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NEWARK � The touching close of �Grandma� Nadine Brill�s heartwarming talk at the weekly Rotary Club meeting Oct. 17 brought the room full of Newark Rotarians, and their guests in the Quality Inn dining room, to their feet with an equally heartwarming round of applause.
How could they not after just hearing the 84-year-old guest speaker conclude with a stellar quote after a delightful time of her sharing recollections and humorous anecdotes about the volunteer work of she and some others for more than five years in Grandma�s Room at Kelley School?
�I always say I could be home in my rocking chair and die a little every day or go to school and live a whole lot,�� she said tearfully. �There are no bad kids. Just kids learning about life and trying to grow up.��
Since the inception of Grandma�s Room, Brill has spearheaded the amazingly generous and giving volunteer effort, of she, her husband, �Grandpa� Keith Brill; and a few other selfless individuals who currently include: �Grandma� Kay Groover, �Nana� Joan Harris, �Aunt� Linda Donaldson,�Grandma� Pat Schwab; �Grandpa� Bob Goodman; and �Grandma� Dolly Velte.
Three days each week, �Grandma� Nadine and �Grandpa� Keith � and depending on the day, a combination of two or more of the other volunteers _ faithfully make �Grandma�s Room� a wonderful place for many Kelley School children.
Nadine Brill, who retired in 2003 after 25 years as executive director of the Wayne County chapter of the American Red Cross, and who has and is still is involved in other charitable causes in the community and region, graciously signed on to be the �Linking Hearts and Hands� coordinator at Kelley School during the 2007-08 school year when Kelley School expanded its outreach to senior citizens.
A year later, with former Superintendent Henry Hann�s permission and Kelley School Principal Chris Mizro�s help, �Grandma�s Room� was born, giving caring retirees an opportunity at Kelley School to make a difference in the lives of students there.
And that they have done.
�Grandma�s Room� which began its sixth year in September, has made a very important difference in the lives of many, many children since it opened in 2008-09.
It has provided a highly-nurturing environment for children in a classroom furnished and decorated to give it a cozy, home-like feel with lots of donated items like a chestnut dining room table, a couch, a stove and refrigerator, a piano, a rocking chair, doilies, a braided rug, end tables, lamps, plants, games, toys, children's books and more.
�Grandma� Nadine told Rotarians that good manners, respect, responsibility and sharing are reinforced in �Grandma�s Room� as children participate in lots of thought-provoking and fun activities including playing games, putting together jigsaw puzzles, arts and crafts, reading and more � all with the intent of boosting classroom skills.
�We are there to help the teachers in their very important work,�� she said.
The room is open to children from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Thursdays, �Grandma� Nadine explained, noting, however, that kids will often stop by at the beginning or the end of the day to just say �Hi,� show the volunteers their new sneakers or share something important that is happening in their lives.
Sadly, she also noted, that for some of the children, �Grandma�s Room� volunteers may fulfill a very important role that may be going unmet outside of school.
�There are some kids who have home lives we would not call normal,�� she said quietly. �They have no one to read to them or encourage them. I could write books on some of the things we have heard over the years. Some that make me smile and laugh and some, that make me cry.��
In addition to her work in the school, Brill often makes cookies at home to take to school to give to students who frequent the room, not just for extra help, but also to eat their lunch there if they have met their classroom goals. The other volunteers often bring in goodies for the children as well. Every student who comes in the room is also given a Jolly Rancher hard candy before they leave. The Brills often travel to BJ�s in Geneva on weekends in order to replenish the stash for the room.
The reach of �Grandma�s Room� extends far beyond the classroom, with the Brills � reporting they generally cannot make a quick shopping trip to Wegmans or Walmart. There, they often see Kelley students who visit the room, or Newark Middle School or Newark High School students who used to come there. The students generally want their parents or others to meet �Grandma� and �Grandpa� and conversation ensues.
Other �Grandma�s Room� volunteers are experiencing the same.
�Nothing warms our hearts as much as to be in Wegmans or Walmart and hear, �Grandma, Grandpa, I love you,�� �Grandma� Nadine told Rotarians. �We have developed a trust with our kids. And we have seen so many positive changes in some of the kids we�ve been privileged to work with over the last few years.
�Grades 3-5 students at Kelley are at a delightful age, she continued. �They want to learn. They are inquisitive and eager to please and share with us. They are fun to be with and bring back memories of our childhoods.�
At the beginning of her talk, she urged Rotarians to think back and remember special times they spent with grandparents, aunts and uncles or other older people like neighbors.
�Grandma� Nadine explained that�s what children who come to �Grandma�s Room,� who may not have grandparents or aunts and uncles close by, are experiencing on a daily basis.
But she also was quick to note that she believes the benefits the volunteers receive from interacting with the young are equally rewarding.
�We are so blessed to be able to do what we do with and for the children,�� she said, urging Rotarians to visit the room when time permits to see for themselves.
Superintendent Matt Cook, who attended the Rotary luncheon and who has previously worked with Brill in various ways in her capacity as Red Cross director, hugged and thanked the Brills after the luncheon for their extraordinary work in �Grandma�s Room.��
�We couldn�t have someone who has earned more respect in our community and region because of her years of service in helping others than Nadine Brill spearheading this wonderful outreach to children,� he said. �She, along with some other remarkable volunteers over the last five years have touched young lives in a significant way at Kelley School. We are very grateful for their selfless work on behalf of so many children and that this special place called �Grandma�s Room� is providing both young and old memories they�ll always cherish.��
Kelley School Principal Teresa Prinzi, who was unable to attend the Rotary meeting, wholeheartedly agrees with Cook.
�Words are not adequate to express our thanks to this wonderfully caring group of �Grandma�s Room� volunteers for the important difference they are making in our school. They make Kelley students feel extra special and we could never tell them enough how extra special they are to all of us,�� she said.
Grandma's Room' head gives touching speech to Rotary
NEWARK � The touching close of �Grandma� Nadine Brill�s heartwarming talk at the weekly Rotary Club meeting Oct. 17 brought the room full of Newark Rotarians, and their guests in the Quality Inn dining room, to their feet with an equally heartwarming round of applause.


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Have you ever had problems dealing with multiple languages on your
Ever thought of sending a Chinese(Simplified & Traditional), Japanese,
Korean, Tamil, Jawi, Thai, Vietnamese, French, German, Greek, Cyrillic,
Italian, Spanish, etc... e-mail to your friends? (the list can go on and on.
You just name the language you need, and we will add it). Have you ever tried
to create text, article or documents in these languages?
With MASS 2.3...... Now U Can! :-)
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Multilingual Application Support Service (Version 2.3)
Multilingual Application Support Service, Version 2.3 (MASS 2.3), developed
at Institute of Systems Science, National University of Singapore,
provides a multilingual environment support for the end users as well as
the application developers. The main component of this environment is a
multilingual input server, MINE an acronym for 'Multilingual Input for Novice
and Expert users'. The MINE server facilitates character input in several
natural lnguages. Another component of MASS is a primitive multilingual
text editor called mledit. The combination of the MINE server and mledit is
sufficient to allow the end user to create simple multilingual text documents.
A third component is UXTERM, a X terminal emulator which can support Unicode
and many other code standards.
The following are the three components and their functinality in a glance.
1. MINE (Multilingual Input for Novice and Expert users)
- For input of multiple languages.
2. MLEDIT (Multilingual Editor)
- For creating/editing of multilingual text;
- For converting one code standard to another;
- For translating Simplified Chinese to Traditional Chinese, and vice versa;
- For converting Pinyin/Zhuyin/Wade Giles phonetic systems for Chinese;
- ... and much more.
3. UXTERM (Unicode, i.e. Multilingual Xterm)
- For running program (without GUI) that requires multiple languages;
- For creating/editing of multilingual text;
- ... and much more.
For more information, please refer to the WWW page:
MASS WWW Page (Ascii/GB/Big5):
Good News
We are pleased to release a demo copy of one of the MASS components - the
Unicode xterm called "uxterm". You can have a feel on seeing multiple languages
in a single documents. For example, with Unicode, you can view both Simplified
Chinese and Traditional Chinese at the same documents.
You can retrieve the demo copy from the following site. For more information,
please read until the end of this email.
anonymous ftp site: ftp.iss.nus.sg
directory: /pub/iss/projects/uxterm
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(C) Copyright 1994 Institute of Systems Science. All Rights Reserved.
ISS disclaims all warranties with regard to this software, including all
implied warranties of merchantability and fitness. In no event shall ISS
be liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages or any
damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether
in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising
out of or in connection with the use or performance of this software.
Permission to use, copy and distribute this software for any purpose
other than its commercial exploitation is hereby granted without fee,
provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
supporting documentation, and that the name of ISS not be used in
advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software
without specific, written prior permission.
Unicode XTERM (Version 2.3)
Demo Copy
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UXTERM is an extension of the X11 terminal emulation program called
xterm. Its main functional extension is the additional support for
Unicode and many other code standards and coding schemes. In
particular, it can be used for:
- running program (without GUI) that requires multiple languages;
- creating/editing of multilingual text;
- ... and much more.
Different coding schemes may be selected by CTRL-MOUSE_BUTTON_3. The
coding schemes supported directly by UXTERM include:
UTF-8, UTF-7, GB, HZ, Big5, CNS, EUC-JIS, Shift-JIS, KSC,
ISO-2022, ISO-8859, TIS, EACC, CCCII, etc.
To perform copy-and-paste with another localized applications, you
have to select the right coding scheme first. For instance, to copy
to/from a simplified cxterm, you need to set the coding scheme in
UXTERM to GB.
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UXTERM is a component of a complete system called the Multilingual
Application Support Service (MASS). The entire system is currently
supported the following Unix platforms with X Window System (X11
Release 4 or 5) support:
Platform OS File name
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1. IBM POWERstations AIX 3.2.x uxterm.aix3.2.5
2. Sun SPARCstation SunOS 4.1.x uxterm.SunOS4.1.3
3. Sun SPARCstation Solaris 2.x uxterm.solaris2.3
4. HP 9000 Series 700 HP-UX 9.x uxterm.hp9.0.3
5. NEC EWS EWS SVR4.2 uxterm.nec4.2
MASS is planned to be ported to the Microsoft Windows, Linux and DEC OSF1.
To input multilingual text to UXTERM, please use MINE input server of
the MASS system. For more information, please refer to the WWW page:
MASS WWW Page (Ascii/GB/Big5):
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Installing UXTERM 2.3 Demo Copy
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Follow the steps listed below to install UXTERM 2.3.
anonymous ftp site: ftp.iss.nus.sg
directory: /pub/iss/projects/uxterm
0. Decide which version you want. There are:
a. uxterm.SunOS4.1.3 for Sun OS 4.1.3
b. uxterm.aix3.2.5 for AIX 3.2.5
c. uxterm.hp9.0.3 for HP-UX 9.0.3
d. uxterm.solaris2.3 for Solaris 2.3
For each file, we have compressed to both .Z and .gz. You need to retrieve
only one version. If you have gunzip on your machine, we recommend you to
retrieve .gz version because they are smaller.
For example,
if you want to run uxterm on Solaris 2.3, retrieve the following files:
% ftp to ftp.iss.nus.sg
% Connected to holodeck.iss.nus.sg.
220 holodeck FTP server (Version wu-2.4(1) Mon Apr 18 10:17:46 GMT+0800 1994)
Name (ftp.iss.nus.sg:mass): anonymous <ret>
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password: (you have to type your email address)
ftp> cd /pub/iss/projects/uxterm
ftp> bin
ftp> prompt
ftp> mget UTerm cc.all.Z readme.* uni24.bdf.Z uxterm.solaris2.3.Z
[Note: UTerm cc.all.Z readme.* uni24.bdf.Z are data files you need to
download, for all version of uxterm.]
1. Copy the executable to a directory in your path, e.g.:
mv uxterm.solaris2.3 /opt1/bin/uxterm
2. Copy cc.all to some data directory and set the environment variable
CCDIR to point to it, e.g.:
mv cc.all /opt1
setenv CCDIR /opt1
3. Install a public Unicode font and set the font path by "xset +fp".
Please see the readme.READNEWS file for more information of the public
domain Unicode font.
In the ftp.iss.nus.sg:/pub/iss/projects/uxterm, you can find uni24.bdf.
Compile this bdf font file to pcf format.
4. Copy the X application default file of uxterm named "UTerm" to the directory
pointed by the environment variable XAPPLRESDIR.
The first line in UTerm specify the Unicode fontname, which if you use
the Uniocde font uni24.bdf, is uni24.
5. Run (make sure that "uxterm" is in your path):
uxterm &
6. Make sure that your terminal setting is 8-bit clean by executing:
stty -istrip cs8
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For further information, please send email to:
or contact:
Dr. Teow-Hin Ngair
Institute of Systems Science
National University of Singapore
Kent Ridge, S(0511)
Republic of Singapore
Telephone: (65) 772-6668
Fax: (65) 774-4998
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MASS is a product of the Institute of Systems Science, NUS, Singapore.
SPARCstation and SunOS are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
X Window System is a trademark of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Microsoft Windows is a trademark of the Microsoft Corporation.
All other products are the property of their respective owners.
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Oct. 9, 2004
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - While the 2004 NEWMAC Championship has been shaping up as a repeat of last year's final, the Babson Beavers ensured control of its own destiny by knocking off MIT, 1-0, at Steinbrenner Stadium on Saturday. Derek Losi scored the unassisted game-winner in the 71st minute, after ending up with possession just two yards off the goal line during a wild scramble in the box.
MIT (5-2-1, 2-1-0) dominated possession in the first half by beating Babson (9-3-1, 3-0-0) to practically every loose ball. The Engineers muscled seven shots during the opening half, while holding the Beavers to just one shot on goal. In the second half, Babson evened the tilt with a much more aggressive attack.
During the first part of the second half, most of the play remained in the middle of the pitch. Neither team was generating a credible scoring opportunity, although both teams were playing for the deep ball. In the 67th minute, the Engineers delivered their best scoring chance of the afternoon when sophomore Alex Morgan fired a rocket just outside the box. Babson goalkeeper Chris Necklas responded with the best save of the day by diving from left to right and intercepting the would-be finish in mid-air.
The big save seemed to spark the entire Babson contingent, which quietly began to assert control of the game. In the 70th minute, the Beavers had a three-on-one breakaway opportunity that just missed resulting in a goal. Just over a minute later, a scramble deep in Tech's box resulted in the first and only score of the contest.
Chris Necklas made seven saves en route to his fourth straight shutout on the campaign. Morgan Mills stopped five shots for the Engineers, who suffered their first home loss this season. MIT outshot Babson, 12-8, for the game.


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New Gophers basketball coach Richard Pitino will get his first big upset opportunity in the Maui Invitational opener Nov. 25 against Syracuse — a Final Four team last season.
The Orange, who are the top team in the Maui bracket released Wednesday, are ranked in preseason top 10s by two ESPN.com reporters.
If the University of Minnesota advances, it would play Nov. 26 against the California vs. Arkansas winner.
On the other side of the bracket, Gonzaga will play Dayton and host Chaminade will face Baylor in opening-round games.
The Gophers will play Syracuse for the second time in school history. They won 82-75 in the Sweet Sixteen in 1990.
The Orange lost guard Michael Carter-Williams, who was the 11th pick in this year's NBA draft. But they still have forward C.J. Fair, who led the team with 14.4 points and 7.1 rebounds in 2012-13.
Gonzaga is another strong entrant at Maui, coming off a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament but a third-round elimination. A potential sleeper is Baylor, which won the NIT championship.
Technically part of the Maui Invitational, the Gophers will play Coastal Carolina on Nov. 19 at Williams Arena.
Last season in a preseason tournament, Minnesota lost to Duke in the opening round of the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas in November, but beat Memphis and Stanford.


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Leaning Tower of Pisa
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The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italian: Torre pendente di Pisa) or simply the Tower of Pisa (Torre di Pisa [ˈtorre di ˈpiːza]) is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa, known worldwide for its unintended tilt.
It is situated behind the Cathedral and is the third oldest structure in Pisa's Cathedral Square (Piazza del Duomo) after the Cathedral and the Baptistery. The tower's tilt began during construction, caused by an inadequate foundation on ground too soft on one side to properly support the structure's weight. The tilt increased in the decades before the structure was completed, and gradually increased until the structure was stabilized (and the tilt partially corrected) by efforts in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
The height of the tower is 55.86 metres (183.27 feet) from the ground on the low side and 56.67 metres (185.93 feet) on the high side. The width of the walls at the base is 2.44 m (8 ft 0.06 in). Its weight is estimated at 14,500 metric tons (16,000 short tons).[1] The tower has 296 or 294 steps; the seventh floor has two fewer steps on the north-facing staircase. Prior to restoration work performed between 1990 and 2001, the tower leaned at an angle of 5.5 degrees,[2][3][4] but the tower now leans at about 3.99 degrees.[5] This means that the top of the tower is displaced horizontally 3.9 metres (12 ft 10 in) from the centre.[6]
There has been controversy about the real identity of the architect of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. For many years, the design was attributed to Guglielmo and Bonanno Pisano,[7] a well-known 12th-century resident artist of Pisa, famous for his bronze casting, particularly in the Pisa Duomo. Bonanno Pisano left Pisa in 1185 for Monreale, Sicily, only to come back and die in his home town. A piece of cast with his name was discovered at the foot of the tower in 1820, but this may be related to the bronze door in the façade of the cathedral that was destroyed in 1595. However, recent studies[8] seem to indicate Diotisalvi as the original architect due to the time of construction and affinity with other Diotisalvi works, notably the bell tower of San Nicola and the Baptistery, both in Pisa. However, he usually signed his works and there is no signature by him in the bell tower which leads to further speculation.[citation needed]
Construction of the tower occurred in three stages across 199 years. Work on the ground floor of the white marble campanile began on August 14, 1173, during a period of military success and prosperity. This ground floor is a blind arcade articulated by engaged columns with classical Corinthian capitals.[citation needed]
The tower began to sink after construction had progressed to the second floor in 1178. This was due to a mere three-metre foundation, set in weak, unstable subsoil, a design that was flawed from the beginning. Construction was subsequently halted for almost a century, because the Republic of Pisa was almost continually engaged in battles with Genoa, Lucca, and Florence. This allowed time for the underlying soil to settle. Otherwise, the tower would almost certainly have toppled.[citation needed] In 1198 clocks were temporarily installed on the third floor of the unfinished construction.[citation needed]
In 1272 construction resumed under Giovanni di Simone, architect of the Camposanto. In an effort to compensate for the tilt, the engineers built upper floors with one side taller than the other. Because of this, the tower is actually curved.[9] Construction was halted again in 1284, when the Pisans were defeated by the Genoans in the Battle of Meloria.[citation needed]
The seventh floor was completed in 1319. The bell-chamber was finally added in 1372. It was built by Tommaso di Andrea Pisano, who succeeded in harmonizing the Gothic elements of the bell-chamber with the Romanesque style of the tower.[10] There are seven bells, one for each note of the musical major scale. The largest one was installed in 1655.[citation needed]
After a phase (1990–2001) of structural strengthening,[11] the tower is currently undergoing gradual surface restoration, in order to repair visible damage, mostly corrosion and blackening. These are particularly pronounced due to the tower's age and its exposure to wind and rain.[12]
- On January 5, 1172, Donna Berta di Bernardo, a widow and resident of the house of dell'Opera di Santa Maria, bequeathed sixty soldi to the Opera Campanilis petrarum Sancte Marie. The sum was then used toward the purchase of a few stones which still form the base of the bell tower.[13]
- On August 9, 1173, the foundations of the Tower were laid.
- Nearly four centuries later Giorgio Vasari wrote: "Guglielmo, according to what is being said, in [this] year 1174 with Bonanno as sculptor, laid the foundations of the bell tower of the cathedral in Pisa."
- On December 27, 1233, the worker Benenato, son of Gerardo Bottici, oversaw the continuation of the construction of the bell tower.[14]
- On February 23, 1260, Guido Speziale, son of Giovanni, a worker on the cathedral Santa Maria Maggiore, was elected to oversee the building of the Tower.[15]
- On April 12, 1264, the master builder Giovanni di Simone and 23 workers went to the mountains close to Pisa to cut marble. The cut stones were given to Rainaldo Speziale, worker of St. Francesco.[16]
- Giorgio Vasari indicates that Tommaso di Andrea Pisano was the designer of the belfry[17] between 1360 and 1370.
- One possible builder is Gerardo di Gerardo. His name appears as a witness to the above legacy of Berta di Bernardo as "Master Gerardo", and as a worker whose name was Gerardo.[citation needed]
- A more probable builder is Diotisalvi, because of the construction period and the structure's affinities with other buildings in Pisa, but he usually signed his works, and there is no signature by him in the bell tower.[citation needed]
- Giovanni di Simone was heavily involved in the completion of the tower, under the direction of Giovanni Pisano, who at the time was master builder of the Opera di Santa Maria Maggiore. He could be the same Giovanni Pisano who completed the belfry tower.[citation needed]
History following construction
Galileo Galilei is said to have dropped two cannonballs of different masses from the tower to demonstrate that their speed of descent was independent of their mass. However, this is considered an apocryphal tale, its only source being Galileo's secretary.[18]
During World War II, the Allies discovered that the Germans were using the tower as an observation post. A U.S. Army sergeant sent to confirm the presence of German troops in the tower was impressed by the beauty of the cathedral and its campanile, and thus refrained from ordering an artillery strike, sparing it from destruction.[19][20]
Numerous efforts have been made to restore the tower to a vertical orientation or at least keep it from falling over. Most of these efforts failed; some worsened the tilt. On February 27, 1964, the government of Italy requested aid in preventing the tower from toppling. It was, however, considered important to retain the current tilt, due to the role that this element played in promoting the tourism industry of Pisa.[21]
A multinational task force of engineers, mathematicians, and historians gathered on the Azores islands to discuss stabilisation methods. It was found that the tilt was increasing in combination with the softer foundations on the lower side. Many methods were proposed to stabilise the tower, including the addition of 800 tonnes of lead counterweights to the raised end of the base.[22]
In 1987 the tower was included in the Piazza del Duomo UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the neighbouring cathedral, baptistery and cemetery.[citation needed]
On January 7, 1990, after over two decades of stabilisation studies, and spurred by the abrupt collapse of the Civic Tower of Pavia in 1989, the tower was closed to the public. The bells were removed to relieve some weight, and cables were cinched around the third level and anchored several hundred meters away. Apartments and houses in the path of the tower were vacated for safety. The final solution to prevent the collapse of the tower was to slightly straighten the tower to a safer angle, by removing 38 cubic metres (1,342 cubic feet) of soil from underneath the raised end. The tower was straightened by 45 centimetres (17.7 inches), returning to its 1838 position. After a decade of corrective reconstruction and stabilization efforts, the tower was reopened to the public on December 15, 2001, and was declared stable for at least another 300 years.[22]
In May 2008, after the removal of another 70 metric tons (77 short tons) of ground, engineers announced that the Tower had been stabilized such that it had stopped moving for the first time in its history. They stated it would be stable for at least 200 years.[23]
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Two German churches have challenged the tower's status as the world's most lop-sided building: the 15th-century square Leaning Tower of Suurhusen and the 14th-century bell tower in the town of Bad Frankenhausen.[24] Guinness World Records measured the Pisa and Suurhusen towers, finding the former's tilt to be 3.97 degrees.[25] In June 2010, Guinness World Records certified the Capital Gate building in Abu Dhabi, UAE as the "World's Furthest Leaning Man-made Tower".[26] The Capital Gate tower has an 18-degree slope, almost five times more than the Pisa Tower; however the Capital Gate tower has been deliberately engineered to slant. The Leaning Tower of Wanaka in New Zealand, also deliberately built, leans at 53 degrees to the ground.[27]
Technical information
- Elevation of Piazza del Duomo: about 2 metres (6 feet, DMS)
- Height from the ground floor: 55.863 metres (183 ft 3 in), 8 stories
- Height from the foundation floor: 58.36 m (191 ft 5.64 in)
- Outer diameter of base: 15.484 metres (50 ft 9.6 in)
- Inner diameter of base: 7.368 metres (24 ft 2.1 in)
- Angle of slant: 3.97 degrees[25] or 3.9 metres (12 ft 10 in) from the vertical[28]
- Weight: 14,700 metric tons (16,200 short tons)
- Thickness of walls at the base: 2.44 metres (8 ft 0 in)
- Total number of bells: 7, tuned to musical scale, clockwise
- 1st bell: L'Assunta, cast in 1654 by Giovanni Pietro Orlandi, weight 3,620 kg (7,981 lb)
- 2nd bell: Il Crocifisso, cast in 1572 by Vincenzo Possenti, weight 2,462 kg (5,428 lb)
- 3rd bell: San Ranieri, cast in 1719–1721 by Giovanni Andrea Moreni, weight 1,448 kg (3,192 lb)
- 4th bell: La Terza (1st small one), cast in 1473, weight 300 kg (661 lb)
- 5th bell: La Pasquereccia or La Giustizia, cast in 1262 by Lotteringo, weight 1,014 kg (2,235 lb)
- 6th bell: Il Vespruccio (2nd small one), cast in the 14th century and again in 1501 by Nicola di Jacopo, weight 1,000 kg (2,205 lb)
- 7th bell: Dal Pozzo, cast in 1606 and again in 2004, weight 652 kg (1,437 lb)[29]
- Number of steps to the top: 296[30]
About the 5th bell: The name Pasquareccia comes from Easter, because it used to ring on Easter day. However, this bell is older than the bell-chamber itself, and comes from the tower Vergata in Palazzo Pretorio in Pisa, where it was called La Giustizia (The Justice). The bell was tolled to announce executions of criminals and traitors, including Count Ugolino in 1289.[31] A new bell was installed in the bell tower at the end of the 18th century to replace the broken Pasquareccia.
Plaque in memory of Galileo Galilei's experiments
External loggia
See also
- List of leaning towers
- Round tower, for other types of round towers
- Leaning Tower of Niles, a replica of the Tower of Pisa
- Torre delle Milizie, a tilting medieval tower in Rome
- Machang, Kelantan — home to another leaning tower
- Leaning Temple of Huma — Only leaning temple in the World
- The Greyfriars Tower — the remains of a Franciscan monastery in King's Lynn. It is also leaning and is consequently nicknamed "The Leaning Tower of Lynn" in reference to the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
- Tour de Pise, a rock dome in Antarctica, was named after this tower
- ↑ "Leaning Tower of Pisa Facts". Leaning Tower of Pisa. Retrieved 5 October 2013.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "EUROPE | Saving the Leaning Tower". BBC News. December 15, 2001. Retrieved May 9, 2009.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Tower of Pisa". Archidose.org. June 17, 2001. Retrieved May 9, 2009.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Leaning Tower of Pisa (tower, Pisa, Italy) – Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Britannica.com. Retrieved May 9, 2009.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "E la Torre di Pisa non oscilla più". Scienze.TV. May 28, 2008. Retrieved May 9, 2009.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ tan(3.98 degrees) * (55.86 m + 56.70 m)/2 = 4.4 m
- ↑ Controversy about the identity of the architect
- ↑ Pierotti, Piero. (2001). Deotisalvi – L'architetto pisano del secolo d'oro. Pisa: Pacini Editore
- ↑ McLain, Bill (1999). Do Fish Drink Water?. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc. pp. 291–292. ISBN 0-688-16512-5.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ G. Barsali (1999), Pisa. History and masterpieces, Bonechi, p. 18, ISBN 8872041880<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ A profile of an engineer employed to straighten the tower Ingenia, March 2005
- ↑ Restoration work is mentioned at the official website of the square
- ↑ Capitular Record Offices of Pisa, parchment n. 248
- ↑ Public Record Offices of Pisa, Opera della Primaziale, December 27, 1234
- ↑ Public Record Offices of Pisa, Opera della Primaziale, February 23, 1260
- ↑ Public Record Offices of Pisa, Roncioni, April 12, 1265.
- ↑ Giorgio Vasari, Jean Paul Richter (1855), Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, H. G. Bohn, p. 153<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Sci Tech : Science history: setting the record straight". The Hindu. June 30, 2005. Retrieved May 5, 2009.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Shrady, Nicholas (2003): Tilt: a skewed history of the Tower of Pisa
- ↑ "Why I spared the Leaning Tower of Pisa". The Guardian. January 12, 2000. Retrieved July 19, 2012.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Securing the Lean In Tower of Pisa". The New York Times. November 1, 1987.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Tipping the Balance". TIME Magazine. June 25, 2001.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Duff, Mark (May 28, 2008). "Europe | Pisa's leaning tower 'stabilised'". BBC News. Retrieved May 5, 2009.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Sunday Telegraph no 2,406- July 22, 2007
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 "German steeple beats Leaning Tower of Pisa into Guinness book". The Raw Story. Archived from the original on May 4, 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2009.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Not so fast, Pisa! UAE lays claim to world's furthest leaning tower". CNN news. June 7, 2010. Retrieved June 6, 2010.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 'Leaning and tumbling towers' on Puzzling World website, viewed 2011-07-30
- ↑ tan(3.97 degrees) * (55.86m + 56.70m)/2 = 3.9m
- ↑ "Leaning Tower of Pisa: 1920's Photo of Dal Pozzo". www.endex.com. Retrieved August 9, 2010.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Davies, Andrew (2005). The Children's Visual World Atlas. Sydney, Australia: The Fog Press. ISBN 1-74089-317-4.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Torre pendente" (in Italian). Lucca turismo. Retrieved March 19, 2008. <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leaning Tower (Pisa).
- Opera della Primaziale Pisana — official site
- Piazza dei Miracoli digital media archive (Creative Commons-licensed photos, laser scans, panoramas), data from a University of Ferrara/CyArk research partnership, includes 3D scan data from Leaning Tower.
- Leaning Tower of Pisa at StructuraeLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 22: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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IA94: IBM Message Service Client (XMS) for C/C++
The IBM Message Service Client for C/C++ offers C/C++ users an Application Programming Interface (API) that is consistent with the Java™ Message Service (JMS) API.
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The IBM Message Service Client for C/C++ ("XMS C/C++") renders the Java Message Service (JMS) API in the C/C++ languages. It brings the benefits of JMS -- a standard, abstracted messaging API for pub/sub and point-to-point messaging, as well as externally administered objects - to the non-Java world.
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Oct. 26—Honors Advisory Council
Enthusiastic ambassadors seek to enhance understanding of JMU's academic excellence
Reconnecting with academic programs strengthens Homecoming
Spending time with the Honors Advisory Council was a real treat for me today for several reasons. First, this is my first Homecoming as president of James Madison University and my first opportunity to see the Madison alumni spirit and energy converge on this campus to celebrate JMU all at one time and in one place. It is truly remarkable to see alumni taking part in the festivities of football and reunions with friends, and then to see dedicated alumni groups like our Honors Advisory Council also coming home to reconnect with their academic programs and roll up their sleeves to help envision and build an even stronger future.
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I was impressed that the HAC is a new group, only three years old, and yet they have already accomplished some very big things. They have raised money to get the Hillcrest Scholarships off the ground and have set their sights on student recruitment, retention and further alumni engagement and fundraising. There is a lot more this group can accomplish. I really appreciate that this group has come in, rolled up its sleeves, and said, "Lets look at the challenges and the opportunities that we face and what we can do together to help the university move forward." They're doing that. They haven't waited around. They've looked at where they can make a difference and they've done it. To me, that's just like our students, who jump right in and serve in our community to make our world a better place. The Honors Advisory Council is an example of how James Madison University breaks stereotypes. At many universities a group like this would traditionally be thought to be engaged solely with ideas, but conversations are going on that show this group has its sights on helping the Honors Program to engage with the world.
HAC can help build a thoroughly Madison Honors Program
The HAC is also helping us to think about what we can do to develop and strengthen an Honors Program that really reinforces and reflects the strength and character of JMU, not just to mimic what another university does. As they set about supporting the Honors Program so that it can grow and strengthen, it will be important to not set itself apart from JMU. Instead the Honors Program must help us set a tone and send an academic message that says "Come with us" to the rest of the university. The Honors Advisory Council can help us do that. As alumni and parents, they understand that the Honors Program is JMU's educational culture magnified more intensely. We will want to make sure that it is perceived as being extraordinary and important, while also ensuring that it is inclusive and welcoming to students from all backgrounds.
Honors must open the doors to students of all backgrounds
We are all one Madison family. To me it's very important that when we think about James Madison University as an outstanding public university, we provide access and opportunity to promising students of all backgrounds. When we talk about diversity, we're not just talking about race, ethnicity and gender—we're also talking about socioeconomic circumstances, students who are the first generation of their families to have the opportunity to go to college, students of different ages, students with disabilities, veterans and families of veterans, and students who come from different geographical or family backgrounds, or from different cultures and experiences. When it comes to an Honors Program and academic achievement -- the crown jewel of our academic life together—I think it's especially important that we make sure that it is available and accessible to students from all walks of life. To me, that is what JMU is all about. l look forward to working with this group to find ways to increase that kind of access and opportunity in the Honors Program and at the university more generally.
An honors college is a great example of dreaming big
I really appreciate that this group is not just thinking about this year or next year. They are looking at the goals of the Honors Program five and 10 years out and getting behind some exciting ideas about what the honors program can become here at JMU. The idea of an honors college is a great example of dreaming big, which I have been encouraging all along our "Why Madison?" Listening Tour. Having attended Swarthmore, which I chose because of its honors program, I know what a draw that can be for students who want to succeed at the very highest levels, who want to be challenged intellectually and personally and who want to interact with other people who have that same kind of dream and ambition. How do we set the stage so in the future we can really build something that we're excited about and is uniquely our own when it comes to an honors program? An honors college is a great idea for doing just that. It would need resources, and it means you've got to think strategically about faculty resources and space resources, and supporting students. This group is in on the ground floor of our future and will be able to help us ask the right questions and think strategically into the future. That's how it starts. We need to dream big together as we are doing now, next set the priorities and vision through JMU's strategic planning process, and then think about how we get there, assemble the support and resources and begin.
Published: Friday, October 26, 2012
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I was trying to compile kate via abs and got error. Build log can be seen there:
I focused on these part:
relocation R_X86_64_32S against `.rodata' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.7.1/../../../../lib/libm.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
But I have no idea how to change buildflags and add "-fPIC". I tried putting it in different ways in PKGBUILD, patch Makefile or even change global makeflags and end up always with same error. Any ideas how to change this?
When you patched the Makefile, did you do that *after* the line(s) that run configure? And how did you attempt to do so?
Last edited by Trilby (2012-06-25 18:24:02)
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
I don't know how it should be done. Makefile was created after running cmake, so I created patch new.patch and put it this way in PKGBUILD
build() {
cd "${srcdir}"/kate-${pkgver}
patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}"/pkgbuild-syntax-highlight.patch
cd "${srcdir}"
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../kate-${pkgver} \
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}"/new.patch
patch looks like this:
*** build/Makefile~ 2012-06-25 17:59:36.891657822 +0200
--- build/Makefile 2012-06-25 17:58:32.000000000 +0200
*** 5,10 ****
--- 5,13 ----
default_target: all
.PHONY : default_target
+ CFLAGS="-fPIC"
+ CXXFLAGS="-fPIC"
# Special targets provided by cmake.
I used several versions of it changing "" and making other minor changes. However Im total noob so I understand risk that these changes could have changed nothing.
Last edited by Eithrial (2012-06-25 19:57:40)
It looks like you did it pretty much right. You do not need quotes. I don't know if they do any harm, I doubt it, but to be on the safe side, I'd leave them off.
Can you post the top of the Makefile before patching? Perhaps it doesn't use CFLAGS. It's better to hijack one of the existing variables and tack the -fPIC onto the end. This would also avoid resetting the variable or risk it getting reset after you set it.
In other words, if there is already a line defining CFLAGS in the makefile, and it does not use a "+=" syntax, then your setting will just get knocked out if your patch puts it in before that setting.
Perhaps a better 'fix' would be to put fPIC into the cmake inputs. I don't use cmake though, so I'm not sure which input file should be added to.
Also, for something like this I'd usually use a sed command in the PKGBUILD rather than a patch - but this may be a matter of personal preference.
Last edited by Trilby (2012-06-25 19:56:37)
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
My another try. Using patch to add
SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-fPIC")
SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "-fPIC")
to CMakeLists.txt(in src directory) before executing cmake, Nothing changed.
In default Makefile there is nothing mentioned about any buildflags.
Changed again to:
SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE distribution)
SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DISTRIBUTION "-fPIC")
SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DISTRIBUTION "-fPIC")
Last try tonight failed. This time I put this to CMakelists.txt:
SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-fPIC")
And disable patches and edit PKGBUILD around cmake like this
CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS-fPIC" cmake ../kate-${pkgver} \
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
Nothing helps.
Last edited by Eithrial (2012-06-25 21:09:21)
Ok, now I know it's not problem connected with source code, but problem caused by not proper gcc libs compilation. Tommorow I'll try to take care of it.
Im not sure what solved the problem, but I renamed libm.so to libm.a then successfully compiled kate, then renamed it to original version and compilation still works...
Cannot reproduce. It builds here.
Anyway, you just have to use:
-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -fPIC"
Im not sure what solved the problem, but I renamed libm.so to libm.a then successfully compiled kate, then renamed it to original version and compilation still works...
I don't think you want to do that
Maybe it will help to read the Gentoo article on Howto Fix -fPIC Errors.
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In a letter to Nature magazine, researchers have expressed their concern over the appearance of a non-native toad species, the Asian common toad, in Madagascar.
The Asian common toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictusi) is a close relative of the cane toad (Rhinella marina), an invasive toad species that rapidly spread across Australia after its introduction in the 1930s, and has devastated many native fauna and flora populations. First seen on Madagascar in March, the Asian common toad has been sighted several times in areas close to Toasmasina, the main port of the island nation. Worryingly, there have also been sightings of the amphibian just 25 kilometres from the Betampona Nature Reserve and short distances from other biodiversity hotspots. The dispersal of this species is not just limited to Madagascar and it is thought that populations may have also become established in other areas. One of the authors of the letter, Jonathan Kolby, of James Cook University in Queensland, Australia, said, "There is now a high dispersal risk of these toads spreading from Madagascar to other Indian Ocean islands such as the Mascarene Islands, Comoros, and Seychelles."
It is thought that the Asian common toad could have various negative impacts on the fauna of Madagascar, including spreading diseases such as ranavirus and chytridiomycosis to native amphibians and competing with them for food and breeding areas. This toad species is poisonous and is known to be toxic to animals that ingest it. Snakes are thought to be one of the animal groups most at risk from the invasion and there are over 50 endemic snake species on Madagascar, including the Madagascar ground boa. Other endemic species including fossas, lemurs, and birds will also be put at risk should the population of this harmful amphibian become established. Kolby also said, "It's worrying because Madagascar has amazing endemic biodiversity – plants, animals, and amphibians that are found nowhere else. And this one species has the propensity to damage that."
As well as being a threat to the animals of Madagascar, the Asian common toad is also a threat to the human population as it is known to contaminate drinking water and transmit parasites. After the devastation the cane toad has caused in Australia, it is thought that immediate action is required on Madagascar to prevent history from repeating itself. Kolby said, "The question is, can we still eradicate them? Have we caught it soon enough that eradication could be a feasible option? Obviously we all hope the answer is yes." Suggested methods of eradication include removing adult toads, draining breeding ponds, and installing fences to prevent the toads from reaching water where they would be able to breed. Highlighting the urgency of the situation, Kolby said, "Time is short, so we are issuing an urgent call to the conservation community and governments to prevent an ecological disaster."
Read more on this story at Nature – Toxic toads threaten 'ecological disaster' for Madagascar.
View images and videos of Madagascan species on ARKive.
Hannah Mulvany, ARKive Content and Outreach Officer


text: Accepting an invitation to address the coordinating committee of Venezuela's national assembly, the cardinal of Caracas defended his right as a citizen to voice his concern about political issues without being slandered by the nation's president. Vatican Radio reported that Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino addressed the 15-member committee July 27 after being accused of attacking Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and the nation's legislature. Opening celebrations of Venezuela's bicentennial July 5, Chavez called the cardinal a pig and said "he tries to scare people about communism." Cardinal Urosa told the committee that in exercising both his rights as a citizen and his duties as archbishop of Caracas, he was giving voice to Gospel values and to "the concerns and interests of the Venezuelan people for peace, encounter, inclusion and for respect for the civil, social and political human rights enshrined in the constitution." Venezuelan Catholic leaders have been among the harshest critics of the policies of Chavez, who was first elected in 1998 and has promised to transform the oil-rich nation into a socialist state. Church officials have accused the Chavez government of violating civil rights, permitting an explosion of crime and weakening democracy. Chavez, in turn, has accused the church leadership of elitism. Cardinal Urosa told the parliamentary committee that none of his preaching or public statements has ever been motivated by political partisanship, but by concern for democracy, human rights and political pluralism. "I expressed the opinion that President Chavez wants to lead the country on the path toward Marxist socialism," he told the committee.


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Osher Lifelong grant provides outreach services to Big Isle's isolated areas
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Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Contact: Alyson Kakugawa-Leong, 974-7642
For Immediate Release
Two University of Hawaii at Hilo representatives participated in the 2004 National Conference at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute held at theUniversity of California Irvine in October 2004.
Dr. Margaret Haig, dean of UH Hilo's College of Continuing Education and Community Service, and Caroline Garrett attended the first national conference for the Osher Lifelong Learning grant along with principal investigators of 48 universities.
The Osher network of funded programs ranges from the university system in Maine, Vermont, Brandeis, Duke University, the University of Minnesota, the University of Kansas, the University of Nebraska, and numerous University of California universities: Berkeley; UCLA; San Diego; Riverside; San Francisco; Davis; Cal Poly; Santa Cruz; San Jose; Fullerton; Sacramento State; Chico; Channel Islands and other California universities and state schools.
Haig was the sole presenter from the UH system, at the first network conference for grantee schools. All schools are slated to receive three years of funding and a million dollar endowment upon successful completion of the grants.
"Bernard Osher Foundation representatives announced that each school was anticipated to receive the endowment, with no competition or elimination of schools in the funding cycles," Haig said. "The commitment is contingent on the successful completion of three years of program activities."
The UH Hilo grant hired four coordinators to provide University outreach services to geographically isolated areas of the Big Island. Classes start January 10, 2005. The grant also funds the extension of the SeniorNet computer lab services to outreach areas in collaboration with the County's Office of Parks and Recreation, Senior Activities office. The University is collaborating with the County's Office of Aging, the State Department of Education, and selected library sites throughout the island.
Dr. Mary Bitterman is president of the Bernard Osher Foundation, which seeks to improve the quality of life for residents of the San Francisco Bay area and the state of Maine. The Foundation supports a national network of lifelong learning institutes of older adults located at colleges and universities from Maine to Hawai`i. The Foundation anticipates funding an eventual number of 100 universities through the lifelong learning program.
A dual resident of Hawai`i and California, Bitterman served as president and CEO of the James Irvine Foundation, president and CEO of KQED in San Francisco, director of Hawai`i Public Broadcasting Authority, director of the Voice of America, director of the Hawai`i State Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, and director of the East-West Center's Institute of Culture and Communication.
"We are delighted to have the University of Hawai`i at Hilo in the national network of 48 Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes," Bitterman said. "Hawai`i has always led the country in its commitment to diversity, and we look forward to the unique contributions UH Hilo will make to the Osher Institute Ohana in the years ahead."
For more information about outreach classes, topics, dates and times, call CCECS at (808) 974-7664.
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