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WHEELING - The determination of the human spirit often is enough to overcome extraordinary obstacles, but for some challenges - building a house, for example - you really just need a backhoe.
That's the situation in which local volunteers find themselves as they seek to help a working mother with three children become a homeowner. A groundbreaking ceremony took place in South Wheeling in mid-November, but wintry weather and difficulty finding the heavy equipment necessary to get things going have put the project about three weeks behind schedule, according to Lisa Werner, volunteer coordinator for Habitat for Humanity-Wheeling Area.
At the top of the group's wish list, Werner said, is a volunteer with a backhoe who can dig the foundation at the 97 33rd St. site. Once that hurdle is cleared and the foundation is poured, Werner expects things will move fairly quickly, as other volunteers already have committed to help with plumbing and electrical work.
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Work has stalled at the 33rd Street, Wheeling, site of a Habitat for Humanity project, as volunteers are in need of someone with a backhoe who can dig the home's foundation. -- Ian Hicks
Time is of the essence, as the future homeowner has been told she and her daughters - one of whom is handicapped and uses a wheelchair - must move out of the apartment they had been renting.
"They're in great need of housing immediately, so we're hoping to be under roof in 30 days," said Werner.
Although a backhoe is the volunteers' most pressing need right now, Werner is still seeking helpers who are willing to get their hands dirty as the project moves forward.
"Once this is done, I'll be looking for framers, and once we're under roof we'll be looking for painters, or whatever else people want to do," said Werner, noting the bulk of construction will take place on Saturdays to accommodate work schedules.
Werner added the group's office volunteer recently retired, and she needs someone who can work about two hours per week performing tasks such as checking phone messages and sorting mail. She invites those interested in helping with any of these needs to call her during the day at 304-234-9221, or email her any time at email@example.com.
The South Wheeling project has been dubbed the Soroptimist House because the Soroptimist Club raised more than $10,000 toward the effort. Other major supporters include the Vineyard Church and Saints and Sinners Club as well as architect Adam Mull, who designed the building.
Habitat partner families must put a $500 down payment on a home, put hundreds of hours of their own labor into its construction as well as repay the organization over time for building costs.


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GOP Unveils a 'Plan B' if Budget Talks Fail
House Leaders' Proposal, a Tactical Move Unlikely to Pass Senate, Would Let Tax Rates Rise on Income Over $1 Million
Despite progress toward agreement on a budget deal with the White House, House Republican leaders on Tuesday proposed a backup plan to prevent most Americans from facing an income-tax increase if negotiations collapse.
The "Plan B," which would allow tax rates to rise only for income over $1 million, was given little chance of passing Congress, because it faced opposition from Democrats broadly and some Republicans who oppose all tax increases.
Instead, its introduction was seen by members of both parties as a largely tactical maneuver by House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio). GOP officials said his goal was to step up pressure on President Barack Obama to make further concessions in budget talks, and also to send a message to the GOP rank and file about how much more they could accomplish by securing a broader budget agreement that cuts spending as well as raises taxes.
Both leaders face perils as they enter what could be the final stages of high-stakes negotiations to avoid the "fiscal cliff" of higher taxes and spending cuts in early January. Mr. Obama will have to deal with liberals unhappy about entitlement cuts. Mr. Boehner faces a potential backlash from Republicans for contemplating tax-rate increases—both in his talks with the White House and in Plan B.
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In talks with members, Mr. Boehner urged them to see his talks with Mr. Obama as aimed not at raising taxes on some, but at blocking tax increases for most that would result from the expiration of Bush-era tax cuts.
The prospects for a Boehner-Obama deal have brightened by the day, with both sides making major concessions to narrow their differences on raising taxes, cutting federal spending, increasing the federal debt limit and extending a host of other expiring tax and spending policies.
Mr. Boehner abandoned his long-standing refusal to entertain tax-rate increases, proposing to allow rates to rise for income over $1 million. Mr. Obama has dropped his long-standing campaign promise to raise taxes on income over $250,000, moving the threshold to $400,000 in an offer to Mr. Boehner on Monday.
That narrowed the difference between the two men in the overall tax revenues they were seeking to raise in the deal: Mr. Boehner was proposing $1 trillion, Mr. Obama between $1.2 trillion and $1.3 trillion.
"They seem to be so close that I'd be surprised if it fell apart," Sen. Charles Schumer (D., N.Y.), a member of the Senate Democratic leadership team, said on a conference call with reporters. "I think the likelihood is we will get an agreement."
Republicans have found much to object to in the latest Obama proposal, because they believe it doesn't cut spending enough and raises taxes too much. GOP officials also oppose an element of Mr. Obama's latest proposal that would raise the federal debt limit enough to last two years. Mr. Boehner has offered to raise it only for one year, and only if accompanied by spending cuts of a comparable magnitude.
Another bone of contention is Mr. Obama's continued insistence on increased spending for infrastructure projects designed to stimulate the economy.
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Democrats say Mr. Boehner's proposal doesn't raise enough revenue for deficit reduction and cuts spending too much in a time of economic weakness.
Discussion of the latest Obama offer was eclipsed somewhat Tuesday by the introduction of the GOP backup plan. The bill, which is expected to come to a House vote Thursday, would do nothing to block the $110 billion in spending cuts that are due to take effect Jan. 2 in defense and domestic programs—a major part of the fiscal cliff that members of both parties have been hoping to avert.
However, GOP aides said the bill would include provisions to address two other looming year-end problems.
The bill would include an extension of a provision to protect millions of middle-class Americans from paying the Alternative Minimum tax, a levy initially designed to affect only the wealthiest Americans but that was not indexed for inflation. Congress has passed a series of stopgap measures to keep that from hitting couples with moderate incomes, and the "Plan B" bill would extend that protection permanently.
The bill also would block an impending increase in the estate tax and extend the current rate of 35% on estates valued at more than $5.12 million. Without action, the estate tax would jump to 55% on all estates valued at more $1 million on Jan. 1.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney dismissed the backup plan as something that "can't pass the Senate and therefore will not protect middle-class families, and does little to address our fiscal challenges with zero spending cuts."
House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D., Md.) called it a "a political ploy," and said he would urge House Democrats to vote against it. Some Democratic officials said that raised questions about whether GOP leaders could round up enough votes to pass the bill even in the House.
Meanwhile, some Republicans are poised to oppose any plan to raise tax rates, including Mr. Boehner's backup option. "Once you cross that line and say it's OK for some people's taxes to go up, I think it's a mistake for the Republican Party," said Rep. Jim Jordan (R., Ohio), departing chairman of the Republican Study Committee, an influential group of House conservatives.
Others are beginning to reluctantly concede that a tax increase on millionaires may be their best option. "I hate it. I hate it," Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R., Utah) said of letting upper-income taxes go up. "But I'm trying to be reasonable."
The administration Tuesday worked to keep Democrats from breaking ranks as Mr. Obama negotiates a deal that already includes policy proposals that members of his party oppose. White House congressional liaison Rob Nabors met with House and Senate Democrats in the Capitol to explain the president's offer and calm rising anxieties.
The main point of contention between the president and Hill Democrats is the GOP's proposed change to a formula for calculating cost-of-living increases in Social Security. The White House defended Mr. Obama's acceptance of the idea as one part of a deal. That was true, too, of his retreat from insisting that tax rates increase on households making $250,000 a year.
Mr. Obama's decision to raise the income threshold to $400,000 a year reflects his "willingness to move towards the Republicans in order to achieve a deal but do so in a way that maintains his principles," Mr. Carney said.
White House officials also spent time on Tuesday reaching out to business leaders to try to gain their support for the president's latest offer. In addition, officials told supporters on a call that Mr. Obama was unlikely to move much further from the positions in his current offer.
—Naftali Bendavid contributed to this article.
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The estate-tax rate is currently 35% charged on estates valued at more than $5.12 million. An earlier version of this article incorrectly said the rate was 45% on estates valued at more than $5 million.

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Bonding Time for Dad and Baby
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Making the most of your time with baby
Time Off for Good Behavior
Your willingness to feed your baby from a bottle will become especially helpful at weaning time. You can give your baby a bottle while your partner stays out of sight-and hopefully, out of mind.
If you possibly can, take a good chunk of paternity leave when your baby is born or shortly thereafter. Both you and your partner could use the extra rest you'll get by sharing baby care duties in the first weeks. In addition, you'll have the opportunity, never to be repeated, to get to know and enjoy your new baby in a relaxed, leisurely way. Paternity leave affords you the chance to get comfortable with your child. If leave is either not available or not affordable, then take some vacation time or personal days.
If spending time with your baby is a priority for you, consider some of the alternative employment options discussed in Deciding to Work After Baby Is Born. You, too, can perhaps customize your work schedule to spend more time with your family. You may be able to take advantage of flex time or working part-time (at least for a month or two). If you have a marketable skill, you might want to consider starting a freelance business from your home. Or you and your partner might work out an arrangement where you both work part-time or you stagger your work hours to share baby care.
Even if you cannot or will not alter your work schedule after the baby is born, try to make yourself available for emergencies. After all, you are just as capable of taking time off from work to take your baby to the doctor or to stay home with him when he's sick (or the baby sitter is unavailable).
Breast-feeding! How Can You Compete with That?
Whether feeding your baby, playing with her, or doing any other activity with her, try to maintain as much eye contact as possible. Eye contact is as important as physical contact in creating and sustaining an intimate relationship with your child. Singing or cooing softly to her while feeding her or cuddling her can not only keep her gazing up at you, but can also deepen your relationship. A warm smile will also keep your baby's eyes glued to your face.
You may be able to put your baby back to sleep in the middle of the night more easily than your partner can. Precisely because you don't have breasts to excite your baby, your hugging, rocking, and singing lullabies may have a more soothing effect on her than your partner's attempts to do the same. Your partner's breasts can become a distraction or obsession no matter how tired your baby seems.
Some new fathers wonder whether their inability to nurse will prevent them from bonding as completely as their partners do with their babies. Though it's true that if your partner breast-feeds you can't bond with your baby in quite the same way she does, you can demonstrate your love in so many other ways besides nursing that this one area should not interfere with your ability to get to know and love your baby.
Your baby will bond with both you and your partner not just through breast-feeding, but through smiling, clinging, seeing, hearing, and crying. If you respond to your baby in a loving way, she will love you regardless of whether you have the ability to lactate. Besides, just because you don't have breasts that produce milk doesn't mean you can't feed your baby and take advantage of the opportunity it presents to forge a stronger bond between you both. If your baby needs bottle-feedings to supplement breast-feeding or to give your partner some time away from baby care, you can give all, or at least most, of them.
If and when you do feed your baby, take full advantage of the opportunity that feeding provides to bond with her in a special way. Don't nonchalantly prop a bottle in your baby's mouth while you watch TV or read the newspaper or talk with friends. The food (whether formula or expressed breast milk) you give your baby is important. But just as important (if not more so) is the warm physical contact that comes with holding her close. Loving, gentle touch gives your baby an all-encompassing sense of support, calm, security, and love. So cradle your darling in your arms, hold her against your chest, and stare into her beautiful eyes.
If your baby gets fed breast milk exclusively, you can still participate in the feeding process. You can help, for instance, by getting your baby out of her crib when she cries in the night. You can also help out with any other middle-of-the-night activities: changing soggy diapers, for instance, or getting your baby to go back to sleep.
If you can feed your baby an occasional bottle, great! If not, then make the most of all your other opportunities to do for your child. When your partner is nursing your baby, admire the miracle of breast-feeding (as long as it doesn't make your partner feel too self-conscious). But try not to feel jealous or left out. You are not in a competition for your baby's affections or attention.
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Whom does Hashem love more: Gentiles who love Jewish people and Israel or Jews who are against Jewish people and Israel?
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Just as a first crack at this (and there is a lot more to say on the topic), we need to distinguish between different kinds of love. In human terms, a person loves their spouse, their children, and their close friends; but each of these is of a different type. Some of these may be "a love dependent on an external factor," others, "a love not dependent on such factors" (see Ethics of the Fathers 5:16).
In somewhat the same way (to the extent that we can apply human terms to G-d at all), there is a difference between a Jew - who, as low as he or she may have fallen, is still a Jew and a "child of G-d" (Deut. 14:1 and R' Meir in Talmud, Kiddushin 36a, explaining this verse), and with whom He therefore has a supra-rational and indissoluble bond -
versus a non-Jew, who does not have that special relationship (although it is of course true that G-d appreciates and rewards his or her good deeds - see Talmud, Bava Kamma 38b).
Fascinating question. I would like to clarify a few things. First, I would like to make explicitly clear what you mean by "Hashem Loves more". In a strict sense Hashem does not love. He being perfect does not have any emotions. The Rambam states in the Moreh Nevuchim, Book I, Chapter 55 that no change or emotion can ever be predicated of Hashem. As the Novie states in Malachi Perek Gimmel, Pasuk Vov, "I, G-d, do not change." Rambam states in the Yad, Laws Concerning the Fundementals of our Faith, Perek Alef, Halacha Yud Alef, "and He does not change, for there is nothing that can cause change in him. There does not exist in him... anger or laughter, happiness or sadness…"
Therefore we can not say that Hashem loves us, that would be attributing an emotion to Hashem.
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1 Dec 2012 3:37 AM #1
[2.1] Class creation inconsistency
Test case:
var d = (new Ext.Class({ config: { test: 'action' }, constructor: function (config) { this.initConfig(config); } })).create({action:'test'}); var d1= Ext.widget('component', {action:'test'});
Ext.define(null,{}) not working in sencha touch but in extjs work perfectly.
I have created two instances of corresponding classes named 'd1' and 'd'.
Now "interesting" behavior.
1) d1.action=='test'
2) d.action==undefined
framework classes is somehow differ?
d1.config and d.config both contain 'action' property.
But in 'component' case it also defined as instance property(chrome browser).
That inconsistency is critical, because in case of native build (for ios), 'component' does not define instance property- same behavior as my custom class.
But in chrome browser 'action" is visible as instance property!
Should 'action' (not config property!!!) be defined as instance property or be available only through 'config' object?
What's definition of instance properties,not confusing with config properties? Does dynamic nature of javascript still intact?
By the way, some_container.down('component[action]') still find instance I need,though 'action' is not visible as instance property in iOs=native case.Strange things happen...
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This is not a bug. Sencha Touch makes full use of the config object where Ext JS never fully implemented throughout the framework.
If a property is in the config object, the actual property that is created is a private one with '_' prefixed to it but you should use the generated getter method to retrieve it not access the property itself.Mitchell Simoens @LikelyMitch
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1 Dec 2012 12:03 PM #3
I'm not talking about config properties,but about simple properties defined at the time of class declaration or instance creation. 'action' is not defined as config property, and Ext.widget('component',{action:'test'}) not create "config" property nor initialize it.
It's simple instance property,which is available as particular instance property,named 'action'.
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More concise sample,web browser:
(new Ext.Class()).create({ action: 'test' }).action !== Ext.widget('component', { action: 'test' }).action
And native ios build has both values 'undefined'.


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Taylor Swift Matches Fragrances to Her Men
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Taylor Swift doesn't look at old photo albums to reminisce about past romances—she dabs on a bit of perfume. "Different smells bring different relationships to mind for me," the singer-actress tells Allure in its December issue, where she poses for a spread inspired by a '70s Cacharel fragrance ad. Swift, who will launch her first scent next fall, says she used to keep a big tray of fragrances at her parents' house, and when she wanted to conjure up the image of a particular guy, she'd wear the scent that reminded her of that time. "I'd put on Abercrombie 8 to remember when I was in ninth grade and had my first boyfriend, because he gave me that," Swift explains. Then there was the scent that helped boost her popularity. "The coolest girl in school wore Britney Spears Fantasy, and I had to copy her." On the downside, fragrances can bring back bad memories, as in the case of a certain unnamed ex who wore a particular cologne. "Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue is still a difficult one for me to smell," reveals Swift. And while she doesn't reveal her former boyfriends' signature scents, we can't help but wonder which colognes some of her famous exes, including Taylor Lautner and John Mayer, wore. To go behind the scenes of Swift's photo shoot, visit allure.com or pick up the December issue of Allure, on newsstands Nov. 23. –Sara Hammel
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Mark Martin, owner of four Sprint Cup wins at Dover, leads all active Sprint Cup drivers in poles at Dover with five (Ryan Newman and Jeff Gordon have four poles apiece).
Drew Herring (No. 28 JGL Racing Toyota Camry) will be making his seventh career NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Iowa Speedway to go along with one previous start in the Camping World Truck Series.
Even though this is Cole Custer's first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start at Pocono, the #00 Chevrolet Silverado driver has experience at the "Tricky Triangle", winning the 50-lap ARCA event in August 2015. He led the final 18 laps.
Bubba Wallace (No. 6 Fastenal Ford Mustang) will make his sixth career NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Iowa Speedway on Saturday night.
Six of Kyle Busch's last seven attempts on flat tracks ended in top-10 finishes. That dates back to last fall's Goody's 500 at Martinsville Speedway when he finished fifth. All but one of his top-10s was in the top five.
Iowa Speedway marks Josh Berry's (No. 88 SunEnergy1 Chevrolet Camaro) fourth career NASCAR XFINITY Series start, and his first of 2016.
Daniel Hemric (No. 19 Blue Gate Bank Ford F-150) claimed a ninth-place finish in one previous NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start at Pocono Raceway (2015).
Justin Allgaier (No. 7 BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet Camaro) has one top-five and six top-10 finishes in nine XFINITY Series starts at Iowa Speedway, most recently placing seventh in the June NXS event at the .875-mile oval.
AJ Allmendinger is a calculated risk at Pocono Raceway. He entered last year's edition of this race with four 30-something results in the five Pocono races that preceded it, but he used his skills honed on road courses and finished seventh. He was not as great a value this spring, but finished 16th—four spots ahead of the midline.
Regan Smith missed three years at Pocono Raceway, but he returned to the track this spring and finished just outside of the midline mark in 22nd.
Jeb Burton will be behind the wheel of the No. 32 at Pocono Raceway. He also ran for this team in the June Axalta We Paint Winners 400 and finished 29th after starting 39th, which added 10 place-differential points to his total.
Matt Kenseth has finished seventh or better in all but one of this year's flat track races. Last year, he recorded top-10s in all but two events on this course type.


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VILLIES, John N., 88, formerly of Mingo Junction, Ohio, died peacefully in his sleep in Anderson, IN, on Sunday, November 18, 2012.
He was the husband of Marjorie Villies (Peters) of Toronto, OH for 61 years.
John was born near Bethany, W.Va. on April 12, 1924. He attended Steubenville High School.
He served in the US Army Air Corp as a radioman in Burma during World War II. After the war, John worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad until retiring.
John lived in Mingo Junction until 2006 when he moved to Anderson, IN to be close to family.
John was active in the Presbyterian Church, the American Legion, and Knights of Pythias in Mingo Junction. He loved to travel and fish with his daughters, son-in-law, granddaughters, and friends.
A loyal fan of Big Red, Pirates, Steelers, Mountaineers and Buckeyes, John was an avid sportsman.
He is survived by his wife Marjorie, daughters Joanna Wood and her husband Paul of Anderson, IN, Linda Caspole and her husband John and daughters, Michelle and Jennifer of Carlsbad, California.
He is also survived by his sisters Mary Fonow and Helen Hesske of Steubenville, brother Angelo of Florida, and their families.
John will be laid to rest in Union Cemetery in Steubenville, OH, Thanksgiving weekend.
Friends will be received Friday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at Blaschalk-Wilson Funeral Home, 115 Union Ave., Mingo Junction, OH, where services will be held Saturday, November 24, 2012, at 11 a.m. with Rev. David Massimi officiating. Interment will follow.
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The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music will celebrate 10 years of educating the next generation of music industry artists and professionals with a fundraising celebration Thursday, September 26, from 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. at Gallow Green at the McKittrick Hotel, Home of Sleep No More at 542 W. 27th Street in Manhattan.
Hosted by Fred and Doug Davis, noted philanthropists, entertainment industry leaders and sons of music legend Clive Davis, the event will feature DJ sets by Questlove and Bo Peri and presentations by Clive Davis, Dean Mary Schmidt Campbell, and Chair Jeff Rabhan. All proceeds from the event will go toward funding undergraduate student scholarships.
Founded in 2003 with a grant from Clive Davis, the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music has grown into one of the most prestigious and elite programs for aspiring music professionals in the nation. The program has graduated just shy of 200 students, including Grammy Award nominee singer-songwriter Elle Varner, and counts among its past and present faculty many leaders in the music industry, including Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Desmond Child, Bob Power, Kevin Liles, Dan Charnas, Vivien Goldman, Steve Stoute, just to name a few.
To purchase tickets to the event, or to make a donation to the scholarship fund, visit https://clivedavisinstitute10.eventbrite.com/. To obtain a place on the press list, contact Shonna Keogan at 212-998-6796.
About the NYU Tisch Clive Davis Institute
The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music is the first of its kind to provide professional business and artistic training toward a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The undergraduate program focuses on providing professional training for students who aspire to succeed as creative entrepreneurs in the music industry. The program bears the name of its chief patron and advisor, Clive Davis.
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Grand Valley State University Women's Center
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Women's Center History (written by Michele Coffill, GVSU News and Information)
It didn't matter much during the earliest days of Grand Valley's Women's Center that staff members worked from a small office in the Dean of Students suite. From the start of 2001, Marlene Kowalski-Braun and Jo Ann Wassenaar were often away from their desks building the relationships on-and off-campus that would serve as the foundation for the center.
"The fact that we didn't have a physical home in the beginning was not a deterrent," said Kowalski-Braun, who has served as center director since 2001. "It allowed us to build relationships and that makes sense for a women's center. One of the principles of feminist leadership is relationship building, finding a collective voice to help build a vision."
It was a collective voice from campus that led to creation of the center. In the late 1990s, faculty and staff members and students served on a task force to research development of a center. Many people thought a center for women student would complement other campus services already in place: the Women and Gender Studies program fulfilled the academic focus, and the Women's Commission served faculty and staff members.
Task force members visited women's centers at other universities and gathered information about mission statements, staffing, budgets, and activities. They presented a proposal for a Grand Valley Women's Center to administrators, including Dean of Students and Vice Provost Bart Merkle, and it was approved by then-President Arend D. Lubbers in 2000.
"It's one of those unique Grand Valley stories. Because we are such a young institution, creating something new is welcomed and many people and departments are willing to help," Kowalski-Braun said.
The collaborative spirit that was so instrumental in establishing the center has remained a guiding presence when developing the center's programs and services. The partnerships created by the Women's Center staff reach beyond university departments and student organizations to include community nonprofit organizations. That link was forged in part by Wassenaar, associate director, who brought a strong background in nonprofit administration when she began working at the center in 2001. "We never saw ourselves as only being on campus, "Wassanaar said. "We had a vision of reaching out before the term 'co-curricular' became popular."
The Women's Center connects with many West Michigan nonprofit organizations and regularly places student interns, sponsors events, or hosts celebrations with the Center for Women in Transition in Holland, Girl Scouts of Michigan Trails, Kent County Domestic Violence Community Coordinated Response Team, and Safe Haven Ministries, to name a few. The internships and requests from students to volunteer continued to increase and led to establishment of the Women's Issues Volunteer Corps in 2003. Since then, nearly 1,000 students have received training by Women's Center staff members to participate in service-learning projects throughout the area.
Connections with the community and Grand Valley's Women and Gender Studies (WGS) program provided the base for the Women's Community Collaborative, a unique academic course that integrates classroom theories and the practices of community activism. Students are placed in internships and serve more than 100 hours per semester at a nonprofit organization, in addition to completing course work. WGS faculty and Women's Center staff members teach the course.
Of the many annual programs on the Women's Center calendar, "The Vagina Monologues" is a highlight. Every year since 2002, a diverse cast of nearly 75 students, faculty, and staff members perform provocative and thought-provoking monologues written by Eve Ensler. Proceeds from annual productions have totaled over $70,000 to benefit campus groups and area women's organizations, and the international V-Day campaign that works to end violence against women and girls. The February event is also a leadership tool for participants. "The students now organize a daylong conference for other universities in the area. They are not just actors, but educators and activists," Kowalski-Braun said.
Another Women's Center calendar mainstay is Silent Witness. Each October, red silhouettes are unveiled to tell the stories of West Michigan people who were killed by acts of domestic violence. Other recurring programs include Rape Aggression Defense training; Eyes Wide Open, a peer education program that targets sexual assault; and the Women's Tea, a celebration during Women's History Month.
The center also offers two annual scholarships: one for nontraditional students and the other, in connection with Women and Gender Studies, for students who volunteer their time to better the lives of women or girls. The WGS scholarship is named for Jean Enright, a retired Grand Valley staff member who has made significant community contributions.
Since its inception in 2001, Women's Center staff members have made significant contributions to improving student life at Grand Valley. Koleta Moore, director of Grand Valley's EXCEL Program, was a member of the task force that studied the feasibility of a center a decade ago. She said students trust the center as a resource. "What they do here makes it a better place to work for all of us. It broadens what we can do and offer to students, "Moore said.
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- Syndactyly Type I with Microcephaly and Mental Retardation
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Filippi syndrome is an extremely rare genetic disorder that may be apparent at birth (congenital). The disorder is characterized by an unusual facial appearance, abnormalities of the fingers and toes, and mild to severe mental retardation. Primary physical findings include growth delays, webbing or fusion (syndactyly) of certain fingers and toes, inward deviation or bending (clinodactyly) of the fifth fingers ("pinkies") and microcephaly, condition that indicates that the head circumference is smaller than would be expected for an infant's age and sex. Filippi syndrome is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait.
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Did Woot ads change?
I just got hit by one of those stupid "if you drive less than 37 miles per day you are getting ripped off by not using this ridiculously easy trick"...
I've always hated those ads.
Did Woot's ad choice change? ...or would it be my browsing history?
Is this just me?
I sure hope I don't start seeing those ads about local moms finding loopholes in the government or mysterious fruits...
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I have no idea. I use an ad blocker so I haven't seen any advertisements for a long time.
Why do you hate mystery fruit?
Are you referring to the ads to the right of the deals list? If so, mine change based on my browsing, right now mine are Pandora charms, office furniture, and Looxcie wearable camcorder. If they aren't the ones you are talking about, then I'm not sure. They are the only ads I see.
@inkycatz: Maybe I'm just a nonbeleiver...
@lmensor: Yeah, I think they are related to your browsing. I have been on T Mobile's site all day trying to get info on a micro sim card and a T Mobile ad is the only thing I see now. I think geography also play a part since I often see ads for things that are local to me.
They still look the same to me.
I guess I get weird ads... I've only seen the kind that I mentioned on weird sites that I don't like so much.


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In-depth coverage of the TurboGears 1.0 widgets API. Walks through the implementation of widgets so that you can see all of the features tucked away in there. Also covers the use of metaclasses in the API.
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I am a Windows user and I am looking forward to using Ubuntu 12.04, however there are some difficulties I want to discuss. First off I am using a Pentium 4 PC RAM 4 GB and 160 GB hard disk, processor 3.00 GHz. Will Ubuntu run seamlessly and faster than Windows 7 that I have? Secondly, I access the Internet using HUAWEI Tata Photon+ device. Will that work on Ubuntu? Most importantly, I have a balance of 4000 MB left, will that be enough for all the download work needed(say by the exe installer).
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Superior food, far-reaching beer menus, outstanding service and affordable prices are all compelling reasons for visiting a restaurant or bar, but they aren't the only reasons--ambience counts, too. Just because a spot is a perfect for boozing with friends doesn't mean it's equally appropriate for a first date or Sunday brunch with Grandma. Hoppit helps you find the right place at the right time, recommending local eateries and watering holes based on whom you're with and what kind of atmosphere you want to enjoy.
Hoppit--currently available for major U.S. locales including New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston and Washington D.C.--pinpoints your location and identifies destinations according to your desired environment (selections include "Romantic," "Swanky" and "Hipster") as well as your social context (i.e., "Colleagues," "Family" or "My Two-Year-Old") and price range. After Hoppit maps all the possibilities in your radius, you can click through each recommendation for atmosphere details, noise level, location, contact information, etc. You can also save past, present and future favorites to Facebook. It's an invaluable resource for anyone looking for lunch in all the wrong places.
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On our website , we have 10 000 / 20 000 users.
You can see Men , women , black camera , and sometimes some spam. We try to stop the spam but webspammer are very clever...
Some people try to find a date , another just want to have fun , and many people are very cool :-)
If you don't want to speak with somebody , you just to click "next".
You can find another site like chatroulette zygocam on your web search engine.
The first , the most favous is Chatroulette.
Secondly you have omegle.
And the third with many people is zygocam
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To begin , wait that "loading..." is finish. And then click "Start" :)
All country from the world are on Zygocam ! You can find zygocam in france , united states (usa) , danemark , spanish , deutschland , and other country. So , you can speak with many language with other peoples.
Zygocam work with the flash technology. So you must install flash player to use it. For the connection , we use websocket , and for the camera we use the flash's p2p rtmfp protocol. ( it's must faster ) The rtmfp protocol work with UDP , so you need to accept UDP packet on your firewall. If rtmfp won't work on your computer , we try to use rtmp.
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A Lens on the World
When National Geographic Magazine first began publishing photos of the far-flung locales it wrote about, trustees threatened to resign on the grounds that pictures would "cheapen the journal," says Maura Mulvihill, director of the National Geographic Society's image collection.
That was in 1890. On Thursday, 232 photos, paintings and drawings that helped to turn National Geographic into an international brand will be auctioned at Christie's in New York to celebrate the society's 125-year anniversary in January.
Works for sale include Steve McCurry's famous portrait of an Afghan girl with piercing green eyes, which was used on the cover of the magazine in 1985 and is valued between $30,000 and $50,000. Staff photographer Jodi Cobb's vibrant picture of a Huli tribesman in Papua New Guinea, which ran in the magazine in 2001, is valued at $1,500 to $2,500. (For all the works on auction, the magazine will retain all publication rights.)
The works for sale are part of an archive of 11.5 million images that were commissioned or purchased by the society and are stored in a giant underground library at National Geographic's headquarters in Washington, D.C. This is the first time that the works have been put up for auction, says Ms. Mulvihill.
Also for sale are works by Maynard Owen Williams, the society's first foreign correspondent, who documented the opening of King Tut's tomb in 1923. "There was not a sound in that formless chamber crowded with darkness....the whole great mass of limestone above my head was a vast burial place," Mr. Williams wrote in the article that accompanied his photographs.
A complete set of "The North American Indian" photos taken by Edward Curtis, the results of three decades of work in the early 20th century, is valued at between $700,000 and $900,000. The society bought the photos and published some of them in 1907 and 1908.
The most expensive item for auction is a painting by Newell Convers Wyeth (father of Andrew), who had been commissioned to paint murals at the society's headquarters that are displayed to this day. His "The Duel on the Beach," which depicts a dramatic pirate swordfight, ran in the 1999 issue and is priced between $800,000 and $1.2 million.
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Social Networking Data
Recently, I have been asked about Pentaho's product interaction with social network providers such as Twitter and Facebook. The data stored within these "social graphs" can provide its owners with critical metrics around their content. By analyzing trends within user growth and demographics as well as consumption and creation of content…owners and developers are better equipped to improve their business with Facebook and Twitter. Social networking data can already be viewed and analyzed utilizing existing tools such as FB Insights or even purchasable 3rd party software packages created specifically for this purpose. Now…Pentaho Data Integration in its traditional sense is an ETL (Extract Transform Load) tool. It can be used to extract and extrapolate data from these services and merge or consolidate it with other relative company data. However, it can also be used to automatically push information about a company's product or service to the social network platforms. You see this in action today if you have ever used Facebook and "Liked" something a company had to offer. At regular intervals, you will sometimes note unsolicited product offers and advertisements posted to your wall from those companies. A great and cost effective way to advertise to the masses.
Application Programming Interface
Interacting with these systems is made possible because they provide an API. (Application Programming Interface) To keep it simple, a developer can write a program in "some language" to run on one machine which communicates with the social networking system on another machine. The API can leverage a 3GL such as Java or JavaScript or even simpler, RESTful services. At times, software developers/vendors will write connectors in the native API that can be distributed and used in many software applications. These connectors can offer a quicker and easier approach than writing code alone. It may be possible within the next release of Pentaho Data Integration, that an out of the box Facebook and/or Twitter transformation step is developed – but until then the RESTful APIs provided work just fine with the simple HTTP POST step. Using Pentaho Data Integration with this out of the box component, allows quick access to social network graph data. It can also provide the ability to push content to those applications such as Facebook and Twitter without writing any code or purchasing a separate connector.
The Facebook Graph API
Both Facebook and Twitter provide a number of APIs, one worth mentioning is the Facebook Graph API (don't worry Twitter, I'll get back to you in my next blog entry).
The Graph API is a RESTful service that returns a JSON response. Simply stated an HTTP request can initiate a connection with the FB systems and publish / return data that can then be parsed with a programming language or even better yet – without programing using Pentaho Data Integration and its JSON input step.
Since the FB Graph API provides both data access and publish capabilities across a number of objects (photos, events, statuses, people pages) supported in the FB Social graph, one can leverage both automated push and pull capabilities.
If you are interested in giving this a try or seeing this in action, take a look at this tutorial available on the Pentaho Evaluation Sandbox.
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Meccano #3 - Schlager
Hanco Kolk is one of Holland's most famous comics artists, best known for the series he made in cooperation with Peter de Wit, such as 'Gilles de Geus' and 'S1ngle', but also for his more experimental works like 'Meccano'. Kolk was born in Den Helder, but he moved to Arnhem at the age of 4.
He debuted in 1974 with the comic strip 'Hanter Lanterfanter', that was published in the underground magazine Tante Leny Presenteert. He then published his comics, by then still in a realistic drawing style, in his own magazine, De Omelet. Kolk launched this magazine together with René Meulenbroek, Ben Jansen and Aloys Oosterwijk and published seven issues between 1975 and 1977. When the magazines Tante Leny, Speedo and De Omelet merged to Talent, Kolk contributed the comic strip 'Rob Robijn'.
In 1980, Kolk formed Studio Arnhem with the young artists/writers Oosterwijk, Jansen and René Meulenbroek in 1980, joined shortly afterwards by Evert Geradts and Gerard Leever. The studio, of which Hanco was the driving force, produced a great variety of comics for several Dutch and Belgian publications. Kolk cooperated on the newspaper strip 'Otto Raaf', as well as 'Ernst Vrolijk & Dik Hout' (with Gleever and René Meulenbroek) for Robbedoes. He also wrote scripts for the Dutch Donald Duck weekly.
Cor Daad (Taptoe, 1989)
By 1983 Kolk asumed a more round and caricatural drawing style and wrote and drew a series of short stories about 17th century robber 'Gilles de Geus' for Eppo magazine. A year later he created 'Cor Daad' for Taptoe, a series he continued until 1998. He also wrote the scripts for 'Falco & Donjon', a series drawn by Uco Egmond for Eppo.
Gilles de Geus - De Batavia
Hanco Kolk began a fruitful collaboration with Peter de Wit in 1985. They started writing the scripts for 'Gilles de Geus' ('Bryant the Brigand') together and made several longer stories set during the Eighty Years' War. The first album was released by Oberon in 1985 and the subsequent albums and reprints were published by De Plaatjesmaker (1988), Arboris (1996) and Silvester (1999).
Mannetje & Mannetje (Sjors & Sjimmie Stripblad #3, 1992)
Kolk and De Wit also created the photo comic 'Mannetje & Mannetje', with themselves in the starring roles, that was published in Sjors en Sjimmie Stripblad/Sjosji from 1988 to 1995. This strip was also adapted in a TV series for VPRO television in 1989. In addition, Kolk and De Wit hosted a comics course for the educational broadcasting company Teleac in 1992. For VARA TV Magazine, they made the comics adaptation of the television comedy 'Laat Maar Zitten' in that same year.
Gilles de Geus - 60-90-60
In the late 1980s, Kolk and De Wit founded their own publishing label De Plaatjesmaker, through which they published their own series in book format throughout the 1990s, but also a series of small minicomics by various artists, called the Pincet series. Since 2000, Hanco Kolk and Peter de Wit make the daily newspaper strip 'S1NGLE' for Het Parool. This popular comic strip is now published in over 15 newspapers and it has been adapted into a TV series for NET 5 in 2007.
Kolk made the comic strip 'N.V. Moord' for Titanic in 1984, in which he first used a more abstract and stylistic drawing style. He further developed this style in his prize-winning series 'Meccano', about a fictional country filled with decadence, revolt and uproar. The first publication was in the French magazine L'Écho des Savanes in 1989, and five books have been published between 1992 and 2007.
Kolk also used his new drawing style for his more mainstream riddle comic 'Inspecteur Netjes', that debuted in Sjors en Sjimmie Stripblad in 1989. It appeared in the subsequent magazines SjoSji and Striparazzi until 1999 and was then reprised in Veronica Magazine between 2002 and 2004.
Inspecteur Netjes (Sjosji #15, 1998)
Throughout the years, Kolk has often made autobiographical comics, among others for Eppo, Razzafrazz and music magazine OOR. His sketchbook diary of his 1999 retreat to Italy, was published by Oog en Blik in 2003. In 2005 he made a comic about his sterilisation for De Volkskrant. A book publication called 'Zaad', was available exclusively in the Canisius Wilhelmina hospital in Nijmegen.
Hanco Kolk has participated in several smaller comics projects. He has written scripts for artists like Ben Westervoorde ('De Muziekbuurters' in Taptoe, 1995), Michiel de Jong ('De Familie Sloterdijk' in Hello You!, 1999) and Hans van Oudenaarden ('De Kleine Dood', 2001). In 1997 he made the advertising comic 'Casanova's Parfum' for the Amsterdam Spiegelkwartier Association. His gag comic 'Circus' is published in P@per, the comics supplement of Brabant Strip Magazine, and he made the strip 'Carlo & Bertje' for N.O.T. Together with Flemish artist Kim Duchateau, he made 'De Man van Nu', a modernized version of Romeo and Juliet in two dimensions, published by De Harmonie/Blloan in 2016.
Van Istanbul naar Bagdad
Since the 1990s Kolk has also focused on other art forms, such as silk screens, illustrations and paintings. Together with Jean-Marc van Tol, he lobbied for more money for the Dutch comics scene at the The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture. This resulted in the annual Marten Toonder Price and a training course in comic design with ArtEZ in Zwolle.
Hanco Kolk is by now a household name in the Dutch art scene. He is an occasional guest with performances by musician Spinvis, and he has worked with writer Arnon Grunberg on a comics version of his travel diary 'Van Istanbul naar Bagdad', that was published by Podium in 2010.
Lambiek's Almanac 1968-1993
cover by Hanco Kolk
S1ngle strip: www.s1ngle.nl
Kolk's portfolio at ComicHouse
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Leonard C. Goodin, 75, of Liberty, TX, formerly of Leavenworth Co., KS, passed away in Houston, TX November 4, 2012. He is survived by: his wife of 42 years Sharon; his sons Russell P. Goodin of Haines, Alaska, and Jon E. Goodin (Alison) of Needville, TX, a sister Violet Darlene Wagner of Aurora, TX, 2 grandsons Jason Collins, of Overland Park, KS, and T.J. Collins of Norway; 1 granddaughter Jessica Goodin of Cordova, TN; 1 great granddaughter; and 5 nephews. He is preceded in death by: his parents J.R. "Short" Goodin and Violet "Dolly" Jordan Goodin; and daughter Lyn Ann Collins. A visitation will be held 10:00 – 11:00 a.m., Friday, November 16, 2012; immediately followed by an 11:00 a.m. memorial service at Rollins Funeral Home in Platte City, MO. Inurnment will follow in the Platte City Cemetery. The family suggests contributions be given to the charity of one's choice. Arrangements By: Rollins Funeral Home—Platte City, Missouri—Ph. 816-858-2129. www.rollinsfuneralhome.net
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Arai XC Open-Face Helmet
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Arai XC Open-Face Helmet.
The XC is yet another example of Arai's decades-long tradition of improving on what works, redefining how open-face helmets can look – and protect. The most telling feature is the extended coverage in the lower jaw-cheek pad area – extending 1 3/16" forward compared to the previous model (and traditional open-face ¾ helmets). While the look may be reminiscent of an ancient Greek warrior's helmet, the performance is as modern as it comes. The XC provides a measure of lower-jaw protection that's been missing from previous open-face helmets, which leave that part of the face exposed.
Arai XC Helmet Features
- - Front TDF-2 intake vents and the DDL-4 exhaust vent are a direct take off from the RX-Q. Side Cowl exhausts complete the ventilation upgrade
- New cheek pad design is more similar to the full face helmet style with a full coverage EPS base and removable covers
- Vented neck roll takes advantage of existing airflow from around the rider's neck to further enhance helmet ventilation by extracting more heat buildup from interior
- Thinner shield arms (pods) provide a more aerodynamic shape. LRS levers assist with shield removal
- DOT and Snell 2010 certified
Arai XC Helmet Sizing
To find the Correct size helmet for a person's head:
- Measure the head circumference one-inch above the eyebrows and ears
- Using the circumference measured, use the size chart below to find the approximate size
- Once you have tried on the helmet it should fell snug equally around the head. The helmet should not feel too tight or too loose at any point around head.
***Please remember that all head shapes vary slightly and that this sizing chart is to be used as a starting guide, not an exact guide.
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There are two main styles of ¾ or open face helmet styles that almost all of these helmets can be put into these days; retro, or vintage, and touring. There is also a new emerging category of hybrid open face helmets that we will cover in video just for the hybrids, but will hint at near the end of this video. Today we are going to look at 7 successful designs, 3 retro styles and four of the more sophisticated touring styles. All of the helmets we will check out today carry at least a DOT safety rating. Let's start with a few retro models.
The first helmet I want to show you is the famed Bell Custom 500. This is a retro or vintage style helmet that incorporates modern safety design, materials, and technology. The Custom 500 is celebrating its sixtieth birthday and received a celebratory overhaul.
This new version has a whole new head shape combined with 5 individual EPS's, one for each size helmet, which helps the helmet to look smaller on your head. I would love to show you how much better it fits, but this helmet has not yet been released as we're filming this video, so this sample is a medium, which is obviously not happening on my head.
My friend Arfas, though, has a twenty two inch head circumference, and typically wears between a medium and a small. This medium fits well and sits nice and low on his head. This redesigned shape is also more accommodating to oval head shapes like mine, where the previous version was very round.
The custom 500 is available in seven colorways including this Matte Brown Metallic, and in sizes extra small to double extra-large. It features a retro looking quilted liner and snaps for adding a face shield. As far as quality goes, this is going to be the top of the line in the retro segment, and carries a five year warranty to back it up.
The next helmet we're taking a look at today is the Speed and Strength SS600. This helmet doesn't have quite the fit and finish that the Bell does, but is still nice looking for the money, and available in some sick looking graphics, like this Rooke Customs model. It has an ABS alloy shell as opposed to the fiberglass shell of the Bell. But, while ABS possesses less impact absorption than fiberglass, it's more durable, and does a better job of handling daily riding abuse. The price is also about twenty five percent less in certain finishes.
The SS600 is available in sizes extra small to two x and, like most retro open face helmets, is designed for a round to intermediate oval head shape. I can wear it, but I need to go to a size larger than the fitment chart recommends for my head circumference. My head measures twenty three and half inches around, so I should fit in a large according to the chart, but I would be pretty uncomfortable in anything smaller than this XL.
Another feature not often found in the vintage segment is ventilation. The SS600 features intake and exhaust vent ports to keep you cool and dry in warmer weather.
Next, we have the value priced HCI-10. While this isn't one of the premium helmets in this retro category, it is a good value for the budget conscious, and I like to try and offer a full specrum of price points, so you can get the most helmet for the dollars in your pocket. It also makes it easier for you to see the differences between a value-priced helmet and a premium helmet.
Like the other two retro helmets, this lid also has an intermediate oval shape. The fitment calls for an extra-large for my head measurement, which is correct front to back, but leaves a little too much room for side to side movement. Even with a rounder head, this helmet isn't going to have as precise of a fit as a premium helmet. Time spent on research and development translates into higher helmet cost. Perfection isn't the goal with a value priced helmet, affordability is.
A couple of other features you'll have to do without are a wicking liner and ventilation. Also, my example here also is only equipped with three snaps, instead of five, which limits you a little bit on shield choice.
There are obviously numerous other retro ¾ helmet choices to consider as well, this is a rapidly growing market. If you have any questions about this helmet style, give our customer service a call at 1-877-GO-Helmet.
The next group of helmets we're going to look at have a more modern styling, with modern features that are beneficial to a more touring oriented rider. I'm going to show you four of my favorites, including two of the most premium choices available.
First, we have the Shoei J Cruise. This is an ultra-premium choice from Shoei that really is one of the most feature packed open faced helmets available today. This helmet is designed to offer the wearer all of the best in each feature category. No cut corners with the J Cruise. The fit of this helmet is exactly what you would expect from Shoei. It's precise. You feel the firm grip of the helmet on your head but there's no hotspots. The size chart calls for a large for my head and this is definitely the right size. It's pretty snug for now, but remember, you lose about a third of a size to break in. It's available in a ton of colors, and the finishes on Shoei products are excellent.
One of the issues commonly had with open face helmets is buffeting and wind noise. Riders on all different styles of bikes like open face helmets, so the challenge for the helmet manufacturer, is creating a helmet that is going to ride smooth and quiet regardless of the motorcycles windshield setup, or lack thereof. The J Cruise was designed in a wind tunnel, and features like the ventilation, this new Integrated Air Dam design on the optically correct shield, the spring loaded baseplates, and the twin blade eye port gasket, work together to provide a surprisingly quiet ride.
You're also getting premium features like an AIM shell with four shell sizes, a multi-piece EPS liner, and a retractable internal sunshade, not to mention the work of art that is the 3D Max Dry liner. The padding is actually contoured and constructed out of different thicknesses and densities of padding to provide the perfect fit.
Next we have another top of the line selection from the touring segment of open face helmets, the famed Arai XC. If you closed your eyes and had someone put this helmet on your head for you, you would swear it was a full face. That is because of this unique shell design where the jaw area actually extends over an inch farther than previous Arai open face models. The fit is a little bit rounder with the Arai than the Shoei. I don't have quite as much room for my forehead with this model then I had with the Shoei. I have a long oval head form, though, so this helmet will fit great on most folks with more intermediate oval heads, Of course it's an Arai, so you're getting a hand laid fiberglass shell and a plush three dimensional liner construction.
There are two areas where the Shoei and the Arai do a give and take. The Arai gets a Snell safety rating, the Shoei does not. This definitely isn't a deal breaker for me, but I know many riders get a lot of piece of mind from the Snell rating, so one point Arai. The area where the Shoei shines over the Arai is the shield system. There really is no comparison. There is so much feature tech put into this Shoei they're going to be hard to catch. Every aspect of the Shoei's shield system is smooth, and refined. The Arai's just isn't. The shield is difficult to remove, and the locking mechanism requires the wearer to tug firmly on fairly delicate baseplate components. One point Shoei. Choosing between these two helmets would be definitely be a tough job for any rider, I'm glad I don't have to do it.
The last two helmets I want to compare are the HJC FG-Jet and the Gmax GM67S. Some might say that this is an unfair comparison because of the fairly dramatic difference in price points but I look at it this way, whatever the less expensive helmet gives up in quality, it makes up for in price. They both get a point. The fit between the two is very similar, and accurate per the size chart, although some customers did complain that they had to return their Gmax for a bigger size, so if you are in between sizes, definitely pick the next one up.
The FG-Jet has many truly top of the line features, but at price that is about a third of the Arai. It has a Kevlar and fiberglass composite weave shell that was designed in a wind tunnel, so the aerodynamics is quite good. The ventilation also benefits from wind tunnel testing. Both of these helmets have well designed drop down visor systems, but I have to give this feature win to the HJC. This sunshade system works great. The shape of the visor and how far down it goes are crucial. If you are stuck looking at the bottom of a sunshade shade, you will definitely get a headache. The three position shield on the FG works excellent. The buttons are easy to use, and they've added a cushioned release to ease the noise. The face shield system on the FG-Jet is also quite nice. A simple push of this lever and the shield pops right off, and reinstalling is just as easy.
The Gm67S has its strong points as well. Where this helmet really shines is versatility. This helmet can be set up with three different configurations. You can wear the helmet with a peak visor installed, a face shield, or you can purchase a supplementary chin bar setup that actually gives this helmet some full face style debris protection. You also have the option of adding a rear light kit that can tap into your bike's brake light circuit, giving the helmet true brake light functionality. The Gmax also has excellent ventilation, and the finish on these helmets is automotive quality.


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Family Artifacts and Genealogy
Remember those old trunks and boxes you saw when playing around the attic and basement as a child? When you asked, Mom said they were just "family things." Ask Mom to go through the attic with you. Make sure you have plenty of time. Don't hurry her. She hasn't seen these things for a long time, and as they are lovingly removed from boxes, memories will come flooding back. Have a pencil and paper to make notes. Get the stories behind the items.
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Many scraps of old paper provide clues of some kind. What appears unimportant to you today can later lead to the answer you seek.
Have a tape recorder handy as you go through the boxes and trunks. Record descriptions and ask questions regarding the objects. Be sure to announce on the tape the date, location of the interview, your name, and whom you are interviewing. Leave it running; you don't want distractions caused by turning the recorder on and off.
The little doll—who owned it? It was wrapped with such care—it had to be very important to a little girl at one time. The little toy soldiers at the bottom of the trunk; they are sure to stir memories of the little boys who played with them endlessly. Who were they?
The Objects with Tales to Tell
What about the objects that are going to help tell you about your grandpa, and those before him? How can you find them in that old trunk? But, look. There is a batch of old letters, with a ribbon carefully tied around them. They are still in good condition after all this time. You open them, and read in amazement. There is a letter from Great-Great-Grandpa, written in 1889, when he went to Texas to look for a piece of land. He wrote back that he was getting discouraged, that he missed the family, and was about to come home. But then, three weeks later, another letter. He finally found what he wanted. He described the land, and the little farmhouse on it. He promised to be back home soon to bring the family to Texas. Uncle George found a place, too. They will be living nearby. George's wife Mary is already starting to fix up their home. Now you have some names and locations. These will prove important as you search.
Family members, when queried, will often say, "But I don't have anything that would help." It is not that they are reluctant to assist; they just don't realize the significance of what is stored in the old boxes.
Among the family mementos to look for are these:
- Photographs
- Bibles
- Documents such as deeds
- Letters
- Applications for lineage societies
- Scrapbooks and news clippings
- Funeral cards
- Account books
- Diaries and journals
- Baby books
- Christmas lists and address books
- Greeting cards
- Needlepoint samplers
- Report cards and school diplomas
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Within a family, memorabilia are those items with significance to the family. This may be the first baby shoe, the wedding announcement, or any other items that evoke memories of the family.
These are but a few of the memorabilia that hold some clues. Perhaps there is a yearbook, a letter from an alumni association, or an invitation to a school reunion. Be alert to anything that will give you an idea of where you might find further information.
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Excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Genealogy © 2005 by Christine Rose and Kay Germain Ingalls. All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Used by arrangement with Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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For those who don't know this is a crowning achievement in cinema.
I agree, on the short list of movies everyone must see. Movies that come after this make more sense after watching this once.
This is classic.
Excellent movie, but the price is a little steep for me. If you're interested in streaming it, I think it's available on Hulu (I can't check from work)
This was the inspiration for "The Magnificent Seven"
I own this and it looks fantastic in high definition. Criterion pulled out all the stops to make this look and sound great, and the extras are top-notch. Even if you own their DVD release from a few years ago it's worth the upgrade.


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Umbilical Cord Blood Banking
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Umbilical cord blood banking is the process of saving and storing cord blood at the time of birth for its therapeutic stem cells.
Umbilical cord blood banking is something you might want to talk to your doctor about before your baby is born. Cord blood is the blood in your baby's umbilical cord following birth that is usually discarded. However, some parents are now saving and storing cord blood because it has been found to be rich in stem cells.
Stem cells are the building blocks of the blood and immune systems. They can divide to become other types of cells. The stem cells found in umbilical cord blood and bone marrow can divide and become all three types of blood cells: red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Stem cells are able to restore function to the blood-making system and immune system. This is especially valuable when the systems have been damaged by radiation or chemotherapy. In a stem cell transplant, patients with a marrow or blood disease (such as leukemia) first undergo chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy to wipe out their diseased blood or marrow cells. Then, blood stem cells from a healthy donor are transplanted into the patient, where they grow and develop into healthy marrow and blood cells.
Stem cells are currently used in the treatment of nearly 40 life-threatening diseases including certain cancers (such as leukemia) and immune and genetic disorders. And researchers are now looking for ways to use cord blood to address medical problems such as stroke, heart disease, diabetes, and muscular dystrophy.
How Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Works
The blood collection process is easy and painless, and it does not interfere with the delivery or care of your newborn. (The collection process is essentially the same with a cesarean birth as it is for a natural birth.) After your baby is born, but before the placenta is delivered, your obstetrician or midwife cleans a 4- to 8-inch area of umbilical cord with an antiseptic solution and then inserts the blood bag needle into the umbilical vein. When the blood has been collected, the blood bag is clamped, sealed and labeled. The collection typically takes two to four minutes. Two tubes of maternal blood are also drawn at this time. The procedure is painless and noninvasive. There is no risk to you or your child.
The cells in your blood cord sample must then be processed and frozen within 48 hours by a laboratory specially equipped to handle umbilical cord blood banking.
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Excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth © 2004 by Michele Isaac Gliksman, M.D. and Theresa Foy DiGeronimo. All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Used by arrangement with Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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What would be the magnitude of radiation received for a 50mCi dose of radioiodine I-31 as compared to say RADS? I read that it might be on the order of about 35 RADS. Does this make sense?
There is no direct conversion for what you are asking. Curies are a measure of activity equal to $3.7 \cdot 10^7$ decays per second. Rad are a measure of absorbed dose equal to 1 Joule per kilogram. In order to determine how much radiation is received, you need to know things like the amount of time of exposure, distance between source and target, sheilding if applicable (and intervening material regardless), solid angle of target, and mass of the target.
I assume that you meant to write $^{131}I$ and I expect that you are implying that the source was ingested and so all of the radiation is absorbed. $^{131}I$ always decays by $\beta^-$ emission and about 90% of these decays have an average energy of 191 keV, 7% have an average energy of 96 keV, and 2% have an average energy of 69 keV. Thus, on average, the $\beta^-$ have an energy of about 180 keV which is about $2.9 \cdot 10^{-14} J$.
A 50 mCi source gives off $1.85\cdot 10^9 \beta^-$ particles per second so, in this case, we are looking at about 0.003 Joules per minute of exposure. If you divide this by the weight of the patient, it will tell you the absorbed dose in rad.
Now, $^{131}I$ has a biological half-life of about 100 days. Biological half-life works about the same as radioactive half-life, there is an exponential decay of the effects. In other words, about 50 days after ingestion, you will be recieving only half of the exposure you would receive if the sample were, say, sitting on a table. Keep in mind, however, that the radioactive half-life of $^{131}I$ is only 8 days. You can combine radioactive half-life and biological half-life to determine the expected absorbed dose over time but I will not do it here.
One other thing to consider, however, is that the exposure to radiation in this case is not uniform because Iodine migrates to specific places in the body so that the residence time depends on which organ you are considering. Additionally, for health purposes we typically use dose equivalent rather than absorbed dose which is measured in Sieverts rather than rads. Dose equivalent is determined by multiplying the absorbed dose by a quality factor Q as recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP). This accounts for the difference resulting from the energy of the incident particles. To make matters even more confusing, there is often also an "equivalent dose" (not the same as dose equivalent) that includes an additional weighting factor to account for the different nature of radiation from varous kinds of particles. On top of that, there is an "effective dose" that is different still and includes an additional weighting factor to account for the fact that a dose to the gonads is worse than one to bone.
In conclussion, yes, the suggested result you heard of 35 rad as an absorbed dose received from $^{131}I$ sounds reasonable. However, simplifying radiation exposure is frought with difficulty, every exposure situation is unique and needs individual and competant medical attention. Many of us in the industry wish the situation were simpler because the current situation is a public relations nightmare when something like Fukushima happens. Unfortunately, when you are dealing with the effect a stochastic process on biological systems, it just isn't that simple.
AdamRedwine's answer also doesn't take into account the fact that the radioactive iodine will be processed by the body and expelled in the urine over the course of a few days. This is what the comment on the increased exposure on the bladder wall is from, referenced by another comment. So I believe (but am not an expert in this area) that the exposure will actually be much less than just taking the (already short) half-life into account.
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I have a structure below;
- Folder - Sharepoint Folder
- Component - Custom Folder which is inherited from Folder
- Deliverable - Custom Document which is inherited from Document
when I view a folder properties, I want to see the list of the content in detail view
For instance, referring to the screenshot below, Graphics Folder has got 2 Component and 4 Deliverables. I would like to have a datagrid style to view what this folder has. Same applies to Component type to. Each Component can have multiple Deliverables. when I view properties of the Component folder, I want to see list of the deliverables. it is kinda Master-Detail implementation.
Could you suggest me a way to start implementing this, I really dont know where to start. Thanks for your help in advance.


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- There is a Health Center located on campus where students, faculty and staff can go for medical attention on a walk-in basis. The Health Center also provides medical specialty clinics, attendant care services, diagnostic services, a pharmacy, student health insurance and outreach programs.
- Where can I learn more about campus safety?
- Students, faculty and staff can visit the UH Police Department website to learn more about safety and security on campus. Services such as police escorts, emergency and information call boxes, and more are available through UHPD.
- Where can I get help in solving problems related to the university?
- Sometimes students run into situations where a clear solution is hard to find. The University of Houston Student Advocacy and Support Services is a problem-solving service that assists students. Ombudservice designated problem-solvers will help students resolve problems or refer students to the office or person who can help with the problem. Ombudservice specializes in helping students with various academic and nonacademic concerns such as residency status, registration, fee payment, housing, financial aid, grades, parking and other university-related issues.
- Where can I find important/frequently used UH phone numbers?
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- Your education is important and UH has many academic services and learning resources where students can enhance their educational experience. The university provides numerous services to help students adjust to university life. UH Learning Assessment Services identifies needs, provides assessment and evaluative services, promotes outreach activities and facilitates student learning. The University Libraries are great places to study and conduct research.
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Smushpie's NYPD ESU Mod HD - Feedback
I made this thread so that I can get some feedbacks before my mod is published entitled "Smushpie's NYPD ESU Mod HD" (awaiting admin approval now)
I literally spent 3 years on this (school + work) and I have gotten the font, font spacing, image spacing and the pixels counts for both the font and image on my vehicles/clothes
Everything will be in the rar soon
sorry to release this way late! I as thinking of just keeping it mine and never release it but
then my hard work to show off is wasted so I decided to upload this and maybe people can use this
in their movies or mods such as LCPDFR
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it just looks 100% HD better in game (with settings FULLY maxed; not the distance values but everything else).
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