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Donald Peter
Department of Medicine and Surgery
College of Veterinary Medicine
Richard F. Randle
Commercial Agriculture Program
Trichomoniasis, or "trich," is a venereal disease of cattle caused by a protozoan parasite, Tritrichomonas foetus. The disease has been reported worldwide, and while few estimates of the geographic prevalence of trichomoniasis in the United States are available, veterinarians and research workers are reporting an increased rate of diagnosis in the western U.S. It is estimated that the economic losses to the U.S. beef industry from reduced conception rates, lowered weaning weights and increased culling due to this disease exceed $100 million annually.
The name tritrichomonas means "three-haired, single-celled protozoan," which aptly describes the organism. It is a pear-shaped, flagellated protozoan with three small flagella protruding from its anterior (front) end and a single flagellum extending from the posterior (rear) end (Figure 1).
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Diagrammatic representation of T. foetus. (Adapted from BonDurant, R. H. Diagnosis, Treatment and Control of Bovine Trichomoniasis. Compendium on Continuing Education for Veterinarians, 7(3): March 1985, S179-S187.)
Like most venereal diseases of domestic animals, T. foetus has few adverse effects in the bull — it is the cows and heifers that suffer the consequences of the infection. The disease causes virtually no outward signs of illness; therefore it is often present in a herd for a considerable time, causing devastating losses due to poor calf crops and prolonged calving seasons before it is suspected and diagnosed.
In bulls, the organism lives on the tissue lining of the penis and prepuce (sheath). Bulls less than 4 years of age tend to clear themselves of the infection, while those 4 years or older are often infected for life.
Infection in the cow occurs primarily by exposure to an infected bull at breeding, but contaminated semen or contaminated insemination equipment also may be sources of infection. The initial infection usually does not interfere with conception but rather results in death of the embryo 15 to 80 days later. Cows and heifers typically return to estrus (heat) one to three months after breeding, but a period of infertility may last for two to six months as a result of the infection (Figure 2). Some infected cows may develop pus in the uterus while others may abort in later gestation. Cows may remain chronically infected, yet be able to deliver a normal calf. This condition is rare but of concern, because these animals can serve as a source of infection to bulls in the following breeding season.
Symptoms in an infected herd appear as an increasing number of open cows, or a calving interval that is prolonged over several months. Pregnancy rates of 30 to 40 percent are not uncommon, especially in heifers. A typical pattern of pregnancy comparing a non-infected herd to an infected herd is shown in Figure 2.
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Example depicting a typical difference in the pattern of pregnancy between an infected and a non-infected herd.
Diagnosis of trich is difficult because many other factors may also reduce the reproductive efficiency in a herd. If trichomoniasis is suspected, your veterinarian is the most qualified person to collect samples and make the diagnosis. The collection and culture methods must be carefully chosen, since the success of getting a positive diagnosis can be greatly affected by the method used. In the bull, the number of organisms cultured from the prepuce can be increased if he is isolated from females for one to two weeks prior to sampling.
Because the process of sample collection and examination procedures are only moderately accurate, confirmation of trichomoniasis infection in a herd may require several samplings. The chances of diagnosing trichomoniasis by examining a single, cultured sampling from the prepuce of an infected bull has been estimated to be as low as 78 percent. Consequently, it is highly recommended that three successive cultures be taken from bulls at weekly intervals. With this method, the probability of an infected bull escaping diagnosis is 1 per 1,000, or 0.001.
Currently, the most common method of sampling used by veterinarians is a dry infusion pipette with a 12-cc syringe attached. In the bull, the pipette is inserted into the prepuce to the level of the fornix (Figure 3). The pipette is then scraped vigorously across the surface, while suction is applied with the syringe. In the cow, the same technique can be used to collect mucus from the cervix.
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Diagrammatic representation of sampling method in the bull. (Adapted from BonDurant, R. H. Diagnosis, Treatment and Control of Bovine Trichomoniasis. Compendium on Continuing Education for Veterinarians, 7(3): March 1985, S179-S187.)
The samples should be placed in culture media as soon as possible after collection to ensure that viable organisms are present for culture. Positive samples usually can be diagnosed within 48 hours but may take as long as six to eight days. If no trich organisms are found by day 10, the sample is usually considered negative.
Prevention and control
At the present time there are no effective treatments for bovine trichomoniasis that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration. In the past, various unapproved treatments have been advocated, with a variety of results, but most were expensive, labor intensive, and caused a multitude of undesirable side effects. While there isn't a recommended treatment, the disease can be prevented, or controlled in the event of established infection, by following some relatively simple and inexpensive management programs.
Since trichomoniasis is a venereal disease and can only be transmitted by sexual contact or by infected mechanical carriers brought in contact with the reproductive organs, the best prevention is to never allow infected bulls or cows to come into contact with a susceptible herd. Specific measures include the following:
- Keep fences in good repair to prevent accidental contact with potentially infected cattle. Monitor traffic in and out of the herd.
- Replacement females should either be pregnant or less than six months of age.
- Replacement bulls should be known virgins. If the sexual history is unknown or questionable, replacement bulls should be cultured three times, as described above, before they enter the herd.
- Sexually rest bulls a minimum of three months between use. The longer the rest period, the better, as this allows more time for an infected bull to potentially clear itself of the infection.
- Use only virgin bulls on heifers. Remove the bulls after three months of breeding. Examine heifers for pregnancy and cull all non-pregnant animals.
- Remove bulls from the adult cows after three to four months of breeding. Examine cows for pregnancy and cull all non-pregnant cows. In herds with split breeding seasons, (spring and fall), do not move non-pregnant cows from one herd to the other.
- Control campylobacteriosis (vibrio), another important venereal disease, by vaccination immediately before the breeding season.
- Use artificial insemination when practical (e.g., dairies and intensively managed beef operations).
Killed vaccines specific for T. foetus have been developed. Test trials indicate vaccination is capable of inducing an immune response earlier than that which occurs naturally in infected cows. Vaccination has been shown to be effective in reducing losses in reproductive efficiency that occur in T. foetus infected herds and can be used as an additional tool in controlling the disease.
Control strategies in an outbreak
Control strategies in an infected herd will vary widely based on a number of factors such as herd size, number of breeding groups, number of breeding seasons, etc. If trichomoniasis has been diagnosed in your herd, you should work with your veterinarian to design a control strategy that will be most effective given your particular situation.


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Since 1990, the American Medical Association has recognized the rapidly evolving field of athletic training as an official allied health profession, and Ithaca College's undergraduate Athletic Training program has long been at the head of the class when it comes to excellence. It has since been one of the country's most established & respected athletic training education programs, producing quality athletic trainers & sports medicine professionals since 1975. Our CAATE accredited degree program addresses the growing national need for enhanced care of the injuries & illnesses that disrupt the daily lives of athletes & the physically active.
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The Athletic Training major in the Department of Exercise & Sport Science provides students with theoretical and professional preparation in allied health care for athletes and physically active persons. Our unique, medically based and integrated curriculum is designed to prepare students for the BOC certification examination, for competent clinical practice, and for entry into various and related professional and postgraduate programs of study in related health care fields. This allied health preparation is designed to facilitate an academic foundation that will allow graduating students to seek professional certification, professional career opportunities in both the public and private sector, or to continue their education beyond IC; our learning objectives are met through a combination of educational experiences incorporating related academic course work with supervised and deliberate clinical experiences. Graduates of our bachelor's degree program have long been respected leaders in the athletic health care industry in New York, the northeastern United States, and beyond (click here to see a sampling of what our alumni are doing now!).
Specific guidelines set forth by our accrediting agency, the CAATE impose restrictions on the number of students we can enroll in the program. Therefore, the program is selective, and interested students must maintain rigorous academic standards in order to secure & maintain their position in the program. At the end of the sophomore year, AT majors must apply to be formally reviewed for retention (those admitted to AT as a freshman) or for admission (internal/external transfers) in the major. Retention is a competitive process based on an applicant's level of achievement according to set criteria. Following is a descriptive overview of Ithaca College's athletic training education program by academic year.
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The curriculum at Ithaca College places a heavy emphasis on the basic and applied bio and medical sciences as the foundations of the program, while emphasizing clinical proficiency, higher level thinking, clinical reasoning and differential diagnosis as advanced skills required to matriculate through the program.
While at Ithaca College, our AT students learns how to prevent, care for, evaluate, manage, and rehabilitate injury and illness in athletic and physically active populations. Upon completion of the curriculum, the successful student is eligible to take the nation Board of Certification Exam (BOC); certifying the athletic trainer (ATC) to practice in myriad and expanding professional settings. Since the program's inception, Ithaca College's athletic training graduates have consistently exceeded the national averages for the profession's certification exam (click here for our program outcomes), and have enjoyed outstanding placement in the nation's top graduate & professional programs, and various exciting and rewarding places of employment.
Currently, there are almost 500 Ithaca College AT graduates employed in various high school, college, and professional sports settings across the country; while numerous others are working in sports medicine clinics, hospitals, fitness centers, and even industrial settings treating the "industrial athlete". Approximately 2/3rds of our graduates have pursued graduate studies, and many have received graduate assistantships & scholarships in athletic training at more than 40 different colleges and universities across the country.
Today, many of our graduates are using their demanding, medically based and hands on experience opportunities to combine their athletic training preparation with advanced study in physical therapy, physician assistant studies, and even medical school. Click here to see what our 2006-2016 alumni are doing now with their Ithaca College education!
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FAQ about Mitsubishi 3D TV & Active Shutter Glasses
Do you have questions about 3D TV? Below are answers to commonly asked questions about 3D Ready Mitsubishi HDTVs, active shutter glasses, 3D signal types and display formats, HDMI requirements and what you need to get the most out of your 3D home theater. 1. How do I watch 3D content on my Mitsubishi 3D Ready HDTV? Watching 3D content on your Mitsubishi 3D Ready HDTV requires purchasing the 3DA-1 3D Adapter Kit or the 3DC-1000 3D Starter Pack. Both 3D TV kits include the adapter and emitter necessary to receive the HDMI 1.4a signals from your Blu-ray player, cable box, satellite DVR, Sony Playstation 3 PS3 or Xbox 360 and convert them to the checkerboard format. The 3DC-1000 includes LCD active shutter glasses while the 3DA-1 kit does not. 2. What Mitsubishi TVs are compatible with the 3D Adapter Kit/Starter Package? DLP projection HDTVs manufactured in 2007 or later can produce 3D effects. Here is a complete list of compatible Mitsubishi TVs: 2007 WD-57833, WD-65833, WD-73833 (3D feature called "FX Gaming") 2008 WD-60735, WD-60C8, WD-65735, WD-65736, WD-65835, WD-65C8, WD-73735, WD-73736, WD-73835, WD-73C8, L65-A90 2009 WD-60737, WD-60C9, WD-65737, WD-65837, WD-65C9, WD-73737, WD-73837, WD-73C9, WD-82737, WD-82837 2010 WD-60638, WD-60C10, WD-60738, WD-65638, WD-65C10, WD-65738, WD-65838, WD-73638, WD-73C10, WD-73738, WD-73838, WD-82738, WD-82838, L75-A91 3. What is different about the new 3D TV technology, and can everyone experience it? The last several years have seen huge jumps in 3D technology, with numerous platforms being developed and cinemas around the world deploying 3D systems. But the biggest jump has been from the throw-away anaglyph (red/cyan) glasses to the home theater active shutter glasses. This new technology allows viewers to experience 3D content in their own home with higher contrast, higher resolution and better color than the stereoscopic glasses of old. While the vast majority of viewers can experience 3D content, some people suffer from stereo blindness, which means the added depth of 3D will appear 2D. But wearing the glasses will retain the intended appearance of the content but will lack the 3D punch available to regular-sighted viewers. And if you wear prescription glasses, the active shutter glasses are designed to fit over/in front of your normal glasses. Contact lens wearers are not affected. 4. Are 3D glasses absolutely necessary? Yes. When your TV is in 3D mode it displays an image that appears distorted without 3D glasses. While the images may be discernible without 3D glasses, there will be no added depth and the distortion may cause discomfort. 5. Will I have to buy all new components to get 3D content? If you have a standard Blu-ray Disc player then you will have to upgrade. There are models specifically designed for 3D playback and are marketed as such. It's possible that manufacturers will provide updates for older players, but it's more likely that they will stop producing non-3D players and push 3D versions instead. Both Sony PS3 and Xbox 360 have games and settings that allow 3D content to be displayed properly on your Mitsubishi HDTV. Plus, more games, movies, shows and sports are being produced in 3D, so check with your cable or satellite provider for details. 6. Can I use my existing HDMI cable or do I have to upgrade? If you have an HDMI category 2 high speed cable (or better) you are fine. The HDMI standards allow for varying degrees of bandwidth and features, so if you have a good cable from the last couple years it will be compatible with the 1.4a standards required by 3D. Of course upgrading your cable to an actual 1.4 version is recommended because the new cables incorporate an Ethernet channel, return audio and general improvements associated with technology and design improvements. 7. Is there 3D content available to watch or should I wait? Don't wait. The major motion picture companies have produced and are distributing 3D films on Blu-ray, and cable companies such as Comcast, Time Warner and Cox Communications have begun providing 3D content. Satellite providers DirecTV and DISH Network are making 3D movies and sports a top priority, and ESPN plans to have major sporting events in 3D very soon. In short, 3D is here and is catching on fast - it will soon be mainstream. 8. Are Mitsubishi 3D Ready HDTVs compatible with DLP Link glasses? Yes. All Mitsubishi 3D Ready HDTVs are compatible with DLP Link glasses. Plus, the TVs have a VESA jack so non-DLP Link glasses can be synchronized. 9. Are all 3D active shutter glasses the same, and are they cross-compatible? No and no. Active shutter glasses have to be synchronized to the TV to work properly and create the 3D effects. But there are many types of glasses: some are infrared (IR), some use Bluetooth or radio frequency (RF), just like some are meant for DLP displays and others just for LCDs. So make sure that when you purchase your TV and 3D kit they are designed to work with each other, and if your friends want to bring their glasses be sure to make sure they will work. 10. What is the difference between a 3D signal the the 3D TV display pattern? The 3D signal is the information sent from the source (like a Blu-ray player) to the TV or adapter. That data is then converted into a display pattern of a certain format. Mitsubishi HDTVs use checkerboard. There are three types of signals that are converted to checkerboard: Frame Packing: super-high resolution 3D signal that requires a lot of bandwidth so is not suitable for satellite or cable systems, just Blu-ray players and gaming systems. The typical signal is 1080p/24fps or 720p/60fps. Side-by-Side: these 3D signals contain two frames - one for each eye - that are suitable for satellite and cable transmissions. They are also suitable for Blu-ray discs. The typical signal is 1080p/24fps, 1080p/30fps, 1080i/60fps or 720p/60fps. Top-Bottom: Just like the signal type above, only the frames are split in half the other way. These 3D signals contain two frames - one for each eye - that are suitable for satellite and cable transmissions. They are also suitable for Blu-ray discs. The typical signal is 1080p/24fps, 1080p/30fps, 1080i/60fps or 720p/60fps.


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Name: James Webb
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
This renovation project in my heritage protected innercity Amsterdam apartment from 1933 aims to correct revious unsympathic alterations and restore a neutral and restrained decor. The floorplan conforms to typical amsterdam housing stock, a U-shaped design around the communal staircase with the living area at the front south side and the bedroom to the rear facing a small courtyard.
The objectives were to increase the feeling of space through the "white washing" of all surfaces, including painting the aging existing floorboards with a high gloss paint. Extensive replastering was required and all mouldings and skirtings were removed and plastered over or replaced with simpler reduced forms and the installation of the "mirrorwall" helps further to alievate the tight dimensions of the main living room and provides alternate views to the outside. A large storagewall in the bedroom allow for the living space to remain free from clutter and mess.
My collection of mid-century furniture from dutch designers is crucial in creating a suitable atmosphere. Pieces such as Wim Rietveld's Pyramid Table and an original Martin Visser SZ02 chair contrast in the white space. The acquisition of a rare Martin Visser credenza provided the perfect opportunity to house the my audiophile hifi system. An original Rob Parry (a former student of Gerrit Rietveld) "Lotus" lounge chair and "Result" school
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HGST has a long history of producing the largest and most reliable hard disk drives (HDDs) in the world. Couple those hard drives with the broad SanDisk-brand portfolio of flash storage technologies and you get a solution that enables Cassandra architects to achieve optimal Cassandra clusters. While modern multi-core servers allow parallel execution of multiple threads, Cassandra was not originally written to fully exploit them, which often leaves cores idling, waiting for data from storage. Ultimately, the low utilization causes server sprawl and wasteful spending of IT budgets.
Apache Cassandra™ database at scale can use both the cost-effective capacity of HGST-brand Ultrastar® helium hard drives and the density and performance capabilities of SanDisk®-brand solidstate drives (SSDs) to fully exploit flash and modern servers and to provide optimal performance and consolidation.
Cassandra is an open source NoSQL database written in Java and specifically optimized to be scalable, decentralized, fault tolerant, and, above all, performant. It is used at some of the web's largest properties and throughout financial services and other industries as a repository of record with multiple petabytes of data under its control.
As a NoSQL database, Cassandra was built from the ground up for scale-out architectures. Instead of investing in a large, centralized database server with massive amounts of storage and memory capacity, architects can deploy more modestly configured servers to perform the same types of operations and guarantee the same levels of uptime and data reliability.
Scale-out provides a powerful method for increasing database performance and capacity. Need more compute power? Add servers to distribute the workload. Need additional storage capacity? Add servers and rebalance. Yet all of these server additions, if not properly managed and minimized, can lead to a classic case of server sprawl with massive operational expenses from large and underutilized server farms.
As described above, there are basically two reasons to add servers to a cluster: to expand capacity or to increase performance. Let's examine how HGST helium hard drives can help minimize the need for additional servers for petabyte-scale capacities.
It is an axiom in the computer industry that data always grows to fill available space. This is a good problem to have because additional data enables Cassandra to perform deeper analytics and extract higher value insights from data. However, it can lead to adding servers simply for their storage, effectively wasting the initial cost of the rest of the server and its ongoing power, cooling, and maintenance.
In cases where your application is data-limited and not server-computelimited, it can make sense to scale up your scale-out storage. HGSTbrand Ultrastar® helium hard drives, in announced capacities of up to 12TB in an industry-standard 3.5 inch form factor, are offered with a choice of SAS or SATA interface. By loading 4 drives in a single rack unit server, nearly 50TB of raw storage and compute can exist in such a server, providing an optimal balance between capacity and compute for less-frequently accessed data.
SanDisk SSDs are built for performance. Depending on your performance needs, multiple SATA or SAS interfaced SSDs can reduce the I/O wait times dramatically when compared with traditional storage solutions, leading to higher CPU utilization and a decrease in server sprawl.
When a Cassandra cluster is slow to return a response, the cause could be a bottleneck on the underlying storage. Cassandra has an on-disk data format, the SSTable, which is efficient for additions but needs occasional compaction (or garbage collection) as items are updated. When this compaction takes place, one or more SSTables are consolidated and written into a new file. This process takes I/O performance away from the rest of the application, which is especially troublesome for high-write workloads. Even database reads can be stuck in the I/O queue behind these operations, which means that query performance can drop, sometimes dramatically, while actual server CPU usage will be minimal. A SAS SSD, such as the HGST-brand Ultrastar SS200 with its SAS interface and tuning for a mixed read/write workload, can help alleviate this bottleneck and maintain query performance during background operations.
For the absolute highest performance needs, the SanDisk brand also includes SSDs that completely skip the traditional storage stack by using NVM Express™ (NVMe), a direct-to- CPU attachment technology based on PCI Express that delivers dramatically lower I/O operation latencies than SATA or SAS.
Cassandra can be a powerful tool to store and extract value from massive amounts of data. However, like any scale-out tool, it needs to be applied carefully and thoughtfully, or it can result in a massive server sprawl and associated headaches.
For the largest Cassandra databases, adding HGST Ultrastar helium HDDs in industry-standard, fully serviceable chassis is ideal. This solution provides high capacity and good performance in a small footprint, and it enables the construction of cost-effective, massive clusters.
Ideal candidates for SanDisk SSDs are Cassandra databases in which queries take too long to return data or in which applications are not meeting their SLAs. In these cases, SanDisk SSDs, potentially in a directto-CPU connected NVMe interface form factor, may dramatically reduce query response times and allow you to maintain or reduce your server footprint at massively increased query performance.
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Built: 1963
Judicial District: Seventh
Although the cornerstone ceremony for the building which houses Monroe County's many courts was held on Law Day, Tuesday May 1, 1962, furniture, personnel and supplies did not begin moving in until November 23, 1963. Attempts by purchasing agents to have any new furniture delivered were thwarted by the fact that the county had not taken possession of the building. Legally, nothing could be delivered. Therefore, the county was scheduled to take legal possession on November 15, 1963. Monroe County Court, one of the first to inhabit the new building, was scheduled to move in the weekend of November 23-24. The move actually took place on December 2, 1963. The New York State Supreme Court moved into the building at the beginning of the new year 1964.
In November of 1963 it was decided that the new building would be called "The Hall of Justice". The old courthouse which, will no longer house any courts, would continue to be the County Courthouse.
Source: "Survey of Court Facilities in New York State", NYS Office of Court Administration...1981 pg 353; Many thanks to Monroe County Office of the County Historian


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He doesn't want to grow the biggest tomato, as large-volume producers do; rather, Javier Torres has built his career in tomatoes by thinking differently.
"I tell the seed companies I don't want the number one variety with the big yields and the disease package," he says. "I'll find a way to handle the diseases and those problems. What I need is a tomato that tastes good — what I'm doing is all about flavor, taste. If it doesn't get big, that's good; if it doesn't gas well, that's even better."
Torres, 38 years old, owns a pair of Florida-based companies that produce and pack tomatoes, Tomato Thyme and Red Diamond Farms.
"We're not trying to compete with the huge companies growing gassed green tomatoes," he says. "We grow vine ripes. That's what sets us apart from the others, and this market is growing very fast."
It could also set his company apart from the greenhouse-grown Mexican tomatoes, whose reduced prices currently hammer most Florida tomato growers. His company grows Ruby Ripes, Tasti-Lees, grape tomatoes, flavorful peppers, and a bit of squash for rotation.
In 2012, he put big hopes on Tasti-Lees, the new release from the University of Florida. He grew them in the Homestead area, at Wimauma and, later in the season, at Quincy, in the Panhandle.
He then followed the production season northward, growing Tasti-Lees at Dayton, Tenn., Sylva, N.C., and at Old Fort, Ohio.
"They did really well; We're still excited about them," Torres says. "We have strong demand from new retailers coming on toward mid-December. We're going to more than double our acreage of Tasti-Lees."
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His Florida production alone should total about 360 acres. He decided to move his south Florida production from Homestead to the western fringe of West Palm Beach, where soils are better for growing tomatoes, he says.
Once again, he'll have fields in the Wimauma area and will follow last season's growing pattern northward. In 2013, he will add Virginia's Eastern Shore to the mix, where it is simple to ship tomatoes to New York City.
Torres also is part of a small group of growers and distributors who teamed on the new "Handy Candy" grape tomato that's packaged in four-ounce resealable cups, making it easy for consumers to snack on them. Handy Candy LLC is a spin-off of Flavor-Pic Tomato Co., based in Birmingham, Ala.
"I want to give consumers what they want," he says. "Tastes are changing and growers have to change, too. People say they want healthy snacks, so let's give them some. Tomatoes are healthy — let's make it easy for them to eat tomatoes."
As consumers get ever more savvy about what they eat, success in the tomato business will focus on taste, Torres says.
"If you're a consumer — and everybody is — I want to sell you something you like. We've got to sell taste. That's why I like Tasti-Lees and why I like Ruby Ripes. The Ruby Ripes are bigger than cherry tomatoes, have good Brix, and they're sweet. Once consumers taste them, they'll be back for more."
He began working in Florida's tomatoes fields at age nine, joining his father, Leo Torres, and his brothers, picking the fruit as it began to color and ripen. His father bought tomatoes from the farmers, then marketed them at the Tampa farmers market or to roadside stands.
The family lived at Myakka City, east of Sarasota in Manatee County.
"My father was always self-employed," Torres says. "This is what we did for a living. There were four of us. We were great pickers, great at harvesting tomatoes. We were the beginning of what's called 'pin-hookers,' who did this kind of work. I still don't know why we were called that — I should try to figure that out sometime."
Started early in life
Torres got busy making an income earlyin life. He talks the subtleties of marketing like a university ag economics graduate, although he never attended high school. At age 15, he went to work in the Atlanta farmers market selling Florida tomatoes, and that served as a graduate school of sorts.
"I learned what customers wanted," he says. "That's the important thing — to sell them what they want, not try to force them to buy something they really don't want."
As a result, his tomato standards are high.
"Taste is the important thing, so I try for quality tomatoes. It's important to hit a 7 on Brix. An 8.5 is better, but I can't guarantee that. A lot of varieties are only 5, so if you're growing one of those varieties, you're not going to get the taste consumers want.
"I like Brix as a way to judge tomatoes. A lot of growers are used to letting the packinghouse do the selling for them. Since I grew up with tomatoes here in Florida and selling them in the Atlanta market, I knew both sides. So, I do both — I grow them and market them. It's something I'm proud of."
His vision for the company doesn't encompass huge growth, even though acreage is doubling for the 2013 crop.
"I like being a smaller grower so I can control quality," Torres says. "I'm a specialty grower —I'm not growing what all the other guys grow. I don't want to be a commodity grower. We can't compete with the big growers; for them, it's all about the tonnage they produce.
"This may be a so-called niche market, but it's becoming a good one."


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Outside of a few attention-grabbing events like the May Day or NATO protests in Chicago, the nation's mainstream media have all but consigned the Occupy movement to the trash bin of yesterday's news. Occupy participants around the country know better, however, and they are converging on Philadelphia for a National Gathering of Occupy groups from June 30 through July 4.
Indeed it is time for Occupy to once again seize the moment. However, people on the left need to do some hard thinking about what that phrase means. I trust that the planners of the National Gathering have been carefully considering how best to seize the moment. How will the rest of us react?
Corporate media coverage of the Occupy movement is totally unsurprising. It follows a long-established pattern for coverage of protest movements going back at least to the early days of the post-World War II civil rights movement. Protest news is conventionally about the protest and protesters, not the target of the protest. Once a protest is no longer new, it is not deemed "newsworthy" by the commercial mass media unless the protesters are wildly or violently expressive, or unless a massive turnout suggests growing movement momentum. Dramatic conflict, potent imagery, and compelling personalities are the watchwords of TV news –think of the endless political scandals and media celebrity fixations, as well as police-protester clashes, that bombard us via the tube. As the national press competes for image-saturated reader attention, these characteristics of mainstream news have spread throughout the culture, and they have a great deal to do with how the wider public views protests.
But the other systematic characteristic of mass media news has to do with coverage of protest targets –the issues and institutions that produce protesters' grievances. Here the media are totally conventional, afraid to venture outside the conventional goal posts of public debate established by Democratic and Republican leaders and other "credible" members of political, economic, and academic elites. The corporate media are, after all, crucial institutions through which the elite maintain their hegemony.
Compare, for example, any Democracy Now broadcast to any of the mainstream TV broadcasts of a protest. From a critical vantage point outside the kind of perspective your typical Democratic or Republican leader expresses, Democracy Now offers its viewers substance and depth on what the protest is really about. The networks, cable and otherwise, basically single out one or two individual protesters for sound bites against a backdrop of eye-catching visuals, while simultaneously framing and "balancing" the protest sound bites through the viewpoints of "credible" authorities who attack, dismiss, or at best condescendingly patronize the protesters. The mass media also automatically gravitate towards any violence; indeed, the mere fact of protest is reflexively framed as posing the "threat" of violence, even if the protest is totally nonviolent.
Innumerable studies, including my own, have documented the way mass media news is contained within boundaries. Only certain perspectives and interpretations of events are taken seriously, and these invariably reinforce conventional beliefs about the nation's political and economic institutions as well as the foundational myths about our history.
This means the nation's political discourse lacks the critical understanding that a very vital, if volatile, left can provide (instead, the mass media consider someone like President Obama or Nancy Pelosi as the "left"). It also means conventional politics are completely devoid of an informed understanding of history. Indeed, I would argue that much of the left's "volatility" can be linked to the fact that left perspectives are –and have been for as long as there have been mass media— effectively excluded from our common discourse (though, of course, when left perspectives threaten to become too intrusive, state and corporate propaganda and police repression help to marginalize them). Lest we repeat the errors of the past, we need to understand this history –our history, or in Howard Zinn's phrase, the people's history.
Think of the way the nation's mass media have covered the Occupy movement. First, they ignored it. Then, after New York police pepper-sprayed two women in the graphic video that went viral on the internet and especially after the mass arrests of hundreds of Occupiers trapped by police on the Brooklyn Bridge, they became fiercely attentive. But in seeking the meaning of this protest movement (i.e., its targets), they insisted that the movement had to come up with a set of "demands," as if this widespread and diverse uprising were a kind of lobbying group seeking specific legislation from Congress. Yet Occupy's emergence represented an extremely wide range of people and viewpoints, all fed up with a system that was patently not working for the vast majority of the American people. Ever since the occupations were forcefully shut down, the mass media have noticed large-scale actions undertaken by Occupy folks, though this coverage has typically been pre-occupied with police-protester "skirmishes."
What does all this mean, then, for the next phase being hashed out and planned at Occupy's National Gathering. 2011 was an extraordinary year of popular uprisings in the United States and the rest of the world. All these protests movements –from Arab Spring, to the national uprisings in Europe and elsewhere, to the struggles to support collective bargaining rights and public expenditures in states like Wisconsin and Ohio, to Occupy Everywhere— continue in one form or another. They do so because their grievances remain valid; the issues have not gone away.
For starters, we need to understand the history of the last time popular uprisings were spreading through the nation and world –the era commonly known as the "sixties." I have argued elsewhere that the crucial characteristics of our mass media –their boundaried discourse and their preoccupation with drama, personalities, and visuals— had important implications for the way the protest movements of the 1960s evolved, and thus for the direction this nation moved in the years after the 60s era. Overall, media images helped to spread protest activity, inviting people into the era's social movements; yet at the same time, while feeding off these images, the media's boundaries meant that the rest of the nation was told that spreading protests from the mid-60s on were occurring because of a so-called "generation" of disaffected youth. Not surprisingly, the more youthful members of these movements were disproportionately engaged in the kinds of activities that the media zeroed in on (or at least they looked the part to mainstream reporters). Crucial critiques that lay at the core of each of the era's movements were virtually excluded from mainstream discourse. They were, in effect, illegitimate.
The results, ultimately, were enormously destructive of the democratic potential that vibrated within each of the era's movements. Feeding off the more "newsworthy" media images, the forces of political backlash –and commercial exploitation— had a field day. Ultimately, these forces prevailed, producing the neoliberal catastrophe we current live in. The media's generational fixation also helped to isolate the young, or at least many of them. Along with increasing police violence and state repression, as well as the continued escalation of the horrific war in Vietnam, protesters' very isolation from the nation's "legitimate" discourse helped to radicalize them. Yet in mass mediaspeak, there was no such thing as a legitimate radical criticism, there was only youthful militancy. Indeed, the mass media defined militant behaviors as "radical." The effect, particularly on younger protesters in the process of finding and expressing their social identities, was poisonous for democracy. As documented in a variety of activists' retrospectives from the racial struggles of the day, the antiwar movement, the New Left, and the women's movement, youthful movement groups fragmented as each argued over the "correct" stance while struggling to define itself apart from the conventional offerings of American institutions.
Take, for example, the antiwar movement. Recoiling in moral horror at what the United States was doing in Vietnam and its neighbors, more and more movement participants became radicalized by what they saw, heard, and read of the war –meaning at the very least that they viewed the war as an American attack on the people of Vietnam. In other words the very opposite of the consensus assumptions expressed by both hawks and doves in the media's conventional debate. Given the exclusion of this view from legitimate media discourse –as well as the public's distance from what the war was really like on the ground for both the Vietnamese people and American soldiers— the antiwar movement struggled endlessly with how to get its argument and evidence across to the wider public.
One solution was the use of symbols, and thus individual protesters began to show up at antiwar rallies carrying Viet Cong flags –visual imagery that expressed both their alienation and their outsider view of the war, but imagery the media were drawn to like moths to light and media consumers could readily read as "anti-American," aided, of course, by the forces of backlash. Fed by growing frustrations over the ever-escalating war, the other solution pursued by segments of the movement was to engage in increasingly confrontational and/or militant tactics.
The fact that the war was being openly contested throughout much of American society, made growing numbers of an increasingly attentive American public turn against the war. In fact, by 1971, a majority of Americans believed that the war was "morally wrong," and by 1978 72% of the American public had come to what was in essence the core antiwar movement belief: "the Vietnam war was more than a mistake, it was fundamentally wrong and immoral." Yet, tellingly, as public opinion against the war increased over time, so did public hostility towards the antiwar movement that people encountered in the media. For years after the war ended, the antiwar movement continued to be targeted and distorted by a host of public officials and right-wing crazies.
One clear lesson I draw from this history is that if the Occupy movement ultimately seeks the transformation of our neoliberal political economy into a truly democratic society, mass actions that seek mass media attention need to continue but need to be carefully constructed with the aim of reaching a wider sympathetic public. Antiwar militancy arguably did build pressure on the Nixon administration to bring the war to what it considered a premature end, but the costs of that militancy remain with us today. Thus, for example, burning an American flag during the January Occupy protest in Oakland, or using black bloc tactics (e.g., smashing store front windows after a powerfully successful action closing the port of Oakland) may feel like an authentic expression of what one is feeling at the time, and militancy can legitimately be viewed as the most effective way to further one's objectives. But these are not the way to reach a wider sympathetic audience, as long as other means are available, if one's objective is build a powerful movement. [Fittingly, the LA Times on-line featured two images on its front page the day after massive police violence cleared an occupied abandoned building: a line of police defending a defaced building from further attack, and the burning American flag.]
The 99% symbol of Occupy Wall Street brilliantly communicated precisely the kind of symbol that can and did reach the rest of America. Continued media visibility is important for Occupy's future as a way of keeping Occupy issues in the public eye and potentially reaching wider audiences. Thus nonviolent mass actions –for example, sit-ins blocking the eviction of people from foreclosed homes— would continue to link Occupy sympathetically with victims of the very institutions that created our current economic recession, and most people outside the 1% know someone who has had their home foreclosed. I would argue, too, that the time is right for a sustained campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience on the steps of the Supreme Court, another institution heavily implicated in the recent theft of democracy.
By holding a National Gathering in Philadelphia, Occupy folks are also pursuing another important tack in coming together for face-to-face conversations through which they learn more about the diverse perspectives across the nation's occupations and begin to work towards a more coherent analysis of what is wrong, why it is wrong, and what needs to be done about it. The tensions between freedom of expression for diverse viewpoints and the political imperative of some form of unity are inevitable in social movements, and participating in a movement is a crucial aspect of political education. The various Occupy's around the nation have already adopted democratic processes that help to safeguard the importance of free expression and diversity within the movement, and various Occupy caucuses reinforce this quality that tended to disappear in some of the late-1960s subgroups. It will be interesting to see if the National Gathering can move closer to a unifying vision of where it believes we need to go.
If I were able to be present in Philadelphia, I would put forward the argument that a comprehensive critique of global capitalism ultimately needs to be a fundamental part of the core Occupy message, and a compelling vision of a fully participatory, democratic society must form the vision of where we need to go. I agree with those who argue that capitalism requires and fosters forces that are incompatible with human justice, global peace, and a sustainable future for humanity.
Thus I believe it is important for Occupiers to engage with articulate critics of capitalism and its by-products –people like John Bellamy Foster, David Harvey, Noam Chomsky, and many others— but is perhaps most fundamentally important for them to understand, as Frances Moore Lappé has argued, that capitalism and our current neoliberal politics ultimately rest on a vision of human beings as essentially self-interested atoms. Given this assumption (and the elite domination it produces), impersonal mechanisms like the economic marketplace and checks and balances of fragmented political institutions are offered as the means of allegedly producing liberal social goods. Yet this very reliance produces precisely what it assumes: self-interested behavior, the accumulation of wealth in fewer and fewer hands, and growing powerlessness on the part of most people.
Democracy, on the other hand, rests on the vision of humans as developing social beings, equipped with the scientifically-documented instinct of empathy towards other humans, the ability to come together cooperatively to resolve pressing problems and attain desired common goals, and the desire to find meaning in their lives. What becomes crucial is the kind of environment these developing humans encounter in their lives. A democratic society –a society, not just a system of government— is one that is built on trusting these human qualities while increasingly finding ways of nurturing them as humans grow and develop throughout their lives. There's a great deal of evidence that much of the wider public recognizes that the democratic vision is far more appealing than the capitalist vision, especially as the costs of the latter become more and more evident.
However, the public has long been taught that it can't trust the democratic vision it is drawn to. It's time to turn that around.
Despite the National Gathering's impulse towards national (and global) connection, the continued activity of local Occupy groups remains crucially important to this movement's future. Recognizing the importance of occupying a space in our cities, many Occupy groups have now sought legitimate ways to occupy storefronts and abandoned buildings. Outreach to the wider local community from these spaces is crucial if the Occupy movement is to broaden its base and become the kind of movement the powerful have to listen to. Even if this activity is ignored by the national media, as it will be, along with use of the internet and social media, it becomes the crucial way the Occupy movement can convey its meanings to the wider public in a manner many can respond to sympathetically. Indeed unmediated interaction with the public –i.e., face-to-face conversation— is crucially important. It also happens to be the very basis of a democratic society. If we stop conversing with each other, including those we disagree with, we will remain divided –and ruled.
Thus I would argue that Occupy needs to pursue two paths at the local level. As many local Occupy groups have, it needs to reach out and interact with a host of other relevant groups –labor unions, other economic justice groups, progressives of all kinds, groups organized around racial, gender, and sexual identity, and groups mobilizing around ecological and land use issues— to form a working coalition for a variety of local actions and activities. Simultaneously, I would argue that Occupy should take a page from the work of community organizers, and engage with the wider public –seeking out their articulation of their grievances, inviting them to join with others in local actions, and articulating Occupy's increasingly coherent understandings.
Ultimately, I believe, Occupy and the wider coalition of sympathetic groups need to come together in some form of democratic, loosely coherent organization, though I say that fully aware of the importance of centrifugal forces that propel separate groups down their separate paths. At the local and state level, these coalitions could evolve towards the kind of umbrella organization used in the Wisconsin struggles, "Wisconsin United," thus giving both breadth and a populist feel to the groups that came together to fight Governor Scott Walker and his neoliberal agenda (a struggle that's far from over). In much of the world, political parties are the natural form for these groups to take, but unfortunately, until several basic reforms are achieved in the U.S., our political system is structurally stacked against so-called "third parties." By definition, though, parties are coalitions of interests that come together to shape political outcomes, and ultimately this is what has to happen.
Until then, an expanding, increasingly coherent Occupy-based movement that can draw on wide public support is needed if we are to begin to create a just and sustainable future. Way back in the late 1940s, political scientist E. E. Schattschneider argued that democracy "begins with an act of imagination about people," that they are "equal in the one dimension that counts: each is a human being, infinitely precious because [s]he is human." Count me among those who believe the future has to be democratic –especially if we are to have a future.


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On Wednesday, April 17, Dr. Timothy Chargois, superintendent of Beaumont ISD, called a press conference at his office to ask the local media to help the district promote "civility and humility" among factions of the community.
He quoted President Franklin D. Roosevelt saying, "In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice … the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man."
We at The Examiner will applaud Dr. Chargois' words if the actions of the new superintendent and his board of trustees follow suit; however, like another famous quote says, "Words are cheap." Or how about this one: "Performance is your reality; forget everything else."
Dr. Chargois — long before the redistricting scheme and the litigation of late dominated the news — had a golden opportunity to position himself as an honest, credible, superintendent-elect with the unanimous approval of the Board of Trustees as replacement to Carrol Thomas and, quite frankly, blew it.
Members of the entire community overwhelmingly supported Chargois until the contract that was negotiated differed substantially from the contract he was actually given, including an automatic pay raise that was explained as "an oversight" by the BISD legal team.
Dr. Chargois, you could deny any responsibility and let Butch and the majority of the trustees who employ you take the blame for Calvin Walker's multimillion dollar theft and his subsequent rehiring, for waste and pilferage of the bond funds, or even the distrust of the district by many — up until your appointment. You, however, must take complete responsibility for not standing up in an open board meeting and saying, "My contract was agreed to by all board members without an automatic pay raise, and I will not accept any more than we all agreed to." That, sir, would have, as the politicians say, given you political capital you might be able to spend now that you're asking for "civility and humility."
Understand, sir, that many people feel this board majority and many in the BISD administration are dishonest, not working for the best interests of the children but for their own self-interest.
You, I believe, are being told that because you are black you will not have the support of the white community. Dr. Chargois, don't believe it. Yes, some in the community are bigots and will not support you regardless, but that, sir, is not the majority. The board that some would say is split along racial lines selected you unanimously, but now, as we said before, "performance is your reality."
This community needs — not just wants, but needs — a functional board of trustees and administrators; without it, our children will be incapable of meeting the challenges facing them in the future. Businesses will not grow or relocate here, real estate prices will go down and opportunity for our children will be diminished.
Dr. Chargois, we welcome your call for "civility and humility." But you must look inward at yourself and the district you lead, as well as out at the community you represent.


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STOCKTON - The doors slide open Star Trek-style, and you step aboard the softly humming passenger bus.
STOCKTON - The doors slide open Star Trek-style, and you step aboard the softly humming passenger bus.
Wow, you tell the driver, that all-electric engine sure is quiet.
"No, that's the air conditioning," he says.
Well, then, when do you plan to start this bus?
"Oh, it's already running," he says. "The air conditioning is the loudest part."
For the first time since trolleys clanged through the streets of Stockton before World War II, all-electric mass transit is rolling into town.
Blessed with a $2.5 million state grant, the San Joaquin Regional Transit District will soon add two 35-foot electric buses to its fleet.
For two weeks district officials have tested a bus identical to the pair being manufactured on the East Coast. You might have spotted the test bus on its jaunts around town: It's curvier, glassier and smoother than your standard box-shaped bus, and the phrase "Eco-Drive" is stamped across one of the windows.
"It's pretty nifty," said district fleet manager Chris Durant, who doubled as a driver during a test-run last week.
The ride is as smooth as the look.
Sure, the bus still jolts and bounces over bumpy city streets. But the difference is obvious when you slow to a stop at a red light and hear nothing but the noises of the outside world.
The San Joaquin district was a pioneer in the shift to cleaner hybrid buses, purchasing them as early as 2004. All of the 120 buses in the fleet are to be replaced with hybrids by the end of 2013, said district spokesman Paul Rapp.
Now the district is the first in the San Joaquin Valley to go after electric buses. If more funding can be secured, the district would like to eventually purchase up to five, Rapp said.
Electric vehicles aren't new - other varieties are made right here in Stockton, at Electric Vehicles International.
But the limited range and high cost of batteries have so far made it difficult to market electric buses for mass transit.
That's starting to change. The manufacturer of Stockton's new buses, South Carolina-based Proterra, just last month announced $23 million in venture funding to advance into even more cities.
How does its technology work?
Returning from a route, drivers will pull into the downtown Stockton terminal and nudge their buses beneath a charger that hangs overhead like a light pole.
While passengers exit, the charger lowers onto the top of the bus and slides into place. Electrical current runs through a tangle of wires to batteries in the bowels of the bus.
In as much time as it takes the driver to step inside the terminal and grab a cup of coffee, the bus is ready to run another route. A 10-minute charge allows for about two hours of driving.
The district will save on fuel. It'll pay more for power, but the district says it's working with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. on a deal to avoid peak daytime rates. A similar arrangement has already been made by the Foothill Transit in Southern California, the first district in the state to use electric buses for mass transit.
A standard bus chugs along at a rate of less than 4 miles per gallon; these electric buses run on the energy equivalent of anywhere from 17 to 29 miles per gallon. In all, Proterra says one of its electric buses should save operators $300,000 over the 12-year life of the vehicle.
Going electric should also help the Valley curb its pollution problem - although the environmental benefits of zero-emission vehicles are diminished if the power to fuel them comes from coal-fired power plants someplace else.
The new buses are notable for more than their batteries.
They're a little smaller and lighter, weighing about 20 percent to 40 percent less than a standard bus. That's in part because the new models have a fiberglass shell melded with lightweight balsa wood - a 1 inch exterior that company officials say is remarkably strong.
And, of course, these buses will have no tailpipes.
Not that the folks who step aboard next spring, when the buses hit the streets, will notice the small details.
They might notice that these buses have rear windows - which in recent decades have mostly been eliminated on passenger buses to make room for air conditioning units (on Proterra buses, those units are mounted on the roof).
Riders might also notice that the doors slide open from the side instead of parting from the middle, said district grants manager George Lorente. Just like the starship Enterprise.
"I think the look is going to be the first thing that hits people," Lorente said. "And yes, they're a little more quiet."
Contact reporter Alex Breitler at (209) 546-8295 or email@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/breitlerblog.


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Net profits for United Technologies Corp. rose 8 percent in the second quarter, to $1.7 billion, the company reported Tuesday.
Sales increased 7 percent, to $17.2 billion, with less than half of the gain from organic growth. The bulk of the increase was a major helicopter sales deal with the Canadian government, a long-delayed program that also accounted for $438 million in losses during the quarter.
Quarterly profit from continuing operations of $1.84 a share was higher than the $1.70 average expected by Bloomberg analysts. It was also up from $1.70 in the same quarter a year ago.
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According to recent reports out of Android Next and Tablet Community, the Galaxy Note 10.1 is about to get some pretty significant spec bumps before its released later this year. Android Next reports that the Note 10.1 may have ditched the expected dual-core Exynos processor for the quad-core Exynos with Mali 604 GPU found in the Galaxy S III.
If true, the bump to a quad-core Exynos quickly makes the Note 10.1 one of the best tablets available on the market when its released later this year. The quad-core Exynos processor delivers exceptional performance, and should keep the Note 10.1 blazingly fast in both generic and heavy use situations. It has previously been reported that Samsung delayed the Note 10.1 to include the quad-core Exynos chip, but Samsung has denied those claims. We obviously hope Samsung is putting the quad-core Exynos chip into the Note 10.1.
When Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note 10.1 at Mobile World Congress in February, many were taken aback by the fact that the tablet didn't include a slot for the signature S-Pen found in the Note series. Tablet Community reports that Samsung has gone back to the drawing board to include an S-Pen slot, and has managed to actually make the tablet thinner at the same time. In order to fit the newly-granted slot, Samsung had to slim down the S-Pen a bit. To account for those who want a thicker pen, Samsung will be selling a casing for the S-Pen that adds some heft to the accessory.
Again, these are just rumors at this point, though ones we hope will become reality once the tablet hits retail outlets. We'll hopefully learn more about the final design of the Note 10.1 soon, as we draw ever nearer to an expected launch date.


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A former Queensland Liberal leader has slammed the state treasurer for likening a solar bonus scheme to middle-class welfare.
Brisbane talkback radio went into a frenzy on Friday after Treasurer Tim Nicholls told parliament the former Labor government's feed-in tariff scheme was designed for "champagne sippers and the latte set".
Bruce Flegg, a former state Liberal leader who Mr Nicholls challenged in 2007, took to Twitter to condemn those comments.
"People who installed solar panels were also urged and incentivised to do so by the then govt and should not be criticised for having done so," he tweeted on Friday.
Earlier, Premier Campbell Newman declared in parliament he never received a 44-cent feed-in tariff after installing solar panels on his home in 2007.
"Guess what I get paid: it's eight cents or less. I've never got the 44-cent feed-in tariff," he said.
"Not at all. Not one little bit of it, ever."
More than 200,000 Queensland households receive 44 cents for every kilowatt hour they feed into the grid.
The Liberal National Party reduced the tariff to eight cents, for new customers only, after it won power, and recently changed it again so customers negotiate the fee directly with energy retailers.


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The RNAwolf folding algorithm, version 1.9. We now have full stacking and rich parameters everywhere. In general, most parameters closely follow what we have for ViennaRNA 1.8 but with extended RNA secondary structures, instead of canonicals only. Further refinements of the parameter system will follow.
TODO right now, 1-diagrams only, 2-diagrams come back in a few days. I want to be sure that the full stacking approach does not introduce subtle bugs.
TODO recast all fZZZ functions for folding to actually fuse on minimum/fZZZ.
TODO VU.! -> VU.unsafeIndex
TODO possibly very big TODO: is this being optimized? : fold $ g z where g z = if z==True then [1..10] else []. If this is not optimized, we should change all functions below in a way that allows optimization. (I dont think fusion can fire on these objects...)
TODO rewrite minimumVU to accept Either ctors and specialize on them. Left to be used for strange errors, Right for correct streams
- rnaWolf :: Params -> Primary -> Tables
- rnaWolfBacktrack :: Params -> Primary -> Double -> Tables -> [([ExtPairIdx], Double)]
- rnaWolfOptimal :: Tables -> Double
rnaWolfBacktrack :: Params -> Primary -> Double -> Tables -> [([ExtPairIdx], Double)]Source
Given parameters, input, score band, and filled tables we can backtrack.
NOTE the order in which backtracking for individual functions is performed, is important. In case of ties in energy, the first result is taken. This should be considered!
- 1
- We consider unpaired stretches always first. This is kind of arbitrary.
- 2
- extended stems always come last. This is because they can potentially introduce many co-optimal structures before they are all discarded.
TODO all the crap in comments are bug-fix backtracking options.
rnaWolfOptimal :: Tables -> DoubleSource
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just got the game and started a competition. I got up to the point where I played in the qualifiers, where I got to choose between two different ones.
I completed the first one with no losses and it said I didn't qualify. So I started the second qualifier, again won all my games but it said I didn't qualify again and then it threw me out to the main menu. What am I missing here? Why do I not qualify even though I've won all my games?
Thanks in advance.
- Hidoi
Noob question about Competition.
This is the zone for the ones who prefer to play against the machine.
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Re: Noob question about Competition.
Apart from winning your games, you also have to come top of the rankings. If another AI team has won just as many games and has a higher TV, then they'll qualify and you won't. I think. Keep an eye on the rankings list to see where you stand. It's somewhat idiotic and can also lead to you having to play the same team four times in a row before winning the cup. I stick to campaigns.
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Have the same problem. I tried to push my TV as high as possible (2950) or down to 1030, but never qualified. This just sucks.
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Re: Noob question about Competition.
I think the Competition mode is as bugged as the World Cup mode i.e. don't use it.
Galak 3:16 says "There is a point in time that a player really should read the rulebook."
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Car Deals
Truck Deals: June 2012
Picking a pickup isn't easy. That's not because there are so many models, but because there are so many choices within each model. With various configurations of cabs, different bed sizes, a myriad of engine possibilities and, usually, at least two drivetrain options to choose from, pickup shopping can be complicated. We've made the process a little less challenging by listing deals available throughout June on some of our favorite trucks.
Chevrolet Colorado
Chevrolet has already confirmed the demise of its mid-size Colorado. Despite that news, truck shoppers interested in the durable pickup can still find new Colorado models at dealers nationwide. Not surprisingly, the 2012 Colorado is being offered with several impressive incentives, including up to $2,000 cash back or interest rates as low as 1.9 percent. Buyers willing to consider a 2011 Colorado will find an even better deal, with Chevrolet offering up to $3,000 cash back or 0 percent interest for up to 72 months on nearly all versions of the truck.
GMC Sierra
Shoppers looking for a full-size pickup will find several great deals on the brawny GMC Sierra throughout June. According to the automaker, 2012 Sierra four-door crew cab models are available with up to $2,000 cash back. The offer increases to $2,500 for heavy-duty Silverado 2500 and 3500 models and $3,000 for extended cab and hybrid variants. Additionally, every 2012 Silverado is available with 0 percent financing, allowing truck buyers with strong credit to pay no interest for up to 60 months. Similar offers are also available on Chevrolet's full-size Silverado, which is mechanically identical to the Sierra.
Honda Ridgeline
Many truck owners use their pickups for heavy-duty towing and hauling. Then there are some buyers with no such plans, who mainly seek everyday practicality from pickup ownership. If that sounds like you, Honda is offering a strong incentive on its car-based Ridgeline in June with interest rates as low as 0.9 percent for 36 months or 1.9 percent for up to 60 months. It's getting harder to find the pickup on Honda dealer lots, but AutoTrader.com is currently showing more than 2,500 new models available nationwide, so a new Ridgeline may be closer than you think.
Ram 1500
Don't buy a Ram pickup in June without taking advantage of one of the automaker's attractive special offers. For cash buyers, that means a $3,000 rebate on nearly every one of the pickup's variants, from the basic Ram Sport to the upscale Laramie and Big Horn Edition trim levels. For buyers interested in financing, the automaker is offering 0 percent interest for up to 36 months. For shoppers who would prefer to lease, parent company Chrysler says the Ram can be had with monthly payments as low as $289 per month after $2,999 at signing-not bad for a recently refreshed full-size pickup.
Toyota Tacoma
The durable Tacoma has established a dedicated following among truck buyers who intend to keep their vehicles for years. However, the best deals on the mid-size pickup in June are for those interested in leasing. Toyota is offering $500 cash back for purchasers, but the automaker's top offer is a lease rate of just $249 per month after $2,999 at signing. That's already great deal on the sought-after 2012 model, but we find it even more impressive that the deal applies to the four-wheel-drive, V6-powered Tacoma rather than a stripped-down base model that's unlikely to be found on dealership lots.
What it means to you: With the large amount of incentives available on today's trucks, don't buy a pickup without first researching factory-based deals on the truck you want.


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High Street
For your local shopping needs
Searching the web for a shop?
This website will help you: you will be able to find out about the shops in your local Town or City and if they have a website you will be able to link directly to it.
Select town or cityJust click on the initial letter of your town or city.
The High Street
For over 10 centuries the main shopping street in many vilages, towns and cities in the UK has been called the High Street.
The word high in this context meant something excellent or of superior rank meaning that it was the best place to shop in the town. The steet therefore attracted the best merchants which in turn made it more popular.
The face of the high street has evolved over the years but especially in the 20th century. The first major change was the arrival of store with many branches for instance Woolworths and Marks and Spencer. In time these large stores opened branches in many of the high streets and indeed subsequently known as "high street shops" to diferentiate them from the smaller specialised shops.
Another major change was the arrival of the shopping mall. Initially these were built on or near the high street. They increased the number of shoppers visiting the area and had a positive effect on the high street. Subsequently during the latter part of the 20th century out of town shopping malls and supermarkets and later still the out of town cinema complexes began to be developed. This turned out to be a disaster for the high streets leaving some of them almost derelict and devoid of life with only the elderly and the less well off people who couldn't travel to the out of town centres. This left the high street with mainly banks, travel agents, estate agents and charity shops.
So the major "High Street Store" had initially forced out the small retailer by paying the higher rents and now in turn one by one deserted the high street leaving a wilderness behind.
The next shopping innovation hit both the high street and the out of town shopping mall. That was the sudden upsurge on online buying.
High Street or Online
Is it more convenient to shop on line or in your high street or shopping mall. Here you can get the best of both worlds the physical address of some of the major store including Woolworths, W.H. Smiths, Marks and Spencer La Senza and many more so you can shop in your high street and also links to the shops so that you can shop online.
But is convenience the major factor in your shopping experience? Is part of the shopping experience actually enjoying the sights, sounds and smells of the market place? Actually seeing, touching the product you wish to buy.
I'm sure there is a place for High st. shops, out of town mall, and online shopping in the 21st century.
Promote Your own High Street Shop
Would you like an opportunity to promote your own High Street online? Now is your chance.
From as little as £5 per year you can have a webpage your own High Street Shop.
The cheapest option will be website forwarding: We will point www.your.highst.co.uk/yourshop to your own webspace. The next option will be an e-mail address firstname.lastname@example.com and 50meg of webspace on our server with the web address www.your.highst.co.uk/yourshop.
Free Listing
Whether you are a butcher, baker or candlestick maker you can get your shop listed in your town's page. Just fill in the online form or email the details to the webmaster
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In Visual Basic 6 I have written a program to read and write to a file. It works fine. Now I have to do the same for binary data since the information I write to the file has end-of-line and return characters. For instance, when I write to the file, the data looks like this:
Because there is a break in the data. In debug mode, the text data has two boxes where the end-of-line and return characters go.
Anyway, does anyone have any example code of binary level reading and writing to and from a file?