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Have you used polyester casting resin? I am trying to make a project for a class. I need to fill a Ball Jar with the casting resin. I made sure the jar I have is the kind used in canning - so it is heat resistant. I am just trying to figure out if I can pour the whole amount in or if I need to do it in stages. I am filling up either a 16 or 32 oz. jar. The jar will have polymer clay pieces in it. Can Anyone give me advice? Thanks a bunch, Jen | |||
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I've never worked with this before but I tried something similar with a clear solution - can't for the life of me remember what it was lol. All the pieces dropped slowly to the bottom of the jar I used so you might want to consider that and do it in stages. Also, with the stuff I used I had to try to get rid of bubbles. Pour very slowly to avoid them if you can. You may want to try suspending the clay pieces by something clear - like fishing line - at different heights. Not sure if it would show up in your project though. If it didn't or you didn't care if it did just use a couple pencils. Tie the line to them at different heights and sit them on the top of the jar so they drift down to the right height - but then again would they drift down through that stuff? lol Sorry wish I could be more help. | ||||
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Fall sports KingCo all league honors announced | Sports brief
By MEGAN MANAGAN
Mercer Island Reporter Reporter
October 31, 2012 · Updated 9:33 AM
The KingCo all league honors for several of the fall sports have been announced.
KingCo all league soccer selections announced
Several members of the Mercer Island girls soccer team were named to KingCo all league teams this fall.
Mercer Island goalie and senior Corey Goelz was named a co-MVP with Mount Si senior Miranda Rawlings.
Named to the first team from Mercer Island were: Marissa Hammerstrom, Laura Harrison, Kianna Chang along with Goelz.
Honorable mentions went to: June Kissel, Amanda Wall, Jamie Mounger and Carly Ledbetter.
Girls swimming KingCo all league honors
Thirteen members of the Mercer Island girls swim and dive team were named to the All KingCo league team. The announcement was made during the KingCo championship meet on Saturday, Oct. 27.
First team honorees included: Masami Cookson, Cailtin Cox, Danielle Deiparine, Leah Fisk, Sabrina Kwan, Maddie Larkin, Meg Lindsay, Emily Olsen, Alex Seidel and Grace Wold. Second team honors went to: Kristin Hoffman, Angela Riggins and Christina Williamson.
The league also honored KingCo scholar athletes, students with a minimum of a 3.75 grade point average or higher. Those from Mercer Island included: Cookson, Andrea Hatsukami, Hoffman, Larkin, Natalie Marques, Belah Terentjev, Williamson and Emily Wong.
Mercer Island volleyball earns coach of the year, all league honors
The Mercer Island volleyball team has earned several post season All League honors, including coach of the year.
Announced prior to the KingCo championship game on Saturday, Oct. 27, Mercer Island head coach Susan McKay was named the coach of the year.
Islanders named to the first team included: Jemma Yeadon, Lottie MacAulay, Sara Lindquist, Lorial Yeadon and Kris Brackmann.
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Add a block of graphics describing the steps involved in submitting data to the system. The block should always appear on the same spot of the page. As the process progresses, the current step is highlighted, giving a clear indication to the user, how far the process has come and how far is left.
If there is a need for showing what steps are to come in a specific process, as is there a need for simplifying the page layout for those pages involving the steps. Remove unnecessary distractions like extra navigation, advertisements, and the likes.
The Steps Left pattern is used when it is critical to maintain the user's focus throughout the process of filling in data to the system. This is for instance critical in web-shops, where the checkout process is often guided by this pattern. In web-shops, the checkout process is the most critical part of the site, as this is the part that captures the customer's money. The Steps Left pattern provide the user with a great overview of how far in the process the user has gone: it provides a visible end to the process, which the user can aim for.
This pattern is similar of Wizards known from especially desktop applications, which lets the user make his choices step by step.
The few (3) simple steps of the bloglines.com service is elegantly described in a 3 step graphic.
The Steps Left pattern used at digg.com when signing up for a new account
A very clean and simple "Steps Left" progress bar is used at furioustees.com.
At ignition-skateshop, the current step of the checkout process is highlighted.
Tels the user how far he's already come, and how long a process is still to take. Good feedback and feed forward at once, great success! Without it, its as if someone is pointing at you with a flashlight. You can see whats behind you, and you can see where the light is, but you can't see behind that and between you and the light its hard to see too.
A very important and widely used patter, but often not properly done resulting in huge loss in revenues for companies. I have also started a blog series on wizard steps.


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'But the mind arises because there is a brain,' he said uncertainly.
'Those villains have really brainwashed you out of your wits,' I sighed. 'People have no idea what mind is. Instead they study the brain, or the psyche, or Freud's love letters to Einstein. And scientists seriously believe that mind is the product of certain chemical and electrical processes in the brain. That's the same as thinking that a TV set is the cause of the film showing on it. Or that a salary is the cause of human existence.'
'That's what economists do think.'
'Right. Well, let them think it. Let them generate their electrical impulses, steal tranches of credit, make official protests, measure the amplitude and the velocity, give the blowjob and take the derivative coefficient, and then determine their rating. Fortunately for this world, we [...] are here in it, as well as all those clowns. We know the secret….'
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not sure I understand completely :/
I tend to dream and day-dream all the time, but that's the only time when I look into my heart and dream :)
how could I dream and possibly look outside of it ? - which is written here .. :/
and everytime I look and listen to my heart, my brain gets mad :)
I love to call it an eternal struggle :D
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This holiday-themed edition of Bleach Social asks how, and with whom, will you be watching your beloved Houston Texans as they battlefight the Lions in Detroit on Turkey Day.
Your Houston Texans travel to Detroit today in preparation for their holiday tussle with the Lions. You too may be in transit today in preparation for a holiday tussle of your own. Amidst all the familial love and gluttony, I presume you'll be making time to watch Texans-Lions tomorrow, either with that beloved family or alone, ignoring the pleas and invectives from family members about how YOU'RE RUINING EVERYTHING. No matter your plan, enlighten the masses here. Where, how, and with whom will you be watching Texans-Lions?
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Are you hosting Thanksgiving this year and mandating a three hour break from 11:30 a.m. CST to 2:30 p.m. CST?
Or are you going to be at someone else's place for Thanksgiving and thus imposing a prohibition on any kind of communication that doesn't involve grunts, cheers, or clapping from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. CST?
Perhaps you'll be at a bar, liquored up and staring at multiple televisions, and thus the envy of everyone who reads this. If that's the case, go ahead and rub it in.
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With the cinema release and critical acclaim of 'The Fighter' coinciding with the usual doom and gloom media coverage all but confirming the death of our great sport, I have trudged high and low for some of the greatest quotes in boxing history. Some are from fighters, some are from commentators and some are from writers. When you read through this list I hope you'll be reminded why some of the greatest literary writers and filmmakers have kept coming back to boxing through the ages. Enjoy…
"…Still, he has fought honourably for two decades. And with all the glitz and hype that accompanied his career, casual fans who cheered him on might have overlooked the essence of a prize fight. In the ring, there's no make-believe. The show is unscripted; the violence is real. Every time that he stepped into the ring as a fighter, he was honest and on his own…" – THOMAS HAUSER on Oscar De La Hoya
"Champions aren´t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them – a desire, a dream and a vision."
"I hated every minute of training, but I said, "Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.""
"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."
"I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was."
"Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even."
"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
"A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life."
- Some gems for the greatest of them all – MUHAMMAD ALI
"A champion shows who he is by what he does when he's tested. When a person gets up and says 'I can still do it', he's a champion." – EVANDER HOLYFIELD
"The Glory is the issue to me. Money comes and goes, but a legacy stays forever. I hate to lose" –SHANE MOSLEY
"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography and the dancers hit each other." – JACK HANDY
"I've got it made. I've got a wife and a TV set – and they're both working." – WILLIE PEP
"My style is impetuous, my defence is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious, I want your heart, I want to eat his children" – MIKE TYSON
"What's the use of being Irish if you can't be thick?" – BILLY CONN, when asked by a reporter why he went for the knockout against Joe Louis in the 13th round when ahead on points and was knocked out himself
"Yeah I got a question: Any more excuses tonight, Roy?" – ANTONIO TARVER, in response to referee Jay Nady asking 'Any questions from the challenger?' during the pre-fight instructions for his rematch with Roy Jones Jr., which he won by second round KO
"If you screw things up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it's your ass." – RANDALL 'TEX' COBB
"All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him." – JACK DEMPSEY
"The three toughest fighters I've ever been up against were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Sugar Ray Robinson. I fought Sugar so many times; I'm surprised I'm not diabetic! But I did have him off the canvas once…when he stepped over my body to leave the ring." – JAKE LAMOTTA
"It's hard to get up at 6am when you're wearing silk pyjamas." – MARVELOUS MARVIN HAGLER, when asked why he was retiring
"I consider myself blessed. I consider you blessed. We've all been blessed with God-given talents. Mine just happens to be beating people up." – SUGAR RAY LEONARD
"Suddenly Ali looks very tired indeed. In fact Ali, at times now, looks as though he can barely lift his arms up . . . Oh, he's got him with a right hand! He's got him! Oh, you can't believe it. And I don't think Foreman's going to get up. He's trying to beat the count. And he's out! Oh my God, he's won the title back at 32!" – THE UNMISTAKABLE HARRY CARPENTER COMMENTING ON ALI-FOREMAN IN 1974
"And we have a new era in boxing!" – BARRY TOMPKINS, commentating on a 20 year old Mike Tyson's victory over Trevor Berbick in 1986


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ComTec Systems Employees Help Keep Local Food Banks Stocked This Holiday Season Vineland, NJ – Vineland-based ComTec Systems wrapped up its third annual Holiday Food Drive on Tuesday, November 22, 2011.
ComTec employees donated enough food to fill three large boxes. The food was delivered to local food banks in Vineland and will be used throughout the holiday season.
"Year after year, we receive wonderful feedback from the people and groups that our donations help to feed, so our employees are always willing to keep giving," said Mike Vertolli, CEO & President of ComTec Systems. "It's a great feeling to know that our donations really are making a difference in people's lives," he added.


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St Cecilia's Hall Museum of Instruments features early Keyboard and the Plucked String Instruments.
South Leith Parish Church
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South Leith Parish Church is located in the heart of old Leith.
Grand Lodge of Scotland Museum and Library
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The showcase of Scottish Freemasonry housed in the impressive Freemason\'s Hall
Gilmerton Cove
- Edinburgh & Lothians
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Discover the mysterious underground passageways and chambers of Old Gilmerton Cove.
Edinburgh Military Tattoo
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Edinburgh Military Tattoo is staged at Edinburgh castle each year. This year from 7 August to 29 August 2009.
Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival
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Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival dates for this year\'s festival will be: Friday 31st July - Sunday 9th August
Edinburgh Book Festival
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Edinburgh Book Festival is held every year in venues around Edinburgh. This year from 15 August to 31 August 2009.
Dr Neil's Garden
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Dr Neil's Garden lies next to Duddingston church, where the lower slopes of Arthur's Seat meet Duddingston Loch
Cramond Heritage exhibition
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Cramond Heritage exhibition is an education centre, home to an extensive archive about Cramond
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NC1017: Carbon Sequestration and Distribution in Soils of Eroded Landscapes (formerly NCT199 and NC174)
Statement of Issues and Justification
Soil erosion results in a considerable economic loss to landowners because of reduced productivity of eroded soil, and to society at large because of degradation of surface water by sediment and sediment deposition, and emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Crosson (1984) estimated a monetary loss in the U.S. from soil erosion effects on reduced cropland productivity to be 40 million dollars in a given year. In 2001, den Biggelaar et al. (2001) estimated the loss at $55.6 million. Others Crosson (1986) and Pimentel et al. (1995) have estimated the loss to be over $100 million. The results vary depending on the erosion rates and crop prices for the years covered in the study. For many soils, continued erosion results in degraded topsoil and continuing declines in crop yields as root restrictive layers, such as fragipans, subsoil horizons high in clay content, or coarse sand, become closer to the soil surface (Langdale et al., 1985).
Offsite damages to the environment caused by soil erosion and subsequent deposition of sediments in the U.S. are considerable (Pimentel, 1992). Deposition of eroded soil materials in surface water bodies such as reservoirs, lakes, rivers and streams cause a decline in water quality, and decrease the functional life expectancy of reservoirs. Eroded sediments often contain not only soil materials from the organic surface soil which are enriched in nutrients and C, but often include commercial and/or organic (animal waste) fertilizers, pesticides and agricultural pharmaceuticals.
In addition to water quality problems associated with soil erosion, the loss of organic-rich surface soil also impacts the global C balance. While there has been limited research on the impact of soil erosion on soil C balance, the soil is a major C sink and it is not always managed in a manner to take advantage of this potential. Previous work by members of NC-174 has demonstrated the importance of storing soil C (through increasing organic matter) for improving soil quality, including soil physical properties such as improved water holding capacity (Lal, 1999). However, a strong connection between soil erosion and the global C balance has not been well established. There is also a need for developing a good method for obtaining a quantitative estimate of the actual distribution of C on various eroded and noneroded landscapes in the Midwest. It was recognized during Kyoto Protocol that net emissions of greenhouse gases, such as CO2 and CH4 could be decreased by either reducing emissions or by increasing the rate of C sequestration in soils. Agricultural soils are one of the largest reservoirs of C, and thus have a great potential to mitigate the increasing concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere (FAO, 2001). Evaluation of the C pool in soils is difficult because of its heterogeneity in time and space (FAO, 2001). The global loss of C because of erosion is estimated to be in the range of 150 to 1500 million tons per year (Lal, 1995; Gregorich et al., 1998; Lal, 2003) but the processes are not well understood and we note that these values are only estimates. Erosion is a selective process involving detachment and transport of the light soil fraction consisting of soil organic carbon (SOC) and clay. The fate of eroded soil particles is complex depending on many parameters including soil properties, landscape elements and properties, and drainage net and soil management. Many of the soil particles eroded are moved downslope and may remain in the same field or watershed for a considerable length of time. However, this movement results in increased spatial variability of the landscape soil properties, especially soil organic matter and those elements of environmental concern that are associated with it - carbon and nitrogen (Schumacher et al., 1999).
Federal agencies, such as the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), state agencies involved in natural resource conservation and management, certified crop advisors, farm managers, experiment station research units, farmers, and many others have a mutual interest in better understanding the relationships among soils and landscapes as related to erosion and the effects of erosion on the amount and distribution of C in soils under different management systems. Better understanding of these relationships will improve environmental protection, soil, air, and water quality, and global warming. In addition, the research will lead to improved efficiency in use of farmer dollars in nutrients applied to the land.
This proposal outlines a project designed to help better understand C losses including soil degradation resulting from accelerated erosion and the effects of erosion on quantitative distribution of C on soil landscape. It will provide needed data on the changes in the C reservoir related to intensive land use for some of the major soils in the NC region. This study will contribute to our understanding of soil-landscape processes and has the potential to provide data that will contribute to improved management of our soil and water resources. We view this approach as a natural progression related to the past research efforts of NC-174.
Knowledge gained from the proposed research will contribute to a more quantitative understanding of agroecosystems on global C balance and increase to our understanding of the effects of erosional processes on the amounts and landscape distribution of C and organic matter. It will contribute to our knowledge leading to sustainable management of natural resources in different ecosystems.
The North Central Regional Association of Agricultural Experiment Stations has a current list of research priorities for seven cross-cutting research areas and objectives. The proposed Regional Project addresses four of these objectives for the Natural Resources and the Environment. These include: (1) Understand the ecological processes operating in human, plant and animal communities, (2) Define sustainable principles for resource management, utilization and land use, (3) Identify and apply ecosystem management principles and practices for the utilization and protection of resources, restoration of natural systems and management of rural landscapes, and (4) Assess the relationships of agricultural/forestry practices (primary production) upon soil and water systems and bio-diversity. Our project will contribute to these research priorities.


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The No. 20/17 UNLV Rebels are in Chapel Hill, N.C. today taking on the North Carolina Tar Heels. MW Connection will have all the news on the game.
At halftime, the UNLV Runnin' Rebels, ranked No. 20 in the AP poll and 17 in the Coaches poll, trailed the host North Caolina Tar Heels 39-30 at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, N.C.
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Connecticut Innovations announced Tuesday that it will underwrite up to $250,000 in stipends for high-tech startup founders this spring in Stamford, with guidance from two men with startup experience.
Eight to 10 teams will get $20,000 to $25,000 in exchange for 6 percent equity in their businesses. To be eligible, they must be working full time on the concept, have at least one technical expert, and have been working for three months or more before their application.
The startups will be coached for 12 weeks, and at the end, should have a product ready for beta testing. They will get to present their business plans to people who may then choose to provide seed funding.
The accelerator program will run under the direction of Lean Launch Ventures, which specializes in early-stage startups.
Don Burton of Southport, co-founder of Babyfolio, tried the Lean Launch Ventures program in a pilot version from September to November. That program lasted six weeks — half the length — had no stipend, and no equity requirement.
Burton, who is self-funding his startup with profits from selling other companies he started years ago, said even for a serial entrepreneur like himself, the program had value.
"I feel like it was a really great discipline and a whole new tool chest to apply to the startup process," he said.
Lean Launch Ventures is going to cover more than just this Stamford-based accelerator. The lessons will be used in other startup hubs, and even at established firms, according to Connecticut Innovations, a quasi-public organization that offers financial assistance to companies to stimulate business investments.
Burton hired a New York woman to be a product manager just before starting the lean startup program, and she helped put together sketches of prototypes to market-test the website.
Babyfolio gives parents tips on how to recognize if their babies are about to walk, talk or reach other developmental milestones, and how to nurture that development. It launched a beta version of its website last week at http://www.babyfol.io, and aims to bring out a mobile phone app by early February.
Burton said his last startup, eebee's adventures, is still running, but doesn't generate enough cash to support two people at the level he would like to be paid. For that company, which makes Baby Einstein-style DVDs, he and his co-founder spent $1 million before they ever got their DVDs in front of a customer.
"If I had to do that all over again, I would have definitely tried certain experiments," he said. With this lean startup philosophy, which emphasizes customer research at the earliest stages, he said Babyfolio refined even the beta website five times before launching.
Burton said he expects to continue to self-fund the company for nearly a year, before seeking $1 million or more from venture capitalists.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE — If first-year Virginia basketball coach Dave Leitao has set any goals in terms of wins and losses, his Cavaliers would be best advised to strike quickly.
After opening its ACC schedule with a Dec. 4 loss at Georgia Tech, four of Virginia's next five conference games were at University Hall, starting with a Jan. 7 win over Clemson….
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They are the wall of sound that seems to always attract a sea of dancers. They are Bombasta.
"We are fortunate being here from San Antonio to have such a wide range of influences," says San Antonio-native and Bombasta frontman Roberto Livar. "We are not trying to chase a certain sound or trying to emulate anything."
For the past ten years, the ten-piece band has been fusing together a blend of latin, soul, cumbia and funk. Singing in English, Spanish and, our South Texas original, Spanglish. Along with using everything else, they say, reflects San Antonio.
"I grew up listening to tropicals and cumbias and big bands from my grandparents," says Livar. "But also, Stevie Wonder and the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix from my mother. Then my father with Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash and all of that as well."
The result is much more than a sound. It's an event and that is a bit by design. For years, the band made an effort not to play too many shows in their hometown. Livar says, "We want to open ourselves up to different audiences who want to open themselves up to something a little different and a lot of fun."
Although, Livar admits, that is a plan that has become harder to stick to in recent years. "Sometimes we just can't say no. A lot of great chances come up and great chances to play with great musicians that we admire as well and support."
Now they are just enjoying the good times that come with bringing together this barrio big band sound. And partying with a loyal group of fans who always seem more than ready to hit the dance floor. "Everybody in the band are just great musicians and easy people to work with," Livar says. "That's the only way we are able to do it, because otherwise it can be difficult. The live experience is really what does it for us. As long as we are playing for an appreciative audience then that in itself is success. Everything else is gravy."
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Photo bokeh refers to techniques to obfuscate (blur) image to add to the aesthetic quality of a photograph. So in theory could mean photos that have the characteristics of a sharp object (focus) with a very blurry background or selective focusing.
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Skyn, the Ansell Healthcare-owned condom brand, is focusing on product testimonials from women in a global marketing campaign kicking off in the UK this week.
Skyn: readies UK drive
The outdoor and digital campaign, created by Blac, launches the product's first global position as a premium condom brand, targeting women.
The creative features female testimonials supporting the product's strapline, "The closest thing to wearing nothing".
Barry McCool, head of global marketing in Ansell's sexual wellness division, said the testimonials used in the advertising are developed from real testimonials borne out of Skyn focus groups, claiming that some women said the product was "the best sex they'd ever had with a condom".
The product is made from a new material, which claims to be softer than the usual non-latex rubber used for condoms, to create a "skin on skin sensation".
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The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Tonio Borg welcomed Germany's Minister of State for Europe, H.E. Michael Link for a bilateral meeting in Valletta. Dr Borg said that the bilateral relations between Malta and Germany may be termed as excellent and deep-rooted with a strong legal framework of bilateral agreements spelling out various forms of cooperation. Over the years, Malta received substantial aid from Germany in various fields such as in coastal surveillance, in the field of culture and in technical cooperation. Germans comprise the third largest group of tourists visiting Malta. Besides the tourist sector, around 70 German enterprises are firmly creating over 2,500 jobs. Meanwhile, the cultural and scientific exchanges between Germany and Malta continue to grow.
Minister Link referred to Malta as "an anchor of stability in Europe." During the talks Deputy Prime Minister Tonio Borg had words of appreciation for the sponsorship by the Embassy of Germany in Malta which generously financed the complete restoration of the Chapel of the German Langue at St John's Co-Cathedral. This project totalled in the region of €150,000. Minister Borg also referred to the initiative by Germany to relocate asylum seekers from Malta. The total number of persons that were relocated to Germany since 2006 is hence 286.
Trade exchanges between the two countries rose to its highest levels since Malta joined the European Union. Malta returned to a trade surplus with Germany following three years when exports dipped below imports. Trade exchanges reached €631 million compared to €620 million in 2004. The trade surplus reached €16.3 million last year compared to a deficit of €14.6 million in 2010. Trade exchanges between Malta and Germany are spread over a large number of product categories. The increase in imports in 2011 was largely accounted for by plastics and articles thereof (10.7 million), pharmaceutical products (€2.0 million), dairy produce (€1.6 million) sugars and sugar confectionery (€1.2 million). On the import side, the most important product categories are plastics and plastic products (13%), machinery and mechanical appliances (13%), electrical machinery (10%), motor vehicles and parts (7%), precious or semi-precious metals and stones (5%), paper and paperboard (2%) and essential oils and pharmaceuticals (each 2%).
The number of German tourists visiting Malta has been fluctuating within the 125-150,000 range for a number of years and this year has been no exception. German visitors to Malta in 2011 reached almost 135,000 an increase of 6.7% over the previous year. The number of foreign visitors to Malta last year reached record highs and the number of German tourists was also in line with the general trend. Per capita expenditure by German tourists rose by €49 in 2011 compared to the previous year and it rose again marginally in the first three months of this year compared to the same period in 2011. There are currently 740 firms registered with MFSA with German shareholding.


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- 1 lemon, juiced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Salt and pepper
- 2 boneless chicken breasts with skin, rinsed, patted dry
- 2 cups spinach leaves, washed and dried, optional
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- 1/2 cucumber (about 1/2 cup), peeled and seeded
- 1 lemon, juiced
- Pinch freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon garlic
- 1 cup yogurt
- Pinch salt
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John Gillespie Magee, Junior (June 9, 1922 - December 11, 1941) was an Anglo-American aviator and poet who died as a result of a mid-air collision over Lincolnshire during World War II. He was serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force, which he joined before the United States officially entered the war. He is undoubtedly most famous for his poem High Flight
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What if you discovered you had magical fairy powers? Meet the girls of The Fairy Chronicles, otherwise normal girls like you with special gifts. Their extraordinary adventures will change the world! Become a part of the magic.
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December 7, 2012
"Michigan Lawmakers are Trying To Sneak Through Extreme Abortion Restrictions in Lame Duck Session," Tara Culp-Ressler, RH Reality Check: Michigan lawmakers on Thursday attempted to revive an omnibus antiabortion bill (SB 612, SB 613, SB 614) that sparked an outcry after it passed the House this summer, Culp-Ressler writes. The legislation would "[r]egulate abortion clinics out of existence," restrict telemedicine abortion, impose guidelines on the disposal of fetal remains, prevent private insurers from offering abortion coverage and allow doctors to refuse to provide abortion services for personal reasons, she writes. She notes that "Thursday's push doesn't represent the only step that Michigan lawmakers have taken ... to push through anti-choice legislation," adding that lawmakers recently considered bills (HB 5684, HB 5685) that would establish a tax credit for fetuses past 12 weeks' gestation, "a dangerous step toward endowing fetuses with the same rights as U.S. citizens" (Culp-Ressler, RH Reality Check, 12/6).
What others are saying about attacks on reproductive rights in Michigan:
~ "Michigan Capitol LOCKDOWN! In the Last Days of Legislative Session, Michigan Politicians Take Extreme Measures to Attack Women's Heath," Elissa Berger, American Civil Liberties Union's "Blog of Rights."
~ "Misleading Poll Used To Support Michigan Super Bill," Robin Marty, RH Reality Check.
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Prior to joining Stoel Rives, Kris was vice president, Landata, Inc. of Idaho (1992); general manager, Henry's Fork Lodge (1991); associate director, Stanford Sierra Camp (1985-1988); and software engineer, Candela Electronics (1984-1985).
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When it was released in 2004 the Nerf Hyperfire was THE dart blaster of choice, soon becoming the official weapon of the Nerf Dart Tag League, the annual dart tag event sponsored by Nerf. While it was eventually replaced in 2009 by the Furyfire, the Hyperfire still remains a well regarded Nerf Blaster. Users refer to it as the AK-47 of Nerf blasters and one of the best blasters ever produced by Nerf. For availability and prices click the "Click Here For More Info" button.
Nerf Hyperfire Review
The Hyperfire is available either as a single blaster or in two player sets. Both come with protective Vision Gear glasses and 10 Tagger micro darts with scoring vests available separately.
The Nerf Hyperfire is an awesomely formidable looking revolver, and the blaster backs up its looks with a firing range of between thirty and thirty five feet. The Hyperfire fires off two darts every second and can hold ten darts at a time using a direct plunger system. Unlike some of the Nerf guns of this size and capacity the Hyperfire is very accurate.
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While the product comes with Tagger micro darts, improved performance has been noted by using Whistler darts in the blaster—this minimizes a tendency that some of the Hyperfires have of the darts popping out of the barrel. The Nerf Hyperfire is very reliable and jams rarely.
Nerf Hyperfire Mods
For even more Nerf warfare power, the Strikefire blaster can be mounted on top of the Hyperfire. The size of the tactical rail makes mounting some tactical rail accessories problematic, a relatively minor consideration given the overall performance of blaster.
Hyperfire Reloading
Another great feature of this toy gun for boys is the ability to reload even when the weapon is already cocked; this allows for better on the run reloads unlike some Nerf models which require gaining a break in the action and a safe spot to reload properly.
Nerf Hyperfire for Older Players
The gun is manual, and cocking can present problems with younger players (even using it two handed), but the rotating barrel auto advance is a great feature. Users do have to cock the weapon each time, but the cocking action is straightforward and easy for older players.
Modders have reported being able to get an additional ten feet of flying distance out of the gun and its darts by "removing the tabs that go inside the darts in the barrel". Your mileage, however, may vary.


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By: Laurence Chandy and Homi Kharas
The World Bank has just issued its latest estimates of global poverty. In 2008, 1.29 billion people lived on less than $1.25 a day (the bank's global poverty line) while 2.47 billion people lived on less than $2 a day. Poverty is falling across all regions. While expressing caution given the lack of comprehensive data, the World Bank indicated that it has enough information to declare that the first Millennium Development Goal of halving global poverty was met in 2010.
The World Bank's numbers for country and global poverty matter. They can affect the allocation of aid dollars. They frame the scale of the poverty challenge confronting each country and more broadly the global development community. They define areas of focus: Africa, fragile states and lagging regions in middle-income countries. And they are used to justify funding expansions of the concessional windows of the multilateral banks and capital increases for these aid agencies. Given all this, it is surprising that the empirical basis for country and global poverty numbers is rather weak. Taking the bank's figures at face value also implies that we have to believe the following:
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Hi Catherine - thanks for the welcome, look forward to connecting with you.
Your work is exquisite and beautifully rendered.
Hi Catherine, You have some remarkable pieces of jewellery, which medium are you working in silver or mixed metals.
I am just getting back into my work having had nearly three years of very little due to circumstances, but I feeling a lot more settled here with my son in Queensland. I have quite a lot of ideas running through my head which I now want make into reality.
Thanks Catherine! Its good to see you here!
Thanks for checking out the book. Hope you get to see a copy in the flesh.
Thank you so much! I'm thrilled to be a featured artist this week.
Great we will look forward to seeing your work end of summer.
Best, Glen & Marie
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Thanks, Glen & Marie
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For the next 13 months we'll discuss the trials, triumphs, and tribulations of exhibiting in art shows as emerging artists and established artists. Exhibition coverage will be balanced with tips on how to strategically build a legacy over a length of time, in a way that makes sense to your individual goals as an artist and maker.
Join us each month! There will be surprises around every corner, with photos, videos, SNAG conference coverage, and occasional interviews by rising artists!
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New EOR technology to be used west of Shetland
BP has announced it is introducing new technology which will significantly boost the amount of oil it can extract. It will be used for the first time offshore in the £4.5bn Clair Ridge development west of Shetland. Reported the BBC news website
If left to its own devices an oil well will deliver only about 10% of the crude it contains. By then its pressure is exhausted.
However, the new technique means the energy firm will bring in an extra 42 million barrels from Clair Ridge alone.
The established industry technique of waterflooding brings more oil to the surface. Sea water is pumped into the oil-bearing rocks deep below the seabed.
But even then almost two thirds of the crude will remain beneath the waves.
BP's new technique – called LoSal EOR and announced here at the British Science Festival in Aberdeen – promises to increase both the life and yield of oilfields worldwide. Full article can be seen here
There are major environmental and technical challenges facing operations in west of Shetland .. Deeper water and extreme weather conditions significantly increase the amount of risk associated with offshore operations and this is no different for operations west of Shetland, many operations here are high risk – high reward. This extreme environment means operators face greater technical challenges than anywhere else offshore UK.
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MSNBC.com, Reuters.com & Yahoo.com Post MDL Technology's Press Release: Accounting Wizards Reviews MDL Technology, LLC's IT Services
Posted By: T.J. Bloom, COO of MDL Technology
MSNBC.com, Reuters.com & Yahoo.com recently posted MDL Technology's Press Release: Accounting Wizards Reviews MDL Technology, LLC's IT Services.
KANSAS CITY, MO — Accounting Wizards, an Accounting firm in Kansas City that specializes in providing outsourced accounting and bookkeeping services, recently endorsed its IT company, MDL Technology, LLC (www.accountingwizards.com).
Kim Gustin, office manager at Accounting Wizards, said that their company performs complete accounting functions including payroll, accounts payable, and accounts receivable and needed a reliable IT company. "MDL Technology, LLC hosts all of our files on their servers and performs our in-house computer maintenance. They are an excellent organization to work with and we refer them all of the time to our clients or anyone seeking outstanding IT support."
Gustin added, "Accounting Wizards has an excellent staff with a broad understanding of how to tailor the accounting system to meet the specific needs of our clients. While a lot of accounting firms focus on issuing financial statements, we consider them a byproduct of what we do. We provide a service that allows business owners to focus on sales and profits without the worries of whether their accounting records are accurate."
Accounting Wizards has a wide variety of clients that we perform services for, including several in various types of the construction industry, which is a very unique type of accounting that we understand very well. We also work with clients in other industries including advertising and marketing, construction subcontractor, general contractor, home builder, home repairs & remodeling, orthodontist, retail sales, truck dealer, non-profit foundation, airplane parts manufacturing, private airport, import and distribution (www.accountingwizards.com).
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Oedaleops campi (Langston 1965) Asselian, Earliest Permian ~295 mya, ~7 cm skull length, was derived from a sister to Romeria? primus and was a sister to Eothyris and Casea in a clade that also included Milleretta RC70.
Distinct from Romeria? primus, the skull of Oedaleops had a flatter shape with a larger naris and a descending jugal, as in Concordia. The pineal opening was relatively very large. The maxilla was deeper. A large lateral temporal fenestra embayed the jugal and squamosal. The teeth were elongated, as in Concordia and Cephalerpeton.
Caseasauria and the Millerettids, an unnamed clade distinct from the Diadectidae.
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Subaru Legacy 2000cc Turbo - Group A, British Rally Champion, 1991/92
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Colin McRae was Britain's most successful rally driver, winning the World Championship in 1995 and taking victory in 25 World Championship events. Colin's flamboyant, sideways driving style, whether on the snows of Sweden, the rocky unforgiving roads of the Acropolis or on the ultimate challenge through the Sahara on the Dakar, endeared him to fans and rivals around the world.
Colin McRae Motorsport Ltd & Corgi have teamed up to produce a collection of 1:43 scale die-cast replica models as a lasting memorial to Colin McRae MBE. The full collection of 14 models will be released between 2009 and the end of 2011.
McRae and Ringer's first season as works Subaru drivers, 1991, produced a British Rally Championship victory for the Legacy but 1992 was a transitional year. The pair repeated their triumph on the British Championship, winning all 6 events, but also contested 6 World Rally Championship events, most notably finishing 2nd in Sweden.
In the car modelled here, McRae and Ringer led the opening Welsh loop of their home event, the RAC. However, the need to take avoiding action during a road section, after encountering a Range Rover coming towards them on their side of the road, led to damage that ultimately saw the pair slip to a disappointing 6th place. In 1992 long time RAC Rally Sponsors Lombard put up a prize of £100,000 for any British driver who could win the event outright and for a while it looked as if McRae might be able to claim that prize…
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tape delayed coverage *****, but it is on tonight at 10. BTW, ESPN owns B.A.S.S. so I doubt it is moving to FOX.
ESPN gets a big fat "F" for their broadcasting of this years Classic. All ESPN (Direct TV ch 209) showed was coverage from the previous day. VERY little actual up to date footage. Alot of good their 13 camera boats and helicopter did we when 90% of what I saw was old news. Next year give to FOX....they know what "live coverage" means.
An angry viewer.
tape delayed coverage *****, but it is on tonight at 10. BTW, ESPN owns B.A.S.S. so I doubt it is moving to FOX.
Pitiful & pathetic!!!!!! What makes it worse is they show they same old stuff they had already shown in a previous airing and then just throw in a couple new clips, the rest is a replay. I don't want to watch an entire episode over and over with them adding only a clip here and there to find out what is going on at the classic.
ESPN signed Nascar this year and BASS went on the back burner. I would not be surprised to see BASS sold in the next 2 years.
The one thing that made me think what the....? Was the coverage of Hurricane Katrina again. I know i have read and seen that clip of Hackney before lets move on!!!
Not only was the coverage on tv bad but I could hardly find anything on the net about it either. Thanks to bassfan I was at least able to find out some info.
A couple of years ago on the Ohio I thought it was overkill big time but this year it was almost nonexistant. I wish they would get thier crap together.
I thought the online coverage was pretty good. You could watch it live on Bassmaster.com.
I was really dissapointed to see them re-hash segments they filmed over a year ago, and then replay the same 3-4 minute clips each day about the weather conditions and Icanelli. My background before boats was in Television production with the local stations in Cincinnati, and you don't replay segments like that more than once, it's a big no-no. It tells me that ESPN is cutting budgets big time and trying not to produce anything original.
I think ESPN bought BASS so they could control how big they got. I say they are going to do the samething with Nascar. Although Nascar may be to big for them to downsize. They didn't have a clip off the Jr. Championship, Casting Kids and just a little of the WBT. all they could show was the G man running past Howell. The web coverage was terrible too.
The coverage sucked. ESPN dropped the ball this year. I don't understand how they can not show at least the weigh ins live of a world championship. This is not just another tournament. ESPN sucked, our paper gave it 1 paragraph, and our news station gave it no mention. Anyone who doesn't like fishing ***** too.
Ok guys think about it. You can't expect coverage on the water to be live. First it would be hard to put ALL the equipment in a bass boat... Thus clips and pieces. Wait until the show airs and it will look more like what you are used to seeing. Don't get me wrong I think espn is not looking out for what is best for BASS but something like that would be impossible to cover live from boat to boat. Hey just remember how the FLW covered the Forrest Wood Open.......uh NO coverage


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Security and safety of staff
Statement by Ms. Marlene Sequeira, President, to the Sixth Session of the High-Level Committee on Management
The Coordinating Committee for International Staff Unions and Associations of the United Nations System wishes to pursue the dialogue with the HLCM. Some items of the agenda before us are considered crucial by our membership; some are of the utmost importance for both federations and will be dealt with either by CCISUA or by FICSA, since we both share the same views on the issues.
Security and safety of staff
After the tragedy suffered by the Organization in Baghdad and the loss of our colleagues, many questions remain unanswered. CCISUA and FICSA met, in Geneva, with the Assistant Secretary-General and United Nations Security Coordinator, Mr. Tun Myat. After answering some of our concerns, he informed us that a status of security review of all UN facilities was planned. We wish to know where we stand on this issue.
I was also invited to a meeting organized in Geneva by a Panel on Iraq
headed by Mr. Ahtissari. I heard several colleagues pointing to the
weaknesses of the security system in Baghdad and I wish to ask why the
following elements were absent:
(a) Evacuation plan;
(b) Video cameras surveillance
(c) Metal detectors;
(d) Coordination between international
security staff and administration;
(e) Secured layout of offices;
(f) Security of local staff.
Why was not the international security staff involved in the recruitment of local security personnel?
There follow a few suggestions brought to our attention by staff members who have experience in mission assignments:
United Nations, Room S-0525, New York, NY 10017, USA . Tel. 1(212) 963.3796, 1(212) 963.7076, Fax 1(212)963.3367
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41(22) 917-3400, Fax 41(22) 917-0070
(a) Secured transport to and from
the hotels;
(b) To send staff experienced
in after war context;
(c) Scout a mission duty station
by staff specialized in evacuation plans, first aid and fire, before
sending staff;
(d) Insist on the technical aspect
of the mission by sending specialists to put in place a security concept;
(e) Lastly, send the staff.
Not the other way around, as was the case for Baghdad.
Human Resource Development: measures to improve system-wide mobility
Inter-agency mobility
CCISUA has repeatedly stated that a system-wide mobility must take into account a balanced mobility between organizations of the system. There appears to be more mobility from specialized agencies towards the United Nations than the other way around. Could we have some figures for all grades in the professional category?
Mobility of staff is perceived as a sanction when it is presented as a must for a promotion. What measures do you intend to take to enhance the perception of mobility for all staff including general service staff?
CCISUA is extremely interested in the mobility of general service staff. There does not seem to be any proposal on that issue. In duty stations where several agencies have headquarters and/or offices, the question of inter-agency mobility of GS staff must be considered. It is in the interest of the Organization and its staff to offer training and careers to facilitate a greater movement and a greater versatility of the support staff. The present situation one GS force attached to one organization, with no possibility of transfer to another organization, unless the GS separates is detrimental to all. The working conditions are worsening: lack of job security; lack of the necessary feeling of belonging to a wider system, with the negative effect of narrowing the scope of the United Nations vision; building frustrations; work-related illnesses; and so on. Improving systemwide mobility for the General Service staff is highly pertinent in todays world. CCISUA wishes to underline the need for HLCM to undertake a study of the issue.
Recognition of domestic partnerships
CCISUA will support FICSA position on the issue of recognition of domestic partnerships.
Spouse employment
CCISUA is very much in favour of an urgent Secretariat-wide action on dual careers/spouse employment. Research indicates that spouse/dual career issues are the biggest barrier to mobility. This applies, in particular, to inter-agency mobility. Is there any specific proposal from management on spouse employment? Work permits probably also need comprehensive, in addition to bilateral, approach (for example, Austria does not issue work permits for UN spouses). Due consideration should be given to re-negotiation of host agreements. What is the frequency of re-negotiation of these host agreements over, for example, the last ten years? Have any clear alternative strategies be considered? For example, in ICTY, the host agreement has been renegotiated two years ago and full work permits have been obtained for all spouses and work permits of up to 10 hours per week for dependants over the age of 18.
A staff survey was sent to various agencies located in Bangkok. I believe that a summary of the findings has been given by UNDP to Ms. Bertini. I have also a few copies with me should you be interested to consider the results of that exercise.
Thank you.


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Security officials in Karachi say that at least six people have been killed and 16 others injured as police continue an operation against criminal elements in the Lyari area of the Pakistani port city.
The chief of a police station was killed and three other police officials injured when unidentified gunmen hurled hand grenades and opened fire on them, police said.
Chaudhry Aslam Khan, the senior superintendent of police who is supervising the operation, said that his colleagues had been attacked by people wielding hand grenades and a rocket launcher.
The police had made several arrests, he said.
Footage broadcast by local media showed police officers firing at unseen attackers.
Local media reported that several civilians were among those who had been killed in the violence overnight on Saturday into Sunday.
The Dawn newspaper identified the police station chief who was killed as being Fawwad Khan, and reported that five civilians had been shot dead near Cheel Chowk and Gabol Park, both in Lyari.
Law enforcement agencies began an operation against criminal elements in the area on Friday, but have met with strong resistance.
Six people were killed when the operation began and shops and other businesses in the area have been forced to close.
PPP stronghold
The operation is being carried out by the Karachi police's Crime Investigation Department in conjunction with the Frontier Constabulary and an elite unit of the police.
Lyari is a longtime political stronghold of the ruling Pakistan People's Party, which has consistently won national and provincial assembly seats from the constituency.
The latest violence, however, has caused some local leaders of the political party, and its associate the People's Amn [Peace] Committee, to threaten to defect from the party.
A city of more than 18 million, Karachi has a long history of violence, with political, ethnic, sectarian and criminal disputes often causing the city to erupt into a maelstrom of battles between locally influential gangs in various neighbourhoods.
According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HCRP), more than 300 people have been killed this year alone in politically-related violence.
Last year, the HRCP reported that more than 1,400 people in total had been killed in the city.
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07/25/2007, Honolulu
OK, let me make this clear; Rancho Deluxe won our division or said another way, we were 1st in class and 8th in the overall fleet!
I will get some pictures up asap, but right now it's fun to play on the beach and get 10 hours of sleep per night.
I would like to thank all of you who posted comments and or sent e-mails. It has really kept this thing alive for the crew.
07/24/2007, Honolulu!!!
We had a great day racing yesterday!
We sailed all day then entered the Molokai Chanel at 11:00pm for a wild ride to the Diamond Head finish. Radio contact is made at 100 miles, 25 miles and 3 miles to go. We listened all night to hear about Tower but they had not reported in yet so we were optimistic.
Had a fun ride through the channel and then made the turn to the finish line, some of the more exciting sailing of the trip as we had 3 gybes with winds in excess of 25 knots.
We fininshed around 3:30 am and were met at the dock by Betty, Laura, JJ, Max, Ava, Eileen and Louise Diepenbrock...the last 2 being a complete surprise!
Once we cleared the technical and safety inspections we were given lei's and mai tais, kisses and more mai tais!
Oh yeah, we won our class.
More later,
John looks very happy!
Love, Laura
Congratulations all around!! Nice work and what an accomplishment! I am sure you are all exhausted. Welcome back to dry land from all of us who have been tracking you. I will look forward to all of the details when you return to the mainland. Wow. Great job!
Again, Congrats and glad everyone is safe.
Oh...BTW...the next round of Mai Tai's are on me!
the Perras
Congrats to you and the rest of the team. I have been reading your emails.....exciting stuff!
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NEW BEDFORD — SouthCoast voters wondering about candidates' records on the environment this election season need look no further than a report from the Boston-based Better Future Project released this week.
Titled "Politicians and Their Professors," the report compares the environmental stances of Massachusetts politicians running for federal office with what professors at their alma maters say about climate change.
"We've been working on climate change issues for quite a while and have noticed that in certain political circles it is popular to disregard what the experts say about climate change being a problem that humans caused," Better Future Project's Executive Director Craig Altemose said. "If they disregard academia as a whole, what about the professors at the universities they attended?
"They thought those institutions were worth entrusting four years of their lives and tens of thousands of dollars to, so we thought it could be persuasive."
The report looked at 203 professors who have published in peer-reviewed journals. The candidates' views were then compared to those of the professors from their respective universities.
Of those professors, only one, who taught at Mitt Romney's alma mater of Brigham Young University, did not agree that climate change is real and that humans are responsible.
Altemose said that this did not get Romney — who "seems to change his position about climate change" — "off the hook," however, because there were other professors at BYU who do believe in global warming.
"We are looking at a 96.7 percent consensus among his professors," Altemose said of Romney. "If he is just going to pick and choose the advice of a single expert, to me that doesn't speak well of his decision-making abilities."
The report does not rate politicians against each other, but Altemose said John Kerry was an example of a politician who was following the teachings of his alma maters of Yale University and Boston College.
Kerry "supports the established findings of the academics at both universities he attended as well as the consensus established by the broader scientific community," the report finds.
Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, Barney Frank and Barack Obama received similarly positive reviews from the Better Future Project.
Frank and Bill Keating have both have not expressed outright agreement with the "consensus" that humans are responsible for climate change, according to the report.
Congressional candidate Joseph Kennedy III "has not expressed his views on climate change thus far."
The report found that Senate candidate Scott Brown's statements have "both supported and not supported" findings of academics at his alma maters. It also found that 4th District congressional candidate Sean Bielat has supported green technologies but "does not take a specific view" on climate change and "says there's a potential for both sides."
Altemose said the Better Future Project did not consider whether the politicians had taken any science classes during their time at school, nor did it consider whether they had taken classes with the particular professors in question.
"The idea is that these are institutions that they obviously trust and that they are associated with," Altemose said. "If you really want to disregard what they say completely, perhaps you should return your degree."


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- Place of origin:
Spitalfields, England (probably, woven)
Great Britain, UK (made) - Date:
1733-1734 (woven)
1735-1740 (made) - Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Brocaded silk, hand-sewn with spun silk and spun threads, lined with linen, brown paper lining for cuffs, brass, canvas and pleated silk
- Credit Line:
Given by Gladys Windsor Fry
- Museum number:
- Gallery location:
In Storage
The draped skirts of this magnificent 1730s mantua cleverly conceal its complex construction. One of the mantua's characteristics was a long train, which was sewn as a flat piece of silk and arranged with each wearing. The train was folded up, then folded in and draped over a loop of thread on either side of the waist. In order that the finished side of the silk always show when the mantua was worn, the train was constructed with panels of the right and wrong sides of the fabric sewn together. Pinning up and draping a train successfully was an art and required the help of maids to achieve the perfect effect.
The mantua was worn over a matching petticoat and the resulting ensemble constituted formal daywear in the 1730s. Also typical for this period is the silk, intricately brocaded in a flowing pattern of large, realistically rendered flowers and leaves.


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RBI may cut rates in coming months: Chanda Kochhar
"With inflation easing, I think that we would see policy rate cuts in the coming months," ICICI Bank MD and CEO said in an interview here.
The head of India's largest private sector bank, who is here in this Swiss Alpine resort town for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, said that the central bank has already in its last policy statement, indicated monetary policy easing in the fourth quarter of the current fiscal.
"The RBI has also been taking steps to ensure that liquidity is made available in the system. Wholesale term deposit costs for banks have also eased in the last few
months," Kochhar said.
She, however, added that the demand deposits have been under pressure for the system.
"While we would expect lending rates to come down as policy rates are eased, the extent of rate reductions by banks will also depend on the level and composition of deposit growth, the funding costs of banks and the demand for credit in the system," Kochhar said.
RBI in the mid-quarter monetary policy review last month, had kept key interest rates unchanged but had said that it is closely monitoring the evolving growth-inflation dynamics and it is likely to ease monetary policy in the January-March quarter.
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