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WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Dr. Robert A. Phillips, senior vice president at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and director of the UMass Memorial Medical Center's Heart and Vascular Center of Excellence, walks about two miles a day as he makes telephone calls, answers email correspondence or meets with colleagues in his University Campus office.
Instead of outfitting his office with a traditional desk and chair, Dr. Phillips works at a walk-station desk affixed above a treadmill, allowing him to conduct regular business while keeping active.
It's a healthful practice, according to medical researchers who say that sitting for prolonged hours, as many office workers do, can lead to dangerous blood clots.
"I have otherwise a very sedentary job," Phillips said. "It's difficult for me to work in exercise, although I tried hard to do it."
He said that keeping on the move during the workday, even at 1 to 2 mph, helps him maintain a healthy weight.
Dr. Louis Messina, chief of vascular surgery at UMass Memorial Medical Center, said there's a lot of evidence linking prolonged inactivity to blood clots, including deep-vein thrombosis in the legs or the general disease process known as venous thromboembolism.
The immediate risk of VTE/DVT is that a clot can break off and go to the lungs, a pulmonary embolism, which can be fatal. Pulmonary embolisms occur in 10 percent of patients with DVT.
"It's not rare," Messina said. "Unfortunately, it's a cause of sudden death."
Other complications include post-thrombotic syndrome, a debilitating intermittent swelling of the leg, and ulceration from persistent swelling, or edema.
VTE and DVT were first studied among people sitting upright in cramped air-raid shelters during World War II and then among people who sat on long airline flights.
"It's thought to be due to the stasis, sitting in cramped spaces for a long time," Messina said, which causes the blood to pool. Dehydration can also increase the risk of clotting, as well as factors such as age (40 or older), obesity, pregnancy, recent surgery or a genetic predisposition.
More recently, Messina said, simply staying seated for prolonged periods of time — whether in a cramped airplane seat or at a workstation in front of a computer — has been identified as a risk factor.
He said the risk of VTE increased by 10 percent per hour among people seated for eight hours or more. The length of time sitting matters as well as the total amount of time spent sitting in a typical day.
"Common sense recommendations are to get up and walk around every 30 to 60 minutes," Messina said. Two hours seated at a time should be about the maximum.
"Stay hydrated, which makes it less likely for blood to clot," he added.
If you're in an airplane for several hours or can't leave your desk to walk around, Messina suggested moving your feet and doing some calf compressions or leg exercises from your seat.
People who have DVT/VTE should take blood thinners such as warfarin (sold under the trade name Coumadin) for at least several months, and those with a genetic predisposition may need to wear graduated compression stockings that help pump blood out of the legs. Others may need to inject blood thinners.
While not everyone can install a walk station in their office, taking a walking break helps with weight loss and cardiovascular health.
"I like work better," Phillips said. "I don't have the guilt of not exercising.
"I'm clearly able to climb steps better, and my wife noticed more pep in my step."
UMass physician finds ways to be active at work
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Dr. Robert A. Phillips, senior vice president at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and director of the UMass Memorial Medical Center's Heart and Vascular Center of Excellence, walks about two miles a day as he makes telephone calls, answers email correspondence or meets with colleagues in his University Campus office.


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The Kirchners Go After the Newspapers in Argentina
Argentina's power couple (President Cristina Fernández and her husband and former president Néstor Kirchner) took their fight against the country's major newspapers one step further today when the government released a report that might ultimately give it control of the company that distributes paper to the newspapers.
The government report targets Papel Prensa, a private company that belongs to a group controlled by Clarín and La Nación, Argentina's major daily newspapers, and that distributes paper to 170 newspapers all over the country regardless of their editorial line and ideology.
The government claims that the previous owners of Papel Prensa sold the company back in 1976 under pressure from the military junta that then ruled Argentina. The report says that the government will sue the board members of both newspapers for "crimes against humanity" and "illegal purchase" of Papel Prensa. It also brings up charges of financial irregularities and unfair competition in the distribution of paper.
Both Clarín and La Nación vehemently deny the charges, pointing out that in the 27 years under democratic governments, Papel Prensa has never been impugned in the way it was acquired back in 1976. They claim this is a plan from the Kirchners to take over the company, and thus extend government control over the distribution of the newspapers main input: paper.
This is not the first time that the government has targeted Papel Prensa. Two weeks ago, the Commerce Secretary, Guillermo Moreno, stormed the company's board meeting wearing boxing gloves and a helmet, shouting "you won't vote here." Last Thursday, Moreno, along with 10 others, broke into the offices of Papel Prensa shouting "I'm the owner" while trying to take over offices and desks.
Even though they no longer control Congress, the Kirchners have found a way to get what they want largely because of the divided and weak opposition. However, they might be pushing the envelope in picking such a contentious fight in a country where freedom of the press is still valued.

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Saint John's contains some of the earliest examples of stained glass in America. Our oldest windows date from 1853 and contain elaborate work of English style and are located to the left and right of the main chancel windows. Just above the gallery is the great Rose Window and along the upper sides are the clerestory windows which are stenciled glass with the color painted onto clear glass. Other windows were made in London by Beaton, Butler and Bayne of London and the Tiffany Studios in New York, as well as studios in France, Germany and Italy. All kinds of stained glass techniques are represented.
Though founded by law in 1693, the congregation began work here as early as 1684. The first project in the parish was the founding of a school in the Mile Square area of Yonkers. This begins a long history of community service. Saint John's and its parishioners were major contributors in the founding of Saint John's Hospital. In recent history this parish was instrumental in founding C.L.U.S.T.E.R., an agency to support people in need, and the Sharing Community which has helped thousands make the transition from homelessness to mainstream life and providing relief to the hungry, the homeless, and the poor.
The primary mission of Saint John's is spreading the Gospel and healing message of Christ's love for the world. In continuing this work, the people of Saint John's Episcopal Church support all who pursue peace and joy through the love of God and neighbor. May God richly bless you, and give you faith, courage and strength.


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The Southern Adirondack Beekeepers Association (SABA) announces its 2013 seminar at the Huxley Theater in the NY State Museum.
Our speakers: Adam Finkelstein of VP Queen Bees in Maryland, Karen Rennich of the Bee Informed Partnership and Jon Zawislak of the University of Arkansas.
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badnights wrote:Actually, it's been brutal. I was to go visit my parents on Monday (tomorrow!). When it first happened, during the scream I was already feeling the bitter disappointment that I wouldn't be playing the game (it happened during warm-up! My own teammate stepped on the outside of my knee joint while running at the net. Right on the joint, not near it, on it) Then I realized, as I watched the game from the bench, that I probably couldn't play for the rest of the broomball season, which ends in February. Then after I saw the doctor at Emerg on Monday morning, I learned I would also miss the rest of hockey season, which goes til April.
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You are having surgery, will miss the rest of season & your trip to see your parents, and happened by a teammate! Terrible news.
I hope you have a speedy recovery with no additional WED problems. I have had surgeries where the additional meds actually helped WED, I hope it will be the same for you.


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Walter Ernest Dexter was born in Birkenhead, England, on 31 August 1873. At age 14, he was indentured on the barque Buckingam, and though he left to work in New York after the first voyage, he returned to the high seas a few years later. He became a master mariner in March 1899 and for a time was master of Afghan, which carried Muslim pilgrims to Mecca. He voyaged to thirty-seven world ports, tales of which are documented in his 1938 book Rope-Yarns, Marline-Spikes and Tar.
From February 1900 to January 1901, Dexter served as a mounted trooper in the Boer War. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for courageous actions.
Dexter married Frances Louisa Carroll (née Rohan) in Mauritius on 16 September 1902. Her death one year later greatly affected him, and he dedicated himself to becoming an Anglican Minister. After studying at sea, he enrolled at Durham University in 1906. Two years later, he was ordained and appointed Curate at Walbone, Newcastle upon Tyne. He migrated to Australia in 1910, and worked from a tent in the small coal-mining town of Wonthaggi, Victoria, before transferring to South Melbourne in 1912. He married Dora Stirling Roadknight the following year.
On 1 September 1914, Dexter enlisted with the AIF in Melbourne. He was one of 12 chaplains appointed that month.
On 20 October 1914, Dexter left Melbourne for Albany aboard HMAT Orvieto. Having only married Dora in April the previous year, parting was difficult:
I thank God for the animated scene on the pier when the crowds rushed the barricades. It saved many of us from breaking. I watched Dorrie as far as I could & then turned away & threw myself amongst the men & endeavoured to still my mind. 'Mizpah'.
Arriving in Albany six days later, Dexter commented:
Albany is a pretty place from the harbour. Red roofed houses nestling amongst green trees lend a picturesqueness to the scene. All around the harbour high hills block out the view, but these hills are intensely pretty with the different coloured shrubs.
Orvieto departed King George Sound on 1 November, leading the First Convoy. Aboard the ship, Dexter held communion and services and kept a detailed diary, which he maintained throughout the war.
Though the trip feels like a pleasure trip … at any moment it may turn to tragedy and one knows that ours would be one of the first ships to go for the demoralisation of the convoy would be complete if the brains of the expedition perished. For on board the 'Orvieto' are all the heads of various departments.
At Colombo, Orvieto acquired the prisoners from SMS Emden, defeated by HMAS Sydney on 9 November.
As they journeyed to Suez, Dexter was afforded special opportunities to speak with the prisoners, including Captain von Müller, who spoke fluent English.
I grew to like von Müller very much. As an old Skipper we yarned away and I had more opportunity than anyone else of getting things out of him. He is the kind of man I would like for a chief officer … I hope to meet him later on in England or Germany.
The Orvieto passed through the Suez Canal on 1 December before docking in Alexandria on the morning of 3 December.
During training in Egypt, Dexter was a popular minister and led regular church parades where hymns including 'Onward Christian Soldiers', 'Lead, Kindly Light', and 'Jesus, Lover of My Soul' resounded across the desert. In early February, following the defense of the Suez Canal, Dexter visited the hospital wards. He observed as training intensified throughout March and April and wrote a passage in his diary in defense of the Australian 'slouch'.
It is exhilarating to march behind good men and as one marches behind these boys the pride of race swells up and one feels it is good to be there. Every step beats at the same moment, every hand swings to the same time and every body sways as if it were one whole. Head up, eyes straight, shoulders square. The rhythm of the movement entrances one. … It is grand to be alive and have part and lot with such men as these … I guess they will find we are soldiers all right, when the time comes to try us. The men are as hard as nails, and keen as a knife to get to the front.
At the start of the Gallipoli campaign, Dexter was stationed aboard the hospital ships and provided emotional and medical support to hundreds of wounded. His fellow officers held him in high regard. Captain Benjafield, a medical officer, wrote:
Captain Dexter, chaplain to the 2nd Brigade … came aboard, and, throwing off his coat, waded in, and has helped us with our work with never a murmur or a complaint of any kind. He has been quite as good as a third doctor to us, and I feel more than grateful to him. There's no question he is one of the very best, and proves his Christianity by deeds - as well as words.
Dexter's support remained steadfast through long hours and grim circumstances, and the courage and camaraderie he witnessed among the men greatly moved him.
One's heart had to be very stout ... Shattered limbs, bullets in head, through the body and in every conceivable place, and yet with a smile they will say to me, 'All right, doctor, tend this poor fellow first,' and all the time they are in pain, with their bandages solid with stale blood … I wanted to bubble and cry and take them in my arms and soothe them, for their nerves were all racked, as well as their actual wounds. Instead, I joked with them, and made them laugh, and gave them cigarettes to smoke while I pulled the hard bandages from the wounds.
On 17 May, Dexter went ashore and was initially attached to the 5th Battalion (later the entire 2nd Brigade). He held services as opportunity allowed, 'in trenches, on elbows of roads sheltered from the enemies' sight, in little gullies … on the edge of cliffs, often within 100 yards of the enemy's firing line'. Often, bullets whistled overhead. He shared the hardships and the risks of life on Gallipoli and was frequently in the danger zone. On being hit for the sixth time, he wrote:
I got a shrapnel bullet on my left elbow. I sat … to get over the pain and then went to my own camp and dressed it there. I don't want my name to go down as wounded.
On 24 May, Dexter described the burial armistice conducted during a nine-hour ceasefire:
Raining and things generally miserable. At 7.30 am armistice began for the purpose of burying the dead. The smell is something awful. Some of the bodies have been there lying in the heat of the sun for 4 weeks … The ground was simply covered with dead … Hundreds of men were engaged in moving them and the work continued without intermission all day … The armistice continued till 4.00 pm and the first shot was fired about 4.30 pm. It seems so strange, the quietness in the valley, no explosions and the men getting on the skyline and looking at the Turks through their glasses.
As the Gallipoli campaign progressed, Dexter sought to redress the rather haphazard nature of early burials and recording of graves. In June, he noted in his diary, 'many of our graves are nameless and hundreds of those posted as missing are dead and buried by the Turks'. Understanding the importance of this work, Dexter supervised surveyors and work parties in the cemeteries as they cleaned, straightened and recorded. He sent maps and documentation to the War Office to guide future custodians. In later months, he searched for isolated graves in the gullies and took their bearings, reflecting:
Now isolated burials are forbidden. … Burial is done by day, where three months ago the grave was not started till dusk. My mind runs over those buried in the early days. Dark nights, and a small group gathered around an open grave, with heads bowed in sorrow for a comrade taken away. … We know the burial service by heart, and all the time the service goes on bullets are thudding into the ground. They whistle close by my ear, and through the group, but the boys are very brave, and not one moves from the reverential attitude he had taken up.
One of the last to leave the peninsula, Dexter spent his final days walking through the gullies and cemeteries scattering silver wattle seed. He wrote:
If we have to leave here I intend that a bit of Australia shall be here. I soaked the seed for about 20 hours and they seem to be well and thriving.
He departed for Egypt on Saturday 18 December.
Dexter was dedicated to the troops, who he often referred to as 'his boys'. Aside from a week tending the wounded on Mudros, he never left the peninsula, even electing to remain when the 5th Battalion was withdrawn for a short rest in September. During his time on Gallipoli he distinguished himself through his bravery and practicality, as well as his spirituality, and on 11 January 1916 was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
After several months in Egypt, Dexter departed for France where, as Senior Anglican Chaplain, he divided his time between AIF headquarters and service in the field. The Western Front was quite different from Gallipoli and officers no longer lived in such close proximity to the front line. Upon arriving at headquarters in La Motte on 30 April, Dexter was reunited with some of his old comrades, including Bean, and wrote:
My room is on the top floor and the place is lit by electric light generated by a portable dynamo on a motor lorry. The firing line is 12 or 15 miles from here but one can occasionally hear the sound of the guns.
The increased role of artillery was also a notable change, and formed one of Dexter's earliest impressions:
We stood in the road with the guns firing over us, when all of a sudden the real bombardment started on our right from 9 to 9.30 pm. It is incredible. The guns were going off like half a dozen machine guns. Even where we were a certain feeling of horror and awe came upon us when we realised that all this was falling upon soldiers, even though they were enemies. It was terrific and monstrous.
Dexter spent the subsequent months around Bécourt, supporting the troops through difficult battles including Pozières and Mouquet Farm. In addition to administrative duties, church parades and burial services, Dexter organised entertainments such as cinema and music, and his way of acquiring and distributing items earned him the affectionate nickname, 'the Pinching Parson'. This reputation made its way back to Australia, where the Evening News reported:
The major has a 'taking way' of his own. When the soldiers are in need of comforts this brave padre does not spend his time in discussing etiquette, but simply, as the soldiers say, 'pinches' what is required … Letters from scores of soldiers testify that Major Dexter is held in the highest esteem by them, as he is in his turn never tired of relating the heroism of Australians on the battle-field.
Dexter worked hard to soften the harsh reality of war and maintained an outwardly jovial rapport with the men.
In July, Dexter established the first coffee stall at Bécourt Wood with the support of the Australian Comforts Fund. These became a much loved institution across the Australian lines, where exhausted troops received biscuits and soup as well as hot coffee and cocoa served in jam tins with the lids bent back for handles. Lieutenant D. N. Rentoul wrote,
The surroundings are indescribably horrible. The human debris, partly from the dressing station, the torn and battered earth, the noise and confusion, the dust and danger could not be imagined, but in the midst of all this the A.C.F. coffee-stalls and their enthusiastic supporter, Chaplain Dexter, pushed their way. As many as 1,000 men were served in one night. The boys will never forget this provision for their needs by the Australian Comforts Fund.
In November, Dexter transferred to AIF Headquarters in London, where he spent several months before returning to France in February 1917. There, he was attached to the 1st Division and continued his work through the persistent cold weather. On a visit to the 3rd Brigade he wrote,
I measured the ice in one of the shell holes and found it about 12 inches thick. The [10th and 12th] Div. Baths were not working, everything was frozen. ... We decided upon forming a Div. Canteen ... and also a Div. Cinema Hall. No coal for 4 days yet. The cold is bitter but the men are healthy. Those who work up near the front line have their helmets painted white to render themselves less conspicuous. The well-known woods here are a curious sight. There are no trees left and the whole ground is pitted with shell holes.
After moving north to Belgium, he worked tirelessly throughout the third battle of Ypres.
Listen to Dexter's account of serving coffee under shell fire at the Comforts Fund stall at Westhoek Ridge, Ypres.
Dexter's energy, resourcefulness and dedication to the troops persisted through trying conditions. At times he tended the wounded, and the following excerpt of 20 September records his efforts during the battle of Menin Road:
We had no sleep. Cases were coming through continually … [t]here were guns all around us. The nearest was about 50 yards away, shooting straight over our head. The Aid Post is right in front of all the guns and our outlook is very dreary. Just a scene of desolation. Shell holes and stumps of trees. … I was expecting a terrific Barrage far surpassing Pozières, but I did not think it did this. Anyhow it was fearful. We had little time to watch it, for the wounded were coming in very rapidly, but every time the gun facing our dugout fired, it nearly blew in our back teeth. … The number of wounded gradually gained upon us, until we had 50 or 60 stretcher cases lying on the road. We managed to get the use of the light railway and the motor wagons just ferried the wounded from us to the … Adv. Dressing Station. Only those who were seriously wounded, or bleeding, we dressed, and about 11 pm we were at last cleared of stretcher cases.
Three days later he wrote:
I had a bath and a shave. The caked blood was very hard to get off. I had a couple of hours' sleep, but my eyes felt as if I had cinders in them.
Dexter's actions on the battlefields and devotion to the troops' welfare were recognised and he was awarded the Military Cross, making him the most decorated chaplain in the AIF. The citation read:
For zeal and devotion to duty during the operations east of Ypres between 22nd September and 12th October, 1917. Regardless of personal risk he visited the front line troops, ministered to the wounded, attended burial parties and helped to collect wounded – also for his general good service and consistently good influence with the troops.
In 1918, after time in England on duty, Dexter returned to France and was based at 1st Division Headquarters. On 8 September, he was promoted to honorary chaplain 2nd class. His diary reveals that in August and September he was sitting for a portrait with official war artist James Quinn and beginning to index his photographs. He remained in the field in France until the war ended.
After serving as a member of the demobilisation staff in London, Dexter left for Australia on 6 March 1920.
In Egypt, he had written, 'How can I go back to Parish work after all this amongst men?' Upon returning home, the sentiment remained. He took a soldier-settler's block at Kilsyth with his wife, Dora, and four sons. 1921 was a disastrous year for the family: though blessed with the arrival of Barrie, the farm failed to thrive and their son, John, almost three, died. Twin Stephen was regarded as a carrier for diphtheria and sent to live with Dora's sister. Dexter abandoned the farm and returned to the church in 1924, successively serving the Victorian parishes of Romsey, Lara and West Footscray before retiring in 1947. He and Dora expanded their family with another son Paul in 1924 and daughter Geraldine in 1927.
In the years shortly after his return to Australia, Dexter lectured for the National War Memorials Fund and partnered with William Joynt to arrange an exhibition of war photographs. His love of photography had endured throughout the war and continued in his later years. After returning to parish work, he remained highly involved in pastoral duties and civic affairs and was the vicar at Geelong Grammar, where his sons attended school.
Dexter retained his affinity with the sea, publishing a book in 1938 of his adventures as a young man. He was also involved with the Shiplovers Society of Victoria, as president of the Geelong branch.
Dexter died at home on 31 August 1950, his 77th birthday, suffering from pulmonary oedema as a result of gas exposure during the war.
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Dexter, Walter Ernest (1873–1950)
Australian War Memorial, First World War Embarkation Rolls – Walter Ernest Dexter
Australian War Memorial, Honours and Awards – Walter Ernest Dexter
Australian War Memorial, Dexter, Walter Ernest DSO, MC, DCM (Senior Chaplain, b. 1873 d. 1950), Private Record, Item PR00248
Bean, CEW 1941, Official History of Australia in the War of 1914 -18. Vol. I: The Story of ANZAC from the outbreak of war to the end of the first phase of the Gallipoli Campaign, May 4, 1915, 11th Edn, Angus and Robertson, Sydney
Bean, CEW 1941, Official History of Australia in the War of 1914 -18 Vol. II: The Story of ANZAC from 4 May, 1915 to the Evacuation, 11th Edn, Angus and Robertson, Sydney
Bean, CEW 1941, Official History of Australia in the War of 1914 -18 Vol. III: The Australian Imperial Force in France, 1916, 12th Edn, Angus and Robertson, Sydney
Daily Herald, Adelaide, 'Serving Coffee Under Shell Fire Hundreds of Lives Saved', p 2, 13 May 1918; accessed via National Library of Australia, Trove
Evening News, Sydney, 'The "Pinching" Parson: Brave Soldier and Soldiers' Friend', p 6, 20 February 1918; accessed via National Library of Australia, Trove
National Archives of Australia: Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office; B2455, Walter Ernest Dexter's First Australian Imperial Force personnel dossier, 1914-1920; DEXTER W E, 1914-1920
Rochester Express, Melbourne, 'Dealing With Wounded Rush on Hospital Ship Chaplain Takes off his Coat', p 9, 9 July 1915; accessed via National Library of Australia, Trove
The Daily News, Perth, 'Within Shell-Fire: Australian Coffee-Stalls', p 9, 2 December 1916; accessed via National Library of Australia, Trove
Thank you, well done.
Thank you so much for serving our country.
Your wife Dora and all your other family and friends would have been proud that you fought in the war.
You are a very brave man to fight in war for a country.
Thanks for fighting for us.
RIP. Thank you.
Grace D
You will never be forgotten. We will always remember your bravery.
To everyone who fought, Good on you, you are so brave.
The role you played in the conflict was significant. You must have been supportive to many of the men as well as the women who nursed them. Rest in peace.
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A wonderful man. Thank you for your service. Gail Balch.
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Your ability to provide humour to those you supported in such adverse circumstances must have endeared you to them. Thank you on their behalf.
God bless your soul and all the others that who were killed.
Thank you for what you did for us.
You're a good person. You did a very good job at war.
Sad how he died. Also good how he helped others.
Amazing history and story.
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From one war mate to another - rest in peace.
Thank you for your service. God bless.
Sarah Fraser
It is heartwarming to read how the smallest acts of kindness can bring great comfort. Thank you for the reminder.
You're one lucky chappy!
Congrats, you made it.
I am proud of your hard work throughout the war. You have proved you are a very important man. From Bridey
May your memory and family live on.
We will always remember you. Lest we forget.
Amazing minister - heaven sent for our boys away from home and fighting for our country.
Awesome and never to be forgotten.
It was a pleasure to learn about you.
You're lucky to survive the war.
Return home safe.
I am happy to have you back.
What a beautiful soul!
I forgot to say thank you.
A heroic man who amazingly kept the spirits of soldiers high, while surviving the Battle of Passchendaele.
Thank you for all you did. May I never have to live through something like this. RIP.
Thank you for your sacrifice.
You are a marvellous man. I would have liked to have met you.
Your service to your fellow man is greatly appreciated, many of your men lived to build this fine country. Thank you.
Thank you for helping Australia.
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thank you for your bravery. r.i.pxx
The horrors of war were made a little less awful because of you. Lest we forget.
It is with great pride that I call Australia home. A place of freedom which you helped implement due to your unselfish service. Thank you.
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You did very well saving lives. God bless u.
You are very brave and helped a lot of people.
You did very well helping the soldiers.
Thank you for serving in the war for our country. Your sacrifice is greatly appreciated.
Your bravery will be forever admired.
I'm so so sorry that most of the men died. I hope they are well looking after we all are thinking of all the men who died.
Blessings to you and all those who journeyed with you xx


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Novus Receives User's Choice Award for Top Feed Additive Brand in China
Shanghai, China (Dec. 11,2014)—Novus International, Inc. has been recognized as one of the top ten feed additive brands in China at the 2014 Saier Media User's Choice Awards. The User's Choice award, influenced by consumer satisfaction, recognizes the leading brands in China's animal husbandry industry across 13 categories, including feed additives. More than 500 guests attended the award ceremony, hosted in Beijing on November 27.
"Novus is honored to receive this distinction by our colleagues in the industry and by our customers," commented Flemming Mahs, Novus general manager for Northeast Asia. "We appreciate this recognition and are proud that our customers continue to value our products, our research and our innovative solutions."
Winners were selected by a panel of industry experts and consumer votes. More than 460,000 votes were submitted in the feed additive category, resulting in the selection of 30 finalists from an initial group of 120 companies. A second round of voting was held to determine the top 10 feed additive brands in China.
Saier Media is a leading media company headquartered in China. The full list of winners in each category can be found on Saier Media's website at http://www.saier360.com.
About Novus International, Inc.
Novus International, Inc. is headquartered in metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. and serves customers in nearly 100 countries around the world. A global leader in developing animal health and nutrition solutions, Novus International's products include ALIMET® and MHA® feed supplements, ACTIVATE® nutritional feed acid, ACIDOMIX® preservative premixture, CIBENZA® enzyme feed additive, MINTREX® chelated trace minerals, SANTOQUIN® feed preservative, AGRADO® feed antioxidant and many other specialty ingredients. Stratum Nutrition, a division of Novus Nutrition Brands, LLC, focuses on human nutrition through specialty and functional ingredients for manufacturers of foods, beverages and dietary supplements (www.stratumnutrition.com).
Novus is privately owned by Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. and Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. For more information, visit www.novusint.com. ©2014 Novus International, Inc. All rights reserved.


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SuSE Server Validated on All DB2 for Linux Hardware Platforms
SuSE Linux's SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) earlier this week became the first distribution to be validated on all hardware platforms supported by DB2 for Linux (including IBM zSeries mainframes) and validated to run DB2 Enterprise Server Edition. SuSE Linux Enterprise Server earlier this week became the first distribution to be validated on all hardware platforms supported by DB2 for Linux and validated to run DB2 Enterprise Server Edition.
SuSE attributes its success story of enterprise products builds on the validated distributions, including SLES 7 and SLES 8 on Intel 32 and 64 bit, and SLES 7 on zSeries (and SLES v8 on zSeries, when available). SuSE Linux assures enterprise customers running database workloads in a tested Linux environment.
"IBM's DB2 database software is a leader in database scalability, reliability, multimedia extensibility, and Web enablement needed for the most demanding e-business applications," said Boris Nalbach, CTO SuSE Linux AG. "This latest validation is proof of the successful cooperation between IBM and SuSE and our determination to deliver Linux-based Enterprise Solutions for the data center."
"IBM is committed to support the efforts of SuSE and UnitedLinux partners to enhance the scalability and reliability of Linux for the enterprise," said Lauren Flaherty, vice president of marketing, IBM Data Management Solutions. "The combination of DB2 and SuSE Linux enables enterprise customers to easily deploy both products right out of the box, delivering a powerful solution that generates a quick return on investment and lowers the total of cost of computing."
To harden the Linux kernel, IBM and SuSE collaborated and executed on hundreds of tests within IBM's DB2 for Linux Validation Program. IBM's validation program highlights the company's commitment to the Linux community and provides a comprehensive test environment to deliver real-world value with Linux technology.
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hello everyone,i am a fresh guy programming 3d.^^this engine is very cool:lol: ..can't imagine that before,making 3d game is not hard work.i have a question that if i load objects from a 3ds file including head,leg,body,arm....which each is a objecthow do i assemble and fix the arm to the "correct position" ?can i make it is jpct?
I'm not quite sure if i'm understanding your problem correctly. Do the objects reside in different 3ds-files or are they all in one? The the later case, the positions of the parts should be fine, because jPCT will import them as they are placed in the orginal model. In the former case, you would need to do the positioning "by hand" by finding the right position for every part.
If this wasn't the question, then maybe you are referring to a possible to group seperate objects into a single entity. What you can't do (not yet) in jPCT is merging objects into a new one. What you can do, is building up a hierachie between them by using the addChild() and/or addParent()-methods from Object3D. With them, you may add all body-parts to the chest (or to whatever is appropiate in your case...maybe a dummy object...whatever...) and then the child-objects will inherit all transformations of the parent object.Does this answer your question somehow?
i got it.so if i have the need to rotate and transform my arm fixed to my body at the same time,i need to asemble object by hand,and use addchild/add parent to make they have hierachie relation.then i use transform to the main body, other arm/leg/head....will transform as the same.is it correct?^^||.sorry it seem i am somewhat suck in 3d progaming/_\
Sometimes, it's usefull to use "virtual" objects to build up your hierachie. You can achieve this by using "dummy"-object (see: Object3D.createDummyObj()).Hope this helps.
is the"dummy" means a ..human body model?
i guess i got it..what dummy mean is a "unseen skeleton".it can assemble objects with an "unseen skeleton"is my thought correct? ^^||
So the dummy object is a null point, correct?
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TU Plate is like the Oscars® .Envelope Please!
February 26, 2009 Those who preordered the first 1,000 TU specialty plate are like nominate actors at the Academy Awards waiting to see if they will win the Oscar®. We are all waiting to open our envelope and find that our TU specialty plate is ready for pick up at the country clerks office.
I have received numerous e-mails and calls about the progress of the TU specialty plate. Most are from individuals, but some are from county clerks office wanting to know when the plate will be delivered to their office.
The TU plated is off the road test with the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) statewide. The results of the test were due back on Jan 23, 2009, but were delayed due to bad weather in East Tennessee in January / early February. However, the tests were completed in early February with no negative comments or feedback from the statewide road test.
The plate is currently in the production phase which is an automated process. If everything continues on track, you should be notified via a letter from your county clerk's office in late February / early March 2009. No need to contact the County Clerk's office. The notice will be mailed to individuals simultaneously with delivery of the TU plate to the respective counties where individuals reside. The county clerks office will receive no advance notice the TU plate is forthcoming until it arrives.
If you would like to know when the plate is being released to the first 1,000 individuals, then please sign up for updates about the plate at http://www.tuplate.org/ . This will be the quickest way for you to be informed about the delivery of the TU plate. You will be notified of release as soon as it is in the mail! The notice will probably come from the State of Tennessee and will instruct you that your plate has been delivered to your county clerk's office ready for pickup. If you have renewed your plate earlier, they will prorate the TU plate.
Hope this helps. We are all anxious for the TU plate to be released and receive our Oscar® in disguise! I believe you will be very pleased when you see the plate. Please be sure to tell others to purchase one for fishery conservation in Tennessee!


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By Oscarline Onwuemenyi
ABUJA- Chevron Nigeria Ltd, CNL, on Friday announced the launch of the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta, PIND, to advance its new developmental initiative to address some of the socio-economic challenges in the Niger Delta region.
The Chairman and Managing Director of CNL, Mr. Andrew Fawthrop, who made the announcement at the launch in Abuja, explained that the foundation was a unique and innovation way to build partnerships with national and multinational donors, and exploring a broad range of new socio_economic development opportunities throughout the Niger Delta.
According to Fawthrop, "The initiative is a new five-year, $50 million programme established by the Chevron Corporation to build innovative partnerships with national and international organisations to address some of the socio-economic challenges of the Niger Delta region.
"In doing this, we recognise that the issues of poverty and peace remain the defining challenges of the 21st century. PIND's approach to work in collaboration with other partners offers the opportunity to develop dynamic new solutions for the development challenges faced by the Niger Delta region," he explained.
He further said that, "PIND is the benchmark in Chevron's approach to help deliver better social and economic outcomes in places where we operate. The focus on building multi-stakeholder partnerships distinguishes our collaborative approach to help alleviate challenges facing the Niger Delta today."
According to him, activities to be covered by the Foundation and to be implemented in any of the nine states of the Niger Delta, include an economic development programme for commercial agriculture and small and medium enterprise development.
Others are capacity building programmes to strengthen local government agencies and civil society organisations, peace building programmes to foster stability and reconciliation in the region, and analysis and advocacy programmes to identify socio_economic need and develop strategies to address them.
He noted that, "Chevron has been doing business in Nigeria for nearly 50 years now. Throughout this period, the company has always sought to achieve its business objectives in a way that develops its employees, benefits the communities in its areas of operation and supports advancement of local businesses.
"The company is mindful that the advancement of its business interests is fundamentally linked to socio-economic development of and peaceful co-existence among the communities neighbouring its operations. It is for this reason that we seek to stimulate sustainable development in all the areas we operate across the globe.
The PIND Project Director, Mr. Dennis Flemming, stressed that although the initiative is directly funded by Chevron, it has been established at arm's length from the oil and gas behemoth, with its own offices and staff and a majority of independent trustees.
"PIND will also establish its field office within a new Economic Development Centre it plans to construct in Warri, Delta State. This centre will support many of the programmes PIND will fund throughout the region.
"The establishment of PIND is yet another demonstration of the Chevron's commitment to building productive, sustainable and beneficial partnerships," he added.


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The California city noted for its SmartRiverside program may abandon its citywide wireless network.
Riverside, Calif., may shut down its free citywide wireless network -- thought to be one of the largest municipal Wi-Fi deployments in the U.S.
The Riverside City Council's Governmental Affairs Committee voted this week to remove most of the equipment associated with the free wireless network launched six years ago. Commissioners are supporting a recommendation offered by the city's Innovation and Technology Department, advising instead that the City offer better quality connectivity options, but in fewer areas.
An integral part of the much-lauded SmartRiverside program, the network was touted at the time of its launch as a way to provide connectivity to lower income residents. Riverside was considered uniquely positioned for public Wi-Fi given that it owns its own utilities, simplifying the process of installing equipment.
The network, however, has failed to blanket the city, and coverage areas have not met expectations for speed and reliability, according to local media. Chief Innovation Officer Lea Deesing explained to Government Technology via email that it's simply a matter of replacing outdated technology that has become too expensive to maintain.
"We believe the implementation of a higher speed, more reliable Wi-Fi system along the downtown mall and upgraded Wi-Fi availability at the city libraries and other public facilities is a viable alternative to providing citywide coverage," Deesing said, adding that many more local businesses, schools and universities now also provide free Wi-Fi for residents. Since the network was launched, many more low-cost broadband providers have entered the local market as well.
Decommissioning existing network equipment would save Riverside $800,000 annually, although costs to upgrade connectivity at city libraries and the downtown Riverside mall as outlined in the new plan are still unknown.
The City Council will consider the proposal to dismantle the current network at a future meeting -- the date has not yet been set.
Deesing is confident in Riverside's position on the forefront of innovation in municipal government, citing a recent second place award in the Center for Digital Government's Best of the Web awards program, honoring excellence in government websites.
"The city is always looking at new ways to engage citizens with innovation and technology; it places a high value on e-government services and high-tech initiatives," she said.
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Family, friends mark teen's death with garden of hope
It's been one year since a 13-year-old Milwaukee boy was killed.
Darius Simmons was shot in front of his home last May, and his mother witnessed the crime.
Family spokesman Pastor Steve Jerbi, of All Peoples Church, said it's been a rough year for the family.
"It's been a long process. I think the grief has come really in waves," Jerbi said.
Part of the grief is dealing with the court process of the man who is accused of shooting Simmons. His 76-year-old neighbor John Spooner is charged with the shooting.
Spooner has accused Simmons of robbing his house. He was scheduled to go to trial this month, but the trial was postponed until mid-July.
"Every time we go to court, it seems like there is another delay. Then, it's revisiting all of that pain and grief," Jerbi said.
A garden across the street from All Peoples Church has been renamed the Darius Simmons Garden of Hope. Family, church members and others are planting new seeds, honoring Simmons in the hope of a peaceful future.
"We'll be remembering his life and planting new seeds of hope for those of us who are still alive in honor of his memory and just a symbol of his memory to keep moving forward with life in the garden that he actually worked in along with me and a couple of our other friends at the church," church Youth Director Elijah Furquan said.
One year after his death, Simmons' family looks to hope for a brighter future and for justice.


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Protecting Your Home From Winter Outages
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There's nothing cozier than sitting indoors with a steaming cup of hot chocolate on a cool winter day. But when the weather outside is frightful, losing power can be uncomfortable, if not downright dangerous. So how can you help ensure your family a warm and safe winter season? Prepare Preparedness is your best defense in an emergency situation. Whether you expect an outage or not, you should install storm windows and insulate your home properly for the winter. {{more}}Pack an emergency kit that includes nonperishable food and water. The guideline is about one gallon of water per person per day. And don't forget to have a manual can opener on hand for canned food. Keep a first aid kit handy and teach all the members of your family how to use its contents. A flashlight, a battery operated radio, spare batteries, and a supply of your medications should round out your emergency kit. Prevent You can avoid the danger of an outage with a standby generator that links directly into your natural gas system. The generator will turn on automatically during a power failure or blackout. And with a natural gas generator, you don't have to worry about running out of fuel like you would with a gasoline or diesel-powered one. An added benefit of these types of generators is that they can serve as eco-friendly back-ups for off-the-grid homes powered by alternative energy sources. More information can be found by visiting www.comfortableresponsible.org and clicking on "generators." Protect When the power goes out, use common sense and cover up if it's really cold. Layers are best, starting with long underwear. Don't forget to wear a hat because most body heat is lost through the top of the head. Mittens and thick socks will protect your digits. If you experience a loss of feeling in your extremities or they appear unusually pale, seek medical attention right away. Likewise, uncontrollable shivering, slurred speech and disorientation are signs of hypothermia and deserve your immediate attention. Remember, the best protection from a power outage is prevention by relying on a backup generator as an alternate energy source. But if your power does go out, make sure you are prepared with necessities and snuggle up with loved ones.


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America, clean energy rules, climate change, cricketdiane, energy policy, EPA, epa budget cuts, facts, Global Warming, GOP, gop war on facts, gop war on science, lies as facts, lies as opinions, march for science, reality based facts, science, scientific reasoning, scientists, trump, trump lies, trump supporters, trump war on science, U\s, war on science
Donald Trump voters: We like the president's lies
Donald Trump supporters in hardscrabble Ohio have finally figured out that he is lying — a lot. The truth is, they don't care.
On the whole, Trump has never been viewed more negatively on matters of truth. A Quinnipiac University poll this week found that 60 per cent of Americans think he is dishonest, a new high. Time ran a cover story on Trump with the headline "Is truth dead?" The Wall Street Journal editorial board, long Trump-friendly, accused him of damaging his presidency with a "seemingly endless stream of exaggerations, evidence-free accusations, implausible denials and other falsehoods."
Yet Trump has also managed a remarkable feat: maintaining a reputation among millions of Americans as a man of rare honesty at the same time as he launches an unprecedented daily barrage of Oval Office lies.
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Charlie Sykes, the Trump critic and former conservative talk radio host in Wisconsin, says there is an "alternative reality bubble" within the right, created in part by conservative media. Trump, he said, is both developing and exploiting this "post-truth environment," elevating once-fringe conspiracy theorists and propagandists who will then amplify his lies.
Well worth going over and reading the entire article – explains it very well with quotes from people expressing why they believe Trump even though they know he is lying.
These articles from 2010 and 2014 are examples of the right wing war on facts that has been ongoing for decades. An alternative fact bubble has not only been created but maintained that now alters what many Americans perceive as the facts about various subjects including science, history, the value of education and academics, economics, among many others.
An idea that has been promoted as well, is that facts are a matter of opinion and that one's opinion changes what the facts are. In application, this means we have, in America, radio stations, right-wing controlled cable news / entertainment shows that have been telling Americans that facts are not only open to interpretation as to their value and meaning, but also that the facts themselves are based in opinion or essentially no more than an opinion and consequently, not facts at all.
Obviously, whether a person decides by opinion that rain is occurring – rain is nonetheless a fact and without some protection from it and good judgment based on that fact, that rain will continue as a fact with whatever dangers it represents. The only real thing that will happen considering rain that is occurring to be only an opinion, is for the person believing that to put themselves in unnecessary and predictable difficulties of getting wet, driving too fast for conditions and maybe harming their life and health or that of others – as a result.
In the two articles below, there are indications of this thrust to change facts, alter facts that are available concerning subject matter and erase the substantive value of facts as a critical foundation of reasoning and judgment. In climate science, the removal of the subject from text books, policy, agencies, websites, government research – does not change the facts about its impacts and dangers. It only makes our country less capable of mounting successful efforts to either positively influence those changes or to mitigate damages and harms that will occur as a result.
In economics and macro-economics, the same is true when the facts are deleted, altered, dismissed, discredited or denied. And, facts in every other arena and focus tend to the same result when treated as mere opinion rather than substance of reality.
- cricketdiane, 03-26-2017
Texas Conservatives Win Curriculum Change
As Trump targets energy rules, oil companies downplay their impact
Thursday, 23 Mar 2017 | 11:08 AM ET
President Donald Trump's White House has said his plans to slash environmental regulations will trigger a new energy boom and help the United States drill its way to independence from foreign oil.
[ . . . a discussion from oil industry financiers that regulation change doesn't impact them]
Refiners have also long complained that environmental regulations have stymied attempts to build new refineries and that they have borne the brunt of costly rules requiring them to blend biofuels into their gasoline.
Still, some energy analysts and regulation experts point out that the biggest drivers for these industries, too, tend to be supply and demand — not regulation.
The abundance of cheap natural gas is seen as the biggest obstacle to reviving coal country, since both fuels compete for space in the furnaces of U.S. power plants. For refiners, the key driver for profitability is the differential between the price of their raw material, crude oil, and the fuels they make with it.
"Supply and demand are the fundamental forces driving markets," said Coglianese, the University of Pennsylvania law professor. "Regulation is relatively trivial."
Trump's 'energy independence' order expected to be pushed back another week
The order is expected to end a de facto ban on building new coal power plants in the country, a moratorium on coal mining and the end of far-reaching climate regulations on states.
According to a draft copy of the "Energy Independence" executive order reviewed by the Washington Examiner, the first target on the menu will be the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan and New Source standard for power plants.
The draft order states that the power plan would cost $39 billion a year, based on a previous industry-funded study by NERA Consulting that the draft order cites to justify ending the Obama administration's version of the plan,
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The order also looks to rein in the New Source power plant standard, which the coal industry refers to as EPA's de facto ban on building new coal plants. The regulation requires that all new coal plants be outfitted with expensive carbon capture technology, which the industry argues is cost prohibitive and makes building new coal plants next to impossible.
But since both climate rules are being reviewed in federal court, the Trump order also directs the attorney general to request all courts reviewing the climate rules to hold the cases in abeyance, or remand them back to EPA while the administration reviews them.
In addition, the order directs the Interior Department to lift its moratorium on issuing new coal leases to open up mining again.
It also calls for an interagency working group to "reconsider" the Social Cost of Carbon, which is the metric the Obama administration used to justify the cost of its regulations, while directing the White House Council on Environmental Quality to rescind an agency-wide directive by the Obama administration to include climate change in all environmental reviews of projects.
The Clean Power Plan is gone — and there's no 'replace'
Solve for 'X': Trump's war on facts extends to undermining key federal statistics
How tempting to gauge reality by self-fashioned yardsticks. Economists rightly worry that the Republican-led Congress and the Trump administration will do just that.
For years, Congress has been slashing budgets for gathering economic statistics — blithely acting as if calculating mass layoffs, worker pay and benefits, exports and imports, or income disparity between regions is a boondoggle.
A new president averse to facts he doesn't like could further vandalize honest portraits of economic performance.
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The consequences could be a federal government that ignores warnings of economic distress and makes misguided policy choices that leave millions of Americas the poorer for it. Calculated chaos — or, rather, chaos born of miscalculation.
Just this month, the Trump administration has embarked on distorting economic reality.
The White House privately has pondered changing the way trade balances are measured — to artificially balloon the size of U.S. trade deficits, the Wall Street Journal reported. Like magic, a $63.1 billion trade deficit with Mexico last year would become a $115.4 billion deficit.
Fabricated fears would be a call to arms for extreme policies on trade favored by the White House.
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Legendary Rice professor Robert Curl retiring
Legendary Rice professor retiring
Robert Curl never had a 20-year plan, but his natural curiosity led the way to a Nobel Prize
Robert Curl never sought the limelight that accompanied the Nobel Prize in Chemistry he won a dozen years ago.
In his quiet way, Curl simply went on teaching, thinking, experimenting and riding his bicycle to Rice University.
Now, after 50 years at Rice, Curl plans to retire Tuesday. With a hint of a smile, Curl, 74, says he doesn't want to turn into "one of these people who hangs on so long that they have become a blithering idiot."
Curl shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Rice's Rick Smalley and a British scientist, Harold Kroto. They discovered a unique form of carbon in which 60 atoms are clustered neatly into a tiny, soccer-shaped ball. They christened their finding a buckyball — or fullerene — after Buckminster Fuller, whose geodesic designs the molecules resemble.
The discovery heralded the dawn of nanotechnology, the science of building very small materials with unique properties.
After winning the award, Smalley catapulted to fame, becoming an evangelizer for nanotechnology and bringing funding to Houston for further research. He died in 2005 of leukemia at age 62. Kroto used his fame to further his interest in creating science education programming.
Curl followed a quieter path.
"After winning a Nobel, you can either become a scientific pontificator, or you can have some idea for a new science project and you can use your newfound notoriety to get the resources to do it," Curl said. "Or you can say, 'Well, I enjoy what I was doing, and I want to keep doing that.' "
Throughout his life, Curl often has gone wherever his curiosity has led him.
Like many leading scientists of his age, Curl's passion for research dates to a childhood Christmas, when his parents bought him a chemistry set. Soon, the 9-year-old was mixing chemicals, making gunpowder and blowing things up.
In one memorable event, some nitric acid boiled over onto his mother's porcelain stove, eating away the fine finish. His mother never forgave him, he said, but Curl was hooked on chemistry.
"It was not scientific at all," he said, "but it was sure fun."
His parents were supportive of his interest. His father, Floyd, was a Methodist minister who moved every year or two, as was the church's custom at the time. The family wound up in San Antonio for Curl's high school years after his father earned a senior position in the Southwest Texas Conference.
As acting president of the first Board of Trustees for the Methodist Hospital there in 1955, Floyd Curl helped formulate the plan to open the new facility, which became the nucleus of San Antonio's medical center.
A lack of directionThe family lived on a tight budget, so Rice's no-tuition policy — a dictate of its original endowment from William Marsh Rice — proved irresistible to the young Curl. Rice University of 1950 was a vastly different place, with an administration consisting solely of a president, dean, registrar and bursar.
"I think that made it a little bit easier for the school to afford to have no tuition," Curl said.
Rice's governing board changed the policy of charging no tuition in 1965.
The young scientist liked chemistry, but he lacked direction after earning his bachelor's degree in 1954.
Curl considered graduate programs at Harvard University, the University of Wisconsin and the University of California, Berkeley. He applied to the latter first because its application lacked a question asked by the others, "What do you see yourself doing 20 years from now?" He didn't know, and before Curl got around to applying to Harvard, Berkeley had accepted him in its chemistry program.
Curl said he felt similarly listless after earning a doctorate at Berkeley and taking a postdoctoral position at Harvard.
"I was getting panicky, I must admit," he said. "When I look back, I'm kind of amazed at the way I just kind of wandered through life. This business about not being able to fill in a 20-year plan actually should have told me something."
Then Rice called him back to Texas.
A lucky turnOne of the school's chemistry professors, George Bird , was leaving for a job at Polaroid. Would Curl be interested? "You bet," he replied.
"It was really a beautiful thing to fall into," he said. "I was doing microwave spectroscopy, and I sort of liked it, but I can't claim to have had any brilliant ideas about what to work on. The guy that was leaving was working on problems that I found really interesting, and he had a working apparatus. He had a brilliant graduate student. It just solved all my problems."
The graduate student was James Kinsey, who eventually would become Curl's boss as dean of Rice's School of Natural Sciences. Like most people asked about Curl, Kinsey credits him with two qualities in particular.
"He's scary smart," Kinsey said. "But he is also an extraordinarily decent human being. A sweet person. What you see is what you get."
Rice's current president, David Leebron, echoes the sentiment: "On top of all the achievement, Bob is one of the kindest and most generous people I know."
Those qualities made Curl a good mentor. He gave brilliant and not-as-brilliant graduate students the same attention and respect, colleagues said.
Surrogate parentCurl also became ingrained in the Rice culture. He has sat on nearly every imaginable committee, including chairing one that ended the abhorred practice of Saturday classes. He was a college master, meaning he lived on campus with his wife, Jonel, and was essentially a surrogate parent for a few hundred students.
All the while, he diligently worked at elucidating some of nature's most fundamental molecules.
"He has, more than anybody I know, followed his curiosity," Kinsey said.
Curiosity led Curl to a collaboration with Smalley, whom he describes as "by far the most talented constructor of scientific instrumentation I have ever known."
Smalley's machines excelled at studying clusters of tiny molecules, and together the pair were investigating semiconductors when Kroto approached them. He was interested in the properties of molecules found in the barren reaches of interstellar space.
Kroto wanted to investigate the nature of long chains of carbon atoms that astronomers had observed between stars. Were the carbon chains, he wondered, blown into space from stars similar to the sun when, as part of their life-cycle, they had expanded and then violently collapsed before dying?
'Totally unexpected'Curl and Smalley believed they could approximate the conditions of dying stars, which are rich in carbon, by using lasers to blast a chunk of graphite. At the time, graphite and diamonds were the two known forms of carbon. The scientists hoped to create the long carbon chains seen in interstellar space.
Instead, when they pored over the collected data, they found a blip that turned out to be a spectacular, third form of carbon.
"Our buckyball discovery was a complete piece of serendipity and totally unexpected," Curl said.
"It's kind of embarrassing. Reporters asked us, 'Tell us how you made this great discovery.' Well, it was a stroke of luck. The only credit you can claim is not ignoring your stroke of luck."


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San Francisco has lost one of its own. Gregory Jacobs, KTVU confirmed today, passed away of heart failure last Sunday.
He's less known by his full name, but better known by his moniker, "The Bush Man."
No, he's not the original Bush Man. That would be David Johnson, who'd been there for 36 years, compared to Jacobs' 30.
Little matter. Jacobs was a San Franciscan through and through. Like many San Franciscans, he came here from somewhere else, in his case the "somewhere else" was Arkansas. But Jacobs was known and loved here in The City.
The man was dedicated to his work: sitting along Jefferson street and spooking tourists by shouting "boo!" from behind two large and bushy tree branches.
From the KTVU story:
Jacobs' cousin says he was a father and brother and a man who always wanted to be in that spot down on the Wharf. And even in his final days he took every opportunity he could to come back.
"Yeah every time he got out of the hospital he would come straight out and sit down (at the Wharf) with his hospital ban (still on his wrist)," Jacob's cousin Chris Tolbert told KTVU. "He got in his spot as if nothing was wrong with him."
His family says they just hope people remember him and that what he loved to do was to make people laugh.
Many will share their favorite "I got spooked so bad!" memory, but I want to share a more personal story about Gregory Jacobs from my time working on the streets of the wharf.
At age 17, I was living with a friend after irreconcilable differences with my mother led to too many shouting matches. The day I turned 18 I tried to go back home, but my father's death years ago put too many strains on my relationship with my mother. At the time, we couldn't coexist.
So I set out to live with my friend Morgan, who stayed in an in-law apartment in her family's home in the Marina. Three kids, two parents, a grandmother living upstairs and a golden retriever named Indy welcomed me with open arms (and paws). The house was in the family for generations but the Blackburns were not Marina wealthy, and this wasn't charity. I needed to pay rent, and I needed to do it fast.
I went to the Wharf.
Where better to earn rent money in a hurry, in summertime? On my own and a little confused about what life beyond high school should be about, I found the Wharf a somewhat daunting place. Beneath the facade of smiling tourists and the scent of tasty clam chowder lies a cutthroat network of businessmen, fleecers and street traders — all looking to make a buck.
Bush Man was there of course, but also many more: Kenny the Clown, a mute magician with "mystery" rings, the Latino graffiti artists, caricature painters, a homeless man begging from inside a trash can (ala Oscar the Grouch), Mary the juggler, and even a fire-eating local comedian who walked barefoot on glass. They, the weird, the bastard stepchildren of Emperor Norton.
Desperate for money, I joined their noble ranks.
A friend set me up selling tickets for the nearby Blue and Gold fleet. Wear some slacks, he said. Clean yourself up, he said. I did both, and with a Gavin Newsom style hair slick and ferry tickets in my back pocket I stood on the sidewalk across Ripley's Believe it or Not to ply my trade.
I couldn't have screwed up more. There are rules to the sidewalks, invisible rules you learn only by pissing off the wrong people. I was a newbie, a fresh fish with no claims.
The Wharf buskers let me know that right away.
A jazz musician with an electric keyboard tore me a new one. "This is my spot, damnit!" is the effect of what he said over the course of five minutes, through the haze of a decade-ago memory. It was akin to a dressing down from Kenny G, and just as surreal. I moved 20 feet East to the front of Boudin's, only to be slapped back by a homeless man in a cowboy hat named William. "Get your own damn spot!" he said. The look on his face went from genial-change-collector to "I'll kick your ass, kid" in under a second, his fists cocked for a brawl.
This, if you haven't guessed, is where Jacobs the Bush Man comes in. Intimidated and confused, I wandered to his spot near the Anchorage Mall. He sat perched on a crate, jumping up and shaking his branches like a madman to scare the folks walking by.
I always preferred his style of showmanship to the "original" Bush Man's — Jacobs had attitude.
"Bet YOU never made her scream like that sir!" he'd say to the husband of a shrieking blonde. "Welcome to America!" he'd say to an Asian family he made jump (who could easily have been from Arkansas themselves). "If you're havin' fun, put a tip in the can!" he'd say to the crowd nearby, who applauded approvingly of his spook and scare routine.
And his laugh, god his laugh. You could hear his cackle halfway down the block, and you knew his salt and pepper eyebrows were arched up as he laughed it up at his own jokes.
Gregory Jacobs asked people to call him "G," at least when I knew him. G showed me the ropes, told me when I could occupy certain spots, and how to get on the other buskers' good sides. I even took cues from his showy style.
"YOU sir, you look like you could use a bay cruise," I'd say to a passing tourist with inflections reminiscent of my favorite Bush Man, and at a vocal volume that was similar too. "Don't you think you ought to take your gorgeous girlfriend on a cruise around the bay?"
Bush Man's sales tips helped. I was rakin' in the cash, at least, for an 18 year old. G made much more, pulling in hundreds of dollars a day during peak time in the summer.
G wasn't a saint for sure. More than once I saw him fist fight with the "original" Bush Man, David Johnson, who told me once that he taught Jacobs everything he knew. They used to split the proceeds, only Johnson claimed he was double crossed later on when Jacobs went off on his own as "Bush 2."
I don't know much about all that. All I know is, G was kind, and I liked him.
The Wharf liked him too (for the most part), and he was considered a local luminary. A year after I was selling cruise tickets, I started selling video games at a shop right by the In and Out Burger. One day walking out of my store I was startled, but not surprised, to see G judging a wet T-shirt contest starring the nearby Hooter's girls.
He paced up and down, taking a good gander, pondering like a man with grave concerns on his mind. He took his job very, very seriously. Everyone watching smiled wide.
Yeah he was ornery, cranky, and loud. But Jacobs had heart, and he looked out for his fellow Wharf folk. G once protected me from the wackier buskers out there on the sidewalk.
One day as I strode down Jefferson street, Kenny the Clown (who ran for mayor at least once, and somehow obtained Steve Jobs' stolen iPad) decided he thought I needed a hug (and more). If clowns aren't frightening enough, Kenny is at least 6'5" — he's a large man. Maybe he was harmless, but I didn't want to find out.
As Kenny chased me down the street, G took me by the shoulders and said "Run! I got this, I got this!" Swirling around on one foot he raised his palms up to Kenny's sky high shoulders. "Kenny Kenny Kenny Kenny," he said, "slow down man! Let's talk."
Sometime shortly after that, I sleepily walked to work to inventory the stock of Nintendo games. The sun was still rising. Keys in hand, my mind drifted to the stillness of the street, how early morning Fisherman's Wharf belongs to the buskers, fishermen and shop owners getting ready for the day. Most of all, I loved how the scent of sea air is easier to detect when you're not distracted by hundreds of loud tourists.
I breathed in the air absentmindedly, enjoyably, as I reached out with my keys to unlock the gate to the store.
"BOO!" shouted G from just behind my ear, and I jumped halfway off of my skeleton.
"Holy crap G what'd you do that for?! I work here man, I've lived here my whole life, I thought you only did that shit to tourists," I said, a little startled.
I still remember what he said. "Hey man, everyone's got their time."
That they do G. I will miss you, and so will San Francisco.


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|Program Outline
|Comprehensive Retirement Planning (R) - English
|March 16-18, 2020
|Delta Hotel Winnipeg
|350 St. Mary Avenue
|Kildonan Room
|Winnipeg, MA
|Seminar Director: MICHEL GUIMOND
This three-day seminar provides participants with information and experience aimed at increasing their knowledge and awareness of significant factors which could affect their financial security, physical well-being and mental health in retirement.
|Full coverage of your pension plan (Public Service Superannuation Act - PSSA) by a PSSA Certified speaker;
|Accurate information on legal issues such as the preparation of wills, powers of attorney and estate planning;
|Timely strategies for managing the aging process as it affects health;
|Comprehensive advice on how to develop a sound financial plan that will support personal retirement goals - presented by a PSSA Certified speakers; and
|Valuable knowledge of the psychosocial issues individuals face as they move through the transition to retirement
The Table shows broad subject titles only; a more detailed description of the Program is contained in the manual provided to each participant at the Seminar.
|Welcome to the March 16-18, 2020 Comprehensive Retirement Planning (R) seminar. It will be held in English at the Delta Winnipeg (350 St. Mary Ave), in the Kildonan room. This central location is located in downtown Winnipeg. Parking is available on site (for a fee).
|The seminar will be held at the Kildonan room at the Delta Hotel Winnipeg (350 St. Mary Avenue)
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text: The Toy This Japanese import may be lacking in megapixels, but it doubles down on cuteness. At 2.4 inches long and 0.8 inches thick, the Mr. Digital Clover Keychain Camera fits in a front pocket, and is right at home attached to your everyday keyring -- the pleasantly grippy rubber coating protects it from getting scratched by your keys. The most delicate parts aren't exposed to pocket abuse, either -- to use it, pull one end outward until the lens cover slides away and the petite viewfinder pops up. Super kawaii! Unfortunately, that's just about where the pros end. With only a 2-megapixel sensor and barely a lens to speak of, the Mr. Digital Clover is marketed as "loveably lo-fi." The images and video are certainly lo-fi, but not all that loveable. Any vignetting or other type of endearing degredation is minimal at best. Photos taken with the 1600x1200-resolution high setting look pretty good -- when you can hold the camera still enough for your scene to stay in focus. Snapping photos with the f2.8 lens in anything but bright, natural sunlight is basically out of the question. The 10fps silent videos I shot with it do have a cool 8mm feel to them -- perfect if you want to make a fun, retro-style home movie. Whether you shoot video or take a photo, there is a large amount of shutter lag -- at least one second. It seems like an eternity. The biggest problem with the Mr. Digital Clover Keychain Camera (found elsewhere online in various iterations as the VQ2005) is that it appears to have a serious battery drain issue. I went through one AAA battery per day while I was testing this guy. A brand-new full battery drops to about half charge within about 10 to 15 minutes of continuous use, or around 10 photos. For something this tiny, that's a huge flaw. WIRED Scores high with the cute factor and takes fun, retro-looking silent videos. Straightforward to operate. To swap between settings (high, medium or low resolution image, or video), you tap the power button. Inexpensive. TIRED Serious battery problems. Frustrating software issues -- Error 58? What does that mean? THE MANUAL IS IN JAPANESE. Only has 4MB of storage, so you'll need to purchase an SD card separately. I wouldn't pay $5 for this thing, much less $55. Mr. Digital Clover Keychain Camera, $55The Old Fashioned The only way you could get classier than the Minox Classic Mini Digital Camera is if you actually purchased a Leica M3. And we all know how likely that is. The tiny shooter is styled after the silver spy camera CIA operatives used in the 1940s. It's got a removable viewfinder up top and a host of realistic-looking knobs that are, unfortunately, just for decoration. It's pretty, though. The palm-sized camera can take 5.1-megapixel stills and shoot up to one minute of 320x240 video -- not too great. Three distance settings (0.5 meters, 1 meter and infinity) help make sure you can capture your subject in focus, whether it's a city skyline or a portrait of a friend. It accepts SD cards (up to 16GB, not included) and has 128MB of onboard storage. The internal lithion-ion battery recharges over USB, which is also how you unload photos. Pictures generally look good -- about iPhone quality -- but there's no image stabilization, so if you're heavy-handed with the shutter you'll end up with blurry shots. I wish Minox had added some filter options to this camera so photos ended up with a nostalgic feel on par with the camera's look. If you're thinking this would make a good gift, you should know Minox doesn't skimp on presentation. The company understands this is more of a fashion item than a serious camera, so it arrives in a delightful wooden gift box. WIRED Oozes style. Good photos. Optical viewfinder is a nice touch, but a two-inch LCD viewfinder is there as well. On-screen menus look like a throwback to Windows 95 -- in a good way. TIRED Unwieldy shape necessitates deep jacket pocket or in-bag storage. It's not going to replace a regular point-and-shoot or your smartphone camera, but that's not why you're buying it in the first place. Minox Classic Mini Digital Camera 5.1, $179Sure, your smartphone has a camera. It takes awesome 8-megapixel photos that you can upload to Instagram or Facebook where they're tagged, liked, and commented upon. But everybody's phone does that stuff. To truly stand out and claim your own hill on the island of photo-nerd coolness, you need one of these miniature cameras. Tools for self-styled spies, objects of collector lust, pocket candy for the retro-fetish set -- no matter the motive, these tiny machines make picture-taking fun and different. The Full Package Kodak's Easy Share Mini M200 manages to house just about all the features of a larger point-and-shoot, but in a super-compact package that fits in the palm of your hand. It lacks the visual panache of the other mini cams on our list. But since you can pick one up for between $70 and $90, it would make a great first digital camera, especially for a kid with small hands or an adult who doesn't own a smartphone (it's 3.5 inches wide and 2 inches tall, about the size of a business card). There are plenty of customizable options, but the basic controls still remain intuitive to use. It takes photos up to 10 megapixels, and it has a good flash. In other respects, however, it's not really that much better than a smartphone camera. If size isn't one of the major reasons you're considering this pint-sized camera, you'd be better served digging up $50 to $100 more for something like a low-end PowerShot for slightly higher-quality images. But compared to the other tiny cams on our list, the M200 captures the best-quality images. The top of the camera has buttons for power, the shutter, and image settings, and next to the 2.5-inch LCD on back, there are another half dozen clearly marked controls. The M200 starts out on Smart Capture mode to automatically adjust settings for general photo scenarios, but you can switch to one of 17 different scenes if you have a specific photographic need -- sunsets, action shots, panoramas. The high ISO setting for low-light shots performs admirably. You can also self-adjust the white balance, and there's a 3X optical zoom for close-ups. The Easy Share camera comes with Kodak's Share Button desktop software. You enter your e-mail and social networking preferences, then, as you're out shooting photos and videos, you can select the ones you want to share using the hardware "Share" button on the back of the camera. The next time you plug the camera into your computer, the photos you selected will automatically be delivered to the destination you chose, whether it be to a specific e-mail account or your Facebook page. It seems unnecessary, given how easy it is to drag and drop photos to share them in different places on your desktop. WIRED Slim, 3.5-ounce body is comfortable in a pocket. Fits in your palm, so it's easy to hide. Has a better lens, better sensor and better flash than most smartphones, even if only by a small margin. Convex mirror on the front for self portraits. TIRED Lack of image stabilization can make for blurry photos without a flash, and shaky video if your hands aren't steady. Video resolution is VGA (640x480), no HD option. Kodak Easy Share Mini M200, $90


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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Hello, Canon EOS M!
22 comments:
Love this pictures...I think is quite a great camera...take care ;)ReplyDelete
The Black Label
Richtig gute Bilder!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 21, 2012 at 1:13 AM
Great blog! Where is your sweatshirt from? I have seen it before.ReplyDelete
I´m a big fan of you and always i enjoy your posts, but in this case i think use a EOS camera is a great way to introduce the people, to the other side to your pictures or the EASY way of your picturesReplyDelete
Greetings from Guadalajara, Mexico.
Great pics! CJReplyDelete
I'm really impressed with the quality of the photos! I've seen quite a few bloggers using this camera now (*cough* saturation point) but your post really does show off the camera at its best. I was so tempted to get the M for Christmas but even though it's small, the bulkier lenses mean it's not small enough for the time I don't want to lug my SLR with me. I've gone for a compact Leica instead...ReplyDelete
Great pictures!!ReplyDelete
Great photos. I really liked this post, nice work :)ReplyDelete
Oh wow, thee photos are fab. Going to have a look at your photography blog too.ReplyDelete
Lovely photos Pascal! Canon cameras are the best. Congrats!ReplyDelete
Very jealous of your camera mate! photos look greatReplyDelete
Excellent work with that camera :)ReplyDelete
Very inspiring pictures!!!ReplyDelete
Look at my pgotography blog!
The photo out of the bus window looks fantastic. The colors are so vivid.ReplyDelete
The Rusted Key
Such a beautiful light!!ReplyDelete
ver good photos!! that camera its something... love the results! Lovely blog <3ReplyDelete
This makes me want to get a smaller camera, and take photos of everything I see.ReplyDelete
what's your favorite setting for portrait?ReplyDeleteReplies
I always have it on AV (aperture priority) modeDelete
Yeah you right,Asian used to carried their slr around their neck as they go in the certain places for first time..ehhe I liked your clear glasses too bro. It's quirky!ReplyDelete
amazing pictures! I really love to read your blog & especially to look at your pic's!ReplyDelete


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NOTE: While the following instructions talk about making files/folders writable, it is wise to review your security settings after installation to be sure you're not leaving yourself open to hacking vulnerability by having too many "world-writable" files on your site. There are detailed security recommendations in the FAQ and the Wiki.
How To Set File/Folder PermissionsMost FTP programs will allow you to change file permissions.
Connect to your site with your FTP program.
Move to your public_html directory, and perhaps into your "zencart" folder underneath public_html, if you've used a subfolder.
Then look for a "Properties" command that can be applied to that directory (often if you right click, Properties will be one of the options).
Then change the permissions to the needed setting for the following folders:
(If prompted whether to include files/folders underneath them (also called "recursive"), say or check "Yes")
All of these folders to "writable" (often this means 755, or maybe 777 on older servers: see footnote):
(Specifically, these need to be writable so that files can be uploaded to them, or created in them or written to them by PHP.)
- /logs
- /cache
- /pub
- /images
- /includes/languages/english/html_includes
- /admin/backups
- /admin/images/graphs
Using cPanelIn cPanel, you have File Manager.
Open File Manager, and browse to the folder where you have put your Zen Cart files, and make the changes to particular files/folders as needed.
Example: /includes/languages/english/html_includes
Browse down through
- includes
- languages
- english
- html_includes
Click on html_includes.
Then you'll get another page, and likely in the top right corner there will be a "folder permissions" or "permissions" link. Click on that.
Then set the permissions to read, write, and execute for ALL categories of users (usually 9 checkboxes). If it has an option to process all files under this subdirectory, check that box. Then click OK (or whatever button to process the changes).
Using SSHIf you have SSH access instead of cPanel, you could type the following commands:
chdir /home/myaccount/public_html/zencart
2. Type the following commands:
(uppercase R is important)
(If you're running suPHP, then 755 is appropriate, meaning you can probably skip the "777" lines since your folders are probably already 755: see footnote)
chmod -R 777 ./logs chmod -R 777 ./cache chmod -R 777 ./pub chmod -R 777 ./images chmod -R 777 ./includes/languages/english/html_includes chmod -R 777 ./admin/backups chmod -R 777 ./admin/images/graphs
find ./ -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
On a Windows Server:1. Browse to the wwwroot folder (or whatever path your zen files are in.
2. Right-click on a particular file or folder (see list of folders and files above)
3. Choose properties
4. Choose the Security tab
5. Add "IUSR_xxxxxxx" and give read/write permissions to it.
7. If you don't have a "security" tab in step 4 above, simply check the "read" and "write" boxes (or uncheck a read-only box if it exists).
8. Repeat for all required files/folders. Same list as for Linux/Unix servers earlier in this FAQ.
On a Windows PC (sometimes referred to as "localhost"):Similar to Windows Server above:
1. Browse to the wwwroot folder (or whatever path your zen files are in.
2. Right-click on a particular file or folder (see list of folders and files above)
3. Choose properties
4. Set the read-only flag on or off depending on your requirements
5. Click Apply and/or OK.
6. Repeat for all required files/folders. Same list as for Linux/Unix servers earlier in this FAQ.
CONSIDERATIONS WHEN RUNNING suPHP or suExec ON YOUR SERVER:If your host is running suPHP (occasionally also referred to as suexec), there are a couple variations on permissions issues which you must observe:
a) you will need to make sure that your files and folders are owned by your username and not root
b) you also need to make sure that any folder that has .php files in it is set to no higher than 755 and .php files are set to no higher than 644.
If either of these is not done, then you'll get "500 Internal Server Error" messages.
Thus, in suPHP mode, substitute "755" for all "777" suggestions mentioned above in relation to *folders*, and "644". Or, if your hosting company has an even stricter configuration, then use the lower numbers specified by them.


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So far it's been a great install, easy and looks clean! Immediately could tell a differeance at the throttle, warm up and cold driving a lot smoother now. Haven't filled up since I've put the CAI in but estimating at least a 2 MPG gain on my TDI. Great for my commuter, definitely worth the buy