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Programming for CAD Managers, Part 312 May, 2010 By: Robert Green
Learn how to create command shortcuts with this simple introduction to AutoLISP.
In the last two editions of the CAD Manager's Newsletter, I discussed the topic of programming for CAD managers and provided you with skills-assessment criteria and a couple of video-based tutorials about customization. If you haven't had a chance to review the previous installments, I suggest you do so now to gain the proper context.
In this final installment, I'll walk through the all steps of a simple project to introduce you to AutoLISP programming. As you'll see below, AutoLISP is a great way for anyone using an AutoCAD-based program to get started in his or her programming quest. Here goes.
Why AutoLISP?
I know I'm going to receive queries on this subject, so let me provide my answers to the following questions before I dive into the example.
- Why AutoLISP instead of .NET (Visual Basic)?
- AutoLISP is specific to AutoCAD — what about other languages?
AutoLISP is a great place to start learning programming for the following reasons:
- It doesn't require any expensive compilers, so it is cheap to use.
- It is specific to AutoCAD-based products, but there are a great many AutoCAD users out there — more than any other single system — so AutoLISP has become the common denominator of CAD programming.
- Each individual program that uses .NET customization has its own API (application programming interface) specifications, so it would be impossible to cover them all here anyway.
Simply put, AutoLISP is a cheap, common, and relatively easy way to start learning about programming. And even if you already know .NET or other programming languages, knowing AutoLISP can always come in handy.
Introductory AutoLISP Project
To illustrate AutoLISP's power, I'll show you how to control AutoCAD's startup assuming a network architecture, then allow you to create your own command shortcuts.
Here are the steps we'll perform during this exercise:
- Create an ACADDOC.LSP file on the workstation(s)
- Create a STARTUP.LSP file on the server
- Remove AutoCAD commands in the STARTUP.LSP file
- Add AutoCAD commands in the STARTUP.LSP file
- Redefine AutoCAD commands in the STARTUP.LSP file.
I'll provide you with a brief description of each step, plus a link to a video where you can watch me complete the exercise if you'd like some extra help.
Create ACADDOC.LSP
In order for AutoCAD to startup and load your custom AutoLISP functions, you must create an ACADDOC.LSP file in the support folder so AutoCAD will read it upon startup. Create the ACADDOC.LSP file in a text editing application such as Notepad, and be sure to save the file into a folder that is set in your AutoCAD support variable.
The code in the file will be a load instruction, so the user's machine knows to look to the server directory for the STARTUP.LSP file, then load the file if it is found.
(if (findfile "z:\\autolisp\\startup.lsp")
(load "z:\\autolisp\\startup.lsp")
The architecture of what we're doing can be seen in this diagram:
All CAD stations have access to the network drive/path Z:\AutoLISP, where the AutoLISP custom STARTUP.LSP file will reside.
Create STARTUP.LSP
Next, we'll create a STARTUP.LSP file in the network folder Z:\AutoLISP (or another directory of your choosing), so each CAD station will read the master startup file from the network.
From now on, when you need to make changes to your AutoLISP programming, you will only need to change the STARTUP.LSP on the server — all the CAD stations will load the changes the next time they start! Three words: centralized file support.
Remove Commands
Now we'll use the STARTUP.LSP file to remove some commands we don't want users to mess with. Instead of instructing users not to use a command and hoping they'll comply, we'll simply turn off the offending commands using the AutoLISP statement for undefining commands:
(command "undefine" "sphere")
(command "undefine" "3dpoly")
Simply add these lines of code to your STARTUP.LSP file, and your users will no longer have the Sphere or 3DPoly commands. It really is that simple.
Add Commands
Let's say you'd like to create a new command in AutoCAD called ZM (meaning Zoom Max) that will execute a zoom all, then zoom out to 95% magnification to give a slight dead space around the contents of the drawing. In order to program this command, you'll need to know the following:
- The command name will be ZM (that is, the user will type ZM to activate it).
- The command name ZM must not be already defined in AutoCAD.
- The AutoCAD command sequence to perform this task would be:
Zoom <Enter>
All <Enter>
Zoom <Enter>
0.95x <Enter>
Here's how the program syntax will look:
(defun c:ZM ()
(command "zoom" "all" "zoom" "0.95x")
But what does the code mean? Let's take it line by line:
(defun c:ZM ()
Creates a command (that's the "c:" part) called ZM with no other variables used in the routine (that explains the empty set of parentheses).
(command "zoom" "all" "zoom" "0.95x")
Here we access the Command line (that's the "command" part) and type in "zoom" "all" "zoom" "0.95x" just as we would if we were using AutoCAD manually. Note that the pairs of quotation marks act like an Enter key.
The last line of any well-written AutoCAD command function is always Princ, because it ensures that all temporary memory is flushed from the Command line and that the function exits gracefully.
The final parenthesis simply balances the very first parenthesis (you did notice that there was an unequal number of left and right parens in the first line, right?), and closes out the function.
At this point your STARTUP.LSP file looks like this:
(command ".undefine" "sphere")
(command ".undefine" "3dpoly")
(defun c:ZM ()
(command ".zoom" "all" ".zoom" "0.95x")
Now make sure to save your changes, then restart AutoCAD to load the file. If everything was done correctly, you should no longer be able to use the Sphere or 3DPoly commands, and the new ZM command should be active.
Redefine Commands
Let's say you want your users to purge all the old blocks out of their files, but they never seem to do so. How do you deal with this problem?
AutoLISP allows you to undefine a command and add a new command, but what if you combined the two operations? You could undefine the normal QSave command, then redefine it to include some Purge logic to clean out the blocks every time your users save their work.
Here are the commands you'll use:
QSave. This command allows users to save drawing changes without changing the name of the file. In the case of a new drawing, the QSave command will prompt for the file name the first time, but not afterward.
-Purge. The Command line version of the Purge command allows us to automate the purging process.
Here's the method we'll follow for the project:
- Turn off (Undefine) the default QSave command.
- Define (Defun) our own QSave command to include –Purge instructions for purging out blocks.
- Defun (Defun) our utility commands as needed.
Let's get to work.
The Undefine Code
First, we need to add the Undefine instructions to the ACADDOC.LSP file:
(command ".undefine" "qsave")
Now that QSave is undefined, we can make our own QSave command:
(defun c:QSAVE ()
(command ".-purge" "b" "*" "n")
(command ".qsave")
(Notice that I had to use .QSave with the dot in front of it, because the original QSave command had been undefined.) Now every time AutoCAD starts, the QSave command will use your command instructions rather than the default AutoCAD QSave command.
(Note: Are you wondering how I got the Purge code line in the program? I did it by going through the process manually in AutoCAD and writing down the steps.)
At this point, your STARTUP.LSP file looks like this:
(command "undefine" "sphere")
(command "undefine" "3dpoly")
(command "undefine" "qsave")
(defun c:ZM ()
(command ".zoom" "all" ".zoom" "0.95x")
(defun c:QSAVE ()
(command ".-purge" "b" "*" "n")
(command ".qsave")
Programming in Action
I've broken the example down step by step in video form, so you can see how I do the programming and test the results.
Summing Up
I hope you've become enthused about programming during this series in the CAD Manager's Newsletter, and have taken advantage of the video tutorials to get started. I know the coverage has been quick and that I've thrown you in the deep end of the pool to start learning, but if you give it an honest effort you'll find it isn't nearly as hard as you might think.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me. You'll find my e-mail link at www.CAD-Manager.com.


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The new case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, reported in Florida, comes 10 days after the first case of the virus was reported in the country. The first patient, a man who lived in Saudi Arabia and traveled to Chicago on a planned trip to visit family, recovered from the illness and was released from the hospital over the weekend.
The Florida patient is a healthcare provider who lives and works in Saudi Arabia and began feeling sick on a flight to London, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Florida Department of Health said at a news conference Monday.
The patient traveled on to Boston and Atlanta before arriving in Orlando on May 1, the CDC said. The patient was visiting family and didn't go to any of the area theme parks, officials said.
On May 8, the patient was hospitalized. Tests by the CDC confirmed the MERS Sunday night. The patient remains isolated in the hospital and is doing well, the CDC said.
MERS belongs to the coronavirus family that includes the common cold and a syndrome known as SARS, which caused some 800 deaths globally in 2003. Saudi Arabia has been at the center of a Middle East outbreak of MERS that began two years ago. The virus has spread among health care workers, most notably at four facilities in that country last spring.
Overall, at least 400 people have had the respiratory illness, and more than 100 people have died. All had ties to the Middle East region or to people who traveled there.
Officials said the disease isn't highly contagious, but there is no cure.
The MERS virus has been found in camels, but officials don't know how it is spreading to humans. It can spread from person to person, but officials believe that happens only after close contact. Not all those exposed to the virus become ill.
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A primary election on Tuesday, April 30, will whittle the field of candidates in the race to fill John Kerry's former U.S. Senate seat from two Democrats and three Republicans down to one contender from each party.
Democrats will choose between U.S. Reps. Stephen Lynch, D-8th, and Ed Markey, D-5th. The GOP candidates are private equity investor and former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez, former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan and state Rep. Dan Winslow, R-Norfolk, a former judge.
Entering the home stretch, representatives from each campaign said their candidates would crisscross the state trying to connect with undecided voters and get supporters to the polls while volunteers knock on doors and make calls.
While some polls have suggested Markey is leading on the Democratic side, political observers said Republican Scott Brown's upset of state Attorney General Martha Coakley in a 2010 special Senate election showed no race is over until the polls close.
"I think you have to fight to the end," said Maurice "Mo" Cunningham, a political science associate professor at UMass-Boston. "There is still a chance to win it."
Meanwhile, "very unknown conditions" remain in the Republican field, he said.
The Boston Marathon bombings that killed three people and injured at least 260 cast a shadow over the political race. Candidates temporarily suspended campaigning after the attacks.
Efforts to round up votes have resumed, but with a shift in tone. A debate between Markey and Lynch on Monday, April 22, co-sponsored by WBZ-TV and the Boston Globe, often focused on national security and terrorism in a race previously dominated more by domestic matters and the candidates' biographies.
Cunningham said the public remains focused on the bombing and subsequent manhunt, which could hurt voter turnout on Tuesday. "It dwarfs everything else," he said.
Milford Town Clerk Amy Hennessy Neves said the number of people requesting absentee ballots has been slow.
"We usually have more requests than this by now," she said, adding Milford is holding its town election the same day.
In Framingham, which is only holding the primary Tuesday, Assistant Town Clerk Lisa Ferguson said requests for absentee ballots have been brisk. With the forecast calling for good weather Tuesday, she expects people will come to the polls and doesn't think the bombings will hurt turnout.
As he travels the state, Lynch is reaching out to a large number of Democratic voters who remain undecided, said Conor Yunits, a campaign spokesman.
"We feel very confident that a majority of those people are going to come our way," he said.
Lynch, whose campaign began canvassing and making phone calls again on Monday, is talking to voters about jobs, homeland security and other "bread and butter issues the Democratic Party was founded on," Yunits said.
Framingham resident Paul Carroll, a retired MBTA mechanic, has placed signs and made phone calls for Lynch.
"I believe Lynch is pretty much for the little guy," Carroll said. "He's a strong union supporter and I've worked in unions all my life. I just think he's more or less for the working guy."
Markey will continue talking about his pro-choice position on abortion and his vote in favor of federal health care reform, said his spokesman, Andrew Zucker.
Lynch does not agree with abortion, but has said he would not vote to overturn the Supreme Court's Roe vs. Wade decision. He also has defended a vote against the final health care bill, saying it lacked key provisions from an earlier version that he did support.
Meanwhile, Lynch has slammed Markey for votes against bills that dealt with anti-terrorism and homeland security measures. Zucker touted Markey's background in pushing to screen airline cargo for bombs and keep knives off planes, among other stances.
Zucker said Markey's campaign has recruited more than 5,000 volunteers, and the candidate will continue traveling the state to get his message out.
Ashland resident Anne Manning, who has helped the Markey campaign in Natick where she used to live, said she supports Markey's positions on health care and abortion. She said she is touched by the personal stories about how Markey has helped veterans secure benefits and supported people battling Alzheimer's disease.
"He'd be an excellent partner for (Sen.) Elizabeth (Warren, D-MA)," Manning said. "I see both as national leaders willing to take on tough issues."
In the Republican race, Sullivan planned to take his "Tested and Trusted" campaign tour to the Merrimack Valley on Thursday, to the South Shore and Cape Cod on Friday and to Worcester and the western end of the state on Saturday, said Alicia Preston, a spokeswoman for the candidate.
He planned to talk about national security, "common sense reform" in Washington, D.C., and cutting spending, she said.
"He's going to talk about what his message has been all along," Preston said.
Sullivan volunteer Marty Lamb, a Holliston resident who ran for state representative last year, said Sullivan's background as a prosecutor and leading the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives makes him a good candidate.
"He knows how government works and knows about international terrorism, which since last week is even more important than it ever was," said Lamb.
Spokesman Charlie Pearce said Winslow won endorsements from several large newspapers because he is "an ideas candidate." Among other ideas, he said the lawmaker has proposed cutting the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 26 percent while eliminating loopholes and creating a national lottery to fund education.
Winslow also planned to roll out a proposal to cut about $100 billion in wasteful federal spending, Pearce said.
"He's a candidate who could win in June," Pearce said, referring to the general election.
Tyler Tweedel, a Boston University student who is interning with Winslow's campaign, said he appreciates Winslow's pro-choice stance and support of marriage equality.
"I'm very much a social moderate and that's exactly what Dan is," said Tweedel, who grew up in Texas and said he couldn't find a Republican in that state with whom he fully agreed.
Gomez' campaign touted endorsements from 50 "grassroots leaders" – mainly members of Republican town committees, local officials and activists – and said broadcast TV ads would continue up until election day.
The candidate is talking about his credentials, his plans for jobs and proposed reforms to "reboot" Congress, said spokesman Will Ritter.
"We're going to diners, we're going to Republican town committee meetings, because we think that's really where you can talk one-on-one with voters," he said.
Franklin resident Linda Jewell, who is retired, said she plans to make some phone calls for Gomez as the primary approaches. Jewell said she appreciated the perspective Gomez brings from his time in the military and as the son of Colombian immigrants.
"We don't need people that have been in politics," Jewell said.
She said she believes Gomez will put the country's interests above his own.
Polls will be open statewide from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. on Tuesday.


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TUCSON, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, said they are appearing in a new gun control advocacy commercial.
Giffords, a Tucson Democrat, was shot in the head during a mass shooting outside a grocery store two years ago. Her long recovery has been highlighted by an emotional return to Congress before stepping down from her seat to focus on long-term recovery and, now, a more high-profile role as an advocate for greater gun control, NBC News said.
Giffords and Kelly have founded the political action committee Americans for Responsible Solutions. The group has cut and begun airing its first television commercial.
"We have a problem -- where we shop, where we pray, where our children go to school," Giffords says in the ad. "But there are solutions we can agree on, even gun owners like us. Take it from me: Congress must act. Let's get this done."
The ad is airing in Washington, D.C., and congressional leaders' home cities: San Francisco (home to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi); Cincinnati (home to House Speaker John Boehner); Louisville, Ky., (home to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell); and Las Vegas (home to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid).


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The same 12-year-old boy who stole a school bus and took it for a joy ride last month has allegedly done it again.
According to Parker Police, Michael Propst stole his family's car Tuesday night, then happened upon a school bus at Parker Elementary. Authorities say he got in the bus and drove it all the way to Franklin County.
According to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, an officer pulled over the bus around 10AM Wednesday between Carrabelle and Eastpoint. They had received a call about a bus being driven erratically.
Propst is currently in custody at the Franklin County Sheriff's Office and will soon be transported back to Bay County. Bay District School officials say an expulsion hearing will be scheduled for the boy. He was just sentenced Tuesday for a similar incident in late June.
Here's the story from the first time the boy was caught in June:
A 12-year-old boy who reportedly stole a school bus and took a joy ride is facing some very serious charges. Bay District School officials say Michael Propst was riding his bike in Parker at 4:00 Tuesday morning. According to officials, Propst saw the 24 seat school bus parked outside a bus driver's home on Maine Street, with the door wide open.
"[He] Climbed on board, saw that the keys were left in the ignition, by mistake and he cranked the bus up and drove it all around bay county," said Mike Jones, Bay District School Security Chief.
Deputies say the 12-year-old's joy ride ended right at this Walmart on Front Beach Road, about 15 miles away from where he reportedly stole the bus. "The bus had traveled from the Parker area all the way through Panama City, across the bridge down Front Beach Road," said Major Tommy Ford, Bay County Sheriff's Office.
Propst was taken into custody, but kept quiet about what happened. Why he stole the school bus, no one knows, but school officials say a security camera inside the bus shows a cool, calm and collected young man in the driver's seat.
Jones said, "He didn't have an answer for why he did it…he just went for a ride. We watched him on there and he was pretty cool in character, he just cranked it up and drove it; like he had done it all his life."
Right now, the bus is in the shop, after minor damage caused during his late night ride. The Major said, "We did discover some white transfer paint on the bus; indicative that he may have struck something." Jone adds, "Maybe it was a like a speed limit sign or a traffic sign of some sort because the damage in the us is what up on the air, like six feet."
Missing from the bus was a $2,000 piece of equipment. If you have any information call the Bay County Sheriff's Office at 747-4700.
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1992 Nissan Hardbody Mini Truck - Back To Scratch
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"I was out of the scene for a little while," says Mark Doran, "but when I decided to get back into the game, I was lucky enough to find the exact truck I wanted to build almost instantly." The truck in question just so happens to be the 1992 Nissan Hardbody seen here. Well, kind of. It had been blown apart for years, and a timeframe for reassembly was nowhere in sight. "The truck belonged to a friend of mine, Cliff Brown, and he just wasn't into it anymore, although he was hesitant to sell it to me at first. He didn't want to see someone junking it or tossing it aside. After much convincing that I would see the project through, I loaded up my new truck and immediately started working on it. From what I hear, he wasn't disappointed with the outcome."
And so the process of building/rebuilding began. The previous hydraulic setup was scrapped for a finely tuned air system, but the job didn't necessarily come with ease. The rear 'bag setup was changed four times—first as a cantilever mockup, then finally a 'bags-on-bars design that has proven to keep both truck and owner happy. "It's always easier to start from scratch. Sometimes it's hard to work around what someone else has already started, and it sucks to have to cut apart good work just because it's not what you want." As soon as the suspension shaped up, the rest of the intricacies began falling in line. "The bed and cab were mounted and aligned, and everything else was done to get the truck running and driving. After that, the truck was torn down one last time to start prepping it all for final assembly."
"Mark knew what he wanted and wasn't afraid to go after it."
Mark wasn't alone during the one-year build period. He had the support of a core group of friends to help make the transformation from piles of parts into a roadworthy feature Nissan Hardbody truck. "My friend Chuck Healy helped rewire the entire truck—there isn't a stock wire in this thing. Oh, and I almost killed another friend, Jimmy. We had some 'bag mounts tacked in on the bridge. We were testing something and the tack broke, and it shot straight through the back glass. If he had moved from where he was at 30 seconds later, he probably would've been a goner."
Luckily, no lives or limbs were lost throughout the 12 months of what seemed to be constant planning and adapting to plans gone wrong. Mark wasn't about to set sail on a multi-year, never-ending build. He knew what he wanted and wasn't afraid to go after it. If you were to ask him if all the stresses, headaches, and sacrifices were worth it, he'd probably tell you the same thing he told us: "I enjoyed every minute of it. Hearing the turbo spool up for the first time was a reward in itself, but driving it makes all the difference. I love every time I take it out, and I get a sense of accomplishment when people ask me how I scored a right-hand-drive truck, or ask how hard it is to drive on the 'wrong' side, or even if driving it this way is illegal. Everything about building this truck has been an awesome experience."
The rear suspension setup looks incredibly intricate—and it is—but it's also basic in design. The airbags are attached to the lower four-link bars, which push up on the 'bag mounts welded to the tubing attached to the inside of the framerails, while the adjustable triangulated bars center the axle.
No, we didn't print the interior photo backward. Mark's Hardbody was given the right-hand-drive treatment with a complete rewiring, smoothed dash, and trick center console.
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San Pedro is a lot of things. It's home to the Port of Los Angeles and the World Cruise Terminal. It's a quaint historic town. It's an outstanding restaurant town. It's one of the centers of the arts movement in Los Angeles. It's up and coming as a destination for live theater and music.
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Looking back over a body of work a theologian from Alabama, has classified No Line On The Horizon "It's the most thorough Christian thing they've done yet"
"Like the last two albums, No Line is much more overt in its
Christian rendering of the world, what with lyrics like 'Justified until
we die/You and I will magnify/Oh, the Magnificent' from the album's
second track," commented Steven R. Harmon, an associate professor of
divinity at Samford University's Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham,
"Yet what qualifies this album as thoroughly Christian is not so much
its pervasive biblical/theological images as its overarching
eschatological vision" As quoted in the Associated Baptist Press. The themes have got U2 ranked #41 on CCM list of greatest Christen music albums. The Joshua Tree was also included.
We of course know that all U2 songs do not have a Christian view however its hard to avoid the fact that most of the songs have a theme that keeps coming back and frankly seems to keep fans engaged. The question of what's next has most U2 fans asking for the band to return to their roots to draw on the past and recreate songs that give us back our youth.
The fact that if your truly a U2 fan you know that this is not possible. U2 has changed many times already. The evolved U2 has grown with us, moved us towards becoming adults with our own children and our own ideas of whats right for the world.
Yet the idea of looking back to those years drives us to scream RETURN to the past. We all await this new project with some fear that the band may have created their last project and that we will all have to face the death of U2. However if you look at U2 with the eyes of a Christian you know that you can't have life with out death. Faith may have more to play with our fear of loss than our fear of change.


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Archive - 2004
December 8th
Rudy Gay: Rising Star
[img_assist|nid=4846|title=Rudy Gay|desc=Photo: John Woike|link=none|align=right|width=250|height=167]In this day and age of athletic freaks turning their nose up to college basketball like it was limburger cheese, a player such as Rudy Gay not even considering the leap is (for all basketball fans) a breath of fresh air.
Gay was definite first round material coming out of high school but bucked the trend, didn't even inquire about his "draft status", and decided to attend UConn.
October 1st
NBA Draft: One Round?
The latest rumor from league offices is that the NBA draft may be cut from two rounds to one in an attempt to persuade high schoolers and younger college players from jumping to the NBA early.
The problem has hit epidemic proportions as far as David Stern and the NBA are concerned after 8 high schoolers were taken in the first round of the 2004 draft.
August 4th
Draft Buzz 4/8/04
By Aran Smith
Early Entries
June 24th
Howard or Okafor at 1?
As of Thursday afternoon, sources close to the Orlando Magic indicate they are leaning towards taking Dwight Howard.
Sources close to the Bobcats organization indicated this morning that they believe it will be Okafor, but consider that unlikely.
When all is said and done look for Dwight Howard to be the Orlando Magic's #1 selection.
June 16th
Draft Buzz 6/16/04
Draft Camp Boxscores and Recap
June 9th
Draft Buzz 6/10/04
Predraft Camp Day 2
Players who have stood out on day two:
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June 8th
Draft Buzz 6/9/04
Donta Smith Workout
May 30th
Draft Buzz 5/31/04
NBA Stock Exchange
May 14th
Draft Buzz 5/15/04
By Aran Smith
94! Early Entries By the Numbers
May 7th
Draft Buzz 5/8/04
By Aran Smith
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ATLANTA – The Georgia College women's basketball team (2-2) played their first official away game of the 2012-13 season Tuesday, they would pull out to an early lead against Clark Atlanta University (2-2) and eventually end the game with a 75-63 victory.
Shanteona Keys (Roswell, Ga.) led the Bobcats with another high scoring night. Keys, who played all but one minute of the game, finished the night with 29 points on 10-of-17 from the field and 7-of-9 from the charity stripe. Keys also added three rebounds, three assists and three steals to her final line. The 29 points ties a career high for Keys.
Enisha Donley (Loganville, Ga.) scored 15 points on 7-of-16 shooting while adding nine rebounds, four steals, two assists. Forward Krysta Lewis (Woodstock, Ga.) played just 22 minutes but nearly had a double-double, with 12 points and nine rebounds. Thresia Elskamp (Potosi, Wis.) filled up the stat line again, with six points, eight rebounds, five assists, and two steals.
After jumping out to a 9-0 lead in the opening minutes the Bobcats would eventually take a 37-21 in the half. The Panthers made the game a lot closer in the second half, even taking a 49-48 lead with nine minutes left in the game. The Bobcats would recover and go on a 14-2 run to regain the lead and keep it for the remainder of the game.
The Bobcats will be back in action Saturday, Dec. 8 when they travel to take on the Anderson University Trojans.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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New York, NY - Against Brown, the Bulldogs were victorious by an 18-9 margin. The Bulldogs had topped the Bears earlier this season, in December, 16-11.
As in the Cornell match, the foil squad came up strong, defeating every single Brown opponent; Alisa Mendelsohn, Diana Schawlowski, and Jennifer Cohen all posted 3-0 victories.
The epee squad topped Brown, 5-4. Both Isadora Botwinick and Nguyen posted 2-1 victories. Yale came up on the short end of a 5-4 decision in sabre. Both Erin Frey earned one victory and Carly Guss came out 3-0 to help put the Bulldogs on top.
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Spring is in the air and with the arrival of warm weather, Ohio University students welcome moms to campus for Moms Weekend. For one of the most popular family weekends of the year, which begins on Friday, April 30, the university has a variety of activities planned for students and their families.
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Physicists capture first images of atomic spin [Research News]
Though scientists argue that the emerging technology of spintronics may trump conventional electronics for building the next generation of faster, smaller, more efficient computers and high-tech devices, no one has actually seen the spin?a quantum mechanical property of electrons?in individual atoms until now. In a study published as an Advance Online Publication in the journal Nature Nanotechnology on Sunday, physicists at Ohio University and the University of Hamburg in Germany present the first images of spin in action.
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Third Frontier leverages the strengths of many for the benefit of all
With the May 4 election fast approaching, Ohio University President Roderick J. McDavis took time to explain his position on Issue 1 in an Op-Ed piece. He writes that the issue would authorize the state of Ohio to issue up to $700 million in bonds to renew and continue funding programs for tech-based research and development in support of Ohio industry, commerce and business.
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Why The NFL, NFLPA, NBC and Hawaii Unpulled The Plug On The Pro Bowl
By Barry Janoff
May 31, 2012: In the end, the NFL had more than 12 million reasons not to shut down its long-running, but what was deemed fatally flawed, all-star game.
The league said on Wednesday that the 2013 Pro Bowl would go ahead as scheduled, on Sunday, Jan. 27 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. NBC will air the game, which the NFL called a "signature event to kick off the week leading up to the Super Bowl."
Super Bowl XLVII will be played on Sunday, Feb. 3 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. The Big Game will be on CBS.
The Pro Bowl — which has a history that dates back to 1939 and has been held in Hawaii 32 times — seemed on life support following the game in January. The 59-41 win by the AFC over the NFC was viewed by critics from both inside and out of the league as being substandard.
Even NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell admitted that canceling the game was within the realm of possibility.
During a press conference this month to coincide with league-wide OTAs, commissioner Goodell addressed the Pro Bowl and meetings he had with the NFL Players Assn., including executive director DeMaurice Smith.
"We've had numerous discussions over several months about what we can do to make the game more competitive," the commissioner stated. "I've said it repeatedly, particularly since the last game, that we have to improve the quality of that game. If we can't improve it and can't make it more competitive, then we shouldn't play."
The NFL and the NFLPA came together and decided they would work hard to make the Pro Bowl work, although it was not specified how and what changes would be made.
"The players have made it clear through the NFL Players Association that they would like the opportunity to continue to play the Pro Bowl in Hawaii," Ray Anderson, NFL evp-football operations, said in a statement. "We have had many discussions with the players in recent years about the Pro Bowl and they recognize that the quality of the game has not been up to NFL standards."
According to NFLPA president Domonique Foxworth, "The players believe that the Pro Bowl is an important tradition. We worked hard with the league to make sure the best players in the NFL are honored for their achievements on the field."
Despite what was seen as sub-par on-field play, the 2012 Pro Bowl proved to be a hit with viewers. The game on NBC was watched by an average of 12.5 million viewers, which was down nearly a million viewers from the previous year (13.4 million) but still making it the second most-watched Pro Bowl since 2001, according to the NFL. The NFL and NBC also said it was the most-watched all-star game during the 2011 season.
The Pro Bowl was held consecutively in Hawaii from 1980 to 2009. In 2010, the NFL for the first time moved the game to the week before the Super Bowl and relocated to Sun Life Stadium in South Florida, site of that year's Super Bowl XLIV. There was talk of moving the 2013 game to New Orleans, but that ultimately was rejected.
The Pro Bowl returned to Hawaii for the 2011 and 2012 games. This season's game will be played the week before the Super Bowl for the fourth consecutive year. Which is good news for Hawaii.
"I've said repeatedly, particularly since the last game, that we have to improve the quality. If we can't, then we shouldn't play."
"I have had discussions with the Hawaii Tourism Authority and the NFL to look at ways in which we can provide a renewed experience for the game next year for the players, visitors, people of Hawaii and fans the world over," Gov. Neil Abercrombie told the Honolulu Star. "Hawaii has a variety of cultural experiences to offer and we want to be sure to highlight our uniqueness beyond the beauty of our landscape."
Added Mike McCartney, president of the Hawaii Tourism Authority, "We are extremely pleased the NFL will return to the Hawaiian Islands in 2013 for the Pro Bowl, and are grateful for our more than 30 year partnership. Many of us believe that there is no better place in the world to host this game."
"We will support the players on this initiative to improve the Pro Bowl," said Anderson. "We look forward to working with the players toward the goal of improving the competitiveness of this season's game."


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Green line is the top marginal rate for married couples filing jointly (most years dividends were tax like ordinary income until 2003), orange is the top rate for income from capital gains. The top corporate tax rate is included for comparison. Your marginal tax rate is the rate you pay on the "last dollar" you earn; but when you view the taxes you paid as a percentage of your income, your effective tax rate is less than your marginal rate, especially after you take into account the deductions and exemptions, i.e. income that is not subject to any tax.
Over the years, changing the amount of taxes people pay was accomplished not just by changing rates but by changing the income limits of the tax brackets. Just looking at the top rates does not give the whole picture about who is paying taxes. Before the 1986 tax reform, the income tax had 15 brackets. In the 1930s, there were more than 50. The Wealth Tax Act of 1935, applied the top rate to income over $5 million and had only a single taxpayer: John D. Rockefeller, Jr. As the number of tax brackets decrease, the the top rate was applied to more people over the decades. Since 1987 the income tax brackets were combined so now more than a million people "qualify" for the top marginal rate. If you are interested here is the first 1040 form for 1913.
Tax Data: Married filing jointly, Capital Gains & Regular,Corporate
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Rock our Legends of the Hidden Temple costume or shirts this Halloween. We have all 6 teams, fitted for guys or gals. Buy the complete costume with our a gold helmet, elbow & knee pads, and the pendant of life. You'll get a free nametag sticker with every shirt or costume purchase! We also have Double Dare shirts, Gobal GUTS shirts and Camp Anawanna shirts.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Private Universe Project in Science
Workshop Three: "Hands-On/Minds-On Learning"
Section 1 - About Workshop Three:
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What is the theme of this workshop?
The theme of Workshop Three is "a teacher changing."
Whom do we see in the video?
Jim Carter is a veteran high school physics teacher in suburban Boston with over 20 years of experience in the classroom. Even with his high degree of skill, Jim feels the need to be more effective.
What happens in the video?
Jim is astonished to see that many students misinterpret his well-planned lab activities, failing to grasp some of the fundamental ideas. Working with teacher/researcher Jim Minstrell, Jim Carter defines a new role for himself as a teacher. Much to his surprise, his students like the "new Jim Carter" and seem to learn in more depth.
What problem does this workshop address?
The principles of a simple electrical circuit formed with a battery, wire, and bulb are commonly taught in grade 3, forming the foundation for ideas about electricity taught throughout high school. Why is it, then, that even some Harvard and MIT graduates find a simple circuit so difficult?
What teaching strategy does this workshop offer?
Both teachers and learners are encouraged to develop new metaphors for their roles in the classroom. Students are urged to see themselves as something other than "sponges" soaking up the teacher's information.
"Hands-On/Minds-On Learning" is for any teacher interested in trying new approaches to help students learn more effectively. Even though this video focuses on a high school physics teacher and his class, the approaches it depicts are useful for teachers of all subjects and all grade levels.
After viewing the Harvard and MIT graduates, discuss the following question: The graduates are having a difficult time lighting the bulb. What might this say about science learning?
Typically, one of our interviews with a student might last 45 minutes or more. Because the workshop can show only a small part of the interviews, you may often assume that the interviewer has forced or led the student to produce an answer that does not really reflect the student's thinking. But you will be wrong.
- Despite hands-on activities and demonstrations, the student did not seem to believe her own conclusions. What does this result tell us about science learning? About the value of hands-on learning?
- Given your understanding of constructivism, how does the constructivist approach to teaching differ from the more traditional one generally practiced? What are the trade-offs in addressing science concepts and science learning in the constructivist approach?Constructivism is discussed briefly in Workshop One.
Conduct an interview that will identify what a student knows. Is the response an indication of what he/she understands? Conduct an interview with at small group of students. Does the interview provide insight into what your students know and don't know?
(See Section 5A) Write a brief description of the metaphors that come to mind when you think of your relationship as a teacher with your students. (For example, are you like a policeman? a counselor? an entertainer? a shepherd?) Explain how and in what situations these metaphors apply. Include the metaphors in your journal. Do you metaphors change with time? How? Why? What do such changes tell you about yourself as a teacher or about the profession of teaching in general? Based on the ideas that you have seen in this video, if you were in charge of in-service/pre-service teacher education, what would you consider your highest priorities?
You will get the greatest benefit from Workshop Four if you complete the following exercise first. Please do your best to gather the information.
Ask your class, colleagues, neighbors, and friends the following question: What is air made of? What would it look like if we could see it? If they mention that air is made of "particles" or similar terms (such as pieces, atoms, molecules, etc.) ask them what is in between the particles. Write down all the different answers you receive on the board or a large pad. Ask the students to vote on which idea they agree with. What is the earliest appropriate grade for teaching abstract concepts like the particle model of matter? Discuss with your colleagues the reason(s) behind your answer.
A metaphor for teaching is as unique as the individual who creates it. Literally, metaphors are lies. Theoretically, however, they are self-constructed truths. My metaphors for teaching have changed a great deal over the years. When I began my career as a teacher years ago, I thought of myself as a recorder of facts-a compendium of truths to be conveyed to my students just as tape recorder relays past sounds and ideas to its listeners. This was a powerful metaphor that met my needs for a while. However, over time, I realized that I could not teach anything unless the material was carefully "recorded on my tape." In short, this meant that I could teach very little: the limitations of my knowledge and the immensity of the things my students wanted to know were often out of sync.
Curiously, during a lesson on blood typing I was hit by a sudden insight. My students knew things that they could apply to new situations, that they could use to figure out answers to some of their own questions. I remember the instant that this awareness came to me. From then on, the metaphor I used shifted and changed. Now I was a prompter in the theater. When the students recited the proper line, I allowed them to continue; when they faltered, I provided them with a cue that moved them in the direction I wanted them to go.
As time went on, the metaphor changed again. I became "a tour guide/pathfinder." However, soon I realized that all students were not traveling the same path, and my metaphor as a tour guide/pathfinder was not effective for everyone. My students' side trips, which I had construed as time-wasters, were indeed quite necessary for their travels..
Many years later, I modified the metaphor again. Today the metaphor has evolved into a mirror-a reflector of ideas. With constructivism and the realization that knowledge grows as individuals confront their ways for making meaning of new knowledge, this mirror has become a most powerful image for me. When I stand before a class or work with small groups of individuals, I capture the thought or idea coming from students and reflect it back to them for further consideration, perusal, analysis, or synthesis. I may ask them to reconsider their ideas when they are able to see them in a different light, hear them out loud, or perhaps compare them with the ideas and evidence of others. The knowledge is theirs to construct. As a teacher, I provide them with the time, patience, and guidance to re-evaluate and reconstruct their understandings.
All in all, metaphors often blend together and often no one metaphor is totally adequate. The wisdom in teaching often comes from knowing the differences between metaphors, and accepting the insufficiency of each (and the power of all of them) while having the ability to know when each one will be most effective.
Using metaphors to analyze one's teaching style requires an introspective look at ones' own thinking. I came up with my metaphors after some genuine reflection on exactly what I do when I teach. I searched my mind for an object that had similar properties. I chose the mirror, the tape recorder, and the theater prompter because they all had a relationship or parallel to my teaching behavior along the way that coincided with my interpretation of the object. I gained insight from the projection of my personal values and ideas onto the object and vice versa. The metaphor can also be a person. One friend of mine sees herself as a midwife helping students give birth to their ideas. By modeling the image of a midwife, she coaches and encourages her students when it is time for them to push and birth their new understandings.
After choosing a metaphor, you can search for more attributes and try them on for size. Perhaps you will be happy with your metaphor and merely fine-tune the pieces; or you may find that a different metaphor will be more suitable. There is always the possibility of using several metaphors for different situations.
The fun is in the search.
Dr. Richard Konicek, Amherst, 1994.
Companies, publications, and organizations named in this guide represent a cross-section of such entities. We do not endorse any companies, publications, or organizations, nor should any endorsement be inferred from a listing in this guide. Descriptions of such entities are for reference purposes only. We have provided this information to help locate materials and information.
For more information on materials that might be helpful in the classroom, contact the following sources:
Osborne, Jonathan, P. Black, Smith and M. Meadows. 1991. Electricity. Primary Space Project Research Report, Liverpool University Press.
Burston Distribution Service Unit 2A Newbridge Trading Estate Newbridge Close Off Whitby Road Bristol BS44AX Tel: 011-441-272-7242-48 Fax: 011-441-272-7110-56
NSRC, (1991). Electrical Circuits, National Science Resources Center, Smithsonian Institution, and National Academy of Science, Arts, and Industries Building, Room 1201, Washington DC 20560.
This is one unit produced by the NSRC for the elementary level. It is based on research on children's thinking and on successful classroom experiences.
Carolina Biological Supply Co. 2700 York Road Burlington, NC 27215 1-800-334-5551
Batteries and Bulbs, publications available from Delta Education in Nashua, New Hampshire.
Delta Education 12 Simon Street Nashua, NH 03060-3009 1-800-442-5444 fax: 800-282-9560
Electricity, TOPS Learning Systems
TOPS Learning Systems 10970 South Mulino Road Canby, OR 97013 503-263-2040
Electrical Connections. AIMS Foundation, Fresno Pacific College, Fresno, CA
AIMS Foundation PO Box 8120 Fresno, CA 93747 1-209-255-4094
Thinking Physics in Gedanken Physics. Lewis Carroll Epstein, City College of San Francisco, Insight Press, 1979.
Insight Press 614 Vermont St. San Francisco, CA 94107 1-415-826-3488
Arons, A. 1990. A Guide to Introductory Physics Teaching. John Wiley and Sons. (This is written for teachers and is based on research on learning and teaching and classroom experience.)
Shepardson, Daniel. 1994. The nature of fourth graders' understandings of electric circuits. Science Education 78(5): 489-514 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Wandersee, James H., Joel J. Mintzes, and Joseph D. Novak. 1994. Research on Alternative Conceptions in Science. Dorothy L. Gabel, ed. In Handbook of Research on Science Teaching and Learning, New York: Macmillan.
Baumann, R. And S. Adams. 1990. Misunderstandings of electrical current. Physics Teacher 28: 334.
Black, D and J. Solomon. 1987. Can pupils use taught analogies for electrical current? School of Science Review 68: 249-254.
Cohen, R., B. Eylon, and M. Ganiel. 1983. Potential difference and current in simple electric circuits: A study of students' concepts. American Journal of Physics 51: 407-412.
Fredette, N. and J. Clement. 1981. Student misconceptions of an electric current: What do they mean? Journal of College Science Teaching 10: 280-285.
Joshua, S. 1984. Students' interpretation of simple electrical diagrams. European Journal of Science Education 6(3): 271-275.
Osborne, R. 1981. Children's ideas about electric current. New Zealand Science Teacher 29: 12-19.
Osborne, R. 1983. Towards modifying children's ideas about electric current. Research in Teaching and Technological Education 1:73-82.
Peters, P. 1982. Even honors students have conceptual difficulties with physics. American Journal of Physics 50: 501-508.
Shipstone, D. 1984. A study of children's understanding of electricity in simple DC circuits. European Journal of Science Education 6: 185-198.
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Devonta Abron had 13 points and 12 rebounds in his first start at TCU as the Horned Frogs defeated Navy 47-45 Tuesday night.
Abron didn't attempt a field goal in the first half but then made five of six shots in the second half and was instrumental in the Frogs turning around a game with nine ties and nine lead changes.
A transfer from Arkansas, Abron led the Razorbacks in rebounding as a true freshman last season before being granted an NCAA waiver to be eligible to play this season.
TCU (4-1) has held four of its first five opponents to fewer than 50 points.
Worth Smith scored 14 points and Brandon Venturini had 12 points for Navy (2-3).


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A Baltimore County teacher has been diagnosed with a probable case of pertussis, better known as whooping cough, school and health officials say.
The fifth-grade teacher at Harford Hills Elementary School in Carney was sent to the hospital Monday after complaining she felt ill.
The school sent home a letter informing parents to keep an eye out for symptoms of the disease, which include a low fever, runny nose, vomiting and a distinctive cough that gradually becomes more severe.
School spokesman Charlie Herndon said the diagnosis is not yet confirmed, and no other cases have been reported.
"We are working with the health department as we would in any case," he said. "Primarily we want to make sure the population at Harford Hills are aware that this was a possible case of pertussis."
There have been 294 recorded cases of whooping cough in the state this year, according to Monique Lyle, a spokeswoman with the Baltimore County Department of Health, and 48 probable or confirmed cases in the county.
Lyle said that the department has attempted to track the disease and determine who else might be infected within the community or school system.
She said while children 2 and over commonly receive a vaccine, DTaP, which immunizes against whooping cough, tetanus (lockjaw) and diphtheria, children around age 11 do not typically receive the booster shot that prevents these diseases.
"Sometimes it just goes unnoticed by parents and slips between the cracks," she said.
Lyle encourages caregivers to receive a Tdap vaccine, the vaccine for adults 19 years and older, because the disease is particularly deadly to children younger than 1.
Whooping cough has become fairly uncommon since the Tdap vaccine was licensed in 2005, though this year the number of reported cases to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has spiked to more than 34,000 through Oct. 27.
Baltimore County teacher diagnosed with possible case of whooping cough
A Baltimore County teacher has been diagnosed with a probable case of pertussis, better known as whooping cough, school and health officials say.


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In Ukraine, Cossackdom represents cultural and historical heritage as traditional Ukrainian culture is often tied in with the Cossacks. However, Crimean Cossacks are ideologically strong proponents of Russian heritage and cultivate strong anti-Tatar sentiment. Since 2006 several fights between Cossacks and Crimean Tatars have been reported in the town of Bakhchisaray.
In the mountainous Eski-Kermen area near Bakhchisaray, a boot camp is held each year for Russian and Ukrainian youth from ages 8-16. Cossack instructors teach the youngsters not only discipline and self-discipline, but also instruct them in the use of firearms and martial arts using drills, exercises, and games. Local authorities and critics of the Cossack activities have in the past tried to shut down the camp, pointing to their paramilitary style of teaching.


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Cumbus Extra, with Soft Case, 34" 47-CMBX
Our Cumbus Deluxe, with Soft Case is approximately
34 inches long. It has NO FRETS. The body is solid wood stave
construction. The wood body and neck are inlaid. It has 6 courses of 2
strings each.
The Cumbus is a relatively young instrument. It was developed in Istanbul in the early 1900's. The inventor, Zeynel became known as Zeynel Abidin Bey. The famous Ataturk Mustafa Kemal, Turkey's first president, dubbed it Cumbus, pronounced joom-bush. Cumbus is Turkish for revelry, just the mood this instrument inspires. Our Cumbus are imported from the Family shop of Zeynel Abidin on Ataturk Bulvar in Istanbul. The Standard Cumbus is tuned like the Turkish Oud and one step higher than the Arabic Oud. Almost any Oud tuning can be used.
SPECIAL NOTE; No Warranty on Strings: Manufacturers recommend that you change the strings on your instrument as soon as you receive it. Your instrument has completed a long journey before it ever begins the final leg to your home. During this time the elements affect the strings and may shorten their lifespan. It occasionally happens that a string will fail during that final leg of the journey. Therefore, it is recommended that you purchase a replacement set of strings and consider changing your strings soon after it arrives. If you are a student you may want to change your strings every 3-4 months. If you are a rock star you may need to change your strings every week. If you store your instrument, you should consider changing the strings when you pick it up again.