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The Ground Round restaurant at One First Ave. abruptly closed its doors Saturday, leaving employees and patrons in the dark as to the reason.
The Ground Round restaurant at
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"This was a very quick decision on our part," franchise owner Kathleen Kelly said. "We made a decision based on the economic times that we would close.
Kelly, who also owns a Best Western franchise in Chelmsford, felt the economy was especially difficult on a restaurant like the Ground Round.
"For mid-scale restaurants with food costs and energy costs rising the way they are, the prices of our products haven't been able to keep pace," she said.The closure took the Monday lunch crowd by surprise.
"This place was busy every afternoon," said one of three businessmen walking down First Avenue for lunch.
But not on Monday. All the blinds were shut and the lights were out. The parking lot was roped off and a handwritten note, offering a "new beginning" at Mandarin Cuisine at
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Four more white pieces of paper hung in the Ground Round's windows. Three of the notes displayed the same message, notifying customers the restaurant had closed and thanking them for their patronage."We will miss you," it read.
The fourth sign advised the Ground Round's former staff that the nearby Sheraton Needham sought food and beverage staff.
Soon, three more cars pulled up alongside the roped off parking lot."What happened? We were here last week," one man said.
One of his lunch mates recalled a similar fate of other regional Ground Rounds.
"All the corporate ones, like in Norwood, closed," she said, referring to the 75 corporately-owned units that were shut down in February 2004 following a bank loan default by the chain's owner. "But this one was individually owned."
The group then saw the handwritten note left by Mandarin Cuisine and headed in that direction.
Within a span of 10 minutes, six or seven cars came to a halt at the edge of the parking lot, their passengers attempting to get a late lunch but instead getting a surprise.
Joe Balzarini of West Roxbury was as shocked as anyone when he rolled into the parking lot (through the back entrance, which wasn't roped off) to find no other cars.
"I was here last Thursday for a drink," he said with a bewildered look on his face. "Sometimes restaurants do that, just close their doors."
Kelly said the decision was so last minute that there wasn't any time at all to notify employees or customers ahead of time.
"We were open Friday, we were open our usual hours, and we did not reopen Saturday," she said. "The final, final decision was made Saturday morning. Our employees were wonderful employees, it didn't have anything to do with them. They tried to do what was best for the restaurant."


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Confession: before I saw director Charles Newell's interpretation of "Proof," now at Court Theatre, I thought of David Auburn's millennial Broadway effort as just another formulaic, moderately clever construction — albeit one with the uncommon motif of mathematics. My mathematician daughter took offense at the very notion that the play's central character, 25-year-old Catherine, a self-taught numbers hobbyist, would be able to understand, let alone construct, the sort of proof that had eluded trained academicians. Were we seriously meant to believe that Catherine's ability was in the DNA she shared with her newly deceased father, Robert, a noted mathematician at the University of Chicago?
That question becomes less important in Newell's production. This "Proof" isn't a whodunit, obsessed with determining the authorship of a notebook discovered in the late professor's study, as it is in too many previous productions. Rather it becomes an exploration of identity and family ties. Will Catherine be doomed to inherit her father's insanity along with that math gene? That is the larger question.
Newel's version is so refreshingly different in its approach that it's hard to believe it's the same script. But the old, fairly corny jokes are there about nerdy mathematicians and partying physicists. The lines get a little added resonance from the stage of Court Theatre, on the University of Chicago campus in Hyde Park, where the theatrical characters live and where the playwright was a real-life student. In a flashback scene when Catherine announces that she believes her mentally ill father is well enough for her to take a break from her caregiver duties and enroll at Northwestern, Robert's sneering "Northwestern?" draws a big laugh. "You actually want to live in Evanston?"
With the production already in its authentic home, there is no need to prove it. Martin Andrew's subtle scenic design eschews the detailed Hyde Park back porch depicted in standard productions for a barebones set that places the focus where it belongs, on the play's four characters. In Newell's production, each of those four is perfectly cast, and their nuanced performances allow new dimensions of Auburn's script to surface.
At the center of the play is Catherine, played by Chaon Cross with engaging physicality, at one moment isometric in her movements — we can see her thinking — and at another using a splintery porch swing as a graceful acrobat. Cross is a marvel in the role. Kevin Gudahl's self-assured performance as Robert joins acerbic wit with madness while rightly underplaying both characteristics to make an ideal foil for Cross.
Erik Hellman is appealing and believable as Hal, Robert's one-time graduate student now teaching at U of C himself, and Megan Kohl brings warmth to the role of Catherine's sister Claire, a trait missing from most productions, where the character can languish as a brittle stereotype. In a scene where Hal and Claire discuss Catherine's mental state in hushed tones, Newell places Hal and Claire as shadowy silhouettes behind a translucent screen, magnifying their images and their whispers in a crafty stroke of stage business that at once minimizes and maximizes their words. The proof of theatrical genius is knowing when to underplay, something that Newell and these fine performers get right at every turn.
Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago
Extended through April 14, 2013
Tickets: $45-$65
Box office: (773) 753-4472 or www.CourtTheatre.org
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Luke Skywalker challenged the stormtroopers of a distant galaxy on a daring mission—where a force of life became the power of death.
Luke Skywalker was a twenty-year-old who lived and worked on his uncle's farm on the remote planet of Tatooine...and he was bored beyond belief. He yearned for adventures out among the stars—adventures that would take him beyond the farthest galaxies to distant and alien worlds.
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Envisat and some principles of Earth-observing satellites
Earth-observing satellites were initially called remote-sensing satellites, and that is what many books, web sites and articles still call these satellites. Both names are a good indication of what these satellites do; they carry instruments that make remote measurements from space that show what is happening on Earth.
A camera is a good example of a remote-sensing instrument. Film detects the light reflected or emitted from whatever is within its field of view. The human eye is another good remote-sensing instrument.
Light is a form of electromagnetic radiation. There is a whole spectrum of electromagnetic radiation ranging from radio waves to microwaves to infrared to visible light to ultraviolet to X-rays and Gamma rays.
Instruments on Earth-Observing satellites are simply detectors - like film or the retina at the back of the eye - able to detect the radiation that reaches them from Earth.
Radiation is described by its frequency and wavelength. Of the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, gamma rays have the shortest wavelength and highest frequency (number of complete wave cycles in a second), and radio waves have the longest wavelength and lowest frequency. Everything and every process on Earth absorbs, reflects and/or emits electromagnetic radiation in a distinctive frequency and wavelength range. For example, plants absorb all visible light except that corresponding to the colour green. Therefore plants appear green.
Each type of plant has a different specific range of frequencies that it absorbs or reflects. The specific range is known as the spectral signature and is a kind of identifying fingerprint. If, for example, a plant contains less water because it is drying out and drought is threatened, the spectral signature is different than if the plant is healthy and has lots of water.
Given all the different bands of radiation welling up from the Earth, satellites need instruments that are designed to be sensitive to different ranges of electromagnetic radiation.
Most satellite instruments that view the Earth detect visible light, the infrared wavelengths nearest to visible light (near infrared) and microwaves. Most other wavelengths cannot pass unimpeded through the atmosphere.
Each frequency band that does pass through the atmosphere to a satellite instrument carries with it information about the Earth. For example, near infrared radiation allows scientists to deduce the temperature at the surface and at different altitudes in the atmosphere.
The satellite's instruments can be passive or active.
Passive instruments detect the radiation that reaches them from the Earth's surface and atmosphere. Active instruments emit a pulse and detect its reflection. The synthetic aperture radar on Envisat is an active instrument, whereas the Medium resolution imaging spectrometer (MERIS) is passive.
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ip = "IPaddressList" or ip != "IPaddressList"
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An IPv6 address in any of its legal forms and contained in square brackets [ and ], as defined by RFC 2373and RFC 2732.
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Opinion: Pay for Play, NCAA!
Editorial board member Steve Moore on whether college athletes should be paid. Photo: Associated Press
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Our Pages Ltd's Instructions make it easy to test-drive their 'Self Editable Website Creation Software' today.
How to create your new website
How to view your new website
Editing the text of your website
Adding and Deleting Pages
Multi Lingual Web Pages
Adding an image
Editing an image
Password protecting your site
Backing up your site
Making sure you don't lose your domain
Changing the look and feel of your web site
Why can't I get my password emailed to me?
How do I report any problems with the software?
Can I make suggestions to enhance the service?
Follow these simple instructions to try out the software today:
A. We have provided a button at the end of these instructions, scroll down to it to print them out. Please note: The Firefox browser has a known bug preventing the printing of multiple web pages in certain circumstances; We strongly recommend that you Download and printout the the Adobe pdf version of these instructions, a link to which you will find at the very bottom of this document, preferably do this before clicking the Create a Website button on the left, since these instructions will be no longer visible, once you start creating your Website.
B. Firstly click the side menu button 'Create a Website'. You will need to select a domain name which will point to your website. All the domain names that are available are split up into categories. Click the circle (known as a 'radio button') by the 'category-name' that most closely fits the area you are interested in.C. Then enter a prefix name (example your own name) in the white box below the list of categories to use as the prefix to your website address; then click the button 'check availability'; in the example shown we have used the name 'jo', .
D. We will then display a list of the available website addresses (domain names). Simply click in the circle in front of an available name and the button entitled 'use selected personal domain' below all the names and your website will be instantly created and will be visible to everybody on the Internet. If, however, your chosen name has been taken, your only option is to click the other button: "Try a different prefix name or category"; this will take you back to the previous web page, where, hopefully, you can select a different prefix name to create your trial website. Once you are able to display a web site with the prefix name of your choice, you will need to personalise it; but first of all it needs protecting with a unique username and password. The following page will appear and the links will refer to your own website.
The initial web page displayed above on the right hand side, is generated for you to edit, to do so you need to enter your email address and select a password and then click the "Save settings" button which will then be replaced with the "Edit your website" button which you can click and start editing the first page of your website. The existing website text should be read by you and can be used as a prompt of what to change when personalising the content of your first web page. Tip! Before you start editing, use the administration drop down menu and click the bottom option "User Details" and change the username and maybe enter other information, if you do not subscribe within 24 hours, all this information and your website will be automatically deleted.
E. The system will generate a website using one of the styles Our Pages Ltd provide, each has its own distinctive appearance, design or web site arrangement. You can at anytime, instantly change the way your web site is displayed, by choosing one of the alternative styles we make available to you, via your Administration Controls. You can then Simply edit, add or remove pages to personalise YOUR Web Site to meet your specific needs. Your site can be seen on the Internet from the moment you first create it. Just launch another web browser and enter your web address into the address bar. In the example shown we would enter http://jo.ourpages.info The system will create just your first page and fill in some of the text to show you what it currently looks like. At this stage we don't require anything from you, but if you want to retain the name and content of your newly created website, you will have to subscribe within 24 hours (to prevent our software deleting everything) and you will then be able to take advantage of the 7 days trial period to try out the software in the knowledge that you will be entitled to a no quibble refund if you do not find it suitable for your needs.
During the initial 24 hours that we allow you to try out the software without subscribing, you must use the email address you entered when activating your website as your User Name, (unless you went to your User Details and changed it to a different user name) and also the Password you selected when you created your website (unless you have changed it since in your User Details). You can change both anytime either before or after subscribing but make sure that your alternatives are not too short, easily guessed, not a real name or a word in the dictionary and do not divulge them to anyone (an ideal password should consist of a combination of letters and numbers). To make sure your website is NOT deleted by the software, be sure to ALWAYS have a valid e-mail address entered in the email box of your User Details!
As soon as you log in, it is sensible to bookmark your site and also go to the user details page. Just select user details from the drop down list as shown:
After mouse clicking the User Details (on the drop down menu), your user details page will be displayed. On this page you can change your user name and password anytime, make them memorable to you but not identifiable by anyone else.
This illustration shows the process of changing the user name to josephine and the password can also be changed. If you do not want to lose your website, ALWAYS make sure that you enter your e-mail address in the box above your User Name. When finished, You need to press the return key or click the button 'Update Information' by scrolling down to the bottom of the 'User Details' page.
If you are still running the Administration Page, choose 'Edit Page' from the Administration drop down menu.
- The system will automatically default to the language of your browser but if you wish, you can choose the language you want for your web site [eg English (en)] by clicking the drop down menu by the heading "Select a language" above the editing toolbar. You will also need to use an appropriate keyboard for the language of your choice. Tip! Hover your mouse over each of the editing icons and its function will be displayed in the language that you selected from the 'language drop down menu'.
- When the page loads up initially, it defaults for you to edit the whole of the web page you select to edit. You can choose which section you edit by selecting from the options available via the Page section drop down list menu. You can choose the whole page to view and edit the whole of the page.
- Alternatively, choose the 'title' option to change or add a heading to the top of the web page. The 'top' drop down menu is used to enter or edit 'latest news' or 'sports results' or 'meeting times' etc. The 'centre' drop down menu relates to the rest of the page.
- Text on each page can be edited as you would edit using a word processor. You will notice that, by changing the Format drop down menu (at the bottom of the toolbar), you can choose different headings that fit in with the style.
- Choosing Add/delete a page from the administration menu will produce the page control section. You can either add a blank page or a copy of an existing one. We recommend you add a copy of an existing page. The entry you put in to Page display name will be the name that appears on the menu. If you don't want it on the page menu, then leave this entry blank.
- The language section is used for multi-lingual websites. If you want the site in 2 or more languages, say English and German, create a new set of pages like the first set; only this time save them choosing the German language from the drop down menu. Now, when someone comes to the site with a German browser, they will see only the German pages. Everybody else will see the English site.
- The Menu position will determine where in the menu the page will come. This field is the sort key used to determine the menu order. So if you want a page to be at the top of the menu, put an 'a' in this place. The next page 'b' and so on. (see item 6 under the illustration explaining about 'Password protecting your site' towards the end of these instructions, for a more detailed explanation).
- The style field will allow you to determine what style form to use for your web site.
1) All website pages in one language only, e.g. English.
2) Webpages written in two or more languages. All languages appear on the same page. e.g. French restaurant, menu written in French with English translation underneath each dish.
3) Multilingual websites where the website is translated page by page into more than one language. Traditionally, you had to click on a flag to get your language. However, Ourpages software will automatically display the pages in the correct language providing the visitor's browser supports the languages you use. For example: an English user will see the website in English and an Italian user will see the website in Italian if you have created pages in Italian as below.
How do you create them?
1) All websites in one language only.
Simply enter text in the editor with your normal keyboard. The editor toolbar should be displayed in your local language automatically. If not, click on the 'Language' drop down menu in the editor and choose the language you require.
2) Websites written in 2 or more languages.
3) Multilingual websites.
First create your website in your main language, say English. Then recreate the same web pages using the 'Add a page' section of the site administration facility, only this time save them in your chosen second language. For example, let's assume you have a 2 page website, 'About Us' and 'Our Family Photographs', and you wish to create them in English and Italian. You create the two pages in English and save them. You then need to create these pages again but as non-English pages in Italian.
You do this by going to the drop down menu 'Add a page', but this time you add the copy of the page 'About us' but call it 'Su di noi' and you change the English text to Italian after selecting the 'Italian' language' from the language drop down menu and save the Italian version of that page. Then add a copy of the second page 'Our Family Photographs' repeating the above exercise and call it 'Fotografie della famiglia', you again edit the page and save it in the Italian Language. You can change or edit these Italian pages to your liking and then save them as you would save the English versions.
Now when someone comes to your site with an Italian Web Browser, they will see just the 2 pages in Italian, 'Su di noi' and 'Fotografie della famiglia'. Anyone using any other browser will see the English version 'About us' and 'Our Family Photographs'.
You need to prepare, using the information below, the images you use before inserting them into the text on your page because they will often be too big to use on a web page. Click on Images in the administration drop down menu.
The image upload system can be confusing if you don't understand how images are stored and displayed. The size an image appears on someone's web browser depends on how big the screen is on their computer monitor. They could be viewing it on a large 24 inch monitor or on a tiny mobile phone screen.
As a result, we describe image size by the number of pixels across the width of the image. A pixel is a single dot on the screen. Nowadays, most desktop screens are around 1280 pixels across and most laptops 1024 pixels across the screen.
A modest 6 Megapixel camera will produce photographs over 3000 pixels across and you can upload these but they will be far too big for a web page. Our Pages Ltd's solution is to allow you to resize the image after uploading. Pick a size from the list and then browse for your image and click upload. It is likely if uploading a large image to take a few minutes.
Once it has uploaded, it will join the blank image in the thumbnail view of your images at the top of the page.
It will now need editing to be useful on the webpage. (See next section). Once you are happy with all your images, choose 'edit page' from the Administration drop down menu and look on the toolbar for the 'Insert/Edit Image' button; it is usually in the centre of the toolbar as shown below.
All the images you have created are now available to you. The next dialogue box will pop-up and you need to click on Browse Server (as illustrated below) to show your image library.
Once you have clicked on the 'Browse Server' button, a list of the images you have created by uploading and by editing are shown and you will need to choose the one you want.
Notice the sizes of the images. PICT0952.jpg is nearly 3Mb in size (3 million bytes). Through the use of the resize image facility, it has been reduced to 8kb, just about right for web use. (see editing an image below for details of how to do this). By clicking on the file name, it is inserted into the image loading dialogue box.
As it is, the image will have no text wrapped around it. Select 'Left' or 'Right' from the Align menu shown in the illustration above and the text will surround the image as shown in the next illustration.
After having uploaded an image as shown in the previous section, you can also further resize it or crop a portion from the image to use separately. While still in the images section of the Administration page, click on the Resize Image menu option to the left of the page.
Click on the image shown in the row of thumbnails at the top of the page to load the image into the resizing window. You will see a small green marker towards the top right end of the picture.
By dragging it to the left with the mouse, you will be able to resize the picture and you can then save it at the size you want. By saving the images at the size you want, it will both use up less space on the server (reducing the need for you to subscribe for additional server space) and also your web pages will display faster so your visitors are not kept waiting.
Crop Image
You can select just a small area of the uploaded image to display. Click on Crop Image in the menu and click on the picture you wish to crop from the thumbnails.
Then drag the mouse over the area you wish to use, click the 'Crop' button and the system will crop the image over this area and save the new image in your image library ready for use in your web page.
Delete Image
Simply choose this option, click on the image you want to delete and press the Delete button. Please note you cannot delete Blank.gif, this is required as a place holder.
Sometimes you may want to protect some or all of your site so that only you and your friends / membership / relatives can view the pages. Select 'Edit Metatags' from the Administration drop down menu and the following page will be displayed:
You will see that the last 3 entries on the form, control the password protection of this page. Simply select 'Yes' to the Page password protected question and then enter a user name and password which you and your visitors will have to enter to gain access to the page. Click 'Save Changes' to record your intentions. The other fields are as follows:
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"By implementing an automated portal, Fujitsu slashed the number of inbound calls and from then we saw a steady decline in calls as Fujitsu identified common incidents and eradicated them"
Jon Wensley IT Vendor Manager, BP
BP is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by 2011 revenues. The company has a market capitalisation of approximately $232 billion, annual revenues of $284 billion, and profit of over $17.3 billion per annum. Today it has over 97,600 employees and produces nearly 2.4 million barrels of crude oil and 8.1 billion cubic feet of natural gas every day. It operates over 24,100 service stations worldwide.
Supporting over 15,000 users in 30 countries across Europe, Australia and New Zealand is a daunting challenge in itself. Prior to 2006, BP was providing technical support in an entirely unmanaged manner with each country responsible for its own service desk capability. This led to spiralling costs and unsatisfactory incident resolution rates.
The company decided it needed a unified approach to its service desk and field services in order to control costs and reduce downtime. As a result, it invited a number of vendors to propose a solution that would meet its requirements.
"We have a reputation for seeking the best possible value," explains Jon Wensley, IT Vendor Manager, BP. "The key criteria for us in finding the right partner were cost and the ability to reach multiple countries in local languages. Fujitsu met those criteria and were awarded the contract."
Together Fujitsu and BP set to creating a unified service desk that would deliver support in 14 languages across 30 countries. The contract also incorporated network managed services, data centre management and software support.
Under this approach, Fujitsu managed call reception and logging, first time resolution of desktop hardware and software issues, password resets, change management, and asset management. It provided multiple channels for contacting the Help Desk, including voice, e-mail, fax and web-chat. It also had the capability to undertake remote desktop take-over, maintain knowledge bases, manage escalations and manage third parties.
Fourteen languages were supported by the Global Delivery Centres in Lisbon and Kazan among them Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Czech, Greek and Russian. Australia and New Zealand are supported from Melbourne. The central call management and knowledge base systems were hosted in the UK and used by all the desk agents regardless of location.
At the heart of the service is Sense and Respond. This is Fujitsu's unique approach to service that eliminates wasted effort and cost. Instead of simply working to IT objectives, Fujitsu operatives give priority to the customer's business objectives. Rather than simply fixing IT problems, staff are empowered to find and fix the causes of those problems, so that they don't happen again. In practice, Sense and Respond makes users happier and more productive, at lower cost.
"Sense and Respond is the real value-add, enabling us to meet user requirements and increase user satisfaction," adds Wensley. "Fujitsu consistently goes above and beyond the call of duty to hit service level agreements and improve user contentment."
Fujitsu also manages software releases for desktops and servers. In addition, Fujitsu provided BP Shipping with support for BP's on-board IT environment. This includes the creation of the Ship Operating Environment (an operating system and application integration), installation of IT systems on new ships and upgrades of ships during their refurbishment in key locations globally.
The service initially responded to 31,119 calls a month. A Sense and Respond intervention identified an immediate opportunity to reduce these calls by 50 per cent by implementing an automated service, via a portal that manages change, called IT Service Request (ITSR). When this went live, the ticket volume was reduced to 15,701. Since then Fujitsu incrementally improved the service to the point where BP was placing 6,778 calls a month, a 78% reduction, equivalent to a saving of $40m.
"The service was flexible, responsive and smart. By implementing an automated portal, Fujitsu slashed the number of inbound calls and from then we saw a steady decline in calls as Fujitsu identified common incidents and eradicated them," comments Wensley. "Around 95 per cent of incidents are resolved within the agreed timeframe which is an impressive figure."
Despite the fact that another vendor has taken on responsibility for the service desk, Fujitsu continues to provide desk-side and field service support. It was also recently engaged by BP to roll out its Windows 7 build, known as Voyager, to 15,500 users across 41 countries over 24 months. This demonstrates the ongoing commitment BP has to working with Fujitsu.
"The relationship as a whole is excellent so we're having a continual conversation about new opportunities where we can work together. The Fujitsu team is keen, understands our business and delivers quality results. We're sure Fujitsu will remain a critical partner for BP as we evolve as a business."
Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company offering a full range of technology products, solutions and services. Over 170,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.5 trillion yen (US$54 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. For more information, please see www.fujitsu.com
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WASHINGTON, DC.- Leading American artist Jim Dines groundbreaking achievements as a draftsman beginning around 1970 are featured in Drawings of Jim Dine at the National Gallery of Art, West Building, March 21 through August 1, 2004. The first major survey of Dines drawings in over 15 years, the exhibition will include more than 100 of his drawings from around 1970 to the present, borrowed from public and private collections. Often associated with Pop art and the Happenings of the 1960s, Dine became known for his paintings, prints, and sculptures--works that employed recurring themes such as tools, hearts, and bathrobes. This exhibition will focus on subjects for which Dine is renowned--his iconic images of tools--as well as less publicized themes from the eighties and nineties, including images of owls, studies of ancient sculpture and nature, and portrayals of proverbial characters such as Pinocchio.
"We are especially pleased to show a number of magnificent drawings from Jim Dines most recent work--ones that confirm his persistent brilliance as a draftsman," said Earl A. Powell III, director of the National Gallery of Art. "It is always a privilege to celebrate the work of an artist still actively engaged in making art."
The exhibition was organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Drawings of Jim Dine is organized chronologically and begins with a 16-foot-long charcoal work on canvas entitled Name Painting (1935-1963) #1 from 1968-1969. National Gallery curator Judith Brodie suggests that this work--an attempt by Dine to recall all the names of those individuals who affected his life between 1935 and 1963--very likely inspired a period of concentrated involvement with drawing during the 1970s. Works on view from that decade showcase Dines intensified commitment to drawing and include a series of seven superb drawings of tools from the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In keeping with the artists inclination to revisit chosen themes, the exhibition also features drawings of tools from 2000 to the present, such as Elyria, Natural Light #1, and Natural Light #2.
In 1974, Dine began drawing from the figure, employing live models, photographs, mirror-images of himself, even department store mannequins. The Die-Maker (1975) reveals Dines shift to life drawing and his innate skills as a draftsman. Other large-scale and evocative drawings of nudes--The Skier (1976), The Red Glove (19751976) and Red Scarf (1976)--reveal a similar attention to the human form as well as Dines very physical approach to drawing. Some areas of these drawings are abraded and torn. Dine aims to have his works convey a sense of history, the weathered signs of their own making. In Nine Self-Portraits with a Very Long Beard (1977), Dine explored the traditional genre of self-portraiture but in a non-traditional format, creating a set of nine variably adjusted drawings that the artist considers one work.
Since the last major exhibition of his drawings in 1988, Dine has introduced new subjects--such as antique sculpture, the owl and raven, a towering mountain in Austria, and the puppet Pinocchio. Dine feels a strong kinship with all of his subjects. In the case of Pinocchio, he adopts the puppet as an alter ego. He is moved by the puppets tale, especially his genesis and identifies with Geppettos ability to bring an inanimate object to life. Pinocchio with Two Kinds of Clippers from 2002 pairs the new subject of Pinocchio with the artists trademark tools, enriching Dines dialogue with his subjects.
Throughout the seventies and into the eighties, Dine lived in Vermont and in this lush environment, trees, plants and flowers became one of his enduring themes, as revealed in Tree (The Kimono) from 1980 and Mandrake Root (after Ligozzi) from 1985.
The exhibition concludes with one room devoted entirely to forty works--The Glyptotek Drawings--made from early Greek and Roman sculpture. These forty separate sheets, which constitute one work, demonstrate Dines profound sense of wonder in the presence of the antique.
Dine was born in 1935 in Cincinnati, Ohio. After his mothers death when he was a teenager, he went to live with his maternal grandparents. His grandfather owned a hardware store where Dine acquired an appreciation for tools. Dine received a B.F.A. in 1957 from Ohio University and enrolled in its graduate program the following year. In 1958 he went to New York, where he collaborated with artists such as Claes Oldenburg. Dine soon became a pioneer creator of Happenings--multimedia theatrical pieces that were highly unpredictable in character.
Dines mixed-media constructions and experimentation with Happenings quickly earned him a reputation as an exceptional young talent, and between 1960 and 1965 his work was widely exhibited with that of the newly emerging Pop artists. In the 1970s Dine made a dramatic shift, an aspect of which was a heightened regard for drawing. He believed that he had exhausted the possibilities at hand and needed a broader foundation to build on--one grounded in life drawing. Dines objective was not, however, to become a figurative artist, instead, as he states in the exhibition catalogue, it was "all about looking--looking hard."
As Dine continued to revise his artistic ambitions throughout the 1970s, he repeatedly turned to drawing. Thirty years later, drawing remains at the core of his range of expression.
Judith Brodie, curator of modern prints and drawings at the National Gallery of Art, is curator of the exhibition and principal author of the catalogue. The artist joined the design team of the catalogue, which is co-published by the National Gallery of Art and Gerhard Steidl, Göttingen. Drawings of Jim Dine will be available in the Gallery Shops, through the Shops Web site (www.nga.gov), and by telephone (800-697-9350) for $50 hardcover (200 pages, 110 color plates).
Exhibition curator Judith Brodie will interview Jim Dine on Sunday, March 21, at 2:00 p.m. in the East Building auditorium. Jim Dine will sign catalogues following the program. This event is free of charge; seating is available on a first-come, first-seated basis.


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Selfies With Tape Over the Face Is Grotesquely Fascinating
Think the selfie craze couldn't get any, well, crazier? Think again.
A new Facebook page has been created in honor of selfies taken with adhesive tape over people's faces.
The photos are done with Sellotape, which is a British brand of tape. The effect is purely global, though.


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A class-action settlement involving fuel-efficiency claims that prompted one Honda Civic hybrid owner to pursue a case against the automaker in small claims court might be considered by the California Department of Justice.
Statement: American Honda Motor on AG Review | Settlement Details
The department is considering whether to object to the proposed settlement, which was the catalyst for Heather Peters' successful small claims case against Honda. The Civic hybrid owner was awarded $9,867.19 -- just shy of the maximum of $10,000 -- in a judgement earlier this month against Honda in small claims court, an alternative to the class-action avenue that did not allow Honda to spend money on legal help.
Under the proposed settlement, all settlement class members are entitled to either a $100 or $200 cash payment. The settlement also provides other benefits, such as rebate certificates and warranty extensions for the vehicle's hybrid battery system.
"Depending on the class member's circumstances, this settlement provides for multiple benefits and paths of resolution," according to a statement from American Honda Motor Co. "We continue to believe that the class action settlement pertaining to the fuel economy of some early-model Civic Hybrid vehicles represents a very good resolution for our customers. We look forward to a discussion with the State Attorneys General concerning the benefits that our customers will receive from the settlement."
On Thursday, Peters filed a legal brief in San Diego Superior Court objecting to the settlement. The document includes declarations from nearly 40 hybrid owners regarding technical problems with vehicle batteries.
She attended Tuesday's court session in San Diego, where a Superior Court judge gave the attorney general until Feb. 29 to declare opposition to the class-action settlement. California officials remain undecided on whether the state will object to the class-action settlement, Deputy Attorney General Albert Shelden told the Associated Press.
Peters' case involved a Civic hybrid purchased in 2006. She argued that it failed to deliver on the posted 50-mpg rating and achieved closer to 30 mpg because of technical issues with the battery.
In an effort to convince others to consider small claims court, Peters launched DontSettleWithHonda.org.


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T BAILEY, INC. fabricated and erected a new steel stack and bypass duct and silencer.
The Project
Name: Keahole Combined Cycle Project Stack & Ductwork
Category: Steel Construction
Lyons Ferry Straw Pulp Plant
One (1) 95'-0" diameter x 60' high 75,000 BBL Capacity, Three (3) 80'-0" diameter x 60' high 53,000 BBL Capacity, and One (1) 36'-0" diameter x 32' high 5800 BBL Capacity API 650 welded steel storage tanks with internal floating roofs constructed and painted in Tacoma, WA.
Westway Terminals Aberdeen, WA
4 each 80 BBL API 650 Storage Tanks 120′ diameter x 40′ high with internal floating roofs. This was a design/build project for a private developer. All 4 tanks were field erected in a five-month window to meet the client's schedule to become operational.
Maple Ridge Highlands 4MG Reservoir – Maple Valley, WA
T BAILEY, INC. erected a new 4MG 105'd x 68′ tall water reservoir for a private developer in the new Maple Ridge Highlands Community. We also erected a new 26'd x 133'h standpipe and a complete pump station for the water system in this new development.
Water System Improvement Project – Vale, Oregon
T BAILEY operated as the general contractor and was awarded the Water System Improvement Project for the City of Vale, Oregon. The project was designed to eliminate toxins from the city's drinking water, specifically arsenic. The City of Vale received funding from the Federal Safe Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund which utilizes American Iron and Steel (AIS) Requirements for the Project. AIS requires all building materials utilizing iron or steel products to be produced in the United States.
12MG Clearview Reservoir
Before erecting the new 12MG 184′ d x 63′ high water reservoir, T Bailey, INC. prepped the site including clearing approximately 6.5 acres, mass excavation of over 40,000 cy, grading, and 2000LF of large diameter transmission and yard piping.
Swift Hydroelectric Project Surge Arresting Structure
T BAILEY, INC. fabricated and installed approx. 230 lf of 16′ diameter penstock that began with a complex square to round transition to connect to an existing point and ended in a bifurcation that split into approx. 200 lf of 11′ diameter penstock that connected to two existing points already encased in concrete.
3MG Reservoir – Wainwright, AK
T BAILEY, INC. constructed a new 130′ diameter x 32′ high 3MG painted and insulated water reservoir for the North Slope Borough.
Education Hill & Perrigo Upgrades – Redmond, WA
Tank improvements to 3 existing water reservoirs including ladders, platforms, roof vents, shell stiffeners (pictured above), piping, and interior and exterior concrete foundation improvements.
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New York Invasive Species Awareness Week.
The mission of the New York Invasive Species Awareness Week (ISAW) is to promote knowledge and understanding of invasive species and the harm they can cause by engaging citizens in a wide range of activities across the state, and empowering them to take action to help stop the spread. This annual education campaign is comprised of various outreach initiatives and events led by partner organizations statewide. Activities include interpretive hikes, invasive plant removal, and restoration projects, displays, webinars, radio and television programming, and more.
Washington Native Plant Society.
Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program.
San Mateo County Department of Agriculture/Weights and Measures (California).
University of California - Riverside. Center for Invasive Species Research.
Orange County Vector Control District (California).
See also: Information Bulletins on other vectors/pests
San Diego Natural History Museum.
North Carolina State University. Cooperative Extension.
Plumas-Sierra Noxious Weeds Management Group (California).
Plumas-Sierra Noxious Weeds Management Group (California).
Plumas-Sierra Noxious Weeds Management Group (California).
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.
Note: Nesting Behavior
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Cornell University (New York). New York State Agricultural Experiment Station.
Cornell University. Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County. Horticulture Diagnostic Laboratory.
See also: Tree and Shrub Disease for more fact sheets.
DOI. National Park Service.
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program.
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Claremont, Calif. - The Pomona-Pitzer Football team opened the 2012 season with a strong first half against Menlo, but the Oaks running attack was too much in the second half as they pulled away for a 41-13 win on Saturday at Merritt Field.
Menlo improves to 2-1 on the year with the win, while Pomona-Pitzer falls to 0-1 after dropping its opener. Four different players rushed for touchdowns for Menlo and two different quarterbacks threw for touchdowns to two different receivers. As a team, the Oaks ran for 294 yards on 51 carries, compared to 101 yards for the Sagehens, who were missing senior running back Luke Sweeney (Broken Arrow, Okla.) with an injury after he led the nation in rushing a year ago (177.4 ypg).
Pomona-Pitzer couldn't have scripted a better start to the game. The defense held the Oaks just over midfield, and forced a punt into the end zone for a touchback, then marched 80 yards in 16 plays to score a touchdown on their first possession of the year. Freshman running back Brett Harper (Long Beach, Calif.) ran for 37 yards on the drive, including the scoring plunge from one-yard out.
Pomona-Pitzer had a chance to add to the lead, as they forced Menlo to three and out, thanks to a sack from freshman Matthew Tesimale (Ontario, Calif.), and moved the ball into Menlo territory on the next possession. A pass from senior quarterback Luke Ferguson (Silverton, Ore.) to senior wide receiver Yoshi Rothman (La Jolla, Calif.) came up one yard short of a first down at the Menlo 38, and the Sagehens elected to punt.
Another Sagehen drive stalled at the Menlo 42-yard line, before the Pomona-Pitzer defense yielded its first points of the year when quarterback Matthias Pelasasa connected on a 47-yard bomb to Robert Adan under heavy pressure with 3:10 left in the half. Senior linebacker Jake Rollins (Simi Valley, Calif.)blocked the extra point to keep the score tied at 6-6 going into halftime.
The second half, though, saw Menlo score on all five possessions. The Oaks carried the ball 15 times in the third quarter and threw it once, as they were able to gain 124 yards on the ground in the stanza. Michael Alexander ran up the left side line for a 42-yard touchdown to give Menlo the lead for good with 11:46 left in the third quarter, and a two-yard run from Vince Snyder with 5:51 left made it 20-6.
The Oaks then salted the game away with a 14-play, 59-yard drive that ended in a Jake Fohn touchdown run from five yards out. The Sagehens had a swing pass go backwards for a fumble, and Menlo pounced on the loose ball and scored on a short 12-yard drive.
Ferguson found Rothman in the end zone with a 10-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to end the Pomona-Pitzer scoring drought and cut the lead to 34-13, but an on-side kick failed and Menlo tacked on one final touchdown.
Harper finished with 66 yards on 25 carries on the ground, and was also the top receiver for the Sagehens with six catches for 61 yards. Ferguson finished 15-for-28 for 129 yards through the air. Four players had double digits in tackles on the day, led by junior linebacker Kyle Roskamp (Chesterfield, Mo.) with 12 and sophomore cornerback Ben Feldman (Weston, Fla.) with 11 (including two sacks). Sophomore safety Don Swan (Gold Beach, Ore.) and junior linebacker Nick Sbardellati (Nuevo, Calif.) each had 10 tackles.
Pomona-Pitzer will be back in action on Saturday when it travels to face Lewis & Clark for a 12 noon contest.
Football Starts Strong, But Menlo Pulls Away
Claremont, Calif. - The Pomona-Pitzer Football team opened the 2012 season with a strong first half against Menlo, but the Oaks running attack was too much in the second half as they pulled away for a 41-13 win on Saturday at Merritt Field.


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personalcoach needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 62 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
After two-years with an off-the-shelf theme it's time to give Evolving Times a new look. Please design a simple logo and header and for the Evolving Times blog - http://www.evolvingtimes.com.
Evolving Times
Exploring the Leading Edge of Thought
Desired Color Scheme:
Blue, Gold, Red
Desired Style:
Modern, movement, clean, organic
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
The logo can be quite simple, a text effect or symbol. I often use a spiral in my designs. I love the logo for the Conscious Evolution group http://www.evolve.org. Something like that - but different - could work.
Because of the nature of the site, I'm looking for something that has a feeling of forward movement, feels modern and clean but organic.
You can see the spiral I've used in my existing designs here:
I still really like the look and feel of this one.
While the content of my blog definitely moves into the realm of "new age" I am looking for a design that captures the evolutionary, spiritual aspects without crossing into that New Age look.
When you are designing, imagine that you are appealing to the folks looking in the window and interested in what's going on in here, NOT the folks that are already singing their hearts out in the choir!
The header for the site needs to be 960x110. Simple is good. It will be put into a modified version of the Revolution Theme. You can see a very early work in progress here: http://www.blogtest.edwardmills.com. If you look at it, please do not let the header I hacked together influence your creativity! ;)
For color, you have two possible pallets to try: In a branding seminar the pallet that came up was Gold, Red and Orange. Personally I have no idea how you could tie those three colors together into a brand pallet or header, but the designer/teacher seemed to think it would work.
The other possibility would be to stick with the blue I have used as the grounding color and pull the Gold and Red into the mix.
Have fun, and play. I'll give feedback along the way.
The right 1/3 of the header should be clean and simple enough to serve as a background for either subscription information for the blog, a banner ad, or other content.
In addition to the fee, the winning designer will receive, if desired, a link to his/her website from the Evolving Times main page. This is a Pagerank 5 site (it shows as a 3 now because of the recent "Google slap." But I have removed the text link ads and requested a reinstatement of the previous PR).
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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I found that sometimes my website is slow, and I suspect that this is the web host's problem. But the web host insists on that the website is fast. The problem, I suspect, is that the website is fast sometimes, and slow most of the time. The people at web host would just measure the load time of a webpage when the page is responding fast and tell me that there is no problem at their end.
So, I am thinking about capture the load time for every webpage request, I am not sure whether is this information already available in cpanel ( I am using cpanel)? If yes, how can I get it?


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This past November 1 marked the latest of several recent expansion moves for the Haskins 6k Sells office in Boston, and all concerned know it is only temporary. When the small business group shifted to larger quarters on the thirty-fifth floor of 28 State Street, the change brought some relief, for a time, to the busy office five floors below. Yet even with the increased elbow room, our Boston colleagues are keeping a watchful eye on the big foundation taking shape just across the street to the east. Good weather, labor harmony and luck permitting, H&.S Boston will move into the new forty-story building to rise above that foundation in the summer of 1977. No one will be happier to have increased space in which to operate the widespread practice centering on the old Hub of New England than John C. McCarthy, Boston partner in charge. Jay, as everyone calls him, is accustomed to moving and he is at home with the action and growth that go with upward mobility. Some of the partners in the Firm who saw Jay at the September partners meeting may have wondered about the replica of an admiral's hat, decorated with gilt "scrambled eggs" and labeled "BOSTON PIC," that Jay wore with a smile during a recreation break on the golf course. The hat was a gag present that the Boston office staff gave him at their 1975 summer outing. It marked the start of Jay's third year in charge of the office, following Del Edens' transfer to Executive Office to assume responsibility for the Firm's SEC work. Jay McCarthy's moves with the Firm have brought him from coast to coast, west to east. He was born and schooled in Seattle where his accountant father was employed as treasurer of the Washington Athletic Club. "My parents always called me J.C. and my brother D.J. I have been called Jay ever since I was a boy. I graduated from school in Seattle in 1943, taking the college preparatory course. Although I really hadn't made any plans, I was good in math in school and was thinking perhaps of studying engineering. "With the war, labor was in short supply, so I worked at the club while still in school, and I got the chance to IVoplc John C< see how it was run. One day my Dad asked me if I had ever thought about studying accounting in college. I asked him how much college-trained accountants earned. He said that a CPA could make $200 a month. I thought that was pretty good, and in those days it was. Later the same day a woman in the state accounting office asked me what I planned to do, and I told her I thought I'd go into accounting and become a CPA. " 'Oh, fine,' she said. 'CPAs can earn $350 a month!' So I got a raise of $150 a month in one day!" Jay's father explained to him that tax specialists were much in demand and that if he were to study accounting, then work with a CPA firm for a few years, become a CPA and specialize in taxes, he could then go out on his own. "That's what I planned—back then," Jay recalls with a laugh, "so here I am!" His gesture sweeps across his corner office toward the window and out toward Boston Flarbor and Logan International Airport beyond. Jay got in one year of study at the University of Washington before he joined Uncle Sam as an aviation cadet in September 1944. Following thirteen months' service as pilot trainee, Jay got back to the university and graduated in 1948. He joined the West Coast firm of McLaren, Goode, West & Company in its Seattle office, starting work there on the same day as Bob Steele, now administrative partner in the New York practice office of H&S. The merger of the McLaren firm with H&S took place in 1952. "Now I suppose I am about as much of a generalist as you could find,"Jay says, recalling the way his goal of becoming a tax specialist receded in favor of the many interests of a general practice. "Before the merger I did a good deal of small business work, which included taxes, and I also did auditing. Then in the mid-fifties I was one of a group of H&S managers selected to take EDP training when the Firm went into electronic data processing services for MAS clients, but the pressure of client business precluded my actually starting on it. I was also asked to take on recruiting duties in the Seattle office. I took right to personnel work and enjoyed it. When Bob Steele left Seattle to go to Executive Office I was the manager responsible for recruiting." In the spring of 1960, just after Jay and his wife Fran had contracted to buy a new house to accommodate their growing family of two boys and a little girl, he received a challenge: What would he think of transferring to Philadelphia? Jay had been a Seattle boy all of his thirty-four years, but he did not hesitate at all. If the Firm thought he was right for the move, he was ready. Two years later, in Philadelphia, Jay became a partner—in a group that numbered only eight nationally. He was told at the time that he was the youngest partner in Haskins & Sells and that in fact he had been the youngest manager (then called principal) when promoted five years earlier. Building on his interest in personnel work, Jay devoted much of his attention during his eight years in Philadelphia to developing the personnel system of the office. And it was doubtless his success in this field that led to his being asked in 1968 to transfer to the San Juan office, where he became partner in charge in 1969, remaining until 1972. In Boston more than three years now, Jay and Fran have found a new home. Their two grown sons, J.C., Jr. and Dan, are both working on the Pacific Coast. Their elder daughter, Maureen, is a freshman at Wheaton College in Massachusetts. Only ten-year- old Julianne remains at home. On most days Jay rides the train from Kendall Green, near Weston, to North Station, then has a ten-minute walk to the office. Returning, he usually catches the 5:30 or the 6:05 train home. Boston, unlike most American cities, offers good commuter rail service. In the office Jay has gained a reputation for careful, thorough administration. As one partner put it to H&S Reports: "Jay is very much concerned with our hours, with reports of who is doing what. He wants to analyze what we are all doing so that we can decide the best way to spend management time and energy." At the same time, Jay is far from an all-work-and-no-play type. He has encouraged an expanded 26 in ims>: McCarthy
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Lockwood, Lee
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McCarthy, John C.
Steele, Bob
Devonald, Frank J.
O'Neil, Gerald F.
Driscoll, Neil W.
McCarthy, John C.
Haskins & Sells. Boston Office
Haskins & Sells. Seattle Office
Haskins & Sells. Philadelphia Office
Haskins & Sells. Executive Office
Haskins & Sells. San Juan Office
|H&S Reports, Vol. 13, (1976 winter), p. 26-27
|Originally published by: Haskins & Sells
|Copyright and permission to republish held by: Deloitte; Photograph by Lee Lockwood, Black Star
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Section 161, acts June 14, 1930, ch. 488, § 1, 46 Stat. 585; Oct. 15, 1949, ch. 695, § 6(a), 63 Stat. 881, established a Bureau of Narcotics in the Department of the Treasury and provided for appointment of a Commissioner of Narcotics for the Bureau with duty of making an annual report to Congress.
Section 162, acts June 14, 1930, ch. 488, § 2, 46 Stat. 585; June 26, 1930, ch. 623, § 1, 46 Stat. 819; Oct. 27, 1970, Pub. L. 91–513, title III, § 1101(a)(4), 84 Stat. 1291, provided for appointment and compensation of a deputy commissioner and other personnel for the Bureau of Narcotics, required the deputy to be an acting Commissioner during absence or disability of the Commissioner or a vacancy in the office, and authorized designation of a member of the Treasury Department as an acting Commissioner in event there is no Commissioner or deputy commissioner.
Section 163, act Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 348, § 4(a), 44 Stat. 1382, provided for transfer of control of narcotic drugs to the Secretary of the Treasury from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and his assistants, agents, and inspectors.
Section 164, acts June 14, 1930, ch. 488, § 3, 46 Stat. 586; June 26, 1930, ch. 623, § 2, 46 Stat. 819; Ex. Ord. No. 6639, Mar. 10, 1934, abolished the Federal Narcotics Control Board and transferred powers of such Board to the Commissioner of Narcotics, authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to confer or impose his duties under section 163 of this title upon the Commissioner or other personnel of the Bureau of Narcotics, continued in effect orders, rules, and regulations in existence on July 1, 1930, until modified, superseded, or repealed by the Commissioner, with approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, and provided for determination before such Bureau of Narcotics of proceedings, investigations, and other matters pending on July 1, 1930 before Bureau of Prohibition or Federal Narcotics Control Board respecting narcotic drug law administration or enforcement. Bureau of Prohibition personnel, records, property, and unexpended balances of appropriations were previously transferred to Bureau of Narcotics as were powers of the Attorney General respecting the Bureau of Prohibition to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Section 165, act June 14, 1930, ch. 488, § 5, 46 Stat. 587, provided for review of decisions of Commissioner of Narcotics by the Secretary of the Treasury.
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Functions of the Secretary of the Treasury administered through or respecting the Bureau of Narcotics and all functions of the Bureau, the Commissioner of Narcotics, and the officers, employees and agencies of the Bureau were transferred to the Attorney General and the Bureau and the office of Commissioner of Narcotics were abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1968, eff. Apr. 8, 1968, 33 F.R. 5611, 82 Stat. 1367, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. All positions, personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds of the Bureau and the Treasury Department, in connection with functions transferred under this reorganization plan, were transferred to the Justice Department.
The Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, including the office of Director thereof, in the Department of Justice was abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1973, eff. July 1, 1973, 38 F.R. 15932, 87 Stat. 1091, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1973 also created in the Department of Justice a single, comprehensive agency for the enforcement of drug laws to be known as the Drug Enforcement Administration, empowered the Attorney General to authorize the performance by officers, employees, and agencies of the Department of functions transferred to him, and directed the Attorney General to coordinate all drug law enforcement functions to assure maximum cooperation between the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the other units of the Department of Justice involved in drug law enforcement.
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Steve and Terri Irwin have carried out surveys on several Fijian islands and have actually discovered previously unknown populations of the Fijian Crested Iguana. The results of these surveys and details of the direct impact that Steve and Terri's efforts have made have been outlined in a paper written by Terri Irwin.
In addition to conducting field studies, Australia Zoo has supplied uniforms to the ranger responsible for the protection of the island population of Yaduataba so that intruders recognise him as an official. This has greatly increased his ability to prevent unauthorised landings on the island.
Australia Zoo has constructed a state-of-the-art breeding facility to accommodate the requirements of the ARAZPA (Australasian Regional Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria) insurance population. This program exists to ensure that if a natural disaster ever occurred that resulted in the isolated wild populations becoming extinct, we would have the ability to repopulate the area.
The greatest immediate threat to this species is the existence of feral animals in their habitat. Not only must they compete with feral goats for food, but feral pigs and stoats also eat the Fijian Crested Iguana's eggs and young offspring.
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Pet column: Special fees for pet dental health month
Special to the Tribune
Periodontal disease is the most common sickness suffered by all companion animals currently. According to the American Veterinary Dental Society, more than 85 percent of dogs and cats show signs of oral disease by age 4. Beginning with inflamed gums, it leads to bone loss, destruction of mouth tissue, pain, and is an indicator for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. In February, the entire veterinary community is promoting awareness of pet dental health because, just as with people, periodontal disease can be prevented. Some veterinarians offer reduced fees for dental cleanings and related procedures during the national awareness month.
Dental health promotion and disease prevention starts with removing plaque, which accumulates on pet teeth. Plaque is basically a sticky mix of food and bacteria which gets under the gum line and hardens into tartar. Then a vicious cycle starts of more plaque added to existing tartar, building a pile of plaque which develops into Gingivitis, starts destroying tissue, causing bone loss, tooth loss, even creates holes from mouth into nasal passages, weakening of the jaw bone, and finally fractures requiring bone grafts. When bacteria from periodontal disease travels into a pet's bloodstream, the lungs, heart, kidneys, liver and nervous system can be affected.
Pet catalogs and veterinary offices are stocked with effective DIY tools for the average pet owner. There are plenty of tips available to make it possible to get dogs and cats to cooperate in a routine for at-home dental disease preventative care. Once a veterinarian or dental specialist shows an owner what to do and what to watch for, regular home routines can be started for prevention and a budget can be started for cleanings every year or so. Although drinking water additives, chew toys, hard biscuit diets, are available, the most effective preventative is brushing a pet's teeth at least twice a week. Gauze, textured finger thimbles, and specially created soft pet toothbrushes are used with a pet paste. Of all the types of pet toothpaste available, the best have enzymatic action which works on the teeth even where the brush doesn't reach. The pastes are flavored with beef or chicken so that the pet thinks of it as a treat.
When it's time for a professional cleaning to remove ever accumulating plaque, the pet is put under a quick recovery type of anesthesia so that the technician can safely scrape with dental tools. There are strict laws in every state about who can perform pet dental procedures, including cleaning, and specific training is required for dental technicians working under direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian. The teeth are scaled above and below the gum line. Procedures can take from 45 minutes to two hours depending on the size of the pet and the problems discovered.
Non-anesthesia dental cleaning methods are available. However, nonprofessional services are virtually useless and professional veterinary cleaning without anesthesia is severely limited. Scaling even by trained specialists can achieve a cosmetic clean, but health concerns are not addressed because probing and scaling cannot go below the gum line even with the most cooperative pet. Dr. Jim Humphries of the Veterinary News Network cites an American Veterinary Dental Society report stating that much of pet dental disease can be detected only under anesthesia because 28 percent of dogs and 42 percent of cats have hidden problems requiring X-rays and prodding not possible with an awake pet who cannot understand what is going on.
The California Veterinary Medical Association recommends that between veterinary exams, owners check pets for these warning signs: bad breath, tartar buildup on the teeth, swollen, receding or bleeding gums, fractured or abscessed teeth, and/or a change in eating habits. February is the month to save money while learning how to protect pets from preventable health problems by contacting a veterinarian for reduced fees on dental procedures.
– Provided by the Lake Tahoe Humane Society and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to help "Keep Tahoe Kind." Dawn Armstrong is the executive director.


text: I have always wondered this. In Ent it seems there is 1 and later 2 long range ships and a dozen or so short range vessels like the intrepid. As far as registration numbers go we see NX-01 and 02. Yet there are otherships that were built before hand like as I said the intrepid (what would their reg number be?) TOS we know there are at least 12 Constitution class vessels. With this number going up by the time of Undiscovered country. And there are a number of other classes in the background either on displays or shown like the Grissom or Excelsior. Also the highest reg number we see on screen is NX/NCC-2000. so there is at maximum around 2000. By TNG/DS9 we know there are thousands of ships due to the whole dominion war. We also see a multitude of classes on screen. We also have the higher registry number as NX-74913 on the Prometheus. So there is a maximum of around 75000 ships. Few things. Just because we don't see other classed in TOS until the films does not mean they don't exist as the reason they were not shown is most likely budget restraints. As for registry numbers it can be assumed they cant give a completely accurate picture as older ships with lower registry numbers would be decommissioned. Though to confuse matters registry numbers can be reused as we see the Enterprise always carrying 1701. Also seeing as the lowest Excelsior class is NCC-2000 and the highest number is USS Melbourne NCC-62043 it seems there was a massive fleet build up around the mid/late motion picture era. (maybe due to possible Klingon war? Federation expansion?) IM also assuming the Excelsior and Miranda most likely were discontinued to be built by 2340 as the design of the ships change as we can see by the ambassador class. why built old designs when new ones come out? You would just then refit the old ships rather than build new ones. In conclusion my theory is. Around the TOS/ Early part or the motion picture era the fleet size is most likely around 1000/1500. By around the undiscovered country its gone up to around 20000-40000 ships. By TNG the fleet size most likely decreased by a unknown number due the relative peace with only really the cardassians to worry about. So allot of the fleet would be in mothball. By DS9 the fleet would be back up to the 20000/40000 level due to the Borg and Dominion.