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Listen to the voices of feminists who were at the forefront of the Women's Liberation Movement in the 1970s and 80s. In addition to the interviews, explore the themes to discover the background to the movement and download our teaching resources for use in the classroom.
Due to the nature of the campaigns that were and are important to women's equality, some of the audio clips on this site deal with challenging subjects and may not be appropriate for some younger students.
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Introduction to Sisterhood and After
Feminist, writer and broadcaster Caitlin Moran introduces the Sisterhood and After website and explains why feminism is as important today as it was for the activists of the Women's Liberation Movement.Read more
What is a feminist?
Feminism is simply the quest for the equality of the sexes, yet it provokes strong reactions. Discover the history of the term and find out how the WLM developed and tackled some of the most fundamental feminist questions, such as what it means to be a woman.Read more
Campaigns and protests of the Women's Liberation Movement
From legal and illegal action, to quiet subversion and huge spectacle, feminists of the Women's Liberation Movement employed various methods in order to make their point and demand social and legislative change. Find out more about at some of the WLM's central campaigns.Read more
Equal pay and equality legislation
From actions such as the Ford machinists' strike in Dagenham and the Grunwick Film-Processing Laboratories strike, to campaigns such The Night Cleaners, find out how the 1970 the Equal Pay Act came into effect.Read more
Women's liberation: a national movement
The Women's Liberation Movement organised eight national conferences, starting in Oxford in 1970, where the first demands were made. Read the complete list of seven demands and learn how they helped shape the movement.Read more
Marriage and civil partnership
Until the 1960s a married woman took her husband's name, promised to 'obey' him and often became economically and financially dependent on him. Find out how the WLM campaigned to change the 'laws, assumptions and institutions' about marriage.Read more
Equality in religion and religious institutions
Although women make up a large part of the congregation in many religious institutions, they rarely hold positions of institutional power. Discover how some feminists campaigned for equality in religious institutions or even explored alternative spiritualities.Read more
Girls in formal education
The Women's Liberation Movement has to be seen in the context of the educational system in which its members grew up. Learn more about the tripartite system, the 11+ exam and its mixed consequences - a divisive, class-based system, but one that gave opportunities for some girls to access grammar schools.Read more
Health and reproduction
In the 1960s and 70s the medical profession was still dominated by men and consequently women had little or no say in the medical treatment of their own bodies. Explore the WLM's relationship to subjects like fertility, contraception, abortion, sexual desire and relationships.Read more
Men's reponses to women's liberation
How did men respond to women's liberation? Find out more about the men's groups, who campaigned alongside women for an end to inequality between the sexes.Read more
Myths and controversies surrounding feminism
Why is feminism often controversial? Read more about some of the most common objections to feminism and discover five amazing feminist ideas that might change your world.Read more
Sexual pleasure, sexual rights
The 1960s and 70s brought greater sexual freedom and choice for many women. Find out how the Women's Liberation Movement allowed women to talk openly about sex in consciousness-raising groups and how gay politics overlapped with feminist politics.Read more
Featured themes
Should boys and girls be educated together or separately? Does gender influence career choice? Should women be paid to do housework? Are masculinity and femininity opposites? What do women from different races and classes have in common? How do they differ?
The women you will meet on this site took on these and other questions in an extraordinary period of British history. They strove for political and social equality, and struggled for changes that would grant both women and men new freedoms. Using the themes below, you can learn about what they fought for, what they achieved and how they achieved it.
Who we were, who we are
What is a feminist, why is feminism often controversial and how have men responded to Women's Liberation?Read more
Family and children
Discover how the Women's Liberation Movement challenged attitudes towards childcare, marriage, partnership and domestic work.Read more
Equality and work
Find out how the Women's Liberation Movement fought for equal pay, access to training, equality in religious institutions, and recognition of work carried out by women.Read more
Politics and legislation
How did WLM campaigns lead to more equal political representation and legislation changes that have fundamentally altered women's lives?Read more
Featured interviews
The themes of this site are illustrated by 145 clips of oral history recordings and films that capture the voices of women who were at the forefront of the Women's Liberation Movement.
Featured feminists
The Women's Liberation Movement prided itself upon its lack of stars and a variety of views but the Sisterhood and After project interviewed many of the key participants. Listen to 66 of the many voices of the movement on this website.
The full-length interviews from the project can be accessed at the British Library.


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A Mid-Engined, 1,200HP 1937. For real? We Find Out in the First in a New Series of HOT ROD Flog Tests
Can we be honest? First impressions of Ed Umland's outrageously reworked, mid-engined, twin-turbo '37 Ford coupe were, "looks killer, won't run, if it does run it will be a handful at best, will never be finished." It looked like Ed went a few miles past the sanity exit on the supercar highway. But there's a reason: He wanted a street-cruising car, but also needed to run 200 mph in the standing mile. That's why he was shooting for at least 1,000 hp out of his LS engine, and why he ended up using a GT-40 transaxle instead of a weaker Porsche unit, as originally intended.
More honesty: We've heard the "I'm really gonna drive it" hallucination too many times from car builders. To put his metal where is mouth is, HOT ROD asked Ed if he'd be interested in flogging the coupe in front of us to see if it's up to his billing. He bit.
First, Ed's no braggart. He's a super fabricator who runs Eddie's Chop Shop (EddiesChopShop.com) in Orangevale, California. The business has only been around since 2008, about as long as his '37 has been in the planning and building stages. He's got a reputation as an über-builder who can handle virtually any type of fabrication, and his '37 exhibits the results of his skills, obsessive planning, and budgeting. It's a work in progress, so "it's not a bare metal rat rod," as Ed puts it. Yeah, we know this looks like a cost-is-no-object exercise in overkill go-fast, but the truth is Ed's philosophy runs counter to the bucks-up credo. He says, "I don't care about impressing with the latest name-brand parts—I have to build this on a budget, so as long as it's good, cheap, and does the job, or I can make it myself, I couldn't care less about trick parts."
That thing needs a straitjacket, not seatbelts!" – Reader Ken Simmons
So why set your parameters so high when your bucks are so low? Continues Ed, "In a normal world, there aren't customers for this type of car. So if you are a fabricator and want to do this, you do it yourself. For me, it was a time commitment."
Ed always wanted a supercar, but like most of us, he can't afford a Lamborghini. He decided to build his own, but wanted it more like a hot rod than a Ferrari. The initial plan was to start with a junkyard LS Chevy mated to a Porsche trans, for which you can buy an adapter kit. So as exotic as it sounds, the plan was completely doable in kit form. But it quickly got out of hand.
Ed studied old coupes from the '30s, seeking the proportions that would accept a mid-engine configuration. After looking at and measuring a number of '30s Chevys and Mopars, he settled on a '37 Ford coupe as the ideal for his vision of mid-engine madness.
Says Ed, "I think that '37 Fords are significant because they were the first Fords with steel tops, integrated headlights, and conventional alligator hoods—yet they still have that cool coupe look." Once he found the "right car" on the H.A.M.B. Internet forum, he drove up to Seattle only to find the "solid body" missing its bottom 6 inches—as in no floor or sills. Upon further negotiating, the Swiss-cheesed coupe was his.
A few months of planning, drawing, and photo-chopping preceded construction of the tube chassis with a cage to accept the LS, Ricardo transaxle, and modified C-5 Corvette front and rear suspensions. As Ed was building the '37, the drill for test-fitting the body was to push it lower onto the chassis, eyeball the result, trim the bottom, push a little more, eyeball it, push it down some more, and repeat until it looked right. Considering the way he builds, Ed says, "I cut and weld, and if I don't like it, I'll change it." No rocket science here. He ended up with a chopped and channeled coupe that looks like it's sectioned because he raised the fenders and running boards. The body is set up to be removable from the chassis.
As he continued building, he became intrigued by the Mojave Mile challenge,(MojaveMile.com), and felt if he could think bigger engine-wise, he might have the perfect car to participate. The current top-speed record is held by Mark Capener with a twin-turbo Lambo at 230.4 mph. So, as Ed puts it, "I got stupid with the horsepower." The bottom end and heads of the '04 LS are the work of Don Zemina. With the amount of horsepower Ed had in mind, he started studying everything he could find on turbocharging, which was not part of his mental toolbox.
The custom sheetmetal intake manifold is Ed's own design and is attached to twin 80mm Comp Turbos with T4 housings, Turbosmart wastegates and blow-off valves, air-to-air intercoolers, and air-to-water integrated into the intake. Ed also hewed the custom stainless headers and exhaust. He claimed dyno pulls of around 1,100 hp. We decided to see for ourselves.
I got stupid with the horsepower. -Ed Umland
Chassis Dyno Test session
HOT ROD put the '37 on the dyno at Westech Performance Group in Mira Loma, California. Proving that Ed's horsepower goal was more than reached, the coupe was spinning an almost even 1,200 hp at the wheels! On gas. For as tame as it seemed rumbling into Westech, those are amazing numbers. But how does this combo behave on the track and the street?
At the Drags
At Auto Club Famoso Raceway near Bakersfield, Ed switched to slicks to see how the '37 would handle the famed quarter-mile. This was not the first time the coupe had seen a drag strip, but with previous squirts lacking traction, and with shifting problems with the adapted Porsche shift linkage, this would be the first real stab at the quarter. Ed feels that the weak link is the transaxle, and decided quick times were not worth grenading the five-figure GT-40 Ricardo trans, so he feathered the launch on the first pass. After clocking a 10.55 at 152, the power in the tower would not allow any more runs unless the coupe was equipped with another layer of safety equipment, as no one expected those times—at least not on the first run. The 152-mph trap speed indicates that high-8-second quarter-mile times are possible if there were only the traction and the transaxle beef to get there. On to the autocross!
Autocross Thrashing
Camaro Performers magazine has set up a fixed autocross course at the old El Toro Marine Base, and HOT ROD will be using it to test cars in a repeatable environment. You'll see more of the HOT ROD Flog Tests in future issues, and the more cars we test, the more basis we'll have for comparison on the numbers. Ed's coupe was the first one through. After a couple of warm-ups, he hit the tarmac hard. The best run was 1:10 seconds. To put that in perspective, a bone-stock '05 Mustang on street tires runs our course in about 1:14 seconds, and an early Camaro set up specifically for short-course autocross that was testing on our course on the same day netted a 1:06. In other words, this old coupe built as a street runner was keeping up fairly closely with a dedicated race car. Not what we expected, and somewhat upsetting to the Camaro owner. At this point, we were almost convinced this was a real car with the potential to perform to its owner's targets, but what about normal street driving? After all, that's what it's supposed to do the most, and the best.
On the Street
Through the roads that thread around the grape fields surrounding Famoso, we drove Ed's coupe to see what it was like living in the normal world of everyday driving. We found it tracks straight (even with hands off of the steering wheel), brakes easy, and the engine temp is always below 200 degrees F (even on this 90-plus day). The ride is firm but not harsh, stable over irregularities and offsets in the road. This car drives like it's got a 350hp Chevy up front—but we know it doesn't. Temperature inside the cockpit was tolerable given the heat outside (staffer Gillogly disagreed), and aided by the '37 Ford feature of a windshield cranked out for ventilation, which Ed wisely kept. Noise inside the cockpit was elevated (Ed has yet to install sound deadener on the bulkhead separating the engine from the driver), but we could live with it knowing we had nearly 1,200-plus hp rumbling at our backs.
With so much horsepower on tap, even before the turbos kick in, you don't notice any lag when you squeeze the trigger; this thing is a rocket. The details are still a little "prelim" inside, but there are few rattles and no shakes. It's a fairly tight package that Ed will improve as time and funds allow.
In a normal world there aren't customers for this type of car. -Ed Umland
Throughout this whole exercise in let's-flog-Ed's-car-'till-it-breaks, it didn't. Well, almost didn't. At the end of the final day during our stopping tests, the electric fuel pump that primes the beltdriven fuel pump overheated and crapped out. Ed found that, once the car warms up, the fuel system needed a quick blast before the mechanical pump could do its job, thus the primer pump. We could have waited until the car cooled down a bit to resume, but it had already performed far beyond our jaded imaginations, and besides, the sun was slowly sinking, and with Ed working hard to flog his car and us trying to keep up with its performance, we all needed a beer.
In the end we'd have to say that Ed's ambitious targets for his old coupe seem more realistically attainable than we'd assumed, at least based on the limits of our test session. Not that we were out to step on Ed's creation—in fact, we're all suckers for the car's attitude—we just never expected it to live up to its overkill posture and thought it'd probably break while trying.
But 230 mph in a mile? We're still waiting on that.
There's take one on the HOT ROD Flog Test series. You like the plan? Email us: email@example.com. Next victim, a bucks-down, Poncho-powered Pontiac with a surplus of doors.
Readers Rank it
Is this car firing on all eight? Here's the score from a poll of HOT ROD readers, 1 piston is the worst score, 8 is the best.
Overall: 7
Function: 7
Stance: 7
Engine: 6
Exterior: 7
Interior: 7
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Hot Rod Flog Test Results
Performance As Tested
Rear-Wheel Horsepower: 1,171 at 6,600 rpm
Rear-Wheel Torque: 1,000 at 5,700
Time on HOT ROD Autocross: 1:10.1
Quarter-Mile: 10.55 seconds at 152 mph
60–0 Braking: 128.6 feet
HRM Staff Average Rankings on a Scale of 1 to 10, 10 Being Best:
Competence in its Intended Purpose: Here we judge the car only against the reason it was built; Ed's coupe is meant to be a street and top-end car, so those are the only elements we're ranking. While we could not test top speed, the 152-mph trap speed in the quarter and the 1,171 rwhp tell us this thing is not fooling around, and we're really impressed—but we still suspect that the 230-mph bogie isn't going to be easy. Ranking: 8.25
Performance vs. Potential: Here's where we look at the components on the car versus how it actually functions on the street or track. If a car has 1,200 hp but can't use it, then it gets a low score. Ed's car can't use its power to launch well on the dragstrip due to the fragile transaxle, but it's not a drag car. On the street and autocross, the balance of parts versus performance was more impressive. Ranking: 8
Dares to be Different:Has the owner thought out of the box and created something you've never seen before? Ed lost points only for using a predictable LS engine. Ranking: 9
Fabricated vs. Bolted Together: This category is self-explanatory. Ranking: 10
Fit and Finish: In terms of show-level detail, the '37 is lacking, even if the bits and pieces of custom work are super cool. The reason is that the coupe is not even close to finished, but we're judging it as we saw it. Ranking: 6.25
Cool Factor: Is it just plain rad? Ranking: 9.25
Bang for the Buck: Ed claims to have built this on a practical budget, but the twin turbos and high-end transaxle dim that a bit. If you had to pay shop hours to build this car, you'd be into a quarter-mil, but Ed did it all himself, which saves the day. And the package sure has a lot of bang. Ranking: 7
Practical Streetability: The coupe is more docile on the road than you'd expect. It loses points to regular hot rod quirks such as visibility and noise, and Brandan Gillogly ranked it lowest for being a sweatbox. Ranking: 6
Overall Score: 8
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Taylor Swift has visited a young cancer patient in Nebraska.
The singer was at Children's Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha on Saturday to see 10-year-old Lauren Hacker. The fifth-grader at St. Margaret Mary School has cancer.
The Omaha World-Herald (http://bit.ly/10z0U9l ) reports the meeting was lobbied for on social media. It was later arranged by Lauren's family and the singer's representatives.
Swift kicks off her worldwide tour Wednesday in Omaha for her latest album, "Red."


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The new White Box Space in Point Loma will host a dance and theater festival
Dancers paint pictures with their bodies, so what better canvas could there be for dance than an all-white theater?
White Box Space at NTC, which opened Dec. 15 in a building next door to Dance Place/San Diego, is a white 2,500-square-foot, second-floor performance space created by Jean Isaacs of San Diego Dance Theater and the new White Box Collective, a group of emerging choreographers that includes Blythe Barton, Anne Gehman, Kerry Greenwood, Maria Juan, Zaquia Mahler Salinas and Minaqua McPherson.
Barton said White Box can seat up to 125, can be reconfigured in myriad ways and provides a much-needed theater for homeless dance companies.
"Most of us, and many of the groups we will present, continually struggle to find performance space for our work," said Barton, who dances with San Diego Dance Theater and runs her own Blythe Barton Dance. "We hope the White Box will provide a home for creative people to experiment, explore and share their work."
To inaugurate the space, a Live Arts Fest is planned April 5-21, featuring 15 dance, theater, puppetry, art and workshop events.
Fest dance performances include: yT2013's "Light in the Attic," a dance/light installation on April 5-6; Michael Mizerany's "Tethered," "Tin Soldier" and "At Long Last ... Love!" on April 11; somebodies dance theater's "A Spit of Wax," April 12; "4 Share the Floor," works by Greenwood, McPherson, Joy Davis and Lavina Rich, April 14; Kira Corser and S.D. Dance Theater's Senior Dancers, April 17; Sarah Larson and Samara Kaplan's dance theater duet "Like Slow," April 18; 33 Ebert Ortiz's "The Last Supper," April 20; and San Diego Dance Theater's impressionist "Water Lilies/Nympheas," April 21.
5 picks for spring
Mojalet Dance Collective in "Hooked on Classics": Artistic Director Faith Jensen-Ismay presents new works exploring the beauty of music through movement, set to excerpts from Mozart's "The Requiem" and "The Magic Flute," Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, her own "Vivaldi Variations" and more. 2 p.m. April 20, 2 and 5 p.m. April 21 at Vine Theater, 13330 Paseo Del Verando, Rancho Bernardo. $16-$21. (858) 243-1402.
City Ballet in "Carmina Burana & The Seasons": Steven and Elizabeth Wistrich's dream production of Carl Orff's famed cantata will feature bawdy, funny and mythic dances, a full orchestra and a choir and soloists singing from every corner of the Spreckels. Vivaldi's "Four Season" concerto is the setting for classical, neoclassical and contemporary choreography. 8 p.m. May 3 and 4; 2 p.m. May 5 at Spreckels Theatre, 121 Broadway, Downtown. $29-$69. (858) 272-8663,
California Ballet in "Swan Lake": Bolshoi Ballet principals Nina Kaptsova and Alexander Volchkov join Festival Ballet Theatre of Fountain Valley principal Raydel Caceres for choreographer Thor Sutowski's full-length version of the heart-rending ballet. The production premiered in 1997 and returns for the company's 45th season. 7:30 p.m. May 18, 2:30 p.m. May 19 at San Diego Civic Theatre, Third Avenue at B Street, Downtown. $19-$90. (858) 560-6741,
Patricia Rincon Dance Collective and Eveoke Dance Theater in "Blurred Borders Dance Festival #15": Rincon says this year's international program will feature her company, a new work by Erica Moore with Eveoke, and companies from Los Angeles and Mexico. 8 p.m. May 24-25 at Saville Theatre, City College, Downtown. $10-$18. (760) 632-5340 or
The PGK Dance Project Too in "Dance & Sound": Demonstrating connections between movement and music, Artistic Director/pianist Peter G. Kalivas will perform live snippets of music as dancers improvise steps. Then, he'll isolate some steps and develop them into choreographed phrases, which will be performed to "human music" (claps, snaps, stomps) created by the audience. 6:30 p.m. May 28, Malcolm X Library, 5148 Market St., San Diego. Free. (619) 886-7924 or
Live Arts Fest
When: 7:30 p.m. various dates, April 5-21
Where: White Box Space at NTC, 2590 Truxtun Road, Studio 205, Point Loma
Tickets: $10-$20
Phone: (619) 225-1803


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Summer Fun Ticket Book
Learn how to make this paper-crafted ticket book with these free instructions. Make a card to go with it from one of the many designs on our web site.
SUPPLIES: Cardstock: (Harvest Gold, Hibiscus Burst, Simply Chartreuse, white) Papertrey Ink Patterned paper: (Cherry Cowabunga from Heat Wave collection) American Crafts Clear stamps: (label frame from Label Basics set) Papertrey Ink; (Star Burst) Fancy Pants Designs Dye ink: (Summer Sunrise, Hibiscus Burst, True Black) Papertrey Ink Sticker: (yellow flower) Doodlebug Design Fibers: (yellow twill) Papertrey Ink Font: (Felix Tilting) Microsoft Tools: (edge trimmer; scallop, wave and perf blade cartridges) American Crafts; (circle punch) EK Success Finished size: 4 3/4" x 2 3/4"
1 Print sentiment and lines on cardstock. Trim into rectangle.
2 Stamp rectangle label and Star Burst on panel.
3 Circle-punch sides. Trim scalloped and perforated edges.
4 Repeat for remaining tags.
1 Trim cover from patterned paper. Trim perforated edge.
2 Adhere cardstock along perforated edge.
3 Circle-punch corners and trim sides with scalloped edge.
4 Print sentiment on cardstock; trim.
5 Stamp rectangle label and Star Burst on panel. Trim with scalloped edge.
6 Adhere flower sticker with foam tape. Adhere panel to cardstock rectangle with foam tape and adhere to cover with foam tape.
7 Place tickets behind cover, hole-punch, and tie together with twill.
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To download this project's ticket pages and cover, click HERE.
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An average man needs around 2,500 calories a day to maintain his weight. For an average woman, that figure is around 2,000 calories a day.
Within a healthy, balanced diet, a man needs around 10,500kJ (2,500kcal) a day to maintain his weight. For a woman, that figure is around 8,400kJ (2,000kcal) a day.
These values can vary depending on age, metabolism and levels of physical activity, among other things.
Calories are a measure of how much energy food or drink contains. The amount of energy you need will depend on:
Other factors can also affect how much energy you burn. For example:
The term calorie is commonly used as shorthand for kilocalorie. You will find this written as kcal on food packets. Kilojoules (kJ) are the equivalent of kilocalories within the International System of Units, and you'll see both kJ and kcal on nutrition labels – 4.2kJ is equivalent to approximately 1kcal.
To maintain a healthy weight, you need to balance the amount of calories you consume through food and drink with the amount of calories you burn through physical activity.
To lose weight in a healthy way, you need to use more energy than you consume by eating a healthy, balanced diet with fewer calories while increasing your physical activity.
For more information on weight loss, download the NHS weight loss plan, our free 12-week diet and exercise plan.
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Summer recreation possible for Tahoe ski resort
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — The next phase in determining if summer recreation and more development should be part of Diamond Peak's future takes place next week.
An open house regarding updates to the ski area's master plan is set for 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, at the Diamond Peak Base Lodge.
There, resort officials and consultants will provide examples of possible summer and multi-season uses and activities, according to the Incline Village General Improvement District, which owns the resort.
The master plan — which hasn't been updated since 1987 — would serve as a blueprint for future development.
"The goal of updating the master plan and looking at summer operations is to make the best use of Diamond Peak as a community asset year-round, not just the 4-5 months when snow is on the ground," said Andrew Baird, IVGID marketing manager.
Diamond Peak has offered winter recreation opportunities almost exclusively since opening 47 years ago, when it was called Ski Incline.
"While there has been a significant evolution within the ski industry toward four-season operations, Diamond Peak's summer business remains very limited, consisting primarily of infrequently scheduled special events," the resort said in a statement.
The master plan process began in May 2013. Since, IVGID staff has worked with consultants from the SE Group, a mountain resort planning firm that boasts project experience in six continents, to develop a draft master plan by conducting market research and a site analysis.
Residents will be able to comment and share their vision and ideas for future uses at Tuesday's meeting, feedback that will be lumped into the draft plan, Baird said.
"This really is an open house in every sense of the phrase; there will be set stations with specific things and staffed with specific people, allowing people to move throughout the building, discuss those topics at that time," said Baird, adding that the meeting is not "town hall" in nature.
A second public meeting will be held this fall to present the draft plan, and a final version could be completed by October 2013.


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The Honors in Action Project, inspired by the Honors Study Topic, combines all of Phi Theta Kappa's Hallmarks — Scholarship, Leadership, Service and Fellowship — into one project. Follow the chart below and the Planning Rubrics to make a difference with your chapter's Honors in Action Project.
Review Honors Program Guide
Plan research into a specific theme and research question
Develop a response to the theme's focus question
Analyze varied perspectives, identify challenges requiring leadership and action
Consider how the theme investigated manifest locally
Brainstorm possible solutions to local challenges
Develop a plan of action
Intentionally increase and improve leadership capacity
Collaborate in action and service
Execute the plan
Measure qualitative and quantitative impact
Evaluate success
Assess leadership and teamwork
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Texas high school football is moving toward a 90-minutes-per-week limit on full-contact practice to limit concussions and other injuries.
The University Interscholastic League, which governs public high school sports, approved the limit at its meeting in Austin on Tuesday. The measure now goes to the state education commissioner for approval before the start of preseason practice in August.
UIL athletic director Mark Cousins says the rule does not apply in spring drills or fall preseason practice, and kicks in the week of the first game.
The rule limits "game-speed tackling and blocking to the ground" and covers high school and middle school practices.
Cousins says the Texas rule tracks a growing trend in professional and college football to limit contact drills to reduce the number of injuries.
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Saturday, July 26, 1913. The Rensselaer County jail will soon supply its own blankets and towels as prisoners start work on newly-installed textile looms, The Record reports this weekend. The first two of a projected ten looms "have been placed in a large and well lighted room east of the courtyard," our reporter writes, "Two men have been engaged, one to superintend the construction and care of the machines, and one as an instructor to the prisoners." More than six months have gone by since the county board of supervisors first approved the prison-labor plan. The committee appointed to implement the plan "had cause for its evident delinquency," our writer explains, "for time had to be taken in the selection of a form of occupation not too expensive to institute and the operation of which would not require a term of apprenticeship longer than that of the average offender lodged a the county jail. "It was found that both the looms and the raw material used in the process of manufacture could be obtained with little or no cost, so that if the experiment should prove a failure those supporting the institution would not be taxed too heavily to finance this part of its activity." Making blankets and towels with prison labor has a twofold purchase. It will save the county the expense of buying textile products, and it may give inmates skills and steady work habits. While prisoners may not emerge fully prepared to land jobs in Troy's textile mills, "it is thought that those who are put to this work while serving their sentences will at the expiration of their time have at least learned something of the process and, in addition to this, the value of acquiring some trade by which they can earn an honest living. "It is the argument of the supervisors that a man employed will be liable to the influence of or the participation in less crime than one with nothing else to take his time. As many of those lodged here for terms of imprisonment are not addicted to work it is hoped that the experiment will have at least some effect along those lines." So far, inmates have shown "a gratifying interest in the work," but officials realize that most see the looms as "a novelty and a diversion." Once the novelty wears off, "it is doubted that the zeal of the prisoners to learn the process will continue." A light work schedule - probably no more than seven hours a day - should keep them busy while providing for the jail's needs and possibly those of other county institutions. - Kevin Gilbert
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For those who think of Mary Kay cosmetics as nothing more than a pink Cadillac full of mauve lipsticks, think again: when the company's handbook, The Mary Kay Way, came out 20 years ago, Mary Kay Ash's culty brand of get-rich-kinda-quick consumer marketing made it a bestseller. Or, as the blurb would have it, "it was Mary Kay's goal in 1963 to build an organization that was guided by the Golden Rule and dedicated to giving women unlimited opportunities for success. She considered caring and kindness to be the building blocks of a highly motivated workforce-and the forty-five year success story that is Mary Kay Inc. has proven her right."
The book, which will hit shelves again this summer as a special anniversary edition, is full of 'success principle' chestnuts for the entrepreneur like, "Make people feel important. They are." and "Sandwich every bit of criticism between two heavy layers of praise." Like any kind of self-help, most of it's pretty common-sensical, and yet suddenly looks creepy and calculating when framed as didactic, capitalistic axioms. That said, Mary Kay herself is obviously completely badass - and clearly has confidence in her own products - an amazing success story at a time when that wasn't easy for a woman. Even if, yes, she did it with makeup, pink cars and "The Golden Rule." But hell, there must have been some serious steel there: if niceness bought Caddys, we wouldn't be riding a bike.
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Raspberry Pi seller calls for hack match contestants
24 hours to bake the best Pi rig
UK-based hardware hackers have just over a week to apply for Hackday, a tournament tuned to the Raspberry Pi micro-motherboard.
The contest takes place on 1 December at Leeds' Munro House. Proceedings kick off at 10.30am, but the competition starts at 12pm, after which entrants have 24 hours to build a Pi-based system they think will impress the judges, write the code and get it all working.
Not got a Pi? Retailer CPC - which is sponsoring the event, and just so happens to be an off-shoot of Premier Farnell, one of the Pi's two suppliers - will have some units on hand to buy. As sponsor, it's providing the runner-up prizes: a motley selection of Pi accessories and gadget toys.
The winner of the contest will get "a personal tour of Sony UKs Raspberry Pi manufacturing facility in Wales".
Entrants can try their hand at winning on their own, or in teams of up to four people, the organisers - the event is being overseen by Leedshack founder Dom Hodgson - said.
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Lincoln Brewster is one of those rare worship leaders whose songs have connected with churches and individual consumers, thanks in part to several radio successes including hit singles "Everlasting God," "Today Is The Day," "Salvation Is Here" and "The Power Of Your Name."
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SALEM — An annual holiday tree lighting will take place from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday on the Salem Town Green.
There will be a carol sing-along, visit from Santa, hot chocolate and other goodies.
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Norris goes deep in A's loss to Mariners
PHOENIX -- Mariners outfielder Michael Morse continued his torrid spring on Monday by hitting his sixth home run, helping Seattle claim a 6-5 victory over the A's at Phoenix Municipal Stadium.
It is the Major League-leading 44th home run hit by the Mariners this spring.
Oakland entered the day with half that, but Derek Norris' two-run shot off right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma in the fourth inning upped it to 23.
Iwakuma allowed just one one other run in his five innings of work, a sacrifice fly off the bat of Scott Sizemore in the fifth. Overall, the right-hander surrendered six hits and walked two with no strikeouts. He also hit a batter.
Firmly entrenched in Seattle's rotation, the 31-year-old Iwakuma had given up just seven hits with no walks in 10 innings going in to Monday's contest, and he exited the game with a 3.60 ERA.
A's starter A.J. Griffin entered the day with similar numbers, having allowed just one run through five innings of Cactus League play before being tagged for five on six hits in 5 1/3 innings against Seattle.
Griffin, penciled into the A's rotation as the fourth starter, allowed just two baserunners through the first four innings without giving up a run. But in the fifth, he offered up a leadoff double to Jesus Montero, who had been robbed of a home run in the second when Coco Crisp made a spectacular catch at the wall in left-center.
Montero advanced to third on a groundout and, after Robert Andino walked to put runners at the corners, third baseman Brad Miller sent them both home with a double to tie the score at 2.
Michael Saunders' ensuing RBI base hit gave the Mariners the lead, and Seattle added two runs in the sixth on Morse's long ball and an RBI single from Dustin Ackley.
Morse, acquired in a trade with the Nationals, has had an immediate impact on the Mariners.
"He's had a real good spring for us," said manager Eric Wedge. "He knows what he wants to do up there. He's a smart hitter. He's strong. He does a good job making adjustments. That's why he's in the middle of our lineup."
Morse is now hitting .371 with 11 RBIs in 13 games, and teammate Justin Smoak upped his average to .390 with a two-hit day as he continues to bounce back from a tough 2012 campaign.
Up next: Young right-hander Dan Straily is scheduled to take the mound on the road on Tuesday for a meeting with the Dodgers at Camelback Ranch beginning at 1:05 p.m. PT. This will be the fifth start for Straily, who has surrendered seven earned runs over 9 2/3 innings while working on his fastball command, which has been inconsistent up this point.


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From the outside, Le Petit Chateau looks like a charming mini castle.
Once inside you will not be disappointed. The soaring heavy wood beamed
ceilings and illuminated shuttered windows overlooking the dining area
further enhance the warm comfortable feeling of an old world French country
estate. Coats of arms, plate rails, landscapes, wall hangings and various
art collectibles line the walls above the banquettes and
intimate booths
The warm homey atmosphere is carried into the cozy bar area, a great place to stop on your way in for lunch
or dinner. The full bar features a martini menu, from the traditional classics
to the latest trendy creations, as well as a selection of wines by the glass.
After dinner another stop, for an after dinner brandy or digestif. Le Petit
Chateau's bar also makes a wonderful place to just spend some time with friends
or perhaps even make some new ones.
Christiane and Andrew Higgs
have owned Le Petit Chateau for thirty of its
nearly fifty year history and take great pride in emphasizing not only
quality prepared food at reasonable prices but also top notch service. This combination of food
and service is what contributed to Le Petit Chateau's winning the prestigious
Dirona award in 1996 and every year since.
"Dirona" (Distinguished Restaurants of North America), is the only recognition
that results from an independent, anonymous and rigorous restaurant inspection. The mission
of Dirona is to preserve and promote the ultimate in fine dining.
Le Petit Chateau features many of the traditional French dishes which are becoming
increasingly difficult to find. Sweetbreads have all but vanished from most menus,
but here you will still find they are prepared to perfection, pan broiled dwelling
on a mound of rice with a mild bearnaise sauce. A classic Steak Diane, a filet
splayed in half crowned with mushrooms and capers and a fantastic bordelaise sauce
with just a hint of dijon is another classic prepared at Le Petit Chateau.
Long Island
with either cherry or orange sauce is a must try. Many of our well
traveled regular customers have said it is without a doubt the "best duck we have ever had".
Many other dishes to be found in a typical french restaurant such as Frog Legs, pan
broiled with garlic, parsley, herbs and flambeed in brandy; Coquille St. Jacques, large sea
scallops poached in chardonnay wine then glazed in a veloute sauce; Beef Wellington in a pastry crust with patť - all wonderful additions
of classic french cuisine.
Each day Le Petit Chateau features many specials in addition to its extensive menu of steaks and
seafood. The daily specials emphasize seasonal produce and fresh fish depending on availability
of the best and freshest products.
A wide array of desserts round out your lunch or dinner perfectly, all prepared in our kitchen
by our pastry chef.
French chocolate tart, tarte tatin, as well as French favorites,
Grand Marnier or chocolate souffles and crepes suzette.
Le Petit Chateau offers a very unique banquet room also decorated with
and artworks.
Individually designed menus for groups have made this a popular spot for office parties,
anniversarys, birthdays or wedding events and various other special occasions. We want people
to feel like they are in their own private dining room at home with their friends enjoying an
intimate fine dining experience.
Several times a year Le Petit Chateau hosts wine pairing dinners - five course meals, each
course combined with a specially selected wine from either France or California. These dinners have become
extremely popular, so be sure to ask about reservations and details for the next planned
Le Petit Chateau also has a well rounded selection of wines at great prices.


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Gougeon, Meade Alger - 2015 Hall of Fame
Meade Alger Gougeon
"People started buying epoxy from us. I could see a need for the product."
September 25, 1938 - August 27, 2017
Birthplace: Bay City, Michigan
Bench Chemist
In 1966, Jack Knights wrote this about Race 1 of Yachting magazine's One-of-a-Kind regatta: "Meade Gougeon's trimaran had pruned weight, aerodynamic drag, and hull resistance to a degree that it was slipping through the water, sails always close-hauled, tacking upwind and down like an ice boat while all others were becalmed. The A Scow took 3:55:20 to complete the eight mile course. Gougeon was home in 51 minutes less. It was enough to write a new chapter in the history of sail."
Meade Gougeon, founder of Gougeon Brothers, says he first learned about epoxy resins from pattern maker, sailor, and boat builder Vic Carpenter. "Epoxy revolutionized pattern making," Gougeon says. "They were gluing Honduras Mahogany with resorcinol, and having to clamp it for two weeks. If there was a crack, often caused by over clamping, it ruined an expensive job. With epoxy you didn't have to clamp it that hard. It filled gaps, and it dried overnight."
One day in the late 1960s, Herb Dow walked into the Gougeon's Bay City, Michigan, boat shop. Dow was the grandson of Dow Chemical's founder. He bought two ice boats. "He saw us using epoxy," Meade says, "and said the world's biggest epoxy lab – Dow Chemical -- was a few miles down the road in Midland. Herb sent someone over to talk with us, and I became a bench chemist."
There was a lot of chemical experimentation involved to achieve the behavioral characteristics Gougeon wanted: minimal shrinkage, no odor, a variety of drying times. By 1969 the formulas he'd arrived at were well-kept secrets. "People started buying epoxy from us," Meade says. "I could see a need for the product."
As builders, the Gougeons pre-coated everything that went into a boat with their epoxy formulation to stabilize the wood. They named their epoxy WEST SYSTEM.
When his middle brother Joel, a decorated pilot with 130 combat missions in Vietnam, came home with money he'd saved to buy a house for himself and his wife, Meade saw a live one. "I told him $10,000 would buy him a third of Gougeon Brothers. He said okay. His wife didn't speak to me for five years, but it turned out alright."
As he approaches his 80th birthday, one of Meade's interests is the annual 300-mile Everglades Challenge in small boats. Complete it in 8 days, and you get a shark's tooth necklace and a paddle. Gougeon has won his class the past two years.
- Roger Vaughan
Links of Interest:
History of West System Epoxy - WestSystem.com
The Gougeon Brothers on Boat Construction - PDF
Biography of Meade Gougeon - CatSailor.com
"Meade Gougeon's sailing canoe/triamaran" - WoodenBoat forums
"Wooden Bicycles? Seriously?" - EpoxyWorks.com
"Sailing the Hot Canary " - YouTube video
Blog entry featuring Meade and Hot Canary
Meade & Jan interview Aug. 8, 2008 Mackinac Race - SailingAnarchy.com - YouTube video


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Lalique glass and jewelry were made by Rene Lalique (1860-1945) in Paris, France, between the 1890s and his death in 1945. Beginning in 1921 he had a manufacturing plant in Alsace. The glass was molded, pressed, and engraved in Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles. Most pieces were marked with the signature R. Lalique. Lalique glass is still being made. Most pieces made after 1945 bear the mark <i Lalique </i. After 1978 the registry mark was added and the mark became Lalique ® France . In the prices listed here, this is indicated by Lalique (R) France. Some pieces that are advertised as ring dishes or pin dishes were listed as ashtrays in the Lalique factory catalog and are listed as ashtrays here. Names of pieces are given here in French and in English. The Lalique brand was bought by Art & Fragrance, a Swiss company, in 2008. Lalique and Art & Fragrance both became part of the Lalique Group in 2016. Jewelry made by Rene Lalique is listed in the Jewelry category.
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New Panasonic MW-20 is a Versatile and Stylish Multimedia System, Compatible with iPod Touch® and iPhone® for Convenient Playback
SECAUCUS, NJ (October 4, 2010) – Panasonic today announced the MW-20, a digital photo frame that doubles as a stereo sound system, complete with iPod Touch® and iPhone® compatibility – using the supplied cradle to display photos and play music stored on the popular mobile devices is easy and convenient. The MW-20, a slim multimedia system, also charges the iPod Touch/iPhone while it is connected to the cradle.
The Panasonic MW-20 can play back videos and photos on its large, high-resolution 9-inch screen, while incorporating advanced audio technology to provide superb sound quality. Below the screen, there is a 5.6-mm Super Slim Semi Dome Speaker and a diffuser that optimizes the sound. In addition, the built-in DSP (Digital Signal Processor) adjusts the audio signal to suit the audio characteristics of this speaker system.
"The Panasonic MW-20 has a stylish and slim design that will complement any home décor and given its versatility to display photos, videos, play music and even charge an iPhone – we think this will be a welcomed addition this holiday season," said David Fisher, Product Manager, Imaging, Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company. "Beyond its design and versatility, the MW-20 is also a powerful gadget – with exceptional sound quality to listen to music and a large nine-inch screen to view digital photos and videos."
The MW-20 has an Adjustable Angle Display1 system that allows the angle to be changed to suit the viewing direction. With the supplied fixture, the MW-20 can be positioned in landscape orientation or hung on a wall. The MW-20 can display photos shot with a digital still camera by inserting an SD Memory Card into its slot. The MW-20 has 2GB of built-in memory for additional storage. The MW-20 features the LUMIX Scene Mode Playback function, which enables users to play back selected groups of photos shot with a Panasonic LUMIX digital camera using the iA Intelligent Scene Selector mode (Night Scenery, Portrait, Scenery, etc.). The MW-20 features 15 different display patterns to show a calendar, clock, photo – whichever combination the user prefers.
The MW-20 features an environmentally-conscious power-saving feature, with a luminance sensor that automatically adjusts the brightness of the screen according to the room lighting. For instance, when a room is dark, the MW-20 automatically shuts off. The Panasonic MW-20 will be available in late-November 2010 with a suggested retail price of $249.95. For more information, visit www.panasonic.com.
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About Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company Based in Secaucus, N.J., Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company (PCEC), is a Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, the principal North American subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation (NYSE: PC) and the hub of Panasonic's U.S. marketing, sales, service and R&D operations. Panasonic is pledged to practice prudent, sustainable use of the earth's natural resources and protect our environment through the company's Eco Ideas programs. Company information for journalists is available at www.panasonic.com/pressroom.
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{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-} module RSAGL.RayTrace.Scattering (Scattering(..), absorbtionOverDistance, achromaticAbsorbtion, withoutAbsorbtion, withoutScattering, emissionOverDistance, traceScattering, traceAbsorbtion, linearSamples, AdaptiveSample, adaptiveSamples, dust, fog, rayleigh_sky, rayleigh, elasticBackScatter, elasticForwardScatter, elasticOmnidirectionalScatter) where import RSAGL.Math.Vector import RSAGL.Color import RSAGL.Math.Angle import RSAGL.Math.Interpolation import RSAGL.Math.AbstractVector import RSAGL.Auxiliary.Auxiliary import Data.Monoid import Data.List import RSAGL.Math.Types\end{code} \section{Scattering} \begin{code}
data Scattering = Scattering { scattering_absorb :: RGB, scattering_scatter :: Angle -> RGB }\end{code} \texttt{adjustDistance} multiplies the distance over which a \texttt{Scattering} media has its stated effect. For example, if medium \texttt{x} absorbs 50% of light passing through 3 units of distance, then \texttt{adjustDistance 2 x}, will absorb 50% of light passing through 6 units of distance. \begin{code}
adjustDistance :: RSdouble -> Scattering -> Scattering adjustDistance d s = Scattering { scattering_absorb = mapRGB (** (recip d)) $ scattering_absorb s, scattering_scatter = scalarMultiply (recip d) . scattering_scatter s } mapAbsorbtion :: (RGB -> RGB) -> Scattering -> Scattering mapAbsorbtion f s = s { scattering_absorb = f $ scattering_absorb s } mapScattering :: (RGB -> RGB) -> Scattering -> Scattering mapScattering f s = s { scattering_scatter = f . scattering_scatter s }\end{code} \texttt{achromaticAbsorbtion} adjusts a \texttt{Scattering} media to absorb light equally in all colors. This is a simple way to fake a global lighting model for elastic scattering media, since without a global model absorbed light isn't re-scattered, resulting in wrong colors. \begin{code}
achromaticAbsorbtion :: Scattering -> Scattering achromaticAbsorbtion = mapAbsorbtion (grayscale . linear_value . viewChannel channel_brightness)\end{code} \texttt{withoutAbsorbtion} removes all absorbtion from a \texttt{Scattering} media. \begin{code}
withoutAbsorbtion :: Scattering -> Scattering withoutAbsorbtion = mapAbsorbtion (const $ grayscale 1)\end{code} \texttt{withoutScattering} removes all scattering from a \texttt{Scattering} media. \begin{code}
withoutScattering :: Scattering -> Scattering withoutScattering = mapScattering (const $ grayscale 0)\end{code} \texttt{absorbtionOverDistance} takes a distance and the filter color of the absorbion media through a distance of 1, and answers the resulting filter color of the media through that distance. \begin{code}
absorbtionOverDistance :: RSdouble -> RGB -> RGB absorbtionOverDistance trace_distance absorb_rgb = mapRGB (** trace_distance) absorb_rgb\end{code} \texttt{emissionOverDistance} takes a distance and the color of light being emitted by the media through a distance of 1, and answers the resulting light being emitted through that distance. \begin{code}
emissionOverDistance :: RSdouble -> RGB -> RGB emissionOverDistance trace_distance emit_rgb = scalarMultiply trace_distance emit_rgb\end{code} \texttt{traceScattering} generates a pair (scattered light color,absorbtion filter color) by taking many samples of a \texttt{Scattering} medium along a line segment and accumulating the total scattering and absorbtion along that line segment. The density and composition of the \texttt{Scattering} medium as well as the direction and color of the light source may very with location. Scattered light is subject to absorbtion on the way back to the eye, use \texttt{withoutAbsorbtion} if you don't want this. Because of this back-absorbtion, numerous samples are necessary even if the medium and light source are constant. The \texttt{source} and \texttt{destination} points are not commutative: the \texttt{source} point should be position of the eye or camera or the nearest point to the eye along a ray passing from the eye through a media object. The second element of the result is normally the same as would be generated from traceAbsorbtion. \begin{code}
traceScattering :: (Point3D -> Scattering) -> (Point3D -> (Vector3D,RGB)) -> SamplingAlgorithm (RGB,RGB) -> Point3D -> Point3D -> Samples (RGB,RGB) traceScattering scatteringF lightingF samplingF source destination number_of_samples = foldl' (\(summed_scattering,summed_absorbtion) (this_scattering,this_absorbtion) -> (add summed_scattering (filterRGB summed_absorbtion this_scattering), filterRGB summed_absorbtion this_absorbtion)) (grayscale 0,grayscale 1) $ sampleScattering scatteringF lightingF samplingF source destination number_of_samples sampleScattering :: (Point3D -> Scattering) -> (Point3D -> (Vector3D,RGB)) -> SamplingAlgorithm (RGB,RGB) -> Point3D -> Point3D -> Samples [(RGB,RGB)] sampleScattering scatteringF lightingF sampleF source destination = sampleF (\d p -> (scatteredLightAt d p,absorbedLightAt d p)) source destination where vector_to_viewer = vectorToFrom source destination scatteredLightAt this_distance this_point = let s = scatteringF this_point (light_vector,light_color) = lightingF this_point scattering_angle = angleBetween vector_to_viewer light_vector scatter_color = scattering_scatter s scattering_angle in emissionOverDistance this_distance $ filterRGB scatter_color light_color absorbedLightAt this_distance this_point = absorbtionOverDistance this_distance $ scattering_absorb $ scatteringF this_point\end{code} \texttt{traceAbsorbtion} takes many samples of a \texttt{Scattering} medium along a line segment and accumulates a total absorbtion along that line segment. For a constant medium, a single sample may be adequate. \begin{code}
traceAbsorbtion :: (Point3D -> Scattering) -> SamplingAlgorithm RGB -> Point3D -> Point3D -> Samples RGB traceAbsorbtion scatteringF samplingF source destination number_of_samples = foldr filterRGB (grayscale 1) $ samplingF (\d p -> absorbtionOverDistance d $ scattering_absorb $ scatteringF p) source destination number_of_samples\end{code} \subsection{Sampling} \texttt{linearSamples} takes samples evenly spaced along a line segment. \begin{code}
type Samples x = Integer -> x type SamplingAlgorithm a = (RSdouble -> Point3D -> a) -> Point3D -> Point3D -> Samples [a] class AdaptiveSample a where conspicuous :: a -> RSdouble instance AdaptiveSample RGB where conspicuous = recip . minRGB instance AdaptiveSample (RGB,RGB) where conspicuous (scattering_color,absorbtion_color) = linear_value (viewChannel channel_value scattering_color) / minRGB absorbtion_color data Sample a = Sample { sample_conspic :: RSdouble, sample_value :: a, sample_source :: Point3D, sample_midpoint :: Point3D, sample_destination :: Point3D } linearSamples :: SamplingAlgorithm a linearSamples sampleF source destination number_of_samples = map (sampleF sample_distances) sample_points where sample_points = map (flip lerp (source,destination)) $ zeroToOne number_of_samples sample_distances = distanceBetween source destination / fromInteger number_of_samples -- | 'adaptiveSamples' tries to selectively subdivide samples that seem most \"conspicuous\" using a user-supplied -- \"conspicuous-ness\" function. This should give a better result in less samples for highly detailed media models, -- but is likely to be slower that 'linearSamples' for the same number of samples. adaptiveSamples :: (AdaptiveSample a) => SamplingAlgorithm a adaptiveSamples sampleF source destination number_of_samples = map sample_value $ head $ dropWhile ((< fromInteger number_of_samples) . length) $ iterate (\samples -> concatMap (resampleRecursive 0 $ medianSamples samples) samples) seed_samples where seed_samples = [sampleBetween source destination] sampleBetween a b = Sample { sample_conspic = conspicuous s, sample_value = s, sample_source = a, sample_midpoint = p, sample_destination = b } where p = lerp 0.5 (a,b) s = sampleF (distanceBetween a b) p medianSamples samples = head $ drop (length conspics `div` 2) conspics where conspics = sort $ map sample_conspic samples recursive_limit = max 1 $ floor $ log (fromInteger number_of_samples) / log 4 resampleRecursive limit _ sample | limit > recursive_limit = [sample] resampleRecursive _ threshold sample | sample_conspic sample < threshold = [sample] resampleRecursive limit threshold sample = first_samples ++ second_samples where first_samples = resampleRecursive (limit+1) threshold $ sampleBetween (sample_source sample) (sample_midpoint sample) second_samples = resampleRecursive (limit+1) threshold $ sampleBetween (sample_midpoint sample) (sample_destination sample)\end{code} \subsection{Specific Scattering Functions} Elastic media \"absorb\" exactly the same amount of light as they scatter. If this light is colored then results may be strange, since without a global illumination model scattered light doesn't continue to propigate through the medium. Therefore, use \texttt{achromaticAbsorbtion} when measuring scattering. For elastic media, the absorbed color is the inverse of the scattering color. All media take the scattering color as their parameter. Inelastic media scatter less light than they absorb, and it may be the same color or achromatic. All of these \texttt{Scattering} media models accept a distance parameter. The greater the distance, the thinner the media. For example, \texttt{fog 5.0 (rgb 0.5 0.25 0.1)} absorbs 25\% of all green light passing through 5 units of the medium. \texttt{dust} represents many macroscopic spheres suspended in the atmosphere. This is an inelastic medium that always features achromatic absorbtion. \begin{code}
dust :: RSdouble -> RGB -> Scattering dust d c = adjustDistance d $ Scattering { scattering_absorb = grayscale 0.5, scattering_scatter = flip scalarMultiply c . (*0.5) . (1-) . (*2) . f2f . toRotations_ }\end{code} \texttt{fog} is a colored media that scatters and absorbs the same color. \texttt{fog} might also be appropriate colored media for a solid translucent object. This is an inelastic medium. See \texttt{elasticOmnidirectionalScatter} for an elastic version of \texttt{fog}. \begin{code}
fog :: RSdouble -> RGB -> Scattering fog d c = adjustDistance d $ Scattering { scattering_absorb = c, scattering_scatter = const c }\end{code} \texttt{rayleigh} when used with \texttt{rayleigh_sky} as the color parameter simulates elastic scattering of light by very fine dust or even thin air. \begin{code}
rayleigh_sky :: RGB rayleigh_sky = rgb 0.06 0.10 0.23 rayleigh :: RSdouble -> RGB -> Scattering rayleigh d c = adjustDistance d $ Scattering { scattering_absorb = invertRGB c, scattering_scatter = \theta -> scalarMultiply ((1 + f2f (cosine theta)^2)*0.75 ) c }\end{code} \texttt{elasticBackScatter} throws light back at the light source within a spcified cone. This medium doesn't absorb much light, especially when the scattering angle is very small, because while the scattered light may be very bright, being focused it doesn't represent as much energy as other \texttt{Scattering} media. \begin{code}
elasticBackScatter :: RSdouble -> Angle -> RGB -> Scattering elasticBackScatter d a c_ = adjustDistance d $ Scattering { scattering_absorb = invertRGB c, scattering_scatter = \theta -> scalarMultiply (f2f $ max 0 $ n*(r - (toRadians_ theta)^2)) c } where r_ = toRadians a r = r_^2 n = recip $ (1 + r/2 - sin(r_)*r_ - cos(r_)) c = scalarMultiply (f2f $ (toRotations a * 4)^2) c_\end{code} \texttt{elasticForwardScatter} is the reverse of \texttt{elasticBackScatter}. Use this to immitate Mie scattering. \begin{code}
elasticForwardScatter :: RSdouble -> Angle -> RGB -> Scattering elasticForwardScatter d a c = s { scattering_scatter = scattering_scatter s . supplementaryAngle } where s = elasticBackScatter d a c\end{code} \texttt{elasticOmnidirectionScatter} is like an elastic \texttt{fog}, scattering equally in every direction. \begin{code}
elasticOmnidirectionalScatter :: RSdouble -> RGB -> Scattering elasticOmnidirectionalScatter d c = adjustDistance d $ Scattering { scattering_absorb = invertRGB c, scattering_scatter = const c }\end{code} \subsection{Scattering Monoid} \begin{code}
instance Monoid Scattering where mempty = Scattering { scattering_absorb = grayscale 1.0, scattering_scatter = const $ grayscale 0 } x `mappend` y = Scattering { scattering_absorb = scattering_absorb x `filterRGB` scattering_absorb y, scattering_scatter = \u -> scattering_scatter x u `add` scattering_scatter y u } mconcat [] = mempty mconcat [x] = x mconcat xs = mconcat a `mappend` mconcat b where (a,b) = splitAt (length xs `div` 2) xs\end{code}


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"It was sexy, powerful, intriguing, intellectually interesting. It was a politicized world. Things were happening." This is John Conover speaking– but he's not describing today's zesty presidential contest.
The former Charlottesville vice-mayor is remembering the heady '60s, when he came of age "in the shadow of the mushroom cloud and Vietnam." Energized and involved, in the midst of all the excitement, Conover migrated to Virginia because it seemed a reasonable compromise "between Arkansas and New Jersey," where he had grown up.
The 1971 move didn't derail his involvement in political causes. Once here, he and his wife, Virginia Daugherty, founded a printing business they called Black Flag Press. Lest there be any doubt, Conover explains, "A black flag is a symbol of anarchy."
But did they actually advocate civil disobedience? "Let's just say we were more of an alternative press in those days," he demurs.
The business morphed into Papercraft Printing– as much to distinguish it from the exterminator company of the same name as to disavow any political implications. Then, after 27 years, Conover sold the business, took a long journey to India, and came back to launch a new career as an attorney with Legal Aid.
Through it all, the former city councilman has maintained his commitment to political and community activism. Most recently he has spearheaded creation of the Rivanna Trails Foundation and its goal for a footpath encircling the city along the Rivanna River.
"One fault people often cite about Charlottesville," Conover says, "is the absence of a beach or lake. But in truth, Charlottesville is defined by running water." He calls the plan for the trail– hatched with former mayor Francis Fife and others one day over lunch– "just a perfect idea. It has a holistic aspect– a circular walk around Charlottesville– but it's doable."
These days Conover leavens that outdoor "doing" with his Legal Aid work, which he relishes because "it embodies everything I like– working with smart, funny people engaged and proud of what they do." And– perhaps a nod to his Black Flag days– "It's a great contrast to Papercraft, where the customer was always right. Sometimes it's contentious, and you get to go to court and argue."
But the political fray is still Conover's first love. "Local politics has all the flavor of national and international politics: petty jealousy, overarching ego, dishonesty, humor, people forming temporary alliances, always shifting and intriguing."
And most of all, "It's fun!" he says.
Summing up his long fascination with his adopted city, Conover says, "What I like best about Charlottesville is that it's full of 'competent eccentrics'."
He doesn't mention any names, although many immediately spring to mind, not least among them this Black-Flag waving anarchist, activist, energetic trail builder.
Age? 58
What brought you here? Undergraduate school the first time. A bread truck the second time.
What's worst about living here? Decline of the erotic
Favorite hangout? C&O
Most overrated virtue? Fussy table manners
What about you would surprise people? I have a double-jointed tongue.
What would you change? I would prefer to be bilingual.
Proudest accomplishment? Consistency in love and community
Your most annoying trait? I mumble in short conversations.
Whom do you admire? Francis Fife and Bill Clinton
Favorite book? Love in the Time of Cholera
What causes you to rant? Self-centeredness in educated people
21st century pro? Better medical science
21st century con? Everything seems to be too close– the exotic thrives on distance.
What do you drive? Honda Civic Hybrid & red pick-up
Current disc in the car? West Side Story
Next journey? Holland and England
What's the most trouble you've ever gotten in? Cancer
What do you regret? Not enough focus
Favorite comfort food? Chicken livers and onions with fresh tomatoes and buttered ears of corn
What's always in your fridge? Pickled herring in sour cream
Must-see TV? The Daily Show
Favorite cartoon? The Far Side
Your idea of a perfect day? Some competition, some reading, some affection
Walter Mitty fantasy? Jazz or blues singer
Who'd play you in the movie? Bill Murray
Most embarrassing moment? Fortunately, these memories mellow with age.
Best advice you ever got? Be faithful
Favorite bumper sticker? "We put your feet back on the street"– Bob's Bail Bonds
John Conover– with his wife, Virginia Daugherty, and daughter Joey– pose with presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry at a 2002 benefit at Metro.
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by Joni Harrington Smith - Volume 1 Issue 29 January 18, 2001
The Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty always supports the truth, no matter how painful that truth can be -- to friends, to family, or to supporters. We know that out of painful truth can develop a real chance to make positive change. Having faced our demons, we are stronger for the challenge. Having stood naked before the world, we are humbled, and humility can lead to character growth.
Our beloved Patrick Henry was a Patriot, but he was first and foremost a man of God, and a man who knew how to forgive -- yes, forgive even those who had declared themselves to be his sworn enemies.
We all "sin and fall short of the glory of God" don't we? Reverend Jessie Jackson's recent admittance of fathering a child out of wedlock is a wonderful opportunity for Compassionate Conservatives. We must embrace our brother who has historically and courageously accepted fatherly responsibility for his actions. The baby's mother, Ms Karin Stanford, made the right and healthy choice to deliver their beautiful baby girl. When this little girl is old enough, she will be so proud of her two parents who did not punish her existence, but rather embraced and supported her.
Hopefully this little girl will be blessed with her father's powerful gifts of outreach and oration. Perhaps someday she may even lead a new generation toward greater racial harmony and equal opportunity for all.
Reverend Jackson's comments last night:
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Taking the Reverend Jessie Jackson at his word, The Patrick Henry Center celebrates his willingness to be a man, a father, and also his courageous admission that he is a seriously flawed human being who desperately needs, and seeks forgiveness.
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Commission calls for a new consensus to get the economy growing again
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At the end of the weekly meeting of the Commission which was largely focused on the end June European Council meeting, President Barroso said, "Europe is doing a lot to work its way out of the crisis. The Commission has documented this in the detailed analysis that accompanies our country specific recommendations. But still our growth performance is very unsatisfactory and we have a social emergency in parts of Europe. We can use the European Council meeting at the end of next week to bring a new consensus and renewed momentum, uniting the EU around agreement on what we will do to get our economy growing again. We are bringing forward concrete measures to fight youth unemployment and to support, together with the EIB, the financing of the real economy, especially SMEs. The ingredients of the consensus are on the table, now we need to make it happen."
The European Commission has agreed three contributions to the next European Council, scheduled for the 27-28 June 2013. The contributions on tackling youth unemployment, better regulation and the review of the compact for growth and jobs were adopted this morning. A further contribution, jointly with the European Investment Bank on increasing lending to the economy will be made available as soon as formally adopted. This package of initiatives will help Europe to make a difference in getting people back in work and allowing companies to hire staff and invest and banks to provide lending to the real economy.
Key points of the four contributions:
Working together for Europe's young people - A call to action on youth unemployment
Combatting youth unemployment is a top priority. While most of the means are in Member States' hands, the EU level can help make a difference. The Commission has proposed a number of practical and achievable measures that have the potential for immediate impact, but some measures are yet to be agreed at EU level, in particular those linked to the MFF.
The priority is to accelerate the implementation of the Youth Guarantee The Commission is proposing that EUR 6 billion of the Youth Employment Initiative should be frontloaded so that this money is committed in 2014 and 2015 rather than over the seven year period of the MFF. Member States need to bring forward their youth employment programmes in the autumn. In parallel the Commission will develop a number of EU-level tools to help Member States, such as the EU Alliance for Apprenticeships, the coalition for digital employment, EURES and the 'your first EURES job' initiative, and helping firms to recruit young people. All these measures need to be taken forward in close partnership with the social partners and relevant stakeholders.
Joint Commission-EIB report to the European Council - Increasing lending to the economy: implementing the EIB capital increase and joint Commission-EIB initiatives
One of the biggest obstacles to recovery at the moment is the lack of normal lending to the real economy, especially SMEs, a point highlighted by the Commission in the Annual Growth Survey.
In a joint report, the European Commission and the European investment bank set out how the recently agreed capital increase of the EIB will be allocated. In addition, the report sets out three options to help SMEs get access to funding and hire young people in the near future. The Commission will urge the European Council to take an ambitious approach on this issue.
The Compact for Growth and Jobs: one year on - Report to the European Council
The European Commission has adopted a progress report on Compact for Growth and Jobs. One year on, there is much that member states can still do to help themselves, for instance by unlocking the potential of the single market in areas like digital, energy and research.
The report highlights the need to complete Single Market Act I where only 7 of the 12 proposals tabled by the Commission have been agreed by the co-legislators. The European Commission has presented most of the proposals for the Single Market Act II. It will table the remaining proposals in the coming weeks, including legislation to promote long-term investment funds which can be another alternative source of lending to the real economy. The Commission calls for swift adoption of these proposals before the European Parliament elections.
The report shows how the Commission has made available the full cohesion policy budget to support growth and job creating projects as part of the 120 billion investment package outlined in the Compact.
Commission follow-up to the 'Top Ten' consultation of SMEs on EU regulation
Having a business friendly environment is also an important part of the mix. Regulating at EU level rather than twenty seven different ways at national level has proven to be an effective way of creating new opportunities.
The Commission has adopted a communication to address the Top ten most burdensome pieces of EU legislation, as identified by SMEs. The communication details the action taken or to be taken to address each of them. For each of the pieces of legislation identified by SMEs, the Commission has already reviewed the concerns expressed, taken action where this can be done by the Commission or made proposals to the co-legislators to ease the burden on SMEs. For example, in December 2011, the Commission proposed a revision of the public procurement regime which will have direct impact of the access of SMEs to public procurement. In February 2013, the Commission proposed to replace the general Product safety directive by a regulation on consumer product safety which includes a simpler set of common requirements for companies.
This is part of our on-going work to review and ensure that the entire "acquis communautaire" is fit for purpose (the 'REFIT' programme).
The European Council will endorse the Commission's country specific recommendations to guide Member States budgetary and economic policies over the course of the next year. It will also set out the next steps to reinforce the architecture of the Economic and Monetary Union. The four contributions of the Commission provide the menu for immediate action to get the economy growing again. They will help to restore confidence so that companies invest and hire and banks and other investors resume normal lending. They demonstrate that collective action at the EU level will have a bigger impact than isolated individual measures nationally. President Barroso will now send these contributions to all members of the European Council and to the European Parliament.
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|The niece opening the first door this morning. She found an angel and a chocolate.
|This is what it will look like on Christmas Eve.
And, we started a new tradition this year. Dana from Made posted about wrapping up 25 Christmas books and having her kids open one every day until Christmas. So, I raided my mum and sister's bookshelves and found 25 Christmas-themed books for my niece to read.
Some are fun
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And some tell the true story of Christmas
I have a few favorites
I wrapped them up and put sticky letters and numbers on them.
Every day the niece will choose a book to read. I'll let her choose if she wants to start with 1 (the calendar day) or 25 to count down to Christmas.
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With the PROFIBUS interface, you can connect a dSPACE system to PROFIBUS (PROcess Field BUS) networks to develop controller technologies for factory automation, decentralized peripherals, motion control, etc.
Processing closed-loop and open-loop control information for machinery and systems with the aid of powerful microchips is widespread in modern automation technology. As a rule, the processors are connected by one or more communication networks. The PROFIBUS interface connects PHS-based dSPACE Simulators and dSPACE prototyping systems to PROFIBUS networks to develop controller technologies for factory automation, decentralized peripherals, and motion control, for example.
The PROFIBUS Interface is equipped with the PHS++ bus interface and can therefore communicate with the dSPACE PHS hardware at very high speeds. The maximum possible baud rate for PROFIBUS communication is 12 Mbaud. A sample setup with a ControlDesk experiment is included in the interface to explain the basic implementation of dSPACE PHS hardware in PROFIBUS environments.
PROFIBUS is a vendor-independent, open field bus standard for a wide range of applications in manufacturing and process automation. Vendor independence and openness are ensured by the international standards IEC 61158 and IEC 61784. PROFIBUS allows communication between devices from different manufacturers without any special interface adjustment. PROFIBUS can be used for both time-critical high-speed applications and complex communication tasks. It utilizes a nonpowered two-wire (RS485) network and can have up to 126 nodes.
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