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turn them upside down and switch the colours around on halloween and you might not have many people wanting to sit on your sofa! :PReplyDeleteReplies
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A host of women, united in the battle against breast cancer, applauded as Pardee Hospital was presented a check for more than $134,100 for "battle provisions" in a fight that's making a difference.
"We not only met, but we exceeded our goal of (raising) $100,000 this year," said Donnalee Wermeister, a member of Pardee Hospital Foundation's Women Helping Women board, inside a Kenmure Country Club dining room Friday afternoon.
The foundation has raised more than $1.6 million since 1998 to purchase vital medical equipment for cancer detection, care and prevention and help uninsured patients receive life-saving health care, mammograms and other screenings at the hospital.
A group of women concerned about rising breast cancer statistics formed the Women Helping Women coalition, which has helped nearly 1,000 Pardee patients receive life-saving care.
The women draw inspiration from the survival stories of other strong, determined women. Dana Carpenter, a colon cancer survivor, and Jean Faulkner, a survivor of breast cancer, were honored as "Women of Hope" at Friday's luncheon.
"The Women of Hope honor was created in 1998 to recognize women in our community who, during their personal health struggles, have inspired others with their bravery, perseverance and hope," said Amy Dillon, 2012 Women Helping Women co-chair.
Thirty-four Woman of Hope portraits decorate the walls of the Elizabeth Riley Breast Center inside the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Pardee Hospital. Portraits of Carpenter and Faulkner will soon add to the center's collection.
Carpenter, originally from Miami, was working as a financial planner in Boston in 1989 when she was diagnosed with colon cancer.
"She didn't miss a day of work during a year of chemo treatments and made a full recovery," Dillon said. "Twenty-two years later, during a trip to Disney World with her family, she started feeling winded and fatigued. She did not tell anyone what she was feeling because she wanted her family to enjoy their vacation and not worry about her. After she returned home, she still did not feel well and knew that something was wrong."
Carpenter called her doctor and went to the Pardee Hospital emergency room. She nter needed a four-way by-pass and a heart valve.
"During her recovery, her chest incision burst and her sternum cracked from advanced osteoporosis," Dillon said. "She was rushed back to the hospital for more surgery. Her doctors gave her a 2 percent chance of recovery. Thankfully, she survived and today she is fully recovered."
Faulkner, born at Pardee Hospital, followed in her mother's footsteps working as an obstetrics nurse for 32 years.
"Three years ago she discovered a lump in her breast after experiencing pain while playing tennis. She didn't have any of the usual risk factors for cancer," Dillon said. Faulkner "was diagnosed with breast cancer on her grandson's 2-month birthday. She was afraid that she might not live to watch him grow up."
Today, Faulkner stands as a survivor.
"Her advice to others facing cancer is to let other people help you, don't try to do it yourself, stay positive and look on the bright side," Dillon said.
Guest inspirational speaker Susan Sparks, who spent 10 years working as a trial lawyer and moonlighting as a comedian before becoming a pastor, had a few words of advice and humor for the crowd.
She noted that going from a lawyer to a pastor was quite a jump.
"Those professors were not ready to teach theology to a comedian, bless their hearts," she said.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- ABC says it plans to air "Whodunnit?" a U.S. reality series in which 13 people compete for a $250,000 prize by solving a mystery this summer.
The nine-episode prime-time show is being produced by Anthony E. Zuiker, the creator of the "CSI" franchise.
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The state board on Thursday approved a budget request it will send to lawmakers and the governor that asks for education to represent one third of the total state budget.
Board Chairman Gery Chico says students shouldn't be shortchanged any more. Schools across the state have seen nearly $800 million in cuts since 2009.
Budget negotiations officially begin in February with Gov. Pat Quinn's budget address. Negotiations are expected to be tense because of the pending expiration in January 2015 of the state's temporary income tax increase from 3 to 5 percent.


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Mycoherbicides, which are developed from plant pathogenic fungi that infect specific host plants, have been proposed as a targeted means of preventing or reducing the cultivation of illicit drug crops. This study focused on mycoherbicides intended to target illicit plantings of cannabis, coca, and opium poppy. The committee was asked to examine questions about the efficacy of the mycoherbicides, their persistence in the environment, the feasibility of their large-scale manufacture and delivery, their potential for mutation, their potential to have detrimental effects on nontarget plants, animals, or humans, and the need for additional research and development. The committee concluded that the research done on these pathogens was not adequate to draw conclusions about the feasibility of developing them to control illicit drug crops.
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- Large-scale production of the proposed mycoherbicides appears to be possible, but rough estimates suggest that producing the amount of mycoherbicides required for global control efforts may not be feasible due to cost or technical limitations.
- It is likely that the mycoherbicide strains would persist at some level once introduced into the environment, but no data are available on whether they could persist indefinitely at densities that provide continuous control.
- There are insufficient data to draw conclusions about whether the proposed mycoherbicides would pose a risk to nontarget plants, other microorganisms, animals, or humans.
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The Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists (CHF) is excited to announce its Art Business Summit in Dallas-Fort Worth, an event that seeks to inspire visual artists to "Conquer the Changing Marketplace." This weekend-long business-development workshop will give professional working artists the chance to take a deep dive into the business side of their …
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The Twenty-Five Club of Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC held its annual fall fundraising luncheon at The Duquesne Club. How to Stay Young For Life raised funds for neonatology research and gave 170 attendees the chance to purchase unique gifts from Linda Bucci, Monogram It, Oakmont Candle Company, More Than Words, Myrna Davis Jewelry, and Fedora. Following lunch, Dr. Suzan Obagi, director of UPMC Cosmetic Surgery and Skin Health Center, presented guests with important tips on preserving their youth. Photography by Megan Wylie.Read More
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This is the epitome of the "Teen Complex" genre. Kuroneko is probably watching it right now.
My Jumbo Jet Flies Cheerfully.
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I totally hope it won't. Acana Familia could have been a great show, but it didn't invest enough into the plot.
I hope that with K, the same mistake won't be made. So far I like what I see and in later episodes they'll explain what's going on. It doesn't have to be all at once, but just enough to keep a plot going. They've already got the action part down. :D
I look forward to awesome things from this show!
Yeah, Arcana played it safe with the neutral ending and didn't go all the way with the "Best" ending or down one of the guys path to completion despite all the hinting.
I'm hoping that K doesn't play it safe and gives us a good showing.
I didn't finish Arcana. I might one day when I have the time.... >_>;
I lost interest after awhile. I don't want to lose interest in this one though and the English part I watched again just to make sure I caught all of what they said. xD
My new account is HakuokiAoi.
^ Yeah, I thought the English was funny. I don't want to lose interest in this one. I survived Arcana and Guilty Crown. I made it thru to the end of No. 6.
The visuals and music should hold me over to the end.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Yeah I didnt even think of that horrible anime until you said it! Thanks Chrome! lol
But now that you have, it does give a bit of an Arcana Family vibe... if nothing else, I will watch the show for the drool-worthy art and animation.
Poi is the new Desu!
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It will be fine. I watched episode 1 and I didn't hate it. Therefore it can't be another Arcana Familia.
Episode 2......................
Still got no idea what's going on - but I did enjoy the
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I LIED - maybe he's the "Colourless King" after all
I have read the manga - though only after having stumbled across the anime by accident. I was really in awe of the visual graphics of the anime, it's done beautifully, though some people dislike the camera angles, I love them. They give a supernatural or almost 3D effect to the anime.
The plot is not too obvious in the anime yet, though the great music (both from the anime and the first and third PV'S) and animation is more than enough to spur me on! (In fact, the raw episode was released just now)
The seiyuu's are amazing, if you didn't know, the cast is full of well established talented seiyuu's providing personality to their characters, especially to Shiro. HIS VOICE, lord, never heard anything like it, suits him perfectly. Endearing, playful, breathy - the seiyuu's really do a fantastic job. Can't forget about Daisuke Ono either......!
You'll get some of the plot better if you read articles from ANN or try reading the manga - s'got the same great amazing art (thanks AQUA scans!)
and a better insight into some of the characters.
Unlike Blast of Tempest or whatever its name is, the music in this series is much better and used to accent the scenes rather than as a constant backdrop. >.>
Just finished ep 2. Everything about this show is excellent!
Poi is the new Desu!
Episode 2
Ha, Isana Yashiro is a troll. This episode confirms it. I agree with the music although I also liked Tempest's soundtrack as well. But anyways, this episode was entertaining especially with Neko.
Funny episode is funny especially with that long chase scene.
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I just like how Neko runs around naked an no one pays much attention to her. lol
Also, I liked Blasts music too, but it doesnt stop and in the first episode it was far too loud.
Poi is the new Desu!
Well, I really enjoyed this episode the two leads have grown on me.
I don't really like Neko, the fanservice is too overly indulgent.
Neko is only visible to certain people like that main character white haired kid and that samurai dude, i guess that is the reason other people do not mind her nakedness XD... and wow Neko's power is genjutsu (illusion) talk about Sharingan power from Naruto there XD
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That Neko girl is a HUGE fanservice for male guys because she gives NOTHING to the story. She's useless and dumb.
I like the animation but I still don't know if I like the anime as a whole. I need to know the characters better and story because I have no idea what's going on!
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That Neko girl is a HUGE fanservice for male guys because she gives NOTHING to the story. She's useless and dumb.
I like the animation but I still don't know if I like the anime as a whole. I need to know the characters better and story because I have no idea what's going on!
Considering this is an original story on it's second episode, I can't see how you came to that conclusion.
Poi is the new Desu!
Just finished episode 2. Considering dropping it, the next few episodes will decide whether or not.
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After three days of unprecedented meetings between the US and leaders from nearly 50 African countries, the US Africa Leaders Summit ended Wednesday. In addition to public and private commitments of up to $33 billion for trade and investment, the United States called on leaders of the African continent to make a considerable investment in advancing the status of women and girls.
Before the summit kicked off, First Lady Michelle Obama addressed the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, part of the President's Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). There, she emphasized the need to address the status of women and girls across the African continent and commit to making girls' education a priority. "We all know that the problem here isn't only about resources, it's also about attitudes and beliefs. It's about whether fathers and mothers think their daughters are as worthy of an education as their sons. It's about whether societies cling to outdated laws and traditions that oppress and exclude women, or whether they view women as full citizens entitled to fundamental rights," she said.
Mrs. Obama acknowledged the advances made in decreasing maternal mortality, and increasing female legislative representation, but she explicitly condemned gender-based violence, including female genital mutilation (FGM), forced child marriage, human trafficking, rape, and domestic violence, calling the practices "serious human rights violations" not "legitimate cultural practices."
"These practices have no place in our shared future, because we all know that our future lies in our people - in their talent, their ambition, their drive," Mrs. Obama said. "And no country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens."
President Barack Obama echoed the same sentiment when he announced an infusion of $3.3 billion to support the first of four regional leadership centers being established across the continent to spur youth cultural and economic development. "If you're a strong man, you should not feel threatened by a strong woman," he told the group during a town hall. The leadership centers - which will launch first in Kenya in 2015, then expand to Ghana, Senegal, and South Africa - will provide leadership training and professional development opportunities to young Africans who aspire to leadership roles across the continent, most of whose population is under the age of 35 and predominantly female in many countries.
Wednesday, the last day of the official Summit, First Lady Michelle Obama and her predecessor, Laura Bush, turned the focus to the health needs of African women and girls. The two called on first ladies to maximize their role for the benefit of the continent's females. Former President George W. Bush also addressed women's health needs, announcing commitments of $2.2 million from drug maker GlaxoSmithKline and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation to expand the Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon health partnership program on the continent.
Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon is a joint effort founded by the Bush Institute in Dallas, along with PEPFAR, Susan G. Komen, and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). The program works to reduce the rate of breast cancer and cervical cancer, the top cancer killer of women in sub-Saharan Africa.
The White House called this week's summit the largest event any US President has held with African heads of state and government.
Media Resources: White House 8/5/14, 7/30/14; AllAfrica 7/29/14; Dallas Morning News 8/6/14
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Last week SpringSource released a first milestone for Spring Social, a Spring-based template for accessing social networking sites from within Java programs.
This first milestone includes templates for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Tripit. Rather than exposing generic, URL-based APIs, the Spring Social APIs are specifically designed for each social networking site and make integrating with those sites relatively straight forward. Each template is, in turn, built on top of Spring's RestTemplate, which is a generic template for accessing any REST-based web service.
To use Spring Social, developers:
- Manually set up a one-time developer account with the target social networking site.
- Programmatically request an OAuth token from the target social networking site for each new user.
- Instantiate the right Spring Source template (ie. TwitterTemplate), passing in their developer keys as well as the OAuth key for the current user.
- Call whatever method they like on the Spring Source template object, much like calling methods on a JdbcTemplate.
Once authorized, the application code required to manipulate a given social networking site is nearly trivial, as in the below example to get a user's LinkedIn connections:
LinkedInTemplate template = new LinkedInTemplate(developerApiKey, developerSecret, oauthAccessTokenValue, oauthAccessTokenSecret);
List <linkedinprofile> connections = template.getConnections();
Future milestones for Spring Social plan to include better documentation and more integrated management of OAuth services to store authorizations. At the moment, developers have to handle storing authorization keys somewhere and passing authorization keys to the Spring Social template. But the next Spring Social milestone will include code to make this process easier. SpringSource plans to base its ultimate OAuth solution on the code currently in Greenhouse.
Alternatives to Spring Social include using other, site-specific libraries. Twitter has the richest ecosystem of libraries like Twitter4J and others. Site-specific libraries for other sites are a little harder to come by, like the fork of Facebook's formerly official, now semi-abandoned Java API or RestFB.
Developers can also use OAuth helper libraries to do some heavy lifting and then just use the REST-like APIs of each service by directly manipulating URLs. Some popular OAuth libraries include Signpost, OAuth for Spring Security, Scribe, and others.
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What does this replace?
Daniele Dellafiore
For exampl, I am starting to develop an app that uses the new Salesforce REST API that allow OAuth2 authentication. What's a suggested approach? Try to implement a SalesforceTemplate like the ones in Spring Social using the low level API or maybe use OAuth for Spring?
Craig Walls
Keith Donald
A note about Greenhouse: while it does serve as a sample application, it is also hosted in production at greenhouse.springsource.org, and was used to power the recent SpringOne2gx conference in Chicago, IL, allowing members to follow the event in real-time from their mobile phones. I point this out because you'll find production quality application code you can use not only as a learning tool, but code you can look to take advantage of in your own applications.
Re: What does this replace?
Keith Donald
#1. Spring Security OAuth, a subproject of Spring Security lead by Ryan Heaton that supports both OAuth 1 and 2 comprehensively.
#2. Scribe, a OAuth 1.0 client library lead by Pablo Fernandez with a nice API.
For your specific case, I would consider using the OAuth 2 client support in the Spring Security OAuth project. It's first milestone release under the org.springframework.security umbrella is now available as well. Yes, I would recommend implementing a SalesforceOperations API similar to what you see in Spring Social for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and TripIt. This allows you to hide the OAuth and REST details, and gives callers a clean domain-oriented API to use.
I would also recommend reviewing the "Service Provider" framework currently implemented in the Greenhouse project that provides an extensible model for registering new providers and establishing connections with them. As both Craig and Tim mentioned, this framework is being factored out from Greenhouse into Spring Social in a subsequent milestone. It makes the process of integrating a new ServiceProvider such as Salesforce into your application something like this:
1. Create an API interface/implementation for the new ServiceProvider e.g. SalesforceOperations/SalesforceTemplate.
2. Create a implementation of the ServiceProvider<S> interface e.g. SalesforceServiceProvider<SalesforceOperations>
3. Register the ServiceProvider<S> implementation with the system.
Once registered, users of your application can then establish connections to the provider. Once a connection is established, the application can then the Provider's Operations interface to invoke the API on behalf of the user.
Re: What does this replace?
Craig Walls
However, a major focus of milestone 2 will be to bring the service provider framework in Greenhouse to Spring Social so that there is a more complete story of how OAuth details can be managed. To be a part of the Spring Social discussion, I invite you to visit the Spring Social forum at forum.springsource.org/forumdisplay.php?f=82. We want this project to be community-driven, so your input and involvement is greatly appreciated.
As the OAuth 2 is still quite new, there aren't many options available for working with OAuth 2. But I encourage you to check out Ryan Heaton's Spring Security for OAuth (static.springsource.org/spring-security/oauth/s...), as it has client support for OAuth 2 in its first milestone release. Also, be sure to visit the Spring Security for OAuth forum at forum.springsource.org/forumdisplay.php?f=79 for discussion on that topic.
Re: What does this replace?
Daniele Dellafiore
I added spring social and oauth to my project where just yesterday I started to integrate with the brand new REST OAuth2 API for Salesforce. I'll move this discussion on the forum so maybe I will emerge with a SalesforceTemplate implementation instead of a custom one.
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Sailfish (Istiophorus albicans) are the most prized sport fish in the world but very little is known about their behavior underwater. At 6 feet long, sailfish are the fastest swimming fish in the world. However, more than their speed, on this assignment we discovered that they are an exceptional predator and use their morphological design to catch their favorite prey, sardines. As they approach a school of fish they raise their sails to corral the bait ball, packing it tight. When their prey are confused and panicked they dive into the bait ball using their razor sharp bills to slice from side to side, wounding and isolating fish to prey on. Most amazing of all, they hunt as a group as do marine mammals, coordinating their efforts to collectively wear down the ball of sardines. They take turns driving the ball of sardines towards the surface and coraling them until the sardines are exhausted and finally succumb to the constant attacks.
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An emperor penguin releases bubbles as it flies through the water, preparing to exit the Ross Sea and feed its chick.
Sea Wolves of the Great Bear Sea
Rain wolves, off the coast of British Columbia, live on a diverse diet which can include up to eighty percent seafood. They are smaller than their wolf relatives of the timber forest and are recognized as a distinct eco-type. Unfortunately, as their habitat and food sources are threatened, they currently receive no protection.
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Leviathan of Icy Seas
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Lion of Emerald Seas
A steller sea lion glides through the emerald waters of British Columbia.
Ephermeral Palace
Drifting in the waters of the Antarctic Peninsula, this million year old colossal iceberg is a beautiful ice sculpture temporarily frozen in time. Antarctica holds ninety percent of the world's ice and seventy percent of its freshwater, so if even a small fraction of the ice sheet in Antarctica melts, the resulting sea level rise will completely remap the world, as we know it.
Unicorns of Polar Seas
Narwhals push deep under the ice to feed on polar cod. They come up to the surface in seal holes and rotten ice in order to catch a breath before resuming the feast.
Emperor penguins wait out a cold Antarctic night.
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Dance of the Aurora
The Yukon is home to some of the best Aurora Borealis viewing in the world. On a clear fall night, the sky opens up to provide a dancing show of color and gesture.
Makaha Waves
Cristina Mittermeier dives under the massive waves at Makaha Beach, Hawaii. The Hawaiians taught us to embrace the big waves rather than fear them. Mahalo.
Journey of the White Bear
Polar bears must adapt to changing sea ice conditions. They are great swimmers, yet without sea ice they cannot jump from floe to floe to hunt.
Polar Wanderer
Polar bear tracks melt in the snow as a fog bow hangs out over the floe edge on northern Baffin Island, Canada.
Solar Storm
Aurora Borealis dance over the Yukon and show their true colors during an intense solar storm.
Polar Winds
Polar bears box it out during a blizzard in the Canadian Arctic.
A mother polar bear and her two-year-old cub stranded on a small iceberg in Hudson Strait, Nunavut, Canada. "Progress must press on, but over the next ten years, what we do or fail to do to preserve the oceans' integrity and its ability to provide vital ecological services — like oxygen production, carbon sink, and, of course, food — may be the most important thing we do for ten thousand years." - Cristina Mittermeier
Sentinels of the Sea
Mother walruses protect their young as they migrate through arctic waters.
Fog Bow
A fog bow lights up the Arctic sky as the sun skims the horizon in the land of the midnight sun.
The Big Melt
As warming conditions continue in the Arctic, sea ice is melting earlier each year. As this ice melts it turns to dark blue or black. Colors other than white absorb up to 90% percent of the sun's energy, thus accelerating the melting process. This is called the albedo effect.
Path of the Unicorn
It took many years of trying but I was finally rewarded with one of the most beautiful sites I have ever seen as this group of male narwhals swam past me.
Narwhal Gathering
The narwhals are pushing under the ice to feed on cod. They come up in seal holes and rotten ice in order to catch a breath.
Polar Light
Two polar bears box on the sea ice as a storm looms in the background.


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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is braced for the "challenge" that awaits on Sunday when his side travel to Stoke City.
United are looking to bounce back from Monday's derby defeat to Manchester City, which cut their lead at the top to 12 points.
Despite the setback, the Red Devils are still expected to secure the Premier League title - but Ferguson is wary of the task ahead at the Britannia Stadium.
"It's always a difficult place to go to," he said. "Ask any manager or player, you know you have to perform to get a result there. You have to stand up to the mark because they do present a challenge.
"They are strong physically, their set-piece play is good, their long throw-ins are legendary and I don't think you can quieten that crowd, it is probably one of the noisiest in the league. That is what we will face on Sunday and we have to deal with it."
Stoke are struggling at the wrong end of the table, with the club three points above the drop zone, but Ferguson is confident Tony Pulis' men will stave off relegation.
"They are in a precarious situation because you don't pick up a lot of points down the bottom of that league," he said. "I think they'll get enough to get out. They have QPR next week and Norwich after that. That's a big opportunity for them to get the points they need."


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2012 Mercedes-Benz G550: New Car Review
Pros: Military chic styling stands out in a sea of SUV conformity; off-road chops to back up those mean looks; bank vault solidity ensures epic durability
Cons: Six-figure price; insatiable thirst for gasoline
With rugged military roots that span to the late 1970s and ongoing stints as official government transportation throughout the Third World, the Mercedes-Benz G550-also known as the Gelandewagen, or overland vehicle-is surrounded by far more lore and mystique than the average sport-utility vehicle. Maybe it's the signature boxy shape or the way celebrities have aligned themselves to the G-Wagen, but for whatever reason, this imposing five-door inspires a serious cult following.
G-Wagens can be found gallivanting across the boulevards of some of the most glamorous metropolitan cities worldwide, yet they're perhaps more at home on remote jungle trails or uncharted desert dunes. Built in Austria at a snail's pace and based on mechanically rudimentary underpinnings, Mercedes-Benz's G-Wagen is a highly profitable model for the German manufacturer; its steep MSRP is countered by the fact that it seems to have enjoyed its last major update at some point during the Pleistocene era.
Base price for a 2012 Mercedes-Benz G550 is $107,100.
Comfort & Utility
The Mercedes-Benz G550 is heavy on utility but light on comfort. This beefy truck is, at its core, a pugnacious beast of burden capable of surviving extreme environments. Yes, the cabin is outfitted with burl walnut trim and plush leather (which gets even fancier with the designo package), but its functional intentions are dressed up in bodywork that happens to be timelessly fashionable.
The upright interior seats five, and the G550's off-road abilities are highlighted by the massive grab rail on the dashboard's passenger's side and toggle switches that activate the full-time four-wheel-drive system's three differential locks. That purposefulness is somewhat offset by 10-way heated and ventilated seats.
With the split rear bench folded down, the G550's side-hinged rear door opens to reveal 79.5 cubic feet of storage. When it digs its claws into tarmac, the G550 is rated to tow up to 3,500 pounds; maximum total payload is up to 7,000 pounds.
Its flat body panels may lend it a modern air, but make no mistake: the G550 is old school through and through. Beneath that spare exterior lurk off-road-ready frame-on-body construction and solid front and rear axles.
That said, the usual government-mandated technology is present along with a few added niceties: electronic stability control, four-channel ABS with brake assist and electronic proportioning and the current-generation Mercedes COMAND head unit with Bluetooth, SiriusXM satellite radio and a hard-drive-based navigation system with real-time traffic and Zagat ratings. Also standard is a 610-watt Harman Kardon Logic7 audio system.
Performance & Fuel Economy
Powered by a 5.5-liter V8 producing 382 horsepower and 391 lb-ft of torque, the G550's performance limitations are primarily due to its 5,622-pound curb weight. But despite its tonnage, the G550 is capable of hitting 60 mph in six seconds flat. Top speed is electronically limited to 125 mph, and while the current model year does not offer an AMG spinoff of the G-Class, expect to see a G63 powered by a 544-hp twin-turbo V8 in the future, while non-U.S. markets will receive an even brawnier G65 model.
The G550's heft doesn't do it any favors with fuel economy: expect 12 mpg in the city and 15 mpg on the highway.
If might makes right, the G550 should fare well in any battle royal against lesser vehicles. This truck's ramrod-like proportions and dense construction should give it plenty of momentum in the event of a collision.
In terms of active safety, front and curtain driver and passenger airbags are augmented with side curtains that cover front and rear occupants, for a total of eight airbags. But expect a large part of the G550's imperturbability to come from its stout crumple zones and weighty construction, two traditional approaches for protecting passengers.
Driving Impressions
It's an intimidatingly tall climb into the G550's cabin, but familiar Mercedes-Benz elements abound inside, from the analog instrumentation to the COMAND system and A/C controls. The wood and leather steering wheel and hide-wrapped shifter add more reassuring features.
The G550 accelerates with imperious sure-footedness as it rolls down the road. It's no sports car, but the G550's torquey V8 and relatively short gearing enable it to move along at a brisk pace when summoned to do so.
Solid front and rear axles allow for generous body roll in turns, but the upside of that is outstanding off-road capability. The G550 can climb or descend at up to 80 percent inclines, and short overhangs which keep the undercarriage generally clear from scraping. Eight inches of ground clearance and another eight inches of suspension travel ensure the G550 can traverse all but the toughest off-road obstacles.
Other Cars to Consider
Range Rover HSE - The Serengeti-ready Land Rover Defender 110 was once spiritual kin to the Mercedes-Benz G-Class, but today this next-best competitor will have to do. Starting at around $80,000, the HSE can easily creep into the $100,000 range. While surprisingly capable as an off-roader, the Range Rover boasts a more luxurious interior and supple styling details.
BMW X6 M - More competitive with the G550 because of its devil-may-care styling than for any other reason, the $92,900 BMW X6 M offers far punchier performance and on-road bias thanks to a twin-turbo V8 that produces 555 hp.
Lexus LX570 - Big, bold, and luxuriously appointed, Lexus's $80,930 LX570 may just be unwieldy enough to compete with Mercedes-Benz in all-wheel-drive audaciousness. At the very least, this pricey Japanese truck deserves note for the way it has attracted an equally narrow but passionate buyer base.
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This is perhaps the least politically correct vehicle you can buy, but if it's what you want - or need - there are few alternatives for off-road capability teamed with in-your-face quirky styling. You might consider waiting, since a make-over is coming in August for the 2013 model year, but Mercedes has already promised changes will be "discreet."


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A few weeks ago, we asked you for ideas on interesting interview subjects. You had a lot of great ideas, and we started contacting people. We'll probably be working through that list for many months. We've decided to start with three interviews: Timothy Normand Miller from OGP, Michael Dexter at Linux Fund and the Arch Linux Team. We've created a "conversation" for each interview subject over at our conversations area. For the next few days, we're going to collect interview questions in the comments of those conversations.
Timothy Normand Miller from OGP
We'll pick the best ten or so, edit them into an email-based interview, and send them off. Both readers and OSNews editors will be participating in the question brainstorming session. I've seeded the conversations with a few questions of my own. Feel free to take an earlier poster's question and tweak it. If you have more ideas about interview subjects that weren't suggested in our previous story, please include them in the comments for this posting.
Timothy Normand Miller from OGP
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SciPy's optimization package is scipy.optimize. The most basic non-linear optimization functions are:
- optimize.fmin(func, x0), which finds the minimum of f(x) starting x with x0 (x can be a vector)
- optimize.fsolve(func, x0), which finds a solution to func(x) = 0 starting with x = x0 (x can be a vector)
- optimize.fminbound(func, x1, x2), which finds the minimum of a scalar function func(x) for the range [x1,x2] (x1,x2 must be a scalar and func(x) must return a scalar)
See the scipy.optimze documentation for details.
This is a quick demonstration of generating data from several Bessel functions and finding some local maxima using fminbound. This uses ipython with the -pylab switch.
1 from scipy import optimize, special
2 from numpy import *
3 from pylab import *
5 x = arange(0,10,0.01)
7 for k in arange(0.5,5.5):
8 y = special.jv(k,x)
9 plot(x,y)
10 f = lambda x: -special.jv(k,x)
11 x_max = optimize.fminbound(f,0,6)
12 plot([x_max], [special.jv(k,x_max)],'ro')
14 title('Different Bessel functions and their local maxima')
15 show()
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Lockheed Martin To Continue Delivering IT Services For UK's Leading Air Traffic Controller
Jan 07, 2013, 12:01 ET
ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NATS, the United Kingdom's (UK) leading air traffic control company, has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a seven-year contract extension to continue support of air traffic management systems based at Swanwick and Prestwick control centers. Under this new extension, Lockheed Martin will also support the NATS flight data processing system.
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Lockheed Martin's work with NATS encompasses a diverse array of services including systems architecture and engineering, software development, laboratory support and systems integration.
"Lockheed Martin plays an integral role at NATS," said Martin Rolfe, NATS managing director, operations. "Our controllers are looking after aircraft in some of the busiest and most complex airspace anywhere in the world, so they need systems they can rely on. Throughout the years, we have built a very close partnership with Lockheed Martin, and I am delighted to see this continue."
"We're proud to continue collaborating with and supporting NATS," said Sandy Samuel, vice president, Lockheed Martin Transportation Solutions. "Extending our agreement with NATS is a sign of our partnership's strength and a demonstration of Lockheed Martin's sustained commitment to air traffic management innovation."
With more than 50 years of experience, Lockheed Martin is a world leader in air traffic management. Today, Lockheed Martin-built systems manage more than 60 percent of the world's air traffic.
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I was contacted by UT grad student Laura Nettleton who is asking our charter for assistance on a project at school.
Laura is asking for digital photos and comments on those photos to "gain perspective on Texas fishing all around. My objective is to understand the lifestyle that comes with Texas fishing."
If you are interested and wish to participate, you can upload photos to Laura's Flickr group called "4 Texas Fishing". Members can upload photos/make comments. I think you have to become a member to Flickr first (it's free) and then join the group.
If you wish to contact Laura about her project, her email is firstname.lastname@example.com
This is not a GRTU sponsored activity. Members should use their own discretion about participation.
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The Art of Design: Picasso's Girl Before a Mirror
One of my favorite tricks for coming up with a design scheme is to use a work of art as a springboard for my creativity. At home I draw inspiration from my travels (I'm a total museum junkie!) and when working with clients I use a famous work of art that they love or, if I'm lucky, a piece from their own collection.
Fine artists are masters of space, light, balance, rhythm, color and pattern. Their work can be an excellent template for making decisions on anything from wall colors to end tables. Just stick to the map and the road should lead you straight to a beautifully designed space. It's almost impossible to go wrong when you've got a masterpiece for a cheat sheet!
For this Art of Design roundup I chose to work from Pablo Picasso's Girl Before a Mirror. I've seen this painting a thousand times at MoMa and I always wonder if Picasso actually had that fabulous harlequin wallpaper in his studio. I guess we'll never know. Regardless, this fun, funky and wildly colorful modern masterpiece was the perfect inspiration for my imaginary retro reading nook. Check it out...
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• Girl before a Mirror, Pablo Picasso
• Tulu Long Haired Rug (4'11" x 9'3") from ABC Carpet & Home, $1,499
• Flight Recliner in Dark Orange: Design Within Reach, $2,070; Stockholm side table in black: IKEA, $99.00; Green Stripe Pillow: Fivestripes, $100
• Trio floor lamp: CB2, $179.00
• Trinity Bright Gold Oval Wall Mirror: Bassett Mirror Company, $429.99; Paint color swatches from PANTONE; EXPEDIT shelving unit in black-brown: IKEA, $59.99
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If you think that Americans invented the Christmas tree, you would be wrong. That honor goes to the Germans, who began decorating their native trees way back in the 15th Century. Americans can, however, take pride in that we took the German tannenbaum to a new level. We put lights on them. We make them out of plastic. We make them spin, dance and even play music. Although tannenbaums are supposed to be green - it says so in the words of the song - we paint them blue, white, red, yellow and even pink, Pink! This is the story of our first city Christmas tree and its role in the history of Christmas in Georgia.
The Christmas tree first came into vogue in England during the reign of Queen Victoria through her relationship to Germany. On this side of the Atlantic, some ministers in the United States believed that the tree was an abomination and a pagan symbol.
The ladies of Macon sent out a request in December 1861 for contributions of gifts and money to have a tree decorated with tinsel, hand made paper decorations and gift cards. The promoters charged a small fee for entrance to the Christmas Eve party to help fund the relief of the beloved soldiers who were enduring their first Christmas away from home during the Civil War.
The first mention of a Christmas tree in the Dublin papers was the time when Capt. Rollin A. Stanley and Rev. T.W. Johnson, superintendents of the Baptist and Methodist Sunday schools, planned a Christmas party for the little children at the Troup House on South Jefferson Street on Christmas night in 1879. The children were entertained with music, food, and plenty of fireworks. Though the night was cold and the crowd too big for the hotel, everyone went home satisfied.
Edward H. Johnson, a Thomas Edison associate, is generally credited with creating the first electrically illuminated Christmas tree with eighty red, white and blue pecan size light bulbs at his home in New York during the 1882 Christmas season. San Diego, California holds the honor of having the first municipal Christmas tree. Further up the West Coast, Pasadena joined the list in 1909. New York's lighted tree was turned on in 1912.
The Christmas season of 1913 was a nightmare for the law-abiding citizens and merchants of Dublin. Firework shooters were out of control. Fire fighters along with cotton merchants, and especially their insurance agents, were horrified at the thought of a stray roman candle or rocket landing in a bale of cotton lying beside a wooden warehouse building.
An editorial writer described the commotion: "Life and property were in danger, so much that citizens feared to venture on the streets, and plate glass fronts were smashed on all sides. Persons were knocked down and injured by rockets, or had some idiot to burn their clothing with Roman candles, while cannon crackers that endangered windows and doors by the jar when they were exploded half a block off were fired without protest by the police or the city authorities. The police could do little because permission had been given to the 'funmakers' by someone in higher authority, and the result was that the rowdy and the roughnecks went as far as they pleased."
So, the city council decided to take action when the police force would not. A license tax of $1,000.00 was placed on dealers who sold skyrockets and large firecrackers. Merchants who sold other less explosive fireworks, such as Roman candles, sparklers and bomb sticks, paid the usual fee of $10.00. The ordinance seemed to work as no one paid the larger fee.
The mayor and council were serious. Fireworks ordinances were going to be strictly enforced. The council invited the people of the country to come into town, promising them that they would be free of fear and harm.
The ladies of the Women's Christian Temperance Union were serious as well. They knew that the miscreant behavior was due in part to the use of alcohol. In order to divert the attention of the party goers, the ladies planned a caroling from the library to the courthouse on Christmas Eve of 1914.
Leading the committee were minister's wives, Mrs. W.F. Mott, Mrs. T.W. Callaway and Mrs. Whitney Langston. By using children as carolers, the ladies felt sure that no scoundrel would dare shoot a firework in their direction. Once the children arrived at the courthouse, the public was invited inside for an extended program of Christmas music.
The plan worked. There was not a firework fiend in sight on that Holy night. "For the first time in several years, it was possible to walk through the business section without risking life and limb in the saturnalia of fireworks," a Courier Herald writer reported.
With the end of an old tradition, a new tradition began. A large cut tree was placed on the courthouse square. Electrician C.F. Ludwig strung a long string of colored electric lamps around the evergreen tree. On the tree top, Ludwig placed a large star outlined with electric lamps. Ludwig's donation of the material brought forth many favorable opinions.
It would be the first time that Dublin and Laurens County had a municipal Christmas tree. It would also be the first time that a city in Georgia had a lighted tree.
The merchants were also happy. After a few days of acceptable business due to bad weather, storekeepers were delighted that they had more business than they could handle. Most of the large crowd hung around and patronized the soda fountains and engaged in a lot of last-minute Christmas shopping. It was nearly 10 o'clock before the streets began to clear.
Another pleasant aspect of the day actually took place in the courthouse. Laurens County Ordinary W.A. Wood reported a state record of twenty marriage applications were issued on the day before Christmas.
The tradition of a Christmas tree lasted for many years under the direction of the city light and water commission with free help from the electricians and telephone linemen of the city. The large tree, loaded with lights and topped by a brilliant star array, illuminated the entire courthouse square and could be seen from blocks. From time to time it was resurrected, but never on the scale of the 1921 tree, which was reported to be as tall as the courthouse, or the very first time we lit the tannenbaum, ninety-five years ago this Christmas.
To learn more about the history of Laurens County go to my blog on the digital edition of the Courier Herald or to www.dublinlaurenscountygeorgia.blogspot.com.


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I learned a new word this Paris trip - Les Guirlandes
I had an "Ah ha!" moment.
CAKE!!!!! And Garlands. Nous sommes ici. And I like it....and origins...I can't wait . ;-)ReplyDelete
Love how you zero in on certain subjects and how they all flow through out Paris. I love Garlands with the flowers and bows. We see things, but do we REALLY SEE things. You got the three great P's here.. pastries, paintings, & Post. :))ReplyDelete
Yep. Just absolutely gorgeous. I can't wait to head over to Main Street for a look this week. We need this stuff. ;-)ReplyDelete
I don't know if you meant to do it, but the cup looks like it is in focus and the dish is a bit blurry in the background.
Your Etsy links are going to Blogger ????ReplyDelete
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I just KNEW it- blame it all on Louis XIV! He's been a troublemaker from day one. Seriously, I can't wait to hear just what it was that he did!
PS The rabbit is not upside down. Fold along the dotted lines and the rabbit turns right side up on the flap of the seed packet. Seriously.
It is always a treat for me to stop by and be reminded of my unforgetable
trip to Paris..Laduree.mmmmm..and the teapot..I adore it!
Carol!! Wonderful guirlandes!!! Great job on these!ReplyDelete


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What Movie Scenes Are Too Gross for You to Watch?
Yesterday I saw 127 Hours, a movie supposedly about James Franco cutting off his arm. I wouldn't know, though, since I couldn't watch a second of the amputation action. What things are too nasty for you to see on screen?
I wouldn't consider myself a squeamish viewer. Just a week before suffering the visual torture of the arm slicing scene in 127 Hours, I was giggling away at Jackass 3D when Steve-O was trapped in a flying Port-a-Potty full of piss and crap. The obviously disgusting scenario—compounded by the fact it made Steve-O and the rest of the crew vomit everywhere—wasn't at all unpleasant to watch. It was pretty awesome, in fact.
But there is something about blood and gore in movies that I just can't stand to watch. If there's a character that has suffered some sort of injury, is undergoing surgery, or has had his/her skin pierced in any way, I hide my eyes like a scared tween trying to get her boyfriend to hold her tighter. Stupid horror movie gore, like the scenes in Saw, don't do it though. It has to be an incident that could conceivably happen in real life to really set me on edge.
Because of that, 127 Hours was a bit of sweet torture for me. Franco plays reckless hiker Aron Ralston, who gets his arm crushed between a falling boulder and the side of a canyon. Director Danny Boyle's latest is an excellent film (and I hate to admit that Franco is great in it), but when the inevitable scene comes when Ralston slices off his arm in order to free himself, I looked away and started checking out the faces of the other viewers in the rather crowded theater. Many others, like myself, were turning away, too. But most of them watched, their faces reflecting the bloody glow of the screen. It wasn't too much for them to watch, apparently. But I suppose everyone has their weak spot.
In their quest to bring us the terror and sadness of the human condition, filmmakers (and to a lesser extent, television producers) barrage us with images that are too painful for people to bear. The funny thing is, they all hit people in different ways. So what's your weak spot? Is it bugs? Aliens? Rape? Dead children? Drug overdoses? Car crashes? Clowns? What's the grossest thing you've ever sat through? Has there ever been a movie so disgusting that you left the theater (like four people did during 127 Hours last night)? Let's have some group therapy in the comments.


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Council refuses two-year contract before settling on one-year extension.
The Augusta City Council had trouble resolving the issue of whether to extend the contract of the city manager Monday night.
After not one, but two 20-minute executive sessions to discuss Bill Keefer's annual review, the council returned to open session.
After attempting unsuccessfully to negotiate the city manager's contract in a public meeting, the governing body finally agreed to extend Bill Keefer's contract for one year including a two percent merit pay increase.
After the two private sessions during which a good deal of the communication rose to levels that could be heard through the adjoining walls separating the council from the staff and audience members who remained in attendance throughout the entire meeting, Councilor Matt Childers made a motion to extend Keefer's contract for employment for two years including the two percent merit pay increase. Mike Rawlings seconded the motion that failed 2-5 with Mike Martin, Matt Malone, Mike Huddleston, Sue Jones, and Mike Wallace voting against renewing the contract.
At that point, Wallace made a motion that attempted to amend the contract between Keefer and the city.
"I would make a motion that we approve a one-year contract with the deletion of the twelve-month severance pay clause," Wallace said. Malone seconded that motion.
Childers interjected and asked for legal counsel from City Attorney David All.
"I am concerned that if we follow through with this motion that we may be forced to pay the twelve-month severance since we are taking benefits out of the contract," Childers said.
The question was over a clause that protects the city manager from termination by paying his salary and medical insurance for a year should he be terminated or if his contract is not renewed. If Keefer chose to, he would be able to work as an "at will" employee. Keefer is the only city employee under contract.
"Perception is everything," Wallace said. "And this appears to be an attempt to get rid of someone. This is not about getting rid of Bill (Keefer), the exclusion of the severance pay is good for the taxpayers in this city."
The city manager made it clear that he was not willing to work in his current role without the protection of a contract and he did not think that negotiating his contract publicly was appropriate.
"This is my employment contract you are discussing and it should not be done in a public meeting," Keefer said. "You can dismiss me on a whim. There is an election coming up and if things change on the council you can vote to fire me at any time even if I am doing all I am asked. That clause is there to protect me."
Huddleston asked Keefer what protected the city's other employees that don't have contracts.
"We don't terminate people on a whim," Keefer said.
"Why would you think this council would do that?" Huddleston asked.
At that point, Wallace made a new motion with no attempt to modify the contract.
Wallace made a motion to extend Keefer's contract for one year "as written" including the two-percent merit pay increase. Rawlings seconded the motion.
Jones asked All to clarify what not renewing the contract – which expired Monday night at midnight - would mean.
"If you don't renew the contract and the city manager is willing to work without a contract, he could," All said. "If he wasn't willing to, you would allow the contract to expire and pay the severance."
At that point, Mayor Kristey Williams called for a vote on the motion to extend the contract. It passed 5-2 with Huddleston and Martin voting against renewing the contract.
As soon as the motion passed, the council adjourned the meeting.