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Gomoku is a classical board game originated in China and was later well developed in Japan. It is known also as Five-Stones, Five-In-Row, Five-In-Line, Nought&Crosses, Make-Five, Renju, Gobang, and Piskvorky. The winner must have a continuous line of five stones (marks) assigned to the player. The lines might be either vertical, horizontal, or diagonal.
★ Two game modes. Classic gomoku stones (white and black) popular mostly in Asia but also X and O mode which is more common in Europe
★ Artificial intelligence. The game has three algorithms of artificial intelligence
★ Single player. The game can be played in single player mode, Gomoku counts how many games are played, how many games are won or lost and how much time is spent in each game
★ Amazing graphics and awesome sounds. The graphics are beautiful and the music played in the game is very enjoyable
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★ Advanced artificial intelligence. The full version of the game has three algorithms of artificial intelligence and each algorithm has 5 levels of difficulty, altogether 15 possibilities
★ Multiplayer player. The game can be also played online with friends. There is no registration needed, everything is done automatically. There is a possibility to compare ELO score
★ ELO scores. Multiplayer game mode counts ELO scores. The best players are shown in ELO score chart
★ Zoomable board.
★ Facebook integration. All scores and matches can be shared on Facebook
Full version called Gomoku Multiplayer is available in this game. Please visit http://gomoku.mobi for more information...
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Casio Sets the Stage for High-Mobility DJ Equipment
New All-in-One VJ/DJ Controller and Tough Performance Headphones Kick Off Winter NAMM 2014
Jan 23, 2014, 01:00 ET
ANAHEIM, Calif., Jan. 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Casio America, Inc., an industry leading manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, is proud to announce the launch of two new products in its XW series that were developed with the on-the-go professional DJ in mind. The XW-J1 is an all-in-one controller for iOS devices and PCs, while the XW-H1 are tough performance headphones. Both the XW-J1 and XW-H1 will be exhibited in Casio's booth (#5900) during Winter NAMM at the Anaheim Convention Center, January 23-26, 2014.
"Casio is thrilled to offer innovative new products to support professional DJs and music enthusiasts with a mobile lifestyle," said Stephen Schmidt, vice president of Casio's Electronic Musical Instruments Division. "We are committed to providing advancements to the XW series, which is comprised of synthesizers, controllers and headphones that will enable DJs and musicians to create their own unique sound."
The XW-J1 is an all-in-one VJ/DJ controller for creating remixes of audio and video from music players, smartphones, and PCs that supports OS X, iOS, and Windows platforms. Musicians can mix music using the djay app, transforming their Mac, iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch into a full-fledged DJ application by using all the songs from their iTunes library to get ready to rock their next party with unprecedented ease. In addition, musicians can mix videos using the vjay video mixing app from Algoriddim GmbH, transforming their iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch into a mashup application for their music and videos.
For on-the-go professional DJs, the XW-J1 allows for a cool club scene to be created in virtually any venue with minimal gear. The XW-J1 connects to a Mac with a USB cable or to an iPad, iPhone, or iPod device with a built-in 30-pin dock connector and features plug-and-play capability to instantly take control of the djay software or app. Musicians are ready to mix and scratch with no bothersome set-up procedure. The controller fully supports all djay platforms (Mac, iPod, iPad, iPhone) and seamlessly integrates with iTunes so musicians can mix music from their iTunes library. Along with instant access to their iTunes library, the integration also provides musicians with hands-on browsing, easy in-track searching and the ability to save unique mixes directly in their iTunes library.
For easy mixing, the XW-J1 delivers all the legendary quality of Vestax professional hardware. The mixer controls are built using high quality faders and rotary knobs. Additionally, the controller features sound blending with EQ and filters, Harmonic Match™ for in-key mixes and tempo detection. For easy remixing, the XW-J1 features advanced audio FX, auto-loop, a live sampler and scratch jogwheels.
Along with the XW-J1 controller, the XW-H1 tough performance headphones were also designed for the on-the-go professional DJs and music enthusiasts as they are tough, lightweight, and combine high audio fidelity with superb usability. The headphones provide balanced, clear sound and were designed by audiophiles to reproduce accurate, natural sound across the entire audio spectrum. From crisp, clear trebles to rich, deep bass notes, the headphones meet the most exacting standards of audio quality so musicians hear music exactly the way they intended. For encapsulated comfort and focused listening, the headphones feature comfort-fit ear pads that were selected through extensive testing to be comfortable to wear even during long mixing sessions. They also feature a detachable, tangle-free cable that makes it easy to store while on the move and a folding headband for easy portability and protection.
The XW-J1 retails for an MSRP of $399.99, while the XW-H1 retails for an MSRP of $159.99. Both products will be available in March online and through specialty music dealers. For additional information regarding Casio's portfolio of electronic musical instruments, please visit www.casiomusicgear.com.
About Casio America, Inc.
Casio America, Inc., Dover, N.J., is the U.S. subsidiary of Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, one of the world's leading manufacturers of consumer electronics and business equipment solutions. Established in 1957, Casio America, Inc. markets calculators, keyboards, mobile presentation devices, disc title and label printers, watches, cash registers and other consumer electronic products. Casio has strived to fulfill its corporate creed of "creativity and contribution" through the introduction of innovative and imaginative products. For more information, visit www.casio.com.
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Tee to Green: Understanding Tiger's legacy
Philadelphia, PA – I've been toying with the notion of legend for some time.
The problem with legend is it deals almost exclusively in superlatives:
Michael Jordan was the greatest basketball player of all time. Jim Brown was the most dominant running back in NFL history. Babe Ruth's gifts bordered on the supernatural. He managed to place an 86-year hex on the Boston Red Sox after they sold him to the New York Yankees.
When I hear these descriptions I wonder if the athletes of my generation will ever measure up. Sure, LeBron James is tearing apart the rest of the NBA, but I've seen him go 1-for-13. I watched him check out against the Celtics in the 2010 Eastern Conference semifinals.
Of course, Phil Mickelson is a great golfer, but let's not forget his push- slice on the 18th at the 2006 U.S. Open. And, yes, Tiger Woods appears to be returning to form, but I, like everyone else, am aware of his off-the-course scandal and current four-plus year major drought.
When you hear about the old guys, you rarely hear about the failures. All you're told is that the gentleman Jack Nicklaus captured a record 18 major titles, and that the NBA's greatest winner, Bill Russell, defended his way to 11 championship rings.
The most honest criticism I've heard of Russell comes from a teenage Jim Carroll in "The Basketball Diaries":
Took in a Knicks game at the Garden tonight with Kevin Dolon, Yogi, his beastly chick Muffy, and Nardo Poo. Knicks beat the Celtics for the first time in two years, the old cigar-chomping Garden regulars were going ape from their regular balcony hangouts. They love to see Bill Russell have a bad game and, (expletive), they really got down on the cat's back and poor Russell did have a rare screwed game tonight. He wasn't standing out at all on defense. In fact, he was sheer (expletive). Good old Johnny Green was snatching rebound after rebound over him, and he was particularly bad shooting. Like the dude never was a good shooter, but tonight he was hideous. At one point near the end he was all but a foot from the basket when some drunk hack yelled out, "Shoot, yer got the wind with yer, yer bum." I could even make out a few saps on the Celts bench cracking on that one.
That's not the Bill Russell I grew up hearing about. But when dealing with legend, the flaws need to be remembered as much as the superlatives. Yes, Russell, like LeBron James, had the rare off night. And, yes, the gentleman Nicklaus once publicly rebuked a writer after the 1986 Masters.
When I tell my grandkids about Tiger Woods, I probably will say he was the most dominant, mentally imposing golfer I ever witnessed. I'll tell them about the 77 (and counting) PGA Tour wins, the Tiger Slam, the fist pumps and the ferocious athleticism, but I'll also tell them about the scandal and loss of sponsorships, the subsequent on-course lull and the injuries.
Tiger appears poised to win another major, perhaps this year. Maybe he'll catch Jack and maybe he won't. Either way I'll remember him as a legend, flaws and all.
I'm going to end this column with an excerpt from Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian." The passage -- a story told by Judge Holden to his fellow scalp hunters -- warns against remembering a man without his flaws.
In the western country of the Alleghenies some years ago when it was yet a wilderness, there was a man who kept a harness shop by the side of the Federal road. He did so because it was his trade and yet he did little of it for there were few travelers in that place. So that he fell into the habit before long of dressing himself as an indian and taking up station a few miles above his shop and waiting there by the roadside to ask whoever should come that way if they would give him money. At this time he had done no person any injury.
One day a certain man came by and the harnessmaker in his beads and feathers stepped from behind his tree and asked this certain man for some coins. He was a young man and he refused and having recognized the harnessmaker for a white man spoke to him in a way that made the harnessmaker ashamed so that he invited the young man to come to his dwelling a few miles distant on the road.
This harnessmaker lived in a bark house he had built and he kept a wife and two children all of whom reckoned the old man mad and were only waiting some chance to escape him and the wild place he'd brought them to. They therefore welcomed the guest and the woman gave him his supper. But while he ate the old man again began to try to wheedle money from him and he said that they were poor as indeed they were and the traveler listened to him and then he took out two coins which like the old man had never seen and the old man took the coins and studied them and showed them to his son and the stranger finished his meal and said to the old man that he might have those coins.
But ingratitude is more common than you might think and the harnessmaker wasn't satisfied and he began to question whether he ought not perhaps to have another such coin for his wife. The traveler pushed back his plate and turned in his chair and gave the old man a lecture and in this lecture the old man heard things he had once known but forgotten and he heard some new things to go with them. The traveler concluded by telling the old man that he was a loss to God and man alike and would remain so until he took his brother into his heart as he would take himself in and he come upon his own person in want in some desert place in the world.
With this the old man repented all over again and swore that the boy was right and the old woman who was seated by the fire was amazed at all she had heard and when the guest announced that the time had come for his departure she had tears in her eyes and the little girl came out from behind the bed and clung to his clothes.
The old man offered to walk him out the road so as to see him off on his journey and to apprise him of which fork in the road to take and which not for there were scarcely any waysigns in that part of the world.
As they walked out, they spoke of life in such a wild place where such people as you saw you saw but one and never again and by and by they came to the fork in the road and here the traveler told the old man that he had come with him far enough and he thanked him and they took their departure each of the other and the stranger went on his way. But the harnessmaker seemed unable to suffer the loss of his company and he called to him and went with him again a little way upon the road. And by and by they came to a place where the road was darkened in a deep wood and in this place the old man killed the traveler. He killed him with a rock and he took his clothes and he took his watch and his money and he buried him in a shallow grave by the side of the road. Then he went home.
On the way he tore his own clothes and bloodied himself with a flint and he told his wife they had been set upon by robbers, and the young traveler murdered and him only escaped. She began to cry and after a while she made him take her to the place and she took wild primrose which grew in plenty thereabout and she put it on the stones and she came there many times until she was old.
The harnessmaker lived until his son was grown and never did anyone harm again. As he lay dying he called the son to him and told him what he had done. And the son said that he forgave him if it was his to do so and the old man said that it was his to do so and then he died. But the boy was not sorry for he was jealous of the dead man and before he went away he visited that place and cast away the rocks and dug up the bones and scattered them in the forest and then he went away. He went away to the west and he himself became a killer of men.
The old woman was still living at the time and she knew none of what had passed and she thought that wild animals had dug the bones and scattered them. Perhaps she did not find all the bones but such as she did she restored to the grave and she covered them up and piled the stones over them and carried flowers to that place as before. When she was an old woman she told people that it was her son buried there and perhaps by that time it was so.
Here the judge looked up and smiled. There was a silence, then all began to shout at once with every kind of disclaimer.
He was no harnessmaker he was a shoemaker and he was cleared of them charges, called one.
And another: He never lived in no wilderness place, he had a shop dead in the center of Cumberland Maryland.
They never knew where them bones come from. The old woman was crazy, known to be so.
That was my brother in that casket and he was a minstrel dancer out of Cincinnati, Ohio, was shot to death over a woman. And other protests until the judge raised both hands for silence.
Wait now, he said. For there's a rider to the tale.
There was a young bride waiting for that traveler with whose bones we are acquainted and she bore a child in her womb that was the traveler's son. Now this son whose father's existence in this world is historical and speculative even before the son has entered it is in a bad way.
All his life he carries before him the idol of a perfection to which he can never attain.
The father dead has euchered the son out of his patrimony. For it is the death of the father to which the son is entitled and to which he is heir, more so than his goods. He will not hear of the small mean ways that tempered the man in life. He will not see him struggling in follies of his own devising. No. The world which he inherits bears him false witness. He is broken before a frozen god and he will never find his way.
What is true of one man, said the judge, is true of many.


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[This document comes from Helena Wojtczak's English Social History: Women of Nineteenth-Century Hastings and St.Leonards. An Illustrated Historical Miscellany, which the author has graciously shared with readers of the Victorian Web. Click on the title to obtain the original site, which has additional information. Note: indicates a link to material outside theVictorian Web, which will open in a new window.]
At about 8pm on 20th May 1913, an NUWSS meeting at the suffrage club, 7 Havelock Road, was interrupted by a mob of angry 'roughs' who began yelling, threatening, and hurling missiles, including eggs, stones, and flour, at the building. The mob had actually gathered to attack a WSPU open-air gathering in nearby Wellington Square, but the police advised them to postpone it. The mob were all worked up for a fight and thus were looking for a suitable alternative target.
After a while, the police came and told the women that it was safe to leave to club (photograph at left), although the mob was growing by the minute. As some left, they were attacked physically. About 300 men had by then assembled. Miss Marchant, a mistress at Silverhill Boys' School, was hit in the back and head, and her hat was ripped off, the pin tearing out her hair. More police were now present, trying to hold back the mob which had gathered by the archway at the station end of Havelock Road. The mob grew larger; some say there were as many as 3,000. There were skirmishes up and down the road as men attacked the escaping women, ripping their clothes and bruising them. Ladies leaving by motor car suffered smashed headlights and windows. One young woman, Miss Pelly, was almost dragged out of her car by the baying mob, but was saved by her mother and Miss Strickland. Three women took refuge in Green's Hotel, 1 Havelock Rd. The crowd followed and attacked the hotel (pictured above the day after the attack), smashing its windows and glassware.
The landlord, Mr Wade, ordered the women to leave, fearing his hotel would be wrecked, but the women, under great pressure, promised to pay for any damage. Wade insisted on a written agreement, which was hastily drawn up. He later presented a bill for £12.5s 6d and was paid.
Led by NUWSS Hastings Branch Secretary Miss A. Kate Rance of 17 East Ascent, the women sued the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Hastings, under the Riot Damage Act, for recovery of the money paid to Mr Wade. Click here to read the press report of the court-case.
It was suggested that the men were incensed by the recent Levetleigh incident, in which an empty mansion recently vacated by the local MP was burnt down, and suffragettes were suspected. If that was the reason, the mob was ignorant of the finer points of the suffrage movement: the women they attacked were the constitutional suffragists, totally opposed to violence.
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For the fourth straight year, federal regulators have awarded Ohio millions in bonus money for its success in covering low-income children with tax-funded health insurance.
For the fourth straight year, federal regulators have awarded Ohio millions in bonus money for its success in covering low-income children with tax-funded health insurance.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced yesterday that Ohio would receive $10.8 million. In all, 23 states were awarded a total of $307 million this year.
�States are working hard to ensure children get access to the health coverage they need,� said Marilyn Tavenner, administrator for the federal agency.
In Ohio, almost 87 percent of eligible children are enrolled in Medicaid or the State Children�s Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP, both of which are available to youngsters living in households with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $47,000 a year for a family of four.
Nationally, the participation rate is 82 percent, according to federal figures.
States can qualify for bonus money by implementing procedures to simplify and boost enrollment in Medicaid or SCHIP. Awards are based on how many youngsters gain health coverage.
Ohio was awarded a total of $52 million in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
The Ohio Department of Medicaid said that money has been used to expand on-the-spot eligibility for youngsters and pregnant women, improve early identification of autism-spectrum disorders, and provide more access to coordinated care for patients. In addition, Ohio now allows the use of the same forms for applications and renewals, permits 12 months of continuous eligibility and has, in some cases, eliminated in-person interviews and asset tests.
Federal regulators say such efforts have paid off. Recent U.S. Census data show that uninsured rates for children declined from 8.6 percent in 2009 to 7.5 percent in 2011. In Ohio, 95 percent of children have private or tax-funded health coverage.
Created in 1997, SCHIP is widely credited with reducing the number of uninsured children in Ohio and throughout the nation. The joint federal-state program is for children whose families have incomes that are modest but not low enough to qualify for Medicaid, the government health-care program for the poor and disabled. States set eligibility limits and other criteria within federal guidelines, with the federal government paying 70 percent of coverage costs and states picking up the rest.


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CHICAGO — Bally Total Fitness and its two largest shareholders agreed to dismiss all pending litigation after months of proxy battles and back-and-forth letters. Pardus Capital Management, which owns 14.4 percent of Bally's stock, waged a proxy contest to overhaul Bally's board of directors while Liberation Investments, which owns more than 12 percent of the shares, introduced a proposal at the Jan. 26 shareholder meeting to oust Paul Toback, Bally's CEO. The two funds sued Bally in the Delaware Chancery Court in December over a takeover defense plan in the shareholder rights proposal, which barred two investors from making deals to vote together.
Two weeks after the annual shareholder meeting, Bally also announced the election results. According to a Feb. 10 announcement, the three board candidates supported by both Pardus and Liberation — Don Kornstein, Charles Burdick and Barry Elson — were all elected to the board. Bally also announced that Kornstein and Elson will join the board's Strategic Alternatives Committee, which was established in January to work with the Blackstone Group and JP Morgan Securities to explore the strategic sale process of Bally.
Bally board members also unanimously voted to invite Eric Langshur, Bally's board candidate, to rejoin the board after Adam Metz stepped down. Liberation's proposal to oust Toback didn't receive the sufficient 75 percent of the shareholder vote to pass, and he will remain as the CEO of Bally. The shareholders also rejected Bally's equity compensation plan, which would have made 1.75 million additional shares available to Bally employees.


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This is the newest update of The Hunter including Logger's Point, which is a free to play online hunting game that combines realistic hunting action with the community and functionality of a social networking site. Players can track and hunt a huge variety of animals from small varmints to big game. theHunter is packed full of challenges, tournaments and competitions, allowing the gamer to work closely with other players to complete objectives while striving for that perfect shot and that record buck.
OBS: Logger's Point is only available to full members. Read more and sign up at: http://www.thehunter.com/
theHunter is developed and published by Expansive Worlds.


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Orange County Government:
LAND AREA: 397.96 square miles
White: 76.5%
Black/African American: 12.2%
American Indian: 0.6%
Asian: 8.1%
Pacific Islander: 0.1%
Two or more races: 2.6%
Hispanic/Latino: 8.4% (of any race)
From State & County QuickFacts, US Census Bureau, 2015-2016.
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REGION: Piedmont
RIVER BASIN: Cape Fear, Neuse
NEIGHBORING COUNTIES: Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Person
See also: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Orange County, located in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, was formed in 1752 from Johnston, Bladen, and Granville Counties and named for William V of Orange, the infant grandson of King George III of England. Early inhabitants of the area included the Eno, Occaneechi, and Haw Indians. English, German, Scotch-Irish, and Welsh settlers later populated the region. The village of Occaneechi on the Great Trading Path was visited by explorer John Lawson in 1701. Hillsborough, the county seat, was incorporated in 1759 as Childsburgh, named after Attorney General Thomas Childs; in 1766, the name was changed to Hillsborough in honor of Wills Hill, earl of Hillsborough. The town had a central role in the War of the Regulation (1764-71). Hillsborough maintains a substantial historic district with many important properties. Other communities in the county include Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Cedar Grove, Efland, Caldwell, Carr, and part of Mebane. Notable physical features of Orange County include the Eno River, Couch Mountain, Lake Michael, Turkey Hill Creek, Blackwood Mountain, and Chestnut Ridge.
Orange County is home to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which was chartered in 1789 and is the nation's oldest state university. Many cultural, historic, and educational institutions are associated with the university, including several libraries housing important historical collections, the Carolina Playmakers and Paul Green Theater, the Morehead Planetarium, and the Ackland Art Museum. Apart from campus buildings, Chapel Hill's historic structures include the Horace Williams House and the Episcopal Chapel of the Cross. Non-university-related cultural institutions in Orange County include the ArtsCenter in Carrboro and the Jewish Heritage Foundation. Orange County hosts several popular annual events, such as the Festifall street fair in Chapel Hill, Hillsborough Hog Day, the Hillsborough Candlelight Christmas Tour, and the Occaneechi-Saponi Spring Festival and Pow Wow.
Orange County agricultural commodities include corn, tobacco, dairy products, berries, horses, sheep, and swine. Manufactured goods from the county include food products, tobacco products, rubber, chemicals, paper, apparel, and furniture. Topaz, hematite, granite, and clay are mined in the county. As part of the thriving Triangle area, Orange County continues to move toward greater urbanization. The county's estimated population in 2004 was 120,900.
Annotated history of Orange County's formation:
For an annotated history of the county's formation, with the laws affecting the county, boundary lines and changes, and other origin information, visit these references in The Formation of the North Carolina Counties (Corbitt, 2000), available online at North Carolina Digital Collections (note, there may be additional items of interest for the county not listed here):
County formation history: http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p16062coll9/id/289941
Index entry for the county: http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p16062coll9/id/290089
Additional resources:
Corbitt, David Leroy. 2000. The formation of the North Carolina counties, 1663-1943. http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p16062coll9/id/290103 (accessed June 20, 2017).
Orange County Government: http://www.co.orange.nc.us/
Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce: http://hillsboroughchamber.com/
DigitalNC, Orange County: http://digitalnc.org/counties/orange-county
North Carolina Digital Collections (explore by place, time period, format): http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/home/browse
Image credits:
Rudersdorf, Amy. 2010. "NC County Maps." Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.
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Department of Highways, District 7
Governor Fletcher & Transportation Cabinet Award $876,367.63 Highway Contract in Scott County
Governor Fletcher & Transportation Cabinet Award $876,367.63 Highway Contract in Scott County
LEXINGTON, KY. (August 26, 2005) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is working to upgrade the highway network in Scott County. One contract, totaling $876,367.63, has been approved by the cabinet.
"Our highway system is the driving force behind Kentucky's economic prosperity and flourishing commerce," said Governor Ernie Fletcher. "This project is an example of our continuing work to provide a safe and reliable transportation system throughout the commonwealth."
The project in Scott County includes:
Scott County is one of 12 counties in District 7. Approximately $4.5 million has been awarded for projects in District 7. Statewide, more than $110 million worth of projects have been authorized.
"These maintenance, upgrades and new road projects reflect our commitment to the traveling public," said acting Transportation Secretary Bill Nighbert. "Kentucky's motorists can rest assured that they are driving on safe, reliable roads."
Locally, work is expected to begin in the near future. Construction activities are scheduled on a tentative basis and are subject to change depending on weather conditions.


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Image Journal's website features a blog by Brian Volck on the slippery nature of words; more specifically, the language of this election season, and key words like "change." Both parties claim to be the agents of change. What does it mean? How does a word or expression change in a given context? In politics, are words used… READ MORE >
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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Colorado Company Refused To Hire Two Qualified And Experienced Electricians Because They Were "Too Old" To Do The Work.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A Colorado corporation, Western Energy Services of Durango, also known as WESODI, violated federal law by refusing to hire two experienced electricians because of their age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed September 27, 2011.
In its suit, the EEOC stated that WESODI refused to hire Eric Camron, then 72 years old, and Dennis Thomas, then 61 years old, because they were "too old" to perform the job duties. The EEOC alleged that these two older union members were next on the hiring list, but WESODI refused to hire them despite their vast work experience and qualifications. The suit further alleged that WESODI instead hired two lesser qualified electricians in their 20s to work on job projects in Hillsboro and Farmington, N.M.
Such alleged conduct violates the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), which prohibits employment discrimination based on age against employees over the age of 40. The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico (EEOC v. Western Energy Services of Durango, Inc., Civil Action No. 11-cv-00866-RHS-WDS) after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement through the EEOC's conciliation process.
"Employers cannot refuse employment to people simply because they are older," said Regional Attorney Mary Jo O'Neill of the EEOC's Phoenix District Office, which has jurisdiction over Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and Utah. "Despite age-biased assumptions that exist in the work force, hiring decisions cannot be based on these inaccurate assumptions."
The lawsuit requests the court to order WESODI to provide both Camron and Thomas with appropriate relief, including back wages and liquidated damages, and a permanent injunction enjoining the company from engaging in any further age-based discriminatory hiring practices. The EEOC also asks the court to order the company to institute and carry out policies and practices that eradicate and prevent age discrimination in its hiring decisions.
EEOC Deputy District Director Elizabeth Cadle added, "The investigation revealed that both electricians were qualified to perform the work in New Mexico, but were unlawfully refused employment because of their age. The EEOC will prosecute such cases vigorously to afford protection to older employees."
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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The all-female Galliano Krewe of Athena is set to parade at 7 p.m. Feb. 8 through the city streets of Golden Meadow.
This year the krewe, its second, takes on the theme "Krewe of Athena Rolling Back in Time." In addition to the krewe's 15-float parade.
The krewe has an all-female membership of more than 230.
The queen's presentation was held during the krewe's tableau Oct. 6 at the Larose Civic Center.
Reigning over Athena in its second year is Queen Athena II Melanie Zboravan Eymard. She has three children, Randi Lowe, Julia Eymard and Jett Eymard; and two grandchildren, Jacob and Jordan Lowe. Melanie is the daughter of Don Zboravan and Lola Lane, and engaged to Ronnie Williams.
Members of Athena's board of directors are Sue Cheramie, president; Mary G. Evans, vice president; Laura Guidry, second vice president; Donna Cheramie, secretary; CeCe Rome, treasurer; Gwen Bradberry, reporter; and representatives at large — Kelly Cheramie, Gloria Cheramie, Nicole Cheramie, Marilyn W. Blanchard and Debbie Gisclair.
Float captains are Sue Cheramie, Mary G. Evans, Laura Guidry, Donna Cheramie, Gwen Bradberry, Kelly Cheramie, Marilyn Blanchard, Della Danos, Yvette Terrebonne, Cathy Rebstock, Erin Pitre, Katie Cheramie, Tori Fillinich, Mary Plaisance and Cathy Collins.
Serving on the royal court are Randi Lynn Lowe, Julia Madison Eymard, Mattie Ann Williams, Ronnie Renee Williams, Jordan Reese Lowe and Kamryn Jane Boura.
Women's krewe to roll for second time in Golden Meadow
The all-female Galliano Krewe of Athena is set to parade at 7 p.m. Feb. 8 through the city streets of Golden Meadow.


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Helen Louise Means, 97
Helen Louise Means, 97, a long-term resident of Valier, died Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, in Broomall, Pa.
Helen was born April 8, 1916, a daughter of Lester N. Good and Ethel Good Bennett.
She is survived by her children, William "Ed" Means (Candace), Muriel Ricker, Sylvia Ramsey and Penny Warren; six grandchildren; and eleven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, William "Bill" Means.
Over her lifetime, Helen impacted many people through her kindness and compassion.
Prior to her move to Eastern Pennsylvania, she brought joy to the Valier Methodist congregation with her music and her voice.
A celebration of Helen's life will be held Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, in Berwyn, Pa.
Interment ceremonies will be conducted at the Valier Cemetery in late spring 2013.
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BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) – Jacoby Ellsbury reached base in all three plate appearances of his New York Yankees' spring training debut, scoring twice Wednesday in 6-5 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Ellsbury, who left World Series champion Boston for a $153 million, seven-year contract with New York, walked twice and had an infield single in the exhibition opener. He was on base in the second inning when Yangervis Solarte hit a two-run homer off Edinson Volquez.
Pittsburgh trailed 4-0 but scored twice in the second and four times in the seventh, when Tony Sanchez hit a tying three-run homer against Chase Whitley. Chris McGuiness had a go-ahead single that drove in former-Yankee Chris Dickerson.
Yankees: Ivan Nova allowed two runs, two hits and two walks in 1 1-3 innings, facing eight batters and throwing 35 pitches.
"I did maybe more than I was expecting in the first game," Nova said. "My arm feels really good and the ball was came out of my hand well. It was a really good day today."
Pirates: Nelson Liriano gave up two runs, three hits and a walk in his one scheduled inning. He allowed four of his first five batters to reach.
"I was just working on my sinker and fastball," he said. "I'll throw my breaking stuff later this spring. I use my slider a lot, but first I need to get my release point with my fastball. Physically, I feel 100 percent."
Liriano, the Pirates' scheduled opening-day starter, was 16-8 with a 3.02 ERA last year and was selected NL Comeback Player of the Year.
The Yankees scratched shortstop Eduardo Nunez from their lineup due to a stomach virus. He was replaced by Solarte, who is in camp as a non-roster invitee. Addison Maruszak was brought up from minor league camp to back up Solarte. … Right-hander Matt Daley originally was slated to pitch in relief Wednesday, but is out with a sore calf. … Outfielder Alfonso Soriano also has flu and is not expected to play until Sunday against the Toronto Blue Jays.
First baseman/outfielder Travis Ishikawa played the first half-inning of the Pirates' intrasquad scrimmage Tuesday, then left due to tightness in his right leg. He is expected to be out another day or two.
Three of the top free agents the Yankees signed this past offseason – Carlos Beltran, Brian McCann and Ellsbury – made the trip to Bradenton. McCann got a hit in his first at-bat, a single to left-center that scored Ellsbury from second base.
McCann caught the first four innings.
"He's great," Nova said. "He gave me a real nice, low target and that's important. I told him I had confidence in what he wanted to do. Give me the sign for what you think is the right (pitch) and I'll go."
Pedro Alvarez led the NL with 186 strikeouts last season, and the Pirates hope he can cut down this year.
"To think that he's ever going to be under 100 is unrealistic," manager Clint Hurdle said. "But I do think the strikeout number can be shrunk to some degree."
Alvarez struck out twice in three at-bats against the Yankees. He went down swinging in the first inning and took a called strike three in the second, stranding five runners.
Volquez admitted he was nervous when he took the mound.
"I was a little bit too excited," he said. "Part of it was the first game of spring training. But I'm also with a new team and I want to make a good impression. I want to let them know they made a good decision by signing me."
Pittsburgh gave Volquez a $5 million, one-year deal, and he is competing with left-hander Jeff Locke for the No. 5 spot in the rotation.


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Farmers' Market Nutrition Program expands healthy food choices for seniors
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has announced more than $1.8 million to provide low-income senior New Yorkers with access to farmers' markets across New York. The funding will provide more than 100,000 seniors with access to healthy food at 470 farmers' markets through the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program. New York state operates one of the largest such programs in the nation.
"The Farmers' Market Nutrition Program is an important resource that provides New Yorkers with access to fresh, locally grown produce while also supporting the local economies and agricultural sector," Cuomo said. "Through this program, we are connecting more than 100,000 low-income seniors across the state with affordable, healthy food options in their communities and providing a boost to local farmers bringing their products to market in every region of the state. I encourage all eligible New Yorkers to take advantage of this program and see what New York's farmers have to offer."
More than 100,000 booklets consisting of five $4 checks are being distributed, and can be used to purchase fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables from 950 farmers vending at 470 community farmers' markets across the state. The program is administered by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, in cooperation with the New York State Office for the Aging, New York State Department of Health Commodity Supplemental Food Program, and Cornell Cooperative Extension. Checks can be used at participating farmers markets through Nov. 30.
In upstate counties, Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program checks are issued by county-based offices for the aging; in New York City, checks are issued by congregate meal sites under contract with the New York City Department for the Aging and two commodity supplemental food programs under contract with the New York State Department of Health.
Eligible recipients must be age 60 or older and meet the income eligibility requirement. Each household must affirm that they are low-income based on one of the following criteria:
·Gross monthly income at or below 185 percent of Federal Poverty Guidelines:
·$1,772 per month for a one-person household
·$2,392 per month for a two-person household
·$3,011 per month for a three-person household
Currently receiving or eligible to receive one of the following benefits:
·Supplemental Security Income, public assistance, or Section 8 housing subsidy.
Recipients cannot have received FMNP checks from any other location.
In many neighborhood markets, the farmers who participate in the FMNP are an important source of scarcely available fresh fruits and vegetables. Participating farmers must grow at least half of what they are selling at the market(s). Items that are purchased by the farmer for resale, and exchanged for FMNP checks, must be locally grown. Farmers may cash or deposit the FMNP checks at any bank just like any other check.
State Agriculture Commissioner Darrel J. Aubertine said, "Gov. Cuomo's commitment to promoting farmers' markets across New York is paying dividends for our state's agricultural industry. This initiative to promote healthy products to older New Yorkers will help farmers' markets expand their customer base and help spur local economies."
Greg Olsen, acting director of the New York State Office for the Aging, said, "A healthy diet consisting of New York-grown fresh fruits and vegetables is paramount to one's health and a contributor to maintaining one's independence. The Farmers' Market Nutrition Program is an important ingredient to help eligible older New Yorkers improve health outcomes, combat obesity and provide support to local farmers.
State Health Commissioner Nirav R. Shah, M.D., M.P.H, said, "Thanks to Gov. Cuomo's initiative, low-income seniors across the state will have greater access to New York's farm-fresh products. Fresh fruits and vegetables are essential to a healthy diet, and this program is another important step toward creating a healthier New York."
For more information, call 1-800-554-4501. A list of farmers' markets can be found at: http://www.agriculture.ny.gov/AP/CommunityFarmersMarkets.asp.


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Messing With Copy/Paste Could Present Security Issues
from the just-let-copy-and-paste-work dept
As someone who does a fair bit of copying and pasting in writing this blog, I agree with Gruber that this is a bit of a nuisance. It's not a hugely annoying thing, but it is annoying. If I'm copying and pasting from your website, I know what your website is, and I am already planning to link back to it. Adding that superfluous text is just annoying and basically forcing my computer to do something I did not ask it to do.
It's a bunch of user-hostile SEO bullshit.However, it may be even worse than that. Michael Scott points us to another analysis of this same issue, by Lance Cottrell, which highlights how this breaking the basic copy/paste functionality may be a security risk as well:
Everyone knows how copy and paste works. You select text. You copy. When you paste, what you get is exactly what you selected. The core product of the "copy/paste company" is a service that breaks copy and paste.
The pitch from Tynt to publishers is that their clipboard jiggery-pokery allows publishers to track where text copied from their website is being used, on the assumption that whoever is pasting the text is leaving the Tynt-inserted attribution URL, with its gibberish-looking tracking ID. This is, I believe, a dubious assumption. Who, when they paste such text and find this "Read more:" attribution line appended, doesn't just delete it (and wonder how it got there)?
Imagine a site with sample code which (when copied) inserted some damaging code in to the middle of a large block.Bad things happen when you break basic functionality to shove in fun marketing tricks and spy tactics.
I am worried that this capability exists at all within browsers. It seems like a major security vulnerability to me.


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So hey, umm, we're back.
I won't bore you with the details of what i've been doing (or rather, what I haven't been doing) since last May or whatever, but to make a short explanation: 9 months ago, I became blessed and overwhelmed by the sudden 5-digit-per-day audience, lost my nerve, and decided i couldn't keep all these people happy. So i stopped. I know, how lame. Over time, I came to terms with what went wrong with my creative whatevers. And here we are, trying this again.
If you've come back, thanks for returning. If this is your first time here, welcome, and i hope to keep doing this for some time. If any of you like what's going on here, and choose to come back on a regular basis, well bless ya.
Til then, back to work.
p.s.- No more whiny little posts like this. i'm tired of 'em too.


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Maclura pomifera
Maclura pomifera, commonly called Osage orange, hedge apple,[3] horse apple, monkey ball,[4] bois d'arc, bodark, or bodock[5] is a small deciduous tree or large shrub, typically growing to 8–15 metres (26–49 ft) tall. It is a Carolinian species.[6] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on different plants. The fruit, from a multiple fruit family, is roughly spherical, but bumpy, and 7.6–15.2 centimetres (3–6 in) in diameter. It is filled with a sticky white latex. In fall, its color turns a bright yellow-green. Despite the name "Osage orange," it is not closely related to the orange.[7][8]
Maclura is closely related to the genus Cudrania, and hybrids between the two genera have been produced. In fact, some botanists recognize a more broadly defined Maclura that includes species previously included in Cudrania and other genera of Moraceae.
Osajin and pomiferin are flavonoid pigments present in the wood and fruit, comprising about 10% of the fruit's dry weight. The plant also contains the flavonol morin.
The trees range from 40 to 60 feet (12–18 m)(if it grows to maturity) high with short trunk and round-topped head. The juice is milky and acrid. The roots are thick, fleshy, covered with bright orange bark.
The leaves are arranged alternately in a slender growing shoot 3–4 feet (91–122 cm) long, varying from dark to pale tender green. In form they are very simple, a long oval terminating in a slender point. In the axil of every growing leaf is found a growing spine which when mature is about 1 inch (2.5 cm) long, and rather formidable. The pistillate and staminate flowers are on different trees; both are inconspicuous; but the fruit is very much in evidence. This in size and general appearance resembles a large, yellow green orange; only its surface is roughened and tuberculated. It is, in fact, a compound fruit such as botanists call a syncarp, in which the carpels (that is, the ovaries) have grown together; thus, the great orange-like ball is not one fruit but many. It is heavily charged with milky juice which oozes out at the slightest wounding of the surface. Although the flowering is dioecious, the pistillate tree even when isolated will bear large oranges, perfect to the sight but lacking the seeds.
- Bark: Dark, deeply furrowed, scaly. Branchlets at first bright green, pubescent, during first winter they become light brown tinged with orange, later they become a paler orange brown. Branches with yellow pith, and armed with stout, straight, axillary spines.
- Wood: Bright orange yellow, sapwood paler yellow; heavy, hard, strong, flexible, capable of receiving a fine polish, very durable in contact with the ground. It has a specific gravity of 0.7736 or 773,6 kg/m3 (1 ft3of the wood has a weight of 48.21 lb).
- Winter buds: All buds lateral. Depressed-globular, partly immersed in the bark, pale chestnut brown.
- Leaves: Alternate, simple, 3–5 inches (7.6–12.7 cm) long, 2–3 inches (5.1–7.6 cm) wide, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, entire, acuminate, or acute or cuspidate, rounded, wedge-shaped or subcordate at base. Feather-veined, midrib prominent. They come out of the bud involute, pale bright green, pubescent and tomentose, when full grown are thick, firm, dark green, shining above, paler green below. In autumn they turn a clear bright yellow. Petioles slender, pubescent, slightly grooved. Stipules small, caducous.
- Flowers: June, when leaves are full grown; dioecious. Staminate flowers in racemes, borne on long, slender, drooping peduncles developed from the axils of crowded leaves on the spur-like branchlets of the previous year. Racemes are short or long. Flowers pale green, small. Calyx hairy, four-lobed. Stamens four, inserted opposite lobes of calyx, on the margin of thin disk; filaments flattened, exerted; anthers oblong, introrse, two-celled; cells opening longitudinally; ovary wanting. Pistillate flowers borne in a dense globose many-flowered head which appears on a short stout peduncle, axillary on shoots of the year. Calyx, hairy, four-lobed; lobes thick, concave, investing the ovary, and inclosing the fruit. Ovary superior, ovate, compressed, green, crowned by a long slender style covered with white stigmatic hairs. Ovule solitary.
- Fruit: Pale green globe, 4–5 inches (10–13 cm) in diameter, made up of numerous small drupes, crowded and grown together. These small drupes are oblong, compressed, rounded, often notched at the apex. They are filled with milky, latex-based juice. The seeds are oblong. The fruit is often seedless, and sinks.[9]
Osage orange occurred historically in the Red River drainage of Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas and in the Blackland Prairies, Post Oak Savannas, and Chisos Mountains of Texas.[10] It has been widely naturalized in the United States and Ontario. Osage-orange has been planted in all the 48 conterminous States and in southeastern Canada.[10]
The largest Osage orange tree is located at River Farm, in Alexandria, Virginia, and is believed to have been a gift from Thomas Jefferson.[11] Another historic tree is located on the grounds of Fort Harrod, a Kentucky pioneer settlement in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.[12]
Ecological aspects[edit]
The fruit is not poisonous to humans or livestock, as shown by several studies.[13] However, it is mostly inedible due to the extremely hard texture and taste. The seeds of the fruit are edible and it is sometimes torn apart by squirrels to get at the seeds, but few other native animals make use of it as a food source. This is unusual, as most large fleshy fruit serve the function of seed dispersal by means of its consumption by large animals. One recent hypothesis is that the Osage orange fruit was eaten by a giant ground sloth that became extinct shortly after the first human settlement of North America. Other extinct Pleistocene megafauna, such as the mammoth, mastodon and gomphothere, may have fed on the fruit and aided in seed dispersal.[14][15] An equine species that went extinct at the same time also has been suggested as the plant's original dispersal agent because modern horses and other livestock will sometimes eat the fruit.[16]
While Osage orange may have once spanned the breadth of eastern North America, the tree's range in pre-Columbian times was limited to the Red River basin both due to the loss of seed-dispersing animals and exploitation by Native American tribes for bow-making. The wood was highly prized for this purpose, and natives were known to travel hundreds of miles to acquire it.
It prefers a deep and fertile soil but it has great powers of adaptation and is hardy over most of the contiguous United States, where it is extensively used as a hedge plant. It needs severe pruning to keep it in bounds and the shoots of a single year will grow 3–6 feet (1–2 m) long. A neglected hedge will soon become fruit-bearing. It is remarkably free from insect enemies and fungal diseases.[9] A thornless male cultivar of the species exists and is vegetatively reproduced for ornamental use.[10] Maclura pomifera is cultivated in Italy, former Yugoslavia, Romania, former USSR, and India.[17]
The Osage orange is commonly used as a tree row windbreak in prairie states, which gives it one of its colloquial names, "hedge apple". It was one of the primary trees used in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Great Plains Shelterbelt" WPA project, which was launched in 1934 as an ambitious plan to modify weather and prevent soil erosion in the Great Plains states, and by 1942 resulted in the planting of 30,233 shelterbelts containing 220 million trees that stretched for 18,600 miles (29,900 km).[18] The sharp-thorned trees were also planted as cattle-deterring hedges before the introduction of barbed wire and afterward became an important source of fence posts. In 2001, its wood was used in the construction in Chestertown, Maryland of the Schooner Sultana, a replica of the HMS Sultana (1768).[19]
The heavy, close-grained yellow-orange wood is very dense and is prized for tool handles, treenails, fence posts, and other applications requiring a strong dimensionally stable wood that withstands rot.[20] Straight-grained osage timber (most is knotty and twisted) makes very good bows. In Arkansas, in the early 19th century, a good Osage bow was worth a horse and a blanket.[9] Additionally, a yellow-orange dye can be extracted from the wood, which can be used as a substitute for fustic and aniline dyes. At present, florists use the Maclura pomifera fruits for decorative purposes.[21]
When dried, the wood has the highest BTU content of any commonly available North American wood, and burns long and hot.[22][23] The wood should not be used in open fireplaces without a spark screen because the wood is very prone to popping and may send sparks and small embers several feet.
Unlike many woods, osage wood is very durable in contact with the ground. Smaller logs make good fence posts, being both strong and durable. They are generally set up green because the dried wood is too hard to reliably accept the staples used to attach the fencing to the posts. Palmer and Fowler's Fieldbook of Natural History 2nd edition, rates Osage orange wood has being 2.5 times as hard as white oak (Quercus alba) and having twice the tensile strength.
Although Osage oranges are commonly believed to repel insects, there is insufficient evidence to support this. Research has shown that compounds extracted from the fruit, when concentrated, may repel insects. However, the naturally occurring concentrations of these compounds in the fruit are far too low to make the fruit an effective insect repellent.[24][25][26] In 2004, the EPA insisted that a website selling Maclura pomifera fruits online remove any mention of their supposed pesticidal properties as false advertisements.[21]
Wighteone, an isoflavone, can be found i M. aurantiaca.[27]
The earliest account of the tree in the English language was given by William Dunbar, a Scottish explorer, in his narrative of a journey made in 1804 from St. Catherine's Landing on the Mississippi River to the Ouachita River.[9] It was a curiosity when Meriwether Lewis sent some slips and cuttings to President Jefferson in March 1804. According to Lewis's letter, the samples were donated by "Mr. Peter Choteau, who resided the greater portion of his time for many years with the Osage Nation," they didn't take, but later the thorny Osage orange tree was widely naturalized throughout the U.S.[28] In 1810, Bradbury relates that he found two trees growing in the garden of Pierre Chouteau, one of the first settlers of St. Louis, apparently the same person.[9]
The trees acquired the name bois d'arc, or "bow-wood", from early French settlers who observed the wood being used for war clubs and bow-making by Native Americans.[9] Meriwether Lewis was told that the people of the Osage Nation, "So much ... esteem the wood of this tree for the purpose of making their bows, that they travel many hundreds of miles in quest of it."[29] Many modern archers assert the wood of the Osage orange is superior even to English Yew for this purpose, though this opinion is by no means unanimous. The trees are also known as "bodark" or "bodarc" trees, most likely originating from a corruption of "bois d'arc." The Comanches also used this wood for their bows.[30] It was popular with them because it was strong, flexible and durable, and was common along river bottoms of the Comanchería. Some historians believe that the high value this wood had to Native Americans throughout North America for the making of bows, along with its small natural range, contributed to the great wealth of the Spiroan Mississippian culture that controlled all the land in which these trees grew.[14]
Maclura pomifera is named in honor of William Maclure (1763-1840), a Scottish-born American geologist and educational reformer. President of the American Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia for 22 years. Maclure made major contributions to his field, including the first true geological map of any part of North America, and was a strong advocate of universal education, especially for women.
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- ^ "The Plant List". The Plant List. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
- ^ John H. Wiersema. "USDA GRIN entry for ''Maclura pomifera''". Ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
- ^ Bobick, James E. The Handy Biology Answer Book. Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 2004, p. 178.
- ^ Definition of Bo`dock´, TheFreeDictionary.com, accessed January 13, 2012.
- ^ http://www.windovernurseries.com/native.htm
- ^ "Osage orange" at Britannica
- ^ "Orange" at Britannica.
- ^ a b c d e f Keeler, Harriet L. (1900). Our Native Trees and How to Identify Them. New York: Charles Scriber's Sons. pp. 258–262.
- ^ a b c "USDA Forest Service: Silvics of Trees of North America. ''Maclura pomifera''". Na.fs.fed.us. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
- ^ "George Washington's River Farm". Retrieved 2013-05-31.
- ^ Allen Bush. The Undaunted and Undented Osage Orange.
- ^ Jauron, Richard. "Facts and Myths Associated with "Hedge Apples"". Horticulture and Home Pest News. Iowa State University. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ a b Connie Barlow. Anachronistic Fruits and the Ghosts Who Haunt Them. Arnoldia, vol. 61, no. 2 (2001)
- ^ Bronaugh, Whit (2010). "The Trees That Miss The Mammoths". American Forests 115 (Winter): 38–43.
- ^ Connie Barlow and Paul Martin, 2002. The Ghosts of Evolution: Nonsensical Fruit, Missing Partners, and Other Ecological Anachronisms, which covers the now-extinct large herbivores which fruits like the Osage orange and Avocado co-evolved with in the Western Hemisphere.
- ^ Grandtner, Miroslav M. Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees. Vol. 1. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2005, p. 500.
- ^ R. Douglas Hurt Forestry of the Great Plains, 1902-1942
- ^ "Schooner Sultana". Sultanaprojects.org. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
- ^ Cullina, William. Native Trees, Shrubs, & Vines: A Guide to Using, Growing, and Propagating North American Woody Plants. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
- ^ a b Grout, Pam. Kansas Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff. Guilford, Conn: Globe Pequot Press, 2002.
- ^ Scott A. Meister. "Top 10 Fuel Trees for Zone 5 and Above". Permaculture Reflections, May 17, 2006.
- ^ Tom Oyen. "Sweep's Library: Firewood Comparison Charts"
- ^ Jauron, Richard. "Facts and Myths Associated with "Hedge Apples"". Iowa State University. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ Ogg, Barbara. "Facts and Myths of Hedge Apples". University of Nebraska Lincoln. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ Nelson, Jennifer. "Osage Orange-- Maclura pomifera". University of Illinois. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Wighteone on". Liberherbarum.com. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
- ^ Osage Oranges Take a Bough. Smithsonian magazine, March 2004, p. 35.
- ^ Dillon, Richard H. Meriwether Lewis: A Biography. New York: Coward-McCann, 1965, p. 95.
- ^ Rollings, Willard Hughes (2005). The Comanche. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-7910-8349-9.


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THE IRISH captain, who made his 100th appearance for Ireland against Wales in the 2010 RBS 6 Nations, has led Ireland to four Triple Crowns (in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2009) as well as a Championship and Grand Slam.
He has had some magic moments, from his stunning hat-trick against France in 2000 to his wonder try for the Lions against Australia in 2001,but his performances in the 2009 RBS Six Nations – including four crucial tries and a drop goal – surely mark the pinncale of his career. His performances earned several man of the match accolades and he was voted player of the tournament. Just two months later he capped an incredible season by playing a huge part in Leinster's Heineken Cup triumph and was named as Rugby World magazine's World Player of the Decade.
Brian is Ireland's record try scorer and in 2011 he broke Ian Smith's 78-year-old Championship try scoring record with his 25th Six nations He was named named as Rugby World magazine's World Player of the decade.
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New hopes for treating mental illness
There may be encouraging news for the millions of Americans who now suffer from some form of mental illness. More than 300 medicines are currently being developed in the U.S. to help ease the devastating impact that mental illnesses have on patients, their families and society. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), nearly 60 million Americans are affected by some form of mental illness. Nearly one American in seven suffers from a serious mental illness.
For too long, such misunderstood conditions as depression and bipolar disorders have stigmatized patients, needlessly causing shame and fear. In addition to the human toll, diagnosing and treating mental illnesses exacts a heavy economic burden. In fact, according to NIMH, the total direct and indirect cost of treating mental illness in the United States is $205 billion per year. Fortunately, many mental illnesses are highly treatable. According to the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), the new medicines being developed hold the promise of providing patients and doctors with more and better treatment options. Among the medicines now in the research pipeline: 66 new treatments for depression, which affects nearly 21 million Americans; 26 medicines to treat addictive disorders, including dependence on alcohol, tobacco or illicit drugs; 54 therapies for anxiety disorders, which affect more than 40 million adults; 90 for dementias-including Alzheimer's disease, which affects more than 5 million Americans; and 45 promising remedies for schizophrenia, which strikes some 2.4 million adults each year. In addition to developing new medicines, American pharmaceutical research companies say they've made strides in helping uninsured and underinsured patients gain access to the medicines they need. The companies have sponsored the Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA), which has helped connect more than 5 million uninsured and financially struggling Americans to more than 475 patient assistance programs that provide free or nearly free medicines. Over 200 of the participating patient assistance programs are directly sponsored by an American pharmaceutical research company.
We applaud those involved in improving the lives of the mentally ill.


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Women on the Rise?
Seventy-three years after women gained suffrage in Turkey, for the first time 48 women were elected to Parliament (representing 8.7 percent of the assembly). In regard to women's issues, Turkey is a country of many contradictions. Women make up the majority in universities, the legal system, and the world of finance, and they are represented in the highest positions.
On the other hand, the illiteracy rate among women is one of the highest in Europe, and until recently just 4.4 percent of Parliamentary representatives were women – one of the lowest quotas on the continent.
Turkish women now occupy the highest positions
The women's movement, which has been very active for many years, is trying to overcome these inequalities. A campaign this spring garnered much attention when posters of prominent Turkish women wearing mustaches were seen on television and in advertising posters saying: "Do we have to wear these to get into Parliament?"
The campaign was designed by KADER (Association for the Support and Preparation of Women in Politics). Chairperson Hülya Gülbahar is satisfied with the outcome: "We worked very hard, and the result of the campaign is that the percentage of women in Parliament has been doubled. But we cannot rest on this success, we must continue."
"Shop-window women"
Türkel Minibas, professor of gender studies at Istanbul University, also emphasizes that the issue is not just the number of women in Parliament: "The AKP put women up front during the last election. But when we consider their ideology or their work in Parliament, we see that women are often not part of the decision-making. They are there instead to raise their hands at the right moment."
And Professor Necla Arat, a newly elected social democratic representative, complains that, "Some parties think – and I quote – 'women are good for their shop-windows.'"
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan made sure his wife was always at his side during the election campaign. This was an unusual sight for both secular and Islamic Turks. Erdogan looked to the American model in this instance, says Türkel Minibas, but she is critical: "When we look at the government, we see very few women."
This is true also for the social democratic Republican People's Party (CHP). "What matters are the measures that Parliament passes. What matters are women's experiences when they get divorced or are exposed to violence."
"Men don't move forward on women's concerns"
Turkey's reform efforts are also being observed by the EU. The social democratic EU representative Emine Bozkurt has created two reports on women's rights in Turkey for the EU Parliament. Bozkurt sees improvements in women's rights as a success, but she also demands more reforms:
"Tayyip Erdogan promised to establish a parliamentary commission on equality. And second, we want to see more women among the ministers in the new government, namely in important cabinet positions, and women must also be well represented in the commissions. Because when women's concerns are put into the hands of men, they do not move forward."
According to KADER chairperson Hülya Gülbahar, the most pressing problems for women in Turkey are violence, honor killings, lack of education, poverty and the lack of political participation. "We expect both the women and the men in Parliament to tackle these problems," adds Gülbahar. She also demands more money and freedom for the women's commissions in the parties to set agendas.
A long way to go
Professor Türkel Minibas agrees, and she even goes a step further: "What is important is that the standard of living improves in this country. For this, women – starting in the family – must have equality with men. Women in Turkey are granted equality in the law, but not in everyday life. We will judge the AKP according to the positions they offer women in the new cabinet, in the civil service, and in the commissions."
The success of the election campaign shows that women in Turkey are on the rise. But they still have a long road ahead of them.
Ayse Tekin
© Deutsche Welle/Qantara.de 2007
Translated from the German by Christina M. White
Women Organisations in Turkey
No Moustache, No Place in Politics!
In Turkey, the 'Kader' association supports and campaigns for the representation of women in politics. Marielle Esvant reports from Istanbul
Elections in Turkey
Beyond Kemalism
Election results in Turkey have put to rest the lie that the AKP is merely an obscure Islamic secret society. Yet, the results also present a great danger. The newly found strength of the AKP will be difficult to control, says Ömer Erzeren
Women's Rights in Turkey
The Crux of Modernization
In terms of women's rights, Turkey has undergone a minor revolution in the past five years. Nevertheless, laws first exist only on paper. Sometimes decades pass before they are implemented. Dilek Zaptcioglu reports


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DOMAIN BUILDING OR RISK TAKING? (In-)equality in Danish School Management
The Nordic Countries are usually seen as the worlds must successful nations when it comes to gender equality, and the Scandinavian population in general appreciates values traditionally labeled feminine as caretaking and the quality of everyday life. However, the inequalities become obvious in school management. Among headmasters in High school in Denmark only 18 % are women despite of the fact that 52 % of the teachers are female. How can we explain that? This article is based on a survey answered by top- and middle level management staff. It rejects all traditional explanations of the relations between gender, values and family obligation but reveals an interesting difference between two strategies for career development: Domain Building and Risk Taking. Both strategies are applied by both men and women. However, one of them seems to be the most effective with regard to achieve a position as a top manager – and one of them is more often preferred by men than by women.
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MATT RS needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
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I am a person in my early 30s who is starting my own legal recruiting boutique- with a CA focus. I've worked as a lawyer for large law firms, and then got into the legal search business by working with a boutique legal search firm. I now want to start my own search firm, and maybe hire a few recruiters to work with me down the road.
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Alfresco's Matt Asay Named a Top Leader in Open Source Business
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"I am very honored—and slightly embarrassed—to have been chosen as a leader in open source," said Asay. "Of course there are numerous people I would like to add to this list, but I guess no list can be exhaustive and I am very proud to be named among such great names. Now we have a revolution to finish, time to get back to work!"
The LinuxWorld leaders list includes Marten Mickos of MySQL; Andy Astor, EnterpriseDB; John Roberts, SugarCRM; Larry Augustin, private investor; Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems; James Governor, Stephen O'Grady and Michael Coté of RedMonk; Raven Zachary, The 451 Group; William Hurley, BMC; Anthony Gold, Unisys; and Michael Tiemman, OSI.
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