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1993 Big Block Ford Mustang - Brace Yourself - PHR Project CarWritten by on October 1, 2009 Some Hard-Core Guts And A Few Custom Braces Are All You Need To Build A Budget Ford 8.8-Inch Rearend Strong Enough For The 7S.
Even the Chevy guys can't deny the greatness of Ford's legendary 9-inch rearend, so boldly opting to install a lesser 8.8-inch rear in a Mustang requires a compelling argument. Fear not, for such a questionable antic is more than justified. Sure, the 9-inch's virtues of strength, affordability, and ease of serviceability-thanks to its slick drop-out center section-are irrefutable. However, its 8.8-inch little brother is lighter, cheaper, takes less power to turn, and can be built just as strong. Bearing an uncanny resemblance to the GM 12-bolt, which the 9-inch is often compared, the 8.8 has proven its mettle in the world's fastest Outlaw Mustang drag cars, where countless racers have pushed them well into the 7s.
With such an impressive track record, a built 8.8 will laugh in the face of Project Fox's measly 775 hp. "People have run as fast as 7.50s in the quarter-mile with built 8.8 rearends, and I've had customers pull consistent 1.23-second 60-foot times with an 8.8 in nitrous cars," says Bill Buck of Bill Buck Race Cars in Austin, Texas. Bill keeps busy building race car chassis during the week, and serves as head suspension tuner on Mike Murillo's 6-second, 3,000hp, Outlaw 10.5 '93 Mustang on weekends. That said, we felt that he was the perfect candidate to not only get Project Fox caged and ready for battle, but assemble a bullet-proof 8.8 rearend for it as well.
Somewhat surprisingly, it takes very little to beef up an 8.8-inch rearend far beyond the durability requirements of even the most serious street/strip machines. For this build, Strange Engineering set us up with 33-spline axles, C-clip eliminators, 3.90:1 gears, billet bearing caps, a spool, a differential cover, a 1350 yoke, and 1/2-inch wheel studs. Such components aren't any more exotic than what's typically used in a basic rearend build, a testament to the strength of Ford's design straight from the factory. Furthermore, the only additional fortifications necessary were some custom chromoly back braces, and welding the axle tubes to the differential housing. At the end of the day, parts and labor for our super-duty 8.8 rearend rang up at just under $1,800. That's about $500 cheaper than a comparable 9-inch equipped with goodies like a nodular iron case and Daytona pinion support. Plus, building an 8.8 makes for a much more interesting story than merely ripping open a wooden crate and stabbing a turnkey rearend assembly under a car.
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|Strange axles, spool, studs, C-clip eliminator
|Strange differential cover
|Strange billet aluminum main caps
|Strange 3.90:1 ring-and-pinion
|Strange 1350 yoke
|Strange installation kit
|custom chromoly bracing
|axle tube welding
|rearend assembly labor
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C-clip axles are prohibited by the NHRA in cars running 10.99 or quicker, so the rearend was prepped for a Strange C-clip eliminator kit. Installing it requires cutting off a small portion of the axle tube outboard of the backing plate flange. Bill suggests leaving 1/2 inch of tubing in front of the flange to allow enough space for the backing plate to mount and self-center upon.After disassembly, our 8.8 was pressure washed and degreased inside and out. Just like when cleaning an engine block, removing the grime helps reveal cracks and imperfections. Since the axle tubes were to be welded in several locations, they were stripped down to bare metal.Simple physics dictates that any bracing will be most effective when extended as far outboard as possible, which in this case is the inner portion of the control arm bracket. Custom bent from 1.25x0.95-inch chromoly tubing, the lower brace hugs the bottom of the carrier housing while the front braces attach next to the area of the housing that surrounds the pinion yoke. Note the two 7/16-inch holes that are drilled in the carrier housing in preparation for the front braces.Under severe loads, the axle tubes in an 8.8 can sometimes rotate inside the differential housing. Welding this weak point is an obvious solution, but the procedure is tricky since the differential housing is cast iron and the axle tubes are DOM steel. Using nickel rods, Bill MIG welded the tubes to the housing by carefully controlling temperature buildup to prevent cracking the metal.While the ends of the back braces can easily be welded onto the steel axle tubes, Bill prefers attaching them to the carrier housing with Grade 8 bolts. After drilling a 3/8-inch hole on each side of the carrier reinforcement ribs, steel locating tabs were bolted in to help position the lower brace. Next, the lower brace was welded to both the axle tubes and locating tabs.Although 31-spline axles may have sufficed for our application, we decided to play it safe with 33-spline units instead. These top-notch Strange Pro Race axles are made from the company's proprietary Hy-Tuf steel, which is an ultra-strong, low-carbon, high-nickel, manganese alloy. Combined with through-hardened heat treating, these axles yield superb torsional strength and ductility.With the limited street duty Project Fox will see, we passed on the complexity, expense, and weight penalty of a limited-slip or locker differential and went with a spool instead. This Strange Pro Race steel piece weighs just 8.45 pounds, and is backed by a lifetime warranty.While not quite as diverse as the 9-inch rearend's dizzying array of rear gear options, the 8.8 still offers plenty of ratios. With projected quarter-mile trap speed in the 140-145 mph range, our 8.8 was fitted with a 3.90:1 ring-and-pinion set, which will put our 532 big-block just past its 6,500-rpm power peak while crossing the traps in high gear on 28-inch tires. The Mustang rearend's oddball flat-flange pinion yoke was replaced with a more conventional 1350-series unit.The aluminum differential support cover not only looks trick, it also features two integrated load bolts that add preload to the main caps. This additional support reduces gear deflection, stabilizes backlash, and minimizes the potential for cap breakage. Speaking of main caps, these billet aluminum units are lighter and far stronger than the cast factory pieces.
Keeping the tech inspectors happy at the track mandates 3-inch-long wheel studs. These 1/2-inch studs are plenty stout for our intended use, and are included as part of Strange's axle packages. With the axles clamped by a vise, Bill applied some red Loctite to the threads before cinching them down.The C-clip eliminators-shown here after they have been pressed onto the axles-are essentially safety hub assemblies with integrated bearings that prevent the wheels from ejecting outward in the event of axle failure. The axles are locked into place by steel retaining rings.While they can be installed on the axles using a hydraulic press, Bill prefers to first heat the retaining rings up with a torch before sliding them on. Since heated metal contracts beyond its original state as it cools, using this technique makes the retaining rings clamp more tightly to the axle than by simply pressing them on.Before dropping the spool into the differential housing, new bearings were installed on a press. To prevent damaging the new bearings, Bill wedged an old bearing between it and the press piston. Since both bearings are identical in diameter, the likelihood of gouging or scuffing the new bearing is greatly reduced.Whenever using brand-new components, tolerances can be very tight. Instead of beating the ring gear onto the spool with a mallet, the preferred method is to slowly cinch down on the ring gear bolts. Once the ring gear was seated, Bill backed off on the bolts a few threads, applied some red Loctite, and torqued them down to 80 lb-ft.The final step before setting up the rear gears was installing the pinion bearing race in the differential housing. The procedure isn't exactly rocket science, but using a proper bearing race installation tool is critical. Trying to tap the race into position with a hammer can easily ruin its mating surface.After finalizing the pinion depth, it was time to dial in the backlash, which simply determines how much the pinion gear will turn before engaging the ring gear. Moving the spool and ring gear closer to the driver side using carrier shims increases backlash, while moving it closer to the passenger side decreases backlash. Bill says that a range of 0.008 to 0.012 inch is acceptable, but he prefers a tighter 0.008-inch setting when using new gears so that backlash will still be within the ideal window once the ring-and-pinion assembly fully breaks in.The crush sleeve, situated between the front and rear pinion bearings, prevents inadvertently over tightening the yoke on the bearings, however, it can take up to 400 lb-ft of torque to crush it, so an industrial-grade impact wrench is a must. Bill recommends cinching down on the pinion nut until all free play in the yoke is gone, then tightening it another 20 inch-pounds. Note how the front axle braces attach to the left and right sides of the differential housing.Pinion depth is the distance between the centerline of the axles and the flat face of the pinion gear, and is altered by installing adjustment shims between the pinion gear and pinion bearing. With a 0.030-inch shim, the pinion wasn't engaging the ring gear deep enough. Swapping in a thicker 0.032-inch shim yielded an ideal gear contact pattern.
Bill's a fan of simply painting a rearend, since a thick powdercoat can hide stress fractures. As the saying goes, the finished product is almost too pretty to put underneath a car.With the differential assembly installed and the gear setup finalized, Bill slid the axles into the housing. This angle clearly illustrates how the C-clip eliminators firmly hold the axles to the backing plate flange in the event of failure. Welding on housing ends off of a 9-inch rearend works just as well as the C-clip eliminators, but requires upgrading to disc brakes. For this reason alone, we opted for C-clip eliminators, which enable retaining the stock rear drums to keeps costs to a minimum.The aluminum differential cover provided by Strange certainly adds some visual pop, but its primary benefits are reducing distortion of the differential housing and stabilizing the main bearing caps. This, in turn, helps maintain proper pinion depth and gear backlash. The cover's two load bolts are positioned to come in contact with the center of each bearing cap as they're cinched down, which provides cap preload and reduces the likelihood of distortion. After tightening the 10 cover bolts to 25 lb-ft, Bill torqued the load bolts to 10 lb-ft using an Allen wrench. Next, the jamb nuts were tightened to 10 lb-ft to lock everything in place.


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Baguette Table Outdoor
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designed by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
At A Glance:
Delicate in appearance yet strong enough to hold an entire buffet, the outdoor Baguette Table is ready to meet any challenge that outdoor use may throw at it. It's ideal for dinner parties on the patio, lunches by the pool, or just a birthday party on the lawn. Baguette uses the minimum amount of materials possible, achieving a floating illusion. Painted cast aluminum legs and crosspiece hold up the .75" thick top in Quartzite or Ardesia Slate.
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- We'll buy whatever those Bouroullec characters are selling; they really know how to design beautiful furniture. "Graceful" comes to mind immediately when we look at the Baguette Table. Their goal was to use the least amount of aluminum possible, and they certainly acheived that goal.
- This table is completely outdoor friendly - just right for entertaining or simply enjoying the view. Removable tabletop makes it even easier to store in the off-season.
- The Baguette Table is deceptively strong. Don't dance on it, but it'll hold the entire spread.
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As an outdoor - or indoor - dining table, the Baguette Table Outdoor by Magis is brilliant. It's simple and refined, just like the design philosophy that inspired it.
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The Magis Baguette Table Outdoor is also known by the following manufacturer Item Number: MGG71.
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TORONTO - A slow start by Toronto against struggling Conotton Valley didn't phase Red Knights head coach Eric Meek.
Everything worked according to plan.
"We were going to roll some clock," Meek said. "We had some opportunities and didn't cash in. We stayed with the gameplan and eventually started how we wanted to."
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CONGRATS — Toronto's Charles Ross III is congratulated by teammate Drew Lowery after a touchdown during the first half of the Red Knights' 32-6 victory over Conotton Valley Friday night at Clarke Hinkle Field.
The Rockets held Toronto scoreless in the first quarter, but a 20-point second quarter help jumpstart the Red Knights to a 32-6 victory on Friday.
"It was good that we threw the ball effectively in the first half and we ran it well later on," Meek said.
After failing to establish an offensive rhythm in the first 12 minutes, Toronto (4-4) scored on its first possession in the second quarter when a 7-play drive ended with Charles Ross III pounding in a 1-yard score.
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Toronto 32, Conotton Valley 6
Conotton Valley 0 0 0 6 - 6
Toronto 0 20 6 6 - 32
T: Ross III 1 run (kick failed)
T: Rawson 16 pass from B. Glenn (King pass from B. Glenn)
T: Ross 16 pass from B. Glenn (kick failed)
T: C. Glenn 56 run (kick failed)
T: C. Glenn 34 run (kick failed)
C: Bower 18 pass from Cottis
RUSHING: Toronto 38-199 (C. Glenn 12-124-2td, B. Glenn 7-27, Ross III 9-21, Cassella 3-14, Zdinak 2-9, Tice 5-4); C. Valley 32-116 (Bailey 15-55, Masters 2-28, Cottis 7-19, M. Creary 7-13, Feister 1-1)
PASSING: Toronto 7-11-78-0-2 (all by B. Glenn); C.Valley 3-13-69-1-1 (all by Cottis)
RECEIVING: Toronto 7-11-78 (Ross III 3-27-td, C. Glenn 2-16, Starkey 1-19, Rawson 1-16-td); C. Valley 3-13-69 (M. Creary 1-34, Bower 1-18-td, Bailey 1-17)
FIRST DOWNS: Toronto 14; C. Valley 8
FUMBLES: Toronto 2-0; C. Valley 1-1
PENALTIES: Toronto 3-20; C. Valley 7-37
It fired up the Red Knights on both sides of the ball.
They immediately forced Conotton Valley (1-7) to a three-and-out. Toronto started its next possession on the Rockets 32-yard line. A 16-yard run by Chez Glenn set up a 16-yard touchdown pass from Blaze Glenn to Blaine Rawson. Cody King caught a short pass for a successful two-point conversion to put the Red Knights up, 14-0, at the 5:46 mark of the second quarter.
Danny Zdinak intercepted a Colton Cottis pass, three plays into the Rockets next drive. That set up another 16-yard passing touchdown score from Blaze Glenn to Justice Ross.
"Blaze made some good decisions out there," Meek said. "And Chez did his thing."
The older Glenn brother ran six times in the first half and exploded in the second with two touchdown runs of 56 and 34 yards.
"I found an opening and trusted my blockers as long as I could," said Chez, who is being recruited by Bethany and Marietta. "I made one cut and could run free."
He finished with 124 yards on 12 carries and Blaze added 27 yards on seven carries. Ross III added 14 yards on three carries as the Red Knights finished with 199 rushing yards on 38 attempts.
"We pretty much just wanted to run the ball more," Chez said. "Just shove it down their throat a little bit."
Throwing, Blaze was 7 of 11 with 78 yards.
"Overall, we're very happy with the performance," Meek said. "The defense did well and held their own."
Toronto limited Conotton Valley to 116 rushing yards on 32 attempts and forced two fumbles.
The Rockets have been outscored 307-57 in their seven losses. They were coming off a 27-0 loss to Paden City in Week 7. Conotton Valley lists 21 players on its roster, 18 were dressed against Toronto, and two players were injured early in the game.
"We came out and played well," said Rockets coach Eric Schumacher. "We were down some starters in the second quarter. I couldn't have asked for a much better performance from them."
Cottis found Brett Bower in the back left corner of the endzone as time expired in the fourth quarter for Conotton Valley's only score.
"That's one thing," Schumacher said. "We wanted to make sure we got in the endzone. We didn't score last week. That's the thing we wanted to accomplish and we got that."
The Red Knights were coming off a 32-18 loss on the road against Beallsville. This was their third-straight win at home, where they've outscored opponents, 131-64.
"We love playing at home,"?Chez Glenn said. "It won't be easy next week against Hundred, but we're ready to get going. We want to give them a good game."
The Hornets are 1-6 with a Week 4 loss by forfeit to Clay-Battelle.


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Recent and archived news articles by Susan Saulny of The New York Times.
For Some, Owning Guns Doesn't Necessarily Mean Liking Them
It is these voices of ambivalence that policy makers say are likely to be drowned out by the passion at the extreme ends.
March 10, 2013, Sunday
Colleges Become Major Front in Fight Over Carrying Guns
Though weapons are banned from most public universities, pro-gun forces have made gains on the issue in a handful of states, most recently Colorado.
February 17, 2013, Sunday
Success of Immigrants' Children Measured
A study shows that second-generation Americans outperform the foreign born by many socioeconomic standards.
February 8, 2013, Friday
Among Blacks, Pride Is Mixed With Expectations for Obama
African-Americans remain overwhelmingly supportive of President Obama, but many have higher expectations for his second term.
January 21, 2013, Monday
Hispanic Pregnancies Fall in U.S. as Women Choose Smaller Families
The national birthrate is now about half what it was during the late 1950s, as Hispanic women, who have generally had the highest fertility rates in the country, are choosing to have fewer children.
January 1, 2013, Tuesday
After Recession, More Young Adults Are Living on Street
Across the country, tens of thousands of jobless young people — many with college credits or work experience — are struggling to house themselves since the recession.
December 19, 2012, Wednesday
The Most Sought-After Voters Were No Longer Flattered by the Attention
Despite all the spending by both sides, the long presidential campaign didn't seem to leave some voters with a clearer view of the candidates.
November 7, 2012, Wednesday
With Less Time for Voting, Black Churches Redouble Their Efforts
Florida officials have reduced the amount of time for early voting, leading black churches to work that much harder to get out the vote.
October 29, 2012, Monday
Groups in Florida Look to Highlight Changes as Early Voting Begins
Many black voters who gathered in Jacksonville, Fla., on Saturday planned to "Occupy the Polls" in an effort to raise awareness about changes to early voting that shorten the number of days for casting ballots.
October 27, 2012, Saturday
Scant Gains for Romney in a Poll of Young Voters
Despite Republican efforts, President Obama has maintained a strong advantage over Mitt Romney among the crucial constituency of the young.
October 18, 2012, Thursday
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Connecticut sightings not hard to swallow
|A barn swallow. Credit: Mark Szantyr
Typically the only other swallow we would expect at this time of year would be the tree swallow, by far the hardiest of this group of insect-eating birds. The eating habits of swallows as a group don't bode well for stays late into the year.
Nonetheless, four species of swallows have been seen regulalrly in Connecticut this month.
In addition to cave and tree swallows, we've seen both barn and northern rough-winged swallows on the wing daily for the past week. Northern rough-winged swallows used to be one of the earlier species to head south, but in recent years they've been lingering into winter at a few select spots in the Northeast.
We can attribute their continued presence in Connecticut to one remarkable location — the New Haven wastewater treatment plant adjacent to East Shore Park.
The plant creates a warm, insect-rich microclimate that holds swallows, warblers and other unseasonable birds well past the time they would normally depart.
Treatment plants are also the draw for northern rough-wingeds in other northeastern locales.
Over the weekend the scrubby border between the New Haven treatment plant and the park attracted the swallows and at least seven species of warblers. Last year, 13 species of warblers were found there during November.
Of special interest this year is the presence of an "Audubon's" warbler, the western subspecies of the wide-ranging yellow-rumped warbler. Out eastern version is know as the "myrtle" warbler. The "Audubon's" yellow throat helps distinguish it from the white-throated "myrtle."
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Police are looking for two people who robbed a Constantine resident at gunpoint late Sunday.
Police said the victim, who lives at Whispering Pines, was alone at the time of the robbery.
The victim told police there was a knock at the door around 10 p.m. Two people entered the home, duct-taped the victim to a chair and ransacked the residence.
Stolen were gold coins and several $50 and $100 bills.
The robbers were wearing ski masks, gloves and had a black handgun, police said.
Anyone with information may call Constantine police, 435-4355, Central Dispatch, 467-4195, or Crime Stoppers (800) 342-STOP
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Modeling General Motors and the North American Automobile Market Philip T. Keenan and Mark Paich. The 22nd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, July 25 - 29, 2004, Oxford, England
This article discusses General Motors' North American Enterprise Model, a system dynamics model of the entire North American automobile market. The Enterprise Model takes a broad look across the corporation and its marketplace, combining internal activities such as engineering, manufacturing and marketing with external factors such as competition for consumer purchases in the new and used vehicle marketplaces. Eight groups of manufacturers compete monthly for a decade across eighteen vehicle segments, making segment-by-segment decisions about price, volume and investment.» Lire plus
From System Dynamics and Discrete Event to Practical Agent Based Modeling: Reasons, Techniques, Tools Andrei Borshchev and Alexei Filippov. The 22nd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, July 25 - 29, 2004, Oxford, England
This paper may be considered as a practical reference for those who wish to add (now sufficiently matured) Agent Based modeling to their analysis toolkit and may or may not have some System Dynamics or Discrete Event modeling background. We focus on systems that contain large numbers of active objects (people, business units, animals, vehicles, or even things like projects, stocks, products, etc. that have timing, event ordering or other kind of individual behavior associated with them). We compare the three major paradigms in simulation modeling: System Dynamics, Discrete Event and Agent Based Modeling with respect to how they approach such systems. We show in detail how an Agent Based model can be built from an existing System Dynamics or a Discrete Event model and then show how easily it can be further enhanced to capture much more complicated behavior, dependencies and interactions thus providing for deeper insight in the system being modeled.» Lire plus
A Methodological Framework for Business-Oriented Modeling of IT Infrastructure Ariel Landau, Segev Wasserkrug, Dagan Gilat, Natalia Razinkov, Aviad Sela, and Sarel Aiber. 2004 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC'04), December 5-8, Washington, D.C., USA
The creation of IT simulation models for uses such as capacity planning and optimization is becoming more and more widespread. Traditionally, the creation of such models required deep modeling and/or programming expertise, thus severely limiting their extensive use. Moreover, many modern intelligent tools now require simulation models in order to carry out their function. For these tools to be widely deployable, the derivation of simulation models must be made possible without requiring excessive technical knowledge.» Lire plus
Spatial Dynamics of Social Network Evolution Sara Metcalf and Mark Paich. The 23rd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, July 17 - 21, 2005, Boston, USA
This paper explores the problem of fragmenting social networks enabled by spatial distancing between distinct socioeconomic classes. Such fragmentation is evidenced by the experience of urban sprawl without population growth. We develop a prototype model to examine the spatial dynamics of social network evolution in the face of neighborhood migration. This model draws upon the small world analogy by using an initial template of connections that are "rewired" over time. Spatially, connections are established for neighborhood proximity. Socially, connections are added based upon similarity of economic class.» Lire plus
Optimizing Freight Transportation Policies for Sustainability - A Simulation-Based Investigation of Freight Transportation Policy Planning and Supply Chains Christopher Glazner and Sgouris Sgouridis, MIT Sloan School of Management
Regional freight transportation policy planning is a difficult task, as few policy-planners have adequate tools to aid their understanding of how various policy formulations affect this complex, socio-technical system. In this paper, we develop a proof-of-concept model to simulate the impacts of public policies on freight transportation in a simulated region. We use the techniques of multi-disciplinary system design and optimization to analyze the formulation of regional freight transportation policies and examine the relative effects of policies and exogenous forces on the region in order to provide insight into the policy-planning process. Both single objective and multi-objective analysis is performed to provide policy-planners with a clear understanding of the trade-offs made in policy formulation.» Lire plus
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System Dynamics, has been useful for a variety of disciplines; however, it has limitations in showing a geographical representation of the models under study. This paper proposes a methodology based on layered vectors which allows the use a city's census information to feed a Geographic Information System (GIS). The GIS objects implemented into System Dynamics and located at coordinates X.Y.Z become the entry parameters for the simulation.» Lire plus
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On the Dynamic Formation of Infrastructure in Wireless Ad-Hoc Nano-Networks Christos Liaskos, Member, IEEE, and Georgios Papadimitriou, Senior Member, IEEE
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This paper presents a hybrid simulation model for the management of an eye condition called age-related macular degeneration, which particularly affects the elderly. The model represents not only the detailed clinical progression of disease in an individual, but also the organization of the hospital clinic in which patients with this condition are treated and the wider environment in which these patients live (and their social care needs, if any, are met). The model permits a 'whole system' societal view which captures the interactions between the health and social care systems» Lire plus


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My first surgery was a limb sparing surgery, where they tried to save my leg and only take out where the cancer was. I did six months of chemotherapy and my leg never completely healed; during chemo I broke my leg and they eventually did another surgery to attach a metal plate, which supported that area in my leg. By that fall, my cancer was back and my leg was amputated Nov. 4, 2004. I opted not to do chemotherapy again.
I graduated high school in 2005 and two weeks after graduation, started Community College. The summer after graduation, my cancer reoccurred, but this time in my lungs.
I have had cancer a total of seven times: twice in my left leg, resulting in amputation; twice in the left lung and three times in the right lung. Parts of my lungs and diaphragm are missing due to the surgeries getting rid of the cancer. I have also done chemotherapy three different times, radiation once and have had several surgeries.
Each time the cancer recurred, it would get harder and harder to stay positive.With the help of family and friends to keep me focused on what was important, I was able to maintain a normal outlook. I continued to focus on school and the future instead of being depressed and brought down. My family loves to joke, and for the most part, we made jokes about cancer and laughed because sometimes that is all you can do. During my recovery of my last lung surgery, I remember telling my now husband I didn't think I could go through another lung surgery. I told him couldn't make it. God must have heard me, because that was the last time my cancer reoccurred. I can proudly say I have been cancer free for almost 5 years.
Since that last reoccurrence, I have gotten married and now have two precious, beautiful daughters. Kids were something else that wasn't supposed to be in the cards for me, because of all the treatments, I was told by three different doctors I wouldn't be able to have kids. I am so blessed that I have survived cancer and in the process, gained a beautiful family.
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"Clean Eating" expert, Diane Welland, selects simple weeknight recipes from the Cooking Light collection that work for those who are trying to eat clean.
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Eating clean may sound like an "out there" buzz term, but the basic principles behind this movement are founded on sound nutrition. Once you get used to it, cooking and eating clean recipes is a snap, even during busy weeknights. To make life easier, plan your menu ahead of time and keep your pantry stocked with healthy "clean" foods. All of these "clean" dishes come together in less than an hour and all of them use simple ingredients most people have on hand or can be quickly picked up at the grocery store. For those strictly following a clean-eating diet, these Cooking Light recipes fit the bill. For those who are just interested in what "clean eating" is all about, see how easy (and delicious) it can be.
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I work for an organization where we employees are alloted separate space on a remote server.
I SSH to that server, and the using du I get to know that free space shown is around 2 GB. But not all can be written by me.
Is there any way by which I can know the writeable free space ?
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Hi, mathoverflow, I am currently working on finite element exterior calculus, and right now my concern is the construction of some certain kind of "conforming" basis functions for a finite element space. Guess most of you guys are working on pure math, hence before I asked my questions I would like to briefly introduce what this is.
For simplicity consider a 3D simply-connected polyhedral domain $\Omega$ which has a triangulation consisting of tetrahedra, we have the following deRham sequence: $$ H^1_0(\Omega) \xrightarrow{\nabla} H_0(\mathbf{curl}) \xrightarrow{\nabla\times} H_0(\mathrm{div})\xrightarrow{\nabla\cdot} L^2(\Omega) $$ And its discrete counterpart reads: $$ P^1 \xrightarrow{\nabla} \mathcal{Nd}^0 \xrightarrow{\nabla\times} \mathcal{RT}^0 \xrightarrow{\nabla\cdot} P^0_{-1} $$ in which each space is the conforming finite element space of its continuous counterpart, $P^1$ is the continuous piecewise degree one polynomial on this triangulation, within each tetrahedron, it consists four basis functions in the form of $\lambda_i$ of which the degrees of freedom associated with the four vertices $V_j$ of this tetrahedron, $\lambda_i(V_j) = \delta_{ij}$ is the barycentric coordinate of each vertices. $\mathcal{Nd}^0$ is the lowest order Nédélec elements, it basis functions are in the form of $\lambda_i\nabla\lambda_j - \lambda_j\nabla\lambda_i$ for each of the six edges $\overrightarrow{V_i V_j}$. $\mathcal{RT}^0$ is the lowest order Raviart-Thomas element, the basis functions are $\lambda_i \nabla\lambda_j\times \nabla \lambda_k + \lambda_j \nabla\lambda_k\times \nabla \lambda_i + \lambda_j \nabla\lambda_i\times \nabla \lambda_j$ for the face $V_i V_j V_k$. Lastly $P^1_{-1}$ is the constant on each tetrahedra with no continuity across the inter-element faces.
Use the construction of $\mathcal{Nd}^0$ as an example, the basis functions are obtained by Whitney 1-form interpolation, we would like to construct 1-form such that: $$ \int_{V_k V_l} \boldsymbol{\varphi}_{ij} d\boldsymbol{l}= \begin{cases} 1 & \text{if $i=k$, $j=l$}\newline -1 & \text{if $i=l$, $j=k$}\newline 0 & \text{otherwise} \end{cases} $$
and what we get would be $\boldsymbol{\varphi}_{ij} =\lambda_i\nabla\lambda_j - \lambda_j\nabla\lambda_i $ which is the lowest order Whitney form.
Now my question is: Instead of using the standard interpolation technique to construction these element, can we directly use the deRham sequence to construct the finite element basis functions? Say we know that $R(\nabla) = \nabla H^1_0= \ker(\mathbf{curl})$, hence we have $$ H_0(\mathbf{curl}) = R(\nabla) \oplus R(\nabla)^{\perp} $$ where the polar set $R(\nabla)^{\perp}$ is isomorphic to $R(\mathbf{curl})$. And this decomposition also holds for discrete spaces: $$ \mathcal{Nd}^0 = \nabla P^1 \oplus W $$ where $W$ is isomorphic to the range of $\mathbf{curl}$-operator into the space $\mathcal{RT}^0$, since $R(\mathbf{curl}) = \ker(\mathrm{div})$, now if we cook up a finite element space for divergence free functions, we could know what $W$ is.
However, if following this route, we wouldn't have something nice like Whitney 1-form: $\lambda_i\nabla\lambda_j - \lambda_j\nabla\lambda_i$, so where does the construction of discrete 1-form on a tetrahedron falls into above deRham sequence framework? or rather to say, how does this deRham cohomology framework affect or guide our construction of the discrete k-forms basis on a simplex?


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I have a cheap tool with some rust on it. It's probably cheaper to buy a new one than to clean it. But I wonder if is there any solution where I can drop it and retrieve it clean. Is there anything like a rust solvent?
Perhaps naval jelly would (Phosphoric acid) do the trick? Or maybe electrolysis…
This stuff is sick: http://www.evapo-rust.com/
I used it on a drill press my buddy left out on a patio in the rain for a year. Virtually no scrubbing. I don't understand how this is not one of the most widely known products in the world. It is THAT good. I guess with the military as a client, they don't need the business from the public. Here are some pics. Truly an amazing product. I purchased a gallon of it at a Harbor Freight store for $20.
I use CLR for that sort of thing. The main purpose in my house is for hardwater scale, which accumulates on everything, but it also works on rust. Handle with care, it is wicked strong.
In Brazil we have Semorin - Tira Ferrugem (rust remover)
SUPER EASY!!! Get a cheap nail brush (but a big one for use on feet is better, if you're willing to sacrifice it), toss your tools in a tall cup of baking soda (don't measure, dump in as much as you think you need and a little more) with some water. Take out one piece at a time and go to town scrubbing on top of a good hand towel. Keep going until it's as clean as you need it to be.
1 part molasses to 8 parts water. soak for one week. it works like a miracle. I got some old rusted out drill bits at a flea market. I mean really rusted out. After this treatment I could read the size markings on the bits.
It used to be that pepsi and/or coke would eat away rust - not sure if the newer formulations will still to that, though. You could also try some vinegar.


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SUDBURY � The state has confirmed an individual with measles was at a swim meet at Atkinson Pool on Feb. 9, and is urging people who were there to look for symptoms of the disease.
�Fortunately, because of the time that has elapsed since the February 9 swim meet, it is expected that if new cases of measles were going to occur in the community, they would already have happened,� the notice from the Department of Public Health says. �In other words, if you attended the event and have not developed measles, the chances are very good that you will not from this exposure.�
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As a valued employee of Yale University, you will be well compensated for your efforts and achievements. You will also enjoy a comprehensive and flexible benefits package that offers something for everyone, including:
- Choice of Medical Plans, including health care coverage through the Yale Health Plan.
- Dental Insurance
- Generous Paid Time Off, including vacation time, personal days, holidays and sick time.
- Tuition Assistance – Eligible employees may receive tuition assistance for programs and courses taken towards a degree, or job-related courses not leading to a degree.
- Cultural Benefits – Yale University is located in New Haven, a thriving center for arts and culture offering access to world-renown galleries and museums, an array of ethnic eateries and many other life-enriching experiences.
- Extraordinary Recreational Facilities – Access to one of the largest gyms in the country, which provides state-of-the-art exercise equipment and weight rooms, fencing and polo, and more. Golf at a top-ranked course or play tennis in one of our 22 recently reconditioned courts (four of them indoors). Or, how about sailing at our yacht club or camping out in one of our cabins in the forests of central Connecticut? Yale also maintains more than 600 acres of athletic fields and natural preserves.
- Homebuyer's Assistance Program – One of the largest and most generous programs offered by an institution of higher education in the nation. It provides up to $30,000 in incentives for employees and faculty to purchase homes in New Haven.
- Commuter Benefits Program – Transportation expense program that allows employees to use pre-tax dollars to pay for mass transit or non-Yale commuter parking.
- Professional Development Opportunities – Eligibility to audit Yale classes, participate in campus activities and functions, plus many other opportunities for on-campus learning.
- Management and Administrative Courses – Courses designed to keep employees at the cutting edge of their fields and enhance their skills, including Conflict Management, Teamwork, Turning Strategy into Results, Coaching for Performance and more.
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If you don't do this, it's almost guaranteed that your spiritual life and your relationship with Jesus will become stagnated. read more
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5 Cs to Move From the Red Zone to the End Zone
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7 Compliments Every Husband Should Speak Out Loud to His Wife
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8 Creative Ways to Flirt With Your Spouse
Has the romantic spice left your marriage? Here are some fun and creative ways to get it back. read more
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You and your marriage might need these 7 tips more than you think. Are you ready to accept this challenge? read more
As a Father, Have You Taken a Free Pass?
Have you left the responsibility of raising your kids to your wife? How do you spend any extra time you might have during the day? read more
2 Ways to Improve Your Marriage Immediately
If you do these things, the chances of your marriage growing stronger are sure to multiply. read more
Does the Bible Really Condone Premarital Sex?
A growing number of believers are reading between the lines of Scripture. Is this newfound freedom or massive deception? read more
God vs. Sports: What Defines Your Identity?
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Money and communications:
There are banks, which also provide bureau de change services, a post office and nine FASTpoint terminals providing telephone, fax and photocopying facilities. Wireless Internethotspots are available at several locations throughout the terminal.
Eating and drinking:
Restaurants, coffee shops, snack bars and take-away facilities are available.
Shops, including duty-free, are also available. There is an Airport Shopping Centre, one level above check-in area 3.
There is a lost property office which deals with Swiss enquiries. A porter service is available (tel: (043) 816 6707). Trolleys are available free of charge. There is a left-luggage desk in Arrivals; lockers are available too.
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Do you have concerns about falling?
Many older adults experience concerns about falling and restrict their activities. A MATTER OF BALANCE is an award-winning program designed to manage falls and increase activity levels.
This program emphasizes practical strategies to manage falls.
- view falls as controllable
- set goals for increasing activity
- make changes to reduce fall risks at home
- exercise to increase strength and balance
- anyone concerned about falls
- anyone interested in improving balance, flexibility and strength
- anyone who has fallen in the past
- anyone who has restricted activities because of falling concerns
Location: Randolph-Asheboro YMCA
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- No fee for the class
- Snacks are provided.
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- Registration is required.
For more information or to register contact Asheboro Cultural and Recreation Services at (336) 626-1240.
Sponsored by: A3, Asheboro Cultural & Recreational Services and Randolph County Senior Adults Association's Senior Centers (Archdale, Asheboro, Liberty and Randleman).
A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns About Falls
This program is based on Fear of Falling: A Matter of Balance. Copyright ©1995 Trustees of Boston University. All rights reserved. Used and adapted by permission of Boston University.
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Okay, so the KB podcast was a month ago. Give me credit for finally catching up.
My favorite part of the Kill Bill movies was the Hanzo scene, because QT didn't feel the need to explain anything. The bride merely had to tell him which rat the sword was for and his convictions went out the window. Many writers/directors would have felt the need to add a flashback to explain the Hanzo/Bill history, but QT lets inference tell us everything we need to know.
Of course, it's entirely possible that just such a scene was made and dropped for time purposes (although if so, it probably would have ended up in the extras and I don't recall it being there). If so, QT was wise to drop it.


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The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced that 898 programs have been named 2012-13 NAIA Scholar-Teams. Four Peru State athletic teams received the annual recognition.
Earning the Scholar-Team designation for the 2012-13 academic year were the Bobcats' women's cross country, women's golf, softball, and volleyball teams. The Bobcat volleyball team had the highest grade point average among the athletic programs finishing with a 3.51 grade point average (gpa).
The golf team finished with a 3.39 gpa, the softball team completed the year with a 3.16 gpa, while the cross country team earned their honor by finishing with a 3.05 gpa.
For a team to be considered for the NAIA Scholar-Team award, it must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average (on a 4.0 scale) as defined by the institution. The team grade-point average includes all eligible varsity student-athletes.
Peru State athletic director Steve Schneider noted "Having one-half of our athletic programs earn Scholar-Team status is a nice honor. These four women's teams each set academic goals for themselves and met them. Among the four teams, 11 young women were named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes as well, thus receiving individual academic accolades."
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Bb Learn - Work Offline
Working Offline with the Bb Learn Gradebook
The Bb Learn gradebook is quite versatile, but some instructors prefer to use a spreadsheet such as Microsoft Excel to do complex grade manipulations. This tutorial shows you how to download the Bb Learn Gradebook, make changes to it in Excel, and then upload the Gradebook back to Bb Learn. And here's a tutorial on how to use Excel for some common gradebook tasks.
Log in to Blackboard Learn
- Go to bblearn.nau.edu.
- Log in with your NAU username and password.
- From the "My Courses" box, select the desired class.
- From the Course Management control panel, click the Grade Center link. When the sub-menu appears, select Full Grade Center.
- The Full Grade Center appears, with a list of all the students on your roster.
- To download a copy of the full Grade Center to your computer, click the yellow Work Offline button in the upper right, and select Download
- On the Download Grades screen you will be presented with a lot of options. Accept all the recommended choices, except change the Include Hidden Information option from No to Yes. (You want the whole gradebook, not just what is currently visible. Otherwise, when you later upload, you would lose the hidden information). Then click Submit.
- Next, click the Download button and your browser should download an Excel compatible file starting with the letters gc_YOUR_COURSE_NAME... (the "gc" refers to "grade center").
- Depending on your web browser's download settings, the location of the downloaded gradebook file will vary. You will need to locate the file and open it using Microsoft Excel or another spreadsheet program. Make any changes to the spreadsheet and save it, but be sure not to change the file format. (The only file formats that Blackboard can upload are .csv (comma separated values) and .txt (tab-delimited)).
- Important note: If you will be pasting grades from a different spreadsheet into the Bb Learn gradebook spreadsheet, be very careful to check that the students are sorted in exactly the same order across the two spreadsheets. Otherwise, you might be pasting grades into the wrong student's record! It's a good idea to spot check the lists every so often to make sure the rows align, and that the two lists contain exactly the same number of rows.
- When you're ready to upload the modified gradebook file back to Bb Learn, go back to the Bb Learn Grade Center and click the yellow Work Offline button again, but this time select Upload.
- On the Upload Grades screen, click the Choose File button to locate the modified gradebook file on your computer. Remember that the name started with "gc_" and it should be either a .csv or .txt file. Leave the Delimiter Type setting on Auto and click Submit.
- On the Upload Grades Confirmation screen, all the boxes should be checked and no changes should be necessary. Just click Submit.
- The Bb Learn gradebook has now been updated with the changes you made in Excel, and a green box should appear notifying you that changes have been made.


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I have a link that is on the page and I want to click it programmatically when the page loads.
Something like this:
$(document).ready(function () {
// code to make the page think $('a.tagcloud-link') is clicked
The link is an AJAX call that displays the popular tags in Wordpress backend.
The function cannot easily be edited as it's dependent on many things.
So I want to trigger the AJAX link that calls the most popular tags on page load.
This will solve all my problems if it works.
That link is $('a.tagcloud-link')
Please, please help me on this I've spent hours pulling my hair out trying and failing to do this. Thank you.


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Le Havre
"Exquisite! One of the most enjoyable pictures of the year!"—Salon.com
"Four stars! There is nothing cheap or cynical about Le Havre, it tells a good story with clear eyes and a level gaze, and it just plain makes you feel good."—Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
One of the biggest crowd-pleasers at this year's Cannes Film Festival, Le Havre is the great filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki's wry, warm-hearted tribute to classic French cinema and to the port city of the title. The story follows Marcel, a down-and-out but well-read shoeshine man in the French port city of the title, as he crosses paths and then tries to help Idrissa, a young refugee from Gabon who has arrived in France in a shipping container.
With innate optimism and the unwavering support of his community, Marcel stands up to officials doggedly pursuing the boy for deportation. A political fairy tale that exists somewhere between the reality of contemporary France and the classic cinema of Jean-Pierre Melville and Marcel Carné, Le Havre is a charming, deadpan delight. With gorgeous cinematography by Timo Salminen. (93 mins., digital presentation)
Featured in the January 2012 series New Worlds: Immigration on Film, this film is also presented as part of the ongoing Wex at Gateway program at South Campus Gateway's Gateway Film Center. Visit gatewayfilmcenter.com for showtimes.
The New Worlds: Immigration on Film series explores the contemporary immigrant experience and is presented in conjunction with Ohio State's year-long "Conversation on Immigration" that begins the Conversations on Morality, Politics, and Society (COMPAS) initiative launched by the university's Center for Ethics and Human Values.
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Recent rainfall forced residents of Nadheem block eastern side of Riyadh city to swim under dirty water.
Most of their properties including furniture, Houses, and cars were damaged.
However, owner of Saudi Press Facebook group took the opportunity and visited the block with his own camera to come up with a great report!
These images were taken Thursday morning May the 6th 2010 which shows many people are struggling with no electricity and clean home to survive at!
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE - Belmont County commissioners announced this week the start of National County Government Month to raise awareness and understanding about the roles and responsibilities of county government.
This year's theme is "Smart Justice: Creating Safer Communities."
"The county provides a variety of services to residents," said Commissioner Ginny Favede. "Many of those services focus on protecting communities. The county prepares for and works to prevent natural disasters, terrorist attacks, crime and drug abuse. The county also works to protect families, children, and youth. County government month gives us an opportunity to show how we protect communities, as well as provide other services."
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BELMONT COUNTY Clerk of Courts Cindy McGee speaks about her office during her presentation for National County Government Month. County officers will speak at meetings throughout the month.
The goal is to educate and allow citizens to better understand the functions of county government and how tax dollars are spent. During the course of the month, a different department will be presented weekly at the regular commissioners meeting to speak about their programs, services and responsibilities.
The first featured guest was Cindy McGee, Belmont Clerk of Courts. Her office is responsible for civil and criminal suits, notaries, jury information, and assisting with the legal office and the Title Office. A satellite office has opened in Bellaire.
The satellite office is open two days per week and sees about 350 titles a month.
They are exploring the possibility of a Barnesville office as well.
There is a total staff of seven each in the legal and title offices. Currently an abundance of visitors are utilizing the office for oil and gas research.
In addition, the offices are receiving requests for old files stored off location. They see about 35 to 40 visitors daily.
"It is a very, very busy office as all of us are, and we all work very well together," she said.
She added that the department's Web site can be found at belmontcountycoc.com and has been well-received and sees frequent traffic.
On April 9, Judge Mark Costine will report on the juvenile and probate courts. Sheriff Dave Lucas will also present a report.
April 17 will feature Auditor Andrew Sutak. April 23 will feature Belmont County 911 Interim Director Bryan Minder.
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I think it is safe to say that very few children enjoy every subject in school. How do you motivate your child to put effort into subjects that they just aren't interested in? I feel this is a separate issue than frustration stemming from doing poorly in a subject, and I suspect that the methods of addressing the issue are likely to be very different.
I think this question is a bit vague as the answer will vary by subject and age of the child.
Some are relatively easy to relate to things your child would be interested in, such as math or reading. For example, you can create math problems around sports for a child that is interested in the topic (batting average for percentages, scoring by inning for patterns, etc.). Books can be tailored to interests as well.
Others, like science or history, would be more difficult to come up with ways to make the subject more interesting. Textbooks often have some do-at-home exercises/experiments that you can do with your child.
My advice would be to teach them it's okay to not like every subject and simply try to instill a good work ethic. Explain that some things have to be done regardless of how fun they are and the long-term value of education. I think there is too much focus on trying to make everything fun*; plenty of tasks are chores and completing them is simply part of being a responsible person.
Now that it's been reframed as a necessary chore, how do you motivate children to do chores? Two of the most common ways are rewards for voluntary completion and punishment for resistance or neglecting their duties.
*too much in general; I don't see any flaw with your question.
I would personally start by finding out why they don't like it because that will help direct you. If you child gives the typical pat answer of "its boring" then go for the it is okay not to like everything answer, but finish it off with, "is there a way it could be less boring". Kids are pretty good at knowing what they want and what would help, they're just bad at expressing it. If your kid gives you a feasible answer to the question about how to make it less boring, see if you can help them enact something that addresses the answer you were given. Learning should be fun more often than not.
Then, if you can make a connection, use their interests to develop more interest in the things they don't like. For example, if your child really likes cinematography, have him or her do a documentary about the subject he or she finds boring. If he/she is really into music, ask your child to write the lyrics to a song about the subject in question. I have Alice act things out all the time. It makes it more interesting to her.
Give them a reason to like it. Tie it into subjects they do like. If he hates writing, but loves insects, ask him to write to a science magazine to cover it. But explain that he needs to use proper grammar and spelling to make sure the company reads the letter.


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The city of Greenville is a finalist in Budget Travel magazine's "Coolest Small Towns in America" contest.
The town of just over 4,000 residents in Muhlenberg County made it into the top 15 out of 924 nominations.
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Girlamatic has, quite possibly always been, in flux. And the latest outages are just the latest in a more than ten year history of fun and excitement.
Girlamatic has always stood for two things: creator rights and great story telling. We've had a lot of amazing artists publish on our site in the past and right now. They're all doing amazing things on and off GAM.
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Darlene Irwin age 82 of St. Mary's and formerly of Greensburg passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka. She was born October 5, 1930 in Webster the daughter of William Henry and Lila Mae (Hemmerling) Russ.
Darlene grew up in the Webster community and moved to Greensburg graduating from Greensburg High School in 1948. She also graduated Brown Mackie Business College. Darlene had lived in the Greensburg community until 1972 when she moved to St. Mary's. Darlene worked in the Treasurers Office at the Kiowa County Courthouse for many years. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Greensburg, KS, the American Legion Auxiliary and the V.F.W. Auxiliary.
On February 24, 1953 in Wichita, Kansas, Darlene was united in marriage to Lawrence C. Irwin. They later divorced and he died July 21, 1999. She was also preceded in death by her parents and three infant sisters.
Darlene is survived by three daughters, Linda Rodenbaugh of St. Mary's, Lila Diehl of Freeport, TX and Laurie Franks (Danny) of Emmett; one son, Lawrence William Irwin of St. Mary's; four grandchildren, Nichole Louks (Jamie), Ryan Diehl (Joanna), Misty Bell (Mark) and Jeff Caraway; three great-grandchildren, Madison, Laci and Preston Louks.
Funeral services were at 1:00 P.M. Friday, March 8, 2013 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Mary's. The family received friends from 6:00 until 7:00 P.M. Thursday, March 7, 2013 at the funeral home. Interment was at 1:00 P.M. Saturday March 9, 2013 at the Fairview Cemetery in Greensburg. Memorial contributions may be made to Midland Hospice House and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 W. Maple St, St. Mary's, Kansas 66536. Online condolences may be sent to www.piperfuneralhome.com.
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The global effort to curb malaria is succeeding phenomenally, according to the latest report from the World Health Organization. More than 3 million lives have been saved so far this century with better prevention and better medicines. As VOA's Carol Pearson reports, the organization expects even more success.


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Several leading US trade groups representing the petroleum and biofuels sectors are at odds this week as the EPA prepares to finalize the nation's renewable fuels mandates for 2014.
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Once again we see the power of the mighty dollar lobbying to remove the renewable fuels incentives as they are proving to be competitive with existing fossil fuels.Oil & gas companies still receive totally unnecessary "handouts" locked into law many years ago, and are desperate to hang on to these while wiping out their competition.EPA has a terrible record for 'caving in" to the biggest bully, (read spender). Here we have another classic example.
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Warren County's County Attorney Mike Caudill is under investigation by the Kentucky Attorney General's office for misuse of public funds.
A team of investigators from Frankfort served a search warrant at the County Attorney's office in downtown Bowling Green on Tuesday afternoon, and seized a series of financial records. Those records will now be audited by state Auditor Crit Luallan, a process expected to take several days.
WBKO has learned someone brought concerns and allegations regarding activities at the County Attorney's office to the attention of the Commonwealth Attorney's office, which then directed the inquiry to the Attorney General.
Along with the Attorney General's office, the Kentucky State Police Drug Enforcement Special Investigations unit, the Bowling Green Police Department, and the Warren County Drug Task Force.
Mr. Caudill has been unable to be reached for comment, and no one connected to the investigation is commenting.


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Historian will play Daniel Morgan at presentation
Published: Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, January 18, 2013 at 5:07 p.m.
The Spartanburg Regional History Museum will host a public Lunch & Learn on Friday that features historian Dr. George Fields portraying Gen. Daniel Morgan.
The one-hour lecture presentation starts at 12:30 p.m. in the Carlos Moseley Building of the Chapman Cultural Center. Admission is $5, and visitors are welcome to bring a lunch.
Morgan is known for his military heroics during the Revolutionary War and is considered the hero of the Battle of Cowpens.
Fields, director of the Military Heritage Program of the Palmetto Conservation Foundation, provides advocacy and leadership for programs to preserve Revolutionary War battlefields in South Carolina.
The museum hosts Lunch & Learn lectures monthly at Chapman Cultural Center. For details, call 596-3501.
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The staff of Prairieland Quilts, our sister operation which is a quilt shop in East Central Illinois.
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Block of the Month - Every month you will receive the author's original pattern and all the fabrics needed to complete the block you have selected. In some cases, the first month may include fabrics needed for the entire quilt and may cost a little more. The final month will include a border and finishing kit if needed.
Fabric Clubs - Every month you will receive the described quantity of fabric in the cut size ordered.
If I start a BOM in a month other than January, will I finish the whole quilt?
YES. It doesn't matter which block is your first block, you will receive a block each month until the project you have enrolled in is finished.
Can I choose the fabrics I want?
No. The fabrics shipped (whenever possible) will be the color and print recommended by the pattern designer or specified in the Fabric Club. This is most applicable to the Thimbleberries projects. Occasionally, the recommended fabric is not available and a substitute fabric (same color different pattern) may be used.
If I cut something wrong, what happens?
We will be happy to replace any BOM fabric piece if you miss cut it, within 90 days of original ship date. Just contact us by E-mail and tell us what project, month, and piece you need. No questions asked.
How do you keep the price so reasonable?
Patterns usually call for an ample amount of fabric. We have made every block with how much fabric you really need. That's how we keep the price so reasonable. You will receive (and pay for) only what you need to make the block.
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Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
I treated a 36-year-old Japanese woman with Taxol last week. She has the aldehyde dehydrogenase enzyme deficiency and, despite an extra dose of IV Benedryl, got very ill with the nausea, vomiting, flushing, and drunkenness. Have you run into this problem yet? Do you have any suggestions?
Kevin R. Fox, MD, Assistant Director, Clinical Affairs and Associate Professor of Hematology/Oncology at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, responds:I have not seen this problem in my practice so far. However, I have received word from an oncologist on the west coast who treats many Asian patients. He has confirmed that they do observe this same 'syndrome?. I think that the most plausible solution may be to switch the patient to taxotere.
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WHEELING - Workers who lost their jobs as part of RG Steel's bankruptcy deal can now apply for help under the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance and Health Coverage Tax Credit programs.
"So many of RG Steel's employees have put their hearts and souls into their work in the mills - often for years or decades," said U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va. "Petitions have previously been approved for most of RG Steel's facilities, allowing the employees to receive these important benefits to help them get the support they need and get back on their feet. And now the Wheeling and Follansbee employees will get those benefits as well."
Rockefeller pushed the U.S. Department of the Labor to approve benefits for RG Steel employees. With this announcement, all trade adjustment petitions for RG Steel's facilities have been approved, including in Wheeling, Follansbee and Beech Bottom in West Virginia and Warren, Martins Ferry, Yorkville, Mingo Junction and Steubenville in Ohio.
Together, the programs provide income support, job training and health care benefits to employees laid off as a result of RG Steel's bankruptcy.
"West Virginians work hard every day, and I have fought for them every day. When they are let go through no fault of their own, it's good to see that they're getting needed support," Rockefeller said.
The trade adjustment program ensures that workers who lose their jobs as a result of outsourcing to foreign countries are provided with training and financial assistance to transition to new employment. Eligible workers also qualify for the health credit, which makes health insurance coverage more affordable by providing a 72.5 percent tax credit to laid off employees receiving benefits, as well as retirees who receive pension payments through the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.
A firm specializing in "demolition" and "industrial gutting" - Frontier Industrial of Buffalo, N.Y. - purchased the entire Mingo Junction plant at an auction for $20 million.
RG also sold the closed Steubenville North plant to a subsidiary of Herman Strauss Inc., a Wheeling-based recycling business. Strauss paid $4.3 million for about 103 acres, plus another $10.7 million for the scrap and machinery.


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The authors discussed the PD organization structure issues with the management of multiple large biotech and biopharmaceutical companies involved in therapeutic protein manufacturing (1). The focus was on the following:
While all companies have their own structures, there are general concepts and patterns that are reproducible. Using the gathered information in combination with the authors' own experience, organizational models were developed that cover a broad spectrum of options spanning from complete decentralization to full centralization. These models do not represent the structure of any particular company, but capture the essence of the existing opportunities.The existing structures are not static but continue to evolve, thus reflecting the progress and the specifics of each organization. Despite many differences, often resulting from the personal preference of top management, there is a clear trend towards global alignment.
Most companies have separate MS and PD functions. Furthermore, the MS groups are always colocated with the manufacturing departments they are supporting. Because this model is common and offers some important advantages, the authors considered it as a standard in the analysis. The advantages of this approach include speed of response to urgent manufacturing needs and shielding of PD from short-term daily problems in the plant, so that resources are focused on long-term strategic projects and innovation (2). In some cases, a central MS group is responsible for the coordination and standardization between the distributed MS networks.
On the other hand, PD is responsible for larger life-cycle management projects, development and transfer of new processes, new technology platforms, and manufacturing support of complex projects requiring intense experimental and analytical work. The PD group can be centralized or decentralized, residing at several sites that provide remote services to various internal customers.
While a definition of the responsibilities of MS and PD is helpful, it is difficult to define a clear line between the two. Accepting a certain level of healthy overlap and ambiguity is practical, because this can serve as a bridge between the two functions, thus preventing dangerous gaps. The complexity of biotech manufacturing results in a continuum of projects, some of which cannot be clearly allocated to only MS or PD.
The coordination between MS and PD is a critical element of the biotech enterprise. Structurally, these groups exist as independent departments under different management. As such, it is essential that their activities, procedures, objectives, priorities, and methodology be aligned. This alignment can be achieved by properly designed business processes involving both organizations, including but not limited to joint teams, committees, periodic reviews, and symmetrical functional structures. Proper alignment allows for an optimal response to rapidly changing priorities, fluidity, coordinated resource allocation, and global utilization of knowledge generated at different locations.


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STEUBENVILLE - Trendy clothing for young women and adults is now available at Abrilyn's and Abrilyn's Plus at the Fort Steuben Mall.
Owner Mamadou Lee said he caters to a style-savvy, price-conscious clientele.
"I'm trying to bring something different to the valley," he said. "The things I have here are not things you'd normally find here, from shoes to clothes.
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VALUE?AND?MORE — Owner Mamadou Lee says Abrilyn's and Abrilyn's Plus at the Fort Steuben Mall are bringing trendy styles and value to the Ohio Valley. — Linda Harris
TRENDY?STYLES — Megan Bowers, a sales associate at Abrilyn's in the Fort Steuben Mall, looks over some of the trendy summer styles. — Linda Harris
Mamadou, who grew up in New York City, had a distribution business here before, "but this is what I used to do, clothing, before I came here. It's a business I know and love.
"I was ready for a change," he said. "What I was doing before was too time-consuming. I'd have 16-18-hour days and it just became too stressful. And now that I have kids, I need to spend some time with them."
Abrilyn's, which opened April 1, features the kind of trendy clothing, shoes and handbags in small sizes that young people love, he said. Abrilyn's Plus offers stylish apparel for adults from small to 2X and 3X sizes.
Abrilyn's Plus also carries a selection of nursing scrubs.
"Everybody's been thanking me for bringing it here, because now they can get what they want here. Why should anyone drive 60 miles one way when they can get it here," he said.
Both stores are open during normal mall hours: Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sundays from noon to 6 p.m.


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Today the group volunteered at Leket Yisrael (an organization that donates food to families and food banks around Israel) where they harvested potatoes to be donated. Next on the schedule was the Latrun tank museum where they enjoyed learning about and climbing on some of the tanks used in the past by the IDF. The group also visited the memorial for the fallen soldiers of the armored corps unit. On the way back to Jerusalem the group stopped at the Harel mall in Mevaseret Tzion, famous for its kosher McDonalds. Upon returning to base they had a presentation with Yossi Garr – the Director of Nativ, USY's college leadership program in Israel. After dinner they played drama games, which gave them a chance to reflect on their journey this summer in a fun and active way.


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With freezing temperatures and inches of snow on the ground, now might seem like an odd time to start thinking about preparing for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms.However, tornado season isn�t as far away as you might think. Last year, the state of Kansas� first tornado came on Feb. 28 in Jewell County, and a total of eight tornadoes were recorded that month.The National Weather Service encourages community members to be prepared for severe weather to strike and is sponsoring a "Storm Fury on the Plains" weather identification and safety class for the public.The annual training session is slated for 6:30 p.m. Feb. 28 at the Santa Fe 5/6 Center in Lindley Hall (Gym). The session lasts one and a half to two hours and includes information on severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, and storm structure; tips on identifying storms; and weather videos."It covers the basics," said meteorologist Vanessa Pearce with the National Weather Service office in Wichita.She said the training also teaches people how to properly report severe weather events to the National Weather Service, so the office can get out the correct information as quickly and accurately as possible."We can make sure what�s going on with storms so we can better warn the public," Pearce said.Newton also will be promoting weather safety during the 2013 "Severe Weather Awareness Week" March 3 through March 9. The annual statewide tornado drill will take place and the sirens will be sounded at 1:30 p.m. March 5, weather permitting (backup date in case of bad weather is 1:30 p.m. March 7).Lon Buller with Harvey County Emergency Management encourages schools, retirement centers, businesses, cities and hospitals to participate in a tornado safety drill to evaluate their readiness."Everyone should become better prepared for all weather hazards," he said in a news release. "Kansas is known to have some of our nation�s most powerful tornadoes. In 2012, Kansas had 94 tornadoes; the yearly average is about 61. We need to be ready to protect our employees, students, family, etc., as much as we can."
Storm safety tipsThe National Weather Service recommends people remember the acronym "DUCK" for tornado safety. It stands for "Down to the lowest level, Under something sturdy, Cover your head, and Keep in the shelter until the storm has passed." If you can�t get to a building, lie flat in the nearest ditch or depression and cover your head, or buckle your seatbelt and get below the window level of your vehicle.Buller advises people to keep in mind other severe weather events � such as flash flooding, large hail and damaging winds. Another weather factor that often is overlooked is lightning."These events almost always cause more damage, injuries and deaths than tornadoes," Buller said.It doesn�t take much water for a flash flood to become dangerous. According to the National Weather Service, as little as six inches can sweep a person off his or her feet, and 18 to 24 inches can float a car and carry it away. If a road appears to be flooded, it�s better to turn around and go a different way.Lightning is another serious weather danger. It can strike up to 10 miles away from where it�s raining � about the distance you can hear thunder. Stay inside for about 30 minutes after the last burst of thunder.For more weather safety tips, visit www.crh.noaa.gov/ict/?n=wxedu.�
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