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Australia name preliminary Champions Trophy squad
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Preliminary squad
Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke (vice-captain), George Bailey, Doug Bollinger, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Dan Cullen, Xavier Doherty, Brett Geeves, Ryan Harris, Brad Haddin, Nathan Hauritz, Matthew Hayden, Brad Hodge, James Hopes, David Hussey, Michael Hussey, Phil Jaques, Mitchell Johnson, Simon Katich, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, Ashley Noffke, Tim Paine, Luke Ronchi, Andrew Symonds, Shaun Tait, Adam Voges, Shane Watson, Cameron White
Australia have announced their preliminary 30-man squad for the Champions Trophy in Pakistan in September, with Shaun Tait being recalled as he continues to work his way back into international cricket after taking a self-imposed break due to exhaustion. The squad also includes five newcomers in Xavier Doherty, Ryan Harris, Brett Geeves, George Bailey and Tim Paine.
"The squad recognises the continued success of the one-day side and its outstanding efforts in the West Indies, together with the strong performance of our young emerging talent in the Ford Ranger Cup," Andrew Hilditch, the chairman of Australia's national selection panel, said.
Offspinners Nathan Hauritz and Dan Cullen and legspinner Cameron White will stake their claim for the spinners' spot in the final squad. "Closer to final selection a decision will be made on the make-up of the squad and whether a specialist spinner needs to be added to the final 15," Hilditch said. Beau Casson, he said, missed out as he needed "more exposure" to the one-day format.
Tasmania's Ford Rangers Cup success last season means that they have provided four of the newcomers to the squad. Doherty, the left-arm spinner, and seamer Geeves were the among four bowlers who finished joint-highest on the wicket-takers' list with 15 scalps. Paine, the wicketkeeper who has turned into a specialist batsman, contributed 261 runs at 37.38, while Bailey, despite his limited success - 258 runs at 25.80 - is marked as one for the future. Harris, the bowling allrounder who moved to Queensland from South Australia, has taken 49 wickets at 35.51 in his List A career.
Hildicth added that Ben Hilfenhaus was not considered as he was recovering from an injury. The squad will be whittled down to a final 15 on or before the August 11 deadline.
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Justin Weeks is the founder of Ohio University's Center for the Evaluation and Treatment of Anxiety (CETA).
Photographer: Rick Fatica
Psychology graduate student Jennifer Kowalsky assists with the research conducted at CETA.
Photographer: Rick Fatica
Sep 19, 2010
By Monica Chapman
"Do you always look so run down?"
It's just one of many tactics used by Ohio University's Center for Evaluation and Treatment of Anxiety (CETA), which will soon serve as the region's sole specialty anxiety clinic. And according to founder Justin Weeks, the intent is to make subjects squirm, if only temporarily.
"What you really want to do in anxiety treatment is to help the person to experience some anxiety, but not so much that it causes them to want to avoid the situation," said Weeks, CETA director and an assistant professor of psychology at Ohio University.
Research suggests that more than one in 10 people will experience clinically severe social anxiety disorder during their lifetime. Through CETA, Weeks plans to offer relief through assessment, counseling services and empowering social simulations designed to put coping mechanisms into practice. The clinic will be conducting preliminary research studies this fall and will begin treating patients for social anxiety during winter quarter.
According to Weeks, the hybrid nature of the center – as a clinic and research lab with specialized experimental measuring equipment – is what sets CETA apart from many of its counterparts. But in a university setting, he said, the cross-functionality is logical.
"Because my research interests are so clinically embedded, they both reinforce each other," he explained. "You can apply what you're learning through research to the treatments, and you can also evaluate whether what you're applying is enhancing those treatments."
This year, CETA will employ the help of nine undergraduates and four graduate students. The undergraduates will primarily assist as role players in social simulations and other research experiments, while the graduate students will assist Weeks as clinicians.
The opportunity to be involved with state-of-the-art interventions for people who suffer from social anxiety disorders will greatly enhance the training opportunities available to doctoral students, according to Christine Gidycz, director of the graduate program in clinical psychology.
"At the same time, we live in area where there are limited options for individuals who need mental health care," Gidycz said. "Thus, it is very exciting because Dr. Weeks' clinic will provide empirically supported interventions for underserved individuals in our community."
Surveillance plays a large role in CETA's operations – hence the three hidden cameras and one-way mirror, which are discreetly placed in CETA's main reception area. But Weeks and his counterparts are looking for more than sweaty palms in their observations.
One study analyzes vocal pitch, breaking down subjects' sound waves using a spectrograph to determine if vocal pitch elevates among socially anxious individuals. In a second experiment, Weeks observes the body language of subjects in socially stressful situations. But perhaps the most advanced technology within CETA's domain is the eye-tracker, which utilizes infrared light rays and facial recognition software to monitor eye-contact.
"It's pretty unusual," said CETA graduate assistant Devin Zibulsky. "We are doing things that haven't been published in research and applying these technologies differently."
Week's innovative approach has also captured the attention of the professional community, according to Gidycz.
"His use of technology allows for the measurement of critical indices of social anxiety symptoms," she explained. "His findings from the lab will result in the development and implementation of state-of-the- art interventions to treat people who suffer from social anxiety disorder."
One might think it a challenge to attract willing participants to social anxiety experiments, but so far Weeks has had no trouble drawing a crowd. All of CETA's experiments are fully consensual, and most are worth class credits for undergraduate psychology majors.
"Sometimes students participate strictly to satisfy a course requirement, but it can also be if they're interested in learning more about an area or if they have a concern," explained Zibulsky.
A major component of Weeks's current research focuses on the differences between positive and negative evaluation.
"If someone is socially anxious, it used to be thought of as it must be because they are afraid of looking bad or making a mistake or something to that extent," he said. "My research is focused much more on the possibility that social anxiety could really be a fear of evaluation in general."
CETA complements a handful of counseling centers within Ohio University, including the Psychology and Social Work Clinic and Counseling and Psychological Services.
Weeks is hopeful that CETA's new treatment phase will prove to be a community resource as well. He plans to use pamphlets and word of mouth with private practitioners to attract local clientele, in addition to university-affiliated patients.
As a third-year faculty member at Ohio University, Weeks has no shortage of ambition. And as a former understudy to Temple University's Richard Heimberg, a leading authority on social anxiety disorder, his confidence is well warranted.
"These are research ideas that I've been formulating since I've been in training so I had some sense of what I was hoping to be able to accomplish when I got my doctorate and became a professor," said Weeks. "I was very happy to join the department here because they really provide excellent resources for their incoming, new professors."
Now it's just a matter of opening CETA's doors.
Those interested in assisting with CETA's research studies may contact the laboratory at (740) 597-3299.

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The popularity of so-called 'conceptual writing', to the extent that 'popularity' is an appropriate term to characterize such a marginal field, is largely owed to the work of Kenneth Goldsmith. Originally trained as a sculptor at the Rhode Island School of Design, Goldsmith became increasingly interested in Duchampian word-play (for example making a 300 pound sculpture of Abbie Hoffman's Steal This Book) and eventually devoted himself to solely text-based work. Later, as the founder of UBU web and a Senior Editor at PennSound, Goldsmith established himself as the preeminent champion and archivist of conceptual writing.
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Texts like 'Day' also provide excellent examples of the fruitful combination of aleatoric and constraint practices. Another example of such combination is Goldsmith's book 'The Weather,' a text entirely composed of the transcriptions of one minute weather reports given over the course of a year. 'The Weather' uses the aleatory to highlight the structure and repetition of received language, thereby using the aleatory to perform an analogous critique to Queneau's of surrealism, despite the fact that Queneau saw his critique as precisely a critique of the aleatory. Of course, the kind of aleatorics by way of chosen source text that we see in 'Day' and 'The Weather' are reminiscent of, albeit not identical to, the N+7 method. That is, insofar as they are variations on selection and copying as a means to produce text, these texts can be seen as descendants of N+7. However, Goldsmith does not manipulate his source texts, he simply re-frames or re-situates them, an act very much in the Duchampian line of Oulipian practice.
Goldsmith terms his acts of copying-writing acts of 'uncreativitity'- a response in part to the sheer volume of creative work being constantly produced. This naturally resonates with our earlier discuss of copyists, Bartlebys, refusals; of potential writing as also always potential non-writing. Such a reading is appropriate to the work and even asked for. However, it is not a total reading, as Goldsmith's 'uncreative' projects still possess interest as texts, even if, as noted earlier, they are not always constructed in such a way as to invite a thorough reading-through in the manner of a conventional work.
Take 'The Weather'. By all rights, a simple transcription of weather reports ought to be a dull, unenjoyable, and uninformative read. However, as the literary theorist and critic Marjorie Perloff argues in her essay "Moving Inspiration" On Kenneth Goldsmith's 'The Weather', the text is neither so simple nor so boring as it seems at face value. For one thing, the book is structured in 4 parts, each section conforming to a season, in such a way as to produce a "classical narrative" arc.(Moving Inspritation) Another important choice that Goldsmith makes is to copy the weather reports at his whim rather than keep to a strict schedule of transcription. This choice, in combination with his decision not to date the entries, serves to abstract the text and keep it from reading as purely historical record. Perloff notes an almost science fiction-like quality in the decontextualized, strangely personal, stammering and semi-scientific reports. That is to say, as Goldsmith has framed them, these transcriptions possess a genuinely literary quality.
Perloff makes her point about the evocative value of the text by citing a "passage [that] nicely exemplifies the powers of "mere" transcription, mere copying, to produce new meanings. From the perspective of the weather forecaster, Iraq is experiencing some "good good weather"-good visibility, no doubt, for bombing those targeted sites, and not too much wind. The risk of "blowing sand" is slight. After the reference to "a little rain in Baghdad," the "we" shifts back to the New York area, as if the Baghdad rain or wind were merely a brief diversion from everyday life in the Tri-State area where it's a nice average day with temperature in the forties and a chance of rain." (Marjorie Perloff, from "Moving Inspiration": On Kenneth Goldsmith's 'The Weather')
As the above passage indicates, 'The Weather', though sourced from New York, is invaded by the narrative thread of invasion. By a purely fortuitous chance, Goldsmith's 'Weather'-copying period coincided with the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. As were weather-bulletin listeners during that year, 'The Weather"s readers are given a weirdly sterile and weather-centric account of the war. This intrusion of a war narrative adds a compelling and powerful layer to the text. Perloff utilizes a staple of Oulipian theory, the clinamen, to explain how 'The Weather' draws much of its force from the instrusion of the Iraq War narrative. She write that, "[i]n the wake of such "consumer minimalism," as Goldsmith calls the mode of these one-minute weather reports, those sound bytes that "take our most complex, life-sustaining environment, and simplify it in a way that either aids or abets your commute" (email 14 July), the poet need provide no moralizing on the horrors of war; the actual discourse of the day says it all. The Baghdad thread is thus the clinamen that gives the "classical narrative" of The Weather its piquancy." (Moving Inspiration)
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He had been questioned by the FBI previously, without incident, according to reports. When agents returned to question him again early today, he initially cooperated but then allegedly attacked an agent, leading to the deadly shooting.
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Decision-making in education often focuses on the short-term, looking to make established practices more efficient. By opening perspectives beyond immediate constraints, Futures Thinking enhances the capacity of policy-makers and practitioners to anticipate change, grasp opportunities, and cope with threats. The Schooling for Tomorrow research on Futures Thinking is organised into the four sections below.
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The special prosecutor investigating the shooting death of unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin has ruled out using a grand jury in the case, meaning her office alone will decide whether to charge shooter George Zimmerman with a crime.
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The purpose of this policy is to provide guidance on the Federal and other sponsor requirements for award closeout.
This policy is applicable to all schools, departments units and personnel of the University involved in managing sponsored awards and contracts.
On a timely basis, Department Administrators (DA's) should run reports to identify projects expiring within 90 days. The Principal Investigators (PI's) and the DA should ensure that all project costs have been appropriately charged. As the project nears termination, it is important to review all costs and remove those that are unallowable or inappropriate. Listed below are the responsibilities for award closeout by area.
For subaward/subcontracts where NYU is the subrecipient, the final invoice should generally be submitted to the prime grantee within 60 days after the award end date. Conversely, NYU must receive the final invoice from sub-recipients within 60 days of the award end date to allow for proper review and timely submission of the report and/or invoice to the sponsor.
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In accordance with sponsor imposed limits, it is acceptable to process payments for costs that were incurred prior to the end of the project/award but posted to the project after the termination date but before the reporting deadline (e.g., 90 days for Federal). Such costs must be posted to the project prior to financial reporting deadline prescribed by the sponsor. Any charges posted after the termination date will need to be explained and justified for allowability.
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If a sponsored project is about to expire, departments should notify the service/recharge center (e.g., animal care, imaging services) generally 60 days prior to expiration so charges no longer post to the sponsored project after the termination date. The department should also provide a new chartfield for any future charges. At the department's discretion, telephone charges may be posted to a default account. The default account may be used pending the set-up of a new project code to bill the telephone service.
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Deficits (i.e., over-expenditures) occur when cumulative expenses exceed the amount awarded by the sponsor and may be considered voluntary uncommitted cost sharing. It is the department's responsibility to transfer deficits out of sponsored awards promptly to a corresponding cost share chartfield and no later than 90 days after the termination date.
NYU cannot request reimbursement or payment from the awarding sponsor for unallowable or unallocable costs. If audited such costs may give the appearance of inadequate financial controls and inappropriate stewardship of sponsored funds at NYU. See the Accounting for Unallowable Costs Policy.
Potential unallowable/unallocable costs:
Occasionally, fixed price agreements are entered into with sponsoring agencies by the University and permit the University to retain the unexpended (cash) balance at project expiration. These agreements should include a statement that if a cash balance exists after the project is completed and all costs have been fully paid, the University is entitled to retain surplus funds. Before any surplus will be transferred to an account designated by the department, the project will be charged the difference between the overhead rate assessed on the sponsored award and the University's Federally negotiated rate. Any remaining surplus balance will be transferred to the department's discretionary chartfield.
DA's should inform SPA of the submission dates for all final Technical Reports. SPA cannot perform award closeout if these reports are still outstanding. While the requirements vary by sponsor, the following reports may be required for projects. For Federal awards, these reports are generally due within 90 days of the project-end date:
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Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor expressed doubts that the nation's highest court should have ruled on the controversial Bush v. Gore case that decided the outcome of the 2000 presidential election.
"It took the case and decided it at a time when it was still a big election issue," O'Connor told the Chicago Tribune editorial board on Friday. "Maybe the court should have said, 'We're not going to take it, goodbye.'"
The Tribune has more from O'Connor:
The case, she said, "stirred up the public" and "gave the court a less-than-perfect reputation."
"Obviously the court did reach a decision and thought it had to reach a decision," she said. "It turned out the election authorities in Florida hadn't done a real good job there and kind of messed it up. And probably the Supreme Court added to the problem at the end of the day."
O'Connor, who was appointed to the court by Ronald Reagan in 1981, was part of the 5-4 majority deciding to stop the recount in the crucial battleground state of Florida.


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Before we start taking a look at this new motherboard from Gigabyte let's have a look at the chipset and what it has to offer. This new chipset isn't really all that different from the 890FX and SB850. Many of the same features are still the same. So let's go over what's changed.
With this new chipset one of the main differences is the added SLI support. NVIDIA fans can now rejoice because they will now have the option of using an AMD chipset for their future builds. Intel has been the only choice that NVIDIA fans have had since they stopped making chipsets. The last AMD chipset that NVIDIA made was 980 chipset that was essentially just a rebranding of their older 780 chipset. It really didn't bring anything new to the table except for AM3 and DDR3 support. This new chipset is capable of running as many as 4 graphics cards in SLI. Of course that will depend on which board you purchase. Currently only the UD7 from Gigabyte has that option.
Another great feature of this chipset is that it will support the new Bulldozer processors when they come out. As of right now it looks like they are due to hit the market sometime in September. These are highly anticipated processors that will hopefully live up to their hype. Only AMD and time can tell. I am really looking forward to getting some of these onto our test bench for some stress testing. Intel has led the market in terms of performance and it would be nice to see AMD catch up. It's always good for the consumer to have more options because options lead to lower prices. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and just hoping that AMD won't let us down.
Lastly, another feature that this new chipset has to offer is that it now supports up to 32 gigs of DDR3 memory. This effectively doubles the amount of RAM that you can add to your system. Previously you were limited to only 16 gigs with 890 chipset. As more and more applications are able to take advantage of larger amounts of RAM the ability to increase your available memory will become more necessary. Applications such as video encoding and graphical design demand larger amounts of system memory. If you plan to use your computer for these types of applications the ability to increase your system memory all the way to 32 gigs is a nice feature to have. This is dependent on 8 gig sticks becoming available, which they should be in the near future.


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I feel let down. My favorite baseball team is the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. My second favorite team is the Los Angeles Dodgers. And this week, both missed the Major League Baseball playoffs.
And what did the California state legislators do to avert this dual tragedy? Absolutely nothing.
They sat on their hands, failing to act, as two popular Southern California institutions failed to prosper. Instead, they passed mindless legislation while important businesses that have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in our region and our state (much of it going to Albert Pujols and Matt Kemp) couldn't advance to the postseason. Is it that they hate business? Or is there a bias in favor of the San Francisco Giants and Oakland A's, both of which play within easy driving distance of the state Capitol?
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I mean, this blog is a big fan of Los Angeles-area Assemblyman Mike Gatto and his efforts at governance reform, but how can he justify sitting by and doing nothing for six weeks while the Dodgers failed to get a significant clutch hit, thereby disappointing thousands of people in his district?
OK, OK. You think that my argument sounds silly, that it's unreasonable to hold the state legislature responsible for the success of California baseball teams. And you would be right to think that.
But my argument isn't much sillier or unreasonable than most of the criticism we hear about the legislature.
Put simply, the state legislature gets blamed for almost everything that goes wrong in California. If government has a problem, it's because the legislature failed to solve it.
If the unemployment rate is too high, that must all be on the legislature for failing to put millions of people to work. The California legislature also has failed to solve climate change, heal the planet, banish money from our politics, reduce the power of special interests, and end traffic jams.
There are three branches of government in California, and the role of one -- the legislature -- seems mainly to serve as a scapegoat for problems.
The baseball season may be winding down, but the season of legislature-bashing is ramping up. Yes, it's ballot initiative and election time, and everyone is running against the legislature "and Sacramento politicians."
Every initiative sponsor claims they have put their measures on the ballot because of legislative action, even though that's not true. As I've explained in detail elsewhere, the reason so many initiatives are on the ballot is because of voters who, over many decades, have reserved the power to make decisions for themselves and stripped lawmakers of the power to do much of anything, particularly on fiscal matters.
These facts won't deter the legislative bashing at all -- the truth doesn't matter much in California politics -- so I may as well just get in on the fun. And I better starting raising money for a ballot initiative, since the legislature seems totally unwilling to get the Angels better pitching.


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Dr. Kituyi spoke before the International Investment Forum (IIF) of the 17th China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT), which is taking place in Xiamen this week.
The visit to China was the Secretary-General's first trip since he assumed his post on 1 September, and on the margins of the conference he held bilateral meetings with the Vice Premier of China, Ma Kai, and with government ministers from several other countries.
He and Mr. Ma voiced support for continued cooperation on development issues and spoke of the potential for future joint work over a wide range of areas, including technical assistance to least developed countries.
In his keynote speech to the IIF, Dr. Kituyi said skittishness about the investment environment means that US$6 trillion remains idle on corporate balance sheets.
"This is capital, I am sure you will agree with me, that we would rather see invested in productive capacity to spur economic activity that can help propel us out of economic sluggishness and thereby get more people back into jobs," Dr. Kituyi said. Countries should strive to provide policy certainty to get investment flowing again, he told the conference. "There is a need to boost investor confidence."
Dr. Kituyi noted that despite the gloomy investment outlook, there have been positive developments. He pointed out that in 2012, developing countries, for the first time ever, attracted more foreign direct investment (FDI) than developed countries, receiving 52 per cent of total FDI flows. These flows were important, as they can help stimulate technology and skills transfers and create employment. It is imperative to steer such investment towards sustainable development outcomes, the Secretary-General said.
Dr. Kituyi highlighted the vast potential for development gains that can be reaped from participation in global value chains (GVCs), the hopscotch process by which raw materials now travel from country to country as they are upgraded into finished products. He said developing nations may reap advances from such value chains, notably in the form of job creation and enhanced productive capacity. This could aid them in catching up economically and could raise income levels. However, he also cited potential risks associated with GVC integration, and cautioned that countries should carefully coordinate investment, trade, and related policies with their development strategies to ensure optimum benefits from GVC participation.
Many developing countries are already strong participants in global production networks. Developing countries' share in global value-added trade has grown to 40 per cent today from 20 per cent in 1990, Dr. Kituyi said.
The IIF, CIFIT's main high-level event, was jointly organized by the Ministry of Commerce of China and UNCTAD. The IIF's topic for 2013 was "global value chains and development," and UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2013 served as Forum document, which was extensively cited by speakers.
In addition to meeting with Vice Premier Ma while at the Forum, the Secretary-General held consultations with Marco Hausiku, Deputy Prime Minister of Namibia; Anabel González, Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica; and Rob Davies, Minister of Industry and Trade of South Africa.
These officials expressed concern about uncertainties facing the world economy and the implications the situation has for developing countries. Among their biggest concerns were constraints on such countries' capacities to cope with development challenges and the need to formulate new development strategies and to enhance South-South cooperation. They emphasized the importance of international support, and reiterated their appreciation for UNCTAD's efforts to build international consensus and to help developing countries cope with these emerging challenges. Deputy Prime Minister Hausiku said he hopes that UNCTAD, as an intergovernmental mechanism, can help boost cooperation between sub-regional economic arrangements, for example between the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the East African Community (EAC), and can help nurture regional value chains, especially when countries within a region cannot participate effectively in global chains.
Dr. Kituyi said he will make a special effort to engage member States through extensive and regular consultations with ambassadors in Geneva.
In the meeting with Dr. Kituyi, Ghazi Abu Nahl, Board Chairman of the World Trade Centers Association, stressed the potential for cooperation between the two organizations, and said he hopes UNCTAD will strive to help more African countries join the World Trade Centers network and hence benefit from trade and investment promotion. Dr. Kituyi drew attention to potential synergies between the two organizations in promoting dialogue between the public and the private sectors with the aim of promoting trade and investment for sustainable development.
During the Secretary-General's meeting with China's Vice Premier, Mr. Ma, the Vice Premier encouraged UNCTAD to continue its role in facilitating South-South cooperation and South-North dialogue on trade- and investment-related development issues. He said UNCTAD serves as an important multilateral platform for investment policy coordination, and encouraged UNCTAD to play a more active part in assisting developing countries in their economic development endeavors. Dr. Kituyi reiterated UNCTAD's commitment to making trade and investment work for sustainable development and commended China's contribution to the world development agenda.
In interviews with China Central Television (CCTV), Sina Network, and Xiamen TV, Dr. Kituyi called for effective global coordination and cooperation on macroeconomic policies that address the special needs and concerns of developing countries.
CIFIT 2013 attracted 1,470 firms and 120 senior officials, including over 50 Government ministers from 130 countries.
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Re: The Elder Scrolls V: After the Oblivion Crisis
Thonus had made his way into the Feed Bag, he didnt see his target. He had a basic discription of him, he decided that the man would be going to an inn. The Bloated Float was cheap. He would check there next. The Waterfront was the poor district, by the docks. He stepped into the floating inn, and spoke to the man behind the counter. "I'm looking for someone. A Nord, his name is Drac Fadeknife. His brother sent me."
The inn keeper looked at him for a moment. "His brother, eh? Well I suppose I can let you go see him. Cant give you a key though, he took them all. Downstairs, room on the left."
"Thank you" Thonus nodded to the inn keeper and walked down the stairs. The door was unlocked, and he grinned to himself. He slowly walked in, not attempting to be quiet, as Drac would need to wake up anyways.
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I don't get to write about it much, or perhaps I should say, I don't take as much time as I would like, to write about it…
… but, what is in the power of an assembled collection of written words?
Obviously, there are masters of this sort of thing, at least, more obviously… in print media. All one has to do is go to a book store, or peruse Amazon. Titles in print (ink on paper… and even virtual ink on virtual paper) are great and many. Some people have the power… the ability… to capture the attention, and sometimes the imagination, of the reader… or perhaps the author just happens to be saying something that appeals to a similar position held by a reader.
Yet, there are limits to this thing… this ink on paper… thing.
I know, I know…
…it's almost sacrilege to some, to challenge "the traditional", but there's something to be said about taking the traditional, and looking at ways to
make it more powerful more effectively engineer it (the traditional) to reach a larger (or… maybe not) audience. It's not that one necessarily "challenges" the traditional… the art of wordsmithing… but rather, IS challenged to find another angle on the manner in which the written word is used to reach others. Can one reach a reader more effectively, and is it necessarily in the assembly of written words… the content… or can it be in the assembly of the written words AND the platform upon which those words are architected?
I think that last part is in need of emphasis… the platform… aka… the writing space.
I see a lot of people using the Web as if their words were assembled in ink on paper. I'm sorry, but there's no creativity there. The electronic writing space yawns, and might even be near screaming in pain for not being effectively used. One might as well sit in front of a television, fascinated with the television, without realizing the power there, once the television is turned on. Plus, are these same people fooling themselves into believing that the Web reader… reads as if he/she were reading for print? True, some are… there's no doubt there… but… I think I feel comfortable in saying… most are not. I think I've said it before… reading the Web has changed the way many read.
I also see many people using the electronic space as a platform… a soapbox… manipulating words with emotion, yet, also… as with those who use the electronic space like a piece of paper… ignoring the writing space… focusing too hard on the assembly of words, again, as if they were in print, and ignoring… ignoring… ignoring… the writing space. Perhaps it is that some of these people are feeling the power of writing for the first time. I write (in a public platform?), therefore I reach people. With this in mind, perhaps they are still flexing their newfound (whether real or imagined) ability to reach… while still using the traditional (print on paper) mindset of writing to reach.
It's a brave new writing space… has been for a while. But… how many writers are adjusting their writing, with the new abilities that exist within the writing space? The new writing space requires a new artistry of the assembly of words. Perhaps it demands it, in order for us to move to the next level of writing.
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Exclusive: First Look At Sheryl Sandberg's New Book
Sheryl Sandberg has made it, by any definition of the term: chief of staff at the Treasury Department by age 30, VP role at a little start up called Google at 32, leaving Google for Facebook to become its chief operating officer, a job she still holds today.
Are those accomplishments more impressive because she is a woman? They shouldn't be, but unfortunately they are, Sandberg argues. Corporate Intelligence got its hands on an advance copy of her new book, Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead (Knopf), due out in March, which takes readers through the reasons why American business is still a man's game at the top, and what ambitious women — and forward-thinking men — need to do about it.
The book's strength is also its weakness: it presents a deep and compelling account of the kind of challenges that hit one of the sharpest and most accomplished women in America, not just growing up but well into her rise to the top tier of corporate life, where just 4.2% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women.
This makes it a pretty powerful exhibit of how tough things can be for a professional woman — even one who is Harvard-educated, Larry Summers-mentored and fiercely ambitious. But it also makes it a more difficult tale for the vast majority of women lacking her rare traits: those not head-hunted by the Treasury Secretary in their twenties, who weren't the top performers in their Harvard Business School class, and who didn't, as Sandberg writes of her own childhood, train their younger siblings to "follow me around, listen to my monologues and scream the word 'right' when I concluded."
The bad news is, even for a woman with this impressive combination, working life remains a minefield. More on this after the jump.


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DescriptionTwenty-five years ago Empress Endora conquered the entire continent of Zetegenia. Her reign proved to be tyrannical, and people of different social classes and positions began to long for a better future. Eventually, a resistance movement called the Liberation Army was formed. The protagonist (whose name and background are chosen by the player) takes command of the new army, and leads his allies towards a revolution.
Ogre Battle has elements of a real-time strategy game and a tactical RPG. The player manages a large army consisting of characters belonging to a vast amount of different classes. These classes include military specializations as well as mythological creatures such as dragons, angels, hellhounds, undead trees, etc. Each class its own unique characteristics and abilities in battle. For example, vampires and werewolves can only be deployed when the battle takes place during the night.
The player moves troops in real time on the tactical map. Individual battles between units are handled in a turn-based RPG style. The player is able to select general commands for the battle, as well as use powerful tarot cards for special techniques. Characters level up, change classes and grow stronger over the course of the game. The player can also purchase items in towns.
The protagonist's reputation is affected by the player's decisions during the storyline. The player can make choices that may prove to be popular or unpopular with the nation in contact with the Liberation Army. In addition, every character has his or her own alignment, ranging from good to evil. Liberating towns with evil characters may lower the army's reputation. These and other choices affect the plot's development and eventually lead to one of the thirteen possible endings.
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- "伝説のオウガバトル" -- Japanese spelling
- "The March of the Black Queen" -- Sub-title
- "Ogre Battle Saga Episode Five: The March of the Black Queen" -- Title from the introduction
- "Ogre Battle: Limited Edition" -- Re-release title
- "Densetsu no Ogre Battle: Ogre Battle Saga – The March of the Black Queen" -- Sega Saturn cover title
- "Densetsu no Ogre Battle" -- Japanese title
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TriviaThis game share an interesting relation to (if it isn't inspired by) the rock band Queen's second album, Queen II, which contains a song named Ogre Battle and other named The March of the Black Queen.
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- March On, Black Queen!! (Fan page dedicated to one of the most addictive and lengthy strategy/RPG for the SNES.)
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Ride a Burger to Work
I am seriously enjoying the nice weather we're having so far this spring. Sure, we've had our fair share of rain (like today), but I'll take the wet stuff over the frozen stuff any day! Last year in early May, there were still remnants of snowbanks along some of the city streets... This year, I've already mowed the lawn - FOUR TIMES!
Anyhow, I'm discovering how practical and convenient the Burgman really is. Sure, I still love the old Yamaha Seca, and a bigger bike would be nice for serious touring duties, but for riding to work or running errands, the Burgman beats most other motorcycles hands down. It's no slouch for light touring either!
Water puddles along city streets? No problem, I still get to work nice and dry (and clean) thanks to that huge fairing and the fact that I'm actually sitting in, rather than on, the bike. Stop and go traffic? No cramped clutch hand here! Not to mention that this little thing zips away from red lights way ahead of the rest of the queue. What about chilly mornings? Standard issue heated grips & seat, and that big windshield that lifts up with the push of a button pretty much cancel out the cold. Need to tote your stuff around? There's plenty of room under the seat for my briefcase, lunch, and space left over for a grocery bag on my way home.
Sure, it still isn't a "motorcycle" to most peoples' eyes, but you'd be surprised the attention it gets over the cookie-cutter cruisers and crotch rockets in the MC parking lot! I mean, thousands of Italians can't be wrong!
Besides, it looks like Suzuki will have some serious competition in the big scooter business. BMW has been making the rounds of the spring motorcycle shows with their new C600 and C650GT "Maxi-Scooters". Overall specs are similar to other big scoots, but I get the impression that BMW will bring a whole new level of refinement to the game. The GT even has optional GPS! Although I expect that they'll sell decent numbers in Europe, I doubt they'll bother importing very many this side of the pond. As always, chrome and displacement sells bikes in North America, since it's little more than a hobby to most motorcyclists.


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Thursday, June 5, 2008
Jesse Litsch is not invincible
More galling still, Worst Person in the World Mike Mussina pitched well as the Jays flailed and waved at his magically evil knuckle curve. (And not that we want to start rumours out of thin air, but...BALL SCUFFER!)
Hey man, a loss is a loss. Even the good teams have got to drop 65-70 games per year. Still, we get a little uneasy when the Jays once again stop hitting with runners in scoring position.
Hey look: afternoon game!
Dustin McGowan versus the Wang at 1:05. Abdicate your work responsibilities and listen in to Jerry and Alan all afternoon.
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ah pink, round and efficient. Little did I know how far you'd carry it when I coined it. I should get t-shirts made.
And I hate mike mussina. And Rod Black.
- June 5, 2008 at 10:38 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Seriously...it's the most apt description of a Jays player that we've ever heard.
You could always get the term copyrighted so that we'd have to pay you a fee every five days when we use it.
- June 5, 2008 at 11:02 AM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
rod black called jonny damon "matt damon" yesterday...and his excuse was "we're in new york"...what a tool...
and afternoon action? i'm all over that. we're winning this series and going home with a successful road trip under our belts
- June 5, 2008 at 11:05 AM
- Joanna said...
I might have to, because Lloyd "the barber" moseby credited it to you before I gently corrected him.
- June 5, 2008 at 11:06 AM
- The Ack said...
Well don't I look intelligent (yes, even moreso than usual) for announcing that Mussina was completely washed up back in April (I think I projected 15 losses).
Doesn't change the fact that he's still the biggest dick in baseball since Ty Cobb.
- June 5, 2008 at 11:13 AM
- Darren Priest said...
Without much trying, here are 5 players who are waay worse than Mussina:
1. Barry Bonds
2. Albert Belle
3. Roger Clemens
4. AJ Pyrzinski
5. Jose Canseco
Going all way back to the Georgia Peach only weakens the argument. You're going down, Ack!
- June 5, 2008 at 11:25 AM
- The Ack said...
back for more eh Priest!
Look, I was being a liiiiiitttle bit over the top there, but any jagoff who has the gall to whine about TC's ceremony pushing his start back 15 minutes, and blatantly shows up Cito at the all-star game deserves scorn. Unforgivable.
Steroids, affairs, tax evasion, stalking, throwing balls at fans.....big deal. You might have a point on Pierzynski though, I'll admit. He's a douche.
- June 5, 2008 at 11:40 AM
- The Ack said...
I can't wait for the newfound Tao-reading Yankee fans to read my Mussina comment and inform me of my mental (in)capacities and accuse me of wife and child abuse.
Priestie, will you have my back too?
- June 5, 2008 at 1:02 PM
- Darren Priest said...
Yeah, I'll claim I've known you for years and that your wife and children have long since learned not to make you angry!
- June 5, 2008 at 2:12 PM
- The Ack said...
just kidding
- June 5, 2008 at 2:16 PM
- Darren Priest said...
The comments on that Baseball musings site are pretty interesting. Some guys named Phil crowing about an American team winning the Stanley Cup. Those guys will take credit for everything...even the invention of the telephone!
- June 5, 2008 at 2:22 PM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
the all-star game was in baltimore. was there a particular reason why cito didn't bring mussina into the game?
- June 5, 2008 at 3:30 PM
- Drew said...
That Lloyd the Barber guy is a hack, pay him no attention.
- June 5, 2008 at 4:52 PM


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Culinary SOS: Ciopinot's 'no work' cioppino
Dear SOS: We recently dined at Ciopinot in San Luis Obispo. We tried their "no work" cioppino, and it was the best cioppino we've ever eaten. Wonder if they will share the recipe? Thank you.
Brian Somodi
Laguna Beach
Dear Brian: It may take a little work prepping the ingredients, but Ciopinot's take on this classic contains a lot of flavor in just a few simple steps, and it makes a perfect dinner for those cold winter nights! Enjoy!
Ciopinot's 'no work' cioppino
Total time: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Servings: 4
Note: Adapted from Ciopinot in San Luis Obispo.
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, thinly sliced
1/2 pound (about 1½) leeks, ends trimmed, halved lengthwise and sliced diagonally ½-inch thick
1 small clove garlic, pressed or minced
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1 dried bay leaf
1/8 teaspoon dried oregano
1/8 teaspoon dried thyme
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon saffron threads
1 1/2 cups peeled and diced tomatoes, cut into ¾-inch dice
8 ounces tomato sauce
1 cup dry white or red wine
1/2 to 1 cup clam juice
Hot sauce
4 to 6 ounces large shrimp (16 to 20 count per pound), shelled and deveined
1/2 pound large scallops
6 ounces firm, light-flesh fish steaks (such as swordfish), cut into 1½-inch pieces
2 tablespoons cold butter, chopped
Freshly chopped basil and oregano, for garnish
1. In a medium, heavy-bottom pot heated over medium-high heat, add the oil, then stir in the onions, leeks, garlic, parsley, bay leaf, oregano, thyme, pepper and saffron. Cook, stirring frequently, until the onion is translucent and the herbs are fragrant, 6 to 8 minutes.
2. Stir in the tomatoes, tomato sauce and wine. Cover and simmer gently to develop the flavors, 30 to 45 minutes. Thin if desired with 1/2 cup to 1 cup clam juice. Season with 2 teaspoons salt and 1 tablespoon hot sauce, or to taste. The cioppino base can be made ahead of time to this point; remove from heat, cover and refrigerate up to one day (reheat before continuing).
3. To the pot, add the shrimp, scallops and fish. Cover and simmer gently just until the fish and shellfish are firm and opaque, about 10 minutes. Uncover the pot and remove from heat. Stir in the chopped cold butter, stirring just until the butter melts to add a little richness to the broth. This makes about 5 cups cioppino. Ladle the cioppino into wide bowls, garnishing each serving with freshly chopped basil and oregano. Serve immediately.
Each serving: 338 calories; 23 grams protein; 16 grams carbohydrates; 3 grams fiber; 16 grams fat; 5 grams saturated fat; 111 mg cholesterol; 7 grams sugar; 915 mg sodium.


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What can I say? I'm a YOUmoz junkie! I can only imagine that SEOmoz V3 is being viewed as a major success by the SEOmoz crew. From a third-party perspective, it appears that comments have dramatically increased. (Although there was a little RingBait that also sucked in many warranted and well-deserved comments. Congratulations again Rand and MysteryGuest!) And there are several users who have submitted quite a bit of quality content over on the UGC side of the site. We've already experienced ThumbBait, experimentation with the Top Users list, a taste of Article Marketing, an epidemic Identity Crisis, and most of us are enjoying this new experience. And many, many more.
The enhancements to the site are welcomed and appreciated by many. There aren't too many industry sites that let users contribute to the voice of the site without being an open forum. The features have evolved into a unique user experience and so far the ride has been great!
What's more is that it has proven that SEOmoz listens to their users. This speaks volumes of how much SEOmoz values its readership. SEOmoz is building the loyalty and faith in its userbase that they will provide the content, the tools, the features, and the experience that is unique and tailored to their users needs.
Among the great features that have been granted to us so far, I'd humbly offer a few suggestions that I feel would continue to enhance the complete experience of the site. These are, after all, just suggestions so take them for what they are worth. I hope they can at least be used as springboards for brainstorming sessions for future versions/updates of YOUmoz.
Here's a "wishlist" features I'd like to see:
Data, Data, and More Data: Now that we, the users, are contributing content to the Moz, it would helpful to know where our conversations are extending to as well. Did we get pinged by blogs offering a differing opinion from an SEO who wears a different color of hat? Did we capture the eyes of thousands of Reddit users? Pehaps a little "Holy Google, Batman! You should see the searches your post is getting!" Yes, any type of feedback to the user who contributed the piece would be helpful in allowing him to write a follow-up or directing a related post. Likewise, if other bloggers are linking and commenting then the original author could respond on their site as well. Referrer stats don't need to be made public, but if a user can log in and catch a small blip on the radar, he/she would know where their writings were heard and recognized.
Check My "Spleling" at the Door: I suspect that most SEOmozzers are a level or two above me in the spelling department, so this may be a self-centered request in aims to artificially enhance the perception that others have of my IQ (or at least my spelling capabilities). Please add a spell checker to the WYSIWIG editor if possible. Not only would it save embarrassment of the author (me), it could save a lot of man hours at the time that posts get manually reviewed by your staff.
Guidelines and FAQs: Often when a new community is born (or in this case a new feature giving users the ability to participate in the community), new members can be apprehensive as to what is allowed or not. A "Welcome" guide would be appropriate for the new members that are obviously being attracted to this new service. A "Frequently Asked Questions" document would come in handy for those of use who are familiar with SEOmoz brand and what it represents. Possible items you could address: if affiliate links are allowed or not, if self-promotion is kosher, if we will get banned for submitting too many "rejected" posts, fair play, etc.
Img Hosting: I was considering an image for my previous entry, but when I saw that it needed to hosted remotely somewhere, I opted out. I didn't want to use a free image hosting service in case bandwidth levels were ever met or the image was deleted by the service. Broken images just aren't gonna fly with me. I also have the option of hosting on one of my own servers, but I have img hotlinking turned off on most of them.
Video and Widget Plugins: I don't know, maybe this works already and just needs some clarification. YOUmoz should be able to do YOUtube after all. :) Other widgets I thought were PollDaddy and Flickr.
Make it Friendly: We need friends. I know you don't want YOUmoz to attract the MySpace type of crowds, but I'd love to be able to flag someone as a friend and get emails whenever he/she published a post. I'd also like to see a little icon or different color of outline on their avatar or something that would differentiate between their comments and the rest. I value ALL opinions, but want to know when some of my friends are in the same thread as me.
Comments/Recommendations on Profiles: Ok, so completely jumping over the line from "Socially Enhanced" Blog to "Social Network," having the ability to leave a comment, or better yet a "recommendation" like LinkedIn, would allow us to recommend a colleague and their services. This could be one recommendation per user like LinkedIn, or an open comment thread like all the other networks out there. Either way it's feedback for the user in a centralized place.
Private Messaging: I think a way to message individuals privately would be quite handy. Let's say I want to take a discussion offline and either give a user a little advice or ask for a little help. Or perhaps I want to message them to inquire about their SMO services. Or perhaps I just want to wish them a Happy Birthday. Yeah, I'd really love to see some Private Messaging available.
I have a few other minor suggestions, but thought I'd suggest some of the more major ones first. I hope that we can open this thread into a suggestions and feedback thread where users can have a place to post their "wishlist" of requests.
Thanks again to Matt, Jeff, Scott, Rebecca, Jane, Gillian, and Rand for making this service available and for all the hard work that went into it. YOUmoz is great!


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Chris Rumfitt's recently launched agency has been tasked with securing the backing of strategic partners such as London Mayor Boris Johnson and Transport for London, to enable the 80 Day Race to start and finish in the city.
For the project brief CRC will be looking to engage with a wide range of London stakeholders including the Mayor, borough councils and the GLA.
"The race is going through a number of world cities but London would be the preference of the organisers, not least because Phileas Fogg's journey began and ended there," said Rumfitt, referencing the fictional English gentleman in Jules Verne's 19th century novel Around the World in 80 Days.
"This fits in with London's aim to host major world events, and chimes with a desire to promote electric car use and lower emissions."
The plans for the 80 Day Race, in which zero-emission vehicles compete over a 40,000 km journey, were announced at London's Reform Club earlier this month. The event is led by CEO Frank Manders and backed by personalities such as ex-Formula 1 driver Jan Lammers.


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Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Fallin Creates Blue Ribbon Panel on Developmental Disabilities
Governor Mary Fallin today signed an executive order authorizing the creation of a new Blue Ribbon Panel for Developmental Disabilities. The announcement came today during the Governor's Conference on Developmental Disabilities in Norman, Oklahoma.
The new panel will develop a comprehensive plan to: support individuals with developmental disabilities and their families, address the state's growing waiting list of thousands of individuals hoping to receive services from the state's Developmental Disabilities Service Division, and research and analyze best practices for the comprehensive delivery of high quality services. The panel will also act in an advisory capacity to the governor on all issues related to providing community services for individuals with developmental disabilities.
"There are nearly 60,000 men, women and children with developmental disabilities in Oklahoma," Fallin said. "While the state is providing high quality services to many of these individuals, we are still experiencing a waiting list of over 7,000 people. This panel will help the state reduce that waiting list while improving the quality of the services it offers."
Click here to read a copy of the executive order.
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I've been growing about 3-4 years now, this is the 10th go. I've had a fair bit of success along the way getting a few auto plants to yield over 500g (17-18 ounces), which was well over my initial expectations of 2 or 3 ounces from an Auto.... I've been using LEDs all that time, and again, found the results to be much better than expected.... on a par, if not better than with HPS in my reckoning (but I think MH is better than LED in veg ).
Throughout my growing career, I've been helped and encouraged by a few great growers, mainly Autoberry and Ledbud
My last grow won many accolades ....
I came 4th in the Nov Cream of the Crop competition, on UK420,
The entire grow was featured on the Dutch Passion Blog
I won the Plant of the Month competition on the Autoflower network.
Along with the kudos, came many magic beans, so this grow is dedicated to my grow Gurus and Muddy at LED Hydroponics, and will feature some of the more interesting strains that I now have in my collection as a thank you to the Autoflower site.
So in a departure from my usual trusty Dutch Passion strains, I'm now going to grow.....
- Cream Mandarine XL Auto, by Sweet Seeds - a 4th generation hybrid taking their famous Cream Caramel crossed with Ice Cool to give an orange flavoured Indica with high bud count and resin formation (Cream Mandarine) which is again crossed with a Super Thai '98 clone to give this XL strain adding sativa style height and yields along with subtle aromatic and spicy tones with hints of wood and nuts. She should take 9-10 weeks to harvest
Toofless Alien by Mephisto - this is from their Limited Edition range, a feminised F1 hybrid between two of Mephisto's favourite strains - Ripley's OG x Toof Decay.
The Ripley's OG influence amps up the Toof Decay yield, giving heavy lung expanding smoke. She has a combination of terpenes unique to both the parent strains, the dankness of the Ripley's OG now wrapped up in a candy coated shell, and will also take 9-10 weeks to harvest.
Pineapple Express by Fastbuds.
I purposely didn't give a summary of the Pineapple Express - it was the strain featured in the film of the same name..... she takes 9 weeks to finish, but the description on the Fastbuds site was worth copying out in full..... I think I'm in for a treat!!!
Our Pineapple Express is a perfect combination of sensations and flavors, comparable to a fine Brandy or a handmade sports car, It's a marijuana variety created for those who love pleasure and know how to savor every fine morsel of life. Tasty and exemplary overall, this is without a doubt, one of our best autoflowering strains. It's a hybrid formed from an ideal combination of genetics with fruity flavors
Pineapple Express offers a mixture of unforgettable aromas: ripe fruit, tropical and sweet, very sweet pineapple; sensations that will lead you to discover pleasures like sex. Pineapple Express is for those who have hedonistic palates - those who like to indulge in a delicious desert and sweet liquor with attractive companions in a luxurious restaurant.
Thanks to its high THC levels and the pleasurable effects induced by its aroma, this variety is a fantastic aphrodisiac, able to stimulate the sexual appetite and heat up the coldest, most frigid room with hot sex energy in a matter of moments. Its smoke is pleasant with a deep juicy pineapple flavor. It reduces anxiety, increases happiness and produces a sensation of weightlessness, the high is like foreplay - a soft entrance that after five minutes leaves you free of rational thoughts and totally uninhibited. All you'll be left with is pure instinct and a deep need to offer up your desires to the heat of the moment.
Now you may chuckle, but Cannabis can do this..... the Auto Ultimate I once grew was very similar in effect - I took so much time off work that I nearly lost my job cos my Wife kept calling me home early or would make me take heaps of sickies. I was kind of sad when it ran out!
I still have my cheap old Seahawk tent, but the roof has been strengthened with some heavy duty mesh. I have an assortment of LED units, all from my main man Muddy at LED Hydroponics:
- 2x Skyline 400W units - the latest in the company's range giving a white light - so far I'm very impressed
2x Photon 6 - 240W draw and purple light - better penetration than the Helios.... a great LED unit.
1x Helios 6 - 300W draw with purple light -I got this unit about 4 years ago (and got loads of stick on UK420) - it's been a trusty workhorse that's delivered again and again and proved the doubters all wrong.
2x Helios 2 - 100W draw - great for additional side lighting
I grow with Coco and Airpots, using House and Garden Coco nutrients and their entire range of additives:
- Drip clean (throughout the grow to reduce nute build up in the Coco).
Roots Excellurator - 0.3ml/L throughout the grow (except when giving PK 13-14).
Multizyme - breaks down dead root material converting them into easy to process nutrient.
Nitrogen 27% - to tweak the N intake during veg.
Amino Treatment - basically Silicon so only used in veg.
Algen Extract - a kelp extract used for micro-nutrients during flowering. It is also great for heat stress.
Bud XL - flowering additive used throughout bloom.
Top Booster - basically PK 13-14 with added Iron.
Top Shooter - a late flowering booster (PK 20-9).
I also use Advanced Nutrients Bud Ignitor (around week 6), Bud Candy (during flowering) and Flawless Finish (for a clean quick flush).
Cal Mag is essential in my opinion, and I now use the Grotek brand as it has an NPK ratio of 2-0-0 compared to my old Bloom brand which was 5.2-0-0. This will keep their height under control later in the grow as they flower.
I use 20L airpots filled with Coco (Canna Coco Professional Plus). The pH is buffered so that's makes life a little easier, and there's added trichoderma.
I start with EC 0 rainwater, add 0.2ml/L Cal-Mag and then A&B to make EC 0.5. Finally I add Roots Excellurator and Nitrogen to make up an EC 0.7 nutrient solution adjusted to pH5.8.
I soak the Coco till there's plenty of run off. This gives the perfect air/moisture balance. I then make a kind of hill in the middle of the pot, the height just below the edge of the pot, a bit like this....
('scuse the dropped ash in the top right)
I do this to allow peripheral watering in the first couple of weeks, then I add more medium to level out the Coco for the rest of the grow. I think this helps in making the tap root dig deeper initially, then encouraging the side roots to spread out more deeply as they search for the nutrient which will have been delivered more to the sides, rather than through the middle of the pot. Peripheral circumferential watering, I think it's called. I stumbled upon this idea a couple of grows ago, when I was running out of Coco for planting
My germination method is very reliable, I don't soak seeds, nor do I leave them in moist tissue paper etc.... I just plant the seed directly in the fully soaked Coco, 2cm deep, cover with clingfilm and top with some thick cardboard to prevent light entry. I leave the pots under a couple of high positioned lights (for warmth) and usually 48-72 hours later the seedlings pop up. This way is more natural and way less stressful for the new seedlings. 48 hours from fridge to sprout is pretty good!
This time, my 100% record was shattered ... the Toofless Alien popped first about 40 hours after planting, and the Cream Mandarine soon after at about 48 hrs. The Pineapple didn't show by day 3.... I had a light dig around, and found nothing , so I planted another Pineapple Express seed on Thursday night, and Saturday lunchtime I was greeted by this....
So Pineapple Express, (the sexy one), took a while to come (ahem). I had a couple of goes and popped one in the end. (I'll get my hat).
These are the pics so far....
Toofless Alien day 3
and day 5
See how I water around the periphery? If the surface of the hump gets dry below the surface, I use a syringe to gently water the top. At this stage I water the day they pop, then every other day.
This was Cream Mandarine XL on day 3....
....and on day 5....
I have since made a wire support for her to stop the fans blowing her down. I made some out of plastic tubing, like the one on the Alien, but I can't find the others.....
Here's the Pineapple again...
She's officially day 1 on the day the others are day 5. That's gonna make feeding tricky as this grow progresses.
It's gonna be....


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For a few years now, I've had this hare-brained idea to try to separate the layers of polarizing film from a scrap LCD panel and make a polariscope out of them. So whenever I come across a dead one I tear it apart and do some experimenting. Probably been into half a dozen by now. But I've probably learned as much, or more, about how they actually work by watching Bill Hammack's video this week. As always, Bill's work has something to offer novices, experts, and those, like myself, who know just enough to be dangerous. [Thanks, Bill!]


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I have been absent from the blog for a while because I have been busy writing articles, but here is a summary of some of the things which has happened this past week -
Ian S. Wilson Announces Retirement - Ian S. Wilson, the Chief Archivist and Librarian of the Library and Archives of Canada, is retiring April 24th.
This came somewhat as a surprise to genealogists, but he has been at the Library and Archives Canada since 1999 when he joined as National Archivist, and then became the Chief Librarian and Archivist in 2004 when the two institutions were united.
He says in his letter advising of his retirement that he will continue his work as President of the International Council of Archives.
The government will make an announcement shortly regarding his successor.
Ontario Genealogy Society's Call for Papers Conference 2010 - The Toronto Branch of the OGS will be hosting Conference 2010 and has called for papers for May 1st.
But recently, they have amended their "Call for Papers" in that the workshops they plan to hold for Italian and Dutch lecture streams will have until June 1, 2010 to submit their proposal for papers.
This extension is to allow for more complete outreach to these communities.
The deadline remains unchanged (1 May 2009) for submission of all other topics.
To read more details on Conference 2010, you should go to http://www.ogs.on.ca/conference2010.
Discount on British Columbia Membership - The Ontario Genealogy Society (OGS) has entered an arrangement with the British Columbia Genealogical Society (BCGS) in which you can belong to both societies with a $5.00 discount on your membership for both.
Remember, a couple of months ago a similar discount was announced with the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society's membership, and that seems to be going along quite nicely.
If you are a members of both societies or wish to be a member of both, you should phone 416.489.1734 or email <firstname.lastname@example.com>. BCGS members should phone 604.502.9119 or email <firstname.lastname@example.com>.