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Chair Twomey will call the meeting to order.
Chair Twomey will address the committee and ask for approval of the minutes from the Finance and Audit Committee's May 17, 2007 meeting.
Proposed Action: Approval. Motion and second required.
Chair Twomey will address those in attendance and offer opportunity for open comments.
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In response to the recent veto of an in-state undergraduate tuition increase and in keeping with the Board of Trustees' authority to (a) raise out-of-state and graduate tuition, (b) set differential tuition for certain graduate programs, and (c) establish a differential tuition rate for students from states contiguous to our service region, the University proposes the attached tuition and matriculations fees for 2007-2008.
Vice President Shuman will address the committee and present the schedule of tuition and fees.
The purpose of this item is to present proposed amendments to the 2007 – 2008 tuition and fee regulations. In accordance with the Board of Governors Regulation Development Procedures, the tuition and fee regulations will be promulgated as Emergency regulations. Emergency promulgation is being undertaken in order to protect public interest and ensure the amended rates and fees are in full force and effect for 2007 – 2008 academic calendar. Once the full Board of Trustees has voted to adopt the select regulations (tuition and fee regulations) as emergency regulations, they will become effective immediately and will remain in effect for 90 days. The select regulations will be promulgated simultaneously as non-emergency regulations and submitted to the Board of Governors for final approval. The Board of Governors will have up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the select regulations.
Approval required, with the express delegation of authority to the President to revise in accordance with any future BOG directives, in consultation with the Chair.
Vice President Shuman will address the Board and present the tuition and fees regulations.
Each university board of trustees is required to approve the university budget prior to submission to the Florida Board of Governors and the Florida Legislature. The Finance and Audit Committee held open workshops on the attached budget proposal and is seeking a recommendation for approval to the Board of Trustees.
Vice President Shuman will address the committee and present UNF's budget.
The Board of Trustees is charged with approving and submitting the PECO plan for the University in consultation with the President. The attached schedule shows UNF's proposed PECO submissions. Each of the items included in this proposed request is consistent with the University's strategic plan.
Vice President Shuman will address the committee and present the PECO submissions.
According to Florida Statutes, the Board of Trustees shall, each year, adopt a capital outlay budget for the upcoming year in order that the University's capital outlay needs may be well understood by the public.
This plan shall designate the proposed capital outlay expenditures by project from all fund sources. Attached is the Annual Capital Outlay Budget for Fiscal Year 2007-2008.
Vice President Shuman will address the committee and present the Annual Capital Outlay Plan.
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Beta blockers, a venerable class of blood pressure drugs that has fallen from favor in recent years, may help protect the aging brain against changes linked to Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia that rob memory and mental function, new research indicates.
In autopsies on the brains of 774 men after their deaths, scientists found that those who took beta blockers to help control hypertension had fewer of the brain lesions and less of the brain shrinkage seen in Alzheimer's than men who took other types of blood pressure medications and those who left the condition untreated. Their brains also showed significantly less evidence of multiple tiny strokes, called microinfarcts.
A parallel study showed that an expanded group of men who took beta blockers also experienced less cognitive decline as they aged compared with those in the control groups.
The research, to be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's annual meeting in March but released to the media on Monday, is preliminary; of the 774 Japanese American men who agreed to have their brains examined after death, 610 had suffered from high blood pressure and only 40 had taken beta blockers.

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This morning I first found marriage records for a member of the AFC mailing list who was at a brick wall not knowing who the names of her ggreatgrandmother. She can now move forward. Christmas miracle #1.
Then I found a marriage record for another individual who had contacted me for help because he had been told that his grandfather was not born in the city he had always been told and believed he had. The marriage record clearly states his place of birth as Lynn, Massachusetts but the spelling of his name was incorrect in the record. His surname was Meunier - the clerk spelled it Munier - so now that we know this, the individual will go once more to request his grandfather's birth certificate. He should have no difficulty obtaining one now. Christmas miracle #2.
Lastly, I found the marriage record of one of my father's sisters that I have searched for years and could not find it. Instead of marrying by the name of Genevieve LeBlanc, she gave her name as Jennie White. She and John Miller married in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Strange though that she gave the name of her father as Daniel rather than Damien and she gave the name of her mother as Delia Durant. First of all, this last name was Odille Doiron - secondly Odille was not really her mother as her birth mother died when she was born. Her birth mother was Genevieve Arsenault and she had been named after her but not ever having known her, and Odille being the only mother she knew, I'm sure that is why she listed her as mother. Christmas miracle #3.
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Fox News Anchor Shepard Smith Spotted With "Muscular" Boyfriend At Bar
Shepard Smith, one of the most recognizable faces of Fox News, has not announced publicly that he is gay. But thanks to a report from Gawker that has spread online, it's not like he's trying to hide it.
In the middle of a piece about Smith's verbal altercation with a waitress at his regular Chelsea haunt, Gawker buries the lede:
Smith had arrived earlier that night with a straight couple and his own regular date, a muscular 6-foot-2 30-something white male, whom Bathtub Gin employees refer to as "his boyfriend." Like most other nights—Smith frequents the bar, located behind a coffee shop on 9th Avenue, about once a week—the anchor's attention fell on his date. According to Minskova and one other source, who have seen Smith and his date drink there on multiple occasions, the couple frequently holds hands and rests them in each others' laps under the table. Nobody we spoke with, including several Fox insiders, knew the name of Smith's date.
It's not the first we've heard of Smith batting for the LGBT team, but it's certainly the most definitive.
Smith is one of the only Fox News anchors to blast Republicans for homophobia and regularly avoids descending into the anti-gay rhetoric so common to the network's airwaves. So, even though he gets paid by a network known for its trumpeting of homophobic values, should Smith be pressured to come out of the closet?
There's a difference between PRIVACY and SECRECY. This is what so many folks seem to misunderstand in the debate about "outing." In my opinion, since the media is constantly buzzing about the romantic lives of all sorts of heterosexual celebrities (including TV news people), then it only makes sense that they also buzz about celebs who have gay romances. This guy's social life is apparently easily knowable. I'm more bothered when the media keeps this sort of thing a secret. That's "inning" - a term I use to describe the practice of pretending that the whole world is mostly straight until proven otherwise.
I thought he was out years ago. Seems to me he has already been listed as out by several gay publications. Why is this new news? If he is strong enough to withstand what positions his employer takes, perhaps he is also strong enough to be changing minds and hearts from the inside of the organization. Ya never know. Just like Forrest Gump and the box of chocolates. Maybe he is biting into the middle.
Shephard Smith is a hypocrite !! He should quit on the air but only after COMING OUT publicly and slammed the news station that promotes hate and inequality for gays. He should come out, slam FOX on air, quit and go over to CNN and work SIDE BY SIDE with Anderson Cooper.
Imagine them as co-anchors on CNN...now thats a nightly newscast EVEYONE would watch!
it's nobody's business if he choose to remain in the closet. He is very good of what he does, I would say second to Bill O'Reilly or Megan Kelly. He makes it interesting to watch the news...his side comments & style. He should be given credit purely of his proficiency on his profession and his sexuality has nothing to do with it whatsoever.
Should a Jewish person hide their identity if they work for the Nazi regime? Should an African-American not remove his hooded white outfit while working for the KKK? Should a gay-employee not disclose his gay sexual orientation to a gay-bashing television network? My response to all of these is, "Quit your job!" As long as Smith remains loyal to working for Fox News, he is helping an organization whose mission is to suppress the rights of the LGBT community. Smith is a hypocrite, and is moving us backwards away from our fight for equality. Shepherd ... Come out, come out, wherever you are! You're not in Kansas anymore!


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Acetylcholine receptor antibody is a protein found in the blood of most people with
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Normally, there is no acetylcholine receptor antibody (or less than 0.05 nmol/L) in the bloodstream.
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2010 Moreno competed in the 5,000m, the 3,000m and the 1,500m in the 2010 season and saw gradual improvements...Her personal best of the season in the 5,000m was 16:47.38 at the Mt. SAC relays and finished 16th overall at the NCAA Championship Preliminaries.
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2008 Competed in four meets for Nevada...Was Nevada's top finisher and took fifth overall with a time of 18:38.80 at the WAC Championships, earning First Team All-WAC honors...Was Nevada's second finisher at the 6k NCAA Mountain Regional Championship with a time of 21:42.6. 2007 Competed in one meet before missing the remainder of the season with an injury...Finished second overall in the 4k Nevada Twilight Cross Country Classic, crossing the line in 15:44...Named the WAC Cross Country Athlete of the Week on Sept. 3. 2006 Earned First Team All-WAC honors after a sixth place finish at the 5k WAC Championships...Her time was 18:04...Won the first race of her career at the 4k Nevada Chase Race with a time of 14:54...Finished in third place at the 5k Santa Clara Invite, clocking a 17:38...Is second all-time in the Nevada-Reno cross country record book in the 4k (14:54), sixth all-time in the 5k (17:38), and eleventh in the 6k (22:36)...Also holds two freshman cross country records in the 5k(17:38) and 4k (14:54), and is second in the freshman record book in the 6k (22:36).
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Competed in the Sac-Joaquin Section for Escalon High School...Ran 10:35 in the 3200m in 2005, and was runner-up at the California State Meet...Was cross country State Champion in 2003 and finished in third place in 2006...Named all-district in cross country from 2002-05, and all-district in track & field from 2003-06...Finished sixth at the National Junior Olympics in 2004...Earned four varsity letters in cross country and three in track & field...Also played soccer.
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The Minnesota Vikings announced the signing of guard Seth Olsen on Tuesday.
Olsen spent the last two seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and previous stops in Denver and Minnesota. Olsen has appeared in 14 games in his career and started five games over the last two seasons. Olsen was set to be a restricted free agent but was non-tendered by the Colts making him free to sign elsewhere.
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Friday, 2 March 2012
Vogue 9463 (OOP) toddler's dress
Unfortunately, I had completely forgotten this momentous event.
Auntie duty called.
I dug out this pattern, from about 1997, some quilting cotton in the favourite colour of my sister in law (garment type presents for children under 3 must be made to the taste of the childs' mother IMO), a 15+ old scrap of white pique and came up with this.
I am quite pleased with it.
It took 2 hours and 40 minutes from intention to wrapped present, nice for me to know as I usually sew in multiple short bursts.
I shortened the waist a little to modernize the pattern.
I added a bodice lining, using machine techniques to finish the inside- sandwiching the collar between the bodice and lining, sandwiching the front and back skirts between the bodice and lining (back linings cut from fashion fabric on the fold with the outer back bodice), then finishing the side seams with french seams. This is quicker to sew, but less satisfying than hand finishing, It does makes the garment more resistant to toddler life and frequent washing.
I had intended to fasten the back with buttons, but found the collar in size 2 overlapped the centre back line. Instead of re-drafting the collar, I used an invisible zip, sewn over the finished bodice and lining, which worked nicely.
I finished the armscyes with purchased bias binding.
I added machine decorative daisy stitch at the hem, which was a waste of time as it is practically invisible, and used a little of the bias binding to make a faux bow at the front.
I did this whilst having a nice long chat with my Mum, who will take it to Tilly's party for me, what a good day - even if my silk dress plan is off the rails.
15 comments:
- Karin said...
Lovely dress! It looks fresh and sweet and everything you would like a 2 year old girl to be.
- 2 March 2012 at 18:23
Adorable dress! But I have no idea how you finished that in just shy of 3 hours. I can barely finish a knit top in that amount of time....
- 2 March 2012 at 23:43
You are a MONSTER sewist. Great call to shorten the bodice as you did.
- 2 March 2012 at 23:54
- sewing spots said...
You are the best aunt! I hope your family appreciates your time and energy. Very cute dress and great way to update it!
- 3 March 2012 at 03:00
- Gail said...
Such a sweet dress. Make me want grandkids!
- 3 March 2012 at 18:38
- Bernice said...
You always make such sweet kiddy clothes. What a wonderful Aunty!
- 3 March 2012 at 19:45
- velosewer said...
Gorgeous dress. It's so pretty and well thought through.
- 5 March 2012 at 08:47
- katherine h said...
It would have taken me 2 hours to rifle through the stash to find the fabric...good on you for such fast work.
- 5 March 2012 at 13:15
- Gabrielle said...
You are amazing - I can sort of understand making a child's dress this quickly, but I think there's some magic going on when you can also make it look so cute and well made in such a short time!
- 6 March 2012 at 23:03
- Julie Culshaw said...
Kay, I selected you to receive the Versatile Bloggers Award. Come on over and pick it up, then pass it on to others of your choice.
- 7 March 2012 at 23:29
- The Slapdash Sewist said...
That is truly the definition of whipping something up! Very cute, and great use of the 15 year old remnant!
- 8 March 2012 at 02:58
- MushyWear said...
I love the white collar. Such a cute dress!
- 11 March 2012 at 13:04
- Carolyn said...
Beautiful! You are absolutely fantastic at auntie duty! That is the dream dress for a 2yr old...
ps. did you find anything you liked at Metalicus?
- 17 March 2012 at 15:05
Very sweet! I am sure your niece will feel very pretty in it, and her mother like it.
2 hrs 40 mins? WOW. Sewing hero!
- 17 March 2012 at 23:43
- Kestrel said...
What a sweet dress AND a quick turnaround!
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As we noted this week, the legacy recording industry is still up in arms against Pandora. This yielded our most insightful comment of the week, with That One Guy noting the pot-and-kettle aspect of the industry's talking points:
Given how much they are protesting that Pandora is trying to 'take money away from the artists', I'm sure they would have no problem whatsoever with an audit from an independent third party, to see how much exactly they pay the artists from all those licenses, and in particular to see if the increase in license rates was matched by an identical increase in royalty rates paid out.
Meanwhile, when we discussed the fact that if you've got nothing to hide, you've actually got plenty to hide, an anonymous commenter delivered the second most insightful comment of the week with an alternative version:
If you've got nothing to hide, you're not human.
Though neither of the top comments came from the big news of the week — the ongoing revelations about the NSA — several of the runners up did, and for editor's choice we'll highlight a couple of those. First up is That Anonymous Coward:
So a program everyone disavows is running and apparently has no oversight because they lie about it to their bosses.
So a program is running amok, but they are so terrified of looking soft on terror they are willing to sacrifice the law, citizens rights, and another person willing to point out the emperor is naked.
FSM have mercy on us all...
And next, taking on Congress' pathetic response, we've got a regular ol' anonymous coward:
Dear Congress,
This is why the vast majority of Americans think you suck - it's because you clearly DO.
With as much respect as you seem to give us (read: none),
The American People
On the funny side, first place comes from our post about the lawsuit that has been filed to prove that Happy Birthday is in the public domain. Someone going by the name Cowards Anonymous offered up an anthem for the occasion:
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This Song Is Public Domain,
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(To the tune of Good Morning To You)
In second place, we've got a response to the pianist who stormed off stage because someone was recording his performance. RyanNerd shared his own experience with bootlegs:
I still have my bootleg recording of a Rush concert back in '79. I still have it, but don't know where to find an 8 track player to turn it into an MP3. Oh well. I guess the damage is done. Rush will never be a sucessful band because of my illegal recording of them.
For editor's choice on the funny side, we start with an adjacent comment from the same post, which included a callback to another recent story:
The real story here is whether the pianist learned to play by marking keys with letters and numbers signifying notes. We could be looking at a case of teaching techique infringement here. This is shocking.
And finally, we've got an anonymous commenter's response to the discovery that the NSA's PRISM logo includes an infringing photo:
NSA Employee: Ok, time to log into the NSA server to perform my nefarious dee...what the?
FBI Badge? Domain seized!? Copyright Infringement!???
If that happens, we'll send them a t-shirt.
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The Art Of Making The Tempest
Darko Tresnjak's First Shakespeare Production At Hartford Stage
By FRANK RIZZO
May 10, 2012
Darko Tresnjak is hanging upside down, swinging on a 25-foot stretch of red fabric at Hartford Stage.
It's not that tech rehearsals for Shakespeare's"The Tempest"have pushed the theater's artistic director over the edge. After he watched Joshua Dean swing and sway as a storm-tossed sailor for the show's opening scene the athletic activity proves irresistible for Tresnjak, 46, who performed acrobatic feats in his performing youth.
Moves of angst and lyricism personified in Dean's gymnastics are reflected throughout Tresnjak's first Shakespeare production at the theater. The show is in previews and opens to the press on Wednesday.
"The Tempest" arguably the Bard's last play is often chosen by artistic directors as a swan song at the end of their tenure. But Tresnjak, who took over the theater last fall, decided he wanted this play to introduce Hartford audiences to his approach to the Shakespeare canon. He also wanted some "weight" after a different kind of sorcery he staged this spring in a production of the bewitching comedy "Bell, Book and Candle."
"[Director] Jack 'Brien referred to 'The Tempest' as a rite of passage because it's a Shakespeare play that shakes you up," says Tresnjak during a break in rehearsals at the theater. "Even if you've done many of his plays, you will find the possibilities in this play are infinite."
As one of the leading directors of Shakespeare, Tresnjak's credits includes 21 productions of 14 of his works. He staged them at Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, where he was artistic director of its Shakespeare festival, at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada and at off-Broadway's Theatre for a New Audience. His experience with Shakespeare's work is one of the reasons he was hired at Hartford Stage last year. His goal is to produce a work by the Bard every season in Hartford.
Tresnjak mulled over many approaches to the widely interpretive work. Many directors center the play with a "colonialism" theme. ("I think that card has been played out, to tell you the truth.") Others productions re-gendered Prospero as "Prospera." (Helen Mirren played the lead in Julie Taymor's 2010 film. Olympia Dukakis will star in the show this summer at Shakespeare & Company in the Massachusetts Berkshires.)
Set on a remote island, Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan, strategizes to have his daughter return to her rightful place. Using his skills of sorcery and assisted by a mischievous sprite named Ariel, Prospero whips up a storm that brings a ship carrying his usurping brother Antonio and the complicit Alonso, King of Naples, to the isle's shores. There Antonio's true nature is revealed and the king's son, Ferdinand, falls in love with Prospero's daughter, Miranda.
That leads to the ultimate choice Prospero has to make at the play's end: Whether he has his revenge or grants forgiveness.
Devining Meaning
Tresnjak was walking down the street with Jeffrey Horowitz, artistic director of off-Broadway's Theatre for a New Audience, when his friend said about the play, "You know it's ultimately about art."
With that statement Tresnjak found his way into this production.
"I feel everything in the play to refers to art, theater and life more than any Shakespeare play," he says. "It's just a great play because it ties into the life of an artistic director. The fact that art can benevolent and healing but that it can also be destructive. I found myself thinking about the play during finance committee meetings and when we were planning the gala.
"It's also about finding faith in pursuing something that's completely ephemeral. We spend so much time working on what we do here, to create a moment on stage that is fleeting. It is not a book or a painting or a movie. It goes away when the run is over. This play is the ultimate act of faith in the art of theater."
After determining the theme of the production, Tresnjak started thinking about the visuals for the show and enlisted his "Bell, Book and Candle" designers: Alexander Dodge for sets and Fabio Toblini for costumes. Music, dance, masks, aerial work and puppetry enhance the magic.
"Even more than 'Midsummer [Night's Dream']," says Tresnjak, " 'The Tempest' is set in an entirely imaginary landscape."
But it's one with little clarity in the text regarding the island.
Tresnjak describes the play's beginning when the shipwrecked nobles have contrasting opinions of where they find themselves. "Gonzalo says the grass is beautiful and the air is fresh. But Antonio says, 'What are you talking about? It's a horrible smell and the grass looks like weeds.' So who's right?' That plays itself out throughout the work. Every single piece of practical information is contradicted and that said to me that a realistic treatment of the play was not advisable. Ultimately it has to do to a mind-set the people bring to the island."
And the look of the island on stage?
It's an abstract world, he says. "I feel that the stage is Prospero's mind exposed. Prospero is not always on stage but you feel, as things unfold, that he's watching from somewhere every single moment, sort of like the Witch in 'The Wizard of Oz' as she looks into her crystal ball
"He has complete control over the storm that causes the shipwreck. He has complete control over the island. The only thing he doesn't have control over is himself. He's not always in check over his own emotions and he has quite a few mood swings.
Tresnjak cast the play himself rather than using a New York agent. He chose actors he knew from all over North America "who do this kind of work and care deeply about it. There are people who have devoted their lives to the classics."
Tresnjak decided he found his Prospero after he saw Daniel Davis most known by many audiences as Niles the Butler in six seasons of TV's"The Nanny" in an off-Broadway production of Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" with Diane Wiest at Classic Stage.
"I started to quiver when I saw that performance," says Tresnjak, "and my head was turning sideways, like when you're assessing someone through your own personal and selfish reasons. His ear is a finely tuned precision instrument for Shakespeare so Prospero's contradictions come to him easily."
THE TEMPEST is in previews at Hartford Stage, 50 Church St. The press opening is Wednesday, May 16. The show runs through June 10. Performances are Tuesdays through Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at Sundays at 2 and 7:30 p.m. and selected matinees on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Tickets are $30 to $65, not including fees. Information:860-527-5151 and http://www.hartfordstage.org.
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Remember when coaching USA Basketball, spending all that July recruiting time dealing with LeBron and Kobe, was supposed to damage the recruiting efforts of Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski?
Yeah, forget all that.
In making it cool to be a part of USA Basketball once again, Coach K also raised the profile of himself and the Blue Devils. And that paid off huge Friday afternoon when the tandem of center Jahlil Okafor and point guard Tyus Jones, Sporting News' No. 1 and No. 2 prospects in the recruiting class of 2014, committed to attend Duke next year.
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Okafor is a powerful 6-11 center from Chicago's Whitney Young High who compares comfortably with Tim Duncan in terms of style, skill level and demeanor. He is an excellent low-post scorer, an effective passer and a massive presence around the goal defensively. He competed for the United States in the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship and was one of the essential players in the Americans claiming gold.
"With Duke I felt more comfortable going to play with the winningest coach in college basketball and getting the chance for me personally to help Coach K win his 1,000th game was (tough) to beat," Okafor said. "That was kind of the tipping scale for me."
Jones is a dynamic 6-2 point guard from Apple Valley, Minn., near Minneapolis, and has been dazzling observers with his command of the game since he was a mere ninth-grader. At the FIBA U17 World Championship in 2012, Jones was the team leader as point guard and the United States won the title in a blowout over Australia.
"We sold each other (on attending Duke)," Jones said. "We just sat down and figured what would be the best fit for the both of us to go and make an impact our freshman year and really learn and better ourselves as players and people."
The two became close friends training with USA Basketball. They were disappointed in the summer when a family illness kept Jones away from the U19s, but by then they'd decided to attend the same college. Their recruiting lists always were nearly identical, and as the time to commit approach they became more insistent about their play to become fulltime teammates.
"That's like my brother. We're great friends. That's the main reason why we want to do this," Jones told SN during the summer. "Set aside from how well we play on the court is how well we have a bond off the court. That's why we want to do something special."
Duke will have an excellent shot at claiming the national championship in 2015, which would be at least Krzyzewski's fifth, perhaps his sixth, depending on how things progress for the rest of this season.
It is exceedingly rare for a program to land the top two recruits in a class, although SN is one of the few who list the two players in that order. Others rank SMU-bound Emmanuel Mudiay or uncommitted center Myles Turner, both of the Dallas area, higher on their lists. But whether Jones and Okafor are first and second or second and fifth, landing them both is a bonanza for Duke.


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Babbitty Rabbitty is the main protagonist of the children's tale, Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump in The Tales of Beedle the Bard , by Beedle the Bard. Babbitty was known to be a very wise old witch, who had worked as a washerwoman for a terribly foolish Muggle King.[1]
An Instructor of Magic
When a charlatan attempted to teach the king magic, her cackling made the king suspect the charlatan. The charlatan enlisted Babbitty's help in continuing his ruse through a demonstration by the king. The king cast spells, which were actually done by Babbitty who was hiding in a bush. When someone asked the king to resurrect a dog, neither the king nor Babbitty could oblige. This made the subjects ridicule the king. The king sentenced the charlatan to death, who turned around and accused Babbitty and said that a wicked witch was blocking them. Babbitty ran from the bush, and when the hounds chased after her she "disappeared", leaving the dogs barking at a tree.[1]
The King's Promise
- "You will erect a statue of Babbitty upon me, in memory of your poor washerwoman, and to remind you for ever of your foolishness!"
- —Babbitty[src]
The charlatan told the king and the crowd that Babbitty had turned into a tree, and that the tree must be cut down, because she is an "evil" witch. The king was wild, and the tree was cut down. As the crowd and the king started to leave, they heard a cackling coming from the stump. Babbitty told the king that real wizards and witches cannot be cut in half, and that they should cut the charlatan in half to prove it. The charlatan confessed he was a fraud, and the witch told them that the King is cursed, and he'll wish for death every time a witch or wizard was harmed. Babbitty demanded a statue be built of herself, to remind them of what they've done. The King promised. Soon after, an old rabbit appeared out of a hole in the stump, with a wand in its mouth, revealing that she was an Animagus, and left the kingdom. Forever after, the statue of Babbitty remained on top of the stump.[1]
The King
- "Very good, but you have not yet made amends to Babbitty"
- —Babbitty[src]
Babbitty was the king's washerwoman, and while he was her employer, she knew that he was terribly foolish. Much more intelligent than the king, Babbitty turned into a rabbit and hid inside a tree. When the King had the tree chopped down, she told the petrified King that by cutting a witch in half, he had unleashed a terrible curse upon his kingdom and every stroke of harm that he inflicted upon fellow wizards and witches would feel like an axe stroke in his side. Fooled into believing this, the naive King promised that he would issue a proclamation at once, protecting wizards and witches of the kingdom and to erect a staue of Babbitty on the stump.[1]
The Charlatan
- "Cut her down, Your Majesty, that is the way to treat evil witches"
- —The Charlatan[src]
She thought that the charlatan and King's "lessons" were ridiculous and laughed at the King, causing the charlatan to become in danger. Babbity was blackmailed by to perform the King's spells for him without his knowledge, or else he denounce her as a witch to the Brigade of Witch-Hunters. Babbity disliked the charlatan, and the charlatan was willing to have her killed to save his own skin, as he suggested that the king chop down the tree that Babbitty had "turned into". Babbitty told the crowd that real wizards and witches cannot be cut in half, and that they should cut the charlatan in half to prove it. Terrified, the charlatan then confessed he is a fraud.[1]
Personality and traits
- "...was watching the King and the charlatan from the window of her tiny cottage, and was laughing so hard she she soon sank out of sight, too weak to stand"
- —Babbity's humour[src]
Babbitty was a wise witch. She had a strong sense of humour as she cackles uncontrollably when the King and charlatan practise their "magic". She is also quite the quick-thinker, shown when she swiftly conjures an intelligent plan even though, at the time, she was fleeing from the Brigade of Witch-Hunters. She is a folk hero to young wizards and witches across the world, displaying ingenuity and cleverness.[1]
Magical abilities and skills
- Charms: Babbitty was apparently good with charms. She could levitate a horse, vanish a hat and do her wash duties with magic.
- Transfiguration: Babbitty was presumably quite powerful as she mastered a difficult branch of Transfiguration and became an Animagus. She could transform into a white rabbit at will.
- Dark Arts: (possibly) Babbitty threatened the King that each time he hurt a Wizard or Witch, it would hurt himself. Albus Dumbledore speculated that she could have inflicted this pain using the Cruciatus Curse, which was legal at the time.
Babbitty might be the revised name for Babette, a French diminutive of Elizabeth. This seems to bolster Dumbledore's argument that Babbity was based on Lisette de Lapin; Lisette is also a diminutive of Elizabeth.
Behind the scenes
- "...some magical historians have suggested that Beedle modelled Babbitty on the famous French sorceress Lisette de Lapin, who was convicted of witchcraft in Paris in 1422."
- —Professor Dumbledore's notes[src]
- In 1998, Ron Weasley mentioned being told the story of Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump by his mother when he was a child.[2]
- Magical historians have suggested that Lisette de Lapin may have been the inspiration behind Babbitty.[1]
- Babitty in her Animagus form is shown in several cover illustrations of The Tales of Beedle the Bard. The German version makes a mistake, as it depicts a brown rabbit instead of a white one.
See also
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard
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Economic conditions in the United States and much of the rest of the world could get worse before they get better. But the current financial woes are nothing compared to what they could have been if the federal officials had not acted as quickly as they did in October.
Don Reynolds, an economist who managed pension funds for Texas for 12 years, said he expects the economy to continue to deteriorate for another six months before "bottoming out" in the spring. But it could be 2010 before the situation begins to show real improvement, he said.
"In 1933, it took the federal government three years to come up with a plan for getting us out of the Depression," Reynolds told members of the Southern Crop Production Association at their annual meeting in Charleston, S.C. "Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke (treasury secretary and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board) did it in two weeks."
Reynolds, who was chairman of the Texas Investment Advisory Board when George W. Bush was governor, also said he believes Barack Obama may not be as difficult a choice to swallow as president as many John McCain supporters believe.
"If (Obama) is as smart as they say he is, he will move to the center," said Reynolds. "If not, then your expectations will be met," referring to reports that the Democrat will be one of the most liberal presidents in history.
"Most of what I've been hearing says that Obama has indicated he would let the Bush tax cuts expire. If that's all he does, we can live with that. If he moves to tax 100 percent of Social Security income, as some have said he will, that could be a problem."
Listing Obama's three principle economic advisers — Robert Rubin, Paul Volcker and Lawrence Summers — Reynolds said all three are mainstream economists who will provide a touch of realism for Obama. (Rubin and Summers served as secretaries of the treasury under former President Bill Clinton and Volcker was chairman of the Federal Reserve in the Reagan era.)
Reynolds, who was chairman of the Texas Pension Board for 12 years, said a number of factors contributed to the current economic "mess" that the United States and most of the world currently finds themselves in.
Democrats must share in the blame for the problems because of a decision in 2003 by the House and Senate banking committees to amend the Community Re-investment Act to allow the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac) to buy subprime mortgages or "ninja loans" (not enough income to justify an application).
As interest rates — and the mortgage payments — rose on many of those adjustable rate loans, banks which had purchased them without as much as a glance at whether they met anyone's underwriting standards began to report large numbers of nonperforming loans. Other companies which had written billions of dollars of credit default swaps to "insure" those mortgages, began going under, forcing the government to take action.
"This is truly a global economic event," said Reynolds, who has lived overseas and visited 50 countries. "Over half of the bad mortgages that were written were sold outside the country. Other countries, particularly in Europe, where banks are more leveraged than those in the United States, will be hurt worse by this."
Reynolds said he was in Rome the week before he spoke at the SCPA meeting. "I was riding in a cab and the driver asked me why we let Lehman Brothers go under. This is a taxi driver in Rome."
The economic fallout has not been confined to the housing sector. Reynolds noted that GE, one of the six AAA credit-rated companies in the United States, had to go to Warren Buffet and ask to borrow $3 billion for five years after the commercial banks refused to lend to it. Buffet made the loan at 10 percent.
"If GE has to accept an interest rate of 10 percent, can you imagine what other companies that don't have the credit rating of GE are having to pay?" asked Reynolds. "That's why some companies I mentioned earlier that have been having problems may not survive the year in their current form."
Reynolds said economic conditions are likely to worsen over the next six months. "It will take a while for the $700 billion the federal government is providing in the bailout to work down through the economy. It will decline for another six months, and then we'll have about nine months of muddling through. By 2010, we should start to see some improvement."
While the bailout has drawn sharp criticism from many observers, Reynolds said the government had no choice to move to rescue the financial sector. "If Paulson and Bernanke had not acted when they did, we would have had a total collapse. It would have made you wish we had only had a depression."
Reynolds, who first attracted the attention of government officials in Texas with his "astonishingly accurate" predictions on oil prices, said he believes gasoline prices — and grain prices — will begin to rise after the election.
"They always bring them down right before an election," he noted. "That will change once the dust settles."
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The village of Sparto is perched high above the Ambracian Gulf, to reach the Villa Amalia you descend a winding country road through olive groves. At the end of the road is a high stone wall with a large iron gate flanked by two immense stone urns containing pomegranate trees. Pass through the gates and you enter a landscape that has not changed in centuries.
The road down to the house is lined with oleanders and lavender which form a border around the olive groves. From the gravel parking area next to the house you get your first glimpse of the sea. The walkway to the house is covered with an arbour of lemon trees which opens to a courtyard planted in lavender with a fountain in the centre which emerges from an old terra cotta amphora.
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Create 3 collaborative films from top to bottom - location planning, production and editing. We will start each day by making a film and end each day with a comprehensive live edit session. Attendees will walk away with a firm grasp on post production organization and execution, from preparing your files for edit, to the final export for online viewing.
In this workshop we will take you to a place with rolling hills filled with Olive groves, the sea far as the eye can see, small fishing villages and local craftsmen. Enjoy farm-to-table meals prepared by a talented chef using local sources ingredients, included fish caught for us that day and beautiful breads made in the house's outdoor wood fired oven while sitting under beautiful terraces. Of course there is swimming either from infinity pool or right in the ocean or perhaps a soak in the stone spa and a massage.
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Faculty Handbook
Procedure on Death of a Student
In the event of an on or off-campus death, the Office of Student Affairs (Dean or Vice President) should be notified as soon as any member from the university community receives information about the death. In cases where the death is recent or may be expected to have a significant adverse impact on the campus community, all matters concerning the death shall be referred to the Dean of Students or Vice President for Student Affairs for coordination.
In all cases, when a member of the University community learns of a student's death, he/she should contact the Dean of Students via e-mail (email@example.com) or by telephone at (203) 837-8547 or (203) 837-9700 or the Vice President for Student Affairs via e-mail (email@example.com) or by telephone at (203) 837-8600 or (203) 837-8606. In case of an on-campus death after hours, the WCSU Police should be contacted at (203) 837-9300 who will notify the Dean of Students (203) 739-9008 or the Vice President for Student Affairs (203) 470-6664 (or designee).
If possible, the following information should be provided by telephone, e-mail or fax (203) 837-8539) to the Dean or Vice President:
Notification and other Responses:
Upon receiving notification of a student death, the Dean of Students or the Vice President for Student Affairs will notify the following offices or individuals:
The Student Affairs office will also do the following:
Please contact Virginia Diaz, Administrative Assistant to the Dean of Students (203-837-9700) or Birte P. Selvaraj, CSU Administrative Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs (203-837-8606) with any questions regarding this procedure.
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Zenon Konopka, like a whole bunch of people, had to deal with a travel disaster over the last couple days.
The problem for Konopka: he was trying to make it to Buffalo from Minnesota — the Sabres, his boyhood team, claimed him on waivers and wanted him in the lineup for Saturday.
Here's the blow-by-blow:
The original plan was to fly from Minneapolis to New York City to Buffalo on Friday evening. LaGuardia was, naturally, a nightmare, and his flight to Buffalo was delayed.
At first, Konopka felt lucky.
Then he didn't.
Still at LaGuardia, his options were to wait until Sunday for a flight or head to JFK. He opted for JFK — but the airline lost his bags at LaGuardia.
Then, after about four hours, at 3 a.m. the bags turned up.
By Saturday morning, with his bags and after a nap at the hotel, Konopka was at JFK …
… where his flight promptly sat on the tarmac for a couple hours. Eventually, he made it to Buffalo, where a ride was waiting.
Konopka, obviously, took it in stride.
"I'm super excited," Konopka said. "As much as the travel was tough (Friday) and (Saturday), I had a smile on my face the whole time."
More importantly, Konopka's rabbit Hoppy is fine. One of Konopka's friends is "gonna chauffeur Hoppy up to Buffalo in the next couple days," he said.


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Americans at Risk of Financial Crime
Americans at risk of financial crime -- even in their own households
U.S. Senate declares March "Go Direct Month" to shed light on safety and security benefits of direct deposit for Social Security payments
Washington, D.C. -- (Feb. 28, 2007) -- Financial crime is a widespread concern among Americans, with four in 10 saying in a new Treasury Department-commissioned survey that they have been victims of identity theft or know someone who has. But the survey also reveals that people often leave themselves open to financial crimes -- even in their own households -- by using paper checks, rather than direct deposit.
The survey was sponsored by U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Management Service on behalf of its Go Direct campaign, which encourages people who receive Social Security and other federal benefits by paper check to protect themselves from financial crimes by switching to direct deposit. The release of the survey findings coincides with the recent passage of a U.S. Senate resolution declaring March 2007 "Go Direct Month" to raise awareness about the safety advantages of direct deposit, particularly for older and vulnerable Americans.
"Millions of Americans are affected by identity theft and other financial crimes, but there are steps people can take to increase their financial safety -- such as choosing direct deposit, " said Kenneth R. Papaj, Commissioner of Treasury's Financial Management Service. "Last year 57,000 checks issued by Treasury were fraudulently endorsed, while problems with direct deposit payments were negligible. In fact, while paper checks make up about 20 percent of the total Social Security and Supplemental Security Income payments, they account for more than 90 percent of reported payment problems."
Americans can easily sign up for direct deposit of their Social Security and other federal benefits for free by calling Go Direct at (800) 333-1795 or visiting www.GoDirect.org.
Financial crimes hit close to home
The survey revealed that nearly one in three respondents (31 percent) said they had had a check, important document or large sum of cash lost or stolen. Of this group, nearly one in five said a family member or member of the household had stolen the cash, check, or document. Furthermore, large numbers of Americans -- 40 percent of survey respondents -- expressed concern about having a paper check or other important document lost or stolen. Women are more likely to be worried about financial crimes, with nearly half the women polled saying it is likely they will have a paper check lost or stolen, compared to just over a third of men (46 percent vs. 35 percent).
"The National Crime Prevention Council and our partners in law enforcement appreciate the value of direct deposit in protecting older Americans from financial crimes," said NCPC President and CEO Alfonso E. Lenhardt. "NCPC has been a strong supporter of Go Direct since 2005 and is pleased to be aligned with the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Banks on this important initiative."
Misconceptions about direct deposit result in unnecessary risk
The poll showed that compared to Americans who use direct deposit for regular payments, those who use paper checks or other methods are significantly more likely to take unnecessary risks with their money. For example, they were twice as likely to carry around large amounts of money compared to people who use direct deposit (25 percent vs. 12 percent). In addition, 30 percent of those using checks and other methods say they are more likely to keep their money somewhere other than a bank account, compared to 22 percent of direct deposit users.
The Treasury-sponsored survey revealed that misconceptions about the safety and security of direct deposit are pervasive. Forty percent of respondents say paper checks are better than direct deposit at preventing theft or loss of payments such as wages or retirement benefits. And 20 percent say paper checks offer superior protection from identity theft or fraud. In fact, the opposite is true, with direct deposit providing substantial safety benefits over paper checks.
Go Direct aims to educate Americans on the many benefits of direct deposit
Go Direct Month and the Treasury-sponsored survey on financial security coincide with other activities including a yearlong "Countdown to Retirement" pledge drive to encourage baby boomers preparing to head into retirement to choose direct deposit once they start collecting Social Security benefits. Go Direct reaches out to people in a variety of ways, including through organizations they know and trust to inform them about the many benefits of direct deposit, and helps them sign up. The focus of the campaign is to encourage people to switch to direct deposit by educating them about the safety, security, and convenience benefits of direct deposit.
These results are of a nationally representative telephone survey of 1,003 adults, age 18 and over, conducted October 23-November 12, 2006, by KRC Research. The margin of error for the overall study is +/-- 3.1 percent at the 95 percent confidence level.


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San Jacinto Embezzlement Defense Attorney
Embezzlement is the misappropriation of an organization's funds for one's personal use. The consequences of a conviction can be severe. Not only do you face a possible prison sentence, but embezzlement and other white collar crime charges may have a significant effect on your job and professional career. If you are under investigation for, or have been charged with embezzlement, put an experienced San Jacinto embezzlement defense attorney on your side.
Attorney Dolan has more than 30 years of experience protecting the rights of clients in federal court. He has the skills and knowledge needed to craft a strong and effective white collar crime defense on your behalf. Contact us to schedule a consultation right away.
We Help Clients Avoid Prison Sentences
Embezzlement and fraud are non-violent crimes, and thus we can often negotiate an alternative to prison. Restitution is one such option. We will help work out a civil compromise and repayment plan with the prosecution to help avoid prison and other criminal sanctions. Formalizing this payment plan may still mean you are under probation, but you will be virtually free to live and work as you did before the criminal charge.
The Discovery Process in Embezzlement Cases is Critical
Probation and restitution are not necessary if you are innocent. The discovery process in embezzlement cases is critical. We exert significant effort during this preliminary stage in your case to uncover the facts. We may learn that a manager is the real criminal, and that you are simply the scapegoat. We may also discover that the police acquired evidence by violating your constitutional rights. Whatever the situation, we will fight to reduce or dismiss the charges, protecting your rights and your future.
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text: From: "A. W. Czarnik (313) 996-5246" <CZARNIA at aa.wl.com> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 14:26:13 -0700 Subject: New WWW Fluorosensor Board Memo to: scientific colleagues involved in cell biology research From: Tony Czarnik, Director, BioOrganic Chemistry, Parke-Davis Subject: WWW page for posting ideas for new cell sensors Dear Colleague: I have agreed to serve as Editor for a WWW site called Fluorescent Chemosensors and Biosensors. The purpose of this site is to give cell biologists and others with a need for new and selective fluorescent sensors ("indicators") a place to post what they need. Chemists who monitor this page will then know what needs making and who to collaborate with. We are just about to begin advertising the existence of this Database, and it would be very useful if a few 'seed' proposals could be submitted. If you have an interest in viewing an analyte in real-time, as can be done now for calcium ion, I would ask you to take a moment and post it. The posting process is very, very simple and carries no obligation whatsoever . The site address is: http://www.cursci.co.uk/fluoro/ I would encourage you to distribute this info via e-mail or FAX to any of your colleagues who might also be able to post an analyte of interest. Thank you for your help. Tony Czarnik czarnia at aa.wl.com -- Steve Potter, PhD Division of Biology 156-29 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 91125 spotter at gg.caltech.edu


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Today, Jewish settlers came to Beit Sahour to look over the area they want to build the new settlement on. Last night, settlers tried to burn a Palestinian family home in Tequa. This week, Israeli ministers give speeches that says they support new settlements and expanding existing colonial settlements. The Jewish state's finance minister even admitted doubling the financial support for these settlements built on stolen native Palestinian lands. The last few days there was an escalation of the Israeli bombing raids in Gaza. US-made airplanes, paid for by US taxpayers, and painted with the star of David, were used to kill several Palestinian civilians and at least two Palestinian militants (extrajudicial assassinations). Israeli occupation forces are threatening more strikes and more colonialism. Many Palestinians were relieved to see Obama win the US presidency and some 80% of Arab Americans voted for him. But Obama said nothing about these atrocities since his election.
The US position is what it is and will change only when more Americans are made aware of the Zionist damage to US public and economic interests. The Israeli position is also predictable until more Israelis can transcend their brainwashing. What is less understandable and more disturbing is that we still hear the same rhetoric from the two "Palestinian authorities" which have no authorities and whose terms in office expired nearly three years ago: Hamas in Gaza and Fatah in the West Bank. Some "leaders" of these factions reserve their most bitter verbal and even physical attacks against the other faction or anyone who might question the status quo. Hamas "security" beat women in Gaza protesting for unity and Fatah "security" regularly arrest and imprison Hamas activists in the West Bank or even normal ordinary citizens who they suspect are not agreeing to their policies. This included one of my own students who missed important lectures as he was being questioned by fellow Palestinians.
Absent a reasonably responsible leadership that puts the Palestinian cause ahead of factional and financial interests, this leaves most Palestinians desperate and frustrated. Decent people are in all Palestinian factions but they are afraid to speak out within their own faction. But then again, I say the Palestinians need to stop looking for salvation from current leaders, from Obama, from the Arab Spring or from anyone else. The 1936 uprising started when the young people took to the streets despite the bickering Nashashibis vs Husseinis of that era. It is time to do what young people have always done: depend on themselves unencumbered by the baggage carried by the older generation. I see this spirit in the young when I browse facebook pages in Palestine. We need to only put our own necks out and also help our children show courage to liberate us all from the corruption that has become like an illness spread among families and among factions. History will not be kind to those of us who join the corruption nor will it be kind to those who are apathetic and sit and wait.
Relevant links for today:
Kairos Palestine: Christians of the Holy Land ask you to act this advent/christmas
What Zionism means to Uri Zakheim
Israel is responsible for "price tag" attacks, not just a few settler extremists Philip Bato
Israel Doubles West Bank Settlements Budget http://www.roitov.com/articles/steinitz2.htm
Palestinian Fighter killed In Gaza, Seven Palestinians Killed Since Saturday Evening
The Rothschild family wealth was critical in the formation of Israel. Money still directs interests of wealth Zionist leaders who profit while poor Israelis and millions of Palestinians suffer. For a background on the family, see http://youtu.be/DYCCB0Q7xUw
Still having "joyful participation in the worroes of this world" and inviting you to come visit us in Bethlehem, the birthplace of the prince of peace
Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD


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MaxiShock Insulated Cable: PIW2510
This 7 strand cable is covered with pliable plastic insulation. Unlike Double Insulated Wire, MaxiShock insulated cable does not require special connectors.
If you intend to use it underground, look to MaxiShock Double Insulated Cable or Double Insulated Wire (DCPIW34).
If you're installing permanent electric fences, use Double Insulated Wire (DCPIW34).
Common Uses
- Hot wires to each other
- Energizers to fences or ground rods
- Gate activators to fences
- Flood gaps to fences
- Above ground electric fence connections
- Extra-thick layer of galvanized zinc
- Low tensile strength
- 7 strand cable
- 1.7 mm diameter
- 10 years of probable life
- 160 lb breaking strength
- Rated for 20,000 volts
Unlike normal insulated fence wire, MaxiShock insulated cable does not require special connectors.
- Cut the soft wire cable with a knife or heavy duty scissors.
- Strip off 3" of the insulation and wrap it 4 or more times around the wire by hand.
It can be removed and reinstalled if needed.
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David F from Mississippi
It's HV cable. What more is there to know?
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Worked perfectly to connect an AC charger in my barn to the electric fence around my garden 200+ ft away. I bought the 500 ft. coil and found it to be easy to handle and rugged.
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I bought 50' of this to have around for replacement wires and such. It is a nice rugged cable that is working well for me so far!
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This wire works really well with rope link connectors. I love the ease of adding the exposed wire in with the endurosoft rope when connecting 2 sections of the fence with the rope links.


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It is possible that the main title of the report Anemia, Hereditary Nonspherocytic Hemolytic is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report.
Hereditary nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia is a term used to describe a group of rare, genetically transmitted blood disorders characterized by the premature destruction of red blood cells (erythrocytes or RBCs). If the red blood cells cannot be replaced faster than they destroy themselves, anemia is the result.
In these disorders, the outside membrane of the cell is weakened, causing it to have an irregular, non-spherical shape and to burst (hemolyze) easily. These disorders are caused by, among other things, defects in the chemical processes involved in the breakdown of sugar molecules (glycolysis). Red blood cells depend on this process for energy and if an enzyme is defective in any one of the stages, the red blood cell cannot function properly and hemolysis, or the breakdown of the membrane that holds the cell together, takes place. The more common of the enzyme deficiencies that lead to HNSHA involve glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, pyruvate kinase deficiency and hexokinase deficiency. There may be as many as 16 red blood cell enzyme abnormalities that may cause hereditary nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia. In addition, HNSHA may arise as the result of immune disorders, toxic chemicals and drugs, antiviral agents (eg, ribavirin), physical damage, and infections.
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