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Tumultuous year for Indian aviation
New Delhi: It was not a smooth sailing for the Indian aviation industry in 2012 as it saw the grounding of Kingfisher Airlines and financial trouble hitting Air India and other carriers besides a prestigious USD 500 million airport upgrade contract bagged by a leading Indian infra firm being terminated by the Maldives government.
To provide some succour to the ailing Indian carriers, the government came up with some pro-industry policies like allowing foreign airlines to invest in their Indian counterparts, but to no avail.
Even steps to check high air fares did not have the desired impact and affordable ticket prices remained a distant dream. This also led to a fall in domestic air traffic, with the passengers carried by Indian airlines dropping 2.94 per cent between January-November compared to 2011.
A negative development was the "unilateral" termination of the prestigious Male airport expansion and modernisation project contract awarded to major infrastructure firm GMR, by the Maldives government. The contract was awarded to the Indian company by the previous regime there in 2010.
The FDI liberalisation move saw no takers, though there were hopes that 2013 would witness some interested foreign airlines picking up equity in Indian carriers, some of whom were in talks on the issue.
Commenting on the FDI decision, IATA chief Tony Tyler said, "As long as high taxes prevail, high airport costs and high cost of operations exist, you are not going to get a lot of people to invest in airlines."
While welcoming the move, he said, "Unless conditions in India are improved for the airlines, you are not going to see a flood of foreign carriers coming into the industry. Foreign capital needs a return just as anywhere else."
The year also saw the government coming to the aid of Air India by promising additional equity of Rs 30,231 crore in tranches between 2012 and 2021 provided the airline fulfils the tasks set out for it in a time-bound manner as per its Turnaround and Financial Restructuring Plans.
While a strike by pilots disrupted Air India operations for 58-days, Kingfisher Airlines' engineers and pilots also struck work over non-payment of several months' salary dues.
This led the airline to declare a lockout, grounding its entire operations. Soon thereafter, aviation regulator DGCA suspended its flying permit, which in any case expires on December 31.
The Vijay Mallya-owned carrier has now submitted an interim revival plan to resume limited operations from 2013.
But it can do so only 6-8 weeks after DGCA allows it to fly again due to refresher training and medical tests of its crew.
The problems which led to the closure of Kingfisher Airlines cannot be seen as teething troubles or natural pains of an emerging sunrise sector but were more systemic in nature, industry sources said while referring to other carriers which suffered losses but carried on flying.
High taxes on jet fuel was a major concern for the entire industry which led the government to allow the carriers to directly import the item. But problems of infrastructure like storage and transportation of jet fuel to airports, which are controlled by the oil marketing firms, remained to be solved.
To check high fares, government decided to do away with the airport development fee being charged from passengers coming to and going out of Delhi and Mumbai airports from January and asking Airports Authority of India not to charge it at Kolkata and Chennai airports being developed by it.
The AAI was also asked to infuse more equity in the joint ventures operating the Delhi and Mumbai airports.
Air India also inducted the first few of the 27 Boeing 787 Dreamliners and put them into service in select domestic and international routes.
With these next-generation planes, the national carrier announced launching of new flights in its bid to expand its route network and resuming closed down domestic services, aiming to corner more passenger traffic.
A series of initiatives in this regard saw improvements in its passenger loads, revenues and some stemming of its losses.
The government also decided to hive off Air India's engineering and ground handling services into two wholly-owned subsidiaries.
The long-awaited integration of staff of the two erstwhile carriers (Indian Airlines and Air India) finally took shape after five years of their merger, with the implementation of the recommendations of the Justice Dharmadhikari Committee.
Playing a pro-active role, government also considerably opened up the air services agreements (ASAs) with other countries, allowing all Indian airlines to take advantage of it and mount more international flights.
The Civil Aviation Ministry led by RLD chief Ajit Singh saw a new post of Minister of State being created and taken over by an important Congress leader from Kerala, K C Venugopal.
It also witnessed a change of guards among its top officials, with senior bureaucrat E K Bharat Bhushan being shunted out of the Ministry as the DGCA head. The year also saw Nasim Zaidi being replaced on his retirement as the Civil Aviation Secretary by K N Shrivastava.
India, along with major countries like the US, Russia and China, launched a united opposition to the European Union's move to impose a carbon tax by including aviation in its Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS). Global efforts under the International Civil Aviation Organisation are now on to work out a resolution of the issue.
The Ministry was working on a legislation to create the Civil Aviation Authority, with financial and administrative autonomy, to replace DGCA. It was also in the process of creating a separate Aviation Security Force.
Though a series of statements were made regarding promoting of air connectivity to Tier-II and Tier-III cities and creation of airport and other aviation infrastructure there, concrete measures on the ground are still to be taken.


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Our American Values and Character
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"Ten years later, I'd say America came through this thing in a way that was consistent with our character. We've made mistakes. Some things haven't happened as quickly as they needed to. But overall, we took the fight to al-Qaida, we preserved our values, we preserved our character." President Obama to NBC News

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A tree is like any other living thing. A young tree will grow, mature, wither and die but thankfully, dedicated arborists ensure tree removal in Wallace, SC is not an everyday occurrence. Animals and humans need care and attention during their lifetime and so do trees. Certain types of tree live much longer than others, however, throughout their lifetime trees change in size, stature, and shape. A tree service provides an important service and we must not forget there are many different kinds of tree service. Popular jobs done by a reputable tree removal service in Wallace, SC include pruning, trimming, stump removal, tree removal and felling. Crane services are often needed to remove trees felled by storms. Here is an in-depth look at some of the work done by your local tree service.
Tree Pruning and Trimming
Trees must be pruned to ensure they remain healthy; a freshly-pruned tree is quite beautiful. However, pruning is a skilled job that should be done by a professional. Tree pruning and trimming services employ experienced tree surgeons who follow pruning practices as laid down by leading arboriculture organizations including the TCIA and the ISA. Trees should be well-maintained and regularly inspected to ensure they remain safe. A Trained arborist or a qualified climber will examine the tree to conduct an assessment. The arborist will inform you of any rot, splits, cavities or conditions.
When pruning and cleaning trees the tree surgeon will remove diseased limbs and cut away broken or overhanging branches. This makes the tree safe and stops the tree from rotting. Decayed trees inevitably become weak and they are magnets for wood-feeding mites. If needed, the arborist can install steel rods between cracks and splits or place steel cables between leaders and trunks to give support. Trees growing near buildings must be pruned regularly to ensure they don't obstruct pathways, drives, and satellites. Unpruned trees have the potential to cause mass structural damage.
Pruning or thinning trees aids air circulation, helps the tree to resist the wind, encourages the food production process and enables the sunlight to filter freely. A freshly-trimmed tree is less likely to rot, uproot or become damaged.
Tree Stump Removal
Tree workers use powerful machines to remove major surface roots and tree stumps. In general, stump grinders can access a standard opening into a backyard to remove unsightly stumps and destructive roots. The machine will grind the stump a good twelve to fourteen inches into the ground and enable you to refill the existing hole with soil.
Mulch is created when the stump is ground. Under normal circumstances, the wood mulch is mixed into the topsoil and used to back fill the hole. However, if required, the mulch can be removed; the hole can be filled with fresh topsoil ready to plant seeds, shrubs, bushes or a new tree. A small fee is usually charged for the extra work.
Experienced workers can remove any tree, large or small and the tree surgeons will ensure the tree is felled efficiently and safely. It is not uncommon to fell trees towering over buildings or to remove trees in enclosed areas. Expert tree surgeons will remove dead or diseased trees and hazardous or cracked trees in a safe and efficient manner. Popular equipment used by tree removal experts in Wallace, SC includes chain saws, bucket trucks, cranes, wood chippers, stump grinders and log loaders.
A tree service is bound by law to remove trees with current safety legislation in mind. The removal team will work with ANSI and OSHA safety protocol at all times. After removing the tree, they will haul the wood or cut the branches into fireplace lengths. The team will then clear the debris, sweep the area and blow away the sawdust.
Emergency Tree Storm Service
Trees are often brought down by storms. A tree across a highway is hazardous and trees that bring down power lines and transformers present a danger. Sometimes the whole tree falls, other times, in extreme weather, large limbs fall across roads and crash through properties. In this case, a 24-hour storm damage tree service will attend the scene. Under certain circumstances, a crane is used to lift the tree to ensure a safe and secure removal. Most homeowners hold an insurance policy, but the small print in these policies is confusing. A reputable tree service will help you process your insurance claim and work with the insurance company on your behalf.
Crane Services
When removing fallen, large or unstable trees it may be necessary to use a crane. Normal tree removal methods cannot be used if a tree has crashed through a roof or blown down over a driveway. Crane professionals are licensed to operate various cranes. A twelve ton truck with mounted rigs and a sixty-foot boom will remove a small to a medium-sized tree but a two hundred ton rig with a hundred and sixty-foot reach is required to remove a big tree. Find the best tree removal in Wallace, SC, a rapid response service who will act fast in the event of an emergency. People who have an insurance claim can ask the tree service to work directly with the insurers.
Remember, inexperienced or poorly-trained people should never attempt to remove or prune trees. Rigging limbs and using a chainsaw is not for the faint hearted. Call the experts if you have a tree that needs to be pruned, felled or removed.
Hire a Reliable and Reputable Tree Service. Engage a company that employs a highly-trained, experienced team of fully-insured tree specialists. Don't attempt to prune, trim or fell a tree unless you have experience, let the experts take the strain.


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On this episode of Teachers Teaching Teachers, Steve Muth and Ben Papell founders and on-going co-conspirators at VoiceThread join Susan Ettenheim and Chris Sloan to talk about what's new at VoiceThread AND how they can imagine VoiceThread supporting our efforts with http://voicesonthegulf.org.
In addition, Bill Ferriter, a sixth grade science teacher in North Carolina, joins us. Bill has just published a great book, Teaching the iGeneration. There are a lot great ideas in this new book, but there's one that is perfect for a VoiceThread discussion: Collaborative vs. Competitive dialogue. In an email, Bill writes:
Collaborative and competitive dialogue is something I talk about in Teaching the iGeneration and something that VoiceThread facilitates nicely. We could talk about how our world emphasizes competitive dialogue—-kids are surrounded by marketing messages and celebrities and politicians screaming for attention and unwilling to listen to other viewpoints——but collaborative dialogue is essential for solving the kinds of global, cross-border challenges our world is facing.
Alicia Blair, a colleague and science teacher at an alternative school in Mississippi, and Gail Desler, who works with teachers in Northern California, join us as well. Alicia and Gail have been helping us to keep it real all summer.
Click Read more to see a copy of the chat that was happening during the webcast.


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Being the Continuing Adventures of a Woman and her Trusty Kayak in New York Harbor, the Hudson River, and Beyond. (with occasional political rants just to keep things lively!)
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
North Brooklyn Boat Club Annual Meeting TONIGHT!
Details here! When you click on the link, you'll see the title "A Note to NBBC Members", but they close the memo with "Open to all!" and I bet they wouldn't turn away anyone who turned up and expressed an interest in kayaking, canoeing, or rowing out of the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn. The North Brooklyn Boat Club is a relatively new group, this meeting will review how their first season went, should be interesting! I can't make it 'cause I'm out of the office starting Friday, lost the entire week of Sandy & have a ton of stuff that's got to be tied up before I go, but if that weren't the case, I think I might try to go.
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- Will said...
Hi Bonnie,
Thanks for spreading the word. This is indeed open to all folks who are interested (current members, future members, friends, etc.)
- bonnie said...
Thanks for the confirmation! I was pretty sure that "Open to all" meant "open to all" and it sounds like a good way for any boat-curious folks in the area to see what the NBBC is about.
Heard your area got hit pretty hard by Sandy - hope recovery is going well & you didn't lose too much gear.
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Hi all!!
I have a method
which does the following amongst other things:
for (Method m : mtd) { // introducing all methods in the array if (!(m.getName().startsWith("test"))) { // return("Object or Class does not contain such methods"); }else { result = result + m.getName(); } // more code here return result;
Then I have a listener on a button and when clicked it is supposed to display the results on a textArea on a frame. The frame works fine and it outputs all correctly except the third line which I write below which gives me an error "cannot find symbol".
ClassAnalyzer analyzer = new ClassAnalyzer(textField.getText()); textArea.append(analyzer.getClassMember()+ "\n"); // this works fine textArea.append(analyzer.methodTester(mtd)); // this does not work
Can anyone please help me?
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Thursday, October 23, 2008
Confession Is Good For the Soul
Can we still be friends?
18 comments:
- Melanie said...
I am new to your blog, but I love all of your fun, creative ideas! Your cards look amazing. Where did you get the pine bough pipe cleaners?
- October 23, 2008 at 5:07 PM
Of course! we can still be friends.... Just as long as I get one of those darling Christmas cards. I'll be waiting! I always love to see what you come up with next. You inspire me!
- October 23, 2008 at 5:16 PM
- Montserrat said...
You go girl!
I am still waffling between two designs for our Christmas cards. i really need to buckle down and choose so I can get them done!
- October 23, 2008 at 6:03 PM
- Jeni said...
Girl I am proud to say I am right there with you!!! Remember I had designed mine on Father's Day night. I LOVE the papers I can see you used. That wreath card is to die for! Have fun finishing up.
It will make the Holiday season so much easier having those done.
- October 23, 2008 at 6:28 PM
- Cherie said...
I can't wait for ours to arrive in the mail...(I am hoping we are still on the list this year..) I seriously love your cards every year. I am a Christmas Card crazy lady. All throughout the year I hardly check the mail box, but come December I am out there every five minutes looking for cute cards and cute family pictures! I wish I had an ounce of your talents. You are amazing... Thanks for always sharing your ideas. If you guys have time give us a call when your out this way. We can set up some tours for you if you want?
- October 23, 2008 at 8:41 PM
- Our Complete Family said...
I am officialy JEALOUS Miss Thang! Please, please, oh please send some of your creative energy and brain power this way!!! I am in a major rut and can't seem to get my a** in gear this year!!! I am so happy you got yours done though. That is so cool! Hugs, Les
Oooh, guess what I did do yesterday though? I voted! We have early voting and there was no way I was going to attempt those long lines with Caroline in tow since Jason will be TDY! Go me for one thing done, right?!? ;)
- October 23, 2008 at 9:11 PM
- Kathleen said...
crazy? well, yes. however, that's what we all love about you, amber! great job at being so on top of things!
- October 23, 2008 at 9:18 PM
- The Brough Family said...
We can totally still be friends... especially if you can help me get motivated to get started on some of that stuff, before the Christmas rush. So impressed. The cards look darling... give us a close up picture. And that Christmas thank you card is too cute. What a cool girl you are. The ribbon... over the top, 150 homemade Christmas cards... just the Amber we love!!
- October 23, 2008 at 9:26 PM
- Amber M. said...
I'm never sure whether to answer your questions HERE or on your own blogs, so I did both this time. For Melanie, the pine bough pipe cleaners are from Hobby Lobby, but are with the Christmas craft stuff. And I'm going to be mean and not show an actual close-up picture of our cards so you'll be surprised when you get them in the mail.:-)
- October 23, 2008 at 10:22 PM
- Kristi said...
You seriously rock!! Always inspiring! I of course, will be happy to complete mine before Thanksgiving. I did put it on my list to go buy my roll of stamps- I thought that was pretty good to get that done before Halloween!
- October 23, 2008 at 10:50 PM
- Amy said...
This is one of the things I love most about you. I have saved every single card. Super cute! I'm dying to take a closer look. Such a tease to see them all lined up like that. :) And to think I spent last night making Halloween cards. You inspire me, girl!
- October 23, 2008 at 11:25 PM
- Eloise said...
I am SO impressed! The thank you cards are beautiful. I can only imagine what your Christmas cards look like.
Sending Christmas cards is something I look forward to all year. I usually have our picture made before now but just could not figure out what the kids were going to wear (it gets harder as they get older). I finally got that figured out, and then it rained the day I had scheduled the photographer to come to our house (I have her come here because it tends to be less stressful with Vivian and I wanted to take the picture outside this year). We're rescheduled for this week and will come inside this time if it's raining. I always choose a pretty, high quality card, but I'm not nearly organized or talented enough to go the extra mile and make them all like you do. What a wonderful friend you are!
- October 23, 2008 at 11:36 PM
- Sydney said...
Um... reading this post made me realize that I FORGOT TO BUY CHRISTMAS CARDS ON CLEARANCE LAST YEAR! AUGH!!!! I'm not talented or creative enough to make my own, but now I just realized I'm probably going to have to shell out full price for cards. Now I'm depressed.
- October 24, 2008 at 3:57 PM
- Camie said...
,...only if i get a card!! You are too cute.
I have finally resigned that I will never have it in me to do what you do, nevertheless you are very inspiring!
- October 24, 2008 at 4:41 PM
- Shawna B. said...
I always love to get the McIllece card! I had no idea they were created so early (I am greatly impressed) - they always make me "ooh" and "ahhh." Can't wait to see what you've come up with this year!
- October 24, 2008 at 11:25 PM
- just jamie said...
If I told you, "you suck," you'd know it's out of love right?
- October 25, 2008 at 12:54 AM
- Melanie said...
Thank you! I will have to check hobby lobby for those. What an adorable idea and your cards are beautiful!
- October 26, 2008 at 5:50 PM
- Sonja said...
"I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy!"
- October 27, 2008 at 11:46 PM


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I can hardly think of a subject that needs and deserves an extraordinary essay as much as this one. In all my reading of late, no concept taps at the essence of occult development more than the idea of "scientific inquiry" transforming men into gods. And no time seems more dangerously prophetic in attempting to fulfill that transition than the present. But alas, this is not that essay and I am not that writer. True to form, though, I can still take steps toward better elucidation. The upside of all the reading and research going into my "books" is a swimming collection of quotes. I'm a quote junkie now. C'mon share the pain.
"If the conquests useful for humanity touch your heart, if you are overwhelmed before the astonishing results of electric telegraphy, of the daguerrotype, of anesthesia, and of other wonderful discoveries, if you are jealous of the part your country may claim in the spreading of these marvelous things, take an interest I beg you, in those sacred places to which we give the expressive name of laboratories. Demand that they be multiplied and ornamented, for these are the temples of the future." –Louis Pasteur (ref. Pierre Curie, p70, by Marie Curie, 1923)
"Science Angel" in the crypt of Institut Pasteur
"..early in May 1912 Weizmann wrote to Judah Leon Magnes, outlining a new scheme. Weizmann had just read in the press that Mr. Nathan Straus, a German-born philanthropist now residing in New York, had established in Hadera (Palestine) a health station under the direction of Dr. Wilhelm Bruenn… Weizmann suggested the following: Why not combine the various projects into one big institute, 'something like a small Pasteur Institute…Such an institute could fulfill two functions: a teaching institute and a research institute, and could develop into the nucleus of the great Jewish research centers of the future.' …In short, such a project would consolidate all the small scientific enterprises in Palestine… Moreover, Baron Edmond de Rothschild was moving closer to Zionism…'but it is up to us to steer him in this direction' [he wrote]… the baron was indeed prepared to cooperate with the Zionist movement… Weizmann did not waste a minute…[H]e called on Leopold Landau, a gynecologist in Berlin..[and] relative of Paul Erhlich, one of Germany's most eminent scientists… Weizmann met Erhlich in the latter's laboratory on March 10, 1913..[and] won over an important new ally… Weizmann [then] returned to Manchester full of energy. His friends on the Continent and in England promised their full support and he felt that his moment had come. 'The movement has begun to smack of gunpowder,' he wrote [to his wife] Vera, ..'I feel that I don't belong to Manchester at all. Everything here is temporary and alien… To my way of thinking, this is the one slogan that can evoke a response just now –the Hebrew University. Die Zionsuniversitat auf dem Berge Zion! The Third Temple!' " –(Weizmann biographer) Jehudah Reinharz, Chaim Weizmann, The Making of a Zionist Leader, pp 375-378
>>>Rothschild did not support a university at this time, but endorsed a research institute "like the Pasteur..or Rockefeller institutes"; Nathan Straus was a subject in an article I wrote in 2008 called The Ruination of Milk http://www.rocfern.com/jennlake/TheRuinationofMilk.html
Weizmann Institute
"Emerson said that an institution is the lengthened shadow of one man, and the [Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research] did reflect Simon Flexner… Flexner made Rockefeller sharp, edgy, cold… The room most feared in the institute was Flexner's office. He could be brutal there, and several prominent scientists were afraid of him… He sought attention for the institute from the press and credit from the scientific community. His own work created controversy… The result was a publicity machine. Highly respected investigators mocked the institute for, said one who himself spent time there, 'frequent ballyhoo of unimportant stuff as the work of genius'… Flexner..wanted the institute to become a living thing… It was a place of excitement, of near holiness… Flexner, [Peyton] Rous said, made the institute 'an organism, not an establishment.' " –(historical writer) John Barry, The Great Influenza, pp 75-78
"Science would be the magic wand waved over any project… In 1917, when advising his father to pump another fifty million dollars into the RIMR, Junior explained his preference for medicine: 'This is a field in which there can be no controversy, so that I think the possibility of criticism as regards the use of the fund or its potential dangers would be almost nothing. There is no limit to the development of medical work.' " –(John D. Rockefeller biographer) Ron Chernow, Titan, p568
Rockefeller Institute
"Our society, in which reigns an eager desire for riches and luxury, does not understand the value of science. It does not realize that science is a most precious part of its moral patrimony… Neither public powers nor private generosity actually accord to science and to scientists the support and the subsidies indispensable to fully effective work." –Marie Curie, 1923
The oral history of radium/uranium dealer Boris Pregel, Manhattan Project supplier : "..The centralization was at the Institute Curie… It was also a kind of scientific monopoly. They did the whole thing… they were the most important… In fact, the Institute of the Curies had tremendous quantities of radium all along… That's why later also, when Joliot-Curie and Halban and Kowarski wanted to discuss the..application of atomic energy, they were received very well… [A] lot of the most important work was done in France, because of the establishment of the Institute" http://www.aip.org/history/ohilist/4833.html
Radium Institute, Paris
"The society of experts which I am imagining will embrace all eminent men of science… It will possess the sole up-to-date armaments and will be the repository of all new secrets in the art of war. There will therefore be no more war since resistence by the unscientific will be doomed to obvious failure. The society of experts will control propaganda and education. It will teach loyalty to the world government and make nationalism high treason. The government… will instill submissiveness into the great bulk of the population… It is possible that it may invent ingenious ways of concealing its own power, leaving the forms of democracy intact and allowing the plutocrats to imagine that they are cleverly controlling these forms. Gradually, however, as the plutocrats become stupid through laziness, they will lose their wealth; it will pass more and more into public ownership and be controlled by the government of experts. Thus whatever the outward forms may be, all real power will come to be concentrated in the hands of those who understand the art of scientific manipulation." –Bertrand Russell, The Scientific Outlook, 1931
"The Public Health Law posits…that government has both the power and the duty to regulate private behavior in order to promote public health. The constitutional source of this authority is the police power which encompasses both directly coercive interventions and policies such as taxes and subsidies that shape behavior by altering the costs of certain choices." –New England Journal of Medicine, 2003
"Judaism is not a creed: the Jewish God is simply a negation of superstition… It is also an attempt to base the moral law on fear,… regrettable… Yet it seems to me that the strong moral tradition of the Jewish nation has to a large extent shaken itself free from this fear… Judaism is thus no transcendental religion… It seems to me, therefore, doubtful whether it can be called a religion in the accepted sense of the word, particularly as no 'faith' but the sanctification of life in a supra-personal sense is demanded of the Jew… [T]he Jewish tradition also contains something else …a sort of intoxicated joy and amazement at the beauty and grandeur of this world… This joy is the feeling from which true scientific research draws its spiritual sustenance… To tack this feeling to the idea of God seems mere childish absurdity… In its pure form, it is nowhere to be found, not even in Judaism where the pure doctrine is obscured by much worship of the letter. Yet Judaism seems to me one of its purest and most vigorous manifestations. This applies particularly to the fundamental principle of the sanctification of life."….. "The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice and the desire for personal independence –these are the features of the Jewish tradition which make me thank my stars that I belong to it… we shall continue not merely to survive as the oldest of living peoples, but by creative work to bring forth fruits which contribute.. as heretofore… We must be conscious of our alien race and draw the logical conclusions from it…" –Albert Einstein, Ideas and Opinions, p184-186, 1934
"Just as some people live by the sword, we shall live by science" –Chaim Weizmann, 1948
"[Jonas] Salk dreamed of organizing his own Institute for Experimental Medicine, and in May of 1957, he drew up what he called its "Magna Carta". He gave it the loftiest of goals, not merely to cure disease but to address 'the problems of humanity that are the most important of the day'…he imagined an alliance of like-minded colleagues who valued 'the freedom, integrity, and independence of the individual' at a scale that preserved 'flexibility and freedom' and rewarded 'boldness and courage'. Unlike traditional research insitutes, this one would include humanists as well as scientists…Its senior members would be fellows for life, a self-governing body..with 'unencumbered time for contemplation and for action'… Following the Rockefeller Institute's example, Salk would build his institute…'A shot in the light' Salk called it."…"In December 1959, Salk and architect Louis Kahn began a unique partnership to design such a facility… The buildings soon gained international fame for their dramatic and innovative design…"the modern equivalent of a temple of Zeus beside the Aegean"…Deliberately elitist, the Salk Institute would free its half dozen or so fellows from grant-writing, teaching, and administrative distractions. As masters of their own laboratories, the fellows could set independent research agendas. Salk, directly inspired by the cloister of St. Francis of Assisi and by its carceri (cells), provided the fellows with individual studies, places for reflection connected to, and yet buffered from, the bustle of laboratory life." –quotes referenced at www.polioforever.wordpress.com/salk-institute
Salk Institute
[On the creation of the Investigation of Human Ecology, a cover program for the CIA's MKUltra] "I am frightened about this one. If the scientists do what they have laid out for themselves, men will become manageable ants." –Adolf Berle, personal diary, 1950s
"We have had the bomb on our minds since 1945. It was first our weaponry and then our diplomacy, and now it's our economy. How can we suppose that something so monstrously powerful would not, after forty years, compose our identity? The great golem we have made against our enemies is our culture, our bomb culture –its logic, its faith, its vision." –historian E.L. Doctorow, 1980s (ref. preface, American Prometheus, Bird and Sherwin)
"I feel that at least several hundred scientists trained in the biomedical aspect of atomic energy –myself included– are candidates for Nuremburg-type trials for crimes against humanity for our gross negligence and irresponsibility. Now that we know the hazard of low-dose radiation, the crime is not experimentation –it's murder." –Dr. John Gofman, 1979; read more about fallout http://www.rocfern.com/jennlake/FalloutInYourGenes.html; www.polioforever.wordpress.com/fallout/


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The 16th annual Screen Actor's Guild Awards passed with few surprises -- and when all was said and done, the winner's list looked nearly identical to last week's Golden Globes.
The sole exception? "Inglourious Basterds," which, came out on top, taking home the the award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, SAG's equivalent to Best Picture.
Eli Roth thanked Quentin Tarantino for "bringing out the best" in a cast that also saw Christoph Waltz win Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film.
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"Basterds" lost out last week to James Cameron's sci-fi epic "Avatar."
Taking the top acting honors were Jeff Bridges for "Crazy Heart" and Sandra Bullock for "The Blind Side."
While the Golden Globes left actresses Bullock and Meryl Streep in a tie, neither shared an award or a kiss with the other on Saturday. "The Blind Side" actress was the sole winner of the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role.
A win by Tina Fey for Best Actress in a Comedy Series was the closest thing to an upset all night -- The "30 Rock" actress beat out last week's Golden Globe winner Toni Collette, who plays a woman with multiple personalities on "United States of Tara."
"We are very happy with everything and happy to be there," Fey joked, just one night after Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien left "30 Rock's" home network, NBC.
In every other category the winners list matched the Globes' rundown: "30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin won for Best Actor in a Comedy Series, "Glee" for Best Comedy Series, "Dexter's" Michael C. Hall for Best Actor in a Drama, "The Good Wife's" Julianna Margulies for Best Actress in a Drama, and the cast of "Mad Men" for Best Drama. The Best Miniseries winners were also the same, with Kevin Bacon winning for his role in "Taking Chance" and Drew Barrymore for "Grey Gardens."
Perhaps the most deserving winner was Betty White, who took home the Lifetime Achievement Award for the multiple-decade career in film and television.
While presenting the award, Sandra Bullock poked fun at the 88-year-old actress: "I know that a lot of people really find Betty White inspiring," continuing, "Me, I find Betty White annoying."
"The Golden Girls" alum' made sure she shot back while accepting the award, "Isn't it heartening to see how far a girl as plain as she is can go?"


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Kanye West Charged With Battery in July Paparazzo Case
Criminal battery. That's the charge that has landed on Kanye West's doorstep stemming from his July skirmish with a paparazzo at LAX. 'Ye and the snapper tussled at the airport and now it's a big legal mess for Yeezus Christ. Every day he's tusslin'.
If your memory is hazy regarding this incident, allow us to jog it for you with this recap.
The photog kept asking the rapper questions as he was making his way out of LAX. West was in no mood and he had issued a prior edict warning the paps not to talk to him. This pap did not heed that request and kept pressing West. Ballsy of him, right?
Yeezy was clearly not amused and in a foul mood, told the photographer not to talk to him, and next thing you know, they were tangling in what was more of a physical confrontation than a fight.
The shooter eventually went to the hospital and has now filed a lawsuit. He even hired notorious celeb attorney Gloria Allred to handle his case. She says that her client was badly injured, although we recalled that it looked like a girl fight, without any real punches thrown, but hey, we weren't there. You can watch footage of their "fight" below.
Yeezy is staring down a pair of misdemeanors. If convicted, he faces a year in jail, max, although celebs usually serve like three minutes of their sentences due to jail crowding issues. Still, we can't imagine that this isn't a headache for the new father.
West is slated for arraignment on Oct. 10, so says TMZ. His tour kicks off in October so this is so not what 'Ye needs.
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As technology improves, foodservice operators are finding equipment that can save time and enhance menus.
To paraphrase the '70s hit The Six Million Dollar Man, evolving foodservice technology is producing equipment that is "better, stronger, faster."
"The best innovation that has come along in recent years has been the ability to cook at the line," says Tom MacDermott, president of The Clarion Group in Kingston, NH. "You assemble your raw product and only [prepare] it to order, so waste is cut substantially—I'd say by at least 75%."
It also means the operator is "not tying up someone back in the kitchen," MacDermott continues, "so it reduces kitchen production labor by perhaps half. The actual cooking of the food is done by one person who combines the chef's job with the server's job. By far, that's the most efficient way. I suspect it's eventually going to become the standard way of producing meals, particularly in corporate and college cafeterias."
MacDermott also hails ventless cooking equipment for its efficiency and flexibility. "You can even get a deep-fat fryer that doesn't require venting. The trapping of the grease occurs right inside the hood built into the unit." It also gives the operator the ability to place equipment almost anywhere without having to tie into a hood system. "You are no longer anchored to the ventilation system. That is not for the heavy-duty work; it's for the comparatively light-duty work."
The freedom to put ventless or other types of equipment behind the counter cuts the need for a kitchen "about in half," MacDermott estimates. "Your design and capital costs are halved. And it does double duty because it creates something visual for the customer. It is the most effective way to say that your food is fresh—and fresh equals quality. People define quality and freshness as 'made while I watch.' The facilities that we get involved in designing are bringing up front almost all the cooking that can be done there."
MacDermott also likes the expanding use of blast chillers, which he says "enable you to bring the temperatures of food down from whatever they were when you took them off the line to a safe temperature without freezing them. It does it in a very few minutes, which seriously reduces your food safety risk, which in turn reduces costs because you have less spoilage." While they are not widely used yet, he adds, they are "getting there."
Proven and durable: "Besides all of the wonderful things that you want with equipment, you want as much flexibility as possible," says Shawn Noseworthy, nutrition services administrative director for Florida Hospital in Orlando. Topping her list of priorities is that new equipment be proven and durable. "All of the pieces we have are standard equipment. We aren't using any super new techno stuff that's hot off the presses. Most of our stuff is basic, tried-and-true equipment."
Florida Hospital's six kitchens (one of its seven buildings has only a kitchenette that processes trays before delivery) range in age from 10 to 30 years. A brand new kitchen serving a 150-seat dining area—there are 38 more seats on an outdoor patio—debuted in May. The workhorses of the facility's kitchens include steamers, convection ovens and tilting braising pans, Noseworthy says. "We are moving a few of those pieces from an old kitchen into the new one."
Her operation recently replaced traditional steam wells with hot-surface technology on the serving line. "We wanted to get away from the water and the plumbing, and try to have a more sophisticated look with a hot surface and the display equipment," she explains. She has also added a rotisserie and a brick oven.
"When we did the dish room, we reduced the amount of stainless-steel conveyors and troughs by over 50%," Noseworthy reports. The operation has stopped working in batches, she adds. "We are going through this whole lean, process-improvement program where we are moving away from batching wherever we can. We're into one-piece flow. We did that with our dish room."
Production speed: "The big advance that I see is speed in production—getting that cooking time faster so we're not waiting forever to cook things," says Georgie Shockey, FCSI, principal of Ruck-Shockey Associates, Inc., The Woodlands, Texas. "It's speedier ovens, ovens that microwave and combi-cook all at the same time. Those are some good pieces."
With ventilation, Shockey says, the question has become, "How do we turn equipment under the hood on and off, and then the hood itself?" A great feature is the ability to preprogram those functions "so that if you know your cooking day starts at 5:30 [a.m.] these three pieces can be set to come on [at that time]. The hood will go on first, and maybe as the day goes you're starting to program more and more equipment to come on at peak times. I see a lot of that starting to happen. It's going to take some technology to get that all integrated, but I know pieces, the component ovens, can be preprogrammed to come on at certain times." Hood technology is also "coming along with its capabilities of detecting and shutting off when there's nothing going on underneath the hood. That's saving not only time but obviously energy and money."
Something Shockey says she has not yet seen on the noncommercial side but has "a sneaky feeling we might see it at NAFEM" is equipment controls that run through a PC. "Burger King came out with a PC-compatible program that is preprogrammed on its cooking systems—how long to cook a Whopper during peak production, how many should they be cooking? All of it is integrated into a software program that beeps at the employee to, say, put on 20 more burger patties because this is the peak time when they need them."
Displaying Technology
Advances in cooking equipment now make Harvard's action stations sizzle.
Choosing the right technologies for action stations can be critical, especially when balancing the needs for safety, mobility, merchandising and speed of service.
Martin Breslin, director for culinary operations for Harvard University Dining Services, in Cambridge, MA, points out that display cooking stations need to be fast—not only to keep diners from waiting, but to attract them in the first place. "When students see action they tend to congregate towards it, so the menu needs to be good and fast, and easy to serve."
Harvard operates 13 residential dining halls and 12 retail locations on campus. Each dining room is part of a residence, and all offer the same menu. Display stations are most often used during special or theme meals.
Induction burners, says Breslin, render action stations more efficient and safer, "especially in the historical buildings here at Harvard, where a naked flame in the dining room is a problem." They also mean greater mobility. "They allow you to bring the action station into the dining room. That's important."
A piece of equipment that has boosted action station sales in one of Harvard's retail outlets is a pizza station with a brick oven. "It certainly is very inviting for guests to see the pizza cooked right in front of them, especially in a brick oven. That piece of equipment draws people's attention to pizza, calzones and strombolis, which we sell quite a lot of."
One favorite menu item that gets great play from Harvard's display stations is Bananas Foster. Crepes are cooked in advance in chafing dishes. The station is equipped with plates, bowls of pre-sliced bananas sautéed with brown butter, sugar and ground cloves. The mixture is heated on induction burners, then topped with ice cream.
Breslin draws a strong distinction between permanent and mobile display stations in a residential dining setting. "They are two completely different types of stations. For residential it has to be mobile, and it has to be multi-purpose so we can roll it in and out." One piece of equipment with which Breslin has had success is the rotisserie. "There are some rotisserie ovens you can get that you can actually wheel out."
One item on Breslin's wish list is a hoodless vent system. "Those kinds of pieces are important for a mobile station so there is no issue with the fire department."
"We're not using them [because] they're pretty costly now," Breslin says. "But as they come on the market more and more the [cost is] improving. Things like that are important for a mobile action station."
Retail Efficiency
State-of-the-art cooking equipment can spur revenue increases in retail foodservice operations as well.
Paul Hubbard, associate director of foodservice operations, Stony Brook University Hospital in Long Island, NY, talks about the impact new equipment has had on his retail business.
"We undertook a three-year renovation to our retail and production facilities, which was completed in large part in May 2005. However, the renovation work—I refer to it as refinement—is still ongoing. Since the Marketplace Cafe, our largest retail foodservice operation, and the Skyline Deli were completed, a smaller operation in the campus's ambulatory care pavilion has also come on line with a retail location.
The one piece of equipment that has had the greatest impact has been the brick oven pizza unit in the Marketplace Café. The unit was intentionally located at the furthest corner from the main entrance, but in full view of those who are entering in order to entice customers to walk through. You can see the gas jets and the flames inside it when you walk in. We finished it with mosaic tiles on the outside, so it is very eye catching and it helps to draw traffic.
Refinements to the foodservice operation are ongoing. You never sit on your laurels with what's there; you're constantly looking at adjusting and tweaking what you serve.
In a couple of weeks we will get a new rotisserie, an important addition not just for the menu flexibility it will provide but for its visual aspect. You're seeing a lot more roasted and fresh foods and meal replacements. That piece of equipment has a lot of versatility. It's not just the chicken on a spit, so to speak. We can do anything from fish and chicken to (food on) skewers and (in) baskets. It will also allow us to provide another healthy selection for our customers. The industry generally has seen a transition towards more healthy food.
Our executive chef, Eric Ingoglia, is looking at purchasing a flat-top griddle that can be used on the grill so that we can offer more of a selection for breakfast. We felt that, today, 48 inches of griddle space is not enough to handle our volume. The operation handles around 5,400 covers a day.
My assistant director of retail services, Kristen Berry, and I are also actively pushing for more of the new equipment to be Energy Star rated for efficiency. There is a growing trend toward equipment that is more environmentally friendly. It is something that this department has made a strategic initiative. Years ago you were just happy that you could cook a piece of chicken in it, or that you got 50,000 BTUs. We are now looking at efficiencies for each piece of equipment."


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You're On The Convergys Team Because...
I was once given a Power of One award when I was still with Convergys. Besides the recognition, they gave us something I can call a loot with stickers, notepads, Power of One cards, plaque and a very nice bookmark. I still have that bookmark which reminded me 25 reasons why I was once part of a Convergys Team.
Enthusiastic ~ Helpful ~ Patient
Committed ~ Respectful ~ Supportive
Optimistic ~ Resourceful ~ Loyal
Caring ~ Responsible ~ Persistent
Imaginative ~ Dedicated ~ Flexible
Confident ~ Courteous ~ Skillful
Trustworthy ~ Efficient
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The battered songstress is finally breaking her silence.
R&B princess Rihanna told Glamour magazine in her first interview since a violent Grammy night fight nine months ago with then-boyfriend Chris Brown that left her bloody and bruised that she was "humiliated" by the abuse -- and that she wants to use her fame to help other struggling women.
"I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears," the 21-year-old told the magazine in an interview honoring Rihanna as the publication's Woman of the Year. "That was the level of media chaos that happened the next day."
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"It was humiliating: this is not a photo you would show to anybody," she said. "I felt completely taken advantage of. i felt like people were making it into a fun topic on the Internet, and it's my life."
Rihanna also said she wanted to use her struggle to help other women in similar situations.
"Teenage girls can't tell their parents that their boyfriend beats them up...It's one of the things we hide because it's embarrassing," she said.
"I want to give as much insight as I can to young women because I feel like I represent a voice that isn't really heard. Now I can help speak for those women," she said.
The singer is also set to open up in her first televised interview about the fight on "Good Morning America."
"This happened to me ... It can be happen to anyone," the songstress told "GMA," according to People.com.
"He was definitely my first big love," she said of Brown.
Brown, who pleaded guilty to beating Rihanna, posted a link to a video montage of he and the pop princess in happier days on his Twitter page last week with the text: "IM SORRY YALL. JUST HAD TO POST IT."
Brown, 20, said last month he regretted his behavior during an interview with New York radio station Hot 97.
"I regret every second of it," Brown said. "I'm human. Of course you're gonna have your thoughts and opinions. I'm not gonna say they're wrong. But at the end of the day, it's not right to judge someone. People make mistakes all the time."
Brown was given five years probation and 180 days of community labor. He was slapped with a restraining order for five years.


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Summer Fun Tips From Those in the Know
The following tips can insure a safe time.
Grilling Tips:
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics mentions these barbecue safety tips:
- Buy two sets of grilling tools (one for raw meat and one for cooked meat) and a meat thermometer to make sure food is thoroughly cooked.
- Grill lean meats to avoid flame flares caused by fat drippings.
- Don't allow your food to become charred. Some studies suggest charred meat may be linked to cancer.
- Let your meat marinate for a few hours before cooking to help reduce the chances of charring.
Scuba Diving Tips
The American Academy of Family Physicians wants you to know that diving without training can raise your risk of problems including dizziness, chest pain and shortness of breath.
More serious medical problems can include decompression sickness (the "bends"). They offer these general guidelines for safer scuba diving:
- Don't push yourself beyond your comfort level, and always stay within your dive plan.
- Slowly and gently equalize the pressure in your mask and ears as you descend and ascend.
- Educate yourself on local dangers, such as currents, tides and dangerous marine life.
- Always dive with a buddy and stay calm and relaxed; turn to your buddy if you need help.
- Always use the proper equipment.
- Make sure your doctor says it's safe for you to dive.
- Never drink alcohol before a dive.
Source: womens health dot gov, a program of US Dept of Health and Human Services


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WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2012 – Military families now have greater access to programs designed to assist them with a spectrum of family support matters, a senior Pentagon official said here today.
Charles E. Milam, acting deputy assistant secretary of defense for military community and family policy, told the Pentagon Channel and American Forces Press Service that the enhanced programs are in accordance with President Barack Obama's recently signed proclamation declaring November as Military Family Month.
"Our families serve, just as the military does," he said. "They are critical to the mission."
The Defense Department strives to direct programs that help military families with a range of issues, from installation and school transitioning, facilitating employment for spouses and nonmedical military counseling services, Milam explained.
"Our family support centers have an array of programs to help them with transition," Milam said. "We also have Military OneSource, which offers financial counseling, tax preparation and help with making informed decisions in home buying and selling." Reaching out to family members is critical, he added, given that 75 percent of service members and families reside off-base.
Pentagon officials also will continue to work closely with the "Joining Forces" initiative championed by First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden. Joining Forces focuses on education, employment and wellness.
"Yesterday, the DOD signed on 32 new companies for its Military Spouse Employment Partnership initiative," Milam said. "In the past year, over 800,000 jobs have been posted, and over 32,000 spouses have been hired."
In addition to the military spouse employment element, DOD officials seek to connect partner companies in other areas such as child care, fitness and recreation in various communities, Milam said. The intent, he explained, is to connect the American public with DOD services and family members to better foster an understanding of the unique challenges they face.
"Partners are incredibly important -- we can't do this alone," Milam said, citing the 161 current community partnerships now in effect.
Prolonged stress from more than a decade of war calls for assistance to and recognition of military families, Milam said. "After 11 years of combat," he added, "our families have sacrificed quite a bit, and the stress is out there."
To ensure the programs are customized to family needs, a new DOD military spouse survey launches Nov. 19. The biennial survey gives officials critical feedback to develop initiatives. "We use surveys like this to help us shape our programs, to make sure we have the pulse of what military spouses need and what they deserve," Milam said.
DOD officials also will develop applications that cater to the needs of the information-focused millennial generation, Milam said.
"We have to continually evaluate our programs to ensure that they're on target and meeting the needs of our service members and their families," Milam said. "We want resilient military members, and we also want resilient families."


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SEC Morning Five: 02.17.12 EditionPosted by EMoyer on February 17th, 2012
- The SEC announced the 2012 Allstate® SEC Basketball Legends. The 12-man class will be honored at the SEC Men's Basketball Tournament March 8-11 at the New Orleans Arena. The 2012 class includes Jack Kubiszyn (Alabama), Nolan Richardson (Arkansas), Chris Morris (Auburn), Mike Miller (Florida), Willie Anderson (Georgia), Adrian "Odie" Smith (Kentucky), Jack Waters (Ole Miss), Chuck Evans (Mississippi State), Henry Martin (South Carolina), Gene Tormohlen (Tennessee), and Drew Maddux (Vanderbilt). Each SEC Basketball Legend will be recognized at halftime of his institution's first game at the tournament.
- While Vanderbilt was throttling Ole Miss, 102-76, on Thursday, much of the drama came outside the lines. In the game, the Rebels received three technical fouls, one because of some fans throwing ice on the floor for a second time. Andy Kennedy and Terrance Henry also received technical fouls by the end of the night. After the game, teammates Reginald Buckner and Jelan Kendrick had to be separated by the coaching staff after an argument. "When you played like we played there's a lot of frustration to go around," Kennedy said. "I'm sure some of that got misguided." Hugh Kellenberger of the Jackson Clarion-Ledger filed this video regarding the altercation.
- In that win, Jeffery Taylor scored 28 points as he continued his ascension up the Vanderbilt scoring chart. At Taylor's current average, Vanderbilt would need to make the SEC Tournament championship game, and the NCAA championship game for him to pass Foster. The Tennessean's Mike Organ spoke to Taylor and his teammates about his chances of taking down Shan Foster of the school's all-time leading scorer. "I've always been among the top scorers on the team, but we've always had good scorers and we've always had a balanced team," Taylor said. "But where I am on the (all-time) scoring list is nothing that I've ever really had that great an interest in." Organ writes that "at Taylor's current average, Vanderbilt would need to make the SEC Tournament championship game, and the NCAA championship game for him to pass Foster.
- As Auburn basketball is starting to see a uptick under Tony Barbee, the story of Tigers' walk-on starting point guard Josh Wallace has picked up steam. Evan Woodbery writes how Wallace, the owner of a 4.45 GPA in high school, can balance his book studies with his playbook studies. "Engineering is a pretty tough major, and I guess to balance that and play a sport is pretty demanding on both ends," Wallace said with a shrug. "So I guess people want talk about it a lot."
- Jack Blankenship, the subject of the "SEC basketball photo of the year" has seen the popularity of the picture grow to the point where ESPN's Dave Wilsonwrote about Blankenship's sudden stardom. "I thought it'd be cool to find a way to get a picture of myself and bring it to the games and hold it up," Blankenship said. "It's been amazing. I've always wanted to be famous."


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05.02.2018 - Delcampe Website: Two Awards for its ongoing efforts
The Delcampe collectibles purchase and sale website is on a roll. FeWeb just awarded the website its Excellence Award Silver in the e-Commerce category and the French magazine Capital awarded its "Palmarès Capital" award for the best quality of service for a company selling used items online. Two very nice awards for this international company.
With over 17 years of experience in its market, the Delcampe website (wwww.delcampe.net) now has over 1.2 million members. Hundreds of thousands of transactions are completed on the website every month. Delcampe holds leading positions in the categories stamps, coins and postcards. Apart from that, it alsohosts many other kinds of collections; they will be expanded in the near future. The company's goal is to be the leader in collectibles buying and selling.
For Delcampe members there are two considerable assets, the first one being the fact that the firm wishes to remain in a niche of truly passionate collectors: Delcampe's approach is based on collection items. The second asset is Delcampe's Customer Service Department that helps to find personalized solutions for any problem that member might encounter. This personalized service has enabled Delcampe to become a preferred website of collectors around the world.
2018 will be a challenging year for the firm, which will launch its own secure payment method on the website called Delcampe Pay.
Sébastien Delcampe, company CEO of Delcampe comments as follows: "I would like give my sincere thanks to the people who selected Delcampe as their favourite partner for the purchase and sale of their collection items. The awards that we received mean a great deal to us. They ensure that we will do our utmost to maintain and improve the quality of our services."


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Did You Forget Adam Rodriguez Is Also Shirtless in 'Magic Mike'? – Hunk of the Day
With Channing Tatum flaunting his bare behind in the 'Magic Mike' red band trailer, Joe Manganiello turning into a sexy fireman for the MTV Movie Awards, and Matthew McConaughey and Matt Bomer soaking up the rest of the spotlight, everyone seemed to forget about Adam Rodriguez.
Yes, he also has a part to play in 'Magic Mike.' He may not be as popular as say Alex Pettyfer (and even Pettyfer isn't that popular), but his body is definitely on par with the rest of the cast. The guy plays a hot, built detective on 'CSI: Miami.' How could he not be?
Rodriguez actually might be our favorite 'Magic Mike' hunk. Hold on, hold on. Just hear us out. He's got the abs and the charming smile, but he also slow dances shirtless and (we assume from the movie stills) hands out roses to his clients. We don't know about you, but that's exactly what we look for in a man.


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Wheels of misfortune: Far from home, Lethal wrecks again
It's happened again. Eighteen months after an Albemarle County man was nearly killed in a collision with a Lethal Wrecker tow truck on Route 250 near Keswick, another man has been critically injured by a Lethal wrecker, this time near Durham, North Carolina.
According to Durham police, the accident occurred at 8:50pm on June 6, on Interstate 85, the highway that runs southwest from Richmond through Durham and Charlotte and ends near Montgomery, Alabama.
Brian Eugene Thomas, 48, a driver for New Jersey-based Jevic Transportation, was traveling north in a semi-truck when two tires came hurtling towards him. The tires came off the rear axle of a southbound Lethal Wrecker tow truck driven by Charlottesville resident Harry Scott Fox, crossed the median, and struck the driver's side window of Thomas' truck, which then hit the barriers beside the southbound lanes and overturned.
Thomas, who was transporting 30 barrels of the chemical benzyl chloride, was taken to Duke University Hospital where he was initially listed in critical condition. The road was closed for hours as the Durham Fire Department Hazardous Materials Team removed the chemical barrels.
For one man, this accident may be a reminder of his own personal pain. As the Hook detailed in its August 31, 2006 cover story "Lethal Wreckage," on the morning of January 27, 2006, Peter Weatherly, a local teacher and Little League coach, was in the eastbound turn lane of Route 250 at Route 22 when a westbound Lethal tow truck driven by Floyd Dean careered across the line. It smashed into Weatherly's green Honda Accord, crumpling the hood, shattering Weatherly's leg and pelvis, and most seriously, rupturing his aorta– an injury few survive. Weatherly was fortunate that his organs were compressed against his aorta and stemmed the bleeding, allowing doctors extra time to save his life.
Dean was found guilty of reckless driving, and Weatherly sued Lethal, Morris, and Dean for $20 million, alleging negligence and settled last fall with Lethal for an undisclosed sum.
As for Thomas, a Baltimore resident with no listed phone number, two weeks after the accident, he remains in intensive care at Duke, although his condition has been upgraded from critical to serious. He has no phone in his room, and a nurse declined to reveal any details of his injuries, but said he would not be returning the Hook's calls. Messages left for his family at the nurses' station were not returned, and a Jevic spokesperson did not return the Hook's repeated calls by press time.
Lethal driver Fox suffered only minor injuries to his knee and was treated at the scene and released, according to Durham police spokesperson Kammie Michael, who says no charges have been filed in the accident but that an investigation is ongoing. Officers from the North Carolina DMV Motor Carrier Enforcement were called to perform an inspection of the Lethal tow truck, but at press time the results of that inspection had not been released.
There is no number listed for Fox, and Lethal owner George Morris, reached for comment, had little to say about the accident or about his driver's reason for using a Lethal truck so far away.
"Call North Carolina," he said before hanging up.
According to the National Transportation Safety Board, truck wheel separations are rare. A 1992 study showed that of 349,000 annual truck accidents, fewer than 1,050– just 0.3 percent– resulted from tires coming off. When a truck's tire does come off, though, it does so with damaging force.
In 1991, a cargo van truck lost one of its 365-pound wheels, which then smashed through the windshield of a school bus carrying 46 fourth-graders and their chaperones, killing two children and one adult. That and two other fatal accidents that year prompted the NTSB study.
More recently, according to a June 4 article in the Seattle Times, at least five recent truck-wheel accidents– several fatal– have Washington state authorities investigating. The NTSB study identifies likely causes to be issues with maintenance including inadequate inspection of wheel fasteners and lubrication of bearings and "failure by carriers and mechanics to adhere to recommended maintenance guidelines."
Whatever the cause of the Lethal wheel loss, the accident could potentially create another legal woe for a company that's had plenty of legal troubles over the last five years, including finding itself defending a lawsuit by the City of Charlottesville and court-approved settlement that demanded the company reform its towing policies and refund nearly two dozen overcharged drivers.
As for the injured Weatherly, after spending most of a year wheelchair-bound, he has regained the ability to walk unaided and was able to move back into his Scottsville-area home last fall. He has returned to coaching young baseball players, though he is still unable to work full time.
"I'm just happy to be here," says Weatherly, "grateful for every day."
He says he hopes Thomas will be as lucky.


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The Whitewater PoW Camp Archaeology Project http://whitewaterpowcamp.com/ is the site where German prisoners of war spent much of the Second World War in Manitoba.
The archaeology dig is at Riding Mountain National Park, located about 300 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, where the Whitewater PoW camp was located.
The camp housed about 500 people. About 450 German Afrika Korps soldiers were sent to the camp after their capture in October 1943 during the Second Battle of El-Alamein in Egypt. They were kept at the camp until October 1945.
There is a list of some of the POW camps in Canada (There were some 40 camps)


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Now you can see that we have not gotten too far yet, but at least Lou is now asking to read because she wants to color in her square. When she gets a bingo she will be able to get a prize from our prize bucket. I really need to restock this bucket because the last time I used it I was trying to encourage my 4 year-old daughter to use the potty better (didn't work, that's why it's still full). 2 Love Learning even put money in her prize bucket - a great idea!
What ways have you been able to successfully motivate a child who seems to have no interest?


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Executing Methods from System Services
Scaloid defines a
SystemService trait that simplifies the process of creating system service objects and makes the code that executes methods from system services easier to read. For example, if you want to play the sound effect of key clicks, you have to use the
android.media.AudioManager. In order to get an instance of this class in Scala, you must use:
SystemService trait provides
audioManager with the following code:
@inline def audioManager(implicit context: Context) = context.getSystemService(Context.AUDIO_SERVICE).asInstanceOf[android.media.AudioManager]
Thus, with Scaloid, you just need to call the necessary method for
audioManager. You don't need to worry about the
Context and you can start working with the retrieved
AudioManager instance. The following line plays the sound effect of the key clicks:
If you want to know whether any music tracks are active, you can evaluate the following expression:
Another simple example is to make the device vibrate for 1 second. Just call the
vibrate method for
vibrator, as in the following line.
You work with the retrieved
android.os.Vibrator instance with
As you might guess, the only rule you must consider is that Scaloid uses lowercase for the first character (as opposed to uppercase with the Android SDK class name). So, if you want to call methods for
android.app.WallpaperManager, you instead need to use
Simplifying Alert Dialogs
When you want to display an alert dialog, the
android.app.AlertDialog.Builder class provides many methods that you can use to build the dialog. However, you usually must call many methods to set the title, the message, the buttons, etc. In addition, you have to create a listener for each button you define. For example, if you want to build an alert dialog to confirm a request for authentication when the user clicks on the Sign In button, the code would need to perform the following operations:
- Create an instance of
- Call the
setTitlemethod with the desired title: "Authentication confirmation"
- Call the
setMessagemethod with the desired message: "Are you sure you entered the right password?"
- Call the
setPossitiveButtonmethod with the desired title "Yes" and a new
DialogInterface.OnClickListenerinstance. Then, define the
onClickmethod for this instance with the code that must be executed when the user clicks the button
- Call the
setNegativeButtonmethod with the desired title "No." In this case, there is no need for a
DialogInterface.OnClickListenerinstance because this button won't have any effect
- Call the
showmethod from the UI thread to display the dialog
Scaloid provides an
AlertDialogBuilder class that reduces the necessary code to build a complex alert dialog. You can easily define the buttons that the dialog must display by using
positiveButton and
negativeButton. You can define the actions that must be performed when the user clicks a button without having to define a listener, with the same syntax you use when you associate actions to widgets by using the enriched prefixed classes I explained in the previous article.
The following lines build and display our sample alert dialog, which required many method calls, with a less-complex syntax by taking advantage of the
AlertDialogBuilder class (see Figure 6). When you call the
show method, there is no need to worry about the UI thread because the class handles the execution on the UI thread for you.
SButton("Sign in").onClick({ val question = new AlertDialogBuilder("Authentication confirmation", "Are you sure you entered the right password?") { positiveButton("Yes", { val progressDialog = spinnerDialog("Scaloid App", "Authentication in progress...") spawn { val result = runJob("http://drdobbs.com") progressDialog.dismiss() alert("Welcome to the Scaloid App. Check the results:", result) } }) negativeButton("No") }.show() })
Figure 6: The App displaying the alert dialog built with the AlertDialogBuilder class.
You can use Scala or a Scala/Java mix to develop your Android apps. However, when you do this, it is a bit more complicated to take full advantage of Scala's features because the Android SDK targets Java. Scaloid provides a convenient bridge for Scala developers to tackle the Android SDK with a more appropriate DSL. If you have good experience developing Android apps, you probably won't like the idea of defining the UI with Scala code instead of the classic XML layout definition. However, I'm sure Scaloid will provide great value if you want Scala to be your main programming language for your Android apps. The final code for an Android app with Scaloid is really easier to read and maintain, and therefore, is a good way to take advantage of Scala features to simplify the problems of a specific domain in this case, Android app development.
Gaston Hillar is a frequent contributor to Dr. Dobb's.


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Wanted: Scoutmasterstevejb68 on June 4, 2012 in Leadership, Training
Boy Scout Troop 68 has a problem. We are looking for someone to become the scoutmaster. Unfortunately, no one seems interested in the position at this time. Having a small troop does not seem to be helping matters. Being in a community that has not been interested in having their boys in the Scout program has definitely made it tougher. (Only three of our eight Boy Scouts live in town.)
When I retired from the position after being the troop's scoutmaster for 30 years I had a feeling it would be tough finding someone to take over. Luckily, one father stepped up to the plate. After five months he has decided to step down. I had a hunch this might happen. Why? Because he is also the Cubmaster of our Pack. Holding two "full time" volunteer Scouting positions would be tough for anyone to handle. Add to this that his sons are heavy into sports and extracurricular activities, and that he owns his own business, I knew it would be a challenge for him. But I have to give him credit. He gave it a good try. He did a good job. But there just was not enough time in the week to do it all, and do it well. He continues to serve as the Cubmaster.
So, the troop is once again looking for a scoutmaster. I have received several "hints" that a few people in the troop (Scouts and parents) would like to see me return to the position. I have no plans to do so. I am worn out and burned out. I actually began to hate going to Scout functions during my last year as scoutmaster. I do not want to return to the routine of weekly meetings and monthly activities. While I really enjoy working with the boys I do not want the responsibility any longer. I like my new position on the committee.
Sometimes I think thirty years was too long to be the scoutmaster. People got to the point where they would just assume that I would take care of things, and I usually did. People are now scared of the role. I am not quite sure why they should be. I took the position when I was a "wet behind the ear" 21 year old. I did okay with almost no experience. I had a committee that supported me. I was willing to take training, and that made a huge difference.
We have the month of June pretty well covered. I guess I will be the acting scoutmaster. Next month is summer camp, so the troop will not have any meetings. But by August we need to have someone step up to the plate. If we don't, the council could get antsy and apply pressure to find someone quick. Or else. Troop 68 went through that in 1981. We went through four men as scoutmaster that year. (I was the fourth.) I would hate to see that happen to the troop again. I would really hate to see the troop lose its charter because no one was willing to take the position.
It would be sad to see the troop fold after 32 continuous years.


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Yes…as evidenced by the high-volume posting today, I do have the odd-day off.
Alvis is off baby-sitting her cousins and Lavie is at work making the world a better place.
I've been making some good progress on whittling down my "to-blog" pile of topics, but I still have a number of more involved (read that "lots of links") posts to kick out.
So, in an effort to hold myself accountable and not just give up posting them, here is a teaser list.
- Slipstreaming XP SP3
- Sysprep and XP SP3
- USMT-GUI's (that's Graphical User Interface tools for Microsoft's User State Migration Tool)
- Super-Duper list of Windows process management utilities
- Super-Duper list of Windows auto-start item management utilities
- Just a Duper list of recommended third-party program launchers for Windows
- A cornucopia of freeware RSS readers (standalone and browser integrated)
Oh yes. One more.
- What feels like a magnum-opus worth of linkage and stuff related to multi-core CPU support and tid-bits for Windows (XP/Vista).
No promises on a time-line, but maybe much of this will get composed and posted by the end of August.
Working for you while using my earned vacation leave….it's the Valca way!


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Sad news to hear yesterday from DJ Ashley & Leanne that this coming Sunday evening will be the last dance to be held at that fantastic venue. As everyone who has danced at Fast Eddies will acknowledge, the venue is one of the best, if not the best, live music & dance venue ever hosted by DJ Ashley. It has a big & non sticky dance floor, bar facilities and lots of parking available. The after party supper is legendary with all the yummy food to be consumed by those who stayed right to the end.
Also, the venue is quite central for dancers coming in from either the northern side of the city or from the south. I believe it has been operating for well over 3 years and on each Sunday, it's packed with dancers dancing to the most rockin' bands in Melbourne and inter-states (and even from overseas).
It's a big loss to the live music and dance community but I am sure DJ Ashley and Leanne will be on the look out for another great venue. Lets hope so .....keep rockin' everyone!


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Dearest Miss Snark,
I am doing the final polish on my novel before sending it out. I keep being told that the first line is absolutely crucial. I know people who have spent two hours in a workshop just reading first lines and saying whether or not they'd read on.
Is this really the state of the industry today? If my first line doesn't grab an agent by the throat, am I really doomed to failure? My metaphorical dead body arrives early in page two, so the story gets going quickly. (And no, I cannot start with the dead body, for several reasons not germane to the discussion.)
Is the current obsession with the 'perfect first line' really necessary?
Thank you so much for all you do for us. My nitwit rating has gone down considerably since I began reading your blog.
Nitwit rating! I love it.
And no, you don't need a perfect first line. You just need a first line that doesn't make me think "this sux".
We set things down when they're bad, not when they're not good enough.
There's a big distinction. It's hard to describe. Two days in my slush pile and you'd see it clearly.
If you read the first page crapometer entries one after another, you'll see it there too.
Try not to worry any more than is required by law.


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The GIGABYTE Z97 Last Hurrah Challenge wrapped up over the weekend, and you can view the leaderboard over on HWBOT. As with any GIGABYTE overclocking challenge, the results were more than impressive and we wish to congratulate both the winners and everyone who entered.
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For the Extreme Challenge, team PURE's Xtreme Addict took first place with 79 points. He was followed closely by Jagat Review's Lucky_noob who scored 63 points.
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Racing Brake Rotors - Quick Tech
Performance Friction's Direct Drive System
The top race parts companies work continually to improve their products for endurance and performance. That commit-ment is no more evident than at Performance Friction, a company that manufactures brake com-ponents for high performance race cars. This company has recently finished the design and testing of a new and improved attachment system for mating the brake rotor to the rotor hat. Past designs include the straight-through bolting design, and the T- bobbin hat design. The new patent-pending system is called the Direct Drive attachment system and it has improved the way the rotor operates by taking the moment out of the attachment, thus eliminating the disc twisting motion and drag, especially at high temperatures.
When we use the brakes on a circle track race car, the rotor temperatures can be extremely high momentarily and then fluctuate between entry and the rest of the lap. It is this fluctuation in temperature that causes some of the problems with the rotor and the rotor hat. If the attachment is not designed correctly, the rotor will develop a slight twist or warping as it heats up and cools. The Direct Drive system helps effectively compensate for the changes caused by constant heating and cooling.
The flanges designed into the rotor are held in place by clamps that are attached to the rotor hat by two bolts. In this way, the float is in the U-clamp instead of the hat.The new design allows it to adapt to the heat cycles, produces a longer hat life, and reduces twisting causing less brake drag. Drag reduction is a hot topic in racing circles today and anything that can help reduce that total parasitic drag in your race car is worth having.
The Direct Drive system is available for use in the top NASCAR divisions with a wider range of applications available in the near future. Extensive testing of this innovative system has shown better heat dispersion across the rotor friction surface, as well as less brake drag when the pads are in a resting position. More stopping power and less rotational drag add up to a marked increased in performance by just bolting on these rotors.


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Anyone can tell you if a trailer "looks good" or not. But Drew Magary, who spent over a decade working in advertising, is here to tell you whether or not a trailer WORKS. This week's trailer? "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter".
You're gonna get two big doses of Abe Lincoln at the Cineplex in 2012. Come Christmas, there will be Daniel Day-Lewis in Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," which just screams Oscar bait. But first, you're gonna get Lincoln as a badass vampire slayer in "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," a genre mash-up that almost certainly won't join Spielberg's opus on the awards circuit. ALVH was produced by Tim Burton and based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith. And, in a move that will either make or break the film, Burton tapped "Wanted" director Timur Bekmambetov (try spelling that a few times fast), who brings with him a cartoonish action-movie style that's certain to make Doris Kearns Goodwin uneasy. Can this work? Let's look at the newest trailer and answer a few questions.
Does this trailer let us know what the movie's about? Yes. The title is a big help, of course. If the title had been "The Logsplitter," then this trailer would have been mighty vague. But no, we get the gist right away. Ben Walker is Honest Abe, and Abe is telling you his mom was murdered (by vampires!). It's pretty clear that Abe is gonna have to slay some bloodsuckers in order to avenge his ma and preserve the Union.
Is there lots of axe twirling? There is! Man alive, can Abe twirl that ax. He's like a majorette out there with that axe. Really knows how to chop with a flourish. Curve the axe, Abe!
Is there lots of slow-motion fighting? There is. Don't tell Timur that "The Matrix" trilogy jumped the shark a decade ago. He's still all about people jumping real, real high. EXPLODING TREE Y'ALL!
Does Walker make a convincing Lincoln? To my eyes, not really. It's like they tossed a hat on him and were like, "He's Lincoln!" You don't get much of a presidential vibe from him. They also open the trailer with Lincoln saying lots of profound things like, "History prefers legends to men." I found this quote to be so inane that I looked it up just to make sure it wasn't an actual Lincoln quote, because that would diminish my opinion of him considerably.
Do we see a naked chick's back? We do! Always time for lovin' in between killing vamps and freeing the oppressed.
Do we get lots of cool vampire shots? Shockingly, no. Only glimpses. Rufus Sewell would appear to be the head vampire or something. I dunno.
Do they set lots of stuff on fire? They do. Stuff burnt so easily back then. No fire codes.
Does this trailer work? No, and it's not because I don't think this movie can be good. Done right, it could be unholy fun. But this trailer emphasizes pure action over horror, and to me that's a mistake. I don't know many young guys who are gonna want to go see a period action film. There's too much jumping and slo-mo stuff to really give this thing the proper atmosphere it needed to creep viewers out. There's no Angelina Jolie strutting around to help Bekmambetov this time.


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