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The next steps in your higher education begin here at KCTCS! Whether you are transferring to KCTCS, or want to build on the education you've received from KCTCS, we are committed to helping you make a smooth and successful transition. Thousands of students have taken this next step in their academic or career path, and you can too!
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Arkansas Racist Seized
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug.
28 (AP) - Robert J. Norwood
head of the Arkansas States
Right Council and one of
those arrested during a segre-
gationist march on Central
High School Aug. 12, was
picked up by the police today
in a Negro night club.
Mr. Norwood was charged
with drunkenness and was re-
leased on a $15.50 bond.
He was charged with loiter-
ing afte he had been arrested
during the clash between
marchers and police near the
integrated school on opening
day. That case is scheduled
for hearing Sept. 17.
police Lieut. carl E. Jack-
son said he ahd been called to
the Negro night club at about
2 A.M. by a Negro policeman
who reported a "drunk white
man" in the place Lieutenant
Jackson said he had found
Mr. Norwood sitting at the
bar with a group of Negroes.
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Comprehensive immigration reform, a policy concept that first gained currency in 2001 in the U.S. political world, would marry increased border enforcement with legalization for unauthorized immigrants and the ability to bring in future workers needed by the U.S. labor market. Debated in the U.S. Senate in 2006, 2007, and 2013, comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) would touch virtually every facet of the U.S. immigration system. The policies and many effects that would flow from CIR legislation are analyzed here.
Voters' brains connect words, phrases, images, values, and emotions, and these connections — known as networks of association — influence their receptiveness to political messages, often far more strongly than facts and rational arguments. This report shows that to reach those who have not yet made up their mind on a particular issue, advocates and leaders need to understand the associations a term such as "immigrant" spark in the mind of the electorate and strengthen positive associations while weakening negative ones.
Recent developments in the United States (including the 2008 elections and shifts in organized labor's stance on immigration) have created new openings for comprehensive immigration reform, possibly including a path to legal residence and citizenship for illegal immigrants. But the author argues that the extent of this opening may be overstated by some advocates.
In this memo, a veteran immigrant-rights strategist, Frank Sharry, offers his views on the politics and policy of achieving immigration reform.
This conference offers law and policy analysis and discussion on cutting-edge immigration issues.
Securing the Future seeks to define what policymakers and scholars mean by integration while attempting to sketch the contours of U.S. integration policy. The volume reviews evidence of immigrants' integration by examining the progress of the second generation, as well as trends in education, health, the workforce, and citizenship.
The culminating report of the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America's Future seeks to design a new and simplified immigration regime that averts illegal immigration, and at the same time, harnesses the benefits of immigration for the future.
This policy brief compares existing proposals for comprehensive immigration reform by President Bush and the 109th Congress with regard to changes to lawful permanent resident (LPR) admissions, the terms and conditions of nonimmigrant visas, and policy responses to the existing unauthorized immigrant population.


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So, does a car really have a signature sound? Yes. I know this because my father worked for Mercedes-Benz for 30 years. As a result, I've been able to tell when a Mercedes is driving up behind me since middle school. The engine has a very distinctive sound that I could easily pick out of an audio lineup. I couldn't describe in words exactly what it sounds like, but I can instantly distinguish it from the sound of any other car engine on the road with 100% accuracy.
The automobile industry, however, has undergone many changes since my middle school days. One of the biggest is the advent of the electric car. It seems inevitable that every carmaker will be moving in this direction. And with the electric car, comes the silent engine. Does this mean car engines will lose their signature sounds forever?
Absolutely not. In fact, creating a signature car sound could become an art in and of itself. Just ask the makers of Audi. The car company is currently working towards the debut of its electric supercar, the R8 e-tron. And Audi is bringing the idea of a signature sound straight to the gas pedal…and directly out of two speakers mounted to the front of this much-anticipated car.
Audi has spent over three years working on the e-sound audio system for its silent supercar. They started out by testing an R8 e-tron prototype in an 1,100 square-foot sound lab.
"The problem is you don't have any tool that you can buy on the market. You have to develop the hardware. You have to develop the software. And you have to find a great sound for the car and this took us more than three years." said Dr. Ralf Kunkel, Head of Acoustics for AUDIO AG.
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For the die-hard car enthusiast, the Audi R8 e-tron has four electric motors that, together, produce 313 HP coupled with an impressive 3,319.03 lb-ft of torque. It can reportedly go from 0-62 mph in 4.8 seconds and has a lithium-ion battery with 42.4 kWh of capacity. That means the cautious driver would get about 154 miles of driving on one charge. But I'm guessing whomever is behind the wheel of this car is not a cautious driver.
And while the idea of creating signature sounds for your otherwise silent engine may seem like nothing more than a unique marketing and branding strategy, it was born of something entirely different.
A silent car is a safety hazard for many pedestrians, bicyclists, and others on the road. In fact, just last year the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2010 was signed into law. It requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to ensure that electric and hybrid car manufacturers add noises that alert pedestrians to their approach.
This practical technology certainly presents a unique opportunity for some awesome innovations. Hmmm…I see downloadable car-tones in our future.


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The Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Investment Fund, Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf, and the Minister of Transport and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Organization for Railways, Dr. Jubarah Al-Suraiseri, signed in Riyadh today a three-year contract with Al-Rajhi Consortium, worth SR 6.79 billion ($1.8 billion), for work on the Express Train Project for the Two Holy Mosques.
In remarks during the accompanying ceremony, Dr. Al-Suraiseri stressed that the endeavor is one of the most important transportation projects in Saudi Arabia and represents one of the important elements in the ongoing program of expanding and modernizing the nation's railway network.
Dr. Al-Assaf noted in a press statement that the train's maximum speed will be 320 kilometers per hour (200 mile per hour). He declared that the project will not only serve residents in the Kingdom, but will benefit Muslims visiting from around the world.


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Dinosaur Hunt: Texas-115 Million Years Ago (Hardcover)
On a muddy riverbank, a hungry dinosaur stalks her prey. From her hiding place in the nearby trees, she spies a giant, four-legged plant eater. At the right moment, she leaps from the trees and lunges at the slower dinosaur, tearing at its flanks with teeth and sharp claws.
It's an average day in southern Texas, 115 million years ago.
This dinosaur attack happened. We know for certain, because these two animals left their footprints in the mud -- and they're still there, hardened into stone for all to see. Dinosaur Hunt presents this dramatic event and brings the two combatants vividly back to life. It is the tale of a young Acrocanthosaurus, a predatory dinosaur similar to T. rex. As she grows she learns to hide, hunt, and survive in the eat-or-be-eaten age of dinosaurs.
The astounding, lifelike art of Karen Carr transports us to this strange and threatening world and re-creates one of the most gripping tales a few footprints ever told.
About the Author
Wildlife and naturalist artist Karen Carr's artwork and sculpture has been featured in magazines and books, zoos and museums, in the United States, Japan, and Europe. She previously illustrated a book on Texas dinosaurs called Lone Star Dinosaurs, written by paleontologist Dr. Louis Jacobs. Her dinosaur murals are on display in museums and universities throughout the southwestern United States. A fourth-generation Texas native, Karen Carr now lives near Dallas.


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Following this answer, I've tried to make rounded corners with dashed stroke, but the output is blurry. Is there any method to make a sharp dashed stroke in Photoshop?
Since you have access to Illustrator, the easiest way to do a dashed stroke is to create the stroked shape in Illustrator and copy/paste it into Photoshop.
Since you're unfamiliar with AI, here's a quick step-by-step:
Note on above: Illustrator's display will likely anti-alias your shape. If you screengrab and then paste into Photoshop, you will still have "blurry" problems. If you copy and paste the object itself, you will not have this issue. You should also keep your shape dimensions in whole-pixel increments to avoid Photoshop anti-aliasing when it pastes the pixels.
Pulling in a vector from illustrator is the best way to go like Farray said. Sometimes I will take a screen shot of my object selected and paste and cut it out with the selection. Unfortunately it is rasterized and not customizable.
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As you already created your rounded corner with dash line stroke, where ever i know your stretching or by mistake made it wrong that's why its getting blurry, try to recreate your steps carefully might be you'll get your real output without any blur and all. i am listing some tutorial for you i doubt you made mistake with brush presets.


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7 Awesome Acts of Nature (That Science Can't Explain)
#3. Red Rain in Kerala
When you think of getting caught in the rain, you typically worry about things like "Will my socks get wet?" and "Do I have time to restraighten my hair?" Unless you lived in the Kerala region of India back in 2001, when the universe douched Kool-Aid all over the subcontinent.
From July to September, Kerala experienced a prolonged period of red rainfall (there was also some black, green and yellow rain, but scientists agreed that the red was way more extreme).
As the summer progressed, colored rain continued to fall from the sky in well-delineated areas, sometimes in places directly adjacent to areas with normal, non-terrifying precipitation. The ground was stained, linens were ruined and numerous little league games were canceled in the red rain's wrathful wake.
So, What Do the Smart People Think is Happening?
Following the analysis of several samples, many theories were put forth, including red dust from the Sahara coming down as precipitation and alien microorganisms from an exploding meteor that also came from a comet (this last one was quickly dismissed after no one in Kerala gained superpowers).
Ultimately it was determined that the red coloration was caused by an abundance of a certain type of algal spore, though how the spores themselves came to be in the rainwater has yet to be explained (we like to think they were involved in a race around the globe when their hot air balloon was struck by lightning).
#2. Raining Animals
For centuries, people have reported seeing animals falling from the sky in places all over the world. Frogs and toads rained off and on for an extended time in Japan, worms rocketed to the earth in Louisiana, fish fell in Singapore and Rhode Island and in California, what they were pretty sure was at one time a cow exploded into the Earth like a giant post-Fuddruckers dump from the ass of Paul Bunyan.
Good milk comes from happy cows. This is where fear milk comes from.
So, What Do the Smart People Think is Happening?
The prevailing theory (and the likely cause of most of these events) is that during particularly shitty weather, waterspouts and tornadoes will scoop up animals, spin them around for a while and then toss them out miles away.
This seems like a reasonable explanation, but it fails to tell us why in most cases, there is only a single species represented in the rain. If a waterspout sucked up a lake, it should rain frogs, snakes and Jason Voorhees, not just fish. Also, this theory has never been successfully proven or replicated; it simply seems to have been accepted as the least retarded one.
#1. Spontaneous Human Combustion
Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC) refers to when a person bursts into flame for no apparent reason and burns down into charcoal offal reminiscent of the stuff on the bottom of a bag of overcooked popcorn. As you may have already guessed, this is awesome.
Interestingly, the confusion isn't really about how this happens--scientists have a provable method in something called the Wick Effect, which has been successfully demonstrated on pigs. It shows that if someone a bit lardy catches on fire, their skin and clothing act like the wick of a candle, collecting fat as it melts and allowing it to burn at a constant high temperature for an extended period in a localized area.
The real question is what the hell is setting these people on fire.
So, What Do the Smart People Think is Happening?
Sometimes people fall asleep or die with a lit cigarette in their mouth, which could conceivably set them ablaze like an octogenarian's birthday cake. It takes about 570 degrees Fahrenheit to get human flesh to combust, though, so unless you're smoking the Devil's pole, this seems unlikely.
Another theory suggests that built up static causes a spark that can instantly turn you into Johnny Storm. This, along with the cigarette theory, tie in with another suggestion that victims of SHC are alcoholics that somehow manage to get a blood alcohol level high enough to turn them into a Bunsen burner. However, a 23 percent concentration of alcohol in the blood would be required to cause ignition, and anyone other than Kiefer Sutherland is typically dead before they hit one percent.
A few more whimsical ideas involve ball lightning, which is our favorite theory because it is kind of like getting hit with a hadouken.
Others suggest something having to do with gamma rays, but neither theory is anywhere close to proven (scientists aren't certain ball lightning exists and gamma ray-producing cosmic events rarely occur within the living room). Science simply cannot agree on the cause of this phenomenon, so really there's nothing we can do except hope someone is able to record our combustion and make a YouTube video set to We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel.
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So I got Civilization V the other day and I am wondering how steam workshop works? How do I get mods for Civ V and what happens if it doesnt work?
In your Steam library, select Civilization V and you will see a button labelled "Browse the Workshop";
Clicking this button will take you to the Steam Workshop, which looks and feels the same as the Steam store in that you can browse through items and download the ones that you want;
Once you have found something in the workshop that you wish to download, click on the 'Subscribe' button (big green button similar to the 'Add to Cart' button). This will add the content to your subscriptions list. Some games may require you to restart the game to download subscribed content.
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The Skechers Strappy Slip On Preschool Shoes are cute and colorful. The slip on shoes are easy to get on and off, so you can get them on as you're running out the door. The preschool shoes are easy to dress up or down, making them a versatile pair in your closet. And who can resist sparkly texture and the color pink?


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WHEELING - Wheeling Police early today arrested two men with the beating death of Wheeling Jesuit University student Kevin Figaniak. Craig Tyler Peacock, 22, of Florida and Jarrett Mathis Chandler, 24, of Louisiana have been charged with murder, with bond set at $1 million each.
The surviving victim of a fatal early Saturday beating told investigators Wheeling Jesuit University senior Kevin Figaniak had exchanged "unpleasantries" with one or more people not long before the two were attacked by several men on their way back to campus, Wheeling Police Chief Shawn Schwertfeger said.
Schwertfeger said the survivor, who sustained minor injuries, is cooperating with the investigation but could identify neither the attackers nor those with whom Figaniak reportedly exchanged words.
Figaniak, 21, died in a Pittsburgh hospital at 3:05 a.m. Sunday, slightly more than 24 hours after several men allegedly jumped the two students near the intersection of Locust Avenue and National Road around 1:45 a.m. Saturday. Police said they had been walking back to campus after leaving a nearby bar.
Schwertfeger said an autopsy is scheduled for today in Morgantown. Although a full report could take some time, he said preliminary results should shed more light on exactly how Figaniak sustained the head trauma investigators believe caused his death. It also could reveal other injuries not apparent to investigators at the scene, he said.
The second victim - whom Schwertfeger declined to identify - reportedly described their attackers as three or four white men in their mid-20s. Two of the men had brown hair and wore blue jeans, while another wore a hat.
Detectives hope video surveillance cameras at a number of businesses may have captured footage in the area near the time of the attack. Police have had difficulty accessing that footage, however, as many businesses were closed for the long holiday weekend.
"That's where the Labor Day weekend has caused us a bit of a delay," Schwertfeger said.
Although no additional witnesses have come forward, Schwertfeger believes it's likely there were others in the area when the attack took place and he's holding out hope for a break. Anyone with information is urged to call him at (304) 234-3664 or the detective division at (304) 234-3781.
"I'm confident that we'll get there, but there's a lot of hard work between now and then," he said.
Figaniak, a resident of Perkasie, Pa., about 35 miles north of Philadelphia, was a senior business major who played on WJU's lacrosse and club hockey teams. Funeral arrangements are pending.
The university was limiting media access to campus Monday because of what it said was out of respect for students' privacy.
Residents who live near the crime scene agree Figaniak's death is a terrible tragedy. Their viewpoints differ, however, on how that tragedy has affected their perspective on their neighborhood.
Locust Avenue resident Carolyn Futey said she was surprised by the news of such a crime so close to where she lives.
"This is supposedly a safe neighborhood, and a very well-kept neighborhood. ... It should not have happened here," she said.
But Futey believes Saturday's attack was an isolated incident and she said it hasn't much changed her perspective on her surroundings.
"It's still a safe neighborhood. ... It's a shame that somebody had to die, that's all," Futey said.
One woman and her husband, residents of Haddale Avenue who asked not to be identified, said their view of their neighborhood has become increasingly negative in recent years. The woman said she's "heartsick" for Figaniak's family and believes police aren't doing enough about problems that arise after nearby bars close for the night.
"It's no wonder things happen. There's just continuous trouble. ... That's a shame for this neighborhood, because we never used to have to deal with that," she said.
The woman's husband said he has a permit to carry concealed weapons, and he doesn't hesitate to take his gun with him on an evening stroll through the neighborhood.
"If I get jumped, at least I've got a fighting chance," he said.
Officials at other colleges reached out Monday to offer words of support to Figaniak's family as well as Wheeling Jesuit.
"We are saddened by this tragedy and offer our sincere condolences to all members of the WJU campus community. Most especially, I would like to add my heartfelt sympathy to the Figaniak family on the loss of their son. We will keep WJU and the Figaniak family in our prayers during this difficult time," said West Liberty University President Robin C. Capehart in a statement issued Monday.
Bethany College President Scott Miller expressed his sympathy Monday via social media.
"Bethany College extends condolences to the family and friends of senior Kevin Michael Figaniak on his death, as well as to the entire Wheeling Jesuit University campus community. We are deeply saddened by this tragedy, and know that WJU President Fr. James Fleming and the University are struggling to find answers. Bethany College sends thoughts of sympathy and prayers as they confront this tragic loss," Miller said.


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I was filling my car earlier today, and noticed a sticker posted on the pump.
This pump dispenses fuel at a volumetric amount measured in standard gallons (231 cubic inches). It does not adjust for temperature, or other factors that may affect the energy content of each gallon.
This got me thinking.
What would be the optimal conditions to fuel your car so that you can get the most energy per gallon? Let's assume we measure this in miles per gallon achieved traveling at 60mph in a standard car that advertises 30mpg; a Honda Civic, perhaps.
Why would temperature affect the energy of each gallon?


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You might have a bright orange pumpkin, or maybe even one on the yellow side, and don't know what to do with it. Aside from scooping it out and carving a ferocious face upon its shell, you could make pumpkin puree to use in many ways in cooking.
Better Homes and Gardens tells what to do for fresh pumpkin filling: Choose a medium-size pie pumpkin. These varieties are labeled sugar or sweet pumpkins and are higher in natural sugar than decorating types.
To pick the right size, remember that a 6-pound pumpkin makes about 2 cups of pulp. A 15-ounce can of pumpkin equals about 1 3/4 cups pulp. To bake, cut into 5-inch pieces. Scrape away strings and arrange in a single layer, rind side up, in a baking pan. Cover pan with foil; bake in a 375 degree oven for 1 hour or until tender. Scoop pulp from the rind. Blend pulp in a blender until smooth. Strain liquid from the pulp before using.
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Pumpkin puree can be added to a boxed brownie mix to make a fudgy dessert.
-- Esther McCoy
This recipe is from Athens Fillo Dough. It is a fluffy pumpkin filling put into miniature fillo shells.
Pumpkin Mousse
1/2 cup canned pumpkin pie mix
2 1/2 tablespoons cream cheese, at room temperature
1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons whipped topping
15 mini fillo shells, 1 box
1/4 cup whipped topping for garnish
In a small bowl, whip cream cheese until fluffy. Combine pumpkin pie mix, brown sugar and cinnamon until smooth. Fold in 2 tablespoons whipped topping. Chill for an hour. Spoon or pipe 1 teaspoon mousse into each fillo shell. Garish with remaining whipped topping. Serve immediately.
This is a more healthy brownie with a can of pure pumpkin in the batter. It is from Hungry Girl and has 165 calories for 1/16 of a recipe, with 5.5 grams fat, 28 grams carbs, 15 grams sugar and 2 grams protein
Fudgy Brownies
1 sugar-free chocolate pudding shack with 60 calories or less
1/3 cup chocolate frosting
1 box moist-style devils food cake mix, 15.25 to 18.25-ounces
15-ounce can pure pumpkin
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with nonstick spray. In a medium bowl, mix pudding with frosting. Cover and refrigerate. In a large bowl, thoroughly combine cake mix with pumpkin. Batter will be thick. Spread mixture into the baking pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes. Let cool completely, about 1 1/2 hours. Evenly spread brownies with pudding frosting mixture and sprinkle with walnuts. Cut into 16 squares.
J.L. Janik and Co. provided this recipe for a fluffy no-bake pumpkin pie that is light and delicious.
Easy No-Bake
Pumpkin Pie
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1/3 cup water
15-ounce can pumpkin
14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
2 cups whipped cream
Large graham cracker pie crust, 10-inches
Whipped cream for garnish, optional
Sprinkle gelatin over water in small saucepan and let stand 1 minute. Cook and stir over low heat until gelatin dissolves. Combine pumpkin, milk and pumpkin pie spice in a large bowl with wire whisk until well blended. Stir in gelatin mixture. Let cool 10 minutes. Gently stir in 2 cups whipped cream until combined. Pour mixture into the crust. Chill at least 3 hours or until set. Cut pie in 10 slices. If desired, top each slice with a dollop of whipped cream just before serving.
Note: If a 9-inch pie shell is used, the crust will be very full.
In 1968, Mary Jo Fizer, later to become McHugh, had her Smithfield Elementary School first grade pupils bring in a favorite recipe and they were all compiled into a recipe book for Mother's Day.
This was when Larry was in the first grade and this book will always be treasured by me. Shirley Boyd provided a recipe for pumpkin cookies, as these were the rage back then. Her son, Billy, was in that class and Shirley got a cookbook for Mother's Day as well.
Pumpkin Cookies
1 cup sugar
1 cup shortening
1 egg
1 cup pumpkin
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup nuts or raisins if desired
Cream sugar and shortening. Add egg, pumpkin and vanilla and blend well. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.Stir well and if desired add nuts or raisins. Bake at 375 degrees for 12 minutes. Frost with the following:
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons butter
4 teaspoons milk
Cook for 2 minutes. Cool and add 1 cup powdered sugar, beating well. Add more milk if needed and swirl on the cookies. Can sprinkle with chopped nuts if desired.
Note: I have made these and added nuts and chocolate and butterscotch chips to the batter.
Pumpkins are not just for pies, cakes and cookies anymore. Here is a recipe for Pumpkin Soup from the Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook. It tells that coconut milk lends a wonderful flavor to the soup.
Pumpkin Soup
1 cup sliced carrots, 2 medium
3/4 cup coarsely chopped green sweet pepper, 1 large
1/2 cup chopped onion, 1 medium
1 tablespoon cooking oil
15-ounce can pumpkin
14-ounce can unsweetened light coconut milk
14-ounce can reduced-sodium chicken broth
2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
1 medium fresh jalapeno chile pepper, seeded, and finely chopped
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
2 tablespoons snipped fresh cilantro or parsley
In a large saucepan, cook carrot, sweet pepper and onion in hot oil over medium heat, about 5 minutes or until almost tender. Remove from heat. In a bowl, combine pumpkin, coconut milk and broth. Stir in brown sugar, jalapeno pepper, salt and ginger. Stir pumpkin mixture into cooked vegetable mixture. Bring to a boil and reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, about 10 minutes or until heated through, stirring frequently. Stir in cilantro or parsley before serving. Makes 8 side dish servings. A 3/4 cup is 94 calories, with 5 grams total fat and 13 grams carbs.
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Join SJI and filmmaker (and CLS alum) Michèle Stephenson '95 for a screening of her documentary American Promise. Spanning 13 years, the film documents the persistent educational achievement gap that dramatically affects African-American boys at all socioeconomic levels across the country. A Q&A with the filmmaker will follow the screening.Hosted by SJI and the Education Law and Policy Society, the Black Law Students Association, and Empowering Women of Color as a part of the semi-annual SJI Film Series. Refreshments will be served.
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The overall winners of the 2013 Dog Daze Duathlon were Arthur Mathisen with a time just over an hour and 28 minutes, and Jessica Oldham with a time just over an hour and 51 minutes. The event had nine men's age groups, seven women's age groups, four relay teams, and three men's age groups and six women's age groups in the 5k. The top finishers in each men's age group in the duathlon were Harry Ross (10-14), Wesley Barbee (15-19), Joel Machak (30-34), Clayton Fixsen (35-39), Kurt Gordon (40-44), Carl Fischer (50-54), Jeff Mittelhauser (55-59) and Tom Pierce (60-64). The top finishers in each of the women's age group in the duathlon were Lisa Sweet (25-29), Julie Mackak (30-34), Thuvan Bert (35-39), Jackie Kennedy (40-44), Mary Rezendes (45-49), Tammy Hasenpflug (50-54) and Carol Mullen (65-69). The mixed relay team winner was Team She Run He Ride. The men's relay team, Team Dailey, finished with a time just over an hour and 58 minutes. The overall winners in the 5k were Zachary McKnight and Hilary Anderson. The top finishers in each men's 5k age group were Billy Ross (under 15), Justin Metz (30-34) and Don Madill (70-74). The top finishers in each women's 5k age group were Audrey Jones (under 15), Nicole Ross (35-39), Jody McKnight (40-44), Jenny Chmidling (50-54) and Margaret Liebeno (over 80). Liebeno, 89, was the oldest participant in the event. She finished the 5k in just under 49 minutes.
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We all know that the
gotostatement should only be used on very rare occasions if at all. It has been discouraged to use the
goto statement countless places countless times. But why it there never anything like that about the
switch statement? I can understand the position that the
switch statement should always be avoided since anything with
switch can always be expressed by
if...else... which is also more readable and the syntax of the switch statement if difficult to remember. Do you agree? What are the arguments in favor of keeping the 'switch` statement? It can also be difficult to use if what you're testing changes from say an integer to an object, then C++ or Java won't be able to perform the switch and neither C can perform switch on something like a struct or a union. And the technique of fall-through is so very rarely used that I wonder why it was never presented any regret of having switch at all? The only place I know where it is best practice is GUI code and even that switch is probably better coded in a more object-oriented way.
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Switch statements are occasionally much more readable than cascading sets of
Fall through is occasionally useful, for example it lets you implement duffs device. But, I think that most people agree fall-through by default is a mistake. Language like Go use an explicit
Languages with Algebraic Data Types like Haskell and ML show that a more general form of the switch (in this case it is an expression) is a very elegant code structuring tool well suited for a large variety of problems.
Perhaps I'm misinterpreting this question, but there is nothing wrong with a switch statement. There are cases where you simply want to operate on a particular value, and a switch statement is perfectly clear syntax. An if/else statement is, of course, more logical in the strictest if/else sense.
A visual example helps; which of these looks better?
Traditional switch statement:
Total lines: 14
Compacted if/else statement:
Total lines: 9
Expanded if/else statement:
Total lines: 16
The compacted if/else statement is technically the shortest in terms of lines of code, but looks the most cluttered. There are exceptions to this, of course, as many languages support the case for one line statements in an if/else (or many don't use parentheses/braces in such statements at all), but the general idea gets across that switches do have their place and are not inelegant if operating on one variable.
Edit: I see that some of this was referenced in Robert Harvey's comment.


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Williams has approved the construction of a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) facility in Alberta, Canada. The new PDH facility will allow Williams to significantly increase production of polymer-grade propylene from its Canadian operations.
Williams, the worlds only processor of oil sands
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dehydrogenation (PDH) facility in Alberta, Canada.
The new PDH facility, the first and only one in Canada, will
allow Williams to significantly increase production of
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Williams is the only company in Canada currently producing
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The PDH facility will have the capability to initially
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Williams' PDH facility will be sited in close proximity to
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The Redwater complex includes fractionation, storage and
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Ideally, the distribution over the acceptable pairs would be close to uniform.
x and the pair are all positive integers
(This is for code, so I need a constructive solution)
Ideally, the distribution over the acceptable pairs would be close to uniform.
x and the pair are all positive integers
(This is for code, so I need a constructive solution)
Dirichlet showed that the number of pairs of positive integers $(a,b)$ with $ab \le x$ is $x \log x + (2 \gamma - 1)x + O(\sqrt{x})$ where $\gamma$ is Euler's constant (see e.g. http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hildebr/ant/main.pdf Theorem 2.20). Of those, $x + O(\sqrt{x})$ have $a,b \le \sqrt{x}$, while there are $\lfloor x/a \rfloor$ with a given value of $a$. So we can do the following.
You said close to uniform, so I proffer the following. Given $x$, the acceptable pairs $(a,b)$ are the lattice points in the first quadrant subject to the constraint $ab<x$. I shall approximate their number by comparing areas under the curve $b=x/a$. Obviously the range of possible values of $a$ is from $1$ to $x$. Thus the total number of acceptable pairs $N(x)$ can be approximated by the sum $$ N(x)\approx x+\frac{x}2+\frac{x}3+\cdots+\frac{x}{x}=x\sum_{a=1}^x\frac1a\approx x(\ln x-\gamma), $$ where $\gamma\approx0.577$ is the Euler-Mascheroni constant. Similarly the number of acceptable pairs with $a\le A$, where $A$ is a parameter in the range $1\le A\le x$, is approximately $N(x,A)\approx x(\ln A-\gamma)$.
This suggests the following heuristic approach. The cdf of the random variable $a$ is approximately $$ F(A)=Pr(a\le A)=\frac{\ln A-\gamma}{\ln x-\gamma}. $$
The usual trick would be then to
At this time this is a very crude description. We need to do a lot of critical thinking and testing to verify that the approximation errors inherent in this approach won't disturb the algorithm too much. When $x$ is relatively small, the Euler-Mascheroni approximation has an error that may disturb things. Also I'm not sure how to best do the `rounding' of the value of $a$ in step 2. Simple rounding or truncation may not be best.
Let's assume for simplicity that the size of $x$ is "feasible", i.e. we can afford to store an array of size $\approx \sqrt x$. For $i=1,\ldots \lfloor\sqrt x\rfloor$ let $a_i=\lfloor \frac xi\rfloor$, $b_i=2a_i-2i+1$, $s_i=\sum_{j\le i} b_j$. Then $s_{\lfloor\sqrt x\rfloor}$ is the number of valid points.
If the above is not feasible (e.g. $x$ is too big), the following rejection-method should be fine:
This essentially generates a point in the area bounded by $0\le r_1\le x$, $0\le r_2\le x$ and $r_1r_2\le x$ and rejects points not in the corresponding unit squares. This could be improved (less rejecting) by treating the cases $r_1=2$ and $r_2=2$ specially (not just $r_1=1$, $r_2=1$ as the above does).


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I realize that an image histogram is a graphical display of an images tonal distribution (i.e. horizontal darks to lights, vertical pixel distribution), but how does one really use it and why? I mean, can't you determine everything you need just by looking at the image?
While there may not be a "right" answer to this question, there are "correct" answers. A histogram is a powerful tool, and when you understand how to use it effectively, it can greatly help your photography.
As you mentioned, a histogram is a representation of tonal range and distribution in a photo. The basic mechanics are as such:
(As a real (float) number, the values of a 32 bpp HDR image range from 1.0 x 10^-37 through 1.0 x 10^38. In more real-world numbers, tonal range from black, through very dim starlight (0.00001), through indoor lighting (1-10), through the sunlit outdoors (1,000,000), to the brightness of the sun itself (100,000,000) and well beyond. All those values can be represented in a single HDR image.)
Given these facts about a histogram, there is a wide variety of information you can gleen from one:
Contrast is the measure of difference between the brightest tones and the darkest tones. The more range a histogram covers between its left and right edges, the greater the contrast of an image:
Key & Exposure
Key is the rough measure of brightness in an image, with high-key being brighter, and low-key being darker.
(A histogram riding up the right-hand side of the histogram probably indicates overexposure – clipped highlights. A histogram riding up the left-hand side of the histogram probably indicates underexposure – blocked shadows.)
White Balance
When using a colored histogram, the convergence of red, green, and blue peaks is an indication of white balance. In particular, the offset of major blue peaks can be a strong indicator of the warmth or coolness of a photo:
In a properly white balanced image, blue is usually a little right of red and yellow peaks.
Tonal Range
The balance and height of peaks in a histogram is an indication of tonal range and tonal balance. Parts of the histogram that are very low (valleys) indicate very low volume for those tones. Parts of the histogram that are very high (peaks) indicate very high volume for those tones.
Color Volume
A basic colored histogram will often show gray, red, blue, and green. A more advanced colored histogram may also show yellow, magenta, cyan.
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Gray indicates a balance of primary colors at those tones. Off-primary color peaks (or partial height lines), such as yellow, magenta, and cyan, indicate a blend of two primary colors at those tones.
As mentioned by Jordan H., there is a trick called "expose to the right" (or ETTR) that can be useful to get you the optimal RAW data. When shooting a scene, particularly those that have a broad range of contrast that may be on the border of, or possibly slightly beyond, the 5-6 stop dynamic range of a digital camera, capturing enough tonal range in the shadows can be difficult.
This is due to the the limitations of most current digital sensors, and how they are more sensitive to highlights than shadows. "Exposing to the Right", which is a technique where you slightly overexpose your shots by 1/3 to 1/2 of a stop (which, in turn, shifts your histogram to the right...toward highlights), can help mitigate these limitations.
Exposing to the right can also help alleviate noise problems in the shadier parts of your images. It should be noted that exposing to the right requires that you use RAW format, as only with raw are you saving enough information to correct your overexposure during post-processing to bring your image back into normal range. The benefit of this technique is that it allows you to capture detail that would otherwise be lost, without the need to resort to ND grad filters or other more extreme measures.
This guideline is just that, a guideline. With newer camera sensors, dynamic range is improving, and capturing a greater range of contrast in a scene with a single shot is easier. However, even as digital sensor dynamic range improves, there will always be times when we need to shoot "on the edge" or what is possible, and tricks like shooting to the right will always be useful.
In the old fashioned darkroom we had a tool called the densitometer. It measured the density (how much light is blocked when you shine a light through) of the negative or slide. It was a bulky and expensive device, and of course it required the film to be developed so it wasn't very practical for use in the field. But we could use it in testing to determine optimum exposure and development techniques for personal use.
Film photographers are primarily concerned with a lack of density. Too much density can conceivably be burned through (apply a greater intensity and/or duration of light to a local area) to recover detail in printing. A lack of density (shadows with negs, highlights with slides) cannot be corrected for, as it means the detail/information isn't there to recover.
Digital photographers have to be concerned at both ends. When the tonal range goes beyond the edges of the histogram scale it means there is nothing in those areas except white or black. You can lighten or darken, but you are only making solid gray tones with no detail recovery possible. I use the histogram display like a field densitometer. It shows me if I've got areas of my photo where details will not be recoverable no matter what Photoshop tricks I know. Because I use ETTR (expose to the right) I don't expect my files to come out of the camera looking like the finished photo any more than I expected my negs to look like my finished photos. The histogram helps me assess the exposure even if what's on the LCD doesn't look quite right.
As was mentioned in the comments, the histogram display is created from a jpeg processed according to the in-camera software parameters even if you are shooting raw. Raw is like exposed but undeveloped film. There is a potential image there, but we can't see it until it is processed. The raw data needs to be processed for a histogram to be generated. I keep my cameras set to the most neutral in-camera processing parameters available in order to get a more accurate histogram. It's still not the same as the histogram I'll see in Adobe Camera Raw when I open the files there. The standard default in-camera processing, among other "Picture Styles" or whatever your brand calls them, is often higher contrast and higher saturation. Both of these can cause a histogram from an in-camera jpeg to display the histogram falling off the highlights side (right side), when that is not the case with the actual raw data, and the potential image if processed with other software or techniques. Only practice and experience will teach you how to interpret the histogram for your processing techniques, and how much of the blinkies you can ignore.
To add to jrista's excellent answer, an histogram is god-send in bright situations where your LCD is very hard to read (eg: at noon in a field of snow, for example).
I'm not a technical photographer and never made much use of the histograms that I've been seeing for the last 5 or 6 years, until this summer. I went to Israel with family this summer, and as the goal of the group was to see a lot of sites, not to be in various places with ideal photographic lighting, I took a lot of photos in midday sun. To make matters harder, many of the historic sites in Israel consist of ruins built of light colored stone. Light colored stone, midday sun: you get the picture (or not, as the case may be).
It took a lot of post-processing to get the pictures to look like anything I was willing to show anyone, and as I played with the various contrast and light settings in Picassa, I noticed that by the time I got the photo to where I wanted it, I had made certain changes to the histogram: I had spread it out from being bunched up to the right to spread out that curve over the full range, and then the scenery looked pretty good. Alternatively, when I was shooting people in the context of the white rocks, the way to get those shots to come out was to take the bump on the left side and spread that out over the entire area (over-exposing the background, but getting good contrast on the faces). Over the course of processing about 1000 photos, I began to understand the histogram and how to use it as a tool, even in less extreme situations.
I know I'm not as technically proficient as many of you, but this is how I, as an amateur, came to grips with the histogram.
The basic thing I use it for is telling at a quick glance if there is enough light. If the histogram is all on the left, it is too dark and at best you will need to do some post-processing tweaks to get a usable photo. If it is all to the right, it will probably be washed out.
Note that you can recover somewhat from both of these in post-processing, but you will almost certainly have lost some detail.
When you look at a picture, it can be hard to tell exactly how well the shadows and highlights fill up the range, especially if you are looking at the picture in the display of the camera. The histogram gives you an exact measure for how the image is exposed.


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Ella Wilkie
Ella Rhodes (Cole) Wilkie, a resident of Colville, passed away June 15, 2011 at Buena Vista Nursing Home in Colville at the age of 93. Ella was born on Oct. 14, 1917 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, the daughter of Lee Frank and Minnie (Hampton) Rhodes.Ella loved being a mom, grandma and friend and was particularly proud of being a teacher, especially to elementary students. She was teaching at the one room schoolhouse at Blue Point when Pete and Ruth Gotham introduced her to Lloyd Cole, her love. F.H and Ruth Cole met Ella and chose her for their only son. They married and raised their three children in Colville.After their divorce, Ella taught school in Spokane, Shelton and Kingman, AZ. Upon retirement, she returned to Spokane for several years, where she enjoyed time with her mom and brothers.She moved to Colville in 1995 to be close to Doug and Marsha and the Colville Valley, which she dearly loved, especially Colville Mountain and the cross.Ella took great pride in her teaching skills, which were evident by her ability to relate and communicate with all ages. She had a fantastic sense of humor and her laugh made you smile. When the kids were teenagers the house was often full with their friends. Teenage kids especially appreciated Ella's ability to listen and understand them. She enjoyed time with family and friends, music, playing piano, Western movies and reading. She was a member of the Colville Valley Baptist Church.We will miss the way she would listen and give us advice, guidance and encouragement.Ella was preceded in death by her ex-husband, Lloyd Cole; daughter, Lorna Cole Hutsell; her Rhodes brothers, Bill, Ray, Raleigh, Lew and Sherman. She is survived by son, Doug, and his wife, Hazel, Cusick; Marsha (Christman) Cole, Colville; her sister, Glenys Sears, San Diego, CA; sister-in-law, Marjory Rhodes, Spokane; grandchildren, grandson Bryan Hutsell and his son, Alan, San Antonio, TX; grandson, Steven Hutsell, Colorado Springs, CO; grandson, Brad Cole and his son, Stewart, and his daughter, Jocelyn, Vancouver; grand-daughter, Dawnese (Cole) Sahota and her daughter, Kylie, and her son, Colton, Vancouver; grandson, Derek Christman and his son, Joe, Aloha, OR; grandson Duane Christman and his daughters, Taylor, Markie and Erin, Union, OR; grand-daughter, Darla (Christman) Ownes, and her daughter, McKenna, and her sons, Christian and Mark, Bend, OR; grandson, Daryl Christman and his children, Elya, Malachi, Judah, Caleb and Christopher, Sweet Home, OR.A celebration of the life of Mrs. Ella Wilkie will begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 16 at Stephani's Oak Street Grill; 157 S. Oak, Colville. Memorial contributions may be given to the Colville Pet Rescue, 230 S. Main, Colville, WA 99114 and to the Colville Library. Please visit the on-line memorial and sign the guestbook at HYPERLINK "http://www.danekasfuneralchapel.com" www.danekasfuneralchapel.com. Danekas Funeral Chapel and Crematory has been entrusted with arrangements.


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The Sam Houston Statue Visitor Center and Gift Shop is embarking upon a major milestone of celebrating the "millionth person" to sign the guestbook. As of January 31, 2013, a total of 976,182 individuals had signed the guestbook, leaving 23,818 signatures to reach the goal of a million.
Beginning February 15, the City of Huntsville Tourism and Cultural Services Department will conduct a campaign to build momentum until the millionth visitor arrives, with the immediate goal of drawing an additional 7,000 visitors by National Tourism Week, May 4-12, 2013.
According to Kimm Thomas, Director of Tourism and Cultural Services, the campaign will include a special Facebook promotion, a grand prize totaling $10,000 in cash and prizes, and weekly and monthly prizes and giveaways.
"We're very excited about the coming milestone of having one million visitors at the Sam Houston Statue Visitor Center," she said. "We will be having our official kick-off for the campaign on February 15 at 12 p.m. at the Visitor Center, where we will give away the first of four iPads.
"Over the course of the coming months, we will continue to give away an iPad each time we hit another 7,000 visitor mark, leading up to the millionth person to visit the statue and sign the guestbook. By promoting Huntsville through the millionth person campaign, we will create a greater excitement and awareness of Huntsville as a destination. This will draw tourists into our area, which will increase visitor spending and in return will grow sales tax revenues that can lead to economic development."
Thomas said the official Web site for the campaign - www.samhoustonstatueonemillionthvisitor.com – will also launch in February, and one of the biggest online components of the campaign will utilize the Web site and the City's Facebook page to get local merchants involved.
"One really interesting part of this campaign is our Facebook photo competition, which is a chance for visitors and residents to submit original photos of the Sam Houston Statue to be used in ongoing promotional efforts," Thomas said. "We'll have three categories for the competition, including best photo, photo with the most 'likes,' and the oldest photo."
As prizes for the Facebook photo competition, Thomas said the department will award three $250 Visa gift cards.
"Merchants who donate to the campaign will be featured on both Web sites leading up to the day their donated items are given away," she said. "We hope highlighting some of the unique vendors we have here in Huntsville will bring even more visitors to the City."
For additional information, contact Thomas at (936) 291-5932.


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It was an emotional morning at the Fort Knox army base Wednesday. More than 100 Marines returned home after being involved in the war with Iraq for more than five months.
Family and friends cheered Wednesday morning at the Fort Knox homecoming event. One hundred and thirteen members of the eighth tank battalion of Reserve Company "A" returned home after serving with Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The Marine unit was a part of Task Force Tarawa. They secured bridges through Nasiriyah and some helped with the rescue of P.F.C. Jessica Lynch. Many of the Marines say they are happy to be home and will spend the July Fourth weekend with their families.
Fort Knox's Marine Reserve Unit landed back on United States at the Marine Corps Base Camp in LeJeune, North Carolina on June 22 for tests and briefings. The battalion returns home at full strength suffering no casualties during the deployment.


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John W. Nolan Retired Sprague School principal
John W. Nolan
Mr. Nolan was born on Dec. 30, 1921 in Waterbury, son of Thomas F. and Mary (Gaffney) Nolan. He attended local schools and the College of the Holy Cross. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a lieutenant (J.G.) and saw action at Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
After the war, he completed his degree in education at Central Connecticut State University and earned his master's at Fairfield University and his sixth-year at the University of Connecticut.
Like his father and mother, he taught in the city of Waterbury elementary school system. His career spanned 35 years; he retired as principal of Sprague School in 1983.
His greatest loves in life were his wife of 43 years, Theresa, his nine children, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He loved Waterbury and was devoted to helping his community in any way that he could through volunteering at the shelter, church functions, and numerous other activities throughout his long life.
He liked to sing in church, tend to his flowers and vegetables in his backyard gardens, ride his bike at the shore, dance at weddings and enjoy a glass of wine. He firmly believed in the power of prayer.
He is survived by his sisters, Ann O'Neill of Nazareth, Pa. and Mary Bailey and her husband Robert, of Meriden. He was predeceased by his brothers Joseph T. and Thomas , and his grandson Joseph M. Nolan.
He leaves his children, Joseph P. Nolan and his wife Susan of Trumbull, Patrick (Tom) Nolan and his wife Aideen of West Hartford, Margaret McMahon and her husband John of Keene, N.H., Paul Nolan of Westerly, R.I., Catherine Nolan of Arlington, Va., John Nolan Jr. and his wife Melanie of Waterbury, Sheila Duxbury and her husband David of Kirkwood, Mo., Claire Keenan and her husband Michael of Madison, and Peter Nolan and his wife Marlo of Cohasset, Mass.
He is survived by 19 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; and cousins Jean and her husband Daniel Minahan of Southport, and Joseph Gaffney of West Hartford; and many nieces and nephews.
Arrangements: Calling hours will be held prior to the funeral from 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. at the Bergin Funeral Home, 290 East Main St., Waterbury. The funeral Mass will follow at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 18, 2014, at Blessed Sacrament Church, 182 Robbins St., Waterbury. Burial will follow in Old St. Joseph's Cemetery in Waterbury.
In lieu of flowers, when you remember John Nolan, just raise a toast and say a prayer.
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James Beck wrote on Jul 16, 2014 11:09 AM:
" I remember Mr. Nolan as my Principal when I graduated in 1976. He was a very kind and fair man who could stand back, cross his arms and see the humor in a situation. He commanded respect. My condolences to all his family. "
Elizabeth Bergin wrote on Jul 16, 2014 5:30 PM:
" I remember John Nolan as one of my favorite Principal at Wash School.His kindness to me.Kinder,classroom aide.God Bless Him! "
Michael Solomito wrote on Jul 17, 2014 11:57 AM:
" I remember Mr Nolan as vice Principal of Chase School 1960 something, so long ago, but never forget his presence, so sorry to the Nolan family.
Michael Solomito
Chase school grad, 1967 "
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Lynne wrote on Jul 18, 2014 5:51 PM:
" Mr Nolan was also my principle at Sprague School class of 76...he was a kind man and well respected by his peers as well as the parents. Rest in peace Mr Nolan.Prayers for his family, may God Bless you all "
david pelletier wrote on Jul 19, 2014 4:25 PM:
" I remember mr Nolan he helped me a lot, I went to 2 schools where he was principal, I graduated Sprague in 1977, I also went to merriman for about 5 years, he was a good man , god bless "
William Bill Evans wrote on Jul 25, 2014 11:49 PM:
" I always felt that John Nolan was a sincere, kind and able educator. I always admired him and felt fortunate to have served with him in the Waterbury public school system for more than twenty-five years. Your family has our deepest sympathy. May God continue to bless your family and give each of you the courage to face the future unafraid. "
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Given an alphabet of $q \ge 2$ letters, I want to construct a set $S$ of $x$ strings (of uniform length) such that the minimum Hamming distance between any two strings is $d$. What I need to figure out is the minimum string length $n$ that could produce such a set.
When $d = 1$, then $n = ceiling(log_q(x))$, but I can't figure out how to find $n$ for an arbitrary value of $d > 1$.


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Pretty simple question but I think some recommendations would make my chains a bit long-lasting. So when should you do something to your salted chains? When the chains already look rusty, can you use water to clean the dirt out and then oil as a lubricant, or is it better to throw rusty chains into the dustbin? So how to maintain chains in good condition during winter? Oil every day, what about water? May water do even more damage to the chains if the metal has become very porous?
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You can use water to remove the salt if it's bad enough, but immediately wipe off the water and generously re-lubricate the chain. You do not want to let the chain sit around with the salty water on it, as it will readily rust. So if you use water, just make sure the chain is completely dry afterwards, then re-oil it.
Metal doesn't really get porous, but AFAIK rust kind of does-- if the rust is that bad, you may want to consider cleaning the rust off with a toothbrush or getting a new chain altogether.
Oiling often in winter is a must. Some people use hot wax instead, but depending on your situation, that might be overkill. You may not need to oil it every day (if it still has plenty of oil visible on it, I don't bother with my chain).
I wouldn't say that you need to throw your chain or cassette away if it gets that rusty. I do some work restoring bikes and have found that you should soak stuff in Liquid Wrench maybe 20 minutes to an hour. Then take steel wool and scrape the rust off (fine steel wool works best). Works wonders. Then dry and lubricate with oil.


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President Obama addresses a crowd of students from UNLV to urge Congress to act to prevent interest rates from doubling on student loans. He made the remarks on the last stop of his two-day swing out west for fundraising and official events.
(CBS/AP)-- President Obama today entreated the American people to press Congress to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for all but the highest earners, insisting that public pressure could make all the difference in negotiations.
"When the American people speak loudly enough, lo and behold, Congress listens," Mr. Obama said from the White House, with middle-class Americans standing behind him. He noted that a typical middle class family of four would see its taxes rise by $2,200 if Congress doesn't extend the current tax rates for most Americans before the year is up.
"Tell members of Congress what a $2,000 tax hike would mean to you," the president said. "Call, write email, post it on their Facebook walls. You can Tweet it using the hashtag #My2k."
The White House has used public campaigns like this before to lobby Congress during tough negotiations. In April, the White House urged Twitter users to employ the hashtag #dontdoublemyrate to send the message that they wanted student loan interest rates to stay low.
Now, Mr. Obama is using the bully pulpit of the presidency to pressure Congress to extend the tax cuts for income under $250,000. That would leave the 2 percent of Americans who earn more than $250,000 still facing a tax hike when the Bush-era tax cuts expire at the end of the year.
Polls show that the public supports Mr. Obama's plan, which he campaigned on against Mitt Romney: 60 percent of Americans in a new Washington Post/ ABC News poll support raising taxes on incomes more than $250,000 a year.
Negotiations over the tax cuts are part of the so-called "fiscal cliff" negotiations under way between Congress and the White House. The "fiscal cliff" refers to a series of tax increases and spending cuts slated to go into effect on January 2, which could potentially send the U.S. into another recession. Along with the expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts, it includes the expiration of the payroll tax holiday that Mr. Obama instituted. Around $1.2 trillion in cuts to both defense and non-defense programs are also set to kick in on January 2 unless Washington acts.
Republicans insist they will not agree to raise any tax rates. Some say they are willing to raise tax revenue by closing tax loopholes and deductions, as long as Democrats are willing to scale back spending in areas like Medicare and Medicaid.
"Our ultimate goal is an agreement that gets our long-term deficit under control in a way that is fair and balanced," Mr. Obama said today. "I believe that both parties can agree on a framework that does that in the coming weeks. But the place where we already have in theory at least complete agreement right now is on middle class taxes."
Mr. Obama is taking his message on the road this week: He is visiting a small business in Pennsylvania on Friday to drive home his point that protecting middle-class taxpayers and small business owners should be Washington's top priority.
Republicans have lambasted the president for using campaign-style tactics to pressure Congress on the issue, but Mr. Obama said today that "the voices of the American people have to be part of this debate."
He also insisted he is doing his part to work with Congress and influential parties: "I'm sitting down with CEOs, I'm sitting down with labor leaders," the president said. "I'm talking with leaders in Congress. I am able and willing and excited to go ahead and get this issue resolved in a bipartisan fashion."
Passing the middle class tax cut extension now, Mr. Obama said, "would give us more time next year to work together on a comprehensive plan to bring down our deficits."


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I've tried to find out whether or not TV-watching is harmful or not for a child's development but haven't really found any good sources. Any tips on studies etc highly appreciated.
Is there any consensus among researchers concerning the effects of watching television and the likes for a child's development?
I'm not sure about a consensus, but here are links that summarize research on the effects of television on various aspects of child development.
The results reported here indicate "negative associations between television viewing before age three years and adverse cognitive outcomes at ages six and seven years."
"By contrast, this analysis suggests that television viewing at ages three to five years has a more beneficial effect, at least for the outcomes of reading recognition and short-term memory. The researchers found no beneficial effect on mathematics outcomes or reading comprehension."
At http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/09/27/the-debilitating-effects-of-tv-on-children/ outcomes from 3 different sources are cited below.
One of BabyCenter's bloggers has several entries about TV and children. Most of this information is starting to get quite old, however.
This post covers a study about television in children:
She's also blogged about the American Academy of Pediatrics' TV watching guidelines. (The link she provides is dead now.)
The AAP also has studies about television and videogame exposure and their effects on development.
Finally, Babycenter has a more recently blog post about this topic:
However, as someone who currently loves TV and pretty much always has, I will say this much: it is up to parents to monitor what their kids are watching and how much of it they are. I was not allowed to watch SNL or any programs at 9pm until I was in middle school, and my afternoon television intake was limited to 3 hours in the summer and 2 hours during the school year. I also had to be in bed by a certain time, but I was allowed to read for an hour after that time. My parents kept an eye on the programs I watched (I watched a lot of PBS, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network. My younger sibling watched Disney Channel more than CN by comparison) and encouraged us to watch movies (complete stories) and read as much as we liked. I had more trips to the library than to the video rental place, and I checked out far more books and music than I ever did movies.
My parents (and I, moreso than they) monitored my brother's videogame intake as well; we played racing games and RPGs until both of us were teenagers, and then the fighting and FPS games were introduced. I refused to let Aaron buy (or to be allowed to be coerced into buying for him) any rated M games until I knew he was mature enough and/or old enough to be able to understand that games are fantasy. But my childhood and today's childhood are really different.
Still, I'm firmly of the belief -- one that I've heard parroted back at me by various edutainment personalities -- that parents need to be involved in their kids' media consumption. I never once thought that TV was "real" in the way that my daily interactions were, and my parents taught me that actions have consequences.
And hey, I turned out all right -- I was G&T throughout primary and secondary school, took lots of AP classes, and graduated with an A- average from a top-ranked university business program. TV was not detrimental to my development. Well, no more so than wanting to watch it meant I didn't do my homework, haha.


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I have an application available to all comers on the App Store and I would like to restrict access to the application. The app is free and because of this, some people download it then find they can't use it and leave bad feedback. Although the description clearly says you need to be an existing customer obviously not everyone is reading it and the bad comments put off our actual clients.
I've looked into the Enterprise account but from what I understand you can only distribute to in-house staff. These are our clients so do not fall under this category.
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TECUMSEH — Four people face charges after Tecumseh police broke up a party at an apartment Nov. 24. According to a report released Tuesday by Tecumseh police, officers were called to the apartment on Marlboro Court at 2 a.m., with the report of a party in which minors were consuming alcohol. After the door was answered, officers saw a person sitting on the couch with a quantity of a leafy substance on her lap. They also discovered a 16-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy smoking cigarettes. They were issued tickets for minors in possession of tobacco.
Sarah Fay Brown, 17, of Tecumseh was charged with possession of marijuana and being a minor in possession of tobacco. A warrant is also being sought charging Colton Richard Boose, 18, of Tecumseh with delivery and manufacture of marijuana. Brown reportedly told officers that Boose had brought the marijuana.
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