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"The first ones!" the resident farmer declares, holding up several young pods.
Already that morning she had picked red and green lettuces, heirloom cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, okra, edible nasturtiums and bunches of herbs for the hospital's kitchen, which uses the produce in patients' meals and its café.
Dozens of kinds of vegetables and herbs — five types of kale, 23 kinds of tomatoes, five varieties of basil, eggplants, squash, hot and sweet peppers, fresh herbs, microgreens and even strawberry plants — have been thriving since mid-summer in what Henry Ford officials say is the first hospital-based greenhouse in the nation.
It is surprisingly prolific. Hospital chefs no longer have to buy microgreens or basil, their most-used herb, because the greenhouse produces all they need. "If I manage this properly," Lutz says, indicating her 12-by-20-foot hydroponic table, "this will produce 15,000 heads of lettuce in a year. For 240 square feet, that's pretty incredible."
But growing organic vegetables year-round for the hospital's kitchens isn't the only purpose of the gleaming, 1,500-square-foot glass structure and its adjoining educational center, both entirely funded by an anonymous donor.
The buildings are designed to educate and inspire everyone from patients to the public to make healthier food choices — in keeping with the hospital's mission of promoting wellness as well as treating illness.
And because of Michigan's high childhood obesity rates, many of its educational center exhibits and programs are geared toward kids.
"We want to make sure that every single day we have yellow school buses coming here from all over southeast Michigan," says hospital CEO Gerard van Grinsven. "We want to influence our young ones to start thinking differently about food and what they put in their bodies."
His vision for the project doesn't stop at the West Bloomfield, Mich., campus. "Ultimately, we can take this to downtown Detroit and start producing food for the entire (Henry Ford) system — not have it just here," van Grinsven says.
"This is not just about a little greenhouse. It's about planting seeds," he says.
Only a few years ago, the idea of hospital gardens for growing food, providing therapy, involving employees and educating the community sounded far-fetched. But today, scores of health-care institutions around the country are creating or sponsoring front-lawn vegetable patches, hoop houses, community gardens and even beds on their rooftops.
"We certainly hear of more hospitals getting engaged in food campaigns and fitness campaigns among their staff and the broader community," says Michael Bilton, executive director of the Association for Community Health Improvement, part of the American Hospital Association.
And in general, "wellness is becoming a more intentional strategy as a part of how hospitals operate," he said. "Part of that is because a large part of what determines health is diet and nutrition . and access to healthy food plays a big part in that."
Henry Ford West Bloomfield's efforts, though, appear to be in a class by themselves.
Jeffrey Jacobs, the hospital's interim director of wellness, says they chose a water-based growing system, partly because of the issues involved in having soil in a hospital environment.
To learn about hydroponic systems — as well as the art of attracting and entertaining visitors — he visited Walt Disney's Epcot Center in Florida, home to some of the most advanced hydroponic gardens in the country.
"We walked through Epcot and saw the games they had and how they keep it entertaining and interactive as a learning center for children. We said, 'That's what our educational center should be.'"
Lutz — the former owner of certified organic Maple Creek Farm in Yale — also visited Epcot after she was hired.
Even though hydroponic gardening is not an organic method, Lutz insisted on using organic practices and materials. "We want patients to come here, so I can't be spraying toxic chemicals," she says. And besides, organic food is healthier food, she believes.
She's seeking full organic certification for the greenhouse from an agency in California, the only place in the country that grants it, she says.
When the approval comes, Henry Ford West Bloomfield's facility will be the first certified-organic hydroponic greenhouse in Michigan, the first at a hospital, and so far, one of only a handful in the country, she says.
Tucked between the back of the hospital and a picturesque pond and wetlands area, the jewel-box-like greenhouse isn't expected to grow all the produce the hospital needs — and in fact, it can't, Lutz says.
"But could we do that? Yes, with a couple of more greenhouses and more space, absolutely."
Meanwhile, she's prepared for caravans of those yellow school buses van Grinsven wants to see.
Last month, the hospital mailed 1,000 packets to schools, outlining engaging, 90-minute kids' programs called Farmer for the Day and Chef for the Day, centered on the greenhouse and the hospital's demonstration kitchen. Other programs are geared to other age groups and interests, including how to do hydroponic growing in classrooms.
Lutz says she's often asked whether she's the only on-staff hospital farmer in the country. "I say I think I am, but I don't want to be. I hope many other hospitals will adopt this."
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Good bit of kit, as usual, from Fanotec. Only disappointment is positive stops on upper rotator as per NN4. Any way the upper rotator from the NN4 (or even the NN5) with 15 degree stops can be incorporated into the upper rotator of the RS-1...?

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5 Dec 2012 1:31 PM #1
n00b question: how to add to Ex.application "requires" section?
Hi All,
So I've followed the "First Touch Application" tutorial, and get pretty much nothing on screen, other than the header.
Chrome reports this error:
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Comparing my work to the "CityBars670" sample download, I see the sample has this section under the code for "Application":
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whereas my app is missing that.
I can't simply type it in to add it ... can someone please tell me, step by step, how I go about adding this "requires" section to my app?
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5 Dec 2012 1:56 PM #2
Click the application node in the inspector; in the configuration grid at the bottom right search for "requires" then add any particular requires you want.Aaron Conran
6 Dec 2012 11:22 AM #3
Thanks so much for that Aaron.
I was sure I had tried that, but the filter wasn't returning the "requires" configuration item. Obviously I was doing something wrong ... probably had the wrong item selected in the Inspector.
All fixed now. Ended up getting my version of the CityBars sample project up and running, after a few more fixes related to id casings, so all good!
6 Dec 2012 8:53 PM #4
One more question on this subject ... how would I know what/when to add to the "requires" section?
There's nothing about modifying that section in the walkthrough for the CityBars sample application ... if it wasn't for doing a line-by-line comparison to the existing working demo download, I never would have realised I needed those entries.
I had assumed that by adding the components to the designer surface, the necessary "requires" would be automagically populated. Not the case?
8 Dec 2012 2:34 AM #5
Requires are typically added automatically. Sometimes this doesn't always work though.
9 Dec 2012 2:26 AM #6
Cheers mate.
Is there a list/guide somewhere, that says "if you use THIS component, then you should have THIS requires"? In case another "doesn't always work" situation arises?
I'm flying blind ... if this hadn't been demo code that I could compare to a pre-built example, I would have been buggered trying to work out what the problem was.
10 Dec 2012 10:50 AM #7
Requires are simple but seemingly hard to explain.
A few examples:
If a store uses a particular model then it would need to require that model to be loaded before it's defined.
If you have a view that instantiates another view by name or xtype then you'd need to require it.
In general, the framework should do a good job telling you that files we're loaded in the correct order if you do it wrong.
Application requires are slightly different in that it says here's all my stuff. It's up to you if you want to require only top level classes and have them require what they need or simply require everything.Phil Strong


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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A U.S. government watchdog says more than $200 million was wasted on a program to train the Iraqi police force, with security concerns and a lack of interest by the Iraqi government the main culprits for the program's shortcomings.
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Analysts who have read the report say it blames some of the program's shortcomings on the dangerous security situation between 2004 and 2008 in Iraq.
"Security was the buzz word, security is what got programs funded, and security was going to be what let us leave Iraq" with a fully functioning Iraqi police force left behind, Stephanie Sanok with the Center for Strategic and International Studies told CNN.
The United States has spent about $8 billion to train, staff and equip police forces since 2003, the report says
The United States was forced to close a training and housing facility in Baghdad just months after the police training program began because of security concerns and program revisions. The cost for the facility was estimated at $108 million. The report refers to the expenditure as "de facto waste." In addition, it says a separate training facility in the southern city of Basra, costing an additional $98 million in State Department funds, will not be used. The Iraqi government decided to terminate training at the facility.
"An overarching question is why expensive construction was initiated at both of these facilities without a formal programmatic agreement in place at the time construction began," auditors wrote in the report
The report also highlights a "lukewarm" reception to the program by the Iraqi government.
"In May 2012, the deputy minister of the interior told SIGIR that the (Police Development Program) was 'useless' and that the (Iraqi government) did not need the large numbers of PDP advisors currently in-country," the auditors wrote. "He also indicated that Iraqi police officers had expressed their opinion that the training received to date was not beneficial."
"It really was misstep after misstep, (the United States) didn't actively engage the Iraqis then," said Sanock, who worked in the embassy in 2008 and 2009. "When governments changed, when players changed, they didn't get the buy-in of the new folks, and it was really an imposition of the U.S. mindset on the Iraqi government that just was never going to work."
Among the other findings in the report, auditors said the program has been significantly downsized from the ambitious size once envisioned.
Initially the program called for 350 advisers who would be able to fly throughout the country, but the number was quickly reduced to 190 advisers who would be based in Baghdad, Basra, and Erbil. Further program changes and funding uncertainties have reduced the number of advisers for the program to 36. Eighteen are stationed in Baghdad and 18 in Erbil.
Safety and security requirements for the program are also eating significantly into its operating costs. As of March 31, the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs said, about 94 percent of funds obligated for Police Development Program operations had been for security and life and mission support costs.
With the downsizing of the program, SIGIR said, available funding exceeds current costs. The audit estimates that $118.2 million in unused funds for 2010 and 2011 are available to the program. That figure may be sufficient to meet remaining program costs for the current fiscal year budget, which SIGIR estimates to be less than $100 million.
But it is unclear how much will be needed to fund program activities in 2013, the report said.
The report recommends the State Department obtain a written agreement with the Iraqi government on the specific type and number of training classes to be provided, along with mutually acceptable locations for conducting the training. It also suggests Congress consider requiring the State Department to provide written certification of Iraqi government "buy-in" for new classes before any additional U.S. money is committed.
The United States will turn over control of the main police training center in Baghdad to the Iraqi government in December. The State Department says that will eliminate static security costs for the site and reduce other personnel costs due to staff reductions. As of March, 954 of the 1,458 Police Development Program personnel in Iraq were housed at the facility, the report said.
Sanok said the report serves as a wake-up call for the State Department.
"My fear is that we may repeat that error with Afghanistan," she said. "I would love for the State Department to have learned from this experience, fix it, but also to not go down this road again in other countries."


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CORYELL COUNTY (February 10, 2013)—Shots were fired at Coryell County deputies who were trying to arrest a man wanted in a family violence case, but no one was injured and the man was later arrested without incident.
David Ray Sneed, 40, was in the Coryell County Jail Sunday, facing charges of aggravated assault family violence and aggravated assault on a public servant with a deadly weapon.
The aggravated assault family violence charge stems from an incident reported on Thursday in which a 14-year-old girl was assaulted and threatened with a firearm, the Coryell County sheriff's office said.
An arrest warrant was issued Friday naming Sneed, who's the girl's father, the sheriff's office said.
Deputies went to Sneed's home on County Road 148 Friday to serve the warrant, but no one was home.
Later a deputy saw Sneed's vehicle at the residence, stopped and then called for backup when "Sneed came toward the deputy acting very angry and hostile," a sheriff's office press release said.
Other deputies arrived and set up a perimeter around the home and as they did someone began shooting at them, the sheriff's office said.
Because of the darkness deputies were unable to determine from where the shots were coming and backed off.
Early Saturday deputies with the help of Texas Rangers, Department of Public Safety troopers and a Texas game warden began to search for Sneed, who was found at around noon Saturday near his home.
Authorities later served a search warrant on Sneed's home and recovered a number of weapons and a quantity of ammunition.


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When trying to join attributes from CSV-file with MMQGIS, I currently get the error message:
File inaccessible or in unrecognized CSV format /Netzplanung/Truck_park/trkbuspk15_2.csv
Tried with semicolons and commas as seperators, didn't work. Using Qgis master 1.9.0, MMQGIS 2012.12.07. Anybody got an idea?
Attached sample csv file (semicolons as separators) sample file


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Mon, 06/17/2013
6:30pm @ North-East Branch [1]
Magician Curtis Hed will once again be presenting his Magic of Reading Show in conjunction with the Kansas City Public Libraries summer reading program.
Curtis's show includes Magic, Comedy, some Juggle, and Duo the Dove. As for the show itself, it's one of those rare presentations that is as enjoyable for the adults as it is for the kids. Like one of those good kid movies where the kids enjoy the show on one level and the adults on another, only unlike kid's movie it's live and it doesn't have chase scene, a bad guy, or a talking donkey.


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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, has issued an amnesty to prisoners serving jail for non-violent crimes and do not pose a threat to the public security or order, Minister of Interior Prince Mohammad bin Naif announced today.
Arab News quoted Lt. Col. Ayoub bin Hijab, spokesman for the Directorate General of Prisons, as saying that the royal pardon covers both Saudi and foreign prisoners and that shortly after the amnesty was announced, committees were established throughout the Kingdom to determine eligibility. The first prisoners are expected to be released within the next two weeks, Lt. Col. Hijab said.


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If you have been dealing with business analytics related sales activities or are searching for that "right" business intelligence tool, you will find that most organizations:
- Use manual tasks, that include desktop query and reporting tools, to answer their business questions.
- Have "something" in place that they are not happy with or is costing them too much money.
- Have data in multiple silos that they need to access, consolidate and optimize.
Hence, they are usually looking for a low cost business analytics alternative that can provide them with the answers to their business questions, as well as ease of use and functionality they are looking for within their budget. Don't believe me? Join the many business intelligence groups available in LinkedIn and Quora as well as other social networking type sites and you will see the barrage of questions from those looking for recommendations on BI and analytics tools.
I was on a call the other daya with a well known organization where the "prospect" stated: "We need basic reporting with the ability to access all of our data without moving it or massaging it."
"Okay? That is absolutely possible," I replied. "However do you understand the pros and cons that are associated with doing that?" […] Silence…not only could you hear crickets on their phone, but you could hear them in the next conference room over. I took the proverbial saying "Silence is Golden" to another level. It became so uncomfortable that the Account Rep felt he should interject. I interrupted promptly to allow them to answer the question. After about a minute of what seemed like hours of silence, they responded:
"We haven't really thought about that." – BINGO! Case closed! Next!
Hmm… "We haven't really thought about that."
That's the problem! No one is taking the time to be proactive and think about what it is they need and are rather just reacting saying, "Let's see a demo," "I just need reporting," or "We need dashboards." If that is the case, I would recommend you watch a video demonstration which may intrigue you and prompt you to start thinking about what you really need. Then…come talk to me when you have more criteria that will support your business intelligence and analytics initiative.
I digress…in turn, I took this as an opportunity to educate them by asking pointed questions that would help them see what it is they actually need vs. what they thought they needed.
Eight questions I always ask customers to determine what they actually need:
- Is the data you need to access all in one location? – No
- Does the data you have support a majority of questions that will be asked of it? – Don't know
- Would you like answers to questions that occur on a regular basis? – Yes
- Would you like your users to answer their own questions on a random basis? – Yes
- Would you like your users to explore and discover answers to questions they did not think to ask? – Yes
- Do you have a predefined set of KPIs to manage and track business performance? – Yes
- Would you like your executives to see an at a glance view of those KPIs? – Yes
- Would you like to be aware of "something" when a defined threshold is met? – Yes
Alright, now we are getting somewhere. Each of those questions and responses clearly identifies that their needs are more than just simple reporting as originally desired. They require a solution that encompasses both data integration and content delivery (ETL, reporting, analysis and dashboards).
I further probed as to why they wanted to access all of their data "without moving it or massaging it."
They replied: "Because building a data warehouse takes too much time and costs too much money."
Wow! Clearly a response most likely seeded by a competitor, whom believes they can access all of the data directly where it sits, without building a data warehouse (which may be true for some of the competition out there). However, they usually leave out the fact that they MAY still need to 'move or massage' the data – they just don't call it ETL or refer to their process as data integration or even use the words "Data Warehousing."
I further explained that data integration (ETL) does not have to be about building an Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW). It can be about building operational data stores, that are refreshed periodically, to support questions that the business users want to ask. It can involve federated queries where the data is accessed from the source without having to stage the data. It can also be about normalizing data in to a small easy to maintain data mart that supports speed of thought analytics for the power users.
Upon those points I provided a demonstration of Pentaho's Agile BI capabilities which involves a rapid, collaborative and iterative approach to building business analytic applications. At completion of the presentation, the prospect was amazed and pleased stating, "This is exactly what we need." Ahh..music to my ears.
People…and I say this with great care…you cannot throw a business analytics tool in your organization and expect it to stick without asking some important questions. It is those answers that will help guide you to the right solution. And most importantly, you cannot put a business analytics tool on top of those "as-is" data sources without knowing what questions are going to be asked of it. I know, it is impossible to know every question that may be asked, but at least have those that are important to tracking your business performance and achieving your goals.
On the majority of calls that I participate in, it seems that organizations just don't have the time to properly plan and discuss the criteria needed to implement a decision support system. Why? Because everyone is doing more with less these days and researching a BI and analytics tool is…usually…an ancillary responsibility for them. If that is the case, allow us to help you with your research and we will ask those questions you haven't really thought about.
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April 4, 2012
By NYU Head Gardener, George Reis
Shadbush Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis) Schwartz Plaza Native Woodland Garden, 70 Washington Square South
Just starting to flower now are the Shadbush Serviceberries in the Native Woodland Garden on the east face of Bobst Library. Serviceberries are believed to have been on Manhattan island in 1609 when Henry Hudson arrived in New York Harbor, marking the start of European settlement of the area. Serviceberries have a distinctive smooth gray bark that is attractive in winter. The Serviceberries you see in the Native Woodland Garden are straight species, that is, the species as it occurs in nature.
Around the corner, in the containers in front of Bobst, you'll see two other Serviceberries, but those are cultivars, or selected varieties, named 'Autumn Brilliance.
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Elf Yourself Calendar at Office Max ($6.99 Value) for $0
Office Max is offering an Elf Yourself Calendar In-Store after you jump through the hoops below.
1.) Go to the site and click upload photo and agree to the terms and conditions.
2.) Upload your photo and click next. You can upload more than one picture.
3.) Click "Lets Dance", and as the video is playing, on the upper right of the page, click "FREE Calendar"
4.) When your code is ready click "OK" – then click print.
5.) Print the page with your personal code and bring it to your local Office Max Store to redeem for your Free Calendar.
"Present the code at the OfficeMax ImPress Print Center counter at your local store to get your Free, year-at-a-view calendar featuring your Elf Yourself image. This is a $6.99 retail value. In-store only. One per customer."
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This is the cutest thing I've seen in a long time. Thanks!
$6.99 'value'?
It sounded great! I took in my page with code in and the people at Office Max had no idea what was going on. Any suggestions?


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I really like the design of this bike lane. The parked cars between the road traffic and the bike lane offer protection to cyclists and, I imagine, make the lane feel safe. It's hard to tell, but the bike lane itself looks a little narrow for two way traffic but, overall, it's a good example of how cities can safely integrate cycling with street traffic.
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College Connection: A Higher Degree of Education
College Connection is an ideal solution for the student interested in obtaining a UWM degree but unable to physically be at the Milwaukee campus. College Connection students take the same online courses that traditional on-campus UWM students take and are taught by the same faculty and academic staff. No distinction is made between a College Connection student and any other student taking an online course, and, in any particular class, all of the students in that course participate equally in online discussion and testing. The online coursework leads to the same high-quality degree that is received by students who attend face-to-face classes. College Connection is a higher degree of education unique in its focus on providing rigorous four-year bachelor's degree programs through distance education.
College Connection was initially designed as a collaborative degree program with the UW Colleges and several of the Wisconsin Technical Colleges to help students complete a UWM degree after completing an Associate degree at one of the two-year campuses. Today, some students enter College Connections with an Associate's Degree, but many others enter directly into the online program without any previous college degree. Some students may arrive straight out of high school to take a full-time course load, while others may be returning to school on a part-time basis while continuing to work full-time. The program is particularly valuable to students who need to reside outside of the Milwaukee area but still want to earn a UWM degree.


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A software program under consideration by the Onaway Area Community Schools Board of Education would help streamline the instant messaging system to parents in the district when alerts need to be sent. Superintendent Rod Fullerton said a software program called School Reach would interact with the district's Power School software, which manages the its student database. Currently, the district has a Notify Me software application, which was a free service through its Web hosting provider. Fullerton said the Notify Me system is limited because only parents that sign up are notified. "We thought more would sign up, but they did not," he said. The system would be used in times when school is cancelled or an early release is determined due to inclement weather or in situations of crisis where parents need immediate notification. Another advantage of the School Reach software is that it checks the validity of all numbers on file and flags those that aren't working. Numbers that are flagged will be tracked down and replaced with active numbers. At last week's board of education meeting, Fullerton gave an update on the formation of a technology committee. The committee of nine will be chaired by the district's technology director, Barry Fitzpatrick, and will include parents, staff and board of education members. "We wanted to keep it to a reasonable, working size. They will be looking at the long-term picture of where we want to go and also will be taking an inventory of where we are at; what we are under utilizing and what we need to upgrade. We hope to look at a one-year, five-year and longer-term plan," said Fullerton.
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I am planning to go for a tour around Europe for one month. I read a lot about feed that encourage people to go for Eurail or any Global passes train. Is there any other option for a tight budget backpacker to save on this trip?
Is there any cheap local bus that I can hop on and off between cities? I am not good in planning ahead and I always prefer to travel on a sudden situation. Will 800 EUR be enough?
I dont mind sleeping or couchsurfing or even hitchhiking. Is it safe to hitchhike in Europe?
Must visit countries: UK-Germany-Austria-Hungary-Italy-Switzerland-France


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I was listening to a conversation and heard the question, '¿Donde se crió?', and the reflexive caught me by surprise. Checking my dictionary didn't help much. Although 'criar' and 'criarse' are both listed, the latter definition is listed as 'breed' whereas the former is 'to grow up, etc'. I'm pretty sure the speaker was asking where they grew up and nothing about breeding. :). Is this a miss on the dictionary? It seems redundant to make a verb about growing up reflexive but there are plenty of examples that are similar so I wouldn't be surprised. In the end, which is correct and how should they be used? Thanks!
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It's a mistake from the dictionary.
"Criarse" is to grow up:
Well... At least in Spain, if you ask
to someone, that someone will immediately ask you
because "criar" can be used also as growing something (criar patatas: Growing potatoes). So if you want to talk about the person object of the question, you'll have to use the reflexive form. (Something like Where did he grow himself up?)
You can check "criar" in the Diccionario Panhispánico de dudas. There's a brief explanation about it.


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The Suede Palace - 2010 Grand National Roadster ShowWritten by on June 1, 2010 Where The Past Is Still A Blast
If Building 4, home to the AMBR competitors and pro builders displays, was the most popular building at the Grand National Roadster Show, Building 10 was hands down the runner-up. Known for this weekend as the Suede Palace, this is the building designated specifically for nostalgic, traditional-style, lower-budget, owner-built hot rods and customs-and to vendors catering to the lifestyle side of the hot rod hobby.
Alex "Axle" Idzardi and his wife, Celeste, with help from the Shifters Car Club, helped organize the Suede Palace four years ago and it has been growing in size and quality every year. This year, 60 vehicles packed the room. It was mostly local iron, but some from as far away as east of the Mississippi. The involvement of more than 25 car clubs, more than 35 vendors, live bands, custom-built trophies, pin-up contests, and the dedication of participants devoted to keeping our roots alive have made the "Fun House" a big success. At this point, we can say that it wouldn't be the Grand National Roadster Show without the Suede Palace.
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There's a ton of work in Joe Buffardi's track-nose 1929 Ford Model A. In addition to the Lincoln Flathead with an Edmunds intake and '50s era "teapot" carbs, Buffardi used a lot of aircraft parts, such as bomber seats, a wing tank fuel cell, DC3 running lights serving as headlights, and B-17 bomber gauges converted to 12 volts for the street.Robert Ruiz's homebuilt, Hemi-powered Royal Hawaiian '27 Ford phaeton has the look of an early show car, but can hold its own on the dragstrip. Google it and see for yourself.The '49 8BA flattie with an Eddie Meyer intake and dual Strombergs was built by H&H Flatheads. Rudi Hillebrand's maroon '31 coupe is channeled over the original rails and Z'd at both ends. Nick O'Teen sprayed the paint.Homebuilt cars deserve homebuilt trophies, don't cha think? The vendors and participating clubs select the winners in the Suede Palace and the awards were handmade, distinctive, and definitely one of a kind.It takes months of work for Alex "Axle" Idzardi to organize the Suede Palace and keep it hopping for three days. This year, he also worked on organizing the incredible History of the Race Car room at the GNRS.This '55 Buick was all stock when Paul Stone bought it 12 years ago. A year ago, it was black with white pinstripes and a zebra interior. Not anymore. Stone's scalloped custom runs a stock 316 nailhead and Dynaflow transmission. Airbags give it the right posture.The Reelers Car Club is committed to building roadsters in the style of the prewar lakes racers. Timothy Cicera's '28 features a Model B four-banger with Winfield heads and carbs, and an original Winfield R cam, plus Hallock headers, and a lot more. It reminds us of photos we've seen from Muroc and Rosamond.Gordon Murchey paid $150 for this Deuce in 1946. He and his son, Dan Murchey, restored the family hot rod in 2005, keeping the original body and frame, along with a '48 Merc 296 with dual 97s, a LeBaron Bonney interior, and other period stuff.
Best of Show went to Richard Lacy of the Pasadena Roadster Club for his '34 roadster, which was pulled from a pig pen and stored for 23 years before getting hot rodded in authentic trad-style with a '48 Merc engine, '39 trans, dropped axle, juice brakes, and a '33 dash with Stewart Warner gauges. The paint is by "Sherwin-Williams and a large brush."Paul Gommi's '32 roadster is no replica, but an unrestored survivor from the '40s that saw duty on the dry lakes of Southern California back in the early days of hot rodding.The gray primer was shot over the original black paint back in 1949.Ed Dwyer's truck-grilled '34 Ford three-window coupe is packed with an H&H Flatheads engine wearing a pair of original "block letter" Edelbrock heads, in addition to a slingshot intake manifold with dual Stromberg carbs.Reelers member Logan Davis left the Suede Palace with the Best Hot Rod trophy. The prize was presented for his blue '28 Ford roadster, wearing a '32 grille shell and sitting on '32 framerails. The '32 Chevy hood sides cool the Flathead on the other side.Max Grundy was both a vendor and a participant in the Suede Palace. This is his '50 Merc, chopped 6-1/2 inches in front and 5-1/2 inches in the rear. The drab green sled rides on a modified '72 GTO frame and is powered by a small-block Chevy engine.One of our favorite pickups in the room was Scott Karuza's highly detailed '33 Ford pickup. Notice the Tommy the Greek-style graphics on the firewall and the roller coaster 'striping inside the cowl vent. The motor is a 327 with three deuces.If Kevan Sledge's '40 Merc evokes memories of the Matranga Merc, it should; that was some of the inspiration for his custom coupe. The idea was to emulate the look of a garage-built custom from 60 years ago. The engine, Idzardi told us, is a full-race Flathead.Aaron Grote's "Atomic Punk" is on the short list of the world's most famous bubbletops. The Hemi-powered car borrows sheetmetal from a '59 Plymouth and takes its traditional credentials and its inspiration from the radical custom show cars of the '60s.
Circle City Hot Rods always has some impressive rods-in this case, a '33 Ford roadster owned by Dana and Melanie Harvey. The body and grille are original pieces, on top a '33 chassis. A 325ci Red Ram Hemi moves it along.Imagine someone buying a Ford Vicky new in 1954 and giving it the full custom treatment, and you've got Celeste Idzardi's "One Mint Julep," built by her husband in 30 days. Custom elements include frenched headlights, '54 Packard taillights, and a true one-day Mexican upholstery job. A stock 239 Y-block lives underhood.


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I love the effect on this logo and was wondering if anyone knew any tutorials to help get a similar effect?
Thank you!
I love the effect on this logo and was wondering if anyone knew any tutorials to help get a similar effect?
Thank you!
It would appear that there are three main effects going on - a gradient fill, a shape outline, and a drop shadow. All three can be applied using Layer Styles in Photoshop. You should then be able to bring this layer into Fireworks either as a .psd file or as a .png. There may be a way to do it in Fireworks but doing it in Photoshop is much, much easier. It also gives you the ability to go back and change your text without having to re-do all your settings.
I want to learn Fireworks and recreating the text effect on this logo has given me just the little kickstart I needed to play about with things.
As per lawndartcatcher's answer, type in your text in whichever font you wish.
Click your bucket fill colour palette drop-down and select 'Fill Options...'
Select 'Gradient' from the drop down, select 'Linear' then click the 'Edit...' button and add in your to and from colours with any stop-offs in between.
Click the stroke colour palette drop down and select 'Stroke Options...'
Select 'Pencil', 1 pixel soft, and change your tip size to something larger, depending on the size of text you've used. Leave whatever the default texture is making sure it's set at 0% and select 'Outside Path' from the next drop-down then tick the 'Fill over stroke' checkbox.
The last thing to add is the drop shadow. Do this by clicking the '+' button next to 'Filters' in your properties panel, the 'Shadow and glow' then 'drop shadow'. I found that '4' for distance, 15% opacity, '2' softness and 270 angle looked about right.
I ended up with this (I've not got the correct font):
And that ends my very first piece of design I've ever done in Fireworks. I quite enjoyed that!
Hope that helps!


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We have several dedicated servers.
We need to ensure "root" user can not be accessible through SSH outside of LAN.
I have searched and found the followings #
- http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=20826
- http://raspi.tv/tag/disable-password-login-for-ssh
- http://kb.eukhost.com/steps-to-change-ssh-port-of-a-server/
- http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/ssh-public-key-based-authentication-how-to.html
We need exactly the root user will be unable to access outside of LAN. but other users will be accessible outside of LAN. Because other users can do their work only within their scope.
Our OS details
# cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.18-308.4.1.el5PAE (firstname.lastname@example.com) (gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-52)) #1 SMP Tue Apr 17 17:47:38 EDT 2012
Please help me to resolve the issue?


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No flash, in natural light outdoors:
|Top row: White, Cream, Taupe, Light Pink, Mauve, Sable, Espresso, Black
Bottom row: Nude, Champagne, Gold, Light Bronze, Pewter, Garnet, Deep Purple, Slate
With flash:
|Top row: White, Cream, Taupe, Light Pink, Mauve, Sable, Espresso, Black
Bottom row: Nude, Champagne, Gold, Light Bronze, Pewter, Garnet, Deep Purple, Slate
I absolutely love, love, love this palette and have been using it so much since I got it. It has an excellent selection of mattes (the entire top row) and shimmers (the entire bottom row), and the colors are pigmented, smooth, and blendable. What more could you ask for? I also find the LORAC Behind the Scenes eye primer (the palette comes with a mini) quite good, but it doesn't hold up quite as well to my watery right eye as my NARS primer does, so I will probably just use it for swatching from now on.
I think the LORAC Pro palette lends itself to a wide variety of looks, and to prove it, Hunter and I are here to show you a whole lot of them! I think I'm going to have to show you mine first, because Hunter's skills and her face absolutely blow my mind and I'm afraid my makeup will look mediocre after you see hers! :)
In this first look (which I actually posted before in my post on Chantecaille Pink Melon lip gloss), I used Pewter on the lid, Mauve in the crease, Deep Purple in the outer V, and Cream to highlight:
In this one, I used Light Pink all over, Mauve in the crease, and Espresso in the outer corner - all matte:
In this look (after I cut my hair!), I used Garnet on the lid, Sable and Mauve in the crease, and Cream to highlight:
And here are some of Hunter's amazing looks! I just adore her!
In this look, she used Light Bronze all over the lid, Gold on top of that on the outer half of the lid, Taupe blended through the crease, Espresso to darken the outer corner, and Black (over MAC Blacktrack, to create a softened look) as liner:
In this one, she used Black all over the lid and then layered Slate over it just in the center of the lid:
In this one, Hunter used Pewter in the inner corner, Slate in the middle of the lid, Black in the outer corner, Cream as a brow highlight, and Garnet smudged along the lower lash line:
In this look (which I think is tied with the one just above it for my favorite!), she used Cream on the inner corner, Garnet on the center of the lid, and Espresso on the outer corner of the lid, deepened with a bit of Black. She also used Espresso and Gold on the lower lash line:
In this final look, Hunter used Slate all over, Black in the outer corner, and a bit of Mauve to blend out the crease, along with Garnet, Black, and Deep Purple along the lower lash line:
I hope you enjoyed this post as much as we enjoyed putting it together for you!


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I know that basically, the first
6 5 books in Christian's Bible forms the Torah. However are there any subtle difference between torah and those books?
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The first five books of the Bible -- Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy -- form the "Torah" (like would be in a Torah scroll). The text of these is, as far as I know, identical between Jewish and Christian Bibles (though there will certainly be differences in translation; studying the original Hebrew is extremely common for Jews, but rare for most Christians).
It's the next set of books of the Bible that are a bit different between the Jewish Tanach and Christian "Old Testament." See Wikipedia for more. Some books are ordered differently (such as what comes after Judges?); some are in one canon but not the other (such as Ecclesiasticus); and some are counted as single/multiple books differently (e.g. The Jewish Bible counts Samuel I & II as one book, and Ezra & Nechemiah as one book).
There are sometimes also differences in chapter/verse numeration. For example, Gen. 31:55 in the KJV is 32:1 in (most if not all) printed Hebrew Tanachs, so the numbering of all of the verses in ch. 32 is one off. Similarly, in Ex. 20 (the Ten Commandments) the KJV divides and numbers each of Commandments 6-9 as a separate verse (paralleling the way it's done in the public Torah reading, called Taam Elyon), whereas printed Tanachs follow the verse structure used for private reading (Taam Tachton) and combine all of them into one verse.
(Note that this doesn't apply to Torah scrolls; those don't have chapter or verse markings at all, since they are a medieval invention.)


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Is there a specific word that describes people who are easily impressed?
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Consider susceptible ("likely to be affected by something", "easily influenced or tricked; credulous" and "(medicine) especially sensitive, especially to a stimulus"); and also consider impressionable ("Susceptible of impression; capable of receiving impressions; emotional"). An "impressionable person" may be someone on whom it's easy to make an impression, or may be someone at a formative stage such that impressions will last. Note, making an impression on someone can differ from impressing them.
Gullible, naive, guileless, ingenuous and unsuspecting might get close, but I doubt if there's any single word that specifically captures the 'easily impressed' sense.
Credulous is not quite right (too easily believe things rather than are impressed by them) but may work depending on what the situation is you are trying to describe.
I would add indiscriminate and fawning, the second especially for those already familiar with the subject they are impressed by. The is also a sense in which generous applies.
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Do consumers want another penny-a-pound?
In his book, "The Lexus and the Olive Tree," journalist Thomas Friedman addresses the issues of globalization and analyzes changing dynamics between the haves and the have-nots.
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Companies want to lower prices to consumers and raise profits with cheaper labor. With the freer flow of information, activists provide the economic system's balance. Bringing Apple's or Nike's questionable Far East labor practices to light spurs a reaction from the public. Companies respond; labor conditions improve. It's the way a healthy economic system works.
We were reminded of that recently when the Coalition of Immokalee Workers conducted a march through parts of Florida. The community-based activist group tries to pressure tomato growers, supermarkets and retail food outlets into improving the pay and working conditions of tomato pickers in Florida. They don't have a lot of money or power. They rely on publicity to influence public opinion, which, in turn, can influence business practices for the better.
Under the "Fair Food" program, the coalition hopes growers will agree to such things as independent monitoring, investigation and dispute remediation. They want stronger safety measures, worker education and a uniform code of conduct. The centerpiece of their campaign is the "penny-a-pound" price premium paid to field workers.
It's a good premise and one that coalition members and tomato pickers say can make an enormous difference. According to the coalition, the 1-cent increase means field workers would earn 80 cents instead of 50 cents per 32-pound bucket. That means a significant improvement in farm workers' standard of living. And who of the "haves" would argue with spending another penny for a bag of tomatoes? Who would even notice?
The CIW has had enormous success in recent years. Nearly all the members of the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange have signed on to the Fair Food Program. So have McDonald's, Burger King, Yum Brands (Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut), Subway, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's and Chiplote Mexican Grill.
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Let $f: {\bf Q} \rightarrow {\bf Q}$ be a "${\bf Q}$-differentiable" function whose "${\bf Q}$-derivative" is constantly zero; that is, for all $x \in {\bf Q}$ and all $\epsilon > 0$ in ${\bf Q}$, there exists $\delta > 0$ in ${\bf Q}$ such that for all $y \in {\bf Q}$ with $0 < |x-y| < \delta$, $|(f(y)-f(x))/(y-x)| < \epsilon$.
An example of such a function is the 2-valued function on ${\bf Q}$ that takes the value 0 or 1 according to whether $x<\pi$ or $x>\pi$.
Must $f$ be locally constant, in the sense that for all $x \in {\bf Q}$, there exists $\delta > 0$ in ${\bf Q}$ such that for all $y \in {\bf Q}$ with $|x-y| < \delta$, $f(y)=f(x)$?
I have a feeling that this is not a hard problem (and I am even afraid some of you will think that it is a homework problem!), but it actually arose from my research (see http://jamespropp.org/reverse.pdf), and after an hour of thought I still don't see the answer. In an ideal world I'd mull it over longer before posting, but since the journal to which I have submitted the paper has given me a deadline for making revisions, and the deadline is approaching, I am swallowing my pride and seeking help.


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Nick, a while back you mentioned that you had an idea for a mechanical shutter release adapter that would fit on the NN3/4/5. Any further info about that? I'm trying to figure out how to put a mechanical shutter release on my NEX 3.
Nick, a while back you mentioned that you had an idea for a mechanical shutter release adapter that would fit on the NN3/4/5. Any further info about that? I'm trying to figure out how to put a mechanical shutter release on my NEX 3.
I'm assuming you want to remotely trigger the shutter?
There are a few ways to do this.
1 - Take it apart and extend wires externally. Short the wires to trigger the shutter. Need above average soldering skills.
2 - Servos - wired
3 - Servos - remote
I don't have a NEX 3 but have seen images of it. I think there is a flash mount on top. You could use that to mount a platform for a servo.
Just my opinion...
From my experience I wouldn't bother with a mechanical trigger to mount on the pano heads as it will depend on camera body and location of shutter. To many variables. It's best to mount the triggers on the camera body. Not on the pano head. Better yet trigger the shutter electronically.
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On the NEX 3 and c3, there is no electronic or infra-red remote control. There also is no standard hotshoe that can be used as an attachment point. There are no attach points on the camera except for the camera strap holders. If you have a way to anchor a mechanical shutter release adapter to a strap holder, that would be the way to do it. None of your suggestions above would work on a NEX 3 or c3.
A proper mechanical shutter cable release adapter would be adjustable. The pano head is the most obvious place to attach such an adapter.
If I had one I could show you. What I suggested would work.None of your suggestions above would work on a NEX 3 or c3.
As I said with #1, you would have to take it apart and get underneath the shutter button. You would have to solder wires to a very small board and extend that externally. You could then modify that connection to any electronic triggering device. This is the cleaness option and no vibrations.there is no electronic or infra-red remote control
As I mentioned I'm only going by images off the net. I believe there is a "screw in" type place for a flash on top.There also is no standard hotshoe that can be used as an attachment point
This is on a C3
There is no way I would trust the very tiny and very very shallow threaded hole that is designed to hold a very light piece of plastic with a flash bulb in it to hold all the side forces a mechanical shutter release would put on the threads.
IT WILL NOT WORK if you try to use the very small threaded hole and mount a shutter release there. I am looking at my NEX-5 right here and I guarantee very bad things will happen if you try to use the flash mount for anything other than the flash.
This is an L plate for the NEX camera. I would start here as a base for mounting any sort of remote trigger. Even with this plate you are still making an arm to come all the way back across the camera.
I also think that mounting the release on the pano head is not the answer. Could you imagine what such a universal multi adjustable rig would look like? Nick would be very hard pressed to "keep it simple".
As anyone who follows my escapades knows that I am a very busy "do it yourself" kind of guy. There is no way I would take apart my camera and start soldering stuff. If I was an electrical engineer and had the proper soldering equipment and the knowledge of how to use it, I might follow that path. As for me, I will keep my paws out of the insides of my camera.
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As I said Dennis I do not own one so I was guessing with the screw flash trigger. I had no idea what it was made of.
I agree that mounting a release plate on the pano head is not the answer.
Soldering is not difficult. I'm not an electrical engineer but have done a lot of soldering. It takes a bit of practice. Or just have a friend do it for you. I felt the same way about taking apart cameras. But once you start you'll be surprised how easy it is.
This type of mod is definitely a custom job. Very do-able... electronically or mechanically.
Here's a sample of the 5. (not mine) ...short the wires and voila!
I've seen a couple of others on the web but they are hard to find.
I would use a remote release everywhere. Putting your fingers on the camera to release the shutter just makes blurry pictures.
I had a simple shutter cable adapter that fit the hot shoe of my LX3. It was very useful especially when my tripod or mono-pod was fully extended. My fully extended tripod puts the camera well above my head and my mono-pod is 6 feet and with the pano head the camera can be nearly 7 feet above my head. I also want to do some pole panos at 8-12 feet.


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I added the following code to my functions.php file to create a custom post type.
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