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Enjoy This Helpful Guide To Picking up Prostitutes
Hey there, Daddy. Looking for a good time? Well, apparently 69% of men are according to an Indiana University study claiming that's how many guys frequent prostitutes.
In 2010, experts from the Prostitution Research and Education Institution (who knew?) conducted a study identifying the most common reason for men fornicating with a hooker is to satisfy a sexual urge. This finding was quickly followed sarcastically by a collective "ya don't say" from every dude in the world.
Whether it's your first time or you've been more than once around the block, here are a few pointers on how to properly pick up a prostitute courtesy of TheCheckUp.com. Among the safety tips like wearing protection and avoiding back alleys and street corners, was this interesting tip that most men probably wouldn't think about.
Try Not to Use Your Home — It's never a good idea to let a complete stranger in your house when your guard is completely down. A neutral place is always better and safer.
Most men would probably prefer a 'home field advantage' but it's never a good idea to expose your home to any prostitute or any of the people she may call 'friends.'
Also keep in mind that sex Workers are People Too — just because a woman chooses to be a sex worker doesn't mean she doesn't deserve respect. Do not be mean, abusive or a cheat. They work hard for that money.
A few more to add from our own personal experiences are to always check to make sure she doesn't have a penis (The Crocodile Dundee method of just walking right up and getting a handful works nicely) and do not fall in love. Pretty Woman was just a movie. The greatest movie ever made, but still, a movie.
[Via The CheckUp]


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|The Buttery is a house in Dorchester,
Massachusetts. Over the years, many of the residents have been members
of the Society for Creative
Anachronism, a medieval recreation group, but The Buttery is no
longer the hotbed of SCA activity it once was. Currently, seven of us
live here.
The house was built shortly after the turn of the previous century. It is a style of house known as a "four-square", which was popular here in Massachusetts at the time; it is called that because the shape of the house is nearly square, a very efficient shape that gives you a lot of space for the size of house. If it weren't for the complex roof line, it would be rather close to being a cube.

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Bug Watch: July 200514 Jul, 2005 By: Steve Johnson Cadalyst
A comprehensive look at how well Autodesk is doing at fixing existing AutoCAD bugs in the new releases
Before we begin the hunting season on the plethora of new AutoCAD 2006 bugs, this month we look at how well Autodesk is doing at fixing the old ones. The Bug Watch columns available at http://www.cadalyst.com date back to January 2003. Which of those bugs are fixed, and which remain?
First, let's take a look on the bright side of life. The following bugs were present in AutoCAD 2005, but they are fixed in AutoCAD 2006:
|Blind Find 1
|May 2003
|Blind Find 2
|May 2003
|SDI = Slip-up, Defect, Imperfection
|December 2003
|Lost in Base
|February 2004
|Txt2mtxt Torture
|March 2004
|What's the Buzz?
|May 2004
|Space, No Line at Front Here
|June 2004
|A Spell of Bother
|October 2004
|Holy Color Calamity, Battman!
|November 2004
|Table Trouble 1
|November 2004
|Table Trouble 2
|November 2004
|Perverted Revert
|March 2005
|Xopen Doesn't
|April 2005
This next batch of bugs is partially fixed by AutoCAD 2006. Each bug is absent if you use the new MText editor. However, some people will want to avoid the new editor for good reasons, including bugs that I will discuss in the coming months. You can revert to the old editor by setting the MTexted system variable to OldEditor. If you do so, you will discover that the following bugs are still there:
|Breaking a Non-breaking Space
|August 2003
|Wrap Trap
|April 2004
|Ruler Fooler
|April 2004
|A Fine Mess
|September 2004
|Another Fine Mess
|September 2004
The next bug is also partially fixed by AutoCAD 2006. In this case, AutoCAD now only makes life difficult on screen -- plots come out fine.
|TrueType False Type
|March 2003
The following bugs were present in AutoCAD 2004, but they are fixed by AutoCAD 2005 (and 2006, with one exception):
|Right Click, Wrong Response
|March 2003
|Plot Style Stumble
|March 2003
|Flipping Thing
|April 2003
|Faulty Default
|May 2003
|Return of the Scream Menu
|June 2003
|Gray Area
|June 2003
|Extension Exasperation
|June 2003
|Left Just Ain't Right
|July 2003
|Concentric Consternation
|July 2003
|Frozen First Failure
|October 2003
|Palette Palaver
|November 2003
|Txtexp Torment 1
|November 2003
|Txtexp Torment 3
|Decvember 2003
|Color Conundrum
|January 2004
|Accidental Attribute Appearance
|January 2004
|Palette Peeves
|February 2004
Unfortunately, AutoCAD 2006 unfixes the Textexp Torment 1 bug that was fixed in 2005. It's actually worse now -- when you explode text in 2006, it is further out of position than before and at the wrong scale.
The following bugs were present in AutoCAD 2002, but are fixed by AutoCAD 2004, 2005 and 2006:
|Dimstyle Dialog Distress
|January 2003
|Layout of Order
|January 2003
So where does that leave us? The following 35 items are yet to be fixed:
|Attribute Angle Affliction
|February 2003
|Lock Shock
|February 2003
|Spitting at Image
|April 2003
|Childish Leaders Don't Want to Change
|April 2003
|$7 Won't Buy You a Leader
|April 2003
|Look at the Size of This OLE
|July 2003
|eTransmit eTrouble
|August 2003
|Devious Previous
|August 2003
|Extents Elusion
|September 2003
|Pointless Paper Pans
|September 2003
|Txtexp Torment 2
|November 2003
|Txtexp Torment 4
|March 2004
|Qleader Quirk
|April 2004
|Menu Mouse Move Mayhem
|April 2004
|Txt2mtxt Torture too
|May 2004
|Paper Space Zooms to Outer Space
|July 2004
|Intersection Indiscretion
|August 2004
|Open, Please Enter
|August 2004
|Magic Spell
|October 2004
|Wrong Spell Revisited
|October 2004
|Holy Mirroring Mayhem, Battman!
|November 2004
|Block Lock Shock
|November 2004
|Still Active Bug is Still Active
|November 2004
|My Leader is a Stick Head
|December 2004
|Deleterious Delete
|December 2004
|MPEdit Finds PEDITACCEPT Unacceptable
|December 2004
|PEDITACCEPT Finds Sysvdlg Unacceptable
|December 2004
|Renaming Profile Prevents Palette Proxy
|December 2004
|Just a Fraction Out
|January 2005
|Vexatious Viewports
|January 2005
|Mysteries of the Pyramids
|February 2005
|Not Exactly
|February 2005
|Gradient Gripe
|February 2005
|DBMOD, He Be Odd
|March 2005
|Lost In Stupid Parentheses
|April 2005
Several of the above bugs date back to Release 13. Special mention should be made of the Menu Mouse Move Mayhem bug. This dates back to Release 14, but it is worse in AutoCAD 2006. In the interest of balance, I should also point out that the Renaming Profile Prevents Palette Proxy bug is rendered largely irrelevant due to the new Workspaces feature in 2006.
About the Author: Steve Johnson
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How "Zombie" Virus Liquifies Caterpillar Hosts
Single gene allows virus to brainwash caterpillars, turn them to goo, study says.
Scientists have identified a single gene that allows a caterpillar-brainwashing virus to do its dirty work, a new study says.
The virus forces the "zombie" caterpillars to climb trees, where the invader eventually liquifies its hosts' bodies into a dripping goo. (See "Caterpillar Fungus Making Tibetan Herders Rich.")
"When gypsy moth caterpillars are healthy and happy, they go up into the trees at night to feed on leaves, and then climb back down in the morning to hide [in bark crevices or soil] from predators during the day," said study co-author Kelli Hoover, an entomologist at Penn State University.
But caterpillars infected with a baculovirus—a type of virus that infects invertebrates—are driven to the treetops and reprogrammed to stay there until they meet a doom worthy of a horror film.
"When they are infected, as they get sicker they stay up in the trees and die up there," Hoover explained.
The virus "ends up using just about all of the caterpillar to make more virus, and there are other genes in the virus that then make the caterpillar melt. So it becomes a pool of millions of virus particles that end up dropping onto the foliage below where it can infect other moths that eat those leaves."
Viruses Are Master Manipulators
Though such zombie-making viruses were previously known, their genetics have been a mystery.
So Hoover and colleagues infected gypsy moth caterpillars with half a dozen different types of baculovirus and placed the bugs in tall bottles with food on the bottom. Viruses that the scientists had determined carried a specific gene, called egt, drove caterpillars to climb to the top of the container and stay there to die.
(Read "'Zombie' Roaches Lose Free Will Due to Wasp Venom.")
Researchers then removed egt from some viruses, reinfected the caterpillars, and found that the zombie behavior stopped. When the team inserted the gene into a virus that previously lacked it, the zombie behavior returned.
"Somehow or other, using this gene, the virus is able to manipulate the behavior of the caterpillar to go to the right location in the tree to enhance transmission to new hosts. It's really amazing," Hoover said.
The gene may work by deactivating its hosts' molting hormone, according to the study, published tomorrow in the journal Science.
"That would be an advantage to the virus because it keeps the insect in a feeding state, so that they get bigger and bigger and make more and more virus."
Viruses and Moths-Natural Enemies
There are many different types of baculovirus, Hoover said, and almost all caterpillar species are infected by one or more of them.
But the virus, which is naturally occurring, doesn't greatly impact gypsy moths as a species, Hoover said. Gypsy moth populations are prone to cycles of boom and bust, so when caterpillar numbers are in check, the virus remains so as well.
When gypsy moth invasions grow, the virus may go into outbreak mode-serving as a natural control mechanism for caterpillar infestations.
"This virus probably came to North America when the caterpillars did," Hooever explained. "It's just a natural enemy of the gypsy moth."


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NEW YORK (AP) - Citigroup will try something new to keep struggling homeowners out of foreclosure: turn them into renters.
CitiMortgage announced the program Wednesday and painted it as a way to help homeowners stuck in houses they can't afford. The New York-based bank, however, won't manage the program. Instead, it is handing the reigns to an investment firm. The bank just sold a $158 million mortgage portfolio to investment firms that will manage the program.
It will work like this: Carrington Capital Management and its sister mortgage company will comb the portfolio for eligible homeowners — though they're homeowners in name only, since they are still paying for their houses. Carrington is looking for people who owe more on their house than it's worth, but also seem to have the means to keep making monthly payments.
They also must live in the house, meaning it can't be a vacation home or investment property. And they have to be at least four months late on payments.
Carrington says the pilot program will help about 500 homeowners in six markets that have been hit especially hard by the plunge in housing prices: Arizona, California, Texas, Florida, Nevada and Georgia. It says it will begin contacting eligible homeowners this month.
Homeowners who choose to participate would have to transfer the ownership of their house to Carrington and another firm, Oaktree Capital Management. Carrington would then negotiate with the homeowners-turned-renters for "a manageable monthly payment" and how long the lease should last. The rental rates would be determined by local market rates, Carrington said, and they should be less expensive than the homeowners' current mortgage payments.
Citigroup Inc.'s announcement is just the latest reminder of the long-lasting effects of the housing crisis. Banks that churned out home loans before the crisis have found themselves ill-equipped to know what to do when so many mortgages started turning delinquent, which is one of the reasons the crisis has persisted.
Lenders, community groups, lawmakers and others have been trying to figure out how to fix it for years, sometimes with creative ideas. Bank of America once enlisted the help of community groups in Chicago to knock on doors and talk to people about how to get their mortgage payments modified, since those homeowners weren't answering the bank's calls. A group of West Coast financiers is proposing using eminent domain rights to let local governments condemn certain mortgage loans, then write new, more-affordable terms for those homeowners. And other groups have tried rent-to-own programs similar to what Citi announced.
In a statement, CitiMortgage CEO Sanjiv Das called Carrington "one of the best property management companies in the country." Outsourcing the job made sense, Das said: "As a financial institution, managing a program of this nature is not within our area of expertise."


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Warehouse Associate
Warehouse Associate
Job ID:R236917
Location:Milton, Ontario, Canada
Warehouse Associate
From $27 to $31 per hour - That's up to $70,000 - $80,000 per year with bonuses!
Toronto Branch
3333 James Snow Parkway North, Milton, ON L9T 8L1
Uline: Where hard work and hustle are valued and rewarded.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 10:30 AM to 7 PM.
Position Responsibilities
As a Warehouse Associate / Forklift Operator, work independently to compile and ship orders.
Progress in your warehouse career to increasingly more independent and advanced roles.
Get certified on multiple pieces of industrial equipment, such as a Forklift.
Contribute to our industry-leading warehouse safety record.
Report to Warehouse Management Team.
Minimum Requirements
High school diploma or equivalent.
Desire to work in a fast-paced, organized and positive warehouse environment.
Ability to frequently lift, push, and slide packages that typically weigh up to 50 lbs, and may weigh up to 70 lbs.
Ability to work full-time, 40 hours per week.
Attention to detail and good time management skills.
Company-paid extended health coverage that includes medical, dental and vision after only 30 days.
Basic life insurance, disability and wellness programs.
RRSP with 5% employer match, eligible after 30 days.
Paid holidays and generous paid time off.
Bonus programs that include annual performance, sales goals and profit sharing.
Employee Perks
On-site café and outdoor patio.
First-class fitness center.
Numerous employee-appreciation events throughout the year.
Opportunities for community involvement.
About Uline
Uline is North America's leading distributor of shipping, industrial and packaging materials. We're a family-owned company known for incredible service, quality products and same-day shipping of our huge in-stock inventory. With over 9,000 employees across 13 locations, it's time you joined Uline.
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Playa del Carmen has long been known as the top foodie locale on the Riviera Maya for food. For decades, chefs from all over have been lured to this low-rise town, an hour south of Cancún, by the dream of opening their own little place by the beach. But when a few margarita-and-mariachi chain restaurants moved in, it began to look as if Playa's incredible range of dining options might be overrun.
Luckily, that hasn't been the case. New restaurants are still sprouting, and they're sleek and sophisticated, hip and quirky—anything but run-of-the-mill. As new places open, others close, so you never know quite what to expect. The following are some current faves, but as you stroll along Fifth Avenue, Playa's pedestrian-only main street (also known as La Quinta), keep your eyes peeled for the next hot spot.
What's not to like about Aguachiles? Everything's colorful, starting with the food: Tacos sparkle like jewels on the plate, artfully garnished with sliced red cabbage, avocado, onion, lime and cilantro. Nine homemade sauces sit in squeeze bottles on your table. It may look like a backstreet taco joint, but unexpected touches (striped doors, a wire rack of bottles forming a low wall) give it away: The savvy design team set out to make it look like a backstreet taco joint. A dessert of sliced apple coated with tamarind and chamoy sauce sums up the basic philosophy here: so simple, so delicious.
A private elevator whisks you to this elegant second-floor restaurant at the quiet north end of Fifth Avenue. You can sit inside, but the teak tables on the balcony overlooking the street are lovely. Chef Raúl Pineda's pan-Mexican food is more ambitious than you'll find in other places here. It would be a huge mistake to ignore the breadbasket (three flavors: banana, garlic and rum). Chipotle scallops come robed in foam, and there's a zucchini-flower risotto with huitlacoche (corn fungus) and black truffle oil. Or try Tikinxic fish, baked the Yucatecan way in a banana leaf. The Delirium of Chocolate makes a perfect end to the meal—or you could plead with your waiter to bring another breadbasket.
Book ahead at this small but high-end Italian spot on Fifth Avenue. At first it may seem odd that most of the tables are right on the street, and there's even a guy rolling dough and cutting pasta at a table out front as passers-by stop to gawk. Despite the informal setting, everything's high-quality, from the handsome menus to the custom-made cutlery; even the crowd is glossy. As for the food, it's beautifully prepared and presented and delicious (try the cappelletti with ricotta). This place has a sense of drama: Watch for a waiter wielding an absurdly gigantic pepper grinder or pouring wine from a long-stemmed glass decanter.
This restaurant was opened less than a year ago by a family that owns several other successful Playa eateries. Tables are set up in the stylish interior (where the bar is made of rocks piled inside a wire frame) and in a multilevel garden out back, whose fountains, ficus trees and gravel underfoot make it feel far removed from the busy street. Candles and torches add to the romantic mood. The kitchen re-creates tastes from all over Mexico: blue tortillas are "burned" (toasted) to bring out flavor; the chinampa chicken breast is stuffed with goat cheese and zucchini flowers.
Los Aguachiles: 34th St. at 25th Ave.; 52.984.849.1442
Luna Maya: Fifth Ave. N. at 38th St.; 52.984.879.4394
Cenacolo: Fifth Ave. at 28th St.; 52.984.803.5705
Aldea Corazon: Fifth Ave. between 14th and 16th Sts.; 52.984.803.1942
NOTE: Information may have changed since publication. Please confirm key details before planning your trip.


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Terrorist Facilitators Detained in Zabul Province
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, 2007 – An Afghan and coalition operation in Afghanistan's Ghazni province yesterday resulted in the detention of five people suspected of being foreign-fighter facilitators.
The combined force of Afghan and coalition members conducted a search of a compound in the district where the foreign fighter facilitators were hiding. During the search, the combined force detained the five individuals.
"Afghan and coalition forces will continue to pursue all credible leads to prevent foreign-fighter recruits from joining extremist forces," said Army Maj. Chris Belcher, a Combined Joint Task Force 82 spokesman.
In other news from Afghanistan, Afghan national security forces, supported by coalition and International Security Assistance Force troops swept through Gulestan during a 72-hour operation that began Nov. 9.
In total, more than 500 soldiers went door to door, searching houses and clearing the region of Taliban fighters who had occupied Gulestan earlier in the week. While the operation is still ongoing, Gulestan is now under Afghan control, U.S. officials said. Although final count has not been confirmed, initial reports indicate heavy Taliban casualties.
"During this operation, our soldiers conducted themselves exceptionally well," Afghan National Army Col. Jabar said. "The Taliban took a weak stance. They fought briefly before turning and running."
Gulestan is a mountainous area of Farah province, and the Taliban fled into the mountains to hide, Afghan Gen. Abdul Rahman Sarjang, chief of police, said. "Our soldiers are moving forward one step at a time," he said. "They are conducting this operation in a very professional manner."
During the Taliban occupation of Gulestan, six civilians and one police officer were executed, including relatives of the Gulestan district manager.
Elsewhere, Afghan National Army members saved the lives of two coalition soldiers during a reconnaissance patrol in Chineh village in Helmand province on Nov. 8.
The combined force was investigating a suspected mortar position inside Chineh village when several insurgents engaged them with rockets and small-arms fire. Two coalition servicemembers were pinned down in a life-threatening situation, but the Afghan soldiers charged the enemy position and suppressed the enemy fire, U.S. officials said.
The combined force then returned small-arms and machine-gun fire and precision close-air support, eliminating the Taliban fighting position. "The ANA soldiers performed with tactical precision and demonstrated bravery under fire," a coalition commander said. "They maneuvered and provided suppressive fire against the Taliban who had pinned down two coalition forces soldiers, ... saving their lives."
(Compiled from Combined Joint Task Force 82 news release.)
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128 Million People Have Abandoned Land Line Phones — Have You? [POLL]
Like the phone book before it, the land line seems to be on the way out.
A new study has found more and more people are ditching land line phones for cell phones.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 41% of households only used a wireless phone in the last half of 2013. That's a big jump from the 38% the year before that and the 30% in 2010.
The most recent numbers indicate 93 million adults and roughly 35 million kids are using cell phones. That's a total of 128 million people who've hopped aboard the wireless revolution.
It seems there are some stark differences in lifestyle between those with land lines and those without:
* 29% of adults who only use cell phones had at least five drinks in one day, compared to 17% of those with land lines
* 25% of homes who rely on wireless don't have health insurance, while 15% of land line devotees do


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I have my domain registered and running. I have installed lifray which is running on tomcat 7, my site url is iloveliferay.com:8080 and I want this to be at
themes.iloveliferay.com, which file I need to change to make this possible?
I have VM cloude hosting and I have root access.


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This piece originally posted in Black Star News.
Apparently the phrase "blood is thicker than water" also compares to the Imperial ties that bind NATO, where the history of European colonial collusion runs thicker than internationalist ethics and treaties.
The recent brushing aside of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations by France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and US that endangered the life of Bolivian president Evo Morales, should be an epiphany or at least a reminder to the people of Africa, Asia and Latin America. It demonstrates that only a radical and transcontinental transformation can abolish the vestiges of European colonialism and white supremacy.
The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations is the international treaty that forms the legal basis for diplomatic immunity. But on July 2nd the fore mentioned NATO countries most likely led by the US breached the Convention by colluding to disallow a Bolivian presidential flight into their respective airspace.
This was allegedly based on unfounded suspicion that the flight was transporting US National Security Agency whistleblower, Edward Snowden. President Morales and accompanying Bolivian officials were returning to Bolivia after attending a Forum of Gas Exporting Countries in Russia. Low on fuel due to rerouting caused by denial of passage through the airspace of the European culprit countries, the Bolivian presidential flight had to make an emergency landing in Vienna, Austria.
This is another one of countless and arrogantly racist double standards that the US and its NATO allies have demonstrated since the dawn of colonialism and neo-colonialism. The Convention on Diplomatic Relations is supposed to be the framework governing relations between independent countries. It specifies the privileges of a diplomatic mission that enable diplomats to perform their functions without fear of coercion or harassment by hosts countries, including free and safe passage via land, sea or air.
Read the full article in Black Star News.


text: SUPERBOY #3 Written by JEFF LEMIRE Art by PIER GALLO Cover by PHIL NOTO 1:10 Variant cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN It's just another day at Smallville High - girl trouble psychic attacks, gym class, lunch with Kid Flash, study hall and alien terrorists from the future! Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information. On sale JANUARY 5 * 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US


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Kurt Nimmo
Officialdom in Miami-Dade is working with the U.S. Air Force to spray mosquitos.
"This newest round of mosquito control involves a large C-130 cargo plane based in Ohio to spray Homestead ARB and communities of Doral, West Sweetwater, Kendall, Homestead, Florida City and areas east of U.S. 1, where heavy concentrations of mosquitos have been reported," CBS Miami reports.
While a more or less moribund Posse Comitatus Act forbids the military from participating in state and local police functions, the use of the military in activity that is the responsibility of local government is another example of how the military is being systematically integrated into civilian operations.
The founders harbored a deep antipathy toward standing armies. The Third Amendment to the Constitution deals specifically with the quartering of troops in private homes, but its inclusion in the Bill of Rights reveals the mindset of the founders regarding standing armies.
"A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty," James Madison wrote. "The means of defence agst. foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war, whenever a revolt was apprehended. Throughout all Europe, the armies kept up under the pretext of defending, have enslaved the people."
Standing armies "in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, and therefore ought to be avoided, as far as the circumstances and protection of the community will admit; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to and governed by the civil power," Patrick Henry wrote.
Residents of Florida may not easily see the connection between the tyranny of a standing army and the Air Force spraying pests. However, using the military in an operation that is the responsibly of civilian government reveals that the warnings of Madison, Jefferson and Henry are no longer heeded or for that matter relevant.
Since September 11, 2001, the government has devised an elaborate plan to merge civilian and military operations, most notably under the aegis of a coordinated response to terror attacks and natural disasters and other emergencies.
Military troops have appeared on the street in response to a murderer at large and as security personnel at the Kentucky Derby. The Pentagon now routinely cooperates with the Department of Homeland Security and state and local law enforcement and has worked locally to oversee and man traffic checkpoints and even arrest civilians.
This is not coincidental. The federal government has a keen interest in merging military and local government operations in direct violation of the Tenth Amendment. If the founders were alive today, they would recognize this for what it is – the very essence of tyranny.


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DEERFIELD, Ill., May 18 (FoodBizDaily) — This summer, limited-edition bottles of Jim Beam – the world's No. 1-selling Bourbon – will help generate much-needed support for America's military, firefighters and their families. Wrapped with custom labels in support of Operation Homefront or the Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund, the specialty bottles will be available starting May 25, Memorial Day.
Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. [Fortune Brands, Inc. (NYSE:FO) ] developed these specialty bottle labels to raise awareness for two non-profit organizations dedicated to the well-being of these heroes and their families. Operation Homefront provides emergency financial and morale assistance to troops, their families, and wounded warriors, while the Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund assists firefighters and their families with educational, medical and equipment needs. The two Jim Beam bottles – one bearing Operation Homefront's stars and stripes logo and the other depicting a firefighter – will be available in select stores Memorial Day through the Fourth of July.
"We all benefit from what these brave men and women do every day and this is a way that people can show their appreciation while enjoying themselves at the same time," said Rory Finlay, global chief marketing officer, Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. "We invite everyone to toast these two worthy organizations."
Operation Homefront
"Our partnership with Jim Beam is tremendous because of the Bourbon's popularity," said Amy Palmer, chief operating officer, Operation Homefront. "Dedicating a bottle to our organization gives us great visibility and allows people to show their support for the troops who risk their lives to protect our freedom."
Last year, Jim Beam donated upwards of $250,000 to Operation Homefront through corporate donations, local market events as well as support from its distributors and retailers. Jim Beam hopes to build on that momentum and raise even more money to support Operation Homefront's mission. For more information about Jim Beam's partnership with Operation Homefront, please visit http://www.jimbeam.com/operationhomefront.aspx.
"Jim Beam supports Operation Homefront and the Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund because our brands share the same commitment and values – true character, integrity and doing the right thing," said Kelly Doss, senior director of Bourbon and whiskeys, Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc.
Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund
After fire Chief Terry Farrell perished in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center – along with 342 of his firefighter brethren – his family established his namesake Fund that honors these modern day heroes. The organization donates firefighting equipment to underfunded fire stations as well as provides scholarships and medical services to the families of active, retired and fallen firefighters across the nation.
"By simply buying a bottle of Jim Beam, people across America can send a message of appreciation to the firefighters who keep us safe," said Brian Farrell, chairman of the Fund and brother of Terry Farrell.
Jim Beam has already raised $200,000 for the Fund since 2005, and plans to donate an additional $100,000 this year by expanding commemorative bottle sales from the East Coast to 23 states. For a list of participating states and more information about the Fund, please visit http://www.terryfarrellfund.org/.
Jim Beam(R) Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 40% Alc./Vol.
(C)2009 James B. Beam Distilling Co., Clermont, KY.
Source: Beam Global Spirits & Wine
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Polar Bear Posters
We think we can all agree that the polar bears are one of the most magnificent animals that exists. They live along shores and on sea ice in the icy cold Arctic and can be found in Alaska, Canada, Russia, Greenland, and Norway. On the other hand, did you ever give it a thought that you can have them near you all the time if you get a poster or an art print of them? The presence of such a poster showing polar bears in their natural habitat will add a cheerful chill to your home.
Refreshing polar bear posters
Posters, canvas prints and framed art prints showing polar bears hunting and eating seals, and swimming in the Arctic ocean will certainly give you chills and will freshen up your home too. Polar bears are fascinating animals and are surely worth hanging on your walls. Posters of polar bears are very versatile. You can hang polar bear posters in your living room, office or in your kid's room. A poster of polar bear cubs playing together would be for instance a perfect pick for a kid's room.
Fascinating animals
Polar bears are very powerful predators and amazing swimmers, they are able to swim hundreds of miles. They also have incredible sense of smell , which allows them to track their prey. In the Arctic, polar bears are at the top of the food chain. These majestic giants are very attractive and appealing animals. You can bring this attractiveness into your home by decorating it with art prints, canvas prints or posters of polar bears.


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The Kingsland Downtown Development Authority (KDDA) established a grant program to encourage meaningful exterior improvements to properties and promote economic development in the KDDA district. This reimbursement grant is intended to preserve and restore historic properties and details and encourage projects which are compatible with Downtown's historic character.
Criteria for Facade Grant Approval
Requests for grants will be reviewed, and approved or denied, based on the funds available and in the order in which they are received.
Applications will be reviewed with the following considerations:
- Historic or architectural significance of the building.
- Potential impact of the project on the Downtown streetscape in general and on the building in particular.
- Location of the building-visually prominent areas and economically blighted areas will be stressed.
- Overall cost of the project.
- Quality of the proposal and adherence to procedure.
- Need of applicant and willingness to implement entire rehabilitation design.
- Availability of funds.
Eligible Actions
- ALL improvements are subject to design criteria and require approval by the Design Committee.
- Painting, cleaning, masonry repair, repair and/or replacement of architectural details, and repair and/or replacement of windows and doors including storefront on all exterior facades.
- A plaque sign, giving the street address of the business (I.E. 107 S. Lee Street) may be included in your application. It will be permanently attached to the building. No other signage will be funded by the Downtown Façade Grant.
- Purchase, installation, or restoration of exterior lighting fixtures for design enhancement or security.
- The purchase and installation of new awning with frames and the replacement of worn awnings canvases older than 5 years.
- All improvements funded by this grant will remain with the building.
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- General periodic maintenance.
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Using Dynamic Spline Curves (Alibre Design Tips)29 Feb, 2008 By: Aaron Arnold
B-splines are the most familiar type of spline in Alibre Design and are useful for a wide variety of tasks. However, one of the strengths of b-spline curves can also be a weakness in certain circumstances: they are rigid and cannot be easily changed without editing the control points that determine the curve. This column discusses how to make another kind of spline -- a spline by reference points, which allows your spline curve to change shape as your part or assembly changes without manually changing the points. If this flexibility is what you need, this method can save you a lot of time and allow for some neat tricks.
In this column, I'll show an example of a spline by reference points used for dynamic cabling in an assembly. Though this example shows only a cosmetic use of this tool, this method often works whenever you need a flexible spline curve.
First, I'll create a new assembly and insert a new part to begin the design. I'm going to design a cabling system, so I'll need three parts: two connectors and the cable to go between them. Let's start with the connectors. Below, I've modeled an example connector piece.
The connector piece of the cabling system.
Now, I'll duplicate the connector that I just made and insert it opposite the original. Right-click on the new part in the Design Explorer and select Insert Duplicate. Place as many copies as you need. I need only one.
In this example, these two connectors face each other and lie on the same line. I'll need to constrain them to behave in this manner. First, I'll use the Rotate and Move tools to reorient the second connector in the approximate position it should be in. Then, I'll apply an align constraint to the two cylinders as shown below.
Applying an align constraint.
Now, I'll apply another align constraint to the two cylinders shown below. This leaves only one degree of translational freedom for the assembly, meaning that the two connectors can only move closer together or father apart.
Applying this second align constraint leaves only one degree of translational freedom for the assembly.
Now, I'll make the dynamic cable. I need to create a new part and use the existing geometry of the two connectors as the starting and ending points of the flexible spline by reference points. To do this, I'll use the Project to Sketch tool. First I open a new part workspace within the context of the assembly by going to Insert / New Part, and then I enter sketch mode facing the sides of the connectors.
Next I'll use the Project to Sketch tool to bring the existing connector geometry into this sketch, and I'll select the Create Reference Figure and Maintain Association to Source options to ensure that when I move the connectors in the assembly, it updates this sketch as well so the cable changes with it. I'll elect to use Reference Figures because these will not actually be part of our sketch. I'll project four items -- the ends of both tubes and an edge of the faces the tubes touch.
Options in the Project to Sketch dialog box.
Now, I'll create three figures -- two lines that represent the straight portions of the wire that go inside the connector and a spline by reference points that connects to those lines, representing the flexible portion. This sketch will act as the path for a Sweep feature, so the next step will be to make the profile for the sweep. The Spline by Reference Points command is located within the menu structure under Sketch / Figures / Spline / Create / Spline by Reference Points.
The cable layout with an expanded portion to show a simplified version.
Now I'll exit this sketch and make a new sketch that will represent the profile of the Sweep feature. I'll enter sketch mode on the face highlighted below and create a circle concentric to the connector's circle (and equal to the inner radius) by projecting the inner circle of the connector piece to a sketch with the Project to Sketch tool.
The Project to Sketch tool projects the inner circle of the connector piece.
Now I'll check the Maintain Association to Source option and create a sketch figure instead of a reference figure. I have a path and a profile, so it's time to make the Sweep feature.
I'll generate a sweep with the Sweep Boss feature using the first sketch I made as the path and the circle I made as the profile. The result is below -- you can see that the ends within the connectors are straight due to that portion of the profile being a line, and it fits perfectly. Even if I change the size of the holes later, the wire will update automatically because I chose the Maintain Association to Source option.
The result of using the Sweep Boss feature.
The next step is to pattern this wire since I have three total connections. I've made a linear feature pattern to accomplish creating more wires. Depending on what you're doing, this could work or it not may be the best way to do things. In this example, I consider the three wires to be a single unit. If your application requires them to be counted separately, the proper method would be to use an assembly pattern. Regardless of which type of pattern you use, the advantage is that you don't have to constrain each item again.
Now, I'll get back into the assembly workspace so I can start moving the connectors and see what happens. When I move the unanchored part (bottom left), the cable updates in real time and the wire gets longer. It's important to note that this kind of operation (sweep) is pretty expensive in terms of processing power for real-time updates, so it's a good idea to keep instances of it to a minimum.
The cable wire gets longer as the non-anchored part moves.
If you want to get more complex or more precise, you can create relationships between the reference points of the spline to make it bow or flatten depending on how far apart the end points are from each other -- something that I will not cover in this column. By default, only the endpoints of the spline move, so you would need to set up some additional relationships on the reference points of the spline if maintaining a precise shape is important to your application.
I've covered the specific use of how to use a spline by reference points as a way of creating flexible cabling. However, the more important lesson is how to create dynamic items in general, regardless of whether or not they employ splines. The general workflow is to use Project to Sketch to re-use reference geometry from existing parts as the basis for new parts. When you use the Maintain Association to Source option, which you should do intentionally and not out of habit, your new parts will automatically update their size or location when the source geometry's size or location changes.
About the Author: Aaron Arnold
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11 Nov 2021
- 15 Nov 2021
Via Microsoft Teams
Annual user meeting for all Delft-FEWS users.
For the 2021 edition of the Delft-FEWS International User Days, we invite members of the user community to share their experiences with Extreme Weather. For us as users- and developers of early warning systems extreme events are at the core of our work. Climate change will lead to more extreme weather in the future. We encourage user stories and are interested in practical lessons that you have learned, and what steps you have taken to prepare your organization- and forecasting system in the best manner for the future.
The Delft-FEWS International User Days will be held in 3 online sessions:
08 November 2021 – 14:00 – 18:00 CET (Delft time, UTC+1)
11 November 2021 – 08:00 – 12:00 CET
15 November 2021 – 14:00 – 18:00 CET
Through the lens of past- and future extreme weather events, we will focus on the following components:
Delft-FEWS in Extreme PracticeUser stories of extreme events: forecasting and decision-making in crisis situations. What are the lessons learned?
End-users and operatorsFocusing on the people and impact side: training, capacity building, and making forecasts that are fit-for-purpose.
Delft-FEWS DevelopmentsFocusing on Delft-FEWS capabilities and back-end technology: Software environments, cloud technology, web-viewers, model couplings and model adapters, scripting and data management surrounding Delft-FEWS systems.
Please sign in (at the top right corner) using your MyDeltares account.
If you already have either a DSD or OSS account and no MyDeltares account yet, then click on the link Forgot Password? to setup your MyDeltares account including a new password. Once you have completed the password reset you can login.
After the MyDeltares registration or signing in, it will be possible for you to register for individual 2021 sessions, get a personal overview (My schedule), make changes in your schedule, profile etc.
If you come across any problems with the registration, please contact our team at email@example.com.
We look forward to meeting you online,Dave Casson, Thies Blokhuijsen, Kun Yan and Ilonka ten BroekeDelft-FEWS Conference Team 2021
Programme (Day 1 - Nov 8)
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Keynote of the day: IPCC climate extremes "What's in it for FEWS" >
By Bart van den Hurk
Development of an operational tide and storm surge forecasting and early warning system for the Gulf of Thailand and its application during Pabuk Tropical Storm >
By Mr Narongrit Luangdilok
Hydro Informatics Institute
Flood Early Warning System of Flanders: Dealing with percipitation uncertainty in conceptual model forcing >
By Karel Leliaert / Martijn Krol
Vlaamse Milieu Maatschappij / Nelen & Schuurmans
Forecasting Inundation Risks in Ethekwini (Duban,), South Africa >
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Director, VCCYF Autism Assessment Clinic
As you may know, the Vermont Center for Children, Youth, & Families, in partnership with the State of Vermont, has established an Autism Assessment Clinic to serve the needs of Medicaid supported children and families throughout Vermont. Over the past two years, we have worked hard to solidify our assessment protocols and are eager to continue to provide comprehensive autism spectrum evaluations to those children suspected of having an autism spectrum disorder.
We hope to continue this work and remain dedicated to offering multidisciplinary evaluations using a collection of standardized, norm-referenced assessment tools that aim to capture each child's unique array of strengths and struggles for which we can suggest tailored family-based recommendations for prevention, health-promotion, and intervention. Recently, autism spectrum disorders have become a relatively hot topic in both the popular and scientific press. Per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the incidence of children with autistic disorders is rising, and it is becoming increasingly crucial that primary care providers are diligent in their screening for such youngsters so that these children can obtain appropriate services that aim to ensure their developmental, social, behavioral, and academic success.
It is our hope that once children are screened (between the ages of 16-30 months of age) using ASD specific screening tools (e.g. M-CHAT*) that a referral for comprehensive evaluation would immediately follow for those who present with concerns that suggest an autistic disorder. A major objective for our clinic is to assess children age four and under. For these young children, the evaluation can take place over the course of one morning and may include developmental testing, autism-specific testing (using the Autism Diagnostic Interview and the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule), a psychiatric assessment, and speech-language testing (if indicated).
Although we are accepting referrals for children of any age, if you have a child patient four years and younger that is supported by Medicaid and that you suspect to be affected by an autism spectrum disorder please consider a referral to our clinic, which is housed in the UHC campus at Fletcher Allen Health Care.
To initiate the referral process, or if you have any questions, please contact us at 802-847-4563 or visit http://blog.uvm.edu/jdickers. We appreciate your time and look forward to working collaboratively for Vermont families.


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John Sutherland
Fehsenfeld Family Head of EEE, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Potter Engineering Center, RM 204
500 Central Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2022
Office: POTR 204
- Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, '87
- M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, '82
- B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, '80
Research Interests
- Environmentally responsible design and manufacturing
- Sustainable systems
- Decision-making for sustainability
- Manufacturing
- Corporate social responsibility
- Sustainability education
Awards and Recognitions
- Fellow, CIRP – the International Academy for Production Engineering (College International pour la Recherche en Productique), 2011.
- SAE International John Connor Environmental Award, 2010.
- Outstanding Lifetime Service Award from NAMRI/SME, 2010.
- ASME Dedicated Service Award, 2009.
- SME Education Award, 2009.
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006.
- Fellow, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), 2005.
- ASME Manufacturing Engineering Division Outstanding Service Award, 2001 and 2004.
- SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, 1999.
- Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, 1996.
- National Science Foundation Career Development Award, 1995.
- Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award (SME), 1992
Selected Publications
Kumar, V., J. W. Sutherland, "Development and Assessment of Strategies to Ensure Economic Sustainability of the U.S. Automotive Recovery Infrastructure," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Vol. 53, No. 8, June 2009, pp. 470-477.
Sun, J., C. Ju, D. J. Michalek, and J. W. Sutherland, "Evaporation and Settling Behavior of Metalworking Fluid Aerosols,"Particulate Science and Technology: An International Journal, Vol. 27, No. 3, 2009, pp. 245-262.
Hutchins, M. J., J. S. Gierke, and J. W. Sutherland, "Development of a Framework and Indicators for Societal Sustainability in Support of Manufacturing Enterprise Decisions," Trans. of NAMRI/SME, Vol. 38, 2010, pp. 759-766.
Huang, H., L. Zhang, Z. Liu, and J. W. Sutherland,"Multi-Criteria Decision Making and Uncertainty Analysis for Materials Selection in Environmentally Conscious Design,"Int. J. of Adv. Manuf. Technology, Vol. 52, Nos. 5-8, 2010, pp. 421-432.
Sutherland, J. W., T. L. Jenkins, and K. R. Haapala, "Development of a Cost Model and its Application in Determining Optimal Size of a Diesel Engine Remanufacturing Facility," Annals of CIRP, Vol. 59/1, 2010, pp. 49-52.
Ramani, K., D. Ramanujan, W. Z. Bernstein, F. Zhao, J. Sutherland, C. Handwerker, J-K Choi, H. Kim, and D. Thurston, "Integrated Sustainable Life Cycle Design: A Review," Trans. of ASME, Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 132, Issue 9, Sept. 2010.
Zhang F., D. M. Johnson, and J. W. Sutherland, ???A GIS-Based Method for Identifying the Optimal Location for a Facility to Convert Forest Biomass to Biofuel,???Biomass and Bioenergy, Vol 35, No. 9, 2011, pp. 3951-3961.
Jiang, Zhigang, Hua Zhang, John W. Sutherland, ???Development of Multi-criteria Decision Making Model for Remanufacturing Technology Portfolio Selection,??? J. of Cleaner Production, Vol.19, 2011,pp. 1939-1945.
Clarke-Sather, A. R., Hutchins, M. J., Zhang, Q., Gershenson, J. K., and Sutherland, J. W., "Development of Social, Environmental, and Economic Indicators for a Small/Medium Enterprise," Special Issue on "Sustainability, Accounting and Reporting, International Journal of Accounting and Information Management - IJAIM, Vol. 19/3, 2011, pp. 247-266.
Fang, K., N. Uhan, F. Zhao, and J. W. Sutherland, "A New Approach to Scheduling in Manufacturing for Power Consumption and Carbon Footprint Reduction," SME J. of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 30/4, 2011,pp. 234-240; also appeared in Proc. of NAMRI/SME, Vol. 39, June 2011.


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Bagi anda yang sedang mencari informasi tentang Master Scholarships for International Students, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden maka di bawah ini Website Informasi Kuliah Sabtu Minggu menyampaikan tentang Master Scholarships for International Students, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden sebagai berikut:
Master Scholarships for International Students, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Karolinska Institutet is one of the world´s leading medical universities. Our mission is to contribute to the improvement of human health through research and education.
Karolinska Institutet accounts for over 40 per cent of the medical academic research conducted in Sweden and offers the country´s broadest range of education in medicine and health sciences.
Since 1901 the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has selected the Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine.
Karolinska Institutet was founded by King Karl XIII in 1810 as an "academy for the training of skilled army surgeons". Today, Karolinska Institutet is a modern medical university and one of the foremost in the world.
With our close relationship to the clinical milieu, a well established infrastructure and a stable financial situation, Karolinska Institutet has excellent prerequisites for sustaining high quality research and education.
Karolinska Institutet's scholarships
A limited number of scholarships are available for international students required to pay tuition fees. The scholarships cover the tuition fee cost of Master's programmes at Karolinska Institutet. The scholarships can only be applied for once per year in connection with the application for a programme, not during ongoing studies.
The scholarship round for programmes starting in the autumn 2013 is open. If you have applied for a Master's programme at Karolinska and if you are required to pay tuition fee, you can apply for a scholarship.
Selection process
The selection process is based on applicant's CV and qualifications that will be evaluated in connection with the application for a KI study programme.
Important dates
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- Notification of scholarship award*: first week of April 2013
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Ex-pro Gaggioli says Armstrong paid him to throw 1993 race
Armstrong went on to win the CoreStates race and earn the Million Dollar Race in the U.S.
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ROME (AFP) — Retired Italian rider Roberto Gaggioli told Friday's edition of the Corriere della Sera that Lance Armstrong paid him $100,000 in 1993 in order to win the Million Dollar Race in the United States.
"It was a young American colleague," Gaggioli, who is now 51, was quoted as saying. "He offered me a panettone (a traditional Italian Christmas cake) as a present and wished me a merry Christmas. In the box there were $100,000 in small bills. That colleague was Lance Armstrong.
"Lance said that my team, Coors Light, had agreed to it. I understood that it had all been decided," added Gaggioli in reference to Armstrong's win in the CoreStates race in Philadelphia which was crucial to him winning the one million dollar prize for the victor of three races held over 21 days.
The Million Dollar Race, which was known as the Thrift Drug Triple Crown, was comprised of the Pittsburgh Classic, the West Virginia Classic, and the CoreStates race.
"Two laps from the end, I was in a breakaway with Lance, Bobby Julich and some Italian riders from the Mercatone team. When Lance made a sign, I turned away as if not to see that he had escaped. He broke away to win on his own."
The newspaper added that other riders also failed to respond to Armstrong's attack because they too had been bought, and cited one, Roberto Pelliconi, who said: "Angelo Canzonieri (another rider) and Lance agreed on a fee of 50, Angelo thought he meant dollars but Lance meant lire.
"At the Tour of Lombardy he gave us 50 million (lire)."
Armstrong, who was riding for Motorola at the time and is now 42, was officially stripped of his seven Tour de France wins in 2012 after being found guilty of a string of doping offences.
He publicly admitted that he had cheated earlier this year.


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Mongoose Press, paperback, Englisch, ISBN: 978-1-936277-26-1, 234 Seiten, 2011.
Fierce Openings For Your New Repertoire
Professional grandmasters study the latest wrinkles of their favorite openings. They have time to think about innovations in the Sicilian Najdorf, the Marshall Attack, or the Semi-Slav. It's part of their job. But club players can rarely afford such luxury, and an excellent way for them to beat their busy schedules is to play good, solid opening lines that happen to be out of style.
GM Raetsky and IM Chetverik have turned their backs on current fashion and have delved deep into the wardrobe of chess openings. These two opening specialists have selected eleven unusual variations to help readers refresh their repertoires.
Using key illustrative games (many previously unpublished), the authors present a host of surprising and accessible opening ideas. Never refuted, these openings have numbered World Champions among their victims.
Will your opponents really be so well prepared for the Albin Countergambit? Can they find their way against the tricky St. George Defense? Just how comfortable will fans of the Ruy Lopez feel when they have to think for themselves on their fourth move? Setting fashions can be a lot more fun than merely following them!
Grandmaster Alexander Raetsky and International Master Maxim Chetverik have collaborated on numerous opening books. Their previous works have featured excellent, clear explanations of the ideas behind the chess openings, and have given them a worldwide reputation as top authors.
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Corn- or Maize-Based Diets
Corn- or Maize-Based Diets
Maize, the American Indian word for corn, literally means "that which sustains life." After wheat and rice, it is the most important cereal grain in the world, providing nutrients for humans and animals. It also serves as a basic raw material for the production of starch, oil, protein , alcoholic beverages, food sweeteners, and fuel. Maize has the highest average yield per hectare.
Maize is an important food in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and parts of the former Soviet Union. Each country has one or more maize dishes that are unique to its culture. Examples are ogi (Nigeria), kenkey (Ghana), koga (Cameroon), tô (Mali), injera (Ethiopia), and ugali (Kenya). Most of these products are processed in traditional ways. In Africa, ground maize is cooked into a paste or mush and eaten while still warm, accompanied by a thick low-alcoholic beer. In some areas of Africa, maize mush is fried or baked. In Central and Latin American, maize is consumed in the form of maize bread or tortillas.
Maize is also used as animal feed and raw material for industrial use. In industrialized countries, a larger proportion of the grain is used as livestock feed and as industrial raw material for food and nonfood uses. On the other hand, the bulk of maize produced in developing countries is used as human food, although its use as animal feed is increasing. Maize is the largest food crop of the United States, which is responsible for 40 percent of the world's production.
Maize constitutes an important source of carbohydrates , protein, vitamin B, and minerals . As an energy source, it compares favorably with root and tuber crops, and it is similar in energy value to dried legumes . Furthermore, it is an excellent source of carbohydrate and is complete in nutrients compared to other cereals.
Varieties of Maize
Six general varieties of maize or corn are differentiated by the characteristics of the kernel. Dent corn is the leading type of corn grown on U.S. farms. The sides of the kernel consist of hard, so-called horny starch, and the crown contains soft starch. As the grain matures, this soft starch shrinks, forming the characteristic dent. In flint corn, the horny starch extends over the top of the kernel, so there is no denting. Popcorn, a light, highly popular snack throughout the United States, is a variant of flint corn with small kernels of great hardness. When heated, the moisture in the kernels expands, causing the kernels to pop open. Flour corn contains a preponderance of soft or less densely packed starch, and it is readily ground into meal. Sweet corn is the type commonly grown in the United States for human consumption. The sugar produced by the sweet-corn plant is not converted to starch during growth, as it is in other types. Pod corn is seldom used as food but is often grown as a decorative plant—each kernel is enclosed in its own set of diminutive husks. Another decorative corn, commonly called Indian corn, consists of multicolored varieties of flour and flint types.
Protein Quality
The nutritional quality of maize is determined by the amino acid makeup of its protein. Maize is deficient in two essential amino acids: lysine and tryptophan, making it a poor protein food. The kernel is made up of the endosperm, the germ, the pericap, and the tip cap. The protein concentration is highest in the germ, but the quality is better in the endosperm. The germ proteins contribute significantly to essential amino acids, so maize food products without the germ, including quality protein maize (QPM) endosperm, are lower in protein quality compared to the whole kernel.
The germ contributes most of the oil, sugar, vitamins , and minerals of the kernel. The germ also has a lower leucine to isoleucine ratio, giving it a higher biological value. Biological value is defined as the amount of absorbed nitrogen needed to provide the necessary amino acids for the different metabolic functions in the body.
The high consumption of maize by the human population and the well-established lysine and tryptophan deficiencies in maize protein motivated researchers to develop the QPM to increase concentrations of these essential amino acids in its protein. Newer varieties provide higher protein content (18%) by increasing the prolamine (zein) fraction in maize endosperm. An example of QPM is one opaque-2 maize.
QPM varieties have almost double the percentages of lysine and tryptophan compared to normal maize, but are similar in overall protein content. However, the QPM varieties have a greatly reduced amount of the major storage protein, zein. The biological value of common maize is 45 percent whereas the QPM is about 80 percent. Hence the production and consumption of QPM maize in countries that use maize as their chief grain crop would have a beneficial effect on the nutritional state of the people and significant economic implications from the better use of what is produced and consumed.
Compared to normal maize, production of QPM varieties may have some disadvantages. QPM varieties have softer, floury endosperms, providing a slightly lower yield and making the plant more susceptible to storage insects. Furthermore, QPM varieties have lower zein content, which is associated with lysine deficiency and a higher imbalance of essential amino acids. Hence they are considered to be of a lower quality. They are also susceptible to weevils in storage.
Minerals and Vitamins
The nutritional disease pellagra, which is caused by a deficiency in niacin , is associated with maize-based diets in the Americas and Africa. While niacin is readily available in corn, it exists in a bound form (niacytin) that is not biologically available to monogastric (single-stomach) animals. Furthermore, most of the niacin in the kernel (63%) occurs in the outermost layer of the endosperm. This layer is often removed with the pericarp during dehulling. In Mexico, Guatemala, and other countries, maize is treated with an alkaline solution of lime, which releases the niacin and helps prevent pellagra. Furthermore, pellagra seldom occurs among people in Latin America, since they eat tortillas—tortilla preparation greatly increases the bioavailability of the niacin in maize.
Persons suffering from pellagra usually appear to be poorly nourished, and they are often weak and underweight. They also exhibit dermatitis, diarrhea, and dementia . If untreated, pellagra can result in death. Niacin supplements are available to aid in the treatment of the disease. There are also several methods of increasing niacin content in maize-based diets, including:
- Complementing maize-based diets with nuts and fish, which are rich in niacin.
- Preparing maize in a way that retains the outer layer of the endosperm, contributing more niacin to the diet .
- Cooking maize in alkaline solution to increase niacin availability, a procedure commonly used in Latin America in the preparation of tortillas.
Maize is a good source of vitamin B and B12. Yellow maize can provide substantial amounts of vitamin A, and the maize germ is rich in vitamin E. Furthermore, maize oil contains a high level of polyunsaturated fatty acids and natural antioxidants (Okoruwa, 1996). However, of the three major cereal grains (wheat, maize, and rice), maize has the lowest concentration of protein, calcium , and niacin.
Dietary preferences, processing, and mode of preparation affect the contributions of maize in human nutrition . For example, the nutritive value of the grain may increase or decrease depending upon the method in which it is processed (the milling of maize reduces the concentration of protein, lipids , and fiber ). Diets that rely heavily on corn may require the consumption of complementary foods to supplement its deficiency in certain amino acids and vitamins.
see also Native Americans, Diet of; Rice-based Diets.
Ranjita Misra
Latham, Michael C. (1997). Human Nutrition in the Developing World. Rome: FAO Publishing.
Internet Resources
Eastern and Central Africa Maize and Wheat Research Network. "About ECAMAW." Available from <http://www.asareca.org/ecamaw>
Okoruwa, Augustine (1996). "Nutrition and Quality of Maize." International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. Available from <http://www.iita.org/info>
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Maize in Human Nutrition. Available from <http://www.fao.org/docrep>


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Halloween was just a prelude, really —it's Christmas that brings the real bounty of guilt-trip opportunities, often with a bonus side helping of irony.
To wit: Jaime in Canada says his neighbor (okay, "neighbour") went totally Clark Griswold with his Christmas decorating this year, creating a sparkling extravaganza that is, Jaime says, "quite the treat for the eyes."
But the best part of the display might be what stands in front of Santa and his team of reindeer — an ellipses-and-exclamation-fueled cautionary tale about the true meaning of Christmas…consumerism!!! (Take that, Tiny Tim!)
related: Who stole and vandalized a candy cane? Who stole the baby Jesus??


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If you've been hoping to see Virginia Fall Foliage this year but haven't yet had the chance to travel throughout the state, you're in luck; there is still plenty of time to stay in a Virginia bed and breakfast during peak foliage. Festivals abound at this time of year; why not combine a festival with a Virginia Fall Foliage tour? [caption id="" align="alignright" width="400" caption="Autumn along the Blue Ridge Parkway"][/caption] Leaves are expected to peak in the mountains of western Virginia mid to late October. There should be pockets of color in the mountains this weekend, and even more the following week. Consider a trip to a Staunton VA bed and breakfast this weekend (October 15 - 17) to participate in the Fall Foliage Bike Festival. A variety of well marked bike routes traverse the Shenandoah Valley and provide views of the Allegheny Mountains, awash in color. For more details, visit the Shenandoah Fall Foliage Bike Festival. Farther south, in the Heart of Appalachia, the Lee County Tobacco and Fall Festival celebrates the heritage of Lee County. The festival takes place in Pennington Gap Saturday October 23, 2010, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.. That same day, the Blue Ridge Folklife Festival takes place in Ferrum, about an hour south of Roanoke Virginia bed and breakfasts. Three stages will host to a variety of music, from bluegrass to gospel, ballads to blues. Storytelling, threshing, and horse-pulls will shed light on the rich heritage of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which should be full of red, orange, and vibrant yellow leaves. For more details, please visit the Blue Ridge Folklife Festival. Leaves in Piedmont aren't expected to peak until late October, and vibrant colors aren't expected to take over the eastern part of the state until early November. This weekend, October 16, Gladstone VA hosts a Fall Harvest Festival and Haunted Wagon Ride. The festival takes place in the James River State Park, about 25 miles northeast of Lynchburg, and features apple pressing, wagon rides, and historic craft demonstrations. Spend the weekend of November 5, 2010 in Urbana Virginia bed and breakfasts and celebrate oysters from the Chesapeake Bay. The Urbana Oyster Festival features a parade, an oyster shucking contest, and lots of tasty oysters. Or enjoy Virginia wine barrel tasting at Ingleside Vineyards in Oak Grove on Saturday November 13, 2010. Additional information may be found at Ingleside Vineyards. Virginia Fall Foliage provides a great excuse to travel across this lovely state.


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Around 20 percent of all humans are persistently colonized with Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, a leading cause of skin infections and one of the major sources of hospital-acquired infections, including the antibiotic-resistant strain MRSA.
University of Chicago scientists have recently discovered one of the keys to the immense success of S. aureus—the ability to hijack a primary human immune defense mechanism and use it to destroy white blood cells. The study was published Nov 15 in Science.
"These bacteria have endowed themselves with weapons to not only anticipate every immune defense, but turn these immune defenses against the host as well,†said Olaf Schneewind, MD, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Chicago and senior author of the paper.
One of the first lines of defense in the human immune response are neutrophils, a type of white blood cell that ensnares invaders in neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), a web-like structure of DNA and proteins. Captured bacteria are then destroyed by amoeba-like white blood cells known as macrophages. However, S. aureus infection sites are often marked by an absence of macrophages, indicating the bacteria somehow defend themselves against the immune system.
To reveal how these bacteria circumvent the human immune response, Schneewind and his team screened a series of S. aureus possessing mutations that shut down genes thought to play a role in infection. They looked to see how these mutated bacteria behaved in live tissue, and identified two strains that were unable to avoid macrophage attack. When these mutations—to the staphylococcal nuclease (nuc) and adenosine synthase A (adsA) genes respectively—were reversed, infection sites were free of macrophages again.
Looking for a mechanism of action, the researchers grew S. aureus in a laboratory dish alongside neutrophils and macrophages. The white blood cells were healthy in this environment and could clear bacteria. But the addition of a chemical to stimulate NET formation triggered macrophage death. Realizing that a toxic product was being generated by S. aureus in response to NETs, the team used high performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry techniques to isolate the molecule.
They discovered that S. aureus were converting NETs into 2?-deoxyadenosine (dAdo), a molecule which is toxic to macrophages. This effectively turned NETs into a weapon against the immune system.
"Sooner or later almost every human gets some form of S. aureus infection. Our work describes for the first time the mechanism that these bacteria use to exclude macrophages from infected sites,†Schneewind said. "Coupled with previously known mechanisms that suppress the adaptive immune response, the success of these organisms is almost guaranteed.â€
S. aureus bacteria are found on the skin or in the respiratory tracts of colonized humans and commonly cause skin infections in the form of abscesses or boils. Normally not dangerous, severe issues arise when the bacteria enter the bloodstream, where they can cause diseases such as sepsis and meningitis. Antibiotic-resistant strains, such as methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), are difficult to treat and have plagued healthcare systems around the world.
Schneewind and his team hope to leverage their findings toward therapies against S. aureus infections. But both genes and the dAdo molecule are closely related to important human physiological mechanisms, and Schneewind believes targeting these in bacteria, without harming human function, could be difficult.
"In theory you could build inhibitors of these bacterial enzymes or remove them,†Schneewind said. "But these are untested waters and the pursuit of such goal requires a lot more study.â€
Explore further: Defense against bacterial infection in chronic granulomatous disease
More information: "Staphylococcus aureus Degrades Neutrophil Extracellular Traps to Promote Immune Cell Death,†Science, 2013.


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DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Troubled rapper-singer XXXTentacion was shot and killed Monday in Florida in what police called an apparent robbery attempt. Investigators don't have a motive, and no arrests have been made.
The 20-year-old rising star, whose real name is Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy, was pronounced dead Monday evening at a Fort Lauderdale-area hospital, the Broward Sheriff's Office said. He was shot earlier outside a Deerfield Beach motorcycle dealership.
XXXTentacion had been at RIVA Motorsports checking out inventory, sheriff's public information officer Keyla Concepcion said. He was in a black BMW i8 and preparing to leave before 4 p.m. when two armed suspects approached him. At least one of them fired, and then both suspects fled the scene in a dark SUV, Concepcion said.
Stephanie Martinez, a 29-year-old mother who lives in the neighborhood, was just coming back from the pool with her kids when she heard three shots. She drove to the end of the street and saw the rapper's body in the car.
"He has his mouth open and his hand out. Two people went over and checked his pulse," said Martinez, who also saw blood. "It's just weird because he should've had security and stuff with him."
On Twitter, his peers expressed shock and sadness.
Kanye West said: "rest in peace … I never told you how much you inspired me when you were here thank you for existing." Producer Diplo posted a photo of the two together and said, "Thanks for inspiring me." Travis Barker tweeted: "I'm at a loss for words… speechless #RIPXXXTentacion Loved collaborating with you. You were a true artist …"
And J. Cole said, in part: "RIP X. Enormous talent and limitless potential and a strong desire to be a better person. God bless his family, friends and fans."
The entertainer, who sported dreadlocks and a number of facial tattoos, was a rising star and notched a No. 1 album in March with his sophomore effort "?" and had a top 10 hit with "Sad!" but was facing trial on charges that he beat up his pregnant girlfriend.
XXXTentacion racked up huge streaming numbers — on Spotify, his "Sad!" had more than 270 million streams and was on its Top 50 chart this week in the United States and globally. He also has several songs that have been declared platinum, including "Changes," "Roll in Peace" with fellow rapper Kodak Black and "Look at Me!"
In interview with XXL magazine, which named him an up-and-coming artist last year, the rapper cited Nirvana, the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur among his musical influences.
"Obviously, I'm one of the greatest of this generation, the upcoming generation, as far as artistry. … And I say that humbly," he said in a video interview with the outlet last year.
But much of his brief career had been mired in controversy. In 2016, he was arrested on charges including home invasion for a 2015 incident, and less than a month later was arrested on charges that he attacked his girlfriend, who was pregnant at the time, and was jailed, and later faced more charges including witness tampering.
Regarding a June 2017 attack at a San Diego concert, the following messages were posted on XXXTentacion's Twitter account: "security and venue set me up, I got sucker punched and knocked out, it is what it is."
A subsequent tweet said," "next time make sure you kill me so I can't talk (expletive)."
He was released from jail on house arrest late last year and was released from house arrest earlier this year to allow him to tour.
Fan Wyatt Rubin, 21, jumped in his car and headed to the scene shooting Monday as soon as he heard, playing the rapper's songs like "Jocelyn Flores" and "King" on the drive over.
"He was just maturing as a person and as an artist … it couldn't have come at a worse time," Rubin said. "A lot of it was really beautiful music, progressive music.'"
In an interview earlier this month with the Miami New Times, XXXTentacion described his upbringing, which included seeing his mother infrequently and being raised by friends, other family and babysitters. His mother would buy him clothes, phones and other gifts. He told the paper he used violence so she would engage with him.
"I used to beat kids at school just to get her to talk to me, yell at me," he said.
XXXTentacion was initially one of two artists Spotify removed from its promoted playlists in May in accordance with its new policy on hateful music and conduct. But after a backlash in the music industry, Spotify backpedaled and said it would no longer attempt to police conduct and restored XXXTentacion to its playlists (although they did not do the same for R. Kelly).
While he made headlines for his legal woes, he connected to millions of fans musically. Among the topics he spoke about was depression and addressed it in his music.
In one video posted to social media, he said: "If worse things come to worse, I (expletive) die a tragic death or some (expletive), and I'm not able to see out my dreams, I at least want to know that the kids perceive my message and were able to make something of themselves."
He continued later: "I appreciate and love all of you and I believe in you all; do not let your depression make you, do not let your body define your soul, let your soul define your body. Your mind is limitless ….you are worth more than you can believe."