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Homer E. Line Jr., 85, Wabash, died at 1:29 a.m., Friday, March 1, at his home.
He was born Nov. 1, 1927 in Rochester, to Dr. Homer Earl and Lavaughn "Bonnie" (Ensley) Line.
Homer was a 1946 graduate of Chili High School. He married Esther Irene Long at his parents home in Chili on Nov. 1, 1950. He served in the US Army, had his basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, and served in Korea and Japan. He lived and farmed in Chili most of his life, and also worked and maintained the Chili Cemetery several years.
He is survived by his wife Esther Irene Line, Wabash. He was loved and respected for his love of the outdoors, sense of humor, and wonderful character by his nieces and nephews, Cindy Benge, Wabash, Karen (Darrin) Clark, Tampa, Fla., Alan (Schawnn) Decker, Grand Forks, N.D., James (Cathy) Decker Reno, Nev., Terry (Valerie) Decker, Grand Forks, Mike (Anna Marie) Dowen, Madison, Va., Liz Iverson of Sarasota, Fla., Lisa Jackson of Matthew, N.C., David Long, Peru, Raymond Long, Rosco, Ill., Laura (Mike) Musall, Fishers, Carol (Gary) Paradise Marietta, Ga., and Marcie (Bud) Thurston of Peru. His parents and his sister, Marilyn Dowen, preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at Grandstaff-Hentgen, Roann Chapel, 335 S. Chippewa Road, Roann on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Kurt Freeman officiating. Burial will be in Chili Cemetery. Friends may call 12-2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, donations are to Chili Cemetery.
The memorial guest book for Homer may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.


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Serves 4
|tablespoons olive oil
|onion, thinly sliced
|Salt and black pepper, to taste
|cloves garlic, finely chopped
|yellow bell pepper, cored, seeded and chopped
| link (4 ounces) spicy chourico or chorizo,
cut into 1-inch rounds
|small red potatoes,
|pounds bone-in chicken parts (drumsticks, thighs, and breasts)
|cup tomato or vegetable juice
|cup water, or more
if necessary
1. In a flameproof casserole over medium heat, heat the olive oil. Add the onion, salt, and black pepper. Cook, stirring often for
8 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 1 minute more.
2. Add the bell pepper, chourico or chorizo, and potatoes. Cook, stirring often, for 3 minutes, or until the sausage begins to brown.
3. Set the chicken, skin side down, in a single layer in the pot. Cook for 3 minutes. Use tongs to turn the chicken and cook 3 minutes more. Turn the chicken skin side up. Add the tomato or vegetable juice and water. Bring to a boil, lower the heat, and set on the
cover askew.
4. Cook for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the chicken is cooked through and the potatoes are tender. Check if the mixture seems dry. Add more water, ¼ cup at a time, if necessary.
5. Taste for seasoning and add more salt and black pepper, if
you like. Serve with rice.
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WinSonar 2006 XP (Zancart Industries) is a multifunctional security tool. This relates to the free edition, but probably relates to any paid for version as well.
You may notice some instability and the fact that the "Web Alert!" facility gives an overflow message (error 6). The option to clear the messages does not work, as, when you accept the error message, the application closes.
This is likely to happen if you have used earlier versions, as the logfiles are not cleared when you upgrade the application.
There is a simple workaround:
1. Go into Windows Explorer and locate the Winsonar folder in your Program Files folder.
2. Manually empty the messages from the Web_Alert.log and Web_Alert.txt files.
You may also have experienced problems with starting applications that are not standard Microsoft, and were installed prior to WinSonar. If so, you have two choices:
1. Add them to the allowed process "whitelist"
2. Click on the icon in the toolbar and select "exit"...............this will give you a confirmation pop-up. Ignore it and carry on with what you wanted to do. This effectively suspends WinSonar, so you just have to go back to the pop-up when you have finished, and click the "No" button, which will reactivate it.
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The nice thing about wrapping a store into WP is you get what is arguably the best CMS too. If you use SalesForce or other CRM that is another data integraiton issue you will need to budget for, but on a scale of 1 to 10 in difficulty adding a Wordpress Store isn't higher than a 5 especially if you like one of these themes.
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Changes for the better seen in Nebraska communities
LINCOLN—A higher percentage of rural Nebraskans this year said they've seen positive change in their communities than in any year since 1997, according to the 2012 Nebraska Rural Poll.
The 17th annual University of Nebraska-Lincoln poll was sent to 6,350 households in Nebraska's 84 nonmetropolitan counties in March and April. Results are based on 2,323 responses.
Thirty-four percent of respondents said their community had changed for the better in the last year, 20% said for the worse and 46% said there had been no change. The changed-for-the-better percentage is highest since 1997's 37%. As recently as 2009, only 23% said their community had changed for the better.
Members of the Rural Poll team said that optimism might be a reflection of a strong agricultural economy that largely has bucked nationwide economic trends. "We're on a confidence uptick," said rural sociologist Randy Cantrell. "Now, what the drought does to that is a question" that likely will be reflected in next year's poll.
The poll also explored residents' involvement in their communities. It found: 79% have belonged to a local group or organization; 77% have donated money to a local organization, charity or cause other than a church; 74% have donated to a local church; and 71% volunteered time to a local organization.
Also, 35% said they had held a leadership role in a local group in the past year and 11% have held a public office or served on a government board in the last year.
Those percentages are generally down from 2002, the last year these questions were asked. The poll shows that those with incomes above $60,000 and those in agriculture or management/professional and education are likelier than other income and employment groups to get involved in and lead organizations.
Rural sociologists like Cantrell worry about declining interest in serving in and leading community organizations, a trend confirmed in comparing the 2002 and 2012 numbers. Some residents may be content to let "a small and relatively elite group" step forward and lead, he said.
Cheryl Burkhart-Krieisel, UNL Extension specialist in entrepreneurship/business development in the Panhandle, said she was surprised the differences in involvement weren't more pronounced among age groups. But, she noted, there are significant, though understandable, differences in donating to local groups between income categories. Eighty-seven percent of those making $60,000 or more reported donating to local groups or causes, compared to 58% of those making less than $20,000.
In another area, most rural Nebraskans said they have access to various goods and services within 15 miles, including: post office, 94%; gas station, 89%; bank, 82%; church, 81%; grocery store, 78%; auto repair, 78%; and restaurant/café/bar, 77%.
However, only 43% said they had critical medical care within 15 miles.
As in past years, the poll shows rural Nebraskans rate their communities high on a variety of social dimensions, including friendliness, trust and supportiveness, and on most basic community services and amenities, including fire protection, parks and recreation, education and more. But they rank their communities lower on other qualities, such as retail shopping, entertainment, streets and roads and restaurants.
"There clearly are tradeoffs people are willing to make" to live in rural areas, Cantrell said.
RURAL POLL: The Rural Poll is the largest annual poll of rural Nebraskans' perceptions on quality of life and policy issues. This year's response rate was about 37%. The margin of error is plus or minus 2%.
With its 17-year history, the poll has a collection of data about rural trends and perceptions that is unmatched in the country, said Becky Vogt, project manager who's been working on the Rural Poll since its second year.
The university's Center for Applied Rural Innovation conducts the poll in cooperation with the Nebraska Rural Initiative with funding from UNL Extension and the Agricultural Research Division in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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ANZ Bank has become the latest big bank to deliver strong profit growth despite subdued economic conditions, handing down $1.53 billion in cash earnings for the December quarter.
The result, a 6 per cent increase on a year ago, was helped by wider profit margins from lending to Australian consumers and a push to sign up more home loan and deposit customers.
However, in its Asian business ANZ said it had experienced a margin squeeze due to higher competition, leaving overall group margins flat.
In early trade ANZ shares were down 1.2 per cent to $27.73, a sharper fall than the ASX 200 index, which was down just 0.3 per cent.
On a statutory basis, unaudited net profits were $1.36 billion, down from $1.44 billion a year earlier due to accounting adjustments.
An analyst at Deutsche Bank, James Freeman, said the "fair" result suggested ANZ was on track to meet the market's expectations that it would make a $3.08 billion cash profit this half.
Chief executive Mike Smith said its Australian division had also benefited from keeping costs down, while Asia was playing a growing role in the business.
Profits from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong made the third biggest contribution to group earnings after its Australia and New Zealand businesses, he said.
"Our strategy has seen us benefit from volume growth in Asia and our exposure to these opportunities
is an increasingly important part of the group's earnings," Mr Smith said.
"In Australia and in New Zealand we won share in a number of priority markets including retail deposits and mortgages."
Mr Smith said the result was in line with what the bank had expected several months ago, and the growth came "despite soft economic conditions in Australia and New Zealand, and cautious behaviour by consumers and business."
The market had a lukewarm reaction to the figures. In early trade ANZ shares were off 46 cents - 1.66 per cent - at $27.60.
The result rounds out a series of bank profit results that have tended to exceed the market's expectations.
The Commonwealth Bank made a record $3.78 billion profit in the December half, while NAB profits hit $1.45 billion in the December quarter due to lower charges for bad debts. Westpac is not reporting on its performance during the current earnings season.
The banks' profit growth has come against a backdrop of weak demand for credit, with annual growth in mortgage lending at its slowest pace on record, according to Reserve Bank figures.
'Improved lending margins'
Despite consumers being averse to debt, CBA, NAB and ANZ have all reported slight improvements in their lending margins from Australian retail banking, though ANZ's group-wide margin was flat.
Margins have expanded after banks declined to pass on the full value cash rate cuts to customers. Wholesale funding costs on global markets have also fallen in recent months.
At the same time, the banks say competition for deposits is fierce, so their overall funding costs remain under pressure.
Lower interest rates also appear to have prevented an increase in bad loans, with ANZ reporting no change in credit quality trends.
Mr Smith said the recent flooding in Australia had not materially affected the bank's provisions for bad debts, which were in line with previous expectations.
Aside from the performance of its Australian business, ANZ's global markets division had a strong quarter, with income growing by 26 per cent to $544 million.
''It's a solid result - no major surprises, either negative or positive. It's pretty much steady as she goes, keeping the bank on track for solid full-year increase in earnings,'' Morningstar head of banking research David Ellis said.
''The trading update is in line with expectations. The underlying cash profit is a solid increase on the first quarter 2012. Bad debts were a bit lower than expected but ANZ reconfirmed their full-year guidance for bad debts to be about 10 per cent higher than 2012, so we expect a catch-up on that later in the year.
''One of the positives was operating expenses, which were slightly down. ... Revenue growth is expected to exceed expense growth, so that's a positive. Market share growth is good in Australia in retail deposits and mortgages.''
Bell Potter Securities banking analyst T.S. Lim said ANZ's results were considered subdued compared with the National Australia Bank and the Commonwealth Bank's results.
"I think the Australian business is doing well but they are seeing some margin pressure overseas unlike some of the other [banks], where they have seen rises in margins," Mr Lim said.
"They are having good productivity gains and asset quality is good right around. The bad debt charges are better than I had. So overall, it's not a bad result. But institutionally, there's still a lot of margin pressure there."
Mr Lim said the margin pressures in New Zealand were a result of the bank's efforts to integrate its brand, and there would be "some distraction" there for a period of time.
Betting on growth
ANZ is cutting costs and betting on growth in overseas markets amid the weakest mortgage demand in Australia since 1977. Mr Smith, who cut 1,000 jobs last year, is seeking to pare expenses as a record savings rate pushes up deposit costs and competition.
"We continue to see good long-term upside from ANZ's build-out of its international and institutional divisions and growth in segments such as markets and transaction banking," Sydney-based Ben Koo, an analyst at Goldman Sachs, said before the announcement.
ANZ Bank shares climbed 0.9 per cent to $28.06 in Sydney yesterday and have risen 12 per cent this year, compared with a 8.3 per cent gain for the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index.
ANZ's global markets income rose 26 per cent to $544 million during the quarter, while average customer deposits increased 12.3 per cent and average lending assets were up 7.6 per cent.
Customer sales income increased four per cent on the bank's quarterly average for 2012, with ANZ's Australian business performing well and its Asian arm having its strongest ever customer sales result.
The bank said its credit quality trends were in line with expectations, with an impairment charge of $311 million.
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GH2 Hack
Posted 12 April 2012 - 05:42 AM
The hack can increase this to 44 Mbit.
Is there any real world difference for underwater use? I view my files on a mac screen rather than large screen HD TV so not sure the increase in bit rate would make a noticeable difference.
Any down side to this hack other than increased file sizes.
I can appreciate there may be a difference topside but not sure how useful this would be for underwater video.
Posted 12 April 2012 - 08:05 AM
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Posted 13 April 2012 - 07:32 PM
I am currently using the GH2 at factory settings ;1080/24P video at 24 Mbit.
The hack can increase this to 44 Mbit.
Is there any real world difference for underwater use? I view my files on a mac screen rather than large screen HD TV so not sure the increase in bit rate would make a noticeable difference.
Any down side to this hack other than increased file sizes.
I can appreciate there may be a difference topside but not sure how useful this would be for underwater video.
In fact the Ptool hack can now increase the bitrate of the GH2 up to about 220 mbps and...perhaps more importantly...at a GOP of 1. This means that not only does the high bitrate provide much more information overhead for post-production work, but the GOP of 1 means that the codec has been effectively altered from a long GOP AVCHD to a flavor of AVC-Intra. Thus, all of the compression is happening within each frame and there are no "interpolated" GOP frames...each actual frame of the video is based on real world information.
The trade off is the data is filling the SD card at about a Gig a minute...and you need to be very careful about the type of card you use to prevent camera lock-up. But...the end result is that the image quality is stunning! There's enough comments on the internet that it compares very favorably with RED Epic and the new Canon C300.
I've been using two hacked GH2's since the hack became available last year and both are now using a variant of Dritwood's 220/GOP1 settings. Used these recently for shooting a documentary in Indonesia (Ambon-Bandas-West Papua/whale sharks). Over 500 Gigs shot with not one lock-up. I'll put up a trailer on Vimeo as soon as I get the time. There are also many other topside examples on Vimeo since there are a lot of people now shooting serious stuff using hacked GH2's.
Another advantage of high mbps is if you need to do frame grabs off the video. The still image quality improves with higher bit-rates and is a big advantage for the videographer who also needs high quality stills for web based work.
Bottom line...there is no down side to the hack. There are now many off-the -shelf settings options available so you can fine-tune your GH2 for your particular requirements...and you can easily revert to factory settings any time. A most useful resource of information and settings is the Russian hacker's own website: http://personal-view.com/
Edited by HDVdiver, 13 April 2012 - 07:38 PM.
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Posted 14 April 2012 - 01:27 AM
220mbps That's a lot of data, a lot of cards, a lot of hard drives. So the previous 75mbps and 150mbps driftwood hacks were not intraframe?
It's a lot of data...but I think it's worth it. The guy who organized the expedition to West Papua was using a Sony EX3 in a Gates housing and the KOMPAS TV crew was shooting uw with a couple of Canon 5Dmark2's. They all agreed that in terms of pure resolution and overall image quality the hacked GH2 was ahead.
Management isn't so bad with a decent routine in place. I usually get two (at a stretch three) dives per 32Gb card, although if possible I swap cards after dive two. At the end of the day transfer data to a couple of 1Tb external drives. OK as long as power is available. For places like Banda Islands where power was off more than on I had spare cards and camera batteries (and video light batteries). Some guys on Personal View have started using the new 64 Gb cards with varying results. I've yet to try them myself but they will be a big advantage if they are able to keep up with the high data rate (the new internal architecture/data management is different to the 32Gb class 10's that do work well).
I haven't been following all of the variants of Ptool settings but I see no reason why it's not possible to have a GOP of 1 with a lower bitrate. There probably are many out there. However, I am personally striving for maximum possible image quality so 220 mbps GOP1 is the best I've seen so far (I did a lot of testing when the GH2 hack first came out). The beauty of Ptool is that it allows you to customize all of the relevant firmware settings according to one's requirements.
Oh...I forgot to mention...the great thing is that the bitrate is variable; it only goes to 220 if the complexity of the scene requires it. So in reality it's averaging about 150 mbps, which for Mpeg4/H.264 is still pretty decent (equal to about 300 mbps @ Mpeg 2).
Edited by HDVdiver, 14 April 2012 - 01:36 AM.
Posted 14 April 2012 - 05:54 AM
Thanks for the posts above.
They contain very useful info.
I will now download the GH2 44mbit hack. Dont want to go higher as i only have 16 GB SD cards.
Would really like to see some of your footage using high bit rates.
Posted 14 April 2012 - 11:42 AM
Posted 14 April 2012 - 04:39 PM
I'll try to get some videos up on Vimeo asap, but in the meanwhile here are some random frame grabs:
Edited by HDVdiver, 14 April 2012 - 10:50 PM.
Posted 15 April 2012 - 05:53 AM
You can find the Natural hack or setting here (Natural v2.11):
With this hack you have a versatile m43 camera that can shoot stills, macros, and well-stabilized video. The kit lens (14 to 42 or 28 to 84 in 35 mm equivalent focal lengths) is quite good for video and has good OIS. I have the fisheye and the 45 macro from Panasonic, and have been shooting topside telephoto with Canon L lenses and a cheap adaptor. It's an incredible piece of kit for the price. One downside is that you may find some blue banding because the codec is still only 8 bit 4:2:0. I have been told that you can get good corner to corner sharpness with the Nauticam ports (domes and semi domes) if you stop down to F11 to F13. I frequently shoot landscapes stopped down to F18 with great detail and resolution in video mode. Looking forward to getting mine soon. If you are going to use a hack, read up on the threads from the link above (there a number of quirks, one of which is that you always have to move from the next highest ISO to the one you want to use to avoid the ISO bug that causes noise, e.g., when you turn on the camera, set ISO to 200 then move it to 160 - you always have to do this for the cleanest image.)
Here's some telephoto clips I shot in January with an outdated hack that had some issues. Cadence problems you may notice are from using high shutter speeds and problems with the earlier settings. With the GH2 extended teleconversion mode you actually get full 1920 1080 video with a focal length multiplier of 5. Using a 300 lens and 1.4 converter gives you an effective focal length of 2100 mm:
Edited by scaper, 15 April 2012 - 10:59 AM.
Posted 15 April 2012 - 09:13 AM
lighter, smaller camera and housings than 5dII
AF is available in video mode but is slower than with a camcorder
pixel binning instead of line skipping leads to far less moire than with 5DII
HDV Diver, are you using autofocus? If so, how well is it working for you underwater?
Here are 2 more sample vids of a snapping turtle underwater and an Amazon fish shot through aquarium glass with AF on and kit lens with an outdated hack and ISO of 1200 to 1600 as I recall. The latest hacks have better detail, motion, and less macro-blocking in shadows:
It's only a coincidence that I used the Aquarius hack in an aquarium
Aquarius is a high bit rate Intra codec, but is inferior to the latest hack offerings.
One more shot with kit lens shot into an aquarium. The GH2 doesn't have the dynamic range of its more expensive brethren, but apparently the latest hacks improve this as well. Everything I have shown here was shot in 24P. The kit lens in autofocus mode seems to latch on to backgrounds.
Edited by scaper, 15 April 2012 - 10:53 AM.
Posted 15 April 2012 - 11:04 AM
Can the hacked GH2 deliver 1080 60p?
It cannot. It will do 720 60p. Most of the hacks have focused more on 24p and 30p quality improvements. The latest 720 60p settings are getting much better, but these are the ones most likely to lock up your camera, create on-camera playback issues, or fail to span (make files longer than around 4 gigs) depending on the max bit rate of the SDHC cards you use.. 1080 60i is fairly lousy in all the hacks I have tried - lots of artifacts.
Posted 15 April 2012 - 11:07 AM
Mostly using an old converted Subal F4. Recently bought a Nauticam...very well made housing, just a pity the dome ports are plastic. I'll probably use it more when I get around to making an adapter for my Subal ports.
I'll try to get some videos up on Vimeo asap, but in the meanwhile here are some random frame grabs:
I would love to see some of your clips. I know it's time consuming to get them loaded - no hurry.
Posted 15 April 2012 - 04:33 PM
HDV Diver, are you using autofocus? If so, how well is it working for you underwater?
It generally works very well with the 7-14mm that I normally use for wide/medium scenes. AF speed and accuracy noticeably improves when the ambient light is good or when the video lights provide a good fill. As with any AF system mid-water work with sharks, etc can be a challenge so I tend to use MF under these circumstances. Importantly, the actual AF area/location can be user altered according to need...which often improves accuracy under difficult lighting conditions.
Some Lumix lenses AF more accurately/faster than others; the 7-14mm is a remarkable lens in every sense...the Olympus 12mm f2 is also very good.
For macro I always use two LED lights so the AF (14-45mm+Diopter; 45mm Lumix/Leica macro) works very well.
The other big advantage of the GH2 is that it allows the use of many older type lenses via an adapter. For specific projects/requirements I use some lovely old glass (e.g. Minolta 8mm; Nikkor; Zeiss Contax various mm) in fully manual mode.
Also, should mention that the GH2 has some very useful user settings in the menu setup which have a meaningful influence on how the image (color/sharpness/contrast/noise/WB/etc) looks straight out of the camera. Further color grading/WB/gamma/whatever can be done with a decent NLE (Edius 6 on a Sandy-bridge i7 easily handles 220mbps mts)...but generally what comes out of the camera requires little or no tweaking during editing if the camera is correctly set up.
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Edited by scaper, 15 April 2012 - 05:28 PM.
Posted 16 April 2012 - 02:41 AM
At the beginning I was working at F3.5 which is inusable (I'm a noob). Now, with my Lumix 8mm I stay F8 going hyperfocal. If I need, I just rise the ISO.
It's incredible how the shoots keeps well in post. I use Edius which loads and works AVCHD like a breeze!
Posted 16 April 2012 - 03:31 AM
Posted 18 April 2012 - 12:30 AM
HDV Diver, what diopter are you using with the 14-45mm? Is it a wet or dry diopter? I am trying to find a good macro lens setup to use with a 10Bar housing.
Diopter is on the lens inside the port. I prefer the two element apo type (e.g. Marumi) but even a decent (Nikon, Hoya, etc.) single element optic will do a good job.
Posted 23 April 2012 - 08:38 AM
I have been considering going with a hacked GH2 for a while. It is fantastic to get some feedback from someone with real experience with underwater video. Can you say a little more about the white-balance (limitations or abilities)? Also, for macro work, do you think the 45mm macro is any better than the 14-45 with a diopter?
BTW, I also dove with those whale sharks in April 2011 from the Damai. It was a fantastic experience (and the Damai had 24 hour power 8-).
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YaMma enables Business Process Automation by managing the transformation and efficient exchange of business-critical information among people, applications, and devices. YaMma ("Yet another Mail management application") is an application similar to the Kofax client. It is highly customizable through graphical tools to meet your needs, and integrates with workflow and content management applications such as Alfresco. It is an e-procedure to validate document storage in Alfresco through a complex workflow enabling various actors, from digitization system to manager, to comment or add metadata to content in order to improve later usage, categorization, and retrieval.
YAMIdentd aims at being a simple, small, and functional ident daemon that can both process local requests and forward requests triggered by masqueraded hosts (when it is running on a Linux gateway). It currently only runs on Linux (2.4 and 2.6, 2.2 untested). The daemon can forward to any ident daemon that accepts forwarded requests. The code aims at being stable, fast, and RFC 1413 compliant. It is meant to be run from inetd. It doesn't use any configuration file. It should do the right thing automagically.
Perf4CDI is an add-on package for implementations of CDI (Contexts and Dependency Injection for the Java EE platform, also known as JSR-299) providing convenient integration with Perf4j, a performance monitoring library for Java applications. For basic usage, it's enough to annotate the profiling method in CDI-based applications. Many settings can be customized.
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Career Notes: Posted 37 goals and 56 assists for 93 points in 160 career games Tallied 21 power-play goals and 11 game winner among his 37 markers Four-year letterwinner (2001-05).
2004-05: Played in 39 games with 11-10--21 totals to rank fourth on team in scoring Second on squad with three game-winning goals Scored State's lone goal in 3-1 loss to St. Lawrence (Oct. 15) Scored game winner and added an assist vs. Nebraska-Omaha (Oct. 29) Scored goals in back-to-back games against Ferris State (Nov. 5-6), including the game-winner in game two on the power play Also added an assist in the 5-1 win over FSU (Nov. 6) for his second multiple-point game of the season Scored State's lone goal on the power play in 1-1 OT tie with Cornell (Nov. 12) First career hat trick in 4-1 win over Notre Dame (Dec. 11), including the game-winning tally Picked up two assists vs. Lake Superior State (Jan. 21) Tallied a goal in tie with LSSU (Jan. 22) Set up State's lone goal in 1-1 tie vs. Michigan at Joe Louis (Feb. 5) Picked up three helpers in MSU's two-game sweep of Miami in the first round of the CCHA playoffs (March 11-12) Scored State's lone goal in 4-1 loss to Ohio State in CCHA Super Six Semifinals (March 18).
2003-04: Posted 9-13--22 totals in 42 games Tied for fifth on MSU in scoring with 22 points Tied for sixth in the nation with five game-winning goals Tallied game-winning goal in back-to-back games vs. Western Michigan (Oct. 24-25) as both goals were power-play markers Career-best four assists vs. Ferris State (Oct. 31) Tallied first 5-on-5 goal of the season and game winner at Miami (Nov. 15) Registered three assists in 7-2 win over Michigan Tech in GLI semifinals (Dec. 27) Scored pair of goals vs. Northern Michigan (Jan. 3) and tallied two goals at Bowling Green (Jan. 17) Set up MSU's game-winning tally in 4-2 victory at Ohio State (Jan. 23) Tallied two assists in 8-5 win at Lake Superior State (Feb. 5) Scored game-winning marker in 3-2 win at Alaska Fairbanks (Feb.14) Posted game-winning goal on the power play in 3-0 blanking of Nebraska-Omaha (Feb. 20) Set up MSU's lone goal in CCHA Super Six Quarterfinals vs. Northern Michigan (March 18).
2002-03: Appeared in 38 games with 8-15--23 totals Fourteen of his 23 points (six goals, eight assists) came via the power play Registered two assists vs. Lake Superior State (Oct. 24) Tallied a goal and an assist vs. Niagara (Nov. 9) Scored MSU's second goal on the power play at Minnesota (Nov. 29) Scored power play marker in 5-3 loss to Ferris State (Dec. 7) Drew an assist each night at Lake Superior State (Jan. 3-4) Scored game-winning goal on the power play vs. Alaska Fairbanks (Jan. 10) Had career-best three-point (1-2) night in 6-2 victory over UAF (Jan. 11) Drew an assist on Corey Potter's game-winning tally vs. Michigan (Feb. 15) Registered power play marker vs. Michigan (March 1) Added an assist on MSU's fourth goal in 4-0 shutout at WMU (March 7) Scored career-best two goals and equaled career high with three points in 11-1 victory over UAF (March 14).
2001-02: MSU's second-leading freshmen scorer with 9-18--27 in 41 games Tied for fourth among CCHA rookies in scoring in all games Had at least one point in 13 of his last 17 games Notched first career point - an assist - in Spartan win vs. Lake Superior State (Oct. 11) Picked up first goal in a Spartan uniform against Ferris State (Oct. 20) Scored game-winning goal in MSU defeat of Michigan Tech in first round of Great Lakes Invitational (Dec. 28) Also added an assist in Spartans' win vs. Huskies for second multiple-point game of the season Had a goal and an assist in MSU's 3-3 tie at Ohio State (Feb. 2) First multi-point effort occurred Nov. 9, when he had a pair of assists against UMass Tallied game-winning goal vs. Ohio State (Jan. 25) Recorded first two-assist game vs. Bowling Green (March 9) Assisted on MSU's game-winning goal in a CCHA playoff semifinal win vs. Northern Michigan (March 16) Scored the Spartans' first goal in CCHA playoff championship game vs. Michigan (March 17).
PRIOR TO MSU: Spent the 2000-01 season with the London Nationals of Ontario's Western Junior B Hockey League Ranked second on the team in scoring with 39-29--68 in 50 outings 39 markers were a team-high and paced the league Led the league with nine game-winning goals, eight first goals and eight insurance goals Also shared the Western Junior B League lead in power-play tallies (11), short-handed markers (five), power-play points (24) and short-handed points (five) Ranked third in the league in total points and was second in points per game (1.36 ppg) Shared the Western Junior B lead in playoff scoring with 5-12--17 in 16 postseason games Captured CHOK Radio Award as league's most valuable player Named to the Western Junior B All-League team Played in league's 2001 All-Star Game Team finished regular-season with second-best record and ended the season with a 19-game winning streak Helped the Nationals to a second-place finish in the Western Junior B playoffs Played for the Nationals in 1999-2000, posting 32-20--52 in 57 games.
PERSONAL: Born March 3, 1981 Human resource management major Graduate of John Paul II H.S. in London, Ont. Favorite NHL team: Toronto Maple Leafs Favorite NHL Player: Joe Thornton Says "That '70s Show" is his favorite television program Son of Neil and Shani Goldie.
Career Statistics YEAR GP G A PTS PPG SHG GWG +/- PEN-MIN 2001-02 41 9 18 27 6 0 2 +6 5-10 2002-03 38 8 15 23 6 0 1 -6 5-10 2003-04 42 9 13 22 4 0 5 0 11-22 2004-05 39 11 10 21 5 0 3 -1 14-28 TOTALS 160 37 56 93 21 0 11 -1 35-70


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On Saturday, September 7, we will be working on-site at Summer Winds Stables in Worton, MD, a 501(c) non-profit horse rescue and riding therapy facility that also serves as the College's Western Team's training facility. We are excited to have secured such a large project within Kent County that directly benefits one of our own teams.
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T O P I C R E V I E Wjaygreen1313I have acquired 3 aluminum printing plates? dated Feb. 1st 2003. They are from the Florida Today newspaper relating to the Columbia tragedy (Originally a 20 page Special Edition). I'm having difficulty finding a reference point as to what the value might be. I don't know that I'd sell them but I still am curious. Any suggestions?p51I worked for a newspaper for four years in the 80s and 90s. Most newspapers would have the plate room make extra plates for some newsworthy events. Normally you can tell these by the lack of ink stains/residue in the corners and along the surface, and they usually didn't punch the square registration holes where they were placed on the printing cylinders.Newspapers normally had at least two press runs on a given day, one for the immediate local area and one for the more regional area, so changes would be made between the two and any updates would be included as well.I don't think there's a very strong value, unless you can prove it's the plate they used for the major run and it's a famous newspaper...jaygreen1313I'm pretty sure that they are not "the" plates used. After looking closely now that I know what to look for, I do have the first and second edition of the front page. No signs of ink or usage. Still, pretty cool. Given to me by a friend, she purchased them for $1 a piece. Thanks for the info.p51Generally, these are the things you see in printer used plates: Top and bottom edges bent to the rear to fit on the drumSquare holes punched in the center of any given edge, to align the plateInk residue'Registration' marks, which are either a crosshairs looking image and a series of boxes, usually at the outer edges, to align the plates with any other color plate that goes onto the pageCover page usually has color photos, so if the photos look perfect in B&W, they make the sample plates with B&W photos whereas the production plate wouldn't likely have anything but an open hole as color photos are printed from the primary three colors and the black portion of a color photo is very light in most cases when you see the black plate of a color photo.jaygreen1313The upper and lower edges of the plate are bent backward and have square cut outs in the center. What I thought was dirt, smudges could very well be old ink. Also, there are blank spaces where I would think there should be photos. However, there are other photos printed on the plate. I may just have the original plates. Thanks again.p51Sounds like you have the original plate to me. It'd have to be worth more than a sample plate, in my opinion, anyway.
Newspapers normally had at least two press runs on a given day, one for the immediate local area and one for the more regional area, so changes would be made between the two and any updates would be included as well.
I don't think there's a very strong value, unless you can prove it's the plate they used for the major run and it's a famous newspaper...
Thanks for the info.
Thanks again.
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VMware Throws Channel Multiple Bones At Partner Conference
At its annual Partner Exchange conference, VMware unveiled a series of programs aimed at making life easier and more profitable for partners.
These include a pre-paid cloud credit program for customers, which generates upfront revenue for VARs, and an up-front margin accelerator for partners that sell the Operations Manager virtualization monitoring and management software with vSphere. The goal here is to get partners to make the transition from selling virtualization to selling cloud, and allow them to make more money along the way.


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High power taser test of VLT 4LGSF laser launch telecope
High Power Laser test of VLT 4LGSF Laser Launch Telecope in the ESO climatic chamber in Garching The image quality of ground based telescopes can be significantly improved with the use of Adaptive Optics (AO). The AO system corrects the wavefront distortions introduced by the turbulent atmosphere. The European Very Large Telescope (VLT) is currently being upgraded with a Four Laser Guide Star AO system. TNO builds the Optical Tube Assemblies (OTA) for this Four Laser Guide Star Facility (4LGSF). AO systems require a reference source for wavefront correction. On 10 meter class telescopes, sufficiently bright stars are only available for about 1% of the astronomical targets, therefore the application of natural guide star adaptive optics is very limited. This limitation can be overcome by using an artificial laser guide star. Laser guide stars work by projecting a powerful laser beam to the upper reaches of the atmosphere. The beam excites the sodium atoms in this atmospheric layer at an altitude of 90 km, producing an artificial star in the sky. A wavefront sensor is used to detect how the atmospheric conditions affects the light from the laser guide star. A powerful computer calculates the required real time corrections, which are applied using a deformable mirror with hundreds of small actuators.Credit:
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Ondine Biopharma Corporation, a medical technology company developing photodisinfection based products, today announced its intention to establish a wholly owned subsidiary, "Sinuwave Technologies Corporation", dedicated to the development and commercialization of photodisinfection based products that address the chronic sinusitis market. The subsidiary will license technology developed by Ondine Biopharma over the past ten years and will leverage product development and clinical and regulatory experiences of the Ondine Biopharma and Advanced Photodynamic Therapy teams.
(Vocus) June 30, 2010 -- Ondine Biopharma Corporation (the "Company" or "Ondine") (TSX:OBP)(AIM:OBP) a medical technology company developing photodisinfection based products, today announced its intention to establish a wholly owned subsidiary, "Sinuwave Technologies Corporation", dedicated to the development and commercialization of photodisinfection based products that address the chronic sinusitis market. The subsidiary will license all relevant Ondine intellectual property and know-how for this application, including technology internally developed over the past ten years and technology obtained in Ondine's December 2009 acquisition of Advanced Photodynamic Technologies Inc. ("APT"). Sinuwave Technologies will leverage the product development, clinical and regulatory experiences of both the Ondine and APT teams.
"We believe the powerful antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory benefits of Ondine's photodisinfection technology have the potential to provide substantial relief to persons who suffer from chronic sinusitis," says Carolyn Cross, Chairman & CEO of Ondine Biopharma Corporation. "Over 43 million people in North America suffer from sinusitis. There are over 450,000 patients for whom sinus surgeries and antibiotics have been unsuccessful. We believe that we can apply our expertise as global leaders in photodisinfection to address this large unmet patient need."
About Ondine Biopharma Corporation
Ondine is developing non-antibiotic therapies for the treatment of a broad spectrum of bacterial, fungal and viral infections. The Company is focused on developing leading edge products utilizing its patented light-activated technology. Photodisinfection provides broad-spectrum antimicrobial efficacy without encouraging the formation and spread of antibiotic resistance. The Company is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with a research and development laboratory in Bothell, Washington, USA.
For additional information, please visit http://www.ondinebiopharma.com and http://www.sinuwave.com.
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Genre: Animals, Nature
Premise: Matt Watson isn't one to leisurely cast a line on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Give him the biggest, baddest beasts of the deep to conquer, however, and the devoted extreme angler is as happy as a clam. This series takes Watson, a New Zealander who began fishing when he was 3, to the world's oceans, where he tests the mako shark's intelligence, wrestles giant catfish barehanded, chases colossal tuna and tags tiger sharks, among other adventures.


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Beavers well represented on HCAC All-Conference team
By Dan Crider, SID Intern
April 28, 2004
BLUFFTON, OHIO - The Bluffton College track and field team participated in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference championships this past weekend with the women's team earning their first ever conference title. The men's team placed third; as they tied their best ever finish from 2003.
Sophomore Rita Muether (Celina/Celina) won both the 200 and 400 meter dash and was on the winning 4x100 and 4x400 meter relay teams. For her efforts the sprinter was named the Most Outstanding Female Track Athlete and earned all-conference. Freshman Cindy Allan (Fayette/Archbold) was named Most Outstanding Freshman Female Athlete after finishing third in the 100 meter dash and fourth in the 200 meter dash. Allen was also a part of the winning 4x100 relay team. Head coach Nate Smith was also recognized in the awards as he received Women's Coach of the Year in the Heartland Conference.
All-HCAC (event winners) - Women
Jana Hammer- 100 meter dash - 12.76
Rita Muether- 200 meter dash - 25.95
Rita Muether- 400 meter dash - 59.89
Amanda Habegger- 100 meter hurdles - 15.95
Cindy Allen, Amanda Habegger, Jana Hammer, Rita Muether- 4x100 relay - 49.77
Amanda Habegger, Jana Hammer, Rita Muether, Stephanie Welch-4x400 relay - 4:06.99
Kimleeta Davis- long jump - 5.16 meters
Laurel Miller- Honorable Mention All-HCAC - 21 total points
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Josh Espinoza- pole vault - 4.25 meters
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Battery light flashes they have replaced the alternator and cables. The battery light still flashes they are saying it is now the PCM . What are the symptoms of a bad PCM and approximate cost of a used one?
Car Brakes: How Do You Know When to Change Them?
By Zach Bowman For those who suffer a daily commute through heavy traffic, your vehicle's braking system can bring thousands of pounds of metal, plastic and empty Starbucks cups to a stop hundreds of times before you get to work. It goes without saying that these pieces wear out, but they do so slowly, meaning you may not notice they need attention until ...


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A casino group has accused U.S. professional poker star Phil Ivey of cheating at baccarat and won't pay his claimed multimillion dollar winnings.
LONDON — A casino group has accused U.S. professional poker star Phil Ivey of cheating at baccarat and says the alleged scam means they don't have to pay his claimed multimillion dollar winnings.
The Genting Group said in court papers filed Tuesday that Ivey and an accomplice used an elaborate scam to run up roughly 7.8 million pounds ($11.9 million) in tainted winnings that will not be honored.
The accusation raises questions about the integrity of Ivey, who at 37 is one of the world's most highly regarded poker players. The phenomenally successful player has won numerous World Series of Poker Championship bracelets.
Ivey issued a statement through his lawyers Wednesday denying the allegations "in the very strongest of terms."
The casino group was responding to a lawsuit filed in Britain's High Court last month by Ivey in which he said he is owed the 7.8 million pounds. He claimed to have won the money at the venerable Crockfords casino in August. Crockfords is part of the Genting Group.
Ivey said in his statement that he was aware of the casino's allegations before he filed his lawsuit.
"The fact that I have issued a lawsuit in the face of what they are alleging says everything about how comfortable I am with my conduct and the validity of my win," he said.
The casino group said in the court papers that Ivey's claim is "based upon illegal acts" that void his claimed winnings. It said he was able to have a "significant advantage" over the casino by using improper means to determine whether the first card being dealt in the baccarat hands would be a powerful or weak card, allowing him to place his bets accordingly.
The court papers claim that Ivey was able to increase the size of his bets "substantially" once the scam had started to work.
The Genting Group is based in Malaysia and has a significant presence in the U.K., including Crockfords, one of Britain's oldest casinos.


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Top seeds prevail in finals of New Zealand Beach Volleyball Open
Their win was matched by the top men's seeds, Tauranga's Sam O'Dea and Mike Watson, who fought back against a determined challenge from the young combination of Tom Hartles and Ben O'Dea 2-1 (21-9, 18-21,15-12), to make it three wins out of three events on the National Tour.
Polley and Tilley had earlier in the day comfortably overcome in their semifinal the team that downed them in last week's Waikato Open, Melissa Ruru and Danielle Quigley, and looked to be continuing their dominance at the start of the final, when they took the first set 21-18 against Elwin and Iatika, who had placed 9th in the 2013 World Championships. Polley made some great blocks against her more experienced opponents, while Tilley managed several points by swiping off the Vanuatu blocks.
In the second and third sets, the visiting women switched on the afterburners, mixing up their attack well with some effective cut shots, and well-placed spikes through the middle of the court, splitting the Kiwi team, who were forced to play catch-up throughout both sets.
Polley and Tilley had the consolation of taking out the overall Tour Championship, and with it the important No.1 New Zealand ranking, as they head into international play later this year.
The Men's final was a procession in the first set with the more experienced Watson/O'Dea combination, unbeaten in New Zealand this summer, jumping out to an early lead on the back of some inspirational play by a fired-up Mike Watson and cool-headed net plays by Sam O'Dea, the tallest of the three O'Dea brothers.
In the second set, Ben O'Dea's jump float serves became an effective weapon for the younger team, with North Shore's up-and-coming Tom Hartles working hard on both his serve-receive, and attack play to even the match up and force a third set tie-breaker. The last set again went point for point, until a final pair of unforced errors by the Hartles/B.O'Dea combination gave the match, title and New Zealand Tour Championship to their opponents.
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Fire damages 2 buildings in NE Houston
Updated 8:58 pm, Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Firefighters spent about 30 minutes battling a fire that heavily damaged two buildings in northeast Houston.
The fire broke out about 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday at a vacant building along Mesa near Tidwell, officials said.
High winds caused the flames to jump to a second building, which also sustained heavy damage, officials said.
Houston firefighters were able to stop the blaze from spreading to a nearby church.
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Hello everyone,
I'd like to ask about the meaning of "test you to the very core of your being" in the following context:
The weather isn't always pleasant, though. Sometimes you are lashed by theelements—rain, wind, unbearable heat, or freezing cold. These represent the adversities and challenges in life. They can be extremely harsh—perhaps even test you to the very core of your being—and they cannot be avoided. You do not know when the storm will come; you only know that it will come. Mild weather never lasts forever.
Does the phrase in question simply mean "test you completely", i.e. difficult situations test you?
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Schaumburg Law Firm Helps Homeowners With Short Sales
By: Marketwired .
Jan. 9, 2013 04:25 PM
SCHAUMBURG, IL -- (Marketwire) -- 01/09/13 -- Schaumburg-based law firm Gardi & Haught, Ltd. is helping homeowners successfully streamline the short sale process, an option for those who owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth, by not charging them fees for representation. Instead, the firm earns its fees on a discretionary basis directly from the lending institution.
Short sales, long favored over foreclosures for faster closing times and a greater return on investment for lenders, increased the first quarter of 2012 by 25 percent and are expected to continue rising through 2013. Typically, short sales require about 90 to 150 days from signed contract to closing. Foreclosures can take up to two years.
"We do not charge fees to the seller at all. We get paid by the bank -- whatever the bank deems necessary," said Hiten R. Gardi, cofounder of Gardi & Haught, a firm specializing in six areas of law, including real estate. "We wanted to help people get out of this very difficult situation without them having to pay anything. Most firms take a fee upfront. Our philosophy is that these people are in a hole so why put them in a bigger one?"
Gardi & Haught's firm is comprised of thirty-eight people, including four attorneys with five paralegals staffed just in its short sale legal department. The nine-year-old firm handles over 1,000 short sale closings per year.
"We see the people selling their homes at the closing," said Gardi, "and see the satisfaction, gratification and relief in their eyes. They really, really appreciate what we did for them." Gardi was inspired by the number of clients who came to his firm for help on short sales. "We really wanted to make it easier and less stressful on people who are going through such upheaval in their lives. I get it from my grandfather. He's now 98 and all he (Dipchand Gardi) does is devote 100% of his time to charitable causes like building schools in India. I believe you get true blessings from those people you help and expect nothing in return."
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Cigarettes Cause the Worst Bad Breath
By Dr. Harold Katz - Bad Breath Expert
Posted: March 18, 2010According to studies, researchers found that people said that least desirable breath smell in a kissing partner was cigarette breath. Also, the survey found that 70% of people said they don't even want to talk to someone who has just smoked a cigarette.
Cigarettes ranked higher than garlic, Marmite, onions, beer, pickled onions, fish, curry, coffee and unbrushed teeth as the least desirable breath smell. One of the researchers discussed how much of a big deal halitosis was in dealing with personal situations. The researcher also mentioned that bad breath (i.e. garlic breath) may make a difference in whether or not a person lands a job.
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Caribbean Grilled Ribeyes Recipe
I made this mind-blowing steak with my father-in-law in mind. He loved it, and so did everyone else. You can serve it as part of all types of meals, but it's especially good alongside seafood. —De'Lawrence Reed, Durham, North Carolina
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- 1/2 cup Dr Pepper
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1/4 cup Caribbean jerk seasoning
- 1-1/2 teaspoons chopped seeded habanero pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 4 beef ribeye steaks (3/4 pound each)
- Place the first six ingredients in a blender; cover and process until blended. Pour into a large resealable plastic bag. Add steaks; seal bag and turn to coat. Refrigerate at least 2 hours.
- Drain and discard marinade. Grill steaks, covered, over medium heat or broil 3-4 in. from heat for 4-6 minutes on each side or until meat reaches desired doneness (for medium-rare, a thermometer should read 145°; medium, 160°; well-done, 170°). Yield: 4 servings.
Editor's Note: Wear disposable gloves when cutting hot peppers; the oils can burn skin. Avoid touching your face.
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Cassini at Enceladus [1]
Enceladus is not just one of the moons of Saturn — it's one of the treasures of the solar system. Water squirts into space from cracks in its icy crust — most likely fed by a lake of salty water below the crust. The combination of water, minerals, and the heat source that keeps the water from freezing gives the lake the basic ingredients for life.
The spacecraft that has painted this amazing portrait of Enceladus will take another close look at the moon tomorrow. Cassini will skim just 300 miles or so above the surface. It'll use several of its instruments to study the plumes of water and ice, and the "hotspots" from whence they come.
Cassini will also use an instrument it hasn't yet aimed at Enceladus: its radar.
It has used the radar to study Saturn's largest moon, Titan. An orange haze tops Titan's atmosphere, so we can't see its surface. But the radar peers through the haze, allowing scientists to map the surface. The maps show lakes of liquid methane, river channels, giant dunes, and possible ice volcanoes.
Using Cassini's radar to study Enceladus will help the scientists compare the two worlds — a pair of solar system treasures.
Saturn is quite low in the east at first light. It looks like a golden star, with the true star Spica to its lower right. Titan is visible through modest telescopes as a tiny "star" quite near Saturn. To see Enceladus, though, you need a bigger telescope — or a spacecraft like Cassini.
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One perennial prediction about American elections remains likely to hold this November. The winning party will be the one that is more optimistic about America--even in the midst of a struggling economy. "American civilization, from its beginnings," writes historian Daniel Boorstin, "had combined a dogmatic confidence in the future with a naive puzzlement over what the future might bring."
This confidence has not been confined to one party. Both Republican Theodore Roosevelt and Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt had it, as did John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
Optimism in this sense is not a philosophy but more of a temperament, a comfort with the country's eternal potential and a faith in its virtues. Reagan was the quintessential American optimist. He was an ardent conservative who wanted to turn sharply away from the liberalism of the 1960s and '70s. But he was also a man who was clearly at home in the America of the '70s--in Hollywood and in California, the diverse, complex, constantly changing state that he governed from 1967 to 1975.
In the '70s and '80s, to many Americans the Democratic Party seemed more concerned with America's shortcomings than its strengths. Many of its leaders criticized the country relentlessly for its behavior at home and abroad, for its inequities and injustices. The Democrats, Jeane Kirkpatrick said at the Republican Convention in 1984, "always blame America first."
Today it is the Republican Party that often seems angry with America. Read the best-selling books by conservatives these days, watch Fox News or attend a Tea Party rally. They are filled with rage, often combined with a powerful nostalgia for an America that has gone away.
Reagan was said to be three parts optimism and one part nostalgia. Recently, that formula has been inverted. In 1996, Bob Dole gave an astonishing convention speech that attacked those who believed the U.S. had improved over the past decades. "I say you're wrong. And I know because I was there. And I have seen it. And I remember," said Dole. So much for progress on civil rights, women's rights or even toward a more open and meritocratic economy and society.
Nostalgia is now commonplace on the right. Michael Savage, a leading radio commentator, recounts in The Savage Nation a time when he received a tasty recipe for meatballs from a fan, which got him thinking that "back when America was still moral and whole, our meatballs were big, soft and tasty. Today, thanks mainly to the Demoncats, the libs and the Commu-Nazis who rule the courts, America's meatballs are small, hard and tasteless." Who knew that even the food was better in the 1950s!
Anger and nostalgia are at the heart of the Tea Party. In their book The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism, two scholars, Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williamson, use polling data, surveys and interviews to explore the roots of the movement. Skocpol and Williamson describe a segment of the electorate that is in general older, white, religious and deeply troubled by America today. "It's so sad the way the country is now," they quote Bonnie Sims of southeastern Virginia, who then adds that values like hard work, thrift and obedience to the law are no longer taught in the U.S. "You have to select English" for daily transactions, Sims explains to the authors.
The Tea Partyers love America, but it's an America that is an abstraction or a memory. The nation of today--with its many immigrants, liberated women, increasingly liberated gays, myriad government programs, open trade and a Spanish-language option on every phone menu--seems to scare them.
For many conservatives, the rot set in a while ago. Ron Paul and his supporters argue, for instance, that the creation of the Federal Reserve in 1913 marked the beginning of the fall. Others see the New Deal as deeply illegitimate. For many, the culprit is the social changes ushered in during the 1960s. But these are shifts that have been with us now for 100 or 75 or 40 years. Those shifts broadened opportunities for women and minorities, gave income support to seniors and helped create stable economic growth that has been the envy of the world. At some point, the changes became part of the fabric of the country. Can you love America and hate so much about it?
The Republican Party has an important and powerful economic message for America today. But to sell it, it needs to convince voters that it understands and appreciates today's America.
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Dances with Confused Elephants
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The one question I invariably encounter in a conservative movement that tends toward the gray side is how to engage the youth. And the answer is usually nothing that the questioners want to hear.
Now the Republican Party has laid the corpse of the last election on the slab and come up with the expected answers. Some of them are correct, albeit belated. Many others are the sorts of things that the squishy side of the party has been recommending for a while.
The Republican Party has gone from denying that there is a culture war to conceding defeat in the culture war while denying that it ever existed. Its program now is to push aside the socially conservative material and stop frightening off minorities. And that misses the whole point about everything.
The right has its racist elements like the left, but its weakness with minority groups has nothing to do with what the Republican Party is, but with what the Democratic Party says it is. The GOP is taking on responsibility for the things that it never did. That is a bad idea on the best of occasions, but a terrible idea since it only reinforces the exact same image that has attached to it.
The Republican Party doesn't poll poorly with minorities because its party members wear hoods and jump out of cars in minority neighborhoods while shouting "Boo". It polls poorly with minorities because the Democratic Party has built up an extensive infrastructure in minority communities, backed by a national and local media presence.
George W. Bush, John McCain and Mitt Romney were not racists, but if you listen to the media and have no opinion of your own, you might get that impression. And if you're a member of a group that experiences racism and your community leaders and role models tell you that they are racist, then you have excellent odds of believing it.
Clarence Thomas, Herman Cain or Ben Carson are not going to fundamentally change that because the problem is not really in the Republican Party. The problem is that the other side has an extensive investment in depicting Republicans as racist and it controls much of the media and academia. Its figureheads also happen to be highly influential in those communities being targeted.
The only way to counter that is to build up an actual working presence in these communities, focused on their middle class and their small businesses, finding common cause where it's possible, and doing something to build up rival community leaders.
And this isn't only true of minorities. Plenty of white communities are in the same boat. They can occasionally be won over, but they have been structurally indoctrinated and organized into seeing the Republican Party as the enemy. That isn't going to change because the Republican Party goes out of its way to announce that it is now friendly.
A non-retarded Republican Party would have spent the Bush Administration seeing that all that money from Washington D.C. is going to friendly organizations, rather than unfriendly ones. The Democratic Party has spent decades doing just that. But that is very doubtfully the GOP plan.
Instead perhaps there will be a series of LDS-style ads featuring minorities who announce proudly, "I am Black and a Republican." And someone will make a lot of RNC money proposing that idea.
That naturally brings us to the youth. A sizable number of them do believe in gay marriage, abortion and a cradle to the grave nanny state complete with free contraception and abortion for all. But for various reasons the Grand Old Party has decided to bend on gay marriage in the hopes of winning over the kids.
Romney didn't actually lose the white youth vote and going for gay marriage will likely alienate young religious voters while failing to attract nearly enough socially liberal/fiscally conservative voters to make up the difference. Not unless Rand Paul is on the ticket and probably not even then. But the GOP still isn't thinking with its head. And like Rob Portman, it's driven as much by personal concerns as by political ones.
The answer that I give when asked about the youth, that no one really wants to hear, is that in many cases they aren't 'gettable'. That doesn't mean that they are permanently off-limits, but that with delayed employment opportunities and delayed maturity, it will take time until they actually share conservative economic and social concerns. That's not true across the board, but it is true of the very voters that the Grand Old Party wants to get its hands on.
Shifting on gay marriage will not make a difference. It will only reinforce the image of the GOP as a dated party that lags behind the Democratic Party's initiatives. And gay marriage does not exist as an individual cause. It is part of a constellation of social causes representing progressive social mores. The idea that gay marriage is a stopping point is laughable. There is no stopping point. That is the whole point.
The left is not interested in gay marriage because it believes in marriage, but because it believes in destroying all existing social institutions. A Republican Party that fails to grasp that has no clue where it is or what it's fighting. It might as well be sent blindfolded into the ring with Muhammad Ali. And that is indeed what has been largely going on. The Republican Party has capitalized on populist backlashes to the left's culture war without really understanding them or believing in them.
The Republican Party can go fiscally conservative and socially liberal and the joke will be on it, because a socially liberal society of broken families and absent values is naturally dependent on the Nanny State. Trying to be fiscal conservatives in a socially liberal society makes as much sense as trying to sell burnt Korans to Mecca.
A socially conservative society can be naturally fiscally conservative, but a socially liberal society is going to reserve its patches of fiscal conservatism for the upper classes. A socially liberal and fiscally conservative party will revisit the old broken Eastern Establishment GOP with a veneer of radicalism that will quickly rub off once the Democratic Party takes its proposals and runs with them.
That brings us back to the youth. If we are to believe the brilliant rebranders of the GOP, then the youth have naturally socially "advanced" on gay marriage. That is of course utter nonsense. The advance has been carefully engineered by the left for its own reasons using popular entertainment and the education system, among other methods. The same process that branded the Republican Party racist led to this amazing social revolution in believing what you see on television to be true.
Gay marriage exists as part of a set of progressive social values. To accept it, you have to accept everything that comes with it... or a year from now you'll be right where you were before you accepted it. And the people moving the agenda forward are not your friends. The places that they are moving the agenda are meant to stagger you and bewilder you. To make you feel like you are losing your own country.
The natural advance theory is a myth. And trying to keep pace with these 'advances' is hopeless because they are managed culture war strikes, not some external process naturally progressing at its own pace.
The same problem exists with the youth vote as with the minority vote. We are not up against a cultural or social misunderstanding, but a deliberate program that has been developing for over a century and that is backed by heavy investment in role models, in entertainment and in ideas. We have not alienated them. They have been alienated from us. The distinction is an important one because it means that we are not in control of the process.
Trying to win by evolving is a lost cause. Trying to repackage conservatism as socially liberal ignores the most basic elements of human psychology and the entire process of youthful rebellion that feeds radicalism. All that's left is to get rid of conservatism, rename the Republican Party the Freedom Party that now stands for everything the Democratic Party stands for except higher taxes and big government and wait for the laughter.
The Republican Party isn't competing with issues. It's competing with schools and comedians. It's competing with the entire messaging apparatus of the left which is extensive, elaborate and pervasive. Imagining that the conservative position will get equal time with their professors and Family Guy because of a shift on gay marriage is the most deluded idea ever. The problem isn't gay marriage, it's the apparatus that's the problem.
Imagine a Republican candidate trying to adopt his liberal opponent's positions in a debate with a one-hour delay. That is how ridiculous the GOP is being. And its leaders should not doubt that even a crowd of voters which gets sizable chunks of its politics from its entertainment will only sneer at them for their hopelessly uncool efforts at trying to fit in.
The GOP leadership wants a quick fix solution. How to Get Minority Voters and Young Voters in 4 Easy Steps. There is no such solution.
The left did not get to where it is with quick fix solutions. It thought in the long term and it acted in the long term. And while we may lack the time and the committed manpower to replicate its tactics, it's absurdly silly to think that its cultural advantages, which include, among other things, control of the education system and your television set, can be negated by turning on a few positions.
This is a war of values. Whatever your beliefs about marriage or any other subject may be, every political struggle is about what we believe about society at large. It is about what we believe other people should believe. The man who believes in the least amount of government imaginable still needs a society that agrees with him and is willing to implement that kind of system or it all comes to nothing.
We are in the middle of a culture war. That doesn't mean our leaders should go around shouting that to the skies, but they should understand what it means. This is not really a struggle over ObamaCare or gay marriage or whether money should be pumped into green energy, agricultural subsidies or foreign aid to Pakistan. It's a battle over what kind of society we should have and what its people should believe and not believe.
You don't win a culture war by opting out. You don't win it by surrendering on most of the points. And you don't win it by pretending it isn't there. If you fail to make an argument, then you lose by default. And then when the polls catch up with you, you chalk up that failure to changing mores and count yourself clever for catching up to the bandwagon of your enemies and then fighting a last stand on the next issue of the day for as long as the polls say that you should.
This is not simply about government. This is about the kind of society that we want to have and the kind of people that we want to be. This isn't about enforcing morality, but it is about recognizing that if we don't have a system of values that we put forward, then we will automatically lose to those who do. And their system of values will have very little room for freedom of speech or any other kind of freedom.
Some people vote for parties, swapping them out like yesterday's laundry. These are the independent voters. Others vote their values and that is as true in Portland as it is in Salt Lake City. Most vote their culture. That tribal sense of where they belong. It is why Jewish support for the Democratic Party is so hard to shake. It is why social conservatives keep voting Republican even when they see little out of it.
If the Republican Party ever starts understanding where its voters are coming from and where the people who aren't its voters are coming, and the entire process that has been tearing apart the country for generations then it might have a shot. But that's not a quick fix. It's not an easy answer. It can't be solved with an online ad campaign full of videos meant to go viral, but not in the way that the people making them think that they will.
The GOP used to understand the culture war, now it doesn't. It would like a unilateral detente. It would like to opt out and just focus on economic reform. And that plan has as good a chance of succeeding as interrupting an exchange of shelling in WW1 to ask if this whole thing can't be settled with a spirited debate. It doesn't work that way.
The real problem is not just that the Republican Party is still shell-shocked from its defeat, but that it has learned very little from that defeat. Despite being beaten by a coalition, it has no real plan for assembling its own coalition. It doesn't really understand its base or the other side's base and it is thinking in urban liberal terms about the future of a conservative party.
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wow your off again ... I never even heard of that place, well I hope you both have fun !!!:pReplyDelete
Yeah on the boots, really nice I really want some hiking boots I just can't get enough of the Burberry collection so sleek and goth like. There were some men feature in the collection catwalk so check it out if you have not seen it yet, I think you would LOVVVEEE the jackets as they have a military style. Loving the ubraz jacket to (sorry, my friends work there, that's what I call them). Oh I hate see through bags WTF I don't want everyone seeing what I got. It's the worry in London that you may get stabbed for it, anyway on happy note have a great weekend my dear and well done on the three for £9:00 that is bloody amazing. Have a good one x
Love those shoes. So much.ReplyDelete
2 pairs of trousers and one pair of shorts for £9?!?! where do you shop?! Most vintage stores are becoming so expensive its ridiculous. Theres a vintage shop near me that is selling really bad quality, and a careless selection of items, but pricing them at around £75-300+ I was astonished how people can get away with selling vintage and old stuff at that price.ReplyDelete
very cool outfit, i dont think i would use see through bags, my bag ends up having so much rubbish in it and it will just attract people to rob me ahhaa
those shoes are awesome!! I love little details like the eyelets!ReplyDelete
Those shoes are really cool though! Looking very stylish!ReplyDelete
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You have great self control when it comes to shopping! The only thing stopping me is a lack of cash haha.ReplyDelete
aw what good buys! i love when i find things for so small a price.ReplyDelete
ah yes- i think Connolly is a little godly isn't he?
Bargain hunter crown being handed over right now!ReplyDelete
Love the Vans, my hubs favourite (prob only) brand of shoe!
Weeeell, if you buy 40 things at 20 quid you end up spending £800... But I guess you didn't do that and you're still very well dressed, as always.ReplyDelete
Enjoy Llandudno! (great name :)
Really congrats on not spending more! The shoes are really fun, but unsurprising as you have exellent taste in footwear.ReplyDelete
Those shoes are bloody lovely! :DReplyDelete
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Check out this week's shootout competition:
Three event highlights:
1: Waynesville's basketball programs will compete against some of the Midwest's finest high school teams, including annual powerhouses McCluer North and Chicago Ridgewood – one of two Ill. teams to compete.
2: Two players on opposing teams are ranked among the nation's top 150 high school juniors; 18 total NCAA Division-I prospects will showcase their talents in the shootout.
3: This year marks the upstart of the Route 66 Shootout, Pulaski County USA, in which the top Mo. team, Christian Brothers College Prep, will play the No. 10 team in the country, Sunrise Christian.
Why you should attend:
"Shootouts help showcase the talents of teams pursuing a higher level of competition. If you like high school basketball, then you'll love these back-to-back games. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first shootout of this type to be held in Waynesville." – Waynesville Athletic Director Josh Scott
About the event:
When: Dec. 13 through Dec. 15
Where: Waynesville High School
Tickets: $7 for adults and $5 for students; athletic passes will not be accepted.
Event Schedule:
Thursday Dec. 13
5:00 Jefferson City Girls vs. West Plains Girls
6:30 Waynesville Boys vs. Hazelwood West
8:00 Waynesville Girls vs. Laquey Girls
Friday Dec. 14
4:00 Jefferson City vs. Maplewood-Richmond Heights
5:30 Chicago Elgin Larkin vs. Republic
7:00 Sunrise Christian Academy vs. Hazelwood Central
8:30 Waynesville vs. Chicago Ridgewood
Saturday Dec. 15
12:00 Elgin Larkin vs. Hazelwood Central
1:30 Ridgewood vs. Jefferson City
3:00 Sunrise Christian Academy vs. Christian Brothers College Prep
4:30 Jackson vs. Strafford
6:00 Waynesville vs. McCluer North


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Time to wake up this place.
Pipo Inzaghi scored 2 more goals.
He's not fast.
He's not going to dribble past you.
He's not going score form outside the box.
He's just always in the right place to score or draw a penalty. I hate him so much it's ridiculous.
Real looked amazing for about 60 minutes the kind of wilted.
Did you see Ronaldo's ridiculous, embarrassing dive?
Didn't know where else to drop this off.
Draw just in:
Arse - Barcelona
Inter - Bayern
Chelsea - Copenhagen
tottenham - AC Milan
Roma - Donetsk
Schalke - Valencia
Marseille - MU
Lyon - Real Madrid
Arse - Barcelona - Until They're eliminated they're the favorites
Inter - Bayern - I like Bayern just a little more
Chelsea - Copenhagen - Not even Close
tottenham - AC Milan - Just to piss Paulie off
Roma - Donetsk - Lucescu is the Best Coach not named Mourinho if he wasn't Romanian he'd be in the premier league
Schalke - Valencia - Schalke's horrible domestic form will catch up
Marseille - MU not even close
Lyon - Real Madrid This is the year they finally eliminate Lyon...
Let's get some predictions
Arse - Barcelona
No contest
Inter - Bayern
Inter because of Eto'o
Chelsea - Copenhagen
No contest
tottenham - AC Milan
Going for Tottenham, and some Gareth Bale fireworks
Roma - Donetsk
I have no real opinion here. Roma because they're Italian
Schalke - Valencia
They should eventually wake up
Marseille - MU
MU blinfolded
Lyon - Real Madrid
Can't imagine a Mourinho team choking
looking at the rosters, inter might have the most talented team in the competition. (again) barca and real get the love but i'll take my chance on Inter, who has just as many world class players as either of those teams. (and probably the best goalie)
I like Tottenham, they are the club team that I root for as an American (along with the Red Bulls) but annoying is it to see...
Man U - Marseille
Chelsea - Copenhagen
Then get AC Milan.
Quarterfinals draw just in:
Real Madrid - FC Tottenham
FC Barcelona - Chaktyor Donetsk
Chelsea - Manchester United
Inter Milan - Schalke 04
Madrid/Barca could meet in the semis.
I don't have FSC at my place at school. You guys know which sites to use to watch online?