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Boston.com tweet (15APR): "controlled explosion opposite the library within one minute..."
Note date and time 12:53 PM - 15 Apr 13
Posted by green for victory | Mon Apr 22, 2013, 04:44 PM (67 replies)
why do some people look like the following at 70+ and others look like they're
a half a foot in the grave?
Genetics? Only genetics?
Posted by green for victory | Mon Apr 22, 2013, 02:10 PM (3 replies)
What's past is prologue...
How have the Feds handled California, where medical marijuana is legal?
Find out here
Posted by green for victory | Sat Apr 20, 2013, 05:43 PM (1 replies)
The Gorgon Stare
Gorgon Stare is a video capture technology developed by the United States military. It is a spherical array of nine cameras attached to an aerial drone.[1] The US Air Force calls it wide-area surveillance sensor system
Soon we'll all be under 24/7 surveillance and we will only have ourselves to blame.
And if you don't learn to love it you'll be called a "conspiracy theorist" or a "Hater".
Posted by green for victory | Sat Apr 20, 2013, 07:41 AM (0 replies)
Max Baucus on Obamacare: "I just see a huge train wreck coming..."
Max Baucus, facing an election next year, suddenly is "very concerned not enough is being done so far. Very concerned."
In the following video Baucus grills Kathleen Sebelius on Wednseday April 17, 2013 on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
at 9:25 President Obama explains why he didn't fight for Single Payer.
"You've got this system that's already in place. We don't want a huge disruption as we go into health care reform where suddenly we're trying to completely re-invent one sixth of the economy.."--Barack Obama
If you want to see exactly what is wrong with Congress skip to 13;21 where Amy Goodman reveals the financial holdings of key congresspeople involved with "Health Insurance Reform".
Harry Reid: $50,000 invested in a health care index,
Judd Gregg=$560,000 worth of stock holdings in major health care companies
Family of Jane Harman: 3.2 million dollars in more than 20 health care companies
John Kerry: at least 5.2 million dollars in companies such as merck and eli lilly
Chris Dodd: Wife serves on the boards of 4 health care companies
Max Baucus:
As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Baucus called the first Senate meeting of interested parties before the committee to discuss health care reform, including representatives from pharmaceutical groups, insurance companies, and HMOs and hospital management companies. The meeting was controversial because it did not include representatives from groups calling for single-payer health care.
Uniquely American Indeed...
Posted by green for victory | Fri Apr 19, 2013, 07:28 AM (36 replies)
intelligence operatives from before LBJ
like Operation 40
Operation 40 was a Central Intelligence Agency-sponsored undercover operation in the early 1960s, which was active in the United States and the Caribbean (including Cuba), Central America, and Mexico. It was approved by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in March 1960, after the January 1959 Cuban Revolution, and was presided over by Vice-president Richard Nixon.
Porter with OP 40 in '63: (second from left-sitting next to Barry Seal- Remember Barry? Found with his head blown off and GHWB's personal phone # in his trunk)
Porter in 2001: Co author of the Patriot act and co-chair of the first "investigation" into 911:
Mr. Goss had breakfast the morning of 911 with Mahmud Ahmed --the money man behind Mohammed Atta (per FBI)-- the hijacker of flight 77.
Isn't that interesting.
Posted by green for victory | Thu Apr 18, 2013, 07:39 AM (1 replies)
Take a look at Palo Verde Nuclear plant in Arizona
and the land it sits on.
full resolution fills your screen
The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located in Tonopah, Arizona,[1] about 45 miles (80 km) west of central Phoenix. It is the largest nuclear generation facility in the United States, averaging over 3.3 gigawatts (GW) of electrical power production in 2008[1] to serve approximately 4 million people. Arizona Public Service (APS) owns 29.1% of the station and operates the facility. Other owners include Salt River Project (17.5%), El Paso Electric Co. (15.8%), Southern California Edison (15.8%), PNM Resources (10.2%), Southern California Public Power Authority (5.9%), and the Los Angeles Dept. of Water & Power (5.7%).[2]
Located in the Arizona desert, Palo Verde is the only nuclear generating facility in the world that is not situated adjacent to a large body of above-ground water. The facility evaporates water from the treated sewage of several nearby municipalities to meet its cooling needs.
The facility is on 4,000 acres (1,600 ha) of land and consists of three Combustion Engineering pressurized water reactors, each with an original capacity of 1.27 gigawatts electrical, current (2007) maximum capacity of 1.24 gigawatts electrical,[3] and typical operating capacity 70%95% of this. The plant is a major source of power for Phoenix and Southern California, capable of serving about 4 million people. The plant provides about 35% of the electricity generated in Arizona each year. The plant was fully operational by 1988, taking twelve years to build and costing $5.9 billion,[4] eventually employing 2,386 people.[5] The plant employs 2,055 full-time on-site workers.
The Nuclear plants will take land too. The difference is the Solar plants won't contaminate the soil for 30,000 years.
Posted by green for victory | Tue Apr 16, 2013, 01:12 AM (1 replies)
There are various ways of storing heat
Storing electricity is a different problem. We can do it, we went to the moon in 10 years. I think we can do a better job. Our money and scientists have different priorities.
Here's an 18 year old tech solution for heat storage that was applauded by Bill Richardson, ex Energy sec:
In 1995 Solar One was converted into Solar Two, by adding a second ring of 108 larger 95 m² (1,000 ft²) heliostats around the existing Solar One, totaling 1926 heliostats with a total area of 82,750 m² (891,000 ft²). This gave Solar Two the ability to produce 10 megawattsenough to power an estimated 7,500 homes.[1]
That is 18 year old tech. Imagine if a fraction of the cost of the bogus wars was spent on perfecting this heat storage.
What if a trillion dollars was spent on battery technology? Do you think there would be better batteries and perhaps ways of storing the output from PV farms?
Posted by green for victory | Tue Apr 16, 2013, 12:56 AM (1 replies)
Solar panels could destroy U.S. utilities, according to U.S. utilities
By David Roberts 10 Apr 2013 grist.org
Solar power and other distributed renewable energy technologies could lay waste to U.S. power utilities and burn the utility business model, which has remained virtually unchanged for a century, to the ground.
Neuhardenberg Solar Park, Germany Coordinates: 52°36′50″N 14°14′33″E
That is not wild-eyed hippie talk. It is the assessment of the utilities themselves.
Back in January, the Edison Electric Institute the (typically stodgy and backward-looking) trade group of U.S. investor-owned utilities released a report [PDF] that, as far as I can tell, went almost entirely without notice in the press. Thats a shame. It is one of the most prescient and brutally frank things Ive ever read about the power sector. It is a rare thing to hear an industry tell the tale of its own incipient obsolescence.
Ive been thinking about how to convey to you, normal people with healthy social lives and no time to ponder the byzantine nature of the power industry, just what a big deal the coming changes are. They are nothing short of revolutionary but rather difficult to explain without jargon.
So, just a bit of background. You probably know that electricity is provided by utilities. Some utilities both generate electricity at power plants and provide it to customers over power lines. They are regulated monopolies, which means they have sole responsibility for providing power in their service areas. Some utilities have gone through deregulation; in that case, power generation is split off into its own business, while the utilitys job is to purchase power on competitive markets and provide it to customers over the grid it manages... >MORE
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Germany can Do It, why not here
Germany is the world's top photovoltaics (PV) installer, with a solar PV capacity as of December 2012 of more than 32.3 gigawatts (GW). The German new solar PV installations increased by about 7.6 GW in 2012, and solar PV provided 18 TWh (billion kilowatt-hours) of electricity in 2011, about 3% of total electricity. Some market analysts expect this could reach 25 percent by 2050. Germany has a goal of producing 35% of electricity from renewable sources by 2020 and 100% by 2050.
Large PV power plants in Germany include Senftenberg Solarpark, Finsterwalde Solar Park, Lieberose Photovoltaic Park, Strasskirchen Solar Park, Waldpolenz Solar Park, and Köthen Solar Park....
Posted by green for victory | Mon Apr 15, 2013, 08:48 AM (117 replies)
911-the Official Story
It goes something like this :
Directed by a beardy-guy from a cave in Afghanistan, nineteen hard-drinking, coke-snorting, devout Muslims enjoy lap dances before their mission to meet Allah
Using nothing more than craft knifes, they overpower cabin crew, passengers and pilots on four planes And hangover or not, they manage to give the worlds most sophisticated air defense system the slip
Unphased by leaving their How to Fly a Passenger Jet guide in the car at the airport, they master the controls in no-time and score direct hits on two towers, causing THREE to collapse completely
Our masterminds even manage to overpower the odd law of physics or two and the world watches in awe as steel-framed buildings fall symmetrically through their own mass at free-fall speed, for the first time in history.
Despite all their dastardly cunning, they stupidly give their identity away by using explosion-proof passports, which survive the fireball undamaged and fall to the ground only to be discovered by the incredible crime-fighting sleuths at the FBI.
Meanwhile down in Washington Hani Hanjour, having previously flunked 2-man Cessna flying school, gets carried away with all the success of the day and suddenly finds incredible abilities behind the controls of a Boeing
Instead of flying straight down into the large roof area of the Pentagon, he decides to show off a little Executing an incredible 270 degree downward spiral, he levels off to hit the low facade of the worlds most heavily defended building all without a single shot being fired . or ruining the nicely mowed lawn and all at a speed just too fast to capture on video
Further south in Florida President Bush, our brave Commander-in-Chief continues to read My Pet Goat to a class full of primary school children shrugging off the obvious possibility that his life could be in imminent danger
In New York Trade Center leaseholder Larry Silverstein blesses his own foresight in insuring the buildings against terrorist attack only six weeks previously While back in Washington, "the dick" Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz shake their heads in disbelief at their own luck in getting the New Pearl Harbor catalyzing event they so desired to pursue their agenda of world domination
Posted by green for victory | Mon Apr 15, 2013, 03:43 AM (1 replies)


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The Estee Lauder Companies' (ELC) Breast Cancer Awareness (BCA) campaign launched in 1992 when Evelyn Lauder, of Estee Lauder, co-created the Pink Ribbon with SELF Magazine. Elizabeth Hurley has been a spokesmodel for Estee Lauder for seventeen years now, promoting the BCA campaign since Evelyn herself approached Elizabeth about it. I caught up with Elizabeth at Bloomingdales in NYC to talk about her involvement with ELC's campaign. She tells you how to protect yourself and others against breast cancer and learn how you can shop to help!
Elizabeth has a very personal connection to the cause.
"Well when I joined the company as a model in 1995, Evelyn Lauder, who's Estee Lauder's daughter in law, said I started a foundation two years ago to raise funds for women with breast cancer relief help …. And as it happened, I just lost my grandmother to breast cancer, so I said I'd love to."
So what can YOU do to protect yourself?
"Basically women should start familiarizing themselves with their breasts at puberty and mommies or anybody else should teach their daughters how to check their breasts and they should learn too at the same time of the month, every month because your breasts change during your menstrual cycle," explains Elizabeth.
This process has saved the lives of some of her close friends!
"After the age of forty, oncologists say that you should get an annual mammogram because pre-forty you can't really have a mammogram because the breast tissue is still too dense, but four of my girlfriends found lumps in their own breasts prior to forty and they all survived because they found early because they were familiar with their breasts," says Elizabeth. "That's the biggest message anyone can give to young women — early detection."
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Assessor test dates set
Statewide examinations for the positions of deputy assessor and assessor have been scheduled for October, according to Courtney M. Kay-Decker, Director of the Iowa Department of Revenue. The examination for deputy assessor will be held Saturday, October 14, 2017, and the examination for assessor will be held Saturday, October 21, 2017. Both exams will be conducted at 8:30 a.m. in the fourth floor conference room of the Hoover State Office Building in Des Moines.
Under Iowa law, a person wishing to become eligible for appointment as an assessor or as a deputy assessor must successfully complete an examination and be certified by the Director of the Department of Revenue. Local officials can appoint only those persons certified by the Director of Revenue.
Applications for the examination may be obtained from city and county assessors, county auditors, or from the Department of Revenue – Property Tax Division.
Director Kay-Decker said, "Our Property Tax Division must receive applications at least three days before the examination. I encourage interested persons to submit their applications as soon as possible."
The examinations are given approximately every six months.


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In the latest example of the European Union's disturbing new tendency toward outright suppression of any speech that bureaucrats in Berlin, Brussels, and elsewhere find unacceptable for any number of reasons, former French National Front leader Marine Le Pen has been formally charged with circulating "violent messages that incite terrorism" for a series of tweets she sent after the massacre at Paris concert hall the Bataclan back in 2015.
The move comes after French President Emmanuel Macron announced early this year that, in an effort to "defend liberal democracy", he would push through legislation this year to fight the spread of "fake news" in France. Macron went on to criticize Russian media in particular and accusing RT, a Moscow funded TV channel, of deliberately sowing disinformation and discord (sound familiar?).
While Macron's announcement was cheered by many on the left, conservatives and those with anti-establishment or right-wing views are (so far justifiably) worried that they might become targets (because there's no better way to defend an open society than to crack down on free speech and enforcing not only official censorship, but, by extension, the self-censorship that these policies encourage.)
And now they have even more reason to be concerned as French prosecutors move to punish - and possibly imprison - a political rival despised by the ruling party.
The charges stem from a series of tweets Le Pen sent in the weeks after the Bataclan massacre, where she shared disturbing photos including images from the beheading of American journalist James Foley. Le Pen later took the photos of Foley down after being contacted by his family.
Other pictures showed a man in an orange jumpsuit being run over by a rank - another showed a man being burned alive in a cage.
"Daesh is this!" Le Pen wrote in a caption. The tweets were a response to a TV journalist drawing a comparison between ISIS and the French far-right.
Le Pen was quick to point out the irony in her being charged...
"I am being charged for having condemned the horrors of Daesh," Le Pen told AFP.
"In other countries this would have earned me a medal."
What's worse: Le Pen's crime is punishable by up to three years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros ($91,000).
Le Pen has denounced the move as a "lowly, purely political decision" which violated her freedom of expression. Furthermore, it's notable that the French justice system is bringing the hammer down on Le Pen less than a year after she lost to Macron in France's second-round presidential runoff.
It's not just France... Over in the UK, a newly created national security unit set up to combat fake news has elicited outrage from conservatives, who note that the agency is seemingly set up to punish and suppress speech that it suspects of being deliberate disinformation - even if said speech is an example of political satire, which the agency says is "often confused" with real news...


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A major health scare for former Pennsylvania Senator Vince Fumo.
A source tells NBC10 that the disgraced former state senator is scheduled to have major heart surgery this week. Fumo, 69, has 95-percent blockage in one of his arteries. He did not have a heart attack, as we reported last week.
According to sources, one of the 69-year-old's arteries was 90 percent blocked.
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Sources said that Fumo's fiancée Carolyn Zinni, wanted him transferred to Temple University Hospital for treatment, but right now his surgery is scheduled to take place in Kentucky where Fumo is serving time in a federal prison.
In 2009, federal prosecutors convicted Fumo on 137 counts of mail and wire fraud. He was sentenced to 61 months. He is scheduled to be released Feb. 2, 2014.
Recently, Zinni started a blog petitioning to get permission to take him fresh vegetables and fruit. She apparently feared that he might have a heart attack, according to Philly.com.


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Between the French Revolution and the First World War France produced an impressive group of classical liberal and conservative writers. They focused on the problems of creating a constitutional limited government, the issue of free trade, French imperialism and colonialism, the history of the French Revolution and Napoleon, freedom of speech, the rise of socialism and the welfare state. They differed from their English colleagues in a number of ways, particularly in the French preference to ground the defence of liberty on natural rights instead of utilitarianism, which was increasingly favored by the English. By the time the First World War broke out the French liberal movement had been fatally weakened and it virtually disappeared.
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For-profit colleges are earning investors hefty returns today, after Apollo Group issued a surprisingly strong earnings report.
Sure, profits tumbled 71% from a year ago, and enrollment also fell at a double-digit clip, but Apollo managed to turn a profit of 55 cents a share, more than doubling forecasts for a 25 cent profit.
William Blair's Timo Connor explains how Apollo crushed Wall Street's expectations:
Apollo Group reported big fourth-quarter earnings upside and fiscal 2014 guidance well above consensus on solid cost controls as a result of faster- and larger-than-expected ground campus footprint and headcount reductions that will nearly match revenue losses resulting from continued demand pressures. We continue to believe management is building a leaner and better education model, and while we will need to see more evidence of a sustainable turn in demand to get more positive on the stock for the long term, we believe management's recent price cuts should stimulate enough demand and retention progress to keep the stock working in the near term.
JPMorgan'sJeffrey Volshteyn and team believe Apollo is in decent shape, despite "near-term challenges." They write:
The EPS beat was due to significantly better-than-expected revenues and massive cost efficiencies. Importantly, APOL's new enrollments (starts) declined 22% y/y, "less bad" than in 3Q13. Mgmt suggested continuing start improvement in FY14, suggesting that starts may be near the trough level. That said, APOL's FY14 guidance reflects a much smaller student base (down 14% by the year end to ~230,000 students) and ~19% decline in revenues. APOL's cost initiatives focused on reducing campus footprint and rightsizing the expense base will likely produce an add'l $300mln of cost savings by 2014 (totaling ~$650mln vs. prior target of ~$400mln), offsetting some of the top-line losses. We continue to believe that APOL's turnaround strategy will likely spur positive growth in enrollments over the intermediate term, despite near-term challenges.
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We are upgrading the shares based on the following: 1) Apollo has protected downside with very substantial cost reductions; 2) it has invested heavily over the past 2-3 years and is instituting programs that should reinstitute growth; and; 3) most importantly we are compelled by the cash generation of the enterprise despite its recent shrinkage.
Shares of Apollo have gained 24% to $26.02 at 10:47 a.m., and lifted other for-profit education companies. Career Education Corp. (CECO) has surged 12% to $3.56 DeVry (DV) risen 2% to $34.46, ITT Educational Services (ESI) has advanced 2% to $35.06 and Corinthian Colleges (COCO) is up 2.3% to $2.20.


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While the NFL would prefer to expand the regular season from 16 games to 18, the league's health and safety concerns come off as hollow if the NFL adds 32 games to the current workload of 256.
The fallback, then, unless and until the NFLPA decides to pursue expansion of the regular season on its own, will be to shrink the preseason and replace the revenue with more playoff games.
Commissioner Roger Goodell recently hinted at it, and Chris Mortensen of ESPN reports that the end result could be a three-week preseason and two more playoff teams.
The expansion to 14 would add two more playoff games, with the No. 2 seed in each conference playing the No. 7 seed. Under that scenario, only the No. 1 seed in each conference would have a bye, and wild-card weekend would have six games instead of four.
While the NFL has full discretion to cut the preseason in half under the labor deal, the NFLPA would have to agree to any increase in the regular season or postseason. Though the union's position on expanded playoffs isn't known, the players would be far more likely to embrace two extra playoff games than two extra weeks of games.


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All right folks, calm down.
Google's latest social gig Google Plus is out and lots of people are jumping in right away. At this moment, Google Plus is available as invite only, we have some invitations to give away here.
Google plus is a new initiative from Google which aims to redefine how social sharing works. With Circles, Hangouts and lots of innovative features, Google plus is definitely here to stay.
Things To Know Before You Setup Your Google Plus Profile
Before you ask anyone for a Google plus invite, here are a few things you should know:
1. Google Plus works only with Google accounts that have an active Google profile. If you haven't created your Google profile yet, you won't be able to sign up for Google Plus.
2. Only regular Gmail accounts are supported and you can't use your Google apps account to setup a Google Plus profile. if you ask anyone to send you an invitation to your Google Apps email address, you will never receive it in the first place.
3. If you have a Yahoo or Windows Live Hotmail account and you have used it to sign up for a Google account, you are good to go. But make sure you have created your Google profile and it's visibility is public.
Setting Up Your Google Plus Profile
When you click the invitation link sent to your email address, you will be taken to Google Plus where you have to sign in with your Google account. That's it, you are on board and in full swing to use Google Plus. Here is the first screen:
After you have successfully completed signing up for Google Plus, you will need to know a thing or two about how Google Plus works and what are it's inside twists and perks.
Part 2: What is Google Plus And How it Works
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Holiday lighting is a wonderful tradition, and these tips will help to keep you and your family safe. Use care not to overload your circuits. Do not run too many strings together, the amount of lights on string that can safely be connected differs for each type of light. Read and follow the manufacturer's recommendations. Carefully inspect each string for frayed insulation, loose connections or broken bulbs. Never plug in a string that has bulbs broken open, as the interior filament is a electrocution hazard. Only use lights outdoors that are approved for outdoor use.
Use timers to control your lighting to save more energy. This chart dramatically contrasts the old style bulbs with modern LED technology lighting using as little as 1.15% of the energy of the old style lighting.
Another consideration is heat. Never install old style bulbs on a real tree. Think of string of 100, 10 watt lights, that is 1000 watts light and heat. You would never put a 1000 watt heater on a tree for obvious reasons, and these strings are nearly the equivalent of doing just that.
Be careful when hanging lights. Loose wiring is more easily damaged by movement from trees and wind. Never use standard staples, as they can cut into insulation and cause a short or shock hazard. Best to use insulated clips to hang lighting.
GFCI protected outlets are recommended for all outdoor electrical use. They dramatically reduce the risk of electrical shocks and electrocutions.
Use only UL approved exterior grade power cords outside with proper ground (3 prong connector). Never run cords through doorways, windows where they could get damaged or be a trip hazard. Keep all plugs and connectors off the ground, away from puddles and snow.
If you blow fuses or trip breakers, reduce the load on that circuit. Never change the amperage if a blown fuse, if a 15 amp fuse blows, reduce the load on that circuit and replace with the exact same type 15 amp fuse. The wiring in the home is designed to only carry the current of the fuse. That blown fuse likely prevented the wiring from overheating and possible fire.
If you see flickering lights, sparks, warm switches, plugs, or outlets, or dimming lights, there is a potential dangerous problem that could cause an electrical fire.
As always use extreme care on ladders, make sure they have a good footing and are steady. Never touch your exterior power drop! Any contact with a poorly insulated drop will kill you, an aluminum ladder is an excellent electrical conductor.
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PRINCESS ANNE, MD - (Oct. 1, 2013) - State Sen. John Astle returns to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Thursday for an encore presentation of his first-hand experiences as a MEDEVAC helicopter pilot in Vietnam.
Astle, a Democrat who represents Anne Arundel County, will share his story - "Experience in Military Medical Evacuation in Vietnam" - at 1 p.m. in the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts' theater. He gave a similar talk a year ago, which inspired the UMES faculty to invite him back in honor of National Physician Assistants week.
He will be joined by retired Capt. Bill Dial, who flew on several missions with Astle as a medical corpsman.
The experience of military corpsmen in providing critical and emergency field care and medical evacuations during the Vietnam war motivated educators to develop high-level medical training that today leads to a professional degree as a Physician Assistant.
UMES is one of two historically black institutions - the other is Howard University - that offers a degree in physician assistant studies. The university, which launched its program in 1999, has produced 152 graduates.
Astle, 70, joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1966. His nine years of active service included serving in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot and a tour as a Presidential helicopter pilot. According to his Maryland Manual biography, he worked as a medical evacuation pilot for the Washington Hospital Center from 1985 until 2005.
His military service commendations include: the Legion of Merit, two Purple Hearts, the Meritorious Service Medal, 31 air medals and the Presidential Service Badge
The UMES campus as well as the local community is invited to hear this informative and inspirational presentation.
Bill Robinson, director, public relations, (410) 621-2355. (photo courtesy of Sen. Astle's staff)


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rinderpest or cattle plague, an acute and highly infectious viral disease of cattle. It less frequently affects other ruminants, such as sheep, goats, and wild game. After an incubation period of three to nine days, a wide variety of symptoms may appear, including fever, inflammation of the mucous membranes, particularly the intestines, discharges from the eyes and nose, dehydration, and skin eruptions on the back and flanks. Death comes after four to eight days. Long dreaded in Eurasia because of its ability to kill entire populations of cattle, it was accidentally introduced into Africa in the late 19th cent.
Rinderpest was long controlled largely by destroying infected animals, but an effective and economical vaccine was developed in the 1950s and 60s by British veterinary scientist Walter Plowright. By the 1980s, rinderpest occurred primarily in N and E Africa and SW and S Asia as a result of eradication efforts. A global eradication program was begun in 1994 by the Food and Agriculture Organization, which confirmed in 2011 that the disease had been eradicated worldwide.
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I decided to move some things around in our room. Still not sure what I want to do with the top of our dressers yet but here are a few things that are there currently.
I know I'm anxious for this week to be over with. I'm putting my shop on a bit of a vacation so I can enjoy some time with my boys.
Hope everyone is having a nice Tuesday!
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love the print on the wall!ReplyDelete
Omg, are the flowers peonies???nooo, its impossible. Is too late for them, it seems...ReplyDelete
I love that poster, so pretty. And what a good decision to enjoy time with your boys. Enjoy yourselves!! (And good luck on working until that!)ReplyDelete
i'm with you- i'm constantly arranging and rearranging at my house.ReplyDelete
So wonderful arrangement! So lovely combination, and I love the lamp, but can't remember the brand :-) Sounds lovely, it's also a wonderful time to enjoy a spend time with your loved ones! Enjoy and have a blast!ReplyDelete
@Barb Brussels That's what I thought! Are those beautiful flowers peonies?ReplyDelete
You serious? This is magazine-worthy! I especially love the graphic box.ReplyDelete
The black vase is amazing. Would you mind sharing where you found this?ReplyDelete
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Monday, February 9, 2009
A-Rod's Confession Prompts More Questions Than it Answers
1) Regardless of when MLB banned steroids or what punishments the union collectively bargained in negotiations with the owners, using steroids without a proper medical prescription has been illegal in the United States since 1990.
2) Anabolic steroids were added to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act in 1990. Therefore, using them without a proper medical prescription is a federal crime punishable by up to seven years in prison.
3) Although MLB did not institute a punishment mechanism for steroid users until 2004, the sport banned steroids in 1991.
Thus, all of MLB's steroid cheaters in the Steroid Era have violated both federal law and a ban implemented by the sport itself--do not let anyone tell you otherwise.
Rodriguez says that he used steroids because of the pressure he felt to live up to the 10 year, $252 million contract he signed with the Texas Rangers in 2001: "When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure, felt all the weight of the world on top of me to perform and perform at a high level every day. Back then, it was a different culture. It was very loose. I was young, I was stupid, I was naive and I wanted to prove to everyone that I was worth, you know, being one of the greatest players of all time. And I did take a banned substance. For that, I'm very sorry and deeply regretful. And although it was the culture back then in major league baseball overall...it was very...I just feel that...I'm just sorry. I'm sorry for that time, I'm sorry to my fans, I'm sorry to my fans in Texas. It wasn't until then that I thought about substance of any kind, and since then I've proved to myself and to everyone that I don't need any of that."
The idea that Rodriguez illegally enhanced his performance because he was "young" and "naive" does not wash. He was hardly some innocent babe in the woods by that time; he was a 25 year old, eight season MLB veteran who consciously made a bad decision to illegally enhance his performance--and the steroids clearly worked: in 2000 he hit 41 home runs but in the next three years he blasted a career-high 52, a new career-high 57 and then 47, which still ranked as the third best total of his career at that time. He won his first AL MVP in 2003, the third year of his admitted steroid use. In 2004, when Rodriguez claims that he discontinued his steroid use, he dropped to 36 home runs and had his lowest slugging percentage and on base percentage since 1999. SportsIllustrated.com reports that the new contract that Rodriguez signed with the Yankees in November 2007 guarantees him a $6 million bonus for each time he ties one of the top four players on MLB's all-time home run list (Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds), with an additional $6 million for passing Bonds. If he sets the all-time career home run record then that amounts to a $30 million reward for at least three years of illegal activity that boosted his production! I don't care how many speeches Rodriguez gives about the evils of steroid use, if he collects more cash for his cheating than the average lottery winner then how much impact will his words have? He is poised to earn a fortune as the fruits of committing a federal crime.
Rodridguez' confession is a good p.r. move but his story has holes in it. He claims that he does not even know exactly what substances he took. Call that the "flaxseed oil" defense; it has not worked for Bonds and it should not work for Rodriguez. No one should believe that an elite level athlete does not know exactly what substances he eats, ingests and/or injects.
Although the MLB steroid testing results from 2004 were supposed to be confidential, now that Rodriguez' name is out and he has confirmed that he did take steroids, MLB and the Players Association should agree to release the names of the other 103 players who flunked drug tests. Otherwise, a cloud of suspicion hangs over several hundred players from that era who were clean.
ESPN's Peter Gammons asked Rodriguez if admitted steroid users should be inducted in the Hall of Fame but Rodriguez essentially avoided the question by saying that he has been clean for many years now and that by the time he has retired the bulk of his numbers will have been put up outside of the three seasons that he admits are tainted. Frankly, that just doesn't cut it. He has already admitted to breaking the law, cheating the sport and then lying about it, so we cannot know for certain that he only did steroids for three years and/or that he is not taking undetectable illegal substances now. Also, there is evidence that steroid use elevates performance even after athletes stop using the drug, which has raised the issue of whether steroid users should be banned for life.
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- madnice said...
His interview was a joke though, David. He chose Gammons because he knew Gammons would give him an easy interview instead of Costas. Thats who should of interviewed him. Arod never said the word steroids...no one has. Yeah he admitted but it wasnt a strong admission. Then he discusses what Selena Roberts did. Thats irrelevant to what the big deal is.
Who is the say he is not on HGH now? So the pressure in Arlington is more than the pressure in the Bronx? He got another contract and his playoff faliures are well documented. So why wouldnt he try something else as a Yankee? Next week when he goes to training camp I guarantee these questions will be asked. Like how did he inject? Who did it? Where did you get them?
- Tuesday, February 10, 2009 8:46:00 AM
- David Friedman said...
I agree with you and I thought that I made that clear in the post: A-Rod made the correct p.r. move by apologizing but his story still has plenty of holes in it.
- Tuesday, February 10, 2009 3:45:00 PM
david madnice this was a ploy by a rod he a cheater he used more than 3 years. he did a good pr doing the opposite of bonds clemens mcgwire, and see if the public will forgive him like giambi but theres holes hear why would he only use for 3 years and would inject himself with something he knew nuthing about. his numbers shot up in 2007 how was he not using then like they shot up in 2001. too many holes selena roberts wanted the truth like all of us.
- Wednesday, February 11, 2009 10:27:00 PM
- David Friedman said...
As I indicated in the post, it is difficult to take A-Rod's comments at face value.
- Wednesday, February 11, 2009 10:38:00 PM
with other names like mcgwire clemens a rod sosa this helps bonds because he was public enemy number 1, we find out he wasnt the only one doing it.
ryan howard is the guy now everyone will look at to be the guy or albert pujols but who would of thougt a rod was useing how we dont know anyone else is. and why isnt steriods tarnish football players david it enhance there performance shawn merriman had like 16 sacks in 12 games before he got caught.
- Thursday, February 26, 2009 1:29:00 PM
- David Friedman said...
I don't really think that this helps Bonds. Steroids are illegal without a prescription. If one guy is in jail for committing a murder and someone else commits a different murder, does that "help" the first murderer?
I don't discriminate between the PED cheaters, regardless of which sport they played or how well known they are. Merriman's stats should be dealt with the same way that I said that A-Rod's stats should be handled. I know that this is not going to happen, but that is my opinion.
- Thursday, February 26, 2009 3:02:00 PM


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Last year at $152, my net was 105 after trucking from fl, off loading in almonds, loading back on truck and broker fees. If I feed (have them feed in Ca) cost was $5/ hive including srup.
Last year at $152, my net was 105 after trucking from fl, off loading in almonds, loading back on truck and broker fees. If I feed (have them feed in Ca) cost was $5/ hive including srup.
Brokers fees are around 8 bucks a hive right now.
Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid. John Wayne
Does anyone from Maine ever go to the almonds? I'm guessing the trucking from here would br brutal!
I wonder what taking a semi load of bees from Dexter, ME to Merced, CA would cost? I'm guessing there and back would be about $15,000 - reckon thats in the ball park? 3342 miles according to Mapquest
Around 6,700 to 7,500 each way for a total of 13,400 to 15,000 depending on who you got to haul them. You are about right.
January 6 Ag Alert, California Farm Bureau weekly add. Pollination service, ALMOND GROWERS, Are you looking for an oppertunity to rent high quality bees at an attractive price? 10,000 colonies available, 8 frame average, $117.00, 10 frame average, $127.00, Most of these bees live in So Cal with warm weather and a current nectar flow. I know of no beekeeper from calif. that ever worked with this broker twice. ( Nectar Flow ?) Where? Bees are robbing in the foothills around LA and Orange county. Alen Buckly 605-851-3304, Supplying quality bees for 40 years. There must be an endless supply of gulible beeks and growers.
2 ads in the Fresno bee offering pollination. I phoned them. Both are sold out, at $100. 2hrs later one of them phoned me back, needing 600 at 105 maximum. Go figger.
Welcome to California.
I wish them bad luck! Maybe that will stop the undercutting...No bees will cross from east US to west US at $100. By the time you pay unloading or go unload yourself, trucking feeding if it in wet ect you are at less than 70....not worth it for that long of a trip!
I agree. This year my bees are better off in Ga. Besides if this year is anything like last year the bees looked almost worse coming back from the Almonds than they did going out. Its pretty crazy in Ca. If you remember a few years back prices hit 180 right at the end of the season cause they didnt have enough bees out there.
What is a "strong" hive for pollination? When one says "8 frames" do you mean 8 frames covered with bees or with brood?
8 frames means exactly that...when you pick up the box and look from bottom up....bees are covering 8 frames(deeps) shallows/med count as 1/2 frame. My bees are now pollinating almonds...price went up. Had a offer of 190 to me less transportation Monday. Desperation has set in! Bet I'll geta contract before chritmas next year! My bees have came back strong the last three years....great flying weather now so bees should be doing good, just hope it holds. Grower told me today that first blooming variety will be in full bloom Friday...looks like a fast bloom.
lol you did alot of talking about not going to be both feet in huh? Definitely inspired me. Think a decent contract can be got as early as july this year for next season?
Can anyone tell me what I should be charging for a handshake contract pumpkin job in kansas, Its only about 7 acres and the guy wants only a dozen colonies.
In my area we got any where from 30-45 a hive for melons pumpkins etc.
Not if you are losing honey production because they could be in a better area.
Leer Family Honey Farm-Shannon Leer
And there is the honey that you won't get from those hives. Where are you going to make up that lost income from?
Treat this as a business. If not for your own good, then for the good of others.
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Judge denies request for delay in Zimmerman trial
- Trayvon Martin was killed last February in Sanford%2C Fla.
- Community healing and memorial events are planned this week in honor of the teen
- George Zimmerman%2C a neighborhood watch volunteer%2C is charged in Trayvon%27s death
Trayvon Martin would have turned 18 Tuesday.
Instead, lawyers for George Zimmerman, the man accused of murdering the teen, and prosecutors were back in court, where a judge denied a motion to delay the June 10 trial date and heard arguments about evidence.
Meanwhile, Trayvon's family and local leaders have planned community healing and memorial events this week in honor of the teen whose shooting death last year sparked national debates about race, gun laws and the meaning of self-defense.
Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, is facing a second-degree murder charge in the Feb. 26 shooting of the 17-year-old in a gated Sanford, Fla., community. Zimmerman is claiming self-defense. Trayvon's family argues the young man was profiled, pursued and murdered.
In court Tuesday, Judge Debra Nelson denied a motion by Zimmerman lawyer Mark O'Mara to delay the trial date. O'Mara argued that the prosecution has been slow to turn over evidence and that he does not have enough time to prepare his case.
INTERACTIVE: Timeline of Trayvon Martin case
"We're four months away from trial," Nelson said. "The court has no reason to continue the case."
Trayvon's family, who chose to stay away from the hearing Tuesday, was happy with Nelson's decision, their attorney Benjamin Crump said.
"The spirit of Trayvon was in the courtroom today," he said. "The family is pleased that the judge did not continue the trial because they want their day in court."
Earlier, Assistant State Attorney Bernie de la Rionda and O'Mara traded arguments.
"The state has been trying to try this case in the courtroom," de la Rionda said at one point. "I don't know if that's true of the defense."
O'Mara pressed the importance of the Internet. "I spend virtually no time on Twitter and the website because it doesn't matter that much," he said. "But we cannot ignore the avalanche of information that is flowing through the blogosphere."
In addition to the trial date, several other issues came before the court.
Nelson approved a motion by Zimmerman's lawyer to subpoena credit card sales records from the 7-Eleven Trayvon visited the night he was killed. She also ordered de la Rionda to reveal tests performed on the phone that investigators sent to California to get unlocked.
Lawyers also had lengthy arguments about Witness 8, who claims she was on the phone with Trayvon as the confrontation between him and Zimmerman started.
Nelson ruled that Witness 8 can be asked about her Twitter handle before she gives a deposition to the defense but that any other questions must be posed during her deposition.
In addition, a scheduled deposition of Crump was postponed after a lawyer he hired entered into evidence a 15-page affidavit explaining how Crump found and interacted with Witness 8. Nelson said she and the lawyers for both sides will read the affidavit and determine whether any more information is needed.
To mark what would have been Trayvon's birthday, community leaders in Sanford are hosting a "Banding Together for Peace" program Tuesday to recognize the need for community healing and solidarity. The event, held in Goldsboro, a historically black part of the city, includes the Sanford Police Department, the NAACP, local city officials and Crump.
On Saturday in Miami, where Trayvon lived, an event called the "I am Trayvon, Day of Remembrance Peace Walk" will feature motivational speakers, entertainers, and free food.
On Sunday, The Trayvon Martin Foundation, set up by the teen's parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, will host a fundraising dinner with several guests, including Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.
Trayvon's death and the murder case against Zimmerman have remained a topic of public interest as court hearings continue. Nelson scheduled the next hearing for March 5.
Zimmerman remains free on $1 million bond -- with GPS monitoring-- while awaiting trial.


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Hey look, it's the trailer for Peter Berg's Battleship movie! And there's nary a white or red peg in sight! Holy shit, there's a vampire on that boat! Why did the Navy recruit a vampire? What the hell's going on here?
Well, this looks decidedly Bayesque. And here I thought it would be about the secret history of that over-excitable family from those 1980s commercials. I really wanted to learn how the dad got that sweet push broom. And as you may have noticed, Battleship hits theaters Mayo 2012.
[Via Bad Taste. Hat tip to Marcus!]


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I've been researching my family history for over 26 years. Due to some "road blocks" I joined Ancestry.com. I have traced back, on my direct line to Anthony Johnson 1600-1670 of Lincolnshire, England. His son was Col Richard Johnson of Bilsby, Lincolnshire, England.
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Future Leaders Winner Ethan James Has A Clear Vision Of The FutureEthan James chose his profession at an early age, and has done everything he can to pursue it ever since.
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Future Leader Gets A Jump On Medical EducationEven though her senior year is being interrupted, Allison Arredondo is ready for college.
Rising Stars: Jordan GreenwayJordan Greenway is set to make U.S. Olympic history as he becomes the first African-American to make the U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team.
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Rising Stars: Chloe KimThe 17-year-old Las Palmas, CA native looks like the next big thing in women's snowboarding.
Rising Stars: Mikaela ShiffrinThe 22-year-old Colorado native won her first Olympic gold in Sochi at age 18. Four years later, she's looking to add a few more to the trophy case.
Rising Stars: Maame BineyThe 17-year-old Ghanaian born speed skater became a viral sensation after her performance at December's trials. She'll look to do the same in Pyeongchang.
Rising Star: Gonzaga Forward Zach CollinsZach Collins, Gonzaga's freshman forward, is a valuable sixth man on a balanced Bulldogs team that's favored in the Final Four.
Rising Star: Oregon Guard Tyler DorseyTyler Dorsey, Oregon's sophomore guard, has been on a scoring tear. Can he keep his Ducks flying against the Wolverines from Michigan?
Rising Star: South Carolina Forward Chris SilvaSophomore forward Chris Silva first played basketball in high school, now he's the key force behind the Gamecocks' run to the Sweet 16.
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Reduce Holiday Stress and Recapture Seasonal Joy
Paradoxical as this may seem, the exhilarating feelings one experiences during the holiday season can also cause anxiety for millions. These emotional demands coupled with year-end responsibilities can tax the human spirit. Making a conscious effort to understand obstacles and overcome pressures may yield more realistic expectations. This free workshop will focus on valuable ways to simplify the season and make it more meaningful.
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Reducing Holiday stress and recapturing seasonal joy is an interactive two-hour workshop that focuses on reducing the "burn-out" that so many of us experience this time of year. It is about making good choices by uncovering valuable ways to simplify the season, and make it more meaningful both personally and professionally.
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Experiencing anxiety and stress when dealing with year-end responsibilities, shopping pitfalls, demanding schedules, family expectations, loneliness and other emotional demands can tax the human spirit. Adopting a realistic outlook and learning Dale Carnegie principles of "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living" can help reduce some of the chaos and create more seasonal joy.
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By understanding the obstacles and overcoming the pressures can yield more realistic expectations so we can experience a season that is productive, memorable, and meaningful.


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We are trying to have SharePoint limit the size of the profile picture that can be submitted (to about less than 1MB). This is for the MySite profile picture only.
Can this be done? Either via: 1. an event handler that checks the size of the file the user is trying to submit? 2. an event receiver anywhere inside sharepoint?
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MONTREAL — McLaren driver Jenson Button moved from eighth place to fourth over the final two laps of Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix. Here's some of what he had to say afterwards:
Jenson Button
"What a fantastic race! Big congratulations to Daniel (Ricciardo) — I'm a big fan of his, he's a great guy, and he's obviously got the skills. Your first Grand Prix victory is always very special, so very well done to him.
"The opening stint on the option tire was tough-going for me, so I decided to jump off it quite early and move to the prime. But then I just kept coming up on traffic — there were cars everywhere: if you were racing against a single car, it was easier to get past, but if you were in a bunch, it was tough because lots of drivers were able to use the DRS. Still, I fought my way through at the end. I had a little dice with Fernando (Alonso) and Nico (Hulkenberg) — Fernando almost hit Nico at the hairpin, and had to dive down the inside. Then they both ran wide and I got down the inside of both of them.
"On the final lap you never want to see an accident like Felipe and Checo's — but, fortunately, they both got out of their cars okay, which was good. We come out of this weekend knowing that there's a better overall feel to our car — it's encouraging that we're making progress. In a straightforward race, I wouldn't have finished fourth, but we did a good job today and ought to be happy. These points are helpful, and they'll spur us on to do another good job in Austria."


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Tyler Blackburn: It was hard! We filmed it a bunch of different ways and to keep tapping into that emotion was draining. But Ashley is full of emotion and that helps me as an actor.
17: Have you ever gone through a breakup like that in real life?
TB: Yeah, it's always the same thing. If you're going to break up, it reaches a point where whatever is happening is not working and it all comes to a head. I think that's a tough realization and it's hard to communicate sometimes. You just have to think about your happiness and the other person's happiness, and communicate really honestly.
17: How do you deal with breakups? Do you think you can still be friends with an ex or do you have to cut ties?
TB: I hope you can still be friends. I have exes I'm friends with and exes I'm not friends with. It depends on what you decide together. I do think that sometimes trying to maintain that bond can be healthier than walking away.
17: Can you give any hints about what is going to happen between Caleb and Hannah? Are they going to get back together?
TB: I can't say a lot about that, but the rollercoaster ride will continue. Let's put it that way!
17: You work with so many amazing girls on the show. Do they ever come to you for a guy's perspective on dating ?
TB: They keep their romantic lives separate, which is good because I don't want to hear about it all the time!
17: Tell me a little bit about your partnership with Acuvue. What made you excited to get involved?
TB: There are so many great aspects to teaming up with the Acuvue 1-Day Contest. I've been wearing contacts since I was about 12, so I'm very familiar with the brand. I love that the company has a mentoring program. I grew up a dreamer and it really just takes one person letting you know what's possible. It was awesome to be that person to Courtney, the girl I mentored.
17: What was your favorite part about mentoring her?
TB: I loved observing her – not to sound creepy! She wanted to become an actor and when she came on set, she started to realize what she could have if she stayed focused on her dream. It was really cool to watch that transition.
See Tyler and his mentee, Courtney in action by checking out the video below and watch Tyler on Pretty Little Liars every Tuesday at 8/7c on ABC Family.


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Fingerprints are usually used to identify people but, this time, they gave Penn State chemical engineers the crucial clue needed to discover an easy, versatile new method for making nanofibers that have potential uses in advanced filtration as well as wound care, drug delivery, bioassays and other medical applications.
The new technique is based on the way forensic scientists develop fingerprints from a crime scene and is easier and more versatile than either of the current methods, templates or electrospinning, used commercially to make nanofibers. The first nanofibers generated by the technique are made from the basic ingredient of Super Glue , cyanoacrylate, which is a biologically-compatible material already used in liquid sutures, spheres for drug delivery and in experimental cancer treatment. However, the researchers say that other materials, like cyanoacrylate, that form solid polymers when nudged by a catalyst could potentially also be used in the process.
Dr. Henry C. Foley, professor of chemical engineering who directed the project, says, "The new technique is so versatile that it allows us not only to make nano-scale fibers but also nano-sized flat sheets, spheres and even wrinkled sheets that look tortellini-like."
The researchers can also generate patterned surfaces and say that the process could conceivably be used in an ink jet printer.
The research is detailed in a paper, "Facile Catalytic Growth of Cyanoacrylate Nanofibers," published online today (Jan. 26) in the British journal, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications. The authors are Pratik J. Mankidy, doctoral candidate in chemical engineering; Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, research associate at Penn State's Materials Research Laboratory, and Foley, who is also associate vice president for research at the University. The journal is available at: xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=B514600C
Foley explains that forensic scientists develop latent fingerprints via a process known as cyanoacrylate fuming. Fingerprints left on a surface are exposed to fumes of cyanoacrylate, which form a white polymer residue that makes the ridges of the fingerprint visible.
One of the researchers, Pratik Mankidy, had accidentally left his fingerprints on a piece of research equipment that had been secured with Super Glue and nanofibers appeared. Putting two and two together, the researchers set out to discover what constituents of fingerprints trigger the cyanoacrylate polymerization on the ridges of fingerprints. They made synthetic fingerprints from a mixture of a known polymer initiator, common table salt in water, and a non-initiator, linoleic acid, found on fingers.
Then they exposed the fake prints to cyanoacrylate fuming. Sure enough, they got nanofibers similar to the ones Mankidy's fingerprints had generated accidentally. They also fumed cyanoacrylate on single initiators and found that sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide and potassium acetate produced tortellini-like films of the polymer. When ammonium hydroxide was fumed with cyanoacrylate, it produced nano-sized spheres.
The researchers note that the role played by the presence of the non-initiating components in the fingerprint mixture is not completely understood. They are continuing their experiments to understand the process more completely. A majority of the fibers produced by the new process have diameters in the 200-250-nanometer range and are hundreds of microns long. Typically, nanofibers that are currently commercially available are in this same range. Foley notes, "Our findings open up a whole new world of opportunity for control of nanoscale structures through chemistry via catalysis."
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Advisors are honing their social-media savvy, with nearly 83% of firms adopting formal social media policies this year—up from 64% in 2011 and nearly double the 43% of advisors who had such policies in 2010, according to a recently released compliance survey by the Investment Adviser Association, ACA Compliance Group and Old Mutual Asset Management.
The online survey of 462 registered investment advisors, performed from April 18 to May 17, also found that fewer firms (49%) are prohibiting the use of social media sites for business purposes, down from 54% in 2012. Forty-three percent reported that their social media testing has increased in the past year.
Since last year's survey, compliance testing has increased the most in the areas of advertising and marketing, personal trading, disaster recovery planning and political contributions/pay to play, with 79% of firms indicating that they have not decreased compliance testing in any area, the survey found.
As to the chief compliance officer role, 99% of firms reported that they do not outsource the CCO role, while 63% said their CCO is wearing two or more hats. Thirty-two percent of the firms polled reported having only one person in a full-time legal/compliance role, while 68% of firms reported that their CCO is a senior executive in the firm.
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Several months ago, I wrote about Thailand's Four Faced Buddha, which remains to be one of the most popular religious icons that the country has ever produced. That particular post remains to be one of the most well read post, it's constantly in the top 12 post of my blog. I was not surprised how well you, the readers of this blog, received that particular post, it is because the 4-Faced Buddha is really one of the most popular spiritual icon because the 4-Faced Buddha is extremely powerful and swift in delivering his blessings. In fact, I received a lot of emails from people who have experienced the miraculous protection of the 4-Faced Buddha.
Today, allow me to introduce you to another very powerful religious or spiritual tool that came out in Thailand. I'm talking about the Jatukam Ramathep Amulets, sometimes simply called as Jatukam Amulets. Some people, especially Westerners, will sometimes spell it as Jatukarm (with an R), this is because that's how it's pronounce by Thais.
Jatukam Amulets became so famous that I've met a couple of Thais from Phuket and a Chinese Thai from that haven't heard of Mario Mauer, a Thai famous actor, but who absolutely gets excited when I mentioned the Jatukam Amulet.
Jatukam Ramathep Amulets can be considered as Thailand's modern powerful amulet of unknown origin because it is, I think, the only amulet that was discovered in modern times, also it is also a very powerful amulet as can be attested of those who has it, like me. But before that let me share with you story of where the amulet came from.
The truth is, there are a lot of different stories relating to the history of the Jatukam Ramathep Amulets. I will not dwell about the different stories, but instead allow me to share with you the most widely accepted story.
It is said that during the 800 AD, Asia experienced one of its greatest turbulent era. The King of Siam (modern day Thailand) has two royal sons who are very devoted to the throne and to Buddha. The princes' names are Jatukam and Ramathep. Obviously, the amulets were named after them.
But before we go the story of the princes, it is important to share with you that their father is said to be a very powerful and noble king. The king is also a devoted Buddhist. Going to wars only when he really has to. It is in one of these wars that the King was able to get possession of some sacred relics of Siddhartha Buddha himself in Sri Lanka. He naturally brought the sacred relic to his kingdom and palace in Siam (Thailand). Because the sacred relic is so precious the king decided that he could only entrust it to his sons – Jatukam and Ramathep.
It is also said that a Buddhist monk tried to approach the King to tell him that he had a vision that the Buddha wants the sacred relic to be transported to a province in Northern Siam. However, palace guards prevented the monk from facing the king, thus he was unable to convey his vision.
After a few years, with the war in Asia further escalating, the King found himself travelling with some of his people to protect his kingdom. Unfortunately, Siam is losing the war, and enemies were conspiring to take the kingdom's riches and also the Buddha relics 'owned' by the kingdom. To protect the relic of Siddhartha Buddha they decided to bring it back to Sri Lanka. The two princes unable to send word to their father the king decided to head to Sri Lanka by sea.
On their way to Sri Lanka, a wicked storm came and sunk their ship. Some say that all the people aboard the ship died except for the two princes, and some say all of them survived and wash ashore in a land of fertile soil. The place is now the present day Nakhon Si Thammarat (spelled as Nakhon Sri Thammarat).
According to the stories, the princes tired their best to continue their mission to move to Sri Lanka, however, for some weird reason, they were unable to move the case containing the relic. They took it as a sign that the relic wants to make Nakhon Si Thammarat as its home. Because of this the princes decided to make Nakhon Si Thammarat as their new home. They build Wat Phra Mahathat Woromaha Vihan, a Buddhist temple that still stands in Nakhon Sri Thammarat. To this day, you'll still see the said temple, which has again become really famous because of the Jatukam amulets. Also, to this day, the Buddha relics that the two princes were trying to saved are still in that temple. Some say that the relic is a Tooth Relic.
However, for a very long the temple's history is actually unknown, although there was some oral history handed down from one generation to the other. Until several years back when they were renovating the temple they chance upon the relic the princes' bodies buried near where the relics is hidden.
After awhile, Thais immortalized the two princes and started praying to them as one, thus calling them Tao Jatukam Ramathep. It is said that praying to Tao Jatukam Ramathep will be blessed with a happy, well-balanced life, filled with wealth.
Several years back I was bless with the fortune to be able to visit the temple – Wat Phra Mahathat Woromaha Vihan. It's located at Ratchadamnoen Road. At the entrance of the temple are statues of Tao Jatukam and Tao Ramathep, this is very symbolic of their mortal duties as the guardian of the Buddha relics housed within.
Note that the story just shared with you is the most widely accepted version of the history of the temple and of Jatukam Ramathep. The truth there are a lot more different versions, and nobody is unable to say which of the stories circulating are the most accurate version. However, what is certain is that it was a Thai policeman named Khun Phantharak Rajjadej a devotee of Tao Jatukam and Tao Ramathep, who first commissioned the monks of the temple to make him a Jatukam Ramathep amulet. This was in 1987 and no known Jatukam Ramathep amulets existed before that.
Khun Phantharak Rajjadej believes that it is Tao Jatukam and Tao Ramathep who helps him solves his difficult murder cases. Again, Khun Phantharak Rajjadej left not written record, but according to his family, one time in an official police operation, a friend and colleague of Khun Phantharak Rajjadej was shot and died. Fearing more for his family than for himself, he begged Tao Jatukam and Tao Ramathep to always protect him and to continuously provide for his family, because his meager salary as a police is not enough.
Again, there are two versions of how he came up with the Jatukam Ramathep amulets. One version is that after praying to Tao Jatukam and Tao Ramathep, he was paid a visit by the two guardian princes in his dream, there he was told to convince the Buddhist monks of Wat Phra Mahathat Woromaha Vihan to make an amulet for him. It was said that it was Tao Jatukam and Tao Ramathep who told him the basic manner of making the amulet, which he needs to convey to the Buddhist monks. The other version is that after praying to the princes, he was approached by a woman who has no knowledge of what he prayed for but told him that she had a vision from Tao Jatukam and Tao Ramathep, to tell him to convince the monks to make an amulet.
The two versions state that it was Tao Jatukam and Tao Ramathep themselves through the dream or the vision who gave Khun Phantharak Rajjadej the 'ingredients' and the procedures of doing the amulet.
The ingredients of the amulet are quite simple, because all they need is some incense ash from the temple, soil, and a very small splinter of wood from the old doors or roofs of the temple.
The design is also quite simple because it is said that Tao Jatukam and Tao Ramathep has provided this through the dream or vision. What's difficult is the process of making it, because the Buddhist monks will have to do empowering meditation for one lunar cycle and then they will have to travel to the mountain, and the sea, face EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH to make a special prayer in each of the direction before the amulet is fully empowered and effective.
Well, did the amulet for Khun Phantharak Rajjadej? To answer that question, allow me to share with you that after he got hold of the amulet, it is said that he never had an unsolved case. Furthermore, he and his family were all blessed with material wealth and long life. Khun Phantharak Rajjadej himself died at the age of 108 and has the position of a Major General. He also became so loved and respected for his selfless acts to protect the public that he was given a Royal Cremation ceremony where more than 250,000 people attended. Also in attendance are several government officials, businessmen, and celebrities. His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn presided over the ceremony, which is under the patronage of the Thai King and Queen.
By that time, the amulet has already gained some popularity, but it was the Thai King himself, King Bhumibol Adulyadej who furthered made the amulet really famous. King Bhumibol Adulyadej got really ill and was rumored to be on his death bed. The rumor was not surprising because it was the first time that he was confined in the hospital for long period of time and it was also the first time that several members of the Thai royal family had to cancel several official engagement to be with the king. However, after a few weeks the king was discharged from the hospital and he was seen, videoed and photographed to be wearing one of the original Jatukam Ramathep Amulets, it is from the batch that was commissioned by Khun Phantharak Rajjadej.
The image of the Thai king leaving the hospital wearing a Jatukam Ramathep Amulet further soared its popularity, and a businessman who said to have been blessed by the first batch of the Jatukam Ramathep amulet again commissioned the temple to make another batch of Jatukam Ramathep amulets to be given out for a minimal fee. On the day of its release, a lot of people flock to Wat Phra Mahathat Woromaha Vihan to get an amulet. The crowd became so unruly that a woman died during a stampede. Because of this incident the Buddhist monks threatened that they will hold off the releasing of the amulet and that they will no longer make any Jatukam Ramathep amulet.
For a while, they did what they said, and it was after a few more years when they started making another batch of Jatukam Ramathep amulet. Because of this, prices of the existing first 2 batches of Jatukam Ramathep went really high. In fact, a Jatukam Ramathep from the original batch that was commissioned by Khun Phantharak Rajjadej now costs about US$ 300,000.00 and somebody bought it!!!
I was fortunate enough to be able to get a Jatukam Ramathep amulet from the 4th batch that was made by the Buddhist monks of Wat Phra Mahathat Woromaha Vihan. This is a prized possession because the truth is they can only make Jatukam Ramathep amulets by batches, once, at most, twice a year.
There are a lot of wonderful and magical stories about the Jatukam Ramathep amulets, and all you need is to Google it to read about them. However, I have personally heard from people who has directly benefitted from the Jatukam Ramathep Amulets that is why I decided to get one for myself to try it out. This was before I became a believer.
When I first had my Jatukam Ramathep amulet, I immediately felt its power. The feeling is very subtle and quite difficult to explain but more than that I also noticed that everything seems to be going smoothly. I have already been practicing Feng Shui and have been enjoying its good effect when I had my Jatukam amulets, so there is really no astounding personal story that I can share with you. However, whenever I'm running into an extremely bad month or year or week as indicated by my Flying Stars, I always wear it and everything seems to go really smoother.
Nevertheless, allow me to share with you the story of a friend who also got a Jatukam Ramathep amulet from the 7th batch that was made. He was experiencing a particularly difficult year. I think it was karmic because no Feng Shui cure seems to work. His marriage was going through a really bad time and he got separated from his wife and his 2 children. Business is also really bad and he is about to declare himself bankrupt! Out of desperation, he requested me to acquire for him a Jatukam Ramathep amulet. We both travelled to Thailand to get his Jatukam Ramathep amulet.
When we got back home 2 days after he got his Jatukam Ramathep, his brother called him to inform him that he was able to get him an investor who can help him get out of financial rut. This is something that he is looking for but a lot of people think that his business is too far-gone that nobody wants to gamble on a losing business. Furthermore, he was able to make peace with his wife and they started living together again, it happened a month after he got his Jatukam Ramathep amulet.
Another story that I would like to share is from a Malaysian businesswoman, who said that 3 days after wearing her Jatukam Ramathep amulet, she went to buy a lottery ticket. Guess what? She won!!!
Stories like these…testimonials like these are what make the Jatukam Ramathep amulet really famous. In fact, they are so famous that it is now a 20 Million Baht 'industry'. Unfortunately, a lot of these are Jatukam Ramathep amulets that have the same designed but are no longer made in Wat Phra Mahathat Woromaha Vihan, and they don't go through the empowering meditation and the mountain, sea, east, west, north, and south special empowering prayer. I know I might get into trouble by saying this, but for me, I think unless a Jatukam Ramathep amulet is not made in Wat Phra Mahathat Woromaha Vihan, then it is considered fake.
Remember, some of the main ingredients of the Jatukam Ramathep as instructed by Tao Jatukam and Tao Ramathep is for it to have incense, soil, and a splinter from the old door or ceiling of the temple. The main ingredients, not to mention the empowering prayers done, are what make Jatukam Ramathep amulets powerful.
In fact, the first and second batch of the Jatukam Ramathep amulets are made purely of hardened soil and clay, and they are considered to be truly potent that just merely holding them can fulfill our wishes. However, because it doesn't have a plastic casing they easily break also and a lot of the original Jatukam Ramathep amulets no longer exist.
If you plan to get yourself a Jatukam Ramathep amulet, please make sure that it is made by the Buddhist monks, with the ingredients from Wat Phra Mahathat Woromaha Vihan. There are a lot of Jatukam online, and in the malls in Bangkok, most of them are not real Jatukam!!!! Most Jatukams are quite expensive and this is because it is really hard to make them and it takes money to make them, especially, the newer version of Jatukam Ramathep amulets is also partly made of bronze, or silver, or gold. The money goes to the restoration and maintenance of Wat Phra Mahathat Woromaha Vihan.
Now, is also the best time to get your Jatukam Ramathep amulets, because Wat Phra Mahathat Woromaha Vihan monks have just released the batch 14 of Jatukam Ramathep amulets. This is also one of the reasons why I'm going to Thailand on the 16th of January. I'm going there with some friends to get some Jatukam Amulets from batch 14. Personally, I'm getting more of the Jatukam Ramathep amulets for my nephews who still don't have one!
BLOGGER'S NOTE ADDED DEC. 30, 2012 AT 19:45: It's been only nineteen hours ago when I posted this 'article' about the powerful Jatukam Ramathep amulet and I already got a total of 17 email asking whether I can help them get the Jatukam Ramuthep in my upcoming trip to Thailand. I urge you to make that trip yourself, but make it soon because the latest batch is selling really fast. But to answer the question whether I can help get them the amulet, the answer is Yes. You can email me directly at firstname.lastname@example.com.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ADDED JANUARY 3, 2012 22:45: I decided to include this FAQ because I've been receiving a lot of questions through email about the Jatukam Ramathep Amulet.
Q1: Do we need to have the amulet blessed or cleansed from time-to-time or after wearing for a long time? The answer is NO. The only who can bless the amulet is the Buddhist monks who made them. Actual blessing of the pendant is done through an empowering meditation and special prayer done in the mountain and the sea, and facing East, West, North, and South. However, if people touches your pendant, it might be a good idea to let it pass over an incense smoke.
Q2: Is there a special mantra for the Jatukam Ramathep amulet? The answer is NO. Just wear it and it will start working for you.
Q3: Can the Jatukam Ramathep amulet be shared from one member of the family to another? This is not a very ideal thing to do. However, since the amulet is quite pricey, this may be an alternative. A family member who may be experiencing a spade of bad luck can wear it.
Q4: Are the Jatukam amulets available online real? My answer to this particular question is 'I don't know'. You will have to check whether they are really a reputable supplier. As mentioned in the article, there are a lot of other Buddhist temples, and, unfortunately, even 'businessmen' who started making their own Jatukam Ramathep amulet. Remember, if it didn't come from Wat Phra Mahathat Woromaha Vihan, and was not made by the monks from that temple, and if doesn't have the material from the said temple, then it is not a real Jatukam Ramathep amulet. It needs to have all the component to make it a real Jatukam Ramathep amulet. When buying online, I suggest you do the following: 1. CHECK THE CREDIBILITY OF THE ONLINE STORE. 2. CHECK WHAT BATCH OF JATUKAM ARE THEY SELLING. Note that Jatukam amulets are in high demand, the truth is there is no longer single Jatukam Ramathep amulet available in the market from the last batch (before this latest one recently released) that was made. If it's an original Jatukam Ramathep ask them from what batch it belongs and ask how were they able to 'hoard' and not sell it right away. 3. PRICE IS ALSO A FACTOR. Unfortunately, because of the tedious process, and some of the precious materials used in doing the Jatukam Ramathep it is usually very expensive. The one's I'm getting from this last batch is quite pricey. It's THB 11,200.00.
Q5. Is there any special way of wearing the amulet? Unlike other amulets or talismans, the amulet is usually worn outside the shirt. Meaning it is usually worn exposed. However, I personally wear it hidden under my shirt.


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EDMONTON - Two Canadian zoos have topped an international animal rights organization's list of the 10 worst zoos for elephants.
In Defense of Animals, based in San Rafael, Calif., says it has a membership of 100,000.
The group named the Edmonton Valley Zoo as its worst for 2012 for the ongoing controversy over an aging elephant named Lucy.
Coming in at No. 2 is the Bowmanville Zoo, a privately owned zoo east of Toronto.
IDA spokeswoman Nicole Meyer says scientific research shows that in order to thrive, elephants need space for walking, family social structures and a rich natural environment.
The group says the Edmonton zoo has selfishly condemned Lucy to a solitary life after sending away her companion of 18 years, an elephant named Samantha, in 2007.
"Despite worldwide outrage over Lucy's plight, the zoo continues to allow Lucy to languish in immense psychological and physical pain," says the IDA.
The City of Edmonton has resisted calls from activist groups and celebrities such as retired "Price is Right" host Bob Barker to move Lucy to an elephant sanctuary in a warmer climate.
Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel has said the zoo has had professional advice indicating Lucy would likely die during such a trip.
The zoo in Bowmanville was criticized by the IDA because its sole elephant, Limba, also lives without companionship.
"During the cold winter months, Limba is locked in a tiny cement cell," says the IDA. "If that wasn't bad enough, the zoo forces Limba to perform tricks in the circus and rents her out for fairs, parades, movies, commercials and parties."
Bowmanville Zoo co-owner Michael Hackenberger has defended the facility in the past, saying Limba is well treated and well loved.
Other zoos condemned by the IDA include the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle and the Bronx Zoo in New York.
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If you're still holding on to an older Android phone, Mozilla has an announcement for you: the mobile version of Firefox now officially supports a number of phones using processors based on the older ARMv6 instruction set. This includes models like the HTC Status, HTC ChaCha, Samsung Galaxy Ace, Motorola Fire XT, LG Optimus Q, and others. ARMv7 processors have superseded these older chips in almost all new phones today, but this is a welcome move for people who are still waiting out their contract before upgrading to something new.
According to a Mozilla blog post on the subject, about 55 percent of the 133 million Android phones in active use are still using ARMv6-based processors. The new version sets a minimum hardware requirement of an 800MHz processor and 512MB of RAM, but Mozilla wants to continue to reduce these requirements. On the software side, Firefox for Android still requires version 2.2 ("Froyo") or better in order to run, but according to Google's own numbers this should cover over 96 percent of Android's installed base.
Google's own Chrome browser requires version 4.0 ("Ice Cream Sandwich") or newer to run, which covers less than 30 percent of the installed base. This makes Firefox the best option for an actively maintained browser on these phones, which are likely to be older or cheaper models without much hope of manufacturer support. Without manufacturer support, the built-in browser won't get updates, leaving users stuck with security holes and rendering problems that become more apparent as the Web moves forward.