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Since it's halfway through the year (what? June already?!), it's time for a guy to update his wardrobe. There will always be tshirts and shirts to help change a man's look, but how about updating your style with fashionable shorts and pants instead? From easy going shorts to comfortable jeans, here are some top choices and handy tips for the boys.
Prints, checks, or good ol' solids. Great for chilling at home, stepping out in the sun or for a beach vacation.
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Military print shorts from Ed Hardy
Linen shorts from Selected Homme (available on Jabong.com)
Denim shorts from Superdry
They're comfy, easy and available in a range of colours. Chinos are quickly replacing jeans and formal trousers as the "smart casual" alternative to everything!
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A man needs his jeans, no matter the season, the shade, the style.
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halo sun necklace
silver and pearl
halo sun necklace
silver and pearl
silver and pearl
calm . wisdom
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The Sun and Pearl Story
The Sun and Pearl Story
The Sun reflects our outer selves, a representation of us at our most outgoing and vital. Let the external nourish the internal and allow courage and strength to follow.
Wear the pearl and welcome calm and balance into your life. Known for its powerfully soothing energies, this stone will bring you a clarity of mind and wisdom giving you the boost we all sometimes need to be ready to take on life.
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Chain Length Guide
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Will Sterling Silver jewellery tarnish?
Will Sterling Silver jewellery tarnish?
With proper care and love, your jewellery should not tarnish. You can wear them day to day with ease of mind. For Care and Cleaning Instructions, please see our Product Care guide for tips on how to keep your jewellery in great condition.
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I have sensitive skin, can i wear your jewellery?
Yes, absolutely. Our jewellery is made from the best hypoallergenic materials, that are aluminium, nickel, lead and tin free. Making them perfect for people with highly allergic, reactive sensitive, skin like our Designer and Founder - Daisy.
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Designer's Notes
Designer's Notes
All of sixD's pieces are hypoallergenic, made with NO nickel, lead, tin or aluminium. As someone with highly allergy prone skin, accessibility for all skin types is my top priority.
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All stones and crystals are unique, and may have slight variances in colour and characteristics from the images shown.
All stones and crystals are unique, and may have slight variances in colour and characteristics from the images shown.

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All my cards are hand crafted. I use a variety of products, techniques and mediums to create one of a kinds or close replicates to each other. For the most part I create 8-12 cards of similar design at one time and unless asked I rarely recreate the same over again.
All cards comes with a matching envelope and often these too are hand made to match perfectly. If not a white or cream envelope with be provided.
Card sizes are 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ (unless otherwise stated)
Many of my cards have dimensional components to make them interesting and fun. Not uncommon to even see some sewing in cooperated.
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At the Age of Limits conference near Artemis, Pennsylvania on May 25-28, I was asked to speak on rentier debt and the collapse of debt-based finance. This is a somewhat difficult subject, so I decided to talk about the subject more generally–how growing debt fits in with economic growth and growth of energy supplies, and how inability to keep increasing this debt makes any existing tendency toward collapse worse. In this post, I would like to share this presentation with readers.
Let's start by talking first about a subject fairly far removed debt–the difference between the systems created by nature and systems created by humans. The reason why I bring this difference up is because if we were only dealing with natural systems, there would be no need for debt. It is only when we start dealing with man's systems that debt becomes an issue.
Natural System vs. Humans' Growth Based System
We all know what the natural system looks like: the combination of birds, animals, trees, the sky, the many tiny organisms, the soil, rocks, and everything else in the world that is present without man's intervention. Human systems represent things that humans make, such as trucks and roads, and cars, and buildings, and electrical transmission systems. In a way, all human systems are interconnected, so we can think of them as one big system, created by humans.
Natural systems don't expand in size over time. Individual plants and animals grow and mature, and in the process become larger. But then they die, their bodies decompose, and eventually different organisms grow. Rocks decompose and form soil. This soil erodes, but, in time, it is replaced with new soil through the erosion of rocks.
There can be an expansion in the number of one type of animal, but eventually these animals will tend to eat too many of their prey, and the number of predators will drop, to stay in line with the amount of their food source. There can be a shift in mix of types of plants and animals, but the change is in the mix, not a long term growth in the overall quantity of plant and animal life.
Natural systems don't need any assistance from humans. They have been around for billions of years. There is no need to finance anything.
Outsmarting the Natural System
In the natural system, each type of plant or animal produces more offspring than is needed to replace itself. The normal order of the natural system is such that only the best adapted plants or animals relative to the particular surroundings will survive. Many of the offspring do not survive to maturity.
Humans, since the earliest times, have had difficulty with this arrangement. Humans, because of their intelligence, have found ways to outsmart at least part of the "survival of the fittest" arrangement that would keep our numbers similar to those of other primates, such as gorillas or chimpanzees–probably fewer than 1,000,000 humans in total in the whole world.
Well over 100,000 years ago, humans discovered the use of fire, and the fact that fire could be used in many ways–to cook food so that new types of food could be eaten, and so that more nutritional value could be extracted from food that was eaten, to keep warm, and to drive animals from one area to another, so that animals could be more easily killed and eaten. In the same time-frame, humans began using spears to better kill prey. About 35,000 to 45,000 years ago, humans learned to hunt with dogs, and thus increased the amount of prey they could kill.
This pattern of finding ways around natural limits has continued to this day. The use of farming, starting about 10,000 years ago, allowed a great expansion in population. The use of trade to import food from a distance further increased the number of humans who could live on the earth. There were numerous other discoveries, including burning peat moss, and the use of water power and wind power, before coal was brought into common use in the 18th century. In the 20th century, the petroleum use surpassed coal. There were also many other advances that helped humans avoid natural limits–for example, the discovery of antibiotics, and the widespread use of electricity.
At the bottom of Slide 4, I have represented the long-term pattern of growth by a line that gradually slopes more and more upward, as we move to later periods. Even in the earliest period, there was some upward slope, but this may have been offset by setbacks. The amount of growth gradually increased, but still was not particularly evident to those living at the time, because of inherent fluctuations. The greatest growth has come in the last 100 years.
There are two basic reasons why human systems are growth based:
(1) Humans find ways to get around "survival of the fittest".
(2) Entropy–Whatever humans build eventually falls apart. Humans have to keep to keep building more, just to stay even. Even advances like discovering antibiotics and herbicides have to keep being repeated, or nature finds ways around our advances.
The combination of these factors means that humans have been, and continue to be, on a constant growth tread-mill. There have been examples of small societies that have managed to keep populations flat for relatively long periods, and there have been many societies that have collapsed while others have expanded. The overall aggregate impact of human has been, however, has been one of gradual growth in numbers and material wealth.
Graphic Representation of Natural System and Humans' System
Slide 6 shows my view of how very early humans fit in with the natural system, back in the days before man discovered fire and spears and learned how to hunt with dogs. Humans were part of the natural system, just like other animals. Their population was no doubt relatively low, and stayed low, perhaps varying with climate change and food availability.
Slide 7 shows my view of what humans' system looks like now. It has grown in size, so that in many places it overwhelms the natural system. Humans' system takes resources from nature, and sends its pollution back to nature. Thus it is tied to the natural system, whether we recognize the situation or not.
The Nature of Growth
If we look at a graph of world population, we see that growth has been particularly evident in the last 100 or 200 years.
It appears to me (based on GDP statistics of Angus Maddison for the last 2000 years) that prior to the use of fossil fuels, most of the growth was simply population growth, as humans were able to increase their food supply. It was not until fossil fuels were added that there was a big increase in standard of living.
Economic growth of the type we have had since the growth in the use of fossil fuels provides many benefits. If the economy is growing fast enough, there is rising demand for homes, so home prices tend to rise. The prices of individual stocks rise, and there are more jobs available, some of which pay well. Governments find that the taxes that they collect rise, even without raising the tax rate. This helps governmental stability.
How can humans' system be made to grow? Clearly one thing that is needed is increasing amounts of materials from the natural world; another is a way of transforming these materials into goods and services that people want or need.
A less obvious thing that is needed is a way for people to be able to pay for the goods and services, in advance of the time that they earn the money to buy these things. This is where "rentiers" come into play. Rentiers provide the credit that allows people to buy goods and services that would normally require a large accumulation of wealth.
Debt was first used about 5,000 ago, back in the days of early agriculture, according to David Graeber's Debt: The First 5,000 Years. At that time, large temples acted as purchasers and sellers of goods and services. People brought goods to the temple to sell, and also bought other goods. The temples kept running tabs. Those who bought more than they sold were in debt.
Rentiers and Debt
Rentiers are enablers of debt. They allow people to buy things that they couldn't otherwise pay for. Rentiers include banks and other parts of the financial system.
There have been rentiers for 5,000 years, but the growth in rentiers has been greatest since World War II. The need for debt is greatest when one wants to increase the rate of growth.
Think of the United States after World War II. The world had come through the long economic depression, and things were finally looking better after World War II. The soldiers were coming home again, and would soon be unemployed. If only citizens could afford to buy new cars and new homes, there might be jobs for these returning soldiers.
Government debt had been ramped up prior to World War II (allowing it to buy tanks and airplanes and to employ more soldiers), and now was being paid down (not shown on Slide 13). If demand was to be kept up, and even raised, private citizens and businesses needed to be encouraged to go into debt, allowing citizens to buy things like cars, refrigerators, and new homes. Slide 13 shows that non-government debt was ramped up after World War II. This stimulated the economy because it allowed more people to buy "big ticket" items, and helped ramp up job growth and energy use.
If we look at a graph of world energy use (from my post, World Energy Consumption Since 1820 in Charts) we see that world energy consumption really began to rise after World War II–that is, the same time non-government debt was being added.
The growth in energy consumption since World War II is even larger on a per-capita basis. Most of this growth was in fossil fuels–in oil and natural gas, and, recently, in coal. Without fossil fuels, our per capita energy consumption in 2012 would be below that in 1820, and our lifestyles would be much different.
Slide 16 shows that if a person looks at a graph of world population growth, there is a very distinct upward "bend" after World War II. This is precisely the time that energy use grew rapidly, and debt use grew rapidly.
How Debt Growth Works – And Eventually Doesn't Work
The basic way our financial system works is that when a person or business or government needs money, that money is loaned into existence. This allows a business to expand, or a person to afford to buy a car or home that he or she had not saved up money for. What happens is that increasing debt allows demand to be higher than it would otherwise be, so that natural resources (including oil, gas, and coal) are extracted more rapidly than they otherwise would be. This allows what we measure as the "economic growth" rate to be higher than it would otherwise be.
There are a couple of catches with this system:
1. The money to repay the debt is not loaned into existence at the same time the principle is loaned into existence. As long as the economy is growing fast enough, this is not a problem, because economic growth allows future production to be enough higher than current production to pay back debt with interest. But if the economy ever slows down, there is a problem.
2. The process of increasing extraction of natural resources through the use of increased debt doesn't work indefinitely, because at some point resource extraction starts getting constrained, and pollution becomes more of a problem.
Slide 18 illustrates the way that a growing economy helps to make repaying debt easier. With a growing economy, the size of the "economic pie" grows pretty much every year. This growth means that even if a fixed amount of debt plus interest needs to be paid back, relative to the growing base, it is less of a problem. It is easy to see this situation for a government, but a similar situation exists for individuals. If the economy is growing, on average, people will find themselves getting promotions and will find new jobs available when they lose old ones, so that, for example, repaying home loans tends not to be a problem.
Clearly, the reverse is true if the economy is shrinking. Even if the economy shows zero growth these is a problem, because there is not enough to growth to cover the interest. If interest rates are lowered to almost zero (do very low interest rates sound at all familiar?), the inability to cover the additional cost relating to paying back interest, but even this becomes burdensome.
It might also be pointed out that with a flat or shrinking economy, it becomes more and more difficult to pay for promised social programs, such as social security retirement programs and unemployment programs. These programs become a larger portion of a stable or shrinking pie, and thus become harder and harder to fund. European countries (which have been very generous with their social programs) are having particular difficulty with these problems now, as well as difficulty with repaying their debt.
The reason why growth in resource extraction cannot continue forever is related to Figure 20, whch I also showed earlier. At some point, resource extraction becomes constrained. Higher demand for oil tends to lead primarily to higher prices for oil, rather than to much more oil actually coming out of the ground. Pollution of various kinds, including carbon dioxide pollution, becomes more and more of a problem.
Everything I can see says we started reaching the point where oil resources became restrained about 2004 – 2005, when oil prices started going up, and oil extraction did not rise by much. Since that time, world oil extraction has grown very slowly, constraining economic growth. The 2008-2009 recession seems to me to be very much associated with this constriction, as are the debt problems we are now seeing around the world, especially in Europe.
The reason why an economic slowdown occurs when oil prices rise relates to the fact that oil is used for necessities–growing food and for commuting to work. A rise in oil prices does not result in a rise in families' incomes, especially in oil importing countries, which is what the United States and most of Europe are. A family will tend to cut back on discretionary spending, such as going out to restaurants, or buying a new car, or buying a more expensive home.
As a result, there will be layoffs in discretionary industries–for example, restaurants, car manufacture, and home building. People in these industries will be laid off from work. Some of those laid off from work will default on loans. Value of homes will tend to fall, as few people are in the market for a move-up home. Government spending on unemployment claims will increase, at the same time that tax revenue drops (or flattens) because fewer workers are employed. Governments find themselves in increasingly distressed financial condition, because they cannot afford to pay promised benefits, and their debt burden gets higher and higher. If this all sounds like the economic news of the last few years, in both Europe and the United States, it shouldn't be too surprising, given the high price of oil, and our the dependence of our economies on oil.
Problems with the Rentier Debt System
The biggest issue with our debt-based system is the system tends to collapse, once adequate growth to sustain the whole system occurs. We appear to be rapidly approaching this point. It will also collapse at a closely related point-—when the amount of debt becomes so high that the governments cannot afford to pay the interest on debt, and keep up other programs.
Another issue is that as the economic condition of people in oil importing counties is reduced, governments of these countries find themselves less able to collect taxes, at the same time they would like to stimulate the economy. Promised retirement programs also become harder to fund. This means that the governments of oil-importing economies will find themselves under increasing tendency to collapse, as high oil prices lead to recessionary tendencies.
Another issue of the rentier debt system is that too much money is transferred to the finance system and to those collecting interest (as opposed to paying interest). People at the bottom of the economic order find themselves barely able to make ends meet, and borrow to try to cover necessities. The interest rates these individuals are charged are far higher than the interest rates paid by borrowers who are deemed more "credit-worth", such as governments.
Another issue is that as the price of oil rises, too much money is transferred to countries involved with oil extraction, at the expense of oil-importing countries. This transfer of funds to oil exporting nations tends to depress the economies of oil importing nations. There are theoretical ways that the funds of oil exporting nations might be recycled, but increasingly, these countries find that they need these funds to pacify the demands of their own populations, so that recycling occurs less.
What Is Ahead?
We have already talked about some of impacts that are already occurring–financial systems under stress, with some countries appearing to be near default. The question is what may happen next.
If there are defaults in one or two countries–say Greece and Spain–the financial problems seem likely to spread to banks in other parts of the world, through derivatives and through banks carrying debt relating to the defaulting countries. There also seem to be any number of countries in weak condition–for example, Egypt–and the problems of these countries may worsen as well.
Another likely outcome would seem to be that new loans will become less available. If a particular country has recently defaulted and seems to have no way of paying for new oil imports, they may have difficulty getting loans. But even those not directly involved with defaults may find it much more difficult to get loans, because the financial condition of banks will be worse, and some banks may fail. A reduction in available loans will tend to lead to economic contraction, and make any tendency toward collapse worse.
We can speculate on all kinds of other things that happen. I will not elaborate on the Items shown on Slide 23, except to say that cheap oil has enabled a lot of what we have today–an international trade system that allows the formation of large countries, and that allows large countries to interact to a much greater extent than a few hundred years ago. There would seem to be a possibility that most of the advances of the last few hundred years will disappear as the availability of cheap oil disappears.
Can we solve our problems by getting rid of rentier debt?
Unfortunately, no. We are now reaching resource limits, primarily in oil, but also in other resources, such as fresh water, and also with respect to pollution. Humans were on a growth trajectory to reach these limits, with or without rentier debt. Rentier debt allowed us to reach these limits faster than we might otherwise have reached them.
Now that the bubble has been inflated, and we seem to be near collapse, getting rid of rentier debt won't really "fix" the situation. It is basically too late. The future direction would seem to be contraction, and this will almost certainly eliminate most rentier debt. Our task now would seem to be to deal with all of the dislocations that occur when defaults occur and to develop new financial system(s) that can handle continued contraction.


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Path::Class::File - Objects representing files
version 0.37
use Path::Class; # Exports file() by default
my $file = file('foo', 'bar.txt'); # Path::Class::File object
my $file = Path::Class::File->new('foo', 'bar.txt'); # Same thing
# Stringifies to 'foo/bar.txt' on Unix, 'foo\bar.txt' on Windows, etc.
print "file: $file\n";
if ($file->is_absolute) { ... }
if ($file->is_relative) { ... }
my $v = $file->volume; # Could be 'C:' on Windows, empty string
# on Unix, 'Macintosh HD:' on Mac OS
$file->cleanup; # Perform logical cleanup of pathname
$file->resolve; # Perform physical cleanup of pathname
my $dir = $file->dir; # A Path::Class::Dir object
my $abs = $file->absolute; # Transform to absolute path
my $rel = $file->relative; # Transform to relative path
The Path::Class::File class contains functionality for manipulating file names in a cross-platform way.
Creates a new Path::Class::File object and returns it. The arguments specify the path to the file. Any volume may also be specified as the first argument, or as part of the first argument. You can use platform-neutral syntax:
my $file = file( 'foo', 'bar', 'baz.txt' );
or platform-native syntax:
my $file = file( 'foo/bar/baz.txt' );
or a mixture of the two:
my $file = file( 'foo/bar', 'baz.txt' );
All three of the above examples create relative paths. To create an absolute path, either use the platform native syntax for doing so:
my $file = file( '/var/tmp/foo.txt' );
or use an empty string as the first argument:
my $file = file( '', 'var', 'tmp', 'foo.txt' );
If the second form seems awkward, that's somewhat intentional - paths like /var/tmp or \Windows aren't cross-platform concepts in the first place, so they probably shouldn't appear in your code if you're trying to be cross-platform. The first form is perfectly fine, because paths like this may come from config files, user input, or whatever.
This method is called internally when a Path::Class::File object is used in a string context, so the following are equivalent:
$string = $file->stringify;
$string = "$file";
Returns the volume (e.g. C: on Windows, Macintosh HD: on Mac OS, etc.) of the object, if any. Otherwise, returns the empty string.
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Returns the name of the file as a string, without the directory portion (if any).
Returns a list of the directory components of this file, followed by the basename.
Note: unlike $dir->components, this method currently does not accept any arguments to select which elements of the list will be returned. It may do so in the future. Currently it throws an exception if such arguments are present.
Returns a boolean value indicating whether this object represents a directory. Not surprisingly, Path::Class::File objects always return false, and Path::Class::Dir objects always return true.
Returns true or false depending on whether the file refers to an absolute path specifier (like /usr/local/foo.txt or \Windows\Foo.txt).
Returns true or false depending on whether the file refers to a relative path specifier (like lib/foo.txt or .\Foo.txt).
Performs a logical cleanup of the file path. For instance:
my $file = file('/foo//baz/./foo.txt')->cleanup;
# $file now represents '/foo/baz/foo.txt';
Performs a physical cleanup of the file path. For instance:
my $file = file('/foo/baz/../foo.txt')->resolve;
# $file now represents '/foo/foo.txt', assuming no symlinks
This actually consults the filesystem to verify the validity of the path.
Returns a Path::Class::Dir object representing the directory containing this file.
A synonym for the dir() method.
Returns a Path::Class::File object representing $file as an absolute path. An optional argument, given as either a string or a Path::Class::Dir object, specifies the directory to use as the base of relativity - otherwise the current working directory will be used.
Returns a Path::Class::File object representing $file as a relative path. An optional argument, given as either a string or a Path::Class::Dir object, specifies the directory to use as the base of relativity - otherwise the current working directory will be used.
Returns a Path::Class::File object representing $file as it would be specified on a system of type $type. Known types include Unix, Win32, Mac, VMS, and OS2, i.e. anything for which there is a subclass of File::Spec.
Any generated objects (subdirectories, files, parents, etc.) will also retain this type.
Returns a Path::Class::File object representing a file as it would be specified on a system of type $type. Known types include Unix, Win32, Mac, VMS, and OS2, i.e. anything for which there is a subclass of File::Spec.
The arguments in @args are the same as they would be specified in new().
Passes the given arguments, including $file, to IO::File->new (which in turn calls IO::File->open and returns the result as an IO::File object. If the opening fails, undef is returned and $! is set.
A shortcut for
$fh = $file->open('r') or croak "Can't read $file: $!";
$fh = $file->open('w') or croak "Can't write to $file: $!";
$fh = $file->open('a') or croak "Can't append to $file: $!";
Sets the modification and access time of the given file to right now, if the file exists. If it doesn't exist, touch() will make it exist, and - YES! - set its modification and access time to now.
In a scalar context, returns the contents of $file in a string. In a list context, returns the lines of $file (according to how $/ is set) as a list. If the file can't be read, this method will throw an exception.
If you want chomp() run on each line of the file, pass a true value for the chomp or chomped parameters:
my @lines = $file->slurp(chomp => 1);
You may also use the iomode parameter to pass in an IO mode to use when opening the file, usually IO layers (though anything accepted by the MODE argument of open() is accepted here). Just make sure it's a reading mode.
my @lines = $file->slurp(iomode => ':crlf');
my $lines = $file->slurp(iomode => '<:encoding(UTF-8)');
The default iomode is r.
Lines can also be automatically split, mimicking the perl command-line option -a by using the split parameter. If this parameter is used, each line will be returned as an array ref.
my @lines = $file->slurp( chomp => 1, split => qr/\s*,\s*/ );
The split parameter can only be used in a list context.
The opposite of "slurp", this takes a list of strings and prints them to the file in write mode. If the file can't be written to, this method will throw an exception.
The content to be written can be either an array ref or a plain scalar. If the content is an array ref then each entry in the array will be written to the file.
You may use the iomode parameter to pass in an IO mode to use when opening the file, just like "slurp" supports.
$file->spew(iomode => '>:raw', $content);
The default iomode is w.
Just like spew, but, if $content is a plain scalar, appends $/ to it, or, if $content is an array ref, appends $/ to each element of the array.
Can also take an iomode parameter like spew. Again, the default iomode is w.
Calls the given callback on $file. This doesn't do much on its own, but see the associated documentation in Path::Class::Dir.
This method will remove the file in a way that works well on all platforms, and returns a boolean value indicating whether or not the file was successfully removed.
remove() is better than simply calling Perl's unlink() function, because on some platforms (notably VMS) you actually may need to call unlink() several times before all versions of the file are gone - the remove() method handles this process for you.
Invokes File::stat::stat() on this file and returns a File::stat object representing the result.
Same as stat(), but if $file is a symbolic link, lstat() stats the link instead of the file the link points to.
Returns the class which should be used to create directory objects.
Generally overridden whenever this class is subclassed.
Copies the $file to $dest. It returns a Path::Class::File object when successful, undef otherwise.
Moves the $file to $dest, and updates $file accordingly.
It returns $file is successful, undef otherwise.
Ken Williams, email@example.com
Path::Class, Path::Class::Dir, File::Spec
To install Path::Class, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm Path::Class
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Path::Class
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.


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Today is the day after a test. I walk around to hand back tests to the students. Students, who did well, put a smile on their faces. Students, who did poorly, sink into their chairs in displeasure. I come back to the board to review the problems which created the most difficulty. The students who did well are so excited they don't want to listen. The students who did poorly are so upset with themselves they can not concentrate. So, what am I doing? I'm pretty much talking to no one. I'm not helping those students who received a bad grade and the students who were successful are now bored.
After about two and a half years of doing this in my classes, I realized something must change. Some students were not successful on a test. The only way they can help their grade is to do better on the next test. But they need the material from the previous test to help them. So what service am I providing to my failing students? How am I motivating them to do better? I used to say, "You are going to need to learn this to do well on the midterm. Don't just put the test away and not look at it. Study it and learn from it." After thinking about how I would take that statement as a student, I realized how little impact it actually has. Something needed to change in my grading philosophy, and change fast.
Everyone deserves a second chance, right? You fail your driver's test; don't you get another shot at it? You do poorly on the SAT's; you can take them again right? So for a test in class, why are students only getting one chance? After much questioning, research, and consideration, I decided to implement a re-take policy for my classes.
After students receive their test and are not happy with the score, they can come to me and inquire about a re-take. I give the student a contract that lists the steps they must follow in order for the opportunity for a retake. The contract must be signed by the student and their parent/guardian. The steps are as follows:
- Get the test paper signed by a parent/guardian
- Attend extra help session for corrections on the test
- Complete given assignment on your own (if necessary)
- Make an appointment after/before school to take your re-take
Once students take the re-take, I look at how much knowledge they have gained, and use my professional judgment to assign a new grade. Students are appreciative of the second chance and are taking full advantage of it. Students are recognizing how much more work they need to put in if they are unsuccessful. This gives them some motivation to do well the first time. And it also gives them an opportunity to right the wrong.
What is our goal as educators? My goal is for every student to have the best opportunity at succeeding in my class. If my students have only one chance at every test, then they really don't have the best opportunity at succeeding. I want my students to learn and one of the best ways to learn is from your mistakes. I have a little saying I like to use: "Failure is not an ending, it's a beginning."


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Philbin along with Joan Rivers, Rhea Perlman, Andy Richter and Kevin Nealon are all slated for guest appearances on the TV Land comedy.
The show, now in its third season, stars Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves and Wendie Malick as friends who take an unexpected detour to Cleveland, Ohio, while on a trip to Paris and end up moving to the Midwest city permanently.
Betty White plays their feisty caretaker.
The sitcom has become known for its roster of guest stars including Ed Asner, Rick Springfield, Kristin Chenoweth and Susan Lucci.
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Monday, November 14, 2011
Google Maps Going Nuclear
Would I Survive a Nuke? is a little Google Maps application that allows you to see the likely effect of a nuclear bomb falling on any location.
The application allows you to select a location, the size of the bomb and view the likely effects of the bomb striking at your chosen location.
Ground Zero II is a similar application that includes more bomb choices and also includes a wind direction selector that will show you the likely fallout area of a nuclear bomb striking at a particular location.
If you are interested in knowing where the nuclear warheads near you actually are then you should check out the Mother Jones Nuclear Facilities Map. This map of the USA shows where the military stores its nuclear warheads, nuclear labs and civilian nuclear power plants.
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Midway through the workshop I was teaching on professional reinvention, I gave participants an assignment: create a narrative citing your professional strengths. After the break, a woman named Alison raised her hand. "This one was difficult for me," she said. "I thought about what was special about me: I'm a strategic thinker, and I can get things done. But other people can do that, too. I'm not sure how I can really stand out as I'm applying for jobs." She isn't alone. For many of us, it's hard to identify exactly what about us — if anything — is valuable or unique.
As Phyllis Stein, the former head of Radcliffe College Career Services, told me when I was researching my book Reinventing You, many of her highest-achieving clients are also the most self-critical. They're very aware of their weaknesses, she said, but find it much harder to see their strengths.
"What job are you applying for? And what did you do before?" I asked Alison.
"I used to sell medical equipment," she said, "and now I want to do project management for medical equipment companies." Her vision of herself was cloaked in deficiencies: she didn't have any project management experience on her resume, and her competitors surely would.
But her background was actually perfect, if only she'd tweak her perspective. As most hiring managers know, it's incredibly rare to find a candidate that meets all your desired criteria. While other applicants might have project management experience, they may not have worked in the medical equipment industry. It would be just as easy for Alison to argue that her familiarity with the industry – and what customers were saying on the ground — would be a far more valuable asset. The key is changing your frame to focus on your advantages, not your shortcomings.
When you're trying to understand your unique abilities, it helps to think about scarcity. What background or skills do you have that might be rare in a given context? There are plenty of people with medical equipment sales experience in the world, but probably very few who were applying for this project management position. If you can make your case with confidence, you can use scarcity to your advantage and position yourself as a desired, limited resource.
That strategy succeeded for me a decade ago when I was hired as the executive director of MassBike, Massachusetts' statewide bicycling advocacy organization. Most of the applicants were, like the board members, bicycling fanatics who embraced hard-core distance riding and geeked out on their equipment. I was a casual commuter cyclist with an interest in urban planning, and a good knowledge of political advocacy and media relations.
In my job interview, they started with what they thought was a nice softball question: what kind of bike do you have? They expected some banter about the virtues of certain manufacturers; what they got was a panicked look and two words. "It's blue." I had no idea about the make or model; I used it to get around town. But I pressed my advantage: I knew very little about bicycling, I told them, but the board could teach me. Meanwhile, I could help the organization win political battles and newspaper coverage, two crucial but underrepresented areas. The pitch worked, and I was hired.
To understand what's so special about you, you have to compete on your playing field, not someone else's. If you let others set the terms of the debate — How much project management experience do you have? What do you know about bicycle mechanics? — you will lose almost every time. There will always be someone who knows more than you do about a given topic, or who has more directly relevant experience.
Instead, you have to seize the confidence to say their criteria are irrelevant (or at least less relevant), and there's another yardstick that matters more. Too many professionals accept the limitations of other people's viewpoints, and see themselves as falling short. When you understand what you possess that's scarce, and are strong enough to make the case for yourself based on your own metrics, you're likely to be far more persuasive than you ever imagined.


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Luxurious beautifully furnished apartment in imaginatively landscaped complex with three swimming pools and a small paddling pool for children, restaurant & internet WiFi. It's an ideal choice for families or couples. Situated on the ground floor of the rustic villa the apartment features a well appointed, adjoining terrace.
Full of daylight and characterized by elegant design, the apartment consists of a master bedroom with the king size bed, the second bedroom with a super queen size bed, a bathroom with a shower and an open concept kitchen living room. The apartment has exterior shutter insulation that ensures privacy and provides shade during the sunny hours.
The kitchen is fully equipped with: Gas cooker / Oven / Fridge freezer / MOKA Coffeemaker / Kettle / Cookware/ Dinnerware / Glassware / Cutlery including wine opener, vegetable peeler and grater / Set of tea-towels and table cloth.
This is a stylish, sleek apartment with homely atmosphere. Carefully designed furniture accounts for high quality of living space. The interiors give the impression of coziness and warmth creating a perfect place for sharing quality time with friends and family.
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The International Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (IWFHR) brings together leading researchers and engineers from the fields of on-line and off-line handwriting recognition. This is an international forum for identifying, encouraging and exchanging new ideas on different topics of handwriting recognition as well as for promoting novel applications in an attempt to extend the frontiers of this fascinating field of research.
|Workshop Chairs
Guy Lorette (France)
H. Bunke (Switzerland)
L. Schomaker (The Netherlands)
|Organizing Chairs
E. Anquetil (France)
T. Artières (France)
L. Heutte (France)
T. Paquet (France)
|Program Chairs
C. Viard-Gaudin (France)
M. Shridhar (USA)
G. Rigoll (Germany)
J.H. Kim (Korea)
T. Artières (France)
M. Cheriet (Canada)
Y.W. Choi (Korea)
X. Ding (China)
H. Dolfing (UK)
A. Downton (UK)
M. El Yacoubi (USA)
M. Fairhurst (UK)
G. Fink (Germany)
H. Fujisawa (Japan)
P. Gader (USA)
M. Gilloux (France)
V. Govindaraju (USA)
G. Houle (USA)
S. Impedovo (Italy)
S. Jaeger (USA)
L.W. Jin (China)
S.H. Kim (Korea)
F. Kimura (Japan)
A. Koerich (Brazil)
P.M. Lallican (France)
C.L. Liu (Japan)
S. Lucas (UK)
S. Madhvanath (India)
U. Miletzki (Germany)
Y.L. Murphey (USA)
M. Nakagawa (Japan)
I.S. Oh (Korea)
U. Pal (India)
M. Perrone (USA)
G. Pirlo (Italy)
L. Prévost (France)
R. Sabourin (Canada)
N. Sherkat (UK)
S. Srihari (USA)
C.Y. Suen (Canada)
N. Vincent (France)
L. Vuurpijl (The Netherlands)
T. Wakahara (Japan)
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Fundamental issues in handwriting recognition
Handwritten document analysis
Pen-based applications
Image-based applications
Standardization issues
Biometric and Forensic applications
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Artières, Thierry (France)
Cheriet, Mohamed (Canada)
Choi, Young Woo (Korea)
Ding, Xiaoqing (China)
Dolfing, Hans (UK)
El Yacoubi, Mounim (USA)
Fairhurst, Michael (UK)
Fink, Gernot (Germany)
Fujisawa, Hiromichi (Japan)
Gader, Paul (USA)
Gilloux, Michel (France)
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Heutte, Laurent (France)
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Jin, LianWen (China)
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Carter to Obama: Same Old Story on Energy
As spring bloomed, the president addressed the nation on energy. The president told us, "Without our planning for the future, it will get worse … The oil and natural gas that we rely on for 75 percent of our energy is simply running out."
Unless profound changes are made in the next decade, the president warned, the world will demand more oil than it can produce. He called for "strict conservation" and switching to "permanent renewable energy sources like solar power." Because such sources promise future energy independence—or at least according to the president—his administration would spend billions of taxpayer dollars on wind, solar, and biodiesel, plus offer massive "clean energy" subsidies.
No, the president is not Barack Obama, and the speech was not delivered in 2012. It was President Jimmy Carter, speaking on April 18, 1977.
Since that time, American oil and natural gas production has skyrocketed. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that natural gas consumption has doubled since 1980, production is at an all-time high, imports are at a 20-year low and heating expenses are the lowest in a decade. Meanwhile, the latest recession barely affected North Dakota, a state rich in oil and natural gas.
President Carter's speech sounds familiar because it is based on the same flawed assumptions that underlie many current politicians' belief that wise and enlightened central planners in Washington can manage the countless and infinitely complex transactions and calculations that comprise a $14-trillion-dollar national economy.
These politicians hold on to these flawed beliefs despite being regularly embarrassed by them. For example, a recent Capitol Confidential article and video showed President Obama and two senators from Michigan praising a heavily subsidized "green energy" battery manufacturer that is now under severe financial stress and has had its federal money pulled. Another Capitol Confidential piece reported a litany of similar embarrassments on a YouTube channel created by the Michigan Economic Development Corp.
Economist F.A. Harper once wrote, "If the planner could plan discovery for others, he probably would have made that discovery himself in the first place. If he is more able in this respect than the others, he is wasting his time not to do it himself; if he is less able, he can hardly plan it for others who are more able than he is."
It's much easier for politicians to make plans with other peoples' money. It would show real leadership for government to actually do less.
— Jarrett Skorup is a 2009 graduate of Grove City College and former student fellow at The Center for Vision & Values. He is the research associate for online engagement for Michigan Capitol Confidential at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a research and educational institute headquartered in Midland, Mich. Permission to reprint in whole or in part is hereby granted, provided that the author and the Centers are properly cited. Mr. Skorup can be reached at [email protected].
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Zach Maynard's decision to transfer to California appears to have been the right move after all.
Maynard was picked as Cal's starting quarterback to open the 2011 season Saturday, emerging as the clear front-runner from one of the deepest and most wide-open spring competitions in coach Jeff Tedford's tenure.
Maynard, a duel-threat quarterback who led Buffalo to its first bowl game in 2009, sat out all of last year and had no guarantee of winning Cal's starting job once he transferred. He was among six quarterbacks in the spring competition.
''It was a huge risk,'' Maynard said. ''It was something I really had to take into consideration trying to transfer. I think I made the right choice. Everything is working itself out.''
The decision to start Maynard signals Cal's evolving offense to a spread system.
The Golden Bears limped home to a 5-7 record and missed out on a bowl game last season for the first time since Tedford's first year in 2002, in large part because of a sputtering offense that struggled to put up points. Tedford revamped his staff over the winter and plans to take a more active role calling plays.
The Golden Bears wrapped up spring practice two weeks ago. They open training camp Aug. 6 and play the season opener Sept. 3 at Candlestick Park against Fresno State.
''Zach showed a tremendous amount of upside during spring practice and is the quarterback that gives us the best opportunity to win football games,'' Tedford said. ''He has the ability to both throw and run the ball effectively, giving us another dimension at that position that we haven't had in a while.''
Being picked as the starter was the culmination of more than a year of work.
Maynard threw for 2,694 yards, 18 touchdowns and 15 interceptions in his sophomore season at Buffalo. He also ran for 300 yards to lead the program to the International Bowl, where it lost 38-20 to Connecticut.
After coach Turner Gill left to be the head coach at Kansas, Maynard decided it was best to leave Buffalo, even if it meant losing a starting gig. He considered Kansas, Clemson, North Carolina and North Carolina State, among others, but there was a family appeal to Berkeley no other program could match.
Maynard's half brother, receiver Keenan Allen, had just made the decision to enroll at Cal after a stellar career at Grimsley High School in Greensboro, N.C. He also loved the cool weather and laid-back vibe on the Berkeley campus, as well as Tedford's approach.
From that standpoint, it was a natural fit.
''I think it was the right choice for me to leave from the start,'' he said.
Sophomore Allan Bridgford and senior Brock Mansion are co-listed at No. 2 on the team's depth chart, but the job is Maynard's to lose.
The fact that Tedford decided to call Maynard into his office earlier this week and deliver the news — as opposed to waiting until fall camp — was only further proof Cal wants the speedy, elusive quarterback to lead them into what was already a year of change for the program. Besides the opener at Candlestick, Cal will play home games this season across the bay at the San Francisco Giants' home, AT&T Park, while Memorial Stadium is renovated.
Maynard, who has two years of eligibility remaining, was still coming to grips with the opportunity to shine in the inaugural Pac-12 season.
''I was really excited. Just a huge relief off my shoulders,'' Maynard said. ''Now I can focus on getting in that film room, weight room and getting better over time.
''I'm not going to take it as I am starting, because we have a long way toward the season coming,'' he added. ''We have summer camp. We have workouts and conditioning right now. So, I've got to stay on top of everything like I'm not the starter, like I'm working for a job. I've got to take it more serious now.''


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October 15, 1981
There's scarcely a person who doesn't know about the Weekly Reader used in our schools. Many readers will remember when they were in school and the Weekly Readers which they used as part of their cirriculum.
That was the case with Pam Taylor, whom I mentioned in a Potluck Feedback item Aug. 27. She had telephoned me to say that she had a collection of Weekly Readers, which her mother had saved when Pam's oldest brother was in school about 30 years ago. That telephone call sparked my interest in them and prompted me to inquire of Edna Longacre Gilhuly, a retired local teacher, about the age of the Weekly Reader program.
Edna's retirement hasn't dimmed her knowledge of that subject. She told me that the Weekly Reader program is 52 years old and that Eleanor Johnson, the founder and first editor is still living, but no longer holds that position.
Pam Taylor loaned me the collection of Readers dating back to 1950-51. Securing a current copy from Riley School, I found that the Readers today are still the same size, 8 1/2 by 11, but enlarged in number of pages, and still magazine/newspaper style.
The Reader is used from kindergarten through sixth grade, and graded according to the age of the users. It appears by comparison that the sixth grade level edition used today is more sophicated and the content more advanced than those used in 1950-51.
One of the 1950 issues contained a story about General McArthur and the defense of Korea; the Tickle Box column...riddles, quizes; Pen Pal Club column; Hobby Corner; Dan, Date and Dizzy cartoon strip; and news stories to interest kids.
The January 1981 Senior issue (illustrated) were appropriately devoted substantial space to President Reagan, in addition to the cover. Other subjects in that issue were related to government, as well as regular features.
The September 1981 issue has more advanced content: How the Space Shuttle Will Payoff for You; TOTO to Test Tornadoes; Please Don't Hit Me Mom...a dialogue on child abuse; sports; Activity Corner (how to build things); Senior Skills (consisting of new vocabulary, news comprehension); crossword puzzle. Another feature in the September 1981 issue explained how to use weather maps...an interesting subject, even for adults.
There wasn't a Weekly Reader program when your author was a school kid. I wish there had been. Looking over the old and new copies, I am convinced it is an important part of education in the schools if properly presented by the editors and teachers.
My thanks for those who helped me present this article, including Pam Taylor, who prompted my interest by her telephone call.
That is what the story headline said. However, it should now really be called the Shiff House, the present owner being Stuart Shiff, even though the Lockhart family lived there longer than any other.
Karen Lockhart Purser, San Francisco, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Lockhart, both deceased, and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Lockhart, wrote an interesting letter, part of which is quoted..
"Dear Mr. Krupp - Of course I remember you, and making that walk up and down Main for years!"
Thank you very much for sending me the newspaper account of the Tiffin Street House. You did some real research and I am pleased to have the information. I enjoyed old housed, and although I only lived in that house for three years (from age 2-5) I have very fond memories of it.
I can add some facts and some hearsay. My mother told the story of having a Tiffany light fixture from the dining room hauled off to the dump in 1938 because she found it very ugly. In any event, the original fixture would have been gas. The house I live in in San Francisco was built in 1900 and it was built with both gas and electric fixtures.
I have no recollection of the light fixtures on the stair newell post, and a picture of my father at the age of two, standing on the stairs shows no light \par fixture then.
I know that my grandmother Laura Green was living in the house in 1898 because I read a diary she had written that year in which she described sitting on the porch and watching the world go by.
How do you account for the door knocker dated 1828? Could this have been added by the older Mrs. Watkins, who I think was an antique dealer? Certainly, if the hardware is consistent throughout the house, it should be possible to get a good estimate of its age.
I have some furniture from that house, a sideboard, several tables, and the dry sink. According to the styles, most appears to have been manufactured about 1870. One of the tables had what looks like "Asire" Fostoria, Ohio written underneath it.
(Author's Note: Much of the hardware used in homes of that period was manufactured in the New England states. That hardware was probably produced in 1828 and finally found its way into the house during construction years later. The location of what appeared to be a light fixture on the newell post, as mentioned in the story, was undoubtedly added by Mrs. Watkins, during her residency since, as Mrs. Purser said, it was not there in the earlier photo she has.)
Carolyn Cunningham Kark, West Ridge Drive, telephoned to say that James \par Anderson, named in the story about the Lockhart house, was her great-great \par grandfather on her father's side. She has the original deed issued for the house by President Andrew Jackson.
Her father was Harold Cunningham, som of Major George Cunningham, who had a drug store here many years ago. Harold and his brother, George both worked \par in the store. I remember the family well.
According to Carolyn, the Andersons were all Methodists and lived at the corner of Tiffin and Wood Streets where the original land deeded to James Anderson was located.
She too believes that he (James) and Rev. Anderson who founded the first Methodist church in Rome may be one and the same.
In that story I listed J.M. Myers, wholesale hay dealer as having an upstairs office above Eaton's Drug Store. However, I errored in saying that Floyd \par and Morrel were his sons. They were the sons of Smith, another hay dealer located above where the Chamber of Commerce is now. Sorry about that. Mrs. Lloyd Agnew, 220 N. Union St. called that matter to my attention. Mrs. J.M. Myers lives with her daughter, Mrs. George Cranch, 719 N. Main St.
Eugene Stagger, 510 E. Lytle St. - telephoned about the Main Street story too. When the last installment appeared he quickly found his father, Louis Stagger, ex-policeman, deceased in the picture.
Remarking about the second installment of that story, in regard to Mrs. Gilliard having played piano at Fostoria's first movie house, the Luna on South Main, Stagger said his mother often told about when she played piano for the Majestic Theatre, which was located across from the Colonial. She told how rats would scurry across the floor during the movie showing.
Gloria Miller - 340 McDougal St., telephoned to say she remembered Bazley Meat Market and that you could buy unpackaged meat to suit your choice. Also that there was a hat store there later. Although a younger married reader, Mrs. Miller says she enjoyed Potluck and things historical.
When Mr. Denver House, McCutchenville Rd. had finished reading the three installments of the Main Street Story and looking at the three photos, he easily recognized his father and two brothers, according to his wife.


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Swiss tuner Sportec has revealed their first program for a BMW, the BMW X6 40d. Within this new package, the 3.0 liter twin power six-cylinder diesel engine produces 370hp and 750Nm of torque which is more powerful than the stock vehicle.
From standstill the SP6 X launch to 100km/h in just 5.4 seconds which is an improvement of 1.1 seconds. Furthermore the Sportec crew has increased the top speed to 263km/h.
Outside, the Sportec SP6 X is also equipped with a sports exhaust gas arrangement which was developed for the diesel models and which is surrounded by carbon-tailpipes. Sportec offers light OZ-wheels to reduce the weight of the car.


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Welcome to the blog of Dr. Goodword, as I call myself on this website. The person behind Dr. Goodword is me, Robert Beard, the guy over there on the left. Yes, I am a real doctor and my specialty is language (PhD Linguistics). For 35 years I taught language and linguistics at Bucknell University, where I conducted research in the behavior of words, developing a theory of their behavior called Lexeme-Morpheme-Base Morphology (LMBM). You can google (a new English verb according to Merriam-Webster) "robert beard language" and find out more about what I've spent my life doing.
Now I run a popular website, alphaDictionary.com, writing about a much broader range of linguistic phenomena from my perspective as a morphologist. I started with a website called A Web of Online Dictionaries at Bucknell in 1995 which grew up to become alphaDictionary. Since 1995 I have answered around 25,000 email inquiries and comments about words and language, many of them the same. I am hoping here to expand my forum so that the daily questions I deal with need only be answered once. I will also include unelicited mutterings about language issues that cross my mind from time to time.
Others from the alphaDictionary staff as well as invited guests will also contribute to this blog. Please feel free to comment on anything you read here that tweaks your interest. The focus will vary little, however; our intent is to bring the insights of linguistics (the scientific study of language) to bear on questions of language that arise in our lives every day and do so in such a way that those without linguistic training can understand.


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BOTHELL, WA - September 14, 2009 - Sonosite, Inc. (Nasdaq:SONO), the world leader and specialist in hand-carried and point-of-care ultrasound, announced today new patient safety technology and mobile power solutions for vascular access applications. The company will be showcasing the new products and capabilities at the annual scientific meeting of the Association for Vascular Access (AVA) being held in Las Vegas September 14th - 18th, 2009.
The Nanomaxx™ Ultrasound System
Sonosite will be showing the 6-pound NanoMaxx ultrasound tool1, the latest addition to its suite of specialized products for point-of-care visualization in medicine. Combining one-button optimization technology with a fluid resistant touch screen user interface, the NanoMaxx system is highly sophisticated, easy to use and easy to disinfect. While other touch screens require a stylet to activate system controls, the sensitivity of the NanoMaxx touch screen allows the user to operate the system with the touch of a finger while wearing sterile gloves. The image quality and color flow mapping on the NanoMaxx provide increased utility versus alternatives by giving users the ability to identify nerve bundles and distinguish veins from arteries, delivering the visualization needed for safe and effective line placements.
1Availability in the US pending FDA 510(k) clearance.
"The NanoMaxx is just the system that we have been waiting for," said Patricia Santulli, R.T.R., R.N., BSN, and PICC Line Coordinator at Harborview Medical Center, Seattle. "With its high resolution, it will be easy to avoid accidently puncturing a nerve. The one button control and touch screen are ideal and its small size will make it easy to fit into crowded spaces or rest on the patient's bed."
As with Sonosite's other advanced ultrasound products, the NanoMaxx system and its transducers exceed military specifications for ruggedness and durability and are built to withstand a 3-foot drop onto a hard surface. The NanoMaxx system is backed by Sonosite's industry-leading, standard 5-year warranty, eliminating the expense for an annual service contract.
Lumenvu™ Catheter Guidance System
At the AVA, Sonosite will also be showing as a works-in-progress its LumenVu Catheter Guidance System, for visualizing the placement of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICC) at the point-of-care. Sonosite expects to begin shipping LumenVu systems at the end of 2009, subject to FDA 510(k) clearance. The LumenVu system couples near infrared light with standard catheter technology to enable visual tracking of a catheter tip in real time as it advances from the access vein to the superior vena cava. Sonosite's ultimate goal is to reduce or potentially eliminate the need for x-ray and/or fluoroscopy to confirm accurate line placement in hospital environments.
Incorrect catheter insertion is relatively common with bedside placement of PICC lines and reinsertion adds considerable time and cost. A recent large study showed only 70% of insertions were successful on the first attempt.2 As a result, the company believes that this technology could offer cost reduction and safety opportunities for hospitals and other provider environments where PICC lines are inserted. For more information on the LumenVu system, visit www.sonosite.com/lumenvu.
2Trerotola, S.O., Thompson, S., Chittams, J., Vierregger, K.S. Analysis of Tip Malposition and Correction in Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters Placed at Bedside by a Dedicated Nursing Team. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2007; 18: 513-518.
Sonosite® Mobile Power Solutions - Power Port and Power Pack
To ensure true mobility at all times to point-of-care locations around a hospital, Sonosite is offering innovative, integrated power solutions with its new ergonomic Universal Stands. Configurable with the M-Turbo®, S Series™, NanoMaxx™ and MicroMaxx® product lines, Sonosite's Universal Stands are light, easy to configure and highly maneuverable in the hospital setting and can be optimally positioned by the patient beside or in other space-constrained areas.
Sonosite's Power Port eliminates the need for connecting a system docked in its stand to an electrical outlet and instead allows the user to simply charge the system when it's parked in the Power Port. Sonosite's Power Pack triples battery life and can keep a system charged for 6 hours or more allowing clinicians the flexibility needed to see more patients on a single charge. The Power Pack is easily installed on the column of the Universal Stand.
About Sonosite
Sonosite, Inc. (www.sonosite.com) is the innovator and world leader in hand-carried ultrasound. Headquartered near Seattle, the company is represented by ten subsidiaries and a global distribution network in over 100 countries. Sonosite's small, lightweight systems are expanding the use of ultrasound across the clinical spectrum by cost-effectively bringing high performance ultrasound to the point of patient care. The company employs approximately 750 people worldwide.
Forward-looking Information and the Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995
Certain statements in this press release relating to the potential benefits of Sonosite's future products and technology are "forward-looking statements" for the purposes of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of our management at the time the statements are made and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected or implied by the forward-looking statements. These statements are not guaranties of future performance, are based on potentially inaccurate assumptions and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the risk that these products and technology will not yield the expected potential benefits, and the other factors contained in Item 1A. "Risk Factors" section of our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We caution readers not to place undue reliance upon these forward-looking statements that speak only as to the date of this release. We undertake no obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.


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Debian Security Advisory
DSA-2698-1 tiff -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 18 Jun 2013
- Affected Packages:
- tiff
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 706674, Bug 706675.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2013-1960, CVE-2013-1961.
- More information:
Multiple issues were discovered in the TIFF tools, a set of utilities for TIFF image file manipulation and conversion.
Emmanuel Bouillon discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in the tp_process_jpeg_strip function in the tiff2pdf tool. This could potentially lead to a crash or arbitrary code execution.
Emmanuel Bouillon discovered many stack-based buffer overflows in the TIFF tools. These issues could potentially lead to a crash or arbitrary code execution.
For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 3.9.4-5+squeeze9.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 4.0.2-6+deb7u1.
For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems will be fixed soon.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 4.0.2-6+nmu1.
We recommend that you upgrade your tiff packages.


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Author: Cathryn Dresser
Pages: 224
Received for honest review via Orion Children's Books
Amazon * Book Depository * Goodreads
Rating: ✪✪✪
*Note: Children's Cook Book*
My review:
Let's Bake! by Cathryn Dresser is a wonderfully laid out baking book for adults to bake alongside children.
I loved the "tricky bits" tips at the beginning of the book i.e. rubbing butter into flour, separating eggs etc. This is great for kids to show them, all the essential tips they will need for baking. I also loved Kathryn's "recipe for baking success" it was so cute!
The book is spilt into the four seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter and gives you yummy recipes to bake each season. There are also some more yummy treats at the back of the book that can be made all year round including Jam and ice cream. I loved the pastel colours used in the book and the little black and white drawings on some of the pages of ingredients that goes with that recipe, it just adds to the appeal of the book and will be attractive to young kids.
The recipes are set out with simple instructions and step to step pictures which was great. I decided to try something from the book and it didn't turn out too well for me!
My attempt at easy to make jam & Queen of heart tarts!
I am not a baker, I don't tend to cook much let alone bake but I thought if I was going to review the book I needed to try something from it. I decided on baking some Queen of heart tarts and also to make my own jam.
The Jam bit was easy enough apart from the fact I couldn't get the blender to work to start of with, then when that was resolved after a call to my mum's partner who is an excellent cook & baker I thought everything was going fine until I burnt the bottom of the saucepan cooking the jam.
The jam did turn out OK in the end which I was happy about apart from a little bitterness.
I then moved onto the Queen of heart tarts needless to say I again had some problems. Rubbing the butter and flour together was OK as I had the tips on how to do it correctly the issue came when the dough was ready to be rolled and cut. I didn't have the right cutter as the one I had was too small so I decided to use the circumstance of a glass which wasn't a good idea. The dough ended up too thick and not the right size. The recipe said 10-12 mins if I had managed to get the dough right. However mine were in for 30 mins and the dough was still raw and my jam was burnt.
So in the end my baking experience wasn't too good, however even though the tarts didn't turn out right I had fun doing it and that is the whole point of baking to have fun either on your own or with others and have disasters as in the end you can always try again.
*Note: My terrible results of baking isn't because of the book it is just the fact I am a terrible baker :) *


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Bio Diesel Fuel (BDF) represents a renewable natural energy source which, as an alternative to fossil fuels (light oil), makes use of botanical oil as a raw material. The environmental impact of BDF is comparatively less than light oil and, because the exhaust, only contains the CO2 plants have absorbed; bio diesel boasts a carbon neutral emission rating.
Considering fossil fuels will eventually dry up, the availability of renewable energy sources such as this clean, eco-friendly form of energy becomes all the more important. Here are a few of the unusual characteristics of BDF.
1. The CO2 found in used cooking oil has already been absorbed from the atmosphere by the soybeans and seeds used to create it. Therefore, using cooking oil as a fuel source results in no net increase in CO2.
2. Exhaust fumes from bio diesel contain virtually no sulfur oxide, known to be a causal agent in childhood asthma and eczema. Additionally, BDF exhaust fumes contain less than one-third the unhealthy smog of fossil fuels.
3. BDF can be used in commercially sold diesel vehicles without any special adjustments.
4. Vehicles using BDF maintain fuel efficiency and performance similar to light oil.
5. You can completely avoid gas taxes by using bio diesel.
How do you make bio diesel?
Before you start, contact a respected bio diesel company such as SEBEC and make sure you have the equipment necessary to safely make bio diesel fuel. You'll find that one-hundred liters of used cooking oil yields about 90 liters of BDF. A device is needed to add the correct amounts of methanol and an alkali catalyst to cause the necessary chemical reactions. You can then remove the bio diesel (methyl ester). Next, cleanse the BDF using the proper equipment, and you will have an eco-friendly, renewable energy for your next road trip.
Bio diesel information courtesy of SEBEC.