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Financials: Mar. Bonds are currently 5 higher at 143'26 and the 10-Year Note 3.5 higher at 131'10.5. Today begins a two-day FOMC meeting. At this time I do not expect any change in near term Fed policy. What could possibly change is the long term policy of quantitative easing, which has been predicted to last through at least late 2014, early 2015. I will be on the sidelines until tomorrow afternoon after the Fed announcements.
Grains: Mar. Corn is currently 2'4 higher at 731'6, Mar. Beans 3'6 higher at 1451'4, Mar. Wheat 1'6 higher at 781'2 and Dec. Wheat 2'0 higher at 816'2. My bias remains to the long side of Mar. Corn on breaks to the 712'0 area. Near-term resistance remains in the 734'0 area and then 740'0. A close above 740'0 may be considered an upside breakout with the potential of a rally to the 765'0 level. I still like out-of-the-money call spreads in Dec. Wheat as a long term trade.
Cattle: Apr. LC are currently 35 lower at 133.05 and Mar. FC 55 lower at 149.35 after closing sharply higher (150+ points) in response to Friday's Cattle on Feed Report. We are currently on the sidelines as far as speculative positions are concerned. Short hedgers who are short futures and long out-of-the-money calls may consider either taking profits on the calls in Feeder Cattle or selling further out of the money calls (at least 2 strike prices) to take advantage of the recent upswing in Feeder Cattle prices.
Silver: Mar. Silver is currently $0.32 higher at $31.11 and Apr. Gold is $9.50 higher at $1,664.50. We remain long Silver. If you went long Gold yesterday below the $1,657.00 level, then either take profits or raise your protective sell stop to your breakeven level. Near term resistance is the $1,674.00 level. Longer term resistance is the $1,690.00 level. Technically, the market is in a short term downtrend and trading below the 200-day moving average of $1,668.00.
S&Ps: Mar. S&Ps are currently 4.00 lower at at 1493.00. Support is currently 1483.00 and resistance the 1502.00-1507.00 area. We continue to hold a small short position.
Currencies: As of this writing the Mar. Euro is currently 10 lower at 1.3450, the Swiss 24 higher at 1.0826, the Yen 17 higher at 1.1040 and the Pound 35 higher at 1.5727. I am currently on the sidelines. Levels to watch: Long term support of 1.0800 in the Yen and long term resistance of 1.3500 in the Euro.


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Johannesburgo Brown Sugar Backpackers
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This very spacious, comfy, safe and secure 'Ex-Mafia' mansion was built in the 1970's by an infamous drug lord. When the Godfather moved out the backpackers moved in and they made this castle their home since 1999. The current owner (since 2005) has made many renovations and improvements to the hostel to accommodate all types of travelers. We have everything you need and keep improving our facilities and services because the owner is an experienced traveler herself.
We offer a FREE PICK UP service from ORTIA (OR Tambo International Airport) and PARK STATION (The central bus, train and Gautrain station) when you stay with us between 07h00 and 22h00. (Read the Terms & Conditions)
FREE buffet type BREAKFAST is INCLUDED in the rates and consist of: Eggs, bread, jam, cheese, cold meat, fresh fruit, cereal and muesli, yogurt, fruit juice, tea and coffee. On selected days we have freshly baked muffins and other surprises. Breakfast is served from 07h00 to 10h00 daily. Note: Should you depart before 07h00, we will provide a take away breakfast for you.
FREE Wi-Fi and guest stations with fast ADSL internet, so bring your own device, get the code, log on and share your African experience with your friends and loved ones back home.
Wall HEATERS and FANS in all the rooms with international plugs to charge your electronic devices for Europe, USA, Asia and where ever you come from and we sell adapters at reception. private room also have electric blankets to keep you warm in winter.
You will always have HOT water and be able to cook and stay warm during the colder months because the whole property runs on natural under ground gas, which is much safer than LPG or bottled gas.
Reception open from 07h00 to 22h00 but the bar area will remain open until 00h00 or later, depending on the vibe and guests. We sell SIM cards (starter packs) and vouchers for your mobile phone and all RICA'd so just pay, load and be connected in Africa.
We are a haven for people who prefer to do their own thing. You will experience a next to home feeling at our establishment and never feel crowded or boxed in, unless you want to join in on the action.
The property stretches over 3000 square meters and set on a variety of levels with a sparkling swimming pool at the top of the hill. The well-stocked bar doubles as a reception after 22h00 in the evening. You can book all your transfers, car hire, Baz Bus tickets, dinners, and tours to Soweto, Apartheid Museum, Kruger National Park and the big bad city center.
We have our own drivers and vehicles due to the poor public transport in Johannesburg (South Africa) for your convenience and offer transfers at the set rates. Public transport 200m from our gate or use Meter taxi's, which is often expensive. We will match or beat any meter taxi rates. We are 5 minutes from Eastgate International Shopping Mall, which contains all the major banks, shopping, eating and cinema facilities you could ever want. Accross the road from the mall is Food Lovers Market. Markets of the world is on the same route and you can buy cheap African Art & Crafts and souvenirs for your friends and family before you fly out.
The staff at Brown Sugar are specialists in advising travelers on the best and quickest ways to obtain visas for countries such as Mozambique and Zimbabwe and, on request, we take our guests to the relevant embassies and help them with application forms and photographs and more. For those travelers needing visas for Angola, the embassy is within walking distance of the house.
Brown Sugar has all the amenities and facilities you would expect. We have a large kitchen with a gas stove and all the crockery, cutlery, pans and pots to whip up and enjoy your own meals. Free tea and coffee all day long for our guests. We offer pub lunches (truly South African) from 12h00 to 14h00 daily and prepare fresh home cooked dinners every evening from 19h00 to 19h30 and very popular with guests and we cater for vegetarians. Vegetables and salad served with all dinners.
Relax at the sparkling swimming pool and soak up the African sun for a golden brown tan to show off to your friends when you return home (Northern hemisphere). The swimming pool terrace, rooftop and bar patios offers some of the best views of the Eastern suburbs.
Browse our web site and go to the ACTIVITIES page to view all the tourist attractions, clubs and activities in and around Brown Sugar and or Joburg. We have added active links for your convenience to view, read and plan your trip in advance so that you don't miss a beat while on holiday in our beautiful country.
We have an ELECTRONIC BOOKLET with all the facilities on what is on offer at Brown Sugar Backpackers Lodge.
We cannot wait to meet you and show you Joburg!
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If you're in Sitka, Alaska tonight then please join me, my friends, and colleagues to watch me judge Iron Chef America! No, really! Iron Chef Bobby Flay battles Chef Gabrielle "Breastfeed This, Bitch" Hamilton! Michael "Fluffy" Ruhlman and Karine "Va-va-va-voom" Bakhoum judge too! I might tell a few behind-the-scenes stories that had better never get back to Food Network HQ. Because what happens in Sitka stays in Sitka. Or you sleep with the fishes my friend. And around here that's on the bottom with halibut.
What: Iron Chef America Viewing Party (cash bar)
When: Sunday, 20 July 2008, 8 p.m. AKDT (Alaska Daylight Time)
Where: Kelly's, 1617 Sawmill Creek Road, Sitka, AK
Iron Chef America, Flay vs. Hamiton (with Judge Chu!), premieres tonight Sunday, 20 July 2008 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, 8 p.m. CT/AKDT on Food Network and airs seven times (!) this week:
Sunday, 20 July 2008, 9 p.m. ET/PT, 8 p.m. CT/AKDT
Sunday, 20 July 2008, 12 a.m. ET/PT, 11 p.m. CT/AKDT
Thursday, 24 July 2008, 11 p.m. ET/PT, 10 p.m. CT/AKDT
Thursday, 24 July 2008, 2 a.m. ET/PT, 1 a.m. CT/AKDT
Saturday, 26 July 2008, 5 p.m. ET/PT, 4 p.m. CT/AKDT
Saturday, 26 July 2008, 11 a.m. ET/PT, 10 a.m. CT/AKDT
Saturday, 26 July 2008, 2 a.m. ET/PT, 1 a.m. CT/AKDT
So please don't tell me you missed the show. Even if you don't have TiVo like I don't. David and Susan, of course you're exempt because you're out of the country.
If you don't want to know the secret battle ingredient then don't read the comments yet! But thanks for all the quick comments!


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Roger Powell, 62 - May 02, 2012
Roger Ray Powell, 62, of North Platte, passed away May 2, 2012, at his home.
Visitation will be from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, May 4 and 5, and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday, May 7, at Adams and Swanson Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 8, at Harvest Christian Fellowship with Pastor Ron Lauber officiating. Burial will follow at Fort McPherson National Cemetery with military honors graveside.
Powell was born on Jan. 26, 1950, to Dewey and Lucille Rae (Maher) Powell in Sutherland. He attended North Platte Public Schools.
On Aug. 6, 1968, he married Judy Dolan in North Platte. He enlisted in the United States Navy and was stationed in Rhode Island aboard the USS Wasp for three years. After his discharge he and his family returned to North Platte. He worked at Riverland Construction and Roberts Dairy before joining UPS in 1973. He worked for UPS for 35 years before retiring in May 2008.
Powell was a member of Harvest Christian Fellowship since 1990 and the Veteran Motorcycle Club. He had a motorcycle accident in May 1978. Judy led him to the Lord three days after that and he never turned back, the family said.
He was an avid fisherman and motorcycle rider. He also enjoyed playing with the praise and worship team. His greatest joy in life was his family, especially his grandchildren, the family said. He liked to watch his grandchildren play sports and just being with them.
The family said he will be remembered as being ornery and fun-loving. He was a very loving and giving man who could relate to anybody.
Powell was preceded in death by: his mom, Lucille; grandparents Ray and Dorothy "Dot" Maher; niece, Sheryl Powell; nephew, Myron Powell; brother-in-law, Billy Dolan; and father- and mother-in-law, Dick and Phyllis Dolan.
Survivors include: his wife Judy of North Platte; daughters—Charity (Nate) Wyatt of Gothenburg, and Becky (Jimmy) Serrano of North Platte; sons—Jeramie Powell of Gothenburg and Casey Powell of North Platte; father Dewey Powell of North Platte; granddaughters—Emily Ann, Haylee, Addison, Jules, Ellie, Lilith; grandsons—Tucker and Maxwell; brothers—Merle (Sheila) Powell of North Platte, Steve Powell of Michigan; sisters—Ellen (Gary) Dimmitt of North Platte, Maxine (Larry) Baumgarder of Grand Island and Linda Richardson of North Platte; several nieces, nephews and cousins.
A memorial has been established.
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Small Space Solution: Built-In Bunk Beds For Kids' Rooms
When space is tight and siblings are sharing a room, built-in bunk beds can be space-saving superheroes. Creating a sleeping nook for each of your children offers the privacy and breathing room that can keep sharing civilized. As our cities become denser and our living spaces become necessarily more small and environmentally friendly, we'll be looking at small-space concepts like these more and more.
For the most part, creating a built-in bunk bed will require hiring a carpenter or calling in a particularly handy family member, but, done right, the results will be a smart long-term investment. To give projects like this staying power, focus on creating a simple structure and then add less-expensive, less-permanent decorative touches that can be changed as the kids age out of them.
In her family's thoroughly charming "Tiny House" outside Portland, Oregon, interior designer Jessica Helgerson cleverly transformed less than four feet in depth into bunk beds and a closet in one. The efficient unit is finished in the same white-painted panelling as the bedroom for an aesthetic that'll be easy to live with for years. The wooden rail and ladder, and brass cabinet pull, add warmth and distinction.
This mod plywood bunk is sleek and fun, the perfect nest for two youngsters on a tight bedroom footprint. Both beds have a little nook at one end, granting kids a bit of privacy — or a place to hide during games. There's a storage drawer underneath the lower bed, and if there isn't storage in the stairs, there should be!
Built-ins are such a natural way to max out space in cramped bedrooms and attic spaces, especially where architectural quirks keep freestanding furniture from fitting in. Designer Lauren Liess tucked this bunk (left) into a tight bedroom corner in her lakehouse in Fredericksburg, Virginia, adding storage drawers for each of her sons below.
In this tiny Catskills, New York, guest house (right), designer-builders Tara Mangini and Percy Bright, of Jersey Ice Cream Co., wedged a bunk into the corner of the cottage's one bedroom, creating privacy with a macramé-style curtain.
Can't spend the night on a yacht? This nautical-style bunk will have kids dreaming of life at sea. The lines are crisp and tailored, and the metals are bright and gleaming. While it does read as vaguely masculine, the look would work for boys and girls. Try it in homes that are preppy and polished as opposed to bohemian.
Designer Kristen Panitch defined this Los Angeles bedroom shared by Charlie, 8, and Henry, 10, with a built-in bunk finished in an easy-to-live-with faded forest green. Both bunks have loads of headroom and their own lighting, so the brothers feel like they have their own spaces within the shared room. And as with all bunks, stacking the beds means more floor space for playing — here's it's on a cushy ticking-striped rug.
Outside-the-box thinking on the part of Sullivan Building & Design Group saw this room divided into two separate bed nooks, without resorting to creating two totally separate rooms. If kids need more division or separate space than just bunks, this is a creative direction to take. Bookshelves and lighting let each cubby feel like a really distinct space.
It's always more of a commitment to go with a seriously child-friendly design, but what you don't get in longevity, you will get in cute factor. Designs like these built-ins — shaped like a house and a castle — will make kids feel like their rooms are havens designed just for their enjoyment.
Style tip: Papering a feature wall in a kids' room gives the most bang for your buck, and when, in 5, 10 or 15 years, you want to redo it, you won't have a whole room to contend with.
Turning one bed 45 degrees is a simple manoeuvre with smart results. It lets each bunk say, "I am not a carbon copy of the bed above/below me," which can be especially effective in a shared room. Again, the space is delineated by a wallpapered feature wall.
Sloping rooflines offer the perfect excuse to build in cozy little sleeping cubbies — and put too-low dead space to work for you. A wall constructed between these bunks gives kids a real feeling of privacy, but curtains and other more temporary dividers can be just as successful. While she only has two children, Jennifer Webster added a third bed in her Long Island, New York, summer home (right) to house visiting relatives and guests.


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Rev. Leonard Mitchell is my great great great grandmother's brother. He moved all over the country and was pastor at dozens of Episcopal Churches nationwide. These are just a few of the things that I have, there are others that are packed away. Countless photos, newspaper clippings, letters and books. I love learning about him, he is very fascinating!!


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Bruce McNaugton Scobba passed away at his home in Cascade Locks, Ore., with family by his side on Jan. 8, 2011. Bruce was born Oct. 21, 1936, at Bisbee, N.D., to Alfred Julius and Julia Maud (Stevens) Scobba.
Bruce worked for the Oregon Highway Department for 30-plus years. He retired in 1998 and moved to Palm Springs, Calif. He enjoyed golfing and loved spending time with his family. He had a mini car collection and has always loved his pets.
Bruce is survived and dearly missed by his son, Mike Jenkins, of Cascade Locks, Ore.; daughters Debbie Bliss, and her husband, Greg, of The Dalles, Ore., and Brenda Bruso, of Cascade Locks, 10 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and many friends that he has collected over the years.
Donations can be made to Hospice of the Gorge.
Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson's Tribute Center (Funerals, Receptions, Cremations), 1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River, OR 97031; 541-386-1000. Please visit www.andersonstributecenter.com to leave a note of condolence for family.
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Taming the Top-heavy Router
Replace your router's base with one that is oversized and stable.
By Robert W. Lang
Pages: 50-51
From the June 2010 issue #183
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The router can be a great friend in the woodshop, but it's one of those friends with character traits that aren't welcome in all situations. Like the fraternity brother you want at your bachelor party but not necessarily at your wedding ceremony, the router is noisy, spews trash everywhere and is decidedly off balance. Lose control of it for a brief moment, and all kinds of damage can be done.
But the good things a router can do (that other tools can't) make it worthwhile to put up with some things you can't change, and look for ways to improve the situation. Put in your earplugs and put on your safety glasses because the noise and chips won't go away. But you can improve the stability of the beast. A router table is one way to do that, as is the addition of a custom base.
Video: Watch this trim router and base-plate in action in a free video.
Article: Read our review of trim routers from the June 2006 issue – all but one of the tools reviewed is still available.
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Author Notes: This is a Jordanian recipe - one of my favorites. It's meant to be eaten over rice, which generally means white rice. Many people (including me) put plain whole-milk yogurt on the side. Amazing. —Susan
Food52 Review: We were a bit skeptical of this traditional Jordanian dish - especially for summer - but boy were we wrong. This is one of those recipes, like pot au feu, that seem to defy the laws of cooking by coaxing an intensely flavorful sauce from water rather than broth or wine. Here, beef and beans soften into lushness, enveloped by a silky gravy of tomatoes, garlic, coriander and cumin. We used cheap stew meat, which still required almost two hours of cooking, and sturdier-than-average green beans, which held up nicely even after nearly double the recommended cooking time. We followed Susan's advice and ate the stew with a dollop of yogurt on the side, and we encourage you to as well. - A&M —The Editors
Serves: 6-8
pound stew beef
pound green beans
pound tomatoes - can be in a can
cloves of garlic
- Rub the beef with salt and pepper, place in a covered skillet, and cover with water. Stew it until it is brown.
- Remove the ends from the green beans. Cut them into 1 1/2 inch pieces.
- When the beef is finished, remove one cup of the broth and reserve it. Put the green beans in alongside it, and stew them until they are cooked to your taste.
- Chop tomatoes and food-process with the beef broth and crushed garlic until smooth. Add this mixture to the green beans and beef. Salt and pepper generously, and add about 2 teaspoons each of cumin and coriander. Let it simmer for about an hour. For the most delicious flavor, let it sit on the stove for a while after that hour and reheat later.
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Now that we have a stronger understanding of Exposure and have been introduced to ISO, Shutter-speed and Aperture. What exactly do they do? First we'll start with understanding Aperture. Ever hear the term "depth of field"? That's okay if you haven't - we'll walk you through it. Continuing beyond Exposure and Metering - we'll help you to understand the true power of this simple device called the camera and how to control how much of a scene is in our out of focus. And why it is important as a photographer to make that decision and how to manage the other elements of Exposure to achieve your desired results while having the proper Exposure. Yes, there will be homework! Don't forget to join us for the final Part 3 of this Intro series.
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Another day, another fear-mongering 'Android is closed!'-article at Ars Technica. After Peter Bright's article last week (sharply torn to shreds by Dianne Hackborn), we now have an article with the scary title "New Android OEM licensing terms leak; 'open' comes with a lot of restrictions".
The title itself is already highly misleading, since one, the licensing terms aren't new (they're from early 2011 - that's three years old), and two, they're not licensing terms for Android, but for the suite of Google applications that run atop Android.
This article makes the classic mistake about the nature of Android. It conflates the Android Open Source Project with the suite of optional proprietary Google applications, the GMS. These old, most likely outdated licensing terms cover the Google applications, and not the open source Android platform, which anyone can download, alter, build and ship. Everyone can build a smartphone business based on the Android Open Source Project, which is a complete smartphone operating system.
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Jul 27, 2006 at 6:56 am
really nice cars!!!!! Nice to see the first 3 gens represented...
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Be sure to scroll through all of the Camaros (there is almost 20 of them). Most of them have there own videos if you are interested in checking them out. All have background tunes so crank it up!!


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Anodonta cygnea
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Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)
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|Fauna Europaea (Bank et al. 2006) considered there to be four different subspecies, concealing cryptic diversity. In addition Falkner (pers. comm., 2009) considered that two subspecies may exist in Lake Constance. However, recent molecular studies indicate that, strains the presence of only one species in Europe with low genetic diversity Lopes-Lima (pers comm., 2013), with the exception of the Italic peninsula where distinct species or sub-species may occur. Additional molecular studies are needed on the eastern European range, Middle East and North African populations.
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Anodonta cygnea has been assessed as Least Concern. This species is geographically widespread throughout Europe, Russia and parts of the Middle East, occurring in a wide variety of different habitats. Whilst it is known that population abundance is currently declining on a local scale, global population trends are unknown. In parts of its European range this species has legal protection and is listed on national Red Lists, but the effectiveness of these measures is not known. Further research into species population trends, abundance and the threats impacting this species on a global scale are required if this species is to be elevated to a threat category in future.
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This species can be found throughout Europe from Portugal in the southwest as far east as Siberia (Zettler et al. 2006). However, there are no data to support species presence within Siberia (Vinarski et al. 2007). Mozley (1936) also described this species from northern Asia but molecular studies should confirm the validity of this claim. It has also been recorded in Northern Iran (Pourang et al. 2009). In Russia, it is found throughout the European part of the state (Kantor et al. 2009). The Iberian populations are restricted to three small lagoons in a 50 km radius in Portugal and it is possibly extinct from Spain after recent construction works in the Valencia albufera (lagoon) by the Mediterranean sea (Araujo pers comm.). A recent record of Anodonta cygnea has been published from Algeria (Khalloufi and Boumaiza 2005) but the validity of the species should also be confirmed with molecular characterization.
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Native:Albania; Algeria; Andorra; Armenia (Armenia); Austria; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France (France (mainland)); Germany; Greece (Greece (mainland)); Hungary; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Ireland; Italy (Italy (mainland)); Kazakhstan; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal (Portugal (mainland)); Romania; Russian Federation (Central European Russia, East European Russia, European Russia, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, South European Russia); Serbia (Kosovo, Serbia); Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain (Spain (mainland)); Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey (Turkey-in-Asia, Turkey-in-Europe); Ukraine (Ukraine (main part)); United Kingdom (Great Britain); Yemen (North Yemen, South Yemen)
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Although this species is widespread and considered fairly common (Zettler et al. 2006) not many studies have been carried to assess populations' size and structure. In Poland this species has been declining since the 1950s due to habitat degradation and pollution (Zając 2005). In Britain, river management strategy includes the dredging of rivers which can remove 20% of British subpopulations (Aldridge 2001). At the southeastern edge of its range, the Iberian populations are only restricted to three small lagoons that have been recently invaded by water hyacinth (crassipes spp.) with very negative impacts (Lopes-Lima pers. com.) No detailed population trend data are known.
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This species primarily inhabits closed off and small waters such as ponds and peatlands, but can also be found occupying lakes and slow-flowing lowland rivers (Zettler et al. 2006). It is also found in canals, drainage dykes and dam reservoirs (Killeen et al. 2004). The species appears to prefer waterbodies characterized by high concentrations of dissolved oxygen (a likely consequence of the species' fast growth and large size), free from floating vegetation and with fertile bottom sediments (Zając 2002, Rosińska et al. 2008). The species is intolerant of poor environmental conditions, and can be used as a bioindicator of clean water (Rosińska et al. 2008). When present, it is often the only mussel species inhabiting these areas (Zettler et al. 2006). The species is able to use a wide range of host fish (both invasive and native fish) for larvae dispersal and metamorphosis (Giusti et al. 1975, Lopes-Lima pers. comm.)
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|This species is known to be poached for supply to artificial basins, garden ponds and aquariums (Rosińska et al. 2008).
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This species has been badly impacted by the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha and has suffered localised declines in areas where this species has invaded its habitats (Byrne et al. 2009). In the absence of suitable substrate, Anodonta species are known to be a preferred settlement site for zebra mussels. Heavy infestations can affect the feeding, respiration and reproduction of unionid bivalves, causing mortality and eliminating entire populations (Rosell et al. 1999). The continued range expansion of D. polymorpha into suitable habitat is likely to further impact this species' population numbers (Byrne et al. 2009).
Localized declines have been reported in Poland as a result of habitat degradation, water pollution and eutrophication (Dyduch-Falniowska 1992, cited in Mills and Reynolds 2004). The species is also threatened as a result of poaching for supply in artificial basins and garden ponds (Rosińska et al. 2008). In Britain, poor river management is a significant threat to the species: dredging occurs approximately every ten years and can remove 20% of unioid populations (Aldridge 2001).
The recent invasion of the water hyacinth in the few freshwater lagoons of Iberia is menacing the whole population in this fringe of the distribution (Lopes-Lima pers. com.)
Further research is currently needed into the species' global population to assess the impacts of the documented threat processes.
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|In Poland, this species has been strictly protected by law since 2011 and is listed as Endangered on the Polish Red List (Zając 2005). This species has special status in Germany by the BArtSchV (Anlage I) legislation (Federal Species Regulation) (Zettler et al. 2006), and is listed with a status of 2 - 'highly endangered' (Byrne et al. 2009). It is also listed on the local Red List of endangered animals of Brandenburg and of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany with a status of 3 - 'threatened' (Rosińska et al. 2008). The species is classified as Vulnerable under criterion A4ce on the Irish Red List No. 2 (Non-Marine Molluscs) (Byrne et al. 2009). It is also listed as Vulnerable on the Red List of threatened species of the Czech Republic (Farkač et al. 2005), and as Endangered on the Norwegian Red List (Byrne et al. 2009). It is also listed as Near Threatened on the Austrian Red List of Molluscs (Reischütz and Reischütz 2007).
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Sun's Schwartz Pledges to Use Patents to Protect Red Hat and Ubuntu
Submitted by Ty on May 22, 2007 - 1:00pm
You have to take a look at Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz's blog today. He has pledged the company will use its patents to defend Red Hat and Ubuntu. That's the headline, and I'm really happy to know that Sun's very extensive patent portfolio is available, just in case it is ever needed. You never know these days. And yes, I take that as a message in a bottle to Microsoft. But he says it in such an interesting and creative way, I think you'll be glad if you go and read the entire entry.
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Skip to comments.Couple's Web Site Let's Public Vote: Give Birth or Have Abortion
Posted on 11/18/2010 8:30:04 AM PST by julieee
Couple's Web Site Let's Public Vote: Give Birth or Have Abortion
London, England -- A Minneapolis, Minnesota couple is making waves across the Internet with a web site they created allowing the public to vote on whether or not they should give birth or have an abortion.
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Disgusting savages, dangling the life of an innocent child like this. If this was a just world the child would be taken from these evil people at birth, given to loving parents, and then both of these animals would be sterilized.
A couple of disgusting, self-promoting freaks, regardless of their motives.
My bet is that this is just a publicity stunt meant to inflame opinion. I can't believe that someone would be so shallow as to decide to abort or keep a baby based on a poll. If they are pro-abortion and don't want the kid, they will abort him or her. If they want to keep the child, they won't abort him or her. Its as simple as that.
How does anyone know that's really her baby, or that she's even pregnant?
so 2000 people have seen that ultrasound and have still voted to abort.
Ahhhhh......those who declare they have no moral foundation, and only want to do that which is most popular.....it makes no difference to them. "Which way is the wind blowing?"
Now that's what I call "character".
Let's put up a site with a picture of a neighbor and ask for a vote on whether to murder him or not.
Same thing to me.
I believe that you have missed the point.
Reminds me of an old joke, there, stuart -
A [insert preferred target ethnicity here] girl goes to her mom and says "mom, I'm pregnant" and the mother replies "are you sure it's yours?"
I have a feeling these folks are pro-life and will carry the baby to term regardless of the vote. If you look at their website, there are numerous ultrasound images, with descriptions of what traits and abilities are forming at these stages.
I think they are actually inviting people to really examine their consciences in light of these ultrasounds. If that's the case, this is a great idea.
The "convenience interrupted" excuse sounds almost too cliche for a reason to abort, even though it's often used in reality. Too callous by-half in this circumstance, if you know what I mean. If someone is that callous, they won't let someone else's vote decide for them to keep it, they would just have the abortion.
the thought just passed my mind too. SHHHHH
And planned barrenhood intentionally uses outdated ultrasound machines so that the clear image of a living human being isn't apparent to the mother.
The couples first planned pregnancy ended in miscarriage in January at 16 weeks and the second planned pregnancy ended in miscarriage in April at five weeks.
I feel sorry for this kid. You know other kids are going to make fun of them over this when they grow up. Kids are just that cruel.
If this poor kid ever makes it to the age of understanding, he/she's going to be one sick puppy after realizing what these monsters did.
>> How does anyone know thats really her baby, or that shes even pregnant?
Hey, screw your logic and common sense.
It's on the Interwebz... how could it possibly not be taken at face value!?!
"wOOt. I am pretty excited about it. We have had difficulty in the past with three unsuccessful pregnancies and I am hoping this time will be better. What worries me though is that two of them had issues with genetics, the fetus didn't develop properly, heart beat was slow, centerline disorder kind of stuff,: he wrote. "But I am excited at the prospects of being a father. I'll cross my fingers and toes that this one goes off without a hitch. Alisha's uncertainties however are valid."
What manner of evil things could possibly do this? There's nothing human in the hearts of these monsters.
let the child be born then abort the parental rights
You're right, it could be a great pro-life experiment, educating people without them even knowing it.
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Police say five Romanians are being questioned in the theft of €2 million ($2.68 million) worth of clothing from Italian designer Giorgio Armani's spring 2013 collection.
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I am 81/2 miles north of Fort Lauderdale, and my spring break experience has been less "Girls Gone Wild" and more "Grannies Gone Wild." I find myself among a large number of French Canadians who seem to be very European when it comes to making swimwear choices. Most of them are in really good shape, but it's confusing for me to see a woman in her 70s in a thong. Do they chug Jagermeister or Geritol? The men wear thongs too. I just pretend that I'm at East Bank Club and avert my eyes.
I walk the beach for an hour a day. I don't wear my glasses to avoid "raccoon eyes." Every day since January I have seen objects that appear to be shapely young women in the distance turn into shapely grandmothers as they draw near. My disappointment is palpable. I'm a lot more comfortable being labeled a dirty old man rather than a dirty young man. I want to be an imaginary cradle robber, not a daydreaming grave robber. These women are my "cougars." I need to embrace them. Not literally, of course. Although, my wife and I are separated: She's in Chicago and I'm in Florida (rim shot).
Once the spring break epicenter, Fort Lauderdale still gets its share of pent-up college kids. Things are a bit more under control these days. A mid-1980s crackdown on open containers of booze helped move the hard-core spring break action to Panama City and Daytona Beach. Present-day Fort Lauderdale resembles a scaled-down version of itself in the 1960 movie "Where The Boys Are." It's the kind of place you probably wouldn't mind sending your kids to for spring break. Ironically, the home of the wet T-shirt contest is where a girl might go if she doesn't want to end up in one.
I watched "Where the Boys Are" last weekend to refresh my memory about its story line. I found it extremely entertaining. George Hamilton had a deep, rich tan 50 years ago. He must have a really good dermatologist keeping an eye out for melanomas. Dolores Hart, Yvette Mimieux and Paula Prentiss were still as cute as I remembered them. Growing up in Los Angeles, I never yearned for a spring break from the weather. I did long to meet cute girls, since I attended an all-boys school. It's tough to meet them if you don't have any contact with them.
I have been meaning to drive down to Fort Lauderdale Beach for at least one of my daily constitutionals, but I am a creature of habit. I instead stroll over to Pompano Beach every day and take in the sexy septuagenarians. There are younger women on the beach, but they are usually with kids, and that seems wrong. It's amazing to me how many young moms these days are sporting tattoos. There are so many people sporting tattoos that not having one seemingly makes one an iconoclast.
I will be leaving this week to head back up to Chicago. I have renewed my promise to treat myself to a walk on Fort Lauderdale's historic spring break beach. The Elbo Room is still there, and so are the spring-breakers. I could always start up north in Pompano and walk the 81/2 miles down to Fort Lauderdale. That would seem less like creepy and more like an adventure. One thing is for sure: South Beach is out of the question. I don't think my ticker could take that, even with all of the cardio that I've been doing lately.
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June Moore, longtime resident of the Pine Grove community, passed away June 27, 2012, at Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital.
As the third of three daughters, she was born Clara June Hunziker on June 30, 1928, in Bryn Mawr, King County, Wash., to Glenn and Clara (Ingraham) Hunziker. The family soon moved to Colorado, where she grew up in Loveland during the Depression years.
In 1942 as a teenager she moved with her family to the Hood River Valley. June graduated from Hood River High School in 1947.
On April 4, 1948, she married Allen E. Moore at the Pine Grove Methodist Church. They had three children: Patrick Allen, Earl Bruce and Mary Elizabeth.
June was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. All of her grandkids were her life. She was active with many organizations in Pine Grove, including Parent-Teachers Association, Grange as a member of the Women's Activities Committee and Methodist Church as a trustee.
June was also a member of the Soroptimist International of Hood River, a Cub Scout Den Mother and 4-H Leader. She worked diligently on the Blossom Day Smorgasbord and Blossom Day Princess Program as well as the Wy'east Scholarship Spaghetti Dinner. She was always willing to lend a helping hand in other community activities.
In her spare time she was an avid reader and enjoyed knitting, sewing and crafts.
June also worked along with Allen at the family-owned Moore Orchards Inc. for all of their married life. The family received recognition as the Oregon Outstanding Farm Family of 1989, awarded by the Oregon Farm Bureau.
Allen and June retired in 1995 after they had spent more than 50 years helping in the growing and packing of fruit from the family orchards and neighboring farms.
June is survived by her husband of 64 years, Allen Moore, at their home in Pine Grove; children Patrick (and wife, Sue) Moore; Bruce (and wife, Lynn) Moore and Beth (and husband, Matt) Peters, all of Hood River; and grandchildren Shanna (James) Spring, Reka (Tom) Sieverkropp, Tera (Mike) Lindquist, Julie (Josh) Dillingham, Jake (Carrie) Moore, Jason Moore, Justin (Erika) Moore, Alise (fiancé Kyle Greening) Peters and Brian (Danyelle) Peters.
Also surviving are great-grandchildren Michael Spring, Ryan, Austin and Weston Sieverkropp, Samantha and Mija Lindquist, Bailey Hammel, Gracee and Kloee Dillingham, Koen Moore and Madeline Elizabeth Peters; as well as three nieces and a nephew.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her sisters Irene and Maxine.
A service to honor June's life is planned for 11 a.m. Thursday, July 5, at the Pine Grove Butte Cemetery with a reception immediately following at the Pine Grove Grange. Viewing is scheduled for Tuesday, July 3, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Wednesday, July 4, from noon to 4 p.m. at Anderson's Tribute Center.
Memorials are encouraged to be made in memory of June to the Pine Grove Fire Department EMT Fund or the charity of one's choice, in care of Anderson's Tribute Center, 1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River, OR 97031; 541-386-1000. Please visit www.andersonstributecenter.com to leave a note of condolence for the family.
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Martha France, 100 - April 11, 2007
Martha France, 100, of Gothenburg, died Easter morning, Sunday, April 8, 2007, at the Long-Term Care Unit of the Gothenburg Memorial Hospital.
Services will be held Wednesday, April 11, at 10:30 a.m. at the American Lutheran Church of Gothenburg with the Rev. Matthew Groenke officiating. Burial will take place at the American Lutheran Cemetery.
France was born at Gothenburg on Jan. 23, 1907, to Herman and Jennie (Heidebrink) Gronewold. She attended Gothenburg Public Schools and also District 32, the Little Red School.
On Oct. 1, 1927, she married Kenneth France at St. John's Lutheran Church Parsonage. The couple lived on the Warren Bothwell farm southeast of Gothenburg and then moved to Gothenburg in 1944.
She taught Sunday School for many years and was a leader in the Lutheran Ladies Aid and the American Lutheran Church Women as well as the South Side Sewing Club and sold Avon products.She also cooked at School Districts 81R and 100R, the Gothenburg Senior Center, Head Start Program and Gothenburg Public Schools.
France was involved in making many quilts at the Lutheran Church and the Gothenburg Senior Center. She made quilts for all of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She had dedicated her life to her family, friends and the Lutheran Church, according to family members.
?She was preceded in death by: her husband, Kenneth in 1967; her parents, Herman and Jennie Gronewold; three sisters—Anna Pillers, Hannah Knoedler and Elnora Wiederanders; five brothers—John, Ben, Lincoln, Ervin and Pastor Richard Gronewold; her daughter, Bonnie Adams; daughter-in-law, Shirley (Gene) France; a grandson, Doug France; step-granddaughter, Stephanie France; a granddaughter, Susan (France) O'Neill; great-granddaughter, Tracy Teppen.
Survivors include: three children—Gene France of Ogallala, Dolores (Schulz) Heuer of Ainsworth and Leonard (Marilyn) of Gothenburg; 10 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, five step-great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Memorials are suggested to the American Lutheran Church, Oaks Indian Mission, the Martin Luther Home and the Gothenburg Senior Center.
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Let's start off with a little history. Joe Kraus and Graham Spencer founded JotSpot about three years ago. This was at least the second time around for both of them; during the early days of the first dot.com boom, they were two of the five co-founders of Excite.com. You may remember that Excite merged with AtHome.com in a deal worth $6.7 billion at the time – then suffered the fate of so many Internet companies when the bubble burst in 2001. In October of that year, Excite@Home filed for bankruptcy and sold its high-speed network to AT&T for around $300 million. Excite is still around; it's now owned by IAC Search & Media, and has long since lost the search engine wars.
But it's nearly impossible to keep a good entrepreneur down. So Kraus and Spencer started to toss ideas back and forth for a new company. As Kraus tells it, "We realized we'd need a tool to help us organize our thoughts or we'd quickly become overwhelmed. So Graham set up a wiki. I was hooked…Everything was kept in one place, not locked in email threads…we could both make changes to the same document, without having to know HTML…"
That seems to have been Kraus' "a-ha!" moment. "After twenty minutes of using a wiki, I was convinced that they were like the Internet in 1993 – useful, but trapped in the land of the nerds (which both Graham and I proudly inhabit). So we set out to start JotSpot as a way to bring the power of wikis to a much broader audience."
The nice thing about having been a part of the first dot.com boom is the connections, and I don't mean hardware. Kraus and Spencer were able to round up $5.2 million in venture capital from Mayfield Fund and Redpoint Ventures. In three years, the start-up grew to 27 employees and attracted 2,000 companies as clients. JotSpot now boasts 30,000 users who pay up to $200 a month to use its software, and ten times as many people who use the web application for free.
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Just in case you haven't heard of them, wikis are web pages that anyone can write and edit. The most famous is Wikipedia, which, like an online encyclopedia, tries to cover just about everything and is open to nearly anyone to edit (with certain restrictions). There are many other wikis, such as Wookiepedia (which is focused on the Star Wars universe), Wikitravel (for tourists), wikiHow (for do-it-yourselfers and the curious), and so on. Their usage of user-generated content makes them about as Web 2.0 as it gets.
JotSpot's wiki tools are a little different. It offers a series of online productivity software programs that provide users with many of the same functions found in programs such as Microsoft Word or Excel. That's right, you can use word processing, spread sheets, to-do lists, and many other applications that are web-enabled. I admit that I'm judging this mostly from JotSpot's blog; the company has put a hold on new sign-ups for its software until it completes the six-mile move from its own headquarters to Google's. But the interface looks very intuitive, and when it comes to creating collaborative web pages, users can do a lot more with JotSpot's applications than they could if they were editing, say, Wikipedia. They can even keep their wikis private, to be shared with only certain very specific people (as the U.S. intelligence community does for its own recently-announced wikis).
It's worth pointing out that Joe Kraus and Graham Spencer filed a patent application near the beginning of 2006 related to wikis. It's titled "Collaborative web page authoring" and describes "A method for sending an e-mail message to a web page, comprising: receiving a user-entered e-mail message containing an address associated with a destination web page; identifying the destination web page; extracting at least a portion of the e-mail message; adding content to the destination web page based on the extracted…portion of the e-mail message; and publishing the destination web page containing the added content." The patent also includes a method of authenticating the information.
The application itself is a very long read, but includes an excellent number and assortment of features. The system described features editable pages; WYSIWYG editing; attachments to pages; revision control; dynamic tables and calendars; the ability to place data from multiple sources onto a page (it looks like you can even use RSS feeds for this); and easily customized and modified pages. In short, it seems to deliver on Kraus and Spencer's original idea of bringing wikis to everyone.
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So why did Google spend an unknown amount of money and/or stock (terms of the deal have not been disclosed) to acquire JotSpot? Google has its own suite of web-based applications designed to boost office productivity: Google Spreadsheet, Google Calendar, Google Docs…the list goes on and on. Most of these have some means of allowing others to easily share and modify what one person has set up, something that has been missing (and keenly desired) for a long time with certain types of applications. For example, have you ever tried to share an Excel spreadsheet?
So at first glance, Google's purchase of JotSpot seems a bit redundant. Oh sure, by purchasing JotSpot, Google is gaining JotSpot's clientele (assuming they choose to stay – at least one JotSpot competitor is running a promotion that shows it's hoping otherwise). And as small as JotSpot's clientele may be, relatively speaking, I'd be crazy to imply that this didn't play some role in the negotiations, if only to show that a lot of apparently smart people like the way JotSpot is doing things.
Google is also gaining 27 very bright people. It's hard to say how much of a role that played in the decision; Silicon Valley seems to attract smart, innovative people like sugar attracts ants. But again, that's clearly not the biggest reason that Google made this purchase.
Google acquired JotSpot because its own office productivity tools need something more to join them all together into one integrated, easily functioning system. At least one commentator has observed that Google Docs, despite being a good browser-based collaborative word processor, is not quite up to being a platform for bringing together a whole suite of office-style applications. JotSpot, on the other hand, boasts a module-based design; you can use any of them together, mix and match, and even check out its Application Gallery of add-ons.
I want to emphasize here that I'm no expert on how programs work, and that I haven't even had a chance to use JotSpot's tools (though I've played around with a number of Google's). But it seems to me Google might be able to use JotSpot as the "skeleton" upon which it can build…well, perhaps whatever it wants. Need an office productivity suite? Here's JotSpot carrying our best office-style software! Need a website builder? Here's JotSpot again, with website design modules…and you can choose to add these extra ones over here depending on the type of site you're planning to build. And of course, all of it is free and ad-supported (though Google might charge a premium if you want the privacy of ad-free versions).
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As I mentioned parenthetically above, JotSpot does have competitors. JotSpot is supposed to be aimed more at smaller businesses, while SocialText and others are trying to attract large enterprises. But does that distinction make sense when JotSpot counts companies like eBay and Intel among its clients?
So does Google's purchase of JotSpot mean companies like MindTouch and CentralDesktop will disappear? Or worse, that smaller companies offering office productivity software suites such as Zoho and ThinkFree don't have much of a future? Well, the market is still pretty big; then again, so is Google. Is it too early to write about a "Google Effect" that scares and freezes out the rest of the competition?
It's worth pointing out that Google's mere entry into other areas certainly didn't enable the search engine to take over the respective fields. Hotmail, AOL, Yahoo, and many others still have plenty of clients using their email systems. Of course, many people have more than one email address. If there is a large number of people who like to use more than one calendaring system, or more than one spreadsheet, then perhaps these other companies and Google can coexist peacefully.
On a different note, though, there's the possible lack of privacy issue, and the fact that Google often seems to end up showing ads on most of its services (Gmail is the most obvious example). As I've mentioned before in reviewing Google Apps for Your Domain, the implied lack of privacy from the inclusion of ads could prevent the software from being used by businesses in fields where privacy restrictions are strong and government-regulated by instruments such as HIPAA. There will still be a place for applications that can meet a stronger test of privacy than Google can.


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Restaurants and Other Food Service Businesses
A minifig's gotta eat...well, they don't have to but sometimes they enjoy the practice. Plus, its a way to dispose of all those corpses. And what better time to get the drop on an opponent than when he has his face stuffed full of long pig? Restaurants make for exciting places to have shootouts. Glass shatters, tables get flipped, and the possibilities in a kitchen full of fryers, ovens, and cold storage are endless.
Possible Uses:
- Food can serve to recharge a minifig's energy.
- Food fights are a time honored and practical use of a minifigure's time.
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- There is a lot of open space and sight lines in a restaurant but also a lot of soft cover in chairs, tables, and buffet bars. Make good use of it.
- Highly dangerous hazards and equipment can be found in the kitchen area. Head there for maximum hilarity.
- Always tip your server.


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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – An Orono businessman angling to be Minnesota governor says he supports civil unions for gay couples but wouldn't back same-sex marriage if faced with a bill legalizing it.
Republican Scott Honour said Thursday he believes marriage should remain between one man and one woman. But Honour said he would accept civil unions that provide some legal recognition to gay and lesbian couples.
Honour took media questions a day entering the race through a video rollout that focused largely on his belief that government spending should be restrained. He is one of several Republicans interested in taking on Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton.
Honour says he will seek the GOP endorsement at the party's 2014 convention but wouldn't commit to honoring that outcome, which could push him into a summer primary. He says a final decision on whether to abide by the endorsement will come later.


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High bit depth support and non-destructive editing will be delivered through GIMP's integration of GEGL, the Generic Graphics Library, which is a graph-based image processing framework. "GEGL provides infrastructure to do demand based cached non destructive image editing on larger than RAM buffers," GEGL's website explains, "Through babl it provides support for a wide range of color models and pixel storage formats for input and output." GEGL also plays a role in enabling GIMP to have a high-quality colour management workflow, but this last feature will also require a lot of work on the GIMP core.
Nordholts explains that the GIMP already has a core fully capable of offering high bit-depth and non-destructive editing, but that "What needs to be done is adapt code so that users can make full use of this currently isolated core." He added: "It is impossible and pointless to speculate about a specific date when this will be complete. We can only establish that work is being made and will eventually be finished."
As for the bit-depth issue, Nordholts assures that the legacy code in the GIMP that assumes 8 bits per channel doesn't need to be rewritten- it needs to be replaced by GEGL. Some wrappers might need to be written in order to provide support for legacy components within the new framework, "but that's not really rewriting code". "I don't really see any major challenges regarding higher bit depth, code just needs to be written."
Another common complaint regarding the GIMP is its rather diffused and unintuitive interface, with its multiple windows. Nordholts says work is also being done in this area. "There have been discussions about a single-window tabb-based interface that can probably interest a few people."


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As I continue to report on new APIs popping up all over the Internet, one theme has caught my attention: systems powered by simple information tasks completed by humans. It's developing trend in which humans take requests from software systems, complete them, and feed the results back into the system. This is a fundamental shift in computing. Now, Human input is no longer solely for the purpose of controlling or directing the application. It has become just another functional component of the system. The human is taking the place of a software component and can in some instances be described in terms of expected inputs and outputs.
This phenomenon is called crowdsourcing. The basic idea is that you throw an idea or request for something out to the crowd. The crowd participates in some way that gives you an answer to your question or response to your idea. A subtype of crowdsourcing is microtasking, in which small discrete tasks are made available to a pool of workers. Crowdsourcing platforms have been created with varying levels of organization and coordination. I'm going to list a few of the more organized examples of the crowdsourcing trend here.
Several posts ago I covered a transcription service, QuickTate, which provides typists on the other end of API calls. Then I saw MobileWorks which sends discrete tasks to information workers across the globe. Of course there's Amazon's Mechanical Turk which was launched years ago and may have been the first popular system of this kind. There's two more that I've just glanced over today: CrowdFlower and CloudFactory, both which offer a human workforce that can be coordinated through the design of a digital assembly line. CloudFactory's distinguishing attribute is that it also provides "robots" (which are specialized applications) can work in the assembly line right along side the humans.
With these sophisticated microtasking platforms, application developers are now facing the question: should I use an API powered by artificial or human intelligence? The presence of crowdsourcing APIs begs the question: would it be better to rely on humans in an automated way? As artificial intelligence improves I'm sure that we will see the complete automation of more and more information tasks but humans still have an edge in a few areas such as speech transcription, image and handwriting recognition.
Application developers must consider, would the results from human intelligence be of higher quality or more reliable than artificial intelligence? Now that human intelligence can be directly integrated into computer systems, application designers have this new and interesting choice.


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By Karl Plume
(Reuters) - More than 1,000 barges were backed up on the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mississippi, on Wednesday after a weekend barge accident and oil spill forced the closure of the major shipping artery, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
One 80,000-gallon hold of a tanker barge that struck a railroad bridge on Sunday continued to leak crude oil, but cleanup crews have deployed 2,800 feet of boom to contain the spill and airborne spotters have not detected any oil outside the containment area.
Response crews will lighter the oil from the damaged barge before removing the vessel from the river, but a timeline for a full reopening of the waterway to commercial shipping traffic remains unclear.
"A timeline is really hard to establish with an operation like this because there are so many factors, from getting the lightering operation set up to getting the pumping operation going," said Coast Guard spokesman Matthew Schofield.
"We want to make sure we're doing it in a safe and methodical manner. We don't want to have an additional release (of oil) and we don't want to jeopardize the safety of the crew."
Shippers rely on the Mississippi River and other inland waterways to haul billions of dollars of grain, coal, fertilizer and other commodities every year. Some 55 to 65 percent of all U.S. grain and soybean exports are transported down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.
As of midday on Wednesday, 34 northbound vessels hauling a total of 532 barges and 37 southbound vessels with 524 barges were delayed by the 16-mile closure from river mile marker 425 to 441, the Coast Guard said.
The Coast Guard has so far allowed only two small southbound barge tows hauling a total of 15 barges to transit the area to gauge whether shipping traffic would impact the cleanup effort.
"We're hoping we can continue to allow southbound vessels in 15- to 20-minute intervals through the afternoon, but if anything starts to affect the safety of the personnel we're not going to continue," Schofield said.
The river closure has not seriously impacted grain exports at the Gulf, but a prolonged traffic jam could delay the arrival of corn or soybeans needed to load ocean-going vessels. As a result, exporters may incur steep demurrage penalties if their leased vessels cannot be loaded promptly.
The oil spill was the latest in a recent string of logistical headaches for shippers.
Low water along a busy shipping corridor between St. Louis and Cairo, Illinois, has threatened to disrupt traffic on the drought-drained river since December. Dredging operations and other work aimed at keeping barges flowing have also snarled traffic at times.
The river system's busiest lock was closed for a day last week after a barge collided with a lock gate.
(This story corrects size of barge, makes clear just one compartment leaking in second paragraph)
(Reporting by Karl Plume in Chicago. Editing by Andre Grenon)


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Poem in Your Pocket Day will begin with a breakfast and "poetry read-in." All are welcome and all who attend are encouraged to bring poems to read.
Join us for an evening of poetry and music about Lower Manhattan with the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra and students from local schools P.S. 89 and I.S.
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Join us for a community breakfast and open mic — bring a favorite poem to share!
Students from local schools P.S. 1, P.S. 89 and P.S. 276 read throughout the day in celebration of a local arts-education partnership.
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Spring has arrived to my home in Colorado with peak temperatures during the day in the low 70s F.
Data collector that I am, I've been measuring the temperature of the ground outside: grass, shaded grass, earth, shaded earth, concrete and road. The differences are already quite impressive:
Grass: 85F
Shaded grass: 57F
Shaded Earth:60F
These temperature differences are going to get even more stark as the sunshine intensity increases and I think highlight the importance of where we park our cars. I have sent a missive to our local parks dept to see if they will let me pay for or paint a couple parking spots at our Rec center, rather than park on black-top. For now my battery pack is chilling at 4 bars on the T gauge; I hope to keep it below 7 bars always and average 5 year round.


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Women in Engineering
RIT is celebrating National Engineers Week, Feb. 16-22, with a series of events and activities in the college. Since 1951, the week has been observed by national professional, corporate, academic, government and cultural organizations to highlight contributions made by engineers and to emphasize the importance of STEM education and skills.
RIT's celebration is open to engineering students and includes activities such as Student Club Day from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 17 in Erdle Commons, located on the first floor of the college.
Another feature event is Patent Consultant Day. Joseph Noto, a local patent attorney with Bond, Schoeneck & King, will meet with students at 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Feb. 20, in the Gordon Atrium. Students can learn firsthand the process about patenting inventions. Students, faculty and staff in the college will also participate in "Fun Shirt Days" throughout the week: Super Hero Shirt Day (Monday), Hawaiian Shirt Day (Tuesday), Your Favorite Co-op Shirt Day (Wednesday), Ugly Sweater Day (Thursday) and Dress Like Your Favorite Engineer Day (Friday).
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Victoria Greco, right, a student in the culinary arts program at the Warwick Area Career and Technical Center, gives members of the Warwick Rotary Club a tour of the kitchen following Thursday's luncheon meeting of the club at the facility. Students prepared and served the meal. From left are club members: Michael Holland, Laura Pisaturo, Carol Batty, Oliver Brady and Robert DeGregorio and center director William McCaffrey. The Rotarians also toured the automotive shop where Zachary Azeredo, a junior, demonstrated computer diagnostics to Michael Holland and Carol Batty.
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Thanks to Frank, Jack lived a very long, spoiled, and full life.
Frank cared for Jack in his elderly years as if he was caring for an ill family member. My father's compassionate care for Jack is a true testament to his kind, patient, and caring nature. - The Nelson Family


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Talking Point
Trash-talking: Ticket blitz is making me a grouch
By Wendy Fried
On a night not long ago, sometime between the dogs last walk and the morning newspaper delivery, Mayor Bloomberg paid me a visit to ask for help. He didnt wake me, but tacked a note to the door.
The note, like many of the mayors communications, lacked the personal touch. It said I owed him $25 for breaking the recycling rules by putting out my newspapers in a shopping bag. Much to my surprise, a bunch of my neighbors had similar missives stuck to their doors that same morning. This was something new. In the past, the punishment for recycling blunders had been simple and elegant: The offending materials were left on the sidewalk, a wordless and often pungent reproach to their owners.
The ticket frenzy is no longer news, precisely because its become part of life. Just in the past month, the mayor left me more requests for assistance in the form of $65 parking tickets, each for just barely overstaying my welcome at a meter. I was guilty as charged. But lets be frank parking in this city used to be a game of chance in which one could occasionally beat the house. When did the N.Y.P.D. develop the uncanny ability to hone in on an expired meter faster than Nazguls can locate the Ring of Power? A friend of mine even received a ticket for staying past the one-hour limit at a failed meter, a rule that for years she had assumed was mythical.
The odd thing is that up till now Ive been eager to help the mayor. I didnt vote for him because I couldnt bring myself to pull the lever for a Republican, not even a pretend Republican. So I voted for that other guy, but he annoyed the bejesus out of me and secretly I was pleased when Mr. Bloomberg won.
I was happy to make amends for my vote early in the mayors term, when I got a call from one of those New York Times/CBS News hows he doing polls. Not terribly well, the poll results said, but I was one of the few who rated his performance favorably. And when he raised my property taxes last year, I helped him by paying the bill promptly and trying not to complain. It was refreshing, really, to see an elected official face up to a problem and take measures, however unpleasant, to deal with it. If I felt like blaming anyone besides Osama bin Laden for the citys financial woes, it might have been Mr. Bloombergs predecessor. But if Mr. Bloomberg is glue, Mr. Giuliani is indisputably rubber. (Even in the small Tennessee town where my in-laws live, and where for decades the only nod to Mr. Giulianis ethnic group has been the Eye-talian spaghetti served at Popes Cafe, the ex-mayor remains a few rungs below the Almighty, adultery notwithstanding.)
The current mayor has had only one political strong suit: his stubborn insistence on serving the bad news straight up, which seems a fitting compliment to the intelligence of New Yorkers. So its disappointing that he continues to leave his entreaties on doorsteps and car windshields all over town while insisting, despite statistical evidence to the contrary, that the ticket blitz is a figment of our imagination. Did we imagine that just a few weeks ago he nixed a bill limiting the hours of the day during which hapless citizens could be fined for sanitation mishaps only to have the City Council unanimously override his veto?
Granted, if the ticketing is really covert taxation, at least its progressive, since landlords and car owners can presumably afford to write checks more easily than many other city residents. But its the sneakiness that stings. When an appointment runs late and we dash breathlessly to the meter, fingers crossed, only to find another of those little orange notes flapping in the breeze, we wonder why our tough-love mayor has chosen such a cowardly method of communication. Maybe wed be more forgiving if other events werent making us somewhat testy. Its no fun constantly sharing our town with the Big Orange the threat level, that is, not the Tennessee football team.
So, Mr. Mayor, if you dont like the way weve gift-wrapped our garbage, feel free to leave it on the sidewalk. But if you need a few extra bucks for our beleaguered city, please do us a favor. Just knock on the door and ask, politely.
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Last night i saw David Sylvian in concert and he blew my mind......he's been my musical god since i was 13 so a concert always feels like 'coming home' to me.
Why do i mention him you ask??.........well David did the closing song for the movie the Number 23...........'The Banality of Evil' comes from an album called 'Snow Bourne Sorrow' by Davids collaboration called 'nine Horses............
Joel Schumacher gives the band a namecheck in his '23' commentary and he is a big fan.......
whilst i don't have a video of 'The Banlity of Evil' to post here i'll leave you with one of his greatest and most beloved of tracks...........enjoy (hopefully


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Associate Professor & Chair
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- PhD, Tulane University
- BS, The College of New Jersey
Research Interests
- Community Ecology
- Habitat Selection and Movement
- Mammalogy
- Introduced Species
September 2007 – present: Assistant Professor of Biology Suffolk University Boston, MA
July 2007 – August 2007: Post-doctoral Research Associate Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA
February 2006 – June 2007: Wildlife Scientist The Humane Society of the United States Gaithersburg, MD
September 2003 – September 2005: Biology Field Technician Loyola University New Orleans, LA
June 2001 – May 2003: Student Contractor / Wildlife Technician U.S. Geological Survey / National Wetlands Research Center- Biological Research Division Lafayette, LA
May 2000 – August 2000: Field Technician Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA
September 1999 – May 2001Teaching Assistant Tulane University New Orleans, LA
September 1998 – May 1999 Student Field Researcher The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ
Hadidian, J., M. Baird, M. Brasted, L. Nolfo-Clements, D. Pauli, and L. Simon. 2007. Wild Neighbors: The Humane Approach to Living with Wildlife. Humane Society Press. Washington D.C. 283 pp.
Nolfo, L.E. and E.E. Hammond. 2006. A novel method for the capture and transmitter implantation of nutria, Myocastor coypus. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34(1): 104 - 110.
Nolfo -Clements, L.E. 2006. Vegetative survey of wetland habitats at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in southeastern Louisiana. Southeastern Naturalist 5(3): 499 – 514.
Nolfo-Clements, L.E. 2009. Nutria survivorship, movement patterns, and home ranges. Southeastern Naturalist. 8(3): 399-410.
Nolfo - Clements, L.E. Habitat selection of nutria on a freshwater floating marsh: a multi-scale assessment. Southeastern Naturalist. IN REVIEW.
Nolfo-Clements, L.E. and M.D. Clements. European Rabbits as potential Least Tern nest predators. Northeastern Naturalist. IN REVIEW.
Posters and Presentations
Hood, C., L. E. Nolfo, and B. Welsh. 2007. Biodiversity and activity patterns of bats inhabiting Jean Lafitte National Park, Louisiana. Annual Meeting of American Society of Mammalogists, Albuquerque, NM.
Hood, C.S. and L.E. Nolfo. 2005. Mammal biodiversity as a component of Louisiana coastal wetland restoration monitoring – a model from Jean Lafitte National Park. Poster presentation at the CREST Symposium – "Progress in Understanding Coastal Land Loss and Restoration in Louisiana", Lafayette, LA.
Hood, C.S. and L.E. Nolfo. 2004. Challenges of inventory and monitoring mammals of Jean Lafitte National Park – Historic and ongoing urban impacts. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting, Society for Conservation Biology, New York, NY.
Nolfo, L.E. 2003. Habitat selection and ecological impacts of the nutria (Myocastor coypus) on wetland plant communities. Oral presentation at the invasive species symposium of The Wildlife Society (TWS) in Sacramento, CA.
Nolfo, L.E. 2003. Nutria movements, habitat use, and food preference in feral versus native populations. Oral presentation at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Society of Wetland Scientists. New Orleans, LA.
Nolfo, L.E. and C.S. Hood. 2001. A 5-study of microhabitat use and roost preference in eastern pipistrelle bat, Pistrellus subflavus in Southeastern Louisiana. Oral presentation at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists in New Orleans, LA.
Nolfo, L.E. and H.K. Reinert. 1999. The thermal biology of timber rattlesnakes, Crotalus horridus, in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Poster presentation at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in College Station, PA.
Nolfo-Clements, L.E. 2009. The Nature of Change: How cultural shifts reflect on the ecosystems of the Boston Harbor Islands. Boston Harbor Educator's Conference; Keynote address, Thompson Island, Boston, MA.
Nolfo-Clements, L.E. 2009. Rats and Rabbits and Voles – Oh My! Research and Advice on the Mammals of the Boston Harbor Islands. Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Ranger Training, Hingham, MA
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BIO 114/L114 - Organisimal Biology/Lab
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Is this connection to the Arduino / Canon Ok?
I think you'll find most cameras need focus AND shutter to be groundeddoes depend on model
Does the T3 allow for the IR remote? You could also control it that way...
Point the camera remote at a receiver connected to the Arduino,capture the data stream using the IR library and the just use what you have captured back at the ca,era. No need tomreally understand what it is as it usually looks like a long string of arbitrary 'stuff'.
Quote from: KeithRB on Jan 16, 2013, 09:43 pmDoes the T3 allow for the IR remote? You could also control it that way...That's an interesting idea... No cables. But wouldn't I need to know what data to transmit by IR?


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McCormick Theological Seminary is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Luis Rivera as Dean of Faculty, Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the James G.K. McClure Professor of Theological Education for a five-year term beginning July 1, 2009. Dr. Rivera is the first Latino to hold the position of dean of faculty at a seminary of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Dr. Rivera joined McCormick's faculty in 1995 as Associate Professor of Theology after teaching for nine years at the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico. He has served as Director of the Center for the Study of Latin@ Theology and Ministry since its establishment in 2000, building upon the longstanding Hispanic Ministries Program and advancing what he calls an "intercultural agenda" at the seminary.
"It's an exciting time to be at McCormick as we welcome Luis Rivera into this new role," says Seminary President Cynthia Campbell. "Luis's appointment is an important step forward in McCormick's vision for theological education as a cross-cultural venture in which the diversity of God's people becomes the catalyst for new ways of being Church and community."
Guided by this vision, Dr. Rivera's work earned the Latin@ Center a LUCE Foundation grant in 2006 to support three of its program: a yearly lecture series on Hispanic Theology, the Consultation on Second Generation Latino/a and Asian American leaders in Ministry, and a year seminar on intercultural relations for Latino/a and African American pastors. In collaboration with directors of the Center for African American Ministry and Black Church Studies and the Center for Asian American Ministries, Dr. Rivera helped to develop the Institute for Cross-cultural Theological Education, unifying all three of the seminary's ministry centers, in 2008.
Dr. Rivera succeeds the Reverend Dr. David V. Esterline, who concludes two consecutive terms as Dean of Faculty and Vice President of Academic Affairs at the end of June.
The special worship service at which Dr. Rivera will be inaugurated will take place on Wednesday, October 28th at 4:15 pm. It is open to the public and will be followed by a reception.