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Practice Galleries
Throwback Gallery | Jets vs. Texans Through the Years
Take a Look Through Top Photos of the Series Against the Texans Over the Years
New York Jets' Shonn Greene (23) runs the ball during the third quarter of an NFL football game between the Houston Texans and the New York Jets at New Meadowlands Stadium Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New York Jets' running back Curtis Martin (28) leaps over the Houston Texans' defense in the second quarter of play on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004, at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford. Texans' Aaron Glenn (31), Jets' Chad Pennington (10), and Kareem McKenzie (67) looks on. (AP Photo/Michael Kim)
New York Jets quarterback Chad Pennington (10) runs for 11 yards and picks up a first down during the fourth quarter as Houston Texans linebacker Jason Babin looks on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Pennington led the Jets to a 29-7 win over the Texans. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
New York Jets running back Bilal Powell (29) carries the ball as he is pursued by Brian Cushing (56) during a Week 11 salute to service NFL game against the Houston Texans on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015 in Houston. The Texans won the game 24-17. (Matt Patterson via AP)
New York Jets running back Bilal Powell (29) carries the ball during a Week 11 salute to service NFL game against the Houston Texans on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015 in Houston. The Texans won the game 24-17. (Matt Patterson via AP)
New York Jets defensive back Antonio Cromartie (31) returns a kickoff during a Week 11 salute to service NFL game against the Houston Texans on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015 in Houston. The Texans won the game 24-17. (Matt Patterson via AP)
RAW FILE New York Jets running back Shonn Greene (23)during the first quarter of an NFL preseason football game against the Houston Texans Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
New York Jets running back Joe McKnight (25) runs back a kick return for a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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New York Jets running back LaDainian Tomlinson (21) breaks a tackle by Houston Texans defensive tackle Earl Mitchell (92) during the second quarter of an NFL football game at New Meadowlands Stadium, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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RAW FILE The New York Jets lineup against the Houston Texans during the third quarter of an NFL preseason football game Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
New York Jets running back Joe McKnight (25) and New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow react on the sideline after McKnight ran back a kick return for a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
New York Jets running back Thomas Jones (20) runs for a touchdown against the Houston Texans during the fourth quarter of a NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 in Houston. The Jets beat the Texans 24-7. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez (6) during the first quarter of a NFL football game against the Houston Texans Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
New York Jets running back Shonn Greene (23)during the first quarter of an NFL preseason football game against the Houston Texans Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez (6) and Nick Mangold (74) during the fourth quarter of a NFL football game against the Houston Texans Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
New York Jets running back LaDainian Tomlinson (21) breaks a tackle by Houston Texans defensive tackle Earl Mitchell (92) during the second quarter of an NFL football game between the Houston Texans and the New York Jets at New Meadowlands Stadium Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New York Jets wide receiver Quincy Enunwa (81) pulls in a pass as Houston Texans strong safety Andre Hal (29) applies pressure during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015, in Houston. (AP Photo/Patric Schneider)
New York Jets running back Shonn Greene (23) runs away from Houston Texans defensive end Antonio Smith (94) during the third quarter of an NFL football game at New Meadowlands Stadium, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
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New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow (15) throws a pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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New York Jets Brad Smith (16) celebrates with quarterback Mark Sanchez (6) after Sanchez threw a touchdown-pass to win an NFL football game during the fourth quarter against the Houston Texans at New Meadowlands Stadium, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010, in East Rutherford, N.J. The Jets won the game 30-27. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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New York Jets quarterback Chad Pennington signals a first down in the fourth quarter of the Jets' 29-7 victory over the Houston Texans, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004, at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N J. Pennington returned as starting quarterback Sunday after being sidelined by a rotator cuff injury for several weeks. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
New York Jets wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery (89) during the first quarter of a NFL football game against Houston Texans linebacker Zac Diles (54) and Fred Bennett (32) Sunday, September 13, 2009 in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
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New York Jets tight end Dustin Keller (81) is tackled by Houston Texans strong safety John Busing, right, but not before gaining a first down in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009, in Houston. The Jets beat the Texans 24-7. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
New York Jets wide receiver Chansi Stuckey (83) during the second quarter of a NFL football game against the Houston Texans Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
New York Jets offensive tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson (60) reacts after the Jets scored a touchdown during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game between the Houston Texans and the New York Jets at New Meadowlands Stadium Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010, in East Rutherford, N.J. The Jets won the game 30-27. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
New York Jets' Mark Sanchez looks over the defense during the second quarter of an NFL football game between the Houston Texans and the New York Jets at New Meadowlands Stadium Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
New York Jets' Darrelle Revis (24) gestures during the third quarter of an NFL football game between the Houston Texans and the New York Jets at New Meadowlands Stadium Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New York Jets safeties Kerry Rhodes (25) and Eric Smith, right, celebrate after stopping the Houston Texans on fourth down during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009, in Houston. The Jets won 24-7. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
New York Jets running back Curtis Martin dives into the end zone for a third quarter touchdown as Houston Texan defenders Jerry Deloach, (95) and Kailee Wong (52) look on, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004, at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N J. The Jets defeated Houston 29-7. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
New York Jets' Kevin Mawae (68) signals a touchdown as running back LaMont Jordan (34) dances into the end zone for the winning touchdown during the fourth quarter against the Houston Texans Sunday, Oct. 19, 2003, in Houston. The Jets won 19-14. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Gallery | Best Photos from the 2023 Jets Girls Flag Launch Event
In recognition of the 37th annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day, the New York Jets, Nike and Gatorade announce the expansion of the Jets High School Girls Flag Football League which will continue play in Spring of 2023. See the top images from the launch event held at MetLife Stadium.
Gallery | Top Photos of Jets Wide Receivers During the 2022 Season
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Gallery | The Best Photos of Jets Safeties During the 2022 Season
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Gallery | The Best Photos of Jets Quarterbacks During the 2022 Season
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Gallery | Top Images of Jets Cornerbacks During the 2022 Season
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Gallery | The Top Photos of Jets Running Backs During the 2022 Season
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Gallery | The Best Images of Jets Linebackers During the 2022 Season
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Gallery | The Top Photos of Jets Offensive Line During the 2022 Season
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Gallery | The Best Photos of Jets Defensive Line During the 2022 Season
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Gallery | The Best Practice Photos from the 2022 Jets Season
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Gallery | The Best Postgame Photos During the 2022 Jets Season
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Gallery | The Best Images of the Jets Rookies in 2022
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At The 500 Apartments Apartments, we love your pets just as much as you do! Because of that, The 500 Apartments is not just pet-friendly property, but a pet-enthusiastic property. Your pets will find just as inviting a home here as you will.
Your cat deserves a home that will love her as much as you love her! The 500 Apartments offers a Pet Friendly Community so that your pet can focus on the things that really matter: making you happy!


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Numerology is angelic science aiming to ameliorate the virtue of life. The number system in numerology predicts numerous things which are going to help a man to live his life better. Once thought of as a math and science, numerology is now seen as an occult study, used for astrology and divinatory arts.
Numerology is the language of numbers and their symbolic significance. Each number has its own vibration and its own vibratory influence. Based on the belief that a person comes into life on a certain date with a certain name, numerology uses numbers to describe who a person is and what map is designed for his or her zest. Every letter of the alphabet from A to Z has a definite quiver number behind it. The letter of the alphabet is identified and related to a particular number.
Through Numerology you can uncover the hidden aspects of your psyche, career, family and gain deeper knowledge and a clear idea of your destiny.
According to numerologists, everything in the world is dependent upon the mystical properties of numbers. These properties come from the numbers' inherent vibration. Predictions are generally based on the nine planets as per Astrological science. These planets are the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu. Each of the planets is designated with a number ranging between 1 and 9. The nine planets are considered to lay a significant impact on a human's life. Now-a-days numerology is vastly used before choosing names for companies, business, baby, home, vehicle and phone to align with self. One can also choose its carreer according to his/her life path number. For instance, people having number 6, may opt for fashion designing or interior decoration or acting field as a carrier. Number 6 denotes creativity, love, ability to use the imagination and is ruled by Venus. These anagogic numbers are considered lucky and unlucky too, number 7 which is widely choosen and on the other hand number 13 which is avoided mostly. Number 13 and 7 play contrary role in game of numbers. There always seem a tug of war as both have their own significance where 7 is to be told to be lucky,13 is a number considered to bring bad luck.
Many buildings don't have 13 No. floor, in hospital setup, hospital beds ,operating rooms, and maternity units have avoided resuming Room No. 13. There are many untold stories behind number 13 around the world. In the west it is totally contradicted but in the east it is considered somewhat lucky. The number 13 always remains in debate, but according to me it means "Tera" in Hindi means all of god therefore a powerful number spiritually.
Talking about Hinduism there are 7 chakras and" Pythagorean" contemplate number 7 to be perfect. It is most preferable number. It has resonance which determines high intuitive, analytical ,spiritual, vibes and the people who are blessed with this lucky number are born healers and act as a light for others, therefore drawn to mysticism and occult. Success includes in all endeavours.
You may be hugely surprised but even your phone number is linked to specific vibration which comes by adding digits to single. Many people have benefitted by taking the assistance of numerology. In numerology, the essence of every personality is found in the destiny number. It gives you an indication of your life purpose and also indicates what challenges, tendencies, and obstacles will come into play throughout your life.


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Amy Poehler Speaks Candidly About "Star Wars," Apparently Not a Fan
Kimberly Ripley
Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, and other cast members of their new film Sisters visited Late Night With Seth Meyers on Thursday, touting the merits of their film. In fact, they hoped to convince Star Wars: The Force Awakens fans to see Sisters in addition to or in place of the latest installment.
In keeping with their theme, Seth Meyers presented each of them with a Star Wars action figure, with which they were to make their case for seeing Sisters.
Watch: Amy Poehler tells Seth Meyers she doesn't care about #StarWars https://t.co/2jdePlft2c pic.twitter.com/LWwlov2oNT
— Variety (@Variety) December 18, 2015
Ike Barinholtz went first, holding up his Kylo Ren figurine, played by Adam Driver in the film.
"Why would you see a movie with the guy from Girls when you could see a movie with the guy from The Mindy Project?" he asked.
"I am a creature. I don't have any relatives, but if I did, I wish I could have two sisters," Tina Fey said in a really bad attempt at impersonating PZ-4CO, the new droid in Star Wars.
Amy Poehler's action figure was that of Constable Zuvio. After attempting–and failing–at pronouncing his name a total of three times, she gave up and spoke candidly about the new Star Wars film.
"I don't care! I don't care about Star Wars and I never f—ing did. I'm tired of pretending; I don't care about it," she exclaimed.
Amy Poehler came around, however, and attempted to make Zuvio talk. She hid his face, saying he's embarrassed that he's seeing Star Wars.
Rachel Dratch did a Wookie impersonation that wasn't half bad, after which Maya Rudolph tried helping redeem Amy Poehler.
"I will never know the touch of a real woman. Please go see Sisters," she said in the voice of her figurine, BB-8.
Did you catch Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, and the rest of their Sisters cronies on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Thursday? Did they convince you to skip Star Wars and see Sisters instead? Will you at the very least see Sisters in addition to Star Wars: The Force Awakens?
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Discussion in 'Virus & Other Malware Removal' started by BarnStorm, Jul 31, 2006.
I have used both ZoneLabs ZoneAlarm and McAfee AV for a long time.
build 10.0.27. Upon installation, it informed me of an incompatibility with the ZoneAlarm firewall.
Several days before, I had received the periodic update alert from Zone and had downloaded version 6.5.731.000, but not installed it.
Having a memory from the past of a point where these two products did not get along well, I just proceeded to install the new ZA version.
they seem to be working together fine.
However, I have noted a lot of chatter about this on various FAQ's and would like a confirming opinion if I am OK. I don't want to just trust the "appearance" that things are working fine.
Apparently the problem was with Zone Alarm and was fixed in a recent update so you should be fine.


Your business' website is no longer an option for modern businesses. And if you are going to have a website that is the go-to format for your business, it ought to look good. It is the digital storefront for your company. And your website is the primary way that people come into contact with your business. They often see this digital storefront far before they ever see the physical storefront. Because of this, businesses need to think about how their web development represents their businesses. In the same way that you keep the front room or the storefront of your business arranged in a certain way to convey particular things about your business, people do the same thing for their websites.
The first thing to acknowledge about the nexus between your business' website and its reflection of your business as whole is the factor of professionalism. Your website can powerfully convey a sense of professionalism. If you have a neat and tidy website, it will send the message that your business is serious and legitimate. This bid of confidence is an important one in a sea of competing websites. Because some domain spaces are free, just about anyone could start a website. Not everyone can get the website development to have a professional website for a business. By hiring an ad agency for your business, you are effectively separating yourself from the rest of the people out there that have a website just because but do not represent a serious business.
There are other things beyond just professionalism that can be communicated beyond just professionalism. You also say something about the priorities and capabilities of your business by the design and some of the interactive features that are present in the website. There is a priority in business for innovation. This idea of being ahead of the curve and being fresh has powerful traction. By integrating interactive features to your website, you are allowing your customer a more memorable and, perhaps, easier time navigating your website. But you are also communicating a sense of modern-ness. You are saying, "Look. We are an innovative, modern business that puts emphasis on the tools of the future. We are tech savvy. We carry a spirit of youthfulness." This can go a long way in making your business appealing to potential customers.
How you craft your website is more than just providing your customer with basic information about your business. It does this too, of course. That is the most fundamental purpose of the website, but it is not only information that matters. You can tell the customer what you and your business are all about by the manner in which you articulate that through your web development and website design. You can tell them that you are professional and modern just by the way that you design your website. Finding the right ad agency is an important part of creating a larger brand that will make your company stand out among the rest of the competitors.


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 Andreas Breidert (1845–1920), hessischer Provinzialdirektor
 Georg Breidert (1807–1876), hessischer Politiker und Richter
 Martin Breidert (* 1946), deutscher Gemeindepfarrer und Theologe, Dozent für Systematische Theologie
 Wolfgang Breidert (* 1937), deutscher Philosoph

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This competition aims to interest, excite and enable students to understand and experience how engineering plays a part in energy innovation. The challenge is an annual event that provides an opportunity for Innovation for students from Secondary Schools, Junior Colleges, Polytechnics and ITEs to work with professional engineering and business mentors to design or invent a product to demon.
The competition will culminate in a Project Displays, Final Judging and Awards Presentation at the National Engineers Day (NED) in Singapore. The competition will take the format of multiple categories and levels.
Previously known as Energy Innovation Challenge, this is the 5th installment of the competition sponsored by the National Research Foundation (NRF). It is jointly organised by the Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES) and Science Centre Singapore with the support of the Ministry of Education.
The latest updates for the competition, workshops details, photographs and videos of the all the activities can be found at the facebook page.
Registrations will close on 1 May 2019.
Teams can be made up of either individuals or a team of up to four students. All team members MUST be from the same school.
Each school may allow more than one team, up to 10, to participate.
The competition eligibility requires the student(s) compete in their respective category based on their age and the level/class they are currently attending in the year of the competition.
Is prior experience or skills in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) required?
All students, who may or may not be predisposed to science, math or technology, are welcome to participate in the competition. In fact, the competition aims to inspire, motivate and encourage students to acquire basic technical expertise while challenging the more experienced students. Participants will be given the opportunity and exposure to learn a range of skills, from design and building to finance, marketing, logistics management, arts, in order to research and build their product in this competition.
What resources are available to assist the teams in this challenge?
A series of workshops and camps aimed in building up subject content knowledge and technical skills will be provided. More information will be announced at the briefing session in March 2019.
Why involve a professional engineer? Why can't participants build the product on their own?
The competition creates powerful mentoring relationships between the students and professional engineers, mechanics or technicians. The pool of mentors includes professional engineers from some of the world's most respected companies. Students get to work closely with and learn from these "stars" of the engineering world. Such meaningful involvement of adults in students' lives serves to developing young people's potential.
What do I benefit from participating in this competition?
The journey of building a prototype and going through numerous rounds of revisions with consultation from experts allows participants to gain maturity, build self-confidence and have a greater appreciation of teamwork and professionalism. Students also have fun while building a network of friends and professional mentors who continue to enrich their lives.
Register for the following workshops here!
What does meteorology have to do with particle physics? In this workshop, participants will learn how a serendipitous observation led to the development of the cloud chamber particle detector by Charles Wilson (Nobel prize 1927), according to Lord Rutherford the most wonderful and original instrument in scientific history. Exploiting concepts such as condensation, evaporation, and super-saturation, participants will build their own cloud chambers and observe some of the natural ionising radiation surrounding us.
Spectroscopy is a class of techniques that investigates how radiation (such as, but not limited to light) is affected by interactions with matter. Our understanding of the world is largely based on spectroscopy for example, many chemical elements were first discovered through their spectra, and our knowledge how atoms and molecules are built has been almost entirely derived from spectroscopic observations. In this non-mathematical workshop, Participants build their own spectroscopes (which they can keep and use for further investigations) and use them to observe spectra of various light sources, culminating in the observation of Fraunhofer spectral lines in daylight. The characteristic properties of different types of spectra (atomic, molecular and solid-state origin) are qualitatively explained.
Ionizing radiations are present in every object we encounter albeit at a level that presents almost no impact on our health. It is also present in the air, the ground and even in ourselves. The workshop will identify what these radiations are, where they come from and quantify them. Demonstrations of their presence, e.g., in the air, and in some everyday objects will also be given.
Many of us have microwave machines in our home, but have we ever managed to take one apart and figure out how it works? In this workshop, you'll be doing exactly that! Tear down a microwave machine into its sub-components and learn about how such non-ionizing radiation devices are designed for consumer comfort and safety! Working in small groups, participants will get to open up (and put together) a microwave machine.
Electronics is not just a key enabling technology of the modern age it can also be a fascinating hobby that has led many to a fulfilling high-tech career. In this workshop, participants will construct basic electronic circuits, experimentally investigate their behaviour using relevant test equipment and model it through application of circuit theory. Components covered include resistors, capacitors, diodes, transistors and more. Participants will receive a kit of electronic components to continue experimentation at home.
*This workshop requires participants to have completed Electronics 1 workshop prior.
In this followup workshop, participants make the transition to the use of standard integrated circuits (operational amplifiers and 555 timer chip) and how their behaviour can be custom-configured via external components to suit a wide range of applications.
Learn how to identify common electronic components and develop your skill in soldering connections safely and quickly! This workshop will help you to build your own electronic projects. Participants will have hands-on experience testing components and soldering their own circuit.
Explore the world of 3D printing and 3D Modelling and develop an understanding of operation, capabilities and limitations of the machines and software. Participants will have a hands-on experience with 3D Modeling and 3D printing their name. The Autodesk Fusion 360 software and Dremel 3D printers will be used.
Python is a powerful programming language that is used by many tech companies such as Google, Walt Disney and NASA while the SenseHat is an add-on to the popular Raspberry Pi mini computer and comes with a suite of sensors and actuators such as temperature/humidity sensors, accelerometers and an 8x8 LED screen.
In this workshop, participants will be introduced to basic Python commands and data structures to access and control the various elements on a SenseHat as well as learn to use the Rapsberry Pi as a datalogger. This course serves as a gateway to beginners who are interested in learning this powerful programming language.
Microcontrollers are integrated circuits (IC) chips that are able to process input and control machines and devices based on their written program. In our current lifestyle, we can find Microcontrollers used in devices such as rice cookers, washing machines, remote controls, etc.
In this workshop, participants will get to understand the different components of a development board used for prototyping. They will also get to exposed to the C++ programming language and write simple programs using Arduino's Integrated Development Environment (IDE). They will build circuitry on a breadboard using simple components such as buzzer, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and light dependent resistor (LDR). Mini projects will also be given during the session to enhance participants' understanding of the various components and programming skills taught in the workshop.
Ionising radiation is invisible to the naked eye, but can be detected with the appropriate equipment. In this workshop, participants will learn about the different types of ionisation detectors and their working principles. Participants will get to see live demonstrations of the use of these detectors on examples of everyday objects with higher-than-background radiation, and also gain some understanding on the health effects of radiation.
*Participation in this workshop requires prior participation in "Introduction to Microcontrollers 1" workshop or equivalent experience.
Building on the previous workshop, Microcontroller 1, participants will be introduced to more electronic components. For example, they will learn to use a potentiometer to control a RGB LED to create a home mood lighting system. Participants will be expose to more advanced programming syntax such as conditional loops and map function.
*Participation in this workshop requires prior participation in "Introduction to Microcontrollers 2" workshop or equivalent experience.
Data logging is a common application in many science laboratories. In this workshop, participants will learn how to integrate micro-controllers, sensors and data storage devices to make their very own data loggers. The final activity will see participants designing and building their own air quality monitoring system that logs data as well as sound an alarm once the threshold values of certain variables are crossed.
Get in-depth knowledge on the uses of the Laser Machine and learn how such machines (which use non-ionizing laser sources) work. Participants will also learn how to convert an artwork into a laser ready file and techniques to engrave and cut intricate designs on various materials. They will also learn how to confidently set up a design file of their choice and safely use the machines to cut the part themselves!
A*STAR Talent Search is an annual competition that has rewarded students who have performed well in scientific research since 2006.
A national competition organised by the Ministry of Education (MOE), the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and the Science Centre Singapore (SCS).


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Evans Garment Restoration Awards Associates at Annual Meeting
Evans Garment Restoration, LLC recently awarded several of their associates for outstanding performance at its 6th annual franchise meeting.
The Regional Excellence Award was bestowed upon Evans' Mid-Atlantic Franchise for being chosen by the Crawford Contractor Connection's for its Excellence in Achievement Award, which is a distinction only given to the top 100 performers in Crawford's national network.
Tammy Wooldridge and her Production Team at the Springfield, IL plant were presented with the Team Development Award for their ongoing support and development of Evans' other garment restoration plants.
Ryan Fish and Kristy Fish of the Minnesota Management Team received the Excellence in Operations Award for their commitment to Evans' systems and quality management.
Anna Rozhansky and Tina Johnson of the Chaska, MN Sales Team were given the Market Sales Leadership Award for achieving the highest average sales of any Account Manager in the company.
Finally, Reese Johnson of Evans' Sharpsburg, GA facility was awarded the Sales Growth Award in recognition of his hard work and perseverance that resulted in a 300% increase in sales over the last six months.
"We're delighted to take this opportunity to recognize the high caliber of work being carried out by our associates all across the country," said Evans Managing Member Mike Rusciolelli. "Our team is dedicated to providing the best service to all of our clients and we want to make sure that they know how much we appreciate their efforts."
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Romance at its peak during February. First, the rose day then proposes a day and then valentines day will follow during the second week of the month. While there is no season of love, February month is an exception. Valentines day week is known as a week of romance, love and caring. You will find beautiful girls in red color apparels with flowers in hand everywhere. Same is the case with guys as well. Exchanging gifts is a norm but there are many other creative ways to wish someone a happy valentines day 2014. One of them is by sending text messages or SMS. In the past, we covered several SMS collection for Valentine's day that you can send it to your loved ones. Now, we would like to cover some romantic text messages that you can send to your loved ones via SMS or online messenger services like Whatsapp or Facebook.
While people prefer to be romantic during this day, there are tons of people who still feel shy to express their feelings. For them, such romantic messages will be very useful.
If you believe perfection is not real, kiss your love in the rain, many things in this world can wash away the pain, but none can compare the kiss in the rain.
Never ask for a hug, just give it. Never ask for a kiss, just give it. Never ask do love me? Say I Love You.
When things go wrong, when sadness fills your heart, when tears flow in your eyes, always remember three things, I am with You, Still with You, Will Always be with you.
Would you like to take a romantic person out of you? Would you like to share more romantic text messages with us? In case, if you are worried about the right platform, then here is a chance to showcase your talent ton the world at no cost. We welcome every sort of valentines day related entry on our blog.
It is important for the most important man in your life to know that you love him to the core of your heart.
Love letters have lost its charm as how many of us do have the time to sit back and write that much? Why don't you send him some sweet little Valentine's Day Messages to show how much you care for him?
He will not only feel good but as he reads on, his ears will turn red and cheeks will blush! That's the magic of love; even a little short collection of words wrapped in deepest feelings may do wonders. A soul in love understands the feelings which the other wants to convey even through the silence of the eyes, messages are a little extra way to show if you care.
Simply choose your words, carefully though, maintain your decency and see how his respect and admirations increase towards you. For some ready reference of instant messages, read on and get a fair idea of the lovely messages you can send to your beloved.
Loving you deeply gives me strength. Being loved by you deeply gives me courage. I love you.
My day gets brightened with your voice; my night gets pleasant with your smiles. Wish you a very Happy Valentine's Day.
Day by day, my love for you grows with time. I shall love you more than what I did yesterday and less than what I shall tomorrow. Happy V-DAY!
Count my love if you can count the drops in the ocean and the stars in the sky. I love you and Happy Valentine's Day.


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Q: How to put list object to JSon object In servlet I am trying to put a list in json object, but i cant able to find what is the error. I am calling servlet from ajax call, Here is servlet code,
Latlng latlng=new Latlng();
List<Latlng> vehicleList = new ArrayList<Latlng>();

sql ="SELECT a.vehicleno,a.lat,a.lng,a.status,a.rdate,a.rtime from latlng a,vehicle_details b where a.vehicleno=b.vehicleno and b.clientid="+clientid +"  and b.groupid in(select groupid from group_details where groupname='"+gname+"' and clientid='"+clientid+"')";
              resultSet = statement.executeQuery(sql);
              while(resultSet.next()){
                  String s=resultSet.getString("vehicleno");
                  latlng.setVehicleno(resultSet.getString("vehicleno"));
                  latlng.setLat(resultSet.getString("lat"));
                  latlng.setLat(resultSet.getString("lng"));
                  latlng.setLat(resultSet.getString("status"));
                  latlng.setLat(resultSet.getString("rdate"));
                  latlng.setLat(resultSet.getString("rtime"));
                  vehicleList.add(latlng);
                  System.out.println(vehicleList);
                  String json = new Gson().toJson(vehicleList);
                  response.setContentType("application/json");
                  response.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
                  response.getWriter().write(json);
              }
     } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (SQLException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

is there anything wrong in it. It is not even displaying exception also.

A: Try like this.
   while (resultSet.next()) {
        latlng=new Latlng();
        String s = resultSet.getString("vehicleno");
        latlng.setVehicleno(resultSet.getString("vehicleno"));
        latlng.setLat(resultSet.getString("lat"));
        latlng.setLat(resultSet.getString("lng"));
        latlng.setLat(resultSet.getString("status"));
        latlng.setLat(resultSet.getString("rdate"));
        latlng.setLat(resultSet.getString("rtime"));
        vehicleList.add(latlng);
    }
    System.out.println(vehicleList);
    String json = new Gson().toJson(vehicleList);
    response.setContentType("application/json");
    response.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
    response.getWriter().write(json);

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Tag: George Washington
Thoughts on the anti-war movement as of March 2010
By daveschwab in War
This post was written as part of GreenChange blog action day. Learn more here.
The anti-war movement seems to be at a crossroads these days. The rapid contraction of anti-war activism after George W. Bush left office caused many skeptics, including activists themselves, to wonder if most of the protesters had been more anti-Bush than anti-war. However, there are signs that the ranks of Americans who are determined to protest the evils of war, no matter which party controls the White House, is growing.
A December rally in Washington DC against the escalation of the Afghanistan War, which featured an impressive lineup of speakers including Chris Hedges, Cynthia McKinney, Dennis Kucinich, Mike Gravel, and Ralph Nader, nevertheless attracted only a small number of supporters – probably less than 1000. The recent March 20th anti-war march in Washington DC attracted between 2500 and 10000 supporters. That's still a far cry from the hundreds of thousands who would march during the Bush regime, but it may be a sign that the movement is recovering from its post-election inaction.
I remember hearing from people familiar with United For Peace & Justice (UFPJ), a nationwide umbrella group for anti-war organizations, that UFPJ leaders opted not to put their organizing muscle behind the March 20 protest. I'm out of the country and out of the loop, so I can't confirm if that's true. If it is true, I think it's a big mistake for a self-described anti-war organization to downplay an anti-war protest. If anti-war group leaders view President Obama as more receptive to their message, that's all the more reason for them to put pressure on him to do the right thing.
Ross Levin has a great post on how the 3/20 anti-war march in DC, which he attended and reported from, got significantly less media coverage than a significantly smaller Tea Party rally against healthcare reform across town.
It's an open secret that the "grassroots" Tea Party movement is actually an astroturf operation, promoted by establishment media pundits like Rick Sanchez and Glenn Beck and funded by establishment political operatives like Dick Armey. Yet the mainstream media coverage treats the Tea Party protests like a genuine grassroots conservative uprising. My question is: can anti-war organizers convert this state of affairs into greater publicity for their movement?
Just the fact that anti-war rallies attract more people than tea parties won't get them more coverage, but maybe if anti-war organizers made the "we're bigger than the tea party" challenge integral to their actions, and communicated it to both the mainstream and independent media (as well as creating their own media), it would get more press and attract more attention from the general public.
Another idea (just throwing it out there): an "An-TEA-War PARTY protest", in which anti-war protesters would mimic tea partiers by standing on the Capitol steps and screaming anti-war slogans at passing members of Congress. By holding signs saying "An-TEA-War PARTY", these protesters could attract the Tea-Party-loving press.
Another idea: antiwar protesters could have simply marched past the tea party protest, in an attempt to highlight the media's bias in giving greater coverage to a smaller protest. Intrepid protesters could even join the Tea Partiers and wave their anti-war signs for the cameras. Such tactics would probably require nonviolence training, since some tea partiers could get physical and it would not be good if the anti-war protesters retaliated.
One more demonstration idea: I've often thought it would be interesting if someone organized a march in the style of a 1930s labor rally. Everyone would wear suits or dresses, and carry black-and-white signs and banners with simple lettering and straightforward messages. To my mind, a protest like that could attract media attention and get people talking.
In case I've offended anyone who thinks the tea parties are cool, there is an encouraging initiative from Voters For Peace to broaden the anti-war movement to include folks who don't usually show up for anti-war events. Here's Sam Smith's take on the effort:
"Last Saturday I spent eight hours with three dozen other people in a basement conference room of a Washington hotel engaged in an extraordinary exercise of mind and hope.
The topic was, by itself, depressingly familiar: building an anti-war coalition. What made it so strikingly different was the nature of those at the table. They included progressives, conservatives, traditional liberals and libertarians. Some reached back to the Reagan years or to 1960s activism, some – including an SDS leader from the University of Maryland and several Young Americans for Liberty – were still in college."
I've read the foreign policy chapter of Ron Paul's book, and I felt that he was right on the money about many things, like ending US wars in the Middle East, closing US military bases in other countries, and cutting off military aid to foreign governments like Israel and Egypt. In the same coalition-building vein, we can only benefit by more often invoking the anti-militarism words of people who conservatives revere, like Dwight Eisenhower and George Washington. I'll add some choice quotations below.
Another great thing about Voters For Peace is that it's involved in both grassroots activism and legislative pressure campaigns. To be effective, the anti-war movement must get serious about pressuring politicians. Pressuring politicians requires setting specific goals that they can be held accountable to. For the anti-war movement, that means war funding, since Congress can end the occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan only by refusing to fund them.
The most effective pressure tactic would be organizing a nationwide voter pledge not to vote for any politician who votes for war funding. If you want a politician to pay attention, tell them they won't get your vote if they don't meet your conditions. The Democratic majority has voted solidly to continue the wars, but make them feel that their majority is at risk if they fail to end the wars, and that's how you get real action.
In many districts, instead of voting for a pro-war incumbent in the general election, you can vote for a Green, anti-war Libertarian, or other independent. The anti-war movement needs to show politicians that only anti-war candidates will earn our votes from now on.
QUOTATION TIME!
"Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people under an efficient government. the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.
Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice? "
-George Washington
"He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. "
-Thomas Paine
"Believing that the happiness of mankind is best promoted by the useful pursuits of peace, that on these alone a stable prosperity can be founded, that the evils of war are great in their endurance, and have a long reckoning for ages to come, I have used my best endeavors to keep our country uncommitted in the troubles which afflict Europe, and which assail us on every side."
"Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. "
-James Madison
"Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose – and you allow him to make war at pleasure. "
-Abraham Lincoln
"The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend… Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?"
" In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together. "
-Dwight Eisenhower
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. "
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278 years later . . . and still indispensable
By pfiore8
The Indispensable Man: G. Washington
This is a love story. It is about those heady days of falling madly in love with the tall, red-headed, and truly noble George Washington and how he gave me this wonderful gift: love of my country and love of the principles upon which it was built.
Those few days of reading Washington: The Indispensable Man by James Thomas Flexner are days that changed my life and imbued in me a love of country I never even considered before. I finally read the Constitution and fell in love with it and what Washington made of it… leaving me with this urge not to interpret the document as much as save it from those lofty yet dusty and half-remembered places where ideals are kept. And to get others to read, consider it, and how Washington changed the world . . .
Breach time with me below the fold (and ladies, hold onto your hearts).
cross-posted at Daily Kos
George Washington Said There'd Be Days Like This
By geomoo in Politics
George Washington said our hope of maintaining our precious freedom lies with making common cause around the constitution. When Obama focuses on unity, he's not just using a pretty word for effect. He's talking about what Washington called the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity.
Respect for its authority, compliance with its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true Liberty. The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established Government.
Washington says one way can lose our freedom is to allow a faction to direct, control, counteract, or awe the constitutional deliberations of our government. If we allow this, it can be fatal. It replaces the voice of we the people with the self-interested will of one party, or group, or cabal, or sect. If we allow a faction to take the reins of power from we the people, the situation is created so that in time, cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will take away the power of the people and hold the reins of government. In the end, they will destroy the institutions, laws, and traditions of our constitutional government.
17 All obstructions to the execution of the Laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force; to put, in the place of the delegated will of the nation, the will of a party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community; and, according to the alternate triumphs of different parties, to make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans digested by common counsels, and modified by mutual interests.
18 However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people, and to usurp for themselves the reins of government; destroying afterwards the very engines, which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
If we care to preserve the "engines" of our government, we will impeach George W. Bush.
Farewell Address, George Washington, impeachment


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Q: Get files from directories alphabetically sorted with bash I have this code that works in the directory that I execute:
pathtrabajo=.
filedirs="files.txt"
dirs=$(find . -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d | sort -n)
SAVEIFS=$IFS
IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")
for entry in $dirs
do
    echo "${entry}" >> "${filedirs}"
    find "$entry" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -name '*.md' -printf '%f\n' | sort | sed 's/\.md$//1' | awk '{print "- [["$0"]]"}' >> "${filedirs}"
done
IFS=$SAVEIFS

But when I try to make it global to work with variables, find gives error:
pathtrabajo="/path/to/a/files"
filedirs="files.txt"
dirs=$(find "${pathtrabajo}" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d | sort -n)
SAVEIFS=$IFS
IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")
for entry in "${dirs[@]}"
do
    echo "${entry}" >> "${pathtrabajo}"/"${filedirs}"
    find "${entry}" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -name '*.md' -printf '%f\n' | sort | sed 's/\.md$//1' | awk '{print "- [["$0"]]"}' >> "${pathtrabajo}"/"${filedirs}"
done
IFS=$SAVEIFS

What did I do wrong?

A: It's really not clear why you are using find here at all.  The following will probably do what you are trying if I can guess from your code.
dirs=([0-9][!0-9]*/ [0-9][0-9][!0-9]*/ [0-9][0-9][0-9][!0-9]*/ [!0-9]*/)
printf "%s\n" "${dirs[@]}" >"$filedirs"
for dir in "${dirs[@]}"; do
    printf "%s\n" "$dir"/*.md |
    awk '{ sub(/\.md$/, ""); print "- [["$0"]]" }'
done >>"$filedirs"

The shell already expands wildcards alphabetically. The dirs assignment will expand all directories which start with a single digit, then the ones with two digits, then the ones with three digits -- extend if you need more digits -- then the ones which do not start with a digit.
It would not be hard, but cumbersome, to extend the code to run in an arbitrary directory. My proposed solution would be (for once!) to cd to the directory where you want the listing, then run this script.


Pollsters v bookies: who's on the money in election 2015?
"Polls Apart!" used to be the cliché newspaper headline whenever two opinion polls about an impending election reported fractionally differing findings. For the 2015 election, they're rapidly running out of puns. The sense of frustration is palpable. Those polls keep coming, and none gives a clear idea of who will win.
The Independent recently produced a whole story, complete with charts, on "the four utterly contradictory polls" that dominated election coverage at the start of the penultimate week of campaigning before the big day. "This roller-coaster ride in the polls is repeated every day", it explained, demonstrating "how close and unpredictable this election campaign is".
This must have caused readers to wonder why, if they're apparently so useless, polls still attract so much attention. Others are turning to bookmakers' odds to try to decide the winner. So who are more reliable in this uncertain contest: pollsters or bookies?
Bookies reckon £30m was bet on the outcome of the 2010 UK election and £50m was spent predicting whether Scotland would vote for independence in September 2014. They say this election will be the first non-sports event to break £100 million in bets.
William Hill has taken bets online of £200,000 at odds of 2/9 on a hung parliament, and over the counter of £50,000 at 1/8 – or, as it's sometimes expressed, 8 to 1 on. Clearly some see it as an easy earner, and they could be right.
These big bet odds may be short: £50,000 at 1/8 would win just £1 for every £8 you've staked, or £6,250 plus the returned stake – as opposed to, say, the 8/1 you could get on the next government being a coalition involving the Scottish Nationalists. That outcome's extreme unlikelihood is reflected in the much longer odds, and the extreme unlikelihood of your winning £400,000 plus your returned stake. Very short odds, therefore, are not necessarily unattractive.
The Conservatives recently unleashed their latest secret weapon – famous soapbox campaigner and former prime minister, John Major. He warned of impending doom if the next government turns out to be a partnership between Labour and the SNP, but his campaign appearance inevitably reminded many of the historic 1992 electoral triumph that earned him his status as the UK's most electorally successful living Conservative.
In that election, the four main final polls, averaged out, put Labour ahead on 39%, the Conservatives on 38%, and projected a hung parliament.
In the event, Labour managed just 35%, while the Conservatives won nearly 43% and a 21-seat Commons majority. It would be 18 years before a hung parliament emerged. A young and still mistrusted polling industry had suffered a humiliating setback.
However, as the 2015 campaign demonstrates on a daily basis, it has recovered, grown, and evolved methodologically almost beyond recognition. That's fortunate since the proliferation of smaller parties has made both polling and seat prediction considerably harder than in 2010.
As parts of large companies with numerous business clients, political pollsters are necessarily both rigorous and pretty good – provided you judge them reasonably.
They're not, whatever the media may imply, predictors or forecasters. They take time-specific opinion snapshots – some using online panels, some random digit phone dialling – of what they hope are statistically representative samples of the whole electorate.
They also clearly quantify the probabilistic nature of their work and the margins of error. With standard samples of 1,000 or more respondents, only about 19 times in 20 will any single response be within 3% (plus or minus) of what it would be, had the whole population been surveyed.
For the record, all four of the polls that befuddled the Independent had both parties within 3% of being level-pegged on 33%. So while two put Labour ahead and two gave the Conservatives the edge, they weren't "utterly contradictory".
Sampling probability does decree, though, that roughly every 20th finding or poll will be outside that +/- 3% margin of error – and so appear to presage a "shock" result. And human nature decrees that a rogue poll will invariably attract more media attention than all the rest put together – which is almost certainly what happened in the last weeks of the Scottish referendum.
Of nearly 40 polls published between June and the September 18 polling day, only two put the Yes vote ahead. But just one was enough to trigger ten days of crazed panic among political and business leaders.
It doesn't, though, explain why the averaged five final polls put the No vote on 49.2%, with a lead of just 4.2%. The actual result was 55.3% to 44.7% – the No vote ended with a lead of 10.6%. Poor methodology or very late change, either way, the pollsters got it wrong.
Meanwhile, the bookies, who overwhelmingly predicted a No throughout the campaign, hardly wobbled. The odds stood at around 7/2 against Yes, and a pretty short 1*/*4 on for No. One firm even paid out a six-figure sum on a No bet three days before polling day.
That contrast wasn't a one-off – in fact it was repeated in this year's Israeli Knesset elections, as the final polls suggested a Zionist Union victory and defeat for Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party, the exact reverse of what actually happened.
Rather, it's what's logically to be expected. Pollsters ask about our intentions and attitudes; bookies, as we have seen, focus only on results and outcomes. Above all, though, they back their judgement with their cash.
So study the polls, as of course the bookies do, and even the trickier poll-based seat projections such as those at Election Forecast, Electoral Calculus, The Guardian, and New Statesman.
Perhaps, though, don't take the latest predictions from US statistician Nate Silver as your guide. In a recent interview with the BBC, he was somewhat harangued into predicting a Conservative victory. But, as shown in the table, being spot-on in US elections didn't stop his being burned in the UK's last one.
Certainly by comparison with the polls, the bookies are united: increasingly confident the Conservatives will get most seats, but that Miliband is the more likely next PM. Best odds on most seats, therefore, from any of Oddschecker's 24 bookmakers are 3/10 on the Conservatives and shortening, 3/1 on Labour and lengthening. For next PM, Miliband is available at 4/6, Cameron at 11/8.
If the polls conflict and projections confuse, you may as well follow the money – or at least what the money's saying.


I happened on this front cover use yesterday when browsing Google Books. The photo is of a breakwater at St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. I remember feeling a little annoyed with the person for daring to walk into my photo but obviously his presence is key to the use. Below are my two alternatives that I have – a vertical and a horizontal which has been cropped to form a vertical. It looks as though I was struck on that red life saving ring! Interesting to see how the image has been built into the whole design of the cover. It was licensed through Agefotostock.
See the Photoshop work where the red ring used to be?


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Features categorized as Alumni Profile
Alumni Profile – Chris O'Neil
Chris O'Neil Music Performance, 2000 That's why I love what I do; inspiring others keeps me motivated. I especially like leading student orientation events at Cambrian, because it allows me to give back to the place that launched my career. Chris O'Neil knows how to energize a crowd. Originally from Cambridge, Ontario, Chris uses interactive...
Alumni Profile – Suzanne Bernier
Suzanne Bernier Journalism, 1988 I became the first female uniformed emergency management field officer in Ontario. I'm proud to say I paved the way for other young women in this field… She has a diminutive stature and a smile that could span an ocean. After speaking with her for approximately 10 minutes, it's impossible to...
Alumni Profile – John Tuinema
John Tuinema Paramedic, 2006 I like living in the north, and Cambrian had the most intuitive and appealing paramedic curriculum. The class sizes were small enough to have more time with professors, but big enough to have a range of colleagues. John Tuinema is something of a master at keeping cool in high-pressure situations. Six...
Alumni Profile – Cristina Masotti
Cristina Masotti Practical Nursing, 2010 I am proud of my extensive connection with Cambrian. Every time I walk in the doors, I feel at home. A part of my life almost since birth, Cambrian College has served me well. Cristina Masotti is a nursing instructor at Cambrian and a Registered Practicing Nurse (RPN). She also...
Alumni Profile – Julia Fedec
Julia Fedec Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 2011 It has taken me a long time to not only accept who I am, but to like who I am. I'm proud of myself for jumping into this adventure and for opening my heart and mind to self-discovery, for accepting people as they are and for forgiving...
Alumni Profile – Meet Thakkar
Meet Thakkar Dental Hygiene, 2015 I'm a bit ambitious. Whenever I go somewhere, I try to involve myself as much as possible. I wanted to immerse myself into the community, to learn what Canadian culture is about; I wanted to excel in each aspect of college, not just the academics. Meet Thakkar, a Dental Hygiene...


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This true wireless earbuds does perform well from the low bass frequency to the highs easily. Good amount of bass energy and clear high but you do need the twist the earbuds till you hear it sound sharper because if you placed it at a wrong angle you would not hear it clearly. If xFyro can improve the ergonomics for the eartip to go deeper or using metal sound tube, that will help in audio experience/hearing consistency without the need to twist around much.


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During May, 2017, I added a post of Neo-Nazi photographs taken in the Ukraine and released through Mainland China media. I am told that the Western governments, whilst materially and rhetorically backing the Neo-Nazi regime of Western Ukraine, are actively 'suppressing' evidence of this fascism in their own media. People are being raped (including children), tortured, mutilated and murder by Neo-Nazi thugs armed with Western weaponry, and paid with Western taxpayers' money. Along with my other post taken from similar Russian-based sources, these articles have proven very popular. Recently, A Chinese journalist friend of mine suggested I did an 'update' because things have gotten far worse in Western Ukraine, with Westen-backed Neo-Nazi criminality reaching new heights. A point to consider is that the Klitschko brothers of world boxing fame, are fully supportive of the 'Madan' Neo-Nazi regime, and belong to a far-right Christian organisation.


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Moot Court: Trademark Protection on Trial
Aug 4, 2004 • 8:15 pm | (0) by Barry Schwartz | Filed Under Search Engine Strategies 2004 San Jose
Jeffery Rohrs from Optiem discusses how this is going to work. This will not be a true "moot court" argument, not arguing a specific fact pattern, rather they will debate the general issues that are popular, and this is for non lawyers and lawyers. The people on the panel are "role playing" and does not mean they believe in what they are saying, they can be playing devils advocate. Scott Schwartz will be making the case for the trademark owners. Deborah Wilcox will be making the case for the search engines. Danny Sullivan, Barry Felder (playboy vs. netscape case), Eric Goldman (epinions counsel) will be on the board. Jeff will be the moderator.
He briefly describes trademark and what is it. A word, name, symbol, color, scent or sound used in commerce to distinguish good or services. Stronger marks might get stronger protection. Arbitrary marks like Google, Pepsi, RustyBrick all get stronger protection then would a generic word. Trademark law protects against "confusion" and "dilution." I did a review on this at the NY conference, do a search on trademark at this site and you can read more about the legalese of trademark and search. To see Google's current trademark policy visit google.com/tm_complaint.html, it says that in the US you can not have trademarks in the copy of the ad but you can bid on it (outside US it differs). Overture has a policy as well, trademarks can be used for several fair use reasons, read their policy (URL too long to type). And here we go.
Scott Schwartz begins represents the case for the trademark owners. TM owners spend enormous amounts of money establishing, promoting them. Search engines make a lot of money selling them. He then showed some obvious examples of trademark issues on tangible items. So why is this ok on Google? You type in "Klennex" in Google, and the sponsored results have non-Klennex company pages. TMs being sold in paid search is causing consumer confusion and having a negative effect on TM owners. Do a search for elmopalooza, you see an ad to sing up your kids for talent agencies. Search on dunkin Donuts, in the sponsored links you see franchise opportunities.com available to click on, are they part of dunkin Donuts? I am confused, and that is the test for trademark confusion.
Barry Feldman jumped in and asked Scott a question: He asked if he put up a brand named "new sauce" and put it in the same isle as ragu, would that violate TM? Scott said absolutely not, because on search, someone is searching on "ragu" not on "sauce". Eric Goldman asked for the difference between online and offline, in terms of not being able to visually see the package. After more probing by Barry and Danny, Scott said that the language used by search engines "Sponsored" it kind of means that dunkin Donuts is sponsoring these results. Then as he began to conclude with this concept, Eric asks an other question by asking about the elmopalooza case, the sole case is to ride the elmo brand to find new talented kids.
Scott says its the SEs responsibility, and they need to change things. They profit from it and they bare the responsibility for it. They need to change the visibility of these ads, call them "paid" and not "sponsored". They should alert the trademark owners when their trademarks are being purchased. Advertisers must say they are not infringing, advertisers need to provide accurate contact information, and require buyers to indemnify search engines.
Deborah is representing the search engines, she starts off saying where is the trademark problem, where is the confusion? (1) There must be some kind of use of the trademarks. Use in the legal sense, you must have some type of branding going on. The search engines are using the trademarks to brand their engines nor are the advertisers using it to boost their brand of their brands. (2) Where is the confusion? TM law is meant to protect the consumers, it is not misleading the consumer's purchase decision. If there is no confusion then where it the problem. Sponsored links do not confuse the user, they are clearly separated on in Google, Overture and Yahoo. This is in compliance with what the FTC requires. (3) The searcher's objective is not know when they search. The searcher might not be looking for the "official site". They might want to learn about reviews, competition, and more. So I might type in a product name to look for reviews.
About 5 minutes of questions by the board were thrown in to Deborah, all which were handled well. Hard to cover this because there is very little structure to the presentation, it was meant to be in this fashion. But it was a great presentation.
Now they each have five minutes of rebuttal.
Scott said search engines are literally nickel and dimeing the trademark owners to death (people clapped). He shows more example of confusion. He said he would like to see the search results on a different page. That made everyone laugh.
Deborah offers her rebuttal, she says that this is not illegal. People always use others brands to boost their own brands legally. Is Network Solutions held accountable when someone buys your trademark name? No but the person who buys it is.
The board walks out for 10 minutes to discuss, we can ask for councils questions.
The board now comes back in and they each speak.
Barry Feldman is up first. He said a balance approach is appropriate. Was there confusion? There are things the SEs can do to help make sure this does not happen. The visuals are important to help reduce the confusion.
Danny said that he dislikes that people can buy other people's brands but its not illegal. He would like to see the sponsored listing label to change to "paid advertisement." In the end, the beef is with the advertisers not the search engines.
Eric Goldman said we need to separate our emotional response and the legal response. He agrees that the beef is with the advertisers. Plus there needs to be confusion with the ad, plus the landing page.
That is all. We had some Q & A but most were like, look at my example.
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Behind Rodney K Press: Part 1
February 11, 2018 Rodney K Press	0
I've been wanting to write a blog post about Rodney K Press for some time. The name I've chosen is close to my heart and hopefully helps explain what the company is all about. When I set out to create a publishing company, I knew I wanted to pay homage to my two greatest writing influences: my maternal grandfather, Rodney Foss and my mother Luann Kay (Foss) Rowell.
This one is for you, Grandpa.
My grandpa Rodney was an incredible guy. The Valedictorian of his class, he was just as witty as he was brilliant. He was constantly finding ways to make me laugh. He used to send me letters, often with a funny illustration of his 'peg leg' depicted (he had a prosthetic leg due to diabetes). He would also let me prick his finger with the glucose meter, then pretended it really hurt to make me giggle. He was self-deprecating, gentle, and warm- qualities I've always tried to emulate (and so much like Grizz's spirit- he would've loved him). He and I had a special connection. In retrospect, I'm sure it was partly due to the fact that we were kindred spirits. He passed away when I was only 10 at the age when grandparents are such a big part of your world. I remember his wake and funeral so vividly. My best friend and her mom drove to Virginia to be there by my side knowing just how important he was to me.
(Can't you just tell how sweet he was??)
Rodney endured a lot of hardship. He lost his mother when he was only 5 years old. What helped shape him, though, was that he was brought into a foster family where his foster dad had a prominent position in the Virginia, MN school district. Consequently, Rodney spent his evenings surrounded by adults discussing education and having intellectual conversations about a variety of topics. He loved being surrounded by this and it increased his desire to learn. It also fueled his love of books and writing.
Rodney and Dorothy Foss
(How cute were my grandparents?!)
When my mom's little sister Linda turned 3 months old, they discovered she was blind. The community came together to raise money for an operation for Linda. Wanting to express his gratitude, Rodney wrote a poem from the perspective of his baby daughter and sent it to the Virginia newspaper as a thank you. I had heard the story but I don't know if I had ever seen this before until my most recent visit home. Seeing his writing and his cadence which is similar to mine left me feeling so connected to him and so rooted. Then tears and more tears.
One of my fondest memories of Grandpa were the letters he sent to us. He would write to simply say hello. When we were away at camp for only a week, he sent multiple letters, signing off with something like 'Well Grandma is giving me the eye for not helping her clean so I'd better go.' He had his own signature handwriting written in all caps. It was his trademark and I've always loved it. I knew I wanted to incorporate his handwriting in the company logo. When I searched high and low for letters that he wrote to me when I was younger, I couldn't find any. (I'm still hopeful they'll resurface someday.) However, my mom was able to track down a recipe he had copied in his handwriting.
(Bonus: Thanks, Louise for the recipe!)
A HUGE Shout out to Mary Jones Snell of Be Media for taking this recipe and developing a logo that is reminiscent of his handwriting. And a big thanks to Megan Erickson Kellin for partnering us together.
My mom got a woodburning set for Christmas one year. She fondly remembers working on projects with my Grandpa. So in addition to publishing books on the website, I carry handcrafted wood decor that correspond to the books I'm publishing. I've been fortunate enough to partner with the amazing gals at Hagen and Oats and Family Laser. (Sidebar: having all women put this together has been icing on the cake). Each handcrafted piece has a woodburned Rodney K Press stamp on the back.
The Home Collection.
Before I shared my first blog post, I was having cold feet. We were at my parents' house for Christmas and I had been feeling anxious about beginning to promote what I was doing. I had been praying for a sign that I was on the right track- some signal that I wasn't in left field and should continue pursuing writing and publishing.
Gary and I were in the basement with the kids and a hymnal fell from the top of the piano. Normally we would look to our Taz of a toddler as the culprit, but he wasn't anywhere near it. The hymnal fell face up and I had a gut feeling it wasn't an accident. Gary and I exchanged quizzical looks and he bent down to pick it up. I stopped him and asked him to look at what song it had opened to.
'Oh Little Town of Bethlehem.'
That was my Grandpa's favorite Christmas song.
Of course it could've been a coincidence, but even Gare, who is typically a skeptic, was taken aback. Besides, I have felt too many signs over the years to pass them off as anything but just that and have learned to pay attention to them.
I've had a handful of experiences that have really affirmed who I am (studying abroad, marrying my best friend, becoming a mom, working with at-risk teens). Delving into why I am a writer and putting this together is undoubtedly one of them.
Stay tuned for the Part 2 of Behind Rodney K Press
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Google fighting to stop anti-Glass driving laws, says report
The company is lobbying in at least three states to prevent Glass from being labeled legally as a driving distraction, Reuters says.
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A distraction for drivers? Seth Rosenblatt/CNET
It's not been the finest period for Google Glass.
A product that came with an intelligent launch and inspired much fascination has, unfortunately for Google, allowed some people to also consider its consequences.
Who would want to be secretly filmed in bars or bordellos? Who would want to look like a borg not called Bjorn?
And who would want to allow people to drive while their Google Glass is constantly informing them of the latest about their BFF's night with an alleged Chippendale?
Very early on in the life of Glass, legislators in West Virginia mulled banning driving while Glassing. They ran into procedural issues, but they've promised to revisit the matter.
Soon, other states were wondering whether the device offered a threat to road safety. One police officer in San Diego was convinced that wearing them was a case of distracted driving, until a court heard he couldn't prove whether the glasses were switched on.
Now Reuters is reporting that Google is lobbying in at least three states -- Illinois, Delaware, and Missouri -- to cool the nerves of legislators.
It seems the thrust of Google's argument is: "What's the panic? They're not even widely available to the public yet."
To this, Illinois state Senator Ira Silverstein told Reuters that it's clear Glass is supposed to make the whole world goggle with glee as soon as possible, adding: "Who are they fooling?"
Silverstein says he was visited by a Google lobbyist after he introduced a bill in December to restrict the use of Glass. Reuters says the lobbyist himself was mum about any such alleged meeting.
It's easy to see why lawmakers might think Glass is a distraction. A small consideration of any of the screens inserted into newer cars shows that people will poke them and prod them, just because they're there.
How can information being flashed before your eyes not avert the attention at least minimally?
However, I asked one Explorer who has already driven many miles wearing Glass what it was like.
Chris Barrett, who has now curtailed his use of Glass because of headaches, told me: "In 2013, I drove over 2,500 miles wearing Google Glass, and I know for a fact that Google Glass will save lives."
He said it's a lot safer than people who stare down at their phone screens at every opportunity. He believes that there will soon be a Google Glass Car Mode.
"I imagine this as a mode that only lets important notifications come through while you are driving. You could set your partner as a priority to have their calls or texts come through while you are driving. The messages could be read to you, but when you pull up to a stop you could see that your boss who was not on your car mode priority list also sent you a text," he told me.
Oh, but priorities change. Do you really want to have to think about who might be contacting you while you're on a pleasant drive with your married lover?
For its part, Google admits to having talked with lawmakers. The company believes it needs to educate them. While we'd all love to do that on one subject or another, Google always exudes the sense that it knows better.
A company spokesman told me: "Technology issues are a big part of the current policy discussion in individual states. We think it is important to be part of that discussion and to help policymakers understand new technologies including Glass. Glass is currently in the hands of a small group of Explorers, but we find that when people try it for themselves they realize that Glass is not meant to distract but rather connect you more with the world around you."
Some might argue that Glass is meant to connect you more with Google. Quite innocently, of course.
Still, sources familiar with Google's enthusiasm for Glass tell me the company has already created 14 software updates and 3 hardware updates as it readies the product for the real world.
It's clear Google is constantly getting feedback from its Explorers on how the device performs in the wild.
There is nothing wilder, though, than the world of lobbying.
Will lawmakers wait to be "educated"? Or will they want to be the first to place an anti-technology provision into law? They do have egos, politicians.
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How do you deal with being inundated with religious suggestions, comments and dialogue on a daily basis?
I feel like since I finally identified myself as an atheist, I've seen countless facebook statuses/comments, forum posts, instagram pics etc full of religious passages or suggestions to "Praise Jesus/Allah" or have "God" in your life. I can't even read a self-help article without some reference to a bible scripture or assertion to have a relationship with "God".
So, my fellow rational people, what keeps you sane?
I see that it's already been said here, but I was going to say that some humor is always a great way to handle these things...along with some confidence and being proud of your non-beliefs. I'm VERY proud of my non-beliefs and don't feel any embarrassment or shame whatsoever from how I feel. I've noticed that this usually makes people back off. I still get an occasional debate as a result, but I don't mind lol.
I agree that it is vital to your wellbeing to be proud, or at least feel no shame, about being atheist. If you treat yourself internally like you're just as "righteous" or upstanding as anyone else who holds a more tolerated worldview, it effects how you come off to others and how they treat you in return. I think there's a line to be crossed with pride, though. I've interacted with quite a few atheists who cross over into arrogance.
Being an artist who enjoys the fight.
I'm currently making a film that expresses how its felt being an opinionated atheist. Its one of the best idea's I've ever had and its bringing me a lot of joy.
I look forward to seeing it. When you release it, PLEASE let me know, I would love to view it.
General apathy to the whole scheme. Focus on myself and my values, laugh whenever I can, and when I can't, I slaughter things in Skyrim.
Video games - The problem and solution to all of life's problems.
If I can't be awesome in real life, I might as well pretend to be awesome out of it.
I have learned to practice a little acceptance of the fact that some people are beyond helping.
But how do you know if your life is something to emulate?
I think we need to do what we can, and hope for the best.
First of all, I agree with Gallup's Mirror that humor is a big part of it. However, I also just say, they have their views and are free to post about them, and I have my views and am free to post about them. I share a lot of atheist pictures to my wall, so I don't get mad at others' posts as long as they are not exceptionally stupid, like when people blame horrible tragedies on God punishing the America for being too secular.
Pity, I think. I look at them like those people that had throat cancer or something and still smoke through a hole in their neck. So I think the pity keeps me from madness.


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