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New map offered for BISD redistricting, but why?
Despite the Beaumont Independent School District having hosted a number of public forums to discuss five scenarios and maps on how it would implement a voter-mandated shift from seven single members district to five single member district with two at-large positions, a sixth map is now being introduced into the mix without voter input.
The Examiner obtained a copy of the new map and the demographic breakdown of BISD patrons in the newly drawn districts. A review of the new boundary lines shows the new plan would pit four trustees against one another for two newly redrawn districts. Under the new plan, which was not previously discussed or presented to board members but instead drafted by demographer Tom Sanders at the direction of school attorney Melody Chappell, trustees Zenobia Bush and Terry Williams would have to battle one another in an upcoming election. Also, Tom Neild and Janice Brassard would go head-to-head on the next ballot.
Bush said she is not concerned about having to be on the ballot against Williams, who has been on the board for 14-plus years. And Bush said she is most likely the reason for the newly designed sixth map.
"I did get the plans this afternoon," Bush told The Examiner in a phone interview Wednesday, April 18. "I think it was an attempt to try and enhance the 5D plan to help with the Hispanic community. If that is what it is, then that is fine. It increases the Hispanic community. I asked Melody (Chappell) to look at the 5D plan and enhance it some.
"So, I think that is what 5F is. It is not that much different from any of them, and it is an enhancement of 5D. Really, no one spoke in favor of hardly any of the plans. So, I don't think it should upset anyone by adding another plan. Whatever plan is decided on, we will have to go back to the public for review. It certainly has to go to the Justice Department, and I think we still have to have a public meeting for that specific plan."
But a review of the demographics for the new 5F plan shows that, compared to the 5D plan, the number of voting age Hispanics actually drops by .6 percent in District 3, where Hispanics are the most densely populated. The percentage of voting age Hispanics also drops by 1.2 percent in District 1 and by 2 percent in District 5. But the percentage of voting age Hispanics increases in District 4 by 2.6 percent and 1.9 percent in District 2. Those changes do not help the Hispanic community achieve representation on the board of trustees, said BISD trustee Mike Neil.
"It increases their number in insignificant districts and doesn't help them get someone elected to the board," Neil said.
At the present time, the new 5F plan is scheduled to be reviewed and recommended to the board Thursday, April 19, but the public hearing for that plan would not occur until the board's next meeting in May. The plan appears to be to approve a plan and submit it to the U.S. Department of Justice in June, several board members said.
Still, the new plan piques the curiosity of some board members, who want to know if there is an ulterior motive behind it. BISD Trustee Tom Neild said he had no problem running on the ballot against Brassard. He said he just wants to make sure that other board members aren't trying to protect their own districts and avoid an election.
"From what I understand, this is what Melody Chappell told Tom Sanders (the district demographer) to prepare," Neild said. "I don't know why. There has not been anything articulated to us or any reason presented to us for this new plan. I am trying to look at it with an open mind. This is going to pit me against Janice and if that is the way it works out, fine. I am not in this to position myself not to run against someone. Whatever works out for the total redistricting, I am all for it.
"You can't squeeze seven of us into five districts. Someone will run against someone else that is on the board, and if that is me then I could care less. I don't think any board member should be trying to manipulate the maps where they don't have to run against someone. Looking at this, I think that is something that Melody will need to answer as to what has been requested of her from another board member."
Brassard said she didn't have any concerns about who she did or didn't run against. She said it's obvious that someone on the board is going to have to run against another board member if they all choose to stay on.
"If I don't like it, I guess I could run for one of the at-large position," Brassard said. "I haven't looked at the maps yet."
She said there were some on the board who were not happy with the racial make-up of the proposed district because the percentage of black voters to white voters was not high enough in some districts.
Brassard is referring to statements made during past meetings about blacks having a greater than 50 percent voting strength in some districts. The idea at the time was to ensure at least three districts had black voting populations of greater than 55 percent.
The 5F plan comes close to that; however, it shifts some population densities to create a supermajority for black voters, or greater than 66 percent, in what would be the new District 4 and gives a supermajority to white voters in what would become the new District 5. The new District 1 would see a slight decrease in white voters.
"Zenobia's concern was that the black districts didn't have a high enough majority in them," Neil said. "And that is what this new plan does. She was outspoken about it, so that is not a surprise, but it is not that much different from the map that Tom and I proposed. There is something that is missing. There are a lot of questions that need to be answered before I vote on any map."
But Neild said he has a problem with another aspect of the new map because it would shift the individual district boundaries for every trustee, and he wonders how someone could be put in a district that didn't vote for that elected official."
And looking at the two maps, 5D and 5F, it appears the district numbers have been changed. In the new plan, the old District 1 would become District 2; the old District 2 would become District 5 and the old District 5 would be District 1. The old District 2 and 3 would stay the same but their boundaries would still shift.
"It's as confusing and you can get, and we can't get all the information," Neild said. "Everything we get comes in bits and pieces, and we have to continually ask for it. In the professional world when people do business like that, you don't deal with them. You find someone who can give you solid information that is credible. Instead, we get this information doled out to us a teaspoon at the time. That is what makes all of this so suspicious."
Another concern is the way the boundaries are drawn and who would represent what area. Neild said he wants to know what is legal and what isn't.Under the 5F plan, Mike Neil would shift from southwest Beaumont to northwest Beaumont. But the people in northwest Beaumont did not vote for Neil."I don't think we can force representation on someone who they didn't vote on," Neil said. "With redistricting around the state, surely we are not the only ones with this question. We need to get some of these questions answered and see where it goes.
"I don't see how they can recommend a map to us that they have never presented to us or the public. If we hadn't pulled information, we wouldn't have been able to compare this map to the previous maps. Until we started asking for this information, we weren't being given anything. They didn't send us anything. We sent e-mails to see the previous plans with updated numbers and the numbers for the new 5F plan. It just doesn't make sense. We shouldn't have to ask for this information. They should be providing this to us and not making us jump through hoops to get it."
Under the 5F plan obtained by the newspaper, its appears board president Woodrow Reece, Gwen Ambres and Neil would all be incumbents during their next election. In other words, they may draw outside opponents but they would not oppose other board members like Neild, Brassard, Bush and Williams would. There would also be an overall election for two at-large positions that could come from anywhere in the city.
"I got the information for the new plan from Melody, so you would be better off talking with her about it," Sanders told The Examiner. "I am not sure where it originated from or who with but it passes DOJ standards, absolutely."
Chappell did not respond to an e-mail seeking comment about the new plan by press time.


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Featured Resource Archive
Scienceface.org ` - Nov 1, 2013
A collection of 15 minute interviews of research scientists studying black holes.
Spacetime 101 ` - Sep 3, 2013
This web site provides short and simple illustrated descriptions of relativity concepts, from ancient Greeks to General Relativity.
Relativity Metric Program ` - Jun 20, 2012
The Relativity Metric program displays the effect of relative motion on the spatial and temporal separation of events in special relativity. The events, with adjustable separations in time and space, are shown in two different reference frames.
Ejs Simultaneity Model ` - Jun 15, 2012
This EJS program displays the effect of relative motion of observers on the relative ordering of events. The wave source and two equidistant detectors are at rest in reference frame S', which moves with constant velocity, v, in frame S.
On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies ` - Jun 29, 2010
This is an English translation of the 1905 paper by Albert Einstein on Special Relativity. Additional resources on special and general relativity are attached.
GR Schwarzschild Light Program ` - Apr 2, 2010
The GR Schwarzschild Light program simulates the path of light around a black hole using the Schwarzschild metric. It also displays a plot of the effective potential of light in the vicinity of a black hole. The default setting is a light trajectory that escapes the black hole.
LIGO: Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory ` - Apr 1, 2010
LIGO is hoping to achieve the first direct detection of gravitational waves. They are ripples of spactime curvature, propagating at the same speed as light, and are a key prediction of General Relativity.


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This past weekend was busy for Johnson County's high school athletes.
It was Homecoming Week at Buffalo High School, and the football team didn't disappoint the home crowd as they took down the Lander Tigers 14-8 in a sloppy game in miserably cold and snowy conditions Friday night.
The Bison are now 2-4 on the season with a trip to Torrington coming this Friday.
Kaycee's Buckaroos football team is now 3-3 after a 72-29 loss at home to Little Snake River Friday.
They will host Tensleep on Saturday.
The Lady Bison volleyball team hosted Big Horn Thursday at BHS and came out with a hard-fought 3-2 win, but then fell 3-1 to Torrington on the road Saturday.
The girls will be in Newcastle on Thursday and Worland on Saturday.
The Kaycee Lady Bucs volleyball team had a great weekend, beating Midwest 3-0 on Thursday, beating Little Snake River 3-2 on Friday and beating Arvada-Clearmont 3-1 on Saturday.
They will host Upton Friday and travel to Hulett on Saturday.
The Bison cross-country team hosted an event last week at BHS, and the Lady Bison swim team was at the Gillette Invite this weekend. We'll have results when they become available.


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Canadian James Naismith invented the game of basketball in 1891 when he was an instructor at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Mass. The school director was having trouble keeping energetic young men happy in the gym.
They were tired of calisthenics.
He gave Naismith 14 days to come up with a solution.
Basketball was the result.
Posting his 13 rules of play on the gym's bulletin board, he formed two teams of nine members each, three guards, three centers and three forwards using a soccer ball to throw into fruit baskets he nailed to both ends of the gym balcony.
Until they thought to remove the bottom of the baskets, the janitor had to get a ladder to retrieve the ball every time a player scored.
From such a simple beginning, we have a fast-moving game with intricate patterns of play that attracts devotees worldwide and as a profession, involves millions of dollars.
It is a game I love to watch.
My personal reaction to ball playing is to get out of the way. I was always the last person chosen to be on a team, which never hurt my feelings.
I wouldn't choose me either.
One thing I'm very good at, I am an appreciator.
Sit me up on the top row of the stands where I can lean against the wall and save my poor aching back and I am a happy watcher person.
Unlike football, where the spectators seem to spend a great deal of time noisily clomping up and down the bleacher stairs, basketball fans tend to stay in one place.
Oh, they jump up and down, yell and holler, clang cow bells and sometimes whistle loud enough to pierce a steel door, but as long as they don't block my view, we are fine.
In December, Hilton Head High School had the Seahawk Basketball Classic, sponsored by the Omni Resort and the next week, Bluffton High School had the 7th Annual Bobcat Classic Holiday Tournament presented by Ultimate Carwash and Dairy Queen. I congratulate those businesses for supporting our athletes. Boy's and girl's teams came from Georgia and Florida, Kentucky and Ohio, Alabama and from here in South Carolina.
Unhappily, our home teams didn't win the championships, but I saw some great ball playing.
Years ago, when our daughters spent time on the basketball courts, I learned some hard truths about the game. Girls are not only good at basketball, they play rough, tough and to win.
Whoever designed the schools' gyms didn't make it easy for sports fans.
The parking lots are vague. Neither school has a designated spot for visiting team buses.
I left my car, way over there somewhere and slogged across to the gym entrance. It was cold and later, it was colder and dark to boot.
But, inside, lights were bright, the sound system equal to any found in an airport terminal and spirits ran high. Refs out on the court, with their whistles at the ready.
The buzzer sounded and the game began.
I looked down at these earnest young athletes and remembered high school basketball games with players like Johnny Rousakis, who became mayor of Savannah, Billy Lee, who owned a series of nightclubs and Sal Deposito, who, well, the less said, the better. But, boy, he was good lookin'.
Doling out towels and water were managers, like Ray Tucker, who had an esteemed career with Westinghouse as a systems analyst and Wally Butler, of Operation Jackpot fame.
In the blink of an eye, the young men and women playing the challenging game of basketball today will become our hope for the future.
If they handle their lives as well as they handle that leather orb, they will succeed.
As for Mr. Naismith, he went on to have an outstanding career and became a United States citizen in 1925 at the age of 64.
And, as he said, "The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief.'
Annelore Harrell lives in Bluffton and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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A People magazine story last November started a series of events that led to a couple leaving Stewartsville, Mo., so they could be in Washington, D.C., today.
Retired Col. Glen Dyer, U.S. Marine Corps, will read the names of 30 soldiers who died during the Vietnam War as part of a special memorial event in the capitol.
For four days, people are reading all 58,282 names etched into the black granite of the Vietnam War Memorial, said Leslie Dyer, who nominated her husband to be part of the event.
One of the 30 names the colonel will read has special meaning for the couple: 2nd Lt. Frederick Dyer, the colonel's brother.
Frederick Dyer served as a forward artillery observer with a Marine platoon from Mike Company, Third Battalion, 3rd Regiment of the Third Division. They'd been station several miles south of Kon Tum, Vietnam, on July 2, 1968. The lieutenant died in a firefight late in the afternoon. It was his 63rd day in country.
During his Vietnam tour, Glen Dyer flew a chubby Sikorsky CH-34 Seahorse helicopter. On the morning of July 3, then 1st. Lt. Glenn Dyer was assigned to fly relief missions to Kah Sahn but was diverted to a forward outpost, Kon Tum, to pickup some Marines.
"I remember that day," Mr. Dyer told the News-Press.
But it wouldn't be until 2002 that he really knew what he'd done on that day. That's when the colonel read John Kelly's DMZ Diary, "A Combat Marine's Vietnam Memoir." Mr. Kelly described in the book how, on July 3, the 1st Lieutenant picked up the Marines and a body wrapped in a plastic poncho. The body was his brother's.
"Until reading Mr. Kelly's book, I had no idea that that had happened," the Colonel said. "Maybe I blocked it out."
The brothers knew that each was in Vietnam but hadn't seen each other for about a month. Mr. Dyer remembers calling his brother on the evening of July 3, 1968.
That's when the battalion commander told Mr. Dyer his brother was dead.
"They authorized me to be the escort and take his body stateside," Mr. Dyer said.
Now 44 years later, the couple are also taking pictures of the 2nd Lieutenant, taken in Vietnam, with them. They're going to donate them to the memorial.
Jan Scruggs, the memorial founder and president, wants to add further meaning to the 58,282 names etched in the stone. An effort is under way to collect photographs showing each of those individuals. An education center has been built near the memorial. In addition to photographs, it will display mementos left at the wall.


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For Immediate Release
Charles Idelson, 510-273-2246
Major Advance for California Healthcare Reform as Senate Passes Medicare for All Legislation
New Energy for Healthcare Reform After National Bills Stall
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - To ecstatic applause from healthcare advocates, the California
Senate today breathed new life into national prospects for fundamental
health reform by passing on a 22 to 14 vote a major bill to guarantee
healthcare in the state through creating a Medicare for all system that
would cover every Californian.
SB 810, The California Universal Healthcare Act, authored by Sen.
Mark Leno and sponsored by the California Nurses Association/National
Nurses United (CNA/NNU), with broad support among many healthcare,
community, and labor groups, will now proceed to a vote by the
Assembly, which has passed similar legislation in the past. The bill
would establish a single-payer system in California, modeled on the
healthcare systems flourishing in virtually all other industrialized
nations, where better patient outcomes are achieved at a fraction of
the cost of the U.S. system.
"It is unclear what the prospects are for health reform at the
national level," said CNA co-president Geri Jenkins, RN, "but this vote
offers California the chance to chart a new course for the nation. SB
810 will guarantee healthcare for every family through a humane system
that controls costs and allows patients and their doctors--not
insurance agents--to make decisions about healthcare," said Jenkins.
"People will pay less, and no longer be denied care based on their
income, age, location, or pre-existing health conditions."
Noting during the floor debate that, "consistently 59 per cent of
California voters say yes" they want a Medicare for all system in the
state, Sen. Leno added that single-payer is not just a bill for a
humane health system, but also a jobs program for a state that
desperately needs one: "We can't compete in a global marketplace where
all our competitors have had the government take the burden of
healthcare off the shoulders of their employers….as we move towards
single-payer in this state, and have better universal coverage, this
will attract employers to California. We are already underwater in our
healthcare system. We can't keep up."
Referring to opposition arguments about supposed ballooning costs
under the bill, Sen. Leno pointed out that a single payer system would
simply redirect current spending on healthcare, away from insurance
overhead and towards a more direct and efficient way of providing
care. Additionally the bill would not go into effect immediately; the
current SB 810 creates a system to propose revenue streams that would
then go back to the legislature for final review.
Medicare for all or "single-payer" healthcare reforms, such as SB
810, would help create the kind of quality jobs so urgently needed
today, and do so while providing a huge economic stimulus. A CNA/NNU
study last year documented that national single-payer reform would
generate 2.6 million jobs and $317 billion in additional business and
public revenues. Further, CNA/NNU research last year found that six of
California's largest insurance companies reject more than one-fifth of
all claims, an experience many California patients know all too well.
California is one of more than half a dozen states with similar
state legislation this year, indicative of the desire for healthcare
solutions by states no matter what happens at the federal level. Among
major supporters of SB 810 are the California School Employees
Association, California Physician Alliance, OneCare, and the Los
Angeles Unified School District.
This is the world we live in. This is the world we cover.
Because of people like you, another world is possible. There are many battles to be won, but we will battle them together—all of us. Common Dreams is not your normal news site. We don't survive on clicks. We don't want advertising dollars. We want the world to be a better place. But we can't do it alone. It doesn't work that way. We need you. If you can help today—because every gift of every size matters—please do. Without Your Support We Won't Exist.
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National Nurses United, with close to 185,000 members in every state, is the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in US history.


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Scott Stewart's Dark Skies — a tepid attempt at making an alien abduction yarn into a Paranormal Activity movie (a dubious enough notion at best) — is a boring little movie that serves one — and only one — useful purpose: It makes this week's other opening movie, Snitch, seem slightly less awful. Presumably, this was not what the makers of Dark Skies had in mind, so the movie's value may reasonably be reckoned as nil. Now, Stewart has made bad movies before: the goofy and unintentionally amusing Priest (2011) and the goofy and pretty dull Legion (2009). This one is too lame to even qualify as goofy, but, shades of Whitley Streiber, it sure is dull. You can tart it up (if that's the term) with all manner of Paranormal Activity home-security-cam guff, but it's still just basic alien abduction claptrap. The same sort of nonsense can be seen in all manner of speculation TV shows (while its only marginally intriguing aspects were done better in this past season's American Horror Story: Asylum on FX, where they were merely part of an everything-and-the-kitchen-sink stew).
Here we have a downwardly mobile upper-middle-class family — headed by B-list actors Keri Russell and Josh Hamilton — who are already in dire straits thanks to the job market (the movie wants to be timely). The last thing they need are pesky aliens — especially pesky aliens that eat all the produce in their refrigerator. (Note: Aliens apparently like watermelon. This may be useful information someday.) Soon the aliens are making artistic arrangements of canned goods, tripping the burglar alarm, interfering with the image on the surveillance camera, ringing the doorbell and running — that sort of thing. If you're still awake, there's other jiggery-pokery — most of which you saw in the trailer — before mom figures it all out on the Internet and comes up with an expert who can help. Said expert is conveniently local and played by J.K. Simmons with all the conviction he brings to his insurance commercials — and he's still the best thing in the movie.
Absolutely nothing happens here that you haven't seen done before — and better — elsewhere. (That you've also seen it done worse — think The Fourth Kind — is not a bonafide recommendation.) Not surprisingly, Dark Skies even makes the same mistakes you've seen before — like everyone splitting up when they know they need to stick together. But really, the film's biggest sin is simply that it is just too much of the same old stuff. It's not even bad enough to work up the enthusiasm to dislike. It's simply mediocre and boring — and that's ever so much worse. Rated PG-13 for violence, terror throughout, sexual material, drug content and language — all involving teens.
Playing at Carolina Asheville Cinema 14, Epic of Hendersonville, Regal Biltmore Grande, United Artists Beaucatcher Cinema 7


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Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments. More information is availible on the Arduino HomePage.
- 1 Installation
- 2 Configuration
- 3 Working with Uno/Mega2560
- 4 Running Arduino Uno
- 5 Alternatives for IDE
- 6 Troubleshooting
- 7 Bugs
- 8 See also
- Install arduino-gitAUR from the AUR.
- Add yourself to the
uucpgroup. (More information in the next section: "Accessing serial")
Accessing serial
The arduino board communicates with the PC via a serial connection or a serial over USB connection. So the user needs read/write access to the serial device file. Udev creates files in /dev/tts/ owned by group uucp so adding the user to the uucp group gives the required read/write access.
gpasswd -a <user> uucp
Briefly run the
arduino command and stop it, then modify
~/.arduino/preferences.txt .
Change serial port from COM1 to your serial port. With your arduino board connected, you can find out what your serial port is with:
ls /dev/ttyUSB* /dev/ttyACM*
If in doubt, unconnect the board and look which of these disappears, and/or monitor
The line to change in
~/.arduino/preferences.txt should look something like this when you're done:
arduino. If you get a message like "Arduino Uno on COM1" message in the GUI's lower right corner, connection has been established.
Working with Uno/Mega2560
The Arduino Uno and Mega2560 have an onboard USB interface (an Atmel 8U2) that accepts serial data, so they are accessed through /dev/ttyACM0 created by the cdc-acm kernel module when it is plugged in.
The 8U2 firmware may need an update to ease serial communications. See [1] for more details and reply #11 for a fix. The original arduino bbs, where you can find an image explaining how to get your Uno into DFU, is now in a read-only state. If you do not have an account to view the image, see [2].
You can perform a general function test of the Uno by putting it in loopback mode and typing characters into the arduino serial monitor at 115200 baud. It should echo the characters back to you. To put it in loopback, short pins 0 -> 1 on the digital side and either hold the reset button or short the GND -> RESET pins while you type.
Running Arduino Uno
Once Arduino is running you must ensure you have selected the correct board from the Tools->Boards menu item:
Arduino Uno
Secondly you must ensure you have selected the correct serial port from the Tools->Serial Port menu item as explained above.
Once these are done you should be able to write and upload sketches to your Arduino Uno without any issues.
Alternatives for IDE
ArduIDE is a Qt-based IDE for Arduino. arduide-gitAUR is available in the AUR.
If you prefer working from terminal, below there are some other options to choose from.
gnoduinoAUR is an implementation of original Arduino IDE for GNOME available in the AUR. The original Arduino IDE software is written in Java. This is a Python implementation and it is targeted at GNOME but will work on xfce4 and other WM. Its purpose is to be light, while maintaining compatibility with the original Arduino IDE. The source editor is based on gtksourceview.
Using scons together with arscons it is very easy to use to compile and upload Arduino projects from the command line. Scons is based on python and you will need python-pyserial to use the serial interface. Install everything with
# pacman -S python-pyserial scons
That will get the dependencies you need too. You will also need Arduino itself so install it as described above. Create project directory (eg. test), then create a arduino project file in your new directory. Use the same name as the directory and add .pde (eg. test.pde). Get the SConstruct script from arscons and put it in your directory. Have a peek in it and, if necessary, edit it. It's a python script. Edit your project as you please, then run
$ scons # This will build the project $ scons upload # This will upload the project to your Arduino
Update 2011-03-12. Arduino Is not shipping a Makefile with version (22). The Makefile from the dogm128 project works for me though.
Instead of using the arduino IDE it's possible to use another editor and a Makefile.
Set up a directory to program your Arduino and copy the Makefile into this directory. A copy of the Makefile can be obtained from /usr/share/arduino/hardware/cores/arduino/Makefile
You will have to modify this a little bit to reflect your settings. The makefile should be pretty self explainatory. Here are some lines you may have to edit.
PORT = usually /dev/ttyUSBx, where x is the usb serial port your arduino is plugged into TARGET = your sketch's name ARDUINO = /usr/share/arduino/lib/targets/arduino
Depending on which library functions you call in your sketch, you may need to compile parts of the library. To do that you need to edit your SRC and CXXSRC to include the required libraries.
Now you should be able to make && make upload to your board to execute your sketch.
Using arduino-cmake and CMake you can build Arduino firmware from the command line using multiple build systems. CMake lets you generate the build system that fits your needs, using the tools you like. It can generate any type of build system, from simple Makefiles, to complete projects for Eclipse, Visual Studio, XCode, etc.
delay() function doesn't work
There are some cases where the delay() function doesn't work, causing programs such as the example Blink to malfunction. It appears that the Arch compiler sometimes generates code that writes to addresses before the start of memory. RAM starts at address 0x200 on the mega, but the Blink code has the delay() timer variables located at 0x100-0x10b. This only seems to happen when the code contains no initialized global variables (.data segment in asm-speak) - the linker is told that the data segment starts at 0x200, but if there's nothing to go in it it generates an incorrect start address for the uninitialized global variables (.bss segment). Since the timer variables are uninitialized globals (or globals initialized to zero) they end up at an illegal address.
There are currently two ways to bypass this issue.
- Use Serial.begin(9600); in setup() function. [Source post]
/* Blink Turns on an LED on for one second, then off for one second, repeatedly. This example code is in the public domain. */ void setup() { // initialize the digital pin as an output. // Pin 13 has an LED connected on most Arduino boards: pinMode(13, OUTPUT); Serial.begin(9600); } void loop() { digitalWrite(13, HIGH); // set the LED on delay(1000); // wait for a second digitalWrite(13, LOW); // set the LED off delay(1000); // wait for a second }
- Use an initialized global variable. [Source post]
char dummyvariablecuzmaintainerborkedthecompiler = 123; // force something into the .data segment with non-zero initializer /* Blink Turns on an LED on for one second, then off for one second, repeatedly. This example code is in the public domain. */ void setup() { dummyvariablecuzmaintainerborkedthecompiler++; // stops the linker from removing the global variable // initialize the digital pin as an output. // Pin 13 has an LED connected on most Arduino boards: pinMode(13, OUTPUT); } void loop() { digitalWrite(13, HIGH); // set the LED on delay(1000); // wait for a second digitalWrite(13, LOW); // set the LED off delay(1000); // wait for a second }
Related pages:
- http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,56841.0.html
- http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,49900.0.html
- http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php?topic=59409.0.html
Fedora has the same problem with binutils 2.21 (bug report). Downgraded packages that work are binutils-avr 2.20.1-3 and gcc-avr 4.5.1-2. There is also an upstream bug report here but no one has replied yet.
Error opening serial port
You may see the serial port initially when the IDE starts, but the TX/RX leds do nothing when uploading. You may have previously changed the baudrate in the serial monitor to something it doesn't like. Edit ~/.arduino/preferences.txt so that serial.debug_rate is a different speed, like 115200.
Arduino Mega2560 and new gcc-avr
If you are using gcc-avr >= 4.3.5 then there is a C++ bug in the gcc-avr toolchain which builds bad firmware for the Atmel2560 processors. gcc-avr must be rebuilt using a patch found at [3]. You can read more about the problems at [4].
Here is the patch for gcc:
--- gcc-4.5.1.orig/gcc/config/avr/libgcc.S 2009-05-23 17:16:07 +1000 +++ gcc-4.5.1/gcc/config/avr/libgcc.S 2010-08-12 09:38:05 +1000 @@ -802,7 +802,9 @@ mov_h r31, r29 mov_l r30, r28 out __RAMPZ__, r20 + push r20 XCALL __tablejump_elpm__ + pop r20 .L__do_global_ctors_start: cpi r28, lo8(__ctors_start) cpc r29, r17 @@ -843,7 +845,9 @@ mov_h r31, r29 mov_l r30, r28 out __RAMPZ__, r20 + push r20 XCALL __tablejump_elpm__ + pop r20 .L__do_global_dtors_start: cpi r28, lo8(__dtors_end) cpc r29, r17
The easiest way to rebuild gcc-avr is using ABS and makepkg.
Missing twi.o
If the file /usr/share/arduino/lib/targets/libraries/Wire/utility/twi.o does not exist arduino may try to create it. Normal users do not have permission to write there so this will fail. Run arduino as root so it can create the file, after the file has been created arduino can be run under a normal user.
This section is targeted at the package maintainers.
|Cause / Upstream bug report
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Deaths from stroke and heart disease are down
Hospitalizations and deaths from stroke and heart disease dropped significantly in the past decade -- more so than for any other condition.
That's according to a new study from the Yale School of Medicine, which examined data on more than 34 million fee-for-service Medicare patients 65 and older. Researchers found that, between 1999 and 2011, the rate of hospitalization for heart attack dropped by 38 percent and the rate of hospitalization for ischemic stroke fell 33.6 percent.
The risk of dying within a year of being hospitalized for a heart attack fell 23 percent, and the risk of death from stroke a year after hospitalization fell 13 percent.
The study's lead author Dr. Harlan Krumholz said, given such factors as increased public awareness of heart attack and stroke risks and better hospital care, it's not surprising that outcomes of these illness are improving.
"What we were surprised at was the speed and the magnitude of this progress," said Krumholz, director of the Center of Outcomes Research and Evaluation at Yale-New Haven Hospital. "That it changed so much and this fast was kind of stunning."
Dr. Stuart Zarich, cardiology chief at Bridgeport Hospital, said the Yale research echoes trends he's noticed for years. He said rates of heart procedures, such as angioplasty and bypass surgery, have been on the decline for a while, so a reduction in hospitalizations and deaths makes sense. "The major reason (for these improvements) is the prevalence of really good evidence-based medicine that's reducing the risk of heart attacks," he said.
In addition to the falling rates for heart attack and stroke hospitalization, Yale researchers also found that hospitalizations for unstable angina -- a sudden chest discomfort that can lead to heart attack -- fell by 83.8 percent and the rate of hospitalizations for heart failure dropped by 30.5 percent. One-year survival rates from these illnesses also improved, by 21 percent for unstable angina and 13 percent for heart failure.
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Here are a few key facts about a Yale University School of Medicine study showing that hospitalizations and deaths from heart attack and stroke are on the decline.
Study examined data on more than 34 million Medicare patients 65 and older.
Between 1999 and 2011, the rate of hospitalization for heart attack dropped by 38 percent.
During that time, rate of hospitalization for unstable angina fell 83.8 percent; hospitalization for heart failure fell 30.5 percent and ischemic stroke hospitalization fell by 33.6 percent.
The research also showed that the risk of dying within a year of being hospitalized for unstable angina dropped 21 percent and the risk of dying from a heart attack fell 23 percent. The risk of death from both heart failure and stroke declined by 13 percent.
Krumholz said researchers looked at hospitalization and death rates for a variety of other illnesses, including pneumonia, kidney injuries and urinary tract infections. They found that rates for all these conditions either stayed flat or improved slightly during the decade studied. Heart disease and stroke were the only ones to show significant improvement.
That's likely because so many changes have been made in treatment of these illnesses over the past decade, Krumholz said.
For instance, he said, heart attack patients are more likely to be treated within 90 minutes of arriving at the hospital -- which improves survival rates -- than they were 10 years ago.
Also, the general public is more aware of how lifestyle choices, such as eating properly and exercising regularly, can help lower the risk of heart disease and stroke. Krumholz also cited improvements in identifying and treating high blood pressure -- a risk factor in many illnesses -- and a decline in smoking for the drop in hospitalizations and deaths.
"We still have progress to make, but it sure feels good" to have come this far," Krumholz said.
Other medical experts in the region echoed his thoughts, including Mark Warshofsky, Danbury Hospital chief of cardiology. "I think it's great news," Warshofsky said. "Obviously, we have made a concerted effort (in this area)." He also mentioned a decline in smoking and other advances as possible reasons for the improvement.
But Warshofsky pointed out that the Yale study only looked at an older population, and said it would be meaningful to examine heart attack and stroke trends in younger people as well.
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At Greenwich Hospital, neurologist Dr. Frederick Nahm said the Yale results confirm what he's suspected for a while about stroke hospitalization rates.
He said he's known for a while that some indicators for heart disease have improved, and he was waiting to hear about similar progress in stroke statistics.
"Stroke is very much like cardiovascular disease," he said. "A lot of the risk factors are the same."
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The Philippines consist of 7107 islands, and is broken down in three groups of islands. The Luzon, Mindano, and Visayas. Each of these regions contain different languages,history, regligon, and traditions. With each region having different influence in thier arts, crafts, and ancestorical dances. Lets take a trip through each region and explore the different styles, costumes, Dances and Talents from Each Region.... As we explore each of the regions and styles, please remember alot of these Cultural and Folk dances represents hardships and daily back breaking tasks, that has turned into a art form. Many of the dances you will read about here were actuall activities or chores that the Filipino endured to survive the poor economy and state of the nation.....
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LUZON -- Consisting of the tribes such as Ifugao, Benquet, Kalinga, Bontoc, Apayo, Kalinga, sometimes these are call Igorot. " But sometimes that is considered degrading ." Cordillerea name also used for some parts the Luzon Region...
Northern most region of the Philippines, Luzon gets its Cultural influence from Hindu-Buddist, Spanish and many ethnic regilous tribes. All with differences and beliefs. But in all the Cultural and Folk Dances from this region represents all different factions in one way or the other.
Dances of Luzon ( see side bar for pictures of many of the dances )
* Dance: Idaw
This dance sometimes has many names and different versions. Most common is this dance depicts the hunting ritual performed before a tribal war. The tribes men would go out and look up and watch for the scared Idaw bird. Which is said to lead the tribe to victory. Also look at the clothing, Philippines being a very hot climate, plus the use of as little material as possible, the traditional clothing was not made to cover much of the body....
* Dance : Banga
This dance displays the Igorot women on their way to the river to fetch the daily water supply for thier familys. It shows the skill and strength of the women as they would carry heavy laiden clay pots (Banga) full of water. Their grace and agility while balancing the heavy pots, sometimes stacks 5 high, is a testiment of the Filipino and how hardships become a art form and talent. As a young girl you would start with only one pot. Of course as you become older and more experienced, along with the fact that you could provide more water for your family in one trip. Pots could be stacked as high as 5 or 6. The more pots you could carry showed your skill and also you standing amoung the women of that area. They would all gather and march to the river each day, singing a native song which is represented by the flute and banging of bamboo on iron pots in the dance......
* Dance : Idudu
The family is the basic structure of family life among the Itneg / Tinggian poeple. The caring for the Children is shared by both the mother and father. While the men are clearing the fields, breaking the soil with bamboo and their feet, the women watch the children. Soon as the men are done, they take care of the children while the women do back breaking work. You can see in the dance how the women will take the bamboo baskets in a shaking fashion like drying the rice, while the men are going in circles in background like they are toiling the land. Then you will see the women put down the baskets fold the cloth into a baby while the husband stands aside. Then the women will turn over the baby to the husband, pick up the bamboo and start toiling the land while the men hold and cradle the babys.........
* Dance : Ragsaksakan
The word means " Merriment". This dance would be performed after a successful headhunt and also for a peace pact between waring tribles. The colorful hand woven blankets " blankets of life" are worn around the neck while baskets to carry produce or rice are worn upon the head. Some versions of this dance use the " Banga " instead of the basket.
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Dances of Mindanao - ( See side bar for pictures and more info)
Sinkil dance takes its name from the bells worn on the ankles of the Muslim princess. Perhaps one of the oldest of truly Filipino dances, the Singkil recounts the epic legend of the "Darangan" of the Maranao people of Mindanao. This epic, written sometime in the 14th century, tells the fateful story of Princess Gandingan, who was caught in the middle of a forest during an earthquake caused by the diwatas, or fairies or nymph of the forest.
The rhythmic clapping of criss-crossed bamboo poles represent the trees that were falling, which she gracefully avoids. Her slave loyally accompanies her throughout her ordeal. Finally, she is saved by the prince. Dancers wearing solemn faces and maintaining a dignified pose being dancing at a slow pace which soon progresses to a faster tempo skillfully manipulate apir, or fans which represent the winds that prove to be auspicious. The dancers weave expertly through criss-crossed bamboos.
* Dance : Kini Kini
Kini means the Royal Walk. Maranao women performed this dance with scarves. The beauty of the scarve and the talent and grace in which it is displayed. Shows their elite social upbringing.
A pangalay native to the Badjao, sometimes known as the "Sea Gypsies." Pangalay is a dance that emphasizes the agility of the upper body. The rhythmic bounce of the shoulder with simultaneous alternating waving of arms are the basic movement of this dance. The pangalay is commonly performed at weddings and other social gatherings. You will also see some parts of the Sinkgil in this dance also. Another part of this dance is also called the Muslium four Bamboos.
* Dance : Asik
This is performed by a solo madien, adorned with fine beads and make up, long head scarf. She would dance to win the favor of her Sultan master. Many time the girls would dance to win the hearts of her master or to make up for a wrong she had done. She would give her whole heart and soul into this performance to soften the heart of her master to accept her...
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VISAYAS -- Being the Central Island of The Philippines, Visayas is also broken down into three sections. Central , Eastern, Western. Consisting of Austronesians, Negritos, these we Animist Tribal Group. Many others tribes from around surrounding island would come after the downfall or break up of thier tribes. Visayas became a melting pot for many different Tribes and Cultural backgrouds. You will find Arbian, Spanish, and some Western influences in the dances of this region. You will see that the dances of the Visayas are more upbeat and exciting, not so much in Drama and tribal meanings as other regions.
Visayas Dances - ( see pictures in the side bar )
* Dance : Sayaw Sa Banko
This dance is native to the barrio of Pangapisan, Lingayen, Pangasinan, and demands skill from its performers who must dance on top of a bench roughly six inches wide.
* Dance : Tinkling
Tinnikling is considered the national folkdance with a pair of dancers hopping between two bamboo poles held just above the ground and struck together in time to music. Originated from Leyte Province, this dance is in fact a mimic movement of "tikling birds" hopping over trees, grass stems or over bamboo traps set by farmers. Dancers perform this dance with remarkable grace and speed jumping between bamboo poles.
* Dance : Subli
The term "subli" is from two tagalog words "subsub" meaning falling on head and "bali", which means broken. Hence, the dancers appear to be lame and crooked throughout the dance. This version is originally a ritual dance of the natives of Bauan, Batangas, which is shown during fiestas as a ceremonial worship dance to the town's icon, the holy cross
* Dance : Maglalatik
Originally performed in Binan, Laguna as a mock-war dance that demonstrates a fight between the Moros and the Christians over the prized latik or coconut meat during the Spanish rule, this dance is also shown to pay tribute to the town's patron saint, San Isidro Labrador. It has a four-part performance such as the palipasan and the baligtaran showing the intense battle, the paseo and the escaramusa- the reconciliation. Moro dancers wear read trousers while the Christian dancers show up in blue. All dancers are male; with harnesses of coconut shells attached on their chests, backs, thighs and hips


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The iPhone is sensor-ific. It can sense if it's turned sideways, held up close to your face, and whether or not you are in a dark room or out in the sunlight. This week's Tip o' the Week is a simple way to exploit one of the sensors on your iPhone to save you some steps and power at the same time. Curious? Read on for the Tip!
There are three sensors in your iPhone with three distinct functions, all of which provide a better user experience. The accelerometer detects the orientation of your iPhone - rotate your iPhone sideways and the screen is in landscape mode. The accelerometer is particularly useful when browsing on Safari, scanning Cover-Flow in iPod, and while flipping through your Photos.
Hidden behind the dark glass above the earpiece of your iPhone are the other two sensors, the proximity sensor and the ambient light sensor. The proximity sensor deactivates the touch sensitivity and illumination of the iPhone's screen when the phone is placed against your head, but only during a call. The ambient light sensor detects lighting conditions when your iPhone is unlocked, dimming the screen in dark places and brightening the screen in sunlight to make the display easier to see.
This week's Tip focuses on taking advantage of the ambient light sensor. You can manipulate the brightness of your screen while waking up your iPhone (unlocking it) by covering the sensor above the earpiece with your thumb. The ambient light sensor checks the lighting conditions just once per wake-up, between the time you wake up your iPhone and slide to unlock. If you cover up the sensor, your iPhone will think it's dark and your display will be dimmer than normal. Just cover up the sensor area while unlocking your iPhone and the screen will dim.
Tricking the ambient light sensor provides two advantages: 1) Saving power - a dimmer screen = less juice; and 2) Saving taps - no need to tap 'settings', 'brightness', and adjust the brightness slider; use this shortcut instead! This Tip is ineffective if your display brightness is set to the maximum (as far as I've been able to test).
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A Weed Whacker has various names: String Trimmer, Garden String Trimmer, Tree Pruner, Brush Cutter, Weed Eater, etc. As other articles have aptly pointed out, An Arborist in Sunninghill these versatile garden tools come with various cc-power levels, electric versus gasoline, and 2-stroke versus 4-stroke capabilities. But what has not been addressed is the use of a "BLADE" on such a tool for all the versatile work a blade can perform in the garden environment.
A circular saw Blade specifically made for and attached to a Weed Whacker gives the following versatility uses in the garden environment:
1. Tree trimming (aka Pruning) which in many cases actually works better than using a cumbersome heavy chain saw for pruning since the circular blade can be wielded at the end of a lighter longer 6 foot Weed Whacker shaft for reaching up into trees. Cutting Down Huge Tree Such a blade can typically cut a tree branch/ limb up to the diameter of the blade provided you cut from both sides of the limb.
2. A blade can be used for clearing large patches or even acreage of heavy thick wood stock brush and sticker brambles (aka: Blackberry sticker bushes) where a common string line spool would be much too weak to cut through adequately.
3. Hedge trimming is a dream with a blade attached to a Weed Whacker; the hedging action is faster and less jagged as compared to a standard hedging tool. So in conclusion, a blade attached to a Weed Whacker augments your common standard string trimmer into a full-on chain saw, hedge trimmer, and large acreage clearer of wood stock weed, saplings, and heavy tall growth brambles (ergo, Black Berry bushes).
Each Weed Whacker on the market is different and so each owner of their particular Weed Whacker will have to contact their respective Weed Whacker Manufacturer to inquire about BLADE attachment hardware. Most electric-powered versions are UNDER powered for handling a Blade so will probably NOT have blade attachment hardware available. On the other hand, most gasoline powered Weed Whacker's will have Blade attachment hardware available. Blade attachment hardware normally consists of a standard blade guard along with a few small metal parts that fit on (slide onto) the little threaded shaft that the String Spool screws onto. These little pieces of hardware will consist of the lower part that will have a raised circle about the size of a common 25 cent piece (quarter) or as small as a nickel (5 cent piece). Safely Cut Down A Tree this raised circle is how the hole in the center of the Blade fits on, then the upper part hardware piece variously called "the cap piece" is applied on the top of the blade, then a nut that is screwed on top of the cap, followed by a cotter pin.
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3. Eighty (80) to one hundred (100) TEETH Blade: This is the highest level in the Weed Whacker Blade choices. It should be clear now that the more teeth you have cutting, the more aggregate cutting surface area you are applying to the job at hand. In addition, an 80 tooth blade costs more money to make as compared to a blade with half as many cutting teeth as mentioned in (2) above (40 teeth). But the cost is not typically much more if at all for having 80 teeth over 40 teeth. The 80 plus teeth blade offers the most versatility, stays sharper longer and is the best value for the buck. The 100 teeth type blade is the absolute best value since if offers 25% more cutting surface area (teeth) over an 80 tooth blade.
The one main consideration is that the typical 80 tooth blade comes in 8 inch diameter that fits with the safety blade guard ON your Weed Whacker, and the 100 tooth type blade is normally 9 to 10 inch in diameter and therefore will not allow a blade guard to fit. We recommend that the maximum size diameter blade be limited to 9 inches unless you have a very powerful Weed Whacker, otherwise the large circumference of the largest blades can bog down the motor. So in conclusion: 8″ and 9″ diameter blades are best, offer the most aggregate cutting surface, therefore stay sharper longer, and offer the most versatility of jobs in the garden. NOTE: We think Carbide teeth are so worth the small extra purchase cost that we would say a 40 tooth carbide blade would be recommended over an 80 tooth plain steel any day of the week. But the 80 tooth or 100 tooth blade with Carbide Teeth is the absolute best there is.
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First of all, what good does tree pruning trimming and shaping do for my trees? Secondly, why do it in the winter months? Trimming a tree or pruning is necessary for many reasons. An important reason to prune a tree is to lessen the chance of it falling during a wind or ice storm. Thinning a large tree canopy is a great way to reduce wind resistance.
Once pruned, air can now breeze with ease through the top of a tree requiring much less stabilization and pressure on the root system. Tree maintenance is also appealing to the eye like grass cutting. Cutting dead limbs helps prevent the spread of disease or bacteria, and avoids potential hazards. There are many benefits to trimming, shaping, & pruning a tree.
So why is pruning a tree in the winter so effective? There are many reasons. I will point out a few important ones.
1 - It is Cheaper! Most tree cutting service prices are low in the winter months since this is a slow period. Local tree service cost is very competitive during this season.
It is necessary sometimes to remove live limbs, especially if a tree is potentially hazardous with a lean. If a large heavy limb is on the side of the lean and the tree has grown towards a structure, then by removing this large limb (leader) you can decrease the chance of tree fall. A trees canopy and weight of large limbs has a lot to do with why a tree falls in a storm. Especially a tree is not diseased or dead, although usually there is a mix of issues for a large tree to tumble over in a storm.
Tree trimming, cutting, pruning, & shaping are necessary tasks. As homeowners, it is our responsibility to maintain our trees and keep our yards and neighbors safe. Performing tree work of any kind in the winter is a smart move and saves on the annual tree maintenance budget. So put on a warm coat, get out there in that Cold weather, and get those trees pruned! Contact a local company to provide your tree cutting service.
When To Cut Down A Tree, And When To Save It
Tree cutting is something that should in most cases be left to the professionals to handle. That being said if the tree you want to cut down is relatively small and short it is something that you should be able to handle if you know how. However, remember to remain safe at all times by wearing a helmet, goggles and gloves.
The tools
Before you can start cutting a tree make sure that you have the following tools:
• Kevlar leg coverings, steel toe boots, a hard hat, goggles and heavy duty gloves
• A sharp chainsaw with a full tank of gas
• Rope
• Ladder
• Wedges
• Ax
Examine the tree and answer the following questions:
• What direction does the tree lean in?
• Are there any broken or dead branches?
• Is the area in which the tree is expected to fall safe?
• Are branches from nearby trees in the way?
Step no. 6: Now that the cut is completed you will have an even holding wood or you will see the tree begin to fall. You may have to introduce more wedges.
Step no. 7: When the tree is about to fall make sure to get out via your escape route. Make sure to retain attention of the falling tree since it will help you avoid other unexpected damages from falling debris.
Tree cutting is something that requires experience and you should know exactly what you are doing. There is a lot that can go wrong, not to mention the gear you'll need to purchase which is obviously expensive. This is why hiring a group of professionals is advised.


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In the Spotlight: Katie McKnight, Professor, NCE
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One of the mostly highly anticipated — and hotly contested — American education plans ever is now becoming a reality. And an NLU professor is lending her voice to the debate.
The Common Core State Standards is an effort establishing a single set of clear educational standards for K-12 in English and mathematics, which states voluntarily implement. First rolled out in 2010, Common Core has been adopted by 43 states and the District of Columbia to date and is at various stages of implementation in all.
For those in education looking for a different focus after more than 10 years of the No Child Left Behind Act, it's an exciting time but one also full of questions. Add the noise in the political sphere and media about the perceived intentions of Common Core and things can become confusing. (Georgia and Oklahoma both recently backed away from Common Core, citing costs, and other states have expressed concerns.)
Enter Katie McKnight, Ph.D., professor in the Secondary Education program at NLU. She has become a strong advocate for Common Core in a variety of arenas and serves on the formative assessment panel for the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, which develops assessments aligned with Common Core.
McKnight, who taught high school English in Chicago Public Schools for more than 10 years, knows the realities facing those at the classroom level in adopting new standards. But she ultimately believes Common Core can give students the critical skills they need to take to college and into their careers.
In addition to her work at NLU, McKnight is an educational consultant, conducting professional development on literacy and differentiated instruction for teachers and school administrators around the country. She's a published author, with four books out on Common Core in the coming year, and also has a strong Web presence. You can follow her at her Web site, on Facebook, and she can be seen in this YouTube series on Common Core.
I spoke with McKnight about her work and the bigger-picture views of Common Core.
What did you think of Common Core when you first heard about it?
Common Core came out in 2010, and I wanted to find every reason that I could to hate it. [Laughs] Because I was not a fan of the first generation of standards that were a result of [the No Child Left Behind Act]. I thought the first generation of standards were actually reductive and harmful to children and really pulled us away from what we know in our heads and in our hearts what good teaching and learning looks like.
When Common Core came out, I had a "Jerry Maguire" moment. In the introduction to the standards, the authors make it very clear that it's teachers and curriculum specialists who know best how kids are going to meet the standards and that the emphasis was on results rather than means. So teachers were finally being embraced after basically a decade of abuse for their professional knowledge. Teachers are not the problem; they're the solution. And I see Common Core as a vehicle that really gets back to what we know is good research-based pedagogy that is implemented by teachers.
How does Common Core intersect with your work at NLU?
My professional focus is getting at the adolescent literacy problem. That's always been my focus ever since I became a teacher at 21: How do we support teenagers to develop the literacy skills they need to be members of a democratic society? That sounds very lofty and whether that translates into college or career, so be it, but it really is about giving teenagers who are conspicuously silenced at that time the tools they need in order to be adults.
For the last 10 years, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, more than 60 percent of our teenagers are not proficient readers, meaning more than 60 percent of our students cannot read on grade level. And we're seeing now that more colleges are offering developmental reading and writing classes than ever before. This is before students can even take credit-bearing courses.
Do you think Common Core addresses the country's student literacy problem?
What's happened with Common Core is that we're finally addressing that issue. The adolescent literacy problem has been around for a long time, and now we have this political attention to that problem. So what's happening is that I am so incredibly busy with presentations and speaking on Common Core and literacy in particular because now it's going be assessed and it's going to be a shared responsibility across all faculty members. Everyone's got the kind of Chicken Little dance going on right now, figuring out what to do. [Laughs] And in all fairness, high school teachers don't need reading courses or writing courses in order to be certified, so they don't really have that knowledge base as far as how to develop reading skills in teenagers. So I see Common Core as a real flashpoint to start addressing that issue.
What are the biggest challenges facing schools and teachers who must implement Common Core standards in their classrooms?
What I tell principals when I do administrator professional development workshops is you need three things. The first thing you need is a literacy plan, and that's particularly an issue at the high school level because most folks don't really understand that. Elementary [educators] know what that is because they've had a lot of coursework and training in that. The second is that you need a technology plan. [International Society for Technology in Education] had a piece that came out during their annual conference in June that cited that more than 90 percent of educators believed that technology was essential for 21st century learning, and they identified the greatest obstacle was professional development. So we need equipment in schools, and teachers need the training in order to use that equipment. And in all fairness there aren't a lot of people who get that and understand that. Then the third is a PLC, a professional learning community, where teachers can actually collaborate and design the curriculum. And that's probably the most important. You've got to start with a PLC.
There has been criticism of Common Core — everything from claims of social engineering to teaching to the test. What do you have to say to those suspicious of the new standards?
What I see with Common Core in particular is people don't read the document. So there's all kind of mythology going on about it. If many of these critics actually read it, they would see there's actually less dictation or "control" about curriculum and instruction than with No Child Left Behind and the first generation of standards.
Here's the difference: The previous generation of standards tended to be more content based, and the reality in the 21st century is that basically all the content a kid needs access to is in their iPhone, so what my generation spent hours and hours doing of just getting their hands on information a kid can do in a simple Google search. And what's become paramount now — and that's not say that it wasn't before — is kids are spending more time on analyzing information and then have to synthesize and then represent it. So to go back to the criticism that it teaches to the test is nonsense because the focus is on skills not content. It's about can a kid take any text, whether it's something Sean Hannity wrote or whether it's something that Martin Luther King wrote, and can a kid make a claim about that text, cite it, and then provide evidence about the opinion or their opinion.
Those who are critics of it haven't read the document carefully, and if they read the document carefully I would argue that they would see it actually opens things up — that it's more democratic than what we've had in the last 10 years because what happened in the last 10 years was a very prescribed curriculum. We had curriculum-in-a-box programs and scripted curriculum that teachers couldn't make contextual, so that's very harmful to students because basically we're teaching them one way of thinking.
What do you think Common Core can ultimately do for American education?
What we all first knew is that it's teachers who are not the problem; they're the solution. And what Common Core does is more closely aligned to what effective teaching and learning and practice is. It's more aligned with what teachers spent years to learn in order to develop the skills in kids so they can be college and career ready. It mirrors more of what teachers do, and that's a huge "Aha" for teachers.


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Silver Conservation Medal Winner
- The Main Guard
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Margaret Quinlan of Margaret Quinlan Architects
- Award Year: 2002-2004
- Location: Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
The refurbishment of The Main Guard was undertaken on behalf of Margaret Quinlan's client, the Office of Public Works. Speaking at the presentation of the Silver Medal to M Quinlan, Paul Keogh, President, RIAI, said, "The Main Guard is possibly the oldest surviving classical public building in Ireland and was, like many other national architectural treasures, neglected and forgotten and had little chance of surviving in its original, purposeful and beautiful form. Urban development has swept away many similar building in cities and towns around Ireland. Miss Quinlan's dedication and perseverance in restoring and conserving this building is as much a testament to her passion as to her considered and sensitive response to how an historic building can be restored and revitalised for the benefit of the wider community as a whole."
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, built the Main Guard in 1675 as the courthouse for the Palatinate of administrative area of County Tipperary. In 1715, the Palatinate jurisdiction was extinguished. In about 1810, the ground floor, a loggia of open arches, was converted into shops, a basement excavated and additional floors inserted. It was not until 1994 that the building was declared a national monument. The Office of Public Works began painstaking renovations at this stage. After ten years it was finally re-opened to the public with the open arches again a feature of the streetscape of Clonmel.


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Software that is designed to protect against computer viruses.
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Programs to detect and remove computer viruses. The simplest kind scans executable files and boot blocks for a list of known viruses. Others are constantly active, attempting to detect the actions of general classes of viruses. antivirus software should always include a regular update service allowing it to keep up with the latest viruses as they are released.


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Island Style Ukulele 2 features 14 newly recorded instrumentals with a relaxing tropical vibe. Experience the delightful diversity of the ukulele and the remarkable creativity of celebrated artists from the islands of Hawaii such as Brittni Paiva, Herb Ohta Jr, Kimo Hussey, Kalei Gamiao, Bryan Toletino, Alfredo Canopin, Derick Sebastian, Aldrine Guerrero, Jody Kamisato, Gordon Freitas, Corey Fujimoto, up and comers Honoka & Azita, Micah Ganiron and TJ Mayeshiro, and special guests, Tahiti's superstar Florent Atem, and 13 year old prodigy from Japan, Rio Saito.
From Hawaiian classics such as "Ulupalakua," island favorites like "Paniolo Country," contemporary hits "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride," and classics like "Dancing in the Moonlight," and "Sweet City Woman," Island Style Ukulele 2 is a little slice of paradise for those who love the small but mighty ukulele.


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Just beyond the bottlenecks of west Houston but well within the city limits, a bucolic civility reigns. Horses graze, peacocks strut, and a favorite antique carriage (a three-spring Studebaker trap, vintage 1910) glistens with spit and polish. Lisa and Jerry Simon and their extended family--most of whom live in the family compound--are gearing up for their annual holiday ride through the grounds and along the neighborhood's quiet, tree-canopied streets. Pulling the carriage this season are a pair of matched bays--Socrates, a Danish warmblood, and Roberto, his Dutch doppelgänger. This is the life--and has been for 65 years.
In 1945, Stewart Morris--now a shrewd 90-year-old and still very much the patriarch of both the family and its business, Stewart Title--and his wife, Joella, built a ranch-style home in an undeveloped area where they raised their three children--Lisa, Carlotta, and Stewart Jr. As an adult, Stewart Jr. was the first of the siblings to move back, building his home on six acres.
Two years ago, Lisa and husband Jerry returned. They bought four acres of adjacent land and built a plantation-style house that was influenced by the architecture of the late A. Hays Town--Southern, with a distinctive Creole flavor.
"It was inevitable that Lisa gravitate to this style," says her designer, Sandra Lucas. "She was raised with a love of the traditional decorative arts--her mother founded Houston's Museum of Southern History."
All things Southern segue gracefully into some things antebellum at the Simon home. Friends with the owners of Lousiana's Parlange Plantation--a circa-1750 French Colonial near Baton Rouge--Lisa made several trips there to soak up ideas. One result: Jerry's study, inspired by one of Parlange's octagonal pigeonniers.
"Though they weren't limited by the lot size, Lisa and Jerry had no interest in overbuilding," explains Lucas. They were resistant to excess and kept the home's footprint reasonable (three bedrooms and an open floor plan for entertaining groups). And as ardent recyclers, they embraced salvage. All of the exterior cypress doors are old, and the oak floors are cut from 19th-century beams. Bricks are antique, as are the kitchen's French clay tiles. The living room's limestone mantel also is 18th-century French. The eco-friendly house won the Houston ASID's Best Green Design for 2009.
"We wanted an extensive use of older materials and recycled elements," notes Lisa, president of MFT Interests and the family's foundation, and chairman of the board of Southern National Bank until its sale in 2006. "We scoured the Louisiana countryside to reclaim beautiful, timeless materials that would add the texture and create the interest we wanted in our home. We hoped to convey a collected feel and spent two years designing and planning."
Green design, at its easiest, means reusing what already exists. If there were a green design award for Christmas decorating, the Simons would be shoo-in winners for that, too. Lisa's grandmother crafted the Christmas stockings hanging in the kitchen 50-some years ago. Ditto for the felt holiday placemats and centerpiece. And the peacock feathers ornamenting the living room's 10-foot-tall Noble fir? "Our family's been decorating with peacock feathers for 65 years," says Lisa, pointing outdoors to "the Reverend," who routinely leaves his flock to hang with the humans and proudly show off his brilliantly plumed vestments.
Jerry, senior vice president and managing director for Northern Trust, is a passionate pianist during his downtime, embracing the tunes of iconic Texas musicians. (Texas singer-songwriter Shake Russell recently performed at the house for a fund-raiser.) Jerry's love of music resounds in the house's design. "Jerry's Steinway dictated the configuration of the great room," explains Lisa. The piano required careful placement to facilitate small home concerts and also to provide Jerry with a good view of the TV, so he can jam with televised concerts by his favorite musicians. "Lisa didn't want this huge TV to be visible all the time, though," recalls Lucas. "They compromised by having a hidden TV cabinet custom-built, utilizing a painting already in their collection."
Lisa extends the celebration of music to her holiday gift wrap. For this family, it seems that nothing exists or occurs without a purpose steeped deeply in tradition. A collector of vintage sheet music, Lisa dips into her array of melodies to create one-of-a-kind gift tags that she secures to packages with sealing wax. "The original [wax] impressions are those used on my parents' wedding invitations," Lisa explains, nodding at her mom, Joella, who is lovingly known to family by the chirpy sobriquet, Goodmornin'.
The joy of music and merrymaking reappears in the holiday centerpiece on the living room mantel--antique brass and copper coach horns that were traditionally played from the carriage to signal its arrival. With 45 coaches and carriages in their own personal collection, both Lisa's dad and her brother are past presidents of the Carriage Association of America and former chairmen of the Carriage Museum of America. "Stewart Jr. started driving at age 8," says Stewart Sr., "and Stewart III is well on his way." In this neck of Houston, that's how they roll.
Architectural design: Robert Dame, Robert Dame Designs, 7322 Southwest Freeway, Suite 1550, Houston, TX 77074; 713/270-8225, robertdamedesigns.com.
Interior design: Sandra Lucas, Lucas/Eilers Design Assoc. LLP, 1502 Augusta Dr., Suite 220, Houston, TX 77057; 713/784-9423, lucaseilers.com.
Builder: Mission Constructors Inc., 3813 Buffalo Speedway, Suite 100, Houston, TX 77098 713/523-9194, missionconstructors.com.
Landscape architect: Suzy Fischer, Fischer Schalles Assoc., 2306 Woodhead St., Houston, TX 77019; 713/520-1395.
Plasterwork: Leslie Sinclair, Segreto Inc., 713/461-5210, segretofinishes.com.
Floral design: Gelea Copeland Clem, Copeland Design, 832/741-7567, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Sound/media: Soundimage Inc., 713/784-8844, soundimageinc.com.
Photography: Werner Straube
Produced by Susan Fox
Fireplace (antique limestone "Bar de Nimes" hearth): Chateau Domingue, 713/961-3444, chateaudomingue.com.
Mantel and over-mantel: Brian Stringer Antiques, 713/526-7380.
Wing chairs (Louis XIII-style): Watkins Culver Antiques, 713/529-0597, watkinsculver.com.
Chair fabric ("Palladium"/Beige #J0548-220): Lee Jofa, 800/453-3563, leejofa.com. Suzani pillows: Seret & Sons, 505/988-9151, seretandsons.com.
Table in front of wing chairs (antique): Joyce Horn Antiques, 713/688-0507, joycehornantiques.com.
Rug (antique, Persian Serapi): Matt Camron Rugs & Tapestries, 713/528-2666, mattcamron.com.
A mirrored arch in the entry reflects the home's French-Creole Colonial style.
Light fixture (custom): Alcon Lightcraft Co., 713/526-0680.
Cloche for light fixture (vintage French glass): Joyce Horn Antiques, 713/688-0507, joycehornantiques.com.
Mirror (antique): Frametek, 541/431-4365, frametek.com.
Mirror frame (antique): Homestead, 830/997-5551, homesteadstores.com.
Bench (oak children's bench from Louisiana plantation): MAI (Memorial Antiques & Interiors), 713/827-8087, maihouston.com.
Paint: custom.
A 19th-century French oak harvest table seats 12 beneath a vintage French chandelier from New Orleans.
Table (antique): owner's collection.
Chairs (custom): Neal & Co., 713/942-9800. Chair fabric ("Fulham Linen Velvet"/Ivory #990010-1); chair gimp ("Cliveden Petite Braid"/Bisque, Ivory #T2002505-116): Lee Jofa, 800/453-3563, leejofa.com.
Inside pleats ("Emilien Cire Texture"/Oatmeal #89606-017): Brunschwig & Fils, 800/538-1880, brunschwig.com.
Drapery ("Ruff Linen Canvas"/Beige #809001-13): Rogers & Goffigon, 203/532-8068.
Appliqué fabric ("Divinia"/Wheat, boiled wool): Maharam/Kvadrat, 713/623-6272, kvadratmaharam.com.
Appliqué design (historically inspired); fabrication: Designers Workroom, 713/868-1801.
Cabinet (antique bibliotheque): Carl Moore Antiques, 713/524-2502, carlmooreantiques.com.
Chandelier: owner's collection.
Eighteenth-century Venetian bronze doors flank the dining room archway.
Bronze doors (antique Venetian bronze): Matt Camron Rugs & Tapestries, 713/528-2666, mattcamron.com.
Paint: custom.
The great room's arches are swagged for the season.
Carriage rides under the live oaks are a family holiday tradition.
At the Simon home, Lisa's brother, Stewart Morris Jr., is the whip who drives the carriage for his mother, Joella, and father, Stewart Sr.; Stewart III, the groom, continues the family tradition.
Jerry Simon's' Steinway takes center stage in the great room. Osborne & Little fabric covers the sofa. The medallion chair fabric is Brunschwig & Fils; its blue welt is Schumacher. The palette is pulled together by a large antique Serapi rug.
Sofas (#2594): A. Rudin, 310/659-2388, arudin.com.
Sofa fabric ("Cordillera," discontinued): Osborne & Little, 877/322-7420, osborneandlittle.com.
Table (oak, with primitive carved design); table (oval with one drawer, Louis XIV period); wing chair opposite sofa: Neal & Co., 713/942-9800.
Wing chair medallion fabric ("Gaeta Figured Woven"/Oatmeal #83879-017);
chair fabric ("Formia Woven"/Oatmeal #83878-017): Brunschwig & Fils, 800/538-1880, brunschwig.com.
Chair welt ("Como"): Schumacher, 800/523-1200, fschumacher.com.
Sconce (antique, converted floor lamp): Tara Shaw, 504/525-1131, tarashaw.com. Ladder-back chair (antique): Neal & Co., 713/942-9800.
Chair fabric ("Losange Bouclé"/Prussian #94851): Schumacher, 800/523-1200, fschumacher.com.
Chest (antique, Belgian oak); lamp (antique, Belgian iron fragment): Brown, 713/522-2151, shopbybrown.com.
Rug (antique, Persian Serapi): Matt Camron Rugs & Tapestries, 713/528-2666, mattcamron.com.
Piano: Steinway, steinway.com.
Paint: custom.
"Nothing forced or fake" might be the decorating mantra for Lisa and Jerry's home at Christmas. The stockings at the kitchen fireplace were made by Lisa's grandmother, as were the felt camels on the cut-cedar centerpiece. The old iron chandelier was scooped up at the nationally popular Texas Round Top Antiques Fair.
Table: owner's collection.
Chandelier over table: Round Top Antiques Fair, 512/237-4747, roundtoptexasantiques.com.
Flooring (antique terra-cotta pavers, French); chairs (antique): Wirthmore Antiques, 504/269-0660, wirthmoreantiques.com.
Chair fabric ("Asbury Woven Check"/Sand #89651-057): Brunschwig & Fils, 800/538-1880, brunschwig.com.
Gimp ("Perandor Plain"/Cream #T6026-118) Lee Jofa, 800/453-3563, leejofa.com. Chandelier over island (antique): Tara Shaw, 504/525-1131, tarashaw.com.
Bar stools: Country French Interiors Inc., 214/747-4700 and 214/744-5900, countryfrenchinteriors.com.
Fabric on inside back of bar stools ("Nubby"/Honed Limestone #970-71): Perennials, 888/322-4773, perennialsfabrics.com.
Fabric on outside back ("Montrose"/Tomato, by Colefax and Fowler, discontinued): Cowtan & Tout, 212/647-6900, cowtan.com.
Tile behind stove and backsplash (reclaimed 19th-century colored cement tiles): Chateau Domingue, 713/961-3444, chateaudomingue.com.
Paint: custom.
Range: Wolf Appliance Inc., 800/332-9513, wolfappliance.com.
Window treatment ("Katmandu"/Wine #2700204): Schumacher, 800/523-1200, fschumacher.com.
Holiday gatherings around the fire pit typically include, from left: Lisa and Jerry's grandson Connor Wannemaker, 11; Lisa's brother, Stewart Morris Jr.; homeowners Jerry and Lisa Simon; Lisa's daughter, Camella Clements Taylor; daughter-in-law, Jennifer Clements; Stewart Jr.'s wife, Joy Morris; and Lisa's son, Glenn Clements Jr.
Fire pit; stone bench; pool surround: Russell Ponzoha, Creative Outdoor Designs, 713/515-2494, codi52.com.
Peach pillows ("Breaker"/Robin #DL-1007-16): DeLany & Long Ltd., 203/532-0010, delanyandlong.com.
Cushions: Sunbrella, sunbrella.com.
Reclaimed 19th-century colored cement tiles back a Wolf range. The island augments seating for family festivities.
Roman shades fabricated by Durham Draperies in a Bennison print cover the master bedroom's French doors.
Desk; desk chair: owner's collection.
Chandelier (Flemish): Brown, 713/522-2151, shopbybrown.com.
Artwork: Cavalier Fine Art, 713/521-7711, cavalierfineart.com.
Paint: custom.
The tufted custom headboard is dressed in a Cowtan & Tout fabric. An antique bench at the foot of the bed goes subtle in a Fabricut solid trimmed with Scalamandré gimp. The blanket cover and shams are from Hamburg House. Softening the room is a Tabriz rug.
Headboard (custom): Neal & Co., 713/942-9800.
Headboard fabric ("Tarn"/Cream #F3115-12, by Colefax and Fowler); tufts ("Grosvenor Button Tuft"/Beige #5313-02, by Colefax and Fowler): Cowtan & Tout, 212/647-6900, cowtan.com.
Bed skirt ("Liso Jerez Woven"/Arena #82333-057): Brunschwig & Fils, 800/538-1880, brunschwig.com.
Fabrication: Designers Workroom, 713/868-1801.
Blanket cover and shams ("Palermo Pique"/Ivory): Hamburg House, 305/557-9913, hamburghouse.com.
Bench: Joyce Horn Antiques, 713/688-0507, joycehornantiques.com.
Bench fabric ("Brushed Cotton"/Brown #22203-37): Fabricut, 800/999-8200, fabricut.com.
Trim ("Winter Palace Gimp"/Pine, Tan, Cream): Scalamandré, 800/932-4361, scalamandre.com.
Carving above fireplace (musical fragment in wood with 18th-century motif): Tara Shaw, 504/525-1131, tarashaw.com.
Chandelier (antique): Mac Maison Ltd., 504/891-2863.
Night tables (concave hall chests): Woodbridge Furniture, 336/887-8246, woodbridgefurniture.com.
Lamps (custom, made from antique columns): Lucas/Eilers Design Assoc., 713/784-9423, lucaseilers.com.
Wing chair (custom): Designer's Furniture Mfg., 713/973-0315, designersfurnituremfg.com.
Chair fabric ("Fossils"/Brown on Beige, by Grey Watkins): Stark Fabric, 212/355-7186.
Welt ("Brushed Cotton"/Brown #22203-37): Fabricut, 800/999-8200, fabricut.com.
Rug (Tabriz): Matt Camron Rugs & Tapestries, 713/528-2666, mattcamron.com.
Desk and chair: owner's collection.
Roman shade ("Wheat Flower"/Blue and Mustard on Beige): Bennison, 212/223-0373, bennisonfabrics.com. Fabrication: Designers Workroom, 713/868-1801.
Paint: custom.
Recycled 19th-century Verona marble adds character to the bath.
Mirror: owner's collection
Lanterns (old French iron): Joyce Horn Antiques, 713/688-0507, joycehornantiques.com.
Roman shade ("Liso Jerez Woven"/Arena #82333-057): Brunschwig & Fils, 800/538-1880, brunschwig.com.
Embroidery and fabrication: Designers Workroom,713/868-1801.
Paint: custom.
Chair (Victorian caned-seat maple ladies chair): owner's collection.
Thermomasseur bath ("Naos"/Biscuit, Balneo series): BainUltra, 800/463-2187, bainultra.com.
Flooring: antique Jerusalem limestone.
A dog's paw print in the brick is a charming testament to the comfort and joy a four-legged pal can bring to a household.
Turned wood adds character.
The ultimate in snug warmth.
What a lovely powder room!
The grounds beckon.
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Hug a Veteran. Thank a Veteran. Be proud to be an American that upholds the freedoms in our Constitution. Do not succumb nor follow blindly those that want to take away life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Don't allow others to put you down for working hard. You have the right to own your own business, to work in your chosen profession, to get an education. Don't put down what others negatively call big business. Those businesses create jobs. Think about it-the persons shaming wealth, power, big business—all have those things-but they don't want you to-they want to control. Many people have died for this country in the name of freedom. They served this nation, giving all so that you could live your life your way. We were never meant to be a nation of hand-puts. Today, and every day, I give thanks to my uncles, cousins, aunts, friends, furiends, grandparents, everyone, especially my Daddy, for their service to this great country. Thank you all. Keep America free. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Sukin Naturals Botanical Body Wash is a non-drying cleanser enriched with aromatic botanicals to stimulate and refresh tired skin. It contains skin-softening jojoba, avocado and rosehip oils, which act in combination with aroma-therapeutic essential oils of tangerine, mandarin, lavender and vanilla extract. It is suitable for all skin types. To use, apply a small amount either directly to skin, or to a sponge. Lather gently and rinse thoroughly.
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Kiehl's Turmeric & Cranberry Seed Energizing Radiance Masque is a good working facial mask. It contains cranberry and turmeric which is great for the skin.
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New methods allow for insights into molecular mechanisms of regeneration
Researchers of the Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology (BIMSB) at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch have gained new insights into planarian flatworms, which are an attractive model for stem cell biology and regeneration. Close collaboration between four laboratories at the BIMSB led by Stefan Kempa, Christoph Dieterich, Nikolaus Rajewsky and Wei Chen has led to the identification of thousands of gene products, many of which are expressed and are important in stem cell function. This was achieved by precise characterization of all RNA-molecules expressed in the animals' cells, the so-called transcriptome, without using the genome sequence.
Planarians are famous for their almost unlimited ability to regenerate any tissue via pluripotent adult stem cells. Their spectacular regenerative capabilities have been studied for more than 100 years. With the development of new molecular and genetics approaches, planarians have recently re-emerged as a model system for the study of regeneration and stem cells.
The scientists at the BIMSB combined two existing and complementary sequencing methods to decipher the transcriptome of the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea without depending on genome sequences. Their approach is of great practical importance since the genomes of many organisms are known to be extremely difficult to assemble, even with the current sequencing technologies.
Furthermore, they also were able to identify several novel gene products (mRNAs) of which they proved that they are specifically expressed in the stem cells. It is the first proteomics study of such scale in this phylum (Platyhelminthes), as Wei Chen pointed out. The catalogue of transcripts assembled in their study, together with the identified peptides, dramatically expands and refines planarian research.


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