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Brooklyn, NY — Building on the success of his previous books about Italian-American identity in the New World, George Guida has released his new fiction collection, The Pope Stories and Other Tales of Troubled Times (Bordighera Press, 2012).
The stories range from laugh-out-loud funny to touching to thought provoking. Says National Public Radio's Jean Feraca, host of "Here on Earth": "George Guida has guts. In The Pope Stories and Other Tales of Troubled Times, he sets about slaughtering the sacred cows of Italian-American culture beginning with the Papal Bull himself, and then, in descending order, the cult of the Infant of Prague, the Cana conference, the holy rites of matrimony, and, of course, the family marshaled by La Mama, all of it cast as comic/grotesque curiosities. These are thoroughly modern stories from a natural born satirist."
"The four Pope stories are a 'mini-novel' about the fictional Pattelli family and their unlikely encounter with an imaginary papacy," explains Guida, who teaches English at New York City College of Technology (City Tech). The book's opening lines, in the story, "Killing the Pope," bear out Feraca's comment. "How would my mother react if I accidentally killed the Pope?" muses protagonist Peter Pattelli.
The volume's other stories, "In Flight," "The Imbecile Professor," "Angel Boy" and "Rome" deal with a range of prickly subjects, from adultery to homeland security. The Pushcart Prize-nominated "Rome," set in the midst of the 1968 Columbia University student uprising, is an exploration of the conflicting emotions, thoughts and impulses of a police officer facing the violence and moral choices of his past and present.
According to Jeffrey Heiman and Adam Berlin, the editors of John Jay College's highly respected J Journal: New Writing on Justice, "With its complex questions about ethical action, George Guida's story 'Rome,' part of The Pope Stories, sets the tone for the inaugural issue of J Journal and, we hope, for many issues to come."
Professor Guida is aware that his witty satire may cause a stir. After pondering the inadvertent assassination of the Pope in "Killing the Pope," Pattelli becomes a celebrity, and thanks to his strong-willed mother, campaigns to become the new Pope in "Resurrecting the Pope." While debating the selection of his papal name, Peter enumerates real papal sins, from fatherhood to murder. Those who don't know this history or truly believe the Pope to be infallible will be shocked by the mini-exposé. "Courting the Pope" reveals the surprising outcome of the Pattelli family's engagement with the Vatican.
His new book expands on an earlier chapbook, says Professor Guida, currently president of the Italian American Studies Association. "I wrote "Killing the Pope" in 1998, but the death of John Paul II in 2005 gave me the impetus to think about the process of papal succession — all the ramifications of the Pope's presence and activism. The new book is about belief, but also the politics of the church and what the church means to different people, as experienced through the points of view of an Italian-American family."
Professor Guida has authored two books of poetry — Low Italian (Bordighera Press, 2007) and New York and Other Lovers (Smalls Books, 2008) — as well as the critical monograph The Peasant and the Pen: Men, Enterprise and the Recovery of Culture in Italian American Narrative (American University Studies Series: American Literature, Lang, 2003).
His writing appears in numerous journals and anthologies, including Hurricane Blues, Inkwell, The Paterson Literary Review, Poetry New York, The Columbia Journal of American Studies, The Journal of Popular Culture and Italian Americana. He is the poetry editor of 2 Bridges Review, City Tech's new literary magazine.
Known primarily as a poet and founder of the Intercollegiate Poetry Slam (now the College Poetry Slam) at Manhattan's Bowery Poetry Club, Professor Guida has performed his work at numerous venues including National Public Radio, Harvard University, the Genoa Poetry Festival, and the New York, Brooklyn and Queens Public Libraries.
Professor Guida also is a playwright. His "Pope Play" was workshopped in the City Tech Theatreworks program under the direction of Vittorio Capotorto, founder and artistic director of the theatre company Teatromania. It, too, is likely to make people laugh and ruffle feathers.
Recently, Professor Guida completed a poetry manuscript, Friars Club Conscience, and is at work on Carrying Place, a novel set in Brooklyn and in Upstate New York.
Visit Professor Guida's Web site at www.georgeguida.com.
Editor's Note: See below for excerpts from the new book.
In "Resurrecting the Pope," Peter Pattelli has a vision of the dead Pope:
My father wants to believe me. My mother does believe me, but doesn't want to. This is because I am a first-born Italian son, whose word is family gospel, even if he has no idea what he's talking about and no one really likes his opinions.
In "The New Pope," the pontiff discusses his plans for an upcoming world tour:
Our goal then must be absolute security and comfort. We must guard against the human frailty we'll be declaring epidemic. Travel by ship would be best of all: better meals, midnight strolls along the aft deck, a well-appointed martini bar. But this new public would never stand for the appearance of leisure in our evangelism. If we make ecumenical noises, we must reach the bar the Protestants have set. They bring the energy of terriers to their work. Alas, we shall fly. We may of course summon LoSpuntino, the pastry chef, to our side, though Caponuzzo, the saucier, claims he has commitments that preclude travel. His mint-laden lamb shanks are an incalculable loss. You and I and a small staff aboard the Vatican jet. Have we arranged for in-flight films? And what of the lavatory? Few enough are the pleasures of an airborne pontiff.
New York City College of Technology (City Tech) of The City University of New York (CUNY) is the largest public college of technology in New York State. Located at 300 Jay Street in Downtown Brooklyn, the College enrolls more than 16,000 students in 63 baccalaureate, associate and specialized certificate programs.


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2006 Top 100: Corporate Profiles 26-50
The top 100 food and beverage processing companies in the U.S. and Canada are profiled in this annual feature. Find company contact information, major brands, key executives and main product areas.
To read the main article on the Top 100 processors and how our list was compiled, see "The Top 100: It's been a tough year." Access processor profiles ranked 1-25 here. Access processor profiles 51-100 here.
26. Chiquita Brands International Inc.
250 E. Fifth St., Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: 513-784-8000; Fax: 513-784-8030; www.chiquita.com
Executives: Chmn. & CEO: Carl Lindner; Vice Chmn.: Keith Lindner; Pres., COO: Steven Warshaw; Pres. & COO, Chiquita Banana Group: Robert F. Kistinger; Pres., Diversified Foods Group: Anthony Battaglia; Pres. & COO, Chiquita Banana Group North American: Benjamin Paz; Pres. & COO, Chiquita Banana Group Europe: Peter A. Horekens; EVP, Fresh Sales & Marketing-North America: Fred B. Heptinstall
Brands: Chiquita Tropicals, Chiquita, Clover, Club Chef, Consul, Friday, Naked Foods, Naked Juice, Naked Sun Tea, Numar
Major Product Areas: Canned, frozen and preserved foods, beverages
27. Land O'Lakes Inc.
P.O. Box 64101, St. Paul, MN 55164
Phone: 612-481-2222; Fax: 612-481-2022; www.landolakes.com
Executives: Pres./CEO: Chris Policinski; SVP & CFO: Dan Knutson; EVP-Land O'Lakes Purina Feed: Fernando Palacios; EVP & COO-Dairy Foods Value-Added: Steve Dunphy; EVP & COO-Dairy Foods Industrial: Alan Pierson; VP-Seed: Dave Seehusen; VP-HR: Karen Grabow; VP & General Counsel: Peter Janzen; VP-Public Affairs: Jim Fife; VP-Strategy & Business Development: Barry Wolfish
Brands: Country Morning Blend, Land O'Lakes
Major Product Areas: Dairy
28. Weston Foods
255 Business Center Drive, Ste. 200, Horsham, PA 19044
Phone: 215-672-8010; Fax: 215-672-6988
Executives: President, Weston Foods Canada: Ralph A. Robinson; President, Weston Foods United States: Gary J. Prince; VP, Operations: Charles W. Loschmann; SVP, Finance: Bill Petersen
A division of George Weston Ltd.
Brands: Arnold, Country Harvest, D'Italiano, Entenmann's, Freihofer's, Neilson, Stroehmann, Thomas', Weston, Wonder
Major Product Areas: Bakery, dairy
29. Saputo Inc.
6869 Metropolitain Blvd. East, Saint-Leonard, Quebec, H1P 1X8
Phone: 514-328-6662; Fax: 514-328-3310; www.saputo.com
Executives: Chmn: Lino Saputo Sr.; Pres./CEO: Lino Saputo Jr.; EVP Finance & Admin.: Louis-Philippe Carriere; Pres./COO-USA Cheese Div.: Terry Brockman
Brands: Armstrong, Bari, Dragone, Frigo, Gardenia, Lorraine, Saputo, Stella, Treasure Cave
Major Product Areas: Dairy products (mostly cheese), bakery
30. Perdue Farms Inc.
31149 Old Ocean City Road, Salisbury, MD 21802
Phone: 410-543-3000; Fax: 410-543-3292; www.perdue.com
Executives: Chmn. & CEO: James Perdue; Pres. & COO: Robert Turley; CFO: Michael Cooper
Brands: Cafe Perdue, Cookin' Good, DeLuca, Fit'n Easy, Freshly Sliced Deli Pick-Ups, Golpak, Perdue Oven Stuffers, Perdue, Shenandoah, Tender Ready
Major Product Areas: Meat and poultry, fats/oils
31. Procter & Gamble Co.
One Procter & Gamble Plaza, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: 513-983-1100; Fax: 513-983-9369; www.pg.com
Executives: Chmn.: John E. Pepper; Pres. & CEO: Alan Lafley; CTO: Gordon Brunner; CFO: Clayton C. Daley Jr.
Brands: Crisco, Folger's, Hawaiian Punch, Jif, Millstone, Olean, Punica, Pringles, Sunny Delight
Major Product Areas: Fats/oils, beverages, miscellaneous
32. Interstate Bakeries Corp.
12 E. Armour Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64111
Phone: 816-502-4000; Fax: 816-502-4126; www.irin.com/ibc
Executives: Chmn. & CEO: Charles A. Sullivan; Pres. & COO: Michael D. Kafoure; SVP, Purchasing: Brian Stevenson; SVP, CFO: Frank W. Coffey; VP, Treas.: Paul Yarick; SVP, Marketing: Mark D. Dirkes; VP, R&D: Theresa Cogswell
Subsidiaries/Divisions: Interstate Brands Corp., Interstate Brands West Corp.
Brands: Beefsteak, Bread du Jour, Butternut, Cotton's, Dolly Madison, Drake's, Eddy's, Holsum, Home Pride, Hostess, J.J. Nissen, Marie Callender's, Merita, Millbrook, Mrs. Cubbison's, Roman Meal, Sun Maid, Sunbeam, Toscana, Wonder
Major Product Areas: Bakery products
33. Schreiber Foods Inc.
425 Pine St., Green Bay, WI 54301
Phone: 920-437-7601; Fax: 920-437-1617; www.sficorp.com
Executives: Chmn.: Robert G. Bush; Pres. & CEO: John C. Meng; CFO: Bryan Liddy
Major Product Areas: Dairy (cheese)
34. Del Monte Foods
One Market St., San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415-247-3000; Fax: 415-247-3565; www.delmonte.com
Executives: Chmn., Pres., CEO: Richard Wolford; EVP, CFO: David Meyers; EVP-Sales: Timothy Cole; EVP-Del Monte Foods: Todd Lachman; EVP-Operations: Nils Lommerin; SVP & Chief Acct. Officer: Richard L. French; SVP, Treasurer: Jeff Berry; SVP-Operations & Supply Chain: Donald Binotto; SVP & General Counsel: James Potter
Brands: Apple Cup, College Inn, Contadina, Del Monte, Fruit Cup, Fruit Naturals, Fruit Pleasures, Fruit Rageous, Fruit Smoothie Blenders, Gravy Train, Kibbles 'n Bits, Meaty Bone, Meow Mix, Milk-Bone, 9 Lives, Orchard Select, Pounce, Pup-Peroni, S&W, Snack Cup, Snausages, Star Kist
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WASHINGTON — As Congressional negotiators begin this week to merge two bills overhauling the financial system, the White House wants them to reach an agreement before President Obama leaves for a Group of 20 meeting this month in Toronto.
The administration has tried to use the summit meeting to foster a sense of urgency among lawmakers. It thinks a deal would give Mr. Obama greater leverage in efforts to persuade other countries to support proposals like a global bank tax and higher capital standards for the largest financial institutions. The higher standards are part of the legislation but would require international coordination.
"We're on the verge of legislating sweeping reforms of our financial system, to fix what was broken in our system, recognizing that those failures in the United States were very consequential to the world as a whole," Timothy F. Geithner, the Treasury secretary, said last week before leaving to meet with G-20 financial ministers in South Korea.
But first, Congressional negotiators must resolve substantial differences between the bills, which together total more than 3,000 pages and amount to the most extensive rewriting of financial regulations since the Great Depression. The process will begin formally on Thursday with a meeting of more than 20 lawmakers from both parties and both houses of Congress.
"I think it is very important for the stability of the economy for this to get done," said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, a Democrat and the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. He said that Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, had urged him to produce a consensus report by June 24, when Mr. Obama is expected to leave for Toronto.Continue reading the main story
A White House spokeswoman, Amy Brundage, said over the weekend that Mr. Obama was looking forward to discussing the financial overhaul at the G-20 meeting and reiterated that "he hopes to sign financial reform into law by July Fourth."
Perhaps the foremost question is whether to force giant banks to spin off their lucrative operations trading derivatives, the complex instruments that were at the heart of the financial crisis. Adding a political twist, the author of that provision, Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, faces a Democratic primary runoff on Tuesday.
No matter the outcome of the runoff, the provision faces substantial opposition, not only from Wall Street but also from regulators like Ben S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, and Sheila C. Bair, the chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Also, the administration does not support it.
In a final, ferocious round of lobbying, big banks are also trying to influence negotiations on whether to curb the fees that retailers must pay when customers swipe credit and debit cards — as the Senate bill seeks to do — and how strictly to impose a ban on proprietary trading, or banks' making market bets with their own money.
The Senate bill directs regulators to impose such a ban, known as the Volcker Rule, after a period of study; the House version would merely permit the Fed to ban proprietary trading if it threatened the overall stability of the financial system. Most banks prefer the House version.
Supermarkets and other merchants support the Senate bill's limits on the so-called interchange fees on card transactions, which the House bill does not address. Banks say the limits would result in fewer options for consumers, particularly in low-income areas where debit cards are commonly used instead of credit cards.
The House passed the legislation in December, and the Senate approved it last month. Many in Congress will return on Monday from their Memorial Day recess with an appetite to complete the legislation. Mr. Frank has vowed to get a final bill to Mr. Obama's desk before Independence Day. He called June 24 a target, not a deadline.
In a May 27 letter, Senate Republicans, led by Senator Richard C. Shelby of Alabama, the top Republican on the banking committee, told Democrats, "The conference's work is too important to be bound by artificial deadlines."
The Senate negotiators are seven Democrats and five Republicans; the chief negotiator is Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut, a Democrat, who is the chairman of the Banking Committee.
Mr. Frank has recommended a list of House negotiators and said he expected Speaker Nancy Pelosi to complete the list on Wednesday. Then, according to the Democrats' plan, the committee will meet on Thursday and have six more days — June 15, 16 and 17 and 22, 23 and 24 — to complete its work. The panel will "start with the Senate bill as the base text," Mr. Frank said.
He predicted that much of the negotiating time would be spent on three areas: Mrs. Lincoln's derivatives provision, the Volcker Rule and the interchange fees that retailers pay issuers of credit and debit cards. He said that the Senate version was better at tightening restrictions on derivatives trading and that he favored "some very tough form of the Volcker Rule," but he stopped short of endorsing the Lincoln provision.
Lawrence H. Summers, the director of the National Economic Council, and one of his deputies, Diana Farrell, met on Wednesday with liberal advocacy groups as part of a White House strategy to keep pressure on Congress.
"Summers's message for us was really, keep up the fight," said Heather C. McGhee, the Washington director of Demos, a liberal policy organization, who was part of the meeting.
Although both versions of the legislation are modeled largely on a blueprint the Obama administration put forward last June, and were approved despite stiff Republican opposition, cheering among Democrats has been muted.
"This bill is on track to being the most misguided piece of federal banking regulation in the past half-century," said Richard S. Carnell, a Fordham law professor who was assistant Treasury secretary for financial institutions during the Clinton administration.
Mr. Carnell, a Democrat, said the legislation mostly gave a Congressional blessing to powers that regulators possessed, but failed to exercise, before the crisis. "If regulators didn't have the fortitude to do unpopular things before, why will they have the fortitude to do them now?" he asked.
While the two bills would empower the government to seize and dismantle financial institutions on the verge of failure, Robert A. Johnson, director of the economic policy initiative at the Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, and a former Senate economist, said they "stop short of insulating the taxpayer from further bailouts, which is what Dodd and the Obama administration have advertised as the capacity of those powers."
Another part of the legislation would create a consumer financial protection agency. Under the House bill, the agency would stand alone, while the Senate bill would put the agency within the Fed. In either case, the agency would have an independent director and budget. The House version of the bill would exempt auto dealers from the ambit of the new agency; the Senate bill does not contain the loophole, which Mr. Obama opposes.Continue reading the main story


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This column was written with Penta reporter, Christiana Cefalu
When Edvard Munch's "The Scream" went for a record $120 million in a 12 minute auction last month at Sotheby's (BID), Penta began to wonder whether the art market had again been hitting the opium pipe, the intrinsic value and beauty of an objet d'art weirdly distorted by the fast-money crowd seeking a return on their investments.
To answer this and other existential questions, Barclays (BCS) surveyed 2,000 high net worth individuals around the world with upwards of $1.5 million in investible assets, defining "treasure assets" or collectibles as jewelry, fine art, antiques, classic cars, and precious metals. Their findings were recently published in Barclays' report, Profit or Pleasure? Exploring the Motivations Behind Treasure Trends.
High net worth investors in the American West hold 9.7% of their total wealth in treasures; in the South, that share falls to 7.9%. Barclays found that 23% of the survey's U.S. respondents say they hold treasure assets "purely for investment purposes;" 21% hold their treasures "as protection in the event their conventional investments fail." Less wordy folk would call that a hedge.
In 2011, the monster "Sun-Drop Diamond" sold for $12.4 million. Christie's Elizabeth Taylor auction hammered down $157 million and created a new world record for vintage jewelry, three times the value of the Duchess of Windsor sale in 1987.
It's all part of a financial trend. "People are buying jewelry because it's a safe haven that continues to increase in value," said Elizabeth Von Habsburg, managing director of the Winston Art Group, the largest independent appraisal company in the U.S.
But Barclays says that's an incomplete picture of what is going on. A full 71% of all respondents – even those who aren't collectors - stated that emotions play a role "in their overall financial decisions." In other words, even when trading stocks, their decisions to buy or sell a holding are influenced by emotional factors. Not surprisingly, the emotional barometer jumps off the charts when collections are involved: 98% of respondents insisted emotional decision-making was at the core of their own personal treasure chests.
Wine and cars incited the most passions. (Curious. We would have thought a piece of jewelry or even a painting would have trumped a drinkable vintage.) Neat, too, was how Barclays deconstructed the range of "emotions" behind such acquisitions: enjoyment (82%), heritage value (76%), social motivations (59%), rareness (28%), and monopolization (7%).
"Monopolization" suggests the rush a collector gets from knowing he or she has cornered the market in a certain genre produces an emotional high. A tad creepy, n'est-ce pas? Makes us think of the Hunt brothers and what happened to them in the 1970s when they developed an unwholesome attraction to silver.
But here's the point of all this: Daniel Egan, the Behavioral Finance Specialist at Barclays, says, "collectibles should be regarded as part of a wealthy individual's personal holdings rather than as a separate asset class in their investment portfolio."
In other words, while a quarter of the market is buying "treasures" for financial reasons, it's probably wiser to treat any financial benefit of a collection as a pleasant byproduct, or, at most, a family "reserve" that might provide a bit of security for future generations. With emotion rather than cold pricing driving the market for treasures, Egan insists "caution should be exercised in viewing [collectibles] as an alternative to traditional asset classes."
Sounds wise to us, even though there are wealth managers who will disagree. The private bank push to turn art collectibles into an asset class is moving ahead on the force of its own logic (and fees) -- Barclays words of caution notwithstanding.
But whichever side you come down on, know that as soon as you have passed on to Valhalla, your heirs will probably dump that rare collection of Victorian taxidermy you lovingly assembled. According to the Barclays study, "Respondents who inherited treasure are much more likely than those who acquired it through other means to say they have sold it or plan to do so in the future." Stamps are the first asset to get dumped; 62% of the stamp buff's inheritors sell the collection in what is politely called "decluttering."
Still, we find the Barclays report oddly comforting. Watch kids at recess huddled in a circle with their baseball card collections -- proudly, but cautiously displayed – and you can see in their faces that emotions run deep in their decisions to trade, retain, or cash-in on their precious collectibles. Turns out, it's no different for wealthy investors and their baubles.


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Relatively few studies cited in the SAR linked estimates of yield responses
to climate change with regional or global economic models to estimate production
and welfare impacts. New studies that make such links provide important information
on climate change-induced impacts on agriculture and on global and regional
well-being (summaries are in Darwin et al., 1995; Adams et al.,
1998; Lewandrowski and Schimmelpfennig, 1999). Recent contributions incorporate
more crops and livestock, utilize Geographic Information System (GIS)-based
land-use data, and link structural and spatial analogs (Table
5-4a). As noted in Section 5.3.2, the price of agricultural
commodities is a useful statistic to summarize the net impacts of climate change
on the regional or global supply/demand balance and on food security. Table
5-4a shows that the global model used by Darwin et al. (1995) and
the U.S. model developed by Adams et al. (1998) predict that, with the
rate of average warming expected by IPCC scenarios over the next century, agricultural
production and prices are likely to continue to follow the downward path observed
in the 20th century (see Section 5.3.2). As a result,
impacts on aggregate welfare are a small percentage of GDP and tend to be positive,
especially when the effects of CO2 fertilization are incorporated.
The only study that predicts real price increases with only modest amounts of
climate change is Parry et al. (1999).
An important limitation of studies summarized in Reilly et al. (1996)
is their focus on high-income regions of the world. Antle (1996b), Reilly et
al. (1996), and Smith et al. (1996a) have suggested that impacts
of climate change may be larger and more adverse in poorer parts of the world,
where farmers and consumers are less able to adapt. The first study to address
this question quantitatively in an aggregate regional analysis is Winters et
al. (1999; they studied the impacts of climate change on Africa, Asia, and
Latin America by using a computable general equilibrium model. Their analysis
used larger price increases than those predicted by more recent studies in Table
5-4a, so this analysis should show more adverse impacts than an analysis
based on prices from the more recent global studies. The results summarized
in Table 5-4a focus on the most vulnerable groups
in poor countriespoor farmers and urban poor consumers. The results show
that impacts on the incomes of these vulnerable groups would tend to be negative
and in the range of 0 to -10%; in contrast, the impacts on consumer and producer
groups predicted for the United States by Adams et al. (1998) ranged
from -0.1 to +1%. Darwin (1999) reports results disaggregated by region and
concludes that developing regions are likely to have welfare effects that are
less positive or more negative than more-developed regions.
A population, region, or sector is vulnerable to climate change when serious
deficits or unused opportunities remain after taking account of adaptation.
Assessment of agricultural vulnerability to climate change calls attention to
populations, regions, and sectors that may lose the means to satisfy basic needs
(food security, progress toward development, a healthy environment) or fail
to seize opportunities to improve social welfare. Particularly when such cases
result in part from market failure, issues of consequential equity arise that
signal policy interventions. Although no single measure of agricultural vulnerability
exists, several indices together provide a sketch of vulnerability, including
crop yields, crop prices, production, income, number of people at risk of hunger,
rates of erosion, and irrigation demand.
Is there an amount of climate change to which the global food production system
can adapt with little harm but beyond which it is likely to impose serious hardship?
An answer can be sketched only with very low confidence at this time because
of the combination of uncertainties noted above. As noted in Section
5.3.2, prices are the best indicator of the balance between global food
supply and demand. They determine the access of a majority of the world's population
to an adequate diet. Two of three global studies reviewed here project that
real agricultural output prices will decline with a mean global temperature
increase of as much as 2.5ºC, especially if accompanied by modest increase
in precipitation (Darwin et al., 1995; Adams et al., 1998). Another
study (Parry et al., 1999) projects that output prices will rise with
or without climate change, and even a global mean temperature increase of ~1ºC
(projected by 2020) causes prices to rise relative to the case with no climate
change. When studies from the SAR are included with these more recent ones,
there is general agreement that a mean global temperature rise of more than
2.5ºC could increase prices (Reilly et al., 1996; Adams et al.,
1998; Parry et al., 1999), with one exception (Darwin et al.,
1995). Thus, with very low confidence, it is concluded from these studies that
a global temperature rise of greater than 2.5º C is likely to exceed the
capacity of the global food production system to adapt without price increases.
However, results are too mixed to support a defensible conclusion regarding
the vulnerability of the global balance of agricultural supply and demand to
smaller amounts of warming than 2.5ºC.
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Davie, FL – The Miami Dolphins' spree on this year's free agent market continued on Wednesday, with the new-look team agreeing to terms with offensive lineman Lance Louis.
Louis comes to Miami after a four-year stint with the Chicago Bears in which the versatile lineman started 28 times over the past three seasons. He was Chicago's regular right guard for the first 11 games of 2012 before tearing his ACL and landing on injured reserve.
The 27-year-old is expected to compete with incumbent John Jerry for the Dolphins' starting right guard position. Louis also has previous experience at right tackle and may be viewed as a candidate at that spot as well.
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1999 Reserve Firefighter Recruit Academy
During the 1999 recruit academy, a camera was brought to most of the Saturday training days. These pictures help to chronicle the transformation from average people into firefighters.
The training that was captured on film includes:
- Ladders
- Salvage and Overhaul
- Vehicle Extrication
- Ventilation
- Fire Streams and Standpipes
- Confidence Course
- Relaxing
Other training photos.
- 94kb - Crew Leader Gollnick filling an air bottle.
- 54kb - Crew Leader Grimes starting a saw.
- 67kb - Lonergan wearing SCBA.
- 71kb - Crew Leader Grimes acting as a safely officer.
Firefighters are known for three things, red suspenders, shiny red fire trucks, and ladders. It takes a special person who is able to climb up a ladder in order to crawl into a burning building. In order to do that task safely it takes training and practice. When fire fighters are not using their ladder to go into a burning building, they may use it to get to a better position to fight a fire.
- 75kb - Aguirre and other recruits typing a rope onto a ladder to safely pull it to the top of the training tower.
- 79kb - Pulling the ladder to the top of the training tower.
- 82kb - Anderson and Rapier using a roof ladder and cutting a ventilation hole into a roof with a chainsaw as Crew Leader Chapman looks on.
- 118kb - Anderson and Rapier using a roof ladder and cutting a ventilation hole into a roof with an axe as Crew Leader Chapman looks on.
- 40kb - Recruits using a roof ladder and an axe to make a ventilation hole in a roof.
- 99kb - Crew Leader Chapman supervising recruits using a roof ladder.
- 43kb - Using a ground ladder and a roof ladder to obtain access to a roof for ventilation.
- 145kb - Anderson and Rapier using a roof ladder and an axe to ventilate a roof. Stunning photo by Crew Leader Chapman
- 94kb - Crew Leader Grimes using a rescue technique to safely bring Lonergan down a ground ladder.
- 100kb - Ladder 31, 100 foot aerial ladder truck in front of the training tower.
- 69kb - Recruit used a ground ladder to get to the roof of the training tower.
- 76kb - Recruit on a roof ladder with a chain saw.
- 119kb - Recruits using a roof ladder and axe to ventilate roof.
- 105kb - Speckelmire and other recruits typing a rope onto a ground ladder.
- 63kb - Recruit on a roof ladder with a chainsaw.
Making the flames disappear is the easy part of being a fire fighter. It is the additional hours spent working on salvage and overhaul that is the hard part. Salvage and Overhaul is, simply put, protecting what the heat, smoke and water did not damage from being damaged, protecting what was damaged from being further damaged, as well as making sure all signs of fire has been extinguished.
- 71kb - Witt and Anderson with back pack shop vac.
- 56kb - Witt using a back pack shop vac to practice vacuuming water.
- 91kb - Taylor supervising a recruit folding a salvage tarp.
- 77kb - Taylor and Crew Leader Gollnick demonstrating how to use a salvage tarp.
- 69kb - Crew Leader Gollnick supervising recruits practicing using a salvage tarp.
- 61kb - Crew Leader Gollnick supervising recruits using a salvage tarp to cover a car.
Pullman Fire Reserves take pride in vehicle extrication. That is one of our primary responsibilities while on the scene of a car accident. Many people have heard about the "Jaws of Life" but few have seen them.
Sometimes there is nothing wrong with the car other than the fact in needs to be stabilized before we enter. In those cases we use wooden cribbing and air bags.
- 64kb - Anderson breaking window on a car.
- 126kb - Witt, Speckelmire and Lockman stand next to red station wagon before roof bent backwards.
- 95kb - Speckelmire watches Lockman put a dent in the roof of the red car to make it easy to bend roof back.
- 97kb - Anderson Witt standing next to red car with roof bent back.
- 128kb - Speckelmire watches Anderson use a small pair of bolt cutters to cut a steering wheel.
- 103kb - Small Blue car being cribbed.
- 125kb - Side view of small Blue car being cribbed.
- 149kb - Crew Leader Chapman and Crew Leader Gollnick discuss extrication.
- 102kb - Crew Leader Chapman uses a screwdriver and a hammer to get into a cars lock mechanism.
- 76kb - Crew Leader Chapman discusses extrication to recruits as Carda looks on.
- 120kb - Crew Leader Gollnick drinks water during a critique of the day's activities.
- 116kb - Graber with a roofless red car in the background.
- 79kb - Recruits take a door off of an upside down car.
- 101kb - Recruit uses hand held cutter to cut through a cars' sheet metal.
- 100kb - Team work - rolling a station wagon Part 1.
- 82kb - Team work - rolling a station wagon Part 2.
- 91kb - Team work - rolling a station wagon Part 3.
- 61kb - Recruits practice cribbing small Blue car.
- 110kb - Speckelmire, Witt, Lockman and Graber watching a car being cribbed.
- 79kb - Two station wagons with no doors.
- 103kb - The roof of the Blue station wagon completely removed.
- 89kb - Witt using small bolt cutter to cut steering wheel.
- 124kb - Crew Leader Gollnick, with the assistance of Witt and Speckelmire, demonstrates prying a car door off the hinges.
- 118kb - Witt gets ready to crib small Blue car as Graber supervises.
- 138kb - Witt and Speckelmire start to crib small Blue car.
- 89kb - Witt and Lockman standing with power tool in front of red station wagon.
Ventilation is a very important tool in the fire department. It helps fire fighters with fire control. After a fire, ventilating a building allows people to enter it safely without the necessity of wearing SCBA.
- 68kb - Anderson and a recruit wait to spray water past an open window to force smoke out of the building.
- 102kb - Crew Leader Grimes supervising Anderson spray water.
- 41kb - Graber watches a recruit work with a ventilation fan.
- 48kb - Crew Leader Grimes standing on the 3rd floor of the training tower with smoke pouring behind him.
- 71kb - Recruit using a ventilation fan.
- 71kb - Rapier standing next to a smoke ejector.
- 59kb - Recruits using water to ventilate a building.
- 56kb - Smoke rolling from training tower.
Fire fighting is not necessarily as simple as putting water on a fire. There are different techniques used while fighting a fire. We are trying to protect property as well as put out the fire. The fire is going to cause property damages as well as the smoke and water. As fire fighters we have the ability to reduce the amount of water used in putting out a fire. That helps reduce the property damage.
Think about a lit matchstick. You could use a gallon of water to put out the matchstick, or a single well placed drop. That is in effect what we are trying to do.
Along with using a small amount of water, using a standpipe can decrease the time it takes to start fighting a fire as well as decrease the length of hose needed.
Learning how to use these tools and methods allows firefighters to decrease damage due to fire and water.
- 60kb - Taylor leads recruits to the top of the training tower where a standpipe was opened and spraying water. Taylor is shutting off the standpipe opening.
- 131kb - Lonergan stands in about 5 inches of water that pooled on the roof training tower due to the standpipe being opened.
- 103kb - Looking down at Engine 32 with hoses extending from the engine.
- 130kb - Crew Leader Gollnick operating the pump on Engine 32 during an exercise.
- 31kb - Loading hose back on the engine is a task that is best completed with team work.
- 85kb - Speckelmire and a recruit hold hose in preparation of practicing fire streams.
- 41kb - Taylor stands in a doorway of the training tower as water is pouring out below his feet. He is wet from head to toe as he was standing next to an open standpipe. He did not know it had been opened
- 76kb - Taylor and Graber standing next to each other waiting to lead the recruits through the next set of exercises.
- 50kb - Looking down at 4 recruits getting SCBA tanks on in preparation of an exercise.
- 79kb - Looking down at recruits who are standing a stream of water coming from the training tower.
- 68kb - Water is raining down from the training tower onto recruits.
The confidence course is a true measure of ones physical fitness. In the confidence course an SCBA is worn while doing a variety of physical exercises. The SCBA's that Pullman Fire Department use holds about 30 minutes of air under ideal conditions. While under stress of doing physical activity, the air tends to run out a little faster.
Events are timed to make sure the recruit exerts himself. Those events include:
The recruit will continue breathing what air he can get from the tank until there is absolutely no air left.
- Carrying a roll of 50 foot 2 1/2 hose around the training tower.
- Opening and closing a fire hydrant.
- Climbing a ground ladder, a roof ladder, then starting a chain saw.
- Climbing up and down a flight of stairs.
- Climbing to the 3rd floor of the fire training tower. While there raise and lower a 50 foot section of 2 1/2 inch hose four times.
The 1 Minute Drill
After the confidence course recruits are given 1 minute to get the SCBA gear on and ready to go inside a fire. This event requires the recruit to turn on the air tank, turn on the PASS device, don the air pack, don his mask, pull up his hood, put on his helmet, and put on his gloves. The time stops when the recruit claps his hands.
- 101kb - Anderson putting his mask on during the 1 minute drill.
- 57kb - Carda walking around the training tower as part of the confidence course.
- 61kb - Crew Leader Chapman timing a recruit doing the 1 minute drill.
- 81kb - Crew Leader Chapman looking for another 1 minute drill victim... er... participant.
- 91kb - Graber supervising Carda walking with a roll of on her shoulder.
- 81kb - Crew Leader Grimes supervising Rapier walking around the training tower during the confidence course.
- 92kb - Keeton taking a hydrant during the confidence course.
- 101kb - Rapier taking a hydrant during the confidence course.
- 49kb - A recruit walking around the tower doing the confidence course.
- 93kb - Taylor supervising a recruit walking with hose flaked on his shoulder.
- 85kb - Rice getting ready to do the confidence course.
- 66kb - Wedam preparing for the 1 minute drill.
- 69kb - Recruit starting a chainsaw on the roof of the training tower after climbing a ground and a roof ladder.
Before the day started and when there was a moment between exercises we had a chance to talk and get to know each other. Most of us were strangers with one another at the beginning of the class.
I called this section relaxing, only because we were not actually involved in an activity at the time of the photos. In some cases we really did have a break and were relaxing, sometimes it was just a few of us waiting for our turn to participate in an exercise.
- 29kb - Carda and her dog.
- 78kb - Carda looking at a puppy.
- 34kb - Anderson standing with Engine 32 in the background.
- 74kb - Rapier, Rebel, Lonergan and Wedam attending a critique of a rescue evolution.
- 94kb - Crew Leader Chapman, Witt and Aguirre hanging out near Rescue 32.
- 110kb - Crew Leader Chapman talking to Lawrence, Speckelmire and Lockman.
- 76kb - Crew Leader Chapman sitting on the hood of a wrecked car.
- 98kb - Anderson looking more funny than normal.
- 45kb - Crew Leader Gollnick with his suspenders hanging down.
- 134kb - Crew Leader Grimes talking to Wedam and Rice as Taylor looks on.
- 100kb - Grimes looking at a helmet on Ladder 31.
- 27kb - Graber with a smile.
- 68kb - Lawrence eating a donut before training.
- 83kb - Lawrence, Rice, Crew Leader Grimes and Llywellen talking.
- 83kb - Lonergan, Carda and Wedam talking to each other.
- 35kb - Lockman taking advantage of our lunch break.
- 81kb - Lawrence on top on the training tower with North Pullman in the background.
- 58kb - Keeton threatening my life with a hammer.
- 45kb - Rapier walking away from Engine 32.
- 88kb - Speckelmire looks on as Lawrence eats a donut.
- 80kb - Taylor and Carda with Carda's dog.
- 77kb - Witt, Crew Leader Grimes and Llywellen standing.
- 24kb - Witt telling a fish story.
- 75kb - Witt and Lawrence trying out for the "Men of Pullman Fire Calendar."


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Marbled tree frogs and Asian glass lizards would be welcomed in Oregon but two subspecies of river otters won't be allowed across the state line under proposed changes to rules meant to protect native wildlife and their habitats.
The frogs, lizards and four other reptiles were considered low risks to Oregon wildlife and good candidates to start being sold as pets here, according to a review by the state's Wildlife Integrity Panel.
"They, essentially, have a low risk of competing and surviving in Oregon if they escape," said Rick Boatner, coordinator of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Wildlife Integrity program.
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Tim Creswell, who owns House of Reptiles in Tigard, petitioned the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to make nine reptiles legal for sale and possession in Oregon. That set off a three-year journey through the agency that culminates Friday in Salem, when the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission votes on whether to accept the panel's recommendation and deem the marbled tree frogs and Asian glass lizards legal here.
Other reptiles recommended for approval are hardly household names: the Tonkin bug-eyed frog and three lizards — the splendid japaure, the Somali strange and Taylor's strange agama.
"They're not considered a risk so there's no reason why they shouldn't be sold as pets," said Creswell, who says his shop and museum are the largest of their kind in the Pacific Northwest."
Creswell said these and other reptiles are sold legally in other states and regularly are on a list of available animals from his suppliers.
The reptiles were not previously banned, but were not included on Oregon's "noncontrolled species" rolls.
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However, the eastern subspecies of the North American river otter was labeled a high risk at surviving in Oregon should it end up released in Oregon, where it likely would prey on native wildlife, interbreed with Oregon otters and out-compete them for food and habitat, according to the panel.
The Asian small-clawed otter was also considered a high risk to survive in Oregon, with the same risk factors as the North American river otter subspecies except that it was not considered a threat to interbreed or hybridize with native otters, the panel concluded.
If adopted, that recommendation would put those two non-native otters on the state's "prohibited species" list.
The otters were petitioned for classification as noncontrolled species by a Junction City man who likes to keep and study otters, Boatner said.
Creswell also had asked the panel to reclassify the Pixie frog — also known as Tshudi's African bulldog — but it was deemed to risky by the panel, which recommended to keep it illegal in Oregon, according to the ODFW.
The bullfrog "could probably live here in Oregon and they pretty much eat everything they can grab," Boatner said.
The panel consists of state and federal biologists as well as a retired Oregon Zoo employee and a member of the public who exhibits reptiles in the Pacific Northwest.
When an animal is petitioned to be allowed in Oregon, the panel judges whether it has an invasive history, whether it could survive in Oregon, whether it would prey on or pass diseases to native wildlife and whether it could interbreed with natives.
The panel's recommendations were reviewed and passed by ODFW biologists to the commission for Friday's vote.
If adopted, the changes would go into effect as early as next week, Boatner said.
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Editorial board member Steve Moore on whether Mark Sanford can win election notwithstanding his ex-wife's trespassing accusations. Photo: Getty Images
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... I ... back to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... South Carolina Republican congressional candidate Mark Sanford ... is coming under political fire produces heat trespass ... and his ex wife's house in February ... the Siddle is a safe Republican seat ... editoral board member Steve Moore joins me now from Washington ... Steve ... how damaging is this revelation than yet ... how long the Christian right react to this ... in others to real stories here Mary in the wine is whether he's going to win the seat or not this is the heavily Republican district it's about sixty percent Republican ... happily carried by Mitt Romney can stop Brock Obama so would be a huge blow if Republicans lost this very state's southern sea but there's a bigger issue here that of Republican operatives are Beery worried about which is the women's issue ... of whether I'll get that that like Mark Sanford given this behavior is extramarital be out there when he was governor and now this allegation that he was trespassing on ... Jenny Sanford's the property ... is that there are a lot of ... Republicans were worried that women are to be very turned off by this and maybe turn the writer tall Republican spot CP also faces a pretty formidable ... female opponent in Elizabeth call their bullish ... on how he she capitalize on this news ... well I don't really think she's the issue I think the issue really is your is wheel Republicans ... you know who basically showed in the primary which are Stanford won that there are ... at least you know of majority are willing to forgive him ... not that this allegation is come on by the way this just happened I think it was super ball we get ... out Mark Stafford said that he wanted to watch the football game with this on ... I entrust outside Denny's on his wife is former wife Jenny property a lot of people say with that this isn't over this behavior is continuing ... so it's a real question um I'm a it to me about whether Republican voters and Republicans in general natural state district will forgive Mark Sanford for his behavior while Stevens argued any repercussions the National ... Republican Congressional Committee was going to spend some ninety million dollars on the race now they're saying they're not can it do that ... but does Mark Sanford have enough money ... to run with our and RCC ... support ... yet it probably does but this isn't about money it was a symbolic I think mostly symbolic gesture by Deanne RCC basically say we don't wanna touch this one because of my heart after it appears to be toxic now you know them at another point it's really important think about ... is you know there is always seemed like a very much a long shot that Democrats could take back the house Mary in two thousand fourteen as the sixth year of a Democratic president you'd expect a big year for Republicans but you know Democrats look at this he say you know what if we can win this seat ... that can build us momentum for two thousand fourteen that's another thing the Republicans Iberia nervous about the atheist does this contribute ... to the momentum from Nancy Pelosi speaker shut in two thousand fifteen ... well Republicans are nervous what's new editorial board member Steve Moore from ... Washington thank so much for being


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LOWELL, Mass. – The University of New Hampshire men's hockey team will eventually give up a goal, but not Friday night.
When the Wildcats say they want to be a tough team to play against, it's not just talk.
They backed it up with a solid 3-0 win over UMass-Lowell at the Tsongas Center for their third straight shutout and fourth in five games.
Trevor van Riemsdyk, Grayson Downing and Austin Block scored goals for UNH and Casey DeSmith made 23 saves as the No. 5/6 Wildcats improved to 7-1-1 overall and 5-1-1 in Hockey East.
"Casey's done a great job in goal," said UNH coach Dick Umile. "The team defense has been pretty solid. I thought the guys did a pretty good job tonight. We kept a lot of the shots to the outside and we blocked some shots."
They've won their last three games by a combined score of 11-0 and extended their scoreless streak to 178 minutes, 52 seconds, the longest such stretch since the 1968-69 season when the Wildcats set the team record of 181:31.
The last time UNH had three consecutive shutouts was in the 1928-29 season.
"The team is playing unbelievable defense right now," said DeSmith, whose toughest stretch came early in the third period when the River Hawks picked up the pace. "They're not letting much through. When they do I'm there to make the save, but they're doing a terrific job in front of me."
The Wildcats prevailed Friday night despite the loss of forwards Greg Burke, who injured a shoulder in the first period, and Jay Camper, who left a head injury in the second.
UNH scored once late in the second period and twice in the third to put away the River Hawks, who fell to 2-5-1 and 1-4-1 in the league.
The Wildcats visit Boston University on Sunday.
"We'll compete every night," Umile said, "but we want to be a tough team to play against. Good things are happening. We'll take it one game at a time. We knew this was going to be a tough weekend."
After losing Burke and Camper relatively early, the Wildcats skated three lines the rest of the way.
"The guys played a gritty game," Umile said. "They played hard and they played smart. I thought our team responded well, especially with the adversity we faced early losing our assistant captain, but they stayed with it. They guys are believing in team defense and everybody is contributing."
Van Riemsdyk, who finished with a goal and an assist, gave the Wildcats a 1-0 lead with 4:07 left in the second period.
Kevin Goumas won the battle for a loose puck in the offensive zone and got it to van Riemsdyk. The sophomore defenseman pulled it around a UMass-Lowell defender in the right circle and beat goalie Doug Carr with a hard wrist shot.
The River Hawks were virtually playing a man down for most of that shift as UML forward Riley Wetmore struggled to get back in the play after blocking a shot from the point.
UMass-Lowell's inability to clear the puck resulted in van Riemsdyk's fourth goal of the season. Goumas assisted and Downing created a screen in front.
"Goumas made an awesome little pass at the blue line," van Riemsdyk said. "I knew they were going to be a bit tired. We knew they like to come out and lay down and block the shot. He went down a little early. I pulled it around him a created a little angle and luckily it went in."
UNH outshot the River Hawks through two periods, 25-12, including 14-7 in the second.
Downing made it 2-0 midway through the third and Block sealed it with a power-play goal with 20 seconds remaining for his team-leading eighth goal of the season.
Block converted the rebound of a Connor Hardowa shot from the right point. The Wildcats have at least one power-play goal in each of their seven victories.
Downing's goal was the prettiest of the night when he capped an odd-man rush with a backhand finish to the short side at 10:52 of the third period.
"Grayson made a sick little move with a backhand up top like he's done so many times in practice," said van Riemsdyk, who assisted on the play. "It was pretty sweet."
Downing gave the Wildcats some insurance.
"Casey's seen it before," Downing said. "Sometimes I'll get him and sometimes he gets the glove on it. It happened to work tonight and that's all that matters."
First Period: Scoring: None. Penalties: L-team (too many men) 19:43.
Second Period: Scoring: NH-van Riemsdyk (Goumas) 15:53. Penalties: None.
Third Period: Scoring: NH-Downing (van Riemsddyk) 10:52; Block (Hardowa, Sorkin) 19:40. Penalties: L-Arnold (holding) 2:01; L-Buco (hooking) 7:26; NH-Downing (high-sticking) 13:45; L-McGrath (holding) 16:01; Ruhwedel (tripping) 17:55.
Goalies: NH-DeSmith (23 saves on 23 shots); L-Carr (30 saves on 33 shots).
Attendance: 5,358
UNH blanks Lowell for third straight shutout
LOWELL, Mass. – The University of New Hampshire men's hockey team will eventually give up a goal, but not Friday night.


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Megan Fox Bashes Wonder Woman
Megan Fox passes through security at at LAX airport in Los Angeles on Thursday (May 28).
The 23-year-old actress won't be in the running to play Wonder Woman any time soon. In fact, Megan is not a fan of the heroine at all!
"Wonder Woman is a lame superhero," she tells UK's Times Online. "She flies around in her invisible jet and her weaponry is a lasso that makes you tell the truth. I just don't get it. Somebody has a big challenge on their hands whoever takes that role but I don't want to do it."
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I will test these distributions on the following machines: A 1,2 Ghz AMD Desktop PC with 512 MB Ram and a 40 GB harddisk, 16 MB ATI Mach64 Rage II graphics, Samsung 76E Monitor, and a CDROM drive and CDROM burner, both from Samsung. Network Connection is a Realteck 10/100 Ethernet card, connected to the ultimate test: a not so easy D-Link DSL 564t-Router. The second machine is a ESC 1,8 Ghz TM5800 processor notebook with 256 MB Ram and a 30 GB harddisk, a 64 MB Nvidia graphics card, a DVD-burner and again a Realteck network card plus a WLAN card that will not be used in this test, because there was no wireless Router available for this test.
How do you get the Systems? Both Ubuntu and Fedora are available via download. But unless you have broadband, downloading might be a pain. This is especially true for Fedora, which ships with four CDs plus a rescue-CD. Ubuntu uses only one CD, which is somehow more "user-friendly" but we will discuss this later.
For both systems, there is the alternative of ordering the distros online. Ubuntu will ship them to you for free if you cannot afford them and you can also get a live-CD, something that is not in stock for Fedora, but Fedora is (opposed to Ubuntu) available in shops in the "Red Hat Magazine" which features stable Fedora versions with patches included. It is up to the user to decide who the personal winner is, but in this review, this is a draw.
What do you get? - Preinstall
Fedora ships with 5 CDs, Ubuntu with one. Thus you get a big choice of apps you can try on Fedora, including alternative Desktops like the fast XFCE4 or the ultra-popular KDE. You also get software for running servers, compiling software or alternative Webbrowsers. Lots of choices. Ubuntu gives you a pre-selected package of tools and apps. You get a basic system but can add thousands of apps later via apt-get/synaptic, once the system is installed. The basic apps-selection in Ubuntu is very good and well thought, but the lack of choice is something that might upset some users that are used to "free selection". For Server purposes, there are not enough tools included with Ubuntu, but for a basic office desktop, the package selection is perfect.
Due to the big amount of packages available during the install-procedure, Fedora wins in this category.
2. Installation
The installation was successful on both machines and no complications arose although the user-forums of boths systems report several problems. Especially Fedora seems to be more bug-ridden than Ubuntu. Users comlpained mainly of kernel-panics, media-file problems and networking woes. In Ubuntus forums, most questions related to software/media problems. So stability seems to be definitely better on the Debian based Ubuntu system.
Fedora installs with the Anaconda installer that is very easy to use. Point and click and you are done. The only thing that surprised here was the partitioning tool. On distrowatch, ReiserFS was mentioned as a supported filesystem. But the partitioning tool does not offer the option of using ReiserFS but only gives you the option of using ext2 and ext3 for Linux. The test on an already existing ReiserFS partition revealed that ReiserFS can be used IF it is already in place but formatting to ReiserFS seems to be impossible, which is a pity.
Ubuntu comes with a text-install (same as the "new" Debian text-installer) which is not bad at all. It gives you a lot of options for setting up your system although there is no package selection. The big plus here was the partitioning tool that worked extremely well and offered a lot of file-formats. You definitely get a bit more control in Ubuntu than in Fedora (or at least you have the impression) and it is a powerful tool if used by someone who is a little adept with installing operating systems but for someone who is completely untrained, anaconda would be a better installing-system. Draw
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Southampton complete Toby Alderweireld & Sadio Mane signings
Southampton left it late on transfer deadline day to complete the signing of Atletico Madrid defender Toby Alderweireld.
The Belgium international has joined Ronald Koeman's side on a season-long loan deal after helping Diego Simeone's outfit to their first La Liga title in 18 years last season.
The 25 year-old, who can play at centre-half and right-back, has 37 caps for his country and represented Marc Wilmots' side in four of their five matches at the World Cup in Brazil.
CONFIRMED: #SaintsFC have completed a #deadlineday deal for Toby Alderweireld. Welcome, @AlderweireldTob! #SaintToby pic.twitter.com/E3tXS0M7DX
- Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) September 1, 2014
Alderweireld only made the move last summer to Atletico from Ajax, where he won three Eredivisie titles and one Dutch Cup.
He told the club's official website: "The trainer [Ronald Koeman] likes how I play and really wanted me to come here, which is what convinced me to come. I really wanted a trainer that believes in me, because that's important.
"I think this is an upcoming club. Southampton put a lot of effort in to get me, so now I want to give something back to the club by doing my best to help the team. I want to give everything for Southampton."
Southampton have also confirmed the signing of Senegalese winger Sadio Mane from Red Bull Salzburg for an undisclosed fee.
Koeman told the Saints' website: "He can play in different positions in the attack -- he can play on the left or right side and also as a number nine.
"It is incredible how many goals he has scored from his position, and I hope that he will do the same for us."
ANNOUNCEMENT: Senegalese winger Sadio Mané joins #SaintsFC on a four-year deal - http://t.co/Dc5BXichv3 pic.twitter.com/b3azbnT7fp
- Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) September 1, 2014
Alderweireld and Mane are the seventh and eighth new additions at St Mary's this summer following the arrivals of Dusan Tadic, Graziano Pelle, Fraser Forster, Shane Long, Florin Gardos and Ryan Bertrand.
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|A new collection of Magnetic and Non-Magnetic for our house, gathered by the girls. It's got a little Valentine's theme with the box and the cookie cutter!
Monday, January 30, 2012
Montessori Monday: Magnets and Letters!
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- Confessions of a Montessori Mom Lisa Nolan said...
I agree with you on cursive! I will start teaching my son cursive this summer, before he starts 2nd grade. Cursive is ALSO easier for children who have special needs, like my son who has Down syndrome, to learn and to write, and it is also encouraged in many Waldorf elementary schools! I also read about the benefits of teaching cursive in Healing Our Children by Susan R. Johnson MD, FAAP (and who is also Waldorf trained and has a child with "sensory challenges.") I followed you on Pinterest, BTW!
- January 31, 2012 at 7:01 PM
- Deb Chitwood said...
Great thoughts, Jessie! I also found it helpful that my kids knew cursive when they received letters and cards in cursive writing from their grandparents. Being able to write cursive made it much easier to read cursive! I featured your post at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page.
- February 1, 2012 at 7:01 PM
- Jen said...
I love that box you use for sand - and what a great idea to have the popsicle stick hold up the letter! (And major kudos for using cursive, of course... if only more Montessori schools would do that!)
- February 1, 2012 at 7:23 PM
- Cris said...
I have just discovered your blog and I really like it. I need more time to explore it in depth. Meanwhile, I'd like to subscribe to it via e-mail, so that I can get the latest posts. I haven't found that option on the blog. Is it possible? My e-mail address is email@example.com
- February 5, 2012 at 2:18 PM
- Ewa said...
Hi Jessie,
I wonder if any of your readers would like to get to know the Montessori way of teaching a bit better. If so I invite them to enter the giveaway I'm hosting right now!!! One lucky reader will win a FREE ON-LINE MONTESSORI TRAINING PROGRAM +12 MONTESSORI ALBUMS!!. The training program is run by Karen Tyler ;-)
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- February 6, 2012 at 10:37 AM
- daya Monay said...
I am glad that I read this post because this is the best reason I have heard for teaching cursive! And really the best for teaching it at a young age. I have decided on my sandpaper letters now! Thanks and keep the great thoughts coming!
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England captain Alastair Cook led his side to a series-clinching eight-wicket win over the West Indies in the second one-day international with an impressive hundred at The Oval on Tuesday.
England, set 239, finished on 239 for two with five overs left after Cook made 112 and shared stands of 122 and 81 with Ian Bell (53) and Jonathan Trott (43 not out) respectively.
Victory gave England an unassailable 2-0 lead in this three-match series and was their sixth successive victory at this level after a 4-0 clean sweep of Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates in February.
Significantly it was also the sixth straight ODI match where an England opener had made a hundred, with three of those belonging to Cook.
Left-hander Cook and Ian Bell -- who made 126 in England's 114-run win in the first one-day international at Southampton on Saturday -- were rarely troubled.
But just when it looked the pair would not be parted, Bell chipped a slower ball from West Indies captain Darren Sammy to Chris Gayle in the covers.
Cook had just hit Sammy for the only six of his innings when next ball he too holed out off the medium-pacer to end a 120-ball stay featuring 13 fours.
It was the 27-year-old Cook's fifth century in 47 matches at this level and fourth as captain.
Earlier, Dwayne Bravo's 77 had been the cornerstone of West Indies' 238 for nine, an innings where Gayle marked his return to international cricket with a rapid fifty.
But opener Gayle's exit sparked a match-turning collapse that saw four wickets lost for 16 runs.
Although Bravo and Kieron Pollard (41) shared a fifth-wicket stand of exactly 100, West Indies' total was soon made to look inadequate.
Gayle's 53 took just 51 balls, with five sixes and three fours, in what was the Jamaica left-hander's first international match in 15 months after a dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board.
Having missed the series opener with a shin injury, it was not long before the 32-year-old Gayle -- in for the injured Darren Bravo -- resumed normal service after Cook won the toss and fielded.
First change Tim Bresnan was slammed for 18 in an over as Gayle hit three sixes, culminating with a huge blow onto the roof of the Bedser stand.
But Gayle was out when he pushed tentatively at off-spinner Graeme Swann and New Zealand umpire Tony Hill, eventually, raised his finger in response to a vehement lbw appeal.
Gayle immediately reviewed the decision and while replays indicated an inside edge, there was no clear evidence as to whether the ball had hit his bat, rather than the pad, first and Hill's verdict was upheld.
Bravo's 82-ball innings, featuring two sixes and eight fours, ended when he lofted James Anderson to Ravi Bopara at extra-cover.
Before play started a minute's silence was held in memory of Surrey batsman Tom Maynard, who died on Monday aged 23.
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England captain Alastair Cook led his side to a series-clinching eight-wicket win over the West Indies in the second one-day international with an impressive hundred at The Oval on Tuesday.


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The E. B. Howton Agricultural Engineering building houses the heart of the Agriculture Systems Technology program at Murray State University. The Howton Agricultural Engineering Building has over 7,000 square feet of space. The facility has 3 offices, a dual-purpose lecture/electrical lab facility and a multipurpose shop. The hands-on teaching approach allows students to utilize the concepts learned in the classroom through application in the laboratory. The laboratory hosts a variety of tools and equipment necessary to develop skills in all aspects of the engineering and mechanized fields of agriculture.The Agriculture Systems Technology program offers a wide variety of courses including: welding, electricity, construction, engine mechanics, surveying, soil and water engineering, irrigation, grain handling and storage, and precision agriculture.


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A couple of college men�s basketball players from Burlington will be in action in the NCAA Tournament for Division II.
Gerald Boston plays for Barton, which is the No. 3 seed in the eight-team regional bracket in Aiken, S.C. Barton plays at noon against sixth-seeded Montevallo.
Later, Ryan Daye will be in uniform for South Atlantic Conference Tournament champion Wingate, which his the fourth seed. Wingate takes on fifth-seeded Limestone in the 7:30 nightcap.
Daye is averaging 11.7 points per game for Wingate (21-8), which defeated Lincoln Memorial 69-53 in Sunday�s SAC Tournament final. Daye had 10 of his 14 points in the second half in that game.
Graham graduate Preston Newlin, a former Queens player, is a graduate assistant coach for Wingate.


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Alex O'Loughlin puts his gun in its holster while filming a scene for his hit CBS series Hawaii Five-O on Wednesday (December 5) in Maui, Hawaii.
The 36-year-old actor was joined on set by his co-star Scott Caan and finished out the day by driving away on his motorcycle.
Alex recently spoke with Zap2it about how Hawaii feels like being home in Australia to him.
"It's interesting — it's much closer to Australia. I don't mean geographically; it feels like Australia. It feels like Queensland or something, clean and cool. L.A. does not feel like Australia at all for me. So I kind of feel at home here. I love it," Alex said.
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2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Rated at 30 MPG
- Manual transmission 'Vette will return 30 mpg in Eco mode
- City fuel economy rated at 17 mpg
- Automatic model not yet rated
The all-new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray may be a high-performance sports car, but it returns economy-car gas mileage. The automaker recently announced the redesigned 'Vette will return up to 30 miles per gallon in highway driving.
According to Chevrolet, that figure comes from the car's Eco mode. That's a driver-selectable setting that tells the engine precisely how to operate. While Chevrolet hasn't announced exactly what the Eco mode involves, we imagine it includes low revs and conservative shifting.
For drivers who want to enjoy their sports car a little more, the Corvette will also offer a Tour mode. That setting returns around 28 mpg on the highway -- likely the result of increased engine capabilities. Chevrolet says both settings return 17 mpg in city driving.
While 17 mpg city/30 mpg hwy may not seem like much, it's big news in the sports car world. That's especially true since today's Corvette returns 16 mpg city/26 mpg hwy. In other words, the new model manages better gas mileage and more horsepower.
Indeed, the 2014 Corvette Stingray boasts a whopping 455 hp. That's 25 more than last year's model. Torque is increased even further, jumping from 424 lb-ft to a brawny 460 lb-ft. And the latest Corvette offers an available 7-speed manual, which offers one extra gear -- and with it, an expected performance boost -- in comparison to the 2013 model.
But gas-conscious sports car fans shouldn't head to the Chevy dealer just yet. One reason is that the 2014 Corvette is not yet in dealerships. Chevy says the new model won't be on sale in September. Also, the fuel economy figures only apply to the 7-speed manual transmission. Drivers interested in mpg numbers with the 6-speed automatic will have to wait until we get a little closer to the car's launch date.
Nonetheless, the Corvette is coming -- and between its 30-mpg fuel rating and its reasonable $53,000 base price, it may appeal to more than just thrill-seeking car shoppers who want to go fast.
What it means to you: The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray boasts up to 30 mpg -- though we find it hard to believe any 'Vette owner will ever get close to that figure.


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Hey kids! Do you like fast motorcycles, intense multiplayer action, and godawful pop-punk tunes that would make Sid Vicious roll over in his grave? If so, we highly recommend you check out this new trailer from Codemasters' Fuel! Jokes aside, this is shaping up to be one of the cooler racing games in recent memory, as it will (presumably) allow you to race almost anywhere on a world map that's upwards of 5000 square miles. There's also something about a global catastrophe and climate change but, really, we're just in it for the racing.
Looks like there's a nice bit of variety in this one, from the range of vehicles to the environments.


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Lorie Burch, National President/Trustee
Member Since: 2005
Aside from her law practice, Lorie has been actively engaged with the DFW Human Rights Campaign and the North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce.
Biggest Challenge
Confidence has been one of my biggest challenges throughout my career. It is something that I continually have to practice. What I have learned is that people are drawn to, follow, are inspired by, and want to do business with people who are confident in themselves.
Secret to My Success
For those women and men like me, my advice is to remember that fear and faith cannot coexist. If you believe in your purpose whether it's in life or business, you have no reason to fear failure. And, the more you believe in that purpose, the more you will exude confidence! Have faith and confidence that you are serving the right purpose, and leave worries to a higher power.
I believe the secret to success is to substitute your name with that of "love" in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. I will have been successful if you can say at the end of my days: "Lorie was patient, kind, was not proud or rude, was not easily angered. Lorie kept no record of wrongs and rejoiced in truth. Lorie always protects, always trusts, always hopes, Lorie always persevered." I stumble far too often, but that is what I strive for and, if that can be said of me, then I will have succeeded in my life.


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By GARY B. GRAVES
AP Sports Writer
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky twin freshman guards Andrew and Aaron Harrison will return for a second season to a stocked Wildcats squad coming off an NCAA championship game appearance.
Both had been mentioned as possible NBA first-round draft picks after leading Kentucky's remarkable march through the NCAA tournament. Aaron Harrison's clutch 3-pointers that beat Michigan and Wisconsin and put the Wildcats in the final were set up on feeds from Andrew, the point guard.
However, the twins said in a statement through the school that were returning in pursuit of another shot at the title; Aaron Harrison said, "last year's run was special, but we still have unfinished business."
The Harrisons rejoin 7-foot centers Willie Cauley-Stein and Dakari Johnson and forwards Marcus Lee and Alex Poythress in returning to the Wildcats.
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Fridays - Aberdeen Salsa - La Fiesta Latina (£5 / Students £3)Friday 30th November 2018.20:00
8:00pm Salsa Class | 9:00pm Salsa, Merengue & Bachata Party
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Warner and MTV tell us that all of the tracks in LEGO Rock Band will be able to be exported to other titles in the franchise (for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 only) and that LEGO Rock Band users will be able to download content from the Rock Band store (albeit ones that have been deemed suitable for all ages.)
Bryn says: Hey, there's some good tunes in here! I mean, who doesn't want to murder Tom Petty's Free Fallin' with some truly hideous vocals? I know I do. And while it's obviously targeting the younger/family crowd, there's a good line up of tunes to enjoy. One fitting omission -- Ian Dury and the Blockheads.


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It rained and rained, but the sun came out and the Garden Party fundraiser at the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens at the Historic Bamboo Farm was huge success.
The event was moved to the covered pavilion since the grounds were so wet, but the cool breeze coming off the pond next to the pavilion, tables adorned with unique flower centerpieces mingled with the gentle sounds of the soft sound of the steel drum made it a magical night for all.
Guests were greeted with the scents of bamboo shoots, collard greens and kabobs on the grill. Volunteers exited the kitchen with plates of appetizers to whet their appetites. Hellos, laughter and a gentle buzz of conversation filled the air as the sun began to say goodnight. The tiny white lights hanging from the rafters and the flicker of candles welcomed the dusk as the buffet tables were opened.
As I surveyed the night from a corner, I pondered again the definition of elegance. This night breathed elegance - but why? The building and covered wooden deck didn't make it elegant. I'm sure that many family get-togethers with paper plates, hamburgers and hot dogs have taken place under the same roof. Perhaps it was the tables with brown crinkled satin toppers with assorted colored sashes, the beautiful black chivari chairs with white cushions and the tiny envelopes of linen encasing the silverware tied together with a single strand of jute? Perhaps it was the gentle sound of the steel drum music mingling with the night sounds of nature?
While all of these things were beautiful, they were just objects and alone they are inanimate and lifeless. But when people began to commingling with these objects, they came to life and glittered in the glow of smiles, hugs and friends - and the evening crescendoed into perfectly defined elegance and magic.
I think I shall find myself defining "elegant" for many years to come. As a caterer, I can put a lot of effort and thought into the "objects" and the menu, but if the guests don't have a good time, what we hope will be elegant will appear stuffy and cold - no matter how much money has been spent.
The end of a perfect night deserves a perfect dessert and I think my staff rose to the occasion. Our Pina Colada Dream Whip was served in martini glasses. We prepared everything in advance and assembled the individual desserts on site. This whole dessert can be made three to four days in advance, which is always a plus in my book. I vowed not to eat one, but I had to taste and before I knew it, my martini glass was empty! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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8 tablespoons pineapple juice
½ cup shredded coconut
½ cup sugar
1 ½ cup whipped cream
1 teaspoons vanilla extract
4-6 slices of pineapple (we used canned)
Place pineapple slices in a medium bowl. Pour enough rum into bowl to cover the pineapple. Set aside and soak for 2-3 hours.
In a medium bowl beat cream cheese, sugar and pineapple juice until smooth and fluffy. Stir in coconut. Fold in whipped cream. Refrigerate for 1 hour until firm.
Preheat oven to 350 F. Drain pineapple slices and place on a baking sheet. Bake pineapple for 12 minutes or until edges of pineapple begin to brown slightly. Remove and allow to cool completely.
To assemble: Place a piece of baked pineapple on a plate or in a bowl. Top with a generous scoop of cream cheese mixture. Garnish with toasted coconut and pineapple tidbits.
Visit the Georgia Botanical Gardens Facebook page to view photos of the Garden Party.


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For the first time, the FBI is releasing William Bradford Bishop's dental records. Agents want dentists and others with expertise in dental records to look compare these with possible patients. If you see something possibly linking...
The FBI says there are multiple ways to "recognize" Bishop beyond his appearance. Check out his handwriting samples, fingerprints and dental records. Read More
Slideshow of never-before-seen photos of the Bishop family and the evidence trail Bishop left behind.
The News4 I-Team obtained never-before-seen home movies of the Bishop family in the years just before the murders. The family is seen as they go on vacation to Puerto Rico, celebrate birthdays and go about the ordinary moments of their lives, swimming and playing tennis. You can also see Bishop as a young man in home movies News4 first aired in the 1980s.
See all of the pictures and artist renderings made of William Bradford Bishop Jr. collected by the FBI and the News4 I-Team.
With three crime scenes and five victims, Montgomery County Police say the Bishop case has more pieces of evidence than any other in their cold case unit. The News4 I-Team goes inside the county's Cold Case Evidence Room to...
A John Doe who died in 1981 is not William Bradford Bishop Jr., the FBI said Wednesday. Read More
News4's Jackie Bensen reports the FBI is making sure West Coast residents are aware of the nationwide manhunt for a Maryland man wanted for killing his entire family nearly 40 years ago.
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The FBI put William Bradford Bishop, Jr. on its Ten Most Wanted list 38 years after he was indicted for killing his family in Potomac, Md. The News 4 I-Team takes you inside the case.