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More than 250,000 animals are euthanized each year in North Carolina. With overpopulated shelters, there is often times no room or adequate resources to care for them. Many factors contribute to this tragedy, but one outweighs them all: Get your pet spayed or neutered.
Dogs are often called man�s best friend, but more than 1,000 helpless canines suffered the death sentence in Lenoir County last year because there was simply no other choice for the unwanted animals.
In North Carolina, the uncontrolled breeding of animals, primarily due to the lack of spaying and neutering, leaves many cats and dogs without a home. Some eventually have to be destroyed by euthanasia methods � from lethal injection to the gas chamber, which 10 counties in the state continue to use.
In Lenoir County � which uses injection to put down animals � more than half of at least 3,300 animals picked up and turned over to the local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals shelter are euthanized, according to Joey Huff, health director of the Lenoir County Health Department.
�People that own dogs and cats need to be responsible pet owners,� he said. �The most important thing that you can do as a pet owner is to have your dog or cat spayed or neutered. That�s the biggest problem we have in our county.�
The state�s Protection of Animals statute recognizes the unrestrained population of dogs and cats leads to unwanted animals that become nuisances and health hazards. Therefore, North Carolina provides funding for spay and neuter programs, including reduced costs of the practice and education on the benefits.
�People who have dogs and cats let them roam, let them run around (when) they�re not fixed and they propagate,� Huff said. �So we have a lot of stray, unwanted, unclaimed dogs and cats.�
The health department provides animal control officers for city and county complaints, and it enforces an animal control ordinance. When someone calls in for an animal complaint, usually strays, a switchboard operator logs it into a system to be accessed by an ACO. In some cases, the person calling will be provided a cell phone number to one of the officers.
The county is overpopulated with unwanted animals as more than 2,250 animal complaint calls were tallied last year, including 118 animal bite complaints. The 2012 year wound up costing taxpayers $30,000 to euthanize 1,806 animals.
�Funding is always an issue,� Huff said, noting limited resources.
On the upside, 1,355 animals were saved last year, according to the county�s SPCA report.
The shelter strongly advocates spaying and neutering pets as many of their animals last year were comprised of unwanted litters; it also provides a $25 voucher acceptable at any Lenoir County veterinarian.
�This week, we had so many litters come in with the mom, the owners turn them over and say, �I can�t do it anymore,� � said SPCA assistant manager Steve Koonce. �Absolutely always spay/neuter. It�s to prevent the population from exploding more and more and more.�
On March 7, the Wake County SPCA loaded animals in a rescue van due to a shortage of space in Lenoir County. There aren�t as many stray animals in Raleigh, so those shelters sometimes have more room. Each Saturday, the local SPCA volunteers also transport animals to Richmond, Va., hoping to heighten their chances for adoption.
Last year, nearly 700 dogs and 150 cats were rescued through this initiative.
The state law requires shelters to keep animals for 72 hours before they decide to send them to be euthanized.
�If we have room for them, we want to keep them as long as we possibly can,� Koonce said. �That�s why it�s very important that people come in to adopt.�
The pet adoption process takes up to 24 hours to check veterinarian history and calling landlords if the person is renting. Otherwise, the shelter staff gauges a general impression about how the prospective pet owner will treat the animal.
�I really try to talk to people,� Koonce said. �I do a little detective work in my mind based on their personalities and how they interact with the animals.�
While the shelter pushes to keep animals until they can be adopted, it clears animals for euthanasia at least twice a week � based on how many are coming in, its personality and how adoptable it is. Last week, about 80 animals were submitted to the shelter. SPCA houses nearly 200 cats and dogs on any given week.
�(A) little Maltesejust came in,� said Kris Petrusch, local SPCA rescue coordinator. �If it had an ID tag on it, I�d be calling the owner right now.�
She said identifying pets and spaying and neutering are solutions to keeping animals out of shelters.
A Raleigh photography professor at Meredith College had a similar standpoint and used a photo project to raise awareness about what happens to animals who don�t find homes.
�Discarded Property�
In 2009, Mary Shannon Johnstone completed �Breeding Ignorance,� a series of photos exposing conditions in animal shelters. Her work included the �Discarded Property� album of grueling pictures of animal shelter euthanasia � from a black trash bag full of dead kittens to a frightened dog headed to be put down.
�Obviously I think it�s really sad and I think it�s terrible, but it�s something that we have to do,� Johnstone told The Free Press. �It�d be inhumane to keep the animals alive without being able to give them attention or love that they need. My stance is that we should be spaying and neutering our animals to sustainable numbers.�
The text of her project highlighted more than 250,000 animals are euthanized each year in North Carolina.
�These are good, adoptable dogs and cats,� she said. �It�s mind-blowing. It�s like 700 everyday, it�s a widespread problem.�
Johnstone volunteers at an animal shelter in Wake County twice a week and noticed the high volume of them coming in.
�I started thinking of what happens when we don�t spay and neuter,� said Johnstone, who has six adopted pets of her own. �We should visualize what happens. Maybe if we could see what�s going on, we wouldn�t be so negligent about spaying and neutering.�
She conducted the photography at a different shelter than the one where she volunteers and the lead veterinarian told her if she needed to cry, she had to step outside to maintain professionalism inside of the shelter.
�She said, �What you�re going to do is feel really bad and you�re going to go home and you�re going to love the animals that you have. That�s what I do and that�s what we all do that work here,� � Johnstone said. �I admire them deeply. They�re basically doing our dirty work for us when we�re careless with letting our dogs (and) cats procreate.�
She said there are boxes of litters dropped of everyday.
�I think (euthanasia) is necessary until we come up with a more sustainable solution,� Johnston said. �My hope is that we do come up (with it). My hope is that these pictures will make people mad and � get on lawmakers and advocate for spay neuter laws.�
Her photos can be viewed at shannonjohnston.com with captions, including one from an anonymous veterinarian under a picture of a dog being injected: �The tragedy is not the fact we euthanize cats and dogs. The tragedy is that we HAVE to euthanize them. There is no alternative.�
The heroes
Elizabeth Flick of Kinston recently visited the county�s SPCA looking to adopt a dog to add to a cat she adopted from the shelter three years ago.
�She was the only black cat that they had and was pretty much a young adult, so I took her in,� she said. �I think I need another companion � that extra love I guess.�
Flick chose to adopt because she felt buying from a breeder was �nonsense.�
�A dog is a dog,� she said. �Why pay extra money to score a full-bred dog when you can have a dog that loves you just as much as any other dog.�
She played around with a few animals of all ages and sizes at SPCA, hoping to find a match.
With some dogs and cats having behavioral issues from being abandoned, it�s important to socialize them before they can be adopted.
�The thing that sells them to people who are looking to adopt a friend is friendliness,� said Molly Stone, Wake County�s SPCA behavioral specialist, who helped a team transport Lenoir County animals to Raleigh. �You want to make sure they feel comfortable. One of the best ways to do that is to just be nice to them all the time so they know people are trustworthy.�
As she played with a litter of puppies in a large cage to be transported, she added it takes patience because you never know an animal�s experience with people. Her job, which she said she�s lucky to have, is to help the animals get adopted.
If someone cannot adopt an animal, they can still make donations or volunteer at the shelter. No more than 10 help at the local SPCA, some having full-time jobs. Each staff member is a pet owner and fosters a dog or cat in their own home.
�I�ve seen them stay late to get work done,� Steve Koonce said. �They�re so committed and dedicated. We don�t do it for the money, we do it for the animals.�
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Report 2012
Total dogs and cats brought in: 3,280
Total dogs and cats euthanized: 1,806
Total dogs and cats saved: 1,609
Source: Lenoir County Heath Department
To adopt a pet, contact SPCA:
2455 Rouse Road Exd.
Visit shannonjohnstone.com to view �Breeding Ignorance� photo project.
Jessika Morgan can be reached at 252-559-1078 or at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @JessikaMorgan.


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In this constant fast-paced climate, investors are faced with a rapidly changing financial market. The market's growing complexity may seem a bit overwhelming for even the savviest individual, not to mention the novice investor. Luckily, there are many investment options out there for those looking to gain exposure to the world's debt and equity markets that don't require a significant investment of time or energy.
Three of the most popular investment options available for individual investors are mutual funds, closed-end funds, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The latter product group is the newest entrant and has experienced rapid growth in product offerings, assets under management, and public recognition in recent years. Each of the three choices offers individuals a diversified portfolio, without the headache of building or maintaining a collection of individual equity or bond holdings.
The most widely used of the aforementioned investments is the mutual fund. According to the Investment Company Institute, 53.8 million households (44% of total U.S. households) owned mutual funds in 2012. A mutual fund is a financial instrument that allows a group of investors to pool its money, giving an appointed portfolio manager the flexibility to invest in multiple sectors and stocks at a scale that the individuals would not be able to themselves. For their monetary contribution, investors receive shares in the mutual fund. Shares are purchased directly from the fund at the actual value of the shares, or Net Asset Value. (Net Asset Value is abbreviated NAV, It is calculated by taking the net assets of the fund and dividing it by the total number of shares.) There is no secondary market for mutual fund shares; however, the fund stands ready to buy and sell shares every day at market close at NAV, which is why they are called open-end funds. The portfolio manager buys and sells stocks and securities often on a daily basis according to the style dictated by the fund's prospectus. Mutual funds charge fees to operate and manage the fund. All mutual funds are subject to a strict set of rules set forth by the Securities & Exchange Commission. Value Line tracks about 20,000 mutual funds, with easy access to each fund's key statistics in the Fund Advisor product.
Another option for investors is closed-end funds. This investment vehicle is both similar and, in some ways, quite different from an open-end mutual fund. Like its open-end counterpart, a closed-end fund offers investors an easy way to diversify their portfolio. It is also professionally and actively managed by an investment advisor and is required to distribute capital gains and dividends to its shareholders. Unlike a mutual fund, however, there are only a set number of shares of the fund authorized by the investment management company. As such, a closed-end fund trades on an exchange and behaves like a stock, with its market value driven by the supply and demand for the shares. Such characteristics allow closed-end funds to be purchased and sold throughout the trading day. They are often bought at a premium or discount to the value of the portfolio's underlying assets or net asset value (NAV). The Value Line Investment Survey tracks the performance of several closed-end world equity funds.
The third type of fund is the exchange traded fund (ETF). This fund is similar to the closed-end fund in that it trades just like a stock on the major stock exchanges. However, ETFs normally trade very close to their NAVs because of their innovative structure whereby shares can be created and "retired" on an active basis by the market maker or other large institutions. Thus, the NAV and the share price don't usually diverge because of the arbitrage opportunity. The main difference between ETFs and the other types of funds, however, is the nature of the investments ETFs hold. Most ETFs are passively managed using indexes. There are some "actively" managed ETFs available, but the way in which active is defined is often different than the definition used for closed- and open-end funds. It is vital for investors to fully understand what the ETF they are considering does and how it functions on a daily basis. In addition to getting the diversification of a fund, ETFs offer investors the ability to sell short, buy on margin, and purchase as little as one share. ETFs also offer investors the opportunity to invest in commodities, something that isn't readily available in the mutual fund or closed-end fund space.
In conclusion, the most important characteristic that the aforementioned classes of funds share is that they all provide both individual and institutional investors with an easy way of diversifying their investment portfolios. The type of fund that is the right choice for each investor often depends on a number of factors. However, one thing that is true across all of these products is the need for due diligence on the part of the investor, as each, essentially, provides for the "outsourcing" of investment decisions.

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A NY Times article on ultrasound legislation states that in two British Columbia studies on the effect of women viewing ultrasound images of their babies prior to abortion, no women decided to cancel their abortions. It also quotes clinic workers in Alabama who say that viewing ultrasound images changes few, if any, minds.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/health/policy/28ultrasound.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1275031452-JnpEoJwbx7HqxwJwYAL2+Q


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Homeland Security shuts down dozens of Web sites without court order
By Daniel Tencer
Friday, November 26th, 2010
The Homeland Security Department's customs enforcement division has gone on a Web site shutdown spree, closing down at least 76 domains this week, according to online reports.
While many of the web domains were sites that trafficked in counterfeit brand name goods, and some others linked to copyright-infringing file-sharing materials, at least one site was a Google-like search engine, causing alarm among web freedom advocates who worry the move steps over the line into censorship.
All the shut sites are now displaying a Homeland Security warning that copyright infringers can face up to five years in prison.
According to a report at TorrentFreak, the search engine that was shut down — Torrent-Finder.com — neither hosted copyrighted material nor directly linked to places where it could be found. Instead, the site opened new windows to sites that did link to file-sharing materials.
"When a site has no tracker, carries no torrents, lists no copyright works unless someone searches for them and responds just like Google, accusing it of infringement becomes somewhat of a minefield," writes Torrentfreak, "Unless you're ICE Homeland Security Investigations that is."
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Her motivation and dedication in helping family violence victims drove her to join the North Brooklyn Coalition Against Family Violence. She feels the coalition is a great place to reach and serve victims.
"As we know, family violence is such an important issue," said Tuller. "It includes a variety of different survivors, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender."
After graduating from John Jay College of Criminal Justice for Forensic Mental Health Counseling, Tuller worked in four different domestic violence centers throughout the city until she joined the North Brooklyn Coalition in 2011.
The coalition was founded in 1998 and then merged with six other community-based organizations.
Tuller helps victims with legal and social services, finding emergency shelter and employment, and child custody. She, along with her team, make sure that all victims who seek help are taken care of.
"Women face most family violence, and we want to help them recover from the emotional and physical trauma that they have been through," said Tuller.
The coalition holds an annual domestic violence march and vigil each October to call attention to the issue.
"Family violence can be physical, emotional and financial," she said. "Last year, we served 200 new victims."
Tuller's future plan is to continue to support family violence victims and make the coalition unique by providing awareness in the community.
"We hold victims' hands through the process," she said. "Everyone has different situation and needs a different process of help."


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In the North Sea and Baltic Sea offshore sector, the company had permits for wind stations with 1GW of capacity and another 1.4GW in the permitting process, to total 2.4GW at the end of 2009. It intends to build up its offshore project pipeline to 5GW within the medium term.
In the US, PNE's 2009 project pipeline of 600MW will be expanded to 2.5GW by 2012, the company said. It expects to install about 50MW of wind capacity in Germany this year and in 20011 as well as an unspecified amount of MWs abroad.
At a press presentation in Frankfurt on 10th March 2010, PNE chairman Martin Billhardt put the market value of its onshore projects at €150,000/MW, and that of its offshore projects at €220,000/MW. He added PNE plans to set up a private equity fund for offshore developments.
In results reported at the end of March 2010, PNE Wind clocked up consolidated net income of €10.2 million on revenues of €137.3 million in 2009, after €17.1 million on revenues of €74.6 million in 2008.
It implemented a total 122MW of wind stations in 2009, after just 6MW in 2008, whereby construction progress was adjusted in 2008 to achieve more completions in 2009 to take account of the higher feed-in payment for electricity from wind stations commissioned in 2009 compared with 2008.
The company also plans to engage in the German repowering market by buying up old wind stations and running them until the planning for their repowering, which takes several years, is completed. It expects to make a first purchase of a 10MW station in northern Germany this year.
In its guidance for the future, PNE says Group Ebit will lie on average "at the least" in the range €14-18 million during the next three years, compared with €14.7 million in 2009. It adds that firm forecasts are "difficult to estimate" for the individual years due to the nature of its operating business and the related short-term fluctuations of earnings.
Since the company was founded in 1995 it has installed a total 772MW. PNE Wind itself owns just 26MW of wind capacity and plans to expand this "to a small extent".


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Used 2018 HyundaiTucson SUV
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By Lee Jay Walker Dip BA MA
Since World War Two you have had three major conflicts in the Balkans involving Orthodox Christian communities and Islamic communities; this applies to Cyprus, Bosnia and Kosovo respectively. On all three occasions the United States supported the followers of Islam and maybe one day the same will happen to Orthodox Christians in Macedonia? Yet unlike the large Christian communities of Bosnia and Cyprus, it is the land of Kosovo which is being Islamized and Albanianized under NATO, the UN, and other international institutions who are meant to be neutral. The media in the West is once more turning a 'blind eye' and information about dead Serbians is not deemed to be important. Therefore, ethnic cleansing 'Albanian style' is being allowed to gather pace and in time a split may emerge between European members of NATO and the United States, for it would appear that the United States will one day allow Kosovo to become either independent or to join with Albania; whereas France and other European nations may oppose the United States. However, stories about Serbians and Roma being killed and persecuted in Kosovo should be told, for their lives count and if democracy and liberalism means anything, then Serbians, Roma, and other non-Albanians must have liberty and religious freedom. Given this, it is important to understand that both Islamization and Albanianization is taking place in modern day Europe, alongside American complicity, which ignited the conflict between Serbians and Albanians in the first place. It is also worth remembering that Turkish nationalism destroyed Christianity in Turkey in 1915, and Albanian nationalism in Kosovo could easily do the same if allowed. Therefore, people like Marica Maric are important and her death, like countless other Serbian Orthodox Christians and Roma people, should be told. For Marica Maric was raped in her home in Belo Polje and then disfigured after being murdered. Her crime was being a Christian and non-Albanian in Kosovo, yet her death, and countless others, went unnoticed in the West. In the region of Istok the situation was much worse, for 40 Serbian corpses were found in a single day, including the body of Father Stefan from Budisavac monastery; and only last week two Christian Serbs were killed for merely swimming in a contested region. More alarming, American troops, NATO troops, and the UN stood by and watched 180,000 Serbian Christians and thousands of Roma being ethnically cleansed. For in American controlled areas, like Urosevac, the entire Christian population was forced to leave and American troops allowed Albanians to either destroy Serbian homes or to move into their property. This was ethnic cleansing 'Albanian style' and given American inaction, it could be argued 'American style?' Getting back to today, it is clear that Serbians and non-Albanians in Kosovo are living in reservations, and it would appear that complete Serbian ethnic cleansing would solve the situation; for the United States lacks either the will or desire to protect Christians in Kosovo in the long-term. Therefore, the destruction of hundreds of Christian churches and monasteries have been allowed to take place; and just like the Armenian and Assyrian Christians who were annihilated by Turkish and Kurdish Muslims in 1915; it is also important to destroy Christian places of worship and cultural buildings in order to one day create a 'pure Albanian Islamic Kosovo.' Of course many ordinary American troops and other NATO members, and members of the European Union, do not agree with the United States; and this applies to allowing either an Islamic Kosovo or joining up with Albania. And His Grace Amfilohije, Orthodox Christian leader, stated that '. . . had it not been for the presence of the international forces in Kosovo at this very moment in Pec, as well as Decani and Gracanica, they too, would have been reduced to rubble and turned into ashes.' However, Serbians and non-Albanians on the whole can not be protected all over Kosovo, therefore, the international community allowed hundreds of thousands of non-Albanians to be cleansed from their land. Given this, one day you may only hear the Islamic call to prayer in Kosovo and witness a near 100% Albanian Islamic land. It is, therefore, ironic that the Ottoman Empire could not fully crush Christian resistance in this region, despite enslaving tens of thousands of young Christian boys for centuries and converting them to Islam; yet since American intervention this land is being emptied of Christians and all non-Albanians. Therefore, just like Christian migrants who have fled Iraq in their hundreds of thousands since the first American conflict with Iraq, and who today fear Iraq being turned into an Islamic state; it is apparent that Christian civilians mean little in both Kosovo and Iraq. For both communities have been left to fend for themselves and if Kosovo is to share a similar fate to that of Iraq, then the future is very bleak for Christians in these lands. This will also mean that both Christian communities have been forced to migrate because of short-term American objectives. Given this, then why did America support Islam three times out of three against Orthodox Christian communities in the Balkans? And why is America seen to be anti-Muslim, when in reality the Untied States is not only an ally of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and other Islamic nations, but America also helped Islam to obtain a major foothold in Europe, so why is America deemed to be anti-Islamic? More important, why did the United States and NATO allow the ethnic cleansing of non-Albanians in Kosovo? For the purpose of American intervention was meant to be based on human-rights and protecting a persecuted minority; yet the same nation allowed Christian civilians to be persecuted and allowed Saudi Arabia and other nations to send vast resources to Bosnia and Kosovo, why?


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Discover Marlborough wines, vines and stories
Join Na Clachan Wine Tours on a voyage of discovery around Marlborough's famous vineyards
Marlborough wines, particularly the lively, fruity sauvignon blanc are now famous around the world. There would be few wine afficionados who have not heard of (and tried) at least one Marlborough sauvignon blanc. We think it is so good we have recorded a song and video extolling its virtues. Check it out at: https://youtu.be/wur8yctcQKs
However many travellers are surprised to discover the huge variety amongst Marlborough wines. Not only can you find many different styles of sauvignon blanc, but we produce a wide range of other varieties. Join a wine tour with Na Clachan Wine Tours to discover a feast of wines, to understand which grapes are grown here and why and to learn more about your own wine preferences.
Questions we frequently get asked when people are enquiring about Na Clachan's Marlborough wine tours is "where do you go, which wineries do you visit?" Fair enough questions, but for Na Clachan they are impossible to answer ahead of time. We do not start our wine tour with a fixed itinerary, but chat to our guests, find out what wines they enjoy, whether they have any particular requests and then do our best to tailor the day to suit the wishes of the group. After all, it is your one day in Marlborough, your Marlborough wine tour and if there is a particular place you want to visit then, if at all possible, we will include it in the tour.
There are about 40 cellar doors to choose from, so no two tours are alike. We may get asked to visit a particular winery, often one that has been a regular favourite with the guest. But the requests can be of a variety of types:
• wineries that are still family owned and operated
• NZ owned wineries
• boutique wineries
• a particular wine variety - riesling, gewurztraminer, bubbles (hmm, lovely)
• cellar doors with interesting architecture
• a look at the vines and the annual cycle of vineyard management
• places with interesting art or gifts
• a visit to a working winery (this can be a bit more tricky as wineries have strict health and safety regulations but we have our secret sources of viewing!)
• somewhere to watch the harvest (only an option in late March to April
• Anything but chardonnay (the classic ABC drinker)
• Somewhere with a brilliant view of the region
• somewhere else with a wine like that one!
But what if you have no idea where you want to go or what you want to see and taste? Don't worry, our guides Helen and Chris have lots of great ideas. As we go, just tell us what you are enjoying and what is not so much to your taste and we will select places that match that style. Often guests just want to visit a selection of wineries to get a feel for what Marlborough gets up to and to understand a bit more about the history of the industry.
We can also include in a full or half day tour a delicious lunch in a relaxed outdoor setting at one of Marlborough's wineries. Many of the restaurants focus on local produce - lamb, salmon, beef, seafood. There is always a vegetarian option and special dietary requirements are never a problem - though in some cases advanced warning is useful
Sometimes when we get asked "what is the plan for the day?" and say there is no plan, people can think that we are simply disorganised but we really want to be able to design the tour around your wishes and until we have met and chatted that is impossible to do. It actually makes our job a little more challenging, but the benefits for our guests make it all worthwhile.
Whatever your tastes, your day with Na Clachan will be memorable, and you will have mission to seek out new wines when you return home. For more information or to make a booking head to http//:www.naclachan.co.nz or email us at email@example.com


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The Yerba Mate Power
This painting was a birthday gift for my sister neysa, it just describes a normal night with Neysa. She works hard getting her dsigned costumes, she pulls an all nighter, but she really can't get it right, so she gets stressed out! Until she found a little magical sparkling Yerba Mate bag. She tried it... and she became super Mate fashion girl! !!!


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What's Oracle got up its sleeve?
Looks like it could be tape time
Comment A disk drive array can't cut it: Oracle says its 31 January game-changing announcement will provide a "dramatic leap in storage technology" for enterprise data centres. A disk drive array alone can't provide that. What can the technology be?
Whatever it is, it will offer, Oracle says:-
Much lower costs—per terabyte of capacity and floor space consumption
Dramatically higher performance — let's just say the old benchmarks just got older
Greater capacity — in a much smaller footprint
Greater capability — optimized for archive and data protection
These are the four boxes the announcement will tick. How can a traditional-design storage array, using hard disk drives (HDD) and possible/probably solid state drives (SSD), tick all four? Maybe a MAID (Massive Array of Idle Drives) implementation could provide the implied increase in TB/sq ft but it wouldn't provide the dramatically higher performance.
An all-SSD array would provide screaming performance but fail the first box, the "much lower cost" one. How about a new tape format?
We can see incremental storage array increases coming but not game-changing ones, not with Dell, EMC, HP, HDS, IBM, NetApp and Oracle all trying their damnedest to push the storage array technology envelope as far and as fast as they can. It beggars belief, I'd say, to think that Oracle has found a way to deliver game-changing drive array technology that has escaped the others.
Which leaves me thinking there could be a tape element to this announcement. Does this resonate with you at all?
There are a couple of pointers to this notion; for example, the Oracle webcast lead is Jim Cates who was running Oracle's tape HW products in the summer. The Oracle text talks of a dramatic leap in "storage technology" and StorageTek, Oracle's tape unit, is a condensed way of writing storage technology.
Two possibilities come to mind. First, suppose we think of a hybrid product technology combining a drive array with an enterprise tape library? I'm thinking of a combination of an Open Storage 7000, the ZFS-using storage array, and a StreamLine 8500 tape library. Is that completely off the wall?
The tape library would then have a thumping great, server-heavy, caching drive array in front of it that could act as a virtual tape library (VTL), and the hybrid device offer the benefits of a combined VTL and PTL (physical tape library) in one product. Add in new 5600 Intel processors to give the 7000 a speed jump, and we have ourselves technology that could start to tick the four features above.
Secondly, we could envisage the third iteration of Oracle's T10000 tape technology with the current T10K B (1TB raw capacity, 120MB/sec throughput) giving way to, say, a T10000 C, with 3 - 5TB raw capacity and 180 - 270MB/sec throughput. That has been shown on an Oracle tape roadmap.
Several industry sources say tape is going to feature in, or be the main focus of, Oracle's announcement.
One industry insider said: "I think Oracle's announcement timing is very likely aligned with the large growth the tape industry is seeing in the unstructured data being archived off to tape. This is a huge area of growth in the storage industry right now.
"The four value proposition bullets [above] sound spot on for tape library demands from the archive market... I think it is quite likely Oracle will have a tape drive or media component to its announcement." ®


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Assault rifles
To the editor: In the �Blue Ridge View� on May 11, the question asked was, �Are laws on assault rifles strict enough?� Fifty percent of the respondents said no.
To the editor: In the �Blue Ridge View� on May 11, the question asked was, �Are laws on assault rifles strict enough?� Fifty percent of the respondents said no.
Assault rifles (class III weapons capable of full automatic fire) are strictly controlled under federal law. In order for an ordinary citizen to possess one, a strict procedure must be followed. An application must be made to the ATF, including fingerprints, photograph, an approval from a local law officer, a $200 fee, etc. Check the following URL for official information: www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/national-firearms-act-firearms.html.
Acceptable weapons must have been made prior to May 19, 1986. This results in prices of such being very high, probably many thousands of dollars. As result of these legal restrictions, it would seem obvious that few citizens would acquire such weapons, and they would be relatively rare among the ordinary public.
A large part of the uninformed public confuses semi-automatic rifles, such as the AR-15 and civilian AK-47s, with assault rifles. They are not. The appearance of these rifles does not alter their function. They are functionally no different from semi-automatic rifles with nice wood furniture.
Ralph H. Carter
To the editor: �Refreshing� is the word that comes to my mind as I read Bruce Benson�s column each Saturday on the Opinion page in our Times-News. His intelligent, entertaining commentaries on our lives on this planet always compel us to a higher sense of responsibility to each other.
His �Let�s celebrate humanity worldwide� column last Saturday encouraged embracing all our sameness rather than our differences. I love the flag he designed and even more the meaning behind it.
Art and I were introduced to this flag on a visit with Bruce in Canada last summer. He was so kind to make our stay there very memorable. He is a blessing wherever he goes and so full of energy.
This change on the Opinion page for the Saturday edition of the Times-News is very welcome!
Beverly Hudson
To the editor: I read in the May 7 Times-News that �dozens of nonviolent demonstrators are facing charges� in the second week of protests against Republican policies at the N.C. General Assembly. The article stated that General Assembly Police Chief Jeff Weaver said all are likely to face misdemeanor charges similar to the 17 NAACP protesters arrested recently.
Yet the article did not tell us why these people face charges. Surely merely demonstrating is not a misdemeanor. What took place that caused the possibility of �dozens of nonviolent demonstrators� facing misdemeanor charges?
Please reprint the article and include the reason for the arrests. The way the article read as printed in the paper, one would draw the conclusion that this state permits arrests for merely protesting. As far as I know, that is not a cause for arrest.
Remember the Occupy protesters? The Occupy protesters in New York City and other large cities were arrested if they broke a law.
Lou Ellen Lewis
Editor�s note: The Associated Press report omitted the information that protesters were blocking the doors to the state Senate and they refused police orders to disperse.


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Get him tested.
Well done to Usain Bolt and Richard Thompson. And that American guy too, I suppose.
Get him tested.
Well done to Usain Bolt and Richard Thompson. And that American guy too, I suppose.
Sreesanth said, "Next ball he was beaten and I said, 'is this the King Charles Lara? Who is this impostor, moving around nervously? I should have kept my mouth shut for the next ball - mind you, it was a length ball - Lara just pulled it over the church beyond the boundary! He is a true legend."
He'd've won if he was running 110m.
Or something.
RIP Fardin Qayyumi (AKA "cricket player"; "Bob"), 1/11/1990 - 15/4/2006
Surprised he lowered the WR? No. Bolt is awesome. But Powell............I don't know......
Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson = Greatest Ever Manager
"One from ten leaves zero." - Eric Williams, former T&T PM
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R.I.P Fardin Qayyumi
That was something special. An honour just to watch it live, Usain Bolt is he the best ever 100m sprinter? He beat his own WR at the final of the Olympics.
- Oasis, "Stay Young"And come what may we're unstoppable
'cause we know just what we are
Yeah we know just what we are
Best ever? Fastest ever statistically. But best ever? He has a bit to do yet.
Can't even enjoy the victory.
Amazing race by Bolt there, if he's clean then that is one of the most impressive sporting moments I've ever seen. Dominated the race, smashed the world record and still had time to play up for the crowd. Unbeleivable.
Valerie Vili was pretty bloody good too. The last 30 minutes has been absolutely awesome.
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Bolt's speed = 37.15 kph.
*Insane Bolt
Just have to wonder (for now) how much more he could take off that. Once we see his best it could stand for a very long time.
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Avuá Cachaça: New Craft Distilled Cachaça Hits the USA
New brands and bottles you should know.
You may know cachaça as the base of the Caipirinha, that effortlessly thirst-quenching Brazilian answer to the gin and tonic. But the distilled sugar cane spirit, frequently lumped in with rum, is beginning to come into own.
In fact, the US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has just recently officially identified Cachaça as a distinctive Brazilian spirit. Granted, the ruling is a quid pro quo arrangement that ensures the Brazilian government will recognize bourbon and Tennessee whiskey as distinctive products of the United States, but it nevertheless is a victory for transparency and accuracy in labeling, which is all too often murky territory.
With cachaça poised for increased visibility, we're excited to share the most interesting bottles that have crossed our desk in a while.
Avuá Cachaça is born in the sun dappled fields of sugar cane on the master distiller's farm, several hours north of Rio de Janeiro. The cane is hand-harvested and crushed by a spring-fed waterwheel. The resulting juice is left to ferment under the influence of airborne wild yeast. After fermenting, it's distilled in a copper pot still, and then the two expressions go their separate ways. The Prata heads off to stainless steel tuns to rest for six months to a year, and the Amburana enters—you guessed it—Amburana wood casks to age for around two years. Both spirits are brought to proof with the same spring water that powers the crushing wheel. And what's that result of all that work? An exciting, unique spirit.
Avuá Cachaça Prata
The Prata (from the Portuguese "silver") pours clear and clean. Its scent is unlike any other cachaça I've ever tried. Where I usually find deep sweet banana aromas, Prata offers pungent vegetal greenness, lime, and only a hint of yeasty sweetness. The taste is also quite dry with notes of lemongrass, caraway, and cut grass. It finishes short and clean, with very little alcohol burn. Bottled at 84 proof, this not only makes a killer caipirinha, but also blows open the world of dry vermouth cocktails.
Avuá Cachaça Amburana
The two years spent in casks made of Amburana, a highly fragrant wood, substantially alters the flavor profile of the cachaça. Pouring a delicate barely-gold color, the 80 proof spirit smells like a fantastic rice pudding—cinnamon, honey, and a creamy, roasted sweetness. But don't let the dessert-like scent fool you: this spirit tastes surprisingly dry.
A pleasant woody flavor dominates, with spicy basil and allspice weighing in at the finish. My first taste was kind of a shock, but over the course of the glass the fluctuation of flavors won me over.
How should you use it? Swap it in for brown spirits; it will show nicely in drinks that lean more towards the barrel notes of whiskey, rather than the sweetness of bourbon. A sour is a good place to start: the result is intriguingly perfumed and spiced.
Releasing this month in the NYC area, and expanding to national distribution soon, both expressions are currently available online from Caskers while supplies last, at $35 for Prata and $50 for Amburana.
Are you a fan of cachaça? Got any favorite brands to recommend?
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Rajeev K. Varshney; Chengcheng Shi; Mahendar Thudi; Cedric Mariac; Jason Wallace; Peng Qi; He Zhang; Yusheng Zhao; Xiyin Wang; Abhishek, Rathore; Rakesh K. Srivastava; Annapurna Chitikineni; Guangyi Fan; Prasad Bajaj; Somashekhar Punnuri; Gupta SK; Hao Wang; Yong Jiang; Marie Couderc; Mohan A. V. S. K. Katta; Dev R. Paudel; K. D. Mungra; Wenbin Chen; Karen R. Harris-Shultz; Vanika Garg; Neetin Desai; Dadakhalandar Doddamani; Ndjido Ardo Kane; Joann A. Conner; Arindam Ghatak; Palak Chaturvedi; Sabarinath Subramaniam; Om Prakash Yadav; Cécile Berthouly-Salazar; Falalou Hamidou; Jianping Wang; Xinming Liang; Jérémy Clotault; Hari D. Upadhyaya; Philippe Cubry; Benedicte Rhone; Mame Codou Gueye; Ramanjulu Sunkar; Christian Dupuy; Francesca Sparvoli; Shifeng Cheng; R. S. Mahala; Bharat Singh; Rattan S. Yadav; Eric Lyons; Swapan K. Datta; C. T. Hash; Katrien M. Devos; Edward Buckler; Jeffrey L. Bennetzen; Andrew H. Paterson; Peggy Ozias-Akins; Stefania Grando; Jun Wang; Trilochan Mohapatra; Wolfram Weckwerth; Jochen C. Reif; Xin Liu; Yves Vigouroux; Xun Xu, 2018, "Data files related to Pearl millet draft genome assembly v1.1, scaffolds and annotations", https://doi.org/10.21421/D2/SY6VXQ, ICRISAT Dataverse, V1The data files contains draft genome sequence of Pearl Millet along with its structural and functional annotation. The sequence of seven chromosomes are available in FASTA file "pearl_millet_v1.1.fa", whereas those assembled sequences (scaffolds) which could not be mapped to any...
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Santisree Parankusam; Pooja B Mathur; Kiran K Sharma, 2018, "Quantitative proteomic data of chickpea leaves primed with nitric oxide donor for stress tolerance", https://doi.org/10.21421/D2/UY20HC, ICRISAT Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:EwZr0DmQGqXI4PT1On1+Xw==Nitric oxide (NO) has emerged as a central regulator of various growth and developmental events in plants, such as seed germination, root growth, floral transition, senescence and stress defenses. However, the molecular mechanisms and targets of nitric oxide (NO) aren't fully kno...
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Abhishek Bohra; Rachit K Saxena; B. N. Gnanesh; K.B. Saxena; M. Byregowda; Abhishek, Rathore; P. B. Kavi Kishor; Douglas R. Cook; Rajeev K. Varshney, 2016, "An intra-specific consensus genetic map data of Pigeonpea", https://doi.org/10.21421/D2/I4OVE2, ICRISAT Dataverse, V1This dataset contains Markers data and genetic map. The availability of a cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) system as facilitated the development and release of hybrids which are expected to enhance the productivity of pigeonpea. Recent advances in genomics and molecular breeding...
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Bhimana Gautami; Daniel Foncéka; Manish K. Pandey; Márcio C. Moretzsohn; Venkataswamy Sujay; Hongde Qin; Yanbin Hong; Issa Faye; Xiaoping Chen; BhanuPrakash Amindala; Trushar M. Shah; Makanahally V. C. Gowda; Shyam N. Nigam; Xuanqiang Liang; Dave A. Hoisington; Baozhu Guo; David J. Bertioli; Jean-Francois Rami; Rajeev K. Varshney, 2016, "Reference consensus genetic map of Groundnut", https://doi.org/10.21421/D2/WG4WCF, ICRISAT Dataverse, V1A reference consensus genetic map was developed from 10 RILs and one BC population using the marker segregation data. This map comprised of 897 marker loci including 895 SSR and 2 cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (CAPS). CMap Visualization Links: Reference consensus genetic...
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Bhimana Gautami; Manish K. Pandey; V. Vadez; S. N. Nigam; P. Ratnakumar; L. Krishnamurthy; T. Radhakrishnan; Makanahally V. C. Gowda; M. L. Narasu; Dave A. Hoisington; S. J. Knapp; Rajeev K. Varshney, 2016, "Individual and consensus QTL maps of Groundnut from ICGS76 X CSMG84-1, ICGS44 X ICGS76 and TAG24 X ICGV86031", https://doi.org/10.21421/D2/SQSI3T, ICRISAT Dataverse, V1With the aim of understanding the genetic basis and identification of quantitative trait loci (QTL) for drought tolerance, two new recombinant inbred line (RIL) mapping populations, namely ICGS 76 × CSMG 84-1 (RIL-2) and ICGS 44 × ICGS 76 (RIL-3), were used. CMap Visualization Li...
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Deepa Jaganathan; Mahendar Thudi; Sandip Kale; Sarwar Azam; Manish Roorkiwal; Pooran M.Gaur; P. B. Kavi Kishor; Henry Nguyen; Tim Sutton; Rajeev K. Varshney, 2016, "Intra-specific genetic map data of ICC 4958 x ICC 1882 by Genotyping-by-sequencing approach", https://doi.org/10.21421/D2/HQ8RJV, ICRISAT Dataverse, V1To enhance the marker density in the "QTL-hotspot" region, harboring several QTLs for drought tolerance-related traits identified on linkage group 04 (CaLG04) in chickpea recombinant inbred line (RIL) mapping population ICC 4958 × ICC 1882, a genotyping-by-sequencing approach was...
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We're getting our inbox flooded with tips from folks noting that their numerous Windows Phones (mostly unbranded), are receiving a new OS update today, knocking their build from 8858 to 8860. We just checked our AT&T Lumia 900 and did not have success, meaning carrier-branded devices may have to wait a few more weeks.
There is no current changelog with the update though we presume it address the Tile stability issues that were found in the original Windows Phone 7.8 release. Those problems caused occasional Tiles to not update and in other instances, drained too much data. During the Zune Desktop installation, the only key phrase that is in the description is a "quality improvements", as opposed to new features or additions, strongly suggesting that this is a bug-fix release.
So far it seems mostly those in Europe, including Italy and elsewhere are getting the update. We'll continue to follow the story as it develops.
Thanks, James D., Roland R., Firdaus M., krox1105, Saurabh A and others for the tips!


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By Evelyn Lamb (Click here for the original article)
Forgoing a test to detect prostate cancer could mean that three times as many men would fail to have the disease detected before it spreads to other organs, according to a paper in Cancer on July 30. This new finding arrives just months after the U.S. Preventative Service Task Force issued a recommendation against using PSA screening. The task force gave PSA screening a grade of "D," meaning it does more harm than good for most men.
The FDA approved PSA screening in 1986 as a diagnostic test to detect prostate cancer, and it has been controversial from the beginning. The screening has a high false positive rate because PSA levels rise from nonmalignant prostate growth. Additionally, many prostate cancers grow so slowly that they will never cause problems, and it is nearly impossible to tell which cancers need to be treated and which can be left alone.
Surgery or radiation used in treatment can produce incontinence or impotence. As with any surgery, there is a small risk of death or other serious complications, and it's painful, even under the best of circumstances. The task force analyzed several large studies and determined that the benefits of screening and treatment did not outweigh the risks.
The goal of the Cancer study was to determine how many cases of prostate cancer might be missed until they metastasized if PSA testing were eliminated. Metastatic prostate cancer, a malignancy that has spread to distant organs, is usually symptomatic, leading men to seek treatment. It's generally fatal within a few years. Researchers analyzed data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program to determine the prevalence of men who were diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer as their initial prostate cancer diagnosis, rather than a less invasive form.
The researchers used data from 1983 to 1985, the three years immediately preceding the PSA screening test, to determine the rate of metastatic prostate cancer cases without screening and used the rate to extrapolate the number of cases in 2008, the latest year for which data are available.
They then compared the expected rates to the actual rates for that year and calculated that approximately 25,000 men would have been given an initial diagnosis of metastatic prostate cancer in 2008 without screening, as opposed to the approximately 8,000 who did.
Edward Messing, the senior author of the study, says that PSA is capable of detecting the disease earlier, which could, in theory lead to fewer deaths from prostate cancer. Marc Garnick, a prostate cancer expert at Harvard Medical School, points out, "this would have been a much more powerful study if they had mortality outcomes, not the incidence of metastatic disease."
In fact, Garnick says the clinical trials that have addressed mortality rates have already been done, and they indicate no difference in overall survival or prostate cancer survival in men who underwent screening. Studies like Messing's, he says, are trying to poke holes in the research. "Every single time these studies come out, the backlash is that the studies were flawed. I'm not aware of any program in medicine where randomized studies posed in prestigious journals come out with these negative conclusions, and everyone is trying to data mine the conclusions. It's unprecedented."
Garnick says that PSA screening is based on the faulty assumption that cancer starts small, becomes localized in the prostate, advances to nearby regions of the body, becomes metastatic, and then kills. If this were the case, screening studies should have showed that more lives were saved. "The screening studies show that there's no difference in mortality. The biology of the cancer trumps the stage of the cancer."
In addition, the largest difference between expected and observed metastatic cancer is in older age groups. "The headline seems to be coming from patients who are greater than 80 years old," Garnick says. But those patients often have many other health problems that lead to death before even aggressive prostate cancer.
Otis Brawley, a medical oncologist and chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society who was not involved with the study, says, "It certainly adds to the body of evidence, but it's by no means definitive." One problem is that many men whose initial diagnosis is localized, not metastasized, prostate cancer, end up relapsing even after having their prostate is removed. This means that the cancer had already metastasized by the time of the first diagnosis, but it could not be detected at that time. Those patients already had metastatic disease when screened, but they were not diagnosed at the time, and so they are not counted in Messing's study.
Another problem is that modeling studies, like this one, are inherently less powerful than other kinds of medical research: randomized clinical trials, the gold standard in medical research, in which patients are randomly assigned different treatments or no treatment; case-control studies, which compare patients who have a condition with those who do not; or cohort studies, which determine the risk of contracting a disease by studying a group of people with similar demographics. So the results from a modeling study, no matter how compelling, are not definitive. They should lead to other studies, and eventually clinical trials.
On both sides of the debate researchers agree that men should be informed of the risks and possible benefits of PSA screening and subsequent treatment before they start the process, a challenge when contradictory reports abound. Garnick says, "My heart goes out to both patients and physicians because the whole concept of screening, diagnosing and offering treatments is among the most complicated in medicine."
"What we need is a better biomarker that not only tells us that the patient has cancer but what the behavior of that cancer is likely to be," Garnick continues. "It becomes a circular argument until we get better biomarkers." For now, men and their families have to make tough choices about whether knowledge is power or ignorance is bliss.


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Olympic workers defy court order, stay on strike
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Striking construction workers stayed off the job at the Olympic Park Thursday – the main cluster of venues for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics – defying a court order for them to return.
The work stoppage began a week ago and comes as the International Olympic Committee is sending top-level advisers to Rio to tackle delays threatening South America's first Olympics.
A statement from Rio Mais, a consortium building venues at Olympic Park, said workers remained on strike. The work stoppage began April 3 and affects at least 2,000 workers.
A regional labor court ordered the strikers back to work on Wednesday and said a settlement should be negotiated in the next 30 days.
The strike centers on a dispute over wages and working conditions.
The website globoesporte.com quoted workers saying they would work at "a turtle's pace" and give only "10 percent effort" if they were forced to return.
There were no hints of violence on Thursday after random gunshots were fired Monday in a run-in between strikers and security guards. No injuries were reported.
The Rio Olympics has been bogged down by late starts and political in-fighting, mirroring many of the delays and confusion surrounding the opening of Brazil's World Cup in two months.
The chief of staff for Brazil President Dilma Rousseff met Tuesday with Rio organizers, including Carlos Nuzman, head of the organizing committee. The meeting centered on budgets, what branch of government pays and how much.
Brazil will spend a mix of about $15 billion in public and private money for the Olympics. At least $11 billion is going into the World Cup.
IOC President Thomas Bach, speaking in Belek, Turkey, said Rio could "deliver excellent games if these appropriate actions are being taken now."
Bach stopped short of ruling out the Olympics might be taken away from Brazil if the delays persist.
Relocating the games would be a last resort and is considered highly improbable at such short notice. However, the possibility is now being raised publicly.
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After graduating in May of 2006, I moved up to Connecticut to work for an apparel company called Vineyard Vines. I was an Assistant Men's Designer until leaving there in 2008 and moving back to Baltimore to be closer to friends and family. I currently work at Under Armour in Baltimore as the Executive Assistant to the Senior Vice President of Brand Marketing. I also am doing side work with event planning and photography.
I still see a ton of my WAC friends regularly including graduates of the class of 2006. It is rare that there is a month that goes by that there isn't a bridal shower, engagement party, baptism, wedding, etc to celebrate one of the lives of a WAC friend. I truly made friendships that will last a lifetime.


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Archive for Wednesday, June 1, 2011
KCK's new stadium: LIVESTRONG Sporting Park to open June 9
June 1, 2011
Sporting Kansas City is set to open its much-heralded new stadium, LIVESTRONG Sporting Park, later this month in Kansas City, Kan. Here, courtesy of sportingkc.com and livestrongsportingpark.com, is some information about the stadium.
Q: When is opening day?
A: Sporting Kansas City will open its brand new, state-of-the-art LIVESTRONG Sporting Park on Thursday, June 9, against the Chicago Fire. A limited number of tickets remain available for the inaugural match. Game time is 9 p.m. Farm Aid 2011 featuring, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews on Saturday, Aug. 13, will be the first concert event at the new LIVESTRONG Sporting Park.
Q: What is the capacity of the park?
A: 18,467 for soccer and 25,000 for concerts.
Q: What's with the partnership between Sporting Kansas City and Lance Armstrong's foundation?
A: LIVESTRONG Sporting Park is the first philanthropic stadium in the world. A portion of all stadium revenues at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park, including ticket sales and concessions, will fund LIVESTRONG's work in the fight against cancer and lay the groundwork for developing local services for the cancer community in Kansas City. LIVESTRONG is the brand of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, created in 1997 by the cancer survivor and champion cyclist to serve people living with cancer and empower communities to take action.
Q: I read that a roof will cover all seats, but can I bring an umbrella if it's raining?
A: A canopy will cover every seating section. Umbrellas are not needed or permitted inside LIVESTRONG Sporting Park.
Q: Can you give me a fun fact about the stadium?
A: LIVESTRONG Sporting Park is the first MLS stadium fully lighted for HDTV.
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Blackhawks Trim Training Camp Roster To 42
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The Chicago Blackhawks have assigned forwards Adam Berti, Dan Bertram, Nathan Davis, Adam Hobson, Peter MacArthur and Mike Radja; defensemen Michael Brennan, Danny Groulx, Jean-Claude Sawyer and Brennan Turner; and goaltender Joseph Fallon to the American Hockey League's Rockford IceHogs.
In addition, the Blackhawks returned forwards Richard Greenop and Maxime Tanguay; defensemen Shawn Lalonde and Teigan Zahn; and goaltender Josh Unice to their junior clubs and have released forward Olivier Labelle from training camp.
The Blackhawks' training camp roster now stands at 42 active players, which includes 26 forwards, 12 defensemen and four goaltenders.


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The Best Defense is a Good Offense
The DSC LC-171 detector provide improved outdoor protection against intruders, before they make it too far on to a property or close to premises. With advanced digital signal processing, this outdoor PIR alarm provides accurate analysis of body dimensions and differentiation from backgrounds and pets or other animals to ensure reliable detection and false alarm immunity. Digital signal processing provides consistent communication because the signal is resistant to electrical (either radio frequency or electromagnetic) interference. Upon quick analysis of the signal from the detector, if an intruder is identified, the device will instantly notify the alarm system.
PIR & Microwave Sensors Provide High Accuracy to Prevent False Alarms
The LC-171 combines two PIR sensors, both which must be tripped, with a microwave sensor. These elements work to detect intruders without detecting pets or other animals, with the highest level of accuracy. The sensors are easily adjusted to customize range of detection.
Pet Immunity
Highly Accurate sensors provide quality detection while at the same time ignoring pets or other animals weighing up to 15kg (33lbs) without lens, up to 35kg (77lb) with lens.
Fast and Easy Installation
Once the DSC PIR motion detector is installed at the recommended height, installers simply conduct a brief walk test, make any necessary adjustments, and the unit is ready to perform. Highly visible LEDs can be viewed at a glance and help the installer identify the detection range from any distance or angle within the coverage pattern.
DSC PIR Motion Detector Features
- Frequency: 24.125 GHz
- Microwave detection based on Doppler concept
- N.O. & N. C. Relays switched at the same time
- Pet immunity up to 77 lbs (35 kg)
- 16 levels of PIR sensitivity adjustment and 3 microwave sensitivity groups
- Temperature compensation
- Microcontroller signal processing
- Front and back tamper protection
- Audible indication of walk test and intruder detection
- Unique waterproof sealed plastic design
- Detection range: up to 59 ft (18 m)
- Detect human intruders walking or running
- No maintenance required
- High RFI/EMI immunity
- Protection from: direct sunlight, wind up to 30 m/sec, snow and rain, small animals, removal of the top cover and removal from mounting bracket
- Rain and dust proof: IP65
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|200mm x 86mm x 80mm
(7.9" x 3.8" x 3.2")
|500gr (1.10 lb)
|Detection Method
|Dual (Four Elements) PIR & Microwave Pulse Doppler
|Power Input
|9.6 to 16VDC
|Current Draw (Stby)
|21mA (±5%)
|Current Draw (Active)
|24mA (±5%)
|Microwave Frequency
|24.125 GHz
|Tamper Switch: Contact Rating
|N.C 28VDC 0.1 A with 10 Ohm Series protection resistors
|RF Immunity
|10 V/m plus 80% AM from 80 MHz to 2GHz
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Senate Democrats elected Sen. Arthenia Joyner, D-Tampa, to be their 2014-16 leader on Friday, the Florida Democratic Party announced.
FDP Chairwoman Allison Tant called Joyner "a tireless advocate for Democratic values and ally to Florida's middle class families."
Joyner, elected to the House in 2000 and Senate in 2006, is the first black woman to serve as Senate Democratic leader, the party said.
The current leader of the caucus is Sen. Chris Smith, D-Fort Lauderdale.


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|MLBPA Press Release
Prior to the start of the first game of the series, a video tribute recognizing three everyday heroes will be shown. New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter will share the story of Taylor Anderson, an American teaching English in Ishinomaki, Japan, who led her class to safety but lost her own life returning to her apartment. Her parents, Andy and Jean Anderson, established the Taylor Anderson Memorial Fund in her memory to assist with the recovery efforts in the Tohoku region. Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine will tell Shinji Takai's story, a strawberry farmer who started the Memory Recovery Project, an initiative to find and restore photos that were lost and damaged during the earthquake and tsunami. Lastly, Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. will speak about Naho Hozumi, a stay-at-home mom who volunteered with Hands on Tokyo collecting and distributing supplies and has gone on to become the organization's Tokyo disaster relief program manager.
At the end of the video, a number of Major Leaguers, including Felix Hernandez, Curtis Granderson, Matt Kemp, Joe Mauer and Carlos Zambrano, celebrate tomodachi, the Japanese word for friendship. In the months after the earthquake and tsunami, Operation Tomodachi was a United States Armed Forces operation to support Japan in disaster relief.
Hozumi, Takai and Andy and Jean Anderson will attend Game 1 of Gloops Japan Opening Series 2012 and each will throw out a ceremonial first pitch. Nine young ballplayers from a clinic with members of the Athletics and Mariners, sponsored by Boeing and held in Ishomaki, will participate in a special pregame ceremony prior to the March 28 game. The kids will take the field with the Athletics in the first inning to symbolize the return of baseball in the hard hit Tohoku region.
Gloops Japan Opening Series 2012 will mark the first MLB season opener in Japan since the Boston Red Sox and Athletics played at the Tokyo Dome in 2008.
Upon conclusion of Gloops Japan Opening Series 2012, the Mariners and Athletics will travel back to the United States to complete an abbreviated exhibition schedule before resuming their Championship Season schedules.
Organizers of Gloops Japan Opening Series 2012 include MLB, MLBPA, NPB and Yomiuri.


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Mon, 14 Apr 2008
The Forest Conservation Programme's new brochure entitled, 'LES OPPORTUNITÉS DE REDD - Intégration des méthodes de gestion forestière durable', which lays out IUCN's position on REDD.
IUCN believes that REDD can contribute to major reductions in global greenhouse gases IF it:
- Integrates with, and compliments, a broader strategy for deeper cuts in fossil fuel emissions
- Integrates with ongoing sustainable forest management approaches
- Integrates with ecosystem-based approaches that address the causes of deforestation and degradation
The brochure also highlights IUCN's current activities at the National and International level, illustrating how all our work on REDD is carried out in close collaboration with our partners.
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Women of color at the University of Minnesota play a vital role in the advancement
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SPOKANE, Wash. — Illinois saw Gonzaga storm out to an 8-0 lead Saturday night, sinking shot after shot as the Illini appeared to be headed toward an inevitable squashing by a Sasquatch-like Bulldogs frontcourt.
But those opening minutes are what tell coach John Groce it is OK to feel a little optimistic about this squad.
"I thought we were capable of playing good basketball against anybody in the country (before the game)," he said. "The thing they showed me is — and I can't emphasize it enough — the beginning of the game when we got stung, they didn't flinch. They just kept playing. That's a sign of good things moving forward."
The No. 13 Illini (10-0) took a punch from No. 10 Gonzaga and countered for an 85-74 victory at McCarthey Athletic Center, where the Bulldogs fell to 110-8 and proved the Illini indeed deserve to be mentioned among top-10 teams.
In a loaded Big Ten this season, the Illini are learning early how to form calluses that will serve them well.
The conference was supposed to have a host of top-10 teams. Illinois was not counted among them.
It's hard to picture Illinois giving chase to Indiana — hard to picture almost any team in the nation doing that, save Duke. Michigan is a step above as well, but the Illini proved their legitimacy in what should be an exciting first season of Groce's tenure.
Groce, players said, has changed the culture around the team. The lifeless, woe-is-me attitude from last season has vanished.
"Coach Groce is obviously an amazing (coach)," said Brandon Paul, who scored 35 points Saturday. "Just his energy, when he comes in the gym, or we have dinner, or we're out as team, it's always at the top. It picks us up as players. We want to play hard for him and he does a great job coaching us."
Groce was as complimentary to Paul, who leads the Illini with 19.5 points per game. He called the senior "one of the best guards in the country."
"He's in attack mode right now," Groce said. "He's learning how to make guys better. What he did a good job of was recognizing some switches and mismatches and then pulling it out. He made really good decisions. He'd probably tell you last year in a game like that he'd probably get a little jump shot happy."
The Bulldogs admitted they had no answer for Paul.
"He looked like a high-level NBA guy," Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. "He can get a shot any time he wants and we were doing a variety of things with him by trapping him and running different guys at him, but we just did not have a guy that could guard him one-on-one."
Groce preaches "toughness and togetherness." And nothing showed that like the resiliency that the Illini have displayed this season with last-second shots to win at Hawaii and against Gardner-Webb, coming back from 16 points down against the Warriors, and by winning on the road at Gonzaga.
The Illini host Norfolk State on Tuesday and can't afford a letdown.
"We have the capability to be a really good basketball team," Groce said. "But we have to be consistent with it."
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By Jakob Engblom
My blog posts about Simics tend to focus on how virtual platforms are used and what you can do with them. However, underlying all Simics use is the issue of getting a virtual platform in place. You need some kind of platform to run your software on in order to get the full benefit of Simics. Thus, creating virtual platforms is an important part of practical Simics use for many of our users.
We have been working with Simics for more than a decade, and we have learnt a lot about modeling along the way. The approach we have ended up with is a top-down methodology, where we start by investigating the target system as a whole from the perspective of the intended use cases, and then explore the details of each subsystem in order to determine how best to model it. We then switch to bottom-up, applying an iterative modeling flow that delivers something useful as quickly as possible. During development, the goal is to always keep a useful (albeit probably incomplete) platform available at all times.
It is easy to get distracted by the details when creating a virtual platform. If you start with a list of all the components of a system without considering the system context, you are likely to assume you need to model everything, as well as every function of everything. This is usually an overwhelming task, resulting in a protracted development project without clear focus or any chance of delivering something early. So, we need a better way.
The method we typically use with Simics is to start by investigating how the system is going to be used, and which hardware units are involved in these use cases. In this way, we can often exclude parts of the target system from consideration. Certain subsystems or subsystem functions might not be needed at all, or needed only at a later stage of the project. Even when modeling an SoC with the eventual goal of a complete model, it is possible to create a priority list and staging sequence that quickly gets something into the hands of users that applies to their initial use cases.
Once this analysis is complete, the existing library of Simics models might well cover a large part of what is needed. There could also be "near misses", where a small adjustment to an existing model is all that is needed. In this way, the ever-growing library of Simics models provides significant short-cuts towards a final system model.
Next, it is time to start building the new models needed to complete the target system. This process is run in an iterative, agile way. We strive to define a minimal subset of the target system that we start with, so that software can be run on the target as soon as possible. The outer loop of the modeling effort is the extension of the overall system model and the testing of software on it. The inner loop is the creation and changing of individual device models, using both model-level unit tests and software tests to drive the development.
The net result is an flexible project where the virtual platform can be updated in reaction to changes to the target system design. Often, modeling projects are begun before the details of the eventual target hardware are completely known. As shown in the picture below, the result is a series of incremental model deliveries that represent the current design state of the hardware.
This modeling method applies regardless of whether the modeling being performed is pre-hardware (for a new chip that might not even be announced yet or a new board built on existing components), post-hardware for a board or system that exists right now, or post-obsolence for an old system that still needs to be maintenaned.
Modeling can be done by Wind River, Simics users themselves, or third-party services firms. All Simics users are equal in what they can model and their access to the Simics modeling tools and APIs.
To learn more about system modeling with Simics, please read our new white paper on creating virtual platforms with Simics.
Happy modeling! And remember - resistance is futile, you will be simulated!


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Stuffing Topped Cheesy Green Bean CasseroleI remembered seeing this cheesy green bean and stuffing casserole in Kraft's Food & Family magazine a few years back (okay, so I'm slow) and really liked the idea of a stuffing topped green bean casserole. Or, I guess, technically this would be a dressing topped casserole since it's not stuffed into anything. But, anyway... I thought it'd be a great side dish anytime really, but especially for the holidays, if you are stuffing your turkey and always have that little bit of leftover stuffing. If you have leftovers, it sure would make a fantastic holiday leftovers casserole too!
Of course, I changed it up just a bit - using well drained, canned French style green beans rather than frozen, a little less cheese than they called for, and I added some sauteed onion and bacon. Actually, this was the casserole I set out to make when I discovered I had no cream of mushroom soup in my pantry! No problem, I simply made up a batch of homemade cream of mushroom copycat, and as you see, it worked out beautifully. Here's how to make it.
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Adapted from a Kraft recipe
Recipe: Stuffing Topped Cheesy Green Bean Casserole©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: About 4 to 6 servings
- 4 slices of bacon
- 1/2 cup of chopped onion
- 1 can (10-3/4 ounce) Campbell's condensed cream of mushroom soup
- 2 cans (14.5 ounce each) French style green beans, well drained
- 1/4 pound of Velveeta cheese, cut into tiny cubes
- 1-1/2 cups water
- 1/4 cup (1/2 a stick) butter
- 1 (6 ounce) package of cornbread, herb or chicken stuffing mix
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9 x 9 inch baking dish and set aside.
Cut the bacon slices into small pieces and saute in a skillet until lightly browned Add the onion to the bacon and bacon drippings, and cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Add the mushroom soup and heat over medium low until loose; stir in the drained green beans, toss until mixed, warmed through and well blended Pour mixture into the prepared casserole dish and top with the small cubes of Velveeta.
Meanwhile, heat the water and butter on the stove top or microwave until water is hot and butter is melted; remove from heat. Add the stuffing mix, gently stir just until moistened, let sit for a minute and then lightly fluff with a fork. Spoon the stuffing over the casserole. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 35 to 40 minutes, or until stuffing is lightly browned and casserole is bubbly; longer for a crunchier top.
Double for the holidays.
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It was rather better than I was expecting.
It was quite the best dinner I have had there.
I think "rather" is more appropriate, but here I've got a question, can use "quite" with superlative forms?
It was rather better than I was expecting.
It was quite the best dinner I have had there.
You're welcome, Jacool.
Sort of on topic:
I observed an EFL class yesterday. The teacher informed the students that "quite" was an intensifier, whereas "rather" and "fairly" were downtoners.
She insisted that there were major differences between the following phrases:
It's quite hot.
It's rather hot.
It's fairly hot.
Personally, I don't see much difference. Neither did one of her students, who suggested that "quite" could function equally well as a downtoner (whatever that is -- I can't find the term in any dictionary).
What do you think?
I don't agree with her- quite can go both ways- quite brilliant vs quite good, and there are differences between BrE and AE over what 'quite ill' means. With the 'hot' examples, I see little or no difference in BrE- quite/fairly/rather hot seem the same to me.
It's rather hot - implies the speaker is on the verge of finding it uncomfortable; they might be suggesting they'd like a window opened.
It's fairly hot - concedes that other people may find it hot, although the speaker is quite comfortable for the time being.
I assume that the new word downtoner (which I haven't met before either) refers to a word that tones down the intensity of another. Assuming this sense, I'd say there were contexts where 'quite' was one.
From a linguistic standpoint neither answer is appropriate. The meaning of both words in this sentence would be synonymous with "very". By substituting very in place of the words you can see that this sentence would fall outside the conventions of English regardless of locale.
I don't agree at all- the use of 'quite' here has a meaning similar to 'absolutely' and, while I cannot comment on all locales, is perfectly standard in British English.


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Berndnaut Smilde's Nimbus and Nimbus II, a cloud in a room.
VIDEOA LEGO space shuttle! Launched from central Germany, it reached 35000m. A 1600g meteo balloon filled with helium was used alongside a GoPro Hero, Spot GPS and of course Lego Space Shuttle model 3367.
French architect Stephane Malka proposes a fluctuating facade of recycled wooden shipping pallets for a student dormitory in Paris.
Fun prints from Tim Boelaars of his Icons series.
audioJar is a simple housing for David Mellis' open-source Fab Speakers crafted by Sarah Pease.
Koloro Desk Workspace by Torafu Architects.
Contemporary new media artist Aristarkh Chernyshev creates sculptures that integrate today's technology while commenting on our obsession with it.
FEATUREDPeanut Butter and Jelly deliciously re-imagined! Haven Gastropub uses sorbet, peanut butter powder, and some more tricks on this childhood staple.
One month before lucky diners visit Blumenthal's the Fat Duck restaurant, they will be invited to an anticipatory experience from The Neighbourhood with Manchester-based LOVE and Zelig.
VIDEOA look inside the factory of Kutani Choemon as they make Jaime Hayon tablewares.
Creative Review takes a look at Laurence King Publishers' new title, How 30 Great Ads Were Made: From Idea To Campaign, a new book by CR's Eliza Williams.
The stunning Rieteiland House designed by Hans van Heeswijk.
James Utley, Keith Jernigan, Aubree Barnett, Zack Gulliani and Jordan Bell's conceptual packaging for Ipswich brewing Company Root Beer.
Quayola and Memo Akten, through Nexus Interactive Arts, created 'Forms' a multiscreen digital artwork commissioned by the National Media Museum for In the Blink of an Eye: Media and Movement, part of the Cultural Olympiad program.
VIDEOL'Odyssée de Cartier directed by Bruno Aveillan.
Beautiful hand screen-printed pillow with an image of an octopus in neutral colors, by thomaspaul.
A light designed by American designer, Sarah Pease, from readily-available, standard parts, combined with solid black walnut and a soft, fabric cord.
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Beautiful letterpress pack from Glasgow Press.
VIDEOSnake the World by MPU (Mobile Projection Unit) is a great mobile and urban spin on the classic computer game.
Among the city's rooftops, expansion of the Museum der Kulturen designed by Herzog & de Meuron, in Basel.
The Invisible Maybach, a diploma project created last year at the Mercedes Benz Design Studio, Sindelfingen. It is the inspiration for new Mercedes F-Cell advertising. Check out the video.
Norwegian designers create a foldable ice fishing hut for one, with walls made of ice.
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Designed by Salt Lake City-based creative director Gary Sume, this poster for the Utah Highway Safety office advises drivers to watch out for motorcycles.
California Gold poster series and launch of the Lab Partners shop.
Audrey Kawasaki explores two layered velum... nice new pieces as part of an art auction for charity (as her boyfriend and friend do the rickshaw run!)
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California dairy producer wins Leopold Conservation Award
For the first time, a dairy producer has won the Leopold Conservation Award in California.
Dino Giacomazzi says it was "a proud moment and an immense honor" when he accepted the award Dec. 3 at the California Farm Bureau Federation's (CFBF) annual meeting in Pasadena, Calif. CFBF, Sustainable Conservation and Sand County Foundation presented Giacomazzi with a Leopold crystal and $10,000.
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The award is named in honor of world-renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold. It's presented annually in eight states to private landowners who practice exemplary land stewardship and management.
"I especially appreciate the award because it was given to me for doing what I'm supposed to be doing: finding ways to make my farm viable," Giacomazzi says. "Many times in the past, the award has been given to people who are engaged in habitat preservation and wildlife restoration. To give it to a dairy producer means that they recognize that modern agricultural practices are compatible with the environment and that using technology enables us to use less resources to achieve conservation."
Giacomazzi, who was nominated for the award by Western United Dairymen, participated in one of the first conservation tillage trials in California in 2004. Today, he practices conservation tillage on 450 acres of corn and wheat on his 900-acre farm near Hanford, Calif. The dairy, which has been in his family's hands since 1893, milks 900 cows. The farm's remaining acreage is planted to non-tilled alfalfa.
"Using conservation tillage has reduced dust, diesel emissions, labor and equipment use," he says.
Giacomazzi has been a leader in communicating the benefits of conservation tillage to other dairy producers. He uses social media and hosts field days at his farm to share his knowledge. His column "Tech Talk" in Dairy Today focuses on new farm technologies.
"Dino Giacomazzi has committed himself to the production of not only quality dairy products but also quality soil, water and air," says Brent Haglund, president of Sand County Foundation. "He is also representative of a new breed of producers who believe strongly in the power of the story of farming, choosing to promote agriculture and conservation through traditional and modern communications methods."
Ever since Giacomazzi started thinking about conservation as a practice, he has been motivated by the reward "of leaving this farm for my son in better condition than my father left it for me.
"It isn't as much a desire as an obligation, since my father, grandfather and great-grandfather did that for me," Giacomazzi says. "Conservation farming is really the only way I know how to do it: adapt to change, preserve the land, try to make money and move the family farm forward."
Giacomazzi is looking at other conservation efforts, especially regarding dairy manure. "There has to be a way for dairies to make money with manure," he says. "I don't know what it is, but I'm thinking about it."