece of wood designed to return to the user when thrown. They are usually associated with the Aboriginal People of Australia, which leads us to believe that the Aborigines did not have many friends if they had to develop a method of playing catch with themselves.
Why it sucks:
Has anyone ever known someone who could throw a boomerang and actually get it to return? Someone always knows someone who swears someone managed it, but we're certain that's an urban legend. What generally happens when you throw a boomerang is it shoots forwards and curves upward, at which point it either:
- a) lands in a tree
- b) flattens out and disappears over the horizon
- c) curves upward and away and lands in a river 300 feet to your left
- d) plummets to Earth and half-cartwheels, half-bounces along at lethal speeds, whereupon it usually hits another child in the head, knocking him off his Space Hopper.
Either way, you usually give the boomerang a couple more hopeful throws before it gets lost or confiscated by a an irate mother. At this point, you shrug and go back to fun activities, like making the fat kid with glasses clamber into the pond to get your Aerobie.
What can make it better:
For toy companies to stop pretending a boomerang is a toy, and instead regard it as what it really is; a shitty novelty hunting device that apparently takes years of training to master.
Fun fact:
The returning variety is not the only form of boomerang. You can also get non-returning boomerangs, though most people just refer to these as sticks.
#4. Home Chemistry Kits
What is it?:
A toy which promises children an entire chemistry laboratory in the safety of their own bedrooms.
Why it sucks:
Home chemistry kits promise so much. A glance at any chemistry kit box shows two or more children, usually clad in white coats (not supplied, ever) staring in awe at a glowing green rock or holding some amazing contraption and looking at it in wonder. Even the box for My First Chemistry Kit seems to infer that you can alter your perception with some sort of LSD magnifying glass, and that it even contains a powerful acidic substance that you will naturally use to torture insects. So, while the box never exactly claims that you'll be able to create explosives powerful enough to fell several trees, that's definitely the implied message.
But what you get instead are three glass beakers, a few bags containing salt, sugar, iron shavings, chunks of wood, some substance that turns water green (and makes you feel slightly peculiar when you drink a glass-full), laughably oversized safety goggles and something that looks suspiciously like a Chemistry textbook. The disappointment of realizing you're not going to be able to create your very own thermonuclear device ensures that home chemistry kits are one of the biggest let downs of a child's life.
What can make it better:
Adding stuff that can explode to the kits. If they just let the people who design the box art decide what goes in, then home chemistry kits would be the finest toys available.
Fun fact:
The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab, released in 1951, had the right idea. They actually supplied a chunk of uranium with the toy, so the child could try all kinds of atomic experiments. Of course, the isotope, U-238, was dangerously radioactive and has been linked to cancer, leukemia and lymphoma. That's right kids, it even got you out of school.
#3. Pogo Sticks
What is it:
A pogo stick is a pole with handles at one end, and footpads at the other, beneath which is a large spring designed to bounce the user up and down.
Why it sucks:
Pogo sticks look fun when other people are playing on them. Someone else always seems to work them easily, merrily bouncing around the street or their yard until they comically topple from their perch, all the while shrieking gay laughter.
When it's your turn, you clamber aboard with the aid of a wall, grip the handles, push your feet down and launch off, expecting a laugh-a-minute roller coaster ride. Except instead of joyfully bouncing around in a happy-go-lucky style, the pogo stick compresses down about 9 feet, then shoots off the ground at a velocity approaching Mach 2. Surprised, and sporting a pair of rapidly browning underpants, you release your grip from the handles and try to step off. At this point the stick would inevitably carry on its ascendancy and smash you on the chin with slightly less force than the punch of a super heavyweight boxer. All the while you get to listen to the cruelest sound ever; the mocking laugh of a fellow child. (No, this never happened to us.)
What can make it better:
We grudgingly admit pogo sticks might be fun when someone has mastered their terrifying and unpredictable nature, and has sensibly clad themselves in adult diapers. But, when we say they're fun, it's like we're saying base jumping is fun. Thus, if they are properly marketed as a suicidal sport not to be attempted by the sort of bespectacled children who grow up to write comedy on the internet, instead of as a harmless children's toy, then we can live with them.
Fun fact:
In rocketry and aerospace design, a form of extremely dangerous oscillation is referred to as pogo oscillation, in reference to the motion of a pogo stick, which only serves to reinforce our view that pogo sticks are fucking insane.
#2. Diablo
What is it:
A Diabolo, or a Devil On Two Sticks, is a juggling toy whereby a spool is whirled and tossed on a string connecting two sticks. They evolved from the Chinese Yo-Yo, which was extensively used throughout the Eastern Kingdom in the 12th century, where we're assuming it was still the most boring form of side walk performance art in existence.
Why it sucks:
Diabolos suffer from two main drawbacks: Tossing a spool into the air is not fun, and it's really, really hard. Just balancing the spool on the string takes Gandhi-like calm, and once that is achieved, the spool has to be flicked into the air and caught again on the string. What usually, no, always happens is your desperate, flaying efforts to catch the spool result in it being flicked away from you at a fairly rapid pace. It then rolls straight under the sofa, forcing you to drop the sticks (immediately and irreparably tangling the string up), get on your belly and shove your hands under the piece of furniture so you can pull out the wretched thing. Also, it is somehow always attracted to the one corner where you need a clothes hanger or a golf club to reach the fucker.
We remember being given these things by well meaning, yet elderly, aunts who clearly believed that any toy that might be fun is the work of Satan and that constantly having to dig the spool out from under the sofa would build character. "Ooh, it's gone under there again, the naughty thing," the demented old crone would cackle. "You need more practice!" And then our parents always forced us to apologize to dear Aunt Gladys for telling her to shut the hell up.
What can make it better:
The toy would be improved several times over if it came in packs of two. Two children could spend the afternoon flinging the spools at each other, scoring points if it hit them in sensitive areas. That's how toys should work.
Fun fact:
Cirque du Soleil, the Montreal-based entertainment empire, frequently have Diabolo performers in their shows, which just goes to show how dire things have become north of the border.
#1. Yo-Yo
What is it:
A yo-yo is comprised of two discs of equal weight connected with an axle, from which a string is attached. The user loops the other end of a string around his finger and proceeds to flick the yo-yo up and down the string until inevitable frustration sets in.
Why it sucks:
Yo-yos have been fobbed onto kids as fun toys for far too long. There's a good chance that anyone whose childhood was from the 1970s onwards will have experienced a yo-yo troupe performing in a school assembly or youth center, in which sparkling performers whipped glittery yo-yos into the air, rolled them up walls and generally managed to get these revolving plastic devices to break every single law of physics.
Then, when the performance was over, every child in a 100-mile radius begged their parents to spend $15 on an official Coca-Cola stunt yo-yo. Then what happened?
Hours of frustration. Hours of trying to untie a piece of string which has a mind of its own when it comes to entanglement. Hours spent watching your yo-yo idly twist at the end of the string instead of snapping smartly back into your palm. The slim volume coming with the pile of shit that promised to make us yo-yo masters within minutes had wonderful drawings and photos of the tricks, but it didn't tell you how to fucking do them. The only trick anyone ever learned was the 'walk the dog' trick, which was just rolling a yo-yo on the floor. All yo-yos did was give two generations of schoolchildren bruised knuckles and friction burns on their index fingers.
What can make it better:
Somehow making the difficulty curve exactly that, instead of a difficulty cliff. Mastering the ascending/descending motion of a yo-yo was not tricky, but trying to get it to do anything else was headache-inducing hard. Either that, or just don't pretend that yo-yos are cool and stop sending lithe, glittering women into our nation's schools to promote them as just that.
Fun fact:
None. There is nothing fun about yo-yos. They are the devil's own stringy testicles.
If you like this article, check out David Knight's article about the 10 Most Insane "Sports" From Around the World.


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September 18, 2009
Silvermine Nature Reserve – A Cape Town Tourism photo essay
This week's photo essay features the natural beauty of the Silvermine Nature Reserve. The reserve forms part of the Table Mountain National Park and includes part of the Cape Peninsula mountain range, from Kalk Bay to Constantiaberg.
This stunning series was captured by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. group member Ian Junor aka ifijay.
Silvermine, an easy getaway from city life, offers some relatively gentle walks compared with the more arduous hikes up the mountain from Kirstenbosch.
Silvermine takes its name from the Silvermine River, which starts in the reserve and runs to Clovelly. This picture shows part of the boardwalk around the Silvermine reservoir.
Beauty surrounds you in the Silvermine Reserve. The fresh, flowing water is inviting – so why not take a dip to cool down after a long hike?
The reservoir dates back to 1898 and was built to supply water to the growing city of Cape Town.
Just 20 minutes away from the city centre, the reserve is an important conservation area for indigenous fynbos plants.
Do you have images of Cape Town you'd like to share with us? We'd love you to join the Cape Town. Live it. Love it. Flickr group!
Images © Ian Junor aka ifijay 2009


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Minor in Leadership
Behavioral and Social Sciences
With a minor in Leadership, you can use your talents to impact your campus and your community. In the Leadership Program, you'll experience a combination of classroom work and real-world applications as you develop the ability to lead and empower others. In addition, Evangel's Leadership Fellows Program places students in situations to use their leadership abilities around the campus and community.
Evangel's leadership program is designed to help aspiring leaders develop the following five key traits while embracing a Christ-centered worldview:
- Model the way
- Inspire a shared vision
- Challenge the process
- Enable others to act
- Encourage the heart
Program Plan (pdf)
|Want to see exactly what classes you will take? The Program Plan (sometimes called a degree sheet) includes all specific requirements - including University proficiencies, Frameworks courses and degree requirements.
Each of Evangel's academic programs is made up of a set of core curriculum, program requirements and electives. The courses listed below are just a small sample of courses that might be taken as a part of this specific program.
|Seminar on Campus Leadership
|An introduction to leadership principles provides examples and practical applications of basic leadership skills and concepts for current and prospective student leaders who wish to serve in leadership roles on campus.
|Leadership Experience
|A blend of leadership theory and practical application by providing opportunity for interaction with leaders from a variety of professions.
|Personal Leadership
|Provides practical insights and approaches to develop the disciplines necessary to lead an effective personal life. The course includes tools and processes to identify and develop personal strengths and accountability for personal growth.
|Leadership Practicum
|Supervised field experience in an organization or small group facilitation.
|Effective Leadership
|The capstone leadership course, focusing on developing leadership effectiveness in organizations. Research and case studies provide a thorough understanding of organizational leadership theory and practice. Students conduct an intensive interview with a leader in their vocational area and develop a paper at the end of the course that identifies their approach to leadership and a related leadership growth plan.
Evangel University's world-class faculty is made up of caring, Christian professionals who are distinguished in their fields and dedicated to the development of tomorrow's Christian leaders.
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Dr. Jon Spence is no stranger to Evangel University. Spence grew up around Evangel's campus, and has created his own footprint as a student, alum and faculty member. He graduated in 1988 with a bachelor of science in Social Science after competing for the Crusader football team. He joined Evangel's faculty in 1998, and in 2003, was instrumental […] read more
NOTE: A minor is a secondary field of interest that is meant to complement your academic major. While your major is chosen for your intended career choice, your minor may be something you pursue for your personal interest or to augment your major.A minor in leadership will enhance any academic major and career path.
General Undergraduate Requirements
The following are general requirements for all students beginning an undergraduate program at Evangel. For more information visit Undergraduate Admissions Requirements.
|As a boldly Christian university, all of our students have made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior.
|Graduation from high school, or having the equivalent of a high school diploma such as the General Education Development (GED) examination.
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|A minimum of a 2.0 GPA in core college prep classes (English, math, social sciences and science with a lab)
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|A "C" average. However, in some cases, a student with a weak academic record may be considered. To remain at Evangel, however, the student must meet scholastic requirements.
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When switching to a functional style of programming after coming from procedural and OOP, what things do I need to know upfront about "this new way of thinking"?
How do you prepare yourself for diving in the FP world and get it first time around?
What are the basics to learn and set straight first?


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Dinner fundraiser
to aid shelter
A spaghetti dinner fundraiser to benefit the Agape Homeless Shelter in Steubenville will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday at the Agape Apostolic Assembly located at 525 Slack St., Steubenville.
Patrons can dine in or get cerryout orders by calling (740) 283-1677.
Patrons are asked to allow 30 minutes for deliveries.
The cost is a $7.50 donation.
All proceeds will go toward the Agape Homeless Shelter located near the church, according to a news release.
Library announces
program schedule
The following are programs planned by the Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County:
-- Children can make a winter craft to take home at the Schiappa Branch on Jan. 17 any time from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. then at the Tiltonsville branch on Jan. 14 at 5:30 p.m. and at the Brilliant branch on Jan. 15 at 5:30 p.m. A make-and-take home craft also will be offered at the Dillonvale-Mount Pleasant branch on Jan. 14 any time from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and at the Adena branch on Jan. 15 any time from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Register for the Dillonvale-Mount Pleasant Branch at (740) 769-2090.
-- A book discussion group for the Dillonvale-Mount Pleasant branch will meet on Jan. 15 at 5 p.m.
-- Get tech help on how to download books and music from the library's website to your hand-held devices at the Schiappa branch on Jan. 16 from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. and on Jan. 21 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call the library at (740) 264-6166 to make a 15-minute appointment.
-- Play and Learn for caregiver and children ages birth to 3 will be offered at the Toronto branch on Jan. 16 at 12 p.m.
-- Children ages 2-6 along with a caregiver can attend the Play and Learn Alphabet at the main library on Jan. 15 at 6 p.m.
-- New at the main library is Coffee & A Movie for adults beginning Jan. 18 at 10 a.m. Coffee & A Movie will be held the third Friday at 10 a.m. of every month. Registration not required.
-- Learn how to turn an old book into an art journal with Lillian Brue. A demonstration will be held on Jan. 15 at noon. Register by calling the library at (740) 282-9782.


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Rose Berman: A Gifted Student on Academic Challenge, Integration, and Service
It's easy to caterwaul about the problems in U.S. education, but many young people still manage to fall in love with learning at a young age. Joining the School Reform News podcast to talk about her intellectual cultivation and desire to use it to serve others is Rose Berman, a sophomore at the University of Chicago and one of six 2013 winners of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize for the best high school history papers in the world. You can read her paper about the war and peace between Austria and Prussia here.


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Careers and Internships
Open up any magazine or newspaper, or turn on the evening news, and you will probably encounter a nutrition-related story. Nutrition is hot! People want to live longer and healthier lives, and are counting on good nutrition. The dietetics professional helps consumers sort out the nutrition information they encounter. They are also the professionals who are trained to provide nutrition-related care, called medical nutrition therapy, to individuals with specific disease states. In fact, dietetics professionals apply their knowledge of foods and nutrition to many career settings. The goals of the profession include promoting health, the prevention and management of disease, and minimizing disability.
Employment of dietitians is expected to increase 10-20% through 2010 (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2002-2003). Between 2000 and 2010, the demand for higher-skilled culinarians is expected to increase 21-35% (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2002-2003).
SLU graduates are versatile and can work in many different settings.
- Hospitals or other health care facilities.
- RDs are part of the health care team administering medical nutrition therapy and educating patients.
- RDs oversee menu development and food preparation as well as managing food service staff.
- Food and nutrition-related business and industries are areas in which RDs can put their food science, consumer affairs, and marketing skills to use.
- Sports Nutrition and wellness programs allow RDs to impact the overall health of individuals combining food and fitness.
- Community and public health settings advising the public through monitoring and program planning.
- Own private practice where they can contract with companies or specialize to counsel patients.
- Universities and medical centers.
- Pharmaceutical companies.
- Chef/Registered Dietitian in a school, hospital, or commercial kitchen
- Restaurant/bakery owner
- Personal chef
- Caterer
- Small business owner in the food industry
- Consultant for nutrition/culinary services
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October 12, 2012
Cape Town official King of the Castle with eight Blue Flag beaches
Christine Marot
Although KwaZulu-Natal-based, Christine Marot never passes up an opportunity to head south and sample the many delights of the Mother City.
Despite having visited many of the world's continents, she believes there's no place like home, and enjoys promoting Cape Town's mix of cultural, historical, natural and adventure tourism opportunities.
She believes current tourism trends reflect a greater reliance on bloggers' first-hand experiences, which more often than not contain nuggets of useful information.
With a love of the outdoors, Christine is happiest visiting the penguins at Boulders Beach, catching waves at Kommetjie, hiking up Table Mountain or sipping a chardonnay under massive oak trees in the winelands.
The Mother City officially boasts the highest number of Blue Flag beaches in South Africa, with all of the city's eight submissions having received the coveted international accolade.
This summer, international and local beach-goers spending their holidays in Cape Town can relax in the knowledge that the most exacting international environmental management, environmental education, safety and security, and water-quality standards have been met.
Welcoming the announcement by National Minister of Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk at the National Blue Flag launch at Grotto Beach in Hermanus on October 11, 2012, the city's mayoral committee member for community services, Councillor Tandeka Gqada, said the city was pleased that its commitment to maintaining world-class beaches had been acknowledged.
"The beaches that have attained Blue Flag status are important to residents and tourists alike, and this status is especially encouraging going into the festive season," she said.
The sought-after Blue Flag eco-award is contested seasonally, with the latest status period coinciding with South Africa's premier holiday season from December 1 to March 31.
Cape Town's new Blue Flag status beaches are:
- Bikini Beach
- Mnandi Beach
- Strandfontein
- Muizenberg
- Llandudno
- Camps Bay
- 4th Beach Clifton
- Silwerstroomstrand.
Blue Flag status is conferred annually on more than 3 500 beaches and marinas in 44 countries, from Europe to Africa and Australasia to the Americas. Two of Cape Town's marinas, Granger Bay Water Club and the False Bay Yacht Club, also received full Blue Flag status.


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As responsible professionals there has to be a line where we say, WordPress is not supposed to be used for that.
When is WordPress not the answer?
As responsible professionals there has to be a line where we say, WordPress is not supposed to be used for that.
When is WordPress not the answer?
closed as too broad by kaiser♦ Apr 1 '14 at 20:48
There are either too many possible answers, or good answers would be too long for this format. Please add details to narrow the answer set or to isolate an issue that can be answered in a few paragraphs.If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
Hi @Geo:
As a huge proponent of using WordPress for content management use-cases that surprise the many people who believe WordPress is only a blog, I've had many opportunities to defend it's use which has also allowed me to recognize where it is not useful. Here are the main areas where I've come to believe WordPress is in-fact not the best solution:
So that's what I've identified as use-cases for which I can't (currently?) recommend WordPress. And there are probably use-cases I didn't capture. However, for most use-cases on the web WordPress IS the best solution.
And even for some of those anti-use-cases above, you may still want to use WordPress for (a portion of) your corporate website and/or for microsites, just don't try to use it as key critical infrastructure component for one of the use-cases mentioned above.
I'll provide a point opposite to what Mike Schinkel laid out. He looked at high-scale or complex situations, I'll mention the opposite.
WordPress is a great solution for sites that are non-trivial and/or frequently updated. If the planned site is very small/simple, or frequent updates are not planned, using WordPress may well be overkill. Sites that may fall under this classification could include brochure sites, or business card sites. No need for a database or anything complex here.
I would also like to add two more.
Media content heavy sites. Though WordPress has some great media options they are primarily blog centric in nature, which is to say the management is simple and linear. For media heavy content that serve a lot of photos and video, especially multi-user based, WordPress is not a viable option yet ( example: any one of the million video sites).
Enterprise level security sites. Though I don't think this is directly WordPress related, sites that need a high level of security, even if it's just a front-end blog, should probably not be using WordPress. ( Example: payment processors, banks, etc.).
I've just completed a large book catalog site that automatically gets updated with books, their authors, and stuff like that. WP's custom post types are used heavily.
The advantages of WordPress that I found were:
In short, using Custom Post Types and the meta table, you can structure any custom post type to resemble whatever you want.
However, there are some disadvantages as well:
If you're developing frequently, then you'd have an internal database of a lot of reusable components, both logical and UI. At the same time, using a framework also gives you a lot of flexibility. Of course, flexibility means you'll have more responsibility about how something happens.
In short, if WP with its custom post types and taxonomies can fulfil the requirements of your website, then go ahead. If it requires a lot of twisting, then reconsider, or at least think twice before committing to WP. Remember that websites need to get new features added down the line, and you don't want an inflexible twisted system wherein feature additions are difficult.
In short: Don't recommend Wordpress to those who can afford something else (e.g. a customization or replacement of it).
I think you should not offer Wordpress to those customers, that already used it and came to the boundaries of the software.
Next to that Wordpress is not suitable for customers that are looking for a product with long-term support that has security and maintenance updates.
Next to that you can not recommend Wordpress to those customers who ask for a tested software. Wordpress is not really tested and a very complicated and unstructured piece of software.
And you cannot recommend Wordpress for podcasters and video sites. Media Management is lacking according to people of the industry.
In my experience, Wordpress shouldn't be used as a future event listing/registration or booking system (classes, sessions, appointments). Yes there are plugins out there to accommodate, but they are buggy,and very hard to customize.
I would avoid using WordPress to build social communities and web applications. Although WordPress can be used as a framework for web applications it just doesn't quite fit the bill.
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Merriam-Webster lists both ˈrüt and ˈrau̇t as possible pronunciations for route but only ˈrau̇-tər for router.
Is it really wrong to pronounce router as 'rüter ?
Merriam-Webster lists both ˈrüt and ˈrau̇t as possible pronunciations for route but only ˈrau̇-tər for router.
Is it really wrong to pronounce router as 'rüter ?
There are two different kinds of things called a "router", with two different pronunciations, originating from two different verbs "route" and "rout". The confusing part of this is that the two pronunciations overlap the two different things.
A router as above (computer thing, from verb "route"), or anything else which routes something, is "rooter" or "rowter" depending on how you pronounce "route" (US English has both "root" and "rowt", British English has only "root")
A router (woodworking tool, from verb "rout", an electrical one is shown above) is "rowter", never "rooter", in both the US and the UK and other countries. The dictionary entry may be referring to the wood tool only.
Source: Oxford Online Dictionary & Cambridge Dictionary
The New Oxford American Dictionary (NOAD) reports that router has two different meanings.
In both the cases, the pronunciation is the same.
As comparison, the pronunciation of route (as reported from the NOAD) is /rut/, /raʊt/; the pronunciation of rout is /raʊt/.
In British English, the word is pronounced /ˈraʊtə/ when it has the first meaning, and /ˈruːtə/ in the second case.
Where I live both things are called "rowter" even though we say "root" 66, so if they lived in the U.S. That would be standard. If they said "rooter" it might sound like a thing used to clean drains.
A rooter is used to clean pipes (specifically to remove roots, or other obstructions).
Because that pronunciation exists, router is pronounced as indicated in the other answers.
A router (rooter) routes. A router (rauter) routs.
To my ear, the American pronunciation is really grating.
I was born in the US. I pronounce the computer apparatus "rooter" as in "hooter". I just had a manager at work try to correct me today, but I stuck to my guns.
The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (CALD) does not include the word 'router'
However, the meaning of route has been described as the following:
Since the CALD did not specify from which sound the word 'router' is originated, so my conclusion is 'router' can be pronounced as 'ruter' or 'rauter' according to UK pronunciation! However, if the company which produced the device pronounces it as a 'rauter' then it is 'rauter' otherwise it is 'ruter'.
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I recently updated my Wubi install form 10.10 to 11.04.
This had problems, so I finally took the plunge and gave Ubuntu its own partition.
It all seemed to go very well (I even got a purple bootscreen which was very exciting the first time).
However, whenever I try to enter Windows XP, I get a flashing horizontal line for a second.
Then it disappears, and I return back to Grub.
Is there a way to get GRUB to load Windows XP? What additional information if any is required?


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Long version: There is no long version. Just some release notes.
Release: If all goes as planned, we'll push Ulysses 2.1 early next week through Sparkle and also submit it to the Mac App Store for review. It's a free update, of course.


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Brussel Sprouts, Beer…and Arsenic?
What you eat and drink may contain arsenic, which is linked to skin, lung, and bladder cancers
We know that we can be exposed to arsenic through the water we drink, especially in regions like New Hampshire where water arsenic concentrations are elevated. Now Dartmouth researchers have found that diet alone can contribute to body arsenic levels (the study was recently published in Nutrition Journal). Exposure to arsenic has been linked to a variety of health problems, including skin, lung and bladder cancers; and vascular diseases and low birth weight.
Four foods found to raise arsenic levels
The researchers looked at 120 foods and found four that significantly increased arsenic levels: beer, white wine, Brussels sprouts and dark-meat fish (including salmon, tuna steaks, mackerel, bluefish, swordfish, and sardines). This study is the first to account for arsenic in drinking and cooking water before looking at dietary contribution.
Toenail clippings help measure long term arsenic exposure
Researchers asked 852 New Hampshire residents, ranging in age from 25 to 74 years, about their average consumption of foods that included dairy, fruits, vegetables, eggs, meat, breads, beverages and baked goods. They then studied the levels of arsenic in their toenails, which show long-term exposure to arsenic
The study found that arsenic in toenail clippings was most strongly linked with consumption of alcohol—especially beer for men and white wine for women—and Brussels sprouts. Regularly eating Brussel sprouts once a week could raise arsenic levels 10 percent higher than levels found in people who never eat them. These findings support recent studies that show that arsenic binds to the sulfur-containing compounds that give Brussels sprouts and related vegetables their characteristic odors.
A few beers daily can increase your arsenic exposure 20 to 30 percent
Men who reported drinking on average two and a half beers had arsenic levels 20 to 30 percent higher than those of men who didn't drink. This may be because alcoholic beverages can have higher arsenic content, and alcohol is known to interfere with the body's ability to detoxify arsenic.
Arsenic in the diet and population health
The study suggests that diet can contribute to total arsenic exposure in populations throughout the United States, regardless of arsenic concentrations in drinking water. Further research is needed to identify patterns of dietary exposure that may pose risk to vulnerable populations like pregnant women and infants.
The study was led by Dartmouth Professor of Biological Sciences Kathryn Cottingham, and included researchers from Dartmouth College, Stony Brook University, University of North Carolina, Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine, and University of Missouri. The research was supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Cancer Institute, and Environmental Protection Agency.
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Unanswered: Destroy a panel not working
I am having a functionality like I have a panel appearing like a pop-up and then on click of a radio button I need to have some actions to be done and then destroy the panel. But its not working
itemselected: function (btn) {var form = btn.up('panel');
I have defined "btn" earlier - var btn = Ext.fly('text_'+key_value);
The same methods" var form = btn.up('panel');
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will work if I have a button and have it inside the "tap" function.
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I wonder why it doesn't work when its called inside "itemselected" event. Please help if you have any clue on this.
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Only at MEAT would you find yourself listening to modern disco at an industrial-meets-posh speakeasy. Located in Butchertown (no kidding!) this stylish, low-key bar hosts OK Deejays (Alex Bell and Aaron Chadwell) with JP Source (Jon Paul Hill) as they bring the funk out of the '70s and into your Thursday night festivities. Upscale yet chill, the knowledgeable bartenders will make you one of their specialty drinks, such as the refreshing Gin-Gin Mule. I sat down with Alex Bell and Jon Paul Hill to talk with them about their music and the atmosphere at MEAT.
Sara Nelle Murphy: How did you and Aaron Chadwell come together to form OK Deejays?
Alex Bell: We've been doing this for about five years. We were off doing our own thing, mostly indie music then, down-tempo stuff. I was always more into house and club music. It's good to have two people because you can collaborate, and while one person is working on a track the other one can be out there promoting. We're friends, we have fun, we work together as a team.
SNM: It probably helps you out a lot in the music business, having the creative side and the producing side.
AB: Definitely. It's so important to get out there and promote yourself. I was kind of a shy art kid back in the day, but when you start making your own music and playing for other people you have to open up and put yourself and your work out there.
SNM: How would you describe your music – what is OK Deejays?
AB: It's changed over the years. We used to DJ at weddings and other events, now we're more club-oriented, experimenting with electronic like house and this disco thing. We're inspired by French DJs and guys like Hot Chip. Fun, classy, dance-y music.
SNM: It seems like dubstep is dominating the electronic music scene right now, so it's good to know that there's other stuff out there. You can't fist pump all the time, right?
AB: It's cool, if you want to fist pump to our music, go ahead. Whatever you want to do is great. I love when people get into it at our shows.
SNM: Jon Paul (JP Source), you've been playing and collaborating with OK Deejays. Tell me about what you've brought to the Louisville music scene.
Jon Paul: I moved here a few years ago from the UK, and when I got to Louisville I heard about these guys. So I contacted them and we started talking about music, I came to a few shows, and there you go. I guess you could say my style of music is cerebral, more for a lounge atmosphere. There's this idea in America that the electronic music scene is new, but in Europe it's been going on for ages.
SNM: Alex, has JP taught you guys a lot?
AB: You know it sounds cheesy, but I look up to him as a mentor. He's been a DJ for about fifteen years. I guess it's a cultural thing, because in other countries you get kids who start mixing their own stuff at a very young age. I've basically taught myself everything, so it's nice to have someone to help you out and teach you something new.
SNM: Tell me a little about this gig at MEAT. How do you put your own spin on disco?
AB: Good music from any genre will translate well no matter what year it is. The key is to mix it into new music, and back it up with a fresh beat. Don't get me wrong – there's some bad disco. But even the cheesy disco is great in the right context. We like MEAT because it's a chill atmosphere. You can come here and relax, have an interesting drink and listen to some good music. We like playing at other nightclubs, but it's nice to be at a stylish, classy bar. And there's no pressure. You don't have to dance if you don't want to, you can sit and relax and contemplate the music if you'd like.
SNM: You and Aaron do some other things in the music scene as well, can you tell me a little about that?
AB: We have a show on WFPK, Night Visions Radio, Monday through Thursday from 1 a.m. to 2 a.m. Also, check out our website (www.nightvisionsradio.com), which features a lot of great new music that we discover.
Check out OK DEEJAYS at MEAT, 1076 E. Washington St., on Thursday nights and listen in to Night Visions Radio (OK Deejays & Sam Sneed, weeknights at 1 a.m., WFPK 91.9).
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Ghostly Tales at the Library
Halloween is nigh. We are certain to get a higher volume of questions about ghosts and hauntings this time of year. The "best" ghost question I've gotten thus far, though, is the one related here:
I received a long distance telephone call from a woman in Ohio one afternoon about 10 years ago. The customer explained, rather sheepishly, that she felt "bad vibes" at certain spots on the Jasper County property she had recently purchased. The "bad vibes" scared her enough to consult a medium when she returned to Ohio. At her reading, the medium counseled her to "Call Beaufort County Library, your answer is there."
Needless to say, her question and the involvement of a medium presented a rather intriguing aspect to my day. Taking the open-minded position that some folks believe that "bad vibes" can arise from "bad events" or "unfinished business of souls departed," I wondered aloud about whether or not there had been any known unpleasantness on the property.
· Had the location been a battlefield in the past? Not that the researcher or I was aware of.
· Were there any known murders or fires at that location? Not that the researcher nor I were aware of.
· Were there any records of structures on the site in the past -- structures in which unhappy events or mistreatment of others may have occurred? Perhaps there were, because the property was known to be a working plantation with slaves in the past.
In most places, a question like this one involves county offices in charge of land and tax records at the County courthouse. However, the Beaufort District's courthouse then located in Gillisonville burned down in 1865 as the Union troops moved to capture Columbia. This means that many of the pre-1865 records for Beaufort District and its subsequent counties, Beaufort, Hampton, and Jasper, including records of land transactions, wills, court cases, property taxes, etc. --all activities and functions that arise within a courthouse -- were destroyed.
Did we have any other ways to find out prior uses of a particular piece of land? And if we had some materials that might help her, would she be coming to our area to do her own research? The answer to both questions was "Yes."
She made an appointment to come to the BDC during her next trip to South Carolina.
Precisely because Beaufort District is a "burned county," the BDC purchases South Carolina Department of Archives and History microfilm series to help compensate for the loss of pre-1870 Beaufort County courthouse records when we can. Using the SCDAH online records index to search on the original owner of record and his properties here in our area, we got a number of hits. Then we pulled several reels of microfilm in hopes that we'd learn more. My greatest hope was that we'd learn something about structures that once were on her property, such as houses, out-buildings, and slave quarters.
I loaded the first reel of microfilm -- going with my gut about which one might be best. I chose a reel of the Charleston series of State Plats. The Charleston series starts slightly before the Columbia series. Furthermore, the Charleston series may include a greater number of lowcountry plantations by virtue of its closer geographic location to Beaufort and Jasper.
The very first reel we pulled, on the very first try, we hit the mother lode! The property had a plat; the plat included key structures; the structures included the layout of the slave quarters. The location of the strongest "bad vibes" she felt turned out to be the precise location of the slave houses row on her property. She believed that she had her answer. She did the "researcher's happy dance" right there by the microfilm reader/printers.
Her medium was correct! She did find her answer in the Beaufort County Library after all. A little historical research gave the customer the answer she was seeking.
Do you have questions about the macabre or spectral? Perhaps the Beaufort County Library is the place you'll find some answers and some fun, too!
If you're looking for some spooky fun, I recommend the Ghost Stories of Beaufort County article under the "Local History" tab on the system's homepage at www.beaufortcountylibrary.org. Some of our Branch Libraries are hosting holiday events. Be sure to check our calendar for a Holiday program near you. Or, check out "True Ghost Tales," novels, videos, or audio books about ghosts from the many choices available in our Branch Libraries. Using "ghosts" as a subject got me over 500 hits in the SCLENDS catalog. Surely, you can find something to add a thrill to your Halloween celebrations.
For the record: Because this is a public library, there are no weird questions, only intriguing ones.


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For the third-straight season, Charlotte volleyball set a single-match attendance record on Dig Pink night, but the 49ers lost the match in four sets to visiting Butler 3-1 (24-26, 26-24, 25-16, 25-14) at Halton Arena in Atlantic 10 Conference action. Charlotte has lost seven in a row and sits at 8-10, 0-6 in league play, while the Bulldogs improve to 12-8, 2-4 in conference.
The Dig Pink match is the 11th Annual fundraiser for breast cancer awareness at Charlotte. The jerseys worn by the 49ers in tonight's match are a part of an online auction that ends on October 18 (click here for details.)
Charlotte came out to the energy of the crowd and took the opening set 26-24, leading by as many as five in the frame. Senior Bianca Rouse (Columbia, S.C. / Keenan HS) posted half of her team-high 14 kills in the opening set.
There were 13 ties in the second set, with Charlotte's three-point lead of 22-19 the largest margin in the stanza. Butler's Maggie Harbison posted six of her match-high 15 kills in the second set.
Charlotte was held to a .074 attack percentage in the third and had only four kills in the fourth set as the Bulldogs closed out the match. The Bulldogs have held opponents to a .161 attack percentage, third-best in the league. Charlotte was held to just a .123 attack percentage Thursday night.
Rouse broke out of a tie for ninth on Charlotte's all-time kills list. She now stands alone in ninth with 1,186 for her career. Her nine digs nearly gave her an eighth double-double this season. Senior libero Jenna Litoborski (Lemont, Ill.) had the match-high total of 14 digs, with freshman Michelle Hovey (Raleigh, N.C. / Lighthouse) adding 13. Senior setter Lily Vera finished with 38 assists after recording 15 in the opening set.
The 49ers will host the third of this current five-match home stand on Sunday, with a 1 p.m. match versus Saint Louis. There will be a post-match volleyball clinic for youth aged 13 or younger, click here for registration information. Advanced registration is required for this event. Tickets are available through the 49ers ticket office, at 704-687-4949.


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White Takes Over as SEC Chair
Columbia Law School graduate Mary Jo White '74 was named chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this year, filling the vacancy left by former Chairman Mary L. Schapiro, who stepped down in 2012. White, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, was nominated by President Barack Obama in January, and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in April.
"You don't want to mess with Mary Jo," the president told reporters after announcing White's nomination, acknowledging her background as a longtime federal prosecutor. For 10 years, White directed many high-profile cases, first as the chief assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and then as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Her successful prosecutions include the convictions of those charged with the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, as well as that of former Gambino crime family boss John Gotti.
After stepping down from her U.S. Attorney post in 2002, White rejoined Debevoise & Plimpton in New York City, where she was a litigation partner from 1983 to 1990. Upon her return, White served as chair of the firm's litigation practice, focusing on major business litigation disputes and white-collar criminal defense cases. She has also served on the board of directors of the NASDAQ stock exchange.
After the announcement of her nomination, White said she looked forward to fulfilling the agency's mission to protect investors and ensure the strength, efficiency, and transparency of the country's capital markets.
"The SEC, long a vital and positive force for the markets, has a lot of hard and important work ahead of it," she added.
White is a 1998 recipient of the Columbia Law School Medal for Excellence, the Law School's highest honor. She returned to campus in 2012 to discuss national security issues and the prosecution of terrorism cases.


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While getting a coffee today, a man walked up to me and offered me a kindle. he said he no longer wanted it and that he was looking to give it away. An avid reader, I accepted. It has no accounts on it, for when I start it up it prompts me to make a new account. Obviously, I don't want anyone stealing my credit card/other information, so is there anyway to know if it has been compromised? As well, is there any way to purge the device's contents so that I can be completely sure?
Sounds extremely strange to me and I believe that you may have received some Stolen Goods.
But none the less this is how you can delete all information.
It's very doubtful they would have some kind of virus, or key logger after you have done these steps since they can't really inject the recover partition unless someone really knows what they are doing - since some weirdo handed you over the device It's highly unlikely unless they are MI5 are you are a naughty person ;)
Safest Method
The safest method would be to do a Kill Disk on it, but the problem with this is that you'd also find that it deletes the recovery partition.
PS. What Coffee Shop do you go to? Maybe I hangout in the wrong Costa LOL
It is possible that the previous owner was one of these ultra-rich people for whom money no longer has any meaning, and he honestly believed that giving the Kindle away to the nearest stranger would be the easiest and most environmental-friendly way of getting rid of it.
It is also possible that the Kindle was some highly incriminating piece of hardware that the owner was anxious to distance from his own person in the swiftest possible way. The Kindle might be stolen, or might have been involved in hacking attempts, or might contain data of questionable legality which could direct the device holder to the nearest jail (e.g. pedophile pornography, which is highly frowned upon in most countries). If that is the case, using the device, storing the device, or even resetting the device contents to factory defaults might be the source of legal trouble.
The safest course of action might be to go to the nearest police station, tell them the story of how you got the Kindle, and leave the object to them.
And of course it is always possible that you are the target of an APT style attack by a well resourced enemy, and that the Kindle has been modified to contain a sophisticated Soviet listening device.
In fact, it's theorically possible to hack totaly a kindle and produce a fake interface ( with faked
As @bybe said, the safer way is to do a low-level format on disk, with all problems.
When hacked, such material is fundamentally a little computer, with network connections and a small but enough bunch of RAM.
Connected to a local network it could, for sample, open a vpn to hacker's server, browse local network and listen for command from hacker's vpn.
This could seem like a real 'trojan horse`.
So if you're working at sensible host, drop this (or go to the police, @TomLeek gave good recommendation)!
At all, this simply could be a gift...