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While I was fairly hard on the The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in my review of the movie, and wasn't particularly nice to the the last set I reviewed, Escape from the Mirkwood Spiders... An Unexpected Gathering and it's feature of Bag End wowed me when I first saw pictures of the set from Toy Fair early last year.
More than that, this scene, along with the interaction between Bilbo and Gollum, that actually felt like Hobbit movie should feel. Instead of wide-eyed adventure and way too much action, we have a hobbit that's turned upside down trying to figure out why a bunch of dwarves are eating all his food and playing with his knives. It was a good enough that a mini version was turned in to a San Diego Comic Con exclusive this year, for people with more money than good sense.
Make no mistake, the bar was set extremely high for The Hobbit sets when this set was first revealed. It's visually striking, has a bevy of unique parts, and finally gives us something other than a mess of light grey or black parts. It's not a cheap set, coming in $69.99, the second highest in the line.
So the question remains, does it live up to its promise?
In a lot of ways yes. The last set I felt lived up to its initial promise was the Podracer set back in 2011 (I know, there is something positive to be found in an Episode I set... even if I hated the scene it came from). There have been more than a few reveals that failed to live up to their promise (looking at you, Super Star Destroyer), and some that exceeded my expectations and then some (showing you some more love, Republic Gunship).
We get six minifigs in this set, four of which are completely exclusive to this set (the Dwarves), one that's a unique look (Bilbo), and one that's pretty much the same as what we've gotten elsewhere (Gandalf). This set is just another war in the continuing war against your disposable income, since you have to pick it up to get all of the dwarf company. You are trying to get the whole company, aren't you?
Before I jump into the dwarves... one of my (many) complaints about The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was that so many of the dwarves were basically just "fillers," with very little personality of their own. Even those who had some personality were pretty basic. Bombur was a glutton, Kili and Fili were inexperienced, Thorin was basically a short "broody leader type," and about half of them you could only identify if you were on the movie's Wikipedia page.
There are basically four dwarves of note, a couple of supporting characters, and then some extras. That being said, there were similar problems in the books...
First up for the dwarves is Bofur, who I pretty much know as "The Dwarf with the Hat." In the movie, he was the one that was basically encouraging of Bilbo, but otherwise, was mostly just "another dwarf." He carries a mining pick (or mattock, if you feel so inclined), which does match the movie. He matches the character well enough, I suppose, but that's more to do with the hat (which was visually distinctive in the movie).
He's got an alt-face that's quite similar to his regular face. It actually makes a difference on this particular dwarf, because his head isn't hidden by a beard. There's also some nice printing on his back that's covered up entirely by his little cloak.
I do love those little cloaks that these guys have, but I'm not sure what I'd ever do with extras...
Next up in our dwarf menagerie we get Bombur, who in the films has been reduced to a walking fat joke. In the book, he was still a fat joke, but had more lines and was basically the dumb, fat dwarf. LEGO kind of cheated to make him look "bigger" by extending the torso around his beard, making him the first "fat" minifig that I'm aware of. Sure, we've gotten the big figures like trolls and the like, or the occasional one-off like Hagrid, but this is the first time LEGO has done something other than just print fat lines on a regular minifig.
I like this figure, even if I'm not a fan of the character. It's also interesting that his mouth is covered by the beard/hairpiece, but they didn't bother to paint lips on it. The head underneath does have them, so kind of a gap on the design, but kind of a minor one. He does have an alt-face, but with the beard, I question why...
Next up is Dwalin, a dwarf so forgettable in the movie I can't even muster up a joke about him. Seriously, I'd have to put back on the movie (which, despite being hard on, I do own on BluRay... cursed limited edition minifigs), and I'd be hard pressed to remember him even then. And before the torches and pitchforks come out, a quick glance at The Middle Earth wiki, and the fact that this guy was so unimportant that Tolkein didn't even include additional background about him, seems to say I'm not alone in that fact.
It's a shame, because this is actually a pretty nice minifigure. The beard is detailed and unique, the printing is a good barbarian look, and that headpiece has a lot of promise. Good minifigure, forgettable character.
Last up is Balin, the mentor / old-guy dwarf. He played a role in the scene in question, giving advice to Thorin Oakenshield about the sorry state of his party. Sadly, that was about as far as the characterization took him. He stuck up for Bilbo, and called him out other times, but mostly he was just there. He has, sort of, appeared in another Lord of the Rings set... but mostly as a skeleton and a book (Mines of Moria).
While in the movie, the dwarves may be forgettable, their minifigs are all quite nice. The detail on the back of Balin's torso is nice, with the etched pattern that is hidden entirely by his cloak. In short, all of the dwarves are best considered in how else you can use their parts once you don't want any more dwarves...
Gandalf is in the set, who set up the whole "Unexpected" gathering by carving the rune on the door. The figure is unchanged from the other versions we get.
Last up, we get the the namesake of our story, Mr. Bilbo Baggins. The figure is a great representation of his character in Bag End, and different from the versions we got in Riddles for the Ring and Barrel Escape. Even the face is unique... the only thing that's the same is the hair.
Maybe it's me, but I look at this figure... I see a tan shirt and suspenders and I think "wow, that would make a good torso for a Malcolm Reynolds figure." Yes, he never wore a striped shirt (but did wear a tan one in Our Mrs. Reynolds)... but seriously, I want to go make that minifigure now! What head would work best for that?
It's always nice to see a set where the minifigs are the supporting cast, and not the purpose of the whole set. This set is all about giving you Bag End, in green LEGO glory. In the grand scheme of things, Bag End was a fairly minor stop in the movies, showing up at the start of Fellowship of the Ring and The Hobbit, as well as in seventeen of the eighty-six endings featured in Return of the King (the Extended Edition had an even two-hundred endings, and Bag End was in forty of them).
Despite only being featured in the movie for a comparatively short time, a lot of important things happen there. In An Unexpected Journey, this is where we first meet up the dwarf company, where Bilbo is content to live out his days, and where Gandalf does a little bit of magic graffiti. We get two musical numbers, some thrown plates, and a spine-tingly dwarf song. In short, this is where everything sort of comes together and the tone is set for the rest of the movie.
Outside of the hut, we're given all sorts of details, from plants, to flowers, to buckets, to flowers... there's just a lot. The yellow flowers are especially exciting to the castle builder in me. While not as rare as the blue variety, yellow has historically been very hard to get in the US (since the only stuff I've ever found on the PaB wall is pink, light pink, white, and red). It's always nice to be able to put those tiny color splashes around the ground.
The entire front is outlined with the small fence that staggers stickered tiles with a simple gate. While it looks nice, the big problem with this setup is that it's very fragile. Most of these are only held on by one or two studs, and it doesn't take much to take them off.
The entire build of Bag End flows well between the "grass" and outside to build the hobbit hole, with only a bit of the walls exposed on the outside. It all works quite well, and makes a good little display. We're also treated to a lot of colors and slopes we don't normally get (seriously, look at all that green), and this is a set that just looks nice sitting on a shelf.
My favorite detail on the front is something simple, yet a great touch for the set, in the placement of a "garden" just outside the door. It's a little touch, but one that made me smile. I had to resist the urge to grab my Samwise figure and put him under the window, not dropping any eaves.
This set also introduced several new brick types (which have since appeared elsewhere, but were cool at the time), such as the hollow circle plate pictured around the windows and the circular plate for the door. The windows and door are some fascinating things to build, especially how the lattice work was achieved on the big window to the left. Those are just four spinner bases without the spinner part, held together by some trans-clear boat bottoms. It works out great, and really strikes a unique look.
Okay, so it looks really nice "from the outside." Inside, there's a lot of scenery to work with... it's just a shame that the door is so ugly in comparison. We do get the area with the maps and contracts spread out for bilbo to look at. Part of me wishes that they would have worked in a way to get the contract joke for the set, but I suppose you take what you can get.
We get the dinner table where the dwarves are going to blunt the knives and clean out Bilbo's larder. There's a huge variety of food parts here, which I always love to see in a set. We get a couple of trans-smoke wine bottles, some pots and pans, and a book copy of "There and Back Again."
We also get a shelf for Sting, which is as strange as getting a copy of the book. If this is Bag End that's left to Frodo, it makes sense to have those there. But for "The Unexpected Gathering," Bilbo hasn't found Sting yet, and hasn't even considered writing down the travels he hasn't gone through. They are details that I like seeing, kind of, but it divides this set. I get that the (very needless) scene at the beginning featured Frodo and Bilbo, as well as the book, but that wasn't there with the dwarves.
Much like the Malibu Mansion Attack set for Iron Man 3, they try to capture more than one scene and sort of diminish the whole thing. Part of me wishes that sting and the book would have been left out in favor of adding to the table or putting in some more details... or at least finishing the inside door.
In the end, we have a very nice looking set with a collection of unique figures. The set itself looks great, but has a whole lot of utility both for display and for parts. You're not going to find a better collection of green (or dwarf torsos) available, and if you want to build a market or the like, there's a lot of food accessories in the set. It's not a cheap set, but it never feels like it's not delivering on that price (unlike, say, the Sail Barge). When we first saw it, this looked like a good set, and I'm pleased to say, after building it, that LEGO actually delivered a good set as well.
What I liked
- Good looking set, while not as big as the movie (that'd be one expensive set), immediately reminds you of Bag End from the movie
- Interesting building techniques for the windows, blending the building and grass, and garden
- Good selection of parts and figures, including a lot of stuff you don't normally find in one set (food stuff, specifically)
What I didn't like
- The door only looks good from the outside, and terrible from the inside
- Some details don't fit the scene that the set is trying to create
- The inside is somewhat sparse compared to the outside, and some details (maps, shelves) are more like tack-ons than detailed parts
Verdict: Pick it up, this is a great looking set with a lot of stuff going for it. You can get An Unexpected Gathering, and the rest of The Hobbit Sets, on Amazon.com. As of this article, it was even for a very nice discount, and down to $55 in the US, and all of the other Hobbit sets are carrying similar discounts.
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Dumfries and Galloway has been hit by terrible snow storms, in some places the drift are eight foot high! We've been quite lucky in Dumfries we just have 3 inches, we took advantage of a break in the snow to get out for a walk, as neither of my two like the snow blowing in their faces. Not that I can blame them
They both ended up cover in snowballs up their front legs and chest, so had to get the hairdryer on them when we got home.


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This Report is interesting because not only does it recommend returning SSA to its original status as the Social Security Board, but it even recommends returning responsiblity for the Medicare and Medicaid programs to Social Security--a responsibility transferred in 1977 to the recently-created Health Care Financing Administration.
(from pages 305-306 of the printed Report)
Greater Independence for Social Security Programs
Because the National Commission believes that significant improvements in the operation of Social Security and related programs and the public's understanding of those programs would result, it recommends the creation of an independent agency, to be called the Social Security Board. The Board should be responsible for administering the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program, the Supplemental Security Income program, and the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The day-today operations of each program should be directed by three career employees--an executive director and two chief operations officers who would report to the executive director. One operations officer would be responsible for the cash benefits programs and the other for the health care programs.
The independent agency the Commission recommends would resemble the original Social Security Board in that it would be governed by a three- or five-member board reporting directly to the President. The Board would be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Not more than two members, in the case of a three-member Board (or three in the case of a five-member Board), at any one time could be members of the same political party. One member would be designated by the President as Chairman and would be appointed for a fixed term which would coincide with the term of the President. The initial appointments would vary so that no more than one term would expire in any calendar year.
Until an independent Board is established, the Commission recommends that Medicare and Medicaid remain under the administration of the Health Care Financing Administration in the Department of Health and Human Services. (A.)
A./ By Mr. Dillman, Mr. Myers, and Mr. Rodgers: We believe that, in the event that the recommendation to establish an independent agency to administer the OASDI and Medicare programs is not followed, then the administration of the Medicare program should be transferred back to the Social Security Administration -- or, at the very least, those functions related to beneficiary contact, actuarial work, and research.


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Pet owners washing their dogs with flea and tick shampoo; housekeepers scrubbing bathroom fixtures with mold and mildew removal agents; lawn enthusiasts applying granular crabgrass preventers. What do these people have in common? They all are using a pesticide of one type or another.
Some people think pesticides are only used for controlling insects. By definition, a pesticide is any product that kills or repels pests, including weedy plants or plant diseases, animals such as moles, and even household mildews, molds and bacteria. Therefore, products designed for use as disinfectants, toilet bowl cleaners, insect foggers and even pet flea collars are considered to be pesticides. If you are unsure whether any product qualifies as a pesticide, check the package label for pesticide registration numbers issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Pesticide labels carry two EPA registration numbers: the first number identifies the product's manufacturer and the second identifies the specific pesticide.
Pesticides serve many purposes around the home and garden. They modify the appearance of lawns by eliminating unwanted plants we consider weeds. They can increase production in gardens and fields by reducing loses caused by insects, diseases and weedy species. They help us keep our living spaces clean and can even protect our health if used properly. Yet, it is important to remember that pesticides are poisons and when used carelessly, they can pose dangers to humans, wildlife and our environment.
The American Association of Poison Control Centers reports thousands of pesticide-related exposures each year. Although many of these exposures are minor in nature, some are more serious and require medical attention. Perhaps most alarming, about one-third of poisoning cases involve children younger than 6. Children are often at greater risk from pesticide exposures, which can affect their growth and development.
Pesticides should not necessarily be considered the first line of defense against a gardening problem. For example, hand-weeding can effectively and safely control minor weed infestations. The same is true for hand-removal of light populations of certain insects. There are times, however, when the use of pesticides is warranted. The purpose of this chapter is to help Master Gardeners avoid problems and make effective, efficient use of pesticides in the garden and home environment.
Pesticides should be considered as one of a number of options for managing a pest outbreak. Often, nonchemical control methods work just as well or better to prevent or manage a pest outbreak. Many pesticides target only certain types of pests. Thus, accurate identification of the problem is the critical first step in the process of selecting one or more appropriate control measures.
Integrated pest management for lawn and garden
Integrated pest management (IPM) incorporates cultural, mechanical, biological and chemical control methods in a common-sense approach to pest management. IPM emphasizes establishing and maintaining healthy plants. Healthy, unstressed plants are better able to resist insects and diseases and compete with weeds.
In fact, many common plant problems are abiotic conditions — those that are not caused by a living pest. Such conditions can be physical, environmental or chemical. Typical causes of abiotic problems include poor planting or mulching methods, stress from cold or drought, overwatering and air pollution. If such problems are the real source of a plant disorder, pesticides will not provide a long-term solution.
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When choosing a pesticide, do not use a product unless the label lists the specific pest you want to control.
When pesticides are the right choice
When you have eliminated possible abiotic causes of your plant problem, use of a pesticide may be appropriate. If so, how do you decide which one to use? Many products are classified as pesticides and sold through lawn and garden centers, hardware retailers and even grocery stores, and their commercial claims can be confusing and sometimes even inaccurate. To find the right pesticide requires that you ask the right questions and read product labels.
In the world of pesticide use, there is one simple rule that must be followed: "The label is the law." It is against the law to use a pesticide for a purpose or in a manner other than that dictated by its label. Therefore, careful reading of the label is the first crucial step in pesticide usage. Check product labels to see if your particular pest is listed as one that the product will control (Figure 1). Never assume that a product will control a pest that is not listed on its label. For example, if you wish to control dandelions in your lawn, be sure that the product label claims it controls "dandelions." If the label does not name the pest you wish to control, the risk of a control failure falls upon you and not the retailer or the manufacturer of the product. In many instances, you may have more than one product choice to control your problem. If so, do not choose on the basis of cost alone; consider products that may be more friendly to the environment, easier on beneficial organisms and perhaps easier and safer to use. In the long run, you might save money and also prevent future problems.
All pesticides are poisonous, some more so than others. Their relative toxicity, and hence the danger they pose to warm-blooded animals, is expressed in a measure known as LD50, which stands for lethal dose, 50 percent. The LD50 is the amount of a pesticide that resulted in the death of 50 percent of a test animal population. It is based on milligrams (mg) of active ingredient per kilograms (kg) of body weight. Thus, the lower the LD50, the more toxic a pesticide is to people (Table 1).
For simplicity's sake, a pesticide label contains one of three "signal words" to indicate the product's relative toxicity to humans:
Regardless of the signal word on a pesticide label, remember that every pesticide is toxic and has the potential to poison. Therefore, always read and follow all of the directions on the label each time you use a pesticide.
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Interpreting toxicity categories and signal words on pesticide labels.
Numerous organisms feed upon or infest insect pests. Natural enemies including predators, parasites and pathogens combat insect pests. Microbial insecticides containing the soilborne bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are popular for the control of a variety of insects. Botanical pesticides, such as products containing pyrethrum and sabadilla, are less likely to pollute water or air and break down quickly in the environment.
Once you have correctly identified the pest causing unacceptable damage and other control measures have proven impractical or have failed, the careful selection of a pesticide may be a viable alternative. You should follow some guidelines if you will use pesticides:
When handling pesticides, keep in mind that, as mentioned in the preceding section, they are poisons and pose risks, at least to some degree. Most products formulated for use in and around the home are in very low concentrations. Many come ready-to-use because they are already diluted. Many of the same active ingredients found in home and garden products are available in more concentrated formulations and sold under different brand names for agricultural and industrial uses. Generally, most of these concentrated products are not listed as approved for home use — that is, they are illegal to use in the home environment. Other products are only available to licensed pest control professionals because of toxicity and environmental concerns. If you have a serious pest problem, such as a termite infestation, it is best to consult with a professional. Pest-control firms have personnel who are specially trained, certified and licensed to handle these types of jobs.
It's always better to be safe than sorry. Read the product label, and be prepared to use the product in a responsible way. When children, pets or wildlife could be present, take special precautions:
When applying pesticides, the adage "if a little is good, more is better" definitely should not befollowed. Strive for judicious use, guided by the directions on the label. These chemicals are generally not cheap; using them at unnecessarily high rates of application represents wasted money, time and energy. Extra products can also pose storage and disposal problems. Excessive use increases the potential for environmental harm, making it more likely that pesticides will run off into surface water or leach into groundwater or wells. Overapplication increases the chances that pesticides will damage desirable plants and beneficial organisms and lead to the buildup of resistance in target pests. Moreover, applying pesticides at excessive rates beyond label directions is considered an illegal misuse of the product.
Fortunately, manufacturers make it easy to use pesticides responsibly. Many pesticide products for homeowners now come ready-to-use, with no additional mixing required for liquid formulations. If a concentrate needs to be mixed with water, the label will usually state the desired concentration that should be achieved before application. Some liquid products may list the proper rate as an amount to apply per unit area. For most lawn-care products, this application rate will be given as an amount of pesticide per 1,000 square feet. When ranges of rates are given on the label (for example, 2 to 4 ounces per 1,000 square feet), it is best to start with the lowest amount. If satisfactory control is not achieved, then a higher rate can be used the next time the pesticide is applied. It is important to calculate the dimensions of the area to be treated in order to mix the proper amount into the application equipment, usually in a hose-end or hand-pump sprayer.
Product labels for many of the granular materials on today's market include a table that gives the correct setting to be used with popular granular lawn spreaders. These settings determine the flow rate and distribution of the product and vary depending on the size and weight of the granules. Attention to application rates helps ensure accurate delivery of the appropriate amount of a pesticide product to a site.
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Exposure to pesticides can occur through the skin, by ingestion, and by inhalation.
Pesticides can enter the body in several ways: ingestion, inhalation or contact with the skin (Figure 2). Surveys indicate that most exposure victims contact pesticides through their skin. For this reason, the minimum personal protection equipment (PPE) that must be used when mixing and applying the product is listed on the label. Note that using more than the minimum required PPE is perfectly fine and legal. The most important PPE to wear are gloves. Some labels will specify waterproof or chemical-resistant gloves; keep in mind that waterproof does not necessarily mean chemical-resistant. Avoid gloves made of cotton, canvas or leather when handling pesticides, as these materials tend to absorb and hold residues in contact with the skin. Some pesticide labels of products approved for use around the home will indicate that applicators should wear a long-sleeved shirt and full-length trousers or a pair of coveralls. If coveralls are the preferred garment, disposable one-piece suits are available in water-resistant materials such as Tyvek. Eye protection, such as face shields, protective goggles or safety glasses, may also be necessary when using some products, particularly during the mixing process. Regular eyeglasses for correcting vision do not provide adequate protection against pesticide exposure.
When the pesticide application tasks have been completed, follow proper procedures for discarding disposable gear or pesticide containers and for cleaning reusable protective gear with soapy water. Rinse, dry and store protective gear that can be reused in an appropriate location away from children and pets. Finally, bathe thoroughly and change into clean clothing.
Clothing that has been worn while handling pesticides should be laundered separately, especially if there are children in the household, and then line-dried. If the clothing has been heavily contaminated during pesticide application, it should be discarded.
Even when proper precautions are taken, accidents sometimes happen. What do you do if you or someone else experiences dizziness, headache or nausea that you suspect is related to pesticide exposure? In these situations, do not take any chances; contact a medical professional and be ready to take the pesticide label along if you need to go to a hospital.
If you are using pesticides, be sure to take time in advance to read label directions so that you know the actions to take if exposure occurs. If you wait until a problem happens, you might not be able to clearly understand or follow instructions. The label will contain specific information about remedial treatment that medical professionals can follow. In some cases, recommended treatments should start at home before you can reach medical help.
The American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) has a system of regional poison control centers that are staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with specially trained medical professionals. More information about the centers and poison prevention is available online at http://aapcc.org. In case of a poisoning or possible poisoning, call the AAPCC emergency hotline at 800-222-1222 to quickly receive good advice and help in contacting the nearest poison control center. However, if someone has collapsed or is not breathing, first call 911.
Sensitive areas where pesticide applications are often prohibited or limited include buffer zones near water sources and wells, playgrounds or schools, and beehives. Some states may have no-spray zones near designated natural areas, or fields or gardens posted as production areas for certified organic crops. Avoid applications near food crops and ornamental plants not listed on the label of the pesticide being used.
To protect yourself and your neighbors, and to help avoid legal liability, read pesticide labels for any recommended or required limits on usage. Especially avoid applying chemicals when it is windy or when a significant rainfall event is forecast. Such weather conditions set the stage for chemicals to move "off-site" beyond the target area, a situation that can result in fines or lawsuits.
If pesticides are going to be applied to vegetable or fruit crops, be certain to check the product label for the preharvest interval, that is, the amount of time that should elapse between application of the pesticide and harvesting of the particular vegetable or fruit for consumption, freezing or canning. MU Extension recommends not eating any fruit or vegetable that has been tainted with products that are not specifically labeled for application to that particular food crop.
Finally, maintain accurate records. Commercial pesticide applicators are required by law to keep records. For the homeowner, good records can help to evaluate how well a particular product worked at a given application rate; to estimate the amount of pesticides that will be needed in future growing seasons; and, possibly, to protect you from legal action if you are accused of improper pesticide use.
You should be able to answer these questions for any pesticide that you use. It is important to understand the guidelines for application and disposal of pesticide products.
In addition to the pesticide label, which provides definitive information on application, storage and disposal of pesticides, manufacturers of pesticides publish a material safety data sheet, or MSDS, for every pesticide product. The MSDS provides up-to-date environmental and toxicological information about a specific pesticide. Chemical properties, such as vapor pressure and water solubility, are given in Section 9; toxicological information in Section 11; and ecological information in Section 12. MSDS documents are readily available online.
The best way to avoid the need to store excess pesticides is to buy only the amount needed to do the job. With so many home-use products packaged in ready-to-use formulations, pesticides generally can be used up within a short time. Try to buy these types of formulations rather than large quantities of undiluted, concentrated products. In the long run, this can save money and storage problems.
Immediate and complete use of every pesticide product may not always be practical, however. When it is necessary to store a pesticide, be sure to store it in its original container away from food, feed, fertilizers and water. The storage location should be locked and well out of the reach of children and pets. For short-term storage, a locked shed or cabinet will usually suffice.
Long-term storage brings additional concerns, mainly with regard to temperature and moisture requirements. Some products clearly indicate on their labels, under the "Storage and Disposal" section, statements such as "do not allow to freeze," or they will give precise temperature ranges or moisture conditions for storage. Temperature extremes can cause chemical changes in a product's ingredients and can render them ineffective. Temperature extremes can also cause some products to undergo physical changes that cause their ingredients to form crystalline or gelatinous masses and their components to separate. Dry products, such as granular formulations, can better tolerate temperature extremes but can be ruined by moisture. These formulations have a high affinity for moisture, and once they have absorbed any available moisture, they can quickly form a hard, insoluble mass.
There are several options for proper disposal of pesticides. The best one is to use all of the pesticide by applying it to an approved site for an approved use. If you don't have an immediate use for a product, there is a chance that someone you know may be able to use it. Another option is to store the product only until it can be taken to a community household hazardous waste collection site for disposal.
Do not pour or flush pesticides down drains, toilets or sewers, and do not leave them on the ground. Do not put unused pesticides in the trash unless the label specifies that this is acceptable and legal. However, be aware that throwing unused pesticides away in household garbage may not be acceptable to the company or utility that hauls your trash because it is likely to cause pollution. Pesticide containers must be disposed of in an approved way. Most states prohibit burning any pesticide container. Under no circumstances should you reuse a pesticide container to carry or store any other substance than the original product. Mixing chemicals, sometimes even in small amounts, can cause unexpected reactions or increased toxicity that could harm humans, pets, wildlife or the surrounding environment. As emphasized throughout this chapter, read the pesticide label. In addition to the information already mentioned, the label will describe appropriate disposal options for the product and its container.
Once a pesticide container is empty, make sure it is thoroughly cleaned. With liquid formulations, the recommended way to prevent residues is to triple-rinse the container and then to add the water you use for rinsing (called rinsate) directly back into the sprayer as makeup solution. For bags and containers of dry formulations, thoroughly shake these directly onto the site or into the spreader.
For up-to-date information on safe and legal disposal of pesticides and pesticide containers, check the website of your state's agriculture department or natural resource agency. In summary, the best choice is to buy what you need and use it completely or give it to someone else who can. Alternatively, find the nearest hazardous waste collection facility and deliver it as required by their guidelines, or keep the product securely stored until the next community household hazardous waste collection event in your area.
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Yes this is about my call and how God uses us in strange and unique ways. I am not the typical seminary student. I am a 3rd or 4th career seminarian (depending on whose counting). I am old enough to be the grandmother of a 21-year-old and young enough to be the grandmother of children 4 and 6 years old. Since the beginning of this journey I knew the day would come when I would have to leave the safety of my home community. The place where I was born, grew-up, worked, had a child, enjoyed sisters and a brother, as well as cousins, aunts, uncles, and of course friends. I think you get the picture. This is the place where at my age, I thought I might finish my life, but God has other plans for me. Beautiful plans, glorious plans, but these plans were not chosen by me. Yet I am excited and delighted to look forward to new adventures and following God's will for my life.
Yet at the same time, it is with a heavy heart I say "so long" to all those I love. It is not good-bye because you will always be treasured by me. We can still communicate via cell phones, skype, e-mails, letters, cards and in so many other ways. I can come back and visit and better still, you can come and visit me. Yes indeed, that would make my new home more like my old home. You know that in my warped sense of thinking I always thought that my daughter (my only child) would be the one to move away. And, had this been the case, although, it would have been hard for me, it would have been the natural order of things. But, no, God is sending me away from my child. Granted, if she is old enough to be the mother of a 21-year-old and a four and a six-year-old, she is plenty mature enough to live without her mom in a radius of less than 2 miles.
Now I want to say "Hello" to new friends. I look forward to getting to know you. I believe you have been praying for me and I know I am praying for you. I am trusting that you will tell me your cares, your fears, and joys. I am hoping you will allow me to be me and know that I am excited to be here. I want this change to be a long term change and I hope you do too. I am thanking God for giving me to you. May God's will be done today tomorrow and forever.


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GEMA Strikes Again: Demands Licensing Fees For Music It Has No Rights To
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This isn't new, of course. Two and a half years ago, we wrote about GEMA refusing to recognize Creative Commons licenses from Jamendo, and insisting that people still had to pay them. Similarly, in this case, even after it's been pointed out to them that the tracks were not under GEMA's purview, the organization insisted that the artists probably just "forgot to register the tracks," and asked the producers of the album to provide more proof that the songs weren't covered. Talk about entitlement.


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Carryover stocks at staggering levels. Prices below the cost of production. Cotton acreage poised to increase despite the low prices. While those phrases seem to sum up the situation faced by cotton producers in 2001, they could just as easily describe another year of crisis - 1933.
With the U.S. economy mired in the Depression, the U.S. carryover in 1933 was expected to exceed 12 million bales. Cotton was selling for 6 cents per pound. Even so, 1933 acreage was expected to increase 7 percent over 1932.
To put the price into perspective - 6 cents then might be higher than 65 cents now when adjusted for inflation - farmers sold cotton for 18 cents in 1929. For most of the 1920s, cotton futures traded between 15 and 25 cents.
This was the situation when the Roosevelt administration took office in March of 1933. There was no shortage of economic worries to deal with, but the 40 million persons then involved in cotton commanded some attention.
To help address the problems, the administration tapped Oscar G. Johnston, president of Delta and Pine Land Co., to become finance director of the newly organized Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
Although Oscar G. Johnston is not a household word today, in the 1920s and 30s, his was one of the best known names in the cotton business.
Born in Jackson, Miss., Johnston grew up in the Mississippi Delta town of Friars Point. After studying law, he set up practice and began investing in farmland. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives for 10 years, and unsuccessfully ran for governor in 1919 before leaving politics to focus on business.
In 1927, Johnston became president of Scott, Miss.-based Delta and Pine Land, then a 38,000-acre operation owned by the Fine Cotton Spinners and Doublers Association of Manchester, England.
One of Johnston's first tasks in Washington was to deal with 2 million bales of cotton that had come into the government's hands. He eventually disposed of those at a profit through the creation of the Federal Cotton Pool.
Meanwhile, farmers faced another winter of low prices when they harvested the estimated 40 million acres of cotton planted in 1933. Johnston devised a program that enabled farmers to place their cotton in a non-recourse loan at 10 cents per pound if they agreed to sign a 1934-35 acreage reduction contract.
In doing so, Johnston helped create the Commodity Credit Corp., the organization that continues to play a major role in stabilizing farm prices today.
While many observers felt that Johnston's actions with AAA helped save the U.S. cotton industry in the 1930s, he realized that the federal government could not solve all of cotton's woes.
In 1938, Johnston and William Rhea Blake, executive director of the Delta Council, helped organize the National Cotton Council. They envisioned it as both a lobbying group and a research and promotion arm for cotton.
No one can predict what will happen in cotton over the next few months. Some are saying low prices could prevail for years. But, it's a safe bet that the holders of Oscar Johnston's legacy will be in there fighting for cotton until a solution can be found.


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Advanced Characterization Techniques for Quantifying and Modeling Deformation
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Characterization of Dislocation and Twinning Activity by EBSD-assisted Trace Analysis: Application to Unravel Grain Size Effects on the Plasticity of Pure Mg Polycrystals
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EBSD-assisted trace analysis can provide statistically sound evidence of the role of the local texture and grain boundary network on the activation of the different deformation modes. This technique has been recently utilized to elucidate several controversies regarding the role of grain size, strain rate and temperature on the plasticity of Mg polycrystals. In particular, it was found that, with decreasing grain size, at room temperature, a clear transition from non-basal to basal-slip dominated flow takes place under tension and a transition from twinning to basal slip takes place under compression. On the other hand, a similar transition from twinning to basal slip takes place with increasing temperature and decreasing strain rate. The emergence of basal slip as a dominant mechanism is shown to be due to increasing levels of connectivity between favorably oriented grains, which facilitate slip transfer across grain boundaries.
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3D Analysis of Dislocations near Grain Boundary Using Nonlocal Plasticity Model
A Study of Grain-level Deformation and Residual Stresses in Ti-7Al under Combined Bending and Tension
A Study of Local Rate Sensitivity in Dual-phase Ti Alloys by Micropillar Compression and CPFE Modelling
Application of a Spectral Method Framework to Interrogate the Influences of Experimental Uncertainty on Crystal Plasticity
Automated Correlative Tomography of an Aluminum 7075 Alloy Spanning Length Scales and Modalities
BB-10: Microstructurally-Short Crack Growth Driving Force Identification: Combining DCT, PCT, Crystal Plasticity Simulations and Machine Learning Technique
BB-12: Optimized Mechanical Properties of Thermomechanically-processed HSLA-100 Steel Plates
BB-13: The Effect of Temperature and Thermomechanical Processes on the Tensile Deformation Behavior of Beta Titanium Alloys
BB-14: The Role of Texturing and Recrystallization during Grain Boundary Engineering of Advanced Ni-base Superalloys
BB-15: Using EBSD to Characterized Deformation under Scratches in Inconel 690 Heat Exchanger Tube
BB-1: 3D Crystal Plasticity based Modeling of Deformation Behavior in Commercial Purity Titanium
BB-2: A First Prediction of Dislocation Patterns in Single Crystals Using Continuum Dislocation Dynamics Theory
BB-3: Delayed Cracking in Deep-drawn Duplex Stainless Steels: The Role of Plastic Anisotropy, Transformation Kinetics, and Stress Partitioning
BB-4: Efficient Modeling of Continuum Deformation Variables in Atomistic Simulations
BB-5: Effect of Grain Boundary on the Surface Roughness in Single-point Diamond Turning Annealed Copper
BB-6: Experimental Research and Modeling of the Material Behavior in the Creep Feed Grinding
BB-7: In Situ Characterization of Nanoscale Precipitate Nucleation and Growth in Aluminum Alloys Using Transmission X-Ray Microscopy (TXM)
BB-8: Influence of Dominant Deformation Mechanism, Strain, and Temperature on the Recrystallization Kinetics of AZ31B Mg Alloy
Characterization of Atomistic Structures by Simulated Kikuchi Diffraction
Characterization of Dislocation and Twinning Activity by EBSD-assisted Trace Analysis: Application to Unravel Grain Size Effects on the Plasticity of Pure Mg Polycrystals
Computational and Experimental Comparison of Mechanical Deformation and Microstructure Evolution of Additively Manufactured Materials
Continuous Yielding Investigated by Concurrent Mapping of Microstructure, Micro-strain and Micro-stress Evolution
Crystal Plasticity and HR-DIC Studies of Slip and Strain Localisation in Single and Polycrystal Ni Alloys under Cyclic Bending
Dark Field X-Ray Microscopy for Studies of Very Low Angle Boundaries
Designing High Fracture Toughness Nanocomposites via In Situ TEM Approach
Effects of Stretch Forming on Microstructure and Corrosion of Al-Cu-Li Alloys
Evolution of Void Shape Anisotropy in Deformed bcc Steels
Experimental Micromechanics – Getting the Most out of High Resolution EBSD and DIC
Grain Boundary Engineering of a Low Stacking Fault Energy Ni-base Superalloy
High-resolution Plastic Strain Mapping during Tensile Deformation of a Magnesium Alloy
High-temperature In-SEM Mapping of Early Damage Accumulation across Length Scales in CMCs
Hydrogen-Enhanced 'Free-Volume' Effects during Deformation of Ni Alloys
In-situ 3-D Characterization and Direct Micromechanical Modelling for Identification of Microstructural Effects on Ductile Damage in 2-phase Polycrystals
In-situ Investigation of Rate Dependent Material Properties under Non-ambient Conditions: Challenges, Limitations & Insights
In Situ Deformation Study of Nanotwinned and Single Crystal Cu Implanted with He Using a Novel Implantation Method
In Situ TEM Characterization on Size-related Dislocation Behavior in Mg and Phase Transformation in Ti
Interrupted Quasi-static and Dynamic Tensile Experiments of Fully Annealed 301 Stainless Steel
Intragranular Orientation Spread Induced by Grain Interaction
Investigation of Microstructural Stability of CuNb Composites under High-pressure Torsion (HPT)
Investigation of the Temperature Dependence of Mechanical Deformation in α-uranium
Mechanical properties and Characterization of Microstructural Gradients with Various Gamma Prime Distributions in Low Solvus High Refractory (LSHR) Nickel Base Superalloy
Multiaxial Strain Path Changes in Grain Boundary Dominated Materials: In-situ Observations during XRD and SEM
Multiscale Modeling of IN718 Superalloy Based on Micropillar Compression and Computational Homogenization
Neutron Diffraction Residual Stress Measurements in Al-Cu Cold Spray Deposited Coatings
Physical Analysis of High Resolution Single Grain and Subgrain Diffraction Profiles
Plasticity Mechanisms in Hafnium Nitride at Room and Elevated Temperature
Post Processing Effects on EBSD based Dislocation Density Measurements
Probing Grain Boundary Mechanics in alpha-titanium Using Nanoindentation and Boundary-sensitive Crystal Plasticity Modeling
Quantification of Twinning for Sub-Grid Mesoscale Modeling
Quantifying Grain-Scale Deformation for Direct Comparison to Crystal Plasticity Predictions
Quantifying the Local and Global Misorientation Distributions as a Function of Crystallographic Orientation and Level of Plastic Strain in Polycrystalline Materials by Utilizing EBSD Mapping
Quantifying the Response of Polycrystalline Materials at the Mesoscale: Measurements, Modeling and Data Mining
Quantitative Analysis of Dislocation Densities from Electron Backscatter Diffraction and Precession Electron Diffraction Data
Quantitative Analysis of Local Stress Concentration in Nanotwinned Metal during Plastic Deformation
Revealing Deformation Mechanisms in Superalloys Using STEM-Based Imaging and Spectroscopy
Secondary Deformation Density of a TWIP-TRIP Steel Strained at High Rates
Slip Band Development in Aluminium: Measurements and CPFEM Predictions
Slip Localisation in Ti Alloys Studied by High-resolution Digital Image Correlation
Strength Distribution in a Spalled Material and Its Dependence on Local Microstructure
Structural Analysis of In-field Loaded Railway Steel
Tensile Deformation of CP Titanium Using In-situ EBSD Analysis and Crystal Plasticity Simulations
The Effect of Texture on Multi-scale Strain Patterns in Magnesium AZ31 Investigated by In Situ Microscopic Image Correlation
Three Dimensional Orientation Characterization of Metals Tested in Tension
Tracking Subgrains during Strain Path Changes by High Resolution Reciprocal Space Mapping
Unexpected Stress Induced Martensite Formation in Ultra-strong Pearlitic Steel
Unique Deformation Mechanisms in Mg-Y from In Situ Mechanical Test
Using Conventional EBSD for Dislocation Structure Quantification
Using FFT Simulations to Understand EBSD Twinning Characterization
Using Synchrotron Radiation to Characterize Deformation
Which Aggregate Complexity is Required in Full-field Polycrystalline Computations Depending on the Scale of Interest?
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Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake led a public safety walk Monday night through the McElderry Park neighborhood, trailed by residents, community leaders and activists chanting slogans of peace.
Last month, 18-year-old Donyae Jones was killed in a shooting that wounded four others several blocks from where the public safety walk took place Monday. The walk was the first such event for Rawlings-Blake after about 40 people were shot and 16 were killed in 10 days as summer began. The quintuple shooting in the 700 block of North Kenwood Avenue was one of those shootings.
"You're in the trenches all day every day, you know that I cannot do it without you," Rawlings-Blake told the crowd after they looped about four blocks and returned to the neighborhood's community resource center on North Montford Avenue. "I could put a police officer on every corner," though it would not be enough without the community's help, she said.
The walk was organized by members of Safe Streets, the city-sponsored organization of "violence interrupters" that work in the community to prevent shootings and other disputes. Passing through streets filled with families and dotted by vacant houses, community leaders waved at residents and strategized ways to help the East Baltimore neighborhood.
"We don't expect shootings in this neighborhood every day," said Gardnel Carter, head of the Safe Streets group that works in East Baltimore. "It's not normal for us. It's not acceptable."
Still, East Baltimore through the Monument Street corridor has struggled with gangs and drug organizations, including on Kenwood Avenue, where Police Commissioner Anthony Batts has said various gangs are battling for territory. Batts walked through the same area a few days after the quintuple shooting.
City Councilman Warren Branch, who as head of the council's public safety committee was critical of Batts at a hearing last week, softened his tone toward the Police Department after Monday's walk. Branch, who lives about a block from the shooting on Kenwood Avenue, said he was not aware of the extent of the gang activity in his area until recently and said Batts has been better than some previous police commissioners about providing information to his office.
"He's the first commissioner since I've been here that has been upfront and said, 'We have gangs down here,'" Branch said. He also said it was important that community leaders and groups assist the department.
"We can't just put the Police Department out there and say, 'Fix it,'" he said.
Glenn Ross, longtime head of the McElderry Park neighborhood association, said the area has made strides in recent years, bringing back Habitat for Humanity to rehabilitate vacant houses, for example, and kicking out a couple of drug gangs.
"It let people know that they're not out here by themselves," Ross said of the safety walk.
David Tyler-El, another Safe Streets worker on the east side, lamented that his group could not prevent every act of violence. He said perhaps the city could use a public safety television advertising campaign.
"We need about 10 Supermans to run around the city," he joked.


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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — Only eight teams remain in the playoffs, meaning the fans of 22 other teams have turned much of their attention to the offseason and the free-agent summer of 2013 in particular.
We will encounter a familiar name there, one Dwight David Howard of the Los Angeles Lakers, who along with Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers, will be at the center of all things come July 1 (when free agency kicks off in all of its usual craziness).
There are a dozen teams, most notably Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, Utah, Cleveland, New Orleans, Detroit, Charlotte and Washington, with the cash to spend and the flexibility to significantly tweak, and, in some cases, totally remake their rosters. All these teams need is a free agent willing to give them a chance to make the proper sales pitch.
For the top-level free agents — and this summer that list it two truly elite players deep, Howard and Paul — the list of potential suitors will be exclusive. Only those franchises with championship potential need bother.
But that's what makes the summer, the scramble by a large number of teams for the same small group of big-time free agents. We have more than seven weeks to before free agency goes into complete crazy mode, but why wait until then to get the party started?
The full list of this summer's available names is around, as always, courtesy of our Free Agent Tracker. And if you're looking for the top restricted free-agent picks, they're right here.
Here are our top 10 unrestricted free agents for the summer of 2013 …
Dwight Howard, C, Los Angeles Lakers
Status on July 1: Unrestricted free agent
What he's selling: A three-time Kia Defensive Player of the Year and five-time rebounding champ, Howard is a seven-time All-Star and, when healthy, the NBA's most dominant big man. When your down year sees you lead the league in rebounding and still help power the Lakers to a playoff spot in an absolute train wreck of a season, you're worth every penny a team throws at you.
What he's not saying: He still a putrid free throw shooter and has been known to struggle with decision-making.
What he's worth: A max contract, worth approximately $118 million over five years.
Who might be buying: The Lakers have no choice but to beg him to stay, with Kobe Bryant on the mend from Achilles surgery and no one else on the roster capable of carrying the mantle as face of the franchise. Houston, Atlanta and Dallas will launch all-out assaults to sway him.
Likely landing spot(s): Lakers. They can offer $30 million more than anyone else. Howard will have a hard time walking away from that kind of cash.
Chris Paul, PG, Los Angeles Clippers
Status on July 1: Unrestricted free agent
What he's selling: A six-time All-Star and culture-changer (see Clippers before and after his arrival), Paul is the best in the business at his position, a gold medal winner and an All-Star Game MVP. Toss in his work as a pitch man (Cliff Paul comes with the package) and it's easy to see why he's one of the most recognizable players in the game today.
What he's not saying: He has to stay healthy. He's not getting any younger and he has to get to winning in the postseason, the one glaring hole on his so-far sparkling NBA resume.
What he's worth: A max contract, worth approximately $108 million over five years.
Who might be buying: The Clippers are desperate to hold on to him. But they have coaching issues to resolve before that can happen. Houston, Atlanta, Dallas will all make pitches in hopes of prying Paul away.
Likely landing spots: Clippers … depending on what happens with Vinny Del Negro. Like Howard, Paul would have to walk away from extra cash if he decides to go elsewhere. But he's hungry for a title, wherever he goes.
Josh Smith, F, Atlanta Hawks
Status on July 1: Unrestricted free agent
What he's selling: An absolute game-changer when he's focused, Smith makes plays only a few players in the league are capable of on a given night. For all the drama and criticism thrown his way, he helped power the Hawks to six straight playoff appearances.
What he's not saying: His shot selection and motor remain issues. After nine years in Atlanta, his next spot needs to be an ideal fit, because this is likely Smith's last big deal. He has to make sure it's in a place where he can thrive.
What he's worth: A max contract of approximately $95 million over five years doesn't fit here, not from the only team (the Hawks) that can offer him that much. But a deal worth approximately $75 million to $85 million over five years is doable. Smith turned down a $47 million extension offer from the Hawks, so he's obviously looking for a starting salary of $16 million-plus.
Who might be buying: The Hawks say they are interested in keeping Smith, at the right price, of course. Houston, Boston, Phoenix, New Orleans, Philadelphia and the Lakers will all investigate this situation.
Likely landing spots: Houston is the frontrunner and is the ideal fit and a place Smith would be comfortable.
Andrew Bynum, C, Philadelphia 76ers
Status on July 1: Unrestricted free agent
What he's selling: A championship-winning big man who has shown flashes of being dominant when healthy.
What he's not saying: Those knees … healthy or not? Spotty decision-making off the court (bowling on bad knees, dancing on bad knees in Spain after not playing a second in Philly this season, etc.)
What he's worth: Even without playing this season in Philly, Bynum should still fetch a contract of approximately $75 million over four years. That's precisely is what he could earn from a team with cap space that takes a gamble on those shaky knees.
Who might be buying: Teams thirsty to become relevant don't usually allow anything to interfere with their plans when it comes to talented big men. The Sixers have to do their diligence here, if only to see if they can recoup something from the $17 million they wasted on Bynum this season. Houston, Dallas and Atlanta all have cap space to work with and will be landing spots if they strike out with other free-agent targets. Every team with cap space will poke his tires and see if there is anything worth investigating further.
Likely landing spot(s): Mavericks. Owner Mark Cuban believe in high-risk projects and Bynum certainly qualifies.
David West, F, Indiana Pacers
Status on July 1: Unrestricted free agent
What he's selling: A two-time All-Star, West is one of the league's most underrated players and leaders. An absolute culture-changer in Indiana, his presence in a locker room increases his value. The deeper he leads the Pacers into these playoffs the more valuable he becomes in Indiana and beyond.
What he's not saying: There is no "upside" here … what you see is what you get with West. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it's a fact. He is already the player he's going to be for the foreseeable future.
What he's worth: A clear notch below the top-tier free agents, a contract worth approximately $55-60 million over five years is a good place to start.
Who might be buying: Pacers. They know better than anyone what West can do for your team, on and off the floor. They cannot afford to lose him at such a critical juncture for the franchise. The Rockets are looking for the right fit at power forward to complete their starting unit.
Likely landing spot(s): Pacers. He's the perfect leader and cornerstone for a franchise rising up the ranks.
Al Jefferson, C, Utah Jazz
Status on July 1: Unrestricted free agent
What he's selling: An elite scorer at his position, "Big Al" demands double teams in the post that routinely open up the floor for his teammates. He's also just 28 and in the prime of his career.
What he's not saying: He's not an elite athlete at his position and is only going to fit with certain teams. If you're getting up and down the floor, he might not be your man. And he's not a great defender or shot blocker for his size.
What he's worth: A new contract in the $70 million range over four or five years is investing on the high side, but a sound investment for a player who has been productive everywhere he's been.
Who might be buying: If Atlanta, Houston and Dallas strike out on their top targets he could definitely be an option. The Washington Wizards and New Orleans Pelicans (near his native Mississippi) are also interesting options.
Likely landing spot(s): The Wizards or Hawks.
Manu Ginobili, G, San Antonio Spurs
Status on July 1: Unrestricted free agent
What he's selling: The man's a winner and a champion and has done it all over the globe in the professional ranks and in international play. Even at this advanced stage of his career, he gets it done (as he did in that double-overtime epic Game 1 win in the Western Conference semifinals against the Golden State Warriors).
What he's not saying: He's not getting any younger and he has the wear and tear on his body to offer up as proof. The man nicknamed "El Contusion" by former teammate and current NBA TV analyst Brent Barry, Ginobili been a pro since 1995 and has some serious mileage under his belt. He's an injury risk at a well-worn 35.
What he's worth: He's no longer in the $14 million a year range, but a shorter-term deal (three years, $28 million) is realistic.
Who might be buying: The Spurs, if they think their core has enough left in the tank for two or three more years. The Cavaliers need quality veterans to support their youth movement and Manu would be a great mentor for Kyrie Irving, Dion Waiters and others.
Likely landing spot(s): Spurs. It's hard to imagine Ginobili finishing his career anywhere else.
Andre Iguodala, G/F, Denver Nuggets
Status on July 1: Unrestricted free agent (Early Termination Option )
What he's selling: An All-Star and Olympic gold medalist, Iguodala proved this season that his numbers in Philadelphia translate to the altitude and the Western Conference in his lone season in Denver. A versatile swingman and excellent defender, Iguodala plays consistently at the highest level. He played great (18.0 ppg on 50 percent shooting) in the Nuggets' six playoff games.
What he's not saying: Miscast in Philly as a No. 1 option in his final two seasons there, he's better as a No. 3 on a top-tier team.
What he's worth: A five-year deal at approximately $75 million is the going rate for a player of Iguodala's caliber and character.
Who might be buying: The Nuggets want to keep him but the Hawks have a need at his position and will spend whatever it takes to keep him. The Jazz and Hawks also have a need for player whose versatility and work ethic is his trademark.
Likely landing spot(s): Nuggets.
Paul Millsap, F, Utah Jazz
Status on July 1: Unrestricted free agent
What he's selling: Arguably the most underrated player at any position in the entire league, Millsap is a no-nonsense worker bee whose production and consistency has never been questioned. He earned his stripes as an energy guy off the bench early in his career before becoming a frontcourt staple for the Jazz.
What he's not saying: He's always going to be a bit undersized against some of the bigger power forwards and centers he has to deal with around the league. The Jazz are going to go younger with Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter in place of Millsap and Al Jefferson for a fraction of the price.
What he's worth: A five-year, $45 million deal is a slight raise and the multi-year deal Millsap is looking for, anything more is a stretch.
Who might be buying: Dallas, Atlanta, Houston have to put him on their list of second tier options. But he's an ideal fit in a place like San Antonio, where system guys thrive. The Pacers would have to take a look as well if West gets a huge offer from someone else.
Likely landing spot(s): Atlanta. A productive grinder who will be great in the locker room and provide stability on the court.
Monta Ellis, G, Milwaukee Bucks
Status on July 1: Unrestricted free agent (Early Termination Option)
What he's selling: Ellis is an elite scorer for his position, even if he is a bit undersized at shooting guard. He has proven himself capable of producing within whatever system and alongside whatever running mates a team throws at him. He showed this season that he could play his game for a playoff team and did it with another volume scorer (Brandon Jennings) starting in the same backcourt.
What he's not saying: He's a career 46 percent shooter and has averaged more turnovers (2.8) during his career than you want from a player who doesn't facilitate (career 4.7 assists) any better than he does. He's not a franchise player, but wants to be paid like one.
What he's worth: Anything in the $50-55 million range will get the attention of Ellis, an eight-year vet with a younger man's bounce in his game.
Who might be buying: An elite team in need of a specialist who might fit better as a Jamal Crawford-style sixth man will have to take a hard look at the analytics and see if Ellis is passes the cost-analysis test. The Kings, Jazz, Bobcats and Hawks all have to poke around as well.
Likely landing spot(s): Dallas needs firepower around Dirk Nowitzki and a replacement for the role Jason Terry vacated last summer.
THE NEXT FIVE: Tony Allen, Memphis; Kevin Martin, Oklahoma City; Jose Calderon, Detroit; Jarrett Jack, Golden State; J.J. Hickson, Portland.


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As Dean Winchester in the CW drama Supernatural, actor Jensen Ackles has faced plenty of tough situations. After that, fatherhood will seem like a breeze! The actor and his wife, actress Danneel Harris, are expecting their first. Beyond confirming the happy news, the couple hasn't shared many additional details, although Harris did take to Twitter to thank all for the congratulations. "Thank you for all the well wishes," she said. "We are very excited about our soon to be new addition"
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No doubt as savvy marketing in advance of the Grand Theft Auto V, it looks like Rockstar will be re-releasing San Andreas on the PS3.
A listing for the game has turned up on Hong Kong's official PlayStation site, saying it'll be out on Wednesday.
Sadly/interestingly, it's only listed as having a single player, which may mean the game's rudimentary co-op mode may not be along for the ride.
UPDATE - It's also on the US PlayStation Blog as well, confirming it.
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If the rest of their music sounds like what I heard in that clip, I will be interested. Going to go check them out now.
So they combined Techno Metal with J-Pop?
It sounds more like a mashup than anything serious. The music is Techno Metal with J-Pop vocals. I would't be surprised if the girls were actually vocaloids.
If it is a joke I give it 4/5 stars for being amusing.
If it is serious, I give it a 2/5. I got a chuckle out of it, but if anyone seriously told me they liked the music they are never allowed to touch the radio dial ever again and will be tazered if they get within 5 feet of the CD player.
They should have gone a more Symphonic/Melodic Metal route with the girl voices.
This is why we go to Finland for good Metal music, not Japan....
After seeing a couple songs..
I can agree that the girls have too much of a cute tone during some of the parts, but the music is all good, similar to that of some Touhou and Vocaloid stuff I've heard. Let me add, DDR and DJMax as well.
I love Heavy Metal I got there EP and the Doki Doki Morning song
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Huh, okay. When I heard about opera and metal being combined, that seemed a little crazy to me. So I guess we'll see where this goes. Their music didn't sound bad. Certainly different.
BABYMETAL is only a sub unit of the group Sakura Gakuin. If you don't know that, then you're not a real fan. If you did know that already, then I commend you for truly caring. I've been a Sakura Gakuin fan before I was a fan of BABYMETAL, so I really hate when people call themselves fans of them without even knowing where they are from. I'm not asking you to be a fan of Sakura Gakuin, but you should at least know about them, before you can truly call yourself a fan. I don't mean to dampen the mood but a lot of the fans of Sakura Gakuin are upset about how some BABYMETAL "fans" don't even know that they're just a sub unit of another group. I hope you will take the time to find out at least the bare basics of Sakura Gakuin, before going around saying you're a fan of one of their sub units. And yes, BABYMETAL is not the only sub unit in Sakura Gakuin. I won't say more, do the research on your own. I hope BABYMETAL can gain some more true fans. =)
Definitely not a fan. 12-14 yr olds trying to be sexy and hardcore is just stupid. It's so obviously a gimmick and I can't respect it at all.
Lol, nice!
I am too embarrassed to watch the clip...
Those 19 seconds alone got me interested enough to go on youtube and search for em... Bit too poppy for my taste and far too young but I admit... I wasn't half smiling from ear to ear xD wow
lol ya how lame is that, 19 secs, come on if your going to give us something give us something. or at least give us a u tube link to know what the sound like.
It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here.
When I first heard iine!, I was completely hooked.
the online/offline thing is broken
Why? i can be a fan without knowing about Sakura Gakuin just like i can be a fan of an Anime even without reading the manga. i started liking Baby Metal for there music not the group they spawned from..Lastly can we stop with this "True Fan" BS makes you sound like an elitist snob.


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|Statement: March 18, 2010
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|Docket Nos: EL10-22-000 & ER10-396-000
Statement of Chairman Wellinghoff's on Tres Amigas
"Thank you to the Team for that presentation, and your work on these cases. With these two orders, Tres Amigas will be able to continue development of its innovative transmission project. Simultaneously, the Commission has ensured that the rates to customers will be just and reasonable.
This project, which is the first of its kind, will allow customers to trade power across the interconnections and to take advantage of opportunities to buy lower cost power from other regions. It may also open a new transmission path for customers interested in tapping the vast renewable energy potential in many parts of the country - Texas, the Southwest, the West and Northwest, the Southeast and the offshore Atlantic.
Tres Amigas is a merchant project, meaning that the costs and risks of developing and operating the project are borne by the projects' investors and not by utility ratepayers. The success of the project will depend on the demand for its services. As such, rather than establishing rates through a rate case, the Commission is authorizing Tres Amigas to negotiate the price for those services with interested customers. The price spreads between the interconnections will create opportunities for trading, and will discipline potential exercise of market power. In addition, the order we vote on today places additional checks to ensure that the negotiations will produce just and reasonable rates. As Staff mentioned, the order requires Tres Amigas to offer the project's capacity to interested customers through a fair, open and transparent open season. Tres Amigas will be authorized to enter bilateral negotiations with anchor customers for a portion of the project's capacity, but again there are conditions on this authorization to ensure that rates for the project's services are just and reasonable. Nevertheless, I think that within the four corners of the conditions placed by our order, there is flexibility for Tres Amigas to structure products and negotiate rates with interested customers. Tres Amigas is a prime example of the creativity and pioneering thinking that our country needs to expand the ability of the transmission grid to reliably deliver all sources of electric generation.
Finally, while we ultimately decline Tres Amigas' request to grant a blanket disclaimer of jurisdiction, other avenues are available to resolve the jurisdictional issue, specifically the exception under Federal Power Act sections 210 and 211. Thus, going forward, Tres Amigas retains the opportunity to file an application under the Federal Power Act which sets out the specific facts and circumstances of the proposed interconnection and attendant transmission facilities. We look forward to receiving such application in the future."
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I wondered if it would be best to compile my applications in 32-bit mode or 64-bit mode. The modern dogma is that 32-bit applications are faster, and that 64-bit imposes a performance penalty. Time and time again I found people making the assertion that 64-bit binaries were slower, but I found no benchmarks to back that up. It seemed it could be another case of rumor taken as fact.
So I decided to run a few of my own tests to see if indeed 64-bit binaries ran slower than 32-bit binaries, and what the actual performance disparity would ultimately be.
Why 64-bit?
In the process of this evaluation, I came to ask myself: Why go through all the trouble to make it 64-bit anyway? Other than sex appeal, what other reasons are there for 64-bit?
Checking out Sun's Docs site, I ran across this article: Solaris 64-bit Developer's Guide (http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/806-0477). It gives some good detail on when 64-bit might make sense, and is relevant for Solaris as well as other 64-bit capable operating systems.
The benefits for 64-bit seem to be primarily mathematical (being able to natively deal with much larger integers) and for memory usage, as a 64-bit application can grow well beyond 2 GB.
Operating systems seem to be benefiting from 64-bit first, allowing them to natively handle greater large amounts of RAM (some operating systems such as Windows and Linux have ways around the 2/4 GB limit on 32-bit systems, but there is funkyness involved). There aren't many applications that use more than 2 GB of memory and greater, but there are more on the horizon.
Given that this Ultra 5 cannot hold more than 512 MB of RAM (it's got 256 MB in it now), there's not much benefit in the memory area, for either the OS or applications. Still, I want to see what issues and performance penalties there may be with 64-bit binaries, so I'll give it a shot anyway.
Here are some links for further reading on 64-bit computing.
The first step was to select some applications to run these tests against. They would have to be open source so I could compile them in 32-bit and 64-bit versions, and there would need to be some way to benchmark those applications. I would also need to be able to get them to compile in 64-bit mode, which can be tricky. I tried a few different applications, and ended up settling on GNU gzip, OpenSSL, and MySQL.
Test System
My test system is my old Sun Ultra 5 workstation, for the specs please refer to the intro article. The operating system install is Solaris 9, SPARC edition, 12/03. The 9_Recommended public patch cluster was also installed.
For the compiler, I used GCC 3.3 .2 that I got from http://www.sunfreeware.com which is built for producing both 32-bit and 64-bit binaries. To see if it can successfully produce 64-bit as well as 32-bit binaries, I'll run a very simple test of the compiler.
I create a very simple C file, which I call hello.c:
I'll just run a quick test to see if it compiles in regular 32-bit mode:
gcc hello.c -o hello32
The complier gives no errors, and we see that a binary has been created:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 tony tony 6604 Jan 6 13:24 hello32*
Just to make sure, we'll use the file utility to see what type of binary it is:
# file hello32
hello32: ELF 32-bit MSB executable SPARC Version 1, dynamically linked, not stripped
So the file is 32-bit, and runs SPARC Version 1, which means it should run on any SPARC system. And of course, we'll run it to see that it runs correctly:
# ./hello32
All is well, so now let's try compiling hello.c as a 64-bit binary. For GCC, to create a 64-bit binary, the CFLAG is -m64.
gcc hello.c -o hello64 -m64
No errors were given, and we see that a binary has been crated:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 tony tony 9080 Jan 6 13:24 hello64*
But is it a 64-bit binary? The file utility will know.
hello64: ELF 64-bit MSB executable SPARCV9 Version 1, dynamically linked, not stripped
The binary is 64-bit, as well as SPARCV9, which means it will only run on SPARC Version 9 64-bit CPUs (UltraSPARCs). So now we've got a 64-bit binary, but does it run?
# ./hello64
OK, so now we're set. Now we can test to see if 64-bit binaries are really slower, but we'll have to use something a little more intensive than "Hello!".
- "Benchmark: 64bit vs 32bit, Page 1"
- "Benchmark: 64bit vs 32bit, Page 2"
- "Benchmark: 64bit vs 32bit, Page 3"
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A's second straight AL West title a true team effort
OAKLAND -- There was a bear hug waiting for third-base coach Mike Gallego, whether he wanted it or not. A.J. Griffin hoisted him up in the air while dousing him with beer. Sean Doolittle ran wild like his beard, while Brett Anderson helped Sonny Gray pop more bottles. Stephen Vogt had a hug for just about everybody.
Then there was Billy Beane, crowded into a corner, but nowhere near this perfect mess of a party. The A's general manager was surely enjoying the moment, but from afar, with daughter Tinsley in his arms. He's not new to this rodeo.View Full Game Coverage
OAKLAND -- There was a bear hug waiting for third-base coach Mike Gallego, whether he wanted it or not. A.J. Griffin hoisted him up in the air while dousing him with beer. Sean Doolittle ran wild like his beard, while Brett Anderson helped Sonny Gray pop more bottles. Stephen Vogt had a hug for just about everybody.
Then there was Billy Beane, crowded into a corner, but nowhere near this perfect mess of a party. The A's general manager was surely enjoying the moment, but from afar, with daughter Tinsley in his arms. He's not new to this rodeo.View Full Game Coverage
Beane has run the A's for 16 years, and his club solidified the American League West title for the sixth time under his helm on Sunday when the Rangers lost to the Royals. The A's then beat the Twins, 11-7.
"They're all good," Beane said. "But it's like asking, 'Who's your favorite child?' Each one is no less better than any other one."
The A's won the West last year, too, but not until the final day of the season when Oakland beat the Rangers to push Texas into second place. It was an emotionally draining year for the A's, who ultimately fell to the Tigers in Game 5 of the AL Division Series -- bringing back memories of their four consecutive ALDS appearances from 2000-03.
All went to Game 5. "We lost all of those, too," said Beane, smiling.
Oakland, in fact, hasn't won a game past the first round since 1992, but this year's club feels equipped to finally find its way over that bump, whether or not outsiders believe it can.
"This right here," said Josh Reddick, "it proves to a lot of people around this league that we're not just some other team. We're No. 1, and we've proven that back-to-back years after being pushed on the back burner. Hopefully they realize that. At the same time, if they don't want to take us serious, we're going to keep doing what we're doing."
What they're doing is winning, and in timely fashion, with consistent play that has them primed for their 25th postseason appearance in franchise history. Only the Yankees, with 51, and the Dodgers, who have secured 27, have more in that time.
In recent years, Beane has done it with few resources. And as much as he exemplifies financial wizardry, so, too, does his manager with platoons. For a second straight year, Bob Melvin has relied on them since Day 1.
"It works. We're not playing every day, but we're playing often," said second baseman Eric Sogard. "That system seems to give us the best opportunity to succeed as players, and we're thankful for that. It's not something that's done around the league, but it's working here, and we have a great group of guys that buy into it, and it's been fun for us."
"As much as everyone would love to be in there every day and make an impact, that's just not the way it is," added catcher Derek Norris. "It's a system that they've got here, and there's so many guys that get to portray their talents. Sometimes it may not be in an everyday fashion, but it's in a fashion that, every night, it's someone new coming up with the big hit, the big play, the big inning."
But to fully appreciate these A's is to also value what some of the few everyday players have meant to this club. Take Josh Donaldson's quietly brilliant season, for example. He started the year batting seventh in Oakland's lineup. Now his name's only found in spots two through four, and he's just as big a threat as Yoenis Cespedes.
Donaldson hasn't only turned in the best performance -- both defensively and offensively -- by any A's player this year, but it's been one of the most impressive in the league. His partner on the left side of the infield, Jed Lowrie, hasn't been as flashy, but he, too, has maintained a type of consistency that was hard to come by in Oakland's lineup this year. Just ask Reddick and Cespedes, who struggled after monster 2012 seasons.
Cespedes is seemingly coming around again, and at the right time. So is Coco Crisp, whose first-half struggles are easy to forget when looking at the numbers he's put up in recent weeks, including 12 home runs in his last 29 games. But even when their woes escalated, the A's hardly missed a beat. That was also true when Reddick, Anderson, John Jaso and Norris all went down to injury at different times.
"This team is probably a little deeper than the last," said Beane. "We were a pretty flexible club last year, but I'd say this year's team is slightly deeper with some of the guys we can bring off the bench."
"Our team is so deep in every aspect that there are so many guys we can lean on," said reliever Jerry Blevins. "And the fact that we don't have to lean on any one player in any role is huge."
The A's, who are also stacked in pitching, will maintain this approach, along with their one-day-at-a-time mantra, heading into the postseason under Beane and Co.
"We're pretty balanced," said Beane. "They don't get too high, they don't get too low, and we haven't had a losing month all season. That's hard to do in a baseball season. They've been very consistent. Even when they didn't play well, they found a way to put it behind them and look to the next day. Bob says all the time that the next day is the most important day. That's all we're focused on. The players, that's how they play."
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Major Lee-ague, and follow her on Twitter @JaneMLB.


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Not at all. While I am not seeking for answers for myself I love to see, and try to understand, the processes that others go through in walking along their paths. I sometimes learn from that.Dronma wrote:Mindyourmind, since you are not looking for answers, then what is the true purpose of your thread?mindyourmind wrote: I am not going to give too much direction to the question at the outset, as I would love to see what type of responses we get. Please therefor answer the question as it may make sense to you, at this stage. In particular, please note that I have made up my own mind on this, and I am not really seeking for any definitive answers or lectures, I would love to see what your own ideas are on this, for your path.
To examine others' level of realization?
I also wonder to what extent we question and investigate some of the important concepts on our paths, and if we sometimes just glibly accept concepts because it is cool, or expected of us.
If, in that process, I can make others ask some questions of their own practice then that is a bonus.


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Alexandra Hotel
Minutes from attractions and public transit, our studio units contain both a double bed and single bed, equipped efficiency kitchenette, private bath with tub and shower, cable TV, direct-dial telephone and climate control.
Amenities include daily maid service, coin laundry rooms on every floor, available on-site parking and free hi-speed internet access.
Welcome to the Alexandra Hotel, conveniently located in the heart of the city!
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Hotel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
- Adaptors
- Air Conditioning
- Breakfast Not Included
- Cable TV
- Child Friendly
- Cots available
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Direct Dial Telephone
- Elevator
- Telephone/Fax Facilities
- Free City Maps
- Free Internet Access
- Free WiFi
- Fridge/Freezer
- Hair Dryers
- Hair Dryers For Hire
- Hot Showers
- House Keeping
- Internet Access
- Iron / Ironing Board
- Laundry Facilities
- Linen Included
- No Curfew
- Non Smoking
- Parking
- Reading Light
- Taxes not included
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Towels Included
- Vending Machines
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Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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From Union Station (VIA Rail, GO, TTC):
Get a transfer and catch the University/Spadina train heading towards Downsview.
Disembark at Osgood Station, walk to street level to the westbound streetcar stop on Queen Street West.
Use the transfer to get on the 501 westbound streetcar.
Disembark at Augusta Avenue.
Walk west along Queen Street West to Ryerson Ave.
Turn right and walk to the end of the Ryerson Ave., the hotel is at the end of the street (77 Ryerson)
From Pearson International Airport:
The quickest way is to take a taxicab or limousine from the airport. This should cost around $60 and will be a 30 to 45 minute drive.
The airport is well served by transit, but it can take over an hour to get to the hotel. However, the cost is only $3 per person.
Catch the Airport Express bus, which goes to Kipling Station.
At Kipling Station, catch the subway heading east.
Disembark at Bathurst Station, and get on the southbound 511 streetcar.
Get off the streetcar at Robinson Avenue, which is between Dundas Street West and Queen Street West.
Cross Bathurst Street and head east on Carr Street.
Take a left at Ryerson, the hotel is at 77 Ryerson.
From Toronto Centre Island Airport:
Take the ferry to the city, from the airport parking lot you can take a short cab ride to the hotel (less than 10 minutes)
To catch transit, walk north to Bathurst Street, and catch a northbound streetcar (usually #511).
Get off at Carr Street, walk east along Carr to Ryerson.
Take a left on Ryerson, and the hotel is at 77 Ryerson Ave.
By car:
Generally the best way to get to the hotel is to take the Gardiner Expressway and head north at the Spadina exit. Drive to Queen Street West, and turn left. Take a right on Ryerson Ave., the hotel is at 77 Ryerson Ave.
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The Alexandra Hotel is located in Downtown Toronto, near some of Toronto's best shopping, entertainment and dining districts. The following attractions are within walking distance or are a few minutes' transit/taxi ride away:
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Rogers Centre
C.N.E. Grounds
Art Gallery of Ontario
Queen Street West
Fashion District
Toronto City Hall
CN Tower
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Kensington Market
Harbourfront/Queen's Quay
Ripley's Aquarium