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Kenwood TS-990 Series English Press Release
Those of you following the Kenwood TS-990 will be happy to know that Kenwood has finally published an official press release with specifications and other details. They are announcing a suggested retail price of ¥798,000, or $9,138.78 US as of … Continue reading
Kenwood TS-990S Brochure
Click here to download the Kenwood TS-990S brochure. For future information on the TS-990S, follow the tag: TS-990
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Video of Kenwood TS-990 at the 2012 Tokyo Hamfair
Admittedly, I love the analogesque dial above the tuning knob:
Photos of the Kenwood TS-990
The display model of the Kenwood TS-990 is covered under plexiglass in Hara Arena. Here are a few photos I took this morning. Note that they've covered the back panel of the radio with black cloth.
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Kenwood publishes first photo of the Kenwood TS-990S
When you open your June 2012 issue of QST, you will find that Kenwood has published a photo and ad (see below) of their new TS-990S in advance of Dayton. We also know a few specs/features: Full HF bands and … Continue reading
Kenwood press release for the TS-990
Kenwood released the following press release today. I had hoped it would contain more information. We did recently learn about some TS-990 facts, and now, through this Kenwood PR, we learn that the TS-990 will not see production until late … Continue reading
Price, Size and Availability: a Kenwood TS-990S update
There is still very little known about the yet-unreleased, highly-anticipated Kenwood TS-990S HF transceiver, but we've confirmed just a few details from a contact at Kenwood… Size: The TS-990S will be the size of theTS-950SDX 200 watts, and have a … Continue reading
Kenwood announces the TS-990S in Tokyo
Kenwood is releasing a new top end rig in the heritage of TS-950SDX, the TS-990S. It will be a full year, according to Kenwood, before the TS-990S will be available in the USA. We will post more information on the Kenwood … Continue reading
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For Clean Edge's prediction to come true, the cost of PV-generated energy will need to continue to fall to compete with wind on a global basis. One of the biggest contributing factors to PV generation growth has been the sharp reduction in the cost of crystalline silicon PV modules, which have seen prices fall by more than 65% in the past three years to less than $1,000/kW (EUR 700/kW).
Solar PV is now delivering low-cost electricity in a range of locations, including the south-west in the US, parts of India, China, Africa, Latin America as well as Germany — in part due to very low financing costs, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena). Extensive data and comparisons of the cost of electricity generated by utility-scale PV and wind projects in the large renewable-energy markets in North America, China, India and Europe is lacking. The analysis that is available varies in quality and comparability, with few examples of direct comparisons between all of these markets. In this respect, Irena's analysis stands out.
The US is an established market for both wind farms and utility-scale PV plants that has yielded some of the lowest costs for electricity generated by these two types of renewable-energy sources.
Before examining current costs, it is worth looking at some recent historical data on prices for wind and PV electricity. A report titled Renewable Power Generation Costs — Summary for Policy Makers, published by Irena in November 2012 contains data on the typical levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) and weighted average cost ranges for different types of renewable-energy generation for different regions gathered in 2011.
According to the findings, costs of wind in North America, which are shown to be on average under $0.07/kWh, are some of the lowest of all global regions, alongside China and India. North America also recorded the second lowest solar PV costs globally, at around $0.16/kWh, after Latin America, which has the lowest LCOE and weighted average costs for solar PV (although not for wind, which is $0.095/kWh).
Tracking PPA prices
Based on fresh data for 2013 gathered by Irena, the cost of onshore wind production in the midwestern states of the US is as low as $0.05/kWh, excluding production tax credit subsidies, for the most competitive projects, although average values are likely to be higher than this. Likewise, costs suggested by Irena's analysis of available data could be as low as $0.10/kWh, without subsidies, for the most competitive solar PV projects in the US's Southwest. In both cases Irena assumes a weighted average cost of capital of 10%, so lower financing costs would reduce these figures further.
In the US, in terms of the investment costs per kilowatt, solar data for the final quarter of 2013 came in at $1.6-3.4/MW for utility-scale solar PV, according to Irena. Verified wind data for 2013 is not yet available, but average costs are expected to be in the $1.8-1.9/MW range, with some projects as low as $1.45/MW. The very best solar PV projects in the US have capacity factors of around 30-31%, for wind in a similar best-case scenario they are considerably higher. While these do not take factors such as operations and maintenance costs into consideration, the costs for building a wind farm in a location with good wind resources are considerably lower than for an equivalent PV project.
Funded by the Department of Energy, through its SunShot initiative, California-based Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) recently began analysing project costs, performance and pricing trends for large-scale solar technologies in the US. The research has included tracking power purchase agreement (PPA) prices for both wind and large-scale solar PV.
Utility-scale PV in the US increased from just 5% of annual PV installations in 2008 to 54% in 2012, making it the largest segment of PV in the US for the first time too, over small-scale rooftop residential and commercial installations. This trend is projected to continue through to 2016 at least.
Based on a sample of nearly 4.28GW of solar, mainly PV, capacity, consisting of more than 50 separate contracts encompassing both operational and planned projects, LBNL has found that levelised PPA prices have fallen by more than two thirds in the past five years.
The prices are levelised over the full term of the contract, after accounting for any escalation rates as well as time-of-delivery (TOD) factors. Used in some states, TOD factors measure the varying energy and capacity value of electricity delivered in different time periods to compare generation profiles and value the energy appropriately. Solar, especially PV, has been subject to a strong downward pricing trend since 2007. In 2008, for example, weighted average PPA prices were just over $0.175/kWh, falling to just over $0.05/kWh in 2013, according to the report.
"Historically, wind had a cost advantage. In the last four to five years, solar costs have declined so that in 2012 and 2013 solar PPA contracts were being signed at a lower price than wind in the southwestern states of Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and California," says Mark Bolinger, co-author of LBNL's study.
The findings show that solar has given wind a run for its money, with weighted average PPA prices for solar (excluding subsidies) actually dropping below those of wind in 2012, to just under $0.08/kWh for solar, compared with just over $0.08/kWh for wind. Bolinger expects the trend to continue as the study is tracking projects signed, but not yet built, so continued declines in module pricing are expected to reduce PPA prices as construction starts in the next year or so.
Solar's competitiveness with wind is helped by the technology's greater time of delivery value for utilities (see box below). The next question is whether the closing price gap between wind and solar that is taking place in the southwestern states can be extrapolated across the US, or even further afield. Wind is likely to remain competitive in the interior states, such as Oklahoma where levelised PPA costs are around $20/MWh, according to Bolinger. "But other criteria need to be considered. As the wind build-out continues in the interior states, this will probably require more investment in transmission cables to get the power out to urban areas, where the demand is," he says.
Leveraging economies of scale
Dolf Gielen, director of Irena's innovation and technology centre, in Bonn, Germany, confirms that costs of recent utility-scale solar PV projects in the southwestern US are now among the lowest in the world. This cannot be extrapolated globally. The exception is western regions of India, where there are high levels of irradiance and a few key states are pushing ahead with very large-scale PV projects. In recent years the US has been driving the trend for supersized PV farms. In California, for example, PV projects under construction, both by public utilities and private developers, are several hundred megawatts in size. But India is taking this trend even further, with a 4GW PV project in the pipeline in Rajasthan.
Meanwhile, the onshore wind industry, which is more mature than the ground-mounted utility-scale PV industry, has already gone through the process of leveraging economies of scale that are possible with building large-scale wind farms. But, while scaling production capacity in some industries, including fossil fuel-fired generation and nuclear, require large figures to halve unit capacity costs, size has an impact at much lower levels in renewable projects. From 50-100MW and 200MW wind projects the average costs are not substantially different, according to Gielen.
For solar PV, which is more modular than wind, the threshold is even lower — 10-20MW. LBNL has found that for many utility-scale PV projects the basic modular unit is a 1-1.5MW "power block", a pre-fabricated package of components, such as modules, inverters, trackers, controllers and supervisory control and data acquisition, designed to be easily scalable. LBNL has found that economies of scale even appear to tail off, or are offset by higher costs elsewhere.
Gielen agrees that it remains to be seen if very large-scale solar PV projects offer opportunities for significant cost reductions. "What is clear from the analysis to date is that the overall size of the market, its health and policy certainty over the long term creates - with efficient support policies - the conditions for a large number of players, and the competitive pressures this creates drives down the balance of system costs."
Solar cost decline slowing
LBNL research has found that even though the installed prices for solar, especially PV, have fallen, the pace of decline slowed in 2012. There remain predictions, particularly in Europe, that the installed costs for PV will fall below those of wind by 2025 (next month Windpower Monthly will review the recent EU report on this). But, compared with dramatic reductions of recent years, PV module prices will not fall so rapidly this year.
Whether this will affect the cost of PV-generated electricity remains to be seen, especially in the US, where modules now make up a smaller proportion of overall costs. "In the US, balance-of-system costs for PV are high compared with other markets, so there is considerable scope for these costs to come down, which would contribute to price decreases even if module prices do remain the same or increase slightly," says Bolinger.
Even though a stabilising of PV module prices will ensure that the LCOE of solar PV systems will decline more slowly, the focus will turn to driving down balance-of-system costs to push down the price of solar PV-generated electricity over the remainder of this decade. In comparison, wind turbine prices are falling after a period of high prices and increasing LCOEs, despite improvements in turbines that have increased capacity factors. However, if the cost of wind turbines continues on a downward trajectory, potentially caused by overcapacity in turbine supply, LCOE reductions for onshore wind might pick up again.
"Continued cost reductions for wind and solar will occur to 2020 and beyond," Dielen adds. "However, given how far costs have fallen, these reductions in absolute terms will not be as dramatic as in the recent past. But average costs will continue to fall."
LBNL took time-of-delivery factors from Pacific Gas & Electric, a large public utility serving parts of the US Southwest, and applied these to a theoretical $100/MWh base PPA price for both wind and solar PV. Over a year, solar earns in the region of $25/MWh more post-TOD revenue than wind.
The vast majority of solar's time-of-delivery advantage over wind comes from differences in diurnal generation profiles - solar electricity is not generated at night.
But, it is important to note that as solar penetration increases in the coming years, causing net peak load to shift later into the afternoon or evening, PV's TOD advantage will likely diminish. Other factors, such as existing generation capacity, peak plant generation costs, grid constraints and regional electricity market designs, will also impact the incremental value of solar over the average.


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A number of cities and states have enacted laws requiring employers to offer paid sick leave to employees. Each state and local government law varies, increasing administrative burden and causing compliance headaches for large multi-state employers, many of which already provide generous paid leave programs for employees. More states and cities are considering legislation in 2017 to mandate paid sick leave.
On March 29-31, over 500 HR/benefits and health care professionals came together in Washington, DC for the Business Group's annual conference Business Health Agenda. This year's conference focused on employee communication and engagement, innovation in health care and pharmacy delivery and health care policy and regulation. The following five key takeaways were gleaned from 3-day event.
As a follow up to our release of "Policy Recommendations to Promote Sustainable, Affordable Pricing for Specialty Pharmaceuticals," in which we focused on policy recommendations we think the government should examine, this blog post focuses on policies we think are ill-advised. These policies may include specialty drug price caps, out-of-pocket payment caps, limitations on utilization management tools and mandated disclosure of proprietary information.
As we do every year, the National Business Group on Health held its Employers' Summit on Health Care Costs and Solutions in January. The summit provides a forum for close to 100 benefits leaders to come together early in the health care planning cycle to reflect on last year's initiatives, discuss strategy for 2017 and begin to plan for 2018 and beyond. It's an opportunity to share ideas, to network and learn from peers, and to leverage best practices that employers can implement back in the office.
The Business Group is pleased to roll out a Public Policy Issue Brief that offers public policy recommendations to create a more favorable environment for financial sustainability and affordability of specialty medications. At the outset, understanding the challenge is important. With specialty drug expenditures trending at an all-time high and all indicators pointing to sustained increases over time, employers are strategizing on how best to manage growing pharmacy expenditures for this subset of drugs.
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Modern ZEISS binoculars and spotting scopes are extremely robust and protected reliably against dust and moisture. This makes them very easy to care for; in particular, this applies to the glass surfaces on the ZEISS Victory products with their hard, water and dirt-repellant LotuTec® coating. Nonetheless, several points should be observed to ensure the performance over many years and decades.
Modern (clean!) microfiber cloths are the best tool for cleaning the optics. Usually, fingerprints, for example, can be removed by breathing on the lens elements and wiping them with a light, circular motion. It is not recommended to use dry paper cleaning cloths and a fine powder as offered in many optical cleaning sets.
Dust can be removed with a lens brush or bellows which can be found at any photo store. Before cleaning with a cloth, dust, grains of sand, and other hard particles must be removed carefully.
Dried rain drops and primarily salt spray leave deposits and rings. They must be removed by moistening or (with watertight binoculars) with water before a cleaning cloth can be used.
Oil on the lens elements should be removed as quickly as possible. The lens elements should be cleaned carefully to the edge using an eyeglass cleanser or an optical cleaning cloth and perhaps a little alcohol.
For normal dirt, watertight binoculars, or a spotting scope can be simply rinsed with lukewarm water.
T* multi-coated lenses can be cleaned with pure alcohol. Acetone, random cleanser, or benzene is generally not recommended. They can corrode and damage various materials and coatings.
Watertight, dry nitrogen-filled devices are not subject to mold build-up – at least on the inside. Mold can grow on the exterior lens elements if the device is stored in a moist, warm and dark environment for longer periods. Mold spores are practically everywhere and fingerprints (i.e. grease stains) provide an ideal breeding ground. In such cases or in the tropics, where high humidity is the rule of thumb it is recommended to store the devices in an airy, bright location. If they are warmed by the sun, any moisture on the surface vaporizes; without moisture there is no mold buildup. Mold often marks its presence with a fine, branching structure on the surface of the lens elements. The problem is that metabolic byproducts damage the surface permanently so that a simple cleaning may remove the mold but not its traces.
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A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Parkhead ScoWard through time | Census tables with data for the Local Govt. Ward, A Vision of Britain through Time.
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Celebs including Gwyneth Paltrow, Jenna Dewan-Tatum and Molly Sims react to critics of Kim Kardashian's maternity style and changing pregnant body.
Ever since her baby bump started peeking out from under her designer clothes, Kim Kardashian has been getting near-constant criticism of her maternity style and weight gain.
But lately, celebrities (including a few moms and moms-to-be!) are coming to the reality star's defense. Here's what they had to say:
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"Let's all be kind to every woman out there who is expecting … it shouldn't be about how much weight someone has gained, their fashion etc … it's a beautiful amazing moment in time and not about vanity! … just try to enjoy the process! Not a competition." — Jenna Dewan-Tatum
"It is disgusting and despicable" the way that certain media constantly harass the pregnant Kim Kardashian … a public bullying and attacking of a pregnant woman because of her growing shape is just lower than low … No one should ever be publicly judged for their body, but to attack an expecting mother is sacrilegious and just plain wrong. A pregnant woman should not be criticized for her shape, period!!" — Helena Christensen
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"I think that women should support each other, especially through pregnancy. It's a difficult time and I think Kim Kardashian looks absolutely beautiful. And we're supposed to gain weight when we're pregnant — that's how God intended it." — Gwyneth Paltrow
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"She's just so happy to be pregnant and to be moving on to a different time in her life. I love that she has embraced it and that she is still wearing whatever she wants to wear. I'm kind of jealous. I like it." — Molly Sims
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"Our bodies are never public property under any circumstance. It's wrong, and people in the street who feel the right to touch a pregnant woman's belly ought to be arrested for harassment. Our bodies belong to us, and if we don't invite touching, we shouldn't tolerate it. If our bodies are treated as ornaments instead of instruments, that's because we are rebelling because it's an effort to distract us. So don't be distracted. Why bother getting caught up in that?" — Gloria Steinem
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"I am so excited for her as a young mom, and I keep telling her … relax and enjoy it. Gain the weight — who cares? — I can get you back better than ever. I think [the criticism is] ridiculous. I think it's horrible. It's sad for us as human beings. Who does that?" — Tracy Anderson, personal trainer to the stars
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"I think women being pregnant should just be left alone. As a woman who went through that, you're already feeling like something foreign took over your body. And to have everybody commenting on it, that's tough. Let her wear what she wants. She's so beautiful — with a face like that, who cares what your body's doing?" — Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx
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Is stress interfering with your diabetes management? Here are a few simple things you can do today to chill out and better control your condition.
Some amount of stress in life is simply unavoidable, especially when battling a chronic condition like diabetes. But if every little thing like a long line at the supermarket checkout or an unexpected road detour sends your anxiety skyrocketing, it can take a toll on your health: Uncontrolled chronic stress can raise blood sugar levels and make you more susceptible to long-term complications, such as kidney, eye or nerve disorders. Plus, you're more likely to engage in bad behavior like binge-eating, drinking or smoking, when you're stressed out.
The good news? Identifying and easing anxiety can help you feel better overall and improve your diabetes: According to Duke University Medical Center research led by Richard S. Surwit, PhD, professor of medical psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, stress-management techniques can lead to significant improvements in A1C levels in those with type 2 diabetes.
Take a few moments to evaluate your main sources of stress, and then try one of these simple tension-tamers today.
Start yawning
Scientists aren't sure why, but yawning can stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system, the part of your nervous system that creates positive feelings and reduces stress. Add some exaggerated stretching and you'll immediately feel calmer. Lucky for you, yawning is contagious: Looking at a picture of someone yawning or reading about yawning can trigger this function of the body. In fact, we wouldn't be surprised if you were yawning right now!
Hug your loved one
A warm embrace can do wonders for your mood. In a study in Psychosomatic Medicine, couples sat close to one another, talked for 10 minutes and then shared a long hug. The result? They had a rise in oxytocin, the feel-good hormone known to reduce stress and lower blood pressure.
Work it out
One of the best ways to tame that tension is to literally work it out. Whether you go for a long walk, pop in an exercise DVD or take a class at the gym, exercise will help you burn off that nervous energy and boost those feel-good endorphins.
Get some shut-eye
More than 85% of respondents in a National Sleep Foundation survey said poor sleep affects their mood; 72% said it affects their family life and responsibilities and 68% said it impedes their social life. Lack of sleep can also lead to slip-ups in your diabetes management—more junk-food cravings and less energy to exercise, for example.
Practice progressive muscle relaxation
A technique called progressive muscle relaxation can help ease stress. And the best part is that it can be done just about anywhere. Dim the lights and sit in a comfortable chair. Take several slow, deep breaths. Tense your muscles for five seconds and then relax for five seconds, starting with your feet and working your way up your body. Pay attention to how your body feels in a relaxed state.Have more sex
In addition to being a good diversion from our worries, sex has been shown to positively affect our ability to manage stress. One study showed that participants who had recently had intercourse tended to have either a lower baseline blood pressure, less of a rise in blood pressure during stressful events or both.
Exercise your funny bone
Fretting about counting carbs or managing medication side effects? Pop in a funny flick, or check out some comedians on YouTube. According to researchers at Loma Linda University in California, even the mere anticipation of a humorous event can help reduce your body's stress hormones.
Bask in the light
Increasing your exposure to light—whether outdoors or indoors—has been shown to enhance your well-being and boost your mood. Try squeezing in 20 minutes of sunlight on most days of the week. Can't manage to go outdoors? Consider investing in an indoor light box that provides full-spectrum light, which mimics the effects of sunshine.
Escape with entertainment
There's nothing wrong with taking a time-out from daily life and pushing your stressors aside. Let it all go, and lose yourself and your worries in a good book, movie or TV show.


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Illinois firearm deer season opens this weekend
season is Nov. 16-18 and Nov. 29-Dec. 2
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[November 16, 2012]
SPRINGFIELD -- Hunters in
Illinois head to the field this week for the state's busiest and
most popular hunting season -- the firearm deer season -- which
begins Friday through Sunday. The seven-day firearm hunt will
conclude Nov. 29-Dec. 2.
Hunters in Illinois harvested 98,820 deer during the seven-day
firearm deer hunting season in 2011. So far this season,
approximately 334,000 permits have been issued. For information on
remaining permits, check the IDNR website at this link:
The legal hunting hours for the firearm deer season are a
half-hour before sunrise to a half-hour after sunset.
Hunters in most counties who are successful in taking a deer
during the firearm season must register the deer they harvest online
through the IDNR website at
hunting/Pages/HarvestReporting.aspx or by phoning 1-866-IL-CHECK
(1-866-452-4325). Hunters using the online or phone-in system must
register their harvest by 10 p.m. on the day they take the deer. It
is recommended that hunters using cellphones to register their
harvest wait until they are out of the field and have a clear
cellphone signal before attempting to make the call to report the
deer harvest.
Firearm deer hunters in the 10 counties listed below are required
to register all deer harvested during firearm season at the
check stations between the hours of 8 a.m. and
8 p.m. Biologists will be present to take chronic wasting disease
test samples at the time of registration. Testing is voluntary, but
all hunters with adult deer are encouraged to participate.
Note: Successful Kendall County firearm deer hunters are also
encouraged to bring their adult deer to a check station in one of
the adjacent counties for testing, as IDNR needs additional samples
from this county to properly evaluate the status of CWD.
Check stations
Boone County --
Boone Co. Fairgrounds; one-half mile north of Route 76 and
Business Route 20, Belvidere
DeKalb County --
Shabbona Lake State Park; 4201 Shabbona Grove Road, Shabbona
Grundy County --
Gebhard Woods State Park; 401 Ottawa St., Morris
Jo Daviess County
-- Elizabeth Community Building; 210 N. West St., Elizabeth,
one-half mile west of business district on Highway 20, next to
the Elizabeth campus of Highland Community College
Kane County --
Shabbona Lake State Park (in De Kalb County); 4201 Shabbona
Grove Road, Shabbona
La Salle County --
Buffalo Rock State Park; three miles west of Ottawa on Dee
Bennett Road
McHenry County --
Moraine Hills State Park; McHenry Dam Day Use Area, east of
McHenry on River Road, 2.2 miles south of Route 120
Ogle County --
Castle Rock State Park; Route 2, three miles south of Oregon
Stephenson County
-- Stephenson County Fairgrounds; one mile east of Route 26 and
Fairgrounds Road, Freeport
Winnebago County -- Rock Cut State
Park; Loves Park, one mile west of Perryville Road on Hart Road
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Hunters who participate in the CWD sampling can check the status
of their deer (listed by phone number) through the IDNR website at
Hunters who provide samples from deer that test positive are
notified by the IDNR.
While not believed to be contagious to humans or livestock,
chronic wasting disease is known to spread from animal to animal
among deer and elk. The disease affects the brain of infected
animals, causing them to become emaciated, display abnormal
behavior, lose coordination and eventually die. Illinois expanded
its CWD surveillance effort in 2002 following the discovery of the
disease in neighboring Wisconsin.
Other upcoming firearm hunting seasons in Illinois are the
three-day muzzleloader-only deer season Dec. 7-9, and the seven-day
split late-winter firearm antlerless-only deer season and special
CWD deer season Dec. 27-30 and Jan. 18-20. Hunters are reminded that
10 fewer counties will be open for the late-winter season in 2012-13
(see map at
For more information on Illinois deer hunting regulations, check
the IDNR website at this link:
Hunting safety
Illinois law requires that anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 1980,
must successfully complete a hunter safety course before being
issued a regular Illinois hunting license.
The most common cause of hunting incidents in Illinois is falling
from a tree stand.
Of the 14 hunting-related incidents reported in 2011 that did not
involve discharge of a firearm or bow, 13 of them were tree stand
When using a tree stand, remember the
Check ladder
stands before climbing to make sure they are secure.
Wear a fall arrest
system/full body safety harness when leaving the ground until
returning to the ground from the tree stand.
Use a haul line to raise and lower your
equipment and unloaded firearm or bow into a tree stand.
When hunting with a
firearm, sportsmen should remember three primary rules of firearm
Know your target
and what is beyond your target.
Point the muzzle
in a safe direction.
Treat every
firearm as if it were loaded.
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Illinois Department of
Natural Resources
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Illinois Office of
Communication and Information]
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I've got a GeoDjango model as follows:
class City(models.Model):
id = models.IntegerField(primary_key=True)
county = models.ForeignKey(County)
location = models.PointField(null=True, blank=True)
How do I get all the cities within a particular bounding box, ordered by distance? I've got the relevant latlngs as strings, but I'm not really sure how to construct the bounding box, or the central point, or the query :)
EDITED: have now worked out how to construct the bounding box and get places - but can anyone help me sort by distance?
swLat = request.GET.get('swLat')
swLng = request.GET.get('swLng')
neLat = request.GET.get('neLat')
neLng = request.GET.get('neLng')
centreLat = request.GET.get('centreLat')
centreLng = request.GET.get('centreLng')
centre = fromstr('POINT(%s %s)' % (centreLat, centreLng))
boundaries = fromstr('POLYGON((%s %s,%s %s,%s %s,%s %s,%s %s))' % \
(swLng, swLat, swLng, neLat, neLng, neLat, neLng, swLat, swLng, swLat))
cities = City.objects.filter(location__within=boundaries)
# how to order cities by distance from centre?
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CLEVELAND — Kevin Love is finally teaming up with LeBron James.
The Minnesota Timberwolves, Cleveland Cavaliers and Philadelphia 76ers completed a delayed blockbuster trade Saturday that's been talked about for months and on hold for 30 days. Love, arguably the game's best power forward, is headed from Minnesota to Cleveland, where he will join James and instantly make the Cavs an NBA title favorite, two persons with direct knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press. The persons spoke on condition of anonymity shortly after the teams completed their conference call with the league to approve the deal.
The Timberwolves are getting No. 1 overall pick Andrew Wiggins and former top pick Anthony Bennett from Cleveland and veteran forward Thaddeus Young from Philadelphia.
The 76ers get a 2015 first-round draft choice from Cleveland, and guard Alexey Shved and forward Luc Mbah a Moute from Minnesota.
A rarely used NBA rule forced the teams to wait to complete the trade until 30 days after Wiggins signed his rookie contract.
It's official now, and Cleveland, which hasn't had a major pro sports championship since 1964, has a title contender.
The Cavs and Timberwolves have been discussing a trade involving for Love for months, long before James decided to leave Miami and come back home to Ohio. The deal dragged on through the summer, first because of Cleveland's unwillingness to include Wiggins in any package, and then due to the 30-day provision.
That bit of fine print in the collective bargaining agreement triggered an agonizing wait in both cities, more so in championship-starved Cleveland where generations of fans have longed for the Cavs, Indians or Browns to win it all.
Now the league's best player has another superstar as a running mate. Add in All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving and James again finds himself the ringleader of a star-studded trio after leaving Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade behind with the Heat.
Love will make James a better player and vice versa.
"I'm going to be very excited to have him," James said at his recent homecoming event in Akron, Ohio. "I don't really care about the 26 (points) and 12 (rebounds). I care about the basketball IQ. His basketball IQ is very, very high. I had an opportunity to spend 32 days with him on the 2012 Olympic team. It's funny. I always told Kevin Love, `You're very good, man.' He always thought I was blowing smoke.
"I always told him he was going to be a reason why we won the gold medal, and he played a huge role for us. So I'm looking forward to it. He's a great piece."


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Stomatitis refers to an inflammation of the mouth, "stoma" indicating an opening, cavity or mouth and "itis" being the Latin suffix for inflammation. Most often referred to with regard to snakes, stomatitis is seen in all reptiles. Stomatitis is one of the conditions included in the group, "Upper Alimentary Tract Disease (UATD)," which includes any pathologic condition that affects the oral cavity, pharynx, or esophagus.
What Causes Infectious Stomatitis?
Infectious stomatitis usually occurs as a response to stress such as an inappropriately temperature-regulated environment, overcrowding, internal or external parasites, trauma, or especially, poor nutrition. Vitamin C deficiency and inappropriate calcium/phosphorous levels in the diet have been implicated. Any of these stresses suppress the immune system of the reptile and make it much more susceptible to infections. Many pathogens can cause infectious stomatitis including bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Pseudomonas, Aeromonas, Salmonella, Klebsiella, and Mycobacterium are bacterial causes.
What Are the Clinical Signs of Infectious Stomatitis?
Signs can vary in number and degree, depending on the stage of infection. Anorexia, purulent discharge from the mouth, excessive mucous (salivation) in the mouth, swelling or reddening around or in the mouth, inability to close the mouth, reduced or absent tongue flicking, and gingival swelling or necrosis may all be seen. The lining of the mouth can become eroded and often develops a "cottage cheese" appearance that is either yellow- or whitish-gray in color. In severe cases, it may look very much like the mouth is rotting away, hence the common name for this condition — mouth rot.
In extremely advanced cases, the head may be swollen; the infection may spread to the jaw and/or cranium (skull); teeth may become loose; and pneumonia may develop from aspiration of bacteria. Bacteria may also travel up what is called the hardarian duct, a pathway connecting the inside of the mouth to a sinus near the eye. In this case, the eye may become infected and swell. If not treated quickly and aggressively, the eye may be lost to infection.
The intestinal lining may become inflamed (enteritis) as a result of the ingestion of necrotic material that has broken off from an area of plaque in the mouth. In areas where necrosis and ulceration is especially deep, a thrombus may form that is loaded with bacteria and released into the bloodstream with a resultant septicemia (when bacteria multiply in the bloodstream).
How Is Infectious Stomatitis Diagnosed?
Often, the diagnosis of infectious stomatitis is fairly straight forward based on clinical signs, a complete blood count (CBC), and culture of mucous and/or exudates. History can yield important clues in cases that are not yet blatantly obvious and the only symptom may be loss of appetite. A sample from the lesions is generally taken to determine if the cause is bacterial or fungal, and a sensitivity is performed. A biopsy may be taken if the condition is suggestive of cancer or does not respond to treatment.
What Is the Treatment for Infectious Stomatitis?
Because this disease is secondary to another condition, that condition should be identified, and treated at the same time the treatment of the stomatitis is initiated. Without addressing the underlying condition, the infection will most likely return once treatment is terminated. In those instances where the stomatitis is diagnosed in its earliest stages, addressing husbandry and/or nutrition issues is often the first step. Sometimes something as simple as warming the environment will assist in the recovery of a mild case. The lesions are debrided (dead or dying tissue is removed), any abscesses are opened and drained, the area is repeatedly flushed with an antiseptic solution, and topical antibiotics or silvadene cream may then be applied. These procedures need to be repeated daily until the lesions are healed. When there is considerable tissue involvement, surgery may be necessary to remove any affected bone or deeper tissues. In most cases, antibiotic therapy is best administered via injection, either intra-muscularly (IM) or directly into the affected areas. Supportive care may include supplemental heat and respiratory support by way of humidification. Nutritional supplements may be injected into prey foods that are offered. Tube feeding is generally used as a last resort.
How Is Infectious Stomatitis Prevented?
The importance of proper nutrition and husbandry cannot be overstated. Reptiles, in fact most exotic species, do not show signs of illness until the disease or infection is quite advanced, necessitating more aggressive treatment, and making a positive outcome more questionable. The needs of each species of reptile vary remarkably and should be researched before acquiring an animal. Under proper husbandry condition, with proper attention to nutrition and environment, infectious stomatitis will not be a problem.


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The Southern California wildfire that prompted an emergency declaration continued to burn in the San Jacinto Mountains on Saturday, consuming nearly 30 square miles of terrain.
California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency Friday for Riverside County in the wake of the Silver Fire, a blaze that has claimed nearly 30 structures -- most of them homes -- over 19,000 acres.
At least 10 firefighters and one civilian have been injured in the blaze, authorities said.
Local news from across Southern California
Evacuation orders for the areas of Snow Creek, Cabazon, Mt. Edna and Poppet Flats were lifted Friday evening as fire crews had the fire 70 percent contained, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
More than 1,840 firefighters were battling the blaze amid the strong wind gusts, but cool temperatures helped control the flames as it headed east toward Palm Springs on Friday, clouding the resort town with smoke.
Highway 243 was still closed north of Poppet Flats to Wesley Street in Banning.
An animal evacuation center was established at the San Jacinto Valley Animal Campus, 581 South Grand Ave. in San Jacinto.
Boulder Basin and Black Mountain Campgrounds on Black Mountain Road have been closed through Aug. 15., and evacuation orders were issued for for Marion Mountain Campground, Fern Basin Campground, Dark Canyon Campground -- and for the the Marion Mountain and Seven Pines hiking trails.
Residents in the following areas were told to avoid unnecessary outdoor activities: Lake Elsinore, Perris Valley, Hemet/San Jacinto Valley, Banning Pass, Coachella Valley and Temecula Valley.
Anywhere that residents can see or smell smoke from the wildfires was also included in the warning, according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
The Silver Fire broke out about 2 p.m. Wednesday in the foothills of the San Jacinto Mountains about 90 miles east of Los Angeles. Five firefighters and one civilian were injured in the blaze.
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Purple Geometric Bedroom
Known for his use of bold colors, designer Jamie Drake decks out this bedroom suite in delectable shades of fashionable fuchsia. A lavish silk moiré wraps the room. The bed, covered in a velvet contemporary pattern, gets a traditional finish with brass nailhead trim.
See more from this bedroom on the following slide.
Purple Geometric Bedroom
Walls awash in glossy lavender provide a stylish backdrop for the sitting area. A fluffy white ottoman sits between a pair of armchairs upholstered in ever-chic tweed. Brass floor lamps, glass-topped side tables, and a gilded mirror above the fireplace add warmth and sparkle.
Green Beach House Bedroom
Walls the color of palm fronds add a tropical touch in this Florida master bedroom. The room charms with ultrafeminine details, like a Wilton carpet strewn with roses, floral prints by a local artist, and a collection of pottery plates.
"Especially in a room with bright or bold colors, you need to create contrast with the crispness of white," says designer Betsy Speert.
Yellow Guest Room
Sunny yellows enliven this guest bedroom in Key West. Scalamandré linen toile dresses the pillows, duvet, bed skirt, and cane chairs from Hickory Chair. The buttery color scheme accentuates pale blue details in the linens, bench fabric, and decorative china displayed above the bed.
Glamorous Lavender Bedroom
Designer Colette van den Thillart transformed her Toronto home into a lovely "Frenchified" space. The lilac-and-white master suite was inspired by Canada's northern light. The headboard was custom designed by Colette. A Belgian-oak settee upholstered with faux fur huddles with tufted slipper chairs in the luxurious sitting area. Both pretty and utilitarian, the complementary lilac-and-white draperies are backed with blackout lining to guarantee restful nights.
Red & Yellow Bedroom
Strongly colored walls, a berry ceiling, and sisal carpet make a lush setting for this bedroom. A mirror substitutes for a window behind the bed. Designer and homeowner Michael Connors found several wonderful items at a Parisian flea market, including the map of Paris circa-1734 and the French Art Deco leather smoking chairs.
Soothing Brown Guest Room
A guest bedroom is warmed by brown ticking fabric on the walls and brown toile draperies. English transferware hangs above the bamboo headboard. A bronze Chinese incense burner floats on an acrylic stand in the corner, and an antique magnifying glass sits on a side table.
Blue & White Bedroom
Cream walls and restrained decorating allows blue hues to pop in this Louisiana master suite. Graphic artwork and clean lines on the bed linens lend a contemporary feel. French doors open up to a deep Southern porch overlooking the bayou.
Sunny Yellow Bedroom
Brilliant sunrises guarantee cheerful wake-up calls in this Massachusetts beach house. Light yellows stand out against the crisp white paint and bed linens. Spindle beds were a flea market find; an armchair shows off its summery stripes.
Girly Pink Bedroom
This ultra-feminine master bedroom glows in raspberry, tempered by a taupe glaze applied in a crosshatch pattern. Designer Jennifer Flanders used an antique bed as inspiration for the shaped headboard tufted in hot pink wool. Instead of the expected stark white, the bedroom trim was painted in taupe to add depth and more warmth. Newly constructed armoires faced with mirrors house clothes and accessories.
See more from this room and tips from the designer on the following slide.
Girly Pink Bedroom Sitting Area
In a corner of the master bedroom, an armchair designed by Jennifer draws attention with its nailhead decoration.
Color Tips from Designer Jennifer Flanders
• Go beyond tried and true. Instead of having go-to colors, Jennifer prefers to tackle new color combinations for each project. "Not only does it keep the work interesting, but it allows me to give something unique to each client," she says. She does, however, use one trim color repeatedly—Benjamin Moore's White Dove, which, she explains, is neither too bright nor too creamy, just the perfect white. • Introduce color surprises. Trying a new wall color is the easiest way to change the look of a room. But why stop there? Jennifer advises painting the moldings white and suggests painting the inside of bookshelves a contrasting color. That offers opportunities for more interest and drama.
• Think balance. Mix light with dark and large scale with small scale to create a room of ease and comfort. Bold colors and patterns should be evenly distributed throughout a space, not clumped together in one area.
Chartreuse Guest Room
Tropical themes abound in this Hawaiian home. Antique Victorian beds join an Eastlake parlor table in this guest room. Bright chartreuse stands out against the dark woods. Prints hanging on the green plaster walls are by artist John Kelly.
Sky Blue Guest Bedroom
A sweet blue guest bedroom takes a formal turn with a regal brass chandelier and a checked canopy that adds height to the tufted white headboard. The pillows and duvet are covered in a pretty blue-and-white damask print.
Dreamy Lavender Bedroom
A lavender master bedroom exudes a dreamlike quality. Walls are covered in grass cloth from Philip Jeffries Ltd., while a checkerboard rug possesses richer jewel tones. Italian hanging lanterns from Lee Jofa and an angled skylight give dimension to the limited space.
Bold Gold Bedroom
Rich yellow hues warm this bedroom, while the flower-and-scroll Italian linen makes the most of the snug space. "I like this print because it doesn't have an identifiable flower image," says designer Cecilie Starin. "Representational prints tend to grow tiresome. This one has elegant movement and doesn't depict anything specific."
The walls of this bedroom were given depth with an unusual mulberry-pulp wallpaper that resembles stone blocks. Popular during the 1930s, the paper's imperfections enhance the interplay between rough and refined textures and furnishings.
Teal & Tangerine Bedroom
A charged palette of glossy blue and orange drives this showhouse bedroom, designed by Kendall Wilkinson. An unexpected Lucite headboard fades into a striking and graceful mural of a white tree with sparrows by decorative painter Shirley Robinson. The pristine white bed linens are accentuated with a black-and-white geometric motif on the pillows.
Teal & Tangerine Bedroom Sitting Area
The room's lustrous sheen paves the way for other shiny elements, like this quartet of teal patent leather chairs surrounding a Lucite table. Pagoda-shaped valences above the windows echo the tangerine-and-teal chinoiserie toile itself.
Very Green Bedroom
This bedroom is ultra-green—both in its color palette and eco-friendly, allergen-sensitive materials. Designer Trudy Dujardin used a low-VOC paint for the strié pattern on the walls; cotton drapery fabrics and wool carpeting contain no added finishes; the organic mattress is made from natural latex, wool, and organic cotton.
Click here to see more of this bedroom as well as healthful design tips from Trudy Dujardin.
Purple Bedroom
A purple damask fabric from Osborne & Little covers Roman shades and a custom foot- and headboard in this child's bedroom. The mint-green side table and desk chair from Jonathan Adler complement the pale purple palette. Benjamin Moore's Misty Lilac paint covers the walls.
Sweet Peach Bedroom
The pale-coral guest bedroom features feminine touches like a tufted bench, romantic bed drapery, and silk window treatments. Lucite bench legs lend a contemporary element, counterbalanced by sweet monogrammed bedding from Leontine Linens.
Bright & Light Bedroom
Originally a Beirut convent, French-born architect Annabel Karim Kassar transformed this hundred-year-old building into a light-filled family home. In the master bedroom, bright colors and Middle Eastern patterns command attention. Hand-painted wallpaper fills the niche behind a steel bed. The encaustic floor tiles are original to the house.
Golden Bedroom
Buttery goldenrod hues shine in this master bedroom. Designer Nancy Serafini covered walls with a paper-backed striped toile. The bedskirt, bed pillows, and shades were also fashioned from the toile.
Serene Green & Gold Bedroom
Soft sage and golden details create a soothing palette for this master bedroom. Colefax & Fowler "Fuchsia" wallpaper inspired the light color scheme. The gold-leaf canopy bed was created by homeowner and designer Annie Selke for her home furniture line. The bed linens are from Pine Cone Hill.
Peaceful Lilac Bedroom
The owner of this home wanted to create Scandinavian style in her German abode. The lilac-painted master bedroom takes its interesting shape from the home's thatched roof. A French bedcover, chair upholstered in old linen, and pine table painted by the homeowner complete the furnishings.
Red & Orange Guest Bedroom
An old apple storeroom was transformed into a Moroccan-style guest retreat. Its walls are clad in plaster stained sunset orange. The room was created by Australian artist Donald Gray.
Olive Guest Bedroom
A gorgeous gold- and olive-colored guest room provides the perfect haven on the set of the 2007 film "The Nanny Diaries." Silk embroidered fabrics, a French bed, and floral wallpaper offer a soothing place of respite in this otherwise chaotic fictional household.
Artistic Orange Bedroom
The sky's the limit for designer Sara Story. It's where she drew inspiration for her vivid bedroom's hand-painted wallpaper in extreme orange, patterned with a chinoiserie-style mural of birds dancing among lacy tree branches. Instead of a traditional blue background for her renderings of trees, Story re-created the sky at sunset, that colorful point in the evening when blue yields to a spectrum of warm yellow to orange, giving the chinoiserie design a playful tone.
On a bed topped with embroidered linens, an orange Hermes throw nods to the iconic shade that saturates the luxury brand's boxes and blends with the intense color of the walls.
For more colorful spaces, click here to see a presentation of Colorful Kitchens With Charisma.


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If the world doesn't end, winter begins
With any luck, Friday, December 21 will not mark the end of the world, but rather the usual beginning of winter for the Northern Hemisphere. The Mayans and their vanished civilization are a true mystery, made all the more poignant by their accomplishments, building great pyramids and devising an elaborate calendar. That calendar, like those of other civilizations throughout history and around the globe, recognizes December 21 as the end of the year — and the beginning of the new.
We call it solstice, meaning sun standing still. But today we know that it is not the sun halting its motion but rather earth's own wobbly spin as it orbits the sun. Earth rotates on a 231⁄2 -degree axis, and on the 21st each year, the south pole directly faces the sun, bathing the Southern Hemisphere in its greatest amount of daylight while casting the least light on the Northern Hemisphere. Slowly the earth then begins its tilt the other way, bringing a return of light.
As for the Mayans predicting this year's solstice as the end of all time, who knows. They are long gone. Perhaps they couldn't foresee a time in the future further than their own history trailed into the past. I explain it to my children, ages 11 and 12, as more akin to our own recent end of the millennium and the doom-sayers it brought out. Yes, it's a significant milestone in our calculation of time. But regardless of us and our calendars, the next day the earth continue on its path around the sun.
These long nights are good for sky watching, if you can bear winter's chill. With little if any humidity in the air, the stars and planets shine in crisp relief on a clear night. Even as the setting sun lingers, Jupiter appears in the east, with orange Aldebaran a few degrees below and the miniature dipper-shaped Pleiades a little above. All are visible until dawn, by which time Saturn rises, followed by brilliant Venus and even fleeting Mercury just ahead of the sun.
The World Didn't End for the Mayans, Either
I was reading the Dec. 20 Bay Weekly, when a story about the Mayans caught my eye. In The Mayan Calendar Mystery, J. Alex Knoll writes "the Mayans predicting this year's solstice as the end of all time … are long gone."
The Mayas have never gone. Today, the Maya and their descendants form sizable populations that include regions encompassing present-day Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador and parts of Mexico. They maintain a distinctive set of traditions and beliefs due to the combination of pre-Columbian and post-conquest ideas and cultures.
Millions of people speak Mayan languages today; the Rabinal Achí, a play written in the Achi language, was declared a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2005.
–Abby Ybarra, Chesapeake Beach


text: Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross (1838-1898), soldier, statesman, and university president, was born at Bentonsport, Iowa Territory, on Sept. 27, 1838. Sul's love for action and horses involved him in his first Indian fight while he was still a boy, after his family moved to Texas. Although his early ambition was to be an Indian fighter like his father, he recognized the value of education and enrolled at Baylor University in Independence, Texas, and then at the Wesleyan University in Florence, Alabama, where he obtained his A.B. degree in 1859.


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"conflicting declaration 'int buttons [0]'"'buttons' has a previous declaration as 'int buttons [6]'"
int buttons[6];// set up an array with 6 integersint buttons[0] = 2;// give the first element of the array the value 2 note that it counts from zeroint notes[] = {262, 294, 330, 349};//corresponds to the notes C, D, E and Fvoid setup() { Serial.begin(9600);}void loop () { int keyVal = analogRead(A0); Serial.println(keyVal); if (keyVal == 1023){ tone(8, notes[0]); } else if (keyVal >= 990 && keyVal <= 1010) { tone(8, notes[1]); } else if(keyVal >= 505 && keyVal <= 515) { tone(8, notes[2]); } else if(keyVal >= 5 && keyVal <= 10) { tone(8, notes[3]); } else{ noTone(8); }}
int buttons[6] = {2};
void setup() { buttons[0] = 2; Serial.begin(9600);}
I was pretty confused about the buttons array as well. Since it's never used again in the code I figured it was some sort of example of how to use arrays? Odd because they don't do anything like that in the rest of the book. I completely removed both lines of code from my sketch and it complied without a problem.
Same here, mysterious 0 valuesSeriously, it's so frustrating that this arduino kit has so many errors in it. I thought this was supposed to encourage and teach, not to confuse and frustrate
I don't have an issue with learning, but you have to have the right tools.I'm actually starting to believe it's something to do with cheap components. By putting the switches on a different part of the breadboard I've managed to get 3 of them to work, still working on a bodge circuit to get the 4th one working. 4 hrs later, on something that's supposed to take 45mins. Because of crappy components. That's not a great way to learn.
Hmmmm, I'm damm glad I bought one before starting out.Is there such a thing as bad batches of resistors? All my resistors read as they're supposed to except the 1M? ones, they read nothing. It's not the meter because it's on the 1000k scale setting, and the 10M? ones are fine!


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BALTIMORE, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Overweight or obese adults who drink diet drinks eat more calories from food than similar-weight adults who drink sugary beverages, U.S. researchers say.
Lead author Sara Bleich, an associate professor at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Department of Health Policy and Management, and colleagues say they used data from the 1999 to 2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
The researchers looked at national patterns in adult diet beverage consumption and caloric intake by body-weight status. The study finds U.S. consumption of diet soda increased from 3 percent to 20 percent today.
Individuals who drink diet soda typically have a higher body mass index and consume more snack food than those who drink sugary beverages, the study says.
Earlier research may explain why the investigators found higher consumption of solid food among heavy adults who drink diet beverages. Artificial sweeteners, present in high doses in diet soda, are associated with a greater activation of reward centers in the brain, thus altering the reward a person experiences from sweet tastes, Bleich says.
In other words, among people who drink diet soda, the brain's sweet sensors may no longer provide a reliable gauge of energy consumption because the artificial sweetener disrupts appetite control. As a result, consumption of diet drinks may result in increased food intake overall, the study says.
"The results of our study suggest that overweight and obese adults looking to lose or maintain their weight -- who have already made the switch from sugary to diet beverages -- may need to look carefully at other components of their solid-food diet, particularly sweet snacks, to potentially identify areas for modification," Bleich says in a statement.
The study is published the American Journal of Public Health.


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This past week, I had the great privilege of attending and speaking at the SANS What Works in Incident Response Summit in Washington, DC.
The Conference once again had some of the best speakers in the world of incident response and forensics including, Major Carol Newell of the Broken Arrow, OK Police Department, Rob Lee, Harlan Carvey, Jesse Kornblum, Troy Larson, Kris Harms, and Robert Shullich.
This is the second year for the conference, and I think that without question, the conference continues to improve. In a field as dynamic and fluid as Incident Response and Computer Forensics, investigators really need to keep current with not only their skill sets, but with emerging technologies, theories, and methodologies. This only makes sense, since the "bad guys" we are all trying to catch, are undoubtedly doing the same thing! This is crux of the summit, and the true value add for the attendees...you get to hear and see what is ACTUALLY working from some of the best minds in the industry.
The major focus this year was on the new challenges we face with the arrival of Windows 7, which is very different than XP, and Vista. There are new registry entries, gobs of new event logs, and a new file system layout. All in all, it going to mean countless hours of research by investigators to be efficient and effective at performing comprehensive forensic investigations.
The other big takeaway from the conference is the involvement with corporate investigators with law enforcement agencies...something I am a HUGE advocate of! Look for a LOT MORE of this to come, but the gist is this...LE agencies do not use police for forensic pathology, or for forensic dentistry, or forensic arson investigations. Why would they? For this, they would use doctors, dentists, and fireman. Why? Because they are subject matter experts in those fields. Why then, when it comes to computer forensic (arguably one of the most difficult of the forensic sciences - based on the vast array of digital media current in use by the "average" person) do LEs want to keep these types of investigations in house? Why not treat cases involving digital media, the same way they would any other case involving a forensic scientist, and seek the assistance of subject matter experts? This is the direction we want to start moving.
If you are an investigator, and want to start helping in LE cases, here are a few tips from Major Newell:
1. Certifications...get them! They look great on the stand, and will help you with the vetting process by the PD and as an expert witness.
2. Be presentable. You don't have to be a cover model by any stretch...but you ARE going to be representing the PD or the DA's office. Dress accordingly!
3. Letters of recommendation. Get these from any law enforcement agency, public official, military officer, or business executive you can. ALSO...get them from fellow investigators...IE...if Rob Lee, Harlan Carvey, and say...Jesse Kornblum say...hey...this guy is legit, then chances are that is going to carry a lot of weight with any respective PD.
4. Be an effective communicator. We deal with some of the most technical information in the IT world...and when on the stand, we may have to explain some of that highly technical information to a jury of our "peers"...which according to most PDs, is about as educated as the average 7th grader. So, know your audience...talk TO them, but never DOWN to them. Save the $5 words for the lawyers...remember the KISS pronciple on the stand.
ALSO...there is something I call the, "Your Mom" principle. If you can get your mom to understand (or some non-technical person provide your mom is either not around, or is in fact an IT engineer as well), then you should be good to go. Remeber, the goal is to convey the "story" of what happened...without spin...to the jury, not impress them with how smart you are.
Again, Kudos to Rob Lee and the SANS Institute for putting on yet another fantastic conferece. I said this last year, and I will say it again...if you only have the funding for one conference per year, THIS IS THE ONE to attend. There are more expert speakers, more potential to make great contacts, and more opportunity to learn at THIS conference, than any other confernce I have attended or spoken at! Great job ROB!!!


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John Denver Spirit Award goes to Stewart F. Lane
The ninth annual John Denver Spirit Award will be presented to Broadway producer Stewart F. Lane at an Oct. 12 ceremony in New York's Central Park. The award, presented by the Starsong Foundation and JD Spirit, celebrates the legacy of the late singer/songwriter John Denver.
Lane is being honored for creating the new musical "A Moment In Time," about a mortally wounded marine in Afghanistan who recalls a happier time with his family in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and finds a reason to live. The score is made up of songs written by Denver. The musical was premiered at the Dix Hill Performing Arts Center in Huntington, N.Y., and a developmental reading is planned for later this month in hopes that it might one day be presented on Broadway.
Lane is a five-time Tony award winner and a four-time Drama Desk Award winner, most reecently for producing "War Horse." He is also an author, playwright and co-owner/operator of the Palace Theatre in New York.
The award ceremony will include Denver songs sung by Broadway veteran Liz Larsen, along with the dedication of a park bench in his honor of the occasion.
Previous winners of the John Denver Spirit Award include Terry Lipman (2009), Joe Henry (2008), Bill Danoff (2007), Erma Deutschendorf (2006), Kenn Roberts (2005), Hal Thau (2004), Tom Crum (2003) and Kris O'Connor (2002).
The Starsong foundation is co-founded by Karmen T. Dopslaff of Snowmass. Since Denver's passing, she has produced more than a dozen concerts in celebration of his memory, including four at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen.
Denver died in a plane crash on October 12, 1997.
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The second day of a legislative meeting scheduled to review the cross-strait service trade pact was marked with clashes and condemnations between lawmakers of the two political camps.
"There may be differences in opinion between different parties, but these differences should be resolved through negotiation, not violence," Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus whip Lin Hung-chih (林鴻池) told a press conference yesterday. "We condemn the Democratic Progressive Party [DPP] caucus for using violence against our caucus office director Chiang Kui-fang [江桂芳]."
Lin was referring to a scuffle which occurred in the afternoon, when DPP Legislator Chiu Yi-ying (邱議瑩) attempted to unplug a loudspeaker box belonging to the KMT caucus, as KMT lawmakers were speaking through loudspeakers, trying to interrupt the meeting.
"I did not use violence against Chiang, I was trying to stop the KMT from interrupting the meeting. Chiang wanted to stop me from what I was doing, and I had to defend myself," Chiu said.
As the tussle between Chiu and Chiang ensued, legislators from both camps rushed over, adding to more pushing and shoving.
Amid the chaos, KMT Legislator Alicia Wang (王育敏) collapsed and was rushed to the health center.
She was later diagnosed with several bone fractures in her arms and feet.
The conflict erupted as soon as DPP Legislator Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁), who presided over the meeting, announced the beginning the meeting at 9am.
About one minute before the official start, Lin and KMT legislators delivered a petition, asking that the meeting to reject the official record of Wednesday's review of the service trade pact, saying that there should not be a meeting transcript since nothing happened during the meeting.
Chen refused to take the petition, saying the meeting had not started. However, after announcing the beginning of the meeting, he confirmed there were no issues with the transcript of the previous day, despite the verbal and written protest from KMT lawmakers.
As the meeting degenerated into chaos, Chen announced that the meeting would go into recess, and left the podium.
When Legislative Yuan staffers stepped down from the podium with Chen, several KMT legislators — notably Alex Fai (費鴻泰) — ran after them, trying to stop them from leaving, and accused them of not being neutral.
DPP legislators Chen Ting-fei (陳亭妃) and Lee Chun-yi (李俊俋) quickly moved to push Fai away, asking him "not to give staffers trouble."
The meeting was again paused after the conflict between Chiu and Chiang, with Chen and his DPP colleagues again leaving the meeting room.
As Chen and DPP lawmakers did not return at the scheduled ending of the meeting at 5:30pm, KMT lawmakers declared the meeting adjourned, and said the caucus will hold meetings to review the services trade pact next week, when KMT Legislator Chang Ching-chung (張慶忠) is to serve as the rotating president of the Internal Administration Committee.
Meanwhile, the DPP caucus accused the KMT of resorting to lies and violence to block the review procedure.
Chen Chi-mai said the KMT caucus has been doing everything it could, including kicking Legislative Yuan staffers and blaming them for violation of neutrality and stealing away the registration form so that lawmakers could not speak in order, to compromise the meeting.
He also rejected the KMT's claim that he failed to follow regulations and ignored Lin Hung-chih's motion to reaffirm the proceedings.


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Football refers to a number of sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal. The most popular of these sports worldwide is association football, more commonly known as just "football" or "soccer".
Unqualified, the word football applies to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears, including association football, as well as American football, Australian rules football, Canadian football, Gaelic football, rugby league, rugby union and other related games. These variations of football are known as football codes.
Various forms of football can be identified in history, often as popular peasant games. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. The influence and power of the British Empire allowed these rules of football to spread, including to areas of British influence outside of the directly controlled Empire, though by the end of the nineteenth century, distinct regional codes were already developing: Gaelic Football, for example, deliberately incorporated the rules of local traditional football games in order to maintain their heritage.
In 1888, The Football League was founded in England, becoming the first of many professional football competitions. In the twentieth century, the various codes of football have become amongst the most popular team sports in the world.


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So far-
Walcott: 8 votes
Dujon 10 votes
Will wrap this section up tomorrow morning.
Interesting that Jackie Hendriks, who was selected in espn's WI ATG team hasn't received a vote yet.
So far-
Walcott: 8 votes
Dujon 10 votes
Will wrap this section up tomorrow morning.
Interesting that Jackie Hendriks, who was selected in espn's WI ATG team hasn't received a vote yet.
Yeah but lets be honest here, when those lists were first published, Hendriks was the shock selection across all the teams. I personally thought he was doing well just to make the shortlist.
Another vote for Walcott.
1. BA Richards
2. SM Gavaskar
3. IVA Richards
4. DG Bradman
5. SR Tendulkar
6. GS Sobers
7. LEG Ames
8. Imran Khan
9. RJ Hadlee
10. MD Marshall
11. M Muralitharan
Originally Spoken by Brendon McCullum
You have got to earn the right to be aggressive.Supporting XI
Soumya Sarkar, Liton Das, Pinak Ghosh, Mominul Haque, Mosaddek Hossain, Nazmul Shanto, Shabbir, Nurul Hasan, Afif, Saifuddin, Mehedi Miraz, Abu Hider, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman
I'll vote for Walcott to make it ten-a-piece.
And we thank you.
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Greenidge | Hunte | Richards^ | Headley* | Lara^ | Sobers5^ | Walcott+ | Marshall1 | Ambrose2 | Holding3 | Garner4
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Dujon - I'm not a fan of the make excuses brigade.
marc71178 - President and founding member of AAAS - we don't only appreciate when he does well, but also when he's not quite so good!
Anyone want to join the Society?
Beware the evils of Kit-Kats - they're immoral apparently.
Who is going to be the tie breaker?
If it's a tie i'll take back my vote. Only went with it on a whim.
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.
Walt Whitman
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