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Thermal imager
Thermal imagers detect and measure temperatures on a surface. The thermal imaging camera series TIM is designed for precise measurement tasks due to the ag8亚游集团 thermal sensitivity. Powered from just one USB cable, the system is truly plug and play.
Different classes of performance models allow the use of an appropriate model for different applications.
- Measuring ranges -20 to 1800 °C
- Real-time thermography
- Compact design with USB interface / optional Gigabit Ethernet
TIM Connect - software for IR thermal image analysis
The TIMConnect real-time software is an extremely powerful thermography software that is delivered with each infrared camera. This software provides parameter set up of the camera and visualizes IR thermal images which can be recorded as single frame or as video.
- Display of the thermal image (128Hz) and the real-time image (32Hz)
- Recording function (video, snapshot)
- Offline analysis and documentation of IR images
- Alarm and triggering
- Complete set up of parameters and remote control of the camera
- Detailed analysis of fast, thermodynamic processes
- Output of analog temperature or alert values via the process interface
- Digital communication via RS232 or DLL for software integration
- Line scan camera mode for the detection of objects with limited, optical access
Compatible with Windows 7, 8, 10 and Linux (ubuntu).
The ag8亚游集团 resolution infrared camera with microscope lens enables precise temperature measurements of miniature parts. In addition to overall images and videos, even detailed macro shooting of individual components based on a spatial resolution of up to 28µm is possible. The scope of supply includes a thermal imaging camera (TIM 450 or TIM 640), a suitable microscope lens, PIF and USB connection cables and a ag8亚游集团 quality tripod. Comprehensive evaluation software is also provided.
- Measuring ranges: -20 to 100°C / 0 to 250°C / 150 to 900°C
- Optical resolution: 382x288 or 640x480 pixels
- Spectral range: 7.5 to 13µm
- Excellent thermal sensitivity (NETD): 90mK or 120mK
- Lens: 10° or 12° FOV
- Image recording in real time up to 125Hz
- Power supply and operation via USB interface
- Protection class IP67
- Microscope lens is also available individually as upgrade
The thermal imager in the TIM 160 series are designed for precise measurement task due to their ag8亚游集团 thermal sensitivity. Furthermore, the system is distinguished by its ag8亚游集团 image frequency of 120 Hz. Powered from just one USB cable, the system is genuine plug-and-play solution.
thermoIMAGER TIM 160: Thermal imager for numerous applications and process integration.
thermoIMAGER TIM 160/DK: Camera, several optics, tripod and calibration protocol in a suitable aluminum case - For universal analysis of infrared tasks.
- Measuring ranges: -20 to 100°C / 0 to 250°C / 150 to 900°C / optionally up to 1500°C
- Optical resolution 160x120 pixels
- Spectral range 7.6 to 13 µm
- Excellent thermal sensitivity of 0.08 K (NETD)
- Exchangeable lenses with 6°/23°/48°FOV or 72°FOV
- Real-time thermography with 120 Hz frame rate
- Power supply and operation via USB
- Extremely lightweight, robust and compact design
- Analog input and output, trigger interface
- Optional: Cooling jacket for ambient temperatures up to 240°C
- Line camera mode
The thermoIMAGER TIM 200 from Micro-Epsilon operates by using new bi-spectral technology that combines two images into one. The compact USB infrared camera in the TIM 200 version is equipped with an additional visual camera that records an IR image and in addition to the real time image. The camera processes image information from different spectral ranges at the same time.
- Measuring ranges: -20 to 100°C / 0 to 250°C / 150 to 900°C/ optionally up to 1500°C
- Optical resolution 160x120 IR / 640x480 VIS
- Spectral range 7.5 to 13µm
- Excellent thermal sensitivity of 0.08K (NETD)
- Exchangeable lenses with 6°FOV, 23°FOV, 48°FOV or 72° FOV
- Real-time thermography with 128Hz/32Hz frame rate
- Power supply and operation via USB
- Extremely lightweight, robust and compact design
- Analog input and output, trigger interface
- Optional: Cooling jacket for ambient temperatures up to 240°C
The new infrared cameras thermoIMAGER TIM 400 and TIM 450 offer extremely ag8亚游集团 optical resolution of 382x288 pixels. The produce images offering ag8亚游集团 resolution and are ideal for very small objects which could hardly be detected using common cameras. The maximum thermal sensitivity of 80mK or 40mK allows detecting all temperature differences reliably. However, the camera remains very small and flexible in its application offering an enormous temperature range of -20°C up to 1500°C.
- Measuring range: -20 to 100°C / 0 to 250°C/ 150 to 900°C / optional 200°C to 1500°C
- Optical resolution 382x288 pixels
- Spectral range 7.5 to 13µm
- Excellent thermal sensitivity of 0.08K or 0.04K (NETD)
- Exchangeable lenses with 13°,29°,53° or 80° FOV
- Real time Image recording with 80Hz
- Power supply and operation via USB
- Extremely lightweight, robust and compact design
- Analog input and output, trigger interface
The thermoIMAGER TIM 640 infrared camera is the smallest VGA-resolution thermal imaging camera in the world, providing thermal images in real time due to its optical resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. With dimensions of 46x56x90mm and weighing just 320g (incl. optics), the thermoIMAGER TIM 640 is one of the most compact thermal imaging cameras on the market. The scope of supply includes the extensive TIM Connect analysis software.
- Measuring ranges: -20 to 100°C / 0 to 250°C / 150 to 900°C
- Optical resolution 640x480 pixels
- Spectral range: 7.5 – 13 µm
- Excellent thermal sensitivity (NETD): 75 mK
- Lenses: 15°,33°, 60°,90° FOV
- Image recording in real time at 32Hz
- Supply and operation via USB
- Extremely lightweight, robust and compact
- Analog input and output, trigger interface
- Protection class IP67
The new thermoIMAGER G7 is an industrial thermal imaging camera specially designed for applications in the glass industry. The spectral range of 7.9µm enables reliable measurements even on thin glass sheets. If the glass has a reflection coating, an additional reference pyrometer can be integrated in order to readjust the thermal imaging camera. Like all thermoIMAGER TIM cameras, the G7's license-free analysis software includes a line scan feature that enables the monitoring of thermal processes, even if the field of vision is restricted.
- Line scan feature via license-free analysis software
- Compact size of 46 x 56 x 90mm
- Image frequency of 80Hz
- Robust against ambient temperatures up to 70°C without requiring additional cooling, up to 315°C with cooling jacket
- Optional integration of a reference pyrometer for glass with a reflection coating
- NEW: TIM G7 VGA with an image frequeny up to 125Hz and a VGA resolution of 640 x 480 pixels
The thermoIMAGER TIM M05 thermal imaging camera is designed for non-contact temperature measurement of molten metal and metallic surfaces from 900 °C to 2000 °C. As well as compact size, USB interface and license-free software, the new TIM M05 series features a wavelength range of 500nm to 540nm minimizing measuring errors due to unknown or changing emissivity. The frame rate of 1kHz and ag8亚游集团 optical resolution enable optimal adaption to the respective application.
- ag8亚游集团ly dynamic CMOS detector
- Measuring ranges: 900 to 2000°C | 950 to 2000°C | 1100 to 2000°C
- Optical resolution: 764 x 480 pixels
- Lens: focal length of 25mm
- Frame rate: up to 1kHz
- 1ms real-time analog output
- Protection class: IP67
The thermoIMAGER TIM M1 thermal imaging camera is designed for non-contact temperature measurement of hot metals in the 450°C to 1800°C range. As well as the well-known advantages of thermoIMAGER infrared cameras such as their compact size, USB interface and license-free software, the new TIM M1 series offers several unique selling points. Compared to other thermal imaging cameras for metals, the temperature measuring range of 450°C to 1800°C is usable entirely and without sub-ranges. There is no need for any measuring range switchovers and the camera is significantly more flexible in its use.
The powerful sensor electronics not only enable process thermography but also the output of temperature data of the center pixel at 1kHz and so can also be used as a pyrometer. The TIM M1 thermal imaging camera is primarily used for temperature monitoring of hardening and forming processes for hot metals but also for processing graphite and ceramics.
- Measuring ranges: 450 to 1800°C / 500 to 1800°C / 600 to 1800°C
- Optical resolution: 764 x 480 pixels
- Spectral range: 0.92 – 1.1µm
- Lenses: 16 mm, 25 mm, 50 mm, 75 mm focal length
- Image frequency: 27Hz up to 1kHz
- Supply and operation via USB
- Extremely lightweight, robust and compact
- Analog input and output, process interface
- Robust design (protection class IP67), optional cooling jacket
TIM NetPC is a professional, embedded industrial PC solution with a passive cooling (fanless) for thermoIMAGER applications and is suitable for top hat rail mounting. The NetPC and the TIM camera operate in combination as a standalone system, enabling extended cable lengths (via Ethernet). Data provided by the TIM camera can be stored directly on the NetPC where customer-specific software can also be installed.
- Supports all thermoIMAGER TIM models
- Processor: Intel® Atom™ 2600 @ 2x1.6 GHz Dual, 2 GB DDR3 RAM 800 MHz Quad-Core Version
- Supports 120 Hz (TIM 160), up to 70 Hz (TIM 4x0), up to 30 Hz (TIM 640) frame rates
- Ports: 1 Gbit/s (Gig E), 2 x RS 232, 4 x USB 2.0, VGA
- Operating system: Windows 7 embedded
- Including TIM Connect software
- Monitor via VGA (analogueue)
- Integrated watchdog feature
The USB Server Gigabit is a USB Ethernet adapter for connecting thermoIMAGER thermal imaging cameras and CTVideo/CSVideo video pyrometers. The server supports all USB modes and guarantees safe and reliable operation in industrial networks.
The USB Server enables bridge distances of more than 20 meters between the PC and the infrared measurement system. This compact server converts from USB to Ethernet and therefore provides simplified integration into networks. The compact design allows for DIN rail mounting.
- Easy cable arrangements and commissioning due to PoE and web interface
- Remote access to thermal imaging cameras or video pyrometers
- Two independent USB ports (fully USB 2.0 compatible, supports all USB transfer modes)
- Power via PoE (Power over Ethernet) or external voltage supply
- Web interface for set up and configuration
- Full TCP/IP support incl. routing and DNS


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During the above mentioned event IUSS President Prof. Rainer Horn took the opportunity to announce the International Decade of Soils 2015 -2024, which was unilaterally declared by IUSS, to keep the momentum and further increase soil awareness. IUSS will seek the support of global organizations such as CGIAR, FAO, IAEA, UNEP and others for this initiative. We kindly ask you to actively support us through the channels at your disposal. We intend to provide a logo and other information/dissemination materials in the near future.
The United Nations' decision to inaugurate 2015 as International Year of Soils was an important step in raising public awareness. But public concern alone is not sufficient to protect soils and ensure their sustainable use. Soil scientists in every country around the world need to take and to maintain action.
It is essential that all IUSS Divisions, Commissions, Working Groups, national and individual members accept the challenge to undertake activities to ensure that the significance of soils in maintaining healthy life and environment remain continually at the forefront of political and scientific planning and decision making.
International Decade of Soils (2015-2024)
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The husband of the employee sacked by China's Hua Xia Bank Ltd for allegedly selling wealth management products without authorization said his wife had been made a scapegoat to deflect the bank's responsibility for the failed products, local media reported on Wednesday.
Hua Xia Bank said on Monday that an employee at the bank's Jiading branch in a Shanghai suburb sold products issued by the Zhongding Wealth Investment Center without permission, and a police investigation was under way.
Hua Xia's statement followed media reports that the products had stopped making payments to investors upon maturity.
In the last few years, sales of so-called wealth management products have soared in China, as banks compete for deposits in higher interest rate products than those offered on savings accounts.
Sales of the products grew to 12.14 trillion yuan ($1.95 trillion) in the first half of 2012, according to a July report by consultancy CN Benefit. Hua Xia Bank was one of the five most active issuers cited in the report.
On Wednesday, the news portal of Chinese firm Netease Inc quoted the employee's husband as saying the bank should bear responsibility. The man, identified only by his surname Xu, has hired lawyers to defend his wife, who has been arrested and is in police custody, the news portal reported.
"As a customer manager, Tingting (his wife) had no authority to transfer money over the counter or examine product risks," the husband told Netease.
"The products had been on sale for half a year, and now the bank is pushing the responsibility on her. Why is the bank sacking her now, when the products failed, rather than six months ago?"
Hua Xia reiterated its stance on Wednesday, saying the bank had no direct relations with the product.
"Hua Xia has never been a distributor of the scheme," the bank, partly owned by Deutsche Bank, said in a statement to Reuters.
"The scheme is a suspected crime and the public security bureau has stepped in to investigate," it said, adding the bank will fully cooperate with the investigation and will communicate with investors.
Attempts to reach Xu were unsuccessful.
It was not clear how many of the wealth management products had been sold, but a spokesman for Hua Xia's Shanghai operations said on Tuesday the bank may face some liability over the issue, without elaborating.
Fitch Ratings said in a report on Wednesday that the increasing issuance of wealth management products (WMP) by Chinese banks presents a growing risk to the sector, notably to smaller banks, which have been the main drivers recently.
"Managing WMP issuance and payouts is becoming a growing logistical challenge," Charlene Chu, head of Chinese banks' ratings at Fitch, said in a statement.
"Add to this poor disclosure plus the fact that many of the assets and liabilities spend much of their life off-balance sheet and there is clearly cause for concern."
The report said the Hua Xia case highlights the reputational risk incurred by banks in selling some investment products to investors, including those issued by a third-party.
So far, there has not been a high-profile case of default by a Chinese wealth management product, many of which are marketed by banks and highly sought by retail depositors attracted by their higher interest rates. Banks' liability for the performance of third-party instruments is untested.
Many of the products essentially channel money to the so-called shadow banking system, where they help fund real estate and other projects at very high interest rates.
Editing by Ken Wills and Jonathan Thatcher


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Recently, Ormco, a company that makes orthodontic appliances, has signed a contract with Smile for a Lifetime so that the company can supply free orthodontic appliances for children in the United States that are from underprivileged families.
Ormco plans to offer free braces to any orthodontist that is an affiliate of Smile for a Lifetime.
Ormco's spirit of generosity will undoubtedly help many children; free braces will be given to children that come from families that may otherwise not be able to afford such treatments.
Undoubtedly, this act of generosity will benefit children by changing lives, and the act of offering free orthodontic appliances will help communities see that health care providers are people that really care about the health of others.
The company Ormco will be offering a variety of free orthodontic appliances: among some of the free braces will be those from the Damon system.
The latter system consists of a combination of memory arch wires and tieless braces which help assist clinicians in offering comfortable and fast treatment to children in need.
What's more, the free orthodontic offerings will include the Simpli5 aligner system which will help in offering fully customized free braces.
On an annual basis, there are hundreds of people that apply for help via Smile for a Lifetime. In order to be approved for free braces, Smiles for a Lifetime requires proof of financial need, the involvement of the community, proof of special circumstances, and letters of recommendation.
Presently, over two million dollars in free braces and free orthodontic appliances have been delivered to families that cannot afford to pay for the necessary appliances that their children require.


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As I travel around the U.S. preaching, I am finding more and more in the confessional and in conversations with pastors how much pornography has invaded people's lives. It has brought a whole new set of problems with many dangerous effects. This reality we are all feeling and facing is being backed up by a rash of new studies and books (cf., Patrick F. Fagan, Ph.D., The Effects of Pornography on Individuals, Marriage, Family and Community at http://marri.us/pornography).
While we know that illicit use of sexuality outside of the marriage act is sinful, therefore harmful to a person's life, insights from psychological investigations reinforce our theological positions. We understand better how that sin or addiction is harmful and damaging to the individual who is hooked, to the marriages that they are involved in, and how it affects the whole of society. Another proof that the truth comes from many sources.
Marcel, a Catholic blogger in Austin, Texas, is working with people who become addicted to pornography. He has organized his thoughts and a plan of action to help people. Surprisingly, pornography is no longer a 100 percent male problem.
First of all, we have to be convinced that pornography is a problem, not just something that can be done for fun or passing pleasure. Since we believe that our bodies are a reflection of the divine, that we were created in the image and likeness of God, the body is not just to be used for pleasure only. Sexuality, properly understood, can lead men and women to understand better their ultimate goal, which is to establish a deep union with the Lord. I like to see sex as a foretaste of "the divine relationship we all wish to have in heaven — sex is worship of God — when done in the proper context and for the right reasons. We are not souls trapped inside a shell. We are humans with both a body and a soul." I see sex as a sample, a prelude of heaven! We are going to be penetrated by the divine rays of love and mercy.
As someone has described clearly, our human sexuality is for having babies and bonding. Sex is more than good. It has a sacred dimension. Sex has to be a commitment between two people, permanent and lasting, not lying with our bodies. I am really giving you all of myself forever. That generally can only happen in marriage. Sex is meant for higher purposes than just pleasure (which a Christian does not deny). "God created sex as something wonderful — porn is a distortion of that beauty."
Here is a list of beliefs I found on the Internet that people who watch porn are likely to quote and adopt. The truth is that, by watching porn, a person allows himself (herself) to accept as true the lies it promotes. For instance:
• People will say that sexual freedom brings happiness;
• Perverted sex (homosexual sex, incest, BDSM, etc.) is more enjoyable than "normal" heterosexual sex;
• There are no consequences to sexual promiscuity;
• Sexual expression is a right, not a God-given or God-defined gift;
• You can live a healthy life with the porn images floating around in your mind;
• Porn doesn't harm anyone;
• Sex is something to be done primarily for self-gratification;
• The porn stars are the happiest people on earth;
• Adults can view porn without any lasting side effects;
• Porn will help your sex life;
• Porn is just a harmless thing that everybody looks at.
First of all, let us look at these statistics which help us understand how widespread and deep this situation is:
• Adults admitting to Internet sexual addiction: 10 percent.
• More than 70 percent of men from 18 to 34 visit a pornographic site in a typical month.
• 57 percent of pastors say that addiction to pornography is the most sexually damaging issue to their parish.
• The Internet was a significant factor in 2 out of 3 divorces.
What makes porn so bad is that it reduces others in the eyes of the porn watcher to a less than human state, as mere objects for one's satisfaction, not persons who have real needs, nor does one consider any obligation to help or comfort them. Porn translates into the height of selfishness; it is all about ME. It destroys one's capacity for true love, which is the giving of oneself, sharing, sacrificing for the growth and happiness of others.
Porn makes us treat others as things, intensifying a desire "to serve oneself, rather than serve others. For example, masturbation, which typically accompanies looking at pornography, reinforces a self-centered sexual orientation (i.e., lust), that can detract from a person's ability to give and receive love."
Which leads us to the fact that porn easily becomes addictive. Some think more so than drugs. It seems that there is scientific proof that certain potent chemicals and hormones are released and sent to our brain. They facilitate the burning into the brain of images which can last for years and years after stopping. This addiction has been shown to "open the door to other forms of evil, like anger, abuse, violence, hatred, lying, envy, compulsiveness and selfishness. The power behind porn is revealed when porn addicts try to stop their habit — it is virtually impossible without help."
With time, the addict needs stronger and stronger emotions and excitement, and turns to weird and abnormal sex, like child porn, homosexuality, bestiality, necrophilia, masochism, rape and sadism.
Because of the strong influence and power which those images exercise over the person who is addictive, his or her ability to relate and form a lasting relationship with another is seriously harmed. How can a wife, for instance, compete with the fantasies of the ideal porn woman, who makes no demands upon her onlooker? The innocent wife, in this case, may even develop an inferiority complex, as nothing she does will ever measure up to the make-believe world of porn.
Research has shown that sex-based addictions become very hard to overcome. And porn is much more than a personal issue between the user and the images, since it has already caused problems in marriages and family life, even in religious life. One older religious told me that, more than occasionally, he watched porn sites to overcome feelings of loneliness.
Then there is the economic factor of those who have been caught watching porn at work, not only affecting their job efficiency, but causing problems in relationships between co-workers. Some have been fired from their jobs, with resulting financial problems for the persons and their families. And after all, there is a whole, vast industry that is very profitable from promoting porn. Every time people look at or buy pornographic material, they are supporting and encouraging that business, keeping it alive and well. And just think of all those young girls who are being seduced and corrupted by all this. Porn is now the new social sin.
Pornography brings with it spiritual problems, with spiritual consequences, because it becomes the gateway to a spiritual oppression. It takes over the viewer's life, and numbs that person's capacity to discern right and wrong. Traditional moral values are blurred, a muddling sets in. Hard to imagine someone being able to pray well after a session on a porn site!
For all these reasons, we can state categorically that PORN IS EVIL.
Marcel of Austin in his blog on the Internet has many good suggestions to help someone who is addicted to pornography. Here is his list:
1. Get rid of all pornography you own. Destroy movies and magazines and dump all electronic images.
2. Stay off the computer if it is a temptation. If you have to get on a computer, then do so when other people are around. DO NOT get on the computer for any reason, if you are alone and porn is a temptation.
3. Pray more. You must rely on God to deliver you from the problem. You will not be able to stop by using your own power.
4. Frequent the sacraments and daily Mass. The grace you need to conquer the temptations will be found here.
5. Find an accountability partner. Check in with each other frequently.
6. Fast. It helps you develop self-control. You have had a problem with self-control sexually, but most men have self-control issues in other areas as well.
7. Avoid the occasion of sin. Think about when, where and how you are tempted. Then think about strategies to avoid these circumstances.
8. Use holy images. Your mind has been filled with unholy images; fill it with the image of Christ, Mary and the saints.
9. Ask Mary to intercede. It may sound funny, but it is hard to be tempted when asking the Immaculate Mother of God to help you.
10. Read Scripture daily. Let God's Word penetrate deeply into your life.
11. Go to confession with the same priest frequently.
12. Do not suppress thoughts of temptation. Redeem them. Offer them to Christ through His cross.
13. If you feel that, despite your best efforts, you are unable to stop viewing pornography, seek help from a mental health professional who specializes in addiction. He or she will be able to help you determine whether or not the behavior is an addiction, and will help you get the tools you need to conquer it.
14. If you are married and your spouse does not know about your problem, you need to talk about it. The problem must be admitted before it can be stopped.
15. Use blocking software to limit access on your computer. Also, software at www.church.com can send an accountability report to your accountability partner.
16. Do not drink or use drugs while trying to overcome the temptation. Drinking or using drugs can lower inhibitions, which makes it more likely to act impulsively.
17. Don't beat yourself up after a setback. The devil wants you to give up. Seek forgiveness and start again, no matter how humbling or hard it may be. God always forgives and loves.
18. Meet with a priest or spiritual director to formulate goals and learn techniques for growing closer to Christ and becoming the person God calls you to be.
19. Exercise use of the Virtues: prudence, fortitude, temperance, modesty, purity and self-control.
He concludes with St. Thomas Aquinas' "Prayer for Chastity":
Dearest Jesus! I know well that every perfect gift, and above all others that of chastity, depends upon the most powerful assistance of your providence, and that without you a creature can do nothing. Therefore, I pray that you defend, with your grace, the gift of chastity and purity in my soul as well as in my body. And if I have ever received through my senses any impression that could stain my chastity and purity, I ask you, who are the supreme Lord of all my powers, to take it from me, so that I may with a clean heart advance in your love and service, offering myself chaste all the days of my life on the most pure altar of your divinity. Amen.
Here are also some Scripture quotes which can be useful when facing temptation
• "For you have been purchased at a price. Therefore glorify God in your body" (1 Cor 6:20).
• "I can do all things through Him who strengthens me" (Phil 4:13).
• "Nothing will be impossible with God" (Lk 1:37).
• "Every athlete exercises discipline in every way. . .to win an imperishable crown" (1 Cor 9:25).
• "Create a clean heart in me, O God" (Ps 51:12).
• "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Cor 12:9).
• "Think of what is above, not of what is on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God" (Col 3:2-3).
• "Go not after your lusts, but keep your desires in check" (Sir 18:30).
• "I said: 'I will confess my offenses to the Lord.' And you, Lord, have forgiven the guilt of my sin" (Ps 32:5).
• "You were once in darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of the light, for light produces every kind of goodness and righteousness and truth. Try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the fruitless works of darkness" (Eph 5:8-11).
• "Let us cast off the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light" (Rom 13:12).
Sins involving the flesh are as old as Adam and Eve. We saw how David fell. Sexual temptation has and will always be with us. But the easy access to Internet porn has changed the game radically; it can be just a click away. The temptations are great, the ability to make contact stress-free. But the stakes are so high for keeping happy and healthy families, for maintaining well-adjusted individuals who know themselves and know how to handle their desires and instincts. If pornography should win the day, our whole society will be in for a dramatic loss.
FATHER KIRCHNER, C.Ss.R., is Central Regional Chaplain for TOOL, Liguori, Mo. He received a degree in moral theology in Rome and taught for 39 years as a Redemptorist priest in Brazil. He currently travels around the U.S. preaching.
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Terry Ivory Jewelry – Your Favorite
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Terry Ivory Jewelry offers a beautiful selection of unique jewelry from around the world. There really is something for everyone with a variety of styles and price ranges!
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Education Management Corp (EDMC) Drops 27.84% on February 09Equities Staff Follow |
Education Management Corp (EDMC) was one of the Russell 2000's biggest losers for Tuesday February 09 as the stock slid 27.84% to $0.07, a loss of $-0.027 per share. Starting at an opening price of $0.10 a share, the stock traded between $0.07 and $0.10 over the course of the trading day. Volume was 27,900 shares over 4 trades, against an average daily volume of 38,677 shares and a total float of 126.06 million.
The losses send Education Management Corp down to a market cap of $8.82 million. In the last year, Education Management Corp has traded between $0.37 and $0.05, and its 50-day SMA is currently $0.11 and 200-day SMA is $0.12.
Education Management Corp along with its subsidiaries is engaged in providing post-secondary education in North America. It offers academic programs to its students through campus-based and online instruction, or through a combination of both.
Education Management Corp is based out of Pittsburgh, PA and has some 20,800 employees. Its CEO is Edward H. west.
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onstartups needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 1083 designs submitted by 309 freelance designers.
Inbound.org is a new Q&A site for asking questions about inbound marketing (SEO, social media and blogging)
Marketers, SEO consultants, designers -- anyone that needs to promote something on the web.
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In 1988, the decision was made to close Crossville High School and consolidate with Carmi Community High School to form Carmi-White County High School. Twenty-five years later, the final school in Crossville will close its doors at the end of the school year. The Unit 5 school board voted unanimously at the Tuesday, Feb. 19 meeting to close the school and consolidate into existing buildings in Carmi. The move will save the district an estimated $250,000 to $300,000.
In 1988, the decision was made to close Crossville High School and consolidate with Carmi Community High School to form Carmi-White County High School. Twenty-five years later, the final school in Crossville will close its doors at the end of the school year. The Unit 5 school board voted unanimously at the Tuesday, Feb. 19 meeting to close the school and consolidate into existing buildings in Carmi. The move will save the district an estimated $250,000 to $300,000.
"This has not been an easy decision to make," said Keith Hoskins, school board president. "We thought we had a good plan in place for this school administration to implement cost reductions of about $800,000, but through reductions in state aid, and other expenses, those reductions have evaporated."
The school board was told late last year that they will be forced to cut expenses over the next two years to balance the budget. The board looked at several different scenarios to cut costs but was left with very few options, the closing of Crossville being the most viable.
With the closing, the plan will be to move fourth and fifth grade students to the middle school and move seventh and eighth grade students to the high school building, creating a Junior/Senior High School facility. The board and administrators are working to deal with the layout of the building and to keep the younger kids separated from the older ones.
"We understand some concerns and rightfully so with the parents," said Brad Lee, superintendent. "The plan is to hold informational meetings as we get closer to the end of the school year. Safety is a big concern and supervision will also be addressed. We are working closely with Mr. Newell and Ms. Atteberry to find a location as isolated as possible for seventh and eighth grade students."
In addition to classrooms, the Junior/Senior High School will have designated areas to enter and exit the building for drop off and pickups. Staging areas in the morning as well as designated bathrooms will be created.
"We want to make sure there is as little interaction as possible between the two groups," said Lee. "We will work on traffic patterns in the hallways and eliminate crossing paths. We will continue with a closed campus for seventh and eighth grade students."
Other common areas that will be monitored and adjusted will be computer labs, athletic facilities, locker rooms, the track and the gymnasium. Also, the cafeteria kitchen would be reopened and rather than cater meals in from the middle school cafeteria for the 70-80 high students that utilize the current cafeteria at the high school, it would become once again a full working area. Lee noted they are trying to cover bases as much as possible with the concerns parents have.
The packed room for the meeting included several parents that did voice some concerns and questions to the board before the vote was taken on the closure of Crossville. One parent asked why open campus for lunch would continue for high school students. Board member Gerarda Simmons noted a study was done several years ago to close the high school campus and the consensus of the community did not want the campus closed.
Another parent asked about putting elementary students back into multiple schools for kindergarten through fifth grade and then coming together at the middle school. Lee noted it would be difficult for teachers to collaborate if students were spread out over multiple locations for those grades, especially with the new Common Core Standards. Maryann Stocke, principal at Lincoln Attendance Center, noted there was only one room that would be open if music were moved to the stage at her facility. Dr. Amy Dixon, principal at Jefferson Attendance Center, noted there are several rooms in Jefferson that are not usable for additional students due to safety codes. Dixon also explained that schools now have to provide computer labs, taking up more space than in the past and changes in special education also has tighter limits on the number of students per classroom.
"Physically, there just is not enough room," said Dixon.
President Hoskins did note they would be interested to hear concerns and issues from the parents so they could continue to work each item and issue out moving forward. Hoskins was asked about staff reductions with the closing of Crossville. Hoskins replied, "We are working through that."
Prior to the decision on closing Crossville Attendance Center, the board handled regular business, including okaying bills and the treasurer's report. Lee noted the unit did receive two general state aid checks totaling around $397,000, mandated state aid of $367,692 and local taxes of $115,438. However, to date, the state still owes the district $580,068 and Lee said at the end of February, the line of credit will be up and they are in the process of contacting local banks and hope to have information on that at the March meeting. Lee explained the line of credit is used to make payroll in the summer when no revenues are coming in and anticipates doing the same thing this year.
The board also okayed Student Accident Insurance, which stayed exactly the same as the prior year totals. First Agency provides the plan for high school athletes and the total cost will be a little more than $18,000.
Lee gave a brief update for his superintendent's report, noting the spring dinner of the Illinois Association of School Boards will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 27 in Benton. He also noted a team of eight staff members recently attended crisis management training held over two days in Norris City. Lee called on Dr. Dixon to give an update from the training. Dixon noted the whole training centered around changing the entire school climate and taught them how to change that. She also said the "Flight Team" from the district was selected to be one of the teams to advance for the region, which will prepare them for any type of crisis or tragedy that students or staff members could face. The "Flight Team" would also be trained to go other places and assist if needed for a crisis situation.
Lee recognized several groups that have excelled over the past month. The CWCHS cheerleaders finished 12th of 43 teams at the State Cheer Competition in Springfield and Crossville Attendance Center was selected to send a team of fifth grade students to accompany Mrs. Corey Kays to Tech 2013 at the State Capitol building in Springfield. Students from Crossville will present projects on "What the Flag Means to Me" and "Civil Rights."
Also, the high school WYSE team won first place overall in the regional competition held recently at Southeastern Illinois College. The team will now advance to sectionals at SIU-Carbondale.
Lee reported that fifth grade basketball coach Jamie Burzynski has declined to accept his extra duty stipend for coaching and will volunteer his time with the team to help give back to the district.
Finally, WOVSED will hold a board meeting Tuesday, Feb. 26. Board President Hoskins is the district's representative on the board.
The board moved into closed session at 7:38 p.m. In closed session, James Cook was approved as a volunteer fifth grade boys' basketball coach for the 2012-2013 school year. Chris Lucas and Michelle Winters were approved as volunteer assistant high school softball coaches for the 2012-2013 school year and John Choate was approved as a volunteer assistant high school baseball coach for the 2012-2013 school year and Tammy Knox was approved as a volunteer assistant high school boys' tennis coach for the 2012-2013 school year.
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Etch Becomes Lenny
When HP released Etch, I made our custom modifications all self contained and easily linked into /etc/rc2.d. So it was easier than ever to accept this upgrade and prep it for release to our employees. Newer X.org and Mesa libraries should make it easier to test gnome-shell and Compiz upgrades. After just a few hours, it's already running and stable. The 5725s worked fine; just needed to install the SiS driver. I should be able to deliver this to additional testers in the next few days. The UI and login screens haven't changed, so they shouldn't even notice a difference.
I am introducing one new feature, which is going through my QA process at this time. We have had a digital smart/white board for a number of years that has been under utilized because it never had a permanent home. IT is getting a new conference room, so it's finally going to get the wall mount it deserves. It works just like a white board with magic markers, except it's done electronically. One picks up 'fake' colored pens, and as you write the 'ink' appears on the screen through a projector. You can then save your pages into PDF or image format, clear the board with a click and start adding more notes. The company (Smart Tech) fully supports Linux, and I am at this time loading their software on our thin clients. This is one of the rare exceptions where the software is better suited to be running locally. So what I did was create a custom XDMCP connection that once activated waits 60 seconds before launching the dashboard type interface used by the board. This gives you enough time to get logged into the GNOME server so the software doesn't sit over your authentication screen. I'll take some pictures of the board in operation once everything is tested and the room is finished.
The shot below is the chooser which is available on thin clients connected to the Smart Boards. This is the first thing you see after the thin clients are booted.
The shot below is the software which connects to the Smart board products. One can use a mouse or virtual pens to create output.
Update: The Smart Board is working on Linux and the thin client, pictures below.
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I am considering getting a Laptop Lunches box, for an upcoming project. They do seem to be quite popular, and I don't have this type of box in my collection. However, for me to order it and have it sent here, it's going to cost like US $70 at the very least at the end of the day. So my questions are -
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I don't own a laptop lunchbox, (I like the japanese styled better), but since recently they're available here in holland too. Maybe you can save on shipping, as it should be cheaper to ship within Europe than overseas..... www.laptoplunches.nl
I got one for both my daughters 6 & 4. They both love them. My older daughter takes it every day to school in the case they sell with it. It has been great since it makes it easy for her to select different items for each box sandwich, fruit, veggie and carb. The water bottle fits right in there and a cheese stick fits in the silverware area for her. I find my kids eat more and they aren't so overwhelmed with a pile of reusable containers in a random lunch box. I love ours!
I ordered several of these a few years ago but found the quality to be poor. The interior boxes blister easily even when placed on the top shelf of the dishwasher, and the exterior box did not hold up well at all and wouldn't close properly. The thermous containers are also not dishwasher safe at all. They are also very expensive for what they are. My opinion.
I send a laptop lunch with my 4 yo son to his preschool almost every day (for a little less than a year now). I have a few quibbles, but overall like it very much. I do put all the components on the top shelf of the dishwasher with no problem, though I read you don't have a dishwasher so not an issue for you! :)
On the plus side:
+ Good size for a preschooler (but I think it would work well for me too). I agree with jenny that it is less overwhelming for his age and it helps me provide more realistic portions. I realized that I used to send far too much food (pre-laptop lunchbox) and I couldn't tell what he had eaten and not eaten.
+ It is fun for him to use and has utensils just his size.
+ It has held up well over the course of the year, but I can see that it is not "lifetime" material.
+ I love that it is completely reusable. Even though I wash plastic baggies, they still eventually end up in the trash and this prevents that.
+ There is space in the carry case for drink (though sometimes I send a thermos and use the space for something else), cloth napkin, perhaps a very small cold pack, etc.
On the negative side:
- Only one compartment (of the four) has a lid and I sometimes want more than one or a lid on a compartment of a different size. If he does not completely replace the lid when he has finished eating (he is 4!), it will leak out of the exterior box to the carry case. Probably no solution for this until he gets a little older.
- I sometimes want to send a "convenience" food, like a container of jello or pudding or yogurt, but the laptop lunchbox isn't tall enough. I simply empty the container into one of the compartments, so this is not a big deal, and it does make me think twice about whether I really want to send it in his lunch.
- I think it would be nice if it came with compartments that you could mix and match, like the four they provide now, or one big one, or two medium-sized together, etc.
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I'd like to know how many ml can they hold. It's probably my perception but they seem way too big to me! :)
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I REALLY wanted to love the laptop lunchbox system...but unfortunately, don't.
I loved the idea of a reusable system, however I felt that the opening of the box was a bit tricky for little people and the 2 lids were difficult for them to get off the containers. I was not crazy about the water bottle and wish that where was more room for a coldpack to keep items fresher. The systems was on the pricey side. I also don't know if the plastics the box is made of contain BPA or not... so I am still in search of the ideal lunch container :)
I've looked at the Laptop Lunchbox several times in a store, and am amazed that it is marketed for a child's lunch. It looks too big even for an average woman! I have visions of kids heading to school with their LLs slung over their shoulders like little salarymen with their computers. Even though there are several lidded sections, the fact that it has to be carried on end means that food is going to shift. Personally, I don't like having to confine myself to the little sections; I prefer an open format so that I can design my own tight arrangement. More often than not I pack my two-tier Urara box (580 ml) that I bought at Daiso for $1.50. There is a tight lid on both tiers that keep food in place.
But, that being said, I understand that people packing lunches for picky eaters may have to contend with food touching, less sophisticated food preferences, and manual dexterity issues.
I get along just fine with an American style lunch box and Tupperware containers. I went to the site and frankly, I wouldn't buy it. Looks like a waste of money.
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Although I'm currently looking into more traditional Japanese bento boxes, and would appreciate some help finding a local retailer of them.
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Prologue: Tallinn
My friend Tom was trapped at home in a tiny, distant city. He had no Estonian visa, and he knew if he left Tallinn he'd be unable to return. More immediately problematic was the Russian stripper he'd been flirting with, or, more specifically, her boyfriend, who had taken to hanging around Tom's front door. Tom pleaded with me to visit, confident the guy wouldn't take on the two of us.
Tom and I didn't know each other all that well then, nothing like later, but it sounded like a fun excuse for a trip. Unlike Tom, I could leave my apartment in Berlin whenever I wanted — I had a German freelancer's visa and no cuckolded Baltic criminals camped out on my stoop — and was, in fact, spending more time away than at home. By that point Berlin often left me feeling at loose ends, and one of the things I had come to like most about living there was how easy it was never to be in town. A lot of my friends had already moved on, had gone back to resume their real lives in New York, and I myself was beginning to wonder if it wasn't time to pack it in. It was unclear where I'd go, though, mostly because nowhere was more appealing than Berlin had once been, should have been still. I'd been living in lovely, provincial San Francisco and had moved to Berlin because I'd felt I was missing out on something exciting, and now I was on the brink of leaving lively, provisional Berlin because I was afraid I was missing out on something serious. A quarter lifetime of anecdotal evidence suggested, however, that once I actually motivated myself to move somewhere I considered serious, somewhere like New York — where I had never actually lived for very long but where, I imagined, I would find myself ready to get on with the routines and attachments that make for a real life (cat, yoga, a relationship) — I would once again regret missing all the novelty diverting people elsewhere. Maybe not New York, then. Maybe Kiev. I'd heard Kiev was cheap and cool. I often reminded myself to look into it.
Tom and I held in common the hope that there might be a geographic ticket out of the problems of indecision, boredom, and the suspicion that more interesting things were happening in more fashionable places to more attractive people. Actually, that last part was my worry; in Tom's version, less interesting things were happening in contemplative places to more industrious people. Tom had moved to Tallinn with the idea he'd be pressed into productivity there, that the constraint of its distance and exoticism would force him to focus on the work he'd been neglecting in favor of video games and the more dissipated varieties of recreation. I'd moved to Berlin precisely for its lack of constraint, hoping that its sense of vast possibility would help me figure out what I wanted. Needless to say, for reasons that went beyond Russian strippers, it wasn't really working out for either of us. Tom's claustrophobia left him desperate for distraction, and my distraction left me desperate for discipline. We were like two ships waiting for a breeze that might float us past each other in the night.
Tom picked me up at the tiny airport in a taxi and brought me up to date. "I was living in Saigon," he said, "and after a year I had to leave because my life was spinning out of control. Then I was living in Rome, and I had to leave after six months because my life was spinning out of control. Then I moved to Las Vegas, and I had to leave there, too, very quickly, because my life was definitely once again spinning out of control."
"You were having trouble keeping yourself together in Rome, so you moved to Vegas?"
"So I left Vegas and I thought to myself, okay, I need to finish this long-overdue book, so I'll go to a small, distant country with an impossible language and I'll just sit and write all day until the book is done. I came here."
He looked out the window at the looming medieval spires of the old town, where he was paying Manhattan rent to live in the lavishly restored fourteenth century. "And now I can say, with utter confidence, that my life is spinning out of control."
I hadn't known Tom long enough to presume to tell him how to live. Besides, he was a successful writer I admired and had long wished I might one day resemble. He was only six years older than me, not quite enough to make him a paternal figure but enough to make him a guide, and I preferred to think of him as somewhat more together than he liked to suggest. I assumed that despite his life's apparent mismanagement there must be some greater logic to it. Plus he was living out a somewhat distorted but still recognizable version of my own fantasy: skipping club lines with future Baltic dictators, then until-dawn depravity with minor Baltic celebrities. The best thing I could do for him, I decided, was to provide him with company and reverence.
What I chiefly remember about the four-day jag that followed is waking up in my bed, peering at my uncharacteristically unread email, and realizing that I was back in Berlin. I had vague recollections of sitting in an idling cab outside a Soviet-era tower block on the outskirts of Tallinn, and of spending an evening in the company of some Siberian dancers and the man being groomed to lead Estonia's next nationalist front, and of gazing through a bobbing porthole at some gray sea while Tom let his forehead cool against a Formica table. I looked at my camera to discover a few blurry images of what I have come to believe was probably Helsinki. The only other clue was a page in my little notebook, where I'd managed one note in four days: "Camino de Santiago — sense of purpose — June 10." I'd underlined "purpose."
This Camino business sounded vaguely familiar. The internet dutifully reported that in the year A.D. 813, the alleged bones of the apostle St. James the Greater were unearthed in Santiago de Compostela, in far northwestern Spain. St. James had supposedly evangelized as far afield as Galicia — unlikely, Tom says — before he was martyred in first-century Palestine. His relics were said to have arrived at the Atlantic coast, then the presumed end of the world, in a stone boat, where they remained buried under a hermitage until their discovery eight centuries later. A pilgrimage to the site started up within the next hundred years, probably along the old trail of a pagan death cult. (The Iberian Celts walked to the end of the earth to watch the sun perish nightly into the sea.) Around 1140 the Codex Calixtinus appeared, a book that's part how-to and part spiritual advice, and that has come to be regarded as the world's first travel guide — the route is also credited with the invention of the souvenir tchotchke — and since that time the Camino de Compostela has seen a more or less continuous parade of redemptive aspiration. Over the past twenty years, in no small part thanks to the efforts of a dopey German television comedian, the pilgrimage has become popular with a secular crowd. It's about nine hundred kilometers, or a little less than six hundred miles, depending on where you start and whether you continue to the sea, and takes most people about a month to walk.
The book Tom had moved to Estonia to work on was a record of his visits to the far-flung tombs of the apostles, and by the time I was done reading up on the Camino, which had an immediate appeal for reasons I only dimly understood, I'd retrieved a faint memory of Tom's having said he planned to spend the following summer strolling across Spain, starting on the French side of the Pyrenean border. I didn't know what to make of my "June 10" note, though, so I called him up on Skype. He hadn't slept since I'd left, but he sounded chipper, happy to hear from me.
"I miss you, man," he said. "I'm lonely again and wish you were still around."
"Me, too, buddy." I paused. "So, Tom, what's going on June 10?"
"That's the day we start," he said. "It worked with both of our schedules."
I had no schedule to speak of, so I couldn't argue with that. Then again, neither did he. The notion of something working with our schedules made me suspicious.
"The day we start what, Tom?"
"Our walk across Spain. You don't remember? Strolling through hills by night, just you and me and the long path ahead. I told you any hotels we stay in are on me. You had that whole rousing speech about how we'd wake up each morning full of the simple, broad purpose of moving forward. You pounded your fist on the table and shouted to the whole bar that you were one hundred percent in. A few Estonians even clapped, though maybe they were just trying to get you to be quiet. Then we promised some girls we'd send them postcards from Santiago."
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It's a long way from Texas to the Athabasca Oil Sands in eastern Alberta, Canada. But the San Antonio-based underground concrete backfill and shotcrete firm, Mining Concrete Ltd., has been hired to place concrete in the ultimate remote location: an abandoned mine.
Mining Concrete, a division of Robert Ober & Associates, and sister company of Plant Architects and Plant Outfitters, is undertaking a major project at Suncor Energy's Fort McMurray oil sands operations near the McKay River. Known as the Dover Mine Site, the project involves extracting specialized underground equipment for reassembly and display in the Oil Sands Discovery Centre in Fort McMurray.
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Microsoft unveiled on Tuesday a new version of its Surface tablet that the company said could \"replace your laptop.\"
The tech giant even came up with a new term: \"Lapability.\"
The Surface Pro 3, which was introduced at a Microsoft event in New York, features a 12-inch screen, an Intel Corp. Core processor and a stand that makes it easy to use like a laptop.
"So many people carry both a laptop and a tablet but really want just one device that serves all purposes,\" Panos Panay, Microsoft vice president for the company's Surface business, said in a statement. "Surface Pro 3 is the tablet that can replace your laptop — packing all the performance of a fully powered laptop into a thin, light and beautifully designed device. You\'ll love being able to carry a single device for your next class, workday or weekend getaway knowing you have all the power you need."
The product rollout was clearly aimed at strengthening Microsoft's position in a market dominated by Apple Inc.'s iPad and devices based on Google Inc.'s Android operating system. Microsoft also has struggled with a shrinking personal computer market, which it has long dominated with its Windows operating system.
Still, Panay maintained at the event, "I am sure that this is the tablet that will replace the laptop,"
The announcement lit up the Twitterverse and some reactions weren't that enthusiastic.
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A plasma torpedo is a short-ranged, high-yield weapon used by the Romulan Star Empire in the 23rd century. First seen in the TOS episode "Balance of Terror", these weapons were extremely effective against Federation starbases along the Neutral Zone.
During a briefing following the initial attacks on Neutral Zone outposts, Spock described what was known about the Romulan weapon. According to Starfleet researchers, the weapon was an "enveloping plasma" that caused its targets to implode. One shot plasma torpedo was sufficient to destroy the shields and weapons of a Federation outpost, and a second torpedo shattered the asteroid on which the outpost was built. One torpedo also heavily damaged the fully-shielded Enterprise, even though much of the torpedo's energy had dissipated due to range.
Even though it is capable of overtaking a Constitution-class starship in full retreat, a plasma torpedo has a relatively limited range. Only cloaking technology enabled the Romulan ship to get into effective range of its targets. As noted above, a plasma torpedo lost so much energy pursuing the fleeing Enterprise that when it finally struck, it no longer had enough energy to destroy the ship.
Lieutenant Sulu theorized that a single phaser shot would be sufficient to detonate a plasma torpedo prematurely. He did not actually get to test his theory, however, since his ship's phasers were off line at the time.
The Romulans stopped using plasma torpedoes after a technology exchange with the Klingons. In the 24th century, Romulan ships carry disruptors and photon torpedoes. The range limitations and high energy consumption of plasma torpedoes may have lead to their being replaced.


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Is the Battlestar Galactica spin-off Caprica in trouble? One site reported over the weekend that the show is shutting down production due to concerns about the scripts — similar to what happened to the V reboot.
CinemaSpy asked whether Caprica was on the brink of cancellation, citing a "100 percent accurate" source:
A trusted industry insider informed CinemaSpy on Saturday that production faces suspension on Caprica due to serious script problems/shortfalls, and that the future of the series may well be in jeopardy. From what we've been told, the producers haven't been altogether happy with the caliber of the stories.
This would make Caprica the second new show this year to face a shutdown allegedly over script concerns. Last week, Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello said the production shutdown at V was over script issues, and specifically over concerns about producer Jeff Bell (who'd been showrunner on Angel's final season.) Writes Ausiello:
Officially, Warner Bros. says it is taking "advantage of our November premiere to maximize creative opportunities and deliver the audience the best show possible." Unofficially, I hear the studio wasn't happy with the quality and the timeliness of the scripts show-runner Jeff Bell was delivering, so they bumped him to the No. 2 spot and put exec producer Scott Peters in charge. Too bad. I like Jeff Bell.
But this isn't the case with Caprica, insists showrunner Jane Espenson. She tells AirlockAlpha that any shutdown on the show's production is entirely due to athletes arriving for the 2010 Olympics and causing disruptions, not script problems:
I'm one of the producers and I'm absolutely thrilled with the work my writers have done... The Olympics might require a couple scheduling adjustments," Espenson said. "Those are probably being misunderstood.
Update: Syfy's Craig Engler draws our attention to his Tweet from the other day, in which he responded to a fan's question:
Q) Is Caprica on the verge of cancellation? A) Nope. Expecting ep 2 rough cut this week, premieres 1/22


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Ask Donald Seifrit, Jr., what he does as a University of Delaware Extension Scholar and he hesitates before answering. It isn't easy to sum up all the tasks he has taken on during this summer-long internship program.
Under the direction of Carrie Murphy, a horticulture agent in the New Castle County Extension office, he might start his morning by identifying fungus on a cherry branch or insect holes on a tomato leaf. He'll then contact the gardener who dropped off the plant or insect sample and suggest solutions to the problem.
In the afternoon, he may head to a UD greenhouse where he's working on three different research projects with Richard Taylor, an Extension agronomy specialist. Seifrit has been busy evenings and weekends, too, at events ranging from a farmers' field meeting in Middletown to preparing for a community garden workshop in the Southbridge section of Wilmington.
The Extension Scholar program gives students and recent grads the opportunity to gain real-world experience as interns with UD Cooperative Extension.
Jan Seitz, former associate dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and director of UD Cooperative Extension, created the program, which is supported by an endowment fund established by Dover growers Chet and Sally Dickerson.
"I'd like to work in industry, initially, but I also think it could be rewarding to get my teaching certification and be a high school agriculture or biology teacher," says Seifrit, who graduated in June with a plant science degree. "The Extension Scholar program is giving me a taste of careers in which I could use my plant science degree."
Andy Kness is another Extension Scholar with a new plant science degree from UD. Kness knows he wants to be a researcher and will be back in the classroom in September, pursuing a master's degree in plant science. In the meantime, he's working with Cooperative Extension entomologist Brian Kunkel.
One valuable lesson Kness has already learned is that research doesn't always go smoothly. Take, for example, a stink bug project that he and Kunkel had planned to tackle this summer.
"It's a dud; there's nothing to talk about right now," says Kunkel. That's because the brown marmorated stink bug – that nonnative stink bug that has caused crop loss and landscape damage in Delaware – is in remarkably short supply this summer.
That's good news for homeowners and farmers, not so good if you're trying to evaluate the effectiveness of insecticides against the stink bug as well as the natural enemies that attack this pest. Kunkel and other UD researchers want to be able to present solutions when the stink bug does make its inevitable return.
One recent morning, a few forlorn stink bugs munched leaves in a rearing container while Kunkel and Kness focused their attention on the insect that has kept them busy this summer – red-headed flea beetles.
"These critters chew holes in plants and can cause significant destruction to nursery plants," says Kness. "It's not really a problem for homeowners as much as it for nurserymen. They can't sell plants with flea beetle damage even though these plants aren't really damaged and will look fine in their second season."
Kness is assisting Kunkel with a project that could provide an environmentally sustainable way to control this beetle. The answer may lie in a tiny white worm, more formally known as entomopathogenic nematode. This parasitic worm attacks the larvae of the red-headed flea beetle by releasing bacteria that eventually kills it.
Two weeks ago, Kness introduced these worms into petri dishes filled with red-headed flea beetles to evaluate their usefulness. Next up, he and Kunkel will replicate the experiment in greenhouse plants and then out in the field.
Six students were named Extension Scholars this summer. The other interns have been working with military youth at Dover Air Force Base, developing State Fair programs, teaching 4-H equine camps and assisting with honey production at the UD apiary.
"I wish there had been something like this program when I was in school," says Murphy. "I think it's a fantastic way for students to learn job skills while gaining an understanding of the role that Extension plays in the community and the wide range of things that we do."
Article by Margo McDonough
Photo by Danielle Quigley
This article can also be viewed on UDaily.


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