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SATURN 2013 covers many topics in a variety of areas relevant to software architecture and delivering quality systems; but there might be one topic that you are passionate about that is missing. Or SATURN coverage of a topic may not be as deep as you would like, and you may want to share and learn more. This year, SATURN will provide the opportunity for you to explore topics of your choice at the Open Space on Wednesday May 2, 4:15-5:15 PM.

We expect that the SATURN program will motivate you to share experiences and learn from others during Open Space, where the topic of the hour will be determined by the participants. It might be a recurring problem, an innovative solution, or any topic of general interest to software architects. We will provide a whiteboard near the registration desk where you can sign up to lead a discussion on a topic of your choice at a table, or you can choose to join a discussion led by someone else on a topic that interests you.

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Understanding the Urban: The Role of Open Space Agriculture in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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Abstract: There is a fundamental shift in the way people are living on the planet. Over half of the world's population now lives in cities, yet many of these cities continue to struggle to provide basic services, infrastructure and food security for the billions of people who live in cities. Despite decades of intervention by international and national development agencies, cities in regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly framed in apocalyptic and dystopian terms, serving as a warning of the dangers of overurbanization while being criticized for their lack of urban development. This contradictory framing poses the question of how a city and the people who live there actually survive. Building on emerging work in critical urban studies, this research examines how narrow definitions of what counts as urban hinder the understanding of cities in different regional contexts and limit our imaginations of how people survive and thrive in the face of the challenges that cities provide. To examine the idea of what is urban in the context of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, I use the lens of urban open space farms, large lots of land in the built-up environment of the city used for farming, to explore what makes farming urban, how the practice of farming contributes to and is embedded within urban systems, and how farms and farmers can illuminate the material practices and ephemeral experiences that constitute the reality of people's daily life in cities. I employ a methodology based on interviews, photo voice, mental mapping, and observation over time to explore the dynamics of farms as spaces and farmers as agents in constructing these spaces over time. The purpose is to contribute to a definition of the urban that moves past associations with capitalism and industrialization as the defining processes of the city towards one more inclusive of the way people experience these spaces, how they remake them to fit the city, and what this means for interventions that focus on the marginalization of people and the ways that cities fail, rather than how they actually work.
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Debra PetersonProfessor Deborah Peterson, MA ’95, has received the 2014 Tom Ruhl Award from the Oregon Association of Latino Administrators. The award will be presented during a general session of the OALA Annual Conference, March 15, 2014, at Oregon State University. The award is given to educators who have demonstrated cultural competence and “have implemented strategies or activities aligned with OALA’s mission, purpose and goals in their district or institution.”

Dr. Peterson is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy. She teaches in the initial and continuing administrative licensure and doctoral programs. Prior to her work at PSU, she was a school administrator, including principal at Roosevelt High School and Atkinson Elementary, vice principal at Lake Ridge High School, and human resources administrator at PPS where she focused on diversity and cross-cultural leadership. She has taught for PSU and Lewis and Clark, and has served as a guest lecturer at Stanford University, Oregon State University, and Shizuoka University in Japan.

The award is named in memory of Tom Ruhl, a well-known leader in social justice and education in Oregon. He was an active member of the Oregon Leadership Network for several years prior to serving as its chair in 2010–2011. He passed away on July 7, 2011. The award is intended to honor his memory, his commitment to cultural equity and opportunity, and his passion for the education profession.

“Not a day goes by that I am not filled with gratitude that I get to do meaningful work, on a topic that I love, with people who energize and inspire me. Thank you”

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Three injured in Otter Tail County during deer opener

Authorities in Otter Tail County, Minn., responded to three separate hunting accidents during the weekend deer opener, including two that involved injuries after hunting stands collapsed.

Around 3 p.m. Saturday, 24-year-old Melissa Johnson of Henning, Minn., was hunting with her boyfriend east of Perham, Minn., in a wooden deer stand on privately owned land, the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office said.

The wooden floor of the deer stand suddenly collapsed, and Johnson fell about 5 feet to the ground, suffering injuries to her lower legs. Johnson was taken by ambulance to Perham Memorial Hospital, authorities said.

The sheriff’s office responded to a separate incident about 4:30 p.m. Saturday near Richville, Minn.

A 16-year-old male from Richville was resting the muzzle of a rifle on his boot when he heard a deer and grabbed the rifle, the sheriff’s office said. The rifle went off, and the male suffered a gunshot wound to his left foot.

He was taken to Sanford Medical Center in Fargo with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening, authorities said. The juvenile was not identified.

On Sunday about 10 a.m., an 81-year-old man suffered leg injuries after the platform of his deer stand collapsed, causing him to fall 12 to 15 feet, the sheriff’s office said.

Thomas Shulstad of Pelican Rapids was hunting alone but was able to use his cell phone to call for help, said Sgt. Barry Fitzgibbons.

“He was pretty lucky,” Fitzgibbons said.

Shulstad was taken to a Fargo hospital with a possible broken leg, the sheriff’s office said.

Fitzgibbons said the hunting stand Shulstad used appeared old and weathered.

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[IEDC] Michigan-Based Steel Processor Selects Indiana for New Facility
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JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind.  (April 28, 2014) – Mill Steel Co., a flat rolled steel service center, announced plans today to locate its first Indiana facility here, creating up to 43 new jobs by 2017.

The Grand Rapids, Mich.-based company will invest $16.1 million to purchase and equip a 105,000 square-foot facility at the Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville, making renovations to more than double its size to 225,000 square feet. The facility, which will be operational in June, will house two slitters in addition to a cut-to-length line.

“Mill Steel and other companies gain an advantage by locating at one of Indiana’s three ports,” said Victor Smith, Indiana Secretary of Commerce. “The Ports of Indiana helps businesses boost their logistics skills through direct rail-to-barge capabilities, strategically located at the crossroads of America. Companies can transport goods to their clients more efficiently here, making Indiana a state that works.”

Mill Steel, which currently employs approximately 200 associates, plans to begin hiring this month. Interested applicants may apply online at

"We are very excited by the opportunity to locate to Jeffersonville, and feel that Indiana’s central location serves as an outstanding complement to our existing steel service center processing locations of Grand Rapids, Mich., Melvindale (Detroit), Mich. and Birmingham, Ala.," said David Samrick, chief executive officer of Mill Steel. “Indiana’s right-to-work law, simplified regulatory environment and low-tax rates also make it very attractive for the continued growth of our business. We felt it was absolutely critical to position ourselves at a location that will enable us to continue our delivery of outstanding just in time services to our growing automotive, construction, appliance and general manufacturing customer base."

Founded in 1959, Mill Steel is a family-owned business, now in its second generation. The company processes and distributes flat rolled carbon steel, serving the automotive, construction, appliance and general manufacturing industries. An ISO/TS 16949 certified company, the company plans to operate a testing lab in Jeffersonville accredited by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation.

The Indiana Economic Development Corporation offered Steel 1195, LLC up to $300,000 in conditional tax credits and up to $100,000 in training grants based on the company's job creation plans. These tax credits are performance-based, meaning until Hoosiers are hired, the company is not eligible to claim incentives. The city of Jeffersonville will consider additional incentives at the request of One Southern Indiana.

“This latest announcement is a testament to the many advantages the city of Jeffersonville as well as the Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville offer a company’s bottom line,” said Jeffersonville Mayor Mike Moore. “We are thrilled Mill Steel chose to leverage Jeffersonville’s locale to serve its growing market and to establish their future in southern Indiana.”

Indiana’s three ports contribute over $6 billion per year to the state economy and support more than 51,000 jobs. Port activities annually contribute $2.9 billion in wages and salaries to Indiana workers and $271 million in state and local taxes. More than half of Indiana’s border is water, which includes 400 miles of direct access to two major international freight arteries, the Great Lakes and the Ohio-Mississippi River System. Located over 600 miles from an ocean, Indiana’s ports are uniquely positioned to handle international shipments at the median center of the U.S. population with the nation’s most robust transportation networks able to reach 75 percent of Americans within a day’s drive.

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Founded in 1959, Mill Steel is one of North America's premier flat-rolled steel suppliers. Serving some of the world’s most demanding industries; the business has grown over the past 50 years. Mill Steel continues to grow by sticking to its founding principles: Reliability. Accountability. And doing what they say they will, and then some.

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Using IBM mainframe hardware, operating systems and applications, this course provides an integrated view of enterprise systems. Students are provided an overview for enterprise physical and logical (LPARs) processors, I/O connectivity, DASD storage, Parallel Sysplex and clustering technologies. An overview of z/OS, z/VM, TSO/E, ISPF, zO/S Unix, datasets in a z/FS file system, JCL, and batch job entry (JES3) concepts are also presented. z/OS programming languages, CICS transaction management, DB2 database management, the z/OS HTTP web server, WebSphere Application Server, networking and security are presented from an operating system perspective. Hands-on assignments are required.

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Heinrich Rohrer (6 June 1933 – 16 May 2013) was a Swiss physicist. He shared half of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics with Gerd Binnig for the design of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM). (The other half of the Prize was awarded to Ernst Ruska.)[1]

Rohrer was born on 6 June 1933 in Buchs, St. Gallen, Switzerland. He was raised in Zürich, Switzerland. Rohrer studied at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. He was never married. Rohrer died on 16 May 2013 in Wollerau, Switzerland after battling a disease, aged 79.[2]

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A kilobyte (kB) is a number used to measure storage space on computer hard drives or computer memory. A kilobyte originally meant 1000 bytes. Over time the meaning changed and today it is often used to mean 1024 bytes. This created some confusion as a "kilo" normally means 1000.[1] The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) now defines a kilobyte as being 1000 bytes.[2] According to the IEC, the correct name for 1,024 bytes is a kibibyte.[1]

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Pecorino cheese (or simply Pecorino) is the name for a few kinds of Italian cheeses made of sheep milk. The word pecora, from which the name derives, means sheep. Most of these cheeses are aged for some time. They taste rather salty.

Pecorino Romano is probably the best known outside Italy, especially in the United States. The cheese has been exported to the United States since the 19th century.[1] Most Pecorino Romano is produced on the island of Sardinia, though its production is also allowed in Lazio and in the Tuscan Province of Grosseto.

Pecorino Sardo also comes from Sardinia. It is milder. Pecorino Toscano is from Tuscany, Pecorino Siciliano (or Picurinu Sicilianu in Sicilian) from Sicily and Pecorino di Filiano from Basilicata. All come in a variety of styles depending on how long they have been matured. The more matured cheeses, referred to as stagionato, are harder and have a stronger flavour. Sometimes, the cheeses are made with spices. In Sardinia, the larvae of the cheese fly are intentionally introduced into Pecorino Sardo to produce a local delicacy called casu marzu.

Pecorino Romano is most often used on pasta dishes, like the better-known Parmigiano Reggiano (parmesan). Its distinctive strong, very salty flavour means that it is preferred for some pasta dishes with highly-flavoured sauces, especially those of Roman origin, such as pasta all'amatriciana.

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The Last Dragon Fan Site

The Fan Tribute to The Last Dragon Logo Reloaded by Mauro Balcazar

Looking for the Glow?
You have come to the right place.
Welcome to The Fan Tribute to The Last Dragon

Did you love the 1985 Kung Fu meets Motown Classic "The Last Dragon" ? Well then this site and it's blog is your 7th Heaven.

Yeah that's right. The Last Dragon is the Greatest of All-Time. Why? For me there are so many reasons. One simple one- The Last Dragon has character! It shouldn't be taken at face value. At first glance you see a cheesy 80's kung fu movie but beneath the surface we find a very spiritual, inspiring and uplifting film. What people don't realize is that it is purposely made to make fun of itself. It's a tribute to Bruce Lee, Martial Arts Movies, the 80s, Motown, Blaxploitation & Chinese philosophy.   It demonstrates why we shouldn't judge a book by its cover, or in other words why we shouldn't stereotype- never underestimate or overestimate someone or something based on its appearance.  Just like Martin Luther King Jr. said this movie should be judged by the quality of  its character.  Below is an analysis of Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon that provides some of the other reasons why The Last Dragon is the Greatest Movie of All-Time.
Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon is a comic book come to life.  It is a fun, action filled fairy tale like story of Good vs. Evil. I call it a kung-fu/motown/fairy tale.  Directed by Michael Shultz, Written by Louis Venosta and Produced by Rupert Hitzig. It is the story of Leroy Green Jr. (Taimak) a young quietly heroic character who aspires to reach the final level in his martial arts teachings. Along the way he learns that love, fear, confusion and vengeance are all parts of life he must embrace before he realizes that the key to the final level and the magical glow comes from within.

Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon Movie Poster (1985)

When you first mention The Last Dragon many people don't have a clue to what movie you are talking about, but  mention one of the characters- Sho'nuff!, Bruce Leroy or Vanity all of a sudden people are like "oh yeah!" and start dropping lines like "Who's the Master!?!" or "Just direct-a your feetza to Daddy Green's Pizza"
The characters are unique and over the top. Even the secondary characters bring back great memories.

Green- Leroy's jive talking little brother who is cooler and knows more about sex than his brother. In one scene he famously "pops and locks" his way out of the ropes he is tied up in .
Johnny Yu -  one of Leroy's Kung Fu students who claims to have mastered "the art of fighting without knowing how to fight"
Tai- young black belt Ernie Reyes Jr.'s first acting role, who went on to star in "The Last Electric Knight" and it's TV Spin off  "SideKicks" (beside Gil "Buck Rogers" Gerrard), "The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Movies,   and plays the little guy who beats on the Rock in "The Rundown"

Eddie Arkadian-  "the heavy dude" that wants his girlfriend's video played by Laura Charles in "the worst way". He is a napoleon complex having Arcade King  from Kew Gardens with dreams of ruling the world
Angela- Eddie's girlfriend- the Cindy Lauper like wanna be rock star also from Kew Gardens
Sho'nuff's  lackeys like Beast, Crunch and Cyclone in their urban samurai outfits who are always there to caress Sho's ego by answering Sho'NUFF! To anything Sho'nuff says. i.e.: Am the prettiest? Am I the meanest? Am I the baddest mofo low down around this town?  Who am I? etc...
Arkadian's thugs like Rock  played by Mike Starr (Mobster in Dumb and Dumber) and Hood #2 played by Chazz Palminteri- the limo driving thug who gets his ass kicked by Leroy while trying to kidnap Laura Charles
In one of his first roles William H. Macy plays Laura Charles' producer who begs her to meet with Eddie Arcadian or else he’s gonna get it. He tells Laura “there is a point. The point of a knife that is pointed at this point on my neck, he'll slit my throat if you don't do this for me.”
One of Richie's friends is played by a young Carl Anthony Payne II who later starred along side Martin Lawrence as Cole on "Martin" and  played "Cockroach" on the Cosby Show.
Leroy's little sister is played by a very young Keshia Knight Pulliam  who played Rudy also on the Cosby Show.

Introducing the Shogun of Harlem - Sho'nuff!

Taimak Guarriello- "Bruce" Leroy Green Jr.
Julius J. Carry III - Sho' Nuff!
Vanity - Laura Charles
Christopher Murney - Eddie Arkadian
Faith Prince - Angela
Leo O'Brien - Richie Green
Mike Starr - Rock
Jim Mood - Leroy  "Daddy"  Green Sr.
Glen Eaton - Johnny Yu
Ernie Reyes Jr. - Tai
Roger Campbell - Announcer
Esther Marrow - Mama Green
Keshia Knight-Pulliam - Leroy's Little sis with multiple names
William H. Macy- J.J.
Chazz Palminteri- Hood#2
Carl Anthony Payne II- Kid in Pizza Shop
Vanity plays a beautiful singer and DJ at 7th Heaven, Laura Charles. If you where a teen aged boy or kid like I was in the 80's it hard not to have found memories of Vanity, man was she beautiful. She pulls of this role with a sexy, flirtatious, confidence. She is a huge part to what makes this movie so memorable.  You feel good for Leroy when he wins the fight and gets the girl because the girl is Vanity. Learn more and find out whatever happened to Vanity..
Who's the Master?!?!? A 6'5" charismatic but totally arrogant dude with a bad attitude, big hair, shoulder pads, funky shade glasses, crazy samurai outfits and the martial arts moves to back up his big talks. He takes over every scene. Every move he makes and word he says is hilarious. From "Kiss my converse!" to claiming he's the "Shogun of Harlem" and the "Prettiest, Baddest mofo low down around this town" this character has to go down as one of the greatest Villains of all time right up there with the likes of  Darth Vader and Heath Ledger's Joker. Julius J. Carry III who played Sho'nuff passed away in 2008 but his memory lives on as the unforgettable Villain in the Last Dragon. Find out whatever happened to Sho nuff...
"Bruce" Leroy Green Jr. is the ultimate nice guy. It's hard not to root for him.  He's corny, thinks he's the Black Bruce Lee, eats popcorn with chopsticks, doesn't always know the right thing to say and dresses like a Chinese peasant but he has huge heart and really kicks some ass when push comes to shove. He proves that nice guys don't always finish last.  He's actually only referred to as Bruce Leroy in one scene but that's how people remember his character, the movie and the man who played him. Taimak actually learned to act on set. He was an accomplished Martial Artist but this was his first movie role. Find out whatever happened to Taimak...
 The Whatever Happened To Bruce Leroy, Vanity and Sho Nuff from The Last Dragon section includes features on Taimak, Julius J. Carry III and Denise Matthews with a variety of information and video clips of interviews, movies, videos and TV shows  they did before and after The Last Dragon.
 A large portion of  80's Black urban culture was obsessed with Kung Fu.  The Last Dragon gave us something very rare back then and even today- a  Black (biracial) superhero.  Add some great kung fu, an unforgettable scene stealing Black villain, a beautiful Black (also biracial) love interest then throw in a little spirituality/mythology, break dancing and Motown music and what do you have- an instant classic. The kind of movie that kids watch over and over again. To this day kids still love The Last Dragon- when I showed it to my little cousins they loved it!
The Last Dragon truly captured 80's black culture. The seemingly mismatched Motown meets kung fu theme was actually a perfect fit. This match made in heaven may have been missed by the critics at the time, but ask anybody that was raised in the 80's and they will remember and probably love this movie.  In fact, until recently The Last Dragon was highest grossing kung fu movie of all time!  Watch The Last Dragon from our Blog to see what I am taking about.

 The Last Dragon contains some of the most memorable quotes in movie history.  Gems like "Who's the Master", "Just direct-a your feet-za to Daddy Green's pizza",  "Kiss my Converse!",  "Can you show me some moves?" and "Catches Bullets with his teeth! N**ga PLEASE!"  I've assembled hands down the largest and Best list of  Last Dragon Quotes on the internet in the Last Dragon Quotes section.
 Remember "You are the Last Dragon, you possess the power of the Glow"? no? well how about "Dancing to the Rhythm of the Night" by El Debarge it was made for this movie. This is where the Motown comes in and a big part of what makes this movie so classic. The soundtrack  really captures the feel of 80's black  culture. The soundtrack is a vibrant mix of R&B and Hip Hop from the time which includes hits from Vanity, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Debarge, Smokey Robinson and Willie Hutch.  See a list of the songs on the soundtrack and watch music videos on the Last Dragon  Soundtrack page.
How cool is the glow, personally I am still looking for mine.  Leroy describes the glow as "the final level where the spirit takes over from the mind and guides the body without thought".  Leroy's quest for the glow shows us how we need to find balance to be truly happy. We need to face our fears, recognize our value and believe in ourselves to reach our goals.  Most of  the time the answers to the most difficult problems lie within. The Glow has become so popular that it is commonly referred to in pop culture i.e:  "I Got the Glow like Bruce Leeroy". Just do a search on Twitter for Bruce Leroy or Bruce Leeroy and you'll see what I'm talking about.
When you look past the on purpose 80's cheese of the movie and give it a chance, you see an entertaining mix of spirituality, family values, friendship, self-respect, discipline, love, comedy, great music, classic lines, memorable characters and off course some great martial arts action.
You need to give this movie a chance; see beyond it's packaging and see it's true character. Just like we need to give people a chance to show their true character, not judge people through their racial, cultural, religious or physical differences. If your going to dislike somebody dislike them for their character not the physical characteristics that make them different from you... a little off topic but you see what I am getting at.

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The #1 place to stay updated on The Last Dragon remake news. Will it happen? Should it happen? who should be cast? Who's directing? What changes will be made to script? All your questions, answered here!

What ever happened to Richie Green?

We've tracked down to Leo O'Brien! In this rare & exclusive interview by New York writer Nigel Clarke Leo discusses where has he been for the last 20 years, how he got the part in The Last Dragon, how Harlem has changed since 1985, how he's feeling after being shot 3 times, and his relationship with Berry Gordy, Taimak, Denise "Vanity" Matthews & Mario Van Peebles.
If you came to this page you may be wondering, like I did for many years, what happened to Taimak the young star of the movie. Well years ago back in the mid to late 90's thanks to some internet searching and a few helpful visitors to my website I tracked down, Taimak Guarriello, the star of the greatest of movie of all-time.  See more about Taimak and  features on what happened to Vanity and Sho'nuff in the Whatever Happened To Bruce Leroy - Vanity - Sho nuff? section.
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2nd Grade Spelling Words

Week of 8/20
No Spelling Test this week!
Week of 8/27-Unit 1
still, best, bat, mom, just, desk, clock, hut, fit, plant
Challenge Words: carrots, crawls, homework, hurry, lucky
Week of 9/3-Unit 2
same, fine, take, alone, used, mine, joke, late, broke, bike
Challenge Words: diferent, hundred, parents, searched, weighed
Week of 9/10-Unit 3
stay, plain, seat, green, keep, chief, mail, dream, clay, mean
Challenge Words: sanswered, grandmother, idea, remember, serious
Week of 9/17-Unit 4
toe, slow, old, mind, by, follow, dry, land, row, sigh
Challenge Words: broken, carefully, cattle, gently, safety
Week of 9/24-Unit 5
time, place, flags, slave, vote, speech, peace, tax, law, trade
Challenge Words: artist, body, famous, hour, visit
Week of 10/1-Unit 6
true, too, new, room, blew, tool, clue, boot, few, school
Challenge Words: announced, empty, poured, squeezed, wrong
Week of 10/8-Unit 7
down, out, point, joy, house, now, coin, loud, brown, cowboy
Challenge Words: candles, glanced, repeated, special, wild
Week of 10/15-Unit 8
porch, care, dear, more, short, bare, tore, year, corn, shore
Challenge Words: allowed, leaned, president, promise, rules
Week of 10/22
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Week of 10/29-Unit 9
arm, birthday, her, fur, turned, curl, farm, hard, dirt, herd
Challenge Words: building, busy, edge, giant, repair
Week of 11/5-Unit 10
animals, head, river, nets, fin, wave, senses, shark, seals, tide
Challenge Words: afraid, danger, lesson, trouble, understand
Week of 11/12-Unit 11
high, know, half, wrote, thumb, lamb, knee, right, knot, write
Challenge Words: decided, important, library, planet, proud
Week of 11/19
No spelling test this week!
Week of 11/26-Unit 12
water, other, over, corner, letter, driver, winter, never, farmer, father
Challenge Words: climbed, couple, drifted, message, notice
Week of 12/3-Unit 13
leather, bread, weather, spread, breakfast, ready, meant, feather, instead, meadow
Challenge Words: arrive, early, finish, record, success
Week of 12/10-Unit 14
many, money, every, happy, tiny, baby, key, penny, party, lady
Challenge Words: forget, lonely, memory, mountain, wonderful
Week of 112/17-Unit 15
dollar, cost, exact, buy, cent, dime, price, quarter, sum, nickel
Challenge Words:collect, honor, order, pocket, worth
Week of 1/7-Unit 16
wood, book, stood, foot, wool, brook, hood, hook, shook, cook
Challenge Words: chocolate, clothes, middle, offered, upstairs
Week of 1/14-Unit 17
dance, age, rice, mice, charge, race, space, cage, large, page
Challenge Words: diving, explains, harm, soil, village
Week of 1/21-Unit 18
paw, caught, because, talk, straw, hawk, salt, lawn, taught, fault
Challenge Words: guess, museum, practice, vacation, wonder
Week of 1/28-Unit 19
phone, catch, each, patch, sandwich, touch, match, graph, pitch, beach
Challenge Words: disturb, explore, nature, objects, several
 Week of 2/4-Unit 20
sleep, wing, fly, caves, nest, leaves, inects, blood, sight, den
Challenge Words: breath, crops, darkness, scary, study
Week of 2/11-Unit 21
come, act, work, luck, like, kind, wake, bake, sick, cover
Challenge Words: daughter, music, third, voice, whistle
Week of 2/18
No Spelling Test this week!
Week of 2/25-Unit 22
try, blue, play, brag, drag, brass, plan, blow, draw, trap
Challenge Words: coaches, field, score, stretches, throws
Week of 3/4
Spring Break!
Week of 3/11-Unit 23
sweet, slide, story, smart, speak, start, slip, spot, swim, smooth
Challenge Words: chance, favorite, heavy, nervous, office
Week of 3/18-Unit 24
ground, left, hand, past, sank, bank, end, chest, soft, test
Challenge Words: buried, creatures, fossil, layers, millions
Week of 3/25-Unit 25
hill, stone, bone, land, oil, deep, ocean, drill, remains, digging
Challenge Words: change, glue, hunt, magazine, tooth
 Week of 4/1-Unit 26
call, add,egg, sell, kiss, tell,odd, fill, press, well
Challenge Words: accidents, audience, cheered, station, wipe
Week of 4/8-Unit 27
shift, chair, check, shoe, children, shared, shining, shape, chase, cheek
Challenge Words: desert, evenings, midnight, package, shoulder
Week of 4/15-Unit 28
with, push, both, rush, bath, mouth, brush, teeth, dash, fish
Challenge Words: cousins, golden, princess, restaurant, world
Week of 4/22-Unit 29
there, wheel, than, whale, whimper, thought, whirl, whisper, through, them
Challenge Words: escaped, fierce, hidden, machine, swift
Week of 4/29-Unit 30
seed, roses, bushes, flower, bloom, cactus, root, stem, petal, bud
Challenge Words: clear, disappear, forever, problem, warn
 Week of 5/6-Days of the Week
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Week of 5/13-Months of the Year
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Week of 5/20
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Static Electricity- Balloons (Katie Flanagan)

Katie Flanagan

Principle(s) Illustrated

  1. Static Electricity
  2. Positive and Negative Charges

  • Energy is a property of many substances and is associated with electricity. Energy is transferred in many ways (Standard B.3.1)

Questioning Script

Prior knowledge & experience:

Students should already know what atoms are and the parts of an atom

Root question:

Holding a balloon up the wall, what happens if you let go?  Now, after rubbing the balloon against wool, what happens to the balloon when you let go?

Target response:

The first balloon should fall, the second balloon should stick to the wall

Common Misconceptions:

Common misconception is that balloons are not sticky, therefore they shouldn't be able to stick to a wall.

  • Blow up a balloon and hold it up to a wall.  The balloon should fall to the ground when you let go.
  • Rub that same balloon against wool, or your hair, or a student's hair.
  • Take that balloon and again hold it up to the wall. It should now stick to the wall where you held it.
  • You could also hold the balloon up to a slow stream of water from a faucet.  Do not let the balloon touch the water, but get it pretty close.  The water will start to bend away from the balloon.

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Static Electricity-- By: Science Made Simple

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Spotted Bush Snake

Philothamnus semivariegatus

This snake can be found in variable colours, but most of the time bright green to darker green above. As you can see in this photo, the snake has spots or crossbars on the front half of the body. These spots or crossbars sometimes become very faint. The back half of the body is usually plain. The snake's belly is yellowish to greenish-white and has distinctive keeled ventral scales which helps this snake to climb. Some specimens have Bronze-Brownish colourations on the dorsal parts and some has a bluish tint, but as I said most are green. Adults can reach lengths up to 1,3 meters. This snake has a round black pupil with an orange iris. This is a diurnal snake. It has a very unusual coloured tongue, it is bright blue with a black tip.

This snake is an excellent climber, it can be found in bushes, trees, on walls or even gliding in between the cracks of bricks. It is also sometimes found on the ground. This is a beautiful snake that will often be found in and around homes, especially in KZN. The main reason for this is geckos. This snake can quickly and easily climb trees, shrubs and even brick walls and it is quite a fast moving snake.

When this snake is disturbed, it will move away fast and in short bursts to the nearest cover. If it is cornered or when it turns defensive, it will inflate the neck like some other snakes and the blue skin inbetween the scales will be visible. This makes it look more dangerous, almost like a Boomslang. This snake bites readily when trying to catch it.

This snake is almost always mistaken for a Boomslang. Altough there are many differences, they both can be seen in trees and both are green. The Spotted Bush Snake is harmless to humans, but often killed by us, because of this confusion.

Their main enemies are cats, predotory birds and other snakes, as well as humans. The Spotted Bush Snake mainly feeds on geckos, but frogs and chameleons are also taken.

The scales at midbody are in 15 rows with 175 to 204 ventral scales and 122 to 166 paired subcaudals. The anal shield is devided.
Louis van Niekerk

Photo By Catherine Naude


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Andre Villanueva commented on April 12, 2012 4:43pm
This variation looks good, too!
ARTbyGUNTHER commented on April 13, 2012 11:37am
Thanks, Andre! :)
Lisa Argyropoulos commented on April 13, 2012 3:22pm
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ARTbyGUNTHER commented on April 16, 2012 12:50pm
I appreciate that, Lisa. Sometimes I worry that the details of my pieces get lost in the thumbnails.
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Throw Pillow made from 100% spun polyester poplin fabric, a stylish statement that will liven up any room. Individually cut and sewn by hand, each pillow features a double-sided print and is finished with a concealed zipper for ease of care. Sold with or without faux down pillow insert.

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Our quality crafted Tote Bags are hand sewn in America using durable, yet lightweight, poly poplin fabric. All seams and stress points are double stitched for durability. Available in 13" x 13", 16" x 16" and 18" x 18" variations, the tote bags are washable, feature original artwork on both sides and a sturdy 1" wide cotton webbing strap for comfortably carrying over your shoulder.

"I'm truly surprised that we seem to get by, without polka dot elephants serving us pie."

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Thanks Lydia!
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Marc, beautifully done!
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This one is looooovely Marc.
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It IS surprising, isn't it?
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I know right? I can't believe how we manage.
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Now the prices have been changed hopefully for better results. I'm donating half of everything I make from this print, (100 percent of all non-print things) and this will generate 5 times as much money for the charity as the former $2 per print. Please help out!!

An extra large is 10000. Buy it and I'll send you the original.

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hoodie order #1!!

thanks you stylish lifesaver, you. I guarantee you're rocking a completely original look- you can only order such a gorgeous hoodie here.

Anybody ordering a hoodie- get it in white, it looks so much cooler
Jussi Lovewell commented on March 6, 2012 11:40pm
also go for a framed art print from the Jussi Lovewell collection- those look great, and the revenue from this specific one is being donated
TheColorbreeze commented on March 7, 2012 7:42pm
So much positive energy here!
Christine Hall commented on March 15, 2012 10:51am
great design- looks real nice on the phone cases... and it's for a good cause too!
Jussi Lovewell commented on March 15, 2012 1:12pm
Thanks TheColorbreeze and Christine, that's what I like to hear, glad you both like it!!
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February 26, 2010 at 11:51 am 4 comments

I was jarred awake with disgust this morning as I sat down to my computer though I learned long ago never to be shocked or surprised. Larry J. Taylor, an employee of the notorious psychiatric unit at Kings County Hospital Center, was arrested yesterday for the rape of a developmentally disabled, deaf and mute man in the shower. Taylor faces two felony charges, a first-degree criminal sex act and third-degree sexual abuse. This just a month after the hospital agreed to federal monitoring for its systemic failure, abuse and neglect. From the Gothamist’s article on the assault:

Last year, the Justice Department released the findings of a year-long investigation of the East Flatbush medical center’s psychiatric unit, which revealed a lengthy record of violence and sexual assault. That study included reports of forced sex acts, brawls that left patients needing surgery, and staffers administering simultaneous injections of medications despite the possibility of overdoses.

What can I possibly say to that? In the midst of their being investigated for all manner of egregious failures, Esmin Green died on their waiting room floor after being ignored for more than 24 hours. In response to the public outrage, they built a $153 million replacement for the notorious G Building, had a few meetings and agreed to clean up their act and accept outside monitoring. It doesn’t look like any of that has had an effect on the staff whose long list of crimes, indiscretions and abuses continue. Sure — terrible and ugly things happen everywhere but at Kings County it’s systemic and they’ve gotten very comfortable with the way they do things. It is the snake pit you thought went away in the fifties.

• • •

NY Times NY Daily News and the Gothamist report on the incident.

New York Civil Liberties Union‘s summary of Kings County Hospital with link to the original lawsuit 2007 and the findings of the Department of Justice.

My previous posts about Kings County — here and here.

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  • 1. Tammy Simon  |  February 27, 2010 at 9:42 am

    The former head of one of the nation’s biggest state mental hospitals Claude Foulk.
    Foulk molested another foster son for 12 years, beginning in 1973 when the boy was nine; sexually abused the son’s 10-year-old friend; and molested or masturbated in front of three friends of another foster son.
    Foulk was paid $98,000 a year at Napa State Hospital, where he was responsible for supervising the 1,260-bed institution that houses adults mostly judged mentally incompetent to stand trial or found not guilty by reason of insanity.

  • 2. KHorn  |  March 2, 2010 at 8:35 pm

    Unfortunately this is all too common in any situation in which people have authority over a population of vulnerable or disenfranchised individuals. I think most people would be horrified at the level of sexual abuse in the juvenile justice system in this country.

  • 3. abellve  |  March 3, 2010 at 9:16 am

    Absolutely. The situation isn’t unique to psych hospitals. We have a collective mentality that puts certain groups out of our mind simply by way of their being out of our way. It’s always people that the majority doesn’t really concern themselves with. If Brad Pitt were sexually assaulted in a psych hospital there would be hall to pay. People care what happens to Brad Pitt but not the millions that may as well be nameless in our society. Of course Brad Pitt would never be stuck in a public psych hospital either.
    Kings County is terrible and they’ve been skirting reform for years. At what point do we say reform isn’t enough? Having the government walk you slowly through the process of getting your institution up to the bare minimum will never be care.

  • 4. Lauren Tenney  |  June 17, 2010 at 9:53 am

    Contact/Interviews: Lauren Tenney, Psychiatric Survivor
    phone: (516) 319-4295
    e-mail: laurentenney@aol.com
    website: http://www.theopalproject.org/vigil.org

    Who: Esmin Green who was murdered-by-neglect at the Kings County Hospital Center Psychiatric Emergency Room, All People.
    What: Demonstrations, Speak Outs and Candle Light Vigil to mark 2 years since the murder-by-neglect of Ms. Esmin Elizabeth Green, mourn her loss, and condemn continued human rights violations by organized psychiatry.

    Why: WE THE PEOPLE call to shut down Kings County Hospital Center’s psychiatric services; for an end of abuse, torture, and neglect in the wake of Ms. Green’s death on June 19, 2008, while detained at Kings County Hospital Center’s Psychiatric Emergency Room; and to call attention to human rights violations committed since then.

    Where: Kings County Hospital Center, Psychiatric Emergency Room, Building R. 410 Winthrop Street Brooklyn, NY 11203

    Date: June 18, 2010 5 PM – June 19, 2010, 5 PM

    Time: Press Conference 6 PM June 18 (Demonstrations begin at 5 PM June 18, Candle Light Vigil, 8:30 PM – 5 PM June 19)

    Websites: http://www.theopalproject.org/vigil.html http://www.mindfreedom.org

    WE THE PEOPLE began as an alliance of people who were accused of and treated for “mental illness”. We have survived with our lives, unlike Ms. Green. However, our liberty, our health, and our futures continue to be under the threat of the therapeutic state – and so is yours.

    Sanford Rubenstein, the attorney for the family of Ms. Green will be speaking at the press conference. He urges, “Only by people speaking out and remembering what happened to Esmin Green can we prevent others from suffering her fate”.

    Also speaking out will be people who survived commitment at Kings County Hospital Center and now work to make sure others do not have to experience what they were subjected to and Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, Chair of the Mental Health Committee (invited).

    On June 19 it will be two years since Esmin Green was murdered-by- neglect at the Kings County Hospital Center Psychiatric Emergency Room. In February 2010, it was reported by the media that a male “patient” was raped by an employee of Kings County who was charged for the crime. As recently as April 27, 2010 more citations of abuses were published in the news.

    Not only does this abuse and torture happen – but it happens in the multi-million dollar new psychiatric building. This was supposed to end murder, abuse, rape, and torture of people conﬁned within its walls – after the City agreed to court monitoring because of the abuses and torture that people were subjected to while detained in the facility.

    •This abuse and torture has been going on for centuries with no end in sight – we must make our voices heard!
    •Kings County is not safe.
    •Kings County should be closed down.
    •Rape and Death are not good outcomes.

    Department of Justice; Center for Medicaid/Medicare Services; Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration; Health and Hospitals Corporation; New York City Department of Mental Hygiene; New York State Ofﬁce of Mental Health; Commission on Quality Care; — where are you?
    Why are independent external advocates still not allowed into this facility?
    Why is the government paying for this with millions of tax-dollars pumped into this place?
    Why is the NYPD Department of Investigations report siting multiple systemic problems being ignored?
    When is the Grand Jury going to present a bill?

    The experience of involuntarily detainment in a psychiatric emergency room or in a psychiatric institution is tantamount to torture. Human rights and feminist activist Kate Millett during the negotiations on the UN Convention on the subject of forced treatment and confinement of persons with disabilities stated, ”The power of an entire civilization massed against one lone individual. Every phone and lock and guard and drug . . . Everything conspires to make you completely alone and terrified. Malleable. These are the conditions of torture”..

    As in the HIGHLANDER STATEMENT of 2000, we call on all people to “act individually and collectively to ensure that self-determination, respect, ethical behavior, and humane voluntary supports and services become the foundation of a reinvented mental health system. This system must first and foremost do no harm”.

    We invite you, we implore you, to meet with us and work with us towards a humane environment and to establish alternatives to the atrocities of confinement, drugs, electroshock treatment, restraint, and seclusion. We let our light shine in remembrance of the victims of the mental illness system – for people who have suffered because of fear and ignorance – for people who have been traumatized – for people who have been disabled – for people who are dead – and for people who are not really living

    We are lighting candles to celebrate Esmin Green’s life and passion as a way to spark necessary change and call for the respect of human rights in mental health. We offer the light of these candles as a sign of love for our families and friends, and our elected officials, and broader communities who often trapped in circumstance and by the psychiatric system cannot understand us as we struggle to communicate.

    All people committed to human rights, join us.

    We invite all people to join us during this 24-hour period and stand united in support of the demand that everyone receive the full benefit of their human rights and the preservation of their liberty, dignity, and respect. There are vigils happening all over the world for Ms. Green to stand in solidarity with New Yorkers.

    If you can attend the vigil or not, call Governor Patterson (518) 474-8390, Mayor Bloomberg, (212) NEW-YORK, and your elected Representatives to express your outrage about Ms. Green’s murder and insist that the City of New York stand in full compliance with International law and Human Rights.

    If you would like to co-sponsor or endorse this demonstration, vigil, and its follow up forums, please contact us.

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Ohio Edu-Budget 2013: Low-Income Students Everywhere in Ohio Now Eligible for Private School Vouchers

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Ohio’s new state budget, signed by Governor John Kasich last week, makes a number of changes that affect K-12 education. In a series of posts, we’ll be analyzing those changes and what they mean. Today, we look at school vouchers.

Under Ohio’s new state budget, students from low-income families are eligible for vouchers — even if their local schools are high-performing.

That’s a significant expansion of Ohio’s existing voucher programs.

Vouchers are publicly funded tuition subsidies for students attending private schools.

Until now, only students who attended low-performing schools or the Cleveland schools or who had disabilities were eligible for vouchers.

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Those students are all still eligible for vouchers. But now low-income students across the state are too.

The low-income voucher program starts with kindergarteners this fall and adds an additional grade each year.

More Voucher Changes
The state budget also:

  • Increases the maximum value of vouchers for Cleveland high school students to $5,700; elsewhere in Ohio, high school vouchers remain capped at $5,000 each.
  • Broadens the definition of “low-performing” schools for the purpose of the voucher program. Until now, students were eligible for vouchers if their school was rated the equivalent of D or F for two of the last three years or ranked in the lowest 10 percent of schools based on student test scores two of the past three school years. The budget says if a school gets a D or F on the part of its state report card that measures how well they teach students to read, then students at that school are also eligible for vouchers.
  • Delays a scheduled evaluation of the state’s voucher program for students with disabilities; and
  • Requires private schools where at least 65 percent of students receive vouchers to administer state tests to all students unless their parents opt them out. Current law says only the students who receive vouchers must be tested. (Traditional public schools and charter schools receive report cards based largely on those test results. Private schools do not.)

The change makes Ohio one of the three states that make students eligible for vouchers based on their families’ income, according to the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice.

And even as other states expand vouchers and charter schools, this voucher expansion means  Ohio maintains its position as a “school choice” leader, School Choice Ohio legislative director Jason Warner said.

Warner said he was unaware of another state with as many voucher programs.

“It certainly makes us unique,” he said.

How It Works

Ohio’s existing voucher programs for students attending low-performing schools and students with disabilities aren’t going anywhere. Those vouchers are still available to students in any grade.

The budget just creates another way for students to qualify for vouchers under Ohio’s EdChoice voucher program.

Here’s how the expanded EdChoice voucher program compares to the existing EdChoice Voucher program:

EdChoice Voucher Expansion to Low-Income Families Existing EdChoice
Only kindergarteners are eligible for 2013-14. Kindergarteners and first graders are eligible in 2014-15. Students in all grades are eligible.
Only students whose families make less than 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines are eligible. That’s less than $46,100 for a family of four. No income requirements.
Worth up to $4,250 for grades K-8. Same.
About 2,000 low-income vouchers available for 2013-14. About 4,000 available for 2014-15. Limited to 60,000 statewide.
Funded from state lottery profits. Paid for by deducting state funding from student’s local school district.

Thousands of Calls

School Choice Ohio’s Jason Warner said his group fielded thousands of phone calls from interested parents after Gov. John Kasich proposed expanding Ohio’s voucher program to include low-income students throughout the state in January as part of the state budget.

A similar proposal for income-based vouchers was introduced in 2011 as a stand-alone bill but failed in face of opposition from public school leaders. That time, more than 400 school boards passed resolutions condemning the voucher expansion.

Public school leaders opposed the voucher expansion this time around too, but didn’t get much traction in the House or the Senate, said Barbara Shaner of the Ohio Association of School Business Officials.

Shaner said vouchers were promoted as a way to give students in low-performing schools another option. She said this new voucher program goes far beyond that.

“It moves the whole philosophy about vouchers into a different world. You could have a really high-performing school district and the students that live there could qualify for a voucher,” she said.

  • Legislative Thiefs

    Insane! School could be great but parents still get the cash for private school. This will make parents even harder to deal with as they threaten school districts with pulling kids out unless demands met. Vouchers for poor performing schools and low income fine, but this is a whole new mess coming. All to hep pay there buddies private school venture. Not about kids since no accountability for those schools with state testing. Pure rubbish!

    • Beth

      My parents PAID for private school for my sister and I while ALSO paying taxes to a public school we did not attend. Our schools state tested each year.
      Paying twice for school so your child can attend the school of your choice: PURE RUBBISH!

      • lisa

        i agree, i pay high taxes to the new schools build in my city. income tax and property towards it. if public school parents dont feel this law is just , they should petition that private school residence are not to be taxed for public school taxation. but we know that wont happen. they dont want there taxes going up more…

  • Trent Humphries

    The big story here – the one that I would love for journalists to examine – was briefly touched on in this article.

    HB 136 was the ‘similar’ voucher bill that was introduced last year. It failed not just because education advocates spoke up against it, but also because a number of parents and community leaders pointed out a number of glaring issues with the legislation that run counter-intuitive to good governance. (One of the largest problems — a striking lack of oversight for tax dollars and academic results.) Republicans and Democrats voted this legislation down.

    But here’s the real story. HB 136 failed on its own, but passed when its primary components were reintroduced in the massive, 5,000+ page budget bill.

    Article II, Section 15(D) of the Ohio Constitution reads: “No bill shall contain more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title.” The founding fathers of our state recognized the need for transparency. This constitutional law is so clear that my children can understand what it means. Why, then, are our Ohio state leaders “log rolling” countless new policy changes, laws and mandates into each new budget bill?

    Help me out with this, State Impact and fellow voters.

    • Linda Cullison

      There is one main ingredient that made America great–its public education! Giving vouchers to kids to “escape” bad schools is one thing. Giving vouchers to kids to escape high performing public schools is the most stupid thing I have ever heard of!!

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This tutorial informs about how to use Get Hot New Stuff collaborative data sharing features in your KDE application. Complementary to this tutorial, there is a porting guide for KDE 3 developers and another tutorial in SVN. The KNS2-enabled application list is also a good reference to find similar applications.

First some basic terminology just to get us all on the same page. KHotNewStuff2 is the new library that implements the GHNS specification for downloading and uploading user data. It will also support DXS (Desktop Exchange Service)

Use it in your application

There are a many good examples for how to use khotnewstuff2 in the KDE-Edu module. Look at their source code for examples if needed, but it's basically a 2-part process to get download into your app.

First write a .knsrc file.

A .knsrc file is just a file telling the library which options to use for a given application. It also lists where providers can be found, where uploads should be sent, etc. Anyway, the format of the file is an ini file with one group: [KNewStuff2] ProvidersUrl= InstallationCommand= Uncompress=

NOTE: InstallationCommand is optional, and if included will be invoked after each item is downloaded.
NOTE: Uncompress is optional, and if included will try to uncompress all downloads into the target folder according to the mime-type of the file.
  • Uncompress possible values as of r794016 are
  • "always" - always attempt to uncompress (old values of "true" are seen as "always"
  • "archive" - uncompress if it's an archive but copy otherwise
  • "never" - (default) never attempt to uncompress

One of the following is required to tell where downloads should go:

TargetDir= InstallPath= StandardResource= AbsoluteInstallPath=

  • TargetDir installs to KStandardDirs::locateLocal("data") + TargetDir + "/"
  • StandardResource installs to KStandardDirs::locateLocal(StandardResource)
  • InstallPath installs to QDir::home().path() + "/" + InstallPath
  • AbsoluteInstallPath installs to AbsoluteInstallPath + "/"
NOTE: AbsoluteInstallPath is not portable (/boot/grub is probably not a valid path except on linux), so should not be used in anything that is meant to run on all our platforms.
And the following values are currently read, though not used yet:

CustomName= CachePolicy= ChecksumPolicy= SignaturePolicy= Scope=

install the file using CMake install macro like this

install( FILES yourdata.knsrc DESTINATION ${CONFIG_INSTALL_DIR} )

at this point, you can test your knsrc file with khotnewstuff4 like so:

khotnewstuff4 yourdata.knsrc

it should show you a download dialog of the data available on your provider(s).

Make your application launch the KNS ui with your knsrc file.

There are many examples of using KNS in code, kde-edu apps, kdegames apps, plasma, some kcm modules, etc. Basically there are two options at this time for invoking the download dialog.
Option 1. Use the static call. KNewStuff::Engine has a static method

static KNS::Entry::List download();

if you use this method, your knsrc file must have the same name as your KGlobal::activeComponent().componentName(), it will create an Engine object, initialize it with the knsrc file, and call downloadDialogModal, then before returning it will copy the list of modified (installed, uninstalled, etc.) entries. Use is like this:

   KNS::Entry::List entries = KNS::Engine::download();
   // list of changed entries
   foreach(KNS::Entry* entry, entries) {
       // care only about installed ones
       if (entry->status() == KNS::Entry::Installed) {
           // do something with the installed entries

Taken from kdeedu/parley/src/parleydocument.cpp
NOTE: Since the Ently::List is a copy of entries from the engine that has now been deleted, you are responsible for cleanup of the allocated Entry(s).

Option 2. Allocate your own Engine object. This method is more flexible, in that you can name your knsrc file anything you want, since you call Engine::init yourself. You also don't have to worry about deleting the EntryList that is returned, since your Engine object owns it. This method is done like so:

   KNS::Engine engine(0);
   if (engine.init("wallpaper.knsrc")) {
       KNS::Entry::List entries = engine.downloadDialogModal(this);
       if (entries.size() > 0) {

// do something with the modified entries here if you want

           // such as rescaning your data folder or whatnot

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The help system should be used as a secondary mechanism to support users’ complete and better understanding of tasks — the primary mechanism should be the user interface itself. Users consult the help system only if they can't accomplish a task with the UI.

Try to make Help unnecessary in the first place:

  • Make common tasks easy to discover and perform.
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  • Usually, the help system is activated by F1 respectively Ctrl+F1 for context sensitive information and via menu.

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The summary of user rights lets you compare the rights granted to users and groups by a specific template without opening the rights policy template properties.

Membership in the local AD RMS Template Administrators , or equivalent, is the minimum required to complete this procedure.

To view a summary of user rights for a rights policy template

  1. Open the Active Directory Rights Management Services console and expand the AD RMS cluster.

  2. In the console tree, click Rights Policy Templates .

  3. In the results pane, select the template for which you want to view rights.

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Things are pretty quiet here during the holiday season, but one small thing I have been working on recently is a set of notes on special relativity that I will be working through in a few weeks with some bright high school students here at our local math circle.  I have only two hours to spend with this group, and it is unlikely that we will reach the end of the notes (in which I derive the famous mass-energy equivalence relation E=mc^2, largely following Einstein’s original derivation as discussed in this previous blog post); instead we will probably spend a fair chunk of time on related topics which do not actually require special relativity per se, such as spacetime diagrams, the Doppler shift effect, and an analysis of my airport puzzle.  This will be my first time doing something of this sort (in which I will be spending as much time interacting directly with the students as I would lecturing);  I’m not sure exactly how it will play out, being a little outside of my usual comfort zone of undergraduate and graduate teaching, but am looking forward to finding out how it goes.   (In particular, it may end up that the discussion deviates somewhat from my prepared notes.)

The material covered in my notes is certainly not new, but I ultimately decided that it was worth putting up here in case some readers here had any corrections or other feedback to contribute (which, as always, would be greatly appreciated).

[Dec 24 and then Jan 21: notes updated, in response to comments.]


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Retro Puppy Cell Phone Holder

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A retro motif for modern technology, this entirely charming must-have accessory combines swinging 60's charm with contemporary design -- and a playful puppy silhouette!

  • Foam-core sleeve holds most cell phones
  • Velcro closure
  • D-ring attached at back for attaching to key ring, chain, or lanyard
  • 4.5" H x 3" W (11.4 x 7.6 cm)
  • Imported

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February 1, 2015 - I love this product!!!! I have ordered 3 of them. I have an "ancient" cell phone, this item is perfect! Like I said before, I love it!

January 15, 2015 - I read the previous reviews before purchasing and am very happy that I did. I got this for use with a small flip phone and it fits perfectly. I don't think any other type of phone would fit in it, it is very small. I love it, it's cute and I purchased it on sale.....even better! This would also make a great little pouch to carry your keys or doggie pick up bags while you walk your dog, just add a carabiner clip and keep your stuff ready at hand during your woofie walks.

January 5, 2015 - Really cute! It is very small. I gave one to my mom and she loves it. She has a small flip phone.

June 16, 2014 - Ok for a flip phone but not for a smart phone.

May 5, 2014 - Adorable! but should not be sold as a phone holder. I doubt that I small old flip phone would fit in it.

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