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We can all do this, so why don’t we? Why don’t I? It’s a responsibility I must take seriously so those I know and those who cross my path find the blessings of the Christ-life here on earth and spend their eternal destiny in heaven.
Jesus says, “Don’t you say, ‘There are four more months and then comes the harvest? I tell you, look up and see that the fields are already white for harvest!” (John 4:35 New English Translation). |
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Maria, thanks for all the recipes. Have tried a couple and they turned out amazing aunque de cocina se lo que sabe un armadillo sobre la revolucion francesa. I think all our recipes are super easy to make and the ingredients are great, then again, I cannot live without 2 things wjen it comes to food: algo picante y arroz, in all their permutations. This guy thanks you. Estos americanos en Portland se piensan que soy el Emeril cubano. Ed. |
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Eclipses during 2009
There will be six eclipses in 2009, four of the moon and two of the sun. Three of the lunar eclipses
will be penumbral only-not the kind most people get excited about. A somewhat more exciting partial
lunar eclipse will mark year's end. The solar eclipses are much more exciting. One will be an annular
eclipse, which occurs when the moon is too far away to completely cover the sun while passing in front
of it. During the middle of the eclipse, the sun appears as a ring rather than a disk. The other solar
eclipse is a total one with the appearance of a "black ball" most people have seen photographs of.
Annular solar eclipse - January 26, 2009
The moon will block the view of 86% of the sun's disk. If you're in one of the right places, the entire
edge of the sun's disk will surround the moon's disk. Thus the sun will appear as a bright ring in the
sky. The annular phase will last up to 7 minutes, 54 seconds depending on the location. Directly looking
at this eclipse is a bad idea. The part of the sun that emits ultraviolet rays won't be completely blocked.
The eclipse may be dim enough to feel comfortable to your eyes, but the dangerous ultraviolet rays will still
be there. Use filters made specifically for viewing the sun. Or use a device that can safely project the
sun's image for you to see.
The annular track begins in the South Atlantic north of Tristan da Cunha, goes south of South Africa
passing north of Prince Edward Island, heads northward into the Indian Ocean. The only places it
crosses land are the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Indonesia. Partial phases are visible from the
southern third of Africa, Madagascar, southeast Asia, most of Australia, and Antarctica on the
Queen Maud, Enderby, American Highland, and Wilkes side.
Click here for a mercator map showing maximum eclipse times and magnitudes
Click here for an orthographic map showing maximum eclipse times and magnitudes
Penumbral lunar eclipse - February 9, 2009
The earth will partially block the sunlight reaching the moon, causing the moon to dim a bit
and perhaps take on a ruddy appearance. Some of the ruddy appearance is caused by a greater
proportion of sunlight reaching the moon passing through the earth's atmosphere first.
Depending on your observing conditions and the effect clouds have on filtering the sunlight,
you may not see a color change in the moon at all. Or it may be striking. The most striking
places to see a penumbral eclipse are where the moon is rising or setting during eclipse.
The moon may look even more reddish than usual because of the rising/setting effects
combining with the other effects.
This eclipse will be visible from most of Europe, eastern Africa, Asia, Pacific islands,
Australia, Alaska, far northwestern Canada, and much of the northern polar region.
This eclipse occurs from 12:37 to 16:40.
Here is a visibility map for this eclipse
Penumbral lunar eclipse - July 7, 2009
All the things said about the February 9 eclipse can be said about this one, except for some
location changes for those who want to see it. It's visible from far eastern parts of Asia,
Australia, the Pacific Ocean, most of the Americas, and Antarctica.
This eclipse occurs from 8:33 to 10:44.
Total solar eclipse - July 22, 2009
The moon will completely block the sun for up to 6 minutes, 29 seconds depending on the viewer's
location. The path of totality will cross parts of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhupan, and China,
then go into the Pacific Ocean. Mumbai will be a bit south of the totality path. However,
Varanasi, Patna, Thimphu, Saidpur, Chongqing, Hangzhou, and Shanghai will be in the path of
totality. Islands in the path of totality include Yaku-shima, Iwo Jima, some of the Marshall
Islands, and some islands of Kiribati. This eclipse's partial phases will be visible from most
of Asia, Malaysia, and other parts of the Pacific Ocean including Hawaii.
Only during the total phase will it be safe to look directly at the eclipse. Before and after
totality and at all times outside the path of totality, you will need eye protection. Use
filters made specifically for observing the sun. Or use a device that can safely project an
image of the sun for you to look at.
Here is a mercator map showing the visibility of this eclipse.
Here is an orthographic map showing the visibility of this eclipse.
Penumbral lunar eclipse - August 5-6, 2009
The February 9 eclipse explanation applies to this eclipse except for the locations from which
it's visible. This one will be visible from eastern North America, South America, the Atlantic Ocean,
Europe, Africa, the Indian Ocean, and Antarctica.
This eclipse occurs from 23:01 on the 5th to 2:17 on the 6th.
Here's a visibility map for this eclipse.
Partial lunar eclipse - December 31, 2009
A partial lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes part of the way into the earth's umbral shadow
cone (the darkest part of the earth's shadow). For this eclipse, only a very small part of the moon
will pass into the umbral cone. You may think of the moon's disk as looking like a cookie with a
nibble taken out near the southern part. The partial phase will last an hour and two minutes.
The eclipse will be visible from the northern fringes of North America, Europe, Africa, Asia,
and most of Australia.
The penumbral phase begins at 17:15 and ends at 21:30. The umbral phase is from 18:52 to 19:54. |
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Cowboys fans, of course, are comfortable panicking in preseason. It doesn't matter that the home team has a 2-2 record. The team very simply has not looked good.
But that's outside looking in. From where DeMarcus Ware sits, the view isn't so bad.
"I feel everything is great, to be honest," the Cowboys linebacker said. "I’m glad to be
back here. No more training camp. Getting ready for
The Cowboys were the only team to have training camp in two sites away from home and they also were away from home for the longest. But Ware said that doesn't make them tired -- it makes them ready. And he invoked Bill Parcells' name to make a point.
"Parcells always said he wants you battle hardened," Ware said. "I think that’s what training camp did for us. Five weeks of training camp, I think that’s going to help us out throughout the season when there’s hard times in the fourth quarter, at the end of the season being able to work through those tough times."
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You gotta give it to Ainsley – he keeps developing new products and trying to go one better each time. If you’ve read any of my previous posts you’ll be familiar with the theme of dried powdery products that require water to make your dinner. There’s cup soups, cous cous, rice, pasta bakes and more; each and every one of them has been a disappointment. If it wasn’t for these I would have given up on Ainsley a long time ago.
Historically Ainsley has provided sachets of stuff that are either a quick snack or a side dish, but now he’s gone all out to provide a whole meal, with these thrilling new dinner kits. I opened up the box and wasn’t surprised to find four white sachets of powder, each one had a tantalising name like “sachet 1″ or even “sachet 3″, my mouth was watering at the descriptions.
The first job was to mix yoghurt and powder and refrigerate. Next job was to mix minced lamb and powder before rolling into koftas or as Ainsley describes them “sausage shapes”. Next up mix water and powder to make falafel that gets rolled into “6 walnut sized balls” they were more like hazelnuts but we’ll let that pass. Next get your sausage shapes under the grill. Finally mix more water and powder to make that Ainsley fave cous cous. and after about 20 mins of powder mixing and grilling, my meal was ready.
Given my past history with Ainsley I was feeling oddly optimistic about this meal. The smell was good as the fat dribbled through the meat powder and out of the kofta and even though the idea of powdery yoghurt made me feel a bit sick it looked quite appealing in the dish. The cous cous looked like cous cous and the falafel looked OK even if they were miniscule. The dinner kit was meant for two people but my girlfriend, fearing what lay in store, refused to eat it, so I made the whole lot for myself when she was out one night. All things considered it looked like an appealing assiette of brown things and I was ready to eat.
Why oh why oh why was I optimistic? What could possibly have gone right with this meal? All the signs were there for failure and yet I convinced myself this was going to be an OK one. It was not. Nothing tasted really horrid, but then nothing really tasted of much. The kofta tasted of lamb (because I bought decent lamb) and a little bit of paprika but it lacked any seasoning and became a bland, mulchy sausage shape. The yoghurt had a hint of mint and luckily didn’t taste powdery but it did nothing really to improve the yoghurt. The tiny balls of falafel were nothing like falafel and I’ve no idea how close they ever were to a chickpea, again they were under seasoned and bland, bland, bland, with the texture of sofa stuffing. Then there was the cous cous, another massive disappointment that had roughly the same flavour profile as water. Cous cous is a dull, boring food stuff to begin with and you need to work really hard to get any flavour into it – Ainsley had not worked hard and consequently it was like eating polystyrene.
And so it is that another Ainsley initiative fails. Keep on trying Ainsley, you might as well as someone must be buying your stuff, but for me I think our relationship is over.
Ainsley Harriott Lebanese Kofta with Falafel Dinner Kit – Not sure of the cost it was bought ages ago and I kept putting off eating it so now I don’t know anymore.
3/10
Great as always.
In my head I like to imagine a scene where you’re in a lift. It stops and Ainsley Harriott gets in.
For the rest of the journey you’re trembling with rage in the fashion of a heyday Cleese or Palin – a pressure cooker ready to explode, or that machine from the end of Hudson Hawk. Ainsley looks into the middle distance, blissfully unaware.
The lift doors ping open and as he begins walking as you burst out a furious “Add some fucking flavour!!!” There’s canned laughter and some embarrassed tie straightening on your part, so that the audience knows you’re not a psycho. In the predictable Radio 4 version a little old lady gets into the lift to up the cringe factor, in the Seth Macfarlane version she says something equally profane about Ainsley’s ready meals.
I couldn’t eat anything Ainsley faced after seeing his memes :S
I have not seen his memes! I shall seek them out! |
The 5-Fold Path to Bliss: Go Beyond Stress to Renewal.
When you lose a beloved child you never get over it, the pain is always with you. Transforming stress is well nigh impossible.
Dear Jane, I’m sorry for your loss. I do know that we get to choose what we focus on. May I recommend as a resource for you?
Wow Dr Linda. that is a life so similar to mine. I grew up with alcoholic parents to, and went to 12 different schools by the time I hit grade 9. And raised a religion that made me more of an outcast. There definitely wasn’t times of bliss.So I followed in my parents footsteps, and became a alcoholic, and a drug addict. That is when I thought I had bliss. But when I couldn’t stop, that is when I lost the bliss, and the stress became my life. Now clean, and for 9years, and doing so much inside work,of my past, to dealing with the stress of life, to have a blissful life today.
Thank you Dr L:inda for helping me to recognized my stress, and bliss.
Lots of Love.
Dear Patrick,
Thank you for your comment. I’m proud of you for the work you’re doing and have done on yourself to heal. You’re an inspiration for all those around you.
Blessings, Dr Linda
Eliminating MY stress would mean killing my husband !! Most of the time I can just about manage to cope, but he has Aspergers, dementia, is old and disabled; and all these make him angry, aggressive and demanding. He is definitely dragging me down – and my own health suffers. I never have a break because wherever I go he want to go too; and he would not have anyone in the house while I went on my own. He does not like being interrupted if he is watching TV, reading, snoozing, writing, on the computer, thinking. Yet he will happily interrupt me whatever I am doing, requiring instant attention. I have tried to meditate, but it is next to impossible if you get interrupted.
Dear Veronica-Mae,
No one can deny that you have a difficult life. Your best hope to transform stress and live a good life is to look for what’s good or at least OK and embody that sensation for as long as you are able – at least 15 seconds. May I refer you to rickhanson.net. Dr. Hanson has an abundance of resources to help you find peace and joy in your life.
Blessings, Dr. Linda
Thank you, Dr. Linda, for these 5 powerful and PRACTICAL ways to relieve stress. I’ve read many self help, spiritual healing books and this article is worth printing and posting on my wall. Much love to you!
i particularly like using your natural resources, and the 3 power plants, partially autonomous, partially voluntary, partially instinctive: thank you
Thank you! I needed this today. I probably need it everyday. I sit here once again wondering what direction I’m going with the guy I’ve been dating for the last two years. He has struggled with addiction pretty much the entire time duration of our relationship. For those who may not be familiar, I have grown quite accustomed to living in constant fear and trying to figur out his inconsistencies. Rarely do things make sense and when I try to communicate with him about it, it generally leads to a major blowup, which then leads to not talking for days, weeks, months. I now find that his actions don’t bother me nearly as much as my own. I cannot, for the life of me figure out what I am hanging on to. I feel drained… ALL THE TIME!
Sorry about that! Guess I felt compelled to vent. Thanks again for your encouraging words. |
The much awaited Simpsons/Futurama crossover episode airs on Sunday, 9 November, at 8pm on Fox.
The Planet Express gang from Matt Groening's sci-fi animated show Futurama shows up in present Springfield from the 31st century to save the future.
The episode is titled Simpsorama, and the crossover will unwind a complex."
The tagline reads "a show out of ideas teaming up with a show out of episodes".
The Simpsons executive producer Al Jean has said that a crossover with Futurama will "please fans of both" shows.
Futurama aired its final episode in September in the US, and Jean insisted that the upcoming episode is not intended to undermine that show's ending.
"It was a really good ending and this doesn't purport to re-end it," Jean told Digital Spy.
"If you asked me, I'd say this crossover takes place three months before [the finale] occurred. I would never dream of trying to replace that ending."
Jean admitted that he is "really excited" about the crossover.
"[We knew] Futurama was probably going off the air - though you never know, that show always comes back," he said.
"So we thought it'd be great to see those characters one more time and to have those voices come to our show."
The Family guy team from Quohog visited the Simpsons earlier this year, where Homer and Peter bonded when the Griffins family found themselves stranded in Springfield.
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ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB News Channel 5) — Starting next school year, Holy Savior Menard Central High School isexpanding its bus services to include a pickup location in Avoyelles Parish.
"We've talked about this for some time now,"said Joel Desselle, principal of Menard. "We've always had a dozen or so students commuting from Avoyelles toMenard and countless more families who expressed a desire to send their kids toour school, but worry about transportation."
The newbus route will run in the mornings only. Pick up will be at 6:45 am in theparking lot of St. Alphonse Church located at 3645 Main Street in Hessmer,La.
"Veryfew of our students actually leave campus right when school is over," saidDesselle. "We have a very active studentbody and many of them participate in sports, clubs or service projects."
MenardHigh School has been providing a Catholic educational program rooted in theteachings of Christ for more than 120 years. They offer several AP courses and college credits are available throughthe school's dual enrollment program.
The 2013graduating class produced a composite ACT average of 23.8 (more than fourpoints higher than the state average of 19.5) and 84% of them qualified for theLouisiana TOPS Scholarship Program. Menard High School is also home to Rapides parish's only finalists inthe National Merit Scholarship Program.
For moreinformation about Holy Savior Menard or the new bus route, contact the school'sfront office at 318-445-8233. |
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Permafrost thaw and high-latitude forests
In Northern, permafrost-impacted systems, tree species distributions are strongly influenced by permafrost (i.e. perennially cryotic ground) distribution, which in the discontinuous zone is changing rapidly. Using remote sensing methods, we have demonstrated increased rates of permafrost degradation and the importance of landscape configuration on rates of thaw. At the individual level, we have identified root dysfunction and resulting reduction in sap flow as a key driver of reduced tree growth and, ultimately, tree death in response to permafrost thaw. Finally, field-based observation of unusually high levels of gall-inducing mite herbivory has led to the initiation of research focusing on the impacts of galling on forest structure and dynamics. We demonstrated important interactions between the physiological response of trees to galling and the habitat on which they occur; in other words, abiotic stress exacerbates the negative impact of herbivory, a pattern that we also recently demonstrated in species-rich tropical assemblages. In 2012, we established the Scotty Creek Forest Dynamics Plot, a 20.8ha mapped plot within the zone of discontinuous permafrost. This plot will provide a critical framework for understanding changing boreal forest dynamics, composition and structure with permafrost thaw. It is the first boreal site within the CTFS-ForestGEO network (), a network of 61 plots in tropical and temperate forests in 24 countries. The addition of our boreal plot facilitates direct comparisons of tropical, temperate and boreal forest dynamics, which will advance our understanding of responses of different forest types to global change and drivers of latitudinal biodiversity gradients.
Tundra shrubbing
The sub-Arctic tundra is rapidly transitioning into taller shrub-dominated communities. This change is largely attributed to climate warming, which drives increases in shrub growth and recruitment, shifts in plant community composition and structure, local reductions in biodiversity, and increases in primary productivity with the potential to drive strong feedbacks on the climate system such as alterations to carbon and water cycling. Shrubbing also results in physical changes in the environment that are thought to feed back positively on shrubbing and associated changes. One key physical change is the increased capture of snow by shrub patches during blowing snow events, which insulates the ground leading to warmer winter soil temperatures. Despite these recognized and profound changes in the structure and function of the tundra as shrubbing progresses, we know surprisingly little about the drivers of shrub distribution on the landscape or the impacts of landscape position on the resulting structural and functional changes associated with shrubbing. Such knowledge will facilitate an improved understanding of the implications of shrubbing for water cycling, litter and nutrient inputs to drainage channels and streams, and tundra diversity. To enhance our understanding of the drivers and implications of shrub distribution, we are working at a tundra site north of Inuvik called Trail Valley Creek to: 1) determine associations of shrub distribution with topographic features at the landscape level over the last 60 years; 2) quantify structure and composition of plant communities in shrub and adjacent tundra patches; and 3) quantify productivity and water use in different shrub species and relate this to landscape position and hydrological feedbacks.
Boreal wildfire
Fire as a natural process is important to maintaining boreal ecosystems. In 2014, 3.4 million ha of forested lands were impacted by wildfires in the NWT, which makes this the largest fire season in the NWT’s history. The fires were concentrated in the region around Great Slave Lake and thus affected the majority of the population in the Territory. A wide range of ecosystems was impacted by these fires spanning several distinct ecoregions and the environmental gradients that each of these represent.. We have begun to ask questions about the implications of wildfire in the range of boreal forests in the NWT. |
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich announced today that he would formally announce his candidacy for President on Wednesday, using Facebook and Twitter. Only a few minutes later, Gingrich said via Twitter, “Be sure to watch Hannity this Wednesday at 9pm ET/8pm CT. I will be on to talk about my run for President of the United States.” That wasn’t the formal announcement – it was just a little tease to let us know that Wednesday will be the big day, when the really high-voltage Tweets are rolled out. It took a while for him to make his decision, but now that he’s made it, he’s just chomping at the bit!
On his lively Facebook page, Gingrich said, “I have been humbled by all the encouragement you have given me to run. Thank you for your support.”
In the name of full disclosure, and because his posts are always interesting reads, it should be noted that Newt Gingrich is a regular contributor to Human Events. His most recent article, “Job Creation Must Be Job One,” can be read here. |
Pregnant Kardashian won't take heels off
Kim Kardashian is seen at the 'BALANCIAGA' store on January 11, 2013 in Paris, France. (Getty).
Looking elegant - if a little chilly - in a short A-line skirt and black heels, Kim browsed through racks of designer threads and colourful heels.
The brunette beauty - believed to be three months' pregnant - warded off the cold by holding a black fur clutch and draping a black overcoat over her shoulders..
Kim, 32, and 35-year-old Kanye spent the festive period together and were seen with the ".
She added: "In bed with the flu all day. Praying this goes away fast!"
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This is my basic cut-down translation of the recent German-language review of Nehrim on the Gamer Global website. I’ve cut out some minor plot-spoilers and some tedious griping about the shortcomings of the original Oblivion game mechanics…
Nehrim final beta review. Authors: Kevin Stich / Editor: Jorg Langer at Gamer Global. Translated from the German. 26th May 2010
The story can be described in one word, epic. By the end you will have completed between 40 and 50 hours, depending on how many side quests you take on. The background of the world is fleshed out with specially-written books. Although these do not consider the very deep level of history, the big picture is very well done.
There were many times when the game evoked Outcast, and with a similar level of foreign terminology thrown at the player, and a constant flood of new information at the start. But in time you will settle in to the world, and learn piece by piece the history of the country via the successful dialogue.
The side quests: Refreshingly different … the clear emphasis on quality, rather than countless loveless “kill and collect” quests and quest that overburden the player with loot. … many of the quests are done at a level that we would like to see in full-price titles. … the game world is in harmony with the quest tasks.
Dominated by bustling forests, meadows and hamlets which remind the player very strongly of Cyrodiil. Like the Central Province of Oblivion, the middle kingdom tends toward Disney version of real landscapes. And there are areas of secluded woods, with deer, foxes, bears, wolves and other animals. You’ll find waterfalls just waiting for the screenshot photographer. … In local theatres you’ll find gigs by the famous medieval band Schandmaul, illuminated by crystal lamps.
It is important that you carefully listen to the NPCs and where appropriate consult your diary [as not all places will be automatically marked on your map] [there is no fast-travel and] the teleporter network throughout Nehrim not as dense as it is in the middle kingdom.
With your Teleport also comes with the donkey. [teleporting donkeys!?] …
What SureAI delivers in terms of setting is unsurpassed … and even puts a few full-price titles in the shadows. [The German] professional voice-over artists convey exactly the right emotions although there are also a few weak performances …
[The reviewer gripes at length about the original Oblivion RPG mechanics, and complains that some of these are unchanged in Nehrim] …
[But several Oblivion gameplay issues are resolved] …
New plants were created, such as the “Iron Claw”, increase your capacity permanently by one point. [Crafting is hugely expanded over vanilla Oblivion] the meticulous sifting of the game world [via crafting] makes it even more motivating and rewarding, as in Risen. But Alchemists can gather common crop plants to make potions, and become rich too early – this can feel like a cheat.
New blades and stylish designed armor. [and as with Arktwend] many have power magical attributes.
A host of new enemies. …
In the animal world you encounter cows, rabbits, chickens, pigs and foxes – but also elephants and feral pigs. Animals and NPCs interact with each other: because deer are hunted by wolves, travellers are attacked by bandits, hunters will have to move slowly through the woods. In part, this seems a bit exaggerated, and can look like a kind of a “war of the undergrowth”
You have “safe chest” for storage, located in every major town …
There is also teleport spell [activated at the end of quests?] and there is also an escape hatch or a short way back at the end of quests. …
The Oblivion inventory has also been modified and is set out clearly. Except for the drinking, the lists of the original has been replaced by square icons. You may also hide individual object types, making it quick to find what you seek. Certain objects, such as game meat and pelts have no weight. While this is illogical, but it makes it easier to step into the wilderness to hunt
A highlight of Nehrim is the caves and dungeons. In contrast to the relatively bright underground in Oblivion, these are darker and oppressive. […] Beautiful as the dungeons are, in general they are too long, and too many times they suck the air out of the game’s forward progression of the plot.
Your NPC travelling companion also has some common problems with animation, pathfinding and getting lost. …
In larger mellee battles you quickly lose the overview of what’s happening, so “epic battles” often degenerate into wild brawls. Hitting enemies is then sometimes a matter of luck. …
If you roam around a lot in the beta of Nehrim, you will encounter many minor errors. But this is often the case even in full retail products. Some opponents don’t fight back or run the wrong script. Some NPCs fall down the stairs. […] There are some crashes of Nehrim with the beta, and in order to avoid any frustration you should make extensive use of the quick save button.
We are being fair here – this review is not pulling its punches because this is a fan project. But it should also be said that we are reviewing the beta, and bugs are being actively fixed.
SureAI has created a title that is the equal of many role-playing games, and is even superior in some areas. In particular, for the very well-crafted game world and its epic, philosophical history, Nehrim stands miles above other fan projects. Many commercial RPGs go to far less trouble to tell a sophisticated and coherent story.
If you can overlook a few technical deficiencies, you will be dazzled by Nehrim. Nehrim is not one of the many overambitious, half-baked fan-projects – it’s been completely realized, and the years of work can be seen everywhere.
If you thought that Oblivion’s main quest was too short and too shallow, then you’ll be thrilled by the depth and complexity here.
Nehrim is no great risk, because it is free, you only need to own a copy of Oblivion, which can currently be picked up second-hand for about $10.
All RPG fans should play Nehrim at least once!
No fast travel? That would kind of stink, in thinking of how large the map is.
I am a cheater and I was wondering if there is a new money system? Without cheat codes I would feel like it also too hard at some points, and at some points it could lose its game feeling.
Do you get to own any homes? This is also a big thing for me.
– Lisa
Fast travel via teleporting donkeys, is seems 🙂 Not sure about home or cash.
Real fans of role play and immersion, skip Nehrim. There are no choices here. You are forced into tedious tasks which can only be solved by things like the buggy, undependable Grab function; trying to find traps, levers, tricks, etc while fleeing an enemy who kills you in three hits (but dies to multiple torches) and once more, dealing with rats. This mod is about eye candy; there is no role playing here. Worse, potions are weightless, the carry capacity is far too high and loot, even early on, is too common. Nehrim is for those who want to play Oblivion in a world that looks like it was designed by the Unique Landscapes team with quests by the creators of Mario.
Jay, from what you say it sounds very much like you’re condemning it on the basis of playing the first half of the tutorial/prologue. This is a long 40-50 hour game. Perhaps you could comment again after completing it? Your opinions might have changed by then.
I’ve written a starter walkthrough: |
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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Clubs.
SEPTSA, 6 to 8 p.m., Roosevelt Elementary School, 2921 Falk Road. Communitywide needs assessment on developmental disabilities facilitated by ARC. Free supervised child activities will be provided. * Mona, 360-759-4917 ext. 109, MonaF@arcofclarkcounty.org.
SUPPORT OF SINGLES, Meets every Monday at the Clark County Genealogical Society annex, 715 Grand Blvd. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., meeting starts at 6:45.
ALTRUSA INTERNATIONAL OF CLARK COUNTY is soliciting nominations for the 2010 Library Service Award. The award dinner will be April 29 at Battle Ground Community Center, 912 E. Main St., Battle Ground. Nominations are due by March 12. Call for more info and nomination forms. * Marie, 360-921-2755.
FIFTY AND BETTER, looking for performers for the upcoming Golden Note Cafe which will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. March 13. Share dancing, musical, poetry and singing talents. * Kelly Lund, 360-487-7055.
Health
KIDS YOGA, 3:45 to 4:30 p.m. Mondays, March 1 through May 24, Columbia Dance, 1700 Broadway Ave. For ages 3-9; parents welcome. $120. * 360-909-1768.
JOIN WEIGHT WATCHERS AT WORK at the Nutter Corporation and receive a corporate rate. Everyone welcome. Weigh-in 5 p.m. Mondays, meeting 5:30-6 p.m. at 7211 N.E. 43rd Ave. * Brenda, 360-759-2203.
ADULT BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Memorial Health Center, Suite 202, 100 E. 33rd St. * Hospice Southwest, 360-696-5100.
Miscellany
LOVE AND LOGIC PARENTING CLASS, 6:15 p.m. Mondays, Felida Elementary School, 2700 N.W. 119th St. $20 per family or individual. Five-week series. * Bobbi Bellomy, 360-574-6290.
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OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM: HIDDEN SOURCES AND RECORDS, noon to 2 p.m. Saturday,.
Reunions
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WASHOUGAL CLASS OF 1975 REUNION, July 30 to Aug. 1, Camas Washougal Wildlife League, 811 S.E. Leadbetter Road,Camas. Please send your contact information to jkaym86@yahoo.com. * Janice, 360-852-2040; Stephanie, 360-835-3884.
82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION ASSOCIATION, national convention, Aug. 18-21 in Charleston, W.Va. * Contact Airborne 2010, 5459 Northcutt Place, Dayton, OH 45414; Shirley Gossett, 937-898-5977, srgabn@aol.com.
CLASS REUNION, COLUMBIA RIVER CLASS OF 1980, Aug 21., Red Lion Hotel on The River-Jantzen Beach, 909 N. Hayden Island Drive. * Kathy, 360-904-6549 or kathy@qsireps.com
USS CLINTON APA-144 REUNION, 17th Annual. October 11-15, Reno, Nevada. * Duncan, 409-945-6148.
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BENEFIT BREAKFAST, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at the Eagles Lodge, 107 E. Seventh St. Menu: eggs, sausage, hash browns, biscuits and gravy or pancakes. $5 per person. * 360-693-8119.
JEFF CLAYTON BENEFIT CONCERT, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Battle Ground High School Cafetorium, 400 W. Main St. $5 tickets at the door. Donations greatly appreciated. Proceeds will benefit he Battle Ground High School Jazz band which will participate in the Swing Central competition in Savannah, Ga..
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Close shave for people trapped in office fire
Last Updated: Thursday, February 4, 2010 | 11:51 AM ET
CBC News
Dozens of people were temporarily trapped Wednesday afternoon when a three-alarm fire tore through part of an office building in Mississauga.
The fire at 1270 Central Parkway West started around 5 p.m.
Shally Virk, who was on the third floor of the building when the fire broke out, said some of her co-workers began smelling smoke and "couldn't figure out where it was coming from."
Virk and about 10 of her co-workers then tried to exit the building by the stairs.
"Every exit we would go to there was smoke coming inside, it was black smoke," she said.
"So there was ... panic all over the office. Everyone [was] trying to figure out how to get out because there was absolutely no way to get out. We found an office in the corner of the building and we locked ourselves in there and put our coats underneath the door so the smoke wouldn't get in."
Two men tried unsuccessfully to break windows at the office.
"We were terrified," Virk said. "At that moment you actually do think: 'Oh my gosh, is this it?'"
Fire crews eventually arrived, broke down the windows and managed to get the office's occupants out.
Authorities gathered all the occupants of the building in buses and were making sure everyone is accounted for, Virk said.
It appeared no one was seriously injured. It was unclear how many people were trapped in the fire, although initial reports suggested up to a 100 people may have been affected.
Fire crews were still trying to put out the fire as of 6:45 p.m., although it appeared to be dying down, according to witness |
Soochow University
Soochow University is one of China’s oldest and most prestigious universities. Known for its strong research focus, the University ranks amongst China’s top 5% of schools. The university has a rich campus culture reminiscent of an American Ivy League school. The surrounding city of Suzhou has 2,500 years of history and is commonly known as the “Venice of the East.” With 3,175 international students currently enrolled, Soochow University is a welcoming place for foreign students seeking a degree in China.
Soochow University has had a complicated history which the university’s President recently described in a speech as “a century of glories, foibles, and vicissitudes.” The school was initially founded in 1900 by Methodists as a merger of three earlier institutions. In 1949, during the Chinese civil war, most of the university’s faculty and alumni association fled to Taiwan where they reestablished the Soochow University. In the mainland, various universities and colleges operated out of the original campus until 1982, when the English name was revived and the university officially refounded. Today, both the Soochow University on the original campus and the Soochow University in Taipei are still active—both claiming to be the legitimate successor of the historical institution. Both universities use the same emblem and motto, which can be confusing, so if you’re looking for the version on the mainland be sure to use this website—eng.suda.edu.cn!
Soochow University offers 134 undergraduate majors, 254 masters programs, and 196 doctorate programs. The World University Rankings ranks Soochow University as the 15th best university in Mainland China. The university boasts similarly impressive rankings by QS, U.S. News, and the Academic Ranking of World Universities. The University has three campuses in and around the city of Suzhou.
The University has received over 2 billion RMB in sponsorship and investment, much of which has gone towards developing connections internationally. Soochow University runs a branch campus in Vientiane, Laos. Daejin University in Korea and Soochow University jointly run a campus in Soochow for Korean students studying in China. Soochow University is a member of the “China-African Universities 20+20 Cooperation Plan.” As a member of the “Sino-Foreign Cooperative Education Program” Soochow University has strong links to the University of Victoria, the University of Manchester, and the University of Arkansas. As one of China’s premier research institutions, Soochow University also operates a long list of jointly managed research centers worldwide, such as the Waterloo-Soochow Joint Institute for Nanotechnology.
Soochow University’s culture is one of history and legacy. The campus buildings resemble that of an older American institution and the school has many proud traditions, such as its school song and motto—"unto a full grown man.” Students seeking a high level research-based education in a beautiful city should consider attending Soochow University.
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Dear Mr. Krauthammer:
In response to your article Iraq Doves Must Wake Up (Daily News, June 15, 2003), where you complain that the Baghdad Museum was not looted after all, and the left has not apologized for getting it wrong, and has now changed the subject to the “hyping of the weapons of mass destruction.” You also set up a Frank Rich article in the April 27 New York Times as indicative of an attitude that you despise.
No one hawked the war against Saddam Hussein more than I did, and no one cares less about whether they find WMDs or not. There were plenty of other good reasons to fight the war.
However, I think you misrepresented the point that Mr. Rich was making, and it had nothing to do with WMDs, or about whatever Mr. Rich’s position on the war happens to be. The point Mr. Rich is making, I believe, is that if you contend that you have to go into Iraq to save the Iraqi people, and then do nothing to protect their national treasures (but do everything to protect their oil), you may be inadvertently tipping your hand about what you truly value.
The Pentagon did not help matters at all by reacting as if the sacking of the museum was not important, and protecting the museum’s treasures was (to paraphrase) sissy work, and unworthy of a great army. You don’t have to be opposed to the war to find that attitude troubling. I don’t remember reading that anyone in the Administration has had a change of heart. If the Museum was not sacked, it was just a question of luck. I don’t remember anyone in the administration trusting the protection of the oil fields to luck.
It really troubles me that you would try to reach so far as to attempt to tie complaints about the sacking of the Museum with the problems we are having finding WMDs. If there is any connection that could possibly be made, it would have to be that it is impossible to trust any information coming out of Iraq.
There were never so many Iraqi doves as you pretend there are. My own view is that people who are looking to find “doves” and “fellow travelers” under the bed are trying to collapse a foreign policy disagreement into a domestic policy dispute to make it easier to cut taxes, impose an ever stricter PATRIOT Act, etc. I have been reading your columns since I first discovered them in The New Republic, and I am deeply disappointed to find you sounding so shrill.
Monday, June 16, 2003
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Nist Fire Research Resources For Distance Learning Featured At National Fire Academy Higher Education Conference - Brief Article
Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Sept, 2000
In June 2000, Fire on the Web was demonstrated for more than 100 attendees at the Second Annual Fire & Emergency Services Higher Education conference held at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, MD. Conference attendees included educators from over 65 different universities, colleges, community colleges, and state fire academies. The purpose of the conference was to begin development of a standardized fire science degree curriculum. Fire on the Web provides educators and students with access to a number of valuable NIST resources for distance learning programs. These include 60 000 references to the fire literature, experimental fire data, and fire models. NISTIR 6510, which is a compact disc (CD) based report of a fire recreation, also was displayed at the conference. This CD includes the computer-generated color animations of model simulations as well as the full text of the report. A video tape that featured three flashover scenarios was utilized to demonstrate the type of fire experiments conducted at NIST for which information is available.
NISTs presentation was taped for later broadcast over EENet, a broadcast network operated by the U.S. Fire Academy to provide state-of-the-art learning-at-a-distance programs to fire departments via satellite.
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If you choose to convert your loft, then you are going to benefit from additional space while also increasing the value of your property by as much as 20%. The process is a lot easier than moving home and the work is not as disruptive as carrying out other forms of renovation work on your property.
How will you use the extra space?
Once you have determined that your home is suitable for a loft conversion, you might want to consider how you will use the space. The truth is, it becomes another usable space and can be used for many purposes such as an office, a master bedroom or a games room for the children. It becomes a space that is extremely versatile but you will need to consider the space such as leaving enough room for furniture and fittings or ensuring you have sufficient headroom.
Of course, a loft is an unusual shape in most instances because of the shape of the roof. Therefore, you’ll need to consider storage and the overall floor plan to ensure you maximise the use of the space.
Planning Permission, Building Regulations and Party Wall Agreement – What Do I Need?
In most instances, there is no requirement to obtain planning permission. This is only required if you are extending the roof or increasing the height of the property. Despite this, it is always worth contacting your local planning department to ensure you adhere to the requirements.
There is a requirement for loft conversions in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire to adhere to building regulations. This is to ensure the work is safe, there is sound insulation and that all fire safety regulations are met.
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July 17, 2005
Worldwide competitive power-shift(Posted by francois to: interesting links )
A fascinating (MUST READ) article (requires subscription for full article) in Fortune Magazine talks about the "innovation" power-shift happening between the US and China/India.
Some interesting stats from the article:
- China produces 600,000 engineers/year
- India produces 350,000 engineers yearly
- US - 70,000
- 76% of jobs in US are service jobs (most easily outsourced)
The article briefly touches on the potential impact of this power-shift in the following paragraph:
"The stakes are mammoth: Respectable analysts believe it’s possible—not certain, but possible—that the U.S. standard of living, after decades of steady ascent, could stall or even begin to decline. More worrisome is the chance that if the world’s most powerful nation finds itself getting poorer rather than richer, some kind of domestic or even global political crisis could follow."
I wish the article would have mentioned Dean Kamen's work - who's been harping on this issue and trying to make a difference through his FIRST program for years. Some of you may have seen the TV program showing the Arizona kids beating the MIT kids in a robot competition - that's his work - oh, and most of you probably missed the fact that all the kids on the team were illegal immigrants...
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The Microlite74 Ultimate Edition Is Now Available
The Microlite74 Ultimate Edition is now available on DrivethruRPG/RPGNow in a digest and epub combo format -- perfect for printing out or reading on a tablet. Like the Extended version of Microlite74, the rules of the Microlite74 Ultimate Edition. However, this Ultimate Edition combines the rules from Microlite74 Extended with the additional rules from first, second, and third Microlite74 Companion volumes, full treasure listings, some new additional rules, a sample setting, and several short location-based adventures in a digest-sized book.
This book contains the complete rules for the Microlite74 Ultimate Edition, including:
- Simple Character Creation Rules: Roll 4 attributes and select a race, class, background, and alignment.
- Standard Classes: Fighter, Ranger, Paladin, Monk, Magic-User, Illusionist, Cleric, Druid, and Thief.
- Many Optional Classes: Barbarians, Swashbucklers, Necromancers, Beastmasters, Monks, Shamans, Delvers, and many more.
- All the standard races plus many optional races.
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- Many optional rules: use none, some, or all.
- A complete list of spells, monsters and treasure.
- Gamemaster section with setting design information, advice, and a small, ready-to-use hexcrawl setting and three simple location-based adventures ready to drop into the sample setting or use in your setting.
- Compatible with most other 0e based games and adventures -- as well as many designed for B/X, BECMI, and 1e.
You receive two files: a standard pdf and an epub file. The digest-sized pdf is 384 pages and is suitable for printing or for easy reading on a tablet. Unlike the "Condensed Type" editions of Microlite74, this pdf is formated in a single column and uses a larger typeface to make it easier to use on a tablet. The epub version of Microlite74 Ultimate Edition. Note that the epub file is not as "pretty" as the pdf version as the epub format was simply not designed for complex layouts, but it is usuable on devices able to handle the epub3 format.
You get both the digest-sized pdf and the epub version when you buy the digest/epub version of the second edition of Microlite74 Ultimate Edition for $9.95. A "pay what you want" version without artwork will appear at a later date. I can't be more specific as converting digest format to two column format is a real pain and requires taking time from other more interesting projects. (I'm not good at layout and as I find it much more boring than playing or writing games, I never seem to get much better at it.)
You can get a copy of the new second edition of Microlite74 Utimate Edition on its page on RPGNow.
April 6, 2017 at 5:09 PM
Glad you're back in action! I'm heading over to RPGNOW to grab a copy of M74 Ultimate right now!
April 6, 2017 at 5:33 PM
Thank you, Chris. I hope you enjoy it.
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Finding out about this was a pleasant surprise to wake up to on a Friday! Do you want some help with layout? I'd be happy to put a few hours a weekend into it.
April 7, 2017 at 6:21 PM
@Rachel: I've actually had a request for a print version, but I don't think my layout in MS Word is up to that. So, yes, I might take you up on that offer. BTW, my apologies for taking so long to finish this and get it out. It was 90% written before we decided we had to move out of Texas for my wife's health. It only took a couple of weeks to finish up once I actually had time to actually work on it.
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Investors sentiment increased to 1.21 in Q3 2017. Its up 0.23, from 0.98 in 2017Q2. It is positive, as 33 investors sold SAGE shares while 43 reduced holdings. 28 funds opened positions while 64 raised stakes. 38.55 million shares or 3.62% more from 37.20 million shares in 2017Q2 were reported. Td Asset Management Inc holds 0.01% or 83,918 shares. Tiaa Cref Inv Limited Liability Company stated it has 120,514 shares or 0.01% of all its holdings. Strs Ohio holds 0.02% of its portfolio in Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAGE) for 69,900 shares. Jane Street Grp Ltd Com has invested 0% in Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAGE). Parametric Portfolio Assoc Limited Liability holds 21,697 shares or 0% of its portfolio. State Board Of Administration Of Florida Retirement invested in 16,852 shares or 0% of the stock. Canada Pension Plan Inv Board holds 0% or 800 shares. Citigroup Inc has 39,026 shares. 36,874 were accumulated by Alps Advsr. 33,334 are held by State Of Wisconsin Inv Board. Schwab Charles Mgmt Inc owns 0.01% invested in Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAGE) for 151,026 shares. Oak Ridge reported 1.86% in Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAGE). Paloma Mgmt has invested 0% in Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAGE). Bessemer Grp Inc holds 0% or 2,263 shares. Great Lakes Advsrs Ltd Liability Corp reported 3,853 shares.
Since December 14, 2017, it had 0 insider buys, and 3 sales for $27.36 million activity. 58,139 shares were sold by PAUL STEVEN M, worth $10.00M on Tuesday, March 6. Kanes Stephen had sold 44,000 shares worth $7.80M on Wednesday, January 10.
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More news for Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAGE) were recently published by: Businesswire.com, which released: “Sage Therapeutics Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2017 Financial …” on February 22, 2018. Benzinga.com‘s article titled: “Morgan Stanley Gets Wise On Sage Therapeutics, Initiates With A Buy” and published on February 26, 2018 is yet another important article.
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On the 12th of June the last activity of the year took place, the barbecue! In the afternoon, it was raining very hard, but fortunately Jordi’s weather forecast came true and in the evening, it was sunny and there was a blue sky. Everybody could enjoy the (vegetarian) meat, the baguettes (20 pieces!) and salads. Very stereotype, most of the time the men were taking care of the BBQ while the females were chatting with each other😉. If people got cold, there were some blankets to keep them warm. This was a cozy way to come closer with each other. It was a very nice time together and some Split members almost forgot the time, while they actually had to sleep. It was a nice lovely moment to end this Split year with activities 😊.
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I’m continuing to write my book, and my view of it is continuing to evolve. As I write it, the weak points become more obvious and the symphony of what I want to write becomes clearer in my mind….I’m understanding the structural flaws and figuring out how to get around them. It’s both intensely exhilarating and extremely frustrating…frustrating because it takes me two hours to write one page (if that) and exhilarating because I’m finally getting through the writer’s block and writing down enough to get a sense of what needs to be done with my material.
I’m also getting a sense for just how gargantuan this task really is. I feel roughly like I’m in the first thirty miles of AIDS Lifecycle–only 555 miles to go…
I’m seriously considering taking a week or so off work in order to write. I have the extra vacation time….I’m thinking about it. Seriously.
Met with my new personal trainer today and am MUCH more impressed with her (thank goodness). She knows at least as much as I do about cycling, and I trust her to know more about training than I do, so we’re going to start work with free weights tomorrow. We’ll see how that goes. More detail on that in my Markleeville Death Ride training diary.
Meanwhile, Mike brought me roses a couple days ago to celebrate our six-month anniversary (yay!), and they are gorgeous. Big, deep red, with a real rose fragrance–I have them in a vase on my living-room dresser (so the cats don’t get at them) and I stop by and smell them whenever I’m going in and out. I love roses.
(Back to the book) The difficulty, and the temptation, of this book is that there are SO many good stories from AIDS Lifecycle that it’s tempting to write the book of nothing more than short vignettes. But that would be a mistake–it’s the human story unfolding over seven days that’s of interest, so somehow I need to find a way to find characters to follow. I need to pare my thirty or forty interviews down to just a few riders that I follow through the seven days, and show how they grow. I need to wade through this tangled mess, write a lot, and do even more pruning. I thought I was making a decent attempt, and I am, but even after the draft is written there’ll still be about 2/3 of the writing to go.
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Earlier I said: "...I hope to post AT LEAST one drawing/sketch a day..."
Well, over the weekend I posed exactly ZERO drawings and/or sketches but that does not mean I did not create any sketches or drawings. I hope to catch up on my posting today. Part of the reason was I was working of collage which had to dry and another was the cat puke on the scanner that had to be cleaned and I think it might need to be cleaned again. :) |
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Ah, but that doesn't mean that both boy and pug have a great deal of reverence for a beef bone. Shelby relished it, while Vin sat quietly and watched, for about 5 mins. I think that Shelby is the reason Vin likes ribs. He cleans them off just as well too.
Hope everyone enjoyed their summer and is having a great week back at school. Vin starts pre-school shortly. We are all very excited.
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...pre-school ...wow..the Boy is growing-up fast....will Shelby like the quiet time..or miss her partner in crime ????
exciting..but still alittle sad to break up the Team !!! All the best to you Vin..have a great time
Posted by: Ann Crago | Sep 10, 2010 10:56:27 AM
Can't believe Vin is so grown up! Shelby will be lost at first. Thanks so much for sharing the life of these two wonderful children with us. God bless your whole family.
Posted by: BonnieBoo & Mom | Sep 10, 2010 6:34:45 PM
Dear Winnie, we have enjoyed watching puppy Shelby grow up into Big Sister Shelby, and
when you had your son, we have been privileged to catch special moments with a boy and his pug. Please continue to share
their bonding and experiences with us. New adventures await them!
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Section 103.23 | Legislative budget and program oversight commission.
The legislative service commission shall serve as a legislative budget and program oversight commission and may delegate to any committee it creates the responsibility to:
(A) Conduct program reviews of state agencies and departments or programs and activities within such agencies and departments, of the state's local assistance programs, and of state laws. As used in this section "program review" means an examination and review of any state agency, department, bureau, commission, or institution, or any activity, program, or law of the state to determine whether or to what extent the intent and goals of the organization, activity, program, or law are being achieved and whether funds appropriated have been efficiently and effectively expended;
(B) Continually review and evaluate federal and state government relationships and the fiscal, economic, and social implications thereof;
(C) Annually prepare and update long-range fiscal plans for the state;
(D) Provide staff to assist the controlling board in performing its duties and exercising its powers.
If in a program review the commission cites the failure of a program to meet intended goals, inadequate operating or administrative procedures or controls, fiscal or program reporting inaccuracies, waste, extravagance, unauthorized or unintended activities or programs, or other deficiencies, the head of the state department, agency, bureau, commission, or institution or the official responsible for the program shall respond to the report and inform the commission, at such times and in such manner and form as the commission determines, of any corrective actions that have been taken. The commission shall report the results of all program reviews to the general assembly.
No official of a state agency, department, bureau, commission, or institution shall refuse to provide or make available to the legislative service commission any information or records under its control or in its possession when requested to provide such information as part of the exercise of the commission's powers in this section and section 103.13 of the Revised Code unless the law dealing with the information or records specifically states that the commission is not authorized to review such information or records. No member or employee of the commission shall use any confidential information or record for any purpose except those authorized in this section and section 103.13 of the Revised Code.
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Interviewed for Live Radio Broadcast on KCSN by Phyllis Chase, MA, MFT on Program called, “Shrink Rap” about “Getting Beneath the Surface in Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis to Solve Problems: The Experience and the Process”, August 19, 2008 6:30 pm Radio Show
Presentations:
“Psychoanalysis of a Depressed Psychotic 9-Year-Old Girl with Multiple Developmental Delays,” Presented at West Coast Child Psychoanalytic Meeting, La Jolla, California, September 24, 1994
“Complications of Divorce and Alleged Sexual Abuse in a 4-Year-0ld Girl – A Psychoanalytic Case Presentation,” discussant – Judith Wallerstein, M.D., at the Impact of Divorce on Children’s meeting at St. John’s Hospital, Los Angeles, California, August 1993
“Psychoanalytic Case Presentation of a 5-Year Old Child,” presented at the West Coast Child Psychoanalytic Meeting, Westwood, California, September 19, 1992
“Language Acquisition and Play Dialogue,” presented together with Justin Call, M.D., and Susan Braunwald, Ph.D., at the 5th World Congress of Infant Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, Chicago, IL, September 10, 1992
“Evaluation and Treatment of Physically and Sexually Abused Infants and Children in the Context of Legal Proceedings,” presented together with Justin Call, M.D., at the Children’s Communication: Legal and Clinical Implications Conference sponsored by California Consortium for the Prevention of Child Abuse, The California Psychiatric Society, and the California Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Long Beach, California, April 2, 1992
“Play Dialogue Therapy” and “Block Play in Psychotherapy with Infants,” presented at Specific Techniques in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Conference, CPC Laguna Hills Hospital, May 2, 1990
“Therapeutic Play Dialogue in the Mastery of Separation in a Twenty One-Month Old Child” (video-tape Presentation), presented at American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York, October 13, 1989; and 4th World Congress of Infant Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, Lugano, Switzerland, 9/22/89
“Impact of Divorce on Children” – one of three panel discussants, Dimension Cable Program, 9/89
“The Emergence of Syntax from Block Play during Psychotherapy with a Two-Year Old,” presented at World Association for Infant Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, Pacific Rim Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 1988; and the Southern California Consortium of the Orton Dyslexia Society, 2nd Annual Conference, Los Angeles, California, April 1988.
Grants:
Drown Foundation Grant for $10,000 (9-9-92) for study on “Language Acquisition and Block Play as Measure of Preverbal Syntactic Function in Infants 12 to 36 months of Age”
Publications:
Wrote the Forward in Book called, Stung By “B’s” A Storybook on How to Survive Venomous Behaviors by Theresa Drinka and Jenni Synnes, copyright 2011 Bbalm Publishing, Wisconson “Computerized DSM-III Psychiatric Diagnosis,” IEEE Frontiers of Engineering and Computing in Health Care, CH 2058 – 6/84/0000-0266-0269, Mark Zetin, M.D., Danine Garber, Debra Hill, M.D., Chris Btasiak, M.S., and Eric Pierson
Research Projects:
“Language Acquisition and Block Play as a Measure of Preverbal Syntactic Function in Infants 12 to 36 Months of Age,” 7/87 – 7/91
“Longitudinal Case Studies of Two Normal Mother/Infant Pairs,” 7/87 – 7/91
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New Cholesterol Treatment Guidelines: A Mass General Perspective
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- The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) released updated cholesterol guidelines at the #AHA18 Scientific Sessions
- This new update is the first since 2013
- Pradeep Natarajan, MD, MMSc, director of Mass General's Preventive Cardiology program, comments on how this change will impact the way he treats patients
At the 2018 American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the AHA released new cholesterol guidelines. These new guidelines represent the first major update since 2013. Pradeep Natarajan, MD, MMSc, director of Mass General's Preventive Cardiology Program, explains the significance of this update, and how these changes will impact the way he treats patients.
Q: What were the determining factors in updating the cholesterol guidelines?
Natarajan: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) remains one of the principal causes of morbidity and premature mortality worldwide. A key focus of cardiovascular medicine is prevention of the onset of ASCVD as well as recurrent events. One of the central strategies for prevention is the lowering of plasma cholesterol, which is why the cholesterol guidelines saw an update in 2018.
The most recent cholesterol guidelines were released in 2013, and since then, non-statin medicines like ezetimibe and PCSK9 monoclonal antibodies have been shown to reduce recurrent cardiovascular disease risk. As such, these recommendations are now incorporated in the 2018 guidelines.
In recognition of the additional costs to the health care system—as well as to patients—the guidelines also now subset individuals with ASCVD into a new group with "very high risk" ASCVD. These individuals have had recurrent major ASCVD events despite guideline-appropriate therapies or a prior major ASCVD event, along with multiple risk factors. In addition to attaining LDL cholesterol-lowering >50%, we now also target LDL cholesterol < 70 mg/dl for these individuals with statins, ezetimibe and PCSK9 inhibitors as needed.
Another challenge with the 2013 guidelines was the identification of suitable statin candidates, without severe hypercholesterolemia or diabetes mellitus, to prevent a first ASCVD event. Previously, such individuals were identified on the basis of a 10-year ASCVD estimated risk of >7.5% (previously termed "high risk"), but it was recognized that this represented a highly heterogeneous group with respect to preferences and statin suitability. However, in the update guidelines, "high risk" is >20% 10-year risk and 7.5-19.9% is termed "intermediate risk."
For those with 7.5-19.9% 10-year risk, there is now more emphasis on shared decision-making between patients and providers to determine statin suitability. This includes the incorporation of "risk enhancing" factors like family history, apolipoprotein B, lipoprotein(a) and others that were previously described in 2013. It also means new factors, such as South Asian ancestry, history of pre-eclampsia, history of premature menopause and a chronic inflammatory illness. Additionally, if equipoise remains, cardiac computerized tomography (CT) to quantify coronary artery calcification may help adjudicate. The use of cardiac CT to downgrade risk at this estimated risk level is new to the 2018 guidelines.
Q: How much will the new cholesterol guidelines change your approach to patient care?
Natarajan: These guidelines now provide more concrete granularity about when to consider PCSK9 inhibitors. My hope is that this will improve access to our patients who would benefit from more aggressive LDL cholesterol-lowering. The FDA label for these medicines currently does not provide such clarity. By returning to specific treatment targets, prescribers like me are now able to directly point to the 2018 guidelines when advocating for prescription approvals.
When prescribing preventive medicines to prevent the onset of cardiovascular disease, discussions involve:
- Estimating and communicating risk
- Strategies to refine risk where appropriate
- Therapies to mitigate risk
- Downsides of therapies to mitigate risk
Now, the new guidelines provide the new tools to aid this discussion through the incorporation of various "risk-enhancing" factors that have each been independently associated with cardiovascular disease risk.
I have always considered cardiac CT for the quantification of coronary artery calcification important in helping adjudicate statin suitability. There are still several outstanding questions about the appropriate use of cardiac CT for coronary artery calcification scoring that have not been assessed in prospective clinical trials to-date. Thus, the use of coronary artery calcification scoring also requires a conversation about:
- Cost
- Modest risk of radiation
- Risk of incidental findings and downstream tests/procedures
- Anticipated management changes
- The uncertainties of coronary artery calcification-driven management changes
The stronger incorporation of coronary artery calcification scoring into the 2018 guidelines will likely lead to increased use, including in my practice.
Q: How would you advise fellow clinicians to adapt these new guidelines into their practice?
Natarajan: Fortunately for practicing clinicians, most of the guidelines remain the same and the risk estimator for primary prevention also remains the same. The first two pages of the guideline document are high-yield with the top takeaways of the guidelines. At minimum, all primary care doctors and cardiovascular specialists should read these two pages.
Additionally, the AHA will soon release a series of podcasts to help disseminate key points and nuances of the 2018 guidelines. I am delighted to be one of the organizers and participants of this series.
Q: Based on these new guidelines, what are indicators that might lead primary care physicians to consider referring patients to a specialized cardiologist or center?
Natarajan: Effective cardiovascular disease prevention involves both the incorporation of guidelines into practice and educating patients about cardiovascular disease prevention. For many patients, the inherent uncertainties of risk estimation can lead to a large spectrum of cardiovascular health notions. Distillation of this information in the press is typically not personalized, which often leads to important questions.
A key concept for primary prevention is increased flexibility for shared decision-making between patients and providers. This may actually lead to more complexity than a standard primary care appointment can allow. If additional questions persist—related to statin suitability, risk refinement, etc.—referral to preventive cardiology can be helpful.
A key challenge is the estimation of risk in young individuals (< 50 years). For these individuals, particularly if there are clinical risk factors present, such as a family history of premature ASCVD, a referral to a preventive cardiologist can be helpful. We can work to develop a plan for risk estimation and mitigation, as well as offer clinical surveillance.
Additionally, there is likely to be expanded use—or at least increased recognition—of cardiac CT for coronary artery calcification scoring. If there is equipoise, referral to preventive cardiology can help guide both its use and interpretation.
Q: Do you think these new guidelines will result in greater emphasis on research into cholesterol?
Natarajan: The periodic revision of these guidelines and others highlight that cardiovascular medicine is dynamic. We continue to incorporate new information to improve the health of our patients. Looking forward, there are important questions that persist requiring additional research, particularly around the identification of high-risk young individuals, LDL cholesterol targets, lowering of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins, use of "risk enhancing" factors and the incorporation of cardiac CT in statin decisions.
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Posted by: jgomori Posted date: November 6, 2019
By Jennifer Gomori, POJ Editor
Baraga County Deputy Sheriff’s and Corrections Officers were concerned their old union was a little too comfortable with status quo. As the time for contract talks drew near, they decided to move forward with the Police Officers Labor Council leading the way.
“We’ve been with POAM as long as I’ve been here, which is 15 years,” said Deputy Joe Brogan. “Things had run their course. We weren’t really satisfied with the representation we were getting.”
Brogan said the Deputy Sheriff’s Association and the County Corrections Association were contacted by Lloyd Whetstone, POLC Membership Services representative, earlier in the year asking how they liked their existing representation. “We kind of kicked it around for a few months then reached out and set up a meeting,” Brogan said. “We weren’t really pleased with how things were going when we had a meeting with (POLC Labor Rep.) Hal (Telling) and Lloyd. I guess the rest is history.”
Both units brought in the POLC by unanimous vote in July with their contracts set to expire Sept. 30, 2019. “They seemed they were eager and motivated and they were confident in their union,” Brogan said of POLC representatives. “The things we felt were lacking with our old union seemed like strong points with the POLC. The guys in our unit said we need somebody who’s going to be a little more aggressive when it comes to bargaining.”
“There was too much comfort level with where we were at,” Brogan said of POAM representation. “There wasn’t an eagerness for them to bargain. It was kind of like ‘this is what the County says they have, and that is what we’re going to do.’ There wasn’t a lot of fight left.”
Brogan said the units will be seeking wage increases and would like to bridge contract language gaps. “There was a discrepancy between the Deputies’ contract and the Corrections’ contract in which the CO’s had the ability to comp their overtime and Deputies don’t,” Brogan said. “We want to get everyone on the same page.”
Another language issue the groups would like to address is retiree health care insurance. Currently, retirees are provided health insurance between ages 59 and 62. Employees would like to see that coverage language effective from the date of retirement, which could be earlier than age 59. |
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Coffee beans are the start to a great cup of coffee. There are different kinds of beans that produce different kinds of coffee when ground. This article will help teach you understand how to make a delicious pot of coffee.
Do you like the coffee you make with a standard drip machine? You can make some better coffee by letting the machine heat up by letting it run with only water. Once you heat up the water, continue with your coffee grounds. This method for cleaning your machine.
Be mindful of just what water you brew your coffee maker. Using bad water will lead to a poor quality coffee.It is also wise to utilize water with minerals. Without trace minerals in the water, your coffee might taste bitter.
Test a new coffee maker before actually brewing any coffee. Run water through the machine.This will also remove any strange smells or debris that may have accumulated inside of it.
Only use airtight containers to store coffee in the refrigerator if the container you are using is airtight. If not, the odors inside the fridge can be absorbed by the coffee. Improper storage can add moisture to reach your coffee.
To extract great flavor fro older coffee makers, try brewing just hot water first. Once the water is hot, add the grounds and pour your hot water back into the machine. This will help you get a flavor of the coffee and ensure that is robust.
The coffee plays the flavor that you get out of your drink will taste. Look at stores in your area. You may discover beans that are freshly roasted. This may be more expensive, but its better than purchasing from a coffee shop.
Your coffee will only as good as the water used to make it. You might want to have a taste your water before putting in the coffee maker to brew.
There are several options that you can use to replace white sugar in your coffee. Agave nectar contain sugar, but its low GI means that it won’t cause problems for diabetics. Splenda and stevia are just two low-calorie sweeteners that many coffee drinkers use to replace sugar.
For this reason, use bottled, filtered water or bottled water if you want your coffee to taste fantastic.
Freshly roasted beans are used to prepare the best coffee. If you buy whole beans, check their expiration date and when they’ve been roasted.
Never put your coffee in a container by the stove. Heat can ruin the flavor out of coffee.
Decide how many cups of coffee you’d like to make before you wish to brew. A normal coffee cup holds six ounces; a measuring cup contains eight. The best ratio is 2 tablespoons of coffee to six ounces of water.
If you coffee tastes peculiar, keep in mind that bad-tasting water will produce bad-tasting coffee. If your tap water consistently tastes bad, use a filter to get rid of the impurities that are likely causing this. You could use a pitcher that filters your water, or even use bottled water for brewing.
If you like flavored coffees, make use of creamers and syrups that can be used in brewed coffee. This ensures that you will not get much contamination from your coffee flavors. This will also allows your guests to choose their own favorite flavors. Put the flavoring in prior to adding the milk in.
Don’t make iced coffee by pouring hot coffee into a glass of ice cubes.This tends to water down the coffee. Once they freeze, just remove them and let them melt.
If no single brew offers the flavor profile that you want, think about using blends. You can often find ready made blends at specialty shops and even receive samples to try out.
Adding sugar to your coffee nullifies its calorie burning properties.
Warm a little milk and mix it with your coffee. Warm milk tends to be sweet flavor that takes the place of cream. It is a healthy alternative to both cream and cream.
Seek out recommendations from your family and friends about coffee. They may have experienced flavors and blends that you don’t. Ask what sort of coffee they drink. They may want to show you over to have coffee sometime.
To get the best cup of coffee every time you brew, think carefully about your future coffee machine. Keep in mind that glass carafes don’t retain fresh coffee long and French press will provide a very strong brew. If you’re the only one that drinks coffee at your house, think about getting a smaller coffee maker.
You should now understand quite a bit more about coffee and be ready to make the perfect cup. You can not make coffee without coffee beans, so start paying more attention to the kind you get. This article will help you prepare for an enjoyable cup of coffee. |
Off the Clock: Astronomy Professor Is Friend to Feathered Friends
Posted: December 2, 2003 at 1:00 am, Last Updated: November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am
By Lynn Burke
What started off as a quiet evening of television about three years ago has turned into a passion for astronomy professor Rita Sambruna. The show Sambruna and her husband were watching was a BBC documentary about parrots–a comparison of parrots in captivity and parrots in the wild.
“I became fascinated by how smart they are,” says Sambruna, who is able to find much similarity between parrots and the black holes she studies for a living. “Parrots are complex, very challenging to understand, unpredictable. And they really suck you in, like a black hole. When I’m not thinking about black holes and galaxies, I’m thinking about parrots.
“They are creatures with feelings and distinct personalities,” Sambruna continues. She has two birds of her own and finds the differences between them astonishing. “The first bird, a female named Reggie, wants to be in the center of everything and explore everything, sneaking around corners, looking into every closet, every shelf.” Sambruna’s other parrot, a male named Opie, is the opposite–shy around visitors and likely to run and hide.
Even the way they communicate differs. Reggie lets Sambruna know what she wants by her actions, such as climbing up on Sambruna’s neck and pushing her head in the direction she wants to go or going to the faucet if she wants water. Opie, on the other hand, will talk up a storm. When he wants food, he will call out “Opie, yummy, yummy,” or if she leaves a room and Opie wants her to come back, he will start calling, “Mommy, Mommy, come here, Mommmyyyy!”
Does it sound like she’s dealing with toddlers? In a way, she is. Sambruna cites research performed by Irene Pepperberg, an MIT scientist who has been studying African Grey parrots and their cognitive abilities for 30 years. Pepperberg has found that the birds have the intelligence of a two-year-old child and the emotional development of a four-year-old child.
“They have a basic sense of self, which is also their curse,” says Sambruna. “It’s the reason why many people become fascinated with parrots. They go to the store and see these bright-colored parrots that say ‘pretty bird,’ ‘give me a kiss,’ or the like, and on an impulse they take them home.
“But unlike dogs and cats, which have been bred for human companionship for thousands of years, parrots are only one or two generations removed from the wild and bring into our living rooms their wild instincts. They are messy, dropping food on the floor, a practice that in the jungle allows other creatures to eat or helps with cross-pollination of plants.” In addition, Sambruna says that parrots are flock animals, and when you adopt a parrot, you become its flock. “They will want to be with you all the time,” she says, “and they will bite out of fear or boredom.” To top things off, parrots can live from 20 to 100 years depending on the species.
These demands unfortunately become too much for a number of parrot owners, and the birds are abandoned, a problem that has reached a crisis level, Sambruna says. Parrot rescue organizations are becoming unable to meet the need, and people are starting to use euthanasia.
Sambruna hopes to share her love of and fascination with parrots with other members of the university community through the Mason Parrot Club. She says the club not only serves as a forum where parrot enthusiasts can exchange information on their pets, but also helps educate the public on the challenges of owning these birds. Other club activities involve helping local parrot rescue organizations find good homes for abandoned birds and raising funds for those efforts.
The club’s next fund-raising activity is a Christmas sale of baked goods and jewelry today from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Johnson Center to benefit the Phoenix Landing Foundation, a local parrot rescue organization. Sambruna is director of the foundation’s Homes for Life Program. Among the foundation’s other activities is public education, and the group hopes to bring Pepperberg to George Mason this spring for a seminar.
For more information, visit the Mason Parrot Club web site or e-mail rms@physics.gmu.edu. |
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A’s come home for a long stretch: Will fans turn out?
The A’s are back from the road, hoping to maintain the momentum that has made them one of the best stories in baseball for the past month and a half.
Question is: Will the fans come out to see the show?
The team hopes their team, which is only two games out of a Wild Card spot in the AL playoff race, can capitalize on a 27-10 hot streak dating back to June 16. That’s the best record in the game over that span.
Now, they’re home to play 17 of their next 20 at the Oakland Coliseum. Problem is, they’ve had a better record on the road this season.
Manager Bob Melvin hopes to turn that around.
“We have to start playing a little better at home,” said Melvin, before the start of a three-game set with Toronto Monday night. “Whenever you get an extended period at home, you’re sleeping in your own beds. Your routine gets a little bit better.”
Oakland is 26-22 (.542) at home this season, while going 35-24 (.593) on the road.
Could a big crowd help get the guys going?
“I know it was pretty spirited when we left,” said Melvin. “Hopefully, that’s the case. Mondays, Tuesday, Wednesdays are a little bit tough for us (in terms of attendance.”
“Hopefully, with the way we’ve been playing, we’ll bring some more people out. It seems to have created a little bit more of a spotlight for us this year, and hopefully they come out and support us because when they do, we really feel them.”
The A’s did their own part to stir up some interest in the team Monday, cancelling their 2019 season ticket plan and replacing it with a more flexible, multi-tiered program they hope will bring in a broader cross-section of fans. Read all about it HERE .
In the meantime, Melvin and his gang will try to return to their winning ways, after dropping three games to Colorado over the weekend. That formula involves lots of home runs and a strong bullpen. Starting pitching? Not so much. Journeyman Edwin Jackson (1-2, 3.86) will get the start against the Blue Jays Monday night.
“There’s different ways to win... We lean on our relievers a little bit more,” said Melvin. “It’s just the way our roster sets up. I’ve been happy with the way it’s been going.”
Al Saracevic is Sports Editor of The San Francisco Chronicle. E-mail: asaracevic@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @alsaracevic |
Chip Moreland is the President of Sales & Operations for Vintage Contractors, which for 40 years has surfaced tennis and other sports courts throughout California. Vintage innovated some of the first sports surfacing applications, and since 1993 Chip has partnered with facility owners and directors to create high-quality experiences for players.
Vintage provided pro-bono design and pre-construction consulting on the Golden Gate Park Tennis Center renovation project and will be working with the general contractor (Azul) in the coming months to build the asphalt substrate, and provide surfacing and tennis fencing and other tennis-related services.
1. How did you get started in the business of resurfacing and remodeling tennis courts?
Building tennis courts has been a lifelong journey for most of our team. I started working on tennis courts and running tracks as a summer job. After college, I was able to land a great job in Boston with the leading tennis court surfacing manufacturer in their product development division. It was a unique training opportunity and gave me a great deal of experience in development and analysis protocols for construction materials. When I shifted to the west coast and started to work for Vintage, it was like being able to fly. All of the conceptual and testing activities that we had been doing at the factory turned into real life applications. Both experiences inform each other, especially the parts that navigate through the marketing process and providing owners with proper technical expectations.
For each of our team, the opportunities and enjoyment in the work and the end product has kept us captive to both our company and the industry of tennis and sports infrastructure. My partner Tony Edwards also was in high school when he started working for his father in the summers. Tony’s father was one of the first builders for the new era of construction and developed many of the construction techniques that are the foundation for today’s industry. Our office management/controller also started right out of college and been with us over 20 years. Our superintendent has worked for our company the longest -- over 40 years -- and started as a 20 year old.
2. What might surprise people to know about the process of court surfacing?
The average tennis court technician walks more than 6.5 miles a day. Most court resurfacing requires three to five coats of materials, so the milage gets up there fast.
Pertinent to our Golden Gate Park project, tennis court construction as we know it today with asphalt or concrete surfaces and a colored tennis surface started in the mid 1960s. There was a major sports infrastructure movement of all new construction that occurred from the mid 1960s through the 1970s. This coincided with the growth of tennis as a sport and also the growth of parks and recreation programs and facilities. The facilities we are working on today have multiple layers of reconstruction; the removal of the layers reveal a 60 to70-year history of repairs and resurfacing -- the same way the rings of redwood trees describe its growth life and patterns.
3. What are some of the most high-profile local tennis facilities that you’ve worked on?
Both Stanford and Cal Berkeley Tennis/Athletic departments have been clients for most of my career for renovation, building and resurfacing maintenance. We performed the renovation at the Olympic Club after the US Open Golf Tournament, which included adding cushion courts, new fencing and new lights. One of the more interesting projects was the renovation of the California Tennis Club with our Slipsheet Overlay system that eliminates cracks. It also included an embedded heating system that the club uses to dry the courts in the shaded areas, which hold dew and surface moisture. We are the surfacing partner for all three of the Bay Area TPC Challenger Events at Seascape, Tiburon Peninsula Club and Solano College. Many of the SF Recreation & Park tennis courts are on our renovation list as well as the cities of Fremont, Pleasanton, Cupertino, Berkeley and many others.
4. Are you a tennis player? Do you play in leagues or just for fun?
I am not a league player. With our distribution and consulting work the travel keeps me from being a good league/team citizen. But I love to play the game and I am a serial recreational sports participant. I really love the community around recreational activities and relationships/bonds that are formed. My tennis is recreational and more for the workout and fellowship BUT also informs me about important nuances of the sport with regards to operations, facility use and innovations.
5. You are working on the Golden Gate Park Tennis Center renovation. What excites you about this project?
There are many reasons that this project excites me and our team. First is the historical element of the site. As mentioned, the growth of tennis and the boom of its infrastructure started in the mid 1960s; however, the Golden Gate Park Tennis Center dates back to 1894. Like many industries much of the innovations and developments started here in San Francisco with world-renowned players, coaches, player development and an amazing facility of its time. The care and innovations around the current new design and construction of this facility are going to be world-class and benefit both tennis and the community. The San Francisco Recreation & Parks department and the SF Parks Alliance have been leaders in the state for refurbishing and creating recreational open spaces for the community and this project is a part of that effort. We are honored to be involved! |
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I have traced my Great Grandfather to the British West Indies. It is said he boarded a ship, perhaps as a stowaway, after an argument and ended up in Newfoundland, Canada.
Working with several cousins we have found one Abraham Roach who we believe is Great Grandfather's Grandfather. The story goes that he ran a plantation on Barbados, however we found information that about 27 people listed in the slave registers of former British Colonial dependencies beginning in 1812-1834 carry the name of Abraham Roach as their other name.
We believe this might be our great great great grandfather. We would be interested in any information that tells about a plantation on Antigua formerly owned or run by Abraham Roach.
All of the former Slaves gave their residence as Antigua, not Barbados. Many of these folks were born in the late 1700's and early 1800's. It also listed a St. Paul Parish, possibly a church or subdivision of the Island.
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We take a break this week from answering readers’ questions to provide helpful advice on how to avoid Holiday Scams. Unfortunately, the holiday season isn't just a time of giving. It is also an opportunity for identity thieves, computer hackers and fraudsters to take advantage of unsuspecting victims.
There are several popular scams this holiday season. These tips may help you avoid being a victim.
Bogus shipment notifications: Watch out for e-mails notifying you about package shipments. Scammers send out bogus notifications prompting people to click on links to track packages. Those links can contain computer viruses. If you're not expecting any shipments, it's easy to recognize these e-mails as fakes. TIP: If you've made purchases online, go directly to shipping companies' sites to track your packages instead.
Used gift cards: A lot of retailers display gift cards at the checkout. Thieves can take advantage of this by taking the cards, copying the numbers and putting the cards back on the rack. Thieves can then drain the cards of all the funds. This leaves the consumer with a card that cannot be used. TIP: Instead, ask the sales clerk to give you one from behind the counter.
Malware e-cards: Scammers are taking advantage of the fact that more people are sending holiday greetings by e-mail. Scammers are sending e-cards with malicious software embedded in them. TIP: If you receive an e-mail from someone you don't know, don't let curiosity get the best of you. Just delete the e-mail.
Phony Web sites: If you do a Google search for a popular toy your kid wants for Christmas, there's a good chance that some of the results will be links to fake sites or images that have viruses or malware. That's because scammers build sites based on popular search terms. TIP: When doing your holiday shopping online, stick with sites you know. Scammers also create sites with Web addresses similar to those of legitimate retailers. TIP: Always type the Web address of a site you wish to visit directly into the browser rather than clicking on links in e-mails or on social media sites.
Fraudulent charities: Scammers hope to take advantage of people's desire to give to those in need during the holidays by sending e-mails or texts asking for contributions. Some even use copied logos from legitimate charities in e-mails or on fraudulent Web sites. Often you can hover over links in such e-mails and see Web addresses that point to fraudulent sites instead of the legitimate charity's site. TIP: Visit CharityNavigator.org for reviews of charitable organizations to find a cause that will benefit from your generosity.
Eavesdropping: Cyber thieves aren't the only ones taking advantage of consumers. You can easily become a victim if you provide personal information to a sales clerk and someone's listening to your responses. TIP: Avoid giving out your e-mail address, phone number or other similar information that isn't necessary to complete a transaction.
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The Bangladeshi Bangladeshi seafood sector, compiled for the Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries (CBI) by LEI, part of Wageningen UR.
Within the Asian region CBI is currently studying the possibilities of developing integrated programmes for the seafood sector for specific countries. For the development of these programmes, a good understanding of the current situation in the supply and demand side of the industry is essential.
Currently, the fisheries sector in Bangladesh already contributes 60% of the total national demand for animal protein..
Based on the results of the desk study that has been conducted in the first phase of this study and CBI experience, the following subsectors in Bangladesh were selected for value chain analysis:
- Shrimp
- Frozen fish
Shrimp Subsector
About 40% of wild shrimp and 95% of cultured shrimp produced in Bangladesh are exported.. For cultured shrimp, which represents the largest part of shrimp exports, Black Tiger shrimp contributes the largest share of production. Five main bottlenecks for the export potential of the Bangladeshi shrimp subsector have been identified. These are presented in Table 1.
Summary of Bottlenecks in the Bangladeshi Shrimp Subsector
The highest potential for shrimp exports relate to the cultured species (Black Tiger shrimp and Giant River Prawn) and not to the wild captured species (Speckled and Indian White shrimp). In contrast to other shrimp exporting countries in the region, Bangladesh is traditionally oriented towards the EU market and less towards other markets in the US and Japan. This would suggest that Bangladesh has a good position in the EU market and that additional assistance by CBI is not needed. However, it seems that the main reason that Bangladesh is so popular among EU buyers is the comparatively low price of cultured shrimp - which is mainly caused by the 10% export subsidy from the Government of Bangladesh - and the limited supply from other countries.
The stagnation of the growth in the volume and value of shrimp exports in the Bangladeshi shrimp subsector can be improved by increasing the production volume and/or area and/or by increasing the value of shrimp products. To increase the production volume two strategies have been suggested: (1) reducing post-harvest losses and (2) increasing the productivity of shrimp farms. Post-harvest losses can be reduced by increasing the efficiency in the supply chain. This includes strengthening the bargaining position of farmers with middlemen and exporters, improving the infrastructure in the supply chain (including cold storage facilities), proper ice factories and transport, and by training middlemen and traders. The productivity of shrimp farms can be increased by improving the quality of inputs and training farmers in applying Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP). International support for these issues is already present but it is unknown if the support is successful. Both strategies will result in an increased production as well as an improved quality of the shrimp that reach the processing establishments.
Three strategies that can contribute to an increased value of shrimp products have been highlighted: (1) increasing the share of value-added products in the export basket, (2) improving the image of Bangladeshi shrimp abroad and (3) investing in food safety and sustainable certification initiatives. To increase the share of value-added products there is a need for more skilled workers in processing establishments. Workers can be hired from India or Thailand or trained domestically. To improve the quality image of Bangladeshi shrimp in the international market it is required to increase the willingness of buyers to pay more for Bangladeshi shrimp products. Suggestions to improve the quality image of Bangladeshi shrimp are to professionalise management staff in processing establishments, to introduce a Bangladeshi quality label that is recognised internationally and/or to improve the presentation of Bangladeshi shrimp exporters at international seafood trade shows. Investment in certification schemes such as the Aquaculture Certification Council or Naturland are noted as a strategy to increase the value of shrimp products. The characteristics of shrimp farms in Bangladesh are suitable for certification and a number of NGOs are already working on certification initiatives with Bangladeshi producers and exporters.
One of the most important challenges for Bangladesh is to become known for the shrimp quality instead of low prices that result from the export subsidies. International support for the shrimp sector has been focused on productivity, EU food safety compliance and improving the productivity of small-scale farmers, while support in export promotion and branding has been limited.
Frozen Fish Subsector
Less than 3% of total fish production in Bangladesh is exported. Exported species are a variety of captured fish of which the most well known is the hilsha shad (Hilsha ilisha). The cultured species with the highest export potential are pangasius (Pangasius Hypophthalmus) and tilapia (Oreochromis spp.). In 2010 the total value of fish exports was USD80m, of which frozen fish contributed almost USD35m. The most important markets for frozen fish are the UK, Saudi Arabia, the US and to some extent Italy and China. Most products are exported as block frozen and an almost negligible part as fillets. Five main bottlenecks for the export potential of the Bangladeshi frozen fish subsector have been identified. These are presented in Table 2.
Summary of Bottlenecks in the Bangladeshi Frozen Fish Subsector
Although exports of whole frozen captured fishes still have a good potential in the countries that have Bangladeshi expat communities, this study focused on the export potential of cultured fish because aquaculture species have the highest development potential. The cultured species with the highest export potential are pangasius and tilapia. However, pangasius and tilapia are also consumed locally and therefore yield high prices in the domestic market. As a result most pangasius and tilapia are consumed locally and exports are limited. At this moment it is not expected that export promotion activities would immediately increase the export volume or value of Bangladeshi frozen fish because the problems the subsector is confronted with at the level of primary production and other levels of the supply chain are too large.
The lack of supply is mainly caused by low productivity of fish farms, post-harvest losses and a strong local demand for fish. There are three strategies suggested to deal with the lack of supply: (1) increase the productivity of fish farms, (2) reduce post-harvest losses and (3) encourage exporters to invest in integrated fish farms. Strategy one should include training programmes for farmers that support them to reduce mortality rates and increase the productivity of the ponds. Strategy two should include investments in the infrastructure including cold storage facilities and proper transport. Strategy three should enable exporters to generate a constant supply of fish that does not reduce the availability of fish on the local market and of which the quality is ensured because the exporter can control all the inputs and invest in more intensive and better managed production systems. This would also make the exporters less dependent on the middlemen who dominate the supply chain and often are not quality minded.
Low quality of the fish partly is due to a lack of proper inputs and poor farm management but also due to a lack of cold storage facilities along the supply chain. Low-quality inputs and poor farm management result in fish that have no white but a yellowish or reddish colour of the fillet. These fillets are not suitable for many export markets. A lack of cold storage facilities threatens the freshness of the products that reach the processing establishments. To deal with the low quality of the fish that reaches the exporters, strategies should focus on (1) improving the quality of inputs (feed and seed) and (2) improving the infrastructure along the supply chain. The second strategy includes increasing the availability of cold storage facilities (the fourth bottleneck).
The final bottleneck, the lack of skilled labour force, limits the processing capacity of exporters. Currently, most frozen fish is exported as block frozen items while the highest market value and demand are for fillets. One explanation is that fish exports are often regarded as a sideline and an option to use the processing capacity more efficiently when there is a low supply of shrimp, which is mostly the main export item. Consequently, fish processing techniques receive insufficient attention from managers and factory owners. A strategy that focuses on creating a force of skilled factory workers who have the skills to properly handle fish fillets would contribute to the potential of Bangladeshi fish fillets in the international market.
It is expected that improved productivity, quality, and increased processing skills have a positive impact on the price and competitiveness of Bangladeshi frozen fish in the international market. However, the important question remains to what extent the promotion of export of frozen fish conflicts with the provision of local Bangladeshi food security because for Bangladeshi consumers fish is the most important source of animal protein.
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U.S. Power Plant Emissions Down 45% Since 2010
Environmental damages from U.S. power plants are down $100+ billion annually since 2010.
Remember 2010? It was not so long ago. Obama was President. The iPhone 4 was introduced. The Hurt Locker won six Oscars. Congress passed the Affordable Care Act.
Yet, though it might be hard to remember, the U.S. electric sector in 2010 was very different. Nearly twice as much power came from coal as from natural gas. In total, U.S. power plants emitted 15 billion pounds of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and small particulates.
Nobody predicted the power sector would transform so quickly. If you have been following electricity markets, you probably knew things were changing. We’ve all read about natural gas supplanting coal, and about the growth of renewables. But when you translate that into US power plant emissions, the impact is eye-popping.
A new paper by economists Stephen Holland, Erin Mansur, Nicholas Muller, and Andrew Yates, released today by the National Bureau of Economic Research, shows us how far the U.S. power sector has come.
Pollution Plummets
Holy cow, look at this figure.
Wow! Nitrogen oxides (NOx), small particulates (PM2.5), and carbon dioxide (CO2) are all way down. But the decrease for sulfur dioxide (SO2) is stunning – down 75% since 2010. These pollutant reductions mean reduced asthma, heart disease, lung cancer, and a whole host of other significant benefits.
The authors measure the economic benefits of the decline using an integrated assessment model. Altogether, they calculate that damages from the U.S. power sector have decreased since 2010 from $245 billion to $133 billion (in real 2014 dollars). That is, environmental damages are down $112 billion per year – a 46% decline. Let me say again, “Wow!”.
Unpacking The Damage Reductions
They find that 88% of the damage reductions come from reduced sulfur dioxide emissions. The other pollutants matter too, but sulfur dioxide dominates the impacts both because it is so damaging and because SO2 emissions decreased so much during this period.
Moreover, the aggregate gains are almost entirely due to lower damages from coal. Burning coal is about 18 times worse than burning natural gas in terms of local pollutants, so even though natural gas generation has increased, this is massively outweighed by reduced damages from coal.
Overall, the authors disaggregate the damage reductions into three categories:
- About 40% from the shift to cleaner plants, e.g., coal to natural gas
- About 40% from emissions reductions at existing plants, e.g. scrubbers
- About 20% from less fossil fuel generation overall, e.g. more renewables
This disaggregation is particularly interesting. My impression is that we’ve heard a lot about the first and third categories, but less about the second category. And, of course, with sulfur dioxide there is a lot that can be done to reduce emissions including not only scrubbers and other emissions control equipment but also substitution to low-sulfur coal.
The authors don’t try to answer everything. In particular, they don’t try to causally disentangle how much of this transformation was due to cheap natural gas, versus policies like the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards or Renewable Portfolio Standards. There is some related work doing some of this (here, here, and here), but the exact attribution to individual policies is not easy.
Electric Vehicles Get Cleaned Up
Almost everyone in the United States benefits from these pollution reductions. (Probably a lot of benefits in Canada and Mexico too!) But, their analysis is able to pinpoint the locations with the biggest reductions in pollution exposure. Most of the benefits are in the East, with residents of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio at the top of the list.
Another, less obvious beneficiary is the electric vehicle sector. One of the consequences of a cleaner electric sector — is that EVs are now cleaner. In previous work, this same group of economists had shown that EVs actually increased air pollution damages in the Midwest and most of the East. No longer true. Now that the electric sector is cleaner, grid-powered EVs are cleaner than gasoline vehicles throughout the western United States and in virtually all cities of the eastern United States.
Recognizing the Progress
So in the United States have we “solved” electricity? No absolutely not. Damages from the U.S. power sector are still enormous and, in virtually all cases we have still failed to put a “price” on emissions. Moreover, carbon dioxide emissions have not declined nearly as much as emissions of local pollutants (NOx, PM2.5, and SO2).
But let’s take a minute and enjoy this good news. If not completely dethroned, King Coal is definitely on shaky ground. Moreover, existing plants are cleaner than ever – to a degree that I hadn’t realized. This is all good news for health and the environment.
For more see Stephen Holland, Erin Mansur, Nicholas Muller, and Andrew Yates, “Decompositions and Policy Consequences of an Extraordinary Decline in Air Pollution from Electricity Generation“.
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Suggested citation: Davis, Lucas. “U.S. Power Plant Emissions Down 45% Since 2010” Energy Institute Blog, UC Berkeley, December 10, analysis would be more informative if the upstream methane emissions associated with production of coal and, production and transport of natural gas are counted. It is undoubtedly a good thing that acid gas emissions from coal have been reduced, But the reduced coal use is not an end in itself from a climate perspective unless net GHG emission impact is assessed to account for GHG’s associated with fossil gas substitutes.
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Coincidentally, the EIA’s “Today in Energy” for 12/11/18 had a nice summary of the same topic (but showing numbers going back to 1995):
I agree that this is an important analysis and set of results – when put together, there is a ‘wow’ factor, although in the abstract, its not surprising given the decline in coal as a fuel for electricity generation. Coal is a very. dirty. fuel. – and this assessment doesn’t (as far as I can tell from a fairly terse report) account for the collateral non-emissions effects (mountain top removal, acid mine drainage, etc.). Not to say there aren’t collateral consequences attributable to other fuels.
What frustrates me about this work and other environmental/economic consequence assessments like it is our inability to integrate these impacts into public policy regarding energy generation and use. Its even true of some of the analyses presented at this blog site (about which I have complained before – the lack of recognition of ‘external’ costs). For my part, I will print out a copy of the Holland et al. paper and send it to Senator Joe Manchin (WV) whose state seems to benefit the most from the decline in the use of coal even though Manchin appears to be on the record as supporting an even greater use of coal as a fuel (I hold out little hope…).
Regarding the state-by-state benefits, I did a quick look at the Holland et al. paper to see how they accounted for local vs regional air pollution. Long-distance transport of air pollution from fossil-fuel fired generation has been studied fairly extensively and – for example – led to a better understanding of the phenomenon of acid rain (coal fired power plants in the Ohio and Tennessee river valleys are/were the biggest contributors to the acidification of lakes in upper NY and New England.). The paper is fairly obscure on this point – without my digging into the references describing their AP3 model which is supposed to account for transport modeling. Since the paper refers to “local pollution” (which seems to be done county by county…), I’m not clear how much regional pollution transport is reflected in the state-by-state benefits shown in figure 2. |
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Future shared “Honest“, the first single off his upcoming similarly-titled album, earlier this summer and now we get the video for the song. And if you were worried Future might take a minimalist approach and maybe just have a nice, simple video featuring him and girlfriend Ciara, rest assured this is not the case. The clip is a visual embarrassment of riches, with vintage cars, a white baby grand piano (because why the fuck not?), gold and diamond chains, extravagant outfits and an enormous castle-like mansion. But the video’s true WTF element is the fact that Future cast ex-Destiny’s Child member LeToya Luckett as his video vixen. Whatever, girl’s gotta eat you know? Watch it above. |
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Will the real Niagara Falls please stand up?
Are you Canada's family destination, its Disney and its Vegas tumbled into one? Or are you the lounge club and calzone capital of Upstate New York?
Niagara, you used to have newlyweds in Ramblers with tin cans jangling behind. You had New Yorkers arriving by the trainload. You were the Newport, the Cape May of the North.
Now we're not so sure. Are you a wonder of the world? Are you a spray starch? To the real Maid o' the Mist, the million-gallon Niagara: Please stand up.
To know Niagara Falls these days is to know two mist-split shores: the Canadian city and the American town. Newlyweds still book rooms in both, and some say the negative ions from the rush of the falls cause feelings of attraction. But if you're not into ions, there are all sorts of other, mostly positive lures, like the Canadian side's sleek casinos and space needle towers, and the U.S. side's Italian bakeries and a state park, the nation's oldest, by Frederick Law Olmsted.
Incorporated in 1892, the city of Niagara Falls, N.Y., was the first to use the name that both municipalities now share. The Canadian side just celebrated its civic centennial in 2004, and there were extra floats and fireworks since it has passed its U.S. neighbor in population (78,000 vs. about 50,000) and visitors per year (15 million vs. 8.4 million).
Still, is bigger better? If you have a weekend to spend, which side is a smarter pick for getting close to the roaring water, for nearby things to do, casinos, parks and the like?
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Guests (student or non-student) who are of legal drinking age may consume alcoholic beverages only in rooms/apartments where a resident is at least 21 years of age, and only when the of-age resident is continually present while alcohol is being served.
Immediately upon occupying a room, a student reviews the Room Condition Report. Any damage or missing items must be noted at this time. It is the student's responsibility to return this form to the designated staff member in the building as soon as possible after checking in.
Your room will be inspected by a Housing and Residence Life staff member who will check the condition of your room against the Room Condition Report filled out at the beginning of the semester. (The student will sign the form to verify all information recorded. Final billing assessments will be made based on any discrepancies found by Housing and Residence Life staff member.)
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Winter citrus fruits just sparkle, don’t they? A couple years ago, in January, I visited some good friends in Phoenix. It seriously was the best decision of my life! My plane got cancelled due to weather a couple times, but I finally made it and landed in what felt like heaven. My goodness, the sun- how it shined that January. Such a stark contrast to what was one of the worst documented winters in my hometown. We hiked, we walked, we grilled flatbread pizzas outside, we drank wine, all in perfect weather.
In the early mornings, because I was up earlier than everyone due to the time change, I’d walk through the sleepy little neighborhood, and soon enough realized that most of the houses’ backyards were filled with citrus trees that would hang way down over the fences in the alleys, just begging to be picked. I started carrying bags with me on those walks, filling them with huge grapefruits, blood oranges, lemons, and tangelos. I’d bring them back, juice ‘em, and that was how we started the day. It was heavenly.
When I left, I stuffed as many grapefruit as I could into my duffel bag to take back home. It made the space around me in the plane smell fabulous. I’m sure the flight attendants were used to people doing that every winter. I just couldn’t help myself. Those grapefruits tasted better than any I’ve ever had, since. But maybe it was because of the sunny memories with friends and the fact that they were free, picked in an alley!
Either way, this flatbread recipe shines with in-season citrus segments and lots of low-calorie shrimp. A perfect reminder that food eaten seasonally tastes the best. Enjoy!
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Citrus Thai Shrimp Wrap
Ingredients
- 1 Flatout flatbread, Light Original
- 4 ounces baby shrimp, cooked
- 1/2 lime, juiced
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1/4 cup mixed grapefruit and orange segments
- 1/2 cup napa cabbage, finely shredded
- 2-3 red onion slices
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce (nam pla)
- 1 teaspoon coconut sugar
- 1/4 jalapeño chile, finely chopped
- 5-6 cucumber ribbons (made with a vegetable peeler)
- 3-4 carrot ribbons (made with a vegetable peeler)
- 1 tablespoon roasted salted peanuts, chopped coarsely
- Sprigs of mint, basil, or cilantro
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
Directions
Season shrimp with salt and pepper. In a bowl, whisk together fish sauce, red onion, coconut sugar, chili, olive oil, juice from the lime, and then add the citrus, cucumber ribbons, and carrot. Next, add the cabbage and shrimp. To assemble the flatbread wrap, pile the salad onto the flatbread, top with peanuts and herbs. Roll up flatbread beginning at rounded end, and cut in half.
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The Wedge-tailed Eagle
The wedge-tailed eagle is Australia’s largest living bird of prey and one of the largest eagles in the world.
It measures 0.85-1.05m in length and has a wingspan of 2.3m. The female is larger than the male, reaching an average weight of 4.2kg and sometimes reaching 5.3kg! Males usually weigh between 3.2kg and 4.0kg.
Young wedge-tailed eagles are mid brown in colour with reddish-brown heads and wings. They become progressively blacker for at least the first ten years of their lives. An adult female is generally slightly paler than her mate. The bill is pale pink to cream, the iris brown to dark brown and the feet off-white.
The Wedge-tailed Eagle is found throughout mainland Australia. It prefers wooded and forested land and open country, but avoids rainforest and coastal regions. They can be seen soaring overhead at altitudes of up to 2,000m.
Wedge-tailed eagles build their nests in open locations with a good view of the surrounding countryside, usually in the tallest trees.
Why do they build their nests in tall open places?
If a breeding pair are disturbed when they are preparing to lay eggs they may abandon their nest.
The nest is a large structure of dead sticks, called an eyrie, which is usually reused for years and is often of a considerable size. The nest will usually hold two to three eggs.
When the chicks hatch they are covered in a light feathery down, and after two weeks they get their first feathers.
Each egg needs 42-45 days incubation and because of the intervals between laying, they do not hatch all together. The first chick hatches larger than the second, which in turn is larger than the third. Only one or two chicks will survive depending on local conditions.
What are the conditions needed for survival?
The chicks are then fed by both adults for five weeks or so. After five weeks they will recognise bits of food on the floor of the nest and feed themselves. Usually the largest chick will survive its brothers or sisters and if food is scarce it may eat its siblings!
If threatened, the chicks will lie flat in the nest and will defend themselves if necessary. They defend their nest vigorously and have been known to attack helicopters, hang-gliders, fixed-wing aircraft and model airplanes!
Juvenile eagles will remain with the adults for about 11 weeks after leaving the nest.
The wedge-tailed eagle’s diet reflects the availability of prey, but up to 92% its prey is rabbits and hares. They also eat lizards, birds, small mammals, and they will scavenge already dead birds and lambs. If food is scarce they will store their catch in a nearby treetop. Wedge-tailed eagles hunt alone, in pairs or in groups. Twenty birds may feed from a single carcass but only two or three will eat at any one time.
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Producer Janet Yang Has Just Been Elected As Academy President
Yang previously served as the largest governor on the Academy’s board, a position designed to campaign for equality and inclusion on the board. These positions, created after a wave of outcry in 2015 over the continued lack of diversity at the Oscars, are appointed by the Academy President. However, Yang was elected for his new position of president in a race against producer DeVon Franklin. Academy CEO Bill Kramer shared a statement about Yang’s election, saying:
“Janet is an incredibly dedicated and strategic leader who has an incredible track record of serving at the Academy. She has been instrumental in launching and advancing a number of Academy initiatives on education. membership recruitment, governance and equity, diversity and inclusion. to serve our members, celebrate the collaborative art and science of film, and inspire the next generation of filmmakers.”
Yang will succeed in casting director David Rubin for the role and become the first governor to fill the position. According to THR, Yang has been called “the godmother of Asian Americans in the industry,” and her work to support the advancement of Asian Americans in Hollywood. was held with a pillar dedicated to her honor at the new Academy Museum this June.
The change in leadership could be a welcome one for the voting body responsible for deciding the outcome of the biggest awards ceremony in the industry. This year’s Oscars ceremony has certainly garnered headlines, but ratings continue to drop, with only 13.73 million viewers watching compared to pre-Covid dramas, which regularly earn more. 20 million viewers. Producer Janet Yang Has Just Been Elected As Academy President |
"We believe the Social Media Health Network will be a significant force for learning how to apply social media tools effectively in the health context," says Victor Montori, M.D., medical director for Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media. "It will be a vehicle for us to share what we've learned about social media, including our training resources, and for others to join us in learning together and developing best practices. Ultimately, we want to help health-related organizations of all sizes and types to harness these powerful communication tools to help patients and improve human health globally." See the post on the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media site for more information, including video from Dr. Montori:
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Why Chabahar Agreement Is Important For Iran? – Analysis
By Observer Research Foundation
The Chabahar agreement which entails the development of free trade zone could be capitalised to generate employment and rope in investments.
By Paras Ratna*
Ever since Iran proposed the Chabahar port development project to India, there had been several articles and papers in the Indian media. Analysts interpreted the tripartite agreement, signed between India, Afghanistan and Iran in May last year to develop the strategic port and build a transport-and-trade corridor through Afghanistan that could halve the time and cost of doing business with Europe, based on their ideological situatedness. Notwithstanding the ideological rift, the “Indian” factor looms large over their interpretation while other aspects get overshadowed. Iran’s quest for developing Chabahar falls in the latter. Hence, it becomes pertinent to analyse the significance of Chabahar from the Iranian perspective.
Chabahar, Iran’s only oceanic-port and a coastal city and an ancient trading centre, is back in the limelight (after years of oblivion) post Chabahar tripartite agreement. Also known as Tiz, it is Iran’s only port with direct access to the Indian Ocean, and 800 Km more closer to Afghanistan than Pakistan’s Karachi port. Chabahar is located in the Sistan, Baluchistan province. With an area of 187,500 sq Km, it is one of the largest province in Iran, sharing a 1,600 Km joint border with Pakistan and Afghanistan with coastal boundary of around 300 Km.
The economic consideration in Iranian policy making, which used to be subservient to political ideology, is beginning to assert itself. Conservative ideologies are giving room for liberal agenda. The victory of President Rouhani in the recent election is a big boost to the reformist agenda. The domestic social liberalisation calls for greater engagement rather than confrontation. The Chabahar agreement is Iran’s call for “engagement”.
The agreement, if realised, could be a breather for Iran’s limping economy which has an unemployment rate of 12.4%. The vital aspects of agreement include the development of Chabahar port and a trade corridor and free trade zone. It entails massive foreign investment which has the potential to offset years of stagnation for Iran in general, and the Sistan-Baluchistan region in particular. A World Bank study reveals that gains from the easing of sanctions are largest for Iran as it would lead to an increase of per capita welfare of 3.7%.
Contextualising Chabahar agreement
Sistan-Baluchistan is one of the most backward and conflict ridden zone of Iran. Insurgent Sunni groups like Jundullah are waging an armed rebellion against the Shite state. Conservative governments in the past had viewed this region with suspicion. The demands for autonomy was met with resistance and were perceived as a threat to Iranian sovereignty. Locals allege that the demographic balance of the region has shifted in the favour of new-comers and natives are systematically excluded from political, administrative and economic apparatus. The demands of minorities were suppressed and the security consideration took precedence over developmental needs. As a result, the region fares poorly in comparison to other provinces of Iran. The blue coloured region (26) with least HDI ranging from 0.6-0.650 is Sistan-Baluchistan province. In 2001, Tehran (11) with 0.791 held the lead while in 2009, Khuzestan (21) with 0.891 topped the list and Tehran dropped to three. However, Sistan-Baluchistan consistently remained the least developed province of the region.
Source: Biranvandzadeh.et.al (2015)
However, with the reformist agenda gaining currency, the region is viewed as an answer to Iran’s stagnating economy. Security considerations have given way to economic logic. Chabahar provides Iran access to the Indian Ocean. It is Iran’s only deep water port and will be able to handle cargoes of 2,50,000 ton vessels where Bandar Abbas can handle only up to 100,000 ton. As of now, cargoes in 250,000 ton ships, which are the international norm, are trans-shipped from Dubai.
Political realignment
The Chabahar agreement also symbolises realignment of Iranian domestic politics. It offers a window to reformist faction to consolidate their gains. The minority Sunni population had high electoral turn-out in Iran. Analysts are attributing Rouhani’s landslide victory to his minority base. President Rouhani has time and again reiterated his unwavering commitment towards equal treatment of its citizens.
This has a potential to decisively tilt the balance of domestic political scale towards moderates. On the flip side, increasing attention to minority demands might lead to pervasive anxiety in the conservative camps. They view regional/ethnic demands as a path to separatism. It can further polarise the contours of Iranian politics. Either way, realisation of the Chabahar agreement would substantially impact the political trajectory of Iran, more so in the favour of moderates.
Major takeaways for Iran
The Chabahar agreement could give tremendous boost to President Rouhani’s credibility in the country and could offset the ills of sanction era. Apart from accruing economic benefits, it will also boost Iran’s stature in South Asia as well as Arab world. Realisation of the Chabahar agreement would make the region as a transit hub, since major economic corridors like INSTC (International North South Transport corridor) can also pass through it. It would further diversify Iran’s economic engagements and would dilute the quasi monopoly of Chinese and Russian firms on crucial sectors like crude oil and petrochemical products.
Post embargo, the Indo-Iranian trade relation is witnessing an upward trajectory. India is Iran’s second most export destination. Top export destinations of Iran are tabulated below.
Indian export to Iran too has gone up by 5.33%, from 262,290.13 US$ million to 276,280.29US$ million. The import of items like iron and steel, minerals, fuels, iron ores etc. have shown tremendous surge in the current fiscal year.
Values in USD million
Source: Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Given India’s emphasis on the manufacturing sector, the import of aforementioned item is bound to increase leaps and bound, opening a door for Iran to earn much needed FOREX. In this context, Chabahar port best serves the Iranian purpose by linking it to India’s western coast. Oil is another vital component of the Indo-Iranian trade relationship. At the bilateral meeting in 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed willingness to double the oil imports. As of May 2017, Iran replaced Iraq as India’s second biggest oil supplier. The imports from Iran rose to 647,000 barrels per day in February this year.
Reports suggest that the proposed corridor would reduce the transportation time by 50 percent and transportation cost by 60 percent. Thus, Iran is all set to become a transit hub. Chabahar agreement has the potential to offset the bottlenecks in Iranian economy and restore it to pre-sanction level.
Hence, it is pertinent for President Rouhani to maintain the ongoing momentum with respect to the Chabahar agreement and remove bureaucratic hurdles for swift realisation of the same. The attitude of the administration of US President Donal Trump towards Iran, however, could play a spoil sport. But, considering the benefits of Chabahar agreement for Iran and the region at large, it makes sense for President Rouhani to practise restraint rather than confrontation.
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We woke up at 4:00am to get to the canyon’s edge for sunrise. It was pitch black save for some stars in the night sky. Luckily, there were a few other insane people heading to the canyon’s edge with cameras and tripods in tow. We followed them figuring they knew where was the best spot to shoot from. Of course, we eschewed the viewing station surrounded by a sturdy fence and headed closer to the edge of the black abyss. We found a nice rock outcropping in which to set up. We setup our tripods, mounted our cameras, and settled in for the beginning of sunrise. The minutes ticked by. Finally, the sky lightened just enough to see the makings of a canyon before us. As I readied for my first shot of the day, I heard a loud,” Good Morning!” from right behind me. If there was a roof, I would have jumped through it. This photographer had been just a few feet above me and right behind me all the time. I never saw him. Scared Breathless.
Jeff setting up in front of the abyss for sunrise. Quiet stranger behind him.
As the sky brightened I was able to better see our location. We were indeed perched on an outcropping. Looking over the edge it was at least 1000 feet down to a messy death. Doubly Scared Breathless.
Just before the sun rose, during the blue hour, the subtle lighting makes this scene breathless.
Just after sunrise the Canyon started to light up.
Looking in the other direction (from the photos above), the lighting was amazing.
Recovered from these heart pounding experiences, we finished up the shoot and headed back to the car. On the way back we came across a very large, Anaconda-looking, yellow and black snake crossing our path. Since I was now experienced in being scared, I volunteered to be scared of the snake. It really wasn’t hard. Triply Scared Breathless.
Maybe it’s not an Anaconda and just a Gopher Snake. Regardless he struck fear in my heart.
It wasn’t all fright for us. Some of the vistas of the canyon from the north side were spectacular. You could say they took our breath way. Fourthly Breathless.
Across the canyon from us, a brilliant rainbow lit up the sky.
Even the clouds came to play – adding to the great coloring on the Canyon wall.
As the sun leaves, it provides the warm, red light for the rock face.
The sun has now set but it still illuminates the clouds. Notice the rain coming from the cloud.
Even the wildflowers were beautiful. With the elevation at or around 8800 feet above sea level, the wildflowers bloom in August (as apposed to March/April in Scottsdale). Everywhere we went, everywhere we looked, there were wildflowers. They took Kathryn’s breath away. I appreciated them at my own male level. Fifthly Breathless.
Found these beauties in a ditch by the side of the road. You have to wonder why I was in a ditch.
After climbing out of the ditch, I bumped into these.
Being at 8800 feet may bring on the wildflowers in August. How they thrive is beyond me. There is no oxygen at 8800 feet. Just walking up a flight of stairs leaves me… Wait for it. Breathless!
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10 U.S. Code § 2472 - Prohibition on management of depot employees by end strength
The civilian employees of the Department of Defense, including the civilian employees of the military departments and the Defense Agencies, who perform, or are involved in the performance of, depot-level maintenance and repair workloads may not be managed on the basis of any constraint or limitation in terms of man years, end strength, full-time equivalent positions, or maximum number of employees. Such employees shall be managed solely on the basis of the available workload and the funds made available for such depot-level maintenance and repair.
Source(Added and amended Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title III, § 312(a), (b),Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 250; Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title III, § 360,Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1700; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, § 1067(1),Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 774; Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title III, § 322(a), (b)(1),Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1846.)
Codification
The text of section 2466 (b) of this title, which was transferred to this section and redesignated subsec. (a) by Pub. L. 104–106, § 312(b), was based on Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title III, § 314(a)(1),Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1336; Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title III, § 332(b),Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2715.
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2004—Pub. L. 108–375substituted “Prohibition on management of depot employees by end strength” for “Management of depot employees” in section catchline, struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading before “The civilian”, and struck out heading and text of subsec. (b). Text read as follows: “Not later than December 1 of each fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the number of employees employed and expected to be employed by the Department of Defense during that fiscal year to perform depot-level maintenance and repair of materiel. The report shall indicate whether that number is sufficient to perform the depot-level maintenance and repair functions for which funds are expected to be provided for that fiscal year for performance by Department of Defense employees.”
1999—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–65substituted “and the Committee on Armed Services” for “and the Committee on National Security”.
1997—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–85inserted first sentence and struck out former first sentence which read as follows: “The civilian employees of the Department of Defense involved in the depot-level maintenance and repair of materiel may not be managed on the basis of any end-strength constraint or limitation on the number of such employees who may be employed on the last day of a fiscal year.”
1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–106, § 312(b), renumbered section 2466 (b) of this title as subsec. (a) of this section.
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doi: 10.1242/dev.01856
1 RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, 2-2-3 Minatojima Minamimachi, Chuo-ku,
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During the development of the central nervous system, cell proliferation and differentiation are precisely regulated. In the vertebrate eye, progenitor cells located in the marginal-most region of the neural retina continue to proliferate for a much longer period compared to the ones in the central retina, thus showing stem-cell-like properties. Wnt2b is expressed in the anterior rim of the optic vesicles, and has been shown to control differentiation of the progenitor cells in the marginal retina. In this paper, we show that stable overexpression of Wnt2b in retinal explants inhibited cellular differentiation and induced continuous growth of the tissue. Notably, Wnt2b maintained the undifferentiated progenitor cells in the explants even under the conditions where Notch signaling was blocked. Wnt2b downregulated the expression of multiple proneural bHLH genes as well as Notch. In addition, expression of Cath5 under the control of an exogenous promoter suppressed the negative effect of Wnt2b on neuronal differentiation. Importantly, Wnt2b inhibited neuronal differentiation independently of cell cycle progression. We propose that Wnt2b maintains the naive state of marginal progenitor cells by attenuating the expression of both proneural and neurogenic genes, thus preventing those cells from launching out into the differentiation cascade regulated by proneural genes and Notch.
Key words: Wnt, retina, progenitor cells, stem cells, proneural gene, Notch, Delta, differentiation, cell cycle
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RememberSchiff 2442 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 12 hours ago, mashmaster said: FYI; the National Sea Scout Commodore posted this today. Hello all - I wanted to give you an update on what I know about the Churchill proposal progress. I am told that the National Key 3 are preparing a statement that will list all of the Churchill proposals along with a description of the process going forward. That will be going out on Scouting Wire, and probably in Bryan on Scouting, so keep an eye there, but we'll post a link here as soon as we see it. That was supposed to have gone out earlier this week, but consensus is hard and is taking some time to get right. Hopefully we will still see it this week - that should at least give us authoritative information on what's going on and how to interact with the process. Meanwhile, I want to thank all of you for speaking up with the petition, your letters to Scout Executives, board members and everyone. We have completely dispelled any notion that nobody cares about Sea Scouts. You have all been loud and prolific in your responses and it has gotten a lot of attention. I am especially proud of our youth members. Many of them have taken the time to speak from the heart about what this program means to them - I have found their stories inspiring and it has certainly renewed my resolve to do all I can to fight for the continuation of Sea Scouts as we know it. And I know from comments I have heard from all levels in Scouting that their voices are being heard. Please keep the stories coming - ultimately we really are a youth movement, and these eloquent voices from our Sea Scouts mean more than anything I could say. We will continue to keep you posted with whatever |
Finishing up work for documentation
Had a great time being back in welding world yesterday after not being a part of it since 96 or so. Yikes! Had the awesome help of Jules Morstein and Alejandro Nieri and their badass metalworking skills! Thanks guys! They helped me finish up the steel armature for one of my pieces included in the 2011 Texas Biennial. Super huge thanks to friend and photographer Chris Patunas for giving up his Sunday and for his invaluable help documenting the pieces for the catalog!
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Standing when offering an obligatory prayer is an essential part of the prayer and it is not permissible for anyone to pray sitting unless he is unable to stand, or standing will be very difficult for him, or he has a sickness which it is feared will be made worse if he prays standing.
The basic principle concerning that is the report narrated by al-Bukhaari (1050) from âImraan ibn Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: I had haemorrhoids so I asked the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) about prayer and he said: âPray standing, and if you cannot then (pray) sitting, and if you cannot then (pray) lying on your side.â
Ibn Qudaamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The scholars are unanimously agreed that if a person cannot stand, he may pray sitting. The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said to âImraan ibn Husayn: âPray standing, and if you cannot then (pray) sitting, and if you cannot then (pray) lying on your side.â Narrated by al-Bukhaari and Abu Dawood, and by al-Nasaaâi who added: âIf you cannot, then lying on your back; Allah burdens not a person beyond his scope (cf. al-Baqarah 2:285).â And Anas said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) fell from a horse and injured his right side. We entered upon him to visit him, and the time for prayer came. He prayed sitting, and we prayed behind him sitting. Agreed upon.
If he can stand but is afraid that doing so would make his sickness worse or would delay his recovery or would be too difficult for him, then he may pray sitting. Something like this was stated by Maalik and Ishaaq. End quote from al-Mughni (1/443).
Al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The ummah is unanimously agreed that if a person is unable to stand during the obligatory prayer, he may pray sitting and he does not have to repeat it. Our companions said: His reward will be no less than his reward if he prayed standing, because he is excused. End quote from al-Majmooâ (4/201)
Shaykh Ibn âUthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The same applies to the one who is in a state of fear and cannot pray standing, such as if he is praying behind a wall and around him is an enemy watching out for him, and if he stood up he would appear from behind the wall but if he sits he will remain hidden from his enemy by the wall. In this case we say to him: Pray sitting.
This is indicated by the verse in which Allah says (interpretation of the meaning): âAnd if you fear (an enemy), perform Salaah (pray) on foot or ridingâ al-Baqarah 2:239. So Allah waived the obligation to bow, prostrate and sit, and also to stand if he is in a state of fear. End quote from al-Sharh al-Mumtiâ, 4/461.
The fact that you are the only Muslim worker in this factory does not make it permissible for you to pray sitting in your car; rather you should pray in any clean place inside or outside the factory, offering the prayer in full and without rushing.
It does not seem from your question that you are afraid of showing your Islam or praying openly; that is something very unlikely in your country. If we assume that a Muslim is living in a land where he cannot pray openly, then he must migrate from that land to a country where he may practice his religion openly.
So fear Allah, may He be exalted, and try to perform your prayer as Allah has enjoined, and beware of neglecting it or being heedless with regard to its times and essential parts.
We ask Allah to guide us and you and to make us steadfast.
And Allah knows best.
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Arnold "Pepper" Jackson
Madison- Arnold "Pepper" Jackson, Jr., age 93, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, at Coventry Village Memory Care in Madison with his daughter, Leslie, at his side.
He was born November 23, 1923 to the late Dr. Arnold S. and Lora C. (Ziesel) Jackson.
Pepper was a graduate of Madison West High School and the University of Wisconsin, where he was a proud student of the late Professor Aldo Leopold. From an early age, Pepper had a passionate desire for the natural world, and spent much time studying ornithology and helping Professor Leopold establish native flora in the Arboretum in Madison. Later in life, you would find him at the Madison Audubon Goose Pond Sanctuary, or at another Wisconsin prairie project, helping harvest seeds, or planting native prairie plants, or guiding a controlled-burn effort.
At the start of World War II, Pepper was selected and trained with the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale. This elite army team perfected ski defense maneuvers in the rugged Colorado Rockies. A love for science also directed Pepper's early career, becoming a science teacher and later principal at Todd Seminary for Boys in Woodstock, Illinois. Besides teaching, he was given the opportunity to take the boys sailing off the Florida coast and hiking in the Canadian Rockies.
Always an adventurer, he met the late Kathryn Ogden Brumm, who in many ways equaled his passion for the great outdoors. They were married on December 17, 1949 at Grace Episcopal Church in Madison, Wisconsin. Together they would canoe to Hudson Bay in northern Canada, sail the North Channel of Lake Huron, ski in the Rockies and Alps, and explore the wilderness of Mexico. Soon they would have four children in tow, who would also learn the spirit of adventure.
Pepper and Kathryn spent a significant part of their life establishing a family farm just outside Dane, Wisconsin, where Pepper applied many lessons of ecology, especially the early development of minimal-tillage farming practices in the late 1950's. On the farm, there were also hogs to be raised, and acres of strawberries and asparagus to be cultivated. Providing sanctuary for birds and other wildlife, the farm was a living laboratory for the Jackson kids to learn important lessons of hard work and the wonder of natural sciences. On May 10, 2003, the family farm was preserved for the greater good as the Jackson Waterfowl Production Area was dedicated by the Madison Audubon Society and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Pepper is survived by his children, Arnold "Steve" (Lori) Jackson III, Andrew (Barbie) Jackson, Leslie (Mike) Martin and Alfred (Susan) Jackson, and 8 grandchildren, Patrick, Noah, Leif, Brian, Karli, Emily, Dusty and Sarah, and 3 great grandchildren, Declynn, Bella and Aurora. In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by 4 sisters, Virginia, Joanne, Eleanor and Marjorie.
A memorial service will be held at 1:00pm on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at Cress Funeral Home, 3610 Speedway Road, Madison, Wisconsin. A visitation will be held from 12:00pm to the time of the service.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be directed to the Madison Audubon Society.
The family would like to thank the wonderful caregivers of Sebring, and the staff of Agrace, for their loving care of Pepper. |
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Wow, this is not a good decision for employers that would certainly want some additional protections from employees that grab data and run. I assume wise employers will consider having more, if not all computer using employees, to sign confidentiality and work product agreements upon hire to at least provide for a clearer path to a positive judgment via breach of contract actions.
I suspect the decision will be appealed and we shall see whether the appellant court agrees with the Southern District of New Yourk's very narrow interpretation!
Posted by: Kendall Isaac | September 27, 2012 at 01:13 PM |
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Hollister has been located on the second floor of the Promenade in Temecula since 2005. The trendy store's clothing is the epitome of Southern California culture. The laid-back style is perfect for the area's sun-soaked, casual atmosphere. It carries men and women's clothing, bathing suits, shoes and accessories. Hollister is very popular with the younger teenage crowd, as it has become a trendy, cool place to shop. The storefront is not at all traditional; it looks like the entrance to a beach cabana, with a surfboard and lounge chairs to hang out while your friends shop. So if you are going for that classic shorts and a tank top look, come down and pay Hollister a visit. With its expansive selection and friendly staff, you will not be disappointed.
40820 Winchester Rd, Temecula, CA 92591
(951) 296-5399
- Accessibility Details: There is an elevator to take you to the second floor.
- Hours: Mon - Sat, 10am - 9pm; Sun, 11am - 7pm.
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