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Moviedom – or, the easily excitable comic-geek fan base – is lathered up for Man of Steel. Count me amongst their ranks. Everything we've heard about Zack Snyder's Superman reboot has us trembling with anticipation for a brand-new, big-screen Superman adventure.
In fact, it's starting to feel like 2006 all over again … and we all know how that worked out.
In 2006, Bryan Singer resurrected the Man of Steel for the wildly anticipated Superman Returns. It was going to be a return to the Golden Age of Richard Donner – a Superman movie that helped wash away the bitter aftertaste left by two lackluster Superman sequels and a rebirth for DC Comics' classic hero. Truth, justice and the American Way were about to roar back into theaters.
Then we saw the movie, and it managed to disappoint (for various reasons). Singer himself has said in years since that he feels the movie – and its heavy-handed Christ analogies – caught the summer popcorn audience off guard.
"This was a story about Christ -- it's all about sacrifice: The world, I hear their cries. So what happens? He gets the knife in the side and later he falls to the earth in the shape of a crucifix," Singer once told The Hollywood Reporter. "It was kind of nailing you on the head, but I enjoyed that, because I've always found the myth of Christ compelling and moving. So I hoped to do my own take, which is heavy s--- for a summer movie."
The movie, over time, has attracted more and more detractors, to the point that many now say Snyder's film is meant to correct the mistakes of Singer … and that's a mistake in itself. Revisiting Superman Return in preparation for Snyder's reboot, I found that there are three things this worthy chapter in Superman's cinematic legacy absolutely nailed – and yes, three things it probably should have corrected in the rewrite stage.
1. Singer Kept Superman's Trademark Theme Song
No one can say Singer's Superman Returns got off to a slow start. John Ottman recreated John Williams' signature Superman themes– arguably Williams' best symphonic compositions – and played it at full blast over a soaring opening credit sequence that started with Marlon Brando's Superman monologue, then carried audience members through the darkest corners of outer space as our hero returned to planet Earth.


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How to heat-proof your garden
Across the Midwest, New England and Canada, high-temperature records are being broken by the thousands -- 3,350 of them between March 12-18 alone. Meteorologists are scrambling to find anything comparable to weather that has been described as "summer in March." Two days before the official end of winter, temperatures of 94 degrees Fahrenheit were recorded in South Dakota.
If we're having summer in March, what can we expect in July? For backyard gardeners, the idea of heat-proofing the garden is one way to cope with a changing and changeable climate. We know that covering the soil -- mulching -- helps regulate soil temperature and moisture, while keeping the soil from blowing away. Mulching can also block weed growth and prevent runoff from heavy rains, which many regions can expect more of as temperatures climb. Mulching encourages a moist, healthy garden ecosystem.
Straw, leaves, grass clippings, pulled weeds, compost and other organic materials are typically used for mulch, as are living plants such as vetch between cornrows, or clover in the orchard. Such living mulch, aka "green mulch," can do everything a layer of straw can, and oftentimes more. Most green mulches are legumes that add nitrogen to the soil as they protect and stabilize it.
But consider this: Edible living mulches can also do the job. I used to mulch my favorite crop, garlic, but began seeing all that covered area between plants as wasted space. So I started experimenting with a proprietary technique you might call "hurling random vegetable seeds at the garlic patch." The results were definitely mixed.
Bushy plants like tomatoes began swallowing the garlic plants in late June, and had to be pulled before they could produce. Plants in the mustard family, such as broccoli and kale, grew poorly, perhaps victims of garlic's well-known allelopathic behavior. Allelopathy is the ability of some plants to secrete substances into the soil, via the roots, which inhibit the growth of neighboring plants.
Eventually, two categories emerged as edible green mulches for the garlic patch. One category, the early-season greens, includes lettuce, radicchio, escarole, endive, spinach and other leafy greens outside of the mustard family. During the early stages of the season, when the young garlic plants are just a few inches tall, these greens basically have the whole garlic patch to themselves. As soon as the leaves reach edible size I start harvesting them, though just the leaves, not the whole plants.
The other category is carrots, planted at the same time as the greens. During the early season, the fast-growing greens tend to crowd and shade the carrots (though not the garlic, which is usually about six inches taller). By June, most of the leafy plants will have run their course and gone to seed. As the greens fade, the carrots begin to take over between the garlic plants. Carrot and garlic will grow side by side, rarely getting in each other's way. Underground, carrot and garlic don't butt roots, while above ground the bushy carrot tops guard the soil surface.
Once the garlic is harvested, in July, the carrots can stretch out comfortably into their expanded space. By the time the carrots are dug, I'll have harvested three different crops in one season from the same piece of dirt: garlic, greens and carrots. The living mulch will have done a service for my topsoil by protecting it from the elements. And for what it's worth, the extra biomass will have sucked up considerably more carbon dioxide than a dead layer of straw. That makes my living mulch garlic patch, by my calculation, a win-win-win-win-win situation.
This kind of diversity-focused gardening falls into the broad category of agroecology, the practice of building diverse, sustainable agriculture systems based on ecological principles. While dismissed as non-scientific woo-woo by many who favor industrial-style farming, the discipline of agroecology is currently being taught at about 20 universities worldwide, including the University of California, Santa Cruz, Iowa State and Penn State. A December 2010 report commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council examined hundreds of peer-reviewed scientific papers and concluded that agroecology has the potential to double food production in marginally productive areas. These areas are often at risk of desertification, which happens when the soil is overexposed.
Even if you're not a garlic grower, the principles behind my thrice-harvested patch can be applied to whatever you do grow. Given that this year is shaping up to be a hot one -- and who knows what the future will bring? -- now is a great time for this kind of mulchy thinking.
Ari LeVaux is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He writes about food and lives in Placitas, New Mexico ([email protected] pan.net).
Note: the opinions expressed in this column are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of High Country News, its board or staff. If you'd like to share an opinion piece of your own, please write Betsy Marston at [email protected].

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Tonight I watched the PBS/National Geographic show, "Ghosts of Machu Picchu" that emphasized the mysterious nature of this Inca site. When you make your million-dollar documentary on Calixtlahuaca, here are some of the mysteries you could emphasize. Based on the fact that many of the so-called "mysteries" that structured the Machu Picchu show have not been at all mysterious since John Rowe's 1990 paper (Rowe 1990), I will list some "mysteries" of Calixtlahuaca and their solutions (so that you can avoid the real information until the end of the show, for dramatic effect).
- Why was the main pyramid circular in form? Was this a sacred shape, perhaps a symbol of the cosmos? Might the shape relate to the statue of the wind god found buried in the pyramid? Could it indicate that the people of Calixtlahuaca were in tune with the weather and the cosmos? You can use haunting and spooky flute music in this segment.
- Reality check: The role of circular temples and the wind god has been known since the first codices were studied, and the topic was thoroughly analyzed in Pollock (1936).
- Why did so many of the human long bones excavated at Calixtlahuaca in the 1930s have deep parallel notches? Could these have been sacred musical instruments that produced an eerie percussion sound used in secret rituals? Why did these skeletons disappear after 1935?
- Reality check: The uses of these objects as musical instruments has been understood at least since Seler's work over a hundred years ago (Seler 1992). We don't know what happened to the bones, though.
- Why was this city built on a hill? Was it to worship the gods of the sky, or perhaps the sun god? Can this be explained by the "sacred landscape theory" that explains
according to Nova last night? (actually I prefer Rowe's more prosaic explanation). Just like Machu Picchu , there were sacred volcanoes to the south and the east of Calixtlahuaca (and probably to the north and west, although I haven't looked yet). Machu Picchu
- Well, I guess I have to admit that the placement of the city on a hill is really a mystery of sorts, something that we are working on. But it is hard to attribute the location to a "sacred landscape theory" when nearly all other Aztec-period cities were NOT built on mountains, whereas the basic belief system was widespread.
Sincerely yours,
M. E. Smith, skeptical archaeologist
Now, here are some REAL mysteries, but probably not the kind of mystery that TV producers would be interested in:
- Why do so many people insist in attributing mystery to archaeological sites and ancient peoples? Weren't ancient people humans like you and me, living regular lives like people all over the world? Why must the past be portrayed as mysterious and so very different from the present?
- Why do people seem amazed that ancient peoples did the things they did? Inka stonework is admirable for its skill and aesthetics, but there is nothing mysterious about it. They put thousands of people to work cutting stone, they had expert masons, and they took whatever time was needed to do things right. The Mayas had an advanced calendar and writing system, and they were pretty smart people, but there is nothing mysterious about this. (And no, the world will NOT end in 2012). The Aztecs used one of the most highly productive agricultural systems known to the preindustrial world (chinampas, or raised fields), but this is not mysterious. They had the skills, the labor, and the economic and political structure to do what they needed to do.
Pollock, Harry E. D.
1936 Round Structures of Aboriginal Middle America. Publications, vol. 471. Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC.
Rowe, John H.
1990 Machu Picchu en la luz de documentos del siglo XVI. Histórica (Lima) 14(1):139-154.
Seler, Eduard
1992 Ancient Mexican Bone Rattles. In Collected Works in Mesoamerican Linguistics and Archaeoalogy, pp. 62-73, vol. 3. Labyrinthos, Culver City.


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Currently the New Mexico Environmental Law Center's cases focus on the following issues:
Environmental justice is the principle that all people, regardless of socioeconomic status, race or ethnicity, deserve to live in a clean, healthy environment. Unfortunately, poor communities and communities of color often bear the brunt of contamination and pollution. The New Mexico Environmental Law Center is the only not-for-profit law firm in New Mexico to focus on environmental justice issues.
Mining, long a major industry in New Mexico, has had a severe environmental impact on public and private lands and rural communities in the state. On a national level, mining generates twice as much hazardous waste as all other industries and municipal landfills combined.
There are 19 Native American pueblos as well as Navajo and Apache nations in New Mexico. Unfortunately, many of these communities are viewed as places where resources are abundant and regulation is limited; they also are often seen as areas in which there is chronic unemployment, and in which jobs can be traded for environmental degradation.
The state's surface waters have become over-appropriated, and water users have become increasingly dependent on ground water and water from projects such as dams. New supplies from water projects have become either too costly or non-feasible, and interstate stream compacts and Indian water rights impose additional constraints. To put it simply, New Mexico is running out of water.


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One of the first things I learned about RA is that exercise will make a huge difference in how one feels. Exercising causes the release of chemicals that act as a pain reliever. Cool! I could use that. Exercising also strengthens the muscles, permitting smoother working of joints. Great! I could use that, too.
Which exercises? is the big question. Sure, a swimming pool would be best, but a heated pool (indoor, so it can be used all year) is a bit out of my price range. The public pool is too far away. I loved it when I was teaching swimming lessons, but didn't feel well enough to drive an hour to the pool and had to give that up.
In all honesty, except for our stint swimming, my track record since the kids were born shows that I'm better at intending to exercise than I am at actually doing it. I didn't want to spend a lot of money on exercise equipment only to have it turn into an expensive coat rack.
I settled on an elliptical trainer. Based on the online research that I did, it sounded like the machines under $400 have a 30-day warranty. The $1000 machines have only a 90-day warranty. The machines that have a 20-year warranty cost many thousands of dollars. I bought a cheap one that I found on a half-price sale. The store had one on display so I was able to try it before making the purchase.
Once the thing was set up, it's amazing how many excuses I could find to not use it.
- I'd intended to exercise first thing in the morning while the kids were still asleep. Unfortunately, I discovered that the machine made enough noise that it disturbed people's sleep. That meant I couldn't use it until everyone was awake. Once the kids were awake, I needed to be working with them instead of exercising. Hmmm… Not when they're asleep and not when they're awake. It took some juggling, but I finally found a time that I thought would work with everyone's schedule.
- I'd hop onto the elliptical, check the time, and within thirty seconds would remember that I hadn't folded the laundry yet. Stop. Fold the laundry.
- Try again. I'd make another attempt and only last 45 second before thinking that it would be great to mop the kitchen first so that the floor could be drying while I was doing my exercises.
- I'd try again, and this time think of yet another chore that just couldn't wait. My husband would get home at the end of the day and marvel over how nice and clean the house looked.
Finally I told myself that instead of feeling guilty about being unable to exercise for thirty minutes, I'd take the "some is better than none" approach. I started with two minutes. Physically I could have done more, but it was incredibly boring. Setting an easy goal let me feel a sense of accomplishment instead of a sense of failure.
My next step was to rearrange some furniture and set up a television where it could be seen from the elliptical. Spinning my feet around in circles didn't seem so mind-numbingly tedious when I was occupied thinking about something else. When the family sat down together to watch Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune after dinner, I slipped into the other room. I didn't feel like I was neglecting a bunch of jobs that I should be doing because that time had been set aside for the whole family to watch those shows. Usually a couple of the kids would come in and keep me company. That worked well all winter.
Once spring arrived there was gardening and yard work to do. We got an above-ground pool for summer exercise outdoors. I didn't manage to do it every day, but between the pool and summer chores, I kept active. Now we're back to rainy weather again, so I've just begun a new evening exercise routine. For a little variety, I have some options instead of being stuck with the elliptical. Over the summer I found an exercise bike and something with a label that makes me think of this:


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Large oil spill clean-up underway in north Cyprus
Jul. 18, 2013
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A Turkish Cypriot official says it will take at least two months to clean up some 100 tonnes (tons) of spilled fuel oil that has reached the coastline in the breakaway north of the ethnically-split island.
Environment minister Mehmet Harmanci said Thursday that the spill poses a "serious ecological risk" to some 10 kilometers (16 miles) of coastline on the southern side of the island's Karpas peninsula where protected sea turtles come to breed.
He said marine biologists will assess the impact from the spill that happened Tuesday when a tanker was offloading oil to a power station.
Harmanci said authorities are mulling legal action.
Cyprus was split in 1974 when Turkey invaded after a coup by supporters of union with Greece. Only Turkey recognizes the breakaway north.


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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Seven of the 14 Mexican federal police officers charged in the shooting attack on a U.S. Embassy vehicle in August have been ordered to stand trial on attempted homicide and property-damage charges, Mexican prosecutors and a defense lawyer said Friday.
The ruling means a judge overseeing the case has found sufficient evidence to warrant a trial.
The case of the other seven officers, who face the same charges, is being overseen by a different judge, and a ruling on whether they should stand trial is expected soon.
The 14 were detained soon after the Aug. 24 ambush left the U.S. vehicle carrying diplomatic plates riddled with bullets on a rural road south of Mexico City. The two CIA agents in the bullet-proof sport utility vehicle suffered non-life-threatening injuries and a Mexican navy captain with them was unharmed.
A Mexican federal official, who was not authorized to be quoted by name, confirmed the trial ruling, as did lawyer Enrique Mondragon, who represents two of the officers.
Mexican authorities initially had said the attack was probably an accident by well-intentioned police officers who thought they were shooting at criminals. Later, however, U.S. and Mexican officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity said they were leaning toward the idea that it was a targeted attack masterminded by a drug cartel.
Since then, Attorney General Marisela Morales had acknowledged that her office was investigating whether organized crime was behind the attack.


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49 U.S. Code § 13701 - Requirements for reasonable rates, classifications, through routes, rules, and practices for certain transportation
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Requirements for reasonable rates, classifications, through routes, rules, and practices for certain transportation
(a) Reasonableness.—
(1)Certain household goods transportation; joint rates involving water transportation.—A rate, classification, rule, or practice related to transportation or service provided by a carrier subject to jurisdiction under chapter 135 for transportation or service involving—
a movement of household goods,
a rate for a movement by or with a water carrier in noncontiguous domestic trade, or
rates, rules, and classifications made collectively by motor carriers under agreements approved pursuant to section 13703,
must be reasonable.
(2)Through routes and divisions of joint rates.—
Through routes and divisions of joint rates for such transportation or service must be reasonable.
(b)Prescription by Board for Violations.—
When the Board finds it necessary to stop or prevent a violation of subsection (a), the Board shall prescribe the rate, classification, rule, practice, through route, or division of joint rates to be applied for such transportation or service.
(c)Filing of Complaint.—
A complaint that a rate, classification, rule, or practice in noncontiguous domestic trade violates subsection (a) may be filed with the Board.
(d) Zone of Reasonableness.—
(1)In general.—
For purposes of this section, a rate or division of a motor carrier for service in noncontiguous domestic trade or water carrier for port-to-port service in that trade is reasonable if the aggregate of increases and decreases in any such rate or division is not more than 7.5 percent above, or more than 10 percent below, the rate or division in effect 1 year before the effective date of the proposed rate or division.
(2)Adjustments to the zone.—
The percentage specified in paragraph (1) shall be increased or decreased, as the case may be, by the percentage change in the Producers Price Index, as published by the Department of Labor, that has occurred during the most recent 1-year period before the date the rate or division in question first took effect.
(3)Determinations after complaint.—
The Board shall determine whether any rate or division of a carrier or service in noncontiguous domestic trade which is not within the range described in paragraph (1) is reasonable if a complaint is filed under subsection (c) or section 13702(b)(6).
Upon a finding of violation of subsection (a), the Board shall award reparations to the complaining shipper or shippers in an amount equal to all sums assessed and collected that exceed the determined reasonable rate, division, rate structure, or tariff. Upon complaint from any governmental agency or authority and upon a finding or violation of subsection (a), the Board shall make such orders as are just and shall require the carrier to return, to the extent practicable, to shippers all amounts plus interest, which the Board finds to have been assessed and collected in violation of subsection (a).
(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 867.)
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in sections 10701, 10704, and 10705 of this title prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, § 102(a).
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Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) Series
Investigator(s): Hofferth, Sandra, Frank P. Stafford, Wei-Jun J. Yeung, Greg J. Duncan, Martha S. Hill, James Lepkowski, and James N. Morgan
The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) series was begun in 1968 to fill the need for a better understanding of the determinants of family income and its changes. Its main sponsors are the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Aging. The PSID is a longitudinal survey of a representative sample of United States individuals and the families in which they reside. The data were collected annually through 1997, and biennially starting in 1999. ICPSR's holdings consist of three separate PSID data collections. The core data files contain the full span of information collected over the course of the study. The data provide information on economic status, economic behavior, demographics, and attitudes. The investigators hoped to discover whether most short-term changes in economic status are due to forces outside the family or if they can be traced to something in the individual's own background or in the pattern of his or her thinking and behavior. The data are intended to shed light on what causes family income to rise above or fall below the poverty line. PSID data can be used for cross-sectional, longitudinal, and intergenerational analysis and for studying both individuals and families. ICPSR captures the data only periodically and the most current data are on the at the PSID Web site.


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Lighting control requirements: What's current and what to expect
This article examines lighting control requirements in various codes and standards, commissioning these controls, and what engineers may expect in the future.
Learning objectives
- Learn which codes dictate lighting controls and requirements.
- Understand the different lighting controls available for various applications.
- Understand compliance and functional testing requirements.
Energy codes require lighting engineers to design lighting systems that meet prescribed power allowances, use daylighting controls, control spaces through occupancy, and specify and perform functional testing in their lighting designs. ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1 and the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) are the two most prevalent energy codes governing lighting, with some states having specific energy codes. This article examines lighting control requirements in various codes and standards, commissioning these controls, and what engineers may expect in the future. ASHRAE 90.1–2010 and IECC-2012 will be the focus.
ASHRAE and IECC both require spaces surrounded by ceiling height partitions (walls) to have an individual manual control (switches/dimmers). The control must be within the space or remote located with an indicator that identifies the space/area it serves. Exemptions to this requirement are for areas that must be continuously illuminated for safety/security and corridors or stairways used for means of egress.
In addition to the above requirement, light reduction is required.
ASHRAE 90.1 Section 22.214.171.124a requires a control step between 30% and 70%, which can be accomplished with a number of variations such as switching alternating lamp, dimming ballast/driver, or stepped ballast/driver. IECC-2012 Section C405.2.1.2 requires a control step of 50% with even illumination in the space and offers specific ways to accomplish this by controlling all lamps or luminaries; dual switching alternate rows of luminaries, alternate luminaries, or alternate lamps; switching the middle lamp luminaries independently of the outer lamps; or switching each luminaire or each lamp.
Exceptions to 220.127.116.11a are:
- Lights in corridors, electrical/mechanical rooms, public lobbies, restrooms, stairways, and storage rooms
- Spaces with only one luminaire with rated input power less than 100 W
- Space types with lighting power allowance of less than 0.6 W/sq ft.
Exceptions to C405.2.1.2 are:
- Areas that have only one luminaire, with rated power less than 100 W
- Areas that are controlled by an occupant-sensing device
- Corridors, equipment rooms, storerooms, restrooms, public lobbies, electrical rooms, or mechanical rooms
- Sleeping units
- Spaces that use less than 0.6 W/sq ft
- Daylighting spaces complying with C405.2.2.3.2.
Automatic lighting controls
In addition to manual controls, ASHRAE 90.1 and IECC require automatic controls for interior lighting. Automatic time control and occupancy based (occupancy sensors) are methods that can be used to comply. Requirements are defined in IECC Section C405.2.2 and ASHRAE 90.1 Section 9.4.1.
IECC mandates automatic time switch devices in addition to manual controls. This can be accomplished using lighting control systems (LCS), building automation systems (BAS), and/or digital time switches. When an automatic time switch control device is used, an override is to be located in a readily accessible space with a maximum override up to 2 hours. Overrides are to be zoned up to 5,000 sq ft. In malls, arcades, auditoriums, single tenant retail spaces, industrial facilities, and arenas, the override can exceed two hours with a captive key and can be zoned more than 20,000 sq ft.
This IECC mandate may not be the most efficient or practical method for most spaces such as private offices and classrooms. IECC allows engineers to design with occupancy sensors in lieu of time switch based devices and systems. Occupancy sensors per C405.2.2.2 are required in all classrooms, conference/meeting rooms, employee lunch and break rooms, private offices, restrooms, storage rooms, janitorial closets, and other spaces 300 sq ft or smaller enclosed by ceiling height partitions. Occupancy sensors for these spaces shall turn the lights off after 30 minutes of being unoccupied. In addition, the occupancy sensor must be manual-on or 50% auto-on/50% manual-on. (Manual-on occupancy sensors are also known as vacancy sensors.) Full automatic-on is acceptable in public corridors, stairways, restrooms, primary building entrance areas, lobbies, and where occupants would be endangered due to safety and security.
Exceptions to C405.2.2.1 and C405.2.2.2 for automatic time switches and occupancy sensors are in sleeping areas where patient care is directly provided, continuous operation/occupancy, or where automatic shut-off would endanger occupant safety and security (see Table 1).
ASHRAE 90.1 is very similar to the requirements of IECC with the following differences. Automatic schedule based controls shall be zoned up to 25,000 sq ft but for no more than one floor. A signal from an alarm/security system can override the lights to off during unoccupied hours. See Table 2 for the areas that require the lighting to turn off after 30 minutes of all occupants leaving a space.
Exceptions to these are spaces with multi-scene control systems, shop and laboratory classrooms, spaces that would endanger occupants' safety and security, and lighting required for 24-hour operation.
ASHRAE 90.1 mandatory provision 9.4 outlines the requirements for lighting controls. A general statement in the first paragraph requires that any automatic control device for building interiors be either manual-on or controlled to automatically turn on to not more than 50%. Full automatic-on is only allowed public corridors and stairwells, restrooms, primary building entrance areas, and lobbies. In addition, full automatic-on is allowed where manual-on operation would endanger the safety and security of the occupants.
There are several ways to satisfy this mandate, one of which for a small room is to use a stand-alone vacancy sensor in lieu of an occupancy sensor. Vacancy sensors require manual-on by pressing or toggling a switch. If occupancy is not detected after a selected time period, the lights will turn off and must again be manually turned on. Wall-mounted vacancy sensors are almost identical to wall-mounted occupancy sensors. These devices use the same technology, with the exception of how the lights are turned on. Both of these devices can be manually turned off using the pushbutton switch.
For larger and more complex rooms such as school classrooms that also require daylighting zones, a lighting control system or BAS may be necessary. Using a wall-mounted or ceiling-mounted occupancy sensor and momentary switches (as vacancy switches) would be the minimum condition.
Daylight zone control
Per IECC, daylight zones are required and must have individual control (manual or automatic) of the lights independent of general area lighting and controlled per C405.2.2.3.1 (manual daylighting controls) or C405.2.2.3.2 (automatic daylighting controls). Each daylight control zone has to be ≤2500 sq ft. Contiguous daylight zones adjacent to vertical fenestrations can be controlled by a single controlling device if the zone doesn't include areas facing more than two adjacent orientations (i.e., north, east, south, and west). Daylight zones under skylights >15 ft from the perimeter must be controlled separately from daylight zones adjacent to vertical fenestrations.
Exceptions to this rule are daylight spaces either enclosed by walls or ceiling height partitions or containing one or two light fixtures. General lighting would not have to have a separate switch.
Natural top lighting
When natural daylighting is used for top lighting (skylights, tubular daylighting devices, etc.), ASHRAE 90.1- 2010 Section 188.8.131.52 and IECC-2012 Section C402.3.2.1 require automatic daylighting controls. Both codes are very similar. The lighting in the daylit area must be separately controlled by at least one multilevel photocontrol and be remotely controlled and readily accessible. The artificial lighting must be continuously dimmable or step dimmed. Both require a minimum of one step no greater than 35%, and ASHRAE requires a second step between 50% and 70%. There are many fluorescent ballast and LED drivers that can provide either required continuous diming or stepped dimming. For the daylighting controls, the light fixtures can have integral light sensors or one light sensor for a zone (group) of light fixtures.
ASHRAE exceptions to 126.96.36.199 are:
- Daylighted areas under skylights where it is documented that existing adjacent structures or natural objects block direct beam sunlight for more than 1,500 daytime hours per year between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
- Daylighted areas where the skylight effective aperture (EA) is less than 0.6%
- Building Climate Zone 8 with daylight areas totaling less than 1,500 sq ft in an enclosed space.
IECC exceptions to C402.3.2.1 are:
- Buildings in Climate Zones 6 through 8
- Spaces where the designated general lighting power densities are less than 0.5 W/sq ft
- Areas where it is documented that existing structures or natural objects block direct beam sunlight on at least half of the roof over the enclosed area for more than 1,500 daytime hours per year between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Spaces where the daylight zone under rooftop monitors is greater than 50% of the enclosed space floor area.
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Ghanaian cardinal: Catholic church ready for non-European pope
One of the developing world's leading candidates for the pope's successor, Ghanaian cardinal Peter Turkson, said he believed the the churches of Africa and Asia had grown in strength to the extent they had produced "mature clergymen and prelates that are capable of exercising leadership also of this world institution."
He is president of the Vatican's pontifical council for justice and peace.
"I think in a way the church is always and has forever been ready for a non-European pope," the 64-year-old, a favourite of Benedict XVI, told the Associated Press on Tuesday. He did not think the prospect was "too far away", he added.
Asked about speculation that he could himself emerge from next month's conclave as Benedict's successor, he said: "I've always answered 'if it's the will of God.'"
However, although Turkson is an early favourite of the bookmakers in a very open field of candidates, there are question marks over his credentials, which some Vatican observers say could hold him back.
He was forced to apologise last year after screening a YouTube video at a meeting of bishops which made alarmist predictions about the rise of Islam in Europe. It claimed, among other things, that France would be an Islamic republic within 39 years.
Pope Benedict XVI this week announced his decision to resign on February 28, setting the stage for a conclave to elect a new pope before the end of March.
The 85-year-old pope announced his decision in Latin during a meeting of Vatican cardinals on Monday morning. He said that because of his advanced age and diminishing strength, he didn't feel he could carry on the job.
The German-born Pope, hailed as a hero by conservative Catholics and viewed with suspicion by liberals, said he had noticed that his strength had deteriorated over recent months.
His papacy has been beset by a child sexual abuse crisis that tarnished the Church, one address in which he upset Muslims and a scandal over the leaking of his private papers by his personal butler.
In a statement, the pope said in order to govern " ... both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognise my incapacity to adequately fulfil the ministry entrusted to me.
"For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of bishop of Rome, successor of Saint Peter," he said.
A Vatican spokesperson said the pontiff would step down on February 28, leaving the office vacant until a successor was chosen to Benedict. – Guardian News and Media, Reuters, AFP


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One of the things most commonly overlooked by the average person just getting started on a *nix system is the keeping current portion for security related reasons. Open BSD users be advised :
It seems that all versions of OpenBSD are vulnerable under this, though patch information is available here.Systems affected:
All versions of OpenBSD.
Overview :
Insufficient boundary checks in the select call allow an
attacker to overwrite kernel memory and execute arbitrary code
in kernel context
for those of you running your OpenBSD systems, or any other OS for that matter, keep it up to date and try your best to keep it safe.


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Echo Therapeutics Announces Closing of Public Offering of Common Stock
Feb 06, 2013, 12:00 EST
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Echo Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq :ECTE ), a company developing its needle-free Symphony® tCGM System as a non-invasive, wireless, transdermal continuous glucose monitoring system, today announced the closing of a previously announced underwritten public offering of 13,633,333 shares of its common stock and the full exercise of the over-allotment option to purchase 2,045,000 additional shares, offered at a price to the public of $0.75 per share. The gross proceeds to Echo from this offering are approximately $11.76 million, before deducting the underwriting discount and other estimated offering expenses payable by Echo.
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Aegis Capital Corp. acted as the sole book-running manager for the offering.
Feltl and Company acted as co-manager for the offering.
The offering is being made pursuant to a shelf registration statement that Echo previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and which is effective. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus has been filed with SEC and is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering may also be obtained by contacting Aegis Capital Corp., Prospectus Department, 810 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY, 10019, telephone: 212-813-1010 or email: email@example.com.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, these securities, nor will there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is not permitted.
About Echo Therapeutics
Echo Therapeutics is developing the Symphony tCGM System as a non-invasive, wireless, transdermal continuous glucose monitoring system. Our target is patients who could benefit from glucose monitoring in the hospital setting, including critical care. Significant opportunity also exists for patients with diabetes to use Symphony in the outpatient setting. Echo is also developing its needle-free skin preparation component of Symphony, the Prelude® SkinPrep System, as a platform technology to enhance drug delivery of topical pharmaceuticals.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements
The statements in this press release that are not historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements, including statements regarding Echo's proposed public offering. These statements are based on current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual future results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Those risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties identified and described in more detail in Echo's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Echo undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.
For More Information:
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What Image Are You Presenting in Your Optical?
Here's how to create the complete "modern dispensary" experience, from first impressions to the final moment of truth.
What does a "modern dispensary" mean in today's market place? This question comes up quite often these days, and I think it is the right question.
Interestingly enough, we are surrounded by the answer in our everyday lives. I am sure Starbucks asked this very same question, as they set themselves on the path to recreate how a cup of coffee is sold. And now we find ourselves paying $5 for a cup of coffee without thinking twice about it. Or better yet, how about some of the "cake" pops. OMG!
What Starbucks understood then (and still does today) is that "we," the consumer, needed a new experience that included how we sit, where we sit, when we want our coffee, how we want our coffee and what we want to buy in addition to our coffee. Hmmm, sound familiar? Our patients/consumers want the same thing from us. That brings us full circle to the question of what is a modern dispensary?
Let's look at the components.
Have you gone shopping in a large mall lately? Or, have you stopped by an Urban Outfitters or perhaps had dinner at a Seasons 52 restaurant? The shopping malls are providing nicer and nicer sitting areas and eateries. They are using living room furniture in the center of the walking areas to make you comfortable. Or, have you seen the new Microsoft or Sony stores that are competing with the Apple stores? Wow, they really make sure the environment supports and promotes your comfort level with buying the latest and the greatest.
Recently, I stayed at an ALT Hotel and, it too, was quite impressive. From the rooms to the lobby, I was provided an experience for a very reasonable price that made me feel at home in their home. As a matter of fact, the lobby lounge would be the perfect look for the modern optical. It contained comfortable lounges and seating, like your own living room.
Imagine how comfortable this environment would be for your own patients to enjoy. Let's get rid of the stale, old "sales desks" and clutter of boxes and papers and books of codes and allowances. It looks more like an administrative office than a showroom to present fashion products and high-tech lenses. It's time to deliver a whole new environment, the way Starbucks re-created the cup of coffee experience. Lounge chairs and café style tables with wireless laptops or tablets to support a more relaxed social environment is the modern dispensary.
If you don't make the investment in your environment to dramatically change it from yesterday, your "consumers" will find another "coffee shop" for tomorrow.
Product offering
Just because you like one product, does not mean your patients like it too. And if you are still of the mindset to buy one of a style, then you are losing sales every day. Collection, collection, collection. You must provide a full collection of a brand to support the confidence needed by a consumer to make a trusted decision and fulfill their emotional need to shop.
Consumers would prefer to see 12 styles from three brands, vs. one style each from 36 different brands. Each year, look for new brands that let your consumers know you have the latest brands and styles. And when it comes to "Suns," there is only one way to purchase. Go deep. It is better to carry two or three brands and offer 60 to 80 of each brand than to carry 12 brands with six or 12 of each. Visit a Sunglass Hut or any other sunglass store, and you will find large collections of every brand. You may not have the room for every brand, so pick those two or three that you can support and, again, go deep.
Social conversation
OMG, what are we saying? Why are we saying it? I have seen all too often the philosophy of "it is better to be right than to do the right thing." This knee-jerk reaction to requests and questions from "your" consumers is chasing them out the door.
First of all, everyone needs to relax their conversations and de-stress. We are so consumed with over-explaining the technology of our products, along with hitting our patients/customers over the head with what they are not entitled, we completely disregard what our consumers want and need to hear. We need to de-robotize ourselves, and refine our conversations to be much more social and relaxed. Greeting and acknowledging in a timely manner is not new, but how often does it really happen? When was the last time you simply asked someone, are you happy with everything we have taken care of for you today? Or how about, what else can we do to make you happy? Engage, and really get to know your patients. Have fun with them, and remember to think about that great experience you had when somebody made you feel special and went out of their way to "do the right thing" rather than to prove to you they were right.
Electronic presence
Does your website look like everyone's? Does it have a picture of the outside of your office and your team wearing scrubs on the front with you in a lab coat? Big red flags here.
Your site needs to be as much of an experience as your office. It should not look like it was designed by a research facility containing more medical content than the medical journals. Social and relaxed, shopping and fun, professional yet personal are all the qualities of a great website. Think destination location. Your website very often is the first "hello" you are giving someone. You don't get a second chance.
Personal image
Speaking of scrubs and lab coats, are you still wearing them along with your crazy-colored sneakers? Ouch, it is really time to upgrade your look too. You can use nice cotton polo style tops with embroidered logos along with dark dress pants and comfortable dress shoes that have sneaker bottoms, but you must get rid of the scrubs and lab coats ASAP. For our folks in optical, we need to show a sense of fashion to support a more social and fun environment. The optical is not a clinic. I don't buy my suits and clothing from somebody who looks like they were working with medical specimens or on an assembly line.
Borrow a page from successful retailers, whose comfortable seating promotes a more relaxed social and buying environment.
We can't say and do enough in this area. Please get rid of all those cute 99-cent "things" hanging from the frame risers or gathering oversized dust bunnies on the shelves. When you have the opportunity to go shopping in a clothing store, take note of the displays and the support products they use to create value for the brands. We can easily have these made at our own sign stores and work with our vendor representatives to make the displays fun and exciting.
Cute is not fun and exciting. And separating your frames by plastics vs. metals and women's vs. men's is never going to support a great shopping experience. It may make it easier for you to know where everything is, but from the consumers' vantage point, it looks like a flea market.
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Visit LensCrafters, Pearle Vision or a Sunglass Hut. Brand merchandising and the right messaging is the reason patients shop there. Even though they may have the same number of frames as you, their merchandising is more visually aligned to consumers' needs.
Last impressions
The final moment of truth takes place when the eyewear is adjusted and dispensed. Quite frankly, just the words "adjusted" and "dispensed" are wrong. You go to a chiropractor for an adjustment. You "dispense" with things you don't want.
Let's take the opportunity to support all the hard work you have done and to make sure your consumer is completely happy and satisfied. We can start off by saying, "It will be my pleasure to custom fit your beautiful new eyewear for you." Bring the eyewear out on a serving platter as a fine restaurant would with food, not in a dirty old lab tray. And have the case ready with a mini York Peppermint Pattie at its side. The last words your patients/consumers should hear are:
"Thank you for the opportunity to take care of you, and don't be bashful about telling all of your friends how wonderful we are." OM
Mr. Binkowitz is the president of GPN, an optometric consulting company. He has had extensive experience in retail operations, merchandising and marketing. E-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com or visit him at www.gatewaypn.com, or send comments to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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A big, panoramic story of the new America, as told by our master chronicler of the way we live now.

As a police launch speeds across Miami's Biscayne Bay-with officer Nestor Camacho on board-Tom Wolfe is off and running. Into the feverous landscape of the city, he introduces the Cuban mayor, the black police chief, a wanna-go-muckraking young journalist and his Yale-marinated editor; an Anglo sex-addiction psychiatrist and his Latina nurse by day, loin lock by night-until lately, the love of Nestor's life; a refined, and oh-so-light-skinned young woman from Haiti and her Creole-spouting, black-gang-banger-stylin' little brother; a billionaire porn addict, crack dealers in the 'hoods, "de-skilled" conceptual artists at the Miami Art Basel Fair, "spectators" at the annual Biscayne Bay regatta looking only for that night's orgy, yenta-heavy ex-New Yorkers at an "Active Adult" condo, and a nest of shady Russians. Based on the same sort of detailed, on-scene, high-energy reporting that powered Tom Wolfe's previous bestselling novels, BACK TO BLOOD is another brilliant, spot-on, scrupulous, and often hilarious reckoning with our times.
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720 pages
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A writer like Tom Wolfe probably shouldn't have to stage a comeback, but there will doubtless be reviewers of his new novel, Back to Blood, who describe it that way. In Wolfe's career of great books, his last novel, published in 2004, was considered by many to be a stumble--but Back to Blood is a return to form, a work that solidifies Wolfe's stature as one of the best. Using his incisive journalistic skills, his flair for the cinematic moment, and his laugh-out-loud sense of humor, Wolfe takes the disparate types in and around Miami to create a tapestry of memorable scenes and characters. The result is entertaining, revealing, and perhaps even bigger than the sum of its parts. This is a book that will do for Miami what Wolfe's mega-hit The Bonfire of the Vanities  did for New York. --Chris Schluep


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Transient woman accused of Laconia home break-in
April 17. 2013 9:53PM
Police charged a transient woman with breaking into a Laconia home at about 1:15 p.m. Wednesday.
Mackenzie R. Seely, 24, is accused of breaking a rear window at 19 Appleton St. to get inside. Police surrounded the house and, after unsuccessful attempts to get her to come out, entered the home where they found her hiding under a bed in the master bedroom, police said.
Police said Seely drove a vehicle stolen from Meredith to the house.
Seely is charged with criminal trespass, resisting arrest and pending warrants issued by Meredith police. Bail was set at $1,000 pending arraignment at 4th Circuit District Division Court in Laconia.


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WC - Gamers live in a substantially different time than they did 15 years ago. Back then Nintendo was king and Sony had only been in the market for a couple years with the Playstation. We had game cartridges and memory cards and rumble packs. 3D gaming was a new and novel leap in technology, and it blew our minds. Most importantly, it was still a relatively obscure hobby that appealed to a certain niche of people.
15 reasons seem far too small... but after all has been said and pointed, gota admit, Modern Gaming has only gotten better in terms of Tech, something that drove our industry out of the toy concept and overshadowed game quality. However it think that when our Tech reaches both our Eye and Mind limits, we might start seeing a return to when it was all about the game and your experince.
This is how we have been evolving in this tech industry.
Thank you for number 3 and number 1, and for not completely disregarding motion control gaming, as I believe it has some potential and can produce great games/gaming experience, it just isn't ready yet (if accuracy can improve, then maybe it can start appearing in more types of games)
Good article overall.
Don't agree with achievements, online gaming, budgets, and DLC. I feel no need to get achievements or trophies, I barely ever look at them. Online gaming is fun and if you don't want to listen to people then you can be in party chat or mute everyone in the game...not that hard. Big budgets don't make a game good, but they certainly help. And the price of games doesn't go up, they're less expensive now than they used to be. DLC extends the life of a game if it's done right. You can't tell me stuff like the Lost and the Damned, Ballad of Gay Tony, and Undead Nightmare are ripoffs.


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Most sane directors in Hollywood took one look at David Mitchell's sprawling, densely layered novel Cloud Atlas and said "this is unfilmable." Luckily for all of us, Andy and Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer are at least a little bit insane, and decided not just to translate Mitchell's novel to the screen, but to alter its structure immensely while, somehow, keeping large sections of the original novel in place. It's an adaptation that looks nothing like the source material, but at the asme time, nails it perfectly.
So how do you even pull something like that off? The Wachowskis and Tykwer made three very large changes to the overall function of Cloud Atlas that made it even possible to film. The biggest came when they decided to ditch Mitchell's structure-- the stories all nested within one another-- and chop them up and layer them on top of each other and essentially make a salad out of what was a layer cake. Here's a quick diagram of the book's structure, for reference:
That rigid setup goes out the window from the first shot of Cloud Atlas, where we meet Tom Hanks as Zachry-- the main character of "Sloosha's Crossin'" recounting his story, then immediately meet Hanks again as Henry Goose, the villain of the book's first story, "The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing." A montage introduces all the main characters in quick succession and ends, just before the main titles, with Robert Frobisher climbing into a bathtub and narrating his final letter to Rufus Sixsmith.
SPOILER ALERT FROM HERE ON OUT. If you have not read Cloud Atlas or seen the movie and don't want to know what happens, leave this article! If you have read the book and haven't seen the movie, it's your call if you want some of these structural surprises revealed.
So, the three major overarching changes between Cloud Atlas the book and the movie.
The structure. Gone are the neatly nested stories, in which each character reads the story of the previous one through a book or letters or manuscript or futuristic orb. In its place is a series of montages, overlapping dialogue and deft edits that draw all kinds of parallels among the stories that you might not have noticed, and allows the rise and fall of the stories to synch up in consistently unexpected ways.
The actors all play multiple roles. In the book there is a suggestion of a single soul reoccurring throughout time, thanks to a comet-shaped birthmark that appears on Robert Frobisher, Luisa Rey and other characters. That idea is expanded dramatically in the movie, in which actors reoccur in most if not all of the timelines, sometimes as similar characters-- Hugo Weaving is a bad guy in all of them, though he transforms into a nurse in one-- and sometimes dramatically different ones, as when Halle Berry goes from a tribal child to a Jewish woman in Scotland to the Hispanic American Luisa Rey. This drives home the theme of recurrence, but also helps engage you in characters you don't yet know-- you've seen Halle Berry as Luisa Rey already, so when she reappears as Meronym, you already feel like you know her.
Love is all around you. We only see one love story play out in the book of Cloud Atlas-- the relationship between Sonmi-451 and Hae-Joo Im-- and another, the one between Frobisher and Sixsmith, is hinted at. Both of these relationships are made stronger in the movie, and other romantic clinches-- between Adam Ewing and his wife Tilda, between Timothy Cavendish and his youthful flame, between Meronym and Zachry-- are added to give every single story an aspect of romance. There are other thematic additions, like the idea of every timeline including an imprisonment of some kind, but the love stories are the most significant, and make the movie Cloud Atlas significantly more sentimental than the book.
If you've read the book and want to go into the movie with a general idea of which changes to expect, that's pretty much everything you need to know. But if you want a more detailed breakdown of how each individual story has changed, well, that's really what this column is for. Over the next few pages I've broken Cloud Atlas down into the six individual stories and noticed the biggest story changes, though of course, in any adaptation, there are plenty of other smaller ones. Take a look and let me know of any others you noticed in the comments!


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Pippy & Gaga Saturday night
Not gonna lie. Am pretty excited for Saturday Night Live tomorrow, the season finale with host Justin Timberlake and musical guest Lady Gaga. Only… I heard they're reviving the Dick In a Box situation? I mean if you go there, you have to make sure it's a grand slam, you know what I mean?
Still, Justin never disappoints on SNL. He is great on SNL. He is more than bearable on SNL. And now it's an annual tradition: Pip on SNL which should bring the season's highest ratings, just in time for the release of TWO films this summer – Bad Teacher and Friends With Benefits.
Below – a promo featuring Pip and Gaga and a photo of the two together posted on Gaga's Twitter.
Justin's been enjoying himself in New York. He hit up his own restaurant Southern Hospitality and Olivia Wilde was around too. They keep saying they're just friends. He's also been hanging out with Beyonce and Jay-Z and some other famous people. And, at press time, he hasn't been papped, not even once. You know, when he and Jessica Biel were dating, he'd get papped all the time in New York when she was with him. Now, he moves much, much more undercover. Coincidence or conspiracy?
Speaking of Lady Gaga, only etalk was allowed backstage with her during her recent show in Toronto. Ben Mulroney toured through her dressing room, her sets, spent time with her for hours and hours. Dylan shot the piece and said it was a really, really incredible experience. The thing with Dylan is that he was on bbm with me that same day, bitching about not being into Gaga and whinging about how he wasn't feeling it. Then he went radio silent for 3 hours. The next time I heard from him he was all over it. He tells the story way better, but she swept into the room, chilled everyone out, and played her entire album for them – the crew, the sound guys, everyone, even people who don't usually "matter" to celebrities, and went through and articulated her feelings about every single song. Then she ordered champagne for all of them and refused to continue until everyone had some. Now I realise all you need to do to buy Dylan's love is with alcohol.
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Ravens vs Steelers Part II
After a week 1 beatdown at the hands of their arch rival, the Steelers welcome back the Ravens to Heinz Field in what promises to be the game of the week. Both teams have improved since their week 1 debut but the Steelers are the team with more to prove in this meeting.
Winners of 4 straight, the Steelers look to exact some revenge and send the Ravens home losers on Sunday evening in primetime. Both teams need to win this game, but the Steelers need it more because if can't come out on top their chances of a division title later in the season are pretty much gone.
The Steelers are a regular MASH unit, especially on defense. At this point several key players are either out or questionable for the game this weekend. They include:
Lamarr Woodley: Out
James Harrison: Will Play
Doug Legursky: Out
James Farrior: Questionable
Emmanuel Sanders: Out
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Wondering why things look different? We gave Food52 a little facelift!
After two years of our wonky but lovable site, we thought we (you and us, but especially you) all deserved a more well-furnished home, a place that better reflects who we are now: a busy hive of a food community. We hope you'll be as happy with our new site as we are – so go forth and explore!
Now, it's easier to find just the right recipe, get inspired, see more of the activity of other members all over the site, and follow great cooks, all in a spiffy new wrapping.
We love the great experiment that Food52 has been so far. This is another big experiment -- nothing is final, and we'll be working continuously to fine-tune the new bits and bobs. We hope you love it as much as we do. And we'd love to hear what you think.
Here are some of the things we're most excited about:
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Surname: Marruffo
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I was hoping to find some more information on my surname Marruffo. Half of the family says it's Sicilian...any input from you all would be helpful.
The surname MARRUFFO is non existent in Italy and there is no record of a Marruffo entering the USA at the Ellis island website. Consequently, there appears to be an error in spelling which, if true, occuirred after entry into the USA of an ancestoir from Italy since valid italian government passport in the correct name had to have been presented to US Immigration and that name would then appear in the Ellis island records. Do you happen to know the correct spelling? Peter
Perhaps it might help if I advise you that there is a MARRUFFA (not o but A) that originated in Alberobello, Bari, Italy. There is one listing so look it up at www.ellisisland.org and see if this is the ancestor you recognize. Peter
Maruffo is a surname from Merida Mexico and there are only 6 enmtries of Mexican nationals at Ellis Island. it may be possilbe that your grandfather entered the USA at a port other than NYC. If you wish to send form 81 to NARA for the Marrufa surname for the entire USA.Go to www.genealogylookups.com/narchives.htm for form 81 and perhaps there is a record of his arrival in Boston or Philadelphia, baltimore etc. Peter
Merida Mexico..that makes sense only because my ancestors lived in El Paso, Texas, and a large portion of my family on my dad's side still does. I also checked out Spain, and found that Marrufo came from Cordova, Spain...but need to dig a little deeper now that your information has come through. I am also going to send that form 81 just to be sure. Your information has been invaluable - and greatly, greatly appreciated
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(RNN) - A British woman who claimed to have hit a cyclist, then drove off tweeted about it. But then the cops tweeted back.
Emma Way, who goes by the Twitter handle @emmaway20, tweeted: "Definitely knocked a cyclist off his bike earlier – I have right of way, he doesn't even pay road tax! #bloodycyclists"
The tweet got out to enough people that it eventually made its way to the local police, who politely demanded that she turn herself in.
"@emmaway20 we have had tweets [referencing a Road Traffic Collision]. We suggest you report it at a police station ASAP if not already & then [direct message] us."
According to ipayroadtax.com, a British website that advocates for better access to roads for cyclists, the tweet angered several people on Twitter and the message eventually made its way to the Norwich Police.
The story caught on and several British news outlets have reported it, including the BBC, which tracked down 29-year-old Toby Hockley, the cyclist who is believed to have been the victim of the hit and run.
"A car came tearing round the blind corner and narrowly missed a cyclist in front of me," Hockley told the BBC. "She came on to my side of the road, I took the wing mirror off and I went flying off my bike into a hedge."
He added: "She hit me hard, really hard. I am lucky to be alive."
Way's employers were also contacted about the incident, which prompted them to issue a public statement.
"We are taking the incidents very seriously, and a full and detailed investigation will be carried out and appropriate action taken. We have already spoken to Norfolk Police," said the accounting firm Way works at, according to ipayroadtaxes.com.
Way, however, has remained quiet. Her twitter account has been deleted and there has been no word on whether she turned herself in.
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EEG (electroencephalogram) — Overview covers definition, risks, results of this diagnostic test.
An electroencephalogram (EEG) is a test that detects electrical activity in your brain using small, flat metal discs (electrodes) attached to your scalp. Your brain cells communicate via electrical impulses and are active all the time, even when you''re asleep. This activity shows up as wavy lines on an EEG recording.
An EEG is one of the main diagnostic tests for epilepsy. An EEG may also play a role in diagnosing other brain disorders.
An EEG can determine changes in brain activity that may be useful in diagnosing brain disorders, especially epilepsy. An EEG can''t measure intelligence or detect mental illness. An EEG may be helpful for diagnosing or treating the following disorders:
An EEG may also be used to confirm brain death in someone in a persistent coma. A continuous EEG is used to help find the right level of anesthesia for someone in a medically induced coma.
EEGs are safe and painless. Sometimes seizures are intentionally triggered in people with epilepsy during the test, but appropriate medical care is provided if needed.
To prepare for an EEG:
If you''re supposed to sleep during your EEG test, your doctor may ask you to sleep less or even avoid sleep entirely the night before your EEG.
You''ll feel little or no discomfort during an EEG. The electrodes don''t transmit any sensations. They just record your brain waves.
Here are some things you can expect to happen during an EEG:
A technician attaches flat metal discs (electrodes) to your scalp using a special adhesive. Sometimes, an elastic cap fitted with electrodes is used instead. The electrodes are connected with wires to an instrument that amplifies — makes bigger — the brain waves and records them on computer equipment.
Once the electrodes are in place, an EEG typically takes up to 60 minutes. If you need to sleep for the test, it may take up to three hours.
After the test, the technician removes the electrodes or cap. If no sedative was given, you should feel no side effects after the procedure, and you can return to your normal routine.
If you used a sedative, it will take a little while for the medication to begin to wear off. Arrange to have someone drive you home. Once home, rest and don''t drive for the remainder of the day.
Technicians conduct the test. Doctors trained to analyze EEGs interpret the recording, and the results are sent to the doctor who ordered the EEG. Your doctor may schedule an office appointment to discuss the results of the test.
If possible, bring along a family member or friend. It can be difficult to absorb all of the information provided to you during an appointment. The person who accompanies you may remember something that you forgot or missed.
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The Making of a Small-Business Owner
A version of this article appears in the Home Performance Special Issue 2006 issue of Home Energy Magazine.
April 16, 2006
Running a successful remodeling company is an ongoing challenge. It can start when you walk into your office on Monday morning.You receive a call from one of your carpenters at 7am, letting you know that he won't be showing up to work that day. Soon after that, the client calls, asking where everyone is. On short notice, you pull a carpenter off another project and send him to the job site where you need help. You then discover that the lead carpenter didn't order the materials due on the job site that day, and you're back, in your office, scrambling to put out a fresh set of fires. Is this just another day at the office?
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VIENNA (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged Israel and Hamas to respect their cease-fire but said only mutual recognition of Israel's right to exist and an independent Palestine could ensure permanent peace in the region.
Ban commented during ceremonies launching a Saudi-sponsored and funded center in Vienna meant to promote dialogue between the world's main religions. Ban's pointed remarks were in contrast with other speakers who spoke in general terms about the need for religious understanding.
"I am determined to ensure that the cease-fire is sustained," he said about last week's agreement between Israel and Hamas committing both sides to stop hostilities and easing concerns of an Israeli invasion of Gaza.
Ban said that while both sides must adhere to the cease-fire, the ultimate goal in the region had to be a "two-state solution ending the (Israeli) occupation and the conflict," adding: "This is critical to regional stability."
The U.N. chief also said he is concerned about the destruction of religious artifacts by extremists in Mali, citing it as an example of the need to "promote long-term mutual understanding that transcends religious, national, cultural and ethnic boundaries."
Other dignitaries at the ceremonial launch at Vienna's ornate Hofburg palace included Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and his Austrian and Spanish counterparts, Michael Spindelegger and Jose Manual Garcia-Margallo y Marfil.
Their presence reflected their countries' backing for the center, even though the Saudis are playing the most prominent role in organizing it and meeting its expenses for the first three years.
The three spoke in over-all terms about the need to overcome religious differences and expressed hope that the center would achieve that goal.
But Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, in charge of interfaith dialogue for the Vatican departed from the script, indirectly criticizing Saudi Arabia for not allowing any religion other than Islam.
"Everyone is expecting ... honesty, vision and credibility" from the center, he said, adding it must work for "religious freedom in all its aspects for everybody," including "in countries where such freedoms are not guaranteed."
The center's board consists of three Christians, three Muslims, a Jew, a Buddhist and a Hindu. Backers hope it will promote increased tolerance not only in Europe but also in Saudi Arabia, where the ruling royal family must move cautiously in implementing reforms because of resistance from the powerful clergy.
But detractors, including Austria's Green party and moderate Muslim groups, say Saudi Arabia — home to the conservative brand of Wahhabi Islam — is the last country that should be hosting initiatives on religious coexistence. They say the center could be used to spread Islamic fundamentalism in Europe.


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The outdoor skating rinks at DeVeaux Woods and Reservoir state parks are open and ready for business. This will be the fourth season at DeVeaux (rink never froze in 2012) and the inaugural season at Reservoir.
Both rinks will be open weather pending and are free for the public to use. Skate rentals are not available, so skaters must have their own skates.
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The rink at Deveaux was created by a partnership between the City of Niagara Falls and the Niagara Region of New York State Parks. Reservoir rink was built during reconstruction of the park, which was completed this past fall by the New York State Power Authority.


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The astronauts of Apollo 11: Intrepid explorers. Inspirational heroes. Government employees.
When it came to payment for the moonwalkers' work, it turns out, the last of these trumped the other ones. In his book Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth, Andrew Smith detailed the expense policies enjoyed by Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins during one of the business trips they'd taken for work. A trip, in this case, to the moon.
We assume that Uncle Sam handsomely rewarded the single combat warriors who hung their asses far out over the line and did one of the most amazing things that any of us can imagine. But no. Not at all. When they went to the Moon, they received the same per diem compensation as they would have for being away from base in Bakersfield: eight dollars a day, before various deductions (like for accommodation, because the government was providing the bed in the spaceship).
Deductions! Because the spaceship was providing them accommodation! Godspeed and all, boys, but if you order room service up there, you pay out of pocket.
The astronauts' caveat-laden per diem -- which works out to about $50 in 2012 currency, pre-deduction -- came on top of a relatively modest salary. In a 2005 review of Moondust in the London Review of Books, Steven Shapin reported that the "Moon Men," for their troubles, received "the same basic pay rates as other US military officers." Since most were captains, he noted, they earned about $17,000 a year.
Read more at The Atlantic.