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Research Highlights
January 2014
Batteries as They Are Meant To Be Seen
In the search for long-lasting, inexpensive rechargeable batteries, researchers develop more realistic methods to study the materials in action
Liquid battery electrolytes makes this view of an uncharged electrode (top) and a charged electrode (bottom) a bit fuzzy. Enlarge Image. Image courtesy of Gu et al., Nano Letters 2013
Results: Researchers at a host of national laboratories and universities have developed a way to microscopically view battery electrodes while they are bathed in wet electrolytes, mimicking realistic conditions inside actual batteries. While life sciences researchers regularly use transmission electron microscopy to study wet environments, this time scientists have applied it successfully to rechargeable battery research.
The results, reported in December 11's issue of Nano Letters, are good news for scientists studying battery materials under dry conditions. The work showed that many aspects can be studied under dry conditions, which are much easier to use. However, wet conditions are needed to study the hard-to-find solid electrolyte interphase layer, a coating that accumulates on the electrode's surface and dramatically influences battery performance.
"The liquid cell gave us global information about how the electrodes behave in a battery environment," said materials scientist Chongmin Wang of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. "And it will help us find the solid electrolyte layer. It has been hard to directly visualize in sufficient detail."
Why It Matters: Wang and colleagues have used high-powered microscopes to watch how the ebbing and flowing of positively charged ions deform electrodes in batteries. Metal ions squeezing into the electrode's pores makes the electrodes swell, and repeated use can wear them down. For example, recent work funded through the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research -- a DOE Energy Innovation Hub established to speed battery development -- showed that sodium ions leave bubbles behind, potentially interfering with battery function.
But up to this point, the transmission electron microscopes have only been able to accommodate dry battery cells, which researchers refer to as open cells. In a real battery, electrodes are bathed in liquid electrolytes that provide an environment ions can easily move through.
So, working with JCESR colleagues, Wang led development of a wet battery cell in a transmission electron microscope at EMSL, the DOE's Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory on the PNNL campus, giving scientists a more realistic view of what's happening.
Methods: It began with the team building a battery so small that several could fit on a dime. The battery had one silicon electrode and one lithium metal electrode, both contained in a bath of electrolyte. When the team charged the battery, they saw the silicon electrode swell, as expected. However, under dry conditions, the electrode is attached at one end to the lithium source -- and swelling starts at just one end as the ions push their way in, creating a leading edge. In this study's liquid cell, lithium could enter the silicon anywhere along the electrode's length. The team watched as the electrode swelled all along its length at the same time.
"The electrode got fatter and fatter uniformly. This is how it would happen inside a battery," said Wang.
The total amount the electrode swelled was about the same, though, whether the researchers set up a dry or wet battery cell. That suggests researchers can use either condition to study certain aspects of battery materials.
"We have been studying battery materials with the dry, open cell for the last five years," said Wang. "We are glad to discover that the open cell provides accurate information with respect to how electrodes behave chemically. It is much easier to do, so we will continue to use them."
What's Next: As far as the elusive solid electrolyte interphase layer goes, Wang said they couldn't see it in this initial experiment. In future experiments, they will try to reduce the thickness of the wet layer by at least half to increase the resolution, which might provide enough detail to observe the solid electrolyte interphase layer.
"The layer is perceived to have peculiar properties and to influence the charging and discharging performance of the battery," said Wang. "However, researchers don't have a concise understanding or knowledge of how it forms, its structure, or its chemistry. Also, how it changes with repeated charging and discharging remains unclear. It's very mysterious stuff. We expect the liquid cell will help us to uncover this mystery layer."
Sponsors: The work at PNNL and Stanford was supported as part of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), an Energy Innovation Hub funded by DOE, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences (BES). The development of the electrochemical liquid cell is supported by Chemical Imaging Initiative at PNNL and Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of Vehicle Technologies of DOE, under the Batteries for Advanced Transportation Technologies program. The work in Oak Ridge is supported by the Fluid Interface Reactions Structures and Transport (FIRST) Center, an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by BES. Work at Northwestern University was supported by the National Science Foundation.
Research Area: Chemical Imaging
User Facility: EMSL, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Research Team: Meng Gu, B. Layla Mehdi, Wu Xu, Patricia Abellan, Xilin Chen, Yaohui Zhang, Daniel E. Perea, James E. Evans, Ji-Guang Zhang, Jun Liu, Nigel D. Browning, Ilke Arslan, and Chong-Min Wang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Lucas R. Parent and Pinghong Xu, University of California-Davis; Raymond R. Unocic and Robert L. Sacci, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Matthew T. McDowell, Stanford University; Justin Grant Connell and Lincoln J. Lauhon, Northwestern University; and Yi Cui, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Reference: Gu M, LR Parent, BL Mehdi, RR Unocic, MT McDowell, RL Sacci, W Xu, JG Connell, P Xu, P Abellan, X Chen, Y Zhang, DE Perea, JE Evans, LJ Lauhon, JG Zhang, J Liu, ND Browning, Y Cui, I Arslan, and CM Wang. 2013. "Demonstration of an Electrochemical Liquid Cell for Operando Transmission Electron Microscopy Observation of the Lithiation/Delithiation Behavior of Si Nanowire Battery Anodes." Nano Letters 13(12):6106-6112. DOI: 10.1021/nl403402q.


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DOVER — Felines of all breeds, sizes, colors and patterns meowed their way into loving attention at the Dover Middle School on Saturday.
The New Hampshire Feline Fanciers cat show was sponsored by Dr. Elsey's Quality Products for Cats, Beads Without End Veterinary Hospital, Rainbow Framing, and Sunnyside Acura. The new addition to the show -- an agility competition -- bounced attention its way.
"I think it's just great. We just got here from Manchester but I bet you it's going to be pretty cool. Dogs get all the glory. The agility competition is a wonderful idea," said Denise Veilleux.
The pre-entered agility competition course consisted of 10 obstacles and was timed by a ringmaster. The cats were given enough grace period to become comfortable with their surroundings. A handler then used a toy to help encourage the felines through the course.
The time started when the cat touched the first obstacle and ended when the last obstacle was completed.
Also at the show, cats competed for prizes in various classes including championship, premiership, provisional, miscellaneous, veteran, household pet, junior showmanship, in addition to the agility event.
The Cat Fanciers Association currently recognizes 39 pedigree breeds for showing in the Champion Class, with one breed in Provisional status -- the Ragamuffin.
The Siamese Cat Rescue Center, a nonprofit organization, was present at the show.
"We haven't left the table a whole lot but it's great. We're here looking for volunteers and enjoying the cats," said Nancy Roberts, volunteer for the center.
"They always have a very nice show. People have come for several years but this year the agility show is pretty interesting," said Marilyn Conde, who owns Levi the cat, a previous winner who ranks eighth nationally.

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The procedure for adding a new broker to a conventional cluster depends on whether the cluster uses a cluster configuration file.
Add the new broker to the imq.cluster.brokerlist property in the cluster configuration file.
Issue the following command to any broker in the cluster:
imqcmd reload cls
This forces each broker to reload the imq.cluster.brokerlist property. It is not necessary to issue this command to every broker in the cluster; executing it for any one broker will cause all of them to reload the cluster configuration.
(Optional) Set the value of the imq.cluster.url property in the new broker's instance configuration file (config.properties) to point to the cluster configuration file.
Start the new broker.
If you did not perform step 3, use the -D option on the imqbrokerd command line to set the value of imq.cluster.url to the location of the cluster configuration file.
(Optional) Set the values of the following properties in the new broker's instance configuration file (config.properties) :
imq.cluster.masterbroker (if necessary)
imq.cluster.transport (if you are using a secure cluster connection service)
When the newly added broker starts, it connects and exchanges data with all the other brokers in the imq.cluster.brokerlist value.
Modify the imq.cluster.brokerlist property of other brokers in the cluster to include the new broker.
This step is not strictly necessary to add a broker to a functioning cluster. However, should any broker need to be restarted, its imq.cluster.brokerlist value must include all other brokers in the cluster, including the newly added broker.
Start the new broker.
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In celebrating its milestone 100th anniversary across 2012, Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) is making a point of honoring the colleges to which it has made a crucial difference, including Hope.
Earlier this month, RCSA, which is the nation's oldest foundation devoted wholly to science, announced the 10 liberal arts colleges in the United States that have received the most research grants in its history. Hope topped the list with 64 research grants, a total shared with Williams College of Williamstown, Mass.
RCSA is a major funder of undergraduate research involving early-career faculty and students, and notes that its grant awards are, therefore, a reflection of a college's commitment to undergraduate research and its role in science education.
"Liberal arts colleges play a disproportionately large role in the education of future scientists," said Dr. James M. Gentile, who is president of RCSA and is also a former dean and member of the biology faculty at Hope. "We highlight these 10 colleges, because the number of research grants that they have received from RCSA through a highly competitive process underscores the strength of their commitment to science education in the liberal arts arena."
In addition to Hope and Williams, the colleges on the list are Amherst College of Amherst, Mass. (63); Carleton College of Northfield, Minn. (63), Reed College of Portland, Ore. (59); Occidental College of Los Angeles, Calif. (57); Wellesley College of Wellesley, Mass. (50); Pomona College of Claremont, Calif. (50); Swarthmore College of Swarthmore, Pa. (49); and Franklin and Marshall College of Lancaster, Pa. (47).
Based in Tucson, Ariz., the foundation provides catalytic funding for grants, conferences and advocacy to support early career faculty, innovative ideas for transformative research, integration of research and science teaching, interdisciplinary research, and building tomorrow's academic cultures.
RCSA President James Gentile served at Hope from 1976 to 2005, immediately prior to beginning his tenure at RCSA. In addition, Dr. Michael P. Doyle, a previous RCSA president, was a Hope faculty member from 1968 to 1984.
More about the foundation and its 100th anniversary year is available online at www.rescorp.org.


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Note: This HD-TVI security camera requires an HD-TVI DVR for recording video.
The 1.0 megapixel camera offers Smart IR technology that reduces over exposure of the IR LEDs at the center of the image. An integrated IR array enables the camera to see up to 65' in the dark without washing out the subject at closer range.
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This last week I have been in the kitchen making 500 jars of jam for one company.
To say I've been out of the loop is an understatement.
Imagine my surprise when Gramma J pointed out my book was available for pre-sale on Amazon.
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Hello everyone!
I am very new to Kiteboarding, I had a some lessons at KGB in Oakland and now I am trying to practice on my own. I have only been to Alameda for now and I am still struggling with getting up on the board.
Next week I plan to change this. I have a full week I can dedicate to Kiteboarding and I am looking for spots around the bay area where I can practice.
The problem with Alameda is, though the beach is amazing for a beginner like me, the wind does not seem to be strong enough around these days. Windfinder predicts a maximum of 10 knots for next week. According to my kites manual (Best Kahoona 11.5m) and my experience I need at least 11-12 knots to keep my kite stable.
Are there any other places you can suggest that have good wind and a beginner friendly environment?
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- SCSI to 1394 bridge driver
The scsa1394 driver is a 1394 target and an SCSA HBA driver that supports 1394 mass storage devices compliant with the Serial Bus Protocol 2 (SBP-2) specification. It supports both bus-powered and self-powered 1394 mass storage devices.
The scsa1394 nexus driver maps SCSA target driver requests to SBP-2 Operation Request Blocks (ORB's).
The scsa1394 driver creates a child device info node for each logical unit (LUN) on the mass storage device. The standard Solaris SCSI disk driver is attached to those nodes. Refer to sd(7D).
This driver supports multiple LUN devices and creates a separate child device info node for each LUN. All child LUN nodes attach to sd(7D).
All 1394 mass storage devices are treated as removable media devices. A 1394 mass storage device can be managed by rmformat(1). With or without Volume Manager, you can mount, eject, hot remove and hot insert a 1394 mass storage device, as the following sections explain.
Mass storage devices are managed by Volume Manager. vold(1M) creates a device nickname which can be listed with eject(1). The device is mounted using volrmmount(1) under /rmdisk/label.
See volrmmount(1) to unmount the device and eject(1) to eject the media. If the device is ejected while it is mounted, vold(1M) unmounts the device before ejecting it. It also kills any active applications that are accessing the device.
vold(1M) is hotplug aware and normally mounts file systems on USB mass storage devices if the file system is recognized. Before hot removing the USB device, use eject(1) to unmount the file system.
You can also permanently disable vold for removable devices by commenting out the rmdsk line in vold.conf. See the System Administration Guide, Volume I and Solaris Common Desktop Environment: User's Guide for details on how to manage a removable device with CDE and Removable Media Manager. See dtfile.1X under CDE for information on how to use Removable Media Manager.
Use mount(1M) to mount the device and umount(1M) to unmount the device. Use eject(1) to eject the media. Because vold(1M) is disabled, no vold nicknames can be used.
Removing the storage device while it is being accessed or mounted fails with a console warning. To hot remove the storage device from the system, unmount the file system, then kill all applications accessing the device. Next, hot remove the device. A storage device can be hot inserted at any time.
For a comprehensive listing of (non-bootable) 1394 mass-storage devices that are compatible with this driver, see www.sun.com/io.
Block special file names are located in /dev/dsk. Raw file names are located in /dev/rdsk. Input/output requests to the devices must follow the same restrictions as those for SCSI disks. Refer to sd(7D).
Refer to cdio(7I) and dkio(7I).
Refer to sd(7D).
The device special files for the 1394 mass storage device are created like those for a SCSI disk. Refer to sd(7D).
Block files
Raw files
Symbolic link to the character device for the media in removable drive 0. This is a generic removable media device.
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64–bit x86 ELF kernel module
64–bit SPARC ELF kernel module
See attributes(5) for a description of the following attributes:
cdrw(1), eject(1), rmformat(1), volrmmount(1), cfgadm_scsi(1M), fdisk(1M), mount(1M), umount(1M), vold(1M), dtfile.1X, scsi(4), attributes(5), hci1394(7D), sd(7D), pcfs(7FS), cdio(7I), dkio(7I)
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Linux Foundation Helps Vendors Comply with FOSS Licenses
Tools For Compliance
The Linux Foundation's new effort comes as legal issues around open source are once again in the headlines. Just last week, consumer electronics vendor Westinghouse lost in a court ruling over GPL open source licensing compliance.
"We decided we could develop a program that could drive cost out and accelerate Linux adoption," Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, told InternetNews.com. "It's not just about having point tools either; it's about having a holistic health regime for the entire industry."
Though license compliance issues aren't limited to open source software alone, with proprietary software also carrying licenses that enterprises need to adhere to as well, open source compliance issues have surged along with the upswing in use of open source technologies. As a result, Zemlin said that companies are also increasingly realizing that the cost of not complying with licenses are high, and can include fines, legal fees and negative public relations.
Among the tools that the Linux Foundation's compliance effort will include is a dependency checker, which will help to identify open source code and licenses. There will also be bill-of-materials tools and resources to identify the open source components present in an application, thereby assisting in ensuring license compliance.
The Linux Foundation is also ramping up its Software Package Data eXchange (SPDX) working group, which helps to build out and identify bill-of-materials components in a standardized manner. The Foundation will also be creating a compliance directory of open source officers at vendors to help aid in communications.
Zemlin said that the new Linux Foundation compliance effort and its associated tools will complement existing tools in the industry from Black Duck, Palamida and OpenLogic that all help enterprises with open source license compliance.
Though the Linux Foundation effort aims to help enterprises achieve compliance with open source licensing, there is no formal certification program as part of the initiative. Instead, the effort relies on companies to evaluate their own open source usage.
"There is a self-assessment checklist," Zemlin said. "I think that's the best way to start with an effort like this. Overall, our goal is to make this as operationally effective as possible, and everything we're doing is focused on operational implementation -- not a certification."
That approach stems from Zemlin's view that he's never known a company that intentionally set out to violate an open source license, he said. Instead, he added that problems arise usually due just a lack of knowledge and understanding about what the requirements are of the various open source licenses. That's why he sees the Linux Foundation's compliance program as being a critical driver for future growth.
"I want to see a future where there are no lawsuits and I never talk to a company that has any concern or lack of understanding about how to easily integrate free and open source software into what they are doing," Zemlin said. "Today we're seeing great adoption of open source as the value is high, and we want to increase the benefits by making compliance costs low."
Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at InternetNews.com, the news service of Internet.com, the network for technology professionals.


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Sen. Ben Nelson, of Cornhusker Kickback fame, has announced that he will vote against confirming Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. There are good reasons to vote that way, but Nelson has trouble articulating them. His position seems to be "some of my friends are against her and I'm for my friends":
I have heard concerns from Nebraskans regarding Ms. Kagan, and her lack of a judicial record makes it difficult for me to discount the concerns raised by Nebraskans, or to reach a level of comfort that these concerns are unfounded. Therefore, I will not vote to confirm Ms. Kagan's nomination.
Nelson's "no" vote won't sink Kagan. He has made it clear he will not filibuster the nomination. Moreover, five Republican Senators have already said they favor confirming Kagan, so even if Nelson were willing to filibuster, it wouldn't matter. The five Republicans are Sens. Snowe, Collins, Gregg, Lugar, and of course Lindsey Graham.
Nelson's vote is not entirely meaningless, though. Nelson is up for re-election in two years and, as his reference to "concerns from Nebraskans" suggests, his position on Kagan probably reflects the views of his state's voters on this nomination. In other words, Kagan didn't play well in the heartland.
Moreover, her nomination will probably play less well now that a Democrat has broken ranks. As Josh Gerstein notes, the White House "had hoped to keep all Democrats on board for the vote on Kagan." Its failure to do so will fuel the perception that President Obama made a poor selection. Consequently, as professor Adam Winkler predicted, "the President will have lost some of the confidence of the electorate that is so precious to him now."


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Toolmantem needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 115 designs submitted by 28 freelance designers.
Although we are a Mom & Pop maid service (residential/commercial cleaning service), we aspire to create a professional image that lets other cleaning services to know that we are a leader in the Green Cleaning Industry. The one thing that sets us apart from all other cleaning services is that we truly care about the HEALTH of our clients and the ENVIRONMENT in which sustains us all. While other so-called 'green cleaning companies' often use cleaners that truly are no better than their traditional hazardous and toxic chemical counterparts, we've taken the time to test each product that we use in order to make sure that it is indeed the 'greenest' cleaning product on the market today. Simply put, we provide a cleaning service that is HEALTHIER for the people we serve by removing the harmful toxins from their homes and businesses, and secondly, through our processes we are able to alleviate some of the excess burden place upon our ENVIRONMENT through the use of harsh household cleaners.
The residential cleaning industry is truly a wide open market. We cater to executives that are to busy to clean, retirees who do not want to clean, mom's who need a break, people moving in and moving out of a home, new home builders and Realtors who want to offer buyers something different, people with health issues such as allergies or asthma, doctors offices, gyms and the list goes on.
We would very much like to have a logo that isn't to cartoonish, something that is modern and something that is not totally green but perhaps brown and green (not set in stone), or two shades of green and/or another color.
With regards to the font, I have no idea of the font style, but I do want "MAID GREEN" to be most prominent and "CLEAN" less prominent. In the images I've attached, some fonts are divided by the icon, one is contained in a box and others are stacked with icons on the top and to the left.
With regards to the icon, I have no idea which direction this should go. In the images that I've attached I like them all, but I feel that I need something more. Also keep in mind that we will be targeting more commercial businesses (offices that need to be green) in the near future as well as residential accounts that we already service, and for that reason we do not wish to have an image that appears too juvenille.
Although I do like some of the 3-D style logos for print, ours will also be used for uniforms that will be embroidered so 3-D will not work on this application.
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As much as Twitter has grown over the years, it's still a pretty bare-bones service. Take for example its take on famous accounts, all Twitter does is slap a verified tag on it. But isn't there more potential there? Couldn't Twitter use verified badges to categorise Twitter accounts? College humour thought so, and cooked up these hilarious badges.
To cover all the bases, College humour created verified badges for self explanatory titles like Out of Touch Corporate Accounts, SEO Experts, Legitimately Funny Accounts, Firebrands (people about to screw up basically), Disappointing Accounts, Clever Single-Serving Blogs, etc.
But you don't have to stop there! What about "Constantly Being Chased By an Angry Hawk"? That's for the inane folks who do inane things like spelling words incorrectly. Or the "Big Fucking Deal" badge? That's for the self-congratulators who pimp their own Twitter popularity. See, if Twitter needs to find a way to make money, creating these badges would be a very good start. [College Humor]


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Lana Del Rey has announced the title of her new single.
The singer will release 'Cola' as the second cut to be lifted from her recent 'Paradise' EP.
Asked by Just Jared what her next single would be, Del Rey replied: "'Cola'. I have a couple of art projects going with people and I really hope that I can weave 'Bel Air' and 'Gods and Monsters' into a short film."
The track is one of eight new songs added to a repackaged edition of her debut album Born to Die, which was released earlier this week.
'Cola' contains the controversial lyric: "My p**sy tastes like Pepsi-Cola."
Previously explaining her reason for the line, Del Rey said: "I have a Scottish boyfriend, and that's just what he says!"
Asked if she had reservations about the lyrics, she replied: "I didn't but everyone around me did. They just thought it was really weird - nothing new here."
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"Family" Bibliography
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Calvert, Karin. Children in the House: The Material Culture of Early Childhood, 1600-1900. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1992.
Carr, Lois Green, and Lorena S. Walsh. "Changing Lifestyles and Consumer Behavior in the Colonial Chesapeake." In Of Consuming Interests: The Style of Life in the Eighteenth Century. Edited by Cary Carson, Ronald Hoffman, and Peter J. Albert. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1994.
Chappell, Edward A. "Housing a Nation: The Transformation of Living Standards in Early America." In Of Consuming Interests: The Style of Life in the Eighteenth Century. Edited by Cary Carson, Ronald Hoffman, and Peter J. Albert. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1994.
Demos, John. Past, Present, and Personal: The Family and the Life Course in American History. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.
Fithian, Philip Vickers. Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774. Edited by Hunter Dickinson Farish. Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1957.
Garrett, Elisabeth Donaghy. At Home: The American Family, 1750-1870. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1990.
Greven, Philip. The Protestant Temperament: Patterns of Child-Rearing, Religious Experience, and the Self in Early America. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.
Gutman, Herbert G. The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom, 1750-1925. New York: Pantheon Books, 1976.
Kulikoff, Allan. "The Origins of Domestic Patriarchy among White Families" and "Beginnings of the Afro-American Family." In Tobacco and Slaves: The Development of Southern Cultures in the Chesapeake, 1680-1800. Chapel Hill, N. C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1986.
Lewis, Jan. The Pursuit of Happiness: Family and Values in Jefferson's Virginia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982.
Mintz, Steven, and Susan Kellogg. Domestic Revolutions: A Social History of American Family Life. Introduction and pp. 36-41. New York: Free Press, 1988.
Pollock, Linda. A Lasting Relationship: Parents and Children over Three Centuries. Hanover, N. H.: University Press of New England, 1987.
Rountree, Helen. "Sex Roles and Family Life." Chap. 5 in Powhatan Indians of Virginia: Their Traditional Culture. Norman, Okla: University of Oklahoma Press, 1989.
Shammas, Carole. "Anglo-American Household Government in Comparative Perspective." William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Ser., LII (1995), pp. 104-144.
Smith, Daniel Blake. Inside the Great House: Planter Family Life in Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake Society. Ithaca, N. Y.: Cornell University Press, 1980.
Sobel, Mechal. The World They Made Together: Black and White Values in Eighteenth-Century Virginia. Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1987.
Stevenson, Brenda E. Family and Community in the Slave South. New York: Oxford University Press, 1966.
Wood, Gordon S. "Patriarchal Dependence" and "Enlightened Paternalism." In The Radicalism of the American Revolution. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991.
Wolf, Stephanie Grauman. As Various as Their Land: The Everyday Lives of Eighteenth-Century Americans. New York: Harper Collins, 1993.
Yentsch, Anne Elizabeth. "The Face of Urban Slavery." Chap. 9 in A Chesapeake Family and Their Slaves: A Study in Historical Archaeology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.


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10 Tips for cleaning your Stang
Keeping your Mustang shiny and in good condition should be a top priority. The following are a few tips from the pros. In all, maintaining your Mustangs finish is an easy task. By washing the car regularly, and immediately addressing any issues such as bird droppings, you can keep your Mustang shining for many years to come.
1. Clean the Interior First
Always clean the inside of your Mustang before you clean the outside. Reason being, dirt and junk from inside your car can get all over your freshly cleaned exterior in a heart beat. (Unless, of course, you want to wait an hour or so for the car's exterior to dry.)
2. Use Newspaper to Clean the Windows
For streak-free windows, try crumpling up a piece of newspaper and using it to dry the surface instead of using the standard paper towel or shop rag. I use standard ammonia-based car window cleaner on my Mustangs windows, although a few people have told me vinegar (three parts vinegar to one part water) works wonders as a substitute over standard glass cleaner. As for the newspaper, I've tried this and the results were top notch (and streak free).
3. Wear the Right Clothes
BE CAREFUL what you wear when you clean your Mustang. All it takes is one sharp edge, such as a zipper or belt buckle, to damage a perfectly good paint job.
4. Dry it Off Immediately to Avoid Water Spots
Don't let your Mustang sit around after you've rinsed it off. The sooner you dry the car, the less likely you are to have WATER SPOTS. Once you have water spots on your Mustang, they are hard to get off. If your car already has water spots, give this vinegar treatment a shot.
5. Never Wash or Wax When the Surface is Hot
NEVER wash or wax your Mustang in direct sunlight or when the car's surface is hot. The heat can, and will, cause your soap or wax to dry too quickly. This can cause water spotting when washing. Worse yet, it can damage the car's paint job, which is exactly the opposite of what you're hoping to achieve.
6. Be Careful Where you Put Your Protectant
NEVER EVER put Armor All, or a similar type product, on your Mustang's steering wheel, pedals, or other components you need to use when driving. I know this sounds like common sense, but I've met my fair share of folks who have done this, only to find out they couldn't grip the wheel or hit the brakes when out on the road. It's dangerous and, well, it's just stupid.
7. Use a Wet Paintbrush or Toothbrush to Clean Tight Spaces
When CLEANING TIGHT SPACES on your Mustang, such as around the grille or in small crevices, try using a soft paintbrush or a wet toothbrush. I've found this to be extremely helpful when trying to remove dead bugs from the grille after a road trip. If you use a wet paintbrush, MAKE SURE to cover the metal band on the brush with some tape so you don't scratch your paint!
8. Clean Your Windshield Wiper Blades
Don't forget to CLEAN YOUR WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES, at least once a month, with soapy water while washing your car. This can prevent them from smearing your clean windshield and can increase their longevity. Some people recommend wiping down each blade, once or twice, with a rag soaked with a little white vinegar.
9. Remove Bird Droppings with Seltzer Water
Pour Seltzer water on bird droppings, wait for the sizzle, then wipe them away with a soft cloth. Whatever you do, dont use club soda or tonic. Seltzer water only!
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Detail your Mustang REGULARLY. I clean mine once a week, sometimes twice if it rains and I need to clean the road grime off. It doesn't take much to keep your Mustang looking good. It does take a lot, however, to get a worn looking exterior to look nice.
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"Pay no attention to what I'm doing here," says Mike Stone, in his best Wizard of Oz voice. "Just look out the window and keep pedaling."
I keep pedaling, breaking into a sweat but going nowhere, as my bike is mounted on what's called a trainer in the bike-fitting studio in the back of Princeton Sports in Columbia. And then I do look away from the window and see that "Stoney," as he's known, has set up some kind of laser on the windowsill and is projecting a red line along my left leg. The line is showing that my knee gravitates to the side as I pedal. To fix this, Stone will later insert a thin shim into my bike sole.
Welcome to the world of customized bike fits, a place I never thought middle-aged me would end up. Four years ago, I hired a personal trainer who convinced me that I could do a triathlon even though no one had ever accused me of being athletic. And I soon became part of some statistics: the growing number of triathletes and, in particular, the growing numbers of women who have latched onto the sport with the same enthusiasm they once reserved for PTA meetings. (Membership in USA Triathlon has more than quadrupled, rising from about 130,000 in 2000 to 550,446 in 2012, and women have grown from 27 percent of the membership to 37 percent.)
I rode my heavy hybrid bike in races, telling myself that if I stayed with the sport for four years, I might pony up for a better bike. This spring, I bought a triathlon bike that was such a fine piece of machinery that it terrified me. I called it Flavia because it seemed young and daring, like the character in the Alan Bradley novels.
The salespeople at Princeton Sports who sold me the bike also suggested I get it fit. "Go to Mike Stone," said, noting that he had just come back from some sort of intensive training in California.
And so I stumbled my way into another statistic: the growing number of people obsessed with the comfort and power of a good fit.
If the program fits
"If you walked into a bike shop 10 years ago," says Stone, "and asked what the best use for $500 was, you would have been told a new wheel set."
Now it's all about the fit.
Alan Davis, who, along with his brother, owns Princeton Sports, first sent Mike and other employees to Specialized Bicycle Components University in California in 2008. He said he saw the rise in interest in cycling and triathlon, and he wanted to be the first bike shop in the area to offer detailed fitting services.
Run by the American bike company Specialized, SBCU has been around for about seven years and trains dealers on bike fits using a system called Body Geometry Fit. BG Fit, as it's known, was developed by Dr. Andy Pruitt, founder of the Boulder Center for Sports Medicine and an expert in orthopedics and cycling mechanics. He created it as a step-by-step process that is "repeatable, and learnable, and delivers consistent results," says Sean Madsen, who has a degree in biomechanics and manages the program. The company's marketing tagline is "be one with your bike."
Specialized is certainly not alone in offering this sort of fitting, but it led the trend.
"Specialized Body Geometry Fit was the first scientifically based fit program to expose the greater community of cyclists to the benefits of bike fit," says Aaron Hersh, senior tech editor at Triathlete magazine. "Bike shops across the country have adopted serious fit programs since Specialized helped to popularize the notion that bike fit is key to enjoying cycling."
Aaron Post, a BG Fit teacher, notes that Pruitt was instrumental in getting some of these other programs launched. Pruitt helped a man named Ben Serotta start the Serotta International Cycling Institute. And Todd Carver, founder and lead fitter of Retul University, started out working with Pruitt.
Matt Smith, global manager of Retul University, the program offered at Race Pace in Columbia, notes that "most major bike brands have adopted some form of fit protocol to make sure that any rider — triathlete, mountain biker or recreational cyclist — is comfortable and happy on their bikes."
Stone isn't the only Specialized fitter in the area. BG Fits are also at Twenty20 Cycling and Lutherville Bikes, for example. There are 10 stores between D.C. and Philadelphia with a fitter who has gone through the "master's" level, as Stone did this spring.
But finding the right bike fitter is a process similar to finding the right yogi. And for some, Stone goes the extra mile.
Mike Yost of Bethesda is a convert. A lawyer with the Securities Exchange Commission, he's a marathon runner and started doing triathlons in 2006 at the age of 46. He said he's had "elaborate" and "expensive" bike fits in the past, but he started going to Stone about two to three years ago with his road bike and his race bike, and says now he won't go anywhere else. He says other fitters often "have preconceived notions of how you should fit on your bike — Mike looks at the rider and fits the bike to the rider." After his first fit with Stone, he qualified for the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii.
One with my bike
My first long ride on my new bike was a disaster. I felt out of control. Unsteady. My fingers and toes grew numb. I was sure I had made a terrible decision and wasted my money. I assumed I was the problem. I was too old to be riding a tri bike. But instead of giving up, I decided to think about the fit as an investment, and I called Stone.
One hour into my bike fitting, I wondered if I'd actually ever get on the bike. Stone had lots of questions. Why are you here? What sort of injuries have you had? Do you have any problems with knees? We went over my complete medical history.
From there, we moved into what felt like a physical therapy session. Stone had me do all sorts of tests: Stand on one leg and do a knee bend. Lie back on this table and do not resist as your leg is pressed back toward your head. At every point, Stone jotted down information, often measuring angles with what looked like a giant protractor.
And then finally we got to the bike, and the tests started anew, with more angle measuring and dropping of plumb balls.
Apparently, there were some good reasons I didn't like that first ride. My weight was back too far on the bike. The clip pedals on my shoes were in the wrong place. My arms were also in the wrong place. The seat was the wrong height. The tri bars — on the ends of which are the gear shifts — were way too far forward. Stone says that all my energy had gone into using my upper body to try to stay steady, and none of my strength was going into powering the bike. This was why I felt like I was about to keel over.
And so, after three hours with Stone, my relationship with my new bike changed. I still feared it a little bit, but I wasn't ready to kick it to the curb.
And now, I can't imagine I ever thought of giving up the bike. It makes me better, stronger, faster. Two weeks after my fitting, I shaved 15 minutes off my triathlon bike time. Now poor Fiona, my hybrid, sits gathering dust in the garage. Maybe someday I'll take it off to see the fitter, too.


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Dish Asks FCC to Halt Sprint-Softbank Review Clock
Dish Network Corp. has asked the Federal Communications Commission to halt the regulatory-review "shot clock" for Softbank Corp.'s plans to buy a 70% stake in Sprint Nextel Corp. for $20 billion.
In the filing, posted Thursday, Dish said many issues are unresolved in the
acquisition review, which includes Sprint's deal to buy the rest of majority-owned Clearwire Corp. Dish recently proposed a $3.30-a-share offer for Clearwire, above Sprint's agreement to pay $2.97 a share, and says that uncertainty surrounding process could lead to major amendments to the Sprint/Softbank review.
"The proposed Sprint acquisition of the remaining shares of Clearwire is, at best, unsettled," Dish said in the filing.


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My wife and I just got back from a five day motorcycle trip into British Columbia, Canada. Our original plans called for us to make it all the way to Jasper and then work our way back down through Banff and then home. However, Mother Nature decided to throw one full day of rain at us and the weather forecast for Jasper called for more rain.
Based on this, we decided to spend most of our time in the Okanagan Valley of Central British Columbia. This is one of the major fruit and vineyard growing areas of Canada and I can tell you that it is also some of the most scenic country in North America. The vineyards at the southern end of the valley are great to look at and visit. Lake Okanogan is over 85 miles long, but never gets wider than about 4 miles.
Our part of the Northwest is unlike most of the rest of the country. Our rainfall is ahead of normal and most of our rivers are running at full capacity. The Kettle River which runs into the Columbia River appeared to be twice as wide as normal since many pine trees had river water at least three feet or higher on their trunks. The Columbia River is expected to reach full capacity by the end of the week and the dams will be letting the excess water overflow.
Based on this moisture, I am expecting the Soft White Wheat crop in the state to be near record yields. Driving through the Palouse Country, the wheat and related legume crops all looked good. Harvest will be starting soon.
If you ever get a chance to go to British Columbia, make sure to visit the Okanagan Valley. You will not be disappointed.
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Augustana Ties School Record With 12th Straight Win
SIOUX FALLS, SD -- Augustana tied a single season record with its 12th straight win after sweeping a doubleheader over Minot State University (10-18, 2-12 NSIC). The Vikings (28-15, 16-6 NSIC) won the opener 14-0 behind a complete game shutout by Kye Winter before the Vikings scored four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to come from behind to take game two 7-4.
Augustana's previous longest winning streak was 12 games during the 1989 season from March 23 to April 11.
Nate Hewes and Tony Viger had the hot bats for Augustana in the doubleheader. Hewes was 6-for-7 on the afternoon with two doubles and three RBI. Viger was 4-for-7 while driving in five runs, including an RBI single that tied the game in the bottom of the eighth inning, which started Augustana's comeback in game two.
The Vikings got out of the gates fast scoring 10 runs in the first two innings before going on to defeat the Beavers 14-0 in the opener.
Winter evened his season record to 2-2 with the complete game shutout. The senior struck out five batters while giving up just three hits in the contest.
Jake Petersen scored the game's first run after walking and stealing second base, scoring on an RBI single by Viger in the bottom of the first. Augustana plated two unearned runs after two Minot State errors to get out of the first inning with a 3-0 lead.
Augustana then exploded for seven runs on six hits in the bottom of the second to push its lead to 10-0. Viger delivered the first blow with a two-RBI single up the middle scoring Petersen and Zach Dibble who singled and walked to start the inning.
Hewes sent a double to left center later in the inning to plate another run before Brian Duxbury sent his second home run of the season over the right field fence, scoring Hewes.
Alex Fink started a four-run fourth inning with a solo home run to right field, his fourth long ball of the season. Zach Dibble later sent an RBI double to right center field to push Augustana's lead to 12-0 before the Vikings scored two unearned runs, making the score 14-0.
Augustana got another strong pitching performance from Jordan Milbrath in game two. Milbrath upped his recod to 8-0 on the season tossing 8.0 innings, giving up four runs on six hits while striking out seven batters.
Derek Quame earned his ninth save of the season, making his 19th appearance of the season. Quame is now just one save shy of tying the single season record set by Bret Severtson in 2011.
Hewes gave the Vikings an early lead in game two, sending a solo home run down the right field line with one out in the bottom of the first. Hewes has now hit three home runs on the season.
After going down without a hit in the second and third innings, Minot State was able to take a 3-1 lead in the top of the fourth inning. Mitch Olson led off the fourth with a double to right center and eventually game around to score on a groundout by Tyler Stevenson. The Beavers were able to push two more unearned runs across in the inning.
Hewes helped the Vikings get on the board in the bottom of the fourth inning after leading off the inning with a double to center field and scoring on an RBI single by Viger, making the score 3-2. Viger was later picked off of first base and Jack Goihl struck out to end the inning as the Vikings were not able to push any more runs across.
Minot State pushed its lead to 4-2 in the top of the fifth inning on an RBI single by Olson. The Vikings were able to make it a one run game again in the bottom of the seventh after a leadoff home run by Winter.
In the bottom of the eight, Viger brought in the tying run with a single to right field, scoring Hewes, who singled with one out and moved up to second base on a wild pitch.
Marcus O'Neill then pinch-hit for Brian Duxbury and sent the game-winning two-RBI single up the middle to make the score 7-4. Quame shut the door in the top of the ninth inning, setting the Beavers down in order.
Augustana returns to action this Saturday with a nine inning game against Dakota State beginning at 1 p.m. at Karras Park Home of Ronken Field.
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BRISTOL — The price is right. That was the message Bristol voters sent Tuesday by approving a $3.19 million bond to build a new firehouse.
The 415-140 decision came at the end of a two-year process, during which Bristol's Fire Facility Building Committee evaluated some 31 possible sites, discussed plans and held informational meetings.
BRISTOL — For several years Bristol has been looking for a solution to the problem posed by its deteriorating, century-old firehouse.
In an election on Tuesday, residents approved a $3.19 million bond for a new a new firehouse by a tally of 415-140.
BRISTOL — Last week, members of the Bristol Fire Facility Committee learned the cost of a new firehouse. On Tuesday evening, that price tag went up when they learned how much the land under it would cost.
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BRISTOL — The Bristol Fire Facility Committee is expected at a meeting this Tuesday evening, May 19, to unveil a construction estimate for a new West Street firehouse.
That meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. and will be held at the Bristol Federated Church at 37 North St.
BRISTOL — A potential new firehouse in Bristol is taking shape as an architectural firm last week presented a plan for a two-story, 11,456-square-foot building that in an ideal sequence of events could be built by next spring.
Bristol residents and firefighters packed the municipal office conference room Wednesday evening to hear Cushman Design Group of Stowe present its design, which was created using input from a volunteer committee of firefighters and community members.
BRISTOL — A committee of volunteers charged with developing a design for a new firehouse in Bristol will present the plan they chose at a meeting next Wednesday, April 8, at 7 p.m. in Holley Hall.
If the public is receptive of the plan, the selectboard hopes to schedule a bond vote for the project as early as June, with an eye on breaking ground in September.
The new firehouse would replace the current facility on North Street, which was completed in 1897 and suffers from a number of structural deficiencies.
BRISTOL — The Bristol Recreation Club has backed out of its negotiations with the town of Bristol to sell some of its property for a site on which to build a new firehouse.
The move came after a Bristol resident pitched a new location and financing plan for the firehouse that the recreation club endorsed and both the town and fire department believe is viable.
BRISTOL — The Bristol Fire Department may have a new, viable location on which to build its new firehouse, thanks to a land deal inked by a local businessman with a history of partnering with the town.
Kevin Harper told the Bristol selectboard Monday evening that he and business partner David Blittersdorf had just purchased two adjacent parcels on the south side of West Street, directly across from the West Street site currently under consideration for a new firehouse.
BRISTOL — Bristol may soon complete another step on the way to building a new home for its fire department.
Since the fall, members of the selectboard have been negotiating with the Bristol Recreation Club, a private organization, to purchase some of the club's land on West Street as one part of a future building site for a new firehouse.
This past year in Bristol and the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union, residents debated two major projects that would require taxpayer-approved bonds: a new Bristol firehouse and a renovated Mount Abraham Union High School.
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Subject: General Tech | October 26, 2012 - 06:20 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: input, gaming mouse, mechanical keyboard, corsair, m60, k60, m90, k90, Corsair Vengeance
Pairing your mouse and keyboard will not unlock special powers like a full outfit will in many games however there is something satisfying about having matched peripherals, especially when they are effective tools. The Corsair Vengeance K90 and M90 as well as the M60 and K60 are up for review at Neoseeker. The Vengeance 90 series is the more customizable, and expensive of the two, perfect for those who need to be able to program a wide variety of macros to launch at the press of a single button while the 60 series is more for those who play FPS games and really don't need the same level of programability. Check out the full review to see which of the two combos most attracts you.
"Corsair tests the waters of the keyboard and mouse market with their first input device peripherals that use Cherry MX Red switches and dedicated gaming features. We test out the Vegeance K90/M90 and K60/M60 keyboard/mouse combos in our latest review."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Mad Catz Cyborg R.A.T.9 Wireless Gaming Mouse Review @ NikKTech
- LEETGION Hellion Mechanical Gaming Mouse Review @ eTeknix
- Corsair Vengeance M60 Gaming Mouse Review @ TechwareLabs
- SPEEDLINK KUDOS RS Gaming Mouse @ Benchmark Reviews
- SteelSeries Sensei [RAW] Glossy Gaming Mouse Review @ NikKTech
- Roccat Alumic mousepad review: mouse on metal @ Hardware.info
- AZiO Levetron Mech5 Gaming Keyboard @ Tweaktown
- Thrustmaster GPX LightBack Xbox 360 Controller Review @ eTeknix
- SteelSeries Free Mobile Wireless Controller Review @ HardwareHeaven
Checking the breadth of Corsair's Vengeance
Subject: General Tech | July 30, 2012 - 04:05 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: input, corsair, gaming mouse, keyboard, vengeance, cherry mx red, k60, k90, m60, m90
LAN OC have been busily working their way through Corsair's Vengeance series of gaming peripherals, both the line of keyboards and mice. They start off with the K60 and K90, both mechanical keyboards using Cherry MX Red switches and sporting customizable red rubber WASD buttons with a slant on them to make your fingers more comfortable for long nights of FPS action. Only the K90 sports a three rows of six programmable buttons on the left hand side for use in MMOs, the K60 is more regularly sized.
From there they move to the gaming mice, specifically the Vengeance M60 and M90 which bear many similarities. The software suite which accompanies both mice gives you impressive control over the button programming and sensitivity of the mice and goes further with tools such as one that lets you rate the performance of the surface you are mousing on. Read on to see the physical differences between these two mice.
"Every once in a while you find a company that is able to take a normal product that everyone has and change it in a way that makes everyone wonder why it was never done before. As much as it pains me to say this, Apple was one of those companies. In the pc components business there are a few as well, but the company that stands out the most to me would be Corsair. Every time corsair enters a new market, I find myself impressed with what they have to offer. Even though it seems like they are always jumping into random markets, they take their time and research what everyone has to offer and what people would really want to see. This week we are going to take a look at their new Vengeance lineup of mice and keyboards to see if they have done the same in these new markets. Today we are going to start with their new keyboards, let's dig in and see what they are all about."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Corsair Vengeance K90 Gaming Keyboard Review @ Hi Tech Legion
- Corsair Vengeance M90 MMO Gaming Mouse Review @ Techgage
- Gigabyte Aivia Krypton Gaming Mouse @ techPowerUp
- Gigabyte Osmium mechanical keyboard @ Guru of 3D
- Manhattan Stealth Touch Mouse review: too much touch, too little action? @ Hardware.info
- Xebec Tech HTPC Mini Bluetooth Keyboard @ Kitguru
- Razer Taipan Gaming Mouse Review @ HardwareHeaven
- TT eSports White Ra Special Tactics Mousepad @ XSReviews
- Thrustmaster T500 RS Racing Wheel & Pedals + Ferrari F1 Wheel Attachment PS3/PC Review @ eTeknix
Just Delivered: Corsair Vengeance K90, K60, M90, M60 Keyboards and Mice
Subject: General Tech | February 24, 2012 - 06:46 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: vengeance, mouse, m90, m60, keyboard, k90, k60, just delivered, hid, corsair
Just Delivered is a section of PC Perspective where we share some of the goodies that pass through our labs that may or may not see a review, but are pretty cool none the less.
Corsair does just about everything now - memory modules, power supplies, cases, SSDs, headphones, speakers, water coolers, functional LED umbrellas and now keyboards and mice. And just like we have seen when Corsair entered new markets previously, they took their time to do it right. The Vengeance line of keyboards and mice offer two dedicated series for gamers of different persuasions: the K90 and M90 for MMO players and the K60 and M60 for predominantly FPS users.
The new keyboards consist MOSTLY of Cherry MX Red switches (which you can read more about here in our recent Rosewill keyboard roundup) and are generally very well built. The mice have adjustable DPIs, lights and lots of button. What follows is a pictorial preview of these gorgeous devices before our review sometime in the near future! Enjoy!!
The K60 comes with a removable left hand rest for your frequent gaming as well as replaceable WASD keys that have a rubber texture to them and are slightly angled to keep your fingers from slipping out during those INTENSE gaming moments.
Corsair tends to think of the customer first so they were sure to include a tool to remove the keys rather than telling you to use a flat head screwdriver from your garage.
One of my favorite features is the Windows button disable key up there to prevent you from accidently hitting that during gameplay.
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Today the World Bank launched its first "Kenya Economic Update" and we want to use this opportunity to launch the blog "Kenya Can … End Poverty" as part of Shanta's "Africa Can ..." blog. After leaving Indonesia in July 2009, this also brings me back to the community of bloggers.
The title of this first Kenya Economic Update is "Still standing – Kenya's slow recovery from a quadruple shock with a special focus on the food crisis".
This title has two meanings. First, the economy seems to stand still as economic growth barely matches population growth. Kenya continues to operate below its potential. Second, Kenya's economy has weathered four crises – post-election violence, global food crisis, global financial turmoil, and drought – and is "still standing".
Kenya has proven particularly resilient to the global financial crisis: Its fiscal position is strong, the financial sector robust, the external sector in balance, and inflation below 10 percent.
The World Bank projects a GDP growth rate of 3.5 percent in Kenya for 2010.
In 2009, growth has been driven by services and construction (figure 1). Kenya's service sector has been traditionally very strong and accounts for 55 percent of the economy. This year, growth in the service sector (+4.5%) was supported by a rebound in tourism (+28 percent) which experienced a record decline in 2008 (-36 percent). IT-based industries have also shown strong growth in phone connectivity (+35%) and internet access (+28 percent). Industry, which accounts for 17 percent of the economy, will grow by an estimated 3 percent, owing mostly to the booming construction sector (+13%).
Figure 1 – 2009 growth: Services perform strongly but agriculture contracts again
Source: KNBS and Bank Staff estimates (growth at factor costs)
Agriculture remains the Achilles' heel of Kenya's economy, both in terms of productivity and wealth distribution. In 2009, the sector is projected to contract again by 2.4 % after declining by 5 percent in 2008, despite record high commodity prices. The agriculture sector has not only been hit by domestic and external shocks but it is also the sector with some of the most difficult policy challenges.
At the end of 2009, the price of maize, Kenya's main staple, was double the international price (figure 2), and for most of the year it was also substantially higher than in Uganda and Tanzania. Kenya's high maize price policy benefits only a very small group – less than 2 percent of maize farmers, most of whom are large and influential producers. The rest of the population, particularly the urban and rural poor, pays a high price.
Figure 2 – Kenya's maize prices increased while global prices declined
Source: World Bank commodity price data-stream; Regional Agricultural Trade Intelligence Network
Kenya Agriculture
Kenya Can....Will End Poverty
Kenya can end poverty
Kenya can end Poverty albeit slowly
Both the Poverty Reduction
Both the Poverty Reduction Strategy and the process of its articulation depends on Kenya's Government commitment to change. Change in the focus for our national development to a concerted effort to reduce poverty and change that brings together all our resources to devise better policies and programmes and to mobilise all available resources.What i always believe is that poverty reduction in Kenya can only come in hand with change in leadership.
kenya can end poverty.i a
kenya can end poverty.i a gree with the statement but this dream can be realised if my fellow kenyan citizens open their eyes and see what it is expected of them rather than following corrupt leaders blindly..The ministries involved should wake up and provide service delivery to the people..we as kenyans we have the potential ,we can curb poverty if at all clear strategic plans are laid by the sectors involved..Also my fellow kenyans am urging them not to sit back and wait for the government..NOOO..my people from mombasa don't just sit idle and claim that there no jobs..our prosperity and ending of the abject poverty we are having starts with you and me..lets work and together we can go through this..
from my point of view i think
from my point of view i think Kenyans have the "culture " of longing for white collar jobs despite of their qualifications, so what i can urge Kenyans is that if the mountain cannot come near u just go near it by involving our selves in self employment, it really pays a living, majority of Kenyan youths are jobless, so instead of waiting for that "job" indulge in a self employment, but one problem is insufficient funds, so if they set their minds right and get assisted, poverty will b long gone here
poverty can be fought. the
poverty can be fought. the key pillars of our founding fathers was to target aspect of poverty in term education, health and agriculture. this was a good dream, however aspect of 'me' first and corruption made this dream to fail. the question is leadership, are we able to get leaders who can truly fight poverty?. we can overcome poverty with one common mindset.


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This is basically all I need for tools for Project Life: some cards, photos, a corner rounder (because I like rounded corners!), adhesive, a pen, clear sleeves, date stamp and again, because I love it: washi tape and label stickers, . For me, these are the basics. My stash actually contains a little more than that and it's simply because I love all the little things and want to use them. Not because they are all a necessity. 🙂 (Oh yes, and my stamps and a little paint too!)
When I went through my scrapbooking supplies to pull out things to use for Project Life, I was careful to simplify and just pull out my favourites and the necessities. I'm sure my little Project Life organization tray will grow with time, but for now this is a start.
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Julius and Anna Prokopowicz moved several times during their marriage. Worcester city directories, Julius's World War I draft registration form, and the 1920 and 1930 U.S. censuses document the progression. The 1918 draft document lists home as 658 Millbury Street. The 1919 city directory indicates Julius and Anna were boarding with the Linga family at 25 Esther Street. The 1920 census shows the couple and their children, Alphonse and Stacia, at 617 Millbury Street. They had taken in four boarders, identified as Anna's cousin Aniela (Nellie) Kulikowska, Anthony Ryngiewicz, Joseph Waitkuss, and Josie Chronslivicz.
By 1925, children Vitella and Julius had been born, and the family had moved to 611½ Millbury Street; by 1926, to 585 Millbury. Here, with the births of Jane, Joseph, Lucien, Daniel, and Ann, the family grew to its full complement of nine children. In 1940, the Prokopowiczes moved to 320 Millbury Street, where Anna lived until her death in 1976.
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Pictured here are some of the Prokopowicz homes. Photographed ca. 2003 is the unornamented double three-decker at 611½ Millbury Street, on the corner of Maxwell Street. The house at 617 Millbury, between Maxwell and Esther streets, was torn down sometime after 1970.
Oldest son Al is shown standing in front of 585 Millbury Street in May 1937. Both 585 and 583 Millbury, which housed Sawicki's Market on the corner of Fifth Avenue, were also demolished decades ago. A car wash, pictured ca. 2003, then filled those lots. A photo from atop Fifth Avenue looks down on Millbury Street, the wooded bank obscuring the Middle River (which flows into the Blackstone), and the College of the Holy Cross on the hill beyond. The three-decker at 320 Millbury Street was photographed ca. 2003 from the berm of Interstate 290.
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Interesting blog. You have done a lot of in depth research which is fascinating. I especially liked your comments on the origination of the Prokopowicz surname and its proliferation in different areas of Europe. Keep up the good work!ReplyDelete
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Motorcycle racing is a dangerous endeavor, something we have been reminded of heavily in the past few weeks. Losing Simon Andrews in the North West 200, as well as Bob Price and Karl Harris at the 2014 Isle of Man TT, the usual debates have once again surfaced, namely that motorcycle road racing should be abolished because of the toll of dangers, injuries, and fatalities it demands.
Despite death's inevitability, the Isle of Man TT is a spectacular event, just ask anyone who has sat on a Manx hedgerow and watched these two-wheeled gladiators race past. The speeds on city streets are astounding, the atmosphere in the paddock is warm and friendly, and the Isle of Man itself is a picturesque locale that could come from some child's storybook.
Modern media does a great job of translating the first-hand experience of the Isle of Man TT into an approachable hour-long TV format, but it still falls short of the genuine article.
Through a television set, you can't breathe the fumes of unbridled horsepower from the racing machines, you can't see past the riders' determination through their helmet visors, and you don't witness the hours of determined work, sweat, and sacrifce that occur in the paddock to get a racer to the starting line.
I would challenge any person, motorcycle enthusiast or not, to lay witness to a TT fortnight, and still walk away unimpressed with the spectacle that they have laid witness to — there is simply nothing else like it on Earth. It's almost spiritual.
But why is it though? Scratch the surface a little deeper on the idea why the TT is so special, and you arrive at the notion that the Manx road race holds our wonderment in captivity because of how far outside the standard deviation of safety it operates — even under the skewed perspective of risk management that occurs in motorsport — and that forces us to take some major stock in our own mortality.


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I think I must have told him my name was Juliette, with four syllables, you said, to go with violette. I envisaged the violet air that presages snow, the dark campaniles of a city beginning to blur a malfunctioning violet neon pharmacy sign jittering away all night through the dimity curtains. Near
Ciaran Carson
Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on October 9, 1948, Ciaran Carson learned English while playing in the streets. He attended Queen's University, Belfast not long after Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley, and Derek Mahon, and received his degree in English.
Carson has published several collections of poetry. His U.S. publications include Belfast Confetti (1989), First Language (1994), Opera Et Cetera (1996), The Alexandrine Plan (1998), The Twelfth of Never (1998), Breaking News (2003), The Midnight Court (2006), For All We Know (2008), and the recent On the Night Watch (2010), all published by Wake Forest University Press.
In addition, Carson has written four books of prose: Last Night's Fun, The Star Factory, Fishing for Amber: A Long Story, and Shamrock Tea, a novel, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize. Carson has also been recognized for his work in translation. His translation of Dante's Inferno (2002) was awarded the Oxford Weidenfeld Translation Prize, and, in 2003, he was made an honorary member of the Irish Translators' and Interpreters' Association.
Carson has received several awards including the Alice Hunt Bartlett Award, the T.S. Eliot Prize, the Irish Times Irish Literature Prize for Poetry, the Forward Poetry Prize and a Cholmondeley Award.
Since 1998, he has been a professor of English at Queen's University. He founded the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry at the University in 2003.


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Which initiative will drive the most entrepreneurship?
Entrepreneurship is the most powerful driver of economic growth and job creation. But which initiative in Europe is most creative and most successful in supporting business set-up and the creation of new jobs? To discover the answer to this question, the European Commission launched today the 2013 European Enterprise Promotion Awards (EEPA). The awards recognise the best public initiatives and public-private partnerships in promoting business development and entrepreneurship. This year, a new category rewarding successful projects contributing to the green economy has been added.
SMEs have a job creation potential as high as 85% of all new jobs. 37% of all Europeans would like to be their own boss if they could. Young people are even more inspired by entrepreneurship: 45% among the 15-24 years old see it as a realistic career option. If this potential could be tapped, millions of new businesses could be added to the current 20.8 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the EU. The EEPA aims to help unleash this potential by honouring successful initiatives in this field.
European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani, Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, said: "We can all learn from these success stories about how to create more jobs and support the recovery of the European economy. The economic miracle in Europe after the war was based on entrepreneurship and bold decisions taken by entrepreneurial personalities. If we want to stimulate growth in Europe, in addition to supporting the development of existing businesses we must also focus on new ones. The Enterprise awards will help ensure that Europe's enormous entrepreneurial potential can be fully exploited."
For more information on the European Enterprise Promotion Awards, visit the website, follow the Awards on Twitter in English, French, Spanish, Italian or German or visit the official Awards Facebook page.
For case studies, please see last year's national and European winners
Watch a video of 2012 grand prize winner, Outset
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The competition has two stages; applicants must first compete at the national level and will then be eligible to compete at the European level. For the national competition, each country will select two entries to be nominated for the European competition by June 2013.
A shortlist of nominees will be chosen by the European jury. All nominees from the national and European competitions will be invited to attend the awards ceremony, which recognises the winners for their efforts and gives them the opportunity to present themselves in a pan-European environment. Winners will receive their prizes during a ceremony at the 2013 SME Assembly in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 25-27 November.
Since 2006, the European Enterprise Promotion Awards have rewarded excellence in promoting entrepreneurship and small business at a national, regional and local level. Over 2 000 projects have entered since the awards were launched and together they have supported the creation of well over 10 000 new companies. Its objectives are to identify and recognize successful activities and initiatives undertaken to promote enterprise and entrepreneurship, showcase and share examples of best entrepreneurship policies and practices, create a greater awareness of the role entrepreneurs play in European society and encourage and inspire potential entrepreneurs.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A video chronicling the makeover of a Michigan homeless veteran has been viewed millions of times online.
The nearly three-minute video featuring Jim Wolf of Grand Rapids has gotten more than 5 million clicks on YouTube as of Saturday.
The time-lapse video was produced by community event organizer Rob Bliss with support from a nonprofit group helping homeless veterans.
Stylist Anna Walt cuts and styles his hair, trims his beard and then he puts on a new suit, shirt and tie.
The video, published Wednesday, says Wolf volunteered for the "transformation." He's scheduled to have his own housing and attending counseling for alcoholism.
Released before Veterans Day, the video encourages people to donate to Degage Ministries "to help other homeless veterans."


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Cheers! laurence Craig Tierney wrote: > On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 02:01, Laurence Liew wrote: > >>Hi, >> >> From what I understand it has to do with "locking" on the SAN devices >>by the GFS drivers. >> >>Yes.. you are right.. most implementations will have separate IO and >>compute nodes... in fact that is the recommended way.... what I had >>meant in my earlier statement was that "I prefer data to be distributed >>amongst nodes - IO nodes - rather than have them centralised in a single >>SAN backend. > > > Do you have an issue with a single storage unit, or actually using > a SAN? You could connect, dare I say "cluster", smaller FC based > storage units together. You will get much better price/performance > that going with larger storage units. This solution would work > for shared filesystems like GFS, CXFS, or StorNext. You could > connect the same units directly to IO nodes for distributed filesystems > like Lustre, PVFS1/2, or Ibrix. > > Craig > > > >>GFS + NFS is painful and slow as you have experienced it... hopefully >>RHEL V4 will bring about better performance and new features to address >>HPC by GFS (unlikely but just hoping). >> >>Laurence >> >>Craig Tierney wrote: >> >>>On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 06:26, Laurence Liew wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Hi >>>> >>>>The current version of GFS have a 64 node limit.. something to do with >>>>maximum number of connections thru a SAN switch. >>> >>> >>>I would suspect the problem is that GFS doesn't scale past >>>64 nodes. There is no inherent limitation in Linux on the >>>size of a SAN (well, if there is, it is much larger than 64 nodes). >>>Other shared filesystems, like StorNEXT and CXFS, are limited >>>to 128 nodes due to scalability reasons. >>> >>> >>> >>>>I believe the limit could be removed in RHEL v4. >>>> >>>>BTW, GFS was built for enterprise and not specifically for HPC... the >>>>use of SAN (all nodes need to be connected to a single SAN storage).. >>>>may be a bottleneck... >>>> >>>>I would still prefer the model of PVFS1/2 and Lustre where the data is >>>>distributed amongst the compute nodes >>> >>> >>>You can do this, but does anyone do it? I suspect that most >>>implementations are setup where the servers are not on the compute >>>nodes. This provides for more consistent performance across >>>the cluster. Also, are you going to install redundant storage in >>>all of your compute nodes so that you can build a FS across the >>>compute nodes? Unless the FS is for scratch only, I don't want >>>to have to explain to the users why the system keeps losing their data. >>>Even if you use some raid1 or raid5 ATA controllers in a >>>few storage servers, you are going to be able to build a fast and >>>fault-tolerant system that just using disk in the compute nodes. >>> >>> >>> >>>>I suspect GFS could prove useful however for enterprise clusters say 32 >>>>- 128 nodes where the number of IO nodes (GFS nodes with exported NFS) >>>>can be small (less than 8 nodes)... it could work well >>> >>> >>>I had some experience with a NFS exported GFS system about 12 >>>months ago and it wasn't very pleasant. I could feel the latency >>>in the meta-data operations when accessing the front ends of the >>>cluster interactively. It didn't surprise me because other experience >>>I have had with shared file-systems have been similar. >>> >>>Craig >>> >>> >>> >>>>Cheers! >>>>Laurence >>>> >>>>Chris Samuel wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:08 pm, Laurence Liew wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>You may wish to try GFS (open sourced by Red Hat after buying >>>>>>Sistina)... it may give better performance. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Anyone here using the GPL'd version of GFS on large clusters ? >>>>> >>>>>Be really interested to hear how folks find that.. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> >>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org >>>>>To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >>> >>> >>> >>______________________________________________________________________ >>_______________________________________________ >>Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org >>To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > -- Laurence Liew, CTO Email: laurence at scalablesystems.com Scalable Systems Pte Ltd Web : http://www.scalablesystems.com (Reg. 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