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The talks, with Dutch trading, energy, mining andlogisticscompanyTrafigura Beheer BV and Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Development Co, are Batista's latest effort to halt the decline of his once high-flying EBX Group.
"This shows that Batista is succeeding, at least at some of his companies, at getting partners to shore up his melting empire," said João Augusto de Castro Neves, Latin America analyst with Eurasia Group in Washington, D.C. "But it's only a first step and many doubts remain."
The value of EBX's oil, electricity, mining, port and shipbuilding companies, once worth more than $60 billion, has collapsed in the past year because of missed production and profit targets and a weaker outlook for Brazil and other commodities producers.
Once Brazil's richest man with assets of about $35 billion, Batista's fortune is now worth less than $900 million, according to Forbes Magazine.
Cash, Debt & Royalties
Under the preliminary accord announced Tuesday, MMX agreed to exclusive talks with Trafigura Beheer and Mubadala, the filing said. If a final agreement is reached, the companies plan to buy an estimated $400 million of new MMX stock to finance the completion of MMX's Sudeste Port and iron ore terminal west of Rio de Janeiro.
The purchase will give Trafigura and Mubadala 65 percent of the port, which has a planned capacity of 50 million tonnes of ore a year and expects to begin operations in 2014. Under the proposed agreement, expected to be worked out over the next four weeks, Trafigura and Mubadala will also assume the bank debts of MMX's iron ore mining unit MMX Sudeste Mineração SA.
The agreement would commit Trafigura and Mubadala to pay holders of special MMX unit shares a royalty of $5 per tonne for iron ore shipped after the port makes a profit, the statement and MMX's press office said. The unit shares, which do not convey ownership in the company, were given to holders of Batista's LLX Logistica SA when it sold the port project to MMX in 2010.
If cemented, the agreement would ensure port access for MMX even as it allows the new controlling shareholders to seek deals with rival miners and steelmakers.
MMX will also have the right to move 7 million tonnes of iron ore through the port and an option to nearly double that to 13 million tonnes by June 30, 2013. If the port's capacity is expanded beyond 50 million tonnes a year, MMX will have the right to raise its share of port capacity proportionally.
"This is good because it will help finish port facilities Brazil needs while fostering competition in the iron ore market," said Adriano Pires, head of the Brazilian Infrastructure Institute, a Rio de Janeiro research group.
While offering much-needed investment, the agreement, by creating new stock in MMX, will dilute value for existing investors whose shares have lost nearly 60 percent of their value so far this year.
MMX shares fell as much as 18 percent on Tuesday, trimming early losses in Sao Paulo to trade at 1.90 reais, a drop of 16.7 percent, late Tuesday afternoon. The stock was on track for its lowest close in a month.
The special unit shares, also traded in Sao Paulo, rose as much as 22 percent, on expectation of the royalties being guaranteed, traders said.
Export Options
Iron ore exports from Brazil, the No. 2 producer of the raw material, is dominated by Rio de Janeiro-based Vale SA, the world's largest exporter of the mineral. Iron ore is the main ingredient in steel.
MMX's Sudeste Port is one of only a handful of non-Vale iron ore export terminals in the country. When the port starts operations, small and medium-sized miners dependent on ports and railways controlled by Vale and Cia Siderurgica Nacional, the No. 2 iron ore exporter, will have more bargaining power over the cost of transport, a major portion of iron ore costs.
China's Wuhan Iron and Steel Co, also known as Wisco, and Korea's SK Networks, a unit of SK Holdings Co, own minority stakes in MMX. The companies purchased the stakes to gain access to MMX's iron ore mines, now under development, in Brazil's Minas Gerais state.
Without investments from new partners, MMX and other EBX Group companies could run out of cash in coming months, leaving them unable to pay debts and complete major infrastructure projects, including mines, ports and oil fields.
On Aug. 28, Batista agreed to give up control of port operator LLX Logística SA in exchange for a $1.3 billion investment in the company by Washington, D.C.-based investment fund EIG Global Energy Partners. (Reuters)


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I've managed to come down with (yet another) cold, so today's post is something a little different — a bit of behind-the-scenes action from New York Fashion Week, through the eyes of Maybelline.
I hope you enjoy the backstage photos & info, and I'll hopefully be recovered enough to blog in a few days!
The runway standard: Super-dewy skin at SUNO
(Yes, that's a Baby Lips balm being applied to the lids!)
To start us off, a look that we see time and time again on runways. Makeup artist Alice Lane created a really flawless, really dewy base with Maybelline Fit Me Foundation and Fit Me Shine Free Powder (though I've no idea where on earth the powder went), then added Dream Bouncy Blush in Candy Coral to the cheeks.
As an aside, I love the texture of the Bouncy Blushes, but the pigmentation and wear time have always left me wanting. For a cheap, super-fun fix, though, you can't do much better than a blush that feels like a happy marshmallow!
On the matte side of things: Satin perfection at Lacoste
Though dewy skin is always a hit on runways, I've always been more of the "more is more" camp when it comes to matte and satin finishes. Makeup artist Mayia Alleaume (what a beautiful name) used Maybelline Fit Me Shine-Free Powder to perfect the skin, then added the blush and bronzer of the same line to add a sun-kissed effect to the skin.
On the eyes, the models wore Maybelline Color Tattoo 24HR Cream Gel Shadows in (what else?) Tough as Taupe and Bad to the Bronze, topped with one of the new Master Smoky Longwearing Shadow Pencils in Smoking Charcoal.
Glowing eyes at Tibi, bold orange lips at DKNY, and a violet haze at Mara Hoffman
These looks need no further introduction.
Okay, maybe just a little bit more of an introduction. The looks at Tibi and Mara Hoffman are both so beautifully ethereal & easy to do at home — I'm really hoping to see them on the streets next spring.
On the other hand, there's nothing easy about flushed cheeks paired with an orange lip, but can you really fault me for including the look at DKNY it in these photos? If someone drops a photo of Karlie Kloss in your inbox, you post that photo. You post it good.
All images courtesy of Maybelline New York & edited for theNotice.

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Garrard isn't half as bad as he's made out to be, though.
Garrard's strengths:
1.Hold ball long enough so both DE's have time to meet at his ribcage.
2. Stare down his primary reciever so everyone including the hot dog vendor can tell where he is going with the ball. 2nd and 3rd options on play could really just fall down at the snap. They are not seeing the ball anyway.
3. after playing awful (as is case most weeks), Garrard is strong blaming his teamates in post game interviews. Never his fault. What a leader.
GL Miami


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Brown University, the University of Chicago, Columbia University, Cornell University and Rice University have traveled together for many years to speak to students and their families about college admissions. We do so because our institutions, at their core, are similar. We all offer students a broad-based liberal arts curriculum, committed to providing every student with a well-rounded education in social science, humanities, mathematics and science. We are all residential colleges; the vast majority of our students live on campus, so much of our students' education takes place outside of the classroom. Lastly, we all practice highly selective admissions; each of our schools seeks not only a class that is strong academically, but a class that is diverse in every way and one with dynamic students who will enrich their campus intellectually, extracurricularly and personally.
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What is it about this UK landscape that sets it apart from mainland Europe? Cast your eyes over the patchwork of fields, hedges and woodland and you start to see a few of the reasons. In most parts of the UK, you will see ancient trees scattered though the landscape.
According to experts, the number of ancient trees in the UK is exceptional compared with elsewhere in Europe.
However, the sheer extent of the UK's ancient tree population is not properly understood. Distribution is patchy; in some areas ancient trees are abundant, in others scarce.
Today, many of the surviving ancient trees can be found in the vestiges of the once extensive system of Royal Hunting forests and their successors, the more formalised medieval deer parks.
Scattered groups of trees can also be found in historic parkland, wood pasture and ancient wooded commons with small groups and individual specimens to be found in the midst of housing estates and urban parks, on farmland, village greens, churchyards and within the grounds of old historic buildings.
In the open countryside, scattered across much of England, ancient black poplars can be found on flood plains in meadows and occasionally in ancient hedges.
Ancient ash clings to limestone rock in the Northern dales. In the Derbyshire dales, coppiced lime stools are so old that the rock that they sit on has eroded away from their roots, giving the appearance that the tree is supported by stilts.
In the Scottish Borders, ancient wood pasture oaks can be found at Cadzow and Dalkeith and ancient Scots pine survive in the Caledonian Forest way up in the Highlands.
Wales also has a history of hunting forests, a few of which were Royal Forests, where occasional ancient trees can still be found. In addition, old parkland oak survive in ancient parks such as Dinefwr Park and Chirk Park.


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The Economist called his newest work Macrowikinomics: New Solutions for a Connected Planet a "Schumpeter-ian story of creative destruction"
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Flip UltraHD Camcorder
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In the early part of the 21st Century, it was not uncommon for someone to spend over $600 on a mid-range consumer grade camcorder. This camcorder probably used Mini DV tapes, recorded in standard definition and, although compact and portable, would have likely been carried in a protective camera bag. The purchaser of this camera might use it to film their son or daughter's high school graduation, a sporting event, or a family vacation. After filming, they would need to find a separate cable to connect to their camcorder to their computer, and then wait as the camcorder runs through the entire tape in order to transfer the video to their computer for editing and sharing online.
These days, however, you can buy a camcorder that is easier to use, has 8 gigs of built-in memory instead of using tapes, and records in High Definition. The camcorder is also small enough to carry around in your pocket, has a built in USB connection, and costs under $200. The Flip UltraHD Camcorder is a lightweight device that is easy to use and affordable. It features an integrated 2-inch LCD screen for previewing and managing your captured video. It also includes an HDMI port so you can connect the Flip directly to your HDTV.
If you want to upload a video to YouTube or Facebook, the Flip UltraHD has built-in software that allows you to easily upload videos from the camcorder's memory. This camcorder makes that task easier than before. Image and video transfers to a computer are done through a USB connector that flips out from the side of the device. If you have ever felt the frustration of a lost cable, you will know how helpful and convenient this is. The UltraHD uses a lithium-ion battery that is rechargeable through your computer's USB port.
Although the Flip UltraHD Camcorder only has 2X zoom, no manual focusing, a limited amount of on-board memory, and limited features and settings, it is clearly not meant as a replacement for professional or even "prosumer" grade camcorders. The Flip UltraHD is an excellent choice for those looking for a simple and fun way to capture memories with friends. Because it is so portable, it is easy to take with you wherever you want to go. Many Flip camcorder owners keep theirs in their bag, purse, or car so that, when something interesting happens unexpectedly, they are able to record things as they unfold.
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Hello everyone, i'am new in the forum then i say hello to everyone. Excuse me but i'm italian and i know less english, i hope that you understand my problem. I have written a java program written with a GUI SWT. This program receive JPEG images via socket then i have received and draw these images in this way:
JPEGDecoder decoder = JPEGCodec.createJPEGDecoder(in);
BufferedImage img = decoder.decodeAsBufferedImage();
Image image = new Image(Display.getCurrent(), converter.convertToSWT(img));
pencil.drawImage(image, 0, 0);
All this code run in a loop For( ; ; ) and it work fine but there is a problem, every time that it receive an image via socket it make the instruction new Image... and this increments the memory used. I have tried in all ways and i don't found nothing that help me. Do you know a solution for my problem? There is another way to generate an Image (without "new") or there is another JPEGDecoder that generates an Image SWT??
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Past Reviews
Off Broadway Reviews
For the second time this season, a sweeping fantasy musical is unfolding in a theater that should be too small to contain it. But with the Prospect Theater Company's production of The Book of the Dun Cow at the West Side Theatre, director Cara Reichel demonstrates again what Charlotte Moore proved with Beowulf at the Irish Rep this past fall: The most theatrical thrills and chills require only a heaping helping of stage know-how.
Among the wonders Reichel creates: a daring river rescue, a battle between a veritable barnyard of everyday critters and a pack of demonic lizards, the nightmarish birth of an animal Antichrist figure, and a climactic confrontation between it and the story's hero that could have been ripped from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
And she does it all with only lights, a few essential but trivial props, and 17 actors shuffled and deployed in dozens of configurations. The multitiered set (Paul Seixas), lights (Stacey Boggs), and Reichel's keen eye vividly approximate entire populations and vast vistas real and imagined within cramped Off-Off-Broadway confines. And they do it more effectively than most Broadway shows with hundreds (if not thousands) of times more money at their disposal.
Like Moore's, this is an achievement on par with The Lion King for its gutsiness and sheer theatrical beauty. If that show's director, Julie Taymor, didn't fear for her livelihood when Moore unleashed Grendel, she should watch her back now that Reichel has staked her own claim to directorial greatness.
But like Taymor, Reichel is forced to marshal too much of that magic to sell this musical adaptation of Walter Wangerin Jr.'s 1978 novel. Neither Randy Courts (music and lyrics) nor Mark St. Germain (book and lyrics) are capable of bringing the story to life on their own; what they've written only intermittently generates the requisite suspense and tension. The adaptors waver uncertainly between fairy tale, story theatre, outright allegory (though Wangerin has insisted he never intended his book to be taken as such), and antiwar play in style, and never reconcile the disparate elements of each into one satisfying whole.
For example, the vainglorious Chauntecleer (Brian Munn), the rooster at the center of the story, recalls both the Bible's long-suffering Job and a determined John Kerry. His trusted (and annoying) friend Mundo Cani (David Foley Jr.), a lovable mountain of a dog, is written and played as an uneasy mix of tragic hero and animated-film sidekick. There's little attempt at consistency: This is the sort of duo who would (and does) sing a second-act duet called "Who Needs a Dog?", a precious number about... well, exactly what the title indicates.
It feels like a desperate attempt to lighten up the story for children. But The Book of the Dun Cow is, by necessity, thoroughly adult, despite its bevy of talking beasts. Set near the beginning of time, the story tracks closely with the Bible, with the names changed to protect the sinful: Chauntecleer must lead an animal uprising against the godless half-chicken-half-serpent Cockatrice (Micah Busey), the spawn of a subterranean monster known as Wyrm.
But while there's no shortage of violence - a number of major characters perish, often quite bloodily - there's also no shortage of feeling: Cockatrice's attacks and their mournful aftermaths are rendered with surging dramatic and musical passion; there's even a fair amount of levity and spirit in the interactions of Chauntecleer's manic menagerie, which includes a bunch of cackling hens, adorable mice and chicken children, a buzzing mosquito, and more.
Snatches of song, alternating and overlapping, help define everyone; Courts's music also provides crucial, exciting underscoring for the multiple battle scenes. There's also the richly attractive matrimonial hymn, "Remember This Day," sung for Chauntecleer and his bride Pertelote (Vanessa June Marshall) by the sumptuous Carol Hickey as a chicken-coop earth mother; Hickey also returns as the titular character, God's messenger, singing haunting, disjointed melodies at what might be the end of all Creation.
But the second-act opener "Why," examining a great tragedy that befalls Chauntecleer, is too generic in its sentiment to be affecting. And "New Harmony," a thinly veiled ode to pacifism, is so anemically anthemic that Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty could easily have ghostwritten it. Most of the other songs are equally variable in quality, ranging from the attractive to the excrescent; all, however, are exquisitely sung. (Marcus Baker is the musical director.)
The acting, however, is less certain. Only Marshall and Hickey hold their own, giving consistently smart, detailed performances that find all the humanity in their animal characters. Everyone else seems neither human nor animal, speaking mostly in overexaggerated tones that most grade-schoolers would find trying in a fourth-grade production of Little Red Ridinghood.
Munn, who acts entirely through his stuffed shirt and furrowed brow, is especially egregious at overselling the prideful Chauntecleer. Foley's Mundo Cani is oversized and underspecific, as is Alexander Elisa's fox statesman, who behaves as though he's sniffing glue whenever he runs away. The other ensemble members have their moments on and off, though Robby Sharpe strikes mostly the right notes as a reluctant weasel, and Bucey cuts a magnetic figure as the menacing Cockatrice.
He's particularly convincing late in the second act, when he and his basilisk army attack Chauntecleer's group with both physical force and more subversive means. He's a formidable opponent, and he and Wyrm won't be stopped easily; you might find yourself thinking, as Chauntecleer and Mundo Cani do, that victory would require a miracle.
But the real miracle is that they've all been brought so compellingly to the stage. Reichel, who's made a name for herself collaborating with husband Peter Mills on more conventional musicals like The Taxi Cabaret and The Pursuit of Persephone, has with The Book of the Dun Cow come into her own as an artistic force to be reckoned with. Is she the future of the Off-Off-Broadway musical? It's too early to say. But prospects - and Prospect - are looking very bright indeed.
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Mr. Robert "Bob" Chase Sr., 66, died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2001, at Medical College of Georgia Hospital.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Platt's Funeral Home, Belair Road, Evans, with the Rev. Bobby Renew officiating. Burial will be in Bellevue Memorial Gardens, Grovetown.
Mr. Chase, a native of New Hampshire, was an Army veteran of the Korean War and a sheetmetal worker for 40 years.
The family said, "He was a loving father, husband, father-in-law and friend."
Survivors include his wife, Janice Chase; two sons, Robert Chase Jr., Augusta, and Jimmy Chase, Martinez; four daughters, Victoria Goff, Columbia, Christine Crump, Evans, Angie Laster, North Carolina, and Jean Hill, Greenville, S.C.; three brothers, Arthur Chase, Jimmy Chase and Wallace Chase, all of New Hampshire; two sisters, Jody Chase and Jollie Chase, both of New Hampshire; and 21 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Dale Goff, Ricky Rickerson, Ronnie Goodwin, Dana Koss, Scott Crump and Ray Simmons.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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I would like to continue using the watch for its purpose. How is the crown sealed on these? Can you replace the seal like a seiko or does one need to replace the crown? If so does it need to go back to Silvermans? Ive looked on the net but cant find the relavent answer.
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County will not hire own equalization director
Published 8:00 pm, Wednesday, July 16, 2008
HURON COUNTY — Commissioners said earlier this week they will not hire an individual to serve as the county's equalization director.
Instead, the county will share Tuscola County's Equalization Director, Walter Schlichting.
"When all is said and done, sharing is the best option," said Commissioner Dave Peruski during the Huron County Board of Commissioners meeting of the whole.
Peruski, who chairs the board's Personnel Committee, said the cost savings in the initial year is estimated to be between $16,000 and $18,000. In consecutive years, the county is estimated to save between $18,000 and $21,000, he said.
The county had to either choose to share Tuscola's director, or hire someone to serve as the local equalization director, because Interim Equalization Director Deb Hyzer can only serve until July 31.
She was appointed to the position in August 2007 after former Equalization Director Coiene Tait was removed from office in August 2007 for what commissioners construed to be as misconduct. At that time, commissioners also removed Tait's husband, Tim Tait, from the position of assessor.
The board couldn't appoint Hyzer to serve as the new equalization director because she's not a Level 3 appraiser, as is required of equalization directors per state law, said Huron County Commissioner Dave Peruski.
Because the duties of an equalization director are so complex, and so much training is required, the board wasn't able to find an immediate replacement for Hyzer.
So in October 2007, commissioners created an intergovernmental agreement with Tuscola County to contract Schlichting to serve as a consultant and help some of the problems the equalization office had been experiencing since the former director was removed from office.
The agreement entailed Huron County paying $3,000 a month to Tuscola County for Schlichting to serve as a consultant to Huron County's Equalization Office.
However, officials weren't sure if Schlichting could be chosen to officially oversee both equalization offices because he only is a Level 3 appraiser, and equalization directors who oversee more than one county have to be a Level 4 appraiser, per state law.
When officials received approval from the state in January 2008 to go ahead with the agreement with Tuscola County through May 2009, it was a good sign the state would allow Schlichting to oversee both counties and/or at least continue to serve as a consulting equalization director, Peruski said.
However, he said the board needs to take some kind of action prior to May 2009 since Hyzer can't serve as interim director after July 31.
Peruski said the county had two options: (1) share Tuscola County's equalization director (thereby making him the official equalization director of both counties, not just the equalization director of one and consulting equalization director to the other), and (2) hire its own director.
"At this point, we will use the shared directorship … it's our best option," he said during Tuesday's meeting of the whole.
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Charles Causley Poems >>
I Saw A Jolly Hunter
I saw a jolly hunter
With a jolly gun
Walking in the country
In the jolly sun.
In the jolly meadow
Sat a jolly hare.
Saw the jolly hunter.
Took jolly care.
Hunter jolly eager-
Sight of jolly prey.
Forgot gun pointing
Wrong jolly way.
Jolly hunter jolly head
Over heels gone.
Jolly old safety catch
Not jolly on.
Bang went the jolly gun.
Hunter jolly dead.
Jolly hare got clean away.
Jolly good, I said.
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Court rejects Obama labor appointments
Updated 10:39 pm, Friday, January 25, 2013
Washington --
In a ruling that called into question nearly two centuries of presidential recess appointments that bypass the Senate confirmation process, a federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Obama violated the Constitution when he installed three officials on the National Labor Relations Board a year ago.
The ruling was a blow to the administration and a victory for Obama's Republican critics - and a handful of liberal ones - who had accused him of improperly asserting that he could make the appointments under his executive powers. The administration had argued that the president could decide that senators were on a lengthy recess at the time of the appointments, even though the Senate considered itself to be meeting in "pro forma" sessions.
But the court issued a far more sweeping ruling than expected. Legal specialists said its reasoning would virtually eliminate the recess appointment power for all future presidents at a time when it has become increasingly difficult to win Senate confirmation for nominees.
"If this opinion stands, I think it will fundamentally alter the balance between the Senate and the president by limiting the president's ability to keep offices filled," said John Elwood, who handled recess appointment issues for the Justice Department during the administration of President George W. Bush.
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The Constitution, written at a time when it could take weeks for members of Congress to get to the capital, allows presidents to fill vacancies temporarily during recesses for positions that would otherwise require Senate confirmation. In recent years, that authority has served as a safety valve for presidents of both parties.
Obama has made about 32 such appointments, while Bush made 171, including those of John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations.
Nearly all of those appointments would be unconstitutional under the rationale of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
"The decision ... contradicts 150 years of practice by Democratic and Republican administrations," said Jay Carney, the White House press secretary. He did not say whether the Justice Department would appeal it.


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Minnetonka Ice-Out Set for June 3rd.
It's been a long cold winter, but it hasn't dampened the enthusiasm of Lake Minnetonka die-hards.
"Vell, I guess I haf to take down da ol fish house after all," states Lars Dahlquist, of Tonka Bay. For a vile der, I taut I could just leaf it in until da next fishing season and just stay here. But it looks like I only got an extra tree veeks of fishing in. And I vas all set too… had plenty of schnapps and kippered snacks in my lunchbucket. . But, maybe its a blessing. My fishing buddy vas starting to get kinda ripe, ya know? After a few veeks or munts, your body hair starts growin tru your red-flannel union suit, and you really haf to soak a vile before you can get it off. But it looks like he vill be home for a nice soapy hot bat before Svenskarnaskag. Anyvay, da extra tree veeks of ice fishing kinda puts the ol' kabosh on da global varming ting."
Not everyone is disappointed by the extra long winter. It's been a boon for the Mound-based ice harvest business out on Lake Minnetonka. The extra supply of ice means lower ice prices for those who have ice blocks delivered to their homes for use in their refrigerators. "That means we will need less burlap and salt to keep ice through the summer and fall," says Bluelips Ice Co Manager Harold Braggendahle.
Also, the unexpected cool spell is changing some betting strategies for the local gamblers. "We always like to place bets on when the first snowmobile and the first car go through the ice," says local water safety expert Leonard Kvelle. It's way more fun than pull-tabs at the Legion. I plan to call my bookie and tell him I need to move the date up to September 15th or so. Of course no one wants to see anyone go through the ice. But the betting always reminds us that there is a silver lining to everything, and things could be worse. You could be going through the ice at one of those hog ponds in Iowa."
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RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – Crooks are running a credit card scam in the metro area you need to watch for.
Rio Rancho police say a skimmer was found attached to the credit card reader on a pump at a Giant gas station on 528.
When people swipe their cards on a device with a skimmer, it grabs information that can let thieves run up charges on victims' credit cards.
Detectives from Santa Fe and Rio Rancho are now working together after credit card skimmers were found in both cities.
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Six months after the Station nightclub fire killed 100 people in West Warwick, Rhode Island, and injured hundreds more, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined Great White, whose pyrotechnics ignited the February 20th blaze, and the club's owners nearly $100,000.
Most of the penalty was levied against Station owners Michael and Jeffrey Derderian, who were cited for one "willful" violation -- installing an exit door that opened in -- and six "serious," including covering the walls with flammable foam for soundproofing.
The band was fined $7,000 stemming from its use of pyrotechnics. Great White guitarist Ty Longley was among those who died in the fire.
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To answer the title question bluntly: Absolutely not.
You have to play the games first before determining where a team will finish in the standings.
But certainly on paper, the Mets appear to be the weakest link of the NL East heading into this season.
Based on the offseason moves of the other teams, the NL East has the potential to rival the AL East as the top division in baseball.
Let's start with the Phillies. When you have Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels atop your starting rotation, anything short of a World Series berth is considered a failure. Philadelphia experienced an early playoff exit against the eventual World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, so expect the Phils to come out strong in 2012.
They added lights out closer Jonathan Papelbon to the bullpen, which was the team's major offseason acquisition. Ryan Howard will miss time early on, but the team should be able to provide enough offense in his absence.
Now onto the Braves. Trade rumors surrounded the Braves all offseason, but the team decided to hang onto Jair Jurrjens and Martin Prado. The team's starting pitching is almost as good as the Phillies, with youngsters Tommy Hanson, Mike Minor and Brandon Beachy ready to step up.
If everyone stays healthy, the Braves should be able to put runs on the board. Atlanta's bullpen can also be deadly.
The talk of the offseason in the NL East was the Miami Marlins. Jose Reyes, Mark Buerhle, Heath Bell and Carlos Zambrano will lead the charge into the team's new ballpark.
But don't forget the team's young talented players such as Mike Stanton, Logan Morrison, Gaby Sanchez and Emilio Bonifacio. If everything clicks for this team, Miami can challenge Philadelphia for supremacy in the division.
Finally, where are the Washington Nationals getting all this money?
The team locked up electric starter Gio Gonzalez long-term and is also in the mix for slugging first baseman Prince Fielder. Even without Fielder, the Nats have significantly improved.
A full season of Stephen Strasburg will be fun to watch, even as a Mets fan. What's scary about the Nationals is that they have two stud prospects—Bryce Harper and Anthony Rendon—waiting in the wings.
If they sign Fielder, watch out. The team took positive strides last season en route to a third place finish, so it's safe to say that with the improvements, the Nats can compete for a higher slot.
And of course there's our beloved Mets. The Amazins' improved the bullpen with Frank Francisco, Jon Rauch and Ramon Ramirez. Andres Torres will be the main addition to starting lineup, but Ike Davis will also hopefully stay healthy all year to provide some offensive punch.
David Wright and Jason Bay will be back for the time being, and the team is banking on youngsters Daniel Murphy, Lucas Duda, Josh Thole and Ruben Tejada to be major contributors.
The Mets starting pitching can be solid if each player pitches to his potential and the team gets Johan Santana back. If not, the team's offense may not be able to bail out its starters like the team in the Bronx is able to do consistently.
As I predicted several weeks back, I see the Mets finishing in fourth place in the NL East. Though they look like the worst team on paper, maybe they can turn a few heads, or maybe one of the other four teams will tank. Hopefully, it's the Marlins, which would prove that you can't buy championships.


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A Googol of Genomes?
Earlier this week we took a look back at 2010 and offered our projections for the coming year in personal genomics. Topic #1, just as it was last year: the $1,000 genome.
In hindsight, it might have been ill-advised to offer predictions about the near-term future of genome sequencing during the same week in which one of the year's major industry conferences (the JP Morgan annual Healthcare Conference) is taking place.
There have been a number of high-profile announcements from genome providers over the past two days. Life Technologies disclosed it had booked 60 orders for the recently unveiled Personal Genome Machine (PGM) and, more importantly, announced that the PGM's output would be increased by an order of magnitude (10 megabases to 100 megabases) in Q1. Not to be outdone, Illumina, the current market leader in genome sequencing technology, responded later the same day by unveiling its new MiSeq machine. As both Matthew Herper and Keith Robison explain in detail, the MiSeq is a direct and formidable challenger to the Personal Gene Machine as a result of its price, speed and utilization of Illumina's established sequencing platform.
But the biggest stories, at least by one metric, belong to sequencing newcomer Complete Genomics and Illumina (again). Complete Genomics announced this week that the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) has ordered a whopping 615 whole-genomes as part of the ISB's ongoing research into the genetics of neurodegenerative diseases, including Huntington's. Meanwhile Illumina, at the same time it was launching the MiSeq machine, disclosed that it "currently has a 1,000-genomes backlog" for its own whole-genome sequencing service.
Let's forget, for a moment, about how much these whole-genome sequences cost and reflect on simply how many of them there are. Just over a decade ago, Bill Clinton and Tony Blair were lauding the first draft human genome sequence; and the Human Genome Project would not declare the first genome "complete" until the spring of 2003.
Again, seven and a half years ago, there was only one single genome sequence to be had anywhere in the world. And it took 13 years and $3 billion dollars to get just the one. Today? We casually discuss hundreds and even thousands of genomes to be sequenced in a matter of months and for thousands of dollars apiece (not $1,000, but likely less than $10,000).
Even if the $1,000 genome does not arrive this year, 2011 will almost certainly see 1,000 genomes sequenced. And in many ways, that may be the worthier milestone to celebrate. Every significant increase in the number of sequenced genomes means a corresponding increase in the amount of genomic data available to elucidate the genetic bases of human traits and disease. There is still a tremendous amount of work to be done to make sense of all that data (and a tremendous amount of environmental, trait and other data that must also be correlated), but sequencing thousands of genomes is a significant step in that process.
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Excellent paper as usual!
I may need to retrieve from where I got these data, but it was published somewhere in the media last year full genome sequences capacity worldwide should be of:
50,000 genomes in 2011
250,000 in 2012
1m in 2013
5m in 2015
25m in 2015
I guess these numbers didn't include extra instruments like the PGM and the MiSeq, but it gives an idea of the potential genomic wave coming on.
Those 1000 genomes this year and more to come next year will be more valuable the more phenotypic data come with them. I know you know this (and George Church has been saying it for years). I don't know, because I haven't been paying attention until recently, how much and what kinds of phenotypic data are likely to come with them or to what extent either the genomic or the phenotypic data are likely to be accessible to researchers. I'd welcome whatever you have to say about this in future posts.


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The current rate of 11 cents per kilowatt per hour is expected to increase to more than 50 cents, Wood said, and rates will be evaluated monthly starting May 1. AEL&P has been shipping in 100,000 gallons of diesel fuel from Seattle daily to run backup generators.
"Right now we're making guesses how much the diesel will cost next month," she said. "We are aware of the beginnings of conservation efforts to help us reduce that consumption, which in the long-run will reduce everyone's bills."
She said it will be weeks before repair crews can attempt to repair the lines because the area is still an avalanche danger zone. Repairs are expected to cost between $5-$10 million and take several months to complete, she said.
The city requested $25 million in assistance to pay for the diesel fuel needed, but Wood said such an option, as nice as it would be, will not reduce the upcoming spike in utility costs. Any monetary assistance would be credited to clients' accounts. The problem, she said, is AEL&P is being billed for diesel fuel now and the company is paying hefty over-time to keep diesel generators operation 24 hours per day.
"With any disaster ... there is never funding to cover the full cost of a disaster," she said. "I think its smarter for all of us to think anything we receive will be a wonderful gift ... but we need to think independently."
photo courtesy of AEL&P Five transmission lines running from the Snettisham Power Station located 40 miles outside of Juneau were damaged during avalanches on April 16, cutting off all hydro-power to Juneau.
"People who say that don't know us," she said of the accusations. "This increase is only covering the cost of diesel. It's basically paying the oil vender bills. It's not going to be a good financial year for AEL&P by any means."
Wood is hopeful some good can come of the crisis, particularly how consumers look at conservation.
"Hopefully this gets people thinking more conservatively for years to come," she said. "A short term economic disaster gives us long-term benefits."
Electric squeeze
Juneau has quickly become the most dimly-lit city in Alaska. Many residents are now living by candlelight, such as Kray Van Kirk, a fisheries biologist and UAS graduate student.
Van Kirk, who is a single father, is going to extremes to conserve energy or else his monthly electric bill could exceed $700.
"Because money is tight as a single dad, we conserve as much as possible," he said. "We went out and bought a bunch of candles and we are doing everything by candlelight. If we can't shave it enough we don't know what we'll do but ask AEL&P to go with an extension plan.
"I'd consider it a crisis because its compounded on increased fuel costs and a mortgage crunch, and not a lot of people have expendable income right now. For families that have three of four kids it's very difficult."
AEL&P officials have discussed extension plans but have not made a final decision yet.
Van Kirk said his 11-year-old daughter has taken to energy conservation well, and even considers it a new game.
"She's all gung-ho about it," he said. "She said she doesn't need a night light said she didn't need a space heater. She's excited about conserving. She wants to do the right thing."
Government adjustment
State and city offices are also trying to do their part to minimize energy usage. Maria Gladziszewski, special projects officer for the city of Juneau, said all city employees were contacted last week about taking immediate steps to conserve.
"A lot of city employees have turned the lights off in their offices and unscrewed bulbs," she said. "We're all in this together, we're all going to be paying these higher bills. We've been fortunate all this time to have clean and relatively cheap power."
Gladziszewski said if the city used as much electricity in the next three months as it did during the same time period last year, the city would end up paying more than $2.5 million for electricity.
Kevin Brooks, deputy commissioner for the Alaska Department of Administration, also is encouraging state working in Juneau to reduce energy usage. State offices have spent more than $125,000 on electricity during summer months in the past and he said state offices need to get through the remaining fiscal year with money already allotted in the budget for utilities.
The current crisis, Brooks said, is unlike anything he's experienced before.
"It's borderline state of emergency," he said. "Right now everyone is reacting to the figure but when that first bill shows up in the mailbox there will be a stronger reaction."
Lake Dorothy backup
AEL&P was granted permission to increase rates a few months ago when the utility company started using diesel fuel for about 15 percent of the power needed for Juneau. Wood said the Snettisham facility is no longer able to supply enough hydro-power for all of Juneau.
"We anticipate that, given the community's use, that our Snettisham lakes are probably not capable of ... holding enough water to make it through winter without supplemental diesel," she said.
AEL&P hopes to have its Lake Dorothy Power House operational by October 2009. Lake Dorothy will be a high-mountain, three-lake system in the Taku Inland and would be able to supply up to 50 percent of Juneau's power needs in the case of a similar energy crisis. The project is estimated to cost around $60 million.
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Yesterday , on Sunday , two men aged 33 and 28 years old from Check Republic were arrested in Limnos, a Greek island in the North Agean sea, near the Greece-Turkey sea borders. They had video and photo cameras with digital material taken from nearly all military settlements on the island, something which off course is highly illegal.They claimed that they are working on behalf of Bohemian and they were just gathering visual information in order to use for the game design of the forth coming game ARMA 3 ! The local district attorney have filled a case against them for military espionage since they never had the apropriate permission or documentations to film or photograph any military installations in the country. Their case is expected to be trialed soon.
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Ummm yeah.
Governments tend to get pissed off when you take pictures of military installations and what not. Lessoned learned for them I guess o.O
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And lol. How can anyone think its fine to randomly take pictures of "nearly every military settlement" and not get arrested
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I'd laugh my ass off if those really are devs from the ARMA games. Hell, the Day Z mod is the only thing that even made people aware those POS games exist.
That must be why they built an entire corporation around the sale of those games. Also their first game Operation Flashpoint was such a great success in the Military Simulation market that several countries including the US purchased licenses from them to adapt their code for actual Military Training simulators. They are the absolute best at what they do. Just because you prefer COD style arcade shooters doesn't mean there isn't a huge market for actual Military Simulators. I think they do alright considering some of their best customers are actual Militaries around the world. Think before you type please.
As for these two guys... they claim they are from Bohemian but that hasn't been established as fact yet. I could claim I'm from Saturn but it wouldn't make it true now would it. I wouldn't be too surprised if they were actually from Bohemian however. They try to recreate everything with minute detail in their sims and given that the main campain in Arma 3 does take place on a Greek Island it's definitely possible.


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2003 Honda Pilot 6 cyl All Wheel Drive Automatic 165000 miles
I lost all my radio stations but my CD and Tape play fine. My mechanic thinks its my antenna amp which he says is in the headliner of the vehicle. All of the presets are still set. I checked that the antenna is still connected to the radio. Does the whole headliner need to be removed to replace the amp. I have recently purchased a powered antenna which I have not installed as of yet. I would like to hear from the experts.
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Major works on Google Art Project
8 November 2012
At the beginning of the month, high-definition photographs of 273 objects from the museum's collection were added to the Google Art Project. This website brings together a vast number of important works from 184 museums and art collections from all over the world. Google launched the site at the beginning of 2011 and expanded it considerably in 2012. There are currently more than 35,000 objects on display.
29 new collections added in November
You will find the National Museum of Antiquities under its Dutch name — Rijksmuseum van Oudheden — in the category 'recently added'. The 29 collections added in November include Centraal Museum Utrecht, Art Gallery of South Australia, Latvian National Museum of Art, Museo Arqueológico de Alicante MARQ, and Palazzo Vecchio Museum.
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Greater Scaup
The Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) or just Scaup in Europe, is a species diving duck found in northern Arctic and sub-Arctic North America and Asia. Its habitat is lakes and bogs on the tundra and at the northern limits of the boreal forest. These birds migrate further south to coastal waters in winter. In North America, Greater Scaup populations have been on a steady decline since the 1990's. Biologists and conservationists are unsure of the reasons for decline. Some researchers believe a parasite found in snails may be to blame.
The adult is 16.5 to 20 inches in length with a 28 to 31.5 inch wingspan. It has a bluish bill and yellow eyes. The male has a dark head with a green shine, a black breast, a light back, a black tail and a white bottom. The adult female has a white band at the base of the bill and a brown head and body.
The diet of the Greater Scaup is mainly mollusks and aquatic plants. It dives and swims underwater to catch its meal. They have been reported to eat frogs as well, although this is not confirmed. The common name of this bird may have derived from its display call "˜scaup scaup"˜. It is normally silent when not breeding.


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Interacts with students, staff, and faculty and outside contacts to provide information, solve problems, respond to requests; functions as liaison between the dean, faculty, students and staff. Supervises student worker in the department.
Schedules meetings as requested; coordinates details, notifies attendees, types and/or prepares and distributes meeting materials, and is responsible for meeting minutes.
Handles administrative details with the associate dean of health sciences to include correspondences, scheduling appointments and maintains calendar, budget issues, records necessary for the operation, state approval and accreditation of the nursing program and student attrition.
Performs other related tasks as required.
SUPERVISION – Works under the general supervision of the associate dean of health sciences
ATTENDANCE– Individuals in this position are expected to be available during the peak business hours of the college, and may occasionally be asked to assist into early evening for late registrations
WORKING CONDITIONS – Conditions are those of a typical office environment, requiring frequent oral communication with students and colleagues, and the ability to enter data and written communications in electronic format in a timely manner
- Associate degree
- Three to five years of secretarial experience, or combination of education and experience commensurate with the requirements of this position
- 65 wpm keyboarding
- Proficiency in computerized word processing and ability to learn and use a variety of personal computer software
- Ability to promptly and accurately take and transcribe dictation and other verbal communications such as meeting minutes, phone messages, etc.
- Ability to work effectively and professionally with students and professional staff in an academic environment.
JOB DIMENSIONS – Analysis, judgment, planning and organizing, sensitivity, stress tolerance, dependability, knowledge of work, commitment to the college,attention to detail, work standards, initiative, informal communication, written communication, teamwork, dependability.
Kirtland Community College is an equal opportunity employer
* This job description is intended to describe the type and level of work being performed by a person in this position. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities required by a person so classified.


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Paul Krugman set to cash in?
New York Times author and liberal economist Paul Krugman has been offered a position as a distinguished scholar for a nine-month stint at the City University of New York's Luxembourg Income Study Center, which researches income inequality.
Krugman has also been nominated to become a distinguished professor for LIS, which would bring with it a hefty $225,000 salary.
That means that Krugman, while working to research income inequality, will earn nearly five times the median household income of residents of New York City -- for nine month's work.