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When the President nominated former Senator Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense, it was revealed that he had said that many people were intimidated by the 'Israeli lobby.' I know he said 'Jewish' lobby but he's from Nebraska. Jews, blacks, transgenders, New Yorkers...all the same. He meant 'Israeli.'
Anyway, so is there an Israeli lobby?
Washington, D.C. - May 24, 2011 - 1:00 P.M. : Congressman remains seated during
24th standing ovation for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he
delivers historic address to joint session of Congress.
Washington, D.C. - May 24, 2011 - 1:01 P.M. : Primary challenge rumored for
'sleeping Congressman.'
Of course there's an Israeli lobby! And of course there's also a Black lobby, a gay lobby, a General Electric lobby, a Screen Actors Guild lobby, an AFL-CIO lobby...There's even rumored to be a 'lobby' lobby for tenants living in pre-WWII apartments and whose landlords won't paint...the lobby. Washington is a lobby town.


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Water appears in a cycle, the water cycle. In the water cycle, water is present as clouds, rain, soil moisture, streams and rivers, groundwater, lakes, seas and oceans. Water connects many if not all of Earth´s systems. It connects species and ecosystems, rivers with lakes, mountains to seas, earth to the sky, and also us, people, to the entire Earth system. Understanding this will help trigger action for more sustainable water use.
The issue:
Water is so fundamental to our lives, our societies and our economies, that paradoxally, it is often forgotten. Many people and organisations do not really grasp that their activities and life are often fully dependent on the water cycle. This results in a continued increase of water use and water pollution leading to water scarcity and degradation of many of the Earth´s watersheds.
How we work:
In all our projects, we help people to get an increased awareness and understanding of water so that they may get more engaged on water and more able to act for sustainable water use. For this we use the Water Canvases (c). Water Canvases is a tool to help people understand water basics and the specific water situation in their catchment and/or value chains. At the same time Water Canvases stimulate people to define water actions toward designing and implementng productive activities in their catchments that keep ecosystems healthy.

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Create a Website Account - Manage notification subscriptions, save form progress and more.
A geographic Information system (GIS) is a framework for gathering, managing, and analyzing spatial and geographic data. GIS is a computer technology that combines geographic data [the location of man-made and natural features on the earth's surface] and other types of information [names, classifications, addresses, and much more] to generate visual maps and reports.
GIS integrates many different types of data. It analyzes spatial location and organizes layers of information into visualization using maps and 3D scenes. With unique capabilities, GIS has deeper insights into data, patterns, relationships, and situations- helping users make smarter decisions.
GIS helps in virtually every field to make maps that communicate, perform analysis, share information, and solve complex problems around the world. GIS helps to identify problems, manage & respond to events, set priorities, monitor change, perform forecasting and understand trends.
GIS helps to create maps and data with spatial location. It performs Spatial Analysis which helps to evaluate suitability and capability, estimate and predict, interpret and understand, and assist with decision making.
GIS helps create Apps that provide user experiences for getting work done and bringing GIS to life.
The government's work involves land or geographically related issues, or tasks. Cities, and counties are investing heavily in information systems that can support or justify land-use decisions and help them manage government services. The greatest portion of such investment has been in geographic information system [GIS] technology that stores, analyzes, and displays land-related data.
GIS is useful for Parcels or properties information including appraisal, newly platted parcels, split or combined parcels, new construction, addition, remodeled properties, reassessment purpose, tax information.
GIS is beneficial in Area planning such as land use, zoning, commitments, urban growth planning, infrastructure and economic development planning, school districting, locating addresses and maintain new address data, road data, and many more.
Hydro and survey data benefits with GIS to maintain flood zones, water pipeline, drainage system, elevation data, section data, watersheds and make decisions, planning based on it.
GIS benefits Emergency services and 911 to maintain data which help to find the shortest route to location, nearby features of the scene, flood plains, hurricane and shelter locations.
Highway departments rely on GIS for crash data, railroad data, driving permits, guard rails and maintaining current and future projects data.
GIS has a vast application through health care from area planning and property assessment to emergency services.


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The date of February 3, 1959 is remembered poignantly by many as 'the day the music', as it was that day that music legend Buddy Holly's plane crashed.
Since then his widow, Maria Elena, has been unusually publicity shy, and released only a fraction of the memorabilia associated with her late husband which she carefully preserves. Of these, the best known is probably Holly's wristwatch, which brought $155,350 four years ago.
Now, over half a century after the fateful day, she has released some more of her treasures to the same auction house which oversaw the watch sale, Heritage, and contrary to her inclinations she intends to be present at the sale to talk about both the items and Buddy himself.
The marriage was a happy one, cut tragically short, and she feels now is a good time to tell something of the musician when he was not recording his groundbreaking music.
The pieces include clothing - both things that Holly wore for the studio and strictly off-duty wear, such as a soft, olive-green mechanic's cap, with soiling from the time Holly spent wearing it whilst tinkering with his car.
There are also a number of photographs, likewise some of Buddy at the mic or with the Crickets (complete with autographs), and others of him with Maria Elena.
Perhaps most exciting of all is a recording of songs made weeks before the singer's death.
The sale will take place this Friday, April 9 in Dallas, with live bidding over the internet.
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Alamo Analytical Lab's experience has expanded over the past years to meet the increasing requirements for pollution control and the management of hazardous wastes. Alamo Lab has supported hundreds of environmental assessment, compliance monitoring, and remediation programs for governmental agencies, the State of Texas, independent contractors, and environmental consultants. These have involved state and federal superfund sites and numerous Department of Defense related programs for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Air Force Center of Environmental Excellence (AFCEE).
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Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County Boosts Patient Safety with Expanded Use of Capnography Technology
Respiratory Monitoring Helps to Protect Patients on Pain Pumps
24 Apr, 2013, 09:15 ET
DARLINGTON, Wis., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County (MHLC) recently strengthened patient safety measures by expanding the use of capnography technology to monitor patients using patient controlled analgesia (PCA) pumps to regulate their pain.
PCA can provide an effective way to control pain by allowing patients to self-administer small doses of pain medication intravenously, but the technology poses unique risks for patients because the opioid medications used can also suppress the patient's breathing. The Joint Commission, the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices all recommend that hospitals take special precautions including capnography and oximetry to monitor PCA users' quality of ventilation.
Specifically, capnography technology measures how effectively patients are breathing by measuring exhaled carbon dioxide and can alert medical caregivers when life-threatening respiratory depression occurs. Capnography provides the earliest indication of evolving respiratory compromise, which can lead to significant morbidity or even cardiopulmonary arrest if undetected. Oximetry monitors the patient's blood oxygen levels ensuring that the patient is receiving enough oxygen.
MHLC is among the nation's leaders in the early implementation of capnography to protect patients using PCA pumps. Long used in operating rooms to monitor patients under anesthesia, hospitals are now deploying capnography technology after surgery, as well. Early indication of respiratory depression with capnography enables medical staff to intervene before serious adverse events happen.1
"Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County considers patient safety our number one priority while providing the highest quality of care. Our widespread use of capnography to monitor patient respiration underscores this commitment," said MHLC Director of Nursing Kathy Ruef. "We gladly embrace the latest recommendations to provide our patients the safest patient experience possible."
In late 2012, Memorial Hospital decided that it wanted the ability to monitor carbon dioxide levels on patients receiving patient controlled pain medication. After extensive investigation, it determined the safest way to do this was to purchase new IV and PCA pumps that could monitor carbon dioxide levels and automatically shut down pain medication delivery if a patient's carbon dioxide level was not within normal levels. The hospital chose Alaris IV pumps, as they have all those safety features and contain capnography equipment from Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products and recognized innovator in patient monitoring and respiratory care devices. Alaris IV pumps also have features to program all of our medication protocols to add another layer of patient safety.
"We commend Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County for being part of a growing number of facilities across the country committed to patient safety through the use of capnography," says Robert J. White, President, Respiratory & Monitoring Solutions, Covidien. "Its decision to monitor patients at risk of respiratory depression with both capnography and oximetry ensures patients have a level of protection from risk when using state-of-the-art pain management systems."
About Memorial Hospital
Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County is a 25 bed Critical Access hospital that serves Lafayette County and its surrounding area. We have been named as a top 100 hospital in the nation by facing the challenges of the health care industry and meeting the needs of our community to provide state-of-the-art care.
1. Waugh JB, Khodneva Y, Epps CA. Capnography enhances surveillance of respiratory events during procedural sedation: A meta-analysis. J Clin Anesth. 2011; 23(3):189-196.
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Welcome to Kijuju, a breeding ground for bio-terrorists and black market weapon sales, located in West Africa. As it turns out, the Umbrella corporation had research facilities in Kijuju but has since gone bankrupt, and pharmaceutical company 'Tricell' has reopened those facilities. This spells trouble for the natives of the Kijuju as strange occurences start to become more frequent.
You play as Chris Redfield, a member of the now defunct S.T.A.R.S. and a returning cast member from the original Resident Evil game. Chris now works for B.S.A.A. and is sent to Kijuju to capture and arrest Ricardo Irving. Chris isn't the only one tasked to locate Irving, as your partner this time around is Sheva Alomar. What Sheva is lacking in brawn and biceps, she makes up for it with cunning and good looks. She provides backup for Chris, assisting with opening doors and numerous other tasks. But Sheva does act a bit reckless at times, unloading clip after clip into the Majini, the natives infected with an advanced version of the Las Plagas virus.
This isn't the Resident Evil you are used to. Gone are the suspenseful, creepy moments. In fact, you don't really get scared throughout Resident Evil 5, as it's more focused on action this time around. Most of the screens and trailers of the game show a bright, sunny, sandy environment, but soon you will find yourself playing in some more familiar areas, such as murky swamps, and bat infested caves. Even with the eerie surroundings, you don't get the same feeling you would while playing the previous installments of Resident Evil, as you are never alone throughout your playthrough.
The addition of Sheva takes away that feeling of desperation, but makes up for it by saving your ass countless times. This game was built to be played with a friend, or even a stranger, both online and offline. Co-op takes the center stage, and the better the other player is, the easier your play time will be. Your partner's A.I. isn't all that bad and will definitely get the job done. You might have to forgive her for a few annoyances, such as giving you items you just don't want, especially after having made some extra room in your inventory. But it certainly doesn't ruin the experience. It's also important to note the benefits of an AI character automatically supplying you with potentially important items.
The Majini are relentless, attacking from all angles, and the hordes of 'em never seem to stop coming. You will have to keep a variety of weapons in your inventory to deal with the different enemy types throughout your journey, many of which are new to the series. I have to admit, I am a tad disappointed by all the accusations of racism the game faced when it was first shown, as the enemies within this game fit the region they occupy. Regardless, you get over this pretty quickly as you will be too busy trying to stay alive to notice who is trying to kill you.
Boss fights are some of the best the series has offered, with each boss boasting some of the smoothest animations I have seen during this console generation. Each boss offers a pattern that you must pick up on and use to your advantage to finally take it down. And when you do, the feeling you get is quite rewarding, especially since your heart finally stops pounding.
When I first played Resident Evil 5 I was instantly disappointed by the control scheme, as they haven't changed much since RE4. Especially after playing other westernized games with previously clunky controls, such as Metal Gear Solid 4, I longed for more fluidity. Having to stop and plant your feet just to swing your knife, or aim your gun, is my biggest complaint by far. After about an hour into the game, you get acclimated to the control scheme and it becomes second nature. So don't let the prehistoric controls keep you from enjoying this masterpiece.
This title gives you plenty of reason to play again and again, featuring a ton of hidden treasures, unlockables, and various weapons for you to upgrade. Since your inventory is very limited, you might not get a chance to toy with all of the different weapons, but you sure can make up for it on subsequent playthroughs. Upon firing Resident Evil 5 up for the first time; there is a mandatory 5 GB install. Before you moan, your HDD space woes aren't for naught, as it speeds up load times considerably compared to its Xbox 360 counterpart, making the PS3 version the clear choice for multi console owners.
This latest iteration strays from the formula that helped make Resident Evil such a successful franchise, but it makes for a unique co-operative experience. Blood, gore, and mindless Majini will give you the 'Resident Evil feel' you are looking for; though the other mainstays such as as mind-boggling puzzles and back-tracking are very few and far between. This may not be such a bad thing, but for long-time fans of the series, 'Evil' may not be the biggest resident in this game. Nevertheless, if you are a long-time fan, or just finding yourself interested in the series for the first time, this is not a game to miss.
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A ton of hidden items and unlockables.
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One year ago this Saturday, Google first presented its plans for Project Loon, a program aimed at blanketing the globe in internet from connected balloons hovering high above the earth. Since then, Google has only given a few updates about its ambitious plan, but today it tells Wired that it has a lot in store for Project Loon over the next year. Namely, that includes actually getting the program up and running and having real people use it. "On Loon's two-year birthday, I would hope, instead of running experiments, we'll have a more or less permanent set of balloons," Google X leader Astro Teller tells Wired. "In one or several countries, you will turn on your phone and talk to the balloons."
"In one or several countries, you will turn on your phone and talk to the balloons."
Though Google's been conducting test flights for Loon, it soon plans to put more in the air at once and for longer periods of time. According to Wired, it wants to quadruple its current figures to 100 balloons in the air for 100 days each. Eventually, it'll elevate that to between 300 and 400 balloons, enough to continually offer service to its still-unnamed target area.
Google has also boosted the capability of its balloons over the past year, adding on LTE as their means of connectivity, rather than Wi-Fi. According to Wired, that's allowed for more connections at once and speeds of up to 22 MB/s to an antenna on the ground and 5 MB/s to a phone. That's not particularly speedy for a phone, but it's not bad at all given the circumstances — so long as those speeds can be maintained once more people are using Loon.
Project Loon's balloons appear to have made big advances all around. Even the fact that they're now staying in the air for 75 days or so is impressive, according to Wired. Traditionally, a similar balloon might last just three weeks. Though Loon's goal is to bring internet to areas of the world that still aren't wired up, Google is already reported to have started eyeing ways to use Loon for profit. The balloons could fill in coverage gaps even in the US, or — because they're using LTE — they could even extend the roaming ranges of big carriers.
That's still a secondary goal to bringing internet to populated areas that don't have proper access to it though. Loon's balloons still need a lot of improvements to get there, but Google is optimistic that those will come. Mike Cassidy, a Google X project director, tells Wired, "We've definitely crossed the point where there's a greater than 50 percent chance that this will happen."


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Teacher and Principal Evaluation Policy
The data and analysis on this page is from 2019. View and download the most recent policy data and analysis on Measures of Student Growth in Georgia from the State of the States 2022: Teacher and Principal Evaluation Policies report.
The state should require objective measures of student growth to be included in a teacher's evaluation score. This goal is reorganized for 2019.
Impact of student growth: Georgia requires student growth to count for 30 percent of a teacher's evaluation rating. For teachers teaching tested grades and subjects, a Student Growth Percentile (SGP) is calculated based on state assessment data. For teachers teaching non-tested grades and subjects, student growth is comprised of district-determined measures, which "may include" student learning objectives (SLOs), the school or district mean growth percentile, or another measure identified or developed by the district.
State's role in evaluation system: Georgia districts must utilize the evaluation system adopted by the state, Teacher Keys Effectiveness System (TKES).
2018-2019 Handbook: http://www.gadoe.org/School-Improvement/Teacher-and-Leader-Effectiveness/Documents/TKES%20LKES%20Documents/TKESHandbook2018.2019final.pdf Code of Georgia Annotated 20-2-210
Due to Georgia's strong policies in this area, no recommendations are provided.
Georgia recognized the factual accuracy of this analysis.
7A: Measures of Student Growth
Many factors should be considered in formally evaluating a teacher; however, nothing is more important than effectiveness in the classroom. Value-added models are an important tool for measuring student achievement and school effectiveness.[1] These models have the ability to measure individual students' learning gains, controlling for students' previous knowledge and background characteristics. While some research suggests value-added models are subject to bias and statistical limitations,[2] rich data and strong controls can eliminate error and bias.[3] In the area of teacher quality, examining student growth offers a fairer and potentially more meaningful way to evaluate a teacher's effectiveness than other methods schools use.
Unfortunately, districts have used many evaluation instruments, including some mandated by states, which are structured so that teachers can earn a satisfactory rating without any evidence that they are sufficiently advancing student learning in the classroom.[4] Teacher evaluation instruments should include factors that combine both human judgment and objective measures of student learning.[5]


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How to Keep Your Hands Dry with Waterproof Work Gloves
Finding the right pair of waterproof work gloves can be challenging. You need to keep your hands dry and protected, but you also need your gloves to be breathable and comfortable.
Waterproof materials that don't allow sweat to evaporate off your skin can be problematic, which is why it's worth investing in a high-quality pair of gloves.
Whether your job necessitates waterproof work gloves year-round, or you're just looking for something comfortable and effective for winter yard work, this post will explain the technology behind waterproof gloves and help you find the right pair.
The Best Waterproof Materials for Gloves
When you're looking for gloves that are both waterproof and breathable, look for a material called Hipora®, which is typically used as a glove lining. The antimicrobial fabric creates a 3-layer seal that prevents water from getting in but does allow moisture to escape so that your hands don't get too sweaty while you work.
- The first layer acts as a barrier to water getting in and has pores less than 0.5 μm in diameter.
- The second layer absorbs moisture (such as sweat from your hands) and allows it to escape through the first layer.
- The third layer, which is closest to your skin, is the thickest and acts as an additional water barrier.
Another excellent material is the MicroSable™ Liner, created by Cestus. It has an oil- and water-resistant antimicrobial layer as well as a faux fur interior lining to keep hands warm and absorb excess perspiration. MicroSable™ is especially convenient to wear under your normal work gloves so you can continue to use your favorite pair in colder weather -- just make sure you get a pair of your usual gloves in one size larger than normal.
Choosing the Right Pair of Gloves
All cold weather gloves from Cestus have a built-in waterproof layer made of Hipora®, MicroSable™, or other rigorously tested waterproof material. But finding the best waterproof gloves for you is more complicated than simply looking for one of these materials.
With the incredible array of options available, narrowing down your choices can be tricky. A good place to start is to prioritize your needs when it comes to hand protection. For example, if the work you're doing requires cut resistance and/or impact protection, those features will likely rise to the top of your list.
If you're working in extra cold conditions, warmth becomes not only an issue of comfort but also of safety, since our hands become weaker and less capable when they're too cold. In this case, you'll want to look for gloves with a fleece or faux fur lining.
For some types of work, you may also need grip control on wet and/or oily surfaces.
Our Deep Grip Winter glove is a great example of a heavy-duty work glove that's waterproof and has all these other features too.
When it comes to winter sports or outdoor work in wet weather, a slightly lighter weight option that still has great grip control and a waterproof Hipora® liner is the HM Gauntlet Winter.
The Importance of Comfort
Clearly, the gloves you choose must have all the necessary protective features to keep your hands safe, but they also need to be comfortable. You need to be happy wearing them for long periods of time. When gloves aren't comfortable, people are more likely to take breaks from wearing them, which slows down work and can even put people at risk for hand injuries. That's why high-quality, breathable waterproof materials are so important.
Another essential factor is fit. Gloves that are too big or too small won't be comfortable, and can even be unsafe if they slip around or restrict finger movement. It's always a good idea to check a company's sizing chart before making a purchase.
Questions about Waterproof Gloves or Materials?
Are you looking for waterproof work gloves? Need more advice on how to choose the perfect pair for you? Contact us and ask us your questions!
Debbie Garcia - August 31, 2020
I work as a school.cleaner so I'm always using cleaning chemicals and water the normal latex gloves cause my hands to sweat and that causes irritation I want something that's light weight easy to use and will keep my hands dry


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mornings like this make me wish i was morman.
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I fucked a mormon.... she was hott but stared at me with this deer in the headlight look.... thank goodness she was a decent lay
yeah, it's mormon.
hahaha but. good point.
i grew up mormon. it's not a good thing.
hahahaha i'm mormon and reading this..... and is it wrong i think its funny?
heck no! jon heder is!! LOL
hahaa.... i actually used to have a lot of those mornings before i became mormon. lol @ merman. it would actually be really awesome if everyone at church had giant tails but sadly... only legs
MerMAN...*feeble cough*...MERMAN!
Come on... Don't get a bible stucked up your ass and just take it for its worth...
and that is a good chuckle
maybe misspellings are what make half of these funny.
Yeah joe smith had the shit right... Let's make up a bunch of shit and tell a bunch if stupid people and see how many will believe it... Which apparently is a lot
give me the mormons rather than these ignorant southern fried baptists any day.
Maybe he meant Norman...
As am I. Haha, some people think we're all so damn strange. We're just chill and normal.
Maybe who gives a fuck I'd rather be a bad speller then Mormon
how did this not get more thumbs up votes? i laughed out loud! i don't see what kind of enjoyment the kind of person that would get offended at this post would get out of this site. just saying.
oooooor maybe he had a threesome and wished he was mormon for the multiple wives
whats wrong with being mormon?
Sleeping with multiple women doesn't seem to be a big deal these days...
Until you try to marry more than one at a time. Then it's suddenly disgusting, I guess.
Yeah, more-man than you'll ever be (or get).
yeah no i think it was just the alcohol thing
lhey lets allll get butt-hurt over every single post because literally every single one could be offensive to entire swaths of people. thats why its funny.
Never, EVER wish that upon yourself. EVER.
HA HA... Whoever said MerMan is genius! Brilliant!
oh i know, those terrible mormon's and their abstaining from alcohol and caffeine and things that are, in general, bad for them.
i'm mormon too! haha we're just normal people! oh and we only marry one person fyi
No, duh it was supposed to be moron..
Who are the Mormons reading this website and then acting all high and mighty and defensive of Mormonism? A good Mormon wouldn't even be reading this stuff. Such a stupid bunch of people.
thanks you for the correction. stupid ignorant people.
what isntwrong with being mormon
o....k... thanks for getting all intense on us there


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Psychiatric Studies (The Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Vol. 1)
Although the old man has, up to now, looked and behaved more or less like a human being, his magical powers and his spiritual superiority suggest that, in good and bad alike, he is outside, or above, or below the human level.
Neither for the primitive nor for the unconscious does his animal aspect imply any devaluation, for in certain respects the animal is superior to man.
It has not yet blundered into consciousness nor pitted a self-willed ego against the power from which it lives; on the contrary, it fulfils the will that actuates it in a well-nigh perfect manner.
Were it conscious, it would be morally better than man.
There is deep doctrine in the legend of the fall: it is the expression of a dim presentiment that the emancipa- tion of ego-consciousness was a Luciferian deed.
Man's whole history consists from the very beginning in a conflict between his feeling of inferiority and his ar- rogance.
Wisdom seeks the middle path and pays for this audacity by a dubious affinity with daemon and beast, and so
is open to moral misinterpretation. Carl Jung, CW I, Pages 23-24


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Goat Simulator has been one of the surprise hit games of the year, as many gamers have seemingly relished the opportunity to assume the role of a maniacal goat who's bent on wreaking havoc and creating destruction all around him. However, YouTube user Robbaz has created a hilarious video using the map editor feature in Far Cry 4 in which one man takes revenge on all goatkind by invading their secluded home base deep in the mountains and killing their grand leader.
RELATED: Far Cry 4 will release on November 18th for PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC
Wait, did that make no sense to you? Yeah, we thought it didn't, so let's explain: Robbaz created a map using the Far Cry 4 map editing tools and loaded it up with goats as the main enemies. Of course, the goats' AI in the Far Cry 4 editor makes them much more docile than the goats we see in Goat Simulator, so Robbaz made up an elaborate story in which the goats were really James Bond-style supervillains who had to be stopped at any cost.
As he enters the main goat compound, he takes out assorted guards with throwing knives before he comes to the main boss — a goat that looks and acts exactly like all the other goats except he's behind a desk, which signifies that he's the brains behind the operation. Robbaz proceeds to strap plastic explosives to his head, detonates him and then goes on a rampage to destroy the rest of the compound. He then climbs atop an elephant and rides out in true Hannibal-style triumph.
The full ridiculous video follows below and it really shows you how awesomely creative gamers can get when you give them modding tools to play with.


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Audio Indexation
From HLT@INESC-ID
The last years show a large demand for the monitoring of multimedia data. A good example of this multimedia data is Broadcast News (BN) streams. Every day thousands of TV and radio stations broadcast many hours of information (news, interviews, documentaries). In order to search and retrieve information from these massive quantities of data it is necessary to have it stored in a database, and most important, it has to be indexed and catalogued.
Audio stream generated is processed through several stages that successively segment, transcribe and index it, compiling the resulting transcription and metadata information into a XML file. The stages are:
- Jingle detection
- Audio pre-processor
- Automatic Speech recognition (AUDIMUS)
- Topic segmentation and indexing
- Title and summary
- Generate transcription XML file with all metadata information
Jingle Detection
First the recorded audio file is processed by the {\it Jingle Detection} module (see section~\ref{sec:jd} ahead for a detailed description) which identifies the precise news show start and end times identifies certain portions of audio that are not relevant to the story (news fillers) and detects commercial breaks inside the news show. Based on these time instants a new audio file is generated with only the relevant contents of the news show.
Audio pre-processing
The new audio file is then fed through an Audio Pre-processor module (see chapter~\ref{chapter:audio_pre_processor} for a detailed description). This module outputs a set of homogeneous acoustic segments discriminating between speech and non-speech. The speech segments contain audio from only one speaker and have markups concerning the background conditions, the speaker gender, and speaker clustering.
Speech recognition
Each audio segment that was marked by the Audio Pre-processor as containing speech (transcribable segment) is then processed by the Speech Recognition module (see chapter~\ref{chapter:speech_recognition} for a detailed description).
Topic segmentation and indexing
The Topic segmentation module groups segments to define a complete and homogeneous story. For each story the Topic Indexing module generates a classification, according to the hierarchically organized thematic thesaurus, about the contents of the story~\cite{2003_MSDR_Amaral, 2003_PROPOR_Amaral, 2003_NDDL_Amaral}.
Title and summary
Finally a module for generating a Title and Summary is applied to each story. Since we will deliver to the user a set of stories, we would like to have a mechanism to give a close idea about the contents of the story besides the topic indexing~\cite{2003_CBMI_Neto, 2004_ACUSTICA_Trancoso}.
Generate transcription XML
After all these processing stages an XML file containing all the relevant information that we were able to extract is generated according to a DTD specification~\cite{2003_MSDR_Neto, 2003_CBMI_Neto}.


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Distinguish, differentiate, compare and explain what is the Difference between Tropical Grasslands and Temperate Grasslands. Comparison and Differences.
Difference between Tropical Grasslands and Temperate Grasslands
1. Tropical grasslands are also known as "Savannas in Africa" and "Campos in Brazil". Temperate grasslands are also known as "Prairies in North America", "Pampas in South America", "Downs in Australia", "Velds in South Africa" and "Steppes. in Europe".
2. Tropical Grasslands are found within Tropical zone (i.e. between Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn). Temperate Grasslands are found in the mid- latitudinal zones and in the interior part of the continents.
3. In Tropical Grasslands, the grass can grow very tall, about 3 to 4 meters in height, which is also known as "Elephant Grass". The grass found in Temperate grasslands is short and juicy, which is suitable for cattle feed.
4. Climatic conditions in Tropical grasslands do not support rich agriculture and animal rearing. Economically, these grasslands are backward. Maize and wheat are grown in large amount, thats why this Temperate grassland area is also known as "Bread Basket" of world.
5. Lions, Tigers, Elephants, Giraffes, Zebras, etc. are the species of animals found here in Tropical Grassland. Wild Ass, Antelopes, Horses, Kangaroo, Reptiles, etc. are also found here in Temperate Grassland.
Difference between Temperate Grasslands vs Tropical Grasslands
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Two new analyses of data from the COMPASS trial show that Bayer and Janssen's blood thinner Xarelto significant cut the amputation rate for patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and also a 23 percent reduction in deaths in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD).
Findings from the PAD analysis showed that Xarelto (rivaroxaban) 2.5mg twice daily, plus aspirin 100mg once daily substantially reduced the risk of major amputation by 70 percent and the risk of experiencing major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), major adverse limb events (MALE) and major amputation by 31 percent compared with aspirin 100mg once daily alone.
Additional data for this treatment regimen in patients with PAD demonstrated a 28 percent relative risk reduction in the primary efficacy outcome of MACE, and a 46 percent reduction in MALE compared with aspirin 100mg once daily alone.
The firms also noted that bleeding rates were low, and while major bleeding was increased, there was no significant differences in fatal bleeding, non-fatal intracranial bleeding or bleeding into a critical organ between any of the treatment groups.
Also, the Xarelto regimen demonstrated an improvement in net clinical benefit - defined as the combined outcome of MACE, MALE and major amputation, balanced with fatal bleeding or symptomatic bleeding into a critical organ - in both patient populations compared with aspirin alone (28 percent in patients with PAD, and 23 percent in patients with CAD).
"A focus on PAD is well overdue and once licensed, we are optimistic that treatment would help save not only limbs but lives," said Mr Andrew Garnham, consultant vascular Surgeon at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.
"Patients affected by PAD are at high risk of both heart attack and stroke, and the COMPASS data has huge implications for patients in the UK with PAD who face the very stark reality of limb amputations or cardiovascular complications."
The results "provide UK clinicians with the first glimpse of how rivaroxaban could protect patients with PAD, once licensed in this indication," added Dr Luis Felipe Graterol, UK medical director, Bayer.
Both analyses were published in The Lancet.
Bayer filed for approval of Xarelto in combination with aspirin to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events in patients with coronary or peripheral artery disease in Europe earlier this month.


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EAGAN, Minn. — Danielle Hunter made his second straight appearance on the NFL Network's Top 100 Players of 2020 list.
It likely won't be the last time the Vikings star defensive end earns that accolade.
Hunter came in at No. 40 on Tuesday night's show, a 17-spot jump from his debut on the list in 2019.
The 25-year-old Hunter has recorded 14.5 sacks in back-to-back seasons, making the Pro Bowl in each of them.
A pair of opposing tackles who know him well raved about Hunter's abilities on the field.
"His ability to change direction and do three or four moves within a pass rush," said Packers tackle David Bakhtiari. "Anytime you get us out of our center of gravity, that's when you can make a 350-pound player look like he's 185.
"He'll take you like a feather and just forklift you up with his long arms," Bakhtiari added.
Chargers tackle Bryan Bulaga, formerly with Green Bay, added: "His length is his strength. The guy has got really long arms and his hands, and technique with his hands, are very precise. In the run game, because he's so long, he'll lock you up at the point of attack and just keep you there."
And Vikings fullback C.J. Ham explained what it's like to try and go up against the defensive end in practice.
"If he gets his hands on your chest, it's like little brother trying to fight big brother," Ham said. "Once he gets his hands on your chest, it's over."
Hunter continued his stellar start to his NFL career in 2019, becoming the youngest player in NFL history to reach 50 career sacks.
He reached that milestone in a Week 14 win over the Lions at U.S. Bank Stadium when he was 25 years and 40 days old.
The 2015 third-round pick surpassed a record set by Robert Quinn, who recorded his 50th career sack at the age of 25 years and 167 days.
Hunter has 54.5 sacks in 78 career games, only 49 of which have been starts. He has 36.0 sacks since becoming a full-time starter in 2017.
Hunter himself explained one of his 14.5 sacks from the 2019 season, when he had a strip-sack on former teammate Case Keenum that the Vikings recovered.
"I saw the tight end motion in, and normally when they do that, it's to block you," Hunter said. "I played the run first and I felt he was light, so I instantly converted to play action.
"I did one of my moves that I always do against tackles," Hunter said. "I can't tell you [what move]. This move, I'm not ready to give it away yet."
And while there was plenty of chatter about Hunter's on-field ability, current and past teammates also wondered aloud about Hunter's physique.
"He's a created Madden player. Everybody goes and makes a player on Madden and they make Danielle Hunter," Ham said. "Ripped up, the dude has veins for days. A 99 [rating in] everything. Physically, the dude looks like a freak. And he plays that way, too.
"He just never stops. So many sacks he gets, he's getting double-teamed or he has to beat two people," Ham added. "He sees that and splits them, so he goes out there with a high motor."
Former Vikings cornerback Trae Waynes, now with the Bengals, added: "He's a skill player in a defensive end's body. He's a create-a-player in Madden."
Hunter is the fourth Vikings player to land on the list that is created from players' votes, joining Eric Kendricks (No. 83), Harrison Smith (No. 64) and Kirk Cousins (No. 58).
The listing of the players in the 40-31 grouping were as follows:
40. Hunter
39. Tyrann Mathieu, S, Kansas City
38. Chris Godwin, WR, Tampa Bay
37. Jalen Ramsey, CB, Los Angeles Rams (acquired from Jacksonville during 2019 season)
36. Nick Chubb, RB, Cleveland
35. Minkah Fitzpatrick, S, Pittsburgh (acquired from Miami during 2019 season)
34. Joey Bosa, DE, Los Angeles Chargers
33. Aaron Jones, RB, Green Bay
32. Shaquil Barrett, OLB, Tampa Bay
31. Saquon Barkley, RB, New York Giants


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2012-11-21 - Over the hedge: what's that bookstore doing?
You may have heard about this "other cloud" built by that online bookstore, Amazon. Unless you're living under a rock, you probably have seen that they, too, have a lot to offer. Since knowing the others out there is the best way to know what you are missing (or they are missing), we've invited Jurg and Jasper from 9apps to come over and show us what's over the hedge.
Session info
2 hours of hardcore AWS. We'll do a technical tour of the most important features of the most important services (S3, EC2, RDS, IAM, etc.) With this information we'll be able to have an informed conversation about the similarities and differences with 'traditional infrastructures'. We should be able to re-architect existing applications, to get an an idea of what a 'cloud move' would mean.
Jasper Geurtsen has been a pragmatic software developer for over 15 years. After programming embedded systems for many years, like the TomTom devices, he co-founded 9apps. This brought him into a world with an infinite supply of cloud computing resources. He loves making all kind of systems work together with other fun people. When he is not making systems work, Jasper enjoys going to music concerts, hiking and camping with his girlfriend and their two children.
Jurg van Vliet graduated from the University of Amsterdam in Computer Science. After his internship with Philips Research, he worked for many web startups and media companies. Passionate about technology, he wrote for many years about it and its effects on society. He became interested in the cloud and started using AWS in 2007. After merging his former company, 2Yellows, with a research firm, he decided to start 9Apps, an AWS boutique that is an AWS solution provider and silver partner of Eucalyptus, together with Flavia. Give Jurg a scalability challenge, and he will not sleep until he solves it—and he will love you for it.
Practical details
Event date: Novemer 21, 2012 - starts at 18:00
Catering: sandwiches
Event location:
Skaldenstraat 7b
9042 Gent


text: Macadam Cow 1 Posted November 25, 2010 (edited) I did a quick search, seems like there isn't any thread like this yet. So, why not having a single thread where we could post some nice vids we've found on the web ? Double Life 6Bqq38WZctA The best video game advertising I've ever seen. It goes way beyond Sony or Playstation, IMHO it just defines what video games are. Almost 10 years after I'm still having goose bumps when that kid says : "and conquered worlds". If you've never failed, you've never lived e8Rw7D8BRXI Shockwave of Massive Explosion IlS6535HBNk Already post this one a few months ago but it wasn't available outside the UK. Now it is :) Jesus will survive WLKk00OYKhU :D Edited November 25, 2010 by Macadam Cow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Howls Kitchen Chicken Savory Bones are the perfect boredom busters to keep your pup busy! Made in the USA with Real Chicken, these savory bones are sure to please even the pickiest of pups. Howls Kitchen Chicken Savory Bones are 100% Rawhide-Free and filled with a delicious and nutritious meaty reward. The grooved texture helps your pup keep their teeth and gums clean and healthy while they chew! Treat your pup to the irresistible flavors they crave! Perfectly sized for Medium, Large, and Extra Large dogs!
- Made in the USA
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For most consumers, it's a familiar process: A new credit card arrives in your mailbox, you open the envelope, and the card bears a sticker reading, "Please call from your home phone to activate your card." Until then, your brand new credit card is as useless as a paperweight -- and just as secure, right?
Not necessarily. The startling truth is that while some unactivated cards are automatically declined, many others sail through a purchase without a hitch. In those situations, anyone could come along, take that new credit card from your mailbox and use it.


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On nearly 700 acres of coastal Vietnam, Laguna Lang Cô — one of the most luxurious resorts in Asia — is slated to add the palatial Banyan Tree Residences over the next few years to the ambitious resort. Incorporated seamlessly into the oceanfront jungle, each of the 40 new mountainside residences will include its own outdoor infinity pool.
Located on the northern end of the sprawling property, the luxury villas will vary in size from 1,636 square feet for a one-bedroom layout to 2,799 square feet for a three-bedroom. The residences also boast breathtaking views of Laguna's nearly two-mile stretch of private beach property.
"These residences really showcase everything that is special about this property — its combination of mountains, forest and ocean," said Gavin Herholdt, Laguna Lang Cô's managing director. "Not only will owners get to savor the nature and the amenities here, they will also enjoy attractive arrangements at properties around the globe."
The design of the new residences is inspired by the architecture of Hue, Vietnam's former imperial capital city, and is complemented by contemporary accents, including specially chosen artwork. Owners of these world-class villas also gain access to amenities including exclusive access to spas, golf courses, excursions, and watersports.
Photos courtesy of Laguna Lang Co.
This story previously appeared in the Winter 2019 edition of Unique Homes Magazine.


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Hey all you cool cats and kittens! Have y'all watched that show yet? Tiger King? Omg… go watch it right after reading this post if you haven't yet! Anyways, now that we're all sitting at home, spending A LOT of time here, have you noticed all of the cluttered spaces that seem impossible to organize? […]Read More


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Kai Aras has delivered a lot of very good iOS apps including effects like RF-1 and RP-1, and control apps like ThereMIDI, to name a few. The latest addition to this portfolio is VC-1 – Multi Stage Chorus. I'm a bit of a fan of all things chorus, so this appeals to me on lots of levels. Partly because I think I've loved the sound of a good chorus from a very young age, and also because the idea of a multi-stage chorus could do some really novel things in my iOS set up. I feel some experimentation coming on.
To start with here's a quick run down of what VC-1 is all about from the developer:
VC-1 is a flexible, vintage voiced chorus effect capable of delivering many classic chorus sounds but it doesn't stop there. Featuring several true stereo algortihms with up to 3 chorus stages per channel, parallel & serial configurations, a 3 band split input section and much more VC-1 offers almost endless posibilites for new, extreme or unconventional effects.
* 3 unique chorus models (Analog, Digital, Vintage Digital)
* Up to 3 chorus stages in either serial or parallel configuration
* Modulation via sine LFO or lowpass noise
* Fixed 3 band split input section and +/-6db shelving filters at the output
* Advanced Dimension D style stereo coupling
* Stereo Animator & true stereo processing throughout
1. Analog
Warm sounding analog voiced chorus utilizing a BBD (bucket brigade delay) emulation and Dimension-D style cross-coupling.
2. Digital
Bright & modern sounding digital chorus (full bandwith).
3. Vintage Digital
Dark & noisy vintage voiced digital chorus (10khz bandwidth / 12bit processing).
– Audio Unit Extension
– Inter-App Audio Effect
– Audiobus 3 (Filter)
– Ableton Link
– USB Audio
– MIDI Control (Network, USB, Bluetooth)
VC-1 is on the app store now and costs $5.99:


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Hi Everyone! Hope you are all keeping well. Ella and I have been busy again with numbers! We use our Number jar lot´s! Ella made a number poster by taking numbers from
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Try this game…. You need: Muffin tin, paper, beads or pasta shapes, tweezers (optional) Preparation: Write numbers, dots or both onto your paper Fill 6 of the
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Hi everyone! Let's get musical!!! Here are some games for you all to try, with music……. Moving and grooving Just choose some favourite music and have a mini disco at
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Dear Parents and children, Have fun with Yoga, our number jar, some ideas to help in the kitchen with making a Schnitzel and these lunch or snack rhymes.
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Hello everyone, and welcome to Tuesday's newsletter. Today is all about side breathing, lying on our sides and bringing our awareness to the ribs expanding and contracting with our
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Hello Parents! Hello Children! Ella was busy at the weekend making ´hedge post` to give to the neighbours! Her and her friend next door created pictures for each other


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Unique stays in Moselle: sleep under a different sky
Unique stays
Are you looking for a unique place to stay in Grand Est? Make the most of your holiday or weekend break in Moselle by trying something new and spending a night in unique surroundings. Sleep in a cosy nest, surrounded by nature and emerge recharged - the ideal getaway for couples and families. Sleep under the stars and wake up to the sound of birdsong, with a breathtaking view… Treat yourself to an unique stay in the Moselle department, Grand Est.
Fall asleep to the lowing of buffalos, in a treetop cabin, experience a safari, Lorraine style while staying in a lodge, or get cosy in a yurt straight from the steppes of Mongolia... You can even stay in a hobbit hole and come face-to-face with wolves!
Or why not opt for a memorable stay in a shepherd's hut? Or a night in a bubble? Or a cute wooden cottage?
For a romantic weekend, treat yourself to a night aboard a charming houseboat, in a castle, or even under a glass roof!


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Urmează două demontraţii de prosternare magdalenică, prima narată de un preot, a doua predicată de un cvasipreot. Nu e de povestit, transa e greu de procustiat în cuvinte aşa că intraţi, uşa e deschisă :D
She was very beautiful.
- What happened to her, reverend?
-We took her to our tent and
tried to convert her to our faith.
She showed a great talent.
-And did she become really a nun?
-Unfortunately no.
- We lost her in a certain french port.
- Martha, where is wine?
-One day I will tell you what happened to her.
She fell into bad indecency and
committed a sin against 6th commandment.
I came between you, maidens,
to give you the knowledge and God's vow.
Oh maiden, do you know what you are?
You are an alabaster handshake.
You are an uncut pomegranate.
You are the boat of a leaf and an opening rosebud.
Rough hand touching your breast would
leave an indelible fingerprint.
But I'm with you, my maiden.
In guardian angel's place I bow to you.
And I bless with this wine, your mouth, your breast, your lap.


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Bangalore: With the new government getting down to business on Monday with the swearing-in of Siddaramaiah as Chief Minister of the State, top civil servants will begin lobbying to secure plum postings.
Transfers of hundreds of officials were withheld following announcement of the Assembly elections and enforcement of the model code of conduct. With the Congress coming to power, several Group A, B, and C cadre officials have already started meeting the Chief Minister-designate and legislators of the ruling party for postings in departments such as Energy, Public Works, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Urban Development, Infrastructure Development, Industries and Commerce, and Water Resources, a senior IAS officer told The Hindu on Saturday.
Retired Additional Chief Secretary K Jairaj told The Hindu that "bringing in discipline in the government is the first major challenge for the Chief Minister. Transparency in the administration is nothing but good governance."
May and June being the transfer season, the Congress government has enormous task in hand in the next few weeks. Since the BJP government was voted out primarily on account of serious charges of corruption and irregularities, postings of senior officers with clean image and integrity will be a daunting task for Mr Siddaramaiah, a senior IAS officer said.
Generally, transfers are high in the first year of the new government. During the first year of the S.M. Krishna Government in 2000-01, transfers reached a level of 54,341. Group 'C' workers, including teachers, health workers and others, account for 73 per cent of transfers as recorded in 2000-01. Major departments, including PWD, Police, Irrigation, Commercial Taxes, Public Instruction, Agriculture and Forestry, accounted for 67 per cent of all transfers in 2000-01.
The highest number of transfers took place in the first year of the M. Veerappa Moily Government in 1992-93 (close to 58,000).
In 2004, during the Dharam Singh government, 24,169 officials were transferred while in 2005 the number reached to 34,160. The H.D. Kumaraswamy Government transferred 44,402 officials in 2006 and 25,402 in 2007. A total of 69,804 civil servants were transferred during the 20-month rule of the Janata Dal (Secular)-BJP government, according to papers placed in the State legislature. A total of 15,153 officials were transferred during the one-week rule of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and later by President's rule in 2007-08.
The BJP government, which came to power after 2008 Assembly elections, headed by Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa continued frequent transfers of IAS, IPS, KAS and other cadre officials. During JD(S)-BJP coalition and BJP governments, the transfer of teachers continued beyond the transfer season and outside the purview of cadre management authorities for A, B, C, and D category posts, a retired IAS officer said.


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All my life I have lived other peoples' lies
All my life I have waited to die
Every day sice I was a kid I despised my every living breath
All I ever looked forward to was the time I could finally be laid to rest
I hated myself and this whole world round
I was born angry at being to this Earth bound
So now that I know that finally in my youth that maybe I might die
Why do I... feel sorrow... great... why do I cry?
Could it be that though this life has been full of great agony and pain
That I wanted to find that personal fulfillment,,, my personal value to gain?
And now I see that I cheated myself by running from my demons
Instead of fighting back consistently through my determined inner reason
I was handed down guilt to me, by society for my unqualified birth
I was a bastard child abandoned on this Earth
I accepted their pronouncements without question or thought
It never entered my mind to why I was called "the damned begot"
God blessed me with life, to learn of Him and grow
No one told me this, but finally this now I know
I was sold a package of lies that I readily accepted
Not thinking others to be wrong and that their lies should be rejected
My mother though she loved me, wanted me not
My father I never knew, mother said his name she forgot
I played in graveyards; I was told that this was my playground
They sent me there to play, so there I would be found
I layed in open graves and memorized grave head stones
There I found a sort of peace all by myself in the graves alone
I knod of liked the grave yard so full yet so empty
I didn't question the reasons, cause at least there no dirty old men touched me,
I played funeral when other kids played with each other and their toys
I hardly knew any normal things to play so mostly others I would avoid
But God how desperately I wanted friends
I did not know how to reach out to make them
Now I know my mama loved me... She really did
But that was over 30 years ago, she just did not know what to do with a bastard kid
I wish now that I could have done a better job of my to salvage from that garbage heap
I wish now that anothers judgement of me that to myself I did not keep
I should have ignored what others said about me
Being truer to myself... to have a better life to see
Instead I always viewed life as the ultimate curse
Well by now, if and when I do finally die, that'll be my best role rehearsed
My own value in myself I should have seen
I wonder if I could have done that... how different my life would have been
I don't blame anyone for my living hell
But before I die they will all here me my story to tell
If I was wronged by others or wronged them far and wide
I do forgive them all, but their and mine secrets, I will no longer hide
And now when finally the time comes when I will lay me down to that final sleep
I ask you, O' My Great Father God, in Heaven
Take me to you... my Soul to ever in Your loving arms to keep.


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HOUNDS Sub group 2
30 April Basenji, Beagle
07 May Bloodhound, Bluetick Coonhound, Black & Tan Coonhound, Otterhound
21 May Foxhound, Hamiltonstovare, Harrier
04 June Dachshunds (all varieties)
18 June Finnish Spitz, Norwegian Elkhound
02 July Portuguese Podengo
16 July Rhodesian Ridgeback
30 July General Revision
TOYS Sub group 2
25 April, 09 May, 23 May, 06 Jun, 20 Jun, 04Jul & 18Jul – All Thu evenings commencing at 7pm.
GUNDOGS Sub group 2
|Irish Red and White Setter
|1 Lecture (KC Standard)
|Irish Setter
|1 Lecture (KC Standard)
|English Setter
|2 Lecture (KC Standard)
|Gordon Setter
|2 Lecture (KC Standard)
|All Setters
|Mock Exam
|3 Lecture (FCI Standard)
|3 Lecture (KC Standard)
|German Shorthaired Pointer
|4 Lecture (FCI Standard)
|German Wirehaired Pointer
|4 Lecture (FCI Standard)
|Large Munsterlander
|4 Lecture (KC Standard)
|5 Lecture (FCI Standard)
|Weimaraner Longhair
|5 Lecture (FCI Standard)
|Wirehaired Slovakian Pointer
|5 Lecture (FCI Standard)
|Hungarian Vizsla
|6 Lecture (FCI Standard)
|Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla
|6 Lecture (KC Standard)
|Bracco Italiano (Italian Pointing Dog)
|7 Lecture (FCI Standard)
|Italian Spinone
|7 Lecture (FCI Standard)
|All Utility
|Mock Exam
WORKING DOGS – Sub Group 1 – commencing at 7.30pm Dogs ACT rooms
Australian Working Breeds
Lecture 1 – Introduction to working dogs – 30Apr19
British Pastoral/Sheepdogs
Lecture 2 – Aust Shepherd, Border Collie – 07May19
Lecture 3 – Collie Rough, Collie Smooth, Shetland Sheepdog – 21May19
Lecture 4 – Bearded Collie, Old English Sheepdog – 18Jun19
Long legged Herders/Utility
Lecture 5 – Bouvier des Flanders, Briard – 02Jul19
Lecture 6 – Aust Cattle Dog, Aust Kelpie, Aust Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog – 16Jul19
Lecture 7 – Module 1 Breeds General Revision – 30Jul19
UTILITY – Sub Group 2 – commencing at 7.30pm Dogs ACT rooms
Lecture 1 – 9th July – Dobermann, German Pinscher, Russian Black Terrier
Lecture 2 – 23rd July – Dogue de Bordeaux, Portuguese Water Dog, Caucasian Shepherd Dog
Lecture 3 – 7th August – Newfoundland, Pyrenean Mountain Dog, St Bernard, Landseer ECT
Lecture 4 – 13th August – All Schnauzers
Lecture 5 – 20th August – Anatolian Shepherd Dog, Kangal Shepherd Dog
Lecture 6 – TBA – Bernese Mountain Dog, Estrela Mountain Dog, Leonberger
Spanish Mastiff, Central Asian Shepherd Dog
QUIZLET INFORMATION EVENING – Dogs ACT will present a free workshop, 'Getting the best out of QUIZLET' on Wed 19th June at their meeting room commencing at 7:30pm. QUIZLET is a free computer based learning system used widely by Conformation Judges but may be of interest to ALL Members involved in other learning activities.
Many who use QUIZLET attest to its benefits and have improved their learning ability through its features:
Students and teachers can set the learning parameters, the standard needed to be attained and the subject material; Different learning tools are available to suit the student's most effective learning approach and ability; Through randomly generated test questions QUIZLET quantitatively measures student learning progress while drawing attention to topics where more learning is required. The workshop format is: An outline of the features of QUIZLET and how it can be used to assist in learning breed standards; Demonstration of how to set up QUIZLET with material to be learned; Assistance to attendees in finding their most preferred and effective way of learning; and How to use QUIZLET features to most effectively learn the material and achieve desired goals. Please contact firstname.lastname@example.com to advise attendance or see meeting post!!
PUPPY PUZZLE DAY – Sunday 7th April 2019 – Dogs ACT Meeting Rooms from 10AM
Your Conformation Coordinators are putting on a Puppy Puzzle Day for all Trainee judges, breeders & any other interested parties.


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Music Lessons in Bankstown New South Wales AUS
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The Consul General of the People's Republic of China in San Francisco has a big job in this key post. He oversees China's relations in California and four other western states.
Chinese Consul General Gao Zhansheng says China and America have come a long way since the historic visit by former President Richard Nixon 40 years ago
"Forty years ago, our bilateral trade was negligible," he said. "Nowadays, China, America are becoming each other's second largest trading partner."
The U.S. census on foreign trade shows China is right behind Canada as a multibillion dollar trading partner with America.
President Nixon's visit to China was the key that unlocked a door to a secretive country. His trip changed the course of history for the global political landscape. Consul General Gao was a first year college student in China at the time.
"It was totally a great shock," he said. "The president of our enemy will visit China."
The consul general says that new friendship helped begin rapid development in a country emerging from thousands of years of feudalism. There are now wealthy capitalists in the communist country and America is on their radar.
A new report says there is a growing interest in luxury services like travel.
"China's people are getting rich; they have more money in their pocket," Consul General Gao said. "I'm expecting an explosion of Chinese tourists coming to America."
San Francisco is a destination for many of those tourists. Consul Gao says it feels like home to him.
"About 200,000 Chinese or Chinese Americans, that is about one-fourth of the total population," he said. "We have here, American Chinese mayor, American Chinese president of board of supervisors."
There is more people to people contact than ever before, between China and America.
"Last year, about 3.3 million visits were made between China and America," Consul General Gao said.
The door President Nixon gently pushed opened 40 years ago, is now revolving frequently. China's President Hu Jintao visited with President Obama in Washington this year, talking about hot topics, including national security, human rights and, of course, trade.
Xi Jing Ping, China's vice president, is in line to become China's next president. He also met with President Obama this year.
"China and America, our two great nations and peoples, have achieved a lot, in the past 40 years," Consul Gao said. "I do believe, that by joining our hands, more closely, we can achieve much more than we can imagine, in the years to come."


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Families play a key role in psychiatric emergency services (PES). Given the cost of PES in terms of dollars and restrictiveness, clients, families, providers, payers, and policymakers involved in these services need more understanding of how families affect these key PES outcomes. Marriage and family therapy theories offer frameworks for understanding family and provider system dynamics in PES. This study explores how family presence and family quality influence restrictiveness and cost of PES dispositions, and how they moderate the effect of suicide risk, homicide risk, and inability to care for self on those outcomes. The sample of 306 clients and 33 clinicians was drawn from the records of a mobile PES unit serving a rural area. A regression-based, quantitative methodology, Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM), was employed to explore associations between restrictiveness and client risk and family factors, as well as differences in dispositions between PES clinicians. In order to extend practical implications, the same questions were also examined in monetary terms by translating restrictiveness into cost of dispositions. Results show inability to care for self and suicide risk to be the strongest predictors of increased restrictiveness and cost. Family quality appeared to reduce restrictiveness but not cost and only when not considering interactions with individual risk factors. When interactions were considered, family quality exhibited a statistically significant disordinal interaction with inability to care for self. That is, when clients were unable to care for self, positive family quality worked toward increasing restrictiveness and cost, perhaps due to families seeking help for the client. However, when clients were able to care for self, positive family quality worked in the opposite direction (i.e., toward reducing restrictiveness and cost). Theoretical and practical implications of this interaction were considered. There was found no significant variability in dispositions and associated costs between clinicians, which may be evidence of standardized clinician training and procedures. Non-standardized instrumentation, lack of comparison with other programs or sites, and limited cell sample size are limitations of the study. This study shows the complexity of family systems in PES and provides basis for recommendations for future research and clinical practice.


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Judge Dredd "Elevator Pitch" Part 1 by Rob Williams, Chris Weston, Chris Blythe and Annie Parkhouse
If you're looking for a perfect introduction to what Dredd is all about; look no further. This story covers all the madness of Mega-City 1 and it citizens. 2000ad does social commentary like no-one else and this prog neatly captures the disdain of the super rich for everyone else. It's neatly encapsulated in the vid-commentator's fawning sycophancy. Thankfull,y it doesn't go full Pat Mills though. Williams manages to remain slightly tongue in cheek by making the riff raff just about as objectionable as the hoi polloi. As one of them says: "Stuff yer reasonable explanation, geek!"
As far as the man himself goes, he's on patrol in an H Wagon in full knowledge that something is going to go horribly wrong. Throw chum into the ocean and you're going to get sharks is his philosophy. When he's proved right he isn't smug, happy, irritated or anything particularly. But he is glad to finally have something to do. Picture your dad watching Love Island then having to get up and fix the telly and you'll get the picture.
Weston creates some memorable moments with Williams' script. Picture the difference in body language between Dredd and his partner (is it Giant?, the badge isn't visible). One is relaxed, taking the inactivity in his stride, just chilling. The other is tense, irritable and resenting the time away from breaking heads. You can guess which is which.
Weston has worked his socks off for this one. Every panel is jammed with detail, from the wide city vista to the individual members of the raging mob. It's exceptional stuff all round. His design for the uber rich smacks of Fifth Element fashion and his cosmonaut ape heist gang is beautifully detailed with lush Blythe colours. Brilliant stuff.
Skip Tracer "Heavy is the Head" Part 8 by James Peaty, Paul Marshall, Dylan Teague and Simon Bowland
Did we miss something? There seems to be a missing piece to Skip Tracer this week, almost as if there's been an episode skipped in between last week and this one. Although Logan's meant to be a competent detective, it feels like a bridge too far to conclude that his lifelong friend has kidnapped the princess and is in cahoots with Grey Division purely on the basis of last week's "eureka" moment. An extra few pages to bridge that gap would have made his deductions seem more credible. Having Logan pick up on psychic cries for help could have been the device to lead us there along with him. As it is, the reader gets a sense of bewilderment which somewhat spoils the very well-presented incursion that should dominate this episode.
Marshall's depiction of the firefight is a frenzied, kinetic affair, over almost before it begins. Our hero is undone by the meaty momentum of the minotaur. Teague infuses the whole debacle with electric lightning and some visceral glow in the dark blood spatter. He sprays blood to mix with movement lines in the previous panel to increase the sense of dangerous urgency as Logan reloads.
Marshall allows Logan to give a good account of himself but still ends up vulnerable enough to receive some handy confessional exposition from his erstwhile friend. It is the third time in 8 episodes that he's ended the prog in this position so don't worry too much.
The Order "The New World" Part 2 by Kek-W, John Burns and Annie Parkhouse
We catch our breath in The Order this week. The skirmish that Kek-W carries over neatly establishes the respective characters, their abilities, limitations and motivations. There's a pathos about Anna and her captive. Embittered as she may be, Burns and Kek-W give her a vulnerability in her quest for her lost love.
Burns is equally adept at capturing the grotesquery of wyrm physiology. His slimy tendrils look to infiltrate everything. He even manages to make Berg look slightly pitiful in his abject hunger. Driven by insatiable bloodlust, he's visibly cowed by the threat of Anna's blade but even in his transformed state Burns manages to make him sheepish.
Durham Red "Born Bad" Part 7 by Alec Worley, Lee Carter and Ellie de Ville
Sometimes you've just got to use things to your advantage – even things you've been fighting against. Red's introspection is overtaken by events this week. She uses the vampire stories about herself which she hates so much to save her own life. Worley's theme of people doing the ugly things they must to get by has been compelling.
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Damned: The Fall of Deadworld Part 8 by Kek-W, Dave Kendall and Ellie de Ville
Sister Psiren's assault on the sisters is brutal and swift. Unfortunately for her, their retribution looks to be far more leisurely. She is exposed to their true selves as looming horrors. Kendall's Phobia stretching Ezquerra's original to bear a passing resemblance to Maximan's true form from Zenith. Hopefully the work Kek-W has put into her character isn't going to be snuffed out just like that. It would be anticlimactic to not give her some input to the coming finale. This is the age of Game of Thrones though, so no character should feel safe.
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There's still some gorily gorgeous details in this. The zoom into the eyeball in Whisper's hand to see the incoming jet. The acknowledgement of Jess as "The Judge Child". Kek-W and Kendall manage to express a whole relationship in one frame of Jess helping Arthur out of the wreck. Even the weakest episode of Deadworld is still excellent.
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This unit develops understanding of information technology and information and knowledge management governance frameworks and strategy perspectives, with particular emphasis on the regulatory environment, legislative and organisational controls, audits, standards, professional certifications, and issues associated with measuring performance, demonstrating value and minimising risk. The unit builds on intellectual capital theory, augmented by insights from social capital and emotional capital. It draws on case studies to differentiate strategies focused primarily on people, business processes, and content, and considers the supporting technologies that can facilitate each approach.
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[For Tyge Wittrock Böcher, 1909-1983, Danish cytogeneticist who worked on subarctic flowering plants]
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz, Michael D. Windham
Perennials or, rarely, biennials; (sexual or apomictic, caudex usually present, rarely absent); not scapose; usually glabrous or pubescent, rarely hirsute or hispid, trichomes simple or branched, 2-14-rayed, sometimes dendritic, not stellate. Stems erect, ascending, or decumbent, unbranched or branched distally. Leaves basal and cauline; petiolate or sessile; basal rosulate or not, petiolate, blade margins usually entire or dentate, rarely lyrate-pinnatifid; cauline usually sessile, rarely shortly petiolate, blade (base sometimes auriculate or sagittate), margins entire or dentate. Racemes (sometimes paniculate), often elongated in fruit. Fruiting pedicels erect, ascending, divaricate, or reflexed (secund or not), slender. Flowers: sepals ovate or oblong, (lateral pair slightly saccate or not basally, margins membranous); petals usually white, pink, lavender, or purple, rarely yellowish, red, or magenta, spatulate or oblanceolate, (claw shorter than sepals or undifferentiated from blade, apex obtuse); stamens tetradynamous; filaments not dilated basally; anthers ovate or oblong, (apex obtuse), [pollen ellipsoid (sexual plants) or spheroid (apomictic)]; nectar glands confluent, subtending bases of stamens, lateral glands semi-annular or annular. Fruits usually sessile, rarely shortly stipitate, usually linear, rarely oblong or lanceolate, straight or falcate, smooth or torulose; valves (papery), each with obscure or prominent midvein, usually glabrous, rarely pubescent; replum (visible), rounded; septum complete, (membranous, veinless); ovules 8-250 per ovary; (style sometimes obsolete); stigma capitate. Seeds usually uniseriate or sub-biseriate, rarely biseriate, flattened, winged, not winged, or margined, oblong or orbicular; seed coat (usually smooth or minutely reticulate, rarely papillate), not mucilaginous when wetted; cotyledons accumbent.
Species 111+ (109 in the flora): North America, n Mexico, e Asia (Russian Far East).
Boechera falcata (Turczaninow) Al-Shehbaz is known from eastern Asia (Russian Far East).
Boechera often is treated as a synonym of Arabis (e.g., R. C. Rollins 1993; S. L. Welsh et al. 2003) but it has become clear that morphological similarities between these groups are due to evolutionary convergence, not shared ancestry. Molecular analyses by M. Koch et al. (2001) and T. Mitchell-Olds et al. (2005) revealed that Arabis and Boechera belong to distantly related clades of Brassicaceae that diverged some 19-25 million years ago. A new tribal classification of the family (I. A. Al-Shehbaz et al. 2006) places them in different tribes (Arabideae and Boechereae, respectively), reflecting their substantial molecular divergence.
The taxonomic complexity of Arabis, in the broad sense, is legendary (R. C. Rollins 1941, 1993; G. A. Mulligan 1996). When the genus is split, most of the problematic taxa come to reside in Boechera. A rare confluence of hybridization, apomixis, and polyploidy makes this one of the most difficult genera in the North American flora. The sexual diploid species are relatively distinct from one another, but they hybridize wherever they come into contact. Through apomixis and polyploidy, the hybrids become stable, self-propagating lineages. Most of the hybrid derivatives in Boechera are triploids, but apomictic diploids are known as well. Thus, for any pair of sexual diploid species (e.g., AA and BB), this process can yield different intermediates, including AB apomicts and both possible apomictic triploids (AAB and ABB). The situation becomes even more challenging when a third sexual diploid enters the picture. To date, we have identified three taxa (B. divaricarpa, B. pinetorum, B. tularensis) that appear to be trigenomic triploids. Under these circumstances, even the most distinctive sexual diploid progenitors can become lost in a seemingly continuous range of morphological variability.
In a genus characterized by the presence of polyploids and apomicts, it is essential to know which taxa represent the products of primary, divergent evolution (i.e., sexual diploids) and which are the result of secondary, reticulate evolution. Fortunately, a strong correlation between pollen morphology and ploidy level/reproductive mode facilitates the separation of sexual diploids from polyploids and apomicts in Boechera. Because of differences in meiosis, sexual diploids produce small (13-16 µm diam.), ellipsoid pollen grains with symmetrical colpi. In apomictic individuals, the pollen grains are significantly larger (20-30 µm diam.), and spheroid with asymmetrical colpi. The differences in pollen size and shape are so pronounced that the ploidy level and reproductive mode of most plants with flowers can be determined using a medium power (40×) dissecting microscope (see Fig. 1 in M. D. Windham and I. A. Al-Shehbaz 2006).
To facilitate the study of ploidy level and reproductive mode in Boechera and to allow direct comparison of taxa named by previous authors, we assembled at the Missouri Botanical Garden the holotypes and isotypes of all taxa originally described in Arabis and currently placed in Boechera (over 160 published basionyms). In addition to the types, another 12,000 specimens were examined to document morphological variability and geographic distribution. During this process, we identified additional morphological features (e.g., trichome branching patterns, number of ovules per ovary, pollen and seed morphology) overlooked or underused by previous authors. The result is a substantially revised taxonomy for the genus, the nomenclatural foundation for which was established in a series of papers (M. D. Windham and I. A. Al-Shehbaz 2006, 2007, 2007b).
In many cases, the species circumscriptions adopted here deviate significantly from those of previous authors. Where R. C. Rollins (1993) accepted 63 species with varieties, we recognize 109 species and two with two subspecies. Our treatment includes a total of 71 sexual species. These represent the morphological extremes of the complex and are often easily distinguished (when separated from the apomicts using pollen characters). Although it is likely that some diploid species remain to be discovered, we feel that this portion of the treatment is relatively complete.
Our coverage of the apomictic hybrids is much less comprehensive. There are literally hundreds of hybrids in Boechera with unique genomic combinations, each of which could be recognized at species level. Our treatment includes just 38 apomictic species, primarily taxa recognized at some level by other authors. Because some hybrid combinations are not formally recognized, it is inevitable that some names will be misapplied to superficially similar hybrids of different parentage. For example, plants of B. goodrichii (= B. retrofracta × B. gracilipes), B. consanguinea (= B. retrofracta × B. fendleri), and B. pinetorum (= B. retrofracta × B. rectissima × B. sparsiflora) are sufficiently similar that they might be considered a single taxon if their respective parentages and disjunct geographic ranges were not taken into account. Indeed, all three have been called Arabis holboellii var. pinetorum (e.g., R. C. Rollins 1993; S. L. Welsh et al. 2003), although the epithet consanguinea has priority.
The best way to avoid such misidentification is to pay close attention to the geographic distribution of apomictic taxa and their sexual progenitors. Apomictic hybrids in Boechera appear to be of relatively recent origin and generally have not migrated beyond regions where their parents are sympatric. Thus, users of this treatment should be wary of major range extensions for apomictic taxa; in most cases, these will turn out to be unique hybrid combinations not represented in the keys or descriptions. Because the use of hybrid binomials is potentially misleading, the best approach to identifying a hybrid is to provide a formula name based on the hypothesized parentage (e.g., B. fendleri × B. stricta or B. fendleri hybrid). This requires an accurate understanding of the sexual diploids occurring in the region of interest, which we hope the following keys and descriptions will provide.
Given the inherent taxonomic complexity of Boechera, it has been necessary to incorporate micromorphological characters such as pollen morphology and trichome branching patterns in the identification keys. Whenever possible, we have restricted such characters to later couplets, but microscopic observations are required to distinguish some species. Effective use of the keys also depends on having complete specimens bearing both flowers and fruits. In all cases, measurements of stem length are taken from fruiting plants, those of basal leaves from the largest in the basal rosette, for the fruiting pedicels from the longest in the infructescence, and for the stem trichomes from the largest near the base. Descriptions of the pedicels, flowers, and fruits are taken from the main inflorescence rather its lateral branches, the number of seed rows per locule is determined near the middle of the fruit, and the number of ovules is observed in mature fruits by counting the number of seeds plus the abortive ovules.
SELECTED REFERENCES Al-Shehbaz, I. A. 2003b. Transfer of most North American species of Arabis to Boechera (Brassicaceae). Novon 13: 381-391. Windham, M. D. and I. A. Al-Shehbaz. 2006. New and noteworthy species of Boechera (Brassicaceae) I: Sexual diploids. Harvard Pap. Bot. 11: 61-88. Windham, M. D. and I. A. Al-Shehbaz. 2007. New and noteworthy species of Boechera (Brassicaceae) II: Apomictic hybrids. Harvard Pap. Bot. 11: 257-274. Windham, M. D. and I. A. Al-Shehbaz. 2007b. New and noteworthy species of Boechera (Brassicaceae) III: Additional sexual diploids and apomictic hybrids. Harvard Pap. Bot. 12: 235-257.
Group 2
Petals 2-4 mm; fruits 0.7-1 mm wide; seeds not winged; basal leaf blades (5-)10-45 mm wide
Petals 4-16 mm; fruits 0.9-3(-4) mm wide; seeds usually winged; basal leaf blades 1-7(-11) mm wide
2 (1)
Basal leaf blade adaxial surfaces with simple trichomes; petals white to cream; fruiting pedicels 1-3(-6) mm.
19 Boechera dentata (in part)
Basal leaf blade adaxial surfaces with 3- or 4(-6)-rayed trichomes; petals purplish; fruiting pedicels (5-)7-15 mm.
72 Boechera perstellata
3 (1)
Fruiting pedicels reflexed, pendent, or descending
Fruiting pedicels suberect, ascending, or horizontal
4 (3)
Petals white to lavender; fruits 0.9-2.2 mm wide; seeds 0.9-1.8 × 0.7-1.4 mm
Petals usually purple; fruits (1.6-)2-4 mm wide; seeds 1.7-3.5 × 1.3-2.2 mm
5 (4)
Fruiting pedicels not abruptly recurved at bases; fruits 1.9-2.2 mm wide, pendent, rarely appressed to rachises; ovules 38-64 per ovary; seeds 1.4-1.8 mm, wing 0.1-0.3 mm wide.
79 Boechera puberula (in part)
Fruiting pedicels abruptly recurved at bases; fruits 0.9-1.5 mm wide, reflexed, usually appressed to rachises; ovules 60-116 per ovary; seeds 0.9-1.4 mm, wing 0.05-0.1 mm wide
6 (5)
Fruit valves densely pubescent; petals sparsely pubescent abaxially.
76 Boechera polyantha
Fruit valves sparsely pubescent; petals glabrous abaxially.
86 Boechera retrofracta (in part)
7 (4)
Stems from near ground surface, usually without woody bases; seeds uniseriate; ovules 20-42 per ovary; north of 40oN latitude
Stems elevated above ground surface on woody bases; seeds biseriate to sub-biseriate; ovules 68-126 per ovary; south of 40oN latitude
8 (7)
Basal leaf blade margins entire; petals 6-8 mm; styles 1.5-2 mm; fruits divaricate-descending, valves sparsely pubescent.
94 Boechera serpenticola (in part)
Basal leaf blade margins (at least some) prominently dentate or subpinnatifid; petals 9-14 mm; styles 0.5-1 mm; fruits pendent, valves moderately to densely pubescent.
100 Boechera subpinnatifida (in part)
9 (7)
Fruiting pedicels abruptly recurved at bases; fruits 2.5-4 mm wide, valves densely pubescent proximally; basal leaf blades 1-3 mm wide.
80 Boechera pulchra (in part)
Fruiting pedicels not abruptly recurved at bases; fruits 2-2.5 mm wide, valves glabrous proximally; basal leaf blades 3-7 mm wide.
108 Boechera xylopoda
10 (3)
Stems proximally with simple and 2-rayed trichomes 0.4-1 mm; basal leaf blade surfaces with long-stalked, 2-4-rayed trichomes.
5 Boechera breweri (in part)
Stems proximally with 2-12-rayed trichomes 0.1-0.5 mm; basal leaf blade surfaces with short-stalked, (3- or) 4-12-rayed trichomes
11 (10)
Fruits (4.5-)6-11 cm, usually curved; petals 0.8-1.2 mm wide; ovules 140-190 per ovary.
96 Boechera shockleyi (in part)
Fruits 3-5.8 cm, straight; petals 1.5-4.5 mm wide; ovules 34-120 per ovary
12 (11)
Styles 1-1.5 mm; seeds uniseriate; ovules 34-68 per ovary; stems proximally with 5-10-rayed trichomes; w Montana.
29 Boechera fecunda
Styles 0.1-0.3 mm; seeds biseriate or sub-biseriate; ovules 72-120 per ovary; stems proximally with 2-7-rayed trichomes; sw United States
13 (12)
Fruit valves glabrous proximally; cauline leaves 3-8; basal leaves 2-5 mm wide; fruiting pedicels 7-14 mm.
24 Boechera duchesnensis
Fruit valves pubescent proximally; cauline leaves 10-25; basal leaves 1-2 mm wide; fruiting pedicels 10-20(-25) mm.
55 Boechera lincolnensis (in part)
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