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Hello everyone
i came here seeking help on doing some program about bicycles for the university..
and asked
Write a TestBikes Main Class that will declare array of bikes of type Bicycle of size 6. Fill it with 6 objetcs of different types that the user will decide. Allow the user to speed up or slow down the speed of any object of his/her choice. Allow the user to get or set any attribute of any object of his/her choice. The attributes of these objects are entered by the user. Then, print the description of all bikes.
i made all the classes, i just don't know how to make the main method properly, here is my code:
import java.util.*; abstract public class Bicycle { protected int startCadence; protected int startSpeed; protected int startGear; public Bicycle (int startCadence,int startSpeed, int startGear){ this.startCadence = startCadence; this.startSpeed = startSpeed; this.startGear = startGear; } public int getStartCadence() { return startCadence; } public void setStartCadence(int startCadence) { this.startCadence = startCadence; } public int getStartGear() { return startGear; } public void setStartGear(int startGear) { this.startGear = startGear; } public int getStartSpeed() { return startSpeed; } public void setStartSpeed(int startSpeed) { this.startSpeed = startSpeed; } public void applyBrake(int slower){ //will decrement the speed by slower } public void speedUp(int faster){ //) will increment the speed by faster } public void printDescription(){ System.out.println("Bike is in gear this.gear with a caence of this.cadence and travelling at a speed of this.speed"); } }
public class RoadBike extends Bicycle{ private int tireWidth; public RoadBike(int tireWidth, int startCadence, int startSpeed, int startGear) { super(startCadence, startSpeed, startGear); this.tireWidth = tireWidth; } public int getTireWidth() { return tireWidth; } public void setTireWidth(int tireWidth) { this.tireWidth = tireWidth; } public void printDescription(){ } }
public class MountainBike extends RoadBike{ private String suspension; private int seatHeight; public MountainBike(String suspension, int seatHeight, int tireWidth, int startCadence, int startSpeed, int startGear) { super(tireWidth, startCadence, startSpeed, startGear); this.suspension = suspension; this.seatHeight = seatHeight; } public int getHeight() { return seatHeight; } public void setHeight(int seatHeight) { this.seatHeight = seatHeight; } public String getSuspension() { return suspension; } public void setSuspension(String suspension) { this.suspension = suspension; } public void printDescription(){ } }
main class
package assignment_3; import java.util.Scanner; public class TestBikes { public void main (String [] args){ Scanner scan = new Scanner (System.in); String[]ar = new String [6]; } }
as you see i'm not good at connecting classes and using them in the main class
much appreciated any help and thank you


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Drew Milliken a very special guy
The Chestnut Hill Local has been good enough to run photos in 2010 of homeless cats we rescued from the streets of North Philadelphia, so I want to let you know that there are wonderful people in our community like Drew Milliken, a realtor with Prudential Fox and Roach in Chestnut Hill.
Drew adopted two cats last year that I found in a terrible snowstorm. Many of you may remember Lily and Tioga since Lily had to have her infected eye removed. I am overwhelmed by Drew's kind words in a recent letter: "I thank you from the bottom of my heart for such good, affectionate, funny, loving characters. You changed not only their lives, but mine for so much the better."
I reminded Drew that he is the special one for taking a deaf, partially blind cat that could not be separated from the cat that was too shy for him to even meet. (The cats were literally walking shoulder to shoulder as if one was guiding the other.)
The love that they all share could not occurred without Drew's amazing and kind heart. It's a wonderful, inspiring love story by which to start the new year.
Brenda Malinics
How about a hand?
On New Years' Eve, I was unfortunate enough to find myself starting to drive home on Highland Avenue when I stopped to see why my car was pulling to the right. Low and behold, I had a flat tire.
I pulled past the Chestnut Hill Fire House and to the curb. I was parked there for about 10 minutes awaiting my tire to inflate with the device I had but the hole was too big, hence, I gave up and started to pull out the spare and jack.
As I was unloading the spare from my trunk a fire/rescue truck returned and was backing in. I asked the one medic/firefighter if I was in the way she kindly said "no, you are fine" and proceeded to assist her driver to back into the station. At that point, two other firefighters/medics saw me outside (they had no idea I was even there until the door opened) both men, almost simultaneously, said to me, "You can't park there. You can't change your tire there. You have to move…" I said back that I would but that I just had asked and was told I was OK there. Clearly I was not parking or planning on staying.
I tell the details of this story not because I was in any distress or had any real concern of what I needed to do in changing my tire. It was not dark. I was safely on the side of the road. There was no mother and child that needed to be saved. I am writing this because here it was, Chestnut Hill, New Years' Eve, and not for one second did it dawn on these people who are public servants to ask, "Hey man, need a hand?" Instead I was asked to move and to "be calm" when I protested being asked to move my car, which was already on a jack.
There was absolutely nothing special about this except the really bad behavior of two men who supposedly work to help people and in fact are paid to assist those in need. At the very least a gesture of kindness or "ya OK?" could have been extended by those who are supposed to be in the nice part of Philadelphia.
Dane Menkin
Mt. Airy
Anti-cull protesters demand an apology
On Saturday, Dec. 4, I and other supporters of Philadelphia Advocates for the Deer (PAD) protested the annual deer killing In Fairmount Park. We believe sharpshooting and hunting are counterproductive, are psychologically harmful to the community and comprise an unjust assault on deer.
We were intimidated by a large presence of authorities called in to interrupt our vigil, and pressed to cut or protest short. We did so.
I have consulted with Mary Catherine Roper, an attorney for the Philadelphia office of the American Civil Liberties Union. Cutting off our protest was an illegal action on the part of the Philadelphia Police Department and Barry Bessler, chief of staff of the Fairmount Park Rangers.
In light of all of the above I have asked attorney Roper to assist me in setting forth PAD's demands in compensation for the violation of our civil liberties:
1. A press conference with the Philadelphia Police, Barry Bessler and Michael DiBerardinis, Commissioner of Parks and Recreation, for PAD to receive an apology for the events of Dec. 4.
2. A public forum with Fairmount Park Rangers, Bessler, DiBerardinis and the Philadelphia Police and PAD addressing the deer issue in the Wissahickon Valley at a Chestnut Hill location, with moderator.
This is a viable way for PAD to begin to be compensated for having our civil liberties violated, and it will serve as a long-overdue informational event. We have had 11 years of killing in the Wissahickon Valley with no public hearing to explain and debate the continued occurrence of deer control.
Thus far only the Chestnut Hill Local has responded, although the Philadelphia Inquirer and other local papers were informed. Animal rights and their advocates live in this community and have a vital role to play. We have been illegally silenced. We now ask to be heard.
Mary Ann Baron
Co-Founder, Philadelphia
Advocates for the Deer
Chestnut Hill

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Yellow Tomato Gazpacho with Parsley Croutons
Transfer purée to a mixing bowl. Fold in sweet onions, Roma tomatoes, red jalapeño, green onions, cilantro, white wine vinegar, and salt to taste. Refrigerate for a minimum of 1 hour before serving.
Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F. Arrange sliced bread on a baking sheet and brush the tops generously with olive oil. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Sprinkle parsley over the top and bake for 8-10 minutes, or until croutons are crisp and golden.
When ready to serve, add water as desired and whisk the gazpacho thoroughly. Pour gazpacho into chilled bowls and top each serving with a crouton. Garnish with a drizzle of olive oil and cracked black pepper.
Yield: 6 servings


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FTM2014 - Thought about Shaky LeavesWhere it had said "Of the 47 people in this AMT (FTM2014 file) 29 people have hints. 29 hints from other Ancestry Member Trees, 34 are for Records on Ancestry, for a total of 63 Hints."
Then I had one of my readers say:
Do you realize what happens when you click on that shaky leaf? For me, it creates more leaves!! And I find myself getting sidetracked on all the new info, which means I don't get much done on any one relative. I did, however, manage to clear up about 25 of those shaky leaves -- only 106 more to go (not counting the ones that will get added). But, thanks for the idea, Russ. I was having trouble trying to get back to working on my tree and this did it.That is so true.
I thought I would post an update, as I have been working through those 34 Records.
BUT, how am I handling this growing number of leaves. It's worse then my front and back yard.
I had my list of hints, that I talked about in my previous posting, and created an Ancestor Chart of my Focus person. I am ONLY following those hints from people who appear on this 3 page chart. Here is the 2nd page of that chart.
My trick of only following those on this chart has kept me focused, but in doing so, I found out who J. W. Powell was and his parents and siblings. The Find-A-Grave hint, led me to the Find-A-Grave website with a photo of his daughter, which lead me to a Find-A-Grave page that had links to her parents, her children, and back to John Wesley Powell. Listed above is Raleigh Ross Powell, but it was his sister that has all of the links to help confirm what I have from the Census Record. The census record only have the first and middle initials, but the Find-A-Grave links gave their complete names with links to many new Find-A-Grave pages for that family.
There was one comment, on the Find-A-Grave page, which may be the only "record" of one person. It said "Hoyt Powell (only lived 2 days)" (1). AND there was a comment on the same page: "Also spelled Heatherington. Rest in peace sweet grandmother", dated Nov 4, 2011. Her married name was Hetherington. The Find-A-Grave page for her husband said "Also spelled Heatherington. Love to my grandfather".
Sticking to my Ancestor Tree has kept me focused, but has lead me to hints that I may not have found, had I not been following those Shaky Leaves.
(1) Angela Loflin, "Find-A-Grave", database, Find-A-Grave (www.findagrave.com) Mary Pemilla Powell Hetherington (1892 - 1951) - Find A Grave Memorial. www.findagrave.com.
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So Long, Swish
Four years ago this very day – two days before Christmas, 2008 – the Yankees agreed to terms with free agent first baseman Mark Teixeira, having already made agreements with free agent studs CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett. By signing all three of them, the Yankees poised themselves for a strong playoff run; one that was capped by a 2009 World Series title.
Four years later on Festivus, or Dec. 23, it's almost as if the Yanks are living in the Bizarro world. Instead of adding key players, the Yankees seem to be losing them.
Catcher Russell Martin chose the Pittsburgh Pirates on Nov. 29, and just last night, the Yanks' seemingly only clutch player in October, DH Raul Ibanez, signed back with one of his old teams: the Seattle Mariners.
And now, just this morning, it was reported that free agent right fielder Nick Swisher signed a four year, $56 million deal to play for the Cleveland Indians, a nice early Christmas gift for the tribe.
It was almost common knowledge that Swisher was leaving. The fans didn't expect him to return, and although I have no way of knowing, I would think the front office didn't expect him to return, either. After a difficult 2012 postseason, both offensively (5-for-30 at the plate) and defensively (a costly misplay in right field in Game 1 of the ALCS) Swisher's chances of returning to the Bronx were slim to none.
What strikes me the most is how the Yankees signed back three players who are older – Mariano Rivera (43), Andy Pettitte (40), and Ichiro (39) – but let two young(er) players in Swisher (32) and Martin (29, 30 in February) walk. Yes, they let Ibanez go, who is 40, but he was also basically the only hitter who did anything worthwhile in the postseason, so perhaps it evens out.
Bottom line: when the Yankees are accused of being a so-called "older team," there's no defense for it. If Red Sox fans – or Yankee haters anywhere in the world, for that matter – wish to call them the "Bronx Geezers" they are perfectly within their right, only because it's accurate.
The youngest player the Yanks signed this winter was Kevin Youkilis – who's 33 and will turn 34 on March 15, before the regular season begins. Add Youkilis to the mix of the 38-year-old Derek Jeter (39 on June 26 next year), the 37-year-old and injured Alex Rodriguez (38 on July 27 next year), and there's no way around it:
The Yankees are old.
The way I see it, the only way for them to field a productive, young team again, like they did during the dynasty of the late '90s, is for them to draft better players (easier said than done, being that the Yanks will never have the first pick overall) – however, they will receive a first-round pick from the Indians because they signed Swisher and he declined the Yankees' qualifying offer of one year and $13.3 million, an offer the Yankees made him on Nov. 9.
The Yankees get the pick as a result of a rule instituted under the collective bargaining agreement.
They also need to develop the minor leaguers they already have in their system now; groom the "Baby Bombers" to be big leaguers instead of letting their young guys fade away into obscurity down on the farm.
But I digress. Now that he's officially leaving town, it's time to say goodbye and thank you to Swisher; remember all the great moments he's afforded the Yankees and Yankee Universe over the past four years.
Out of the 'pen…sort of
What sometimes gets lost in the Yankees' run for the 2009 World Series title is how awful a start they got off to. They were beaten 22-4 in April by the very team Swisher signed with today (the Indians) and in a lot of ways couldn't buy a win, the Bombers taking their lumps in the early going of a championship season.
On April 13, 2009 – the Yankee bullpen already taxed and in need of assistance – Swisher came in, not from the 'pen, but like a regular Little Leaguer right from his position in right field, and a tossed a perfect eighth inning on the road vs. the Tampa Bay Rays. It marked the first time Swisher took the mound since he was a freshman in high school.
Swisher was the first Yankee position player to pitch since Wade Boggs came on in relief on Aug. 19, 1997 vs. the Angels.
Manager Joe Girardi laughed about it after the season saying, "You have to wonder why I didn't bring him in (to pitch) more. Swisher was the only one of our pitchers that didn't have an ERA."
September 8 was his date
The Yanks gradually got a lot better following the rough the start in '09, winning 103 games when it was all said and done – none of those wins more important than Sept. 8 at home vs. the Rays.
In the bottom of the ninth tied 2-2, Swisher came up and lifted Dan Wheeler's offering into the seats in right-center field, giving the Yankees a 3-2 win over the Rays, putting them one step closer to their eventual AL East crown.
Exactly a year later to the day, it was the same story, only against a different division rival.
At home vs. the Orioles on Sept. 8, 2010, Swisher once again came up with a chance to end the game, and did so with one swing. Swisher clubbed the ball deep off Koji Uehara, all the way into the visiting bullpen, giving the Yankees yet another 3-2 win – a win that prevented a sweep.
Call it coincidence, freak luck; call it what you will, Swisher had a knack for winning games on Sept. 8.
A World Series Homer
Swisher may not have put together the strongest postseason in 2009 in terms of offensive numbers, but he did manage to do what most players can only dream of doing: he hit a home run in the World Series.
In Game 3, the fall classic knotted at 1-1, Swisher homered to help propel the Yankees to an 8-5 victory over the Phillies, an impressive road win in the hostile environment of Citizen's Bank Park. The round-tripper was one of only two hits Swisher collected in the World Series, but hey, at least he made it count.
Beating Tampa Bay for Bob Sheppard & "The Boss"
The Yankees suffered two losses off the field in July of 2010. Bob Sheppard, the "voice of God" at Yankee Stadium had passed away on July 11 – and principal owner George Steinbrenner passed two days later on July 13.
The Yankees were off for the All-Star break when Steinbrenner died and when the news broke of Sheppard's death. The Bombers faced the Rays in their first game back at Yankee Stadium on July 16, almost a must-win game.
After a beautiful pre-game ceremony, which concluded with Mariano Rivera placing flowers on home plate in memory of the fallen Yankee family members, the Yanks fell behind the Rays; trailed 4-3 going into the eighth.
Enter Swisher, who wouldn't allow the Yanks to go down easy.
In the bottom of the eighth, Swish tied the game with a solo home run, and then ended it in the ninth with a spectacular, sharply-lined RBI single into right field for a 4-3 Yankee victory – one Sheppard and Steinbrenner would be proud of.
As per his classy personality, Swisher dedicated his big hits to the Boss.
"On a day like this when we celebrate his life, got to take him out on a W," he told the media after the win. "Today was Mr. Steinbrenner's day. Regardless of the situation, regardless of anything, we went out there and played that game as best as we could for him today."
Taking out the Red Sox in grand style
When the Yankees trailed 9-0 on April 21 this year on the road vs. the Red Sox, most fans (including myself) had given up hope; the game a lost cause and the afternoon a stinker.
But, as the Yankees learned in 2004, no lead is safe. And the Red Sox learned the same lesson they taught, as the Bombers rallied back from a nine-run deficit.
Once again Swisher proved his value on offense, being at the forefront of the comeback. He smashed a grand slam and a two-run double in the seventh to put the Yankees ahead, 10-9. They added five more runs in the eighth and embarrassed Boston 15-9 for a stunning victory; one that left Red Sox Nation in disbelief.
On Aug. 17 Swisher continued to make the Red Sox collective life miserable.
He smacked two homers on the way to a 6-4 Yankee win over Boston at home; pouring salt in Boston's wound and adding to forgettable Red Sox season.
To Swisher, at least, the game possessed the atmosphere of a normal, heated Red Sox-Yankees game.
"The way this game started, man, two teams battling it up…it felt just like a Yankee-Red Sox rivalry game."
On behalf of Yankee fans everywhere THANK YOU Nick Swisher for four fun-loving years of service. The patented "Swisher Salute" to the bleacher creatures in right field during roll call will be sorely missed, as well as your affinity for big hits and ear-to-ear smiles following Yankee victories.
Although your time in New York ended on a sour note – a nasty elimination in Game 4 of the ALCS and a round of the blame game to boot – we truly appreciated everything you did in pinstripes.
Congrats on your lucrative, new deal and going back to your old stomping grounds in Ohio.
Best of luck with the tribe.


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ESL STEM Success Grant effort makes headway in first year
By Mark Donahue
In Illinois' massively multicultural Niles Township, schools face some unique challenges.
Like any community, the task of providing high-quality education to students is something teachers and administrators confront on a daily basis. But there's a twist. In an area that includes Skokie, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove and Niles, more than 50 languages are spoken. And many students come from homes where English is not spoken first.
"There might be a bilingual program for one of the languages and then there's scattershot programs for the smaller languages, so things might not be translated as much for the families of, say, the Mongolian students or the Bosnian students," said Kristin Lems, Ph.D., professor in the National College of Education (NCE) at National Louis University.
Lems is deeply aware of what faces educators in Niles Township's 10 school districts. She's the co-director of an NLU initiative — funded by a government grant — to help administrators, teachers and paraprofessionals better guide the township's many English Language Learners (ELLs) in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects.
Additionally, the grant is being used to instruct NLU English as a Second Language (ESL) adjuncts in the language of the STEM subjects and train NLU teacher education faculty in the basics of ELLs and their needs.
The ESL STEM grant effort is now in its second year, and Lems said things are looking good as the NLU team gets "the lay of the land" in Niles Township.
She's joined in work on the grant by co-director Jason Stegemoller, Ph.D., assistant professor in the NCE, and project coordinator Annie Noorts. Noorts said the NLU team wants to promote a culture of change in the township's schools — one that further benefits ELLs.
"It's trying to get into the schools at all the levels, so the paraprofessionals who are aides, trying to get more of them into the schools who speak the languages of the kids," Noorts said. "Trying to improve the way the teachers teach the students. And the way the administrators handle it."
Preparing Teachers
NLU was awarded the $1.765 million ESL STEM grant in September 2011 by the U.S. Department of Education Office of English Language Acquisition. It covers a five-year span of professional development for teachers and paraprofessionals, who come from three school districts — Skokie 68 and 73.5 and Niles Township 219 — and two other partners — the Niles Township Schools' ELL Parent Center and the Illinois Resource Center.
The grant is part of a national initiative to strengthen the STEM aspect of English language teaching, Lems said, because statistics have shown that ELLs aren't doing well in STEM subjects. She stresses that it's a language grant and not a science grant, but content is deeply linked to any language instruction.
"English teaching is not like simulated dialogues pretending you're at a hot dog stand anymore," Lems said. "It's about teaching the content to a level the students can really function at a level comparable to their peers."
One of the top priorities, she said, is to train Niles Township teachers so they can get ESL approval. Professional development is on the cohort system, with each cohort receiving six courses over the course of two years. All tuition is covered by the grant. Each partner school district is given spaces for 20 teachers to go through training over the course of the grant.
Superintendents vet their faculty to select candidates. The ability to speak a language other than English is key, and STEM teachers are preferred, though not all teachers going through the training teach math or science. But Noorts noted that the latest cohort with District 219 includes almost all math and science teachers.
Lems, who has taught some of the graduate courses, said a mix of educators' grade levels inside the cohorts has led to some interesting cross-fertilization of ideas, from big-picture views of how an ELL student progresses through each stage of education to the everyday methods for handling a multilingual classroom.
The multilingual nature of NLU's effort sets it apart, and Lems believes it's the reason her team's grant proposal was so highly ranked — 13th out of the 42 institutions receiving funds. She sees the many languages in Niles Township not just as a challenge for educators, but as an opportunity to experience a bit of the whole world right in the classroom.
A View from the Schools
School administrators in the township are very aware of the challenges and opportunities multiple languages bring to their districts.
"Multilingual schools are becoming more common, particularly in Niles Township," said Dr. Frances McTague, superintendent of Skokie School District 68. "So we're a very good testing ground for professional development and programming options that could be used as a model across the state and the country as other suburban districts see this kind of diversity occurring."
District 68 is an elementary school district that comprises three K-5 schools and one 6-8, with just over 1700 students enrolled. Children from the south Asian subcontinent are now the biggest group, McTague said, and more than 50 languages are represented among the student body. Urdu is the largest language group, followed by Spanish and Assyrian.
This melting pot of students was a driving factor in District 68 reaching out to NLU to become part of the ESL STEM grant proposal when word of the project got out, McTague said. "It really sprang from an interest in how schools can offer ELL and bilingual services when we are not dealing with one predominant language," she said.
McTague added that Illinois state laws governing how bilingual education services are delivered are based on decades-old demographics and have put administrators like her in a tight spot. For example, if 20 students in a school, regardless of grade level, speak the same first language, the school is required to offer bilingual programming in that language. It becomes a nightmare in terms of staffing and resources.
So the chance to have more faculty certified in ESL has huge upside for administrators in multilingual districts, McTague said, and she's gotten good feedback from her teachers about NLU's professional development effort.
"I'm hearing from the faculty who are in these endorsement programs now that they wish everybody could have this opportunity, that they're learning so much about the development of language and literacy, and that the program is challenging and rigorous and really interesting," she added.
McTague said her district has 10 teachers in the first cohort, six in the second and will have upwards of six in the third, starting next fall. All of the teachers she has selected for the scholarship have some relationship to STEM subjects, and though they won't be teaching ESL programs directly, they'll all work with children who have a different first language or whose family speaks another language at home.
She added that once the first cohort is finished, there will be an evaluation component in her district to gauge the effects of NLU's training.
Another aspect of the grant that appeals to McTague is that administrators and ELL coordinators also have a chance to get together as part of the effort. This administrator task force meets to discuss the biggest challenges they face at their level, from a lack of instructional materials in certain languages to how to interpret achievement scores of students of the same first language.
Having those running the schools onboard with any ELL program's goals is vital. But just as critical is a factor that's harder to manage: understanding the environment of the student's home.
A View from the Community
Families are a big piece of the puzzle when trying to better serve English language learners. Corrie Wallace, director of the Niles Township Schools' ELL Parents Center and a member of the first grant cohort, knows this very well.
The center was created in 2008 after superintendents in Niles Township decided to address the needs of parents new to the U.S. by helping them navigate the school system and better understand what's required of their children. The center also serves as a place for adults to learn English and find other resources for their families. It is funded by nine of the 10 school districts in the township.
Wallace, who has a background as a high school Spanish teacher, said the language groups encountered at the center are as diverse as you'd expect for the area.
"It's like the United Nations: Korean, Hindi, Urdu, Assyrian, Spanish, Polish, Russian. We have everything," she said.
Based on some past collaboration between the center and NLU, Wallace jumped at the chance to become part of the ESL STEM grant effort when she heard about it. The center has since been a centerpiece of the grant and offers classes for adults — everything from health education to intensive English instruction. These classes are tailored around parents' schedules and are free not only for parents but also grandparents or any adult living with a child in the participating schools. Childcare is provided onsite.
In addition to her work leading the center, Wallace now chairs the grant's administrator task force. At the same time, she'll help the NLU team form a deeper understanding of the role of the parents of students in the districts in helping their children succeed.
Wallace and Stegemoller recently held a meeting at the center with parents who had been teachers or math and science professionals in their home countries. They were recruited by the grant to learn about becoming paraprofessionals — teacher aides, assistant teachers, etc. — in the schools and helping children with different language needs.
"They would be great resources because they have expertise in the various STEM subject areas," Wallace said. "But then of course their language, being able to share that with students who are bilingual as well, as a resource, is a huge support."
The enthusiasm of parents like these could prove to be an invaluable asset in servicing ELL learners. It's something NLU's grant team has been watching closely.
Key Links
The role of paraprofessionals was accounted for when NLU first drew up its grant proposal, but they will see even more attention as the second year of the STEM grant unfolds.
Stegemoller said the NLU team spent the first year exploring how teachers work with paraprofessionals as well as the nature of the tasks they perform. The goal for year two will be to increase the number of ESL-trained paraprofessionals and help them get jobs in schools. The ELL Parent Center could identify and route interested candidates to NLU's professional development program.
For students in smaller ethnic groups, having someone in class who understands their language and can work with them on a more individualized basis could be a huge help in increasing their understanding of how the school system works and the academic habits they need to achieve success in the STEM subjects.
Lems singled out Assyrian children — an underrepresented group in Niles Township, many of whom have come from the aftermath of war in Iraq. Paraprofessionals who speak Assyrian could be a bridge to success in the classroom for these students.
"That's kind of a key link in a multilingual district," Lems said. "It can make all the difference for the kids."
Along with NLU's ramped-up training for paraprofessionals, Wallace said she would also look at ways to better match up newly certified assistants with schools.
What's Next?
The second year will be a busy one for NLU's ESL STEM grant team. They've already presented at four conferences and have proposals out for more. Lems said they plan to offer Perfect Match training through the Illinois Resource Center to team up administrators and teachers to better serve ELLs. And there are plans to build a circulating resource center of learning materials to help improve the teaching of ESL and STEM subjects.
Lems also said the team is looking at other grant opportunities, including a proposal for a program that would help paraprofessionals go on to get their teaching certificates, and a mentorship program for middle/high school students that would guide them to NLU to obtain their teaching degrees so they can return to their own districts and teach.
Beyond this, the NLU team is looking at ways to measure the effects of their current work in Niles Township.
"Really we're kind of looking at this from the level of teachers," Stegemoller said. "And so really the way we would see our success is the number of science and math teachers, especially ones who speak languages in addition to English, who also have the ESL approval."
That's a very clear metric. And Lems said the team also wants to look at whether more ELLs get into advanced placement STEM classes in high school, as well as how many community members speaking another language become paraprofessionals.
The big-picture hope, Lems said, is to affect a system-wide change in the schools to better serve ELLs. She believes the multi-level nature of NLU's approach can go a long way toward making that a reality.
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Pemphigus and pemphigoid are rare, autoimmune diseases that affect a very small percentage of the population. There are many different autoimmune diseases, and they can each affect the body in different ways. Pemphigus vulgaris, the most common of the pemphigus diseases, affects the skin and mucous membranes.
Blistering may be accompanied by severe pain, itching, burning, and stinging. If extensive, blistering can lead to life-threatening fluid loss, infection, and disfigurement. PV can also cause significant damage to the skin, including nail loss and pigmentary alteration, making timeliness of intervention and treatment essential to prevention of disability.
Pemphigus and pemphigoid are chronic illnesses that, with rare exception, do not improve without active treatment. Treatment approaches include a control phase and then a maintenance phase, with the possibility of complete remission or disease relapse (flare).
Pemphigus and pemphigoid patients are normal, everyday people and can live normal, everyday lives. It takes time, treatment, and perseverance, but it is possible.
Most Common Types
This information is used courtesy of Dr. Kristine Krafts at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine.
Pemphigus vulgaris
"Pemphigus" is used in a very specific way to describe blistering disorders caused by autoantibodies against some part of the epidermis, which lead to disruption of the intercellular junctions (and hence bullae). Pemphigus vulgaris, not surprisingly, is the most common type of pemphigus ("vulgar-" comes from the Latin vulgaris, meaning the general public). It occurs primarily in adults between the ages of 30 and 60, and is characterized by big, flaccid bullae that burst easily (in most patients, you'll see more ruptured, scab-covered bullae than intact ones). Patients often present first with oral bullae and ulcerations, and later develop bullae on the skin.
In this disease, patients have autoantibodies against desmogleins, which disrupt the connections between the squamous cells of the epidermis and cause very superficial, intraepidermal, fragile bullae. If you do immunofluorescence on the skin, you'll see a kind of outlining of each individual epidermal cell (because there are autoantibodies bound to the junctions between the cells). Treatment consists of immunosuppressive agents; prognosis is variable, but many patients have a higher than normal mortality rate.
Bullous pemphigoid
This disease is called pemphigoid rather than pemphigus. It looks like pemphigus but really isn't! Pemphigus is characterized by autoantibodies against the connections between epidermal cells. In bullous pemphigoid, patients have autoantibodies – but they are against the basement membrane of the epidermis, not against epidermal cell junctions. This means that the bullae are actually subepidermal, so they are less fragile than those of pemphigus vulgaris (if you see a patient with bullous pemphigoid, you'll see lots of intact, tense bullae, rather than a bunch of ruptured bullae covered with scabs). The immunofluorescence pattern is correspondingly different – you'll see just a line at the base of the epidermis (rather than the lace-like outlining of epidermal cells you see in pemphigus vulgaris).
Patients with bullous pemphigoid are generally elderly, and the clinical presentation varies a lot (but usually it doesn't start in the mouth, like pemphigus vulgaris). It's a less serious disease, usually, since the bullae often don't rupture (so there's less chance of infection and scarring).


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You must be left handed, because my right shoe always wears faster. I have bad toe drag on my serve too, so it's always my right toe that wears out faster.
It would be nice. But it's not a logical option unless one can sell the individual shoe at a higher premium, or having custom fulfill option for just one shoe. And in that case, consumer would rather buy a pair. Another reason for not selling individual shoe would be that one side will be well worn in while the other is not. And one side will look newer than the other.
Not quite logical comparing to the car tires companies. Most tires are not unidirectional and can be slapped on any one of the wheels. Also ideally, you want to replace a pair of tires (the front tires or the rear tires) at the same time rather than replace a single tire, which is the same as buying a pair of tennis shoes. ;-)
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ABQJournal Online » Hot Under Collar Over Fake N.M. Chiles
Chasing Chiles co-author Kraig Kraft has a lot to tasy to his fellow New Mexicans about proposed chile labeling laws…
The news coming from New Mexico's chile industry is disheartening. In 2010, a meager 8,700 acres were harvested, the smallest amount in 37 years. Facing stiffer competition from places overseas with cheap and abundant labor, and confronted with another prolonged drought, the future for New Mexico's chile industry looks bleak.
While the recently passed House Bill 485, the New Mexico Chile Advertising Act, aims to protect the New Mexico chile by making it illegal for a person to "knowingly advertise, describe, label or offer for sale chile peppers as New Mexico chile, or to advertise, describe, label or offer for sale a product as containing New Mexico chile, unless the chile peppers or chile peppers in the product were grown in New Mexico," it is too little too late.
U.S. marketplaces are flooded with cheaper produce shipped in from abroad: Fuji apples and grapes from Chile, garlic from China, cucumbers and tomatoes from Mexico.
Read the whole op-ed at ABQJournal Online » Hot Under Collar Over Fake N.M. Chiles.


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Google PageRank: Still Relevant After All These YearsBlog Post: June 14, 2011
I'm dubious about this. I developed a website a couple of months ago that adheres to a number of SEO best practices, and rank well for certain keywords on Google, however, according to Google I have no pagerank - despite having over 1,400 links, constant content and product updates and steady organic growth over a 3 - 6 month period of an average increase of 20%+ in traffic month-on-month (with the odd exception here and there). So - am I the exception to the rule or does this suggest that there is more to Google's algorithm than meets the eye? Feel free to take a look - http://www.creditwindow.co.uk and let me know.


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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney last mentioned Libya in a campaign speech on Oct. 12, according to an NBC News review of his speeches.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney tells a crowd in Worthington, Ohio, that the country can't afford another Obama presidency, or another stimulus plan.
Outside of his two debate appearances -- on Oct. 16 and Oct. 22 -- the GOP candidate has eschewed attacking President Barack Obama's handling of the Sept. 11, 2012 attacks on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya at any of his public events.
Romney's last Libya-specific attack on the administration during a campaign event was related to Vice President Joe Biden's explanation of the administration's reaction and changing explanations for the attack, which left four Americans dead, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
"We need to understand exactly what happened as opposed to just having people brush this aside," he said. "When the vice president of the United States directly contradicts the testimony, sworn testimony -- of State Department officials -- American citizens have a right to know just what's going on. And we're going to find out and this is a time to make sure we do find out."
Romney himself has only referenced Libya since then in his two final debates versus Obama. At the second debate, in New York, Romney slammed the administration's response, saying it "calls into question the president's whole policy in the Middle East."
But Romney also struggled to respond to moderator Candy Crowley's insistence that Romney had erred on an issue of semantics -- whether Obama had specifically failed to label the attack an "act of terror" in the immediate aftermath of the attack.
In the third debate, this past Monday, Romney barely dwelled on the issue and declined to make an issue of Libya, an issue on which the Republican nominee had campaigned heavily for the better part of a month, until Oct. 12.
Romney adviser Kevin Madden, during a gaggle with reporters on Wednesday traveling with Romney, addressed why the GOP nominee hadn't spoken about Libya.
"Libya is still an issue with many voters, particularly given the conflicting statements from the president and his administration about the nature of the attack. The American people still have unanswered questions," he said.
The issue of the Benghazi attacks haven't died down over the last two weeks; indeed, many conservatives complained Wednesday about insufficient media attention paid to newly-revealed emails showing the State Department had identified messages on social media by extremist groups claiming responsibility for the Benghazi attacks.
Libya hasn't disappeared entirely from the Romney campaign's whole repertoire, either. Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan addressed it on Monday at a rally in Colorado, Romney surrogates have discussed the issue to varying outlets this month, too.
NBC's Jordan Frasier, Jay Rankin and Matt Loffman contributed reporting


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massive process running in C# code behind after clicking a button.
What i needed to do was disable the button when
the user clicks the button.
So that the user cant double click the button and mess up the
The Registration took about 20 seconds to complete which was a major problem because
people testing it regularly double clicked the button destroying the registration process.
What I tried
event the C# onclick event wouldn't fire of the button.
so i needed a way to call the server side event.
My solution was as follows:
in C# code behind in Page_Load Event I put:
What the parameters means is as follows
btnRegister is my button ID.
"onclick" is the serverside event that you want to fire with __doPostBack in Javascript.
The button code is as follows:
<asp:Button runat="server" ID="btnRegister" onclick="btnRegister_Click" Text="Book" Width="97px" OnClientClick="disableButton(this);" />
To enable button after post-back you can put in this code
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If Fort Lewis College was looking to wake up its football fanbase after an 0-10 season, it may have found the ideal way to do it.
John L. Smith, most recently the interim head coach at Arkansas, was announced as the 12th head coach of the Skyhawks today, effective March 1.
Smith will replace Cesar Rivas-Sandoval, who was 6-25 in three years at the helm before resigning last week.
Smith brings 19 years of head coaching experience at the Division I level and 40-plus years of overall coaching experience to Durango. Most recently, he was not retained as interim boss at Arkansas after the Razorbacks stumbled to a 4-8 record after beginning the season ranked in the top 10. He took over that job after the dismissal of Bobby Petrino and eventually was replaced by former Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema.
His overall head coaching record is 136-93, with stops at Arkansas, Michigan State, Louisville, Utah State and Idaho, and his teams qualified for seven bowl games in his stops. He also was head coach at Weber State for nearly four months but didnt coach a game before taking over at Arkansas.
Absolutely critical to the process was Smiths relationship with FLC president Dene Kay Thomas and athletic director Gary Hunter. Hunter hired Smith for his first head coaching job at Idaho on New Years Eve 1988, and Thomas closely worked with both men as an academic dean, creating the kind of friendships that helped land a longtime Division I coach at a floundering DII program. And after so many years in the business, Smith said its nice to work with people he enjoys in a comfortable environment.
If I didnt know Dene Thomas, if I didnt know Gary Hunter, it certainly would never have happened, Smith said.
Were 24 years in the road, and I probably visited with him once a month for the last 20 years, Hunter said. And I kept track. ... When it looked like we might be making a change here, I just said, John L., we cant even remotely pay you the kind of money offered to be a (DI) position or head coach, but what I can offer you is a beautiful environment and fun environment, and come on over and take a look.
For both Hunter and Thomas, Smiths hire was the kind of coup that could illustrate to administration, boosters and fans they are serious about getting the football program on the same level as FLCs other successful sports.
Ive had a number of boosters, fans and supportors indicate ... You know, we just dont see a commitment to football, and we think this can be a good football community. ... We certainly hope now that this is an indication that were serious, Hunter said. John L. certainly is.
Getting back to more of a grassroots style of coaching greatly appealed to Smith and was a factor in his decision to come to Durango instead of seeking more lucrative coordinator or head coaching opportunities at a larger institution.
You walk into a locker room (in Division I), and I love the kids wherever Ive been, and youve got a locker room full of kids just trying to get to the NFL. Thats their No. 1 goal, Smith said. Now youre walking into a locker room where the kids just want to get better today.
Smith won two Big Sky Conference titles at Idaho (1989, 1992) and went to the then-Division I-AA playoffs five out of six seasons in his tenure from 1989 to 1994. He won two Big West Conference titles in three seasons at Utah State, then took over the program at Louisville from 1998 to 2002, winning Conference USA crowns in 2000 and 2001 and a CUSA Coach of the Year award in 2001.
Smith then was hired as head coach at Michigan State, where he remained from 2003 to 2006. The Spartans lost in the Alamo Bowl in his first season, one in which he earned Big Ten Coach of the Year honors after a 7-1 start, then failed to finish above .500 in his last three seasons.
Contract terms have yet to be set, but Hunter said Rivas made in the neighborhood of $67,000 per year and added hes hopeful to pay Smith a bit more than that figure.
Defensive coordinator Ed Rifilato will maintain oversight of the program until Smith assumes his duties. Rifilato played for Smith, who then was a defensive coordinator, at Idaho and was director of football operations in 2002 during Smiths tenure at Louisville. Smith said he hopes to keep Rifilato and evaluate the rest of the current crop of assistants during spring ball.
Its awesome. Hes just going to kick me in the butt and yell at me anyway, said Rifilato, laughing. Hes a great defensive coach and has a great defensive mind, so I like that part.
Junior wide receiver Doyle Bode expressed excitement over the hire as well.
Outstanding hire, he said. Never felt more hopeful and excited for Fort Lewis football before. This is what we needed. Its going to be a great year.
Since Rifilatos 2006 squad won seven games, FLC has gone 11-52 overall and hasnt won more than three games in a season, culminating with this years winless mark, the first such season for the Skyhawks since 1998. The program is just 157-324-3 in its history.
But the way a head coachs mind tends to work is that in the face of such numbers, he can succeed where his predecessors failed. And Smith hopes to be able to bring up the win total, keep players graduating and increase fundraising to create his kind of well-rounded program.
Again, thats something you look at and go, Gosh darn, maybe I can make a difference. May be a little bit egotistical to look at it that way, Smith said.
And financially, Smiths aware this isnt the Southeastern Conference or the Big Ten or even the Big Sky Conference.
When I was at Idaho, it was I-AA, and we had to fight for every pay that we had. Its the same deal except maybe you have less scholarships. Youre fighting the same battle, trying to make a dollar stretch as far as you can stretch it, he said.
In other words, the 64-year-old coach isnt prepared to shy away from an uphill battle. Especially one in a city such as Durango, where he can get in what he calls his mountain fix. Smith is an avid outdoorsman and adrenaline junkie, having climbed Mount Kilimajaro, run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, and myriad other extreme pursuits. Getting away from the Midwest and back to the mountains wasnt a bad selling point, either.
When you move to this side of the country, as you know, you dont get to see mountains. And every year you have to get a mountain fix, Smith said.
The FLC community is counting on Smith to deliver a long-awaited football fix, too a winning football fix.


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Weekly pick-ups are scheduled throughout Brea neighborhoods using a three-bin system. The green bin is for clean recycle materials such as paper, cardboard, aluminum and glass. The brown bin is for plant materials that can be composted. The black bin is for all other regular waste materials.
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Did you ever wonder what happens to waste and recycle material once it is picked up? Here is a video so you can see the process once the bins are emptied at your home or business. Brea Disposal is operated as part of Republic Services. Visit their website for more information.
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OpenSimulator is an open source multi-platform, multi-user 3D application server. It can be used to create a virtual environment (or world) which can be accessed through a variety of clients, on multiple protocols. It also has an optional facility (the Hypergrid) to allow users to visit other OpenSimulator installations across the web from an account on a 'home' OpenSimulator installation.
OpenSimulator allows virtual world developers to customize their worlds using the technologies they feel work best - we've designed the framework to be easily extensible. OpenSimulator is written in C#, running both on Windows over the .NET Framework and on Unix-like machines over the Mono framework. The source code is released under a BSD License, a commercially friendly license to embed OpenSimulator in products. If you want to know about our development history, see History.
Out of the box, OpenSimulator can be used to simulate virtual environments similar to Second Life™, given that it supports the core of SL's messaging protocol. As such, these virtual worlds can be accessed with the regular SL viewers. However, OpenSimulator does not aim to become a clone of the Second Life server platform. Rather, the project pursues innovative feature development with an aspiration towards becoming the bare bones, but extensible, server of the 3D Web.
OpenSimulator is getting more stable as it approaches release 1.0, but we still has a few quirks; handle with care!
- Supports online, multi-user 3D environments as small as 1 simulator or as large as thousands of simulators.
- Supports 3D virtual spaces of variable size within one single instance.
- Supports multiple clients and protocols - access the same world at the same time via multiple protocols.
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- Supports clients that create 3D content in real time.
- Supports inworld scripting using a number of different languages, including LSL/OSSL, C# and VB.NET
- Provides unlimited ability to customize virtual world applications through the use of scene plugin modules.
For a more extensive list, see the Feature Matrix.
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Predicting the All-Pac-12 TeamPosted by Connor Pelton on November 11th, 2011
With players like Derrick Williams, Isaiah Thomas, and Klay Thompson departing for the NBA, the talent level from top to bottom in the Pac-12 this season isn't exactly at its peak. That means guys who had a mediocre season or played a role on a team last year will be looked at to step up and become the next big stars of the conference. This is evident as we have compiled our best guess as to the All-Pac-12 team, and only one player from last year's team has made the list. Here we go!
- G Jorge Gutierrez, Sr, California – We begin with the only player from last season's all-conference team. Gutierrez averaged 14.6 PPG and 4.5 APG in 2010-11, but he will be looked at to take on an even bigger role this year with the departure of Cal's third-highest scorer, Markuri Sanders-Frison. Grouped in a backcourt with Minnesota-transfer Justin Cobbs, opposing defenses will be stretched to the max on the perimeter.
- G Jared Cunningham, Jr, Oregon State – If you look at the stats from last season and the previews for this year, there isn't a very strong representation from Oregon State. But from the returning scoring leaders to the "most entertaining" lists, Jared Cunningham is always a constant. Cunningham averaged 14.2 PPG last season, but his biggest contributions come on defense. Cunningham stepped in for the departed Seth Tarver as Oregon State's top defender, averaging 2.7 SPG, most of which turned into immediate buckets for the Beavers. If he can make three-pointers with consistency (and if his exhibition performance was any indication, he will), Cunningham is a lock to make the All-Pac-12 team.
- C Harper Kamp, Sr, California – Kamp is actually one of the smaller centers in the league, but his agility and great defense make him one of the most respected players around the conference. With the aforementioned loss of Sanders-Frison, California's season could hang on how healthy Kamp is and whether or not he stays out of foul trouble. Kamp averaged 14.2 PPG in 2010-11, but his biggest contributions came on the boards. His 5.6 RPG was second only to Sanders-Frison's mark last year. Read the rest of this entry »


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Tuesday, January 19
Billy Casper on Putting
In the Golf Digest piece, Billy tells an anecdote about a time he played with Ben Hogan. Billy and Fred Hawkins (also splendid with the flatstick) took on Hogan and Dow Finsterwald in a practice round. Well, Billy and Fred got on a roll (pun intended). Hogan was steamed.
"If you two guys couldn't putt, I'd be buying hot dogs from you on the 10th tee," Hogan said after watching them hole everything. Then Billy shared what happened the following day.
"The next morning, Mr. Hogan called me over. He looked around to make sure no one was within earshot. Then he whispered, 'Billy tell me: How do you putt?'"
By then, Hogan was plagued with the yips.
From the same article, a gem from Casper: If your putting sours, practice your chipping. His reasoning: "When you chip, you pay a lot of attention to making the ball roll perfectly end over end. Practicing that will make your putting stroke come back overnight."
Lastly, a secret to Billy's greatness on the greens: putting at night. "Putting in the dark is the best thing I ever did for my game," he said. "You develop a feel for everything. I got more out of those nights on the putting green than I ever did on the practice tee in broad daylight."
−The Armchair Golfer
20 Greatest Putters of All Time
An Unplanned Visit with Hall of Famer Billy Casper
4 comments:
- Unknown said...
Now all I need is a golf course that will let me use their practice greens at night.
Good post. Casper was an interesting guy.
- Mike said...
Billy Casper is not only one of the most underrated players of all time, but one of the most underrated putters as well. I have always been impressed that such a great putter actually made changes to his very successful stroke because he said it was just too much work to maintain... and it didn't seem to hurt his game at all.
Now that's a man who's confident in both himself and his game!
- Cornhole Game Boards said...
Great tips indeed...there is a lot in the game to be learnt and practiced.A game of perfection really.
- Ben Wolfe said...
I love this article, and recently discovered it on SI's Vault -- the images that go along with it are vintage and also very helpful! Nice post!


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Believe it or not, refinement.
Sport Utility Vehicles
Editor: Sam Moses
$26,735 Base Price MSRP
$38,320 As Tested MSRP
Model Lineup: Dodge Durango ST ($26,735); SLT ($29,150); Limited ($33,300); ST 4x4 ($29,715); SLT 4x4 ($32,130); Limited 4x4 ($35,590)
Standard Engine: 5.7-liter V8
Engine Options: 3.7-liter sohc V6; 4.7-liter sohc V8; 5.7-liter Hemi ohv V8
Standard Transmission: five-speed automatic
Transmission Options: four-speed automatic (V6); five-speed automatic (V8)
Basic Warranty: 3 years/50,000 miles
Assembled In: Newark, Delaware
Model Tested MSRP: Dodge Durango SLT 4x4 ($32,130)
Standard Equipment: cloth seats with power driver's seat; rear heating and air conditioning; AM/FM stereo with in-dash CD player; day/night rearview mirror
Options As Tested: 5.7-liter V8 engine ($895); leather-trimmed bucket seats ($675); third-row seat ($150); traction control ($300); 2-speed AWD transfer case ($195); 3.92 axle ratio ($40); Customer Preferred Package 28G ($1,515) includes overhead console, cargo net, illuminated visor vanity mirrors, rear reading lamps, universal garage door opener, theft-deterrent system, AM/FM/6CD/MP3 audio w 8 speakers, 17x8-inch cast aluminum wheels; 384-watt subwoofer upgrade ($225); Sirius Satellite Radio ($325); Trailer Tow ($525) w heavy-duty equipment, power 6x9 foldaway mirrors, Class IV receiver, 7- and 4-pin wiring harness; running boards ($395); P265/65R17 on/off-road tires ($305)
Standard Safety Equipment: three-point seatbelts and headrests for all seats; anti-lock brakes with electronic brake-force distribution; advanced airbag system; seat belt pretensioners
Optional Safety Equipment: curtain airbags for all three rows; electronic stability controlDestination Charge: $645
The first-generation Durango was rough around the edges, but the current model is far more refined. Inside is a quiet, roomy, comfortable and technologically sophisticated cabin. Bigger than the first-generation models, the Durango now fits between the Chevy Tahoe and Ford Expedition in terms of size. A space-efficient design makes maximum use of the Durango's size and it can seat up to seven passengers with the optional third row.
Two V8s are available and both are superb. The popular 4.7-liter V8 and the 5.7-liter Hemi V8 are smooth and powerful. They come with a five-speed automatic that's smooth, refined, smart and responsive. There's also a V6.
The 2005 Durango lineup adds new SXT and Adventurer models and the availability of heated cloth seats and a full-screen navigation system.
The 2005 Dodge Durango features an expanded model line: ST, SLT, Limited, and the new STX and Adventurer models. Each is available with 2WD or 4WD.
Durango ST ($26,735) and ST 4x4 ($29,715) comes standard with a 3.7-liter V6 and a four-speed automatic transmission. Standard features include four-wheel disc brakes with ABS, 17-inch steel wheels with on/off-road tires, a single-disc CD player, cloth interior, a second-row seat split 40/20/40 (for five-passenger seating), remote keyless entry and a 27-gallon fuel tank. A full-size spare is standard on all Durangos. The 4.7-liter V8 is optional. Also available are a bigger alternator and battery, an AM/FM stereo radio with six-disc in-dash CD and MP3 player, traction control, halogen headlamps, heavy-duty shocks and springs, a two-speed transfer case (low and high gears for 4WD), side curtain airbags and a sunroof.
The STX package adds roof side rails, neutral-density gray body side moldings, running boards, and a six-disc CD changer. Aluminum wheels are available.
The SLT ($29,150) is available with an optional third-row seat (for seven-passenger seating). SLT comes standard with the same cloth as ST, but offers two-tone leather as an option. SLT comes standard with the 4.7-liter V8. Optional is the 335-horsepower 5.7-liter Hemi V8 ($895). Both engines use the same five-speed automatic transmission. The V6 is also available.
The SLT 4x4 ($32,130), the best-selling model, upgrades with body-colored moldings and fascia, a power driver's seat, interior wood trim, rear air conditioning, fog lamps and roof rails. Options include leather, satellite radio, power sunroof, power-adjustable pedals, running boards, a hands-free phone system and a DVD entertainment system with wireless headphones.
Adventurer includes a roof rack with a choice of six rack systems or an Adventurer accessory kit. The package also includes tubular side steps, reversible slush mats, rubberized washable cargo liner with built-in rear cargo organizer, and unique machine-finished wheels. The subtle mineral gray side molding and front and rear fascias visually identify the Adventurer.
Limited ($33,300) and Limited 4x4 ($35,590) add leather seats, a 384-watt eight-speaker MP3 sound system with six-disc CD, aluminum wheels, folding power heated mirrors, and a memory system for seats, mirrors, adjustable pedals. A full-screen navigation system with integrated control unit is optional.
Safety features include optional curtain air bags, and we recommend them highly for the head protection they can provide to occupants in all three rows in the event of a side impact or rollover accident. Side-impact air bags are not available, however. The advanced front air bags deploy with varying power based on the weight of the person in the seat. ABS is standard. Traction control is optional. Electronic stability control is not available. Government (NHTSA) crash tests resulted in a five-star frontal crash test rating (the best rating) for both driver and front passenger.
Walk Around
Dodge Durango offers an imposing presence in rearview mirrors with its big crosshair grille and shotgun headlights. Redesigned for 2004, the Durango takes styling cues come from the 1946 Dodge Power Wagon.
Durango's big-rig look is accentuated by its short hood. That short hood leads into a steeply raked windshield and sloping roof. The windshield is aerodynamically efficient and offers good visibility. The fender flares resemble those of a semi. The front fenders make the hood look as narrow as it is short.
The roofline slopes briefly downward at the rear, and the liftgate window curves in to meet it. This reduces that boxy look common on so many SUVs and minivans. Durango's taillights are distinctive as well, looking like afterburners from a jet fighter with two big red stacked circles per side. The sheet metal is molded around them to suggest speed.
Chrysler has an expensive new wind tunnel at its headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and it was used extensively with the Durango to reduce wind noise. The aerodynamics are fine tuned, including the mirrors and the subtle ducktail at the trailing edge of the hood under the wipers, for reducing wind noise over the windshield. The motor mounts were calibrated to reduce the frequencies and harmonics of each engine. The windows have an extra layer of lamination to deaden sound. Foam is injected into many of the body and chassis crannies, which would otherwise serve as tiny echo chambers.
With a large amount of glass and huge cargo space, the Durango feels big spacious. It's officially classified as a mid-size SUV, like the Explorer, but it's bigger than that and everything about it feels like a full-size.
There is 68 cubic feet with the third row folded away, 102 cubic feet with the second row down. The distance between the wheel housings is 48 inches, good for loading wide cargo. And from the outside, the liftgate opens very easily. The cargo floor is relatively low thanks to the rear suspension design.
The second and third rows are notably easy to access, as the rear doors open an exceptionally wide 84 degrees. The second-row seat easily flips forward with the touch of one hand, and the seatback flops flat just as easily. This is no small virtue.
The second-row seats recline and have their own climate control, so back-seat passengers can snooze in comfort. Details are thought out, including convenient grab handles cleverly molded into the stubby rear leg of the second-row seat, which ease climbing back to the third row. Once back there, there is a small bubble in the ceiling to give an extra bit of headroom.
The front seats are comfortable, neither too soft nor too firm, and the four-spoke steering wheel is nice. The SLT has orange-hued wood trim, while the Limited presents a cleaner look with its brushed aluminum. (That's real wood and real aluminum, not plastic.)
Instrumentation is clean, handsome, easy to read and easy to operate. It looks classy. We especially like the simple black-on-white gauges and rectangular black Venetian-blind style heating and cooling vents. The center console is deep, under a removable tray. Forward of that is another important compartment designed to serve as a fast-food bin. Two integrated cup holders with removable neoprene for different sizes of drink containers are provided.
We found the SLT's manual heating controls and the wiper controls a bit fussy, and the high beams seemed a little lacking one wintry night. Better are the Limited model's high-tech climate-control panel with automatic temperature adjustment. And we welcome the availability of seat heaters on 2005 models.
Another Limited option is the hands-free, voice-command cellphone system compatible with Bluetooth phones, utilizing a microphone in the rearview mirror and the sound system's speakers.
Driving Impressions
The Dodge Durango is a far cry from the first-generation models. It's smooth and quiet, quite different from the relatively noisy, rough-riding pre-2004 models. Both V8 engines are good choices.
The 4.7-liter engine is really good. It's powerful and really smooth. The 4.7-liter V8 is rated at 230 horsepower and 290 pound-feet of torque. But it only gets 14/18 mpg in 4WD, using 87 octane, and the more we looked at that versus the 5.7-liter Hemi, the more we gravitated to the bigger engine.
The 5.7-liter Hemi is rated at 335 horsepower and 370 pound-feet of torque. That's a lot more power than the 4.7-liter while providing almost the same economy, 13/18 mpg with 89 octane recommended, 87 acceptable. For $895 more, the Hemi seems like a no-brainer; plus, it can tow up to 8,950 pounds with the optional 3.92 rear axle, compared to 7,400 for the 4.7. And the two-speed transfer case is standard with the Hemi 4x4, optional with the other engines.
Hemi, by the way, refers to the overhead-valve, hemispherical combustion chamber design, and harkens back to the late '60s when the 426-cubic-inch (7.0-liter) Dodge Hemi Ramcharger ruled. Chrysler modernized the design last year after it had been gone (but not forgotten) for decades.
Still, it didn't feel like 335 horsepower to the seat of our pants. The 5.7-liter felt a little more powerful than the 4.7-liter, but it wasn't a night-and-day difference. The double overhead-cam, 5.6-liter, 305-horsepower Nissan Armada feels like it has more oomph than the 5.7-liter Durango, which feels solid, but heavy.
For its part, the 3.7-liter V6 is rated at 210 horsepower and 235 pound-feet of torque and 16/21 mpg. It's rated to pull a 3700-pound trailer and comes with a four-speed automatic.
We were most impressed by the five-speed automatic transmission that comes with both V8s. The shifts were incredibly smooth. Shifting up or down between third and fourth gears is undetectable. The transmission features a Tow/Haul mode, which holds the gears longer and will even downshift under deceleration, as might be needed with a trailer. It's cool when you come toward a turn at high speed and back off, and your automatic transmission drops a downshift for you.
When you need to use the brakes to slow down or stop, they'll be there. They're big vented disc brakes with twin-piston calipers in front, just the thing for slowing down this heavy beast. ABS helps the driver maintain steering control by eliminating wheel lockup, while electronic brake-force distribution (EBD) balances braking forces front and rear for more stable stopping. We slammed on the brakes several times from 70 mph and found the Durango stopped steady and true.
The current Durango represented a clean-sheet design when it was introduced as a 2004 model, with nothing borrowed from the Ram pickup (as before). New manufacturing processes resulted in a more rigid chassis, which benefits from hydroformed boxed frame rails, a new independent front suspension and innovative adaptation of a Watts link rear suspension with coil springs. Cornering and handling are excellent, maybe even superb, for a big SUV.
The ride quality is quite good, way better than the old Durango. There's a lot more travel in the suspension. The rack-and-pinion steering provides a 39.9-foot turning circle, very good for a vehicle of this size.
We had a chance to toss the Durango around more than 100 miles of remote twisty roads in the Texas Hill Country, and it stayed on an even keel through some very hard cornering. The engine sits farther back in the chassis resulting in better balance. We drove 4.7-liter and 5.7-liter models. Driving a 5.7-liter Durango SLT around Detroit in January backed up our earlier impressions. It felt very secure in icy conditions.
We drove the Durango off-road and didn't hit bottom even when driving aggressively over rough terrain. Crawling over irregular terrain in 4 Low revea
Dodge Durango is smooth and powerful with either of the two V8 engines. It rides well and handles especially well, and has excellent engineering touches and details. Its pricing represents a good value. If you're in the market for a large SUV and like the looks, you should check it out.
New Car Test Drive correspondent Sam Moses filed this report from Austin, Texas; with Mitch McCullough reporting from Detroit.
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Andy's problem: Too good for his own good
Andy Waldeck:
Last issue, the guy who writes the column to the right of mine and I scrambled to bring you a accurate and relevant cross-section of the Charlottesville music scene. Judging by empty Hook boxes up and down the town, the "Sonic Boom" issue was a success.
Unfortunately, we could not cover everyone who deserved recognition. In retrospect, we didn't get close. The task is rather difficult considering the breadth of talent in this little 'ville.
One man who has given his music and his soul to Charlottesville time and again unabashedly is Andy Waldeck. The depth of his musical understanding has given him the freedom to dabble in hard rock (Earth To Andy), funk (The X Porn Stars), and new age (The Civilians).
Whereas many blessed with the wealth of experience are forced to reinvent themselves over time, Waldeck casually swims through the tributaries between genre pools in order to challenge himself and his fans to a new way of thinking and listening.
One of his many hats is that of acoustic muse. Andy has proven over the years to be one hell of a singer-songwriter. His recent involvement with Starr Hill for the Songwriters Workshop series has done wonders for bringing together the song writing community. So intense is his passion for the art that he has released an acoustic EP recorded in Charlottesville's new recording Mecca, Crystalphonic.
The EP entitled Offering is just that: six songs of psalms dedicated to the most recent leg of his journey though life. From the first track, it's evident that these tunes were written as a catharsis, a necessary good, for a man who has been down the road and back again and survived with few scars and an open heart.
The album opens with "Angel" followed by "Stars," both heartfelt songs about his soul mate. Each includes infectious hooks that, if not careful, will get stuck in your mind for days. The highlight is "Love Has Spoken," a beautifully crafted collaboration with sometimes X Porn Star Tevis Marshall on keys. The closing track ,"Victory March," pulses semi-Latin strumming and features Andy singing like an all-American mariachi. I listened to "Victory March" on repeat without tiring of it. The über emotional song left me with the taste of inspiration in my mouth.
Andy has always been a phenomenal guitarist. "Offering" gives us a chance to pay extra attention to just how gifted he is. I could go on for days about his technique, chord choice, and arrangement, or the accuracy with which he hits every note, the clarity of his words, the way he delicately intertwines it all. That would just reinforce my fan status. But I'm also a critic.
In that role, it hurts me to make this assessment of the album: Offering is almost too good. It lacks the very human element of error. The recording is polished to a blinding shine, the playing so immaculate it lacks spontaneity. Depending on the listener, that can be a very small or a very big thing.
In Andy's case, I believe that if being good is wrong, he doesn't want to be right. I'm not hating on him, by any means. As a matter of fact, you'll probably see me at the next Songwriters Workshop at Starr Hill July 9 where Andy will perform his new material. In the live setting, I'm sure that all the human elements lost in the recording will be on dazzling display.


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DISCLAIMER: I don't invent anything new here, but just summarise things I've read across different forums and web sites. I did not write any software mentioned here, but only copy the files and made them available in one easy to access place. I use the procedure described here to create ROM images I flash to my HTC Desire phone, and so far it worked for me perfectly. However I do not guarantee it will work on your system with your files and your phone — use it at your own risk and assume all responsibility. REFLASHING YOUR PHONE MIGHT GET IT BRICKED AND MIGHT VOID YOUR WARRANTY.
To be able to follow this explanation you will need the basic understanding of the command line, be able to enter commands with the parameters, to walk from one folder to another, to compile programs and to run the resulting binaries. To run Java programs you'll need Java SE runtime installed. To compress and uncompress files you'll need "zip" program or something similar.
Your phone should be rooted beforehand or allow the installation of custom ROMs.
The Outline
The process of creating your own ROM update file is not very complicated. Basically it consists of three steps:
- Download and unpack the image you like
- Make the necessary changes
- Pack and sign the .zip file
The update can contain as much as the full system + boot + radio + recovery + extras, which completely overwrites everything you have in your phone, or as little as single .apk file if you want to make just small changes.
Download and unpack
There are plenty of images available on the internet, it's in your best interest to find the one as much similar to what you need to reduce the necessary changes and introduce as few problems as possible. There are three types of images you may use:
- RUU images (.exe)
- OTA images (.zip)
- 3rd party .zip images
RUU images contain full system, including radio, system, boot and the whole nine yards. However you'll need to unpack .exe file into .zip file before doing anything useful. I have explanation how to extract the .zip file in Linux but if you use Windows or MacOS your procedure might be different.
OTA images usually contain only the difference between the previous software version and the current one. Therefore you'll need the previous software as RUU/.zip file with the exact version, and be familiar with bspatch utilty to apply patches, which is quite tedious process. I don't usually use OTA files if there are any other options available.
.zip images are the easiest to work with, just unpack with your zip archiver to the folder you like.
If you have started with RUU image, you'll have system.img, boot.img and radio.img files. System image can be further unpacked with unyaffs (requires compilation) to another folder, usually "system/". Boot image can be unpacked with the perl script (requires perl to be installed on your computer) also to another folder, usually "boot/". Radio images cannot be unpacked and are better to be left alone.
Make the changes
Most of the changes are done to the system image, which contains all software and data files visible on the phone. Boot image should be changed only if you have deep linux knowledge to modify linux kernel and related matters.
If you have unpacked system image and made some changes, the system.img file is supposed to be moved somewhere else, so it's not used anymore. Same with the boot.img file. All other files (hboot, recovery) are usually not used, because they might lead back to unrooting the phone and should be deleted or moved as well.
If you have based your work on RUU file, you'll have to create META-INF folder with the correct information and update scripts inside. If you have unpacked someone's .zip, the META-INF folder should be already present. Update script might mention some files in the update, so if you have removed (or added new) files, the update script should be amended to reflect those changes. Please, get a few images from different developers and try to understand the correct internal structure.
Pack and sign .zip file
Once you've made all the changes, you may change to the folder where you extracted all files, it might now contain .img files, like boot.img and radio.img as well as folders, like "system/". Zip everything together with the command:
zip -r9 update.zip *
-r9 tells the program to collect files recursively and use the maximum compression. If you omit "r", the subfolders will not be included (bad, bad idea!), if you omit "9″ nothing bad will happens, but resulting file might be about 1% larger.
To sign zipped file you should download SignApk.zip (requires Java), there are three files inside:
- SignApk.jar is a tool included with the Android platform source bundle.
- testkey.pk8 is the private key that is compatible with the rooted recovery image
- testkey.x509.pem is the corresponding certificate/public key
and the signing command looks like this:
java -jar signapk.jar testkey.x509.pem testkey.pk8 [update.zip] [update-signed.zip]
update-signed.zip can be copied to the phone and installed using the traditional recovery procedure. Personally I'd recommend "ClockworkMod Recovery" from Koush and Paul O'Brien, but I'm not sure if it is available for your phone.
While the actual creation of your own ROM update file is not very complicated, the devil is in the changes you make. Most ROM updates fail at first try, please, have a fresh nandroid backup ready at all times.


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WASHINGTON - Pentagon investigators concluded that a senior Defense Department official who's been mentioned as a possible candidate to be the next CIA director leaked restricted information to the makers of an acclaimed film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, and referred the case to the Justice Department, according to knowledgeable U.S. officials.
The Justice Department received the case involving Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Michael Vickers in September, but so far it's declined to launch a criminal prosecution, said two senior U.S. officials who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.
The case involved a determination by investigators of the Pentagon's inspector general's office that Vickers provided the makers of the film "Zero Dark Thirty" with the restricted name of a U.S. Special Operations Command officer who helped plan the May 2, 2011, raid on bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan, one official said. The identities of special forces personnel can be classified in certain circumstances and making them public is against the law, according to experts.
Vickers, a former Army special forces operator and onetime CIA paramilitary officer, is the top intelligence adviser to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and oversees the Pentagon's vast intelligence operations. He's been frequently mentioned as a candidate to replace retired Army Gen. David Petraeus as CIA director.
"Mike Vickers is an outstanding defense and intelligence professional, and is well respected inside the Department of Defense and the intelligence community," Pentagon spokesman George Little said.
It was unclear whether the Justice Department review could hurt Vickers' chances of being nominated to the CIA post. A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment on the matter.
"When it comes to even the slightest hint that there may have been an unauthorized disclosure of classified information, there's actually little choice but to contact Justice," a senior defense official said. "That doesn't mean they will do anything with it. This is a routine practice."
The Pentagon inspector general's office is continuing to examine whether there were any other leaks of restricted information to the makers of the film. In a Dec. 4 letter denying a McClatchy Freedom of Information Act request for the findings, the office said the material was "currently part of an open investigation." A spokeswoman said Monday that the report "has not yet been finalized and issued."
Even though the inquiry was launched at the request of Republican Rep. Peter King of New York, who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, the Defense Department Inspector General's Office hadn't informed King or any other lawmaker of its findings by midday Monday, a politically risky decision that could ignite charges that officials were trying to protect President Barack Obama during his tough re-election battle.
King told McClatchy that the delay in notifying him "raises the question" of whether officials were trying to put it off for political reasons, but he wanted to see the full report before drawing any conclusions.
"I'm not looking for anyone to be indicted," he said. "But the IG does not make referrals to the Justice Department as a matter of routine. To me the fact that any information at all would be given to Hollywood producers by this administration is disgraceful."
"If it's wrong enough or questionable enough for the IG to refer it to the Justice Department, that means it shouldn't have been done."
The film, by director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal, originally was set for release just weeks before the Nov. 6 election. But it was delayed amid Republican complaints that it could bring Obama votes by glorifying the bin Laden operation. The premiere was held last week and the film is due for a limited public release on Wednesday.
The senior defense official, who requested anonymity because he wasn't authorized to discuss the matter publicly, wrote in an email that Pentagon officials don't think the case "will amount to anything." He pointed out that the Pentagon deemed as "unclassified" a transcript of a July 15, 2011, conversation among Vickers, Bigelow and Boal in which Vickers identified the U.S. special forces planner by name as someone who could be made available to brief the filmmakers. The transcript was released to Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog organization, in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
The investigators found no evidence that White House officials were involved in any leaks of classified materials to the filmmakers, according to U.S. officials familiar with the findings. They reached that conclusion, however, without interviewing any White House officials or Panetta, who was the CIA director at the time of the bin Laden raid. Panetta reassured Congress in June - before the investigators reached their findings - that no classified information had been released to the filmmakers.
A second U.S. official blamed bureaucratic hand-wringing for the delay in notifying King, not an orchestrated effort to protect the White House.
"This does not appear to be a cover-up or a wag-the-dog media stunt," the U.S. official said. "Rather, this is about who gets to break the law and leak information for their own benefit."


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Family Hide and Seek!
could still be so much FUN?!?
It's hard to believe that in a world so focused
on extreme entertainment, that a game so simple as
"Hide and Seek"
could actually keep us entertained.
It's especially fun in my house, because none of us
can stay quiet for more that 1 minute.
Most of the time I just sit in the corner and giggle until
my cheek muscles start to seize up!
Sooo FUN!
I have a feeling your kids will have a great time, no matter
how old they are.
Families with older kids should try . . .
"Hide and Seek in the Dark"
is even better!
The only person with a flashlight is the one who is IT.
The rest of the family has to find their hiding places in the dark.
(Just make sure you secure any breakables.)
If you don't want to use a flashlight,
you can just flip the lights
you can just flip the lights
on and everyone hiding has to stay where they are.
What you thought was a great hiding place in the dark,
might leave you hiding in plain sight once the lights are on.
Hope you have a Great Night with Your Family!
After all that running around, you won't
feel one bit of guilt as you whip up an
You could use Cream Soda, Orange Soda or
Dr. Pepper!
Just get everyone their own can of pop in their favorite flavor,
and ENJOY!


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Light:shade Lamp by Björn Ischi
Björn Ischi Shares The Shade Lamp Light
Björn Ischi, the designer of the displayed project Shade Lamp by Björn Ischi says, Who does not remember Grandma in her armchair knitting, and just beside her the old lamp with the cloth shade? Perhaps not very clearly, but it does bring back childhood memories. SHADE works without any switch, a simple touch on the "light bulb" is all it takes to dim the luminosity as you wish, or to turn it of. This innovative lamp has a true recognition value and universality; its various facets allow it to appeal to everyone. The lamp bring several generations together, past and future. In a room it can be reserved, sometimes a little shy. Björn Ischi.
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We've seen Ricavision's Sideshow Remotes before (and even got hands-on with their previous concept SideShow remote), but this is the first time we've fondled the commercial version that's coming next year.
Ricavision and Microsoft have a tight relationship (the latter used the former's Media Center computers way back years ago to do one of the first demos), which explains why they're both sticking it out with the SideShow technology. The VAVE100 remote, however, is both cool and confused.
The remote's targeted toward power users with the Windows SideShow function. If you've got a Vista MCE machine, you can stream Windows Gadgets to any SideShow device that will essentially give you a little screen to read/interact with Windows functions wirelessly. This is cool, and works fairly well on the remote. Where it starts to get fuzzy is the universal remote side of the issue.
Instead of making it just a SideShow remote that controls a Windows MCE machine, they made it a universal remote that's to take on universals like the Logitech Harmony line. The problem is that the VAVE100 isn't programmable via the PC, which means you can only set up devices on the remote itself.
It's great in theory, but the fact that it's not that strong of a universal remote makes it a device that's only great if you really like Vista SideShow. Ricavision's getting FCC approval now and will ship it when ready. [Ricavision]