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Alright, so I have a question on a little open-book challenge-test thingy that deals with repeating square roots, in a form as follows...
Repeated 2012 times (2012 total square roots)
Over and over and over again. I am newish to TeX, so I am not exactly sure how to model it the way it shows up on paper. It looks sorta like:
$$s_n = \sqrt{n+\sqrt{n+\sqrt{n+\cdots}}}$$
How is something like this simplified?
Working it out logically (I am a highschool freshman, mind you), I get something like this for my example: $3-\frac{1}{6^{2011}}$
Is this correct? It seems like I could use some sort of limit to prove this, but I have not officially gone through anything beyond Geometry. Now, I do own bits and pieces of knowledge when it comes to calculus and such, but not enough to count on with this sorta thing ;)
EDIT|IMPORTANT: This is what I need to prove: $3 > \sqrt{6+\sqrt{6+\sqrt{6+\cdots}}} > 3-\frac{1}{5^{2011}}$
Where the
\cdots means however many more square roots are needed to make a total of 2012


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Preheat oven to 350º. Sift flour, baking soda, and salt into a bowl. Cream butter and sugar in a separate bowl and stir in rolled oats, vanilla, and 4 tablespoons of water. Add flour mixture gradually and stir until well mixed. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets about 2 inches apart. Bake 8 to 10 minutes until edges are lightly browned. Cool on racks. About 72 cookies.

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This is what we at Rock Beyond Belief are up against.
With the recent events of the Soldier Fitness Tracker scandal that I broke, and the Billy Graham Evangelical Association's proselytizing series of 7 hour concerts and preaching across the nation, it is becoming evident that the entire murky Spiritual Fitness concept needs to go.
How is this not a bigger story in America? Why is this STILL a problem? These reporters contacted me for a story as well. Perhaps we shall see a little bit more coverage on the issues that myself, and Rock Beyond Belief as a whole are attempting to fight. We are on the front lines of this issue, but we can't do it alone.
Luckily, Mikey Weinstein, founder of Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) is fighting back on the legal end. And other organizitions like MAAF, AU, FFRF, and American Atheists have all been speaking out as well. Mikey, who appears in this video, obviously needed to be bleeped because he really gets it. He is fired up, as well he should be. But he isn't just sitting around and taking it. In fact he is one of the first to offer to speak at our festival in Spring, waiving any honorarium (without us even asking for him to waive it!) We certainly can't wait to here him speak.
What we need is more visibility on this issue. We need people to care about this. They can't unless they know about it. Please spread the word. Please write your newspaper. Write your senator. Join or start a local secular activist meetup group.
If you are military, you don't have to be a closeted non-believer. Be proud of yourself. There is nothing wrong with you, and you don't have to be quiet about it. In fact, you should feel proud to have the integrity to do the right thing, and enforce that others are too. It's our obligation to ensure that people enforce the EXISTING laws and regulations.


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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
MD in APQ:: that's me in American Patchwork and Quilting
As for today's post, well this has been out for a couple of weeks. I know because I have received numerous lovely emails about this. I haven't posted about this myself because I hadn't received my copy until yesterday. What is this? This is my feature in the August 2012 issue of American Patchwork and Quilting. It has been a long time in the works, since last October in fact. Way back then, when the local temperature was below 100 degrees (the high was 113 degrees here yesterday), an editor and two photographers arrived on my doorstep to interview me, take pictures of my fabric line as well as my work, and just generally spend a lovely day with me. It was beyond terrific and pretty thrilling. I'm always stunned when folks want to know what I think. I mean, I want to know what I think and I hope that my family and friends want to know what I think, but I don't usually expect it beyond that circle.
Along with the article, I designed and wrote a pattern for a quilt specifically for this issue. You can view and access the pattern here, though I encourage you to buy the magazine and read the entire article.
Maybe through happenstance or not, I was teaching a class at Stitch Lab last Sunday that focused on making just this block. I had previously made a sample to promote the class, but was moved to make another one when I eyed Lucie Summers gorgeous Summersville prints all line up in a neat little row in the shop.
So easy, so fun, so quick and, so contemporary. What's not to love?
8 comments:
- mjb said...
Someone probably already emailed you, but Pat Sloan talked about the quilt with a friend on her APQ radio show last week, too!
- June 27, 2012 at 2:01:00 PM CST
- AhkaVintage said...
I really love the patterns this has - really lovely!
- June 28, 2012 at 1:16:00 AM CST
I am really liking this shape, seeing it a lot right now. I had no idea this was SO big, until I clicked the link!
- June 28, 2012 at 6:04:00 AM CST
- StasaLynn said...
I found your blog because of American Patchwork and Quilting! I plan on sitting back and reading for awhile on your blog.... but I wanted to comment that I LOVE LOVE LOVE the colors you use and the dye techniques. Thanks for sharing and congrats on APQ.
- July 4, 2012 at 9:25:00 PM CST
- Cheryl Arkison said...
Love it all!
What a great combination of fabrics.
Congrats on the feature.
- July 14, 2012 at 4:54:00 PM CST
- Julia said...
very very cute like all other thing you do!
- September 1, 2012 at 2:20:00 PM CST
- Sabrina Dotson said...
You are inspiring me to make a quilt. I love your color choices.
- September 2, 2012 at 6:42:00 PM CST
- Ashlee Christopher said...
New to your AWESOME blog and I am totally obsessed! Thank you for sharing! I will be checking in again real soon :). It was very nice to meet you!
Have a fantastic weekend.
- September 7, 2012 at 3:45:00 PM CST


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TUESDAY, July 10 (HealthDay News) -- The tendency of clergy to put others' needs ahead of their own may take a toll on their health, according to a new study.
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Researchers from Duke University said chronic diseases and depression are more prevalent among clergy than lay people. Encouraging them to seek medical care is difficult because they focus on helping others first, the study authors said.
"Clergy recognize the importance of caring for themselves, but doing so takes a back seat to fulfilling their vocational responsibilities, which are tantamount to caring for an entire community," said Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell, research director of the Clergy Health Initiative at Duke Divinity School and assistant research professor at the Duke Global Health Institute.
The researchers examined focus-group data from 88 United Methodist clergy in North Carolina and found that clergy members have increased rates of obesity (40 percent compared to the average of 29 percent), as well as higher rates of diabetes, asthma, arthritis and hypertension.
The study also found that clergy members show signs of depression at nearly double the national average (10.5 percent versus 5.5 percent).
Despite greater prevalence of chronic diseases, clergy members also are more likely to say their health doesn't affect their ability to do their work, the study's authors said.
"Clergy perceive themselves to be much healthier than they actually are," Proeschold-Bell said in a university news release. "They don't always recognize that they need help. That makes it all the more important that we design health interventions that pastors are likely to accept."
Duke researchers said they are designing health programs that address the tendency of clergy to set their own health needs aside.
"Many pastors equate self-care with selfishness," said Proeschold-Bell. "They feel they need permission to take the time to attend to their health. A health intervention aimed at clergy must address this tendency head-on."
To be successful, health intervention programs for the clergy must find solutions to many barriers to care, including cost, unpredictable work schedules and fear of the stigma associated with mental-health issues. The researchers said a program designed for pastors also must show a link between physical and mental health and spiritual health.
The study, recently published in the Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, doesn't prove that ministering to others causes chronic disease. It merely noted an association between clergy members and poor health.
-- Mary Elizabeth Dallas
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South Carolina's beauty queen symbol of triumph over obesity
SOUTH CAROLINA -- In a state that ranks as one of the most obese in the country, the new Miss South Carolina offers the classic example of how we got into this mess and how we can get out.
Since 22-year-old Bree Boyce won her crown Saturday night, the buzz around her weight-loss story has attracted attention from national and international publications. A national obesity report released Thursday indicates how much her neighbors in South Carolina need to listen to her story. The state has the eighth-highest rate of obesity, and like the rest of the country the problem is getting worse here each year.
Boyce said she was heavy as a child, then really got into trouble when she was old enough to drive on her own. "I'd drive around to fast food restaurants and order anything and everything on the menu," she said.
It's so easy, and the food tastes so good. But so much of what's on fast-food menus is bad for you, especially when super-sized. Before she wised up, Boyce weighed 230 pounds.
At that point, the Florence resident was a typical South Carolinian. Two-thirds of the state's population (66.4 percent) is overweight and 30.9 percent is obese, according to a report released Thursday by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Both of those statistics have been on the rise for the past 15 years, not only in South Carolina but nationwide. In fact, despite the state's increases (16.6 percent to 30.9 percent obese, and 51.4 percent to 66.4 percent overweight), South Carolina's national ranking is the same as in 1995.
That's why people want to hear Boyce's story. She seems to have found the secret to losing weight. She could write a diet book - The Beauty Queen Diet - and sell a million copies.
Except she has no easy-to-follow diet to push. Her weight-loss success was all about wanting to lose weight, working at it and truly changing habits.
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Most unhappy with social media measurement, survey says
Overworked social media staff lack time—and sometimes the know-how—to measure their impact and monitor the Web, a new survey reveals.
Measurement may be the hottest topic in social media, with everyone trying to figure out how all those tweets and Facebook updates affect the bottom line, but execution remains problematic.
The majority of those responsible for juggling social media aren't entirely happy with measurement and monitoring, a Ragan/NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions survey reveals. (Download the survey's findings here).
Some 69 percent are dissatisfied or only "somewhat satisfied" with how they measure all that work posting on Pinterest and soothing Facebook flamers. Only 31 percent are "satisfied" or "very satisfied," and many say they lack the time to track such data or are generally uncertain about metrics.
"I'm not sure what to measure or how," one survey participant wrote. "I know it's important, but I can't show my boss how many retweets a post received and expect him to care."
"That doesn't surprise me at all," Shel Holtz, of Holtz Communication + Technology, says of the overall gloomy tone. "It's disheartening, but it doesn't surprise me."
The online survey drew 2,714 participants, ranging from small firms that have a single staffer handling social media on top of other duties, to a corporation with a global team of 20. The survey was also open to government agencies and nonprofits. The survey found:
- Nearly two-thirds of respondents consider lack of time a major hindrance in monitoring.
- Almost 40 percent are unsure what tools to use.
- Monitoring primarily focuses on what's being said about one's organization, with a smaller majority listening in on competitors.
- Google—both analytics and alerts—dominates the free tools that are used in monitoring. HootSuite and Radian6 lead the pack among paid tools, with Vocus and newcomers such as NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions trailing.
The survey's findings of confusion about measurement square with what David B. Thomas is seeing. Thomas is senior director of content and community at Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
"People get started, and they expect they will be able to get quick answers and easy answers to what they're supposed to be measuring," says Thomas. "People have to understand what they're trying to measure and what they're trying to influence."
What to measure?
Nearly 86 percent of respondents said they measure interaction and engagement, including followers, fans, and "likes." According to the survey, 74 percent are tracking Web traffic, with 58 percent measuring brand reputation. Forty percent track new leads, and only 31 measure sales.
For all the talk about measurement, it is important to keep the bigger picture in mind, suggests Jeremiah Owyang, a partner in Altimeter Group. The problem is deeper than just figuring out the tools; many brands don't know what they're supposed to measure, he says.
"They think follower count is a business metric, but it's not a business metric," Owyang says. "What you do with your fans and followers is a business metric."
For example, if your goal is to increase sales, then you need to measure referral rates and how social media affects the process through the point of purchase, he says. A tally of fans and followers doesn't tell you that.
Some respondents find it difficult to make this connection. "We are a hospital, so sales and leads are very difficult to track via social media," replied one.
"Let me know when you figure out social ROI/metrics," said another respondent.
If many are dissatisfied with how they measure, perhaps it is partly because clear standards have yet to crystalize.
David B. Rockland, CEO at Ketchum Pleon Change and a partner at Ketchum Global Research, says measurement is hard to pin down because social media is evolving. This leaves uncertainty as things shake out.
Rockland says the seven Barcelona Principles, adopted in 2010 at a summit of the International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communication, are a step toward more accurate social media metrics. (He participated in the conference.) The declaration states that the social media can and should be measured, and that transparency and replicability are paramount to sound measurement.
Social media can be measured through solid quantitative and qualitative metrics, he says.
Perhaps some perspective is in order, suggests Jonathan Rick, CEO of Jonathan Rick Group, a digital communications firm. If you place an ad or get a media mention, it is difficult to track how many people saw it or what they did with the information. But the Internet can tell you which social platform referred a viewer and how many clicked through to your website and went on to buy.
"Take anything social or digital compared to its dead-tree counterpart, and you'll find that there are a plethora of measurements at your disposal," Rick says.
Most monitor selves; fewer track the competition
A total of 86 percent of respondents monitor what's being said about their organization, while 77 percent monitored industry news, trends, and events. Fewer—57 percent—monitor their competitors.
"We should be monitoring the competition, but don't have the time," one respondent wrote.
Another organization "only monitor[s] and respond[s] to posts on our pages. We don't monitor any outside influence," a survey participant wrote.
Monitoring is crucial at General Motors, says Mary Henige, the automaker's director of social media and digital communications. The company once took out an ad on college campuses that showed a cyclist covering his face, as if embarrassed, while a pretty young woman in a car passes him. "Reality Sucks," read the headline.
The apparent anti-bike message stirred up an uproar in cycling- and student-related social media, and Henige quickly passed along the word that the ad had backfired. GM pulled it and apologized. Someone had tweeted about the ad to cyclist Lance Armstrong, so GM messaged him, too. His team retweeted GM's statement.
"With social media you can find issues more quickly—and react to them more quickly—before you get mainstream media calls," Henige says.
One savvy respondent uses monitoring—presumably on Twitter—proactively, to keep up with reporters. This survey participant tracks "the comings, goings, and daily life happenings of reporters we want to deepen relationships with—to make the chance of getting coverage exponentially easier."
Roadblocks trip up measurement and monitoring
Many survey participants found significant roadblocks in monitoring. Some 65 percent said lack of time was the reason; 63 percent blamed a lack of staffing. (Twenty-three percent said measuring is "too overwhelming.") Just over 41 percent blamed a lack of money.
Confusion about tools also hindered monitoring. Some 39 percent agreed with the statement, "We don't know which tools to use."
One respondent's company monitors a wide range of areas "in theory," but added: "In reality, there's not enough time to do any of the above as a small firm. Even though the tools are easy/foolproof, someone has to review the info."
Said another, "It can be difficult to provide [return on investment] for social media, and without ROI, it's difficult to build a business case for investment."
On the other hand, one respondent wrote: "We are fully engaged throughout the workweek and will commonly monitor the sites live. While some folks in our office choose to utilize tools such as TweetDeck and Hootsuite, not all do."
Several mentioned industry-specific barriers. Wrote one respondent, "We are a government agency and struggle with adhering to strict security requirements and emerging social media trends."
The sheer mass of mentions renders monitoring and measurement difficult. One person wrote: "Some clients have hundreds of social media mentions a day, often by disgruntled students who are required to use their tool for submission of assignments."
How organizations measure
As to how they do this, nearly 59 percent use free tools, while 35 percent use both free and paid. Just 6 percent rely on paid alone.
Among paid tools, Hootsuite holds a plurality, with 31 percent, followed by Radian6 (25 percent).
Google Analytics dominates the free tools, with 78 percent saying they rely on it. Google Alerts follows with 67 percent. Hootsuite (47 percent) and TweetDeck (36 percent) remain popular. Social Mention, Wildfire, and Trackur follow far behind.
Some mentioned proprietary tools, among them the respondent who uses "some homemade French tools."
Many individuals did no tracking or couldn't name their tools. Forty-two answered variations of "none," "don't know," or "N/A" when asked what tools they use. "I'm not sure this is actively done," one answered.
"I believe there is very little data out there that is unbiased and transparent in the social media world," one survey participant responded. "We have to rely on Facebook, Twitter, to make their tools better and more transparent so we can get better answers to questions like, 'What is our ROI?'"
How they found measurement service
Asked how they found their measurement service, the majority—59 percent—said through word of mouth. As in other markets, Google continued to be a powerful means of finding a measurement service, with 21 percent saying they used the search engine.
In the comments, many said they had received calls from salespeople, and one answered, "Through networking and observation of others."
Added another: "Our agency found them (not sure how) for another client and knew we were looking. So, they had us interview them along with some others. We found them to be the most robust and cost-effective."
The 'biopsies approach'
In the end, some are finding ways to measure, even if it is only a snapshot of their market. Lee Aase, director of Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media, uses a medical metaphor.
"We use what I like to call the 'biopsies approach,' versus the 'full-body scan,'" he says.
Mayo is satisfied that its "biopsies"—or anecdotal evidence—prove the business case for social media. The number of patients seeking treatment for a rare form of blood cancer doubled over four years after Mayo released and promoted a series of YouTube videos on the subject.
Says Aase: "In these little slivers of the practice where we're able to do measurement, we're able to see that we're having an impact."
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This year is definitely one that's going to require a plan that drives your marketing moves. In addition to structure, flexibility is key to capture a run up in prices along the way. A little luck doesn't hurt, either. The tables are turned, as the livestock sector looks forward to profitable days ahead while crop prices take a hit. The following is a snapshot from leading experts on how 2014 is shaping up for the major commodities.
Prices, Exports Stay Rosy for Beef Cattle
Beef cattle fundamentals are shaping up to deliver a profitable and possibly record-breaking 2014. It's no coincidence that as corn prices declined, cattle prices rallied. Stocker and feeder cattle have posted 25% to 30% price gains since May, boosting the feeder cattle index price for 750-lb. steers to more than $165 per cwt. Falling corn prices also provided a much-needed boost for feedlot operators. After two years of negative margins, cattle feeders are back in the black.
According to Sterling Marketing Inc. of Vale, Ore., feedyards saw profits of nearly $123 per head in early November.
Analysts point to declining supplies of cattle as the foundation of a strong market. The Jan. 1, 2013, inventory of beef cows was the lowest in 60 years, and number crunchers say cow inventories will be smaller again in early 2014.
Feedyards and stockers will aggressively seek cattle of all sizes, which will support higher calf and feeder cattle prices.
Robust beef exports add to a bright outlook. The U.S. Meat Export Federation says in the first eight months of 2013, beef exports are up 1% in volume and 10% in value to 767,017 metric tons valued at $4.01 billion. The export value per head of fed slaughter beef in August averaged $253.87, up $46.16 from 2012.
Can anything derail a booming cattle market in 2014? Analysts are nervous about ever-increasing retail beef prices and the effect on demand. Average retail beef prices in August 2013, the latest data available, was a record $5.39 per pound, according to USDA's Economic Research Service.
Exports Dominate U.S. Dairy Forecast
Dairy economists are pointing to exports as the brightest constellation in 2014—with good reason: U.S. dairy exports in 2013 mark a fourth consecutive record year, as well as a new high for the ninth time in 10 years. U.S. dairy exports rose nearly 30% in value to $6.6 billion, compared with year-earlier levels, says Alan Levitt with the U.S. Dairy Export Council. In volume, exports of milk solids climbed by about 18% to 3.9 billion pounds.
U.S. dairy exports are on track to account for an impressive 15.4% of the nation's 2013 milk output. "Five years ago, we exported just 5% of our milk production," Levitt says.
Adding to 2014's optimistic outlook are improving margins for producers fueled by strong milk prices and lower feed costs. "Income over feed costs this year look to be the best since 2007," Levitt says.
Despite these factors, market watchers see a few clouds ahead. One feed source not expected to get any cheaper is alfalfa hay. Top-quality hay is $280 to $300 per ton.
Sluggish domestic consumption and high product inventories also remain concerns. Even so, analysts expect to see a surge in milk production as dairies seek to boost profits. That's likely to pressure milk prices.
"Milk prices won't collapse, but they may drop to $16.70 per cwt. by February," says Robert Cropp, professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Jerry Dryer, editor of the Dairy & Food Market Analyst newsletter, expects Class III prices to dip to $16 per cwt. in the third quarter of 2014 before rising to $16.75 in the fourth quarter. Class IV, which represent dairy powder products, will see strong demand overseas, just as Dairy Farmers of America's new powder plant comes online in Nevada.
Pork Industry Ready to Hog More Corn
This past year was a turnaround time for cash-strapped hog producers. Low herd numbers and much lower corn prices has returned profitability to the industry. Chris Hurt, a Purdue Extension ag economist, says during the first half of 2014, hog producers should see profits of approximately $30 a head.
"While that sounds like a lot, producers are really just offsetting drought losses and doing a little better," Hurt says. "These are good returns. By next spring and summer, we should see extraordinary returns—maybe $40 per head."
Ron Plain, University of Missouri Extension livestock marketing economist, says producers are finally able to start rebuilding breeding herds.
"History says it takes five months of profits before we start to see herd expansion," he says. "October 2013 was the fifth month of profits, so we're expecting producers to start expanding breeding herds; that will give us more hogs on the market starting in the fourth quarter of 2014."
By next summer, Hurt predicts the U.S. breeding herd will have expanded by 2% to 3%.
Higher retail costs have resulted from higher production costs. The retail price of pork in August 2013 was at a record high of $3.75 per pound, and it has affected consumption. Since 2007, the average American has reduced yearly pork consumption by about 5 lb.
Even though prices have been high, one pork cut is still in high demand—bacon. "We go through food fads," Plain says. "Bacon is an 'in' food right now."
Additionally, U.S. pork is in a great position to increase exports. "That's three home runs," Hurt says. "If pork producers made it through to this point, they are survivors."
Prepare for a Stagnant Corn Market
Even after numerous production challenges in 2013, USDA still predicted a record corn crop, causing corn prices to tumble to $4 to $5. With corn prices still struggling, will farmers stick with corn this year? Current talk in the trade suggests more than 4 million corn acres will be lost, but Farm Journal columnist Bob Utterback thinks closer to 3 million acres will take a hit, but in lower-production regions.
Greg Wagner, president of GWX-Ag Advisors and an AgWeb market analyst, agrees. "There's widespread expectations that there will be a reduction in corn acreage and an increase in soybean acreage," he says, "but it will not be nearly as dramatic as some are forecasting." He predicts a reduction of just 1 million to 1.5 million acres.
"We've had a surge in global corn production," Wagner says, citing areas such as South America and Ukraine that have boosted their production levels in recent years. "But the biggest wild card might be China," he says.
The first half of 2014 looks quiet. Utterback predicts that through May, corn might only have a 50¢ to $2 trading range, depending on the weather. From June through September, though, he forecasts that the market will become violent as crop conditions are reported.
"In light of the global demand side, the demographics of the world, the number of people moving up the food chain and production capacity, agriculture and producers as a whole have prospect for higher prices," Wagner says. "But not necessarily $8 corn and $15 beans."
With corn prices what they are, soybeans look more enticing. "If it's good enough for you to shift acres, then prices are good enough to sell," Utterback says. "The real danger is not what the flat price does; it's what the margin does."
Price Soybeans Early
If you didn't sell soybeans right off the combine this fall, you might want to empty your bins soon. Prices could easily tumble toward spring and early summer. "Nearby futures of $12.75 have come down, but they're still at a good place for producers—more than $1 above average production costs," says Chad Hart, ag economist at Iowa State University.
"The market is saying to sell," he says. Expect gradual price deterioration through 2014, he adds, noting that old-crop soybeans are an inverted market with little upside potential. Because of that, he doesn't expect current levels to hold; deferred months are deeply discounted.
"The bulk of Chinese buying is now behind us," says Darrel Good, University of Illinois ag economist.
Brazil and Argentina have planted a record number of soybean acres, and the crop is off to a good start. It makes sense to price at least some 2014 sales on rallies, "but I would not be aggressively sold," Good says. "The South American crop is not made yet."
Producers can wait until crop insurance level guarantees are announced in February, based off November 2014 futures. "Crop insurance may allow producers to have a significant amount of downside risk covered," Good says.
The positive news for soybeans is on the demand side. USDA forecasts exports of 1.45 billion bushels for the current marketing year.
Domestic soybean crush has also marched higher, but "supplies are going up faster than demand," Good explains.
Two bearish factors are rationing demand. One is production of other oils, particularly palm oil. The second is the reduction of biodiesel targets in the Renewable Fuels Standard proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Big Wheat Crop, Mildly Bearish Prices
While prices will be somewhat bearish thanks to a large corn supply for feed and strong wheat production globally, experts say 2014 will be a good year for U.S. wheat.
July 2014 wheat futures have been declining for several months, says Brian Williams, economist for Mississippi State University Extension Service. USDA has not published its 2014 acreage estimates, but private estimates indicate the crop will be larger than in 2013.
The international market will be an important factor for U.S. wheat prices in 2014, experts say. Harvests in Australia and Argentina, and the quality of those crops, will be key.
Prices in hard red winter wheat country have averaged about $7 per bushel this year. While prices are likely to be slightly lower for the 2014/15 marketing year, strong protein and milling characteristics coupled with tight ending stocks should keep prices favorable.
"I think it's safe to say that right now, if you were projecting to June of 2014, that we will have a 1 billion bushel hard red winter wheat crop," says Kim Anderson, Oklahoma State Extension economist. If that's the case, then in 2014/15, "we will rebuild the hard red winter wheat stocks."
There are several other significant international stories playing out, says Ed Usset at University of Minnesota Extension. China imports large amounts of wheat, while Canada is experiencing logistical problems in hauling off its blockbuster wheat crop. Basis levels also are reportedly wide.
That, coupled with the fact that 15% of wheat production worldwide goes to feed, makes it difficult to imagine how wheat could mount a great upward price surge. In general, wheat experiences about three major market highs: once during planting in the fall, once early in the year and once in May right before harvest, explains David Reinbott, University of Missouri Extension.
"If you missed that October sale, I'd probably hold off 'til January or February," he says. "Once you get past the first of March, it really starts to go down pretty hard."
China Holds All the Cotton Cards
Cotton producers could be in for another wild ride in 2014 as the Chinese government sells its stockpile and announces new policies for the 2014/15 growing season.
O.A. Cleveland, an agricultural economist at Mississippi State University, expects prices to return to 80¢ or 90¢, with the usual rallies early in the year and during planting season. He thinks the Chinese government will refrain from dumping its reserves on the market for fear of undercutting the value of its reserve and hurting its domestic producers.
Jon Devine, a senior economist for Cotton Incorporated, isn't quite as bullish about crop prices as Cleveland. Devine expects the market to go sideways until spring, when China will announce its reforms for the growing season. The rumor, Devine says, is that the Chinese will move away from making stockpile purchases and toward direct payments.
Cleveland forecasts the 2014 cotton crop to be a little smaller, but the high yields of recent years are here to stay, he says. To take out options for downside protection, John Robinson, agricultural economist at Texas A&M University, recommends farmers buy "near-the-money" put options and sell a "deep out-of-the money option" as a way to buffer a decline from revenue insurance policies.
The International Cotton Advisory Committee projects world cotton production will outpace consumption by roughly 2 million tons during the 2013/14 season. Supply and demand will come back into alignment during the 2014/15 season, which would bolster prices.
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Short films are have hit it big. Some of the best can be screened on Friday, at the Madison Theatre in Rockville Centre, when Asbury Shorts' Short Film Concert returns to Long Island with its latest edition.
This national touring showcase of films — including award-winners — brings cinematic gems to a wide audience on the big screen.
"We have certainly become the concert's Long Island home," says Angelo Fraboni, the Madison Theatre's artistic director. "Storytelling is woven into the fabric of our culture. And, great short films are brilliant precise storytellers. I am amazed at the emotions that can be pulled from me in a three to five minute short film."
"The audience is engaged in multiple journeys during these concerts that keeps them on a thrilling rollercoaster that have them coming back year after year."
And come back, they do. The event maintains its loyal following, here and nationwide.
"We just keep growing," says Doug LeClaire, Asbury Shorts' director and founder. "Last year we did the most shows in our 40-year history. That means we are succeeding in our mission, which is to get indie shorts out to people who don't normally go to film festivals."
It's a long way from Asbury Shorts' start as an event LeClaire created to get college films noticed in the early '80s.
"We've evolved into a way to bring award-winning short films to an audience. These are films that deserve to be seen."
Don't call LeClaire's event a festival however. He insists it's a "concert."
"We are not a festival, since this is not a competitive event," he explains. "We combine shorts from past screenings with current film festival winners and first-time filmmakers. We are giving life to filmmaker's projects. So it's a mix of old hits and new hits, just like a concert. If you don't like a certain film, hang on and you'll like the next one."
"I don't expect everyone to like them all. It's a successful night for me if audiences like five or six."
The slate of films is designed to entertain across the genres — comedy, drama and animation (with the occasional documentary making an appearance) — from up-and-coming filmmakers, along with prominent directors.
Asbury Shorts had its start in 1981 (on Asbury Avenue in Westbury) as a showcase of student-produced shorts from local colleges, guided by LeClaire, who was then a recent graduate of New York Institute of Technology,
"It's been a labor of love for those of us who work in the film business in New York," he says. "Our show is like a trip to the best film festivals in the world where you sample the elite of the short film genre but without competition."
LeClaire, who was a commercial producer for over two decades, remains passionate about giving filmmakers an audience for their creative efforts.
"Our number one priority is the enjoyment of our audience," he says. "We're proud to provide an outlet for the filmmakers' product. "We give them the opportunity to experience great films on real theater screens the way they were meant to be seen. I guarantee that the majority of the audience hasn't seen most of these films before."
As always, all films shown are 20 minutes or less in length. The program includes selections from the film festival circuit and, of course, Academy Award-nominated titles. "It's an eclectic lineup," says LeClaire. "In true Asbury style, it's a fast paced night in two acts. And all have an award pedigree of some kind."
This year's edition includes some "classics" that are audience favorites from previous shows, along with films making their New York area premieres.
Highlights include "Sac De Merde," a new comedy from director Greg Chwerchak (who directed the 2007 coming-of-age feature "'Greetings From the Shore"). It tells of an unlucky-in-love yet irrationally optimistic New Yorker who thinks her luck has changed when she spends the night with the man of her dreams. But as it turns out, that's not exactly so. Written by and starring Arielle Haller- Silverstone, it also features David Fumero, currently in the cast of the hit STARZ series: "Power."
"It's a bit risqué, but very well done," says LeClaire, of the film, which runs 13 minutes. So we've put it in Act 2."
Another selection "The Suitor," from Australian TV commercial director Kate Riedl, tells a surreal tale of young courtship in the wilds of the Australian outback. The dark comedy has been a hit on the festival circuit. "It's a cool little comedy," says LeClaire.
He also touts "The Drive," the poignant story of Evie, a loving daughter who struggles with role reversal as she drives her aging parents to an assisted living facility. "The subject is very relatable," says LeClaire. "It's nice story that provides an emotional impact — in seven minutes. The casting in this is really well done."
Of course, there's plenty more that LeClaire won't share. "I can't reveal the entire lineup," he says. "We want to be theatrical." That might even mean that there might even be some "surprises" added in. "You'll just have to come and see for yourself," he says. "We always like to surprise our audience."
Short Film Concert
When: Friday, April 20, 7:30 p.m. $15.
Where: Madison Theatre, Molloy College, 1000 Hempstead Ave.,
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Once the centrepiece of a hearty breakfast but disparaged as part of the unhealthy fry-up, the health benefits of the humble black pudding have often often ignored.
But in 2016 it has finally found its place amongst the superfoods of quinoa, kale and black beans as the newest addition to a balanced, healthy diet.
Although there's no medical or even legal definition of what constitutes a 'superfood', according to online health retailer MuscleFood.com the blood sausage is "going to become a superstar of 2016".
Clean eating of natural foods has been hailed as the way forward for health-conscious consumers and while processed food often gets a bad press, the black pudding has bucked this thinking
Practically carb-free, it contains iron and zinc - elements missing from many modern diets - as well as potassium, calcium and magnesium, all required to make healthy blood cells.
The news can only be good for Stornoway's black pudding producers, which achieved European protected status in 2013. Charles Macleod Butchers has reported it has seen postal demand for its famous delicacy increase substantially over the last few days, perhaps due to this new superfood tag.
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Lorna Maclennan, director of the butchers' shop in Stornoway, said: "We have had a surge in the number of people ordering their black puddings direct, January is usually quiet, but we have had 100 orders with more coming in all the time."
She added: "It's been a staple on the kitchen table throughout the Hebrides for many years, it's now good to see its benefits being recognised."
The shop supplies to all over the country including London and Sheffield.
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Oklahoma State Junior
PROS: Has good, strong hands. Has excellent speed and burst. A good runner after the catch because of his quickness and speed, but also can be physical and not afraid of contact. Has good body control and makes the catch in traffic with his good size. Attacks the ball in the air, and does a good job on vertical routes because he tracks the deep ball so well. Shows he can be an effective blocker downfield.
CONS: Will drop some easy passes from time to time. Needs to improve as a route-runner. Is a bit of a talker.
OVERVIEW: I didn't get the chance to see Bryant play this year before his suspension, so I'm basing this evaluation off what I saw from him last year. He was suspended for the rest of the season for lying to the NCAA about having a reportedly harmless dinner with Deion Sanders. I tend to see Bryant as a finesse player that I'm not sure deals with adversity.
NFL FORECAST: I have a similar opinion of Bryant that I did of Michael Crabtree last year. In terms of his physical ability, he's really second to none. He has the potential to be an elite receiver and will certainly be an asset to some NFL team. There's little doubt in my mind that Bryant will be a successful NFL receiver, he's just too talented. Like Crabtree, and other receivers of that ilk like Randy Moss and Terrell Owens, about 75% of the time, he's going to be a huge asset to an offense. But that other 25% of the time, he can actually be a detriment to your team because he doesn't have great character. And if that 25% of the time happens to come and January (and it often does), you're team is screwed because he can be a no show. And because of the other 75% of the time, he's so ingrained in what you do offensively, that essentially costs you games. I call these players "mercenaries" because they aren't guys you build around, but instead bring in later to get to the next level. The Eagles can't get past the NFC Championship game for three years, Owens comes in and they're in the Super Bowl. The Patriots haven't been to a Super Bowl in two years, Moss comes in and they are arguably one of the two greatest teams in NFL history. And who knows, maybe Bryant learns from guys like that, and "gets it" and shows more maturity and toughness as a young player. But I wouldn't bet it on. But then again, I wouldn't say that I would avoid Bryant. I just don't think he's a guy that can be great for everybody. On a bad team that doesn't have strong leadership, that 25% might grow to 50%. But on a good team, I'm not as concerned assuming I have other weapons to go to. If like Moss and Owens with Jerry Rice and Cris Carter, Bryant comes into the league as a second fiddle to a top receiver, then it's a slam dunk. But on a bad team where he has to be the No. 1 guy right off the bat and is working with a young or poor quarterback, I don't expect him to live up to those expectations. And while talent-wise they are very comparable, he doesn't have the sort of character of a Larry Fitzgerald, who can thrive on a bad team.
ATL FORECAST: Atlanta is one of those places were Bryant could thrive however. With Ryan, Roddy, and Gonzo to steer him in the right direction, he should be very good very soon. He's not perfectly polished, but as a situational and role player from the get-go, he can definitely contribute big plays. And he should overtake Jenkins as the starter by his second summer. The good thing about the Falcons is that he'd come in not to be some sort of savior, but instead he'd have to check his ego a bit and at least initially accept being a role player. Which he could thrive on because of his talent level, and then in time be integrated as a go-to star. He's one of the few players that I think could overtake Roddy as Ryan's favorite target within two or three years. And if watches and learns from Roddy, and aims to mirror some of his toughness and physicality (as Fitzgerald did from watching Boldin), then he'd be ridiculously good in Atlanta.
VALUE: He has the talent to be a Top 5 pick, but I'd rather take him in the No. 5-10 range because of his lack of strong character.
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Spend a day with Huell as he visits Rainbow Mealworms & Crickets. Rainbow has been raising and selling their "product" for 40 years. Not only do they sell mealworms and crickets, but they also raise huge hissing roaches! If you've ever wondered what a few million mealworms look like, this is the show for you.
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Huell takes a hike to the elusive bridge that could have led to somewhere but got beaten out by Mother Nature by way of heavy rain and floods.1
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A visit to the 31st Annual Griffith Park Sidecar Rally. It's a get-together of sidecar enthusiasts and it turns out these contraptions that hook on to motorcycles have quite a colorful history and come in all shapes and sizes.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
California Zephyr
Huell revisits the California Zephyr, a magnificent train which traveled between Chicago and Oakland from 1949 to 1970. Huell climbs aboard one of the original restored silver "Vista-Dome" cars and travels through some of the most spectacular scenery in the state, heading west from Lake Tahoe. Huell shares the ride with a group of people who worked on and rode the original Zephyr.
Road Trip
Ridge Route
Completed in 1915, the Ridge Route was carved from the San Gabriel Mountains by workers using mule-drawn dirt scrapers. From ridge top to ridge top, they cleared a 20 foot-wide roadway which was the first direct route between Los Angeles and Bakersfield, uniting Northern and Southern California. Today, a 30-mile portion of the abandoned Ridge Route between Castaic and Gorman, can be found hidden in the mountains just east of Interstate 5 which long ago replaced it. Huell is joined by Harrison Scott, a retired Pacific Bell engineer, who, with the help of U.S.
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Huell learns about California's early logging industry during a visit to Scotia, located 30 miles south of Eureka on Highway 101 in Humboldt County. Scotia may be the last true company town in America. It was founded as a logging camp in 1883 and is still the home of the Pacific Lumber Company.
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Huell travels to the little farming community of Sloughhouse near Sacramento. Once there he meets up with George Signorotti, owner of the last family-owned hops farm in the sate, and witnesses firsthand the harvesting and bailing of hops, which was once a huge crop in California.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Skimboarding is a sport similar to surfing. The skimboarder stands about 20 feet from the ocean, with board in hand, and waits for a wave. When they see a wave, they run towards it, drop the board, and jump onto it as quickly as possible. Once on the board, the skimmer must remain stable to make the transition to the ocean. S/he then (hopefully) glides out into the ocean toward the oncoming wave, banks off of it, and rides it back into shore. Huell travels to Laguna to watch some locals show how its done.
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Catalina Arabian Ranch
Nestled in a small valley nearly 12 miles outside of Avalon on Catalina Island is El Rancho Escondido, "the hidden ranch." Still a working ranch, it was originally started as the Wrigley family's Arabian Horse Ranch. The facility's prizewinning horses, historic memorabilia, and entertaining exhibits make it great place to visit. Huell spends the day with members of the Wrigley family as they reminisce about life on the ranch.
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Trees of Mystery
The giant statue of Paul Bunyan greets visitors to this family run road-side attraction that has been open since the 1930's. Join host Huell Howser as he get a tour through some of the most amazing Redwoods in California, but its not just any old walking tour where you stare up at these impossibly tall trees; its a SkyTrail, which is basically a ski lift which gets you at tree-top level giving you an amazing new view.
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Delta Queen
For 50 years one of the most popular ways to travel up and down the mighty Mississippi River has been aboard the authentic paddlewheel steamboat Delta Queen. To ride on this boat is to step back in time -- in fact, the Delta Queen has been declared a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. But true riverboat buffs will tell you that the Delta Queen was not originally built to travel on the Mississippi River. It's a California boat, built in Stockton in the late 1920's for service on the Sacramento River.
California's Golden Parks
Trona Pinnacles
The Trona Pinnacles are one of the most unusual geological features in California. The unusual landscape consists of more than 500 tufa spires, some as high as 140 feet rising from a dry lake bed. The Pinnacles have been used as a backdrop fort hundreds of movies and TV shows.
Huell also visits Fossil Falls and Little Lake in the Owens Valley.
California's Golden Parks
Huell heads to Northern California, near Redding, to visit Whiskeytown National Recreation Area and hears all about this new and improved state park. Most exciting is the recent discovery of an enormous 400 foot waterfall, which was hidden on private property until 2006. Huell talks to the ranger who made the discovery and together, they explore the freshly cut trail that has been made for everyone to enjoy this gorgeous "new" waterfall.
California's Golden Parks
Fern Canyon
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park is a 14,000 acre sanctuary of old growth coast redwoods, which offers hiking, nature study, wildlife viewing, beach combing, picnicking, a visitor center with exhibits and a nature store. Join Huell as he hikes to Fern Canyon, one of this state park's most enchanting locations.
California's Golden Parks
Whitewater Preserve
Huell visits the Whitewater Preserve located just off the 10 freeway near Palm Springs. This amazing oasis contains 2,851 acres surrounded by the Bureau of Land Management San Gorgonio Wilderness and is part of the Wildlands Conservancy's 33,000-acre Sand to Snow Preserve System. Included is and old trout farm and lodge that have been transformed into a visitor facility. There is also a picnic area, group campground, and a trailhead that is only a half-mile from the Pacific Crest Trail in the San Gorgonio Wilderness.
California's Golden Parks
Big Basin
Huell visits Big Basin Redwoods State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Established in 1902, it's actually California's oldest State Park and is celebrating its centennial this year. Home to the largest continuous stand of Coast Redwoods south of San Francisco, as well as numerous waterfalls, abundant wildlife, and incredible scenery.
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On September 28, 1542, Juan Rodr¡guez Cabrillo landed at San Diego Bay. This event marked the first time that a European expedition had set foot on what later became the west coast of the United States. Huell travels to Cabrillo National Monument, where Cabrillo's exploration is commemorated with a statue and a museum flanked by scenic views of San Diego's harbor and skyline.
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Fire Museum
Located at historic fire Station #30 on South Central Avenue in Los Angeles, the African American Firefighter Museum is a nonprofit organization dedicated to collecting, conserving and sharing the heritage of African American Firefighters.
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Mule Days
They've been a part of the California landscape for hundreds of years, helping to build our canals and highways and railroads, hauling our freight, our silver bullion and, of course, playing a major role during the gold rush era. However, many people are under the false impression that they're stubborn, while others tend to overlook them in favor of the more glamorous horse.
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Springtime In Death Valley
Leave it to our own Huell Howser to think he could go kayaking in Death Valley! But it turns out that's exactly what he does as he travels to normally parched Death Valley National Park to kayak on the huge salt lake created by this year's heavy rains. Ancient Lake Manly at Badwater only reappears about every 100 years, so he figured he better go for it.
In addition to the lake, Huell also captures the bounty of endless fields of wildflowers, which covered Death Valley this spring.
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Wooden Boats
They come in all shapes and sizes and many date back to the early part of this century. All have been lovingly restored by their owners and are meticulously maintained. In short, they're some of the most beautiful wooden boats ever made.
Host Huell Howser gets a close look at these boats as he attends the 24th annual Concours d' Elegance dedicated to the preservation and celebration of the wooden vessels that have graced Lake Tahoe since the 1920s. He not only talks with the owners about the rich history of their boats, but joins them for a ride on the historic lake.
California's Golden Coast
Anacapa Island, one of California's Channel Islands, is located 14 miles off the coast from Ventura. From the ocean, Huell finds that ocean waves have eroded the perimeter of the island, creating steep sea cliffs towering hundreds of feet in height and exposing the volcanic origins of air pockets, lava tubes, and sea caves. Once on land, he learns that the largest breeding colony of the endangered California brown pelican is located on West Anacapa.
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Huell travels to the high sierras on horseback to see how trout are dropped from an airplane into High Sierra Mountain lakes -- a spectacular sight.
California's Golden Coast
Crissy Field
In the premiere episode of California's Golden Coast, Huell learns about an inspiring success story. Located at the Presidio in San Francisco, once a U.S. Army outpost and cornerstone of military operations on the West Coast, Crissy Field became the most significant site of aviation development in the western United States in the early part of the 20th Century.
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The Lost Golden Spike
On May 10, 1869, the Last Spike of the Transcontinental Railroad was ceremonially driven into a polished California Laurel railroad tie at Promontory, Utah. Huell learns about its mysterious disappearance and re-discovery and also gets a special sneak preview of this rare artifact on a visit to the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University and the California State Railroad Museum.
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Warnor's Theatre
The Warnors Theatre, a Fresno landmark that opened in 1928, houses a pipe organ that is the only one of its kind in the world still performing inside its original theatre.
After years of neglect, the future of the theatre was in jeopardy until Frank Caglia bought it in 1973 and returned it to its former luster. Huell hears the Caglia's family story, which intersects with the story of the Warnor's Theatre at its opening and is as much a jewel as the theatre itself .
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White Water
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Santa Barbara Stagecoach
In this one-hour special, Huell retraces the route of the old Stagecoach line in and around Santa Barbara. Join him for a ride through history.
California's Green
Gills Onions
Huell visits the family run Gills Onions, which is not only the largest onion processing plant in California but its also the greenest. Each day they convert over 150 tons of onion peel and juice waste to power fuel cells on site that provide enough power to run the lights and refrigeration.
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Huell meets Joe Rinaudo whose passion is a 1926 Fotoplayer, which uses music rolls like those for player pianos to provide music and sound effects to silent films. Joe spent thousands of hours restoring his Fotoplayer and although the "talkies" made them obsolete in the late 1920s, Huell discovers there is still no better way to enjoy a silent movie than with Joe, his hand cranked projector and his Fotoplayer.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Printing Museum
Huell visits the International Printing Museum in Carson, which takes one of the world's most significant collections of antique printing machinery and brings it to life through working demonstrations and theater presentations.
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Palm Desert
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California's Green
Huell heads south to the small town of Heber to visit Ormat Technologies geothermal plant. From the earliest native peoples to the mud loving "spa" enthusiasts, this area has a rich history in harnessing the "heat" bubbling up from the ground. We'll get an education in how Ormat is harnessing this energy and using it to power our lives.
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Chavez Center
Huell travels to the Tehachapi Mountains to visit The Cesar Chavez Foundation. Set on 187 acres, the buildings where once home to a tuberculosis hospital and then it's where Cesar lived and labored during his last quarter century as he fought for better rights for migrant workers. Now the Center is a carrying on Cesar's dream and welcomes visitors to learn about this important chapter in our state's history. Huell gets a very special and personal tour of the Center from Cesar's son Paul.
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Wedding of the Waters
In 1937, an amazing three-day event took place to celebrate the opening of a new road from Lone Pine to Death Valley. A gourd was filled with water from the highest lake in the U.S. on the side of Mt. Whitney. A trip commenced using all modes of important California transportation--Native American runner, Pony Express, miner and burro, 20-mule team, stagecoach, train, car and plane. With many famous participants, the water finally arrived at the lowest lake in the U.S, Bad Water Death Valley, and was poured in, thus consummating the Wedding of the Waters.
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Indian History
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Songbird of Manzanar
During the years of the detainment in Manzanar War Relocation Center, one of ten camps at which Japanese American citizens were interned during World War II, music provided a rare solace for the internees. Huell visits with Mary Kageyama Nomura known as the "Songbird of Manzanar" who performed there as a teenager.
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O'donnell House
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Lummis House
In this never-before-seen "lost" episode, Huell visits the home of Los Angeles icon Charles Fletcher Lummis in Highland Park. Lummis, who died in 1928, was the founder of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, an editor of the Los Angeles Times, and a collector and preservationist of Southwestern culture. The Lummis House, today a historic museum, was built by Lummis in the late nineteenth century.
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Masonic Cave
Huell's off to Amador county and the town of Volcano. It was once a thriving, gold mining town in the 1850s and 1860s, but Huell has set off to discover the mysterious cave in this mountain community which served as a Masonic lodge.
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Pet Cemetery
Huell visits the gravesites of famous animal stars.
California's Gold with Huell Howser
Before Disneyland, Walt Disney's enthusiasm for realistic model trains had evolved into an elaborate backyard live steam railroad. At the heart of his railroad was a quaint red barn, which was his center of operations. Now at home in Griffith Park in Los Angles, the barn is a gem in the collection of the Los Angeles Live Steamers, an organization of train enthusiasts dedicated to educating people in railroad history and lore, and to further the avocation of live steam, gas-mechanical and electronic railroad technology.
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The display of your FRITZ!Fon and/or a cordless telephone from another manufacturer keeps indicating that you received calls from one of your own telephone numbers, although you did not receive calls from this number. The word "EMAIL", "FAX" or "VOICE" may be displayed in front of your own number.
- Since your telephony provider supports MWI (Message Waiting Indication), your telephone displays these messages to indicate that you have new messages in your mailbox.
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Disabling MWI in the FRITZ!Box
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Warmth is coming, but at a prices, says AccuWeather.
AccuWeather.com reports there is good news for folks hoping for a little break on heating bills and hoping to clean up the ice and snow that has accumulated in the Midwest, East and South. However, the pattern change may eventually evolve into storms that bring heavy precipitation.
For a large part of the eastern two-thirds of the nation, the severe cold will ease up and temperatures will climb to average to above average levels during the first few days of February.
The most notable warmup will be in the South.
Temperatures will trend upward through the 50s and 60s late this week and are forecast to reach the 70s in portions of Texas and Louisiana this weekend.
From the Ohio Valley to the mid-Atlantic, temperatures will bounce back into the 30s and 40s as early as Friday. It may feel like springtime, almost. Temperatures at Punxsutawney, Pa., first thing Sunday morning look to be close to the freezing mark with a cloudy to partly cloudy sky.
A couple hundred miles farther east on Sunday at East Rutherford, N.J., football fans can expect temperatures to fall through the 30s, after rising near 40 degrees. The region appears as though it will be in between two storm systems Sunday afternoon and evening with some cloud cover, but probably no precipitation.
For folks who have trouble coping with the cold and who have been pent up in recent weeks, the break will provide an opportunity to get out of the house. Vehicles will be easier to start, and garage doors may open without the strange noises.
The pattern change marks an end to the train of Alberta Clipper storms that have helped to usher in the waves of bitterly cold air, ground blizzards over the North Central states and the snow almost every day in some locations.
The new pattern moving forward through February will still offer cold, just not quite as extreme over a large area as that of the last several weeks.
However, the pattern will not be without storm systems.
With moisture and storms beginning to move in from the Pacific Ocean, some of the storms will take a southward dip toward the Gulf of Mexico, where they will grab more moisture.
As a result, the upcoming pattern into February looks to be rather stormy at times. Episodes of rain and thunder will visit the south with rounds of snow, ice and rain from the central Plains to the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic and periods of snow over the northern tier states.
A short series of such storms is forecast to move up from the Gulf this weekend into the middle of next week. These will pose forecast challenges related to timing and position of the areas of snow versus wintry mix versus rain. Along the northern and western fringes of these storms will be issues with slippery travel and travel delays.
The first two or three systems appear to be rather weak, but they can spread a swath of mainly light precipitation from the lower Mississippi Valley and the southern Plains to the Northeast Saturday into Monday.
The largest of the storms and potentially the most disruptive could bring substantial precipitation from eastern Texas to New England spanning next Tuesday and Wednesday. The storm during the middle of next week may bring a dose of drenching rain and locally strong thunderstorms to the South. On the northern and western fringe of the storm, snow and a wintry mix would fall with the potential for a heavy accumulation in part of the Midwest and Northeast.
Details on the track and coverage of precipitation will made available as soon as possible.
AccuWeather.com has released its spring forecast outlook. The nation will have to wait a bit to hear what Punxsutawney Phil has to say.
While temperatures will get above freezing during the day in the pattern, ice can form on areas that were previously wet at night. Folks in the South should continue to exercise caution the next few days until all of the snow and ice from the recent storm has gone away.
The recent extreme cold has allow ice to build up on area rivers in the north and ice flows will be monitored closely. However, the thaw should be gradual and slight enough in most cases to avoid major ice jams, at least in the short term.
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For quite some time now (probably since the day she was born) I have been told by many......friends, family, strangers....that Alida looks just like her daddy. I didn't want to believe it....I still don't. Of course I love that she resembles him...but couldn't she look a little like me too?? Unfortunately, it has been confirmed this evening that Alida resembles her father 100%!!! I hate to admit it but it's true. Here is the proof.....you be the judge!
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This Is the End of the Senate. It's Harry Reid's Fault.
The United States Senate is starting the New Year the same way it ended the last one: with the Democratic leader bringing up legislation that hasn't been considered by committee, then threatening to cut off amendments, cut off debate and cut off votes.
First, it was unemployment insurance. Next, it will be minimum wage. Avoiding committee consideration, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) explains, avoids "embarrassing amendments."
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The Senate, "the one touch of authentic genius in the American political system"—as William S. White described it in Citadel: The Story of the U.S. Senate—is destroying itself.
In their 2013 book, The American Senate: An Insider's History, former Senate historian Richard A. Baker and the late Neil MacNeil say the principal source of this "genius" has been the opportunity for extended debate. If 60 of 100 senators must agree to end debate, usually this encourages consensus on crucial issues. "Whatever the unsavory aspects of the word and the tactics," Baker and MacNeil write, "the filibuster then and later helped shape the Senate into the most powerful legislative body in the world."
Referring to the filibuster in 2010 during his final address, former Democratic Majority Leader Sen. Robert Byrd warned, "We must never, ever tear down the only wall—the necessary fence—this nation has against the excesses of the executive branch and the resultant haste and tyranny of the majority."
Yet today's Senate is destroying its capacity to forge consensus, to protect minority views from popular passions and to counter presidential excesses by:
Less advice and consent: On Nov. 21, the Democratic majority decided 60 votes are no longer needed to cut off debate on most presidential appointees. So try asking a nominee: Will the National Security Agency stop monitoring the German chancellor and the pope? Now, there will be no response, because a majority can ram through any nominee. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said in 2006 that allowing the majority to cut off debate would be the "end of the Senate." Apparently he changed his mind.
Operating without rules: Democratic Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, a dissenter, said on Nov. 21, "A Senate in which a majority can change the rules at any time is a Senate with no rules." It is as if the Red Sox, finding themselves behind in the ninth inning in the World Series, added a couple of innings to make sure they won. When he wrote the Senate rules, Thomas Jefferson said: "It is much more material that there should be a rule to go by, than what that rule is."
Ignoring executive orders: While it ignores its own rules, today's meek Senate watches as the Obama administration changes the health care law, suspends immigration laws, and rewrites labor laws.


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LONGMONT, Colo., Jan. 29, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dot Hill Systems Corp. (Nasdaq:HILL), a leading provider of SAN storage solutions, announced it has patented a method for maximizing RAID storage system performance, enabling organizations to fine-tune IT infrastructure to better meet business requirements. The innovation improves read and write performance across Dot Hill's entire portfolio of storage solutions used by OEMs, media & entertainment (M&E) organizations and enterprises with virtual infrastructures. "Providing users with a technology edge is a key initiative for Dot Hill, and building our IP demonstrates our commitment to innovation," said Ken Day, senior vice president of engineering, Dot Hill. "IT managers require responsive storage systems for high performance computing, media streaming, database queries, and a variety of other important computing tasks. The improvements made possible by this patent, particularly in write performance, enable organizations to keep up with demanding IT and M&E applications to and better meet business objectives." Dot Hill's 88 th U.S. patent, numbered 8,356,126, describes technology that provides a "backend command coalescer" for the RAID controller. By combining RAID commands, Dot Hill's backend coalescer reduces seek times and increases both read and write performance as compared to conventional storage controllers with front-end coalescing, via a more precise method of data location. Dot Hill has demonstrated success across vertical markets including telecommunications, M&E, big data, oil and gas and digital image capture. Across these segments, many organizations are finding it increasingly challenging to quickly retrieve specific information that is so vital to their operations. With this latest innovation, Dot Hill is able to deliver systems that better assist organizations in finding the proverbial data "needle in the haystack." Dot Hill innovation has resulted in numerous patent awards on its technologies. Dot Hill's intellectual property, demonstrated by its extensive patent portfolio, stands on three pillars of innovation which, when combined, provide a complete platform for addressing customers' storage needs. Dot Hill's pillars of innovation include software, platforms and systems, which combine to create advanced SAN storage.
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I have two different and probably unrelated questions that can both be superficially described by the title, so I hope you'll forgive me if I ask them together. They both fall under the category of trying to internalize some of the basic definitions of the theory.
It's commonly said that one way to think about the definition of a modular form $f(z)$ of weight $k$ is that the $k$-fold differential $f(z) (dz)^k$ is invariant under $\Gamma(N)$, i.e. it defines a $k$-fold differential on $Y(N)$. According to Milne, these two definitions are only equivalent for meromorphic modular and differentials respectively, and the analogous relationship between modular forms and holomorphic $k$-fold differentials is more complicated.
Question 1: What is the nature of the conceptual relationship between modular forms and holomorphic differentials? In other words, to what extent is the construction of modular forms a special case of a more general construction for an arbitrary Riemann surface, and to what extent does it depend on special properties of $Y(N)$ (and what are those properties)?
Now that I've read more carefully, this question is more or less resolved by Lemma 4.11 in Milne. The point seems to be that the two definitions of the order of a pole coming from modular forms and from differentials disagree at the elliptic points and cusps because fixed points of the group action count with different multiplicity, or something. So now I'm only interested in the second question. (The original title of this question was, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, "what is a modular form?")
Another way to think about modular forms is that they are particularly well-behaved functions on the set of lattices in $\mathbb{C}$. Now, the set of lattices in $\mathbb{C}$ forms a locally finite poset under inclusion, and Gian-Carlo Rota has taught me to think about incidence algebras whenever I see functions on a locally finite poset. This perspective seems relevant to the combinatorial definition of the Hecke operators so I want to know if it can be developed more thoroughly.
Question 2: What is the relationship, if any, between modular forms and the incidence algebra of the poset of lattices in $\mathbb{C}$ under inclusion? In particular, does Mobius inversion have any significance?
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Hardly any industry is as diversified as machine tool building – with a huge number of various materials, processes and molds. As a result individual sensor solutions are required which are not affected by frequently harsh ambient conditions. Its wide range of products enables Baumer to offer a suitable sensor solution even for high production speeds or aggressive cooling and lubricating agents.
Tool machine building is often precision work, too. Drill holes in metal which are a tenth of a millimeter or less in size are very common and are hard work for the employed drill. The Baumer OADM series laser sensor continuously monitors drilling and issues a signal for example when the tiny little drill bits break off.
Fluid coolants and abrasives are used in the production process non-stop and absorb for example metal particles which are deposited in the fluid tank. If inserted in these tanks, the LBFS level switch can signal when the volume of particles has been reached, so that the liquid can be changed.
Baumer sensors also support the control of automated loading and removal of individual workpieces during production as well as the automatic replacement of tools in the machines.
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In tool machine building, a number of Baumer encoders are used which perform speed measurement during the production process. Inductive sensors are used primarily in high-speed spindles and for measuring tool positions as well as for quality control.