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MuttLover needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 28 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
Trendy, catchy and fun logo needed for a new division of my company called 3 Dogs and a Chick. Show me what you've got!
*I wanted to add that while I still like my original idea of using a graphic of the three dogs, I'm also open to ideas that don't incorporate actual dogs. I want new and out of the box ideas so please keep them coming! Thanks!*
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The busy, busy life of Rep. Brian DelGrosso: the Broncos, a baby and everything else
As anyone who has ever served in leadership at the Colorado General Assembly can attest, it's a full-time job, which is why House Minority Leader Brian DelGrosso is one busy man.
The Loveland Republican also owns three Domino's franchises. He worked the day of the AFC championship and he'll be working again Sunday when the Denver Broncos play the Seattle Seahawks for the Super Bowl.
He and his wife of eight years, Amber, are moving into a new house next weekend and they're expecting a baby boy this month.
But it's tough, he admitted. His wife on Thursday had a doctor's appointment with an ultrasound but he had to to be at the legislature.
How does he do it all?


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In my KJ/MS column today, I discuss the plans of Rep. Brian Duprey to return to relevance and return his Party to the majority in the House. Here's the text of the email he sent to his caucus:
Dear House Republican Caucus,
After careful consideration, I have decided not to run for Assistant Republican Leader and will be supporting Rep. Deb Sanderson instead.
I said from the beginning that I was only interested in leadership if I can bring more to the table than the others in the race. Although I am confident with my experience I would have prevailed, I have to think of the caucus before my own aspirations and I have realized that Rep. Sanderson brings more to the table than I can at this critical time for Republicans.
As Rep. Harvell stated we are perceived as the party of angry white men who only help the rich at the expense of the poor. I feel having a woman in leadership is critical to helping us close the gender gap. Rep. Sanderson is extremely well spoken and able to successfully articulate the Republican message and will be an excellent face of the Republican Party to the media.
I have decided that I can do more on the outside of leadership to accomplish my goal which is to help us retake the Majority in 2014. With Gov. LePage running for reelection in 2014, and his chances of winning reelection slim based on how the last election went, we have to ensure that we control at least one chamber or the Democrats will undo all of the progress you made in this past session.
I will be forming a M14 (Majority 2014) recruiting and training team right away made up of seasoned veterans that know how to win elections and raise money. We will start work right away and be working behind the scenes supporting and propping up incumbents and getting opposition research together on Democrats that are vulnerable to defeat in 2014. We will also analyze each and every race and see what mistakes were made and what we did right and make sure we have a great plan in 2014. We will also train caucus members on how to use the power of incumbency to your advantage.
I have identified several key things that we should have done differently in last week's election. I am confident that had we done things differently we would still be in the minority, but I feel we would have 5-6 more seats which would make a big difference in floor and committee votes. With fresh leadership we can take an honest assessment of the mistakes we made and develop a plan for the majority in 2014. Your leadership vote should be based solely on who can be an effective fundraiser and can articulate our message the best. In my opinion, Ken Fredette and Deb Sanderson will be our best leadership choice. Big donors will have a hard time writing a big check to leaders that lose almost 20 house seats (Bob) and those who cannot obtain a majority while in past Senate leadership (Paul). I am much better friends with Bob and Paul (at least I was before this email) than I am of Ken Fredette, but we must put friendship aside and vote with our heads and not our heart.
If you would like to be on the Majority 2014 recruiting and training team, let me know. All are welcome.
I look forward to meeting each and every one of you next week.
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HDD shortages due to Thai floods disrupt enterprise storage planning
HDD shortages are disrupting enterprise data storage buying patterns, while raising prices for drives in storage arrays, laptops and PCs.
After months of warnings, enterprise data storage customers are experiencing the effects of hard disk drive (HDD) shortages caused by last year's floods in Thailand. The results include higher prices, longer wait times and limited availability of popular drives.
The floods caused roughly a 30% decline in HDD shipments in the fourth quarter of 2011 and spurred many data storage system vendors to raise prices by 5% to 15%. Now, the impact of the HDD shortages is trickling down to business IT organizations that need to purchase disks. Vendors and analysts say the shortages will be temporary, but some storage buyers say they fear the price increases will be permanent.
"I hope this isn't going the way of gas prices," said Dan Mulkiewicz, IT director at Carlsbad, Calif.-based High Moon Studios. "It seems like every time they [prices] go up through some perceived crisis, they never quite come down to what they were before."
Mulkiewicz said he buys drives and installs them himself in his company's Nexsan storage enclosures to save money. When he noticed 3 TB SATA HDDs for which he once paid $139 selling for $200 to $250, he pushed a planned 200 TB disaster recovery (DR) project off for at least six months.
Dean Flanders, head of informatics at the Friedrich Miescher Institute (FMI) for Biomedical Research, a division of the Novartis Research Foundation in Basel, Switzerland, said he once viewed the HDD shortages as "a bit of hype." But that opinion changed in mid-January when his sales representative told him that the IBM TotalStorage DS3524 he ordered at the beginning of December wouldn't arrive on schedule.
"The reseller said, 'I can't get those disks anymore. They can't give me any delivery date for the 1 TB nearline SAS,'" Flanders said.
The news surprised him because he had no problem getting three IBM Storwize V7000 systems with 20 TB of nearline (NL) SAS apiece that he had ordered only a week before the DS3524. FMI took delivery of the V7000s on Dec. 28, after its typical three- to four-week waiting period.
For the DS3524, a product IBM sells through an OEM deal with NetApp (by way of its 2011 purchase of Engenio from LSI Corp.), Flanders faced a decision. He could wait for the 1 TB 7,200 rpm NL-SAS disks with no guaranteed delivery date, secure the disks from a broker at a markup of 60%, or take 900 GB 10,000 rpm SAS disks in three to four weeks for the same price as the original NL-SAS order.
He took the 900 GB drives. "They're faster and they're usually about 25% more [in price] than the 1 TB nearline SAS disks, so that's a pretty fair deal," Flanders said.
He said changing a configuration wouldn't be optimal under ordinary circumstances, but because the DS3524 is a new system for FMI, the substitution won't present a problem. His main issue is placating the system's intended users, who weren't happy about the delay. To tide them over, FMI expanded the group's capacity in the Nexsan Corp. array they were already using by adding low-performance 2 TB SATA disks that were available from another project.
"We were really lucky that we had the spare capacity," Flanders said.
Reports of delays aren't isolated to a single vendor, reseller or channel. UCLA's Institute for Digital Research and Education (IDRE) recently saw an expected two- to three-week delivery timeframe turn into an eight-week wait for 180 TB of direct-attached storage (3 TB SATA drives) from Hewlett-Packard (HP) Co., according to Scott Friedman, IDRE's chief technologist.
IDRE's new storage was intended for only a test bed of cloud storage, so the delay didn't create a hardship. IDRE is also fortunate to have an ample HDD supply on hand, Friedman noted.
Planning for HDD shortages shows dividends
Companies with explosive data growth were wise to plan ahead. Provo, Utah-based Ancestry.com worked with sales reps to lock in quotes on Dec. 30, before EMC Corp.'s projected 5% to 15% HDD price increase took effect. The online family history site then accelerated the purchase of six EMC Isilon 36000X NAS systems, each with 36 TB of 1 TB SATA drives, and two Isilon 108NLs, each with 324 TB of 3 TB SATA drives.
Travis Smith, manager of storage operations at Ancestry.com, said the company normally plans only a quarter ahead. He decided to pull the trigger earlier this month after sales reps from several vendors warned him about potential price increases and product delays, especially for low-cost, high-capacity SATA drives.
Smith said one rep told him, "You're looking 60 to 90 days out because we're having problems fulfilling our hard drive [orders]. Once people started to realize the prices might go up and what not, that started a run on drives." The vendor's projected supply, in turn, plummeted sooner than expected, he noted.
Ancestry.com has encountered uncharacteristic delays in getting replacement drives for failed disks in both its Isilon and HP 3PAR systems from the support depots located in Denver and Salt Lake City. One three-day holdup marked the company's longest wait ever, according to Smith.
"Some people got yelled at because that's out of the SLA [service-level agreement] that we've paid for," Smith said. "Luckily, the arrays are resilient enough and have enough redundancy that they can support multiple drive failures before we're really in trouble."
Storage pros may have to get used to the current drive situation. Stamford, Conn.-based market research firm Gartner forecasts that the HDD industry won't fully recover to pre-flood production capacity until the late third quarter or early fourth quarter of this year.
"For a certain period of time, it's not going to be true that storage is cheap and available from viable vendors 'anytime I need it.' That's not a good operating assumption for 2012," warned John Monroe, a research vice president in Gartner's data center systems group.
PC and notebook delays
The HDD shortages and delays are expected to be worse for desktop and notebook computers. Adam Vogini, IS administrator at Trigon Holding Inc. in McMurray, Penn., had an immediate need for two desktop PCs, so he chose Dell Inc.'s "Ships Fast" preconfigured systems.
The PCs were due to arrive in two days with free overnight shipping. Instead, Dell contacted Vogini about a week later to inform him the systems he ordered were "on restriction" due to hard drive delays. The news was especially frustrating because Dell's website had indicated the items were in stock and "should be sitting on the shelf," Vogini said.
To get the PCs sooner, Vogini settled for similarly configured PCs with mini-towers that consume precious real estate in the company's small office cubicles. On the plus side, Dell matched the price of the original order.
"They did try to make it right," he said.
But Vogini still wasn't happy. He had planned to buy more desktop PCs, but said he will wait to see how the HDD shortages shake out. He will also reconsider his decision to use Dell's Ships Fast service.
"If I'm going to be forced to buy systems that I don't want because of the hard drive shortage, then I'm definitely going to have to increase my lead time for purchasing computers and go with the customized ones and wait longer," he said. "I'd much rather wait another few days and get what I want."
But the wait could be longer than a few days. One university assistant purchasing director noted a recent two-week delay for a pair of custom orders. The school also had to change the disk drive for its standard desktop configuration from 320 GB to 250 GB to avoid major delivery holdups. The vendor lowered the cost to reflect the smaller hard disk drives.
The assistant computer purchasing director, who asked not to be identified, listed eight vendors that have notified the school either of HDD shortages or a price increase. Some have even sent photographs of flooded hard disk drive factories as supporting evidence.
"Those who buy our standard configuration are typically the administrative staff, so 250 GB is more than adequate for them," the purchasing director said. "What would upset me is if the cost went up by a couple of hundred dollars to buy a system. That would have an enormous negative impact here at the university. Fortunately, I don't see that currently [happening]."


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It isn't an accident. Rather, it is the result of hard-fought efforts by auto dealers to maintain, through state laws, their exclusive role as the place where one can buy a new automobile. Direct sale of autos by manufacturers is against the law in nearly every state, and there's a range of related state laws governing auto dealers' ability to enter or exit a market. In other words, the model that Dell developed for selling personal computers — enter your exact specifications online, and the computer will be built to order and delivered to your door — is illegal in most states for automobiles. (For a rundown on the structure of the auto industry, check out this paper from Justice Department antitrust economist Gerald R. Bodisch).
Enter Tesla. The maker of innovative electric cars is hoping to be equally innovative in how it sells them. It wants something that closely resembles the Dell model to apply to its popular "Model S" sedan. The company is pushing the Texas legislature to change its own law to make it legal to sell Teslas there directly.
But North Carolina isn't having it: Last week, a state Senate committee unanimously approved a bill to make the direct sale of autos in the state illegal.
What's going on here is a battle of raw political power at the state level against the forces of markets. When automakers were first getting going in the middle of the last century, it made sense for them to focus on making cars while letting dealers across the country worry about building showrooms, managing inventory, offering test drives and negotiating with buyers.
Auto dealers also had all the ingredients to become a powerful lobby, particularly in state politics. There are a lot of them; they have millions of dollars at stake in the laws governing car sale; and thus they have the ability and inclination to rub elbows with — and make campaign donations to — state lawmakers. And they have used that influence, with remarkable effectiveness, to slow any efforts to squeeze them out of the vehicle supply chain.
The auto dealers' argument for exclusivity isn't terribly persuasive. It's about protecting consumers, they argue, who need to have a licensed dealer around to fix their car if it is a lemon or hold their hand through the purchase process. (Whether the car dealer's other hand is simultaneously lifting the buyer's wallet in the form of add-on fees is a different matter)
They present themselves as wholesome, heart-of-the-community types. Here's the message from John Zwiacher, chairman of the Texas Auto Dealers Association, on the group's Web site: "In addition to providing essential transportation, Texas dealers employ over 75,000 employees with an annual payroll of $4.0 billion and are a $3.0 billion dollar annual revenue source for our state budget.Texas dealers serve as community volunteers and leaders in every capacity and are essential to the daily lives of every Texan."
The North Carolina dealers' association has said much the same: "You tell me they're gonna support the little leagues and the YMCA?" Robert Glaser, president of the North Carolina Automotive Dealers Association, said in reference to Tesla's strategy, according to the News and Observer.
Those are the kinds of arguments that give the lie to what's really going on here. Regulations to keep auto dealers from being squeezed out by the automakers are a way of ensuring that a chunk of the automobile supply chain stays in the places where cars are purchased — in the form of salaries for the dealers' employees, profits for the dealers and financial support for local politicians and various local charities.
It's understandable that those rationales would appeal to politicians, but they are deeply contrary to the idea of free markets. After all, a generation ago, each city had numerous locally owned department stores that occupied prime downtown real estate, paid their employees decent wages, gave generously to local charities, politicians and chambers of commerce, and were generally good corporate citizens. One by one, they went bankrupt or got bought out. Now there are only a few national department store chains, and much of the share of retail sales that once went to local department stores now goes to big-box chains like Target or online retailers like Amazon.
Essentially, the auto dealers are using their political connections and their legacy of benefiting from regulation to fight the tide of the past several decades, which has been toward leaner, nationally run retail. They have some company: The funeral industry has lobbied to prevent Costco from selling coffins (you can only buy them there in 37 states), and tightly regulated liquor wholesalers in most of the country have maintained their grip on distribution of alcohol.
It's easy imagine in what direction the auto industry would go if regulations were lifted: Dealers would sit in indoor showrooms much smaller than current car lots, with only a few cars and trucks for customers to see and test drive. Then, when you made a purchase decision, you would enter your preferences for color, finish and features. Your new car would be delivered a couple of weeks later. The dealer would get a smaller slice of the economic pie but also wouldn't have to pay for a multi-acre lot or keep millions of dollars in car inventory. Prices would be a bit lower, as all that savings in land, inventory and employee salaries would eventually get passed on to consumers. The dealers would be leaner and less profitable -- and would probably have less money or inclination to support state legislators looking for campaign funds.
No wonder the thought makes politicians nervous.


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GRANT F. LANGLEY was first elected City Attorney in 1984. Prior to his election, he served as an Assistant City Attorney for 13 years. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Wisconsin, and the Milwaukee Bar Association. He is the past president of the Government Lawyer's Division of the State Bar of Wisconsin, and is a member of the Administrative & Local Government Law Section (Director 1985-1994; Chair 1991). He was a member of the Board of Governors of the State Bar from 2001-2008 and chaired the Board during its 2003-2004 term. He is also a member of the International Municipal Lawyers Association (State Chair 1990-1993; Regional Vice-President 1993-1995), and a past member of the District II Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility Committee (Member 1987-1995; Chair 1995). He served on the Supreme Court Appointment Selection Committee between 2001 and 2003. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from Marquette University Law School.
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1933 Ford Roadster - Winner By A Nose!
Dale Renner's '33 Ford Roadster
The "lakes or dirt track?" debate concerning the origin of hot rod "nose art" could be compared to the eternal "chicken or the egg?" question. While an aerodynamic, wind-cheating, custom handformed nose makes total sense on a hot rod running for top speed on the lakebed, the same sleek and delicate nose doesn't make the same sense on a rough-and-tumble dirt track racer. So was it the lakes or the dirt oval that first saw use of the traditional "track nose"? We may never completely answer that question, but it's undeniable that one of the best ever track noses was worn by the Pierson Brothers' historic lakes racing coupe.
Dale Renner personally blurs the legend of the hot rod nose himself, as he used both his own influence as a former Sprint Car racer along with a deep fondness for the aforementioned Pierson Brothers' famous proboscis in the buildup of his '33 Ford roadster. Starting with the battered remains of a heavily modified dirt track jalopy racer, Dale bravely met the challenge head on. It helped greatly that Dale was also an accomplished rod builder and had, for many years, owned and operated his own body shop.
After getting over the initial shock of the actual body condition, Dale began the process of putting the roadster back on the right "track" with an owner-fabricated frame made from 2x2-inch steel square tubing. Following the lines of the body, the graceful frame was stretched to give the roadster an additional 2 inches of wheelbase. Dale created the look of a bellypan by cutting 8-inch tubing in quarters and added the pieces to the bottom edge of the frame. A Magnum 4-inch dropped I-beam mounts up front with the help of a spring from Eaton Detroit and a pair of split and chromed '37 Ford wishbones. A pair of Wilwood calipers handles braking duties and Granada rotors expertly hidden behind a pair of chromed '40 Ford backing plates and homemade scoops.
Under the rear is decidedly more vintage with an original Halibrand quick-change centersection mounted between a pair of '36 axle housings attached to '36 wishbones. Brakes out back are a pair of '40 Ford hydraulics mounted on each side of an Eaton Detroit Model A-style spring.
While just about any mill would fit in the engine compartment of his '33, only one would fit the bill for Dale, and that could only be a healthy Ford Flathead. Starting with a rebuildable '53 Ford block and 4-inch Mercury crank, Dale left the engine rebuilding chores to John's Automotive Machine. The JAM team used all fresh internal parts from Motor City Flathead and sealed it up with a pair of Offenhauser heads and a matching 3x2 intake mounted with a trio of rebuilt 97 carbs from Jerry Jobe. Behind the retro rev-maker is a Ford Top Loader manual trans fitted with a Jeep top-shifter conversion mated to a '36 Ford stick.
The body that got the whole project started almost ended it when the true condition of the ex-jalopy was fully realized. At one point the doors had been mercilessly welded shut with a gas welder as well as the many scars left from battle on dirt ovals. Lucky for this worn veteran, Dale's many years of owing his own body shop would mean he could not only save the sheetmetal, but his skills could in fact make the roadster a thing of incredible beauty. With the doors opened back up, the jambs were repaired with pieces from a sedan and then a clever 3 inches was removed from the total length of the body right behind the doors. This shortening of the body would allow for a lengthening of the nose without giving the car a stretched appearance. A reproduction hood from Rootlieb bridges the gap between the owner-build nose and the massaged '33 body. After the final nips and tweaks, like the owner-built hood splash panels and a 3 1/2-inch extended rear panel below the decklid, many coats of DuPont black paint were laid down by Dale. The scallops were sprayed in a rich red hue originally found in the Rolls Royce chip book. Finishing off the exterior and making it that much more unique is an owner-built one-off windshield frame and a set of 16-inch steelies, modified to use a set of '33 Ford hubcaps.
To match the black brilliance of the exterior, Tracy Weaver from The Recovery Room stitched up the pleated black vinyl that covers the fabricated seat and frames the widened Brookville '32 dash that's been fitted with Classic Instruments and hangs a '40 Ford-style steering wheel. The balance of the interior was decidedly kept very simple with no unnecessary creature comforts because Dale feels the sound of the roaring Flathead and the lack of a top are all the tunes and climate control he needs. Track nose or lake nose? The answer may never be known, but Dale Renner's "nose job" was definitely a huge success.
Dale RennerNorfolk, Nebraska1933 Ford Roadster
ChassisKnowing that he wanted the chassis to flow with the body lines of his '33 Ford, Dale crafted his own 'rails from 2x2 steel tubing to match the lower body line. Stretched an additional 2 inches to a 114-inch wheelbase, the sweeping chassis was also rolled along the bottom edge to create the look of a full bellypan. Mounted under the nose is a chromed Magnum 4-inch drop I-beam axle fitted with Chassis Engineering spindles and steering arms that connect directly to a rebuilt Vega steering box. Owner ingenuity put together a set of front brakes with a set of discs hidden behind a pair of '40 Ford backing plates to match original units on the rear. A '36 Ford rearend fitted with a Halibrand centersection has been upgraded as well with a Chrysler posi unit fitted by the Hot Rod Works.
DrivetrainInspired by roaring track roadsters of the past, Dale could only be happy with a Ford Flathead pulling the way in his '33. John's Automotive Machine in Norfolk, Nebraska, handled rebuilding chores using a full supply of pieces from Motor City Flathead. With the internals taken care of, an Offenhauser intake and heads dress up the exterior of the Flattie, along with a trio of rebuilt Stromberg 97 carbs and a pair of Fenton cast-iron headers. Mated to the '53 engine is a Ford Top Loader transmission that has been converted to appear as an early Ford trans with a combination of Jeep and '36 Ford shifter components. An auxiliary radiator was tucked up under the tail, along with a trio of electric fans, to keep the Flathead cool.
InteriorThe interior is reminiscent of his early Sprint Cars containing only what is absolutely necessary for the cars end purpose-in this case, cruising the open highway. Tracy Weaver at the Recover Room in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, stitched up the simple and attractive black vinyl interior. A Brookville '32 Ford dash was fitted with a set of gauges from Classic Instruments.


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In June, Cambodia was awarded the "World Best Tourist Destination for 2016" by the European Council on Tourism and Trade.
It's rich in natural resources and arable land; US trade delegation is heading there next week
Khieu Thy, president of the Angkor Tour Guide Association, said the new pricing could make Cambodia less competitive.
The government is seeking to develop ways of increasing the benefit felt by Cambodia from economic corridors opened throughout the Greater Mekong Subregion.
His departure came immediately after the July 10 murder of popular political commentator Kem Ley.
The group was led by William G. Lafferrandre, vice president of Asia Pacific with ConocoPhillips and included members of the U.S.-Asean Business Council.
A week after Britain to exit the European Union amid concerns about globalization, parallels are being drawn to American voter sentiment during an increasingly contentious presidential campaign. VOA Khmer's Phy Sopheada narrates.
The ICT industry has grown significantly and is estimated to be worth about $800 million at present, employing some 30,000 IT professionals.
Cambodia exports more than $5 billion annually to its two major textile export markets, the US and EU.
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Britain rose from over $930 million in 2014 to about $1 billion in 2015, an increase of 22.77 percent, according to the British Embassy.
Over the years numerous campaigns have sought to preserve the White Building, which was an architectural icon when it was built in the 1960s.
The Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 will be hosted by Barack Obama and will see "more than 700 entrepreneurs from over 170 countries" participating.
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For Movie Night this week we did something a little special. We had home-made pizza and funnel cakes. These were both brand new recipes I was trying and I was excited that they both turned out pretty well. The pizza could have been better. I just started learning to make breads from scratch and so far it has been a long hard process for me. Yeast and I just don't mesh well most days. I am thankful for a husband who constantly encourages me to keep trying and two little kids who will eat anything.
Anyways it was dad's turn to pick the movie and he picked Teen Titans - Trouble in Tokyo (Original Movie) It turned our to be a cute movie, which both of the kiddos loved. Here are also the pictures of our yummy new foods and the recipes.


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We are honoring two occasions today-Smiling Sally's Blue Monday and the 4th of July. It would have been nice if we could have had a good report from Sally. We have to assume no news, is good news.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Blue Monday
Posted by LV at 11:22 PM
Labels: Blue Monday
16 comments:
- Barbara F. said...
Happy Fourth of July to you, too, LV! Enjoy. xo
- July 3, 2011 at 11:23 PM
- AshTreeCottage said...
Happy 4th LV. I am remembering Sally in my prayers.
Susan and Bentley
- July 4, 2011 at 12:36 AM
- Anonymous said...
I hope that you enjoy your 4th of July holiday.
I just found your blog today, and it looks just lovely! :)
- July 4, 2011 at 1:12 AM
- Anonymous said...
Happy 4th dear LV and nice week!
- July 4, 2011 at 1:52 AM
- Debbie@Debbie-Dabble said...
Have 4th of July to you!!
I hope you are spending it with family??
- July 4, 2011 at 2:56 AM
- Crystal said...
I hope you have a wonderful 4th!!!!
- July 4, 2011 at 7:19 AM
- Beverly said...
Happy Fourth of July, dear friend. I hope you have a great day with family and friends.
I am glad we got some hopeful news about Sally.
- July 4, 2011 at 9:46 AM
- Betty (picture circa 1951) said...
Have a good 4th!
- July 4, 2011 at 9:52 AM
- Lee said...
Love the mouse!
Have a TeRrFiC day!
- July 4, 2011 at 10:01 AM
- George said...
Happy Fourth of July. I really like your chipmunk Uncle Sam.
- July 4, 2011 at 10:12 AM
- La said...
Happy Independence Day! I hope you are having a wonderful holiday.
- July 4, 2011 at 12:46 PM
- Betsy from Tennessee said...
Happy Independence Day to you, Lavoice.... Great pictures!!!
- July 4, 2011 at 2:50 PM
- Annesphamily said...
Happy Independence Day to you sweet friend! I like the images you chose and the story you told here. Enjoy your day! Anne
- July 4, 2011 at 3:24 PM
- Oklahoma Granny said...
Happy 4th of July to you!
- July 4, 2011 at 4:18 PM
- Dena E's Blog said...
Hi Sweetie!!!! Its been a long time since blogging for me... I've been helping at a womens praise and prayer group on facebook for a while now... It was soooo nice to see your note...THANKS...
Prayers and Hugssss Dena
- July 4, 2011 at 9:28 PM
- Stephanie @ La Dolce Vita said...
Hope you had a wonderful 4th! and that, as you said, no news is good news!
- July 5, 2011 at 2:24 PM


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Available for preorder exclusively at Ubiworkshop.com, the Ubiworkshop Edition of Assassin's Creed III bundles the game with the second edition of the coveted Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia and a new graphic novel for a smidge under a hundred bucks.
In a way, you're just trading one Assassin's Creed III collectible for two, seeing as our American $US100 bill features the face of a character from the game. I would have preferred a $US99 special edition that bundled the game with one of those, but the books are incredibly nice.
The Encyclopedia, previously available as a standalone item in the US and part of a European GameStop special edition, compiles everything you need to know about the lengthy history of conflict between the Assassins and Templars into one handy volume, now updated to include more recent information.
The Assassin's Creed Subject 4 graphic novel contains the entire Daniel Cross/Nikolaï Orelov narrative arc, compiling both The Fall and the as-yet-unreleased The Chain comic book series.
It's not a bad bundle for $US100, especially considering Ubiworkshop is offering free shipping worldwide. The price only lasts until July 4, however, after which it jumps to the completely unreasonable $US109.99.


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By Ken Dixon
HARTFORD — Nearly 10 hours and seven failed amendments after Sen. Antonietta Boucher started her final attempt to stop the bill, the Senate early Saturday voted 21-13 to allow the use of marijuana by the seriously ill.
The final vote at about 2:30 a.m. was the same as the first amendment that Boucher, R-Wilton, introduced late Friday night in her bid to somehow sidetrack the legislation, which includes strict regulations for the cultivation and distribution in an attempt to avoid problems other states have run into when legalizing the plant for medical use.
After being drawn into legalese by nonpartisan legislative staff, the bill, which was approved by the House last week, will go to Secretary of the State Denise W. Merrill, who will in turn submit it to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. It should arrive on his desk by mid-month.
"This legislation is about accomplishing one objective: providing relief to those with severe medical illnesses," Malloy said in a statement after the vote. "I look forward to signing the bill when it reaches my desk."
The law would make Connecticut the 17th state in the nation, plus the District of Columbia, to allow the medicinal use of marijuana by people with chronic ailments.
Supporters of the bill said Connecticut's legislation would become a model for the nation, avoiding the pitfalls that early adopters of medical marijuana, such as California and Colorado, have experienced with wider-than-anticipated use of the drug.
"I'm feeling rather proud of the fact that many people who have reviewed this bill are very complimentary about it and said that it was the best that they've seen on the subject of medical marijuana," said Sen. Eric Coleman, D-Bloomfield.
"Today is a day of hope, compassion and dignity and I thank all of the legislators who worked hard on this legislation and who voted to pass this bill," said Erik Williams, Executive Director of the Connecticut chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
"I am so happy for all the patients who will have another medicinal option to discuss with their doctor and for all of those currently suffering with debilitating conditions who will no longer suffer the indignity of being sick and a criminal," Williams said in a statement.
The bill would allow the state Department of Consumer Protection to set up as many as 10 secure indoor cultivation and distribution networks for people who are certified by doctors and pay a $25 fee.
Growers would have to pay $25,000 license fees and show a substantial ability to capitalize secure, indoor growing facilities. Pharmacists would have to be associated with the dispensary network to oversee distribution of the plant's dried flowers, which are often smoked or vaporized for inhalation.
"Some patients found that ingesting marijuana affords them the best relief in avoiding discomfort," said Coleman, co-chairman of the Judiciary Committee, who introduced the legislation at 4:45 p.m.
"I am certainly convinced that the people who appeared before the committee and testified very credibly deserve some kind of relief and that marijuana would provide that relief," Coleman said. "I would say California is the best example of how not to do it."
Early in the debate, Sen. John Kissel, R-Enfield, said he would support the bill, indicating an eventual bipartisan vote. Kissel said that since last year's bill to turn possession of a half-ounce of marijuana to an infraction rather than a criminal offense, he doubts that its medical use would lead to an underground resale market.
The bill would limit access to the drug only to patients with cancer, glaucoma, HIV, AIDS, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injuries, epilepsy, malnutrition, wasting syndrome, Crohn's disease and post traumatic stress disorder.
In the future, the Department of Consumer Protection and a panel of doctors, would be able to expand the list of diseases eligible for the drug.
The bill would reduce the classification of marijuana from a Schedule 1 drug to Schedule 2. Other Northeastern states that have similar laws include New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont and Maine.
Boucher had 48 amendments filed on the legislation in an attempt to change the bill or possibly kill it in the waning days of the General Assembly session that ends at 12:01 a.m. on May 10. Her first amendment, limiting the use of marijuana to patients diagnosed as terminally ill, failed 23-11.
During the first few hours of the debate, as Boucher settled into her major arguments against the bill, with a handcart full of amendments next to her, only a handful of lawmakers sat in the circle of 36 Senate seats. The number in attendance ranged from six to eight.
She didn't ask a question of Coleman about the legislation until her third hour of criticism against the bill. "We have different views on the use of marijuana for medical purposes," Coleman said in response to Boucher.
Many of the senators took time out from Boucher's initial monologue to eat dinner in their adjacent caucus rooms and attend a reception for lawmakers down the hall from the third-floor Senate chamber, sponsored by the Connecticut Beer Wholesalers Association.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Washington (CNN) – It was President Barack Obama's final oath, final inauguration speech and final look out over the sea of people heralding the start of his second term.
As Obama walked up the steps leading back into the Capitol Building, he stopped, turned and paused, looking back out over the National Mall where hundreds of thousands of his supporters stood waving flags.
"I'm going to take a look one more time. I'm not going to see this again," he told his family, including wife Michelle, daughters Sasha and Malia, and mother-in-law Marian Robinson.
And there he stood, for about ten seconds, silently soaking in the best view in Washington.
Of course, he'll see a similar view in four years – as the outgoing president, he'll attend his successor's inauguration. And if Monday's event is any prediction, he'll likely attend future presidents' inaugurations as well – both Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton watched Obama take the oath Monday.
But for those few seconds Monday, it was a reminder for Obama that those presidential moments won't last forever.
I pray to God everyday that President Obama will be with us for the next 50 years.
God Bless Our President, the Obama Family, and America.
It was unexpected but very touching. I felt like, finally, he gets to enjoy this amazing accomplishment. Bravo Mr. President.
Whtat a glorious day for President Obama. Too bad he's chewing gum as he watches the parade. Very rude of him.
It's pretty pathetic that there were NO former republican presidents in attendance. HW has an excuse, he's very old and sickly. But where's W?? Still hiding perhaps?? You can come on out now W, the election is over.
A glorious day for President Obama. Such a day never comes back. He may however make the second term meaningful
by good works.
I saw the President glancing over the crowd. He knew, as I did, that this day would never happen again. It has been a wonderful, wonderful day. God bless the POTUS, FLOTUS and the Bidens. We love you!
great day congratulations
Why is the President chewing gum on such a monumental day?
Its soooo not presidential!!!!
That hope and change hasn't worked out too well yet. Hope he does get at least a little better at his job.
Obama sworen in for the second term, we the people praying for you obama an your wife an family. Obama you are the first black president of the united states of america. An we the people love you.
Maybe it's Nicorette gum.
Carolyn: The President is a recovering smoker. What he was chewing was Nicorette gum to prevent him from having a nicotine withrawal. Be sympathetic!
He was chewing gum. So what!!!!!!!!!!
Glad we will not have him another four years after this term if we still have a United States of America.
You know, I thought we had some nasty posters here, but has anyone ever checked out the posters on ya hoo?? Insanely rabid and oh so pathetic. I'm always amazed how the GOP claims they are such Christians, yet show themselves to be anything but. The hateful vitriol they are spewing today really speaks volumes.
How come all my comments await moderation? I don't say anything derogatory.
To Wake Up People!: I'm so glad you made that observation...The GOP has been out to make Obama fail and yet they are the ones who have failed...not just the president but America! Thanks for the comment!
I'll take gum chewing over stealing from the poor to pay the rich. Chew on Mr President
At least he was not drunk, but you will complaint about any thing this man do. Get over it he won.
the GOP have nothing to do with obama's failures–he has been unable to lead his country out of the recession with WH and 2 houses of congress for 2 years–he chose to work on social issues instead of real issues...
@Dr. Pete. You are so welcome. I only comment on this board but I read comments everywhere. The hatred directed at this POTUS has been unprecedented. I have never heard anyone speak about any of the former POTUS' in such a nasty way. I was never a supporter of Bush but I would never say such hateful things about him. Truly sad.


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Aalborg forward Chris Rolfe may have missed his team's last four games of the season with hamstring tendon woes, but it at least gave him a chance to settle into Danish daily life.
And for an American, that requires a bit of an adjustment. Aalborg is just north of 57th parallel—or about the same latitude as the southernmost tip of the Alaskan border. That means the days were mighty short when the 27-year-old made the pond hop after his Chicago Fire deal expired last December.
"When I first got here, it was pretty disappointing because we'd come to training and it would be dark out," Rolfe told MLSsoccer.com by phone. "We'd stay here until three o'clock, sometimes four, and I'd get home and it would be dark already. It deterred me from getting out and seeing the city and walking around."
Of course, the flipside is that days stretch to abnormal lengths by season's end. "Now, it's already staying light until 9:30 at night and it's fantastic," reported Rolfe. "I absolutely love it."
It's just one of the many happy adjustments for the veteran of 123 Major League Soccer games with the Fire.
"I think I've adjusted well," offered Rolfe. "I live in the city, so I can basically walk everywhere that I need to go; to go shopping or get groceries or see the doctor, anything I need to do."
He hasn't experienced any "Holy cow!" cultural moments – but as you'd figure, there are a few surprises when one switches hemispheres.
"There really hasn't been a moment like that," Rolfe said, straining to think of the strangest difference from American life. "It's pretty similar culturally. The only thing is, I don't have a dryer in my apartment. That caught me off-guard. I didn't laundry for like the first three weeks."
"And I don't have a microwave," he confessed. "Those were the first things, when I walked in my apartment, I said [to my landlord], 'Can we get these things?' And he looked at me like 'Why would you need those?' So, I don't have 'em."
Then again, he isn't in Denmark to nuke burritos. Rolfe has been brought to provide offense. With several injuries absences down the stretch, including compatriot striker Marcus Tracy, Aalborg limped to the finish line with just 36 goals in 33 games.
Before the season-ending injury, Rolfe did pitch in with a goal and an assist in seven outings. Four mid-April days after serving a corner-kick assist on the winner away to Benny Feilhaber's Aarhus GF, the Ohio native bagged the lone goal in a big win over Odense BK.
Due to the lean stable, Rolfe was pushed to the top of the formation. Before playing a lot of midfield for the Fire, he'd had plenty of time at small forward.
"I enjoy it," he declared. "I love being close to the goal. It's not new, but it's a different approach to the position. I've worked really hard to improve as a midfielder. And now I get to play forward again.
"I'm playing a lot of target forward," he continued, "which is not necessarily what I'm used to. But the coach [Magnus Pehrsson] has done a good job of explaining his expectations while I'm up there. That obviously helps a lot."
With the need for him up top so great, Rolfe carried on with the hammy nag as long as he could. "And, obviously, I wanted to be out there," he notes.
At halftime of a 2-0 loss in April at eventual repeat champs FC Copenhagen, he was shut down. With him among the sidelined attackers, AaB won just one of their last six to fall from the final Europa League slot to finish fifth.
Though abbreviated, Rolfe enjoyed the first half-season of a three-year deal. The locker room is a bit different than in Chicago, and he doesn't always understand the chatter. Not that he's left out, mind you.
"They're all fluent [in English]," he assured. "There's a lot of differences here from Chicago, but a lot of them are positive. I enjoy the guys. We're here for about five hours a day, and about an hour-and-a-half of that is training, so we get to spend a lot of time together."
Rolfe can be forgiven if Aalborg were a little more ready for him than he was for them. He is the fourth American to play for the three-time Danish champions after Tracy, 2008 captain/league winner Danny Califf and 1990s attacker Peter Woodring.
"I think things are tactically a bit different [from MLS]," gauged Rolfe. "Sometimes I want to play fast and everybody else wants to play slow. Or I want these sort of runs, but the guys on the team are expecting me to make these another type of run. There's still a bit of a learning curve there. To be honest, by no means have I perfected that. But it's coming along."
Rolfe will get to continue bringing it along when the new season kicks off in July. He believes production could get him back into a Nats uniform for the first time since January of 2009 – not that this factored in his transfer to Denmark.
"That's more of a byproduct of the move," he said. "I think anybody playing and doing well at a professional level in a top league is going to draw attention from the National Team. So yeah, that can be a good thing from being here. But at the same time, it won't mean a thing if I can't perform and be consistent."


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Bernard Yurke grew up in Boise, Idaho. He did his first two years of undergraduate work at Boise State College, which is now Boise State University. He then transferred to the University of Texas at Austin where he received a BS and MA in physics. He did his Ph.D. work at Cornell University in experimental low temperature physics. Upon completing his Ph.D. he was hired as a research physicist at Bell Laboratories, then part of AT&T, where he worked for nearly 25 years. He retired from Bell Laboratories in the fall of 2007. He joined the faculty at Boise State University in January of 2008 and holds a joint appointment as Research Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department and in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.
While at Bell Laboratories, Bernard Yurke worked in a variety of fields, including low temperature physics, quantum optics, liquid crystals, biophysics, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and DNA nanotechnology. Highlights of his career include having served as the theorist for the Bell Laboratories team that was first to generate squeezed light, having been the first to experimentally demonstrate the generation of squeezed microwaves, and having been the first to construct a DNA-based nanodevice powered by DNA. His current research is focused on DNA nanotechnology.
Bernard Yurke became a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories and a fellow of the Optical Society of America, the American Physical Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was the 2001 recipient of the Max Born Award from the Optical Society of America for his work in quantum optics.
- D. Y. Zhang, A. J. Turberfield, B. Yurke, and E. Winfree, "Engineering entropy-driven reactions and networks catalyzed by DNA," Science, 318 [5853] 1121-1125 (2007).
- T. Liedl, H. Dietz, B. Yurke, and F. Simmel, "Controlled trapping and release of quantum dots in a DNA-Switchable hydrogel," Small, 3 [10] 1688-1693 (2007).
- G. Seelig, B. Yurke, and E. Winfree, "Catalyzed relaxation of a metastable DNA fuel," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128 [37] 12211-12220 (2006).
- B. Yurke, D. C. Lin, and N. A. Langrana, "Use of DNA nanodevices in modulating the mechanical properties of polyacrylamide gels," DNA Computing [Lecture Notes in Computer Science], 3892 417-426 (2006).
- D. C. Lin, B. Yurke, and N. A. Langrana, "Use of rigid spherical inclusions in Young's moduli determination: Application to DNA-crosslinked gels," Journal of Biomedical Engineering-Transactions of the ASME, 127 [4] 571-579 (2005).
- G. Seelig, B. Yurke, and E. Winfree, "DNA hybridization catalysts and catalyst circuits," DNA Computing [Lecture Notes in Computer Science], 3384 329-343 (2005).
- B. Yurke and D. Zhang, "A clocked DNA-based replicator," DNA Computing [Lecture Notes in Computer Science], 3384 445-457 (2005).
- D. C. Lin, B. Yurke, and N. A. Langrana, "Inducing reversible stiffness changes in DNA-crosslinked gels," Journal of Materials Research, 20 [6] 1456-1464 (2005).
- D. C. Lin, N. A. Langrana, and B. Yurke, "Force-displacement relationships for spherical inclusions in finite elastic media," Journal of Applied Physics, 97 [4] Article Number 043510 (2005).
- D. C. Lin, B. Yurke, N. A. Langrana, "Mechanical properties of a reversible, DNA-crosslinked polyacrylamide hydrogel," Journal of Biomechanical Engineering-Transactions of the ASME, 126 [1] 104-110 (2004).
- A. J. Turberfield, A. J. Mitchell, B. Yurke, A. P. Mills, Jr., M. I. Blakey, and F. C. Simmel, "DNA fuel for free-running nanomachines," Physical Review Letters, 90 [11] Article Number 118102 (2003).
- F. C. Simmel, B. Yurke, and R. J. Sanyal, "Operation kinetics of a DNA-based molecular switch," Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2 [3-4] 383-390 (2002).
- F. C. Simmel and B. Yurke, "A DNA-based molecular device switchable between three distinct mechanical states," Applied Physics Letters, 80 [5] 883-885 (2002).
- F. C. Simmel and B. Yurke, "Using DNA to construct and power a nanoactuator," Physical Review E, 63 [4] Article Number 041913 (2001).
- B. Yurke, A. J. Turberfield, A. J. Mills, Jr., F. C. Simmel, and J. L. Neumann, "A DNA-fuelled molecular machine made of DNA," Nature, 406 [6796] 605-608 (2000). Times Cited: 292
- B. Yurke, A. P. Mills, Jr. and S. L. Cheng, "DNA implementation of addition in which the input strands are separate from the operator strands," Biosystems 52 [1-3] 165-174 (1999).
- A. P. Mills, Jr., B. Yurke, and P. M. Platzman, "Article for analog vector algebra computation," Biosystems, 52 [1-3] 175-180 (1999).
- F. Amblard, A. C. Maggs, B. Yurke, A. N. Pargellis, and S. Leibler, "Subdiffusion and anomalous local viscoelasticity in actin networks – Reply," Physical Review Letters, 81 [5 ] 1135-1135 (1998).
- F. Amblard, A. C. Maggs, B. Yurke, A. N. Pargellis, and S. Leibler, "Subdiffusion and anomalous local viscoelasticity in actin networks (vol 77, pg 4470, 1996)" Physical Review Letters, 81 [5] 1136-1136 (1998).
- M. Dogterom and B. Yurke, "Microtubule dynamics and the positioning of microtubule organizing centers," Physical Review Letters, 81 [2] 485-488 (1998).
- M. Dogterom and B. Yurke, "Measurement of the force-velocity relation for growing microtubules," Science 278 [5339] 856-860 (1997).
- T. E. Holy, M. Dogterom, B. Yurke, and S. Leibler, "Assembly and positioning of microtubule asters in microfabricated chambers," Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 94 [12] 6228-6231 (1997).
- F. Amblard, A. C. Maggs, B. Yurke, and S. Leibler, "Subdiffusion and anomalous local viscoelasticity in actin networks," Physical Review Letters, 77 [21] 4470-4473 (1996).
- F. Amblard, B. Yurke, A. N. Pargellis, and S. Leibler, "A magnetic manipulator for studying local rheology and micromechanical properties of biological systems," Review of Scientific Instruments, 67 [3] 818-827 (1996).
- B. Yurke, A.. N. Pargellis, S. N. Majumdar, and C. Sire, "Experimental measurement of the persistence exponent of the planar Ising model," Physical Review E, 56 [1] R40-R42 (1997).
- N. A. Pargellis, J. Mendez, M. Srinivasarao, and B. Yurke, "Dynamics of monopole annihilation by type-1/2 strings in a nematic liquid crystal," Physical Review E, 53 [1] R25-R28 (1996).
- A. N. Pargellis, S. Green, and B. Yurke, "Planar xy-model dynamics in a nematic liquid-crystal system," Physical Review E, 49 [5] 4250-4257 (1994).
- I. Chuang, B. Yurke, A. N. Pargellis, and N. Turok, "Dynamics in uniaxial nematic liquid-crystales," Physical Review E, 47 [5] 3343-3356 (1993).
- A. P. Y. Wong, P. Wiltzius, R. G. Larson, and B. Yurke, "Power-law scattering in fluids with a nonscalar order parameter," Physical Review E, 47 [4] 2683-2688 (1993).
- B. Yurke, A. N. Pargellis, T. Kovacs, and D. A. Huse, "Coarsening dynamics of the xy model," Physical Review E, 47 [3] 1525-1530 (1993).
- N. Mason, A. N. Pargellis, and B. Yurke, "Scaling behavior of 2-time correlations in a twisted nematic liquid-crystal. Physical Review Letters, 70 [2] 190-193 (1993).
- A. N. Pargellis, P. Finn, J. W. Goodby, P. Panizza, B. Yurke, and P. E. Cladis, "Defect dynamics and coarsening dynamics in smectic-C films," Physical Review A, 46 [12] 7765-7776 (1992).
- B. Yurke, A. N. Pargellis and N. Turok, "Coarsening dynamics in nematic liquid-crystals," Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 223 195-203 (1992).
- B. Yurke, A. N. Pargellis, I. Chuang, N. Turok, "Coarsening dynamics in nematic liquid-crystals," Physica B, 178 [1-4] 56-72 (1992).
- A. P. Y. Wong, P. Wiltzius, and B. Yurke, "Structure-factor scaling at the isotropic-to-nematic transition of cesium perfluoro-octanoate," Physical Review Letters, 68 [24] 3583-3586 (1992).
- R. Snyder, A. N. Pargellis, P. A. Graham, and B. Yurke, "Light-transmission study of coarsening in a nematic liquid-crystal," Physical Review A, 45 [4] R2169-R2172 (1992).
- A. N. Pargellis, N. Turok, and B. Yurke, "Monopole-antimonopole annihilation in a nematic liquid-crystal," Physical Review Letters, 67 [12] 1570-1573 (1991).
- I. Chuang, N. Turok, and B. Yurke, "Late-time coarsening dynamics in a nematic liquid-crystal," Physical Review Letters, 99 [19] 2472-2479 (1991).
- I. Chuang, R. Durrer, N. Turok, and B. Yurke, "Cosmology in the laboratory – defect dynamics in liquid-crystals," Science, 251 [4999] 1336-1342 (1991).
- E. Buks and B. Yurke, "Mass detection with a nonlinear nanomechanical resonator," Physical Review E, 74 [4] Article Number 046619 (2006).
- D. S. Greywall, B. Yurke, P. A. Busch, and S. C. Arney, "Low-temperature anomalies in the dissipation of small mechanical resonators," Europhysics Letters, 34 [1] 37-42 (1996).
- B. Yurke, D. S. Greywall, A. N. Pargellis, and P. A. Busch, "Theory of amplifier-noise evasion in an oscillator employing a nonlinear resonator," Physical Review A, 51 [5] 4211-4229 (1995). D. S. Greywall, B. Yurke, P. A. Busch, and R. L. Willett, Evading amplifier noise in nonlinear oscillators," Physical Review Letters, 72 [19] 2992-2995 (1994).
- E. Segev, B. Abdo, O. Shtempluck, E. Bukes, and B. Yurke, "Prospects of employing superconducting stripline resonators for studying the dynamical Casimir effect experimentally," Physics Letters A, 370 [3-4] 202-206 (2007).
- U. Gavish, B. Yurke, and Y. Imry, "Quantum noise minimization in transistor amplifiers," Physical Review Letters, 96 [13] Article Number 133602 (2006).
- E. Bukes and B. Yurke, "Dephasing due to intermode coupling in superconducting stripline resonators," Physical Review A, 73 [2] Article Number 023815 (2006).
- U. Gavish, B. Yurke, and Y. Imry, "Generalized constraints on quantum amplification," Physical Review Letters 93 [25] Article Number 250601 (2004).
- B. Yurke, M. L. Roukes, R. Movshovich, and A. N. Pargellis, "A low-noise series-array Josephson junction parametric amplifier," Applied Physics Letters, 69 [20] 3078-3080 (1996).
- S. L. McCall, L. D. Lanzerotti, B. Yurke, and A. N. Pargellis, "Radiation from a dielectric disk near a lossy dielectric plane," Journal of Applied Physics, 79 [7] 3390-3396 (1996).
- R. Movshovich, B. Yurke, A. D. Smith, and A. H. Silver, "Subharmonic pumping of a josephson-parametric amplifier and the pitchfork instability," Physical Review Letters, 67 [11] 1411-1414 (1991).
- B. Yurke, R. Movshovich, P. G. Kaminsky, A. D. Smith, A. H. Silver, and R. W. Simon, "Vacuum-noise squeezing at microwave-frequencies using Josephson-parametric amplifier," Physica B, 169 [1-4] 432-435 (1991).
- P. H. Bryant, R. Movshovich, and B. Yurke, "Noise rise in nondegenerate parametric-amplifiers," Physical Review Letters, 66 [20] 2641-2644 (1991).
- B. Yurke, "Back-action evasion as an alternative to impedance matching," Science, 252 [5005] 528-532 (1991).
- R. Movshovich, B. Yurke, P. G. Kaminsky, A. D. Smith, A. H. Silver, and R. W. Simon, "Vacuum noise squeezing at microwave-frequencies using a Josephson parametric-amplifier," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 27 [2] 2658-2660 (1991).
- B. Yurke, R. Movshovich, P. G. Kaminsky, P. Bryant, A. D. Smith, and R. W. Simon, "Behavior of noise in a nondegenerate josephson-parametric amplifier," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 27 [2] 3374-3379 (1991).
- R. Movshovich, B. Yurke, P. G. Kaminsky, A. D. Smith, A. H. Silver, R. W. Simon and M. V. Schneider, "Observation of zero-point noise squeezing via a Josephson-parametric amplifier," Physical Review Letters, 65 [12] 1419-1422 (1990).
- B. Yurke and G. P. Kochanski, "Momentum noise in vacuum tunneling transducers," Physical Review B 41 [12] 8184-8194 (1990).
- B. Yurke, P. G. Kaminsky, R. E. Miller, E. A. Whittaker, A. D. Smith, and R. W. Simon, "Observation of 4.2K equilibrium noise squeezing via a Josephson-parametric amplifier," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 25 [2] 1371-1375 (1989).
- B. Yurke, L. R. Corruccini, P. G. Kaminsky, L. W. Rupp, A. D. Smith, A. H. Silver, R. W. Simon, and E. A. Whittaker, "Observation of parametric amplification and deamplification in a Josephson parametric amplifier," Physical Review A, 39 [5] 2519-2533 (1989).
- B. Yurke, "Interferometry with correlated fermions," Physica B & C, 151 [1-2] 286-290 (1988).
- B. Yurke, P. G. Kaminsky, R. E. Miller, E. A. Whittaker, A.D. Smith, A. H. Silver, and R. W. Simon, "Observation of 4.2K equilibrium-noise squeezing via a Josephson-parametric amplifier," Physical Review Letters, 60 [9] 764-767 (1988).
- B. Yurke, L. W. Rupp, and P. G. Kaminsky, "Use of the Josephson junction in fundamental quantum-electronics experiments," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 23 [2] 458-464 (1987).
- P. G. Kaminsky, L. W. Rupp, and B. Yurke, "Cryogenic motorized wave-guide switch," Review of Scientific Instruments, 58 [5] 894-895 (1987).
- B. Yurke, "Quantizing the damped harmonic-oscillator," American Journal of Physics, 54 [12] 1133-1139 (1986).
- D. Stoler and B. Yurke, "Generating antibunched light from the output of a nondegenerate frequency-converter," Physical Review A, 34 [4] 3143-3147 (1986)
- . B. Yurke, "Input states for enhancement of fermion interferometer sensitivity," Physical Review Letters 56 [15] 1515-1517 (1986).
- B. Yurke, "Conservative model for the damped harmonic-oscillator," American Journal of Physics, 52 [12] 1099-1102 (1984).
- B. Yurke and J. S. Denker, "Quantum network theory," Physical Review A, 29 [3] 1419-1437 (1984).
- B. Yurke and J. Denker, "Design for an ideal measuring device," Physica B & C, 108 [1-3] 1359-1360 (1981).
- K. Jahne, B. Yurke and U. Gavish, "High-fidelity transfer of an arbitrary quantum state between harmonic oscillators," Physical Review A, 75 [1] Article Number 010301 (2007).
- B. Yurke and E. Buks, "Performance of cavity-parametric amplifiers, employing Keff nonlinearites, in the presence of two-photon loss," Journal of Lightwave Technology, 24 [12] 5054-5066 (2006).
- D. Leibrandt, B. Yurke, and R. Slusher, "Modeling ion trap thermal noise decoherence," Quantum Information and Computation, 7 [1-2] 52-72 (2007).
- M. Hillery, B. Yurke, and D. Stoler, "Upper and lower bounds on maximal violation of local realism in a Hardy-type test using continuous variables," Physical Review A, 63 [6] Article Number 062111 (2001).
- B. Yurke, M. Hillery, and D. Stoler, "Position-momentum local-realism violation of the Hardy type," Physical Review A, 60 [5] 3444-3447 (1999).
- B. Yurke and D. Stoler, "Observing local realism violations with a combination of sensitive and insensitive detectors," Physical Review Letters, 79 [25] 4941-4945 (1997).
- M. Hillery and B. Yurke, "Bell's theorem and beyond," Quantum and Semiclassical Optics, 7 [3] 215-227 (1995).
- B. Yurke and D. Stoler, "Bell's-inequality experiment employing 4 harmonic-oscillators," Physical Review A, 51 [5] 3437-3444 (1995).
- B. Yurke and D. Stoler, "Using the Pauli exclusion-principle to exhibit local-realism violations in overlapping interferometers," Physical Review A, 47 [3] 1704-1707 (1993).
- M. D. Reid and B. Yurke, "Effect of bistability and superpositions on quantum statistics in degenerate parametric oscillation," Physical Review A, 46 [7] 4131-4137 (1992).
- B. Yurke and D. Stoler, "Bell's-inequality experiments using independent-particle sources," Physical Review A, 46 [5] 2229-2234 (1992).
- B. Yurke and D. Stoler, "Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen effects from independent particle sources," Physical Review Letters, 68 [9] 1251-1254 (1992).
- B. Yurke, W. Schleich, and D. F. Walls, "Quantum superpositions generated by quantum nondemolition measurements," Physical Review A, 42 [3] 1703-1711 (1990).
- S. Song, C. M. Caves, and B. Yurke, "Generation of superpositions of classically distinguishable quantum states from optical back-action evasion," Physical Review A, 41 [9] 5261-5264 (1990).
- R. E. Slusher and B. Yurke, "Squeezed Light for coherent communications," Journal of Lightwave Technology," 8 [3] 466-477 (1990).
- B. Yurke and M. J. Potasek, "Solution to the initial-value problem for the quantum nonlinear Schrödinger-equation," Journal of the Optical Society of America B – Optical Physics, 6 [6] 1227-1238 (1989).
- A. LaPorta, R. E. Slusher, and B. Yurke, "Back-action evading measurements of an optical-field using parametric down conversion," Physical Review Letters, 62 [1] 28-31 (1989).
- P. Grangier, M. J. Potasek, and B. Yurke, "Probing the phase coherence of parametrically generated photon pairs – a new test of Bell's inequalities," Physical Review A, 38 [6] 3132-3135 (1988).
- B. Yurke and D. Stoler, "The dynamic generation of Schrodinger cats and their detection," Physica B & C, 151 [1-2] 298-301 (1988).
- M. J. Potasek and B. Yurke, "Dissipative effects on squeezed light generated in systems governed by the nonlinear Schrodinger-equation," Physical Review A, 38 [3] 1335-1348 (1988).
- B. Yurke, "Detecting squeezed boson fields via particle scattering," Physical Review Letters, 60 [24] 2476-2479 (1988).
- R. E. Slusher and B. Yurke, "Squeezed light," Scientific American, 258 [5] 50-& (1988).
- R. E. Slusher, P. Grangier, A. LaPorta, B. Yurke, and M. J. Potasek, "Pulsed squeezed light," Physical Review Letters, 59 [22] 2566-2569 (1987).
- P. Grangier, R. E. Slusher, B. Yurke, and A. LaPorta, "Squeezed-light enhanced polarization interferometer," Physical Review Letters, 59 [19] 2153-2156 (1987).
- R. E. Slusher, B. Yurke, P. Grangier, A. Laporta, D. F. Walls, and M. Reid, "Squeezed-light generation by 4-wave-mixing near an atomic resonance," Journal of the Optical Society of America B – Optical Physics, 4 [10] 1453-1464 (1987).
- B. Yurke, "Squeezed-state generation using a Josephson parametric-amplifier," Journal of the Optical Society of America B – Optical Physics, 4 [10] 1551-1557 (1987).
- B. Yurke, P. Grangier, and R. E. Slusher, "Squeezed-state enhanced 2-frequency interferometry," Journal of the Optical Society of America B – Optical Physics, 4 [10] 1677-1682 (1987).
- B. Yurke and M. Potasek, "Obtainment of thermal noise from a pure quantum state," Physical Review A, 36 [7] 3464-3466 (1987).
- R. E. Slusher, B. Yurke, and J. Mertz, "Experimental progress in intracavity generation of squeezed light using resonant atomic nonlinearities," Journal of Modern Optics, 34 [6-7] 761-773 (1987).
- B. Yurke and D. Stoler, "Measurement of amplitude probability-distributions for photoh-number-operator eigenstates," Physical Review A, 36 [4] 1955-1958 (1987).
- B. Yurke and D. Stoler, "Quantum behavior of a 4-wave mixer operated in a nonlinear regime," Physical Review A, 35 [11] 4846-4849 (1987).
- M. J. Potasek and B. Yurke, Squeezed-light generation in a medium governed by the nonlinear Schrodinger-equation," Physical Review A, 35 [9] 3974-3977 (1987).
- B. Yurke, P. Grangier, R. E. Slsuher, and M. J. Potasek "Generating and detecting short-duration pulses of squeezed light," Physical Review A, 35 [8] 3586-3589 (1987).
- B. Yurke and E. A. Whittaker, "Squeezed-state-enhanced frequency-modulation spectroscopy," Optics Letters, 12 [4] 236-238 (1987).
- B. Yurke and D. Stoler, "Generating quantum-mechanical superpositions of macroscopically distinguishable states via amplitude dispersion," Physical Review Letters, 57 [1] 13-16 (1986).
- B. Yurke, S. L. McCall, J. R. Klauder, Jr., "SU(2) and SU(1,1) interferometers," Physical Review A, 33 [6] 4033-4054 (1986).
- J. R. Klauder, S. L. McCall, and B. Yurke, "Squeezed states from nondegenerate 4-wave mixers," Physical Review A, 33 [5] 3204-3209 (1986).
- R. E. Slusher, L. W. Hollberg, B. Yurke, J. C. Mertz, and J. F. Valley, "Observation of squeezed states generated by 4-wave mixing in an optical cavity," Physical Review Letters, 55 [22] 2409-2412 (1985).
- B. Yurke, "Squeezed-coherent-state generation via 4-wave mixers and detection via homodyne detectors," Physical Review A 32 [1] 300-310 (1985).
- B. Yurke, "Wideband photon-counting and homodyne detection," Physical Review A, 32 [1] 311-323 (1985).
- B. Yurke, "Optical back-action-evading amplifiers," Journal of the Optical Society of America B – Optical Physics, 2 [5] 732-738 (1985).
- R. E. Slusher, L. Hollberg, B. Yurke, J. C. Mertz, and J. F. Valley, "Squeezed states in optical cavities – a spontaneous-emission-noise limit," Physical Review A, 31 [5] 3512-3515 (1985).
- B. Yurke and L. R. Corruccini, "Back-action-evading measurement of optical-fields with the use of a 4-wave mixer," Physical Review A, 30 [2] 895-900 (1984).
- B. Yurke, "Use of Cavities in squeezed-state generation," Physical Review A, 29 [1] 408-410 (1984).
- B. Yurke, "An evolving universe in a pot of liquid-helium," Physics World, 7 [7] 28-28 (1994).
- B. Yurke, P. G, Kaminsky, and D. M. Eigler, "Cryogenic piezoelectric displacement tester," Cryogenics 26 [7] 435-436 (1986).
- B. Yurke, J. S. Denker, B. R. Johnson, N. Bigelow, L. P. Levy, D. M. Lee, and J. H. Freed, "NMR-induced recombination of spin-polarized hydrogen," Physical Review Letters, 50 [15] 1137-1140 (1983).
- B. Yurke, J. S. Denker, and B. R. Johnson, "A cryostat for investigating spin polarized hydrogen," Physica B & C, 107 [1-3] 521-522 (1981).
- B. Yurke, J. S. Denker, and B. R. Johnson, "A cryostat for investigating spin polarized hydrogen," Physica B & C, 107 [1-3] 521-522 (1981).
- F. A. Matsen, T. L.Welsher, and B. Yurke, "Spin-Free Quantum Chemistry. XIX: Particle-Hole and Pairing Symmetries," International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 212 985 (1977).
- T. L. Welsher, W. A. Seitz, B. Yurke, R. A. Gonzales, F. A. Matsen, "Configuration Interaction and the Woodward-Hoffman Rules. 1: Electrocyclic Reactions," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 299, 8389 (1977).
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Dunes Villa
Property Details
Located near the Beachport Lighthouse, the Dunes Villa contains 1 bedroom with queen & 1 bedroom with 2 singles.A brand new bathroom was completed in December 2012, with a comfortable lounge/dining area, kitchen, plenty of storage space, and a generous backyard.
Great location ! - just a 5 minute stroll down to the Foreshore with shops, cafes, supermarket, hotel, & deli. Wander along the secluded back beaches, right at your door or simply relax on the front veranda and soak up the views.
Fees & Surcharges
A cleaning fee of $60.00 will be added to the rates total to cover the expenses of cleaning the property before & after your stay.
When paying with a debit card, credit card or via PayPal, a payment surcharge of 1.5% will apply to the booking total. The total payment surcharge will be displayed during the quote process.


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A mass planting of the native cultivar Invincibelle Spirit II is stunning in sun or part shade.
This season, you'll feel extra good about your purchase of the new Invincibelle Spirit II Hydrangea for your garden or to give as a gift. That's because $1 of every plant sold is donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. More than $730,000 has been raised from the sale of its predecessor.
Invincibelle Spirit II is a notable improvement over the original Invincibelle Spirit. It is a much stronger grower, with sturdier stems, darker green foliage and brighter blooms. Rich pink flowers are produced on new growth from mid-summer until frost, maturing to an attractive shade of green. The dried blooms are lovely in long lasting bouquets. This selection of our native Hydrangea arborescens grows and blooms best in full sun, but will also grow in part shade at the expense of fewer flowers.
Common Name: Smooth hydrangea
Botanical Name: Invincibelle Spirit II (Hydrangea arborescens 'NCHA2')
Type of Plant: Shrub
Hardiness Zone: 3-9
Bloom Time: Mid-summer to frost
When to Prune: Pruning back old stems to 6-12 inches in late winter or early spring will not remove flower buds.
Height: 3-4 feet; Spread: 3-5 feet
Exposure: Full sun to part shade
Watering: Average to moist; not drought tolerant
Soil: Adapts to most well-drained soil types; pH does not affect flower color.
When to Fertilize: Apply a controlled release fertilizer in spring, if desired.
A version of this article appeared in Michigan Gardening Magazine Volume 4 number 1.
Photography courtesy of Proven Winners/ColorChoice.


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Looks like the Make Faire had a taxi problem this weekend, which is probably why organisers invited Life Size Mousetrap creator Mark Perez to the event to do what he does best: Destroy them as elaborately as possible.
Now, you remember the original Mousetrap game, of course. The one with the dozens of colorful plastic pieces that players assembled into a mini Rube Goldberg machine so they could trap each other's mouse game pieces? It never really worked. Unlike this one, which crushes just fine, thank you.
Perez's vision took about 15 years to complete. It takes five days to set up and two more to take down. It weighs 22,600kg, which seems like a lot until you consider components like the two-ton safe that crushes the car at the end, or the ship's anchor and 160kg bathtub. They add up.
Today, Perez travels to fairs and such with his merry band of life-size mousetrap-constructing assistants and drops two-ton safes on cars to the amusement of many. This past weekend, four out of the six tries were successful—and just like the original, there was someone ready and waiting to give the little ball a helping hand when it got stuck. [CNET]


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Hello Baby Card
SUPPLIES: Cardstock: (Solar White) Neenah Patterned paper: (Sweet Bouquet from Blush Lost & Found 2 collection) My Mind's Eye Clear stamps: (elephants from A Little Lovin' set; hello, baby from Word Up set) Paper Smooches Dye ink: (Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko Color medium: (assorted markers) Copic Accent: (white button) Doodlebug Design Fibers: (jute twine) Westrim Crafts Other: (masking tape) Finished size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
1 Make card from cardstock. Trim patterned paper to fit card front; adhere.
2 Stamp baby sentiment on cardstock. Stamp onto masking tape, cut out and cover sentiment.
3 Stamp hello sentiment on cardstock. Stamp onto masking tape, cut out and cover sentiment.
4 Stamp elephants and remove all masks; color images with markers.
5 Adhere stamped images to patterned paper panel; stitch around edges.
6 Tie button to card with twine.
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Flag Day
Happy Flag Day, from your favorite mechanics at Dennis Johnson's Auto Repair in Madison!
This is a clutch gone completely WRONG and something you want to be very sure doesn't happen with your vehicle! VERY SURE!
So how do you ensure you are not having an issue with your clutch when most drivers simply get in and drive? What do you look for? That is a question many of our customers ask us here at Dennis Johnson's Auto Repair in Madison and one this driver did not.
Presidents Day
Happy Presidents Day! While today actually commemorates George Washington's birthday, it's as good a time as any to acknowledge the work of all U.S. presidents, past and present. No matter your political affiliation, join us in thanking all of our past presidents for their service as Commander in Chief. If you have the day off school or work, enjoy the long weekend, and to everyone else, we hope you enjoy the holiday anyway! Happy Presidents Day, from your friends at Dennis Johnson's Auto Repair in Madison.
Custom Ford 302 Engine
What a beauty. This JASPER Remanufactured Ford 302 engine is very cool, it includes custom paint, intake and valve covers. Plus a 3 Year | 100,000 Mile Nationwide Parts & Labor Warranty. Stop by and talk to us here at Dennis Johnson's Auto Repair in Madison about your vehicle restoration project or any car or truck engine that you are having issues with. If we can't fix it then a JASPER remanufactured engine may be a great fit for you. BUILT IN THE USA - Celebrating 75 Years in 2017!
Durango - Jeep Grand Cherokee - Dodge RAM 1500, 2500, & 3500 Trucks
We have had many customers who needed a transmissions they could depend on over the years when they had issues and now we have the solution here at Dennis Johnson's Auto Repair in Madison thanks to JASPER Engines & Transmissions! Just announced is the addition of their Chrysler 65RFE-66RFE remanufactured transmission for the 2012 through current model year for: Dodge Durango - Jeep Grand Cherokee - RAM 1500, 2500, & 3500 trucks! Backed by a 3 Year | 100,000 Mile Nationwide Parts & Labor Warranty which is one of the many reasons we recommend them.


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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - An Israeli airstrike killed the commander of the Hamas military wing in Gaza Wednesday and Israel pounded dozens of targets in Gaza in the most intense attack since an Israeli offensive four years ago.
The killing of Ahmad Jabari marked a dramatic resumption of Israel's policy of assassinating Palestinian militant leaders and the Israeli military said it was the beginning of a major offensive codenamed "Pillar of Defense."
Palestinians called for harsh retaliation. The airstrikes came after a weekend exchange of Gaza rocket fire and Israeli airstrikes appeared to have abated. The Israeli offensive was likely to re-ignite the conflict.
A string of airstrikes around Gaza followed. The military said its aircraft targeted more than 20 facilities that served as storage or launching sites for rockets. Among the weapons destroyed were rockets that could hit as far as 40 kilometers (25 miles) into Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was meeting with his senior Security Cabinet after sundown Wednesday, officials said.
Hamas announced a state of emergency in Gaza. It evacuated all its security buildings and deployed its troops in Gaza away from their locations.
Jabari was the most senior Hamas official to be killed since the last war in Gaza ended in early 2009. He has long topped Israel's most-wanted list, blamed for in a string of deadly attacks, including the kidnapping of Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit in 2006.
In addition to Jabari, eight other people were killed in the strikes. Of the nine, three were confirmed as militants, two were children and the identity of others had yet to be determined, said Gaza health official Ashraf al-Kidra. Also, 30 people were wounded.
On its Twitter feed, the Israeli military said it could be escalated further. "All options are on the table. If necessary, the (Israeli military) is ready to initiate a ground operation in Gaza," it said.
In a radio interview, the chief military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, said "at this stage" there are no plans for a ground offensive. "We're focusing on an air operation," he said.
Outside the hospital where Jabari's body was taken, Hamas official Khalil al-Haya eulogized Jabari and threatened Israel.
"The battle between us and the occupation is open and it will end only with the liberation of Palestine and Jerusalem," an emotional al-Haya said.
Thousands of angry Gazans chanted "retaliation" and "we want you to hit Tel Aviv tonight."
Witnesses said Jabari was traveling in a vehicle in Gaza City when the car exploded. Crowds of people and security personnel rushed to the scene of the strike, trying to put out the fire that had engulfed the car and left it a charred shell.
The Israeli military released a black and white video of the airstrike. The grainy video shows a sedan moving slowly along a road before exploding in a powerful blast that sent a large piece of the car flying into the air.
Hamas police cordoned off the area around a hospital where at least one body from the strike was taken. It was draped in a white sheet, with a burned leg poking out.
Plumes of black smoke wafted into Gaza City's skies following at least five airstrikes. Ambulance sirens blared as people ran in panic in the streets and militants fired angrily into the air.
Fearing a long war in Gaza, Palestinians rushed to buy fuel, bread and other food supplies.
"We are working under fire to protect our people and to back the resistance," said Islam Shahwan, a Hamas interior ministry spokesman. "We have a full emergency plan that we are adopting now."
The Israeli military said the assassination was just the beginning.
"After a couple of days on ongoing rocket attacks toward Israeli civilians the (Israeli military) chief of staff has authorized to open an operation against terror targets in the Gaza Strip," military spokeswoman Lt. Col. Avital Leibovitch said.
She said Jabari had "a lot of bloods of his hands" and that the military chief "authorized different targets" as well.
Advocates say targeted killings are an effective deterrent without the complications associated with a ground operation, chiefly civilian and Israeli troop casualties. Proponents argue they also prevent future attacks by removing their masterminds.
Critics say the killings invite retaliation by militants and encourage them to try to assassinate Israeli leaders. They complain that the strikes amount to extrajudicial killings.
Dovish Israeli lawmaker Dov Hanin condemned the killing.
"Assassinating leaders is never the solution. In place of the leaders killed, other will grow, and we will only get another cycle of fire and blood," he said.
During a wave of suicide bombings against Israel a decade ago, the country employed the tactic to eliminate the upper echelon of Hamas leadership.
During that period, Israeli aircraft assassinated the previous commander of Hamas' military wing, Salah Shehadeh, the movement's founder and spiritual leader, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, his successor, Abdel Aziz Rantisi, and dozens of other Hamas military commanders.
The practice set off a wave of criticism from rights groups and foreign governments, particularly the strike that killed Shehadeh - a one-ton bomb that killed 14 other people, most of them children.
Israeli opposition leader Shaul Mofaz, a former chief of staff who has supported targeted killings, welcomed the strike.
"We need to continue this policy, to find them in every place," he told Israel's Army Radio. "Israel needs to determine the agenda, not Jabari."
Mofaz warned that Israelis should expect an escalation of violence in the coming days following the assassination.
Jabari was known in Israel as the man who accompanied Schalit when the high-profile prisoner swap took place last October. Schalit, who was captured in a cross-border raid from Gaza that killed two other soldiers, was swapped for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, including more than 300 convicted killers.
Jabari, nicknamed Abu Mohammed, was born in 1960 in the eastern Gaza neighborhood of Shejaiya. In 2006, he became the acting commander of the military wing of Hamas after his predecessor, Muhammad Deif, was seriously wounded in an Israeli attack.
Jabari began as a member of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party, but switched his allegiance to Hamas after serving 13 years in an Israeli prison.
He survived four previous attempts by Israel to kill him. In one attempt in 2004 his eldest son, his brother and three other relatives were killed.
He was said to have led the bloody 2007 takeover of Gaza from Fatah forces, developing Hamas's military arsenal and its networks in Iran, Sudan and Lebanon and for his planning of the Schalit kidnapping. Hamas has ruled Gaza with an iron grip since then, and repeated attempts to reconcile with Fatah have failed.
The assassination threatened to further damage Israel's relations with Egypt, which is governed by Hamas' ideological counterpart, the Muslim Brotherhood.
On its official Facebook page, the Freedom and Justice Party, the Muslim Brotherhood's political arm, called the assassination a "crime that requires a quick Arab and international response to stem these massacres against the besieged Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip."
It accused Israel of trying to "drag the region toward instability."
Israel and Egypt signed a peace accord in 1979. Relations, never warm, have deteriorated since longtime Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in a popular uprising last year.
Heller reported from Jerusalem. Additional reporting from Sarah El Deeb in Cairo.