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Healthy Steps for Young Children Program National Evaluation, 1996-2001: [United States] (ICPSR 4049)
Principal Investigator(s): Guyer, Bernard, Johns Hopkins University. Bloomberg School of Public Health. Women's and Children's Health Policy Center
The Healthy Steps for Young Children program began in 1995 as a new approach to primary health care for young children, birth to age three. The program is intended to enhance early pediatric care by incorporating preventive developmental and behavioral services as part of a comprehensive, whole-child, whole-family model of health care and to help provide mothers and fathers with the childrearing information and guidance they seek.
The evaluation of Healthy Steps consisted of three components: the National Evaluation, the Affiliate Evaluation, and the Embedded Observational Study. All data contained in these public release data sets come from the National Evaluation. For additional information on the Affiliate Evaluation or the Embedded Observational Study, please visit http://www.jhsph.edu/WCHPC_/Projects/Healthy_Steps/index.html.
These data were gathered to assess whether the Healthy Steps program was successful in reorienting pediatric practice to emphasize child development issues in increasing parents' knowledge about early nurturing of infants and parents' involvement in their children's development and in promoting parents' practices that improve the health, safety, and health care utilization of their children.
The data are organized as follows:
Parent Forms: Newborn
The newborn form was used to gather data on the baby's characteristics, demographic characteristics of the mother, father, and family, prenatal utilization of services, health behaviors of the mother and father, and parents' decisions about a pediatric provider for their newborn.
Parent Forms: 6 Month
The 6 month form was used to gather information on selected family demographic characteristics, child's health, parenting practices, and health behaviors of the mother and father. Questions included the frequency of injuries, emergency department visits, and hospitalization in the past 6 months, use of safety devices, activities that promote learning and development, sources of information on speech development, child care arrangements, smoking practices, and mother's receipt of postpartum care.
Parent Forms: 12 Month
Like the 6 month form, the 12 month form was used to gather information on selected family demographic characteristics, child's health, parenting practices, and health behaviors of the mother and father. Questions included the frequency of injuries, emergency department visits, and hospitalization in the past 12 months, use of safety devices, activities that promote learning and development, sources of information on speech development, child care arrangements, smoking practices, and mother's receipt of postpartum care.
Medical Record Abstraction: Vaccinations
This file contains demographic and vaccination data, including gender, race/ethnicity, and insurance provider.
Medical Record Abstraction: Medical Visits
This file contains data abstracted from forms completed for every visit recorded in the medical record or other primary care files, including type visit and whether a physical assessment was conducted.
Medical Record Abstraction: Referrals/Consultations
These data are limited to information on any referrals or consultations noted in the child's medical record or other primary care files, including type of and reason for the referral.
Medical Record Abstraction: Hospitalizations/ED Visits
These data are limited to information on any hospitalization, emergency department visit, or urgent care visit recorded in the child's medical record or other primary care files, including the type of and reason for the visit.
Healthy Steps Specialist Contact Logs
Data contained in this file represent every interaction between Healthy Steps Specialists and the family, including home visits, office visits, telephone calls to or from the family, parent groups, mailings, and other types of contacts, such as hospital visits. Information collected on each contact included the date of contact, type of contact, person contacted, status of the contact, reason for the contact, whether a handout was given out or a referral made during the contact, the issues/ problems discussed during the contact, and any action taken by the Healthy Steps Specialist.
Parent Interviews: 2-4 Month
The 2-4 month interview included questions about the respondent's knowledge of child development, his/her sense of competence about childrearing, his/her perception of support for childrearing activities from both formal and informal sources, and his/her engagement in activities with the child that promote health, learning, and development. The interview also gathered information on the socio- demographic characteristics of the family, including the mother's and father's education, marital status, employment, income, and household composition.
Parent Interviews: 30-33 Month
The 30-33 month interview is the source of data on parent and child outcomes and assessed the extent to which families received the Healthy Steps intervention. Specifically, parents were asked about utilization of health-related services and about the child's health and progress in reaching age-appropriate developmental milestones, concerns the parent had about the child's development or behavior, and whether the child was referred to services for a behavior or developmentally-related problem. Additional questions addressed parenting activities that promote development, family routines, engagement in safety activities, the mother's general health status, use of substances, use of mental health services, and use of the child's doctor or her obstetrician/gynecologist as a source for discussing problems with depression and use of preventive health care.
Access Notes
The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.
This study is provided by Child Care & Early Education Research Connections.
WARNING: This study is over 150MB in size and may take several minutes to download on a typical internet connection.
Study Description
Guyer, Bernard. Healthy Steps for Young Children Program National Evaluation, 1996-2001: [United States]. ICPSR04049-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04049.v1
Persistent URL: https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04049.v1
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This study was funded by:
- Commonwealth Fund (20020707)
Scope of Study
Subject Terms: child care, child development, child health, child rearing, families, infants, parent child relationship, parenting skills
Geographic Coverage: United States
- 1996-09--2001-11
- 1996-09--2002-02
Unit of Observation: Children and families
Universe: All possible cases of children born at 15 selected sites within the United States between September 1996 and November 1998
The user manuals are provided by the principal investigator as Portable Document Format (PDF) files. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.
Sample: Fifteen primary pediatric practices across the country were selected to participate in the National Evaluation. Six of the sites featured a randomized, case/control model for evaluation in which families attending the same clinic were randomly assigned to receive Healthy Steps services (cases) or to receive the standard care provided by the practice (control). The remaining nine sites used a quasi-experimental design in which one practice delivered Healthy Steps services to all its patients and a comparison practice was selected in the same community or nearby community that served a population similar to that at the Healthy Steps practice where families received the standard pediatric practice care provided by the practice. To be eligible for enrollment in the evaluation, the newborn had to be less than four weeks of age and a patient at the Healthy Steps practice. Children were not eligible to participate if their parents expected to move from the area or change site of care within six months, their mother (or custodial parent) did not speak English or Spanish fluently, they were to be adopted (hospital only) or placed in foster care, or they were too ill to make an office visit within the first 28 days of life.
personal interviews, self-administered interviews, telephone interviews, and medical record abstractions
Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
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- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
Original ICPSR Release: 2005-01-24
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text: Am I the only one who is bothered by that scene (since 1980)? Isn't widely known that the apparent movement of the sun in the sky is caused by Earth's rotation? If the Enterprise is moving forward in its orbit (together with the camera, looking back) then what should be seen is a sunset, no? You know, this shot:

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Olympic Range (WA) > Mt. Ellinor > Climber's Log
Mt. Ellinor Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2010
|Saw my first goat which made up for no views.
|Posted Dec 30, 2010 3:45 pm
|First peak in the Olympics
|Awesome on the first ascent. Went back a couple weeks ago and down-climbed a few hundred feet on the SW ridge from the summit. Awesome, steep, exposed class 3. I know everyone goes to Mt. Washington, but has anyone here done the SW ridge of Ellinor? Looks like it leads to the Staircase area. Possible bushwhacking involved.
|Posted Oct 6, 2010 9:15 pm
|Interesting in Deep Snow
Date Climbed: Apr 10, 2010
|First snow camping outing for a class. It had just recently snowed a lot, so making our way from about 2 miles below the lower TH to just out of the trees was interesting, especially with students and overnight gear. After setting up camp, myself, a few other instructors and students decided to kick steps to the summit for the rest of the team and then try for A Peak the next day. Fun times
|Posted Aug 2, 2010 5:42 pm
|Great day for a climb
Date Climbed: Mar 20, 2010
|A very fun and accessible climb. We had great weather a good views of the Hood Canal and Mt Rainier. Basically this was a hike until the final 1,000 feet, which steepens up to nearly 45º. There wasn't anything dangerous in the ascent chute so you could presumably climb it w/o an iceaxe, but why not just bring one! :) It will definitely help you on the glissade.
I took a few photos and put them on my Flickr account:
|Posted Mar 26, 2010 10:23 pm
|Nice intro to the Olympics
|Good chance to see goats and a nice view of Seattle and Tacoma from here and Washington. The traverse over to Mt Washington is a grand day alpine adventure.
|Posted Jan 14, 2010 10:35 pm
|My first mtn
Date Climbed: Aug 28, 1981
|My first mountain way back. A cool one and a great traverse to Washington (a little on the exposed side though the way I went).
|Posted Dec 28, 2009 11:55 pm
|Snow filled gully
Date Climbed: May 24, 2009
|Great view!
|Posted Oct 8, 2009 2:46 pm
|August snowfall
Date Climbed: Aug 18, 1990
|Went up as a boy scout in August, surprised to find it snowing at the summit.
|Posted Oct 7, 2009 1:47 am
|Lovely, if a bit crowded
Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2007
|Parked at upper trailhead. Trail was a bit busy. Lovely views and beautiful summit.
|Posted Sep 12, 2009 7:53 pm
|Ellinor with early fall snow.
Date Climbed: Oct 11, 2008
|Just enough snow/ice on trail to keep early crowds down. Nice fall day.
|Posted Sep 8, 2009 4:48 pm
|Good views
Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2009
|It was hot (for Washington State) but it was a beautiful hike. Crowded as usual but a fun leg stretcher before Rainier.
|Posted Jul 12, 2009 2:14 am
|A Real Gem
Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2009
|One of my top 5 favorite climbs, has everything for a non-technical route. The goats were impressive to watch as they walked down the steep ravine off the summit, on the west side. Definitely returning with family and friends in the future. Cant wait to glissade down!
|Posted Jul 10, 2009 11:40 pm
|Two Summits, One Day!!!
Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2009
|Fellow SPer "Gimpilator" and I summited Mount Ellinor in the morning, taking in the views and seeing at least 15 mountain goats, but then wondered about also summiting neighboring peak Mount Washington via the ridgeline traverse between them. The traverse looked a little too dicey without snowpack covering the entire ridgeline, so we went all the way down to the trailhead and ascended Mount Washington from its south trailhead. 5700' elevation gain in one day was great.
|Posted Jul 3, 2009 2:39 am
|Short But Very Rewarding
Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2009
|Redwic and I made quick work of this one stopping only to gape at a few goats along the way. We had tentative plans to attempt the traverse over to Mount Washington but it appeared to be lacking the necessary snow cover. We returned to the car and then climbed Washington from the standard route. 5700+ feet of total gain. What a day!
|Posted Jul 3, 2009 2:37 am
|Trevin Ziegler
|Great conditioning climb. Great views. Great goats. Easy enough for beginners (if clear of snow). May want to go up and down a few times to really get a good work out. Trail is nice and steep in parts!
|Posted Jun 12, 2009 7:54 pm
|Goats and Dogs
|I would have to say this was the first time I can face to face with a mountian goat and he wasnt having it. Thought for sure I was going to get bucked off the mountain. Even funnier was the amount of dogs that make it up there. My count was three on that day. Goats or Dogs it didnt matter if was a great climb/hike up.
|Posted Jun 9, 2009 1:55 am
|Great Sunny Day
Date Climbed: May 16, 2009
|The road was clear to the lower trailhead, but a snow bank prevented further driving. It should melt out in a couple weeks. Consistent snow started about a quarter mile below the chute. The chute had slushy snow that had fallen last week. There has been an avalanche all the way down the chute several days ago. The conditions seem to have stabilized. I reached the summit in 2 hrs and the glissade only took 15 minutes.It was a great day.
|Posted May 17, 2009 12:29 am
|Olympic Gold
Date Climbed: Apr 1, 2006
|Overcast, cool, with light precip and felt like winter still with the fire road snowed in. Lots of post holing without snowshoes. Stomach deep pristine snow from the base of the avalanche chute and pristine all the way to the summit. Topped out around 4:03 PM and sky cleared enough to see Mt. Washington bathed in partial light, the various cornices, and other peaks, spectacular! Sunrise and sunsets are also amazing. 360 degree color.
|Posted Mar 7, 2009 9:13 am
|10th time is the charm
Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2008
|I've climbed Ellinor 10 times now ... great training climb for me ... always fun coming back down.
|Posted Jan 13, 2009 12:50 am
|up with Magellan
Date Climbed: Oct 2, 1999
|wanted to descend the ridge over to Washington but we turned back on steep cliffs
|Posted Dec 20, 2008 4:22 pm


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Arsenal end trophy drought with FA Cup win
Arsenal ended its nine-year trophy drought on Saturday, coming from two goals...
Jeff Carter recorded a pair of goals and
Jonathan Bernier delivered a solid first start of the season as the Los
Angeles Kings dealt the struggling St. Louis Blues a 4-1 loss at the Scottrade
Bernier turned aside 21-of-22 shots in place of a resting Jonathan Quick to
help the defending Stanley Cup champions halt a two-game skid and extend St.
Louis' losing streak to five straight contests (0-4-1). The Kings also
received a power-play goal from Davis Drewiske and an even-strength marker
from Jarret Stoll in the triumph.
Alex Steen accounted for the lone goal for the Blues, who failed to avenge
last season's four-game sweep at the hands of Los Angeles in the Western
Conference semifinals. Brian Elliott, subbing for a still-ailing Jaroslav
Halak, managed just 19 saves in the setback.
St. Louis had activated Halak, who missed the club's previous three losses
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Please help us ID these bones. Will get scale comparisons if required. Thank you.
These are two neck vertebrae, one thoracic vertibrae and part of a rib. You don't say where the forest is but assuming it is in the UK they are likely to be from a deer.
Thank you John. The bones were found on the northern coast of California in the Redwood forest.
I was afraid they might be human remains. I shall notify the proper authorities. Thank you
I have studied human anatomy since 1981, have over forty complete human skeletons at work and have been teaching human anatomy since 2005; the bones have no features which would make me believe they may be human. However, now doubt has been seeded in your mind you may need confimation from a local expert
Thank you, John.
Your credentials are impressive and would most certainly qualify your opinions as those of an expert.
Please accept my apologies for any misunderstandings on my part.
I'm a Forensic Anthropologist working at the Natural History Museum. They are not human bones.
Thank you, Heather. I apologize for any confusion I may have caused.
No need to apologise at all, you didn't cause any confusion. I just didn't want you to spend time unnecessarily notifying the authorities :)


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Atlanta Public Schools has announced that the school bus pick up schedules have been adjusted.
Lisa McIlvoy, the mother of two elementary children, complained that her daughters were scheduled for a 6:30 a.m. bus arrival, although school does not begin until 8 a.m. The elementary school is located less than a mile away from their home.
She and other parents were worried about the children arriving to school too early before the start time in addition to the long hours the kids will have to endure.
Atlanta Public Schools has changed the school bus schedule and McIlvoy says the bus will arrive at 7 a.m. instead of 6:30.
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After a steady rise, the 22-year-old Twilight star has hit No. 1 on USA TODAY's Celebrity Heat Index, which measures media exposure. Pattinson is only half of the centerpiece cover image on the current issue of OK! and made No. 1 only on PopSugar.com's list of top stories, but he makes enough appearances in other outlets (TV, online and print) to put him ahead of the pack for the first time.Question: Do people outside of the Twilight universe know who Robert Pattinson is yet? I'm so TwiWarped that I have no idea. We are taking over the world! Muhahaha.
Pattinson was No. 3 on the index for April, and USA TODAY noted that his star was on the rise as photos from the set of the Twilight sequel, New Moon, began circulating.
And if paparazzi shots weren't enough, Entertainment Tonight aired official behind-the-scenes video from the set on TV and online.
P.S. I'm wayyyy annoyed because Mr. TCA took my copy of the Rob GQ into the bathroom to read while he sat on the crapper. Hmph.


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I've been doing this for a long time on here. I learned it on another forum using vBulletin.
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Split (2017)
Haley Lu as Claire
Kevin, a man with at least 23 different personalities, is compelled to abduct three teenage girls. As they are held captive, a final personality – "The Beast" – begins to materialize.
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The plot centers on Lisa Conroy who may not love managing the restaurant Double Whammies, but she loves her employees more than anything, not only Danyelle, and Maci her closest friends, but also her extended family. Unfortunately, the cheap, curmudgeonly owner Ben Cubby doesn't care nearly as much, and confronts Lisa when he learns that she's using the restaurant to raise money for Shaina, an employee in legal trouble related to an abusive boyfriend. To get even, the girls decide to sabotage the restaurant on the night of a major mixed martial arts fight.
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text: This is going to be INCREDIBLY corny, but I literally didn't know who I was until Harry Potter. I don't know where I would be without it. The books defined me and blessed my life beyond comprehension. I never encountered a character who was both mentally and physically me. (Hermione) The series taught me so much about love and life, and I'll always cherish them.


text: Spoiler: Very minor Into Darkness spoiler The ruined city in the Star Trek Into Darkness poster is London. Ben Cumberbatch's mysterious villain is standing on a pile of rubble where the Tower of London is now. And all this has made me want to investigate London's prior appearances in the Trekverse! http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/London Poor London went through hell in Federation's version of World War III, becoming the home base of Colonel Green. It fared much worse in the The Sundered, getting nuked early in their version of WWIII (contrary to Memory Beta's fudging, The Sundered says a nuke detonated directly over the city) The DTI's HQ is located in Greenwich. And IIRC, a paper mache version of the city was in one of the old Gold Key comics. There was voodoo. Anything else not covered here or in the Memory Beta article?


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Our Christmas Classics coverage continues today with a look at "What Christmas Means To Me."
Written by Anna Gordy Gaye, George "Horgay" Gordy and Allen Story, the track was taken to the masses by Stevie Wonder who released it on his Christmas album Someday At Christmas in 1967.
The upbeat track is getting many Last.fm listeners in the mood for the festive season. Read on to see how it's been scrobbling.
Stevie Wonder has been scrobbled a total of 20,485,086 and is widely regarded as one of the most legendary musicians and songwriters of all time.
The album Someday At Christmas has been scrobbled 161,392 times, with the track 'What Christmas Means To Me" being scrobbled 125,335 times.
The track has been gradually moving up in Stevie's weekly top tracks chart, with it sitting at #3 this week with 2,191 listeners. It just loses out to the title track "Someday At Christmas", which last week counted 2,305 listeners.
Stevie's overall weekly scrobble counts have fluctuated slightly over the past three years, hitting heights of 75,000 and lows of just under 50,000. With the Christmas season well and truly upon us, it seems he may be on his way up again:
You can find out more about Stevie Wonder on his Last.fm page. In the meantime make sure to check back with Last.fm Trends every weekday for all the latest scrobble news.


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OCEAN CITY – A former Ocean City pharmacist convicted in August on conspiracy to commit bank fraud charges got his wish somewhat this week when a federal judge sentenced him to three years of supervised release including a period of home detention and ordered him to pay restitution.
When former Ocean City pharmacist Joel Swartz appeared for a sentencing hearing in federal court on Tuesday, the convicted felon was facing as many as 30 years in jail and a fine of up to $1 million. Swartz and his late wife were arrested last February on a nine-count indictment including charges of bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, identity theft and others alleging an eight-year pattern of utilizing credit accounts of deceased relatives to purchase vacations, luxury goods and services and furnishings for their two resort homes totaling thousands of dollars.
After pleading guilty to a conspiracy to commit bank fraud charge in August, Joel Swartz, through federal public defenders, appealed for leniency at sentencing, citing a laundry list of reasons why incarceration would not be appropriate. Federal prosecutors disagreed, however, and urged U.S. District Court Judge Catherine C. Blake to include additional jail time when it came to sentencing Swartz on Tuesday.
In the end, the defense was somewhat successful in convincing the judge. On Tuesday, Swartz was sentenced to three years of supervised release, the first six months of which will be served in home detention with electronic monitoring. Swartz was also ordered to perform 100 hours of community service and, perhaps more importantly, pay restitution in the amount of $75,197.14.
In a pre-sentence memorandum, Swartz's public defenders suggested their client should not be incarcerated at all.
"Mr. Swartz disagrees that additional incarceration is appropriate in his case," federal public defenders said in a pre-sentencing memorandum to the judge. "Additional incarceration would be excessive and harsher than necessary to effectuate the goals of sentencing. However, Mr. Swartz does not disagree that a period of home detention on electronic monitoring would be an appropriate condition of supervised release as an alternative to incarceration."
However, U.S. District Attorney for Maryland Rod Rosenstein disagreed.
"The defendant argues that any sentence which imposes so much as a day of additional incarceration would be unjust," Rosenstein's memorandum read. "The government disagrees with each and every one of these assertions."
Swartz, 65, a practicing pharmacist in the resort at the time of his arrest, and his late wife Esther Swartz, were arrested after a federal indictment was unsealed last January. Esther Swartz has since passed away after battling a lengthy illness.
According to the indictment, from July 2000 to December 2008, Joel and Esther Swartz used credit accounts of two dead relatives to obtain unauthorized extensions of credit from banks and other financial institutions for their personal use. The defendants did not inform the banks and financial institutions that the account holders, Joel Swartz's parents, had died.
According to the 13-page indictment, the defendants allegedly accessed their deceased relatives' credit accounts by cashing convenience checks and using credit cards to purchase goods and services.


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San Francisco Giants 9, San Diego Padres 1: Road warriors strike again
If the Giants are going to have success in the post-Melky era, Friday's game at San Diego is the model for how they should go about doing it.
The Giants got outstanding pitching from Matt Cain and offensive contributions from up and down the lineup to pound the Padres in the opener of their three-game series.
For the ninth time in their past 14 road games, the Giants scored six runs or more. Not surprising, the Giants are 9-0 in those game. They are 1-4 in the other five games in that stretch. They have six of their past eight road games.
The win, coupled with the Braves' extra-inning win over the Dodgers, pushed the Giants back into first place in the NL West by a half-game.
Every starter in the Giants' lineup — including pitcher Matt Cain — collected at least one hit. Five Giants had multi-hit games:
- Angel Pagan was 3 for 5 with a triple
- Marco Scutaro was 2 for 5 with a home run
- Hunter Pence was 2 for 4 with a double
- Gregor Blanco was 2 for 4
- Brandon Crawford was 2 for 5 with a double, extending his current hitting streak to nine games.
Matt Cain, who watched his ERA climb in each of his four starts from July 21 to Aug. 6, put together his second consecutive quality start, holding the Padres hitless until the fifth inning and finishing with one earned run on four hits, no walks in eight innings of work. He struck out six.


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Here is my trip report on our trip to Bloomsburg, PA. to attend the BMWMOA rally. This would be our longest trip ever on my 1991 K100RS.
My wife Donna took all the pictures while riding, using her Nikon Cool Pix, I took the rest of them using my Nikon D5000.
July 12 - I got off work early around 2PM., so we were able to get all the way to Richfield, Ut., 290 miles.
Ok, it's off we go - beginning mileage 114011
Into Arizona...
Our first stop was at the Castle Valley view area...beautiful view
Taking some pics.
We stopped at Spotted Wolf Canyon overlook...
I -70 through the canyon...
Through the Virgin River Canyon.
Into Utah...perfect late afternoon in Utah for riding.
Nearing Richfield, UT.
At the motel there were 4 other bikes, 3 BMW's - they were also headed to the rally - coming from CA.
July 13 - perfect morning, nice and cool, made it to Frisco, Co. 397 miles.
Our first stop was at the Castle Valley view area...beautiful view
Taking some pics.


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Paul is now part of the fourth generation in America that is involved in farming and hopes the next generation will be involved also. Through his blog he provides analysis and insight to farmer tax questions.
Creighton University produces a monthly index called the Rural Mainsteet Index (RMI) indicating the overall economy for several rural states in the Midwest and Mountain states. The May Index was recently released and I thought this month I would recap the index for each of the states covered.
Any value greater than 50 indicates economic growth. The Index values by state are as follows:
Many of the states farmland indexes appear to be having more swings both up and down versus a more sustained increase in several previous months. Are we seeing a crest in land prices (leading to a dip) or is this just the start of the next wave. We shall see.
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Pedro Alvarez cut
I guess this should have come as no surprise. The star and lynchpin of the 2008 Pittsburgh draft class was optioned to Class A Lynchburg today.
I must have been hoping for a John Olerud scenario with Alvarez. It would have been nice to see him on the club this year, with no time really spent in the minors. However, my wishful thinking obviously wasn't the smart choice.
Alvarez will get the starting job in Lynchburg and get plenty of opportunities to show he is no fluke. Hopefully he can meander his way up the Bucco ladder and land in the 'Burgh come September. Until then I wish him the best. Heres to our savior….Pedro Alvarez!


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This time you really should believe the Hype. This young UK label has been making waves with its bold street and skatewear inspired apparel and accessories for a while now and, just five years after a couple of 17-year-old mates decided to do something constructive during their summer holiday, Hype is now a serious, respected player in the street fashion game.
Hype bags are one of the most popular accessories on UK streets right now. Having emerged as one of the label's key lines, these eye-catching backpacks are available in a dizzying array of colours and their hot designs keep getting better and better.
For the perfect style combination, try matching a Hype backpack with some adidas Originals clothing for a razor sharp, street-ready look that'll definitely turn heads. A sharp snapback cap or beanie will also set of the Hype look nicely – check out our range of men's and women's caps and hats to explore our complete collection.


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TheStar.com"That's my goal, the game after all-star," Evans said. "My spirit's real high. My energy is getting there. ... But don't congratulate me just yet."
Evans, whose rugged absence has been frequently lamented by Bryan Colangelo, the Toronto general manager who acquired him for Jason Kapono in an off-season trade, has yet to return to full-contact practising.
But Evans said he has been encouraged by the results of his rigorous rehabilitation to the damaged ligaments in his left foot.
On Tuesday Evans, 29, said he was put through a workout that involved quick, random cutting and "a little sprinting."


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Blekinge Institute of Tecnology, BTH, has a unique Master´s programme in Spatial planning, the only one in Sweden which combines training computer-supported Urban Design skills as well as analytical skills based on the Social, Engineering and Environmental Sciences. The programme enrols some 200 students. The permanent teaching staff of 17 is further reinforced by expert guest lecturers from the National Board of Housing, Building and Planning, which also is located at Karlskrona, as well as other visiting planning experts, architects and practitioners.
The students have their individual workspace at school and good access to computers.
BTH has the right to provide post-graduate training and award PhD degrees ('teknologie doktor'). The doctoral program is growing and 9 doctoral students are currently undertaking research in a number of fields.
The research program includes work on urban regeneration in industrial and residential areas, environmental impact assessment studies, computer-aided planning, transport studies, and conflict management in spatial planning.


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Johnson & Johnson making great progress on aggressive sustainability goals
Johnson & Johnson just released its new CSR report, which highlights the company's many achievements. In a few areas the company exceeded its goals, including reducing carbon emissions by seven percent by the end of 2010 from 1990 levels. Johnson & Johnson exceeded that goal by achieving a 23 percent reduction. Waste reduction is another area where the company exceeded its goal to reduce hazardous waste disposed by 10 percent and non-hazardous waste disposed by 10 percent from its 2005 baseline. The company decreased hazardous waste disposed by 25 percent and decreased non-hazardous waste disposed by 12 percent.
Every CSR report touts a company's achievements, and when it comes to managing climate change risks, Johnson & Johnson is on top of things. Every year it provides $40 million for energy and green gas reduction projects. In the last seven years, 112 energy reduction projects have been approved, and 94 of them have been completed. To date, $208 million has been spent.
In addition, the company has goals to reduce both its fleet emissions efficiency and facility carbon emissions. The Healthy Future 2015, a set of targets for the year 2015, goal for fleet emissions efficiency is a 20 percent improvement for its 28,000 owned or leased vehicles. The report states that the company is on track to meet the goal. The goal for facility carbon emissions is to achieve a 20 percent absolute reduction without voluntary carbon offsets or renewable energy credits by 2020. By the end of 2011, the company achieved a 4.9 percent reduction from 2010 levels.
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Hello from the Lakes Region of NH, and sometime resident of Shipshewana IN. I took a quilting class some 30 years ago, made an appliquéd bird tote, a Cathedral Window pillow and a king sized Sampler Quilt for my DH, and then life got in the way. My Dear Friend got me interested again and I stumbled onto the Quilting Board ..I am now hooked for the rest of my life. I have learned so much from all you wonderful quilters on the Board (thank you) that I decided it was time that I participated. I am currently working on two quilts at the same time: A lap sized quilt that I am doing all by hand and a queen sized One-Seam Flying Geese quilt by machine. I am having the time of my life!
Unfortunately, I still work full time but I am hoping that it wont be for very much longer as I would much rather quilt full time! I have three grown children 38 to 42 yrs., and six grandchildren (4 granddaughters, 2 grandsons) 5 to 19 yrs. My DH shops with me, and assists me with: Fabric selection; laying out my quilts for border measurements; sandwiching my quilts; making quilting design selections, etc. I am so lucky to have a DH that is so supportive, helpful, and encouraging in my quilting endeavors.
I look forward to chatting with you all on the Quilting Board and hope to meet some of you personally along the way.
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McDaniel on Tuesday rejected the wording of the proposed initiated act by Arkansans for Compassionate Care, a group that campaigned for a similar medical marijuana initiative that voters rejected last year.
The proposal would allow patients with qualifying conditions to purchase marijuana from nonprofit dispensaries with a doctor's recommendation. Unlike last year's measure, the revised proposal does not allow patients to grow their own marijuana if they live more than 5 miles from a dispensary.
McDaniel cited several ambiguities in the ballot measure. McDaniel must certify the measure before the group can begin gathering signatures to qualify for the 2014 ballot.


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More students consider going abroad
Rising numbers of UK students would consider studying overseas, attracted by the chance to travel and "unique" adventures, according to research.
It suggests that students are willing to travel long distances for their education, with the United States and Australia considered the top study destinations.
The research, conducted by the British Council's Education Intelligence Service, asked 2,630 people in the UK for their views on studying abroad. Of these, just over two thirds (67%) were aged between 18 and 24.
It found that more than a third (37%) of those surveyed said they were considering overseas - up from 20% who said the same last year.
The poll reveals that the main academic reason for students wanting to study abroad was to gain credit for their field of study, followed by the chance to improve their language skills.
But there were also "non-academic" reasons for wanting to study abroad, the British Council found, the most popular being the opportunity to travel overseas (chosen by 20%).
This was followed by the chance to have a "unique" adventure (19%) and improve job prospects (17%).
The US remains the number one destination for UK students, picked by 33%, the study found, followed by Australia (9%), France (5%), Germany (5%) and Canada (4%).
The biggest barriers to studying overseas were worries about fitting into another culture, a lack of confidence in foreign language skills, concerns that the degree programme may be too difficult or a belief that the length of the programme did not fit their needs.
Dr Jo Beall, the British Council's director of education and society, said: "It is essential for the UK's global competitiveness that our next generation gain more international skills and understanding, so it's very encouraging to see that more UK students are considering studying abroad.
"The internationalisation of the UK's education sector cannot be a one way process. More of our young people need to be prepared to travel if we're to catch up with countries like France and Germany."
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"Have you not a moist eye, a dry hand, a yellow cheek, a white beard, a decreasing leg, an increasing belly? Is not your voice broken, your wind short, your chin double, your wit single, and every part about you blasted with antiquity?"
"Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth"
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""Upon shaving off one's beard." The scissors cut the long-grown hair; the razor scrapes the remnant fuzz. Small-jawed, weak-chinned, bug-eyed, I stare at the forgotten boy I was."


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Berry likely to switch spots with Speier
By Mark Sheldon / MLB.com
MESA, Ariz. -- Even after returning to Arizona from Cincinnati, where he learned he has cancer, Reds third-base coach Mark Berry has not been working on the field during games. Berry has been on the bench with manager Dusty Baker while bench coach Chris Speier is in the coaching box behind third base.
It's possible that it could be set up that way during the regular season. Berry is expected to miss road trips if he decides to undergo radiation treatment.
"We're discussing that now," Baker said. "Mark and I discussed it. It's not fair to him or the team or Chris to be in and out of there. There's a rhythm you get into. We're trying to decide that when he's there, he'll probably be on the bench with me.
"He can handle it. He's a baseball man. Chris can handle it because he has coached third before."
Speier coached third base on Baker's staff with the Cubs in 2005-06.
Mesoraco earns backup job; Olivo mulling options
MESA, Ariz. -- The Reds have decided that Devin Mesoraco will be the No. 2 catcher behind Ryan Hanigan.
Tuesday was the deadline for the Reds to either place non-roster invite Miguel Olivo on the big league roster or offer him a $100,000 retention bonus to report to Triple-A Louisville. The club offered the bonus and Olivo is still mulling his options before deciding.
"I would hate to see him go," manager Dusty Baker said. "Sometimes, contractual things supersede, sort of preclude what you want to do."
A 34-year-old veteran brought in to create competition with Mesoraco, Olivo batted .167 with one home run in 21 spring games for the Reds. If he accepts the bonus and heads to Louisville, his contract includes a June 1 out clause where he can ask for his release if he isn't on the Major League roster.
Tuesday's development signals that Mesoraco earned his place on the 25-man roster. He entered the night batting .361 and has been making solid contact all spring.
"It's not like Mesoraco didn't earn it," Baker said. "He did play well. [Monday], he had a bad game, but other than that, he's been great. You hope he's gotten to the point where he's mature enough where he realizes it's only a bad game and then you forget about it and don't dwell on it."
Like last season, Mesoraco will probably catch for Homer Bailey and Mike Leake.
In midst of great spring, Hoover now waits
MESA, Ariz. -- Sometimes, the waiting is the hardest part.
Reds reliever J.J. Hoover has certainly made the pitching look easy. Hoover entered Tuesday with a 2.00 ERA in eight games with just one walk and 16 strikeouts. He has struck out nine of his last 10 batters.
"Oh yeah, it's just the unknown," Hoover said of waiting to see if he makes the 25-man roster. "I'm prepared for anything. I'm prepared for whatever decision happens. But, it would be nice to get a decision soon."
Hoover is competing with Logan Ondrusek, Manny Parra and Alfredo Simon for one of the final bullpen spots. Last season as a rookie, he had a 2.05 ERA with 13 walks and 31 strikeouts in 28 appearances.
"He did it last year, too, the same thing he is doing now," manager Dusty Baker said.
Hoover has made it very hard for hitters to make any contact throughout the spring.
"In the world where velocity is most important, he has good velocity, but it's how you hide the ball which is more important," Baker said. "It's how you hide the ball, your delivery, how [the ball] jumps on you, if it has movement, if it has life. There are some guys throwing 97-98 mph, but they show you the ball soon and they throw a light ball with not much movement. If you catch up to it, it goes a long way."
Unlike Ondrusek and Simon, Hoover has Minor League options and could be sent down without going through waivers.
"I've done everything I can performance-wise up to this point," Hoover said. "I feel confident with what I've done. I understand the business side of things. I'll take the chips where they fall."
Worth noting
• Pitching in Minor League camp for Triple-A Louisville against Double-A Pensacola, closer Aroldis Chapman worked one scoreless inning with two walks and two strikeouts on Tuesday. Pitching for Pensacola, setup man Jonathan Broxton gave up one run and two hits with a strikeout in his one inning.
Mark Sheldon is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Mark My Word, and follow him on Twitter @m_sheldon. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Honestly I think Novak is only a little worse then Stat defensively
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Honestly I think Novak is only a little worse then Stat defensively
Now that's funny .... when both Melo & JR.Smith offense were define by using a lot of Allen Iverson tactics. JR.Smith best season as a 6th-Man were with AI as his teammate. The only move Melo & JR.Smith couldnt steal from AI was the first-step cross-over (Kobe Bryant were the only player in the league with top-skills able to steal AI first-step cross-over move.).
Novak received my vote of confidence when he showed he could box-out and rebound in the paint for several games when Stat/Melo/Jorts wasnt available. Novak peremeter shooting became the fire to light the candles on our offensive cake in the 2nd half of the season.
The Knicks frontcourt lineup of "6.10 Novak & 6.11 Jefferies" became our best switch-position-fowards on offense/defense during the Lin-Sanity era that broke into the rotation to unleash all the dominating skills of our center Tyson Chandler.
Novak is what he is at this point. Good to hear he's staying in shape though.


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Picked up my new iPad last night from the local Apple store. It was busy in there, but they had plenty of employees to help the eager customers! They had just received a shipment of iPads a few hours earlier, so I was in and out of the store with the little iPad box in just a few minutes.
I had been reading all the hype on the internet and thought it would be fun to try out this slick new device.
Both my kids have iTouches and love them, but I always thought the screens were too small to be useful for internet browsing, watching videos, etc. From what I had read from critics, the iPad was nothing more than a supersized iTouch... which I found is mostly true... but that big touch screen on the iPad is awesome!
First thing I did when I unboxed my iPad was to fire up Safari (the built-in browser) and see how well it rendered web pages. It did a nice job for web surfing. The pages rendered very well. It was easy to click on hyperlinks (using my finger instead of a mouse was a little weird at first, but it works great with that big screen. I only "fat fingered" a couple links.). Only thing I found it doesn't support is Flash content, but hopefully Apple will get enough flack and will eventually support it.
Next I tried to connect to our GoAnywhere Director product through the iPad's Safari. It took me right to the login screen. I keyed in the GoAnywhere user/password (using the touch screen keypad) and hit submit. Login Failed! Found out that I mistyped the user id, which is easy to do until you get used to typing on this thing. Once I corrected it, I hit submit again and it took me right to the GoAnywhere dashboard.
GoAnywhere's screens were rendered perfectly! All of the graphics were lined up nicely. The font styles and colors looked very sharp. The drop down menus worked. I was able to create a couple projects in GoAnywhere and execute. No problem. The performance was very good. GoAnywhere's client interface does not use applets, ActiveX controls or Flash... just HTML and JavaScript. So I suspect that is why iPad's Safari did not have any problems with it. So when you are on the road with your iPad, you too will be able to work with your copy of GoAnywhere!
Besides using the browser, iPad is great for watching videos too. It has a NetFlix app that lets you watch movies real time, which is great. Eventually I hope most NetFlix movies are available to watch online so I don't have to goto my mailbox for DVDs any more.
At first I was thinking about giving away this iPad at the next trade show as a prize, but now I think I will keep this one for myself... and buy another one for the giveaway
The iPad is addictive.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Keith McDougald and Javon Dawson scored 17 points apiece as Jacksonville defeated intracity rival North Florida 77-68 Friday night in an Atlantic Sun Conference game.
A 3-pointer by McDougald broke the game's 11th tie, giving the visiting Dolphins (10-10, 5-2) a 59-56 edge with 8 minutes left.
The Ospreys (8-12, 3-4) cut the lead to one point four times after that, getting to within 69-68 with 2:37 to play.
Glenn Powell, who scored 14 points for Jacksonville, responded with a jumper, and the Dolphins scored the game's final six points from the free-throw line.
Both teams shot well in the second half. Jacksonville made 60.9 percent (14 of 23) from the field and North Florida made 57.1 percent (16 of 28).
Parker Smith scored 19 points for the Ospreys, including 4 of 9 3-pointers. That matched his season average of 4.0 treys per game, tied for first in the nation.
JU head coach Cliff Warren said after the game that the atmosphere was electric and he is just glad to get out with a win. "UNF plays really, really hard and they are really well coached. What an environment tonight. Great for our program, great for our players to learn and get better."
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The president of Turkey says the balance of power in the world today is shifting away from the West, and the center of gravity is moving towards Asia and the East. President Abdullah Gul, speaking in London, says until a new balance emerges the world will endure global and regional shocks.
President Gul is in the British capital to receive the prestigious Chatham House prize. The members elected him for being a force for reconciliation and moderation in Turkey.
Speaking to its members here in London, Mr. Gul says the world has changed.
"Today the road to peace, stability and welfare passes through democratic values and the enhancement of human-rights standards," said Gul. "Likewise, values such as the rule of law, political plurality, equality and respect for differences can no longer be ignored."
He says the world is in an imperfect equilibrium. And that power is changing in a post Cold War world that no longer revolves around two superpowers.
"The relative weight of the West in the international balance of power is also gradually declining," he said. "Rising powers like China, India, Brazil and Russia are shifting the center of gravity of international relations towards Asia and the East."
That he says makes it strategically imperative for the European Union to admit Turkey as a member. Doing so, he says, would be a remarkable turning point with historical significance in the first quarter of the 21st century.
"The EU will not be weaker, but stronger politically and economically with Turkey's membership," said the Turkish president.
Turkey opened accession negotiations with the European Union in 2005, but is considered very unlikely to join in the next 10 years, partly because of opposition from countries such as France. EU officials also have serious concerns about the strength of Turkey's political and civic institutions - from the judiciary, to the independent media.
Mr. Gul acknowledged Turkey has some shortcomings that it needs to address, but said there is freedom of expression in Turkey.


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Had anyone else heard about this?..we have just been shown an excellent documentary on British TV regarding the dropping of the A.bomb on Hiroshima in 1945 by the B.29 "Enola Gay".
During the course of the programme(re-actment) we saw a Japanese photographer with an Anniversary 5x4 Speed Graphic,who survived the blast who took the only 5 photographs known to be in existance of the aftermath of the attack.
These orginal b/w photographs were shown on the programme.Of course,if it had been a plate camera,and that during the earlier part of the day had been using his camera (so the records show)he had only 5 pictures left,this would make sense.
Has anyone else heard this story.The programme is based on records in the public domain.Had the Graphic been used perhaps as a little "artistic Licence" by the producers,or on the otherhand been a very GENUINE part of history making by this great camera.
If so,not only had the photographer lived to tell the tale,but the camera had as well..an Atom blast at that!
My only encounter with survival is when I got the Speed caught in a pair of sliding doors on a train-it was like coming up against a brick-the guard soon released the doors!.
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I just saw what sounds like the same documentary a couple of times here in the U.S. during the holidays. If a couple of the re-enacted segments included a Japanese girl and her lunch pail & a young boy out playing with a friend and riding a tricycle, then it is the same program. It was aired on the History Channel as part of a series called "Days That Shook the World."
There were a few good shows in the series, not just the Hiroshima segment. But as you say, Sid, it didn't really say whether the actual camera used was a Speed Graphic or not, but certainly one was used for re-enactment. If I see the show again, I will try to record it and get the photographer's name, then research from that. Or perhaps someone else might know something about it?
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Graflex Sid
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Yes,correct,same programme,except ours they have re-vamped it with an English speaking track...(in other words,non American dialect)
Did'nt the Japanese have their own version of the Graphic about this time?..Im sure I remember seeing something like this at auctions.
I suppose we really need an expert on Japanese field cameras of that period...BUT it would'nt answer our question,was he in REAL life,using a Graphic camera.
Certainly a very well constructed show,and an important part of history to the World.
Mark you,when the crew were having those pictures taken at the airfield-the press must have been using Graphics,although we never really saw much of that,only the REAL crew posing for them.
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Do we know if the Japanes photographer in question owned a Graphic or not?
I saw the same programme 7 when I saw the camera I thought "wrong model".
You saw the camera closely in two shots, definitely a Anniversary. It looked like it may have had a black shutter assembly, possibly a Supermatic/Ektar combination.
So we know a Speed Graphic can survive being nuked. I wonder how long the photographer lived afterwards?
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Well an anny with a black ektar would have been around at that time.
I haven't seen the program, so I'm a bit blind but the thought that comes to my mind is how the film survived.
Kodak takes great pains to get rid of background radiation in their paper boxes to keep film from fogging.
P3200 can pick up fog from atmospheric radiation.
Don't you dare put film in you suitcase on an airplane...it will be toast.
And yet here's this photographer with film that got a dose several magnitudes larger than any of this and the film survived? I'm not saying it couldn't have happened, just wondering HOW it happened.
"In order to invent, you need a good imagination and a lot of junk" Thomas Edison
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I think a lot of questions need to be answered about this subject-but we might never get them.
The 5 photographs looked very grainy-not the usual 5x4 quality,but then if you have just had a bomb drop in your backyard,you might expect that-Im surprised photographer & camera did'nt end up as dust?
I understand this came from official records so truth can be stranger than fiction.
The Graphic must have been used for all manner of things,photographing the testing of the A & H bombs back in the 1950's,and what with World War II,Korea,Prohibition era,Hollywood,now we know why the Graphic had a great reputation.
Today's cameras might not take the punishment this workhorse did,Bombs,Bullets and the odd Custard pie (homemade),it carried on working through thick & thin.
A credit to the company & it's workforce that made it,a proud camera to own-and even today,it's still a showstopper!
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According to the narrative with the programme the photographer's name was Yoshito Matsushiga. He was 2.3km from gnd zero at the time of the blast.
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Thanks for that news 96...I would have prefered a little more distance between me than that...something like MARS along with my Graphics.
Anymore space shuttles coming up?
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Here's his testimony (name spelled differently)
Here are the photos
Unfortunately, none of the links I've found say what kind of camera he used.
j.e. simmons
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I have been reading the book, "Hiroshima in America, Fifty Years of Denial" by Robert Jay Lifton and Greg Mitchell, G.P. Putman's Sons New York, 1995. A discussion of Yoshito Matsushige and the photographs he took are on pages 60, 61.
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- Rep. Darrell Issa, R-California, has proposed the Postal Service discontinue individualized box delivery
- Instead, residents would pick up their mail at centralized cluster boxes in each neighborhood
- Branden Willson is worried about what the move may mean for his custom mailbox design business
- Willson and other iReporters see mailboxes as important symbols of curbside personality
Dog-shaped mailboxes, Hawaiian-print mailboxes, even tiger-protected mailboxes — such letterbox creativity could eventually disappear.
As CNN Money recently reported, the U.S. Postal Service has begun informing communities with new housing developments that mail will be delivered to cluster boxes -- groupings of mailboxes at a centralized point -- instead of doorstep or curbside delivery. Congress is also considering a bill to end door delivery for existing customers, which Rep. Darrell Issa, R-California, believes could save the Postal Service $4 billion a year.
That's no good for people like Branden Willson, a custom mailbox designer based in Olympia, Washington.
Willson, a self-proclaimed Volkswagen enthusiast, has been making mailboxes in the shape of classic VW buses for about a year -- in which time he has sold more than 150 mailboxes with prices ranging up to $134.
According to Michael Miles, communications director for the Atlanta district of the United States Postal Service, the Postal Service has been moving away from individualized box visits since 1980, when it began encouraging neighborhoods to use centralized delivery. For now at least, he says the Postal Service has no plans to cease delivery to any personalized boxes.
"As long as those boxes meet Postal Service guidelines, we'll continue to service them," he says. "But as for any proposed legislation, that'd be pure speculation at this point."
Mailbox lovers like Willson have begun to consider what else might be lost: not just the practicality, but also the sentimentality of these smaller-scale landmarks.
"It's a part of someone's personality, like a precursor to who the family is beyond the driveway," Willson says. "Things like this affect on a lot more levels than just 'oh, I can't get my bills to my door anymore.' It's more than that."
Juliana Romnes is an exhibitions coordinator at a Florida art museum. Should home box delivery end, she hopes people will still appreciate artistic mailboxes, such as the ones she photographed in the renovated mining town of Madrid, New Mexico.
"I hope that these unique mailboxes manage to live on, dotting the American landscape," she says. "Or maybe even finding their ways into museums as relics of the snail-mail generations."


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UK based. Perl, XML/HTTP, SAP, Debian hacker.
I maintain a few modules. Most of them are simple but one relies on quite a complex stack of other modules, being essentially a wrapper module.
My home systems are running Perl 5.10.0 as that's what comes with Debian Lenny. Yesterday I thought it best to try and create environments with Perl 5.8.8 and 5.6.2 on them so I could test the code on older Perls. I can not get the same level of coverage that CPANTester provide but I can weed out the worst bugs in advance.
Using VirtualBox I installed some older system inside a VM container and tried stuff out. Perl 5.6.1 era systems are a nightmare, not only is Perl old, but all the supporting libraries are old and the Perl modules my module is dependent on will not install because the overall antiquity of the system.
If you had an older system (RedHat 7 era) box that has been patched over the years it's possible to get partially there as some elements of the dependency stack are present, though at older levels. On a new system it's almost impossible to install anything as the more recent versions demand newer libraries that just aren't there...
Is it worth trying to support Perl 5.6.x...?
As the saying goes, "You're doing it wrong". Simply install the other Perl versions under
perl -w Makefile.PL && make test # Run tests using the stock Perl
/opt/perl/bin/perl5.6.2 Makefile.PL && make test # use 5.6.2
/opt/perl/bin/perl5.10.0 Makefile.PL && make test # use 5.10
I guess you could even write a plug-in for Module::Release [cpan.org] to check the tes
I have tried that in the past, as you say INSTALL suggests how to install Perl on a box in a different location. However what I found was CPAN got confused and modules from the different Perl versions got screwed up. I know it's supposed to work and it it did on my box for a while but once it' started going screwy I thought it best to put the other version of Perl in it's own space where it can't screw anything up with the vendors standard version.
At the same time I also wanted to test in a complete compa
Who in their right mind would run Perl 5.6 on a modern system?
No one, which is why it makes so little sense to support them with new code.
You're talking about people who refuse to update their software. Their defining characteristic is that they refuse to update their software. Thus it makes little sense to me to offer them new versions of software for them not to upgrade to.
However, the longer answer is that it depends. A discussion that keeps cropping up is whether older perls are applicable anymore. My suggestion would be that if you're testing on an environment that had a version of perl packaged with it, then test that and later versions only on that envirnoment. However, with some environments (e.g. Windows) that don't come pre-installed with Perl, then take your starting point from 5.6.1.
The reason being that some environments have different configurations than earlier
I'd like to support 5.6 and 5.8 even though I'm developing on and only now use 5.10. It's not as if I'm taking advantage of many 5.8 features let alone 5.10. Debian Sarge and Etch both came with 5.8.x and Lenny will come with 5.10, so to find a 5.6 system you need to go back to Woody - which is well past it.
At work I keep three Red Hat 7.x system alive (though I shouldn't really) and they use Perl 5.6, hence my plan to try and look at Perl on a system of that vintage.
Windows is a different story. I supp
I can't think of anything in 5.8 that's radically new (e.g. given/when, dor).
Working Unicode, more and updated core modules, bugfixes, much better testing....
New core modules? They're on CPAN. "Working" Unicode? Great if you need it (I don't), but the interface hasn't changed, has it? Testsing and bugfix
New core modules? They're on CPAN.
Many are, but at some point CPAN authors really ought to be able to say "I (added a new feature to|fixed a bug in) Perl 5 years ago; I'm finally going to take advantage of it in code."
Users oughtn't expect to run the new shiny on ancient installations.
Unicode support is a deal-breaker as far as I'm concerned. That the interface superficially hasn't changed doesn't matter – it didn't work prior to 5.8. The identical interface means I don't have to change my code to make it run and fail to work properly on 5.6. Uhm, hooray.
Working Unicode is a bonus if you are dealing with XML as I am.
However in my situation it's the dependency stack that is a pain, while you can install the dependencies over time on an antique system there comes a time when some of the modules just won't install/upgrade any more. This means that on a brand new 5.6.2 installation it's plain impossible to actually install the dependency stack from CPAN, you have to figure out which older versions of some modules will install and install them one at a time manu
As every thanks for the offer but in the end I got two 5.6 era systems up and running. If I do need access to them what ago of OS are they running? My 5.6.x systems are by their nature antique.
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Link between Education, Exclusion and Global Warming
It is becoming well known and almost universally accepted that the climate is changing and that carbon dioxide emission is one of the mainculprits. What is less clear is how individuals and societies can contribute to carbon reduction. Those with higher levels of educational attainment understand the arguments and can draw their own conclusions, whether or not in favour of reduction measures, however those with lesser education will be reliant in government opinion.
Young people seem to have a greater interest in climate change than their parents, partially because they expect to be alive to see the consequences and partially because they have less economic self-interest in retaining the status quo. Governments often like to retain the status quo, especially in developing countries. Logically then, governments of countries with a lower average education standard among youngsters will be under less pressure from the youth population than those with a higher education standard. Additionally personal carbon reduction methods are less likely to be adopted by those of lower educational achievement, although arguably they will have a lower carbon footprint to start.
The Eden Project (www.edenproject.com ) feels that there is a strong link between education and sustainability and are working in many areas to increase understanding of environmental issues, both in the UK and other countries. From their base in Cornwall where they demonstrate the links between mankind and the environment, they work with schools, excluded communities, prisoners and community facilities such as football clubs to educate people of all ages.
Eden's Great Day Out programme brings disadvantaged, mainly inner city children to the project to enthuse them about the environment. Cisco's Network Academy programme collaborates a great deal with the Eden Project, offering chances to learners in community centres such as football clubs and in prisons as well as in traditional educational establishments. Cisco's Energywise are CRE programmes in Higher Education, in association with Schneider, support Eden's initiative by providing carbon reduction technology with display systems that tell students and staff alike the current status of carbon emissions.Tags:
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People's StyleWatch has featured Robert Pattinson's black zip-up sweatshirt look in their "I Really Love My..." article on how to get the must-have items that celebs love to wear again and again for less.
"Before cutting his famous locks, Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson tries to go incognito with the help of his favorite LNA black zip-up sweatshirt."
You can buy Robert's LnA zip-up hoodie here. Apparently, LnA is a favorite among Hollywood A-listers and hip kids. Of course, I've never heard of LnA, so I'm neither 1) a Hollywood anything, nor 2) a hip kid.
January 19, 2009
People.com's StyleWatch: Dress up your Significant Other in Robert Pattinson's LnA Zip-up Sweatshirt
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Charlie Sheen Drops A Whole Lotta Coin to Help a Kid With Cancer
Looks like Lindsay Lohan isn't the only recipient of Charlie Sheen's extra cash. The 'Anger Management' actor recently plunked down $75,000 to help a cop's daughter beat cancer.
TMZ reports that Sheen recently chatted up a Hermosa Beach, Calif. officer — and he wasn't having his mug shot taken at the time or anything.
The cop mentioned that a colleague's 10-year-old daughter was battling a rare form of cancer called childhood rhabdomyosarcoma. The disease attacks the muscle tissue and typically takes a year or more of radiation and chemotherapy to treat.
Sheen, a father himself, reportedly told the officer, "No parent should have to watch their kid go through that." He promised to help, and wrote a check the very next day to the Hermosa Beach Police Association, which was fundraising to support the little girl's care. Sheen's body double, Eddie Braun, donated $25,000 to the cause, too.
While Sheen's generosity is heartwarming and commendable, just a note: He gave $75,000 to an innocent kid with cancer … and $100,000 to Lohan, who reportedly has yet to even thank him for it.
Maybe she's just waiting to find out if thank you notes are tax deductible.


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With the engine front cover off (remove neg batt lead first), the 6 mm bar stock fits into the alternator bolt (which is crank mounted) and then I bolt the cover back on. You want to ensure the overall "tool" length is such that the cover is jammed against it, thusly holding the crank from coming forward. My cover has about a 1/4 inch gap when it's snugged up with the tool in place.
Have heard of the rag stuffing....I'd be afraid things still might move. I got to see these mystical thrust bearings and the pins they hang on inside a cutaway engine at Super Tech. You really don't want that puppy popping off. The crank has to be restrained from moving forward even 1/4 inch.


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Jessica Simpson and Nicole Richie at 2012 TCAs
Jessica Simpson and Nicole Richie Bring Their Star Power to the TCAs
Jessica Simpson and Nicole Richie took the stage during a panel at the TCAs in Pasadena today. They were talking up their new reality series, Fashion Star, with the help of host Elle Macpherson and creator Ben Silverman. Jessica and Nicole will act as design mentors for the contestants, who are competing for the grand prize, which Ben said will be "well over $6 million."
Jessica's return to the small screen is just one of her major projects this year, including the birth of her first child. She's been showing off her pregnancy style since confirming the news in October and recently stepped out in a printed number. Jessica wore a wild mini to an appointment yesterday and donned another dress this afternoon. Jessica confirmed plans for a maternity line of her own today, saying at the panel that "the next thing you'll see from the Jessica Simpson Collection is maternity."


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, August 29, 2007, 2:31 PM
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Toddler left in hot car near Mountain View library
Original post made on Aug 29, 2007
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, August 29, 2007, 2:31 PM
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Aug 29, 2007 at 3:48 pm
I am so glad the child in this story is fine. It could just so easily have been different.
In this case it was a caregiver, often it is a parent.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Aug 29, 2007 at 6:29 pm
I just can't believe that people still do this! And knowing that this day was going to be a hot one. Hopefully, this person will be order to stop being a caregiver.
a resident of Meadow Park
on Aug 29, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Imagine the horror of hiring, paying and entrusting someone as your precious child's caregiver, only to find out that person was taking a break from your child during working hours by putting your child in harm's way for an extended period.
a resident of Menlo Park
on Aug 29, 2007 at 9:54 pm
This si th reason I do NOT use nannies.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Aug 29, 2007 at 10:34 pm
What a terrible thing to do to a child. There has been a lot of publicity about how cars heat up rapidly on warm days - we have been educated as to this danger - plus can one really leave a small child alone in a car anyway?
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Aug 30, 2007 at 8:11 am
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a resident of Midtown
on Aug 30, 2007 at 8:55 am
When you hire a nanny, *think* 100 times - you are entrusting your most precious possession to this person.
We have hired nannies for our children off and on. Though, over the years I have become a pro-day care mom, there are advantages to having a nanny.
When you are interviewing a nanny, go with your gut-feeling and do not get swayed by the glorious resume and the wonderful reference check comments. Sometimes I have wondered if all these past 'employers' that I talked to were in fact friends of the nanny who were just stepping in !
I always had my child(re) in the room when talking to a potential candidate. There are a lot of things that one can gather by observing the behavior. There were some, who took all the clatter and noise in their stride and focused on the interview. Then there were others, who unknowingly got a frown on their face when my then 18 month old tugged at their purse, while the nanny was talking to me !
There have been nannies who have told me that they are competitive in their per hour rate and will adjust ! I have said 'thank you but no thank you' to these ..
a resident of another community
on Aug 30, 2007 at 9:32 am
"There have been nannies who have told me that they are competitive in their per hour rate and will adjust ! I have said 'thank you but no thank you' to these .. "
This demonstrates a lack of business sense and possibly self-esteem. It might even indicate a financial situation where the nanny is desperate to get hired and earn an income. It doesn't necessarily demonstrate an inability to be wonderful with children. Maybe there were other indications that these nannies weren't hire-able, but this by itself wouldn't eliminate the nanny from my list.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Aug 30, 2007 at 12:12 pm
I saw this on the news last night, and I just want to point out that tragedy was averted because of a regular person who was willing to get involved! He didn't just glance over and see a baby unattended in a car. He was parking a few cars away and heard a child in distress - he then went to investigate, peering into a crack in the tinted windows of the SUV only to see that the child was strapped in the hot car unattended.
He was willing to get involved, perhaps to suffer embarrassment or anger from a flustered parent. (I mean, frankly, most people would assume even with a wailing baby that the situation was probably nothing serious.) How many people would have heard the wailing baby and turned away, figuring the situation was embarrassing, or that the child MUST have an attending adult?
If there HAD been an adult there with a wailing baby (for other reasons), it's simple enough to say something nice, like, "can I help?" yet too many people wouldn't want to suffer the embarrassment or even possible anger.
This man saved the baby's life. Yesterday was one of the hottest days of the year. The nanny didn't come back for what, 30 minutes? 45 minutes? after the baby was removed from the car. (The news and the article in the above link report different numbers.) Either way, if the man had not gotten involved, the baby would probably have died or been brain damaged.
Thank God for people who are willing to get involved, who listen to that inner voice and are willing to suffer embarrassment on the off chance that something is really wrong. I'm so glad that this man (who is not mentioned or named in the article) intervened and saved this baby's life.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Aug 30, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Well said, parent.
a resident of another community
on Sep 7, 2007 at 4:47 pm
I agree with the parent who said that the man who reported this is a hero. He sought help for this child in distress at the cost of his own self. We should all think hard about this. I too have recently reported a child in danger to the local law enforcement. It's just unthinkable to not. We need to stop being so detached and scared of what we might look like. This child would probably not be alive and her family shattered. Is that a risk you are willing to take by ignoring such irresponsible behaviors? Thank God for that man. I only hope and pray that we all try to watch out for our children as a community, as if that child were your own.


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Yesterday the Tour of California bike race came to our town (Aptos, in Santa Cruz County) from San Francisco. Some of the best riders from around the world completed the 2nd stage of the 115 mile road course. A great race!!!
You might ask, why post a bike race on a BMW motorcycle forum? Well, a lot of the support vehicles (tires, television cameras etc.) are made up of an assortment of BMW motorcycles. It hit me how skilled the motorcycle drivers have to be to stay out of the way of the bikes on some of the narrow descents they made yesterday while riding two up with the camera man sitting backwards filming. Speaking of skill, looking through a view finder for 4 1/2 hours looking backward without loosing your cookies on a narrow road would have to rate pretty high on the skill level!!! Any how, being at street level and seeing first hand the speed that the bike and motorcycle riders travel at on the regular roadway without special barriers was amazing. Television coverage does not do it real justice!


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As well as feeling, like Retro, that it would be interesting to hear your opinions, I will make some possibly wild comments.retrofuturist wrote:Given that you teach people, what do you expect of them as a pre-cursor? What determines their readiness? Who would you not accept and why?Ron Crouch wrote:How is it decided who is ready to do insight practice? Who should decides this?
I've known one person who managed to get pretty deep into meditation by himself (he lived like a hermit, on the dole [unemployment] and spent a lot of time at it), but my impression is that for most people living normal lives it is not easy to get into much trouble "at home", since without some sort of organisational support (at a monastery or organised retreat, etc) it's not easy to develop enough concentration and mindfulness. Therefore, the question is really thrown back to the skill of the teacher/organisation.