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I've always wanted to create a decorative display face in the Regency style, one of those stout, industrial alphabets enlivened by bright, detailed illumination. Toward the end of our Surveyor project, a deep exploration of engraved map lettering, this idea started to feel especially relevant: engraved maps were often badged with elaborate title pieces, and the more time we spent with these hatched and shadowed letters, the more we could imagine how some of their visual qualities could be successfully interpreted in a contemporary typeface — and one that would be useful and relevant to designers today. But then there was the matter of draftsmanship: how do you do it? Type design is still largely a manual art, and the thought of devoting years of our lives to drawing tiny curlicues was a bleak prospect indeed. Like the best of dead ends, this was where things started to become interesting.
I'd been discussing this puzzle with Andy Clymer, a senior typeface designer at H&Co. As part of the Surveyor design team, Andy had spent a lot of time with the heaviest members of that family, the ones most closely connected with the Regency style. An accomplished programmer and a procedural thinker generally, Andy had taken a short sabbatical in 2013 to attend the first class of the School for Poetic Computation, an artist-run school in New York that explores the intersections of code, design, and theory. Returning with some fresh ideas about particle studies and 3D modeling, Andy and I met to reframe the project: what sorts of rapid prototyping tools could we build to help explore different options, and how might these help us execute our ideas across the massive scale demanded by a contemporary typeface? Not content to be a mere set of decorated capitals, our typeface would need 1,400 glyphs spanning both roman and italic styles, bringing its esprit to the most esoteric of punctuation marks and accents.
Ultimately, Andy's scripts would become an entire suite of proprietary tools for interpreting two-dimensional letterforms as three-dimensional objects, through the application of virtual light sources that vary in position, angle, and intensity. Like the best projects at H&Co, the typeface was shaped not only by exchanges between designer and editor, but by the iterative cycle of what the tools can do, what we need the tools to do, and what the tools turn out to be able to do that we didn't foresee going in. After 53 weeks in development, I'm proud to present a project that seemed unattainable just 54 weeks ago: the new Obsidian® typeface, from the designers at H&Co.
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Ten Steps of SEO: Step 3 Competitor Research
Knowing what your competitors are up to will give you a head start in any walk of life, and SEO is no different. Competitor research gives you a heads-up as to what marketing strategies your closest rivals are using. Competitor research also encourages you to look at the quality of the top ranking sites, to gauge if they are in reach or not.
In this, the 3rd installation of Ten Steps of SEO we take a look at what advantages can be gained looking at your competitors. We will take a close look at who is linking in to your competitors. We'll also look at the quality of these links. The reports we produce can usually help you gauge what social media activity they are involved in too. You may taken back by all of this and think maybe it's a bit over the top, but I guarantee, if they have a half decent online marketing campaign, they will be looking at your site.
Overall quality of the competition.
We will not spend too long on this area but it's definitely worth spending a little time on. For this exercise we will look at the top 10-12 sites for the main keywords you came up with in Step 2: Keyword Research. There is a very useful plug-in for Firefox called SEO X-ray this, I recommend installing this as it is great for quickly getting a snapshot of a pages SEO. Take a few minutes looking at each of the sites. Look at the number of inbound links to the page, the keyword density, and the age of the domain. SEO X-Ray will display all of this. A final check I would do would be to work out the average PR of the top ten sites. As a rule we shouldn't be put off by the PR of our competition however if the average PR of the top ten sites is high, then we know that this is going to be a tough nut to crack.
Know your enemy.
The next step is to look at your closest competitors as these are the people you are in immediate & direct competition with. Throughout your SEO you are going to need some of link reporting software. I use Advanced Link manager; however this is not free software. There is lots of free software out there all do pretty much the same thing. Link reporting software not only tells you how many links you have but who is linking back to your site. Once you have your link reporting package, run it on both your site, and your closest competitor's site. Look at the sites that are linking in to your competitors, check out the links this will give you an idea about what kind of SEO activities they are participating in. Are there lots of links from blogs, article sites? Are the links from authority domains, and what kind of page rank are these? If there seems to be lots of links from social media sites, then we know your competitors are engaging in a lot of social media activity. If they are not then here is an opportunity to get a step ahead. The great thing about this exercise is we now have a list of potential sites/pages to link into your site. After all if they feel that your competitor's site is important enough to link back to, why shouldn't they think the same about yours?

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National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Index of articles from National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the principal biomedical and behavioral research agency of the United States Government. NIH is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Recent scientific advances have revolutionized our understanding of drug abuse and addiction. The majority of these advances, which have dramatic implications for how to best prevent and treat addiction, have been supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). NIDA supports over 85 percent of the world's research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction. NIDA supported science addresses the most fundamental and essential questions about drug abuse, ranging from the molecule to managed care, and from DNA to community outreach research.
NIDA is not only seizing upon unprecedented opportunities and technologies to further the understanding of how the abuse of drugs affects the brain and behavior, but also working to ensure the rapid and effective transfer of scientific data to policy makers, drug abuse practitioners, other health care practitioners and the general public. The NIDA web page is an important part of this effort. The scientific knowledge that is generated through NIDA research is a critical element to improving the overall health of the Nation. Our goal is to ensure that science, not ideology or anecdote, forms the foundation for all of our Nation's drug abuse reduction efforts.
NIDA was established in 1974, and in October 1992 it became part of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services. The Institute is organized into divisions and offices, each of which plays an important role in programs of drug abuse research.
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February 23, 2009
Equinix Names Michiel Eielts as General Manager in the Netherlands
London, United Kingdom - 23 February 2009: Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data center services, today announced that Michiel Eielts has joined Equinix as the General Manager for Equinix in the Netherlands. In this role, Eielts will be responsible for managing and expanding Equinix's business across the
. Netherlands
Equinix entered the Netherlands market in 2008 through acquisition and currently operates an International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in Amsterdam (AM1), and two additional data centers in Enschede (EN1) and Zwolle (ZW1), delivering a total of 7,100 m2 (76,380 ft2) net technical space.
"Equinix's entry into the
Eielts comes to Equinix with a wealth of experience having most recently been Vice President - business development for Nedstat, a European web performance and monitoring firm where he developed and managed business alliances throughout
In addition, Remco van Mook, a former Managing Director of Equinix's subsidiary, Virtu Secure Webservices B.V, moves to a new role at Equinix in European business development supporting Internet peering customers.
About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) provides global data center services that ensure the vitality of the information-driven world. Global enterprises, content and financial companies, and network service providers rely upon Equinix's insight and expertise to protect and connect their most valued information assets. Equinix operates 42 International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers across 18 markets in North America,
Important information about Equinix is routinely posted on the investor relations page of its website located at www.equinix.com. We encourage you to check Equinix's website regularly for the most up-to-date information.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the challenges of acquiring, operating and constructing IBX centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix services; unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the integration of companies we have acquired or will acquire into Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenue from customers in recently built out or acquired data centers; failure to complete any financing arrangements contemplated from time to time; competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay new or outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key customers; and other risks described from time to time in Equinix's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see Equinix's recent quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.
Equinix and IBX are registered trademarks of Equinix, Inc. International Business Exchange is a trademark of Equinix, Inc.


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What is Love-shyness? And are you love-shy?
What is involuntary celibacy (incel?) And are you incel?
Short answer: It's datelessness! It's romantic inexperience, and extreme difficulty forming romantic relationships. If you want to cut to the chase and discuss your problem, head over to the Love-shy.com forum. If you have further questions, read on.
If you came to this site looking for answers as a dateless person, then you have come to the right place. Love-shyness, simply put, is the inability of a person to participate in the normal sexual processes that everyone around him (or her) can easily engage in. The Love-shy individual typically finds themselves "shut out" of normal socio-sexual interactions. If any one of these applies to you, you can be considered love-shy:
These are all characteristics that describe Love-shys. A person need not meet all of the criteria to be considered love-shy; in its distilled definition, love-shyness is simply extreme anxiety and difficulty related to opposite (or appropriate) sex interactions.
As this site and its active forum demonstrates, you are not alone if you are Love-shy! Love shyness is a condition that is estimated to affect 1.5% of males. When including females, this gives a rough estimate of Love-shyness affecting 60 million people worldwide. In the United States alone, it is estimated to affect roughly 5-6 million people. There are plenty of people sharing your difficulties in courtship interactions. Research has even been performed on the condition, performed by the sociology professor Brian G. Gilmartin. He summarizes his research in his book, and makes an impassioned plea for society to help love-shys. Read more about it on the resources page. Why is Love-shyness so unheard of? Well, simply put, the squeaky wheel gets the grease, and Love-shys tend to not squeak.
Be sure to read the FAQ for more detailed information about aspects of Love-shyness if you want a quick summary.
If you are here for answers related to dating a love-shy person, or want to help a love-shy person out, then you will find this site quite resourceful as well!
If you suffer from involuntary celibacy (incel), you can find support here as well. Involuntary celibacy is defined as being unable to obtain a romantic partner within six months, for whatever reason. Incels tend to be otherwise healthy individuals, who may or may not suffer from social anxiety issues. Love-shy.com offers extensive support for people suffering from involuntary celibacy, as the suffering often overlaps that of the love-shys. Read more about it in the FAQ.
Check out the new Love-shy.com Wiki! Articles have been rolled into the Wiki as well.
A new article is up in the Articles section! In it, Laplacian discusses the demographic problem facing today's young men in the American dating market. (Updated 6/2011 for new Wiki location)
The forum itself has received some new features, including a stealth mode for browsing the forum from work or a non-private place. The homepage now also lists the most recent posts in the guest-viewable section of the forums as well.
Updated the media section; it's now hosting some streaming as well as downloadable media. The next steps are pretty major- write up this blog feature and the articles feature (finally). Oh what fun that will be!
Have a question? Want help with Love-shyness? Want to introduce yourself to a whole community of understanding love-shy members? Then create an account on the Love-shy.com forums!


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Oatcakes Recipe
British Bites
Classic british dishes updated for the modern American cook.
- Yield:Makes 10 cakes
- Active time: 40 minutes
- Total time:1 hour 40 minutes
- 1 cup (about 5 ounces) all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cups oats
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 1 packet rapid-rise yeast
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- Optional fillings: bacon, sautéed mushrooms, leftover roast, maple syrup, sautéed apples
In a large bowl whisk together flour, oats, sugar, salt, and yeast. Whisk in 2 cups warm water. Cover with a large towel and let sit until mixture is bubbly, about 1 hour.
Whisk baking soda and baking powder into batter. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add batter to the pan by the 1/4 cup (you will have to work in batches). Cook until bubbles form on the top of the oatcake, about 2 minutes, then flip and cook until the under side is brown, about 1 more minute. Repeat until batter is gone, then serve immediately with any of the additional toppings.


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CNN Presents: Polygamy's Dirty Secrets; Addicted at Birth
Aired July 31, 2011 - 20:00 ET
ANNOUNCER: Tonight on CNN PRESENTS. "Addicted at Birth." JEFFICA, RECOVERING OXYCODONE ADDICT: What's she going through because she's just a little baby? And she can't talk and she can't tell me how she feels. ANNOUNCER: America's pain pill epidemic. It's the youngest generation. AMBER LYON, CNN PRESENTS: We're seeing more babies being born addicted to drugs. ANNOUNCER: "Beasts of War." KAJ LARSEN, CNN PRESENTS: Next thing you know, I was staring a porpoise right in the face. Just got me again. ANNOUNCER: A once top-secret military program that's enlisting animals to protect the country. But first, inside a polygamous sect. DAN MOSKALUK, ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE: We're dealing with the exploitation of children of young girls for sexual purposes. ANNOUNCER: Gary Tuchman takes you where most people never go. Exposing "Polygamy's Dirty Secrets." GARY TUCHMAN, CNN PRESENTS (voice-over): The scenery is spectacular and the polygamist families who live here along the Utah-Arizona border have been able to live their lives with little interference from the outside world for generations. Stepping into their world is both jarring and surreal. (On camera): How many brothers and sisters do you have in all? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I have 18. TUCHMAN: And Albert, how many brothers and sisters do you have? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Twenty-two. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I am the oldest of 32. TUCHMAN (voice-over): These are not members of the Salt Lake City- Based Mormon Church known as the Church of Latter Day Saints. They belong instead to a splinter group who believe in polygamy and call themselves the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, or FLDS. (On camera): Mr. Jeffs, do you think you can win this case? (Voice-over): The spiritual leader, Warren Jeffs, has been jailed now for nearly five years and faces trial on three charges including aggravated sexual assault on a child, charges to which he's pled not guilty. (On camera): The people of the FLDS are convinced that there is nobody on earth closer to god than warren Jeffs. They believe that Jeffs, even behind bars, is the mouthpiece of god, that words he utters are divinely inspired. Law enforcement authorities have long been worried what would happy if Jeffs told his followers to do something violent and dangerous. SAM BROWER, PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR: I've never seen it like this before. I've been here for seven years. I've never seen things so unstable and so lawless. I consider this the most lawless town in the country. TUCHMAN (voice-over): Sam Brower is a private investigator and writer who's been following the polygamous sect closely for nearly a decade and who's written a book about the FLDS called "Prophet's Prey." (On camera): Do you think there are comparisons to be made like to the Taliban or the mafia? BROWER: Absolutely. I mean even the Utah attorney general has stated that the FLDS in this community is run Taliban-style and that's really all the FLDS church is, in my opinion, is an organized crime family. TUCHMAN (voice-over): Attorneys for the break-away sect say that kind of assertion is nonsense, that the polygamist leaders and their followers who live here simply want to be left alone to practice their religion the way they see fit. But real violence, according to some neighbors, has crept into the community. This burned down patch of grass in the town of Colorado City, Arizona, is evidence of what authorities say is a very disturbing example. Arizona state investigators say FLDS leaders burned dozens of books here, rather than let an open library be built, because they believe those books were collected by infidels. STEFANIE COLGROVE, LIBRARY ORGANIZER: They burnt things that didn't belong to them. And they broke and entered the building. TUCHMAN: Former FLDS member Stefanie Colgrove says she worked for more than two years to collect books for the library, a library independent of the church. (On camera): And what do they do with the books? COLGROVE: They hauled them out of the building. TUCHMAN: Then what did they do with them? COLGROVE: We assumed that they were burnt. We saw a massive bonfire and assumed all of this was on the pile because we saw books in the burning pile. TUCHMAN: This is the remnants of one of the charred books. Looks like a medical textbook. (Voice-over): County investigators say the local police in Colorado City are all members of the FLDS and have ignored the arson. Those local police have not returned our calls. It's the county authorities who have worked to crack down on the church. (On camera): And so you're with the county and they're the local police, and normally 99.9 percent of the time, police all work together. You don't work with these guys, do you? GARY ENGELS, MOHAVE COUNTY (AZ) DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE: Not at all. I can't even get them to talk to me most of the time. TUCHMAN (voice-over): That's because, according to Mohave County chief investigator Gary Engels, police here obey the religious leaders first, civilian leaders second. (On camera): In your eyes, is their allegiance more to the Constitution of the United States or to Warren Jeffs, their prophet? ENGELS: I believe that their allegiance is probably more to the church. I know they are required to swear allegiance to Warren in one of their church meetings here not to long ago. TUCHMAN (voice-over): Some say if you do not side with Warren Jeffs, there can be trouble. (On camera): So are you afraid for your safety sometimes? ISAAC WYLER, WARREN JEFFS OPPONENT: Well, yes, sometimes you get a little worried. They've killed some of my animals. TUCHMAN (voice-over): Isaac Wyler has lived here for years, and until he split from Warren Jeffs, life was more or less tranquil. Not now. WYLER: At one time there was, like, six dead cats in my window wells. They're thrown in there. A lot of times you go out and there'll be a dead cat or dead pigeon or dead duck or something. (CROSSTALK) TUCHMAN (on camera): You feel that's a threat to you, though? To intimidate you? WYLER: Yes, definitely for intimidation. But I don't intimidate that easy. TUCHMAN (voice-over): Attorneys for the FLDS did not return calls for comment on either the book burning or the alleged intimidation. WARREN JEFFS, FLDS LEADER: Do not video our (INAUDIBLE), please don't point that at me. TUCHMAN: During my frequent reporting trips to Colorado City, we were often made to feel unwelcome. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No cameras allowed here. Sorry, this is private property. TUCHMAN: And there's still a great deal of allegiance to the leader who's long been in jail. But that may be changing. Just ahead, a man who was once one of Warren Jeffs' most loyal followers now tells a very different story. WILLIE E. JESSOP, WARREN JEFFS OPPONENT: He in his own words has admitted to what he is, and he said he's a very wicked man and he confessed to doing some very terrible things. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) TUCHMAN (voice-over): Eldorado, Texas. This tiny town is where Warren Jeffs is now in jail as he stands trial. And while Jeffs has been here, he's done thing above all else. He spent a lot of time on the phone. (On camera): In this past month, how much money has he spent, would you estimate, on phone cards and phone calls? DAVID DORAN, SCHLEICHER COUNTY SHERIFF: Roughly $3,000. TUCHMAN (voice-over): And a similar pattern when he was for a time in a different Texas jail a few dozen miles away. JEFF GARNER, REAGAN COUNTY SHERIFF: I would say probably in excess of $10,000. TUCHMAN (on camera): And is it unusual to spend that much money? Have you ever had an inmate spend that much money on phone cards? GARNER: No. No. TUCHMAN (voice-over): Authorities tell CNN Jeffs has been given cash by his loyal followers to pay for the calls and jailers say they monitor what's said. Mostly lengthy sermons and detailed instructions to his followers a few miles away at his isolated Yearning for Zion ranch, as well as to his followers in the twin polygamist towns of Colorado City, Arizona and Hildale, Utah. If that sounds like he's still running the church from jail, he is. Insiders say he's even been excommunicating those who disagree with him. But what it hasn't done is stop a growing feud between those who still believe in him and those who now believe he's a child molester. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I would like you all of you to think if you were standing here today -- TUCHMAN: Three years ago, Willie Jessop was one of Jeffs' most trusted lieutenants. He even showed me around the compound in west Texas that was raided by Texas Rangers to show CNN there was nothing inherently bad taking place. (On camera): So where are the carrots? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, there. TUCHMAN (voice-over): Today Jessup says Warren Jeffs has betrayed his church. JESSOP: And he said he's a very wicked man and he confused to doing some very terrible things, including molesting his daughter and sister and others. And I think his own words describe himself. TUCHMAN: Jessop is talking about diaries submitted as evidence that he says were left by Warren Jeffs after his arrest in Las Vegas five years ago. He's talking about these. Pictures showing Jeffs embracing and kissing young girls no more than 12 or 13 years old, Jessop sufficient says. JESSOP: His conduct will never be sanctioned by me. I don't think there's anyone in my church that will ever sanction what he has done. It's just a matter of time until they come to terms and figure out how to cope with what he has done. TUCHMAN: According to authorities in both Texas and Canada, Jeffs orchestrated what Canadian police have called a child trafficking ring. Sending as many as 30 young girls ages 12 or 13 from a polygamist compound in British Columbia across the U.S. border to FLDS enclaves in Utah, Arizona and Texas. MOSKALUK: And this is very serious allegations here where essentially in layman's terms we're dealing with the exploitation of children, of young girls, for sexual purposes and the procurement of sex with girls under the ages of 18. TUCHMAN: And here is that Canadian compound. Now it's self-split into factions. One faction loyal to Jeffs, the other loyal to this man, Winston Blackmore. He is a long-time polygamist leader who does not want to believe accounts of child brides moving away from Canada into the United States. WINSTON BLACKMORE, CANADIAN POLYGAMY LEADER: I've heard those stories. Just different people have come like you're come and told me about them but I would feel very disappointed if they were actually true. TUCHMAN: A woman who did not want her face shown told us it is true. She says she has first-hand knowledge. Three of her nieces were among those sent away to be married to older men in the U.S. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It angers me that 12 and 13 year-olds would be taken away and given to an older man and that he'd consummate their marriage vows. It angers me. I mean they're just children. You know? It's not right. TUCHMAN: Many girls, investigators say, ended up here at this FLDS compound in west Texas where we tried to get some answers. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hello. TUCHMAN (on camera): It's Gary Tuchman with CNN and we're doing a story about Warren Jeffs. (Voice-over): Cars and trucks passed in and out, but no one came out to answer questions. (On camera): I can ask you a quick question? (Voice-over): Warren Jeffs' attorney declined to comment. (On camera): The people who live on this ranch in one of the most isolated parts of Texas are not only loyal to Warren Jeffs, they're the most loyal of the loyal. You're only invited to live here if the prophet himself approves. (Voice-over): And despite his long stay in jails in Utah, Arizona and Texas -- jail time amounted to more than five years so far -- that's what Warren Jeffs is to people who believe in him, a leader to be followed and obeyed. He's pled not guilty to the most recent charges against him of sexual assault of a child and bigamy. Officials of the mainstream Mormon Church reject Jeffs and his practices. But within the FLDS, there seem to be more people supporting Warren Jeffs than those trying to unseat him. How long that will last is anyone's guess, but from his jail cell here in Texas, there's little doubt Jeffs is still controlling the destiny of the nation's largest group of believers in polygamy. Just listen to this young believer in Arizona. (On camera): Tell me what Warren Jeffs means to you. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I don't know what you mean by that. TUCHMAN: I mean, how important is he to you? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Everything? TUCHMAN: He's everything to you? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Mm-hmm. TUCHMAN: And are you married yet? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm not. TUCHMAN: So do you want to be married someday? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Course I do. TUCHMAN: And do you want to have -- do you want to have sister wives, too? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Course I do. TUCHMAN: Like how many sister wives would be perfect do you think in your family? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: As many as I can. ANNOUNCER: Next on CNN PRESENTS, the new face of America's pill epidemic. Innocent infants. LYON (on camera): If you are pregnant and you know that it's harming the babies, why don't you just quit using the pills? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's just not that easy. You feel like you're going to die. ANNOUNCER: And later -- LARSEN: And caught me like a bear in a bear trap. ANNOUNCER: Caught by the U.S. Navy's underwater recruits, marine mammals. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) LYON (voice-over): From the outside, they look more like nightclubs than doctors' offices. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hey, (EXPLETIVE DELETED). (EXPLETIVE DELETED). LYON: And they're not too happy to see our cameras. (On camera): We're here in a parking lot of one of these pain clinics. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Get out of here. Get out of here. Leave us the (EXPLETIVE DELETED) alone. LYON (voice-over): Broward County, Florida, is filled with pain clinics. Doctors making millions doling out prescription opioids, also known as heroin in a pill, like candies. (On camera): Oxycodone. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oxycodone, 30 milligrams. Roxies, blues. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I can get hundreds and hundreds of pills in one day. I'm just going from one doctor to the next, and then they take them on the street and they're selling them. LYON (voice-over): Authorities are struggling to shut down these pill mills, but not fast enough. (On camera): More and more people keep dying from prescription drug overdoses. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: These doctors are slaughtering our children every single day. Look at us, we're desperate, we're begging you. LYON (voice-over): As one generation succumbs to prescription opioids, a new generation of addicts is being born. SHERIFF AL LAMBERTI, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA: First we saw the number of crack babies that died and this is just another version of that. We all need to be concerned. JESSICA: Good morning, ladies. I'm Jessica. I feel good today. Casey goes for her follow-up appointment at the doctor so hopefully they'll say she's doing better and I hope everybody has a blessed day. This is Casey's bed. Just like I said, she's a princess so -- LYON (on camera): And that's -- JESSICA: That's the track when she was born. This is about a week after she was born and -- LYON: What -- JESSICA: This is her -- it's her nebulizer. Just put it -- put that on her face and turn it on. LYON: Kind of loud. JESSICA: This is why we're going to the doctor's, that nasty cough. That nasty cough. LYON (voice-over): For most of her pregnancy, Jessica flooded her body, and therefore Casey's, with the prescription painkiller, Oxycodone, a synthetic version of heroin. These prescription pills have emerged as the nation's fastest growing drug problem Jessica fears the drug use is responsible for Casey's frequent respiratory infections. JESSICA: With my other two kids they were never sick this young so it's kind of new to me. God comforts us in a way a loving parent comforts a frightened child. LYON: Two years ago Jessica's husband died. A friend gave Jessica a couple Oxycodone pills to numb the pain. JESSICA: When I started I was taking like one to two and within a six-month period I was taking 30. Thirty, 30 milligram -- LYON (on camera): Thirty? Thirty milligram? JESSICA: Yes. Exactly. Snorting them. LYON (voice-over): Jessica was getting her pills from Florida's numerous pill mills. And then she got pregnant. (On camera): If you are pregnant and you know that it is harming the baby and you know it could possibly cause birth defects, why don't you just quit using the pills? JESSICA: It's just not that easy. You feel like you're going to die. LYON (voice-over): This recovery center used to be filled with pregnant women who had abused crack cocaine. Now it's pills. (On camera): When did the first patient start coming in addicted to pills? GARY FORREST, SUSAN B. ANTHONY RECOVERY CENTER: OK. In 2000, this is all cocaine. Right here. LYON: The blue line. FORREST: The blue line versus primary drug of choice prescription. And the crossover was sometime in 2009. LYON (voice-over): Pregnant women addicted to crack are encouraged to quit. But with opiods, babies get just as addicted as the mother. If she quits cold turkey, the baby could die in utero from withdrawal. (On camera): And when you were going through withdrawal did you feel Casey was going through withdrawal? JESSICA: Absolutely. LYON: How is that? JESSICA: She would like curl up, like in a -- because it was in the latter part of the pregnancy, she would crawl up in like a ball and my stomach would be like rock solid and she wouldn't move. I mean you could feel it. You could just feel that she was -- she was in torment. It's really sad. You know? To know that your baby's in pain while you're in pain. And then you just feel horrible because you did it. You know? You did it. You put yourself there. LYON (voice-over): Jessica was weaned off the pills before Casey was born. Those that aren't give birth to babies who begin to suffer with their first breath. (On camera): So you actually have to detox the babies? MARY OSUCH, RN, BROWARD GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER: Right. They go through their withdrawal symptoms, yes. They start out by having feeding intolerances, diarrhea, you can tell that they're crampy, they're miserable, they're irritable. They have -- they sweat. They can have rapid breathing. Sometimes they can even have seizures. LYON (voice-over): According to state health records, during the first half of 2010 alone, 635 Florida babies were born addicted. (On camera): You're saying that the number of babies you've seen addicted to prescription drugs doubled last year. DR. LESTER MCINTYRE, JOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: Yes. There are some situations where we have three or four babies at a time. It just makes everybody a little reflective and a little sad about the whole situation. LYON (voice-over): Even more troubling, researchers still don't know what the long term effects of opiod use will be on infants. And neither does Jessica. JESSICA: Because I know that I'm going through stuff getting off of the pills. So what's she going through because she's just a little baby? And she can't talk and she can't tell me how she feels. I want to make sure that she doesn't want for anything, that she doesn't have to hurt any more than I already put her through because she didn't deserve that. She's a princess. LYON: Coming up -- (On camera): We're going to see her drug dealer. He's got tear drops tattooed on his eyes. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I own got 12 until later. LYON (voice-over): We see first-hand how the pill trade works. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, everyone. I'm Don Lemon at the CNN world here are your headlines. The clock is ticking toward default if the U.S. doesn't raise the debt ceiling but the details appear that we've been falling into place to finally get it done. And we have heard from President Obama and we've also heard from leaders in Congress, they say they have struck a deal to raise the nation's debt limit and cut spending. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT, UNITED STATES: There are still some very important votes to be taken by members of Congress but I want to announce that the leaders of both parties in both chambers have reached an agreement that will reduce the deficit and avoid default a default that would have had a devastating effect on our economy. The first part of this agreement will cut about $1 Trillion in spending over the next ten years, cuts that both parties had agreed to early on in this process. The result would be the lowest level of annual domestic spending since Dwight Eisenhower was president. But at a level that still allows us to make job creating investments in things like education and research. We also made sure that these cuts wouldn't happen so abruptly that they'd be a drag on a fragile economy. (END VIDEO CLIP) LEMON: Both the Senate and house have to approve the plan. It would raise the debt ceiling initially by $900 billion which will get us to February. Raising it again after that is a multi-step process involving a joint committee that will have to be created to work toward more debt reduction measures. In total the plan calls for more than $2.4 Trillion in deficit reduction. Those are your headlines this hour. I'm Don Lemon, keeping you informed. CNN, the most trusted name in news. (BEGIN VIDEO TAPE) AMBER LYON, CNN REPORTER: We came to Broward County to do an investigation on pill mills a year ago. Now, we're back a year later and a there are still rows and rows of pain clinics. We are seeing more babies being born addicted to drugs. AL LAMBERTI, SHERIFF, BROWARD COUNTY FLORIDA: More people died last year from prescription drug overdoses than car accidents. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Our children are dying. It's all young people. It's all the young people. LYON: What age were you when you started using pills? BREE SAGHY, OXYCODONE ADDICT: I was 18. That's me, my dad, my brother. That's me and my mom before drugs. Like, I used to be so prissy and preppy, cared about my hair and makeup. I don't give a (bleep) anymore. LYON: Bree - addiction to Oxycodone is killing her. BREE SAGHY: So there's five of the Oxycodone and a bar and a half of Xanax. LYON: She allowed us to hear this because she wanted us to see what a rut the pills have made of her life. BREE SAGHY: This is the only thing -- I mean, I love my family, but this is the only thing I care about. My vein's not popping up. God, I hate this. Burns until you take the tie off. I need more pills. I don't feel anything. I'm not satisfied. You can just leave the door open. LYON: Is that hard for you to see her like that right now? JOY SAGHY, BREE'S MOTHER: I hate it. I hate it. LYON: Bree's mother joy is a nurse but this is one patient she's not been able to help. JOY SAGHY: She's dropped cigarettes onto her chest, burned holes in her -- it's amazing their house hasn't burned down. LYON: Your daughter lives with you. She's around you all the time. How come you can't keep her from doing the pills? She tried. BREE SAGHY: I tried. I've tried everything. JOY SAGHY: I say a prayer to god before I go to work and say, God please let my daughter be OK. When I got home, it's the first thing I do is walk in, check on her, make sure she's still breathing. This is not a fun way to live. LYON: Joy joins other south Florida parents in protest against the pill mills that feed addiction. So the majority of people out here have they lost family members to pill. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is my precious named Jay. He died at age 36 on his birthday. He died in December 5th 2009. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're home at night and the phone rings and you are afraid to answer because you don't know if it's the sheriff, the morgue or the hospital. BREE SAGHY: I don't want to put you in danger. LYON: Bree is driving to pick up more pills. How much money is this? BREE SAGHY: $175. LYON: And this can get you one hit? She spends thousands of dollars a week just to get high. We are going to see her drug dealer. He's got tear drop tattoos on his eyes and gold teeth. You're not scared of this guy? BREE SAGHY: No. He's a sweetheart. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If you see me on the street, ignore me. LYON: OK. I think Steve's getting out because it may be suspicious having him sitting at the back. BREE SAGHY: Hey, baby. Let me get 12 until later. One, two, three. LYON: The dealer admits he gets his stash after visiting multiple pill mill doctors. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm going to shop at four, five, six doctors. LYON: What did he give you? BREE SAGHY: 11. LYON: What are they? BREE SAGHY: Oxycodone. LYON: To put this it into perspective, the recommended starting dose for Oxycodone is ten milligrams in 12 hours. Bree just bought 30 times that and that's just enough to get her through one afternoon. Today a multi-agency task force busts 22 pill mills, arresting doctors for trafficking in illegal prescriptions. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's not uncommon to see doctors making upwards of $1 million a year. LYON: But that's nothing compared to what some of the clinic owners make. DEA agents seized more than two dozen luxury cars from the garage of one pill mill entrepreneur. LAMBERTI: This individual was making $150,000 a day. LYON: Viper, Porsche, a nice blue Bentley. I don't even know what car this is. Why does it take so long to bust the clinics? Why can't you knock them down one by one? LAMBERTI: Well, they do it under the cover of their medical license. And you have to prove that the doctor knew that they were overprescribing. MARK TROUVILLE, SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE, DEA MIAMI: These people are addicted. These people are suffering and these pill mill clinic owners and some of these doctors are just preying on that suffering for cash, for profit. LYON: These are the faces of that suffering. BREE SAGHY: I remember when I first started doing this occasionally. Everybody, all my friends, none of us was drug addicts. Now the whole town is. LYON: One mother who has already lost her child. Another mother who's hoping her past hasn't ruined her child's future. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I don't want to ever forget how bad I felt. I don't want to ever forget what it could have done to her. It's not ever OK to do a pill again. Ever. (END VIDEO TAPE) (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED MALE REPORTER (voice-over): Up next, animals trained to take on terrorists. KAJ LARSEN, CNN REPORTER: Oh, yes. Get ready for an episode of man versus dolphin. UNIDENTIFIED MALE REPORTER (voice-over): Trying to beat a dolphin at its own game. (END VIDEO CLIP) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEO TAPE) LARSEN (voice-over): The tools of war - planes, ships, bombs and bullets. But since ancient times, there's been another tool -- animals, beasts of war. For Hannibal in the third century B.C., it was elephants, his version of a tank to break through enemy lines. In world war one, carrier pigeons, one bird flying 25 miles and delivering its message before dying of its injuries. Today we are driving in to go see a very unique Navy program that's been around for about 40 years, but it's only been declassified since the '90s. And this is a really rare opportunity. It was extremely hard to set up. The Navy, understandably, is very sensitive about access to this program. The Navy says what you're about to see is the best protection for a ship or a harbor against an attack. It has the finest sonar in the world and you can't see it coming. The dolphin, what the Navy calls the mark six weapon system, trained to find and identify a hostile swimmer. The Navy has seen firsthand how vulnerable their ships can be at anchor. 17 sailors were killed when the U.S. Cole was attacked in 2000. Two years later, U.S. intelligence warned of possible Al Qaeda attacks by terrorist scuba divers. Divers these dolphins are trained to detect. Today, as part of the Navy's marine mammal program, dolphins are deployed to protect nuclear submarines on the east and west coast. They can be sent anywhere in the world in 72 hours, wherever the enemy threatens. Now, I'll be that enemy diver. I have come to the point Loma Naval Base to see if I can beat the dolphin at its own game. My opponent will be one of more than 75 dolphins stationed here. But before I can test this dolphin's skills in the water a little care and feeding. I have to feed the animal that's going to hit me. Full service. CHRIS HARRIS, OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR: We are looking at calories or the energy the animal needs to be healthy and do his job well. So this animal gets probably around 9,000 calories per day compared to you and I who might be getting 1800 to 2200 calories. LARSEN: And 9,000 calories adds up to a lot of restaurant quality fish. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It usually it takes a good sailor about two minutes to make up a bucket. LARSEN: I better pick up the pace here. (LAUGHTER) LARSEN (voice-over): The mammal program is comprised of hundreds of trainers, veterinarians and Navy sailors dedicated to keeping the animal in optimal shape. Like any other combat system in the Navy, prior to deployment they are subject to maintenance and inspections. HARRIS: Before we get to work we are going to do what we call a body check. We are looking for attitude, appetite and appearance. Let's go take a look. The handler looks in the animal's mouth, looks at the animal's eyes while he does that making sure the dolphin is real clean. So now that the dolphin looks good and ready to go, we can go ahead, beach him in the boat and get to work. LARSEN (voice-over): Dolphins have been working for the Navy since the 1960s when military researchers first started investigating how their sonar capabilities could help naval missions. UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): We may be able to train this animal to assist us in various ways in the sea. LARSEN (voice-over): The Navy quickly realized they could train mammals to perform missions. They have served in Vietnam and the Persian Gulf. Today the U.S. is one of a handful of countries in the world which acknowledges having an anti-swimmer marine mammal program. This was something I was aware of from my time in the active duty Navy, but now I'm about to experience it firsthand. It's unprecedented for the Navy to allow what I'm about to do. Now we are going to get in the water and put this to work. So today I'm the bad guy simulating a swimmer trying to attack a port, harbor, ship. They will release Mark six, the dolphin and see if it can find me in the water. Essentially I'm the crash test dummy for the dolphin. Oh, yes. Get ready for an episode of "Man versus Dolphin". The dolphin gets a ride from its pen to its patrol area and it's ready to go to work. Hundreds of yards away, armed with an inert mind, I'm ready to face off. Here's the mission. I'm about to enter the water. I'm going to attempt to head to that ship over there and see if I was going to make a combat swimmer attack on the ship. The dolphins are patrolling. We'll see if it intercepts me between here and the ship. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Good to go? LARSEN: Good to go. Utilizing a low profile combat side stroke I'm on my way to the ship. But the dolphin is on its way to me. (END VIDEO TAPE) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) LARSEN: Playing the role of a terrorist in San Diego bay I'm trying to evade a dolphin that's trained to find hostile swimmers. HARRIS: He's not going to make it. She's going to get him. LARSEN: Out of nowhere -- KARRIS: She's got him. LARSEN: I got about 50 meters from the ship behind me and then -- boom. Came and hit me right here. The dolphin hits me with a marker that alerts armed security to my presence. There was a second where I thought I would make it through. Next thing you know I was staring a porpoise in the face. Oh, just got me again! In a minute she's back on her boat getting some TLC. I guess my combat ship attack, foiled again. Undaunted, I try underwater with scuba gear on. Here's what the camera on the dolphin saw. Underwater or on the surface, the dolphin finds me every time. How does she compare to, say, suppose you had side scan sonar on the bottom of the boat. What's the difference? HARRIS: She's able to pick out details about an object we would only dream to have on sight (inaudible). She can do it at great ranges with 100 percent reliability. LARSEN: The dolphin is looking for a swimmer like me. And she's going to hit the ball? HARRIS: Once she's sure it's a swimmer. There she goes. So she just touched that ball right there. Now, at this point, Kaj, we have to get out of the way of the handler. He's going to go back in there and let her know, hey, good girl, thanks for keeping your eye out for us. He's going to let her know that she did a good job and he's giving her the marker. And there goes the marker. So now she's on her way like a shot. As you know it's a pretty good little bump. LARSEN: Yes. That's one way to put it. Let's watch. LARSEN: Dolphins' jobs go beyond what the Navy calls swimmer interdiction. It turns out that they are good at finding not only people in the water but also things. Things like mines. HARRIS: The animal is using echolocation looking in the front of the boat. LARSEN: He is the supervisor operations for the Marine Mammal program and works with the Navy's explosive ordinance disposal unit. HARRIS: Over time we have to train the animals to discriminate between -- you know, it could be a lobster trap. Sorry. Got a positive. Right now the animal just went positive. LARSEN: So, what's she doing now? HARRIS: Right now, she's carrying the marker down to the mine shape that she's found. That means the marker has deployed. The diver's going to go down, go to that anchor and do a circle verifying that the animal found the target. LARSEN: In 2003, the Navy performed this operation in wartime, deploying mine-detecting dolphins to Iraq to ensure safe passage for humanitarian ships meaning some of the dolphins are Iraq war veterans. What about danger to the animal? You're asking them to go get close to explosive devices under water. HARRIS: Mines are very complicated, high grade machinery. They are not set off to go on dolphins. They are set to go off on ships. LARSEN: Even if the animals are safe, the marine mammal program has been criticized by animal rights group who claim it exposes the animals to stress in un-natural environment. And how do you react to people who say that the animals shouldn't be confined. They should be in the wild. HARRIS: We recognize that people have concerns and we are happy people are concerned with the welfare of animals as we are, too. Everyone who works on this project is any capacity is an advocate for animals. And that's their top priority or they wouldn't be here. It's something that never leaves our mind. LARSEN: The program's first dolphins were captured in the 1960s. Now dolphins are raised from birth. Today, the program also uses sea lions that were abandoned in the wild or bought from sea world. Both animals receive topnotch medical care. In return the sea mammals cannot only save lives but can save millions of dollars. The Navy does a lot of training for war fighting. And one thing they do is shoot torpedo, they drop sensors. Sometimes they end up at the bottom on the ocean during those training exercise. So the question is how do you recover them? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: All right. So we have Gus here. He's almost ten years old. He's a trained mark five animal. He can dive up to depths of 1,000 feet. But right now, we are just going to do a little deck demo here and show you what we do under water. LARSEN: Gus is taught to pull on the cable to make sure he's made a secure connection. And then you guys will reel it in whatever? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Go get it. LARSEN: He can recover up to 40 items per day. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Water! LARSEN: His buddy Joe is so well trained even I could recover a test object. Joe just made me look good. He did everything we talked about. Now he gets a little reward. The Navy trained sea lions to use clamps to recover not just objects but people. I got in the water one last time to see how sea lions as well as dolphins can conduct swimmer interdiction. The result -- the same as the dolphin. Caught, but with a twist. A clamp that attaches to my leg. Reeled me in like a fish. He caught me like a bear in a bear trap. Hooks right onto your leg. But there are no hard feelings. Good job. Thanks for not hitting me too hard. Thanks for being gentle. For the dolphins and sea lions, it seems like a game. Oh! Just got me again! Find the target, get some fish. But for their handlers, it's much more. An unlikely partnership between humans and animals that, right now, is the most effective way to guard our nation's top maritime asset. It's a tradition in the Navy for sailors to salute each other as a sign of respect. As I closed my time with the Navy marine mammals, I was saluted by this unlikely warrior. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Good boy! LARSEN: Working every day to keep the nation safe. (END VIDEO TAPE) UNIDENTIFIED MALE REPORTER (voice-over): On the next "CNN presents" a pizza delivery man robs a bank with a bomb around his neck. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My brother has this bomb on him. And I'm thinking, OK, the police have him. They'll find out who did this to him. UNIDENTIFIED MALE REPORTER (voice-over): That's just the beginning of one of the most bizarre crimes ever. And what it takes to become one of the coast guard's elite rescue swimmers. Kaj Larsen takes you inside a rescue mission next Sunday night on CNN Presents.


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"Let no old yet still functional technology go to waste" is the motto of any good McGyver-class geek, which is what makes the idea of using an abandoned but still capable iPod classic as an emergency boot drive for the Mac so appealing. Chris Breen of Macworld:
The gist is that a bootable iPod can be a very helpful tool when your Mac is refusing to start up or is generally misbehaving, and you'd like to boot it from another drive and use troubleshooting tools on the iPod to diagnose (and, you hope, repair) your Mac.
Again, it's not for the faint-of-nerd, and you will also have to wrestle an OS X installer out of Mountain Lion to complete the job, but when you're done you'll have a potentially very big lifesaver in a very small package.
Check out Breen's article for complete instructions, and if you decide to give it a try, let me know!
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North Korea: Kim Jong Il's cinematic celebrity [Video]
For a leader who rarely stepped out of his native North Korea, Kim Jong Il has had a surprisingly prolific screen career, parodied in numerous TV shows and films.
But few sketches lampooning the late Communist leader were as memorable as his appearance in Trey Parker and Matt Stone's "Team America: World Police," the 2004 marionette-filled satire in which the North Korean ruler attempts to hold a peace ceremony for world leaders while detonating bombs in their home countries.
Incidentally, Kim, who died over the weekend, also had a love of movies. He once kidnapped a South Korean actor and filmmaker in the hope of creating a homegrown industry, and also reputedly had a love for James Bond movies, an association that doubtless brought joy to the people behind the 007 franchise.
In "Team America," the Kim Jong Il character first relies on, then spits at, Alec Baldwin, and generally sees his plan disrupted by a motley crew of American fighters from whom a certain thick-haired actor cannot save him. ("You are worthless, Alec Baldwin! You are worthless Alec Baldwin!")
In the first clip below, Kim gives heart-rending rendition of a song confessing his loneliness. Below that, a montage of moments from the film.
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There is a new week-long seminar on "Writing Family History Narratives and Other Genealogical Works" coming this summer. It is sponsored by the Boston University Center for Professional Learning and will be held on campus in Boston from July 25 - 29, 2011. This course will be taught by Dr. John Colletta and Dr. Thomas Jones and will cover many aspects of genealogical writing. The fee is $795 for the five day course.
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Taught by Dr. John Philip Colletta and Dr. Thomas Wright Jones, this course explores a broad range of genealogical writing, including genealogies and family histories, scholarly articles, reports and summaries, and guides and manuals; however, it focuses mainly on the principles and mechanics of writing and publishing narrative family history. Elements of grammar, syntax and vocabulary, forms of documentation, numbering systems, indexing, illustrations and other aesthetic considerations are all discussed and demonstrated with examples. Ways to organize materials, establish historical context and create vivid and engaging real-life stories are addressed. The mechanics of self-, subsidized and commercial publishing are explained, considering the option of publishing on paper or electronically. In-class exercises critiqued by the instructors allow students to apply the concepts taught, while reading assignments culminate in a class discussion of the broad literary possibilities of family history narrative.Prerequisites
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Coming from a specific field in algebraic geometry, I am a total noob in Fractal Theory and I'd like to learn it a bit. I hope I am tolerated for my maybe-trivial questions. I just read about the Weierstrass-Mandelbrot fractal (it's also simply called Weierstrass fractal using the Weierstrass function.. but there are dozens of Weierstrass functions so I'd rather call it "Weierstrass-Mandelbrot" function). The definition of this fractal is found in Wikipedia. I got easily impressed by it.
My question is whether there are nowhere differentiable continuous functions (between real numbers) whose graphs are not fractals? Is the WM function the easiest example of a nowhere differentiable continuous function?
The other question is quite basic (for experts probably). I have seen the definition of fractal in Wikipedia. This definition uses self-similarity. But in a reference of mine (from a lecture note) I get a definition that makes use of an inequality with Hausdorff-dimension and inductive dimension. Are these definitions equivalent or is the precise definition still under debate? (My reference suggests that the suggested definition was the former definition by Mandelbrot, and then this definition was changed as Mandelbrot fractals don't follow this definition.) A little enlightening would help :)


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Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, it was a concerted defensive
effort in the second half that helped them build and keep a
comfortable lead down the stretch in a 109-95 victory over New
Orleans on Friday night.
"Everybody did a great job helping each other on defense and
there was more communication," said Ibaka, who had 17 points, 13
rebounds and three of the Thunder's 11 blocks. "Our focus was to
contest every shot and make them make tough shots. Some nights they
will make them but I think tonight we did a great job and that was
the key."
Durant scored 29 points and Westbrook added 25 as Oklahoma City
beat New Orleans for the ninth straight time and 14th in 15
meetings. Most of those games occurred when New Orleans' team was
called the Hornets.
Ryan Anderson scored 18 for the Pelicans, who lost their second
straight at home while playing their third full game without power
forward Anthony Davis, sidelined by a broken left hand. New Orleans
also lost guard Tyreke Evans to a left ankle sprain late in the
third quarter, and soon afterward Oklahoma City built a 15-point
"I hate to say we didn't play well. We just missed so many
shots in the paint," Pelicans coach Monty Williams said. "Whether
they blocked the shot or distracted us, or we threw it up there and
just didn't make it, I thought that messed with us a little."
New Orleans raced to an early double-digit lead, only to fall
behind 58-52 by halftime after Westbrook pulled up for a quick
3-pointer with 31 seconds left in the quarter and Reggie Jackson
hit another with 2.7 seconds left.
Westbrook said he was just trying to assure his team two
possessions inside the last 38 seconds.
"It worked out for us," he said. "We got two 3s out of it.
They got nothing."
Durant, who also had three blocks, opened the second half with a
3 to make it a nine-point game and the Thunder led the entire
second half – rather comfortably throughout the fourth quarter,
going up by as many as 20.
It was precisely the type of second-half effort the Thunder
sought after giving up 35 third-quarter points in a loss at
Portland two nights earlier.
"We were really disappointed in how we lost last game and
wanted to be better," Durant said. "We're a really good team
after losses."
Jackson scored 15 for Oklahoma City, which shot 50.6 percent (39
of 77) and rarely allowed its lead to slip below double digits
after Thabo Sefolosha's driving dunk made it 74-64 in the middle of
the third quarter.
Jrue Holiday and Eric Gordon each scored 16 for New Orleans,
which shot 37.5 percent (33 of 88) and hurt itself by going 3 of 16
from 3-point range. Evans had 11 before his injury and Anthony
Morrow 10.
Oklahoma City shot nearly 59 percent in the opening half, when
Durant (19 points) and Westbrook (17) combined for 36 points.
New Orleans had the largest lead of the half when Holiday's
reverse layup made it 22-11 halfway through the opening quarter.
But the Thunder chipped away, regaining the lead early in the
The game was tied at 52 after Gordon's fast-break layup. Then
came the back-to-back 3s by Westbrook and Jackson in the final
half-minute of the second quarter, and the Thunder never trailed
NOTES: Oklahoma City, which is 9-0 at home, improved to 5-4 on
the road. … New Orleans outrebounded Oklahoma City 49-41. Smith
grabbed 12 rebounds for the Pelicans and Al-Farouq Aminu had 10.
… Oklahoma City turned 16 New Orleans turnovers into 24 points
and outscored the Pelicans in fast-break points 17-10. … New
Orleans might have lost the game by an even wider margin if not for
19 offensive rebounds and 20 second-chance points.


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Dear Answer Angel: I'm having a heated debate with a friend: Is it rude to keep your sunglasses on indoors? I say unless you have an eye condition that requires them, yes it is — especially in restaurants, at a friend's house, work, etc. She says who cares, and besides, if Vogue editor Anna Wintour can wear hers all the time, why can't we? I say why would you want to?
— In the Dark
Dear In the Dark: I'm totally on your side. I've never been able to figure out why anyone would want to wear sunglasses inside. Besides, I think it's haughty and rude to wear sunglasses when there's no sun. The only exception would be if someone has a condition that makes them supersensitive to light, in which case they should explain upfront that's why they're wearing them.
Call me old-fashioned. I still believe in eye contact with the people I'm talking to, which is impossible when you're staring at your own reflection in somebody's sunglasses.
Highway patrol officers (and fashion editors) might find it useful to use sunglasses as an intimidation technique — "I can stare daggers at you but you can't see me" — but I say take off the shades indoors.
Dear Answer Angel: I'm contemplating getting eyeliner and eyebrow tattoos. Are they safe and do people like them?
— Miss Eyeball
Dear Miss Eyeball: Have you looked at the photos on the Internet? Even the "good" jobs look pretty horrible to me. That said, my friend Ann Marie got her eye tats a decade ago and still loves them. So, what's a smart person to do?
"A smart person needs to know not to do it," says Elizabeth Tanzi, a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology. "In theory it sounds like a great idea. Put your eyeliner on and never have to do it again," she says. "But in actuality, it can be a disaster."
Tanzi is a board-certified dermatologist and laser specialist whose Washington practice includes tattoo removal of all kinds — eyeliner and eyebrow tattoos. Often people want it gone because the colors fade and change with time. Black eyeliner turns an unappealing gray-blue, she says, and eyebrows "are even trickier. If it's brown it ends up pink over time."
Still tempted? Because of proximity to the eye and the color used in eyebrow tattoos there's a reason this stuff is called "permanent makeup." "It's nearly impossible to remove," Tanzi says. "When it goes wrong it goes terribly, terribly wrong and you can't really fix it."
For those with sparse eyebrows, she recommends Latisse, a prescription product that helps grow hair there and also can lengthen eyelashes.
Dear Answer Angel: My eye makeup, especially my eyeliner, has suddenly turned on me. My eyes water and sting after I put it on but it didn't bother me in the beginning. Am I getting worse or is my makeup?
Dear JLF: It sounds like an allergy. Stop using the suspected eyeliner and see if your problem goes away. Makeup allergies can pop up at any time, even if you've been using the same product for years. If the watering eyes continue, eliminate one makeup item at a time (foundation, powder, shadow, blush, mascara) to find the culprit. If the problem persists, you'll need to see a doctor.
Dear Answer Angel: I have a friend in her late 50s who refuses to admit she's getting older and consequently wears very high heels, very short skirts and low-cut tops. It really doesn't work but I don't know how (or even if it's my business) to tell her that. Part of me says just let her wear whatever she likes and makes her feel good. The other part says she needs to know people are chuckling, even though she seems to be having no problems at work. Any thoughts on how to handle it? Or if I should?
— Dottie in a Dilemma
Dear Dottie: I'm holding up a big red stop sign. If your friend's style is causing a few behind-her-back snickers and nothing more, I'd suggest you mind your own business. Yes, she looks silly. Yes, dressing like a teenager is not flattering. But unless the look is hindering her at work or embarrassing her kids, I'd say leave it alone. If the outfits she's wearing are too revealing for the workplace, it's up to her supervisor, not her friends, to call her on it.
Here's an option. Have a neutral third party help nudge your pal in the right direction. Suggest that you and your friend go shopping. Make an appointment for both of you with a personal shopper at a department store. These pros (who usually don't charge for their services) are used to handling exactly this kind of issue without any friendships to get in the way.
Dear Answer Angel: I have a beautiful Toscana lamb shearling coat. While the shearling is gorgeous, the style of the coat doesn't suit me. It is too big, boxy and too long. I would love to have my coat remade into something more flattering. There is a lot of material to work with and I am sure it could be transformed into something spectacular. Do you have any suggestions for a place that does this kind of work?
— Suzanne T.
Dear Suzanne: Any reputable furrier can do this work or recommend tailors who specialize in fur. Also, an online search for your town and "fur restyling" should turn up some options. The transformations can be amazing and give new life to a coat that's been hanging in the closet for years. And, yes, if you've gained weight (who hasn't?) in many cases the coat can be let out to give you more years of wear.
Shop, drop, get help: Send your questions — on style, shopping, beauty and makeup — to email@example.com.


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Smokers will be starkly confronted with the potential consequences of their habit every time they buy a pack of cigarettes under the terms of an FDA proposed rule(edocket.access.gpo.gov) published Nov. 12 in the Federal Register.
"Every pack will become a mini-billboard that tells the truth about smoking," FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, M.D., said during a Nov. 10 news conference(www.fda.gov).
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act(www.govtrack.us) signed into law by President Obama last year gave the FDA the authority to regulate tobacco products, while also requiring that cigarette packages and advertisements have larger and more visible graphic health warnings.
Hamburg said that when the new rule is finalized, manufacturers will be required to devote half of the front and back panels of cigarette packages to the warnings, which are getting a significant update for the first time in 25 years.
For the first time, the warnings will include a statement reflecting the fact that tobacco products are addictive. Another warning -- one of nine new cautionary messages -- says that tobacco products can kill people.
Check Out New, Revamped Ask and Act Resources
The AAFP has updated and augmented its resources for Ask and Act, the Academy's tobacco cessation program.
According to Pam Rodriguez, AAFP's tobacco control manager, the new resources include Ask and Act wall posters, which are available in English and Spanish.
A guide(2 page PDF) that discusses the need to integrate tobacco cessation into electronic health records, or EHRs, has been updated to include "meaningful use" and payment information.
Other updated resources include:
The updates come just in time for the Great American Smokeout, which is scheduled for Nov. 18.
The Academy also has updated its program guide(www.tarwars.org) for Tar Wars, which includes new supplemental activities and a new letter for parents.
"Blunt" New Tobacco Warnings Spotlight Smoking's Dangers
Hamburg said the facts are being presented "directly and bluntly" to raise public awareness about the dangers of smoking, encourage adult smokers to quit and discourage youth from starting.
Tobacco use is the leading cause of premature and preventable death in the United States, according to HHS, accounting for more than 400,000 deaths each year. Thirty percent of all cancer deaths are related to tobacco.
Unlike the tiny warnings that currently reside on the side panels of cigarette packages, the new larger warnings will be accompanied by graphic images.
The grim photos released by HHS include one image of a dead body in a coffin and another showing a cadaver bearing a toe tag and lying on a morgue table. A third depicts an emaciated, deathly ill young woman lying in a hospital bed.
"Some of the images are very powerful," Hamburg said. "That is the point."
The public will have from Nov. 12 until Jan. 11 to comment on the 36 images the FDA has developed. HHS will select nine of those images for use, based in part on comments received, before issuing its final rule in June 2011.
Tobacco companies will have until September 2012 to begin using the warnings in their packaging and print advertisements. Marketers will be required to devote 20 percent of print advertisement space -- specifically, at the top of all ads -- to the warnings.
"We want to make sure people get the real message about smoking when they pick up a pack of cigarettes or see an advertisement for cigarettes," said Hamburg, who added that Canada, Australia and the European Union already have similar warning requirements.
The FDA has taken several steps since it was given authority to regulate the tobacco industry last year. The agency already has prohibited the use of the terms 'light," "low" and "mild" in cigarette marketing and packaging; banned cigarettes with fruit, candy, and spice flavors; and restricted the sale and marketing of tobacco products so that young people are less likely to be exposed to tobacco ads.
"It's been a very busy first year," Hamburg said.
FDA's Action One Piece of Comprehensive HHS Plan
The announcement of the proposed rule coincided with HHS' rollout of a broader strategic plan(www.hhs.gov) for tobacco control.
Assistant Secretary for Health Howard Koh, M.D., M.P.H., said during the news conference that the initiative has four pillars:
- improving public health by strengthening the implementation of evidence-based tobacco control interventions and policies in states and communities;
- changing social norms about tobacco use by engaging the public, including via a mass media campaign intended to prevent tobacco use initiation and to promote and facilitate cessation;
- leveraging HHS systems and resources to create a society free of tobacco-related disease and death, including through the enhancement of "health care provider incentives to promote tobacco cessation treatment efforts"; and
- expanding research and surveillance, including creation of an annual report on tobacco data showing progress toward the Healthy People 2020 objectives of reducing the number of adult smokers from 20 percent to 12 percent in the next 10 years.
Here is a brief look at some other recent tobacco control efforts:
- According to HHS, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act allows people in private and public health plans access to recommended preventive care, including tobacco cessation services, at no additional cost.
- The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or ARRA, allocated $225 million to support local, state and national programs to promote comprehensive tobacco control and expand tobacco quitlines.
- The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act raised the federal cigarette tax by 62 cents per pack. Koh said that for every 10 percent increase in the price of tobacco products, use decreases by 4 percent.
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Samsung 830 Capacity Range Roundup - Samsung Takes a Serious Turn on Performance
Introduction, Specifications, and Packaging
Samsung has been in the SSD business for a good long while now. My first "serious" SSD setup consisted of a pair of 32GB G.Skill 'FlashSSD's in a RAID. A few months later I upgraded to an Intel X25-M, starting working for PCPer, and have since seen a slew of different controller types come and go. Of those, Samsung and Intel both come to mind as the most reliable controllers out there. Of those two, Samsung has always been the primary choice of PC OEMs. It may have been because the Samsung controllers have always leaned towards the slow-but-steady approach. Other fire breathing controllers would be quick out of the gate but slow over time as fragmentation effects set in, while Samsung controllers would take the hit on random IOPS, but they maintained that lower level even after repeated and sustained abuse. They were not the fastest, but as a testament to their consistency, I continue to use one of the two aforementioned G.Skill drives in the PCPer Storage Testbed to this day.
Well we're a few generations into the game now and those other fire-breating controllers have grown much more mature and consistent on their performance, lapping even the more recent Samsung 470 Series units in testing. Now we have the 830 Series, launched late last year. With a new controller release, we decided to kill several birds with one stone, part of which involved reviewing not one, but three samples:
- Evaluate the new controller to the maximum extent possible.
- Evaluate performance gradients across multiple capacities.
- Conduct long term fragmentation / TRIM testing on those multiple capacities.
This took a *lot* of testing. Sure our normal test suite can make it through an SSD in an afternoon, true TRIM testing requires an OS install to each device, with large activity like application installs and the like performed with TRIM both enabled and disabled. The test to evaluate the effects requires writing across the full available area, which for most SSDs also happens to completely reset the SSD to a Fresh-out-of-box-yet-full condition. If anything goes wrong with the testing pass or the results, the entire process must be repeated start to finish.
Before we get into the specs, here's the simplified block diagram of the new Samsung controller:
I've requested further detail (and hopefully a more complex block diagram), but from the looks of it, each of the three ARM-based processor cores can simultaneously read and/or write to individual channels of flash memory. This is a unique approach, as it's basically three independent controllers all sharing the same set of flash memory. I can't imagine the complexities involved in three CPU's all fighting over various flash chips, but we'll see just how well this implementation behaves in our random IO testing later in this article. While the photo shows a possible 10 channels (0-9), the 830 Series can only physically accept 8 packages on the current PCB design.
- Up to 520MB/s Sequential Read Speed
- Up to 160MB/s Sequential Write Speed
- 75K IOPS Random Read Speed
- 16K IOPS Random Write Speed
- Up to 520MB/s Sequential Read Speed
- Up to 320MB/s Sequential Write Speed
- 80K IOPS Random Read Speed
- 30K IOPS Random Write Speed
- Up to 520MB/s Read Speed
- Up to 400MB/s Write Speed
- 80K IOPS Random Read Speed
- 30K IOPS Random Write Speed
- Up to 520MB/s Sequential Read Speed
- Up to 400MB/s Sequential Write Speed
- 80K IOPS Random Read Speed
- 36K IOPS Random Write Speed
The desktop edition packaging is pictured above. In the box is a 2.5" to 3.5" bracket, the Samsung Magician software (which allows a GUI for firmware updates and secure erasing), and a *full* edition of Norton Ghost. Samsung felt it important to include the fully featured Ghost, and I fully support this as it can come in handy for maintaining a backup regime and other drive cloning duties the user may have down the road. Under the bracket (not pictured) is a short SATA cable and molex to SATA power adapter cable. The Notebook upgrade kit (also not pictured) substitutes the desktop bracket and cabling for a USB to SATA dongle (for cloning) and a 2.5mm spacer bezel to mount the 7mm 830 Series into any laptop that might require a snug and standard 9.5mm fitting. Here's the pic from the Samsung site - sorry for it being tiny but you can pick out the bezel and dongle for the laptop kit:
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Thanks Al, I was stuck between this and the 520. I'll pretty much get which ever one I can for the least amount when I start my build.
Got one of the 256Gb 830's when they first came out last fall. Compared to the OCZ and Kingston HyperX SSDs I had before, I have not had one issue at all with the Samsung. Fast and reliable.
How does a Crucial M4 hold up against one of these Samsung 830? The reason I ask is I have a M4 NIB, should I return it for one of these 830's?
I would trade it for the 830. The M4 is no slouch, but the 830 reviews seem to have been quite positive, all across the board.
Has anyone here upgraded from an older SATA3 Intel or other SSD to one of these at SATA6 and noticed any difference in system responsiveness, boot-up, application load times, etc. Trying to determine if its a worthy upgrade to an older SSD.
The M4 is a disaster. Massive, unpublished and unacknowledged issues with driver compatibility (especially the vital Intel RST set) that prevent correct sleeping behavior and will keep your event logs full of red warnings.
I RMA'ed mine (I had a 120GB M4 going into my latest PC) and replaced it with a similarly sized Intel 320. Despite the slower interface, the Intel SSD is noticeably more responsive (probably due to the high I/O performance at low QD, and the excellent random read performance) and certainly less buggy.
Sleep works now!
Interesting, I never heard a single complaint about the M4's, and I've sold plenty of them (less so since the 830s were released). To get nit-picky, there isn't a 120GB version of the M4. I think you mean 128GB.
Great review! I love the 830s, and I sell a ton of them. I'd like to see some head to head numbers vs the OCZ Agility and Vertex 3's. Most customers are interested in the OCZ drives because the price is better and the advertised read/write speeds are sexier. To throw in the M4's would be great, given that the prices of the Crucial drives are close to Samsung's prices.
i paid 130 for my m4 128gb. is the price difference worth it for an 830?
Allyn- can you maybe explain the IOMeter results a bit more? I'm a little confused how your results show the 830 outperforming the Intel 520 by such a large margin, when other review sites, for example let's say one that does 'storage review(s)', shows a different story- with the 830 actually lagging a bit in IOPS.
Allyn- can you maybe explain the IOMeter results a bit more? I'm a little confused how your results show the 830 outperforming the Intel 520 by such a large margin, when other review sites, for example let's say one that does 'storage review(s)', shows a different story- with the 830 actually lagging a bit in IOPS.
Are these normal speeds for samsung 128gb 830 as a system drive in win7? (seq write @200)
great test, can you give me the 64 version please :)
The 128Gb is now down to £80 at a number of outlets - the price of these is now making conventional disks a bit pointless unless less you have major amounts of data.
WHERE IS THE PCPER LOGO HERE!!! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147163 and thanks al i made my ssd decision
WHERE IS THE PCPER LOGO HERE!!! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147163 and thanks al i made my ssd decision


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Best shots from 1987 International Open: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coUnfQb1xBc
Alex Higgins' trickshot routine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18K5mSKBZbM&t=19s
Maybe one of the worst trickshot routines ever
which is okey, imo.
Ronni has elbow drop and S Lee had also elbow drop ( with some shots ) . But it always happens after striking the CB .
Alex had also some body movements . I do'nt think anyone would consider his cue action as a text-book cue action .
But as far as i can see , it happened after striking the CB . ( He also was a very talented player ) .
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Case Studies (2)
Sustainable Home Renovation - Templestowe Lower (Melbourne) - Part 1
This case study is about a Sustainable renovation of a Melbourne eastern suburbs 1960s Brick Veneer 3 Bedroom home.
To provide more of an insight into the home, this case study has been split into a number of parts, starting from when the home was built and what changes have occurred over the years.
Part 1 - The Original Built House - late 1960's
Part 2 - The 1970's changes
Part 3 - The current owners - 2007 purchase
Part 4 - Renovate or Detonate
The photo shown is the front yard which is facing almost due north and was one of the main requirements when the owner was looking for a new home. With this home, the main living rooms are all facing north, with the bedrooms located along the western wall. It is not known when the front yard was changed from it's original design to the one shown here when the house was purchased in 2007.
The bonus with the location of this home is that it is on top of the hill so the backyard on fine days is sunny without much shading all year round. Additionally there is no over shadowing by neighbouring properties to the East, West and South.
THE ORIGINAL BUILT HOUSE - Late 1960's
Below are the original plans of the home. Like most houses of that era, there was little or no insulation other than some foil under the corrugated iron roof. We entered the plan into the energy rating software to determine what the homes energy rating would be newly built in the 1960s. Luckily, the original plans, and future renovation plans all came with the house.
THERMAL RATING (Energy Rating): 0.9 Stars
|Roof: No
|Walls: No
|Floor: No
|Reflective Roof Space: Yes
|(ie Foil under roof iron facing roof space)
|Wall Foil: No
|Single Glazed 3mm Glass
|Draught Sealing
|Wall Vents: Yes
|Chimney: Unsealed
|Doors weathersealed: No
|Windows weatherseals: No
|Exhaust Fans
|Bathroom: Unsealed
|Floor Coverings
|Bathroom / Shower / Toilet / Laundry: Tiles
|Kitchen: Vinyl
|External Walls: Brick (brick veneer)
Original plan section drawings
The original home had a west facing front door onto a patio which was the roof of a single garage underneath. A metal garage was placed in the backyard 1 metre off the West Boundary and it appears there was a side driveway to this garage or a side walkway entrance. At some stage, the single garage under the patio was extended to the West boundary to become a double garage with a large patio deck. Steps from the patio were on the North East side of the patio.
It is assumed the backyard was a grassed area with some vegetation. The East side of the backyard from the Kitchen to the south yard had a concrete pathway to a clothes line - presumably a hills hoist. The front yard was brick terraced with a concrete pathway running off the East side boundary along the side of the house to the backyard but also meeting up with the steps to the patio at the front of the house. Grassed areas with vegetation around appears to be the front yard landscaping.
Like most brick veneers, the house consisted of a single brick wall, cavity, then timber hard wood frames with no wall foil. Floors were Tassie Oak hardwood, glass was timber framed single glazed 3mm glass (not safety), and roof was effectively a flat tin roof with silver foil underneath. Eaves were typical size - around 450mm - and made from asbestos sheeting. The chimney was most likely the main heating source. For whatever reason, electricity from the street was attached to the front of the north east section of the house with cable heading to the meter on the east side then all the way across to the fuse box on the West side of the house close to where the hot water system (current) is located. Not a convenient place to change fuses.
The orientation and design of the home wasn't too bad given that the lounge and dining room were located on the north side and the bedrooms and bathrooms mostly located to the south. However, the lounge also faced west with the majority of lounge/dining room windows facing this direction which would lead to overheating.
Sustainable Home Renovation: Part 2 - The 1970s changes
Part 1 - The Original Built House - late 1960's
Part 2 - The 1970's changes
Part 3 - The current owners - 2007 purchase
Part 4 - Renovate or Detonate
The 1970's was a decade of change for the home.
In 1971, an extension was added to the back of the house by the original owners. The plans were signed off in August of 1971 by the Building surveyor at the council and it's assumed the extension would have been finished in the same year or early 1972. The new extension added a 4th Bedroom and a rumpus room to the southern end of the home. After only a couple of years, the home was either impractical, or needed to be larger to accommodate a growing family.
The original home was built by a building company, but according to current neighbours, the owner did the renovation at the back of the house themselves. During the major renovations in 2008, it was clear that the renovation was built by an unqualified carpenter. The amount of nails joining each piece of timber far exceeded what was required. The floor was also only 300mm at the most from the ground, less to the floor joists and bearers unlike the original house which had 600mm in the tightest spot.
Somewhere between 1972 and 1978, the home was sold to the homes second owners. in 1978 they added the pergola at the front of the house facing west (see photo above). This sat on top of the double garage below. Made out of treated pine, the roof was made of 50x50mm square battens running east west with a gap of 50mm. This structure would have helped reduce the impact of the westerly sun hitting the large glass area of the westerly living room wall. The vegetation on the neighbouring property was only young so provided no shade. The photo above taken in 2007 of the house would look no different to 1978 (other than the front garden).
An extension was also added on to the existing kitchen at some stage after 1978 but it is unknown when. This extension was a dining room and was constructed over the concrete landing and steps which one would have stepped out on when exiting from the laundry or the kitchen. The laundry became a fully internal room. It is known that a path led from the steps from the kitchen and laundry landing in 2 directions - one to the side of the house leading to the front of the house and one leading to a hills hoist (presumably) clothes line and then to the main backyard itself. This dining room extension had a large aluminium sliding door and aluminium window facing east - the only aluminium framed windows/doors in teh house. Perhaps this was an 80's extension.
After these renovations the house still only rated as 0.9 stars.
How was the house cooled and heated in the 1970's. We are unsure as to what cooling appliances may or may not have been in place, but heating appears to be predominantly by the fireplace in the lounge room.
At some stage (presumably) in the 1980s, the home had ducted gas heating installed, and 2 box air-conditioners (very inefficient) were located, one in the north wall next to the chimney (see photo above), and one in the south wall of the rumpus room.
What was located in the backyard during the 1970s/1980s?
We have no idea but could assume based on other similar homes of the late 60s, that there was a grassed area most likely fringed by bordered garden using concrete edges. There was a tin single garage on the south west side of the home when the current owners moved in, in 2007. This was partioned into 2 rooms, one a laundry and storage room, and the toher the pool filter and equipment. Yes, this place has a pool, and it appears according to the pool drawings to have been built in the 1980s. There are a number of pools which are almost identical in shape but identical in build in the surrounding areas, and one "pool guy" who has worked in the area for 20 years said it was a Grollo built pool. Grollos started small and look at them today - they build skyscrapers.
This pool has taken up the majority of the back yard - no more grass or any area for kids to play football - its all water sports or nothing. The pool is a large concrete pool with painted blue surface, and a pebblemix finish to the coping surrounding the pool (no tiles anywhere). Around 9 metres x 4.5metres with a 1.5m x 1.5m section at one end with steps leading into the pool. Depth average around 2'6" to appox 5'8". It appears that the earth removed from excavating for the pool was placed in the front yard as well as in the East area of the home where the dining room looked out. Removing earth from this area for the 2008 renovations found the original foot path and locatoin of the clothes line. At least the owners saved on Earth removal.
Oh, and one more thing was added to the backyard - a palm tree - only small. (Look at the photo - you can see it in the backyard south west corner and in 2012 stands around 12-15metres in height.)


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