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- drleonardAsked on July 18, 2012 at 05:27 PM
Hi! I need help in creating a rating widget for static HTML pages on my site. PollDaddy has exactly what I'm looking for (http://support.polldaddy.com/rating-widget/) but I'm not using wordpress.
So here's what I want: A JotForm widget that contains a poll and a hidden field that captures the web page URL. I'd also like the widget to show the number of votes, if possible.
That way, I can gather feedback about specific pages on my site---to see which pages are popular and which are not.
Cany anyone share some advice? Thanks in advance.
- JotForm SupportjonathanAnswered on July 18, 2012 at 09:09 PM
How about this sample page. If you find it useful, we can assist you have such form.
I used the source code embed, then added custom function to capture the site URL/page.
I also created a Report using the Grid listing report and displayed it on the page.
The form can be embedded on any website and you will be able the capture the feedback for that particular website. You can also view the submission notification here.
You can also view the source code of my sample site (right-click/view source)
Please inform us if you need further assistance.
- drleonardAnswered on July 20, 2012 at 08:01 PM
That looks great, almost perfect. Just two follow-up questsions:
1) How do I get the widget you created?
2) Is there a way to include a report that just has the average rating?
Thanks in advance again
- JotForm SupportliyamAnswered on July 21, 2012 at 02:08 AM
Hello drleonard,
To answer your questions:
1) How do I get the widget you created?
You can start by cloning this form: http://www.jotform.me/form/21997314824461 then you can continue with what jonathan stated above such as creating reports. You can learn more on how to clone forms from this user guide.
Also, this is what makes the form print the URL on submission so make sure that you get the full HTML source code and place it on your web page:<script type="text/javascript"> document.getElementById('input_2').value = document.URL; </script>
2) Is there a way to include a report that just has the average rating?
Unfortunately, not. Reports will show all and there will be no omissions or restrictions.
Please let us know if you have further questions or concerns.


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Unwanted body and facial hair is uncomfortable and embarrassing. There are several different solutions for body hair removal, including laser hair removal, depilatories and electrolysis. However, there are a few natural solutions that you can try at home to remove and prevent embarrassing body or facial hair.
Sugar Waxing
You can create your own waxing kit at home with a few household items. Find an old 100 percent cotton T-shirt and cut it into 1-inch wide strips. You will also need sugar and lemon juice.
Mix 2 cups of sugar, ¼ cup of lemon juice and ¼ cup of water and mix them together. Heat the mixture on the stove at medium heat, stirring constantly. Bring the mixture to a boil or until the consistency is smooth and the sugar has been dissolved. Let this mix cool until it is comfortable to touch with your fingers.
Before applying the wax, it is important that your skin is clean and free of any oils. You can absorb oils by brushing your skin with corn starch or baby powder. When applying the wax, it's best to use a large spoon or a frosting spreader to avoid excessive mess on your hands. Spread the sugar wax on your skin in the direction the hair is growing, and then press one of the cotton strips on top of the wax. The mixture will eventually begin to harden. Hold the bottom of the cotton strip (that is, the end that is closest to your feet) and pull in a quick, upward motion. You may have to repeat this a couple of times. It can become time consuming, but it's a great all-natural wax that can be stored in the refrigerator and used again and again.
Other Solutions
There are a number of other solutions that can help remove and prevent unwanted body hair. You can eradicate unwanted leg hair by spreading a mixture of white pepper, camphor and a couple drops of kerosene on your skin and leaving it for up to fifteen minutes. For embarrassing facial hair, try mixing sugar and lemon juice together until you have a thick paste. Apply this paste to your face and leave it on for about fifteen minutes, and then rinse it off with water. You can also create a facial mask with 1 tablespoon lemon juice and 4 teaspoons honey. This mixture should be left on your face for at least 15 minutes and applied twice a week. Both of these facial masks can be used on other parts of the body to prevent hair growth. Another solution for hair removal and prevention is using a daily facial paste made of one egg white, 1 tablespoon sugar and 1/2 tablespoon corn flour. This sticky mask will dry about 10 minutes after application, and then is peeled off.
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The first section of the PLASTINARIUM deals with the beginnings of anatomy.
It showcases the revolutionary importance of anatomy for medical progress and the influence that renaissance artists such as Leonardo da Vinci had on the field. I a comprehensive picture atlas, he published the realistic anatomy and popularized it by public dissections, as Gunther von Hagens did it in London in 2002.Anatomy is the oldest scientific discipline in medicine.
In this area, you will also learn about the history of preservation methods. The purpose of preservation is to maintain and keep fixed specimens long-term.
The best known methods, which were used by most anatomical institutes as early as around 1900, are fixation with formalin and preservation in alcohol. Such wet specimens, however, will loose their color and will quickly dry up. The oldest method of preservation is slow drying. In 1927, soaking in paraffin was introduced as an improved method for the manufacturing of dry specimens. In the 1950s, embedding specimens in clear blocks of resin was developed.
Eight horse`s heads illustrate a comparison of dry preservation methods, from a water-dried specimen, to a paraffin specimen, to a block embedded specimen, and finally to the silicone plastinate.
Dr. Gunther von Hagens developed the Plastination technique at the University of Heidelberg`s Institute of Anatomy in 1977, patented it between 1977 and 1982, and have been continually improving the process ever since.
Dr. von Hagens`invention of Plastination marks the highest achievement in dissection and preservation to date.


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Fanzine of book reviews published by Andrew Adams Whyte in the early 70s.
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Lucas makes appearances at conferences around the world and runs the Transmedia Vancouver meetup group. Here's where you can find him:
- September 25, 2012: Presenting an Introduction to Transmedia at the Transmedia Vancouver Meetup.
- October 17-19, 2012: Attending the StoryWorld Conference in LA.
- October 24-26, 2012: Attending and speaking at the Merging Media Conference in Vancouver.


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The Millionaire Academy
Many proposals for space colonies are beautifully written and lavishly illustrated. Based on a combination of science and art, they are mixtures of reality and wish. They offer the lure of a better life, including pleasant surroundings, improved political forms that thoughtfully balance the needs of the individual and community, supportive social relations that rest on personal trust and caring, tremendous individual freedom, and increased opportunity to find happiness and material wealth.
Existence needs are satisfied by safe, comfortable, and provident environments that accommodate people's biological requirements, engender a sense of security, and offer material gain. Although some building materials must be exported from Earth, settlements would be constructed from metals and regolith mined on and scraped from the Moon and Mars and, later, from disassembled asteroids.
Bova and O'Neill propose shielding settlers from radiation by means of lunar rocks or cast by-products of lunar refining. Savage envisions shielding orbiting communities with massive amounts of water sandwiched between huge, spherical or hemispherical transparent membranes. On Mars, shielding requirements will be less onerous, because even the thin Martian atmosphere affords some protection against radiation, but here again regolith will be put to use.
Space junk and meteorites threaten orbiting and lunar communities, but because of the habitat's enormous volume even a relatively large object striking it would not lead to an explosive loss of atmosphere. At Moonbase, Asgard, or on Mars, the loss of atmospheric pressure would be so slow that, in the absence of a network of sensitive sensors, occupants would barely notice the drop for several days. There would be plenty of time for repairs.
O'Neill proposes rotating or spinning his islands to create artificial gravity in order to protect the residents from deconditioning. Savage would not use artificial gravity, but hopes to keep Asgard colonists healthy through electrical stimulation of the muscles. The Moon and Mars offer some gravity, but much less than Earth's. Without special regimens it might be very difficult for long-term residents of the Moon to visit Earth. People born on the Moon might not be able to visit Earth except under unusual conditions.
Orbiting settlements would be free of terrestrial geological disasters such as earthquakes and inclement weather, including storms, monsoons, droughts, heat waves, and cold snaps. Hopefully, we could prevent the importation of undesirable insects and other vermin from Earth. Clean technologies could let us avoid pollution and minimize problems associated with environmental health. Because there is no atmosphere, the weather on the Moon would be predictable, but settlers would have to put up with dust storms on Mars.
Crowded and primitive at first, living quarters would become increasingly spacious and pleasant as the settlement matured. Savage foresees efficiency apartments and family units that are larger than many residences on Earth, although colonists might have to choose between spacious quarters in the interior of the settlement and smaller peripheral apartments that offer spectacular views. O'Neill's plans avoid high-rise structures and call for comfortable, stacked, low-rise buildings with plenty of shared or common areas. He envisions lush vegetation, lakes and rivers, small villages, and intermediate-sized cities (approximately the size of San Francisco) on Island III.
Food should be abundant, healthy, and tasty. Tomorrow's space-farers may produce such novelties as yeast burgers on the Moon and mushroom burgers on Mars. As for staples, Savage expects production of algae-based protein made palatable by varying textures and adding synthetic flavors. Drawing on then-recent developments in production agriculture, O'Neill suggests that, using mirrors and shutters to bathe the crops in continuous sunlight, little square footage would be required to grow food on a per capita basis. Because it takes tremendous acreage to raise cattle, beef would be a rarity, but in addition to healthy vegetables settlers might produce chicken and turkey and perhaps pork.
Space settlers would have jobs and the opportunity to make money, perhaps more than they could make on Earth. One stream of income, foreseen by both O'Neill and Savage, would result from information processing, consulting, software development, and other highly compensated activities that require very little office space and that can be done by telecommuting. Unfortunately, because it is a lot more expensive to maintain a computer programmer in space than on Earth, this kind of employment would be at best a stopgap measure.
Another income stream would derive from the goods and services that settlers would provide one another in space. Settlements would have their doctors, lawyers, maintenance engineers, entertainers, and fast-food merchants. Of course, none of these activities would be lucrative until large numbers of people are actually there.
Another income stream would come from exports. As noted in chapter 1, exports could include solar electric power beamed to earth, helium-3 for use in fission reactors, and minerals mined from planets and asteroids. Zubrin describes an economic triangle involving Earth, Mars, and the asteroid belt: Earth manufactures and exports high technology to Mars and the asteroid belt. Mars exports basic supplies and low technology items to the asteroid belt, and the asteroid belt returns metal and other resources to Earth.
Settlers would be attracted to Bova's Moonbase by the opportu nity to earn high salaries (set at 25 percent above that for comparable work on Earth) and excellent working conditions. Settlers might stay on the Moon or Mars for an extended period of time since it makes more sense to grant high salaries than to pay for a continuous shuffle of workers back and forth. The Moon, like the Arctic before it, could become an excellent place for adventurous, talented, and work-oriented people to stash away large amounts of money for advanced education or for starting a business following their return to Earth.
Most of the work at Moonbase would be done indoors in carefully controlled, comfortable, pollution-free shirtsleeve environments. Robots and automated systems would do the mind-numbing, repetitive, and dirty tasks, and most of the work done outside. All of this is suggestive of industrial humanism of the 1930s. The employer pursues a policy of benevolent self-interest, using high pay and good working conditions to attract the most capable and most motivated workers to do the job.
Relatedness needs are satisfied by warm, caring interpersonal relations; organizations that treat employees and customers or clients as unique, worthwhile individuals; and benevolent, nonoppressive governments that take their citizens' welfare to heart. Most of the literature on space colonies focuses on relatively small communities (involving anywhere from a dozen to a couple hundred settlers) or very large communities, with hundreds of thousands or millions of residents. The challenge for small settlements lies in developing governmental and other institutions in a setting that is basically understaffed. The challenge for large settlements is in ensuring that these do not evolve into totally impersonal entities where citizens get lost in the crowd.
Richard Terra imagines social life in small groups of asteroid miners in the Oort Cloud at the outer fringe of our solar system.12 The Oort Cloud consists of tens to hundreds of billions (if not trillions) of comet nuclei ranging from .10 to 10 kilometers in diameter and each weighing between ten million and ten trillion metric tons. It surrounds us like a hollow shell whose inner and outer limits are approximately 1 to 2 light-years from here. The nuclei contain frozen gasses, organic chemicals, and metals. The prospectors' biggest technical problem will be finding a suitable energy source (perhaps nuclear fusion, perhaps highly focused starlight) that far from our Sun.
Terra foresees initial groups of one hundred to two hundred settlers forming colonies in various sectors of the Oort Cloud. These settlers would have to be extremely rugged and self-reliant. They would be forced to pool their resources and efforts to survive and prosper. Of necessity, they would be highly cooperative with one another. Everyone would have considerable latitude for individual expression (so that they can find happiness), but it is very unlikely that anyone would become so individualistic as to seriously antagonize someone else. Such small communities would be unlikely to become highly stratified. More likely they would be run like families. Important decisions would be reached by consensus, and Terra thinks that the community would avoid choices that create special hardship for specific individuals. There would be a strong sense of common fate, and there would perhaps be some elitism when the settlers compared themselves to people in larger settlements.13 Precedence for this is found in the Antarctic, where some residents of small, isolated stations consider themselves superior to the hordes at McMurdo and other large staging bases.
About the same time that O'Neill was planning huge satellites, the world was becoming aware of serious problems associated with crowding in our cities. Solid, middle-class citizens were discovering themselves stalled in freeway traffic and jostled on city streets. Some people felt like they were faceless entities cast adrift with the anonymous hordes. Sociologists describe this as anomie, a state where people feel disconnected from one another and alienated from society as a whole.
Experimental research of that era underscored some of the detrimental effects of crowding. J. B. Calhoun compared crowded and un-crowded rats.14 Those pressed together in close confines had difficulties courting and suffered from sexual dysfunction. They produced fewer offspring, and these offspring were puny and sickly. Normally, rats are careful nest builders. Crowded rats were less likely to build nests, and, when they did so, their nests tended to be incomplete or of inferior quality. The crowded animals were highly aggressive and prone to illness, malfunction of their organs, and tumor growth, and they had higher mortality rates. Calhoun used the term "behavioral sink" to describe the crowded pens that undermined health and caused mal-adaptive behavior. Studies by Calhoun's contemporaries hinted that high population densities had adverse effects on humans, including poor work, physical and mental health problems, and increased crime and delinquency.15 The problem before us, then, is how to bring the expected benefits of the smaller settlements to giant settlements that are home to millions of people.
One tactic is to use design techniques that increase a sense of spaciousness and break up the interior of a large settlement, so that it is transformed into a collection of smaller communities. Thus some plans call for distant horizons; visible, interspersed structures; and the use of colors and lights to open up areas. There may not be as much room for grassy fields as we would like, but there is ample allowance for vegetation, including trees, shrubs, and hanging plants. To create a friendly look, buildings can be aligned at odd angles, rather than with military precision.
Architecture can foster positive relationships among settlers. The clustering of buildings, orientation of entrances and exits in different ways, and development of neighborhood parks and other common areas are intended to make it easy to meet, mingle, and develop a sense of community. Variations in architectural styles reinforce a sense of community within a particular subdivision and give residents of different subdivisions their own sense of identity. The models for some space settlements are quaint sections of European cities whose funki-ness makes them pleasant despite high population density, and the models for others are the small, carefully planned, ecologically minded and occupant-friendly housing developments that began to dot the North American landscape in the 1960s and 1970s.
Even as visionaries sought to avoid crowding, they tried to escape the blight of big governments. Governments should be kept to a minimum and should interfere in individual freedom as little as possible. Each person should have the right to do as he or she pleases, with the proviso that these activities cannot infringe on other people's rights. The goal is to establish minimalist, low-profile governments that meddle as little as possible, and, when they do meddle, they should try to do so in understanding, friendly ways.
The space settlement literature contains few references to monarchies, dictatorships, and other authoritarian forms of government, but many references to democracy, so the settlers themselves will be in charge. (An exception is Bova, who sees residents of Moonbase beholden to authorities on Earth.) O'Neill claims that he is "a-political" (while arguing for liberal and humanistic forms of government), whereas Savage urges a pure democracy. A representative democracy, notes Savage, tends all too often to be perverted to accommodate the interests and needs of the elected officials and their cronies. On an advanced Millennial colony, decisions will be made by millions of individual minds working in concert, achieving synchrony, and, in the process, perhaps approaching a higher level of consciousness. Everyone who is able and chooses to do so should vote on each issue, which might be done electronically in a form of government that Jim Dator calls "teledemocracy."16
With the possible exception of politicians and officious government bureaucrats, a minimalist democracy offers something for everyone. The poor and dispossessed of the world become enfranchised and gain some control over their lives. Middle-class people can live without having to support the indigent and without mistreatment at the hands of large governmental bureaucracies. Wealthy people can see increased freedom to pursue entrepreneurial goals, unfettered by needless laws and regulatory agencies. If the vision actually materializes, then almost everyone will win.
We hope that space will draw decent, hard-working, honest people, and that, thanks to prosperity and a benevolent government, crime will be left behind on Earth. But this is unlikely to happen. Alvin Ru-doff points out that space settlements will reflect their inhabitants' social backgrounds, including their weaknesses as well as strengths.17 Misbehavior, he notes, could include arson, gambling, substance abuse, pornography, suicide—all manner of crime and delinquency, including sabotage and terrorism. The designation of alcohol, drugs, firearms, or other items as contraband could result in an "underlife"; that is, organized illegal behavior kept secret from authorities or those who seem likely to disclose the behavior to authorities. In space, as on Earth, we can expect laws and enforcement procedures.
Although particular laws may strike us as silly or wrong, put to the test most people support law and enforcement procedures that prevent "war of all against all" and protect societies and individuals from excessive harm. Space settlements, at least those not micromanaged from Earth, will allow a fresh start. As we move to new worlds we can reassess our laws. If we so choose, we can discard laws that relate to victimless crimes, perpetuate discrimination or inequity, or impose punitive taxes that prevent economic growth. We may want to preserve the right to live unharmed by others, to protect oneself, to express one's views freely, to make choices, and to receive restitution when so justified. The underlying values are individuality and freedom tempered by the need to protect the greater good.
Legal systems proposed for space tend to take one of two directions. The first, based on a fundamentally optimistic view of human nature, focuses on mediation and arbitration. The model here, according to Donald Scott, is the community arbitration panel that works to restore amicable relations among quarreling neighbors.18 That is, the colonists could establish a panel to ensure that people understand the consequences of their acts, make restitution when possible, and learn to get along with one another.
The second model, based on a less optimistic view of human nature, is military justice. Kenneth Schwetje points out that whereas a court martial preserves a defendant's basic rights and follows certain civilian procedures, it follows simplified procedures.19 Military justice does not depend upon a huge legal apparatus that allows appeals at multiple levels, and could be easily adapted to space.
Dator theorizes that the primary concern will be the peace of the community, with relatively little weight assigned to the "rights of the accused," "the rights of the victim," and "restitution."20 Small colonies may also be shorthanded, and so neither incarceration nor the death penalty would be attractive. The most obvious alternatives are reduced privileges, heavy fines, and deportation back to Earth. Someday there may be penal colonies, including a few that, like Australia, evolve into highly successful independent societies.
If they meet expectations, then space settlements will reduce social inequities, restore individual freedom, and guarantee the right to pursue happiness. Although they may consist of huge numbers of people, they will avoid crowding by spreading the population around a number of smaller communities. They also will eliminate the unpopular aspects of big government. They will be intended to keep people from feeling disconnected with one another and alienated from society as a whole. Here, we have an interesting combination of a reversion to small-town rural America but with mammoth populations and high technology.
Space settlements are intended to help people to feel secure and worthwhile, and to grow psychologically. Freedom from want and a supportive social environment provide good starting points. Robert Zubrin, especially, stresses that the first generation of emigrants to a new colony will see themselves as having a "fresh start" in a location where they will be judged by their merits, not by such factors as their background, gender, or ethnicity.21 Drawing on the work of historian Frederick Jackson Turner, who sought to understand the social consequences of westward expansion during the nineteenth century,
Zubrin draws parallels between opening the western frontier in the 1800s and opening the next frontier in space. According to Zubrin, our Western humanist society, with the premium that it places on the individual and a high rate of technological change, is a direct outgrowth of the opening of the western frontier. Today, however, the western frontier no longer exists. Wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few, and we are no longer in a period of rapid technological growth.
Opening up the high frontier, states Zubrin, will create new wealth. On Earth almost everything of consequence is owned, and a "have" must surrender something if a "have not" is to gain. By making new resources available, the frontier creates new opportunities. Pioneers in space can stake claims to land, homestead, and create new wealth out of the resources found in space.
Given few hands and the challenges of a frontier, people are forced to find new ways of doing things, to develop new laws and customs as well as new technologies. The labor shortage reduces status distinctions. On a frontier, the physician, electrician, and carpenter's apprentice are all worthwhile. The premium placed on the individual generates a greater willingness to invest in education and welfare. This, in turn, unleashes creativity and talent.
When people move to a frontier they leave old institutions behind. By opening up the space frontier we will foster self-reliance, education, and equality, and thereby set the stage for dynamic democratic forms of government. Because space offers ample room for future expansion, we could have endless renewal on the high frontier.
Not everyone agrees with this attractive analysis. Some historians are rethinking Turner's original work. Howard E. McCurdy points out that the frontier did not necessarily provide equal opportunity for all—blacks and Mexicans undoubtedly were short-changed, and it is unlikely that many Native Americans would share Turner's opin-ions.22 Moreover, some of the benefits attributed to life on the frontier may have been due to other factors, such as the personalities of the people who chose to emigrate. Nonetheless, space opens up new opportunities, and let us hope that settlers will take good advantage of their fresh starts.
Space settlements can accommodate human diversity and preserve cultural differences, as well as encourage the development of new space-based cultures. Since space is vast, there can be many settlements, each tuned to special tastes. To be sure, there are subcultures within the nations of Earth, but these are to a large extent constrained by the dominant culture. Whether we are talking about architecture, political systems, or lifestyles, large orbiting communities (or perhaps even entire planets) could be devoted to a particular way of life.
One of the strongest proponents of variety is Magorah Maruyama, who proposes architectural designs that will express the colonists' values and accommodate their preferences and behaviors.23 For example, one such settlement might feature completely separate dwelling units, each essentially sealed off from the others and allowing a very individualized and private life. Another settlement might be designed in a much more open fashion, with communal living areas that promote group activities. In the former, people can enjoy hard architecture that serves to isolate and defend them against unwanted intrusions, while in the latter residents can enjoy softly flowing architecture that promotes a sense of openness and accessibility.
Proposed space settlements have attempted to rectify the problems salient at the time they were planned. These problems included a growing concern with the environment and with big government, and a sense that social relationships were becoming too impersonal. As envisioned by some of their planners, space settlements offer hope for repairing and revitalizing human society and curing anomie, ennui, and even (thanks to artificial textures and synthetic flavors) lunch pail lassitude! Space, in other words, provides the opportunity to conduct social experiments and construct an ideal society. Not everyone agrees with this. A thoughtful and dissenting note comes from sociologist Alvin Rudoff.24 In his view, when we look forward to space settlements, the search for Utopia will be no more fruitful than it has been on Earth. Instead of deliberately experimenting, we should establish an environment that permits natural processes to evolve. We should not seek to establish a "static perfection" but rather a dynamic society geared to adaptability, adjustment, and change.
In their 1986 book, James and Alcestis Oberg include a NASA artist's conception of a space station and an actual interior view of a Salyut station.25 The flowing lines, spaciousness, freedom from clutter and overall aesthetic appeal of the imaginary space settlement represent perfection when compared to the cramped, functional, cluttered look of the real thing. It may be possible to construct large, attractive habitats, and perhaps tomorrow's space settlements will be a far cry from contemporary space stations. Nonetheless, we should expect many slips between design and execution. Furthermore, mass emigration is at least decades, maybe centuries, away (if it occurs at all). Between today's planning efforts and tomorrow's wholesale departures from Earth, new scientific discoveries and technologies will emerge. As we become more knowledgeable and capable we will change our plans. At one time we believed that the Moon was covered with a thick layer of dust. A Moon base planned in that era was designed to float in this stationary ocean of dust, held in place by cables and anchors.26 What else will we have to rethink, and will our job become easier or more difficult?
Perhaps in our efforts to envision tomorrow's space settlements we can be compared to a naval architect of 1800 trying to imagine future vessels. Although he might have some vague ideas about "floating cities," what are the chances that he could have envisioned one of today's giant passenger ships, such as the Queen Elizabeth II? It would take a very fertile imagination, and tremendous luck, to predict all-metal boats, petroleum-based and nuclear power systems, refrigerators and air conditioners, navigation and communications equipment, and everything else that comprises today's floating giants.
Like those of physical scientists and engineers, the crystal balls of social scientists grow hazy when we try to peer into the distant future. The engineer's point of departure is present-day technology, and the social scientist's jumping-off point is the collection of political forms, social institutions, cultures, and ways of doing things that surround us today. Between today's planning and tomorrow's emigration humans will change culturally and psychologically, so the first true colonists most likely will be very different from us. Furthermore, the cultural elements that are transported into space will not stay intact, for as emigrants move into new ecological niches, they will evolve new ways. As Jim Dator observes, space is a place to do things that cannot be, or have not yet been, done on Earth.27 Nonetheless, we have to begin somewhere, and the visions described in this chapter are good places to start.
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RENFREW Juniors will attempt to stage today's Superleague First Division game with Dalry Thistle at Western Park – if Merksworth Park fails to beat the weather.
The game is scheduled to be played in Ayrshire this afternoon but the chances of the playing surface being ready in time look slim.
As a result, if the game is not playable at Merksworth, Renfrew will try to host the game at Western Park.
'Frew joint head coach Martin Ferry said he's playing the waiting game to see what happens.
He said: "The chances of it being played at their ground looks slim and, if that is the case, then we'll attempt to stage it at Western Park.
"At the end of the day, we have still to play Dalry Thistle home and away, so we need to get the game played at some point.
"It's just a pity we aren't able to get the game played on a 3G surface but there's not that many of those parks around. Plus we're not allowed to play a league game on that surface anyway.
"It's a nightmare for clubs at the minute because we can't get games played, it's been very stop-start."
Fans are being asked to check the Renfrew website at www.renfrewfc.co.uk for the latest updates after 9am.
Richie Chang is an injury doubt for the 'Frew, while midfielder Chris Cameron took part in a bounce game during the week and could be back in contention.
Scott Upton is unavailable for this afternoon.
Ferry said: "Don't get me wrong, if the game does go ahead it will be a difficult one.
"It just depends on how we play.
"On paper, we should be better than Dalry but in this league you never can tell. I expect them to be fired up for the weekend."
A victory for Renfrew would put them just five points away from pace setters Glenafton, who currently enjoy a one-point lead at the top of the table over Ardrossan.
Kick-off at Merksworth Park is 2pm.
l William Hill latest odds: Dalry 3/1, Renfrew 4/7, draw 16/5.


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Joan Christopherson, 79, of Beloit, died on Tuesday at her home. Arrangements are pending with Rosman Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Beloit.
Donna Ellen Craig, 85, of Beloit, passed away on March 1 at her home. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Hansen-Gravitt Funeral Home, Beloit. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the time of service on Saturday at the funeral home.
Jean Hollis, 82, of Beloit, passed away on Tuesday. Arrangements are pending with Hansen-Gravitt Funeral Home, Beloit.
Kerry Joseph (Hawk) Kennedy, 64, passed away on March 1. A visitation will be from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. on Friday at Ryan Funeral Home, Madison.
Dorothy L. Mahlum, 80, of Beloit, passed away on March 2 at her home. A funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. on Monday at Grace Bible Church, Beloit. Visitation of remembrance will be from 3 - 5 p.m. on Sunday at Daley, Murphy, Wisch and Associates Funeral Home and Crematorium, Beloit.
Jeanette S. Roth, 95, of Beloit, died on March 4. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Monday at Brian G. Mark Funeral Home, Beloit Chapel. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the time of service on Monday at the funeral home.
Steven K. Whitfield, 78, of Lake Geneva, passed away on Monday at his home. A service will be at 11 a.m. on Friday at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, Lake Geneva. Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. until the time of service on Friday at the church. Arrangements with Steinke-Lazarczyk Funeral Home, Lake Geneva.


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This travel DIY checkers game is so easy to make with Duck Tape! You probably already have the supplies in your home. Kids will love it!
Skills Required: Beginner. Adults can easily do this craft, as you're just taping and cutting. As far as children, I think this is appropriate for older kids, 10+, tweens, and up. They'll love customizing the colors!
Many of you know I recently moved to the west coast – back to where I'm from and back to my family. It's been a long, difficult journey but we're finally here! What you may not know is that now that I'm back in town – the games have begun. And I mean literally.
My family are very serious game players. We love everything from board games to UNO to dominoes. We're turning my niece onto games too! She's way into checkers, so we made this DIY checkers game using supplies at my mom's house!
And that is what I love about this DIY checkers game. You just need a few simple supplies beyond Duck Tape, and they're probably in your cabinet right now. Learn how to make this easy and fun project below – even a kid can do it!
Tip: if you're looking for some additional easy kids' crafts for summer, check out our slime recipe or our toothpick cacti!
Make Your Own Checkers Game
Gather These Supplies
- 2 rolls of Duck Tape (one light color and one dark color is best)
- Quart size Ziploc bag (not the slider type)
- 24 buttons (that will fit nicely on your checker board)
- Scissors
- Wax paper
Use one color of Duck Tape to completely cover the Ziploc baggie (yellow is shown above but we ended up with turquoise). Make sure not to tape over the opening of the baggie, so it can still be used to store the pieces.
Be sure to press out any bubbles, and to cut your tape with straight lines. The Duck Tape can overlap if need be.
Place several strips of the other color of duct tape (in our case we used neon yellow) onto a sheet of wax paper. Cut 32 squares that are all the same size to make your checker board game. Peel from the wax paper like stickers and attach them evenly to the top of the baggie in alternating rows of four.
Cover twelve of your buttons with one color of tape, and twelve with the other color of tape. To cover the buttons, place a small square of tape over the top of the button. Press the Duck Tape down and smooth, then use scissors to trim around the edges of the button; press down the remaining tape to give it a smooth top.
Store your buttons on the inside of the baggie for safe keeping. Keep your DIY checkers in a backpack or in the car for play on the go. It's the perfect size to be your travel companion. So you and your family members can game whenever you want to!
Disclosure: I'm working with Duck Brand as an ambassador for the year. While I am compensated for my time, all opinions are 100% my own and honest – I absolutely love Duck Tape!
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To educate to empower the Poor
NGO working towards imparting education to the underprivileged children in Rural village since 1987.
"Every child deserves an education, regardless of their social status, religion, caste and color. Our declared goal is not only to give each of our children the very best primary school education they can attain, but also to teach them to love each other, respect each other, and help each other wherever they can. We foster our children's creativity and common understanding of each other and of the competitive environment, and we strive for empathy and harmony in all we do - always keeping in mind that through our students we reach the villages' people, and therefore make a change in society."
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Our youngest calendar model from today was beautiful six month old Merritt. She stole the hearts of every single one of us instantly. We could not help but ohh and awe over very move she made. It was so hard to force myself to hold the camera when all I really wanted to hold was her.
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Hi everyone! Welcome Spring…I mean, Hi Again, Winter. Hahahaha! At least we know that we are through Fool's Spring & almost through Second Winter. Then we only have one more Winter before official Spring. YAY!! 😉
We have discovered that quite a few families weren't getting our emails. In the new software, if you checked 'unsubscribe to email blasts' then you weren't getting all of the important info. Hopefully we have fixed the problem. Let me know if you would like to get all of the emails that were sent in previous months.
You will be seeing recommendations arrive in the mail in the next week or so. These are always so exciting for the kids! Many aspects are taken into consideration when teachers decide on placement: abilities, attendance, attitude, focus, etc. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding the recommendations for next fall.
We will be changing our class levels next year. We have found that the current description of levels is confusing so we will be changing to a number system. The current levels & new levels are as follows:
Junior/Beginning = Level 1
Pre-Apprentice = Level 2
Apprentice = Level 3
Senior = Level 4
If your costume still hasn't arrived & you are wanting to get pictures, please let me know. I will be emailing classes so that we can figure out a borrow situation so you can still be a part of the photo week. 🙂
We are planning to open our recital this year with a fun slide show & we need your help! Because the theme is 'Road Trip!' we would love to collect as many road trip photos as possible. Please send us pictures of your student &/or your family traveling. It will be so fun to see your photo on the big screen!! RECITAL REMINDERS
- Photos: Photo week is April 29th-May 3rd. Please register online for your photo packet. It's an easy process through the parent portal. 🙂 The picture schedule will be sent out the week before but plan to be at the studio during your usual class time. If you aren't getting photos, you won't have class that week.
- Tickets: Tickets will go on sale through TutuTix on May 1st at 12pm. We tend to sell out so get your tickets before they are gone.
- Best Of: Our Best Of Show will be on Saturday – June 22nd. We will announce the Best Of Show lineup before tickets go on sale.
We WILL NOT have class on Memorial Day! 🙂
We are opening our finale performance up to any students 6yrs or older that want to participate! It's super fun!! You will need to attend a rehearsal on Saturday – June 1st from 10am-12pm. During recital week, you will perform your class number & then stay backstage until the finale performance. You will wear the same costume that you have for your class performance. We hope to see you at rehearsal!
DATE CHANGE!! We are moving our annual Student Appreciation Day to June 8th. We originally scheduled it on June 1st so make sure to change your calendars! This year we will be having a 'Sock Hop' theme so start planning your costume now! Poodle skirts, saddle shoes, leather jackets, OH MY!
THANKS for reading this all the way through!! I know its A LOT but it's that crazy time of year. Please let me know if you have any questions.


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Today's vaporizers are quite efficient. The term 'dry herb' refers to more than just weed, meaning that you can load a variety of herbs in your herbal vaporizer. Herbal vaporizers come in different types and specs. There have been great improvements so far. Invest in dry herb vaporizers and get an unforgettable vape experience. However, before you do that, you have to be abreast with some basic facts about the device you are about to purchase.
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As summer breaks into autumn and on to winter from this September, you might want to check out one or two information about vape pens or vaporizer. As you know, cbd oil vape pen allows for a healthy and mess-free consumption of cbd oil. Therefore, as the need to enjoy your cbd oil in its purest form arises, a little knowledge about what a cbd oil vape pen really are and the kinds of vape pens available will do you a whole lot of good. In this article, we would be having an in depth view of the different types of vape pens, their makeup and features.
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In recent times, CBD cartridges have gained a lot of popularity as a clean and easy way to consume CBD both in the home or while in transit. With some consumers purchasing newer brands of CBD vape pen cartridges, others have it in their wish list. In this article, the different types of CBD cartridges will be discussed and reviewed at length to help you pick a vape cart that suits your taste.
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An increasing number of these consumers appear to be switching from weed flower to Cannabis Concentrates. Riding on the back of the recent wave of legalization of marijuana use in many states in the U.S, the sale of Cannabis Concentrates has risen by more than 50 times over such a short period of time.While overall sales records has been good for the generality of cannabis traders, there has been a significant decline in market share of weed flower at the same time.
Posted: August 21, 2018|Categories: Cannabis 101
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Topic Page: Townshend, 2nd Viscount Charles (1674 - 1738)
English politician and agriculturalist. He was secretary of state under George I from 1714 to 1717, when he was dismissed for opposing the king's foreign policy; and from 1721 to 1730, after which he retired to his farm and did valuable work in developing crop rotation and cultivating winter feeds for cattle (hence his nickname).
Townshend did not, in fact, originate the new techniques with which his name has become associated. Turnips, for example, were already being grown in East Anglia, England, as a fodder crop from at least the 1660s. Although he may not have adopted the four-course turnips–barley–clover–wheat crop rotation, a practice taken up many years after his death, he followed the Dutch method of sowing clover with barley (clover being a legume with nitrogen-fixing properties). After the harvesting of the barley crop, animals were pastured on the clover and the soil further enhanced by their manure. Yields were also improved by the spreading of marl (a calciferous clay fertilizer) on the land. The growth and hoeing of turnips, as well as providing excellent winter fodder, broke down the soil to give a fine surface tilth. Through the successful development of his agricultural estate at Rainham in west Norfolk, Townshend brought a range of improved cultivation practices to wider public notice. Other measures encouraging profitability included the settlement of long leases on his tenant farmers to encourage interest in the property, enclosure, and the construction of new roads to give quick and easy access to local markets.
He succeeded as Viscount in 1687.
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Who: MatchMaker Suppers presents a dinner with Chefs Justin Woodward and Ryan Roadhouse. We offer a 15 course tasting menu on the utilitarian ceramics of Lilith Rockett, Lindsay Oesterritter, and Careen Stoll created specifically for this event in celebration of The National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts conference hosted by Portland in 2017.
What: Gathering together two of Portland's best chefs and three exceptional potters to create an unprecedented collaboration between artful fine dining and tabletop composition.
When: March 21, 2017, 6.30 to 9.30 pm
Where: Castagna Restaurant 1752 Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard, Portland, OR
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We offer a carefully curated tasting menu of 15 courses, co-created by Chefs Woodward and Roadhouse that takes inspiration from the compositions of dishes created by the potters. Woodward was nominated for the James Beard Award of Best Chef of the NW in 2015 and 2016. Portland Monthly named Roadhouse's restaurant Nodoguro 2015's best restaurant. Both of them are excited to work with full-time studio potters Stoll, Rockett, and Oesterritter. Rockett in particular has focused on offering her luminous porcelain ware to fine dining establishments across the country. Stoll has been focused locally, providing dishes to Langbaan and Biwa and designing for production. Oesterritter recently left a professorship to return to her studio practice and woodfiring kiln.


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I have excellent knowledge of C++ and Java, and I know some Lisp, and Pascal.
My main interest in programming is the computer graphics field, and I have significant expirience with OpenGL and GLUT. The projects linked here showcase those skills.
I also have experience with Ray-tracing software, namely POV-Ray.
You can contact me via the contact information listed on the front page.
For my latest Projects, see Personal Projects.
This is my work for CAGD class at ASU. It now consists of 2 projects.
Project 1 includes two parts: A composite bezier curve rotation, and a Blended Surface who's edges are composite bezier curves. All data is generated on the fly, with various paramers under user control. The resulting surfaces can also be exported to a .off file, and viewed with programs such as MeshMan.
Project 2 is about bezier surfaces, and bezier surfaces manipulation. Part A/C includes affine transformations applied to the famous Utah Teapot. This includes scaling, rotation and movement.
Part B shows a tri-linear morph of a Utah Teapot. These too can be exported to .off files.
History of the EyeTracker Project, my capstone project at ASU.
Our team, composed of David Hayden, Michael Fruchtman, Trevor Madsen and I, decided to use an eye-tracking hardware Tobii Eyetracker, provided to us by the Cubic lab. During our first semester we fashined a simple 3D world in opengl, and allowed the user to look around, move and manipulate objects with the help of the eye-tracker.
During our second semester, we defined our goal more concretely - we developed a visual browser of Wikipedia. The program would display a representative image of one article, and surround it with other images from linked articles. The user could zoom in, and read the whole article, or could right-click on a related one and make that one the main article.
The project linked here is not our complete project for two reasons:
One, our complete project uses eye-tracking hardware, which obviously isn't available to download.
Two, our project uses a hashed version of Wikipedia for quick searching, as well as a huge (over 200GB) library of pre-cached images. While the full webpages were rendered in real-time, obtaining data from Wikipedia, the representative images were all pre-cached.
My part was almost entirely related to the desinging of the 3D world, with all graphics code written by me, with the exception of a multi-threaded image loader.
The EyeTracker project allowed me to gain experience on several concepts:
The latest version here, version 4, showcases some of our basic pricinciples. Right click on an object for a menu, and to organize them. Again, this is not our final version, as that is too large to post here.
This is version 4 of the eyetracker project.
Pressing n creates a new collection (just 1 parent). Right click on it to add children, and to organize them.
Here's version 3 of the EyeTracker Latest Release.
This time in ZIP format for compatability.
Heh, its 09/09/09.
Anywho, this is the EyeTracker latest stable(ish) release as of today. Just the executable files.
These are the two projects that I worked on in the Computer Graphics class in ASU during Fall 2008.
These projects represent my first major exposure to real-time graphics, specifically OpenGL.
Project 1 shows a 2D world, with some basic collision detection.
Project 2&3 are a 3D limted world that shows off a variety of graphics rendering options, such as per-face and per-vertex normals for smooth shading, flat shading, texture replacement vs blending, mip-mapping linear vs light movement and materials testing.
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The complaint of the Christian actress on Twitter reflects the tiredness of many with media which intentionally ignore matters of faith.
Police registered a report against the Hindu extremists but have taken no action. Another report was registered against the pastor and seven family members.
Police have bowed to political pressure from the assailants to make no arrests and have stopped investigating.
The need for transformative pastoral training in the majority world.
During the 42nd session of the UNHRC in Geneva, the World Evangelical Alliance called on the international community to protect religious freedom and peace.
The extremists demanded that at least one of the Christian organizers should be beaten to death, to teach them a lesson.
Police officials assured church leaders that they were aware of Hindu extremist opposition to Christianity, but they gave no indication of investigating and putting an end to it.
Christians were dragged to the village leaders and forced to sit and bow to the goddess idol. Police decline to act, sources say.
Rev. Iftikhar Indryas, founder of the New Covenant Christian School, explains the issues the educational project is facing. He calls to pray for the "spiritual, physical and intellectual well-being" of Pakistani Christians.
In the Chhattisgarh state, villagers attacked the homes of three Christian families, leaving 25 people homeless. Death threats are followed by reconversion rituals.
"Modi's government has closed its eyes when minorities have been attacked", says the Evangelical Fellowship India.
The Hindu fundamentalism or Hindutva has important implications for India and global mission.
"If Prime Minister Modi wins again, the persecution of Christians in India will continue to grow", says Vijayesh Lal, General Secretary of the Evangelical Fellowship of India. Voting will finish on May 19.
A Hindu extremist practice of turning animistic villagers against Christians has intensified in Jharkhand, as general elections are underway through May.
The Evangelical Fellowhsip of India publishes a detailed report of attacks against Christians in 2018. They ask the government to "ensure the rule of law and the security of religious minorities".
Ab Shaik is a former Muslim from India. His mission, he explains, is to bring the power of the gospel to others who belong to his own people.
Hard-line Hindus tore down a church building in southern India because it was built on the west side of a village, which they said violated Hindu principles of placement and positioning, sources said.
According to World Watch List, released today by Open Doors International, 4,305 people died in 2018 because of their Christian faith. Christian persecution has drastically increased.
"Until my Lord provides us a building, we will continue serving the Lord. It is fine even if we do not have shelter, we will not stop worshipping Him. We are ready to die for Christ", a pastor in the Tamil Nadu state says.
The Christian leader was attacked while driving with family in a car. The police later found out that a hacker had spread an anti-Hindu message through Whatsapp using his phone number.
The Religious Liberty Commission of Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) denounces a "systematic campaign" against Christians. There have been 44 attacks in 2 months in Uttar Pradesh.
The World Evangelical Alliance denounced at the UN Human Rights Council that people in these Asian countries "are experiencing more and more restrictions on freedom of religion or belief".
How the gospel transforms the Untouchable to the Touched-by-Grace.
After false media reports of large-scale, fraudulent conversions there have been multiple area reports of disrupted worship meetings, pastors and evangelists arrested and Christian leaders fleeing their homes to avoid arrest.
All opposition parties claim the vote was rigged. At least 31 died in a terrorist attack on election day in Quetta.
Religious identity, nationalism, and violence.
Opinions expressed are those of their respective contributors and do not necessarily represent the views of Evangelical Focus.


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Koi carp, the ornamental,
Silver, platinum and coral,
Scarlet and blue ink
Gather at the brink
Show their open mouths, display
How they can tell the time of day,
Rising to receive
A lunch of lettuce leaves
Ornamental koi are fed
With what tame fish receive for bread:
Watermelon rind
And forage of this kind
Koi exist to be admired,
In tortoise shell they are attired,
Splashes of the black
Dashed across the back
So would God have kept our race
If Adam, Eve had kept their place,
Ornaments of love
Admired from above
The poet is Pavel Chichikov, someone I know. I read the poem and a line presented itself to me, which led to some other lines:
And now if we are ornaments at all
It is for ourselves we wear the pall
Dun colored, turning, burning
Ever unsatisfied, yearning
While he patient waits
Dispenser of every grace.
My wife Mariellen read both and wrote the following:
Excellent poems, both. Pavel's left me thinking, "No. He NEVER meant us to be mere ornaments, mere pets. No."
And Peter's made me think, "Yes. Ever unsatisfied, yearning. And isn't that why, in the first place, we 'fell'?'
Which brought me back to the first thought. Pavel's poem is very true despite that in me which hears those last four lines and recoils. He _would_ have kept us like pet koi if He had created us able to be satisfied with that. However, it was He who placed in us that irrepressible yearning for more. And through our "fall" and the wound it opened within our collective soul He has redeemed us into another interior realm, a realm in which we are by union of mind and heart with God the feeders and tenders of the tadpoles in the pool, even of our very selves.
Or so I muse.
And, to which Pavel replied:
That's a very interesting meditation, Mariellen. To praise God in joy forever is how I think of our destiny. And to give pleasure to God would be no mean thing.
But I can only do the best I can to understand things.
And, there things stand, now. A very long time ago in my life, my brother and I had a fight over some toy; a truck I think. We would not let go of it, would not share. And, so, our mother and father decided to throw out all of our toys. I remember where I stood in our kitchen that night, and vividly recall both my parents filling paper bags with our toys as tears streamed down our cheeks, and we pleaded fruitlessly for mercy. That memory comes back to me at times like this.
Another long ago memory joins it. Sheila, may she rest in peace, told me once that her early childhood at home with her mother was a beautiful time, happy, joy filled. Then her father came home from the war and everything changed. We would call him today a victim of PTSD. It meant only this to her as she said, "I was kicked out of Eden."
Pavel's brought the rushing back of those memories, and my few lines try to capture, and perhaps universalize, the feeling of loss and frantic anxiety to undo what has been done and return to what can never be again.
And Mariellen's words reveal to me something I had not considered until I read them. What has been given is much, much more than restoration.


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Last November Humber River Hospital opened Canada's first Hospital Command Centre with GE Healthcare Partners as it continues to strive to be a leader in healthcare innovation.
The Command Centre is a data-driven 'mission control' situated at the very heart of Humber River Hospital. The 4,500 square foot facility enables us to monitor and manage the flow of our patients at every stage of their care journey.. Think of it like air traffic control at an airport.
Patient flow has already improved, despite an 8% increase in patient visits to the Emergency Department.
Compared to last year:
The Command Centre team includes decision makers from across Hospital departments. They monitor key data points from the same room, so that they can make decisions quickly.
For our patients, the Hospital Command Centre means timely access to care. That means less time waiting for beds to open up, shorter hospital stays, and speedier discharges.
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The Command Centre team includes decision makers from across Hospital departments.
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In accordance with the provisions of the "Sunshine Law" you are hereby advised that the Howell Township Council has scheduled a SPECIAL MEETING on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 5:00 PM, to be held in the main meeting room at the Municipal Offices, 2nd Floor, 4567 Route 9 North, Howell, New Jersey. The public is invited to attend and will be allowed to participate during the Regular Session of the Township Council Meeting beginning at 5:00 PM in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Law.
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Fri, May 5, 2017
GREEN BAY – BayCare Clinic Bikes, a community wellness initiative of BayCare Clinic, will give more than 1,000 free bike helmets to the public between May and July.
That includes 150 bike helmets to be given away along the Fox River State Trail on Saturday, May 6. The helmets will be distributed at a stand behind Orthopedics & Sports Medicine BayCare Clinic's location at 2020 Riverside Drive in Allouez (the former Eve's Supper Club building).
The bike helmet giveaways are part of the BayCare Clinic Bikes' mission to increase interest in bicycling while also promoting bike safety, particularly through consistent helmet use.
Helmets of all sizes will be available on a first-come, first-served basis between 9 a.m. and noon, while supplies last.
BayCare Clinic Bikes also will give away 500 bike helmets on Saturday, May 6 at the YMCA Healthy Kids Day event at Shopko Hall, 1901 S. Oneida St., Ashwaubenon. Helmets will be distributed from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., while supplies last.
Other BayCare Clinic Bikes-sponsored free helmet giveaways include:
- Three hundred bike helmets to Foxview Intermediate School in De Pere in support of the school's Bike Safety Week events from May 8 to May 12. Helmets will be fitted by the De Pere Health Department.
- 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 15, at Aurora BayCare Open Streets in downtown Green Bay.
BayCare Clinic Bikes earlier this year also donated 1,000 bike helmets to be distributed among 14 Green Bay-area schools.
"Our goal is to help increase local awareness of the importance of consistent bike helmet use when cycling," said Dr. Jon Henry, an orthopedic surgeon with BayCare Clinic. "Helmet use helps prevent injury and fosters the safe cycling habits we continue to encourage riders to adopt."
THE FACTS: (from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Millions of Americans ride bicycles, but fewer than half wear bicycle helmets.
- In 2010 in the U.S., 800 bicyclists were killed and an estimated 515,000 sustained bicycle-related injuries that required emergency department care. Roughly half of these cyclists were children and adolescents under the age of 20.
- Annually, 26,000 bicycle-related injuries to children and adolescents are traumatic brain injuries treated in emergency departments.
- Any bicyclist who does not wear a bicycle helmet is at increased risk of head injury.
- Bike helmets help decrease the likelihood of injury from a cycling mishap.
About BayCare Clinic
BayCare Clinic, www.baycare.net, is the largest physician-owned specialty-care clinic in northeastern Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. With its 100-plus physicians, BayCare Clinic offers expertise in more than 20 specialties, serving clinical locations in 13 regional communities. Based in Green Bay, Wis., BayCare Clinic is a joint partner in Aurora BayCare Medical Center.
About BayCare Clinic Bikes
BayCare Clinic Bikes promotes bicycling as a healthy, family-friendly activity. Efforts are aimed toward increasing bicycling and advocating for bicycling safety throughout northeast Wisconsin.


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We Care, We Share Foundation was started by a group of caring, committed individuals who chose to personally touch the lives of others with programs they knew created greater depth, connection and abundance in the lives of others. They set out to create a proven model for this program with the support of specific community partners that would raise the whole community in measurable ways.
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