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Eric Jaffe is the former New York bureau chief for CityLab. He is the author of A Curious Madness and The King's Best Highway.
The complexity of crossing the street in a city comes through clearly at the corner of West 42nd Street and 8th Avenue in New York City. At that spot, pedestrians heading toward Times Square usually start to cross the avenue after the uptown traffic stops. That's a mistake, because cars heading uptown have the right of way on a left-turn arrow. But the walkers go anyway, either because they don't see the sign telling them to wait for the signal, or because they see their counterparts on the south side of the intersection — who don't have to worry about the left turns — crossing at will. Typically the situation results in a frenzy of car horns and middle fingers and general congestion.
The proliferation of hand-held devices has complicated this already complicated process for the urban pedestrian. In early 2010 the New York Times reported that emergency room visits for pedestrians distracted by a phone or iPod had doubled each year from 2006 to 2008. A handful of lawmakers across the country, inspired by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's crusade against distracted driving, have turned their thoughts to protecting our crosswalks, as the AP reported earlier this year:
Democratic State Sen. Carl Kruger in New York has been trying since 2007 to ban the use of cell phones, iPods and other gadgets by pedestrians in major cities while crossing the street. The proposal would ban the use of an electronic device while crossing the crosswalk in a city with a population of one million or more. Violators would face a $100 civil fine.
The subject of distracted walking has received increased attention by cognitive researchers in the recent past as well. Their consensus finding, though still in its initial stages, is that not all electronic devices distract equally. While it might do some good to persuade walkers to avoid talking on the phone when they cross the street, listening to music seems to have little effect on their walking behavior; in fact, it may even improve it.
A recent study led by Despina Stavrinos of the University of Alabama at Birmingham found that phone conversations distracted walkers "considerably." The researchers gathered test walkers into a virtual street-crossing simulator, complete with ambient traffic noise piped into lab speakers, and measured how well they crossed while having a cellphone conversation. (The phone call was not virtual; test participants spoke with one of the researchers.)
People on the phone did look both ways as often as those who were undistracted, but this attention to traffic didn't seem to translate into safer walking. Compared to when they crossed without any distraction, people on the phone reached the other side with less time to spare, missed more opportunities to cross safely, and had more close calls. Some even got hit by a virtual car, the researchers reported in the April 2011 Journal of Safety Research. Distracted walkers had no problem considering their environment, they just failed to absorb it:
It appears as though distracted pedestrians may move their heads to look left and right before crossing, but fail to actually capture and/or process the information necessary to cross safely.
In subsequent tests, Stavrinos and colleagues compared pedestrians with cell phones to those performing either a spatial task, like describing the layout of their apartment, or an arithmetic task, such as counting backwards by three. On all the metrics mentioned above, including attention to traffic, pedestrians on their phones did just as poorly as those working on the cognitive problems. In some cases they did worse; they crossed with more time to spare doing a math problem, for instance, than they did while talking on the phone.
The problem is particularly bad for older people. In the June issue of Psychology and Aging, a group of behavioral scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, led by Mark Neider, found that older adults — people in their early seventies, on average — had an especially hard time crossing while on the phone. Older folks spent longer than young adults on considering when to cross, and when they finally did, they still made poorer decisions, beginning their walk when the nearest vehicle was closer than it had been when young adults began theirs.
The finding lends further support to the idea that phone conversations don't make pedestrians less aware of their surroundings, just less capable of processing them cognitively:
Analysis of time spent next to the street prior to each crossing, where participants were presumably analyzing traffic patterns and making decisions regarding when to cross, revealed that older adults took longer than younger adults to initiate their crossing, and that this difference was exacerbated during cell phone conversation, suggesting impairments in cognitive planning processes.
On the other hand, Neider's research group found that listening to music had no negative impact on the ability of pedestrians — young or old — to cross the street. That study was performed on a virtual simulator too, however, so it remained unclear whether the findings would translate to the real world. To escape these virtual limitations, a group of cognitive scientists led by Esther Walker of UC-San Diego recently observed pedestrians crossing the street on the campus of the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver.
In a paper scheduled for publication in the January 2012 issue of Safety Science, Walker and colleagues report that music players had no impact on a pedestrian's ability to cross the street. Women showed no difference in cautionary behavior whether or not they were listening to music, while men actually paid more attention to traffic with ear phones in than without any distraction. Considering the studies on cell phone distraction, the finding took the researchers by surprise:
Remarkably, our results revealed that the effect of PMDs [personal music devices] was opposite to what would be expected if PMDs functioned like cell phones in terms of their influence on cautionary behaviour. That is, we found that listening to PMDs either increased or did not influence a pedestrian's cautionary behaviour, depending on gender. This supports the idea that PMDs represent a different type of distraction than cell phones, as cell phones have been demonstrated repeatedly to lead to significant reductions in cautionary behaviour.
The discovery that cell phone conversations and music have different impacts on our cognition isn't as remarkable as the researchers suggest. In fact, it's exactly what psychologists studying distracted driving have found in the past. While distractions like music or passenger conversation don't seem to have much impact on driving ability, cell phone conversations affect our "central attentional processes" in unique ways. If lawmakers ever do legislate distracted walking in cities, they should bear this distinction in mind.
Pollinators—the wildlife that shuffle pollen between flowers—are being decimated. But they may still thrive with enough help from urban humans.
The new plan to landmark Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood aims to protect more than just buildings: It's designed to curb gentrification.
Local lawmakers agreed to one of Europe's most radical rental laws, but it sets the stage for a battle with Germany's national government.
The chain-link fences are finally down at Boston's long-closed Government Services Center, thanks to some clever design updates.
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I hate perl - Journal of Omnifarious
Mar. 18th, 2010
10:57 am - I hate perl
Case in point, the
Net::IP module. The documentation looks nice. It handles IPv6 and IPv4 addresses. It looks clean and simple.
Then, I decided I would like to be able to have IPv4 mapped IPv6 addresses match the IPv4 address ranges I'm singling out for special treatment. So I look into its tool for extracting an IPv4 address from an IPv6 address.
The call,
ip_get_embedded_ipv4 doesn't seem to work on IPv6 addresses created with 'new'. It only works on IPv6 addresses represented as strings. This leads me to dive into the implementation.
I discover that the is no coherent internal representation. Just a lot of different attributes that are used at different times for different purposes and are converted from one another as needed.
Additionally, there appears to be no way to import particular symbols of certain classes from the module. You have to import them using the import statements specified in the documentation or take your chances on whether or not it will work. This is because the import mechanism and which symbols are global or not is handled in a fairly ad-hoc sort of way and re-implemented in each module according to the whims of the author.
It's really quite surprising the module works at all. And I'm left feeling like I really ought to re-write it if I want something I can count on.
In reality, looking at the module's implementation was a mistake. This is always what happens to me when I look at a perl module. Either it works in a completely mysterious way using language mechanisms I've never seen used before, or it works in a way that's totally broken and practically guaranteed to break for any use that varies from the specific use-cases described in the documentation. Frequently both are the case. Aigh! Run away!
I hope I can convince my new workplace to stop using perl.
Please reply to my original post on Dreamwidth. If you don't have an account there you can log in using your LiveJournal account. Just login using OpenID and give
http://<LJ account name>.livejournal.com/ as your OpenID. For example, for the LJ user rosencrantz319 that would be
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Valentine says Ortiz decided not to play
David Ortiz strained his right Achilles tendon on July 16 and played only one other game, on Aug. 24, before the season ended.
In an interview with Bob Costas of NBC Sports that aired Tuesday night, former manager Bobby Valentine suggested Ortiz could have played.
"David Ortiz came back after spending about six weeks on the disabled list and we thought it was only going to be a week," Valentine said.
"He got two hits the first two times up, drove in a couple runs; we were off to the races. Then he realized that [the team's trade with the Dodgers on Aug. 25] meant that we're not going to run this race and we're not even going to finish the race properly and he decided not to play anymore. I think at that time it was all downhill from there."
Ortiz re-injured his foot in that Aug. 24 game. He also had an injection designed to speed his healing in September. By then, with the Red Sox hopelessly out of contention, he did not pursue the idea of playing again.
Ortiz was one of the few veteran players who supported Valentine last season.
The rest of the interview was fairly benign. Valentine said the silly "Nice inning, kid" incident with Will Middlebrooks never actually happened. Middlebrooks confirmed that on Twitter during the show.
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Prep. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cupcake pan with paper liners. Set aside. Whisk. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt. Set aside. Mix. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the pumpkin puree, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and oil. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the flour mixture in two additions, mixing until just incorporated. Scoop & bake. Using a cookie scoop, fill cupcake liners 2/3 of the way full. Bake 18-20 minutes, or until cupcakes are golden and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cupcake tests clean. Allow cupcakes to cool in pan for 10 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely. To make the frosting, cream together the butter and Biscoff Cookie Butter in the bowl of an electric mixer. Slowly add the powdered sugar. Add vanilla and one tablespoon of cream at a time; beat until light, fluffy, and desired consistency. Frost it! Pipe frosting onto completely cooled cupcakes. Makes 12 cupcakes.
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A Rare Glimpse of China
Southwestern student gets to see parts of China this summer that few Americans have seen
A Southwestern University student had the opportunity to see parts of China this summer that few Americans have ever seen.
Clayton Tucker, a senior majoring in International Studies with a focus on East Asia, spent four weeks in China as part of a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the University of Pittsburgh's Asian Studies Center.
The program, titled "Negotiations and Impacts: Water Policy Across China's Loess Plateau," was designed to explore the impact of China's ambitious "Great Western Development Strategy" on rural, northwest China. Northwest China is particularly deficient in water and hosts two of the world's most fragile dry land ecosystems − the Loess Plateau and the Tibetan highlands.
The Loess Plateau, which is located in the upper and middle reaches of China's Yellow River, covers an area of more than 640,000 square kilometers and is home to more than 90 million people, including 55 million mostly poor farmers. Its yearly erosion of 1.6 billion tons of soil per year ranks it among the most extreme erosive climates in the world.
Tucker was one of 12 undergraduates from across the country who were selected to participate in the program. Tucker said he learned about the program from Allison Miller, an art history professor who specializes in China.
"I had very little understanding of rural China and I felt that if I was going to understand China fully I would need to see and know the rural area," he said.
Tucker said he also was interested in the environmental focus of the program. "I believe understanding and overcoming environmental issues will be critical in the near future for all countries in the world, and due to China's population and rapid industrialization it will likely be forced to lead the way," he said.
In addition to the Chinese classes he has taken at Southwestern, Tucker said two other classes helped prepare him for the program. One was the Texas Politics Internship Program taught by Political Science Professor Tim O'Neill and the other was the Japanese Politics class taught by Political Science Professor Alisa Gaunder. Tucker said the Texas Politics class covered a lot about environmental policies in Texas, which he can now use as a comparison with China's, and the Japanese Politics class taught him how to write research proposals and research papers.
The program began with a week of training at the University of Pittsburgh, and then participants headed to China June 20.
Tucker was assigned to a political science research team that included a political science professor from the University of Pittsburgh and three other students − one from Middlebury, one from the University of Kansas, and one from Cornell. The team spent two weeks in villages along the Yellow River Corridor conducting research on the relationships between local economic development, overdependence on coal mining, the central government, and China's water supply. Several Chinese students helped the team with conducting interviews, and finding and translating documents.
Tucker said the highlight of the program was the opportunity to see places that few Americans ever get to see. For example, they visited a small farming village in southern Shanxi Province that was built completely underground. "The town elders claimed that these dwellings were built 40 generations ago," Tucker said. "They also claimed that Americans had never visited their village, nor have they ever talked to an American."
Tucker said he and other program participants attended banquets hosted by Chinese officials and learned (through trial and error) how to act properly during such important banquets.
Program participants returned to Pittsburgh July 11 to write up the findings of their research.
"One thing I didn't expect was how challenging it can be to do proper research in an authoritarian country, and how much patience and persistence it takes to do good research," Tucker said.
Tucker said he also was surprised at how insignificant water seemed to be to the local residents. "They only seem to care about water whenever it floods or when the Yellow River runs dry," he said. "Otherwise they use as much as they please − thus in some ways actually creating and intensifying the water shortage problem."
Tucker said participating in the program has reinforced his interest in Chinese international relations and Taiwan issues. He hopes it will prove to be a good stepping stone to further studies in graduate school.


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The traditional way of teaching at a college or university has always struck me as strange and artificial. The teacher summarizes sets of rules, illustrates the related concepts on the whiteboard, and students are expected to derive some form of understanding about the topic from this.
Contrast this to how a three year old learns how to play videos on an iPhone. No one tells her how the capacitive sensing array under the glass works or how the underlying operating system multitasks between gesture recognition and measurement of the gravity vector using onboard accelerometers. She simply moves and swipes, sometimes succeeding, sometimes failing at making the device work the way she wants. These hands-on, trial-and-error tests induce a change in how the child uses the phone. After a few months of learning like this, children are often more adept at using the phone than their parents are!
The child's inductive approach to learning is a stark contrast to the artificial deductive approach we experience so often in school. The inductive approach is more natural and typically leads to a deeper, more useful understanding.
I've recently improved my third-year electrical engineering course on sensing and measurement by augmenting the traditional deductive teaching methods with explicit inductive learning exercises. One goal of this course is to familiarize students with tools for analysis, simulation, visualization, and design. I wanted the students to be able to explore the models in a hands-on, self-directed way. It was critical that whatever tool I chose also explicitly confirmed the mathematical models the students saw in class and in their textbook.
I selected the system-level modeling tool MapleSim, from Maplesoft, to enable this inductive approach. It allows students to model a system, observe realistic behaviors, and generate equations that help explain those underlying behaviors.
To illustrate, let's take a very fundamental concept all EE students deal with -- op amps. It's important for students to tie in how an op amp modulates a signal or how it amplifies/attenuates a signal, and any simulation package used must be able to facilitate a clear understanding of this concept. In the traditional deductive teaching approach, the instructor would refer to a standard textbook like The Art of Electronics, and give students the golden rules of op amps and tell them how current goes into certain ports and not others, and why voltages should be of a certain value. The students are then asked to solve the circuits by hand. There's a lot of potential for error here. It's asking a lot of the students, especially if they haven't had any experience with electronics.
Alternatively, in the inductive (MapleSim) approach, students start by drawing the schematic, and then simulate it. Then they extract the underlying equations in the software, explore them using different scenarios, and analyze the equations to derive conclusions. The best part of this for students is that they can match it with what they are seeing in their textbooks, as the simulation process they go through is the same as in the textbook.
Traditional tools do have their place, but they don't let the students see under the hood, which is an impediment to learning. What makes this approach different from others is that students can ask the software for underlying equations and interact with them in different scenarios. With MapleSim, students can easily connect the analytic models in textbooks to the numeric solutions that result from the simulation. This openness is critical to student learning.
In addition, the software's system-level approach to multi-domain systems lets students extend an EE problem to what they learn in their ME or instrumentation class. This expands the scope for students and encourages them to think beyond the limited span of a particular problem.
- James Andrew Smith is an assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering at Ryerson University, and he's currently the Biomedical Program Stream Coordinator at Ryerson University. James received BSc and MSc degrees in electrical engineering at the University of Alberta. He completed a PhD in mechanical engineering at McGill University, with a focus on developing the world's first galloping robots.
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You may reserve a park shelter by clicking here, calling (509)338-3227, or by stopping by the office at 240 SE Dexter. Reservations are made at Kruegel Park, McGee Park, Reaney Park, Sunnyside Park, and Terreview Park, in four hour time blocks (of your choice), with a maximum of 3 reservation per park, per day. Other city locations must apply for a special event permit. Special Event Brochure
You will need to apply for a Special Event permit anytime you reserve or use a park, green space, trail, any other city property location where more than 150 people are to gather and all events at High Street Mall, Pine Street Plaza, and the city trail system. A permit is required for any event that will be using a sound system, putting up tents,using a bounce house or other inflatables, or anything outside of general facility usage. Applications may take up to 14 day to process, before a special event permit can be issued. So we ask you to apply as soon as you can. Thank you. Special Event Application
The city does not rent bounce house or other inflatables. If you rent one from a vendor you must fill out a special event application, and provide proof of liability insurance for usage on city property. If you plan to rent this type of equipment, please ask the rental company if they have current, acceptable insurance in the amount of $2,000,000 on file with the City of Pullman, Parks and Recreation Department. If they do NOT, their equipment cannot be placed in our facilities unless you provide proof of liability insurance for the event, naming the City of Pullman as a second on the insurance policy. The rental company can call and ask us for information on insurance requirements and information for their insurance agent. You will need to provide a plan on how you will monitor the use of the equipment? Attach a copy of your monitoring plan. Equiment must be monitored at all times. When all conditions are met a Special Event Permit will be issued.


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Pink Fears Willow Will Follow in Her Footsteps
Pink gave birth to her first child, daughter Willow Sage, back in June of 2011. The singer, who is preparing to release her latest album, 'The Truth About Love,' which is her first since becoming a mom, admits that she fears that Willow will follow in her footsteps and be a rebel. Since rebellion would seem to be in baby Willow's DNA, it's not too far-fetched of a fear for Pink to have.
According to Closer (quotes via Hollywood Life), the 'Blow Me (One Last Kiss)' singer said, "I'm terrified of having a girl like me."
Pink certainly flirted with trouble in her youth. She tried drugs and alcohol at an early age and even ran away from home as a teen. She hopes that despite the fact that her daughter could very well follow her example, she'll go the opposite way and not want to be like mom, since that's how many kids are. It's always cooler to defy what your parents do, right?
The new CoverGirl spokeswoman continued, "I'm just banking on the fact that we rebel from our parents. She'll be like, 'Loud music, tattoos? That's disgusting.' But I don't know. It's all karma I guess for all the bad things I've done."
Willow has already shown a bit of her mom's sassy side, especially when it comes to sharing with others. "Willow thinks she's really good at sharing, but if the other kid doesn't take the toy, she'll bash them over the head with it," she shared. "She's a very aggressive sharer!"
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Deutsche Bank undertakes issuance of Additional Tier 1 capital
The Management Board of Deutsche Bank AG (XETRA: DBKGn.DE / NYSE: DB) resolved today with the approval of the Chairman's Committee of the Supervisory Board to undertake an inaugural multi currency Additional Tier 1 transaction. Each tranche is expected to be of benchmark size for the respective market and total a minimum of EUR 1.5 billion in aggregate.
The issuance will be the third step in a co-ordinated series of measures, announced on 29 April 2013, to further strengthen the Bank's capital structure and follows a EUR 3 billion equity capital raise in April 2013 and the issuance of USD 1.5 billion CRD 4 compliant Tier 2 securities in May 2013. Today's announced transaction is the first step towards reaching the overall targeted volume of approximately EUR 5 billion of CRD 4 compliant Additional Tier 1 capital which the Bank plans to issue by the end of 2015.
The transaction will take the form of participatory notes (the "AT1 Notes"), with temporary write-down at a trigger level of 5.125% phase-in Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio. The AT1 Notes will be issued with attached warrants, excluding shareholders' pre-emptive rights. This decision is based on the authorization granted by the 2012 Annual General Meeting. Each AT1 Note carries one warrant, entitling the owner to purchase one common share in Deutsche Bank. The denominations of the notes will be EUR 100,000 or more depending on the currency of the individual tranche. Prior to the placement of the AT1 Notes via a typical bookbuilding process, the warrants will be detached by an initial subscriber. Deutsche Bank will act as sole bookrunner for the placement of the AT1 Notes.
Over the coming week the bank will conduct a roadshow, including an investor and analyst call on 7 May 2014. The respective investor presentation will be available at Deutsche Bank's Investor Relations homepage on 5 May 2014.
The securities of Deutsche Bank AG mentioned in this release have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act") and will be issued under Regulation S of the Securities Act only and may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States absent registration under the Securities Act or an exemption from registration requirements.
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The annual high school basketball tournament is scheduled for Feb. 6-11 at Breton Education Centre, but with the current work-to-rule job action from Nova Scotia school teachers taking place, this year's tournament could be in jeopardy.
Jacqueline Poirier, co-chair of the Coal Bowl Classic, said as of now no decision has been made on the tournament.
"We are waiting to see if there is any movement," she said. "We just have to sit and wait."
The annual tournament that draws high school basketball teams from all over the country started in 1982 and has been well-supported by the community. The tournament marked its 35th anniversary last February, with the host Breton Education Centre Bears winning their second championship in tournament history.
Blair MacIsaac, a graduating player on this year's Bears team, said a cancellation would be disappointing for the players.
"It would be pretty devastating for me because this is the year we all prepared for — our Grade 12 year," he said. "We worked so hard for this and to have this cancelled would be pretty bad."
Teams scheduled to attend this year's tournament include the host Bears, Memorial Marauders, Hants North Rural High School and Avon View High School as well as teams from P.E.I., Newfoundland and Labrador, British Columbia and two teams from Ontario.
Poirier said teams have been in contact with the organizing committee to find out information on the status of the tournament.
"We are going to let them know as soon as we can," she said. "We want them to be able to recoup their money."
"We are trying to hold on, just in case there is hope," said Poirier. "We hate to cancel right now, but to be honest, it's not looking good."
The work-to-rule job action by teachers includes no extracurricular activities for students.
The Coal Bowl Classic isn't the only high school sports tournament facing a decision. The annual Red Cup Showcase high school hockey tournament, hosted by Riverview Rural High School, is also scheduled for February.
Meanwhile, in Glace Bay, the annual Panther Classic hockey tournament was cancelled last weekend.
Poirier said if organizers are forced to cancel the tournament this year, she doesn't think it will jeopardise the future of the event.
"We'd continue on next year," she said. "This is the first time this ever happened — we've had storms, but the kids were already in the school and the games were able to go."
MacIsaac said if the tournament is cancelled it would not only be disappointing for the players, but the community as well.
"This is a big community event and everyone loves it," said the Bears third-year player.
Many residents in the New Waterford community consider the Coal Bowl Classic as the town's winter carnival.
"It's one of the biggest events of the school year, in terms of extracurricular activities," said Poirier. "Everybody does well during the tournament — the pizza shops, the stores — it boosts revenue to the local businesses."
Although no special meetings are planned, Poirier said the committee talks often and a decision on this year's tournament will be made either by the end of the month or early next month.
"We're going to make it as quickly as we can," she said. "Our committee will come together and make that announcement."
Tickets for the tournament usually go on sale in December. Poirier said tickets won't go on sale to the public until a decision is made.


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Faces of War is a sequel to the award wining title from last year. Faces of War combines real-time strategy with advanced tactics and the ability to control a single unit in battle. Faces of War immerses players right in the heat of WWII action. The game includes all the highlights of the original and provides even better physics and unit models, complex team AI and new tactical opportunities. New unit commands such as move to cover and charge position help team survival while new personal moves like climbing over fences and aimed-shots keep individual soldiers fighting. Four new campaigns give players an opportunity to command American, English, Soviet and German troops during world-renowned battles that include D-Day and the storming of Berlin. On top of all that players will also have a chance to fight through new winter missions that give them a whole new experience. (taken from 3dgamers.com)
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A worksheet, in the word's original meaning, is a sheet of paper on which one performs work. They come in many forms, most commonly associated with children's school work assignments, tax forms, and accounting or other business environments. Software is increasingly taking over the paper-based worksheet. It can be a printed page that a child completes with a writing instrument. No other materials are needed.It is "a sheet of paper on which work schedules, working time, special instructions, etc. are recorded. A piece or scrap of paper on which problems, ideas, or the like, are set down in tentative form." In education, a worksheet may have questions for students and places to record answers.
In the classroom setting, worksheets usually refer to a loose sheet of paper with questions or exercises for students to complete and record answers. They are used, to some degree, in most subjects, and have widespread use in the math curriculum where there are two major types. The first type of math worksheet contains a collection of similar math problems or exercises. These are intended to help a student become proficient in a particular mathematical skill that was taught to them in class. They are commonly given to students as homework. The second type of math worksheet is intended to introduce new topics, and are often completed in the classroom.
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We are already familiar with bamboo as a building material, clothing textile, and food. Versatile and attractive, the grain and texture of the plant makes for beautiful jewelry with a natural feel. The Harbinger Co. uses bamboo for their special and sustainable line of accessories. Crafted by laser cutter, the earrings, necklaces, and pendants are all inspired by the shapes of flower petals, honeycombs, and crystals.
The Harbinger Co. is a business committed to environmental and social responsibility. All of their products are made and packaged in Southern California with eco-friendly materials. "We strive to recreate everyday objects into classic treasures- pieces that fell good to the hands, nice to the eyes, and friendly to the environment." says co-founder Sonia Hung. Designed by sister Yvonne Hung, their bamboo jewelry takes advantage of one of the strongest, lightest, and fastest growing plants on earth. Shaped with a laser cutter, the intricate patterns are take their composition from natural forms.
Yvonne Hung began experimenting with a laser cutter while working on architectural models in design school. After becoming enamored with the tool, she started to make jewelry intended not only looked flattering, but emphasized the production method. The success of her work lead to the founding of the Harbinger Co. Although she has since left the business, her sister still maintains the collection and runs their website. Marrying the high tech with the simple and timeless beauty of bamboo, the Harbinger Co. proves that being sustainable is always in style.


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AAA member, Gordon Mathews shares his experience and research on Chungking Mansions in Hong Kong. This is an excerpt from his latest article in Foreign Policy. Read the entire article.
By the time I first visited the building in 2006, Chungking Mansions had evolved into something else entirely. Over the past 15 years, south China's emergence as the world's manufacturer of cheap goods, coupled with Hong Kong's relaxed visa regulations, has turned Chungking Mansions into a central hub of what I call "low-end globalization."
Read more about Chungking Mansions in Mathews' article The Mall of the World.


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Flying Dutch Game Notes
NCAA Regional at Hope College
Friday & Saturday, March 6-7, 2009
The Flying Dutch (25-1) are playing in the NCAA Division III tournament for the fourth year in-a-row and for the 11th time in school history. The Flying Dutch were national champions in 1990 and 2006. A year ago Hope advanced to the Elite Eight before bowing to eventual national champion Howard Payne, Tex. Hope has an all-time record of 17-8 (.680) in NCAA games.
The Flying Dutch are hosting an NCAA tournament game for the first time since 2003 and the first-ever at DeVos Fieldhouse, ending a string of 14 consecutive games on the road. Hope won the 2006 national championship without ever playing at home.
Hope brings a 47-game home floor winning streak into the regional. Since moving into DeVos Fieldhouse in 2005, the Flying Dutch have posted a 58-1 home floor record.
Hope's only defeat of the season was on January 3rd at Saint Mary's, 91-84. The Flying Dutch defeated Saint Mary's 77-47 last Saturday in the championship game of the conference tournament.
How the Teams Got to Holland
° Hope (25-1) won the regular season and tournament title of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association to gain an automatic berth. (11th NCAA appearance)
° Baldwin-Wallace (21-7) won the Ohio Athletic Conference tournament title to gain an automatic berth after finishing second in the regular season OAC standings. (11th NCAA appearance; 10-10 in NCAA games, never to Final Four)
° Washington & Jefferson (24-4) finished second in the President's Athletic Conference regular season standings and lost in the conference tournament, but still received an at-large berth. (6th NCAA appearance; still looking for 1st win)
° Pitt-Greensburg (24-2) won the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference regular season championship and conference tournament. (3rd NCAA appearance; 1st time since 2004)
The Flying Dutch over the past four seasons have a 104-8 cumulative record. The only seniors on this year's team are starters Courtney Knox (6-2 post from Mattawan, Mich.) and Kaitlyn Kopke (5-7 guard from Haslett, Mich.).
Hope has won 20-or-more games for 11 straight years. In 13 seasons under coachBrian Morehouse the Flying Dutch are 313-57 (.846).
Hope versus Regional Field
° The Flying Dutch won 71-60 at Washington & Jefferson in a second round game of the 2003 NCAA tournament.
° Hope and Baldwin-Wallace have met five times since the series started in 1988. The teams have met twice in the NCAA tournament. Baldwin-Wallace defeated Hope 75-71 in a first round game of the 1998 tournament at BW. A year ago Hope defeated BW 68-48 in a second round game, also at BW.
° Hope has no basketball history with Pitt-Greensburg.
Both Hope basketball teams are playing in the NCAA Division III
championships for the fourth consecutive year and for the sixth time this decade. The Flying Dutch will be hosting the Final Four here at DeVos Fieldhouse in two weeks (March 20-21)


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I've always been interested in Greek history and mythology, so I have a pretty extensive collection of books about Greece. All the pictures that you will find about Ancient Greek Art, as well as the other images relating to Greece, are in the public domain. I hope you'll enjoy using these images of Ancient Greek Art in your creative endeavors. Have fun!
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The Ravens aren't finished partying yet, but the rest of the league is moving on with offseason business.
The Lions have made a second cut already, parting ways with right guard Stephen Peterman, according to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. They released wide receiver Titus Young because he was a pain in the rear, but Peterman's release was more about the wallet.
The 31-year-old Peterman had started every game at right guard the last three seasons, but the Lions are looking to get younger and cheaper there.
It could be the start of a makeover for a group that didn't exactly help Matt Stafford last year. Right tackle Gosder Cherilus is a free agent, left tackle Jeff Backus turns 36 and they have last year's first-rounder Riley Reiff waiting in the wings after spending last year as a reserve.
Cutting Peterman keeps the Lions from paying a $500,000 roster bonus, and carves $3.2 million worth of salary cap space off the books for a team with many bigger deals to do.


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- 1 The ARC Standard
- 2 ARC Path Naming Convention
- 3 Environment Variables
- 4 ARC vs ARCS
- 6 32-bit vs. 64-bit
- 7 ECOFF and ELF support
- 8 Milo/Pandora
- 9 Arcboot
- 10 ARCLoad
- 11 Arcdiag
- 12 Network Booting
The ARC Standard
was born in the early 90s as part of the Advanced Computing Environment (ACE) initiative. It standardized certain hardware features and the ARC firmware environment. What all ARC implementations have in common is their strict non-compliance to the ARC standard, so the ARC Standard document should be taken with a shovel of salt.
ARC Path Naming Convention
ARC Path Naming Convention is defined in the MS Knowledge Base article Q102873.
Environment Variables
The ARC/ARCS maintains an environment, which is a list of variable names and corresponding values (the values are actually text strings). These environment variables contain information that the command monitor either uses itself or passes to booted programs. The system stores some environment variables (those that are important and unlikely to change frequently) in NVRAM.
|The disk partition where the operating system kernel is located.
|The operating system loading program.
|The disk partition where the operating system loading program is found.
|The filename of the operating system kernel.
|An additional options to the boot command.
|This variable specifies whether the operating system will boot automatically. Can be Yes or No.
ARC vs ARCS
For the ease of Microsoft's Windows NT effort the ARC standard defines the byte order to be little endian only. SGI systems where ARC is called ARCS violate that by being big endian.
Environment Variables
SGI ARCS has some additional variables further to ARC: netaddr, console, rbaud, sgilogo e.t.c.
See: IRIX Admin: System Configuration and Operation. Chapter 9.
ARCS and ARC differs in some (API) constants:
SCSI Host ID
On the most SGI's computers the default SCSI Host ID is 0 instead of 7.
See SGI hardware Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), section 52.
SCSI IDs:
|Disk #1
Drive Partitions
ARC systems uses MS-DOS MBR partition layout for hard drives and conventional ISO-9660 for CD-ROMs.
scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(0) on ARC is used to access a whole raw disk (like /dev/sda).
On a SGI's ARCS systems all disks (even CD) must have a IRIX volume header vh(7M) and partitions. A typical IRIX bootable volume consists of the following partitions:
- Partition 0 - Root Filesystem partition.
- Partition 1 - Swap partition.
- Partition 7 - Volume Body partition.
- Partition 8 - Volume Header partition.
- Partition 10 - Whole Disk partition.
The Volume Header partition must start at the first sector on the disk. It contains the disk label in the first sector, and a rudimentary filesystem (readable by the PROM Monitor) in the rest of the partition.
Little endian ARC BIOS can access files on a MS-DOS partitioned and FAT-12/16 formatted disks and on ISO-9660 CDFS CD-ROMs.
To boot a file on ARC BIOS system use an "ARC Path Naming Convention", i.e.
multi()disk()fdisk()arcdiag - for floppy,
scsi()cdrom(6)fdisk()\os\nt\osloader.exe - for CD-ROM and
scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\boot\vmlinux - for 1'st hard drive partition.
SGI's big endian ARCS can read SGI-disklabelled disks only. The
scsi(0)....partition(0) is a valid name for the first partition and
scsi(0)....partition(8) is a SGI Volume Header. This names are used as value for ARCS environment variables, i.e. for SystemPartition.
SGI BOOT PROM uses own device naming scheme (old mipsco monitor syntax?). The general format is:
<driver name> (<controller id>, <device id>, <partition>)
Both harddisk and CD-ROM use
dksc as device name. To load the standalone shell (sashARCS) from the CD-ROM's Volume Header filesystem, enter the Command Monitor from the PROM menu and type :
boot -f dksc(0,4,8)sashARCS
ARC BIOS provides an external API for "applications" like OS installers or second stage bootloaders.
System Parameter Block (SPB) is a data structure containing ARC variables and pointers. The 32-bit SPB structure is defined in the ARC Standard document p4.4.2 . System Parameter Block begins at physical address 0x1000 (0x80001000 KSEG0 cached, 0xa0001000 KSEG1 uncached)
On a 64-bit ARC systems all SPB pointers are 64-bit. See an ARCLoad sources for more details.
Firmware call vector
Firmware functions are called indirectly through call vector table. Arguments to functions are placed in registers a0 to a3. Return values are placed in register v0.
N Offset Name 00 0x00 Load 01 0x04 Invoke 02 0x08 Execute 03 0x0c Halt 04 0x10 PowerDown 05 0x14 Restart 06 0x18 Reboot 07 0x1c EnterInteractiveMode 08 0x20 ReturnFromMain 09 0x24 GetPeer 10 0x28 GetChild 11 0x2c GetParent 12 0x30 GetConfigurationData 13 0x34 AddChild 14 0x38 DeleteComponent 15 0x3c GetComponent 16 0x40 SaveConfiguration 17 0x44 GetSystemId 18 0x48 GetMemoryDescriptor 19 0x4c Signal 20 0x50 GetTime 21 0x54 GetRelativeTime 22 0x58 GetDirectoryEntry 23 0x5c Open 24 0x60 Close 25 0x64 Read 26 0x68 GetReadStatus 27 0x6c Write 28 0x70 Seek 29 0x74 Mount 30 0x78 GetEnvironmentVariable 31 0x7c SetEnvironmentVariable 32 0x80 GetFileInformation 33 0x84 SetFileInformation 34 0x88 FlushAllCaches 35 0x8c TestUnicodeCharacter 36 0x90 GetDisplayStatus
Note, there is no Unlink or Erase call.
32-bit vs. 64-bit
The ARC standard understands itself as an environment for a 32-bit operating system. With the R4000 and DEC Alpha already being around back then a short sighted decission but good enough for another few years on small to medium sized systems.
As the result most MIPS ARC firmware implementations are 32-bit but a few more recent ones are 64-bit only; the exact way this was done was never published anywhere. The ARC firmware on Power Indigo 2, Indigo 2 R10000, Origin, Onyx 2, Octane systems is known to be 64-bit.
ECOFF and ELF support
The ARC standard mandates ECOFF support only. While appropriate for the UNIX flavours of the time which often still based on ECOFF and convenient for Windows NT which is using PECOFF, an variant of ECOFF with an MSDOS .exe header added it wasn't appropriate for any modern flavor of UNIX which usually are based on the ELF binary format. Depending on the age and operating systems offered by a particular vendor many ARC firmware variants only support ECOFF.
Booting the kernel fails with PROM error messages
>> boot bootp()/vmlinux 73264+592+11520+331680+27848d+3628+5792 entry: 0x8df9a960 Setting $netaddres to 192.168.1.5 (from server deadmoon) Obtaining /vmlinux from server deadmoon Cannot load bootp()/vmlinux Illegal f_magic number 0x7f45, expected MIPSELMAGIC or MIPSEBMAGIC.
This problem has been observed with Indys and with RM_200. The elf2ecoff utility which is part of the kernel source allows conversion of an ELF kernel binary into a bootable ECOFF binary as the bootfile. There is also the arcboot utility which is shipping with recent Indy distributions and which as first stage bootloader is able to boot an ELF kernel of an ext2 or ext3 filesystem. Usually arcboot is the preferable solution.
In the early days of Linux/MIPS Milo was the bootloader for little endian ARC systems. It's considered obsolete and there are no systems that rely on it.
Pandora is a simple monitor and debugger included with Milo.
Arcboot is a first stage bootloader that is able to load ELF32 and ELF64 kernel files from both ext2 and ext3 filesystems.
All Linux/MIPS installations (most notably all Origin, Octane and Indigo2 R10000, which have 64-bit ARCS) can be loaded by ARCLoad.
The arcdiag diagnostic utility is an example of the ARC MIPS standalone application.
- arcdiag sourcecode.
- arcdiag binary for the little endian ARC systems.
- arcdiag.ip22 binary for the big endian 32-bit SGI ARCS systems.
Network Booting
The ARC Standard mandates network booting of an operating system via BOOTP/TFTP or alternatively DCL/RIPL. Most implementations comply to that with a varying degree of buggyness; the exception is the Olivetti M700-10 where network booting is not supported at all.
TFTP Problems
Machine doesn't download the kernel when I try to netboot
This problem has been observed with the ARC firmware of SNI RM_200 and SGI IP22.
The boot client is replying to the BOOTP packets (may be verified using a packet sniffer like tcpdump or ethereal), but doesn't download the kernel from your TFTP server. This happens if your boot server is running a kernel of the 2.3 series or higher. The problem may be circumvented by doing an
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_no_pmtu_disc
as root on the boot server. Alternatively you can also add this setting to /etc/sysctl.conf.
The kernel download from the TFTP server stops and times out
This may happen if the TFTP server is using a local port number of 32768 or higher which usually happens if the TFTP server is running Linux 2.3 or higher. This problem may be circumvented by doing a
echo 4096 32767 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range
on the server. This problem has been observed on SGI IP22 and Siemens-Nixdorf RM200 systems.
The latest version of the tftp-hpa tftp daemon has a workaround for the problems described in the previous two sections. The tftp-hpa git repository can be cloned from http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/tftp/tftp-hpa.git. The latest version disables PMTU discovery by default; the port range can be restricted with the -R from:to option. Note this options is hugely preferable over above workarounds which seriously limit the function of the entire IP stack for the sole purpose of getting a machine booted.
This is new experimental code; please send test reports to firstname.lastname@example.com and email@example.com.
Bug in DHCP version 2
When using DHCP version 2 you might see the following problem: Your machines receives it's BOOTP reply 3 times but refuses to start TFTP. You can fix this by doing a "unsetenv netaddr" in the PROM command monitor before you boot your system. DHCP version 3 fixes this problem.


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34th Rhubarb Festival Kickoff
Buddies In Bad Times Theatre presents The 34th Rhubarb Festival starting today and running until March 3rd.
That means that over the next two weeks, hundreds of local and international artists will be transforming Buddies into a hotbed of creativity and experimentation, sharing new ideas in contemporary theatre, performance art, dance, and music with adventure-loving audiences.
And, premiering at tonight's Rhubarb (and running until Feb. 24), is our very own program coordinator, Kaleb Robertson in Fay Slift & the 3 Bears!
Ladybear Extraordinaire Fay Slift stars as Goldilocks in this high-drag, choose-your-own-adventure take on this familiar fairy tale.
Created and performed by Trixie & Beever with John Paul Kane and Kaleb Robertson, this is the 3 bears you wish you heard in fairy tales.
directed by Lindsay Barton
choreographer / outside eye Kitty Neptune
costume design Atom Cianfarani
make up design and photography David Hawe
set and prop design Nina Bunjevac


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The Prince returns to the exotic Persia. After his father invades the palace of the Maharajah, the Prince, tricked by a treacherous vizier, uses a magic dagger to release the dangerous Sands of Time from an ornate hourglass. With the aid of a beautiful, mysterious, and potentially untrustworthy ally, players guide the Prince to recapture the Sands of Time and restore peace to the land.
Only registered members can share their thoughts. So come on! Join the community today (totally free - or sign in with your social account on the right) and join in the conversation.


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On April 2, 1513, Juan Ponce de León (1474-1521) landed somewhere along the east coast of Florida. More than 500 Native American nations inhabited the Americas at the time of first contact. The arrival of European and African peoples forever changed life on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and initiated environmental and demographic changes that continue to the present day.
Juan Ponce de León


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Bethel graduates with a minor in Spanish have literally a world of options to apply their learning. As a student, you will spend a semester or longer in a foreign country, immersed in Spanish culture, completing internships and studying in a university setting.
Locally, students can also become involved in Bethel's Spanish club, work as departmental assistants and do translation work with area businesses, ministries and historical projects.


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Form - rarer, and more severe. May progress rapidly causing significant
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IT: Most common in people over 60, but can appear as early as age 40.
It is the most common cause of severe vision loss among
people over 65, and, as life expectancy increases, the disease is becoming
an increasingly significant problem.
There is no conclusive proof as to what causes it,
however, some scientists believe heredity may play a part, as may UV light
exposure and malnutrition.
PREVENTION: Although there is no hard evidence as to how to prevent this
disease, these steps may help:
Regular eye exams
by your eye care specialist, who is specially trained to detect many
vision-threatening conditions even before you develop symptoms. The
earlier the problems are detected, the better chance of preventing vision
Protection from
UV-A and UV-B rays. Some studies have suggested that prolonged or frequent
exposure to UV-A and UV-B rays may be a factor in this and
other eye conditions, so always wear your sunglasses that block 99 to 100%
of UV rays when outdoors.
Proper nutrition.
Although there is no concrete evidence that nutrition plays a role, a
healthy diet can't hurt and can prevent many other health problems. Some
eye care specialists may recommend vitamins or minerals to
supplement your diet.
TREATMENT: There is usually no treatment for the "dry" form of
this disease, but low vision rehabilitation can help those with significant
vision loss to maintain an excellent quality of life. Laser surgery can
sometimes treat the "wet" form and low vision rehabilitation can help those
with vision loss.
RESEARCH: There is a great deal of research and several major scientific
studies being conducted to find the causes and develop effective treatments
for all types of this disease. Visit the National Eye Institute Web site for additional information.
DEVELOPMENTS: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is one of the most promising new
treatments for the "wet" type of this condition. It involves the
injection of a drug, Visudyne, into the bloodstream, followed by a brief
laser treatment. The laser "activates" the drug, which helps destroy
abnormal blood vessels in the eye that damage the retina. The procedure may
be done in the ophthalmologist's' office, and several treatments may be
necessary for it to be effective.
UNPROVEN TREATMENTS: Be wary
of any treatment that promises to restore vision, or cure or prevent this
disease. There are so many so-called "miracle cures" advertised (often
in magazines or on the Internet) that have not been adequately tested for
safety or efficacy. These treatments may be expensive and are generally not
covered by insurance. If you are considering trying a new or untested
treatment, make sure you talk to your eye care specialist to ensure they are
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This is not exactly glam, but let's face it, everyone brushes their teeth (I hope) and everyone wants lovely, clean, white gnashers.
Having said that I'm not a big fan of hardcore whitening. I will definitely give it a go, but I also think it hurts – hurts my gums, makes my teeth really sensistive. I swear, in 40 years time there will be a whole generation of men and women walking around with super thin teeth and exposed nerves going 'well….at least I had white teeth when I was 25.'….That or half of society will be toothless and the other half will have luminous white oversized slabs (or veneers if you like) for teeth. Imagination overload again.
I loved my deep clean at Smile Pod because it wasn't over the top or damaging, it was just really refreshing without the use of chemicals.
Then I was sent the new and Toothbrushes to review:
His and hers! Mr C claims neglect because I usually use a £120 Oral-B Triumph brush and he has a £9.99 one. Mine oscillates, his vibrates.
The Colgate Max White toothbrush vibrates at the press of a button.
I personally think this toothbrush is a bit rough. I know, I know, I am the one controlling the brush, but there's something about the head which I found quite abrasive and my gums were sore afterwards.
Mr C also concurs that he found the head too big and abrasive – he stopped using it before I did. However, we both agree they are great to take away when we can't be bothered lugging around our (well my) big posh toothbrush..
The toothpaste claims…
Colgate MaxWhite One gets your teeth one shade whiter in just one week.
It's unique formula with white accelerator micro-crystals contains ingredients similar to those used by dentists.
To be honest, the whole, whiten up in a short period of time is nothing new – Pearl Drops, Blanx etc. etc (I am no toothpaste expert). One shade up in one week is tempting though:
I was going to do a before and after but seriously, a picture of my teeth is not what I want to show right now but here is what we think…
The toothpaste is a translucent blue gel with smaller deep blue particles (I imagine the scrubby bits) in it. It's minty, it's nice to use and foams up but not too much.
In terms of results – I think it left my teeth feeling super clean, a bit brighter, fresh for quite a while too. Whitened by a shade – I don't know, I don't think the results were that dramatic.
Mr C however, loves it – he definitely say it lightening by 1 shade and also felt it left his teeth really smooth and clean.
Mixed reviews, but I know Mr C will buy this toothpaste in the future. I like it too, although I think I will go back to my Colgate Sensitive Pro Relief .