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I have downloaded emulators from the Homebrew Browser - no probs, but I want these as channels on my Wii menu page
I have looked for the stand alone emulators to download but they are all in .dol format and therefore I am unable to install them using my wad manager
Any ideas?
You could download a forward-channel for your emulators, like I did. You can find everything you need right here: Slingblade's Wii Hacking Community - Channels
Forward-Channel is like a shortcut channel. It don't take much block-space on your Wii, and it boots the .dol file from your SD card. xD
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- Title Large solar flare, 13 December 2006
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The Sun unleashed a large (X-3 class) solar flare December 13, 2006 along with a coronal mass ejection (CME) that appears to be headed towards Earth. The source of these eruptions was the very active sunspot region 930. A shower of high-energy particles appeared as specks and white streaks on the imagers aboard SOHO, the primary watchdog for solar storms. The video clip from LASCO C2 coronagraph shows a CME emerging from behind the occulting disk and then almost immediately the imager is being struck by the particles (that travel at half the speed of light).
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Georgia Retina Opens New Office in Peachtree City
Office Will Serve Fayette and Coweta Counties and Surrounding Areas
April 26, 2011— Georgia Retina, the state's largest retina-only private practice, recently opened a new office in Peachtree City to serve patients in Fayette and Coweta Counties and surrounding areas as an extension of the current Riverdale office.
Dr. Mark J. Rivellese said, "The new satellite office will allow us to continue our commitment to serving our patients in their communities." One of two doctors who will see patients in Peachtree City, Dr. Rivellese is a board-certified ophthalmologist whose particular areas of interest include the medical and surgical treatment of diabetic retinopathy, the diagnosis and treatment of ocular tumors, and retinopathy of prematurity.
Dr. John J. Miller, a board-certified ophthalmologist, a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and a member of the American Society of Retina Specialists, will also see patients at the new office.
Located at 403 Westpark Court, Suite 100, in Peachtree City, the office will be open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Tuesdays and also every other Friday starting March 18.
This is the eighth office for Georgia Retina. Other offices are located in Northside Atlanta, Riverdale, Decatur, Gwinnett, Douglasville, Marietta, and Cumming.
To make an appointment or learn more about the Peachtree City office, call 888-GA-RETINA.
At Georgia Retina, patients' vision needs are the top priority. As one of the largest retina-only medical practices in the southeastern United States, Georgia Retina specializes in treating diseases of the retina, macula, and vitreous. Its nine board-certified ophthalmologists have received special Fellowship training in vitreo-retinal diseases and surgery, and are engaged in clinical trials with the goal of advancing research into retinal diseases, their causes, and their cures.


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- 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup baking cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup reduced-fat ricotta cheese
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg white
- 1/3 cup flaked coconut
- 1/2 teaspoon coconut or almond extract
- 2 teaspoons confectioners' sugar
- In a bowl, combine the egg whites, egg, applesauce and vanilla. Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa and baking soda; gradually add to egg white mixture alternately with buttermilk. Spoon half of the batter into 18 muffin cups coated with cooking spray.
- In another bowl, beat the ricotta cheese, sugar and egg white until smooth. Stir in coconut and extract. Spoon 1 tablespoonful in the center of each muffin cup.
- Fill muffin cups two-thirds full with remaining batter. Bake at 350° for 28-33 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in cupcake comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks; cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Yield: 1-1/2 dozen.
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Contractors: Mathematica Policy Research, Decision Information Resources
Background/Research Questions
For many teachers, the early years represent a difficult transition periodfirst-year teachers tend to be less effective classroom teachers than their experienced counterparts, and newer teachers are more likely to leave the profession. These difficulties are often attributed to lack of adequate teacher preparation and support, issues that teaching residency programs (TRPs) are designed to address. TRPs involve a year-long "clinical" experience (the "residency") shadowing and co-teaching with an experienced mentor. TRPs also provide continued support and mentoring after participants become teachers of record. Before and during their residencies, participants in TRPs take coursework, usually resulting in a master's degree.
The evaluation of TRPs provides important descriptive and implementation information on TRPs, as well as information on the teacher retention outcomes of teachers who participate in TRPs. The evaluation focuses on TRPs that received grants from the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) Program in fall 2009 and spring 2010. The evaluation is authorized in Title II, Part A of the Higher Education Act, as amended by the Higher Education Opportunity Act (Public Law 110-315, Section 201 - 204). The TQP program, funded in FY09 at $43 million, received an additional $100 million in funds as part of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.
The study addresses the following key research questions:
Descriptive information concerning TQP grantees operating TRPs was collected through a survey administered in Spring, 2012. More detailed implementation information was collected through TRP program director interviews and surveys of residents and mentors, conducted within a subset of TRPs during Spring 2012. Teacher mobility was tracked through district records and teacher surveys in order to examine retention in the profession, district, and school, among novice TRP and novice non-TRP teachers in a subset of six districts.
Cost/Duration: $3,708,284 over 5 years and 10 months (February 2010 – December 2015)
Current Status
A study report was released on November 18, 2014 (http://ies.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=NCEE20154002). An evaluation brief on teacher retention was released on August 19, 2015 (http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20154015/).
Key Findings
The study's report provides descriptive information regarding residency programs' activities and participants. It also examines early teacher retention outcomes. It found that:
The study's evaluation brief updates the retention findings included in the study's report. It examines the rates at which the residency teachers were retained in the same district and the same school as of fall 2013, thereby tracking two successive cohorts of teachers into their third or fourth year as a teacher of record. It found that:


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- Family of Sandy Hook Victim Commends Florida Atlantic University for Firing Professor Who Questioned Massacre
- Kylie Jenner's Lip Kit Is Ruining Lives (According to the Internet, Anyway)
Some of the hottest new names in video games and online services are expected to go public for astronomical prices. And that means a lot of suddenly wealthy people are in the market for a new car with a pricey name or a new home.
There is no housing crisis in Silicon Valley.
"You're having homes sell over list price," said Ken DeLeon, a real estate broker with Keller-Williams. "But not only over — sometimes several hundred thousand over."
Who are these people getting rich — or hoping to — in the middle of an economic downturn?
Recent Stanford grads such as David Millman are turning down multiple job offers from big tech companies to build their own startups.
"You want to strike while the iron is hot," he said. "Because you know the Valley economy is good right now, that's sort of your chance to work on these exciting projects."
Story: Siblings sell 6-year-old startup for $100 millionDylan Smith, 25, and his boyhood friend Aaron Levie, 26, are two of them. In 2005 they opened a company called Box which allows companies to share and store files from cell phones, iPads and Androids. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was an early investor.
In the last nine months, Smith and Levie have almost doubled their work force, and they're now up to 6 million users. And they're moving to a new building three times as large.
"We wanted to be right in the center of Silicon Valley where there's much more talent, much more capital, much more access to resources," said Levie. "And I think this is the place to do that."
They expect to more than triple their revenue every year for the foreseeable future.
"I would say the biggest temptation is probably to try to do too much," said Smith. "Although we are growing very quickly, we really need to focus on what's going to drive the most value for the business."
It does seem that every corner of Silicon Valley has an office park fully occupied by hot, high- tech companies. Of course it was that way back in the 1990s — and then the bubble burst. Could that happen again?
Tim Draper is a leading Valley financier. It could happen again, he says, but this time conditions are different. The whole world is the marketplace.
"You can start a business anywhere, and it will spread around the world fairly quickly," he said. "Because we now have 3 billion users of cell phones and 2 billion users on the Internet."
Dylan and Aaron aren't thinking of going broke; they're having too much fun growing their company. They must be doing something right. Big money experts say they could get $600 million for Box right now. But it's not for sale.
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2.5 GSPS Direct Digital Synthesizer with 12-bit DAC
Features and Benefits
- 2.5 GSPS internal clock speed
- Integrated 12-bit DAC
- Frequency tuning resolution to 135 pHz
- 16-bit phase tuning resolution
- 12-bit amplitude scaling
- Programmable modulus
- Automatic linear and nonlinear frequency sweeping capability
- 32-bit parallel datapath interface
- 8 frequency/phase offset profiles
- Phase noise: −128 dBc/Hz (1 kHz offset at 978 MHz)
- Wideband SFDR < −57 dBc
- Serial or parallel input/output control
- 1.8 V/3.3 V power supplies
- See data sheet for additional features
Product Details
The AD9915 is a direct digital synthesizer (DDS) featuring a 12-bit DAC. The AD9915 uses advanced DDS technology, coupled with an internal high speed, high performance DAC to form a digitally programmable, complete high frequency synthesizer capable of generating a frequency-agile analog output sinusoidal waveform at up to 1.0 GHz. The AD9915 enables fast frequency hopping and fine tuning resolution (64-bit capable using programmable modulus mode). The AD9915 also offers fast phase and amplitude hopping capability. The frequency tuning and control words are loaded into the AD9915 via a serial or parallel input/output port. The AD9915 also supports a user defined linear sweep mode of operation for generating linear swept waveforms of frequency, phase, or amplitude. A high speed, 32-bit parallel data input port is included, enabling high data rates for polar modulation schemes and fast reprogramming of the phase, frequency, and amplitude tuning words.
The AD9915 is specified to operate over the extended industrial temperature range.
- Agile LO frequency synthesis
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- Acousto-optic device drivers
- Polar modulator
- Fast frequency hopping
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This product has been released to the market. The data sheet contains all final specifications and operating conditions. For new designs, ADI recommends utilization of these products.
Product Details
The evaluation board provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for easy communication with the device along with many user friendly features such as the mouse-over effect.
The user guide is intended for use in conjunction with the AD9915 data sheet.
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September 7, 2012 Weekly PlannerWeek 24
With expanded rosters, rotations are far from stable, and I don't expect them to be the rest of the way, so please keep that caveat in mind more than ever. AMERICAN LEAGUE It's really only been about health with Fister this year; otherwise he has been nails. He has been healthy since the All-Star break, and, unsurprisingly, that has yielded a 2.48 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, and 62 strikeouts in 69 innings. He is one of the most unheralded starters in the league, but he's been great in 2012. Starts Dan Haren (vs. OAK; @ KC) – Like Fister, it has really been a matter of health more than anything else with Haren. He has tried to labor through back pains at times, and it hasn't gone well, leaving Haren with elevated numbers relative to his true talent. He appears to be back on track of late, though, with three strong starts in a row. He is actually just a third of an inning away from three straight quality starts, going 5 2/3 in Detroit but then seven and six innings in the subsequent two starts. All told, he has a 1.45 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 17 strikeouts, and just three walks in the 18 2/3 innings. Ryan Dempster (vs. CLE; vs. SEA) – He was absolutely pummeled twice as a Ranger (eight earned each time) and yet still has a 4.36 ERA in 43 1/3 innings with them, which tells you how well he has pitched in the other five starts. His strikeout rate is actually up with the Rangers too; he is striking out 9.1 batters per game after posting a 7.2 mark with the Cubs. Jon Lester (vs. NYY; @ TOR) – Amidst all the turmoil in Boston, Lester has rebounded a bit with a nice seven-start stretch starting in August. He has a 3.70 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, and 7.2 K/9 in the 48 2/3 innings of work that really only saw Texas get to him a bit (four earned in 6 2/3 innings). Jarrod Parker (@ LAA; vs. BAL) – Parker might have been a shutdown candidate, but the A's have surprisingly remained in contention, and while they have depth in the rotation, they can definitely use Parker, who has enjoyed a strong first full season. While his ERA is a bit elevated since the break (4.62), his walk rate has improved quite a bit and is down to a very strong 2.0 BB/9. By contrast, his first half rate was 4.3 BB/9. Considers Justin Masterson (@ MIN; vs. DET) – His earned run totals since the All-Star break: zero, four, one, eight, seven, two, zero, seven, one, eight, and two. He gets a "consider" nod only because gamblers in desperate need of potential might be willing to roll the dice here. He has dominated and been crushed by each opponent at times this year. Sits Ubaldo Jimenez (@ MIN; vs. DET) – If you can lose so much as a single point in ERA or WHIP with an implosion outing, don't even bother. Samuel Deduno (vs. CLE; vs. CWS) – Too many walks. Blake Beavan (@ TOR; @ TEX) – Not in Texas, no way. NATIONAL LEAGUE Big week for NL aces. It is perfect timing for any team with a couple of these guys too, especially if they are in a tight roto race or in the midst of head-to-head playoffs. It wouldn't be unreasonable to imagine a team with all five of these guys given the varied rounds they went in this year. I'm sure it is more common for a team to have two or three, though. Starts Jaime Garcia (@ SD; @ LAD) – He has looked pretty good since returning from the disabled list, especially with the 22 strikeouts and four walks in 26 2/3 innings. This west coast swing should allow him to pad those numbers. Wandy Rodriguez (@ CIN; @ CHC) – Riding a 13-inning scoreless streak heading into this week thanks to great outings against the Cardinals and Astros recently. Thrashing the Astros isn't exactly special, but six shutout innings against St. Louis is impressive. Sits Alex White (vs. SF; @ SD) – Even if a Colorado pitcher had two starts in San Diego, it would still be hard to start them because they are only going to go four innings anyway. He has a 3.55 ERA in 33 innings since returning from the DL in August, but that's across eight starts. Zero wins. Dallas Keuchel (vs. CHC; vs. PHI) – The NL's Blake Beavan? COMPOSITE RANKS
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LED cubes are true 3D displays that work by lighting up points in a 3D lattice of LEDs.
On the 3D display you can produce some truly mesmerizing animations. This Instructable will walk you through creating an LED cube for yourself that is completely self-contained and powered by an Arduino Mega. Once you have it programmed, all you have to do is plug it into the wall and it will display whatever you tell it to! This cube avoids the complication of multiplexers and instead uses an Arduino Mega to directly control transistor circuits.
Without further ado, here's a video of the cube in action:
(Although there are limitations to taking a 2D video of a 3D display)
We'll start by making the physical cube and then turn to programming it.
Besides being for fun, this project is an entry for the Make-to-Learn, Lighting, and Epilog Challenge V Contests. I would really appreciate your vote!
**Please click on the orange vote ribbon in the upper right-hand corner of this page if you enjoy this Instructable.**
What would you do if you were to win the Epilog Zing Laser?
My high school got an Epilog Laser this year, and on it I had my first experience using a laser cutter. I was immediately struck by how effective it was at turning designs into reality.
I first used it last December to cut ornate snowflake Christmas ornaments out of acrylic and wood, some of which are pictured in photo 2 on step 12. Not only did it inspire me to teach myself Illustrator, but the results were delightful, and I hope to share the process in a future Instructable. I went on to use the laser cutter to slice Stanford's logo out of sticky felt to decorate the top of my graduation cap, as well as to make acrylic coasters, place mats and the LED layer template the box for this project.
Unfortunately, since I have now graduated, I have lost access to the laser cutter. Laser cutters have the precision to make things that would be essentially impossible to fabricate otherwise, such as the radially symmetric lines on the snowflake ornaments or the pinpoint holes that allow the legs of the LED cube to rest through the lid of the box. If I were to win the Epilog Laser, I would continue to use it to fabricate neat items too delicate and too complex to be made otherwise. In short, I'd love to win the laser to continue my adventure of learning how to create objects with computer controlled machinery.
Below are my answers to the contest Make-to-Learn Youth Contest questions:
What did you make?
I built and programmed a 7x7x7 LED cube from scratch. The description above and the rest of the Instructable tell the story much better than is possible in the short answer to a question. Therefore, please refer to the rest of the Instructable for a more complete answer to this question.
How did you make it?
I was originally inspired by chr's Instructable (here), which first introduced me to LED cubes and how neat they are. I wanted to make a LED cube that was self-contained--that you could just plug into the wall and have run--rather than one that requires input from a computer.
I co-opted the idea of using the legs of the LEDs to form the framework of the lattice that most other LED cubes use, but I came up with the rest of the physical and circuitry design on my own. I built and assembled the whole cube from scratch. Several of the routines that the cube runs were inspired by chr's, but I wrote the code myself or in conjunction with teaching my cousin to program.
The only major change of plans I had while building the cube was to use an Arduino Mega instead of a Due. The Due has the advantage of a higher clock speed, but I realized that I needed 5V for the digital out pins to be able to fully switch the transistors in my circuit. Otherwise, the voltage drop across the LEDs would have been capped at 2.6V rather than the 3.3V they were rated to.
Where did you make it?
I did the majority of the work on this project in the lab and shop at my high school, as this was my second semester project for my Applied Science Research Class. We have a laser cutter in our school lab, which I used to cut out the acrylic box.
I did some of the soldering at home as well.
What did you learn?
A lot! I learned how to used Adobe Illustrator to create things with the laser cutter. In terms of electronics, I came to really understand how transistors work while working on this project, and it was by far the largest and most complex circuit I have ever designed. On the programming side, I learned how to use pointers and memory management to write the C++ code that controls the cube. It was neat to see a real-world application of polymorphism and to learn about the virtual keyword in C++.
More generally, this project taught me the value of building a smaller-scale prototype and the power of digital circuits coupled with a microprocessor.
My cousin was with me while I was programming the cube. He had no programming experience, but I taught him enough that with some help he was able to write two of the eight routines that are displayed on the cube. More on that in the programming section!


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Quarterbacks, linemen and ball carriers for 17 years feared a looming Doug Atkins. He played for the Bears from 1955 to 1969 and was a key figure in one of football's most potent defenses, especially the 1963 NFL title season when the defenses allowed a league-low average of 10 points per game. Atkins played on eight Pro Bowl teams and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1982.
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Prock Leaves HPU For Eastern New Mexico
BROWNWOOD, Texas -
Head women's basketball coach Joshua Prock announced today that he will be
leaving Howard Payne University to take the head women's basketball coaching
position at NCAA Division II Eastern New Mexico University.
After five seasons
at the helm of the Howard Payne Lady Jacket program, Joshua Prock recorded a
108-31 record tying him for second all-time in wins at HPU.
"We congratulate
Josh on this move to the next level and certainly appreciate the five years that
he gave the HPU women's basketball program," said Mike Jones HPU Director of
Athletics. "He did a great job for us and we wish him the best in the
Coach Prock won
American Southwest Conference titles in 2009 and 2011 and also ASC West Division
titles in 2011 and 2013. This season he led the program to its 10th consecutive
20-win season, the fifth under his direction. He also was named ASC West
Division Coach of the Year in 2011 and 2013.
"I want to thanks
Dr. Lanny Hall, Mike Jones, and Dr. Brad Johnson for believing in me when they
first hired me and also to Dr. Bill Ellis for his continued belief, faith, and
support in me over the past few years," said Joshua Prock. "This has definitely
been an outstanding administration to work for. I am so thankful to all the
players who are currently playing and have played for us over the years nothing
would have been possible without them."
While at HPU, Prock
has coached one First Team All-American, one Honorable Mention All-American, two
ASC West Division Players of the Year and 18 different All-Conference
Prock added, "Also
want to thank Lindy Hatfield it was a true honor to work alongside her. I want
to thank Meia Daniels as well for this past year and all her unbelievable work
and support. I know she will continue to do great things with her career.
Lastly, I just want to thank all the support staff, faculty, staff, and other
administration at HPU for all the support they have given me and certainly want
to mention the greatest fan base I have ever worked with the people of this
community are the best and my family although excited about our new adventure
will miss everyone greatly."
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On November 10, 2007, 18 persons across Alabama were arrested for the illegal trade, importation and possession of live foxes, coyotes and other wildlife. Officers of the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division served arrest warrants in 14 counties. Seized in this operation were 25 coyotes, 55 foxes, 2 bobcats, 33 cardinals, and one moonshine still. The arrests are the result of a two-year investigation called "Operation Foxote," which began in Alabama and then extended across the Southeast. More arrests are expected in the near future.
State fish and wildlife agents in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, who were also involved in this investigation, are pursuing prosecution in their states for similar violations in connection with this multi-state investigation.
Total combined charges on all defendants are:
The penalties range from up to a $5,000 fine and 30 days imprisonment for Illegal Importation of Prohibited Species; up to a $500 fine and 6 months imprisonment for Illegal Possession of Live Game Animals, Illegal Transportation of Game Animals, Trapping in Closed Season and Possession of Game Animals in Closed Season; up to a $500 fine for Illegal Sale/Purchase of Game Animals; and a maximum fine of $25 for Possession of Protected Wild Birds.
The animals involved were destined for fenced fox running enclosures where they were being released as running stock for hounds. Foxes confined to fenced running enclosures rarely survive long-term and this creates the demand for a continuous supply of new animals for restocking. In recent years, coyotes have become a popular substitute for foxes. Investigators tracked the movements of major dealers through nine states. They also documented the illegal activity of trappers who captured and sold live foxes and coyotes and of the operators of fenced running enclosures who purchased them. Patrons are charged a fee for the privilege of running dogs inside these fenced areas.
Due to the potential disease and parasite risks posed by the translocation of live wild-caught foxes and coyotes, Alabama prohibited the importation of foxes and coyotes from outside the state in 1994. Alabama law also prohibits the possession and sale of live furbearers such as fox and coyote.
In 1993, coyotes imported from Texas were linked to the introduction of the Texas strain of rabies into Covington County, Ala. In 1994, this same strain of rabies was found in Alachua County, Fla. These two incidents ultimately lead to the depopulation of coyotes and foxes inside two fenced running areas and 24 people having to receive rabies treatment in Florida. Other diseases of concern are distemper and a tapeworm that can infect foxes, coyotes and humans. The tapeworm, Echinococcus multilocularis, which occurs in wild coyotes and foxes in other areas of the country, is not known to exist in the wild in Alabama. The parasite can be fatal in humans. The animals seized in conjunction with this investigation are being tested for these and a variety of other diseases and parasites as a precautionary measure.
Traditional fox hunters in Alabama hunt unconfined foxes with hounds and the animals have freedom of evasion and escape. Under these conditions, the dogs rarely come into contact with foxes. Hunting dog field trials are permitted by law in Alabama under the condition that dogs not come into contact with live animals. Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries' Division Director M.N. "Corky" Pugh stated, "Lawful, ethical hunting enjoys a high level of public support in Alabama. Traditional forms of fox hunting embrace the concept of fair chase, and these hunters look on running pens with disdain."
Alabama Conservation Commissioner M. Barnett Lawley praised officers for their diligence during the two-year investigation. "Our agency is charged with enforcing the laws relating to wildlife in Alabama. This particular effort involved cooperation with multiple states and agencies, and I am very pleased with the professionalism and thoroughness our officers demonstrated. Any kind of unethical practice that endangers wildlife or humans cannot be tolerated."
"We would like to express our appreciation to agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USDA Animal Wildlife Services, and the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, who were instrumental in the success of this investigation," said Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Enforcement Chief Allan Andress.
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Ekeren is a northern district of the municipality of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium. The suburb celebrated its 850th birthday in 2005; the name of the town was first mentioned in 1155, as "Hecerna". The name may well have come from Viking settlers in the 9th century. Ekeren was a distinct municipality with its own town hall, mayor, and city council until 1983, when most of it, along with 8 other municipalities was merged into the city of Antwerp. In 2000 the Antwerp city council initiated additional district councils with responsibilities including sports, culture, youth and elderly people. Since this decentralization, the Antwerp municipality consists of nine districts (the old city, seven former municipalities at its borders, and the Bezali merger of three towns). The first district council of Ekeren, elected in 2000, was led by Christophe Thomas (Open Vld); the second district council, elected in 2006, by Ronny Kruyniers (sp.a). The current district council chairman is Koen Palinckx (N-VA) (elected in 2012). The district council gathers in the 16th century-era Hof van Veltwijck, which had seen major restructuring works around 2000; this complex also houses local administrative offices. Ekeren used to be the home town of the Germinal Ekeren football team until Germinal merged with K. Beerschot V.A.C. into K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot (in 1999). The new club is based in the Olympisch Stadion in Antwerp. Ekeren is home to the Jozef Pauly municipal academy for music and word, which has around 2000 pupils as of 2004 (also counting branches in some other districts of the city of Antwerp, and one in the nearby municipality of Kapellen). The academy hosts many musical ensembles; the Jozef Pauly flute ensemble has made concert tours to Australia and the United States. Municipal music academies in Belgium are distinct from the public educational system; attending these academies is entirely optional, and merely a hobby for most of the students. The 1 square kilometre large domain of the Oude Landen is a unique and extremely diverse piece of nature situated near the border with the Antwerp city district. Since it was a military area until 1972 (but not often used as such) where trespassing was strictly forbidden, nature was allowed to have its way for decades; the area now contains a rich mixture of plants and animals in eight more or less separate mini-ecosystems. In 1703, Ekeren was the site of a battle in the War of the Spanish Succession, known as the Battle of Ekeren. Some street names in Ekeren (for example, the "Successiestraat", "Vierkerkenstraat", and "Tweekronenstraat") still refer to this occurring. [edit] Research Tips


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The latest condition-monitoring sensors keep industrial systems humming.
What is in this article?:
- Sensors eye Fluids And Lubricants
- In-line analysis lab
- Keeping pace with particle-counting technology
The latest condition-monitoring sensors keep industrial systems humming.
Edited by Kenneth Korane
John K. Duchowski
Hydac Technology Corp.
Bethlehem, Pa.
There has arguably never been more pressure on OEMs and machine users to improve maintenance and condition-monitoring practices. One factor is the increasingly complex nature of industrial machinery that, in turn, requires new and more-sophisticated maintenance techniques. And higher capital expenditures typically involved are an added incentive to keep equipment up and running.
Another factor is that today's selling and leasing approaches often include service contracts. Regardless of the equipment involved machine tools, excavators, or wind turbines deals are often based not only on initial selling price but also include equipment reliability, operating life, and life-cycle cost guarantees.
In many cases equipment operation depends on the quality and performance of hydraulic and lubricating oils. To handle more-stringent demands, fluids have gotten more specialized and are often tailored to work with specific hardware under specific operating and climatic conditions. There has also been a shift toward more complex formulations of both base stocks and additives.
As a result, there is an increasing trend toward more-sophisticated fluid-monitoring techniques that predominantly rely on in-line or online sensors. These diagnostic devices continuously assess fluid conditions in near-real time. In contrast, conventional practices generally involve sending oil samples to off-site labs for analysis. Thus, online measurements permit faster access to data and more-informed decisions on maintenance and scheduling fluid replacement.
Although online monitoring systems clearly have advantages, designers face a number of considerations prior to installing them. Sensors usually contain delicate electronic components that must withstand exposure to extreme temperatures and pressures, aggressive fluids, and contaminants. They must be economical enough to be used throughout a plant or vehicle fleet. And sensor outputs have to be collected and transmitted with minimal loss or interference from surrounding equipment.
Most present-day systems monitor properties that provide a reasonably good assessment of system performance and fluid conditions. For example, monitoring changes in particle counts, water content, acidity, and viscosity provides information on:
- Severity of wear.
- Contaminant ingression.
- Seal failure.
- Cross-contamination due to adding improper fluids or leakage.
- Water ingression from condensation.
- Fluid degradation caused by oxidation, aging, or excessive temperatures.
Here's a look at recent sensor developments and suggestions for hydraulic and lubricating systems.
One of the simplest, yet most informative, diagnostic techniques is the online particle count, for several reasons. First, particle counters work in a wide variety of applications and are relatively easy to install and operate. Second, particulate contamination is often a primary cause of accelerated wear, malfunction, and even failure of sensitive system components. Third, monitoring particulate levels lets technicians determine the rate of contaminant ingression from external sources and detect the onset of accelerated wear although finding the particle source usually requires additional investigative methods such as microscopy or ferrography. That is because particle counters cannot determine composition; they only assess particle size.
Nevertheless, in many cases, particle counts can warn of processes such as gear micro-pitting or accelerated bearing wear, as these often generate well-defined changes in particle size distribution. In fact, changes in particle size often show up before macroscale changes, such as those detected by vibration analysis.
Optical particle counters, regardless of the light source, operate by light extinction. Basically, when a particle in the fluid stream comes between the light (a light bulb, LED, or laser) and detecting element (usually a PIN diode), light intensity falls in proportion to the particle size (or somewhat more accurately, its surface area.) Combining this information with the fluid-flow rate yields the number of particles of given size per unit volume. Data can then be translated to an ISO 4409 Range Code or NAS 1638 Cleanliness Class. Internal diagnostics and calibration standards such as ISO 11943 for online measurements make this a well-accepted industrial practice.
Depending on the application, particle counters can be installed in pressure lines (preferably), reservoirs, or return lines, provided the latter are not subject to aeration and, hence, interference from air bubbles.
Online counters tend to be more accurate than bottle-sample analysis and results are usually lower by one to two ISO Code Ranges, especially in clean systems. That is because bottle samples often suffer from cross-contamination when technicians obtain and handle them. Advances in electronics and optics have improved accuracy, dynamic range, and speed of response. Future developments will likely include more-sophisticated manipulation of parameters such as light intensity and current draw to overcome present-day difficulties measuring opaque, translucent, and nonhomogeneous (water or air-containing) fluids.
Water is one of the most pervasive and damaging contaminants that threatens hydraulic and lubricating systems. It changes a fluid's physical properties, for instance by lowering viscosity and load-carrying capacity. Water also interacts chemically with fluids, leading to hydrogen embrittlement, corrosion of system components, and hydrolysis of base fluid and additives. It is also difficult to quantitatively detect water with currently available instruments. This is especially true for online monitoring in industrial applications.
Part of the problem is that water can exist in several different states, each of which requires different detection techniques. For instance, at low concentrations water remains completely dissolved. It forms a homogeneous solution in the oil and appears transparent. At higher concentrations, water droplets disperse throughout the fluid in an emulsion. Fluid appears cloudy or opaque although bulk-phase separation has not taken place. Finally, at still higher concentrations water droplets coalesce and completely separate from the oil. Depending on fluid densities, this so-called "free" water settles to the bottom of the tank with some synthetic and hydrocarbon-based fluids or migrates to the top with phosphate esters.
Despite the difficulties in sensing water, researchers have made significant progress in recent years. Most online water sensors for hydraulic and lubricating systems measure capacitance. Capacitive elements are inexpensive, robust, and suitable for a wide range of fluids. They have a dielectric polymer sandwiched between metal electrodes, encapsulated in a ceramic substrate for added durability. Water that migrates into the dielectric increases capacitance, and an RTD (resistancetemperature-detector) sensor in the probe compensates for temperature changes.
Measuring free-water content requires modifications to the sensing capacitor. In particular, a tube-shape capacitor replaces the polymer-based sensor. Fluid flows axially through the sensing zone and oil acts as the dielectric medium. Capacitance changes are correlated to free-water content in bulk oil.
Such systems are predominantly used in return lines where free water is a concern, such as on the wet-end of machine lubricating systems in paper mills or on Morgoil systems in steel plants.
Instrumentation is also getting smaller. For example, the Hydac Aqua Sensor 2000, developed about three years ago, includes a probe and separate console which houses signal-acquisition and data-processing electronics, a display panel, and control buttons. The unit can be permanently installed or serve as a portable device for checking water content in reservoirs.
The company's new Aqua Sensor 1000 is less than half the size and incorporates signal-processing electronics in a rugged aluminum housing. Both units measure dissolved water content, handle pressures to 725 psi, and install in oil supply and return lines in most hydraulic and lubricating systems. Although reservoir installation is also possible, response time greatly improves when the sensor lies in the oil flow path.
Engineers often overlook P transducers for condition monitoring, even though they can detect impending failures. This is because in well-behaved and stable systems, differential pressure across filter elements exhibits a well-defined and nearly exponential rise over time. However, should the fluid contamination level significantly change, P versus t curves provide early warning and help pinpoint sources of problems.
For instance, an earlier onset or steeper rise of the exponential curve usually indicates a significant increase in contamination. And changes in the curve's shape for example, from exponential to linear may indicate a different filter loading mechanism (usually caking) generally associated with a change in contaminant makeup.
A transducer with two electronic pressure sensors measures inlet and differential pressures across a filter. The latest versions can set the bypass cracking pressure with the help of analog and switching outputs. They also recognize whether a filter element has been installed in the housing and even if it is the proper one. In short, the sensors provide important information on system stability and internal processes that affect performance.
The latest sensors have significantly advanced the art of contamination control. But for condition monitoring to be truly useful, one must also accurately interpret the data. In many cases, combining and superimposing sensor data reveals trends that might otherwise be missed if each signal were interpreted individually. Combined sensor data usually presents a more-comprehensive picture of system and fluid conditions and helps users make better-informed decisions.
State-of-the-art data-acquisition controllers collect readings from distributed arrays of dis-similar sensors such as particle counters, water sensors, and differential-pressure transducers transmit it via industry standard communications protocols, and use sophisticated software to present it in a userfriendly manner. Ideally, the system should also trigger alarms and send messages via e-mail or cell phone, letting technicians respond to abnormal conditions.
A number of manufacturers produce controllers with varying levels of sophistication. For example, Hydac's handheld HMG 500 Data Acquisition unit simultaneously displays data from two sensors, regardless of sensor type. It accepts analog current (4 to 20-mA) and voltage (0 to 10-V) signals and displays data as individual values or a differential reading between the two.
The more-sophisticated HMG 3000 is a high-end data-acquisition unit about the size of a portable oscilloscope. It simultaneously handles up to 10 sensors, regardless of sensor or signal type. In addition to analog inputs, it also has two input ports for digital speed and frequency data. A high-resolution color dis-play shows data in graphs or tables. It stores up to 50 measurement curves, each with up to 500,000 individual values. Also, the unit can be programmed with machine and measurement-related information to facilitate setup. Data stored in the HMG 3000 can be downloaded via a built-in USB port.
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Forum topic by Airframer | posted 07-01-2013 03:01 AM | 1600 views | 0 times favorited | 25 replies |
Topic tags/keywords: question Even as a hand tool user I inevitably end up with one or two nicks and cuts every time I am working on a project. This has led me to realize I need to put together a first aid kit of some sort to keep out there so I don't have to do the walk of shame through the house each time trying to avoid being questioned by the wife lol. So what would you consider a "Well Stocked" basic first aid kit for the shop? -- Eric - "I'm getting proficient with these hand jobbers. - BigRedKnothead" |
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#1 posted 07-01-2013 03:04 AM |
simple, tourniquet, morphine, fishing string, curved needle and a bottle of jack. -- I cut it twice and it's still too short! |
#2 posted 07-01-2013 03:09 AM |
I keep clean rags and band aids handy. Blood is part of every project. -- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. |
#3 posted 07-01-2013 03:11 AM |
Yeah Monty that is about all I could think of but thought surely there had to be more needed in there. -- Eric - "I'm getting proficient with these hand jobbers. - BigRedKnothead" |
#4 posted 07-01-2013 03:12 AM |
Working in my apartment, the only thing I have in my shop room is a role of paper towels, and some different kinds of tape. Duct tape, electrical tape, painters tape, double sided tape. But otherwise, I've only got bandaids in the bathroom drawer :-/ -- Mos - Twin Cities, MN - http://www.youtube.com/MosquitoMods - http://www.TheModsquito.com |
#5 posted 07-01-2013 03:15 AM |
Mos – that reminds me.. I got a box of these for Fathers Day this year :D -- Eric - "I'm getting proficient with these hand jobbers. - BigRedKnothead" |
#6 posted 07-01-2013 03:38 AM |
I've been meaning to get a decent first aid kit for the shop. Currently, I have a ziplock sandwich bag holding a few Band-Aids. Very pathetic… |
#7 posted 07-01-2013 03:39 AM |
Band aids and splinter out and a phone. I wont be trying to control level I trauma myself! I'm not afraid to call for help if I see a finger lying on the table. -- Interested in Oregon property? Visit me at http://www.willamettepropertiesgroup.com |
#8 posted 07-01-2013 04:02 AM |
I'm an ER doc; I see people every shift with all sorts of injuries. The majority of stuff in home first aid kits are a waste of money. Bandaids, some small, some large are all you really need. Anything larger or needs stitches should be seen by someone with medical training. Ignore what you hear about using crazy glue on cuts; CA adhesive is actually toxic to human tissue; the surgical adhesive we use in the ER is specially formulated and different from normal CA adhesive. I also have a blood pressure cuff in the house that I could use in case of a serious limb injury that works great as a tourniquet. Otherwise, clean any cuts well with clean water (don't use hydrogen peroxide which despite being around for years is actually also toxic to healing tissues) and bandage up. All my projects have my blood on them! The downside to working with razor sharp tools is that they're razor sharp! -- Sometimes the creative process requires foul language. -- Charles Neil |
#9 posted 07-01-2013 05:43 AM |
First Aid Kits as Manitario indicated do not usually cater for the home wood worker, ants seem to get into them and the pressure sensitive glues seem to dry out before they are used. There is nothing more annoying as trying to work with blood dripping onto you work, or a splinter driving you mad and blood also rusts Cast Iron for some reason. The water supply and tub has a multitude of uses eye wash for example and general clean up at the end of the day, as well as general clean hands etc, using sponges etc. Make sure you also consider having a towel hanging where you find it with limited vision, generally right next to the sink. Any thing bigger than what is needed for a band aid its time to get out of the workshop anyway. No doubt a phone camera is in your pocket as well so consider recording the event, and doing a blog so we don't make the same mistake !! And a then vice for getting the nail out later And finally a cup of coffee, to settle down and reflect on "How the hell did I do that" for the record I am fully recovered now. -- Regards Robert |
#10 posted 07-01-2013 04:55 PM |
nice pics Robscastle! I've pulled several large nails out of peoples hands in the ER after nail gun accidents. They always have a sheepish look on their face… -- Sometimes the creative process requires foul language. -- Charles Neil |
#11 posted 07-01-2013 05:05 PM |
Superglue. No pesky bandaid or stitches necessary when you've got superglue. WWII medics actually carried it in their first aid kits. Its the best. Just hold the cut together, drag a few "Stitches" of CA across it, let it dry and you're all set. |
#12 posted 07-01-2013 06:08 PM |
I have a small first aid kit in my workshop plus I have a supply of "H" shaped "Knuckle" bandages that work very well on finger tips. When I was an apprentice sheet metal worker If I did not get cut that day it must have been Sunday. -- "You may have your PHD but I have my GED and my DD 214" |
#13 posted 07-02-2013 08:58 PM |
Paper towels, bandaids, a needle and modified tweezers for splinters, a plastic squirt botle full of water for eye wash, some gauze pads, tape of some sort, a bandana, a good cigar and lighter, some oxycodone and a 6 pack of bud. The bud and the cigar get used post op or post work day, with or without an accident. Anything else, and I trust to pros. Most surgeons don't work wood, and I don't do much self surgery. Why sign your work when you always leave some DNA on it for your clients, whether it be skin or blood. -- "Now I'm just another old guy wearing funny clothes" |
#14 posted 07-03-2013 01:30 AM |
After I stuck a 3/4" chisel in my palm a couple weeks ago (a glancing blow, no real damage, luckily) and realized there wasn't a bandage in the house, I picked up a little $15 FA kit at WalMart. It's got some band aids and some gauze and tape for bigger gashes, and a bottle of some antiseptic wash, as well as some other stuff. I'm away from home now so can't give a detailed list. We stuck it in the guest bathroom, which is just inside the door from the garage/shop, so I won't have to bleed all over the house. :D I told my wife when I started doing woodworking last fall that I'm hyper-careful around power tools, so if I managed to hurt myself, it would be with a hand tool. So far I'm 2 for 2, the incident above and another small gash in a finger with a 1/4" chisel a few days later. I guess that's the price of moving from pocket holes to "advanced" joinery. I really need to start using my vise more, instead of my hands, to hold stuff I'm working on. That's probably the best "first aid" I could practice. -- Don |
#15 posted 07-03-2013 01:39 AM |
Always take the pieces that get cut off. I cut off the tip of my middle finger on a sheet metal squaring shear while teaching shop. When the Doc saw it, he asked where the piece was. Told him back at the machine. He said they could have sewed it back on. Had a student do the same thing about three months later. I sent the piece and they sewed it back. Oh yea, the district maintenance dept, put a guard on it after that accident. -- Bill - Mesquite, TX --- "Everything with a power cord eventually winds up in the trash." John Sarge , timber framer and blacksmith instructor at Tillers International school |
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Chocolate has always been a staple Valentine's gift, but not a chocolate drink perhaps, but then since if it is for diabetic, and most chocolates out there that are for diabetic would be the dark one or sweetened artificially, why not try Glow Coconut Sugar's best seller, CHOCOCO, it's formulated from Bacolod by Casa Carmela exclusively for SNMCorporation, and was launched during the Ultimate Taste Test by OAP. It's a hit, but unfortunately wasn't able to get that UTT 5.0 title, but nonetheless it was a consistent crowd pleaser, as it received a good feedback from the past World Bazaar 2010.
Home-baked or made goodies, are the best gift for Valentine's if you ask me. They're sweet plus they're labor of love, and if you would also give it a thought--- you can customized every bit of it. I met a mom in a bazaar, where she studied baking in United Kingdom for her hubby, and she didn't just study, she focused her expertise in making diabetic-friendly deserts, as her husband's been diabetic all his life but then he has a sweet tooth, and deprived of goodies we all enjoy--- like cakes, cupcakes. She's baking her cakes with natural sweeteners that she found here in the Philippines, Coconut Sugar. A little bit of experimentation is needed to get used to using Coconut Sugar in your baking, because it has a different moisture content, but then it can be 1:1 proportion, just like the regular sugar. What's good is that, at any amount you use, the Glycemic Index is at 35 joining on the lowest bracket of the index. So now, the mom's hubby an indulge himself, with the sweetest cake her lovely wife specially baked for him. The gesture of baking it yourself, makes it even sweeter.*By the way, the photos on both posters are not mine.


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City Methodist Church Main Staircase The main staircase of City Methodist Church has been subject to over 3 decades of abandonment. This church cost 1 million dollars to build back in the roaring 20's. Now it sits to decay. Forgotten in the sands of time.
Upstairs in the Damen Silo's... This is the main room of the upper level of the Damen Silo's. It is only accessible by climbing the 15 story dilapidated staircase that continues down the pit to the right. The platforms between each staircase were missing, so during the climb up you had to be very careful not to fall through as doing so would surely result in death. Probably why they finally tore the stairs out. Once you made the climb though it was totally worth it as you can see!!! The staircase on the back left access's a small room in the upper tower of the factory. Its honestly quite a shame that this amazing location is no longer accessible as I would love to go back and shoot this place again!!
City Methodist Church Main Cathedral Here is the main Cathedral of City Methodist Church, which has been abandoned for over 3 decades.
Living Abandoned This chair and old school television sit abandoned, forgotten in the sands of time.
Behind the warehouse.... Behind a small warehouse that is part of the Damen Silo's abandoned complex... IMO, Urban Decay doesnt get much better than this facility!!!
Dead End... Thats one set of instructions that I will most certainly follow!! I wonder what this room was back when the factory was open...!?!?!
Abandoned Factory Silo Access Stairs This stairway access's the top of the large silos in this abandoned factory on Chicago's lower west side...
Damen Silo's Upper Level Main Room... The upper level of the Damen Silo's is lined with intricate duct work, graffiti, and decay that only decades of abandonment can provide. Its a photographers paradise that can only be reached by making a daring climb up some "not so safe" stairs that have now been removed...
Damen Silo Skybridge... Once the main floor is reached high up in the Damen Silo's, there is a bridge that connects the two upper floors. Here is the entrance to the sketchy bridge that spans both towers about 15 stories up.
Abandoned Factory Small Room... When it was operational, I wonder what this small room on the upper level of this abandoned factory was used for?
Abandoned Warehouse Loading Dock.... This loading bay door in this abandoned warehouse is fixed at this position. Years of corrosion and neglect have seized the gears....
Abandoned Warehouse Lower Level Side Room... Located in the warehouse, this side room on the lower level of the abandoned factory complex is easily accessible to anyone willing to venture inside. No climbing required..!
Abandoned Factory Silo Room Control Box This may have been some sort of control box for the silo room in this abandoned grainery...
Abandoned Factory Duct Work.... The upper level of this abandoned factory was lined with interesting ductwork and colorful graffiti!!
Upstairs in the Abandoned Factory... If your brave enough to make the dicey 15 story climb up a rickety steel staircase to the top, you will be rewarded with what I would call Urban Decay Heaven!!!! The light coming through this window was soo perfect in this HDR paradise that I just couldnt resist getting this shot.... BTW, only 2 out of the 4 of us made the climb... It was really gnarly but soo worth it!!!!
Abandoned Factory Skyline View On a clear day, there is a spectacular birds eye view of of the Chicago skyline from from the upper floor of this abandoned factory.
Abandoned Factory Upper Level Office... This looks like it may have been an office back when this factory was booming... Now it sits empty and forgotten. Only visited rarely by high school kids, graffiti artists, and photographers.
Abandoned Factory Upper Lift Room... This looks to be some sort of lift or conveyor room on the upper level of this abandoned factory....
Abandoned Chicago This abandoned factory on Chicago's southwest side is filled with all sorts of Graffiti. Its one of the spookiest places I have ever photographed in. All sorts of howls, creaks, and creepy noises filled the air and made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. It was pretty freakin awesome!!!
Kings Cave... This abandoned factory was just full of interesting street art!!!! I could spend all day in this place!!!
Union Station This train station has been abandoned since the 1950's when automobiles became affordable to the middle class family and the railroad couldnt compete. It has been abandoned ever since, to expensive and pointless to demolish. This particular station was used as an example for what could happen to a Chicago building in 50 years without humans providing maintenance and upkeep on the History Channel's Show, Life After People.
Easy Chair... This chair on the top floor of City Methodist Church is barely recognizable after being left outside to decay for decades.
City Methodist Church City Methodist Church has been been abandoned for over 3 decades. It cost 1 million dollars to build back in 1926 and was a successful congregation until 1974 when poor attendance forced a committee to hold a meeting to determine the fate of the church. They decided to relocate and close the church as of January 3rd, 1975. It has sat abandoned ever since. Its future remains unknown...
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It's another edition of New Music Monday brought to you by Bayer's Plumbing. Today we visit a brand new song from this year's American Idol winner, Scotty McCreery. The second release from his debut CD is called, "The Trouble With Girls." Tell us what you think of it below, or you can listen again at Taste of Country.


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The first step in changing oneself is to desire it. Ben has no desire to change himself, hence won't. How much more obvious can he make it. In a sideline shot, Tomlin tells Ben to get rid of the ball quicker or he will bench him. And Ben said, "OK coach, but I only know how to play one way." That tells me he refuses to even try to change. He COULD change, but he refuses to.
Bench him? No.
The game was decided because we blew the team out. He told Ben to be careful and he'd leave him in.
Ben's quote was he only knows how to play one way: All in.
And he's right. If Tomlin wants him to be careful with the ball and his body in a game thats already a blow out? Take him out.
You can't force a competitor not to compete.
Yeah Ben would be so much better off if he were like Peyton Manning, one of the premier playoff chokers of all time, or Tom Brady, who hasn't won dick since they got caught cheating and has thrown twice as many picks as TD passes in his last 4 AFC title games, as well as failed to score 20 points on offense in his last two Super Bowls.
You clowns are going to be in for a rude awakening once Ben leaves this team.
I guess things have to be spelled out for you...I mean the Title of the thread is Batch:big picture Jones to replace Ben in 2 years so any idiot can figure out I was responding to what Batch said...If I was responding to a particular poster then I would have used quotes....
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Nope. It's never been as bad as some fans and media have stated. Not even close.
I wish Ben, in a PRE-SEASON GAME, would just throw the ball away at the first sign of trouble for an entire game. Go Carson Palmer and not even try to make a play.
Then maybe idiots will realize how well they have it.
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It was created in response to Westboro Baptist Church protesters from Topeka, Kansas and now the Rest In Peace Act is law in Colorado. Governor Bill Owens signed the bill Friday. Members of Westboro Baptist have crashed thousands of funerals across the country, including those honoring fallen soldiers in Colorado. Now protesters will be breaking the law if they come within 100 feet-- or 150 feet if using a public address system-- of mourners.
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Don't let the tight job market scare you from making sure your professional quirks can fit into departments to which you are applying, writes Nate Kreuter.
I'm a weirdo. It has never mattered what community I'm a part of — I live and work in the periphery, and expect that I always will. At this point in my life, I wouldn't have it any other way.
And I think that you too should be a weirdo. You probably already are one. Stick with me here.
Almost inherently, anybody working in academe is abnormal. If you are pursuing a higher degree or already hold an academic appointment, you simply aren't a typical person (if there even is such a thing). And no matter your field, the institution you work at, or your personal values and ideological commitments, you probably aren't even a good approximation of what most Americans consider in their own minds to be normal. That we are not typical citizens is not, in my opinion, a good or a bad thing, but simply a thing.
No matter your background, the single-minded pursuit of a single topic that graduate education requires is a pursuit that in itself more than likely sets you apart from people in other professions, even though intense focus and dogged pursuit characterize many successful professionals in all sorts of fields. Strictly demographically speaking, though, pursuing or having a graduate degree makes you a statistically oddity on many levels. The simple existence of this column is an acknowledgment that the professional life of the university, and all that it requires of us, is strange and unusual in comparison to other fields, and that it needs to be both explained and explored.
Many of my columns are attempts to decode the alchemy of strange and idiosyncratic conventions and expectations that govern the professional life of the university. Quite simply, my thinking is that our world need not be as strange and opaque as it frequently is even to those of us who inhabit it. As a rhetorician, my academic training inclines me to look for systems of unstated rules, the mechanisms through which we communicate, both intentionally and unintentionally, and to bring those subtleties to the fore, in hope that we can all navigate them a little more easily. As a teacher, I feel that learning need not be painful, and that if we can remove some of the trial-and-error learning from our development as professionals, we can remove some of the pain.
I also think that the mentorship model through which most of us enter the profession is necessary but incomplete, because as we become more incorporated into our professions, as we become mentors ourselves, we forget how much we have learned through trial and error. In turn, we take academe's quirks for granted, and subsequently neglect to pass information on to the generations of academics who follow us, who are in turn damned to their own painful professional lives of trial and error. That's not an efficient teaching or training model.
Usually my reflections are on how to navigate the academy's weirdnesses, while hiding those of our own that might be liabilities. But there's a flip side, a case for being weird, openly weird. Stick with me here.
The academic job market spurs a lot of talk about "fit." When there are so many qualified applicants pursuing every available job, the power swings to those doing the hiring, and allows hiring committees to get very picky about this alchemic, undefined thing called "fit." I do agree, very much, that an individual needs to "fit" within the intellectual and professional culture of the department and college where that individual is eventually employed. And this, this need for "fit," is why we should all be weird.
To put things more accurately, the need for "fit" is why we should all be upfront about our own individual quirks and weirdnesses, and why we should display the ones relevant to our professional lives. While of course none of us want to offend or come across as off-putting, especially when we're in the act of what is essentially an audition for a job, it is nonetheless important to be honest about some of our quirks. And neither does letting our own weirdnesses show require oversharing. But I think we're all well-served in the long-run by being our weird selves.
Here's a relatively simple and low-stakes example. When I'm writing, researching, grading, or prepping for class, I have a hard time working (as in, I can't) if I'm frequently interrupted or distracted. So, when I'm working and not holding office hours, I close my office door, or I work from home. Sounds like a pretty small and not so unusual weirdness, right? However, in some departments routinely working with one's door closed is considered the height of rudeness. And in other departments, working from home too often is the fast track to being dubbed lazy or anti-collegial, either of which could have profoundly negative consequences.
But my weirdness in this case — that I simply can't learn to work through or around frequent interruptions, unlike some of my colleagues, who can focus and refocus their minds like choreographed lasers — is actually a big deal. I would be supremely unhappy, and a lot less productive, if I were in a department with a literal open-door policy. (My door is always "open" to students and colleagues though — even if it is literally shut — just knock.) If you have a similar quirk, it's important to find out if such behavior — simply keeping your office door closed in this case — would isolate you from your department in more consequential ways. And if you do not ask, you will not know. The greater the magnitude of the weirdness, the greater the stakes, for you and your colleagues alike.
Of course other quirks — and I'm only even talking about the professional ones here, because we all have our quirk-riddled personal lives as well — may have even higher stakes (and they often bleed into one another in our world, sure enough). Each department and each college and each university have their own institutional cultures. Some will accommodate, even welcome, your quirks, which will make you happy, while others will hold you in contempt for your idiosyncrasies, which will make you miserable. On the other side of the weird, a department with too narrow a range for the acceptable weirdnesses of its colleagues may find itself losing colleagues to other universities, not to mention mired in conventional mediocrity, devoid of ambitious (that is, risk-taking) scholars, and staffed by the stiffest, least imaginative of pedagogues.
If your scholarship is particularly weird or controversial, it will be important for you to know whether or not your new department can tolerate your intellectual position. From my perspective, the healthiest departmental cultures are the ones wherein minority or unpopular opinions or specializations are not treated as second-class. Such intellectual health, unfortunately, is not as common as we all might hope.
But at least in comparison to a lot of other professional communities, the academy appears to my eyes to be pretty accepting of weirdos. We're supposed to be, anyway. And if we aren't, then so-called "academic freedom" isn't worth the breath it's muttered with. I like that in the academy, I'm allowed to be a weirdo. And I like that I get to work with a lot of other weirdos of different stripes. Maybe that's part of why I was attracted to this life. Maybe it's part of why you were.
When I was a graduate student, an undergraduate in one of my classes asked, in all politeness and earnestness, how I or anyone else in the English department could pursue such specialized subjects so intensely. I had to think for a moment before responding, and even then I had to answer in a roundabout way.
"Imagine that academics were not academics," I said to the student, "but that instead were skateboarders."
At this point in my response, the student's expression was predictably blank.
I continued my explanation, unfazed: "If academics were skateboarders, they would be the types of skateboarders who would skateboard off the top of a downtown skyscraper, maybe with a parachute, but maybe not. But they aren't skateboarders," I told the student. "Instead they're into things like medieval literature. Or quarks. Or economic theory. Or zooplankton." Committing oneself to the academic life is similar in nature to being obsessed extreme-athletes who throw themselves body mind and soul into a single undertaking, with the difference that our interests don't, generally speaking, make for very interesting TV.
In the moment of delivering my explanation, I realized why I like so much being part of a university community, both as a professional and as a citizen. I don't know anything about zooplankton (and had to use spellcheck to write the word), but I love running into someone who knows lots about it (or whatever else), and whose excitement about microscopic sea creatures is so passionate that I, a zooplankton ignoramus, am caught up momentarily in their excitement.
Some of your own weirdnesses, depending on what they are and how they manifest themselves, may play a critical role in whether or not you can or will be happy at a particular university. But because we often appear normal to ourselves, it's often difficult to identify what makes us weirdos. But if you can identify those things about yourself, and find a place where your colleagues, who will hopefully also be your friends, accept those things about you, you'll probably find yourself living and working in a very happy place, for a very long time.
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District Attorney Seth Williams, a Democrat, took the oath of office for a second term. He was introduced by state Sen. Anthony Williams, no relation to him. It was the first time Seth Williams was on stage at the Academy of Music since June 17, 1985, the day he graduated from Central High School.
The district attorney noted that the city's homicide total last year was the lowest since 1967.
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Williams also plans to combat truancy and the high school dropout rate, arguing that both of them contribute to crime.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ron Castille, a Rhawnhurst resident and former Philadelphia district attorney, administered the oath of office to 28 judges of the Common Pleas and Municipal courts.
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The Common Pleas Court judges installed for another 10-year term are Jacqueline Allen, Genece Brinkley, Remy Djerassi, Lori Dumas, Holly Ford, Joel Johnson, Frederica Massiah-Jackson, Rayford Means, Jeffrey Minehart, Joseph O'Keefe, Nina Wright Padilla, Paula Patrick, Doris Pechkurow and Allan Tereshko.
The newly elected Municipal Court judges are Martin Coleman, Henry Lewandowski and Fran Shields.
The Municipal Court judges installed for another term are Teresa Carr Deni, Jacquelyn Frazier-Lyde, Joseph O'Neill and Wendy Pew.
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