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The sad thing I see is that people who seem to genuinely care about technology, about innovation and about ethics in business are seduced by a company as shitty as Samsung. It simply isn't true that your enemy's enemy is your friend.
Samsung has a history of copying other companies products.
The hyper vocal critics of Apple deep inability to see what shifty and sleazy company they are keeping is connected to a deeper and more pernicious ideology which is the constant attempts to deny that Apple is innovative, and is in fact one of the most innovative tech companies around and as a result has a lot more IP which is relevant and cutting edge at stake than many other companies.
A good example of this is the utter refusal to accept the blindingly obvious which is that the iPhone was an inflection product that changed the smart phone industry and the market completely, and which all other smart makers struggled to deal with. Instead we get tedious and facile and seemingly endless dredging up of this photo, this product, this bit of history just prove that the iPhone was not an inflection point an game changer. Its intellectually vacuous.
Almost all existing handset makers have failed to respond to the iPhone successfully and have as a result suffered intense commercial maginilsation but Samsung, building on it's ruthless commitment to copy successful products, did the only thing open to them: they copied Apple wholesale, the look, the design, the packaging.
Of course if one picks apart the minutiae of that copying it can be made to sound absurd, a shape here, a colour here, a look there. But that's just the result of forensic pedantry. Just take one step back and it is utterly obvious, Samsung responded to the threat and the disruption of the iPhone (and subsequently the iPad) by copying it. It was a tactic they had used before but this time someone has stood up to them, And anybody concerned with technology, ethics and the future of innovation should Applaud Apple for doing that.
That sad thing you see is not entirely true, but of course not entirely untrue either. I'm fairly certain there are a lot of people - here and elsewhere - who are not Samsung fanboys, but in this case, would not take Apple's side (I wouldn't). I wouldn't say they are seduced by Samsung, but they are not seduced by Apple either. I wouldn't say Apple is totally wrong in the subjects of this trial, but I absolutely don't like many aspects of what they are seemingly trying to do and where they're headed with this. Samsung is also not one of my favourite companies (to be honest, I don't really care for them, never did), and it certainly might turn out they "borrowed" design elements from iPhones, but that doesn't give green light (oh, sorry, maybe "green light" is also an Apple patent) to go so over-the-board with their demands (regarding damages and banning) and their talks about we-have-invented-every-design-element-on-this-planet, curved, green, clock face, grids, sliding, touching and yes, breathing might be there somewhere too. And, also an important issue, Samsung not being an American company is absolutely not an important factor affecting people's judgements outside of the U.S.
Are you trying to say Apple hasn't?
Can you name some of that IP? I hope you will keep idea patents out of their IP collection.
The iPhone was a Nokia N770 with a phone and fluent interface. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_770_Internet_Tablet
When I saw the N770 I waited until they combined it with a phone. But somehow Nokia kept being stupid.
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Humankind History has a history of copying other humans.
Copying, mimicking, behave as much as possible as something or someone else *is* everywhere, since first day, since first baby day. Every Societies, communities, nations were, are and will be built on the similarities, the common ground, the shared concept. Wars were, are and will be done for the same exact concept.
It's *only* because today profit can be made by legally forbid others to copy, mimic, behave like others that it cast bad lights.
Sharing is the new enemy of profit, and the biggest threat to capitalism (besides its usual structural flaws). It's written on the walls.
The concept that you could publish an idea and still forbid others to share it is at core of the current patent battle. You don't have to care about technology or innovation (since when a green phone icon, rounded corners, black framing screen is an innovating technology!? Seriously!? Please, people, check definition of innovation...) to take side in this battle, even if the two companies on the ground are not all bad or all good.
The battle is not about the companies, but ideologies behind it.
I can do that too, you know. Some Apple fanatics tend to forget what Samsung is and what Apple isn't always.(Looking at you Tony)


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Schachter, Executive Director of the Jewish Center of Columbus for the past five years, has been appointed the Executive Director of the Jewish Neo-Nazi 'Hit List' Circulated •BONN (JTA)—Security measures were tightened around Jewish institutions throughout West Germany following the circulation of a neo-Nazi "hit-list" naming 112 Jewish personalities or Jewish-owned businesses as possible targets for terrorist acts. chachter Appointed Director i Pittsburgh Jewish Centers well-deserved 'thank-you' for the excellent work he has done with our community. Under his leadership, Center membership has grown and programming is at an all- time high. Bob has been instrumental in the outstanding .achievement of $7Mi mil* lion in the Capital Campaign to Build the New Jewish Center. In addition, the success of the design and development of the New Center, which will be completed late this year, is attributed to his efforts on behalf of the Columbus Jewish Community." Goldman stated that a search for a new Executive Director has begun with the appointment of a Search Committee chaired by himself and Vice President Michael Talis. Mitchell Jaffe of the Jewish Welfare Board has met with the committee to review profiles for candidates and to help establish the interview process so that the position can be filled as soon as possible. Barton R. Schachtjer Community Centers of Pittsburgh," announced William A. Goldman, Center President. "Bob will be assuming his new position in July. I am sure you will join with me as we wish him a hearty Mazel Tov on his appointment." "We wish Bob well in his new assignment and say a JERUSALEM (JTA)- Lord Carrington's insistence that the Palestine Liberation Organization must be "associated with" the Middle East peace process drew strenuous objections from leaders of the Israeli government and the opposition Labor Party last Friday, the final day of the British Foreign Secretary's visit to Israel. In a speech after a dinner given in his honor by Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir and again at a press conference the next morning. Carrington reiterated the main principles of the European Economic Community's (EEC) Venice declaration of June 1980—the need to bring the PLO into the peace process provided that it first "accepts Israel's right to live in peace and security." He stressed at the same time that Israel must be "satisfied about her own security" in any negotiated settlement. ", Carrington added, however, that such a settlement should give the Palestinians "self-determination" and observed, "If we demand the right of Israel to live in peace and security, we must be prepared for these rights to be accorded to others." Thesis Categorically Rejected Both Shamir and Premier Menachem Begin, with whom Carrington conversed at length since his arrival, categorically rejected the British diplomat's thesis that the PLO had to be brought into negotiations because it is an inescapable reality in the area. Labor Party chairman Shimon Peres, who breakfasted with Carrington, said the PLO was not only bent on bringing disaster upon Israel but would also bring disaster to the Palestinians themselves. Peres repeated his party's position that the Palestinian issue should be negotiated with Jordan. Begin charged that European support for Palestinian self-determination prejudiced the chances for progress in the autonomy talks between Israel, Egypt and the U.S. "Give autonomy a chance," Begin told the Brit- Reagan Hopeful That Progress Toward Autonomy Will Occur WASHINGTON (JTA)- The Reagan Administration's public position toward the recent violence on the West Bank was reiterated by President Reagan last Thursday at his nationally televised press conference at the White Bouse. Asked if the clashes on the West Bank would; "destroy progress" toward autonomy, the President said,. ."I'am hopeful it won't." Reagan gave as the reason for his optimism that "I have the pledge of my friend (Premier) Menachem Begin and ^President (Hosni)..; Mubarak that they are going forward with the framework of the Ca,mp David agreement to resolve all these other problems. I'm hopeful that we will see more progress on these talks after April 25 when the transfer of Sinai comes." The President stressed that the Camp David agreement comes within UN Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338. "They (the Israelis) have, as I say, pledged to me that they are going to abide by that," he said. In his brief remarks on the West Bank, Reagan seemed • to go out of his way to explain the Israeli position. He noted that "Israel claims" it removed some of the West Professor Marvin Fox Named Kaplan Scholar-in-Residence The B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation has named Marvin Fox, noted scholar and Professor of Jewish Philosophy, as its 1982 Rabbi Harry Kaplan Scholar-in-Residence. The Scholar-in-Residence program wis endowed by friends and admirers of Rabbi Kaplan after his death in 1968; Rabbi Kaplan, who served as Rabbi and Director of the Hillel Foundation for 32 years, was respected nationwide for his work on behalf of Jewish college youth. Under his direction, the Hillel Foundation at Ohio State University, achieved its reputation for academic, cultural, and institutional excellence. This tradition is continued by the annual Kaplan Scholar. Professor Fox is Director of the Lown School of Near Professor Marvin Fox Eastern and Judaic Studies, Chairman of the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and Phillip W. Lown Professor of Jewish Philosophy, at Brandeis University. Before joining the Brandeis University Faculty, Professor Fox taught at the Ohio State University for many years, beginning in 1948. After establishing the Program of Jewish Studies at Ohio State, he became the first Yassenoff Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Studies. Professor Fox is well known for his activity in both professional and Jewish communities. He served as President of the Association for Jewish Studies, the professional organization of university teachers in the field Bank mayors because the Israelis "believe" that these mayors "have now become part of the more radical PLO wing." Reagan mistakenly said the. mayors had been appointed by Israel when actually they were elected. Israel removed three (CONTINUED ON PAGE 13) ish Foreign Secretary. Carrington replied that the Europeans by no means sought to impair the autonomy prospects but simply believed it would not work..' .. He explained at his press conference that this view stemmed from the fact that all of Israel's neighbors, except Egypt, oppose the autonomy Scheme. Carrington insisted that the1- principles of the Venice declaration are still valid. Israeli officials had expressed the opinion recently that they were as good as dead since the ascent to power in France of President Francois Mitterrand. Carrington said he had read (CONTINUED ON PAGE 16) Conference On The Holocaust To Be Held In Israel In June TEL AVIV (JTA)- Some 400 representatives from all over the world will attend a workshop and conference on the Holocaust and genocide, to be held in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in June. Conference chairman, Prof. Israel Charny, of Tel Aviv University, and conference co-director, Prof. Shamai Davidson, of Bar'Ilan University, said the aim of the conference was to foster understanding of the roots and implementation of genocide in order to intervene in time to prevent it. Participants will come from countries as far apart and disparate as the United (CONTINUED ON PAGE 7) of Jewish studies, and is <. member of the Council of the World Union of Jewish Studies. He is a founder and member of the Executive Committee of the Institute for Judaism and Contemporary Thought in Israel, a member of the Academic Board of the Melton Research Center of the Jewish Theological Seminary and a member of the Board of Directors of the Library of Living Philosophies. - He also serves on the Executive Committee of the National B'nai B'rith Hillel Commission. . Professor Fox has published widely in both Jewish and general philosophy. He (CONTINUED ON PAGE 16) Beth Jacob Finalizes Plans Pictured above are members of the various committees meeting to discuss the upcoming "A Celebration of 25 Years—Rabbi David Stavsky with the Beth Jacob Congregation." Seated (left to right) are: Mrs. Shirley Hoffman; Mrs. Roberta Kohn; Mrs. Blanche Young; Mrs. Zelda Hirsch; Mrs. Rita Hoffman; Mrs. Fay Grinblatt; Mrs. Janet Leeman; Mrs. Dorothy Haas; Mrs. Barbara Tanenbaum. 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"Actually, I'm really upbeat considering that (injured) Jonny (Flynn) and Martell (Webster) haven't played at all," Taylor said Thursday. "And those are guys who certainly are among the top seven players on our team.
"We lost two games (season opener against Sacramento and at Charlotte) in that last minute that we could have won. So you look at everything, there was a good chance that we could almost be 50-50 at this time."
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The reigning NBA champion Lakers, who make their first of two appearances at Target Center tonight, defeated the stubborn Wolves by five points 10 days ago in Los Angeles.
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Gaborik, who was injured last season when the Rangers played in St. Paul, turned down more guaranteed money ($78 million over eight years) from the Wild than he received from the Rangers ($37.5 million over five years).
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Hey Guys - Larson's Ski & Sport in Denver is sorting through decades of windsurfing parts in preparation for having them for sale on our website. Does anyone know what board this mast foot came with? It has been updates somewhere along the way to have a modern us cup - so it will fit a modern extension. I know there are some old gear experts out here who can help us out!
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I don't know for sure, but looks like something a WindsurferOneDesign would recieve.
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It looks like the one that came factory original, with my 1981 Alpha Professional... that I bought brand new. But I can't say with absolute certainty... pretty sure though.
Most all the Alpha's came with that mast-foot in the early 80's... and yes, it's nice someone updated it to take a new basecup.
The boards came with 2 separate, distinct mast-foot "wells"... one in front of the other. You could put that fitting down into either "well"... and you could insert it ether north-south or south north. I mean... you see how the uni-joint is above on end of the mast foot. Well, the mast foot went down into the well and clicked into place... putting it in there, either direction.
So therefore, with 1 well... being able to put in it either direction... you then had 2 positions for the uni-joint. If I recall, my Alpha Professional had 2 of those wells... giving me 4 positions to put the rig. It wasn't an on-the-fly adjustable mast-track. But you could sit out in the water, take it out, and then click it back into another position.
If you look down at it from the top view... there is a plastic tab you can rotate to tighten/loosen the tension on the spring. This adjusts if or how tight, the mast foot will pull out of the board.
Back then, many mastbases simply pushed down into all the various "wells" that companies used. And the friction was the only thing keeping them from pulling out when you uphauled the sail. But this was a big improvement because there was a steel rod or pin that ran across the well, down inside it. And when you inserted this mastfoot the rod/pin was engaged by that slot and movable latch you see. Therefore you had a secure connection and the mast didn't pull out when you uphauled.
The reason they gave you that tab to turn, to adjust the spring tension, was so that you could make that latch release from the rod/pin with varying amount of pressure. And this was VERY NICE if you fell, dropping the rig and having the mast come down crushing your foot/ankle between the mast and the board. In other words, they were giving you the ability to adjust how much pressure it would take to pull the base up and out of the board.
In normal use, there's another tab, that you just push that easily moves the latch, whenever you want to remove the rig from the board.
Anyway, I think other brands also used this mastbase, or designed their own which looked very similar to this one.
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I vaguely recall that mast base in an O'Brien Sensation, or Electric Banana, circa 1984
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Nope on the O'Brian Sensation, I had one of those about 100 years ago, and that ain't it, but I couldn't tell what the hell it is.
It does have the shape of a one design though, but I don't remember all that interior razzamataz, then again I never owned one or even sailed one, but I do remember that insert profile.
, after looking at an old add for that board you might be right, like I said, it was about 100 years ago.
Couldn't find any better pics, and I don't have any either, I only owned that thing about 2 or 3 months.
Looks like it had two universal slots in front of the dagger slot.
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And I might be wrong too, like you said, that was about a 100 years ago!
It sorta looks right in the add, but it's hard to tell.
nw30 wrote:
, after looking at an old add for that board you might be right, like I said, it was about 100 years ago.
Couldn't find any better pics, and I don't have any either, I only owned that thing about 2 or 3 months.
Looks like it had two universal slots in front of the dagger slot.
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Nahhhh... it wasn't "about 100 years ago"... it was only 30 years ago, LOL
And I'm sticking by my earlier post
I bought my Alpha Profesional in '81 and sailed it quite a bit, till I bought all new gear (lots of it) in '87. Lots of experiences with it all over the NW for 6 years.
And the two mast foot wells I described for my Alpha look very similar to the Obrien Sensation pictured. I never owned a Sesation, but did sail them.
Anyway, somewhere during those years, there was a connection between Alpha and Obrien. One of them bought (or partnered with) the other. They did share some components. So yes, that mast-foot in question might fit a couple different board models from the early 80's.
By the late 80's nobody used this mast-foot.
It would be easy to know if a certain board would take that Alpha mast-foot. The "well" in the board would be about 4" - 5" long and about 1" wide, and with vertical walls (not tapered like some finbox wells).
AND it would have the steel pin / rod that I described earlier running through the well. You can see where in the well the rod would be, by looking at the mast foot picture, at the slot with the white plastic latch in it.
Notice the slot/latch is in the middle of the mast-foot. That is so you can inset it, in either direction. Giving you two different locations for the Uni-joint, since the U-J is not in the middle where the slot is, but is at one end.
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You guys are the best! Now we have a chance of getting one of these in the hands of someone who might be able to use it (or two of them actually, since we have 2). Thanks for the help!
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I had one of these on an Alpha 230A, my first board.
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Very cool memories to see that O'brien ad- thanks for posting. I had that 9'6" columbia concave. It was my first shortboard and I outgrew it very quickly. I remember struggling to get that thing going. The quad concave 9' naish custom that I replaced it with really hit the sweet spot helping my sailing get to the next level. Back then it wasn't about the number of fins, but rather about the number of concaves.
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Feasting on Israel By Ari Bussel
When will we be able to dance on the ruins of the Jewish State? It has been too long in the planning, time to reap the benefits of our hard work! With Tunisia, Egypt and Libya now part of the Iranian Axis, shall anyone wager a bet, who will be next to fall into extremist Islamic hands: Israel or Syria? Or perhaps a tie, with both falling simultaneously?
Democracy, chanted the multitudes in a frenzied cry. Freedom whispered so many with hope glistening in their eyes. Change pronounced the American President as he pushed more elements off the Chess Board.
The eight Israelis murdered during a meticulously executed operation in Israel not far from Egypt are the latest sacrifice on the altar of disillusionment. Two sisters and their husbands, the four en route to a summer vacation in Eilat, were among the victims.
Egypt recalled its ambassador and demanded an apology that Israels Defense Minister quickly issued and the President reiterated. As part of Israels having to make amends, it had to enter into a ceasefire with Hamas brokered by Egypt. Even when Israel is attacked, it is Israels fault.
Is anyone taking Israel seriously any more? I for one stopped being surprised by the enemys constant dominance, and Israels consistent capitulation. Israel bleeds and my heart cries in despair, yet nothing is new under the sun.
The Jewish State marches obediently like a lamb to the slaughter, while big black birds caw loudly en route. Vultures circle above waiting for death to arrive and enjoy a celebration feast. From their vantage point, the prey is fat and round, healthy and oblivious, ready to be punctured, its flesh to be torn apart; what a sumptuous meal, so well worth the wait.
Israel has no other choice than to restore its deterrence, and the only way to establish this position is by destroying Hamas and Hezbollah from the infrastructures in Gaza and Lebanon to their terrorist leaderships. Lacking this strategy, Israel will lose the war of attrition. The situation will continue deteriorating to the point where the circling vultures can lazily land and begin butchering the body while still alive.
Israels might is no deterrence, since nuclear weapons can only be the end game as their use would ensure the greater region would be uninhabitable for generations. Enemy efforts, such as breaking the naval blockade, a fly-in into Israel to wage protests, crossing Israels borders by foot, launching rockets and missiles at Israeli cities and towns or attacking armed bases within Israel, all results innothing. Nothing from the Israeli side, complete silence. In no time, life returns to normal.
A flotilla breaks the blockade, nine so-called innocent peace activists are killed on the lead vessel while they execute a pre-planned lynch, and Israel is required to apologize and is expected to pay up.
No matter what Israel does, she is at fault and her behavior serves as admission of guilt, as if she is almost in agreement with all verdicts against her. Thus, those voices from within and around are amplified by Israels very own actions (or lack thereof).
More is on the horizon. The Goldstone Report is still very much alive, and a course of action, previously tried, works very well: Israeli politicians and soldiers (in effect much of Israels population) can face charges upon landing at a foreign territory. The Goldstone Report will serve as the factual basis in lawsuits against the whos who in Israel politics, past and present, as well as IDF officers and soldiers for war crimes committed.
Puncture and peck at the body lying and broken, tease it just a bit so it changes position. Is it really as plump and promising as it seems? What a sumptuous event awaits us, and there is not much left to prepare. The blood is still pumping, crimson red and warm to the touch. What is it we hear, a sigh of despair?
American Jews and Israelis seem to be the perfect host for this feast of vultures. They seemingly care so much, readily driven to see the body Israel served up on the altar of appeasement. Malign Israel, call for its destruction. Deceive and attack, all compliments of Jews or Israelis. They are hastening the demise, oblivious their fate as well is tied to Israel. The vultures will devour them in a heartbeat, although they may be only the dessert after a delicious meal of Israel or a plain side dish alongside the main course.
Like Kobe meat, Israel entices the attention of all birds of prey. A cow is massaged and pampered, to be deserving of the designation Kobe meat. Israel has been groomed and prepared, decorated in a most appetizing manner, with the utmost attention to the minutest details.
Oh, the amount of work invested, the hours, a complete meal sumptuously prepared. So much effort. A whole new fictitious picture created to bring us to this day: Israel has no connection to the Land of Israel. The Temple Mount is a myth. Jerusalem is holy, but not to the Jews. A right to be there? Only for the Palestinians. All these high rises and wonderful (currently Apartheid but soon liberated) roads belong to the Arabs. Rich bank accounts, not meager by any international standard, stolen from the rightful owners.
The list goes on and on, the stories more inventive with each passing minute. Imagine the image! Like a mirage, driving the birds of prey salivating above literally crazy. Circling in lower and in ever closing circles, their frenzy is palpable: Finally-FINALLY! We have waited for this moment so very long.
Our last chance was over seventy years ago. When the smell of meat burning in the ovens was so sweet, filling the air until it was impossible to almost breathe. Stench, you say? No, it was a mesmerizing sensation. The sight of all those graves dug by the Jews and filled with their bodies. What a feast it was then, a Devils Inferno, and now, in broad daylight, we may finally continue.
Alas! Another sumptuous meal awaits our serving; the remaining millions. A mix so splendid one has not seen for decades of so many languages, attitudes, colors of the skin so diverse, so rotten. Their absolute nerve to contaminate Earth for so long, and refuse to walk to the slaughter, to be available to be served on the Altar of the Devil. Filth. Despotism denied. Jews who thought they could rule the world and its bloodlines of information and finances.
Like chickens fed with hormones later served at fast food outlets, Israels economy is thriving, tourists in greater numbers than ever come to inspect the land and the world is holding its breath. First, in September, the Devils Messenger will claim a country of its own, and then the wait will be almost over.
You, the young ones, I do not remember to whom you belong, there are so many of us circling up here. Move over, fret not, there will be enough for all to devour. This time around, we are not leaving until the meal is finished, over and complete.
Listen to your elders, the mistake of 1945 will not happen again. There are 14 million left. They seem to be spread around, but we have already sent their executioners with detailed instructions: Let no tree hide a Jew. Allow no stone to sit quietly while a Jew is cowering behind. Time to finish the job. We have trained our minions well.
Let the Feast of the Vultures begin!
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IMO, the crisis in the ME falls at the feet of Zero the Impotent Muslim Brotherhood sympathizer along with his RAT Party. What's your opinion?
Good time to study Ezekiel 38 & 39.
Its all orchestrated by the grand ghazi on OUR White House.
He is using America's military might in the wrong places for the wrong reasons...
but then again, hey! "This ain't America no more" , "we are now the largest muslim nation" and "Islam has been a part of our heritage"
"The Jewish State marches obediently like a lamb to the slaughter, while big black birds caw loudly en route. Vultures circle above waiting for death to arrive and enjoy a celebration feast. From their vantage point, the prey is fat and round, healthy and oblivious, ready to be punctured, its flesh to be torn apart; what a sumptuous meal, so well worth the wait."
Israel has a strong defender:
"And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh."
Revelation 19:18
Here is a link for those who can't find their Bibles this morning:
Here is the "real" skinny, simply stated!!! POTUS Barack Hussein Obama is a determined/devoted "African Muslim"!!! He has taken care to deftly steer the "Arab Spring" countries into the controlling hands of the Muslim Brotherhhood!!! Egypt, Libya, the Sudan, Tunisia, Syria, Iran, iraQ, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen are now ruled by Muslim radicals or about to be ruled by Arab America haters and terrorists. Obama is also cutely, behind the scenes, moving his soul brother Gaddafi into the safe harbor of an African Muslim country, along with the help of his icons, Rev. Jeremiah Wright & Louie Farrakhan. And....Obama stands by silently as the Muslim rebels in Libya murder hundreds of African Black Christians in Libya, some of them military, some innocents!!! Obama is a Muslim first, and...never was "an American Black", and....never will be!!! America wake-up!!!
When Obama said "57 states," he was signalling his muslim brotherhood in the 57 Islamic states that he was still their friend. When Obama went around the middle east bowing to Islamic tyrants, he was bowing to his brotherhood. When Obama insisted that NASA reach out to muslims, he was bowing to his Islamic brotherhood. When Obama insisted that Mubarak step down, he was helping the Al Quaida brotherhood take over Egypt. When Obama insisted that Quadifi step down, he was helping the Al Quaida brotherhood take over Libya. Obama's ultimate goal is to help the muslim Al Quaida brotherhood take over Israel.
Thank you! :-)
He may be seeing the present Israel with the Left in charge who want to lead the citizenry to the slaughter but that isn't going to happen.
The nations opposing Israel are just like gamblers. They're seeing that they are winning in countries around Israel. One day they will put all of their chips on the table and try one last time to eradicate the Jews.
They will fail, entirely. Israel's strength is her God.
I fear America has been kissed to sleep..... seduced into its own destruction.
Hopefully it can recover.
I also believe Obama has a deal with Soros. Soros gets to acquire another fortune destroying the American dollar, and Obama gets to destroy Israel.
Meanwhile, the US Congress is searching for their gonads and NADA. BTW, where is Military Intel on this issue? Anyone hear anything positive?
Bibles are all well and good. I wouldn't begin to pooh pooh any of that, but we also have to not dismiss things that we can do.
We have to realize and have faith in the Creator and all that implies. But we also have to be prepared, physically, mentally, spiritually, for the worst.
We better make provisions in this country, and in other amenable countries, to be able to accept and welcome a mass migration from a destroyed Israel. There needs to be legislation started now. We can't stand by and watch as Israelis become subject to what we have seen happen in other countries where radical Islam has placed its bootheel upon the neck of each of those nations.
Huh? You says "Bibles are all well and good, ...... destroyed Israel."
Really, you actually need to read what God says about that before you pooh pooh it.
Don't make me the issue. You know what I'm saying.
Let's not let the fact the we ultimately win stop us from acting to prevent a new holocaust.
Let's start the process of realizing that we will most likely have some initial tragic losses. We should start paving the way for a possible mass migration from Israel.
Anyone hear anything positive?
No. The thread on the Muslim Brotherhood infiltrating all of our agencies is very discouraging. It appears no one in a position to do something is willing or able to do so.
He is using Americas military might in the wrong places for the wrong reasons...
He's using our own military to take us down.
I see no one in a position of power willing or able to do anything about it.
It wouldnt be fair for me to wager a get because Ive read the end of the book.
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To see what I mean, here's a picture of the color spectrum and the size of the relative frequencies of the various colors:
In there, indigo isn't indicated, but indigo could be added... I should mention that I just noticed that I have difficulty really defining "indigo," because it's not a color I heard about much often when I was a kid. When I see indigo, I don't know how to distinguish that from blue or purple.
In the Abhidhamma's forty objects of meditation, the four forms of color meditation are:
- nila - Blue, green (sometimes I see this translated as just "blue", do they mean cyan?)
- pita - yellow
- lohita - red
- odata - white
In the Buddhist flag, there is manjestha (scarlet), but it's not clear why this wouldn't be included as an object of meditation... And it's not really clear to me why they call it "scarlet," and yet it appears to be orange!
And when they say prabaswara (the mixture of nila, pita, lohita, odata, and manjestha) in the suttas, exactly what color is that?
To give you an analogy of where I'm coming from: I took a look at Eastern music theory and am similarly perplexed. All western music divides the frequencies of sound into absolute pitches, into patterns of 12 (the chromatic scale). But in certain types of music theory in the East, a scale is arbitrarily decided with a root frequency, which can be made-up entirely on spot, and everything else is developed mathematically relative to that root frequency. And also, the frequencies of sound can be divided into more than patterns of 12, meaning that notes can be separated by quarter-tones or less... And it is interesting, because I can hear the difference between one quarter-tone and another, so it's not clear why western music should divide music in this way. In fact, it's not clear why there should be 12 notes in the chromatic scale and not 13, or 14... Or why the color spectrum should be divided one way and not another way...
...And yet... when I look at the color spectrum, if I divide it in a new way, it just doesn't seem right. And if I try to play music in weird scales, outside the chromatic scale, it just sounds like noise!
But there doesn't seem to be any justification for why I can't see colors in a new way, or any justification for why music in strange scales should sound like noise.
Oh, and also: Does Abhidhamma associate colors with any particular moods or virtues? Is there any particular ground for associating colors in this way?


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Just how extreme are Republicans in Congress who voted to reject the Manchin-Toomey bill to extend background checks to private gun sellers? So extreme that even the guy who brought the lawsuit in Washington, DC that overturned the ban on handguns there thinks they've gone too far. Robert Levy, chairman of the board of the Cato Institute and the guy who brought the Heller v DC lawsuit, has an op-ed in the New York Times urging Congress to try to pass the bill again.
I'm a libertarian who played a role in reducing handgun restrictions in the nation's capital. In 2008, in a landmark case I helped initiate, Heller v. District of Columbia, the Supreme Court declared for the first time that the Second Amendment protected an individual's right to bear arms.
But the stonewalling of the background check proposal was a mistake, both politically and substantively…
The focus on background checks should not distract gun owners from the positive provisions in the Manchin-Toomey proposal.
It would allow Americans to buy handguns from out-of-state sellers, which is not allowed currently.
It would explicitly prohibit the creation of a national gun registry, and make it a felony, punishable by up to 15 years in prison, to misuse records from the national database used for background checks.It would affirm that unloaded guns with a lock mechanism in place can be transported across state lines.
It would immunize private gun sellers from lawsuits if a gun they have sold is used unlawfully, unless the seller knows or should have known that the buyer provided false information or was otherwise ineligible to buy a gun. Extending background checks to unlicensed sellers shouldn't be cause for alarm. Background checks are already required for purchases from federally licensed dealers, whether at stores or gun shows, over the Internet or by mail. Moreover, gun buyers would be exempt from background checks if they had a carry permit issued within the last five years.
But instead of reasoned analysis of the bill, we get nutballs like Rep. Jeff Duncan claiming that extending these background checks would lead to a gun registry (the bill actually bans such a registry quite explicitly and even carries criminal penalties for trying to create one), which will lead to genocide just like in Rwanda because the government will then know where we live. I wish I was making that up, but Duncan actually said that.


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Arsene Wenger has revealed he fears a repeat of the injury that led to a 17-month layoff for Jack Wilshere.
After the Gunners manager admitted the England midfielder would miss the Champions League last 16 second keg against Bayern Munich on Wednesday, he made public his fears over a repeat of Wilshere's injury nightmare.
Arsenal had to make do without the 21-year-old for the entirety of last season because of the injury, which Wenger said was down to him playing too much.
Wilshere has been recovering in Dubai since the loss to rivals Tottenham Hotspur ten days ago where the injury was discovered.
He will now spend four weeks on the sidelines due to the inflammation in his ankle and will be sorely missed by the Emirates Stadium outfit.
Wenger admitted he did not know if the stress fracture that kept him out for so long would return but admitted the symptoms that led to it had returned and they were unwilling to take a chance.
"Last time we let him continue to play and it transformed into a stress fracture," Wenger said in the pre-match press conference.
"That's why the specialist said we cannot take this gamble. If he did not have the history, maybe he could go on.
"Nobody knows if it will happen again but it could. He will be out for three to four weeks. We do a regular scan on him and it showed up bone bruising on his right heel.
"He had some inflammation on the left ankle where he had surgery and compensated to protect his left ankle, putting too much pressure on the right one."
Wenger's estimate of recovery time means Wilshere will be missing for the Premier League game with Swansea City on Saturday, though is expected to make it back for the clash with Reaidng on March 30
The injury will also mean Wilshere misses England World Cup qualifiers against San Marino and Montenegro in the next two weeks.


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classic RT?
Sorry I dont stock Classic RT rails, This is for RTPro or AM
it dont have to be stock
Price? The price on your website only has the price for the milling.
I'll get a sale thread up tomorrow in the dealer forum...
PMed about a rail for a build I am doing for a friend.
I'll machine one tonight or tomorrow and get a picture up, it's a smig different than how the AGD rail design looks.
I see you still managed to find a spot cut out from the earlier runs (the notch in the back). Between the weight of these things and the curves of your other designs, buying unibody or rail-less frame isn't always an easy decision.
I added the notch at the back because of the AGD back bottle rails, I kept it just because it looks cool. These are a little nicer because I dont do the z-lock like AGD, it's just cleaner.
Sure that hole can be drilled out.
OK, rails are done, I made a few extras.


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Release Date: March 7, 2013
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A team of three juniors and one senior in the University at Buffalo School of Management has won the annual On Target Undergraduate Club Case Competition, sponsored by Target Corporation.
The winners, representing the International Business Association student club, were Jeffrey Kohnke of Niagara Falls, Li Yi Tan of Staten Island, Daniel O'Connor of East Amherst, and Daniel Yanega of Levittown.
The team and the club will share a $3,000 prize, with each student receiving $250 and the International Business Association receiving $2,000.
The goal of the competition is to help undergraduate students strengthen their analytic, communication, presentation and teamwork skills beyond the classroom by developing recommendations for real-world business issues.
Fourteen teams representing 56 students in the School of Management entered the competition. This year's case focused on Target's expansion into Canada. Teams were asked to develop strategies to ensure that Target is well received by Canadian guests.
In the final round of the competition on Feb. 15, the top five teams presented their analyses and recommendations.
Six Target professionals served as judges for the final presentations: Robert Boyd, assets protection business partner, Kelly Dumas, human resources business partner, Peter Firestone, district facilities manager, Erin Ingalls, food business partner, Randy Joseph, district team leader, and Amy Lauricella, senior field campus recruiter.
Minneapolis-based Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) serves guests at 1,778 stores across the United States and at Target.com. The company plans to open its first stores in Canada in 2013. In addition, the company operates a credit card segment that offers branded proprietary credit card products. Since 1946, Target has given 5 percent of its income through community grants and programs; today, that giving equals more than $4 million a week. For more information about Target's commitment to corporate responsibility, visit http://Target.com/hereforgood.
The UB School of Management is recognized for its emphasis on real-world learning, community and economic impact, and the global perspective of its faculty, students and alumni. The school has been ranked by Bloomberg Businessweek, the Financial Times, Forbes, U.S. News & World Report and The Wall Street Journal for the quality of its programs and the return on investment it provides its graduates. For more information about the UB School of Management, visit http://mgt.buffalo.edu.
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Second Annual Engineering in Medicine Symposium a Success!
The Graduate Forum
July 25, 2011
Recently a group of nationally and internationally renowned experts in biomedical imaging, therapeutics and nanotechnology convened in Hanover, joining local experts and graduate students at the Engineering in Medicine Symposium. This is the second year of the event and the focus this year was redesigning cancer imaging and therapy.
The first day of the conference, Monday July 11th, was devoted to molecular imaging, using signals from small fluorescent probes or antibodies in order to learn about the underlying tissue. After all the talks, a poster session took place in the atrium of the Thayer School of Engineering. Many graduate students presented their research at this event. "It was a really neat opportunity to have so many top scientists come over and express interest in the work I have been doing," said Jenn Demers, a graduate student at Thayer.


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Mosaic company a good corporate citizen
The Mosaic Company, a fixture in the Polk County economy, has an outsized impact on communities from Florida's Gulf Coast to the Heartland. Its phosphate mining and fertilizer production facilities are the bedrock of local economies in Polk, Hardee, Manatee and Hillsborough counties and a planned 14,000-acre mine in DeSoto County will produce
$275 million in tax and severance revenue over the life of the mine. Mining impacts on the environment from Bone Valley to the coast and the permitting and legal challenges they entail often color people's perceptions of the company and its employees. But often unnoticed in coverage and discussions of Mosaic is the philanthropic role the company plays in our communities and around the world.
This week The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy awarded Mosaic its 2013 Excellence Award in Corporate Philanthropy for its Mosaic Villages Project, which works with farmers in Guatemala, India and eight African countries to improve crop yields. It's an impressive program and a deserved honor that prompted us to take stock of the charitable efforts that company has undertaken locally.


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i have a record and displayed by a list in Sencha Touch for example. I need to get the records which have been changed by another client. So new and changed records are loaded from database.
I am reloading the store, but getUpdatedRecords doesn't work. I guess it's because it loads every single record again, so only
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How do i autoload it, if changes at the database happened and how do i get the changed records
and changed records by the actual client?
What is the difference between getUpdatedRecords and getModifiedRecords? Both don't work in this case.
Usign LocalStorage to compare current storage with new loaded storage form database?
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½ cup evaporated milk
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
½ cup crumbled feta cheese
½ cup fresh cilantro leaves
2 tablespoons lime juice
Salt and freshly ground pepper
12 ounces rotini pasta, cooked according to package directions
1 cup finely diced ham
2 cups chopped bell pepper
½ cup frozen peas, thawed
½ cup red onion, finely chopped
Combine the evaporated milk, olive oil, feta, cilantro, lime juice, and some salt and pepper in a blender and purée until smooth and creamy. Set aside.
Add the ham, bell peppers, peas, and red onion to the drained pasta. Pour the dressing over the pasta and gently mix it into the salad.
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Ol' Myrt here set up the BetterGEDCOM wiki in mid-Nov 2010 with the hopes that a grassroots effort would improve genealogy data file transfers. Today I'd like to share some thoughts about the project.
1. There is currently a GEDCOM standard, with which the genealogy software programmers have elected not to fully comply during the last 15 years.
2. GENTECH attempted to codify a GEDCOM standard with backing from professional genealogists and a core group of coders, but the initiative fell flat years ago.
3. Absent a timely, viable BetterGEDCOM standard with accompanying product that can be readily assimilated by genealogy vendors, AncestorSync (from the same folks who brought us FamilyInsight) has great potential as a "bridging" solution facilitating file sharing among researchers on a variety of platforms.
4. BetterGEDCOM is stronger in the "international" front, while AncestorSync is stronger "getting a product out of the pipeline."
5. FamilySearch has specifically chosen not to work with BetterGEDCOM, though it is accustomed to approving certified affiliates. This is most likely because BetterGEDCOM doesn't have a product for them to evaluate.
6. Ancestry.com has not participated in any BetterGEDCOM discussions.
7. Other major software vendors (as defined by great numbers of end users) are not interested in working with us on BetterGEDCOM as a standard, using their time instead to upgrade their individual products to meet current consumer demands.
8. Acknowledging AncestorSync's file transfer capabilities through BetterGEDCOM's independent review is an extension of testing we've done with other programs to describe issues of compliance with current GEDCOM standards. Scrambled data fields and lost data are important issues that have been tracked. If AncestorSync avoids the usual pitfalls, test results will tell the tale.
9. I look forward to testing AncestorSync V4 which will involve end-user to end-user file transfers. At this point, AncestorSync is in V1 beta.
10. It would be better if the *new* de facto genealogy data exchange process isn't owned by a company. We have learned from Microsoft's monopoly.
A. I believe AncestorSync will gain full acceptance in the industry by vendors and end-users alike. Vendors favor a no-effort solution to GEDCOM file transfer issues, and end-users just want the sharing to happen seamlessly.
B. The concept of archiving genealogy data may be an obsolete thought, given a dynamic program like AncestorSync that plans to maintain file transfer criteria for older versions of genealogy software. Genealogists are becoming increasingly adept with the use of Dropbox, Mozy and other file syncing and backup services.
C. BetterGEDCOM work can continue with GEDCOM file data models and source citation architecture, but I seriously doubt we can gain acceptance in the industry without strategic partnership(s).
D. While collaboration works fine to discuss data models and architecture, but creating an actual product takes funding, man hours, and a top-down project management system. Failing that, here at BetterGEDCOM, with just a few active though highly qualified participants, Ol' Myrt is still herding cats.
E. I favor BetterGEDCOM collaborating with AncestorSync.
Personally, I don't care if AncestorSync gets there before BetterGEDCOM does, just that the work gets done.
Happy family tree climbing!
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Spider-Man Rescues Anderson Cooper From the Green Goblin In Weirdest Video of the New Year
As if Kathy Griffin stripping down to her bra during CNN's New Year's Eve coverage wasn't bad enough, poor Anderson Cooper also had to contend with being abducted by the Green Goblin from the Broadway play 'Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark.' Fortunately, however, the webslinger himself was there to save the day.
The supervillain held Cooper hostage until Spider-Man arrived to free him with just enough time to host the New Year's Eve telecast. And, no, Spidey didn't get tangled up in wires this time. Watch the insanity below.
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17w, 6d. It's been several weeks since we told our sons that we were expecting another baby. They seemed to get it right from the beginning, save some less-than-polite comments about how my 5-year-old already knew that I was pregnant because I was "already looking a little bit 'fat.'" (Thanks again, Ben.)
We've talked about how this baby will (hopefully) be born at home, like our 3-year-old was, and that if either or both of them want to be present for the birth, that's OK with me (more on that in a future post)—and we've started talking about how babies actually get out of a mom's belly. But recently, for all of our talking, they've said some things that made me realize that I have a bit more educating to do about pregnancy, birth, and babies. For example:
- Ben, my 5-year-old: "Mommy, at the end of your pregnancy, will your belly be a rectangle or a square?" Hmmm… Neither, I hope!
- Henry, my 3-year-old: "I have a tummyache because I have a baby sister in my belly—but it's OK because the baby will pop out soon, and it won't hurt." I'd love a real-life version of labor like this!
- Ben [pointing to my breasts]: "Is the baby in here? 'Cause you look a lot more pregnant here than in your belly." I had no idea how to respond to this one.
- Henry: "I like babies, but I don't like it when they cry. I'm going to tell the baby not to cry because crying will break my heart." And your constant whining breaks my heart AND ears, kid.
- Henry: "The baby's your age, Mommy." [Minutes later…] "The baby and I are the same age, Mommy." Huh.
- Ben [when asked for name suggestions for the baby]: "Rosie Rosen" I like the alliteration, but nope.
- Henry [when asked for name suggestions for the baby]: "Denry!" Definitely not.
- Henry: "The baby is going to pop out this week!" Well, that would be a surprise to us all—a mere five months ahead of schedule.
- Henry: "Santa is bringing us a baby brother!" True that I'm due just a week after Christmas, but I don't think Santa had any part in this…
Did your kids understand when you told them about another pregnancy? Did they say anything that made you laugh or just plain baffled you? Leave a comment!


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Monsanto: Battered, Bruised, and Still Growing
Monsanto Co. has found fertile ground in genetically modified crops and a global agricultural boom, but the world's largest seed maker also harvests its share of controversy.
To critics, it is a proponent of risky food and a symbol of a food system dominated by a few giant companies at the expense of small farmers. An attempted price increase in 2010 set off a backlash among farmers, and some investors have questioned the long-term viability of Monsanto's products as some weeds have proven resistant to its top herbicide and some bugs have penetrated its genetically modified corn.
And its history as a chemical maker, where a legacy company produced Agent Orange, has saddled Monsanto with a lingering stigma it has found hard to shake.
Yet the company, led by Chief Executive Hugh Grant, has revised its pricing plan to placate farmers and stood firm on its GMO products. Last November, the company helped fend off a California ballot initiative, Proposition 37, requiring companies to label all foods containing genetically modified products.
Today Monsanto's performance advantage over competitors is growing—after profit plunged 47% in 2010, the company has more than recovered, says Mr. Grant, with an 87% gain over the last two years.
Mr. Grant, a 54-year-old native of Scotland, recently sat down with The Wall Street Journal at company headquarters outside St. Louis. Edited excerpts:
WSJ: What's the harm in disclosing genetically modified ingredients to consumers?
Mr. Grant: Under the headline of transparency and open access, [Prop 37] befuddled the issue in our view more than explained it. A much better job needs to be done, I think, by the industry in general, in communicating how, where and who produces that food, and the safety and integrity of it.
I'd be up for the dialogue around labeling. Maybe we'll look back and say [Prop 37] was the start of a more reasonable debate. But it was a confusing proposition.
WSJ: At the heart of this debate is safety. How do we know that GMOs are safe?
Mr. Grant: They're the most-tested food product that the world has ever seen. Europe set up its own Food Standards Agency, which has now spent €300 million ($403.7 million), and has concluded that these technologies are safe. [Recently] France determined there's no safety issue on a corn line we submitted there. So there's always a great deal of political noise and turmoil. If you strip that back and you get to the science, the science is very strong around these technologies.
WSJ: About three years ago the company was engulfed by negative attention, including falling profit, concern about seed performance and a farmer revolt over pricing. How did you turn the situation around?
Mr. Grant: We got back to the basics of reconnecting with our customers. We focused on consistency. We became predictable with our pricing, we became consistent in our messaging, and we've been tracking that throughout the three-year period. It's never done. We've mended a lot of fences, and we've turned things around.
WSJ: Two of your top executives have a background in the vegetable business. Is that a coincidence? How do you see the business growing?
Mr. Grant: Fresh fruit and high quality vegetables are becoming more important than they ever were. So we see an opportunity there, but the opportunity in veggies is going to be driven by where we are spending our money. We are spending our money on nutrition and taste. A lot of veggies look great, but they don't taste like much. We think the consumer will pay a premium for improved nutrition and improved taste.
WSJ: Which is more important for Monsanto: conventional seed breeding or biotech?
Mr. Grant: It's both. We spend a billion-and-a-quarter dollars a year on R&D, and it's almost exactly 50-50. Biotech gets all the attention, but it's the combination of the two of these that's really the powerhouse. Ten years ago, we had a distinct breeding and a distinct biotech organization. These are largely converged now.
WSJ: There have been growing reports of weeds developing resistance to your glyphosate herbicide and bugs developing resistance to your genetically modified corn. Did Monsanto push too hard convincing farmers to use these products?
Mr. Grant: It's 20-20 hindsight. If you look, the [herbicide] product is 35, nearly 40 years old. Resistance is still limited to a handful of species. If you look at resistance to other products in the industry, it's not unusual to see resistance to 200, 250 species. That's not an excuse. When you talk to farmers, these are technologies they do not want to lose.
WSJ: Opponents of genetically modified crops are intensely critical of the industry. Does that criticism ever become an issue for investors, or threaten to discourage employees?
Mr. Grant: I think some of the criticism comes with being first in a lot of these spaces. I'd rather be there than at the back of the pack.
WSJ: Has there ever been discussion about changing the company's name, given Monsanto's history as a maker of Agent Orange?
Mr. Grant: When we first launched the company, we looked at it then. It was expensive. We were a startup. We never struggled to make payroll, but we weren't flush with cash. And it was an expense at the time that seemed onerous. So we went with the ambiguity of calling ourselves what we were called before, but we weren't really what we were before.
WSJ: To what extent are you worried about a changing climate, and its effects on agriculture and Monsanto specifically?
Mr. Grant: We took a look at this three or four years ago. We brought our brightest scientists together and asked them, climate change: fact or fiction? And then, what would the effect be in agriculture in general and our business specifically?
The conclusions that came back were, 'There's definitely something there. This isn't an anomaly. There's enough evidence to suggest that it's getting warmer.' For agriculture that's going to absolutely present challenges, at the very time we need to produce more, it's an environment that's heated. In the much longer term, we're going to have to focus on breeding to accommodate those temperature shifts.
Corrections & Amplifications
Monsanto Chief Executive Hugh Grant said the company spends "a billion-and-a-quarter dollars a year on R&D." An earlier version of this article misquoted Mr. Grant, saying the company spends "a quarter of a billion dollars a year on R&D."
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Loyola opera workshop presents 'Oktoberfest: Opera's Greatest Drinking Songs'
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The opera program at Loyola University New Orleans will present its fall workshop, "Oktoberfest: Opera's Greatest Drinking Songs," on Thursday, Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Nunemaker Auditorium in Monroe Hall. A free reception will be held at 9 p.m. on the second floor of the Communications/Music Complex following the Oktoberfest event.
The program will feature songs from Verdi's "La Traviata," Puccini's "La Rondine," Lehar's "The Merry Widow" and Offenbach's "La Périchole," among others. Former Loyola Opera Theatre director David Morelock will return as stage director, opera/vocal coach Carol Rausch will once again take on the role of music director and pianist. Laura Zambrano, Loyola Ballet director, will serve as choreographer.
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It's time for a pop quiz! Who can tell me (without using Google) which country the following flag represents?
Not sure??? Here's a clue: its capital city is Musqat.
Still don't know?
Well, of course I'm referring to the well-known and not at all obscure Sultanate of Oman!
What's that, you say?? You've never even heard of Oman? Neither had I until recently, when I decided to learn the flags of the world. Do you want to know how I remembered this one? Whenever I saw the distinctive curved dagger in the corner, I would think, "Oh, MAN! I'll never get this one! Oh-man = OMAN!" I obviously never thought I would EVER have a chance to visit this little-known nation on the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula, but this week it became my foreign country number 37!
The Philharmonic had originally planned a two-day stay in Abu Dhabi, where I've visited already twice, but the plans fell through somehow and instead we helped break in the brand new Royal Opera House of Musqat with a program of Russian music under the baton of Valery Gergiev. Sultan Qaboos, the leader of Oman since the 1970s, has a reputation for being dedicated to a policy of modernization and tolerance, quite similar to his neighbors in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Bahrain. He owns a humongous yacht, several elaborate palaces, and is reputedly a huge classical music fan. Naturally.
I mainly want to let the photos tell the story, but I have to lay a little groundwork first. You see, this Gergiev 'block' got underway last week with another two-day tour to Germany. We visited Hannover and Cologne (Kölsch and a meterwurst highly recommended by the way), returned to Wien to perform our normal weekend subscription concerts, and then immediately following Sunday's concert rushed to the airport and took off towards the desert.
With the time difference, we arrived in Musqat at around 12:30 AM on Monday. Airports don't tend to be fully staffed at that time of night, as we soon found out. There were 2 windows open at immigration and it was very slow going. Immigration took about 2 minutes per person, times 100 people... let's just say we were there for a while.
|Not what you want to see at 1AM
|At least Sultan Qaboos was there to greet us!
We finally made it to our hotel around 2:45 AM, and I crashed hard. The next morning I awoke to see this outside my balcony:
|That's a pleasant surprise if I ever saw one!
|Not sure what that island is, but it's HUGE
|The Arabian Riviera??
|Some beautiful foothills in the distance
I didn't make it out of bed in time for breakfast, but I did manage to drag myself downstairs for a wonderful buffet lunch with some colleagues. Much hummus was consumed. In the afternoon I did some practice and then decided to do a bit of walking around.
|I can't imagine a more stark contrast to Vienna in January
|Seems like all the buildings are white... suppose it helps with the heat
|I spent some time reading in the hotel garden
|The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque (2nd largest in the world)
The concert went really well, and I was blown away by the over-the-top splendor of the hall. The acoustics were not very well suited to our orchestra, but it worked out okay in the end.
We did a couple pieces I had never heard of, but that I was really glad to be introduced to. First was Rimsky-Korsakov's Invisible City of Kitezh Suite, which is a real gem in my opinion. Second was a brilliant and fun jazz-influenced piece by Rhodin Shchedrin entitled Concerto No. 1 "Naughty Limericks". And we were again treated to a rousing performance of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 by the 2011 Tchaikovsky Competition winner Daniil Trifonov. The guy is 20 years old and makes the most amazing music. Really inspiring stuff.
|The Royal Opera House Musqat after the concert
|The Omani landscape just after take-off
|Gorgeous mountain ranges in Iran
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The city Department of Transportation has revised this week's overnight closures of the Jones Falls Expressway at 29th Street as crews replace collapsed drainage pipes and repair erosion that threatened to undermine the road.
During the closures, traffic will be routed onto the 28th Street exit ramp. Motorists should continue left on Sisson Street, take a left on 29th Street, and then get back onto the JFX.
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People have been asking for them, so here they are.
Ship classes:
Class 0: Fighters: acc 12", armor 1D10, 1 HP, 1 weapon slot.
Class 1: Frigates: acc 8", armor 2D10, 3 HP, 2 weapon slots.
Class 2: Cruisers: acc 6", armor 3D10, 4 HP, 4 weapon slots.
Class 3: Battleships: Acc 4", armor 3D10, 5 HP, 6 weapon slots.
Note: Guns may take response shots, but missiles may not.
Light laser cannon -- range 8", damage 2D6, accuracy 2D6+1 -- since most ships have two of these, you stand a good chance of penetrating frigate armor with them.
Heavy laser -- range 12", damage 4D6, accuracy 1D6+3
Particle lance -- range 18", damage (Class number + 5)D6, accuracy 1D6+3. Must be fixed forward.
Plasma bomb launcher -- range 6", damage 6D6, accuracy 1D6+3, must be fixed forward on fighters
EMP -- range 6", field strength 4D6, accuracy 2D6+2, 2-finger cone. Prevents the ship from accelerating or using weapons or abilities next turn instead of doing physical damage.
Light missile -- range 18", damage 3D6, accuracy 2D6+1, ammo 8X class number
Heavy missile -- range 24", damage 5D6, accuracy 2D6-1, ammo 4X class number
Torpedoes: Torpedoes are small, independently controlled spacecraft which are launched from Frigate class (or larger) vessels and make kamikaze attacks on the enemy. Unlike missiles, they do not reach their target in a single turn; their movement is handled just like that of a spacecraft. Torpedoes have an acceleration of 12" per turn, a Silhouette value of 9, and a damage value of 6D6. They also have a blast radius of 2", so nearby ships can get caught in the explosion. A ship can only have 2 torpedoes on the field at a time; also, torpedoes only have fuel for 4 turns of acceleration. After that they self-destruct automatically. Ammo 4X class number.
Each ship may also have 1 special ability. With the exception of Point Defense, ships may not use any gun-type weapons on the same turn that they use their special abilities.
Boost -- a ship with the Boost ability may increase its acceleration by up to 3". Ships may not fire energy weapons while boosting (they can still fire missiles)
Sensor Array -- a ship with the Sensor Array ability may Target an enemy vessel within 10", adding a +1 accuracy modifier to all attacks against that vessel.
Defense Field -- a ship with this ability can generate a force field which reduces the damage of any enemy attack passing through it by 3D6. The field protects any friendly ship within 4". Ships trying to fly through the force field will also take damage. A ship cannot fire weapons while its defense field is active, but other ships inside the field can.
Boarding parties:
Ships with the Boarding ability can deploy boarding parties against targets up to 3" away. A boarding party can choose to either Sabotage the ship or capture it. Capturing the ship transfers control of the ship to you, and requires a die roll of 5 or higher to accomplish. Sabotaging the ship is a bit more complex. Roll 1D6 and refer to these results:
1-2: the boarding party is eliminated.
3: the weakest weapon on the target ship is destroyed.
4: the strongest weapon on the target ship is destroyed.
5: the target ship's special ability is disabled.
6: the target ship's engine is disabled.
If the attacking ship in a boarding attack (Sabotage or capture) is a capital ship (Destroyer class or larger), add 1 to your roll. If the defending ship is a capital ship, subtract 1 from your roll.
Spacecraft may carry 3 boarding parties each.
If you have a specific ship which the scenario calls you to raid or capture, you can build an interior for that ship on a separate baseplate and use the boarding party ability to deploy minifigs onto the ship.
Boarding torpedoes -- the ship may deploy its boarding parties in torpedoes which ram the enemy spacecraft (they do not require an accuracy roll) and deploy troops directly into the hull.
Minelaying -- this ship can drop a mine with a 4" blast radius. Mines auto-detonate whenever an enemy ship enters their radius, but can also be set off at a time chosen by the player.
Carrier -- May carry and deploy up to Class number X3 fighters from their holds. It's an informal rule that fleets must have enough carriers to hold all their fighters unless the specific scenario says otherwise.
Capacitor -- the ship may "charge" its capacitor for one turn, during which it is not allowed to fire any gun-type weapons. On the next turn, each of its gun-type weapons gets two shots.
Point defense -- whenever an enemy unit comes within 1" of the ship, the ship automatically does (2X class number)D6 damage to it.


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