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Mary Harper Receives Albuquerque Journal Scholarship, Dec. 15, 2000
SOCORRO, N.M., December 15, 2000 -- Mary R. Harper, a graduate of Cibola High School who is now a senior majoring in materials engineering at New Mexico Tech, recently was awarded the prestigious Albuquerque Journal Scholarship.
Harper is the daughter of Michael and Donna Felker of Rio Rancho.
The scholarship was awarded largely on the basis of a research proposal titled "Neon Gas Encapsulation in Glass for Lighting Applications," which Harper submitted for consideration to the newspaper's scholarship committee.
"My proposal details the diffusion at elevated temperatures of neon gas in commercial glass microspheres, or bubbles of glass," Harper explains. "When these microspheres are softened together to form a matrix and a frequency is applied, light is produced. . . . These lighting systems can then be made into a variety of shapes; and, even when chipped or fractured, will remain operable."
While working summers as an engineering intern, Harper has completed several high-tech research assignments with Motorola labs in Albuquerque and Phoenix, including projects involving dielectric ceramics, screen printing of resistors and capacitors, and the development of a methanol sensor for a fuel cell.
In addition to her ongoing research and class work, the Rio Rancho native also is actively involved with the university's Materials Society and serves as secretary of that student organization. Harper also lists current memberships in the American Ceramic Society and Tau Beta Pi, a national engineering honor society.
"I also serve as the local Young Women's President for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, helping to organize Sunday and midweek activities in Socorro," Harper adds.
"New Mexico Tech is a great school for science and engineering," Harper says. "The class sizes are very small, which encourages interaction among students and professors on a one-to-one basis.
"The classes at Tech are challenging," she continues, "and I know I'm receiving an excellent education."
Prior to her receiving the Albuquerque Journal Scholarship, Harper has been attending the state-supported research university under a New Mexico Tech Presidential Scholarship, a New Mexico Success/Lottery Scholarship, and a Ceramic Achievement Scholarship.


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Sunday's game between the Rams and 49ers looked like an attempt the recreate their tie from earlier in the season, right up until the point the Rams won it in overtime.
The 16-13 victory leaves the Rams with a 5-6-1 record and a lot of confidence as they make their way into the final four weeks of the season. Coach Jeff Fisher thinks that Sunday's win was an extension of that earlier tie and a sign that a young team is starting to have faith in itself.
"This is a carryover from three weeks ago," Fisher said, via Mike Silver of Yahoo! Sports. "We joked about taking three weeks off and getting right back after the 49ers — we didn't know it would take another five quarters. This young team believes we can go in and play with anybody."
Belief hasn't always carried over to the field, something best illustrated by the lopsided home loss to the Jets that's sandwiched in an otherwise strong run of play since the bye in Week Nine. Young teams have losses like that and the Rams can only hope that following it up with two straight wins is a sign that the loss served as a learning experience.
There's still a lot to do in St. Louis to make the team a consistent winner, but they've made big strides in Fisher's first 12 weeks on the job. More of them in the final four weeks could conceivably push the Rams into the playoff picture and would at least leave the Rams as a trendy choice to do well heading into 2013.

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Nouveau Faux: Not Your Grandmother's Fake Flowers
Do you cringe at the mere mention of faux flowers? If they conjure images of synthetic, dusty petals in a vase of solid water (what is that stuff anyway?), then check out the nouveau faux. These blooms aren't trying to pass as the real deal, but instead use wool, paper, porcelain and even sugar to create decorations inspired by flowers but completely unique.
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1.Felted wool pom poms from Etsy seller Berry Island, $18
2. Careful, this paper poppy gift topper from Terrain might be prettier than the gift itself! $14
3. Delicate porcelain blooms from BHLDN can decorate anything from the table to your hair to dessert. $10 each
4. Do you wish you could felt some flowers? While She Naps shows you how to DIY daffodils.
5. Sugar flower artist Emily Lael Aumiller and the ladies of Poppies and Posies teamed up for a very "sweet" photo shoot. Via DesignSponge
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6. Winter flowers from Cocon are stitched and stuffed for a soft, squishy bloom. €32
7.Hands down the most beautiful paper flowers I've ever seen. Don't take my word for it-- Martha Stewart loves them, too! Honeycomb Dahlia via The Green Vase, $85
8.These wood flowers are probably stronger than the vase that holds them. Via Etsy seller Uncommon, $34-68
9.The Forever Flower Ceremony Backdrop is meant for a wedding, but I'd use it as a permanent wall hanging. From BHLDN, $1,800
10.Want to craft your own fabric peony? Check out this tutorial from Creature Comforts.


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I wrote a small Word AddIn program in VB that opens an existing Word document from a specified directory when you click on a button. Here is what I have so far...
Dim Name As String
Name = InputBox("Enter File Name: ")
Dim objWord As Word.Application
objWord = New Word.Application
objWord.Visible = True
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It works perfectly...However, I want to add an If statement, that outputs a message box saying File not found! when the file input is not found. Any help on how to add this new task?


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It's not about mountains.
What is wrong with people?
You think you understand that question. You think that because you live in the regular world and encounter jerks all day who act rudely in Starbucks or take up two parking spaces that that makes you an expert in wondering what's wrong with people. But you aren't. You're looking at the wrong that doesn't matter, the light-wrong. It's also why wondrously strange movies like this have to exist, to remind you of the Deep Wrong inside everyone.
Yorgos Lanthimos, whose last feature was the Academy Award-nominated Dogtooth, lives in the world of the Deep Wrong. Dogtooth was a daring outsider at the Oscars, a sore thumb of extreme, minimal weirdness, a film about a family that holds its own kids as prisoners, brainwashing them into obedience. And when Alps opens with a gymnast begging her controlling coach for a chance to perform her routine to a pop song instead of to Carmina Burana and his response to her is, "I will take a club and crack your head open and then break your arms and legs," it's clear that Lanthimos is revisiting that territory.
But the gymnast and her coach aren't just gymnast and coach. They're role-playing their own drama while participating, alongside a nurse and a paramedic, in a group called Alps. It's a Fight Club-style secret society of dedicated amateur actors who hire themselves out to the bereaved friends and relatives of the recently deceased, performing as substitutes for the dead while the people left behind move through the stages of grief. ("The end can be a new and better beginning," says the nurse to a couple who've just lost their teenage daughter in a car accident, a moment that succeeds at being hilarious and creepy.) Alps has code names, strict rules of service and, like the family in Dogtooth, a high level of interpersonal dysfunction. The members compete, deceive one another, spy, jockey for position and, in the case of the paramedic leader who goes by the code name Mont Blanc, exercise dominance whenever they can. And by whenever I mean always.
Stranger and even sadder still, they're bad actors, never convincing the bereaved that they're the spirit and presence of the person they loved, eventually developing entirely new and, by Alps rules, forbidden relationships with the clients. It's a world of disturbingly funny discomfort, as Lanthimos works in silences and unexplained actions, bursts of random violence and deeply mournful yearning. He leaves gaps in character communication, creating unsettling imbalances between the grief-softening world his crew tries to recreate and the reality of their failures. And the comedy is so bone-dry and deadpan that when you laugh you'll wonder if you should. It's like that.
Tellingly, each character references famous actors and musicians in their interactions with clients -- Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Prince, Harry Belafonte, Elvis, all substitute objects of affection themselves -- and late in the action when the nurse loses control of her own boundaries, acting out in ways that signal a personality break, "subbing" when she shouldn't, behaving inappropriately with her own father and behaving erratically, you know why. Projection of desires onto a stand-in is asking for defeat. Nothing lost is going to be returned, nothing that leaves you comes back, the joke's on you, so you might as well defy the coach and dance to that pop song while you've still got time.
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Who is eligible for veterans health care?
Anyone who has a service connected disability or whose income is under $30,000 a year.
How do I sign up for health care?
You need to fill out form 10-10EZ, which can be obtained at the veterans office. You will also need a copy of your DD-214.
How do I file a disability claim?
You will need to fill out VA Form 526, which can be obtained at the veterans office.
Are there any VA approved doctors on Martha's Vineyard?
Yes, to date we have 6 VA doctors here on the Island.
How do I get a grave marker for a deceased veteran?
VA form 40-1330 needs to be filled out and sent with death certificate and military discharge papers.
August 2010
Veteran Health Care on Martha's Vineyard
The Providence VA Medical Center has received several inquiries regarding the provision of health care to eligible Veterans residing on Martha's Vineyard. Below are some of the most commonly-asked questions we have received. For further information, please contact the Providence VA Medical Center's Patient Services at (401) 457-3300.
Q: I have a service-connected disability of 50%. How do I obtain medical care here on Martha's Vineyard?
A: Veterans who have a service-connected disability of 50% or higher (Priority Group 1) may apply for a Fee Medical Card, which can be used towards medical care at any Martha's Vineyard clinical treatment facility/clinician for primary care only. Neither dental treatment nor specialty care is included in this authorization. Veterans in Priority Group 1 who need specialty medical care can contact the VA Hyannis CBOC (508) 771-3190 and request an appointment. For those eligible Veterans who cannot come to Hyannis for their specialty care, your primary care provider may request fee-basis in your behalf. Upon approval of the fee-basis request, you will receive care by a Martha's Vineyard clinical treatment facility/clinician.
Q: What if I am in Priority Groups 2 through 8a, 8b, and 8c?
A: Veterans who are in Priority Group 2 are eligible for a Fee Medical Card for "Service Connected Conditions Only." Otherwise, Veterans who are in Priority Group 2 – 8a, 8b, 8c (less than 50% service connection) will receive VA primary care through the Hyannis CBOC and must report to the Hyannis CBOC for treatment. Veterans in these Priority Groups who need specialty medical care can contact the VA Hyannis CBOC (508) 771-3190) and request an appointment. United States Code Title 38, Sec. 17.52, does not give us the authority to provide fee-basis primary care to these Priority Groups.
Q: What if I am in Priority Group 8g?
A: Priority Group 8g's are not eligible for medical care at the VA at this time.
Q: I am not currently enrolled in the VA healthcare system. How can I do so?
A: Eligible Veterans who are not enrolled in the VA healthcare system may apply through the Providence VA Medical Center Patient Services. The number to call is (401) 457-3300. You may also apply with assistance from the Veterans Service Officer on Martha's Vineyard, by calling (508) 693-6887. Once we receive your application, we will conduct an eligibility determination and assign you to a Priority Group. At that time, you will receive additional instructions on how to receive care and services through the VA.
Q: What should I do in the event of a life-threatening medical emergency?
A: You should report to the nearest emergency room. VA payment may be authorized for your local emergency treatment if it is medically determined that care was rendered in a life-threatening situation and VA facilities were not available to you. Specific rules and conditions apply. For additional information, please contact Patient Services at (401) 457-3300.
Q: I heard that the Providence VA Medical Center's contract with the Martha's Vineyard Hospital has expired. Are there any plans to renew this contract?
A: The Providence VA Medical Center has been in contact with the Martha's Vineyard Hospital and is reviewing options to ensure all eligible Veterans on Martha's Vineyard receive care similar to the community standard on the island.
Point of contact for this Fact Sheet is Tom Antonaccio, Public Affairs Officer, at (401) 457-3369. For more information about the Providence VA Medical Center, please visit www.providence.va.gov


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AndyM wrote:Ideologically, yes, but it's as likely as Mansfield Town winning the Champions League.
I will be watching the England team with the usual mixed emotions.
I would love Spain to win, but fear it might be too much to ask.
Gary, yes, Holland a good bet.
And ABG, naturlich.
garth cartwright wrote:Agreed, Will, Charlie missed as much as ever. With world music seemingly in severe decline I wonder if he would have broadened his playlist to music sung in English again? Or simply persevered on fewer CDs?
gary booth wrote:I think Greece could proceed from their Group - the day before their next election!
will vine wrote:I haven't studied the groupings but wouldn't you love the final to be between Greece and Germany and for Greece to win 6-0 ?
Philellinas wrote:German manager Joachim Löw has a nice tactical decision to make. Does he allow Pirlo time and space to do damage as England did or does he sacrifice a player (Sami Khedira?) to do a man-to-man marking job on Pirlo and cut off the main source of supply for the profligate Italian forwards.
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With all the talk created by the sensational offensive exploits of Edson Buddle and Herculez Gomez, people may have forgotten that Conor Casey was instrumental in getting the U.S. through to the World Cup in the first place.
When Buddle and Gomez were considered long shots last year to make the U.S. squad for South Africa, Casey was busy scoring two crucial goals against Honduras to secure the U.S. team's passage through to this summer's World Cup.
The Colorado Rapids striker played his way into Bob Bradley's thoughts last year through his consistent ability to find the back of the net, notching 16 goals for the Rapids last season. He then added two goals in Honduras for his first with the U.S. national team.
With Brian Ching sidelined with a hamstring injury and with Charlie Davies still recovering from a horrific car accident, there are forward spots up for grabs. The clamor is for LA's Buddle and Puebla's Gomez to be possibly included in Bradley's initial pool of 30 players, due to be announced May 11.
Casey, who has three goals in 2010, isn't letting the talk get to him.
"It's natural to talk about them; they are playing very well," he said this week. "All I can do is take care of my own business – that's all I can control."
With two penalties on Sunday in the 3-1 victory over Toronto, Casey reached third on the all-time scoring list for the Rapids. He has a strike rate of one goal every other game – 32 goals in 64 games. Colorado's all-time leading goal scorer is current Rapids' technical director, Paul Bravo, who notched 39 goals in 135 games during his Rapids' career.
Rapids coach Gary Smith said Casey's game against Toronto last Sunday was by far the striker's best performance of the season. But Casey needs to continue to focus on his strengths to improve the consistency of his play and make him a likely inclusion on Bradley's squad.
"He showed very, very good quality, he moved the ball quickly, he drew pressure, played round it," Smith said of Casey after Sunday's game. "There were so many good things about his game. It's not always the way. He sometimes overplays when he doesn't need to because he does have that talent as a big guy. But the more he sticks to that, the more difficult he will be to play against, the more goals he will score and the more we will create because he moves the ball quicker. And guess what? The more likely it will be that he will be in that World Cup squad."
Casey said he was glad for the win Sunday and clearly happy to score, even if he is still looking for his first goal away from the penalty spot.
"Three goals, all PKs, it would be nice to get one from the run of play," the striker said after the Toronto game. "We were able to play the ball more around. I got more touches to my feet, which is a big bonus for me. The last couple of games, we were under pressure and kicking it up in the air more and not combining. When we can combine more, it benefits me and the team a lot more. I felt a lot better about it."
The final 23-man World Cup roster for the U.S. team will be announced June 1. The U.S. opens its World Cup campaign against England June 12 in Rustenburg, South Africa.


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Renovations/Additions - $40,000 to $100,000
Our clients had two goals in mind when we were approached for the design of this renovation.
The first goal was to update and beautify the front of the house, especially the entrance. In its existing state it was rather understated. We wanted the entrance to be the focal point and achieved this with the addition of prominent two-toned stucco columns, a sweeping archway, a new vestibule and two new front windows.
The second goal was to add a family room to our clients home without increasing the existing footprint. Being right on the Rideau River it was imperative that we maximize the view of the river.
The existing garage was converted to a family room and the view of the river maximized with fenestration. The existing 3'x3' landing was enlarged to 5'x5' and opened up to the dining room. As minor a detail as this may seem, our clients feel this to be a dramatic difference.
We then converted the existing carport into the new garage. In many cases, a garage at the front of a house is a necessary evil; in this case, bringing the garage forward further strengthened the front elevation. The repetition of the stucco and arch over the garage is reflective of the new entrance and unifies the front elevation as a whole.


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Microsoft has joined the MIT Kerberos Consortium, an organisation that develops the widely-used network authentication standard. It joins Apple, Google and Sun on the consortium's executive board.
Kerberos, which ships with most operating systems, is a suite of authentication protocols that can enable features such as single sign-on, where a single login and password can be used to access multiple websites or applications. It was developed as part of MIT's Project Athena in the 1980s.
While Microsoft has implemented Kerberos protocols in its Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003 and 2008 and Vista operating systems, the vendor was accused eight years ago of subverting the standard by adding proprietary extensions.
During Microsoft's US anti-trust trial, an MIT professor testified the vendor had extended the Kerberos specification used by its Windows 2000 OS such that a non-Microsoft server could not use the security features of the PC's OS.
That evidence contributed to the view that Microsoft gave lip service to the importance of interoperability, but implemented technical blocks that locked out competitors. Microsoft eventually released details on its modifications to Kerberos.
After both US and European anti-trust trials, Microsoft forcibly and voluntarily took steps to improve its documentation of protocols as well as open up more of its internal technical details.
Microsoft's participation in the Kerberos Consortium "shows Microsoft's continued and growing desire as of late to work with the open-source community and industry consortiums around interoperability," wrote Tom Kemp, CEO of Centrify, on his blog.
Centrify, a Microsoft partner, makes software called DirectControl that lets servers, workstations and devices from other vendors use Active Directory, which is Microsoft's authentication and provisioning technology. Authentication is accomplished using Kerberos, Kemp wrote.
Despite embroiling itself in controversy, Microsoft's involvement with Kerberos has also made use of the protocol more widespread, Kemp wrote.
"As we all know there are many out there that like to beat up Microsoft regarding security, but it is ironic that Microsoft by default delivers the added security of Kerberos as part and parcel of the Windows platform," Kemp wrote.


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HCC students stood up to celeb challenge at "Transitopia"
By Nadine Kam
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"Project Runway" designers were swarmed and graciously posed for pictures for fans following the Honolulu Community College fashion show, "Transitopia," on April 23. From left, flashing the shaka sign, are Andy South, instructor Joy Nagaue, Casanova, Gov. Neil Abercrombie, Michael Drummond, Christopher Collins, Mondo Guerra and instructor Karen Hastings.
Students at Honolulu Community College staged a show to remember with "Transitopia," that took place April 23 under a tent at the school's automotive department below Dillingham.
In spite of the distraction of having five "Project Runway" celebs—Casanova, Christopher Collins, Michael Drummond, Mondo Guerra and HCC alumnus Andy South—sharing the spotlight, with each showing two designs, the students more than held their own.
Afterward the PR designers said they were impressed by the students' work and strong, cohesive collections. After all, that is the difficult aspect of becoming a designer—having a unique aesthetic and vision that comes through no matter what you're creating. It's what many of the PR designers struggled with themselves on the show, eliciting from the judges the comment, "I don't know who you are as a designer."
Mondo with HCC student designer Karen Gay.
The students easily showed the 500 who attended who they were, and you can watch videos of each showcase at the bottom of this post. While I was shooting, I thought something had gone wrong with my camera. The images were so jerky and glitchy looking. After a while I figured out that was the strobe effect of hundreds of camera flashes going off. I spoke to one photographer-about-town later, and he told me he had filled two cards with 1,200 images. How many did he have the energy to actually post? "About 40," he said.
Unlike last year's show, there was no competition for best designer, but among fashion watchers I spoke to after the show, the consensus for best show would have included Channelle Hillman's "Satire," Kiki Leung's "Nomad" and Remi Mead's "Ninja Bunny."
I liked Channell's show for the pure eye candy, and I loved the clever switchup of a reversible cape on stage, which changed up the styling of two outfits before our eyes. I loved the intellectual vigor Kiki brought to the details of her "Nomad" collection, and Remi's adorable collection is one many younger women will want to see in their closets for the pure joy of it.
That said, I think all the designers did a fantastic job, and if I had spoken to 100 people, I would have found 100 opinions on their own favorite collections. More traditional femmes will find Karen Gay's designs beautiful, as the name of her collection suggests. Randie Lunn drew the most cheers for her island-inspired "Ku'ualoha" collection. It was beautiful to see her models striding down the runway. Each looked so happy, and Randie's fabric, from Manuheali'i, flowed beautifully.
There's a niche for all, and the next step is simply a matter of successful branding and marketing, something that the PR designers also struggle with, as Mondo and Michael both expressed wariness about remaining true to their respective visions without pandering to the marketplace.
During the show, I was sitting next to the very chatty Michael Drummond, so you can hear on the videos his excitement and enthusiasm as he watched the show. At the finale, when some of the over-the-top designs of freshmen designers appeared, he was like, "How did I miss that?!"
Well, that was when they were all backstage getting ready for their own show. Missing in action late in the evening was Casanova. I was told that, true to his moniker, he'd left to go on a date!
Christina Sato, left, and Thanh Spostolides, right, congratulate designer Katie Evans.
One of the looks presented by a freshman designer.
Caleb Shinobi, in Alexander McQueen-style shoes, with Dayna Kalakau, modeled for freshman designers.
Speaking of shoes, this is what Mondo was wearing. He and Casanova had great shoes on every time I saw them.
Mondo with 2010 HCC fashion graduate Lauren Lee, who'll no doubt be showing some of her Lolita designs at this weekend's Kawaii-Kon Lolita fashion show taking place 3:30 p.m. at Hawai'i Convention Center.
Andy South clowns around in a Transitopia wig after the show.
More photos and all the designer collections on video follow.


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This week in Paris a collection of classic cars owned by just one man and charting seven decades of the motor car will be autioned. The Charles H Brown collection is being auctioned by Bonhams at the Grand Palais in Paris on February 7 and is expected to raise in the region of £1.3million.
The most valuable model in the collection is this 1931 Bentley 8-litre Sports Tourer, which could fetch between £428,000 and £550,000


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by Gedalyahu Frajdenberg
Translated from Hebrew by Jerrold Landau
We are unable to put the memories of those dark days in the annals of the nation of Israel into writing; when the German enemy, the modern-day Amalek, murdered a third of our nation. However it is holy obligation to erect a monument to those communities of Israel that once were and are no more to set up an eternal flame in memory of our families and the natives of our town of Zuromin who died the deaths of martyrs. It is our duty to remember and not to forget, and to transmit this to the future generations.
Zuromin was a small town in central Poland in the areas of Sierpc. It is one town of the many that existed in Poland prior to the Second World War. It was a typical Jewish town of Eastern Europe, with a Beis Midrash, various charitable institutions, Jewish youth movements, etc.
Our family, the Frajdenberg family, wide-branched family in Zuromin, was one of the families which lived in Zuromin prior to the war.
Our grandfather Reb Netanel came to Zuromin from the city of Rypin, where he was a teacher of holy subjects and Russian. He married Chana Sheindel, and together they established a family in Zuromin. Their sons were Hirsch-Tzvi, Yissachar, Gedalya, and Shlomo. Their daughters were Sara, Ella, Yocheved, and Mindza. The sons and the daughter Yocheved established their families in Zuromin. Sara and Ella immigrated to the United states where they established their families. The youngest daughter Mindza moved to live in the city of Zakroczym where she established her family.
Our father was Grandfather's eldest son. He married our mother Chaya of the Oberfeld family of Sierpc. Our family was blessed with eleven children. The sons were Yitzchak, Shlomo, Gedalya, Natan, and Yoel. The daughters were Henya, Bluma, Tova, Ella, Malka and Chana. Father was an upright and G-d fearing man who set times to study Torah and times to work. He worked in the manufacture and sale of men's clothing. He was assisted by all of the members of the family. He was a member of Mizrachi who lived by the motto of Torah Vaavoda (Torah and Labor). Father educated his children in the spirit of Israel and Grandfather. He sent his sons and daughters to study at the cheder with the teacher Skorupa. Of course, they studied in the public school that was headed by Brodcki.
From an economic perspective, Father was not able to let us continue studying in high school. There was no high school in the town, and we would have had to travel to another large town such as Mlawa or Warsaw in order to study. This would have involved an expenditure of vast amounts of money which we did not have. I recall that my sister Malka, may G-d avenge her blood, wished to continue her studies in high school. She saved every coin in order to be able to take private lesions with the teacher Kasian, who gave private lessons at the high school level.
When all of the Jews in the region of Sierpc, including the Jews of Zuromin, were expelled, our family was also deported to Warsaw. The conditions in Warsaw were difficult. Most of the Jews lived in the synagogues. The crowded conditions, the hunger and poverty are difficult to describe. When we saw this difficult situation, my brother Yitzchak and I decided to do something to help our family, so we escaped to Russia. When we did not return quickly, our brother Shlomo went out to search for us. When we had something to bring to our parents to sustain them, we decided that I would return to Warsaw, and the two of them would remain where they were. I intended to give my parents what I had, and return to Russia.
When I arrived in Warsaw, I found out that the situation had worsened and was now more difficult. According to my plans, I had intended to return to Russia. When I reached the Russian border, with great personal danger, I met Jews who had returned from Russia. They told me that the Russians were deporting to Siberia anyone whom they caught stealing across the border. If I ever wanted to see Poland again, it would be best if I would not cross the border. Of course I did not want this, since my entire family was in Poland. I did not imagine the bitter end of the Jews of Poland; therefore I retraced my steps to Warsaw.
We remained in Warsaw for approximately one year. In 1940, our family decided to move from Warsaw to Legionowo.
The situation was no better there. We youths went out to work at all types of jobs outside the city, and we only returned on weekends. One weekend when I returned home, I was informed that our father had taken ill and died on the second day of Shavuot, 1941[1].
When the situation in Legionowo got more severe, we decided to escape to the Mlawa Ghetto. My mother and sister Chana remained there. In order to sustain ourselves, we worked in smuggling: news, mail, money, and other valuables. The smuggling went from the Mlawa Ghetto the Warsaw Ghetto and vice versa. My brother Yoel and sister Malka were the primary functionaries in this smuggling. They performed the smuggling themselves at great personal danger. On more than one occasion, the Judenrat used the material that they smuggled to pay bribes to the German police in order to free Jews who they had captured. When they began to send the Jews from Legionowo to Treblinka, my mother and sister Chana decided to escape, first to Plonsk and then to Mlawa, where we hid them.
At that time, the head of the Jewish police in the Mlawa Ghetto was Shalom Gutman. He was known as the informer, and his treachery was known to all. Anyone who was concerned about their life would flee when they saw this man of iniquity.
Shalom Gutman found out that my mother and sister had snuck into the ghetto, and he informed the German police about this. The police along with Shalom Gutman came to search for them in our house. When they found them, they brought them to the police yard, and all trace of them was lost. As far as I know, they were shot to death there.
At the time of the liquidation of the Mlawa Ghetto, all of the Jews, including us, were taken to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. At the camp, we worked at all types of backbreaking work for the Germans, including the paving of roads, gardening, sorting the clothes of the murdered people, etc. The conditions in the camp were difficult, the food was scanty, the cold was intense, the clothing was meager on our bodies, and the work was hard. Aside from the difficult conditions, there was the constant fear about whether one would be alive the next day. I cannot describe the tribulations and suffering that I endured in the Auschwitz camp, in addition to the hunger and the work. To this day, I have no explanation as to how I was saved from the hands of the evildoers and from the gas chambers.
When the Russian Army approached the Auschwitz camp, the Germans began to prepare us for a journey to distance us from the front. On January 18, 1945, we received a command to leave the camp. We started marching on what became known as a Death March. This included men and women from among the prisoners of all the camps around Auschwitz. Many who weakened were shot on the way. Those who survived the march were transferred by train to Mauthausen in Austria or Grossrosen and other camps in Germany. I was brought to Mauthausen. I remained in this camp for two weeks. I was sent from there along with 200 other prisoners to the Ebensee Camp in the Tyrolean Mountains in the Austrian Alps. This was the hardest of the camps. People wandered around as shadows and not as humans. The living conditions were difficult. There was lack and difficulty, with the daily rations being 100 grams of bread and thin soup. The cold was fierce, and our clothing was sufficient for warm countries but not for the cold of the Alps at that time. All of this caused great suffering. Many of the prisoners weighed approximately 40 kilograms. We worked in digging tunnels for the construction of factories that would manufacture weapons for the Germans. The factories were never built, for on May 6, 1945, tanks of the American army broke into the camp and liberated us.
After spending a year in Italy, I made aliya to the Land of Israel as a Maapil[2] in 1946 on the Amiram Shochet Ship.
From all of our extended family in Zuromin, the only survivors were my brother Shlomo who lives today in the United States with his family, my sister Tova who made aliya to the Land in 1935 before the Second World War, and I. Also surviving were my cousin Shlomo Beilis, the son of Yocheved and Yaakov Beilis may G-d avenge their blood, who lives today with his family in Canada; and my cousin Hirsch-Yaakov the son of Gedalya and Rachel Frajdenberg may G-d avenge their blood, who immigrated to the Unites States after the war. He started a family, and later became seriously ill and died in 1958.
May the memories of all of them who are no more be blessed.
May G-d bind their souls in the bounds of everlasting life.
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I wish to add a few things to the words of my brother. As my brother already related, there existed in Zuromin all of the Jewish youth groups that existed in Poland at that time. My sister Malka, may G-d avenge her blood, and I were members of the Zuromin chapter of the Hechalutz Hamizrachi youth movement. Its chairman was the member Cholwa. My sister Malka was a member of the leadership of the chapter. Our objective was to make aliya to the Land of Israel.
Father strongly objected to any of his sons and daughters making aliya to the Land of Israel alone. I, who then wanted to make aliya to the Land of Israel, found a way to actualize my desire. Since there was no trade school for girls in Zuromin, I informed my parents that I wished to study sewing so that I could assist my parents with their livelihood. This was acceptable to my father. My parents agreed that I should move to live with my aunt Rivka Luftka, my mother's sister, in Sierpc. There, in addition to studying sewing, I was a member of the chapter of Hechalutz Hamizrachi. I was one of the first to receive a permit to transfer to hachshara to prepare for aliya to the Land of Israel. In 1933, after spending two years in Sierpc, I went to hachshara to the kibbutz for seamstresses of the Mizrachi movement in Pabianice, and I made aliya to the Land of Israel in 1935.
My late father accompanied me to the train station n Warsaw. We bid farewell to each other at the station, without either of us thinking that this farewell would be forever, and that the end of Polish Jewry would be so bitter and terrible.
News of what was going on in the Land of Israel, of the lack of work and the violence between the Arabs and Jews in 1936, reached Poland. My parents wrote to me to return home to Poland, and even sent me money to return. It goes without saying that I refused, and I returned the money to my parents. In order to demonstrate at home that the situation was not as bad as they thought, I would always send small gifts and even small amounts of money. The final letter that I sent home in 1939 was returned with a German seal: Moved to an unknown address.
Tova Hendel (nee Frajdenberg), Tel Aviv, 1989.
Top row: 3 Polish students, the teacher Podrozani, a Polish student, Rivka Radzik,
Bluma Frajdenberg, Ruthika Groszka.
Second row: 2 Polish teachers, Chana Szlesinger, Perl Rozensztejn, Esther Fuchs,
Miller, Yehudit Rozovi, the Jewish teacher Tehilimowna and Zajdowna.
Seated: 3 Polish teachers, the Polish principal Brodcki, the priest, the teachers
Przystop and Goralowski, students, Hadas Ber, Poles
From right to left, top row: Sheina Drobiner, Shifra Lanet, Itta Bieles, Freida Usman, Freindl Maj,
Chaicha Kronenberg, 3 Poles.
Second row: 3 Poles, Frimet Kurtzman, Rivka Karta, Chana Lewenthal, Malka Frajdenberg,
Chocha Rizowi, 3 Poles.
Sitting: the gym teacher, the teachers Przystop, Zydowna, and Goralowski, the physician
Zaworowski, the priest, the principal Brodcki, the teachers Kassin, Tehilimowna and Polnja.
Bottom: Shalom Gruszka, Karpinski, Janek Karpinski, Zukrocimski, Kazimierski
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Mel Suicide — Suicide Girl of the Day
Mel, a 20-year-old Suicide Girl from the UK, is an old-fashioned kind of girl. Sort of.
NAME: Mel Suicide
LOCATION: United Kingdom
HEROES: Dita Von Teese!
CIGARETTES: Nope
ALCOHOL: I am a complete drunkard
MY KINK FACTOR: I'm old-fashioned.
MY POLITICS: Politics, who cares?
MY STATUS: Single
MY PIGEONHOLES: Tattooed, indie rocker and punk.
MAKES ME HAPPY: Food, alcohol, friends (obviously), modeling, memes, sunshine , music, DJing, Hello Kitty and cats.
MAKES ME SAD: Ignorance, fake people, being cold and hangovers.
THINGS I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT: My best friends, my laptop, my phone and a splash of makeup
SuicideGirls is a community that celebrates alternative beauty and alternative culture from all over the world. Since 2001, tens of thousands of models have submitted millions of photos to their website hoping to become SuicideGirls.


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With a small amount of feedback and a few responses to their online survey, Mendon Community Schools Board of Education members may be in position to decide whether to pursue a 1-mill increase request.
With a small amount of feedback and a few responses to their online survey, Mendon Community Schools Board of Education members may be in position to decide whether to pursue a 1-mill increase request.
The board has its next regularly scheduled meeting Monday, and the seven-member panel will likely make one of three decisions: authorize the request, postpone action indefinitely, or table the matter and call a special meeting before Nov. 6 to further review the $9.3 million ballot question.
About a dozen people, including the public and district officials, attended the second of two public forums Wednesday to hear details about the proposal.
Superintendent Rob Kuhlman gave an overview of the plan and the district's need to fix up its aging buildings, improve its transportation fleet and bring its technology infrastructure up to date.
Unlike the first public forum two weeks ago, a number of questions were asked, and concerns expressed about the proposal and some of the uses for the money.
Queries posed by Denny and Kathy Brueck, and Willard Heath included why the track would eventually be replaced, the seemingly high amount of $205,000 to demolish the Mendon Heritage Schoolhouse and a former doctor's office adjacent to the elementary school, specific details about improvements to the high school cafeteria, the state of the district's bus garage and a plan to re-roof the high school.
Heath said in his opinion, the district in a series of renovations and improvements in 2005 focused more on cosmetic measures and less on essential operations, including school boilers.
Denny Brueck further noted Mendon is a "meat and bones" community that simply wants its buildings to be efficient, with less of an emphasis on glamour.
"Do things simply … we don't need everything fancy looking," he said, encouraging prudent choices with the potential money.
Though district officials chose not to challenge Heath's claim of "fluff" during the 2005 work, board president Roger Cupp said the board and Kuhlman have drastically trimmed a list of needs from more than $13 million to the $9.3 million the district may seek over an eight-year period. If district officials decide to pursue the request, voters would head to the polls Feb. 25.
If the measure is approved, the work would be done in three phases, with construction bonds sold over periods of time instead of all at once.
At stake is a proposal that would see nearly two-thirds of the potential $9.3 million dedicated toward renovations at both district buildings.
Priorities were based on a comprehensive facilities assessment that scrutinized all operations at the two buildings and prioritized their needs. At Mendon Elementary, the assessment showed a need for enhancing parking lot safety, replacing its 18-year-old roof, thorough upgrades of bathrooms, replacing lockers and remodeling the office for secure entry into the building.
In addition, the building's plumbing and heating/cooling operations would be replaced, as some of the infrastructure is original from when the building was constructed in 1955.
The 37-year-old middle school/high school would receive new roof sections where needed, metal siding to prevent water infiltration, new boilers and piping, electrical fixes and a variety of other needs identified in the facilities study.
In addition, the proposed 1-mill increase would allow for the purchase of seven new buses over an eight-year period, and a full technology upgrade.
Mendon current levies 7 mills, the second most in the county behind Sturgis Public Schools and its 8.37 mills.
Cupp said the district has waited as long as it could before considering a millage request.
The survey regarding the issue is on the district's website.


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Canton Public Safety's Records Bureau processes all requests for reports and information. They also process all handgun purchase permits, personal clearance checks, and fingerprint requests. Applicable fees may apply (listed below).
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The Records Bureau accepts FOIA requests for Public Safety Department information in person, my mail, fax or online. Requests are processed within five business days, as allowed by law. Requests should contain as much specific information as possible regarding names, dates, times, locations, etc. FOIA fees are based on an hourly labor rate, search and copy fees, and per page fees.
Note: All Fire reports and Environmental Assessment reports must be submitted by FOIA request. EMS reports requested by anyone other than the patient must be by FOIA request, along with a signed medical authorization by individual treated (per HIPPA). Otherwise requester must be legal guardian or next of kin.
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Going Public
With our second Kickstarter (http://flotil.la) launching, and Picade gearing up for retail, this project is going 'public' :-)
News for backers on games and stuff at the bottom! (tl;dr: No news... Read more
New Picade forum!
One of our backers has had the great idea to create a forum for discussing Picade hacks, mods, and setup. If you want to share your ideas or ask questions this... Read more
Pitchforks and Prejudice
So, since Gamestick made the BBC news today (thanks for the heads-up nickr), this update is public so everyone knows where Picade is, and that PlayJam aren't the only ones... Read more
It ain't easy being screen...
So folks, at the bottom are our current crop of screens from points east, along with some previous screens for comparison.
The top left is the one you saw... Read more
And I shall call it mini-update
Hey folks,
A mini-update before the proper FINAL update before funding :-)
We got the second batch of sample screens in today, which is great as we can do a... Read more
One Week. USB HID and Picade Game Drive.
200% and our top stretch goal with one week to go! That's great news folks!
OK. 'What now?', you ask?
There are two main things.
Firstly,... Read more
Woah...we're half-way there.
15 busy days in and we're halfway through the fundraising now. You've all been real troopers. Keep the comments coming folks. We've updated the FAQ based on your questions and... Read more
State of the 'cade. Week T-3.
It's just over a week now since Kickstarter went live in the UK. Things went better than expected. We want to stop going *SQUEE* and start filling everyone in on... Read more
Achievement Unlocked! We've hit our first stretch goal!
Now your Picade will be dressed up to the nines in fine furnishings!
The next stretch goal is a big one for us. It'll allow us to perform proper testing... Read more
Funded! Amazing :)
Just over two days after launching the Picade KickStarter we are fully funded to our initial goal - this is stunning, thank you so much!
We're now looking towards our... Read more
Into day #2 and we're two-thirds of the way there!
Things are looking good for Picade so far with over two-thirds of the goal met in the last 24 hours! Hopefully we'll soon be starting to talk about our stretch... Read more
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Please, five icons for NFC (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_field_communication)
Icon 1: the NFC logo.
Icon 2: the NFC sign (indicates a device with NFC capabilities).
Example: (without the "NFC" text, but with the 'N' in it).
Icon 3: a NFC checkpoint where you can checkin/checkout with your subscription card. For example, in stadiums/stations (soccerstadium, train station/bus station).
Example: or:
Icon 4: a NFC checkpoint where you can buy or checkout something (groceries, ticket, etc).
Example: (but not drawn angled) or this one: (Icon 4 should tell the user/reader that you can pay with your phone, either the checkout side or the mobile side is visualized in the icon)
Icon 5: alternative NFC logo.
Example: (but without the 'N F C' text and with the nfc-character-logos quite next to eachother with a little bit of space between them). The last icon can be used for animation too when they are separated from each other, what I mean is: first show the N, then the F, then the C and finally the complete NFC logo. All on top of each other. I think the NFC set is complete when you have these in your iconset.


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Phone: 973-470-5760
Fax: 973-470-5768
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Hours: Mon. 8:15am – 7:30pm
Tues. - Fri. 8:15am - 4:15 pm
Health Officer: John Biegel, III | Department Directory | Health Boards | Referral Directory
The Department of Human Services was created by the City Manager and approved by the Mayor and Municipal Council under a plan for the reorganization of municipal departments effective July 1, 1996. This new division which incorporates the Health Department, Recreation Department, Senior Citizen Program, and Welfare Department is an attempt to more effectively and efficiently serve the human services needs of the citizens of Clifton.
The Recreation Department was divided with the Maintenance Division being transferred to the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Works and the program division under the Department of Human Services. The Director of Human Services acts as the Health Officer and supervises the Health Department staff. In addition, the director supervises the Recreation Division which is headed by a Recreation Supervisor, the Senior Citizen Program which is headed by a Program Supervisor and the Welfare program which provides services to Clifton residents through a contract with the Passaic County Department of Social Services. The Clifton Health Department is a contractual health agency serving the Township of Little Falls.
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APHA is happy to announce the launch of a new video that answers the question, "Is public health a return on investment?" This video shows how public health surrounds us and has an impact in all aspects of our lives, and why we need to prioritize public health funding. Watch to learn how public health saves both money and lives, and share with others to help us spread the message.
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Fring Now Native on IPhoneWritten by JOJY on May 9, 2008 – 4:24 pm -
Rather than wait for iPhones to start shipping with application support, the folks at Fring have decided torelease an iPhone version of their IM and VoIP client. This means, for the moment, you must have a jailbroken iPhone to install the software.
Fring provides the ability to make and receive VoIP calls over WiFi, and on non-iPhones, the mobile operator's data network. You also get support for IM as well through the usual networks.
I wonder if Apple is going to allow this app in iTunes once the applications start being official and all.
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Lookbook 2016-2018
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About the Book
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Standard Portrait, 7.75×9.75 in, 20×25 cm
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About the Creator
A great photographer prevents the moments of life from escaping us. It takes a very special person with a very exceptional gift to be able to photograph thoughts, expressions, and emotions that can visually transcend their artistic beauty and flare. Clarence Sumlin is one of those rare exceptions. Now residing in Saint Louis, Missouri; Clarence Sumlin is one of the newest rising stars in the world of photography. Specializing in fashion photography, Sumlin recently published his third look-book via blurb.com to celebrate his career thus far in fashion photography. Clarence likes to have his models and styling contrast with the surroundings because of his special appreciation for architecture and nature; he feels that the right environment can enhance the mood of a picture, aiding the story telling process.


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A Craven County woman facing several felony driving charges, including causing the death of her 6-year-old daughter, made a first appearance in Craven County District Court on Monday and a lawyer was appointed to defend her against a maximum nine years in prison on the most serious charge.
A Craven County woman facing several felony driving charges, including causing the death of her 6-year-old daughter, made a first appearance in Craven County District Court on Monday and a lawyer was appointed to defend her against a maximum nine years in prison on the most serious charge.
Havelock attorney Warren Wolfe was named as defense attorney for Amber Mobley Sandvig, 24, of New Bern.
Her daughter, Alanna Garris, was killed while a passenger in Sandvig�s vehicle on Feb. 22, when the mother allegedly drove left of the center line on Brices Creek Road and slammed head-on into an SUV driven by Croatan Lane couple Julie Brooks Payne and Michael Payne.
The Monday morning appearance was procedural, according to District Attorney Scott Thomas. It lasted just two minutes, in which Judge Peter Mack advised Sandvig of the charges and continued her bail at $2 million.
Sandvig did not enter a plea. Thomas said the next court appearance for the defendant on April 22 will also be procedural and afterward he said the actual trial is still months away.
Sandvig entered the district court room from a side door and walked past family members. She was wearing an orange jail jump suit and ankle chains. Her right arm was in a sling.
Sandvig was initially charged with driving while impaired, driving left of center and a child restraint violation. Recent additional charges include felony death by motor vehicle, three counts of felony serious injury by vehicle and two counts of felony child abuse.
The most serious charge, felony death by motor vehicle, carries a maximum penalty of nine years in prison.
Thomas said earlier that the additional charges came after laboratory tests confirmed the presence of oxycodone in Sandvig�s blood, eyewitness observation of her operation of the vehicle before the crash, and drug paraphernalia found in the car.
Her father, Michael Sandvig, and family members talked with Wolfe in a hallway outside the courtroom after Amber Sandvig was led back to jail.
Earlier, he said his daughter became addicted to pain pills after she developed sciatica. He said she had gone through drug rehabilitation and counseling.
Leaving the courthouse, Michael Sandvig said he and her immediate family support his daughter and that they are prepared for a long ordeal, which he called �challenging.�
Along with the 6-year-old who was killed, Amber Sandvig�s 2-year-old son, Alan �Blaze� Garris, was injured and has since been placed in foster care.
Michael Sandvig said he and the family had seen the youngster and he was �in good hands.�
�This is devastating for us as it would be for anybody,� he said. �We�ve hardly had time to take in what happened to Alanna and now we are dealing with this. It is very challenging for us, but right now we have to stay strong and work toward getting this resolved.�
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Applications for US Unemployment Aid Fall to 331K
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits remained near the lowest level in more than five years last week, a sign that companies are cutting few jobs.
The Labor Department says weekly applications for benefits fell 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 331,000. The four week average, a less volatile measure, inched up 750 to 331,250 after reaching a 5½-year low the previous week.
Applications for unemployment benefits reflect layoffs. At the depths of the recession in March 2009, they numbered 670,000. The average has fallen 10 percent this year.
Though employers are cutting few jobs, most have yet to start hiring aggressively.
Employers have added an average of 192,000 jobs a month since January. That's enough to gradually lower the unemployment rate, which fell to 7.4 percent in July.
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The Optimist
A Friend in Need
Can disaster aid actually win hearts and minds?
On Tuesday last week, Turkey reversed its previous stand and decided to accept aid from Israel to help deal with the tragic earthquake that had stricken the country's east. Shipments of portable housing units began the next day. Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was quick to emphasize that accepting aid did not signal an improvement in diplomatic relations between the two countries, strained ever since Israel's raid of a Turkish aid flotilla bound for Gaza in 2010 — likely a response to the perception that aid can buy off recipient governments, even if it can't change popular attitudes. The irony is that the humanitarian assistance that responds to disasters — unlike the majority of aid that goes to long-term development projects — might be the one case where that logic is sometimes reversed.
At a time when the United States' aid budget is confronted by an army of hatchet-wielding deficit hawks among the Republican Party's congressional majority and presidential candidates, some aid proponents are making the case that development and humanitarian assistance are powerful tools to buy friends and influence people. And it is true that aid has long been used to grease the often-rusty wheels of diplomacy. The Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel were cemented with the help of an aid package worth an average of $2 billion a year to Egypt. Since 1985, U.S. law has mandated that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) take account of would-be aid recipients' voting patterns at the United Nations — rewarding larger aid packages to those who vote with America. Political Scientists David Carter at Pennsylvania State and Randall Stone at the University of Rochester note that this kind of carrot-minded approach has been successful, influencing countries' votes on decisions that the U.S. State Department declares as politically important.
Twisting politicians' arms is one thing, but changing popular attitudes is another matter entirely. Look again at Egypt: Despite being one of the largest recipients of USAID financing over the past 30 years, Pew surveys suggest only 20 percent of Egyptians have a favorable view of the United States — considerably less than half of the U.S. favorability rating in former Cold War foe Russia. Popular opinion in Egypt is driven by other factors, not least broader U.S. foreign policy in the region. (A propensity to invade neighboring countries doesn't help.) And development assistance just isn't a major factor in the financial fortunes of the average citizen. Maybe that was true back in 1990, when net overseas development assistance to the country equaled 36 percent of government expenditures. But by 2008, that figure was just 3 percent — only a little more one-tenth the value of tourism and one-seventh that of manufacturing exports.
Aid's limited impact on public opinion usually applies even when the aid is specifically focused on winning converts. A study by consultant Michael Kleinman and Mark Bradbury, a director at the Rift Valley Institute, looked at U.S. military aid for small projects in Kenya designed to improve popular support for the U.S. military presence there, and found that it didn't. Attitudes were shaped by faith, the relationship between target populations and the Kenyan state, U.S. foreign policy, and events in Somalia — not by a U.S.-financed well or asphalt road. A German aid agency-financed 2010 study, using repeated surveys in Afghanistan's Takhar and Kunduz provinces, found that in a comparatively peaceful period between 2005 and 2007, development aid did have a small, short-lived positive impact on the general attitudes of Afghan respondents towards foreign peace-building operations in their backyard. But this impact disappeared as threat perceptions rose between 2007 and 2009. Not surprisingly, other factors — in this case, how many people were getting shot — were just more important than who was cutting the checks.
But there is evidence of an exception to the rule that money can't buy love, and it involves disaster assistance. Four years after a 2005 earthquake in northern Pakistan, economists Tahir Andrabi of Pomona College and Jishnu Das of the World Bank surveyed attitudes towards foreigners in the region. They found trust in foreigners was significantly higher in areas where humanitarian aid had been concentrated than in other areas — dropping off by six percentage points for each 10 kilometers of distance from the fault line.
Why might recipients react differently and more positively to disaster relief assistance than they do to other forms of aid? In part it is surely related to the simple gratitude felt by people who have just lost much of what they had in a flood or earthquake. But it is also more plausible that such aid is given without a broader political motive. Although U.S. food aid flows according to the size of the surplus domestic crop as much as recipient need, using humanitarian relief to reward or punish countries for U.N. voting records or other diplomatic policies presents a practical challenge — you can't schedule a disaster. Recipients appear to understand that, and are more likely to view such aid as given in good faith. In the Pakistan case, for example, Andrabi and Das note that the positive impact on attitudes was related to a significant on-the-ground presence of foreigners who were assumed to have purely humanitarian motivations — aid distribution was not perceived to be (and wasn't) linked to war-fighting efforts.
Aid is likely to be a more effective foreign policy tool when it comes to persuading governments to do things that lack popular support. Creating that popular support in the first place is much harder. Perhaps Turkey's Davutoglu is right to say that even government relations won't improve in the case of Israeli disaster aid — after all, U.S. humanitarian support in the aftermath of Iran's Bam earthquake only temporarily thawed diplomatic tensions. On the other hand, maybe the assistance can play a small role in improving popular opinion towards Israel in Turkey. For good or ill, that's one more reason for governments to respond with open hearts and open checkbooks whenever disaster strikes worldwide.


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Final Steps to Render an Image from a CUDA Application
To draw an image from a CUDA application requires the following steps:
- Allocate OpenGL buffer(s) that are the size of the image.
- Allocate OpenGL texture(s) that are the size of the image.
- Map OpenGL buffer(s) to CUDA memory.
- Write the image from CUDA to the mapped OpenGL buffer(s).
- Unmap the OpenGL buffer(s).
- Bind the texture to the OpenGL buffer.
- Draw a Quad that specifies the texture coordinates at each corner.
- Swap front and back buffers to draw to the display.
As previously discussed,
createPBO() allocates the OpenGL PBO buffer(s) with
glBufferData(), thereby fulfilling step 1. Similarly,
createTexture() allocates the OpenGL texture(s) specified in step 2 that can be used for rendering the image to the display.
The routine
display() calls the CUDA kernel that creates or modifies the data in the OpenGL buffer, then renders the new image to the screen as in Figure 3:
As you can see in Figure 3, the routine
runCuda() performs steps 3-5 by mapping the OpenGL buffer to CUDA through the call to
cudaGLMapBufferObject(), As can be seen below,
runCuda() maps the OpenGL buffer, launches the CUDA kernel with
launch_kernel() (discussed later in this article) and unmaps the buffer with
// Run the Cuda part of the computation void runCuda() { uchar4 *dptr=NULL; // map OpenGL buffer object for writing from CUDA on a single GPU // no data is moved (Win & Linux). When mapped to CUDA, OpenGL // should not use this buffer cudaGLMapBufferObject((void**)&dptr, pbo); // execute the kernel launch_kernel(dptr, image_width, image_height, animTime); // unmap buffer object cudaGLUnmapBufferObject(pbo); }
It is important to clarify the distinction between registering and mapping an OpenGL buffer. Registering sets up the buffer for CUDA/OpenGL interoperability, but doesn't actually make the buffer available to CUDA. Registering a buffer is expensive, so it is only done at creation. Mapping, in contrast, actually hands access of the memory over to CUDA through a pointer. Mapping/unmapping operations are very fast these calls can be used in frequently called sections of code.
Finally, steps 6-8 occur in the callback method
display(), contained in the file callbacksPBO.cpp listed below:
//callbacksPBO.cpp (Rob Farber) #include <GL/glew.h> #include <cuda_runtime.h> #include <cutil_inline.h> #include <cutil_gl_inline.h> #include <cuda_gl_interop.h> //#include <cutil_gl_error.h> #include <rendercheck_gl.h> // variables for keyboard control int animFlag=1; float animTime=0.0f; float animInc=0.1f; //external variables extern GLuint pbo; extern GLuint textureID; extern unsigned int image_width; extern unsigned int image_height; // The user must create the following routines: void runCuda(); void display() { // run CUDA kernel runCuda(); // Create a texture from the buffer glBindBuffer( GL_PIXEL_UNPACK_BUFFER, pbo); // bind texture from PBO glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, textureID); // Note: glTexSubImage2D will perform a format conversion if the // buffer is a different format from the texture. We created the // texture with format GL_RGBA8. In glTexSubImage2D we specified // GL_BGRA and GL_UNSIGNED_INT. This is a fast-path combination // Note: NULL indicates the data resides in device memory glTexSubImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, 0, 0, image_width, image_height, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, NULL); // Draw a single Quad with texture coordinates for each vertex. glBegin(GL_QUADS); glTexCoord2f(0.0f,1.0f); glVertex3f(0.0f,0.0f,0.0f); glTexCoord2f(0.0f,0.0f); glVertex3f(0.0f,1.0f,0.0f); glTexCoord2f(1.0f,0.0f); glVertex3f(1.0f,1.0f,0.0f); glTexCoord2f(1.0f,1.0f); glVertex3f(1.0f,0.0f,0.0f); glEnd(); // Don't forget to swap the buffers! glutSwapBuffers(); // if animFlag is true, then indicate the display needs to be redrawn if(animFlag) { glutPostRedisplay(); animTime += animInc; } } //! Keyboard events handler for GLUT void keyboard(unsigned char key, int x, int y) { switch(key) { case(27) : exit(0); break; case 'a': // toggle animation case 'A': animFlag = (animFlag)?0:1; break; case '-': // decrease the time increment for the CUDA kernel animInc -= 0.01; break; case '+': // increase the time increment for the CUDA kernel animInc += 0.01; break; case 'r': // reset the time increment animInc = 0.01; break; } // indicate the display must be redrawn glutPostRedisplay(); } // No mouse event handlers defined void mouse(int button, int state, int x, int y) { } void motion(int x, int y) { }
The routine
display() calls
runCuda() (which, as we discussed, completes all of steps 1-5). The following code segment after the call to
runCuda() binds a texture to the buffer as is required for step 6.
// Create a texture from the buffer glBindBuffer( GL_PIXEL_UNPACK_BUFFER, pbo); // bind texture from PBO glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, textureID); // Note: glTexSubImage2D will perform a format conversion if the // buffer is a different format from the texture. We created the // texture with format GL_RGBA8. In glTexSubImage2D we specified // GL_BGRA and GL_UNSIGNED_INT. This is a fast-path combination // Note: NULL indicates the data resides in device memory glTexSubImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, 0, 0, image_width, image_height, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, NULL);
Finally, we can now draw the image!
The following code segment actually draws the image even though (at first glance) it looks like only a square is being drawn! It actually draws a single quad with the texture coordinates for each vertex. (In a sense, the 2D texture is "stretched" and "held" at each of the four corners of the 3D quad as if it were a piece of fabric suspended by four poles.) This is actually a very simple example of texture mapping.
To be more precise, the texture is not "created" by
glTexSubImage2d(), rather the data is copied from the buffer to the texture, and then since texturing is enabled and our texture is bound the quad we draw has the texture "glued" on it.
// Draw a single Quad with texture coordinates for each vertex. glBegin(GL_QUADS); glTexCoord2f(0.0f,1.0f); glVertex3f(0.0f,0.0f,0.0f); glTexCoord2f(0.0f,0.0f); glVertex3f(0.0f,1.0f,0.0f); glTexCoord2f(1.0f,0.0f); glVertex3f(1.0f,1.0f,0.0f); glTexCoord2f(1.0f,1.0f); glVertex3f(1.0f,0.0f,0.0f); glEnd();
More complex mappings are clearly possible such as mapping a texture onto a sphere as in Figure 4.
All drawing is performed in an off-screen framebuffer. Once all drawing is completed, the front and back buffers are swapped to make the new image visible. This use of double-buffering prevents visual artifacts from marring the image while the image is being updated.
The remaining callbacks in the file callbackPBO.cpp are straightforward and will not be discussed. Please note that this example does not perform any mouse or motion related activities so the routines
mouse() and
motion() do nothing. The empty routines are placeholders that will be used in the VBO examples in the next article of this series and permit linking of the executable.
A few simple keyboard commands are defined in the
keyboard() routine:
<ESC>terminates the application.
Atoggles the animation. Stopping the animation will freeze the picture and stop the frames per second calculation.
-increases/decreases the animation time increment.
rresets the time increment.
While all this might seem overly complicated for our simple example, please remember that OpenGL is general purpose and quite powerful and was designed to enable graphics applications that are far more challenging than the simple code provided here. As mentioned at the beginning of this article, we have done little more than pay cursory attention to the capabilities and features within OpenGL. Interested readers are strongly encouraged to look at the references provided at the beginning of this article -- especially the GPU Gems series of books.
The source code for the CUDA test pattern kernel is extremely simple as can be seen in the method
kernel() below:
//kernelPBO.cu (Rob Farber) #include <stdio.h> void checkCUDAError(const char *msg) { cudaError_t err = cudaGetLastError(); if( cudaSuccess != err) { fprintf(stderr, "Cuda error: %s: %s.\n", msg, cudaGetErrorString( err) ); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } } //Simple kernel writes changing colors to a uchar4 array __global__ void kernel(uchar4* pos, unsigned int width, unsigned int height, float time) { int index = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x; unsigned int x = index%width; unsigned int y = index/width; if(index < width*height) { unsigned char r = (x + (int) time)&0xff; unsigned char g = (y + (int) time)&0xff; unsigned char b = ((x+y) + (int) time)&0xff; // Each thread writes one pixel location in the texture (textel) pos[index].w = 0; pos[index].x = r; pos[index].y = g; pos[index].z = b; } } // Wrapper for the __global__ call that sets up the kernel call extern "C" void launch_kernel(uchar4* pos, unsigned int image_width, unsigned int image_height, float time) { // execute the kernel int nThreads=256; int totalThreads = image_height * image_width; int nBlocks = totalThreads/nThreads; nBlocks += ((totalThreads%nThreads)>0)?1:0; kernel<<< nBlocks, nThreads>>>(pos, image_width, image_height, time); // make certain the kernel has completed cudaThreadSynchronize(); checkCUDAError("kernel failed!"); }
launch_kernel() routine performs any setup prior to starting the method
kernel() on the GPU. For this example only the kernel execution configuration is specified and a few simple parameters are calculated so they can be passed to the GPU.
The actual kernel for this example,
kernel(), is extremely simple as can be seen above. Each thread assigns an RGB value to each location within the PBO based on
animTime and
grid coordinates.
It is important to note that
cudaThreadSynchronize() is called in
launch_kernel() after the kernel execution to ensure all GPU work has completed before control is returned to the host.
Under Linux the executable testpattern can be created with the following command. (Please substitute the path to the CUDA SDK libraries for CUDA_LIBRARIES. Similarly, substitute the path to the CUDA SDK include files for CUDA_INCLUDES.)
nvcc –O3 -L CUDA_LIBRARIES -I CUDA_INCLUDES simpleGLmain.cpp simplePBO.cpp callbacksPBO.cpp kernelPBO.cu -lglut -lGLEW –lcutil –o testpattern
Running the testpattern executable displays a colorful animated test pattern that changes in color over time. Something like Figure 5 should appear on the screen.


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Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change
Research Highlights
August 2011
Weaving a Common Thread
Research points to lowest-cost strategies to limit the effects of greenhouse gas emissions
Climate modeling research shows that society's lowest cost option to reduce the heat-trapping effect of greenhouse gases is to use every available means to reduce emissions, including greater reliance on nuclear and renewable energy-generated electricity and expanding forests to naturally absorb and store carbon. Enlarge Image
Results: The least costly way to manage the heat-trapping effect of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is to pursue every available option to reduce emissions, according to a study by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, published in the journal Climatic Change. The study's authors point to a future with greater reliance on nuclear and renewable energy, reducing emissions through new technologies that capture and store carbon dioxide, and expanding forests to naturally absorb and store carbon.
Why it matters: The climate change decisions made by policy makers today will have significant consequences for future generations. The longer it takes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the more expensive it will be in terms of dollars and quality of life. This research is designed to identify society's most cost-effective strategy for dealing with climate change.
Methods: A global collaboration of scientists responded to a request from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and generated a set of four scenarios to represent future greenhouse gas emissions and land use change. One of the four simulations was produced by scientists at the Joint Global Change Research Institute, a partnership of PNNL and the University of Maryland. All of the scenarios are now being applied by climate modelers around the world to understand how climate may respond to different levels of greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.
"It's very important that the climate community has a common thread of scenarios as a resource so that model results are comparable. It will help researchers collaborate in studies of how to respond to climate change," said Dr. Allison Thomson, PNNL scientist and the lead research author.
To better understand the range of possible futures, scientists modeled greenhouse gas generated from energy use and agricultural activities to the year 2100. PNNL's model scenario limits the heat-trapping effect of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to levels only 65 percent of what they would reach if no future emissions controls are implemented.
Scientists used PNNL's Global Change Assessment Model to generate its scenario. GCAM uses market forces to reach a specified greenhouse gas emission target by allowing global economics to put a price on carbon. The model helps reveal the least costly way to achieve targets. Unlike other models, GCAM includes carbon stored in forests, causing forest acreage to increase even as energy systems change to include fuels generated from bioenergy crops and crop waste. The scenario began with 2005 conditions of greenhouse gas emissions, land use and technologies, and then allowed the model to simulate greenhouse gas emissions and land use changes until 2100.
In the PNNL scenario, the price of carbon stimulates growth in nuclear and renewable energy use. Also, it becomes cost-effective to implement technologies that capture and store emissions from fossil- and bio-fuel based electricity in underground reservoirs when carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere carry a cost. Buildings and industry become more energy efficient. From today's carbon dioxide emissions of 30 gigatons per year, levels will peak around the year 2040 at 42 gigatons annually. Emissions will then decrease steadily and level out after 2080 at around 15 gigatons per year.
For more information on this report, see PNNL's press release
What's next: PNNL scientists are now collaborating with international researchers to develop a common set of socio-economic scenarios. These will be used with the greenhouse gas emissions scenarios to provide a consistent data set for assessing how climate change may impact societies, and what can be done to adapt.
Acknowledgments: This research was funded by the Department of Energy Office of Science, Office of Biological & Environmental Research Integrated Assessment Research Program.
Reference: Thomson A, K Calvin, S Smith, P Kyle, A Volke, P Patel, S Delgado-Arias, B Bond-Lamberty, M Wise, L Clarke, and J Edmonds. 2011. "RCP 4.5: A Pathway for Stabilization of Radiative Forcing by 2100." Climatic Change. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0151-4.


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Stuttgart family finds solace in comfortable living
Comfort is the main objective for the Keller family when it comes to their two-story home on the south side of Stuttgart.
Tracy Keller says her home is "very traditional." The Stuttgart resident built her home two years ago with her husband, Lynn, a Stuttgart native, and two children, Bobby and Cori.
"My favorite place in my home is the side porch," Keller said. "I love to sit outside and watch the world go by."
Inside, the Roe native said usually a small piece of furniture or accessory inspires her.
"I found the rug in the living room and decorated the room around that," she said. "The dining room color was the exact color I had in the dining room in my former home and wanted to use it again."
The Keller family sticks with a style or arrangement once it's perfected. Keller said, "I like my home to look nice, but I don't have time to spend decorating and redecorating."
Still, the home is filled with items of sentimental value and unique features to make the house a home.
"We have several pieces of furniture that belonged to our grandparents and these have great sentimental value," she said. "I also love the large photograph of my children in the dining room. The day we took that picture holds fonds memories for me."
Keller said she also loves the large walk-in shower in the master bathroom.
"We designed it so that as we get older it will still be easy to access," she said.
"I also have a marble slab on the center island in my kitch," Keller said. "I love to bake sugar cookies and I spend a lot of time rolling dough on that marble."
In the end, however Keller said decorating a home basically comes down to comfort.
"Do what feels comfortable to you and your family is the only advice I have."
— As printed in the May/June Real Estate Guide published by the Stuttgart Daily Leader.


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There have been some studies related to co-existence in the Netherlands in the past. Currently, there is one field trial on co-existence, which is conducted by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture.
A co-existence trial between GM and conventional crops was conducted in 2006 and 2007 by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality at six locations in the Netherlands. Tests were conducted with MON810 Bt maize, and had the goal of strengthening the scientific base of isolation distances for maize as agreed by the covenant parties of the co-existence primary sector.
The results from 2006 and 2007 show that hardly any admixing occurs between GM and conventional maize when farmers observe the agreed isolation distances between the different parcels. The agreed isolation distances make sure that admixing due to pollen-mediated gene flow in maize stays far below the EU-agreed 0.9% accidental GMO threshold.
Furthermore, there are several research projects on DNA detection methods of GMOs. COGEM has published a monitoring report on co-existence in agriculture in 2004. In 2003, the organisation looked at the hybridisation and the introgression between crops and wild relatives.
An exploration of scientific literature on the application of genetic markers for the detection of gene flow between crops and wild relatives is available at the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning, and the Environment. To assess the environmental safety of transgenes in GM crops, this document also covers the use of gene function knowledge from Arabidopsis.
Plant Research International is investigating coexistence in relation to crop rotation. Crops are mostly grown in a rotation system. In view of the high rotation rate of root crops, e.g. potato and sugar beet, scientific insight is needed in effects on soil life and on subsequent crops. This project is a literature update, with the objectives to:
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- At QuakeCon, thousands of gamers show up with modified computers
- The four-day event in Dallas drew nearly 10,000 people
- Modifications were meant to look good, keep computers cool
When you're about to settle in for four days of serious gaming, while crammed into a single room with a couple thousand of your peers, there are some unique concerns.
To stand out, you want your computer rig to look cool. And to stay connected, you want it to actually be cool.
At QuakeCon, the bring-your-own-computer gaming fest that celebrated its 18th anniversary earlier this month in Dallas, the results of those concerns were some of the coolest-looking computer setups you're likely to see.
Nearly 10,000 people attended the event to see the latest PC games from select companies, but also to witness the spectacle of 2,800 people playing computer games against one another in the same place.
Part of the allure is competing against opponents from six different continents (Paging gamers from Antarctica!) and potentially being able to see them face-to-face instead of just talk over voice chat.
The experience is unlike playing on your Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 in the comfort of your home. These gamers are all in one big, chilly room and connected to each other by 63,400 feet of cable.
It's called the BYOC -- bring-your-own-computer -- room and is as much a showcase for players' modding skills as it is a place to play.
Sometimes the modifications are purely aesthetic; sometimes they're to increase the computer tower's effectiveness and, sometimes, they address both.
Here are some of the highlights from our visit to QuakeCon. Which ones are your favorites? Let us know in the comments.


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Adam Corolla's Sledgehammer Wine is Just For Men
Wine is generally viewed as a beverage for guys over the age of fifty who enjoy vacations in Napa or guys too wussy to drink beer.
Adam Corolla wants to change the stigma associated with men and wine with some red wines called Sledgehammer. Sledgehammer isn't wine you sip or swirl. THIS IS WINE YOU SLAM!
Despite sounding like the alcoholic version of Powerthirst, Sledgehammer can't quite avoid using wine language like "rich, full-bodied structure" and "dark, complex fruit." Which makes us wonder how dedicated they really are to this whole "manly wines" thing.
If you're concerned about drinking wine and seeming like an uneducated lout, even with Sledgehammer behind you, don't worry: just make some crap up. Science has proven 99% of people claiming to taste different notes are so full of it that you can trick them with food coloring. So that guy talking like he knows anything is just lying to impress your girlfriend. Ask him if he tastes the chocolate notes in that red or just break a bottle over his head. Hold it kind of like a sledgehammer.
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