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Predicting the death of network television is a popular pastime in Hollywood. After three decades of audience erosion to cable, the doomsaying has intensified in recent years as video-sharing websites such as YouTube and Facebook have demonstrated an audience of millions for low-budget video.
But it's still not time to count the Big Five networks out yet, say media watchers. They may have stumbled in the transition to the world of digital entertainment, underestimating audience appetite for consumption in new media beyond traditional TV, but they're rapidly trying to adapt.
This week, hulu.com a new, ad-supported site launched in partnership with Fox and NBC, showcases both companies' programming via streaming video. ABC recently launched Stage 9 Digital Media, an online production house for short-form content. CBS has assembled a partnership of some 300 online syndication outlets such as AOL and Joost. And Fox has acquired the wildly successful social-networking website, MySpace. In part, the networks hope their online offerings will spur interest in traditional television programming. But, more than that, the networks want to establish bulwarks in the online universe where they can leverage their primary assets: well-crafted content.
"The model the networks come up with for distribution is going to affect everybody because everyone consumes TV in some way," says Robert Thompson, director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University in New York.
That new business model is still very much a work in progress. If network television is to continue to provide big-budget productions to viewers without charge, it must attract enough eyeballs to draw advertisers. Increasingly, though, competition is coming from other forms of online entertainment.
In the networks' favor: A great TV show can still trounce amateurish YouTube video for sheer entertainment value.
"I've been hearing about the death of television for nearly 35 years," says David Poltrack, chief research officer at CBS. He points out that the five networks still command over 50 percent of the viewing audience for television. While viewers may be consuming their favorite TV shows outside the standard broadcast prime-time slot – think cellphones, iPods, websites, digital video recorders, and DVDs – they still find out about the show from the prime-time schedule. This creation of the all-important "franchise" – the must-see stories that people will seek out regardless of the medium – is still what the networks do best.
The ability to deliver audiences that advertisers can measure is still key to the business model for distributing freely accessible content on the Internet. "Nobody else can come close to aggregating audiences the way the networks still can," says Marc Berman, TV analyst for New York-based trade publication, MediaWeek.
As the Digital Age matures, the model of free content is becoming the golden ring of the Internet. Consumers are tiring of paying fees beyond those for the Internet and cellphones. "They want their content free," says Mr. Poltrack.
Freedom of access is an important cornerstone of the media age, says David Wertheimer, executive director of Entertainment Technology Center at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. The TV networks have more than half a century of experience in delivering free content using advertisers' dollars.
Even so, the networks have occasionally stumbled. Last month, NBC tried to transplant "Quarterlife," an Internet series, to regular TV only to cancel it after just one barely seen episode.
But the networks' mistakes are instructive to newcomers. "I love having these big dinosaurs lumbering around the Internet," says Kip McClanahan, CEO of ON Networks, an online video site based in Austin, Texas. On the other hand, he adds, the networks still have the money to finance high-quality content.
But such online ventures may unravel the very structure of the networks, a business model that relies on affiliated stations to distribute network content, observes Mr. Thompson.
As the networks find more viable ways to make money putting their TV programs online, the hundreds of affiliates that used to be the exclusive outlets for these shows could be hurt, says entertainment lawyer David Oxenford, a partner in the Washington, D.C.-based Davis, Wright, and Tremain. He points out that local stations rely on prime-time programming to draw audiences to the local advertisers that support the stations. "Local news has always been a mixed bag, but at least it's something," says Mr. Oxenford. "If the local stations can no longer afford to do local coverage, then the community could lose."
Even in remote corners of the country, such as Eureka, Calif., local ABC affiliate (KAEF) station manager Alan Kammersgard says he sees the handwriting on the digital wall. He knows everything is moving online, and when that happens, "our advertising dollars will be going online, too."
As networks redefine their relationship to local affiliates, these stations may be an important part of the evolutionary process. When all broadcasts go digital next February, stations will have multiple broadcast tiers on each channel, opening the door to far more local programming.
"What we're probably going to see, as all this programming moves online, is a whole new meaning for the word network," says Thompson.
• Monitor intern Alison Tully contributed to this report from Los Angeles.


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The market for Bluetooth wireless keyboards continues to explode since the release of Apple's iPad tablet, leaving manufacturers scrambling to make the most portable keyboard without losing points in functionality. Luckily, both the iPhone and the iPad support Bluetooth wireless technology. And why do you need one at all?Well, let's face it, the on-screen keyboard on the iPhone and iPad can frustrating for anything longer than a text message, especially if you're a touch typist. With a portable keyboard you could efficiently send e-mails, write blog posts, type business reports… essentially turning your iPad into a laptop. So if what you need to get the most out of your iPhone or iPad is a portable keyboard , here's our roundup of currently available portable keyboards that operate on the Bluetooth wireless platform and are iPhone/iPad compatible.
Here is our round-up of the best keyboards for the iPhone:
Apple Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard For iPhone
This wireless keyboard from Apple now comes standard with every new iMac, but is also available for purchase separately. Weighing in at just one pound, it's ultra-thin, compact design would make for a great choice in a portable keyboard to slide into your bag. It takes up 24% less space than a standard keyboard yet the keys themselves are the same size. The Apple wireless keyboard has a similar feel to typing on a laptop. It does sit at a slight angle, but may not be right for those who prefer the more ergonomic type keyboards. Also lacking is a number pad, which frees up space and is not missed if you don't normally use those keys, but if you use your number pad frequently, say for spreadsheets, then you may want to go with a different option. Since it is an Apple product, Mac users may feel more comfortable sticking with a keyboard that's familiar. You'll also need something to prop your iPhone or iPad such as a docking station or you could use a simple book stand. Though thin, the Apple keyboard is made from durable aluminum with crisp, responsive keys. It runs on two AA batteries and automatically conserves battery power when not in use. Just start typing to power it back up and use the on/off switch for longer periods without use. The Apple wireless keyboard has received a 5 star rating from 90 Amazon reviewers.
Sells for $69.00 on Amazon.
i-Go Stowaway Ultra-Slim Bluetooth Keyboard For iPhone
The i-Go Stowaway keyboard is the highest rated bluetooth keyboard which is compatible with iPhones and iPads. On Amazon, it got a rating of 4 out 5 starts from 365 customer reviews. This keyboard has full-size key spacing, but for storage it can be folded in half. The folded dimensions are 5.5 x 3.9 x 0.5 inches. Reviewers say that, unlike other folding bluetooth keyboards, the mechanism of the i-Go Stowaway works quite well. They also agree that the keyboard works reliably with an iPhone or iPad, and it turns off automatically when you fold it. So if you are looking for a truly portable bluetooth keyboard, this one should probably be your first choice.
The i-Go Stowaway keyboard sells for $199 on Amazon.
Jorno Bluetooth Keyboard For iPhone
The newest kid on the Bluetooth keyboard block is the portable Jorno Bluetooth Keyboard from Cervantes Mobile. Set to be released in early 2011, this keyboard seems to scream efficiency. It's 15% smaller than a standard keyboard yet folds up to fit in your pocket at 3.5 x 3.5 and weighs 8.8 ounces. Unfolded, the keyboard sits rigidly on a desk or lap. It includes an adjustable, detachable cradle to hold your iPad or iPhone in portrait or landscape mode. A rechargeable lithium battery powers the unit with up to 1 month wireless use on a single charge. Includes a micro USB cable for charging as well as a low battery indicator and on/off switch.
The Jorno Bluetooth Keyboard is available for a special pre-order price of $79.00 here.
Matias Bluetooth Folding Keyboard For iPhone
The Matias Bluetooth Folding Keyboard offers the benefit of a full-sized keyboard that folds for portability. This keyboard contains all the needed keys for those who use everything on their keyboard: an enhanced number pad, full set of function keys, and the Mac-specific command keys. Folded, it will fit nicely into a small bag along with your iPad, though it does weigh a pound more than the Apple keyboard. With no locking mechanism, reviewers have noted that it works better on a flat surface as it tends it fold up on you when placed on your lap. It runs on 3 AAA batteries. Though a bit more pricey than the other options, it's one of the only choices if you need a full size keyboard.
Sells on Amazon for around $85.00.
Microsoft Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000
The Microsoft Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000 is similar in size and compactness to the Apple. It offers the curved ergonomic design for those that prefer that style, but it lies flat unlike the Apple, which is slightly raised. However, this does make it slightly more portable enabling it to lie flat in your bag. What it has that the Apple doesn't is a separate portable number pad that you can bring along or leave home. The layout is more familiar to PC users, with a Windows key in place of the Mac command keys. It runs on 3 AAA batteries with a low battery indicator and an on/off switch.
The Microsoft Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000 is on sale for around $55 on Amazon.
On sale at Amazon for $29.99.
Kensington Apple iPad Bluetooth Keyboard and Case Accessory
This keyboard by Kensington has been certified by Apple for use with your iPad. Ultimately, it turns the iPad into a laptop, though actually using it on your lap is tricky since the iPad doesn't connect to the keyboard. A simple lap desk could cure this problem. The iPad slides into the faux leather case to provide a 3-position portable stand and protection for travel. The iPad can sit in portrait or landscape position. The keys are rubberized which protects them from spills and keeps the screen from getting scratched when folded. Though it includes iPad specific keys, it should be noted that there is no right shift key, which could be the deal breaker for touch typists. The battery can last 90 hours on a single charge and includes a micro USB cable and port on the side as well as a LED battery gauge.
The Kensington Apple iPad Bluetooth Keyboard sells for $74.99 on Amazon.
ProMini Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard
The ProMini Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard gives you the ultimate in portability as a handheld device. Though not Mac-specific, this keyboard will enhance the typing power of your iPhone or iPad for sending texts, e-mails, short blog posts, or other small projects, but would begin to get tedious for any extensive typing. It features a touchpad that can be used with computers, but not your iOS device. It also features a laser pointer which would make a great tool for teachers or anyone needing to give a presentation. With LED back lighting, it can be used in dim lighting. The keyboard is powered by a lithium-ion rechargeable battery.
The ProMini Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard is sold on Amazon for $48.00.
iPazzPort Mini Portable Wireless Keyboard
This is the 3rd generation and newest version of the iPazzport portable keyboard. Though primarily designed for home theater use, it's also compatible with iPad and iPhone as well as Playstation 3, Xbox, and Wiii. It's been updated with quicker keys, a touchpad, and laser pointer. This hand held device features a Qwerty keyboard with full function keys, multi-media keys, and back lighting. The rechargeable lithium battery lasts up to 2 weeks on a charge and fully charges in 2 hours. Like the ProMini, it's a good choice for lighter typing needs and would be easy to carry around with your iPhone.
The iPazzPort Mini Portable Wireless Keyboard sells for $35.99 on Amazon.

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Egypt's most popular TV satirist, famed for mercilessly skewering the former Islamist president on his weekly program, dove headfirst back into stormy politics Friday after four months off the air amid the turmoil surrounding the country's coup. His new target for mockery: the over-the-top, pro-military fervor sweeping Egyptians.
Bassem Youssef, the man known as "Egypt's Jon Stewart," returned to the air in a radically different nation, where satirizing the leadership is a far trickier task.
When his final show of last season aired, the president was Islamist Mohammed Morsi Youssef's favorite target. For months, the satirist flayed him and his Islamist supporters for mixing religion and politics and for botching the governing of the country. Soon after the last show, massive protests began against Morsi, paving the way for the military to remove him on July 3.
Since then, divisions have grown deeper and hatreds stronger. Hundreds have been killed in crackdowns on protesters demanding Morsi's reinstatement. Attacks by Islamic extremists against security forces and Christians have increased. A nationalist fervor gripping the country has elevated the military to an untouchable status, leaving little tolerance among the public or officials for criticism, particularly of military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, lionized in the media as a hero.
So the question was hanging over Friday's episode of "El-Bernameg" Arabic for "The Program": Will Youssef mock the military-backed leadership and its supporters as sharply as he did Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists?
His answer: With song and dance and rapid-fire jokes, Youssef satirized el-Sissi-worship even with innuendos about how the extravagant shows of love for the general have become outright sexual. Youssef imitated the general's soft-spoken, affectionate way of addressing the public, turning it into a lover's romantic groove.
In one skit, a woman named "the Public" calls into a love advice show raving about the love of her life who saved her from an abusive husband.
"He's an officer as big as the world," she cooes adoringly, punning on a slogan el-Sissi uses in nearly every speech "Egypt will be big enough to face down the world." Then she adds, "He does have a sovereign streak."
In another, a pastry chef brings Youssef a tray of chocolates with el-Sissi's face on something that, in fact, has become popular in Egyptian candy stores. "What, don't you like el-Sissi?" the delivery man says suspiciously. "Give me all of it!" Youssef yelped back, as if afraid of being accused of being a traitor.
"Who doesn't love el-Sissi?" Youssef said sarcastically, "but will love make us forget everything?" referring to the way Morsi also tried to win the love of the public. "We're a free voice. No one can tell us what to say," he said. "We want freedom. The time of fear has passed."
The show had to tread a sensitive line. Criticizing the military risked angering Youssef's mainly liberal fan base, who cheered when he excoriated Islamists and who now largely support el-Sissi for removing the Brotherhood from power. But avoiding it would also appear to be caving in to pressure. Before the show aired, Morsi supporters some of whom "hate-watched" Youssef as regularly as the adoring fans were predicting on social media the 39-year-old satirist would sell out.
Youssef's long hiatus between seasons was in part because a curfew in place since mid-August made filming the show difficult and because of the recent death of Youssef's mother.
The surgeon-turned-comedian's "Daily Show"-style program brought an entirely new type of political satire to Egypt. He began with short, self-made YouTube episodes during the 2011 uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak. He was picked up by a TV station popular among young revolutionaries. As his star rose, he moved to another station, CBC, seen as stacked by former supporters of Mubarak.
Many thought Youssef would follow the station's conservative line. But he turned his jokes against his own station, mocking its claims of revolutionary credentials. With sky-high ratings bringing advertising cash, CBC was not about to drop him. Since the coup, the station has been one of the biggest cheerleaders for el-Sissi.
But his biggest target was the Islamist elite that rose to power in post-Mubarak elections excoriating them so sharply that some credit him for fueling the tidal wave of protests against Morsi. In fast-paced jokes, Youssef lampooned Morsi's clumsy speeches and gestures. He played clips from Islamist TV stations to expose hypocrisy in their mix of religion and politics. He fact-checked the president. One episode in which he played video clips showing 2010 remarks by Morsi, calling Zionists "pigs," caused a brief diplomatic tiff with Washington.
In reply, Islamist lawyers prompted prosecutors to issue an arrest warrant against Youssef on charges of "insulting the presidency." He was questioned and released without charges.
In a column earlier this week, Youssef pushed back against the atmosphere of intimidation, noting that he could be dragged before prosecutors even now, this time "at the hands of other people, who allegedly love freedom dearly when it works in their favor."
"In reality, there is no tolerance on the Brotherhood side or among those who call themselves liberals," he wrote in the Al-Shorouk newspaper.
The theme was echoed in Friday's show. In a song-and-dance number, one of Youssef's cohorts slips up and sings a lyric calling Morsi's ouster a "coup" a taboo word among liberals who say the military was responding to overwhelming popular rejection of the Islamist leader.
"What did you say?" Youssef says, clamping his hand over the singer's mouth. "What are you? Brotherhood?"
"Brotherhood?" the singer protests. "I'm Christian!"


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Xfce4 Settings hacking
I started to hack a bit on Xfce4 Settings: I have a branch ready for review implementing a clipboard manager and started a branch to improve Xfce4 Settings Editor.
The clipboard manager allows the system to have a persistent clipboard. When you copy some text or an image and close the application where you copied it, the contents of the clipboard is no longer lost. I was able to add this functionality quickly thanks to the amazing work of Mike Massonnet in Xfce4 Clipman Plugin.
The settings editor is now able to edit existing properties, to rename them, to reset them to their default value or to remove them if there is no default value. It also monitors the channels to detect property changes and to update the view automatically and remembers the window geometry so that you don't have to resize the windows and the columns every time. I still need to work on adding new properties and improving the channel stuff: adding, removing or renaming channels should be possible in the future.


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MARTINEZ, Ga. – The Peach Belt Conference (PBC) released its Men's Cross Country Preseason Poll Wednesday, with Georgia College taking the fifth spot in the nine-team league.
The Bobcats picked up two third-place votes and three fourth-place votes, finishing with 39 total, just two behind No. 4-ranked Augusta State University. Defending champion Columbus State University was first, with UNC Pembroke in second and Clayton State University taking third.
The Bobcats took fourth place at the PBC Championship meet in 2010, thanks in part to an All-PBC Second Team finish by Dan Horseman (Cohutta, Ga.).
GC cross country starts its season Friday, Sept. 2 at home, hosting the Bobcat Invitational on the West Campus Cross Country Course.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Revision as of 09:12, 4 March 2008
- OJS Roadmap
- Future directions for OJS
- Less linear workflow
- Status: TBA
- Less downloading and uploading req'd for workflow
- Possibility of using a single file for all workflow and tracking changes rather than submitting new files for each stage (perhaps with drag and drop, with copies left behind for documentation)
- Better support for pre-prints
- Status: TBA
- "In press" section for articles that are currently in holding for actual publication.
- Thesis Workflow Tool
- Status: TBA
- OJS as a thesis submission and tracking system.
- SFU Library has a project on the books to develop a more robust thesis workflow tool.
- Submission as single file
- Status: TBA
- Submission model might be made better by including the option to make a .pdf containing the article, all supplementary files and appropriate metadata. Advantages include no need to de-identify properties, and review document is a single document - no need to download all figures, supplementary documents, etc in order to review. Of course, letter to editor and other documents not for reviewers would need to be submitted not to be included.
- Miscellaneous
- Status: TBA
- add 'Former Journal Title' and 'Former ISSN' as repeatable fields, for journals that have changed their names and/or ISSNs once or twice or more.
- import transaction/rollback
- more flexible statistics
- arbitrary metadata gateway
- Dspace export
- support alternate stylesheet for PDA viewing
- support for embedded video (youtube style)
- user/article thesaurus/controlled vocabulary
- user tagging
- ACL:based permission classes
- WYSIWYG special character handling (e.g., tinyMCE extension for latek)
- "login as" behavior should be limited in certain contexts
- centralized role management for plugins
- featured article plugin/block
- user friendly error handling/logging
- local private messaging system a la phpBB
- scholar's portal plugin interface (UTL)
- advanced search options / interfaces (eg. zend lucene index plugin)
- mobile / WML plugin (athabasca)
- exporting to LAC web interface
- option to make abstracts a required field for journal sections
- add DOI to citations
- "Advice Tool" - integrating links to publishing references directly into the interface (or in the Help files). - from Mark Weiler, email Nov 6, 2007
- Allow reviewers to make additional comments after completing their review.
- Allow Journal Managers to create customized email groups for sending out messages (i.e., they could create an email 'group', select the users to include, and then send to that group whenever required).


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University of Alaska Anchorage
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The Aviation Technology Division enhances, promotes and provides quality aviation education, research and service worldwide. The division supplies graduates for skilled and professional aviation-related positions through its programs.
Individuals employed in the aviation industry desiring to update skills and knowledge may take selected courses. Contact the division office about prerequisites and other lab or course requirements. The division is located at the Aviation Technology Complex on Merrill Field Airport, approximately two miles north of the UAA Main Campus.Our Mission


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ROME | After Lindsey Johnson watched a promotional video for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in class at Pepperell Elementary School, the 11-year-old went home in tears.
"She had seen the video and came home crying," said Lindsey's mother, Trisha Johnson.
Lindsey, she said, had been saving up her allowance and Christmas money and was planning to buy herself an iPad. But after seeing the video, the thin, electronic tablet seemed meaningless in comparison to the children at St. Jude.
"She'd been saving money for a while and it was in cash and pennies," Johnson said. "She wanted to donate it."
Lindsey's teacher, Judy Roebuck, said her fifth-grade students were participating in the St. Jude's Math-A-Thon, a program that includes a free math curriculum for students to compete in after obtaining sponsorships from family and friends. Students ask family and friends for pledges to solve math problems from a workbook and all funds go to St. Jude.
At Pepperell Elementary, 15 gifted students participated and raised $1,124.
"We had made a goal for the group and it was $1,000," Roebuck said. "I was telling the class how close we were to the goal. Some of kids had $50 or $80 and her little hand went up and she said, 'I have about $265.'"
At first, Roebuck said she thought Lindsey meant she had that much from Math-A-Thon pledges.
"And I said 'You must have talked to a lot of people, you must have really gone after it,' and she said, "Not really. I have been saving money to get an iPad, but I asked my mom if, instead, I could donate the money I had saved to St. Jude's."
The moment Lindsey told Roebuck where the money was coming from, the Kaleidoscope teacher started tearing up.
"I started crying," she said. "What a generous, selfless act this was. I don't know of any adult who would have given everything. They might have given part, but she gave it all."
Roebuck felt compelled to have Lindsey's story heard. 11Alive News in Atlanta along with representatives from appliance and electronics company h.h.gregg visited Lindsey's school on Monday to give her a Random Act of Kindness.
"We raised money for St. Jude's," Lindsey told her visitors, "Our teacher showed us a video of that and it just, I don't know, made me want to donate money to them. So we collected some money for them. ... They take in sick kids for free and they need money to get medicines."
Linda Lamb, regional manager of h.h.gregg, presented Lindsey with her very own iPad complete with a pink case.
When Lindsey took the iPad from Lamb, she began to cry and applause exploded from her classmates.
"We just thought it was a fantastic opportunity," Lamb said. "You hear of young people doing great things every day and we just thought it was a fantastic opportunity to support that."
Lindsey's mother said compassion is just a part of her daughter's nature.
"She's really thoughtful and is always worried about other people in her class and her friends," she said. "She said she didn't need an iPad if there was children in the hospital."


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Suzy Glam – Faces the Face Rosewood Mt
Susanne Klemm (jewel designer) and Etienne Frederiks (renowned dutch independent optician) have created this collection with designs inspired by the carving of precious gems. Volumes, textures and little details make every frame a unique piece of craft. Designs go beyond "retro" for a new generation of glasses lovers.
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AMSTERDAM — Being the boss comes with responsibilities, as U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley can confirm.
So while he is in Chicago preparing for friendlies with Poland and Colombia, I am here to make several unsolicited and faux-modest selection requests.
Let's walk through my polite demands, player by player:
Brad Guzan
Simply put, the Aston Villa back-up should start both games. Guzan needs the games and the growth. Tim Howard's No. 1 shirt is more than secure, so the friendlies are competitively meaningless for the Everton stopper. It's a mystery why Howard should be here at all given the way his club has struggled out of the blocks.
Carlos Bocanegra
I'll tell you what I do not want to see at all: the skipper lined up at left back. It would be impossible to fault rocket-fast starters Saint-Étienne for doing so, but this is not the ultra-tactical Ligue 1.
It will be games two and three of a new World Cup cycle. There's no reason to use veterans to fill positions that are going to be problematic as the U.S. moves towards Brazil 2014.
Clarence Goodson
Let's see the IK Start man go the distance against Colombia. This is a prime opportunity for him to face the type of attack he rarely sees.
I want to see how he handles the quick one-touch moves and the ball under Latin-style pressure.
Benny Feilhaber
From the "I surely must sound like a broken record by now" file: Hand Benny the keys!
Feilhaber is not a defensive midfielder and he is not a wide player. He is a No. 10, a string puller. I don't care if it's a 4-4-2 diamond or a three-man midfield or a five-man set. I don't care if there are one or two strikers; just give him defensive support at his back and at least three runners to pick out up front.
Let him work those cheeky passes from a station where they can actually do real harm. This request has now officially reached the begging phase.
[inline_node:315802]Stuart Holden
Yes, I lobbied for him in the middle during the World Cup. Yes, I'm aware he is performing well in the middle for Bolton.
Nevertheless, I want to see more of Holden out on the right flank. With the possible exception of Landon Donovan, he is the Nats' best crosser of the ball.
When guys like Altidore, Clint Dempsey, Brek Shea and even Michael Bradley may be raiding the box, it really pays to have someone who can consistently play dangerous balls from the wing.
Besides, with Jermaine Jones now around, Bradley has plenty of other options in the center of the park for the Red, White and Blue.
Clint Dempsey
I'd like to see Deuce used only sparingly on this trip home. It's early in a long Premier League campaign, and like Howard, his place in the US starting line-up is secure under any number of possible formations.
WATCH: MLS Best Of: Clint Dempsey
Nothing to see here, folks, move along.
Brek Shea
It would have been great to see him given a little time on the left side against hard-edged Poland, but Shea will be busy trying to help FC Dallas break the MLS record for most games unbeaten on Saturday.
He will join up with camp ahead of the Colombia match, in which I'd love to see him given the final 20-30 minutes to play as a target striker.
Part and parcel of this request is someone will be allowed to run off of the 6-foot-3-inch Texas native and his knockdowns. It could be Altidore, Eddie Johnson or even Alejandro Bedoya in relief of central playmaker Feilhaber.


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West Australians (WA) in rural and pastoral areas rely heavily on Bush Fire Brigades (BFB) for protection against the threat and devastation of fire.
Over 19.500 bush fire service volunteers protect WA from bushfires through fire prevention and risk management, fire suppression and fire safety education.
These volunteers operate through 566 BFB's, which are administered and trained by respective Local Governments and supported by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES).
BFB volunteer firefighters are trained to operate equipment, vehicles and appliances used in fire suppression operations.
BFB volunteers are trained in:
Personal and team safety
Fire suppression methods
Vehicle driving on and off road
First aid
Leadership and emergency management procedures
Not all of the volunteer work involves active fire containment or rescue activities. DFES provides training for fire education programs that involve volunteers visiting schools, service groups, seniors' homes and local businesses to promote safety messages.
Some BFBs on Perth's urban bushland fringe also operate as Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service (VFRS) brigades, taking additional responsibility for fires involving structures, chemical spills and assisting with road crash rescues.
There are many dimensions to being a BFB volunteer. DFES strongly supports the recruitment of both male and female volunteers representing a wide diversity of ages, cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
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Flux is a hot looking, futuristic secret agent babe
that has more in common with Batman than James Bond.
She's got some wicked moves and an assortment of gadgets
at her disposal that she uses to foil enemies, solve
puzzles and gain access to platform-style areas. She's
as deadly as she is mysterious. If anything, you can
say she's seriously misunderstood.
is a storyline here somewhere but it's so convoluted
and presented so haphazardly that's it's almost impossible
to give it a simple overview. The animated series
was an artful, adult, anime production that defied
convention. It was sexy, racy, violent and mysterious,
often culminating with the death of Aeon at the end
of each episode. A lot of things were never fully
explained and we were never able to fully explore
Aeon as a person. The game attempts to keep this mystery
alive but it only succeeds in alienating us from her.
Since we are actually playing as her in most levels
it would only be appropriate to have a little more
insight into her psyche.
is the walled city where Aeon resides. She is involved
in a freedom fighting movement against an oppressive
government. Her nemesis is one, Trevor Goodchild,
whom she alternately hates and loves. Her world is
one of animal lust and barbaric violence. Aeon takes
no prisoners and while there are information capsules
to collect they never explain anything more than what
you need to complete the next goal in a mission.
are unfocused and never seem to relate to the big
picture. You don't always get to play as Aeon and
these alternate perspectives do nothing to make things
any clearer. I do appreciate the unpredictable nature
of the gameplay but I can't help but think it's just
too messy and convenient for the writers with all
these unresolved issues.
an assortment of moves such as kicks, punches, blocks,
jumps, grapples and the ability to run up wall, Aeon
is a formidable weapon in and of herself. She has
an inventory of gadgets to help her solve puzzles
and gain access to restricted areas. She can also
hack into weapons systems such as gun turrets and
use them against her enemy. The targeting system is
automatic and will only lock-on to the enemy you're
facing. When confronted by more than a couple of goons
this can really spell trouble as you'll have to tap
dance around the buttons to ready your weapon, face
your enemy and fire. One of Aeon's trademark moves
is the Flux which warps time in a bullet-time fashion,
slowing down all elements in the game except for your
character. This will help you when you're up against
multiple enemies.
levels are huge and separated by checkpoints. You
can get around using a mini-ball which you steer around
challenging courses consisting of high, narrow ledges
and ramps. It's a lot like Super Monkey Ball but even
more frustrating because you tend to fall off a lot
more. There is definitely something afoot with the
balancing physics.
of these futuristic environments don't live up to
expectations. I expect a lot more imagination 400
years in the future. The graphics aren't even as good
as the decade-old anime series. There's lot of polys
and reused low-res textures that make it look like
you've already been to some of the new areas. Multiple
enemies onscreen contribute to some slowdown and there
are lots of repeated phrases.
Theron stars in the film and lends her voice talent
to the game. I admire an actor that supports their
character through the various mediums. She does a
great job as do most of the other actors.
not much for replay value, although you can play through
the game as the various characters that you unlock.
Overall Aeon Flux is a somwhat confusing game that
doesn't live up to the inspired madness of the animated
series; it does however manage to be a whole lot better
than some of the games featuring female heroes.
going to say something that might not be very popular
with the ladies in the crowd (all 3 of you), but I'm
willing to chance it in the name of honesty. Superhero
chick movies suck. The track record proves it. Catwoman?
Sucked. Elektra? Sucked. Red Sonja? Sucked. Why do
these movies suck? Because they're aimed at a female
audience in terms of story and a male audience in
terms of costume design. But Hollywood doesn't get
it so they are continuing to greenlight superhero
chick movies in hopes one will catch on. The latest
ones being Wonder Woman and Aeon Flux. And let me
say, if live action superhero chick movies do crap
box office, that doesn't bode very well for MTV created
pseudo anima chick superhero features. But MTV is
banking on that people who don't like superhero chick
movies (AKA men) will dig superhero chick anime. It's
a fine line and who knows, they may be right.
winning actress Charlize Theron (Monster) has already
been involved with the MTV animated motion picture
which is scheduled for release in the Fall of 2005.
and developer Terminal Reality (Bloodrayne) has been
hard at work creating the game that will loosely follow
the action of the movie.
today announced that it has secured the worldwide
rights to publish Aeon Flux for the Xbox and PlayStation
2, and has released the first screens and information
for the upcoming title.
game is scheduled to coincide with the theatrical
release, which stars Oscar-winning actress Charlize
Theron (Monster) as Aeon Flux as well
as such notable talents as Marton Csokas (The
Bourne Supremacy), Frances McDormand (Fargo),
Oscar-nominee Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda),
Jonny Lee Miller (Trainspotting), and
Pete Postlethwaite (The Usual Suspects)
and is directed by Karyn Kusama (Girlfight).
Majescos Aeon Flux ties together the animated
series, which ran on MTV from 1992-1997, and the motion
picture, which is slated for release in Fall 2005.
are excited to be partnering with MTV and Terminal
Reality on such an encompassing project as Aeon Flux,
said Jesse Sutton president of Majesco. By including
the voice talent and likeness of Charlize Theron,
we hope to provide consumers with a product that seamlessly
fits within the world of Aeon Flux yet offers an interactive
component that complements its entertainment counterparts.
by Terminal Reality, creators of Majescos hit
BloodRayne series, Aeon Flux is based on Peter Chungs
popular futuristic MTV animated series and features
a palpitating blend of stealth, speed and acrobatic
combat. As beautiful as she is lethal, Aeon Flux is
an agent whose abilities transcend everyday belief;
she will depend upon those skills and talents to rid
the city of Bregna from an evil tyranny.
Pictures/Lakeshore Entertainments Aeon
Flux is set 400 years in the future, when disease
has wiped out the majority of the earths population
except for one walled, protected city-state, Bregna,
ruled by a congress of scientists. The story centers
on Aeon Flux (Charlize Theron), the top operative
in the underground Monican rebellion,
led by The Handler (Frances McDormand). When Aeon
is sent on a mission to kill a government leader,
she uncovers a world of secrets.


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A new trend is emerging in the retirement planning space, Francois Gadenne, executive director of the Retirement Income Industry Association, wrote for Advisor Perspectives, an interactive publisher serving the financial industry, on Aug. 9. Clients once sought likely expectations of returns on their financial assets, but now look for reasonable certainties of payments from those assets, Gadenne said.
"Success in this environment will accrue to those advisors who act as true retirement professionals rather than to those who take a technician-oriented approach," Gadenne, (left), wrote, urging advisors to build upon modern portfolio theory rather than be limited by it.
"The larger range and greater complexity of retirement advisory tasks, when compared to investment advisory tasks, is driving the emergence of a retirement management profession," he said.
Gadenne describes three categories of firms based on a theoretical framework proposed by David Maister in the mid-1980s, then an assistant professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School.
Maister broke the service industry into three categories to differentiate between professionals and technicians. Gadenne adapts those categories for the financial services industry:
- Brains: Advisors who perform client tasks that are at the creative edge of their practices and deal with unique projects that require fundamentally different customizations from client to client. Firms in this group have a narrow organizational structure with a few employees supporting top-level advisors.
- Gray Hair: Advisors who deal with issues that are similar to what they have seen before and consciously work to leverage and to scale up their past experiences. These firms have many entry-level employees supporting a few top-level workers.
- Procedural: Advisors with well-defined and well-specified client tasks who seek to deliver services in the most timely and cost-efficient manners. Procedural types of firms have several tiers of employees.
One way to determine where a firm falls on the spectrum is to count how many services the firm provides that are diagnostic, compared with how many involve execution. A firm that requires more diagnostic tasks to operate falls in the brains category, Gadenne wrote, while one that uses more execution tasks is a procedural firm.
"Retirement planning is not an exercise in illustrating long-term perfection — instead, it is an ongoing effort to discover the most tolerable imperfections," he said.
To be successful, according to Gadenne, firms need to model themselves after other firms in the brains category.
"Developing customized, diagnostic-intensive retirement plans to create monthly retirement income will lead to new forms of professional tasks, new demands for professionals and new categories of professional services firms," he says. "As delivering reliable near-term outcomes becomes more important than managing longer-term probabilistic expectations, clients will seek retirement planning institutions and individuals who are successful in managing professional and technical talent as well as client relationships."


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A 60-year-old woman rammed her car into a day care center after being fired from the business, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff�s Office.
A 60-year-old woman rammed her car into a day care center after being fired from the business, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff�s Office.
Amy Susan Fier worked at Tutor Time Day Care Center on Waterside Loop Road in Denver.
Deputies went to the business about 2:30 p.m. after a disturbance call Tuesday. Thirty minutes later another call came in. The caller said that a former employee rammed her car into the double metal and glass doors at the front of the day care center.
Children were in the lobby at the time, but no one was injured, according to a press release from the Lincoln County Sheriff�s Office.
Fier was stopped a short distance away from the business by deputies who had been called to the day care. The front of her car was covered with glass, according to deputies. Fier was arrested without incident.
She was charged with a misdemeanor count of assault with a deadly weapon, second-degree trespassing, communicating threats and injury to real property.
Damage to the building was estimated at $3,000.
Fier, of Executive Circle in Denver, was taken to jail and released on an $8,000 secured bond.
She has a court date scheduled for May 3.
It is unclear how long Fier worked at the day care and in what capacity. Calls placed to the business by The Gazette were not returned Wednesday.
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Stocks rallied to finish near session highs Tuesday, with the Dow soaring nearly 150 points, as members of the Federal Reserve kicked off their two-day meeting to discuss the future of the central bank's bond-buying program.
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"All eyes are on the Fed," said John Fox, co-manager of the FAM Value Fund. "Economic news has been fine and continues the trend that we've been on, but tomorrow's going to have much bigger impact on what happens this week…but with inflation low and the job picture not satisfactory yet, I don't see a reason for the Fed to change anything."


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This site is an offering to those who deeply long to experience Pure Consciousness that is known as Divine Mother or Tripura ('Tri' means three, and 'pura' means city); She is the one that lives in the three cities of Waking, Dreaming and Deep Sleep. Temporary leaving behind the three cities and residing only in Pure Consciousness is called Self-realization. Another name for this realization is Yoga; the union of the individual self with the universal Self; the union of Atman with Brahman, or Shiva with Shakti; or the dis-union of Purusha and Prakriti. Some might think of Tripura as an anthropomorphic being but She is not, She is the Non-dual Reality in which all appearing manifestation seems to exist. All that is, is the Non-dual Reality.
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Lila Hoffman
Lila Hoffman, 91, of Marion died Nov. 24 at her home.
She was born Lila Annette Link on Nov. 20, 1921, to Christian and Mollie Link near Okeene, Okla. She graduated from Okeene High School. She moved to Wichita after graduation and was employed by Boeing Airplane Company.
She met and married LeRoy Hoffman, Jan. 20, 1945. They moved to Marion in 1945. They had two daughters.
Lila was a seamstress and also cared for the children of two families in her home. In 1958, she went to work at Van's Department Store. In 1973, she went to work at the Marion County Treasurer's office, where she retired in 1988.
Lila was a member of the Marion Christian Church. She taught Sunday school for many years and was active in CWF.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Leroy; sons-in-law Michael Cupp and Ernest Peter; seven brothers; and four sisters.
She is survived by her daughters, Janice Peter and Anita Hooper; son-in-law Martin Hooper; and sister, Peggy Buethe, all of Marion; five grandchildren, Patrick Cupps, Rebecca Hon, Daniel Peter, Laura Becker and husband Todd, and Christopher Peter; 12 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29. Her funeral service is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 30, at Marion Christian Church. Burial will be at Marion Cemetery following services.
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"Thus saith the Lord, let my people go, that they may serve me." Exodus 8:1
Suggested Further Reading: James 3:3-6
Moses goes to Pharaoh yet again, and says, "Thus saith the Lord, let my people go, that they may serve me." And at one time the haughty monarch says he will let some go; at another time he will let them all go, but they are to leave their cattle behind. He will hold on to something; if he cannot have the whole he will have a part. It is wonderful how content the devil is if he can but nibble at a man's heart. It does not matter about swallowing it whole; only let him nibble and he will be content. Let him but bite at the fag ends and be satisfied, for he is wise enough to know that if a serpent has but an inch of bare flesh to sting, he will poison the whole. When Satan cannot get a great sin in he will let a little one in, like the thief who goes and finds shutters all coated with iron and bolted inside. At last he sees a little window in a chamber. He cannot get in, so he puts a little boy in, that he may go round and open the back door. So the devil has always his little sins to carry about with him to go and open back doors for him, and we let one in and say, "O, it is only a little one." Yes, but how that little one becomes the ruin of the entire man! Let us take care that the devil does not get a foothold, for if he gets but a foothold, he will get his whole body in and we shall be overcome.
For meditation: Beware of giving Satan a window of opportunity (Ephesians 4:27), it is amazing how much damage can be caused by something apparently little (1 Corinthians 5:6; Hebrews 12:15).
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Richmond's Alex Rance has revealed he met Hawthorn to discuss a potential trade before recommitting to the Tigers.
Rance did not specify which AFL season it was, but confirmed on Monday he talked about the prospect of joining the Hawks with then board member Jason Dunstall.
"Dimma (Tigers coach Damien Hardwick) by his own admission tried to trade me for a box of stubbies at that time," Rance laughed on Fox Footy.
Key defender Rance has played a crucial role in the Tigers' seven-match winning streak.
The club faces St Kilda and Sydney in the final two rounds of the season and is on the cusp of achieving a finals berth that was unfathomable when they started the season with a 3-10 win-loss record.
"Who knows what can happen," Rance said.
The 24-year-old played in Richmond's season-opening loss to Gold Coast, but then missed five games due to a broken foot he sustained while falling off a bike.
Influential ruckman Ivan Maric and playmaker Brett Deledio also missed large chunks of the first half of the season, but Rance said the absence of the key trio should not have been overplayed.
"It's a team game, there's more than three players on the field at one time. Everyone's got to be accountable for their actions," he said.
Rance admitted it was hard to live by that mantra when he told Hardwick about the cycling accident.
"It was like telling your mum you've broken her favourite vase," he joked.
"It wasn't the best experience and I felt gutted.
"Especially when the team wasn't winning as well, I felt a little bit responsible for that ... I wasn't out there helping the boys.
"In saying that, there's always a silver lining. I did learn a lot ... seeing it from the stands."
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T. Rowe Price Has Opposed Deals in the Past
Dell Inc.'s buyout took another blow Tuesday as T. Rowe Price, its second-largest independent shareholder, has come out against the deal.
In a statement, T. Rowe Price's Chairman and Chief Investment Officer Brian Rogers said the investment firm, which held 4.4% of Dell as of Sept. 30, won't support the deal as is.
That comes the same day that Southeastern said it has hired the largest proxy solicitor, which could help it gather up votes. Meanwhile, analysts at Jefferies wrote that a $15 per share deal would likely get enough shareholders on board to vote.
Dell continues to maintain it got an attractive offer.
T. Rowe Price was not the most likely to join the fight against the deal. The mutual fund industry typically eschews activism. Southeastern has a history of shaking up companies, and analysts had largely expected it might oppose the deal.
Still T. Rowe has been a bit louder than most mutual-fund operators, said Kenneth Squire of 13D Monitor, which tracks activist activity. He said he "expects" the fund to make noise if the price isn't acceptable to it, and that can provide cover for other, smaller, holders to vote against the deal.


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Monarch Insider No. 8 - Blue White Scrimmage
By ODU Athletics
Oct. 24, 2010
Monarch Insider No. 8
Annual Blue/White Scrimmage a "gift" for ODU basketball fans
Brendan O'Hallarn Monarch Basketball Insider
Embedded in the whirling excitement of Homecoming this past weekend was a little "gift" for ODU men's basketball fans.
After months of trading speculative emails, scouring the Internet for news about the Monarchs, and, yes, dreaming about big things ahead, die-hards got their first look at this year's team in a game setting. The annual Blue/White Scrimmage drew a small but appreciative crowd to the Ted Center.
The premise is simple: Divide the team in two. Play. But as someone who's watched four practices already, there's something special about seeing teammates and friends go at it hard on the Monarchs' home court.
White "won" 53-51 when Trian Iliadis' leaning, 30-foot heave at the buzzer hit the backboard, the rim and then bounced out. But the score couldn't have mattered less for anyone except the 13 hypercompetitive Monarchs and the team's coaches.
Instead, ODU fans were on their own scouting mission. Nick Wright looks bigger. Josh Hicks looks like he'll fire away from anywhere. How's Anton Larsen adjusting to the speed of the game? Is Chris Cooper ready for big minutes if his size is needed under the basket?
And the starters - can Keyon Carter, Frank Hassell, Darius James, Ben Finney and Kent Bazemore take ODU basketball further than it's ever gone? Boy it's fun when everyone's undefeated, and all you want to do is dream about conference championships and deep runs in the NCAA Tournament.
Here are a few random observations from Saturday: My favorite part was watching players of the same position guard each other. Playing small forward, buddies Ben Finney and Kent Bazemore wouldn't give each other an inch, fighting through screens and doing their best job at shutdown defense on each other. Finney, giving up speed and elevation to his younger teammate, still scratched and clawed his way to 14 points. Bazemore opened the game with a three, then found Carter for a layup, dunked the ball three times and looked every part the blossoming star Monarch fans hope he'll be this season.
The other big performer on Saturday was Hassell. After a bit of a slow start, the big man inserted his wide body into cracks in the defense, using his long arms to get off high percentage shots. Hassell scored 21, high for the game, and added 10 rebounds.
In fact no one looked out of place. Even the freshman contributed. Dimitri Batten had a nice chemistry with Bazemore, throwing him an alley-oop pass, and getting one in return later in the scrimmage. Richard Ross had the difficult job of guarding Bazemore, but held his own, and made his mark on the game with a block, a dunk, and a thunderous missed dunk off a rebound that bounced clear out to half-court. He's usually good for one of those in every practice as well. Just a hint of what's to come.
The game was competitive in part because head coach Blaine Taylor had a "draft" for his assistants who'd direct the Blue and White squads. The assistant coaches thought hard about who they'd want, so picking teams took some time.
Taylor stalked the sidelines throughout the two, 16-minute halves. In breaks in the action he shook hands with many of the people he's gotten to know in nine-plus years running ODU's team. He also dialed in on the action on the court, occasionally barking out instructions mid-play, and frowning or shaking his head at possessions that didn't go as planned. All in all, however, Taylor was pleased with the first live action for his squad.
"We had a good competition, I thought we did a pretty good job. We wanted an even game, and we've got enough depth that we can put two pretty good teams out there," Taylor said.
"We had a lot of miscues. Guys might not have gotten as good a shot as we wanted, or we might have turned it over, missed a block-off. But all in all, I'm fairly pleased. The kids were poised, the kids made some nice plays."
Taylor said his seniors showed their experience during the game, but he was pleased in the progression of his junior class as well.
"The thing that I noticed was the second tier of players, the Nick Wrights, the Chris Coopers, the (Marquel) Delanceys, Iliadis -- those guys are starting to show that they've been here for a year or two and they're ready to help us."
Brendan O'Hallarn, an employee in public relations at Old Dominion University, writes Monarch Basketball Insider. To see other stories, please see the Monarch Insider website, at http://www.odusports.com/ot/monarch-insider.html. If you would like to share your thoughts about ODU basketball, or have a story you'd like to see Brendan write, contact him at email@example.com.


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A pastry bag and large rosette tip are optional for the whipped cream topping, which can also be spooned over the trifle.
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- Makes 12 servings
- Cinnamon pastry cream
- 6 large egg yolks
- 2 cups whole milk
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup cake flour
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- Pumpkin-Caramel Sauce
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup canned pure pumpkin
- Roasted Fruit
- 3 large Fuji apples, peeled, cored, cut into 1/2-inch cubes (about 4 cups)
- 3 Bosc pears, peeled, cored, cut into 1/2-inch cubes (about 3 cups)
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- Assembly
- 3 1/2 dozen (about) soft ladyfingers
- 1/3 cup dry Sherry
- 2 cups chilled whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 8 1/8-inch-thick slices Bosc pear
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- For cinnamon pastry cream:
- Whisk yolks and 1/2 cup milk in large bowl. Add sugar, flour, vanilla, and cinnamon. Whisk until sugar dissolves. Bring 1 1/2 cups milk to simmer in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat. Gradually whisk milk into yolk mixture. Return mixture to same saucepan. Cook until custard thickens and boils, stirring constantly, about 2 minutes. Transfer to medium bowl. Add butter and stir until melted. Press plastic wrap directly onto surface. Chill until cold, about 2 hours. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Keep chilled.)
- For pumpkin-caramel sauce:
- Melt butter in heavy small saucepan over medium heat. Add sugar and cook until mixture is deep amber, stirring constantly, about 8 minutes (mixture will be grainy). Reduce heat to medium-low. Add cream (mixture will bubble). Stir until caramel bits dissolve, about 2 minutes. Add pumpkin; stir until heated. Refrigerate until cold, about 2 hours. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and keep refrigerated.)
- For roasted fruit:
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Mix apples, pears, and lemon juice in large bowl. Place butter on rimmed baking sheet. Heat in oven until butter melts and begins to brown, about 5 minutes. Add fruit to baking sheet and toss with butter. Roast until fruit is soft and golden, turning with metal spatula every 15 minutes, about 1 hour. Cool fruit on sheet.
- For assembly:
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Next step? Navy MQ-8C Fire Scout goes aboard destroyers
The Navy's next-generation helicopter drone took its first flight on Thursday, a milestone for the San Diego-based Northrop Grumman program.
The production model MQ-8C Fire Scout took off from Point Mugu in Ventura County and flew for seven minutes to verify that its autonomous control system works. A second 9-minute flight followed and reached 500 feet of altitude.
This Fire Scout is the "Charlie" version, which follows the smaller "Bravo" variant that has been deployed seven times aboard U.S. frigates and used for information-gathering in Afghanistan since 2011.
The newer style is designed to fly twice as long with three times the carrying capacity. That should allow at least 15 hours of flight time and over 2,600 lbs of payload, according to Northrop Grumman.
Traditional manned helicopters can usually fly for three to four hours before needing more gas.
In the future, the Navy intends to deploy the "Charlie" version aboard destroyers and littoral ships to allow skippers to "see" much farther over the horizon thanks to the drone's cameras.
The Navy issued an urgent request for an unmanned drone that could fly at extended distances from ships. This first flight of the MQ-8C comes 18 months after the contract was awarded to Northrop Grumman.
Northrop took a commercial Bell 407 helicopter and added fuel capability, upgraded the engines and improved the reliability. Otherwise, the next-generation drone uses the majority of the electronic guts developed for the Bravo version.
Now the MQ-8C will enter testing before being ready for deployment at sea, which is expected to be in the middle of 2014, a Navy official said. The testing, based at Ventura County Naval Base, will include assessments aboard Navy destroyers.
The Navy has said it plans to buy 28 MQ-8C Fire Scouts. Coronado's North Island Naval Air Station is already gearing up to train pilots to "fly" them.


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The Cuban Tree Frog is an invasive species in southeast USA, competing with smaller native species. Photo: Oksana Hlodan
There are many ways in which the introduction of non-native or exotic species negatively affects our environment and the diversity of life on our planet. The statistics are startling and more attention must be paid to the problem and devising a solution before the cost is more than we can bear.
Compared to other threats to biodiversity, invasive introduced species rank second only to habitat destruction, such as forest clearing.
Of all 1,880 imperiled species in the United States, 49% are endangered because of introduced species alone or because of their impact combined with other forces.
In fact, introduced species are a greater threat to native biodiversity than pollution, harvest, and disease combined.
Further, through damage to agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and other human enterprises, introduced species inflict an enormous economic cost, estimated at $137 billion per year to the U.S. economy alone.
Of course, some introduced species (such as most of our food crops and pets) are beneficial. However, others are very damaging.
Introduced species are not good guests
The greatest impact is caused by introduced species that change an entire habitat, because many native species thrive only in a particular habitat.
When the Asian chestnut blight fungus virtually eliminated American chestnut from over 180 million acres of eastern United States forests in the first half of the 20th century, it was a disaster for many animals that were highly adapted to live in forests dominated by this tree species. For example, ten moth species that could live only on chestnut trees became extinct.
Similarly, the Australian paperbark tree has replaced native plants, such as sawgrass, over 400,000 acres of south Florida, because it has a combination of traits (for example, spongy outer bark and flammable leaves and litter) that increase fire frequency and intensity. Many birds and mammals adapted to the native plant community declined in abundance as paperbark spread.
In similar fashion, aquatic plants such as South American water hyacinth in Texas and Louisiana and marine algae such as Australian Caulerpa in the Mediterranean Sea change vast expanses of habitat by replacing formerly dominant native plants.
The zebra mussel, accidentally brought to the United States from southern Russia, transforms aquatic habitats by filtering prodigious amounts of water (thereby lowering densities of planktonic organisms) and settling in dense masses over vast areas. At least thirty freshwater mussel species are threatened with extinction by the zebra mussel.
Other invaders, though they do not change a habitat, endanger single species or even entire groups of them in various ways:
The predatory brown tree snake, introduced in cargo from the Admiralty Islands, has eliminated ten of the eleven native bird species from the forests of Guam.
The Nile perch, a voracious predator introduced to Lake Victoria as a food fish, has already extinguished over one hundred species of native cichlid fish there.
A parasite can be similarly devastating. The sea lamprey reached the Great Lakes through a series of canals and, in combination with overfishing, led to the extinction of three endemic fishes.
The European parasite that causes whirling disease in fishes, introduced to rainbow trout in a hatchery in Pennsylvania, has now spread to many states and devastated the rainbow trout sport fishery in Montana and Colorado.
Herbivores can wreak great damage. The first sailors to land on the remote Atlantic island of St. Helena in the 16th century introduced goats, which quickly extinguished over half the endemic plant species.
Some impacts of invaders are subtle but nonetheless destructive to native species:
North American gray squirrels are driving native red squirrels to extinction in Great Britain and Italy by foraging for nuts more efficiently than the native species. Such competition for resources is not easy to observe, but the end result is the loss of a native species.
Hybridization, or cross-breeding, of introduced species with natives is an even subtler impact (no lineage goes extinct), but it is insidious because it leads gradually to the extinction of many native species, as their gene pools inevitably evolve to become those of the invader. Introduced mallards, for instance, are driving the native Hawaiian duck to a sort of genetic extinction by breeding with them.
Of 26 animal species that have gone extinct since being listed under the Endangered Species Act, at least three were wholly or partly lost because of hybridization with invaders. One was a fish native to Texas, eliminated by hybridization with introduced mosquito fish.
Rainbow trout introduced widely in the United States as game fish are hybridizing with five species listed under the Endangered Species Act, such as the Gila trout and Apache trout.
The endangered, endemic Hawaiian duck is being lost to hybridization with North American mallards introduced for hunting.
The rarest European duck (the white-headed duck) is threatened by hybridization with the North American ruddy duck, which was originally kept as an amenity in a British game park. The ruddy duck escaped, crossed the English Channel, and spread to Spain, the last stronghold of the white-headed duck.
Often invaders interact with one another to generate a problem where either species alone would be harmless. For example, ornamental fig trees in the Miami area for over a century stayed where planted, in people's yards, because they were sterile. Each fig species requires a particular wasp to pollinate it, and the wasps were absent. About fifteen years ago, the pollinating wasps for three fig species arrived independently in the region, and now these fig species are reproducing. At least one has become invasive, with seedlings and saplings being found many miles from any planted figs. More cases of this phenomenon, termed "invasion meltdown," are likely to arise as more species are introduced and have the opportunity to interact with each other.
Warding off the intruder
Keeping potentially damaging invaders out is the most cost-effective way to deal with introduced species. Targeting common pathways by which invaders reach our shores can slow or stop their entry. Ship ballast water, wooden packing material, and horticultural plants are three prominent pathways for invasion that could all be monitored or treated more rigorously. A species that is introduced despite precautions can sometimes be eradicated, especially if discovered quickly. In the United States, a Giant African snail population was eliminated by a long campaign in Florida, and a federal-state cooperative effort is currently underway in California to attempt to eradicate the recently discovered Caulerpa alga invasion. Even if eradication fails, several technologies often can control invasive species at acceptably low levels. No method is a magic bullet, each can have drawbacks if misused, and each has failed when used against certain invaders, but each also has successes to its credit.
Biological control entails introducing a natural enemy usually from the native range of the introduced pest. For example, prickly pear cactus from the Americas is well controlled on hundreds of thousands of square miles of Australian rangeland by caterpillars of a moth introduced from South America. A disadvantage of biological control is that some agents attack nontarget species, and it is very difficult to remove a troublesome introduced natural enemy once it is established.
Chemical control involves using a pesticide, such as an herbicide or insecticide. Although chemicals can effectively control some species (such as water hyacinth in Florida), they may have nontarget impacts, they are often expensive, and pests can evolve resistance to them.
In mechanical control, hand pulling or various kinds of machinery are employed. For example, volunteer convict labor is used in Florida to cut paperbark trees and in Kentucky to rip out Eurasian musk thistle. However, some invaders cannot be easily found for mechanical removal or occupy a habitat (for example, the marine benthos) that is not readily accessible.
The newest technology for managing invaders is ecosystem management, in which the entire ecosystem is subject to a regular treatment (such as a simulated natural fire regime) that tends to favor adapted native species over most exotic invaders. Because it is so new, the specific ways in which ecosystem management can be employed must be determined in each type of habitat.
Addressing the problem
The numbers of introduced species are growing in the United States and elsewhere because of increased trade and travel, but the situation is not hopeless.
- Internationally, the Rio Convention of Biological Diversity (1992) recognized the threat and called for action to limit it.
- A Global Invasive Species Program, formed by the United Nations and other international organizations, is beginning to answer this call with a series of programs designed to deal with particular sorts of introduced species.
In the United States, a Presidential Executive Order in 1999 called for the formation of a Federal Invasive Species Council to render the federal response to introduced species more effective, and to foster cooperation among federal agencies, state agencies, and other stakeholders such as conservation organizations and private landowners. The Council has formulated a Management Plan that includes many activities to slow the influx of invasive introduced species and to deal with them more effectively once they are present.
If all these policies (or global measures) and weapons are used in the battle against invaders, there is every reason to think that most native species and ecosystems can be protected against this threat. If our interest or support falters, the current wave of invaders will surely become a flood, leading to massive habitat change and extinction as much of the earth undergoes a massive biotic homogenization.
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Trade Reform and Regional Integration in Africa
- 1 Opening Address
- 2 Trade Reforms and Regional Integration—An Overview
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- 3 Trade Liberalization
- 4 Trade Liberalization in Sub-Saharan Africa
- 5 The Revenue Implications of Trade Liberalization
- 6 Globalization: Implications for Africa
- 7 Why Is Trade Reform So Difficult in Africa?
- 8 Africa's Role in Multilateral Trade Negotiations: Past and Future
- 9 Trade and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
- 10 Africa: Industrialization Strategy In the Context of Globalization
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- 11 Regional Integration: Lessons from Asia and the Western Hemisphere
- 12 Trade Policy and Regional Integration in Sub-Saharan Africa
- 13 Beyond Trade: Regional Arrangements as a Window on Globalization
- 14 Regional Integration, Trade, and Foreign Direct Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa
- 15 Sub-Saharan African Experiences with Regional Integration
- 16 Regional Integration Arrangements in Southern Africa: SADC and SACU
- 17 Regional Trade Arrangements: The COMESA Experience
- 18 The Role of ECOWAS in Trade Liberalization
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After being the first Atlantic Sun Conference school to produce on-campus productions for ESPN3 in 2012-13, the Lipscomb video production team is set to again be a leader in 2013-14 with two dozen basketball games set to air live from Allen Arena this season.
Both the men's and women's basketball teams will be featured on 15 ESPN3 telecasts in all as Florida Gulf Coast and Kennesaw State will debut their on-campus productions this season as part of the A-Sun' s partnership with ESPN.
The broadcast slate featuring all 12 home games for Lipscomb kicks off on Nov. 8 as the Bisons host rival Belmont in the 133rd installment of the "Battle of the Boulevard". The Lady Bisons regular season slate starts on Nov. 10 against Morehead State that will also start the broadcast season.
Along with the 15 contests on ESPN3, the Bisons are set to be featured in three additional linear broadcasts beginning with the Nov. 29 contest at Big East foe Georgetown that airs on Fox Sports Net from Washington, D.C. Both contests against Northern Kentucky will air on CSS as part of the A-Sun's "Friday Night Game of the Week" package.
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I've written stories about fishing rope, so when I saw a photo this morning on the New York Times website of a woman sitting on a pile of it, I figured I should read the article that went with it.
My hunch was right.
Turns out, the woman profiled in the piece is an artist who gets large quantities of her preferred medium from the Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation, which for years collected tons of old float rope from fishermen who, due to federal laws that mandate protections for endangered whales, can no longer use it. Rope designed to float in the water column is believed to pose a hazard to diving whales, so federal regulators require fishermen who use gear beyond a certain distance from shore to use ground lines that sink to the bottom between traps that are set in a line with buoys at the end.
The NYTimes article says that, for the past two years, the artist and her assistants "have spent almost every day in her studio cleaning lobster claws and fish bones out of the rope and crocheting it into the chunky scarflike strips, some 150 feet long, that she used as building blocks."
I know very little about the prevailing economics of the modern art world, but given the scale she works at and the attention she is getting for her work, I'd bet a wealthy collector or institution would be willing to pay a seven-figure sum for one of her major pieces. If that were to happen, I wonder what Maine lobstermen would think of artwork made from something they had to sell for a song (50 cents a pound, according to this AP story) fetching that kind of price?
Another online item about art made from material pulled from the Gulf of Maine also caught my eye this week.
Last summer, the BDN had two stories in a span of a few weeks about leatherback turtles spotted floating in the waters off Mount Desert Island – one about an entangled turtle freed by the Coast Guard and the other about a dead turtle found off Schoodic Point. Officials said they were not sure if it was the same leatherback turtle in each instance.
Turns out, a necropsy later performed by Allied Whale on the dead turtle revealed that it had a "cache of plastic" in its stomach, according to a release from College of the Atlantic. The discovery made an impression with COA senior Phinn Onens who decided to try to spread the word about the hazards of plastic pollution in the ocean through an art project. He collected plastic items he found on the shore of MDI and pieced them together into a sculpture now on display at the college.
I am familiar enough with art to know that undergraduate student works rarely sell for more than a few hundred bucks (and are out of my price range as a result). But with Onens' piece, the kind of price it represents may end up being more about the environment than about art world economics.