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Dunedin employers are giving young people a chance, Altitude
Programme manager Sonya Hill says.
Ms Hill said the comments made by Ministry of Social
Development southern regional commissioner John Allen last
week calling the Dunedin community complacent, or
indifferent, to the wellbeing of young people and their
future employment were inaccurate.
Dunedin employers were not refusing to hire young people; the
employers were refusing to employ people without experience,
she said.
''It's not their age that's the problem. It's the lack of
experience they have.''
If a 35-year-old had a CV lacking work experience, they would
struggle to find a job, too, she said.
The programme worked with Dunedin employers to get young
people into work and bridged the uncertainty that comes with
employing a young person lacking experience.
The trust employed them for 12 weeks and placed them in jobs
and took on ''the risk and the paperwork''.
About three-quarters of people who completed the programme
got full-time work, she said.
The trust was a charity and the programme was partially
funded by employers, she said.
Z Energy retailer Jonathan Usher said he had no regrets
recruiting staff, such as forecourt concierge Ed Matthews,
from the programme.
''Customers love Ed. He's a nice kid and he's out there
smiling to the customers.''
After the programme, Mr Matthews became a ''fully fledged'' Z
Energy staff member.
''It's great. He worked well for us and I get a great staff
Mr Usher said he recommended unemployed youth to join a
training programme, such as Altitude, rather than posting out
CVs seeking work.
Mr Matthews said the programme included both customer
training and front-of-house training provided by Otago
''It's an even mix of study and work.''
Dunedin Courier Company office manager Di Cochrane said
courier Sam Stevenson had completed the programme and the
company liked employing fit staff with good time-management
Jobs at the company were never advertised because many people
came to the business asking for work, she said.
''The kids come in here and drop their CV off. They are the
ones going out of their way to find employment and they're
the ones that deserve a chance.''
Mr Stevenson said he was on an unemployment benefit for
nearly a year before he enrolled in the programme.
There were jobs for young people in Dunedin and of the five
drivers at Dunedin Couriers, three were aged under 25, he
''It's hard work but I enjoy it,'' Mr Stevenson said.
• Dunedin teenager Danielle Newton has landed herself a job
after an eight-month search.
The 17-year-old was offered a position at Brooklands
Retirement Village after an article about her search for work
was published in the Otago Daily Times earlier this
Miss Newton said she was excited to get the full-time job.
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KALYAN: Days after a 19-year-old boy was killed for protesting against eve-teasing in Dombivli, a 22-year-old dance teacher and two of his associates were arrested after they allegedly molested a teenager in full public view and assaulted her boyfriend when he protested.
The incident occurred near an ice-cream parlour on Char Rasta Road in Dombivli (E) on Tuesday evening. Sources said there were quite a few onlookers, but none of them came forward to help the girl and her friend. The three accused —dance teacher Dipesh Solanki, Rajesh Solanki (18) and Sandeep Ahire (21)—were arrested early on Wednesday.
Sources said the victim was a student at Dipesh's dance school and the duo reportedly had an affair for about a year before breaking up recently. "When Dipesh learned about the girl's new boyfriend, he got angry and committed the crime," said Vilas Jadhav, senior inspector, Ramnagar police.
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Pass the Ball and the Pampers
Monday, May 09, 2011
Susan Boyd
Last month, Dutch soccer club V.V.V. Venlo signed a new player to their roster for a 10-year contract. Such signings in the Netherlands usually go unnoticed in the United States, but this one was different. The new player was Baerke van der Meij an up and comer who dazzled with a hat trick in less than 20 seconds and thereby gained the notice and ultimately the roster slot on the team. Baerke has an impressive resume including learning to speak Dutch and how to use a spoon. Once he is toilet trained, he should fit right into the locker room. Baerke is 18 months old.
I don't know about the rest of you, but when my kids were 18 months old, they had not yet committed to soccer as their primary sport. In fact, one or two hadn't fully committed to walking. Yet in this age of "get 'em while they're hot," Baerke has become the only soccer player who has to have games scheduled around his naptime. He was "discovered" because he hammered three balls into his toy chest while his parents digitally captured the moment and posted it on the internet.
Had YouTube existed when my kids were in their single digits, and had I owned a video camera, I might have coached them do something spectacular to gain the notice of a major sports organization. I'm sure I could have drilled them enough to sink three putts from different spots on the green or make 10 free throws in a row into their Fisher Price hoop. Given that this story gained the attention of magazines as prestigious as
, I assume that there will be a slew of videos hitting YouTube in the coming weeks in an attempt to cash in on the media attention.
As Wikipedia (
) admitted in their blurb on this event, this was a symbolic contract signing. But it still bothers me. First of all, news outlets didn't report that this was a publicity stunt, preferring instead to give the story more wow factor by omitting that tidbit. Second, it speaks once again to the emphasis on identifying "stars" before they ever have a chance to develop any of their adult characteristics. This only heightens that parental panic that somehow our children will miss the boat when it comes to being tapped for a professional contract. While our kids still need help tying their cleats, we are busy fretting about their athletic choices. If Aesop had written his fables today, it wouldn't have been a dog looking in the river to see another dog with a bigger bone clamped in his jaws. It would have been a soccer parent with a club registration form in his/her hands.
One comment on YouTube (
) stated that it would really be awful for this kid if he grew up to be a fan of Barcelona or Man U and was stuck wearing the Venlo jersey. Likewise, how terrible would it be if he had no interest in soccer and instead wanted to speed skate, another national sport of the Netherlands? Or perhaps he won't be sports minded at all, preferring art, music or reading. I doubt the club would hold him to the contract, after all he merely scribbled his signature. As my heroine, Judge Judy, continually points out, minors can't enter into contracts. But he will always be known as the kid in jersey number 1.5 playing forward. That's a legacy difficult to shake off.
When the boys were just starting to play there was a club in town who won every U-8 to U-12 game. They formed teams primarily by having each age group stand in a row and picking the biggest players for the first team, then the next biggest kids for the next team, and so on. Their size stood them in good stead until puberty hit and then all of that strength got equalized and even surpassed. Parents who had pushed their kids on this club because it had a winning record became disillusioned when the winning record dissolved. What happened was the kids on other clubs, whose coaching staffs couldn't rely on size, learned skills and tactics which eventually led to some wins, but more importantly gave them a good base from which to develop further. I still watch this pattern of engineering domination with clubs and parents who equate winning with success.
What kids need is development based on learning the most primary of skills early on. Every significant soccer player possesses a great first touch, solid passing and the ability to play off the ball. I watch college level players lose the ball time and again because their first touch sends the ball 20 feet in front of them for an opponent to pick up. Players may be praised for understanding what to do when they have the ball, but those same players often kick the ball and then stand to see what develops before making their next move, rather than knowing right where to be when they don't have the ball. Eventually players who want to play at the top level have to fit into a team where all the players get it. Being the top scorer won't be enough to succeed because the entire team has to be able to function as a unit where every player knows what to do every second of the game. No one can accurately predict at age 10, and definitely not at age 1.5, who will be able to develop those team tactics that create the power and success for a club. But every player has a chance to develop even if they don't have a viral video juggling with their ears.
I'm happy that soccer gets any mention in the American press and even happier when it relates to youth soccer. But I also don't want to feed the youth frenzy that comes with any sport – the idea that kids have to be noticed before they can ride a tricycle. I remember watching Tiger Woods on the Tonight Show when he was just four. He would do all the tricks including putting, driving, and escaping sand traps with cute abbreviated clubs and his ever-present father overseeing the exhibition. I felt for the kid because it seemed unnatural. I'm sure, based on many comments he's made about his father, that Tiger doesn't regret beginning his life that way. But I wonder if he could have become as good a golfer as he has without the strict early training and the circus life that came from that training. We can't know because there's no way to do a control study and find out. Still, I'd rather err on the side of giving my kids a childhood with soccer memories that include free time and other sports. Given the tiny percentage of the nearly 14 million youth players in America who will go on to professional careers, parents would do well to let their kids, as a referee would say, play on without the penalty of added pressure and expectation.
Lord of the Flies
Monday, May 02, 2011
Susan Boyd
"After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything."
Today I read an article that made me shiver. In England, at a Division Four game between Bury and Chesterfield, when goalkeeper Cameron Belford of Chesterfield allowed an equalizer goal by Bury, young Bury fans rushed the box to not only taunt the keeper, but also physically accost him. The pictures from this event show how completely overwhelming this attack became for the 6' 2" keeper trapped within the net surrounded by at least 10 tweens including one girl.
Belford had recently had a titanium plate put in his right cheekbone due to a crushing contact from an opposing striker's foot last year. And it was this cheekbone that a young teenager openly punched during the melee. The girl in a ponytail who appeared to be eleven or twelve was forming obscene hand gestures in the face of the keeper while other boys heckled him or joined in the gestures.
I have so many questions. Why did these youngsters think they had the right to invade the field and the personal space of the keeper? Where were the adult supervisors of these delinquents? What lessons have they learned from home or from the media that provided justification for their actions?
We might expect this behavior from an errant fan impaired by alcohol and bolstered by his equally drunk compatriots egging him on. We've seen the bottles flung at outfielders, the beers dumped on the heads of NBA players heading down the causeway to the locker rooms, the wild abandon of someone running across the field during a game. But we really haven't seen a swarm of fans singling out a player for abuse during a match, much less having that swarm be on the minus side of puberty.
Of the top ten fan/player confrontations, only one involves a child. This was in Comiskey Park when Kansas City coach Tom Gamboa was attacked by a father and his 15-year-old son. And most of the altercations involve one fan and one player. Only two were brawls – in 1979 between the Boston Bruins and Ranger fans and in 2004 between the Detroit Pistons, the Indiana Pacers, and Detroit fans. Of the latter episode,
League Commissioner David Stern called it "shocking, repulsive and inexcusable – a humiliation for everyone associated with the NBA." I think the same comment could be made about this incident on the soccer pitch.
So how did we arrive at this state of affairs? The press called them hooligans, but I don't think that word is strong enough. Hooligan brings to mind those cheeky lads who throw eggs on Halloween or pants a teammate after a game. These English kids were brutes bent on intimidation and doing violence. Whatever possessed them to think they could enter the field during a game and attack the keeper can only be guessed at. But we can all agree that parents need to offer a strong role model for sideline and bleacher behavior when it comes to our children.
Kids have a tremendous urge to emulate grown-up conduct in their rush to be adults. Watching dad swear at the referees or mom yell at an opposing team member provides some measure of approval for kids to partake in that behavior. Watching similar sideline actions as portrayed in the media only reinforces that that's what adults do. Somewhere there are parents for these louts who I hope step up to the proverbial plate and make the right statement. Rather than making excuses for their behavior or dismissing their actions, I hope they make these thugs apologize and then give them house arrest for a month or two. These parents will be setting the standard going forward, and I hope it's that this behavior will not be tolerated from kids or adults.
This incident hits home hard for me. I have a 6' 2" goalkeeper son who has been the object of constant ridicule and harassment during several recent games. He has kept his cool and not acknowledged the catcalls, but I often wonder if the fans became even more enflamed or emboldened how quickly they could reach and overpower him. Here was clear evidence of what fans were capable of attempting. But instead of adults who should know better, it was kids who should have been taught better and controlled better. I don't want to see us move to the unhappy world of
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where children develop into savages because they have no outside adult guidance. There are plenty of us adults around who need to reinforce the best of good sportsmanship whether it be at a U-8 game or the World Cup or on a deserted island.
On Holiday
Monday, April 25, 2011
Susan Boyd
We have two soccer games to watch tonight, the night before Good Friday. I'm guessing the powers that be decided to squeeze in as much soccer before families begin to celebrate the holiday. Here in the Midwest, we have to use our weekends frugally since so few of them are soccer friendly. We actually had three inches of ice on the ground just two days ago. It looked like a giant slushy scene from "Glee," all gooey and slurpy across the landscape. And last weekend the boys played a game in the rain which turned to snow just as the game ended. It's hard to believe that we are just eight days from May.
Playing games during holidays isn't unusual in youth soccer. Last May was the first Mother's Day I didn't have a game to attend. We never make plans over Labor Day weekend because I know there will be plenty of games scheduled. We have been to tournaments over Easter, Memorial Day weekend and July 4th, missed trick or treating, spent Father's Day on the road and, of course, Mother's Day on the sidelines.
Youth soccer isn't meant to overtake your life, although sometimes that's exactly what it does. As youth soccer has grown in America, so have the opportunities for kids to compete. Traveling to tournaments, playing in summer leagues, indoor soccer, and multiple recreational leagues can be a benefit or a curse depending on how it all affects family dynamics. We can quickly get caught up in the enthusiasm of the moment, not considering how this will impact our lives going forward. Everything comes with a cost both in time and money, so families have to take a breath and decide how deep they want to dive. It's not unusual now for clubs to send their youngest teams to tournaments in the area, and I know from experience that many families, wanting to engage in the "full" soccer package, clamor for traveling tournaments as well.
It's important to keep things in perspective. While traveling to some exotic city like Rockford, Illinois or Evansville, Indiana and staying at a Motel 6 sounds enticing, it's not always as glamorous as one might believe. And giving up other family adventures for a traveling tournament needs to take into regard everyone in the family. Once you agree to a more complicated team schedule it's rare to have it simplify. Be sure you really want and are able to handle the extra time and money costs that leaping into a traveling team entails. Adult peer pressure can be very tough to resist, especially when you've been given the opportunity to participate with the "in" crowd.
That adult peer pressure can also be fairly insensitive when it comes to families wanting to share significant holidays alone and not with their soccer friends. Many families take their religious celebrations very seriously and consider them an important and significant part of their children's upbringing. So teams need to be sensitive to those priorities when it comes to events like Easter and Yom Kippur. No one should make a family feel unreasonable for insisting on forgoing a soccer game for a family commemoration, nor should a family feel shy about declining to participate in a game for whatever reasons they deem fit. Youth soccer will give way to Select soccer soon enough, so no one needs to rush the transition if they don't feel ready to do so.
We have always enjoyed the routine that soccer brought to our family, but we were lucky that we had two kids close in age who enjoyed the same sport. Had they had different interests, or been further apart in age, or hadn't been our last two kids, then we would probably have had very different priorities. For the first five years of their soccer playing they were in the same club with the same tournament schedule, so our calendar was full but had a natural pairing of events that made it easy to do things as a family. For others the management of family time wasn't as easy. We all need to be accepting of the limitations that each family places on soccer playing, especially when it comes to holidays since those are the times when memories are built. Clubs can be sensitive to scheduling by avoiding religious holidays when possible.
Most of us want our kids to develop not only a passion for activities but a talent for them as well. When it comes to soccer, this usually means a strong year-round dedication to the sport. However, there is definitely time for families to resist the full-time commitment until they are sure it's the best decision for everyone involved. Youth soccer should be fun for everyone in the family. The experiences of youth can only be had once, so families need to make the important decisions on what those experiences will be. Making memories whether on the soccer field or in church or at the family table should be individually directed and accepted. While being a good team member is an important part of learning commitment and responsibility, so is sharing family traditions. We each need to decide how we'll celebrate the holidays and respect the decisions those around us make. I guaranteed soccer will survive no matter what we decide.
What's in name?
Monday, April 18, 2011
Susan Boyd
I had forgotten how much fun the names of youth sports teams can be. Once the boys moved up to U-11 and began playing for select teams they had these sophisticated names that mirrored professional teams in England or South America. The sudden shift to "adult" names also meant a shift to "adult" uniforms, "adult" cleats, and "adult" schedules with an accompanying "adult" price tag. Gone were the days when I could write a check in the two or low three digit range. However, I just got an email with the spring soccer schedule for a grandson. His team is the Vipers, and all the happy memories of those wild team names came flooding back.
We had Tigers, Leopards, Eagles, Rattlers, Lightning and Jaguars. Uniform colors were hit or miss since teams got assigned the uniforms without regard to their names. Robbie's Leopard team had orange uniforms so I kept cheering them on as the Tigers, which was Bryce's team at the time and he had green uniforms. As an alternate they would use a white t-shirt with an iron-on number. The shorts were glossy satin, the socks the same color as their jerseys, and the cleats black. Life was definitely less complicated.
The tradition of animal names comes from pro baseball and football. We connect to those names from both experience and comfort. Kids know about the Chicago Bears, the Florida Marlins, and the Seattle Seahawks. So it's not surprising that they naturally latch unto those labels. Without the strong tradition of soccer found in other countries in the world, they either aren't aware of or comfortable with names like Manchester United or Boca Juniors. Our tradition of team signatures usually means a trip to the zoo or the Weather Channel. Occasionally we borrow a group name such as Mariners, Oilers, or Patriots. On the limited end there's a pair of Sox, one color (Reds), a land mass (Rockies) and an aircraft (Jets).
Hockey teams provide some of the more innovative and fun names. These owners apparently never wanted to give up those trendy kid team names since we have Penguins, Thrashers, Predators, Flames, Avalanche, and Sabres. There are some dull names like Maple Leafs and Senators. And being a Duck doesn't really seem ferocious enough. But I think having all the standard creature names snapped up by the baseball and football contingent forced some wonderful creativity that kids could definitely appreciate. How cool would it be to hear the sidelines chanting "Go Sharks!"? If I were ten years old I'd want to be the Devils and I'd want my uniforms to be red!
Basketball teams follow the animal tradition, but overall their monikers tend to be more subdued: Cavaliers, Jazz, Magic. It's as if the owners felt that the arenas confined any outlandish identification outbursts. Most NBA teams don't have titles that kids would quickly appreciate. In fact most wouldn't even know what the names signify: Knicks, Celtics, Nuggets, 76ers, and Spurs. I think kids would agree that being the Nets or the Clippers doesn't strike the proper image of a terrifying opponent, although Toronto Raptors might find their name appropriated most often. Even the feverish temperature-based names like Blazers, Heat, Suns, and Rockets lack the pizzazz that a kid's sports team should carry.
Over the years I have found myself on the sidelines cheering "Go White" or "Go Blue" depending on the color of uniform the team wore that day. It all seems so lackluster compared to being able to cheer on lions, and tigers, and bears. Once the kids move up to those more sophisticated soccer teams, the names take on a very dignified status. They come from the traditions of grand soccer teams around the world. United, Arsenal, FC, Sporting, and Real. About half of the MLS teams adopted names that honor those long lines of soccer team identification. Most families, especially those of kids new to soccer, don't understand these traditions, so they consider the names bland. When the boys' soccer club Mequon United FC merged with the recreational club Mequon Power the new board insisted on getting rid of the United name, not understanding the cache it held in the soccer world. The merged club became Mequon Soccer Club. For many parents the name change held little concern, but for parents who understood the tradition of soccer and coaches who had come up against the team, the name change had the effect of diminishing the quality of the program in their eyes.
Names shouldn't mean that much, but we have seen the battles over team name changes which can sharply divide fans, alumni and players. When Marquette University decided to abandon the name "Warriors" in favor of a more p.c. name "Golden Eagles," the battle was fierce. That's why the Minnesota Lakers became the L.A. Lakers even though Minnesota has 10,000 lakes and L.A. calls ponds "lakes". No one wanted to change the name of the franchise. We become attached to the name and invest our loyalty in the team and its title. Animal and weather related names insure that we won't offend anyone and that we can imbue the team with some ferocious qualities even as the young players prefer watching the clouds drift by. I miss those days and can't wait to cheer on the Vipers this spring and summer. I also love cheering on my sons, who incidentally now play for a team called the Panthers. They even have a "snarl" sound effect for announcements. It's almost like being on the sidelines of their first teams. Almost.
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Amazon Kindle Fire HD vs Google Nexus 7
Cut-price Android tablet shoot out - which one should you buy?
After announcing that the new Kindle Fire HD would be making its way to the UK next month, Amazon instantly made choosing an Android tablet just that little bit harder. Last week, it would have been a no-brainer: Google's Nexus 7 was the undisputed king of budget Android devices. Now, the similarly priced Kindle Fire HD has the potential to steal Google's thunder, just in time for Christmas.
In order to work out which tablet deserves your cash, we've taken a close look at both, comparing them across a range of categories. Read on to find out which is best.
Both tablets have a 7in, 10-point capacitive touch display with a 1,280x800 resolution. The panels both use IPS technology, creating fantastic viewing angles and vivid colours. They also both use Corning's reinforced Gorilla Glass, which is more resistant to scratches than untreated panels.
The main differences lie in the anti-glare treatment and polarising filters used to reduce light reflections and improve image quality in bright light or direct sunlight. Amazon says it has done this by laminating the touch sensor and LCD together in one piece of glass, eliminating the air gap between the two which reduces internal reflections. However, this technology isn't new - in fact, it's already available on the Nexus 7. Asus, the tablet's manufacturer, calls this system TruVivid, but the two are very similar.
In all likelihood, the panels come from the same manufacturer and there will be very little variance between the two tablets, but we won't know until the Kindle Fire HD launches in October.
Winner: Google Nexus 7
The Nexus 7 is powered by a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor running at 1.3GHz. Part of this chip also handles graphics performance, and has access to Nvidia-only special effects and graphical features. A number of games currently available in the Google Play store support this extra level of detail, giving it the edge over competing tablets.
The Kindle Fire HD uses a slower 1.2GHz dual-core CPU, along with an Imagination PowerVR graphics core for games and multimedia. It's still a fast chip, but it isn't able to use the same extra features when it comes to games.
Both chips are able to play high definition video at 720p, the native resolution of their 7in displays, and have no trouble running the Android operating system.
The Nexus might be slightly thicker than the Kindle, but it manages to squeeze this extra power into a narrower chassis which weighs almost 50g less. It also has a slightly smaller screen bezel, giving the appearance of a larger screen even though that isn't the case, and a leather effect finish versus the Kindle's plastic.
Winner: Google Nexus 7
The Nexus 7 is rather sparse when it comes to connectivity, with only a micro USB port and a 3.5mm audio jack on the bottom. There's no video output whatsoever, making the 7in screen the only way to enjoy your content.
On the other hand, the Kindle Fire HD has both micro USB and 3.5mm audio, plus a micro-HDMI video output for connecting to a TV or other external display.
Both tablets support 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, although the Kindle has a dual-band, dual-antenna design that should result in fewer dropped connections over conventional Wi-Fi. It's a close call, but the Kindle just edges a win.
Winner: Kindle Fire HD


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I am using JAI and create a file with:
PlanarImage img = JAI.create("fileload", myFilename);
I check before that line if the file exists. But how could I check if the file is a .bmp or a .tiff or an image file?
Does anyone know?
We started with Q&A. Technical documentation is next, and we need your help.
Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, you can contribute.
The Image Magick project has facilities to identify image and there's a Java wrapper for Image Magick called JMagick which I think you may want to consider instead of reinventing the wheel:
I'm using Image Magick all the time, including its "identify" feature from the command line and it never failed once to identify a picture.
Back in the days where I absolutely needed that feature and JMagick didn't exist yet I used to
Nowadays that JMagick exist this is probably not necessary anymore (but I haven't tried JMagick yet).
Note that it gives much more than just the format, for example:
Try using the width of the image:
if the width is -1 then is not image.
To tell if something is a png, I've used this below snippet in Android java.
At the beginning of files, there is an identifying character sequence. For example JPEG files starts with FF D8 FF.
You can check for this sequence in your program but I am not sure whether this works for every file.
For information about identifying characters you can have a look at http://filext.com
You could use DROID, a tool for file format identification that also offers a Java API, to be used roughly like this:
Documentation on the API usage is rather sparse, but you can have a look at this working example (the interesting part is in the
The only (semi-)reliable way to determine the contents of a file is to open it and read the first few characters. Then you can use a set of tests such as implemented in the Unix file command to make an educated guess as to the contents of the file.
Expanding on Birkan's answer, there is a list of 'magic numbers' available here:
I just checked a BMP and TIFF file (both just created in Windows XP / Paint), and they appear to be correct:
I used VIM to edit the files and then did Tools | Convert to Hex, but you can also use 'od -c' or something similar to check them.
As a complete aside, I was slightly amused when I found out the magic numbers used for compiled Java Classes: 'ca fe ba be' - 'cafe babe' :)
Try using the standard JavaBeans Activation Framework (JAF)
With the JavaBeans Activation Framework standard extension, developers who use Java technology can take advantage of standard services to determine the type of an arbitrary piece of data, encapsulate access to it, discover the operations available on it, and to instantiate the appropriate bean to perform said operation(s). For example, if a browser obtained a JPEG image, this framework would enable the browser to identify that stream of data as an JPEG image, and from that type, the browser could locate and instantiate an object that could manipulate, or view that image.


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300,000 Tons of Israeli-Grown Vegetables Destroyed for Lack of Labor
Israeli farmers in the Araba Valley destroyed 300,000 tons of vegetables because they did not have enough workers to gather the crops and take them to the markets, reported Haaretz newspaper, quoting Israel Radio Saturday.
The farmers were also destroyed 30 million flowers destined for export to Europe.
According to coordinator of the Valley's agricultural committee, Avi Sadeh, farmers in the region needed 2500 extra workers since the beginning of the year.
The shortage in workers was caused by the outbreak of the Intifada and the closure of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which prevents the employment of Palestinian workers, said the paper.
Sadeh said that the labor office is not allocating workers to agriculture, adding that kibbutzim in the area were planning to use 2000 volunteers.
However, the interior ministry had only authorized 300 volunteers.
The shortage of workers has cost farmers millions of dollars in lost revenue, said the paper -- Albawaba.com


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- If you take any grape - black, red or green - and slice it through the middle it looks much the same: the stalk is woody and full of a substance called tannin.
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Nancy Ann (Gunter) Harmon, date of photo unknown. Husband, Isaac Harmon, lived in Taylor county, KY. Isaac died in 1919 and is buried there. She died in 1929 in Columbus, Indiana, and was buried in same cemetery as Isaac (Bradfordsville, Liberty Cemetery.) Had originally thought her maiden name was "Brown". Her father: JAMES GUNTER; Her mother: ELIZABETH (?) Any connections?
John Harmon Although no proof exists it is thought Nancy's father James Gunter is the son of Gideon Gunter and the brother of my GGGrand Mother Amanda Gunter. it also remains unproven ,however old,old stories abound that Polly Jones Gunter ,James and Amandas Mother was a full blood of the Creek Indian Nation of Alabama in the late days of the 18th Century.John Harmon
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I have a directory full of html files. I want to import them into WP so that they are pages (not posts).
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If not, could you at least point me in a good direction? Would using the XMLRPC interface be my best bet, or is there a simpler way.
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Paul Pasqualoni is back home at UConn
Originally Published: June 24, 2011By Dave Wilson | Page 2
Connecticut football coach Paul Pasqualoni is finally back home.
He was born and raised in the state, in Cheshire, played for Joe Paterno at Penn State, then spent 29 years as a coach at Southern Connecticut, Western Connecticut and Syracuse. After getting fired at Syracuse in 2004, Pasqualoni found himself looking for a new adventure.
A self-described "fairly intense football guy," Pasqualoni opted for a geographic -- and cultural -- shock, taking a job as an ...
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Shelby County Fiscal Court voted on a zoning issue Tuesday morning just as it had three months ago to the day – but this time the result was the opposite.
Magistrates unanimously approved a motion to rescind a 150-acre zone change from agricultural to industrial for the Shelby County Industrial Park, one of the parcels targeted to attract Harley-Davidson.
If you've ignored the wooly worms and the squirrels and all the other dire forecasts that a cruel winter may be upon us, Shelby County Fiscal Court wants to make sure you don't miss the news.
Magistrates proclaimed this week as Winter Weather Awareness week, and that's more than just a slogan to Emergency Management Agency Director Charlie Frazee, the man who proposed it.
I'm considering a predominately homemade holiday. My friend Pernilla suggested that all gifts should be ones that can "be used up" for a good purpose. So, something one could eat, use to cook with, to bathe with; perhaps something we could decorate with and when finished it would be a good addition to the compost pile?
Shelby County Fiscal Court voted Tuesday to accept the 2010 budget submitted by Shelby County Sheriff Mike Armstrong that included a slight increase from 2009. Armstrong's 2010 budget is projected to include $1,310,200 in tax receipt
The Christmas Parade held Saturday in downtown Shelbyville had something for everyone, for kids from 1 to 92.
No one complained as Jack Frost nipped at their noses, and the crowd delighted in floats, marching bands, fire trucks decked out in holiday bows, dancing groups, and best of all, the jolly old elf himself as Santa Claus brought up the rear of a nearly 2-hour procession.
A Frankfort woman who had been in critical condition since being injured in a single-vehicle auto accident Wednesday has died. Clarice Agnes Barber Burch, 46, of Frankfort, died Saturday at the University of Louisville Hospital, where she had been airlifted following the accident late Wednesday afternoon.
A surge of hope mixed with optimism is pulsing through Shelby County — and Kentucky — today, little more than a day after Harley-Davidson officials announced Shelby is their remaining option as a site for their largest production facility. That plant could remain in York County, Pa. — where it has been since 1976.
The Lady Rockets will post a victory this weekend, but the question is which group it will be.
Rockcastle County, also the Lady Rockets, will face Shelby County at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Garrard County Classic.
And a shared nickname is not the only similarity between the two.
Sometimes you just have to forget about a loss, and that's exactly what SCHS girls' basketball coach Phillip Conder hopes his team does with Saturday's 56-24 beating by Rockcastle County.
Rockcastle (4-1) jumped out with an 8-0 run, and that was about as close as these icy Lady Rockets (1-3) would get.
Shelby County scored just four points in the first quarter, on two field goals from Aaliyah Wells, and just two points, on two free throws by Dee Dee Davis in the second.
The high school student injured in that fatal accident in Shelbyville on Dec. 1 may go home today.
Driver Ashley Ford was killed, and David Baker was hurt seriously when a pickup truck struck Ford's car just west of the fairgrounds.
Baker, who had to be airlifted to the University of Louisville Medical Center with unspecified injuries, said Tuesday he is doing much better.
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Wilburton Inn
Wilburton Inn
Hotel Guest Rating: 8.7/10
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Wilburton Inn
This Manchester hotel is situated on a 30-acre private estate and features panoramic mountain and valley views. The hotel offers an outdoor terrace, outdoor swimming pool and a tennis court.Wilburton Inn rooms are located in the historic mansion and in cottages on the grounds. They feature poster beds and antiques. Each room is equipped with cable TV and air conditioning. A private bathroom is also provided.The Wilburton features a large outdoor terrace, multiple gardens and an extensive art collection.A complimentary breakfast featuring homemade breads is served each morning. Guests can enjoy fine dining at The Billiards Room, the hotel's seasonal full-service restaurant.Manchester Designer Outlets is 10 minutes from the Manchester Inn Wilburton. A variety of outdoor activities nearby include biking, canoeing, fishing and hiking. ...read more
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- Outdoor pool
- Pets allowed
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Wilburton Inn Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Bar
- Bridal suite
- Facilities for disabled guests
- Family rooms
- Fax/photocopying
- Free WiFi
- Garden
- Gift shop
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Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
Hotel Guest Reviews of the Wilburton InnOur hotel ratings and reviews are from real hotel guests. Priceline.com ensures that its reviews are guests-only by proactively sending hotel surveys to customers after they've completed their hotel stays. In the post-stay surveys, priceline.com hotel customers are asked a number of questions about their stay and the hotel. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, the survey asks guests to rate their overall experience and specifically rate the hotel's cleanliness, staff and location. Priceline.com does not allow site visitors to post unsolicited hotel reviews.
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Elizabeth from Hackendack, NJ
October 13, 2012
October 13, 2012
Very historic, artsier, and lots of art on the land.
Old carpet in the room.
Theresa from Clifron, NJ
September 11, 2012
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September 11, 2012
Solo Traveler
The grounds were beautiful.
Rooms very dusty and breakfast was poor.
Tony from Harrison, NY
May 24, 2012
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May 24, 2012
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Fascinating estate building and
fascinating staff.
fascinating staff.
Warm spell in early spring and air conditioning had not been turned on yet.
Attractive old building in a beautiful setting with an attentive and friendly staff.
T from Fort Smith, AR
May 6, 2012
May 6, 2012
Great food. Very friendly staff. Room was very large and had a great view.
No Internet in the rooms.
Jeannette from Castleton, NY
September 29, 2011
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September 29, 2011
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The views were fabulous!
No meals were available for Wednesday evening; meals were scheduled later than we're used to eating.
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text: India import data and statistics of April 2011 of chapter 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliance; parts. Live online India Import Data Of Chapter 84 Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery And Mechanical Appliance, Parts Thereof January 30, 2012 , New Delhi Total Import value in April of all products categories under Chapter 84 Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery And Mechanical Appliance, Parts Thereof was USD 3282.22 M, a increase of 1.5% compared to March 2011. Here is a breakup of major products categories with growth rates. Sr No. HS Code Products Value USD M Growth Compare to Prev. Month Top 5 Indian Ports Top 5 Destination Countries 1 8471 aut Omatic Data Processing Machines and Units Thereof; Magnetic or Optical Readers, Machines for Tra 259.27 -9.13% Bangalore Air, Delhi Air, Madras Air, Bombay Air, Madras Sea China, Singapore, Malaysia, United States, Thailand 2 8431 Parts Suitable for Use Solely or Principally With The Machinery of Headings 8425 To 8430 195.01 35.2% Calcutta Sea, JNPT, Bombay Sea, Madras Sea, Pipavab Japan, China, Singapore, United States, Korea,Republic of 3 8415 air Conditioning Machines, Comprising a Motordriven Fan and Elements for Changing The Temperature an 178.41 15.4% JNPT, Madras Sea, Dadri-ACPL CFS, Madras Air, Delhi TKD ICD China, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, Korea,Republic of 4 8414 air or Vacuum Pumps, air or Other Gas Compres-Sors and Fans; Ventilating or Recycling Hoods Incorpo 161.65 -11.83% JNPT, Madras Sea, Bombay Sea, Dadri-STTPL CFS, Madras Air China, Thailand, Germany, Japan, Korea,Republic of 5 8443 Printing Machinery Used for Printing By Means of The Printing Type, Blocks, Plates, Cylinders and Ot 126.4 -6.58% Madras Sea, JNPT, Madras Air, Delhi TKD ICD, Delhi Air China, Japan, Germany, N/a, Singapore 6 8479 Machines and Mechanical appliances Having Individual Functions, Not Specified or Included Elsewhere 111.41 -17.5% JNPT, Madras Sea, Calcutta Sea, Madras Air, Bangalore Air China, Japan, Korea,Republic of, Germany, Italy These findings are based on India import data through April-2011 . InfodriveIndia Trade data is the most up-to-date information on India's foreign trade , It covers 94 ports in India like JNPT, Bombay Air and Sea , Chennai Air & Sea , Delhi IGI Air, Delhi Tughlakhabad ICD, Delhi Patparganj, Kolkata Air and Sea, Bangalore Air and many more. InfodriveIndia.com trade data is available for online analysis within 3 weeks from date of export import at InfodriveIndia.com compared to Govt sources which are around 6 months old. About InfodriveIndia InfodriveIndia.com is the market leader and primary source of India Export Import Trade information in India. The India Import Export data bank, which is at the core of InfodriveIndia.com trade information services is unique. It is based on the Bills of Entry and Shipping Bills filed at various ports, InfodriveIndia reporters collect this data from every Indian port, and InfodriveIndia database yields the most timely, accurate, comprehensive information available on trade through India Ports. More specialized InfodriveIndia databases are US Import Data, UK Import Data, China Export Import Data, Russia Export Import Data, Sri Lanka Export Import Data, Latin American trade data, Chile Export Import Data, Peru Export Import Data, Argentina Export Import Data, and Uruguay Export Import Data .


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SDCC: Marvel Studios Reveals Latest Phase 3 Secrets
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Convergence: Green Lantern/Parallax #2
"Convergence: Green Lantern/Parallax" #2 feels like a lot of missed opportunities, as Tony Bedard, Ron Wagner and Bill Reinhold give Hal Jordan one final massacre.
|May 18th, 2015
Convergence: Green Lantern/Parallax #1
Tony Bedard struggles with "Convergence: Green Lantern/Parallax" #1, which has some decent art by Ron Wagner and Bill Reinhold.
|April 16th, 2015
Supergirl #3
Things finally start happening in "Supergirl", but they're unfortunately not very compelling.
|November 20th, 2011
Magnus, Robot Fighter #2
Magnus takes down human traffickers! And fights some robots, of course.
|October 19th, 2010
Magnus, Robot Fighter #1
"Blip-off-any-interference." Sage advice delivered so very early in this issue. I just might follow that advice today.
|August 5th, 2010
Wolverine Origins #45
Wolverine takes an unorthodox approach to the Romulus problem, as Way and Braithwaite deliver some solid superhero action.
|March 20th, 2010
Wolverine: Origins #41
Wolverine tracks down Bruce Banner and Skaar while on the trail of Romulus.
|October 25th, 2009
Wolverine Origins #36
The cover tells you everything you need to know about this issue, which concludes a story whose only point was ending in a certain way.
|May 26th, 2009
The Brave and the Bold #21
You know how the cover says there's a team-up between Green Lantern and Green Arrow? Well, there's not. Don't you love covers that lie?
|January 21st, 2009


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Moving to Alaska
Relocating to Alaska?
As you prepare for your journey north, it's important to consider how you'll move your household goods to Alaska. While there are several options to choose from, none can compare to the convenience, ease, and affordability U-Pack® offers. Use this guide to plan your move to the Last Frontier from start to finish.
How do I move my furniture to Alaska?
U-Pack, a "you pack, we drive" moving company, is an ideal solution for shipping your items to Alaska. Your belongings will travel directly to Alaska from the U.S. – not through Canada. Here's how it works:
- You pack and load a trailer, ReloCube, or ocean container
- It travels to Tacoma, WA to sail to Alaska (we don't unload or transfer your items)
- Once it arrives, we'll deliver to your new home
- You unload and we pick up the empty equipment
Since you don't have to move your household belongings yourself (like you would with truck rental), you can drive in the comfort of your personal vehicle or move to Alaska without driving a car – whatever works best for you!
How much does it cost to move to Alaska?
It depends on the specifics of your move, such as when you're moving, how much you're moving, and where you're moving from. If you're interested in an affordable move that doesn't require driving a rental truck or moving your items through Canada, try U-Pack!
Get a free online moving quote, or get a quote instantly by calling 800-413-4799.
What's the cheapest way to move to Alaska?
Many people say U-Pack is cheapest, and here are a few reasons why:
- U-Pack takes care of the driving, which is typically the hardest part of the move
- You pay by the amount of space you use, not the weight of your items
- U-Pack uses carriers with efficient transportation systems to move your items
- Fuel, transportation, and taxes are included in your quote. There are no extra costs
Compared to truck rental and full-service, U-Pack is on mission to help you save as much as possible on your Alaska move.
Should I use a trailer, ReloCube, or ocean container?
The type of equipment you use depends on where you're moving and how much you're moving. While each option is a bit different, they each offer a common benefit – your belongings aren't co-mingled with others' belongings or unloaded at any point during the move. If you use a full-service company, your belongings could be co-mingled or transferred.
Here's what you can expect with each equipment type from U-Pack:
- Moving trailers can be delivered to most major Alaskan cities (and some small ones), and military bases like JBER (Fort Richardson and Elmendorf AFB), Fort Wainwright, Fort Greely, and Eielson AFB. With the 28 ft. trailer, you pay only for the space you use (with a 5 minimum). This makes it a great option for both small and large moves.
The Ocean Container is ideal for large moves. It can be delivered door-to-door in many areas where the trailer isn't able to go. Unlike the trailer, the cost for a 40' ocean container is on a "per container" basis.
- The ReloCube is best for smaller moves and moves that don't require door delivery. One 6' x 7' x 8' container holds approximately one room of furnishings. You can reserve as many Cubes as you want, and only pay for the ones you fill.
Need help choosing the right equipment for your move? Call us at 800-413-4799 and we'll be happy to assist you.
How long will it take to move to Alaska?
U-Pack ships out of Tacoma twice per week, so transit times average about 8-15 business days (depending on where you're moving from).
What locations in Alaska does U-Pack service?
U-Pack delivers to many locations in the state; however, there are some areas where the terrain or distance from the service center prevents door delivery. Check serviceability in your area now – call an Alaska moving specialist at 800-413-4799 with your Alaska ZIP code.
When should I reserve my move to Alaska?
We recommend booking your move 4-8 weeks in advance. However, if you're planning a last-minute move, we can normally accommodate you with as little as two weeks' notice. If you have to move immediately, please call a moving consultant at 800-413-4799 for assistance.
What if I need storage with my move?
If you need to store your belongings before you settle into your new home, U-Pack can help. You can set up storage at the service center where you currently live, or at the service center in Tacoma. If you choose storage in Tacoma, call us whenever you're ready for delivery and we'll put your Cube, trailer, or container on a ship bound for Alaska. It usually takes 5-7 business days to ship from Tacoma.
Can I get help moving to Alaska?
While U-Pack doesn't provide moving labor services, we refer customers looking for unloading help in Anchorage to Moving Staffers™.
Can I ship my motorcycle to Alaska?
Absolutely. U-Pack is a great solution for moving your motorcycle, especially if you're also shipping household goods with it. All we ask is that you drain the fluids, and load and secure your motorcycle into the trailer, Cube, or ocean container.
Can I ship my car to Alaska?
While U-Pack isn't equipped to ship vehicles, we refer customers with auto shipping needs to uShip.
What if I just need to ship a few things to Alaska?
If you have a couple pieces of furniture, a few boxes, a palletized or non-palletized shipment, or other items to ship to Alaska, you have options. Read our post on moving a small load long distance to see what works best for you.
How do I pack and load my things for a move to Alaska?
We have some great packing tips and loading tips to help you pack like a pro. We also provide a handy "Do Not Ship" list so you know what you can and can't pack into the equipment.
Can I move to Alaska with guns?
You can't move your guns or ammunition with U-Pack (they're items listed on our do not ship list). Other options include taking your guns into Canada with you (read about bringing weapons into Canada), taking them with you on the plane (TSA firearm guidelines), or taking them with you on the ferry (AMHS policies).
I'm in the military. Can U-Pack move me to Alaska?
Yes! U-Pack moves military members and their families to Alaska quite often. Call 800-413-4799 and a moving consultant will help you get started. You can also check out our guide on PCSing to Alaska for more information.
Ready to begin your Alaskan adventure?
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Health & Pregnancy
Folic Acid Doesn't Increase Miscarriage Risk
Sept. 6, 2001 -- Though the benefits of taking folic acid supplements to prevent certain birth defects is firmly established, a study from several years ago found that women who took a multivitamin containing 800 micrograms of folic acid before and during early pregnancy had an increased risk of miscarriage.
But now a new study, published in the Sept. 8 issue of the Lancet, shows no increased risk of miscarriage among women who took 400 micrograms of folic acid before and during early pregnancy. In the study, women who had or had not taken folic acid supplements before and during the first trimester of their pregnancy had roughly the same rate of miscarriage, report researchers from the CDC in Atlanta and Peking University Health Sciences Center in Beijing.
Current recommendations state that all women who can become pregnant take a multivitamin that contains 400 micrograms of folic acid every day, beginning before conception and continuing into the early months of pregnancy, as part of a healthy diet including foods containing folic acid, such as leafy green vegetables, orange juice, peanuts, beans, and fortified grains.
Experts agree that the new study results further reinforce this message.
Folic acid supplementation before conception and during the first trimester of pregnancy is known to reduce risk for neural tube birth defects. Such birth defects including spina bifida and anencephaly affect 4,000 pregnancies per year, resulting in 2,500 to 3,000 U.S. births annually.
Spina bifida, or open spine, occurs when the backbone never closes completely and is a leading cause of childhood paralysis. Anencephaly is marked by a severely underdeveloped brain and skull.
Half of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unplanned. The neural tube forms by 28 days, so women must take folic acid on a daily basis before conception since weeks can go by before pregnancy is confirmed.
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The recommended level of activity was defined as 30 minutes of moderate physical activity (such as walking, household chores, or gardening) five to seven days a week, or 20 minutes of vigorous physical activity (such as running or aerobics classes) three to seven days a week.
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This is the best tasting sweetener I have ever tried, and I have tried them all. I cannot tell the difference between sugar and xylo-sweet. The only disadvantage I find is using it in cold foods like iced tea. I found that if I dissolve it in a little hot tap water first it works.
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I was amazed that this product is not sweeter than it is, and compared to NOW Zylitol, it takes almost 3 packets to equal one of NOW's product...
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I made this cake as a good luck present for my friends on the Robious Middle School cheerleading team before their competition. It has the whole team going around the first layer of the cake. I painted the pom-poms and the bow with silver luster dust mixed with vodka.
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Influenza A viruses: why focusing on M2e-based universal vaccines
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The threat of highly virulent avian influenza, such as H5N1 and swine-origin H1N1 influenza viruses, bring out an urgent need to develop a universal influenza vaccine, which may provide cross-protection against different strain of influenza A viruses. The extra-domain of influenza M2 protein (M2e), which is almost completely conserved among all subtypes of influenza A viruses, is considered as a promising candidate target for the development of a broad-spectrum recombinant influenza A vaccine. The results of several preclinical studies with M2e protein, with or without carriers, have already proved the successful protection of M2e-based vaccinated animal model against lethal challenge of heterologous and homologous influenza A viruses. Recently, the results of Phase I/II clinical trail studies with M2e-based vaccines have raised hopes for considering these vaccines against seasonal and pandemic influenza A strains. Hence, it is expected that more and more effective and safe universal influenza vaccines based on M2e will be developed for prevention of seasonal and pandemic influenza in the near future.
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robert m...would be more than hapy to se Yossi back at Anfield provided his salary wasnt prohibitive a la Joe Cole. Liked Yossis style he always gave 100% which is a lot more can be said of a lot of the lazy sod salary mercenaries we had on the books same time he was with us.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Well I was a fan of his back as far as his Liverpool days but
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The recognition that microorganisms display spatial biogeographic patterns has stimulated intense research interests concerning the underlying ecological and evolutionary mechanisms (Green and Bohannan 2006; Prosser et al. 2007; Ramette and Tiedje 2007; Maron et al. 2011; Hanson et al. 2012; Nemergut et al. 2013). The classic view of microbial biogeography – everything is everywhere, but the environment selects – highlights the potential unlimited dispersal capabilities of microorganisms and predicts that microbial community structure is predominantly determined by local environmental conditions (Baas-Becking 1934). However, it has been argued that everything is not really everywhere (Cho and Tiedje 2000; Green et al. 2004; Rout and Callaway 2012); past evolutionary and ecological events, including geographic separation, make significant contributions to the current assemblages of microbial communities (Martiny et al. 2006). Consequently, the spatial pattern of microorganisms has been hypothesized to be a result of interaction between two major factors, that is, historical contingencies and contemporary environmental disturbances (Martiny et al. 2006). However, their combined effects or relative contribution toward microbial assembling across spatial scales is currently poorly understood.
For microorganisms dwelling in soil, their community composition and activity are known to be strongly influenced by historical factors such as geographic location and soil type, as well as contemporary disturbances, which include transient change in soil pH, water content, minerals, organic manures, and tillage (Sayer et al. 2013; Sullivan et al. 2013). The spatial distribution of soil microbial communities has been well documented in the literature, including two recent large-scale surveys of bacterial populations in France and Great Britain (Griffiths et al. 2011; Maron et al. 2011; Ranjard et al. 2013). However, there is a lack of congruence with regard to the relative importance of historical versus environmental factors (for reviews, see (Martiny et al. 2006; Hanson et al. 2012)). Life history was identified to be the major driver of bacterial communities in soils over distances from m to 100 km in Australia and in soils across a regional scale of ~1000 km in China (Ge et al. 2008; Bissett et al. 2010). In the contrast, Kuang et al. (2013) have shown that the bacterial communities in acidic mine drainage ecosystem were primarily determined by contemporary environmental variables rather than historical contingencies. A strong influence of local environment was reported on the composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal communities at the landscape scale (Hazard et al. 2013). Moreover, a number of studies have highlighted the roles of edaphic parameters, particularly soil pH, in explaining bacterial biogeography in the soil (Fierer and Jackson 2006; Lauber et al. 2009; Bru et al. 2011; Griffiths et al. 2011). Together, inconsistent results were obtained from different studies, and they were likely attributable to the related spatial scales or the specific types of microorganisms under investigation (Martiny et al. 2006; Bissett et al. 2010; Ragon et al. 2012). Clearly, more studies are needed in order to establish the common themes with regard to the relative importance of historical and contemporary factors.
In terms of methodology, data currently available are mostly based on microbiological surveys of soils under various geographic locations, which rely on robust statistical analysis to dissociate the combined effects of historical contingencies and contemporary disturbances. Alternatively, questions pertaining to the relative importance of history and environment can be powerfully addressed through studies of soil transplantation, whereby different types of soils are transferred to different geographic locations, followed by comparative analysis of microbial communities over a short or long period of time (Waldrop and Firestone 2006; Rinnan et al. 2007; Lazzaro et al. 2011). Of particular importance is that the initial microbial communities for each soil type have shared exactly the same evolutionary and ecological history in the past thousands, if not millions, of years. If history is the predominant determining factor, microbial communities in the same type of soil should remain closely related in different geographic locations after the transplantation. Conversely, if environment plays a pivotal role in driving microbial diversification, the effects of historical contingencies can be potentially erased within a reasonable short period of time, resulting in close relatedness of soil microbial communities in the same geographic location. In a previous report, we have performed a short-term reciprocal transplantation of three types of soils in three geographic locations; and the results showed that, at 4.5 years after soil transplantation, bacterial communities for each type of soil remained closely related at different sites (Sun et al. 2013). This initial finding was not surprising as soil is highly robust (Girvan et al. 2005; Rinnan et al. 2007). Few years can be considered very short, when compared with the thousands or millions of years that a soil formation process would have normally taken from parental materials (Huggett 1998).
Here, we describe a long-term soil transplantation experiment to assess the potential role of contemporary geographic separation in driving diversification of soil microbial communities. To this end, red soil (Acrisol) and purple soil (Cambisol) from a mid-subtropical region were placed into two geographic locations of ~1000 km apart in China. Twenty years after the transplantation, the resulting microbial communities were compared using cultivation-independent molecular techniques, which were based on sequence analysis of 16S and 18S rRNA genes and clone library analysis of genes involved in nitrogen cycling. A focus on both taxa and functional traits was considered crucial for a better understanding of microbial biogeography (Green et al. 2008; Maron et al. 2011), and moreover, N-cycling microbial communities have become the models of investigation because of their importance in agriculture and environmental protection (Philippot et al. 2009; Bru et al. 2011; Martiny et al. 2011). Therefore, in addition to the general bacterial and eukaryotic microbial communities (e.g., fungi, protists, algae, and nematodes), specific functional groups (i.e., bacteria and archaea involved in nitrification, denitrification, and nitrogen fixation) were also included in this study. Finally, immigration and extinction are two important processes for biological diversity (Martiny et al. 2006; Fukami et al. 2007; Nemergut et al. 2013), but such events can rarely be recorded in microbial communities, partially due to the lack of high-throughput microbial identification techniques. Thus, the 454 pyrosequencing technique was employed to detect the potential emergence and disappearance of microbial taxa occurred over the course of soil transplantation.


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DC Comics kicked off its Villains Month last week, as the evil opposites of the Justice League invaded the DC Universe, seemingly disposing of all the heroes and taking over the world.
Likewise, the villains have been taking over DC's New 52 line of comic books, with the MIA heroes finding the covers of their books occupied by bad guys. Those are, of course, the collectible and somewhat-controversial (among retailers) 3D lenticular covers.
But as the case with books, we shouldn't judge a comic by its cover, so let's continue reviewing our way through the contents of the Villains Month issues. As with last week's batch, I'm rating each book on a 10-point scale of how evil it is, with "Not Very Good" being the worst and "Absolute Evil" the best, and noting its connectivity to the Forever Evil crossover event that sparked the promotion in the first place.
If you've been keeping up with the events in the DC Universe, then you know things are looking particularly grim for the good guys.
At the conclusion of "Trinity War," the Justice Leagues faced an invasion from the Crime Syndicate of Earth-3 — "The birthplace of all evil," as one character called it — evil counterparts of the Justice League. In the first issue of Forever Evil, these villains claimed to have killed all of the Justice Leaguers, they freed all the supervillains from all the super-prisons and organized them into an army called The Secret Society, they did some awful things to Nightwing and then even moved the moon to permanently block out the sun.
Those jerks.
To mark the occasion of evil temporarily winning (again), DC declared September Villains Month, and is interrupting the ongoing adventures of its heroes with special ".1″ issues starring various villains. Each of these was to bear a fancy plastic 3D cover that jacked the price up a buck and ultimately created shortages, an artificial collectors/speculators market and irritated a whole bunch of retailers, many of whom were already pretty irritated by having to figure out how to order something like, say, Justice League #23.3: Dial E, which fused one of the publisher's best selling comics with one of its worst.
We — and by that I mean you and I, for the course of this post — aren't going to concern ourselves with that aspect of the books, however. Instead, let's look under those covers, whether they're the fancy plastic 3D ones or the regular, cheaper "standard edition" ones and concern ourselves with the quality of the comics concealed behind the covers.


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Yeah, This Joke is Pretty Uncalled For.
Definitely a joke I might of passed up in The Day it Snowed, but I went there, came back, had to run back out to the grocery to get some milk and came back and I regret nothing!
It had to be done.
Okay, okay, so we threw in a subtle penis joke in that one. What can I say? I?m sorry.
If I am not mistaken?which I am sure I am not?it is mandatory that all new comics feature at least one of them in the first five strips. (Note to Art: I know it said at least one, but surely having all of them be penis jokes is a bit over the top.) I mean, look at any good web-comic. Every single one of them has crude jokes shoved in there somewhere. As a matter of fact, it is hard to find one that doesn?t have crude jokes!
What does that have to say about the Internet community? Well, it probably says we are all just a bunch of college kids who act like we are fourteen, but I didn?t listen all that well?I was too busy watching scrambled porn.


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JUST THIS MONTH, we have started getting reports from a number of very stable clients that MrxSmb event id 50 errors keep appearing in their system event logs. Otherwise, they do not appear to have any networking problems except that there is a critical legacy application which seems to either be generating the MrxSmb errors or having errors occur because of them. The legacy application is comprised of 16 bit and 32 bit code and has not been changed or recompiled in many years. It has always been stable on Windows XP systems. The customers that have the problem usually have a small (5 clients or less) peer to peer network with all Windows XP systems. All service packs are loaded on the XP machines.
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