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For Bowman, S.C., farmer Landrum Weathers, coming home from college to farm was a given — and bringing with him a new outlook on precision agriculture was a welcomed benefit to his farm family.
Weathers farms with his father, Landy Weathers, and his uncle, Hugh Weathers. For the past few years Landy has been primarily responsible for the day-to-day production operation of the family's row crop, dairy and milk hauling businesses.
Hugh has been responsible for the business end of the family farming operation and doubles as Commissioner of Agriculture in South Carolina.
When Landrum headed off to college, Clemson was the obvious choice, but he was torn whether to follow his father, an agronomy major at Clemson, or his Uncle Hugh, a business major at the University of South Carolina.
Ultimately he majored in Agricultural Mechanization and Business.
Like most kids growing up in the cyber era, Landrum grew up learning on a computer; he learned to drive a tractor and use a computer hard drive at virtually the same time.
Coming back to the farm, he found his family quick to put his knowledge of computers and their role in precision farming to use.
For over 80 years, the Weathers family had been involved in dairying. Their dairy was one of the largest in South Carolina, and spawned a large milk hauling business.
But, running a dairy definitely wasn't in young Landrum's plans when he returned to the farm.
The dairy is now in the third year of an agreement with an operating partner. The Weathers family continues to grow corn and they have contracted to provide feed for the dairy herd. They also will continue with the bulk milk delivery business for their own dairy partner and for 30 other dairy farmers across the state.
Focus on row crop operation
Making this decision about their own dairy farm, which was begun by Landrum's great-grandfather, allowed the family to focus more attention on expanding their row crop operation.
Going from less than 1,000 acres of row crops to nearly triple that amount is an ongoing challenge for the youngest member of the Weathers farming family.
Precision agriculture will be a big part of the ongoing transition to more row crops, he says.
"Dad has always been very progressive — he might not be the first to adopt new technology, but he would be up there in the front of the line," Landrum says. "Since I came back to work on the farm full-time, both Dad and my uncle have been very receptive to new ideas to make our farming operation run more smoothly."
One contribution he made to the farming operation was doing away with the bulky GPS base station that guided their Trimble Auto-steer system and replacing it with a wireless 10x10x2-inch Intuicom blue plastic box that runs off a Verizon data card.
Pointing to the box, Landrum says, "It's similar to having an external drive and plugging it into a laptop computer. The box gets on the Internet, via a phone number and ISP address, and connects to a transmission tower that broadcasts RTK correction signals.
"Not every county in South Carolina has a tower, but virtually all do — I think there are 45 in the entire state."
The box is wireless and highly mobile. It picks up the RTK (Receptor Tyrosine Kinase) signal from an antenna mounted on top of his tractor and sends it to the Verizon data card.
The box converts the data signal into an RTK correction signal, which tells the computer where to make the tractor go.
Though the technology sounds high tech, the transmission is simple.
"We purchased the Intuicom box from Spectra Integrated Systems — our Trimble dealer. They set us up with an IP address. Then, we called Verizon and they assigned a phone number to the box.
"After that, we called the South Carolina Geodetic Survey and they set us up an account that allows our Verizon data card to receive satellite transmissions via their towers."
Is a learning curve
He admits it's not quite as easy as that, but contends it doesn't take a computer guru to figure it out. And, it does cost money all along the way, including access to the RTK signals.
The South Carolina Geodetic Survey has played a key role in helping farmers implement some of their most sophisticated precision agriculture equipment.
One of the hold-ups in the implementation of Real Time Networks (RTNs) for machine control has been the vertical accuracies.
"You can go to some fields in which the signal strength isn't good, but it's very rare when the system won't work because of geographic or weather conditions," Weathers says.
"We bought virtually all our precision equipment for use with peanuts. Then, we had to figure out how to use it on other crops.
"It didn't make any economic sense to let a $20,000-$25,000 piece of equipment just sit there in the tractor when it wasn't being used for peanuts."
Peanuts have been a big crop for the Weathers' farming operation. Like most South Carolina growers, they started growing the crop after the Peanut Program was disbanded in the early 2000s.
It became clear early in their peanut growing days that finding an efficient way to dig the crop was the main obstacle to producing high yields.
Research indicates moving a peanut digger 3.5 to 7 inches away from the planted row will cost 15 percent to 35 percent of yield in a conventionally tilled peanut field and more in strip-till fields.
In the tests conducted across the Southeast peanut belt, researchers found a difference of up to 1,400 pounds per acre when using an RTK guidance system, which produced zero variation from planting to digging, versus conventional digging.
Played role in yield increases
There is little doubt among peanut specialists in the Southeast that increased digging efficiency has played a key role in the recent increase in peanut yields.
"With the Trimble system we've run for a number of years, we can plant our peanuts and then dig them within an inch of each other," Weathers says. "No matter how good the tractor driver, it isn't possible to follow a row as precisely as you can with autosteer.
"Peanuts paid for the GPS equipment, but we now have adapted it to use in other crops. The only thing we lack is a retrofit kit to go on our fertilizer spreader. We have all the software and all the maps we need to use our GPS and auto-steer equipment in all our crops."
Variable rate fertilizer application is next on his to-do list of precision ag tools.
"Looking at computer generated topography maps and other field data, we can tell how many different soil types we have," he says. "Being able to work off one map to vary fertilizer rates on different crops would be a big cost saver and labor saver for us."
For the 2011 cropping season, they started growing cotton, but not just for the high prices the crop is bringing, he notes.
"We feel we can maximize our profits on corn by keeping those acres under irrigation, but we couldn't do that with a corn-peanut rotation.
"The best rotation for us is corn, cotton and peanuts, because it allows us to grow cotton on our non-irrigated acres, which we feel is a much lower risk than growing dryland corn.
"We think corn, cotton, peanuts is the best rotation for our peanuts, and it helps reduce the risk of growing dryland corn."
For the 2012 growing season, Weathers will be adding a new tractor and a new GPS system.
"The John Deere tractor we are buying comes with a GPS system — it's sort of like buying a new car that comes with a radio. You could buy the car without the radio and add one from another car, but it never seems to work as well as the factory installed radio."
Weathers notes they will keep the Trimble system and Intuicom to use on their old tractor.
"We could convert the old system to the new tractor, but it seemed more practical to have Deere equipment talk to Deere equipment."
As they move forward in their row crop operation, Weathers' agronomy training leads him to say they will continue to incorporate precision technology to help the overall operation run smoothly.
And the business side of his training says precision ag will give them more options to optimize profits and reduce risks.


text: When I announced that you can expect more classy optical illusions in the future, this is just what I had in mind. Before we start, I'd like to thank Xaver Nitsch for creating this original optical illusion just for us! Now, I'm perfectly aware we already had dozen of relative sizes illusions. We even had a very similar one including Range Rovers. BTW, this is where Xaver probably got his inspiration in the first place… But wait! This one is different. I won't explain it though, I'm just gonna ask you a simple question – Which one of these three Audi's (R8) do you think is the largest? Don't rush, take your time. I have included an expandable solution just below the original image. When you think you know what is going on here, you may expand the box containing the answer. Be aware that the answer image is actually an animation. Wait for a few seconds before it starts. What do you think of this illusion now? Was this what you expected?

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Drugs Anna Nicole Smith was given by her doctor in the months before her death amounted to "overkill," a hospital psychiatrist testified at a trial of three people charged with conspiring to get Smith improper prescriptions.
Dr. Nathalie Maullin testified Friday in Los Angeles that she was on staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center when Smith was brought in pregnant and in withdrawal from Methadone and Xanax. She said Smith because she was "putting on a show" and deferred questions to boyfriend Howard Stern, who was with her and is one of the defendants.
Maullin says she conferred with Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and learned the drugs he was giving Smith were "hardcore medications" used for cancer and extreme pain. Kapoor, Stern and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich have pleaded not guilty to charges including prescribing excessive drugs. They are not charged with causing her drug overdose death.
Smith died in February, 2007, of an accidental overdose of at least nine medications while staying at a Florida hotel. She had been living in the Bahamas and was allegedly receiving deliveries of prescription medications from her Los Angeles-based doctors.
Kapoor's lawyer, Ellyn Garafalo, has told the judge then the trial's outcome could have serious consequences for doctors and patients everywhere.
"Criminalizing a doctor's efforts to help a difficult patient is problematic," Kapoor's lawyer, Ellyn Garafalo, told the judge. "A doctor's even poor judgment is not criminal. Good faith is involved. "
Eroshevich's lawyers say she was Smith's pal before becoming her psychiatrist, though prosecutors accuse her of violating the ethics barrier between professional and personal relationships.
Selected Reading: The Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, Sun-Sentinel.com.


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|Ben Wartman follows the block of Jon Curtis into
the end zone with the game-winning touchdown, his third score of
the afternoon for St. Thomas.
Photo by Ryan Coleman, d3photography.com
More photos from this game.
Saturday's early action in the Top 25 was highlighted by a pair of overtime games involving ranked teams. And one of them saw a rival snap a long losing streak as No. 4 St. Thomas edged No. 19 St. John's 27-26 in overtime in front of an announced crowd of 16,421 in Collegeville, Minn. Saturday's scores.
For more from Week 5, check out our roundup of games outside the Top 25.
Ben Wartman carried 16 times for 122 yards after halftime, including the game-winning touchdown in the extra session as the Tommies improved to 5-0 and defeated the archrival Johnnies for the first time since 1997.
Freshman running back Joel Sweeney got back on track for No. 18 UW-Eau Claire, scoring a 16-yard touchdown in overtime to cap a 109-yard day on the ground in a 20-13 win against UW-Stevens Point. Sweeney was also the Blugolds' leading receiver with 120 yards.
The other top 25 showdowns were not as close. No. 2 Mount Union shut down the Ohio Northern offense, blanking the No. 8 Polar Bears 27-0 and holding Kyle Simmons to 85 passing yards in the process. Aaron Boehme threw for two touchdowns and ran for three more as No. 16 Linfield dominated No. 15 Willamette 35-7.
Josh McKee caught six passes for 172 yards and a touchdown but No. 7 Wittenberg needed a late stop to hold on and defeat Oberlin 27-21 on the road. No. 6 Coe survived on a windy day at Dubuque, winning 24-22 on a day in which the Spartans had a punt go for minus-3 yards. Bronson Shaw intercepted Louisiana College in the end zone to preserve No. 5 Mary Hardin-Baylor's 42-38 victory over the Wildcats. Redlands turned the ball over four times and failed on two two-point conversions, but still had a chance to win at the end until No. 23 Cal Lutheran blocked a 40-yard field goal attempt to preserve its 24-22 victory.
Austin Faulkner completed 17 of 22 passes for 205 yards and two touchdowns and Drake Sanders ran for 112 yards and two more scores as No. 25 Randolph-Macon improved to 5-0. The Yellow Jackets scored 20 unanswered points to start the second half and handed Emory and Henry its first loss 34-22.


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Last blog I told you how you could get a "Greenhouse" account that gives you access to a cloud-hosted build-without-coding environment for constructing and deploying data-centric IT solutions. The product is called IBM Forms Experience Builder (FEB), and I want to spend some time on this blog giving you a better sense of the solutions you can create.
The solution I'd like to cover is a bit more advanced than a "Hello, World" solution; maybe I'll do one of those in the next blog. But the first thing I wanted to be able to do was use my account to enable myself to share solution files with you over time. Every FEB solution has a body of code that represents it. You can export the serialization of any solution as a file so that it can be imported into another account or onto another FEB server. So, I wanted to create a FEB solution that allowed me to share FEB solution files with anyone. I created that "Simple File Sharer" solution and then used it to share the "Simple File Sharer" solution file. You can get the file here (requires Greenhouse account login).
Once you have the solution file, you can import it into your own FEB account within Greenhouse and then use it to share files, especially any sample FEB solutions.
The Simple File Sharer solution uses ordinary features in the form (user interface). I just dragged and dropped a table item, and then put a name, description and upload component into the table. I also dragged and dropped a textual label so I could provide some basic instructions for users of the solution.
The Simple File Sharer solution uses some more interesting FEB capabilities to implement behavioral features around the form user interface.
- I used the Access panel to indicate that only one user, yours truly, could create a new database record or update a database record.
- Often, once a user has used a Form to create a database record, subsequent visits to that Form should allow the user to update the record rather than creating a new record in the database. An example would be a vote or a survey response. You don't want the same person voting or answering the survey more than once. In my case, I wanted to restrict myself to one database record because I always want to update a single list of shared files, not create a new list of shared files each time I fill out the form. Regardless of your use case, you can do this by going to the Forms tab, clicking the properties of the form, going to the Advanced tab and then checking "Limit to single submission per Authenticated user".
- I used the Stages panel to add an Update stage to the solution so that database records can be updated after their initial creation.
- I used the Access panel to add a "Reader" role, and I assigned "all authenticated users" to that role. Then, in the Update stage, I gave only Read access to the Reader role. So, as soon as you do a Greenhouse account login, you can use the link I provided to read from the database record I created that includes the table of files that I've shared.
In conclusion, the Simple File Sharer solution may only allow me to create a record, but it still ends up demonstrating a number of FEB features that you would commonly use in solutions that allow multiple users to create and edit records. In the future, I'll share more solutions with you that highlight various FEB features that contribute to creating interesting solutions. Remember, it's not about just forms; it's really about the whole solution you can wrap around forms, including automatic database storage, access control, lightweight workflow stages, and even configuring web services-- all without coding. And that's what makes IBM Forms Experience Builder a platform-as-a-service capability that everyone from a line-of-business users up to an IT professional can appreciate!


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|2012-07-25, 19:06
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|2012-07-27, 22:52
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And speaking of Battlefield, Battlefield 8 is released in 2024, featuring maps ranging in size from buildings to city blocks to entire cities. Featuring over 1000 weapons and 150 vehicles, including light vehicles, APCs, IFVs, tanks, artillery, helicopters, fighters, bombers, attack aircraft and more, with some large maps supporting thousands of players in massive army-on-army battles.
|2012-07-28, 00:05
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Or online lectures via Amusphere. Live Lectures.
Could I propose an SAO Technology discussion thread?
|2012-07-28, 23:03
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My fic, Sword Art Online: From the Outside had its first chapter uploaded to fanfic.net. I have mentioned it before, but for those who missed the first time, its basically about what happens in the real world during the events of SAO. Later chapters will include accounts of the police manhunt for Akihiko, trying to find a way to disarm the Nerve Gear etc, and Sachi's brother turned vigilante's quest for vengeance. However, this chapter focuses on the initial news report on the Sword Art Online crisis and the recall of Sword Art Online and the Nerve Gear Console.
|2012-07-29, 18:02
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Has anyone done anything with Coper yet from First Day? If not I am going to unofficially claim this scenario as I am going to do a "What If" plot with him. Nothing is concrete yet but I am feeling a little creative and since I love MMO games this anime has me really interested more than usual.
Basically the plot will be that instead of trying to MPK Kirito he decides to stick with him after they finish the quest. I will be writing this from Coper's POV and focus will be on mostly RPG elements with medium exposition and character development. I will try going into more of the game aspect of SAO regarding player skills, weapon skills, items, equipment acquisition, weapon/armor enhancement and the like. There will be some combat, but since most of the time they are grinding on trash/quest mobs it will only be highly detailed when the situation is serious business.
Hopefully I can write/type enough to do at least 3-4 chapters per floor but that # is still tentative. Right now my plan is to do Floor 1 and 2. I'll try to get a chapter done in a few days as a intro/prologue of sorts. Basically First Day from Coper's POV.
|2012-07-29, 22:19
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SAO's probably a series where I'd just linger around and watch everyone else do the work. To me, its a recurring epic lovestory between Kirito and Asuna, and how they overcome trials and tribulations to be together. Not going to get in the way of that with my OC-heavy approaches.
So keep writing, doushi! I'm cheering for you in spirit. lol
|2012-07-29, 23:37
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in addition, have you read Aria, Rondo and Monochrome Concerto? I think it's very much essential.
Now, if you want to mock Kirito's tendecies to attract girls, what if Coper was a rather masculine looking girl instead? In other words a Bifauxen. Indeed, it could be played as a major character point to built that character around, and a commentary of how true females in MMOs tend to be treated differently. Just an idea, but there's not very much to build Coper's character on.
Of course, a male centric team dynamics is probably more out of the norm in SAO and hence, fresh. I think one issue is that we see few examples of Kirito interacting with males his age, until Alicizaton.
Finally, you might want to consider how you are going to work in Klein, Asuna (unless you wish to kill her off screen, which could have happened had Aria proceeded differently, which is likely) ,Egil, and even Silica, Sacchi and the Black Cats, should Kirito run into them. Alternatively, you might opt for a cast of Oc's which is a more challenging prospect than simply having the original character cast coming into play.
There's a lot of potential for this to be a full length SAO divergence fic where Kirito or someone next to him makes very different choices, hence derailing the plot.
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|2012-07-30, 00:18
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That's a first.
|2012-07-30, 08:53
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To me, SAO is all about an intelligent young man and a formidable young woman falling in love with one another in a Civilization close to a technological Singularity. And both of them are at the thick of the events surrounding that momentous point of human history. Ignore this second aspect, and SAO is nothing but a cheapen Romance with a Sci-fi veneer in my view - a good romance, but not a unique one (I'm talking outside the LN and Anime medium here.)
The Near Singularity aspects to SAO is very interesting fanfic potential.
The other are all the delicious For Want of a Nail Aincrad scenarios.
|2012-07-30, 09:23
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|2012-07-30, 12:57
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The reason I specifically picked Coper was because there wasn't much to build on and his betrayal of Kirito was out of left field imo. Coper will be at least in Kirito's mind, a replacement Klein for a while. One of the few things I will be changing from canon is Coper's weapon he has upon meeting Kirito. Of course that begs to ask why would he be doing the Anneal Blade quest if he isn't using swords? It should be fairly obvious to any MMO players, especially since weapons aren't 'soulbound' in SAO. The biggest reason I decided to give them different weapons was mainly competition. If both were using one handed straight swords it might breed contempt at a rare monster drop or something. If each of them is using a unique weapon, that is unlikely to occur.
|2012-08-02, 22:38
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Can I discuss crossover stories here cause I posted one awhile back but haven't updated it in a while because I cannot think of a proper goal to aim for.
Any comment on it helps
|2012-08-03, 19:28
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Basically, Character + Event = Plot. If you want a plot, you need direction and milestones. For direction, decide whether you want to (1) follow SAO's storyline with Touma added in the scene, changing here and there to fit him in, or (2) put Touma's original adventures in between the time skips while keeping SAO's main plot, or (3) make a completely new and original story following Touma. After that, choose which floor that the next event that's happening to Touma will be held, and start from there.
Events are dependent on plot, so I can't comment. However, if you want my suggestion, go with either (2) or (3). With that, first have Touma learn how to defend himself properly, either by being careful or by receiving help from a Beater. After that, skip to the first floor boss fight. Change it however you like, then timeskip again. If you like to include SAO's plot, you can write about the boss fight of floor 50, or crusade against Laughing Coffin, or you can just go with something original.
Now, after you've had a main plot, you can start adding plot elements. This is where the sky is the only limit. From romance to drama to comedy to even horror and rage-inducing themes, anything is possible. You can have Touma tame something, or know someone who successfully tamed something, maybe even save that person's life. You can add a running gag, like a guy having a girly name and have people point it out every other chapters. Even something like romance between Argo and Touma, which then turn into drama as she is NTR-ed by a Laughing Coffin member, who then attempts to kill her, is possible. Just make sure they are connected to one another.
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|2012-08-04, 00:41
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The first chapter to my story, which branches out from the First Day side story and involves Coper teaming up with Kirito instead of betraying him, is roughly ~65% done with 5800 words. Finishing it up and then proofreading it will take a couple more days. Hopefully, it'll be ready to go by next Tuesday.
My current plan is to do ~5 chapters per floor. For now, only the first and second floor is being considered. I may do more though if I can keep the ideas flowing.
Lastly, I still haven't decided on a name for my story yet.
|2012-08-07, 15:38
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Isn't that going to be a bit...tough? Or are you going to skip "unknown" floors?
I'm also working on a fic, actually, I've had the basic plot written down ever since I read the first two volumes of SAO
The characters will be the ones I used to enter the SAO avatar design contest, and a few more in the future.
But for now, I'll just leave. Still need to check it for mistakes.
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Appearing at first sight as an unassuming cylinder, Michael Jantzen's Web-Shaped Pavilion is in fact a dynamic, solar powered, interactive, public gathering place that can be controlled by the internet! The 130-foot tall pavilion is clad with 208 hinged panels that can be automatically pulled up or down along tracks with small electric motors set at the outer surface of the structure, transforming the building's 360 degree facade. The hinged panels can be opened in hundreds of different variations to improve not only ventilation, but the quality of light on the inside of the pavilion, as well as the views to the surrounding landscape.
The building has been design to be controlled via the internet, where people from all over the world can have a hand in altering the shape of the structure through their computers, iPods, iPads, or smart phones. The final form will however, be dictated by the majority. The Web-Shaped Pavilion simply retrieves internet votes from around the world, converts these votes into electrical signals, and then activates its small electric motors to follow suit.
The pavilion can be enclosed behind the hinged panels with glass, or left open with just a wire mesh. Visitors to the pavilion can climb up through the seven levels on a spiral staircase or use an elevator. The design implements stairs that generate electricity through kinetic energy as the visitors climb from one level to the next, and if an elevator is used, it will generate additional electrical energy through gravity each time it moves in the down position.
All of this electrical energy will be stored for nighttime use in the form of hydrogen gas, which will be made on site and stored underground near the pavilion. The building will also host a large array of solar cells at its roof. When the structure does not need all of the power generated by the solar cells, it will be sent into the local grid.


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Tofu Xpress = Awesome!
Ack. My how time flies! Life has been so crazy with the move. I feel like we are finally settled in our new house. My eating has been all over the place and I am trying to clean that up and get more into cooking. Being a vegetarian I have gotten really boring with my eating. Think lots of frozen veggies and pasta. Whenever we eat out I always hit up asian places b/c I love to get their stir fried wok tofu. Love it! But every time I try to make tofu at home it is an epic fail.
So, I did a little research and found out about tofu presses! voila. I am a tofu making genius. Here's a little blurb from their site-
Hoisin Ginger Tofu with Smoky Tahin
by Mama Pea
Prep Time: 45 min.Cook Time: 12 min.
Ingredients (2-4 servings)
- One 15 oz. package extra-firm tofu, pressed and sliced into 1 x 2 inch slabs
- 2 T. reduced sodium soy sauce
- 2 T. hoisin sauce
- 1 t. lemon juice
- 2 T. water
- 2 t. minced ginger
- 2 t. minced garlic
- 4 c. shredded cabbage
- 2 carrots, shredded
- 1/2 large bell pepper, julienned
- 2 T. lemon juice
- 1 1/2 T. tahini
- 2 t. minced ginger
- 1 t. agave or stevia to taste
- salt and pepper to taste
- 3 slices tempeh bacon, cooked and chopped into pieces
- To make the tofu, drain and press and cut into slabs.
- Prepare the marinade, by combining soy sauce, hoisin sauce, lemon juice, water, ginger and garlic.
- Reserve half of the minced ginger for the slaw, if you are making it as well.
- Add tofu to the marinade and lightly toss.
- Allow tofu to marinate for anywhere from 30 minutes to overnight.
- Meanwhile, prepare slaw by placing cabbage in a large bowl.
- Add shredded carrots and bell pepper strips.
- For the dressing, in a small bowl, whisk together lemon juice, tahini, ginger, sweetener of choice and salt and pepper.
- Drizzle dressing over the top of the slaw and toss until evenly coated.
- Top with tempeh bacon, if using. Cover and refrigerate until serving.
- Preheat broiler to prepare tofu.
- Remove tofu from marinade and place on a cookie sheet that has been spritzed with oil or sprayed with cooking spray.
- Drizzle tofu with any remaining marinade and broil for 5-6 minutes on each side.
- Plate tofu with slaw and serve.
3 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Sweet - that looks soooo Iron Chef-y. I have been eating vegetarian for about a month (not sold on it yet...still experimenting) and just buy my tofu from Heinen's - I actually found one made locally (of course). I'll have to try this recipe!
- August 18, 2011 at 10:24 PM
- Cadry said...
Isn't the Tofu Xpress great? When I first got it, I wasn't totally sold. I already had a pressing system of my own involving a weight, books, and kitchen towels. However, since its arrival, I haven't used that method again! It's just so simple to pull the Xpress out of the cupboard and pop in a block of tofu. It presses the tofu quickly (when time is short), and then it can just be popped into the dishwasher. Love that!
- October 4, 2011 at 1:44 PM
- Mandie said...
wow looks yummy. Nice post. Would you please consider adding a link to my website on your page. Please email me back.
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- March 25, 2012 at 11:00 PM
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News Release
August 06, 2001
RICHLAND, Wash. —
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then how valuable is a high-resolution image of fish seen through murky water? Very valuable, according to scientists seeking to understand fish movement near hydropower dams. Recently, fisheries biologists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory deployed an acoustic camera originally designed for the Navy at a dam in the Northwest to study and illuminate their understanding of fish behavior.
In its first fisheries application, the camera provided PNNL researchers with some of the best images yet taken of juvenile salmon movement near a dam. The images showed an individual fish's undulating movements, and its head and tail were visible, even at distances of 30 feet. Evaluations were done at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' The Dalles Dam, a 2,089-foot-wide structure straddling the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon.
Scientists at the University of Washington's Applied Physics Laboratory in Seattle initially developed the camera for the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center. The Corps' biologists agreed with the value of such detailed images, purchased the UW's latest version and funded PNNL to assess the system's effectiveness in evaluating fish bypass measures. PNNL and the Corps worked together to develop the camera's use for fisheries-related work and the first application currently under way at the dam.
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Other techniques have greater limitations than the acoustic camera. Traditional sonar techniques have sufficient range for fish studies but can't determine the size or shape of fish. Optical systems, such as video cameras, provide clear pictures of fish yet are hampered by low light or turbid water, seldom capturing images more than three feet away. The acoustic camera, however, can capture near-video-quality grayscale images from up to 30 feet away, regardless of visibility, and without the use of electronic tracking tags. Images also can be taken of fish located in confined spaces and near bubbles, which can deflect traditional sonar methods and interfere with data collection.
The UW began developing the technology in the mid-1990s for Navy divers to use in underwater surveillance to detect limpet mines attached to hulls of ships. In 1999, Moursund recognized the potential application for fisheries issues and, with the system's designer, Ed Belcher, tested the acoustic camera at PNNL's aquatic research center in Richland.
Earlier this spring, PNNL researchers used it to study the fish bypass system of J-occlusion plates at The Dalles Dam, operated by the Corps' Portland District. The Corps installed J-occlusion plates, which are so named because of their similarity in shape to the letter J, in front of seven turbine units to help guide fish away from turbines. Using the acoustic camera, PNNL researchers collected data on fish activity in these areas when the plates were and weren't present. The Corps will consider this and other information to determine whether significant numbers of smolts are lost to gaps between adjacent plates.
This fall, PNNL fisheries biologists expect to deploy the camera at The Dalles and Bonneville dams. Additional tests will help quantify how well the acoustic camera can provide fish size and shape estimates.
"With this system, we'll be able to observe how juvenile fish respond to structures added to dams, such as trash racks or turbine intake screens," said Gene Ploskey, PNNL project co-lead and senior research scientist. "We also could study adult fish responses to conditions in fish ladders. Each of these studies would help expand our understanding of how fish are reacting to these structures and provide new information that could be used to mitigate the impact of dam operations on fish survival."
The camera system, called the Dual-Frequency Identification Sonar or DIDSON, uses an acoustic lens and can operate on two frequencies. By using up to 96 different sonar beams, the system flushes out more background noise and allows better image processing. More information is available at http://www.apl.washington.edu/programs/DIDSON/DIDSON.html.
The UW's Applied Physics Laboratory originally was formed in 1943 to conduct research for the Navy's World War II needs. It's now a part of the College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences.
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IA, Therefore I Am
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Information is a defining characteristic of modern society and itself a valuable commodity. Not surprisingly, many fields and professions attempt to understand and manage information. The advent of the Internet the Web in particular wrought unprecedented changes in the information industry: suddenly the number and types of information workers and specialists increased. Information architecture (IA) is one such newly crystallized field that emerged from the first generation Web. Yet unfamiliar to other information-related disciplines, IA is poised to become a key information profession in the 21st century.
But do we really need another information-related discipline? Andrew Dillon, Bulletin IA columnist, explored this issue in his first column, "I Think Therefore IA?" (December/January 2001). He wrote, "Can we really create a field whose sole purpose is, as some suggested, to ensure adequate navigation of Websites?"
The relationship of IA to other disciplines is unclear. Without its own traditions, standards and literature, IA necessarily borrows from surrounding fields. Related areas include computer science, information science, knowledge management, graphic design, interaction design, information design, usability, ethnography, brand strategy, content development and wayfinding, to name a few of many. In this light, IA is an apprentice to existing disciplines and seeks to benefit from established practices and theories.
The relationship between IA and librarianship, however, is of particular interest. According to a poll conducted in 2001, a large percent of information architects (IAs) have a background in librarianship, compared to other professional backgrounds (http://argus-acia.com/iask/survey011121.html). With only a blurry line separating the two fields, many practicing IAs find themselves asking Is IA the same as librarianship, only in digital environments and with a hipper name? Likewise, librarians who come in contact with IA may ask How is what I do not IA?
With much common ground between the two, such questions are difficult to answer definitively. At the highest level, both seek to match an information need with an information resource. Both also share a strong responsibility for effectively finding and using information with a strong focus on organization and classification. But, significant distinctions can be made, which in part point to the need for IA and justify its existence.
IA Background
Historically, Richard Saul Wurman is reported to have used the phrase information architect as early as 1975. More recently, Rosenfeld and Morville popularized the term in conjunction with developing information-rich Web sites in Information Architecture for the World Wide Web. The official birth of the field, however, could be said to have occurred at the IA Summit meeting in Boston in May 2000, sponsored by ASIST. Subsequent IA Summits (San Francisco, 2001, and Baltimore, 2002) have further moved the field along. The founding of Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture (AIfIA), a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to advancing and promoting IA worldwide, marks a certain crystallization of the field (www.aifia.org).
Though the theme of the first IA Summit was Defining the Craft, there is still little agreement on how IA should be defined. One could say this emerging field has been overly concerned with definition and self-scoping since its inception (see for example Defining the damn thing, at www.iawiki.net/DefiningTheDamnThing). Definitions range from Elaine Tom's a map of the underlying information structures to Wurman's the building of structures that allow others to understand" to Rosenfeld and Morville's the combination of organization, labeling, and navigation schemes within an information system and John "Squishy" Shiple's the blueprint of the site upon which all other aspects are built form, function, metaphor, navigation and interface, interaction, and visual design.
The role of the information architect is unclear as well. Peter Morvilles Big Architect, Little Architect dichotomy pits a generalist responsible for the design of an entire information product (big IA) against a specialist concerned with a limited set of problems (little IA) (See: http://argusacia.com/strange_connections/strange004.html). At the heart of the issue is where responsibilities begin and end.
In practice IAs essentially perform some or all of the following tasks:
Though the literature specifically addressing IA is thin, a body of writings is quickly emerging. See the reading list at the end of this article for books on IA. Other outlets of professional writing are Boxes and Arrows (www.boxesandarrows.com), a Web journal devoted to issues in IA launched in March 2002, and a special issue of JASIST on IA (v. 53, no. 10). Substantial professional exchange takes place on a lively listserv sponsored by ASIST SIG-IA, giving great momentum to the IA community (see http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigia-l for more details).
Differences Between IA and Librarianship
Matter. Though it is possible to contend that IA grew out of the Web, it is not limited to the Web. IA can be applied to a wide array of information products, including CD-ROMs, software applications, personal digital assistants, pocket PCs, information kiosks, cell phones and other mobile devices, to name a few. Some might even include the structuring of off-line media, such as airports or even cities in the broadest definitions. In general, current mainstream IA deals with information in digital environments, with an emphasis on websites and Web-based applications.
Though titles such as cyber-librarian and digital librarian are becoming more common, librarianship is generally concerned with traditional document formats and graphic records. Even the digital formats that a cyber-librarian handles are more stable than dynamic database-driven content that an IA might manage, for instance. Medium, then, gives rise to differences between librarianship and IA.
Of significance here is the effect IA can have on authorship. For example, when structuring information for a content management system, IAs might determine the amount and type of content to be published, as well as the format in which it will be presented. This directly impacts how authors write content. Librarianship, on the other hand, focuses on gathering, evaluating and managing existing resources. A library is in this sense is a document management system and rarely does a librarians activities directly affect authorship.
Time. IA work is usually project-based with a specific, foreseeable objective. The average life cycle to launch a large website, for instance, is usually less than a year. IAs often work on highly accelerated time scales. By contrast, librarianship is concerned with the ongoing maintenance of a bibliographic system over time. In an extreme example such as the archival library, this time span may be centuries. Time, then, assumes a significantly different role within each field.
Furthermore, IA does not have nearly the same traditions and standards as librarianship. Solutions are generally customized to fit a specific situation. There is often a focus on creativity and originality, and methods can be adapted as needed. Librarianship is concerned with mastering existing systems, which can be strict, complex and carry decades of history. Compliance to standards is highly valued and critical. This is not to say that librarianship cannot be creative, rather that the majority of practicing librarians generally do not create completely new organizational systems (e.g., taxonomies or controlled vocabularies) on a regular basis. An IA probably does.
Space. Librarianship is generally concerned with a place: the library. This significant community building is more than a repository of information. Children play at public libraries, students study in academic libraries and employees read the newspaper in corporate libraries. Libraries as institutions fulfill an important need for a quiet, common location, and librarianship takes this into account. Librarians are taught, for instance, library management and administration, which includes issues of the physical building. IA does not share this concern for a physical place, focusing instead on creating information spaces within digital environments.
Energy. While both professions focus on finding information, IA is far more responsible for the user experience and the users interaction with information than librarianship. Some have even called IA interactive LIS, referring to the role interaction design plays within IA. IA work manifests itself in highly visual deliverables that serve as the basis for the final display of information. This probably accounts for IAs love affair with usability.
Librarianship tends to focus on fundamental organization of information with such activities and devices as cataloging, cross-referencing, authority control and so forth. While certainly critical to helping patrons locate resources, this deep structuring of information is in general not something the user sees or is aware of, at least not in the sense that a website navigation, for example, is interactive and highly visible to the user. The deep structuring of information is generally not the focus of an IA on a broad scale yet, but has recently come into the spotlight. Librarian-turned-IA Peter Morville, for example, hopes to leverage elements of librarianship, such as controlled vocabulary and thesauri, within the IA profession (See his site www.semanticstudios.com).
Personalities. Librarians often know patrons quite well, even on a personal basis. The primary user group of a library is generally geographically bound in some way to the library. Their needs and behaviors are well known, or at least easily observed.
IAs rarely know their target groups on such a personal basis. Instead, IAs infer behavior from surrogate user records such as log files and marketing research. Even interviews and usability tests bring an IA in contact with only a fraction of the total user base for a given product.
This is to say that IAs in general work with anonymous users and librarians generally do not thus, the impetus for user-centered information architecture. IA does not, for instance, have the luxury of bibliographic instruction, a staple of library work. With this aid librarians can skirt developing explanation-free systems: if patrons at first do not understand, just teach them. Though service-oriented for sure, most libraries are content-oriented rather than user-centered in their fundamental organization. IA, on the other hand, necessarily aspires to be user-centered, at least in theory.
Community Connections
A brief, informal analysis of cross-linking between websites dealing with librarianship and IA was conducted for this essay. Twelve leading IA Web logs (blogs) were compared to 10 personal sites dealing with librarianship (see box). In particular the links to other resources where the owners of the sites find relevant information were compared. These lists are sometimes labeled Recommended Links or How I stay informed or something similar. On the whole, this set reflects what the website owner believes to be the most essential links on the topic, which are often to other blogs.
The 12 IA sites had a total of 313 such external links with an average of 26 links each. There were 127 unique destinations. The top 20% of the destinations from the IA sites accounted for 43% of the total outgoing links, or nearly half of the total destinations. The library Web logs had a total of 248 links with an average of about 25 per site. Of these, 116 links had unique destinations. The top 20% of the links from the library sites accounted for 129 of the total 248 links, or 52%. Again, the top sites account for about half all destinations.
In general the affinity of linking within each group was relatively strong most of the sites examined linked to the other sites within the same group. Linking between the two groups, however, is extremely low. A total of two links from IA Web logs led to a resource dealing with librarianship (0.4%), and only three links from the librarianship sites linked to IA sites (0.4%). In total there were only six unique destinations in common.
It is clear, then, that the intersection between key online Web logs within each field is minimal. Further, though IAs might attend the Internet Librarian conference and librarians might attend the IA Summit, there seems to be only a sporadic exchange of knowledge and resource sharing between the two groups otherwise. This probably is not due to a lack of awareness, however; IAs are certainly conscious of librarianship, and it is assumed that many librarians have at least heard of IA. Therefore, the two groups do not necessarily interact on a regular basis because they do not directly share the same concerns and problems. Which is to say that IA and librarianship are two separate fields.
This may not be the case in the future, however. IAs are discovering faceted classification and metadata for e-commerce purposes, while librarians are discovering the problems of interaction design and usability of information in online environments. There are many ways in which mutual benefits can and should be explored.
What Librarianship Offers IA
Deep structuring of information. Controlled vocabularies, thesauri, metadata and the like promise to be a focus of second-generation IA. A rich literature on such topics already exists within librarianship, just waiting to be adapted to new digital situations.
Tradition and standards. IAs need to start developing less disposable solutions and stop working with localized and improvised methods. Librarianship could serve as a role model for creating solutions for information systems with longevity.
What IA Offers Librarianship
User-centered approach. In practice libraries are not user-centered, though much of the thinking in the field is. In spite of a great deal of research in areas such as the reference interview, librarians often fail at understanding information needs from the users perspective. Patricia Dewdney and Catherine Sheldrick Ross well-known article Flying A Light Aircraft (See RQ, 34(2), 1994) demonstrates this deficiency well.
User experience and information interaction. The advent of graphical use interfaces, particularly the Web, necessarily changes they way people seek and use information. Librarians can learn a great deal from work already done within IA on information interaction and the user experience. For example, the user experience of most OPACs is particularly in need of help.
The flow of information between IA and librarianship requires a bi-directional exchange both sides must actively export as well as import knowledge. From the brief analysis of Web logs, above, in addition to the authors personal observations of both fields, there seems to be a lack of a real interdisciplinary connection. This paper, then, serves as a call for more cross-pollination of ideas and activities between the two fields.
Finally, the differences pointed out in this article can help many attempting to make sense of either field. Academia has already started to pay attention to IA, and education for IA will become an issue in the near future. Students planning a career or a course of study require reasonable boundaries around each discipline. For administrative purposes, educators need to know where IA, which as of yet has no academic home, fits into a broader curriculum. Additionally, employers must understand the limits between skill sets for recruiting, hiring and staffing purposes.
In sum, the differences noted above warrant the conclusion that IA and librarianship are two different fields, with different problem sets, practiced in different contexts. But they are complementary and the two groups have a great deal to learn from one another. I also contend that IA is a necessary, valuable new field. Looking ahead there may be common ground where IA and librarianship do come together, such as with digital libraries. In the mean time we should consider ways that bridges can be built to avoid duplication and redundancy while at the same time capitalizing on existing knowledge.
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Hi Sparth! This is "Altocumulus" from Stillstream. I miss your visits to the ambient music chatroom. I'm glad you are now updating your blog regularly!
hello alto!
indeed, it's been a while since i last visited stillstream. i'll come by asap!
Keeping it fresh as always:)
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You're killing man! :) Great work you're producing. Well done.
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Quand je pense à ce que j'ai fait quand j'ai illustré la version française de Fondation, j'ai honte. Merci! ;)
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Authorities have charged a former Fall River man currently serving a life sentence for a double homicide in Washington state with the 1988 stabbing murder of 32-year-old Gayle Botelho in Fall River, Bristol County officials announced today.
Authorities have charged a former Fall River man currently serving a life sentence for a double homicide in Washington state with murder for the 1988 fatal stabbing of 32-year-old Gayle Botelho in Fall River.
Daniel T. Tavares Jr., 46, who in 2000 led investigators to discover Botelho's remains at his former residence at 314 June St., was recently indicted by a grand jury on a single count of murder for Botelho's previously unsolved homicide.
Bristol County District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter said during a press conference Monday in New Bedford that a civilian witness came forward in the past eight months and changed his or her story to implicate Tavares, who is expected to be transported from Washington for his arraignment in Fall River Superior Court sometime in the next two months.
"Sometimes people just decide to do the right thing at the right time, and that's how these cases come together," First Assistant District Attorney William McCauley said.
For several years, the investigation went cold even as detectives followed up leads that took them to several states across the country, and even to Portugal. Sutter said investigators reinterviewed witnesses and reexamined evidence when he took office in 2007, but the case remained unsolved until investigators developed "new information" after the witness come forward.
"It is our intention to pursue every lead in every unsolved homicide case... The families deserve closure and justice, and that is what we strive for," Sutter said, noting that the Tavares indictment marks the 11th previously unsolved homicide case that his officer has announced new murder charges in since 2007.
Sutter said that more details into the case — including whether more suspects may be charged — will be released at Tavares' arraignment.
Several of Botelho's relatives attended Monday's press conference, including two of her daughters who were children at the time of her disappearance.
"Twenty-five years is a long time, but to me it was just like yesterday that this happened," said Botelho's sister, Beverly Souza of Tiverton.
"She was my sister. She will always be my sister," Souza said.
On Oct. 27, 1988, Botelho, an unmarried mother of three young daughters, left her 114 Prospect St. home late in the afternoon. She told her roommate that she would return in a few minutes, but she was never seen alive again.
Fall River Police Chief Daniel S. Racine was a patrolman assigned to the Flint when Botelho disappeared.
"I remember like yesterday we were given missing person fliers with Gayle's picture, " Racine said, who tried then to find leads on Botelho's location.
"Of course, no information on Gayle's whereabouts were found back then," Racine said.
Almost 12 years to the day later, her remains were found on Oct. 23, 2000, buried across the street from her former residence, at 314 June St.
Botelho's skeletal remains were positively identified and her death was ruled a homicide. The cause of death was multiple stab wounds, authorities said.
Tavares — who served 16 years in Walpole State Prison for stabbing his mother, Ann Tavares, to death in 1991 in their Somerset home — led investigators to Botelho's remains, Former Bristol County District Attorney Paul Walsh said.
Tavares, who was incarcerated at the time, told investigators that he knew the identities, and that he was in the presence of two other men he claimed killed Botelho during a "wild party," said Walsh, who told The Herald News on Monday that there was not enough evidence to bring charges at that time.
Walsh said that Tavares provided specific information credible enough to find Botelho's remains, and to warrant him sending investigators to try to track down the two men Tavares mentioned in Florida and Portugal.
Investigators spoke with those two individuals, but they did not find any other corroborating evidence needed for probable cause to sustain charges, or to secure convictions at trial. Walsh added that Tavares was also considered a suspect at the time.
In a controversial decision, over the objections of police and prosecutors, the Massachusetts Parole Board released Tavares from state prison in November 2007. At the time, he was charged with assaulting correctional officers, but Superior Court Judge Kathe M. Tuttman released him on personal recognizance.
Tavares fled to Washington state, where authorities said he shot and killed two neighbors on Nov. 17, 2007. In February 2008, Tavares was sentenced to life in a Washington state prison after he pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated first-degree murder for killing Brian and Beverly Mauck — a young married couple — in Graham, Wash.
Botelho had three daughters, ages 4, 11 and 13, when she disappeared. Botelho's youngest daughter, Heather Brogan, now 29, of Fall River, said Monday that she always suspected Tavares had something to do with her mother's death.
"I think about her all the time," Brogan said, adding that her family is close-knit and "prayed and prayed" that the case would be solved. She said Tavares' arrest was a great comfort for her and her relatives.
"We're looking for somebody to be held accountable. ... Her children need to know what happened to their mother," Souza added.
Botelho was the middle child of seven sisters and two brothers, born to longtime city residents Lorraine and Louis Botelho, both of whom died before their daughter's alleged killer was arrested.
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With the loss, ETSU drops to 6-10 overall, 2-4 in Southern Conference play, while UNCG improves to 11-5, 4-1.
"I thought we played hard, but they really hurt us on the boards with put backs," said ETSU head coach Murry Bartow, whose team led 33-25 at halftime. "It's tough playing on the road in conference play. We were one possession away at Appalachian State and then this game was down to the last play. Last year, we won a lot of those, this year has been a different story."
The Bucs looked solid early on, but the cushion evaporated midway through the second half, as the Spartans rallied to take as much as a four-point lead at 68-64 with left in the game. From there, however, Sneed scored on a layup, and Smith was later fouled and hit both free throws to tie the game at 68-68. UNCG's Ronnie Burrell and Josh Gross both had shots at the end of regulation, but could not get the attempts to fall.
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Dolly Parton Celebrates Gold-Selling Album 'An Evening With … Dolly'
It's hard to believe that Dolly Parton experienced a first in her career last week, so deep into the legendary singer's success in country music. Friday morning (Aug. 10), Parton's label — Dolly Records — earned its first gold-selling album for her Cracker Barrel double-disc, 'An Evening With … Dolly.' In addition to it being the first big-selling album for her record label, it was also the first gold-selling project for Cracker Barrel.
Everyone was all smiles Friday as Parton and her team were recognized for the success, appropriately held at Dolly Records. "Somebody [asked me], 'Where are you going to put your awards?," Parton told Taste of Country and other reporters at the party. "I'm lucky because I have the museum at Dollywood, and that's going to go in a special place because I'm very proud to be working with Cracker Barrel. They are the best people in the world. I think we made a wonderful, wonderful team.
"You never get tired of [being honored for your work]," she continued. "You never get too old or too callused to enjoy the success. And at my age, I'm happy to get anything in this business!"
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When celebrity egos clash, things can get ugly. Could that help explain the brawl that allegedly took place between Chris Brown and Frank Ocean involving a dispute over a parking space at a West Hollywood recording studio?
L.A. County Sheriff's detectives say they want to question Brown about the dust-up that reportedly occurred Sunday night in the 7200 block of Santa Monica Boulevard, during which Brown allegedly punched Ocean, officials said.
A sheriff's spokesman, Steve Whitmore, said it wasn't yet clear whether the reported incident "rose to the level of an alleged assault. As a matter of fact, it could be a minor scuffle over a parking spot."
At present Brown is on probation for assaulting his girlfriend, Rihanna, the night before the 2009 Grammy Awards.
Officials said that on Sunday night deputies had responded to reports of a half-dozen men fighting at the recording studio. Witnesses told law enforcement officials that Brown and Ocean had feuded over a parking spot. The fight was over quickly and the participants were separated, witnesses said, and Brown and his retinue left the area before deputies arrived, according to the accounts.


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Waves, currents, sand grain sizes, sandbar configurations, water table levels beneath the beach, and other phenomena combine in complex ways to cause very different patterns along the same beach. (Photo by Steve Elgar, Woods Hole Oceanographiuc Institution)
Spend just a few minutes on almost any beach, and the ocean will soon demonstrate a few of the many ways it can transform the narrow strip of shallow water and adjacent land that makes up the shoreline. With every wave, sediments are deposited and withdrawn in complex ways. On a much larger scale, waves, currents, wind, and tides form complex interactions over time to cause erosion along some stretches of shoreline and accretion (growth) in others.
This is just the beginning, however. Add storms, coastal development, and sea level rise to the mix and the fact of our constantly changing shoreline becomes a far more complex and serious issue.
In the U.S. alone, billions of dollars are spent each year in housing, businesses, and recreation, national security, and infrastructure along our dynamic coasts. While beach erosion threatens property near the shoreline, it also profoundly influences natural systems that regulate the exchanges of water, nutrients and organisms with the open ocean. As a result, billions more are used to protect wetlands, maintain beaches and waterways, and rebuild damaged or aging infrastructure.
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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Never mind the vestment, what's with those weird-looking birds??!
- February 17, 2010 at 8:55 PM
I'm not really seeing a problem with that chasuble.
- February 17, 2010 at 9:09 PM
- AncientBriton said...
Could be curtains for some.
- February 18, 2010 at 1:09 AM
- Father Robert Lyons said...
The cross is a bit too 1970's (or, for those flamiliar with the products of the US vestment maker Abbott Hall, too Hall-y) for my tastes, but the rest of the Chasuble looks nice.
I hae to agree for the first posting, though... freaky birds! I see a Hitchcock film in my mind!
- February 18, 2010 at 6:19 AM
Chasuble= take it or leave it, I leave it, but it's not inappropriate or bad in any real way EXCEPT the cross is tacky.. was the chasuble made by the sunday school?
- February 18, 2010 at 10:28 AM
Hello, I like your site, and I have found on ebay a particularly ugly vintage Slabbink chasuble; here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?VISuperSize&item=260553677730
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- February 18, 2010 at 1:10 PM
- Al said...
Given the birds in front giving it a sci-fi look, I go with Thompson.
- February 18, 2010 at 3:33 PM
Ditto, most other posters. The chasuble isn't the most lovely piece of vestment work in the world, but those birds on the lectern are just freaky!
- February 19, 2010 at 8:47 AM
- The Lakeland Two said...
Agree with most posters, too. What IS the point of the birds?
Priest does look like someone would try to do it in Trek. Could be worse...
- February 19, 2010 at 11:04 AM
I'm guessing (hoping) that those birds are supposed to be baby pelicans...
- February 19, 2010 at 1:02 PM
- + Peter said...
It is Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (Paddy's Wigwam) so I would say "liver birds." I am not sure what liver birds are, but the ones on top of the Insurance building down by the Isle of Man Steam Packet pier look somewhat like dispeptic pelicans. The chasuble and the lectern ae very much of a piece with the cathedral which was built in the early 60s.
- March 11, 2010 at 11:33 PM
- MamaMaria said...
I think the bird is the Pelican that represented the Redeemer who wounded itself to feed its young with its own blood. (http://oce.catholic.com/index.php?title=Birds)
The chasuble just looks like a really ugly couch. Freaky looking birds don't help, but in all fairness, they are an old symbol. Hamlet had a reference of it in Act IV.
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The Hangar in Pokolbin, Australia serves as a gallery, public museum and operational facility for a collection of World War Two fighter aircraft. Located on the edge of a country airstrip, the accordion steel building features a striking design and cantilevered roof. Designed by Newport, Australia-based Peter Stutchbury Architects, the plane hangar's form was derived from the profile of a wing, which gains strength through efficient design. Constructed of steel, the roof is engineered to cantilever out 12 meters beyond the hangar and reduces overall material use to become an economical and environmentally responsible space.
Located an hour north of Sydney in the Hunter Valley wine country region, The Hangar is home to Air Action, an aviation museum with a collection of vintage fighter planes to admire and even take rides in. The facility is primarily an airplane hangar and museum, but also serves as an event space for private functions. Oriented so the bay doors open up to the north, the hangar takes advantage of passive solar design. Using the cantilevered roof for shade projection, the sides feature curved windows to pull in daylight. The ends of the building also feature administration 'pods' that serve as office space and viewing decks. The glass pod to the west allows visitors to get a good view of airplanes taking off and landing on the adjacent air strip.
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Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew has moved to quash speculation surrounding some of his best players.
Numerous stories have claimed Toon stars such as Demba Ba, Cheick Tiote and Fabricio Coloccini are set for January departures.
Pardew rejected these rumours and revealed he is actually looking to bring more signing into the Sports Direct Arena.
"Our fans are sold these smokescreens and it's not fair on them. They just want to have honesty and the truth in both those is far from what has been portrayed," he said.
"We are trying to get the best possible players with the budgets we have, and we are working hard at that.
"(Chief scout) Graham Carr does a terrific job for us, as his scouting team does and as my staff do, so on that side of it we are really trying to cover everything we can."
The former West Ham United boss was sceptical about the effectiveness of business being done in January and claimed the market was easily distorted.
"It's difficult. If one of the big players makes a move, it stimulates the market, but it looks like everybody is jostling as usual," he added.
"Hopefully we are not going to have this last-day scenario, or the last few days, that we had in the last window which really affected us.
"We have made it clear to all the clubs that if there is any business to be done with us, you had better get in quickly because obviously we are stained from last year.
"But looking around and speaking to other managers it's very difficult to get value in this window and we are all a bit wary of that."
Newcastle will be looking to carry on the form that saw them comprehensively beat Manchester United last week.
They face a home tie against newly promoted QPR and their new manager Mark Hughes on Sunday afternoon.


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