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Hi Shelby,
Yep I'm around for every weekend :P
Ok lets play it by ear according to how busy you are with your visitors :)
Hope to bump into you again in the neighbourhood :)
hey Shelby,
great to bump into you today and start discussions about a work party, dinner party, garden party :)
Do you want to try for a meet up sometime mid next week?
Hey Shelby,
Thanks for accepting my friends request. Happy to be a part of the community.Will you be doing a canning event ever?
Cheerios and have a great weekend,
Crystal :)
Hi Shelby, Its great to see you here too! I got involved in some transition activities back in Waterloo when I was there for school but had no idea my own neighbourhood had one going.
A meet up would be great. Is there a day next week that works well for you??
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Pecan, Pear Torte w/Cream Cheese Frosting
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Makes 10 servings.
For the Torte:
2-3/4 cup roasted pecans, chopped
1 cup gf flour
1/2 cup gf breadcrumbs
zest of 1 orange
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 large eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
2 sticks unsalted butter, melted
For the Frosting:
12 ounces gf cream cheese at room temperature
1 stick unsalted butter att room temperature
zest of 1 orange, finely minced
2-1/2 cups powdered sugar
For the Pears:
2-1/2 cups frozen raspberries
1 cup sugar
1-1/2 cup orange juice
2 large firm Bosc pears, peeled, cored and cut into thin wedges
For garnish:
1/2 cup fresh cranberries
1/2 cup sugar
Making the torte:
Preheat oven to 375°F. Position rack in center of oven.
Butter two 9-inch cake pans, lining bottoms with parchment paper. Butter and flour (gf flour) the parchment paper, tapping out excess flour.
Place 2 cups pecans and gf flour in a food processor. Pulse until nuts are finely ground. Add gf breadcrumbs, orange zest, spices and salt. Pulse until blended.
Beat eggs, using an electric mixer, until frothy. Gradually beat in sugars until thick and mixture has tripled in volume, about 6 minutes.
Fold nut-flour mixture and melted butter alternately into egg mixture, beginning and ending with nut-flour mixture. (Be careful not to over-mix or batter will deflate.)
Divide batter equally between two prepared torte pans. Bake tortes for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into centers come out clean.
Transfer tortes to cooling racks. Let cool in pans for 5 minutes. Invert tortes onto racks and alloe to cool completely.
Making the Frosting:
Meanwhile, prepare the frosting. Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese, butter and orange zest until creamy. Sift powdered sugar gradually into cream cheese mixture. Continue to beat until light and fluffy. Cover and refrigerate until frosting is firm enough to spread, about 30 minutes. (Frosting can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled.)
Making the Pears:
Place raspberries, sugar and orange juice in a skillet. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Simmer over medium heat until berries break down, about 5 minutes.
Puree in a food processor or blender until smooth and strain back into skillet.
Bring puree back to a simmer over medium heat. Add pear wedges and stir to coat. Simmer until pears are just tender, about 8-10 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, remove pears and drain on paper towels.
Reserve the raspberry puree.
(The pears can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cover pears and puree separately and refrigerate.)
Making the garnish:
Toss fresh cranberries with 1/2 cup sugar. Transfer cranberries to a plate. Cover and freeze. (Can be prepared up to one week in advance.)
Finishing the torte:
Place 1 torte layer on a platter. Spread top with 1 cup frosting. Top with second torte layer. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides. Press remaining 3/4 cup pecans onto sides of torte. Arrange poached pears around top of torte. Garnish with frozen cranberries. Brush pears with reserved raspberry puree.
To serve, drizzle raspberry puree onto dessert plates and top with a torte slice.
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I have created a new language pack by doing the following:
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As far as I know this is all you should do, but if I reload the site, all the text have MISSING RESOURCE: infront of them, although that resource is in the resources.xml file that was copied.
All the language drop down fields have defaulted to en-AU though.
If I change the override config file back to en-US, all is fine again.
Any suggestions, or did I miss something?
Hi. Are you using a version of Evolution greater than 6.0? If so, it's important to note that widgets now define their own resources. The resources defined within the *.xml files are only for platform-wide and legacy resources.
Resources can be edited and added for languages within Widget Studio by editing a widget and navigating to its 'Resources' tab. The drop-down will show a list of installed languages and will highlight resources defined by the widget which are not defined for the selected language.
However, the typical process for translating widget resources is to export the widgets' resources, translate, and re-import. Some documentation for this exists here: telligent.com/.../managing-widgets.aspx
Hi Renier,
Yes, starting with Enterprise 3.0, widget resources are included directly within widgets and are not translated as part of languages.xml. This enables greater upgrade safety and portability of widgets. And since widgets are exported with themes, this also enables packaging of pre-localized themes.
In practice, this should just mean the addition of a single extra translation file (in addition to the aforementioned languages.xml) exported from Widget Studio once for all widgets, then translated, and then re-imported into Widget Studio).
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That sounds right to me.
so, IF:
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Can you go into a user's profile and change it to use en-AU?
When logging in as that user, does the en-AU lang pack work correctly?
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Hi Michael,
Thank you for your help.
Yes, I'm using Telligent Enterprise 4.0 Beta.
Is there no other way of setting all of those widget's language to the new one?
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Thanks for the help, appreciated!
I was thinking about the following:
If we only want one language pack anyway i.e. "en-au", can't we just rename the text in the language file and keep the key="en-us".
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Directly inside of it, there is Cannibal Johnson standing in front of a campfire. There is also a bear trap directly leading out of the entrance. Inside his living area is an Enclave crate.
The cave continues left near the end of the room, leading down into another room, containing the corpses of coyotes, nightstalkers, and mole rats. There are also a few pools of "blood" in this same room, which counts as stealing if you drink from it. Although it appears to be blood, the game treats it as water. The blood does not have any rads as well.
Notable lootEdit
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- Mole rat wonder meat on a cutting board. This is the only place in the Mojave Wasteland where this meat is found.
- The player can sleep in Cannibal Johnson's bed without any penalties.
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Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) are defined by the Portland Zoning code as a second dwelling unit created on a lot with a house, attached house or manufactured home. The second unit is created auxiliary to, and is smaller than, the house, attached house (rowhouse) or manufactured house.
Proposals to build detached ADUs are reviewed through the New Single Family Review process. View the application package and process.
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Please call Residential Inspection at 503-823-7388 if you have questions about these limitations.
Service Level Update for Sanitary and Stormwater Facilitiesfor Land Divisions for Attached Houses
Effective immediately, for all land divisions for attached houses, separate sanitary and stormwater systems will be required for each lot, and no portion of the system for an individual lot may be located on any other lot. (Oregon Plumbing Specialty Code ("Plumbing Code") § 308.1.) For shared systems to be approved, applicants must seek approval, through the plumbing code appeals process, and meet the requirements for a modification or exemption from the Plumbing Code. These requirements include demonstrating that:
Historically, many applicants for land divisions for multiple attached house projects have proposed systems in which sanitary sewer and stormwater are collected through a common system and disposed to a public facility through a single shared connection. The Plumbing Code requires that each property be able to connect directly to the public system such that no portion of the plumbing, drainage or sewer system for that property is located on any other property. (Plumbing Code § 308.1.)
Effective immediately, the following apply:
The LUS Division planner will rely upon the responses from BES and the Plumbing Division on the types of sanitary and stormwater disposal systems that are acceptable.
Additional information on plumbing code appeals can be found at the following link:
July 12, 2012. To streamline the permit intake processes and reduce DSC wait times for all customers visiting the Development Services Center (DSC) the changes listed below will be implemented. The DSC is located at 1900 SW 4th Ave., opens at 7:30 A.M., Tuesday through Friday, for building permit set-up, see bullet points and table below for details about services available. General customer inquiries are addressed from noon until 3:00 PM. All additional DSC services are available from 8:00 A.M. until 3:00 PM.
Effective July 31st, 2012:
No changes are proposed to the following services provided in the DSC:
To obtain detailed information on the major changes that have occurred at BDS over the past year please visit the BDS Website at www.portlandoregon.gov/bds and click on "Service Level Updates."
8:00 AM to 3:00 PM
8:00 AM to 12 Noon
1:00 to 3:00 PM
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Service Level Update:
Submitting Plans before July 1, 2012
As we come to the close of the current fiscal year, and an anticipated increase in fees beginning July 1, 2012, we understand our customers desire to complete the submittal of plans prior to the year end. BDS will be providing additional hours each week during June to help you achieve your goal of having a complete permit submittal and paying intake fees prior to July 1, 2012. Consistent with the remainder of the year, acceptance of projects is contingent upon meeting all minimum submittal requirements prior to intake. Fees must be paid prior to close of business at 4:00 PM on June 29, 2012.
To assist our customers manage the timely submittal of their projects, we are providing additional staff in the DSC for permit set up and pre-submittal plan screening by a Technician on Thursday and Friday afternoons from 1:00 - 3: 00 p.m. the weeks prior to fiscal year end (6/7 & 8, 6/14 &15, 6/21 & 22). This may allow you to avoid any last minute permit deficiencies when you arrive to submit your projects during our regular plan submittal hours (8:00 a.m. to 12 noon Tuesday - Friday).
We will also expand our hours to set up New Single Family Submittals (NSFR) to Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoon's from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. through June 22, 2012. If your NSFR submittal has been deemed complete and intake fees have been paid by Friday, June 29, 2012 your permit will be charged our current 2011-12 fees (even if your NSFR appointment occurs in July). Please note: Customers who have permitted a NSFR within the past year can "drop off" their plans on the Second Floor in Permitting Services prior to 3:00 p.m. on Friday, June 22, 2012. This will allow us enough time to screen the plans and contact you with the intake fees owing. Fees must be paid prior to July 1, 2012.
Please arrange your schedule and plans now to attend one of these afternoons if you have any questions regarding a complete submittal or visit us ahead of the rush. The minimum submittal standards for residential projects are also available on our website at http://www.portlandonline.com/bds/index.cfm?c=45062 and for commercial projects at http://www.portlandonline.com/bds/index.cfm?c=45054&a=92699.
Service Level Update Document:
Permitting Services and Plan Review / Planning and Zoning Divisions
April 20, 2012. The Bureau of Development Services (BDS) strives to maintain the highest level of service level possible, coordinating our limited resources to ensure the valued and critical services we provide to customers are timely. We periodically review and evaluate the services provided and make adjustments as needed. We have recently completed a review and evaluation of the DSC Will Call Service (temporary plan/document storage service). We found that it is utilized by a limited number of customers and does not warrant the additional staff time and logistics required to maintain the service.
Effective May 1, 2012, BDS will discontinue providing temporary plan/document storage for customers in the Development Service Center (DSC). Any plans/Documents that are currently located in Will Call must be retrieved prior to June 1, 2012. Plans/Documents will need to remain with the customer prior to submittal, and in Document Services from submittal through issuance.
We appreciate the understanding and patience of our customers as we continue to focus on efficiently providing our core services and functions.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Ross Caron at email@example.com or (503) 823-4268.
Neighborhood Inspections/Compliance Services Section Enforcement / Complaint Operational Changes and Priorities
February 17, 2012. The Neighborhood Inspections & Compliance Services Section operates Zoning, Noise, Work without Permit, Dangerous Buildings, Signs & A-Boards, Nuisance, Housing, Derelict Buildings, Exterior Maintenance Requirements on non-Residential Structures and Chapter 13/Systematic Inspection enforcement programs. Due to a sharp reduction in inspection staff in 2009, it became necessary to prioritize the various types of complaint investigation and enforcement cases that will be performed. This allows us to focus existing resources on the most critical areas of compliance work relative to fire, life safety, health, sanitation, environmental and neighborhood livability. As more inspection resources are added, previous service levels will be restored.
The following policy and procedure changes remain in effect:
It is necessary to prioritize various enforcement/complaint types in order to effectively process the most critical cases with reduced resources. The Neighborhood Inspections & Compliance Services Section has developed a 3 category system to assign enforcement resources. Priority 1 is the most urgent cases and Neighborhood Inspections& Compliance Services will continue to respond to these situations. Priority 2 is less urgent and Neighborhood Inspections & Compliance Services will attempt to respond as resources allow. Priority 3 is a low priority and no enforcement/compliance action will be taken at this time.
The priority factors include (in ranked order):
Type of Property
1st – Rental Properties
2nd – Vacant Properties
3rd – Owner Occupied Properties
Type of Issue or Concern
1st – Fire / Life / Safety concerns
2nd – Health concerns
3rd – Environmental concerns
4th – Impact to the community
Based on the priority factors listed above, enforcement resources will be assigned to the different enforcement case types performed by the Neighborhood Inspections & Compliance Services Section. The priority list below contains examples for the various enforcement case types and is not an exhaustive list of all enforcement situations or priorities. The Neighborhood Inspections & Compliance Services Section will monitor workload based on the priority list below and adjust priorities as needed. As additional resources become available, the Neighborhood Inspections & Compliance Services Section should be able to respond to more complaints, including priority 3 cases.
Priority 1 - Imminent Health and Safety Hazards, Serious Code Violations, and Environmental Protection
Construction Code
Housing - Full Service level restored July 1, 2011 – Investigating all Housing & Non-Residential Structure exterior maintenance requirements
Site Complaints
Priority 2 - Code Violations and/or Conditions Adversely Impacting Quality of Life
Priority 3 – Less Significant Neighborhood Impact and/or No Code Compliance Action taken
Nuisance / Disabled Vehicles
If you have questions, you may contact Enforcement Program Manager Mike Liefeld at (503) 823-7332.
Sign Code Permitting Process and Contact Information
February 2, 2012. A year ago BDS updated City of Portland Sign Code program implementation responsibilities, since then staff has continued to evolve and improve the process for submittal, review and issuance of sign related permits and implementation of the Sign Code. Listed below are the major changes that have helped streamline the permitting system:
Dedicated Sign Code Email Address and Telephone Number
Applicants now have a dedicated sign code inquiry email address and phone number to ensure that your questions are received by the correct staff and responded to in a timely manner. Currently, BDS is able to respond to emails and voicemails within 48 hours.
Time Certain Appointments for Sign Code General Questions
Applicants are now able to schedule time certain appoints with a BDS sign code specialist. To learn more or apply for an appointment visit our DSC Appointments Webpage or contact the Sign Code Program by phone or email. Time Certain Appointments are 30 minutes in length and require a fee of $75.
Simplified Standard Applications for Sign Permits
Minimum submittal requirements for Sign Permit Application are established in Title 32 and allow for efficient permit review. The primary submittal requirements are listed below, and when provided at the time of application, allow for timely permit review. To obtain additional information regarding the sign permit process, or to access the Sign Code, please visit www.portlandonline.com/bds/index.cfm?c=36686.
Outdoor Advertising Sign Permit Applications
Typically, all changes to existing signs that are on or visible from State Highways require both City of Portland and State of Oregon review and approval. Regulations adopted by the Oregon Department of Transportation require a State of Oregon Outdoor Advertising Sign Permit Application to be completed by the applicant and then the local jurisdiction prior to submittal to the State. BDS will process these forms within 30 working days of submittal and a fee for research and staff time will be charged (see Land Use Compatibility Statement [LUCS]). This fee will be effective on 02/01/12.
Service Level Update: Inspection Services Division
Roll-Over Policy Update - 1/31/12
For those permit inspections that cannot be completed on the day requested, the caller (as identified in the building permit) will be notified via telephone no later than 9:00 AM on the day of the requested inspection to confirm the inspection has been rolled-over.
Note: Inspections that are rolled over will take a higher priority the next business day.
The IVR message has been updated as follows:
"Due to current staffing levels and fluctuating workloads, we are currently unable to assure next day services for all called inspections. If we are unable to perform the requested inspection, your request will be moved into the next available business day. This may result in a single day delay for some projects. Please note you will be notified by 9:00 AM if your inspection has been rolled over to the next day. The rolled over status will be input to the IVR system. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding."
If you have questions please contact Jim Nicks, Inspection Services Manager at 503-823-1054.
Development Services Center Hours &
Reserved Times to Submit New Single Family Residence Applications
October 20, 2010. To reduce DSC wait times and streamline the permit intake processes for all customers visiting the Development Services Center (DSC) the following changes listed below will be implemented. The DSC is located at 1900 SW 4th Ave and is open Tuesday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M., with the exception of the first bullet, below.
Effective November 2, 2010:
No change is proposed to the following services provided in the DSC:
We understand that these changes may have impacts on our customers and appreciate your patience and cooperation while we explore and find improved ways to deliver our services. If you have questions or concerns about this change or other Service Level Updates, please contact Ross Caron at (503) 823-4268 or email@example.com.
Prepaid (Trust) Account Service Discontinuation
September 1, 2010. In order to maintain the highest level of service possible, we are constantly evaluating the services we provide and making necessary changes to improve timeliness and efficiency.
The Bureau of Development Services (BDS) recently evaluated the Prepaid (Trust) Account payment service utilized by less than 70 of our permitting customers to pay for permits and determined that the service is administratively too costly to maintain. This service allows customers to pre-pay into an account managed by the Bureau's Finance Section to pay for permits applied for by the account holder or representative.
Effective September 30, 2010, BDS will no longer accept payment by Prepaid (Trust) Accounts for any permits issued by the Bureau. Following this date, the Finance Section of the Bureau of Development Services will review all prepaid trust accounts to verify remaining balances. Once the balances are verified, all accounts will be closed and any remaining balances will be refunded to account owners.
A number of Prepaid (Trust) Account holders also utilized the recently discontinued Fax-Back program. Please visit the Bureau's website to view the Service Level Update Document on the Discontinuation of Fax-Back Simple Trade Permit Service.
We appreciate the understanding and patience of our customers and the community while we work through these financial and operational challenges. A complete list of the Bureau's Service Level Updates, including the recent adjustments to services provided in the Development Services Center, is available at www.portlandoregon.gov/bds by clicking on "Services Level Updates".
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Ross Caron, BDS Public Information Officer, at email@example.com or (503) 823-4268.
Discontinuation of Fax-Back Simple Trade Permit Service
July 22, 2010. In order to maintain the highest level of service possible with limited resources and to ensure that the valuable services we provide to our customers and community are timely and financially sustainable, we are moving to process simple trade permits only through our Portland OnLine permitting system and mail in service. Trade permits include simple electrical, plumbing or mechanical permits that do not require plan review.
Effective July 30, 2010, we will be discontinuing the Fax Back method of applying for and receiving simple trade permits. We are focusing the submittal and issuance of these simple trade permits through the following methods to improve the timeliness and ease of applying for and receiving trade permits, as well as scheduling inspections:
NOTE: Some types of trade permits cannot be applied for online, see the table below.
NOTE: Fax number (503) 823-7693 is only for establishing "subcontractor of record" on Residential Combination Permits. NO trade permit revisions, fees or any other type of transaction can be submitted via fax.
Some permits are not available through the City's online permitting system, such as permits requiring plan review. If you wish to submit for a permit listed in the table below, please visit the Development Services Center or mail in the application and payment.
Table of Trade Permits Not Available Thru Online Permitting System
* Effective July 30, 2010 Residential Air Conditioners
and Heat Pump Trade Permits will be available through Portland Online Permitting System.
State-Mandated Licensing Standards. State-mandated licensing standards apply to permits submitted online, in person or via mail. A Construction Contractors Board number (CCB#) is required of all contractors using the City's online permitting system. A Building Codes Division number (BCD#) is required if you are an Electrician or Plumber which include the letter(s) C or PB in it. Supervising BCD #'s are required if you are an Electrician (include the letter S in it). Mandatory licenses required for Low Voltage include a Construction Contractors Board number (CCB#) and one of the Limited Licenses (include the letter(s) LME, J, LR, PS, SIG, PJ, ST, LEA, BME, LEB, LRT, or LMM)
We understand that these changes will have impacts on our customers and appreciate your understanding and cooperation while we work through these financial and operation challenges. If you have questions or concerns about this Service Level Update, please contact Ross Caron at (503) 823-4268 or email@example.com. Thank you.
A complete list of the Bureau's Service Level Updates are available at www.portlandoregon.gov/bds by clicking on "Services Level Updates".
Plan Review Checksheet Limitation & Fee
June 28, 2010. In order to maintain the highest level of service possible with limited resources and to ensure that the valuable services we provide our customers and community are financially sustainable, a plan review checksheet limitation and fee is being established.
For all building permits submitted on or after July 1, 2010, the plan review fees paid at the time of permit intake for Life Safety, Structural, Site Development and Planning and Zoning review will cover only the initial review and up to two (2) check sheets and the reviews of the applicant's response to those checksheets.
All additional check sheets and reviews of applicant response will be subject to a charge of $155 per checksheet, per review type.
A complete list of the Bureau's Service Level Update is available at www.portlandoregon.gov/bds by clicking on "Services Level Updates".
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Facilities Permit Program Customers Visiting Document Services
Continued budgetary constraints have necessitated further staffing reduction within the Bureau of Development Services. In order to maintain the highest level of service possible with limited resources, temporary changes to the hours of operation and services available to customers, including those in the Facility Permits Program (FPP), visiting Permitting Services, located at 1900 SW 4th Avenue, 2nd Floor.
Effective June 1, 2010 until further notice, the following changes will be implemented:
We understand that these changes may have impacts on our customers and the citizens of Portland. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation while we work through these financial and operational challenges. If you have questions or concerns about this Service Level Update, please contact Ross Caron at (503) 823-4268 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Thank you.
A full list of our Service Level Updates can be found on the BDS Webpage at: www.portlandoregon.gov/bds.


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The piece commenced with ominous bass chords on the piano and peaked frequently as Robinson blew a whistle or fluttered on his wooden flute or claimed arpeggios and glissandos on his clarinet. As soon as the piece had climaxed, the music would break and then build again...harmonies were re-discovered, and everything would resume from the minutest treble tremolo on the piano to only the air that was pressed through the clarinet reed. Sliding into "Eitan" was immediate. At one point, Greene slipped a piece of paper into the piano so that the hammers hit the paper while meeting the strings of the sounding board. An almost electronic sound ensued. The composition created a vast space which seemed complex yet developed organically from a simple theme.
This was not epic or overblown music, the effusions of high romanticism. Rather, every note, every gesture, every compositional concept was proportioned to common humanity. Nothing that was attempted required gargantuan efforts. Such intimacy embeds awareness in the listener, embraces the listener and invites the listener into a world of consciousness that can be habitually visited. All that is required is open-mindedness and the watchful, playful acceptance of the inner child.
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Coaches 4 Character Awards
Coaches 4 Character, a non-profit organization, will host the ACE (Advocates for Character and Education) Awards Banquet for sixty-four Greenville County students who are considered the true "unsung heroes" in their schools. Our honorees are Kayla Wright and Derrick Sutton.Congratulations to these two outstanding students.
State Track Winners
Congratulations to our Boys 400x400 Relay Team on winning the State AAA Championship in the relay 400x400 event on May 11! Relay Team: D'anta Fleming, Tedric Gregory, DeAndre Moren, Quez Nesbitt, Coach Mazzie Drummond
Graduation Tickets
Each senior will receive 12 tickets at Graduation Rehearsal. Additional tickets can be purchased for $5.00 each CASH ONLY! Tickets will be sold on a first come, first serve basis with no restriction placed on the number of tickets that may be purchased by a graduating senior. Only seniors in the graduating class will be allowed to purchase tickets. Tickets will be sold on Tuesday, June 4th between 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. in the Commons Area. Check out the latest Senior Newsletter for more information.
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Adventure Series Carolina Master Scholars Program for rising 6th - 12th graders. Join academically talented middle- and high-school students from across the country for some serious fun this summer with great new courses, and the return of many favorites. Innovative one week sessions will be offered in small classes, taught by some of USC's most renowned faculty. http://saeu.sc.edu/adventures/
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When: Saturday, May 18, 2013, 10:00 am to 3:00pm
Where: University Center Auditorium, 225 S. Pleasantburg Drive, Greenville, SC 29607
Cost: $20 per student, day of the workshop. Lunch is available for all pre-registered students. Seating is limited to the first 95 registered students. Please contact Elayne Gray at 864-467-3620
Rising High School Graduates! BMW Opportunity
BMW Manufacturing continues to accept applications for our technical scholars program. We will begin this class 7/29 as high school seniors prepare to start their college career. Testing and selection has begun, so interested graduates need to apply soon!The BMW Scholars Program allows students who are in manufacturing-related degrees to attend class full-time at local two-year community colleges while working part-time hours at BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC.This allows students to further their education while gaining valuable experience in a high-tech manufacturing environment and become potential candidates for full-time positions at BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC. BMW provides tuition assistance, each semester, while the student is enrolled full-time and actively participating in the Scholars Program.Students may contact Sandra Hartsell 250-8049 at Greenville Technical College. The requirements can be found on web page https://www.bmwusfactory.com/careers/bmw-scholars/ See flyer for additional information.


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Daily Freeman (dailyfreeman.com), Serving the Hudson Valley since 1871
Sunday, October 14, 2012
By PATRICIA DOXSEY
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KINGSTON, N.Y. — With the sale of the Golden Hill Health Care Center on the horizon, Ulster County Executive Michael Hein has included $1.95 million in revenues from the transaction to offset spending in his 2013 county budget.
Still, the county-owned nursing home will require a roughly $8.8 million taxpayer subsidy to operate in the coming year.
The Golden Hill Local Development Corp. is expected to announce in the next several weeks who it has selected as a buyer for the 280-bed facility in Kingston.
Board members set a minimum price of $10.5 million.
Other conditions set by the development corporation include that the buyer, "to the extent practicable," agree to allow all current residents who are in good standing at the time of the sale to continue living in the facility; the buyer detail in its proposal its intent with regard to current employees; and the buyer agree to continue to operate the nursing home at the current location for a minimum of five years and not separate by sale any of the beds purchased.
Six firms have submitted proposals that meet those conditions, but development corporation board members have declined to disclose details, including the amount of money offered by each.
County Budget Director and development corporation Treasurer J.J. Hanson said that in addition to the $1.95 million being earmarked for the county's 2013 budget, $8 million in revenue from the anticipated sale has been budgeted to close the 2012 budget gap that Hein said could be closed only by selling Golden Hill. Another $1.37 million has been appropriated to cover operating costs for the development corporation.
The development corporation has laid out an aggressive plan that would put the nursing home under private ownership by June 2013, though Hein said his planned 2013 budget provides funding to run the facility for the entire year.


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Public Engagement
Public engagement is a key ingredient in the CIPA MPA experience. Internships offer one avenue for such engagement. The CIPA Public Service Exchange and the CIPA Capstone Program offer two additional opportunities for CIPA Fellows to pursue hands-on, public engagement work.
Both the Capstone and Public Service Exchange are designed as service-learning partnerships. Fellows engage with government and nonprofit client-organizations to work on pro bono consulting projects. These clients may be locally, nationally, or internationally-based. Fellows gain valuable, hands-on experience while partnering with these real-world clients to mitigate or solve agreed-upon public policy or management problems.
Many of these partner agencies and non-profit organizations offer internships or ongoing consulting opportunities to Fellows growing out of the coursework, and a number of Fellows volunteer for work with these organizations after the coursework has ended.
For more information, contact:
Laurie Miller
Service Learning Initiative Program Coordinator & Capstone Instructor
B30 Caldwell Hall (*For mail, please send to: 294 Caldwell Hall)
Public Engagement: the Cornell Commitment
Cornell University has a strong commitment to public service, and has been designated by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching designated Cornell an "institution of community engagement."
Cornell University President David Skorton has said that universities can—and should—play a critical role in improving social, personal and institutional capacity worldwide. Fellows engaged in the Capstone and Public Service Exchange do just that. They lend Cornell's expertise to public problems, combating them on a global scale. These public engagement experiences serve as a bridge between the classroom and real-world practice. In the process, Fellows gain the practical skills necessary for work in their future careers.
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Northwestern State President's List
Four hundred and seventy-four students at Northwestern State University have been named to the President's List for the Spring 2012 semester, according to NSU President Dr. Randall J. Webb. Students on the President's List must be enrolled full-time at Northwestern and make A's in all academic courses pursued.
Those students named to the President's List for the spring semester listed by hometown were:
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On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 6:28 AM, beelissa wrote: >>> Recently, I noticed that at least 2 features suddenly don't work >>> (I say "at least" because there might be more that I'm just not aware of). >>> These features are rotating a layer and making a drop shadow. > >>And would you like to tell us what exactly happens whe you try to use >>those features? And how you use them? > >>Alexandre Prokoudine >>http://libregraphicsworld.org > > I use them the way I've always used them, by selecting the layer and -- for the rotate, selecting the rotate tool in the toolbar and clicking, then either using the slider or changing the angle value. For drop shadow, selecting that option from the Filters menu and putting in the values in the dialog box. > > For each of them, now, what happens is -- nothing. The layer is exactly the same -- not rotated, no shadow, nothing happens. No error message, no change, nothing. > > To clarify, I'm trying to apply each separately, not at the same time. It just seems to have happened suddenly that both no longer work. Could you please check if other transformation tools such a perspective work? Any other scripts, e.g. Xach-effect from the same submenu? Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
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Some studies have suggested dark chocolate might be good for the heart. But just how much chocolate would you have to eat to reap the benefits? A new study claims to have figured it out.
Researchers in Australia have calculated that eating about 100 grams of dark chocolate every single day for at least 10 years would lead to "significant" benefits for high-risk heart patients and could prevent heart attacks and strokes.
But a number of researchers question the findings, and say it doesn't account for the risk of eating chocolate every day – mainly, the risk of developing obesity, a strong risk factor for heart attacks in itself.
For the study, which is published in the British Medical Journal, a team of researchers from Melbourne's Monash University used a mathematical model based on the Framingham Heart Study. That's a large, ongoing study that began in 1948 and is responsible for much of our understanding about how diet, exercise, and medications such as ASA affect our risk for heart attacks.
They used the model to predict the long-term health effects of daily chocolate consumption on 2,013 people who were already at high risk of heart disease.
All the participants had high blood pressure and met the criteria for "metabolic syndrome" a groups of risk factors that are known to raise the risk of heart attacks and stroke, such as high cholesterol and high blood pressure. None of the participants had a history of heart disease or diabetes, nor were any on blood pressure medications.
The researcher calculated what would happen if each of them ate a small amount of dark chocolate with a 70 per cent or higher cocoa content, every day.
They calculated that in the best case scenario, with 100 per cent compliance, the daily dark chocolate habit could avert 15 fatal heart attacks and strokes, and 70 non-fatal heart events per 10,000 people treated, over 10 years.
If compliance fell to 80 per cent, 10 fatal events and 55 non-fatal events could be averted per 10,000 people treated over 10 years.
The authors point out that only non-fatal stroke and non-fatal heart attack were assessed in their analysis; the risks of other cardiovascular events, such as heart failure, weren't calculated.
The researchers don't believe that milk chocolate or white chocolate would have any effect. That's because it's dark chocolate that has the highest level of flavanoids, which are thought to be heart-protective because they can reduce blood pressure and lipid levels in the blood.
The authors of this study conclude that dark chocolate "could represent an effective and cost effective strategy for people with metabolic syndrome (and no diabetes)."
But they concede that their study relied heavily on the Framingham algorithm, which may underestimate risk in a high-risk population such as those with metabolic syndrome.


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Neurostimulation for epilepsy, including a pilot study of anterior nucleus stimulation
Clinical Neurosurgery. 2005: 1-8
Electrical stimulation of the anterior nucleus of thalamus seems to be well tolerated; however, past experience with deep brain stimulation (DBS) implantation suggests some risk for serious adverse events, including hemorrhage and infection. In a review of DBS therapy for movement disorders, Loddenkemper et al.25 compared the estimated risk of significant morbidity and mortality for electrode placement using stereotactic minimal invasive surgery (less than 2%) with the estimated risk of mortality in patients with uncontrolled seizures (0.5% per year). Preliminary evaluation of our epilepsy pilot study suggests clinical improvement in seizure control in this small group of patients, extending over a 12-month period. Because there was no control group, it is not known what proportion of the observed reduction in seizure frequency was caused by a placebo effect or a microlesion effect from the electrode implantation. A randomized, double-blinded, placebo controlled, parallel design study of AN stimulation is currently ongoing in the United States, and should serve to clarify the safety and efficacy of DBS for epilepsy.


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More activities depend on one group of employees facing severe limitations of their own.
Cutbacks in government programs and personnel are placing greater stress on senior executives just as new restrictions on activities hinder their ability to carry out vital parts of their missions. These restrictions include limitations on how executives can interact with nongovernment organizations and personnel that have been part of long-term, important outreach efforts. Other issues are reducing the attractiveness of a Senior Executive Service position within government. And, this comes as these executives are being relied on to an ever-increasing degree as sea changes sweep through the federal government.
Whether the challenge is overcoming restrictions on conference attendance or maintaining year-to-year operational continuity, members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) are the link between the federal work force and cabinet-level political appointees. While cabinet secretaries set policy and generally make the headlines for their agencies, career federal managers who are part of the SES ensure the daily work of government goes on. And even at a time of uncertainty, whether it is the transition to a post-election administration or dealing with the unknown effects of potential sequestration, the SES provides a degree of long-term continuity for federal department heads.
With little specific guidance from the White House and the Office of Management and Budget on possible sequestration, not much concern has been voiced so far about the potential effects of drastic spending cuts at government agencies on the part of SES members, according to Carol Bonosaro, president of the Senior Executives Association (SEA). The group represents the more than 7,000 federal employees who constitute the SES.
A multi-agency big data initiative offers an array of national advantages.
U.S. government agencies will award a flurry of contracts in the coming months under the Big Data Research and Development Initiative, a massive undertaking involving multiple agencies and $200 million in commitments. The initiative is designed to unleash the power of the extensive amounts of data generated on a daily basis. The ultimate benefit, experts say, could transform scientific research, lead to the development of new commercial technologies, boost the economy and improve education, all of which makes the United States more competitive with other nations and enhances national security.
Big data is defined as datasets too large for typical database software tools to capture, store, manage and analyze. Experts estimate that in 2013, 3.6 zettabytes of data will be created, and the amount doubles every two years. A zettabyte is equal to 1 billion terabytes, and a terabyte is equal to 1 trillion bytes.
When the initiative was announced March 29, 2012, John Holdren, assistant to the president and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, compared it to government investments in information technology that led to advances in supercomputing and the creation of the Internet. The initiative promises to transform the ability to use big data for scientific discovery, environmental and biomedical research, education and national security, Holdren says.
Currently, much of generated data is available only to a select few. "Data are sitting out there in labs—in tens of thousands of labs across the country, and only the person who developed the database in that lab can actually access the data," says Suzanne Iacono, deputy assistant director for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering.
It causes problems from the battlefield to the doctor's office, but leaders are fueling the competitive fire to find an answer.
Government experts on big data are taking a lesson from the commercial sector to introduce a novel means of finding solutions to some of their most daunting challenges. Using an open innovation approach, thought leaders believe they can generate new ideas while also reducing costs, speeding processes and soliciting responses from outside the usual cast of characters.
The National Science Foundation (NSF), the U.S. Department of Energy and NASA ran what they called the Ideation Challenge, focused on big data, between October and December of last year. The challenge comprised three different contests. Organizers scheduled the events close together on purpose, and officials used results from earlier competitions in the posting of later ones to help generate buzz. They hoped that participants would see what others had accomplished, then want to build or improve on those results.
Organizers focused the contests on the fields of earth science, health and energy. The series of competitions was hosted through the NASA Tournament Lab, which is a collaboration among the space agency, Harvard University and TopCoder, a competitive community for software development and digital creation with more than 400,000 members. Competitors submitted their ideas through TopCoder's technologies.
An industry group is racing to draft commonly accepted best practices for security and privacy.
A coalition of information technology companies has banded to create industrywide standards to help both the public and private sectors manage large information datasets. This effort is tapping some of the best minds in computing to work with datasets that now are reaching into the realm of petabytes and exabytes in size.
Whether these large datasets come from harvesting the buying habits of customers on a store's website or from a military fleet of drones performing aerial reconnaissance over Iraq or Afghanistan, managing huge volumes of information can be compared to trying to take a sip of water through a firehose. New ways must be developed to manage and secure large volumes of information when traditional database applications fall short. In some cases, the inability to provide timely analysis of an extremely large dataset may result in a missed business opportunity or, as in the case of the intelligence community, failure to capture vital information for security purposes. In addition, the limitations of existing analytic tools when it comes to big data may hamper a business or government organization's ability to spot future weaknesses, or to be proactive about important decisions.
An industry-supported online school provides a good grounding in the science and application of very large datasets.
A virtual school, developed by a team of leading software and hardware companies, is providing readily accessible education in the use of large information datasets. The classes range from entry-level sessions on the essentials of big data for managers to practical instruction for veteran programmers who are accustomed to managing more traditional relational databases.
The mission of BigData University is to provide training and broaden the expertise of the big data community, explains Ben Connors, director of BigData University and worldwide head of alliances with Jaspersoft Incorporated, San Francisco. The uses of big data are expanding, whether for improving the health of children, facilitating the search for clean sources of energy or analyzing intelligence data from unmanned aerial vehicles. As a result, managers are realizing the potential that may be hidden within large information files whose size is measured by petabytes and exabytes, Connors explains.
An unprecedented choice allows soldiers to use communications and intelligence assets in more meaningful ways.
Military operational decisions are moving further down the chain of the command, and a group of Stryker soldiers has taken a large step toward improving the training small units receive. Troops with this battalion had a chance to practice with capabilities never before available to them in an environment that simulates combat better than any facility they have at home. The results are new levels of preparation and confidence for whatever challenges they may be called on to handle next.
Home based in Hawaii, the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division traveled to Korea to conduct the training event Wolfhound Maul. The unit is nicknamed the Wolfhounds. Contained within that effort was a smaller combined arms live fire exercise (CALFEX) that gave the unit's three subordinate companies a chance to run full-spectrum operations with new assets in stressful surroundings. Maj. Christopher Choi, USA, operations officer for the battalion, says that as his team searched for the best resources to conduct the training it wanted to provide, it realized Korea offered benefits not available in Hawaii. After a careful cost-benefit analysis, decision makers chose to approve the travel to the Korean peninsula. Almost the entire battalion made the trip, with its companies experiencing the CALFEX training one at a time over a period of a month.
In many cases, haste makes waste as the U.S. Army wrestles with the inherent contradictions that emerged as it tries to speed new information technologies to warfighters.
Military activities in the Asia-Pacific region have become more focused since the release of a defense strategy a few months ago that places renewed attention on the global area. Through U.S. Pacific Command's (PACOM's) recent theater campaign plan, leaders are telling the subordinate military-service components to report back in a year on how efforts are working while deconflicting duplicate programs.
A few staff experts can formulate new strategies in a short time. Over the years, the U.S. Defense Department has accumulated a large collection of long-range planning documents. However, none of the plans ever was fully implemented, as new administrations kept changing priorities.
The just announced Defense Department Cloud Computing Strategy presents a long list of radically new directions. Ultimately, it will take hundreds of thousands of person-years to accomplish what has been just outlined. Several points stand out.
In one, individual programs would not design and operate their own infrastructures to deliver computer services. Users would develop only applications. This approach will require tearing apart more than 3,000 existing programs. A pooled environment will be supported by cloud computing that depends on different processing, storing and communications technologies. Small application codes then can be managed separately, relying exclusively on standard interfaces. The challenge will be how to manage more than 15 years' worth of legacy software worth about half a trillion dollars, but in completely different configurations. Making such changes will require huge cost reductions of the infrastructure that currently costs $19 billion per year.
Another point is that cloud computing will reduce the costs of the existing computing infrastructure. The Defense Department will have to virtualize close to 100,000 servers and integrate that construct with 10,000 communication links. The department will end up with a small number of enterprise-level pooled and centrally managed operations. This is a short-term multibillion-dollar effort that can be financed only from rapid savings, because no new funding will be available.


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Best Buy to make internet price matching permanent to prevent 'showrooming' (update)
Best Buy had originally instated a price-match guarantee for the holidays, a program designed to combat the practice of treating the store like a show room before completing the actual purchase online. Now, Best Buy has announced that it will make the program permanent, beginning on March 3rd. Last October, the company had said that "showrooming" was "blown out of proportion." This time around, however, Best Buy is embracing the comparison, writing in its press release that the new program signals "the end of 'showrooming.'"
As before, Best Buy won't match any online retailer's price, but instead has a list of 19 retailers it will match. Those retailers include Apple.com, Amazon.com, Crutchfield.com, and Walmart.com. The usual caveats of identically matching the product apply, and customers will need to actively ask for the price matching before purchase in order to qualify. To do so, you'll need to bring in the URL from the competing retailer and have Best Buy definitively match it to the product you want to purchase.
Update: Unfortunately it looks as though some bad will arrive alongside the good. Best Buy has announced that on the same day (March 3rd) the retailer will halve its window for returns and exchanges to 15 days — down from the longstanding 30-day period currently in place. Purchases made on or before March 2nd will still adhere to the longer returns period. Further, a Best Buy spokesperson has confirmed to The Verge that Reward Zone Silver members will remain eligible to return / exchange products for 60 days, a benefit that will become all the more appealing thanks to the shortened policy that will soon face most customers.
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Dr. Mohler takes on this question. His answer? "The answer to that question must be a decisive No. Those who deny the virgin birth reject the authority of Scripture, deny the supernatural birth of the Savior, undermine the very foundations of the Gospel, and have no way of explaining the deity of Christ."
Round trip with Endeavour
A Great photo essay that follows Space Shuttle Endeavour as it prepares for and then heads out on a trip into space.
The End of Parchment
Paper Cuts blog says "Whatever else it's remembered for in the publishing industry, 2008 may be remembered as the year that e-books finally caught on."
Bush, Cheney comforted troops privately
This is a neat story from the Washington Times. "For much of the past seven years, President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have waged a clandestine operation inside the White House. It has involved thousands of military personnel, private presidential letters and meetings that were kept off their public calendars or sometimes left the news media in the dark. "
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In regards to 'The End of Parchment' I believe that the majority of information, including books, will be converted to electronic media eventually leading to less and less books. The conspiracy theorist in me is concerned that 'the powers that be' will eventually be able to use this to control the dissemination of information. It seems that eventually the poor will not have books as readily available to me. Maybe we should all read Fahrenheit 451 again. I think it is amusing that Amazon chose to name their reader Kindle as in to set fire to or ignite. I guess in the end books will still have a place. I love the feel of a book in my hands.


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So, I want to have an "Otaku" M13 board to accelerate learning touch-typing, and am ordering the caps from Unicomp in a week or two. The problem with that is my Other Half says no on the grounds that she does not touch-type, and my Daughter is just learning to use a keyboard. Fair enough.
My solution? Make an A/B switch, and use both the "Otaku" M13 and another board.
All I need is conformation that I'm not going to screw up my motherboard. I don't plan on switching the 5v lines at all (I plan on powering from an external PSU to the switch box, with both boards +v lines active, running only the data lines to the PS/2 port on the motherboard). I do plan on switching the data lines. I think that a simple SPDT switch on the data lines should sort things out nicely. Maybe a debounce if needed to smooth the switchover.
Assuming there are no problems, and if there is call, I'll post a schematic, BoM, and pictures. It should, in theory, be a very simple device, using a box, 2 female, 1 male 6 pin mini-DIN ports, a SPDT switch, 6 core shielded cable, and some Veroboard. It will need a few more components if debounce is needed.
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Building a Computer: My Personal Project
In the 10th grade, I am going to create a Personal Project in school. The project is going to be about drugs.
I decided to choose this topic as something to work with because the media constantly reports back with the youth being exposed to drugs and alcohol. I have heard constant reports about how lives were ruined because they decided to choose marijuana over schooling and education.
The things that I am planning to learn over the course of time is how much drugs Americans and other countries consume per year. Another thing I would like to learn over time for this project is why teens decide to choose drugs over anything else. The other thing I would like to know are the different types of drugs that are produced and the effects of each.
During the project I plan on making a slideshow/movie. I would like to include clips of drug trades and even the after effects of the drugs. I would also like to include how they are made, and how the youth are involved in such things. I would also like to include information about why people decide to choose drug trading instead of other normal legal jobs.
In the course if my research I have decided to stop researching about drugs. I have found out that it is the type of topic that I am not interested in. I have then decided that my new topic will be about how to make a computer. I found that to be the more interesting topic that has caught my attention. I am more into technology based projects. The book i am using as a source is called "Building a PC for Dummies" It is a book that explains every aspect of a computer and the hardware that is used to make the PC. I like this topic, and I feel that I eligible to finish this project by the tenth grade.
I think that you have a
I think that you have a well organized plan. I was wondering if you might interview someone you did drugs at one point, and who now stoppped. Maybe this will help you make a more succesful project!
Good job!
Robert i think your idea is
Robert i think your idea is very good, the information he show could help kids all over the world how bad drugs can be. I think that you should include some point of view situations like i know many friends that use drugs because of their parents or personal problems you should give advise on what they could do to stop.
I think this is a good
I think this is a good topic. It's something that goes on everywhere. I think you should do a presentation of what happened to the people who took drugs and stuff and how it affected them.
I think that you should go
I think that you should go to elemtary schools and give speeches about how bad drugs are and get a few speakers that conquered drugs and let them talk about why they took them and then why they stopped. Because every year the use of drugs is increasing and the younger kids are starting to use drugs more and more by the year.
I like the your personal
I like the your personal project, Robert. I think drugs are important and people should know how bad they are.
I think this interesting but
I think this interesting but how does it relate to you? This is similar to what we do in humanities and the long term effects of certain documents but you're doing this with drugs. What info is new?
I really think that this is a good idea because a lot of people need to know the dangers of taking drugs. Many people are not entirely conscious of what drugs can do to the human body so this would be very informative to them of what they are using.
I think this is a good
I think this is a good subject to do a personal project on but how does this relate to you? A personal project should be about something you care about and something that you feel a connection to. I think that drugs are interesting to learn about but why do you genuinly want to do your personal project on it?
I think the new topic that
I think the new topic that you chose of Building Computers is cool.. what specifically about building computers do you want to research about? Like the part's that you need and how you need to connect them?