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Fashion and orientalism: a history of cross-pollination
11 April 2013
A new book by Adam Geczy, an artist and a lecturer at the Sydney College of the Arts, is the first comprehensive survey of Orientalism in fashion. Titled Fashion and Orientalism, Geczy's book sees fashion as a history of cross-pollination, exchange - and sometimes outright stealing - between the East and the West.
The book begins with the startling fact that almost every name for pre-synthetic textiles now taken for granted in the West - including cotton, satin, damask, muslin, chintz and jute - derives from Middle Eastern or Asiatic roots. It goes on to trace the evolution of fashion in the (always fluid) spheres of 'East' and 'West'. Geczy shows readers how fashion - and the associated trade in materials and goods - rather than being a peripheral frippery of history, has often played a central role in the rise and fall of markets, cities, courts and even empires.
For example, while cotton, silks and other materials were coveted luxuries in the West from as early as the 13th century, by the 1840s exports from an industrialising England to China and Africa eclipsed those of India. In response to this imbalance of trade, "the competitive rallying point for the Orient was quality," writes Geczy.
He goes on to note that "since the late-20th century these fortunes have reversed, with fashion producers such as Italy and France using the cachet of quality as the only way to compete against the productive might of India and China".
Geczy's book also looks at how the notion of the 'Orient' in the West has always been less of a geographic place than a place of imagination. And as a place of imagination, the 'Orient' has been able to encapsulate many different, and sometimes contradictory, meanings. For example, while members of seventeenth century French courts adopted oriental affectations such as the turban and Persian vest to symbolise power, status and rank, 19th century bohemians and 20th century hippies embraced oriental styles and motifs to symbolise their free-thinking and anti-establishment views.
More recently, Indians in the 1970s who wore Western fashion such as bell bottom jeans could be seen as expressing Western notions of development, progress and wealth. Geczy says he hopes his book "shows how the West exists in the East as much as East in the West. They 'live' in one another and their 'own' identity is created by acts of constant slippage and renewal."
He writes that while today the West might be aghast at the way South East Asian manufacturers think nothing of ripping off Western prestige brands, the practice of cultural plundering also reached a high point in the West in the 17th and 18th centuries. French designers, for example, stole freely from an eastern "visual lexicon", flooding markets with their interpretations of "generic Chinese figures, effulgent floral arrangements, distorted animals, birds with wavy, feathery tendrils and gauntly angular trees."
He also writes about how the East "has orientalised itself, or re-orientalised" itself. One of his most intriguing pieces of research, he says, was his discovery that the kimono's elevation to the status of Japan's national dress was largely a conceit for the benefit of the West when Japan opened its doors in 1868. Similarly in 1920s China the long, body hugging one-piece dress sometimes known as the cheongsam became associated with the Chinese national dress - even as it was accessorised with western stockings, high heels, side-slits and western-style make-up.
Geczy's initial training was as a visual artist, then he continued his studies in art history and French literature, completing a PhD on the topic of the visual in Marcel Proust. But as he notes "art is essentially the history of style up to a certain point". But he adds that fashion diverges from art in one important way: fashion - worn on the body and both more disposable and accessible than art - is where "things that are symptomatic of culture are far more explicit. This doesn't make fashion better, but it makes it an amendable diagnostic tool to understanding the broader spectrum of culture and cultural changes and aspirations."
Melissa Chiu, the director of the Asia Society Museum in New York, has already lavished praise on his book: "Geczy opens our eyes to an understanding of fashion as an exchange of values between Asia and the West for the past 500 years," she says. "This timely, patiently researched, brilliantly written book will become the standard reference for the field and a must-read for anyone interested in the intersections of cultural studies, art history and philosophy."
Fashion and Orientalism: Dress, Textiles and Culture from the 17th to the 21st Century, by Adam Geczy is published by Bloomsbury.
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NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 570: Filling In The Gapsby Ryan Smith on December 7, 2010 9:00 AM EST
Finally among our benchmark suite we have Wolfenstein, the most recent game to be released using the id Software Tech 4 engine. All things considered it's not a very graphically intensive game, but at this point it's the most recent OpenGL title available. It's more than likely the entire OpenGL landscape will be thrown upside-down once id releases Rage next year.
At lower resolutions Wolfenstein is CPU limited, and even 1920 isn't too far off from this with our latest crop of cards. With this in mind, the GTX 570 finds itself on par with the GTX 480, while against the GTX 470 it enjoys a 25% lead.
Conversely AMD's strong OpenGL performance undermines what little lead NVIDIA would have. At 1920 the GTX 570's lead over the 5870 is only 7%, though this is largely an academic difference since even the 5870 gets more than 60fps at 2560.
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Oxford Guy - Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - linkDoes Nvidia not want people to use Unigine since it showed the 480 beating the pants off the 580 in minimum frame rate at 1920x1200 and lower resolutions?
I've noticed a definite lack of Unigine on review sites for the 570. Reply
stangflyer - Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - linkAny idea why the 580 sli takes such a huge dump going from 1920 res to the 2560 res. It loses half its framerate! I has 1.5 gigs of memory vs the 5870 1 gig and the 5870 crossfire goes from 50 fps at 1920 and 37 at 2560. The 580 sli goes from 72 fps at 1920 to 36 at 2560.
Any ideas?? Reply
SmCaudata - Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - linkIt seems that AMD is finally getting cross-fire scaling well. The new 68xx cars are better than the old, but the 5870 is scaling as well as the Nvidia cards in a lot of cases. My guess is that with cross-fire or SLI the memory bandwidth is less of an issue. You don't fully double your framerate afterall. It is likely more dependant on the GPU clock speed..which is an advantage for AMD.
I am really just taking a guess here. The other option is that it is simply an immature driver and will be fixed later. Reply
nitrousoxide - Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - linkOnly when you used a dual-AMD-card configuration you will realize how much you will suffer from its poor drivers. It's fast but buggy and I've been waiting too long for AMD to finally come up with a Catalyst that at least runs as stable as the nVidia driver. So please AMD, give us a nice driver! Reply
Anchen - Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - linkHey,
Good review overall for an apples to apples comparison. I would have liked to see what it did overclocked as some have mentioned. On the Metro 2033 page the article says the following:
"While Metro was an outstanding game for the GTX 580 to show off its performance advantage, the situation is quite different for the GTX 470. Here it once again fulfills its role as a GTX 480 replacement, but it's far more mortal when it comes to being compared to other cards. "
In the first sentence shouldn't it be "...the situation is quite different for the GTX570." and not the 470? Reply
sanityvoid - Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - linkMuch as I love this site, the color schemes for the charts is really getting old. Why can't all the colors be the same EXCEPT for the one being reviewed. We're mostly all adults and can read so the other GPU's in the charts could be left all one color.
Some other sites do this and it is much easier to read what is actually being reviewed, even if the review color is always the same on each chart. It still adds to the clutter of the charts. The human eye/brain gets distracted easy.
Other than that, another good job on the article. Reply
Ryan Smith - Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - linkThanks for the feedback.
The colors are still a work in progress. We had some requests for additional colors in GPU articles to highlight the products we're immediately comparing the reviewed product to, which is what I did for this article. Certainly if you guys this this is too much, we can go back to fewer colors. Reply
ATimson - Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - linkPersonally, my problem isn't so much that there are other colors, as that there's no good way to tell what they mean.
Maybe one color for "other cards with benchmarks", one color for "immediate competition" (instead of each their own color), and a third for the product proper? Reply
sanityvoid - Thursday, December 9, 2010 - linkI really like this idea. All one color for 'set' of reviews (if multiple), and one color for primary.
BTW, I didn't know others were asking for more colors. I guess do what others want. For me, personally, I like the one color for primary and one color for all others. It is just the easiest for 'first glance' to be easily distinguishable.
Peace. Reply
kirankowshik - Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - linkI dont know why I should go for the Nvidia GTX 580 / 570 series when I am getting the same (almost or more than) performance with ATI Radeon cards for a lower price. ATI HD 5970 is almost 30$ cheaper than GTX 580 but outperforms it in every single test. 5870 is not very close but atleast some what close and the performance of GTX 570 over 5870 does not justify a $100 gap between these two. Anyways, I think NVIDIA is just producing cards for name sake..with HD6900 series coming up, I will not be surprised if they offer huge performance leap over the GTX 580/570 for the same price...Again it will be what NVIDIA was when ATI released their batch of first DX11 cards and NVIDIA was struggling hard to get an answer to those... Reply

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The answer is simple - yes and no!!
Here's a couple of interesting articles explaining the
"benefits" of moderate beer consumption, and the
"problems" with it.....
Beer: Tastes Great, Less Filling - and Good For You?
Bring up the subject of beer in any group of fitness-minded
people, and you'll likely get a wide range of opinions, from naysayers who think
a cold brew is the work of the devil to enthusiasts who consider it a gift from
the gods. Even among the positive responses, however, you're not likely to hear
beer defended as a nutritionally rich and healthy beverage.
Yet studies have shown that beer ranks surprisingly high on the
nutrition scale, far above other popular beverages such as soda. Of course, the
consequences of consuming too much beer are well known, so with a nod to common
sense and responsible behavior, let's take a look at the history of this cold,
frothy favorite and the reasons why researchers still think beer does a body
Beverage of the Gods
The fact that beer is both attacked and praised with religious
fervor shouldn't be surprising -- it has quite a religious background.
Historians on the subject (and there are many) have traced beer back 6,000 years
to the Sumerians, who considered it a divine gift and offered it to their gods.
By the second millennium B.C., the Sumerians were history, so to
speak, but the Babylonians had absorbed their culture, and their taste for beer.
Records show that they had about 20 different types of brew on tap. And even
though there's no mention of anything like a Super Bowl party in Babylon, beer
was still a hot commodity and strictly rationed. The typical blue loincloth
worker received a happy hour maximum of two liters a day. Civil servants fared
better at three liters, while the bureaucrats and high priests unwound after a
hard day at the office with five liters.
Fast forward to modern times and we find that those high priests
were on to a good thing. Dr. Paul T. Williams of the Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory published a runners health study that raised quite a few eyebrows,
and probably a few glasses of beer, too. The study says that combining a
vegetarian or low-fat diet with strenuous exercise and moderate alcohol intake
(like beer) appears to raise levels of beneficial cholesterol (HDL). The
research suggests that distance running and alcohol intake contribute
independently, and cooperatively, to the production of HDL in runners.
Now, you wouldn't want to jump to the conclusion that blasting
down a six-pack before running a marathon is a good thing. The term moderate
means a glass of wine or beer with lunch and dinner, or one to two glasses of
beer a day. (If you still feel like running a marathon after that, you're a
prime candidate for the next runners health study.)
Another study done by the American Cancer Society claims beer
may reduce the risk of death due to cancer. It was the largest ever study on
drinking, and almost half a million middle-aged and elderly Americans
Researchers found that people who had a daily drink of wine,
beer and even hard liquor had a 20 percent lower overall death rate than
non-drinkers. Lead researcher Michael J. Thun, M.D., of the American Cancer
Society, said death from cardiovascular disease (heart disease, stroke and other
circulatory diseases) was 30 percent to 40 percent lower in participants who had
one drink per day.
If that's not enough, researchers have found that the hops used
to make beer do more than just add taste. At the 1998 Society of Toxicology's
annual meeting, researchers identified compounds in hops that slowed the growth
of cancer cells in test tubes while boosting cancer-fighting enzymes.
It's Good For Your Body?
All of those benefits may sound well and good, but what about
beer's nasty reputation for packing on the pounds? It turns out that the term
"beer belly" is somewhat misleading. Beer is fat-free, and when
compared to other "healthy" drinks, it actually has fewer calories.
Typically, a 12-ounce can of beer contains 151 calories - not bad when compared
to the 150 calories you typically find in just 8 ounces of fruit juice or soda.
Nonetheless, if you're obsessed with calorie counts, here's what a quick survey
of 108 mass-produced beers reveals.
LA Anheuser Busch Premium Pilsner comes in way below average
with a calorie count of 92 per bottle. That's quite unusual when compared to the
103 calories you'll get in a bottle of Miller Lite. On the opposite end of the
scale, a bottle of McEwans Scotch Ale weighs in at a hefty 294 calories. You'd
have to eat 2 ½ tablespoons of peanut butter to match that!
Not surprisingly, you'll get fewer calories and more of beer's
benefits by drinking a higher quality product. The better beers have more
protein, fewer calories, fewer carbs, and more B vitamins. So how can you
recognize a high quality beer? Among the mass-produced beers like Anheuser Busch
and Coors, price is a good reflection of the cost of their ingredients, so it's
as good a place to start as any.
But let's face it, all the trappings of mass production force
these manufacturers to look for ways to cut costs. And sadly, additives and
preservatives are common to the mass production recipe. Beer doesn't need to be
compromised with extra anti-oxidants, foam enhancers, coloring, flavorings and
enzymes. Yet the major breweries toss them in and many will substitute cheaper
ingredients, such as corn and rice, instead of barley and wheat. So it's
doubtful that any Sumerian priest would offer one of our "megabrew"
products to their gods.
To really take a step up in quality, try a beer from a
microbrewery. You'll get fewer additives and more of the good things in beer,
plus a noticeably superior flavor. Many microbreweries strive for awards as a
method of advertising. Consequently, the industry as a whole aspires to a higher
quality standard.
Enjoying a cold brewski doesn't have to be a religious
experience. When consumed in moderation - and when combined with a healthy diet
and lots of exercise - beer's benefits are many. So after a long day at work and
a vigorous workout at the gym, relax with a healthy dinner and a frosty mug.
In study after study, researchers have linked the consumption of
beer or alcohol to numerous health benefits. Here's a quick breakdown of what a
cold brew may do for you:
Moderate alcohol intake raises the level of HDL, the good
It acts as a natural blood thinner, decreasing the risk of
coronary thrombosis.
Alcohol has been identified as an anti-inflammatory agent;
inflamed blood vessels are blamed for plaque build-up that leads to strokes
and heart disease.
Moderate drinkers have been reported to have fewer cases of
rheumatoid arthritis.
Alcohol boosts estrogen, and estrogen has been said to
reduce heart disease.
Researchers think antioxidant compounds in alcoholic drinks
offer protection from cell damage in cases of chronic disease.
Alcohol has been cited for its ability to combat viruses and
bacteria, including H. pylori, a bacterial cause of stomach ulcers; common
cold viruses; the hepatitis A virus; and microbes that cause food poisoning,
such as salmonella, E. coli and viruses in tainted oysters.
The hops used in beer have been said to slow the growth of
cancer cells in test tubes and boost a cancer-fighting enzyme.
Nine flavonoids identified in beer have slowed the growth of
human breast and ovarian cancer cells by 50 percent without side effects on
healthy cells.
Moderate beer drinking could reduce the risk of developing
kidney stones by up to 40 percent with each beer consumed daily, according
to Finnish study.
(Copyright FitnessLink, www.fitnesslink.com. Reprinted with
Here's Tom Venutos Answer to the question...
"What do you think about drinking beer on the weekends?
How much does it slow your gains down?"
Beer and other alcoholic beverages can be enjoyed on
occasion, but only in moderation. My definition of moderation would be one or
two drinks (three at the very most) per day and only occasionally (like on the
weekends). Some studies have shown protective health benefits from drinking
small amounts of alcohol, particularly red wine. However, drinking excessively
will definitely interfere with your muscular gains, decrease your energy and
contribute to fat storage.
The primary problem with all alcohol, regardless of what form
it's in - wine, beer, or liquor - is that the calories add up so quickly. At
seven calories per gram, alcohol is the second most calorically dense nutrient
behind fat, which contains nine calories per gram. When you're trying to lose
body fat, all those extra calories certainly don't help with your fitness
endeavors. Alcohol suppresses the body's ability to burn fat. When your liver is
metabolizing alcohol, fat burning in the body stops altogether!
Alcohol dehydrates you, it interferes with the absorption of
many nutrients and excessive consumption has been linked to health problems such
as liver disease, heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, cardiomyopathy,
abnormal heart rhythms, cancer, decreased resistance to infections, gout and
The key in developing a successful nutrition plan for
yourself is to find a happy medium that you can live with. You'll have to make
some sacrifices to develop a great body, but on the other hand, you shouldn't
deprive yourself completely either. Let's face it, eating and drinking are two
of life's greatest pleasures. If you try to be too strict by completely
abstaining from alcohol, that might not be realistic; it depends on what your
goals are and on how serious you are about achieving them. Most people just want
to be fit and lean, not necessarily huge and "ripped" like a
bodybuilder. If that's the case, then a drink or two won't slow your progress
much. However, if you are serious about getting maximum results in the minimum
amount of time, or if you are a competitive bodybuilder or athlete, then I would
advise you not to drink at all.


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Lawmakers are considering several measures to make the bill revenue neutral. One way is to eliminate the sales tax on manufacturing equipment. Another plan in the works would offer a sales tax holiday to shoppers statewide to offset the money generated by the online tax.


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It was a crisp August morning incredibly unusual for our little city in Texas. I was on my way to school. Of course my mom was in the driver's seat of our 98' Malibu. God I wanted a car so bad. I also wanted a boyfriend. Humping my pillow while I read sex stories wasn't cutting it anymore I wanted sex and bad. I was a tall brown haired, green eyed, athletic, slim, sixteen year old virgin. I had boyfriends before hell I even had a few girlfriends, but I never ever went beyond kissing I was too scared, but this time it was different I wanted sex from either a boy or girl and I new exactly who from. There was this teacher who just blew my mind. The weird thing is she wasn't that sexy either. She was short middle-aged, a bit round but not fat, her breasts were small but I don't know there was just something about her. I'd walk past her room everyday just to see if she was there. In class I'd daydream and have fantasies about her. I was what you would call the number one teacher's pet. I had the highest avg. in the class and I was always doing little favors for her. This time I wanted a favor from her.
During class after hearing the longest ass lecture on atoms I fell asleep afterwards I went up to her desk and asked if she would be alone after school. She said she would and she asked what for, but the bell rang and I didn't answer. It was 4:05 when I entered the room and shut the door. She was seated in front of her computer as usual and I stood behind the computer and said,
* Mrs. Zonim you grew up during the time of drugs and orgies right.
- Well umm yes I guess you could say that.
* Well have you ever had sex with a woman?
- Uhh… Astin… I'm not sure I should say, but I trust you so yes I have.
* And uhh how many years have you been teaching?
- About 14 or 15.
*And have you ever had sex with a student?
- ….No
* Well there's a first time for everything.
And then I kissed her, and to my surprise she kissed back. Then there was an awkward silence and she just stayed there staring at me as if she couldn't believe what she had just done.
* Listen I rented a room at the Holiday Inn meet me there at 8:00 its room 307 third floor.
I was beginning to feel a little bad and embarrassed it was already 8:10 then there was a knock at the door.
* I was beginning to think you stood me up.
- Well Astin you have to remember this is a bit of a weird situation. I wasn't sure if I shou…
* Shhh….. Come on in and sit on the bed.
I sat her down and turned on the song " Let's get it on". Then I walked up in front of her and gave her a passionate kiss. I pulled away and then began a little strip tease. I removed my blouse exposing my young perky breasts. Then I pulled down my pants and bent over to show her my nice round ass and my wet pussy that was partially covered by my thong. I leaned in to kiss her and began to unbutton her blouse and began to caress her left breast. I pulled down her skirt and her undies and stuck a finger in her hot wet pussy. Then I put in two fingers then three. Ohh….Ohh….ahhhh……Astin…harder…fuck me!! Fuck me!!! She was now on the bed naked with her legs nice and wide I took out my fingers and fucked her with my tongue. Ohhhhh Goooooooddddddd….ohhh ohhhh yes yes… then she orgasmed and her hot juices filled my mouth. Then with exahst in her voice she said alright hunny it's your turn. Before she could do anything I stopped her and told her that I was still a virgin and that there was a dildo in my bag that I wanted her to fuck me with. She had this coy smile on her face and she said okay but let my use my dildo. I wasn't gonna let you do everything. She laid me back and gently slid the vibrator in. I felt pain and pleasure at the same time it was mind boggling. She slid it in and out slightly slow at first, but then I wanted it harder and faster I couldn't handle it when I was about to orgasm she took out the dildo and shoved her face in my pussy and licked me into unbearable ecstasy, then we repositioned ourselves and rubbed our pussys together until we both reached an orgasm. That was the most incredible night of my life. The next day things went by as usual and it stayed that way only this time I went to tutoring a lot more, at least until I graduated, but I continued to go back and see her I mean I was going to become a Chemistry teacher, and I still had a lot to learn. ;D


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Collegiate Directions: The Blog
Welcome to the Collegiate Directions blog. I'm Kyle Semmel, CDI's new Development & Communications Manager. Over the next few months you can expect to see posts each Friday (and possibly on some days in between) on matters related to education, college, SAT/ACT, and just about anything that falls within our mission.
To that end I will post feature stories about CDI Scholars (or interviews with them), notes from CDI counselors, Scholars, staff, and professionals in the field of college counseling and admissions. Of course, what would a blog be without videos and links? So expect those as well. (Reader, if you've got a particularly great video or story you'd like to share that matches CDI's mission, please contact me at ksemmel (at) collegiatedirections.org with your idea and a link.) Gradually, I hope to build this blog up to one with daily posts that include special features such as Monday interview, Tuesday Scholar, etc. But Rome, as the saying goes, wasn't built in a day. I'm not going to get ahead of myself.
But I will say: Please consider following this blog (easily done by clicking the "follow" button on the right side of this page or the RSS posts icon at the top). You'll get an e-mail notification each time I post a new story. Then, if you like what you read, please FEEL FREE to share the post with others. There are other ways to connect with us. We are currently active on the following social media sites: Twitter, Google +, Facebook, LinkedIn. If you're using these platforms, follow and like us on these sites and you will also be able to see these posts.
For those of you who might've missed it, Nina Marks, President and founder of CDI, was recently interviewed by Time Magazine for a very good article on financial aid ("I Owe U"–note: you need to be a subscriber to read the article online) in the October 31 issue. Author Kristina Dell writes:
Nina Marks, president of Collegiate Directions, a nonprofit that provides college counseling for low-income students, recommends that families drill deeper and ask financial-aid officers such questions as, If a college's cost of attendance increases each year, will financial aid go up too? What percentage of students graduate in four years? A fifth or sixth year could significantly increase debt load.
Smart advice. And financial aid is, of course, of monumental importance to many high schoolers who're headed to college. Recently, one of my favorite Washington Post columnists, Michelle Singletary, made it the subject of her column: "Student debt hint: Avoid it."
Avoiding "it" may not be easy for everyone to do, but getting a good financial aid package is certainly in students' best interests. CDI offers plenty of help to Scholars on that front, and CDI is even influencing the "clarity and comparability of student financial aid offer letters." Nina was a panelist at a Department of Education event earlier this fall promoting a common standard for financial aid offer letters, and following that event she was a guest on "The Diane Rehm Show." The subject of the show: shrinking financial aid packages. You can read a full transcript right here.
And with that we'll lead off the first ever CDI Link Up. Each week I'll provide links to timely web posts on college-related matters (many of which I first linked up on our Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google + pages.
How to make the most of your premed advisor (via U.S. News & World Report)
Maryland schools top education ratings (via The Washington Post)
The college essay: why those 500 words drive us crazy (via The Daily Beast)
Early application trends in the Ivies (via The Dartmouth)
Learning to play the game to get into college (via The New York Times). This articles proves, as CDI counselor Ana Hilton says, why organizations such as CDI are necessary.


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WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2011--The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announces the beginning of visual survey work to determine whether Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) has been effectively eradicated from Middlesex and Union counties, N.J.
APHIS and the State of New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA) initiated a confirmation survey of the estimated 128,700 ALB host trees within the quarantined areas of Middlesex and Union counties. The work is expected to continue into early 2013.
APHIS and NJDA will work with a contractor, the Davey Tree Expert Company, to complete the work by performing tree climbing, bucket truck and ground-based inspections of publicly accessible and privately owned residential ALB host trees.
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The ALB program is conducting this survey effort because it is required to confirm the eradication of the beetle from Middlesex and Union counties prior to rescinding regulations. The confirmation of ALB eradication will lead to the removal of the two counties from the current quarantine regulation, and should result in lower costs associated with the handling and disposal of regulated host material by homeowners, landscapers, municipalities, nurseries and other green industry groups.
The ALB program is a cooperative effort among various federal, state and local agencies including, USDA's APHIS, Forest Service and Agricultural Research Service; as well as the NJDA and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. APHIS and its cooperators undertake eradication by imposing quarantines, regulating the movement of ALB and ALB host material, conducting visual inspections, removing infested trees and chemically treating noninfested host trees as part of an integrated eradication strategy.
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'Vatileaks' Suspect Apprehended
The Pope's butler, Paolo Gabriele, who serves in the apartments of the Holy Father, was arrested in connection with an investigation into leaks of confidential documents.
The Vatican's law enforcement bureau arrested Pope Benedict XVI's butler, Paolo Gabriele, on suspicion of leaking a series of confidential Vatican documents and letters to the media.
The Holy See Press Office's director, Father Federico Lombardi, told reporters May 25 that investigations initiated by Vatican police to discover the source of the leaks have identified a person "in illegal possession of such material." Independent Vatican reports confirmed it was Gabriele.
A series of confidential documents and letters began appearing in the Italian media at the beginning of the year, each describing alleged corruption, mismanagement and internal conflicts within the Holy See.
One series contained personal letters to Pope Benedict XVI alleging corruption and written last year by the current apostolic nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, when he was deputy head of Vatican city state. The allegations of mismanagement and cronyism were firmly denied by Archbishop Viganò's superior at the time, Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo.
Gabriele is being held for further questioning.
The Italian news agency AGI claimed that "a large number of confidential documents" were found in a Vatican apartment close to the Vatican walls where Gabriele lives with his wife and three children. The butler, thought to be in his early 40s, has worked as a member of the Pontifical Family since 2006, having previously served under American Archbishop James Harvey in the Pontifical Household.
Father Lombardi stressed to the Register that he "did not mention any names" in his statement to reporters earlier on May 25, but reiterated that "he is under arrest, and he is not an ecclesiastic."
If charged, the suspect will be subject to three sets of proceedings and appear before the Apostolic Tribunal — something that has not happened for many years, according to canon lawyers.
The Italian daily newspaper Il Foglio, which was the first to reveal Gabriele as the suspect, reported that "many authoritative Vatican representatives" have said his arrest was "implausible," given that he is known to be a man of faith and has a devotion to St. Faustina Kowalska. The paper therefore asserted he was probably a scapegoat. But AGI reported his arrest "would not have been made lightly," given that he belongs to the Pope's inner circle.
The suspect was arrested May 23 on the instructions of the Commission of Cardinals set up to discover the person responsible, under the direction of a "Promoter of Justice."
The commission, made up of three retired cardinals — Julian Herranz, Josef Tomko and Salvatore De Giorgi — was established by Pope Benedict in the wake of recent leaks of reserved and confidential documents on television, in newspapers and in other communications media.
The investigations were given added urgency after excerpts of further revelations appeared in a supplement of the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera. In response, the Vatican issued a statement May 19 saying the leaking of the latest documents "no longer appears as a questionable — though obviously defamatory — journalistic initiative, but clearly assumes the characteristics of a criminal act."
The statement added that the Holy See would take the necessary steps to ensure that those responsible "answer to justice for their acts."
The excerpts in question were taken from His Holiness, a new book by Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi, which contains confidential documents and private letters to the Pope, as well as details of internal Vatican conflicts. In particular, it contains confidential documents on the management of the Institute for Works of Religion, better known as the Vatican Bank.
News of the arrest came just a day after the president of the Vatican Bank, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, was ousted by its supervisory board in a vote of no confidence. The official reason for his departure was his failure to fulfill the "primary functions of his office," but according to reports in the Italian media, again citing "well-informed sources," the Italian financier was also suspected of being involved in the leaking of the documents.
The Vatican said it was "saddened by the events which led to this vote of no confidence," but added that it believes the action was "important in order to maintain the vitality of the institute."
Observers noticed the statement did not contain any word of thanks to Gotti Tedeschi, who had served as president of the Vatican Bank since 2009.
Under Pope Benedict's instruction, he was reportedly engaged in making the institute's finances more transparent so they could come in line with international rules against money-laundering.
In comments to the Register, Father Lombardi stressed he had "not made any connection" between the leaks and Gotti Tedeschi and that "these situations are entirely different."
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- The future of John Laurinaitis in WWE has been a hot topic among employees since he had yet to resume his behind-the-scenes duties after undergoing rotator cuff surgery in September not to mention that he no longer held an office at WWE's corporate facility in Stamford, Connecticut. The former Senior Vice President of Talent Operations arrived in Greensboro, North Carolina, last night for tonight's Raw taping, surprising a number of his co-workers who believed he would not resurface.
- According to WrestlingFigs.com, WWE Hall of Famer "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka will be signing copies of his autobiography Superfly: The Jimmy Snuka Story at Barnes & Noble 100 Greyrock Place Stamford, Connecticut, on Saturday, January 12, 2013 beginning at 2:00 p.m. For more info call 203-323-1248.
- Bill Apter of 1Wrestling.com recently caught up with "The Doctor of Style," Slick. The memorable WWE manager reveals what he's up to these days and has a message for grappling fans.
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The beginning is usually the best place to start whether telling a story or deciphering data. I take this concept to heart with my current research; investigating geochemical variation in calcium-and aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs), some of the oldest solids in our solar system, which provide a glimpse into the geochemical reservoirs at the beginning our solar system. CAIs are found in a majority of chondritic meteorites, from undifferentiated parent bodies, and range in size from cm- to micron-scale. As a whole, chondrites have very similar and rather uniform chemical compositions (isotopic characteristics vary to some degree between types). These are the values that many petrologists use to normalize data in order to interpret terrestrial data regarding reservoirs of origin, geologic processes, and many other applications. However, when individual objects in chondrites are analyzed they are not 'chondritic'. This means these objects must combine in such a way to form a bulk rock of geochemically similar material. Given what we hypothesize about early solar system processes, is such homogeneity attainable? Is complementarity really accomplished between all the objects in a particular chondrite type? And before we even address those questions, what type of variation in major and trace element abundances can be expected for CAI mineral phases within the same chondrite or chondrite type? My research aims to yield insight into all of these questions.
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Junior Seau's nephew among Nevada recruits
RENO, Nev. — Coach Brian Polian's first recruiting class at Nevada is heavy on defense, including four speedy defensive backs and a star linebacker who is the nephew of future NFL Hall of Famer Junior Seau.Ian Seau is among 21 players who signed formal national letters of intent on Wednesday to play for the WolfPack. The class consists of 15 high school players and three junior college transfers, three of which have already enrolled at Nevada.The 6-2, 250-pound Seau started his career at Kansas State. Last year, he was a junior college All-American at Southern California's Grossmont College, where he had 74 tackles, 25.5 tackles for loss, 18 sacks and forced three fumbles in 10 games.Nevada also landed Beau Hershberg, a 6-2, 230-pound linebacker from California's Granite Bay High. Scout.com listed him as one of the top 150 prospects on the West Coast. He told the Reno Gazette-Journal he chose Nevada over Navy and Air Force.Polian was special teams coach at Texas A&M before he was hired last month after Chris Ault retired in December."Looking at this class overall, I'm really excited," Polian said Wednesday. "To think we could put this group together in less than a month is really exciting."The class is heavy on linebackers and defensive backs because the WolfPack lose six of its seven starters at those positions.The new cornerbacks include D'Andre Fuller, a highly recruited prospect from Arlington, Texas; Elija Mitchell, the reigning 200 meters champion in the state of California; and Tere' Calloway, a two-time state all-state selection from Seattle Prep High School who said he had offers from nearly two dozen schools.The 5-foot-9, 165-pound Mitchell of Corona, Calif., runs 100 meters in 10.5 seconds and 200 meters in 21.1. He was recruited by Boise State, Colorado State and Army and had an offer to run track at Wisconsin.Calloway's offers include Wisconsin, Texas Tech, Colorado and Purdue.
WOLF PACK RECRUITSJOEY ANGLEMIREAnglemire is a 6-3, 280-pound offensive lineman from Mililani High in Wahiawa, Hawaii . . . His brother Jared Silva-Purcell is a former Pack player. "I'm very happy we got a player from Hawaii," said Polian, who recruited linebacker Manti Te'o out of Hawaii for Notre Dame four years ago.JULIAN BROOKSBrooks, a 6-2, 210-pound defensive back from Sierra Canyon High in North Hills, Calif., has already enrolled at Nevada and will take part in spring practices starting in late March . . . He is from the same high school as Wolf Pack red-shirt freshman quarterback Tyler Stewart . . . Had 10 interceptions as a junior.TERE CALLOWAYThe 5-10, 176-pound Calloway was a two-time All-State player at Seattle Prep . . . Scored 35 touchdowns as a running back in high school . . . High school teammate of Wolf Pack basketball recruit D.J. Fenner.PATRICK CLIFFORDMade transition from center to tight end his senior year at Chaparral High in Temecula, Calif. . . Is 6-3, 232 pounds. "He has an infectious personality and loves the physical part of the game," Polian said.ZIAD DAMANHOURYPlayed offensive and defensive line at La Jolla (Calif.) Country Day High . . . Played on Under-19 national team . . . The 6-6, 290-pounder is expected to play offensive line for the Pack.KAODI DIKEPlayed football, track and basketball at St. Mary's High in Mountain House, Calif. . . . Had three interceptions on defense and caught 32 passes on offense as a senior . . . Is 6-2, 198 pounds and is projected by Polian as a safety in college.FAIGOFIE FAAITUALAGoes by "Fie." Has already enrolled at Nevada after playing at El Camino College in Carson, Calif. . . . The 6-1, 223-pound linebaqcker went to high school at Banning, Calif. . . "He has a great motor and can help us immediately," Polian said.D'ANDRE FULLERThe 5-10, 160-pound Fuller doesn't have a position yet . . . Polian says Fuller possesses "game-breaking speed and big-play ability." . . . Polian said Fuller might play offense, defense and special teams for the Wolf Pack. "We are very excited about those possibilities," Polian said.BEAU HERSHBERGERHershberger is a 6-2, 230-pound linebacker from Granite Bay (Calif.) High . . . Could end up at defensive end . . . Father Greg played wide receiver at Chico State . . . Expected to be big-time contributor on special teams as a freshman, Polian said.BRAXTON ISAACIsaac is a Pennsylvania native who graduated from Ridge High in Florida . . . The 6-5, 286-pound offensive lineman comes to the Pack from Foothill College. "He should have a chance to help us pretty quickly," Polian said.DON JACKSONThe 5-10, 209-pound Jackson signed with the Wolf Pack last fall. He led the nation's junior college running backs with an average carry of 8.7 yards at Iowa Western College . . . Jackson was 2010 Sacramento Bee Player of the Year at Laguna Creek High.MATTHEW LYONSThe 6-2, 230-pound Lyons, from Dorsey High in Los Angeles, spent his freshman year in 2011at Washington . . . Played last season at Los Angeles Pierce College.DANTE MAYESMayes is a 6-2, 175-pound pistol quarterback from Freedom High in Pittsburg, Calif. . . "I'm told he looks like Colin Kaepernick when Colin was a freshman," Polian said. "I don't want to put that kind of pressure on him."ELIJAH MITCHELLMitchell is a 5-8, 170-pound defensive back from Roosevelt High in Corona, Calif. . . He won the 200-meter dash in California last spring as a junior with a time of 21.19 seconds . . . Brother Immanuel plays at Colorado State and brother Joshua plays at Nebraska.ALEC MORENOThe 6-2, 237-pound linebacker from Poway (Calif.) High was one of the first players of this class to give the Pack a verbal commitment last August . . . Had 17 sacks combined as a junior and a senior . . . Also played baseball and basketball at Poway.DUPREE ROBERTS-JORDANThe 6-foot, 275-pound defensive tackle also played tight end in high school at Lakewood (Calif.) High . . . Played last year at Golden West College in Long Beach, Calif. . . . "He has a wingspan of a man six inches taller," Polian said.IAN SEAUThe 6-2, 250-pound Seau spent his red-shirt freshman year in 2011 at Kansas State before play at Grossmont College this past season . . . Nephew of former NFL linebacker Junior Seau . . . Defensive Player of the Year in Pacific Coast Athletic Conference in 2012.FRANK SCHNICKERThe 6-foot, 175-pound Schnicker also doesn't have a position yet . . . "We fell in love with him because of his work ethic," Polian said. "He can help us in any number of spots."CHAD SPECHTThe 6-5, 286-pound offensive lineman comes to the Pack from Clovis (Calif.) West High . . . Gave the Pack a verbal commitment last fall. "He has the flexibility to play inside (guard) or outside (tackle)," Polian said.KEVIN SUNDBERGThe 6-2, 279-pound defensive tackle is also an avid swimmer and skier, Polian said . . . Had over 200 tackles and 19 sacks combined his junior and senior year at Fowler (Calif.) High.TRAVIS WILSONWilson is yet another Pack recruit who isn't tied down to a single position . . . The 6-1, 200-pounder caught 30 passes for Cedar Hill (Texas) High last year as a tight end and averaged 16.3 yards on his punt returns.— Sports reporter Joe Santoro compiled this report.
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Team USA 3, Peo Saguaros 0.
Evan Longoria was 0-3 and is now hitting .308 in the Arizona Fall League. Justin Ruggiano did not play. On Wednesday, Longoria went 2-4 with 2 doubles and 2 runs scored in Team USA's 5-3 win over Surprise. Ruggiano went 1-4 with a triple and an RBI.
Scottsdale 6, Surprise 0.
Mike Prochaska started and pitched 5 shutout innings, allowing only 2 hits and 1 walk with 3 strikeouts. Evan Meek and Calvin Medlock each pitched an inning of relief striking out a combined 3 batters and allowing 2 hits. Each pitcher threw a wild pitch.
- The Devil Rays are currently in negotiations with Disney to play a a series at Disney's Wild World of Sports for the second consecutive season. If a deal can be reached, the games will be played in the newly named Champion Stadium after a deal was reached with Hanes clothing. The Devil Rays playing home games in "Champion" Stadium? There is no way this ends well in the Blogosphere. [Orlando Sentinel]
- Jim Hickeywill be back in 2008 as the Rays pitching coach. [TBO]
- MLB4U has a list of all the free agents that the Devil Rays will not be pursuing this off-season. [MLB4U]
- Does Matt Silverman have a new girlfriend? Nadya seems to think so. No details though. Damn it. [AOL Journals]
- ArmchairGM takes a look at Evan Longoria. [ArmchairGM]
- When we first read that Rays announcers Dewayne Staats, Joe Magrane and Todd Kalas were all up for the Frick Award we were taken back a bit. The award is presented annually during the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies and is given to a broadcaster that makes major contributions to baseball. We were a bit surprised. They are decent, but never have we thought that they added very much to a game. Not bad. Not great…Then we read the fine print and realized that the only reason they are "up for the award" is because every announce with 10 years experience is up for the award. A final list of 10 candidates will be announced in December. We are still wondering why Bill Chastain decided that this deserved its own piece on DevilRays.com. [DevilRays.com]
- Wanna meet Kevin Costner? Here is your chance. If we win, we are showing up dressed like his character from "The Postman". [DevilRays.com]
- Tampa Bay Sports Fanatic takes a look at how all the Rays farmhands are performing in the Arizona Fall League. [Tampa Bay Sports Fanatic]


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Street photography is an incredible art. You catch someone when they're natural unrehearsed. But street portraits—meeting new people and photographing them in that environment—can be powerful in a whole different way. For this week's Shooting Challenge...
The Challenge
Take a portrait of someone you don't know. Maybe you're seeing them for the first time, maybe they're someone you've spotted day (and only loosely interacted with) after day on your commute. Get their permission (adults only, no pets), and stage a shot in which they're looking at the camera.
The Technique
What do I mean by this? Check out some of the famous photography of National Geographic—guys like Steve McCurry and William Albert Allard. They capture extremely intimate portraits of people around the world. And the fact that they're consensual adds a different sort of honesty and vulnerability.
Beyond your subject, don't be afraid to let their environment do some of the work for you. Use a wider shot and stage them where they work or hang out. It doesn't need to be a tight crop unless you want it to be. Oh, and be sure to get permission from the subject (though, you'll need it to set these photos up), and let's leave minors out of this.
The Example
Our lead shot is by flickr's Okko Pyykkö. OK, so it's of this father! (Look, Nat Geo stuff has crazy-restrictive rights!) That said, Okko's work—a really clear and engaging portrait—is something I believe you're capable of capturing with a stranger.
The Rules
1. Submissions need to be your own.
2. Photos must be taken since this contest was announced (read more on that above).
3. Explain, briefly, the equipment, settings, technique and story behind shot.
4. Email submissions to firstname.lastname@example.com, not me.
5. Include 970px wide image (200KB or less) AND a 2560x1600 sized in email. I know that your photo may not fall into those exact high rez dimensions, so whatever native resolution you're using is fine.
6. One submission per person.
7. Use the proper SUBJECT line in your email (more info on that below)
8. You agree to the Standard Contest Rules - though we DO accept non-US resident submissions.
9. If the image contains any material or elements that are not owned by you and/or which are subject to the rights of third parties, and/or if any persons appear in the image, you are responsible for obtaining, prior to submission of the photograph, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit the exhibition and use of the image in the manner set forth in these rules without additional compensation. If any person appearing in any image is under the age of majority in their state/province/territory of residence the signature of a parent or legal guardian is required on each release.
Send your best photo by Monday, April 9th at 10AM Eastern to firstname.lastname@example.com with "Stranger" in the subject line. Save your files as JPGs, and use a FirstnameLastnameStranger.jpg (970px wide) and FirstnameLastnameStrangerWallpaper.jpg (2560px wide) naming conventions. Include your shooting summary (camera, lens, ISO, etc) in the body of the email along with a story of the shot in a few sentences. And don't skip this story part because it's often the most enjoyable part for us all beyond the shot itself!
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Designed to be used in conjunction with U-Channel Posts. Heavy-duty steel configuration for use in places where PVC plastic just won't work. Black post with welded square base with holes, made to anchor U-Channel posts
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