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Federal agents and local law enforcement agencies in Maryland and across the country have arrested more than 250 men and a handful of women in a month-long operation targeting "child predators" who are part of a "disturbing trend" of adults connecting with children online and then abusing them, federal officials announced Monday.
Five of those arrested were from Maryland, including Christopher Barnes, 53, who law enforcement officials said lives in Anne Arundel County and was arrested in Rockville on June 20 after allegedly arranging to meet who he believed was a 13-year-old girl for sex. State court records give Barnes' address as being in the 2400 block of Boston Street in Baltimore.
Officials did not specifically name any other alleged Maryland offenders.
Through their efforts, known as Operation iGuardian, officials said they also identified 61 child victims of abuse, from rape and molestation to the production and distribution of child pornography. Six of them were identified in Maryland.
The operation, spearheaded by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations unit and Internet Crimes Against Children task forces, involved agencies across the United States and occurred between May 28 and June 30.
"Protecting our youth in the digital age requires all of us to be on the lookout for child predators abusing and extorting victims online," said ICE Director John Morton in a statement. "Children and parents need to understand that not everyone online is who they say they are. Child abusers prowl social media looking for opportunities to force young people into sexual exploitation through guile, deceit, and extortion. We want children to know that it's wrong for any adult to solicit or pressure them for sex and that the law is on their side."
The extent of the crimes identified through the operation was broad, officials said.
Investigators "encountered various child predators chatting online with minors about sexual topics, sending them obscene images, encouraging them to produce nude or sexual photos and videos, and attempting to meet them in person to engage in sexual activity," officials said. "In some cases, child predators are also sexually extorting or 'sextorting' the minors into producing additional and increasingly graphic images and videos."
A total of 251 men and four women were arrested, on charges from rape and molestation to the production, distribution or possession of child pornography.
Of the 61 victims, 24 between the ages of seven and 17 were sexually exploited online. The majority of victims were between the ages of 13 and 15, but at least four were under the age of three, officials said. Forty-two were girls, 19 boys.
Maryland State Police Superintendent Col. Marcus L. Brown said his agency's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force has made 526 arrests of people victimizing children since 2000, and the recent effort has assisted their efforts to continue identifying predators.


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Two police officers killed in Tameside attack as Dale Cregan arrested
Two female police officers have died during a "routine call-out" which led to the arrest of a man wanted by Greater Manchester Police.
Police said both unarmed officers suffered fatal injuries during the incident in Hattersley, Tameside.
A witness at the scene in Abbey Gardens reported hearing 13 gunshots and an explosion.
Dale Cregan, 29, has been arrested in connection with the officers' deaths and two previous murders.
He was arrested when he walked into Hyde police station a short time after the incident.
A bomb disposal team remain at the scene.
Dale Cregan, 29, has been arrested
The witness, a window cleaner who worked in the area, said the property the officers were called to had been unoccupied for some months.
Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan said it was "a tragic day" for Greater Manchester Police.
"A long and dark shadow has been cast across Greater Manchester and my thoughts are with the officers' families, friends and colleagues.
"We will be doing everything we can to support them over the coming days and weeks."
The BBC's North of England reporter Danny Savage said he had spoken to an eyewitness who said they saw a police car outside shortly after 10:15 BST.
'Bang, bang, bang'
"After that car had drawn up it seems that the two unarmed police officers inside the car went into the property which had stood empty for some months," he said.
"Whilst they were inside around a dozen shots were fired and there was an explosion."
He added: "There were gunshots fired, possibly a hand grenade as well - that appears to be the suggestions at the moment.
"Those police officers didn't come out of the house again, the police car was left outside with its lights flashing but empty. Emergency services and colleagues were soon here offering assistance."
Home Secretary Theresa May said: "This is a deeply shocking incident and a terrible reminder of the risks that police officers face every day to keep our communities safe."
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said it was "deeply distressing news [and] a painful demonstration of how police officers put themselves in harm's way every day to protect the public".
Witness Warren Sheppard was up a ladder cleaning the windows of a house nearby when the shooting happened.
He said: "I heard about 10 shots quite close, bang, bang, bang, like that. I knew they were gunshots because sometimes there is clay pigeon shooting in the fields.
"I heard a big explosion about 10 seconds after the shots. I got off the ladder, walked round, saw an empty police car.
"A car went speeding past to the main road."
The police flag at Greater Manchester Police headquarters has been lowered to half mast.
- 1984 - PC Yvonne Fletcher. Shot while policing a protest against the Gaddafi regime at the Libyan embassy in London in 1984 and later died
- 1994 - PC Lewis Fulton. Knifed while responding to a 999 call in Glasgow
- 1997 - PC Nina Mackay. Stabbed to death in Stratford, east London
- 1999 - PC Raja Ahmed. Killed by car thief in Manchester
- 2001 - PC Alison Armitage. Run over by a car thief in Oldham, Greater Manchester
- 2003 - PC Stephen Oake. Died of stab wounds during an anti-terror raid in Manchester
- 2003 - PC Ian Broadhurst. Shot after stopping a motorist in Leeds on Boxing Day
- 2005 - PC Sharon Beshenivsky. Shot during a robbery at a travel agents in Bradford, West Yorkshire, in November. She was the first female officer in 20 years to be shot dead by a criminal in England and Wales.
President of the Association of Chief Police Officers, Sir Hugh Orde, said the deaths of the two officers were "deeply sad news for the police service".
"Whenever police officers and staff lose a colleague that loss is felt right across the police family," he said.
"The thoughts of everyone in policing are with colleagues in Greater Manchester Police, family and friends of the two officers at this time."
ACC Shewan said Mr Cregan had also been arrested on suspicion of two counts of murder in relation to the investigations into the murders of David Short and Mark Short.
David Short was killed in a gun and grenade attack in Clayton on 10 August.
His son, Mark Short, was killed in a pub shooting at the Cotton Tree Pub in Droylsden in May.


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We breed and rear our rare breed saddleback pigs outdoors where they are free to range across the grassland fields in small family groups.
This means our pigs live happier lives in a more natural and traditional manner than intensively farmed pigs. They are fed a natural diet which is free from additives. Saddleback's are a hardy breed that thrive outdoors, they are full of character and are good mothers with an excellent temperament.
Saddleback pork has distinctive qualities; it is succulent, flavoursome and with crackling to die for. Compared with ultra-lean supermarket pork it offers a much meatier and fuller taste due to the extra fat of the breed. The fat is necessary to baste the meat while it cooks to give flavour and succulence naturally produced pork has also been shown to carry health-benefiting Omega-3 fatty acids.
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We want to make it as easy as possible for you to purchase ethical produce and have it delivered to your door.
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You can then cook with our rare breed, outdoor free range pork and make your favourite recipe.
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- Dry cured by hand with organic salt and sugar
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Saddlebacks were one of Britain's mainstream breeds up to the 1970s, however the growth of supermarkets which demanded ultra-lean white pigs from the intensive producers led to a fall in numbers to the point when, in 1979, the breed was recognised by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) as a rare breed.
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Hi! I haven't been blogging recently but you can still follow me on instagram, see my professional portfolio here, buy posters here and see all of my recent publications right here!
Where to Find MeOctober 2nd, 2015
new york times t magazine storiesAugust 6th, 2014
I've been collaborating with Alissa Walker for the last year and a half on a bunch of stories about LA people/places for the New York Times T Magazine. It's fun discovering new things about this city and also celebrating its history. I also just really love working with Alissa on our pitches and things we're noticing. We have a lot of fun together. I've also been assigned a couple of stories on my own. Here are some recent stories we've collaborated on and a couple I just shot:
The opening of Night Market Song in Silver Lake. The east side finally got some fiery authentic (sometimes weird) thai food. Alissa and I got to go and taste everything for research and it was amazing. it's a local favorite now:
See more photos and Alissa's whole article here.
A place in my neighborhood that I just adore, Ouli. It's a tiny shop in Echo Park run by the sweetest most design savvy people and I love seeing them thrive.
Read Alissa's article about Ouli here.
The revamping of the San Vicente Bungalows. Jeff Klein, the hotelier behind the Sunset Tower in Hollywood, has bought the old bungalows and has grand plans for revamping this oasis in the middle of the city.
See more images and read the full article here.
Lombardi House, a recently redone Victorian house in the heart of Hollywood is now a great event space along with a place to stay:
See Alissa's full article here.
hello againAugust 6th, 2014
This year has been epic. Which is one way of explaining why I haven't updated this place for a while. My business has taken off, I'm shooting all the time, I'm having to say no to jobs, something I thought would never happen. I'm so grateful. I'm getting to travel, I'm working with really talented people, I have a rep! And also I am tired. And in the throes of expanding my business and figuring out what I want the next chapter to look like.
I just got back from a trip down to my dad's house in baja. The trip helped me slow down and pull focus on what makes me feel good, not just what makes me efficient. And I miss sharing bits about my life here. So many of you have been with me since I was only a blogger, when I booked my first New York Times job and then when I started really making a living as a photographer.
This is also the only place (well, besides instagram) that I have total control over my images and have the freedom to share outtakes, fun moments, mistakes etc. It's also a place where I can rest for a second and be thoughtful. So I'm going to post a little more often. I want to share some of the things I've done this year: places I've gone, things I've shot. I'm proud of how far I've come and want to make sure I acknowledge that journey for myself instead of getting wrapped up too badly in the day to day anxieties and unknowns.
But if you don't hear from me, you can always check my instagram feed.
madewell event : come say hiApril 24th, 2014
LA Friends! Come hang out with me this thursday May 1st from 6-8 at the Madewell at the Americana. We'll be celebrating the new Spring looks with drinks, treats and tunes by my own Jeff. Stop by and say hi, I'll help you pick some new looks out and also we can just hang out. Special bonus: if you spend $125 or more you get 20% off plus the first 15 people that spend will get one of my posters to take home! Hope to see you there!
(Also p.s. I just changed my social media from @ljoliet to my full name @laurejoliet. It should all happen automatically if you already follow me, but just in case this is a heads up.)
guest artist color printsJanuary 28th, 2014
You can still find giant black and white posters of my work in my shop but now, for a limited time you can also buy one of 2 GIANT COLOR posters over in Debbie Carlo's shop. Debbie is a hero of mine so this is a big deal for me. Get all the details over in her shop. (There's a deal if you buy both, FYI).
new work: kelly lamb studios for remodelistaJanuary 26th, 2014
Had an amazing day discovering this hidden gem in silver lake. Stay tuned for more pictures of the studio. For now hop on over to remodelista for a tour through ceramicist Kelly Lamb's beautiful home.
the year in bensimonsJanuary 7th, 2014
A little nod to my favorite shoe and big part of my shoot uniform, the slip on bensimon. I've worn them since I was a little girl and recently they've taken me all over the place. Some of the spots we've gone together (all from my instagram): San Francisco, Mexico, Hawaii, Boston, New York, the desert, Vegas, Portland, Paris, Provence, on my daily walks and all over LA. (Follow me on instagram!) Here's to more travel for everyone in 2014.
And for good measure, a couple of candids of yours truly thanks to Michelle Pullman.
p.s. Me on the left with my cousins climbing the gate of a medieval castle in france, bensimons in place.
If you're in paris, buy bensimons at Autour du Monde, otherwise in LA you can find them at Poketo and Individual Medley and online at Madewell. Also, totally wasn't paid for this.
san francisco, brieflyNovember 16th, 2013
hawaii, brieflyNovember 14th, 2013
Epic travel recently including a 36 hour trip to honolulu. I was up before the sun both days and it was so quiet and full of magic. I tried to soak up every second of it. Find me on instagram to see this all unfold in real time. @ljoliet.


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2009-2010: NEISA Coed Sailors of the Week with Thomas Barrows 9/13/09, 10/6/09 and 3/22/10…Sailed on Ivy Championship winning team…First Team All-New England Crew…All-American.
2008-2009: Won A division with Thomas Barrows at Coed nationals…Part of winning team at the Ivy Championship Regatta…Sailed at the 2009 ICSA National Championships on second-place Co-ed Dinghy team and fourth-place team racing team…NEISA Coed Sailors of the Week with Thomas Barrows 3/8/09.
2007-2008: Sailed in eight regattas for the Bulldogs in both co-ed and women's events.
Before Yale: Member of the 2007 National Doublehanded High School Sailing Championship (Mallory) Team from Newport Harbor High School…Took second place at 2007 Baker Trophy Team Race Nationals…Won four varsity letters in sailing and was captain her senior year… Also ran cross country for three years… 2005 Bemis National Champion in the Club 420 and took second place at FJ Nationals…Four-year Academic Letter winner and Valedictorian Scholar in 2007.
Residential College: Saybrook
Major: English
Activities at Yale: Bulldog Buddies, Theta
Favorite Food: Mexican, ice cream, and sushi
Hobbies: Running, skiing and snowboarding, yoga, cooking, travel
Favorite thing about Yale: "The team and all the tradition that Yale has"
Favorite thing about sailing for Yale: "Practicing out at our boathouse YCYC and wearing my dry suit everyday"


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People say that if the world came to an end, the only survivors would be cockroaches. Is that possible?
"No," said Alvaro Romero, New Mexico State University's professor of urban entomology. "It is just a myth even though cockroaches can withstand 10 times more radiation than humans in case of a nuclear attack."
Romero has been researching the biology, sexuality and behavior of cockroaches for two years, mainly studying the Turkestan cockroach, which is the most prevalent cockroach southern New Mexico.
Urban entomologists, including Coby Schal, Ph.D., considered the main authority in cockroach research, have been able to find interesting facts.
Myth 1: All cockroaches are pests. False. Only 1 percent of all cockroach species invades homes or buildings and can be a danger to humans.
Myth 2: Cockroaches cause allergies. True. Cockroaches produce proteins in their bodies that can be in the air, including skins, cuticles and feces, and cause allergies to humans. "It has been demonstrated that it may cause asthma in some people," Romero said. In fact, 30 million in the U.S. are allergic to cockroaches.
Myth 3: Cockroaches can transmit diseases. True. They eat everything and they can be everywhere, so they are in constant contact with contaminated material, including feces, which can contaminate food, for example, by walking or defecating on it. Some cockroaches also invade barns and can contaminate animal food. "They can be what we call, mechanical vectors, which means that they carry pathogens in their bodies, contaminating food and food preparation surfaces," Romero said.
Myth 4: Cockroaches only invade dirty houses. False. "You can be the cleanest person and still suffer an infestation from peridomestic cockroaches," Romero said. "We live in communities, and we have neighbors, so they will find a way to come into a house, especially through cracks or crevices or even through your bathtub."
Myth 5: Cockroaches are most likely to invade a home during the winter. True. Like other insects, cockroaches hibernate during the winter, and because houses provide a perfect, artificial environment, there is a greater possibility that they will infest during the winter.
Myth 6: Cockroaches reproduce faster in the summer. True. Cockroaches reproduce less during the winter because of the lower temperatures. "The explosion of Turkestan cockroaches, is in the summer," Romero said. "That's because there is more food available for them during this time, so they reproduce more." Romero catches cockroaches in sticky traps as part of his research, and said the amount of cockroaches he traps significantly lowers once it gets cold.
Myth 7: Larger cockroaches are more dangerous than smaller ones. False. Size does not necessarily play a factor in how dangerous a cockroach could be. "There are some cockroaches like the Madagascar hissing cockroach, which people use as pets," Romero said. "It is huge, but they make nice pets."
Myth 8: All cockroaches thrive in urban areas. False. Not all cockroaches are nasty, invasive pests. Most cockroaches do not live in urban areas. "Many of cockroaches are part of the food chain. For example, in North Carolina if one species of cockroach disappears, a regional woodpecker would be endangered. That's because they are the main part of their diet," Romero said.
Myth 9: All cockroaches fly. False. Some species do not fly. "In some species prevalent in New Mexico, for example, only the male has wings," Romero said. "And, some have wings but they don't fly, like a bird per se. What they are really doing is using their wings to jump."
Myth 10: All cockroaches are nocturnal. False. Pest cockroaches are mainly nocturnal, but most forest cockroaches are active during the day, as stated by Schal.
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The many faces of horizontal vacuum-belt filters
More ultrapure, corrosive and hazardous chemical processes are specifying HVBFs
Enclosed and capable of continuous operation, horizontal vacuum-belt filters (HVBFs) are being used in a wide variety of liquid-solid separations, in applications ranging from basic chemical processes to the manufacture of ultrapure pharmaceuticals. Attracting users are the facts that the filters are easy to clean, and that they allow multiple washing stages to be handled by a single filter, reducing equipment needs.
- Fume-tight, running at atmospheric pressure with a normal air atmosphere;
- Gas-tight, running at atmospheric pressure with an inert atmosphere; or
- Pressure-Tight, running at elevated pressures with either an air or an inert atmosphere.
Fume-tight operationIn fume-tight mode, as shown in Fig. 1, an HVBF operates within its housing at near-atmospheric levels, using air as the housing atmosphere. When preventing contamination of the process is the key goal, the filter can run at a slight overpressure, as shown in Fig. 2. Any leakage will flow outside the filter, protecting the integrity of the process ingredients. When plant personnel need an extra measure of protection, the filter can run at a slight underpressure, ensuring that any leakage will flow into the filter (Fig. 3).
Figure 1. Fume-tight Operation for Pharmaceuticals
The HVBF shown here operates in fume-tight mode. Hot air is drawn through the filter cake to dry it. This installation produces a citrus peel extract that has pharmaceutical applications. Since high levels of cleanliness are required, air is used in a closed-loop recirculation system.
Figure 2. Overpressure Prevents Contamination
The HVBF shown here is operating in fume-tight mode with overpressure. The unit produces an artificial sweetener, so strict standards of cleanliness are required. The overpressure ensures that product is not contaminated by outside sources.
Figure 3. Underpressure Protects Workers and Equipment
Designed to operate in corrosive environments, this HVBF is used in fume-tight mode with underpressure. Note the inlet air filter on unit's roof. The filter also features polycarbonate or polymethyl methacrylate openings that serve as windows and access points for inspection and maintenance.
The fume-tight operating mode allows only a very small amount of in- or out-leakage at the housing seals, because the differential pressure across the housing is so small. It is still necessary, however, to draw air into the enclosure, since air is drawn through the filter cake by the vacuum source. This air can either be recycled via the vacuum pump discharge or drawn into the housing via a filter element, or both approaches can be combined.
For filters operating with slight overpressure in sanitary or pharmaceutical processes, any air coming into the housing from a source other than the vacuum pump loop is clean air that enters via a supply duct.
Clean sceneSanitary operation is achieved by building the filter to the requisite level of internal surface finish, and providing comprehensive clean-in-place (CIP) capability within the housing. The CIP system cleans both the vacuum filter and all surfaces within the enclosure. All internal surfaces, including nozzles, window openings and mounting brackets, must be designed to be self cleaning if the filter is to pass muster for ultrapure pharmaceutical applications.
Since the fume-tight filter mode works with an air atmosphere, doors or entry points can be built into the housing to allow for easy access.
Standing up to corrosionFor corrosive processes, the trend has been to fabricate the filter and housing from nonmetallic materials whenever possible. Typically, the HVBF filter housing is made from fiberglass-reinforced plastic (FRP), while internals can be a combination of FRP and such polymers as polypropylene and high-density polyethylene. The few internal metallic components necessary for successful operation of the filter are usually made of Hastelloy, Titanium, coated stainless steel or other materials appropriate for the given application.
As with all enclosed filters, those components that require the most maintenance, including filter drives, bearings, valves and actuators, should be placed outside the filter housing. Not only does this placement eliminate potential corrosion, but it minimizes the need for operators to access the inside of the housing.
Gas-tight operationGas-tight mode primarily is used for solvent applications, but also can be used with an inert atmosphere in potentially explosive or hazardous situations where absolutely no vapor can be emitted from the filter. To achieve the inert atmosphere, the filter is set up as a closed loop, together with the ancillary equipment and the vacuum source, with the inert atmosphere fully contained within the loop.
All seals on the filter, windows, shafts and other components are designed to withhold the internal pressure -- still close to atmospheric -- inside the housing. A small amount of inert gas exits the filter with the cake, but a pressure-control device ensures that the correct level of makeup gas is introduced into the housing to compensate.
More than one recirculation loop may be used for thermal drying, or in cases in which the process requires a different solvent for cake washing and the two solvents need to be separated. In the latter case, each loop would have its own vacuum source.
Gas-tight filters are available with the same design options as the fume-tight machines for ultrapure applications and corrosion resistance.
Ultrapure gas-tight operationIn a filter designed for pharmaceutical or ultraclean applications (Fig.4), the housing design must angle all surfaces, including nozzles, windows, window openings, and even the housing floor, so they can self-drain. Additionally, all internal surfaces must be rounded or profiled to prevent dead spots, and finished to industry standards. In addition, a built-in CIP system must cover the entire internal volume of the filter.
Figure 4. Built-in Cleanroom
This modular system features a housing that functions as its own cleanroom, enclosing its own controlled inert atmosphere. Whenever the filter is opened up, the unit starts up again with an automated validation procedure to bring the filter's internal volume back to cleanroom specs.
The HVBF offers another advantage for ultrapure processing: its filter cloth is continuously cleaned once the cake has discharged, eliminating carryover of product from batch to batch. The filter can be run in batch or semi-continuous mode to ensure batch identity, and to facilitate automation of cleaning cycles and other process steps. In addition, cloth wash liquid can be recycled back onto the filter or returned with the fed slurry, making it possible to recover virtually all of the solids. In solvent operations, the cloth wash liquid is typically the solvent being processed, so there is no risk of product contamination.
When gas-tight horizontal belt units are installed in the pharmaceutical industry on final products, a full validation protocol for the equipment is required.
HVBFs Run Rings Around Centrifuges
Gas-tight HVBFs have displaced centrifuges in carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) production. The components and steps required for both are outlined here. CMC is processed in alcohol/water solvent ," water washes out the salt, while alcohol prevents the cellulose from gelling ," and involves 3-7 countercurrent washing steps. With HVBF, all washing can be accomplished in one filter.
Ease of cleaning is critical
As with all sanitary equipment, the primary concern in building a belt filter is ease of cleaning. Designs must address the most obvious areas such as polished surfaces, and rounded corners, and must eliminate all dead spots. Angled nozzles and window openings, filter trays and filter housings must all be made to be self-draining.
When it is time to clean the filter, the cloth wash system can be combined with the slurry feed system and the cake wash boxes for filter tray and filter cloth cleaning. If a 360 nozzle CIP system also is added, cleaning can be extremely thorough and achieved in a relatively short time.
Pressure-tight operationHVBFs also have been designed to withstand high pressures, for example, in processes with solvents that would otherwise be in the vapor phase. In addition, filtration systems have been developed for processes that run at high temperatures, with too high a solvent vapor pressure for conventional filtration. In these situations, selective separation can be achieved by keeping certain products in solution with the right combination of solvent, temperature and pressure.
Still, the HVBF separation process only uses the equivalent of vacuum (maximum 1 atmosphere) as the differential pressure across the filter. The filter's operating principle is identical to that of a conventional atmospheric filter, except that it takes place at an elevated pressure.
To date, filters have been built and installed with design pressures for the housing up to 225 psig and temperatures to 250°C (482°F).
Pressure filters also can be operated with air or nitrogen atmospheres, and aqueous or non-aqueous processes can be handled as well. As with the gas-tight design, the pressure-tight filter can be built to sanitary conditions for final product pharmaceuticals.
From supersize to modularThe largest pressure filters built to date, each roughly 28 m2 in area, have been installed at a monomer plant in the Far East. Each filter has a housing design pressure of 225 psig and design temperature of 250°C, with operating conditions around 150 psig and 200C. The filters carry out filtration and cake washing at elevated pressure, enabling removal of impurities that would remain in the filtrate if washing occurred at atmospheric pressure.
On the other extreme, the HVBF filter lends itself to compact modular designs and packaging, especially since gas-tight and pressure-tight systems are installed as closed loops. Filtrate receivers, pumps and vacuum pumps can be packaged on one skid, combined with the filter and support structures and access platforms.
Brian Mawson is the vice president of Pannevis Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Royal Pannevis of the Netherlands.
In addition, the filters can wash in either co-current or countercurrent mode, and can incorporate compression and/or thermal drying features, to recover drier solids. In some chemical processing applications, the filters are replacing such traditional separation equipment as centrifuges, Nutsche and pressure filters.
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I am interested in what everyone may think the impact of martial arts on education is.
Historically we have seen martial arts impact men in positive ways like Miyamoto Musashi, Jigoro Kano, Gichin Funakoshi,
Chuck Norris, and even our own George Mattson.
Many of these men (myself included) were troubled youths and impacted in some way by martial arts training.
But what is it?
Why does it have this impact on people?
There really is no wrong answer to the question.
Is there something about the way that the training has to happen that trickles down into other areas of learning or goal setting?
Please share your thoughts on it. I don't think the question has ever been asked before.


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Tonight, the Knicks will take on the lowly Cleveland Cavaliers. The game is a must-win if they want to try and obtain the 6th seed in the playoffs. The Knicks dropped 1 of the 3 games played against the Cavaliers, but it was back when Iman Shumpert was the starting point guard. One comforting thing for the Knicks is how brutally terrible the Cavs have been lately, losing their last 2 games by a combined 55 POINTS.
Here's what to watch for:
- STAT IS BACK! Amare Stoudemire told Yahoo Sports that he will indeed be returning for the game against the Cavs tonight. It will be very interesting to see how he plays and if he and Carmelo can coexist successfully. It will also be interesting to see how it impacts the rest of the team. It would also be refreshing to see STAT display at least a small amount of that explosiveness he was known for in Phoenix. With STAT coming back from a back injury, however, that might not be something we see right off the bat. One thing we all know for sure, Amare Stoudemire will NOT be coming off the bench like many Knicks fans and NBA analysts have suggested.
- Will Carmelo Anthony continue on this tear he has been on so far this month, in which he has averaged 32.2 ppg? Judging by the competition, Melo should not have the least bit of trouble continuing his stellar play. This partially depends on how well he and Amare can coexist. I see Melo lighting up the Dan Gilbert Arena and scoring a ton of points unless its a blowout and Woodson chooses to sit Melo for a large portion of the game.
- Tyson Chandler should have an absolute field day. It looks like Anderson Varejao will not be brought back by the Cavs the season while recovering from a fractured wrist. This means the Cavs will have to continue playing small which will lead to Chandler being matched up with 6'8″ Tristan Thompson. This matchup will obviously give Chandler a distinct rebounding advantage. Also, I expect Tyson Chandler to continue scoring like he has been, while maintaining his astronomical FG percentage. It is likely he will finish the season with the highest FG percentage since some guy named Wilt Chamberlain.
- One unknown is whether Baron Davis got over his stomach issues that kept him out of the game against the Nets. Also, even if he can go, will he start? The Cryptkeeper, Mike Bibby, honestly held his own and can be counted on to screw up a whole lot less than Baron Davis. It will be interesting to see how Mike Woodson handles this point guard situation.
- Jr Smith is really the biggest x-factor in the NBA. He can win games for you as well as lose them with is often-atrocious shot-selection. It'd be nice to see the Knicks get JR some spot up looks instead of him trying to iso every time he gets the ball since he misses these iso shots far more often than he makes them.


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The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled in July that courts could not legally enforce the tenure contracts of two professors who had been dismissed from Lexington Theological Seminary when the school's endowment dropped. The court ruled that a seminary is a religious institution and invoked the ministerial exception, which prohibits courts from interfering in religious personnel decisions.
"The state should not interfere in the decisions that a religious body makes about who will educate its leaders. However, though tenure may be a legal rope-of-sand in the courts, it continues to have important moral weight in seminaries."
Daniel Aleshire, executive director, Association of Theological Schools
"Tenure allows for greater academic freedom and it keeps especially talented faculty members tethered to the institution, which is good long-term for the seminary. But that academic freedom, like tenure anywhere, can be bounded according to a confession or a statement of faith."
Owen Strachan, professor, Boyce College
"At Southern, tenure is a commitment to the faculty member that the institution would like to make a lifelong investment in him or her, not an escape from doctrinal or performance accountability. There are clear guidelines for remediation or removal if necessary."
Russell Moore, dean, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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If you thought Hall Street was congested every weekday when parents were dropping off their kids at O'Loughlin Elementary School, wait until this school year begins. The most popular drop-off location has been closed.
Since O'Loughlin first opened its doors in 1990, parents have used Thomas More Prep-Marian Junior-Senior High School's Victory Road before and after school. The road, which runs along the north side of the O'Loughlin building, recently was closed because of disrepair. Parents attempting to access it will find barricades blocking their way.
"We just don't have money to go back in and fix it," said Randy Walker, the former parish school board president who signed the letter informing O'Loughlin Principal Nancy Harman of the change.
At Monday's meeting of the USD 489 Board of Education, members were presented various options. They include anything from building a road parallel to Victory Road and curving it behind the school along the playground to connect with 13th Street, paving an area southwest of the O'Loughlin cafeteria for parking and adding access to 13th Street, building an access road to 13th Street with an outlet to 12th Street, to negotiating with TMP-Marian to keep the road open and help with the cost of repairs.
No matter the option taken, staff suggested the work would not be complete in time for the first day of school Aug. 15. As a result, many students would be dropped off and picked up at Hays Middle School and be shuttled back and forth.
The BOE went with the option of building a road connecting with 13th Street and has an extension onto 12th. The board also moved to have talks with TMP about using Victory Road until the new one is complete.
"All of the other options ... people had to enter and leave on Hall Street," said Superintendent Will Roth. "This gives us an access to 12th Street to help take some of the load off. It also directs traffic to 13th Street where there is a (stop) light."
Sounds good. Except wouldn't it be a lot less expensive to fix a road rather than build a new one? The letter from TMP stated the road was closing because of its deterioration and they didn't have a remedy.
Last week, Deputy Superintendent Richard Cain suggested staff was expecting to hear from the private school about somehow sharing costs on the repair job. That call never happened. Equally confounding is that no call was made to TMP, either. It strikes us that would have been an easy discussion to have.
Offering to pay the entire cost of repair wasn't an option offered from staff. As there were no specific estimates with any of their options, it's difficult to assess why paying for resurfacing Victory Road wasn't considered.
We would encourage board President Greg Schwartz and Vice President Darren Schumacher to pursue this solution when they sit down to plea for using Victory Road when school opens. We can't imagine TMP turning down such an offer, unless funding isn't the real issue.
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Q: Is the artificial butter used on movie-theater popcorn safe to eat? Is butter better?
Q: Is the artificial butter used on movie-theater popcorn safe to eat? Is butter better?
A: Popcorn by itself is an excellent snack. At about 35 calories per cup, air-popped popcorn is a whole grain and offers 1 gram of fiber per cup. But these benefits can be nearly canceled out. A large tub of movie-theater popcorn can ring in at more than 1,100 calories and contain 1,500 milligrams of sodium and 50 grams of saturated fat. That�s before adding more butter flavoring at the condiment stand.The ingredients of artificially flavored popcorn are technically safe, but the real hazard lies in the caloric, fat and sodium content. And using real butter would result in nearly the same caloric content.
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Although I haven't had a big tie bonanza in some time, there was a period of about a month where I found one decent tie every time I ventured into a thrift store. They were often the only good things I found on my adventures (other than some great toddler outfits), but a couple of them filled holes and some others will probably find themselves returned to the wild at some point.
First up is this stack of really varied pieces, from several different makers.
I don't have too many green ties, so the Lands' End on the left definitely fills a void, and while I knew nothing of Pineda Covalin, the Mexican bird motif charmed me (in an Hermes, Ferragamo-esqe way). The construction on it is quality and I can't quite decide whether I should keep it or not. The Polo piece is one that I'm still torn on as well, as I fluctuate between thinking it's bold and something I need to keep while at other times thinking I need to burn it with fire. The far right Lands' End is also a keeper. Lovely summer colors.
Stack of madras and plaid, again from different makers.
After not finding any madras for ages, I ran across three all in just over a weeks time, including the two, old Talbott pieces in the middle. Of these three pieces, my favorite may very well be the really unique "Country Traditionals" plaid cotton tie by Pendleton. It's not madras, but the greens, blues, and reds are really lovely and it's casual in all the right ways.
I've promised myself I will get rid of at least one tie from my collection with every one that I bring in, so this slower uptake makes for easier decisions than finding two handfuls in one swoop.


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John Wornham Penfold is best known for the design of the Penfold letter box and is the only British pillar box designer to have the box itself named after him. Commissioned by the Post Office, the design, hexagonal in shape and adorned with acanthus leaves and balls, was intended to create a national standard for letter boxes.
Some of the original letter boxes are still in use today, 150 years on, and have been listed to give them special protection under the law. Penfolds are also the only letter boxes to have been replicated by the Royal Mail, including one sited outside Penfold's former home in Haslemere.
Although the Penfold design has been replaced, many of the features are still in use – including a variety of different sizes. The Penfold boxes were also the first to be manufactured in red – which remains the standard colour today. The design was also popular abroad and they can be found in India, British Guyana, Australia and New Zealand.
The fame of the name Penfold was added to in the 1990s when a character in the cartoon Dangermouse, his side-kick, was named Penfold as the duo lived in a post box.
Penfold's work was not limited to letter boxes, however. He trained as an architect and surveyor and it was as surveyor to the Goldsmiths' company that he re-designed the Cripplegate area of London after a fire on 19 November 1897. During his time at Goldsmiths' he was also responsible for the modification of the former Naval Training School in New Cross, South London into a technical and recreational institute that is now part of Goldsmiths, University of London.
Born in Haslemere, Surrey, Penfold regularly returned to the town throughout his life. He surveyed the town and preserved many of its historic features – converting cottages and farmhouses, extending the parish church as well as endowing a cottage hospital.
Penfold was also a founder member of the Surveying Institution, the precursor to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He was the first Honorary Secretary serving for 36 years from 1868 to 1904, the longest serving holder of this office and in 1906 he was elected an honorary member.
John Penfold is one of the surveyors being celebrated in the RICS 150 Exhibition 'Shaping the World, Building the Future' at RICS headquarters on Parliament Square, London, where there is a section dedicated to Penfold and a replica of his famous letter box.


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(CNN) -- When he digests all the evidence, referee Felix Brych -- who is also a lawyer -- will probably admit he got things wrong in a Bundesliga football game Friday.
Brych awarded a goal to Bayer Leverkusen's Stefan Kiessling in the second half even though replays showed that the forward's header against home side Hoffenheim went wide of the post and crept in through a hole in the net.
Kiessling put his hands to his head as he thought he spurned a good chance and couldn't quite believe it when the goal was given.
It turned out to be the winner in a 2-1 result that sent Bayer Leverkusen to top spot in the league, two points ahead of idle Bayern Munich.
Afterwards, Brych spoke and said his hands were effectively tied.
"There was no indication that it was not a regular goal," Brych was quoted as saying by Britain's Daily Mail. "I had a bit of doubt, but the reaction of the players was clear. There was nothing to suggest otherwise."
Kiessling wasn't sure how to react.
"Everyone started rushing towards me," he told Sky Germany. "What could I do?
"Honestly, I couldn't really judge what I saw but when Hoffenheim pointed to the hole in the net, I had an inkling."
Hoffenheim manager Markus Gisdol wants the game to be replayed, citing a similar incident between Bayern Munich and Nuremberg in 1994 when Bayern's Thomas Helmer scored a 'phantom' goal.
Having won the controversial game 2-1, they indeed replayed the affair and Bayern cruised 5-0.
"If they do not repeat the game then I don't understand the world of football anymore," Gisdol told Hoffenheim's website.
Added Hoffenheim managing director Alexander Rosen on the Hoffenheim website: "It is unbelievable ... what happened here today."
Roma still perfect
Miralem Pjanic's week just keeps on getting better.
Part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina team that qualified for the World Cup for the first time, Pjanic scored both goals as red hot Roma stayed perfect in Serie A by beating second-place Napoli 2-0 on Friday.
Pjanic netted the opener in first-half injury time on a free kick and got the second from the penalty spot in the 71st after Napoli defender Paolo Cannavaro fouled Marco Borriello -- who came on for injured Roma legend Francesco Totti.
Roma rose to 8-0-0 in the Italian top division and has scored 22 goals while conceding once.
Despite the sizzling start, Roma only has a five-point lead over both Napoli and two-time defending champion Juventus. Juventus can cut the gap to two points with a victory at Fiorentina on Sunday.
Rafael Benitez's men, watched by former Napoli great Diego Maradona, made the better start in Rome and some would feel deserved better.
Lorenzo Insigne's pass put Goran Pandev in the clear but his shot was partially stopped by ex Napoli keeper Morgan de Sanctis and then cleared off the line by Daniele De Rossi.
Insigne struck the post and Napoli paid the price for missing the two opportunities when Pjanic deposited his free kick into the top corner. Cannavaro gave away the free kick, taking down the resurgent Gervinho.
Napoli struck the woodwork twice more early in the second half and its night got worse when Cannavaro tangled with Borriello.
Pjanic sent Pepe Reina the wrong way for his third goal of the campaign.


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Mental strength takes a long time to develop.
It is the daily practice of pushing yourself to grow stronger, maintaining realistic optimism, and setting healthy boundaries. Mentally strong people don't do things like waste time feeling sorry for themselves or give away their power.
How do you know where you fall on the spectrum? We asked psychotherapist Amy Morin, the author of " 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do."
Morin provided the following 21 signs you're mentally stronger than average, which we've shared here in her words.
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We sang "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree" in grade-school music class, and it sounds as if Colin Hay of Men at Work may have, too. Last week a judge found the Aussie band guilty of copying the 75-year-old campfire song for the flute melody in "Down Under."
The publishing company that owns the rights to "Kookaburra" might ask for up to 60 percent of the royalties "Down Under" has earned since it hit the charts back in the early '80s, which could add up to millions of bucks. That's a lot of Vegemite.
Here's a great look at both songs from an Australian TV station. What do you think -- copyright infringement, or coincidence?
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- Ann (Miss Sweetstory) said...
It might have helped the case if the video didn't show Greg Ham playing the riff while sitting in a tree. (Admittedly, I don't think it's a gum tree he's seated in...)
- February 10, 2010 at 7:48 AM
- Brian Bellmont said...
At least he wasn't dressed like a kookaburra.
- February 10, 2010 at 7:08 PM
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I came across this video of a man showing the components in a hydraulic fan drive used on a school bus. He also explains some of the operation.
However, he repeatedly calls the hydraulic motor (which drives the fan) a pump. It's not a pump; it's a motor — in this case a gear motor. The hydraulic pump (the vehicle's power steering pump, in this case) transmits rotational power from the engine as hydraulic power to drive the motor. The hydraulic motor, in turn, transmits the hydraulic power as rotational power to drive the fan.
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French hair-gel sellers have been reportedly weeping openly in the street.
Not sure how much the taffs will really miss him tho, tbh. His whole reputation seems to be based around one penalty, dumping Matt Tait on his aris a coupla times, somewhat dubious grooming habits & dodgy taste in birds.
Cricket Web's current Premier League Tipping Champion
- As featured in The Independent.
"Rory Burns wafted and whooshed, hit a few, edged a few more and batted at times with all the graceful serenity of a man trying to force his way head-first through a privet hedge." - Barney Ronay on the Surrey opener's maiden test ton
He is a good player, but i think people rate him a bit too much. Especially after that England game in the six nations a few years ago (2005 AFAIK). He hasn't produced much since then.
I went to Japan's final home game last night, thanks to some free tickets. Japan thrashed the mighty Asian Barbarians 64-10. I got to see Ohata live. First game back from an achilles tendon injury; scored a try with his first touch of the ball. GUN.
UGH, after months of rehabilitation on his right Achilles tendon, Daisuke Ohata ruptured his left tendon in the warm-up against Portugal. Not only that, but Japan's first five, Eiji Ando, suffered ligament damage in his right knee. Japan's first choice flyhalf, James Arlidge, is nowhere near fit after suffering a double fracture in his left leg in May. That leaves 20 year old, Kosei Ono, as the only specialist first five in the squad.
I'm gutted.
Big chance for the young bloke to step up and show the world what hes made of. Tough luck for the injured players though
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When I first started using Twitter, I was using it on a phone just via text messaging (I feel like an old guy saying "back in my day…"). As tweeting became more popular, more options surfaced for how to manage all the tweets. Phones now had apps that made tweeting via text messaging look like using a DOS console vs. an elegant Windows UI. The Twitter.com website improved dramatically. Soon, I was tweeting either via the web or an app.
My first introduction to TweetDeck was on the PC, followed by the app for iPad. I really liked the layout and how easy it was to keep track of searches, lists, and mentions. It was the best app to manage tweets in my humble opinion. So it was no surprise to me when I heard Twitter bought TweetDeck for millions of dollars.
I was excited for the product! Now under the ownership of the Twitter, what cool features would await us?
And then came reality.
Who would of guessed that the product would go backwards. I can only imagine how many of us that were using TweetDeck before the acquisition, scratched our heads wondering where the setting was to get to that cool feature we liked. We didn't accept that it was gone, we simply didn't understand where they relocated it. Because it was not fathomable that the feature would truly be gone!
On the day of writing this post, I had a need to add myself to a Twitter list I created. I could not see how to do it via the web interface, so I looked to TweetDeck (the most recent release by Twitter) for a way to do it. Big mistake. Someone in the Twitter universe suggested I download to version of TweetDeck before Twitter took over. Feeling dirty for installing an older version alongside the current version, I was able to accomplish my objective. I had to use an older product. That is a failure. It makes no sense to me.
For any of you who have shared a similar story, I would love to hear about it. Please leave a comment. Let the search engines find all the woes and complaints. May the minds behind the current release of TweetDeck reflect on the massive failure of giving their community less.
By the way, if you want that "golden" edition of TweetDeck before Twitter took over, you can download it by clicking the yellow TweetDeck logo above. The blue logo is a dead end.


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Honors & Awards
» Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall, 2011; Spring, 2012)
2014 (Junior)
Junior Murat Kuzu missed the 2014 season due to injury.
2013 (Sophomore)
Kuzu added depth at I-back, but did not see game action.
2012 (Redshirt Freshman)
Kuzu added depth at I-back, but did not play in a game.
2011 (Redshirt)
Kuzu redshirted in his first season in the program and worked on the scout team.
Before Nebraska (Plano Senior HS)
Kuzu joined the NU program as a walk-on after a strong prep career at Plano Senior High School in Texas. Kuzu rushed for better than 600 yards and three touchdowns as a senior, and had more than 400 receiving yards and five TD receptions, while also throwing for a touchdown. Kuzu was a second-team all-district selection for his efforts as a senior. Kuzu had a scholarship offer from Doane and interest from Southern Louisiana.
Murat is the son of Mustafa and Gulsum Kuzu and was born on May 19, 1993. He is a marketing major. Kuzu has been named to the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll twice. He has volunteered with Uplifting Athletes, Make-A-Wish, Husker Heroes, Husker Hotline and local hospital visits.


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Chemistry Laboratory Safety
A chemistry laboratory is an exciting place of discovering and learning. It is also a potentially hazardous place where toxic and corrosive materials are used routinely. While every effort has been made to eliminate the use of explosive, highly toxic and carcinogenic substances from the experiments which you will perform, there is a certain unavoidable hazard associated with the use of a variety of chemicals and glassware. When you respect the materials you are handling; use the correct, safe techniques demonstrated and discussed by the instructors; and are concerned for the safety of yourself and others, you work safely and without incident.
In the chemistry laboratory: WEAR SAFETY CHEMICAL SPLASH GOGGLES, LAB APRON or LAB COAT and FOLLOW THE SAFETY GUIDELINES.
Your instructors will do all they can to prevent accidents, but they cannot carry out this duty without your cooperation.
Before any work in the lab you must:
- Review our safety guidelines and also the ACS Safety for Introductory Chemistry Students handout.
- Obtain a perfect score on the online safety exam.
- Read, complete, sign and bring to your TA the safety health acknowledgment, the pink form found in your lab manual. You may include any personal health information that may be of use to you in an emergency situation. This may include any Med-alert tags, allergies, asthma, fainting, etc. This information is kept confidential.
- Be on time for the laboratory section. Your TA will announce prior to experiments where a potential danger exists. Students who fail to follow all safety rules may be asked to leave the lab and/or suffer grading penalties.


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5th Annual Dirksen Derby at Mt. Bachelor December 17th-18th
Straight from the offices at Rancho Relaxo-
Straight from the offices at Rancho Relaxo-
The 5th Annual Dirksen Derby at Mt. Bachelor will be held on the weekend of December 17th-18th, 2011! Just like the weather reports in the NW, the actual details of the event are still a bit hazy. But one thing is for sure, the Dirksen Derby is going down and the good times are guaranteed. For more information see below:
Date: December 17th-18th, 2011
Schedule: The whole weekend! Depending on weather, snow fall and poor planning, the schedule of the event will remain flexible. All participants are expected to be on-hill both Saturday and Sunday ready to either race the course, cheer on their fellow competitors, bash some windlips or stuff their faces with Parilla clam chowder. If everything goes perfectly as planned, Friday the course will be open for timed practice, Saturday we will hold both the Mens qualifier and the Splitboard race, and then Sunday will be everything else (the top Mens qualifiers from Saturday, Derby Elites, Womens, Older and Wiser, Groms and Sit-ski). But remember, the actual schedule can change quickly!
Registration: $25 per racer, per event. All proceeds go to Tyler Eklund. Racers can register online at MtBachelor.com or at Mt. Bachelor`s West Villiage lodge on Friday afternoon, Saturday morning (8:00-10:00) or Sunday morning (8:00-10:00). There will NOT be a limit to the amount of competitors allowed in the event. Discounted lift tickets will be available at registration.
Dirksen Derby Kickoff Party: Friday, December 16th, [email protected] 7:00 PM. Location: the Poet House in downtown Bend, Oregon. All ages. Music, Drinks, Raffle, and "Broken Board" auction.
Sponsors: Our exclusive list of sponsors include: Salomon snowboards, Patagonia, Dakine, GoPro, Mt. Bachelor, HydroFlask, Oregon Adaptive Sports, Boneyard Beer, Smith Optics, Drink Water, Spark R&D, Rebound Physical Therapy, Parilla, Gummi Love, Skjersaa`s, SideEffect, Aspect, Exit Real World, Mt. Hood 26, BAF, Deck Tech, Mountain House, and Skull Candy.


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B.o.B has been nominated for the 2010 EMAs in two categories: Best New Act/ Best Push Act.
The Voting Period lasts from 20 September 2010 until 11:59 PM CET on 3 November 2010, so make sure to vote for our boy B.o.B AKA Bobby Ray!!!
Vote here:
Also, visit both the EMA Site Homepage and B.o.B's EMA Artist Page.


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[Berkeley, September 24. Image via Getty]
BERKELEY, CA - SEPTEMBER 24: UC Berkeley students carry signs during a demonstration on the UC Berkeley campus on September 24, 2009 in Berkeley, California. Thousands of students and faculty staged a walkout and demonstration against proposed fee hikes and service cuts at 10 University of California campuses across California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)


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A great indoor bonsai which beautiful qualities such as small leaves and great proportions, lovely cream textured bark and very pretty white star shaped flowers.
This pretty indoor bonsai is supplied in a cream rectangular ceramic bonsai pot with matching drip tray.
Full care instructions are included.
Free delivery is available to most of the UK and you may choose your delivery date at the checkout.
Height: 28cm
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Age: 10 years
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Collector has 60 years of 49ers mementos
Super Bowl XLVII Dedicated 49ers fan attended every home game for 52 years
More than 20 years before an advertising writer fabricated a similar scene involving Mean Joe Green and a bottle of Coke, 12-year-old Martin Jacobs spotted his hero Hugh McElhenny outside Kezar Stadium in San Francisco.
"I saw him getting into a pink Cadillac," Jacobs says, remembering the 1955 encounter. "I said, 'Can I have a souvenir?' He said, 'I've got my torn jersey.' "
With that exchange, Jacobs was on his way to becoming the greatest private collector of 49ers memorabilia in San Francisco, with more than 2,500 items. Included are programs and ticket stubs from almost every game the team has played - many bought or scavenged during Jacobs' uninterrupted 49ers home-game attendance streak from 1952 to 2004.
Along the way, Jacobs, 69, gained rare game-worn jerseys from Joe Perry and Bob St. Clair, and lost two marriages. He says his first wife declared, "You like Joe Montana more than me." He says the second wife wanted to move to Arizona - Jacobs lost a coin flip to resolve the matter, but couldn't bring himself to leave.
"I didn't want to move away from my 49ers," he says. "She said I was crazy. Maybe I am."
The San Francisco native tells his story at his Sunset District home, in a memorabilia-filled office that was once his childhood bedroom. Back then it was painted red and silver, the 49ers' original colors. Now the paint is secondary to all the 49ers-related posters and articles on the wall.
Jacobs' hardwiring can be traced to a mother who collected celebrity autographs and a father who told him, "Your hobby should be your job."
"My dad always said, 'Do what you love to do,' " he says. "For me it was football."
Jacobs was 9 years old in 1952, when his father took him to his first Kezar Stadium game. He was bored and begged to go home, until he picked up a pair of binoculars and saw McElhenny dashing up the field - making speedy cutbacks into the end zone.
Harry Truman was president at the time, and Patti Page's "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window" was on the charts. Jacobs wouldn't miss another 49ers home game until George W. Bush was in office and MP3s were replacing CDs.
An unfair advantage
Sitting in Kezar's kid-friendly Christopher Milk section, young Jacobs learned to gain advantages over other autograph seekers. His uncle was a security guard, in charge of keeping kids off the field in the final moments of the games.
"When he saw me in the fourth quarter with a minute left, he would turn his back and I would run on the field," Jacobs says, describing an alternate football universe where a kid could ask star players for autographs with time left on the clock.
Jacobs combed the Kezar bleachers after games, scavenging programs, seat cushions and on a good day a piece of game-worn clothing or discarded pads. And when he was done with that, he'd sit in the stands and soak it in a little longer.
"I'm just not like other people," Jacobs says. "Other fans would leave, until the stadium was near-empty. There would be all those hot dog wrappers around, and the seagulls. And I would just stay."
As an adult, Jacobs founded a chain of Sports Stop Center collectible stores, selling 49ers and San Francisco Giants gear and other memorabilia. He sold rock and other counterculture posters in the Haight district from 1967 to 1970. Jacobs pulls one of his more popular creations out of a tube - a 6-foot yellow poster featuring a giant marijuana cigarette.
"I think at the Monterey Pop Festival they sold 1,800" of the posters, he says.
Still hustling
Jacobs still seems to be in a constant state of hustle, despite a recent bout with sciatic pain. He hasn't had 49ers season tickets since 1978, but was able to keep his consecutive game streak going by playing chicken with the scalpers; Jacobs claims he never paid more than $50 for a ticket.
The streak almost ended at Super Bowl XIX, played at Stanford Stadium, in 1985. In true Martin Jacobs fashion, he decided to sell a few T-shirts before the game - with an unauthorized image of a 49er catching a Miami Dolphin with a fishing pole. When the cops busted him, he talked his way out of jail.
"I said, 'Take all my stuff. I just want to see the game.' "
Jacobs retired from retail in 1992 but continues to dabble in the market, always seeking game-used 49ers gear from the 1950s. His white whale is the 49ers' 1946 AAFC press guide. The bulk of his cache is double-bolted miles away in storage lockers - two of his five children are locksmiths - but he brings a few 1950s jerseys out for the media. He calls McElhenny a friend now ("To Marty, My #1 fan," a wall-hanging reads), and that player's game-worn jersey is still his prized possession.
"You can see - there are probably 30 sewn repairs on this thing," he says. "They used one jersey for the season back in those days. And they didn't keep them. They were a rag. They threw them away."
Game-worn jerseys from players like Perry and McElhenny are worth five figures now - there are only a few outside the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
'Wide open' days
Jacobs will be cheering the 49ers when they play the Ravens on Super Bowl Sunday. But he prefers the earlier era, even though his beloved 49ers of the 1950s fell short of a championship. He misses being able to see the players' faces through their mask-free helmets. He misses the dope smokers on Hippie Hill, interacting without incident with the working-class families walking to Kezar Stadium.
And he misses seeing McElhenny run out of the tunnel, overworked and underpaid and still loving the game. Not thinking twice about tossing his sweat- and blood-soaked jersey to a young fan.
"I love watching the 49ers today, but you can't compare it to then," Jacobs says. "It was so wide open."
Peter Hartlaub is The San Francisco Chronicle's pop culture critic. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @PeterHartlaub


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Artists have a long history of incorporating the newest technology into their artistic processes. During this interactive experience, students will see firsthand how nineteenth- and twentieth-century artists have used technology to enhance their artwork, influence those that followed them, and elevate the status of their particular medium. Gallery teachers will assist students in making their own technologically enhanced artwork.
This tour is limited to thirty students; preregistration is required. For more information or to register, call 817.989.5013 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Students will be divided into groups by age. Parents may drop off or stay with their students for this tour.
Download the registration form.
Meet at the special exhibition entrance for a guided tour of Wild Spaces, Open Seasons: Hunting and Fishing in American Art. This is the first major exhibition to explore the multifaceted meanings of such outdoor subjects in both painting and sculpture from the early nineteenth century to World War II. This exhibition encompasses a wide variety of portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and genre scenes, including iconic works by Thomas Cole, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens, as well as key pictures by specialists in the category such as Charles Deas, Alfred Jacob Miller, William T. Ranney, and Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait. No reservations required.


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Side Effects Possible With Arthritis Medications
The most common side effects of rheumatoid arthritis treatments.
All medications – even ones you buy without a prescription – have the potential for side effects. Arthritis medications are no exception.
It is impossible to list all of the side effects of arthritis medications because different drugs cause different side effects and different people react differently to medications. However, some of the more common side effects of the different categories of medications used to treat arthritis are:
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Edema (swelling of the feet) heartburn, stomach upset and stomach ulcers and possibly increased risk of blood clots, heart attack and stroke.
Cortiocosteroids. Cataracts, elevated blood fats and blood sugar levels, increased appetite and bone loss.
Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). Stomach upset and increased susceptibility to infection. Other side effects vary by drug.
Biologic agents. Injection site reactions, including redness and swelling; infusion reactions (difficulty breathing, nausea, vomiting, rapid or weak pulse) and increased risk of serious infections. Other side effects vary by drug.
When prescribing medications, you and your doctor will need to weigh the potential risks against the benefits you hope and expect to achieve.
You should speak with your doctor about ways to minimize medication side effects, such as adjusting the dosage or timing of medication, taking it with food or taking another medication to counteract the side effect.
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Wetlands are the main ecosystem in the Arctic. These peatlands, rivers, lakes, and shallow bays cover nearly 60% of the total surface area. They provide a wide range of services such as maintenance of permafrost, water regulation and filtration. Arctic wetlands store enormous amounts of greenhouse gases and are critical for global biodiversity. They are also the main source of livelihoods for local indigenous peoples.
The Arctic encompasses over one sixth of the Earth's landmass and includes parts of Canada, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia and Sweden.
Arctic wetlands offer unique habitats to both plants and animals, such as sea ice, tundra, and permafrost peatlands. For many migratory species the Arctic provides indispensable breeding and feeding areas. Waterbirds that breed in the Arctic are found on all the major international flyways, linking the Arctic to countries throughout both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Over four million people, including more than 30 different indigenous groups, live in the Arctic. Wetlands provide many services to these peoples and their livelihoods. People living in the Arctic depend on fish and waterfowl hunting, harvesting of plants and on pastures for grazing. Migratory birds that breed in the Arctic support livelihoods outside the region.
Large parts of the Arctic are under threat from oil and gas exploration, mining and the melting of permafrost due to climate change. Arctic wetlands are highly vulnerable to disturbance and slow to recover given their complex character.
Climate change is causing dramatic changes in the Arctic; it is among the fastest-warming parts of the planet and its wetlands are highly vulnerable. Arctic wetlands contain enormous stocks of organic carbon in their soils, and are dependent on frozen permafrost for their ability to store carbon. As temperatures rise and the permafrost thaws, huge amounts of greenhouse gases may be released into the atmosphere.
The Arctic coastal tundra in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug in Northwest Russia borders the Barents and Kara Seas. It is among the most valuable areas for Arctic fauna such as waterbirds. To protect this rapidly industrialising region, we and preserve the flyway connections with West Africa, are researching the designation of internationally important sites as protected areas and setting up participatory monitoring schemes. Read more.
Global overview of the conservation of migratory Arctic breeding birds outside the Arctic
CAFF Workshop on Conservation of Migratory Arctic Birds Songli, Norway, 10-11 (September 2000)
Global and Flyway-scale Monitoring and Conservation Programs for Migratory Waterbirds of the Arctic
A Cooperation Strategy between CAFF and Wetlands International (2004)
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Open Access Week 2014
Oct. 20 through 26 is Open Access Week. Open Access is the free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research. It has positive implications for publishing scholars and for students looking for free, high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship. Visit the Monroe Library's Open Access guide and the Open Textbook guide for more information.


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Junior Kevin Janofsky
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's swimming team acquitted themselves well on the first day of action at the three-day, New England Intercollegiate Swimming and Diving Association Division II and III Swimming Championships at the Upper Valley Aquatic Center Friday..
After the first day of action, both teams are in ninth place, the women with 161 points, the men with 59.
For the women, sophomore Katelyn Kidney (Lynn, MA/Lynn Classical HS/Bryant) was fifth in the 500 free style with an Eastern College Athletic Conference b cut time of 5:18.08, sophomore Morgan Cooper (Sunderland, MA/Frontier Regional HS) broke the school record in the 50 yard breaststroke when she finished 13th in 33.00 seconds, senior Meredith Maki (Holden, MA/ Wachusett Regional HS) was 11th in the 200 yard backstroke in 2:16.59 and 13th in the 200 yard individual medley with a time of 2:19.78, junior Maggie Conlon (Methuen, MA/Methuen HS) was 11th in the 200 yard individual medley with a time of 2:19.11, and the 400 yard medley relay team of Maki, Cooper, Kidney and Conlon finished seventh in 4:15.12.
For the men, junior Kevin Janofsky (Brookfield, CT/Brookfield HS) was 10th in the 200 yard individual medley in 2:09.80.
"We had some great swims tonight," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Cathy Motta. "Our team trained really hard this intersession, and we are excited to see their hard work paying off. We are hoping for bigger and better times during the next two days."
The meet will continue Saturday and conclude Sunday.


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Does your brand need a personality review?
There are five tell-tale signs your brand needs to take a long hard look at itself.
Social Media
Billions of people use assorted social networking sites, but just how happy are they with the likes of Facebook, Twitter, and the rest? The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) strives to find out.
CMO's State of the CMO is an annual industry research initiative aimed at understanding how ...
There are five tell-tale signs your brand needs to take a long hard look at itself.
How do we price goods and services? As business leaders, we have asked ourselves this question since the history of trading.
Australia's cricketers captured the nation's attention during their recent run to the semi-final of the ICC Men's World Cup. While the tournament ultimately ended in defeat, for over a month it provoked a sense of belonging, hope and empowerment for millions of people across Australia. Cricket, and sport in general, has a near-unique ability to empower individuals, irrelevant of their background, demographic or nationality.
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In this bonus last episode of this new podcast series, BrandHook MD, Pip Stocks, talks with former ANZ group general manager of marketing, Louise Eyres, talks about the importance of thinking like a customer and using intuition to solve customer painpoints.


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Wetlands International is the only global non-governmental organisation (NGO) dedicated to wetlands. We are a global not-for-profit with a history of more than half a century. We work via our 16 offices, our partners and experts. Most of our work is financed on a project basis by governments and private donors. We are also supported by government and NGO membership.
We have a staff of approximately 150 people working in our network of offices in Europe, Africa, South, East and North Asia, Oceania, and Latin America. Our headquarters is based in the Netherlands. All of our offices contribute to develop and implement our global Strategy and work to achieve its global targets.
While we are small for a global organisation, we achieve a lot by working via our network of partners and experts. Thousands of experts assist our work on monitoring wetlands and other resources. In addition, we work closely with a wide range of partners: other NGOs, scientific institutes, public bodies and companies. Read more
Our Management Board is responsible for daily management which the Supervisory Council oversees. Government and NGO representatives form the Association of Members which approves the strategy and budget, and appoints the Management Board. Several offices are separate legal entities, registered in their country of operation, with their own governance structure. Read more
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Food & Drink
Tidbits: Contribute to a good cause with restaurants' help
Now that the turkey and fixin's are a thing of the past and we move on to days of harried holiday shopping, let's not forget about helping others. Here are some ways restaurants are spreading cheer this holiday season.
■ Heirloom Restaurant, 125 East Main Street, Midway, will have a dinner Thursday to benefit a proposed senior-care center called The Homeplace at Midway. There will be two seatings for the three-course dinner, at 5 and 7 p.m. The cost is $50. The menu includes sweet potato soup or panzanella salad, aged rib-eye or crab cakes, and molten chocolate cake or cranberry walnut crostada. Call (859) 846-5565 or go to Heirloommidway.com.
■ On Wednesday, several Lexington restaurants are participating in Dining Out for Life and will donate a portion of their proceeds to AIDS Volunteers Inc. Go to Avolky.org for a list of participating restaurants.
■ T.G.I. Friday's is having its third annual Can for a Fan virtual food drive. The company will donate one can of food for every new Facebook fan or Pinterest like. Nine regional food banks will benefit, including God's Pantry. Go to Facebook.com/eatattgifridays or Pinterest.com/eatattgifridays/canforafan. On Pinterest, users may like the God's Pantry pinned logo, and an additional can of food will be donated. The food drive ends Dec. 31.
■ Before or after hitting the Black Friday sales, stop by Doodles Breakfast and Lunch. The restaurant, 262 North Limestone, will be open 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, serving omelettes made with local farm eggs, and shrimp and grits. Call (859) 317-8507 or go to Doodlesrestaurant.com.
■ Old Chicago Restaurant, 1924 Pavilion Way, is having a winter mini beer tour featuring beers brewed exclusively for the restaurant chain. The kick-off party is Wednesday, and the event continues through Dec. 31.
Three of the 10 seasonal beers chosen locally by the restaurant are: Old Chicago Black Diamond porter, Sam Smith Winter Welcome ale and Leinenkugel Snowdrift Vanilla porter. Old Chicago World Beer Tour members who complete the winter mini tour will receive a long-sleeved T-shirt. Register at Oldchicago.com. Call (859) 977-4640.
■ A special holiday treat returns to Abuelo's Mexican Restaurant, 3395 Nicholasville Road, in Fayette Mall. The signature capirotada dessert will be available for $1.99 through Dec. 31. It's a Mexican bread pudding served warm with a traditional cream sauce and vanilla ice cream. Call (859) 971-0922 or go to Abuelos.com.
■ The weekend specials at The Julep Cup, 111 Woodland Avenue, include smoked sweet potato and chicken soup, roasted beet salad, braised pork shoulder served over skillet potatoes and collard greens, grouper with black beans and rice with pineapple curry and fried plantain, and pear and frangipane pie. Call (859) 226-0300.
■ Cameron Irvin, chef at The Fifth Street Café in Millersburg, has created a new menu for the restaurant at 113 East Fifth Street. Lunch items include roasted chicken salad sandwiches, pork belly Reuben, and an open-face smoked salmon sandwich. For dinner, there's braised beef brisket, rosemary-roasted half-chicken, Dijon herb-crusted pork chop and pan-seared trout. Call (859) 473-0552 or go to Fifthstreetcafeky.com.
Special events
■ Sam Beall, proprietor of Blackberry Farm luxury resort in Walland, Tenn., will sign copies of his new cookbook, The Foothills Cuisine of Blackberry Farm (Clarkson Potter, $60) in Lexington and Louisville on Monday.
Beall will be at the Williams-Sonoma store in Fayette Mall, 3473 Nicholasville Road, from noon to 2 p.m. Call (859) 272-5856.
Beall will travel to 610 Magnolia restaurant, 610 West Magnolia Avenue in Louisville, for a dinner and book signing that evening. Magnolia chef Edward Lee will create dishes based on his inspiration of the recipes and menus from the book. A reception and book signing will be at 6:30 p.m.; dinner with wine pairings will begin at 7. Tickets are $125 and include a copy of the book. Call (502) 636-0783 or go to 610magnolia.com.
■ Thai Orchid Café, 1030 South Broadway, is closed for vacation and will reopen at 11 a.m. Dec. 18. Go to Thaiorchidcafe.net.
■ Jean Farris Winery & Bistro, 6825 Old Richmond Road, is accepting reservations for holiday parties. Call (859) 263-9463 or go to Jeanfarris.com.