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It is about a gift that I have decided to present to myself before the end of 2007, I will get myself a Dell XPS 1710 laptop. I fell in love with this technological wonder, but it is still too expensive. Some of the interesting specs are as follows:
- Processor T7600 (2.33GHz/667MHz/4MB)
- OS Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
- LCD Panel 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™ Memory 2GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHZ, 2 DIMM
- Video Card 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7900 GTX (PCI Express x16 Graphics)
- Hard Drive 100GB SATA 7200RPM Hard DriveNetwork Card Integrated 1 Gigabit Network Card and Modem
The two most attractive features are the separate 512 video memory, and the screen. My work involves the use of heavy engineering software, so it will help.
It has been reviewed on CNET here

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MINNEAPOLIS – Connected health solutions provider HealthFactors and Koronis Biomedical Technologies have announced a collaboration to improve health care and outcomes for people with respiratory conditions associated with asthma, COPD and cystic fibrosis. The companies will work on developing products and initiatives including algorithms that are used in smart inhalers. "Breakthrough treatments for complex medical conditions are being driven by a marriage of leading-edge electronic and software technology and advanced algorithms that deliver information from devices to patients, health providers, families and caregivers," said Patrick Lichter, co-founder, president and chief technology officer of KBT, in a statement. "This type of digital solution surrounds the patient and creates a truly connected experience that factors in all aspects of their lives and health care journey." Throughout the collaboration, HealthFactors and KBT will partner with device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, researchers and clinicians who are focused on emerging treatments and therapies for respiratory and other complex medical conditions.
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First, she wanted to position the drug as far away from Pfizer's market leader, Viagra, as she could. After all, as the first ED drug on the market, Viagra had the world to itself for more than five years until Levitra was given FDA approval in October of 2003 and Cialis, from Eli Lilly & Co. and Icos Corp., received approval in October.
"Our research showed that only 15% of the potential market was being treated by Viagra. So there was room in the marketplace," says Ms. Strauss, 37, Bayer's director of marketing for men's health.
To convey that message, Ms. Strauss used a campaign that not only trumpeted the new kid on the block, but also convinced men to see their doctors. And she did it by convincing the National Football League to change its policy about accepting pharmaceutical advertising. Ms. Strauss went to the NFL with a secondary campaign for Levitra that featured former NFL player and coach-and noted tough guy-Mike Ditka as the spokesman for "Tackling Men's Health," a health education program. "When we decided to have the eight categories [of male health issues including ED] in the league for pharmaceutical marketing, she was very convincing and very instrumental in establishing the groundwork for how we were going to do this," says John Collins, now president of the NFL's Cleveland Browns.


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The March CPI rose 0.15 per cent compared to February and 0.93 per cent year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). The result was somewhat unexpected, as the CPI traditionally falls after the Tet holiday.
Experts, though, believe that March this year can be considered to have been within the Tet holiday. The March figure is tallied from February 16, which was two days before Tet, when spending for the holiday is at its highest. The March figure also includes the actual days of Tet, when a lot of money is spent on food and beverages.
Food and catering services did indeed see the highest increase, of 0.36 per cent, compared to February. Cereals fell 0.24 per cent, whereas meat rose 0.31 per cent and restaurant catering services increased 1.07 per cent.
Experts explained that cereals saw a decline because supplies were plentiful and stable, while demand for meat increased because of Tet.
Culture, sport and entertainment increased 0.18 per cent compared last month, which is understandable, again, because of the Tet holiday.
On the other hand, five sectors saw lower prices in March compared to February. The sharpest decline was recorded by the transport sector, which fell 0.31 per cent because of lower gasoline prices.
The gold price fell 1.63 per cent during the month, while the US dollar rose 0.16 per cent against February.


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Many are still unconvinced of the profit power of 3-dimensional technology in games, despite its rampant successes in recent film releases. This year's CES show, however, sported quite a few 3-D enabled technologies, many companies attempting to push the tech on consumers as early as later this year. James McQuivey, Vice President and Principal Analyst at the Forrester Research firm, steps back from the marketing blitz and decries 3-D technology as "mostly hype" in his op-ed piece on paidContent.org.
"If it took 10 years for HD to go from one home to reach more than half the U.S. population, it will take 3D just as long. Which is an easy bet to make. The real trick is figuring out how long we languish in the low-single-digit millions," McQuivey writes.
"The major obstacles right now include the fact that many, many people just recently upgraded to HDTVs (40 million were bought in the U.S. between 2007-2009) and will not shell out thousands on a 3D set; 3D is only good for a handful of viewing experiences; and of course, the industry itself has to make a huge investment in the technology. McQuivey explains: "First more 3D content has to be created—that means new (expensive) cameras, new satellite uplink infrastructure for live sporting events, and an entirely new cable infrastructure to consume more bandwidth to deliver Full HD 3D content (where each eye sees a unique 1080p 3D image). And if you think consumers are reeling from the effects of a down economy, you don't want to sit in that meeting where you explain to a fatigued cable network or cable operator that after just completing a massive transition to HD, they now have to go 3DHD. Ouch."
Do you agree Elder-Geeks? Or is there room (and money) for 3-D in the consumer electronics world? Let us know your thoughts below!


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Isaac was still buffeting metro New Orleans this morning, with rain and strong winds expected to linger much of the day. But it's never too early to brush up on potential post-storm pitfalls. Following a few precautions can go a long way in avoiding injuries in the aftermath.
If you've never used a chain saw, or have little experience maneuvering one, the day after a storm is probably not the best time to learn. We all have the urge to clear debris, especially if it happens to be a tree that fell on top of our home.
But chainsaw-induced injuries represent as many as one-third of all cuts and lacerations after a storm, according to health insurance industry studies. If you use a chain saw, make sure to follow the manufacturer's directions and be aware of your surroundings.
As you begin to move about post-storm, stay away from downed power lines. Just because they're on the ground doesn't mean they can't hold energy. Also keep in mind that downed lines may not be always visible among the debris.
Insect bites and stings jump dramatically after a storm. That's already a problem this summer in Louisiana, which is seeing its highest number of West Nile cases in a decade. Wear a shirt with long sleeves and use repellent when outdoors, especially in early morning and at the end of the day, when mosquitoes are most active.
Above all, use common sense. Just because the storm may have passed, it doesn't mean there's no danger lurking.


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I got a technology upgrade today-Woot! A new external hard drive and an awesome gamin watch to get my butt back into the swing of things. My hip has been hurting so badly lately that I haven't been running but filling in with other card instead.
I found out that I really like spin class which is surprising. I am scared to get on a real bike though. I would like to try to get on a real road bike to see if I enjoy it as much as spin class. I have been working out 3-5 times a week since october. I haven't seen a whole lot of numbers disappear on the scale, but everything is fitting so much better. I wish I could put up some better numbers though.
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The plans call for the current location at 3980 Wilmington Pike to be renovated and expanded. We are also exploring the feasibility of building a new joint library and arts center with the City of Kettering.
This branch is scheduled for Segment 4. It may be adjusted to accommodate the joint project with the City of Kettering.


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Briefings draw on evidence from cohort studies to show how education, health, parenting and poverty influence social mobility.
Children born just a few weeks early have a slightly higher risk of health problems in early childhood, new research based on the Millennium Cohort Study suggests.
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Tekken was filmed in 2010. We can attribute this movie to the genre:
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The year is 2039. World wars have destroyed everything and territories are run by corporations, the mightiest -- and cruelest -- of which is Tekken. Jin Kazama (John Foo) witnesses the death of his mother Jun (Tomita) by Tekken in the slums known as Anvil. Vowing vengeance, and armed only with his street smarts and raw fighting skills, he enters a dangerous and potentially deadly combat tournament, where he must defeat the world's most elite fighters to become the "King of the Iron Fist."


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Current CEO Jean-Marie Dru is taking role of chairman. The move had been widely expected since Mr. Carroll, 52, assumed his current role of worldwide president last year. The move completes a remarkable comeback for Mr. Carroll, who was believed to have been sidelined back in 2004 when he was moved from head of TBWA's operations in North and South America to the somewhat murky role of vice chairman.
Mr. Dru, given the reigns of TBWA in 2001, was nearly lured away from Omnicom in 2005, when he was offered the chance to run the French holding company Havas in a highly publicized wooing session at Cannes. Mr. Dru has written books that include "Disruption: Overturning Conventions and Shaking Up the Marketplace," which serves as the philospohical foundation of TBWA, and "Beyond Disruption," published earlier this year.
Mr. Dru is handing his successor of one of the most highly awarded ad agency networks, with a list of clients that include Apple, Adidas and Nissan. He's widely credited for integrating a loosely connected group of shops into a full-functioning global ad powerhouse.
Mr. Carroll began his career in 1978 at Mathieu, Gerfen and Bresner and eventually move on to Chiat/Day, now part of the Omnicom network. He left in 1989 to co-found Weiss, Whitten, Carroll, Stagliano but returned to TBWA in 1999 to run its Los Angeles office. Two years later he was named president of the Americas and in 2004 he was named worldwide vice chairman.
While he inherits one of the world's strongest ad players, the job isn't without its challenges, including the perennial one of having to builld out TBWA's New York office, which has always lagged Los Angeles in both creative and new-business performance.
Mr. Carroll is also the vice chairman of the American Association of Advertising Agencies, now searching for a new CEO of its own.


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Maple Leaf Foods fined $10K after subsidiary sells non-permitted pesticides
STRATFORD, ONT-Maple Leaf Foods recently pleaded guilty to two charges in connection with violations of Ontario's Pesticides Act committed by the company's Shur-Gain St Mary's operation. A total fine of $10,000, plus victim fine surcharge, was imposed. Shur-Gain St Mary's, which produces animal feed, holds a general vendor's licence allowing it to possess and sell pest control products subject to restrictions under the Pesticides Act. In August 2003, an inspection by a Ministry of Environment (MOE) pesticides officer revealed that Shur-Gain St Mary's was selling Terminator Mouse and Rat Water-Resistant Bait and Dithioate 4E, pesticide products not permitted by its current vendor's licence. This constituted a contravention of regulation 914 under the Act. The MOE's investigation and enforcement branch subsequently confirmed the violations and charged Maple Leaf Foods.


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You see, it turns out that almost every time the Isle of Wight appears in the background of a Mary Berry cookery programme, a tedious One Show feature or a grey horror film, the same few elements are featured.
The problem with this TV-by-numbers is that they paint the Isle of Wight to be a bit limited in its appeal. You rarely see TV producers making any kind of effort to dig out other natural wonders or curiosities.
The problem isn't unique to the Isle of Wight. Try to find a national TV piece about Brighton which doesn't start with a shot of the Pier, or a feature based in Blackpool which doesn't include the presenter scoffing an ice cream with the Tower in the background (usually whilst tenuously comparing the cost of donkey rides to the challenges facing the Labour party).
Come on TV producers. How about featuring The Pepperpot near St Catherine's Lighthouse? Or Bembridge Windmill? Or Kitesurfing at Brook Chine? Or canoeing into smugglers caves at Freshwater? Or the golden sands of Priory Bay or Whitecliff Bay? Or the rarely seen coastline of Whale Chine or Hamstead? Or Bestival?
Until then, I will continue to develop the Isle of Wight TV Bingo game before launching it with a feature for the One Show starring Gyles Brandreth onboard the Alum Bay chairlift.


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It's May Day! Time for our Continental pals to do their protesting thing, but it wouldn't be surprising to see it happen this side of the pond this year! [BBC]
Britney is kind of a Twitter stalker, according to some leaked admin docs on a German website [TheAwl]
The dress-for-less (much less) economy continues to claim big victims, as stalwart Bendel's plans a big retrenchment on Fifth Avenue [NYT]
If the GoogleMaps swine flu (sorry influenza A(H1N1) tracking page wasn't convenient enough for you, try the iPhone app [Gizmodo]
First they came for the pit bulls, and I said nothing. But now, they're going after the Boston Terriers? C'mon NYCHA, look at that punim! [TheVillager]


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Nov 20, 2017
Two Hornet sophomores in Cassidy Neyenhuis and Brian Grande competed at the Cross Country State Championships at Fresno's Woodward Park last Saturday and finsihed with their best times.
The weather was crisp and the sun was shining as 160 runners stood at the line waiting to run the 5K course.
Cassidy got out with the pack and ran her first mile under control and went to work with the second mile with the rolling hills.
"The hills were challenging but nothing I couldn't handle. It helped having my teammates support throughout the course and encouraging me", said Nyenhuis.
Neyenhuis passed the line as the 78th runner with her best time of 20:31 for the season.
Brian Grande began his race with a great start and stuck to the race plan and cruised during the first mile. He had two loops of hills to complete for his second and third miles and able to keep his pace and use the downhills to pass other runners
"I felt good after the hills and passed about 15 runners in the back stretch. The crowd and my teammates carried me through the last half mile which made it easie", replied Grande.
Brian ran tor the finish line with confidence that he put down his best race of 21:31 and 51st out of 175 runners.
Both athletes accomplished what they set out to do at this race with the help of their teammates preparing them with all of their support. Mission accomplished and the end of the 2017 season.


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The fifth bridge to cross the noxious and noisome Newtown Creek between the unglamorous neighborhoods of Greenpoint and Blissville opens to traffic as the rickety bucket of bolts known as the Kosciuszko Bridge closes today, April 27, 2017, and its namesake cable-stayed span will open to traffic. The K, as I call it, has had […]
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SPECIAL K, BlissvilleDecember 31, 2016
In 1939 Robert Moses arched the imposing Kosciuszko Bridge, named for a Polish compatriot of the American Revolution, over the noxious and noisome Newtown Creek. Although The Special K originally boasted sidewalks, pedestrian access over the Creek has been limited for several decades to the Greenpoint Avenue bridge to the north. The Special K replaced a steel span […]
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CITY VIEW HOTEL, BlissvilleDecember 20, 2016
Greenpoint Avenue has about as much mileage in Queens as it does in Brooklyn. We're on the border of Blissville, a small wedge of Queens positioned between Newtown Creek, Calvary Cemetery and the Queens-Midtown Expressway; it takes its name from Neziah Bliss, inventor, shipbuilder and industrialist, who owned most of the land here in the […]
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NYC'S RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS, Part 1September 7, 2014
I have an affinity for subways, trains and railroads… not at the "foamer" level, but I have enough knowledge to recognize model numbers on most NYC, Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North (formerly NY Central) cars, or "equipment" as the insiders say. I know where the old els were, and where closed sections of various […]
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SCENES FROM FORGOTTENTOUR #65 — Calvary CemeteryMay 10, 2013
May 4th, 2013 continued the lengthy string of ForgottenTour sunny weather that had begun in 2012, as over 35 ForgottenFans were treated to pleasant 60-degree conditions for a walk in Calvary Cemetery, Queens. We stopped at about two dozen memorials, enjoyed terrific views of the Manhattan skyline and the Kosciuszko Bridge (which is slated for […]
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GREENPOINT AVENUE bus mapApril 8, 2013
The Transit Authority (it was called that once) posted small bus route maps on the nearest available utility poles at bus stops in the Swinging Sixties. This one appears at Greenpoint and Gale Avenues at the Calvary Cemetery entrance. The #24 doesn't follow this exact route anymore, and the #29 is a dim memory. In […]
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CALVARY CEMETERYDecember 11, 2011
In the mid-19th Century Manhattan was getting so crowded (by 1845 the island was fully built up south of about 42nd Street) that it was running out of cemetery space. The two largest cemeteries had been developed by Trinity Cemetery, in the churchyard adjacent to its ancient Broadway and Wall Street location, and uptown in […]
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GREENPOINT AVENUE: Greenpoint, Blissville, SunnysideMarch 8, 2009
Believe it or not Forgotten NY does get complaints. Well, one or two once in awhile. Many of them concern FNY's stuck-in-1999 design. To your webmaster, RSS sounds like an auto parts store and twitter is what birds do. Others complain about underrepresentation of some neighborhoods. I will plead guilty in this — in ten […]
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Sept. 3, 2009
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Friday's soccer game between Florida State and Penn State marks the first of four soccer matches to air live over the internet on Seminoles.com All-Access this fall. Soccer fans unable to make it out to the Seminole Soccer Complex can go right to their computers to catch the nationally ranked Noles in action in 2009.
Seminoles.com All-Access replaces ACC Select for video streaming of Seminole athletic events and is an effort by the Florida State Department of Athletics to bring the athletes and their stories to you, the fan, when you can't get to the field or arena to see your favorite Seminoles perform live and in person.
Beginning with Penn State on Friday, September 4, three more soccer matches are scheduled to air live on All-Access. The remaining schedule includes home matches against UAB (September 13), Miami (October 4) and NC State (October 25).
Seminoles.com All-Access will stream nearly 60 events during the 2009-10 athletic year including weekly football press conferences, audio from the Bobby Bowden and Leonard Hamilton Call-In Shows, numerous men's and women's basketball games, and select baseball, softball and volleyball games.
"We are very excited to continue bringing the best in Seminole athletics to the people who support us the most," Director of Digital Media Ryan Pensy said. "This is one of the best ways for us to bring our student-athletes into our fans' homes or wherever they can turn on their computer. The production of these events will allow Seminole fans all over the world to watch their favorite teams play throughout the year."
A variety of simple payment options are available to Seminole fans throughout the year. Fans can watch events on a pay per view basis ($7.95), on a monthly basis ($9.95) and throughout the entire year ($79.95) from the first volleyball match to the final baseball game.
For a limited time Seminole fans can receive 30% off an annual Seminoles.com All-Access membership. Enter code NolesFan30 before payment.
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2009 Seminoles.com All-Access Soccer Schedule
Friday, September 4 vs. Penn State, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 13 vs. UAB, 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 4 vs. Miami, 1:00 p.m.
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The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) says it will use the Lead SA Twitter takeover opportunity to look at the role of democratic institutions in ensuring accountability, transparency and good governance.
As much as these are institutions and the role they play is important, it's important that citizens are aware of their role and keeping accountable, and how they can make sure these institutions also relate to them and function properly in terms of making sure the society that we are is working towards the goals that we want.— Elnari Potgieter, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation
Potgieter will be tweeting on behalf of IJR on the LeadSA Twitter handle between 10:30am and 12pm on Wednesday.
Join the conversation using #HumanRightsTweets.
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The District Municipality of Muskoka is governed by a 23 member Council consisting of a District Chair who is elected directly by District Council.
The Council is comprised of the District Chair, the Mayors of the six Area Municipalities, and 16 District Councillors who also sit on the Area Municipal Councils (four from each, with the exception of the Townships of Lake of Bays and Georgian Bay, who have three representatives).
District Council Meetings are held in the Council Chamber of the District Administration Building at 70 Pine Street in Bracebridge on the third Monday of the month commencing at 7:00 p.m. Committee meetings are held during the day in the Council week. Meetings are open to the public.
Back Row (from left): Councillors D. Smith, S. Baker, R. Lacroix, B. Young, S. Cairns, L. Braid; District Chair J. Klinck; Councillors G. Smith, T. Pilger, D. Furniss, P. Cooper, P. Harding, and S. Aitchison.
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D4 Banner Stands - Defining the Options.
Last year was a busy year of product design and development here at Dimensions Displays. We introduced the first new D4 Banner Display in quite awhile. We've now updated our company brochures to include the new D4 Konnect model. You can download the D4 brochure at the bottom of this page, or head to the downloads page to see all the brochures.
When creating our new D4 Konnect branding it become apparent we needed to update the branding on the existing D4 models to help explain the differences between them. Individual D4 banner stands are now available in three models – Classic, Konnect & Shape. The banner fixing method is different for each model. Each method has its own advantages.
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The new D4 Konnect has a cleaner simpler aesthetic with no fixings to distract from the graphic element, the graphic just clips onto the cables. This makes it a lot quicker to assemble. It can also be built into an exhibition system by connecting displays together.
The D4 Classic is the original model, previously called the D4 Standard. It features banners with hemmed pockets top and bottom with round aluminium cross ties, suspended between the cables like the model shown here. The basic two models are still available, but the larger D4.8 model is under review. We may phase it out next year.
The D4 Shape was previously called the D4 Wide, which came in five different models. It also features banners with hemmed pockets top and bottom, containing flat battens which attached to fixings on the cables. These banners are suspended in front of the cables like the model shown below.
We're rationlising the D4 Shape down to the two models which display curved fabric banners only. The other models which displayed straight banners at 80cm, 100cm and 120cm will deleted when their stock runs out. The 80cm and 100cm models have been replaced by the new D4 Konnect models at the same widths.
Finally if anyone uses Pinterest to collate ideas and inspiration for projects you might want to head over to our How to Display Banners page. We've posted example of our work and other displays we like.


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The federal agency whose job is to make sure states comply with the nation's 55 mile-per-hour speed limit has been taken to court amid charges that the agency is ignoring widespread speeding violations across the country.
At issue in the suit, filed by the Washington-based Auto Safety Council and the group Public Citizen, is a recent decision by the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) to grant federal highway funds to Massachusetts despite an active controversy over whether the Bay State is successfully enforcing the federal 55 m.p.h. limit.
Though the suit focuses on Massachusetts, its impact may be felt nationwide: It could force the FHA to more strictly enforce the federal speed law. The case will be watched with particular interest in Western states. With their wide-open spaces, these states have long opposed the 55 m.p.h. rule. Several Western states have gone the route of Nevada, which levies a $5 fine for ''energy wasting'' on anyone caught driving between 55 and 70 m.p.h. (The penalty is higher for those driving over 70.)
Five years ago the federal government, in an effort to encourage states to abide by the national speed limit, set up regulations and penalties for states lax in enforcing the nation's 55 m.p.h. speed limit. The little-known FHA regulations permit the FHA to withhold up to 5 percent of a state's federal highway funds if more than half of the state's drivers exceed the limit.
The law has been on the books since 1978. Since then each of the 50 states has conducted annual road surveys, and results show at least 50 percent of all drivers were traveling at or below the speed limit. They all did, that is, until 1982, when a Massachusetts survey showed that 56.5 percent of the state's drivers were speeding.
Under the regulation, the federal government may withhold as much as $3.7 million in highway money. The state expects to receive $365 million in 1983.
The state responded to the apparent violation by challenging the accuracy of its own survey. State officials made some ''technical adjustments'' to the survey equipment after consulting with the FHA. They also said a greater emphasis was placed on speed-limit enforcement. The results of the revised test showed that 47.1 percent of highway drivers were speeding - still high, but within the mandated 50 percent limit.
Still, there remained questions within the FHA about the state's technical adjustments. A review was initiated, but before federal officials could determine the accuracy of the second survey, the FHA released Massachusetts' 1983 highway allocation.
An FHA official says the agency has been slow in the case, partly because of a backlog of work.
Critics say the Massachusetts case is only one example of what they say is a nationwide problem. They say the FHA has a ''sweetheart relationship'' with state highway authorities and is reluctant to use its congressionally-mandated powers to enforce the 55 m.p.h. maximum. They question the accuracy of state highway surveys - particularly the widespread use of what they call ''fudge factors'' to adjust survey results to within the range of compliance.
In addition, they say the atmosphere in Washington under the Reagan administration - which took office on a platform opposed to the 55 m.p.h. rule - is less than zealous on the issue.
''We feel it is important that the agency send a clear message to the states that they are going to enforce the 55 mile-an-hour speed limit,'' says Katherine Hall, an attorney for the Auto Safety Council.
Some observers give Massachusetts a 50-50 chance in the FHA review, which is still pending. But the compliance issue is almost certain to arise again next year - though not in Massachusetts. According to a federal highway official, preliminary data from traffic surveys indicate that up to five states face a possible cutoff in funds because of the speed-limit issue. Officials declined to name the states, but said Massachusetts was not one of them.
The nationwide speed limit started in 1974 as a fuel-saving response to the Arab oil embargo. Since then safety groups have said the measure also has helped save more than 50,000 lives in the past decade by contributing to greater highway safety.
Opponents of the 55 m.p.h. rule say federal highways have been designed to handle traffic traveling at 70 m.p.h. They also say that long stretches of sparsely traveled highway - such as in many Western states - can accommodate cars at 70 as safely as at 55.


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Drosophila melanogaster species group
The Drosophila melanogaster species group belongs to the subgenus Sophophora and contains 10 subgroups.[1][2] The phylogeny in this species group is poorly known despite many studies covering many of the species subgroups. The most likely explanation is that the various subgroups diverted from each other in a relative short evolutionary time frame. Three subgroups have not yet been investigated in molecular studies, and their position in the phylogeny is unclear. The suzukii subgroup is paraphyletic as D. lucipennis is systematically placed within the elegans subgroup.
Species subgroups:
- D. denticulata species subgroup
- D. elegans species subgroup
- D. eugracilis species subgroup
- D. ficusphila species subgroup
- D. flavohirta species subgroup
- D. longissima species subgroup
- D. melanogaster species subgroup
- D. rhopaloa species subgroup
- D. suzukii species subgroup
- D. takahashii species subgroup
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- ^ Bächli, G. (1999-2010). TaxoDros: The Database on Taxonomy of Drosophilidae. Available at http://taxodros.unizh.ch/
- ^ Da Lage, J.-L., Kergoat, G. J., Maczkowiak, F., Silvain, J.-F., Cariou, M.-L. & Lachaise, D. (2007). A phylogeny of Drosophilidae using the Amyrel gene: questioning the Drosophila melanogaster species group boundaries. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 45, 47–63.
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You need to jump on this one as many people (and some dogs) have their eyes on these 10 rounds of cheese being delivered to the Corner on July 2nd. Heidi Eisenhour, Chimacum Corner Farmstand forager extraordinaire, has pulled another veritable rabbit out of the hat this year to bring us one of the most highly sought after and talked about cheeses in Western Washington. Dinah's cheese, a soft cow's milk camembert-style cheese of remarkable flavor. And unavailable anywhere in Jefferson County – until now.
The maker of this cheese, Kurt Timmermeister, is a celebrated Vashon Island farmer, chef, and author of "Growing a Farmer: How I Learned to Live Off the Land". All of Kurt's cheeses are hand made on his farm, from his own cows he hand milks every day. Chimacum Corner Farmstand is lucky indeed to carry Kurt's cheese and fortunate to have Heidi bringing in these treasures!


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Patzer,You wrote, I don't know how it plays out in government, but here's how it played out in private industry for me:Dateline 2009. Existing policy allowed employees to carry over 20% of their PTO days to next year. Because PTO is used for sick time as well as vacation, prudent employees made it a practice to bank the maximum they could, in case they got sick late in the year. Then Stuff Happened.1Q09 results were bad, and the employer announced a mandatory furlough of 4 days per quarter for the last three quarters of the year. That was about a 6% pay cut for salaried employees, with compensation in the form of additional time off. But the work still had to get done.Policy changed to not allow carry forward at the end of the year. That meant someone who had banked 5 PTO days as a historical practice now had 17 additional days to use, and still had to get all his work done.Near the end of the 3rd quarter, a major acquisition was announced. That meant that some of those salaried employees with 17 extra days had extra work to get done in connection with the acquisition. So . . . they could take their allowed time, and fail to get the job done. Or they could pretend to take their allowed time, and do a lot of work on nominal days off. Or they could lose some days.Changes like this are designed to encourage attrition. And in some states a large company changing benefit policies mid-year might encourage a lawsuit. But of course the vast majority of private sector employees will just take it. If they lose vacation they felt they earned, they'll tend to go looking for another job. If they can find it they'll eventually leave. Simple as that.Something related, but opposite happened to me. I had a vacation planned in the summer of 2004 with my son. I had to reschedule because of work, so the vacation was pushed out to the end of the summer. Then I had a hernia, surgery and was out of work for over a week. It was my second serious illness that year. I no longer had enough PTO time to cover the week of vacation, so the Friday before I left my boss told me I couldn't go. I said I needed the time off and it was too late for my son to cancel his vacation, but the CEO (small company) had already told him to make me work it because we were behind.I cited it as one of reasons I left the next year. The CEO tried to get me to stay. She offered more money and more vacation time. I said I'd needed it the year before and I got no sympathy then even when I was willing to take it unpaid. Now I'd gone out and found something more interesting to do, so I wasn't staying just because she felt they might have made a mistake.Finally, My best guess about what is going on in the government now: Folks who had planned time off late in the year now have to deal with a backlog created by two weeks of inactivity preceded by a couple weeks of routine activity being sidelined by shutdown planning. There's an extra month of routine work to make up, and in government it won't be nearly as efficiently made up or ditched as it would be with most private employers. As a result, people who want to get the work done could lose some planned time off.I'd be surprised if the a federal agency managed their employees like either of our experiences. It would seem more likely that they'd authorize some overtime rather than suffer public complaints that they were stealing people's vacation leave.- Joel
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GENTILESCHI, ORAZIO (1563–1647), painter, born at Pisa in 1563, was half-brother of the painter Aurelio Lomi, according to some accounts by a second marriage of their mother; but the account generally accepted is that he was the son of Giovanni Battista Lomi, Aurelio's father, and was placed at an early age under the charge of his maternal uncle, Gentileschi, at Rome, afterwards bearing his name. Gentileschi studied painting at Rome, and founded his style on the finest masterpieces there. He was employed by Pope Clement VIII on paintings in the library and other parts of the Vatican; he also painted for Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini the tribune of St. Niccola in Carcere; for Cardinal Pinello a 'Circumcision' in Santa Maria Maggiore; for Cardinal Bentivoglio the portico of his palace; for Cardinal Scipione Borghese a summerhouse; also a large picture of 'The Conversion of St. Paul' in S. Paolo fuori le Mura, and other paintings in S. Giovanni Laterano, Santa Maria della Pace, and elsewhere. In the Palazzo Quirinale in 1616 and the Palazzo Rospigliosi he painted pictures in conjunction with his intimate friend, Agostino Tassi, the landscape-painter. In the Palazzo Borghese there is one of his finest paintings, 'Santa Cecilia and S. Valeriano.' In 1621, on the accession of Pope Gregory XV, he was induced by the Genoese envoy, Giovanni Antonio Sauli, to go to Genoa, where he painted fine works in the palaces of the nobility, especially that of Marc Antonio Doria at S. Piero d'Arena. Possibly he may have encountered Vandyck here. He was next invited to the court of Carlo Emmanuele I of Savoy at Turin, where he painted some excellent works. An 'Annunciation' by him was among the spoils removed by Napoleon to Paris, but was returned to the Turin Gallery (engraved in D'Azeglio's 'Galleria di Torino' and in the 'Musée Napoléon'). From Turin he proceeded to Paris, at the invitation of the queen-mother, where he found plenty of employment for about two years, and gained a new patron in George Villiers, duke of Buckingham. In 1626 he came to England, it is said at the invitation of Vandyck, though he may have come at the request of Buckingham, for whom he painted a 'Magdalen in a Grotto,' a 'Holy Family,' and a ceiling at York House in the Strand. Vandyck appears to have esteemed Gentileschi highly, and drew his portrait, which he had engraved by Vorsterman for his 'Centum Icones' (the original drawing is in the print room at the British Museum). Charles I treated Gentileschi with great honour, furnished a house for him at great cost, and gave him an annuity of 100l. Though over sixty years of age, he painted assiduously for his royal patron, especially at Greenwich Palace. Most of the pictures he painted for the king were dispersed after Charles's execution. Some are at Marlborough House, one of 'Lot and his daughters' was engraved by L. Vorsterman, another of 'The Repose in Egypt' is in the Louvre, and others are to be found at Madrid and Vienna. At Hampton Court there are two pictures by him, formerly in James II's collection, viz. 'A Sibyl' and 'Joseph and Potiphar's wife.' Gentileschi's patronage by the king and Buckingham excited the jealousy of Sir Balthasar Gerbier [q. v.], who seems to have claimed a monopoly of trading on their prodigal generosity to foreign artists. Like Gerbier, Gentileschi was employed on missions of secret diplomacy. Gerbier attacked Gentileschi in many ways, but does not appear to have shaken his position at court, as Gentileschi continued to reside in England up to his death in 1647, in his eighty-fourth year. He was buried in the chapel at Somerset House. He sometimes tried portrait-painting in England, but without much success. Gentileschi brought with him to England a large family, including three sons, Francesca, Giulio, and Marco, and a daughter Artemisia [q. v.] Francesco and Giulio were sent on picture-dealing errands to Italy, and after their father's death Francesco became a painter at Genoa, where he died about 1660; Marco was one of the suite of the Duchess of Buckingham at York House.[Baldinucci's Notizie dei Professori del Disegno, iii. 710; Rosini's Storia della Pittura Italiana; Lanzi's Hist. of Painting in Italy; Walpole's Anecdotes of Painters, ed. Dallaway and Wornum; De Piles's Lives of the Painters; Cal. State Papers, Dom. Ser. 1629–31; Salvetti Correspondence (Hist. MSS. Comm. 11th Rep. app. x. pt. i. p. 97); Sainsbury's Original Papers relating to Rubens; Fine Arts Quarterly Review, iv. 413; Notes and Queries, 2nd ser. viii. 121; Law's Cat. of the Pictures at Hampton Court; Vertue's Cat. of King Charles I's Collection; Mariette's Abecedario.]


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All Films.All Above Board.NOW INCLUDES TV SHOWS & TV LISTINGS
WWII drama. When the Japanese attack Pearl Harbour, US Navy deserter Lieutenant Richard Houston (Richard Arlen) decides to take a chance and re-enlist. To avoid being identified, he assumes the alias 'Jim Smith' and is assigned to duty aboard a minesweeper charged with keeping the waterways clear. Throughout the numerous dangerous missions that follow, he lives with the added constant fear that his true identity will be discovered.


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As TRIUMF embarks upon its latest Five-Year Plan 2015–2020, Director Dr. Jonathan Bagger implemented several changes to TRIUMF's management structure and leadership team (press release). Dr. Reiner Kruecken, former Head of the Science Division, is TRIUMF's new Deputy Director.
In this new role, Reiner will be working across divisions to realize the laboratory's scientific vision as set out in the current Five-Year Plan, and to develop TRIUMF's long-term science strategy. Reiner has led the Science Division since 2011, during which time he was involved as co-editor of TRIUMF's Five-Year Plan 2010–2015, initiated the annual ARIEL Science workshop series, and recently created the NSERC CREATE Isotopes for Science and Medicine (IsoSiM) program to expose students to the interdisciplinary nature of isotopes.
We sat down with Reiner to talk about his path to becoming TRIUMF's Deputy Director.
How did you first become interested in science?
I was extremely lucky to have a brilliant physics teacher in high school that really fostered my talent and got me so interested that I wanted to study physics.
What attracted you to physics specifically?
Everything is ultimately driven by simple physical laws. There are clear rules. That connects extremely well with me. I like that you can understand nature at its most fundamental level and that there is a very simplistic way it may actually work.
What have been some of the highlights of your scientific career?
There are different phases of my career that are quite memorable. As a student and postdoc, I was coming up with nuclear structure experiments, which I found really exciting. Some of the research topics aren't the focus anymore but, at the time, it was the reason large gamma-ray spectrometers were built.
As a professor at Yale, I was helping to build up a completely new experimental program from scratch. The lab was at a crossroad and with a small team of three faculty, we built up the experimental program again and contributed research that was relevant to the community.
The next big expansion of my career was an eye opener. At Munich, I led a very large and diverse group and was director of a small accelerator laboratory, and for the first time I appreciated the breadth of a broader program. I saw how different areas actually fertilize each other – be it ideas or technologies. I gained appreciation for science outside of my narrow field as well as the applications of nuclear physics research.
If you could go back to school, what subject would you take?
When I was a student in Germany, our classes were focused on core subjects, physics and math. I wasn't exposed to other subjects. I felt I totally missed any professional skills development.
Students and young researchers need to be made aware early on of the bigger picture and should have an environment where they are exposed to other things. That's really important. It may generate interest, spur ideas or initiatives. It's why we brought all the students and postdocs together at TRIUMF.
How does this new position, Deputy Director, fit into the lab?
If you look where TRIUMF is today, we have a very ambitious vision outlined in our Five-Year Plan. We will complete ARIEL, build IAMI [Institute for Advanced Medical Isotopes], and transition AAPS [Advanced Applied Physics Solutions, Inc.] out from the CECR [Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research] program and under TRIUMF's umbrella. There is a master plan for the site that includes growth and new developments. At the same time, there are many cross-divisional projects. A deputy director will support the director and drive these projects, ensuring safety, effective operations and project execution, as well as open communication with our stakeholders.
Five Things About Reiner
What have you been doing to prepare for this role?
A number of things happened, especially over the past two years, that have helped me prepare for this new role.
First and foremost, in 2013-14, an interim leadership team was charged with leading the laboratory while we were searching for the next laboratory director. That opened up my perspective quite a bit. When Jonathan took the helm, the leadership team continued to discuss laboratory activities and implementation of the Five-Year Plan. As we worked to secure the funding, there was a lot of preparation to understand the interactions of various research programs.
Over the past four years as Head of the Science Division (now referred to as Physical Sciences Division), I've been a part of the laboratory and seen how it works. I've been integrated into the Canadian scientific community and our member universities, as well.
I do appreciate the perspective this new position brings. I must focus on what's good for the divisions – beyond physical sciences – and understand the points of view of everyone else. I think I've always looked out for the good of the lab overall but now it's part of the job description!
What are the big plans for next Five-Year Plan, 2020–2025?
We've had some initial discussions in terms of what's the next step in terms of facility development and research. You could imagine many projects but ultimately it has to be compelling, science-driven, and supported by the community.
It must warrant the investment for Canada and in the international arena. Hopefully the Canadian community can set the priorities in a way that we can support, that keeps our science program and our facilities world leading.
TRIUMF can only be relevant if we contribute top-notch science but also serve our member universities in a way that makes it relevant for them and for Canada.
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Ok, so maybe it's not really a celebrity BlackBerry sighting in the traditional sense, but it is a sure sign that BlackBerry Smartphones have gone mainstream, now even reaching that little 'ole famous town called Springfield. Last night on the Simpsons, Homer was spotted using a BlackBerry 7230 (or is that a 7290?!) after having been given a new position at work. I guess enterprises in cartoon land are still issuing "Old Blue" out to their users. Personally if I was Homer, I'd have asked for an upgrade to a brand spank'n new BlackBerry Bold 9700. More power, 3G and the 9700's battery life is still awesome.
I wonder what the smartphone of choice for those annoying neighbors over in Shelbyville is?


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Toronto has four highly ranked public universities and four well-regarded community colleges and specialized trade schools within its city limits. The universities are University of Toronto, York University, Ryerson University and the Ontario College of Art and Design University.
In the 2015 edition of the U.S. News & World Report University rankings, University of Toronto was ranked no. 1 in Canada and no. 16 in the world, and York University was ranked no. 17 in Canada. Toronto also contains several excellent junior colleges and trade schools, such as Humber College, George Brown College, Seneca College and Centennial College. Seneca College has 11 campuses in the Toronto region and is regarded as having one of the area's premier 3-D animation and electronic engineering programs.


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Superman star Henry Cavill is put through his paces by his trainer Mark Twight before he tackles the Man Of Steel role
British actor Henry Cavill has given fans a glimpse of the grueling fitness regime that helped get him into superhero shape for Man Of Steel
And all the hard work was worth it for the 30-year-old star because the blockbuster took in a massive $128.7 million during it's opening weekend making it the highest grossing movie in June.
In the video, Henry stripped off his shirt to reveal his incredible muscles and is seen lifting huge weights and kettle-balls.
Superman actor Henry Cavill hits the gym for workout sessions with trainer Mark Twight before filming Man Of Steel
Henry raises some huge bar bells to bulk-up his body
He pays tribute to his trainer Mark Twight for helping him get into tip-top condition for the movie that will make him a household name around the world.
'Mark Twight is probably one of the most incredible people I've ever met,' he said.
'He's opened my eyes to seeing past what I thought were my limits. He's a remarkable man, truly.
'He understands what I'm going through physically. He understands me because he sees what I'm going through as a person, which I think is what makes him such a good trainer.'
The training regime adopted by Cavill and Twight has been used to help a new recruitment drive for the National Guard in America,
Twight claimed that everything that the actor went through to get in shape was just as hard as any training a soldier would do calling it a 'process of self discovery'.
Henry shows that his workout is toning his body to play Superman
And the British actor was in total agreement with his mentor about this point of view.
'One hundred per cent - the training has been a genuine discovery,' he revealed.
'Just like when Superman learned to fly I learned I could do all sorts of things in the gym - he has opened my eyes to what I thought was was my lens.'
Henry lifts some huge weights to get in shape for Superman
Despite looking in such great shape now, Henry revealed in the latest Details magazine that he used to be self-conscious about his body.
Although he is now admired by millions of women around the world that wasn't always the case for the star.
The handsome star was teased about being fat when he was younger but he's the one having the last laugh now by having such an amazing body and career too boot.
Henry Cavill became incredibly strong due to his amazing workouts
'I was fat ... I was Fat Cavill', he told the magazine.
But after he landed his first major role in the 2002 film The Count of Monte Cristo he was inspired to lose weight and get in shape.
'I lost one and a half stone 921lbs and I wasn't Fat Cavil anymore,' he revealed.
The actor bulked up to play Superman with a strict fitness regime with his trainer while sticking to a 5,000 calorie a day intake.
Henry displays the body that has made him such a big hit with Superman fans around the world
Although the star was still coy about what weight he bulked-up to for the part.
'I will say I was a lot bigger as Superman ... a lot bigger, I'm not say how much,' he added
'It's modesty about the weight - I've always been worried about my weight - but I also don't want to invite the debate: Henry weight this, so he's the perfect Superman.
'Or, Henry doesn't weigh this and therefore he's not believable in the role.'
Whatever the case all those sessions at the gym appeared to have really paid off for the star.
Henry admitted he used to be teased about being 'fat' but he had fans swooning when he arrived for The Man Of Steel premier in London in June
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Positive Influence of TV Programmes
Some good TV programmes have good effects on children. In fact TV shows for children on some channels like Discovery or National Geographic Channel can increase child's knowledge. Such knowledge is a must have in this competitive age. It is necessary on part of parents that they encourage their children to watch such shows.
There are also some TV programmes which help children understand the importance of proper nutrition, health and exercise. Apart from that, children also learn a lot of things which are helpful in their academic and future life. They can also watch quiz contests which increase their general knowledge. Parents should motivate their child to take part in such quiz contests on TV. Some TV programmes also provide opportunity to prove child's talent in dance, acting, painting, win scholarships etc; which can prove beneficial for child. However, parents should not force children to watch such shows if their child is not interested.
Negative Influence of TV Programmes
Along with the positive effects, TV programmes can also have negative impact on children. TV programmes affect the behaviour of child the most. Most of the children watch cartoon films. They get infatuated with it so much that they start using the dialogues used by their favourite cartoon characters frequently.
If accidentally, children watch the TV programmes meant for adults, it can prove dangerous. Such TV programmes are based on the concepts like divorce, crime, murders etc; which can have a very bad impact on child's mind. At times, unwanted thoughts may start coming to their mind which can divert their attention from studies and force them to do undesirable things. It can create disturbance in child's life and make his or her life stressful. Watching TV for longer time can also deteriorate child's health.
How to Avoid Negative influence of TV Programmes?
Here are some tips for parents which they can follow to prevent negative influence of TV programmes on children.
- Keep track of the time spent by your child watching TV programmes and find ways to reduce the time. However, avoid yelling or forcefully shutting the TV set.
- Make a note of the TV programmes which your child watch and find out if they are suitable for your child's age or not.
- Encourage your child to watch good TV programmes which can help improve knowledge.
- Avoid watching TV programmes which are not meant for children in front of your children. Once they see you watching these programmes, even your children may want to join you. Therefore, you should avoid watching such programmes when children are around.
- Do not force children to stop watching TV. Make them understand calmly and softly about the side-effects of watching TV programmes which are not meant for them. If you force them, they may find out other ways to watch TV. For example, they may start watching TV when you are asleep.
- Do not cut the cable connection if your child is not listening to you as such things may make them aggressive. If you want to stop them from doing something tell them sweetly or give them reward for not watching TV on a particular day.
- Play with your child or purposefully indulge them with you in completing household chores if they are watching useless programmes on TV. Try to occupy them in some other tasks to divert their attention from TV.


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|U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
|The Metropolitan Area Surveys portion of the American Housing Survey (AHS Metro Survey) collects data on housing, including apartments, single-family homes, mobile homes, vacant housing units, household characteristics, income, housing and neighborhood quality, housing costs, equipment and fuels, size of housing unit, and recent movers in a selection of metropolitan areas across the country. Data are gathered for about 14 metropolitan areas in even-numbered years until a total of 47 metropolitan areas have been covered. That is, householders in selected areas are interviewed every 6 years until all 47 metropolitan areas have been surveyed. The cycle begins again 6 years later. Since 1984, each metropolitan area has been represented by a sample of at least 3,200 designated housing units. The units are divided between the central city and the rest of the metropolitan area.
|Relevant Policy Issues:
|Housing Quality, Type of Housing, and Housing Ownership.
|Data Type(s):
|Unit of Analysis:
|Individuals, Households, and Metropolitan areas.
A household consists of all people who occupy a particular housing unit as their usual residence, or who live there at the time of the interview and have no usual residence elsewhere. The usual residence is the place where the person lives and sleeps most of the time. This place is not necessarily the same as a legal residence, voting residence, or domicile. Households include not only occupants related to the householder but also any lodgers, roomers, boarders, partners, wards, foster children, and resident employees who share the living quarters of the householder. It includes people temporarily away for reasons such as visiting, traveling in connection with their jobs, attending school, in general hospitals, and in other temporary locations. By definition, the count of households is the same as the count of occupied housing units.
|Identification of AI/AN/NA:
|Race is self-reported. Participants were asked to respond to the question on race by indicating one or more of six race categories. The six race categories were:
|AI/AN/NA Population in Data Set:
|The following categories reflect the unweighted counts for the recoded AI/AN/NA relevant response categories in the 2004 AHS Metro Survey:
White/AI/AN: 555
White/NH/PI: 27
Black/AI/AN: 74
Black/NH/PI: 6
AI/AN/Asian: 1
Asian/NH/PI: 11
White/Black/AI, AN: 40
White/AI/AN/Asian: 1
White/Asian/NH/PI: 1
White/AI/AN/Asian: 5
|Geographic Scope:
|The geographic scope of the AHS Metro Survey is national. Geographic analysis is possible by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in the following groupings or in a combined data set:
|Date or Frequency:
|The AHS Metro Survey was conducted annually between 1974 and 1996, and has been conducted biannually since 1998 with the exception of 2000 (a census year).
|No specific guidance regarding aggregation of the data exists in the extensive documentation on the AHS Metro Survey. The numbers of AI/AN/NA represented in each survey are sufficiently large to permit analyses for the specific metropolitan areas sampled in that years data collection effort, so aggregation to compensate for small Ns is not necessary. If, however, the analyst wished to aggregate across data collection years to expand the number of MSAs in the data set, it would be advisable to use the AHS National data set (also, included in this catalog) rather than the Metro data set.
|Data Collection Methodology:
|In-person interviews and telephone interviews are conducted by field interviewers.
|Optional, without incentives
|Response Rate:
|For 2004, the overall weighted response rate was 91 percent.
|Sampling Methodology:
|To draw the AHS Metro Survey sample, the Census Bureau initially grouped the housing units enumerated in the 1990 Census of Population and Housing into census blocks and assigned these blocks to either the unit/group quarters frame or the area frame. Blocks located in an area that issued permits for new construction were assigned to the unit/group quarters frame. All other blocks were assigned to the area frame.
The unit/group quarters frame was then split into the unit frame and the group quarters frame by removing all group quarters and placing them in a separate frame. All housing units that were built after the 1990 census in areas where construction of new homes was monitored by building permits were placed into a separate frame, called the permit frame.
Sampling operations for all frames were performed separately within a designated group of counties in each state. Prior to the AHS Metro Survey sample selection, records selected by other Census Bureau surveys were removed from each of the frames to avoid having the same housing unit in sample for more than one survey. The Census Bureau selected the AHS Metro Survey sample from the remaining records.
|The U.S. Census Bureau conducts the American Housing Survey (AHS) to obtain up-to-date housing statistics for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Title 12, Sections 1701Z-1 and 1701Z-2g of the U.S. Code authorize the Secretary of HUD to collect data from public and private agencies and protect the confidentiality of the data. Title 12, Section 1701Z-10 mandates the collection of the data for the AHS. This mandate covers the collection of data for the 2004 AHS Metro Survey.
|Data are collected on key policy issues, including housing. There are multiple years of data available. There are a large number of AI/ANs in the sample.
|Each data collection round of the AHS Metro Survey is limited to a relatively small number of metropolitan areas across the nation.
|Access Requirements and Use Restrictions:
|Data are available to the public at no cost.
|Contact Information:
|The American Housing Survey Branch can be contacted by email at email@example.com or by phone at (301) 763-3235.
Older AHS Metro Survey data sets can be requested via HUDUSER (see http://www.huduser.org/datasets/ahs/ahsprev.html for list of specific datasets available).
Tables, reports and the actual data for 1998, 2002, and 2004 can be downloaded from: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/ahs/nationaldata.html.
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Gov't, certificate authorities conspire to spy on SSL users?.
SSL is the cornerstone of secure Web browsing, enabling credit card and bank details to be used on the 'Net with impunity. We're all told to check for the little padlock in our address bars before handing over any sensitive information. SSL is also increasingly a feature of webmail providers, instant messaging, and other forms of online communication.
Recent discoveries by Wired and a paper by security researchers Christopher Soghoian and Sid Stamm suggests that SSL might not be as secure as once thought. Not because SSL itself has been compromised, but because governments are conspiring with Certificate Authorities, key parts of the SSL infrastructure, to subvert the entire system to allow them to spy on anyone they wish to keep tabs on.
[Ars Technica]
The weaknesses of SSL are well known, which is why people who know anything about security don't trust Certificate Authorities, but in the past this has just been known as something that governments were probably doing. Now we have the first bit of evidence that they're actually doing it. I don't think this will make any difference in the long run–after all, nobody cared when, after years of suspicion, the US government admitted to using cell phones as tracking and listening devices–but hopefully at least a few people will read this and recognize that the government can and does spy on them.
Seen on a sign at a street festival in Hollywood: "Bake Sale–No More Deaths." It turned out they were raising funds for a humanitarian organization, but my first thought was that it was a comment on the quality of their previous batches of baked goods.
Dear Old Golden Rule Days.
A recent graduate of Virginia's public schools explains how
searches, surveillance, and zero-tolerance policies have produced a
whole new way for childhood to suck.
[Hit and Run]
From what I've read, prisons public schools in other states are just as bad. I really can't understand why anyone who has kids and doesn't hate them would want to subject them to this sort of treatment.
iPad Application Design. The iPad may be a larger version of the iPhone in terms of the hardware and operating system, but treating it as the same device would be foolish. It turns out that increasing the display size of touch-screen hardware can transform it into an entirely new class of device. [Matt Legend Gemmell]
It's true that the iPad is basically a larger iPod Touch, but the difference that extra size makes is actually pretty significant. The author looks at some of the ways that being bigger matters.
The only way this Monday could get worse is if a rabid velociraptor appeared and started rampaging through the office.
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September 9 – 18, 2011
TIFF Future Projections
UK director Duane Hopkins' full-scale installation project, Sunday, is both an extension of his previous films and a haunting, elegiac projection-based work in its own right. Consisting of a series of subtly looped diptychs and triptychs, Sunday, focuses on the rural youth of his much-celebrated feature-film debut Better Things (2008) and his early shorts Field and Love Me or Leave Me Alone. Hopkins captures the ennui, sadness and beauty of isolated adolescence in painterly tones and colors that recall the British Romantics, while twinning and reconceptualizing his landscapes to evoke the brooding, twitchy surrealism of the ever-encroaching contemporary world. Sunday builds to a climax of poignant helplessness, a politics of alienation that presages the violence and turmoil engulfing England this summer.
Curated by Noah Cowan, Artistic Director, TIFF Bell Lightbox Presented by MOCCA in collaboration with the Future Projections programme of the Toronto International Film Festival
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I can't believe I waited so long to read this series. I can see why so many people consider Sanderson the best science fiction author of the last 2 decades. The ending was bittersweet, but not depressing. All the loose ends were tied up, all the important questions were answered, and none of it was in done in a quick patch-up way. The few unanswered questions are undoubtedly covered in the other books in this 'Cosmere' universe.
And on top of that, there is a follow up series that takes place 300 years after the events in the Mistborn trilogy. With all this amazing content written in a span of 10 years, it's difficult not to question how authors like G.R.R.Martin can take so long getting from one book to another.
The ending is fantastic, and didn't disappoint at all (as often happens with other good series).
I liked this book, there were a lot of twist and unexpected events. The ending felt a bit rushed though.
Brandon Sanderson hasn't disappointed me yet, and The Hero of Ages is another win-win to add to his resume.
Generally a worthwhile read but thought it got a bit too far beyond being credulous. Wasn't too keen on the ending.
Wow. What an end to a vast, complex series. Few authors can pull off such an ending, but Sanderson certainly is one of them. If you haven't read the first two in the Mistborn series — The Final Empire and The Well of Ascension — you must before you dive into this book, but if you have, be prepared fora surprising, yet satisfying ending. I am amazed at how he ties everything together, weaving all the loose ends, questions, prophesies, and characters together for a fitting conclusion that will last long in your mind. If you call yourself a fantasy lover, you must read this series. From the phenomenal magic system to the incredible characters to the meaningful moral dilemmas, this series is a masterpiece, with the Hero of Ages it's crowning jewel.
Mistborn is what I think one of the very best yet most underread book series. It's worth reading just for the third book, if not more! Totally blew my mind. Epic.
I love this book. It has a shocking and sad, yet powerful, meaningful and fulfilling ending.
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Thoroughbreds (2018)
Two teenage girls in suburban Connecticut rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of growing apart. In the process, they learn that neither is what she seems to be, and that a murder might solve both of their problems.
Release: March 09, 2018
Duration: 92 Min
Languages: English
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian, Russian, Mandarin, Ukrainian, Korean, Spanish, Hungarian
Olivia CookeAmanda
Anya Taylor-JoyLily Reynolds
Anton YelchinTim
Paul SparksMark
Francie SwiftMrs. Reynolds
Kaili VernoffKaren
Stephanie AtkinsonKnitting Therapist
Lauren LaperriereMental Patient
Thomas DingsTeenager
Svetlana OrlovaHousekeeper
Leah ProcitoDoctor
Alex WolffParty Friend (uncredited)
Chaunty SpillaneLackadaisical Mental Patient (uncredited)
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Business email requires a different approach to personal email. How should you write a business email? What are the common mistakes to avoid? Email revolutionized the world of business communications, giving you the ability to send messages and documents instantly to different people all over the world. This way of communicating, however, has also become […]Continue reading...


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Haemodynamically unstable patients can experience potentially hazardous changes in vital signs related to the exchange of depleted syringes of epinephrine to full syringes. The purpose was to determine the measured effects of epinephrine syringe exchanges on the magnitude, duration, and frequency of haemodynamic disturbances in the hour after an exchange event (study) relative to the hours before (control).
Beat-to-beat vital signs recorded every 2 seconds from bedside monitors for patients admitted to the paediatric cardiovascular ICU of Texas Children's Hospital were collected between 1 January, 2013 and 30 June, 2015. Epinephrine syringe exchanges without dose/flow change were obtained from electronic records. Time, magnitude, and duration of changes in systolic blood pressure and heart rate were characterised using Matlab. Significant haemodynamic events were identified and compared with control data.
In all, 1042 syringe exchange events were found and 850 (81.6%) had uncorrupted data for analysis. A total of 744 (87.5%) exchanges had at least 1 associated haemodynamic perturbation including 2958 systolic blood pressure and 1747 heart-rate changes. Heart-rate perturbations occurred 37% before exchange and 63% after exchange, and 37% of systolic blood pressure perturbations happened before syringe exchange, whereas 63% occurred after syringe exchange with significant differences found in systolic blood pressure frequency (p<0.001), duration (p<0.001), and amplitude (p<0.001) compared with control data.
This novel data collection and signal processing analysis showed a significant increase in frequency, duration, and magnitude of systolic blood pressure perturbations surrounding epinephrine syringe exchange events.
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Submitted by SustainableLead... on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 11:24
Turning Green to Gold
Recently, Sustainable Leadership held a mingle on the theme of "Turning Green to Gold".
A panel discussion was held in which facilitator Stuart Pledger, CEO of Sustainable Leadership Laboratory asked the panel to give examples illustrating their own successes within the green business sector.
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A circular economy is an economic system
A Brief Introduction to the Concept of a Circular Economy
A circular economy is an economic system
that sees an economy which restores or regenerates
itself and the eco-systems in which it is nested in as
the most intelligent expression of human intent.
This type of economic system stands in stark contrast
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XPERIA X2 Release Date
As we wait for the first wave of Windows Mobile 6.5 devices to ship in October, it looks like we'll be waiting quite a few months past that for the sweet XPERIA X2 to land.
According to eXpansys, which is often quite accurate with release dates, the X2 will be shipping in early January (instead of Q4 as originally thought) at the knock-your-socks-off price of around £604.99, which comes out to about $1,005. Naturally, because only five people on the planet would pay that much for a mobile device, we expect that price to come down several notches before shipping. That, or it will become available at a subsidized price on one or more carriers around the world.
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SHS principal to leave for position in Corsicana
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Eldon Franco, the principal of Silsbee High School for the past four years tendered his resignation Monday to accept a position as principal of Corsicana High School. Franco stated that the move will be to a larger school in a AAAAA district. Corsicana has over 1600 students and 130 staff members. Silsbee High School has approximately 791 students and 59 teachers.
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