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Steve: Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of Scientific American posted on May 19, 2009. I'm Steve Mirsky. This week we'll talk to high school scientists, who have done some really fascinating research with the added benefit that I could actually understand most of it. At the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science back in February, I ran into a few dozen high school students, who were presenting their research in a big poster session. The kids had won their state science competitions, sponsored by the American Junior Academy of Sciences. As I wandered through the posters, I wound up interviewing five of the winners whose research just grabbed me. We'll hear from Sruti Swaminathan, Maia ten Brink, Alyssa Bailey, Moyukh Chatterjee and Fedja Kadribasic. First up is Sruti Swaminathan. She is a student at High Technology High School in Lincroft, New Jersey.
Sruti: I studied the effect of cell phone and Bluetooth devices on simulated driving performance.
Steve: And why did you decide to do this study and what did you find?
Sruti: I started to conduct a study on driving performances because, as a 16-year-old, I'm going to be a future driver and I wanted to know the risks that I would be putting myself in by talking on a cell phone while driving or using a Bluetooth device while driving.
Steve: And the risk you would be putting me in, as well...
Sruti: Yeah, and my also, like, fellow drivers on the roads. So what I did was I recruited 28 test subjects and had them complete three laps on the game Gran Turismo 3 for PlayStation 2; and they had a steering wheel, an acceleration [and] brake pad to simulate a real driving experience, and I counted the number of crashes they made during each lap, which was the number of times they hit the wall and also the number of times that they deviated from the course. And after collecting that raw data, I used an ANOVA, which is [a] statistical test, and I found that there was a significant difference between the three modes of conversation. So I went on to conduct three individual T-tests in between each mode of conversation.
Steve: Well back up a little bit. Three modes of conversation: somebody next to you, somebody on telephone or somebody with Bluetooth?
Sruti: Yeah. The first one was with no conversation at all, and the second one was using a cell phone, and they would be talking on the cell phone, and I would be in a different room.
Steve: They'll be talking on the cell phone holding it.
Sruti: Holding it.
Steve: Okay.
Sruti: So they had one hand to drive. And I would engage them in conversation with a set of scripted questions and [they would] be questions [that] simulated, like, thought, like "What did you eat for dinner last night?" or questions like that. And the third trial, they had a Bluetooth device and earpiece, so they had both hands to drive, and I would also ask them another set of scripted questions.
Steve: Okay. So what were your results?
Sruti: My results were that there were significant differences between all three modes of conversation, and using the Bluetooth device would be the safest option for a driver who wants to engage in conversation. But of course using no devices at all and not engaging in conversation while driving is the safest option for any driver.
Steve: And actually holding the phone to your ear was the worst.
Sruti: It was the worst option, yeah.
Steve: And give me some numbers.
Sruti: So, the p value for, without any devices versus, like, with the cell phone was 0.056 x (10)-6 which is extremely lower than the alpha value of 0.05.
Steve: Okay. So all that means you have a very low risk of crashing.
Sruti: Yes. So, and the same thing for no devices versus the Bluetooth device, which is 0.002 x (10)-6, which is also extremely low. And the final comparison was between the cell phone and the Bluetooth device, and that was 0.029 which is less than 0.05, but not as significant. But you can still see that from the mean averages between all three modes of conversation, using a Bluetooth you only crashed 4.04 times in a lap, but while using the cell phone it was 5.04.
Steve: And how many times per lap with no communication?
Sruti: That was only 1.79.
Steve: Okay. So, you're still crashing. Again this is just on a PlayStation game.
Sruti: Yeah.
Steve: But clearly the, and how many—28 subjects?
Sruti: Twenty-eight subjects.
Steve: But with those subjects in your runs, you found
out what appears to be quite a significant difference.
Sruti: Yeah.
Steve: Maia ten Brink attends Falmouth Academy in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Maia, tell me about your study, what, it's called—the effects of...
Brink: ...Sleep depravation on cockroach olfactory memory.
Steve: And how did you wind up getting interested in the relationship between sleep deprivation and memory? Was it your own personal experiences?
Brink: Kind of. I am a teenager. I never sleep enough. I find any neuroscience stuff really fascinating and memory, sort of, sparked my interest. Memory, sleep stuff, I just thought they were interesting.
Steve: And you studied olfaction as a way to get into memory.
Brink: Yes, exactly.
Steve: Not particularly interested in how cockroaches smell things.
Brink: No, and I ended up working with cockroaches only because as a school project in the state of Massachusetts, we have regulations on working with vertebrates. It's really difficult to get past to work with like mice or rats, and it's really impossible to work with humans. So I was just looking around for an invertebrate species that, you know, goes through periods of rest or sleep, and there aren't that many. There is cockroaches, some species of bees and also the
re is fruit fly.
Steve: And so you're working with the species, the American cockroach.
Brink: Yeah.
Steve: And the American cockroach is pretty big, it can be maybe, what, an inch-and-a-half long?
Brink: Yeah. It's about two knuckles length.
Steve: Two knuckles!!!
Brink: Yeah. And they have wings, unlike the Madagascar cockroach, but they can jump about 6 or 7 inches in your face.
Steve: So how did you do this work, [and] where did you get the roaches?
Brink: I had to order the roaches from Carolina Biological Laboratories, and I did all the work in my home. I do live in Woods Hole, so it's [a] big scientific community.
Steve: Oh! [A] lot of scientists in Woods Hole.
Brink: But I ended up not working with a mentor. I just worked in my own home and sort of enlisted my mother to help me, just [be] an extra pair of hands. I basically, just was very careful [about] making sure the organism stayed always within, like, two containers, so that if they jumped out of one, I could really smack them down quickly. I made a glove box. I tried to make it as easy as possible to work with them. But it was actually very difficult method to carry out and I had to make a lot of really fast decisions in the middle of the night about changing number[s] of replications or simplifying a lot. I mean, I started out with a very ambitious plan to test and train
it at different times in their circadian rhythm and to just use a lot more replicates and then, you know, it became apparent pretty quickly that they're pretty quick buggers and just getting one alone to train, to associate the taste and the smell was very difficult. So I had to just make a lot of quick decisions like that.
Steve: So what were you actually doing with these critters?
Brink: Well, I was working with 45 cockroaches, and so I trained half of them, according to their natural preference. I was using two odors, vanilla and peppermint, and they prefer vanilla and they dislike peppermint; and two tastes as kind of reward and punishment, sucrose solution as a reward and saline solution as a punishment.
Steve: Salt as a punishment, sweet as a reward.
Brink: So half of them I trained against their natural preference, so associating peppermint with sucrose and vanilla with saline, and half according with [what] their preference already was. And then in each of those groups I sleep deprived half of those, and I allowed the others to rest normally.
Brink: Now how did you sleep deprive roaches?
Steve: I constructed kind of a shaking table, and I kept them awake shaking and with loud noise. It was made up like a rock tumbler and a tray and they were duct-taped down there. Some other studies, when they have the equipment, they usually will blow CO2 into the faces of the cockroaches, because it causes a natural predatory response and they will stay awake. They'll blow every two seconds to the cockroaches. So it's like being, you know, poked awake continually.
Steve: So what did you find?
Brink: Well, there was a pretty significant effect on memory retention. I was able to look at not only the memory retention, but how successful my training was. Obviously I had a lot of trouble making sure that each cockroach was, sort [of], getting exactly the same amount of solution, and there was a lot of, just, sort of, methods problems that really could be fixed with a couple of more hands and more planning time. Unfortunately, because I was on the 24-hour schedule to deprive them exactly 24 hours, if I was going to make a quick decision, I had to do it then, otherwise order a whole new batch of cockroaches. But I did find that their memory was decreased after sleep deprivation [a] relatively significant amount in both the cockroaches trained according to and against their natural preference.
Steve: Can you explain approximately how much their memory was affected?
Brink: The group trained against their natural preference—because I'm looking at different types of behavior to try to decide whether that means they are sleep deprived or not; so I was looking at three things. A standing event, which was when they would go over to the odor source and stand on top of it as if they kind of wanted to hang out by that odor source. And then the other was a tasting event, where they would actually associate the memory of the sucrose on their legs and begin to lick their legs when they were near to an odor source. So I was using this to see behavior criteria. So in terms of standing events, if the non-rest-deprived cockroaches, for the group trained against their natural preference, about 50 percent of the time, their standing events occurred near peppermint; and then after sleep deprivation that went down to about 30 percent, so a 20 percent drop. And it's a smaller difference for those trained according to their natural preference, and I'm not quite sure why that is, but it probably has to do with, obviously if they already preferred vanilla, sort of adding a reward, may or may not have really made a significant difference.
Steve: Very cool. Do you want to be a psychologist or a neuroscientist?
Brink: Yeah, that's definitely an area I want to continue in. We had a breakfast this morning with AAAS scientists and I hung out by the neuro table the whole time. It was really a wonderful experience.
Steve: Alyssa Bailey goes to Central Lee High School in Donnellson, Iowa.
Bailey: Well, I am really wanting to be a pharmacist when I get older. So I wanted to do something in the medical field to see if I was really interested in it. So to get started, I just took different pain relievers, and I dissolved them in a control, which would be ...
Steve: Well, tell me what was your goal? What did you want to find out?
Bailey: Really all I wanted to find out to see which would dissolve the quickest, therefore give you better relief faster.
Steve: Your assumption was that whichever pain reliever dissolved the fastest would wind up knocking out your headache the fastest.
Bailey: Yeah.
Steve: Okay. Do we know if that's a legitimate assumption?
Bailey: I really wanted to do further testing because I know that absorption rates into your blood won't be the same. So knowing that aspirin dissolves faster, I wanted to test the different absorption rates into [your] blood to see if it would actually absorb faster, because who knows, that one might be the slowest to absorb.
Steve: Right. But this study is about which ones dissolve—the rates of dissolving of the various ones. So which ones did you test, and what did you find?
Bailey: I tested aspirins, Tylenol and ibuprofen and then I tested like a store brand and a name brand. Ibuprofen seemed to take longer to dissolve, Tylenol was about in the middle and then aspirin was really fast to dissolve. They took about 15 seconds to dissolve.
Steve: So this study seems like you could do it at home in your kitchen.
Bailey: Yep, I did it right in my dining room.
Steve: How long did it take?
Bailey: It took quite a while because I had to, I did a bunch of trials with all of them, so I would wait for it to dissolve, and then I would have to carry it to my kitchen, clean it out, make sure it was all nice and clean before I did it again.
Steve: The glassware you mean?
Bailey: Yeah. I used beakers. I put a 100 milliliters of the stomach acid solution in that.
Steve: Where did you get that?
Bailey: I made that with hydrochloric acid and distilled water and I made that a pH of 1.
Steve: Now how did you measure when the dissolving was complete?
Bailey: I ran a couple of test runs first to see how they would dissolve. There was a liquid pill that I tested and once that dissolved, the coating, it was all dissolved, it was that liquid, but all the other ones were more of particles; and so I just made sure there wasn't one solid pill left that they were all, the particles were pretty much equal in size.
Steve: I see, so you [would] just eyeball the beaker and make sure that you might not have dissolved it so that it was invisible, but you wanted to make sure that it was granular and completely uniform in granularity.
Bailey: Yeah.
Steve: And so the next step in this ongoing research project is going to be the uptakes.
Bailey: Yeah. I really want to test the blood absorptions, but blood is kind of [tricky] to work with in labs and get into the science fair. So we were trying to work our way around that and see what else I can do.
Steve: How many headaches did you get working on this?
Bailey: I didn't get any, but a lot of people would stop and ask me if I had any of the pain relievers left over.
Steve: Moyukh Chatterjee also goes to High Technology High School in Lincroft, New Jersey.
Chatterjee: Well, basically for a while now, I've been interested in efficiency in industry. I really want to make things more efficient; I'm the kid who works with solar power and wants to work on solar panels. So basically what I did is I was working on a previous project, I was trying to develop a project where I wanted to create a, sort of, a magnetic plastic. And I did some research and I found that there was a lot of high level chemistry involved and I just did not have that knowledge. But while working and doing the research for that, I found a very interesting concept, where a person had put two refrigerator magnets together to sort of make a worm gear. And I was looking at that and I was trying to understand how that worked, and it didn't make any sense.
Steve: Again, you said to make a worm gear.
Chatterjee: Yeah.
Steve: So explain what a worm gear is.
Chatterjee: Basically what you have in a worm gear is you have a normal gear called the spur gear, basically the normal gear you see everyday. And what you have connected to that is the worm gear, but a worm gear is like a cylinder with a spiral gear around it. So it rotates almost perpendicular to the axis of the gear.
Steve: So you have like a bicycle chain but you combine that with an Archimedes screw.
Chatterjee: Yeah, pretty much. And so they made a magnetic worm gear, and for that you would have to have magnetic fields be completely perpendicular to each other and still interact, and I had no idea how that could work. But I realized that if you made a special array called a Hallback array—in a Hallback array basically you have the north-south domains of the magnet rotate 90 degrees for every new magnet. You could put two of those together and have the magnetic fields line up such that you could create a conventional gear, except their gear faces would not touch. And so basically what you could do then is have a much more efficient gear because you'd minimize all that heat and vibrations and noise in the gear system. So what I did is I took refrigerator magnets which were already pre-fabricated in the special array, and I made a linear magnet and a circular magnet. And I tested that against a traditional gear system that I purchased online. And basically I did some kinetic energy calculations where I put the gear rack on an air track to minimize friction between the gear rack and its surface, and the gear on an axel which was mounted on two [metallic] washers to minimize friction there, and basically slipped the gear rack underneath the gear and saw how fast the gear rack was going before it made contact with the gear, how fast it was going afterwards and how fast the gear rotated after contact. And so basically I was able to calculate kinetic energies for the gear rack before and after contact and the gear after contact. So I had two output kinetic energies and one input kinetic energy, and I could calculate efficiencies for both systems.
Steve: And what did you find?
Chatterjee: Basically, my magnetic system, which I engineered, was about 30 percent more efficient than a conventional system. So, I saved 30 percent of the heat loss and energy that came out of a traditional gear system.
Steve: When you say 3 percent, you mean, for example 10 versus 7, but that's a huge difference because that's more like 30 percent.
Chatterjee: Yeah. Exactly like 30 percent of the energy lost by [a] normal system was saved by the system that I made. So I mean it worked out. I was really [happy]. Looking at the data, you wouldn't expect [it], but once I did the analyses, it worked out.
Steve: Do you expect this is going to find some application out there?
Chatterjee: I really...
Steve: It probably already is being tried in industry, but...
Chatterjee: I really hope so. I mean, really, I found a couple of papers on magnetic gears used in
the industry, but they were ridiculously complex. They had iron magnets arranged around a permanent magnet in the center with, like, cylindrical poles everywhere. It was ridiculous diagrams; and I just wanted to go bottom up and take the simpler approach. I mean, really what I want to do in the future is work with these magnets, and with the use of stronger magnets or a more effective sort of array, keep it really simple and just come up with something that is industry compatible, so I could have a cheap gear system, which you can buy, and which is significantly more efficient than the traditional system.
Steve: Very cool. So what's in your future—mechanical engineering, electrical engineering?
Chatterjee: I'm actually looking at two very different fields. I'm looking at nanotechnology and a sort of a nanotechnology application to engineering and efficiency in the field. So I would love to work on nanotech and solar technology. But then again I'm also looking at [biomed and] biomedical engineering, because I really love, sort of, the artificial organ synthesis they are doing with protein scaffolds and on the other hand sort of using genetic recombination to produce insulin and drugs from bacteria.
Steve: Fedja Kadribasic is a student at West Boca Raton Community High School in Boca Raton, Florida.
Kadribasic: I looked at how factors that affect tornado formation have changed over time; because it's a very big problem for scientists to look at how actual tornado numbers have changed over time. Every time a new technology is introduced to study tornadoes, the number of tornadoes that are documented increases. So scientists are not sure if the increase in tornado numbers are due to a technology or due to an actual climate change. I tried to look at the situation from a different approach by looking at certain factors that affect tornadoes and seeing how they have changed over time. Namely these factors are CAPE, which is Convective Available Potential Energy, which is the maximum amount of energy that a rising parcel (which [is] an arbitrary amount of mass) can have as it's rising through the atmosphere; wind shear, which is the difference in wind [vectors] at the top and bottom of the atmosphere; and specific humidity, which is the ratio of water to the total mass of a moist system.
Steve: So we're looking at basically the environmental conditions and the amount of available energy.
Kadribasic: Well, all three of the factors I talked about right now affect tornadoes. One is like the amount of energy that's available to it, another is the amount of, what the wind shear, which is the difference in wind, and the amount of humidity. All three are required for tornadoes to form. The only thing is, it's like, I did two parts of the study, the first of which was to see whether these factors are actually greater in tornadic versus nontornadic areas, because once I established that, I can look whether or not there was a change over time.
Steve: So you must have found that they were greater because your study does have two parts.
Kadribasic: Yes, that's correct. For all three of the factors, the difference was very, very significant with the p values being extremely small; all except for wind shear, with the only reason being was that the control area that was used is mountainous. So in a mountainous area, the wind shear happens to be very large because the amount of the wind at the top versus at the bottom of the mountain can be a very large difference. But since I did establish that these factors are greater in tornadic areas, I could now look at these factors to see if they have changed over time. I looked at averages for all three of them during the month of May, and I ran a test called a linear regression t-test to see how these average factors in the month of May had changed over time. I was only able to use the years 1980 to 2006 though, because that is how far the data goes on these average values. Even though I did not get a statistically significant change, the p values I did get, are so very small, and since my sample size is also very small, we have to look at this information a lot more if we are going to see whether or not there has been [in] fact [a] change over time.
Steve: So you are basically looking at the factors influencing the tornado formation...
Kadribasic: Yes.
Steve: ...and the change in those factors, we're not sure yet whether the tornado increase is a function of environmental conditions changing or our ability to detect them.
Kadribasic: That's basically [what] I tried to do, to see if there has been any change, if there has been any change in these factors, which could mean that there is a change in climate, which could then finally mean that there has been a change in tornado numbers. So it's a very indirect approach, but one that is very applicable to meteorology.
Steve: What was the biggest thing you learned trying to do this work?
Kadribasic: Well, probably the biggest thing I've learned is that it takes a lot of time to collect all the data. Even though there wasn't actual data collecting per se, like you would do in, like, in some other kind of experiments, something in biology or in chemistry, the data that need to be collected, which was from, like, different databases took such a huge amount of time. It took a couple of months actually, just to collect the data. The test themselves took a very little time, but it's just, you have to have, like, a scale. Just, like, research takes really a very long time sometimes, and I suppose you spend years working on it and sometimes they won't even get anything out of it. So [I] just had to keep that in mind when doing research.
Steve: I'm sure any of the graduate students listening can relate to that. So are you interested in becoming a professional atmospheric scientist or where do you see yourself?
Kadribasic: Well, meteorology is pretty interesting, but I would rather pursue some other aspect of the physical sciences; probably thinking physics or mathematics, those are pretty interesting to me. I might pursuit meteorology, but that might be just from, like, [a] standpoint of thermodynamics or something, not like actually looking at weather data, although meteorology is interesting; you know, I never know.
Now it's time to play TOTALL....... Y BOGUS. Here are four science stories; only three are true. See if you know which story is TOTALL....... Y BOGUS.
Story number 1: The astronauts who just serviced the Hubble telescope will testify before congress in Washington on May 21st.
Story number 2: The Maleo is a bird about the size of a chicken but its eggs are about five times larger than chicken eggs.
Story number 3: Cigarette smoke may prevent allergies by lowering the immune reaction.
And story number 4: Good evidence that people were keeping cats as pets much earlier than in ancient Egypt, archaeologists [at] a 9,500-year-old site in Cypress found a house cat and a human buried in adjacent graves.
Time is up.
Story number 4 is true. The cat and the human were buried together and in the same orientation. That's according to a 2004 report from the Paris National Museum of Natural History, which is cited in the new article, "The Evolution of House Cats" in the June issue of Scientific American. You can read it free at our Web site. Just go to www.ScientificAmerican.com/sciencemag.
Story number 2 is true. The chicken-sized Maleo lays a huge egg, which it buries in the sand at its home on the Indonesia[n] island of Sulawesi. The chicks hatch, climb out of the sand and are already able to fly and fend for themselves, probably because they're already fully grown in the giant eggs. Last week the beach the Maleos use to nest became protected habitat. It was bought by a local NGO called Wildlife and Wildlands Conservation, which works with the New York–based Wildlife Conservation Society. Here courtesy of WCS is the actual call of the Maleo (voice of Maleo). Sounds like it was laying the giant eggs and saying "Why?"
And story number 3 is true. Smoking does plenty of bad stuff, but a new study finds that cigarette smoke decreases the allergic response in mice, anyway. Smoke inhibits activity of so called mast cells, which drive the immune system's response to allergens. The report appears in the journal Clinical and Experimental Allergy. Obviously taking up smoking to cure allergies is a bad idea. Maybe you could just run through a smoke filled room.
All of which means that story number 1, about the Hubble's service astronaut team testifying in D.C. on May 21st is TOTALL....... Y BOGUS. They will be testifying before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science, but they will be doing it from the orbiting shuttle, which isn't scheduled to land till the next day. What's the difference between outer space and a congressional hearing room? Why the hot air of course.
Well that's it for this edition of Scientific American's Science Talk. Check out www.ScientificAmerican.com for the latest science news, including our In-Depth Report on how to build a better engine, which we're gonna have to do with new gas mileage standards coming. For Science Talk, I'm Steve Mirsky. Thanks for clicking on us.
High school scientists Sruti Swaminathan, Maia ten Brink, Alyssa Bailey, Moyukh Chatterjee and Fedja Kadribasic, all winners of state competitions sponsored by the American Junior Academy of Sciences, talk about their research. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news.


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Welfare reform burst back onto the Legislature's agenda Wednesday night as legislative negotiators ended a months-long conference committee and filed a compromise bill.
According to an aide to Senate President Therese Murray, the Senate plans to adopt the proposal during its session Thursday afternoon.
The House and Senate each passed welfare reform bills last year aimed at both closing off avenues for fraud and abuse and extending supports and assistance to help more low-income families move off public assistance.
In a statement, Murray said the bill makes "thoughtful changes."
"Not only will we be able to help more of our residents enter the workforce and lead self-sustaining and independent lives, but we are also putting in place measures to support the health of our economy as a whole," Murray said. "However, as we know from past experience, this is an issue that requires constant revisiting. If we want to ensure an effective system, we must keep this in mind moving forward."
According to a bill summary, the legislation creates a program to connect "able-bodied" individuals with full-time jobs before they start receiving benefits, revives a "full employment program" aimed at placing benefit recipients in full-time jobs, and makes employers who hire individuals from the full-employment program eligible for a health care subsidy for one year followed by a tax credit of $100 per month up to $1,200.
The bill requires the Department of Transitional Assistance to have specialists assigned to help high-risk recipients, and calls for the development of a program to allow benefit recipients to save money, outside of the asset limit of $2,500, toward first, last and security rent payments and for education as they transition off public benefits.
The bill also reduces the period for benefit extensions, requires self-declarations of residency to be signed under the penalties of perjury, bans self-declarations from being used as the only verification form of eligibility, and increases penalties for store owners who knowingly allow the purchase of prohibited products or services, such as Lottery tickets, with an EBT card. Under the latter measure, store owners could face license suspensions.
The bill also changes the number of days in which a temporary absence from the state creates a presumption that residency has been abandoned, requires the calculation of the five-year benefit cap on the family rather than separately for each parent, and requires verification of work participation forms by a third party under the penalties of perjury. The legislation changes the exemption from the work requirement for women in the last four months of pregnancy to the last month of pregnancy unless there is a documented medical issue, the summary said.
The bill also changes eligibility for the teen living program for pregnant teens who currently must be 120 days from their due date to be eligible. Under the bill, they will become eligible at the start of their pregnancy.
In a bid to ensure notification of changes before they occur, the bill requires the Department of Transitional Assistance to file a report with the Legislature 60 days before issuing or changing benefit-altering regulations.
Under the bill, the Department of Transitional Assistance would also be required to share information with federal, state and local law enforcement and the trial court about benefit recipients who are the subject of felony warrants, according to the bill summary.
The department is also required under the bill to refer cases involving multiple even-dollar transactions, full benefit withdrawals and instances of the use of direct cash assistance in states other than Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Vermont and Maine to the fraud investigators.
The conference committee appeared to offer two bills to accomplish the welfare reform goals, an appropriations bill with about $15 million in spending and a policy bill laying out the changes
Legislature poised to pass welfare reform bill
Welfare reform burst back onto the Legislature's agenda Wednesday night as legislative negotiators ended a months-long conference committee and filed a compromise bill.


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When I discussed the phenomenon with one of my liberal friends this week, he tortured me with Clay A. Johnson's book called The Information Diet, that discussed the poor quality of information we were getting bombarded with since new media made its entrance on the world stage. I was duped into spending a few hours of my time reading a Democratic Party propaganda piece, all in the name of promoting good intellectual communication with people that had different views to my own. Truthfully, I only got through one third of it before I was overcome with spastic revulsions. I don't think anyone can point a finger at me and say I didn't do my part! Now enough is enough.
Browsing through to the end of the book there were no solutions to the problems we are experiencing with science. Instead it recommended a disciplined filtration of information from the internet and by the looks of it there were some very handy tips in that regard. My friend missed the point though, just as Clay A. Johnson missed the point with his book. Liberals do not make any distinction between rational and empirical reasoning. If Johnson understood the difference, he would have understood that complicated issues became simplified with empirical reasoning when more data was analyzed. Not less data. In his book he would have recommended having an information orgy instead of an information diet.
The American public should have waited for more information to become available in the latest race controversy, the Travyon Martin shooting incident, before judging the shooter, George Zimmerman, as a white racist cold-blooded child murderer. They may have been surprised to find their beliefs challenged by truth. Instead the left-wing mainstream media has whipped up African Americans and created a virtual lynch mob, which they believe will somehow inspire African Americans to go and vote for Obama in the upcoming 2012 elections. They are wrong. Just as the Duke Lacrosse case backfired horribly on Mike Nifong's chances of re-election to office, the Trayvon Martin case will backfire on Obama.
Empirical reasoning is not a principle that is limited to science, although it is according to Wikipedia, "A central concept in modern science...the scientific method is that all evidence must be empirical, or empirically based, that is, dependent on evidence or consequences that are observable by the senses."
It is no secret that the academia and mainstream media has been hijacked by the left, heart and soul. So when the left steadfastly refuses to acknowledge empirical reasoning in their political ideology, is there any wonder that the right no longer has any faith in science?
P.S. "Welcome to the Vast Rational Conspiracy" was a chapter heading in Clay A. Johnson's book. I found it incredibly humorous and ironic, at the author's expense.


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Feynman says in his book "QED" that the square root of the fine structure constant is the probability for a charged particle to emit a photon. But for which wavelength? Or is it an average over all wavelengths?
Note: I meant virtual photon, and I meant a stable charged particle, like the electron. One way to rephrase it would be: how many virtual photons (per unit volume) are there in the Coulomb field around an electron?


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It turns out that Siri will talk to anyone.
That means that even if you have have locked your iPhone 4S with a passcode, anyone can come along, press the home button and virtual assistant Siri will pop up, helpfully giving away addresses, sending e-mail and texts, according to Graham Cluley of Sophos, an online security research firm. Luckily, Siri has limits and will prompt for a passcode if asked to unlock the phone, read out e-mails or for a call history.
The problem is that using Siri while your iPhone is locked is a feature -- the default mode, likely designed for quick use, such as in a car. However, Apple developers didn't take into account the ease an iPhone can be misplaced or in the wrong hands. Although it can be changed by going into settings and turning off the Siri option, shouldn't Apple have realized the default option should have been the most secure one?
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Cluely continued on the Naked Security blog:
What's disappointing to me though is that Apple had a clear choice here. . . . They could have chosen to implement Siri securely, but instead they decided to default to a mode which is more about impressing your buddies than securing your calendar and email system.
Siri doesn't differentiate between voices and its default setting makes it able to talk to strangers, so it's up to iPhone users to protect their own phones and information.


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New Year's is a time of hope. Wipe the slate clean. Begin again.
I was on a walk the other day, thinking about resolutions. Thinking about the word, resolve.
To re-solve. To solve something again–that it was once solved. So a resolution is a re-solution.
That means that once upon a time it wasn't a problem.
That's true.
We weren't always overweight. We didn't always drink too much, smoke, spend to much, or see our loved one's too little.
So, a resolution is just getting back to that former state.
Think back, when was it that you weren't overweight?
Perhaps your teens? Before kids? For some of us, we have to think back even younger.
But there was probably a time. You didn't think about food all the time. You rode your bike. Played little league.
Your body remembers this. In sports, they call this muscle memory. If your body (or mind) has ever done it once, it remembers–and can do it again.
This works for more than just weight.
So I thought about it–I used to spend copious hours on my bike as a kid. I can bike now. I used to sing for the heck of it. I can sing in my car. I used to draw. I think I'll go outside and draw that live oak tree in my back yard.
Sometimes we make things so big and so hard. Simple pleasures are deeply satisfying.
We buy too much, eat too much, smoke and gossip because we're trying to fill a hole.
We have to (at least I know I have to, I have no right to speak for anyone else) learn how to be with ourselves–and be content.
To be content is to have content. (Sorry, I'm a word-nerd)
To have content is to have substance–something meaningful that fills up space.
I love the word contentment. To be deep in joy–to belong–to not want to be anywhere else or with anyone else.
According to GoalGuy.com, here are the top ten resolutions: (every site I researched had a similar list, so it's pretty much a given)
Top Ten New Year Resolutions
1. Lose Weight and Get in Better Physical Shape
2. Stick to a Budget
3. Debt Reduction
4. Enjoy More Quality Time with Family & Friends
5. Find My Soul Mate
6. Quit Smoking
7. Find a Better Job
8. Learn Something New
9. Volunteer and Help Others
10. Get Organized
This list tells me we're all pretty much alike. There's things we need to stop doing–other things we need to start. Push and Pull.
So, just for fun, I propose a Top Ten Caregiver's Resolution List:
1. Sleep. Sleep more. Sleep any where, any time, any how. Dream of uninterrupted sleep.
2. Not totally blow my top at any one–a nurse, my loved one, the pharmacist…this could be tough (especially when you're dealing with Alzheimer's)
3. Not eat my way into oblivion–food is not my best friend (repeat 10 times a day)
4. Remember where I'm driving–zoning out is dangerous–I may need a loud buzzer horn or taser. Stess causes zoning out, I'm sure.
5. Walk every day. Even if it's just to the mailbox. Walking is good. Sun is good. I need this.
6. Get out and meet people. Normal people not in the health care/elder care profession. There's a great big world out there and I need to see it once in a while.
7. To actually want sex and intimacy and do something about it. Sex drive? Is that like, four wheel drive? Yes, i remember….vaguely.
8. To get dressed in something other than a jogging suit–something NOT with an elastic waistband. This relates to not eating a whole frozen pizza and walking to the mailbox, doesn't it?
9. Do something for me, just me. People do that? Lunch with a friend, getting my nails done, putzing through an antique shop–caring for me is actually part of caregiving…who knew?
10. Ask for help. Pray, cry, meditate, journal, scream, go to a support group, go to church, ask for respite care, pay for care for an afternoon off, try adult day care for my loved one. Ask, ask, ask–caregiving is not a lone sport. It takes a village.
11. Not be afraid–of caregiving, cancer, Alzheimer's, ALS, or death.
Fear is a big woolly monster trying to gobble up your precious days. Turn around and face it–yell big and loud–"I'm not afriad. I can do this."
12. Attitude of gratitude. Each night before I go to sleep, I ask myself, "what was the best part of the day? Usually, it's a dragonfly who stopped right in front of me–or a neighbor who gives me a big smile when she sees me. It's the small moments that stick. Being grateful in a time in your life when so much is beyond your control is a way of turning the tables in your favor. The more you're grateful, the more you have to be grateful for–it's like a fan that keeps expanding.
Just like the other list–things to stop doing, other things to start. Push. Pull.
New Years is a magical time. Resolutions represent hope. Hope for change. You already know how to do this. After all, it's just a re-solution.


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(Phoenix, AZ) Attorney General Terry Goddard today advised Arizona consumers not to worry if they receive an email warning them that telemarketers will soon be calling their cell phones.
Consumers have started to receive emails that read something like this:
JUST A REMINDER...In a few weeks, cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sale calls. YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS... To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone: 888.382.1222 or register your phone number on line with the FTC.
"It is untrue that telemarketers will be getting a list of Arizona cell phone numbers to call," Goddard said. "Federal law protects consumers using wireless phones from telemarketers through the Telephone Consumer Protection Act."
More than 448,000 Arizonans have registered their phone numbers with the federal Do Not Call list. If you would like to join those consumers:
- Visit the Federal Trade Commission's Web site at www.donotcall.gov and then click on "Register a Number" or
- Call FTC 1.888.382.1222 (TTY 1.866.290.4236). Consumers who sign up by telephone need to call from the telephone number that they want to add to the list.
"You can register your cell phone if you wish," Goddard said. "But there is little likelihood of telemarketers getting your cell number."
Registrations are active for five years, and there are no cut-off dates or any deadlines for registering a phone number. Once your number has been on the Registry for three months, you can reasonably expect to see a dramatic reduction in unwanted telemarketer calls.
Goddard reminded consumers that some calls are not covered by the Registry, and a consumer may continue to get calls from:
- political organizations
- telephone surveyors or pollsters
- calls from companies with whom you have had an existing business relationship
- calls from companies you have given permission to call you
If your number has been on the registry for at least three months, and a telemarketer calls, you can file a complaint with the FTC either on line at www.donotcall.gov or calling 1.888.382.1222 (TTY 1.866.290.4236). You'll need to provide the date of the call and the phone number or name of the company that called you.
For more information on this and other important consumer topics, please visit the Arizona Attorney General's Web site at www.azag.gov.


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CANCELLED Kidmando (2-5yr olds) @ Botantic Gardens
- Title:
- CANCELLED Kidmando (2-5yr olds) @ Botantic Gardens
- When:
- Wed, 20. November 2019, 16:00 - 16:45
- Where:
- Botanic Gardens - Singapore
- Category:
- Kidmando 2-3 yrs
We'll be runing a class with activities suitable for kids 2-5. For kids on the younger side, we suggest they have some prior Kidmando experiance (with tots class or previous sessions) before joining this class.
Our 45 minute classes will engage kids with some fun challenging activities. Usually after a quick warm up, the kids will get to enjoy an obstacle course followed by several skill activities and games.
We work on our Fundamental Movement Skills while enjoying the fresh air and fun with our friends and classes are structured to help support development of these skills.
Kids should wear appropriate sports gear (shorts, t-shits, running shoes), please avoid long dresses and flip flops. Some locations are good for bare feet, just check with your coach.
This is an accompanied class, so children will need to have a parent or guardian with them through out the class. Adult participation is not needed however we encourage parents to join in if their little one needs any help or attention. Helpers welcome with parent's permission.
Remember to bring:
Important Note for booking your child into our classes:
For all our registered parents , you will need to and book a place for this class using the link below on this page. We generally can accommodate 15 kids per class as capacity.
If you are not yet registered as a parent, help us to understand your requirements and planned attendance by completing
First sessions are free to attend to try out and see what you think. Please complete this form ahead of the class you would like to attend.
Thereafter, you can pay per call or we offer flexible, affordable PACKAGES for future sessions.
Botanic Garden Classes: Our classes are run in the grassy are near Eco Lake not far from the Botanic Gardens MRT station and Cluny Court. For parking and taxi drop off, use the Botanic Gardens car park off Cluny Park Road.
- Location:
- Botanic Gardens
- Street:
- Cluney Park Road
- 259585
- City:
- Singapore
- Country:
- Max places:
- 15
- Booked Places:
- 4
- Available places:
- 11
- Your Registration:
- The event must be published to allow registration.


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Award notification: An award notification lists the types and amounts of aid offered, provides specific program information, and explains the conditions that govern the award. You receive the notification after you've been admitted, completed the necessary forms, and submitted your tuition deposit. You may accept or decline any portion of the award.
Capitalization (of interest): The term refers to an arrangement between you and the lender that defers interest payments as they come due and adds them to the principal amount of your loan.
Cost of attendance: Cost of attendance is the total cost of the program: your tuition, your student fees, and the university's estimates of your costs for room and board, books, supplies, and miscellaneous personal expenses.
Default: Default is defined as the failure to make installment payments when they're due or to meet other terms of the promissory note. If you fail to make your monthly installment payments for 270 days, the lender concludes you no longer intend to honor your payment obligation.
Deferment or Forbearance of loan: A loan deferment is an approved postponement or modification of payments for a specified period.
Delinquency: You're delinquent on your loan if you fail to make a payment when it's due but aren't yet in default.
Expected Family Contribution (EFC): EFC is the amount of education costs you're expected to pay. The federal government calculates your EFC and uses it to determine your eligibility for need-based financial assistance.
Federal Work-Study (FWS) Program/Graduate Assistantship: The part-time employment program provides jobs for graduate students who need the income to meet a portion of their educational expenses. Olin has some graduate assistantships that are available after your first semester in the program. They don't include any tuition remission, and you must coordinate them yourself when you arrive on campus.
Financial aid: Financial aid is the general term for all funds awarded to you to help you meet your graduate-education expenses. These funds include scholarships, loans, and employer tuition assistance.
Financial need: The difference between the cost of attendance and your Expected Family Contribution determines your financial need.
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA): FAFSA is a form completed by U.S. students that collects household and financial information and serves as the foundation document for all federal need-analysis computations and database matches.
Independent student: The term refers to a graduate or professional student.
Loan: A loan is an advance of funds – evidenced by a promissory note – that you repay in specified amounts under prescribed conditions.
Loan origination fee: This fee is deducted from each loan that is issued. The money you receive will be less than the amount you actually borrow.
Need analysis: Need analysis is a system that evaluates and calculates your ability to pay for education expenses, determined by your Expected Family Contribution and the cost of attendance.
Packaging: Packaging is the process of combining various types of student aid, such as scholarships, loans, and employment income, to try and meet the full amount of your education costs.
Principal (of a loan): Principal is the amount of money you borrow through a loan, excluding interest or other charges unless they're capitalized.
Promissory note: A promissory note is the legal document that binds a borrower to his or her repayment obligations and to other terms and conditions that govern a loan program.
Renewal FAFSA: The Renewal FAFSA is prepopulated with prior-year information that may not change on your current or future applications.
Scholarship: A scholarship is merit- or need-based financial assistance that doesn't require repayment.
Student Aid Report (SAR): The Student Aid Report is the official notification sent to your school after the Central Processing System (CPS) receives your applicant record. The SAR summarizes your information and Expected Family Contribution and displays other special messages related to your application. Washington University receives the data electronically.
Unmet need: Unmet need is defined as the difference between your total cost of attendance at a specific institution and your total available resources.
Verification: Verification is a requirement from the federal government for Student Financial Services to confirm the information contained on your FAFSA. Thirty percent of Washington University students are selected randomly for verification. Your Student Aid Report will tell you if you've been selected for verification.


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MON, JUL 6, 2009 at 3:13 AM
Tiny Vipers' Life on Earth Out July 7th
After a couple months of reissues and ultra-deluxely packaged b-side comps (see: Iron & Wine and The Vaselines), Tiny Vipers brings us our first new full-length release of the summer. Life on Earth, Tiny Vipers' second album is available on CD and MP3 July 7th, and as per usual, we're going to sweeten the metaphorical pot with some proverbial sugar. If you pre-order Life on Earth from us at subpop.com anytime before July 7th, you'll also receive a truly limited Tiny Vipers home-recorded ambient piece on CDR called Blades of Grass. This Blades of Grass CDR is only available only to online pre-orderers only! So become one of those pre-orderers! By pre-orderering! To show you we aren't fooling around with this incentivizing business, we'll also throw in a button and a couple stickers.


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First you should know: I'm willing to pay $.
I've been studying C - mostly from Sam's Teach Yourself C for Linux Programming in 21 Days(years ?) for a couple of years now. I'm starting to get it- for the most part.
Still code from things like crypto algorithms mostly baffles me, as do trying to interpret the C libraries,
how to "realy" use a debugger, more stuff about the gcc compiler, etc.
I've come up with some of my own code for doing fun things like enciphering plaintext to a symmetric one-time-pad type key, a three place transposition (Ceasar) cipher, some code that
almost identifies prime numbers.
I also would eventually like to write device drivers and do some embedded Linux coding.
It would also be fun and educational to participate in some coding projects.
I truly enjoy C programming and the whole concept of Linux and Open Source software development.
A mentor would be good to get me to the next level of coding and possibly into the realm of
employability. I'm self motivated so the job wouldn't be too difficult I'm sure.
If interested PM me.


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- Tagging games (as finished) or marking them in the overview list (link)
- PS1/2 scraping/isos/launching improvement (link)
Thanks already for your reply, looking forward
Kudos to the program!
Moderator: DerMicha75
This is on my todo listTagging games (as finished) or marking them in the overview list
I will look at this. I ran into similar problems with other isos, so there is a good chance that I will solve this :-)PS1/2 scraping/isos/launching improvement
Sure it does. Simply enter your login data and you can download images and videos. ECC2 stores the last download date, so you can see if its worth to press the button. As an improvement I plan to add a function for rescanning all updated platforms.Another question that I have, is, if ECC2 actually also downloads and scrapes videos from EmuMovies.
You have to do this one by one. The problem is, that MobyGames returns more than 1 result in most cases. So you have to choose which is the right one. I have no idea how to do this for multiple games in an user friendly and comfortable way. Ideas for the needed user interface are welcome...And last but not least, is it possible to multi-scrape entries from MobyGames instead of doing this manually item by item?
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that when you Google the words
pictures of Robert Pattinson
suddenly appear?
Go on. Try it.
who knew there was such a thing as "jaw porn"...
Holy Cow....I am speechless!
I know you like the outcome but why my dear were you googling jaw porn? ;)
And thank you! My day is now complete. =)
How on earth did you figure that out? Hahaha! I tried it and your post came up about seven entries down! He does have a nice jaw. I never noticed before.
what a way to start my morning. I love you. LOL
Haha! I love it!
Holy horny old lady. <-- me; not you.
That bottom right pic????
I have to go now....
hm, i guess he does have a nice jaw line but he just doesn't do anything for me.
I've never even heard of this "jaw porn"??? Hilarious!
That was my question, too! But, that might be TMI... Will just enjoy the pictures...
I normally do not find Robert Pattinson attractive...but this most may have just changed my mind. : )
ooooooh Team Edward forever... drool....
ooooh wow! Thank you!
Aaaaand...a new internet fetish is created.
Damn, I love JawPorn. Well, you already knew that. These pictures kill me. *die* For reals. He does all kinds of bad things to me, and I mean in the best way possible.
Did someone up there just say "who knew there was such a thing as "jaw porn""? Oh no she di'ent.
That's hot.
Yum. I'll take that jaw porn any day.
I walked into my daughters elementary school today to find a life size cut out of Pattinson standing in the office. And he was wearing a T-shirt that the school was selling for Relay for Life that said, "Cancer bites, Survivors shimmer" with the fang marks and blood dripping. A little strange to see that there but I loved the shirt! I couldn't buy one then because my husband was with me and he just wouldn't understand. I'll have to sneak back to buy one. :-)
Even though JennyKate and I are friends IRL, this is the first time I've ever heard of Jaw Porn. *gasp* No need to judge. All I know is he is HOTT and I'm getting red cheeked and worked up. Could you not find more pics with his shirt off? I mean, COME ON!
Joking. Kind of. =)
My new favorite word, jawporn. It's totally going to catch on.
That's too funny.
Uhm also, may I add I had to go 'urban dictionary' this phrase. Only to find out, indeed it all makes sense. Ha!
Mmmm pure hotness!!
Now that's hot!
seriously, how do you come up with this stuff! hilarious!


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Peacocks & Chess Moves: Prelude to War.
After the assassination of the Archduke there began a period of political bicep flexing and a flurry of pacts, friendly handshakes and aggressive finger pointing as the major (and some of the not so major) powers of Europe shuffled themselves into two distinct sides ready for an August face-off.
On the 6th July, Germany put an arm around its Austro-Hungarian cousins and told them they could count on German support if they decided on revenge against Serbia.
Rumours are abound that the Serbian government were behind the assassination. On the 9th July the Austro-Hungarian government send Friedrich von Wiesner to check it out.
Not surprisingly 4 days later, on 14th July, Herr von Wiesner reports back confirming the rumours that the Serbia government were indeed behind the assassination. Now they are really annoyed.
On 21st July,the Chief of Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Army; Conrad von Hotzendorff called for the declaration of war on Serbia claiming that no one in Europe would bat an eyelid.
Feeling brave two days later on 23rd July, the Austro-Hungarian government placed 15 separate demands on the Serbia government, including one that they arrest the leaders of the black hand gang and send them to Vienna for trial.
The next day, 24th July, fearing the worst, the Serbs ask Russia for help if they were to be attacked by Austria-Hungary. They get the nod from Russian 26th July. Meanwhile they have already stuck two fingers up at Austria-Hungary by flatly refusing to co-operate with any of their demands. This didn't really go down well with Emperor Franz Josef and the rest of the Austo-Hungarians, and they declared war on Serbia on 28th July.
On the 31st July Russia mobilises it's army in support of Serbia, and in a kind of 'come and have a go if you think you're hard enough' stance moved troops right up to the borders of Austrio-Hungary and Germany.
This p*ssed of Germany, who declared war on Russia on August 1st. But, not content with taking on Russia, Germany declare war on France on August 3rd and are now committed to fight a war on two fronts.
Now it's time for Britain to get in on the act. When Germany declared war on France, Belgium understandably became very nervous. As a neutral territory they looked to Britain to help them preserve their position. Britain, being the nice chaps they were, immediately tipped their hat to Belgium and guaranteed to protect their neutrality. In the same breath Britain warned Germany that if they set foot in Belgium they could consider themselves at war with Britain and her empire.
It's all about to kick off big time, because the Germans walked into Belgium on August 4th and true to their word Britain declared war on Germany. Over the next 10 days or so, all the major protagonists declared war on each other, making two very distinct, very powerful and very destructive sides. Austria-Hungary and Germany on one side, Russia, France and Great Britain on the other.
And after all this political show boating and feather ruffling it is left to the ordinary man in the street to fight it out in the trenches. To live and to die amongst the mud, the guns, the filth, the gas, the rats and the blood…
When I studied History many years ago, AJP Taylor's causes of the WW1 was consdered to be the authorative text on the subject. Is this still the cas or have things moved on?
Hi Richard, that text is still very valid. I would also consider the work undertaken by Prof. James Joll – The Origins of the First World War. It is excellent, and can be found on Amazon.


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Version 10 of the IG Toolkit is now live. This version contains new Toolkit views - for organisations with an
"Any Qualified Provider" contract; for community health providers; and a small set of requirements
under development for local authorities. Users will also notice some new functionality, including the ability
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I have a question about type 1 and type 2 hypervisors. Type 1 runs on the bare metal, and then the end operating systems are installed on top. This seems to me like the most logical way to build a virtualized environment.
But there's type 2 where a base OS has to be installed first, then the hypervisor, then the end operating systems needed. I don't understand why anyone would go through the trouble of using a type 2. Are there any use cases that justify needing a base OS as it's done in type 2?


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Hoverboards in the Overland Park
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Smart Balance Wheel invested by Miberi Tech, Miberi was founded by Shaowen Tian, Who believes that innovation will change people's life. At Miberi, every one is working with passion and living in a dream. We create high quality hardware, software and service for our clients. In 2015 Miberi invest Smart balance wheel, self-balancing scooter, hoverboard and unicycle. Our goal is make the electric balance wheel and scooter easy take with less weight, driving more smoothly. Electric will bring you a better and fun life.
Hoverboard - this two-wheeled self-balancing vehicle with two electric motors powered by a controlled displacement and center of gravity of the person standing on it. Hoverboard can manage all who can confidently stand on their feet. Learning to ride a hoverboard is much easier than learning how to ride a bike. Many people start to ride on them immediately, but those who once could not begin to go through 10 - 20 minutes of practice. Hoverboard - an advanced and highly technical form of transport of our time. With its intelligent control system based on a dynamic balancing, vehicle smoothly keeps his balance. Device management is carried out by transferring the weight of the person's center of gravity, that is, changing the position of the body, given the direction, turns and braking is performed. It's time to buy a Hoverboard! It is a universal means of transportation for all age groups. It is used for entertainment, recreation, domestic use, business and TD on the Hoverboard, as well as on the Segway, it is convenient to move as well as for short distances, such as inside an enclosed spacious rooms - in airports, office business centers, exhibition halls, large enterprises, and in the open space - in squares, parks, eco-tourism, private villas, the territory of country houses, golf courses and resorts. Hoverboard is easy to operate, manage them understandable on an intuitive level. Robust design and electronics ensure driving safety. About a possible threat when speeding, inclines at an angle above the permissible, low level driver charge warning beep, the display on the unit. Select Hoverboard There are several modifications giroskutera: platform; blisks; platform with the steering column. Each of them is controlled by gyroscopes system programmed for rapid adaptation to the one who rides. Hoverboard with a steering column, generally have a folding system, and therefore they are also easy and convenient to transport in the car trunk, in public transportation, they do not occupy much storage space as the other compact models. For cross-country and off-road to ensure high quality, device equipped with larger wheels to overcome bumps and other road surface irregularities. Powered by a lithium battery unit of energy that feeds the motors. Average vehicle speed reaches 15 mph.


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This was probably one of the best webisodes as far as I'm concerned. I've made several of these for gifts and they all turned out so beautiful. The recipients all loved them as well. The thing I really like is that no two pennants are alike. The possibilities are endless! Thanks for all the inspiration :)
Beautiful projects - Gail, I loved your take on the pennant! Haven't tried the thin border Dazzles yet, need to get some :)
I think the pennant was beautiful, will making two for my granddaughters to hang on there bedroom doors.just love webisodes
thanks Paulette. ,that's a great idea to use the pennants as the front of the card.Enjoyed that webisode very much and appreciate the gret ideas
Love the pennants! I had the 3 D Flower template and small lines dazzles, so I followed along and made the flower! Really pretty!
I'm going to turn this into a monogram card.
I just love when you do a 'Week' of Webisodes. Everyone of them is just great. Even if I'm not interested in the topic or craft, I still enjoy watching what can be done with that item. Always about 25 minutes of well spent time. Thank You All!
Both pennants beautiful. I tend to go Gales way i like the earthy tones, but other for a little girls room.
Muchas gracias por compartir.
This one came just in time, racking my brain for kids crafts. The variety you demo'd shows it can be designed for any personality, or gender. I'm very thankful and excited to see what can be done with this!
really great tutorial and what a beautiful finished piece. I am thinking of using this idea to make a wedding card/pennant. thanks
thank youso much for the detailed step by step instructions. they help me to see and understand all the ways that i can use the products. love paper wishes and the webisodes.blessing to all the folks at hot off the press.
Oh, girls, you have done it again. Such fun and inspiration. I love this idea and just in time for my granddaughter's 14th b'day...a card she can hang in her room. Thank you.
Fabuous! Looking forward to all of this weeks episodes. I love the webisodes. Over the years, I've only found 1 that didn't interest me. Thanks
Love your step by step presentation! Love your projects and products!
What a fun project! And, like so many of your ideas, they give us inspiration to change it up to suit the recipient! I'm looking forward to what you'll be showing us the rest of the week.
Love the webisode,as usual.Just a tip,when I use the specialty papers I cheat by cutting the size I need and then removing the back part that no one sees to use in something else.
Hi ladies I loved it. I can make several of these to spell Merry Christmas,Joy,Happy New Year. Just by changing the colors. The possibilities are endless. Thank you and I can't wait for the next one
This is a great idea! Just in time to use as a welcome gift for a special guest arriving this month. Thank you ladies, please keep up the good work.
This was a great class I love both pendants shows how they can be masculine and feminine I love start to finish webisides. Means I make no mistakes on finished projects unless I want the change of the out come.
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hop on ocean avnue and when your in the town of monmouth beach you can either park on a side street near little monmouth bathing pavilion or park in there parking lot for a small fee. after that hop the sea wall and head right to the unprotected and free beach.
DistanceTake a car
WalkShort walk (5-15 mn)
Easy to find?OK
Public access?Public access
Special accessDon't know
Alternative name the pipe (drainage pipe)
Wave qualityNormal
ExperienceExperienced surfers
PowerHollow, Fast, Powerful, Fun
Normal lengthShort (< 50m)
Good day lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good swell directionSouth, SouthEast, East
Good wind directionWest, SouthWest
Swell sizeStarts working at 1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft and holds up to 3m+ / 10ft+
Best tide positionAll tides
Best tide movementRising and falling tides
Week crowdFew surfers
Week-end crowdCrowded
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if you love rights this is the place for you. if you are close enough to the drainage pipe you will get a right all the time other then that you may catch a right sholder but dont ride it for too long or it is into a big nasty drainage pipe for you. also keep in mind this spot is not surf only this spot has its shares of bodyboaders and bodysurfers so if you think it is just gonna be you and your stick you are in for a rude awakening.
this spot is pretty awsome. the locals there can either humble and kind or cut you off drop in on you call you a cook whatever.....but everyone is always normally stoked out in the water if the locals see you catch a nice wave they'll cheer you on.
this spot is pretty nice with a nice offshore wind or maybe a little s.w wind you can get really covered up on a good chest++ day. dont hit it a dead high tide or it will be mostly shorebeak on a waist high day anything over that is ok but normally the incoming tide brings the best swell
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By Anonymous , 09-09-2008
its not that great - i live about a block away from this spot and it is one of the worst spots ive evr been 2, i cant say that it doesnt have its days but i generally try 2 not go 2 that spot and just take a walk down 2 pav ave
By Anonymous , 27-06-2008
- Very inconsistent. Much better and more consistent surf a few miles south in south long branch or deal. Some of the locals rip, and will claim the place on good days. When it's not all time, you'll get some waves, but when it is, the locals have it wired and totally rule the place. They're generally mellow dudes, but don't paddle out thinking you can sit on the peak. They'll put you in your place without hesitation.
By MBSponging , 19-02-2008
Aggressive my butt - I have had the privelge to ride the pipe for almost 6 years now and the bodyboarders are localized but most of them are little high school kids like yourself. Its not that scary if you 25 and bigger than all of them. Also there are different sections at that spot so you have some waves to choose from
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Johnny Manziel's courtside seats draw questions, but Heisman Trophy winner has answers
There was an unexpected courtside celebrity during Thursday night's game between the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks: Texas A&M QB and Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel.
Courtside seats are anything but cheap and Steve Kerr seemed to say, without really saying it, that something unethical might have been going on. Listen to Kerr's comments below.
Later in the broadcast, Craig Sager came back to soften Kerr's stance and explain how Manziel came to have those seats. A transcript, courtesy of The Big Lead:
"We are in a 30-point game, time to clarify what could be a sticky situation," Sager said. "Johnny Manziel's phone is getting inundated by text messages and tweets from friends and people wondering about a comment made by Steve Kerr about how he got these seats. Well, everything is legit. This is a birthday present that he bought for himself back on Dec. 6th. He's a huge basketball fan. He loves LeBron James, has never seen him in person.
"So he has a birthday present that he purchased the ticket to come to the game, get the best seats he could possibly buy, and he is here to watch LeBron James. He practiced today in College Station getting ready for the Cotton Bowl, two and a half hour drive. He will be back at practice tomorrow; everything is legit.â€
Manziel gave a slightly more succinct explanation on Twitter.
Bought myself a little birthday present tonight stop hating! #HEATvsMAVS— Johnny Manziel (@JManziel2) December 21, 2012
It was also pointed out by SB Nation's Brian Floyd that Manziel's family is "in the oil and real estate business," so having a little extra money for some courtside seats wasn't a big deal.


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When opened early 2008 the Hotel Clarion Sign in Stockholm was ranked as the city's largest hotel to date. A comfortable indoor climate was one of many important requisites of the wedge-shaped hotel with it's 558 rooms and spacious general facilities. Since the building site was located in down-town Stockholm, precise just-in-time deliveries were of utmost importance. After smooth and well-timed deliveries to Bravida an extensive Lindab Air Duct system is now providing fresh air to the impressive and stylish 29.000 m2 hotel building.
With its striking angular appearance, the 11- storey Clarion Hotel Sign will make a very distinctive addition to the traditional facade of Norra Bantorget in central Stockholm. The 558-room, 29,000-square-metre hotel building sits like a wedge between the square and the adjacent rail yard that stretches behind the hotel, down to Lake Klara.
The main contractor is Skanska, while Bravida is responsible for installing the ventilation systems.
"I'm pleased to say that we won the large contract for the circular ducting, as well as a large number of silencers," says Clifton Wolmeskog atLindab in Södertälje, where the circular ducts are being manufactured.
"Because this is the biggest part, we are handling all the deliveries from here, even though Hendry Asp from Lindab in Johanneshov is responsible for client liaison. Bravida places orders and the requested delivery dates on our computer system as they are required. Fortunatelyfor us, Krister Karlsson and Pelle Gustavsson from Kigges Åkeri then take care of the difficult final stage of logistics – getting through Stockholm'shellish traffic into the congested square of Norra Bantorget, then manoeuvring the big Lindabmarked trucks into the tiny space provided forunloading."
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Geolocation in MongoDB at the Silicon Valley MongoDB User Group
Thanks to all of you, who were able to join me at the session last evening. Thanks much for the kind remarks some of you left behind on the meetup message board, post the session. Its very rewarding to know that many of you enjoyed the session and found it very useful. I loved the many questions that were brought up and discussed in the room. Please feel free to send more questions by emailing them to me at st (at) treasuryofideas (dot) com. Alternatively, you could tweet them to me at @tshanky.
The presentation from last evening is available online at http://www.slideshare.net/tshanky/geolocation-in-mongodb-16021143.
For all those who are excited about MongoDB and would like to learn more please join me for "MongoDB in an Hour!" on February 1, 2013. The format of that session would be as follows:
- 1 hour free video session, which will be made available online by or before Feb 1, 2013.
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|System: DS
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: Griptonite / Big Fish Games
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Nintendo
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Sept. 8, 2008
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1-2
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Everyone
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
by Nathan Meunier
It's happened to everyone at some point in their lives; losing an important item only to have to scan an entire room meticulously to determine if it's hiding in plain sight is a major pain. When the pressure is on, like losing your car keys five minutes before you're supposed to be at work, such tedious tasks can make you want to rip your eyes out completely. Imagine having to find a handful or even a dozen various items in a room full of odd junk - no thanks.
On the other hand, there are times when eye-teasers and optical challenges can make for an entertaining distraction from the rigors of daily life. In the past, casual developer Big Fish Games has found success with its Mystery Case Files hidden object games on PC, and it's no surprise Nintendo elected to bring the detective flavored puzzler to the DS as part of its Touch Generations brand. The handheld is well suited for the series. For those up to the challenge, Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir will give your eyes and your brain a steady workout.
The DS has seen a handful of detective games in recent years but none quite like MillionHeir. As a nameless and faceless detective, you're initially called in to help a millionaire by the name of Phil T. Rich locate a few misplaced artifacts strewn haphazardly around his mansion. However, after returning from six months tooling around on his massive yacht, P.T. Rich mysteriously vanishes and foul play is suspected. You're hired by the Rich estate to track down his whereabouts with the help of a crime-fighting super computer. The game's story element is rather thin and underdeveloped; it comes off simply as an excuse to pile tons of item-hunting puzzles onto a DS cartridge.
MillionHeir's setup may be par for the course, but the detective work ahead is far from you're typical investigation. The case will lead you to many knickknack-strewn locations where you'll interrogate some pretty eccentric suspects with humorously cliché names like Ron N. Hydes, Justine Time, and Manni Cotti, among others. Each has their own peculiarities, and they won't give up their information easily. While trying to piece together clues to determine who kidnapped P.T. Rich, you'll have to scour suspects' abodes for items to feed into the crime computer. There's often a disconnection between the plot and the items you're hunting for in each location - it's highly doubtful items like a frog, a pineapple, a bowling ball, an egg timer, and a Pluto have anything to do with a missing rich guy - but that doesn't make the puzzle gameplay any less fun.
Each puzzle area features a large, highly detailed scene filled with objects, and you're given a list of assorted items to locate somewhere in the frame. The top screen shows a smaller version of the entire image, while the touch screen is zoomed in and can be scrolled around to examine the scenery more closely. Crucial objects are often cleverly integrated into the background and disguised to make your task a challenge. It's possible to scroll across an area multiple times without ever finding the item you're looking for, even though it's in plain sight.
The puzzles get sneakier as you go. A time limit keeps you on task, though it's rare you'll ever run out before finding everything you need to progress. Tapping a correct item will erase it from the list, but tapping too frequently on incorrect objects will knock time off the clock. The list of items gets longer and more complex further along into the game. Some interactive items require you to decipher clues on how to satisfy the requirement for picking them up. For example, you'll find yourself having to trace a line from one object to another associated object or draw circles and lines on certain items. Special tools picked up along the way also add another layer of complexity to the challenges. Scanning the scenery with the x-ray machine lets you find items hidden within larger objects, while using the super straw by blowing into the mic puts out fires to reveal secret stashes. In some dark areas, the flashlight is essential to locating items. However, you'll sometimes run out of batteries and annoyingly have to backtrack to another level to quickly nab one. Fortunately, the gameplay never reaches a frustrating or overly difficult level. A limited number of hints can be used in each area to reveal the portion of the main image a particular item is hidden. This is great for when you get stuck or get impatient with the current scene.


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iPhone transforms security with fingerprint reader
With the swipe of a finger, Apple could jumpstart a new era of smartphone security and strip away fear of tending to banking or other business on mobile devices.
Fingerprint recognition technology built into a sophisticated iPhone 5S set to hit the market on September 20 was hailed by computer security specialists as a welcome move that rivals will likely rally to match.
"It could be amazing," Lookout principal security researcher Marc Rogers told AFP on Wednesday.
"What is going to happen really depends on Apple's implementation," he continued. "We've seen Apple take obscure technologies and make them mainstream overnight."
Apple on Tuesday unveiled two new iPhone models, one of them a top-of-the-line 5S with innovative features including a fingerprint sensor to use as a security measure in place of passcodes.
"You can just press the home button to unlock your phone," Apple vice president Phil Schiller during an event at the company's Silicon Valley headquarters. "You can use it to authenticate iTunes purchases."
Schiller added: "We have so much of our personal data on these devices, and they are with us almost everyplace we go, so we have to protect them."
Reticle Research principle analyst Ross Rubin described Touch ID as a "show stealer" that addresses "a necessary annoyance that many consumers have to deal with many times a day."
Studies by Apple and Lookout, which specializes in protecting smartphones and tablets from hackers, show that less than half of smartphone owners protect handsets with access codes
A camera sensor built into the 5S home button at the bottom of the smartphone face peers deep into layers of skin to analyze loops and swirls of fingerprints.
Data from fingers is stored exclusively inside the sophisticated Apple-made chip that powers the smartphone and is refined every time Touch ID is used, according to Schiller.
"The company says that fingerprint data is encrypted and not sent to its (or anyone else's - sorry, NSA) servers," security researcher Graham Cluley said in a blog post, making a reference to reports of US spying on the Internet.
Touch ID lets 5S owners store as many as five fingerprints, meaning people will be able to let spouses, children, or others they trust share access to smartphones.
Combining fingerprint recognition with "second-factor authentication" such as verification codes ramps up smartphone security tremendously, according to Rogers.
"Imagine a banking application that lets you press a fingerprint to gain access, but to transfer money you also enter a four-digit code," Rogers said.
"It could make mobile devices more secure than their desktop counterparts."
Whether Touch ID transforms mobile commerce is likely to depend on how Apple shares the technology with the creators of applications tailored to run on iPhones.
"It is not unreasonable to imagine where Apple might go in the payment space for things outside the Apple ecosystem with a PayPal or Square type function," said Forrester analyst Charles Golvin.
"Some aspect of doing commerce in the real world is on the horizon for Apple."
Computer security specialists note that fingerprint security is not flawless, and resourceful hackers will still craft attacks.
"Your fingerprint isn't a secret, you leave it everywhere you touch," said security researcher Bruce Schneier.
Fooling some of the better fingerprint sensors with rubber fingers is difficult, but possible, according to Schneier, who noted that a researcher in Japan managed the trick more than a decade ago with candy gelatin used to make Gummi bears.
"The best system I've ever seen was at the entry gates of a secure government facility," Schneier said.
"Maybe you could have fooled it with a fake finger, but a Marine guard with a big gun was making sure you didn't get the opportunity to try."
Touch ID also prompted speculation about movie-style scenarios in which someone's digit is lopped off to unlock a stolen smartphone.
Security specialists thought the gruesome tactic unlikely, especially since PIN code access will likely remain in place as a way to get access to a smartphone if something goes wrong with the fingerprint scanner.
"It's inconceivable that malicious hackers and data thieves won't try to subvert Apple's Touch ID fingerprint scanning technology," Cluley said.
"How capable they will be at doing that, remains to be seen."
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