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Education, Outreach and Training: Energizing Science Learning
With a quartet of programs in science education, PSC gives the Pittsburgh region a jumpstart toward a cyber-savvy workforce
"It's one thing to read about it, and another thing entirely to see it happening," says Marian Opest, a biology teacher at Penn Hills High School, a suburb of Pittsburgh. What stirs her enthusiasm is CMIST (Computational Modules in Science Teaching), one of four programs in secondary science education that PSC has introduced to teachers and to science classrooms in the Pittsburgh region and beyond over the past four years.
"It's the difference between reading a textbook and visually experiencing a topic such as diffusion or osmosis," says Pallavi Ishwad, education outreach specialist for the National Resource for Biomedical Supercomputing (NRBSC), PSC's biomedical program. A former high-school biology teacher herself, Ishwad has seen first-hand the difference that computational tools, such as vivid 3D animations produced by supercomputer simulations, can make in science learning.
"Introducing 'cool' technology into the classroom engages students," says PSC's director of outreach and education, Cheryl Begandy, "and increases their willingness to stay with subjects they may otherwise find too complicated or just uninteresting." For Begandy and Ishwad along with other PSC staff the goal is to help in re-imagining high-school science instruction so that it better attracts future scientists, engineers and educators. Ultimately the goal is to create the cyber-savvy workforce demanded by the 21st-century marketplace.
PSC's first venture into science education, Computation and Science for Teachers (CAST) has over the past three years introduced teachers to easy-to-use modeling and simulation tools. Based on ideas pioneered in the Maryland Virtual High School Project, the CAST approach to "computational thinking" can be incorporated in classroom use across the math science curriculum.
Over 40 teachers from southwestern Pennsylvania have participated in CAST's weeklong summer workshop followed by quarterly sessions throughout the school year. "We actually built the model of the water cycle," says CAST participant Jim Lear, physics teacher at Pittsburgh's Oakland Catholic High School. "It was really neat to see the variables change and the effect on the amount of water as vapor, liquid, and vapor precipitating back to liquid in our model."
Introduced in 2007, CMIST provides multi-disciplinary teaching modules — including lecture slides, animations and lesson plans — as ready-to-use DVDs. Produced with high-quality, biologically realistic 3-D animations, the modules are geared to lead students toward an integrated understanding of biology, chemistry, physics, math and computation.
The initial CMIST module, "Molecular Transport in Cells" — produced with software called MCell and DReAMM, co-authored by NRBSC director Joel Stiles — presents important principles of osmosis and diffusion. It has prompted enthusiastic feedback and created interest nationally. "I passed the DVD to some teachers," wrote Manorama Talavier, a school district curriculum administrator from Virginia. "They love it and want more."
To date over 500 people locally and nationally have attended CMIST presentations. A second module, "Big Numbers in Small Spaces: Simulating Atoms, Molecules, and Brownian Motion," premiered in May, with a talk by Stiles at the National Science Bowl Finals in Washington, DC. Ishwad introduced it to Pittsburgh-area teachers at a one-day July workshop. Available here (free): http://www.nrbsc.org/cmist.
From "Big Numbers in Small Spaces," this view of the CMIST virtual laboratory from inside a glass beaker shows the splash from a drop of water fallen into the beaker, and then the CMIST movie zooms in to show the quantity of water molecules contained within a single droplet from the splash.
PSC's Pallavi Ishwad with participants in a BEST workshop.
Ishwad piloted BEST in three schools this year. "I am excited to use what I learned here," said Dean Walker, a physics teacher at Seneca Valley High School outside Pittsburgh, "to both inspire students who love biology but hate physics, as well as provide students with a better feel for contemporary positions in the science job market."
CompEx students with computer science teacher Todd Ollendyke.
PSC piloted CompEx in February at Upper St. Clair High School south of Pittsburgh. Nine students completed the course, writing programs and running them on Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud. They were also introduced to data analysis with widely used software called Hadoop. Said one student, "I enjoyed working with high level computers that we would not have had access to without a fat wallet."


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Details of the December 2014 shooting death of a 23-year-old man will be examined by a coroners jury, starting today.
Hazelton resident Navarone Woods has been described as distraught as officers responded to reports of a possibly armed man at a grocery store in Surrey.
Two transit police officers were first on the scene but the situation escalated, shots were fired and Woods died a short time later.
On day one of the inquest, a doctor who treated woods in a Surrey ER just hours before he was fatally shot by transit police says Woods told him he'd been drinking alcohol and using drugs earlier that week.
Dr. Craig Murray told a coroner's inquest that Woods came into Surrey Memorial Hospital on December 28th 2014, saying he had fallen and hurt his knee.
Murray said Woods was calm and co-operative but mentioned having had a seizure — which the doctor suspected was due to the alcohol or drug use.
A bus driver who saw Woods later that day told the inquest the man was agitated and screaming, and that she closed the bus doors as he ran up to them because she was scared.
The officer who fired the deadly shot was cleared of any wrongdoing after an investigation, but the inquest will examine what led up to Woods' death, in hopes of avoiding similar fatalities in future.

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There's plenty of useful free computer programs and websites that a lot of people don't know about. Hopefully, after reading this post, your time spent in front of the computer will become a bit more healthy, productive, and easily managed.
1. Bitrix24
Bitrix24 is a multi-purpose program free to companies with fewer than 12 employees. It allows you to create your own social intranet. The free version of Bitrix24 allows you to manage social communications, tasks and projects, calendars, files & documents, and CRM (customer relationship management).
2. f.lux
You know how you're not supposed to sit in front of LED screens and expose yourself to blue light at night if you want to sleep well?
f.lux can help with that. It automatically detects when night time approaches and changes the intensity as well as the color of the light emanating from your computer screen.
I've been using f.lux for over a year and I really recommend it.
3. RescueTime
RescueTime sends you weekly reports on how you've spent your time by the computer. It's great for people such as myself who enjoy tracking results.
You can personally adjust what kind of activities you want RescueTime to consider productive or distractive. With the help of RescueTime I've become at least 10% more productive sitting by the computer over the past year.
4. Microsoft OneNote
(note, this is only free if you have Microsoft Office. Otherwise OneNote offers a 1 month trial, followed by a monthly fee.)
Microsoft OneNote allows you to capture all kinds of information: text, graphs, pictures, anything copy-pasted, and so on. You can make specific tabs and notebooks where you can store all the information in your life in neat little categories that are easy to manage.
OneNote is hands down my favorite software. I use it to keep mycommonplace book. That's where I store all information I come across. Keeping a commonplace book is a great way of learning things faster and becoming more creative.
OneNote can be used only on some smartphones to synchronize with computer.
5. EverNote
EverNote is another notetaking program. It is available to all computers and smartphones. EverNote, unlike OneNote, is completely free to everyone. Just download it.
I personally prefer OneNote because I think it looks a lot more beautiful, is quicker and easier to navigate.
6. Firebug
Firebug is the best friend of any aspiring web designer. The program lets you see how a website is designed by allowing you to instantly see its CSS and HTML code in a small window.
Here's what it looks like when you're using it on LifeHack.
In this example I've highlighted the headline, allowing me to see what kind of font is being used, and other details of the LifeHack website.
Without Firebug I'd never have been able to style my blog.
7. Alexa Toolbar
Alexa is the best available free program for seeing how popular a website is. The toolbar allows you to see the worldwide as well as countrywide ranking of the website you're visiting.
As of writing this post, LifeHack is ranked as 3260 worldwide and 1436 Inside the U.S.
That's a very good ranking
While Alexa isn't 100 % accurate, it's still pretty trustworthy and a great aid for anyone wanting to get an indicator of a site's popularity.
For example, as a blogger you wouldn't want to do a guest post on a site with terrible rankings, but chances are that you will waste time doing just that if you don't use the Alexa Toolbar.
8. Fiverr
Want to outsource work to someone else for $5?
In that case, Fiverr is the place to go. There are many incredibly useful offers there if you know what to search for. Fiverr is also a great place to learn some basic delegation skills without having to risk much.
The last time I used Fiverr was about three weeks ago for getting help designing a fashion poster that I needed when I was presenting a case for L'Oréal in business school.
You can also purchase more expensive services (add-ons) for over $5.
9. ePubReader
ePub reader allows you to read books in your browser.
In this case I've linked to ePub for Mozilla Firefox, because that's the Internet browser that I use. But you can get it for other browsers as well.
Often you'll come across cough — download — cough books online that aren't available in pdf format. ePub reader is useful to have in those situations.
10. Unroll
Unroll is a time-saving email program that allows you to bundle up all your subscriptions into one email from which you can quickly choose to unsubscribe.
11. Bitrix24
This last one is a treat to all of you budding entrepreneurs out there!
Bitrix24 is a multi-purpose program free to companies with fewer than 12 employees. It allows you to create your own social intranet. The free version of Bitrix24 allows you to manage social communications, tasks and projects, calendars, files & documents, and CRM (customer relationship management).
What programs or sites do you use frequently and how do they help you?


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Re^3: Why won't this basic Parse::RecDescent example work?by 7stud (Deacon)
|on Jan 28, 2013 at 19:55 UTC ( #1015752=note: print w/replies, xml )
|Need Help??
I'm not familiar with Parse::RecDescent,
Then thanks for being brave enough to take a look!
by reference to the docs plus a bit of trial-and-error I got this to work by adjusting the regex and assigning $1 to a local variable.
Nice going! After reading the "Start up Action" section in the docs, I reread the "Action" section, and I noticed this statement:
The results of named subrules are stored in the hash under each subrule's name (including the repetition specifier, if any)
So the key I was using in the %item hash, 'dir', was wrong. The key should be 'dir(s)'. So now I can get this output:
Partial success! Note the dereference of $item{'dir(s)'}. Now, what is that '1'? The return value from print()? But print() isn't the last statement of the action. If I change the dir rule to:
I get this output:
Is 2 the count of the words matched? What is going on? I am using the exact same array in each of these lines:
...yet I am getting different results 'hello world' v. 2! How is that possible? Argghh, of course! Perl doesn't care about giving you the exact same results for any expression you use--because perl determines the result by the context in which the expression appears. In my case, the print() statement supplies list context for the array, and "$main::... =" provides scalar context for the array--and an array provides its length in scalar context.
So now I can get the expected output:
Next up, the regex problem. This doesn't work:
Note that I tried using the @item array this time. The first item in @item is the rule name, "from_clause", and the next items should be the matches for the subrules, so $item[2], or equivalently $item[-1], should be the matches for dir(s). But because I am not even seeing the arrows in my print statement, that means the parser isn't finding a match for my rule.I also notice there are weird rules the parser follows for comments. This does not cause an error:
...but this does cause an error:
Back to the regex problem. It seems that Parse::RecDescent takes the regex pattern and adds a ^ to the beginning of the pattern and adds $ to the end of the pattern. In other words, the regex you specify has to match all of the text you are interested in examining.
And reworking my original example:
Success! Thanks.
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Discussion in 'Transformers General Discussion' started by Autobot 47, Jun 7, 2008.
and there's more of useless animations. This one's with Prime.
W T F lol
it never amazes me what bordem and high speed internet can make people do
I love this site! It has some hilarious animations on it, but some can be rough...
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New claims must be reported in writing by fax, UPS/FedEx or regular mail only. The initial notice of claim should contain all pertinent supporting documentation. The supporting documents required will depend on the nature of the claim. The initial notice of claim should contain:
Claimants can submit a claim by:
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If I have already filed a claim with National Title, will the Rehabilitation affect the status of my claim?
The Receiver has transitioned the administration of all claims to a service provider for further handling and resolution. Your patience is appreciated.
Florida Policyholders: No. To the extent possible, claims will be processed in the ordinary course of business.
Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee Policyholders: The claims filing deadline was July 13, 2012.
How can I find out the status of my claim?
You may contact the Receiver by using the "Contact Us" form to send us an email if you have any questions or concerns about the status of your claim or the Rehabilitation process.


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Take a peek at the last year's Brides Lounge from the The Wonderful Wedding Show which was our first experience working with such a large group of Winnipeg's finest vendors!
"WWS 2012 - Brides Lounge (Gallery)"
Weddings In Winnipeg May 2011 Issue
Check out the May issue of Weddings in Winnipeg Magazine for our feature in the Highstyle Photoshoot
For some tips and inspirations be sure to flip to the GWS Elite Vendors spread in the same issue.
Also take a look at the videos below of the Highstyle photo shoot from the May 2011 issue of Weddings In Winnipeg.
CYM had the privilege of having our linens incorporated in the themed piece entitled Bird Song
The Wonderful Wedding Show
We're back at it again this year at The Wonderful Wedding Show. Stop by Booths 828/830 to see what new styles and decor elements we've come up with this year. Also be sure to check out the Bridal Lounge which we added our magic touch to, along with the help of some other great sponsors!
Welcome Wagon Bridal Showcase
This was our first year participating in the Welcome Wagon's Bridal Showcase hosted by the Radisson. It was a great experience as we got to show off some of our finest linens. As well we were given an entire ballroom to stylize which is always fun! Have a look though our gallery to see some of our latest creations.
"Bridal Showcase @ The Radisson (Gallery)"
The Wonderful Wedding Show 2012
Thanks for everyone that came out to meet us at The Wonderful Wedding Show this year. We met a lot a of great people and made some new contacts, so we're real excited to get to work!
For those you that missed us, or forgot us haha...don't worry we've got a ton of pics so check out the Gallery to get yourself up to speed. Have a look through some of our booth's photos, as well as the inspirational tables we had a hand in creating.
"WWS 2012 - Inspiration Tables (Gallery)"
Now Taking Bookings
Don't forget book your consults now to take advanage of some of our great limited time Promos.
A look behind the scenes of the May 2011 Highstyle shoot for Weddings In Winnipeg
CYM Upcoming Events
• Jan 19 & 20, 2013 - The Wonderful Wedding Show (Booths 828/830) & Bridal Lounge
@ Winnipeg Convention Centre
• Contact us or book an appointment to discuss your linen and decor needs for your event this year.
CYM Past Events
• June 2012 - The Welcome Wagon Bridal Showcase
@ The Delta Hotel Winnipeg
• Jan 21 & 22, 2012 - The Wonderful Wedding Show (Booths 828/830)
@ Winnipeg Convention Centre
• May 1, 2011 - Big Brothers Big Sisters of Winnipeg - Golden Girl Gala
@ The Delta Hotel Winnipeg
• March 7, 2011 - Highstlye Photoshoot
@ The Fairmont Winnipeg
• February 7, 2011 - Bear Your Heart
@ 6:00 p.m. - Earls St. Vital
The second annual Bear Your Heart fundraiser in support of the
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Members of the U.S. Congress are taking steps to prevent the international diamond trade from funding possible terrorist operations. At a Senate committee hearing Wednesday, officials said, while there is no direct evidence linking al-Qaida to diamonds from Sierra Leone, the gems from the West African country have been used to finance a decade of violence.
During Sierra Leone's brutal civil war, the rebel Revolutionary United Front seized control of much of the nation's diamond fields. The profits from these jewels helped to fund a war that resulted in the deaths of more than 50,000 people, left millions homeless, and included atrocities such as mass rapes and mutilations. Diamonds have also played a significant role in financing conflicts in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Efforts are underway in the U.S. Congress to regulate the international trade of conflict diamonds, or so-called "blood diamonds." The United States is the biggest diamond customer, accounting for about 70 percent of the world's diamond trade.
Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois stressed it is vital for the United States to pay attention to the origin of its jewels. He said, "We have a moral obligation to ask the question where are they coming from, how do they get here? If they come through the bloody hands of terrorists, whether it's the RUF or Hezbollah, I think that that is a red flag to all Americans; we need to do something to police this situation."
According by a report by the U.S. General Accounting Office, diamonds are used for illicit trade because they are a high-value commodity that is easily concealed and transported. They are mined in remote areas, and their origin is difficult to trace.
Recent news reports have linked the diamond trade in Sierra Leone to the al-Qaida network. Sierra Leone's ambassador to the United States, John Leigh, says he has no direct knowledge of an al-Qaida or Hezbollah presence in his country.
"The Lebanese in Sierra Leone have been supporting various factions in Lebanon going back to the '80s," said Ambassador Leigh. "So I can say that, if al-Qaida comes into the picture, it will be a very easy thing for them to do, to camouflage their presence in Sierra Leone. But there's a strong, powerful Middle Eastern presence in Sierra Leone, going back about 100 years."
The United States is among the countries currently participating in the Kimberley Process, an international pact aimed at developing a diamond certification program that would prevent the flow of conflict diamonds. The program has been endorsed by the United Nations.


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Coolquill claim historic cross-country title
The County Cross Country season got underway in earnest last Sunday with the promotion of the County Novice Cross Country Championships by Moyne AC.
The Ladies race attracted a record number of entries with 43 women, representing 8 clubs, competing and the winner was Carmel Fitzgibbon of Thurles Crokes.
Carmel returned to the sport in the past 12 months having enjoyed a very good juvenile career in the past. Niamh Hennessy of Templemore won silver while Clare Devitt of Dundrum took the bronze.
Johanna Lacy of Clonmel was fourth and they were followed home by 5th, Sinead Oakes (Nenagh Olympic), 6th, Emma Carey (Thurles Crokes), 7th, Edel Leahy (Moyne), 8th, Mairead Mulcahy (Moore Abbey Milers), 9th, Lyndsey Dooley (Thurles Crokes) and 10th, Frances Long (Moyne) 18:53.
The team competition was won by Thurles Crokes, with Moyne winning silver. The bronze medals saw a tie on 34 points between Moore Abbey Milers and Clonmel, with Moore Abbey Milers winning the Bronze medals on countback.
The Men's race attracted a great entry of 53 athletes representing 12 clubs, with Ailbhe Ryan becoming the first Moyglass athlete to represent his Club at this level.
Stuart Moloney of Moore Abbey Milers won gold to bring the club their first County Novice Men's title. Keith Maher of Nenagh Olympic took the silver while David Mansfield of Clonmel came through to win the bronze medal on his debut for the club in Cross Country.
In 4th place was Andrew Smyth (Coolquill), 5th, Patrick Roche (Carrick on Suir), 6th, Paudie O'Keeffe (Clonmel), 7th, Patrick Hughes (Thurles Crokes), 8th, Patrick Cummins (Moycarkey Coolcroo), 9th, Fintan Rice (Fethard) and 10th, Ruaidhri Devitt (Dundrum).
The team competition was a very open affair with 9 clubs having athletes in the top 10. In the end Coolquill emerged convincing winners with some great performances over the closing stages to win the title. Then we had Clonmel winning the silver medals with Dundrum winning the bronze.
This was Coolquill's first time winning this title under Athletics Ireland rules. Congrats to all involved and this success was built on their team winning performances in the County Novice B for the past two years. The historic team that brought this coveted title to Coolquill was Andrew Smyth 4th, Dermot Logue 11th, Michael Carey 15th, Jack Alexander 25th and Andrew Galloway 40th.
The next County Cross-Country Championships are the Intermediates, which will be held in Powerstown Park racecourse in Clonmel on Sunday, 20th October. There will be a special function in Bannon's Lounge, Two Mile Borris on Saturday October 12 to honour over 100 members of the famous Coolcroo Club.


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A Scam Email with the Subject "The new security upgrade offers the protection of your eBay Account with the help of your E-mail Acces" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:38:06 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam. The sender was "eBay member"<email@example.com>, although it may have been spoofed.
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We traveled to Western North Carolina this past weekend to visit two more companies for our Made in America series and naturally, get some riding done.
We visited the headquarters of Cane Creek and Industry Nine, both based near Asheville. We also sampled plenty of the local trails. Unfortunately the weather didn't hold up as well as we would have liked, but we still had a blast. A big Thank You is in order to the kind folks at Cane Creek and I9 who took great care of us and showed us some wonderful Southern hospitality.
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Computation 2016, 4(3), 37; https://doi.org/10.3390/computation4030037
Computational Streetscapes
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Tandon School of Engineering, and Center for Urban Science + Progress, New York University, 1 MetroTech Center, 19th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
Academic Editor: Rainer Breitling
Received: 15 June 2016 / Revised: 30 August 2016 / Accepted: 14 September 2016 / Published: 20 September 2016
(This article belongs to the Section Computational Biology)
AbstractStreetscapes have presented a long-standing interest in many fields. Recently, there has been a resurgence of attention on streetscape issues, catalyzed in large part by computing. Because of computing, there is more understanding, vistas, data, and analysis of and on streetscape phenomena than ever before. This diversity of lenses trained on streetscapes permits us to address long-standing questions, such as how people use information while mobile, how interactions with people and things occur on streets, how we might safeguard crowds, how we can design services to assist pedestrians, and how we could better support special populations as they traverse cities. Amid each of these avenues of inquiry, computing is facilitating new ways of posing these questions, particularly by expanding the scope of what-if exploration that is possible. With assistance from computing, consideration of streetscapes now reaches across scales, from the neurological interactions that form among place cells in the brain up to informatics that afford real-time views of activity over whole urban spaces. For some streetscape phenomena, computing allows us to build realistic but synthetic facsimiles in computation, which can function as artificial laboratories for testing ideas. In this paper, I review the domain science for studying streetscapes from vantages in physics, urban studies, animation and the visual arts, psychology, biology, and behavioral geography. I also review the computational developments shaping streetscape science, with particular emphasis on modeling and simulation as informed by data acquisition and generation, data models, path-planning heuristics, artificial intelligence for navigation and way-finding, timing, synthetic vision, steering routines, kinematics, and geometrical treatment of collision detection and avoidance. I also discuss the implications that the advances in computing streetscapes might have on emerging developments in cyber-physical systems and new developments in urban computing and mobile computing. View Full-Text
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San Francisco is using millions of dollars in federal grant money to help train and educate local residents to make them attractive hires for the booming technology industry.
As The City celebrates its emergence as a tech hub around industry heavyweights such as Salesforce.com and Twitter, city officials are emphasizing the need to make sure some of the benefits accrue for San Franciscans who don't yet possess specialized technology skills.
"A significant portion of San Francisco's worker population lacks the skills and educational attainment to access these opportunities," a city grant application stated. Back in the dot-com boom of the late 1990s, San Francisco's demand for IT workers was met through "in-migration," the application noted.
Ensuring that local residents are employable in the tech industry is the focus of a $3 million federal grant awarded in July to the Office of Economic and Workforce Development, which applied for funding.
The grant funds the so-called TechSF-Workforce Innovation Partnership with about $1 million a fiscal year, concluding in June 2015. The grant spending was approved Wednesday by the Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee.
The department's grant application highlights the insular nature of tech hiring. Of the 420 employers who used San Francisco's One Stop System to fill job openings, just eight were tech employers, which accounted for just eight of the 679 hires during a six-month period, according to the application.
Tech companies are recruiting "from a small pool of skilled workers, creating a virtual talent war," the application said.
Meanwhile, the working poor "express frustration that tech opportunities seem out of reach."
"As a result," the application said, "San Francisco has not been able to fully capitalize on the economic recovery potential of the booming tech sector."
The City is providing the grant money to a number of entities to accomplish these goals. During the three-year program, City College of San Francisco will receive $400,000 and San Francisco State University will receive $300,000 to tailor more instruction to the needs of would-be tech workers. The recently created Mayor's Office of Innovation will receive $400,000 to use technology to improve job training and the delivery of city services, and the Bay Area Video Coalition, a group providing new media training, will receive $350,000.
The grant also will provide $50,000 to Txt2Wrk, a service alerting job seekers of ?openings via text messages.
The effort is expected to come under more scrutiny in an upcoming hearing requested by Supervisor Jane Kim.
"It is something incredibly important to our office, as we encourage and support a lot of the tech companies in our district, that we also create pathways to real jobs for members of our ?community," Kim said.


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South San Francisco could soon join the growing list of San Mateo County cities to ban smoking in public places.
The City Council will vote at the end of the month on the proposed anti-smoking ordinance, which would ban it from indoor common areas, public events and outdoor public property such as benches, among several other specific places. It is the first of its kind in the city, affecting the downtown commercial area surrounding City Hall and mixed use zones along Linden Avenue.
But it isn't unique legislation in San Mateo County. Belmont set the milestone in anti-smoking laws in 2007 with some of the state's strictest regulations when it banned smoking in apartments and condos.
Within the past three years, cities including Burlingame, Pacifica, San Carlos and Redwood City are among the 21 in the county that have restricted smoking in parks, beaches or other public areas.
Officials in those cities can't really measure the success of the bans — whether their cities are healthier or smoking less — but it has been an effective way for residents who don't want to be subjected to the lung irritation to plead their cases.
"We get about two or three calls a month," Belmont Code Enforcement Officer Kirk Buckman said. "[The smokers] understand when it's explained to them. They're not always happy, but I've never had to issue a citation."
In Belmont, it's a $100 fine if enforced, but South San Francisco is still working out details before the City Council votes July 28.
If approved, the law could go into effect in September.
And though it is a personal choice, health officials will always push for a way to reduce ingesting what they call a Class A
"We feel that protecting residents from the hazards of tobacco is something of a responsibility of the county," said Edith Cabuslay, program services manager in the county's Health Department. "We offer city councils a list of policies that have been implemented inside and outside of San Mateo County and model policies, and we have offered them resources as they consider them."
A worker at the Fairway Cocktail Lounge, located on El Camino Real, said there already is a sign on that establishment's door that asks people not to smoke within 30 feet of the place, which has hit the nerves of patrons, but smokers are fickle and when they want to smoke — they will find a way.
South San Francisco will considering expanding its anti-smoking ordinance at a July 28 City Council meeting.
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A 22-year-old Tamaqua man has been bound over for Schuylkill County Court after a hearing Wednesday before District Justice Norman H. Richards of Hometown.
Dennis Eisenberg has been charged with receiving stolen property, criminal solicitation, criminal conspiracy and corruption of minors.
Coaldale police said Eisenberg on Dec. 22 allegedly solicited the services of a male juvenile to conspire to take one scanner, two citizens band radios, six cassette tapes, five Atari tapes, one Pacman video game and a Sanyo tape player from the home of David Weaver of Coaldale.
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For those of us that have to get their new iPhone fix every year, the New York Times has bad news – iPhones (as well as laptops and electronic devices) may get significantly more expensive due to increasing costs in the supply chain ("Supply Chain for iPhone Highlights Costs in China")
The article follows-up on a "teardown" report, which tries to estimate the cost of producing an iPhone:
What the latest analysis shows is that the smallest part of Apple's costs are here in Shenzhen, where assembly-line workers snap together things like microchips from Germany and Korea, American-made chips that pull in Wi-Fi or cellphone signals, a touch-screen module from Taiwan and more than 100 other components. But what it does not reveal is that manufacturing in China is about to get far more expensive. Soaring labor costs caused by worker shortages and unrest, a strengthening Chinese currency that makes exports more expensive, and inflation and rising housing costs are all threatening to sharply increase the cost of making devices like notebook computers, digital cameras and smartphones.
I think one has to separate here between the OEM's problem, the sub-contractor's problem and China's problem.
Regarding the OEMs (whether we are talking about Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Dell (DELL) or HP (NYSE:HPQ)), the article itself is not very concerned, and predicts that the big brands will find new innovations to improve profitability. Manufacturers of electronic components have been moving plants from the US to the Pacific Rim in pursuit of labor savings for the last 30 years. The process is often called "island hopping," since, in its earlier stages, firms would build and operate plants in Taiwan until labor rates rose, then move to Malaysia, then on to the next island. Now the plants are about to shift from the coast further inland. Not something that the average iPhone user has to be concerned about.
Regarding the sub-contractors:
When a company is operating on the slimmest of profit margins as contract manufacturers are, soaring labor costs pose a serious problem. Wages in China have risen by more than 50 percent since 2005, analysts say, and this year many factories, under pressure from local governments and workers who feel they have been underpaid for too long, have raised wages by an extra 20 to 30 percent.
For these subcontractors the issue is more complex. Given the pressure to increase salaries these will most likely face new dilemmas. Realizing that they are already fairly operationally efficient I am not sure that more cost cutting is possible unless they move to a new location to keep labor costs down. At the same time, one may think about a new opportunity for more automated processes. Several years ago, people were talking about "lights out plant". While labor costs stayed low, the incentives to move to such high-investment factories were low, however, one may expect these to gain steam as costs increase.
As for China, the issues are more complex (and more interesting as well)
But within the crowd, there is growing skepticism about China's manufacturing model after years of pressing workers to toil six or seven days a week, 10 to 12 hours a day…This type of low-end assembly work is also no longer favored in China, analysts say, because it does not produce big returns for the companies or the country. "China doesn't want to be the workshop of the world anymore," says Pietra Rivoli, a professor of international business at Georgetown University and author of "The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy."
This is very much related to a previous posting of Marty's ("Frisbees & crappy jobs".) We also have to remember that as the GDP and labor costs increase in China, there also are more consumers for these products. Did I mention the new Apple store in Shanghai?


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Long before he started for Boston College and played for his hometown New England Patriots in the 1980s, Scott Gieselman fondly remembers one of his first playing fields – the grounds of Blessed John XXIII National Seminary in Weston.
Long before he started for Boston College and played for his hometown New England Patriots in the 1980s, Scott Gieselman fondly remembers one of his first playing fields – the grounds of Blessed John XXIII National Seminary in Weston.
"I remember being there almost every Sunday for Mass, and running down the hallways, and Dad (John) and I tossing the football around and playing on the grounds when I was 3 years old," Gieselman said. "As I got older, with my mother (Janet) working there, whenever we went there, for Mass or other special events, it was like going home."
To say that the Catholic faith, spirit and friendly warmth of Blessed John XXIII Seminary are in his blood would be an understatement.
Weston residents Scott Gieselman and wife Mia will co-chair the seminary's 32nd annual Lawn Party gala and dinner on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 6 p.m. under the tent.
The seminary was founded by His Eminence, Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, in 1964, and will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2014.
The Lawn Party is the premier fundraising event for the seminary, which assists men called to their second-career vocation from approximately 40 dioceses in the U.S.
Blessed John XXIII is the nation's only second-career seminary (age 30 and up) for the diocesan priesthood run by diocesan priests. Sixteen of the 60 men in formation this year call New England dioceses home, with seven from the Archdiocese of Boston, including five members of the ordination class of 2014.
Our host, His Eminence, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston and the seminary's chairman of the Board of Trustees, will be joined by many New England bishops, priests, seminary alums and friends. For tickets contact Kate Folan at 781-899-5500.
The Gieselmans expressed great pride in being selected to co-chair the Lawn Party for the second consecutive year. It is their way, Scott said, of helping to "give back" to the Church and the seminary for all that it has provided for the past half century.
The Gieselmans have been a part of the seminary family in various capacities since 1969.
"In our very complicated world, filled with distractions and time constraints, it is a special night to celebrate, appreciate and focus on the things that mean the most to us," he said. "Thanks to so many, differences are being made every day and every year by priests who are products of Blessed John XXIII Seminary throughout this region and across our country. To hear the stories of their journey and their life experiences each year at the Lawn Party is truly inspirational, and for us to have been a part of the seminary family for so many years, it is very, very special.
"The faculty and the men there, the strength of their faith and their commitment and love for the (Catholic) Church have made a great impact on me and my sister, Laurie Forsberg's, lives. Blessed John Seminary has been a blessing in my life and I am so grateful."
Said Mia Gieselman, "We have a great appreciation for the mission of training men to become parish priests and believe Blessed John is fulfilling a crucial mission within the Church today."
It appears there is no end in sight to the Gieselmans' special relationship with the seminary. Conor Gieselman is now 3 and following in his father's footsteps, running the halls, meeting new friends and enjoying the seminary chef's delicious cookies. A future Lawn Party chairman in the making?


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Olympus's best MFT camera to date and one of the best CSCs on the market, now with firmware update 2.0
Weather-sealed body that's unique in its price class
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Building on the successful inaugural Planetary Health Meeting in Boston, the goal of the second Planetary Health Annual Meeting in Edinburgh is to bring together new communities around the world to stimulate interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral collaboration towards ground-breaking solutions to major planetary health challenges. The objective is to examine how the health impacts of various global environmental changes manifest in regional settings and to highlight emerging responses to planetary health issues. The aim is to engage with researchers, policy makers, planners and local communities who experience these planetary health impacts to progress tailored policies built on action-focused research and innovations across sectors. The expectation is that, through gathering a diverse group in-person and via small regional satellite sessions, the global reach and perspective of the planetary health community will be expanded in pursuit of advancing planetary health solutions.
To catalyze innovative ideas among the disparate yet integrally related fields, The Lancet Planetary Health will publish a booklet of outstanding abstracts in planetary health research, in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Planetary Health Alliance. Researchers from any discipline relevant to planetary health are invited to submit an abstract of their research describing a recent study or a project currently in process that contributes to the gaps in knowledge, governance, and imagination as reported by the Rockefeller–Lancet Commission.


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Heritage Arms
At Heritage-Arms.com
In programming we have a word that you don't see anywhere else really. "Deprecated"
It means that we used to use this and it worked really well, and it was even a fundamental building block at one time, but now we care so little about it that we won't support you if you are still dumb enough to still use it, still.
When I ran across this AR magwell innovation at SHOT, that was the first thing that came to mind. Am I privy to a different way of doing this that will change the AR-15 forever, and deprecate the guns we thought were absolutely the shit.
You may recognize Brian from the .22 reloader/percussion cap maker/Berdan primer system piece from last week. He is the inventor, and I still have one more of his things to get out. I think Brian is a brilliant guy, and I think this invention could change our guns forever.
Unlike most of my articles, I'm actually interested in what y'all think. Am I nuts?
As for buying this, after emailing them for two weeks, they finally got the sales page up at Heritage Arms. So if you want the first ones, you can now buy them, both the receiver alone and a full rifle, though Brian said he is tired of having to put together the full rifles.
My feeling since first hearing about this product, then showing up to shoot the video, is that one of the big AR companies will buy this and re-release as "Side Slam" or something, especially for the competition market. As of today they are available for sale, and nobody has purchased or licensed the patent. We'll see if it makes it through the day.


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What Is OnBrain And Can It Help Improve Your Brain Power?
OnBrain Clarity is a brain supplement which is supposed to help increase memory recall and increase focus and attention but does it work?
OnBrain has been available online for a few months now and it has been selling well. It is only available in the US and Canada so if you want an alternative in another country try BrainPill. What are the ingredients in OnBrain Clarity which make it so attractive and may help increase cognitive enhancement?
How Does OnBrain Clarity Brain Supplement Work?
As is commonly the case with nootropic supplement vendors, the volume of individual ingredients isn't actually stated but we can at least see what ingredients there are in OnBrain and examine them to see if they do have any evidence to support the contention that they have nootropic qualities.


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How to Change Your Golf Swing On the Golf Course!
One of the most tragedies you will face in golf is when you try to "change" your golf swing on the golf course because you are mishitting shots left and right.
I know this blog post is labeled, "How to change your golf swing on the golf course", but that is actually the LAST thing you will ever want to do.
The best way to actually change your golf swing without changing it (really) is to SLOW DOWN your backswing.
That's right, 99% of amateurs swing too fast when playing on the real golf course because it's human nature.
The next time you hook or slice your drive OB, I want you to take a deep breath. Then, without changing your swing, simply slow down your backswing about one pace.
When you slow down your backswing, you essentially swing down your whole swing.
Part of mysteries in golf is that your heart beat simply beats faster when playing real golf. Hence, without you knowing, you subconsciously swing a tad faster than you did at the driving range. (when you hit those perfect shots)
If you hit 3 shots in a row really bad even after slowing down your swing, I would say even then do not try to change your swing on the golf course. Instead, play that error whether it's a 50 yard slice or hook. (As I did outline in my free E-book by the way, highly recommended for those of you who haven't.)
Remember, when you slow down your body, your heart beat slows down too. Other than that, try to slow down everything else you do including walking.
Breathing deep 4 counts in and 4 counts out also helps, something a lot of the tour guys actually do including Paul Azinger. (who mentioned this was one of his most breaking techniques to make it to the PGA Tour in his book Zinger. By the way, Paul Azinger is one of my all-time golfing heroes, he's also probably the Tour's only golfer with super-closed clubface at the top, everyone said that wouldn't stand under pressure. Paul Azinger won enough PGA Tour events to prove otherwise.)


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LONDON (MarketWatch) — Shares of Vodafone and Marks & Spencer dragged the U.K. benchmark index lower on Tuesday after both companies reported full-year earnings, while oil giant BP declined after a legal setback related to the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
The FTSE 100 index UKX, +0.43% dropped 0.6% to close at 6,802.00, ending lower for a second straight day.
Vodafone Group PLC VOD, -0.13% VOD, -0.34% posted the biggest drop in the index, sliding 5.5% after the company said full-year adjusted operating profit fell 37% and revenue slipped 1.9%.
Also among top decliners, Marks & Spencer Group PLC MKS, -2.29% dropped 1.1% after the U.K. retailer said pretax profit fell for the full year.
Shares of BP PLC BP., +0.13% BP, +0.33% gave up 0.6% after an appeals court in New Orleans rejected the oil major's request for a review of the settlement case for victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil-spill disaster. BP spokesman Geoff Morrell said in a statement that the company was "disappointed" with the decision and that it is "considering its legal options".
HSBC Holdings PLC HSBA, -0.68% HSBC, -0.24% 0005, +0.08% gave up 0.9% after the European Commission formally charged the bank with antitrust violations on suspicion they colluded to rig European interest rates. France's Credit Agricole SA ACA, +0.17% and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM, +1.90% were also charged.
In data news in the U.K., April inflation rose to 1.8% from 1.6% in March, coming in higher than the consensus estimates of 1.7%. The Office for National Statistics said increased fares for air and sea travel helped lift consumer prices last month, suggesting the higher-than-expected inflation partly was due to the timing of Easter.
"Inflation is stabilizing close to the Bank of England's 2% target, giving little reason to keep interest rates at rock-bottom levels," Rob Wood, chief U.K. economist at Berenberg, said in a note.
The pound GBPUSD, +0.2053% advanced after the data, trading at $1.6843, up from around $1.6822 late Monday.
The main U.K. interest rate currently stands at a record low of 0.5%, and a rate hike would be supportive for the pound.
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Said to have descended from the Pierce and Welch families of Boston; purchased from Miss Katrina Kipper for $825 (for the pair) for the "The M. and M. Karolik Collection of 18th century American Arts." (Accession Date January 19, 1939)
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"The program's overall strategy is to make sure we are designing effective interface between technology, people and organizations. The certificate brings it all together so that in the end you will be competent on the job".
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NJIT's Division of Continuing Professional Education offers adult learners an online graduate certificate in Business and Information Systems Implementation. This 12-credit certificate teaches computing applications that help a company to achieve current best web practices. For example, an e-commerce website or online store needs functionality that allows you to look at all the things that company is offering you, select what you want, integrate into shipping, integrate into banking, credit cards or PayPal, as well as customer service and even chat. Our classes teach students how to assess requirements and design needs; implement online and evaluate to assure that all the elements work together.
NJIT has been successfully teaching information systems for decades. The program's overall strategy teaches the student to interface effectively between technology, people and organizations. The certificate brings it all together so that in the end you'll be competent on the job.
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- Graduate certificate is a stand-alone credential that can lead to one of the following corresponding 30-credit NJIT master degrees: MS in Information Systems, MS in Business and Information Systems, MS in Computing and Business, MS in Emergency Management and Business Continuity
- Financial Assistance is available for students who study part-time (6 credits or more). U.S. income tax education credits can be applied as well.
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NJIT, New Jersey's science and technology university, enrolls more than 9,500 students pursuing bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in 121 programs. The university consists of six colleges: Newark College of Engineering, College of Architecture and Design, College of Science and Liberal Arts, School of Management, College of Computing Sciences and Albert Dorman Honors College. Many courses and certificate programs, as well as graduate degrees, are available online through the Division of Continuing Professional Education. U.S. News & World Report's 2012 Annual Guide to America's Best Colleges ranked NJIT in the top tier of national research universities. NJIT is internationally recognized for being at the edge in knowledge in architecture, applied mathematics, wireless communications and networking, solar physics, advanced engineered particulate materials, nanotechnology, biomedical engineering, sustainable technologies and e-learning.
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They Goofed All The Way… Making The Spectacular Spectacularly Funny!
Watch the video below and try to explain is it true or fake the thing that happened.
Everyone knows those two guys in the video, Dan and Dan, they are famous because they are remarkable showmen. The have a lot of experience with well trained horses, but as we can see from the video trouble can find anybody.Most of you will wonder if the "trouble" is part of the show, but it's hard to find out! The two showmen are so good in their job, that you can not recognize how serious the situation is! With their great sense of humor they are capable to control every situation. So, are the horses really out of control?!
Guess what happened at the end of the video and please leave a comment below. It will be fun for everybody to share their opinion and see what others think.


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Brotherhood. Bravery. Car crashes. Courage. Fist fights. Family. The Fast and Furious franchise has been fueled by a number of fascinating components over the years, helping the engine-revving series to sustain incredible levels of energy for the past 16 years. Familiar faces have come and gone in the silver-screen's most action-packed soap opera, but the core group -- the "Family" -- has always found a way to stay together, to ride as one from each adventure to the next.
Tragically, that ride changed direction with the release of James Wan's Furious 7. As we all know, founding Fast & Furious father Paul Walker lost his life during the filming of the seventh Fast film. And while Wan was able to figure out a way to finish the movie, the Fast universe had to find new ways to movie forward. And that's where we are at now.
The Fate of the Furious continues the story after Furious 7, following Hobbs (The Rock), Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) and their team as they contend with a rogue Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel). I am updating our list of official Fast & Furious rankings, and I'm including Fate, so we will update its box office standings as time rolls on. The Fate of the Furious is said to start a new trilogy of films, so we expect this ranking list to grow and evolve over time. For now, this is where we think every Fast & Furious movie falls in line.
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Global Box Office: $363 million
The fourth film in the Fast & Furious franchise could have sent the entire series down the drain. While earlier chapters like 2 Fast 2 Furious succumbed to camp, they at least could be chalked up as colorfully entertaining distractions. Justin Lin's Fast & Furious thought it had the distinct advantage of luring Vin Diesel back into the fold, but it forgot to give Dom (Vin Diesel) and O'Conner (Paul Walker) anything fun to play with. The opening sequence involving high-speed fuel tankers is memorably exhilarating, but the rest of the plot -- involving a somber drug runner (Robert Miano) and a race across the Mexican border -- is muddled and dull by Furious standards. No matter how many Fast movies they end up making, this likely will always be the series' lowest point. (We hope, anyway.)


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Saturday, May 6, 2017
Life was simpler when I was younger. No job, no bills, no responsibilities except the minute amount of homework that, let's be honest, I was excited about. I could play all day, pretending to be any number of characters from movies and books, and that's all I really had to worry about. Even in high school and college, where the homework amounts were staggering and jobs and bills and responsibilities started to become a never-ending nuisance, things were simpler.
So what happened? I graduated college in 2008, right around the time facebook opened its doors to the masses (rather than just the college kids like it was when I signed up) and twitter became a thing. And phones got smarter.
Sure, there was myspace and livejournal and all that when I was in high school, and facebook in college, and we all carefully curated our Top 8 friends and our AIM away messages, but there was still a level of disconnect we don't have today.
Now, there are 15 different social media apps for each part of your life you want to share, and they've taken over our free (and not so free) time.
As a high school teacher, I see the dangers and perils of social media on a daily basis, and realized that while I'm older and no longer subject to much of the same levels of cyberbullying these kids go through, I'm on social media entirely too much.
So I'm going to conduct an experiment: for one entire week, I'm going to stay off social media.
I want to see what happens when I don't have mindless scrolling at my fingertips when I'm bored. Currently, my phone is a constant distraction whenever I'm trying to be productive in my creative endeavors. At work it's not really a problem since I'm a teacher and free time is a luxury, but on the evenings and weekends, my phone battery dies faster than you can say YouTube.
For the record, these are the social media networks I regularly use (so will not be using during my experiment): YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and Facebook.
This will be going from Sunday, May 7 – Saturday, May 13 (at midnight, a full 7 days). I will be deleting these apps from my phone for the duration of the experiment.
Let's see how this goes!
Saturday, May 6 11:37pm
I tweeted a "see you later" and deleted twitter, facebook, instagram, and snapchat apps from my phone so I'm not tempted by the little red numbers (or habit). I wonder if anyone will like/favorite/DM/comment while I'm gone. Will I be sad if they don't?
Sunday, May 7 9:39am – Day 1
I woke up this morning, grabbed my phone, checked my email, and then felt lost. Normally this is when I catch up on all I missed overnight… but now? So I got out of bed, made breakfast, and checked goodreads ratings on all the books I bought at the library sale yesterday (Goodreads doesn't count as social media!). Semi-productive already. Now… to read?
I finished one book (The Master and Margarita – FINALLY) and started another (The Upside of Unrequited) and am starting to do that thing at chapter breaks where I pull my phone out looking for a distraction. Which makes no sense because I'm thoroughly enjoying this book. But no distractions await me, and I open the book for a new chapter.
Day one: done. Also, I finished The Upside of Unrequited, but that may have also been because it was a fast read and I had a decent chunk of time to devote to it. Also, no social media distractions… I wonder what else I can accomplish this week. I do sort of feel disconnected, though. Like, I want to share my thoughts about this book and see all the Disney posts on Instagram and check twitter and get rid of the Google Plus (YouTube) notification on my email. But I can't.
Monday, May 8 9:30am – Day 2
It's only been a day and already I feel so much freer without being tied down to the various social media feeds. What am I really missing? Drivel. I did feel a bit weird this morning as I drank my coffee – usually the time I scroll through all my feeds – but I just opened my phone and didn't know what to do with it. So I listened to my audiobook instead. So far, no social media equals more productivity. I want to keep this in mind when I'm back in a week.
I told my students about my experiment and convinced another to try it. Another told me she tagged me in something but I told her I can't check it until Sunday. That might be the hardest part – the communication barrier. Social media is how we connect now, it's how businesses and artists get followers, create connections. So much of the world is online. But what if I don't want to be? (To an extent, at least – I feel like it's impossible now to avoid the internet totally, especially for creative types because it is such an easy/cheap way to distribute your work.) But do I really need a twitter/insta/facebook/snap? No. Do I enjoy them? Sometimes. Do I feel the effects of not having them? Yes.
Tuesday, May 9 2:48pm – Day 3
It's starting to get annoying now, mostly because
- I'm bored, and
- I created a poll for online lit mag titles and I can't crowdsource, so I have to do it the old-fashioned way, which gets fewer responses.
I've restarted my feedly as well, in an effort to curb the planning block boredom. Does that count as social media? It's articles – mostly from online lit mags – so it's educational, right?
After work I went to Happy Hour with teacher friends for teacher appreciation week (appreciating ourselves) and at one point, the other three were all on their phones, scrolling through social media (for memes based on AP Exams, because teachers), and so as the only person not on social media (or an AP teacher, for that matter), I definitely experienced the non-social side of social media. I was left out because I wasn't on my phone, yet we're all leaving ourselves out by being on our phones rather than interacting with the world around us. Ironic.
On another note, my sister-in-law asked me for a picture of us from Prom, and even though I was pretty sure one existed on facebook, I couldn't get to it, so I had to physically find all my old photos and dig through them to find one.
On a side note: How weird is it that when we share pictures now we just shove our phones in people's faces? And then there's no control – what's stopping them from scrolling through your other pictures? With physical photos, they only get the stack you give them. Invasion of privacy is the new normal. Oh, and I downloaded two new games to my phone just to have something to do to kill small amounts of time. Distractions, distractions. Hard to get rid of them all.
Wed, May 10 9:32pm – Day 4
I almost went on facebook today by accident. I was on my computer, procrastinating writing (as one does) and opened a new tab. I was just about to type the 'f' when I realized autopilot had taken over, and I closed the tab.
I've been good, but now it's starting to get annoying. It's not that I miss it, per say, I just liked having the option to scroll. Though I guess that's the problem – the option becomes the norm becomes the auto-action and we get sucked in.
I guess I Just wonder if I've missed anything. I know – rationally – that I haven't. That nothing on social media is important. But it's also how people communicate, and what if someone tried to message me? (Well, I guess if they really needed me, if it were really important, they'd find a way.) And how often do I get messages anyway? Not very. I fear that part of me expects other to have missed my presence, that I'll come back to all sorts of messages and notifications… when, in reality, I probably won't have any. And I'm kind of worried how I'll feel when that happens. It would seem I'm much more in the clutches of social media than I thought.
Thurs, May 11 9:36pm – Day 5
The only time no social media really affected me today was when I wanted to check facebook to see if was my friend's birthday (it was). I didn't want to tell her happy birthday if it wasn't and don't have that info anywhere else (because that's what facebook is for), so I had a student look for me. Yep, I sunk that low. I guess that in itself is a lesson: don't depend on social media for courtesy and manners. That kind of thing should be kept in a safer location – what happens if the account had been deleted, or facebook was hacked and everything gone? No more birthday reminders. Old school might be the best way to go.
Fri, May 12 11:28pm – Day 6
Only one more day. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Part of me says "thank goodness," while the other part knows how quickly I'll probably sink back in. But I've been so productive this week without it, and the whole thing has been positive and freeing, so I hope I remember that.
Sat, May 13 11:03pm – Day 7
Last day! Last hour! I think today was the day I checked my phone the most, since Sunday, before realizing I had nothing to do on it. Probably because it's the weekend and my days aren't filled with school distractions. But, I'm going to preemptively say (because I'm going to watch a movie and go to bed), I MADE IT!
Sun, May 14 – What I missed
Facebook: 20 notifications, 0 directly for me
Instagram: 1 comment, 5 followers, 14? Likes
Twitter: 4 messages (some with missed threads), 27? Notifications (some of these from a group tag)
Youtube: 6 comments (no new video posted)
I didn't reinstall Snapchat.
So did I miss anything super exciting or pressing? No.
I responded to maybe three of the tweets I was went, and that's it. And honestly, I scrolled through them all for about 15 seconds before I realized I just didn't care, and closed my phone.
Social media is great for communicating – it's an easy way to get in contact with people on an informal level (or like, with students – two of my notifications came from them), but mindlessly, endlessly scrolling is a waste of time. There's nothing important there, and it's all FOMO, basically. If I quit scrolling, I may miss something important/genius/hilarious/etc, but nine times out of ten, there's nothing there, or it wasn't all that profound/important/funny anyway.
I also noticed that as soon as I turned it all back on and started the scroll, I started judging and comparing myself to others. Well, they got a nice note from a student I didn't get (except I did, last week, and Instagrammed it too); they commented on that post; they're celebrating 5 years, etc. It's all there to put our best lives forward, but at what cost to ourselves and others? Numbers don't matter and yet we all live so anxiously by them. By tiny digital hearts and thumbs up that mean ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
Social media drives the world rather than talent, ambition, intelligence, creativity. It's all about your following – it's how Trump got elected.
And it's terrifying.
So I'm back, but not like before. And I know how easy it is to slide back in, but I'm going to try my hardest not to. I hope this sticks, because this past week felt good, and I don't want to get lost again.
Honestly, it's been 12 hours and I've barely scrolled. I just don't care anymore. The conversations are nice – the FOMO I'd felt wasn't really about the tweets and instas, it was about the missed opportunities for conversation, through notifications and DMs. Five pictures down my Insta and I was done. I deleted most of my twitter notifications because again, I just don't care.
And I don't want them clogging my time, my energy, my optimism, my life.


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I maintain that sharing one's deepest emotional life with a person other than one's spouse (except a therapist), while distancing oneself from a marriage and avoiding the issues, is emotional infidelity, oftentimes much more destructive than sexual infidelity. Six years later, I still haven't recovered from the betrayal.
He did say that he knows he hurt me "in many ways," but that was early during the divorce process, when he wanted me to fork over more money (I was the primary breadwinner).
He never actually enumerated any of the ways in which he had hurt me, or apologized. Nor did he ever express gratitude for the good he did get from our marriage, which was substantial. He offered not a word when I was diagnosed with breast cancer a year into the divorce, nor a card of condolence when my mother died two years later, or my sister, several months ago.
After four years of living together, the relationship with his "friend and confidante" ended. I learned that their time together had been a hellish nightmare. Among other issues, she drank too much and, on one occasion got a DUI.
I admit that their break up gave me some comfort and helped me see that I was not the cause of his unhappiness, as he had said. He dated other women for the next year and, three months after meeting the most recent woman, married her.
Until that point, I thought I had been healing, but the fact that someone like him, who had been verbally and emotionally abusive to me and had other severe anger problems within the community, could have what I imagined was a good thing happening to him (i.e., the remarriage), has reopened my wound and undone some of my healing.
I still have hope, against all evidence, that one day he will apologize to me, express gratitude, and give me closure. It's unbearable when I think he won't. How can I evict my ex-husband from my my heart and mind?
Dear Ruth,
This may sound harsh, but I have to ask: what is it, exactly, that you miss about this guy? What was he good for? The man verbally abused you; betrayed you with his "new best friend" and Lord knows who else; bled you of your income; and was in the wind when you contracted cancer and lost your mother.
And why do you need to have an apology and some gratitude from this jerk? How will that make you OK? You already know you have these things coming. So why not give them to yourself - then at least those words of validation would be coming from someone with some character and reliability....
And one final question: Why are you throwing all your power away to him, holding fast to the belief that you won't be okay until you hear these things from his self-absorbed mouth? Do you not want to be okay?? Instead, why not focus on getting blood from a stone? You might have better luck there.
Okay, enough with the sarcasm. I just wanted to get your attention. Here's the thing: you need to turn your focus away from this jerk, and instead, place it where the real payoff is: inside yourself.
You really want to move on? Investigate what drove you to this relationship in the first place; what kept you in it for 20 years; and what keeps you looking back at it now.
It could be any number of things: low self-esteem, parental modeling of a lousy relationship, a need to feel righteously one-up by holding tight to the role of victimized "injured party"; a fear of your own aggressive instincts, terror of engaging in real intimacy with a genuine grown-up; the need to be part of a couple, no matter what... who knows? Only you do. Find a good therapist or counselor and dive in. That's where the pay dirt is – looking at yourself.
You can support this effort, of turning your attention inward and away from him by starting a mindfulness meditation practice with Jon Kabat-Zinn; or listening repeatedly to the guided imagery for Heartbreak, Abandonment & Betrayal; or Traci Stein's Self-Esteem and Self-Esteem during Sleep; or just talking to friends who value you and wish you well. A support group could help. Some new interests could, too. Try doing something you've never done before - where there are no associations to when you were with him.
Whatever you do, turn your attention away from this man and onto something that will offer you some nourishment and energy for your future.
Perhaps the image you could hold in your mind is of the feel of two very warm, loving hands, cupping your face and ever-so-gently turning it away from him and toward something shiny and beautiful in your future.
I wish you well with this, Ruth!!
All best,


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When students walked in on Monday they found mini-pumpkins scattered all over my tables (they were SO excited). The first thing we did was talk about what a still-life is and then looked at two different examples.
We carefully examined both still-life's and then students were asked which one they thought looked more 3-dimensional? They all picked the more realistic one the the right. Then I asked them what made the one on the right look more 3-dimensional? What gave it the illusion of depth?
I got a few different answers for this one. One student said that you could see the objects were sitting on a table. Another said that you could see shadows from the objects. Another said that you could see that some objects were sitting behind other objects.
Oh I was so proud of them! :)
Yes! All of these things help to make the one of the right look more realistic!
Then I asked students to look at an image of a circle and a sphere.. and tell me how even though they have the same outside shape, the sphere looks like it has volume and the circle looks flat.
We once again went back to the idea of highlights and shadows.
After viewing a few more images we determined that the positioning of highlights and shadows depends entirely on the light source for the object.
I found this graphic online while creating this post - I think it would be a great resource when talking about light sources.
|From: http://www.computing.northampton.ac.uk/~gary/csy3019/CSY3019SectionD.html
Once students finished their drawing, they outlined their pumpkin with black crayon. Then on day two - it was on to painting
|Beautiful stock photo. Mine are NOT
this clean. haha
I wanted students to mix their own oranges, so the limited color palette of the tempera cakes worked out perfectly.
I explained to my students that since we were mixing colors, we had to move quickly so the paint wouldn't dry on our paper.
First they painted their pumpkins yellow and then red overtop. As they painted, their brushes mixed the yellow and red paint into various oranges. Then we cleaned our brushes and got some white paint on them. We used this paint to add highlights to the tops of our pumpkins (tint). Then we used black (just a little!!!) to add shadows to the opposite side (shade). If students got too much black on their pumpkins, I showed them how they could use yellow to bend their black up so the contrast wasn't so stark.
Then students painted in their stems. Some chose to use green, while other experimented with combining other colors to create brown.
These paintings went up into the drying rack.
The next step in our project was to create our backgrounds for our pumpkins on a separate sheet of paper. I had a few different ideas I wanted to try out for this part.. so I did this part differently with two of my classes. The first group was told to draw whatever they wanted in crayon, and then were given liquid watercolors to create a resist. The second group was told to try drawing various wavy and spiral lines to create a sense of movement, then were given liquid watercolors to create a resist.
Once these were dry, we cut out our pumpkins from the first sheet of paper and arranged them onto the background paper. The first group had a more abstract looking piece, while the second group added green paper to the bottoms of their page to create more of a landscape.
Version One:
|Teachers sample of version one. I used liquid tempera for my pumpkins.
|Probably my favorite student sample.
|Beautiful pumpkins - ohhh the background. :/
Version Two:
|Because everyone loves a good levitating pumpkin. ;)
I was surprised - at first I didn't like the first version.. which is why I switched it up a bit with the second.. but upon viewing all the images together.. I really actually prefer the first one.


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Thursday, 09 September 2010 07:18 AM
India condemns a Florida pastor's plan to burn copies of the Quran, and the government hopes the U.S. will take strong action against him, Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said in New Delhi.
Terry Jones, pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, has been criticized by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Vatican for his plan to burn the Muslim holy book on Sept. 11. Gen. David Petraeus, commander of international coalition forces in Afghanistan, said the act would endanger U.S. troops.
Chidambaram urged Indian newspapers not to publish photographs of what he said would be a "deplorable act" and asked television channels to refrain from broadcasting images. The media must show restraint over the "next couple of days and help in maintaining communal peace and harmony," the minister said, reading a government statement.
The proposed burning "is totally unbecoming of anyone who claims to be a man of religion," Chidambaram said. About 13 percent of India's 1.2 billion people are Muslim.
Facing mounting criticism around the world and at home, Jones says supporters have sent him copies of the Quran to burn and he is not convinced "that backing down is the right thing to do," Associated Press reported.
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With severe economic troubles, weak leadership and a restive population, Argentina has been courting trouble for months. It arrived with the collapse of the elected government and a second day of deadly rioting yesterday in the streets of Buenos Aires and other cities. Whether Argentina comes out of this crisis as a stable democracy will depend on the restraint of its army, the patience of its people and steady leadership by the successor to President Fernando de la Rúa, who resigned yesterday.
The sight of a democratically selected Latin American leader, however unpopular, departing so hastily from office is troubling for a country still trying to build democratic institutions and practices. Instability and dashed hopes have haunted Argentina since military rule ended in 1983. Raúl Alfonsín, who oversaw the transition, did not finish his presidential term, resigning in 1989 during another economic crisis. His successor, Carlos Saúl Menem, steadied the economy for a time but never addressed the country's fundamental problems.
Mr. de la Rúa was an ineffectual leader. Given Argentina's chronic instability, however, the country might have been better served if the Peronist opposition had entertained his offer yesterday to create a national unity government to confront the economic crisis. Domingo Cavallo, the powerful economy minister, who was responsible for imposing a punishing austerity program and a currency board that maintained an artificial one-to-one rate of exchange between the peso and the American dollar, resigned late Wednesday. The Peronists, who control Congress, could have helped to construct a new bipartisan consensus on how to proceed.
Instead they chose to take advantage of the crisis, forcing Mr. de la Rúa to resign. In the absence of a sitting vice president, Ramón Puerta, the Peronist leader in the Senate, will become president. It is not yet clear whether he intends to complete the last two years of Mr. de la Rúa's term or call for an earlier vote. He should schedule elections as soon as possible.
Argentina is beset by a 20 percent unemployment rate, growing poverty and a bankrupt financial system. The Argentine economic miracle of the 1990's was a mirage created by foreign creditors enamored of the country's monetary policy. The currency board allowed foreigners to invest without having to fear devaluation or inflation.
This allowed Argentina to go on a $130 billion borrowing binge without addressing longstanding shortcomings, especially the corruption of its public finances and the nation's uncompetitiveness as an exporter. Predictably, the time has now come when Argentina can no longer make its debt payments, and foreign investors have lost confidence in the country. The usual stern prescriptions from the International Monetary Fund for greater austerity to weather the storm only made matters worse.Continue reading the main story
Like other nations that have reached this crisis point, Argentina will most likely have to devalue its currency and pass through even rougher economic times before it can begin a recovery. It is a painful process, and one that can be managed only if political stability is restored and maintained, and if the army stays out of politics.Continue reading the main story


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What Your Favorite Famous Oscar Dress Says About You
Any young TV star can be pretty, but a movie star wants to be an icon. Over the years a few Oscar nominees have managed to achieve that for themselves with a dress so eye-catching and remarkable that we remember the look for years, sometimes decades, later. But all icons are not created equal, and which one you ally yourself with says a lot about who you are as a person.
Here's what your favorite Oscar dress says about you.


text: > Has anyone made the Macaroni & Cheezy Tofu from the fatfree archives > (recipe follows)? I'm wondering whether I should use silken or regular > tofu? I haven't used that one, but I use a similar one, and I always use regular tofu. If you want to compare the one I use to that one, it's at http://www.veganconnection.com/recipes/maccasserole.html. Susan ************************************* www.veganconnection.com http://www.myhq.com/public/s/u/susanv/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fatfree_vegan *************************************


text: A linear relation, independent of the size distribution, between visible and near-i.r. extinction coefficient σe(m−1) and mass concentration M (gm−3) of carbonaceous smokes is predicted. For a wavelength λ = 0.55μm the relation is σe/M = 9.5m2g−1, assuming a particle density of 2gcm−3. The relation is in good agreement with measurements on coal-fired stack plumes, oil smoke, soot and diesel exhaust that are available in the literature. A similar relationship between carbonaceous smoke visible and near-i.r. absorption coefficient σa, and mass concentration is also derived. The relations suggest that integrated mass concentration along a path within a carbonaceous smoke cloud can be inferred from measurement of the transmission from one end of the path to the other, and that the mass concentration at a particular location in the cloud can be determined from an in situ measurement of aerosol absorption at that location with a visible or near-i.r. laser spectrophone.


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Last Tuesday inside the gymnasium at East Brooklyn Congregations School for Public Safety and Law, six students stood in a row on the edge of the school's basketball court and when prompted by a voice from a tape recorder ran to the middle of court. When the voice played again they stopped and ran back.
Other students sat along the wall of the gym and watched as students ran until they were too tired. The voice coming from the recorder kept prompting students to run and counted laps. After lap 10 most of the female students had dropped off. By lap 20, all but two male students kept running. At around lap 40, the final male student, slowed his run and then stopped and caught his breath.
According to the pacer test rubric, as it's called, a physically fit 16-year-old male student should running at least 61 laps. In a class of about 25 students, not one student passed the test. EBC physical education teacher William DeFreitas encouraged students to run despite their visible displays of lethargy.
This exercise was part of the citywide FitnessGram, a test that measures aerobic capacity, muscular strength, endurance and flexibility to name a few other health indicators.
The test was adopted by the city in 2005 as a way to test physical fitness and was developed by the Cooper Institute of Aerobic Research, a Texas based fitness research institute. Some of the other aspects of the test include abdominal curl ups, push-ups and the test also measures a student's body mass index. The FitnessGram takes into account a student's sex, age and weight when determining his or her ranger of physical health.
According the pacer test, the number of laps a 16-year old girl needed to run to be considered on the low end of the healthy spectrum was 32. In the two groups of six runners that participated in the test, not one female student ran 20 laps.
It was unclear whether it was lack of interest or lack of ability that kept students from reaching acceptable fitness levels. One female student showed up to class wearing dress boots and had to run in those. After all the students completed the test some students wanted to run again to improve their score. Still, no student achieved a passing score.
— Jamie Oppenheim