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Preferably something that is a combination of affordable and close to real world robotics programming and will allow me to program it with C++.
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Look into the Arduino. It's a microprocessor that's programmable in C++. You can easily use it to make or manipulate robots. It's not a robot itself, but it is the brains. You can do much more than just robotics with it. I'm currently using one to monitor and stabilize a greenhouse where I grow a Miracle Fruit tree.
The Robotic Operating System provides a fairly large amount of code for developing robots in C++. It includes a large number of libraries to help with development and exploration (for instance, it includes OpenCV and the Point Cloud Library for perception and modeling, sensor drivers, and more) for high performing algorithms without the difficult implementation. It also includes a list of robots that already support it.
The library is open source and freely available, and used in real world robotics projects around the world.
If you want to get started without investing any money at all, there are several very realistic robot simulations. The PlayerStage Project for example simulates several real robots, so if your code works, you could switch to a real robot without too much changes.
There are more projects like this. PlayerStage can be used in C++, though I would think about using a language like Python for the higher level code.


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WACO (February 22, 2013)-- Michael Wayne Jackson, 67, a prominent Waco construction company president was found dead in his office Thursday of what police said was a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a day after he was named in a sealed four-count felony theft indictment.
Jackson's wife found her husband's body at around 12:30 p.m. Thursday inside the offices of CMCT Ltd., at 913 Franklin Ave., Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said.
Justice of the Peace W.H. "Pete" Peterson ordered Jackson's body sent to the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Science, in Dallas, for autopsy.
Peterson said Jackson's body was lying on a couch inside the office.
Peterson said that the manner and cause of death remains undetermined, but that police believe the gunshot wound was self-inflicted.
Jackson was named in the sealed indictment handed up Wednesday charging two counts of theft of more than $100,000 and two counts of securing a document by deception, all stemming from Jackson's oversight of a construction project at Providence Hospital's Health Network, the McLennan County District Attorney's Office said.
First Assistant District Attorney Michael Jarrett told News 10 Friday the district attorney's office has filed a motion to dismiss the indictment in light of Jackson's death.
Jarrett said the two theft charges relate to a nearly $2 million loss of money from the project, which had been under investigation for more than six months.
Texas Rangers searched both Jackson's office and his China Spring home during the investigation, Jarrett said, and seized several documents that related to the construction project, along with computers, an iPad and cellular phone plus other records.

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What Colleges Need to Know Now: An Update on College Drinking Research
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Numerous and varied factors contribute to and sustain heavy episodic drinking among college
students. They include the student and his or her background; the developmental tasks that
accompany this phase of life; the peer group on campus; the particular college's rituals and
traditions; and the community environment, including alcohol supply and alcohol marketing
practices. The heterogeneity that exists among institutions and students means that findings from
studies conducted on one campus, or even on a few campuses, may not be generalizable to other
College students and their drinking behavior have now been studied for at least 50 years. The
pioneering work of Straus and Bacon (1953), Drinking in College, is a milestone in this
area, and served as a starting point for hundreds of subsequent studies. Since then, substantial
methodological progress has been made in measuring college student drinking.
Like any complex human behavior, drinking among college students is best approached as part of a
multifaceted system with many elements. Research processes try to balance this inherent complexity
against the need to construct specific study designs that are feasible and that address specific
research questions. The major approaches used to study drinking behavior in college include
exploratory research, descriptive research, explanatory research, and evaluation research (Dowdall
and Wechsler, 2002).
Exploratory research attempts to understand some problem or area of study in a preliminary way.
Research designs for exploratory research often rely on direct observation of a limited number of
examples of what is to be studied—in this case, drinking behavior in college. Focus groups, which
bring together a small group of subjects to engage in a guided discussion about a limited issue,
are an example of exploratory research. Although exploratory studies do not and are not intended
to provide precise estimates of the prevalence of a problem or to test specific theories, they can
be invaluable in mapping domains of study or clarifying the feasibility of specific research
strategies and tactics.
Descriptive research usually attempts to examine a few well-developed constructs in detail in an
effort to estimate the frequency with which certain behaviors, such as drinking, or relevant
characteristics occur in a given population. Descriptive research should consider and attempt to
adjust for any bias that could distort a study's findings such as skewed participation by a
particular population subgroup. An example of descriptive research is a survey of the prevalence
of specific drinking practices.
Explanatory research attempts to investigate the causes of particular phenomena, not simply to
describe them. Such research carefully tests causal hypotheses (Campbell and Stanley, 1963; Cook
and Campbell, 1979; Dowdall et al., 1999). It also rules out rival explanations, including:
Evaluation research attempts to explore whether a given program, such as one instituted to lower
alcohol use by college students, is achieving its stated goals. Process evaluation examines
whether the program is operating as planned, whereas outcome evaluation assesses whether the
program achieves the impact or effects that were planned for it.
The specific study designs used by researchers can affect the findings that are produced (Dowdall
and Wechsler, 2002). Issues that must be considered in the design of research to measure drinking
among college students include:
Although the validity of self-reported alcohol use and problems is a legitimate concern, most
validation studies show that self-reports are basically accurate. Not surprisingly, given the
limitations of human memory, reports of recent alcohol consumption tend to be more accurate than
reports of long-term patterns of use (Babor et al., 1987; Harris et al., 1994; Midanik, 1988).
Just as binge drinking rates vary widely, so do the institutional characteristics of the
thousands of colleges and universities in the United States. The broad organizational diversity of
higher education poses challenges in study design as institutional factors may influence research
findings. The researcher must ensure that a study sample is representative of the college or
university (or subgroup of students) that is being studied. Care must be taken not to generalize
from samples that are not representative, and comparisons over time must be made cautiously as
higher education and the college student population in the United States have changed over the
years (Dowdall and Wechsler, 2002).
Ideally, researchers would like to study change over time (longitudinal studies) to identify
trends in a behavior, such as drinking among college students. Issues of cost and practicality
often limit use of this option. Although there are few longitudinal studies of college drinking,
those that exist elucidate patterns of stability and change over time, such as the increased risk
of alcohol-related problems in middle age associated with earlier alcohol-related problems in
college (Vaillant, 1996).
Surveys, using both questionnaires and interviews, and focus groups have been used with varying
success to collect information about alcohol use among college students. Surveys can be conducted
face to face, by mail, by telephone, and over the Internet.
Several large national data sets (see Epidemiology of Alcohol Use Among College Students)
are available for researchers conducting secondary analyses of data already collected and stored
in accessible databases. An excellent summary of these generally high-quality data sets has been
published (Larson et al., 1995). In addition, the Internet has made access to these databases much
easier, and many of them have their own Web sites.
Research on alcohol use among college students tends to employ measures indicating heavy episodic
use. This pattern of drinking has come to be known as binge drinking, a term akin to "eating
binges" and "shopping binges" that denotes a particular behavioral pattern occurring over a
relatively short period (see Glossary of Alcohol Terminology).
Research studies that link alcohol use in college to health and behavioral consequences have
examined primary effects for the heavy-drinking college student, such as missing a class, being
unable to study, or having unprotected sex, and secondary effects from others' drinking, such as
being physically assaulted or having study time interrupted. Self-report measures have been used
to assess academic consequences, drinking and driving issues, and abuse or dependence.
Several short screening forms for alcohol-related problems that were originally
developed for clinical practice have been used in college studies. These include
the CAGE Questionnaire, which is composed of four fairly severe indicators of
alcohol dependence (Mayfield et al., 1974), and the Michigan Alcoholism Screening
Test, composed of 24 items sampling various problems and dependence symptoms
(Selzer, 1971). More recently, assessments of alcohol dependence symptoms and
problems tailored to college students and other young adults have been developed.
These include the 23-item Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index (White and Labouvie,
1989) and the 27-item Young Adult Alcohol Problems Screening Test (Hurlbut and
Sher, 1992). Summaries of these and other problem drinking assessments can be
found in NIAAA's Treatment Handbook Assessing Alcohol Problems: A Guide for
Clinicians and Researchers (NIAAA, 1995). It is important to note that the
self-reported prevalence of self-perceived alcohol problems (e.g., "Do you think
you have an alcohol problem?") is relatively low even among those who report
experiencing severe consequences of drinking. This suggests the need to assess
objective problems (e.g., blackouts, fights, and injuries) as well as a student's
self-assessment of his or her drinking problems. Research designed to assess
alcohol abuse and dependence among college students is a high priority because
of the critical importance of identifying students who may need formal treatment
for alcohol problems (see Glossary
of Alcohol Terminology).
The studies of college drinking conducted over the past 50 years are uneven. Although many meet
high scientific standards, not all have adhered to rigorous research designs, and weak studies
have often drawn inferences that cannot be strongly supported. This variability in study quality
affects both internal validity (i.e., how confidently inferences can be drawn about the
relationships among variables in the study undertaken) and external validity (i.e., how
generalizable the findings are to different campuses or subpopulations of students). In recent
years, research on college drinking has become more sophisticated and rigorous. Solicitations
(e.g., program announcements, requests for applications) from NIAAA, other Federal agencies, and
private foundations could accelerate improvements in the quality of research on college drinking
by ensuring that projects important to the field meet high scientific standards.
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Doctor Melissa Walton-Shirley says you can become addicted to methamphetamine after just one dose.
Meth causes a release of dopamine in the brain, resulting in a feeling of euphoria.
After a user's initial experience with the drug, Dr. Walton-Shirley says he or she typically develops a tolerance to its affects.
This begins the cycle of addiction. The meth user constantly craves the feeling of euphoria and consistently reuses the drug.
This cycle results in serious economic, social and physiological problems for the user.
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Overall usage: The 1999 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse estimated that 9.4 million Americans tried methamphetamine in their lifetime.
This figure shows a marked increase from the 1994 estimate of 3.8 million. According to the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), methamphetamine-related emergency department episodes more than tripled between 1991 and 1994, rising from roughly 4,900 to 17,700.
The number of methamphetamine-related episodes more than doubled in Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Minneapolis, and St. Louis.
Likewise, treatment providers in California, Oregon, Georgia, Arizona, and North Carolina report significant increases in the number of clients entering treatment with methamphetamine problems.
Use among youth: The 1999 Monitoring the Future survey asked twelfth graders about the use of crystal methamphetamine and found that use has been rising since 1990, peaking in 1998 before leveling off in 1999.
Currently, 4.8 percent of high school seniors used the drug in their lifetime (compared to 2.7 percent in 1990), and 1.9 percent used the drug within the past year (compared to 1.3 percent in 1990).
In areas such as the Midwest, where meth is readily available, meth abuse among teens is much more common.
Because meth production and trafficking for a period of time were concentrated primarily in the West and Southwest United States, particularly California, Arizona, Utah, and Texas, availability and abuse were high in those areas.
However, the expansion of Mexico-based meth traffickers and the growth of independent U.S.-based laboratories has dramatically increased the availability and abuse of meth in the Pacific Northwest, Midwest, and some portions of the Southeast, particularly Georgia, Tennessee, and the surrounding states.
Historically, suppliers of methamphetamine in the United States were outlaw motorcycle gangs and other independent trafficking groups.
Although motorcycle gangs continue to produce meth and control a share of the market, Mexico-based trafficking groups entered the illicit methamphetamine market in 1995 and now dominate the trade.
With their ability to obtain wholesale quantities of precursor chemicals on the international market, their access to already established smuggling and distribution networks, and their control over laboratories capable of large-scale production and distribution of methamphetamine, these criminal groups from Mexico now dominate wholesale meth trafficking in the United States.
Source: http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/concern/meth.htm (Drug Enforcement Administration).


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What is the basis for clerical celibacy?
Why it is said to be a bad thing since Christians say that God had a Son? Why do humans deny that to themselves and accept it for God?
Why it is said to be a bad thing since Christians say that God had a Son? Why do humans deny that to themselves and accept it for God?
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It's very simple actually. The Pope can't have children because in Western Catholicism, Priests are expected to be unmarried and celibate.
Mary and Joseph had a child despite celibacy, but they were at least married (thus giving Christ a legitimate father). I can't see how someone who cannot have an illegitimate child (celibate) or a miraculous child (not married) would be able to accomplish this, but I suppose that anything is possible through Christ.
The truth is that there were Popes who had children.
Pope Paul III (1534–1549) held off ordination[20] in order to continue his promiscuous lifestyle, fathering four illegitimate children (three sons and one daughter) by his mistress Silvia Ruffini. He broke his relations with her ca. 1513. There is no evidence of sexual activity during his papacy.[21] He made his illegitimate son Pier Luigi Farnese the first Duke of Parma.[22][23] Pope Pius IV (1559–1565) had three illegitimate children before his election to the papacy.[24]
Now, to be fair, many of these were in 1400's, a time that I suspect even most Catholics would now call the low point of the papacy, especially in theological terms. There were three Popes at one time, all sorts of politicking, and in general, the Papacy was just another earthly Kingdom. (Again, I want to keep stressing even modern Catholics would probably agree with me on this.)
Additionally, the first Pope, Peter, was at least known to be married. (Jesus healed his mother in law, after all).
Celibacy is not a "modern" innovation, but it is clearly post-Biblical.


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Pearl Esther (Rice) Ball, age 95, formerly of Rice, entered into rest on July 25, 2011 in the Spokane Valley, her home for the past 33 years. She was born on March 10, 1916, to Ola and Bert Rice in Rice, which was named after her grandparents, William and Alice Rice. Pearl attended the two-room Rice grade school and graduated from Kettle Falls High School in 1934. She married John Ball in Rice, on September 10, 1938. Pearl was a homemaker who loved to cook and bake cookies, especially for her grandsons. She enjoyed her yard, garden and flowers, of which many others enjoyed and often commented on. Pearl lived in the house she was born in for 62 years before her husband retired and they moved to the Spokane Valley in 1978. She is survived by two daughters, Linda Rew and Denni (Gary) Babcock, Spokane Valley; one son, John Jr. (Jonna) Ball, Deer Park; four grandchildren, Jeff Rew (Beth), Otis Orchards; Lisa Sassaman, Gilbertsville, PA; Jason Ball (Tracy), Colbert; John Ball (Ashlie), Spokane; five great-grandchildren, John Sassaman, Shane Rew, Riley and Casey Ball, Caitlyn Rew; and one great-great granddaughter, Jayda Sassaman. Pearl was preceded in death by her husband, John, in 1982; by her brother, Edwin; sisters, Florence, Helen, Vivien; and grandson Jared, in 2004. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association 140 S. Arthur Ste. 610, Spokane, WA 99202 or to a charity of one's choice. A "Celebration of Life" was held July 29 at Riplinger Funeral Home in Spokane. Interment was at Fairmount Memorial Park Cemetery in Spokane. Online guest book at www.riplinger.com .


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NEW PHILADELPHIA - Layne Perone is the real deal and the rest of the West Holmes football team isn't bad either-just ask Big Red.
Perone, the junior fullback, ran for 134 yards and a pair of touchdowns as West Holmes dominated the mistake-plagued Big Red 35-7 before an overflow crowd Saturday at Woody Hayes Quaker Stadium.
With the victory, the 11-1 Knights, who scored 29 straight points to seal the deal, advance to play Dover in the Region 11 finals this week.
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SEASON OVER — Steubenville Big Red's Arin Goldsmith sacks West Holmes quarterback Gabe Snyder during Saturday's 35-7 win by the Knights in the Ohio Division III, Region 11 semifinals at Woody Hayes Quaker Stadium.
Big Red, which fell in the quarterfinals for the second straight year, closes at 9-3.
Coming into the match (the second ever between the schools), Perone had more than 1,700 yards and 29 touchdowns, both school records. He did most of his damage Saturday in the first half when the Knights grabbed a lead they would never relinquish.
As a team, West Holmes rolled to 327 in total offense (273 on the ground and 54 via the air). The Knight defense held the potent Big Red ground game (which went in averaging 221 an outing) to less than 100 yards.
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West Holmes 35, Big Red 7
Big Red 7 0 0 0
West Holmes 6 8 14 7
WH: Perone 9 run (kick failed)
BR: McClurg 45 pass from Stinson (Smith kick)
WH: Perone 14 run (Macaulay pass from Arnold)
WH: Arnold 28 pass from Snyder (Gallion kick)
WH: Mackey 7 run (Gallion kick)
WH: Hay 19 run (Gallion kick)
RUSHING: Big Red 31-97 (Redman 7-19; Stinson 10-20; Brown 6-24; Jett 3-27; Lawson 1-7) West Holmes 47-273-4 (Perone 20-134-2; Snyder 5-45; Mackey 10-25-1; Hay 6-65-1; Ogi 5-13; Arnold 1-1).
PASSING: Big Red 12-21-164-1 (all by Stinson); West Holmes 3-5-54-1 (all by Snyder).
RECEIVING: Big Red (Petrella 3-32; Lawson 3-64; Herrington 2-10; McClurg 3-59-1; Jett 1-(-1)); West Holmes 2-39-1; Sheely 1-15).
FIRST DOWNS: Big Red 10; West Homes 19.
PENALTIES-YARDS: Big Red 7-55; West Holmes 2-10.
PUNTS: Big Red 3-36; West Homes 3-33.
FUMBLES-LOST: Big Red 1-1; West Holmes 2-1.
"Congratulations to West Holmes, they're a real good football team," Big Red's Reno Saccoccia said.
"They have tough kids and they are well coached. Tonight, they played a great game.
"The key to being a good team and having a good game is to take advantage of opportunities. The key to a bad game is give opportunities. We gave them opportunities and they took advantage of them."
Gabe Snyder, West Holmes' 6-5 senior quarterback, complimented Perone's effort with a big night of his own. He ran for 45 yards and passed for 54 and a score. His 36-yard scamper on a third quarter bootleg led to the fourth Knight touchdown.
"Perone is good but their quarterback made some big plays," Saccoccia added. "He had a couple of big completions and a couple of big runs. And, he played great on defense (Snyder doubles as a defensive end).
"That junior (Perone) is the glue to the team, he makes it go. But the quarterback did some good things tonight. They didn't throw the ball that well all year but they made key plays. That is why they are in the regional finals. They made key plays and we didn't."
West Holmes struck first, taking the opening kickoff and moving 65 yards in eight plays. Perone accounted for 44 of the total and scored from nine yards out.
Big Red answered with a five-play 53-yard march set up by Michael Jett's 33 yard kickoff return. The touchdown came on a 45-yard swing pass from Corey Stinson to Kai McClurg. McClurg sprinted down the sidelines after making the catch, getting a key block from Matt Petrella. Luke Smith knocked through the extra point.
On possession No. 2, Big Red moved from its own 14 (a personal foul penalty created the poor field position) to the West Holmes 42. Stinson was 4 for 4 on the march for 36 yards. Faced with a fourth and two, Saccoccia decided to gamble but Dashon Redman was stopped just short following a very questionable spot.
The Knights made Big Red pay for taking that risk, quickly going 60 yards in nine plays to grab the lead. Perone scored again, this time from 14 yards away. The scored went to 14-7 when 6-foot-6 Brock Macaulay rose up and grabbed a pass from Brady Arnold for the two-point conversion.
Big Red had a chance just before the half when Stinson found Tajuan Lawson for a 39-yard completion to the West Holmes 25. Instead of trying a long field goal, Saccoccia opted to go for the touchdown but Stinson's pass to the end zone fell incomplete. The opportunity was set up by a Charlie Keenan sack of Snyder.
Disaster struck the third-seeded Big Red on the second half kick. The receiver lost the handle, West Holmes' Alex Wengerd falling on the loose pigskin at the 28. Snyder hit Arnold for a quick six and Logan Gallion added the extra point.
Saccoccia's crew did show some signs of life following that crucial miscue, moving from its own 35 to the West Holmes 27. The drive stalled thanks to a holding call and an incomplete pass.
"Even after that fumble, we had a good return and there was life down 21-7," Saccoccia noted. "I felt pretty confident until we didn't make it on fourth down. I felt confident in our kids at the time. They fought through adversity all year. It was just not our night. Of course, West Holmes was part of the reason it was not our night."
After that, the rout was on. West Holmes would score two more times while stuffing the Big Red offense.
When asked about the high-powered West Holmes running game, Saccoccia pointed out "that is their M.O."
"We gave them too many opportunities and they took advantage. At half I thought we were still in the game. We had a bad start to the second half and they did what they were supposed to do."
Going into the bout, Saccoccia knew his Big Red needed to eliminate the penalties and protect the ball. Instead, his gridders drew seven flags and lost the big fumble.
Stinson finished the night by throwing for 164 yards and a touchdown. Lawson, McClurg and Petrella all had three catches.
"At the end of the game, I love those kids," Saccoccia noted. "That's a lonely place to be, out there down 35-7 during their last game. They kept fighting all the way to the end. Tonight, West Holmes was the better team and they were better coached then we were.
"We didn't do the little things you need to do to be a champion. I really wasn't disappointed in our offense or defense. I was disappointed that we didn't do the little things. That's why they're moving on, they did the little things and took advantage of opportunities."


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The Marshall Tucker Band will headline the 29th annual Village Hospital Greer Family Festival, being held May 3 and 4 throughout downtown Greer and Greer City Park.
The legendary southern rock group will take the main stage at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 4.
The festival is free to the public and will also include a variety other entertainment, along with food and craft vendors. A full schedule of events will be available at www.greerfamilyfest.com as the festival draws closer.
The Village Hospital Greer Family Festival is an alcohol-free event. Pets, coolers, skateboards and bicycles are not allowed in the festival area.
Formed in Spartanburg more than four decades ago, the Marshall Tucker Band rose to international fame in the 1970s when the group was signed to Capricorn Records, the same label that featured such prominent acts as the Allman Brothers Band, Wet Willie and Elvin Bishop.
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New York University will host "Eating Asian America," a roundtable discussion on the connection between foodways and culinary practices to our understanding of "Asian American-ness," on Thurs., Oct. 24, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., 19 W. 4th Street, Room 101 (at Mercer Street).
The event, presented by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU and NYU Press, coincides with the publication of Eating Asian America: A Food Studies Reader (NYU Press), co-edited by the evening's three panelists: Robert Ji-Song Ku, an associate professor of Asian and Asian American Studies at Binghamton University and the author of Dubious Gastronomy: The Cultural Politics of Eating Asian in the USA; Martin F. Manalansan IV, an associate professor of Anthropology and Asian American Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and the author of Global Divas: Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora; and Anita Mannur, an associate professor of English and Asian/Asian American Studies at Miami University and the author of Culinary Fictions: Food in South Asian Diasporic Culture.
The panel will be moderated by Krishnendu Ray, chair of the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health in NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.
Eating Asian America: A Food Studies Reader brings into dialogue the proliferation of Cambodian doughnut shops in Los Angeles with the politics of school lunch in Hawaii with the history of Kikkoman soy sauce with the rise of the Asian American food trucks—and more. The contributors to this anthology bring into focus the forces of class, racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender inequalities pervasive in the production of Asian American culinary and alimentary practices, ideas, and images. It is the first collection to consider Asian American immigrant histories in relation to how they are inscribed in the production and dissemination of ideas about Asian American foodways.
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Author says bikers are 'animals'
|Author/cartoonist Paul Jamiol and some of his riding buddies. Credit: contributed
Earlier this month, Jamiol published his fourth children's book on motorcycling. It's titled "Bikers Are Animals 4" and is designed to introduce all youngsters — and not just the offspring of riders — to the joys of recreational riding.
All of the books in the series depict animals as riders. They're shown riding cruisers and sport bikes and even off-road rigs. His first was published in 2009 with the other two sequels following in 2010 and 2012. The goal is simple. "I hope (kids) get out of it a love of motorcycling, or an interest in motorcycling, or not to be afraid of motorcyclists," Jamiol said.
He realizes the motorcycling population is graying and needs an infusion of youth. "It's getting old and older and older. We need to bring kids into it," he said.
The 67-year-old Jamiol, who was born in Cambridge, Mass., and has lived in West Roxbury, Mass., for the past 25 years, is a longtime rider. "I started riding in my early 20s. I started with a Honda 450 Scrambler and then I went to a Yamaha 650," he said. Over the years, he's owned a few Nortons. Between 1986 and 2001, he rode a Moto Guzzi Le Mans. Since 2001, he's ridden a Yamaha Road Star 1600.
"My favorite right now is the one I'm riding," he said, allowing that his riding has been limited lately. I've had a couple of back issues. I don't get out as much as I'd like to. You get on a motorcycle it clears your head."
Jamiol spent 34 years writing and cartooning for "The Motorcyclist's Post" before retiring. The idea for the books germinated before that after an old family dog passed away. He did a cartoon of him on a motorcycle. "I started developing a few characters and I ended up with 10 characters. I did two centerfolds for 'The Motorclist's Post.' They looked really cool."
A book was the natural next step. The first two books were character studies that depicted a total of 25 different characters. The third book centered on a mountain adventure. The current book presented him with a challenge, though. "When I started it I wasn't sure what I wanted to do," he said, explaining that he eventually came up with 16 new characters, kids who show what the adults in their lives do for work. The common thread is that they ride, and take the kids with them, in their free time.
For instance, there's Maks, a wolf whose father Sketch is an artist. There's also Mya, whose dad Spike is a chef. "I tried to balance it out and make sure there was a good representation of females," Jamiol said. "It was an eight-month project. Drawing, inking them in, doing scenes. It took me a good thousand hours to do it. Now I want to relax a little before I do another one. I think I'll definitely do one more. They're fun to do."
Jamiol has a website — bikersareanimals.com. His books are available from Amazon. The cover price of "Bikers Are Animals 4" is $14.95.
A case of motorcycle shop musical chairs is unfolding in Winsted where Keith Bruno has closed The Shop, relocating to South Carolina, while Redline Powersports is prepping for a move up the street into The Shop's former quarters.
Bruno opened The Shop, a motorcycle customization and repair business, in 2009 and had two previous locations on Main Street before setting in at 920 Main St. However, after experiencing "the worst two years in the business" due to the economy, he's decided to head south. His new shop will be on Route 17 in Myrtle Beach where he'll not only repair bikes but also be a Sucker Punch Sallys motorcycle dealer.
The Shop's closing has enabled Redline Powersports owner Shannon Fry to move into cozier quarters from the current location at 70 S. Main St. Redline Powersports sells and repairs used motorcycles, ATVs and snowmobiles as well as sells parts and accessories.
"It'll be a nice move. It has better access in and out of the parking lot. We'll actually have a parking lot. It will be homier," said Fry of the new location. Her goal is to have the move completed by the second week in December.
The move will enable her to add a second mechanic as well.
A recently-released report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that motorcycle deaths 2012 were up 7.1 percent over 2011, with 4,957 riders dying on the nation's roads. Of those fatalities, 28 percent of the riders were found to be under influence of alcohol. Motorcyclist deaths accounted for 15 percent of all fatalities, compared to only nine percent in 2003. In Connecticut, alcohol-related deaths in involving all vehicles were linked to 36 percent of the fatalities.
Meanwhile, a study published in the trade publication "Powersports Business" this week reported that 85 percent of helmet buyers spend $200 or less on their headgear, with 38 percent forking over between $50 and $100, and seven percent spending less than $50 for protection. Only seven percent spent more than $300 for a helmet. What's that old saying? You get what you pay for. So, what's your brain worth to you?
Bud Wilkinson may be reached by email at email@example.com. He also writes about motorcycles daily at ride-ct.com as well as on Facebook at facebook.com/ridect and on Twitter at @ridect.
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Ciaran Foy's "Citadel" is a horrifying thriller painted on a small and very dark canvas. Told through the eyes of a young husband named Tommy (Aneurin Barnard), it opens on a sweet note and quickly turns tragic. He kisses his very pregnant wife goodbye and descends in an elevator to deliver their luggage to a taxi for the trip to the hospital. When he returns to their floor, he watches helplessly through the elevator window as three hooded youngsters savagely attack her.
The door won't open, of course. The elevator forcibly returns him to the lobby, and after Tommy races up 11 flights of stairs, he finds his wife has been attacked with a hypodermic needle. Why didn't he and his wife both go down with the luggage? Not to ask.
His wife lives long enough to deliver their baby daughter, then dies, leaving Tommy a panic-crazed basket case who becomes agoraphobic and imagines he sees the three hooded monsters everywhere — hunched over, scuttling sideways, merciless.
"Citadel," ironically the name of the couple's building, is basically a three-character movie about Tommy, a priest (James Cosmo) and a helpful social worker named Marie (Wunmi Mosaku). The social worker advises Tommy to pity the poor kids, who must be from broken homes. The priest all but goes berserk in condemning the kids and exhorting Tommy that he must go into battle against them. He says they're demonic, and indeed there seems to be something demonic and wraithlike about their creepy appearances.
I believe that young people wearing hoods, unless they are very young, can be frightening. What are they hiding? Why don't they want to come out into the light with the rest of us? They may be perfectly nice, but the hoods send an uncertain statement. An innocent young man named Trayvon Martin, for example, paid with his life when his hood projected a knee-jerk message.
These three murderers, sometimes joined by a few more, seem very real when we first see them. Later they have a way of taking form in a strange unfocused light. Are they always real or does Tommy sometimes imagine them?
This is a basic story, simply and directly told by Irish writer-director Ciaran Foy. He doesn't try to explain too much, he doesn't depend on special effects and stays just this side of the unbelievable. As Tommy, Aneurin Barnard is very effective. He trembles and sweats with fear, he would seem paranoid if it didn't seem the "demons" weren't really there, and if they hadn't really killed his wife.
The priest enlists Tommy in a scheme to destroy the Citadel and send the demons back to the flames of hell. This would be a better plan if they didn't start at the ground floor and work their way up. Think about it.
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"I am just pretty excited for the college experience here at Barclay," said Davis.
The aviation major is coming off of an MVP season for the Kiowa County Maverick Varsity basketball team.
"Even though there is a strong possibility we might only have Caleb for a year or two because of his chosen major, he is well worth it," said Bryan. "Anytime you can get a young man of his character to come be a part of your program, it is a no-brainer. He will make us better both on and off the court."
Davis will be a Barclay legacy as his father Steve and mother Marlieta are both Barclay alumni. The elder Davis played for the Bears from 1984 until his graduation in 1988 and holds the second spot on the all-time scoring list with 1,840 points.
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Closing control towers at airports a dangerous idea
H.R. 933 Continuing Resolution has been passed by the U.S. Senate, but no action was taken to block the Federal Aviation Administration's plan to close 173 contract towers, which are air-traffic-control facilities found mostly at lower-volume airports that are staffed by private contractors. The closings are scheduled to take place April 7. The impact will take time, but will be felt by all.
The 1,000 dedicated professionals at these facilities are not the main issue; they will find other jobs. But what about the safety of those using these airports? Not a day goes by that one of these controllers doesn't take some action to ensure a disaster doesn't occur. Who will do this when they are gone?
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christopher schaefer wrote on Mar 23, 2013 8:43 AM:
" Most smaller airports have unmanned towers (or no towers in many cases) but often are controlled by other staffed locations—including turning on landing lights when requested. Airport tower controllers do not help pilots "navigate" to the airports. They sequence and clear aircraft to land at the airport, update weather and wind information, and control the movement of aircraft when they are on the airport surface. At some non-towered airports the weather is done automatically, and the pilots self-announce their positions when landing and taking off on a common frequency. Tweed-New Haven's control tower is also closed from 10PM to 6AM every day now, and this does not restrict or impede Lifestar helicopter operations to Yale-New Haven Hospital or organ donor flights. US Airways has stated that they will continue to serve Tweed—even if the control tower closes. And if they discontinue service, it will be because it's a money-loser—not because there is no air traffic controller. I have landed at Tweed in a commercial 737 after the tower was closed for the evening. The closing of Tweed's tower will not affect the safety of private or commercial flights: it is in the pilot's own best interest to assure that. One thing that might change is the job-status of Tim Larson, who is Exec. Dir. of the Tweed New Haven Airport Authority—and who also is Congressman Larson's brother. Could that be why the entire CT congressional delegation pushed to maintain Tweed's status quo? Rosa DeLauro: "There is no reason for people to be facing the loss of their livelihood." This reflects DeLauro's approach to govt.: use tax money to provide as many govt. jobs as possible—so these govt. employees then will keep DeLauro in office and fund her perpetual re-election campaign. This underscores the sequester upside: Prior to sequestration all we heard about were unnecessary, vote-winning, budget-busting pork-projects endorsed by perpetual politicians like Rosa DeLauro. This sequester is the first time we've been forced to deal with the exploding federal debt and make meaningful cuts to anything. To those who love liberty, freedom and not being held hostage by the wasteful, run-a-way-train spending of your tax money by our in-office-for-life elected officials, sequestration is welcome—and long overdue. We need to have one every year. http://rosadelauroexposed.wordpress.com/ "
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We have a strong perimeter firewall. Would it make sense to still use IPTables on each host to hard block any and all ports except for the ones that are needed (DNS, 80 for the web server, nagios ports, etc.), or would this just lead to inefficiency. The web server gets millions of hits per day.
Yes, it is a good idea to lock down all of the hosts inside the firewall as well to protect against any threats coming from your internal network. That way, if someone gains access to your network or if there is a virus/worm/etc attacking your local machines, there are that many fewer services that could potentially be compromised.
Someone else will need to speak to the inefficiencies in this particular case, although my suspicion is that they would be negligible.
Definitely do this. I've made it a habit to deploy services using Puppet, so the allow service rules are written into the same definition file that installs the service. The generic firewall manifest file finishes off by dropping everything I didn't otherwise allow (besides ICMP. Don't turn off ICMP).


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The goals of this proposal are: to ensure the physical protection of the epigraphy and gravestone monuments in the Roman city; to build a series of roofing structures which will help to preserve a variety of ancient features including a well dating to the Roman period, a waste canal that passes through the central part of the forum, and a pedestal for an equestrian statue of an emperor; to popularize the abovementioned activities in English and Bulgarian and to facilitate the visits of guests to the site through signs, information-boards, and model graphics.
Dr. Krasimira Kostova, History Museum of Sredetz, Burgas District, Bulgaria
Conservation, Restoration and Socialization of Archaeological Monuments from Ancient Colony Deultum, near Debelt Village, Burgas District, Bulgaria
The Archaeological Reserve "Deultum-Develt" is a monument of historical heritage with national importance for modern Bulgaria as it has a variety of archaeological remains that provide evidence of habitation from the Bronze Age to XIV c. A.D.
The goals of the project include: conservation, restoration, and preparation of the metal findings that are currently threatened with destruction based on the researches of the ancient Deultum; integration of the monuments from the archaeological reserve; promotion of the Deultum archaeological heritage; offering a new cultural product on the tourist market; and attract tourist flow from the West Black Sea coast and inland.


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Ministry of Labor has introduced a new regulation to "optimize" the foreign labors in Saudi markets. MoL indicates in their official website that the unemployment rate in Saudi has reached up to %15.
Meanwhile, ministry has issued more than 2 million visas during the past two years as indication of unbalance issue in the private sector workforce.
There are about 700K Saudi citizens working in the private sector comparing by 6.5 million foreigners.
The regulation will divide the companies into domains Continue reading


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When I enable Data Network, my phone goes back to home screen frequently whenever I use another application or go to another place. Even when I close my screen, my home screen appears. How to fix this error? When i deactivate the data network mode, the phone works normally.. please please please update me the solution on it.
My phone is Samsung Galaxy S plus.
Model Number - GT-I9001
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I'm not sure about if this expression is true or false. $\emptyset \subset \emptyset $. I mean proper subset.
$A$ is a proper subset of $B$ if $A\subseteq B$ but not $A\supseteq B$. For any set $X$ we have $X\subseteq X$ and therefore also $X\supseteq X$.
Thus no set is a proper subset of itself, and neither is the empty set.
If $ A $ is a proper subset of $ B $, then $ B \setminus A \neq \varnothing $. Hence, if $ \varnothing $ were a proper subset of $ \varnothing $, then $ \varnothing \setminus \varnothing \neq \varnothing $, which is not true.
A set is a collection of objects of some kind. We can identify the objects in a set by listing them (if the set is finite) or by giving a rule that tells us whether an object is in the set (all positive integers less than 10, or all even integers). A set can contain one or more sets, for example the set of all the different sets that can contain zero or more of the integers 1 and 2 (try it, there are only four possible sets)
The empty set is a set that contains no objects, not even the empty set (considered as an object that could be in the set. So the empty set cannot be contained in itself. A set containing the empty set could be written by explicitly listing its contents: {∅}
If $A$ is a proper subset of $B$ then $A\neq B$. Every mathematical object is equal to itself, and so is the empty set.
Do note that $\subset$ is not always used for proper inclusion, which is why you might see $\varnothing\subset\varnothing$ written in some places.
No. Let $x\in\emptyset$; since this is false, it implies $x\in\emptyset$. Hence we have $\emptyset = \emptyset$. This rules out the empty set being a proper subset of itself.
i think empty set is not a proper subset of itself because ∅=∅ .
i think empty set is not a proper subset of any non empty set because empty set has no any elment.


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The Top Culinary Schools in the United States
Part of the Culinary Careers For Dummies Cheat Sheet
The United States is home to some of the top culinary institutions in the world. Training at one of these schools can put you on the road to success to many of the culinary fields you wish to pursue.
The Culinary Institute of America
The CIA's educational programs include
Associate's degree programs: Culinary arts, baking and pastry arts
Bachelor's degree programs: Culinary arts management, baking and pastry arts management
The International Culinary Schools at the Art Institutes
The degree offerings and areas of study at The International Culinary Schools at the Art Institutes can be broken down into the following categories:
Certificate programs: Culinary arts, baking and pastry arts
Associate's degree programs: Culinary arts; baking and pastry arts; wine, spirits, and beverage management
Bachelor's degree programs: Culinary arts, culinary management, hospitality leadership management, hospitality food and beverage management
Le Cordon Bleu Schools North America
Following is a breakdown of the areas of study and degree offerings at Le Cordon Bleu Schools North America:
Certificate programs: Culinary arts, bakery and pastry arts
Associate's degree: Culinary arts, bakery and pastry arts, hospitality and restaurant management
The French Culinary Institute
The French Culinary Institute, which has campuses in New York and California, offers
Diploma programs: Culinary arts and classic pastry arts
Specialized training: Options include cake techniques and design, essential techniques for food styling, fundamentals of wine, new directions in school meal planning for culinary professionals, restaurant management; and sous-vide (a method of cooking food at low heat in air-tight containers for a specified length of time)
The Italian Culinary Academy
The Italian Culinary Academy offers the following two ways to learn about cooking Italian cuisine:
Italian Culinary Experience: This option involves 10 weeks of training in New York City followed by 9 weeks of training at ALMA, The International School of Italian Cuisine in Parma, Italy. Students also spend time working at a top Italian restaurant. The Italian Culinary Experience is not an accredited program and is intended only for personal enrichment.
Essentials of Italian Cooking: If you prefer to remain stateside, this track includes plenty of hands-on experience in a fast-paced learning environment. Students study eight units during weekend classes offered in five-hour blocks on Saturdays and Sundays over a one-month period. Essentials of Italian Cooking is an amateur course. It is not an accredited program and is intended only for personal enrichment.
The French Pastry School
The French Pastry School offers two full-time certificate programs:
L'Art de la Pâtisserie: A 24-week professional pastry and baking program
L'Art du Gâteau: A 16-week professional cake decorating and baking program
National Center for Hospitality Studies
NCHS offers the following associate's degree programs:
Baking & Pastry Arts
Culinary Arts
Culinary Arts/Baking & Pastry Arts
Culinary Arts/Hotel & Restaurant Management
Culinary Arts/Professional Catering
Hotel & Restaurant Management
Professional Catering
Event Management & Tourism
Beverage Management
NCHS offers the following diploma programs:
Professional Baker
Travel & Tourism
Personal/Private Chef
New England Culinary Institute
Following is a breakdown of the degree offerings and areas of study at NECI:
Certificate programs: Professional cooking, professional baking, and professional pastry
Associate's degree programs: Culinary arts, baking and pastry arts, hospitality and restaurant management
Bachelor's degrees: Culinary arts, hospitality and restaurant management
The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College
Students at The Restaurant School can choose from four majors:
Associate's degree programs: Culinary arts, pastry arts, hotel management, restaurant management
Bachelor's degree programs: Culinary arts, pastry arts, hotel management, restaurant management
The Institute of Culinary Education
Students at ICE can receive diplomas in four areas:
Culinary arts
Pastry and baking arts
Culinary management
Hospitality management
L'Academie de Cuisine
L'Academie de Cuisine offers programs for both professionals and recreational chefs. The two professional programs are
Culinary arts
Pastry Arts
Arizona Culinary Institute
Students who complete their studies at ACI will earn a diploma in
Culinary arts
Restaurant management
San Diego Culinary Institute
Students can earn a
Diplome Professionnel du Commis de Cuisine
Diplome Professionnel du Commis de Patisserie/Boulangerie


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Karl Rove's first 2012 electoral map: Including "leaners," Obama 284, Romney 172, toss-up 82
posted at 4:41 pm on April 26, 2012 by Allahpundit
Via Dave Weigel. For a compulsive eeyore like me, if the daily polls showing O ahead are like a shot of whiskey, this is like a shot of heroin. Eyes rolling back in my head.
Dude, I'm nervous.
On the one hand, how seriously should we take a projection that has South Carolina as a toss-up? Maybe this is Rove knowing that his map will get attention and using it to scare conservatives into donating and GOTV volunteering. On the other hand, none of his other state projections look obviously wrong to me. Even if you take New Hampshire and Nevada out of Obama's "lean" column, he still gets to 271 and a second term.
HuffPo's Mark Blumenthal is out today with his first electoral map of the campaign too:
The big difference with Rove's map? Blumenthal gives Florida and its 29 electoral votes to Obama. I'm skeptical that O will take that state again this time, partly because of how well Romney did there in the primary and partly because Rubio will be stumping for him there either as senator or VP nominee. Put that back into the toss-up column and Obama's at 269, but even then, all he'd need is one win among Nevada, Colorado, or Iowa to give him another four years.
In lieu of giving you my own projection, go look at this one from Ben Domenech, as it seems quite plausible to me. Romney wins Florida, Nevada, and New Hampshire while O takes Iowa, Colorado, and the coveted trifecta of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. The only state on which I differ, I think, is that last one. Problem is, even turning Virginia red on Domenech's map isn't enough to deliver the election to Romney. He needs to win either Ohio or Pennsylvania on top of it, which is why (a) The One is already busy pandering to blue-collar voters with gimmicks like the Buffett Rule and (b) Rob Portman is likely to be Romney's VP. The rust belt will probably decide things. Again.
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I'm shopping for a 300mm lens for my Nikon D60. Which lens do you suggest? I want to use it mostly to capture images of animals in the Kruger National Park?
Did you try searching? You only have three choices as you can see.
One of them is stabilized (and weather-sealed but that does not count on your camera), the other two are not. Since you are shooting things that move, the stabilization impact will matter most when you shoot the animals at rest. The Nikkor AF-S 300mm F/2.8G ED-IF VR II and the Sigma 300mm F/2.8 let one stop more light in but beware that it they weigh at least one kilo more than the non-stabilized one. Most shots are taken from a Jeep in Kruger park, so it is recommended to bring a beanbag for support to cushion the lens against the window/door frame for stabilization. This means the Sigma 300mm F/2.8 will probably be a great compromise among these.
EDIT In case you do not mind a zoom, there are quite a few more which reach to at least 300mm. Note that some of these are quite slow (F/6.3) at the long end which is not ideal for wildlife.
I would get the Nikon 300mm f/4. I chose a 300mm f/4 as my first lens when I got into wildlife photography and it's been excellent, I've used it extensively.
You may want to consider a zoom like the Sigma 120-300. Driving around a park you may get much closer to animals than you think, and being able to zoom out is quite useful - changing lenses as little as possible while on a dusty road in an open vehicle is a good thing.
Also consider getting a 1.4x TC. Sometimes 300mm may not seem like nearly long enough and then you will appreciate the extra range... it comes with a price though, you lose a stop or two of light.
Whatever you get practice with it at the zoo and in someones car before you leave so you are used to how it works.
In addition to the fixed 300mm lenses Itai has mentioned, you could get a Nikon 180mm f/2.8 plus a 1.6x or 2.0x teleconverter. This would give you between 290 f/4 and 360mm f/5.6, depending on the teleconverter. This would cost much less that the 300mm f/2.8, and probably less than the 300mm f/4, and you might find it more versatile (using with and without the TC).
Another versatile options would be the Sigma 150-500mm f/5.6 (slow but has image stabilisation) or the Nikon 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR.


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Recall: Sure-Lite and AtLite Exit and Emergency Lights
On 2008-08-12, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a recall regarding Sure-Lite and AtLite Exit and Emergency Lights due to a potential emergency response hazard. This product sold new beginning in September 2007 for about $200.00 to $500.00.
About 9,000 units are involved in this Cooper Lighting exit light recall. Learn more and find out what to do if you own this product below.
This was the 1st recall of products in the Exit & Emergency Lights category in 2008.
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What is the problem?
The lights can malfunction and not stay illuminated in the event of a power failure. This could result in a failure to provide adequate lighting to guide building occupants to an exit in an emergency.
How can I tell if I own this product?
The recalled emergency and exit lights are installed in commercial buildings such as hotels and office buildings. The recall includes the following model numbers, which are written on the inside of the removable front cover.
These items were sold new+ at Authorized distributors nationwide from September 2007 through June 2008. Distributors resold and installed the lights for between $200 and $500.
What should I do if I own this recalled product?
First, stop using the item.
Then, add the item to a free, private Items I Own account. This will enable you to easily access the CPSC and recalling company's remedy instructions as well as track your progress toward getting the item returned or fixed. Click "I Own THIS Item" to continue.
The CPSC provides the following remedy information:
Cooper Lighting is contacting customers directly and is providing a free replacement product.
For additional information, contact Cooper Lighting at (800)954-7228 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's Web sites at www.surelites-lighting.com or www.atlite-lighting.com
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I am trying to produce graphene with few layers(<10) on a TEM-Grid. Until now I've been trying this with the scotch-tape-method with slight modifications. Unfortunately it requires a lot of time und there are often TEM-Grids without any flakes of the required thinness.
Is there a more efficient way to place graphene flakes having a size above $$ 150 \mu m * 150 \mu m $$ on a TEM-Grids? Is there a better quality of graphite blocks on the market than the SPI-1 quality?


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Weirton American Legion Post 10 Auxiliary held its monthly meeting Aug. 20 with President Shirley Brecht presiding and introducing special guests District President Tammy Workman and Past President Susan Wade.
Workman and Wade recognized the auxiliary for meeting its monthly targets for membership and awarded the auxiliary a certificate of participation in the Auxiliary Emergency Fund, a Membership 2012 Challenge Courage Award and Meritorious Service Citation. The pair congratulated the auxiliary in meeting its yearly membership goal. Brecht received a certificate of appreciation.
A letter written by Kristen Tuell about her experience as a Rhododendron Girl was read to the membership. In it Tuell thanked the auxiliary for providing her the ability to participate in a "once in a life-time" opportunity and expressed her admiration for the auxiliary in promoting women's ability to succeed.
Chaplain Wanda Perrone gave the invocation.
Reports were given by Clara Robinson, secretary, and Loretta Fabian, treasurer.
Vice President Gloria Jerrel received a new membership from Pat Folden, Post 10 Commander Vic Folden's wife.
The annual picnic, held Aug. 18 at the Serbian Picnic Grounds, was deemed a success.
The group donated $50 to the Mary H. Weir Public Library to support children's hour.
The auxiliary will host a veterans' dinner in October, and Joan Spano will be sending Christmas Cards to Tri-State Area veterans.
Workman gave a short presentation on Bonnie's Bus, a mobile mammography unit. Brecht gave a presentation on past events the auxiliary held for the community.
Wade won the 50/50 drawing.
The next meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at the Legion hall on Pennsylvania Avenue.


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7 Horrifying Uses of the Human Body to Create Art
It's easy to mock modern art as being full of ridiculous, attention-grabbing shenanigans (and in fact we have). However, there are still artists out there who suffer for their work ... literally. Here are the most insane things people have done to themselves in the name of art -- the end result may still be ridiculous, and it may still be bullshit, but nobody could call these people lazy.
#7. Draining All the Artist's Blood to Sculpt a Head
Marc Quinn is a British artist who was inspired by Rembrandt's idea to make a portrait of himself every few years, and he decided to do the same thing ... only with blood. His own blood. Which he freezes, and uses to make terrifying sculptures of his head.
Why couldn't he just use the blood to paint the portrait, like a normal crazy artist?
Each blood head takes Quinn 9 pints of blood to make -- that's about the amount that's in the human body. He collects it by going to the doctor every six weeks for an entire year and withdrawing a pint each time, like when you donate blood, except without the part where it helps anyone. Quinn has created five of these heads so far, one every five years since 1991, with the purpose of documenting his aging process and nose hair growth.
Hyde or Die
"2001 ... still creepy as all hell."
Most of the heads are in private collections, and in 2009, one of them was sold to the National Portrait Gallery in the U.K. for $465,000. Obviously, storing and displaying the bloody things is a pain in the ass -- the heads have to be kept in a freezer display at all times, otherwise they'll start melting down like the Nazis at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Imagine the museum workers mopping up a puddle of hundreds of thousands of dollars in human blood from the floor.
"Hey, wait a minute, this is just cherry Kool-Aid!"
Quinn says that the last head will be created after he dies, using all the blood drained from his body. Going by the average lifespan of a human male, there will be 90 pints of his blood around at that point, which is enough to recreate that scene from The Shining if they all melt at the same time.
#6. Pulling Out Hair, Nails and Teeth to Create a Sculpture of the Artist's Own Body
When Japanese artist Hananuma Masakichi found out that he was dying of tuberculosis in 1885, he did what any of us would do in that situation: He created a perfect replica of his body to leave to the woman he loved, as a reminder of that swell guy she once dated who was nuts.
He's the original RealDoll.
Masakichi worked in a room full of adjustable mirrors to document and sculpt every inch of his body, right down to the veins and the pores, using between 2,000 and 5,000 little strips of dark wood joined together with pegs, glue and dovetail joints. No seams can be seen, even with a magnifying glass. No nails were used in the sculpture ... except for the artist's actual fingernails.
No, seriously. Here they are:
If you're going to be stuck with one hand gesture for eternity, it might as well be "The Shocker."
In order to make his duplicate as accurate as possible, Masakichi began pulling out his own hair and nails and stuck them at the same points on the sculpture, going as far as to drill tiny holes on its surface to represent the exact pores he'd just grabbed the little hairs from. And yep, that includes the pubes. Reportedly he even pulled out his own teeth and put them on his double, which is especially insane because you can barely see them through its slightly open mouth.
Anomalies Unlimited
Masakichi on the right, statue on the left. Maybe.
Once this death-fueled monument to his own insanity was finished, Masakichi held an exhibition where he would stand next to the now clothed sculpture, daring people to guess which of the two was the artist. Hint: It's the one who keeps scratching his crotch every five minutes because he just pulled out his freaking dong hair.
And then, after all that effort, the tuberculosis didn't even have the decency to kill him: Instead, his girlfriend left him (presumably for the statue) and he died 10 years later, broke, unhappy and maybe even toothless. The statue was eventually bought by Robert Ripley from Ripley's Believe It or Not! for the astonishingly large sum of $10 in the early 20th century.
#5. Getting Shot in the Arm and Nailed to a Car for Performance Art
The exact nature of art has been debated for centuries. Does, for example, getting shot in the arm with a .22 caliber rifle count as art? Performance artist Chris Burden certainly hopes so, because that's exactly what he fucking did.
"Remember, it's only art if you hit me in the arm. Not in the dick. Don't hit my dick."
The idea of Burden's 1971 piece Shoot was that a friend would shoot at him with a rifle and graze his bicep, because, you know ... Vietnam, and stuff, we guess? However, Burden's friend apparently decided "Fuck this guy" at the last minute and actually hit him in the arm with the bullet, an experience that an unfazed Burden described as "horrible but ... interesting."
Good news, everyone who's ever been violently mugged -- you're a pretentious artist now!
Accident or not, Burden was satisfied with the result and continued inflicting bodily harm upon himself in the name of art, like that time a few years later when he literally crucified himself on the roof of a Volkswagen car. The car was then driven across the city with him nailed on top, a feat so baffling that it was later seamlessly incorporated into the lyrics of a David Bowie song.
The driver missed an opportunity by not using a road with more speed bumps.
These types of shenanigans date back to his college days: For his MFA thesis, Burden curled himself inside a locker that was 2 feet wide, 2 feet high and 3 feet deep for five consecutive days, without any food, no doubt to raise awareness of all the teen movie nerds who go through the same thing every year. Another time, he nailed his wrists, legs and neck to the floor with copper bands and put two copper buckets filled with water nearby, with wires running 110 volts of electricity through them. If they had wanted to, visitors could have spilled the water and electrocuted Burden. Somehow, nobody did.
At this point an old friend walked by and shot him with a rifle.
#4. Drinking Painted Milk and Puking It Onto a Canvas
We've all seen a piece of modern art and thought, "That looks like something my cat puked up." Artist Millie Brown took that as a compliment and began creating real pieces of art made out of real puke (her own), which real human beings pay money for.
It helps that she feeds exclusively on Skittles.
Brown doesn't eat anything for two days before she starts "painting," because if half a Cheeto shows up in her work, she might have to pay a licensing fee (also, if there's no food it's less gross and doesn't stink). She then drinks colored milk, pokes her fingers into her mouth and pukes liquid rainbows onto a canvas to create her artwork, which can take several hours to complete. So she starves, drinks excessively and spends hours continuously puking -- basically, she figured out how to monetize the lifestyle of a college freshman.
She has the same fashion style, too.
She also does this in front of audiences, who are so moved/grossed out that presumably they go on to create their own works of art right there and then. Here's a short video of a performance in which Brown incorporated two women singing opera to liven things up:
The end result sold for $2,400, and it looks something like this:
If we know our milk, those colors change pretty quickly.
Brown became so renowned for her work that she got invited to puke all over Lady Gaga for a video that's displayed during her Monster Ball tour. Only about 50 other people on the planet can say that they've done the same thing.


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�I�m getting too old for this.�
Those were the words spoken by one of my fly-fishing buddies as we hiked back to the truck over big rocks and up a hill that was steeper than it was on the way down in the morning. I have to admit, he said it seconds before I did.
That was followed by watching another one of my fly-fishing friends, who actually works in a fly shop, imitate an aged farrier as he tried to stand up. Fly-fishing is getting more difficult for those of us with used and abused joints in our bodies.
After seeing how abuse takes its toll on those of us who have reached a certain maturity, I realized we have two choices: We can quit fly-fishing altogether, or we can change how we approach it. My choice is to make a change in the approach. That adjustment is where and how one stands when fly-fishing.
It now seems obvious to me that walking down steep narrow trails to stand on big slippery rocks is not meant for those with a plethora of orthopedic problems. If a high cubic-feet-per-second water flow is added to the mix, old age can be something only thought about as you are swept downstream.
The first thing you have to do, if you haven�t already, is get a wading staff. The third point of balance this provides can save you from many a fall. Even if you�re wading in calm water on a relatively flat surface, water produces slippery stuff. And, slippery stuff is the first part of a formula guaranteed to produce a nasty fall.
That said, how can a used and abused fly-fisherman continue to participate in the sport?
The platform change I suggest is to get out of the deep, fast rivers inhabited with big slippery rocks. Further, go places that don�t require a long walk.
That sounds easy. But how does one who lives in mountains full of great streams and rivers do this? Well, if money is no object, and you�re retired, spend the winters on the flats in the Bahamas. For those who don�t fall into Obama�s tax plan, there are other alternatives close at hand.
I enjoy wading the shores of nearby lakes. Many lakes have gently sloping bottoms that are soft and easy to stand on. They also will produce more than just trout. Bass, panfish, carp and pike can be taken from the easy-wading spots at many lakes.
If a lake drops off to deep water very quickly, a float tube is great. In fact, a float tube will allow you to fly-fish without any pressure on the knees and hips.
If you don�t like floating and wading a shore line isn�t your cup of tea, then I suggest a boat. It doesn�t have to be a big, expensive boat. It can be an inflatable twin-pontoon boat with a trolling motor or an 18-foot aluminum boat with a 15-horsepower motor.
A canoe works well. If you�ve never fly-fished from a canoe, practice really close to shore in 2 feet of water. The reason will become obvious in a hurry.
If the sound of moving water in a stream is just too much temptation, make some changes that take your physical condition into consideration. Go to streams that you can approach in a vehicle without long walks in and out. Stay with streams that have a low flow and a gravel bottom.
Becoming a fly-fisherman who is on the verge of being an old codger is not for sissies. But giving up fly-fishing is just not an acceptable option.
Be careful, make some changes, and I�ll see you on the water.
Reach Don Oliver at firstname.lastname@example.com.