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Daytime Curlers League
A mixed league sponsored by the Glengarries with a pin donated by Joyce Shaffer. Teams organized by chair, category A and B women skips.
When: Tuesday 9:45 AM second half
Chair: Peggy Rotton & Meredith Roefaro
Teams & Schedule, Women's Sub Groups, Men's Sub Groups, Rules, USCA Rules
Final Standings: 2013, 2012
Current Standings
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2016 Daytime Curlers Champions
Peggy Rotton (skip), Fred Hicks (vice), Becky Kick (lead), Colleen Welch (2nd,missing)
Previous Winners2016: Peggy Rotton, Fred Hicks, Colleen Welsh, Rebecca Kick
2015: Sue Williams, Gary White, Clare Bareiss, Rebecca Kick*
2014: Peggy Rotton, Mark Taylor, Tami Dunnigan*
2013: Judi Giovannone, Mike Semararo, Marty Jones, Leslie Husted
2012: Ylva Cortright, Les Cortright, Madonna Fellows, Don Fellows


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Cut N Run wrote:I hope you like that SBE II as much as I like mine Sage. My best friend uses a Rhino .660 in his SBE and that gun is a turkey killing machine. Good luck with it this year.
retranger wrote:Back to the gobbler lounger,,,,,I looked on Cablelas web site, they have two listed and both for the same price. The camo on one looks a little brighter other than that they look like they are identical. One is listed as in stock and the other is back ordered. I'm wondering if any of you fellows have ever used one in a pop up blind such as the ameristep brickhouse?
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RUON integrated with WebSpace
By murali529 on Feb 22, 2009
Glassfish Web Space Server 10.0 previously known as Project WebSynergy is Sun's next-generation portal server platform. As discussed in my previous blog, we have integrated R U ON in Web Space. RUON(read as "are you ON") integrates presence and communication mechanisms in webspace portal. By integrating R U ON in webspace, if a user is online in any of the communication medium added by user, a provision for the communication using that medium is provided in portal. The communication medium which R U ON is integrated as if now is chat and call. Chat comes by default with webspace, so if a user is online on chat, all the places where user taglib is used it will show a chat link beside online users. Call has been integrated using sailfin, a sip server based on glassfish. Call, is available as an addon and is provided for only the commercial users of websynergy.
A screenshot which shows the chat link beside Admin user in recent bloggers portlet, as it uses user taglib.
More details regarding Call will be added in future blogs.


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Florence and the Machine - Hurricane Drunk (The Horrors Remix)
You know how at the turn of this year, a couple of bloggers, including thineself, wept with wonder in regards to The Horrors' remix of Florence + the Machine's Hurricane Drunk? For posterity's sake: here. And while that was only the radio rip (oh, the, errr, horror!), it was enough to suffice. Forget that noise though, and replace your file with the official 320kbps version, which is neither new nor breaking, yet recently acquired and hitting every sensitive nerve spot right now. You are all welcome... to have an unending case of chills.
mp3: Florence and the Machine - Hurricane Drunk (The Horrors Remix)


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New 'disaster' movie warns world of oil apocalypse
Robin McKie, The Observer
The latest gloves-off documentary to hit screens predicts a global meltdown as vital fuel runs out
Oil is 'the bloodstain of the earth's economy' and will soon trigger a global conflict that will cost millions of lives. That is the stark claim of a controversial new film, which says a crash in oil production is about to set off worldwide recession and economic collapse.
A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash, which opens in UK cinemas this week, shows stark images of rusting Texan and Venezuelan wells and fuel riots in Asia and Africa. Such scenes will be repeated thousands of times around the planet in the near future, argue the film's makers, who say the world is facing changes 'more frightening than a horror movie'.
The film is the latest of several polemical documentaries to achieve nationwide release. Others include Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, Michael Moore's Sicko, and the forthcoming Darfur Now, in which Don Cheadle provides a voice-over about the Sudanese civil war.
However, A Crude Awakening has had a boost not available to the rest. Just as its screenings were scheduled to begin here, crude oil prices soared to their highest level for decades, reaching $96 a barrel last week. Petrol and diesel at more than £1 a litre at UK garages is now common.
'This is a bleak and very worrying topic, but we have tried very hard to make it entertaining and exciting,' said Basil Gelpke, who - with Ray McCormack - wrote, directed and produced the film.
And to judge by film festival screenings, they may have succeeded. A Crude Awakening has won prizes at the Zurich and Palm Beach festivals. It is a dramatic depiction of the arguments of economists and geologists who say that the day of 'peak oil' has either occurred or is imminent
(4 November 2007)
Ignoring the Obvious
James Howard Kunstler, Blog
One of the biggest laughs of the season came out of a New York Times business section story last Tuesday by reporter Michael Grynbaum, who wrote, "Oil is on a steady march toward toppling the inflation-adjusted high of $101.70 it set in April 1980, analysts said, though many are at a loss as to what keeps driving the price." (Italics mine.)
Actually, lots of people know what is driving up the price -- just not anybody who works at that once-august and now-clueless newspaper. It can be stated simply -- the demand line has crossed the supply line -- though that simple fact has many curious ramifications.
(5 November 2007)
When Will Russia (and the World) Decline?
Stuart Staniford, The Oil Drum
This piece concerns the near term prognosis for Russian oil production. For background on Russia at TOD, I would recommend the excellent summary by Dave Cohen last year, and also a recent comment by Gail Tverberg which summarized a variety of warnings on the potential for Russian production to go into decline (for the second time). Also excellent is the book Russian Oil Supply by John Grace.
Here I just what to update and extend a fairly simple analysis of the situation. But first let me set some context. We have been discussing the plateau in global oil production on this site for the last two years (pretty much since the plateau first began). The latest statistics show the plateau continuing, indeed there is even some hint of decline now in both the IEA and EIA series for total liquid fuel production:
(5 November 2007)
Sleepwalking over the oil peak
Michael Lardelli, On Line Opinion
If you are an avid listener of ABC radio you will hear the words "peak oil" pop out now and then with increasing frequency. Fran Kelly mentions it on Breakfast (John Anderson on food shocks oil dependency and drought), a caller to Australia Talks Back mentions it with respect to food prices, even news stories on oil are introduced with lines such as, "In a world with oil peaking…".
ABC TV has broadcast its excellent documentary Crude, The Incredible Journey Of Oil. There are occasional articles relating to it in the Fairfax and Murdoch press. One could almost start to believe that peak oil consciousness is spreading into the Australian mainstream and that we can soon discuss how to prepare to cope with it rather than debate whether or not it will occur.
But if you believe this you are wrong. The great majority of Australians have simply no idea that oil production will soon be decreasing, and the few that do mostly do not comprehend the extent to which this will change their way of life.
(6 November 2007)
Links at original Thanks for mentioning Energy Bulletin at the end of your article, Michael! -BA
New Presentations by Matt Simmons
Simmons & Company
(4 November 2007)
These and more are available as PDFs at the link.
November issue of ASPO newsletter (PDF)
Association for the Study of Peak Oil (and Gas) - Ireland
877. Appalling Ignorance by the British Government
878. US Government admits to Depletion
879. Turkey : a new flashpoint ?
880. Production: Flat
881. The Challenge of Contraction
882. Yemen Goes Nuclear
883. ASPO-USA Conference
884. The Role of Government
885. Peak Politics
886. Oil Company Confession
887. ASPO6 Conference DVD
(November 2007)
[1] http://energybulletin.net
[2] http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/nov/04/energy.fossilfuels
[3] http://jameshowardkunstler.typepad.com/clusterfuck_nation/2007/11/ignoring-the-ob.html
[4] http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/business/30stox.html
[5] http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3139
[6] http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=6584
[7] http://www.simmonsco-intl.com/research.aspx?Type=msspeeches
[8] http://www.aspo-ireland.org/contentFiles/newsletterPDFs/newsletter83_200711.pdf


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Same Scam, Different Source
Earlier this year I wrote an article for Oakville.com earlier this year on an on-line scam (Another Scam). I remembered it a few minutes ago when I got the same phishing e-mail from an aunt in California, who unfortunately got mugged on an unannounced surprise trip to Manila.
Of course, my aunt is not in Manila… not that I can reach her right now, but seeing as the text is nearly identical to the one I cited in July. Obviously her e-mail account was hijacked, and the scammers are praying on the goodness of all of her contacts. As I state in the article I have heard horror stories of intelligent people being scammed out of thousands of dollars by this scam.
I wrote my aunt an e-mail immediately – after leaving urgent voice mails at her home, office, and mobile – telling her what she had to do:
- Change your e-mail password immediately! (along with all of your other passwords – they will likely have been compromised too).
- Send an e-mail to ALL of your contacts and let them know that you are safe, and to NOT send you money.
- Go to the following site: http://www.fbi.gov/scams-safety/fraud/internet_fraud/internet_fraud. At the bottom there is a section 'How to Report Crime & Fraud.' You must report this!!
I do not know if she will get it in time – My aunt is not a very technologically connected woman. On the other hand she is a wonderful woman with a big heart, and I am sure a lot of her friends will be concerned and willing to help. It is because of this that it is so important that I get this message out… tell your friends and family about it, because they could be next.
- On a related note, I am glad that I went to the trouble of changing ALL of my on-line passwords yesterday!
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- Another Scam and Another Article on Oakville.com: https://garvis.ca/2012/07/15/another-scam-and-another-article-on-oakville-com/
Another Scam… and another article on Oakville.com
I have been a bad boy. I am usually a monthly columnist for www.Oakville.com, but of late I have been a little delinquent… deadlines being what they are, and I have to find the inspiration. I have, as a result, missed a couple of months.
A few weeks ago I got an e-mail from a fellow resident of Oakville (or at least he used to own a business here… he certainly lives within 50 miles of here. He is not someone I know well, but I certainly know him and when I got an e-mail telling me (and everyone) that he was traveling abroad and ran into trouble, I was suspicious… and rightly so.
The article is called Another Scam: Is your friend abroad really in need? it came about in hopes of preventing my readers from falling victim to this scam. I wish I could remember who it was, but I met someone a month before who actually had been victimized. Hopefully this article will prevent others from suffering the same embarrassing fate.
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Wow. 41-14. What just happened? The Dolphins became the first team in NFL history to allow a passing TD, rushing TD, blocked kick for a TD, blocked punt for a TD, interception return for a TD, and kick return for a TD all in one game. That's how bad the game was. I dont' even want to talk about it, it was that embarrassing. Our special teams looked "special" indeed. I don't k...


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The very first photo of Snooki's baby Lorenzo has hit the internet, and he's fresh out the New Jersey hospital!
PHOTOS: Snooki Reveals She's Breast Feeding
TMZ has obtained the first flick of the baby guido and while you can't exactly see his tan little face, that tiny tot has a ton of hair. Get the gel ready!
PHOTOS: 10 Burning Questions For Snooki and Her Baby
Mama Snooks was clutching her little boy with both arms … holding him tighter than a cup of Ron-Ron Juice at Karma nightclub.
Snooki gave birth on Sunday … but it appears she's already back to normal … rocking a pair of platform wedges as she was wheeled back into reality … TV
As you might have figured, MTV has been documenting the whole pregnancy process, so expect a few episodes of Snooki's next season to be full of baby Lorenzo.
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Gothamist ran a post about a 91-year old man who is also facing "rightsizing" by NYCHA: http://gothamist.com/2014/05/03/nycha_trying_to_force_91-yr-old_wwi.php I think that there should be a reasonable compromise on this. If a senior is 87 how much longer are they going to inhabit the unit anyway? Average lifespan in NYC is 4.5 to 5.5 years for someone that is that age. I'm all for looking at people who are 60-70 and moving them into smaller quarters. Any senior over seventy should not be selected for downsizing unless they are in a 3 bedroom or larger, which are the most difficult apartments to find in the city.
One can argue that the current climate surrounding student loans (along with the tough employment market) is prompting more young people to boomerang back into the nest. It's less about, "It's more convenient/comfortable living with Mommy and Daddy" and more about "I need to do this because I can't afford to go anywhere else". #justsayingTechnically, they lost their ability to occupy that size apartment the moment their household size shrunk (kid went to college, husband died, kid incarcerated, kid moved out, etc).Because the prior landlord did not enforce these rules, valuable space has been under used for decades. Now, HUD is exerting pressure on the "new" landlord as well as others across the country.I see no reason to create an incentive for children to live with their parents until they are over seventy, so their parents can avoid ever having to down size.
You raise a good question...one that I haven't seen answered yet in the news stories about seniors who are being asked to "rightsize".I agree. I think that unless a senior is too physically frail to move, then single seniors should be moved into 1 bedroom apartments or studios. I know a lot of families with 2 or 3 children that would cry with happiness if they were able to move into a 2 bedroom or 3 bedroom apartment at Tivoli Towers. Mitchell-Lamas/Tivoli Towers apartments are a public good that should be allocated to those most in need of them. I also think that since it is the government requiring a senior to move, then the government should pick up the tab for the movers into the new unit (which should hopefully be not too expensive if people are moving within the same building) and help arrange for the moving of extraneous stuff into storage. That is the least they can do to make a publicly beneficial re-arrangement of space as painless as possible.
Needless to say, downsizing is still very necessary despite this small influx of money.The city has decided to use some of its own funds to ease the blow of the Feds actually enforcing their long standing "downsizing policy".http://ditmasparkcorner.com/blog/news/city-agrees-to-ease-downsizing-burden-on-section-8-residents In many ways, this merely "kicks the can down the road".
...this funding won't last for long, and the Feds (aka HUD) look like they will have to impose more cuts (ie do more enforcement of existing rules) as time goes on.
Returning to Tivoli towers:
|# of Units
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|None of these are available.
|1 Bed 1 Bed 1 Br
|1 Bath 1 Bath 1 Ba
|None of these are available.
|2 Beds 2 Beds 2 Br
|1 Bath 1 Bath 1 Ba
|None of these are available.
|3 Beds 3 Beds 3 Br
|1½ Baths 1½ Baths 1½ Ba
|None of these are available.
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Congestion. Downtown Toronto is congested with pollution-emitting vehicles. Yet, pockets of our city also have other forms of congestion, ones we certainly aren't as worried about.
Et tu, Toronto? Traffic a problem Caesar couldn't solve
Options up for consideration at Transportation Futures conference include toll roads monitored by GPS and High Occupancy toll lanes
Anna Mehler Paperny
More than 2,000 years ago, Julius Caesar is said to have gotten so fed up with traffic congestion in ancient Rome that he banned all transport vehicles from the city during the day.
The ensuing nocturnal clatter resulting from this "war on the cart," as Romans took their commute to the city's narrow nighttime streets, caused mass insomnia and apparently drove Juvenal mad.
Traffic congestion is far from a new problem, or one exclusive to Canada's largest city, whose overcrowded roads, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, are costing the Canadian economy $3.3-billion a year. Across North America, individual vehicle trips have grown at a rate far outpacing either population growth or new transportation infrastructure for years. When Toronto Mayor David Miller was first elected in 2003, he made addressing the city's jam-packed roadways a priority – and was the target of a political drubbing for suggesting tolls might be the answer.
This morning in downtown's Metropolitan Hotel, Transport Futures, a non-partisan think-tank, will host a conference to discuss the options open to planners seeking respite from clogged transportation arteries.
This meeting comes on the heels of an Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development report released this week that found congestion in Canada's most populous city costs the country an estimated $3.3-billion annually, and a gauntlet thrown down by the Toronto Board of Trade challenging the city's mayoral candidates to come up with innovative solutions.
Here are some of the options up for consideration.
The Phantom Tollbooth
Nineteenth-century Torontonians had to stop and pay a fee at toll booths on Kingston Road, and although the endangered species of traditional toll booth is almost extinct, it's still in common on bridges.
In the meantime, far more fancy incarnations are taking the "free" out of freeway: Toll gates that could be installed on highways around the Toronto area could charge drivers based on anything from their mileage and driving time to their carbon footprints.
Taking the high-tech route
The congestion-pricing system of the future operates like a souped-up Global Positioning System. It's used in Singapore, the planet's dean of congestion pricing – the island city-state has been fighting clogged roads since 1975. The latest technology involves transponders installed in each vehicle, and charges drivers based on where they drive, what time of day and for how long. Singapore adjusts its prices depending on how crowded roads are, charging more as vehicles' average speed slows to a traffic-clogged crawl and dropping it when space frees up.
London and Stockholm, both cities with a clearly demarcated downtown core, charge drivers each time they enter the inner city. While London has a flat rate, the peninsular Swedish capital changes its fees based on time of day – a far superior, nuanced strategy in targeting congestion, argues Bern Grush. Mr. Grush is chief scientist at Skymeter, a Toronto-based company that researches and manufactures this radio-frequency identification for vehicles.
But a toll strategy that cordons off Toronto's downtown could be a hard political and logistic sell. An ambitious alternative that just received legislative approval in the Netherlands would cover a wide swath – conceivably as much as the entire province of Ontario – so vehicles would be tracked and automatically billed varying prices wherever they went.
High-Occupancy Toll lanes
One more reason to bring your spouse, child or cubicle-buddy along for the ride. Within the next 25 years, Ontario has plans to create 450 kilometres of High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes that would be reserved for multi-passenger cars. But many jurisdictions are turning to High-Occupancy Toll lanes and letting solo drivers use them – for a price. Shortly after HOT lanes were set up on a bottleneck stretch of California highway between Orange County and Riverside County, almost half the drivers opted to use the less crowded toll lanes.
Simple equation: You're less likely to drive your car to work if there's nowhere to put it once you get there. In many jurisdictions there's a growing push to lessen the number of parking spots available, or at least to make them more expensive. Copenhagen has been doing just this – taking away a few parking spots every year in an urban-planning version of musical chairs – for decades, says University of Toronto geography professor Paul Hess, and it seems to be working on the congestion-fighting front. That might not go over so well in Hogtown, however, where business owners and landlords are still required to provide a minimum number of parking spots in their establishments.
Transit and cycling
All those wallet-protecting commuters will have to go somewhere. Although some road space is expected to be freed up when drivers take less clogged routes or make their drive in off-hours, improved transit and cycling infrastructure is a vital part of the equation, says University of Toronto urban planning professor Paul Hess: The city needs to act aggressively to beef up its "skeletal" transit system and make the city safe and attractive for would-be cycling commuters – something it has taken other cities decades to accomplish.
But, Prof. Hess noted, "all successful cities face congestion issues.
"If you don't have congestion, then you're actually in trouble because people aren't moving around wanting to do things."


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Dangerous Assignments | Philippines, Thailand
By A. Lin NeumannTwo witnesses have identified a journalist's murderer, but in a city of warlord politics and rampant corruption, the suspect remains at large.
Attacks on the Press | Philippines
Do you believe the free flow of information must be protected? Sign the #RightToReport petition and demand that President Obama immediately:
1. Issue a presidential policy directive prohibiting the hacking and surveillance of journalists and media organizations.
2. Limit aggressive prosecutions that ensnare journalists and intimidate whistleblowers.
3. Prevent the harassment of journalists at the U.S. border.
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January 29, 2012 at 05:00:06 Jan 29, 2012 @ 05:00
URBAN OUTFITTERS killed streetwear.
Forum Administrator • @DREWKKAKE
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^nah son
When kids see shit on their feed, it is never nothing specific. While I'm sure they will go cop the new obey from zumiez because they saw a dope ass shirt they want.. It is more that they see sort of the whole streetwear aesthetic. It put shit that WE like in the minds of regular ass little niggas. Therefore making the children of the world want to start dressing like that. In turn it changed the whole market and made all brands want to look a certain way and produce certain clothes. Tumblr is what is making lame brands look like streetwear. It is what we should blame for "mall streetwear"
and that is some of the realest shit I ever wrote my nigga 4real
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Tumblr didn't kill streetwear. The internet killed streetwear. Well, the internet killed the exclusivity of streetwear. Remember when you had to actually go down to SoHo to get Bape or hop over to Spring Street to hit up Union to find some exclusive Japanese brand that NOBODY in the United States was carrying. Remember walking up Prince Street and walking into Kid Robot and knowing you could find something that the kids who were clueless couldn't get at Urban Outfitters? I remember when Supreme NYC was the only Supreme, when you had to go to Stussy on Wooster to get good Stussy stuff and Head Porter luggage and accessories. When you wanted to step your game up you walked over to Nom De Guerre. I'm a NYC kid so that is MY experience so I can't speak for everybody but it was fun back then having to roam the city to search for something cool. Now kids si back with a MacBook and a credit card and yell "SWAG." No experience, no sense of adventure, no will to go out and search. Nobody gets to know their shop workers to find out when the next drop is. I mean as crazy as it was I loved almost getting killed on the Lower East Side trying to cop the Pigeon Dunks. Going over to Orchard and Ludlow to Triple Five Soul and Reed Space and Alife and Rivington. Now I just shake my head at all of the internet kids who sit home and wait for the UPS guy to bring them their swag. The only place they seem to explore is the mall running into Hollister, Zumiez, and Foot Locker. Me? I'd rather save up to at least go explore London, actually go to Colette in Paris, see the crazy shit in Tokyo. Get off of here sometimes and go see the world, you might even start to understand how to build and create your own swag. I understand I'm saying all of this on HYPEBEAST and I might even get hated on for it but its the internet and thats just the way it goes. I'd love to create my own place for people who sometimes want to get away from the Hype but who would actually drop by and listen? Well, it can't hurt to try and if even one person comes by to listen to what I have to say and feels like I feel then I've made a connection. Kids, have fun with it, grown folks, do better and hope one day those kids will grow up and "get it." Peace.
Skinny as a fuck, still eatin' the food. http://hypebeast.com/forums/apparel/177620/
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Yo like some of the peices on this guys outift is fire.
The Funeral Blvck Scvle Cap
The Ray Ban Club Masters
Them Dope ass Charlie Loubooutin Wannabe Shoes
But man why do Pinoys destroy everythign they wear. It looks like shit on this guy. Pinoys dont know how to properly rock clothing this is why they destroy it. They only cop hype shit and look like shit in it. Looking at this ugly ass muppet frog looking pinoy I dont want even rock clothing again these mongaliod pinoy ass nigga keep ruining clothing
Originally posted by Inactive UserKids, have fun with it, grown folks, do better and hope one day those kids will grow up and "get it."
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The City of Rogers financial health is in favorable condition as reaffirmed by Standard & Poors Rating Services. The City's bond rating was improved from an Aa2 with Moody's Investors Services to an AA+ with Standard & Poors on February 11, 2014. This is good news for the City of Rogers and a direct reflection upon the current and past City Councils, and its management team, for their effort in securely managing the City's finances and assets. The AA+ rating is one notch below a perfect AAA rating and increases the ability for the City to sell bonds with a lower interest rate, ultimately saving the City money. Some of the key factors in this increase cited a very strong economy and budgetary flexibility, strong budgetary performance and liquidity, and strong management with good financial policies and practices.


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Thai Fight On Wednesday Features Saiyok vs. Pinca, Sudsakorn, Aikpracha, More
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Thai Fight is back on this Wednesday, September 19 in Lyon, France, once again in Europe before they head back to Thailand next month. The card features some marquee match-ups between Thais and French fighters, with the likes of Fabio Pinca, Saiyok Pumphanmuang, Aikpracha Meenayothin, Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee and Yohan Lidon.
At the top of the card we have a very good fight between Fabio Pinca and Saiyok Pumphanmuang. Pinca is one of the best non-Thai fighters in Muay Thai and Saiyok, of course has made his name dominating foreign fighters with his aggressive, high octane fighting style. Saiyok last fought at Thai Fight's show in England where he turned in a dominating performance over a game Craig Jose. Pinca last fought in June in Thailand, defeating another Thai, Big Ben Chor Praram6 by decision.
Also, rising star on the international scene, Aikpracha Meenayothin takes on Yohan Lidon, the former It's Showtime 73MAX Champion. Expect Aikpracha to come out aggressively from the opening bell, especially with the three rounds of three minutes format that Thai Fight uses. Aikpracha beat Lidon's teammate, Fabio Pinca, back in March so there's no doubt that Lidon knows how big of a task he has ahead of himself.
Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee finds himself on a Thai Fight card again, fresh off of beating Issam Reghi at Thai Fight in England a month ago. Sudsakorn fights Mickael Piscitello, another stablemate of Fabio Pinca and Yohan Lidon at Team Nasser K. A former Sudsakorn opponent and Team Nasser K member, Abdallah Mabel, takes on Super X, who defeated Mickael Piscitello back in March.
In a rematch from last month's Thai Fight show, Houcine Bennoui faces Singmanee Kaewsamrit, after Singmanee won a decision over Bennoui that many people thought should've gone the other way (Myself not included). Bennoui's attack centered around punches and low kicks with occasional clinch work while Singmanee stuck to the pure Thai style way of fighting with clean knees and body kicks.
Karim Bennoui vs. Plynoi Por Paoin was supposed to happen but Plynoi was knocked out in Japan just two days ago so the fight is most likely off. Up and coming French prospect Raphael Llodra takes on the biggest test of his career as he fights Armin Pumphanmuang.
Fabio Pinca vs. Saiyok Pumphanmuang
Aikpracha Meenayothin vs. Yohan Lidon
Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee vs. Mickael Piscitello
Abdallah Mabel vs. Super X
Houcine Bennoui vs. Singmanee Kaewsamrit
Armin Pumphanmuang vs. Raphael Llodra
Yuksel Ayadin vs. Zinedine Hameur Lain
Samir Lotfi vs. Jose Barradas
Note: As always with Thai Fight, the card is subject to changes.


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This article was not political in nature, but there are some insights into how a mechanic would fix and engine, and how one might fix an economy ...
I am endlessly fascinated by Tims ability to fix things. Mostly, he fixes machines. Over years of asking him how he does it, I have discovered a few of what I would call Tim Farmins Rules of Orderly Mechanics When a Machine in Broken:
1.) What are the symptoms?
2.) Have I ever encountered symptoms like these in other engines?
3.) If so, how did I fix these engines?
4.) How is the engine supposed to work when it is working perfectly?
5.) What are the mechanics by which the engine performs its work?
6.) What part of these mechanics does not appear to be working properly?
7.) In the past, what has been the procedure to fix these parts of the machine or the process?
8.) Can I do these steps again or replace those parts again to make the machine work?
9.) What are the smallest steps I can take to make the machine work well?
10.) If larger steps are required, are they worth the cost?
11.) How can I test whether my steps for fixing the machine have worked without making the problem worse?


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Book Review: Virus Research & Defense
Before I delve into the content too much, I would like to touch on some of the shortfalls of the book. First off, its not written in a traditional manner that could be easily used as a reference. It very much reads like a wiki or personal notes, which it is in effect, however that doesn't make for easy reading. I also felt the first 3 chapters took up way too much space, which could have been used for more productive topics. I particularly hated Chapter 3, where every virus type and dependecy is simply listed out in no cohesive manner. My only other complaint would have to have been to limit the discussion of older, non-relevant viruses to a concept only and focus more on a deeper undertanding of more current threats. I would like to have seen several in depth case studies in the appendix(CodeRed, Sasser, Blaster, Bagel, Slammer, etc). I also wish it came in hard cover, because my paperback binding is already in shambles from frequent page turning and rereading Smile
On to the good stuff. Chapter 4's discussion of Win32 viruses and coverage of the PE format was great. It helped me understand things quite a bit better, and had lots of code and memory visuals to look at. Its probaby the best section in the first half of the book. His coverage of in-memory strategies was also excellent and shows how malware can be read from memory after being injected in a process thread. I always wondered how heavily encrypted viruses were broken and now I know. They simply step through the code with a debugger until its decrypted in memory and then they dump it. That lead to another great section on malware defense techniques. Sophisticated malware will actually put in timers into the code so that it will know if someone is running it through a debugger line by line. The book also touches on poly and metamorphic shellcode and the type of heuristics that can be used to detect them. There is also a dedicated chapter to worms that is okay, and a really great chapter on exploits, vulnerabilities, and buffer overflows that is filled with all kinds of knowledge. The book also made me aware of a type of buffer overflow I hadn't known before. The "return-to-LIBC attack", where an overflow of the stack is done, but merely to pass malicious option to legitimate API calls, which is really hard to detect because there is no stack or heap execution. The second half of the book, Chapters 11-15, were just awesome. There were many strategies listed for dealing with worms via network controls. I particularly enjoyed Chapter 15, where he covered malicous code analysis using a defined methodology and mostly freely available tools. I also liked his advice on creating a sandbox with a honeyd and dns server to virtualize network interaction. There is also much more coverage of heuristic functions, which can aid in profiling malware, as well as a great section on memory scanning and disinfection. It exposed to me alot of the built in API commands that you can used to identify and remove viruses from memory.
There are almost too many great things to mention in the second half of the book, as mine is heavily highlighted, so you will definitely need to read for yourself. I think this book, even being 3 years old now, still fills a niche in the market that no other book does. If you deal with malware on a weekly basis, I would recommend you adding it to your library.


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HMMMMM........somebody better tell him he is wrong!!
""Had you not been bad-tempered and blocked the way, the Iranian nation would not have been present in space, and would not have become a nuclear power," Fars news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying at the inauguration ceremony of a natural gas deposit in the Bushehr province. "
I like this quote best, reminds me of Flip Wilson saying "the devil made me do it!"
Ain't appeasement wonderful??


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Binghamton University scholar, two students receive prestigious Fulbright awards
A Binghamton University scholar and two doctoral students have been awarded Fulbright grants and are spending the academic year overseas. Assistant Professor Thomas Sinclair is spending the fall semester doing research and teaching in Kraków, Poland, as a Fulbright scholar.
Doctoral student Susan Pietrzyk is in Harare, Zimbabwe, to undertake ethnographic research concerning HIV/AIDS, gender and sexuality, while fellow doctoral student Vern Walker is in Vienna, Austria to write his dissertation, which is tentatively titled The Poetics of Pacifism. Sinclair, chair of the Department of Public Administration in Binghamton University's new College of Community and Public Affairs, will teach a course about performance budgeting in a regional public administration school, the Malpolska School of Public Administration. In addition, Sinclair will begin work on a book inspired by the questions he gets from MPA students at Binghamton.
Pietrzyk holds a bachelor's degree from Knox College and worked for 15 years in Washington, D.C., in international development. She earned a master's degree in anthropology from Binghamton in 2005 and expects to receive a doctorate from the Anthropology Department in 2010.
Walker expects to earn a doctorate from the comparative literature department in December 2007. He plans to concentrate on the post-World War II Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann and how her works were influenced by the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Sinclair, Pietrzyk and Walker are among some 1,200 U.S. citizens who will travel abroad in 2006-07 through the Fulbright Student Program, which operates in more than 150 countries worldwide. Recipients of Fulbright awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields.


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Sword Art Online (SAO) review:
Sword art online is a great anime to any anime fan. The story is funny in it's ways and in the middle of the anime, it improves the romance between the main characters. The story is about people play this video game called Sword Art Online, which is a MMORPG. On the first day of it's release, about one million people have bought it, people were traped in the game until they have beated the game together. So it became a death match/ survival game for the players. I think if i continue, i'll be spoilling the anime. It a great anime for everyone but hanti people. The... See full review


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ok guys...I suck at the interent....tell me how to post a picture and I will *lol*
I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.-Winston Churchill
All things being equal, when you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
what a gorgeous couple you make...........and she spoils you too huh??????
"Qui non intelligit aut discat aut taceat"
Who does not understand should either learn, or be silent.
Douglas C. Branham, C.L.S., C.M.R.P.
Mofin what is the good looking woman with that pretty smile doing with you??? Come on how much did you cough up to have her join you in that pic???? LOL
Ok, let me see if I got this firgured out.
My wife and I in Egypt
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My two GREAT kids!!!
My daughter and I in Iraq
What I did when I cam home from Iraq for vacation
Training Iraqi soldiers on the M16
Pleasure to meet you and your family Mr. DarkKnight.
TDK....i almost had you pictured perfect. Great looking family bbtw.


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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 3:04 PM GMT on September 11, 2010
A tropical disturbance (92L) over the Eastern Caribbean, a few hundred miles south of Puerto Rico, is steadily organizing and appears likely to develop into a tropical depression by tonight or Sunday morning. Satellite loops show an impressive and expanding region of heavy thunderstorms, with good spiral banding and respectable upper-level outflow on all sides. Long range radar out of Puerto Rico shows that heavy rains are now affecting that island, but there is no rotation to the radar echoes evident. However, the rain bands are becoming more intense and more organized. San Juan, Puerto Rico reported a heavy rain squall at 8:44 am this morning, and radar estimates suggest two inches of rain fell in this squall just southeast of San Juan. Wind shear over 92L is low, 5 - 10 knots. The waters beneath are at near-record warmth, 30°C, and these warm waters extend to great depth. Water vapor satellite loops show a large area of dry air lies to the north and west of 92L, and this dry air could interfere with development at times over the next few days.
Figure 1. Morning satellite image of 92L.
Track forecast for 92L
The disturbance is moving west-northwest at 11 mph, and steering currents favor a continuation of this motion for the next three days. Model support for development is scattered. The GFS and NOGAPS models do not develop 92L. The GFDL and ECMWF models predict development, with a track taking 92L into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Wednesday. The HWRF model has a more northwesterly track, taking 92L over the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Cuba, but this model has been trending too far north in its tracks. I expect 92L will follow a path south of the islands, bringing it near or just south of Jamaica on Monday, then into the Yucatan Peninsula on Wednesday. On this track, the southern Dominican Republic can expect heavy rains of 3 - 6 inches tonight through Monday morning; southern Haiti can expect similar rains Sunday through Monday, and Jamaica and the Cayman Islands can expect heavier rains of 4 - 8 inches Monday and Tuesday. Eastern Cuba will probably escape 92L's heaviest rains in this scenario (Figure 2.)
Intensity forecast for 92L
I can't find any reason to doubt this will be a tropical storm by Sunday or Monday, and potentially a Category 1 or 2 hurricane by Wednesday, if 92L avoids passage over Hispaniola and Cuba. The SHIPS model predicts wind shear will remain low, 5 - 10 knots, through the period, and makes 92L a Category 1 hurricane by Monday night. Water temperatures are certainly warm enough to support development. The main detriment to intensification is likely to be dry air, and 92L could wrap in some of the dry air to its northwest at times, slowing down development. The first Air Force Hurricane Hunter mission into 92L is scheduled for Sunday afternoon, but there will be a research mission by the National Center for Atmospheric Research G-V jet today that will give us valuable information on 92L's large scale environment and potential for development.
Figure 2. Forecast rain amounts from 92L from the 2am EDT Saturday run of the GFDL model. This model predicts most of 92L's heaviest rains will miss Haiti, but will affect Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, and the Yucatan Peninsula. Image credit: Morris Bender, NOAA/GFDL.
Tropical Storm Igor is very close to hurricane strength, and appears destined to become a large and powerful major hurricane over the Central Atlantic in the days to come. Wind shear is moderate, 15 - 20 knots, waters are warm, 28°C, and Igor has moistened its environment enough to keep the dry air of the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) at bay. Igor will track west under the influence of a strong ridge of high pressure for the next three days, then turn more to the west-northwest in response to the steering influence of a broad trough of low pressure moving across the Western Atlantic on Tuesday and Wednesday. This should allow Igor to pass several hundred miles to the northeast of the Lesser Antilles. In the longer range, Igor may be a threat to Bermuda, and has a slight chance of making landfall on the U.S. East Coast or Canada. Climatology shows that about 10% of all tropical cyclones that have existed at Igor's current position have gone on to hit the U.S. East Coast; these odds are about 10% for Bermuda and 5% for Canada. The forecast steering pattern for the coming two weeks from the GFS model shows a continuation of the pattern we've seen all hurricane season, with regular strong troughs of low pressure moving off the U.S. East Coast. This pattern favors Igor eventually recurving out to sea without affecting any land areas. The odds of Igor hitting land in the U.S. or Canada are probably close to their climatological 10% and 5% probabilities, respectively.
Elsewhere in the tropics
A new tropical wave (Invest 93L) emerged from the coast of Africa yesterday, and is already showing signs of organization. Most of the models predict 93L will develop into a tropical depression 2 - 4 days from now, and NHC is giving 93L a 30% chance of developing by Monday.
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Looking at getting a camo wrap for the truck, my questions are as follows:
1. Are these durable kits, are they going to peel and chip if I take dirt roads or offroad a little?
2. Are they easy to install?
3. Are all companys created equal, there is CamoWraps and Camo Skinz, but they all look about the same to me.


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From Amazon: ordered Wreaking Havoc: A Year In An A-20 by Joseph Rutter. This is about Rutter's experiences flying A-20s in the Pacific Theater. Since I've read so much about the A-20s in the European Theater, I thought it was only fair to give the other half equal time!
A-20s in the Pacific employed low-level flying tactics which were hugely successful in their results. Looks like a good read: Amazon allowed a peek and the first five pages or so.
The book should be here by early next week.


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By Sam Mamudi
Shares of Gap (GPS) are jumping Thursday evening, up nearly 7% after the retailer pre-reported better-than-expected quarterly results and said sales rose in April.
Net sales for the latest quarter rose 7% from the prior year period, while April net sales rose 5% from last year.
Comparable sales for April showed an 8% gain for Gap stores, a 1% rise for Banana Republic and a 9% increase for Old Navy.
Gap said it expects fiscal first-quarter profit of 68-69 cents a share, which includes a benefit of 4 cents a share relating to tax matters. Net sales for the quarter will be $3.73 billion. Consensus estimates are for profit of 56 cents a share and revenue of $3.66 billion for the quarter, according to FactSet.
Gap will release its earnings after the market closes on May 23. Gap stock rose 0.1% today, and has gained 2.2% so far this month. The shares have risen 25% in 2013.


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While growing up, my twin brother and I spent a lot of time at the home of our grandmother Perkins in Loudon Village. We never knew our grandfather Perkins—he died before we were born. I can attest to the fact that he was an active real estate dealer as I have many of his original deeds and because Nana Perkins told me that he would purchase a house, she'd turn it into a home, he'd sell the home, and the cycle would begin all over again. When I asked her why he'd not sold the present house that she'd lived in for years, she told me that when he put the "For Sale" sign in the front yard, she yanked the sign out of the ground. He got the message.
The acreage on which the house sat was above the roadbed by several feet. In addition to the house there was a large garage with attached shed and a separate hen house (rarely occupied). The shingled house stood on the island formed by the semi-circular dirt drive around the house.
The house had seven rooms (four down and three up) with an attached shed area that contained an additional three rooms of non-living space. The back door of the house opened into the first shed area where the laundry apparatus and icebox were located. My first memories are of the galvanized tubs and washboards that were used to do the family laundry. A big electric washtub with agitator and attached wringer comprised of two wooden rollers later replaced these laundry tools. Mr. Rogers and his team hauling huge blocks of ice stopped twice a week to refurbish the ice in the icebox. A truck with wooden bed later replaced the team of horses and the wagon. The other parts of the attached shed where used for storage.
The best food ever was cooked on the wood stove in the kitchen—when I close my eyes I can see and almost smell the aroma from those beautiful fruit pies. Other furnishings in the kitchen were a corner cupboard, a Hoosier cabinet, a large table with lots of chairs and a rocking chair. And, oh yes, there was a contraption that was connected to the stove that served as a water heater. Water from this would be used to wash the dishes in the long soap sink in the pantry located between the kitchen and the dinning room.
One of the two front rooms was used as a sitting room and the second as an office. The latter contained a big desk with rickety old typewriter. Nana Perkins served as the elected town clerk for the town of Loudon for many years and this room served as the Town Clerk's Office. Nana was, also, a local correspondent for the Concord Monitor, and the weekly newspapers published in Pittsfield and Laconia. It seemed like that old typewriter was continually clattering. This was also the room where Nana Perkins taught me to sew. I remember sitting at her old Singer treadle machine when I was about ten years old making my very first outfit—a pair of shorts and halter-top constructed from a blue calico print.
The house in the village will always bring me wonderful memories and happy smiles.
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Sounds like a really good app. count me in I hope I win
How do I enter to win?
Nice giveaway, but how well does it work? Has anyone actually ever been able to recovery a lost/stolen iPhone solely due to this software? Success stories? Just wondering in case I thought about buying it later on. I don't Tweet.
My only question i have here is:Lets say i lose my iphone.. and someone picks it up.. and they take out my Simcard... and that person did not setup the wifi...How would this app help me?Thanks.
Future- Yay I won! Thanks devs and Mr. Bouchard!
Present- cant wait to win!
It will happen
If I found an idevice I would try my best to get it back to its rightful owner. No joke because I would miss my babies real bad and would love for somebody to do the same for me.
No thanks, I don't use Twitter.
Right on, I will try it out for sure. Does one subscription do all iDevices in a household? I didn't see the info on the site. I have 2 iPhones, 3 iPod, 1 iPad in the house. I thought this was interesting, though... https://www.me.com/activate_EOL/en/


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...is finally out! Publicity follows:
- http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/GNU-Guile-2.0-Now-Ready-for-Public-Consumption
- http://lwn.net/Articles/428288/
- http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2225989
- http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/fmm7v/guile_20_gnus_official_extension_language_finally/
- http://wingolog.org/archives/2011/02/16/guile-is-out
And we got a link on the GNU Project home page!
Ludovic Courtès, who actually assembled the release, notes in the release docs that 2.0's been in the works for three years. I could've sworn it was longer than that, maybe because the impetus for the changes in this release has been building for quite some time. I've been working on Guile (and whining about it, and more often than not sitting back and watching other people do brilliant things in it), at various rates of productivity, since I left school eight (!) years ago, and consequently I've been able to watch it as it transformed from a project that was more or less in a holding pattern into one that's rapidly improving and incorporating modern language features without compromising the level of stability it's known for.
Even though I came to it because of its designation as the "official" GNU extension language, I've always liked Guile -- I've found it to be more accessible than other Scheme platforms for both the embedded and interactive use cases -- but I'm aware that some people hold a negative opinion of it. Whatever your past experience with Guile, I think it's changed enough with this release that it's strongly worth another look. The pain points have been addressed head-on, and the good parts have gotten even better. Look at that feature set and tell me you don't start imagining applications.
Many, many thanks to Ludovic and to Andy Wingo, who tackled the hardest problems and accomplished some unbelievable things.


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Focus on Funds
Ukraine Jitters Sour a Friday Rally
Whose armed men seized two airports in Crimea? What are those Russian troops doing near Ukraine? Is this a replay of Georgia in 2008?
Maybe, maybe not. But it's unsurprising to see a rally wither when those are the headlines crossing the tape Friday.
U.S. indexes went from strong gains Friday to finish with small ones, while the risk lover's Russell 2000 index of small-capitalization stocks ended with a loss.
Market Vectors Russia ETF (RSX) took a nosedive in the session's last hour, finishing with a 2.4% drop. Even iShares MSCI Poland Capped ETF (EPOL), which finished the day ahead 1.4%, pared gains in the last hour of trading.
Fund investors haven't liked what they've seen lately. Here's what EPFR Global sends out on the subject:
Among the EMEA Country Fund groups Turkey and Russia Equity Funds stood out. In the case of Turkey Equity Funds, they posted outflows for the first time since the third week of December as political tensions, a recent ratings downgrade and the country's entrenched current account deficit took their toll on investor sentiment. Russia Equity Funds posted outflows for the 11th week running as any glow from the Sochi Winter Olympics has been dispelled by the political crisis in the Ukraine.


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March 13, 2012
A new Amnesty International report documents how arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances have become routine in Sri Lanka.
March 12, 2012
Amnesty International has called for greater accountability for civilian casualties, after a US soldier killed 16 people in Kandahar province.
March 11, 2012
A new report documents how Ethiopia's civil society legislation stifles legitimate human rights work.
March 9, 2012
Read Amnesty International USA's letter to heads of the US & UK government on adoption the Arms Trade Treaty, ending indefinite detention and releasing Shaker Aamer from Guantanamo Bay and ensu...


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- A PICTURE hung beside my bed,
- Wherein the boat was painted red,
- And in the blue sea and rusty frame
- From day to day were just the same,
- Till one night Ole Luk‐Oie spread
- His big umbrella o'er my head.
- And then like magic swift and strange
- Within the picture came a change—
- It seemed as if the sea took breath,
- The clouds awoke, as though from death,
- The fisherman bent to his oar,
- And the small boat drew near the shore.
- The waves foamed white upon the sands,
- Some children ran and clapped their hands,
- And little ships from far away
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Farmers who graze their herds have lower costs for such things as feed, fertilizer, pesticides, and equipment, and also routinely produce less nutrient and sediment pollution, primary pollutants to the Chesapeake Bay. Photo credit iStock
With lobbyists for industrial agriculture predicting the collapse of American farming if the Clean Water Act is enforced, it's refreshing to meet Myron Martin, and other farmers like him. And it may be more important to see their farms' balance sheets.
Martin is a dairy farmer in western Maryland. But his Peace Hollow Farm is not just any farm. It is perhaps the most profitable dairy farm in the region by some measures, according to recent calculations by the University of Maryland Extension. It also is one of the most environmentally friendly. Martin is a mentor in the Maryland Grazers Network, a Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) project that helps farmers learn from other farmers and farm/environmental professionals how to cut down on farm pollution and to increase profits.
Martin, like other Grazers, raises his cows on pasture, the old fashioned way, rather than confining them in the typical model of modern animal husbandry. Grass farmers have lower costs for such things as feed, fertilizer, pesticides, and equipment, and also routinely produce less nutrient and sediment pollution, primary pollutants to the Chesapeake Bay.
Martin earns a per-cow profit for his milk of $919 on average, according to studies conducted by Dale Johnson of the Extension. The average confinement operation earns $451 per cow. Other farmers in the Grazers Network earn $588 per cow. Martin earns nearly as much in milk sales for his 72 cows as the average confinement dairy farmers would earn with 147 cows—twice the per-cow profits.
These sorts of figures contradict the American Farm Bureau, which has been trying to raise fears among farmers that new efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay would put farmers out of business. Peace Hollow Farm and other operations prove the opposite: Sustainable farming can help increase profits.
"He (Martin) still has to deal with manure but the way he's managing his pastures, we're very confident very little manure is leaving the pastures and going into the waterways," Johnson said. "Is there a more environmentally friendly way of producing milk and possibly more profitable? We're thinking grazing does both."
Martin earns higher margins than even the average pasture dairy farm because he sells his milk to an organic wholesale farmer coop, Organic Valley, Johnson said. Organic milk brings a higher price.
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In my column this weekend, I argued that Russian stocks might be a good bet. Alongside a more supportive global economic backdrop and cheap valuations, my argument included a couple of more structural reasons: A more creditable central bank and creating a central depository to make trading easier.
Not everyone agreed with me, primarily because we've all heard the reform argument before and Russia has rarely backed it up with action. This is, after all, a country where members of a punk band can be shipped off to a prison camp in the Urals for performing an "anti-Putin 'punk prayer'" in a church.
But as far as investors go, its getting a heck of a lot easier–and safer. The latest trend: Hefty dividends. Telecommunication company VimpelCom Ltd. (VIP), for instance, boosted its dividend today to 80 cents a share, a move that sent its shares skyrocketing up 3.2% in U.S. trading.
Vimpel's announcement comes on the heels of others. MTS, another Russian communication company, for instance, said it plans to hike its dividend by 25% between 2012 and 2014, while Norilsk Nickel plans to pay out about $9 billion in dividends from 2012 through 2014 as part of an agreement to end a standoff between its largest shareholders.


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BTIG Research's Walter Piecyk this afternoon opines that Apple's (AAPL) sales of the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, which go on sale Friday in multiple markets, should be helped by the inclusion this year of China among the initial territories, greatly expanding the potential customer base right out of the chute:
That means that on day one it will be selling into markets with 2 billion wireless subscribers which is more than twice as large as its launch day addressable market in each of the past four years of 670 -770 million wireless subscribers.
Piecyk thinks the company may sell 6 million iPhones this weekend, more than the 5 million sold in the first weekend of availability for the iPhone 5 last year. He notes that with the 5C being a new model, rather than a discounted older model, its sales can help boost Apple's reported first-weekend sales.
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While we do not take the challenges of execution lightly, if Apple cannot grow its supply to handle this demand like it has for the past two years we have to wonder why CEO Tim Cook bothered to add China into the initial launch in the first place. Nevertheless, we will maintain a supply constrained first weekend estimate of 6.0 million iPhones sold but let's be honest, that should be easy lifting. We will also maintain our estimate for 30 million iPhones sold in the September until after we have a better idea on supply but we detail the upside potential below.
Piecyk warns about the hazards of trying to guess orders this Friday by looking at the length of lines outside Apple and partner stores:
In past years the line at the 5th Ave Apple store has been populated by groups of buyers that make multi-phone purchases which are then loaded into waiting vans. We can only speculate that these phones final destination are to foreign markets that have not yet launched the product and/or have a very high import tax rate. This year, Apple is launching China at the same time. The inability to Pre-order an iPhone 5S could generate higher traffic for those customers anxious to own the phone on the first day but historically have preferred not to wait in lines. Media reports of very tight supplies of the iPhone 5S could have two different impacts. It could increase the intensity for an early morning line but also discourage others that might not want to wait in a line that leads to a sold out supply. It should be about 60 degrees (Fahrenheit) and dry in NYC on Friday morning and similarly pleasant on the west coast compared to the 20 degree (Fahrenheit) weather for the Verizon CDMA iPhone 4 launch in February 2011.
Piecyk writes that Wall Street is justified in having some trepidation about the fact Apple did not disclose numbers about last week's pre-orders of the iPhone 5C. "A pattern of disclosure has changed and that is relevant," he writes.
Still he explains why it may not be that big a concern, including the fact the pre-order type of person would be more likely to want the higher-end 5S than the 5C, and that Apple might not have wanted to provide numbers for the 5C separate from the 5S.
Apple shares today are up $8.35, or 1.8%, at $463.67.
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if(cm <= 100) { brightness = brightness+1; analogWrite(LED,brightness); delay(10); } else { brightness = brightness-1; analogWrite(LED,brightness); delay(10); }
I would constrain brightness to be within valid ranges (eg. 0 to 1023).
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QuoteA strange asymmetry there. The Arduino is capable of distinguishing 1023 different voltage levels. Using PWM to vary the brightness of an LED, can YOU distinguish 1023 levels? Can you tell the difference between 118 and 119?
The below code works which I will have to use for the exhibition has to installed for Tuesdy.As you approach the light box the LEDs get brighter.Code: [Select] cm = constrain(cm,20,100); i = map(cm,20,100,225,0); // map "i" 20 to 0 and 100 to 225 and assign it varialble "i" analogWrite(LED,i);
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Living in Chiang Mai in my opinion has been a fair bit easier than living in Bangkok. Bangkok, the city of 4 million, probably more, is a congested place and choosing where to go, is just about as difficult as actually getting there. The scams are as plentiful as the pick pockets (at least so I heard, we were not pick pocketed and didn't visit the notorious night market for such events), we definitely handed over more money than needed on a couple of instances, but so goes the way of the foreigner in the foreign land.
Chiang Mai is really two towns, the old town, surrounded by a moat and a crumbled wall, with the acception of the gates, and the new town that also hosts a fair amount of area referred to as Chinatown. We are staying near the north gate in the old town. Inside the old town there are hundreds of temples, every block seems to have a temple and some blocks are nothing more than a temple. The guest houses in this part of town a smaller, from what I can see, at least they have a smaller feel to them. There are definitely the dirty hippie guest houses, that seem to have a fair number of beer drinking, cigarette smoking kids as well as more upscale guest houses that cost a little more. We chose our place because it was recommended but also because it is a bit more of a family place, some school groups are here and many people that are in Chiang Mai taking massage classes. The place is relaxed, clean, friendly, and secure for a lower cost place. Staying multiple nights always helps in reducing the cost of a nightly rate.
In addition to renting motorbikes, there is also tuk tuks (three wheeled motorized vehicles that may or may not take you to your requested destination (you may end up at some shop where they can get a commision for bringing you, they are also more expensive), taxi's (with a/c) or songthaew. Songthaew is a pick up truck with a covered back end where up to eight people can sit and a couple can hang off the back end. The later is the least expensive, they pick up and drop off people at random that are generally going in the same direction. It seems like a pretty good system, even if you end up going slightly out of your way in getting to your destination.
Food comes from a variety of places. First there is the street venders with no menu in English that generally serve only one or two dishes and almost never veggie. We don't get to eat at many of these and they are probably the sketchiest when it comes to health and sanitation. Then there are Thai restuarants that also don't have an english menu, but if you can make yourself understood, you are sure to get some pretty delicious menus. Then there are Thai restuarants that cater to forgeiners, English menus and often easier to order vegetarian items. Not many Thai people are vegetarians with the exception of monks and nuns. Then there are straight up Forgeiner restuarants that serve things like sandwiches, ceaser salad, burgers and such. The last are generally expensive and I'm not sure what the food is like because we haven't visited one. Most guest houses also serve food, and ours has a variety of Thai and forgeiner foods. We have had the Thai food and one time I had a banana pancake. We also get coffee in the mornings, which is pretty good (we heard there was no good coffee in Asia, I think that is wrong). Coffee is grown locally and is becoming a cash crop here that people can make some money from. Pretty much all that Misty and I have been eating is Thai food. Curries are at almost every meal and then a stir fry or two. It is traditional in Thailand to order a few entrees between a couple of people and share them. In addition to the entree you order a plate with a small amount of rice. We generally order just two entrees, the climate is so hot here and we aren't used to it so our apetites aren't what they could be. Eating less is a good thing anyway. The portion sizes are reasonable and three entrees I think is a little too much. We have grown fond of a couple of vegetarian restuarants in town, and generally visit one or the other for one of our meals. Two meals a day has been our usual, lunch and dinner with a coffee in the morning. This is actually the opposite of the monastic community since they eat breakfast and lunch, no dinner but usually coffee, water or milo in the evening.
The air here in Chiang Mai, maybe I said before the farmers have burned their fields to rid them of weeds, I expect the ash isn't bad for the soil, and it doesn't appear that fields are turned much. Rice fields are flooded and planted, my they are beautiful. There seems to be a rotation of the planting, possibly due to the fact that they are planted by hand, but also maybe for the ease of harvesting and having space for drying and preparing the rice after it is picked from the plants. So the air is a bit thick with the smoke. Exhaust from cars is thick and normal on city streets, many people wear doctor masks. It's not a bad idea.
In the evening we hopped a songthaew to Wat Suan Dork, so that we could attend a chat with the monks for a second time. The university there is taught in English and that is a major of many of the monks, actually all of them, along with other subjects. So the opportunity to speak with foriegners who are English speakers is good for their education. There is a forgiegner who started to this event that is held three times a week, monday, wednesday and friday. he has been there for thirty years or more, I think he said. Anyway, as we arrived, Misty had said, she wasn't sure what to talk about, but i was pretty sure that didn't matter. It wasn't totally up to us to determine subject matter, and of course there is always principles of Buddhist philosophy to discuss. Two of the monks we talked to were named Warasa Mi (from Burma) and Phitthaya Phom (from Thailand). Their English was pretty good and they seemed to really enjoy talking to us. At one point I think there was six or seven monks sitting with us, most of them not speaking but just listening in on the conversation. We talked about a number of things, I can't even remember all of the subjects, but we talked about a number of things from what it was like to be a monk, why they became monks, and many other subjects. One of the main conversations about Buddhism were the Four Noble Truths, The eight fold path and the three characteristics. And as usual when I talk to monks and I share the same with you know, don't take any discussion of Buddhism and believe it just because I said it. You should learn from your own experiences and if that helps you understand the principles that is better than just following it because someone said it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I don't intent to start preaching Buddhism in this blog, only to share some of what I am learning and some of that is Buddhist philosophy. Like I said before, if you are not interested please skip the section, but please continue to enjoy the blog or my journal how ever you would like.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
The four noble truths:
Life means Suffering (for example, we will all die)
The origin of Suffering (attachment, all suffering comes from us wanting things to stay the same yet life is constantly changing)
The cessation of suffering
The path to the cessation of suffering is attainable
The eight fold path: (discusses ways to avoid harming yourself and others and doing positive actions in both your inside world and outside of you in the physical world)
Right View ( look at the world honestly and truthfully)
Right Thought (don't cloud your mind or focus on unhealthy thought patterns)
Right Speech (don't lie to convince someone to follow you)
Right Action (don't harm others in any way to get what you want)
Right Livelyhood (don't make money by harming people, selling drugs or human trafficing)
Right Effort (do good because you intend to do good)
Right Mindfullness (be mindful of your inside world: body, feeling, mind and mental qualities
Right Concentration (Whatever you are doing, pay attention to that)
And the Three Characteristics:
Impermanance (everything is constantly changing)
Suffering (there is suffering in life)
Non-self (even the cells of our body are replacing constantly, there is no self)
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This was some of the lesson that was shared with us at the chat with
the monks, like before, it is a really enjoyable way to learn about
each other and our ways of life and thinking. Unlike our counterparts in the conversation, we went to dinner after the conversations, I think Warasa Mi went to study for his exams.


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