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After the Arab Spring, the Junta's SummerThursday, June 21, 2012
The following article was published today in the Times, and can be read on their site here.
In Egypt, there is no Aung San Suu Kyi. The liberal youth who won our hearts with their mass demonstrations for freedom in Tahrir Square have, for the time being, at least, lost. In February 2011, they overthrew the Mubarak regime. The old pharaoh himself might be near death, but his successors are anything but. Nearly 18 months later the exhausted and leaderless revolutionary youth seem powerless to stop the old regime from reasserting itself. Read more »

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Under the Dome Review: The Monarch is CrownedCarla Day at . Comments
What an utter disappointment! The season finale of Under the Dome was just so anti-climatic.
I wish I was allowed to write the string of expletives that demonstrate how I really feel about "Curtains." At the end of the episode, I rewound the live broadcast to make sure that I didn't miss something. That was the end? Really?!?
After last Monday's excellent "Exigent Circumstances," I expected a mind-blowing reveal about the mini-dome, the monarch to be crowned, and an enticing cliffhanger that would bring me back next season. The show failed in two of the three.
After some cat and mouse maneuvering between the protectors of the mini-dome and Big Jim's contingent, the truth was revealed about the butterfly, the egg, and the mini-dome. When the mini-dome disintegrated, there was a moment when I thought the Dome would come down too. That would have made a second season a bit difficult though and the darkened Dome didn't descend.
Instead, the butterfly was released and the protector of the egg was revealed. Julia was a good choice to be the monarch. She's a loving and generous person. She's proved that she's dependable and can keep her head in tough situations. That ended up being pivotal when she was given a difficult choice to make between saving the egg, which also meant the town, or Barbie.
Julia's role throughout the episode was a highlight. She risked her life to protect Barbie and get him out of his cell, but when the difficult choice had to be made she went with the greater good. She was willing to sacrifice her loved one in order to save the town on the word of a mysterious alien force.
The truth behind the Dome's origin and the way it was revealed was anti-climatic. An alien force is protecting the town from some unidentified outside threat. The lack of any specifics was frustrating. Do the writers even know what this "threat" is at this point? It better be really bad, because the only threat to the town I see is the one inside the town in Big Jim Rennie. What could be worse than him?
Why doesn't anyone see through Big Jim's facade? Junior's constant yo-yo action between belonging and trusting the four hands and his father is troublesome. There's not much that makes sense about anything that Junior does. Perhaps that's on purpose, but it's annoying to follow. He has no conviction and continually makes the wrong choices with no good reason.
Then, there's Linda. She's turned from a capable law enforcement officer and investigator into an incompetent follower of Big Jim Rennie. Her inability to listen to the teens and Caroline about the mini-Dome was frustrating. They had been with it for long enough that she should have questioned them and followed their lead. Instead, she again blindly followed what Big Jim wanted.
I lost what little respect I had left for her when she didn't voice any complaint or question Big Jim's authority to execute Barbie without a trial. Barbie was accused, pled not guilty, and hours later he's being killed? Where's the justice in that? How is the Dome protecting the town when Big Jim is killing off a person or more a day?
Perhaps, Julia's decision to protect the egg will shift the power structure in Chester's Mill. I'm not counting on it, but it's possible. The pink streaks that came up out of the water were beautiful. Will that moment and the memory of Junior's mother bring out the good in him? Will he decide to stop Barbie's execution? Or, will someone else step up to save the innocent man?
If Under the Dome wanted to be bold by killing off Barbie, they should have done it in the finale. Instead, the cliffhanger felt false without purpose. Most likely, he'll be saved. And, if he's killed in the season 2 premiere, there's too many threads of the story that would have been for nothing.
Overall, the finale was a disappointing conclusion, especially after the thrilling penultimate episode. I'm not sure whether I'll be back for season 2, will you?
What did you think of the finale? Are you satisfied with the origin of the Dome? Were you stunned by the cliffhanger? Or more by the sudden appearance of a commercial break and final credit?
Carla Day is a staff writer for TV Fanatic. Follow her on Twitter and on Google+.


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Cameron Diaz' nipples were slightly upset to be upstaged by J-Lo's.
Rooney Mara stayed very much in character on the red carpet this year. #nosmiles
Gwenyth Paltrow would make an excellent superhero. It's about time someone noticed.
The only thing that could top Jennifer Lopez's Oscars dress was her areola popping out while she presentedthe award for Best Costumes.
Cameron Diaz' nipples were slightly upset to be upstaged by J-Lo's.
Octavia Spencer looked beautiful in her sparkly white dress, and went on to win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
Just be thankful Shailene Woodley from The Descendents wasn't wearing those weird finger shoes this time.
Her costar Amara Miller looked pretty adorable.
Giuliana Rancik wore a pretty dress. But also, it looked a little bit like she was at a fancy ice skating competition.
Sasha Baron Cohen appeared on the red carpet for about three minutes in this very well-fitting white suit. Until he poured Bisquik all over Ryan Seacrest and got escorted out.
Robyn Roberts is just happy to be here.
Sandra Bullock sort of had the mullet of white dresses.
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A clinical trial to evaluate a new therapeutic treatment using eye drops for the early stages of diabetic retinopathy started this week, researchers announced. A group of leading European ophthalmologists, endocrinologists and researchers have gathered together under EUROCONDOR, the European Consortium on the early treatment of diabetic retinopathy, and will conduct the clinical trial in 11 clinical centres across the EU.
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Chorizo rolled up in a butterflied pork tenderloin packs a savory punch when topped with a drizzle of ginger-lime marmalade.
- Use your favorite marmalade or chutney (warm the topping) to drizzle over the tenderloin before serving.
- Butterfly – "to split a food (meat" down the center, cutting almost, but not completely through. The two halves are then opened flat to resemble a butterfly shape." (Food Lover's Companion – Herbst and Herbst)
- Truss – " to secure meat with string, pins or skewers so the food maintains a compact shape during cooking." (Food Lover's Companion – Herbst and Herbst)
- Sear – "to brown meat quickly by subjecting it to very hight heat either in a skillet, under a broiler or in a very hot oven. The object of searing is to seal in the meat's juices." (Food Lover's Companion – Herbst and Herbst)
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text: I thought season III ended on a great note, I can't wait untill fall for new episodes! I will say that Season III had probably the worst episode of the series (to this point) Phyllis' Wedding. Personally way way wayyyyyyyyyy too much Michael Scorn. I was actually fast forwarding during my initial watching of that episode (and only at this point).


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The Snyder lab is largely dedicated to theoretical ecology and evolution, with occasional forays into other areas of mathematical biology. Most work is related to chance in some way: how do organisms cope with uncertainty and random variation in their environments? Might they even take advantage of it? What about plain old good luck and bad luck ("demographic stochasticity"), even in a constant environment? To learn more, click here.
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The Princeton University Sinfonia, a student-conducted symphony orchestra, will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall.
Conducted by graduate student Ruth Ochs and senior Anna Wittstruck, the performance will include Beethoven's Overture to Fidelio, Schubert's Symphony No. 3, Sibelius' Finlandia, Bartok's Romanian Folk Dances and Grieg's Norwegian Dances.
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Celebrate the Season - Fall Baking Recipe Magazine Contest 2010 shared by Debra Keil from Owasso, OK
"Although this recipe works great with canned pumpkin, I originally developed it because a co-worker had given me two 25-pound Hubbard squashes! I had to find some creative ways to use it and to sneak it into recipes." Debra Keil
When buying canned pumpkin, check the label to be sure it's not pumpkin pie mix, which contains sugar and spices.
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By Shuli Ren
Last week (on February 20), Russia's largest search engine Yandex (YNDX) slumped 6.4% in one day after its fourth-quarter profit fell short. Shares of Yandex continues to fall, losing another 1.7% on Friday and 1.2% today.
Pacific Crest analysts Evan Wilson and Bryan Liang lowered their target price from $48 to $41 today, saying:
We are lowering our price target to $41 based on a negative revision of our EBITDA and EPS estimates, while keeping a 26x 2015 P/E multiple. The negative revision of our EPS estimate is roughly three-quarters due to currency.
The ruble has fallen over 7% against the dollar this year. Yandex generates revenue in ruble and is traded in dollars in New York.
In addition, even though Yandex more than doubles Google's (GOOG) market share for Internet search in Russia, the country itself is in a slump: Russia's GDP grew just 1.5% last year after growing 3.4% in 2012, and analysts expect Russia to grow at only 2.5% this year.
To be sure, some analysts are more upbeat. For instance, Deutsche Bank retains a Buy on Yandex, though acknowledging "limited near-term catalysts for shares."


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By Tiernan Ray
Some things going on in your world of tech this morning:
China Mobile (CHL), the world's largest cellular operator by subscriber count, is talking with Apple (AAPL) to reach an agreement to carry the iPhone in China, according to statements made by China Mobile's chairman Xi Guohua to shareholders on Wednesday, as reported by Reuters's Lee Chyen Yee. The iPhone is already sold through the two other major carriers in China, China Unicom (CHU) and China Telecom (CHA).
Apple shares are up 98 cents at $554.15, while China Mobile shares are off $1.30, or 2.3%, at $54.33.
Speaking of the iPhone, The Wall Street Journal's Lorraine Luk and Juro Osawa this morning report that Apple will introduce the next iPhone with a larger screen, at least 4 inches on the diagonal, compared to the current 3.5 inches, citing multiple unnamed sources. This follows pretty much every rumor this year, and many from last year, claiming a larger screen for the next iPhone. But, take it for what you will.
The U.K.'s Daily Mail carries a story by Geoff Foster this morning saying that speculation "intensifies" as to what Mark Zuckerberg will do with roughly $13 billion in IPO proceeds come Friday. The columnist implies some parties — though who they might be, it's not clear — already think Facebook is eyeing Research in Motion (RIMM).
"Facebook can go shopping for a seriously undervalued company such as RIM, to diversify its revenue stream, acquire some patents, and look for further synergies in the related technology industry," writes Foster.
Research in motion Shares are up 28 cents, or 2.5%, at $11.38.
Speaking of Facebook, the firm has filed yet another revised IPO prospectus with the Securities & Exchange Commission, increasing its deal size from 337.4 million shares to 421.2 million shares, a 25% increase, confirming a report last night by Reuters's Olivia Oran and Alexi Oreskovic. The deal price range remains $34 to $38.
Also speaking of Facebook, The New York Times's Tanzina Vega this morning writes that General Motors (GM) spokesman Tom Henderson confirmed the Journal's report yesterday that the automaker is ceasing its ad spend on the social networking cite, explaining that it's "not unusual for us to move our spending around various outlets."
Shares of Chinese micro-blogging site Sina (SINA) are up $6.27, or 12%, at $57.94 after the company last night reported Q1 revenue that topped analsyts' expectations and a smaller-than-expected net loss per share, although it projected this quarter's revenue below consensus.
Nevertheless, the stock got two ratings upgrades to the equivalent of Buy this morning, from Barclays Capital and Credit Suisse.
Shares of light-emitting diode technology maker Cree (CREE) are up $1.20, or 4%, at $31.63 following a report by Cara Spoto with the Wisconsin paper The Journal Times this morning saying that a subsidiary, Ruud Lighting, has been selected by Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) to provide the chain's outdoor lighting, citing remarks by a Ruud executive at a local board meeting in Mount Pleasant. Ruud's U.S. offices are in Racine, Wisconsin. Spoto attempted to follow up with Cree but did not hear from the company, she reports.


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text: I look to my mom for gift-giving ideas, and she seems to hit a slam-dunk every year with "gift of the month" clubs—new books, fresh flowers, or jewelry delivered to the recipient's house every month for up to a year. But in researching this culture, I came across several odd or crazy-specific ones that I had to share. For instance, did you know that you could get a crocheted skinny tie or a miniature jack-o-lantern? And I'm sure you want to know what the "Forbidden Food of the Month" club is.


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Savane - Cookbook: recipe #259, Securing the Code
recipe #259: Securing the Code
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It is important to always obtain user input from sane_*() functions:
- sane_cookie()
- sane_get()
- sane_post()
- sane_all() (cookie, get and post)
- sane_isset()
- etc
The goal is to get Savane working with Register Globals set to off (see PHP documentation). Which means all variables that can be provided as user input should not come as global but always from sane_*() functions.
The ongoing process is detailled task #2616.
Once a page get all user input with sane_*() functions, we can add a call to register_globals_off() just after the require against "include/pre.php", exactly when the code really begin (even before other requires). Then in the rest of the page, it will be as if Register Globals was truly set to off.
It is absolutely forbidden to remove calls to register_globals_off(). Pages that are made compliant with register_globals set to off should stay that way.
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The class war is over. The moneyed classes won.
To use a timely sporting analogy, the working class and middle class are Brazil, and the moneyed classes are Germany.
In the class war, as in soccer, the loss was lopsided, devastating and pitifully painful for the losers' supporters to witness. At least the Germans had enough class not to gloat, which is more than can be said for the capitalists and their bevy of lackey politicians.
Kodiak Group Holdings announced this week it is closing the Terra Nova Shoes factory in Harbour Grace and moving its operations to its headquarters in Cambridge, Ont.
Eighty-six employees at Terra Nova Shoes will either lose their jobs or move to Ontario.
Companies shutting down, packing up and moving on has become common. Heinz left Leamington, Ont., throwing 740 people out of work. Caterpillar left London, Ont., de-employing 465 workers. Hershey's Chocolate left Smiths Falls, Ont., for Mexico, tossing 800 people out.
Globalization has been swell for the moneyed classes. For working people, it's been somewhat less so.
Of course, "globalization" is an icky euphemism for "moving production facilities to a Third-World sweatshop."
If globalization really meant a free-flowing worldwide interchange of goods and services, it wouldn't matter one whit whether Kodiak boots were made in Harbour Grace or Cambridge.
According to Industry Canada's website, Kodiak Group Holdings exports its products to 24 states and countries. The first three on the list are Algeria, Australia and Austria. When you're shipping halfway around the world, the short journey from Harbour Grace to Cambridge can't add much to cost or time.
But globalization's obnoxious little brother — "efficiency" — demands that nickels and dimes be squeezed out of employees and transferred to the dividends of shareholders or earnings of owners.
Kodiak Group Holdings is a subsidiary of Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Co., based in Fort Worth, Texas. According to Forbes magazine, Dickies — as it is popularly known — has annual revenue of about $1 billion. The company was co-founded and is now wholly owned by the Williamson family of Texas.
Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Co. purchased Kodiak Group Holdings — and thus Terra Nova Shoes — in 2008.
Coincidently, 2008 was the year the government of Newfoundland and Labrador gave an $8-million interest-free loan to Kodiak Group Holdings.
Ordinary people — workers and taxpayers, say — might assume that when their political representatives lend pocket change to billionaires, they would at least include certain conditions.
Such as, if the company makes layoffs — as Kodiak did in 2010, when it let go 59 employees in Harbour Grace — interest rates on the loan will kick in.
Such as, if the company decides to board up the factory — as it announced this week — interest rates will kick in, retroactive to 2008.
If any such protective measures accompanied the loan to Kodiak Group, Newfoundland (and Labrador) politicians didn't mention it this week. Instead, they talked about helping soon-to-be-laid-off Terra Nova Shoes workers and offering them "all available employment supports and services."
The government is loath to admit to layoffs. Two ministerial statements this week referred to "displaced workers." In terms of public discourse, it's a full-time job keeping track of available euphemisms.
Kodiak Group Holdings didn't even have the decency to tell its Harbour Grace employees they can automatically keep their transferred job if they choose to move to Cambridge. Instead, Terra Nova Shoes employees must apply for the job that they used to have.
Society has moved far beyond the famous 1980s movie line that "greed is good." These days, greed is rampant, accepted, admired and glorified — an ignoble fact that is reflected in our economy and in our politics.
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The show's host was not the entertainment ... the caller sounded very sincere in his point of view. One does wonder why the Ds, after they had gotten through with the health care bill, did not move on and finish the business of the budget when they had control of all 3 branches. Haven't heard a good answer to that yet.
"Know in your heart that all things are possible. We couldn't conceive of a miracle if none ever happened." -Libby Fudim
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Bottom line. Gas price average is at almost all time high for this time of year and unemployment is still very high sitting at 9.2. In my opinion numbers mean everything. You can make promises all you want but in the end if the numbers do not lie. These were a couple of his main platforms during his campaign (along with his whole exit strategy bs) and nothing has changed.
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[QUOTE=Gerry Clinchy;782790]The President's statement is a matter of record. I drew my own conclusions. I honestly believe the politicians, not just O, are out of touch with their constituents.
Someone of FB is circulating a petition to cut congressmen's salaries if the gov't shuts down. I laughed out loud. To pick an example from each party:
Kerry just bought a $8 million yacht.
McCain has more homes that he can even count when asked.
Cutting their "paltry" $174,000 salary is a joke! It will give them something to laugh at when sharing $3000 bottles of wine at the DC bars.
Like you said Gerry.......out of touch.
God Bless PFC Jamie Harkness. The US Army's newest PFC, but still our neighbor's little girl!
Lots of people seem to be out of touch with "the common man". Head lines in Bartlesville OK newspaper........."ConocoPhillips' CEO gets 25 percent pay increase". ( New York [AP] ).


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This map illustrates the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's exposure to seismic, volcanic and tropical storm hazard.
Earthquake intensity zones indicate where there is a 20% probability that degrees of intensity indicated will be exceeded in 50 years; tropical storm intensity zones indicate where there is a 10% probability of a storm of this intensity striking in the next 10 years.
The map is based on data provided by: UN Cartographic Section, Global Discovery, FAO, Smithsonian Institute, Pacific Disaster Center, UNISYS, Munich Reinsurance Group.
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Right now I'm reworking the whole loader.4th/support.4th files. In the process of adding automatic loading based on PNP IDs and writing userconfig on loader, I found that the previous code was not easily reusable. There is also a concern about the maintenability of the whole code. Forth programmers shouldn't have much trouble figuring it out, but, ideally, people with little skill in Forth ought to be able to introduce small changes. So...
I'm writing a regex parser, and I'll introduce some syntatic sugar to make regex parsing of files more like awk or perl rules. I'll rewrite the parser from support.4th in this way, and I'll get the whole thing using FICL's OOP support.
I plan to make all the loader.4th words into "real" builtins, too, like I recently did with boot-conf.
Meanwhile, I'm finding bugs and making suggestions that are being incorporated by John Sadler in FICL 2.05, which should be out shortly. I have been exercising FICL in ways not foreseen by the author, so some new features will be in that.
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Joe said so..........then if you feel threatened "fire it in the air!!"
You can't make this up!!!!!!
Joe said so..........then if you feel threatened "fire it in the air!!"
You can't make this up!!!!!!
Stan b & Elvis
Wasnt it Kathleen Sabilious who said to grab a pair of scissors?These people are brilliant!!A comedy of many errors!
Another intelligent piece of advice by a man that has a security detail watching his family 24/7. Idiots actually voted for this man!!! Where are all of the ardent supporters of the liberal democrats as of late? They seem to have taken a hiatus from supporting and defending the decisions of the democrat party.
From a man who was appointed to head up the President's task force on guns. You really can't make this stuff up!
Any thing that has 1 feature of an assault weapon would fall under the ban. If I read and interpreted it right the threads for choke tubes might even come under question as there would be the possibility of some one screwing in a flash or sound suppressor on.
I have say that I don't ink that he is all wrong. A nice, short barreled, extended magazine twelve gauge loaded with #4 buck is a pretty good solution in the close quarters one would be in during most home invasions. I have shot a shotgun hundreds of times more than a rifle and am very confident in my abilities to hit a moving target with one (not so much with a rifle), so, for me, if the argument is simply about what would I choose as a home defense weapon against burglars or home invaders (the most likely scenario), a shotgun would probably be my best choice.
I don't really think that the argument should be about home defense. It is about the 2nd amendment and our right as citizens to own virtually any firearm we want unless there is some really overriding reason why we shouldn't own them. It is my understanding that contrary to popular impression, if I had the money to pay the fees, and the money to purchase one, and didn't fail the extensive background check (and, I suppose, considering some of my recent posts on the second amendment, I might fail) it is perfectly legal for me to own a fully automatic weapon. I see no real justification for an "assault weapon ban". That is the issue.
Any doctrine that weakens personal responsibility for judgment and for action helps create the attitudes that welcome and support the totalitarian state.
(John Dewey)
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
(George Washington)
Gig'em Aggies!! BTCO'77HOO t.u.!!
He DID specifically say a Double barreled shot gun.
Our legislation here is trying to ban concealed carry on college campus.
Some government agency, recommended what students could do if they were attacked.
here are a couple I can remember off the top of my head.
1 pretend you are sick, and force yourself to throw up.
2. if you cant run in shoes, take them off so you can run faster
3. proclaim you have a disease.
The world is goin crazy!!
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Yamaha TQ5
The TQ5 was an entry level FM Workstation in a keyboardless, sparsely decorated desktop unit. It takes after the smaller line of FM synthesizers like the DX-100, DX-21, DX-11, TX81Z, and FB-01. These featured 4 FM operators per voice, and 8 voices of polyphony. And like the latter three, 8-parts multitimbrality was featured. The TQ5 also had easy "Quick Edit" keys to access some basic parameters for instant tweaks. The TQ5 was capable of many of the good (and the bad) sounds FM synthesizers made.
The TQ5 featured built-in digital effects and an 8-track sequencer (with 8 song capacity) rounding out the "workstation" aspect of this machine. Designed for use as a stand-alone FM workstation or as a MIDI module, the TQ5 was poised to bring high-end FM sounds to entry-level users. Unfortunately it was released at a time when the DX and FM synthesizers were becoming less popular in the market, so the TQ5 tanked. Really low second hand prices help it to retain its original purpose...to provide an FM workstation for entry-level for musicians on a budget.
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- Demos & Media
Yamaha TQ5 and Logic 8: Everything Old Is New Again
Yamaha TQ5 Factory Presets Demo
Manual - Download the original owner's manual from SoundProgramming.net.
- Specifications
- Polyphony - 8 voices
- Oscillators - 4 FM operators with 8 waveforms
- Effects - reverb, chorus, echo, distortion
- LFO - One LFO
- Filter - No filter
- Envelopes - ADSR envelopes
- Arpeg/Seq - Arpeggiator: None; Sequencer: 8-track, 8 Songs
- Keyboard - None
- Memory - 100 preset, 100 user patches, external memory card
- Control - MIDI (8-parts)
- Date Produced - 1988 - 1991
- Websites of Interest
- Shop for Keyboards, MIDI & Gear
Guitar Center: Synths and MIDI
Sweetwater: Hot items in Keyboars section
The Musician's Friend: Keyboard gear
AMS: Brand synths and accessories
The Woodwind & Brasswind Store
music123.com: Synth Blow Out Deal Section
zZounds: Keyboards and MIDI equipment
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Greenpoint is more than just the runoff collector for Billyburg hipsters, and Miss Heather of newyorkshitty.com wants to make sure you know it. In addition to gleefully chronicling the real estate disasters of the recent bust (like Magic Johnson's pathetic condo, the Viridian) and amusing gentrification battles such as the New People versus Mister Softee trucks ("You bought a condo overlooking McCarren Park. . . . There will be ice cream trucks"), she covers community board meetings, interviews local vagrants, takes pictures of weird shit in the streets, and generally shows Brooklyn's northernmost nabe as it is—not as the realtors want you to see it. Miss Heather tells us she's worried by "how rapidly our community is being pushed from one extreme to the other," and by some of the noobs' "sense of entitlement and lack of civic responsibility. READ: a distinct lack of empathy for others—only me, me, me." Newyorkshitty.com answers this not with polemics, but with ground-level observation of the pedestrian markings on the Pulaski Bridge, the movement of slurry trucks, the arrival of crusties ("Congratulations, Greenpoint, you have arrived!"), and other vivid signs of life, intelligent and otherwise.
Work for the city? Not too careful about how you drive? Jimmy Justice has his eye on you. There may be more egregious offenses performed by city officials than the U-turns and illegal parking that JJ catches with his video camera and posts on his YouTube channel, but he totally owns this narrow investigative journalism niche. And he's willing to get out and confront the malefactors, even though he doesn't have the kind of backup Help Me Howard enjoys. In one classic video, Jimmy asks, "How come you're not driving with your seat belt on, Officer Morgan?" of a traffic cop who is calling his command to request a squad car because Jimmy Justice is "snapping photos again." "Parking tickets should be about public safety," Justice told MSNBC, "and not be a way to generate revenue for the city." His channel was quiet this summer, which, he tells us, was only because "I have many other hobbies besides videotaping hypocritical traffic cops. I play bass guitar in a punk/grunge band. I have also been training in jujitsu. . . . " He assures us we may expect plenty of hard-hitting coverage in the days to come.
There is always a debate about whether New York is the center of the world—and it is a huge waste of time. Proof of New York's supremacy can be found on any street corner. To choose one at random, consider the intersection of West 8th Street and Sixth Avenue. You say, "Oh, right. Shoe stores and head shops! That is some cultural mecca." Stop. You only show your ignorance. For one thing, this corner is special because some of the city's finest low-cost dining—well-done franks, a/k/a Cab Driver T-bones—can be bought there at any hour. "Ha!" you say. "I know places 10 times as good in London (or Chicago, or Paris, or Sheboygan)." Well, you don't know what you're talking about, and here is the evidence.
These days, this excellent meal is found at Gray's Papaya on the northeast corner, an establishment owned by America's most progressive entrepreneurs, people who are never fearful of mixing business and politics. During last year's presidential primaries, they turned this store and their uptown branches into enormous billboards for Obama. "Yes, Senator Obama! We are ready to believe again!" their posters read. This was almost as daring a stance as wearing green on the streets of Tehran these days, since a brick through the window from one of Hillary Clinton's many crazed supporters was a definite possibility.
Almost as good as the meal—washed down with a wondrous assortment of drinks (as in our democracy, you get to choose: papaya, piña colada, coconut, etc.)—are the sightseeing possibilities. With franks and elbows perched on the shelf along the window, you look across the street at the bus stop. This is one of the most important bus stops in the world because the crosstown M8 runs here, conveying the city's hippest residents from West to East Village and back again. This is fascinating enough for most people, and is the reason why scores of knapsack-packing German and Italian tourists stand here at all hours, simply staring.
Keen observation from this post also reveals that among the generally skeevy 8th Street crowd are some of America's greatest musicians, who can be seen slipping quietly into the doorway of 52 West 8th Street. This is Electric Lady Studios, a holy shrine that was created by the great Jimi Hendrix. Popular music histories wax lyrically about studios like those in Memphis and Muscle Shoals, Alabama. We do not begrudge these sites their many talents, but how could they possibly match the roster of greatness that has walked through these doors? Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Talking Heads, the Clash, the Cars, Mary J. Blige, Radiohead, Steve Earle. Even Björk. Cultural touchstones do not come any larger than this. You're sitting there, mouthing a hot dog, and all of a sudden the members of Arctic Monkeys walk right in front of you (another reason to chew with your mouth closed).
Actually, before the Papaya store opened, the fabulous hot dog eating was done across the street, on the southeast corner. Now a chain bookstore, this was once the busiest Nathan's hot dog outlet north of Coney Island. The true connoisseur of that former stand-up eatery was the great Tuli Kupferberg, New York's last genuine beatnik. If you don't recognize the name, the loss is yours. With his friends, including the equally marvelous Ed Sanders, Kupferberg composed some of the great songs of our time for their group, the Fugs. These included "Kill for Peace," and "Whimpers From the Jello." Kupferberg is still writing; among his most recent work is "Backward Jewish Soldiers." In the 1970s, however, he could be found most days standing at the bus stop, selling mimeographed copies of his "Penny Poems." He had an established routine in which he would take the change earned by poem sales and buy a single order of thick-cut Nathan's fries, the ones that come in a cardboard cup. He would nibble at the fries, making them last as long as possible. He would then refill the cup with the free sauerkraut, and lace it with a little free ketchup. Kupferberg, a militant vegetarian, swore this had all the vital nutrients he needed to keep him writing and poem-peddling.
Across Sixth Avenue, your vista takes in one of the city's many fine, citizen-sponsored gardens. The Jefferson Market garden is such a lush oasis—overflowing with weeping birches, cherries, and dogwoods—that it must be kept locked most of the time to keep flower-maddened passersby from looting it or simply bedding down for the night. It is slightly ironic that they lock up the tulips because the garden sits on what was once the city's most fascinating jail, the old Women's House of Detention. Until the wrecker's ball took it down in 1974, the looming "House of D"—as it was known—allowed average New Yorkers to comprehend the banal cruelty of prison life. For one thing, prisoners on the upper floors were able to shout back and forth to friends on the street below. They could also watch as their pals enjoyed the fruits of freedom so cruelly denied them, such as walking into the great Sutter's French Bakery, then located on the corner of West 10th Street and Greenwich Avenue. One night, this deeply pained shout echoed in the street below: "I see you!" came the anguished yell of an invisible prisoner high above. "You're getting those éclairs again! You didn't bring me nothing!"
It is a dead-cinch certainty that no other metropolis offers such a grand vista from a single street corner—all for the price of a $1.25 hot dog (special recession price).
There are plenty of joke candidates and pretend pols who make good copy. But Charles Barron serves on the City Council and is dead serious about the stands he takes, which just make them funnier. In July, the former Black Panther attempted a citizen's arrest of School Chancellor Joel Klein for continuing to serve after Albany failed to reestablish mayoral control of the schools. He appears on right-wing talk shows and gives no quarter, calling Sean Hannity a racist and telling Bill O'Reilly that America will soon have a black majority and that O'Reilly fears his "white privilege will no longer rule the law." He has also said, "Some days, I get so frustrated I just want to go up to the closest white person and say, 'You can't understand this. It's a black thing,' and then slap him, just for my mental health." He has fought to close down Obama Fried Chicken stores as "part of the racist stereotyping of black people in America." He has raged against a Bill de Blasio flier showing de Blasio's black wife, called black cops at the Sean Bell shooting "House Negroes who will shoot us at the behest of their masters," invited dictator Robert Mugabe to speak at City Hall, and compared Mayor Bloomberg unfavorably to Hugo Chávez, telling him, "I will see you on the battlefield." In short, he's a major public official who doesn't give a shit about what the press makes of him. And we could use a hundred more like him.
Can there be any doubt? He held the State Senate to a standstill for a full month this summer, at one point brandishing the keys to the chamber for stunned reporters. He's constantly under investigation for something or the other. (The Wall Street Journal called him "A One-Man Full-Employment Act for NY Lawyers.") His son had to resign a cushy $120,000-a-year job Dad got him when it became clear that he didn't know his way around his own office. And through it all, he remains proudly defiant—"The Lone Wolf," as a promotional film made about him by his staffers declared. State Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., ladies and gentlemen—the Bronx's gift to Albany, and to political comedy. His career makes the Great McGinty look like Gandhi.
In one 12-page memorandum order, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff basically summed up the Wall Street meltdown and spoke for us commoners by blasting the government and the banks. Taking the unusual step of rejecting a settlement scheme cooked up by the SEC and Bank of America, the Manhattan judge tore BofA executives new assholes for lying to their shareholders, and ripped the SEC for signing off on the deal and for trying to make the victims (BofA's shareholders) pay the fine. The beautifully crafted, fair-minded document is filled with "makes no sense" and "absurd" and other colorful language—too bad it's not a template for how to deal with the rest of the aftermath of Wall Street's collapse.


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Saving what again?
As it turns out, this year's change in the implementation of daylight "savings" ended up not saving anything, and actually just causing extra annoyance. The US Congress seems completely taken by surprise by the fact that changing the time does not magically create more sunlight. That extra hour in the evening, scientists and the Department of Energy reminds them, is actually offset by an hour less in the morning! Imagine that!
Seems like there is not even a measurable energy savings. If anything, the biggest impact of the daylight savings change is that a bunch of computerized gadgets needed to be updated, and people with their Blackberry and Palm not being sure if the time was adjusted (some changed the time manually, only to have it change by another at the old switch-over date, for example).
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Family: Cyprinodontidae, Killifishes view all from this family
Description 1 1/3" (34 mm). Stout and deep-bodied, with arched profile. Female smaller and deeper-bodied than male. Silvery with dusky bands or markings. Dorsal fin far back.
Endangered Status The Ash Meadows Amargosa Pupfish, a subspecies of the Nevada Pupfish, is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as endangered throughout its range in Nevada. This pupfish is found only in the Ash Meadows warm springs of the Amargosa Desert, in Nye County, Nevada. The main factor in its decline has been two predators that have been introduced into its pools, a crayfish (species Procambarus clarkii) and the Bullfrog. Its only hope for survival is the removal of these alien species from its environment.
Habitat Warm thermal springs.
Range Ash Meadows, Armagosa Desert, Nye County, Nevada.
Discussion The female lays only one egg at a time, and will do so many times a day.


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Chapters are independent and can be read in any order. The introduction gives a general description of all the main notions of modern cryptography: a cipher, a key, security, an electronic digital signature, a cryptographic protocol, etc. Other chapters delve more deeply into this material. The final chapter presents problems and selected solutions from "Cryptography Olympiads for (Russian) High School Students".
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GEN 004 a.k.a. the putterFlyer was our fourth custom stamp. The putterFlyer took flight in 2007 on 2 separate runs of Innova Champion discs including some gold stamped black star aviars and valkyries. We also ran a large number of 150 class discs bearing this stamp.


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Amanda Sox Agudelo
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Academic BackgroundPhilosophy of Education (PhD) in Language, Reading, and Culture, The University of Arizona, 2011
Master of Arts (MA) in Curriculum and Instruction, Appalachian State University, 2003
English as a Second Language Certification, Appalachian State University, 1998
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Spanish with K-12 Foreign Language Certification, The University of North Carolina at Asheville, 1996
Courses TaughtBLBC 516 Methods and Materials in Bilingual-Bicultural Education
TESL 546 Teaching English as a Second Language
TESL 549 Sociocultural Foundations of Language Minority Education
Research InterestsPreparing K-12 teachers for working with English learners
EL education in regions with new or rapid growth of immigrant and EL student populations
Development and implementation of dual language programs
Development of biliteracy and bilingualism in language minority students
PublicationsSox, A. (2009). Latino immigrant students in southern schools: What we know and still need to learn. Theory Into Practice, 48, 312-318.
Sox, A., & Rubinstein-Avila, E. (2009). Webquests for English language learners: Essential elements for design. Journal of Adolescent Literacy, 53, 38-48.


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House rulesNo pets allowed and no smoking inside. Please keep noise to a reasonable level.
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I didn't encounter any issues on using the public bus in that area because the Bungalow was so close to the bus stop and Yvonne was very helpfull in giving me directions. It's a feel at home experience as Yvonne will always be there to help and support you during your stay.
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NEEShub Bootcamp - February 2011
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NEEScomm conducted a 3-hour interactive training session on Friday, 4 February 2011 for researchers and graduate students entitled NEEShub Boot Camp.
NEEShub Boot Camp will introduce the NEEShub features that facilitate research and will provide hands-on training for data management and research collaboration tools. Topics include:
- The Project Warehouse (i.e., data repository) and its Project Display
- Recommended procedures for data archiving and sharing
- Project Editor tool for creating/editing projects in the Project Warehouse
- Project Explorer for NEES (PEN) tool for bulk data upload
- inDEED tool for data viewing and manipulation
- Group space and SynchroNEES for research collaboration
Please note that all the presentations and recordings from the Boot camp are available under Supporting Docs
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Marla (left) and Stephanie.
I can't read the news about Israel and Gaza. It is too violent. Too heartbreaking. Too familiar. And I also can't stop reading the news about Israel and Gaza.
It is too important. Too urgent. Too familiar.
The situation is complex. There are no easy answers. There is no clear right or wrong anymore, except for this: too many people are dead. Too many people are being left to grieve and mourn those they love. Too many fathers are without their children, too many wives are without their spouses, and too many young people have lost their parents, friends, and siblings. Enough is enough. There has to be a better way.
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3.16: Pedigree Analysis
What's a pedigree?
When you are talking about a pedigree dog, it means the dog is purebred. Through selective breeding, the dog has all the traits of that particular breed. When talking about genetics, however, a pedigree is a chart that helps show family relationships.
Pedigree Analysis
A pedigree is a chart that shows the inheritance of a trait over several generations. A pedigree is commonly created for families, and it outlines the inheritance patterns of genetic disorders.
Figure below shows a pedigree displaying recessive inheritance of a disorder through three generations. From studying a pedigree, scientists can determine the following:
- If the trait is sex-linked (on the X or Y chromosome) or autosomal (on a chromosome that does not determine sex)
- If the trait is inherited in a dominant or recessive fashion
Sometimes pedigrees can also help determine whether individuals with the trait are heterozygous or homozygous.
In a pedigree, squares symbolize males, and circles represent females. A horizontal line joining a male and female indicates that the couple had offspring. Vertical lines indicate offspring which are listed left to right, in order of birth. Shading of the circle or square indicates an individual who has the trait being traced. In this pedigree, the inheritance of the recessive trait is being traced. A is the dominant allele and a is the recessive allele.
- autosomal: On any chromosome other than the sex chromosomes.
- pedigree: A chart which shows the inheritance of a trait over several generations.
- sex-linked: On the X or Y chromosome.
- A pedigree is a chart which shows the inheritance of a trait over several generations.
- From studying a pedigree, scientists can determine if a trait is sex-linked or autosomal.
Use the resource below to answer the questions that follow.
- Find the Gene for Whirling Disorder? at http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/archive/pedigree/mapgene.html
- What is Whirling Disorder?
- On the pedigree which individuals have Whirling Disorder?
- Individual 5 does not have Whirling disorder, but what colored pieces does it have that potentially could have carried the gene for Whirling Disorder?
- Which puzzle piece (gene) is responsible for Whirling Disorder?
- What is a pedigree?
- How might a pedigree aid a scientist?
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So you've got a bunch of puppies. What's your preferred method for marking them so that you can tell them apart?
We passed on the paint dots - they wear off - and are using little colored velcro straps (like for coiling an extension cord).
I'm sure someone on here has some brillant method that no one has ever thought of.


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Golden Girl and Friends Throw No Fun Dance Party
Jessica Stone chose her DJ handle, Bea, based on her love for all things old lady: cross-stitch, vintage records and, yes, actress Bea Arthur of "The Golden Girls." Her regular live gig is the monthly No Fun Dance Party at Blackbird Buvette, co-hosted by former Alibi Music Editor Jessica Cassyle Carr and her husband, Brian Keith. Stone grew up in the Heights, graduated from Eldorado and went on to study film at UNM. She works full-time on the financial side of the New Mexico film industry, in part on dark drama "Breaking Bad."
Stone tends to focus on both classic and revival garage rock, Northern soul and post-punk, but her random tracks reveal an eclectic music collection. Recent vinyl acquisitions include records by The Yardbirds, Prince, The Pointer Sisters, Tandoori Knights and The Monkees. Stone spins this week at Nob Hill Shop & Stroll, No Fun Dance Party and a benefit for new female-focused newspaper Neblina.
"Getting Down" • The Kills • Midnight Boom
Great song. Great album. Great band. This song reminds me of deejaying at The Universal [at Burt's Tiki Lounge] with Yvonne Holden, a.k.a. DJ Eve, and Jessica Cassyle Carr. Plus, I love the line "getting down with the awkward moments," as my life is a continuous awkward moment.
"Contender" • The Pains of Being Pure at Heart • The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
I recently went through a breakup with the guy who took me to see this band. This song is about a dude who won't date for fear of a broken heart. Anyone else detect that tinge of irony?
"I Can't Get Away From You" • The Remains • Diddy Wah Diddy
This is '60s garage rock, you beautiful thing. I love dancing to and deejaying this song. Check out The Remains' documentary, America's Lost Band.
"Younger Than Yesterday" • Real Estate • Days
Real Estate puts a fast smile on my face. Damn you, catchy guitar riffs and soothing vocals. I feel like I'm napping in an Instagrammed field where butterflies swarm and Ty Segall is the big spoon to my little one.
"Bochicha" • Dom • Sun Bronzed Greek Gods
Bochicha is his cat. I'm going to write a song called, "You want to see another picture of Cecil?"
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Updated on 7 September 2012
Dr Murali P Muthuswamy, president, ABLE
Political events in India and the government's lack of conviction on policy matters have taken their toll on India's image as an attractive investment decision. The change in the country's credit rating outlook by a global credit rating agencies has further dealt a blow. Even as this generated some scare in the industry, many investors and analysts criticized the accuracy of the rating agencies.
Recent deals such as between that of Sanofi-Shantha Biotech, Daiichi Sankyo-Ranbaxy, Abbott-Piramal Healthcare and Hospira-Orchid Chemicals have only highlighted the interest displayed by foreign companies in investing in Indian bioscience firms.
Dr Murali P Muthuswamy, president, Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises (ABLE), echoes this sentiment as he says that the outlook is all but dim for the bioscience industry, which boasts of a growth rate of around the 20 percent.
Dr Murali is a entrepreneur with more than two decades of experience with many first-of-its-kind products and innovations in many areas of biotechnology. He is creidted with building the entire Indian arm of the $100 million Swiss biotech company, Evolva Biotech, where he is currently the MD and CEO of the India operations. In an email interview to BioSpectrum, he talks about whether the scale down and threat of junk rating has affected investor sentiments in the biosciences industry.
Do you think the change in India's credit rating outlook by Standard & Poor's (S&P's) has affected the lifescience industries?
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This course studies the similarities and differences between Latin American legal systems and those of the U.S. The course will focus on Argentine constitutional law, emphasizing the development of Argentina's legal and political institutions and how Argentine constitutional and administrative practice differs from that of the U.S. Additionally, the course will examine the organization of civil law, the general theory of obligations law under which the civil law operates, and specific problems in the areas of contracts, torts, products liability, property, family law, trusts and estates.
Students who are fluent in Spanish can register for one additional unit of credit for an additional hour of class each week to supplement Latin American Laws and Institutions. This additional hour will be taught in Spanish with material in Spanish, including court decisions, scholarly articles and statutes that are not available in English. The professor will meet with each of the applicants to determine their Spanish fluency level.


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By Ben Levisohn
Indonesia's bad news just keeps coming. Investors, however, appear to be taking the ugly data in stride.
How bad has it been? For starters, the Southeast Asian nation reported that its consumer-price index rose 8.6% in July, its biggest increase in four years. Today, it reported that its economy grew at a weaker than expected pace. MarketWatch has the details:
Gross domestic product grew 5.81% in April-June from the same period a year earlier, the Central Statistics Agency said Friday. That compared with 6.02% in January-March.
GDP grew 2.61% in April-June from January-March, when it grew 1.4% from October-December.
Twelve economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires forecast a median 5.93% on year and 2.75% on quarter, citing moderation in consumer spending and investment, and a slump in exports.
Still, Indonesia's stock market has held up. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 0.4% today, while the iShares MSCI Indonesia Investable Market Index ETF (EIDO) has climbed 0.9% to $29.97.
Nomura's Euben Paracuelles and Lavanya Venkateswaran explain the weak number:
Disappointing expectations, Q2 GDP growth eased to 5.8% y-o-y from 6.0% in Q1 (Consensus and Nomura: 5.9%). Domestic demand weakness was the key driver behind the slower GDP growth. Private consumption eased to 5.1% y-o-y from 5.2% y-o-y while investment spending (4.7% from 5.8%) also continued to decline. Overall, domestic demand growth slowed to 4.7% y-o-y in Q2 from 5.0% in Q1…
On the back of this weak print, we now see downside risks to our full-year 2013 GDP growth forecast of 6.1%, and hence we are putting it under review.
HSBC's Su Sian Lim finds the good news in the seemingly disappointing data:


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Panel examines evangelicals and 2008 vote
Posted January 30, 2008; 11:35 p.m.
A panel discussion on "Evangelicals and the 2008 Primaries" is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, in 10 East Pyne.
The panelists are: Darren Dochuk, assistant professor of history at Purdue University and current visiting fellow at Princeton's Center for the Study of Religion; Michael Hout, professor of sociology at the University of California-Berkeley; Melani McAlister, associate professor of American studies and international affairs at George Washington University; and Robin Rogers-Dillon, associate professor of sociology at Queens College.
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text: Iowa State University Extension and Outreach http://www.extension.iastate.edu/node/24720/atom/feed 2014-07-14T16:39:50-05:00 Fruit and Vegetable Field Day to Provide Information for Produce Growers http://www.extension.iastate.edu/article/fruit-and-vegetable-field-day-provide-information-produce-growers 2014-07-14T16:11:02-05:00 2014-07-14T16:39:50-05:00 eoadv_bpaulson AMES, Iowa — Topics for fruit and vegetable farmers will be covered at the 2014 Fruit and Vegetable Field Day at the Iowa State University Horticulture Research Station on Monday, Aug. AMES, Iowa — Topics for fruit and vegetable farmers will be covered at the 2014 Fruit and Vegetable Field Day at the Iowa State University Horticulture Research Station on Monday, Aug. 11. "The field day is geared toward commercial production but the event will be helpful to small-scale growers, master gardeners and homeowners who are interested in enhancing their production skills and diversifying their gardens and acreages," said Ajay Nair, ISU Extension and Outreach vegetable specialist. The field day will showcase fruit and vegetable production systems, cropping practices, research projects, and tools and equipment needed for horticultural crop production. Participants are asked to arrive at 2 p.m. Dr. Jeff Isles, Iowa State University Horticulture Department chair, will begin the field day with a program beginning at 2:15 p.m. and ending at 5:15 p.m. The schedule will cover a variety of topics, including: Organic broccoli and pepper production Cover-cropping in potato production Sweet potato plastic mulch trial Importance of bees in fruit and vegetable production, with a visit to the Bee Research Facility High tunnel production of tomatoes, cucumbers and raspberries Peach cultivar trials Tools and implements used in horticultural crop production Supper and networking for participants will follow, starting at 5:30 p.m. Online registration at www.aep.iastate.edu/hort/ closes Aug. 4. There will be limited on-site registration. The field day is presented by Iowa State University, Practical Farmers of Iowa, Iowa Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association and the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture. The Horticulture Research Station is located at 55519 170th St. near Ames. More information is available at www.aep.iastate.edu/hort/. --30--


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This is a Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife from my WW2 Collection. It is a 1942 example made by William Rodgers of Shefield England and was owned by a "Commando" with the initials "H.A.M.". It now resides on my desk and I handle it each and every day in it's new role of my letter opener! The "F-S" Knife is a double-edged fighting knife resembling a dagger or poignard with a foil grip developed by William Ewart Fairbairn and Eric Anthony Sykes in Shanghai based on concepts which the two men initiated before World War II while serving on the Shanghai Municipal Police in China.
The F-S fighting knife was made famous during World War II when issued to British Commandos, including the SAS. With its acutely tapered, sharply-pointed blade, the F-S Fighting knife is frequently described as a stiletto, a weapon optimized for thrusting, although the F-S knife is capable of being used to inflict slash cuts upon an opponent when its cutting edges are sharpened according to specification. The Wilkinson Sword Company made the knife with minor pommel and grip design variations.
The F-S knife is strongly associated with the British commandos and the US Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and Marine Raiders (who based their issued knife on the Fairbairn-Sykes), among other special forces / clandestine / raiding units. It features in the insignia of the British Royal Marines, the Dutch Commando Corps, founded in the UK during World War II, the Australian 1st Commando Regiment and 2nd Commando Regiment, and the United States Army Rangers, both founded with the help of the British Commandos. A solid gold F-S Fighting Knife is part of the commandos' memorial at Westminster Abbey.
The first batch of fifty F-S Fighting Knives were produced in January 1941 by Wilkinson Sword Ltd after Fairbairn and Sykes had travelled down to their factory from the Special Training Centre at Lochailort in November 1940 to discuss their ideas for a fighting knife.
The F-S Fighting Knife (having little other practical application except for use in hand-to-hand combat) is now of interest mainly to collectors, though it remains in production because of continued collector interest.
The F-S Fighting Knife was designed exclusively for surprise attack and fighting, with a slender blade that can easily penetrate a ribcage. The vase handle grants precise grip, and the blade's design is especially suited to its use as a fighting knife. Fairbairn's rationale is in his book Get Tough! Published in 1942: : See my companion Collectors Weekly Post:
In close-quarters fighting there is no more deadly weapon than the knife. In choosing a knife there are two important factors to bear in mind: balance and keenness. The hilt should fit easily in your hand, and the blade should not be so heavy that it tends to drag the hilt from your fingers in a loose grip. It is essential that the blade have a sharp stabbing point and good cutting edges, because an artery torn through (as against a clean cut) tends to contract and stop the bleeding. If a main artery is cleanly severed, the wounded man will quickly lose consciousness and die: See Photos .3 & .4 in my companion Collectors Weekly Post:
The Fairbairn-Sykes was produced in several patterns. The Shanghai knife on which it was based was only about 5.5 in (14 cm) long in the blade. First pattern knives have a 6.5 in (17 cm) blade with a flat area, or ricasso, at the top of the blade which was not present on the original design and the presence of which has not been explained by the manufacturers, under the S-shaped crossguard. Second-pattern knives have a slightly longer blade (just less than 7 in/18 cm), 2 in (5.1 cm)-wide oval cross-guard, knurled pattern grip, and rounded ball, and may be stamped "ENGLAND" on the handle side of the cross piece. Some may also be stamped with a number on the opposite handle side of the cross piece. Above the number may also be stamped a triangular symbol. Third-pattern knives also have a similarly-sized inch blade, but the handle was redesigned to include a ring grip. This ring grip is reputed to have distressed one of the original designers as it unbalanced the weapon and made harder to hold when wet, but it was used by the manufacturers as it was simple to produce and could be cast from a cheaper and more plentiful alloy instead of using up scarce quantities of brass stock which were of course required for ammunition casings and other such vital applications. Third-pattern knives such as mine here are usually stamped "WILLIAM RODGERS SHEFFIELD ENGLAND" (See Photo .2), "BROAD ARROW", or simply "ENGLAND". William Rodgers, as part of the Egginton Group, now also produce an all-black "sterile" version of the knife, which is devoid of any markings showing maker or NATO use.
The length of the blade was chosen to give several inches of blade to penetrate the body after passing through the 3 in (7.6 cm) of the thickest clothing that was anticipated to be worn in the war, namely that of German greatcoats. Later production runs of the F-S Fighting Knife have a blade length that is about 7.5 in (19 cm).
In all cases the handle had a distinctive foil-like grip to enable a number of handling options. Many variations on the F-S Fighting Knife exist in regards to size of blade and particularly of handle. The design has influenced the design of knives throughout the many decades since its introduction.
Because of the success of the Fairbairn-Sykes Knife in World War II and in the wars in Korea and Vietnam, many companies made their own versions of the F-S Fighting Knife. The Gerber Mark II (1966) became the second-most famous knife to the United States Marine Corps's KA-BAR.
Almost two million of the British knives were made. Not all of these were of good quality; post-1945 versions were notably inferior. Early production runs were extremely limited and demand was high, with many British troops attempting to buy their own.
The OSS dagger was a double-edged knife based on the Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife. It was so admired that the U.S. military created several other fighting knives based on it. Unfortunately, the U.S. Office of Strategic Services's per-knife manufacturing bid was approximately one-fifteenth of the British equivalent. As a result, the U.S. version of the knife, manufactured by Landers, Frary & Clark, of New Britain, Connecticut was improperly tempered and inferior to the British in materials and workmanship, and its reputation suffered accordingly. A total of 20 000 units of the OSS version were produced. The OSS dagger was replaced in service in 1944 by the U.S. M3 Fighting Knife.
General Robert T. Frederick of the Devil's Brigade (First Special Service Force) is credited with a similar weapon, the V-42 Stiletto, itself a derivation of the F-S design. The V-42 was manufactured by W. R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co. during this period and is distinguished mainly by its markings and the presence of a small, scored indentation for the wielder's thumb, to aid in orienting the knife for thrusting.
Fairbairn has been given full or partial credit for the design of several other fighting knives, including the smatchet which has a whole chapter in "Get Tough" the book by Bill Fairbairn already mentioned and spotlighted in my companion Collectors Weekly Post:


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Summer 2012
Debit, Credit and Prepaid Cards: There Are Differences
Many consumers use debit, credit and prepaid cards, often interchangeably, to purchase goods and services. However, these three types of cards are quite different. Consider the following.
Each card works differently. If you use a credit card, you are borrowing money that you must pay back, in addition to interest, if you do not pay the balance in full by the due date. But, if you use a debit card, which is issued by your bank and linked to your checking or savings account, the money taken from the account is yours and you will never incur interest charges.
Watch for fees. You may be charged an overdraft fee if you use a debit card for a purchase but there aren't enough funds in the account and you have given your bank written permission to charge you for allowing the transaction to go through. "You can always revoke that authorization if you don't want to risk paying these fees, and future debit card transactions will be declined if you don't have the funds in your account," explained FDIC Consumer Affairs Specialist Heather St. Germain.
Similarly, a credit card issuer may decline a transaction that puts you over your credit limit unless you have explicitly agreed to pay a fee to permit over-the-limit transactions.
Prepaid cards are sometimes marketed with celebrity endorsements and promotional offers. "While some prepaid card offers seem attractive, remember that you may have to pay various fees on the card," said Susan Boenau, Chief of the FDIC's Consumer Affairs Section. "These costs may include monthly fees, charges for loading funds onto the card, and fees for each transaction."
Your liability for an unauthorized transaction varies depending on the type of card. Federal law limits your losses to a maximum of $50 if a credit card is lost or stolen. For a debit card, your maximum liability under federal law is $50 if you notify your bank within two business days after learning of the loss or theft of your card. But, if you notify your bank after those first two days, under the law you could lose much more.
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Alternate name: Hophornbeam, Rough-barked Ironwood
Family: Betulaceae, Birch view all from this family
Description Ostrya virginiana (American Hophornbeam), is native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to southern Manitoba and eastern Wyoming, southeast to northern Florida and southwest to eastern Texas and northeastern Mexico. Other names include eastern hophornbeam, hardhack (in New England), ironwood, and leverwood.
It is a deciduous understory tree growing to 18 m tall and 0.2–0.5 m trunk diameter. The bark is brown to gray-brown, with small shaggy plates flaking off. The leaves are ovoid-acute, 5–13 cm long and 4–6 cm broad, with a finely serrated margin. The flowers are catkins produced in spring at the same time as the new leaves appear; the male catkins are 20–50 mm long, the female 8–15 mm long. The fruit is a small nutlet 3–5 mm long fully enclosed in a papery white involucre 1–1.8 cm long, with 10–30 involucres on each catkin.
Populations along the Atlantic coast have slightly smaller leaves, and are sometimes separated as O. virginiana var. lasia Fernald.
The buds and catkins are important source of winter food for some birds, notably Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus).
Habitat Mountains, Canyons & valleys, Cities, suburbs & towns.
Range Texas, Southeast, Plains, Florida, Mid-Atlantic, Great Lakes, New England, Rocky Mountains, Eastern Canada.
Comments Hophornbeam is appropriate for shady locations but also does well in sun, developing a broader crown there. It is not sensitive to drought but will not tolerate flooding. Resistant to insects (except the gypsy moth), disease, wind, ice, and most stresses of urban living. Notoriously sensitive to salt. Slow-growing.
Exposure Preference Shade to partial shade .
Native Distribution Nova Scotia to Florida Panhandle, w. to Manitoba, e. North Dakota, e. Kansas & e. Texas; also Crook County, Wyoming
Site Preference Well-drained, deciduous woods
Soil Preference Rich, well-drained soils. pH 6.1-8.
Wildlife Value Some food value to songbirds and small mammals.


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Post-communist era is conference focus
Posted April 29, 2009; 02:01 p.m.
Marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, scholars from around the country will convene for a conference titled "The Post-Communist Era: Challenges and Opportunities" on Monday and Tuesday, May 11-12, in 219 Burr Hall.
The conference will explore issues such as the role of American political thought in relation to formerly communist states, international politics in the post-communist era, human rights, the trajectory of European politics over the past two decades and the role of Western intellectuals in interpreting the significance of communism.
The event is sponsored by the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions and the Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society along with the Association for the Study of Free Institutions at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.
For a detailed schedule, visit the Madison Program website.