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- Many longterm same-sex couples still don't have rights to some legal protections
- Some couples fight for the right to wed, while others are more ambivalent
- "We felt that we had always been married in the very best sense of the word."
- After 26 years together, lesbian couple was finally allowed to marry
Gail Dosik walked into a party, hung up her coat and fell in love; 26 years later, she was finally able to make the beautiful stranger she met that night her legally wedded wife.
An awful lot happened in between.
Six months after meeting, Dosik and Jackie Stevens had a commitment ceremony, a radical endeavor in the early 1980s. The couple recited vows, signed a document they had found in a recently published same-sex legal guide, and celebrated their union in front of friends and family. It meant the world to them, but absolutely nothing in the eyes of the law.
Half a year might seem like a short courtship, but had Dosik and Stevens been a heterosexual couple, they could have married the day they met. Instead, they were forced to wait until same-sex unions were legally recognized to officially tie the knot, which they did a quarter-century later in the Fairfield, Connecticut, town hall.
Gay and lesbian baby boomers like 59-year-old Dosik have lived most of their lives without the prospect of legally recognized marriage in sight. While some strive for the right to officially seal their unions, others have begun to warily embrace the institution after a lifetime of ambivalence or outright rejection of the idea.
Actress Jodie Foster, 50, recently acknowledged her female former partner, Cydney Bernard, with whom she co-parents two sons, in front of a mainstream audience for the first time. After spending her life from age 3 onward in the public eye, her revelations during the Golden Globes ceremony amounted to a coming out party of sorts, though her sexuality appeared to be an open secret for years. Like Foster and Bernard, countless other same-sex couples have built lives and families together without legal recognition.
Though not every member of a same-sex couple wants to be married, some realize they do only after the prospect becomes a reality. Ballot measures and constitutional amendments nationwide have recently put many gay and lesbian couples' convictions surrounding the idea of same-sex marriage to the test.
In 1996, President Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act banning federal recognition of same-sex marriage and defining marriage as "a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife." While individual states may rule on the legality of same-sex unions, they aren't recognized on a federal level and in many other states.
Without the option of marriage, same-sex couples in years-long, committed partnerships regularly find themselves out in the cold when negotiating joint tax filing status, Social Security survivor benefits, hospital visitation, immigration and insurance benefits.
A seismic shift occurred in 1999 when the Vermont Supreme Court declared that gay and lesbian couples should be given the same rights as heterosexual couples. In 2003 the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that a ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional and began performing marriage ceremonies for same-sex couples in May 2004.
Meanwhile, some flickers of hope for marriage equality were extinguished almost as swiftly as they flared up: In February 2004, Sandoval County, New Mexico, issued 26 same-sex marriage licenses that were nullified by the state attorney general that same day, nearly 4,000 same-sex couples got marriage licenses in San Francisco until the next month when California Supreme Court ordered them to stop, and the mayor of New Paltz, New York, was issued a permanent injunction by the Ulster County Supreme Court after marrying about a dozen same-sex couples. That February, President George W. Bush announced support for a federal constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
While war was waged in courthouses across the country, on the home front, life continued as it always had. Loving couples, who had called each other "husband" and "wife" for many decades, dropped the kids off at school, went to work, paid their taxes and dreamed of a day they wouldn't, as North Carolina chef Bill Smith puts it, "have it in writing that I am a second-class citizen."
Smith, 64, said like many gay men of his generation, he has always been personally indifferent to marriage, which he credits in part to the rise of American feminism. He came of age on the cusp of the 1960s, when women and their like-minded male friends began to embrace and promote the idea of sexual equality.
"There was a general political roiling in the land. Birth control was becoming widely available. Breaking old taboos was a point of honor in a way. Virginity and marriage were serious business to some of the parents of my friends," he explained.
As a result, he had always considered that a gay couple living together had become as much a political act as a romantic one. That was until 2012, when his home state of North Carolina added to the ballot a constitutional amendment referendum specifically banning same-sex unions and defining marriage between a man and a woman as the only valid domestic legal union in the state, even though same-sex unions had never been recognized in the state to begin with.
Smith saw the North Carolina ballot measure as a hostile act against loving people and, he said, "I had come to realize that although I am completely at ease with myself, others are not. People lead miserable lives, or even kill themselves because they are made to believe that they are bad. That kid that jumped off the bridge in New York sort of brought that home. So I started running my mouth and raising money."
The measure passed, to Smith's great disappointment, but he holds out hope for a reversal.
"I'm actually expecting the Supreme Court to throw all those laws out eventually, citing equal protection under the law," he said. "If not, although I'm a little old to lay down in the road in front of the advancing National Guard, I've done it before."
Stephen Lyles, 58, found himself called to action by a one word battle cry: "Spouse." Lyles had never particularly aligned himself with gay culture, ("I don't believe in apartheid," he said) and counted himself deeply fortunate to have found his partner, golf photographer Leonard Kamsler, in 1978, before the AIDS crisis laid waste to so many of his generation.
They moved to New York and went about their lives together, quietly marrying in 2011 after the state declared it legal.
"I think I just said to Leonard, 'I want a wedding' and he said 'OK,' even though it didn't much matter to him."
The power of a legal bond became clearer to Lyles last year when Kamsler, 78, was admitted to the hospital because of some minor medical issues. Lyles found the legal ability to invoke the word "spouse" on all the forms so deeply empowering that it made him "militant" about marriage equality for the first time in his life.
Kamsler is "not my boyfriend, not my roommate, not my lover -- my spouse," said Lyles. To have hospital staff simply treat that as nothing out of the ordinary meant the world to him. It also heartened him when his two brothers each called to tell him how much they love Leonard, their "brother-in-law."
"He was defined," Lyles said. "Language has power, and I thought for the first time, how dare you deny that to me, or to anyone?"
Lyles' relief over his treatment at the hospital is grounded in a painful reality for gay baby boomers. The specter of "big nurse" as writer Craig Seligman calls it, barring access to an ailing loved one, looms large for a greying population who watched their friends, colleagues and lovers decimated by the AIDS epidemic. With no legally recognized status, people were forced to watch helplessly as the care of a partner was turned over to family members and city agencies who did not or could not recognize their bond.
"In my younger, more radical days, I felt that marriage was an oppressive, heterosexual institution, and no decent gay person would want to get married," said Seligman's husband, Silvano Nova, an accessories designer.
The pair met as colleagues while working at Mother Jones magazine in San Francisco, and have been together for nearly 30 years. They formalized the union in Connecticut on their 25th anniversary in a ceremony officiated by Seligman's cousin, a justice of the peace.
"We were certainly ambivalent, since we felt that we had always been married in the very best sense of the word," said Nova. The two had been legally recognized as domestic partners in New York since 1994.
"The question of legal protection was important to us," said Nova, and added that there was another factor at play. "It was fun to think of actually being able to be married legally and saying so. We have heterosexual friends who have gotten married after many years together for the same reasons."
Investigative reporter and author Steve Silberman said he hopes that as "same-sex" marriage becomes plain old "marriage," people who may have been resistant to the idea will realize that there's no fundamental difference.
"We (baby boomers) were all raised with the same core traditional values, and most of us fundamentally want a stable, long-term relationship. We were raised on the idea of 'happily ever after,'" he said. "This is a public good -- and how can you wage a war against happy?"
E.J. Graff, journalist and author of "What Is Marriage For?: The Strange Social History of Our Most Intimate Institution," believes in the power of visibility to normalize same-sex marriage to the general public.
"Twenty years ago, people thought of us as these crazy party animals, because (the gay Pride parade) was the only time of year that you saw us. Now we're visible as pretty ordinary, lawn-mowing, PTA kind of people. People would look at us and say that nothing has changed -- just that people are happier."
Happiness was only one of many emotions Dosik and Stevens felt when they took their long-delayed vows. As soon as the officiant opened her notebook to start the ceremony, Dosik burst into sobs. Stevens, who never cries, choked up, too.
"We, as a couple, were being recognized and validated by a state government," Dosik said. "I blubbered my way through everything that was being read, and managed to squeak out my vows and an 'I do.' We were pronounced 'married,' kissed and we were laughing and crying and breathing sighs of relief."
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Donald D. Eisenstein's research interests include services, logistical systems, health-care, and public transportation. His research has been funded by IBM and the National Science Foundation. His research has appeared in Operations Research, Management Science, and Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, among other journals.
He has won the Hillel J. Einhorn Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Chicago and a 1999 Operations Research Meritorious Service Award. He is a member of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, the Production and Operations Management Society, and the Council of Logistics Management.
Eisenstein, who has worked as a systems engineer at E-Systems, Inc., in Dallas, has two bachelor's degrees. One is in engineering management and the other in mathematical science. He received both from Southern Methodist University in Dallas in 1982. He received a master's degree in operations research in 1983 and PhD in 1992 in industrial and systems engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He joined the Chicago Booth faculty in 1992.
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His most recent research projects involve revenue management for hospitals and how to use self-organizational models to help reduce the bunching of buses.
With J. Bartholdi, III, "A Production Line That Balances Itself," Operations Research (1996).
With J. Bartholdi, III and L. Bunimovich, "Dynamics of 2- and 3-Worker Bucket Brigade Production Lines," Operations Research (1999).
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"Recovering Cyclic Schedules Using Dynamic Produce Up-To Policies," Operations Research (2005).
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As Google unveiled more photos and videos of its much anticipated Google Glass yesterday, Canon introduced to us its own computerized glasses-like device.
It's called the Canon Mixed Reality System, or Canon MReal for short – and it costs $125,000. With a $25,000 annual maintenance fee.
Why the steep price?
For starters, Canon's Mixed Reality isn't a consumer product like Google Glass will eventually become.
While Google Glass acts as an accessory to your smartphone (and could even replace smartphones altogether), the main function of Canon's Mixed Reality is to aid in product design by creating an interactive, life-like prototype.
Going on sale March 1st, MReal is aimed at companies in the automotive, construction, medical, and defense industries looking to speed up and simplify product design.
Watch below for a quick demo and look at how Canon's Mixed Reality System works:
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More than 100 cats removed from 'cat hoarding' home
HOUSTON – The Houston SPCA removed nearly 130 cats, including the decomposing body of one, from a home in northwest Harris County on Thursday.
The home is on Linecamp Drive near Rio Grande Drive and West Road in northwest Harris County. The home had urine and feces stacked several feet high.
"There's not one area, not one square inch of a clean area in the house that I could see," said J.C. Mosier, with the Harris County Precinct 1 Constable's Office.
The Houston SPCA put the cats into small carriers and loaded them into a van Thursday afternoon. Their little fearful faces peered out of the cat carriers.
Two women, who are sisters lived inside the home. One of the woman told Local 2 she suffered from depression.
"It's just mind boggling that you could live in this house," Mosier said.
The cats will be taken to get medical attention.
"The cats are emaciated and have nasal discharge. They have hair loss," Houston SPCA Spokeswoman Meera Nandlal told Local 2.
A friend of the sisters said he knew they had cats but had no idea there were so many. Bob Baldwin said the sisters would not allow him into the home. He said they had recently been struggling after the deaths of two family members.
"Things just got out of hand. They just got overwhelmed, things piled up on them. Their sister died, their mother died," Baldwin said. "They are great people. They might look a little strange but they are nice people once you get to know them."
One of the women was taken to the hospital in an ambulance as a precaution.
The other woman said she was embarrassed at the state of her home and knows she needs help. She said after the deaths of her other sister and mother she went into deep depression. She said she felt she was still in that depression.
Anyone can report animals who are in danger to the Houston SPCA by calling 713-869-7722.
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Hello fellow Java programmers,
I have a problem with focusing a JFrame on top. I'll be really gald if anyone can help me out.
I created a JButton on a JPanel(which inturn is a part of another JPanel). I would like to have a window pop up when this button is clicked. Unfortunately the window I created(JFrame) pops, but stays behind this JPanel and I can only see it after I close this JPanel. I used the setAlwaysOnTop(true), but to no use. Infact, doing so is causing the JPanel to stay always on top. Here is the code for action performed event of the button
mButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { startMetadataEdit(); } }); } private void startMetadataEdit() { MarkerMetadata mmd = getMetadata(); MetadataEditPanel mMep = new MetadataEditPanel(mmd); mMep.setVisible(true); }
The constructor of MetadataEditPanel contains a function initComponents(), which declares and defines the components of the pop-up window. I tried putting all sorts of function calls in initCompnents(), like setAlwaysonTop(true), setFocusable(true), but nothing worked out. I created this UI on netbeans and i'm using this code in Eclipse(Yes, I'm a bit lazy to write GUI code).
So, does anyone have any suggestions/solutions? Thanks in advance


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Section 145.4 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) is Falsification of Documents and is extracted below.
If you require Expert Legal Advice from an Experienced Criminal Defence Lawyer for your Falsification of Documents matter, call Sydney Criminal Lawyers® today on
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The Legislation
145.4 Falsification of documents etc.
(1) A person is guilty of an offence if:
(a) the person dishonestly damages, destroys, alters, conceals or falsifies a document; and
(b) the document is:
(i) kept, retained or issued for the purposes of a law of the Commonwealth; or
(ii) made by a Commonwealth entity or a person in the capacity of a Commonwealth public official; or
(iii) held by a Commonwealth entity or a person in the capacity of a Commonwealth public official; and
(c) the first-mentioned person does so with the intention of:
(i) obtaining a gain; or
(ii) causing a loss.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.
(1A) Absolute liability applies to the paragraph (1)(b) element of the offence.
(2) A person is guilty of an offence if:
(a) the person dishonestly damages, destroys, alters, conceals or falsifies a document; and
(b) the person does so with the intention of:
(i) obtaining a gain from another person; or
(ii) causing a loss to another person; and
(c) the other person is a Commonwealth entity.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.
(3) In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (2), it is not necessary to prove that the defendant knew that the other person was a Commonwealth entity.
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At Sydney Criminal Lawyers®, we have extensive experience defending and winning some of the most complex criminal matters – so you can rest assured that you are in safe hands.
Our criminal law specialists will take the time in every case to carefully scrutinise all the evidence in order to identify problems with the prosecution case at an early stage in the proceedings.
Where issues are found, our lawyers will write to the prosecution asking to have the charges dropped on this basis – often sparing our clients the considerable time and expense associated with defended hearings.
However, should your matter proceed to court, our senior lawyers will represent you and present a strong defence case to maximise your chances of being found 'not guilty.'
Our senior lawyers are highly skilled advocates who have been recognised for their expert knowledge of the criminal law, as well as their ability to obtain excellent results in difficult cases.
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Electric Scribe necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
2 ganadores han sido elegidos entre 51 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
The web site explains it. This graphic will be used as an iconic ID stamp for the site in various places.
Educated religious audience, especially in Judaism / Torah studies.
A graphic following the design format of this button:
That fits with the design of the web site:
The Button should color match the web site.
Ideally I would like 3 color scheme choices.
The blues in header
Some type of gradient between the blues and the browns of the bricks
Your artistic interpretation of something that matches the web site (this can include a circle instead of a square shape, etc.)
I would like to incorporate a very basic symbol of the tablets of Moses, which would take the place of the "f" or "t" in the standard FB and Twiiter icons. (No writing on them, just the shape). This might be against a globe representation. The gradient "aurora" type highlights a definite plus, could be in place of the distinct two colors in the example button.
"UTN" on / under / somewhere (optional, as I can add later, but your ideas are welcome).
I need this done in vector art mastering, since it will be scaled for everything from a button to a banner. Will also need delivery in PNG or TIFF file suitable for printing 2ft X 2ft on a banner.
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White House: No negotiations on debt ceiling
The White House says it is not minting a "$1 trillion coin," and it is not negotiating with congressional Republicans on raising the debt ceiling.
"There are only two options to deal with the debt limit," said White House spokesman Jay Carney. "Congress can pay its bills or it can fail to act and put the nation into default."
Whether Republicans agree with that analysis remains to be seen.
Some congressional Republicans say they will not support an increase in the soon-to-expire $16.4 trillion debt ceiling unless there are corresponding cuts in federal spending.
The debt ceiling enables the government to borrow money to pay that debts that have already been incurred.
Carney issued a statement after the Treasury Department announced Saturday it would not seek to get around the debt ceiling by minting a so-called "trillion-dollar platinum coin" to finance the nation's existing debts.
Echoing comments President Obama has made, Carney referenced the 2011 dispute over the debt ceiling that led to a near-default and a downgrade in the U.S. credit rating.
"When congressional Republicans played politics with this issue last time, putting us at the edge of default, it was a blow to our economic recovery," Carney said. "The president and the American people won't tolerate congressional Republicans holding the American economy hostage again simply so they can force disastrous cuts to Medicare and other programs the middle class depend on while protecting the wealthy.
"Congress needs to do its job."
The debt ceiling is one of several budget challenges facing the White House and Congress in the months ahead.
They are still trying to negotiate a long-term debt reduction deal in order to head off a series of automatic budget cuts set to take effect in early March. This "sequester" -- affecting popular domestic and defense programs -- was deferred during the recent "fiscal cliff" deal, which dealt with taxes.
Also on the short-term agenda: The March 27 expiration of the continuing resolution that is funding the government, creating the possibility of another government shutdown.


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Crux Prime features many Named Enemies, including Gull Rawstew, Vargas the Tormented, and Roo Morgg. Named Enemies on Crux Prime are known to be significantly harder to defeat than others. During round 29 of The Battle of Nimbus Station, four named enemies, referred to as The Four Riders of the Maelstrom, spawn in the center of Nimbus Plaza. Each one has about 300 health, a total of about 1200 heath amongst them all.
Named Enemies also drop more loot than other enemies, which ranges from Consumables to high rares.
It can be accurately assumed that these enemies were given names to denote their high standing within the Stromling ranks.
All Named Enemies on Crux Prime respawn every ten minutes but are harder to find.
All Named Enemies on Crux Prime have a different color scheme than their Invader counterparts which can, from a distance, be used to identify them. Typically, a Named Enemy has a White-Violet/pinkish glow that is brighter than the usual Invader. In a group of similar enemies, the Named Enemy can be easily distinguished by this method and then confirmed by its name tag up close.
List of Known Named Enemies
Note: Names may be different across the servers (i.e. Gull Rawstew/Rev Rawstew).
Forbidden Valley Dragon Battle
- Blastbreath (Maelstrom Dragon)
- Torchblight (Maelstrom Dragon)
- Burnshout (Maelstrom Dragon)
Crux Prime
- Talli Reeko (Stromling Invader)
- ED-902 (Stromling Mech Invader)
- Muffet Bane (Dark Spiderling Invader)
- Gull Rawstew/Rev Rawstew (Stromling Pirate Invader)
- Admiral Flogmore (Stromling Admiral Invader)
- Roo Morgg (Stromling Ape Invader)
- Grim Daisho (Dark Ronin Invader)
- Vargas the Tormented (Maelstrom Horseman Invader)
- Butterscorch (Maelstrom Dragon Invader)
- Nuckal (Skeleton Lightning General)
The Battle of Nimbus Station
- Murgle Blotch (Stromling Champion)
- Kinga Hurl (Stromling Ape)
- Whack Bliddo (Dark Spiderling Invader)
- Oni Rider Kikin (Maelstrom Horseman)
- Oni Rider Ikusa (Maelstrom Horseman)
- Oni Rider Shi (Maelstrom Horseman)
- Oni Rider Seibatsu (Maelstrom Horseman)
Ninjago Monastery
- Chopov (Skeleton of Earth)
- Krazi (Skeleton of Lightning)
- Bonezai (Skeleton of Ice)
- Frakjaw (Skeleton of Fire)
- During the November 22, 2011 Nexus Tower party hosted by Shival, numerous unused Named Enemies were spawned. While they did not have actual names, their titles were preceeded by "NAMED". The unused Named Enemies spawned by Shival were NAMED Stromling Pirate, NAMED Stromling Admiral, NAMED Stromling Ape, NAMED Dark Ronin, and NAMED Maelstrom Horseman.[1]
- NAMED Mech is another incomplete Named Enemy that was spawned in a later Mythran party in Nimbus Plaza. NAMED Mech, as well as a model for a named Dark Spiderling, can be found in the game files for Avant Gardens.
- Hardhead and Blackmarrow are unreleased named Skullkins intended to appear in Crux Prime. Additionally, a model for a named Paradox Spiderling Invader has been found in the game files for Crux Prime.
- Lord Garmadon would have appeared in the unreleased Fire Temple.
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Past President's Corner Columns
|January 1999 1999 DCC to be held in Pheonix, Ongoing Projects, and Big TAPR.ORG Revision/Upgrade.
|October 1998 DCC Update, SS Radio Project Comments, PIC Development Underway, and Article: A New Vision for the Amateur Radio Service.
|June 1998 A little personal update, DCC Reminder, and Articles for the PSR needed.
|Janaury 1998 Looking back on 1997 and forward to 1998, Special Thanks to so many, TAPR 900MHz FHSS Radio Project Fund Rasier, ARRL and TAPR 1998 Digital Communications Conference, and TAPR Elections.
|October 1997 Organization Updates (TAPR 900 Mhz FHSS Radio Project, DCC update, NSF), Should APRS form a National Group?, and APRS Frequency Change.
|July 1997 What is a 'smart' radio and is our spectrum really utilized or just occupied with current 20+ year old technology?, What is a long range vision and how does the TAPR membership participate now?, and Other Organizational Issues.
|May 1997 What will Amateur Radio Networks look like in the future?, Organizational News, and Spread Spectrum Issues.
|January 1997 Looking back on 1996, FreeWave deal collapses, and Organizational News.
|October 1996 TAPR Position Statement on Spread Spectrum Technology Development, Organizational News, and EVM56002 Group Purchase.
Amateur Radio Networks: Are Amateurs Willing to Pay the Price ?
August 1996, TRPS Q-Report
|July 1996 Is Internet Good or Bad for amateur radio?, Organizational News, and Spread Spectrum - happenings?
|May 1996 Paradigm Shifts and Amateur Radio -- The Future, How does TAPR fit into this long term?, and Organizational News.
|January 1996 TAPR in 1995: A Brief Review, What does 1996 look like?, Our Internet node, 1996 TAPR Annual Meeting ?, and 1996 ARRL and TAPR DCC.
|October 1995 Why the sudden interest in Spread Spectrum you might ask ?, Membership Questionnaire, 14th annual ARRL Digital Communications Conference (concluded), Joint conference agreement signed between TAPR and the ARRL, First ever Repeater Coordinator's Meeting is being held in St. Louis, MO, and Membership.
|July 1995 14th annual Digital Communications Conference (update), 219 is a reality, Membership, and TAPR Projects.
|May 1995 Organization News and TAPR Projects
|January 1995 Reflections on 1994, The upcoming year (what TAPR needs to accomplish), APRS SIG formed, and Annual Meeting coming.
|September 1994 10th anniversary of the TNC-2 and where do we find ourselves ?, and The future after 10 years of the TNC-2.
|July 1994 Amateur Radio as national parks for public recreation, Should Amateur Radio fold up and go home ?, Message Forwarding Systems in the Amateur Service (update), DSP-93 project, SIGs (update), FCC and NTIA Issues, Formations of SIGs, Membership, and Other Organization News.
|May 1994 Andy Freeborn, N0CCZ, SK, 1994 Board Meeting and Annual Membership Meeting, Board Election, Formations of SIGs, Membership, Technical Support, and Other Organization News.
|January 1994 Organization News, 1994 Goals, Organization Vision, Membership, and Upcoming Annual Meeting.
|October 1993 Organization News.


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Oh, now THAT'S hawt. Paris Hilton's reportedly lending her name —and that of a famous Ibiza dance party — to a motorcycle racing team. Considering Spain and motorcycle racing are BFFs, this may not be the worst idea ever.
Hilton will affix her mark, and all that implies, to Spain's Honda BQR team — which will adopt the appellation SuperMartxé (super mar-chay) VIP by Paris Hilton. SuperMartxé, if you weren't yet aware, is a spectacular bash held at Ibiza's giant Privilege club, where clubbers cavort with aerial acts, strippers, go-go dancers and wandering dwarves. Once I did a bunch of ecstasy there with Pinko, Smokey and Ashcan and we ended up at an after-hours club where James Franco was eating olives and Jamón Ibérico from the nape of La La Vasquez's neck. Except none of that actually happened.
BQR competed in the 125cc and Moto2 classes during the 2010 season. VisorDown reports that BQR currently comprises three-time 125 race winner, Sergio Gadea and rookie Maverick Viñales, who took the 2010 Spanish and European 125cc championships. The team also counts chief mechanic Rossano Brazzi, who was six-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi's 125cc guru, among its technical staff.
For 2012, the two-stroke 125cc class will adopt 250cc engines of the four-stroke variety. The more strokes, naturally, the better. [Photo: Getty Images]
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by Jennifer Katz
There was a time when Chuck Connelly was poised to take on the stodgy New York art world. His early work was met with awe and praise. Paintings such as "The Broken Ark," "Animals in the Street," "Santa Ho-Mo" and "Mad Men" impressed gallery owners and art critics.
By the time Jeff Stimmel came to direct his documentary, "The Art of Failure: Chuck Connelly Not For Sale," in 2008, the East Oak Lane painter was struggling to survive. He hadn't had a major show since 1990, and his infamous personality had more than taken its toll on the man's professional and personal life.
"Every time a big opportunity came his way, he made sure he was being right and pointing out wrongs into whatever relationship he had with everyone, telling the naked truth and disregarding the consequences," one former colleague is quoted as saying in the documentary.
A drunk and irate Connelly screams into the camera in one scene, "I don't need your fucking art world. I can sell this shit myself."
While away from the New York gallery circuit, his reputation continued to grow. His paintings were featured in Martin Scorsese's "New York Stories," and Nick Nolte portrayed him in a 1999 A&E Biography.
This month Connelly is showing some of his work as part of a show he curated for the Chestnut Hill Gallery, "Out of Order." The show opened June 4 and will run through June 25 at the gallery, 8117 Germantown Ave.
"They wanted to show me," Connelly explained. "I didn't think the venue was right for me, but I thought 'if I do it with friends, it makes more sense.'"
Connelly put together a slate of artists who each work in a different medium but have a common link, which for this show is tenuous.
Harry Anderson, Connelly's neighbor, is a former professor who taught at Moore College of Art and the North County Studio Conference. His work incorporates found objects from industrial salvage yards and other mass-produced goods from the '30s to '50s along with hand-blown glass for his light installations.
"Harry was a mentor to me in the late '70s," Connelly said.
Ted Victoria, whom Connelly met in Mexico, is a New York artist who has shown at the Musee D'Orsay in Paris, the Fortuny Museum in Venice, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Taipei and the International Museum of Photography in Rochester, N.Y. His piece in Chestnut Hill is a light projection of an aquarium with live sea monkeys.
Hal Hirshorn, a painter and photographer from New York, included several "salt prints," described as 21st century photographs using 19th century materials and methods. British inventor and photography pioneer William Henry Fox Talbot invented the technique in 1841.
Connelly intentionally sought work that was unique in medium but similar in theme.
"I like that they are all different," he said. "They have light as the theme. I'm the odd man out with painting."
Joe Borrelli, 57, who owns the Chestnut Hill Gallery with his wife of 24 years, Suzanne Sheeder, was introduced to Connelly through a long-time customer who also lives in East Oak Lane.
"Chuck's work has so much energy," Borrelli said. "It's total truth. He doesn't paint to sell."
Borrelli and Sheeder, 50, have owned the gallery for five years. Borrelli was a professional musician for years before going to work at the Hahn Gallery in Chestnut Hill in 2003 before it closed the following year. He had met many artists throughout the years and always dreamed of opening his own gallery. Though the economy has been challenging, Borrelli said the gallery is holding its own. "Art sales are coming back," he said.
He changes exhibits every six weeks, rotating through a stable of approximately 60 artists, almost half of whom are local. Borrelli said he chooses artists by looking at their careers. "I look at what they've done, how much they work on it every day," he said. "They have to have life in their paintings, evoke emotion."
For Connelly putting together a group show takes some of the pressure off and disperses the responsibility. "I don't have to bear all the criticism myself, but I get a little bit of the praise," he said.
Unexpectedly the show also provided Connelly with an opportunity to honor a good friend who passed away on June 9. Tom Stagerwald died at the age of 65 from inoperable liver cancer. Connelly put a painting of Stagerwald's in the show (he painted flowers) and dedicated the show to him. "The show didn't have any particular purpose to it, so that was the most special thing," Connelly said of being able to include Stagerwald in the exhibit.
After an opening reception over the weekend, Connelly said he realized the importance of having his work seen in a neighborhood gallery. "It's a new trend," he said. "People have never seen it before. They are not blasé about it."
Sheeder said she believes the art scene in Chestnut Hill is growing. "It helps that there are new galleries that have opened up here," she said. "It is starting to feel like a destination for artists."
"Out of Order" is on display at the Chestnut Hill Gallery & Frame Shoppe, 8117 Germantown Ave., through June 25. For more information, call 215-248-2549 or visit www.chestnuthillgallery.com.


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I got my pastoral license in the mail last weekend. Staring at the official seal, and my name under the words "License to Preach," I felt overwhelmed and unprepared. As I thought about Lisa-Jo's prompt for today's Five Minute Friday, the verse about children being a gift from the Lord cycled on repeat through my mind.
Can I be honest and admit that sometimes I forget my kids are a gift? When "mom, mom, mom" rings in my ears, my car is carpeted in goldfish crackers one day after I vacuum it, and "please just let me have one moment's peace!" The constant need terrifies me, because I am human and I lose patience and fall short.
And now, I am a licensed minister, with an appointment in my church to oversee the spiritual formation of other people's children and to build community. That's a lot more need. This place I'm in is one I've worked towards for decades, and it truly is a gift! God dropped it in my lap and it's the perfect type of gift: one you're not asking for, but that so accurately meets your needs. Yet even here, I can forget for a moment what a precious thing I've been given.
That's what came out of my mind today…
There's something about motherhood that triggers so many spiritual lessons in me. I think God gave me four children because He knew how much I had to learn, and that this was the only way of getting through to me.
When I first have a hint that I may be pregnant, that little question in my brain feels like a present. Sitting there, wrapped up tight, possibilities untold. The anticipation of new life is exciting; whether it's the physical new life of an addition to our family, or the spiritual new life of roads less traveled and paths unexplored. Then the reality of the situation falls on your shoulders. Aches and pains associated with growth, uncomfortableness and strange cravings abound…and let's not even touch those mood swings.
It all seems to be too much to handle, too overwhelming, never-ending. And it's all out of your control! You begin to wonder how much of a gift this really is. And then the moment of delivery occurs. All is right with the world, and you can only stare in wonder at the amazingly perfect thing that God has brought forth. Those first few hours, days, weeks are spend basking in the glory that God would entrust something so special and fragile to your care.
Over time, the idea of your gift fades as the newness wears off and things get tough. You struggle and fail. Things seem out of your control. Pain happens, and it hurts more than you could ever have conceived. Guilt that you've destroyed God's perfect creation, and shame that you would have ever tried to steward it in the first place.
But God reminds: I have chosen you. This is where I have you. Keep moving forward, and follow my lead.
Whether it's with our children, our marriages, our ministries, our careers…whatever He has conceived and birthed in your life…it's a gift. Sometimes it just takes some reminding.
Just in case there's any question or confusion…no, I'm not pregnant and I have no plans to be pregnant again. I wanted to make that very clear, because I know sometimes my five-minute rambles can leave people wondering if there's a hidden meaning.


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Restoring Hope
(1) Talk to Quartermaster Mayes. (2) Go to HELIOS One to ask about Forlorn Hope supplies. (3) Follow the GPS marker to the Forlorn Hope supplies. (4) Return the supplies to Quartermaster Mayes. (5) Speak to Major Polatli. (6) Meet with Dr. Richards. (7) Help Dr. Richards with his patients. (8) Return to Dr. Richards. (9) Return to Major Polatli. (10) Meet with Sergeant Cooper. (11) Defeat the Legion at Nelson. (12) Tell Polatli about the victory at Nelson.
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Camp Forlorn Hope Supply Shipment.
To undertake this side quest, you'll have to visit Camp Forlorn Hope, which is located on the far eastern edge of the Mojave Wasteland. The El Dorado Gas & Service Station and Gibson Scrap Yard are two good points to fast-travel to in order to spring-off from there. When you gain access to this NCR encampment, you'll want to seek out the command center, which is the largest tent there. Within, you'll find a couple of NCR grunts accompanying a man named Major Polatli. The Major has some issues he needs help with, and he'll let you know that as soon as you arrive. Tell him you're willing to help, and he'll give you some vague instructions. It appears that the Legion is kicking his contingent's ass all over the place. If you can help some of his officers straighten their own problems out, it may help whip his fighting force into better shape. Agree to help, and we'll get going on the task at hand.
Your first order of business is to speak with Quartermaster Mayes. You can find him wandering around the camp. Since you don't have any other tasks in this side quest right now, simply mark this as your active side quest with your Pip-Boy and follow the compass to find him quickly. When you do, you can offer up your help immediately, and Quartermaster Mayes will be glad that you did. He'll tell you that the camp is perilously low on supplies, and a crew went to HELIOS One to resupply, but never returned. He wants you to find this missing caravan and get the supplies back to the camp. He tells you that you can go to HELIOS One to begin investigating the possible whereabouts of the missing soldiers.
If you've never been to HELIOS One, and if no one else has ever marked it on your map before now, you'll find it to the west of Camp Forlorn Hope. You can walk there, or you could teleport to the Gibson Scrap Yard (if applicable), since it's a brief walk due northward from there. If you've never been to HELIOS One before, you'll be in luck, because as soon as you approach the entrance to this NCR-controlled power plant, you'll be intercepted by Lt. Haggerty at the entrance (otherwise, simply engage her in conversation to keep things going). While you can speak with her about anything you want (potentially getting access to the facility, and even earning the Side Quest known as That Lucky Old Sun ), you'll want to cut to the chase as soon as you can and ask about the missing shipment. She'll inform you that the men were sent off some time ago, and that one of the crates they had was outfitted with a GPS device. Lucky us.
The GPS device will place a new point on your map, and a new position on your compass to follow. The position on the map will bring you back towards the east, en route back to Camp Forlorn Hope. You'll likely run into some random bad guys en route, so be prepared to fight when necessary. When you finally reach the shipment (which is placed tragically close to the camp -- they almost made it!), you can scour the bodies if you'd like, but what's really important is that you grab an item from one of the containers called Camp Forlorn Hope Supply Shipment. With that in hand, you're good to go.
Unfortunately, the Legion has been staking out this position, and when you grab the aforementioned supply shipment, you'll be assaulted by a trio of Legion soldiers. Two of them only have melee weapons, but one of them has a firearm, so you may want to go after that foe first. After felling all three enemies, scour their bodies for anything that might interest you, and then fast-travel back to Camp Forlorn Hope (or simply walk the brief distance back to camp). When you arrive, seek out Quartermaster Mayes once more. Thankful for your hard work, he takes the much-needed supplies off of your hands, and then tells you that you should probably report back with Major Polatli at central command for further instructions. Sounds like a good idea to us.
Speak with Major Polatli back at the command center tent (if he's not there, simply wait around for normal hours and he should show up). While thankful for your help, he'll almost immediately turn things around and have you move right on to the next task. This time, he'll ask you to meet with Dr. Richards, who is located in the medical tent (you may remember Dr. Richards if you already completed the Side Quest known as Medical Mystery ). The medical tent is marked with a cross on it, so you should be able to find it easily. Once inside, speak with Dr. Richards and tell him you're there to help. It's at this point that that he'll ask you if you're at all familiar with medicine. As long as your Medicine skill is at least a twenty (and it should be), you'll be able to help him out. Let's get to it.
Basically, Dr. Richards has three patients in bed around his tent, and he needs you to look after all of them. You have options here. You could try to use makeshift abilities to cater to the patients, but that's risky. Instead, examine each of the three patients to learn what you need to fix each of their ailments. You'll need Med-X for all three. In addition, one will require some Whiskey and Surgical Tubing, one will require a Medical Brace and a Bonesaw, and one will require Tweezers and a Super Stimpak. Thankfully, most of these items can be found around the medical tent (basically everything but the Med-X and Super Stimpak), and while you're not free to take these items normally, Dr. Richards will look the other way since you're helping him out. Tend to each patient with the necessary items, and each will live to see another day. Dr. Richards will thank you for your hard work and send you back to the Major yet again.
Upon returning to Major Polatli this time, he'll have a final task for you, though it's a little more ambiguous (and ambitious) than the first. You've heard a lot of talk about a nearby settlement called Nelson. Nelson is located to the south of the NCR-controlled Camp Forlorn Hope, and it's a Legion hotbed. The Major has requested that you work your way over to Nelson, and use the soldiers already stationed on the outskirts to clear the area of its enemy contingent. Agree, and you'll be able to move southward towards Nelson thereafter. There are two things of importance to keep in mind as you move out. The first is that you should be sure you are fully-healed (it's a good idea to use a bed in the medical area of the camp to sleep). And the second is that doing this will forever seal you off from the Side Quest known as We Are Legion , which is a side quest that's essentially the exact opposite of this one (killing everyone in Camp Forlorn Hope for the Legion, as opposed to killing everyone in Nelson for the NCR).
Follow your on-screen compass directions to reach Nelson in short order (you could always instantly travel there, too, if you've already visited the location). Nelson is an abandoned, Legion-controlled town, and chances are, you're going to already find some of your NCR friends skirmishing with the Legion force within the town. Amongst these NCR soldiers, you should seek out an officer named Sergeant Cooper. Speak to Cooper to get things going; he'll ask how you want to storm the town, and you can make either decision, as it won't really affect much. After all, the AI of your NCR friends is nothing to write home about. Don't bother resting on them to get the job done here. You're really going to need to focus on your own attacking skill to get through this in one piece. Here, you're essentially attacking a Legion stronghold on your own. But desperate times call for desperate measures!
When you begin to storm Nelson, your best friend is going to be the compass on the bottom of the screen. Red marks, as always, will represent enemies, though their locations may remain a little bit nebulous as you try to sniff their precise spots out. Stay out of buildings from the get-go and simply run around the towns disheveled streets. This should draw out all of the Legion enemies (most of which armed with shotguns), as well as their canines, who should fall rather easily to any number of attacks. The key here really is so to take things slowly, though, because you don't want to get too ahead of yourself and find yourself surrounded by a bunch of hostile enemies. When you see an enemy, pursue him and kill him, and then move on. This will ensure that the Legion's numbers in the area continue to dwindle. With each fallen Legionnaire, the fight should become progressively easier.
Once you've quelled the violence outside, the game's compass will point you towards a lone building at the center of the town. This is where some NCR prisoners are being held (well, were... they're likely dead by now), and this is where the leader of the Legion in Nelson, Dead Sea, and his two bodyguards are holed up. Walk into this building knowing that you're going to find yourself in a heated fight before too long, and in very constrained confines of these barracks, too. We found that using a fire-based weapon to light these enemies on fire, and then finishing them off at close-range with a powerful machinegun did the trick just fine. This will be a three-on-one (unless you have a follower or two with you), so you'll be outnumbered. But when push comes to shove, you should be able to survive.
With hostilities finished at Nelson, you can leave the barracks where you fought the Legion's local leader, and quick travel back to the camp to the north. When you arrive, you know what to do -- go visit the Major at his tent once more, and let him know about your success at Nelson. Having already heard the good news, the Major will be thankful for your service, and send you on your way. This side quest should then be wrapped-up, with you a little heavier in the experience department as a result.


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Black bear in Torrington handled by Connecticut DEEP
TORRINGTON >> It was a quiet fall afternoon on Brooker Street in Torrington's south end. The breeze was blowing slightly, the leaves crunched under every footstep and residents gathered around to witness a 200-pound female black bear scale a pine tree wedged in the corner of Turner & Seymour Manufacturing's parking lot.
Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection arrived on scene in the early afternoon, with Environmental and Conservation Police scanning the neighborhood in their dark green outfits, combat boots, orange hunter hats and shotguns slung around their shoulders. Then, the once-quiet fall afternoon picked up some chatter.
More residents started pouring onto the lawns at the end of Brooker Street, watching as state environmental police and DEEP employees banged on the base of the tree, trying to encourage the bear to climb down. When that didn't work, they turned to a garden hose, which barely reached the bear's hind-end -- the sprinkling water didn't work, either.
A few buckshot rubber bullets fired at the bear just made her climb higher up the pine tree.
Then, with residents dispersed -- asked to return into their homes -- the bear was taken down with a tranquilizer before state employees packed her up and headed out of town. According to DEEP officials in Hartford, the bear was transported to state land nearby, where she was released.
Far from Torrington's south end, the tagged bear that managed to wander into the city limits and climb a tree was released back into the forestry. But in Torrington, the once quiet Friday afternoon buzzed with discussions about the south end's visitor.
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Dr. Sulatha Dwarakanath (Bio-Link Representative and Co-ordinator for Bioscience Consortium/Adjunct professor at Austin Community College) presented at the workshop in PITTCON2013: Training in Food Analytical Techniques Using LC-MS, HPLC, Spectroscopic and Molecular Instrumentation, along with Christain Bush (Florida Sate College, Jacksonville) and Daniel Kelvisha (Thermo Fisher Scientific), Moderated by R. Kevin Pegg.
Dr. Su talked about the Advances in food Safety: Using Spectroscopic Techniques and Nanotechnology. The talk was centered on Bacterial Detection in food. Variety of techniques avaiblable to the food industry today and focused on the R&D work done using Fluorescent Nanoparticles and Raman Spectroscopy. This was also related to how the techniques are related to teaching students to apply spectroscopy to developing differnt assays. Christian Bush was vey inerested in ACC's internship program and he learned how they can shorten the internship at their site and yet have full experience for the students.
Dr. Su also talked about STEM education on behalf of Dr. Linnea Fletcher: Effective Lab Practices for Teaching HPLC Techniques. The talk was based on using HPLC for Caffeine detection and realted to the 7 steps of STEM education for the community college students.
Also, the presentations included the Bio-Link information. All the resources available from Bio-Link were described. Many of the attendees did not know about Bio-Link. They were very pleased to discover a site with so much information for their class. Surprisingly, the attendees thought that it was paid subscription to Bio-Link. They were very pleased that it is an open and free for all to use it for benefitting the Biotech professionals. At end of the talk some fo the attendees wanted to know how they can be more involved with Bio-Link.
At the end of these two talks, Mr. Robert Rae from Pro-Lab diagnostics walked up and said that they are located in Round Rock, TX and did not know that there was a great program at ACC Biotechnology Department. He has since then visited our labs and will be hiring some of our students for internships and full time. He is also interested in working with us on the CRO projects.
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Monthly Bird Hike
March 11 @ 8:00 am - 10:00 am
An event every month that begins at 8:00am on day Second of the month, repeating indefinitely
Monthly Bird Hike at Airlie Gardens- Second Wednesday of each month
Fly over to Airlie Gardens to participate in our monthly Bird Hikes, co-hosted with our partner, Wild Bird & Garden! Birders of all levels are encouraged to join us from 8am to 9:30am on the second Wednesday of each month. Airlie is proud to be listed as a Coastal Plain site on the North Carolina Birding Trail.
Our diverse habitat types and plentiful natural areas mean Airlie offers some of the best birding in New Hanover County, with nearly 200 species of birds recorded.
Admission- no preregistration is required. Check in at the Garden Services Center at arrival
- $9- Adults (12 years and up)
- $5 – New Hanover County Residents and Military (ID required)
- Free for Airlie Members
Recommended age 12 and up. Please bring binoculars if you have them and dress for the weather.


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The little button that sits on the microphone of my iPhone headset stopped working.
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Now the button doesn't do any of these things, but the headphones and mic are working fine.


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Freezer Paper used to wrap fresh fish
Freezer Paper used to wrap fresh fish
Freezer and Butcher Paper are two of the most common used food service papers used throughout the restaurant and food service industry. Often they are confused and used in the wrong application. There are differences between the two, see below for what sets them apart.
We can provide a total range of Freezer and Butcher paper offerings when working with you to define your project, all while giving you the option of having us hold Inventory for you. Below are some of our offerings and where they are commonly used. Please contact us for just a quick question or to discuss your new project - we are listening!!
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The big difference with Freezer paper - it is Poly coated on one side. It starts out very similar to Butcher paper, but by having this Poly coat on one side it provides a vapor and moisture barrier that is a perfect hold out for grease and liquids. Available in density/weight of 30# - 50#. It comes in a standard width of 24 inches, but we can provide custom widths and lengths if needed. Also we can provide this in specific sheet sizes if needed.
Butcher Paper
Typically a Kraft paper natural brown in color ranging in density/weight of 30# - 50#. Referred to as "Butcher Paper" due to the fact, in older times, the corner butcher shop would have these rolls behind the counter to wrap up fresh meat for customers. It is inexpensive, it comes in standard widths and lengths and at Cheever we can custom slit to your width or custom length. Also we can provide this in specific sheet sizes if needed. Also available is FDA approved "white" uncoated butcher paper - think sandwich sub wrap.
Applications and Industries of Freezer Paper
Food Service
- Freezer paper is perfect for wrapping meats, large burritos and juicy or hot dripping sandwiches. Great for lining baskets of fried onion rings or French fries. Will also work great in freezing meats, fish and poultry as it works to hold the flavor during freezing. Any food item that tends to be messy is a great match for Freezer paper.
- Butcher paper works best with dry foods. Cold sandwich's like turkey and ham, or pita sandwich are a good fit here. Also often used for linen's on restaurant tables.
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- Butcher paper is often used often in primary education where it is used for arts and crafts such as hanging artwork. Used as posters and signage and large width banners. Wrapping paper for gifts or box wrapping.
- Freezer paper is the choice for appliqué designs. It is used to trace a pattern, and then this pattern is cut out of the cloth, leaving enough material to over lap around the Freezer paper. The paper is acting as a carrier to keep the fabrics shape and size while sewing.
Both Butcher and Freezer paper are used in Packaging of fine china, glass and other fragile items for transport. This replaces newspaper due to the ink could transfer or rub off on to the items being packaged. Manufacturers of bearings, steel or products that are suspect to rusting, will use Butcher paper to interleave between their products. This is due to the products will have a light coating of grease or oil that is used to protect from oxidation and rusting during shipping.
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Passau, the 'town on three rivers', is located at the confluence of the Danube, Inn and Ilz. There is so much to discover in the way of culture and architecture, and the town offers fantastic festivals, outstanding shopping and great places to eat and drink. Pretty little lanes, beautiful squares and chic pedestrian areas create a refined setting in which to while away the hours.
Framed by Oberhaus fortress to the north and Our Lady of Mercy pilgrimage church to the south, this breathtakingly beautiful town is dominated by the buildings of Italian architects. It was they who rebuilt Passau after the great fires of the 17th century. Then a prince-bishop's seat and thriving centre of trade, the town had long been a hotbed for creative expression. Towering majestically above Passau is St. Stephen's Cathedral, the mother church of the eastern Danube region and of St. Stephen's Church in Vienna. This imposing baroque edifice contains the largest cathedral organ in the world.
Where tradition is part and parcel of modern life
Today, Passau is an exciting fusion of old and new – a place that is modern and welcoming for all its great traditions. Nowhere does this shine through stronger than in the pedestrianised streets leading from the old quarter to Neue Mitte with its exclusive stores. If you take a detour to Höllgasse along the way, you'll find yourself in the artists' quarter where the beautiful historical buildings are occupied by studios, workshops and galleries. The market held there twice weekly is a feast for the senses – as are the wood markets at Christmas and the street festivals held throughout the town. This rich diversity of shopping opportunities is mirrored by the great choice of food, with local establishments offering the best of Bavarian and Austrian cuisine. Passau's many pubs, bistros, cafés, bars, fine restaurants and quaint inns offer a boundless array of delights.
On the blue Danube to Passau and back
There are few compelling reasons to cut short a trip to Passau – except perhaps a cruise on the Danube. For many, this is the most elegant way to travel. There's nothing quiet like gliding along the water, enjoying life to the full on a luxury riverboat, with beautiful scenery on either side that seems close enough to touch. The route takes you through Upper Austria and the Wachau valley to Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest. For landscapes of a more dramatic quality, the trip can continue through the Carpathian mountains to the Danube Delta. But no matter how far your journey takes you, it will only properly come to an end when you arrive back in Passau. For there are sure to be many more sights you haven't yet seen – in this quintessentially modern, yet eminently historical town set idyllically on three rivers.
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Available isotopes for Hafnium (Z=72)
Recommended MACS30 (Maxwellian Averaged Cross Section @ 30keV)
174Hf 175Hf
Cross sections do not include stellar enhancement factors!
(Version 0.0 corresponds to Bao et al.)
Previous MACS vs. kT table multiplied by 1.028.
Last review: January 24th, 2007
List of all available values
Original:MACS [<σ v>/vT] (mb) for kT=30 keV, based on the published cross sections except where indicated otherwise.
Renorm:MACS [<σ v>/vT] (mb) for kT=30 keV for which the reference or standard cross section was meanwhile improved.
Type: The letters and numbers in the column labelled 'type' give information on how the cross section has been obtained:
MACS, SEF and Reaction Rates for different energies
Reference: VDH07,RaT99
Procedure: 'e+t' (The MACS from kT=5 keV to 100 keV are derived from calculated cross sections, which are then normalized to experimental data, e.g. to the values at kT=25 keV obtained in activation measurements. In these cases the uncertainties should be linearly increased below 25 and above 30 keV to reach about 30% at the extreme kT values.)
Year: 2000,2007
SEF (Stellar enhancement factor):
Reaction rate NA<σv> given in 108 cm3/mole/s, including SEF
Isotopic mass chain
Chart of nuclei
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Sheila P. Burke is Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy. She served as Executive Dean of the school from 1996-2000. Previously she had been Chief of Staff to former senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (1985-1996), a professional staff member of the Senate Committee on Finance (1979-1982), and Deputy Staff Director of that committee (1982 to 1985). She is a member of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and the American Academy of Nursing. She serves on the adjunct faculty at Georgetown University and is a Distinguished Visitor at the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown Law Center. She serves on several boards including the Kaiser Commission on the Future of Medicaid and the Uninsured, the Partnership for Public Service, and the Association of American Medical Colleges. She served as a member of the Medicaid Payment Advisory Commission 2000-2007, the Kaiser Family Foundation 1999-2008. Burke, who also serves as a Senior Public Policy Advisor at Baker Donelson in Washington DC, is married and has three children. Burke holds an MPA from the Kennedy School, a BS in nursing from the University of San Francisco, and worked as a staff nurse in Berkeley, California.
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Who says workwear needs to be plain and boring? Pop this blouse on, add on some flared culottes, cute pumps and we say you are good to go. You'll even have time to grab some Yakun toast.
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Waist 47cm, Length 76cm, Sleeve 63cm,
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BRAND: Etro 40
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HUMAN INFO: Dian is 167cm tall, a UK 12/ EU 40.
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Jeremy Hellickson overcame early struggles to pitch six effective innings, Ben Zobrist homered, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 on Wednesday night.
Jeremy Hellickson gave his team a chance, and the struggling Ben Zobrist responded with a big hit.
Hellickson overcame early struggles to pitch six effective innings, Zobrist stopped an 0-for-17 slide with a home run, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 on Wednesday night.
Hellickson (3-0), who held Los Angeles hitless in six at-bats with runners in scoring position through the second, allowed one run and five hits. Zobrist hit a solo shot off C.J. Wilson (2-2) during a two-run third.
"I definitely needed that one," Zobrist said. "It's the start of the season. April has not always been the greatest month for me. Hopefully I'll get it going a little bit. The good thing is we've been winning. When you're winning games, things are going well. You just keep working hard."
The Rays have won four in a row and six of seven.
Albert Pujols went 0 for 3, including two strikeouts, extending his hitless streak to 19 at-bats. The Angels slugger has not had a hit in five consecutive starts, which is the longest stretch in his big league career, but did walk in the eighth.
Pujols, with 445 homers, has not gone deep in 18 games this season, a span of 72 at- bats.
Los Angeles got a homer from Vernon Wells. Wilson gave up two runs, six hits, two walks and struck out 11 over seven innings.
"We have a lot of veteran hitters in this lineup that know what they need to do," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "It's just matter of executing."
Tampa Bay took a 3-1 lead in the eighth when pinch-hitter Brandon Allen drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk off Jason Isringhausen.
Fernando Rodney, the third Rays' reliever, pitched the ninth for his sixth save. The right-hander allowed an unearned run when Zobrist was charged with an error at second for misplaying Erick Aybar's grounder that allowed Torii Hunter to score with two outs.
"You never want to make an error in the ninth inning with the game on the line," Zobrist said. "It was a tough one. I haven't spent much time in the infield yet, and still I'm still getting comfortable."
Los Angeles, 6-12 this season, has lost six of eight.
"I really feel like we're close ... close to breaking through," Wilson said.
Jeff Keppinger added an RBI double in the third.
Wells cut the deficit to 2-1 on a fourth-inning homer. It ended a stretch of 55 1-3 innings that Tampa Bay had not allowed a home run.
Bobby Abreu had a leadoff double in the first, but was left stranded when Hellickson retired the next three batters, including Pujols, who hit a one-out grounder between short and third into a three-man infield defensive shift.
Hellickson also worked out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam during the second by striking out Chris Iannetta and getting Abreu's broken-bat grounder to third.
"I thought he looked more like himself," Rays manager Joe Maddon said.
After Iannetta walked to start the fifth, he was then thrown out trying to steal second after Abreu struck out swinging on a 3-2 pitch.
Los Angeles was 0 for 10 with runners in scoring position.
"You can't sugarcoat that part of it," Scioscia said. "It's critical to us. We need to bring that level up to support our pitching. There's a lot of situational hitting that has to be part of this club, and hopefully that's going to emerge."
Tampa Bay had four solo homers — all off Ervin Santana — in Tuesday night's 5-0 victory over Los Angeles. ... The Angels have been out-homered 23-12 this season. ... Wilson's career-high for strikeouts is 12. ... Los Angeles RHP Jerome Williams (1-1) and Rays' LHP Matt Moore (0-1) are the scheduled starters in Thursday's series finale.


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Oracle Lawsuit Claims Google Slurped Its Java
Aug 13, 2010 11:49 AM PT
Oracle on Thursday filed suit against Google for patent and copyright infringement in the latter's development of the Android operating system.
Google "knowingly, directly and repeatedly infringed Oracle's Java-related intellectual property," according to the suite, which "seeks appropriate remedies for their infringement," Oracle spokesperson Karen Tillman said.
It's not clear whether the lawsuit will force Google to stop development work on Android and Chrome, or whether it will impact the Android Market.
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for Northern California.
"We are disappointed Oracle has chosen to attack both Google and the open source Java community with this baseless lawsuit," Google spokesperson Aaron Zamost told LinuxInsider. "The open source Java community goes beyond any one corporation and works every day to make the Web a better place. We will strongly defend open source standards and will continue to work with the industry to develop the Android platform."
Oracle did not respond to requests for further comment by press time.
The Bones of Contention
Seven of the counts in the lawsuit are patents, but the eighth pertains to copyright, Al Hilwa, a program director at IDC, told LinuxInsider. The copyright count alleges that Google and some of its partners have used Java code out of compliance with Java licensing requirements.
"Google implemented its own Java Virtual Machine (JVM) as part of Android," Hilwa explained. "We don't know which parts of the Java code contain the patents being validated, but it looks as if some of the patents refer to low-level code like a Java virtual machine, while others refer to the framework."
Google's JVM is "Dalvik," which it uses in Android. Dalvik is based on the Apache Software Foundation's Harmony implementation of Java Standard Edition (SE), Hilwa said. "Dalvik's" legitimacy may be called into question because there is some debate over whether Harmony is compliant with Java or is a fork that might undermine the standard.
The Apache Foundation needs to certify Harmony with the Java SE test compatibility kit, but Sun, and now Oracle, have not been cooperative, Hilwa said.
Despite this, Google insists its hands are clean.
"Google says its "Dalvik" technology is a 'clean room' version of Java that doesn't use any Sun technology or intellectual property, but Oracle claims Google hired Sun engineers who provided it proprietary information," Hilwa explained.
On the face of it, Oracle may have a case.
"Google has a lot of ex-Sun Java folks who likely brought stuff along with them, thinking correctly that Sun wouldn't care," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told LinuxInsider. "I doubt Google ever expected to be threatened by Sun."
Perhaps the highest-ranking ex-Sun executive at Google is the company's own CEO, Eric Schmidt. He was the chief technology officer at Sun Microsystems, where he led the development of Java.
The Aroma of Fresh Java
After Oracle completed its purchase of Sun Microsystems in January, there was much concern that the new owner would clamp down hard on Java. Some in the Java community considered Oracle a more closed company that was less favorable to open source than Sun was.
"This lawsuit reflects the worst fears of those who believed Oracle would never follow Sun's lead in open source," Charles King, principal at Pund-IT, told LinuxInsider. "Oracle was always clear about Java being the crown jewel of the Sun deal, and no one expected it to simply let Java run free," he added.
"Oracle finally filed a patent lawsuit against Google. Not a big surprise," James Gosling, the father of Java, wrote on his blog. He also pointed out that the suit involves only one of his patents -- RE38,104 -- and expressed hopes he would not be dragged into the battle. Gosling's blog has since been taken down, but has been cached here.
"Even prior to Oracle's acquisition of Sun, some pointed out that a parallel implementation of Java could possibly expose Google to claims of patent infringement," IDC's Hilwa pointed out.
The Art of War
Oracle will have to show that Google violated Sun's intellectual property, which now belongs to it, Enderle said.
Google's best defense would probably be to work out a mutually acceptable agreement with Oracle, Enderle opined. One possible option is to link Android and the Chrome operating system to Oracle's products for business applications in exchange for an inexpensive or free Java license.
"Larry picks his fights, and I don't remember the last time he lost, so Google may not realize they are screwed," Enderle remarked. "They don't have deep litigation protection and really aren't set up for this kind of a fight yet, though I imagine they will be before this is over," he added.
"This is a great opportunity for Google to extend its services to mobile, and it will fight Oracle as long and as hard as it has to, or it will pay what sees as reasonable fees," Chris Hazelton, a research director at the 451 Group, told LinuxInsider.
"If Google settles, many in the open source community who consider Oracle's suit an affront will be aghast," Pund-IT's King pointed out. "Google has the cash and the brainpower to take on Oracle. However, I'm not sure it has the stomach to do so."
Getting Inside Larry's Head
In launching the lawsuit, Oracle may simply be protecting its turf. The Oracle Enterprise Application Platform is Java-based, for example, and Oracle has done a lot of development work on Java.
Or perhaps Oracle CEO Larry Ellison just wants to cash in on the burgeoning demand for Android devices -- about 200,000 Android smartphones are sold every day, according to Google.
"I expect Android's stunning success is driving the move," Pund-IT's King said. "That translates into Oracle trying to monetize intellectual property it now owns.
"Larry doesn't want to go into the advertising revenue business like Microsoft has been forced to enter, largely unsuccessfully, and appears to be moving on Google as an alternative," Enderle opined. "His goal is likely to either convert the company to a more traditional revenue model where he shares heavily in that revenue or eliminate it."
Oracle may also be looking ahead to the future.
"The market's shifting from feature phones to smartphones, and Oracle's role in mobile Java will be diminished if Android doesn't license Java," IDC's Hilwa said. "Second, Oracle wants to secure the future integrity of Java in case Android becomes even more successful on non-phone devices and competes with Java in other areas."
Hitting Android Where It Hurts
Oracle is reportedly asking for damages and an injunction against Google from using Oracle's intellectual property in Android.
"There is a substantial risk that Google may have to pull Android from the market and delay the Chrome operating system," Enderle predicted. "Also, this puts a big red flag on Android, as those developing for it may suddenly find that it's being pulled and in the process of being substantially changed," he added.
However, other analysts are more optimistic.
"I doubt there will be much effect unless Oracle requests and is granted an injunction against the sale of Android phones using Dalvik," Pund-IT's King pointed out. "I wouldn't expect that to happen in the short term," he remarked.
"Apple's threat to HTC didn't stop HTC because they had Google's support, and Apple posed a greater threat to HTC than Oracle does to makers of Android devices," the 451 Group's Hazelton remarked. "Those makers understand Oracle's targeting Google, which has very deep pockets."


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WWE Smackdown Results
By Bill Pritchard for Wrestlezone.com
July 19th 2013
Booker T comes back and thanks Teddy Long for helping him out, but he's back to work and asks if they can dig that. Vince McMahon cuts him off and meets them in the ring, and he asks for a round of applause for Booker and Teddy, but he came to clear things up. He says there's only one person in charge of Smackdown so he needs to make a decision, and he wants to know how Teddy would impress them tonight. Teddy says Curtis Axel would face Chris Jericho for the Intercontinental Championship, and Booker says he would have Alberto Del Rio go one-on-one with Money In The Bank winner Randy Orton.
Vince says this is a tough decision, then Brad Maddox comes out and says he is in charge of RAW, but he thinks he should also be the general manager of Smackdown. Maddox says he was already going to announce the two matches Booker and Teddy mentioned, and he also announces the Smackdown return of Rob Van Dam. Vince says it's time for a decision and the new GM is Vickie Guerrero, then Vickie comes to the ring and hugs Vince while a shocked Booker and Teddy look on. Vickie thanks Vince for the opportunity, and she says the fans are why she lost her job on RAW, and she hates them for it. Vickie says she is back and has power, and no one in this ring can stop her, and the fans can't either because she is the permanent general manager of Smackdown!
Jack Swagger (w/ Zeb Colter & Antonio Cesaro) vs Dolph Ziggler
Dolph goes right for a rollup before taunting Swagger, then he goes to tie up but Swagger punches him in the face, then he dodges a kneelift and rolls outside. Swagger regroups with the Militia on the floor, then he charges Dolph in the corner and slams him on the mat before dropping him with a shoulder block. Swagger hits the ropes and runs into a dropkick, then he goes back outside but Dolph follows him and punches him in the head a few times. Dolph rolls Swagger in and Cesaro grabs him behind the ref's back, and he uppercuts him but the ref turns and kicks them out when he sees Dolph on the ground. Swagger rolls him in and Dolph tries to steal it with a rollup, then Swagger puts him in the Patriot Lock but Dolph kicks him back and hits a Zig Zag for the win.
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CpW unveils new identity excitingness
It'll be called... Consignia! Oh, hang on
Details of the forthcoming Carphone Warehouse demerger are emerging: the company is to become "New Carphone Warehouse" and er, "TalkTalk".
New Carphone Warehouse will hold half of Best Buy Europe (Best Buy USA holding the other half), and almost half of Virgin Mobile France, while TalkTalk runs the fixed and mobile businesses - Charles Dunstone remains chair of both companies.
Under the proposals, which still need shareholder approval, every two shares in Carphone Warehouse will be exchanged for one share in New Carphone Warehouse, and two shares in TalkTalk. So an investor holding 100 shares in CPW can expect to hold 50 in NCpW, and 100 in TalkTalk, once the deal has been completed.
That's going to take a couple of months - the company's general meeting is in February, with the demerger scheduled for 16 March and the two new companies getting listed on the 29 March.
The split was announced in April last year, and has been proceeding steadily ever since with the intention of creating two companies - one focused on selling electronics while the other concentrates on providing services. We had hoped Mr Dunstone would decide to give up on the "Carphone" moniker, though it seems history isn't so easily forgotten and the name will remain even if few people still see it. ®
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