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As if there aren't already enough awesome Animal Encounters to experience at Australia Zoo, you can now get hands-on with Zambeze, one of our handsome Zebra and the newest addition to the bachelor group at Australia Zoo since moving here in April 2012 from the National Zoo in Canberra to retire.
We've got one twenty minute "Zany Zebra" Animal Encounter available per day for three lucky visitors and we're sure you'll fall in love with these gorgeous animals once you've fed them, given them a pat and a scratch and captured the moment on camera!
For full encounter details and terms and conditions check out our Animal Encounters web page or you can send us a Gift Voucher enquiry. What a you-beaut Christmas present a Zany Zebra encounter would make!
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Malignant mesothelioma is an uncommon cancerous
Alternative Names
Malignant mesothelioma
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Long-term exposure to asbestos — a fire-resistant material — is the biggest risk factor. Asbestos was once commonly found in insulation, ceiling and roofing vinyls, cement, and automotive brake materials. Although many asbestos workers smoked, experts do not believe smoking itself is a cause of this condition.
Malignant mesothelioma affects men more often than women. The average age at diagnosis is 60. Most appear to develop the condition about 30 some years after being in contact with the asbestos.
Symptoms may not appear until 20 – 50 years or longer after exposure to asbestos, and may include:
Abdominal bloating Abdominal pain Chest painespecially when taking a deep breath Cough Fatigue Shortness of breath Weight loss
Signs and tests
Chest x-ray
- Chest CT
Cytology of pleural fluid Open lung biopsy Pleural biopsy
Mesotheliomas are often hard to diagnose under the microscope. It can be hard to distinguish between this disease and similar conditions and tumors.
Malignant mesothelioma is a difficult cancer to treat.
There is usually no cure, unless the disease is found extremely early and the tumor can be completely removed with surgery. However, most of the time at diagnosis, the disease is too advanced for surgery. Chemotherapy or radiation may be used to reduce symptoms. Combining certain chemotherapy drugs may help decrease symptoms, but it will not cure the cancer.
Untreated, the average malignant mesothelioma patient survives 9 months.
Consider participating in a clinical trial (test of new treatments), which may give you more treatment options.
Pain relief, oxygen, and other supportive treatments may also help relieve symptoms.
Support Groups
You can ease the
Cancer – support group
Lung disease – support group
Expectations (prognosis)
The average survival time varies from 4 – 18 months. However, your outlook depends on:
The stage of the tumor
Your age and general health
Whether surgery is an option
Your response to treatment
The tumor can quickly spread to other organs.
Calling your health care provider
Call for an appointment with your health care provider if you have symptoms of malignant mesothelioma.
Avoid exposure to asbestos.

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For some years, since Lenny in fact, I've been helping a few friends and elderly relatives—not many—to use a stable Debian desktop. The only support I give is to update the system remotely via ssh. The only work I do is at the start, namely setting up and configuring the system but, apart from that, it's no hassle at all; I got so fed up with dealing with their Windows woes that I thought "to hell with it!" and installed Debian and since then have never looked back. As for friends my "support" —such as it is—earns me a few beers.
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Asian Studies
The Asian Studies Minor (ASM) offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the cultures and languages of Asia. As a complement to one's major or as a basis for later study and travel, the minor provides both general background and real-world experience. The minor has three main requirements: six culture courses, an introductory-level Asian language sequence, and a field project which can be completed in a local Asian community or while studying abroad. Culture courses include any anthropology, art history, history, political science or religion class that focuses on East, South, or Southeast Asia. You should plan on taking two lower-division and four upper-division culture classes. Language course sequences are available in Japanese and Chinese, although study of other Asian languages or native proficiency is accepted with the director's approval.
The field project requires a minimum of 15 hours working or volunteering in an Asia-related setting. Students have satisfied this requirement in a number of ways, ranging from an Arrupe placement with a senior citizen center in San José's Japantown to an internship at the China desk of the Washington State Trade Office. The field project also may be taken for academic units with completion of an independent study project. For more details on field project options or any aspect of the minor, please contact the program director.
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- INTERPOL Dhaka
Member since :
14 October 1976
Bangladesh Police
To provide services to all citizens and make Bangladesh a better and safer place to live and work
- To uphold the rule of law;
- To ensure the safety and security of citizens;
- To prevent and detect crime;
- To bring offenders to justice;
- To maintain peace and public order.
With a force of more than 195,530 men and women, the Bangladesh Police is the country's national police organization. Specialized units include:
- Criminal Investigation Department;
- Special Branch;
- Armed Police Battalion;
- Rapid Action Battalion;
- Industrial Police;
- Highway Police;
- Railway Police.
- Tourist Police;
- River police;
- Police Bureau of Investigation;
- Police Telecom and Information Management;
- Metropolitan Police;
- Special Protection Battalion.
National training institutions include:
- Police Staff College;
- Bangladesh Police Academy;
- Police Training Centers;
- Special Branch Training School;
- Detective Training School;
- Traffic and Driving School;
- Police Special Training School;
- Traffic Training School;
- Forensic Training Institute.
INTERPOL Dhaka
The INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) for Bangladesh is located at the Police Headquarters in Dhaka.
- One Head of NCB;
- One National Security Officer;
- One INTERPOL Contact Officer;
- Nine other staff.
- Facilitate cross-border police cooperation;
- Support and assist all organizations, authorities, agencies and services whose mission it is to prevent or fight crime both at national and international level;
- Help the INTERPOL community by sharing Bangladesh Police information on crime and criminals;
- Enable domestic law enforcement agencies to access INTERPOL's databases;
- Provide operational police support services;
- Provide training to domestic law enforcement agencies.
Priority crime areas:
The prevention of transnational organized crime is the NCB's principal priority, in particular in the fields of:
- Drugs;
- Financial and high-tech crime;
- International fugitives;
- Public safety and terrorism;
- Trafficking in human beings;
- Corruption.
INTERPOL Dhaka has arranged for the following national law enforcement units to have direct access to INTERPOL's databases of wanted criminals, stolen passports and stolen vehicles:
- Special Branch Headquarters;
- Immigrations Services at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka;
- Immigrations Services at Shah Amanat International Airport, Chittagong;
- Immigrations Services at Benapole Land Port, Jessore.
Wildlife crime: experts recommend an integrated global response
Intelligence-led best practices to fight terrorism focus of INTERPOL training
Effective information sharing on violent extremism can save lives – INTERPOL Chief
Red Notices 58
RAFIQUL Age today: 48 years old
Nationality: Bangladesh
PROKASH KUMAR Age today: 45 years old
Nationality: Bangladesh
Yellow Notices 4
SAHED Age today: 23 years old
Nationality: Bangladesh
MUSTAK AHMED Age today: 38 years old
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Horoscopes by Holiday: Week of April 5
by Holiday Mathis
Mars is the action planet. He's a warrior — swift, strong and ready to spring into the fight of life at a moment's provocation. Mars currently opposes Saturn, the keeper of time. There's a strange tension to sort out. We know that we must act, but when? Hesitation causes loss, and so does jumping the gun. The key is to relax and observe. Let your mature instincts take over. Trust that you will know the perfect moment when it arrives.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). A mature warrior realizes that the time for action is not always now. Restraint will be the key to your ultimate victory. You realize that there are holes in your body of knowledge. Research is crucial. When you don't know the answer to something, you attract the perfect people to supply the answers.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You've always thought of yourself as a creative person, and yet it's also important to you to be appropriate to the situation at hand. You may not be able to have it both ways this week. Dare to push the social norms. The big ideas come when you decide not to worry so much about rules.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The golden rule will serve you well this week. You'll be there to provide the cheering that you would like to hear. You will give the attention that you crave. You will feed and nurture others the way you wish you were fed and nurtured. It works well for you, as everything you put out zings back like a boomerang.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). It's amazing how much you manage to pack into this week. Even when it appears that you're at leisure, you're actually working on an action plan that will maximize your strengths and minimize your weaknesses. Well, maybe you're not consciously working on it, but your subconscious mind is extremely busy.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You'll be in a position to connect with new and potentially helpful people. The key in making a good impression is to find a way to care about something the other person cares about. It could be a yappy dog or a political viewpoint. You have it in you to be compassionate and attentive even when it's a stretch.
THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS: Your life will go according to plan this year, so be extra sure that you have a plan you love. It's very lucky to revise and rewrite it over the next three weeks to include more enticing rewards. A mentor steps into the picture at the end of this month. You'll become healthier and more beautiful through May. Resolve to use your leisure time differently this summer. June brings exciting love. In July, the best things happen while you're dancing. Business booms in September and October.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You've learned from your mistakes, but that doesn't mean you'll stop making them. You'll just make better ones that show how far you've come. Perhaps one of your recent mistakes is even worth celebrating. As your glamorous sign mate Sophia Loren said, "Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life."
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Even the most confident people are not certain all of the time. There will be moments of feeling lost and wondering how to handle things. Pause for a breath, though, and it won't be long before you realize that you know more than you thought. Upbeat people will assist you, and friendly advice will prove sound.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your sense of justice is aligned with that of the great forces of the universe. It all works out in a way that you think is fair. It's especially satisfying when this happens in your love life. Thursday through Saturday is luckiest. The one you are attracted to will show that he or she feels the same way about you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). At first you don't get where loved ones are coming from, but you are a fantastic listener. With your mouth closed, you'll pass through moments of misunderstanding and wind up with a deeper knowledge of the people around you. You'll find out just how valuable your gift of undivided attention is to others.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You are hesitant to get into the flow with all those busy people around you. You want to make sure that you're not moving just to look busy. Your activities have to mean something to you. There's a huge difference between being active and achieving. Be thoughtful and don't make a move until you're sure.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You won't find your bliss by following the crowd. As a rule, it's a very particular thing that makes you smile and laugh, and this week your proclivities are even more specific than usual. Don't bother pursuing happiness; create it. You have the raw ingredients already, and Monday brings the cherry on top.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You expect different things from life than others are hoping for — not better, just different. Your interests coincide nicely with those of your fellows. Perfect solutions come to you. All you have to do is relax and listen to others with an open mind. You'll fulfill someone else's needs while trying to get your own fulfilled.
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websein UG needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 100 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
we will launch the portal didgeridoo.de for everybody who is interested in playing, hearing, leraning und buying didgeridoos.
everybody who is interested in getting information about, hearing, learning, playing (alone, with other didge-players or in a band) and buying didgeridoos and people that offer products and services for these target groups
The logo has to be like this:
we need the logo as vector graphic and psdFile and also printready!
we love didgeridoo! and the logo has to reflect this love for didgeridoo sound, didgeridoo artwork, didgeridoo tradition (worldwide, ancient and modern).
but it also has to be very modern and professional. the logo has to be flexible in relation to the domain ending
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By Claudia Assis
Demand for solar power will outstrip supply this year, and solar stocks are in the early stages of an upswing, analysts at Roth Capital Partners said in a note Tuesday.
Worldwide supply is expected to reach 45 gigawatts in 2014, compared with demand around 47 GW, resulting in improved margins and profits for solar companies, the analysts, led by Philip Shen, said.
And demand is expected to grow, supported by financing innovation and impending grid parity (when solar energy starts to cost about the same as power from the grid) in emerging markets, they added.
The Roth analysts said they spoke with more than a dozen players in the U.S., China, and Japan that are optimistic about their market. There's potential for an 8% increase for the average selling price of solar modules this year, they added.
Solar companies are emerging from a two-year slump due to oversupply and falling prices of photovoltaic cells. On average, solar stocks are 15 months from their trough, the Roth analysts said.
"We believe we remain in the early innings of this upcycle due to (1) how long it took to go from peak to trough last cycle (20 months vs. 9 months in the prior cycle) and (2) the growth of market-driven demand from emerging markets," they said.
The analysts said two solar stocks are undervalued, suggesting more upside ahead: the China-based PV makers JinkoSolar Holding Co. /quotes/zigman/587434/delayed /quotes/nls/jks JKS and Trina Solar Ltd. /quotes/zigman/446274/delayed /quotes/nls/tsl TSL
U.S.-listed shares of Trina Solar have gained 213% in the past 12 months. Jinko's U.S.-listed shares have jumped 400% in the same period.
Jinko earlier this month took over facilities and production assets from a struggling rival manufacturer in China's Zhejiang province, citing growing demand.
Demand in China alone is expected to reach 14 GW, compared with prior market expectations around 12 GW, the Roth analysts said.
Last week, China's state TV, citing the country's energy administration, said the government planned to accelerate solar, wind and hydroelectric power developments in an effort to curb air pollution.
Last year China missed its 10 GW solar target by 20%, although the actual installations of 8 GW were enough to make China the world's #1 solar market for the first time, analysts at Raymond James said in a note last week.
The Raymond James analysts were skeptical of China's goal of reaching 14 GW of solar this year, and stuck to their forecast around 10 GW. That forecast implies China will account for about 23% of global installations.
— Claudia Assis
Follow Claudia Assis on Twitter @ClaudiaAssisMW
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My little pork industry can't be this cute: 'Pig Farm' and 'Slaughterhouse' smartphone games
Is making a game butchering cute little pigs kimo-kawaii or just real talk? JOE Inc.'s "Yōtonjō" ("Pig Farm") is a pig-raising simulation game with a predictable outcome. After all the vaccinating, poop scooping and keeping track of each porker's picky eating habits, you send 'em off, and not not on vacation.
"That's how it works — they're pigs after all!" The game's copy reminds us.
Here's a look inside my pig pen:
The color of the pig-pen floor is different on the right because I applied a sawdust coating to help the pigs grow faster. Where do you think I got that sawdust? I bought it, of course. Did I have enough points right off the bat for that? Of course not! "Pig Farm" is perfect for short bursts (those moments of time between checking your Twitter and Facebook at the bus stop, for example) but if you're busy and you just want to see what kind of goofy pigs you can raise as fast as possible, or expand your pen faster, the in-game store is more than happy to take your money. Farmers who want to invest can buy points in increments ranging from 2,000 for ¥100 to 200,000 for ¥5,800.
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The justice system is failing us, and we went out to the courthouse to make some noise about it. It's not just about this case with Loius, it's about the fact that it could happen to anyone of us. You can learn everything there is to know about safe defensive bicycling, but an intoxicated driver can come by and take you out regardless, that goes if your a cyclist, a driver, a pedestrian. Some people do not deserve to be behind the wheel, and yet are allowed to go right back to driving. I wrote recently about some of my thoughts on road justice, and it's clear something has to be done about this issue.
Though most drivers kill and maim without the intent to do so, the fact of the matter is reckless drivers kill far more people than murderers with guns and knives. Whether someone is injured or killed by a driver or caught in gang violence cross fire, the outcome is needless dead youth all the same, automobile collisions rank first in cause of death of those under the age of 30. Most of these people are themselves drivers, this is not just a cyclist issue, this is an everyone issue. I think cyclists are just more tuned to these dangers, because we don't have the illusion of safety a metal cage provides. It should not be considered acceptable for us to lose 40,000 Americans every year on the road as collateral damage just getting from point A to point B.
One of the serious deficiencies in our system that was a major point of contention by many cyclists was the fact that violations for hit and run are so low, lower than penalties usually given for DUI, that drivers are given an incentive to flee. They might get caught anyways, but if they are sober by the time they are caught, DUI charges can't be made. In most cases the driver is never caught at all. When drivers do caught, they are often not prosecuted. As in this case even if prosecuted, a driver is sometimes not sufficiently punished for the damage they have caused. Our hit and run laws are really written for automobile to automobile collisions, which can sometimes be minor bumper to bumper incidents, but cyclists and pedestrians don't have bumpers, any collision is serious and potentially physically harmful.
One of the reasons cited for not perusing a driving suspension, was so Mahdavi could get to work. I'm sorry but if one cannot drive responsibly, than they can ride a bike to work, or if they aren't ready for life in the street outside a metal and glass bubble, they can take the bus. People joke about LA being a car only town, but the reality is the Metro system in LA is one of the most extensive networks of buses and light rail in the country, this is not some middle of nowhere town with few options. All the many people living in Los Angeles that cannot even afford to drive, they can still get to work. That is no excuse. If people want to the privilege to drive to work, they should learn how to drive without killing and maiming people in the process.
One of the most powerful aspects to this event was that after the opening speakers, the mic was left open for all cyclists to come and tell their own stories, points of views, and proposed solutions to these issues. Changing this kind of stuff is not going to be easy, but the more motivated people we have taking up the cause, the better our chance of really making a difference.
Bikeside is proposing a campaign Life Before License to take up the issue to the state level, and press for legislative change. I plan to support and be involved in this campaign how ever best I can help. I'll write up more when the effort begins to take more shape.
My complete set of photos from the event can be found on flickr. In addition to the event today, there are plans to bring Los Angeles Critical Mass to Beverly Hills this Friday over this issue as well. Also for any cyclists who happen to be residents of Beverly Hills, judge Elden S. Fox, who gave the ruling in this case, is up for re-election this year. Giving him the boot would certainly send a clear message how people feel about these kind of rulings.


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ABC News Starr Testimony Poll, November 1998 (ICPSR 2708)
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This special topic poll, fielded November 20-22, 1998, sought respondents' views on the November 19, 1998, start of the United States House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee hearings on whether to impeach President Bill Clinton, and Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's testimony as part of those hearings. Those queried were asked whether they believed that Clinton should be impeached and/or removed from office, and whether lying under oath regarding an extramarital affair was serious enough to warrant being removed from office. Respondents were asked for their views on Starr's claim that Clinton lied under oath about his affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, and in doing so obstructed justice. A series of questions addressed respondents' impressions of Starr, Starr's handling of the charges against Clinton, and Starr's motives. Respondents were asked for their opinions on the House Judiciary Committee's decision to expand the impeachment hearings to include charges that Clinton made unwanted sexual advances to former White House volunteer Kathleen Willey as well as Clinton's role in 1996 presidential campaign fundraising activities. An additional question sought respondents' views on the November 20, 1998, resignation of Starr's ethics advisor, Sam Dash, who felt Starr's investigation was no longer impartial. On another topic, those queried were asked whether the United States should follow through with its warning that it would bomb Iraq unless Iraq stopped interfering with United Nations weapons inspection teams. A final question asked respondents whom they would rather have as a guest to their Thanksgiving dinner, Lewinsky or Starr. Background information on respondents includes age, race, sex, education, political party, political orientation, and family income.
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Hey everybody, Happy Halloween!! :)
Here is an image I painted for an ImagineFX monthly challenge titled "Witches Moon." Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and when I saw this challenge I had to make some time to work on an entry. I would have liked to add more detail but I didn't have much time to work on it this month due to my busy work schedule.
Painted using Photoshop and Painter.
Here is a close up as well
I hope you like it!! :)
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Corel Painter magazine showcase!Posted by Tanya Wheeler Varga
One of my recent paintings titled, "The Jewel" was featured in a showcase section of this month's issue of Corel Painter magazine (issue #35). I just received my copy in the mail today and I think it printed great. The picture here that I took is terrible though.
I'm a fan of the magazine so this was an honor for me to have my work showcased. Yay!
For more info on the magazine here is a link. Check it out!
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Oakland, CA
In a close vote on Friday, the Texas State Board of Education approved revised science standards which removed controversial language mandating that students be taught the "strengths and weaknesses" of scientific theories.
The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) applauds this move, since the references to "weaknesses" in the old standards have been used to introduce creationist attacks on evolution in textbooks and classrooms.
Three journals — Science, The Lancet, and National Geographic — are celebrating the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Darwin and the sesquicentennial of the publication of On the Origin of Species.
"The latest round in a long-running battle over how evolution should be taught in Texas schools began in earnest Wednesday as the State Board of Education heard impassioned testimony from scientists and social conservatives on revising the science curriculum," as The New York Times (January 22, 2009) reports.
As the Texas state board of education prepares to vote on a revised set of state science standards, two organizations — one secular, one religious — have joined forces to produce a new website, Teach Them Science, in order to advocate for a twenty-first-century science education for the students in Texas's public schools.
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Foodily necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 206 diseños de 40 diseñadores freelance.
Foodily is a food search company that helps people find wonderful food to make, by indexing all the recipes on web, structuring that content, and connecting it to social networks. So, what you want is, well, more findable. Our product powers popular food-related websites that you know and love today.
Shutterfly. Evite. Zappos. Facebook. iTunes. Our target audience understands how to use the web to make their lives richer & more efficient. They appreciate sites that have a clear end-benefit and work every time. They search for recipes online for ideas and inspiration, as well as to just figure out what to cook that day. They're not loyal to onse site but use a broad spectrum of websites to look at food content.
Branding: We don't care if the company name is all uppercase or all lower case letters, but it should be treated as one word. We think of ourselves as a social search company and want the brand to feel warm/inviting but also convey our foundation as a technology company. Our aethetic tastes tend to run to the clean and fresh.
Needs: We need a bold logo that can stand on its own. Since we're an ingredient brand that fits into other websites, we need it to be very clean. Also, it needs to easily scale down to both fit in a module on a partner site as well as fit mobile uses.
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
Colors: We don't have a locked color palette so feel free to experiment. Right now we're using a lot of white and grey/blue tones in the application. If you had to ask us about colors we like - we'd say: warm, poppier colors that connote the fresh food ingredients.
What we don't want: No cartoons, animals, clip art, stock photos, stock art, goofy fonts, childish fonts. We also don't want cooking metaphors/cliches since they're overused in the category & we're not an editorial website promoting cooking.
Logos we like (as examples):
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After weeks of volatility, driven by complex Fed speculation after a chorus of mixed messages, Chairman Bernanke re-focused marketplace attention on the Fed's core purpose. As per Congress, The Federal Reserve Act directs: "the Federal Reserve...shall maintain long run growth of the monetary and credit aggregates commensurate with the economy's long run potential…to promote the goals of maximum employment, stable prices and moderate long-term interest rates."
The Fed must, by directive, utilize its full arsenal to accomplish its congressional mandate. Period. Therefore, the nuanced guesswork around tapering stimulus programs and the timing of interest rate hikes based upon the Fed governors' tastes and preferences is largely irrelevant. Until the Fed unequivocally perceives that the economy is encroaching on its long run potential and therefore on a glide path to maximum employment, it is mandated to stimulate.
Reading the Fed's Playbill
The Fed has performed three acts of strength and daring since 2008. Two acts remain.
Act I: Financial System Preservation – The Fed preserved the global financial system by utilizing enhanced powers granted by Congress.
Act II: Deflation Evasion – The Fed prevented the onset of deflation through swift and massive policy easing.
Act III: Wealth Restoration – The Fed boosted housing and asset prices through continuously expanded quantitative easing programs.
Act IV: Employment Restoration – The Fed must ensure that the U.S. economy regains enough sustainable internal momentum to embolden hiring and reduce the unemployment rate.
Act V: Inflation Containment – The Fed will ultimately need to taper and tighten to reduce pent-up inflationary pressures.
In summary, Bernanke has reassured markets that the Fed will not skip Act IV. Until the economy shows the intestinal fortitude to encourage hiring at a higher and more consistent pace, the Fed is mandated to maintain stimulus. Once full employment appears within range, the Fed will transition to Act IV … but not before.
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With the Fed's sights clearly set on full employment, its quantitative easing policy transitions from being an asset price insurance policy to being an economic insurance policy. While the asset price insurance policy benefited stock market multiples, the economic insurance policy will benefit corporate earnings. Therefore, the Fed has committed itself to the pursuit of higher corporate earnings! Investors looking at the current quarter will see little evidence of this. Revenues will come in flat and earnings growth will register in the low single digits. But who cares? What has markets rallying is not past realities, but future expectations. With the Fed targeting corporate earnings, estimates for 2014 have up-ticked. Current estimates for 2014 S&P 500 earnings are $124.44, 25 percent higher than the earnings generated over the last 12 months.
Investment strategists must decide whether the Fed will be capable of meeting its full employment mandate. If you believe in Bernanke, you believe in stocks. If you do not believe, buy bonds. But know that to date he has successfully completed Acts I, II, and III. Will Act IV be a hit? We are betting that it will.
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Well, maybe this would be easy if I had the Pro Edition with the integrated resource editor, but unfortunately I only have the Express Edition and tried to add a cursor resource from a .cur file to my app.
What I couldn't get to work:
- Add the .cur file as a file resource to Form1.resX (right click on Form1.resX in the project explorer etc.) and try to construct the Cursor object using the Cursor(Type ^, String ^) constructor as described on MSDN. The resource option as described on the MSDN page for VB .NET and C# doesn't exist for cl. Maybe it could actually be done that way, but then I couldn't figure out how to obtain the correct Type ^ argument for the constructor.
- Add a reference to the .cur file in the .rc file (by editing it manually), invoking the native LoadCursor() and trying the Cursor(IntPtr) constructor.
If I don't mess up my memory now, both of these attempts resulted in the Cursor constructor failing and thus gcnew returning nullptr.
I actually could construct the Cursor object from the .cur file on disk, but as the app consists only of a sole .exe file up to now, I didn't want to add the extra ballast of the .cur file.
I finally resorted to convert the .cur file to a bunch of hex literals (hidden inside the macro in the code below) and construct the Cursor from a MemoryStream constructed from the array<unsigned char>:
It works, but I'm not happy with this solution. Is there really no way to do it that's more elegant/straightforward?Code:System::Void Form1::btnScreenPicker_MouseDown(System::Object^ sender, System::Windows::Forms::MouseEventArgs^ e) { array<unsigned char> ^RawData = {PICKER_CURSOR_RAW_DATA}; static_cast<Button ^>(sender)->Cursor = gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Cursor(gcnew IO::MemoryStream(RawData, false)); }
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In all honesty, we're not sure Sally isn't a professional mermaid, though she claims to be a professional surfer.
Australian Sally Fitzgibbons has counted surfing among her many passions since she was 6-years-old, but it's never been the only sport in her life. Over the years she has competed professionally on touch football, soccer and cross-country running teams, in addition to her career as a wave-rider.
At the age of 14 Sally became the youngest ever surfer to win the ASP Pro Junior, and that same day, finished second at the World Qualifying Series Billabong Easter Girls Festival. By 16, she traveled to Portugal for the USA U18 World Titles and won. At 17 she won two more world titles.
In 2008 she made the record books by becoming the youngest World Surfing Tour qualifier in ASP history at the Women's Elite World Surfing Tour, and three years later she won the event. She's kind of been on a streak ever since. As of February 2012 when she won the Australian Open, Sally now holds the record as the first person to ever hold the US and Australian Opens of Surf titles at the same time.
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Debris Ring Around Star Fomalhaut (HD 216956)
The top view, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, is the first visible-light image of a dust ring around the nearby, bright young star Fomalhaut (HD 216956). The image offers the strongest evidence yet that an unruly planet may be tugging on the dusty belt. The left part of the ring is outside the telescope's view. The ring is tilted obliquely to our line of sight.
The center of the ring is about 1.4 billion miles (15 astronomical units) away from the star. The dot near the ring's center marks the star's location. Astronomers believe that an unseen planet moving in an elliptical orbit is reshaping the ring.
The view at bottom points out important features in the image, such as the ring's inner and outer edges. Astronomers used the Advanced Camera for Surveys' (ACS) coronagraph aboard Hubble to block out the light from the bright star so they could see the faint ring. Despite the coronagraph, some light from the star is still visible in this image, as can be seen in the wagon wheel-like spokes that form an inner ring around Fomalhaut.
The suspected planet may be orbiting far away from Fomalhaut, near the dust ring's inner edge, between 4.7 billion and 6.5 billion miles (50 to 70 astronomical units) from the star. Only Hubble has the exquisite optical resolution to resolve that the ring's inner edge is sharper than its outer edge, a telltale sign that an object is gravitationally sweeping out material like a plow clearing away snow.
The ring is in the Fomalhaut system's frigid outer region, about 12 billion miles (133 astronomical units) from the star. This distance is much farther than our outermost planet Pluto is from the Sun. The ring's relatively narrow width, about 2.3 billion miles (25 astronomical units), indicates that an unseen planet is keeping the ring from spreading out.
Fomalhaut, a 200-million-year-old star, resides 25 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Piscis Austrinus (the Southern Fish).
The ring is tinted red for image analysis. The Hubble observations were taken over a five-month period in 2004: May 17, Aug. 2, and Oct. 27.
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Alright! Thanks for playing Cincinnati! Johnny, tell'em about those parting gifts. Well Flip, for their efforts today they'll be receiving a 2-11 record and a solid ***-whipping!
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Teaching Karate is a responsibility. It should not be taken lightly.
When you teach, you not only represent yourself, you also represent your teacher, his or her teachers, and so on, going all the way back to the earliest Karate teachers. To some extent, there are traces of Matsumura Sensei, Itosu Sensei, and other great sensei in you and in the art that you teach.
I do not mean to say that this makes you great -- I mean to say that it should make you humble. It is an honor to learn Karate and an even greater honor to teach it. You have been asked or selected to teach because your teacher or teachers believe in you. Don't let them down.
People in the community will gradually learn that you are a Karate teacher. How you conduct yourself will also reflect on the art of Karate. People will judge the art by your actions. Don't let the art down either.
There is a saying that when the rice is ripe, it bows under its own weight. Remember that when you teach.
Teaching Karate is a responsibility, one you should undertake with humility.
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Teaching Karate is a responsibility. It should not be taken lightly.
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jimbob631 wrote:mista240sx wrote:i think we should trade wright while he still has value i see he is gonna be a solid player at best, as for smith well he is a star hands down.
harrington and wright for josh smith sign and trade.
Wright will only be a solid player at best but Marco is gonna be the next Ginoboli? We need actual games before we can make any p
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wright is getting as much minutes as belli and he is doing solid but not great, i'm not saying wright sucks but i don't see him as a star, atleast we know josh smith is already thats my opinion just like my opinion on belli.


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Hypnotherapy can Help you with Anorexia
How can hypnotherapy help with the recovery from anorexia?
Many people believe that someone who has an eating disorder must have a problem with food. Contrary to this opinion is that the eating disorder is actually an indication that the person has underlying (sub conscious) problems in his / her life.
Those with eating disorders tend to be perfectionists, they have unrealistic expectations of themselves and others, they feel worthless, inadequate and everything is good or bad, fat or thin. If they think of a thin person, which is good, thinner is better.
Many use it to take control of their lives and themselves. They usually win with any power struggle, but inside feel hopeless, powerless, defeated, often very afraid of criticism, looking for approval, that they can only express their anger and control by starving themselves.
Overview of Symptoms
• Brain chemistry alters to Euphoria – disorientation
• Imbalance of Sodium, Potassium, Calcium & Bicarbonates.
• Intense fear of becoming fat
• Hair loss or thinning
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• Hands swell
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• Rigid dieting
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• Can feel cold – extremities
• Compulsive exercising
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• Arrhythmia's (irregular heart beat) & heart failure
• Bradycardia (slow heart rate)
• Panic with the smallest increase in weight
• Inability to obtain pleasure – sex
• Rough dry scaly skin
• Rigid lifestyle
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• Perfectionist
• Risk of osteoporosis
• Organ deterioration
When I work with people who are ready to make changes, we hardly even mention food and weight. What I focus on instead is helping you to feel better about yourself. To feel more confident and more relaxed. To feel more in control once again and to rebuild your self-esteem and self-respect.
We take small steps and work at a pace which feels right for you, we explore what feels safe for you to explore, we work together, plan together. I will support you fully throughout your journey.
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The Chloe S/S 13 show was a girly-girl's fantasy with all the dramatic ruffles, delicate pleats, and floral appliques. It was in one word: pretty. Among the collection's notable pieces is the Light Cady Top ($2350) with arrow-shaped beaded embellishments. Offering a quick and easy way to transform a basic tank, we turned to our Do It Yourself partner-in-crime Erica Domesek of P.S. I Made This for step-by-step guidance on how to get the look.
-American Apparel Loose Crop Tank ($22)
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Measure the desired length for the beaded trim on your tank. Add an extra three inches so you can wrap over the shoulders and onto the backside of the top. Cut four equal-length strips of the trim, two for the right side and two for the left.
On both shoulders, glue two pieces of trim so they sit an inch apart. Wait approximately 20 minutes or until completely dry, then glue rhinestone gems between the two lines of trim. Use excess trim and rhinestones to create the head of the arrow.
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Lawmakers discuss visa programs in light of NYC terror attack
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - A number of lawmakers sat down with Sinclair Broadcast Group this week to talk about the U.S. visa programs in light of the New York City terror attack Tuesday.
The 29-year-old Uzbek immigrant, who authorities identified as Sayfullo Saipov, was charged with terrorism after officials say he plowed a truck through a busy bike path, killing 8 people and injuring several more.
The diversity lottery program, which Saipov utilized to immigrate to the U.S., provides up to 50,000 visas per year to random applicants from countries with historically low immigration rates to the U.S. According to CNN, in 2016, diversity visas accounted for 45,664 of the approximately 1 million green cards issued.
Applicants under the program, which was created by the bipartisan Immigration Act of 1990, must have at least a high school education or equivalent and two years of job experience. People with known criminal records and connections to terrorism are already barred from admission, as are applicants from countries identified as state sponsors of terrorism.
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CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Dec. 24, 2012) - Shoreline Energy Corp. (the "Company" or "Shoreline") (TSX:SEQ) is pleased to announce that it has acquired non-operating working interest in over 5,000 acres located in the prolific Wattenberg Field, in the Denver-Julesburg Basin ("DJ Basin") for approximately $4.0 million in cash and stock. The acquisition closed on December 21, 2012, increasing Shoreline's acreage in the prolific DJ Basin by over 500 net acres.
Shoreline has acquired an average net revenue interest of 5.3% in a block of land within the same township where area operators including Anadarko Petroleum and Encana Corporation are drilling high impact horizontal wells targeting light oil within the Niobrara and the Codell at vertical depths of between 6800 and 7200 feet. Horizontal wells drilled in this area are completed using multiple stage hydraulic fracturing and have exhibited initial production rates of between 400 and 900 barrels oil equivalent per day. Existing production from historical vertical wells is estimated to be between 25 and 45 barrels oil equivalent per day to Shoreline's interest. Shoreline forecasts that horizontal wells on its newly acquired acreage will be drilled beginning in the late second quarter of 2013.
"We continue to take advantage of attractive opportunities to further increase our asset base in the Wattenberg field." stated Trevor Folk, Chief Executive Officer of Shoreline Energy Corp. "The most recent acquisition immediately adds to our production base while providing significant development potential through the application of proven horizontal drilling and completion techniques. Based on our internal due diligence and data published by area operators for nearby properties, we forecast that during the next year our production and cash flow will expand substantially."
On the land package acquired, there are between 60 and 80 horizontal drilling locations identified. The $4.0 million acquisition price comprises $3.5 million of cash and 129,000 of Shoreline's common shares.
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Shoreline is a Calgary, Alberta based corporation engaged in the exploration, development and production of petroleum and natural gas. Shoreline offers investors a combination of value growth via lower risk development of additional oil reserves and production on its current lands and pays a quarterly dividend. Shoreline has 5,644,315 common shares outstanding and 170,000 convertible debentures outstanding. The Company's common shares are currently listed on the TSX under the trading symbol "SEQ" and its debentures under the trading symbol "SEQ.DB". Additional information regarding Shoreline is available under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com or at the Corporation's website, www.shorelineenergy.ca.
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CAML Barcoding Latest News
Barcoding efforts undertaken by the Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML) has paid off. An article soon to be released in the journal Polar Biology, highlights CAML's barcoding work and addresses knowledge gaps and future challenges. The article, entitled "Barcoding Antarctic Biodiversity: current status and the CAML initiative, a case study of marine invertebrates" is currently in press. Having identified more than 10,000 Antarctic marine DNA barcodes, with 8000 more in the works, CAML has committed itself to pursue barcoding across the entire spectrum of marine biodiversity. This task requires a high level of cooperation within the Antarctic research community, as well as with the Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding. Researchers with Antarctic samples that require sequencing are encouraged to contact Rachel Grant, CAML Barcoding Coordinator. More information on CAML Barcoding is available on the CAML website: Barcoding.


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From: Inward letters - Surnames, Bec - Bel, Reference Number MS-Papers-0032-0157 (25 digitised items). Correspondents:John Beck, Hobart, 1874 & 1876 (2 letters); Henrietta C Beckham, Auckland, 1875 (3 letters); S Beeson, Coromandel, 1872 (letter re Pita Tirau); Albert Beetham, New Plymouth, 1854 (1 letter); George Beetham, undated letter; Agnes W Begg, Prospect (Napier), 1869 & 1876 (2 letters); A W Begg, Napier, 1869; S Begg (alias `Ferret'), Napier, 1872 (1 letter enclosing letters to Editor); Henry Beit & Co, Sydney, 1874 (9 letters); B Bell, Melbourne, 1853 (1 letter); D E Bell, Papakura & Dedwood (Auckland), 1860 (3 letters).
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Thailand Hotel Reservations Mae Pim Resort Hotel. The quality of rooms exceeds anything else in this price range in Mae Pim Resort Hotel. You also enjoy a huge advantage over those staying in large, book now for a cheap price hotel. For your next holiday be sure to make Mae Pim Resort Hotel your choice in accommodation. Recommend us to your friends and family for a special discount.
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Fresco Restaurant
In the morning enjoy a relaxing breakfast buffet at our Fresco Restaurant. We offer a full American breakfast with waffles and eggs to order as well as salads, Thai style congee or fried rice freshly made every morning. As well as coffee, tea, fruit juices and herbal beverages, there are fresh tropical fruits to rejuvenate you.
Winding the day down with us at Fresco? The restaurant offers a comprehensive menu catering to all tastes with a variety of French and Italian selections to complement our authentic Thai cuisine. Ask for the daily special - fresh, locally caught seafood.
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Our guests enjoy hanging around by the pool with delicious beverages and snacks. We also service lunch or dinner by the pool everyday until 9 pm.
Every morning from 6 to 10 am, rejuvenating your morning with a complete breakfast buffet - an ABF with eggs to order, salads, and choices of variety breakfast cuisines, hot & cold beverages, and finishing with fresh tropical fruits.
Swimming Pool
Our newly built swimming pool is the largest and deepest facility on Mae Pim beach, allowing guests to take scuba diving lessons as well as providing ample space to work on that tan in beautiful tropical surroundings. There is a kids pool area catering to families with children. Parents can keep a close eye on their loved ones while relaxing in our Jacuzzi, sipping tropical drinks and whatever else your dreams desire from our pool bar.
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astripei needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 33 designs submitted by 8 freelance designers.
Renaissance Care of the South
Renaissance Care of the South is a Home Health Care Company serving a 12 county region in Northwest Georgia. Renaissance Care Of The South provided services include personal care and homemaking assistance, companionship at the privacy of their clients home. Our goal is to reinvent the image of home health care.
All services are being provided to the local community members. Anyone can become our client : seniors, pregnant women, people recovering after surgery.
We would imagine the website simple and easy to navigate. Colors and style shall be in line with brochure it is already created. We will need to have design for 1 page.
We are using Joomla CMS therefore final deliverable shall be Joomla's template.


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d-namic necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 110 diseños de 39 diseñadores freelance.
We are looking for a clean looking logo that is consistent with the web 2.0 look and feel. We need a non stuffy logo that screams web 2.0!
"D-namic - web in motion" is the message for marketing campaigns.
We are looking forvery recognizable branding for our established web design firm "D-namic", with the slogan "web in motion"included in the design.
We are looking for a logo displaying exception vision and synergy.There is not "one specific" design we are looking for, and by no meansdo we intend to have a narrow focus in our branding.The logo should give an impactful feeling. It should provide feelingsof power, results, and cutting edge technology. We are helping ourclients grow their business and they should feel confident in ourability to overcome the tough challenges of advertising effectively onthe internet.The service we are providing is the following: We build a website forlocal businesses and advertise their website on the internet. We makesure their business and website appear in all of the major directoriesand search engines. We have found a way to deliver incredible resultsfor our clients and we can do this for a low monthly cost to thecustomer.
- The design must translate well on all mediums (i.e. web, t-shirt, caps, pens, billboard, etc.)
- The design should work in color for web usage, as well as black and white for one-color print applications
- Partof the logo should be a graphic symbol (non-text) that can also work as astand alone visual identity, for example as a watermark in thelower corner of video productions -- similar to the way televisionnetworks superimpose their logo in the lower corner of all their programming
- Design should be reversible so logo can work on light (white) background or dark (black) background
- The winning design must be a vector based, Adobe
Illustrator file (.ai or .eps)
- Not Toobusy or complex
- No more than 3 colors (maybe 4 colors)
- Not Difficultto read
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At Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.'s (DFA) 14th Annual Meeting, the Cooperative unveiled a new tagline – "More Cooperative" – which underscores a commitment to delivering more resources for members, more quality for customers and more leadership in the industry. More than 1,300 members and industry guests convened in Kansas City for the meeting.
"More Cooperative will mean different things to different people," said Randy Mooney, chairman of DFA's Board of Directors, whose chairman's report led the meeting agenda. "To our customers, it means more quality and more value, and in our industry it means more leadership. To members, it means more resources, more markets, more services and more security. We're all members of DFA for different reasons, but we're all looking to get more value out of our Cooperative."
Highlights of Mooney's chairman's report included discussion on how the Cooperative brings value to members, what DFA is doing to position itself in the global market and its work to move the Dairy Security Act forward.
The annual president's report, delivered by President and Chief Executive Officer Rick Smith, recapped the Cooperative's business during the past year. Smith also detailed DFA's 10 strategic initiatives, including how the Cooperative's commercial business strategy brings more value to members.
Special guests and highlights of the meeting program included:
- A review of "Global Market Opportunities" by Clinton Anderson, partner with Bain & Company
- An inside perspective on "Redefining the Yogurt Category" by Hamdi Ulukaya, founder, president and chief executive officer for Chobani, Inc.
- An update on National Milk Producers Federation's work on behalf of dairy producers by Jerry Kozak, president and chief executive officer
- A discussion about "Promoting and Protecting Dairy Farmer Interest" by Tom Gallagher, chief executive officer of Dairy Management Inc. and Lynn Liddle, executive vice president of communications, investor relations and legislative affairs for Domino's Pizza
At the Annual Banquet Tuesday evening, the 2012 Members of Distinction were introduced. Each year, the Cooperative honors member farms from each of DFA's seven regional Areas that are excelling on their operations, in their communities and in the industry. The 2012 honorees are: Miller Dairy, Hutchinson, Kan.; Alpine Hills Swiss Farm, Dry Ridge, Ky.; Morgan Ranches, Circleville, Utah; R.A. Bell & Sons Dairy, Hampstead, Md.; Edgewood Dairy, Purdy, Mo.; El Dorado Dairy, Clovis, N.M.; and W&J Bylsma Dairy, Oakdale, Calif.
The 2012 scholarship recipients also were announced at the banquet. Scholarships are awarded to outstanding students pursuing a career in the dairy industry. This year's 19 recipients receiving a combined total of $19,750 are: Mikayla Conrad, New Holland, Ohio; Jacob Dueppengiesser, Perry, N.Y.; Jessica Hammerand, Epworth, Iowa; Maggie Harding, State College, Pa.; Ashlie Hardy, Farmington, Maine; Emily Jackson, Waco, Texas; April Johnson, Heron Lake, Minn.; Isaac Jones, Centre, Ala.; Natalie Laubner, Mandan, N.D.; John Long Jr., Amherst, Texas; Calvin Patten, Alexander, N.Y.; Emma Reeves, Dublin, Va.; Wesley Robinson, Laurens, S.C.; Austin Schmitz, Axtell, Kan.; Annie Specht, Bryan, Texas; Matthew Sweeney, Appleton, N.Y.; Ariel Waldeck, Upton, Ky.; Helen Wick, Stilwell, Okla.; and Kai Yuan, Manhattan, Kan.
In addition, outgoing Board directors were recognized for their contributions to the Cooperative during the banquet. They are Tom Croner, Berlin, Pa.; Greg Mitchell, Pecos, Texas; Clyde Rutherford, Clarksburg, N.J.; and Sandy Stauffer, Nicholville, N.Y.
During the business session on Wednesday, Donald Smith of Loretto, Ky., who was elected to fill the Board position vacated by Croner, was formally seated. Several directors who were re-elected to represent their Areas also were confirmed. Jeff Raney of Adamsville, Pa., was previously elected by the Mideast Area Council to succeed Croner as chairman; he also will serve as a member of DFA's executive committee.


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Thursday, March 12, 2009
New iPod shuffle? No thanks.
Let me backtrack a bit though. The design is actually interesting in some ways. One thing I've always missed on the shuffle is the ability to know exactly what song was playing. I thought the way around it would be to have a small one-line LED or LCD screen or perhaps text-to-audio, but also thought Apple would implement neither. They've now added VoiceOver, which is essentially the latter idea, with multi-language support to boot. The other thing I've missed on the shuffle is proper playlist support, but Apple has now implemented that too. Despite all these advancements however, the lack of a controller dongle for third party headphones leaves me scratching my head for this announcement.
Somehow, this almost seems like a grand Onion parody.
I guess the best news is that VoiceOver may appear in non-naked non-shuffle iPods (and iPhones) too in 2009.
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- KL Cooley said...
Typical uniformed unimaginative inexperienced review of a piece of hardware that hasn't even been tried first hand.
When you say "most" people buy different earbuds, are you talking specifically about shuffle owners? I bet the price conscious buyer doesn't buy new buds. I have admittedly large ears, but I still use the buds that came with my first gen shuffle.
I tried one of these micro wonders at an Apple Store and I won't be buying one either, but I think the concept is incredibly cool for a cheap player.
This is Apple. Do you think some backroom engineer came up with this idea and it flew out the door? I'm guessing they did a little research, well at least as much as you and I. :-)
This isn't for everybody, but its not supposed to be.
... and dollars to donuts they'll sell a load of them.
- Eug said...
Hmmm... Nowhere in that post do I say most people buy different earbuds.
Although... Most people DO buy new earbuds eventually. Maybe not the day they get it, but yeah, eventually. I've had to replace COUNTLESS Apple earbuds. They fall out easily. I listen to music when I run and do work around the house. So when I'm moping and it falls in the bucket, I have to go and replace the earbuds. It's not a big deal. Well, it's not as long as I don't get this new iPod. Which I won't.
Though it's an interesting idea... It just seems beyond foolish to me.


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The photo you see here is from Connie, a good friend of the site, and from the looks of these loaves, quite the baker. You can read her post here, and find out how she "cheated" to move along the sourdough process. Chefs always encourage cheating, especially when it works out so well!
The video that I've posted below is a short trailer I did for Youtube to drive some traffic to the blog. I thought some of you may get a kick out of it. View discretion advised. Enjoy!
Friday, March 14, 2008
Night of the Living Dough
Posted by Chef John at 12:18 PM
8 comments:
- Connie said...
I love the bread video. How did you get it to beat. That is so cool. I like the lightening too. I had to watch it a few times. Love it.
- March 14, 2008 at 4:01 PM
- Chef John said...
it was just a fast motion loop. thanks!
- March 14, 2008 at 4:58 PM
oh man, john this video is so funny :-)
keep this up, I love your work and website !
- March 14, 2008 at 6:16 PM
- March 14, 2008 at 8:31 PM
- PrimeBrit said...
I love iMovie... You are so cool...
- March 14, 2008 at 9:05 PM
Haha! That rocks!
- March 14, 2008 at 9:49 PM
- channelcook said...
i love your website...cool recipes especially about bread are so much good..
- March 20, 2008 at 8:07 AM
OMG! You are hilarious, Chef John!
I have been "Following the Sourdough" with your videos via computer, sitting lovingly on my kitchen counter. I am on my final rise and will tell ya all about my sourdough week after I FINISH this thing. I'm so excited!!
Good job on the video btw..too cute! :)
- March 4, 2011 at 12:48 PM
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Almost everyone is talking about the Liberty Walk cars at this year's 2013 SEMA Show and the car that is in the forefront of everyone's mind is the Liberty Walk 458 Ferrari. Here's our quick SEMA 2013 walk around.
Seeing a 458 Ferrari by itself is a pretty mesmerizing machine, but once you add some Liberty Walk craziness to it, the car becomes more than just a Ferrari. It becomes a statement. That's exactly why the folks at Nitto Tire decided to make the Ferrari the main attraction of their booth. Nothing says "high performance perfection" like a Ferrari, so why not use this beautiful beast to showcase their new line of Invo Tires?
From almost every angle the Liberty Walk Ferrari captures you and pulls you in for more. The more we look at this car the more we are mesmerized by it's lines and curves, not to mention its extreme stance courtesy of Nitto tires and Rotiform wheels.
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What a difference a year makes. With apologies to all who suffered through back-to-back hurricanes along the Gulf Coast last August and September, motorists and farmers have a lot more to smile about when they pull up to the pump this fall than they did this time a year ago.
Gasoline prices have dropped about $1 a gallon within the last month and diesel fuel hasn't been far behind. While some political wags have tried to attribute the decline to the upcoming mid-term elections, there's little doubt the outlook for energy supplies has improved considerably since September 2005.
Now the question becomes whether the falling prices are an aberration or a sign of better days ahead for motorists and agriculture producers. And the answer: It all depends, says Steven L. Klose, an Extension specialist with Texas A&M University in College Station.
"Crude oil futures closed below $60 a barrel last Friday (Sept. 22) for the first time in six months," said Klose, a speaker at the Southern Region Agricultural Outlook Conference in Atlanta. "But there is still a great deal of instability and uncertainty that could bring renewed volatility in the energy markets."
Klose said farmers could be looking at diesel prices below $2 a gallon and improved natural gas and fertilizer prices next season. Great news compared to the prices we've seen in the last 12 months, but still high when you consider where we were 2-3 years ago. And that's assuming no major disruptions in the flow of oil to U.S. refineries or natural gas facilities.
Another storm system could send prices spiraling – the United States still has about two months to go in this hurricane season. But that's not all that's lurking in the wings on the energy front.
First off, there's the situation in Iran, which controls the flow of 20 percent of the world's oil supply. Iran's refusal to stand down its nuclear program could keep the world on the edge of its seat for months to come.
Then there's Iraq, which supposedly is increasing its crude oil production when insurgents aren't blowing up pipelines and refineries. And Venezuela, whose president, Hugo Chavez, seems to be bent on becoming the biggest loose cannon on the world political stage. And Chinese demand, which shows no signs of being satiated anytime soon.
On the other hand, Chevron recently announced it had successfully recovered oil from its Jack 2 field in the Gulf of Mexico. "Some analysts say this discovery could increase U.S. oil reserves by 50 percent. If anything good could come out of $70-per-barrel oil, it's oil company investment in exploration and finding new reserves," said Klose, referring to the difficulty of pumping the newly discovered oil from nearly two miles down in the Gulf.
Natural gas prices have also taken a turn for the better for consumers in recent weeks. Since the end of August nearby natural gas futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange have fallen from more than $7 per million Btus to $4.20 million Btus on Sept. 28.
NYMEX June 2007 natural gas futures were trading about $1.50 per million Btus lower at the end of September ($7 per million Btus) than they were at the end of August. Natural gas industrial retail prices peaked at $12 per million Btus last fall.
"If June 2007 futures prove to be on target, that would get us back to the summer of 2005 – before the hurricanes – around $7," said Klose. "On the other hand, the Farmers Almanac is predicting a severe winter in 2005-06 so we could see prices move back up in the $8 range."
The outlook for refined products is also improving as indicated by motorists' experience at the pump.
"We've seen a gradual buildup since the hurricanes last fall so that refineries are now operating at 93.4 percent of capacity," says Klose. "Supplies/inventories are up 6 percent to 11 percent over a year ago.
There's also been an ease in demand. "I don't know if it's the general economy or a decrease in retail, but trucking volume has been down in recent months," he said. "The airlines have also cut back a little.
"I'm sure you've also heard the political explanation – that the oil companies have been reducing prices to help their Republican friends in the upcoming mid-term elections," he said, smiling.
Diesel and heating oil prices have also been trending down, with NYMEX futures sliding from a little more than $2.00 per gallon in July to $1.70 per gallon at the end of September. June 2007 NYMEX futures are pointing at $1.90 per gallon next summer.
Diesel retail prices have declined from a peak above $3 following the hurricanes to about $2.40 per gallon in recent weeks. "If you take about 40 cents off that for on-farm use, that gives you a price of about $2 per gallon to the farmer," said Klose. "With 2007 NYMEX futures trading at $1.80 to $1.90 per gallon, that would put diesel at $2.50 per gallon vs. the $3 per gallon we were experiencing earlier this year."
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This post was the hardest recipe I've made in a long time. Not skill wise. No, actually it was really easy. But frustration level? That's a different story. It jumped out at me and screamed, "Make me NOW!" So of course I obliged. It's the perfect timely Superbowl snack. I went to the grocery store that night and gathered the ingredients, anxious to make these delicious little treats. Except I forgot corn. And then my onion was moldy. And then.. I lost my jalapeno.
How exactly do you lose a jalapeno? Well, that's a very good question. I'm still wondering that myself. I swear it was there hanging out with my tomato on the counter when I went back to the store for the fourth time in a week to replace my moldy onion. When I came back not even 20 minutes later, the jalapeno was gone. GONE.
I tore this place apart looking for it. I mean, a jalapeno doesn't just disappear. I looked in the sink. In the trash. Under the stove, the dishwasher, the fridge. Every place I've ever found a cat toy before. Under the couch. Behind the couch. Every place I could think the cat might have knocked it off and batted it to. For over a half an hour I searched every inch of my house. Laying on the floor shining a flashlight under things. Moving furniture. I even looked in my PURSE for goodness sake. (Because it was the only place left I hadn't looked.) And what did I find? A whole lot of cat toys, but no jalapeno. It's gone. My jalapeno just vanished into thin air.
But finally after trip #5 to replace my Houdini pepper, I was able to pull these out of my oven and snap a few pictures to share with you before I shoved them into my face. Here's the thing--truthfully, I don't like half the ingredients in these. I hate onions, loathe beans, despise tomatoes, and don't care for cilantro. But I can guarantee you I
They're absolutely perfect for a Big Game party. They're super easy to put together, they can be made ahead of time to save yourself some hassle and stress, and they're utterly delicious. Best of all, unlike a lot of potato skins that are smothered in cheese and bacon, there's no meat in these, so vegetarians and meat eaters alike can nosh on tasty snacks while cheering for their favorite team (or favorite commercial). And since they're full of vegetables and come from Clean Eating magazine, we can pretend that they're reasonably healthy! Maybe?
Just be sure to keep a close eye on your ingredients so nobody makes a daring escape.
Southwestern Potato Skins
From Clean Eating Magazine Jan/Feb 2013
Makes 16 snacks
Eight 6-ounce potatoes, scrubbed
½ medium red onion, chopped finely
1 small jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 large tomato, seeded and diced
½ cup canned black beans, drained and rinsed
½ cup frozen corn kernels
1 ½ teaspoons ground cumin
¾ teaspoon chile powder
2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil
½ teaspoon salt
½ to ¾ cup shredded cheddar cheese
½ to 1 cup lowfat sour cream
Several sprigs of cilantro, finely chopped
¼ cup finely chopped scallions (optional)
1. Preheat oven to 425F. Line a baking sheet with foil and lightly mist with cooking spray. Prick each potato with a fork several times and arrange on baking sheet. Bake for 50 minutes, turning once, until potatoes are tender when pierced with a knife. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely, about 1 hour.
2. While potatoes are cooling, make filling: In a large nonstick skillet sprayed lightly with cooking spray over medium heat, cook onion and jalapeno together, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add tomato, black beans, corn, cumin, and chile powder, stirring to combine, and cook for 5 minutes. Remove from heat. (Steps 1 and 2 can be made ahead of time. Cover each separately and refrigerate up to a day in advance. Start Step 3 about 15 to 20 minutes before you're ready to serve.)
3. Preheat broiler. If you've made your potatoes and filling ahead of time, line a baking sheet with foil lightly sprayed with cooking spray. Otherwise, reuse the baking sheet you baked your potatoes on in Step 1. Cut potatoes in half, lengthwise, and scoop out the flesh, leaving a ¼-inch shell, reserving the insides for another use. Place potatoes, skin side up on prepared baking sheet, drizzle lightly with olive oil, and sprinkle with salt. Broil potatoes for 4 to 5 minutes or until the skins are golden and crisp.
4. To assemble: Remove potatoes from oven, leaving the broiler on, and carefully flip then over so the skin side is down. (Use tongs—they'll be hot.) Fill each potato with bean mixture and top with a mound of shredded cheese. Return to oven and broil for 1 to 2 minutes more, until cheese is melted and bubbly. Remove from oven and top with sour cream, cilantro, and scallions if using. Serve immediately.


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Wouldn't it look pretty if a mug rug coaster was shaped like a maple leaf? When that idea popped into my head, I searched the internet for a pattern and could not find one. So I told myself "Lara, Step Away From the Computer", went for a walk outside in the sunshine, got a real maple leaf and made up my own pattern. I found some fabrics that would hide stains and wash up well and then made up a few maple leaf mug rugs for our family room. My DH even said he loves them!
So I am now posting this for anyone else who would also like to make them. Seems like an Autumn-y thing to do. If any of you do make one, I would Love to see your pictures and see how they come out in different fabrics.
Please bear with me while I post the directions and pictures, as I'm going to post them one step at a time to keep them in the right order.
A Mug Shot
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For the Lobster Stock: Steam lobsters for 5 to 6 minutes in a large pot with a few inches of boiling water until bright pink and meat is just cooked. Split lobster bodies in half. Chop vegetables into 1 to 2-inch pieces.
In a deep pot, heat olive oil until very hot and add the halved lobster bodies. Saute until the lobster is caramelized to a golden brown, then and add the chopped vegetables. Cook and stir vegetables and lobster continuously for 5 to 6 minutes until the vegetables are soft. Remove meat from the lobster and set aside. Return the lobster shells to the pot, if desired, add the tomato paste and stir until combined. Add the vermouth carefully and cook until almost all the liquid is gone. Add 2 quarts of water to the pot and simmer for about 45 minutes. Strain solids and reserve the lobster stock.
For the Fish Soup: Dice all vegetables into small uniform pieces and chop the garlic. In a large pot, lightly heat a small amount of olive oil. Place all vegetables and garlic into pot. Cook slowly for 10 to 15 minutes until all the vegetables are soft. Keep the heat low to avoid getting and color on the vegetables. Add the juice and orange zest, saffron and crushed red pepper (a small amount helps balance the soup, if a more spicy soup is desired, add more crushed pepper). Cook until the orange juice is almost gone. Add the chopped tomatoes and cook until 1/2 the tomato liquid is gone. Pour the lobster stock over the vegetables and simmer for 20 to 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and check for a good balance between sweet, salty and heat. Keep in mind the shellfish will add more salinity in the final steps.
About 7 minutes before serving, place clams into soup. Simmer for 2 minutes. Add small chunks of whichever fish you have chosen to use. Simmer 2 minutes. Add shrimp and mussels and simmer until all the shellfish has opened (about 3 more minutes). At the last moment, add the cooked lobster and heat gently.
Divide into 6 bowls, or serve family style at the table. The soup taste great with a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil and sea salt. The soup can easily be served as an appetizer or increased in quantity and served as an entree with warm crusty bread.
This recipe was provided by a chef, restaurant or culinary professional. It has not been tested for home use.


text: For those who do not know, Matt Smith is an actor of English origin and his real name is Matthew Robert Smith. He is currently playing the 11th incarnation of the character of Doctor in the television series Dr Who. For his performance in the series, he has also received nomination for the BAFTA Award in 2011.


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Overview:The IBM TotalStorage Storage Switch L10 Switch family of products is designed to help meet the needs of entry-level applications first-time Storage Area Network users and application-specific deployments. The L10 is designed to provide 10 ports with industry standards-based 1 or 2Gbps Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop operation. The base switch option comes standard in a 1/2-rack width 1U-high chassis with four short wave (SW) Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) transceivers single fixed power supply single fixed fan serial cable a quick install guide and xSeries rack-mount suitable power cord. The base switch includes zoning functionality and interswitch trunking support between two L10 storage switch units.


text: The Battle of Wilson's Creek in Missouri was the first major battle west of the Mississippi River during the American Civil War (1861-65). On August 10, 1861, Union Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon (1818-61) attacked Confederate forces commanded by General Sterling Price (1809-67) and General Benjamin McCulloch (1811-62). The battle raged on for more than five hours, resulting in approximately 2,300 total casualties, including Lyon. Following Lyon's death, his successor, Major Samuel Sturgis (1822-89), ordered a Union retreat.


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Admissions Staff to Conduct Summer Volunteer Workshopsby Charles Timmons • May 16, 2007 Share:
In an effort to increase volunteer activity across the country, the Admissions Office invites any regional alumni association or group of alumni to host a volunteer training workshop this summer.
Find at least 6 interested volunteers (alumni and/or Wabash parents) who would like to participate and the Admissions Office will send a staff member to conduct a training workshop in your area. We can help with the physical arrangements, but we need help from alumni in assembling the audience.
Topics for the workshops will include the following:
- Roles of a Volunteer: There are several ways to get involved and we'll show you how you can help.
- Why are Referrals So Important?: Alumni referrals are our best source for applications and we'll explain why.
- Where do you find young men who are a "good fit" for Wabash?: Potential Wabash men are all around you if you know where to look.
The ideal time to conduct these workshops is June 1 - August 3 since the Admissions staff will have more flexibility in their travel schedules.
Staff members are in the process of scheduling events in a handful of cities, but if you're interested in hosting a program in your area, don't wait for us to call you.
If you would like to schedule a workshop or have questions, please call Chip Timmons at 800-345-5385 or email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Download and print information on the workshops.