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Doubt remains for specialty crops and U.S. farm bill The U.S. Senate is expected to submit its final vote today on the long-awaited farm bill. Although the legislative chamber will most likely approve the five-year bill, uncertainty still remains for the House vote scheduled for later in the month. The most hotly contested area will be funding cuts for nutrition programs such as a food stamps, explained Dennis Nuxoll, vice president of federal government affairs for the Western Growers Association. “The House debate is going to be very contentious. There is going to be a lot of activity on the farm bill. One of the biggest questions is going to be around the nutrition program and the level of cuts. Are they too much or too little? It sounds simple but that’s the basic question,” he told www.freshfruitportal.com. If passed, the bill would cut US$24 billion from farm spending over 10 years. This would include US$4 billion from food stamp funding. Although specialty crops have not been the main focus, Nuxoll explained that there is a lot at stake for fruit and vegetable growers. “From our perspective, there are a number of programs that we’re very interested in. There’s the research and development program,” he said. “There are block grant programs, pest and disease programs, changes to the crop insurance program that make it more useful for us. There are a number of programs that help children purchase fruits and vegetables in schools. “By not passing the bill, you’re creating a lot of instability in the industry. Folks in the industry don’t know, are these research dollars and pest and disease programs going to be funded? Are they going to continue? There is uncertainty and that by itself stifles business growth.” For disease control, Noxell explained that a lack of funding could damage prevention measures. “If you think about citrus greening and the level of engagement you have to have from the state, local and federal government to slow down, prevent and perhaps turn around its spread – those are really important programs,” he said. “In a lot of states that are struggling, if you don’t have federal funds doing that, if you don’t have federal funds at the ports where you have incoming produce, that’s a really big deal. That can impact long-term viability if you start having invasive species wiping out trees.” In the scenario that the House once again fails to pass the farm bill, Noxell said the industry will fight aggressively for further program extensions. Until the vote come in mid-June, however, Noxell said no one really knows what will happen. “When you talk to the House committee folks, they are upbeat they have the votes to pass it. But there is an unease. I would characterize it as, we just don’t know,” he said.
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"Professor Li's work is yielding important information on the functioning of biomolecules and could lead to new treatments for a variety of health problems." FSU scientist's biomolecular research published in Science, Nature by Barry Ray For a scientist, having one's research published in a peer-reviewed journal signifies a high level of professional expertise and accomplishment. If that journal happens to be Science or Nature—two of the world's top scientific publications—so much the better. One Florida State University researcher has achieved a unique level of distinction: co-authoring papers for both journals—and within a week of each other. Hong Li, an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry in FSU's Institute of Molecular Biophysics, co-authored a paper with FSU postdoctoral researcher Song Xue and molecular biophysics graduate student Kate Calvin that appeared in Science on May 12. Titled "RNA Recognition and Cleavage by a Splicing Endonuclease," the paper offers new insights into the structures of "biomolecules," organic molecules such as proteins and nucleic acids that exist in living organisms. "My group applies a physical technique called X-ray crystallography to view biomolecules in three dimensions at atomic scales," Li said. "Knowing the shape and associated chemical properties of biomolecules provides the foundation for understanding how they work to sustain the life of cells." This is analogous, although at quite different scales, to dissecting the human heart in order to understand how it works and its role in blood circulation. It is still quite challenging to obtain structures of novel biomolecules, and it is even more challenging to capture the structure of "molecules in action." The second paper, "Cleavage of Pre-tRNAs by the Splicing Endonuclease Requires a Composite Active Site," was published in the May 18 issue of Nature. Li co-authored that paper with scientists from PTC Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company based in South Plainfield, N.J. Like the Science article, it discusses findings involving biomolecular structures known as "introns," which are intervening sequences found in human genes that separate the stretches of DNA that code for functional molecules such as proteins and RNA. Introns are "similar to commercials that interrupt our favorite programs," as Li describes them. "These studies enable us to learn the underlying chemical and physical principles for how molecules in cells recognize and interact with one another and how chemical reactions occur," she said. "Professor Li's work is yielding important information on the functioning of biomolecules and could lead to new treatments for a variety of health problems," said Professor Timothy Logan, the interim director of the Institute of Molecular Biophysics. "Many scientists work for their entire career without publishing in these prestigious journals. To have two papers published within a week's time by two of the world's top science journals is a remarkable achievement. It is the research of such caliber and excellence in teaching that led to Dr. Li's recent promotion to associate professor with tenure at Florida State University." Science (www.sciencemag.org), published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, is the world's leading journal of original scientific research, global news and commentary. Nature (www.nature.com), the world's foremost weekly scientific journal, was launched in 1869. FSU's Institute of Molecular Biophysics (www.sb.fsu.edu) is an interdisciplinary research unit dedicated to the application of physical and chemical principles to the investigation of biological phenomena. The seeds of the institute were sown in 1959 by a group of chemists, biologists, physicists, psychologists and other FSU scientists who foresaw the need for close-knit cooperation among traditional disciplines in the rapidly evolving research area of molecular biology. Today, the Institute of Molecular Biophysics focuses on computational biophysics and structural biology, creating an environment that fosters interdisciplinary research and training for graduate students in biology, biochemistry, molecular biophysics, mathematics and physics.
Cooperative Extension Program Welcome to the Fort Valley State University Cooperative Extension Program. Our mission is to help individuals throughout the state of Georgia improve their lives through outreach and community-based educational opportunities. This initiative gives our residents access to research-based educational resources and the information provided to specialists, county agents and program assistants. Across the state every day, county agents and program assistants bridge the gap between our clients in rural and urban areas to address the critical issues facing society. Our direct link to the people we serve means educating the public through meetings, workshops, field days, newsletters, publications, videotapes, educational materials and one-on-one contact with individuals, families and the general public. Here’s a list of the programs we offer. In Family and Consumer Sciences, extension programs are designed in: - Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, Nutrition and Food Safety - 4-H and Youth Development - Family Life - Resource Management - Clothing and Textiles In Agriculture and Natural Resources, extension programs include: - Animal Science - Plant and Soil Science Special extension programs that combine agriculture and consumer sciences: - Life on the Farm - SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program) - Mobile Information Technology Center Whether it’s helping a farmer develop a workable business plan, instilling confidence and self-esteem in a group of teens or helping a family improve its resources; our motto is “Helping people help themselves.” This isn’t just what we say; this is what we do every day. - Gail R. Adams, CEA Peach County Extension Service Fort Valley, Georgia 31030 - Sabrena Johnson, CEPA Peach County Extension Service Fort Valley, Georgia 31030 - Titus Andrews, CEA Laurens County Extension Service Dublin, Georgia 31021 - Bobby Solomon, CEA Talbot County Extension Service Talbotton, Georgia 31827 - Jerald Larson, CEA Emanuel County Extension Service Swainsboro, Georgia 30401 - Leon Porter, CEPA Houston County Extension Service Perry, Georgia 31069 - Stefan Price, CEA Bulloch County Extension Service Statesboro, Georgia 30458 - Terralon Chaney, CEA Twiggs County Extension Service Jeffersonville, Georgia 31044 - Julia Snipes, CEA Sumter County Extension Service Americus, Georgia 31709 - Millicent Price, CEA Crawford County Extension Service Roberta, Georgia 31078 - Stinson Troutman, CEA Irwin County Extension Service Ocilla, Georgia 31774 - Ricky Waters, CEPA Macon County Extension Service Oglethorpe, Georgia 31068 - Calvin Willis, CEA Lowndes County Extension Service Valdosta, Georgia 31063-0639 - Ginger Chastine, CEA Hancock County Extension Service Sparta, Georgia 31087 - Brenda Trammell, CEA Marion County Extension Service Buena Vista, Georgia 31803 - Maureen Lucas FVSU Cooperative Extension Program Assistant Program Coordinator Fort Valley, Georgia 31030 - Gail R. Adams, CEA The 4-H and Youth Development Program is specifically designed to meet the needs and challenge the strengths of Georgia’s youths. The components of this program are 4-H Sprouts (6 to 10 years old), 4-H Sprouts Graduate (11 to 14 years old), and 4-H Sprouts Post-Graduate (15 to 18 years old). These program components focus on initiating success by empowering the minds of our youths to enable a higher level of thinking through leadership development, entrepreneurship, life skills, and science-based educational activities and programs for adolescents and teenagers. - 4-H Leadership Workshops - 4-H Entrepreneurship Workshops - 4-H Life Skills Workshops - 4-H Sprouts Leadership Club Meetings - 4-H Sprouts Graduate Leadership Club Meetings - 4-H Sprouts Post-Graduate Leadership Club Meetings - 4-H Sprouts Entrepreneurship Club Meetings - 4-H Sprouts Graduate Entrepreneurship Club Meetings - 4-H Sprouts Post-Graduate Entrepreneurship Club Meetings - 4-H Sprouts Science Club Meetings - 4-H Sprouts Graduate Science Club Meetings - 4-H Sprouts Post-Graduate Science Club Meetings - 4-H Sprouts Summer Camp - 4-H Entrepreneurship Camp - 4-H Sprouts Life Skills Club Meetings - 4-H Sprouts Graduate Life Skills Club Meetings - 4-H Sprouts Post-Graduate Life Skills Club Meetings The 4-H Life Skills Program Subject Areas are: - Positive Thinking - Envisioning Success - Making Positive Choices - Strategic Planning - How to Set Goals - Becoming Self-Disciplined - Becoming Optimistic - Developing the Positive Leader in You - Developing Positive Self-Esteem - Identifying Your Values - The Benefits of Charity - Helping Yourself and Others - The Benefits of Forgiving - Caring for Yourself and Others - Respecting Yourself and Others - Controlling Your Emotions - The Benefits of Abstinence - (Being Responsible for Your Health) - Managing Stress - Managing Anger - Managing Conflicts - Managing Our Environment - Taking Initiative - Developing Potential - (Focusing on Our Similarities - Instead of Our Differences) - (Working Successfully with - Challenging Personalities) - (Communicating with Others Positively) Mr. Woodie Hughes Jr. Extension 4-H and Youth Development Specialist In this program, Fort Valley State University and the Georgia Small Ruminant Research and Extension Center work collaboratively to provide extension education, services and research support for species such as new and expanding dairy goat, meat goat and sheep enterprises. Many of these animals are of special interest to small landowners, limited-resource producers or large-scale farmers who need to diversify. - Youth livestock shows - Demonstrations and applied on-farm research opportunities - Advisory services in large and small livestock management, herd health and parasite control Contact: Dr. Will R. Getz, extension animal science specialist Dr. Seyedmehdi Mobini, extension veterinarian specialist This extension program provides information, training, and diagnostic services to assist in the technology transfer of aquaculture research information and commercial aquaculture techniques to producers, potential farmers, recreational pond owners and the general public. - Fish disease diagnosis - Aquatic weed management - Freshwater shrimp management - Water quality and fish health maintenance in aquaculture production systems Dr. Patricia Duncan, extension aquaculture specialist This extension program is designed improve the decision making skills of limited resource families through consumer education programs implemented to help those families make wise consumer clothing/textiles decisions. - Back-to-school clothing programs - Personal development workshops for individuals to help make the transition from unemployment to work - Clothing safety programs for parents, caregivers, farmers, etc. - Consumer textiles/clothing includes care, maintenance, etc. Vivian M. Fluellen, CFCS, extension clothing and textiles specialist These extension programs promote safe and healthy nutrition practices among rural poor and low-income clientele and concerned others. - EFNEP (Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program) - Food safety program and training - Nutrition program and training - Health and wellness conference Dr. Carol Ann Johnson, interim associate dean for extension This extension program strengthens family unity by helping parents and caregivers gain positive guidance and nurturing skills and techniques for developing self-reliant, caring and responsible children and adults. - “Youth Taking Charge” program and training - Parent education program and training - “Basic Skills” program - “Senior Life” Kena Torbert, extension family life specialist The Cooperative Extension Housing Program focuses on helping Georgians obtain and maintain safe, sanitary and affordable housing. Programming areas include: The Home Grown homebuyer education classes are designed to help consumers gain the knowledge they need to become successful homeowners. This includes ensuring that participants have an understanding of the home buying process, mortgages, financial management, how to prevent foreclosure and default, and knowing the professionals involved in the process. The program also includes a component on maintaining a safe, clean and healthy home environment. PASS Under One Roof The Under One Roof annual housing conference provides local government officials, public housing authority professionals, non-profit organizations and developers with the needed information to learn how to utilize various state and federal resources to make a difference in the state’s current housing conditions. Through a variety of well known speakers, exhibits and workshops, participants learn firsthand about financial and technical resources that are available to assist them. The H.E.L.P (Housing Education and Long-term Planning) workshops educate participants in the area of wills and estate planning. H.E.L.P provides training that encourages improved long-term planning choices, increased knowledge of wills and trusts and reduced occurrence of land/home loss due to estate recovery. The Securing Money Assets and Resources Through Training (SMARTT) Program is an educational program designed to meet the financial literacy needs of Georgians. The SMARTT Program offers specialized instruction to individuals on the application of money management skills and strategies. The program is designed to assist individuals establish healthy banking relationships, begin building assets and secure a better future for themselves and their families. The program curriculum includes; - Budgeting - financial decision-making, current spending patterns, developing a “realistic” budget, reasons for budgeting - Credit Repair - understanding your credit report and score, factors affecting credit score, re-establishing credit, forms of credit - Understanding loans-costs associated with loans, the interest rate affect, comparing loan offers - Debt reduction-making power payments, money actions plans, savings and investment, long and short-term goal setting Keishon Thomas, Housing Specialist This live mobile exhibition provides firsthand knowledge of farm life and how it affects each person on a daily basis. The extension program is presented throughout the state at locations such as schools, public libraries, churches, arts and crafts shows, fairgrounds and other public meeting places. The Mobile Information Technology Center helps organizations and communities meet the challenges of the information age. Housed in a 48-foot trailer, the unit is a high-tech classroom on wheels. Users gain hands-on experience with computer hardware and software systems that may be relevant to their individual or group needs. Participants also include church groups, school boards, displaced and national organizations. Terrence Wolfork, Coordinator of Information & Technology Services This extension program aids the agricultural sector through assisting small and limited-resource farmers in managing waste in an environmentally sound manner, utilizing native forages and production by-products to the greatest extent possible and providing society with sustainable waste management options. - Workshops and training in the use of native grasses - Small Farm Outreach, Training and Technical Assistance Program Dr. Mark Latimore Jr., extension plant and soil science specialist This extension program provides accessible researched and practical consumer information through direct client information exchanges, the training of trainers and professional staff development. The program continuously evaluates and monitors educational activities for resource management stakeholders and identified communities and targeted populations in Georgia and the Southeast. - Managing debt and building wealth - Practical money skills for life for youth and adults - Finding Paths to Prosperity with Individual Development - Fraud: Keep Your Resources Safe Vivian Fluellen, CFCS Interim Program Leader, Family and Consumer Sciences This program promotes activities that address issues of sustainable agriculture of current and potential importance to the region and the nation. The Southern Region SARE program works closely with agricultural professionals to ensure farms in rural urban areas are more sustainable. - Risk management success strategies for small and limited-resource farmers and ranchers - Practical tools and solutions for sustaining family farms - National conference for sustainable agriculture James Hill, Southern SARE 1890 liaison
Program evaluation (21 - 30 of 67 items) High Speed Passenger Rail: Future Development Will Depend on Addressing Financial and Other Challenges and Establishing a Clear Federal Role GAO-09-317: Published: Mar 19, 2009. Publicly Released: Mar 19, 2009. Surface Transportation: Clear Federal Role and Criteria-Based Selection Process Could Improve Three National and Regional Infrastructure Programs GAO-09-219: Published: Feb 6, 2009. Publicly Released: Feb 6, 2009. Federal-Aid Highways: Federal Requirements for Highways May Influence Funding Decisions and Create Challenges, but Benefits and Costs Are Not Tracked GAO-09-36: Published: Dec 12, 2008. Publicly Released: Dec 12, 2008. Defense Critical Infrastructure: Adherence to Guidance Would Improve DOD's Approach to Identifying and Assuring the Availability of Critical Transportation Assets GAO-08-851: Published: Aug 15, 2008. Publicly Released: Aug 15, 2008. Public Transportation: Improvements Are Needed to More Fully Assess Predicted Impacts of New Starts Projects GAO-08-844: Published: Jul 25, 2008. Publicly Released: Jul 25, 2008. Highway Public-Private Partnerships: Securing Potential Benefits and Protecting the Public Interest Could Result from More Rigorous Up-front Analysis GAO-08-1052T: Published: Jul 24, 2008. Publicly Released: Jul 24, 2008. Air Traffic Control: FAA Uses Earned Value Techniques to Help Manage Information Technology Acquisitions, but Needs to Clarify Policy and Strengthen Oversight GAO-08-756: Published: Jul 18, 2008. Publicly Released: Jul 18, 2008. Surface Transportation: Principles Can Guide Efforts to Restructure and Fund Federal Programs GAO-08-744T: Published: Jul 10, 2008. Publicly Released: Jul 10, 2008. Transportation Security: Transportation Security Administration Has Strengthened Planning to Guide Investments in Key Aviation and Surface Transportation Security Programs, but More Work Remains GAO-08-487T: Published: May 13, 2008. Publicly Released: May 13, 2008. Federal Aviation Administration: Challenges Facing the Agency in Fiscal Year 2009 and Beyond GAO-08-460T: Published: Feb 7, 2008. Publicly Released: Feb 7, 2008.
France is well-known for its famous selections of wines and cheeses, but this diverse country is also home to many beautiful indigenous flowers. Native French flowers are some of the most commonly recognized flowers across the globe and are grown in many different countries throughout the world. During their blooming seasons, French flowers add bright splashes of color throughout many different types of landscapes. The purple iris is considered the emblem of France. Iris (Iris pseudacorus) blooms in a wide array of colors, including blue, white, yellow, pink and purple. Blooming typically begins in March and often continues throughout the summer months. Two of the most common types of irises in the United States are the bearded-iris and the Siberian iris. These hardy perennials grow very easily with minimal maintenance and prefer full sun and moist, well-drained soil, according to the North Dakota University website. Iris is hardy in USDA planting zones 3 to 11. The lily family is comprised of many different varieties that come in all shapes, colors and sizes. Although blooming periods vary slightly with each species, lilies typically begin to produce flowers in the spring and continue to blossom into the early fall, according to Botany.com. Lily flowers come in a wide array of colors, including white, orange, red, yellow, pink and lavender. Known for their longevity, lilies are popular as fresh cut flowers, often living for more than a week. Hardy in USDA planting zones 3 to 8, lilies flourish in partial shade with moist, well-drained soil. The rosemary bush (Rosmarinus officinalis) is a pretty evergreen shrub. This bush can grow to a height of 6 feet and a width of 4 to 5 feet. In the late winter or early spring, flowers begin to appear in clusters of two or three. Although the most common color is a pale blue, depending on the cultivar, these tiny 1-inch flowers bloom in several other colors, including pink, dark blue and yellow, according to Floridata. The rosemary bush grows well in warm climates with mild winters. This plant requires full sunlight and prefers sandy, well-drained soil. This bush is hardy in USDA planting zones 8 to 10, with the exception of the cultivar "Arp" being hardy to zone 7. The red poppy (Papaver rhoeas), a native plant in almost all of Europe, is one of the world's most well-known wildflowers. This annual flower is often found growing quickly throughout French meadows. Red poppy blooms prolifically from early spring until the first frost, producing pretty 2- to 3-inch pure red flowers, according to the Outside Pride website. This plant does well in full sun with moist, well-drained soil. Red poppy thrives in USDA planting zones 3 to 9.
Rabbit control can be trickier than keeping other types of pest out of your garden. Rabbits commonly nest in areas that are grassy or full of thickets. They also nest closely to where they can quickly feed on flowers, vegetables and tree bark. Rabbits commonly feed during the day and through all seasons. The most common type of rabbit that eats flower gardens is the Eastern cottontail. If you're in an area where you have rabbits constantly eating your flower garden, then chances are you could also have recurring problems with deer and other wildlife, as well. Place a fence around your garden that is at least 2 feet tall. The best type of fencing to use to keep rabbits out of your flower garden is chicken wire. You can buy chicken wire fencing at your local garden store or online. Bury your fencing at least 2 inches deep into the soil so that the rabbits cannot easily burrow underneath the fence. Also, you need to make sure that the openings in your fence are not too wide for a rabbit to get through. Find solutions that have distracting aromas that are used to keep rabbits away. For example, at your local garden store you may find a spray for rabbits that contains fox urine. Another smell that will keep rabbits away is dried blood. Place small pieces of human hair around your garden to use as a deterrent. Hair is another object that has a smell which keeps rabbits away. The hair can also serve as a decent fertilizer to your soil after it breaks down. Sprinkle liquid chili spray, such as Tabasco sauce, hot pepper flakes, or vinegar near your flowers. If you have vegetables near your flower garden you can try soaking the entire vegetable in vinegar for five minutes.
"Wetland" is a term applied to many different kinds of wet areas. Some are underwater part of the year and dry the rest. Some are so acidic that only specially adapted species can survive, others are home to a much wider variety of plant life. Some are brackish, others fresh, others as salty as the sea. Each type has its own characteristics, strongly influenced by the plants that inhabit it. True bogs are strongly acid, with a pH of 5.0 or below (about as acid as sour milk), and nutrients are much less available than in normal soils. Bog soil is also low in oxygen, one reason why organic matter such as stumps are preserved rather than decaying normally. Only specially adapted plants can tolerate conditions in a bog. These include blueberries, cranberries, labrador tea, pitcher plants and, at the surface, sphagnum moss, the moss that produces peat. Few trees will grow in this type of soil, so most of these plants prefer full sun when grown in gardens. A marsh is a less extreme environment, less acid, though with a pH still well below average and with more oxygen in the soil. Often, a marsh will be a small lake edged with cattails and perennials such as yellow iris (Iris pseudacorus), red lobelia (Lobelia cardinalis), and marshmallow. There are often floating plants such as water lilies. Trees and shrubs that will grow at the edge of a pond or lake include Oregon ash, Sitka spruce, cottonwoods, willows, birches and aspens. Wet these edges may be, but the soil is also well-oxygenated because the water passes through quickly, not standing and becoming stagnant. In addition, pH levels are likely to be normal to slightly acid. Here you'll find many of the same species that grow in marshes, plus others, such as vine maple, commonly found in upland areas. Sometimes there's not much water showing, the soil is just constantly moist. These areas can be depressions in a shady forest, often colonized by ferns, or meadows of grass mixed with rushes and sedges, two kinds of plants often used as indicators of wet soil. There may also be a dense cover of shrubs such as salmonberry, red-stem dogwood and hardhack (Spiraea douglasii). In many dry areas, spring wetlands often turn into baked summer desert. Even relatively moist areas such as the Pacific Northwest, have dry summers that can force many plants to adapt to drought to survive. Camas, with beautiful blue spikes of flowers in spring, are one such plant growing throughout the west in these conditions. Even skunk cabbage, marked by huge leaves and spathe-like flowers, often has to tolerate summer dry spells.
Recycling used soda bottles into a trellis for your garden requires a little ingenuity and creativity. This eco-friendly project can add color and dimension to your outdoor space, while providing support for your climbing plants. You can paint and heat the plastic soda bottles to transform them into colorful, abstract shapes, or decorate them with beaded strands for a sparkling garden trellis. Squirt a variety of colors of acrylic paint inside each of the soda bottles. Swirl the paint around inside the bottle so that the sides are coated. Swirling the paint will give you a marble effect. The number of soda bottles that you need depends on the size and design of your garden trellis as well as how much you shrink the individual bottles. To make a 4-foot tall garden trellis with two, 2-rail side supports and two 3-foot wide top center supports, plan on using six bottles for each of the four vertical side supports, two bottles for each of the four horizontal side supports and four bottles on each of the two top connecting supports. This is a total of 40 soda bottles to make this garden trellis. Pour out any excess paint and allow the paint to dry. Puncture the center of the bottom of each soda bottle after the paint dries. Stack two sets of two concrete blocks, 3 feet apart in a well ventilated area. The blocks will support the wire horizontally as you heat the soda bottles with a heat gun. You can use any type of support; just make sure that the bottles hang freely in the center. Cut four 68-inch lengths of 18-gauge copper wire. The extra 20 inches is to bury the trellis and to bend the wire to make connections. Thread two soda bottles to the center of the wire. Place the ends of the wire on top of the concrete blocks. Heat the soda bottles with a heat gun until the plastic shrinks to form a decorative, abstract shape. Let the plastic cool, then replace the bottles with two more and repeat this step. Shrink all of your painted soda bottles. Insert the four copper wires 18-inches into the ground where you plan to place your garden trellis. Space the two side wires 1 foot apart; space the two trellis sides 3 feet apart. Thread six soda bottles over the top of each wire. If you prefer to use fewer bottles for each vertical support, you can space them by wrapping a small section of wire around the vertical support wire as a stopper. Cut four 18-inch sections of 18-gauge wire. Wrap one end of one wire around one of the vertical side support wires. Place the wire wherever you'd like a rung for your trellis. Thread on two soda bottles and wrap the open end of the wire around the vertical side support that's 1-foot away. Repeat this step once more for this side of your trellis, and twice more for the opposite side of the trellis. Cut two 54-inch sections of 18-gauge wire. Wrap one end of one wire around the top of one vertical side support. Thread four soda bottles over the wire and wrap the open end around the vertical side support that's 3-feet away. Repeat this step with the remaining 54-inch wire strip.
IN THE wake of the explosion in Texas, Gloucestershire’s Chief Fire officer Jon Hall is considering the role of the Local Resilience Forum in preparing the county should it ever face an incident on that scale. CFO Hall, who is also the UK’s lead officer for National Resilience, said: “We are all saddened as we watch events unfold in West, Texas where a fertiliser plant has exploded. “From a fire service perspective, we have incredible respect for the volunteer fire departments that look after vast areas of the USA and are keeping our fingers crossed for the initial emergency responders who are still unaccounted for as this is written.” Unfortunately, plants like the one in West Texas are known to be high risk and that’s why close working with emergency services is essential. CFO Hall said: “Ammonia Nitrate fertilisers are a well known risk in our business. The very energy within it that helps crops grow is the same energy that can sustain substantial fires and, in the right conditions, explosions. “Indeed, fertiliser bombs were a characteristic of terrorist activity throughout the 70's and 80's and are still used to create improvised devices today.” UK production and storage sites are regulated by the Health and Safety Executive and plans are in place with local emergency services for response if necessary. CFO Hall added: “Typical problems facing crews when they respond to a fertiliser fire, apart from casualty recovery and rescue, include preventing explosion by isolating bulk stocks wherever possible, managing the toxic smoke plume which can cause as much harm as the fire itself. “They also have to stop contaminated water run-off from firefighting operations entering the watercourse or domestic drinking supplies. “These are all undertaken in partnership with agencies such as the Environment Agency, Thames and Severn Trent Water. “High volume pumps and decontamination units will be called from around the country to help with operations and national plans for supporting major incidents will kick-in. “The Local Resilience Forum in Gloucestershire exists to consider precisely this type of scenario and has well-practiced plans for every element of a disaster. “Each of these plans is owned and managed by a lead agency often a local authority or emergency service. “When disaster strikes, we need confidence that the plans will be implemented and will all work together seamlessly to create an effective response.” In an event like the Texas fire, a number of things need to come into play: • Mass casualty plans affecting the ambulance service and local hospitals. Bed clearing and recall of medical staff are all included. Triage areas where casualties can be prioritised and receive initial treatment need establishing. • Communication plans - both for emergency services to talk to each other but also to ensure that we can talk direct with communities to let them know what is happening and what they should do. • Holding areas - events like this see emergency services coming from all over both the county, neighbouring areas and national teams travelling some distance to get here. They need marshalling, briefing, deploying, feeding and watering possibly for many days. • Displaced people shelters - a team of volunteers will set-up emergency rest centres which will be managed by a team of volunteers through district councils. CFO Hall concluded: “I am reassured both by the professionalism of local emergency services and also by the way all parties come together through the LRF to create a well-oiled machine that can support communities when crisis hits. “Whilst thinking of all those affected in Texas, we all hope and pray that the plans we work so hard on are not needed closer to home.”
My gr.grandmother was Mary Duchain, Duchesne,Duchesnes,was b.Feb.1852 in Canada,to Thomas Oaks Duchain ? and Mary. Her husband,Philigon Bourgor,(Bourgault?),was b.1844 in Canada. They moved to Vt. and were married 1873. It's my guess that Bourgor is americanized Bourgault, and Mary's name was also changed, no doubt. Does anyone have some possible clues or facts to help me with this puzzle? Notify Administrator about this message? \|Home \| Help \| About Us \| Site Index \| Jobs \| PRIVACY \| Affiliate\| \|© 2007 The Generations Network\|
Envista's map-based coordination uncovers potential conflicts, identifies new opportunities, improves planning and communication, and saves users significant amounts of time and money in managing activities in the public right-of-way (ROW), while reducing environmental impact. These benefits are not theoretical. Using the Envista Cost Saving Analysis (CSA) tool—the first model of its kind to quantify both the financial and environmental benefits of improved coordination—you can see the real value this powerful solution offers. The example below is based on CSA data from the Envista ecosystem surrounding the City of Baltimore, Maryland, which encompasses Baltimore Department of Public Works, Baltimore Department of Transportation, and Baltimore Department of General Services, along with area utilities including Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE), Veolia Energy (Trigen-Baltimore), and Verizon. Fewer Street Cuts - 27% reduction Detailed studies referenced in the Envista CSA model show that improved project coordination reduces street cuts, thereby extending the useful life of roadways. In the Envista model, the best documented studies are used as a baseline of how map-based coordination can reduce the number of street cuts by 27%. Longer Pavement Life - 6 years Many pavements have a useful life of nearly 20 years, but excessive street cuts shorten that significantly. Keeping street cuts to a reasonable number through effective map-based coordination among municipalities and utilities can add 6 years to the useful life of roads. Lower Paving Costs - 32% reduction Map-based coordination creates cost-saving opportunities for both municipalities and utilities. For municipalities, longer pavement life reduces total paving budgets. For utilities, cost savings can include the increased use of low-cost temporary paving patches and the decreased need for expensive curb-to-curb paving. For example, if you can identify that a street is going to be repaved in the near future, you have an opportunity to do other work under the street prior to repaving, thereby saving the cost of full pavement restoration. Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions by 1.5 Tons Over Life of Street for Each Street Cut Avoided Reducing the number of street cuts reduces the amount of paving and construction activity. The environmental impact can be measured both in the smaller amount of energy required to manufacture asphalt, as well the reduced carbon emissions expended during manufacture. The reduced carbon emissions in the Baltimore example alone can total 14,734 tons of carbon dioxide annually.
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I am Red Cavaney, President and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute (API) – the national trade association of the U.S. oil and natural gas industry, representing all sectors of the industry, including companies that make, transport, and market gasoline. API very much appreciates this opportunity to discuss the future of transportation fuels. Our industry has met the transportation needs of Americans for more than a century, and we will continue to rely on state-of-the-art technology to do so in the decades to come. Looking ahead, we believe that advances in technology, consumer preference, and the workings of the competitive market will determine the fuels of the future. We need to rely on these forces to shape our energy future and not attempt to impose fuels on the marketplace. Past efforts by government to interfere with the marketplace have only complicated and delayed solutions to energy problems, particularly in times of tight supplies and constrained operations. We should also recognize that petroleum-based fuels are likely to continue to be the dominant transportation fuels well into this century. It is critically important that government not attempt to force a transition away from these fuels until affordable, reliable substitutes are available in ample supply. At present, such a transition would involve extremely high costs and a massive commitment of resources – with no assurance of success in meeting the broad-based and growing energy needs of U.S. consumers. Hydrocarbon Fuels and Technology It may come as a surprise to some, but gasoline, diesel fuel, and other petroleum products have provided power for well over a century. Why have these hundred-year-old fuels endured for so long? There are a few basic reasons. First, hydrocarbons have been the choice of consumers worldwide, because they contain more than twice the energy per gallon as many other energy sources. Thanks to advances in technology and market forces, our hydrocarbon-based economy is getting more and more energy efficient. In 1970, the United States used about 1.4 barrels of oil for each thousand dollars of real GDP. By 2000, that had fallen almost in half to about seven-tenths of a barrel of oil for each thousand dollars of GDP. And, by 2025, the U.S. Energy Information Administration projects our nation will consume only about one-half a barrel of oil for each thousand dollars of GDP. An additional reason why hydrocarbon fuels have endured so long is that technology has reduced dramatically the environmental impact of their use, enabling the production of cleaner, more efficient and environmentally responsible fuels. Seventy million more drivers – 70 percent more -- are on the road today in the U.S. than there were 30 years ago, driving 143 percent more miles. However, despite this enormous increase in drivers and miles, vehicle emissions are down 41 percent. Gasoline improvements have helped bring about this sharp decline in auto emissions. A major contributor was the phase-out of leaded gasoline, completed in the 1980s, which cut lead emissions by 98 percent. Further, the introduction of reformulated gasoline has led to significant reductions in ozone precursors and toxics emissions. In addition, the average sulfur content in gasoline has been reduced by more than 90 percent to less than 30 parts per million. A new car today running on the new low-sulfur gasoline and equipped with the most advanced emissions reduction technology has 97 percent less emissions than had a new vehicle in 1970. It takes 33 vehicles running on low-sulfur gasoline today to equal the pollution emissions of just a single 1970 vehicle. API and the industry worked with biofuels manufacturers during this year’s debate in Congress on the energy bill recently signed by the President. We recognized and agreed to a significant role for biofuels in the transportation fuels market. While there was debate about the extent of the role of biofuels, such as ethanol, at the end of the day, we agreed to support a significant role for these fuels. We assume that continued advances in technology and growing consumer acceptance will reduce the costs of producing biofuels, make them more competitive with conventional fuels, and reduce the need for government subsidies. U.S. refiners are working hard to keep up with the steadily growing fuel needs of U.S. consumers. Technological advancements have helped refineries produce more from existing facilities than they did in the past. Even though a new U.S. refinery has not been built from the ground up in 30 years, existing refineries are continually being upgraded and reworked to improve efficiency and output. U.S. refinery capacity has expanded from 14.7 million barrels per day in 1994 to 17.1 million barrels a day today, or 2.4 million barrels a day. This expansion is the equivalent of about 12 new 200,000 barrels a day capacity refineries. Based on publicly available data on announced refinery capacity expansion plans, at least 1 million barrels per day of additional refinery capacity projects are either planned or under strong consideration for the four years 2005 to 2009. Lessons of History If history has taught us anything, it is that markets work, and free markets – including the free flow of oil, products and technology with legal protections -- work best. When governments have allowed markets to function unhindered, the laws of supply and demand have ensured that supply meets demand at affordable prices over the longer term. Moreover, free markets spur competition – and competition advances technology to the benefit of consumers and society as a whole. However, when government has interfered with markets, the result has been price volatility, supply shortages, and other disruptions. In the early 1970s, many U.S. energy policymakers were “sure” that the reserves of oil and natural gas would soon be exhausted, and government policy was explicitly aimed at “guiding” the market in a smooth transition away from these fuels to new, more sustainable alternatives. Price controls, allocation schemes, limitations on natural gas, massive subsidies to synthetic fuels, and other measures were funded heavily and implemented. Unfortunately, the key premises on which these programs were based, namely that oil and natural gas were nearing exhaustion, and that government “guidance” was desirable to safely transition to new energy sources, are now recognized as having been clearly wrong -- and to have resulted in enormously expensive mistakes. For example, Congress created the Synthetic Fuels Corporation in 1980, but, in 1986, it was terminated by legislation signed by President Reagan. In less than six years, billions of dollars had been spent, plants constructed, and, in some cases, fuel produced. But the effort was judged a failure due to noncompetitive economics, project inefficiencies, and delays. Understanding Energy Realities We need to understand the energy realities our world faces. Given the current and projected worldwide demand, we need all sources of energy. We do not have the luxury of limiting ourselves to a few sources to the exclusion of others. Nor can we afford to write off our leading source of energy before we have found cost-competitive and readily available alternatives. There is a misperception by some about the time and costs involved in any transition to the next generation of fuels. Consider what would be involved in replacing the dominant role of oil with a substitute like hydrogen or solar power. Most experts agree that such a transition will require dramatic advances in technology and massive capital investments – and take several decades to accomplish, if at all. Despite the energy realities we face, we still frequently hear that we are “running out of oil” and that we must find other sources for the transportation fuels of the future. Nothing could be more at odds with reality. The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects conventional oil alone is sufficient to supply increasing quantities to consumers each year through 2044. Conventional oil is recoverable oil using today’s technology and does not include vast unconventional supplies, such as tar sands and oil shale. Moreover, energy analyst Daniel Yergin and his Cambridge Energy Research Associates recently completed a field-by-field global analysis that forecasts a 20 percent oil production capacity increase between 2004 and 2010, based on projects already planned. It is interesting to note that forecasts about “running out of oil” have been made many times over the years -- but have been consistently wrong. Back in 1874, the chief geologist of Pennsylvania predicted we would run out of oil in four years – just using it for kerosene. Thirty years ago, groups, such as the Club of Rome, predicted an end of oil well before the current day. These forecasts were wrong because, nearly every year, industry has found more oil than used, resulting in reserves that have continued to grow. The key factor here is technology. Advances in exploration and production technology have enabled our industry to find and develop oil and gas reserves that would have been far beyond our reach several decades ago. We can now find more and produce more – and we can increase the yield of our existing reserves. These changes have been dramatic. Thirty years ago, “deepwater” operations meant those in 500 feet – today it can mean 10,000 feet. 3D seismic technology was still on the drawing board in the 1970s. Today, it is used widely in offshore operations, enabling drillers to better “see” underground oil and natural gas deposits, greatly improving their ability to develop these deposits. Primarily due to these advances, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in its 2000 World Petroleum Assessment, increased by 20 percent its estimate of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil. USGS estimates there are 649 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil outside the U.S. But, importantly, USGS also estimates that there will be an additional 612 billion barrels from “reserve growth” – nearly equaling the undiscovered resources. Looking into the distant future, the Age of Oil will end when technology finds a more cost-competitive, more desirable fuel. We can only speculate as to when and how that day will come about. For example, there is an even bigger hydrocarbon resource that can be developed to provide nearly endless amounts of energy – methane hydrates – methane frozen in ice crystals. The deposits of methane hydrates are so vast that when we develop the technology to bring them to market, we will have clean-burning energy for over a thousand years. It is just one of the exciting scenarios we may see in the far-off future. But, we won’t be getting there anytime soon, and, until we do, oil and natural gas will likely remain our leading energy sources. The United States – and the world - cannot afford to leave the Age of Oil before realistic alternatives are fully in place. It is important to remember that man left the Stone Age not because he ran out of stones. And, we will not leave the Age of Oil because we ran out of oil. Yes, someday oil will be replaced, but clearly not until alternatives are found -- alternatives that are proven more reliable, more versatile, and more cost-competitive than oil. We must rely on the energy marketplace to determine what the most efficient alternatives will be, and technology will be a key determinant in that regard. Fueling Automobiles of the Future We expect that the dominant transportation fuels will remain gasoline and diesel for at least two or three decades – the minimum amount of time required to fully retire any existing and still growing fleet of automobiles and trucks powered by these fuels and to deploy any replacement fuel source throughout the U.S. We cannot afford to prematurely retire these century-old champions, without full and complete assurances that worthy successors are in place. In considering our future energy needs, we need to understand that gasoline-powered automobiles have been the dominant mode of transport for the past century – and the overwhelming preference of hundreds of millions of people throughout the world. Regardless of fuel, the automobile – likely to be configured far differently from today – will remain the consumer’s choice for personal transport for decades to come. The freedom of mobility and the independence it affords consumers is highly valued. Rather than being phased out, gasoline and diesel are likely to be the leading fuels well into the future – thanks to such advances in technology as advanced internal combustion engines (ICEs) and rapidly evolving “hybrid” vehicles. Those who write off gasoline and diesel fuels fail to recognize how advanced technology is providing new and more efficient ways of using these hundred-year-old products. For example, significant improvements in internal combustion engine technology have been made, and advancements will continue to provide higher mileage efficiency and lower emissions. Enhanced vehicle emission control technologies, made possible by the introduction of low-sulfur fuels, will be an important component of future conventional systems. Another advancing technology is the hybrid vehicle – powered partly by gasoline and partly by electricity. Hybrids are already moving aggressively into the market; their rate of growth will depend in large part on their price and performance. Even though hybrids still face technological challenges, such as battery size and life, there is a high probability of hybrids being a significant, though possibly not dominant, part of the U.S. vehicle population in the not too distant future. Additionally, low-sulfur, modern day diesel engines, utilized in hybrid configurations, may hold even greater promise. Hybrids already provide significant reductions in energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. Commercially available, they use the existing fuel infrastructure. Depending upon the hybrid technology and consumer driving patterns, efficiencies are up to about 1.5 times that of today’s conventional internal combustion engine vehicles. From the standpoint of total useful lifecycle, hybrids are currently the most efficient and among the cleanest commercially available technologies. Moreover, additional cost reductions should make hybrids increasingly competitive. In addition to hybrids and advanced ICEs, oil companies - working alone or with automakers - have invested millions of dollars researching new fuel cell technologies. Some energy companies have also partnered with the federal government through the Department of Energy’s FreedomCAR & Fuel Partnership, a public/private effort to examine the pre-competitive research required to develop technologies for a full range of affordable vehicles and the fueling infrastructure to support them. These technologies hold the potential for up to double the fuel efficiency of current gasoline-powered autos. Fuel cell vehicles have essentially zero tailpipe emissions. However, maintaining a national fleet of such vehicles would face significant technical, economic, primary energy source availability, and infrastructure challenges. Present fuel cell costs are at least 10 times greater than for internal combustion engines, based on current fuel cell technology being produced on a large, commercial scale. Long-term fuel cell durability must be improved and demonstrated. Safe, efficient, and cost-effective hydrogen storage solutions are needed to make possible acceptable driving ranges. The current delivered cost of hydrogen fuel to transportation markets is substantially greater than the energy provided by units of gasoline or diesel. And, making hydrogen widely available will require extremely large infrastructure investments. Even hydrogen made from gasoline using an on-board reformer, which would take advantage of the existing refueling infrastructure, faces many challenges. Nonetheless, all options should be thoroughly evaluated, and it is premature to exclude any option at this point. Our industry takes a balanced view of hydrogen. Like electricity, hydrogen is an energy carrier, not an energy source. To succeed in the market, it must be produced in large volumes at reasonable cost. But, without major breakthroughs, most hydrogen must come from natural gas, which – from the energy security standpoint – is in limited domestic supply. Present circumstances notwithstanding, to provide large amounts of hydrogen, U.S. producers will need to have access to the potentially large natural gas reserves on non-park, government lands in Alaska and the lower-48 states. We believe consumer preference should and will play the key role in the choice of these new competing vehicle technologies. That preference will be based, in large part, on fuel supply availability, cost affordability, consumer acceptance and environmental compatibility. We strongly believe that the private sector should continue to play a major role in applied research and that both the government and the private sector should be involved in basic theoretical research. The automobile and oil industries have made tremendous progress over the years, introducing a range of new products and technologies to improve emissions, fuel economy, and performance. We fully expect this trend to continue, both with respect to improvements to today’s technologies and to the introduction of advanced vehicle technologies. Moreover, whatever role government plays on advanced vehicle and fuel technologies, including fuel cell development, it should be a broad one. Government should not pick winners and losers. It should not focus prematurely on just one approach which may not prove effective, while discouraging others that may ultimately have more potential in the long-term. While technological change can be encouraged by both public and private industry policies, it must not be forced by government mandates. We can learn from the experience in California several years ago where electric vehicles were mandated by the state government. They were not accepted by the driving public for a variety of reasons and, ultimately, the mandate failed and was withdrawn. Consumers’ acceptance is the key to the success of any vehicular system, and industry competition for their dollars is the fastest means of bringing forward the next generation of transportation options. Societal goals are best attained by setting performance standards. Government mandates, subsidies, preferential taxation, and the premature official selection of one technology over another cannot produce advances as swiftly, or as effectively, as market competition. The intensive use of the latest, most advanced technology to provide transportation fuels has made the century-old oil and natural gas industry an innovative, visionary, and highly effective new industry. Our industry has been producing, and intends to continue producing, both the fuels and feedstocks that make life simpler and safer, more comfortable and more convenient for society. The reality is that gasoline, the time-tested champion fuel of motor vehicle transportation, is likely to remain the dominant fuel for many years to come. Its composition may change and its uses may be shaped by evolving technology, but gasoline, in fact, will be the fuel of the future – at least for the near-term. In view of its history of reliability and environmental progress, gasoline’s continued dominant role should be a reassuring prospect for U.S. consumers.
One of the things I hate whenever a tragedy happens (and I don't need to specifically name the tragedy here, because a) you all know which one I'm talking about; and b) it's going to happen again at some indeterminate point in the future, so this is a multi-use blog post, like a greeting card that says "I'm Thinking About You") is the refrain of "don't politicize it!" Because the only thing that makes survivors feel better about the senseless pain they are going through is if people they will never meet tiptoe around and never try to change the parameters in order to help prevent someone else from undergoing senseless pain. I would agree with not politicizing tragic events if you're directly related to the event in question. If you're actually living in Newtown, you probably shouldn't be railing about gun control today. If you're taking a casserole to a grieving mother, it's best not to drop in a note saying "by the way, what's your opinion on mandatory commitment for the mentally ill?" If you do those things, you are a stone cold asshole. But if you're on the outside? Yeah, no. It's okay for you to politicize events, and in fact it's your DUTY as an observer to politicize events. So, here's the particular political axes I've come to grind: 1) Guns. We've had 223 years with free and open gun laws, and we've proven time and again that we can't be trusted with them. So it's time for those laws to be changed. Suckers act like the Constitution hasn't been amended multiple times. We change that thing all the time, whenever we decide that it's wrong to own other people or feel like nobody should have a drink or when we want to drink after all. The original ten amendments aren't unbreakable; in fact, we routinely break most of them all the time! Not that that's a good thing, after all. But it is curious that the same people who talk about the Second Amendment as a sacred right often don't have a thing to say about grand juries or military tribunals or capital punishment. Either that, or people just get bored around the Sixth Amendment or so and stop reading. "But most gun owners don't commit crimes!" Yeah, and most people who drive drunk get home just fine. Running with scissors is a fun pastime that only very rarely puts out someone's eye. We make laws to protect us from the exceptions, not the rule. If most gun owners wanted to shoot people, the rivers of western Pennsylvania would run red with blood. Unfortunately, sometimes it is necessary to remove a freedom from law-abiding people when the public well-being demands it, and in this case, I believe it has. And that Constitutional amendment you're all so hot for? Includes the word "well-regulated." Nothing well-regulated about buying a Glock with no waiting period at a convention from a guy with swastikas tattooed on his cheeks. It's time to beat our guns into plowshares, or maybe small replica guns that we can use as paperweights. 2) Involuntary Treatment of the Mentally Ill. I knew -- knew -- that it wouldn't take more than a few hours for people on my Facebook feed to start posting links to editorials about how mentally ill people are more likely to be victims than perpetrators of crime, and "we can't know whether Adam Lanza was mentally ill or not" (because killing 25+ people isn't enough evidence to support it, ~skepticism!~). I am glad to say that my predictions did not disappoint. Look, I have "issues" too, but I also believe that people are smart enough to differentiate a person with garden variety depression or anxiety from someone with a serious thought disorder or antisocial personality disorder (i.e. sociopathy, not introversion). Mental illness is a very, very wide spectrum/constellation and pointing out that Lanza or James Holmes or Jared Loughner are or were probably crazy doesn't reflect at all on my feelings about the rest of the 20% (this is probably a conservative estimate) of human beings with a mental illness. And yeah, I agree with forced treatment, although before we can even start talking about that we need to have a system in place. There aren't enough resources even for the people who want and can afford to get treatment. But when that system is in place? Then we need to start identifying people with serious mental illness, and implementing medical treatments, both for their good and for the good of others. What causes more stigma, forced treatment or a mentally ill person shooting up a school? I believe in forcing vaccinations, too. This is no different, it's only different because people choose not to see mental illness as a physical, medical problem. And that's something I think current stigma-fighting rhetoric actually contributes to, not helps (but that's a post for another time). In closing, The Onion says it best, as it often does.
Doug's (And Everyone Else's ) Focaccia What Goes In It: 1 package of fast-rising dry yeast 1 cup of warm (not too hot!!!) water 1 T. sugar 2-3 T. good olive oil 1/4 cup of vegetable oil 1/2 t. of salt (kosher is best) 2 and 3/4 cups of flour (unbleached is best) 4-5 cloves of garlic, crushed olive oil for topping (to taste) 1 T. rosemary (whole or crushed in a mortar)for topping 1 T. or so of kosher salt for topping sliced olives for topping What to do: Dissolve the yeast in warm water Wait a couple of minutes, then add the sugar, olive oil, vegetable oil, and salt. Wait a couple of minutes, then mix in the flour. Use a fork to incorporate it. You can do this in a glass mixing bowl or a wooden mixing bowl. I use both. Or if you have a Kitchen Aid mixer, use it. Knead until the mixture is smooth Let the dough rise twice in the bowl. Punch it down each time. Get two baking sheets or big glass pans. Oil with olive oil. Split up the dough and press the dough to the edges. Let it rise again. Brush the top with a mixture of crushed garlic and olive oil. Sprinke with crushed or whole rosemary and slice olives Bake at about 375 degrees for 30 minutes or so, depending on your oven You can mix sliced green and/or black olives (no pits) into the bread while kneading it, for a real treat. Other Search Engines? Elsewhere in the History Department's Home Page? Top of the page Department of History's Home Page College of Arts and Sciences Home Page Return to the ETSU Home Page Last updated: The Ides of March, 2001
The rate of cervical cancer varies among different geographical areas in Southeast England according to a new study published today in the open access journal BMC Public Health. The study shows that the occurrence of cervical cancer is increased in more deprived areas. Dr Laura Currin and her colleagues at the Thames Cancer Registry of King's College London analyzed data on 2,231 cases of cervical cancer diagnosed between 2001 and 2005 in London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex. "Our goal was to examine cervical cancer occurrences in different areas, to investigate a potential link of cervical cancer to smoking prevalence, teen conception rates and cancer screening and establish if social deprivation remains a factor influencing disease burden. Understanding the factors contributing to an increased incidence will allow future intervention programmes to more effectively target those who carry an increased risk for the disease", Dr Currin says. The research showed that the incidence rate of cervical cancer varied among the geographical areas of Southeast England – with some areas having rates that were three times higher than neighbouring areas. The highest rates occurred within London. Higher rates of the disease were found in areas characterised by high deprivation, smoking prevalence, and teenage conception rates. This work suggests that to minimise inequality in cervical cancer, public health interventions must target deprived areas. Within those areas there is likely to be further benefit in targeting women identified to have elevated risk. Dr Currin states "The areas of high and low incidence are geographically close, and rates varied dramatically within a region. Knowledge of local hot spots, along with an awareness that some groups of patients are more likely to develop this disease, may help health professionals improve prevention efforts to reduce the excess morbidity and mortality of cervical cancer." Notes to Editors 1. Inequalities in the incidence of cervical cancer in South East England 2001-2005: an investigation of population risk factors Laura G Currin, Ruth H Jack, Karen M Linklater, Vivian Mak, Henrik Moller and Elizabeth A Davies BMC Public Health (in press) During embargo, article available here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/imedia/1819863357204388_article.pdf?random=740802 After the embargo, article available at journal website: http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcpublichealth/ Please name the journal in any story you write. If you are writing for the web, please link to the article. All articles are available free of charge, according to BioMed Central's open access policy. Article citation and URL available on request at email@example.com on the day of publication 2. There are well over 2,000 new cases of cervical cancer diagnosed each year in the UK (2006 Figures - 2,321 in UK and 398 in South East England) 3. The Thames Cancer Registry at King's College London is one of 12 population-based cancer registries in the UK. Cancer registries have responsibility for collecting data on the numbers of new cases in their resident populations and for reporting figures on the incidence, mortality and survival for different cancers. Data on new cases is received from hospitals and information on deaths is received from the Office for National Statistics via the NHS Central Register. The Thames Cancer Registry is the largest registry in the UK and covers the 12 million population living in London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex 4. Also available for comment is Dr Kathie Binysh, Director of Quality Assurance, London Cancer Screening Programmes on +44 (0) 7957208509 / firstname.lastname@example.org) or Dr Linda Garvican of the Sussex Cancer Network on email@example.com. In addition, Professor Julietta Patnick, Director of the NHS Cancer Screening Programmes, has prepared a statement in response to this research, "We are currently working hard to reach all women across the country, including those from more deprived areas, with the message that cervical screening saves lives. We want to help women who are eligible for screening to make informed choices and provide them with the reassurance they need to make the right decisions for themselves." To contact the NHS Cancer Screening Programmes email Press.firstname.lastname@example.org or phone +44 (0)20 7400 4499. 5. BMC Public Health is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of epidemiology and public health medicine. BMC Public Health (ISSN 1471-2458) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Thomson Scientific (ISI) and Google Scholar. 6. 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Imagine energy without fuel - wind energy, a free fuel that tackles oil price rises EWEA, the European Wind Energy Association, published an opinion piece and advert promoting the benefits of wind energy to directly tackle oil price rises. The full page advert “Imagine energy without fuel” - published by the industry group in Brussels' main newspaper - illustrates that wind power is one of Europe’s largest indigenous energy resources and it is still largely unexploited. Wind energy is a significant resource; it is safe, clean, and abundant. Unlike conventional fuels, wind energy is an indigenous supply permanently available in virtually every nation in the world, delivering energy security benefits of eliminating fuel costs and long term fuel price risk, and avoiding the economic, political and supply risks of dependence on imports from other countries. Wind power has no resource constraints; the fuel is free and endless. “As oil prices continue to spiral upwards, the era of cheap fossil fuels is coming to an end. The era of free fuel - which is what wind energy delivers - is coming into its own”, said EWEA CEO Corin Millais. “With the world talking about how expensive fuel is, the merits of a technology providing a free fuel supply are indisputable. In the context of rising oil prices, a reappraisal of the economic value of wind energy is overdue”. The price of oil has more than tripled since 2001 and in the summer 2005 reached an all-time high of almost $70. The last 3 global recessions were caused by global price rises. Before the oil prices rises, the European Commission’s Green Paper on the Security of Energy Supply concluded that European energy imports will rise from 50% to 70% by 2030. The baseline EU energy scenario projects that by 2030, oil imports will rise from 76% to 88%, gas imports from 50% to 81%. At the same time, the total new power generation required in the EU by 2030 is estimated to be 761GW. 80% of the incremental energy consumption is expected to come from gas. The European Commission reacted to the surge in oil prices by launching a five point plan which advocated a stronger role for renewable energy: “the second main response to oil prices in the medium and long term is to switch to using alternative energy sources and to increase reliance on other forms of energy. Specific attention needs to be given in this respect to renewable and clean forms of energy”. EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs commented that “Europe leads the world in providing an intelligent, coherent and environmentally sound response to this challenge… we need to redouble our efforts.” Gas is what links a wind farm to a barrel of oil. Any increase in oil price has a significant effect on energy prices and in particular on those of gas and electricity. Gas prices largely follow those of oil. As some 30% of EU electricity generated by fossil fuels comes from natural gas, this has a direct effect on electricity prices. Power prices have already risen in many European countries.
Louth is a small service town (Pub, fuel and general store) on the Darling River about 100km downstream from Bourke and 100km upstream from Tilpa Normally a quiet and sleepy settlement, once a year it is the scene for an classic annual country race meeting in August each Year and attracts travellers form far and wide to the 7 race event. The town of Louth was created when T.A Mathews established a Hotel to service the river trade and the Cobb & Co coaches that used it as a stop over. Nearby, the historic Dunlop station was the first sheep station in the world to use mechanical shears Louth is ideally located for access to the Darling River Run and affords a choice of eastern or western route along the Darling River downstream to Tilpa as well as the upstream section to Bourke and beyond 'Back o Bourke Louth also is the site of an amazing and emotive structure known as ‘The Celtic Cross’, a polished granite 24 feet high cross that dominates the cemetery on the hill overlooking the town. The cross was construct by the founder of Louth, Thomas Matthews, erected the monument as a perpetual memorial to wife, Mary Mathews, who died in 1866. The cross would be significant anywhere and is even more so here as it reflects the setting sunlight to the space where the front door of there house every year on the anniversary of her death on August 19.The monument is no only testament to the love and devotion of a husband for his wife but also the accuracy of navigation technology of the 1800’s as its alignment was reportedly aided by one of the river boat captains of the Darling River Anyone visiting Louth can observe the occurrence and the locals have thoughtfully marked the places throughout the year that the visitor can experience the 3 minute lightshow. 'a place that loved a drink, a party and a punt..' So wrote Henry Lawson about Louth. Text courtesy of Outback NSW Tourism
2012 Brazilian Grand Prix weather So it’s no surprise the early reports of wet conditions during the race have been eagerly watched from the moment the chequered flag fell in Austin, if not sooner. Much interest has been focused on a band of low pressure which is expected to move northwards from Argentina, bringing rain with it. The crucial question is how quickly it will move and when it will arrive at the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace. Early forecasts suggested it would affect both qualifying and the race. But as they draw closer updated forecasts indicate only the latter may be hit by rain. And of course that could change again within the next few days. This could be a headache for the teams and above all the title-contenders. Their set-up decisions on Saturday may be influenced by the likelihood of rain on Sunday. Although fewer changes are made to cars for wet conditions as was once the case, there are still alterations which can make a difference. As it stands, practice on Friday is likely to begin with dry, warm, sunny conditions and temperatures over 30C. That should give teams a useful opportunity to get through the extra sets of 2013-specification tyres Pirelli are bringing. Cloud will build up on Saturday, cooling temperatures slightly. But the first rainfall isn’t likely to appear until after qualifying and it may even bring some hail with it. Considerably lower temperatures of just over 20C will accompany Sunday’s forecast rain. As things stand the rain looks likely to affect the race, but the forecast could change. As usual we’ll keep a close eye on how it develops on F1 Fanatic Live and the F1 Fanatic Twitter account. On the face of it the prospect of rain will be welcome news for Fernando Alonso, as he has thrived in wet conditions this year. But extremely heavy rain could prove very bad news – as noted yesterday if the race were stopped short of 75% distance he would be unable to win the championship. For those who wish to keep a close eye on the developing forecast, this interactive satellite image via the link below gives a detailed view of the days ahead. You can see the blue band of rain passing over the region where the track is: Location of Interlagos See the location of every race on the 2012 F1 calendar here: 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix - Watching Brazil’s spellbinding F1 season finale - Ferrari accepts FIA view on Vettel dispute - FIA confirms Vettel’s pass on Vergne was legal - F1 fans’ videos from the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix - Top ten pictures from the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix Image © Red Bull/Getty images
Kristen "Kroosh" Crusius wrote a post the other day about what's going on in her "Friendiverse"... her universe of friends. Her post reminded me that I had intended to comment about Robert Scoble's videos about how social networks' "friends lists" really work. I didn't get around to writing that post because I've been incredibly busy for the last two months. I think the term "Friends", as automatically used by several social sites is an unfortunate and misleading label. This is especially true when there are no other choices. You're forced into a binary system.... Accept or Decline... Yes or No... 1 or 0... My-Friend or Not-My-Friend. Unfortunately, as Scoble pointed out in his videos, reality doesn't work like that. There are different levels and flavors of relationships between people. Business relationships, Family relationships, Intimate relationships, Adversarial relationships... I think linkedin has it right with the generic term "contact". How many 'contacts' do you have? They're not (your friends) by default, nor are they (not your friends) by default. Still, in linkedin, there are several types of business relationships, including people that you have worked with personally... people you have not worked with personally, but you trust whomever recommended them to you... people you have not worked with and you have no professional recommendations for, but you vouch for them as a person, so you are happy to recommend them to someone who's looking to fill a position.... people you have no intention of recommending to anyone, but you will still accept them as a contact... people that you are in contact with specifically so you can set them up with other people..... ALL of these are thrown in together under the title 'contact'. Because of the misnomer "friends", some people have selected this to mean their ACTUAL friends and will only add people that they actually know. Here, I agree with Scoble's assertion that this is an incorrect usage of social networks. How are you supposed to expand your circle of CONTACTS or "sphere of influence" if you limit yourself on the internet to only the people you know IRL? How are you supposed to learn about new people that might have similar interests or ideals if you deny them connection to you? What's the point of being on a social site if you're only going to get in touch with the same people you're already in contact with? I think that if they had levels of acquaintance on these sites, a lot more people would be connected to each other, because the categories would make sense to them. You would be able to see at-a-glance what level each person had placed their contacts on, and make a better assessment of their actual interaction with each other. Looking at it from the other direction... It's not fair that someone that sends you a friends request out of the blue has the exact same status as someone you collaborate with or work with or highly respect or go out for drinks with or climb mountains and eat pancakes with. Both the random person and the IRL friend are marked down as "Friend". There's no meritocracy. Even with facebook's relationship qualifiers, that's a SECONDARY trait. It's like having everyone in your military with the rank of 'Private', and you have to go to each Private and ask them what their actual importance is in order to determine who out-ranks whom. No. It doesn't work like that. You can tell from the bars or whatever emblem on their shoulders who's running the show and who's going to be digging the trenches. In the absence of actual distinctions, I think the best approach to accepting/rejecting social site "friends" is innocent until proven guilty, not the other way around. It's always a good thing when you can see the applicant's friends list in order to tell who might know them that YOU know and whose judgement you trust. When I know certain people don't like jerks, and those people are "friends" with someone, I'm more likely to take my ACTUAL friend's word that this other person is cool. That would seem to go against what I was saying earlier, because what if my friend is using the same "innocent until proven guilty" style that I am? :) I would be accepting an untested "friend". However, checks & balances will come into play. If the untested person actually interacts with the community, they'll start getting "reviews" which will help you decide whether you want to keep them as a friend or not. Ultimately, the circle polices itself. I was thinking about Kroosh's "Friendiverse" yesterday, while I was watching Drew's live stream from PodCamp Philly. It's a much more intimate format... giving personal, "hand-written" recommendations of places to go, people to see and things to do. I saw many people from MY Friendiverse on Drew's stream yesterday... Kathryn, Eric, Jackson, Jonny, Steve, Grace, Charles... and ran into others in the text chat who were also watching the stream. Ultimately, I've been inspired to focus more time & energy on the upper echelon of my own personal Friendiverse. In the game called "keeping up with the net", it's very easy to miss out on telling the people that matter to you how cool you think they are. :)
Mom as Gateway™ Studies show that mother’s perceptions greatly influence father’s involvement; therefore mothers are a key factor for getting fathers involved. When both parents can effectively co-parent together, their children benefit greatly. What is the Mom As Gateway™ Workshop? This workshop helps you break down barriers between mothers and fathers by addressing what is known as Maternal Gatekeeping - when a mother’s beliefs about a father, as well as her behaviors, hinder a father’s involvement - and facilitate helpful discussions and efforts towards co-parenting. How Is It Used? Intended for use as stand-alone workshops or as supplemental sessions to your fatherhood programming, Mom As Gateway ™ is an affordable method for delivering fatherhood programming in as little as 3-4 hours. What's Included in the Workshop Manual The Mom As Gateway™ Manual includes everything you need to easily facilitate your program. The manual includes an easy-to-use, step-by-step description on how to conduct each session and includes all of the handouts for each session that you can photocopy. The Mom As Gateway™ downloadable workshop manual is in PDF format and provides you with a 3-session workshop for moms that can be used alone or as a companion program with National Fatherhood Initiative’s 24/7 Dad™ or other fathering programs. Using this workshop manual, facilitators bring moms together for three sessions: - The Role of the Gatekeeper - Power and Control in Relationships Between Men & Women - Minimize Excessive Gatekeeping Do you have any tips for facilitating Mom As Gateway™? Most mothers are not familiar with the term "maternal gatekeeping" and may be confused by the language of "Mom As Gateway", so it’s a good idea to promote the sessions as a way that moms can learn how to help dad get involved. Promotions for Mom As Gateway™ sessions should also inform moms on why dad needs to be involved by pointing out relevant research and statistics. Mom as Gateway is available for $19.95. Download now. view all FatherTopics Workshops download a sample Why Knot? has six sessions centered around equipping men with the tools, attitudes, and skills they need to sustain a long, happy, and stable marriage to the mother of their children. More Info \| Buy Now Dad™ Second Edition Newly Updated Second Edition! 24/7 Dad™ now has more facilitator tools and relevant content than ever before! Updated with feedback from facilitators around the country, 24/7 Dad™ is the program you need to effectively educate and engage dads. Info \| Buy
Bent phononic waveguide The scientific aims of the MINANO research axis are to create nano objects by structuration or auto assembly, to probe them locally, to explore their phononic and physical properties. The research axis is composed of three focused groups: The research axis is coordinated by Vincent Laude. Access the MINANO pages. Micro-needles for in-vivo electroporation The sientific aim is to ally various skills in physics and engineering science to construct full-featured microsystems, for instance in view of designing full-featured MEMS/MOEMS combining optics, electronics, acoustics, fluidics, thermal sciences, and biochemistry. The research axis is coordinated by Christophe Gorecki. Access the Multiphysics Microsystems pages. GLancing Angle Deposition (GLAD) of thin layers The scientific aims of the MINAMAS research axis are to study and deposit nano structured thin films for MEMS/NEMS, and to study the surface properties of materials: micro nano tribology, adhesion and surface forces. The research axis is coordinated by Nicolas Martin. Access the MINAMAS pages.
Balancing poses require concentration and awareness, which is basically the main focus of yoga. Balancing poses require concentration and awareness, which is basically the main focus of yoga. They can be scary, frustrating and difficult, but that's also what makes them the most rewarding. It feels amazing to work on a balancing pose for a while, and then finally get it. Working on easier balancing poses such as this one called Balancing Wide Legs, can also prepare your mind and muscles for more advanced balancing poses such as Crow and Handstand. This pose not only challenges your balance, but it stretches out the backs of your legs and lower back as well, and also strengthens your upper body. So let's give it a try. - Begin sitting on your mat. - Bend your knees and grab onto your big toes with your first 2 fingers and thumb. - Work on lifting your feet off the ground, balancing on your tush - you've got to lean back slightly in order to find your balance. - Then you can work on straightening your legs. You can use your arm muscles and pull your chest slightly forward to help lengthen through your spine (you don't want your back to be rounded). - Now try dropping your head back, gazing up towards the ceiling or behind you. - Stay here for 5 or more complete breaths. That's it. Have fun working on staying balanced - it's an incredible feeling once you're up.
Kurt Badenhausen, Forbes Staff I cover sports business with rare dip in education & local economies This is a guest post from K. Sean Packard, CPA, who is Director of Tax at OFS. He specializes in tax planning and the preparation of tax returns for pro athletes. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org and on Twitter at @AthleteTax. Tax Day is upon us once again, where procrastinators stressfully rush through their returns to get them to the post office before closing time. The tax code is so convoluted that many people struggle through the ins and outs on which form to report income, which schedules to deduct expenses or even which items of income are taxable and which expenses are deductible. The tax returns for most people are relatively simple as compared to an athlete’s because they only have to know the rules for one state. Athletes file taxes not only in their home state but also in every state—and some cities—in which they play. Not every state uses the same calculation to determine what portion of an athlete’s income to tax, and some use different calculations based on the sport. For example, Pennsylvania taxes baseball, basketball and hockey players on the ratio games in the state over total games played, including pre- and postseason, but they tax football players based on days worked in the state over total days worked. Michigan uses the same method but excludes the preseason. Most other states use the days worked method. Reciprocity agreements can save an athlete thousands if their tax professional knows what to look for. For example, a Pennsylvania resident whose tax rate is 3.07% is exempt from paying taxes on money earned in New Jersey (8.97% tax rate), West Virginia (6.5%), Ohio (5.925%), Maryland (5.75%), Virginia (5.75%) and Indiana (3.4%). Because players come from all over and move around so much an athlete’s team will often times report income and withhold taxes in every state he plays, regardless of whether a reciprocity agreement with his home state is in place. Taxpayers generally receive credits for taxes paid in other states. Usually, credits are taken on a taxpayer’s home-state return. But residents of Arizona, Indiana, Oregon and Virginia must take credits for taxes paid to California on their California return. Most of time, states will not give credits for taxes paid to cities. However, New Jersey gives people who work in Philadelphia and pay its 3.4985% nonresident wage tax a credit on their New Jersey return. Unlike most of us, athletes can receive millions in signing bonuses. These bonuses are exempt from most states’ taxes if they are paid separately from salary, non-refundable and also not contingent upon playing for the team. So if Mario Williams’ contract was written properly, the Texas resident would not have to pay a dime in taxes to New York (or any other state) on the $19 million signing bonus he received when he signed with the Bills last summer, a tax savings of $1.676 million. It is a safe bet that Buffalo’s payroll department allocated the bonus to New York and the other states in which the Bills played. It is up to his tax advisor to catch it and make the necessary adjustment. Finally, athletes get docked with hidden taxes in various jurisdictions. Tennessee hits basketball and hockey players with a $2,500 per game tax (max 3 games per year). Pittsburgh gets athletes for 3% of their wages for games played there. Although deductible on Schedule A of the federal return, neither of these taxes shows up on the player’s W-2. The tax preparer needs to have the player’s year-end paystub, where those and other deductions are often found. Many teams also mistakenly withhold Pittsburgh’s 1% wage tax. This tax is only imposed on Pittsburgh residents, so a refund request must be filed with the city to reclaim that money.
Upload & Sell: Off \| p.3 #11 · Are all our lenses and cameras going to bust in 10 years? \| >Sure! I would love to hear about hot electrons. All MOSFET-based microelectronic devices* are continually stressed in operation by hot electrons striking the interface or penetrating the gate insulator. These cause degradation of the transistor characteristics. Eventually a transistor will fail. Chips are designed to make this failure unlikely within the service lifetime- whatever that is. As with most failure mechanisms, some chips will last longer, some will last less long. We should expect that any chip will eventually fail, and the more aggressive the design the sooner the failure. Hot electrons are used to positive effect (strange expression here, 'cause they are negative, right?) to charge floating gates in flash memory. The number of electrons used to store a bit is countably small. Flash memory bits fail all the time; usually this is masked to the user by coding redundancy and algorithms that hide failed cells. Cameras of old were mechanical, and could be disassembled and parts replaced. This is less and less true- even if the chips WERE available, repairing modern electronics is chancy. We should not regard a camera as a valuable artifact, like a classic car that's fun to drive and will also increase in value. It's a tool, that will eventually fail and be unrepairable, with a value that will continually decline. And unlike an old Leica, it's not even going to look ornamental on the shelf. * Image sensors, and pretty much all the other chips in your camera, computer, and cell phone.
The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide This Web site serves as a supplement to both the English language and the Japanese language versions of the The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide, located at http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com, with the principal goal of enhancing their usefulness. For additional resources, including chapter excerpts, Addison-Wesley maintains a Web page for the English language version of the Networker's Guide, and Pearson Education Japan maintains a Web page for the Japanese language version. The Networker's Guide covers integration of FreeBSD into typical corporate networks with special emphasis on interoperation with Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K This site exists to provide corrections, updates, and interactive responses to reader questions about the work. I hope that you find it, and the Networker's Guide, useful! © Copyright 2000-2004 Ted Mittelstaedt. All rights reserved.
High School Chemistry Teacher, Google Certified Teacher JR's Blog, Follow JR on Twitter I've been using Google Sites as a centralized location for my students to obtain documents, view calendar events, check announcements, and access resources for all my Chemistry classes. Recently, Google Sites updated their Layout Editor, which allows users to quickly change the components of their site without having to dig into the Manage Site settings just to add a gadget or update the navigation. Here is a quick video on how to turn on the editor, and how to navigate through the new selections. With this new update, editing the components to your Google Site is a breeze. The next step is to teach kids to create their digital portfolios using Google Sites. I can't wait!
The Cascades Volcano Observatory, operated by the USGS, in Vancouver, Washington, reports the growth of a 300-foot spire projecting out from near the top of the new dome. Called a "fin" by the USGS, this rock projection has been growing as much as five to six feet a day since last November. Similar spires and fins have grown from the new dome, only to eventually collapse. This is a normal occurrence in dome-building. With the annual reopening of the Johnston Ridge Observatory, the media is again paying attention to Mount St. Helens, especially since the USGS report was issued earlier in the week. We are receiving numerous emails from VolcanoCam viewers asking if it is possible to the new fin using The answer is yes!! Well, at least until is collapses. Below are a series of digitally enhanced images created from the above "master" image. We removed some of the image clutter caused by the fine ash on the VolcanoCam's lens window, as well the dust in the air. While the enhanced images should help you to locate the fin in the "live" image, there is nothing quite like a visit to the Johnston Ridge Observatory to see it for yourself! \|Enhanced Image #1 - General View In the above false color digitally enhanced image, we digitally removed quite a bit of the dust in the air between the volcano and the camera, as well as the dust on the camera window. Fine volcanic ash is a regular occurrence here. In early winter before the snows cover the surrounding area, winds swirl the dust over, under, and into everything, including the VolcanoCam. While we endeavour to visit the VolcanoCam during the winter to perform some equipment checks and do a bit of cleaning, winter weather often prevents this from taking place. We only managed two visits to the VolcanoCam during the 2005-2006 winter, one in December and the second one a month later. Hence, the considerable amount of fine volcanic ash partially obscuring the view. \|Enhanced Image #2 - Old Dome Outline \|The above digitally enhanced image outlines the top of the old dome. This dome grew during a six year period (1980-1986) immediately following the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. \|Enhanced Image #3 - New Dome Outline The above digitally enhanced image outlines the top of the new dome. This dome began with the October 2004 eruption sequence, which is still in progress. The new dome is above and behind the old dome and the south crater wall. According to the USGS: "The new dome’s summit altitude currently is about 7,550 feet, towering about 400 feet above the 1980s dome as seen from the U.S. Forest Service’s Coldwater visitor center. But that’s still below the 7,770-foot altitude reached last July, before collapse of a previous spine, and well below the crater rim, which is mostly above 8,100 feet except at Shoestring Notch or northward where the crater opens outward toward the roadheads. [March 2, 2006, Daily \|Enhanced Image #4 - Current Fin Outline The above digitally enhanced image outlines the current "fin" or spire projecting upward from the new dome. The USGS fin started growing in November 2005, with a growth rate of five to six It is only a matter of time before the brittle nature of the fin gives way and collapses, as all the other fins and spires that have emerged during this current dome building growth. While there is no way to predict when this will occur, we can only hope it will happen during daylight hours with good, clear weather so the VolcanoCam is able to capture the \|Enhanced Image #5 You may notice the near vertical fuzzy line just above the volcano rim in the upper right-hand quadrant of the image. We've had guesses ranging from an ash plume, a smudge on the camera lens, and a tornado, to that errant Mutant Fly with an extra leg. During our visit to the VolcanoCam in January 2006, we discovered a fine scratch in the glass window of the VolcanoCam case. The scratch is not on the camera lens. What caused it? That fine volcanic ash can be as sharp as a surgical knife. When blown about by the winds, it is relatively easy for a larger sharp piece to scratch the glass. Winter weather this past winter was especially fierce, complete with long periods of clouds obscuring any views of the volcano so the scratch was not always visible. Now that the weather is much clearer, it is also much easier to see the scratch. We plan to replace the glass.
Share your special talents and skills as you assist refuge staff. You could help collect biological data, perform light maintenance work, or help out with special events. You can invest as much time as you like, from a few hours to several days. If you’re interested in, contact the refuge volunteer coordinator at (989) 777-5930. Volunteering at the Refuge Fish and Wildlife Service at Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge needs YOU -- your talents, your enthusiasm and some of your time! volunteers do? Various opportunities exist at the refuge for volunteers to gain valuable and rewarding experience. Volunteers assist refuge employees by working in such fields as: such activities as guided hikes, talks, and programs, volunteers help visitors understand and appreciate both the natural and cultural history of the refuge as well as provide information on the recreational and educational opportunities We need "Wildlife Guides" to work with visitors at the observations decks along the auto tour route, the Wildlife Drive and "Interpretive Guides" to help out at the refuge headquarters on weekends. Click on the following to download information about the Wildlife Guide (PDF file - 68 KB) or Interpretive Guide (PDF file - 66 refuge staff with school programs, day camps, teacher workshops, and special projects are but a few of the volunteer duties at the Green Point Environmental Learning Center in Saginaw or at the refuge. individuals may assist wildlife biologists in such areas as wildlife surveys and may help refuge employees in general tasks such as landscape maintenance, sign installation, gate painting, and construction. Also, opportunities exist for those with skills in such disciplines as plumbing and carpentry. "adopt" a trail and help maintain it by cutting back or removing small brush, picking up litter and letting refuge staff know when major repairs need to be Flower Bed or Pond: "adopt" one of the flower beds or small ponds at the refuge headquarters, Green Point Environmental Learning Center or Woodland Trailhead at Stroebel Road and maintain it throughout the year. Gardening/pond experience and your own tools may work independently in the areas of photography, photo collections, journalism, and other fields. volunteers work?The Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge headquarters is located south of Saginaw. The Green Point Environmental Learning Center is at 3010 Maple Street in Saginaw. Most volunteers work in and/or out of these buildings. The Woodland Trail is located at the east end of Stroebel Road off of volunteers work ?Many of the projects take place during the week when refuge staff are available. Some volunteers donate their services on weekends when most of the special events take place. people become volunteers ?Volunteers realize various benefits from working at the refuge. Being involved with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an agency dedicated to the principle of resource conservation, is both satisfying and rewarding. Others find the duties fulfilling and challenging as old talents are employed and new skills acquired. To most, however, the motive is enjoyment, as volunteer work can be just plain fun. apply?Our volunteer program is open to all. Those under 18 years of age, however, need written permission from their parent or guardian. How do I apply ?Click the following to download the volunteer application (PDF file - 39 KB). Fill out and return to the refuge via mail, fax (989) 791-3621 or email. This application will be forwarded to appropriate refuge staff who will determine if you have the skills necessary to work with them. If you need further information, contact the Volunteer Coordinator at 989-759-1669. Follow Us Online Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge is a critical migration stopover site for waterfowl.
For Immediate Release Contact: Tom MacKenzie 404/679-7291 Jim Kraus, a nine-year Fish and Wildlife Service veteran, will be the new manager of the 31,000-acre Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge, located north of St. Petersburg, Florida. Kraus returns to Florida after serving for two-and-one-half years as a biologist in the Service's Division of Endangered Species in Washington, D.C. He reports to the refuge in mid-January. "Jim has extensive experience in manatee, bird, and black bear field work,"said Sam D. Hamilton, Southeast Regional Director. "His background is excellent because Chassahowitzka is a haven for 250 bird species, as well as a sanctuary for the popular, but endangered, manatee and the controversial Florida black bear." Prior to serving in the Service's national endangered species office, Kraus was Assistant Manatee Recovery Coordinator in the Jacksonville, Florida Field Office from 1991 to 1997. In this position, he helped coordinate manatee rescue, rehabilitation, and release activities. He also worked on the 1996 (current) revision of the manatee recovery plan. "I'm really excited about returning to Florida," said Kraus. "Where else but on the Gulf coast of Florida is there such a unique blend of wild species, such as manatees, great blue herons, ospreys, black bears, alligators, and green sea turtles?" "The resources of Florida are a genuine treasure," continued Kraus. "It will be great to once again work with those who are dedicated to conserving them." Two of Kraus' top priorities at Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge will be to encourage and protect bird nesting in critical colonies within the Tampa Bay area and providing a safe haven for manatees to make it through the winter. "We need to maintain the delicate, natural balance where the manatee is nurtured and protected but people are allowed to see and learn about this fascinating creature," said Kraus. In his current position as a biologist in the Service's Endangered Species Division in Washington D.C., Kraus has served as the national program liaison for three Service Regions - - North Rockies and Plains (Region 6); Great Lakes (Region 3); and the Southeast (Region 4). He was the lead biologist responsible for the bald eagle status review and the development of the recent bald eagle delisting proposal. He also spearheaded experimental reintroductions of the gray wolf, grizzly bear, and black- footed ferret. Prior to working for the Service, Kraus, a native of Ohio, worked in the bird program at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park's Conservation and Research Center in Front Royal, Virginia. He was employed there from 1989 to 1991. From 1987 to 1989, he conducted black bear field research as a research associate at Virginia Tech. In this position, he conducted trapping, tagging, and radiotracking studies in Shenandoah National Park. During 1987, he traveled throughout in Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, and Kansas researching bird use of crop fields and their response to pesticides. From 1983 through 1986, Kraus conducted black bear field research in Monogahela National Forest as part of his Master's Thesis project at West Virginia University. Kraus received his bachelor's in biology from Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia and his master's in wildlife management from West Virginia University in Morgantown. He is married to Debra Ann Kraus, and they have one daughter, Jessica, age 17. Kraus enjoys camping, backpacking, and photographing wildlife and nature. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting, and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Service manages the 93-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System comprised of more than 500 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands, and other special management areas. It also operates 66 national fish hatcheries, 64 fish and wildlife management assistance offices and 78 ecological services field stations. The agency enforces Federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Aid program that distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies. Release # R99-088 1999 News Releases Go to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region Home Page
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Mobile gaming has long been the redheaded stepchild of the gaming industry. Considering how there hasn’t really been a star-studded lineup of amazingly popular and successful mobile games, for a long time, mobile gaming came down to a choice between Snake or Solitaire. To be fair, cell phone gaming had a lot going against it. Multiple cell phone carriers, hundreds of handsets, differing chipsets, and no common point of purchase fragmented the market into hundreds of pieces. Tiny, low-resolution screens and a keypad meant for dialing phone numbers certainly didn't help the cause. The iPhone's arrival changed everything. Calling the iPhone's App Store a success is an understatement. In just under nine months, Apple is close to announcing more than one billion downloads, with the total application count rising every day. According to the mobile analytics company Mobclix, there are almost 37,000 applications in total and more than 8,000 games currently available for the iPhone. Unlike other cell phones, the iPhone has a lot of big advantages. The clout of Apple's iTunes install base certainly doesn't hurt it. Many customers are already familiar with the platform and comfortable purchasing music and videos through it. Adding the App Store to iTunes opened up one more avenue that customers could now travel. Low price points and free trials for applications definitely encourage users to experiment and purchase. Apple also made application installation on the iPhone very easy. After finding a game, you're no more than two button presses from having it automatically load onto the phone. It also doesn't hurt that anyone with an iPod Touch can join in the fun. On the development side, the barrier to entry on the iPhone is absurdly minuscule: $100 gets you in the door and running with Apple's iPhone developer kit. Anyone with some spare time and a computer can effectively make applications for the iPhone. Independent developers like Ethan Nichols, who made the tremendously popular iShoot, have a better than usual shot at success. That's not to say that big companies haven't gotten in on the action. Heavy hitters like EA and even Kojima Productions already have games on the iPhone. Both companies released games based on existing franchises like Metal Gear Solid, Spore, and SimCity. An added benefit of a totally digital distribution model and games made by individual developers, and companies alike, is responsiveness. Many gamers have left comments and found that their changes were later incorporated into the game. Tons of games have gotten better after their initial release, and quite a few get additional features like extra levels tacked on as time goes by. With such a large base of applications, the App Store has had its fair share of growing pains, but it has chugged along this far without the wheels completely falling off. Before March, browsing the App Store through iTunes was akin to surfing the Web with a dial-up modem. Finding good applications without knowing the name continues to be difficult. Sorting apps by rating has yet to appear, and review sites struggle to keep up with the pace of development. In spite of whatever problems Apple has with the setup, the App Store continues to be the best game in town by a wide margin. With more than 8,000 games in the App Store, you'll find games from just about every genre: puzzle, arcade, action, casual, educational, board, strategy, simulation, word, sports, trivia, adventure, role playing and more. Looking a little deeper, according to Mobclix, a little over 2,000 titles are free, which generally means they are trial versions of existing titles. Within the remaining 6,000 titles, almost 2,000 of them classify as puzzle games. A further 1,300 a piece fall into the arcade and action categories. The remaining 1,400 split between the other genres. Control schemes on the iPhone make use of both the accelerometers and infinitely configurable touch screen. Some games make use of basic tilt functions and others incorporate virtual D pads and buttons. Between the thousands of games out there, chances are good that we haven't seen everything yet. The large high-resolution screen and hardware powerful enough to run 3D graphics give the iPhone visuals that one up the Nintendo DS, and at times rival the Sony PSP. Many games also make use of the built-in Wi-Fi and data plan to provide multiplayer gameplay. We've also seen a few games take advantage of the GPS unit within the iPhone. But even with all this variety, you're going to have to wade through a whole lot of junk. As of right now, finding the best games will take some work. Click on the wrong link and you'll be left staring at a gigantic list of Sudoku clones. And yes, there's a clone of just about everything. Some "games" barely classify as games at all. In a manner of speaking, the App Store is about as “Wild West” as it gets, but this has its advantages. The low barrier to entry means we could see tons of experimentation with different kinds of games, and if even one good game evolves out of it, maybe 8,000+ games will be worth it sometime in the near future. For now, you can use this story to help figure out what the most popular kinds of games are, as well as find some of the better ones available now. The list here is by no means comprehensive--consider it a taste of what the App Store has to offer. Aurora Feint II bills itself as "the first casual asynchronous MMO for the iPhone." We're inclined to call it a really fancy Puzzle Quest type of game. The game's innovative new feature is the ghost multiplayer functionality, aka the asynchronous multiplayer functionality. Using ghosts, you can fight friends or random folks from the game's network at your, and their, leisure. Much like with Mario Kart's ghost racer functionality, you record a copy of your gameplay that the game then exports to fight on your behalf. When you want to play against a friend, you're actually competing against your friend's ghost. It sounds odd, but it makes perfect sense considering that the game is on a phone. The chances of your getting a call midmatch are pretty high.What's your favorite iPhone game? Drop us a comment. Blue Attack/ Blue Defense Decidedly in the action category, Blue Attack and Blue Defense are both space based shooters. In Blue Attack, you're plopped into a little blue spaceship and tasked with protecting your base ship from hordes of red geometric attackers. The guns fire automatically, and you control the ship using either the tilt functions or the touch screen. You can upgrade your ship with more bombs, a bigger complement of wingmen, powerful guns, and much more. Blue Defense places you in a stationary planet with a rotating gun that swivels as you rotate the iPhone. As with Blue Attack, the gun fires automatically so all you have to worry about is mowing down scores of red squigglies, balls, and mean looking faces. With every level you pass, the game changes orientation occasionally placing you at the bottom of the screen to take out enemies from one side, or in the middle where you have to fend off attacks from every side. Enigmo is essentially a game based around Rube Goldberg devices. The goal is to get various fluids into buckets using an array of bouncers, diverters, shooters, and more. Once you've figured out how you're going to get the contraption to work, you'll have to do it quickly to get a higher score. Flight Control brings all the thrills of air traffic control onto the iPhone. The game makes use of the touch screen to draw flight paths and land incoming jumbo jets, helicopters, and small aircraft. Gameplay starts off slow enough, but the routing gets hectic mighty quick as more aircraft fly onto the screen from all sides. Standing in line at the grocery store was never this much fun.What's your favorite iPhone game? Drop us a comment. Continuing the interplanetary geometric domination theme, we have Galcon. Using the touch screen, you send forth your little triangular fighters to capture neutral gray planets and your opponents colored planets. Attack a planet until it has zero fighters to capture it, with the final goal being to wipe out your opponents colored planets The game is about speed, strategy, and even a little trickery. Play against the computer or go online to duke it out with up to four other people simultaneously. Geo Defense is your standard tower defense game with a few twists. Enemies march out from one side of the screen and travel along preset paths. Your goal is to set up offensive towers to mow them all down before they reach the end of the map. Each enemy you kill yields money, which you then spend to upgrade and buy more towers. Lather, rinse, repeat. Although the closer you let the enemies get closer to the end of the map, the higher the score multipliers go. Tron brought to the iPhone. Race your lightning quick bike in straight-line paths while tapping the sides of the screen to make 90-degree turns to cut other players off and make them crash into the colored wall you leave in your wake. Hit the middle of the screen to boost forward if you need that extra bit of speed. Light Bike even supports two-player split-screen play. That's right--split-screen on an iPhone. And if that wasn't enough Light Bike has Wi-Fi play for up to four people over two iPhones.What's your favorite iPhone game? Drop us a comment. Ngmoco's Rolando plays and feels like Loco Roco for the PSP. Cute little blobs roll around trying to save other little blobs. You use the tilt functions to move Rolandos across the screen and the touch screen to interact with onscreen elements. The music from Loco Roco is decidedly more cutesy, but Rolando certainly holds its own. Yes, that SimCity. EA released a version of the game on the iPhone, and it's about as complex as the original SimCity, but that's not necessarily a bad thing considering the horsepower and screen size of the iPhone. Using the touch screen, and some very forgiving tools, you can lay down roads, zones, and just about everything else. Zen Bound is one of the oddball games for the iPhone. We're not sure what genre the game belongs to. With slow languid gameplay, Zen Bound acts like the proverbial rake in the sand. Using the touch screen or the tilt function of the iPhone you wrap rope around wooden bunnies, dogs, and more. Everywhere the rope touches the object it paints it. Your goal is to paint the object and tie off the rope on a nail. With a backlog of thousands of games, and more coming out everyday, we're barely scratching the surface here with the few we've chosen. There are many more quality games on the iPhone in virtually every genre. Feel free to call out any of the great games you've experienced on the platform in the comments.What's your favorite iPhone game? Drop us a comment.
Most Popular in: Colombia's Golden Triangle—Biodiverse and Market-friendly By: Nancy Jeffries Posted: April 27, 2012, from the May 2012 issue of GCI Magazine. page 2 of 7 This—combined with free trade zone incentives, no import duties and no restriction of sale to domestic markets—has added to the region’s appeal, according to Concha Prada. An emphasis on beauty/cosmetics/personal care (among other product types and industries), a growing pool of skilled labor and increasing harmonization between Latin American countries remain among the key drivers for investment. Biodiversity and Multinational Presence As the fifth largest beauty market in Latin America (according to data provided by Proexport), a geographic location placing it between North and South America and with more than 50,000 known plant species (18,000 endemic and 12% found to have medicinal properties), Colombia is poised to leverage its position as a center of biodiversity. Ongoing research into the biodiverse regions of the Amazon and the Caribbean continues to yield scientific breakthroughs. In the Cundinamarca region of Colombia surrounding Bogotá, 3,000 tons of medicinal plants are produced each year, while universities specializing in research in biotechnology and natural ingredients support further study of the properties and potential of these materials, largely for the cosmetics and agri-businesses. In fact, multinational fragrance/ingredient suppliers with a presence in Bogotá and the Cundinamarca region include Symrise, IFF, Firmenich, Givaudan, CPL Aromas, Iberchem and Lucta, and many of these companies using Bogotá and Cundinamarca as hubs to distribute to Andean, Central American and Caribbean countries. Regional opportunities enhanced by climate, location and access include the Caribbean and the Valle del Cauca—where Johnson & Johnson, Unilever, P&G and Colgate-Palmolive have an established presence. Numerous institutions of higher learning, bilingual education and unified determination to sustain academic excellence and scientific research are being supported to harness the potential of the country’s natural resources to create effective cosmetics based on abundant plant life—and, beyond that, to conduct genetic research on a variety of native species to ultimately sustain farmers, communities, and future generations with healthy, sustainable crops. The beauty sector in particular, through its utilization of natural ingredients, has seen notable growth in, among other categories, makeup and hair color, and companies such as Avon, Henkel, Yanbal, Belcorp, P&G and Unilever have established production facilities in the region. These multinationals have made investments of more than $35 million for the expansion of their production plants, and foreign beauty companies represent 75% of the total market. Distribution by Natura, Amway, L’Oréal and Wella also is centered in the region.
Simply put, the “radio technology” is the wireless signal your phone uses. This also determines with what companies and where a phone will work. In the United States the big choice is between CDMA (Sprint and Verizon) and GSM (T-Mobile and AT&T). This situation gets more complex than some people would like, but it’s helpful to understand. The biggest single thing to know is that you should go with the carrier that has the best service in your area–the rest is just details. Your choice of a carrier determines the radio technology used to transfer voice and data across the cellular network. Unlike most carriers worldwide, and especially in Europe which settled around the common GSM (Global System for Mobile) radio technology, the U.S. carriers use either CDMA or GSM radio technologies. Verizon, Sprint, and a range of smaller carriers operate over the CDMA network, while AT&T and T-Mobile operate over the GSM network. Because CDMA and GSM require different chipsets, you can’t use a Verizon phone on AT&T’s network and vice versa. For example, Palm’s CDMA Pre won’t work on AT&T’s network, and Apple’s GSM iPhone won’t run on Verizon’s network. There is also a third, far less widespread standard called iDEN (Integrated Digital Enhanced Network), developed by Motorola. iDEN network providers include SouthernLINC Wireless, numerous small companies covering specific markets and niche segments like airports, and Sprint’s Nextel division whose Nextel-branded phones run on iDEN as well. 3G: EV-DO versus HSDPA CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) is a hybrid 2.5G/3G technology that has a significant economic advantage over the rival GSM because it serves more phones using fewer cell sites. As a result, carriers operating over CDMA networks usually provide better coverage than their GSM counterparts, especially in rural areas where GSM carriers often can’t justify adding expensive GSM cell towers. On the other hand, GSM offers more phone choices and greater compatibility since most unlocked GSM phones work across the vast majority of GSM networks worldwide. In addition, GSM makes switching phones and carriers easy – you simply swap SIM cards when switching a carrier or put your existing SIM card into a new phone. Although there are two sub-types of CDMA in use today – CDMA2000 (2.5G) and EV-DO (3G) – CDMA2000 is considered abandoned as carriers like Sprint and Verizon focus solely on the speedier EV-DO. EV-DO Rev 0 and Rev A offer data speeds of up to 2.4Mbps and 3.1 Mbps, respectively. There’s also EV-DO Rev B that tops out at 4.9 Mbps and peaks at 14.7 Mbps, paving the way for bandwidth-hungry services like TV streaming. Both Verizon and Sprint have migrated their EV-DO Rev 0 networks to EV-DO Rev A. Likewise, GSM also comes in 2.5G (EDGE) and 3G (UMTS/HSDPA) flavors. Operating on 850, 900, 1800, and 1900MHz bands, EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution) provides four times the GPRS’ data throughput, but it typically tops at around 180Kbps. Then Cingular deployed EDGE in 2003 and both AT&T and T-Mobile have upgraded to a speedier 3G and its latest version HSDPA this year. Sometimes known as 3.5G, HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) operates on 850, 1900, and 2100MHz bands, offering downlink speeds of 1.8, 3.6, 7.2, and 14.0 Mbps. Its uplink counterpart dubbed HSUPA (High-Speed Uplink Packet Access) offers uplink speeds of up to 5.76 Mbps. Evolved HSPA, also known as HSP +, peaks at 42 Mbps and 22Mbps in downlink and uplink, respectively. Although both T-Mobile and AT&T announced plans to upgrade to HSPA+ by the end of 2010, 12 HSPA+ networks were already deployed across the world as of August 2009, with the fastest topping out at 28Mbps in Italy. The U.S. carriers are falling behind their European counterparts in 3G deployment due to the size of the market and the country itself, which multiplies the high costs associated with obtaining new spectrum licenses and overlaying 3G at existing towers. Despite that fact that carriers and phone vendors cite maximum theoretical speeds in their marketing communication, note that these speeds are only attained in ideal laboratory conditions. Numerous real-life factors negatively impact theoretical maximums, like the size and the number of buildings and walls, terrain configuration, weather conditions, your distance from the cell tower, and network congestion. As a general rule of a thumb, count on achieving up to 50 percent of advertised speeds or less. 4G: Up to 1Gbps The fourth generation of cellular wireless, commonly referred to as 4G, is set to succeed 2G and 3G networks beginning with next year. 4G radio technologies include the 802.16e mobile WiMax, HC-SDMA, and LTE (Long Term Evolution). 4G networks will provide data and streaming media at a much higher data rate, ranging from the Ethernet-grade 100Mbps between any two points in the world to 1Gbps if client and station are in relatively fixed position. This will enable bandwidth-consuming applications like HD broadcast, video calls, mobile TV, and more. 4G also enables more simultaneous users per call; meaning higher reliability and less dropped calls. Based on the ubiquitous IP protocol that powers the Internet, 4G networks will be interoperable with existing wireless standards and will offer global roaming across multiple networks. Most U.S. carriers are in early stages of upgrading their networks to 4G. Verizon is believed to be debuting the first commercial 4G network in the U.S. sometime in 2010, but most U.S. carriers will switch to 4G by the end of 2012. The carrier choice determines the radio technology, the coverage, and handsets Because each carrier opts for a specific radio technology, your pick of a carrier determines the coverage and the choice of handsets tailored for this network. Because of these dependencies, people in the U.S. are accustomed to picking their carrier first whereas users in other markets, especially European, normally choose their phone first and then their carrier, thanks to the fact that most overseas carriers operate over GSM. Most U.S. carriers sell the most popular phones on an exclusive basis, requiring you to pledge yourself to a multi-year service agreement before you can get the phone. The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to put an end soon to such so-called network exclusives. What the future holds Customers in the U.S. have long deemed carriers’ tactics that stifle competition unfair, arguing that carriers wield too much power. Consumer advocates say that carriers turned phone vendors into dumb manufacturers that are only asked to produce phones to carriers’ specs, namely the choice of the radio technology, phone features, and allowed network services. Application providers are hurt the most because carriers who run the network have the power to shut down phone apps and third-party network services that clash with their interests. For instance, most carriers block mobile Skype and other VoIP apps from using their networks to place cheap voice calls which replace carriers’ costly voice minutes. Because of this, application providers led by the most vocal of them – Google – have asked the FCC to intervene. The pressure from regulators and consumers combined with Obama’s proclaimed Net Neutrality has weakened carriers’ choke hold grip on the mobile industry, paving the way for innovative new services and applications that will run on mobile networks – regardless of carriers.
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US 6508909 B1 A process for manufacturing pre-cured parts of composite material with green-applied stiffeners, comprising the lamination of superimposed pre-impregnated composite material sheets to obtain a base part (1) and a second part (2) intended to be bonded with it; curing the base part (1); hot forming the laminate destined to form the second part (2); removing the second part (2) from the forming tool thereof and deposit it over the base part (1), intercalating a structural adhesive sheet between both of them; closing the assembly of both parts inside a vacuum bag and loading said bag in an autoclave, carrying out a curing cycle of the second part (2) under pressure and temperature, so that it is strongly adhered to the base part (1). The invention is applicable to the field of aeronautics. 1. A process for manufacturing a structural member from pre-cured elements composite material and green stiffeners, wherein at least two parts made of composite materials consisting of fibers and resin are structurally bonded, in which a first part, called a base part or support, is in a cured condition; and a second part, called a stiffener, is in a green condition and wherein the bonding of both parts is carried out by means of a structural adhesive sheet, so that the second part is compacted against the first part, with crosslinking of the resin of the composite material of the second part and adhered of the first part through the adhesive sheet said process comprising the following steps: a) laminating superimposed layers of composite material in a pre-impregnated condition, so that orientation of the fibers adapts to structural requirements of the to be obtained, producing from the resulting laminated layers the base part (1) on the one hand, and on the other hand, an assembly of basic stacks of laminated layers (7) destined to form the second part (2); b) curing the base part (1) obtained in step a); c) mounting the laminated layers (7) destined to form the second part (2) on a bench and introducing the bench and the laminated layers mounted thereon in a thermo-forming machine with a thermo-forming tool (8) and carrying out a hot forming cycle by applying heat and vacuum, to obtain halves of the second part (2) which halves are then bonded to each other to form the complete second part (2); d) removing the second part (2) from the thermo forming tool (8) and introducing said second part (2) in angle pieces (4,4′) previously fitted over a turning frame, said angle pieces being provided with a plurality of channels in which a plurality of elastomeric pipes (5,5′) are housed for retaining resin in the composite material of said second part (2), applying a structural adhesive sheet to the second part (2) in an area where said second part (2) is to be bonded to the base part (1), tightening the angle pieces (4, 4′) against the laminate layers of said second part (2) and placing a cradle with the already cured base part (1) beneath the turning frame, turning the turning frame so that said second part (2) is over the base part (1) and removing the turning frame and e) once the second part (2) has been positioned over the already cured base part (1), enclosing the assembly of said base part (1) and said second part (2) with said angle pieces (4, 4′) thereon inside a vacuum bag and sealing the latter by means of a mastic strip fitted around its perimeter; thereby assuring tightness to prevent resin of the composite material of the second part (2) from flowing outwardly from said second part; f) loading the enclosed assembly inside the vacuum bag in a chamber of an autoclave support tool, closing the latter hermetically, carrying out a curing cycle of the second part (2) under pressure and temperature and then allowing the autoclave chamber to reach pressure and room temperature conditions again, after which the assembly formed by the previously cured base part (1) and the second part (2), now cured, and adhered to said base part (1), is removed from the autoclave. 2. A process according to 3. A process according to 4. A process according to 5. A process according to 6. A process according to 7. A process according to 8. A process according to 9. A process according to 10. A process according to 11. A process according to 12. A process according to 13. A process for manufacturing a structural member comprising providing a pre-cured first part of a structural member, said first part being made of a composite material consisting of fibres and resin providing a green part for stiffening the pre-cured first part, said green part comprising a composite of fibres and resin, said green part being formed by laminating a plurality of layers of said composite in which the fibres are impregnated with said resin, and thermo-forming said plurality of layers to obtain a second part for said structural member, said second part comprising a foot and a core, applying angle pieces onto said second part to cover said core and an upper face of said foot while leaving a lower face of said foot exposed, providing channels in said angle parts with elastomeric tubes in said channels applying a sheet of structural adhesive to said lower face of said foot applying the sheet of structural adhesive on the lower face of the foot against said first part and pressing said angle pieces against said second part such that said elastomeric tubes form seals to prevent flow of said resin from said second part, and curing said second part under pressure and heat while also effecting bonding of said second part to said first part by said adhesive sheet to obtain said structural member. 14. A process according to 15. A process according to 16. A process according to 17. A process according to 18. A process according to 19. A process according to The present invention refers to a process for manufacturing pre-cured parts of composite material with green-applied stiffeners, in which at least two parts manufactured in composite materials are structurally bonded, of which a first part called base part or support is cured and a second part called stiffener is in green condition and in which the bonding of both parts is carried out by means of a structural adhesive sheet in such a way that the second part is compacted against the first part, with adequate crosslinking of the resin of its composite material and so strongly adhered to the skin of the first part that the adequate resistance of the adhesive sheet is assured. More specifically, the object of the invention is to develop the necessary theoretical concepts and their corresponding manufacturing processes to obtain a bonding system by co-gluing two or more structural parts manufactured from composite materials. The bond is carried out by means of autoclave curing of a structural adhesive sheet interposed between two surfaces of parts made of composite material. The resin is cured in one of these parts and green in the other one. The curing of the resin of the part which is in a green condition is also produced in the same autoclave cycle. One of the most productive industrial applications of the present invention is the manufacture of large size structural members where the quality of the base part is assured, that is, the part arriving already cured to the process. The adhesive joints of structural components have a reduced application in composite materials due to the fact that their use and development degree is limited as corresponds to their recent appearance in the technical background. In the case of co-gluing, the applicant's closest background refers to the bonding of spar stiffeners of the horizontal stabilizer torsion box for the Airbus A330-340 aircraft (currently in production), the bonding of the longitudinal stiffeners of the skin of the wing torsion box for the CASA 3000 aircraft (in prototype stage), the bonding of spars to the wing skin of the EFA-European Fighter Aircraft (in pre-production phase) and the bonding of the FB.5-1 test box of the LFS-Large Flying-Surfaces development program. From the results of the previous experiments as well as from other studies and manufacturability tests, it is deduced that the application of the process of the present invention is both achievable and reliable for its use in parts with highly demanded resistant structures and with strict quality requirements. This invention is applicable to the manufacture of structural members of composite material parts in which one or several of its components are in a cured condition (base components) and the other components are in a green condition (stiffener components), provided that the bonding between both of them is made. These parts may be any of those belonging to: Aircraft structures and controls such as flying-surface contours, spars, ribs, fixtures. Marine and land vehicles. Industrial machinery and equipment. The manufacturing processes involved are: Laminating of composite material (manual or automatic). Cutting of composite material. Hot forming of composite material. Handling and positioning of parts and tooling. The used materials may be integrated by different resins and different types of fibre, such as: Other heat-stable resins The object of the invention is a manufacturing process for composite material parts in which at least one green part is adhered (stiffener component) with another cured part (base component) by means of a structural adhesive. This bonding is obtained by the moulding and pressure application with special tools designed for such purpose, so that it is possible to control and retain the resin and adhesive flow produced during the autoclave cycle. The green part will have an L- or T-shaped cross section. The process for the latter will be described in detail below. The cured part may be a wing skin or that of a stabiliser or any other component needing to be stiffened in order to comply with its structural function. The co-stiffener with a T-shape is confined by devices (angle pieces) which are the basis of the system and which control and retain the resin flow. Afterwards, a vacuum bag is fitted as will be explained later on, and the assembly is introduced into an autoclave to submit it to a curing cycle under a predetermined pressure and temperature depending on the material and part requirements. The process is applicable to the parts obtained by any lamination process (manual or automatic). For a better understanding of the process of the present invention, the attached drawings will be resorted to, where: FIG. 1 is a general perspective view of a base skin-stiffener assembly obtained with the process of the invention, FIG. 2 shows angle pieces used in the present invention, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a stopper used in the present invention, FIG. 4 illustrates the formation of a semi-stringer according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 shows the bonding of the semi-stringers by using the process of the invention. The manufacturing process developed by the invention and applicable to composite materials is related to a set of different preliminary processes allowing to achieve co-gluing in an optimized way. The key point is the retention of resin flow of the composite material during the co-gluing process described below. The foot 3 of the stringer 2 is of a constant thickness in each section and is adapted to the shape of the contour of the base part 1, ascending and descending the slopes of the latter as may be observed in FIG. 1. The thicknesses developed until now for such a foot vary between 2 and 8 mm. The stringer 2 is confined between two angle pieces 4, 4′ of steel, aluminum, pneumatic cushion, etc., preferably Invar, like those shown in FIG. 2 which are adapted to the shape of the stringer 2. These angle pieces have a series of channels where elastomeric pipes tubes or pipes 5, 5′ are housed, retaining the resin flow of the composite material of the stringer 2. The location, shape and exact sizing of such pipes is carried out according to the aforementioned resin flow optimisation and that of the grip-torque over the stringer 2 during the curing process. Once the stringers 2 have been fitted in the angle pieces 4,4′, the adhesive is applied over the feet 3 of the stringers. Then, the assembly is positioned over the base skin (part 1) and the relevant vacuum bag which envelops the entire assembly is made. With respect to the tooling for the co-gluing process, a cradle over which part 1 has been cured will be used as well as a turning frame which will allow the stringers 2 to be correctly positioned over said part 1. The stringers are fastened to the frame by means of the angle pieces 4,4′ described above. To retain the resin flow at the ends, stoppers 6 of steel, aluminium, carbon fibre, etc. are used as shown in FIG. 3. Now, the different steps of the manufacturing process according to the invention will be described. A—Lamination of the Part or Parts This consists in the superposition of composite material layers in a pre-impregnated condition, so that the orientation of the fibre is adapted to the structural requirements of the part to be manufactured. For such a purpose, the necessary reinforcements will be placed between the different laminate layers, designated with number 7 in FIG. 4. The distribution of layers must be such that their lamination and forming is permitted without producing wrinkles or fibre distortion and also that the part, once cured, has no permanent deformations due to thermal stresses. On one hand, the base skin (part 1) and on the other hand the assembly of basic stacks forming the stringers 2 are laminated. The parts made with the present process may be flat or curved, with or without changes of thickness, both transverse and longitudinal. Said parts may be subjected to a posterior cutting according to the convenience of laminating several parts at the same time. B—Forming of the Stringers and Preliminary Operations The different laminates 7 forming the semi-stringers 2 are assembled over a bench and introduced in the bed plate of a thermo-forming machine. Control thermocouples are fitted and the tooling parts which may damage the machine membrane are coated with airweave (aerating fabric). The hot forming cycle is obtained by applying heat and vacuum. In this way, formed laminates 7 are obtained forming semi-stringers (FIG. 4) over the thermo-forming tools 8; the stringer 2 is obtained by means of bonding the semi-stringers by couples (as shown in FIG. 5). Due to the thermo-forming tool 8 geometry, the feet 3 of the stringers 2 are adapted to the coating shape of part 1, ascending and descending the slopes existing on it. C—Assembly on the Turning Frame The stringers 2 are removed from the forming tools 8 and then introduced in the angle pieces 4, 4′ previously fitted in the turning frame. The angle pieces 4, 4′ are tightened and a cradle with the already cured base skin (part 1) on which the reinforcements have been fitted is placed below the 20 frame. The stringers 2 are turned over part 1, for which the frame is provided with movement and mechanical and optical positioning means permitting to obtain the desired accuracy. Then, the frame is removed and the tightness or sealing is assured to prevent resin of the composite material from flowing outwardly from the stringers and formation of the vacuum bag is started. The positioning tolerances of the parts between each other and of the latter with the tools are related to the thickness and geometrical characteristics thereof. D—Autoclave Process Preparation Once the green parts or stringers 2 and their tools 8 have been positioned over the cured base skin (part 1), the vacuum bag is prepared, for which three layers of different materials will be used. In the last layer, a series of perforations will be made to locate valves which will extract air from the bag, hence obtaining the required vacuum. The bag will remain sealed to the tool, preventing loses thanks to a strip of mastic fitted around the perimeter. To assure tightness, the bag will be tested once cold. Re-usable bags of silicone, etc. may also be used. After preparing the vacuum bag, the assembly is loaded over the autoclave support tool. This is hermetically closed and the corresponding curing cycle is carried out rating the value of the following essential parameters, depending on the characteristics of the material and the part: Pressure: 5.95-10.5 kg/cm2. Temperature: up to 190° C. according to the material. Rate of heating: 0.5-2° C./min. Once the autoclave chamber reaches the environmental conditions of pressure and temperature, the already cured and perfectly consolidated material is removed. The parts initially in a pre-impregnation condition (stringers 2) are now perfectly adhered to the cured component (part 1) and in a condition to support the structural stresses for which they have been designed. As already described in its different stages, in the process of the present invention, the key factor lies in retaining the resin flow of the composite material of the stiffener (stringer 2) during the curing process, for which the previously described gluing process is applied, in which the stringer 2 is confined between two steel, aluminium, pneumatic cushion angle pieces 4, 4′ etc., like those shown in FIG. 2, the latter having a series of elastomeric components (elastomeric pipes 5, 5′ ) which are those retaining the resin flow. The process of the invention is applicable for different thickness (3.5-16 mm for the core and 2 to 8 mm for the stiffener foot, spar and/or stringer) and for different laminates 7. The dimensions are very variable, both in height and length. Until now, parts reaching a 17 m length with suitable tooling have been developed. The basic features of the invention have been remarked above, although, as will be understood, it will possible to make amendments of certain details of the manufacturing process developed by the applicant. For this reason, it is intended that the scope of the invention is limited only by the contents of the attached claims. Citas de patentes
US 7293127 B2 A data port operates to support symmetric PCI Express-type data transfers when in a first mode of operation. When in a second mode of operation, at least a portion of the data port connections are used to support an asymmetric PCI Express-type data transfer. The asymmetric data transfer is accommodated by supporting, with respect to the asymmetric data port, partial data lanes, thereby reducing the number of data channels implemented in a direction of the lower data rate transfer. 1. A system having a motherboard, the motherboard comprising: a first set of connections facilitating a first port to support a symmetric PCI Express data transfer when in a first mode of operation; and a second set of connections facilitating a second port to support an asymmetric PCI Express data transfer when in a second mode of operation, wherein the second set of connections is a subset of the first set of connections. 2. The system of 3. The system of a mode detect module to determine a mode of operation as one of the first mode of operation and the second mode of operation. 4. The system of 5. The system of 6. The method of 7. The system of 8. The system of 9. The system of 10. The method of 11. The method of 12. The method of 13. A method comprising: when in a first mode of operation: transmitting data to a first peripheral system over a first plurality of PCI Express port connectors; and receiving data from the first peripheral system over a second plurality of PCI Express port connectors, wherein the second plurality is less than the first plurality; transmitting data to a second peripheral system over a third plurality of PCI Express port connections; and receiving data from the second peripheral device over a fourth plurality of PCI Express port connections, wherein the fourth plurality is equal in quantity to the third plurality. 14. The method of when in a second mode of operation transmitting data to a third peripheral system over the first plurality of PCI Express port connections; and receiving data from the third peripheral device over the second, third and fourth plurality of PCI Express port connections. 15. The method of determining a mode of operation to be one of a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation; and configuring a system to operate in the mode of operation. 16. A system comprising a PCI Express port comprising: a plurality of single bit transmitter/receiver pairs having one or more control inputs to configure a select one of the plurality of single bit transmitter/receiver pairs as a transmitter when the one or more control inputs receives a first select value, and as a receiver when the select input receives a second select value; and a selection module configured to selectively couple the select one of the plurality of single bit transmitter/receiver pairs to one of a plurality of connectors based on a select signal. 17. The system of 18. The system of As the processing power of computers increases so has the need for ever faster data transfer rates. Data transfers between computers and computer add-on components have traditionally been accommodated by industry accepted standards. Examples of industry standard bus types include PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect), AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port), and SCSI (Small Computer Systems Interface) busses. Another type of data bus for supporting data transfers is generally referred to as PCI Express. PCI Express-type technology defines a standardized method of transferring symmetric data between a general purpose computing device, such as a laptop computer, and an add-in board or device. PCI Express technology defines symmetrical links (channels), as a result, peripheral devices that themselves transfer data asymmetrically use PCI Express technology in an inefficient manner. Therefore, a system and/or method that overcomes this problem would be useful. The present disclosure relates generally to the transfer of data, and more particularly, to asymmetric data transfers. The present disclosure may be better understood, and its numerous features and advantages made apparent to those skilled in the art by referencing the accompanying drawings, wherein: In accordance with a specific embodiment of the present disclosure, a data port operates to support symmetric PCI Express-type data transfers when in a first mode of operation. When in a second mode of operation, at least a portion of the data port connections are used to support an asymmetric PCI Express-type data transfer. The asymmetric data transfer is accommodated by supporting, with respect to the asymmetric data port, partial data lanes, thereby reducing the number of data channels implemented in a direction of the lower data rate transfer. Reducing the number of PCI Express-type data channels in the direction of the lower data rate results in a more efficient use of data channels as compared to symmetric transfers that have the lower rate channel bandwidth defined by the higher rate channel. The unused portion of the data lanes, those channels no longer used for the lower data rate transfer, can now be configured to implement an additional PCI Express data port. This is accomplished by implementing a portion of the channels with the additional receivers and/or transmitters required to either transmit or receive data according to the PCI Express specification. Specific embodiments of the present disclosure can be better understood with reference to In operation, the host processor 105 is typically associated with a general purpose computing device, such as a personal computer. The host processor 105 is operably coupled to the host interface controller 110, which provides host processor 105 with data transfer support. The host interface controller 110 may be part of a discrete or integrated device. For example, the host interface controller 110 may be part of a northbridge device/chipset, or integrated with the host processor 110. The host interface controller 110 includes a PCI Express interface block 112. The PCI Express interface block 112 includes a plurality of lane buffers, each including at least one transmit channel (labeled in In a first mode of operation, port interface connector 120 operates to provide data to a peripheral device in a symmetric manner, whereby an equal number of data lanes, i.e. transmitter/receiver pairs, are used. In a second mode of operation, a port interface connector 122, which includes only a portion of the connections of port 120, operates to provide data to a peripheral device in an asymmetric manner, whereby a different number of receive and transmit channels are used to support different maximum data rates. In other words, the number of data receive connectors is different than the number of data transmit connectors with respect to a specific device. For example, reference number 122 represents an asymmetric PCI Express-type port using only a portion of the total available number of port connections. This is specifically illustrated by the different number of data transmit and receive connections between the PCI Express port 122 and the PCI Express interface block 112. Specifically, the PCI Express-type port 122 is illustrated to have 16 data transmit connections receiving data from the PCI Express interface block 112, and only 8 data receive connections receiving data to be provided to the PCI Express interface block 112. When using PCI Express-type port 122 to operate in an asymmetric mode, there are eight unused PCI Express port connectors and a corresponding number of unused PCI Express-type data buffers available. Therefore, a secondary port can be implemented. For example, port 124, which is illustrated to be a symmetrical port, can be implemented without adding connectors. Ports 122 and 124 can also be connected in separate connectors to provide separate connections to individual adapters; in the example, one adapter connected asymmetrically to port 122, and another adapter connected symmetrically to port 124. It will be appreciated that in specific embodiments, the number of data receive connections and data transmit connections dedicated to the PCI Express port 122 can vary from those numbers indicated. Furthermore, it will be appreciated that the secondary port 124 may itself be divided up into more than a single PCI Express-type port capable of supporting symmetric data transfer. This will be better illustrated with reference to Host interface controller 110 is illustrated to comprise internal data paths 131, 132, and 133, PCI Express-type data I/O buffers 112, and PCI Express-type interface connections 111. The PCI Express-type interface connections 111 are effectively node locations that are coupled to the I/O buffers 112. Elements 211 are data transmit connections. The term data transmit connection is used herein to refer to node locations that are coupled to a transmitter I/O port of the PCI Express interface block 112. Elements 212 are data receive connections. The term data receive connection is used here to refer to node locations that are coupled to a receiver I/O port of the PCI Express interface block 112. Elements 213 are configurable data connections. The term configurable data connection 213 is used here to refer to node locations that can be coupled to either a transmitter or receiver I/O port of the interface block 112. Commonly numbered non configurable receivers and transmitters, such as T0 and R0, of the data I/O buffers 112 enable functionality of PCI Express lane pairs. For example, when the data transmit connections 211 are coupled to transmitter I/O buffers, and the data receive connections 212 are coupled to receive I/O buffers, symmetrical PCI Express lane pairs 113 are formed. The configurable data connections 213 can function as either a data receive connection or a data transmit connection based on a mode of operation by selecting a transmitter or receiver of a corresponding I/O buffer to be enabled. As illustrated by the data flow arrows of The term lane pair is used herein to refer to the connections associated with commonly numbered I/O buffers of In the specific embodiment illustrated, the mode detect module 140 is operable to detect a specific mode of operation. The module 140 may detect a mode, such as symmetric or asymmetric data mode, by hardware or software. With respect to The peripheral system 115 has a different number of receiver buffers than transmit buffers to facilitate the transmission of data asymmetrically between the host interface controller 110. Because not all of the transmit buffers of the peripheral 115 are used, or possibly even implemented, there will be a corresponding number of connections, that would otherwise be data transmit connections of the peripheral 115, labeled as no connects (N/C). Specific examples of a peripheral system that do not benefit from symmetric data are network adapters, two- and three-dimensional video and graphics systems controllers, and many video applications. Many such image processing systems do not benefit from symmetrical data transfers because they need to receive much more data (image data) from a host device for display than it would need to return. In the specific example illustrated in The channels associated with the interface block 112 that are not used by the peripheral system 115 are available to implement a secondary PCI Express-type data port 224. In the specific example illustrated, the receive input buffers of the interface block 112 unused by the peripheral 115 include buffers R8d, RAd, RCd and REd, where the “d” suffix indicates that the buffer is capable of connecting to one of two input ports (See For example, where the mux 213 is used, the channels of The system illustrated in In another embodiment, the control mux 251 of By performing appropriate mode detection to recognize the peripheral system 117 as a symmetric system, by querying the peripheral or monitoring a hardware feature, the host interface controller 110 can provide an appropriately configured interface, whereby data is only provided channels implemented by the peripheral. Allowing mode detect portion 140 to detect different peripheral systems, allows for the flexibility to support different types of peripheral devices, such as video systems, that be either symmetric or asymmetric peripherals, depending upon a specific implementation. It will be appreciated, mode detection can be implemented in many ways, including the detection of a jumper or hardware feature, the interrogation of a peripheral by a driver, or by pre-set start-up information. In one embodiment, support of the asymmetric data transfers is predefined at both a host system and a peripheral system. When predefined, the host and peripheral can synchronize based on a predefined initialization routine that has been configured based on the asymmetric configuration, and can thereby verify proper operation of the bidirectional and unidirectional lanes as part of the initialization process. The initialization routine will be based on the PCI Express specification to verify operation of the transmit and receive nodes, whether part of a bi-directional or unidirectional lane. In another embodiment, a hardware indicator can be used to determine that asymmetric mode is to be supported. Such an indicator can be a hardwired connection, or a user configurable connection on one or both of the host and peripheral systems. In another embodiment, a software indicator can be used to determine when the use of asymmetric data transfers is to be used. Such a software indicator can occur during or after a first initialization of the PCI Express link. When the software indicator is set after a first initialization, i.e., after initialization of a symmetric PCI Express link, such as by setting a register of one or both of the host and peripheral system, a change in the mode of operation between symmetric and asymmetric modes can occur either with or without a new initialization/training sequence. For example, after a symmetric PCI Express initialization sequence is completed, data transferred over the PCI Express link can set a register at the peripheral or host to indicate that a change in configuration, i.e. to an asymmetric configuration, is desired. Based on this indicator, a second initialization of the PCI Express link can occur or, the unidirectional mode can be implemented directly without a new synchronization. When indication of asymmetric mode is provided, whether in hardware or software, it can be passed as a data indicator using the PCI Express protocol by setting a bit as an indicator at an unused location within an Ordered Set of data (such as at a reserved bit of symbol 2 of a TS1 Ordered Set). At step 902, configuration for asymmetric mode occurs. In one embodiment, the configuration of the asymmetric mode is predefined. When predefined, the number and location of the unidirectional lanes are known by the initialization routines of both the host and peripheral. The initialization and configuration control of the asymmetric configuration is based on the PCI Express specification, which is modified to allow the extra transmitter or receiver of a unidirectional lane of the port to be properly configured along with the bidirectional lanes during the initialization process. When the configuration for asymmetric mode is not predefined, the number of unidirectional channels needs to be indicated. In one embodiment, the number of unidirectional transmit or receive channels can be communicated between the host and peripheral devices by using reserved bits in an ordered set used during initialization. For example, when unidirectional transmitters are to be used, a value indicating the number of unidirectional transmitter lanes can be stored at a specific reserved location of the TS1 Ordered Set, such as at bits 2-4 of the Data Rate Identifier symbol. Similarly, when bidirectional receivers are to be used, a value indicating the number of bidirectional receiver lanes can be stored at a specific reserved location of the TS1 Ordered Set, such as at bits 5-7 of the Data Rate Identifier symbol. In addition to specifying a number of unidirectional lanes, it will also be appreciated that the location of the lanes can also be specified by passing information in other reserved bit locations of Ordered Sets of the PCI Express specification. In addition, hardware indications of the quantity and location of unidirectional lanes can also be implemented. When selection of a symmetric mode occurs after a first initialization, the number and location of unidirectional lanes can be communicated by data to register locations of the host and system. In the preceding detailed description, reference has been made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, and in which are shown by way of illustration specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. These embodiments, and certain variants thereof, have been described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention. It is to be understood that other suitable embodiments may be utilized and that logical, mechanical, chemical and electrical changes may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. In addition, it will be appreciated that the functional blocks shown in the figures could be further combined or divided in a number of manners without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. The preceding detailed description is, therefore, not intended to be limited to the specific forms set forth herein, but on the contrary, it is intended to cover such alternatives, modifications, and equivalents, as can be reasonably included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. For example, in For example, while the preceding disclosure is described with reference to transmitting more data than it receives it can instead receive more data than is transmits. Also, while the disclosure is with reference to the PCI Express protocol, other similar PCI Express type protocols can be used. Citations de brevets Citations hors brevets
The "Great Firewall of China," used by the government of the People's Republic of China to block users from reaching content it finds objectionable, is actually a "panopticon" that encourages self-censorship through the perception that users are being watched, rather than a true firewall, according to researchers at UC Davis and the University of New Mexico. The researchers are developing an automated tool, called ConceptDoppler, to act as a weather report on changes in Internet censorship in China. ConceptDoppler uses mathematical techniques to cluster words by meaning and identify keywords that are likely to be blacklisted. Many countries carry out some form of Internet censorship, said UC Davis in a release. Most rely on systems that block specific Web sites or Web addresses, according to Earl Barr, a graduate student in computer science at UC Davis who is an author on the paper. China takes a different approach by filtering Web content for specific keywords and selectively blocking Web pages. In 2006, a team at the University of Cambridge, England, discovered that when the Chinese system detects a banned word in data traveling across the network, it sends a series of three "reset" commands to both the source and the destination. These "resets" effectively break the connection. But they also allow researchers to test words and see which ones are censored. Barr, along with Jed Crandall, a recent UC Davis graduate who is now an assistant professor of computer science at the School of Engineering, University of New Mexico; UC Davis graduate students Daniel Zinn and Michael Byrd; and independent researcher Rich East sent messages to Internet addresses within China containing a variety of different words that might be subject to censorship. If China's censorship system were a true firewall, most blocking would take place at the border with the rest of the Internet, Barr said. But the researchers found that some messages passed through several routers before being blocked. View Full Story
- change ups Calvin Overseas Travel Rises The idea was to broaden the student’s book-bound horizons and to show that the Latin classics, modern foreign languages and philosophy classes on which he or she had slaved were the tickets to careers in commerce or diplomacy or both. Since then, higher education has changed virtually beyond recognition, but the value of overseas travel for the student seems as great as ever — and particularly so, apparently, at Calvin College. In fact, the Grand Rapids-based institution reportedly has one of the nation’s most-traveled student bodies, proportionately and in gross numbers alike. According to Ellen Monsma, director of off-campus programs, Calvin is among the leading colleges in terms of students who study abroad. She explained that in its category — master’s level institutions — Calvin ranks fifth among all U.S. universities and colleges, thanks to having a 50.9 percent participation rate in overseas study programs. When ranked according to sheer numbers, Monsma added, Calvin still ranks high — sixth in the country with 460 students studying abroad during the 2001-2002 academic year, the last year for which national statistical information is available. She said study abroad is an important component of a Calvin education. “Off-campus programs broaden students’ horizons significantly,” she said. “Not only do they study academic courses, they also learn how to live in new and sometimes very different cultures. That demands a lot of flexibility and self-reliance. “Returning to campus, students generally have a clearer idea of who they are,” Monsma said, “and they have a new perspective both on the world and on their Christian calling.” She said more and more Calvin students are taking advantage of the chance to study overseas in Calvin-sponsored programs. Almost half of Calvin's class of 2003 studied abroad at some point during their Calvin career. “For about two-thirds of those students, their study abroad came during Calvin’s three-week January term called Interim,” she said. “About one-third of the students who study abroad do so for an entire semester.” Monsma said the school’s off-campus programs effort allows Calvin students to choose from 10 destinations for semester-long study programs, including two in Honduras plus programs in Britain, China, France, Ghana, Hungary and Spain. She said Calvin also has semester-long U.S. programs in New Mexico and Washington, D.C. For students who need a program focus not available in Calvin’s own programs, she added, the off-campus programs office helps them find one that suits their needs. Surprisingly, Monsma said, this extent of overseas study by Calvin College students mirrors those of other colleges across the country. She explained that a recent report on college students studying abroad suggests that a weak economy and post-9/11 fears did little to prevent students from leaving the U.S. to supplement their college experience. She said the overseas study numbers for 2001-2002 showed a 4.4 percent increase from the previous year. Monsma said the statistics come from Open Doors 2003, the annual report on international education published by the Institute of International Education with funding from the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. (A complete report is available at www.opendoors.iienetwork.org.) She said the Institute is the leading not-for-profit educational and cultural exchange organization in the United States. IIE has conducted an annual statistical survey of foreign students in the United States since 1949, and has been collecting study abroad figures since 1986. A grant from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs underwrites the research and report. Open Doors 2003 indicates that most students continue to study abroad for shorter sojourns (many for less than eight weeks), with more than half of U.S. undergraduates and master’s degree students electing summer, January term, internships and other short-term programs instead of academic year or semester programs. Across the country the number of students going to study in less traditional destinations continues to grow. Among destination countries with the most dramatic increases were China and Japan. In addition to study abroad, separate surveys are conducted to generate statistics on foreign scholars, and foreign students enrolled in pre-academic Intensive English Programs.
Southern California Edison said Tuesday it has signed deals to buy power from First Solar, which plans to build two solar power farms totaling 550 megawatts under the proposed contracts. Tempe, Ariz.-based First Solar would erect a 250-megawatt power plant called Desert Sunlight in Riverside County, near the city of Desert Center. The second, 300-megawatt power plant called Stateline would rise out of northeastern San Bernardino County. Both power plants would be located on public land managed by the federal Bureau of Land Management, said Alan Bernheimer, a spokesman for First Solar. Edison plans to buy power provided by the two solar farms rather than owning and operating them on its own, said Vanessa McGrady, a spokeswoman for Edison. The power purchase agreements will need the approval of the California Public Utilities Commission. The projects are the latest in a series of deals signed by Edison this year alone to buy solar electricity from large, centralized power plants. Edison has to follow a state mandate that requires all investor-owned utilities to get 20 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2010. The utility said 16 percent of the power it delivered in 2008 came from renewable sources, and most of that came from geothermal and wind. The state Legislature is considering expanding that requirement to 33 percent by 2020. In June, the utility said it would buy power from two projects totaling 484 megawatts from Solar Millennium. Edison has the option to buy power from a third, 242-megawatt project to be built by Solar Millennium. In February, Edison said it would buy power from 1.3 gigawatts of solar power plants, which will be built by BrightSource Energy. Both Oakland, Calif.-based BrightSource and Germany-based Solar Millennium use solar thermal technologies, which make use of mirrors to concentrate sunlight for generating heat and producing steam. The steam then drives generators for electricity production. First Solar's projects will use the company's own cadmium-telluride panels. The company began to pursue project development activities in earnest earlier this year when it purchased the unfinished projects from OptiSolar. One of the projects involves building a 550-megawatt solar farm in California's San Luis Obispo County and sell the electricity to the Pacific Gas and Electric in Northern California. First Solar plans to start building the project on private land in 2010. OptiSolar, based in Hayward, Calif., had trouble raising enough money to continue developing the projects while also manufacturing its own solar panels. First Solar, whose largest market is Germany, is using these projects to drive demand for its solar panels in North America. It already has built a 10-megawatt project in Nevada for Sempra Generation, which is selling the electricity from that project to PG&E. Sempra also has hired First Solar to build another, 48-megawatt power plant next to the 10-megawatt project. For its deals with Edison, First Solar would build the solar power plants and then sell most or all of its equity stakes in them to investors or power producers by the time it completes the projects, Bernheimer said. Edison and First Solar declined to disclose the costs of construction or values of the power purchase agreements. Construction for the Desert Light project is scheduled o begin in 2012 while the Stateline project would start in 2013. First Solar expects to complete both in 2015. The two solar farms would produce a total of 1.2 billion kilowatt hour of electricity per year. Image courtesy First Solar.
Hairy Indigo Seed - Hairy Indigo (Indigofera hirsuta) is an erect-growing, reseeding, summer annual legume that may grow 4 to 7 feet tall if not grazed. The plant is somewhat shrubby, and stems become very woody as the plant matures. Stems and leaves are covered with short, bristlelike hairs. It is moderately resistant to root-knot nematode. Hairy indigo is adapted to sandy soils that have good drainage and grows on land that may be too dry for other legumes. It does not grow well on soils that flood for an extended period of time. Early-and-late-flowering types have been developed, but all are now marketed as common hairy indigo. Don't forget to purchase the required inoculant for this product. Click Here Hairy indigo is mainly used for grazing, and growth is sometimes accumulated to furnish high-quality grazing in the fall for weaned calves or dry cows. Hairy indigo leaves are also nutritious for goats. Studies at the University of Florida showed that hairy indigo can produce up to 12 tons of dry matter per acre that would contain about 20% crude protein and 50-60% digestibility. The leaves also contain high levels of mineral nutrients. Cattle may reject hairy indigo when they are first placed in a pasture, but after one or more days they begin grazing. After adapting to hairy indigo, cows and calves readily consume it. Cattle may develop sores on their feet and legs when grazing hairy indigo in the rainy season due to irritation of the wet skin of the cattle by the bristlelike hairs on the stems of the plants. Establishment and management procedures are similar to those for other warm-season annual legumes. Hairy indigo is easy to establish and requires very little management afterwards. Hairy indigo requires soil pH of up to 6; the plant will not grow well or persist on acid soils. Liming may be required to achieve the optimum pH. Depending on soil test results, it may be better to apply dolomite (which also supplies magnesium) than lime. How much lime will be needed depends on the soil type and original or native pH of the soil. Contact your country Extension agent for help on how you can test your soil and determine your liming needs. For good establishment, 15 lb of seed per acre is recommended. Disking, rolling or packing the soil after broadcasting the seed, will give better establishment. Establishment and production can be enhanced with application of 30 and 60 lb/acre of P2O2 and K2O, respectively. Inorganic nitrogen fertilizer is not required since hairy indigo is a legume and will produce its own nitrogen from the air. Due to its hardseededness, some seed may lie dormant in the soil for many years after being planted and then germinate when the soil is disturbed. To ensure that the plant reestablishes each year from seed, it is advisable to withdraw animals from the pasture or reduce grazing intensity two weeks before the plants begin to flower or in lat summer or early fall. This practice would allow some of the plants go to seed. Grazing animals will help distribute the seeds in the pastures. The self-seeding nature of the plants is good from the forage standpoint, but it is a negative characteristic in terms of the weed potential of the plant. Consequently, vegetable and other row crop farmers often consider hairy indigo a weed. However, used as a cover crop or green manure crop, hairy indigo can effectively suppress nematodes that might otherwise seriously damage succeeding crops. Besides grazing, hairy indigo has also been used for hay and silage. 5-8 lbs per acre Lime: 400 lbs. Inoculant Type: EL (cowpea) Protein Level: 18%-20% Matures: 120-150 days
Japanese cooling expert Scythe is introducing the successor of its Mugen 3 CPU cooler. Mugen 4 brings a brand new tower-style fin structure design, an optimized heatsink, as well as a greatly improved and simplified mounting mechanism. Scythe engineers improved the Mugen 3 design with special focus on more compact heatsink dimensions combined with better performance in order to elevate the Mugen to the next level. The outcome is a high-end CPU cooler with the compact dimensions of 5.11 x 3.46 x 6.16 in. (130 x 88 x 156.45 mm) and the weight of 1.37 lb. (625 g), allowing the Mugen 4 to be installed in virtually every computer. Although the heatsink size and weight have been reduced, the performance could be further boosted compared to the predecessor. This was achieved thanks to the newly developed T-M.A.P.S. (Three-dimensional Multiple Airflow Pass-Through Structure) fin structure, which increases the airflow inside the cooling heatsink allowing immensely improved performance. In the process of improving the performance, the Scythe Glide Stream case fan series played an important role. The supplied 120 mm model supports the PWM standard, allowing the fan speed to be adjusted individually according to the CPU temperature by the motherboard. Thanks to this, a very wide fan speed range from 400 to 1,400 rpm with airflow between 20.7 and 79 cfm can be utilized. Low noise level between 5.3 and 28dBA make the Glide Stream case fan even more suited for the new Mugen 4 allowing it to be even more silent than the predecessor. Users seeking even higher performance are able to use the second fan clip set, which is supplied, to attach a second fan and create a “push-pull” configuration. Mugen 4 is first to come with the newly developed “Hyper Precision Mounting System” (H.P.M.S.). Hence making the mounting procedure much easier and faster than before. Compatibility to the AMD sockets AM2, AM2+, AM3, AM3+, FM1, and FM2, as well as the Intel sockets LGA 775, 1155, 1156, 1366, and 2011 is assured. In addition, the new LGA 1150 (Intel “Haswell”) socket is fully supported. All required mounting clips and screws are supplied with the Scythe Mugen 4, including one wrench, a multi-lingual manual, and quality thermal grease. Scythe Mugen 4 is available on the market as of this week with a suggested retail price of 36.00 euros.
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 12:15:02 UT American Intl's Kazak play may be even bigger than its 1-bil bbl estimate By Sharon Behn and James Norman, Platt's Oilgram News (McGraw Hill), Vol.75 no.143, 25 July 1997 Almaty--A 4.7-mil acre oil and gas exploration concession between the Caspian Sea and Aral Sea, in which tiny New York-based American International Petroleum Corp recently aquired a 70% interest, could have two or three times the 1.1-bil bbl of recoverable reserves AIPC claims, according to a Kazakstan oil ministry source. Reserve estimates for the tract, located on the Uzbekistan border about 125 km southeast of Chevron's huge Tengiz field, have been kept quiet since Soviet Union days to protect Kazakh interests, and possibly to cover up an environmental disaster there. But a geologist for Kazakstan's State Commission for Mineral Reserves, who once worked on seismic tests in the area and asked to remain anonymous, told Platt's July 23, "It is an area we have long believed was rich in oil. There could be two or three billion barrels' worth there." After Kazakstan's independence, the 1.9-mil hectare exploration licence for that region was granted last November to a new company called Scientific Industrial Firm Dank Too, headed by Almaty geophysicist Nurlan Tsatarovitch Dzhanseitov. Dzhanseitov worked 12 years in the Ministry of Geology and another 12 years in the former Ministry of Oil. He also spent nine years in the Mangishak region where the concession now lies. "There are 15 wells there. Work started under the former Soviet Union, but they left for Aktubinsk when they found a large oil field there.(China's CNPC recently purchased 60% of Aktubinskunaigas.) Then the Soviet Union was dissolved and there was no money left to explore here," Dzhanseitov said. "Nobody knew there was oil there. But I knew." Two of the initial wells discovered apparently large reserves of oil and gas at Bangash (or Begesh) and Chikuduk. But both wells are said to have blown out while being tested in the early 1990s, forcing them to be plugged. Indeed, the Bangash well, testing zones from 9,000 to 12,000 ft deep, is said to have flowed uncontrolled for several months, creating a huge, embarassing oil spill. Dzhanseitov claims there are 174-mil mt of potential oil reserves in the seven structures already studied, and a possible additional 170-mil mt in the license area's remaining structures. "We are under negotiations with large oil companies in the US to work the area," said Dzhanseitov. He declined to say which oil company was involved, but said it was "like an Exxon or an Oryx," which have adjoining concessions, as do Amoco and Elf. Dank then sold rights to 90% of its interest to a Frankfurt-based Liberian company called MED Shipping f Trading, headed by MIT geophysicist Spiro Armenis, AIPC says. The license calls for the shooting of at least 3,000-km of 2-D seismic analysis over five years at an investment of about $15-mil. The licensee then gets to pick up to 10% of the concession for further exploration and development. The remaining 90% is to be put up for public tender. The license holder gets to keep proprietary ownership of the new seismic and 2,000 km of existing shoots. To fund the initial seismic work, plus $30-mil of additional seismic and exploration drilling, Armenis approached AIPC, headed by Lebanese native George Faris. Flush with $20-mil of cash from the sale of AIPC's Peru and Colombia EfP properties to Bahamas-based Mercantile International Petroleum, AIPC was eager to try for a piece of the Central Asia oil pie. Faris persuaded Armenis to sell a 70% stake in the concession for 3.2-mil AIPC shares and warrants for 500,000 more at $2, plus $400,000 in cash. About half the new shares were to be held in trust until AIPC's price reaches $5/share. At AIPC's price of about $0.50/share last winter, that deal amounted to a meager $2-mil of immediate value. But that would be 10% of AIPC's stock, which Faris claimed would be worth far, far more if the projected reserves could be proved, and far more than any major oil company would be willing to pay up-front to buy out the license. The deal was cut April 22, according to AIPC filings, and AIPC made an intial downpayment. That same day, according to an SEC 144 filing, Faris bought almost 900,000 shares of AIPC stock at $0.25/share, almost doubling his holding to 2.3-mil shares. Fellow AIPC director Donald Rynne, 74, a long-time player in the shipping business with extensive ties around the Persian Gulf, also bought almost 300,000 AIPC shares that day at the same low price, increasing his stake by 150%. Faris told Platt's he had no idea the Kazakstan deal was about to be closed the same day he bought that stock. "We had been in negotiation," he said, "but the deal had been dead several times. I didn't know until five minutes before" that the Dank-MED license deal would be completed. "If I had know," said Faris, the stock purchase "would not be legal and the board would not have allowed it." The stock purchase arose, Faris told Platt's, when an unidentified holder of convertible debt threatened to covert to stock and dump shares on the market. Lacking corporate funds, Faris said "The board allowed me to do it myself." He said he is restricted from selling those shares for two years. The stock quickly doubled in value to more than $0.50 and then in early July rocketed to more than $3/share on AIPC's announcement that it was doubling its Kazakh reserve estimate to 1.1-bil bbl. The stock eased to as low as $1.50, but has since recovered to close July 24 at $2.88/share. Faris says the license transfer involved two time-consuming steps. First, the Dank license had to be transferred to a new operating company, called MED Shipping Usturt Petroleum. Then MSUP, 70% owned by a new AIPC unit, had to be registered as a new company. The rest of MSUP now is owned 10% by Dank, 5% by MED Shipping and 15% by a German geophysical company called Entredynamics. Aside from its Kazakstan play, AIPC has little else but a small Louisiana sour-crude refinery now undergoing repairs and unlikley to be operating before fall. The only analyst known to cover the stock is Keith Bossey of Long Island-based Robert M. Cohen & Co., who put out a "speculative buy" on the stock July 23. "Underline `speculative,'" said Bossey, who sees the stock worth a possible $10/share. "Do they have the technology or the money" to develop the Usturt prospect alone? "Absolutely not," said Bossey: "They've got to partner up." Still, he notes, "For a little company to get a concession like this is extraordinary."--Sharon Behn, James Norman
[Haskell-cafe] Re: about Haskell code written to be "too smart" apfelmus at quantentunnel.de Wed Mar 25 19:44:53 EDT 2009 Manlio Perillo wrote: > Heinrich Apfelmus ha scritto: >> I think you'd have had a much easier time by starting with a proper book >> right away, like Richard Bird's "Introduction to Functional Programming >> in Haskell", accompanied by Real World Haskell. > Unfortunately, one year ago Real World Haskell was not here. > And note that I have no problems with basic functional programming > My problems are specific to Haskell. Despite the title, Bird's book is quite specific to Haskell, in particular concerning the philosophy of composing solutions from building blocks as opposed to primitive recursion. I'd say that every serious Haskell programmer should have it on his bookshelf (even if only for show ;) ). More information about the Haskell-Cafe
In an effort to examine the correlation between diabetes status and preoperative glycemic control with surgical outcomes, Annette L. Adams, PhD, MPH, from Kaiser Permanente Southern California in Pasadena, and colleagues conducted a retrospective review of 40,491 patients who underwent elective first primary total knee arthroplasty. The researchers found that 18.7 percent of the patients had diabetes, 1.1 percent underwent revision arthroplasty, and 0.7 percent developed a deep infection. Compared with patients without diabetes, there was no significant correlation between controlled or uncontrolled diabetes with the risk of revision, deep infection, or deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism. "No significantly increased risk of revision arthroplasty, deep infection, or deep venous thrombosis was found in patients with diabetes (as defined on the basis of preoperative hemoglobin A1c levels and other criteria) compared with patients without diabetes in the study population of patients who underwent elective total knee arthroplasty," the authors write. Several authors disclosed financial ties to an entity in the biomedical arena.
The 13 Best Bipolar Disorder iPhone & Android Apps of 2013 The Best Apps for Bipolar Disorder Nearly four percent of American adults have struggled with bipolar disorder at some point in their lives, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. If you’re one of them, you’ve probably had to deal with cycling moods that go from upbeat and energetic to down and depressed. No app can replace medications and talk therapy for treating bipolar disorder, but these 13 tools can help you better understand your condition and get the help you need. When shifting emotions are an issue, keeping a mood diary can help you better understand and express how you feel. This Apple and Android app with cheery graphics takes the mood diary one step further. You can create notes and identify feeling patterns on summary charts. Plus, iMoodJournal reminds you to record your feelings at certain times. You can also hashtag your emotions, medication, and sleep, which can help you spot triggers and discover how your moods change over time. You can also take self-portraits with each attitude shift. Then you can see how your mood affects your appearance. When you’re done tracking, share your mood with friends on Facebook, and with your mental health provider. Bipolar Disorder Uncovered Bipolar disorder is more complicated than manic and depressive mood swings. Sifting through the complex and sometimes unreliable medical information online can leave you feeling overwhelmed, especially if you’re newly diagnosed. Let the Apple and Android Bipolar Disorder Uncovered app be your ultimate guide on bipolar. You’ll discover what causes bipolar disorder, how to recognize symptoms, when and where to seek help, and the types of treatments available. Also, learn the secrets of this disorder your doctor might not tell you—like the bad habits that can get in the way of your recovery. eMoods Bipolar Mood Tracker You may note your mood when you’re in the moment, but can you remember how you felt on the second Tuesday of last month? Probably not. That’s why it’s important to keep an ongoing record of your mental state with eMoods Bipolar Mood Tracker. With this free Android app, you can track your manic and depressive episodes and highlight extreme symptoms. You can also record up to 11 medications, and your current sleep cycle. At the end of the month, email a printable graph chart to your mental health professional. T2 Mood Tracker Named for its developer—the National Center for TeleHealth and Technology (hence the two Ts)—this app gives you an easy way to monitor your state of mind over time. You rate yourself on six categories: anxiety, depression, general wellbeing, head injury, post-traumatic stress, and stress. You can also create custom scales to cover pain and other measures of how you’re feeling. Available free for Apple and Android, T2 also lets you see how daily dramas, medication changes, and other treatments impact your mood. Graphs help you track your emotions over time and help your doctor design the most effective treatment for you. This cute and cuddly cartoon bear’s attitudes range from cheery and optimistic to annoyed and negative. Bipolar bear aims to help bipolar patients learn to laugh at the many different feelings they face in a day. It cycles through random statements, each representing a different feeling. The bear is meant to help people with bipolar disorder feel less alone in their mood shifts. Although this Apple app has a lighthearted tone, developers designed it to bring awareness to the serious issues those with bipolar disorder face. And 30 percent of the purchase price goes to a nonprofit organization that serves people with bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorder Connect It’s common for people with bipolar disorder to feel isolated, especially during episodes of depression. So why not get in touch with a community of people who are dealing with the same issues as you? With Apple’s Bipolar Disorder Connect (Bipolar Connect for Android), you can follow discussions, ask questions of your fellow community members, and add comments to other users’ posts. Use this supportive forum to share your own experiences. Learn which treatments have helped others. Make friends with the “Connect” button. Message them, and post status updates so they can keep updated on how you’re doing. If you’re not in the mood to share, you can just follow other participants’ activity feeds. When you’re constantly caught unprepared by unpredictable mood swings, optimism can be difficult. Your positive outlook can disappear, especially during those dark periods of depression. Enter Optimism, a charting app that helps you develop strategies to manage your moods. With Optimism, you can learn how to predict highs and lows before they occur. By reporting your feelings daily, you’ll learn to identify your triggers and make changes before they drag you down. Free for Apple devices, Optimism allows you to create charts to track your mood history. Then you can share those charts with your mental health provider. Need a lift? Moody Me knows how to pick you up whenever you’re feeling down. You take pictures of your favorite people, places, and things. Then the free Apple app creates an uplifting slideshow you can play whenever you need an emotional boost. Moody Me will also store photos of your depression triggers to remind you what to avoid. Moody Me also has tracking features that record all your mood-altering moments. And it has colorful graphs to follow your frame of mind over time. Because this app is the co-creation of MedHelp, you can take advantage of a virtual support group by posting questions to its online health community. Mental illnesses are so often misunderstood and overlooked. It’s easy to brush off serious symptoms like depression when you’ve never experienced them. Mental Illness is an informative Apple app that will help you enlighten a loved one about your condition. It can also teach you more about the symptoms that are having such a dramatic effect on your daily life. Bipolar disorder is one of more than a dozen conditions this app covers. It also include anxiety, depression, panic disorder, and PTSD. iMind & Mood iMind & Mood is like having an experienced mental health professional right in your smartphone. First, the Apple app will ask you a series of questions about your mental health—just like any good doctor would do. Then, based on your responses, the app will offer you highly personalized advice about your mood, relationships, and more. It will even tell you when it’s time to call in a real health professional. It will also track your progress throughout your treatment. Mood Track Private Diary When you’re having a really bad day, do you stop to think about what triggered your dark mood? Or whether it tends to re-emerge in certain situations? Mood Track Private Diary, made for Android and Apple, will track your emotions for you, so you can start to look for patterns. After charting your feelings for a few weeks, you might notice that you’re particularly moody on Mondays. You might find that a certain time of the month makes you feel especially foul. Once you know what sends you into a spiral, you can plan in advance to take some much needed “me time.” Or, you can talk to your doctor about treatment. Have you ever tuned into your brain waves? It might sound like new age mumbo-jumbo, but the makers of this high-tech app claim that listening to their collection of brain waves will help calm your mind and relax your body. The BrainWave Tuner Apple and Android app comes with more than 26 distinct brain wave patterns. Each is designed to induce a different mental state, from relaxation to enhanced creativity. Just put on your iPhone ear buds, choose the brain wave strength that best suits you, and tune in! Tracking Your Emotions Bipolar disorder doesn’t have to define you. Staying aware and educated about how you feel and how your body works can help you stay on top of this mood disorder. These apps can’t replace a physician, but if you try a few, you may find that tracking your emotions, connecting with others, and staying involved in your experiences can help. These apps ensure that a powerful aid will always be as near as your mobile device. We selected these bipolar disorder apps based on their potential to aid people with bipolar disorder and their loved ones in a number of ways. Additional factors considered in selecting these apps included: user ratings, affordability, accessibility, format, functionality, and relevance to bipolar disorder and its community's needs. Together, this collection represents the gamut of helpful iPhone and Android apps that are successfully designed to make life with bipolar disorder more manageable. Please note: Healthline Networks does not endorse or warrant for fitness of purpose any of these applications. These apps have not been evaluated for medical accuracy by Healthline Networks and unless otherwise indicated, haven’t been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). - "NIMH · Statistics · Bipolar Disorder Among Adults." NIMH · Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Aug. 2013. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/statistics/1bipolar_adult.shtml
New research published this week in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet has disclosed the presence of super bacterium NDM-1 in the drinking and ground water in Delhi, India. NDM-1 resists treatment by the most powerful antibiotics available and could spark a worldwide spread of untreatable infections. NDM-1 has already been carried from India to Europe by “medical tourists” who contracted the infection during a hospital stay. Upon learning this news, the World Health Organization (WHO) sounded an alarm asking medical researchers around the globe to take up an urgent collective effort to combat NDM-1. The WHO is particularly concerned because - The population density of India suggests that millions of people may already be carriers - The NDM-1 gene has spread to bacteria that cause dysentery and cholera, which are easily passed among humans who drink sewage-contaminated water - 650 million people in India do not have access to toilets served by sewers WHO Regional Director Zsuzsanna Jakab said “Given the growth of travel and trade in Europe and across the world, people should be aware that until all countries tackle this, no country alone can be safe.” Photo by SAsqrd.
An hfm web extra In this excerpt from the interview, David Blumenthal, MD, former national coordinator for health information technology under President Obama, discusses with Richard L. Clarke, DHA, FHFMA, president and CEO of HFMA, lessons learned about population health management efforts in the 1990s. Richard L. Clarke: More than a third of the healthcare organizations surveyed for HFMA's Value Project have already begun investing in population health management capabilities or plan to do so within the next two years. What were the lessons learned from population health management efforts in the 1990s? David Blumenthal: We made a huge error in the 1990s by taking a fundamentally useful concept-that of health maintenance and the management of people's health in its entirety rather than episode- or visit-based care-and using it as a cost-control device. We lost the chance to move it into common use and thereby alienated the health professions and the public. We need to move incrementally and judiciously back to some kind of shared risk. I don't think we're going to move precipitously to global capitation for individuals in the short term. It exists, obviously, in a relatively small number of organizations, such as Kaiser Permanente. We're going to see risk transferred in increments in a variety of ways that organizations will be capable of managing-especially leading organizations, because they are working so hard at their information systems. Within the past couple years, I served on a committee with the medical director of a large primary care and multispecialty group that had about 300 physicians. The group was capitated to a large extent and doing extremely well. The head of the group said they could manage care because their information systems enabled them to accept risk. Such systems didn't exist 20 years ago. That means we have new opportunities to transfer risk without the calamities that befell so many groups in the 1990s. We have new opportunities because people can learn how resources are being used and where they're vulnerable and where they're not, and be intelligent managers of the risks they're accepting. But not many organizations are there yet. We're going to have to move toward risk and varieties of global payment over time. We won't move toward a single form of risk acceptance, because there is no consensus on the optimal way to do it-whether it's bundled payments for hospital stays, episode-of-care payments, the PROMETHEUS approach, or some less prescriptive, more experience-based form of care. But we will move increasingly toward sharing risk, and that will change the sensibility of providers. One hopes that over 10 to 15 years, that changed sensibility will be as important as the narrowly construed risk-sharing arrangements themselves. A lot of this is about psychology. Physicians don't think like auditors or economists. They think about their patients and their needs at the moment of decision. Enabling them to think as though they need to look for ways to save resources that don't jeopardize the care of their patients could be vastly more important than any mechanical payment structure. For more information, see "David Blumenthal, MD: Using Information to Drive Value," hfm, October 2011 Publication Date: Monday, October 03, 2011
Meghalaya is a cool, hilly state in North East India. Several villages on a cliff overlooking the Bengal plains compete for the fame of being the wettest place on earth. This should not scare travellers from coming here though – most of the rain falls between April and September at nights. This climate creates a wonderful nature in the misty hills. Impressive waterfalls can be seen, and the water forced deep caves into the rocks, some of Asia’s longest caves. Because bridges from dead wood can’t withstand the humidity in Meghalaya locals are experts in building bridges from living roots and trees. These bridges are a major attraction of this state, and a truly magical sight. Sacred groves in the East Khasi Hills are forests which have not been touched by human hand since ancient days, the virgin forests are a heaven for nature lovers. Many geological features make Meghalaya a rewarding destination: Kyllang Rock in the West Khasi Hills disctrict is an impressive site: the massive, red granite rock rises to 1,646 metres above sea level. In Jakrem, hot springs invite visitors to take a healing bath. Long caves with magnificent stalagmites can be found in the East Khasi Hills district. The capital of Meghalaya is Shillong, which has a nice colonial quarter around Ward’s Lake. Between the modern Indian buildings architectural gems and a picturesque cathedral can be found. There are different ethnic groups in Meghalaya, all of them use a matrilineal system of inheritance. The local Khasi tribes are still nominally ruled by a traditional ruler. Lacking political power, they still have considerable force and control Shillong’s vast market. Header image taken from Flickr CC, courtesy of fixing-shadows. Meghalaya treks and tours Contact us now
Photo: Christians Urge Immigration Law Repeal Some Christian community leaders in the state of Alabama (Roman Catholic Church, United Methodist Church and the Episcopal Church), wrote a letter to Governor Robert Bentley to pray so that they show political courage and will be able to support the repeal of the immigration law in the State of Alabama. Without speaking specifically of repeal, the leaders spoke of “an unjust and unfair law”. The six leaders who wrote the letter, had already filed a complaint against the law to the Federal Court. The letter of commitment to pray for the governor marked a different approach to object to the bill following the lawsuits, peaceful demonstrations, marches, including a demonstration held on Saturday, December 17, at the Capitol and in front of the governor’s residence in Montgomery, which was attended by hundreds of opponents to this law. From the information the Fides Agenzia gathered it seems that the governor’s office has publicly stated that the immigration law in the state needs to be changed, but has not said it is against it. The Catholic Church has stated its position several times, and the Bishops of America have supported the position of religious leaders, as the problem of migration is considered a national problem for many.
In the wake of the great rebellion On Monday 19 September 1803, the most significant trial in the history of Ireland took place in Dublin. At the dock stood a twenty-five year old former Trinity College student and doctor’s son. His name was Robert Emmet and he was standing trial for heading a rebellion on 23 July 1803. The iconic power of Robert Emmet in Irish history cannot be overstated. Emmet looms large in narratives of the past, yet the rebellion, which he led, remains to be fully contextualized. Patterson’s book repairs this omission and explains the complex process of politicization and revolutionary activity extending into the 1800’s. He details the radicalisation of the grass roots, their para-militarism and engagement in secret societies. Drawing on an intriguing range of sources, Patterson offers a comprehensive insight into a relatively neglected period of history. This work is of particular significance to undergraduate and post-graduate students and lecturers of Irish history.
The border basically. Its a place that they check packages, etc... Yeah, that's the basic gist of customs. It's the agency in place at the border of any country that screens incoming international shipments to make sure nothing illegal or contraband get into the country. When I send away hair samples for genetic testing, I have to include an import permit, stating what it is with a signed declaration of health so that it will make it through customs. People flying internationally have to go through customs & immigration as well. There are some pretty funny things that can't be shipped between Canada and the US though. An example is Kinder Surprise. It's banned in the US but not in Canada and every once in a while, you'll hear a story about someone who had their Kinder Surprise confiscated at the border.
WASHINGTON -- Why does money keep going missing on Capitol Hill? There's an obvious answer (politicians). A less obvious answer is sticky-fingered ghosts. Local author and tour guide Tim Krepp, having just published a book about Capitol Hill's otherworldly beings -- including some that pilfer money -- isn't sure that that ghosts actually exist. He has, however, documented the many, many stories told by people who think they do in "Capitol Hill Haunts." HuffPost DC caught up with Krepp just before the "Capitol Hill Haunts" launch party, being held Thursday night at the Argonaut on H Street NE. The Huffington Post: Let me get the obvious question out of the way first: Did you see any ghosts while researching this book? Tim Krepp: Ha! No, I did not. [I'm] a little disappointed at that. Perhaps they note my cynical side and refuse to show themselves to me? HuffPost: Are there a lot of politicians haunting Capitol Hill? Or do most pols go haunt their home districts? Krepp: Yes, but quite sensibly they stay on their side of the Hill, in the big white building we get our name from. John Quincy Adams may perhaps be the most reliable, giving his final speech on the floor of the old House Chamber (now Statuary Hall). Steve Livengood, the chief guide of the Capitol Historical Service, has seen him many times and is a font of ghostly knowledge. Probably the one person who unabashedly sees ghosts I talked to and relates his story matter-of-factly. He also has a great recollection of Wilbur Mills, an all but forgotten giant of the House. HuffPost: Where did most of the ghost stories come from? Did you read about them, or talk to people who'd experienced the ghosts? Krepp: I try to cast a wide net. Some are from previously published accounts. Many, perhaps most, are from newspaper archives. Some I find from word of mouth. The most rewarding is when I can talk to someone who has first-hand experiences. HuffPost: Did you hear from many people who see ghosts these days? Krepp: Several. Three were kind enough to give me face-to-face interviews, and many more related interesting occurrences. I thought it interesting that all three, in carrying degrees, were cautious about using the term "ghost," but were certain they had come across something unexplained. HuffPost: What had they come across? Krepp: A variety of things. Not many out-and-out apparitions, but quite a bit of mysterious happenings. What caught my attention was several occurrences of money mysteriously disappearing from a known location, the owner searching for it, in one case for years, and then having it reappear exactly where it should have. I suppose there are a number of "rational" reasons why this could happen, but the multiple unconnected occurrences kinda gave me a shiver. The original story was in the Library of Congress; some debate as to whether it was in the Capitol or when it moved to what's now the Jefferson Building. But an incredibly similar tale happened in recent times in a house across the street from the Madison building. And then H Street Playhouse had another eerily similar occurrence, although with prop money during a play. It seems we have a ghostly klepto on the Hill who thinks better of his actions! HuffPost: Money going missing in Washington. Who'd have thought? Krepp: Seriously. A local politician or two might want to blame a ghost right about now... Of course, in the [Library of Congress] ghost, the money may, or may not, have reappeared, but the ghost continues to search for it. HuffPost: Do you find the ghost stories interesting because of the ghosts, or do you mostly like the ghost stories as a way to explore some of D.C.'s history? Krepp: I'd say more of the later. Ghosts make great stories, but they could be anything. It could be the history of architecture. Or transportation. Or race. Or any of the other lens we use to examine our history. I like ghosts because they're somewhat whimsical, and their stories revolve around the darker sides of life, which my at times gloomy personality identifies with. HuffPost: What is your favorite story in your book? And are there any great stories that had to get left out? Krepp: I think my absolute favorite tidbit I found was in reference to the jail that used to be in Hill East. It was an 1893 Washington Post article about Georgetown ghosts and it casually dismissed the jail ghost as "only what theosophical science now knows familiarly as the Jiva" and goes on to string a bunch of pseudo-scientific garbage together. Basically, the Jail ghosts weren't "real" because black people saw them, while Georgetown had the real article. It really captured the condescending racism of the time, in a way that textbooks don't. Man, black people can't even have their own ghosts? As to left out, I had a lot of leads that petered out. I really wish I had a good ghost at Eastern Market or the Old Naval Hospital. I tried finding one at Atlas Theater (what kind of theater doesn't have a ghost!?!?). But the only stories I cut were ones that were boring or repetitive. HuffPost: You talk about racism and ghosts in your book quite a bit -- can you explain how those two things go together? Krepp: It's not necessarily that racism and ghosts go together, but rather the idea that Capitol Hill and race go together (and not just racism). So much of the narrative of this neighborhood has been about racism, either overtly in the last 50 years or so, or the hidden subtext for the last 200-plus. But specifically with ghosts, there was often a underlying thought that ghosts and "haints" were something suitable for children, black people, and other "less serious" folks. So when I find a story from, say, 1871, it's impossible to write about it in a race-neutral way. They didn't live that way then, and we don't live that way now. It would sound artificial if I tried to write it that way. And, I think, that ghosts, and in a larger sense, folklore history, is something that has been sidelined by "real" historians. These were stories people, quite often black people, sincerely believed. Why not examine them? The historical record is more bare than say, Lincoln's assassination, but it's not completely empty. HuffPost: Do you think ghosts and other supernatural-type things are still considered to be the domains of less-serious folks? Krepp: Oh yes. And people know it. When someone tells me about their house, the story almost invariably starts with "I don't believe in ghosts, but there's this thing I just can't explain". It's funny. We are absolutely certain about so many things in our lives without direct evidence, but we seem to hold a higher standard to the supernatural. Not saying that's a bad thing, it's just funny that we "know" so many other things with just as scanty evidence. I'm not much better, by the way. I catch myself responding to the "So you wrote a ghost book?" with "Yes, but it's actually history, not just a bunch of stories. Look it has footnotes and everything!". HuffPost: You are holding your book launch at the Argonaut this week. Is that place haunted? Krepp: No. Damnit. It's another place I tried finding a ghost. In fact, I looked all over for a good haunted bar. We have so few historic bars on the Hill. Argo just has an older feel, it isn't that old in it's own right. Hawk n Dove closed, but I don't see how it couldn't have been haunted. I tracked down some rumors at Mr. Henry's but they didn't pan out. I still have some hopes there is a good haunted bar somewhere on the Hill, but I haven't found it yet. GALLERY: HAUNTED ATTRACTIONS THAT MAY REALLY BE HAUNTED This time of year, there are lots of haunted attractions where people pay good money to get the wits scared out of them by actors. But some of these haunted attractions may have some real-life spooks that are working free of charge. The Dent Schoolhouse is a haunted attraction built on the premises of an old schoolhouse in Cincinnati, Ohio, that was supposedly the site of a mass murder. The school opened up in 1894 and, legend has it, got shut down in the 1950s after it was discovered that a janitor named Charlie McFree killed a bunch of kids and put the bodies in the basement, according to owner Bud Stross. Although Stross' employees have reported spooky encounters, he admits he was skeptical until two weeks ago when he had his own encounter with an apparition. "It was around three or four in the morning when I caught something in my eye, a lady in a black mask," he said. "It was my first ghost. We jetted out pretty quick." The Pennhurst Asylum in Spring City, Pa., is built on the site of a former mental institution that between 1908 and 1986, housed as many as 25,000 mentally disabled people. Owner Randy Bates sometimes sees strange flickers of light and says employees report having very creepy encounters, such as the man who had an experience that was so shocking that he ran out of a building so fast, he almost tore the hinges off. "He stayed away for three days," Bates said. "He came back, but won't talk about what he saw." Some haunted places that charge admission don't feel the need to advertise the possibility of real spooks, such as the Cutting Edge Haunted House in Fort Worth, Texas, which owner Todd James says the attraction is built on the site of an old meat packing plant in an area of town once known as "Hell's Half-Acre." Before James built a haunted house, he says there were lots of gunfights on the site. Although James hasn't seen any ghosts, a few of his staffers have run into a gangly ghost they have named "G.G." "It's very creepy," he said. "We have an artist that won't work in that section." Despite this alleged haunted activity, James says he "can't confirm nor deny" the existence of ghosts and has never relied on the supposed real spooks to attract customers. Also on HuffPost:
ISIS Report 17/06/13 Now Published Online Order your copy Ban GMOs Now Health & Environmental Hazards Especially in the Light of the New Genetics new genetics tells us why artificial genetic modification can never be safe because it interferes fundamentally with the natural genetic modification by organisms themselves that is absolutely essential for survival. Ho (Ph D Biochemistry) biosafety expert, much published author, pioneer of the physics of organisms and sustainable systems, leading critic of genetic determinism and proponent of epigenetic evolution since the 1970s; and Eva Sirinathsinghji (Ph D Neurogenetics) researcher and staff writer for Science in Society For more details see: http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Ban_GMOs_Now_-_Special_ISIS_Report.php There are 9 comments on this article so far. Add your comment \|Ken Conrad Comment left 24th May 2013 17:05:46\| I agree With Jon. \|Dr. I.S. Perlingieri Comment left 25th May 2013 18:06:10\| 25 May 2013. Today is the day that the US and 36 other countries are participating in a global STOP MONSANTO day. The evidence is already overwhelming of the toxicity of GM crops. If the governments want to do business with criminals, then it is up to citizens from all over the world NOT to buy any products from corporations that continue to cause such massive harm to us and the entire web of life. We do have the Power of the PUR$E! The buck or eruo does stop at the cash register. We can choose not to buy and, therefore, NOT support financially any company that makes products designed to harm! Just think: if Monsanto did not have any sales for 2-3 weeks, how that would impact their balance sheet! \|Jon Tattersall Comment left 24th May 2013 14:02:19\| These are not the deeds of corporations. They are the doings of men . They should be named. \|william pina Comment left 31st May 2013 06:06:17\| Hi there!!...Thank you for posting such important article about the big monsters,Monsanto Dupont ect,I swear am just waiting for the they to see those stupid things Gmo's (ALL),stoped for good of the entire humanity,'cause those corporations does not care about anything but (Get rich)no matter who's beeing affected by their acts. That in the concerning is the all world,because(they)are trying to plant their poison everywhere,but just in those countries that don't offers resistance to those plans. ¡¡Fight,fight,fight and never stop fighing, until we make them stop. Thanks again.... \|Rory Short Comment left 17th June 2013 19:07:10\| The problem that we are facing is much deeper and wider than that posed by GMO's alone. GMO's are the natural outcome of us seeing ourselves as being APART from Nature not, as us recognising, that we are a PART of Nature and thus seeking in our behaviour to be in harmony with Nature at all times. \|Theresa Comment left 19th June 2013 13:01:56\| Following on from Jon and Rory's comments, I think we need to keep an eye on the Rt. Hon.David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science - see more at: Note the mention of the OECD here: More information on the KBBE "concept?" here: I am seeing my MP on Friday. How best to address the issues???? One idea might be to immediately* push for stronger regulations (and promote discussion of the alternatives, see ETC Group's work on synbio for example and Corporate Watch are doing some good work) if moratoriums cannot be negotiated. Imperial College are shortly to have an International Synbio conference http://sb6.biobricks.org/. See speakers. So who might be investing in unsafe and unethical technologies? Which projects are safe and which are not? Are risks worth taking while there are alternatives? * Info, 2 years old Note: Soros, Dupont, BP (NASA ??). \|Dr. I.S. Perlingieri Comment left 21st June 2013 12:12:06\| 21 June 2013 I am calling for a 4-day Nationwide General Strike in the US over the 4th of July holiday. As part of our collective global grievances, I have included Dr. Mae-Wan Ho's "Ban GMOs Now". Please help spread the word. The link can be found at: My Part 2 (also referenced above) has more on Dr. Ho's GMO Ban. \|lorina Comment left 13th October 2013 07:07:26\| YES BAN NOW OF GMO'S \|joan Russow Comment left 21st October 2013 23:11:14\| I remember in 1999 in Delhi, Vandana Shiva held the Biodevastation II Conference, which Dr Mae Wong Ho and I attended. At that Conference there was a debate about tactics- to call for labeling or banning. In the end all the participants, except the International Consumer's Association whose campaign was labeling, signed the following Petition: Biodevastastion II Global Ban Declaration (i) A global ban on genetically engineered foods and crops; (ii) A global ban on the patenting of life forms; (iii) An end to the exploitation of the knowledge of farmers, peasants and indigenous peoples; (iv) A global support program for promoting organic agriculture and other forms of ecological farming, and for instituting a fair and just transition program for affected farmers and communities. Labelling addresses the right to know issue but not the equity issue - not everyone can afford GE-free or organic food and crops, and not the environmental issue- genetic drift and contamination. Monsanto and the other GE food and crops industries should have their charters or licences revoked and be charged with gross or criminal negligence for jeopardizing global food security and food sovereignty.
By William Brand Sunday, December 23rd, 2007 at 9:13 pm in Uncategorized. Bay Area DUI campaign heats up Planning on drinking, then driving home? Remember: A cab ride home’s a lot cheaper than a driving under the influence arrest. Read this from Bay Cities News Service: Provisional numbers from Bay Area law enforcement agencies patrolling the roadways indicate that while the number of arrests for the AVOID Anti-DUI holiday enforcement season has increased, the number of fatalities is lower than during the 2006 enforcement period. Between 12:01 a.m. Dec. 14 and midnight Dec. 22 authorities from 125 Bay Area law enforcement agencies have arrested 1,508 individuals for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. There have been two drug or alcohol related traffic deaths during that period, according to officials. In 2006 seven people died in collisions attributed to an impaired driver during the 20-day enforcement period, which will run through Jan. 1. The AVOID Anti-DUI campaign was started in 1973 in California to bring law enforcement agencies together in to county and region-wide clusters to crack down on the number of people driving under the influence, according to the Web site. Updated information and statistics can be found on the organization’s Web site at http://www.californiaavoid.org. The complete dui charts showing how many drinks equal a DUI, based on weight and sex, can be found here.
(From the publisher): First published in 1953, And Never Said a Word is one of Heinrich Böll's richest works, a novel that explores marriage with depth and compassion. Böll evokes an entire emotional world in the space of a day and a half as a husband and wife alternately relate a story of love and isolation, poverty and injustice. Weakness, as well as strength, provides the subtle emotional threads that form the bonds of their love; and they discover married life takes a far greater toll on those who love than on those whose hearts are empty. Original title: Und sagte kein einziges Wort Alternative titles: Acquainted with the Night Genre: Fiction→ General Fiction
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The Federal Aviation Administration was considering the request Tuesday, said an agency official who asked not to be identified because the details aren’t yet public. The plane maker would operate test flights with existing test aircraft, Marc Birtel, a company spokesman, said Monday. Flying test planes would let Boeing study the Dreamliner’s lithium-ion power packs while the 50 787s in service stay parked. Regulators and Boeing are still trying to determine what caused a battery fire on one jet and a cockpit warning that spurred an emergency landing by another, which in turn triggered grounding orders worldwide on Jan. 16. “Flight tests are the best way to get to the root cause,” Stephen Levenson, an analyst at Stifel Nicolaus & Co. in New York, said Tuesday in a note to investors. Levenson said he expects the FAA to approve the flights. Boeing “has submitted an application to conduct test flights and it is currently under evaluation by the FAA,” Birtel said in an email. He wouldn’t say when or where Chicago- based Boeing might conduct any tests, or with how many planes. The company performed thousands of hours of tests on the six-jet development fleet before the plane’s 2011 commercial debut. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said federal regulators will wait until the battery probe is complete before allowing test flights for Boeing production aircraft or so-called ferry flights to let airlines reposition stranded Dreamliners. “There’s a focus on the batteries and we’re going to continue to let the people doing the investigation finish their work,” he said.
iHub Research By Angela Crandall / November 1, 2013 Released: Umati Analysis of Online Content from ICC and Devolution ‘Dangerous Speech,’ a subcategory of hate speech, first coined and defined by Benesch (2013), is speech or another form of expression that has a reasonable chance of catalyzing or amplifying violence by one group against another. Our Umati Project has been especially interested in Dangerous Speech since the inception of the project last September, only months away from the date of Kenya’s first elections since the post-election violence of 2007-8. Renewed violence was widely feared, but documentation of inflammatory speech online was lacking, due to scant monitoring in 2007/8. Therefore over a year ago, the research arm of the iHub partnered with Ushahidi to create “Umati,” a new media monitoring project that developed a systematic process to collect and categorize online hate speech. With support from partners including MacArthur Foundation, USAID, and Internews, the project has run for a full year, over which period Umati has not only designed a unique methodology for collecting and categorizing online speech, we have also developed the largest database of hate speech from one country to date (6,600+ incidents). Over the past 2 months, one of the Umati monitors has been assigned to specifically look at two pertinent issues in Kenya: devolution, a cornerstone for governance in the country, and the ongoing trials at the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the Kenyan President, his deputy and a radio journalist. We have looked at understanding the online discussions around these two topics and the kinds of conversations they have sparked online. Content was also analyzed to determine the level of hate (and dangerous) speech contained. Today, iHub Research releases a brief based on the 2 months of monitoring of online discussions around the ICC cases and devolution in Kenya. Our work found that mainstream media remains central in the online coverage of the implementation of devolution in Kenya and the ICC cases, and Kenyan citizens heavily rely on mainstream media as a news and information source. As such, it is crucial that the mainstream media players responsibility provide facts and statistics, as well as critical analysis of the important and emerging issues, within a wider context that the public can make sense of, all to ensure that the public remains focused on pertinent issues and is well informed. Even in this age of citizen journalism, mainstream media journalists continue have an important role in strengthening public dialogue, and providing citizens with clear analysis of the issues from an unbiased perspective. That said, citizens should not just be passive consumers of media content. Given the various tools available to engage with, create and consume new content, citizens also have a responsibility to understand relevant topics, and contribute to the discussions. The next Umati report, looking at levels of online hate speech since the elections, will be released later this month (November 2013). No comments yet - iHub Cluster - iHub Consulting - iHub Research - iHub Robotics - iHub UXlab - Intel Shark Tank: Wednesday 11th December, 2013 \| 5 – 8 pm \| iHub - This week at iHub - Airtel Money Developer Session Wednesday 4th Dec from 1:30-5:30pm - Marketing and PR with Patricia Mbatia on Monday 2nd Dec from 3pm - IBM Research – Africa @ Nairobi Research Buzz
Use Online Surveys to Engage Your Customers BY John Towler People enjoy taking surveys when they feel that their opinions are valued, and they like finding out what others are saying about an issue. Surveys are an excellent way to get close to your customers, to offer them something interesting, and to keep them coming back to your site. You can use surveys to identify your customers and their preferences. For example, you may want to survey people who have ordered from you once but have not returned. Sometimes people like taking surveys because it makes them feel important and that someone values their opinions and wants to listen. If you post a survey on your site and make the results available online, people will visit your site again and again to view the results. Surveys are an excellent way to attract people to and build traffic on your site. An added bonus is that if your survey turns up something interesting and newsworthy, the media may become interested. This can generate some free PR for you. You can survey people on just about anything. You can create surveys to learn what your customers like or don't like about your site, your services, or your products; determine their level of satisfaction; and research their buying habits. You can also measure their opinions on politics; news items; pressing community issues; and social, economic, and environmental issues. Start by deciding what the purpose of the survey will be and why you want to do it. Be sure to take into consideration that the survey must serve your visitors first and you second. It must be worth their time to take it. They must feel that it is an important use of their time. They must also feel that they will reap a particular benefit from participating, such as making a difference in the community or in your company's direction, or winning a prize.
Smoke billows from a 100-year-old apartment building on Thursday in Montezuma. A neighbor and volunteer firefighter noticed smoke coming from the building's basement and told everyone to get out, possibly saving lives. - Filed Under A fire destroyed a Montezuma apartment building and left several families homeless on Thursday. Nobody was injured. Firefighters think the problem started in the basement of the 100-year-old building. "One of our firefighters who lives nearby, Brett Warden, was outside getting ready to fry a turkey, and he saw smoke coming out of the basement," said Dave Arendt, public information officer with the Montezuma Volunteer Fire Department. "Brett went over and warned people to get out and then contacted the department. ...
Eleven-year-old Rosemary was the apple of her parents' eye; beautiful, clever and full of promise. Arthur was in his forties and a father to three daughters of his own, but he found Rosemary irresistible, even though he knew it was wrong, he stalked her relentlessly because he couldn't help himself. Then tragedy struck. It seemed to grow at every turn and spiral out of control, leaving James and Dorothea bewildered, because they too were children and yet nobody wanted to talk to them about it. So they decided to build a garden for Rosemary. And there, in their 'special place', they came upon death again... \|Title:\|\|Rosemary's Garden\|\|Publisher:\|\|Ulverscroft Large Print\| \|No. of Pages:\|\|376\| * The book summary and image may be of a different edition or binding of the same title. * Book reviews are added by registered customers. They need not necessarily buy book. * These books are NOT available for reading online or for free download in PDF or ebook format. * Price can change due to reprinting, price change by publisher or sourcing cost change for imported books. www.infibeam.com/Books is the biggest online bookstore in India for sale of books at best price - fiction, literature, audiobooks, study guides, novels, story books, rare books, textbooks and books by popular authors. These are available in various editions and bindings e.g. paperback and at best discount.
More on Definitions of Atheism Oxford English Dictionary (OED), Second Edition Here is how the OED defines "atheism": Note that the OED definition covers the whole spectrum of atheist belief, from weak atheism (those who do not believe in or credit the existence of one or more gods) to strong atheism (those who assert the contrary position, that a god does not exist). Here is the OED's definition of "agnostic": It is interesting to compare this to Huxley's definition. Webster's 3rd New International Dictionary Unabridged Here is Webster's definition of atheism: Note that again, both strong (1b) and weak (1a) atheism are included in the definition. One might argue that the term "Jewish" should properly be defined by Jews, and that similarly the term "atheist" should be defined by atheists. So, here are a few quotes from popular atheist books about atheism. It turns out that the word atheism means much less than I had thought. It is merely the lack of theism. Basic atheism is not a belief. It is the lack of belief. There is a difference between believing there is no god and not believing there is a god--both are atheistic, though popular usage has ignored the latter. The word "atheism," however, has in this contention to be construed unusally. Whereas nowadays the usual meaning of "atheist" in English is "someone who asserts there is no such being as God," I want the word to be understood not positively but negatively. I want the originally Greek prefix "a" to be read in the same way in "atheist" as it customarily is read in such other Greco-English words as "amoral," "atypical," and "asymmetrical." In this interpretation an atheist becomes: someone who is simply not a theist. Let us, for future ready reference, introduce the labels "positive atheist" for the former and "negative atheist" for the latter. If you look up "atheism" in the dictionary, you will probably find it defined as the belief that there is no God. Certainly many people understand atheism in this way. Yet many atheists do not, and this is not what the term means if one considers it from the point of view of its Greek roots. In Greek "a" means "without" or "not" and "theos" means "god." From this standpoint an atheist would simply be someone without a belief in God, not necessarily someone who believes that God does not exist. According to its Greek roots, then, atheism is a negative view, characterized by the absence of belief in God. Martin goes on to cite sveral other well-known nontheists in history who used or implied this definition of "atheism," including Baron d'Holbach (1770), Richard Carlile (1826), Charles Southwell (1842), Charles Bradlaugh (1876), and Anne Besant (1877). The average theologian (there are exceptions, of course) uses "atheist" to mean a person who denies the existence of a God. Even an atheist would agree that some atheists (a small minority) would fit this definition. However, most atheists would stongly dispute the adequacy of this definition. Rather, they would hold that an atheist is a person without a belief in God. The distiniction is small but important. Denying something means that you have knowledge of what it is that you are being asked to affirm, but that you have rejected that particular concept. To be without a belief in God merely means that yhe term "god" has no importance, or possibly no meaning, to you. Belief in God is not a factor in your life. Surely this is quite different from denying the existence of God. Atheism is not a belief as such. It is the lack of belief. \|Top of Page\|
North York Mirror North York's Tina Lao is $1,500 richer thanks to placing first in the high school student category in an online video contest. The Grade 12 William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute student entered the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario's Rule the World campaign, which aimed to show a fun side to the often perceived stuffy profession. Of 64 entries for the Rule the Tube video competition, six finalists were chosen. Lao won in the high school student category with 'Ruling the World 101', in which she draws out people's career possibilities. "It was a surprise, I found out right after math class and started celebrating in the hallway of my school," Lao said. "It's so great to be recognized for my video, it means so much to me. It's always nice to know that people like things that you've put a lot of time and effort into. I think now, I'm just going to put the money in the bank and use it towards university." Lao previously told The Mirror she heard about the contest on the Chartered Accountants of Ontario's website. "I make videos so I thought I would share why I would love to be a CA," she said. "My video is almost animation, I'm drawing out pictures as I speak about why being a CA is good and cool. It's not just about a 9-5 job crunching numbers, it provides other opportunities to branch out." The contest was open to Ontario high school and university students. Participants were asked to submit a video no longer than two minutes and 30 seconds on the theme Why Being a Chartered Accountant Rocks. The public was able to vote for their favourite video at www.guidetorulingtheworld.ca until the contest closed Friday, Nov. 26. Lao, who plans to attend the University of Toronto or York University's Schulich School of Business, said she hopes to dispel misconceptions about her chosen career. "People say it's so boring but this is my way of showing them it's not," she said.
Join us for the third section of our Four Seasons of Judaism series...The Jewish Spring: The Journey from Purim to Pesach led by Rabbi Ben Lanckton, the Jewish Chaplain at Mass General and the Synagogue's Rabbi-in-Residence On Purim (the week before this class starts), we read the Megillah, the scroll of Esther, telling the story from near the end of the Bible about the saving fo the Jews from Persia, without any explicit mention of G-d. On Pesach (the week after this class ends), we read the Haggadah, the story of Exodus from near the beginning of the Bible, which omits any mention of any human redeemer, including Moses. How do we move from no mention of G-d to no mention of humans, or, on a culinary level, from consuming plenty of leavened hamantaschen to ridding our homes of any leaved products? We will explore this journey through the Megillah, the Haggadah, and other rabbinic sources. This series is open to all and will be a terrific interactive learning experience. If you are considering conversion, these classes along with additional components can lead to conversion. Price: $25 Synagogue Members/$30 Non-Members. Couples, students & Young Professionals please call for pricing. Scholarships are available. THIS WILL BE HELD ON THREE MONDAYS: March 19, 26 & April 2nd from 4-7:00 PM at the Boston Synagogue. For more information or to register, please contact us: Phone. 617-523-0453 Email. firstname.lastname@example.org Web. www.bostonsynagogue.org. This program is supported in part by a grant by CJP's Innovation Grants Committee.
The affordable education loan option AfriForum Youth handed a memorandum on racial profiling in South Africa to Parliament on Tuesday. “It is difficult celebrating Heritage Day while government is enforcing policies that are specifically undermining mutual respect between communities,” chairman Charl Oberholzer said in a statement. “We wanted to portray that race should not determine opportunities in South Africa,” he said. Oberholzer said students' futures were still being determined on the basis of skin colour. The memorandum contained a request that students be allowed to choose whether to enter their race on admission and bursary forms. Oberholzer said AfriForum Youth had collected thousands of signatures from students opposed to racial profiling. He said both black and white students were tired of being judged on race and not merit. The memorandum was received by secretariat of Parliament representative Douglas Scholtz.
Thursday's Hot Topic: Does the US Green Card system mean the US loses out on bright and educated Irish immigrants? Ireland’s economic collapse has forced Ireland to reenter a period of mass emigration once more. The majority of Irish students plan on emigrating, according to a new survey, and this year 75,000 more Irish people are expected to leave Ireland for the foreseeable future. They will travel to the UK, Australia, Canada, and the five corners of the globe, but setting up a new life in the United States is nearly impossible due to visa regulations. The J-Visa for the recently graduated only lasts for one year and following that, finding sponsorship for a visa is difficult and costly. Is the United States shooting itself in the foot? Are they foolish to let all these educated young Irish slip through their hands? Let us know your thoughts and feelings below...
Q1. In Ayat 11 of Surah Yusuf, there is Ishmaam in the word Ta2manna in Riwayat Hafs. Is Ikhtilaas also allowed here in Riwayat Hafs? Q2. The letters ﻈ, ﺬ, ﺚ are referred to as the Horoof ulLithawiyyah, but doesn't the Lithah mean gum?s These letters are pronounced by the tip of the tounge and tip of the teeth so why are they referred to as Lithawiyyah
Russia May Have Helped Down Turkish Jet Russia may have helped shoot down the Turkish aircraft near Syria last week, the British newspaper The Sunday Times reported. The Israeli website Israel Defense quoted a report in the British newspaper, according to which sources in the Middle East, including some in the Israeli Air Force, believe that the downing of the Turkish aircraft was a Russian message to NATO to refrain from intervening in the Syrian civil war. The Sunday Times reported that Russian experts, who trained Syrians on how to use the air-defense systems Russia provided to Syria in the past few years, are still stationed at the various bases. The Russian experts are also stationed at the centers controlling the missile batteries, and took part in intercepting and shooting down the Turkish aircraft through the use of Syrian antiaircraft missiles. A senior source in the IAF told the newspaper, “We shouldn’t be surprised by these Russian experts – who, even if they were not the ones to press the button, were at the very least by the side of the Syrian officers who did.” Turkey said last week its jet was shot down without warning and without provocation. NATO firmly backed Turkey on the incident, saying Syria’s shooting down of the Turkish jet was “unacceptable.” NATO’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen condemned the incident, saying, "We consider this act to be unacceptable and condemn it in the strongest terms…It is another example of the Syrian authorities' disregard for international norms, peace and security, and human life." Turkey has also filed a complaint with the UN against Syria over the downing of the jet. A Syrian minister later said his country's forces may have mistaken the Turkish plane they shot down for an Israeli one. Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoebi told the Turkish news channel A Haber that Turkish and Israeli fighter jets were mostly U.S.-made, which may have led the Syrian forces to mistake it for an Israeli jet. However, military observers note that Israel retired its last F-4 Phantom jet – the type of jet shot down by Syria –- in 2004. Tension between Turkey and Syria continued Saturday, with Turkey announcing that it scrambled six F-16 fighter jets to the skies on the border with Syria. The Turkish military spokesman said that the jets were scrambled after Syrian helicopters flew close to the border on three occasions. On Friday, Turkey began deploying surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles along the border with Syria. It has also deployed jets and troops near the border following the downing of the F-4.
December 15, 2004 RealClimate » Climate Science: RealClimate is a commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists. We aim to provide a quick response to developing stories and provide the context sometimes missing in mainstream commentary. The Panda's Thumb: The Panda's Thumb is the virtual pub of the University of Ediacara. The patrons gather to discuss evolutionary theory, critique the claims of the antievolution movement, defend the integrity of both science and science education, and share good conversation. Posted by DeLong at December 15, 2004 09:48 PM TrackBack URL for this entry: Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Real Science: » Two great blogs from Notes in Samsara Two great blogs brought to my attention (OK, I already knew about Panda's Thumb) by Brad de Long. Panda's Thumb has great accesible (if you have patience and a graduate degree) critiques of the anti-evolution zealots. A must read in this area, an... [Read More] Tracked on December 16, 2004 01:48 PM Tracked on December 16, 2004 09:29 PM You should also check out Pharyngula, PZ Myers's blog (http://pharyngula.org/). Posted by: Anonymous at December 16, 2004 06:56 AM It occurs to me that Brad has coined a term worth reusing. "Real Science" as opposed to "Sound Science" doesn't carry the baggage of the crowd out to distort real science in order to further their own political and/or economic interest, but it makes the point. Chris Mooney, your ears are burning... ;-) Posted by: David W. at December 16, 2004 08:42 AM There is something very un-American about the contention that beautiful patriotically-correct theories such as intelligent design, global non-warming, spontaneous Iraqi democrogenesis, or supply side economics, could be proven wrong by mere evidence. Posted by: Kuas at December 16, 2004 10:38 AM
Burgundy is a region or area in France (so called Bourgogne). Finds to rocks in the Burgundy prove a dense population of people already ahead of 15,000 B. C. From the 6th century up to the arrival of the romans the Gauls settled in the Burgundy. Only 59. B.C. the romans beat the Gauls devastatingly under Julius Caesar’s leadership. An unrest at which the Gauls wanted to reconquer the Burgundy flickered up 52 B.C. in Burgundy, though. This plan failed, however, and Julius Caesar succeeds immediately and with stress with cultural Romanization. The romans began with the wine cultivation at 280 in the climatically favourable region of the Burgundy. This is the hour of birth of the wines from Burgundy and the oldest person well handed viniculture tradition down. Burgundies wines have nothing at her uniqueness lost through this day and are regarded as the most artful and roundest red wine worldwide. Short annual summary of the events in the Burgundy after Christ: 534 = Germanic subjected the native population to francs 843 = New domains arose, incl. dynasties 879 = The new king became Boso of Vienne of Niederburgund 888 = „Welfer Rudolf“ was crowned to the king of Hochburgund 910 = The foundation Benedictine cloister Cluny 1075 = an area – related dukedom for the first time is provable in Burgundy 1348 = Belt in Burgundy, the half of the residents of Burgundy died 1789 = French revolution 1790 = France was subdivided into regions 1956 = Burgundy was seperated in 4 regions The type of wine of the wines from Burgundy Four main types are cultivated in the Burgundy and one wornly seldom uses these as offcut of further wines. Almost exclusively pure burgundies wines are produced. Chardonnay – the white grape for tall burgundies wines Chardonnay belongs to the white types of wine and is described as a noble shoot. She arose from crossroads between the Pinot Noir and the Gouais Blanc. In the active list of the types of wine most laid out takes the Chardonnay court 7. He makes climatics demands comparatively little, what his popularity worldwide promoted very much, and he finds his enthusiasts on all continents now. Since already sprouts early, he should be added in frost-free areas and get a chalky floor as a basis. The flavour of the Chardonnay is less characteristic such as over a Riesling, his high body wealth rather draws him out as regards taste. If the grape maturity is, however, inadequate, then he can taste grassy and thin also fast. The alcoholic content should therefore be set more highly at a Chardonnay to guarantee a balanced relationship of the taste carriers. The typical taste of a Chardonnay ( white burgundy) would be smoky, buttery with a breath of embankment nuts. Some of the white burgundies of highest quality are prepared from this type of wine. The perfect example of the white burgundy represents well the individual situation Le Montrachet in Chassagne - Montrachet. This wine of a good producer can be artful magnificently and infinitely. His store potential is enormous, he develops his bouquet only after more than 8 years. The best Montrachet comes well from the Domaine Romanee Conti and is produced in an insignificantly small quantity. These bottles are unavailable already before the harvest and hardly come onto the market. If you get one bottle of this burgundy you already must pay several thousand euros for this wine. However further very good and partly reasonably priced white burgundies are produced who are in the past drinking ripe and also make immensely fun. The most famous Chardonnays are produced on the bottoms of ‚‘‘ Puligny Montrachet‘‘ ,‘‘ Meursault‘‘ ‚‘‘ Corton Charlemagne‘‘ and ‚‘‘ Chabblis‘‘. Her flavours reach of nuttily to petrol flavour with a breath butter and hay fresh cut. These wines are durable for a long time and always develop new tastes. Distribution of the Chardonnay in the whole world - summary: France = 42.047 Hectare of land Italy = 11.800 Hectare of land America = 44.500 Hectare of land Australia = 32.150 Hectare of land Moldavia = 10.000 Hectare of land South Africa = 8.230 Hectare of land New Zeeland = 3.802 Hectare of land Chile = 8.548 Hectare of land Slovenia = 3.600 Hectare of land Germany = 1.087 Hectare of land Pinot Noir – the perfect example of the red burgundy Pinot Noir is also described as late burgundy in the German use age. This type of wine belongs to the high – quality types of wine for red wine and is summarized just like the Chardonnay to the noble shoots. The Pinot Noir is used also for the production of champagne. It always can be foreseen only with difficultly how well a Pinot ages. Since he needs special climatic conditions, the ageing potential is strongly year addicted and can not be answered flatly. Moreover, the Cru position and the quality of the producers is of decisive importance. Top – quality wines can be very long – lasting and develop into a fantastically complex flavour. With simple burgundy wines or Bejaulaise Village plants one generally worns against a long storage. These burgundies have young and freshly to be drunk, make fun but do not get better in old age. Already in the 20th century shoots were cultivated for the production of the Pinot Noir. DNA analyses stated that the Pinot Noir shows a direct inheriting line to the wild wine. By this inheriting line flavour rich offcuts are possible with other wines. The best red burgundies wines come from Cote D´Or (Cote de Beaune and Cote de Nuits). Names like Musigny, Corton, La Tache, Romanee Conti, Richebourg, Clos Vougeot or St. Vivant are sonorous individual medleys. Best producers are Domaine Romanee Conti, Armand Rousseau, Jayer, Vogue, Noellat, Leroy, Domaine Marey Monge, Louis Latour, Rene Engel, Joseph Drouhin, to call only some. The best years of the red burgundie are 1929, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1969, 1978, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1999 and 2005. A red type of wine is occupiedly the 60% of the faces of wine Gamay in the Beaujelais area in Burgundy. Pinot Noir and Gamay are in the competition around the highest quality of the harvest material in the region already since the 14th century. The berries of the Gamay are fundamentally bigger, juicer and the bowl of the grape is thinner than that one of the Pinot Noir. By these features the Gamay usually stands for structure poor mass wines and is produced in the Burgundy for the everyday use. The grapes provide raspberry and cherry flavour to a hot one, sweet like. The Cru wines resulting for it out are more nutritious in the taste and are able to mature for some years and to gain at structure in the bottle. A Gamay should be drunk young generally.
Posts Tagged ‘Leprosy’ Jesuit Father Tom Neitzke, recently ordained in June, spent a summer two years ago in China working at a leprosarium. The journey to the remote Chinese village to stay among those suffering with leprosy and to understand their subsequent shunning by their community, Fr. Neitzke understood that there is much to learn from those among us who have the least. His reflections on the experience of being in China are below.
Gemstone Jewelry Settings by Ashutosh Roy Prong Setting, Bezel Setting, Pave Setting, Channel Setting, Invisible Setting are the most common setting techniques for gemstone in your ornaments. How to Evaluate Jewelry Setting before buying Do you murmur the famous song of Nicole Kidman "Diamonds are a girl's best friend" and want to apply it to your girlfriend in her next birthday? Even if your pocket does not permit a huge budget for a larger diamond, don't worry. You can just walk into the famous gemstone mart and ask for the special illusion setting to elude your small diamond magnified to impress Before delving into the setting techniques you need to know the various popular settings and pros and cons for each of them. Prong Setting , Pave Setting , Channel Setting are the most common setting techniques for gemstone in Lets start with Prong Setting , the most common types of setting. The metal claws hold the gemstone and thus it is also known as Claw setting. Claws are bent over the edge to give the stone the extra security. The main advantage is as the claws occupy very small places; the most of the gemstone remain exposed glittering its own beauty. It's a faster methodology and can accommodate any size and shape. The claws normally vary between four and six. The prong setting is cheaper and its also convenient for maintaining or cleaning purpose. The major disadvantage of Prong setting is the claws are often prone to catch clothing mainly woolen types. Thin, flat claws can eventually break risking your precious gemstone. Again very large claws will reduce the glitter of the gemstone. V-shaped claws are desirable sometimes. You must check whether the stone is tightly fit under the claws at an even height and the edges of the claws are not broken or there should not be any empty space left between the claws and the gemstone. The claws should reach adequately inside the stone, not merely the edges. You must ensure that the claws are small enough to allow the gemstone to touch your skin directly. Solitaire engagement rings are the classic example of Prong settings. The most ancient setting technique is Bezel Setting , which holds the gemstone just like a picture frame. Its like a collar of Gold or silver, which is almost wrapped around the gemstone. As you can apprehend how much careful, the tailor needs to be, while he is designing the collar of your shirt, the similar effort and attention is required for the Bezel Setting to fit the stone properly. Enough caution is to be taken so that the glittering effect of the stone is never reduced to due to the setting. Bezel Setting gives the designer more variety of options for its ultramodern look. A version of the Bezel Setting is called the Flush setting, where the gemstone is sunk into the mounting and the surface has got a window cut. You must check the evenness of the lip of the Bezel or Flush setting and any distortion or hitches need to be avoided. The final checking should be whether the gemstone has been fitted tightly from all sides. The wide open face of the gemstone allows the cleaning and maintaining work easily and the tiny edge of the collar protects the gemstone perfectly. Here are some tricks. If a rim of white gold or platinum encircles a white diamond, the diamond appears larger. A golden yellow bezel setting throws yellow tints on a white diamond making a brilliant look of the ring. The best way to compromise the quality with your lower budget is the Pave setting. Small pieces are paved inside the setting. Small pieces are carefully set with beads or grains of metals, usually gold or platinum to define a carpet of brilliance. This is mainly used for diamond rings, where the setting appears to be a continuous surface of diamonds. In this case, you must ensure the evenness of both the gemstone as well as the beads. If the beads or grains are not evenly spaced it is sure to reduce the glimmer. Diamonds engagement rings and earrings are often use Pave settings. Generally the small pieces like princess cut diamonds cost reasonably lesser than the larger stone, but the illusive appearance will enhance its value. Now if you divert to the paradigm of the bracelet world, the first setting, which comes up in mind, is the Channel setting . The gemstones are held between the two tracks of the U-shaped formed by the ornamental metal. This is most useful for the square shaped gemstones, which can sit side by side. Sometimes additional claws are set to hold the gemstone tightly. It started with the eternity brands and tennis bracelets, now-a days a variety of engagement rings also use channel setting. Some famous shopping sites like eBay and MSN are offering various engagement rings using the channel Do you want a complete visibility of the gemstone? Then you need the most costly and posh setting, the Invisible setting. The gemstone appears to float and no gold or metal is visible in the surface. Which mechanism shows this floating appearance? Gemstones are properly cut and shaped and a net of wires hold the stones tightly. Either the stones are grooved on the back or pins, bars are fitted externally to the gemstone to facilitate the wires. In a proper setting the gemstone will never wobble and you must ensure that the levels of the gemstones are perfect. The legendary art deco period of 1908 in Paris witnessed the usage of invisible settings by Van Cleef and Arpel. If you want a look and feel visit the Fancy Diamond Inc website to check the yellow gold Invisible setting Diamond ring. There are some gemstone specific settings. Like illusion setting for diamond, where a mirror-like plate is used to enlarge the appearance of the small diamond. Simple colour mix and match also become useful for enhancing the glory of the jewel. Like light yellow diamond in gold will design the yellowish tint of the diamond where as the same diamond in any white-metal setting will appear whitish. We suggest you to visit a good gemstone shop like Gem Hut, where you can choose your gemstone, the ornament metal and the setting on your own to decide which one is the best combination to hypnotize.
January 18, 2011 Palin defends 'blood libel' accusation In her first interview since the Arizona shooting, Sarah Palin defended her use of the term “blood libel” and said she understands its meaning. “Blood libel obviously means being falsely accused of having blood on your hands, and in this case that’s exactly what was going on,” Palin told Sean Hannity in an interview Monday on Fox. Palin is a Fox guest contributor. Historically the term refers to accusations that began in the Middle Ages that Jews used the blood of murdered Christian children to make matzah for Passover. But in recent days, Palin’s defenders, including some prominent Jewish figures, say the term is also used more generally now along the lines described by the former vice presidential candidate. In a video statement released last week, Palin defended herself against criticism in the mainstream media that a map on her website that used images of gun crosshairs to indicate districts targeted in last year’s midterm elections helped lead to the violence. The district of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), who was shot and critically injured in the Jan. 8 shooting attack, was one of the marked districts. “Especially within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. That is reprehensible,” Palin said in the video statement. Palin, who would not discuss her future political aspirations, but is thought to be a potential 2012 presidential candidate, pointed out to Hannity that The Wall Street Journal had used the term in a headline just days earlier. She said she does not believe her use of the term makes her politically “toxic.” Palin offered her condolences to the victims of the shooting and their families, quoting from the book of Jeremiah. The map was removed from her website by the paid graphic designer following the shooting, which Palin said she believed was appropriate. She also said the use of crosshairs on a political map was not an original idea. Giffords’ condition was upgraded from critical to serious on Monday. She is no longer on a respirator and a feeding tube has been put in its place.
Bettina Kurowski is the chair of the 2008 fundraising campaign of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles and active in her Conservative synagogue. She's also a grandmother of three young grandchildren. They give her great naches, or joy, she says, but she's also worried -- the children's father is not Jewish, the kids are being raised in an interfaith home and Kurowski, for all her Jewish involvement, is not sure what role she should play in passing on the Jewish heritage that is so dear to her. COEJL's Web site describes its three-pronged approach of "engaging the Jewish community in awareness, advocacy and concrete action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote energy conservation and sustainable legislation," in order to "change how American Jewry responds to ... daunting environmental problems." Getting kids involved with giving isn't just for wealthy families. On the contrary, middle-class kids tend to have much more than they need -- and can benefit from the values and insights they will get from charitable activities. It's up to parents to get them going, and to figure out the best structure for the entire family's charitable activities Need an amazing challah recipe? Want a book on Jewish history for your child's report? How about a film for the next holiday? Well, now you can order in. "So teach us to number our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom...." (Psalm 90:12) The Jewish Community Centers of Greater Los Angeles (JCCGLA), which last year nearly drowned amid a sea of red ink and allegations of mismanagement, wants to get out of the business of running major community centers after 60 years. One hundred years ago, when Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's predecessor, Kaspare Cohn Hospital, opened its doors with 12 beds as Los Angeles' first Jewish hospital, such medical staples as penicillin and insulin remained to be discovered. To foster a sense of community among Jewish youth in the far corners of Orange County is a difficult task, given that most resources are available exclusively at the county's Jewish Community Center in Costa Mesa. The following is a partial list of Jewish organizations, schools and synagogues in Valley cities with already developed, and growing, Jewish communities. Religious Studies Resources
Believe it or not, you can get published! Below is a list of publications that accept submissions from teens. Some pay and some don’t, but all are count as publishing credits toward your writing career. Check them out! If you experience a bad link or discover that one of these publications does not accept submissions from teens, please email me so I can fix it! Thanks! Aletheia Writing Magazine: Creativity for Christian teens. Appleseeds: General social studies for ages 6-9. Babybug: Listening and learning for toddlers and preschoolers. Boy’s Life: A magazine for all boys. Calliope: World history for ages 9-14. Christian Communicator: A magazine for Christian writers. A good way to break in might be to interview an author, editor, or agent. Cicada: High-quality literary magazine for teenagers and young adults. The Claremont Review: A biannual magazine that showcases teen writers ages 13-19. Cobblestone: American history for ages 9-14. Cricket: Award winning fiction for ages 9-14. Cyberteens: An online Young Adult ezine. Devo’Zine: A devotional magazine for teens and by teens. (Click on the Writer’s Corner link on the left-hand menu.) Dig: Archeology for ages 9-14. Encounter: Christian magazine for Jr. and Sr. high school students. Faces: World cultures and geography for ages 9-14. Frodo’s Notebook: A journal of teens, literature, and the arts for ages 13-19. Guide: A Christian magazine for youth ages 10-14. Highlights for Children: A story and activity magazine for children ages 6-12. *They do not pay authors under age 16. Insight: A weekly magazine for teens age 13-19 published through the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Ladybug: Stories and poems for ages 2-7. Listen: A magazine promoting good physical, mental, and social health and drug prevention. Merlyn’s Pen: Fiction, essays, and poems by America’s teens. New Moon: Bringing girls’ voices to the world. Odyssey: Science for ages 9-14. Pockets: A wholesome devotional magazine for 6-12 year olds. QuickTales Quarterly (or Q2 for short): showcases high-quality short fiction from new writers, established authors, and everyone in between, written from a Christian worldview. Relate: A magazine for fun-loving, motivated, smart girls. Shine Brightly: A Christian magazine for girls 9-14. Skipping Stones: A culturally diverse magazine for young readers ages 8-16. Sparkle: A Christian magazine designed for girls in first through third grade. Spider: A reading and activity magazine for kids ages 6-9. Starsongs Magazine: A general market quarterly magazine for kids by kids ages 9-19. Stone Soup: Welcomes submissionis for kids through age 13. Student Leader Magazine: The official publication of ASGA. Student Leadership Journal: A magazine for student leaders. Susie Magazine: Creative Corner Teen Ink: Written by teens ages 13-19. Tiny Giant: For youth ages 12-20.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Barack Obama wished Jews around the world a "chag sameach" and said Passover was a time to ensure freedom for all. Passover "is among the most powerful stories of suffering and redemption in human history," said the message from Obama sent Tuesday. " As Jewish families gather across America to enjoy the magnificent and hard-earned gift of freedom, let us all be thankful for the gifts that have been bestowed upon us," he said. "And at the same time, let us also work to alleviate the suffering, poverty and hunger of those who are not yet free." The message started with the Hebrew version of the biblical invocation to commemorate Passover and was signed "chag sameach," Hebrew for "happy holiday."
Storing your motorcycle properly during the winter months may just help you safeguard against needing to get your bike serviced for something that may have been avoidable. Decide where you're going to store your motorcycle Ask your dealer if they have a storage program. If they do, you're in luck because they'll often prep and store it for you over the winter, and make sure it's ready to ride in the spring. If you prefer to store it yourself, you'll need a spot that is dry and not in the way of your day-to-day activities. Also consider storing it away from windows so that condensation is less likely to occur, and the paint and plastic components don't fade from the sun. Change the oil Even if it's not due to be changed, drain the oil and replace it. Dirty oil contains nasty by-products that are corrosive to your bike's inner metal surfaces. While you're at it, change the filter too, that way you'll be ready to ride come spring. Fill 'er up Fill your tank with gas and add a fuel stabilizer. Filling up is important in minimizing the condensation of water vapour on the inside of your tank, which in turn can rust your tank. The fuel stabilizer on the other hand helps to curtail the gumming up of fuel lines, carburetors, injectors and other parts, and keeps the gas in your tank good until the spring (gasoline breaks down over time). Run your bike a few minutes so that everything is mixed well. Drain the carburetor If your bike is carburetted, drain it and any of the fuel lines of any leftover gasoline. Sediments found in fuel can clog up the lines while old fuel can start to break down and cause a gummy, harmful varnish to appear. Remove the battery, or attach a battery tender When not in use, batteries will lose their charge over time. So if you choose to remove the battery entirely from your motorcycle, store it in a warm dry place. Alternately, you keep the battery in the bike but attach a battery tender. A battery tender keeps your battery charged without overcharging because it turns itself off and on. Clean and wax your motorcycle Cleaning your bike before putting it away for the winter isn't about making it looking good while not in use, it's about keeping it looking good for years to come. Remove all road grime, grease, tar, stains and bugs from painted surfaces, chromed components, leather and wheels. Then dry it thoroughly and wax it. Waxing will act as a barrier against rust and moisture and will protect your finish from fading. Check your tire pressure As it gets colder, tires tend to lose their pressure. So before putting your motorcycle into storage, make sure your tires are inflated to their maximum recommend pressure. This will discourage the appearance of flat spots on your tires, as will moving the bike around every couple of weeks, so it is not sitting on the same tire spots all winter long. As well, avoid having the tires in direct contact of extreme cold. For example, if you're storing your motorcycle in a garage, park the bike on top of a wood board. This will protect the rubber from cracking or rotting. Cover your motorcycle Whether storing your bike outdoors, in a garage, or indoors invest in a quality, cover to keep your bike safe from the elements. Cover materials should be breathable so that condensation doesn't occur, but if you're storing your bike outdoors it should be waterproof as well.
Police, Neighborhood Associations Try to Curb Warm Weather Crime Spike By Nadia Crow, Reporter CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa- As temperatures rise, so does the crime rate. That trend is typical as burglars are considered 'fair weather thieves' with opportunities to steal from open garages or cars with the windows down. Compare January through April crimes stats from the past two years. You can see the mix. Assaults, Burglaries, and thefts are all down. But arrests and calls for service both went up. Two organizations with a growing partnership now share the same building. The Cedar Rapids Police Department substation and the Cedar Rapids Neighborhoods make a united force against a trend of more crime in warmer months. Those crimes are normally petty crimes that increase over the summer that could lead to more serious crimes. “There have been efforts in the core neighborhoods, not just in wellington heights, but all the core neighborhoods to reach out and encourage people to keep the neighborhoods safe,” said Cedar Rapids Neighborhoods President Erica Yoder. To keep neighborhoods safe, you’ll see more police presence like officers on bike patrols strolling through your neighborhood. “We can send them to parking lots and you're not going to see them coming and we can go to drug deals because they didn't see a patrol car pulling up,” said Cedar Rapids Police Sgt. Cristy Hamblin. But CRN President Erica Yoder says the community needs to do their own policing. “Hopefully the message is getting out that people should say something if they see something,” said Yoder. And recent numbers from the Cedar Rapids Police Department show residents are doing just that. Calls for service are up three percent. “I want the crimes to quit, I want the burglaries to quit, and I want the thefts from vehicles the drugs to quit. How are you going to stop that if you're going to turn a blind eye to it?” asked Hamblin. You can use your cell phone in multiple ways now to alert police if there's a problem in your neighborhood. You can call the anonymous tip line, you can text a tip, and even check out the CRPD's website. What's On KCRG
Release date: August 27, 2007 "AfroCuba: Works on Paper, 1968-2003" exhibition will open at Kennesaw State Contact: Cheryl Anderson Brown, Assistant Director of Public Relations 770-499-3417 or email@example.com "#1 de la serie Momentos la fijeza" by Juan Roberto Diago "Mokongo" by Belkis Ayon \|"Gone with the Macho" from the series "Las Perlas de tu Boca" by Elio Rodriguez\| KENNESAW, Ga.—“AfroCuba: Works on Paper, 1968–2003” is a groundbreaking exhibition of 66 prints and drawings by 26 artists from Havana and Santiago de Cuba, opening Aug. 29 and running through Oct. 24 in the Sturgis Library Gallery at Kennesaw State University. The artists in this exhibition represent a cross section of Cuban society, and their works exhibit a diverse range of subject matter, styles and techniques, including lithographs, collographs, woodcuts, screen prints, and ink and crayon drawings. Organized thematically and following a loose chronological order, this exhibition is the first to focus on AfroCuban artists and themes through a historical-thematic lens—and the first time this work has been grouped together in a major exhibition outside of Cuba. The exhibition features contributions by artist-members of Grupo Antillano, which evolved in the late 1970s and whose work underscores Cuba’s African heritage; artists who were sent to Africa, particularly Angola, either as combatants in revolutionary struggles or as cultural attachés; artists whose imagery is derived from AfroCuban religious expressions, including Santería; as well as artists whose works comment on Cuban politics and race and social relations today. Included in “AfroCuba: Works on Paper, 1968–2003" are prints by Manuel Mendive, who first traveled to Africa in the early 1980s and whose artistic concerns address AfroCuban religious iconography. This section of the exhibition also contains a series of large prints (collographs) produced in the 1990s by Belkis Ayón, who consistently deconstructed popular attitudes about the all-male, Havana-based Abakuá Society and inserted in her art her own AfroCuban female identity. Of the more contemporary works on paper in the exhibition, artists cast a more critical eye on their country’s social, political, and economic conditions. This new generation’s aesthetic offerings range from takeoffs of 1950s-style movie posters (which celebrate fictional films starring the AfroCuban artist Elio Rodríguez and his wife), to the powerful, dark drawings of Juan Roberto Diago (inscribed with such acerbic commentaries as “My skin also is good” and “All Blacks do not drink coffee”), to Ibrahim Miranda, in whose Black Tears series, woodblock prints of distinctly rendered tears are printed over historic maps of Cuba and the transatlantic passage. As a group, and as a statement, this thirty-five-year chronicle of AfroCuban art testifies to the vitality and richness of work produced (and still being produced) on this nearby island. The exhibition is curated by art historian Judith Bettelheim, Ph.D., author of two books and numerous articles about Caribbean art and culture. Dr. Bettelheim has worked in Cuba since 1985, and for this exhibition she interviewed numerous artists and collected work that attests to these artists’ involvement in AfroCuban culture. The exhibition is toured by Curatorial Assistance, Inc., Pasadena, California. Admission to Sturgis Library Gallery is free. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday; and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. For more information, call 770-499-3223 or visit www.kennesaw.edu/arts. Dr. Judith Bettelheim, curator of the exhibition, is in town during the first week of the exhibition. She is generally available for interviews on Tuesday, Sept. 28, and on other days by appointment. # # # A member of the 35-unit University System of Georgia, Kennesaw State University is a comprehensive‚ residential institution with a growing student population approaching 20‚000 from 132 countries. The third largest state university in Georgia‚ Kennesaw State offers more than 60 graduate and undergraduate degrees‚ including a new Doctorate of Education in Leadership. The KSU College of the Arts is one of only four Georgia institutions to have achieved full national accreditation for all of its arts programs.
The Persian cat is probably the most popular of all the cat breeds. The Persians are common in the whole world as pets, and are participants in the cat shows. History of the Persian cat In the 17th century, an Italian explorer fascinated by the hair of this cat, brought to Italy some . In 1880, France and England began to exported where it was crossed by a cat proceeding from Turkey, the angora, of whose crossing derives the actual Persian cat. The Queen Victory of England was a fan of the Persian blue ones and this led her to organizing, in 1871, the first feline important contest in the Crystal Place of London. The one that is considered to be the predecessor of the Persian modern ones, Harrison Weir that presents his cats in this contest in which there were issued the first feline pedigríes of the history.
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Across our readership area, a notable transition took place in many state governments last week – the start of a new gubernatorial administration. The looming question for many is how to keep their state governments functioning without raising taxes? The solution -- cutting programs. A New York Times article reviewing many of the inaugural addresses presented last week noted one common denominator – the need to shrink government, live within the state’s means and make the hard choices. Analysts said it did not matter the party affiliation; the message was the same. And agriculture departments, like many state agencies, have not been immune to the cuts. For farmers, these incoming administrations, along with the new Congress at the federal level, will be taking a hard look at many programs with a critical eye. The question many farmers need to ask is what programs are essential to sustaining a state’s agricultural industry and what ones could be negotiated? Additionally, farmers will need to show a greater impact and reach of their programs beyond the farm gate and how these government programs benefit the greater population. In the past couple of weeks, talk has been increasing from many of the national agriculture groups that they will be willing to compromise and discuss options to protect farmers. That discussion of compromise will be essential as legislators are looking for options. Will it be easy? Definitely not. Will a change in past lobbying tone be required? Probably. Going to the state or federal capitol and asking for current programs to be continued is probably an unrealistic goal. As to what agriculture will do, I am curious to see how the spring budget and 2012 Farm Bill discussions go. Charlene Shupp Espenshade
Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2007 – The U.S. Department of Transportation authorized the state of South Carolina to build a portion of the proposed Interstate 73 as a toll road. Proposed as a new interstate to run through six states from South Carolina to Michigan, I-73 was conceived to stretch from the Atlantic shore northwest to almost the Canadian border. The South Carolina I-73 Association, formed in 2003 by South Carolina Department of Transportation officials, residents and state and federal lawmakers to promote the construction of I-73, received the approval the previous week, a U.S. DOT official told Land Line on Monday, Aug. 13. Click here to see the proposed route for I-73. Tolls are proposed to pay for South Carolina’s portion of the interstate, which has been estimated to cost $2 billion. Nancy Singer, public affairs spokeswoman for the Federal Highway Administration, told Land Line that the other states along the proposed route – North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio and Michigan – will have the option of tolling their portions of I-73. Singer said I-73 is the first proposal to receive approval under the Interstate System Construction Toll Pilot Program, authorized in 2005 by federal transportation legislation known as the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users – or SAFETEA-LU. To read FHWA’s information on the pilot program, click here. “South Carolina is the first one. I know we’ve received a lot of interest on our tolling programs,” Singer said. “Under this program there are three slots that are assigned to facilities as opposed to actual states or individual projects. Other states that are considering the same for I-73 could apply under the same program and it would be considered the same slot.” The program for new interstate construction is one of six within the FHWA that authorize tolling on new or existing highways. “There’s no funding associated with this program,” Singer said. “What states are seeking is the authority to do tolling.” Other factors of the future interstate, such as the possibility of portions being built or controlled by private-sector investment, would be subject to how each state manages its portion. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association opposes tolling on interstates, even if tolls are dedicated to pay for new construction. “Even though it is new construction, we cannot be a supporter, because truckers and other highway users will continue to pay the highway user fees that are levied on them for use on that route as well as any other one,” OOIDA Executive Vice President Todd Spencer told Land Line. “We do oppose the measure and will until the issue of highway funding is appropriately and fairly worked out so highway users are not asked to pay both tolls and taxes,” Spencer said. The FHWA has received a number of applications for its various tolling programs, Singer said. In addition to the Interstate System Construction Toll Pilot Program that I-73 is under, the other five programs are the Express Lanes Demonstration Project; High Occupancy Vehicle Facilities; Interstate System Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Pilot Program; Title 23 Toll Agreements in Section 229 of the U.S. Code; and the Value Pricing Pilot Program. The FHWA has outlined the following criteria for the Interstate System Construction Toll Pilot Program under which I-73 falls: - States or interstate compacts of states are eligible to apply; - There is no requirement that the facilities be in different states; - Tolling must be the most efficient and economical way to finance the project, but it doesn’t have to be the only way; - A facility management plan must be submitted; - Automatic toll collection is required; - Non-compete agreements are prohibited – a state may not enter into an agreement with a private entity that prevents the state from improving or expanding capacity of adjacent roads to address conditions resulting from diverted traffic; - Revenues may be used only for debt service, reasonable return on investment for a private entity, and operation and maintenance costs, and regular audits will be conducted; - Interstate maintenance funds may not be used on the facility while it is tolled; and - Applications must be received by FHWA before Aug. 10, 2015. For more information about the FHWA tolling programs, click here. – By David Tanner, staff writer
Jan. 12, 2012 -- The Environment, Energy & Natural Resource Center at the University of Houston Law Center is hosting a mock U.S. Supreme Court argument on climate change tort liability on Jan. 19 in Krost Hall on campus. “The initial battles over climate change tort liability are already taking place in the federal courts, and these verdicts could have enormous implications for both our economy and our future environment,” said Professor Tracy Hester, director of the EENR Center. “This mock oral argument will help highlight how the U.S. Supreme Court might answer some of the fundamental legal questions that will govern these lawsuits.” The bench includes Baylor University President Ken Starr, retired Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Phillips, and John Cruden, president of the Environmental Law Institute. Richard Faulk, chairman of Gardere Wynne Sewell’s Litigation Section, and David Axelrad, a partner at Horvitz & Levy, will present arguments. An extended analysis and discussion with student input will follow the mock session. The Honorable Judge Starr is a former federal appellate judge, U.S. Solicitor General and federal independent counsel heading investigations during the Clinton Administration. He was appointed dean of the Pepperdine University School of Law in 2004 and named president of Baylor in 2010. The Honorable Justice Phillips served on the state high court from 1988–2004 and is now a partner in the Austin office of Baker Botts LL.P. Cruden is a former acting assistant attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Environment & Natural Resources Division. He currently heads the Environmental Law Institute, an independent research and education center in Washington, D.C. The free event is open to the public and has been approved for 2 hour of CLE by the State Bar of Texas. Please RSVP to email@example.com.
SCRIPTURE: Luke 17:11-19 FOR MORE RESOURCES on Luke, click the links below: Sermons (No password required) Hymns (No password required) Concise Exegesis (No password required) Complete Exegesis (SermonWriter password required) Children's Sermons (SermonWriter password required) GET FOUR FREE SAMPLES of SermonWriter. For more information CLICK HERE. VERSE 11: ON HIS WAY TO JERUSALEM 11It happened as (Jesus) was on his way to Jerusalem, that he was passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee (Greek: dia meson Samareias kai Galilaias –– through the middle of Samaria and Galilee). "It happened as he was on his way to Jerusalem" (v. 11a). Jerusalem is where Jesus will die in accord with God's plan. Luke reminds us periodically that Jesus is on this journey (9:53; 13:22; 17:11; 18:31; 19:11), which will end when he arrives at Jerusalem in 19:28. "that he was passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee" (v. 11b). Jesus is still at the northern border of Samaria, far from Jerusalem. This border location explains why the lepers include both Jews and Samaritans. Jews loathe Samaritans, whom they consider to be religiously compromised. "That is why it is so ironic in a Jewish context that from time to time the 'hero' of an episode or parable is a Samaritan" (Evans, 258). VERSES 12-14: JESUS, MASTER, HAVE MERCY ON US 12As he entered into a certain village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood at a distance. 13They lifted up their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master (Greek: epistata), have mercy on us!" 14When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." It happened that as they went, they were cleansed. "ten men who were lepers met him" (v. 12a). Their leprosy was not necessarily Hansen's disease, the terrible wasting disease that we think of today as leprosy. Biblical leprosy includes skin diseases such as ringworm, psoriasis, leucoderma, and vitiligo (Johnson, Interpreter's Bible, 338). "who stood at a distance" (v. 12b). The Torah regulates the treatment of leprosy (Numbers 5:2-3; Leviticus 13-14). People tend to regard leprosy not just as a medical condition but also as a sign of God's judgment. "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us" (v. 13). If they were addressing an ordinary traveler, their cry for mercy might be a simple plea for alms. In this case, however, they know Jesus' name and address him as Master (Greek: epistata) –– a person of authority. "When he saw them" (v. 14a). Jesus saw them. That is a small but significant detail. Jewish law and human nature conspire to make the leper invisible. People are inclined to ignore sick or dying people, because suffering and death make us uncomfortable. We can draw strength from the knowledge that the one who saw the lepers also sees our pain. "Go and show yourselves to the priests" (v. 14b). Jesus does not heal the lepers immediately, but instead commands them to show themselves to the priests for inspection as if they had been healed (Leviticus 13). Jesus asks them to step out in faith, just as Elisha asked Naaman to do. Jesus also has another underlying purpose. These lepers will bear testimony to the priests of Jesus' great healing power. When the priests judge the lepers to be clean, their judgments will authenticate Jesus' Godly power. "It happened that as they went, they were cleansed" (v. 14). The lepers were not healed immediately, but instead are healed as they obey Jesus' command. Jesus healed these lepers, but this verse emphasizes instead that they were made clean. Healing has to do with the restoration of their bodily health. Made clean includes the additional dimensions of social and religious health. These former lepers are now restored to the point that they can once again re-enter society –– so that they can once again worship in the synagogue and the temple. THIS CONCISE EXEGESIS is brought to you courtesy of SermonWriter. A PASTOR WHO HAD JUST RECEIVED FREE SAMPLES SAID: "Just wanted to say thanks for the work that you folks do. "I am a 'second‑career' seminary student and pastor two small churches 'part‑time.' Although I would dearly love to join a lectionary group, it just won't fit into my schedule, unless of course, I neglect my family.... "Anyway, I do appreciate this service, a virtual lectionary group. I have already used ideas from the first two samples you sent and am looking forward to lots of other great ideas in the future." Making the scriptures clear –– and the application relevant! GET FOUR FREE SAMPLES! VERSES 15-16: ONE OF THEM TURNED BACK, GLORIFYING GOD 15One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice. 16He fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan. "One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice" (v. 15). Just as Jesus saw the lepers whom others failed to see, this man sees that Jesus deserves thanks. "He fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks" (v. 16a). We admire this man for taking time to give thanks for his healing, but this is more than a thanksgiving story. It is the story of Jesus who is also the Christ –– a man who enjoys Godly power –– a man who is also God. "and he was a Samaritan" (v. 16b). Luke saves this surprise until late in the story. "The model of faith turns out to be the ultimate outsider" (Cousar, 554). Luke is himself a Gentile, a foreigner. He delights in recounting stories of foreigners whom God has blessed, and he makes foreigners (even Samaritans) the heroes of his stories. VERSES 17-19: YOUR FAITH HAS HEALED YOU 17Jesus answered, "Weren't the ten cleansed? But where are the nine? 18Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this stranger?" 19Then he said to him, "Get up, and go your way. Your faith has healed you" (Greek: sesoken se –– has made you well or has saved you). "Weren't the ten cleansed? But where are the nine? Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this stranger?" (vv. 17-18). Jesus is critical of the nine, and we are tempted to join him in his criticism. How could they fail to give thanks? We should consider, however, how eager they must be, after such long isolation, to rejoin their families and to resume normal life. Under the same circumstances, would we stop to give thanks? How often do we stop to thank God for our blessings? "Get up, and go your way. Your faith has healed you" (sesoken se) (v. 19). Luke told us in verse 14 that all ten lepers were made clean, so something more has happened to this Samaritan. The Greek that is translated "has healed you" is sesoken se –– from the verb sozo. It can be translated, "has saved you." "What we have, then, is a story of ten being healed and one being saved" (Craddock, Interpretation, 203). SCRIPTURE QUOTATIONS are from the World English Bible (WEB), a public domain (no copyright) modern English translation of the Holy Bible. The World English Bible is based on the American Standard Version (ASV) of the Bible, the Biblia Hebraica Stutgartensa Old Testament, and the Greek Majority Text New Testament. The ASV, which is also in the public domain due to expired copyrights, was a very good translation, but included many archaic words (hast, shineth, etc.), which the WEB has updated. Barclay, William, The Daily Study Bible, The Gospel of Luke (Edinburgh: Saint Andrew Press, 1953) Bock, Darrell L., The IVP New Testament Commentary Series: Luke, Vol. 3 (Downers Grove, Illinois, Intervarsity Press, 1994) Cousar, Charles B.; Gaventa, Beverly R.; McCann, J. Clinton; and Newsome, James D., Texts for Preaching: A Lectionary Commentary Based on the NRSV–Year C (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1994) Craddock, Fred B., Interpretation: Luke (Louisville: John Knox Press,(1990) Craddock, Fred B.; Hayes, John H.; Holliday, Carl R.; and Tucker, Gene M., Preaching Through the Christian Year, C (Valley Forge: Trinity Press, 1994) Culpepper, R. Alan, The New Interpreter's Bible, Volume IX. (Nashville: Abingdon, 1995) Diers, Herman W., Lectionary Bible Studies, "The Year of Luke," Pentecost 2, Teacher's Guide (Augsburg-Fortress, 1976) Edwards, O. C., Jr., and Taylor, Gardner C., Proclamation 2: Pentecost 3, Series C Evans, Craig A., New International Biblical Commentary: Luke (Peabody, MA, Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., 1990) Gilmour, S. MacLean & Buttrick, George A., The Interpreter's Bible, Volume 8. (Nashville: Abingdon, 1952) Green, Joel B., The New International Commentary on the New Testament: The Gospel of Luke (Grand Rapids: William B. 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Does the name “Byron Foulger” ring a bell? Probably not. But does his face ring a bell? If you are on Social Security, it will. Test me. Click here. That face has been appearing on movie screens and TV screens ever since the early 1930′s. The Internet Movie Data Base is one of the marvels of the Web. It would not have been possible without the Web. You can trace the film and TV careers of anyone. The data base usually lists the character’s name in the movies. This amazes me. Look at the list for Foulger. It’s mind-boggling. It begins in 1932 and ends in 1970. He died in April 1970. The guy never stopped working. His wife adopted the same career strategy. Tens of millions of us saw her for over four decades and never knew her name. But we remember the face. Were it not for Google Images, I would not have been able to identify her. This was about 10 pages into the list for “Dorothy Adams.” Look at her IMDB list of films. You should do as well in whatever it is that you do. This couple came from Utah to Hollywood in 1930, determined to make it in the movies. They both did. They worked throughout the Great Depression, and then for another three decades. They set their sights very high: Hollywood. Then they set their sites fairly low: second-tier character acting. First-tier character actors have included people like Thelma Ritter (a scene-stealer of enormous skill), Gig Young, Wilford Brimley, and other actors with name identification. The big stars came and went, as did their marriages. So did first-tier character actors. The Foulgers lasted. GETTING NO CREDIT The mark of their careers can be seen in the IMDB’s repeated classification: (uncredited). My letter files are still in Mississippi, so I go by memory here. Otherwise. I could verify this more explicitly. Sometime around 1967 or 1968, I wrote Foulger a fan letter. In those days, you could mail a letter to the Screen Actors Guild, and it would be forwarded. I told him how much I appreciated his career. I mentioned that my first memory of him was in a western with Don “Red” Barry. I checked this on IMDB this week. Maybe it was The Dalton Gang (1949), a low-budget Lippert film — there was no other kind — that I saw on a Saturday morning for free at the YMCA in 1952. Or maybe it was Red Desert, also released in 1949. He sent a letter back. He thanked me. He said that this was the first time in his career that anyone had sent him a fan letter. His letter has been in the back of my mind for over four decades. Here was a highly skilled craftsman who succeeded in earning a good living in what has to be the most competitive open-entry industry in the country: no formal certification required. The number of people trying to break into Hollywood is high. Of those who do — few — the number who survive is small. The number who survive for four decades is minuscule. Those who do are generally the uncredited. Because of union pressure beginning a generation ago, which followed the tradition of British films actors’ credits, everyone is listed at the end of a film. The list goes on for many minutes. There may be outtakes in comedy films to keep you watching. Pixar movies are really good on this — fake outtakes. Mel Brooks may stick in a final goodie. Film credit junkies like me wait for something to match Matthew Broderick’s post-credits scene in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. But these rolling credits might as well be uncredited for all the good it does a struggling actor in search of name recognition. The price of survival in almost any field is the willingness to spend your entire career in the shadows — literally, in the case of movie actors. No one famous ever tells you that you’re great. No fan letters arrive. In the case of Foulger, I can guess what it was like. A lifetime spent with strangers staring at you, looking confused, and wandering off. Or maybe one of them said, “I’ve seen you before. Who are you?” If he answered “Byron Foulger,” this would not have helped the confused stranger. I can imagine the following. “I’m in the movies. You may have seen me. I played a hotel clerk.” “Really? Which movie?” “I forget. About 40 of them.” The all-time master of this career path was Charles Lane. I know; this name doesn’t ring a bell. He finally got his due. On his 100th birthday, in 2005, he was honored by a group of Hollywood actors. There is a 3-minute video of this event. It offers clips of a tiny handful of his films. The person introducing him is Haley Joel Osment. In the year Mr. Osment was born, 1988, Charles Lane had been in front of the camera for 57 years. Lane’s farewell words are what I intend to say at my 100th birthday party, assuming my memory is still functional. One of my favorite uncredited actresses was Ellen Corby. I started noticing her around 1954. She “starred” in super low-budget 30-minute non-series TV films that were shown mainly on afternoon TV. (So did Dorothy Adams and Byron Foulger.) These films put food on the table. By then, she had been in Hollywood for over two decades. She can be seen trying to get her money out of the Bedford Falls Building & Loan. She had been in front of the camera for 13 years by then. She finally made it to a major role as Grandma Walton in the mid-1970′s. There, she won three Emmys and two Golden Globes. They kept her on the show even after she had a stroke, which was fitting. Until the Waltons, she had remained an unknown, despite an Oscar nomination as best supporting actress in 1949. She stuck to her knitting. STICK TO YOUR KNITTING The willingness of a person to match his skills with consumer demand is a core survival skill. It is best if the targeted consumers have discretionary income. If they don’t, then you had better produce non-discretionary services or goods. Uncredited actors have exceptional skills that few people possess. There is a large demand for TV shows. If a person can break in, he has a possibility of a lifetime career. But the odds are against him. The competition is too stiff. Customer loyalty is low. Stars must sell themselves. Character actors must sell their typecasts. The sales are indirect, by way of agents, casting companies, and directors. You may be in a similar situation in your career. If you cannot gain income directly from consumers, then you must find ways of persuading corporate intermediaries to select you. This requires an understanding of sales. You must identify what your supreme benefit is in the thinking of the intermediaries who can make you or break you. The skill of showing up ten minutes early every time is a major skill. Whatever you can do to relieve fear of no-show in an intermediary is worth focusing on. The reliability factor is more important in the mid-term than the high-end performance factor. A high-end performer will move up. The employer probably knows this. He hopes to keep the person for a time, but knows this is futile. When a character actor turns into Robert Duvall, a producer can’t afford him. Steady performance gets you steady business. This gives you time to develop your skills. In Duvall’s case, the genius was always there. His enormous versatility made it clear very early that he would not remain a character actor. I remembered Duvall’s role as a cabby in Bullett (1968) four years after I had seen the film. Few actors possess this kind on presence on-screen. It is steady performance on the job that opens the door to the next career move upward. Find that unique service early and just keep plugging away at it. Use the Web to demonstrate your commitment. Post on a blog. Post videos. These need not be great. They need only be competent and useful to site visitors. Steady performance in the shadows allows you an opportunity to develop your skills. You will get no respect, just as Rodney Dangerfield said. He surely got no respect as Jack Roy, let alone Jacob Cohen. He quit doing comedy to sell aluminum siding. “At the time I quit show business, I was the only one who knew I had quit.” But he came back to perform in the evenings in the early 1960′s, doing stand-up comedy. He was there when Ed Sullivan needed a replacement for an act that didn’t show. That made him an overnight sensation. He had stuck to his knitting. SPECIALIZATION OF PRODUCTION A character actor need not be versatile. In most cases, versatility will be a liability. These people are not known in the industry for their acting ability. They are known for their typecasting. I doubt that any director ever asked for Byron Foulger. They all asked for a hotel clerk. Or maybe they asked for a sleazy little man to play a crooked accountant. In either case, Byron Foulger would have been on the short list. The person in charge of central casting would have delegated the search to a character actor specialist, who looked through his files. Without digital files, these must have been files of character types, collated with files of character actors. To survive as a character actor, you need some basic skills. Memorization. Calm in front of a camera. The ability not to be awed by movie stars. (I suspect this was easily learned.) The willingness to take direction. The ability to shoot a scene ten times because the star is drunk. The ability to keep your mouth shut off the set. And this crucial skill: the willingness to work without a salary, at least after the studio system broke down because of government intervention. This raises the issue of entrepreneurship. A successful character actor has to move out of the realm of guaranteed income. A salary is a kind of bondage. This applies to most people. Either you are way more productive than you think, and your employer pockets the difference between what you produce (large) and what you are paid (what average Joes are paid), or you are skating on thin career ice — you are in fact overpaid, and you pray that your boss doesn’t figure out how overpaid you are. The price of success on the scale of Byron Foulger is to be willing to bear a lot of uncertainty. The phone may not ring for months. You must live on savings. You must be ready to accept any call. So, you cannot earn a second full-time income. You must live on part-time earnings. None of this is easy. Most people refuse to do it. This fact opens up doors. There are two movie careers that impressed me greatly. Jack Elam — the man with the walled left eye and the incredible eyebrows — had been an accountant for Samuel Goldwyn. He thought he could make it as a character actor. He did. He had to give up accounting. The other is Wilford Brimley. He used to shoe horses in westerns. He was a blacksmith. He then did stunt work. Finally he broke into speaking parts. He is the master curmudgeonly old guy. No more blacksmithing. When a person is convinced that he can better serve consumers by doing something new, he has to forfeit time, money, or both. He has got to squeeze out time so that he can test the new market. This is what Dangerfield did. If you can work nights or on the weekend for one day, you can see if you can perform well enough to be asked back. The willingness to do a good job for an entire lifetime and never get any credit is the foundation of success. Something better may open up. Or it may not. The point is, the free market provides everyone with the opportunity to match his skills with consumer demand . . . at some price. There is no right to work in a free society, but there is a right to bid. Your task is to match your skills with the highest bidders. The best way to do this is to stick to your knitting. To do this, you must take a chance that you will remain uncredited for an entire career. This is the price of becoming a star. Gig Young died a suicide, after murdering his fifth wife. Other suicides include “Red” Barry, George Sanders, George “Superman” Reeves, Nick “The Rebel” Adams, and others who had once been Hollywood celebrities. These people did not respect the consumer-satisfying gifts they possessed. They did not want to live the life of Byron Foulger and his wife. They did not understand success. They wanted credit. They should have settled for opportunities to serve.
Recently by Bill Bonner: Measurable Improvements We also have a way to vastly increase US household income – the feds have only to spend more money! Just add zeros. How about that? The poor family has not a dime more in real, spendable income…but we’ve managed – by clever use of mathematics and economics – to double its income. But that illustrates the nature of modern economics. It is all numbers…and none of them mean anything. And none means less than the zero. I’ve always been especially suspicious of the zero. It is a number. But a number is ‘something.’ The zero, on the other hand, is supposed to represent nothing. Well, which is it? Something or nothing? Nothing, right? But how can something be nothing? You say you have zero tomatoes. And you tell me zero is a number, used for counting. But how can you count tomatoes that aren’t there? You’ve either got tomatoes or you don’t. Zero tomatoes is a contradiction. It’s oxymoronic. And if the zero is actually nothing, how come you can put it after a number…and suddenly you have 10 times as much? Or, put it in front of a number…and you have 1/10 as much. How can nothing do all that? Now if I have 3 tomatoes and I add zero tomatoes, I have done nothing. I still have three tomatoes. But if I multiply my 3 tomatoes by zero, suddenly, I don’t have any tomatoes. If zero is nothing, I want to know what happened to my tomatoes. We didn’t have the zero for thousands of years. As far as I know, we got along fine without it. Numbers are a trap for economists. They make it look like science, but it is not science. Far from it. Initial conditions can never been controlled or fully understood. Instead, they are infinitely complex. Nor can results be reproduced. Nor can hypotheses ever be disproven. That’s why economists can cling to dopey ideas for centuries – they can never be disproven. Using numbers, economists pretend to tell you something they don’t really tell you, often something they can’t possibly tell you. The unemployment rate, for example. The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses numbers like make-up. Put on enough of them, and you can make things look good…as long as you don’t look too closely. Behind every number is a wrinkle… Small numbers hide small ones. Big numbers hide big ones. A big number, such as the unemployment rate, has a Grand Canyon of wrinkles hidden behind it. There are the statistical adjustments…seasonal adjustments…and enough arbitrary definitions to make a corpse look good. BLS says that 7.8% of the workforce is unemployed. Simple enough. But what does it mean? What’s the ‘workforce’? And what does it mean to be ‘unemployed’? Think of all those people who work for cash…like the Latinos you pick up at gas stations for day work. Are they unemployed? How about the guy who couldn’t find a job, so he went back to school? Is he unemployed? What about the housewife who would like to find a job…sort of…but isn’t actively looking for one? Are these people part of the workforce? It’s obvious that you can change the assumptions a bit and change the reported unemployment rate a lot. When statistician John Williams looks at the US data, for example, he comes up with a real unemployment rate of 23% – almost as high as the jobless rate in Spain. And yet, the BLS tells us that US unemployment is 7.8%. Not ‘around 8%.’ Not ‘less than one in ten.’ But 7.8% exactly. And yet, there are so many greasy assumptions lurking in the cracks of this number that it is not only completely unreliable and practically meaningless, it is the downside of mathematics. It pretends to tell you something…but once you have taken it in you know less than you did before, because what you think you know is largely a fraud. The exact number of people who want a job and can’t get one is unknowable. It is unknowable because the people concerned don’t know it themselves. I saw a bum on the street in Baltimore the other day. He stopped me and asked if I could spare a dollar. I said I couldn’t give him a dollar. “Free money could adversely affect your moral character development,” I explained. Instead, I offered him a job. I had some work to do around the office; I thought I was doing him a favor. What do you think he said? It begins with an “F”. Now, should that man be counted as unemployed? He certainly didn’t have a job. But if you offer a job to most people…what will they say? They’ll reply – maybe. Because it depends on a lot of things that even they don’t have the answers to. How much will they be paid? How many holidays will they have? How far will they have to commute? Will they get health benefits? And those are just the obvious questions. If you’re considering taking a job you also have to think… ‘What are my other options?’ ‘Could I make more without working?’ ‘Maybe I should start my own business instead.’ Or, ‘Let me see if I can get on disability, first…’ That’s why the old economists thought it was absurd to try to calculate an unemployment rate. It was just an empty number. And it was even more absurd to try to ‘increase’ employment. As long as buyers and sellers of labor were both free to make a deal, there would never be any ‘unemployment.’ There would merely be people who, given the current bid, decided to withhold their labor from the market. The old economists knew their limits…all they could do was describe the conditions under which people had jobs…and come up with some general rules and principles that explained why some people had jobs and others didn’t. But you could not say with any precision how many people were unemployed. But today, economists tell us not only how many people are looking for work…but what to do so that more of them find jobs. How? The easy slight-of-hand would be to redefine what the workforce means…reduce the workforce and you automatically increase the employment rate. That’s what economists and their numbers can do for you. During the Obama administration a record number of people left the workforce, substantially lowering the unemployment rate. But now if you want to get your face on the cover of TIME magazine as a hero of some sort, you’ve got to come up with some other, craftier subterfuge. How about this… Raise the taxes on overtime pay! This is exactly what Francois Hollande has done in France. He says it will increase employment. And he’s probably right. Because now it is more expensive to pay someone to work overtime than it is to hire someone new. So, with a little luck, the unemployment numbers may look better in France. Is that good? Are people better off? Who knows? The numbers certainly don’t tell you. In America, they’ve kept the jobless numbers down by lending people money to go to school. So, instead of people officially counted as unemployed….people are counted as students. They load them up with debt – student debt is now over $1 trillion. Now, when the young person finally gets out of school, his job prospects may still be uncertain, but his debt is undeniable. Is he better off? Is anyone better off? Has any improvement been wrought? The numbers are not silent on the matter. They lie at the top of their voices. Probably no numerical grease is thicker and less transparent than the GDP. There, the numbers dissemble and mislead, just like economists’ other numbers. Here’s a story from The New York Post: They take a limousine to McDonald’s, own his-and-her Segway scooters and have designed their new house with 23 bathrooms, each equipped with Jacuzzi tubs. Time-share magnate David, 77, and his beauty-queen trophy wife, Jackie, 46, were already Orlando’s gaudiest couple when they decided to open their doors to filmmaker Lauren Greenfield as they broke ground on a 90,000-square-foot monster home with a 120-foot Grand Hall modeled after France’s Palace of Versailles. It’s bigger than a 747-jet hanger. Designs include three swimming pools, 10 kitchens, a bowling alley, a skating rink and a garage that fits 20 cars. The home’s mahogany doors and windows alone cost $4 million. “We never sought to build the biggest house in America,” Jackie says in the film, titled The Queen of Versailles. “It just happens.” It has been described as tacky, trashy and tasteless, with the top three floors inspired by Las Vegas’ Paris Hotel. Trashy? Tasteless? In 2012, the biggest house in America sat unfinished. It may never be finished. But hey, it added to the GDP! GDP numbers are a complete scam. They don’t tell you if you’re coming or going. They don’t tell you if you’re getting richer or poorer. This is another way that numbers fail. They can only measure quantity. Or speed. Here’s an example. An article ran in the Wall Street Journal last month. It explained how Italy’s economic growth was retarded by strong family attachments. Half the young children in Italy are raised by their grandparents – their ‘nonni’ – while their parents work. Instead of going to day care centers, the kids go to their grandparents. How does this affect an economy? There is no exchange of money when the grandparents do the day care. So, it doesn’t register in the GDP. No exchange of money, no ‘growth.’ The article also went on to say that people were reluctant to leave their hometowns to seek work elsewhere because they relied on the family for childcare. Theoretically, a mobile population increases GDP too…GDP increases when people take new jobs, move, buy houses and furniture, sign up for health clubs, day care and so forth. All these things add to GDP growth, even though they do nothing to really increase quality of life. They are a kind of phony growth. GDP looks only at the quantity and velocity of money transactions, not the quality of them…nor the quality of life they produce…nor the real wealth of the people in an economy. I cut your lawn. You mow my lawn. We pay each other. The GDP goes up. The more transactions per person per year – the greater the GDP of a country. Is anybody better off? What really have the numbers told us? Has one single extra lawn been mowed? One single extra blade of grass cut down? No, right? So, if a number…the GDP growth number…tells you that you’re growing…and you’re not really growing…what good is the number? It’s a flimflam. An empty number. There’s no good information in it. It’s like the unemployment number. Empty. Hollow. A zero. And so are almost all the compound, formula-driven numbers used by economists. They are dishonest. Their only role is to tart up economists’ confections and make it appear that they can do things they can’t really do. They are designed to make economics look like engineers, working on the economy as though they were real technicians preparing a moon launch. But if these guys were building a bridge, none of us would want to drive over it. If they were building cars, we wouldn’t buy them. And if they were running the phone company, and we needed a telephone number, we could call “Directory Information;” they’d estimate it for us. Bill Bonner is the author, with Addison Wiggin, of Financial Reckoning Day: Surviving the Soft Depression of The 21st Century and The New Empire of Debt: The Rise Of An Epic Financial Crisis and the co-author with Lila Rajiva of Mobs, Messiahs and Markets (Wiley, 2007). His latest book is Dice Have No Memory. Since 1999, Bill has been a daily contributor and the driving force behind The Daily Reckoning.
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - Costa Rican President Oscar Arias received treatment at home for the H1N1 swine flu virus on Wednesday, and officials said his symptoms were mild and he could recover by next week. Health ministry doctors tested people who have been in recent contact with the president, including members of his Cabinet, Arias' office said, a day after announcing he was ill with a mild case of the virus. The 68-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner is the first head of state known to have contracted swine flu, which has spread around the world since April and could eventually affect 2 billion people. Arias was being treated with the antiviral Tamiflu for symptoms like body aches and a sore throat, but was working on his computer and answering the telephone, presidential spokeswoman Lisbeth Barbosa said. "He will probably be back to a full schedule next Monday," she said. More than 20 people in Costa Rica have died of swine flu, which was declared a pandemic on June 11 and has killed more than 800 people worldwide. The World Health Organization stopped trying to get a precise count of flu cases. Arias is considered a high-risk case because he also suffers from asthma. He began feeling sick over the weekend and was tested for H1N1 on Monday. Vice Health Minister Ana Morice on Wednesday afternoon told Costa Rican television that Arias no longer had a fever and was mainly suffering from a sore throat. Last month, Arias brokered talks to resolve the political crisis in Honduras, where a de facto government unrecognized by most of the world has been holding power since the army ousted President Manuel Zelaya in a June 28 coup. Negotiations broke down two weeks ago over whether the interim leadership would let Zelaya return to power. Arias' illness is unlikely to affect the situation. The #1 daily resource for health and lifestyle news! Your daily resource for losing weight and staying fit. We could all use some encouragement now and then - we're human! Explore your destiny as you discover what's written in your stars. The latest news, tips and recipes for people with diabetes. Healthy food that tastes delicious too? No kidding. Your BirthControl Guide Food forHealthy Teeth The Fear Factor 6 GermiestPublic Places No Depression-Cancer Link Test YourBone Health IQ
Approximately one in every six adults-16.3% of the United States adult population-has high total cholesterol, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Despite the prevalence of this condition, many people are misinformed about the truth behind both the diagnosis and prevention of this damaging disease. Sue Makowski, MEd, RD, a clinical dietitian at Rhode Island Hospital, helps debunk some of the most common cholesterol myths. Myth One: All cholesterol is bad. Though high amounts of cholesterol will cause a build up on artery walls, cholesterol does have a vital function in our bodies. Natural cholesterol is produced mainly by our livers, and is integral in the creation of bile salts, hormones and vitamin D. Low-density lipoproteins (LDL), carry cholesterol from the liver to places that have been damaged, often the arteries and the heart, where it can be deposited on the artery walls and form plaques. An excess of cholesterol on the artery walls narrows the arteries and may eventually block blood flow. Because of this, LDL is often called the "bad" cholesterol. High-density lipoproteins (HDL) carry excess cholesterol back into the liver to be excreted and can remove some of the cholesterol already attached to the artery walls. Because of this, HDL is often called the "good" cholesterol. LDL levels greater than 130 milligrams per deciliter are considered high, while HDL levels greater than 60 milligrams are desirable. Myth Two: Skinny people don't have high cholesterol. Appearances can be deceiving when it comes to diagnosing a cholesterol problem. While a person may not appear to be unhealthy on the outside, what is happening on the inside can often tell a very different story. People who are overweight are more likely to have high cholesterol, but weight is not the only contributing factor. Lifestyle choices such as diet, exercise, stress levels and certain medications, as well as predetermined factors like age, gender, illness and heredity, also play a part in a person's cholesterol level. Regardless of outward appearance, eating a heart healthy diet is key to keeping cholesterol levels down. "An individual should eat a heart-healthy diet that is reduced in saturated fat and trans fat," says Makowski. "Heart-healthy fats, by contrast, are good for you. You can find these in monounsaturated fats such as olive oil and in in food that is rich in omega 3 such as salmon, as well as ground flaxseed and walnuts. Non-starchy vegetables such as broccoli, spinach and tomatoes are also wonderful choices. The dietary benefits of soluble fiber found in beans, oats and fruits are a natural way to help lower cholesterol." Myth Three: Kids can't have high cholesterol. Although high cholesterol may commonly be seen as a disease of middle age, sometimes children are also at risk. With increased instances of childhood obesity in recent years, more kids are laying the groundwork for high cholesterol later on in life. In July 2008 the American Academy of Pediatrics made new recommendations for cholesterol screening in children, advising that children who have high blood pressure, are overweight, or have a family history of heart disease have their cholesterol tested when they are as young as two years old. Myth Four: Eating eggs will automatically raise your cholesterol level. Though egg yolks have the most concentrated amount of cholesterol of any food, 213 milligrams per egg, they do not pose a health risk if eaten in moderation, sneaking in just below the Food and Drug Administration's recommended 300 milligrams per day. "Folks diagnosed with high cholesterol often tell me, 'I'll just cut down on my cholesterol intake.' I then say, 'What does that mean to you?' Many people think, mistakenly, that simply cutting out eggs will help achieve low cholesterol," says Makowski. "Studies have shown that most individuals (those who do not have high cholesterol or diabetes) can eat one egg per day, and even those with high cholesterol can eat three egg yolks per week." In fact, eggs are a great source of nutrients, very low in saturated fat at only 1.6 grams, and very high in protein, providing 11% of your daily needs. Myth Five: If I had high cholesterol, I'd know. High cholesterol can often go undiagnosed in the absence of a blood test, since it does not usually produce obvious symptoms. "High cholesterol is very often a silent disease, similar to high blood pressure. Most people do not believe that high cholesterol is a problem for them, until their doctor tells them that it is," says Makowski. If a patient develops atherosclerosis, a narrowing of the arteries brought on by excess cholesterol build-up, these symptoms may indicate high cholesterol, though unfortunately it is often too late. Atherosclerosis, if left untreated, can cause angina, heart attacks and stroke. Education is an important part of both prevention and recovery. "Reputable sources of good health information include the National Institute of Health, the American Dietetic Association. and the American Heart Association," says Makowski. "When it comes to your health, never get your information from an unauthorized source because that is where myths begin in the first place!" Still have questions about cholesterol?Find out more
On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 01:42:32PM +0100, Andre.Messerschmidt@infineon.com > > May I ask why you want dwarf? FWIW, gcc 2.96 in my RedHat 7.1 mips port > > supports dwarf, but not as default. I don't know how well it works with > > dwarf. Yes, both cross compiler running on RedHat/x86 7.1/7.2 and > > native compiler are provided in my mips port. > I need dwarf support because my debugger only supports dwarf. (It is an > integrated simulation environment, where I cannot change the debugger to > Do you have a download link for your mips port? My mini-port of RedHat 7.1 is at you should be able to put a small RedHat 7.1 on the mips/mipsel box and compile the rest of RedHat 7.1 yourselves. Here are something you should know: 1. The cross compiler hosted on RedHat 7.1/ia32 is provided as a toolchain rpm. The binary rpms for the mips and mipsel cross compilers are included. You may need glibc 2.2.3-11 or above to use those rpms. The glibc x86 binary rpms under RPMS/i386 should be ok. 2. You have to find a way to put those rpms on your machine. I use network boot and NFS root to do it. 3. install.tar.bz2 has some scripts to prepare NFS root and install RedHat 7.1 on a hard drive. 4. baseline.tar.bz2 contains the cross build tree. 5. Since everything is cross compiled from x86, which is little endian, many data files for mips, which is big endian, are either missing or wrong. To get those data files for mips, you have to rebuild/install the folowing rpms: natively on Linux/mips.
Your Code is Coming in the _____ Can you find your DVD-viewing software? You might not know you have it if you don't know where to look. Thanks to some fun hacks (and ideas for hacks), it could be in an image or sound file, like this one here, by Andrea Gnesutta, who won Best High Tech Entry for "hack value" in the Great International DVD Source Code Distribution Contest. The contest concluded yesterday, just in time for the latest court hearing in the DVD CCA case. Samuel Goldstein won Best Low Tech Entry for "reverse hack" value: a CD launch by helium balloon. And the Greatest Number of Copies Distributed winner was the DVD Copyright Control Association, Inc. The method: "File a motion for a temporary restraining against 500+ individuals for distributing or linking to DVD source code. Include in the complaint the URLs where the accused have published the software, or links to it." The contest was the brainchild of Don Marti of the Silicon Valley Linux Users Group (SVLUG), who also organized Burn All GIFs day and gave us the Operating System Sucks/Rules-O-Meter, among other subversive and enjoyable things (like the title of his page, "free live nude Linux MP3s"). In addition to Mr. Marti, Judges included: Chris DiBona, author, Linux evangelist and President of SVLUG; Rick Moen, Linux activist and author; Deirdre Saoirse programmer, DVD maven and MBA student; Eric S. Raymond, hacker, author and President of the Open Source Initiative; and yours truly. The DVD-CCA case is a complicated one that is far more completely explained elsewhere. For more, visit the Electronic Frontier Foundation site, The Ultimate DeCSS Resource Site, and Don Marti's press release with the full contest results. Doc Searls is senior editor of Linux Journal and co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto . Doc Searls is Senior Editor of Linux Journal - Readers' Choice Awards 2013 - Linux Kernel News - November 2013 - Mars Needs Women - Sublime Text: One Editor to Rule Them All? - RSS Feeds - Raspberry Pi: the Perfect Home Server - December 2013 Issue of Linux Journal: Readers' Choice - Tech Tip: Really Simple HTTP Server with Python - IBM Will Minimize Impact of Future Disasters - Linux Systems Administrator - The kernel doesn't really 4 hours 52 sec ago 4 hours 31 min ago 4 hours 31 min ago 6 hours 36 min ago - This should be very helpful 7 hours 50 min ago - As much as I share your point 10 hours 10 min ago - So girls had it better ? 13 hours 42 min ago - Reply to comment \| Linux Journal 14 hours 2 min ago - why is GNOME 3 in the fifth position at 14.1 %? 19 hours 34 min ago - Sublime Is Brilliant! 1 day 37 min ago
Putting error messages on the screen into a file... Well, hopefully this will be a simple question here. It seems this morning im having a major brain fart and cant remember how to do a bunch of things. Here is what I'm doing. Im working with samba 3.0 beta to do some preliminary testing. However, im running into a few snags when trying to mount certain things and use some of the new features...When this happens, it kicks out errors onto the screen and gives me some codes and things to check. What i'd like to do is put these error messages into a file and keep them handy. I've tried the tee command, for example: samba command to mount share blah blah blah \| tee > error.log Hoping that this would kick out the errors to my log. But it's not. So the next thing Im trying to do is somehow copy the messages off the screen and kick them to another file. Even if I have to type the full message, how can I put it into a file without opening up a text editor... What I mean is: Can I type the message and then somehow use cat to put it into a file? cat error message, blah blah > error.log
Linux - NewbieThis Linux forum is for members that are new to Linux. Just starting out and have a question? If it is not in the man pages or the how-to's this is the place! Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community. You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today! Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in. If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here. Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies. Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter. For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author's experience as a Linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own. Click Here to receive this Complete Guide absolutely free. The devices are mounted there. The filesystem that is on your flash drive is not. In order to copy files to/from your flash drive, you need to find out what device it is (use (as root) fdisk -l (that is a lowercase L) to find out) and mount that. If you have no other USB storage devices, or any other SCSI devices, then you should be safe with mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbdrive (please ensure the directory /mnt/usbdrive exists before issuing this command). once you have created the /mnt/usbdrive directory you could place a line at the end of your fstab file, which is in the /etc directory. (do all this stuff as root!) /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbdrive vfat noauto,user 0 0 this alows you to place an icon on your dektop. i use KDE. right click on the desktop, add new drive. choose /dev/sda1 from the dropdown list, choose the icons and away you go. put your usb device in the slot, then double click on the icon and its mounted. you should see a folder open in the browser with all your files in. dont forget to right click on the icon and unmount when finished.
Part 2: The Potential of Strings Strings provide a unified framework for viewing the universe, but for a while, confusingly, there were five different versions of string theory. Part 3: Getting to One Theory What physicists thought were five different theories turned out to be five different ways of looking at the same thing. String theory was unified at last. \|Liveleak on Facebook\|
The Healthy Skin Program was one of five programs of the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (2003–2009) To reduce the prevalence of scabies and skin sores in Indigenous communities, and reduce the impact of associated chronic diseases, including rheumatic fever and renal disease. In some communities, up to 70% of Aboriginal children have scabies and/or skin sores. The CRC for Aboriginal Health has supported a long-term program of work, which, with community-based education and health promotion activity, has been able to reduce scabies from 30% to as little as 5% in the short term, with associated dramatic reductions in skin sore severity and prevalence. If skin infections of this sort can be controlled, other diseases linked to scabies – such as rheumatic heart disease and renal disease – may also be reduced. The CRC for Aboriginal Health takes a holistic approach to health. We know that medical treatments alone are unlikely to provide solutions in Aboriginal health. Poverty, lack of infrastructure such as water and housing, and the strength and wellness of communities as a whole are equally important. The work of the CRC for Aboriginal Health focuses on comprehensive primary healthcare and primary prevention, but also includes biomedical research to understand more about how scabies and skin sores can be treated and controlled. We know that to achieve sustainable change, we must also support capacity development at the community level, as well as among the workforce and in the research world. For more details on the individual projects in this program: CRCAH projects. The research in this program built on more than a decade of clinical, biomedical and public health activities. Healthy Skin was identified as a priority in convocation discussions and research proposal assessments. The Program was made up of seven research projects, ranging from bio-medical and clinical research to action research aimed at reducing the prevalence of scabies, skin sores and tinea through a combination of community treatment days, routine screening at health clinics and home visits. Publications and other information - Flipchart: Recognising and Treating Skin Conditions, 2009 edition. Please note this contains photographs of skin conditions that may be confronting to people who have not seen these before, and it is not a publication for broad dissemination. - Andrews, R. & Kearns, T. 2009, East Arnhem Regional Healthy Skin Project: Final Report 2008, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, Darwin - Policy Brief – Making a difference to skin disease in Aboriginal communities. CRC for Aboriginal Health, August 2009 To order the flipchart, final report of the East Arnhem Healthy Skin project, or policy brief, please email firstname.lastname@example.org. - R. M. Andrews, J. McCarthy, J. R. Carapetis & B. J. Currie 2009, 'Skin disorders including pyoderman, scabies and tinea infections', Ped Clin North America. - S. La Vincente, T. Kearns, C. Connors, S. Cameron, J. Carapetis & R. Andrews 2009, 'Community management of endemic scabies in remote Aboriginal Communities of Northern Australia: Low treatment uptake and high ongoing acquisition', PLoS Negl Trop Dis, vol. 3(5), p. e444 D. B. Clucas, K. S. Carville, C. Connor, B. J. Currie, J. R. Carapetis & R. M. Andrews 2008, 'Disease burden and health-care clinic attendances for young children in remote Aboriginal communities of northern Australia' Bulletin of the World Health Organization, vol. 86(4), pp. 275–80 Healthy Skin Drug Trial featured on ABC Stateline NT, 26 March 2010
This Sunday's Readings Acts of the Apostles 5:12-16 Peter and the apostles perform many signs and wonders. A song of praise to the Lord. John describes the instruction he received to write down his vision. Thomas believes because he sees Jesus. Background on the Gospel Reading Today's reading, from the Gospel of John, is proclaimed on the second Sunday of Easter in each of the three Sunday Lectionary cycles. This should alert us to the significance of the encounters with the resurrected Jesus described in this reading. This Gospel combines two scenes: Jesus' appearance to his disciples after his Resurrection and Jesus' dialogue with Thomas, the disciple who doubted. Part of the mystery of Jesus' Resurrection is that he appeared to his disciples not as a spirit but in bodily form. We do not know exactly what this form was like. Earlier in John's Gospel, when Mary of Magdala first encountered the risen Jesus, she did not recognize the figure standing before her until Jesus spoke her. In Luke's Gospel, the disciples walking on the road to Emmaus did not recognize Jesus until he broke bread with them. We know from readings such as today's that in his resurrected body, Jesus was no longer bound by space; he appeared to the disciples in spite of the locked door. And yet, on this resurrected body, the disciples could still observe the marks of his Crucifixion. In today's Gospel, Jesus greets his disciples with the gift of peace and the gift of the Holy Spirit. Jesus also commissions his disciples to continue the work that he has begun. As Jesus was sent by God, so too does Jesus send his disciples. This continuity with Jesus' own mission is an essential element of the Church. Jesus grants the means to accomplish this mission when he gives his disciples the gift of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit binds us together as a community of faith and strengthens us to bear witness to Jesus' Resurrection. Jesus' words to his disciples also highlight the integral connection between the forgiveness of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit. Forgiveness and reconciliation are gifts to us from Jesus. With the grace of the Holy Spirit, we can share these with others. This is another essential aspect of what it means to be Christ's Church. The Church continues Jesus' ministry of forgiveness and reconciliation. Thomas, the disciple who doubts, represents the reality of the Church that comes after this first community of disciples. All but the first disciples of Jesus must believe without seeing. Like Thomas, we may doubt the news that Jesus, who was crucified and buried, appeared to his disciples. It is part of our human nature to seek hard evidence that the Jesus who appeared to the disciples after his death is, indeed, the same Jesus who was crucified. Thomas is given the opportunity to be our representative who obtains this evidence. He gives witness to us that the Jesus who was raised is the same Jesus who had died. Through the gift of the Holy Spirit, we are among those who are blessed for we have not seen and yet have believed.

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