text:
The Least BYU can do is Amend their Policy in this Direction.
If you're like me and you follow Mountain West Basketball, you're well aware of BYU's latest Honor Code casualty, Brandon Davies; assuming none of you are like me, I'll explain. We're all well aware of the BYU Honor code. It's the reason Harvey Unga went from being a sleeper pick in the NFL Draft to "flame broiling" burgers in a microwave at Burger King, or at least that's what I assume he's doing. Whether or not you agree with the Honor Code really isn't the issue - but, please let the fact that said code includes daily shaving and not drinking iced tea guide your decision. Also take into account that 90% of college is drunken hookups and losing your inhibitions. Do you remember your first night at college? You're a cocky 18 year old fresh out of your parents house without any supervision and all the girls are better looking because they're new and because they're all drunk. Everyone was a possible conquest. And at TCU, most everyone comes from a relatively upper class, well-parented/morally conscious lifestyle so the line between modesty and full blown whorebag is only one or two Zimas away. And you're supposed to turn that down? You're supposed to go four years without that kind of attention? I don't think you can even whack it at BYU. Seriously, how do these people survive?!?!
Unlike a lot of our fans, I don't dislike BYU because of their religion specifically. Sure, I think some of their rituals and beliefs are silly, but I respect that they likely feel the same way about non-Mormon Christians and if that's what they want to believe, that's fine. No, I hate BYU fans because they're elitist assholes and because they are, or were, our biggest MWC rival. We've never beaten them in basketball, they had our number in football for a couple of years, and because they would've ruined the next several years of our football lives with their independence bullshit had the Big East not extended an invite. And now you can go ahead and add taking food out of our athletic mouths to the list.
Since I'm assuming most of you don't know anything about the Cougars basketball team that doesn't carry the surname Fredette, let me enlighten you: Not only was Davies a starter on this team, he was their leading rebounder and their biggest presence in the middle. This would be like the Boston Celtics trading an up and coming big man for an overrated swingman who will end up defining what it means to be a "journeyman." oh wait...
Yes, BYU is mostly a hot shooting team that beats you with their guard play and murders you from the outside, but you have to have a guy like Davies in the middle to get rebounds and disrupt other teams flow. The lack of a player like that is one of the myriad reasons why TCU is the worst team in the MWC. The impact of his absence was clearly demonstrated last night as the Cougars were absolutely TROUNCED at home by New Mexico, losing by 18. The most eye popping stat of the loss isn't the margin of victory though - it's the fact that BYU was out rebounded 46-29. The Cougars were swept on the year by New Mexico and, after a tune up game against Wyoming to close out the regular season, have to be absolutely terrified heading into the Conference Tourney.
So I know what a lot of you are thinking - Haha, BYU really screwed the pooch on this one! Or not screwed because that would be, you know, illegal, but at least spooned the pooch a little. And you're right, a season killing, self imposed suspension couldn't happen to a better group of people. But the long term monetary implications are what really kill teams like us. If we're going to subsidize the rest of the conference in football, we deserve a life raft when it comes to basketball don't you think?
Heading into last night's game, BYU was ranked 3rd in the country following their weekend win over San Diego State and, based on the performances of the other top ranked teams, were pretty much locked into a one seed in the tournament barring some sort of epic fail in the Conference tournmanet. Now? While logically you'd think, "Ah, a 2 seed isn't that bad," think again because here's where the BYU doctrines could screw us again: BYU can't play games on a Sunday. The Selection Committee is guaranteed to take that into account, but it's not as easy as slotting them as a two seed in one of the regions that plays their games on Thurs/Sat. There are waaaaaaay too many logistical scenarios to take into account here, but it's a real possibility that due to the suspension/loss, an early exit in the conference tourny, and this scheduling SNAFU, BYU could fall from a top line seed to a three or four seed, making their road to the Final Four far tougher than it would've been had they kept Davies on board. And, once again, while seeing BYU cut down the nets in Houston is up there with SMU making a BCS game and Tech dropping out of first place in total STDs among US Universities, thus destroying all of my stereotypes about them, sometimes you have to think about the bottom line. And by handing out this suspension, the Mountain West just potentially lost $7.8 MEELLION dollars!! You have to factor in travel expenses for the team's involved, which would be substantial if BYU really went all the way, but even after all that, once it's split evenly, TCU probably lost a cool $500,000. Sure, that's paid out over a six year span, so I'm not sure how that affects us when we leave... but it's the principle, no?
And while it's not much money, it's money for nothing! And it's gone! Gone because BYU has the most archaic governing system in the history of such things. Gone because one player acted on the most basic of human instincts there is. Gone because BYU refuses to allow college students to be college students. As much as we all hate socialism around these parts, it's a jarring fact that without it, college athletics would probably not exist in a lot of places. You'll believe me in a couple of years when the MWC dissolves.
However, if there's a bright side to the situation it's that Brandon Davies is looking for a new school... and TCU has literally THOUSANDS of women who are willing and able to accommodate his needs... If Jim Christian doesn't have a "hostess committee" on the way to Provo right now, then we really are in for some lean years. If we really want to be in the SEC one day, then we have to start exploiting our women. Why haven't WWHD and I quit our jobs to become sleazy boosters again?


text:
Unfortunately for the people of the world everything is going according to the New World Order Plan. But what is this New World Order Plan? In a nutshell the Plan is this. The Dark Agenda of the secret planners of the New World Order is to reduce the world's population to a "sustainable" level "in perpetual balance with nature" by a ruthless Population Control Agenda via Population and Reproduction Control. A Mass Culling of the People via Planned Parenthood, toxic adulteration of water and food supplies, release of weaponised man-made viruses, man-made pandemics, mass vaccination campaigns and a planned Third World War. Then, the Dark Agenda will impose upon the drastically reduced world population a global feudal-fascist state with a World Government, World Religion, World Army, World Central Bank, World Currency and a micro-chipped population. In short, to kill 90% of the world's population and to control all aspects of the human condition and thus rule everyone, everywhere from the cradle to the grave.
"You are a slow learner, Winston," said O'Brien gently. "How can I help it?" he blubbered. "How can I help seeing what is in front of my eyes? Two and two are four." "Sometimes, Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane." George Orwell, Nineteen-Eighty Four (1948)
It is right and proper that George Orwell is given his due. Many people use his name and reference his work as the final word on the future human nightmare many thinking people believe is quickly descending on this Earth. That is, Orwell described in his books many aspects of the Hidden Hand that is guiding much of the Hidden Stream of History and so much of the temporal affairs of men often called "history," "politics" and "current affairs." In other words, Orwell acutely described aspects of the five thousand year old Luciferian Conspiracy for World Government often called the New World Order.
Orwell's negative utopia – his dystopia- describes the nightmare future brought into being by an extra-human power but with the complicity and tacit approval of the masses. His most famous book, Nineteen Eighty-Four, is a very dark, very bleak and very unpleasant view of a socialist, collectivist future. A future in which the individual is not only completely submerged beneath the massive weight of State bureaucracy but also whose very thoughts and emotions are controlled from the cradle to the grave. This is a nightmare society for the majority but in Orwell's depiction of a total suffocating existence, even the Elite are weighted down by the system they help perpetuate and administer.
Orwell was a man of "the Left," an English liberal and humanist who believed that mankind could somehow build a perfected civic society in which egalitarianism reigned supreme. He, like many other sentimentalist socialists, believed that rational organisation of society was not only desirable but also somehow an historical imperative. He was an idealist, liberal and socialist and passionately believed in the rational organisation of society by "good" people was achievable and inevitable. Orwell along with many other sentimental socialists took part in the "noble experiment" and fought in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) to overthrow the fascist government in Spain. Here, Orwell had first-hand dealings with the Stalinist element whose murderous attempt to claim overall leadership of the republican armies give Orwell some insight into the Dark Nature of Communism and the Dark Spirit behind the World Revolutionary Movement. Following his brush with the Stalinist thugs and murderers in Spain, enough of Orwell's sentimentalism had been stripped away such that he became an ardent critic of Stalinism especially of its destruction of the Socialist ideal. Moreover, he did so against the prevailing Liberal orthodoxy maintained by the Liberal Elite, the Liberal Establishment, and the mass media they controlled, which obliged liberals in the West to turn a collective blind eye to the evil and wicked acts done by Stalin and his murderous regime to the millions of unfortunate people under their heel.
During World War II, Orwell worked for the BBC and there became conscious of the incredible power of propaganda, but especially linguistic propaganda, the ability to use language to deliberately mislead, confuse and convince. He became fully aware of this new happening in the mass media and how it had become an excellent tool by which the public mind could be moulded. By which ordinary people are led to believe things that if left to their own devices would never countenance or if they did would probably come to a contrary opinion than that promoted by the controlled media. Especially important in his book was the idea that men are complicit in their own enslavement. This notion of a self-imposed tyranny was developed by Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) in his dystopia, Brave New World, a depiction of a scientifically controlled society in which people "love their servitude."
This, according to Huxley, is the Ultimate Revolution and it is what a benign, rational World Dictatorship ought to pursue. That is, creating a benign autocracy by making it possible for an average individual to readily choose slavery over freedom and rationalise it as not only desirable but also right and proper.
Moreover, that their servitude and blissful ignorance is the normal state of affairs.
Furthermore, people are enslaved by the material world, by the simple world about them, and willingly make mental prisons from which escape becomes increasingly difficult. They become slave to their craving for material wellbeing and a sense of security in a materially affluent society. Most important, and equally depressing because of its accuracy, is that the masses in Big Brother's world refuse to believe the Truth and wilfully believe the Lie that they can be happy in a society in which true happiness is not possible.
This total control of the individual from the cradle to the grave and society in a Global Control Matrix is a sophisticated and all encompassing process called "reality control": That is, the control of the reality of the masses by the Power Elite of society using a variety of means but most important was the manipulation by mass psychology and propaganda. This mass deception and self-delusion was concretised by Orwell as the Thought Tyranny "Doublethink" and contained in the mantras of the Inner Party –the faceless ruling oligarchs personified as Big Brother- "War is Peace," "Freedom is Slavery," "Ignorance is Strength."
Doublethink was the common doctrine of Big Brother's society and means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, accepting both of them as true at the same time. For instance, to say that black is white and to believe that black is white, to know that black is white and to forget that one has ever believed the contrary. It is, Orwell tells us, a society in which "the prevailing mental condition is controlled insanity." This controlled insanity is thus the Big Lie of Big Brother. The Inner Party are the Power Elite who administer the policies of Big Brother whose two aims are to "extinguish once and for all the possibility of independent thought" and "conquer the whole surface of the earth." To this end, two great problems arise, which the Inner Party is concerned to solve: "how to discover, against his will, what another human being is thinking" and "how to kill several hundred million people in a few seconds without giving warning before hand."
In the perverse world of Big Brother, wherein Natural Moral Order is turned on its head, believing in Truth is being "insane." Therefore, in such a condition of "insanity," you are dangerous and so you become an enemy of Big Brother and an enemy of the State, and you will be harassed and destroyed. However, if you can believe the Big Lie of Big Brother then you will have the requisite internal strength to continue living the lie. If you do not go along with the lie then you will be harassed, tortured and your brain washed of its individuality. When the suffering becomes too much you will wish that the State killed you. Moreover, if this wish is granted and the State liquidates you, Big Brother will then say you are now "happy" for, now, you are free of your terrible "insanity."
This conditioning can be seen today in the majority whose Worldview is moulded in large measure by the powers who control the mass media and who use it to mould the public mind. This secure artificial world is safe and secure and most people are unwilling to question it or give it up. Moreover, if people were disabused of their cosy "reality" and thereby began to perceive the Evil about them they would be obliged to stand up for righteousness and people most definitely do not want to do that. It is for this reason that most people refuse to accept the Truth or that their government and TV personalities, who they fixatedly watch, lie to them. It also operates in the sinister thought tyranny called Political Correctness and adjuncts such as Multiculturalism, whereby self-censorship of thoughts is mandated and critical thinking censured. Orwell's account is prescient for what he wrote over sixty years ago is unfolding all about and the most prescient part of the account is that the masses, those most effected and with most to lose are wholly ignorant of "it."
What is "it" … "it" is the planned SCIENTIFIC DICTATORSHIP ... "it" is the planned enslavement of the people in a technologically sophisticated society in which everyone, everywhere is instantaneously tracked, traced and identified.
To retain a semblance of freedom and a sense of security, people willingly accept to increasingly draconian laws that collectively strip them of their individuality. That is, society is complicit in its own enslavement; and in this totalitarian nightmare, a cowardly person willingly gives up their individuality to remain unmolested by the State. That, by giving into the outrages of a Socialist State, by submitting to the demands of a collectivist society, by sacrificing individuality and joining the group mind, the Hive Mind, and by believing the Big Lie of Big Brother, a person can live "free" and "happy."
"What will the social order of the future be like? Comrade, I will tell you. There will be a class of overlords, after them the rank and file of the party members in hierarchical order, and then the great mass of anonymous followers, servants and workers in perpetuity, and beneath them again all the conquered foreign races, the modern slaves. And over and above all these will reign a new and exalted nobility of whom I cannot speak. But of all these plans the militant members will know nothing. The new man is living amongst us now! He is here. Isn't that enough for you? I will tell you a secret. I have seen the new man. He is intrepid and cruel. I was afraid of him" Adolf Hitler: quoted from Hitler Speaks by Hermann Rauschning (1933)
Although Orwell, the constant liberal, always believed that man could somehow build a utopia he leaves his reader with an absolute sense of hopelessness. His prescient account is a bleak, unpleasant outlook in which hopelessness pervades and by which he leaves the reader in no doubt of his belief that in this future society anyone who attempts to break out from the Big Lie and seek out the Truth will be searched out by the State and destroyed. Winston Smith, the protagonist of Orwell's book, instinctively knew that absolutes existed, that Truth exists and so keeps fighting Big Brother and the Big Lie. At the end of the book, after his great and terrible torture by the State, Winston is released back into society. Seated in a café he sees a surging mob in the street chanting their love of Big Brother and at that moment a "silver bullet" hits his brain and, in an instant, he is out of his chair and running in the street with the mob. For, after all his doubts and indecisions he now knows that he too loves Big Brother. What Orwell here describes is the ultimate destruction of free will, the ultimate destruction of humanity, which of course means the ultimate destruction of Man. Moreover, that in the future there is no escape from Organised Evil.
The crux of Nineteen Eighty-Four is how a society is complicit in its own enslavement and how hopeless it can feel. Although it is prophetic of the world we live in today, it is deficient in one very important thing. The book completely excludes metaphysical considerations of the possibility of salvation but especially the Concept of Christian Salvation, redemption and rapprochement with God. Orwell, like all humanists, believed salvation of mankind could only come from the material world rationally organised. Humanists and Socialists believe that man can establish utopia on Earth without the need or presence of God and that the rational ordering of materialism by itself can bring a form of salvation, but of course, purely in a physical and mental sense. Yet, those who truly understand the Way of the World know that this is nonsense. That man cannot form perfect utopia only imperfect societies. Furthermore, that there is an innate trait in men, a longing to be free and a deep feeling in their hearts to seek out the transcendent and be one with God. No matter how prophetic Orwell was, he was humanist through and through and so was blind to the spiritual forces underpinning reality and behind history. That in his worldview the transcendent is absent and so the presence of the Higher Hidden Hand in the affairs of men missing. His account of the future is uncanny in its accurate depiction of the strict hierarchical society manifesting itself today and with the tacit approval of the masses. Yet it is deficient in that it fails to identify the true origin of the Dark Force propelling society into the nightmare scenario detailed so well in Nineteen Eighty-Four. Orwell genuinely believed that he was fighting the Dark Forces of Fascism and Stalinism and never managed to take the final leap of imagination to understand that they were both created and controlled by the same "force."
A "force" that is ancient and enduring and has for a very, very long time sought to enslave mankind totally and eternally by cutting him off forever from the wellspring of his being … from the knowledge of the spiritual hierarchies and so from God. And so Orwell, although he would robustly deny it during his lifetime, gave a plangent warning of the true nature of the threat facing mankind. That the ancient plan for the enslavement of man, controlled scientifically, absolutely, from the cradle to the grave, is the aim of wicked and evil men inspired by Organised Evil. And although Orwell rationalised this craving for absolute dominion as merely the fullest expression of the innate drive for Power -of the exercise of Power per se- his account describes the consummation of the ancient, meticulously worked plan to separate man from God. By the destruction of individuality and the absolute denial of one's own humanity. And, although this plan is often called the New World Order there is nothing "new" about it since the New World Order is a Dark Conspiracy whose very roots are found in the Garden of Eden.
And so, gentle reader, this is the ultimate warning of the great man Eric Blair known better as "George Orwell" who, terminally ill, suffering great pain and living in deprived conditions tapped out on a primitive typewriter his prophetic warning of the terrible things to come. For he, like all great prophets, had pulled away the veil and had glimpsed not only the workings of the Higher Hidden Hand in the historical process but had also apprehended the footprints of Evil in its relentless march towards its destiny.
The Great Conspiracy against God is ancient and many have been actively part of it. It neither is a Jewish Conspiracy or a Jesuit Conspiracy per se nor are the vast majority of Freemasons acquainted with it. However, the Secret Masters of these power structures are fully cognisant of the Luciferian Conspiracy for World Government since they play an integral part in it. These Secret Masters of the Dark Empire of Secret Societies are the Occult Hierarchy, the Black Adepts of the Cult of Evil, which is the Ancient Luciferian Priesthood who can claim an ancient lineage of service to Evil going far back in history, back before recorded history began. They are the custodians and guardians of Ancient Plan to Transform Society, which is the five thousand year old Luciferian Conspiracy for World Government that intends to set up World Empire and eradicate all human liberty and freedom from the face of the Earth. To do this, they must destroy Natural Moral Order on Earth set in place by the supreme Will of God. This is the Great Conspiracy against God brought to Earth.
Glimpses into this diabolic agenda have been given sporadically by disparate sources and so in this sense the controversial Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion must be considered not the work of organised Judaism but a formula for World Dominion by a Dark Force far more ancient and far greater in scale and intent. It is a Dark Force that has sought since before the formation of Earth to bring chaos into Creation and ruination to humanity. It has stalked man since his Creation as the prize prey to bring this Evil Agenda into fruition, which is nothing less than the Great Conspiracy against God.
It is the New Age One World Conspiracy that seeks the destruction of what its adherents call the "Old World Order," which is Natural Moral Order on Earth set in place by the supreme Will of God. Hence, for centuries, the Confederacy of Evil has marshalled its hosts, and organised itself for its calculated assault on Natural Moral Order, its assault on the Church of Christ and its assault on Western Civilisation. This ancient assault on Moral Order is multifaceted. It is the five thousand year old Luciferian Conspiracy, the Evil Agenda for the establishment of World Government, called by insiders the "Great Work," the "Great Plan" or simply "the Plan."
And, integral to this is "Great Plan," is the cutting humanity away from its spiritual source …. From the spiritual hierarchies and from God.... Forever trapped in the Kingdom of Antichrist, the long awaited New World Order ... the five thousand year old Luciferian Conspiracy for World Government ... the ancient dream of the Dark Empire Secret Societies throughout the ages ...
A prospect the humanist George Orwell rationalised thus:
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever."
Gentle Reader, truly, we live in perilous times indeed and the great tragedy is that very few people comprehend it ...
Search this Site

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Low Profile Surface Mount Holder for 24mm CoinCell
Product Announcement from Keystone Electronics Corp.
For secure retention of #2450 type Lithium Coin Cell Keystone Electronics Corp holders are extremely rugged and ideal for retaining cells securely under shock and vibration in high-density applications for PCB requirements.
These Low Profile coin cell holders feature polarized dual-spring contacts and are supplied on tape and reel (Part #1052TR) and in bulk (Part #1052). Importantly, the holders may be used with most vacuum and mechanical pick-and-place assemblies. Manufacture is with .008"(.20 mm) thick Phosphor Bronze, Gold plate over a glass-filled LCP base, rated UL 94V-0. Polystyrene carriers, meeting ANSI/EIA-481 standards, are utilized for tape and reel parts with 13.0 inch reels to hold 250 parts on 24mm pitch, 44mm wide tapes. RoHS Compliant
|More Info
|Email Supplier
|Request A Quote


text:
STAMFORD, Conn., Sep 17, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. HOT, +0.52% will be presenting during the CLSA Investors' Forum in Hong Kong on September 25 at 9:30 a.m. Hong Kong Time. The live webcast will play on Tuesday, September 24 at 9:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Vasant Prabhu, Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, will be speaking at the conference. Following brief prepared remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session.
Live Webcast Tuesday, September 24 9:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time
The live webcast will be available on Starwood's investor relations website at http://www.starwoodhotels.com/corporate/about/investor/index.html and a replay of the webcast will run for 30 days.
About Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with 1,162 properties in nearly 100 countries and 171,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels, resorts and residences with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis(R), The Luxury Collection(R), W(R), Westin(R), Le Meridien(R), Sheraton(R), Four Points(R) by Sheraton, Aloft(R), and Element(R). The Company boasts one of the industry's leading loyalty programs, Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG), allowing members to earn and redeem points for room stays, room upgrades and flights, with no blackout dates. Starwood also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., a premier provider of world-class vacation experiences through villa-style resorts and privileged access to Starwood brands. For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com.
SOURCE: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Investors: Stephen Pettibone, 203-351-3500 or Media: KC Kavanagh, 866-478-2777
Copyright Business Wire 2013


text:
Except for the last week, the winter of 2000-2001 in Southeast Alaska has been noteworthy for the lack of snow and cold weather.
Although a bane to skiers and commercial snowplow operators, this balmy winter has probably been very beneficial to the local deer population. On Jan. 7, very mild temperatures even coaxed out a large bat (identified to species as a "big brown bat") near the Peterson Creek trailhead just south of Amalga Harbor, a very rare winter sighting for any bat species in Alaska.
Mild temperatures and snow levels have also had some interesting impacts on overwintering bird populations. For example, wintering shorebirds in the Juneau area seem to be more abundant than normal.
The mild winter has also allowed more gulls than normal to overwinter in the Juneau area.
Mixed in with the common glaucous-winged and mew gulls is one very special visitor from Siberia - an adult slaty-backed gull. This species has never been seen before in the Juneau area during the winter, although one or two birds have shown up in August on three occasions (in the last decade) to feed on salmon runs at Sheep Creek and Salmon Creek.
The color of the appropriately named slaty-backed gull contrasts nicely with the light-gray backs of the glaucous-winged gulls which it resembles in size. This cooperative bird has been readily found by Juneau birders in the Lemon Creek area and has been added to the life lists of several local birders. Overwintering slaty-backed gulls are sometimes found in Ketchikan so it is probable that this bird is a stray drawn to the other gulls flocking to the Lemon Creek area.
Bird feeders or other foods provided by man can also provide resources enabling bird species to linger over in mild winters such as this. For instance, a "red" fox sparrow probably from central Alaska has been overwintering at a North Douglas feeder. This "red" form contrasts sharply in color with the local "sooty" form of fox sparrow which breeds abundantly in Sheep Creek and Gold Creek valleys.
Normally, the "red" form of this species is a very scarce fall migrant which passes through Juneau in November. The mild winter has induced this bird to stay put since Nov. 18, 2000. Similarly, at least two white-crowned sparrows are choosing to overwinter at another feeder in Auke Bay.
Warblers are a group of very colorful small bird species which are known for their diversity of migrations which often range over thousands of miles. Alaska provides breeding habitat for a number of warbler species; however, they generally have migrated out of the state by the end of September with a few lingering into mid-November.
Warblers have never been seen on the Juneau Christmas Bird Count held in late December, although a yellow-rumped and Townsend's warbler have been seen in the few days around the count day. In January 2001, however, downtown Juneau hosted both a yellow-rumped and an orange-crowned warbler. The only previous January warbler record for Juneau was a yellow-rumped warbler found at a feeder on Jan. 23, 1990, during subzero weather.
The distribution of these two overwintering warblers is very interesting as they appear to be taking advantage of a very limited micro-habitat where they can find insects supplemented with perhaps a few berries. Often the orange-crowned warbler could be found foraging for long periods of time in the same pine tree, an exotic species to the Juneau area. The yellow-rumped warbler also appeared to prefer foraging in bushes and shrubs introduced to Juneau for their aesthetic qualities.
In the same area of downtown Juneau, at least one ruby-crowned kinglet could also be found this January, another species which is found very rarely in the winter. Without the habitat modifications introduced by man, it seems unlikely that these species would overwinter here even in this mildest of winters.
Although this mild winter is perhaps most notable to birders because of some of the unusual species, it also appears that numbers of some other common overwintering species are below normal.
The number of scoters, loons, and murres (a common seabird) all seem to be down from those found in a normal winter. It is unknown if they also stopped to overwinter further north or are simply using other nearby habitats. Due to the remoteness of the seacoast, much needs to be discovered about the distribution of overwintering waterfowl and seabirds along the west coast of North America.
Paul Suchanek is a member of Juneau Audubon Society. The Great Backyard Bird Count began today and continues through Monday. To join in, log onto http://birdsource.cornell.edu/, then check back to learn what species other feeder counters have seen.
© 2018. All Rights Reserved. | Contact Us


text:
Docetaxel Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Warnings
Docetaxel is also known as: Docefrez, Taxotere
Docetaxel Pregnancy Warnings
Use is not recommended. -According to some authorities use is contraindicated. AU TGA pregnancy category: D US FDA pregnancy category: D Comments: -This drug can harm a developing fetus. -Women of childbearing potential should be advised to use effective contraception during therapy. -If this drug is used during pregnancy, or if the patient becomes pregnant while taking this drug, the patient should be apprised of the potential harm to the fetus. -Men being treated with this drug should be advised not to father a child during and for up to 6 months following therapy. -This drug has genotoxic effects and may alter male fertility; therefore, men should seek advice on conservation of sperm prior to receiving this drug.
Animal studies have revealed evidence of embryotoxicity and fetotoxicity. Based on its mechanism of action, this drug is expected to cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman. There are no controlled data in human pregnancy. AU TGA pregnancy category D: Drugs which have caused, are suspected to have caused or may be expected to cause, an increased incidence of human fetal malformations or irreversible damage. These drugs may also have adverse pharmacological effects. Accompanying texts should be consulted for further details. US FDA pregnancy category D: There is positive evidence of human fetal risk based on adverse reaction data from investigational or marketing experience or studies in humans, but potential benefits may warrant use of the drug in pregnant women despite potential risks.
Docetaxel Breastfeeding Warnings
Radioactivity has been detected in milk following IV administration of this drug in animal studies; offspring receiving 1.5 mg/m2/day IV during late gestation and lactation showed signs of delayed development. No information is available on the use of this drug in humans during breastfeeding.
Use is not recommended. -According to some authorities use is contraindicated. Excreted into human milk: Unknown Excreted into animal milk: Yes Comments: -The effects in the nursing infant are unknown. -Most sources consider breastfeeding to be contraindicated during maternal antineoplastic drug therapy. -Chemotherapy may adversely affect the normal microbiome and chemical makeup of breastmilk. -Women who receive chemotherapy during pregnancy are more likely to have difficulty nursing their infant.
References for pregnancy information
- "Product Information. Docetaxel (DOCEtaxel)." Hospira Inc, Lake Forest, IL.
- Cerner Multum, Inc. "UK Summary of Product Characteristics." O 0
- Cerner Multum, Inc. "Australian Product Information." O 0
References for breastfeeding information
- "Product Information. Docetaxel (DOCEtaxel)." Hospira Inc, Lake Forest, IL.
- Cerner Multum, Inc. "Australian Product Information." O 0
- Cerner Multum, Inc. "UK Summary of Product Characteristics." O 0
See Also...
Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided by Cerner Multum, Wolters Kluwer Health and Drugs.com is accurate, up-to-date and complete, but no guarantee is made to that effect. In addition, the drug information contained herein may be time sensitive and should not be utilized as a reference resource beyond the date hereof. This material does not endorse drugs, diagnose patients, or recommend therapy. This drug information is a reference resource designed as supplement to, and not a substitute for, the expertise, skill , knowledge, and judgement of healthcare practitioners in patient care. The absence of a warning for a given drug or combination thereof in no way should be construed to indicate that the drug or combination is safe, effective, or appropriate for any given patient. Multum Information Services, Inc. does not assume any responsibility for any aspect of healthcare administered with the aid of information Multum provides. Copyright 2000-2008 Multum Information Services, Inc. The information contained herein is not intended to cover all possible uses, directions, precautions, warnings, drug interactions, allergic reactions, or adverse effects. If you have questions about the drugs you are taking, check with your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist.


text: I am about to send some in vitro transcribed RNA to collaborators at another location where they will microinject the RNA into Xenopus oocytes. We hope to get the RNA translation product incorporated into the oocyte cell for receptor binding assays-the RNA codes for a neuropeptide hormone receptor. Since oocyte expression studies are a new area of study for me, I was hoping to get some advice on a couple of questions I have: 1. Will the length of the 5' untranslated region of the RNA affect the translatibility of injected RNA in the oocyte system? 2. Will spurious AUG codons occuring 5' of the "correct" AUG codon for the receptor protein open reading frame prevent translation of the correct open reading frame, particularly if the spurious AUGs have termination codons? Or will the ribosomes resume scanning the RNA for the next AUG, eventually reaching the receptor open reading frame? I appreciate any help you can give me. I am trying to anticipate problems before they arise. I expect any problems with the assay will be laid at the feet of the RNA supplier (me!) so I hope to be ready with some answers. Thanks, Felix D. Guerrero, PhD USDA-ARS Kerrville, TX


text:
supercharged g35...what is making this noise!!
guys at 40 seconds...when he lets off the throttle..what is that noise??? blowoffvalve, orr wastegate...
he has a vortech supercharger it says...soooo does this mean i can have a blow off valve or wastegate on my supercharger setup??
i want the nooiiseeee ....sam said i can do it, but risk my check engine light being on..big deal
and other said ill lose power...what do u guys think i needdds to knowww
arent waastegates only for turbo applications??? .then again i thought i saw one on an eaton charger..someeeoneeee help me with ure knowledge
furious........sickfinga.. im lookin at u to answer this one
its a b.o.v
only turbo'ed cars have wastegates
you cant run on or i wouldent recomend running one because when u one an open ambient b.o.v all the air going is is controlled by the maf or afm w.e u wanna call it and u have the risk of the computer richening up the fuel too much and popping the motor you can run a diverter valve like the one sloveniaboy is selling.....
what does the diverter valve do...is it good to put on??
and ye i herd about running ro rich as well
Neil, you have a diverter valve right now, recirculates the boost to infront of the charger but behind the MAF. Don't put a BOV, it will run rich and cause all sorts of problems down the road. All for just a noise? Big deal, ricer :P
Forget BOV sound, it sucks, grrrrrrrrr I mean blows.
This is a proper noise.
Twin Screw FTMFW
Vlad, isn't that an eaton blower?
^^^Nah, Kenne Bell T/S
lmfao yes im a ricer allright .....
and i know twin screw sounds sick
mines still loud...but that guy had a vortech supercharer like moi..so i was like wtf why does it sound like that
ps....tomek,,, is all my spelling correct? hahah ive cleaned up my act
LIBRARY today, you excited?
What blower you got? V1?
yes sir
if you want the noise get and electric bov, but thats just down right gay imo lol
wtf is that lol
i dont reallly want the noise..mines loud enough...
its just that hearing that g35 with my blower..well im sure its not the exact same but w.e
i was like woooowww thats a scary noise
IMO, if you only got 300rwhp, dont even try to make any extra noises.
Once you are making 600+whp, than you can really play. But still, quieter = better.
oook fineeeeeee
i have more than 300!! like 330 lol
|All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:20 AM.
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.10
Copyright ©2000 - 2018, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Maxbimmer Copyright 2001 - 2018


text:
Eharmony continues to receive grief in the wake of it's launch of a new dating sites. Members protesting the launch of same-sex site Compatible Partners are being denied a refund when trying to unsubscribe.
EHarmony was ordered to pay Eric McKinley, who brought the original suit against the dating company, $5,000 for expenses incurred and time spent on the lawsuit. The matchmaking giant also had to fork over $50,000 to the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights for its administrative expenses, according to the settlement agreement. More here.
Another class action lawsuit against eHarmony for discrimination based on sexual orientation continues to move forward in California. The plaintiffs in that case maintain that eHarmony's decision to establish a separate site for gays rather than integrate its flagship site, eHarmony.com, amounts to an unlawful "separate but equal†policy and the continued marginalization of gays, lesbians and bisexuals. The California case has been certified as a class action. Press release.
I'll be talking to eHarmony next week and hope to have additional clarification on the various lawsuits and early feedback on Compatible Partners.


text:
|No such thing as a small change
Re^5: Perl 5 interpreterby Tux (Abbot)
|on Jan 12, 2011 at 16:06 UTC ( #881927=note: print w/replies, xml )
|Need Help??
I do, on a daily basis.
First reason is that on those (proprietary) OS's there is no (more) update available for the ANSI C89 compiler.
Second reason is that GNU folk do not consider OS's other than Linux worthwhile caring for. E.g. on HP-UX PA-RISC (10.20, 11.00, 11.11 and 11.23) it is impossible to create a GNU gcc-4.x.x that compiles reliable in 64bit mode, so I'm stuck to version 3.4.6.
GNU gcc is a nightmare to compile on e.g. HP-UX 11.23 or 11.31 if all of your system is set up to be 64bitall only. GNU gcc folk claim the compiler just needs a 32bit environment to build a compiler that can generate 32bit and 64bit objects, but in order to get that compiler compiled, you need a 32bit environment and - at current - THREE extra packages installed (gmp, mpfr and mpc) that all need a gcc compiler to get compiled properly -> endless loop of FAIL. On these I stopped porting with gcc-4.2.4.
Third reason is that (maybe because of reason 2), code generated with HP C-ANSI-C compiler runs up to 15% faster than when compiled with GNU gcc, so the option to use a gcc compiler just because it can do C99 is not a very obvious one. I bet inlining functions won't get a 15% speed gain ove macros, but I didn't check that.
Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn
In Section Seekers of Perl Wisdom


text:
Plus Charcoal Space Dye Knit Jogger
Never underestimate the comfort of a good pair of jogger pants. Made with space dyed knit, they feature the screen print "20" at the left leg. Finished with solid trim and a drawstring waist.
- rue+ Collection
- Drawstring waist
- Approx. 11 in. leg opening
- Approx. 28 in. inseam
- 87% cotton, 13% spandex
- Machine wash
- Model wears size 1X
- Imported


text:
Imperial Plaza Hotel
Imperial Plaza Hotel Rates and Deals
Imperial Plaza Hotel Overview
The Imperial Plaza Marrakech is a full-service hotel in Marrakech, offering a wealth of amenities which include a full spa, three restaurants specializing in various cuisines, meeting rooms and banqueting facilities, and a business service center in the lobby. The Imperial Hotel Marrakech is located at Avenue Abdelkrim Khettabi Semlalia Square, and is one of the four-star hotels in the city. Visitors to the area can make use of the plentiful public transportation to reach areas of interest, or they can rent a car to travel to their destination.
The 114 rooms in the Marrakech Imperial Plaza are all outfitted with wireless Internet, satellite television, minibars and even fireplaces.
Located only minutes from some of the city's most famous attractions, the Imperial Plaza Hotel Marrakech is a good choice for the leisure or business traveler alike. It is within easy walking distance of the lovely Marjorelle Gardens and Jemaa El Fna Square. A short drive brings the visitor to the Moulay Lyazid Mosque or the airport as well.
Imperial Plaza Hotel Amenities


text:
As I mentioned last week, I recently became a columnist for Catholic Online. They just posted my latest piece. (They are fast. I submitted it just this afternoon.) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Last week Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew released an encyclical castigating what he called Orthodox "fanatics" who object to Orthodox ecumenical involvement. The encyclical was well received in … [Read more...]
More to the Ecumenical Patriarch's recent encyclical than meets the eye
Odds & Ends
-- A new book claims that the "Greek mafia" controlled not only the drug trade in Tarpon Springs but the local Greek Orthodox Church, too. Some say the book is "a bunch of garbage." -- Church of Greece bishops are anxious about the new Socialist government's plan to tax church property. Don't forget about property owned by the Roman Catholics and the Ecumenical Patriarch, the bishops helpfully … [Read more...]
Interview with Bp. Hilarion of Vienna and Austria
Reflections on the American Orthodox experience by foreign leaders are often interesting. Sometimes they are even insightful. That's what we see in the recent interview with Bp. Hilarion of Vienna and Austria conducted by Dr. Peter Bouteneff, Associate Professor of Dogmatic Theology at St. Vladimir's Seminary in New York. Discussion ranged from the American jurisdictional divisions, proper … [Read more...]
Ecumenicism: The Moral Imperative Based on the Priestly Prayer of Jesus
Holy Father, keep them in thy name, which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are one (John 17:11). In just a few short weeks most of the Eastern Churches (and Western Churches as well) will be reading this passage from St. John's Gospel during Holy Week. Are we one, are we in unity, are we responding to the Fathers embrace prayed for by His Divine Son? The answer is … [Read more...]


text:
Women's Ugg Australia 'Heritage Logo' Genuine Shearling & Suede Mittens, Size Small/Medium - Black
Price as of : 2018-03-20
Average customer review :
Average rating: 3.5 based on 71 reviews
Availability: In Stock
Store: Nordstrom
Brand: UGGR
Buy Item Visit Nordstrom
Product Description
Stay toasty in signature UGG style with buttery-soft suede mittens featuring a tonal logo in smooth leather. These hand-sewn mittens feature genuine shearling turn-back cuffs for an extra luxe touch. Color (s) : black multi. Brand: UGG AUSTRALIA. Style Name: Ugg Australia 'Heritage Logo' Genuine Shearling & Suede Mittens. Style Number: 5069146 1. Available in stores.... Read More
Related Products
Women's Ugg Australia 'Heritage Logo' Genuine Shearling & Suede Mittens, Size Small/Medium - Brown
Women's Sun & Shadow Suede Jacket With Faux Shearling Trim, Size Medium - Brown
Mr and Mrs Italy Women's Suede & Shearling Ankle Boots Size 7
Avis Mid-Calf Suede Boot with Faux Shearling, Black
Thomsen Faux Shearling & Suede Boots
Carrini CA Collection Women's Fashion Suede Lace-Up Boots with Faux Shearling Foldover
Luxury Divas Faux Suede & Fur Trim Boots With Buttons
Skylir Water Resistant Faux Shearling Boot (Little Kid & Big Kid)
L.k. Bennett Cally Suede & Shearling Ankle Boot


text:
In the EPS Group we fully recognise our health and safety responsibilities to all our staff, customers, contractors and the general public, and to this end we are committed to the continual improvement of the operating environment of our facilities. We seek to maximise the safety of our staff and minimise the risk of injury and ill-health. We aim to achieve this by providing and maintaining a safe working environment at all times. EPS recognises that the responsibility for employee health and safety requires constant and continuing efforts through a partnership involving company management, our employees, sub-contractors and their employees, the client/owner and their employees. By ensuring the safety of all involved, we can ensure the safe delivery of all of our projects and activities.
We maintain a documented management system which conforms to OHSAS 18001:2007,UVDB Achilles Verify and CIF Safe-T-Cert and takes into account all regulatory and legislative requirements pertinent to our sector.Our objectives include:
EPS is certified in operating a health and safety management system in accordance with the requirements of the Safe-T-Cert system for the design, build and operation of water and wastewater treatment systems. EPS was awarded the Safe-T-Cert from the Construction Industry Federation.
Among our recent safety highlights, 2010 saw the EPS Health and Safety Department work even more closely with staff in continuing to improve our safety management system and our safety culture. This was done largely through the internal safety committees which are now functioning in both the Mallow and Ballyhaunis branches on behalf of all EPS Regional Offices.Continuing effort has been made through communication via:
In January 2010 the EPS Group set challenging targets for accident reduction, resulting in:
Health and Safety training is continuous, with all staff receiving training relevant to their specific role on an ongoing basis. EPS aims to continually improve awareness and competence through training where required.Formal site inspections were carried out on a weekly basis with over 200 inspections carried out both on construction and operational sites. The Health and Safety Authority visited over 13 of our sites during 2010, with no major issues found.
Our Safety Statement of policies and procedures is available at all offices and sites of the company, and its contents are communicated to office staff, site staff, subcontractors, external consultants, visitors, operators, labs/technicians.The Safety Statement is prepared in accordance with requirements under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, and is based on risk assessment of hazards identified across the group. The Safety Policy is central to setting up an effective Safety Management System within the company. The aim of this system is to satisfy all our legal responsibilities and exercise greater control of health and safety within our organisation, for the protection of everybody concerned.


text:
We would like your help to acquire items for us to auction at the International Space Development Conference (ISDC) in Chicago this Memorial Day weekend. The auction will be held Saturday night, May 29, and will be a combination live and silent auction. Space-themed items are obviously preferred, but any items of value will be accepted.
Maybe you have an autographed book that you can part with? Maybe you are an artist who can donate a piece of your work? Maybe your employer can be persuaded to donate something? For more ideas and information on how to donate, see additional information here.
Also, if you are willing to volunteer at the auction table at the ISDC for a total of 12 hours, you will receive more than 50% off of the ISDC registration fee. See above page link for more details.


text:
At 0:04 +0000 2/9/03, Ian Horrocks wrote: >On February 7, Jim Hendler writes: >> >> At 7:42 -0800 2/7/03, Mike Dean wrote: >> > > and recommends use of XML comments instead - ugly, but I >>could live with) >> > >> >This is problematic in that XML comments aren't preserved in >> >the RDF graph. It precludes round-tripping of content. >> > >> > Mike >> >> no, no, no - that's my whole point! - things one wants in the graph >> go in RDFS:comment -- i.e. you need them to round trip. Things one >> adds as "comments" in the traditional programming language sense >> should be lost (i.e. when you roundtrip C code the comments are lost) >> and thus should be in XML comments instead! > >The C code metaphor is not valid - the "exchange syntax" for C >programs is the source text, including comments, and not the compiled >code. It would not be acceptable if comments were stripped out by >tools (such as editors) that work with C source code. yes, but out exchange syntax is the RDF/XML, and there's no reason one would strip the comments out if sending that -- however, if parsing that into a graph and then dumping the graph back to RDF, you would lose the XML comments - as would be expected - you wouldn't lose the rdf:comments because someone went to the trouble to put them in the graph - so things that work with our "source code" (RDF/XML) wouldn't strip the comments out, but "compiling/decompiling" C would strip out commments (note too that we rejected the idea of roundtripping as a requirement quite long ago [see minutes of ftf2 - Amsterdam] - the decision was to send a pointer to the original document if it was important for it to be seen in original form - so that would work for XML as well) >Using XML comments raises all sorts of issues and seems to be in >conflict with declaring RDF to be the exchange syntax. It isn't easy >to see how XML comments would be handled by an editor, and how they >would be associated with different elements of an ontology. It is >certainly very unlikely that all tools would do this in a uniform way, >so we would loose any real tool interoperability - how acceptable >would it be if any time I use a different ontology editor I >loose/trash all the comments in my ontology (consider the C >programming analogy)? again, my point was to emphasize that rdf:comments should NOT be stripped out. However, comments that didn't effect the graph would live in the source document > >Just look at some of the things that are typically done with comments >(e.g., in the DAML+OIL ontology library, where they are often used to >attach natural language rubrics to classes) and ask yourself (a) if >this could be done using XML comments (while maintaining tool >interoperability), and (b) if it is appropriate that such comments >affect entailment in the ontology language. exactly, if I attach different natural language to two different URIs they are NOT the same (see my "embarass" example) - that's my main point. So I guess we are agreeing :-> > >Ian > >> >> -- >> Professor James Hendler firstname.lastname@example.com >> Director, Semantic Web and Agent Technologies 301-405-2696 >> Maryland Information and Network Dynamics Lab. 301-405-6707 (Fax) >> Univ of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 240-731-3822 (Cell) >> http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/hendler >> -- Professor James Hendler firstname.lastname@example.com Director, Semantic Web and Agent Technologies 301-405-2696 Maryland Information and Network Dynamics Lab. 301-405-6707 (Fax) Univ of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 240-731-3822 (Cell) http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/hendlerReceived on Saturday, 8 February 2003 19:21:15 UTC
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.1 : Tuesday, 6 January 2015 21:56:51 UTC