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- 1 3/4 cups vegetable shortening (such as Crisco)
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1/4 cup cold water
- 2 extra-large eggs
- 1 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for flouring your work surface
- 3 cups pastry flour (see Note)
- Heaping cup of raspberry jam
- 1/2 cup powdered (10X) sugar
Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350F.
Put the shortening, granulated sugar, salt, baking powder, vanilla and lemon juice in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle. (You can use a hand mixer if you allow the shortening to soften at room temperature before beginning.) Start on slow then increase to medium speed to get out all lumps, about 2 minutes. With the motor running, add the water slowly. Add the eggs one at a time, paddling for 1 minute after each egg. Stop and scrape. Add the all-purpose and pastry flours. Restart the mixer slowly and blend just until the flours are absorbed and the mixture is free of lumps, 2 to 3 minutes. Chill in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours.
Flour your work surface generously. Divide the dough into two equal pieces and roll half out to a rectangle about 20 by 15 inches and 1/4-inch thick. Cut fifteen 4-inch hearts with a cookie cutter. Punch 1-inch hearts in the center with a punching tool or the back of a #7 pastry tip.
Return any scraps to the bowl with the remaining dough and briefly knead together. Roll the dough from the bowl out to form a rectangle about 20 by 15 inches and 1/4-inch thick. Cut fifteen 4-inch hearts with the same cookie cutter you used in step 3.
Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper, using nonstick spray or a dab of butter in each corner to glue the paper in place. Arrange the hearts on the sheets. Bake in batches until the edges are golden-brown and the cookies are firm to the touch, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove the cookie sheets from the oven. As soon as the cookies can be moved, use a spatula to transfer them to a rack and let them cool.
Spread the bottom cookies (the ones with no holes in the center) with raspberry jam. Sprinkle powdered sugar over the tops (the ones with the holes), then apply one top to each jam-covered base. (Sprinkling the sugar on the tops before affixing them to the cookies ensures the sugar will stay off the jam.)
The cookies may be enjoyed right away, or kept in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days. These are also delicious spread with the chocolate-hazelnut spread Nutella instead of jam.
Note: You may replace the pastry flour with all-purpose flour but you will lose some elasticity.


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Statistics office confirms Spain back in recession
MADRID – Spain confirmed Monday it was officially back in recession as the country's economy shrank 0.3 percent in the first quarter compared to the previous three months.
This is Spain's second recession in three years. The contraction follows a similar decline in the final quarter of last year. Two consecutive quarters of economic contraction constitute a technical recession.
The country joins seven other economies in the 17-member eurozone — Belgium, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Greece and Slovenia — and three other members of the broader European Union — the U.K., Denmark and the Czech Republic — in recession.
The National Statistics Institute said that compared to the first quarter of 2011, the economy shrank 0.4 percent. The Bank of Spain last week said the economy had shrunk 0.4 percent on the quarter. The statistics institute's findings are taken as the official figures.
Spain is struggling after the collapse in 2008 of a property bubble that had fueled nearly a decade of solid growth. It now has 24.4 percent unemployment and a deficit of 8.5 percent as of the end of 2011, which it must reduce to 3 percent in 2013.
Monday's release came days after Spain had its debt rating downgraded by Standard & Poor's by two notches from A to BBB+, citing a worsening budget deficit, worries over the banking system, and poor economic prospects.
The credit rating agency followed this up Monday by lowering long- and short-term ratings on 11 of Spain's top banks — including Banco Santander SA, the eurozone's largest bank by market capitalization — and warning that a further 5 banks could also see the credit ratings cut.
Spanish banks are discussing creating a private entity that would assume their so-called toxic assets — defaulted mortgages and other non-performing loans stemming from the collapsed real estate sector — an official at the Economy Ministry said Monday. The creation of such an organization is designed to take the burden of trying to sell foreclosed properties off the banks and allow them to concentrate on providing credit to the private sector.
The official added that banks would only be able to transfer toxic assets if they had already set aside provisions under existing government rules. The government would not inject any taxpayer money into the creation of such an entity and its role would be limited to setting up rules for how it would work. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in line with ministry rules.
Sunday saw tens of thousands people march throughout Spain to protest the conservative's government batch of emergency reforms and austerity measures.
But speaking the same day, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said the government would continue to make reforms week by week, claiming the gravity of the situation required this.
Daniel Woolls contributed from Madrid.

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From time to time, I find myself copying a bit of code and modifying the copied version. I know very well that having two copies of the same code is a very bad idea, but those pieces of code are small and have significant differences.
The problem is, when modifying the copy, I sometimes forget some piece of the original, that shouldn't be there. So for example I first write (C# code, but that's not important here):
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Kurt Nimmo
March 30, 2010
John Avlon, author of "Wingnuts," and the CIA operative Anderson Cooper decided not to demonize Alex Jones on CNN last week. He made too much sense. Instead, on Monday, they "profiled" the Hutaree group. It is ideal for their propaganda campaign.
Both Avalon and Mark Potok of the SPLC basically said if you believe the elite are actively planning for a New World Order and world government based on the model of the EU you're on par with the Hutaree who believe the UN is the Antichrist and were ready to do battle with it, no matter how ludicrous that is.
Cooper mentioned the discredited DHS report on "rightwing extremism" and said it is now "prescient in terms of the violence we have seen." Potok said DHS boss Janet Napolitano was a coward for disavowing the report. He accidentally called her Janet Reno, the butcher of Waco. There is little difference.
Cooper did not bother to cite any incidents of violence. Was he talking about obscene calls and emails sent to Congress after it passed Obamacare? Or the cut gas line at the brother of a Congress critter's house? Or bricks thrown through windows at Dem headquarters around the country? Are the last two violence or property damage? Is there a difference according to the government and the corporate media? No. Foolish acts of property damage in response to authoritarianism, according to the corporate media — who are micromanged by the CIA and Pentagon — mean Hutaree-like militias are about to begin killing cops and government bureaucrats.
Avalon said "hate" ultimately leads to "violence." He meant to say that free speech not approved by the government leads to criticism of the one-world agenda and such criticism and critiques will not be tolerated by our rulers. Beyond the raving of an isolated group of white supremacists, there is virtual no talk of violence by patriots and other critics of the New World Order.
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The federal indictment against the Hutaree is tenuous at best. It claims the group planned to kill cops. It looks like the cop killer scenarios were part of their training exercises — basically glorified paintball wars in the woods with live ammo — and not an active conspiracy.
Or maybe it is the "gun charges" mentioned in the indictment. The feds love to bring these kind of charges against their victims. They act like there is no Second Amendment and anybody who owns a military styled firearm is a raving lunatic. They blow everything out of proportion. Pipe bombs become weapons of mass destruction and IEDS in order to conjure up images of Iraq and Afghanistan. None of this is accidental. It's all part of the propaganda campaign.
Avalon connected the killing of three Pittsburgh cops by the spoiled brat Richard Poplawski to the patriot movement. Avalon and CNN have created a new word for people who defend the Constitution — they are "hateriots" instead of patriots. The script scribblers in the corporate media love to invent new terms to demonize their enemies.
It is almost certain a jury will find these folks guilty and send them to prison for life. In the meantime, the corporate media will have a field day connecting non-violent patriots to the Hutaree. Images of a fringe Christian group playing war in the woods will be mixed in with images of Tea Party protesters and Ron Paul supporters.
The Hutaree may believe the End Days are near and there will be a confrontation with the Antichrist. The Hutaree's millennial fantasies have provided the government with an excuse to demonize those of us who know there is indeed such a thing as a ruling global elite and a well documented plan for world government. The corporate media itself has announced these plans on numerous occasions.
How long before the government conducts more raids, this time on legitimate militias? How long before the government and corporate media begin calling for disarmament of Americans who practice open carry and defend the Second Amendment? How long before a provocateured event gives them the perfect excuse?
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SAN DIEGO - Philip Rivers isn't going to get caught up trying to figure out what it will take for his San Diego Chargers to reach the playoffs.
He just knows that if San Diego can't win its final two games — on the road, no less — it's not going to matter.
Rivers threw for one score and reached the 4,000-yard mark for the fourth straight season, Ryan Mathews ran for two scores and hit 1,000 yards rushing, and the Chargers won their third straight game, beating the playoff-bound Baltimore Ravens 34-14 on Sunday night.
Unlike Joe Flacco and the Ravens, Rivers and the Chargers played as if they were post-season-bound. San Diego might not make it to the playoffs, though, because of an earlier six-game losing streak.
"The one thing that stays true in all the scenarios is, we have to win our next two games," Rivers said. "Let's just worry about us. If it's not enough on Jan. 1, it's not enough. But we're going to go down fighting."
The Chargers (7-7) are tied with Oakland for second in the AFC West, a game behind Denver with two to play. Denver and Oakland both lost on Sunday. The Chargers finish with road games against Detroit and the Raiders.
The Ravens (10-4) had their four-game winning streak snapped, but clinched a playoff berth earlier in the day thanks to losses by the New York Jets, Oakland and Tennessee.
"It's a reality check," said Baltimore linebacker Terrell Suggs, who was anything but the disruptive force that he has been in accumulating a career-high 13 sacks this season. "You don't show up to play in a game like this, you're going to get your (butt) whupped. Championship teams get on the road and keep playing — they peak — they don't take a step back."
Even though Ray Lewis was back with the Ravens after a four-game injury layoff, Baltimore only had two punishing hits on Rivers. Rivers was dominating, completing 17-of-23 passes for 270 yards to lead the Chargers to scores on six of their first seven possessions. He didn't throw an interception, and the only sack the Ravens got was wiped out on a personal foul against Suggs.
"It was good to win a big game like this at home against a good team," Rivers said. "It was a rough six-game stretch, but we hung tight together and fought our way back to .500 with two to play and we're still alive."
Rivers joined Peyton Manning (1999-04 and 2006-10) and former teammate Drew Brees (2006-11) as the only QBs in NFL history with at least four-straight 4,000-yard seasons.
Flacco got the treatment many thought Rivers would. Flacco was sacked five times — three by former Ravens linebacker Antwan Barnes — and intercepted twice. Overall, the Chargers had seven sacks, and Barnes finished with four.
Chargers coach Norv Turner said it was San Diego's most complete game this season.
"We are building on some things we have done over the last couple weeks," he said.
Turner said the Chargers have to "play as good as we can" to keep their playoff hopes alive. "That's the only thing we can control. You obviously need some luck in the situation we are in."
Mathews gained 96 yards on 23 carries, including scores of one and three yards. He's at 1,033 yards for the season.
Rivers surpassed 4,000 yards on a 21-yard completion to Malcom Floyd that set up Mathews' three-yard TD run late in the third quarter. The drive was set up when Takeo Spikes intercepted Flacco and returned it 45 yards to the Baltimore 27. The Chargers were flagged 15 yards for excessive celebration.
"We did not play particularly well at all," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. "I think the mistakes we made, they were able to capitalize on and turn them into points, especially early on. We're disappointed, but we're moving on."
Nick Novak, who earlier kicked a 45-yard field goal for the Chargers, had a 37-yard attempt bounce off the right upright late in the third quarter.
San Diego took the second-half kickoff and moved 80 yards, with Rivers throwing a perfect 28-yard TD pass to Floyd for a 24-7 lead.
Mathews scored on a one-yard run and Novak kicked a 45-yard field goal to help the Chargers take a 17-7 halftime lead.
Novak became the first Chargers kicker with 11 field goals of 40 yards or longer in a season when he booted his 45-yarder for a 10-7 lead. Rivers was sacked on the drive by Cory Redding for an eight-yard loss, but Suggs was whistled for a personal foul for head-slapping tight end Randy McMichael.
Instead of a third-and-17 on their 27, the Chargers had a first down on the 50 after the 15-yard penalty.
After forcing a Ravens punt, the Chargers moved 80 yards in seven plays. Rivers pitched to Mathews for a 1-yard TD run and a 17-7 lead. The key play was Vincent Jackson's 58-yard reception, which put him over 1,000 yards for the season.
San Diego's Mike Tolbert scored on a two-yard run on San Diego's opening drive, and Flacco's 15-yard touchdown pass to Ed Dickson tied it early in the second quarter.
NOTES: Chargers TE Antonio Gates had two catches, leaving him three shy of breaking Hall of Famer Charlie Joiner's franchise record of 586. ... San Diego linebacker Travis LaBoy hurt a knee. ... It was the first time in franchise history — 254 games — that Baltimore allowed a team to score on its first five drives. ... The Ravens allowed a season-high 34 points.


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Police in Chester, N.H., are asking for the public's help in locating a missing University of New Hampshire student who graduated from Westboro High School last year.
Elizabeth Marriott, 19, was last heard from in a text message about 9 p.m. Tuesday. She sent a text message to a friend saying she was headed to a friend's house in Portsmouth, according to police.
Ms. Marriott commutes from Chester to the nearby college, in Durham. She lives with a family member in Chester.
Officer Nicholas McLellan said no one has communicated with the 2011 Westboro High School graduate since Tuesday.
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A strict, independent city-state of five million that inhabit just 224 square miles, Singapore is known for its many rules and stiff penalties regarding littering, eating, drinking and smoking in public areas (the infamous ban on chewing gum in public areas has been relaxed, but you still cannot litter with the used gum). This exotic city-state has nonetheless much to offer travelers.
Among its many attributes is eye-popping architecture, with a skyline that features, among others, the fruit-like Esplanade Theatres By The Bay, the UFO-like Supreme Court Building, and the Marina Bay Sands building (made up of three high towers upon which rests a huge "boat" called the Sky Park with an observation deck (locals jokingly refer to the Sky Park boat as a Noah's Ark for Singaporeans in case of a tsunami).
Another of Singapore's noteworthy heights is the ferris-wheel-like Sky Flyer, reportedly the world's tallest observation wheel. It stands 541 feet tall (the height of a 42-story building), 90 feet higher than the famous London Eye observation wheel in the British capital, and it offers sweeping views of Singapore.
Other highlights include the historic Padang district with its colonial architecture; the neighborhoods of Chinatown and Little India with shops, restaurants and temples; the Arab Quarter with the gold domed Sultan Mosque, and Orchard Street with its western-style department stores and designer boutiques. A trip to the top of Mt. Faber where a restaurant offers panoramas of the Singapore harbor and the sea is worthwhile. Cable car service – the gondolas go right over cruise ships at the port – takes to the top of Mt. Faber and also to Sentosa Island where attractions include Segway tours and Universal Studios Singapore with such attractions as the Transformers 3D ride.
Still other must-sees include the Merlion (a statue of a being that is half lion and half fish and is the symbol of Singapore) and the grand dame of Singapore Hotels, the Raffles Hotel, that has hosted such notable guests as Rudyard Kipling and Somerset Maugham in the old days and in more recent times, Queen Elizabeth II and Michael Jackson.
Locals recount that Jackson wanted to go to the zoo, but it could not be closed just for him, so he was allowed to have a visitor from the zoo at the Raffles: an orangutan with whom he had tea! Raffles is also world-famous for its Long Bar, the birthplace of the Singapore Sling, a potent concoction made of gin, cherry liqueur and fruit punch –and a local flavor most visitors make sure they try. At the Raffles, guests can sip a cocktail and eat peanuts – and they can throw the shells on the floor –probably the only place in Singapore where people are allowed to litter!
Tours sold onboard cruise ships include city highlights programs that take in the various neighborhoods, the Merlion and Mt. Faber, and generally also visit the National Orchid Garden, a beautiful oasis with more than 60,000 orchid plants and myriad other blooms including showy lobster claw and fragrant white ginger.
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Durham Right to Farm Ordinance sent back to the drawing board
DURHAM -- After being told more work needs to be done, the Agriculture Commission is headed back to the drawing board to whip up a new Right to Farm Ordinance.
The commission revised its original Right to Farm Ordinance following the concerns raised by First Selectwoman Laura Francis and members of the community at a public hearing in March.
In addition to changing some of its language, Agriculture Commission Chairman Warren Herzig also, subsequently, met with the town counsel. It was at that meeting that Town Attorney Robert Poliner suggested the commission consider an alternative option, which involved proposing a resolution instead of an ordinance.
"The rationale behind that is because an ordinance usually carries with it some type of enforcement mechanism, some type of language that would comply [with] statutes," Francis said at a Board of Selectmen meeting Monday. "Town counsel offered an alternative to that because the proposal did lack that element of enforcement possibilities."
As a result, Poliner drafted a resolution, one in which commission members expressed their disappointment with.
Herzig said he expected the commission's proposed ordinance to be "tweaked," addressing the legality of the document. "I did not expect the complete rewrite that took away a lot of what I thought was the meat part of what we had as an ordinance," he said.
Even Selectman Steve Levy said it was easy to see right way that a lot of the original substance was not there, although he didn't have handy for review.
"I thought we felt as a board, that the ordinance was a good document so I'm kind of surprised to see it so modified," Levy said.
Commission members did not see the drafted resolution as a document that implied that the town supports farming.
The purpose of the proposed ordinance, Herzig explained, was to set a policy that the town supports agriculture and supports it provided that farmers follow generally accepted agricultural practices.
"Ours, I see it as more proactive, taking a stance as to this is how we do agriculture," he said.
The resolution, however, is a document that says "we'll work with you guys and try to balance both sides" -- something Herzig did not support. He said he would prefer the ordinance be "proactive and specific rather than just general."
But Poliner said the ordinance had one part that "caused raised eyebrows."
Some language in the ordinance appeared to make agriculture a superior activity, inferring that "whatever impact" made to neighboring properties would be okay as long as generally accepted practices were being used, he said.
In terms of litigation, mediation and resolution, Francis wondered if such an ordinance would put the town in a "tough situation." Believing that it would, Francis questioned if a resolution would alleviate that risk.
With such language in an ordinance, she wasn't sure what would happen if a neighbor complained about the odor coming from a farm.
"Is our answer, well it's in our ordinance, it says farms can smell?" she asked.
"As long as they're not a nuisance, that's in that ordinance," commissioner Fred Mastele replied.
Francis pointed out that some issues may require a "bigger buffer zone."
In such situations, Herzig said the commission would work with the appropriate town agencies and the farmer to resolve the conflict.
"When it's all said and done and people still aren't satisfied, they can call Hartford and request the commissioner of agriculture to come down here," he said, noting that the commissioner could be called with or without a local Right to Farm ordinance.
Unlike the resolution, which seemed more like a mission statement to commissioners, Mastele said the proposed ordinance was a statement of agriculture.
It informs outsiders who travel to Durham or those interested in developing a farm in town that Durham supports agricultural activities, he said.
"Am I hearing that a resolution is not enough?" Francis inquired.
Commissioners said it didn't matter if the town adopted an ordinance, a resolution or a declaration. The content, they said, is what matters.
Commissioners felt the ordinance was aligned with the state statutes, and also deemed it enforceable.
"There is a form of enforcement built into the ordinance," commissioner Joseph Pasquale said. It doesn't call out that, but it's in there."
Levy said he thought it was "implicit" in the proposed ordinance that there were enforcement options. "It's all over the place," he added.
Francis emphasized that the ordinance was only in its discussion stages.
"I don't want you in any way, shape or form to confer that we are not trying to do a good thing here," she told the commission.
Poliner suggested the town post the nuisance statute to the town's website and include a message from the commission, to avoid misleading the public.
Commissioner Roger Passavant said he didn't understand how everything got so complicated.
"It's very simplistic," he said. "We're just looking for you guys to put a little teeth in it."
Pasquale pointed out the fact that the ordinance is not about the Agriculture Commission and how it functions, but what the town supports.
Francis agreed that the town should have a statement that recognizes its support of agriculture, but wants to make certain it's done in the right way.
The Board of Selectmen is the body that has to take care of issues dealing with ordinance violations, she said.
Moving forward, Francis said the commission will have to focus on two items-- format--determine if a resolution or ordinance is the way to go-- and wording-- any language that is above and beyond or different than the state statute and what it would impose the board to do.
"After we've decided which path we're going to go [then] some clear direction [will] be given to this board [on] handling it," she said.
Resident Sue White recommended the town add signs that read "We support agriculture," to the town lines. But Selectman John Szewczyk said that might be going a bit too far.
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What are treatment options for a patient with diabetic neuropathy?
There are newer medications on the market that may be of benefit called duloxetine (Cymbalta) and Lyrica. You should speak with your doctor about the possibility of trying these agents either alone or in combination with other medication.


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News & Notes: Game 98
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TODAY'S GAME: Tonight, the Buffalo Bisons face the Indianapolis Indians in the final game of their four-game series from Victory Field (7:00 p.m.). The Herd now leads the series 2-1, after a victory yesterday afternoon, 2-1. Buffalo is now 3-4 on their eight-game roadtrip that began with a 3-1 series loss in Louisville. After the series against Indianapolis, the Bisons return home for a four-game series against Pawtucket, July 28-31.
vs. THE INDIANS: The Bisons are 3-4 against the Indianapolis Indians this year. The Indians took three of four games from the Herd at Coca-Cola Field from June 6-9, while the Bisons can return the favor tonight at Victory Field. The two teams also split the season-series a year ago, 4-4. Tonight's match-up will be the final game between Buffalo and Indy this year.
ON THE SNYD: RHP Kyle Snyder will make his second straight start for the Herd tonight. The veteran allowed just one run in four innings in Buffalo's 2-1 win over the Bats on Wednesday. Snyder has made six starts amongst his 25 appearances with the team. As a starter, he has posted a 3.91ERA.
THE HITS KEEP COMING: OF Jesus Feliciano had his sixth three-hit game of the season yesterday and leads the Herd with 27 multi-hit games on the year. The outfielder has hit in 20 of his last 22 games this month, averaging .330 (29-88) with seven doubles, seven RBI and four runs scored. On the season, his 104 hits are good for fourth most in the International League. Feliciano trails a pair of hitters, Gwinnett's INF Barbaro Canizares and former Bison OF Jordan Brown by six. Overall, his .310 batting average ranks seventh in the IL.
CHART TOPPERS: Along with Feliciano on the IL leaderboards is RHP Nelson Figueroa. The veteran is 3rd in the IL with a 2.42ERA, trailing only Charlotte's Carlos Torres (2.20) and now Boston Red Sox Clay Buchholz (2.36).
ROAD WARRIOR: INF/OF Nick Evans has collected a hit in all seven games this roadtrip. Since July 20, the slugger has averaged .286 (8-28). Five of the seven hits have gone for extra bases (4 doubles, 1 home run). Since returning to the Bisons on July 11, Evans has averaged .260 (12-46) with four doubles, a home run and four RBI.


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A young lady from Long Island has recreated Elsa's gown, and it's just ... insane. According to her tumblr, she spent about 200 hours working on it, and the dress is embellished with 100,000+ rhinestones. You can read about her process more in-depth here.
If she looks familiar, she also did a Merida cosplay that got floated around here, although I can't find the original post (I looked).
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There are some jobs on the dairy that most people do not enjoy doing. It has been my observation that when a job task is less than pleasant, it either gets delayed or it gets done poorly.
Dehorning cattle probably falls into this category on most dairies. Furthermore, there have been multiple videos released by animal-rights activist groups that show dehorning done in a gruesome manner. These videos always shed a negative light on our industry. On many dairy farms, there is an opportunity for you to review how you handle this necessary task with your veterinarian.
Goals for dehorning cattle
- The procedure causes the least amount of pain possible to the animal.
- The procedure is done in a humane manner.
- The person doing the procedure is not harmed or put at risk of injury.
The No. 1 way to accomplish the above goals is to perform dehorning at the earliest age possible. For this reason, it is highly recommended that all calves are dehorned/disbudded before six weeks of age.
Paste/caustic dehorning
Applying a caustic substance to the horn bud before the horn grows is a safe and effective practice when done properly.
Caustic paste should be applied ideally when the calf is 24 hours old or less. Shave the hair over the horn bud with clippers and mark the horn bud with a sharpie marker. Ensure that all personnel wear rubber/latex gloves when applying caustic paste to prevent a burn. Apply the paste over the entire marked area.
Calves less than 24 hours old usually do not bother the pasted area. Older calves will often try to rub the paste off with a foot or their head. For this reason, applying it to newborn calves will improve efficacy of the paste method.
Disbudding with a thermal dehorner
There are many brands of dehorners available to use in young calves. Typically, the heat to the unit is provided by either a gas (butane) or electric. The area applied to the horn bud should be narrow. The wide bore dehorners burn a larger area of skin and cause significantly more pain and distress to the animal.
Disbudding calves with this method should be performed only on animals less than six weeks of age — and the earlier the better. This is before the horn bud attaches to the skull. The animal should be properly restrained to minimize risk of injury to the calf or the person performing the procedure. Shave the area over the horn bud, and it is typically seen as a white mark. Apply the hot dehorner to the area until the skin is cut and cauterized around the entire horn. Typically, it only takes a few seconds to accomplish the task.
Pain control
All of these methods are painful and there are safe, effective and economical ways to minimize the pain to the animal. The first method is to apply a local anesthetic to the nerve applying sensation to the horn. Your veterinarian can perform this nerve block for you or discuss ways to apply this to your farm protocols. Animals that are numb typically do not move when the iron is applied.
There is also an oral medication called meloxicam that is a safe and cheap pain pill that can be given to the calf. This medication is not approved for cattle; however, your veterinarian can prescribe an extra-label use of the drug if certain requirements are met.
Polled genetics
There are several dairy breed bull stud centers that now offer polled as a genetic trait. The polled gene is a dominant gene. The beef industry has utilized this genetic trait for years, resulting in many cattle breeds that are born without the genetic marker to produce horns. Of course, in dairy breeds there are multiple characteristics that producers look for in choosing sires to mate with their cows. Often, the polled gene is a low priority. In the future, we may see more use of this gene — and decrease or even eliminate horns from the majority of our dairy cows.
Ask your veterinarian to review your dehorning protocols. My rule-of-thumb for dehorning is that if I cannot do it in front of anybody, I should not be doing it.
Fred Gingrich is a practicing veterinarian and owner of Country Roads Veterinary Services Inc., in Ashland, Ohio.


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American hero Chris Kyle, the top sniper in US history, was shot to death yesterday at a shooting range in Texas while working with veterans.
Kyle recorded more than 150 sniper kills – the most in U.S. military history.
He spoke to reporters last year about his time in Iraq.
What sad news.
The Daily Mail reported:
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A former Navy Seal, expert sniper and best-selling author was reportedly gunned down at a Texas shooting range Saturday by a veteran who is recovering from post-traumatic stress syndrome.
Ex-Navy Seal Chris Kyle, 39, and another man were shot point-blank around 3:30 p.m. at a charity event on behalf of Kyle's security firm at the gun range at Rough Creek Lodge and Resort in Erath County.
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The suspect, 25-year-old Eddie Ray Routh, was arrested roughly five hours later in Lancaster, Texas after a police chase. He was driving Kyle's truck at the time of the arrest, police said.
Investigators told ABC affiliate WFAA-TV that Routh is a former Marine who was suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome.
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Kyle, a husband and father of two, authored the New York Times best-seller 'American Sniper,' which chronicled his four tours in Iraq. The book hit shelves last month.
He recorded more than 150 sniper kills – the most in U.S. military history – between 1999 and 2009.
Sarah Palin remembered Chris Kyle today.


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Tama system, The Citadel region. On the 24th of December at 20:11 EVE Standard Time a combined Snuffed Out [B B C]\Project.Mayhem. [16-13] force clashed with Spectre Fleet in the system.
The battle was prearranged between the two sides, with Spectre Fleet fielding a 130 pilot Nightmare battleship fleet. This force traveled to the Tama system, where it set up on the ninth planet in the system. Snuffed Out and Project.Mayhem. formed a joint 100 pilot Machariel battleship fleet in response and made their way to the system, warping to the Nightmare fleet's location and landing at medium range of it.
The two fleets anchored up immediately, with the Nightmare fleet lighting up a cynosural beacon and bringing in 3 force auxiliaries as well as a combat carrier and a lone dreadnought. The Nightmares opened fire on the Machariels, pulse laser batteries firing rapid beams of light into the ranks of the opposing battleships. The Machariels didn't remain silent and burnt towards the Nightmares, autocannons spitting a hail of bullets at the nimble battleships.
In both fleets, battleships faltered and blew apart as the immense damage overwhelmed shields and armor plating. The logistics wings tried their best to stabilize their fleets, but the rapid fire and constant target switches left them struggling. Both sides kept trading losses, a Nightmare shredded by autocannon fire, a Machariel incinerated by hundreds of pulse laser beams.
Needing to stabilize, the Snuffed Out\Project.Mayhem. fleet lit a cynosural beacon and brought in a couple of Apostle force auxiliaries. The Apostles set to work, capital remote armor repairers bolstering the logistics wing. With the 2 Apostles on field, the stream of casualties subsided, allowing the Machariel fleet to continue and pummel the Nightmares. The Nightmares in contrast, were unable to tank the incoming damage, even with 3 force auxiliaries in the field. They weren't helped by the fact that the initial bumps from the capitals materializing had caused them to drift apart, getting them out of optimal range and reducing their effectiveness by a great deal.
Their fleet holding, the Snuffed Out\Project.Mayhem. fleet commanders decided to further escalate, bringing in a mixed capital squadron of dreadnoughts and carriers. This was done partly to remove the hostile dreadnought from the field and partly to occupy the attention of the Nightmare fleet, thus forcing it to remain on grid. Dreadnoughts materialized on the field, entered siege cycles and opened fire on the Nightmare fleet, aided by squadrons of fighters launched by the combat carriers on the field.
The Nightmare fleet reacted to the development, bringing a few capitals of its own, mostly combat carriers, and targeting the dreadnoughts themselves. Pulse laser batteries locked on the huge ships, rapidly firing as the battleships maneuvered into optimal range of their guns. Hundreds of light beams struck the hull of the capital ships, melting through the thick armor plating and causing untold damage. Within a couple of minutes, the first Snuffed Out\Project.Mayhem dreadnought was down, a Moros which blew up in a blinding flash.
Soon, 3 more would join it, but simultaneously the Machariel fleet continued to pummel the Nightmares. For every dreadnought brought down, between 6 to 8 Nightmares were destroyed, thinning the number of mainline ships in the Spectre Fleet force dangerously fast.
By the time the fourth Snuffed Out\Project.Mayhem. dreadnought succumbed to the onslaught, the Nightmare fleet had lost critical mass. Suffering extensive losses, it was unable to break the tank of the remaining capitals. Yet it persisted in fighting, trying to spot weaknesses in the Snuffed Out\Project.Mayhem. fleet. As for Snuffed Out\Project.Mayhem., they continued to clear the field of hostiles, taking down Spectre Fleet capital ships and battleships while suffering few casualties.
Unable to break any of the remaining ships and having lost most of its mainline ships, the Spectre Fleet force finally retreated, leaving 2 force auxiliaries and 2 combat carriers behind for Snuffed Out\Project.Mayhem. to dispatch. The latter did just that, destroying the remaining main and support subcaps as well as the capital ships. With the full might of the Snuffed Out\Project.Mayhem. force upon them, the force auxiliaries could do very little to mount a defense and were easily overwhelmed. With the field secure and the last of the Spectre Fleet forces removed, the fleet extracted its remaining capitals, bringing the fight to a close.
The Battle from the Perspective of the Snuffed Out\Project.Mayhem. Fleet
Battle report for the Tama system can be found here.
All told the battle raged for 19 minutes with Time Dilation not reported and the system hosting 280 pilots at the height of the fighting.
Spectre Fleet lost 78 ships in the engagement, including 1 dreadnought, 2 combat carriers, 2 force auxiliary and 49 battleships for a total of 35.15 billion ISK damage.
Snuffed Out\Project.Mayhem. lost 16 ships in comparison, including 4 dreadnoughts and 3 battleships for a total sum of 14.48 billion ISK damage.
Salivan Harddin is a member of V0TLA, WE FORM V0LTA, and covers battles across New Eden


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Beat the Streak Report: Tuesday, Oct. 6
Today's recommended picks
Magglio Ordonez, OF, Tigers
.462 AVG (18-for-39) lifetime vs. Twins starter Scott Baker
Carlos Guillen, OF, Tigers
.407 AVG (11-for-27) lifetime vs. Twins starter Scott Baker
Jason Kubel, OF, Twins
.727 AVG (8-for-11) lifetime vs. Tigers starter Rick Porcello
BTS all-time leader: Michael Karatzia, 49
MLB all-time leader: Joe DiMaggio, 56
Today's preview
On the eve of the playoffs, the Tigers and Twins are set to battle for the AL Central title, and BTS fans will look to close out the season on a winning note.
Given that only two teams are playing today, there clearly isn't a large slate of players to choose from. However, there are a few who've enjoyed success against the scheduled starting pitchers, along with the usual hard-hitting suspects such as Joe Mauer and Miguel Cabrera.
stongematt79 stands as the current leader at 21 games, with emld75 one game behind. mike6437 and shane.99 both have the chance to finish the season at 20 games — and even take over the top spot should the other leaders fall — if their final pick comes through with a hit.
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Switching to Ordonez – Thanks hammanm
champion_88 – Your analysis of your year—–
As hammanm mentioned before, batting average is not a meaningful stat for us. All we want is a hit. I'll take a 57 game streak when my pick goes 1 – 4 or 1-5 each day! 🙂
This is where we learn things—-Albert Pujols and Joe Mauer "bunch" their hits – 2 for 3, 3 for 4 etc. Then the next day they take an o-fer – 2 with 2 walks. That is why it is dangerous to take them when you have a decent streak on the line.
Miguel Cabrera was out partying allegedly out partying Sat night 10/3 with his White Sox Friends. This is the night before he is playing in final game of season with Tigers and Twins tied for 1st place. His wife called police with a domestic disturbance complaint at 6am on Sunday 10/4. 7 hours for game time. Who does he think he is? BABE RUTH.
His blood alcohol level is 3 times the legal limit!
Cabrera goes 0 – 3 but Tigers win Sunday 10/4 game!
I post this to let all know that he is now offically named "The Black Cat 2" in my mind. Has common sense completely "left his cabeza?"
Wonder if he came home with a glitter all over his clothes?
Imagine you had a nice streak going and lost it on him – devestating!
I find it baffling that the King put out 2 separate entries for one day's worth of games (appreciate it though,) but then missed days at a time during the year, without even adding in the appropriate entries when he got back.
I say batting average as a goal to improve on, because any batting average could theroetically a safe average to win the streak with. Alfonso Soriano went 1 for 5 a bunch of times early, meaning a .200 batting average could be profitable, but it is so vulnerable, because you could be screwed if you do not even get that 5th AB.
If you average .333, you are safe if your pick gets walked or hit, because you will still get your 3 AB. Not a lot you can do when your pick goes 0 for 2, as I doubt anyone could average .500 over a whole season.
Besides batting average helps measure how good you are overall. A .259 average is sort of lousy, but a .330 hitter's cold streak might not be that much worse than my average performances.
I went with Kubel for today, just because the Twins lineups is hotter than the Tigers.
Ordonez is the only Tigers' hitter doing well and the Twins may just pitch around him leading to a classic 0 for 2, 2 walks line.
I will have full details in a few minutes for the year but I had a plus 300 average in BTS and over 200 hits but yet I had only an 11 game hit streak for my high.
Wed 10/7…….
Why is MLB having the Tigers/Twins winner going to NYY to play a game on Wed.? The odds of beating the NYY are not good, now add CC Sabathia and no off day for travel and getting pitchers a bit of rest etc. Totally unfair.
The RSOX should play the LAA on Wed and NYY v. Tigers/Twins should be Thursday.
Someone help me here? All I can think of is that TV moguls want to make absolutely sure that NYY advances so audiences are huge and revenues will then be high on commercial time.
champion_88 – I did my batting average for the year and was very suprised that I came out with a .297 average.
The batting average does give a nice perspective to how you are actually doing. I had 207 hits with 695 at bats.
Great game going on between Twins – Tigers.
Announcers just mentioned that the Twins have not won a game in NYY since July 2007 I believe. That is a great stat – is there a web site out there that gives this kind of info.?
Ordonez homers just now 4 – 4. NYY must be loving this and hoping that this games goes about 18 innings!
My results for the year are:
Total games played – 144 (started playing on 5/8)
Games w/hit – 120
Success % – .833
Total hits – 188
Only picked the same player on consecutive days 5 times.
I'm going with Jeter tonight.
We have reached the end of another season of baseball and what a year its been. The Burger King 'Beat the Streak' has been a lot of fun for me and my family.
But like any contest, there can be improvements to make it more enjoyable. Here are two suggestions for next year's contest:
1. "Institute Flexible Player Pick Times"
What I mean by this is that instead of having one time deadline for all games, player pick times should be based on the start of the game for the player selected.
For example. If I am interested in a west coast game that starts at 10:00pm est, why do I have to be restricted to the earliest game start for the day, which could be at 1:00pm? By offering flexibility for the game selected, members don't have to rush to get their picks in early. The rule should be changed to 15 minutes or 30 minutes before the start of any game for which you select a player.
2. "Offer a Default player Selection"
Do to busy personal schedules, it's sometimes difficult to log in before the deadline to select a player. Why not offer a "Default Player" option the system selects based on your choice. This option can be changed at any time by the member. For example, I might want to choose Ichiro Suzuki from the Mariners as my default player selection. That way if I am unable to get logged on in time, the system selects my default player for the day.
Wed. 10/7
Going with Derek Jeter and NYY in Survivor BTS.
carl_spurchise – 2 solid suggestions – The default pick would be easy to do too. This would increase the chances of someone actually winning.
Weather in NY looks windy – I checked forecast and it shows wind blowing from the west meaning a 23 mph wind blowing from behind home plate toward CF. Pitchers better keep the ball low and get ground balls. Anything hit in the air could be a HR.
I guess this is the only place to leave comments as the post season screens do not have a blog option.
The reason why the Twins are playing on Wed is because the Yanks were the best team in baseball and they had the option to pick when they wanted to start their series and they chose Wed. since they will get off on Thursday and have the longer series are far as days go.
Thursday 10/8………..
Some interesting match-ups!
Looking at:
Victor Martinez v. Lackey
Tulowitzi v. Hammels
Furcal is hot v. Tough Wainwright
Ryan Howard is hot v. Cook
Your thoughts?
I'm going with Furcal for Thursday night.
10/8 Thursday
Going with Ryan Howard v. Cook – Cook does give up his share of hits.
Albert Pujols was the number one player picked yesterday and he had an o-fer. Joe Torre will not pitch to him in any critical situatuion. Torre had Pujols walked in the first inning when he came to bat with a man on second base.
Dangerous to pick Pujols.
The Dodgers v. Cards matchup is pretty even.
Larussa v. Torre is another classic matchup of HOF caliber managers.
Joe Torre wasn't born yesterday!
Cards v. LAD
Thurs 10/8 3rd inning with a man on 2nd and 2 outs for Cards. Torre has Pujols intentionally walked to pitch to Holliday who had homered in his first at bat. Holliday grounded out to end the inning. Torre did'nt win 81 post season games by accident!
Friday 10/9
Going with Jeter and NYY in Survivor BTS.
Saturday 10/10 –
Snow in Colorado!
High temp 37 degrees makes it a day to look hard at the LAD v. STL game.
Just to update for my yearly stats, I went 1 for 4 in the 1-game playoff between the Tigers and Twins, bringing my 2009 regular season total to 177/683, which works out to a .259 batting average.
In the Divisional Series, I went 9 for 24 over the 6 games, good for a .375 batting average over that limited sample. Combined with the regular season data, my overall 2009 line has changed to 186/707, which works out to a .263 batting average.
There are 10-18 more picking days left in the postseason, depending on the length of the LCS and World Series. We lost 2 picking days due to the early ends of the Divisional Series.
Assuming 4 AB's per day, I would pick up between 40-82 more AB's before the end of the season, which means I will probably finish between 750-790 AB. In order to bat .270 overall, I will need to finish the season with:
1) 747 AB: 16/38, .421 batting average over that span
2) 789 AB: 27/82, .329 batting average over that span.
Where is everyone else on this commenting thread? And where are the updated posts? Is the KING sleeping for the winter already?
Also, I forgot to include stats on what I need to do to finish with a 200-hit season:
1) 747 AB: 14/38, .368 batting average
2) 789 AB: 14/81, .173 batting average
Let each series go the full 7 games please!!!
To MLB Fantasy Staff:
I would like to ask you to post the # of total hits that the winner collects during the streak, once the contest ends?
I made a stupid mistake today and assumed Hiroki Kuroda was a lefty, which kept me away from picking Ryan Howard and instead picked Rafael Furcal, which snapped my 9-game streak.
Since there are over 200 people at 10 games right now, I assume you will need to win out to have a chance at winning, which means I am done for the year. However, I would like to know if this stupid move is what cost me from winning or if I would have lost anyway.
I will diligently keep picking away, so I will know how many total hits I should have had, but I need you to post how many the winner has, so I know how angry to get at myself over the long winter.
Thanks a lot!
Hope some of the regulars here are still alive!
Hammanm, vinny and myself have been exchanging info via email. If you want to be added to our email tree, post your email address for me. You are more than welcome to join us.
Yeah Champion88. Join us and we can exchange info. I'm at a 10 game streak right now and have Howard tonight. I know that the Dodgers are going to win it tonight because they won't go down without a fight.
MLB – Please be fair with your contest:
"World Series Tickets for Life" Contest
There is no way in the world anyone could predict the final score, hits by each team and number of errors in each world series game to win tickets for world series' for life.
Again, the one prize of two tickets to a Opening Day 2010 game valued at ($150) for the Free Agent contest is weak.
A billion dollar organization like MLB offers this prize, with 4 pages go rules and disclaimers. You should be embarrased.
Ebenizer Scrouge looks like a philanthropist compared to MLB.
Please do better,
When is the season starting? The Leafs are killing me right now, I need to watch some baseball and win my 1,500,000 on beat the streak! GO JAYS!
The season starts April 4th, provided that there are no early season games in Japan or China?
I am a little concerned that the prize may have gone down this season or even held steady.
Pretty much every season the prize has increased, but now on the fantasy page, it only shows the prize as $1 million, which is where it started last year?
Why has it not increased to, at least, $2 million to start with for 2010?


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Gulf grouper swallows 4 foot shark in a single bite
One Gulf fisherman thought he was in for a giant catch, reeling in a four foot shark on his line off Florida's Bonita Springs north of Naples this week.
But no sooner than he had the black tip shark in his sights, a dark shadow appeared swimming up from the depths. A hungry grouper had other ideas about who was going to be sitting back with a full stomach Tuesday.
The video posted online (see below story) shows the grouper swallow the shark whole in one giant gulp and disappear back to the depths.
The mega fish is thought to be a Goliath grouper, a giant fish that can grow up to nine feet long and weigh 800 pounds, according to National Geographic magazine.
Goliath groupers are protected, so even if the fisherman's line hadn't broken he had already lost the battle. Harvest and possession of them is strictly prohibited according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
The unlucky fisherman remains unidentified but has become an instant web sensation. His video posted under the You Tube user name Gimbb14 already has more than three million views.
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As one commenter noted in consolation, "There's always a bigger fish."


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The subject of this article or section is part of Hallow's End, a seasonal event that lasts two weeks. Once the event has run its course, this will no longer be available until next year, but there are no guarantees.
- Hallowed Wand - Skeleton
- Item Level 1
- Binds when picked up
- Use: Puts a Skeleton costume on targeted party member.
- 5 Charges
The Hallowed Wand - Skeleton is one of the random drops from [Handful of Treats] during the Hallow's End event. A Handful of Treats can be obtained by looting the Candy Buckets during the associated quest or in a [Crudely Wrapped Gift] after freeing a town from the Shade of the Horseman.
The Hallowed Wand is also sold by Stymie and Darla for 2 .
Related achievements
The Masquerade requires that you be transformed by each of the Hallowed Wands, excluding the random one.
Patch changes
- Patch 4.2.2 (30-August-2011): Added to vendors.
- Patch 1.8.0 (10-Oct-2005): Added.
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Red Hat announced today the official release of Fedora 12, the latest version of the popular open source Linux distribution. This release brings some impressive new features and a lot of much-needed bugfixes. It's a strong update that puts the distro on the right track forward and addresses the serious installation problems that we encountered when we tested Fedora 11.
Fedora 12, codenamed Constantine, brings improved power management, performance optimizations, new virtualization enhancements, and a lot of other great stuff. A lot of the improvements will boost Fedora's suitability for netbooks. A new Moblin spin is available that allows users to easily test Moblin's specialized user interface on top of Fedora 12.
We're particularly enthusiastic about Fedora's virtualization enhancements, particularly the new guestfish tool for manipulating guest disk images, and the introduction of kernel same-page merging, a kernel memory management optimization that will reduce the memory overhead of virtualizing multiple instances of similar environments.
The Fedora 12 development cycle has been accompanied by broad discussion within the Fedora community about the distro's long-term goals and target audience. The Fedora developers are refocusing their efforts and attempting to build a strategy that will keep the project moving in the right direction. In a mailing list post published last month, project leader Paul Frields established a formal definition of Fedora's target audience based on feedback from the community.
The definition consists of four key characteristics. The Fedora target audience consists of users who are voluntarily switching to Linux, have some technical familiarity with computers, are willing to contribute time to the project in some capacity, and are using Linux for general productivity tasks involving desktop software. The definition will help guide the process of prioritizing development, he explained, with the goal of making the Fedora experience better for the target users.
Prior to today's launch of Fedora 12, we spoke with Frields about the new version and the project's newly affirmed emphasis on the target audience. He contends that, over time, focusing on the needs of the target audience will have a positive impact for all users. It will help build enthusiasm around the project and help keep the right kind of people engaged.
We asked him if there are any particularly interesting new features in the Fedora 12 release that haven't been extensively highlighted by reviews. One example that he thinks deserves a closer look is the new automated bug reporting feature that makes it easier for users to help identify problems. This is an example of how Fedora is lowering the barriers to entry for new contributors and making the development process more inclusive in simple ways.
When Fedora 11 was released earlier this year, we were frustrated by a number of problems that we encountered in the overhauled Anaconda installer. It seems like those issues have been ironed out for Fedora 12. I had no difficulty getting the distro installed with this version.
You can download Fedora 12 from the project's official website. The installer is available in a complete DVD image or in Live CD images that are tailored for specific desktop environments. For a more detailed look at some of the niftiest new features in Fedora 12, check out our overview from last month when we explored the beta release.


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CBSE Exam Results 2014 for 10th Class Published for Chennai & Trivandrum Region. The students can check their results on the official website of CBSE. The candidates can log on to http://cbseresults.nic.in/ in order to avail CBSE Board 10th Class Exam Result.
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Students can collect their original certificates from the respective schools post declaration of CBSE Class 10 exam results 2014 .
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CBSE 2014 results will be published on CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education ) official website www.cbseresults.nic.in , http://results.gov.in/


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We are excited to present the new Talents assignment in cooperation with Ross Lovegrove. In our FOC Talents program we aim to push the envelope of designs that can be created with state-of-the-art digital manufacturing technologies. Ross Lovegrove, just as our previous judges, Karim Rashid, Ted Noten, Frank Tjepkema, Frederik Roijé and Janne Kyttanen, has produced many such exceptional examples. In this 2011 summer competition the Talents are challenged to come up with a necklace design that touches upon Lovegroves' vision on design:
"I am an evolutionary biologist, more than a designer. I don't know what design is anymore, I create form, I understand form and I'm enjoying the digital age to create it. I'm hoping to push that even further. my work also relates to nature, in an evolutionary sense as I'm concerned with reduction. I exercise what is called 'organic essentialism' which means using nothing more - nothing less than is needed. I feel comfortable in this organic, isomorphic, anthropomorphic, liquid age of making things, but I try not to force it into things that don't need it."
Ross Lovegrove will also take part in the jury, together with Janne Kyttanen and a third jury member still to be announced. The necklace will be manufactured with Laser Sintering in grey color. FOC talents are requested to especially pay attention to new elements such as innovative closing mechanisms or the use of moving parts such as textiles. The use of off-the-shelve items to reduce bounding box volume and end consumer price, such as cords etc. is allowed.
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• Within 10 days FOC will advise on which direction to pursue
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E-mail the following to before August 1st 2011:
• 3D-file of your design in STL-format
• PDF-file explaining the concept
• 2 high-res renderings of the design
Jury: Janne Kyttanen (FOC), Ross Lovegrove and third jury member still to be announced
1st prize: The winning designer will receive 250,- euro and a 3D-Printed 'copy' of his/her design
1st & Runners up: the best entries will be sold in the FOC online store in return for 5% royalties
About Ross Lovegrove
Born 1958, cardiff, wales. Lovegrove graduated from manchester polytechnic with 1st class BA hons industrial design in 1980. Master of design of royal college of art, london, 1983.
In the early 80's he worked as a designer for frog design in west germany on projects such as walkmans for sony, computers for apple computers, later moved to paris as a consultant to knoll international, becoming author of the highly successful alessandri office system. Invited to join the atelier de nimes along with jean nouvel and philippe starck, consulting to amongst others louis vuitton, hermes and dupont.
Returning to london in 1986 he has completed projects for amongst others airbus industries, kartell, ceccotti, cappellini, idee, moroso, luceplan, driade, peugeot, apple computers, issey miyake, vitra, olympus cameras, yamagiwa corporation, tag heuer, hackman, alias, herman miller, japan airlines and toyo ito architects, japan.
Winner of numerous international awards his work has been extensively published and exhibited internationally including the museum of modern art in new york, the guggenheim museum new york, axis centre japan, pompidou centre, paris and the design museum london - where in 1993 he curated the first permanent collection. Lovegrove was awarded the world technology award by time magazine and CNN in november 2005.


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The Economic Collapse
Thursday, October 13, 2011
An increasing number of politicians and celebrities are openly declaring that if the economy continues to decline, it could lead to civil unrest, more crime and outbreaks of violence all over America. But instead of loudly denouncing the coming violence, many of them are making it sound like the natural response for those that have lost hope in the economy is to resort to violence.
This is extremely unfortunate. The truth is that violence is not the solution to any of our problems. Violence is only going to make things worse. But right now a lot of big names are warning that if significant changes are not made soon, the only alternative is going to be civil unrest and violence. In fact, one of the latest to make a bold declaration like this is Vice President Joe Biden. According to Biden, there are going to be a lot more rapes and a lot more murders if Congress does not pass Obama's jobs plan.
The following are comments that Biden made about Flint, Michigan during a recent speech he gave to promote the jobs bill….
"In 2008, when Flint had 265 sworn officers on their police force, there were 35 murders and 91 rapes in this city. In 2010, when Flint had only 144 police officers, the murder rate climbed to 65 and rapes–just to pick two categories–climbed to 229. In 2011, you now only have 125 shields. God only knows what the numbers will be this year for Flint if we don't rectify it."
So is there some truth to what Biden is saying?
Of course there is. Many of our cities are rapidly being transformed intohellholes where crime is rising dramatically.
But instead of fixing the underlying problems, Biden is saying that if we don't spend more federal money in these local communities we are going to havechaos in the streets.
Sadly, this sounds so much like what a lot of other prominent people have been saying lately.
For example, Democratic strategist James Carville recently made national headlines when he told talk show host Don Imus that civil unrest is "imminently possible"….
"You know, look — this is a humanitarian — you know, you're smart enough to see this . . . People, you know, if it continues, we're going to start to see civil unrest in this country. I hate to say that, but I think it's imminently possible."
Much more frightening is what Michael Moore recently told Keith Olbermann. The following is a comment that Michael Moore recently made during an interview on Current TV….
"The smart rich know they can only build the gate so high. And, and, sooner or later history proves that people when they've had enough aren't going to take it anymore. And much better to deal with it nonviolently now, through the political system, than what could possibly happen in the future, which nobody wants to see"
Even more bizarre is what Roseanne Barr had to say during a recent appearance on RT….
"I first would allow the guilty bankers to pay, you know, the ability to pay back anything over $100 million [of] personal wealth because I believe in a maximum wage of $100 million. And if they are unable to live on that amount of that amount then they should, you know, go to the reeducation camps and if that doesn't help, then being beheaded"
Are "reeducation camps" and acts of violent revenge going to solve any of our problems?
Of course not.
But this is a mindset that is growing.
There are millions upon millions of Americans that are deeply suffering right now. The mainstream media is not telling them the truth about the economy and neither are our politicians. So the American people simply do not understand what is going on.
That means that they are prime candidates to be drawn into radical protest movements.
So far, the Occupy Wall Street protests have been non-violent, but that doesn't mean that some of the protesters do not have violence on their minds.
For example, the following is what one speaker at the Occupy Los Angeles protests recently had to say about violence….
"One of the speakers said the solution is nonviolent movement. No, my friend. I'll give you two examples: French Revolution, and Indian so-called Revolution.
Gandhi, Gandhi today is, with respect to all of you, Gandhi today is a tumor that the ruling class is using constantly to mislead us. French Revolution made fundamental transformation. But it was bloody.
India, the result of Gandhi, is 600 million people living in maximum poverty.
So, ultimately, the bourgeoisie won't go without violent means. Revolution! Yes, revolution that is led by the working class.
Long live revolution! Long live socialism!"
You can see video of these shocking comments right here.
Back during the Great Depression, the American population did not resort to rioting and violence.
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But times are different now. The American people have become addicted to endless prosperity, and now that things are going downhill they want someone to blame. As the economy continues to crumble, we are going to see some national "temper tantrums" that are going to be absolutely mind blowing.
For even more on how anger and frustration are rising in America, please see an article I did the other day entitled: "Buckle Up: America Is Getting Very Angry And The Protests Are Going To Become Much More Frightening".
But let us not diminish in any way the very real pain and suffering that tens of millions of Americans are going through right now. About a million families a year are losing their homes, the number of good jobs continues to decline and many of our communities are rapidly turning into hellholes.
Unfortunately, there are signs that things will soon get even worse for our local communities. For example, the largest county in Alabama is preparing for what would be the biggest municipal bankruptcy in the history of the United States.
And this is just the beginning.
Hundreds of other state and local governments from coast to coast are on the verge of bankruptcy. The cry for bailouts from the federal government is going to get louder and louder, but the federal government has already piled up the biggest mountain of debt in the history of the world and there is only so much more debt that it can take on before our entire financial system collapses.
All of the long-term trends are pointing to a total collapse of the economy. If you think that people are angry now, just wait until that happens. We are going to see outbreaks of rioting and looting and crime and violence that will be absolutely unprecedented.
The American people are not morally equipped to handle a severe depression. We simply do not have the same character that previous generations possessed. We have gotten very soft and very spoiled and very selfish.
But that doesn't mean that there won't be a remnant that will hold on to the truth and that will stand for what is right.
When things are the darkest, that is when the greatest heroes are called for.
Let us work together to wake up America, and let us continue shining a light in the darkness.
We must work while it is still day, because night is coming soon.
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