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Updated: August 14, 2009, 7:07 PM EDT
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - With Terrell Owens far away in Buffalo, Tony Romo happily spread the ball around.
Romo threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to favorite target Jason Witten to cap a brief but successful night before the Oakland Raiders rallied for a 31-10 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night in the exhibition opener for both teams.
Romo completed his four passes on the night to four receivers before leaving with a 7-3 lead that Dallas' reserves could not hold onto.
"I don't think it means anything," Romo said. "If one guy caught six straight balls and then we scored, that's fine, too. It's just about whatever the defense allows us on that specific play."
Bruce Gradkowski engineered three touchdown drives against mostly backups on Dallas' defense, throwing a 3-yard touchdown pass to Tony Stewart in the second quarter. Louis Rankin and Gary Russell added short TD runs in the third quarter, long after Romo's night was done.
Romo played just two drives, going three-and-out on the first after former teammate Greg Ellis batted down his first pass of the game, and throwing the TD to Witten on the second. Romo and the Dallas offense looked sharp on the second drive as he completed all four of his passes and the Cowboys mixed in the run effectively.
Three of the completions came against backup corner Stanford Routt, who replaced All-Pro Nnamdi Asomugha after one drive. Romo avoided pressure in the pocket on the touchdown pass to give Witten time to get open in the end zone against Routt.
There is plenty of intrigue about how the Cowboys offense will look after the departure of Owens, who caught 235 passes in three seasons with Dallas but often complained that he didn't get the ball enough.
Roy Williams, who struggled after coming over from Detroit during last season, will be counted on heavily this season. He caught one pass from Romo for 12 yards. Romo also completed passes to Martellus Bennett and Felix Jones on the drive.
"If we execute like that, any team is going to have trouble," Williams said. "But we're going to have our adversity and have our hard times where we can't get open or the quarterback gets sacked or a bad throw. But tonight it all fell into place."
Sam Hurd, one of the young receivers Dallas is counting on to emerge this season, had five catches for 79 yards from Jon Kitna.
Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell also played two series, driving his team to a field goal on the opening drive as Oakland relied heavily on the pass early. Russell looked poised in the pocket, completing six of nine passes for 50 yards against Dallas' backup cornerbacks and even scrambling for 18 yards on one play.
Russell had a particularly good rapport with second-year receiver Chaz Schilens, who caught four passes from Russell and also drew a 47-yard pass interference penalty that set up Sebastian Janikowski's 23-yard field goal. Schilens finished with five catches for 52 yards.
"I thought he was very aggressive with the ball, made good decisions," coach Tom Cable said. "That's what I'm talking about with him. When he plays the game at a fast enough speed, it allows him to be on time and he showed that tonight."
First-round pick Darrius Heyward-Bey wasn't nearly as effective. Russell missed the speedster on two deep attempts and Heyward-Bey finished with one catch for 8 yards as Dallas often
"We're going to see a lot of that this season," Heyward-Bey said. "I saw a lot of that in college. But the important thing is the win."
Gradkowski completed nine of 16 passes for 153 yards, including a 48-yard pass to undrafted free-agent Nick Miller that set up Gary Russell's 1-yard run. Charlie Frye, who is battling Gradkowski for the third-string job, threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Will Franklin in the fourth quarter as the Raiders did a good job picking on Dallas' depleted secondary. Second-stringer Jeff Garcia missed the game with a calf injury.
"Our second group and our young guys, they made a lot of mistakes," Dallas coach Wade Phillips said. "You could see them out there. ... Those things shouldn't happen but they did. Our guys will learn from those things."
The Cowboys wasted a scoring opportunity at the end of the half when Kitna botched a shotgun snap at the 2 from Cory Procter, leading to a 16-yard loss. Nick Folk missed a 36-yard field goal.
NOTES: Ellis, who spent 11 seasons with Dallas before being released in June, visited with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and some of his former teammates before the game. ... Injured cornerbacks Terence Newman (groin), Mike Jenkins (ankle) and rookie Michael Hawkins (knee) missed the game for Dallas. Orlando Scandrick and Alan Ball got the starts.
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As the 2012 Tour de France heads to Paris for its finale, we'd like to show you the bikes that the pros have been racing around France for the last three weeks.
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Claire Danes is pregnant
Her so-called life just got a little happier!
Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy are expecting their first child, her rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.
"There's definitely a chance, no plans yet," the Homeland star, 33, told PEOPLE last fall when asked if a baby could be on the way shortly. "But yeah, that'd be fun."
Danes, who won a Golden Globe in January, wed Hannibal star Dancy, 37, in a private ceremony in France in 2009.
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NSF fully supports USADA's initiative to eliminate adulterated products in the marketplace, and we will continue to do our part by offering testing and certification solutions that safeguard athletes and consumers from taking such products.
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To help athletes steer clear of tainted and adulterated nutritional products, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has launched a new "Supplement 411" initiative. NSF International, an independent organization that tests and certifies products for the dietary and nutritional supplement industry, fully supports USADA's Supplement 411.org campaign to help athletes make educated decisions when it comes to choosing nutritional products.
NSF International is currently the only independent third party testing and certification organization to meet the stringent requirements of USADA's Supplement 411 program, which requires Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) audits and toxicological reviews. As the developer of the only American national standard for dietary supplements (NSF/ANSI Standard 173), NSF International developed the NSF Dietary Supplement Certification and NSF Certified for Sport® programs to test and certify the safety and quality of dietary and sports nutrition products.
The NSF Dietary Supplement Certification program requires GMP audits of manufacturing facilities, as well as toxicology, label claim and contaminant reviews. The NSF Certified for Sport® program builds on this by also screening supplements for more than 165 banned substances and undeclared ingredients including stimulants, narcotics, steroids, diuretics, beta-2-agonists, masking agents and other substances, as well as unsafe levels of contaminants.
The NSF Certified for Sport® program is recognized by major sports organizations such as the NFL, MLB, and their player associations, PGA, LPGA and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) to help ensure the sports supplements their athletes use are free of athletic banned substances.
The NSF Certified for Sport® program is accredited by the American National Standards Institute and the Standards Council of Canada. The program also meets USADA's criteria of maintaining multiple international accreditations including ISO Guide 65 (requirements for bodies operating product certification systems), ISO 17025 (requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories) and ISO 17020 (criteria for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection).
"NSF International fully supports USADA's initiative to eliminate adulterated dietary supplements and nutritional products in the marketplace, and we will continue to do our part by offering testing and certification solutions that safeguard athletes and consumers from taking such products," said Ed Wyszumiala, NSF International's General Manager of Dietary Supplement Certification Programs.
"To help athletes find supplements that have been screened and certified by NSF International, we recently developed an NSF Certified for Sport App that enables people to easily search NSF's list of certified products from an iPhone (and iPad) or Android phone," Wyszumiala added.
"The need for these programs is great. Multiple studies have shown that as many as 20-25 percent of the bodybuilding products sold over-the-counter in health food stores may be spiked with anabolic steroids and other substances banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). We must make it easier for athletes and consumers to find safe products," Wyszumiala concluded.
Both the NSF Dietary Supplement Certification and NSF Certified for Sport® programs are part of NSF International's Health Sciences Division, which offers certification, training, consulting, GMP and GLP (Good Laboratory Practices) testing, R&D and auditing for the pharmaceutical, dietary supplement and medical device industries.
Editor's Note: Ed Wyszumiala, General Manager of NSF's Dietary Supplement Certification Programs, is available for media interviews. Contact Greta Houlahan at 734-913-5723 or houlahan(at)nsf(dot)org if you'd like to set up an interview.
About NSF International: NSF International is an independent organization that writes standards and tests and certifies products for the food, water and consumer goods industries to minimize adverse health effects and protect the environment (nsf.org). Founded in 1944, NSF is committed to protecting human health and safety worldwide. NSF is a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Food and Water Safety and Indoor Environment.
NSF International's Health Sciences Division includes NSF Pharmalytica, a GLP & GMP contract laboratory; NSF-DBA, which has more than 25 years of pharmaceutical, dietary supplement, and medical devices training expertise; NSF Reference Standards; and NSF Dietary Supplement Certification and NSF Certified for Sport® athletic banned substances screening. NSF's Health Science Division operates globally throughout North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Additional NSF services include management systems registrations delivered through NSF International Strategic Registrations, Ltd. (NSF-ISR), organic certification through Quality Assurance International (QAI), food safety and quality programs through the NSF Food Safety Division, drinking water product certification through the NSF Water Division, sustainability services through NSF Sustainability, and NSF Education and Training programs.


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Given its scheduling along side MusicfestNW, one of Portland Digital eXperience's most anticipated keynotes was the Dave Allen-moderated discussion on the science of music discovery with Shazam and Spotify. And given that nature of the very indie-friendly music festival and Portland's inarguably hipster, screw-the-man spirit, you can assume the discussion erred toward the tense side.
As a bit of background, Allen is a musician, formerly worked as director of Consumer Digital Audio Services for Intel, and
now runs independent record label Pampelmoose [update: Allen is director of interactive strategy at North, Inc, a Portland-based branding firm]. So suffice it to say he takes some issue with how the current state of mainstream music discovery and consumption is working.
Right after panel introductions – which consisted of Allen, Peter Szabo from Shazam and Jason LaCarruba from Spotify, the tough questions started — mostly targeted at Spotify.
First up, Allen had to ask Spotify where those 50 million users it told the Wall Street Journal it planned to get way back during its stateside launch. "I think we're doing really well getting those users. We're always trying to launch new features to do that," LaCarruba said, mentioning the relatively new Radio feature, which he works on (and says will be getting better).
That said, he admitted that Spotify definitely has not hit the 50M mark; it has 15 million globally, four million of which are paying customers. Which prompted this comment from Allen: "Your valued at $4 billion. How can that be?"
Shazam, which wasn't hit quite as hard with the "how dare you!"s, had some impressive numbers to report. The app currently has 225 million people worldwide, 70 million of which are in the U.S. — and it's adding two million a week. "It's one of those apps when people first get a smartphone, they download," Szabo reasoned.
Of course, Shazam has been around longer than Spotify and is a more diverse service.
Piracy and artists' rights couldn't go untouched, either. For all their inherent problems, one thing the streaming services — and arguably products like Shazam — bring to the table is that they fight illegal downloading. Both Szabo and LaCarruba generalized a bit here, but reasoned that by cutting down on piracy so largely, it's paving the way for a better future for artists' pockets.
As you can assume, Allen had a lot to say about this. Of course, he's not the only one: Since Spotify's launch, indie labels and artists — and even The Black Keys — have called out Spotify for hurting musician's bottom lines. "My last check was $17. Thats not funny," Allen told the crowd. "I make no money from streaming."
The defense? Basically, that at least it's progress against piracy, and that the more people who decide to pay for streaming services like Spotify, the more money will come in. That there's fun and experimentation in this new music technology and that it's going to find a sweet spot at some point. And to Shazam's credit, nine percent of mobile listens lead to a purchase — so there is a proven correlation between discovery and buying there.
Allen's response? Not good enough.
For starters, he reiterated that streaming platforms can't honestly think of themselves as a viable way for musicians to make money — and the conversation quickly took a turn into the current generation of music discovery and curation disrupting the old. There were plenty of references about how people used to buy albums and not just singles, about vinyl, about the lost human influence of the DJ — it became fairly clear that instead of a discussion about the science of finding and listening to music, we were watching a tug-of-war between the old and the new.
Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of problems with our current state of content consumption, but I feel more comfortable placing that blame on the labels and rights holders versus outlets connecting users to music. And it's because they don't want to change, they want things to continue as they have been — and that's something consumers simply won't settle for anymore.
"My friend doesn't have to make a mixtape and bring it to me to introduce me to new music — it's so much more immediate," says Szabo; to which Allen replied: "I liked the old way."
Complaining about this "inhuman" experience is warranted, sure, but then you're tackling a much bigger beast, and that's the digitalization of nearly all our interactions. It's not just music — it's talking to people, buying food, the work office; all of these things have been transitioned thanks to technology.
Jury's still out on how well the new music models will find compromise for users, artists, and labels; it's a lot to attempt. And there are no shortage of imperfections along the way — but there's simply no going backward from here.


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Barber? Jones? McFadden? Who's Going? Who's Staying? Who's Coming?
Originally, I had planned to write this blog on why I think we should go ahead and trade Julius Jones and keep Marion Barber. I have thought for the most of the season that Barber is the future in the Cowboys backfield. While Jones is a good back and can certainly be the lead man in another offense, I think he has seen the writing on the wall in Dallas, and realizes that he is going to be relegated to a supporting role for Barber. Because of this, I think Jones slacked off this season. When he gets the chance to carry the ball, he spends his time dancing around the backfield, waiting for a hole to open up. Barber, on the other hand, tends to make a hole if one isn't readily available.
My reasoning here is, that Julius Jones, while a talented and hard worker, has lost heart, due to his realization that Barber is now perceived as the premier back. Julius knows that he can be the top back in many other offensive schemes, just not here with the Cowboys. Therefore, I was going to argue that we should get a contract on Barber and lock him in long term and let Jones go with our best wishes since I don't think we can keep both.
Then – from stage left, enters Darren McFadden of Arkansas. The rumors are flying that Jerry Jones wants McFadden and wants him badly. Miami, of course, would have the first shot at McFadden (or anyone) due to having the first round draft pick this coming year. As we all know, we have already had a mass exodus of coaches from Dallas to Miami to join the Big Tuna. In thinking about this, it seems that Jerry Jones has been very cooperative in this process, and has allowed these guys to leave without much effort to keep them. In addition, it is also rumored that Miami wants Barber. Could there be a deal in the works to let assistant coaches go without a whimper, while also tossing Barber into the mix at some point in order for the Cowboys to get their hands on that first round draft pick?
To be honest, I have no idea. All I know are the rumors I hear on the sports shows and the other blogs and fan sites I read. I love Barber and don't want to see him go. However, I loved Herschel Walker and thought his trade was one of the most stupid things I had ever seen – at the time it happened. Of course, I realized later, that "The Trade" as it would come to be known, was a brilliant coup on the part of Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson to lay the foundation for a dynasty, while Minnesota ended up feeling like they had bought a huge "lemon" from the shadiest used car dealer in town. Ultimately, the final results of "The Trade" brought some now familiar names to the Boys – Emmitt Smith, Russell Maryland, Kevin Smith, Darren Woodson, and Clayton Holmes. For Minnesota, the results brought – relative obscurity.
My thoughts here are this, I know Jerry Jones is a smart business man. He knows how to cut a deal, and has proven that time and again in the past. I admit that I have thought him crazy at times in the past and then later, I was proven wrong when the impact of these deals have been brought to light. Jones obviously has some neurons and synapses firing in his head that don't work so well in my noggin. But please, let's not make the mistake Minnesota did – thinking they were one back away from a championship, they sold their soul (and their supporting cast) to get him.
Again, I love Barber and think he may be the toughest back out there. McFadden is, without a doubt, extremely talented, yet unproven in the NFL. Barber has already proven himself with the Cowboys. Aren't there other possible ways of getting McFadden without giving up Barber? Is all this just unfounded rumor with no basis in reality? Many have said so. They say there's no way Jones will let Barber go. It's a given that Jerry Jones will sign him. I thought so too, but why hasn't he done so yet? What's the hold up? As a restricted free agent, my understanding is that you simply have to tender him an offer to lock him in, but this, as of yet, hasn't happened.
For the most part, in this blog, I am just thinking out loud. I certainly don't pretend to be an expert – just a devoted fan trying to figure out what's going on. What do you, the readers think? Please feel free to share your thoughts with me. Is all this a possibility? Am I nuts? Hit me back. Let me know what you think.
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Mayor Chris Beutler today presented the Mayor's Award of Excellence for March to James Bare, Senior Environmental Health Specialist for the Environmental Public Health Division of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department. The monthly award recognizes City employees who consistently provide exemplary service and work that demonstrates personal commitment to the City. The award was presented at the beginning of today's City Council meeting.
Bare has worked for the City for more than 14 years. Environmental Public Health Supervisor Nancy Clark nominated him in the category of customer relations for his work to resolve solid waste nuisance calls, such as hoarding or other unsanitary conditions inside homes. Clark said Bare sees his work as more than a job and strives to be an effective enforcement officer while still reaching people on a personal level. She said Bare is very professional with people from all walks of life and is highly effective in dealing with a busy case load.
Bare also serves as an on-call Health Department emergency responder, which can mean night and weekend hours. Clark said he works well with other staff to get issues resolved. Recent team efforts have included cleaning up a childcare site with staff from Children's Environmental Health and helping the Food Team with grease spills at restaurants. Clark said Bare is a great public ambassador for the Health Department and has an "awesome" work ethic. She said he strives to do things right the first time, and encourages those around him to be the best that they can be. In his free time, Bare has taken classes to better himself personally and professionally.
The other categories in which employees can be nominated are productivity, loss prevention, safety and valor. Consideration also may be given to nominations that demonstrate self-initiated accomplishments or those completed outside of the nominee's job description. All City employees are eligible for the Mayor's Award of Excellence except for elected and appointed officials. Individuals or teams can be nominated by supervisors, peers, subordinates and the general public. Nomination forms are available on the City Web site at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: personnel) or from department heads, employee bulletin boards or the Personnel Department, which oversees the awards program.
All nominations are reviewed by a committee, which includes a representative with each union and a non-union representative appointed by the Mayor. Award winners receive a $100 U.S. savings bond, a day off with pay and a plaque.


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Actress Amanda Seyfried has reportedly split from Josh Hartnett after a brief romance.
Reports about their relationship emerged last month, with a source telling UsWeekly they were introduced by a mutual friend in January and the couple had been dating ever since.
Seyfried has been filming new movie musical Les Miserables in England and has now decided to end the romance with New York-based Hartnett because of the distance between them, reports Britain's Mail on Sunday.
A source tells the publication, "Amanda's been flying home to Los Angeles when she's not in the studio. She has been trying to see Josh but it hasn't worked. She decided to end things."


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Today, an unprecedented number of American organizations do their part to conserve energy and help protect the environment. The U.S. Army is no exception, as evidenced by the recently completed $20 million Armed Forces Reserve Center (AFRC) in New Windsor, N.Y. Comprised of a 75,000-sq-ft training facility, a 15,000-sq-ft maintenance building, and two 1,200-sq-ft storage facilities, the AFRC incorporates a host of sustainable design features that helped it attain SPiRiT Gold certification.
"The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' SPiRiT program is the equivalent of the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED initiative," explains Kenneth Hipsky, P.E., LEED AP, vice president of mechanical engineering for Rocky Hill, Conn.-based Harrington Engineering Inc. (HEI), the engineering firm that installed the electrical, power, telecom, data, security, fire alarm, and mass notification systems.
In order to meet SPiRiT Gold standards, the training and maintenance facilities had to realize a 30% reduction in energy over a baseline ASHRAE 90.1 building. HEI accomplished this objective with the help of energy modeling software.
"We used the software to perform a room-by-room energy analysis, including lighting calculations," says Lewis Stanio, P.E., HEI's vice president of electrical engineering. "Furthermore, we spent quite a bit of time researching what lamp sources would be best for what rooms and areas while ensuring the fixtures used the same bulb/ballast type for maintenance reasons."
According to Stanio, HEI contacted the lighting vendor to determine what kind of ballasts it planned to use and requested that a different one be specified, if necessary. In the end, the engineering firm chose semi-indirect recessed fixtures with T8 lamps for the AFRC's interior.
"Using this fixture for the buildings' interior portions helped us accomplish our energy reduction goals," notes Stanio.
Selecting the appropriate outdoor luminaire proved a bit more challenging. Not only did the military require that the AFRC campus meet or provide lower light levels and uniformity ratios than those recommended in the IESNA Practice Manual, but also that all exterior lighting systems designed with luminaires more than 1,000 lumens be shielded and luminaires with more than 3,500 lumens meet Full Cutoff IESNA Classification.
"We also had to prevent light from spreading over boundaries while at the same time supply adequate illumination for safety and security purposes," adds Stanio. "In the general parking area, we used shorter lighting poles. In the vicinity where the Armed Forces' vehicles are kept, we went with a higher pole to achieve more spread. We ran the entire site on a software program that allowed us to get a point-by-point footcandle level and also let us tip the heads of the fixtures and swivel them."
To further diminish energy usage, all interior and exterior luminaires employ lighting controllers. In addition, individual offices and classrooms feature daylight/occupancy sensors while the outside lighting system uses a combination of photocells and electronic time clocks programmed per the military's requirements.
Other sustainable elements of the AFRC include an air-cooled chiller, CO2 sensor-monitoring system, and airside energy-recovery system.
Despite a three-month delay due to an early frost, the project was completed ahead of schedule, thanks in part to HEI's prefabrication capabilities and a work crew that averaged between 40 and 50 people.
"This project was a win-win for everyone involved," says Stanio. "The client not only got a first-class facility for training and administrative duties, but also a maintenance building that is leaps and bounds above the previous one. The community will benefit as well, because the old facility is being donated to the town."


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WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators has agreed on a plan to grant legal status to most of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S., which could form the basis for a far-reaching overhaul of immigration laws this year.
The Senate blueprint, drafted during weeks of closed-door meetings by leading senators from each party, will probably set parameters for a contentious legislative battle over the next several months. The eight senators involved intend to release their proposal publicly Monday. A copy was provided to The Times' Washington bureau on Sunday by Senate aides.
The Senate plan is more conservative than President Obama's proposal, which he plans to unveil Tuesday in a speech in Las Vegas. But its provisions for legalizing millions of undocumented immigrants go further than measures that failed to advance in Congress in previous years — a reminder of how swiftly the politics of immigration have shifted since Latino voters' strong influence in the November election.
In terms of the number of people who would potentially receive legal status, it would be more than three times larger than the amnesty plan passed under President Reagan in 1986, which legalized about 3 million immigrants.


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TrueFX needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 146 designs submitted by 28 freelance designers.
GC Technologies
GC Technologies (Green Country) is a new Professional Services company focused on the delivery of IT Services, and product, to a broad range of clients.
What sets GC Technologies apart from other companies is the high level of customer service and attention to detail.
We go out of our way to make each customer feel like they are our only customer. GC Technologies strives to be seen more as an extension of the client rather than a vendor with no real concern for the client.
GC Technologies target audience is going to be very broad. We will initially target small businesses with 1-50 employees until the company has grown enough to confidently support larger environments.
I have a great deal of designs submitted that use "GC" in the graphic.
I would like to see some options that include "GCT" in some form or another in any graphic that decides to use the initials.
I would like for the logo to convey confidence in the company. This industry is very competitive and has a lot of fly-by-night less than professional competitors. Our logo has to show that we are professional and conduct ourselves accordingly.
The logo should be slick and polished. It can have a Web 2.0 feel to it, but not too "cartoonish".
If the logo clearly conveys the "G and C", you will only need to add Technologies. No need to be redundant in that area. The logo itself does not have to contain GC.
Blue is currently the color of choice, but not mandatory.
I will be actively monitoring this project and will provide additional feedback often.
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Hey guys, Have anyone posted this before? Pardon me if I'm double-posting this issue,First, I couldn't find a better place to put this (I don't really know whether it's a spoiler or not), but well.. Please moderate my post to the correct place if you feel so,..Second, Phil tweeted this picture on December 13, 2012 :and he said:@PhilKeoghan 13 Dec"Who knows this flag? And what season of the Amazing Race?"It's a flag of Antigua and Barbuda, and located in the Caribbean..,As far as I'm concern, have we visited there?I looked up to wikipedia's countries and locales visited during the race, but couldn't find Antigua and Barbuda...anyone wants to have a thought?Cheers
Quotehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zegqvQB4s2oI know this has been posted before but I just saw this on Youtube!
Guess What? I found that Phil Keoghan look younger! Check this out!!The Amazing Race presenter in his early years presenting for TV3 New Zealand Yahoo showhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ukneB8i1VU0
What do you thought? Phil KeoghanGood idea, who would you suggest? RT @drdantepereirea there should be a celebrity edition of the #Amaizngrace for charity!! @NoOppWasted from Twitter.
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Wait! Wait, you exclaim! dandelion is a food? You want us to try a new food called dandelion? Yes, fellow foodies. As I have been known to say, "Try it, you'll like it." Or, "Nothing ventured, nothing gained." Or, "Variety is the spice of life!"
While I wouldn't want to see you grazing on your lawn masticating the stuff, you could try the supermarket version of dandelion. It's nutritious and delicious. Why else would I post it here if it wasn't?
Naysayers halt your protests because this New Food Friday Flash is about the controversial weed called dandelion.
It's controversial because we hate seeing it in our lawns but we (some of us anyway) love seeing it on our dinner plates.
Did you know that dandelion is a relative of endive? That doesn't sound so bad does it? It's low in calories, high in potassium, vitamin C, and calcium. If you want to know more about the dandelion, how it got its name, who gave their child the name, and other amusing and interesting facts about dandelion, click here.
Otherwise, I'll let the thought about eating dandelion percolate in your brain for a while and when you're ready, you can click on the above link. Far be it from me to force you to eat something that you perceive as negative.
More for me I always say!


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The price of oil climbed above $109 a barrel, its highest in more than two years, as the U.S. appeared to edge closer to intervening in Syria's civil war.
U.S. defense secretary Chuck Hagel said Tuesday that American forces were ready to act on any order by President Barack Obama to strike Syria in response to the alleged use of chemical weapons in the conflict. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that it was "undeniable" that the Syrian government used chemical weapons.
The U.S. Navy has four destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean Sea within range of targets inside Syria. The U.S. also has warplanes in the region.
U.S. benchmark crude for October delivery was up $3.04 to $108.95 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange as of 1:16 p.m. The price rose as high as $109.32, matching its high for the year. That's the highest price since May 2011. Oil still remains a long way off its record high of $145.29 a barrel, set in July 2008.
The contract fell 50 cents, or 0.5 percent, to close at $105.92 on Monday.
While Syria is not a major oil supplier, traders are concerned that the conflict may draw in Iran, a key ally of Syria and a big oil producer. The Middle East nation also shares a border with Iraq, another larger oil producer in the region.
"The issue, of course, is not Syria itself but certainly, factions within Syria that are clients of Iran," said Addison Armstrong a director at Tradition Energy, an independent energy research firm.
The price of oil was also boosted Tuesday by reports that protesters stopped production at key oil fields in western Libya on Monday. The chairman of Libya's National Oil Corp., Nuri Berruien, said production in the North African nation had slumped to about 200,000 barrels a day, about an eighth of its capacity, according to Bloomberg News.
The price of oil is has surged more than 15 percent in the last three months on concern that civil war in Syria and unrest in Egypt could disrupt production and exports, especially in Libya and Iraq. The threat of spreading violence that could block important supply routes.
"The political uncertainty across Middle East has dominated the oil market in the last few months," said a report from Sucden Financial Research in London.
Brent crude, which sets prices for imported oil used by many U.S. refineries, was up $2.96 to $114.11 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
In other energy futures trading on Nymex:
— Heating oil added 7 cents to $3.16 per gallon.
— Natural gas shed 1 cents to $3.50 per 1,000 cubic feet.
— Wholesale gasoline rose 7 cents to $2.91 per gallon.


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|September 15, 2016 12:00 AM
|September 18, 2016 10:59 PM
Where: Ediger Farms, SE Wallace Rd, Dayton OR, 97114 (See the RCFlightDeck GPS location about 45-60 minutes South of Portland and just outside Salem and McMinnville)
When: Thursday September 15th until Sunday September 18th, 2016
Who: The RCHN Crew (Dan, Nick, Justin, and Jessie) and you!
What: Four days of awesome flying on a 2000-foot flightline in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, construction light night flying, competitions, raffles, giveaways, and a live RCHN podcast on Saturday night!
More Details can be found at RCHeliNation.com.


text: Acer Liquid Jade S Specification, Features, Questions and Answers Google Pixel 3 Lite leaks again, right next to a Pixel 3 this time Apple starts selling SIM free iPhone XR in the US Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 will have 1080x2340 screen resolution Phones Laptops Tablets Smart Watches Mp3 player Digital cameras Video Cameras TVs Computer hardware Acer Liquid Jade S - Specification, Features. Phones Specs >> Acer >> Acer Liquid Jade S Specification | Reviews | Secret codes | Unlock | Root Design Acer Liquid Jade S Device type:Smart phone OS:Android (4.4) Form factor:Candybar Dimensions:2048 MB RAM (800 MHz) / LPDDR3 Built-in storage:16 GB Storage expansion:microSD, microSDHC up to 32 GB Battery Acer Liquid Jade S Talk time:5.00 hoursthe average is 11 h (675 min) Stand-by time:13.8 days (330 hours)the average is 20 days (477 h) Capacity A battery`s capacity is the amount of electric charge it can deliver at the rated voltage. The more electrode material contained in the cell the greater its capacity. A small cell has less capacity than a larger cell with the same chemistry, although they develop the same open-circuit voltage. Capacity is measured in units such as amp-hour (A·h).:2300 mAh Type:Li - Ion A lithium-ion battery (sometimes Li-ion battery or LIB) is a member of a family of rechargeable battery types in which lithium ions move from the negative electrode to the positive electrode during discharge and back when charging. Li-ion batteries use an intercalated lithium compound as one electrode material, compared to the metallic lithium used in a non-rechargeable lithium battery. The electrolyte, which allows for ionic movement, and the two electrodes are the consistent components of a lithium-ion cell. Not user replaceable:Yes Multimedia Acer Liquid Jade S Music player: Filter by:Album, Artist, Playlists Features:Album art cover, Background playback Supported formats:MP3 Video playback Supported formats:MPEG4, H.263, H.264 Radio: FM Speakers:Earpiece, Loudspeaker YouTube player:Yes Internet browsing Acer Liquid Jade S Browser supports A web browser (commonly referred to as a browser) is a software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web.:HTML, HTML5 Built-in online services support:YouTube (upload), Picasa/Google+ Technology Acer Liquid Jade S GSM:850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz UMTS:900, 2100 MHz Data:LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 21.1 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, EDGE, GPRS Multiple SIM cards: 2 slots Global Roaming:Yes Positioning Assisted GPS (abbreviated generally as A-GPS and less commonly as aGPS) is a system that is often able to significantly improve the startup performance, or time-to-first-fix (TTFF), of a GPS satellite-based positioning system. A-GPS is extensively used with GPS-capable cellular phones, as its development was accelerated by the U.S. FCC 911 requirement to make cell phone location data available to emergency call dispatchers.: GPS, A-GPS Navigation A GPS navigation device is a device that accurately calculates geographical location by receiving information from GPS satellites. Initially it was used by the United States military, but now most receivers are in automobiles and smartphones.:Yes Phone features Acer Liquid Jade S Phonebook:Unlimited entries, Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Search by both first and last name, Picture ID, Ring ID Organizer:Calendar, Alarm, Calculator Messaging:SMS, MMS, Threaded view, Predictive text input E-mail Incoming e-mail messages are sent to an e-mail server that stores messages in the recipient`s e-mail box. The user retrieves the messages with an e-mail client that uses one of a number of e-mail retrieval protocols. Some clients and servers preferentially use vendor-specific, proprietary protocols, but most support SMTP for sending e-mail and POP and IMAP for retrieving e-mail, allowing interoperability with other servers and clients. For example, Microsoft`s Outlook client uses MAPI, a Microsoft proprietary protocol to communicate with a Microsoft Exchange Server.: IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Microsoft Exchange Instant Messaging Instant messaging (IM) is a type of online chat which offers real-time text transmission over the Internet. A LAN messenger operates in a similar way over a local area network. Short messages are typically transmitted bi-directionally between two parties, when each user chooses to complete a thought and select "send". Some IM applications can use push technology to provide real-time text, which transmits messages character by character, as they are composed. More advanced instant messaging can add file transfer, clickable hyperlinks, Voice over IP, or video chat.: Hangouts / Google Talk Connectivity Acer Liquid Jade S Bluetooth Bluetooth is a wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances (using short-wavelength UHF radio waves in the ISM band from 2.4 to 2.485 GHz) from fixed and mobile devices, and building personal area networks (PANs). Invented by telecom vendor Ericsson in 1994, it was originally conceived as a wireless alternative to RS-232 data cables. It can connect several devices, overcoming problems of synchronization.: 4.0, EDR Profiles:Advanced Audio Distribution (A2DP) Wi-Fi Wi-Fi (or WiFi) is a local area wireless technology that allows an electronic device to participate in computer networking using 2.4 GHz UHF and 5 GHz SHF ISM radio bands. The name is a trademark, and is a play on the audiophile term Hi-Fi. The Wi-Fi Alliance defines Wi-Fi as any "wireless local area network" (WLAN) products that are based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standards".: 802.11 b, g, n Mobile hotspot Mobile Hotspot - the Internet-connected mobile device can thus act as a portable wireless access point and router for devices connected to it.:Yes USB: USB 2.0 Connector:microUSB Features:Mass storage device, USB charging Headphones connector:3.5mm Charging connector:microUSB Other:Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync Other features Acer Liquid Jade S Notifications:Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone Sensors: Accelerometer, Compass Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording Availability Acer Liquid Jade S Scheduled release: 18 Dec 2014 Comments, questions and answers to Acer Liquid Jade S Ask a question about Acer Liquid Jade S Name: Question: 10+3= *Enter the sum of the two numbers.


text: 14 Drivers for Success in 2014 December 6, 2013 08:21 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Farm Journal Editors Email The learning curve in agriculture has been steep the past few years. While droughts and floods, bugs and weeds have challenged farmers' livelihood, commodity prices have been in their favor. That's all changing. Not the weather and pest part—they're here to stay. Record-high grain prices, on the other hand, are gone for now. That's welcome relief for livestock producers and cause to pause for grain farmers. "This is it; 2014 is the dip in the roller coaster we've been preparing for," says Moe Russell, Farm Journal columnist. "Working capitol will take a hit because of the value of corn, but farmers will have to mind the details to balance current assets and liabilities, along with availability of credit." In short, sharpen those pencils and keep them sharp. Most importantly, keep your wits about you and recognize that the fundamentals for agriculture are strong. In the midst of the downturn in grain prices, there's some good news. As an industry, farmers are prepared for this new normal. "Net farm income for 2013 is projected to be a record high, and at the same time, farmers' debt load is at a record low," explains Chip Flory, editor of Pro Farmer. "Our industry is ready for this changing landscape." Record-high exports and a strong trade surplus, Flory notes, are also bright spots that add strength to the industry's fundamentals. "On top of that, yields are climbing and can help offset the lower commodity prices," he says. As you look ahead to 2014, capture savings by locking in input needs sooner rather than later. Keep an eye on interest rates; they're sure to go up. Start paying attention to outside pressures on modern-day production agriculture. Flory's advice: In the midst of change, keep calm and carry on. Input Analysis There are cost savings to be realized with fertilizer, but don't shortchange your crops. Read more. Marketing Lock up a moderate profit rather than taking the risk of being forced to sell below cost. Read more. Yield Push Hybrid placement involves managing the weakness of a hybrid to maximize its potential. Read more. Tax Acumen Strike a balance with your tax liability so you don't crimp your financial situation. Read more. Succession Planning Don't focus on things. Possessions diminish when divided; values multiply when shared. Read more. Data Decisions Put precision technology to work to harvest more bushels per acre. Read more. Labor Pains Hire based on attitude, not aptitude alone, keeping the culture of your operation in mind. Read more. Crop Insurance The ability to protect your investment takes on new meaning in light of weather extremes. Read more. Policy Shifts Be on the lookout for a farm bill decision, RFS adjustments and the long arm of regulation. Read more. Margin Control Evaluate break-even points based on short- and long-term aspects. Read more. Trade Corn exports need to rebuild to pre-drought levels; soybeans need to uphold their pace. Read more. Health Care The Affordable Care Act takes health care options and costs to a whole new level. Read more. Grain Storage Everything done now to maintain grain quality buys more time in storage. Read more. Safety Create a detailed map of your farmstead and share it with local emergency personnel. Read more. Back to news


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|My Dad & Aunt Carole ca.1942
While visiting family in San Antonio when I was younger, I think my dad asked that question just to hear our groans. We really didn't have a choice in the matter. We were going and we were gonna start with the house he was born in. Just like every other single time. And the tour wasn't just of the houses my dad grew up in either. [Of course not.] It included his high school; his junior high; his hang-outs; where he used to drag race [In the dark. With no headlights.]; where he and mom used to go on dates; where he ran the Air Force guy off the road to tell him that *he* [my dad] was her boyfriend & that she wasn't available for dates anymore [I'm sure he was very polite about that. *snort*]; etc.
A quick glance at the calendar reminds me that March 12th is the 7th anniversary of his death, and it's approaching quickly. Perhaps that's why he's crept into my thoughts.
Did you know he was the reason I got into genealogy in the first place? He was.
I remember my senior year in high school and working on my genealogy school project. And I remember him asking me to "do" our genealogy. That he only knew a few things about his dad, Big Paw Paw. And that he wanted to know more.
At the time, I found it strange that he wanted to know more about a man who had been mean to him. A man who had never shown him love or kindness.
I didn't realize how important it was to him, and at the time, I didn't pursue our family's history other than what my Gran and my Paw Paw shared with me. Our stories. I was too busy living in the "now" to look up some guy from the past no one liked.
Then "life" happened, as it tends to do. Dad's health problems rotated between battling heart attacks and kidney cancer [renal cell carcinoma], and the battles would continue for the rest of his life. In between all that, my younger brother was diagnosed with a rare mitochondrial genetic disorder, and then passed away a year and a half later. I married, and began having my children. Additionally throughout the years, my mom's mom, my Gran, died; my mom's brother-in-law, my Uncle Lloyd, died [He's a character with some stories.]; my dad's mom, my Paw Paw, died; my mother-in-law died from breast cancer; and then my dad died.
Like I said, "life happened."
And then one day, "life" got me to thinking about my dad's original request. I remembered those few details that my dad had told me about Big Paw Paw. And, well, I started looking. I chronicled that rough & rocky rookie family history journey here. [It's not pretty, and, um, it's in 6 parts. So grab some coffee and donuts and get comfy before reading.]
I wish I'd started researching our family's history when he was alive. I wish he was here doing it with me. My dad loved researching on the internet, loved history, and loved technology. He would've loved genealogy.
But like mom always used to say when I was younger, "If wishes were horses, Caroline, beggars could ride."
*Sigh.* She's right, as usual.
So, I plug along.
Chronicling my ancestors' lives.
But I must be a "beggar" at heart. 'Cause I still keep wishing for my dad to come riding in on a horse to give me one of his dang "All the Houses I Grew Up In" tours.


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This is the easiest pillow cover ever. No measuring! No sewing! Just fold and tie. You need a piece of fabric 3 times as wide plus a few more inches and twice as tall plus a few more inches as the pillow. Place the pillow in the center, on the wrong side of the fabric.
I used pinking shears to cut the fabric so it wouldn't fray. Start by folding the bottom half of the fabric to the center of the pillow.
Then fold the top down to the center.
Fold both ends like the picture. Sorry, I don't know how to explain it.
Bring one side over the top of the pillow.
Then the other side.
Now tie the ends in a square knot. To tie a square knot you take the fabric over-under then under-over.
Ta-Da! Hey, I don't sew much and this is the perfect no-sew solution.
I love the knot.
And it looks great on the loveseat.
It even looks great on the back if I want to switch sides.
I'm linking to these awesome blog parties:
Air Your Laundry Friday at Freckled Laundry
Tutorial Tuesday at Hope Studios
Tip Me Tuesday at Tip Junkie
Get Your Craft On at Today's Creative Blog
Show Me What Ya Got at Not Just a Housewife
Tutorials and Tips Tuesday at The Stories of A2Z
Whatever Goes Wednesday at Someday Crafts
Transformation Thursday at The Shabby Chic Cottage
Hookin Up With HOH at House of Hepworths
How To's Day at The Lettered Cottage
Point of View Pillow Link Party at Gwenny Penny


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Faculty Handbook
Inventory/Property Policies and Procedures
The care and safeguarding of all Western Connecticut State University property is the responsibility of every member of the University. The following policies are mandated by the State and administered by WCSU's Property Management Office.
Inventory that is tagged with a bar-coded inventory label is maintained on The University's inventory system. Departments are responsible for the property that is assigned to that department. Departments are required to report any changes of location in property in their department, including artwork. It is recommended that a department liaison be established to provide a point of contact for the Property Management Office.
A full physical inventory of the University will be performed at least once per year. The results of the inventory will be reconciled at the department level and reported to the offices of the President and Vice President, State Comptroller and the Auditors of Public Accounts.
Disposal of Surplus Property, Obsolete/nonfunctional equipment
The disposal of surplus property must be authorized by the property control office and be properly recorded in the inventory system.
The Property Management Office will arrange all disposal options for equipment that is no longer of use to departments.
Please submit and request in writing or via e-mail to the Property Management Office indicating barcode number and description of the item to be removed from your department and Reason for removal. The department head will be issued a Request for Disposition Form to be signed and returned to the Property Management Office before property can be removed from the department.
Used office furniture and some other surplus items may be requested through the Property Management Office.
Theft, Vandalism or Damage of Property/Funds
The Department Head, loan holder or department property liaison shall report all lost or damaged property immediately to the University Police and Property Management.
Relocation of Property/Equipment
The relocation or transfer of property must be reported to the Property Management Office via interdepartmental mail or e-mail. This must include barcode number and description of the item. If no barcode is found a serial number must be recorded.
To a different building/room--list the new building/room location. To a different department--list new department, building and room.
RELOCATION, TRADE-INS AND RETURNS OF PROPERTY/equipment under warranty etc.
The relocation or transfer of property must be reported to the Property Management Office via interdepartmental mail or e-mail. This must include barcode number and description of the item. If no barcode is found a serial number must be recorded.
To a different building/room--list the new building/room location. To a different department--list new department, building and room.
When property is traded in, returned or replaced by a vendor, both the purchasing department and Property Management Office must be notified. Included in the notification must be barcode, description and purchase order number.
Report changes immediately so property records can be updated to meet
State Requirements
Equipment on Loan Policy
Equipment owned by the State may be removed from its assigned location only with prior written permission from the appropriate agency head. State equipment is not intended to be used for personal reasons. Loan permission is to be granted only in order to conduct State business.
The equipment may be loaned if the agency head is convinced that the removal of such equipment will not:
It is necessary to have control over equipment that leaves State premises. An individual who has been authorized to use State equipment on loan must sign the "Record of Equipment on Loan Form"--WCSU-EOL-1. The individual will be responsible for theft or other cause and/or any damage to the equipment. They will provide due care and security for the equipment until it is returned to the agency. In the event of a theft, it must be reported immediately to The Police Department and Property Management Office. It will be necessary to provide a Police report to Property Management Office.
The WCSU EOL-1 form must be completed in triplicate. One copy is retained by the department loaning the equipment, one copy is to be sent to the Property Management Office and the final copy should be given to the individual authorized to use the equipment.
Equipment on Loan forms must be renewed no more than one year from date of issue or the equipment must be returned to the loaning department. It is WCSU policy that all laptops issued to faculty and staff have an Equipment on Loan form issued for it.
Property management along with the issuing department should maintain a log book to hold the forms. If the equipment has not been returned/renewed by the expected date indicated, procedures shall include making direct contact by letter or phone on a weekly basis with the individual until the equipment is returned. Equipment should not be loaned for extended periods of time and all equipment should be returned to the agency during the annual physical inventory.
For questions, please contact Kevin Koschel, Property Manager at 7-3933.
To obtain Property and Inventory Forms referenced please contact The Property Management Office or visit http://www.wcsu.edu/propertymg for forms and more information.
Revised July, 2002
Updated July, 2008
Updated June, 2013


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Hello all-
My brain is misfiring and I need to ask for some advice. We are conducting on audit on some HP-UX 11.i servers and found one server, deemed a public ftp server, to have anoymous ftp. But we also found that the admins have enabled shadowed passwords. Now my first thought is that they need to disable ftp post-haste, but am I wrong on this? Can /etc/shadow be compromised and lead to the compromise of /etc/passwd? I think so, but again my brain is misfiring right now.
Also - as stated before, I believe they should have ftp turned off, even if they have imposed disk quota limits and move to ssh. The reason I ask this is because... they do not have ssh deployed everywhere and I have preached til I was coarse - so I was looking for some advice there as well.
Thanks in advance.


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UH Manoa Faculty Member Ben Brooks Receives Fulbright Scholar AwardUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Dr. Ben Brooks
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Dr. Benjamin A. Brooks, Assistant Researcher at the Pacific GPS Facility within the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology at the University of Hawaii, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and do research at Universidad Nacional de Cujo, Mendoza, Argentina during the 2003-2004 academic year, according to the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Dr. Brooks will be installing a GPS (Global Positioning System) network in and around Mendoza city, train local scientists on the use and applications of the network, and conduct research to improve the understanding of the earthquake generating process.
Dr. Brooks is one of approximately 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad to some 140 countries for the 2003-2004 academic year through the Fulbright Scholar Program. Established in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the program's purpose is to build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries.
The Fulbright Program, America's flagship international educational exchange activity, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Over its 57 years of existence, thousands of U.S. faculty and professionals have studied, taught or done research abroad, and thousands of their counterparts from other countries have engaged in similar activities in the U.S. They are among more than 250,000 American and foreign university students, K-12 teachers, and university faculty and professionals who have participated in one of the several Fulbright exchange programs.
Recipients of Fulbright Scholar awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement and because they have demonstrated extraordinary leadership potential in their fields. Among thousands of prominent Fulbright Scholar alumni are Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize-winning economist; Alan Leshner, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet; and Craig Barrett, CEO of Intel Corporation.
For more information about the Fulbright Scholar Program, please contact Kirsten Bermingham, communications specialist, Council for International Exchange of Scholars. Telephone: 202.686.7869; Email: email@example.com; Web site: www.cies.org
For more information, visit: http://www.cies.org


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Indiana Court of Appeals Hears Oral Argumentsby Kim Johnson • February 26, 2008 Share:
The Indiana Court of Appeals returned to Wabash College Tuesday for a hearing on a case stemming from a breach of patient confidentiality.
The three-judge panel consisted of the Hon. Patricia A. Riley, James S. Kirsch, and Melissa S. May. Riley began by explaining to the audience of students, faculty, staff, and community members that they would be hearing oral arguments just as if they were at the State House in Indianapolis. Each of the parties was allowed 30 minutes for their arguments.
After oral arguments were complete, the judges and attorneys opened the floor for questions. Many of the questions centered around the amount of reading and writing required of the judges.
May said the reading is "extensive". "We write about 150 opinions a year and vote on another 300. Organization is key, as well as prioritizing the cases."
Each of the judges has three law clerks working for him or her. Kirsch explained as busy as he is, he does little writing but does more editing. "Every case is decided by a written opinion." He also explained that the Indiana Court of Appeals is one of a few courts in the country that still decides every case by written opinion.
"It brings discipline to the decision making process. It is possible to think well and not write well but it is impossible to write well and not think well."
Junior Jay Horrey was one of the approximately 50 people in attendance. He was there as part of his Law and Economics course. Although it was his second time to attend the Court of Appeals at Wabash, he said it was a great way to "learn about the court system in Indiana, not just about the Court of Appeals, especially for someone wanting to practice law in Indiana.
The Court of Appeals travels around the state to law schools, colleges, high schools, and county courthouses in an effort to help Hoosiers learn about the judicial branch. This was the 203rd case of the Court of Appeals "Appeals on Wheels" since the program began in early 2000.
Photo above: The Honorable Patricia A. Riley (foreground) answers questions after the oral arguments along with the Honorable Melissa S. May (background) and the Honorable James S. Kirsch (not pictured).


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Teak (/tik/) is a tropical hardwood tree of species Tectona grandis. The species is placed in the family Lamiaceae. Tectona grandis is a large, deciduous tree that is dominant in mixed hardwood forests. It has small, fragrant white flowers and papery leaves that are often hairy on the lower surface. It is sometimes known as the "Burmese Teak ( မြန်မာ့ကျွန်း )". Teak wood has a leather-like smell when it is freshly milled. Teak timber is particularly valued for its durability and water resistance, and is used for boat building, exterior construction, veneer, furniture, carving, turnings, and other small wood projects.[1] Tectona grandis is native to south and southeast Asia, mainly India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Burma, but is naturalized and cultivated in many countries in Africa and the Caribbean. Burma accounts for nearly one third of the world's total teak production.[citation needed]
The word teak comes from Tamil "tekku" (தேக்கு), Malayalam word thekku (തേക്കു്) via the Portuguese teca.[2]
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- heartwood is brownish red in color. It darkens as it ages. Sometimes there are dark patches on it. There is a strange scent in newly cut wood.
- sapwood is whitish to pale yellowish brown in color. It can easily separate from heartwood.
- wood texture is hard and ring porous.
- density is 720 kg/meter cube.
Distribution and habitat
Tectona grandis is one of three species in the genus Tectona. The other two species, T. hamiltoniana and T. philippinensis, are endemics with relatively small native distributions in Myanmar and the Philippines, respectively.[6] Tectona grandis is native to India, Indonesia, Myanmar, northern Thailand, and northwestern Laos.[3][4]
Tectona grandis is found in a variety of habitats and climatic conditions from arid areas with only 500 mm of rain per year to very moist forests with up to 5,000 mm of rain per year. Typically, though, the annual rainfall in areas where teak grows averages 1,250-1,650 mm with a 3-5 month dry season.[7]
Botanical history
Tectona grandis was first formally described by Carl Linnaeus the Younger in his 1782 work Supplementum Plantarum.[8] In 1975, Harold Norman Moldenke published new descriptions of four forms of this species in the journal Phytologia. Moldenke described each form as varying slightly from the type specimen: T. grandis f. canescens is distinguished from the type material by being densely canescent, or covered in hairs, on the underside of the leaf, T. grandis f. pilosula is distinct from the type material in the varying morphology of the leaf veins, T. grandis f. punctata is only hairy on the larger veins on the underside of the leaf, and T. grandis f. tomentella is noted for its dense yellowish tomentose hairs on the lower surface of the leaf.[9]
Teak's natural oils make it useful in exposed locations, and make the timber termite and pest resistant. Teak is durable even when not treated with oil or varnish. Timber cut from old teak trees was once believed to be more durable and harder than plantation grown teak. Studies have shown that plantation teak performs on par with old-growth teak in erosion rate, dimensional stability, warping, and surface checking, but is more susceptible to color change from UV exposure.[10]
The vast majority of commercially harvested teak is grown on teak plantations found in Indonesia and controlled by Perum Perhutani (a state owned forest enterprise) that manages the country's forests. The primary use of teak harvested in Indonesia is in the production of outdoor teak furniture for export. Nilambur in Kerala, India is also a major producer of Teak of fine quality, holds the world's oldest Teak plantation.
Teak consumption raises a number of environmental concerns, such as the disappearance of rare old-growth teak. However, its popularity has led to growth in sustainable plantation teak production throughout the seasonally dry tropics in forestry plantations. The Forest Stewardship Council offers certification of sustainably grown and harvested teak products. Propagation of teak via tissue culture for plantation purposes is commercially viable.[11]
Teak plantations were widely established in Equatorial Africa during the Colonial era. These timber resources, as well as the oil reserves, are at the heart of the current (2014) South Sudanese conflict.[12][13]
Much of the world's teak is exported by Indonesia and Myanmar. There is also a rapidly growing plantation grown market in Central America (Costa Rica) and South America.
Hyblaea puera, a moth native to southeast Asia, is a teak pest whose caterpillar feeds on teak and other species of trees common in the region.[14]
Teak is a yellowish brown timber with good grain and texture. Teak, though easily worked, can cause severe blunting on edged tools because of the presence of silica in the wood. Teak is often an effective material for the construction of both indoor and outdoor furniture. Teak's high oil content, high tensile strength and tight grain makes it particularly suitable for outdoor furniture applications. Over time teak can mature to a silvery-grey finish, especially when exposed to sunlight.[15] It is used in the manufacture of outdoor furniture, boat decks, and other articles where weather resistance is desired. It is also used for cutting boards, indoor flooring, countertops and as a veneer for indoor furnishings. Teak is used extensively in India to make doors and window frames, furniture, and columns and beams in old type houses. It is very resistant to termite attacks. Mature teak fetches a very good price. It is grown extensively by forest departments of different states in forest areas.
Leaves of the teak wood tree are used in making Pellakai gatti (jackfruit dumpling), where batter is poured into a teak leaf and is steamed.[16] This type of usage is found in the coastal district of Udupi in the Tulunadu region in South India. The leaves are also used in gudeg, a dish of young jackfruit made in Central Java, Indonesia, and give the dish its dark brown color.
Teak is used as a food plant by the larvae of moths of the genus Endoclita including E. aroura, E. chalybeatus, E. damor, E. gmelina, E. malabaricus, E. sericeus and E. signifer and other Lepidoptera including Turnip Moth.
Uses in boatbuilding
Teak has been used as a boatbuilding material for over 2000 years (it was found in an archaeological dig in Berenike a port on the Indian Roman trade [17]). In addition to relatively high strength, teak is also highly resistant to rot, fungi and mildew. In addition, teak has a relatively low shrinkage ratio, which makes it excellent for applications where it undergoes periodic changes in moisture. Teak has the unusual properties of being both an excellent structural timber for framing, planking, etc., while at the same time being easily worked, unlike some other similar woods such as purpleheart, and finished to a high degree. For this reason, it is also prized for the trim work on boat interiors. Due to the oily nature of the wood, care must be taken to properly prepare the wood before gluing.
When used on boats, teak is also very flexible in the finishes that may be applied. One option is to use no finish at all, in which case the wood will naturally weather to a pleasing silver-grey. The wood may also be oiled with a finishing agent such as linseed or tung oil. This results in a pleasant, somewhat bland finish. Finally, teak may also be varnished for a deep, lustrous glow.
Teak is also used extensively in boat decks, as it is extremely durable and requires very little maintenance. The teak tends to wear in to the softer 'summer' growth bands first, forming a natural 'non-slip' surface. Any sanding is therefore only damaging. Use of modern cleaning compounds, oils or preservatives will shorten the life of the teak, as it contains natural teak-oil a very small distance below the white surface. Wooden boat experts will only wash the teak with salt water, and re-caulk when needed. This cleans the deck, and prevents it from drying out and the wood shrinking. The salt helps it absorb and retain moisture, and prevents any mildew and algal growth. People with poor knowledge often over-maintain the teak, and drastically shorten its life.
Alternatives to teak
Due to the increasing cost of teak, various alternatives have been employed. These include purpleheart, iroko, and angelique.
Teak is propagated mainly from seeds. Germination of the seeds involves pretreatment to remove dormancy arising from the thick pericarp. Pretreatment involves alternate wetting and drying of the seed. The seeds are soaked in water for 12 hours and then spread to dry in the sun for 12 hours. This is repeated for 10–14 days and then the seeds are sown in shallow germination beds of coarse peat covered by sand. The seeds then germinate after 15 to 30 days.[18][19]
Clonal propagation of teak has been successfully done through grafting, rooted stem cuttings and micro propagation. While bud grafting on to seedling root stock has been the method used for establishing clonal seed orchards that enables assemblage of clones of the superior trees to encourage crossing, rooted stem cuttings and micro propagated plants are being increasingly used around the world for raising clonal plantations.[citation needed]
The oldest and biggest teak in the world
The oldest and biggest teak in the world is in Uttaradit Province, Thailand. It is more than 1,500 years old. The tree is 47 metres tall, and the circumference of the trunk is 10.23 metres.[citation needed]
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- ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=teak
- ^ a b c Tectona grandis. Flora of China 17: 16. Accessed online: 17 December 2010.
- ^ a b c Tangmitcharoen, S. and J. N. Owens. 1996. Floral biology, pollination, pistil receptivity, and pollen tube growth of teak (Tectona grandis Linn f.). Annals of Botany, 79(3): 227-241. doi:10.1006/anbo.1996.0317
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- ^ Williams, R. Sam; Miller, Regis (2001). "Characteristics of Ten Tropical Hardwoods from Certified Forests in Bolivia" (PDF). Wood and Fiber Science 33 (4). pp. 618–626.
- ^ TimberPlus Blog - Characteristics and Properties of Teak
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- ^ http://elmawood.com/
- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don (2007-09-06). "Hyblaea puera". University of Technology, Sydney. Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2008-03-12.
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- ^ Steven E. Sidebotham, Berenike and the Ancient Maritime Spice Route, Univ. of California Press, 2011.
- ^ Kadambi, K. (1972). Silviculture and management of Teak. Bulletin 24 School of Forestry, Stephen F. Austin State University Nacogdoches, Texas
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External links
- Tectona grandis in West African plants – A Photo Guide.
- U.S. Forest Products Lab: USDA Forest Service
- About Teak_Big Lands Brazil Forestry
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Oct. 13, 2008
NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA - University of Massachusetts Boston women's soccer player Taylor Massmann (Kingston, MA) has been named Little East Conference and Eastern College Athletic Conference New England Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week for her play during the week of October 6-12, it was announced today by the conferences. The award marks the third time this season that a Beacons' women's soccer player has been named the LEC's top defender after senior Katherine Wall (Arlington, MA) was named for the week of September 15-21 and sophomore Lauren Vargas (Rochester, MA) was selected as the defensive player of the week for September 29 to October 5.
Massmann tallied four points on the week with a goal and two assists in three matches. The defender netted her first career goal and added an assist in UMass Boston's 7-1 victory at Newbury College on October 7 and assisted on her second goal of the week in the Beacons' 6-0 win at Wheelock College on October 9. When she wasn't contributing to the offense, the freshman was helping the defense hold opponents to a 1.33 goals against average, including the team's third shutout of the campaign vs. Wheelock.
The Silver Lake Regional High School product has started three of 12 matches that she's played in during her first collegiate season, while registering five points on a goal and three assists. She currently ranks fifth in the conference in total assists and is tied for second on the team.
The Beacons are currently 5-6-1 on the season, including a 2-1-1 mark in Little East Conference play to place them fourth in the LEC standings. UMass Boston will be in action again on October 14 when it travels to nearby Emerson College for a 6:00 p.m. match.


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Nestled among all of the announcements today was a newly-designed Smart Cover for the iPad mini. They'll be available for $39 at launch in pink, green, blue, light gray, dark gray and (PRODUCT) RED. The only real difference with the original Smart Cover is that it's ditching the aluminum hinge and has a full wrap-around of the polyurethane fabric instead.
Here are a few shots from the demo video on Apple's iPad mini site. Any takers? Do you guys use the current Smart Covers, or are there third-party covers or cases that you prefer?


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The Mets will attempt to lick their wounds from losing two of three to the Yankees when they open a three-game series tonight at Wrigley Field, still a charm after all these years.
Built in 1912, the same year as Fenway Park, Wrigley Field remains a captivating place. It's not an easy venue for a writer to work, but that's our problem. It's also not a comfortable place for players with small clubhouses and a cramped dugout.
For the visitors to get to the dugout, they must walk down a couple of flights of stairs and then weave their way through several halls (you could call them tunnels), the last two usually stank and wet.
But, the old time charm is what makes it worthwhile. The ivy on the brick walls, the rooftop seats across the street (a windfall for the building owners and the Cubs), the manually operated scoreboard in center field. All that takes us to a different time.
When you look past the center field bleachers you can see downtown Chicago. But, in that park you've escaped the hustle of today to a quieter, gentler time.
The seating for the fans is cramped and often obstructed, but Wrigley Field is still a tradition baseball and the Cubs are not willing to sacrifice. It's been said in most years if you traded the Cubs roster for the White Sox roster there likely wouldn't be a dramatic shift in attendance or fan support, because the real star is Wrigley Field.
(This year the Sox are significantly better, so that theory might not apply. But, we're talking years when the teams have roughly the same record).
The fans are closer to the field than most parks (Fenway is the same), which generates a different feel and ambience. It's like you're a part of something. When a 10-year old can actually exchange a hello from a player during the game, that's special.
In a concession to today's economic realities of television advertising, the Cubs are playing more night games than ever. Although it has been decades since their last World Series appearance (they last came close in 2003 and would have made it had it not been for Steve Bartman), they have had playoff teams so it's not an impossible concept.
Even without the luxury boxes other teams deem vital for their survival, the Cubs plod along. Once owned by the chewing gum company and later the syndicate that owns the Chicago Tribune, and now owned by the family trust of billionaire Joe Ricketts, the money is there to spend if they truly wanted.
They don't jump into the deep end of the salary pool because the main attraction is an ancient stadium that is always filled, so what incentive do the Cubs have to spend more?
They build it and the people came, and they are still coming.


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Skinning in the framework can be done more than one way. We will show how to use two skins called "html" and "wml", and we'll be working with the following directory structure:
/WEB-INF /web.xml /html /index.jsp /Register.jsp /wml /index.jsp /Register.jsp /index.jsp
Classic Approach
Simply place all actions in the default namespace so that they are accessible from any URL path. When you create your views, place them in the sub-directory that corresponds with the skin's identifier.
Your action configuration would look like this (simplified, without defined interceptors):
<package name="default"> <action name="registration" class="x.actionset.Register"> <result name="success" type="dispatcher"> <param name="location">Register.jsp</param> </result> <interceptor-ref name="defaultStack"/> </action> </package>
If a user requested http://yoursite/html/register.action, he would see the JSP located at /html/Register.jsp.
Namespace Defined
If you require the use of namespaces, you can do the following:
Simplified configuration example:
<package name="user" extends="default"> <action name="register" class="x.x.actionset.Register"> <result name="success" type="dispatcher"> <param name="location">Register.jsp</param> </result> <interceptor-ref name="defaultStack"/> </action> </package> <package name="user-html" extends="user" namespace="/user/html" /> <package name="user-wml" extends="user" namespace="/user/wml" />
The last two package definitions extend the first package, changing only the namespace. The view result defined in the "register" action has a relative path. Because of this, you'll get the same behavior as the Classic Approach, but with the security of knowing that ONLY those two paths can be accessed for the action, instead of ANY path.


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Shortly before we left Peru, t'antawawas began to appear in outdoor markets and bakeries around the city of Cuzco. Wawas are Andean bread figures that usually resemble swaddled infants. Companion breads shaped like ladders (so the souls of the dead can climb up to heaven), stars, crosses, or angels with wings to help children and babies to rise to heaven were also available . The breads are made from a sweet brioche-like dough and they are an important part of family rituals that are associated with All Souls and All Saints Days in Peru. On Novemeber 1 (Día de los Muertos), native customs mix with religious beliefs and some families visit cemeteries carrying a feast for the dead that includes the wawas, tamales and roast pig.. There is a belief that the dead will return to earth if they see they are being remembered by their families and friends. A picnic, with a place set for the dead, is held at the grave site in the hope of enticing the dead to return. Celebrations in areas outside of major cities are even more tied to superstitution and can be quite festive because some Andean villagers believe the dead will rise from their graves at midnight to join in the feast. While city dwellers are less enthusiastic, they, too, visit the cemeteries and leave small offerings for their dead. Bob and I were not able to extend our visit to observe the ritual, so I'm truly grateful to Stuart Starrs at en Peru for giving me permission to use the cemetery photos you see in today's post. I'm including a recipe for t'antawawas that those of you who love to bake might want to try. The recipe was developed by Marion Blazes and it can be found at About.com - South American Foods. Here's how the bread babies are made.
T'antawawas - Andean Bread Babies...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Marion Blazes and About.com South American Foods
2-1/2 cups all purpose flour
1-1/2 cups bread flour
2/3 cups sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/3 cup water
1/4 cup milk
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon powdered yeast
1 egg yolk
raisins and sesame seeds for decoration
1) Add flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon, and cloves to bowl of a standing mixer and mix briefly. Make a small well in center of flour, and add water, milk, egg, butter, shortening, vanilla, and yeast. Knead, using dough hook attachment, for 5 to 10 minutes, until dough is smooth and elastic and does not stick to side of bowl. If dough appears dry or crumbly, add water, a teaspoon at a time, and knead until it's smooth. If the dough appears sticky, add small amounts of flour and knead, until dough is smooth and elastic. Place dough in an oiled bowl and let it rise in a warm place for 1-1/2 to 2 hours (or overnight in the refrigerator).
2) Divide dough into four parts and shape each portion into a ball. Roll balls of dough on the countertop until they are smooth. Let dough rest for 10 minutes. To shape dough: Pinch a small part of ball of dough and shape it into a head (it should stay attached to the bigger piece). Press dough onto a cookie sheet, flattening and shaping it as you go, so that it resembles a large circle topped with a small circle. Press a small round cookie cutter into the smaller circle of dough, to make the outline of the "face". Using scissors, snip pieces of dough partially off of body, stretching and curling them decoratively, and press them back down into dough. Using a skewer, poke two holes for eyes and fill each one with half of a raisin. Let dough rise for 30 minutes to an hour. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix egg yolk with 1 tablespoon of water and paint breads with the egg wash - on the body and lightly around the face. Sprinkle with sesame seeds if desired. Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden brown. Let cool and serve. Makes 4 small wawas.


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I'm not sure how much of a problem this is or if it's a problem at all - I've found some great information online but was wondering if there's anything else I could do about it... basically, my son nurses easily and quickly in the morning, and seems to be satisfied very easily (of course, at that time of day I'm generally very full and letdowns are fast and forceful so he probably barely needs to do anything). But as it gets later in the day, he starts wanting to eat much more frequently, but can alternately be fussy or falling asleep at the breast, and will literally do what I've dubbed the "feedathon" from about 5:30 pm until bedtime (9)
He's about 11 weeks, and to complicate matters I returned to work this week - I am pumping somewhat successfully (waiting on some different sized parts which I think will make it all more comfortable and efficient), and he's now getting bottled milk during the day. He's also sleeping through the night, and to keep supply up I've been getting up for a pumping session in the middle of the night (then again very early in the morning before I go to work). As I'm getting about 4 oz with each pumping I assume my supply is probably more than fine and the stuff at night is just related to slow flow, or it's just his pattern to ramp up his eating as he approaches night-time.
I've started doing compressions during these evening feedings based on info from kellymom and the Jack Newman site, and there seems to be some improvement (he's staying awake longer during feedings at night and going a little longer in between - maybe 30-40 minutes instead of showing hunger cues 15-20 minutes later). Is there anything else I should consider or should I just accept that this is just how it is right now?
I'm not super-stressed out about the feedings themselves (I LOVE snuggling on the couch with him!), but it does tire me out and make nights a little more hectic, as I have trouble getting things ready for the next day (pump parts washed, bottles washed and set up for the next day, any baby laundry that needs doing, etc) until after he goes to sleep, and since I'm up at 4:30 for work I'm starting to get sleep deprived. I feel like if I could offer him a more satisfying session I'd at least get some of this stuff done a bit earlier so I could get more sleep at night.
Any ideas? Sorry about the long windedness, I ramble when I'm sleepy.


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George Leing, chairman of the Boulder County Republicans, today announced he will run this year for Colorado's 2nd Congressional District seat, which currently is held by Rep. Jared Polis, D-Boulder.
In his campaign announcement, Leing, a lawyer in the finance and energy fields, is critical of Polis for "advocating for a more overreaching and bigger government," and for claiming that President Barack Obama's "government overtake of health care wasn't big enough."
"Obamacare is but one example that the congressman is out of touch with his constituents and that there is an urgent need for new leaders and better thinking in Washington," Leing said in a prepared statement. "I am entering this race to ensure that our voices are heard in the U.S. House of Representatives."
Leing's campaign website can be found at georgeleing.com.


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Explore Hooker's Letters
Insights from Science Historian Dr Jim Endersby
Why was Hooker in India? Where did he go? What did he collect? And what did he have to say about it all in his letters? Joseph Hooker authority Dr Jim Endersby explains how Hooker's Indian expedition (1847-1851) resulted in seminal botanical publications and contributed to his groundbreaking theories on plant distribution.
On 24 June 1849 Joseph Hooker wrote to his friend Charles Darwin from a camp high in the Sikkim Himalaya. Hooker described the blaze of Rhododendron flowers and the vivid jungle colours, that proclaimed. Around him were dozens of unfamiliar species, all 'asking me the vexed question, where do we come from?'
Read Dr Jim Endersby's essay, Joseph Hooker and India
Himalayan Footage from the Hooker Documentary Project
Peter Donaldson and Jupe productions have kindly shared some exclusive clips from their fascinating documentary film project about Joseph Hooker. Six years in the making, the documentaries retrace Joseph Hooker's ground breaking explorations in the Himalayas, the Antarctic, Morocco and the USA. Using Hooker's notebooks and sketches from Kew's archives Peter was able to follow exactly in Hooker's footsteps. Some of these areas in the Himalayas have probably never been filmed before.
The first clip sees Peter Donaldson in the stunning scenery of Choonjerma mountain pass, looking out on the same view as Hooker did over 150 years ago. Peter describes how his research led to him finding the first western sketch of Mount Everest; penned by Hooker eight years before it was officially measured and named.
Watch Finding the First Sketch of Mount Everest - Joseph Hooker for Kew from Peter Donaldson on Vimeo
In this second clip the expedition reaches the Tibetan border, unattended apart from the occasional yak caravan crossing from Tibet, and exactly as it was in Hooker's day. But in some ways the Himalayan landscape has changed markedly and much of it is due to a warming climate. In this second clip Peter Donaldson shows how glaciers near Kanglachen Pass in the Himalayas have receded since 1848.
Watch Glacier Recession in the Himalayas - Joseph Hooker for Kew from Peter Donaldson on Vimeo
Plagued by leeches and clad in perpetually damp tweed, Joseph Hooker survived the dangers of plant hunting in the Himalayas. Toby Musgrave compares the conditions of Hooker's journey with his own travels through Sikkim.
When Joseph Hooker sat gazing at Kanchendzonga - the world's third-highest peak - from a Darjeeling bungalow in July 1848, did he feel the same emotion as 20th-century space pioneers? Hooker was about to depart into unmapped territory, Unknown to Europeans (he made the first map of Sikkim after his 1848-1849 expedition.) Today, whatever the destination there will be a map of the area, or at the very least a satellite photograph of it. Indeed, my map of the area was deemed a security risk by the Indian Army and temporarily confiscated. Hooker went on many plant hunting expeditions, before he became Kew's second Director. His Himalayan expedition is known for the plants he noted and collected, particularly Rhododendon species, and for the journal he kept. Every evening after dinner, Hooker sat 'cross-legged on the bed...my face scorching, and my back freezing...smoked a cigar, and write up journal...by the light of the fire". We (my brother Will and friends Chris Gardner and Paul Davis) consulted Hooker's Himalayan Journals when planning our route, and each evening we read what Hooker next encountered, before writing our own accounts...