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An image of a fraudulent 'Freeman check' signed by LeRoy Schweitzer. [Source: Anti-Defamation League]During this time period, over a dozen Montana anti-government tax resisters—the kernel of what will become the "Montana Freemen" movement (see 1983-1995)—establish themselves, creating what they term "common law courts" in Garfield and Musselshell Counties, and mounting a massive bank fraud scheme. [Billings Gazette, 3/25/2006] Beliefs - According to a Washington Post article, the Freemen espouse a number of beliefs that directly contradict federal, state, and local laws. These are: All forms of organized government are illegitimate and have no right to perform duties routinely assigned to governments, from collecting taxes to requiring automobile licenses. Thusly, the Freemen can perform a multitude of actions, such as defying foreclosures, issuing arrest warrants, and even putting government officials on "trial." They can also act as their own central banks and defraud the government, financial institutions, and area merchants. Racist 'Christian Identity' Ideology - According to the Montana Human Rights Network and local citizens, most of the Freemen espouse some form of "Christian Identity" religious ideology, which claims that whites are inherently superior to other "inferior" races (see 1960s and After); they also hold radical anti-government views. [Washington Post, 4/1996; Washington Post, 4/9/1996; Billings Gazette, 3/25/2006] The Anti-Defamation League traces the roots of the Freemen ideology to the the Posse Comitatus movement (see 1969). [Mark Pitcavage, 5/6/1996] They call themselves "Freemen" because, in their view, white Christian males have special "Freemen" citizenship status, while non-whites, non-Christians, and women have second class status or worse. Freemen are above government prosecution and taxation. As US currency has no intrinsic value, any loans taken by Freemen need not be repaid. The US government is run by Jews and therefore has no legitimacy. "Common law" is the rule of the land. [New York Times, 6/15/1996] The Reverend Jerry Walters of Roundup, Montana, will later characterize the Freemen's beliefs as a "bizarre distortion of the Christianity taught in most churches on Sundays." (Rodney Skurdal will file a $100 billion lien against Walters after Walters refuses to alter his sermons to reflect Skurdal's Christian Identity beliefs.) The Post will observe: "American history is littered with examples of how hard economic times produce hard-edged political splinter groups, but the Freemen of Montana are a particularly virulent strain. Their philosophy, a hodgepodge drawn from the Old Testament, the Magna Carta, the anti-tax Posse Comitatus of the 1980s, and a highly selective reading of the Constitution, is laced with racism and talk of a Jewish conspiracy, and puts them at the extreme of the Christian patriot movement." Steven Gardner of the Coalition for Human Dignity will say: "The Freemen have, in effect, appointed themselves judge, jury and executioner. They are trying to form their own shadow government for a white Christian republic." [Washington Post, 4/1996; Washington Post, 4/9/1996; Mark Pitcavage, 5/6/1996; Billings Gazette, 3/25/2006] "What's driving them is their biblical and theological agenda," Walters will say. "Their anti-government conspiracy theories, their anti-tax stance—they're looking at these things through the lens of Christian Identity." [Washington Post, 4/9/1996] Fraudulent Liens - LeRoy Schweitzer and the others concoct a scheme to generate money by filing phony liens against various Montana property owners, or the Montana or US government. The liens have no value; however, once they are created, it takes time for bank computers to recognize them as invalid. During that "window" of time, the liens can be used to generate money transfers from unsuspecting banks. The Freemen file the liens and deposit fake money orders at other banks to be drawn upon the bank listing the lien. The money orders are usually signed by Schweitzer, though Skurdal, Daniel Petersen, and William Stanton (see October 17, 1994) also sign them on occasion. The money orders look quite official, though sometimes they deliberately spell the words "United States" with a lowercase "u." The Freemen also issue bogus checks labeled "Certified Bankers Check—Controller Warrant," instead of a bank name, along with account and lien numbers. Many checks are drawn against a non-existent account in a Butte, Montana, branch of the Norwest Bank. The checks state that they are also redeemable at the Office of the US Postmaster. The scheme is, on the whole, quite profitable. The Freemen also sell the money orders, advertising them to their fellow citizens as a quick means of getting out of debt. One distributor explains on a Web site: "LeRoy Schweitzer does have their [sic] own monetary system. When you attend their course on location, they will issue you CHECKS times two (biblical) to pay off all IRS debts and all loans to banks for no charge. They are having success in this area, but it is hard fight [sic]." One Omaha, Nebraska, county treasurer will later explain, "People see these and, if you're a very unsuspecting person, they really do look authentic." [Mark Pitcavage, 5/6/1996] Schweitzer, Skurdal, and Petersen are influenced by Roy Schwasinger, described by federal authorities as a right-wing con artist and head of the Colorado extremist group "We the People." Schwasinger originated the financial schemes that the Freemen run. [New York Times, 6/15/1996] Appointing Themselves as Legal Officials - The Freemen appoint themselves "justices," issue "arrest warrants," and flood local courts and counties with what the Billings Gazette will term "bogus documents." One of the documents, written by the three Freemen leaders, Skurdal, Schweitzer, and Petersen, is interpreted by local law enforcement officials as a threat. It states: "We the Honorable justices, will not hesitate to use our Lawful force by whatever means necessary to fully support, protect, guarantee, and defend our (common) Law… and… Right of self governing as a free sovereign and independent state." District Court Judge Peter Rapkoch calls the documents "a bucket of snakes." In July 1994, one of the Freemen, Skurdal, is prohibited by court order from filing or recording any "frivolous" document with any Montana county clerk of court, clerk and recorder, or the secretary of state (see 1994); Montana Supreme Court Chief Justice Jean A. Turnage calls Skurdal's filings "not only nonsensical but meritless, frivolous, vexatious, and wasteful of the limited time and resources of this court, of the clerk of this court, and of the various public officials and counsel that are forced to deal with and respond to Mr. Skurdal's abuse." Garfield County prosecutor Nick Murnion files misdemeanor charges of impersonating public officials against 13 residents and a felony charge of solicitation of kidnapping against Ralph Clark for a $1 million bounty posted around the county for court officers, the sheriff, and Murnion. Garfield County Sheriff Charles Phipps organizes a posse of about 90 local residents to come to the aid of his outmanned, outgunned three-person department (see January 1994). Murnion eventually files felony criminal syndicalism charges against Freemen members. US Attorney Sherry Matteucci works with local and state officials to share information on anti-government activities. "I think their purpose is to intimidate people and to cause chaos in governmental operations," she says. [Washington Post, 4/9/1996; Chicago Tribune, 4/19/1996; Mark Pitcavage, 5/6/1996; Billings Gazette, 3/25/2006]
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text: Larry David of cranky old man fame demonstrates the best way to deal with people with Bluetooth headsets that talk just a little bit too loud. LD's spot-on with this annoyance, which is weird because it's probably the only time other than hiring a prostitute to drive in the carpool lane that we'd actually emulate something he's done in the show. [5min]

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Usb Storage In B+d Emergency System, or unmounting /dev/hdaX temporarily?
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I have bought a 40GB USB HDD and would like to use it as a backup device for the Zaurus (and other computers, too).
Now, in order to make clean dd backups of the twp first HDD partitions of the Zaurus, is there a way to mount the USB HDD in the B+D emergency Linux sytem?
I tried a modprobe usb-storage and it found the module, but reported a lot of unresolved symbols usb_*.
I could now investigate which modules areneeded and try to load them all (would write a script for that and store it on SD card, which is mounted in B+D system), but maybe someone has already done this...?
I suspect it might be a complex thing because all that hotplug mechanisms are probably not available in the emergency system.
Or is there a way to unmount /dev/mtdblock3, /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda2 temporarily during normal usage of the Zaurus? That would also allow for clean backups.
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Do you believe in hell?
Prominent Grand Rapids evangelical pastor Rob Bell evidently doesn't, and his new book on the topic is stirring the pot in evangelical circles, with some claiming that Bell is moving dangerously toward heresy. The drama even got covered in The New York Times.
Part of the drama is obviously a PR campaign for his new book (Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived) orchestrated by Bell's publicist--one must admit evangelicals are amazing marketers. But Bell's position on Judgment Day is a challenge to a common evangelical worldview that anyone without explicit faith in Christ will go to hell.
Catholic teaching has always and still maintains hell as a radical possibility of human freedom (though we don't say anyone is actually there). In other words God doesn't "damn" anyone, but human freedom makes ultimate rejection of God possible, a condition we'd call hell. But Catholic teaching also affirms that explicit faith in Christ is not necessary for salvation, even as it maintains that Christ is "necessary" for human salvation. (You can check out the early paragraphs of Lumen Gentium, and we'll leave it to the theologians to parse what "necessary" means.) That position, of course, reflects a change in a previously commonly held and taught position that anyone not in the Catholic Church would be damned.
Of course, the desire to affirm the ultimate triumph of God's love may lead one to hope that not even the worst human being would end up eternally damned. Then again, you could read about Mexican drug traffickers and other sundry villains and maybe feel differently.
So, is there a hell? And does God "send" people there?


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text: World Afghans Celebrate Music Festival, Amid Caution March 21, 2007 Afghan musicians and performers gather in Mazar-i-Sharif to mark an ancient New Year's celebration known as Nowruz. The country's largest cultural festival in decades is a triumph for musicians who were banned from performing by the Taliban. But the celebration has risks. Afghans Celebrate Music Festival, Amid Caution Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9047621/9047622" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript


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Why do frogs/toads make so much noise?
Stephanie – Pasadena, TX
With the official start of spring come and gone we are not the only ones excited about the rising temperatures. You will soon be serenaded by the assembly of frogs and toads that set up camp at your pond and lake. These frogs and toads can get quite boisterous as they let out calls that can be heard from miles away.
It is not the warm weather or a particularly good day that makes frogs and toads sing however. When toads and frogs call out they are actually trying to attract a mate. Both frogs and toads are capable of croaking but calls vary between each species allowing their mates to distinguish who's who amongst the gathering of suitors. It is the male who calls out to potential female mates in an attempt to present itself as the best possible option as it is competing against a long line of bachelors. The size and health of each particular frog or toad, along with temperature can dictate the strength, pitch and carry of its call.
While most people enjoy the ambience provided by these calls, the impressive noise a chorus of frogs can produce can become problematic. If you find the noise troublesome you can try to encourage frogs and toads to move elsewhere by discouraging their habitat. Using tools like a Pond Rake and Weed Cutter you can cut and pull away plant debris and growth from around the shoreline of the pond. Without the protection from predators these frogs and toads will not be as inclined to call your pond home.
Pond Talk: Do frogs and toads tend to use your pond as a serenading staging ground? Have you taken steps to eliminate the noise or do you enjoy it?
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Cookies and more cookies take over the mindset of holiday bakers at this time of the year. And appropriately so—it is the perfect gift from the kitchen. Mall and cyber shopping have their place, but nothing spells love like homemade from you. It is the physical activity that engages one in the deepest sense of sharing.
Passions run deep and those who know me also know that I would rather roast a roast and stir a sauce than level a measure and sift. Yet baking takes over at this time of the year and how sweet it is. While I set up my stand-up electric mixer and gather and measure ingredients for a bake fest, my husband, the true cookie lover, happily butters and flours baking sheets and helps with cleanup.
Some of our favorite, simple–to–execute cookie recipes are my daughter Meg's chocolate chip peanut butter cookies, moist and chewy, with a crisp outer crust, lemon–scented madeleines and kourambiedes, a typical Greek sugar cookie at Christmastime.
Meg's Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies
When my daughter first baked a batch of these delectable cookies she made a cookie lover out of me. Silpat liners to line your cookie sheets will be helpful in the baking and cleanup process.
Yield: about 3 dozen
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter at room temperature
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 large eggs
12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
10 ounces peanut butter chips
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line two cookie sheets with Silpat liners.
1. Sift flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl and stir to mix.
2. In a mixing bowl with portable hand mixer or stand-up electric mixer cream butter and both sugars until fluffy. Add vanilla and mix. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition, until thoroughly incorporated.
3. Add flour mixture to the egg mixture, a little at a time, scraping down sides of bowl with rubber spatula and mix well. The mixture is quite thick; stir the chips into the mixture, one package at a time, as well as possible.
4. Drop batter by well-rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased or Silpat-lined cookie sheets. Bake one cookie sheet at a time in preheated oven for 10-12 minutes until lightly browned. While one cookie sheet is left to cool, about 5 minutes, put the next cookie sheet in the oven to bake. Transfer cookies to a rack to cool completely as they are done. They will firm as they cool. Continue to bake remaining batter as above and cool. Store cookies in wax paper lined tins.
Madeleines are those wonderful "little cakes" made famous by Marcel Proust who found them "to look as though they had been moulded in the fluted scallop of a Pilgrim's Shell."
Yield: 24 Madeleines
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus 2 tablespoons to butter Madeleine pans
3 eggs
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
Pinch salt
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Prepare madeleine pans; soften 2 tablespoons butter and press into each fluted mold of the pans evenly. Dust with flour and tap off excess.
1. Melt remaining 6 tablespoons butter and set aside to cool.
2. In a mixing bowl with portable hand mixer or in bowl of stand-up mixer, beat eggs at slow speed until foamy. Adjust speed to medium, add sugar, and beat 8-10 minutes until mixture is thick and pale in color.
3. Sift flour and salt onto a square of wax paper and re-measure to 1 cup. Sift again directly over egg mixture and carefully fold in flour by hand until completely incorporated. Add vanilla and lemon rind and fold into mixture. Lastly add melted butter, folding it in a little at a time until thoroughly incorporated.
4. Spoon batter into the fluted shells to about 3/4 full. Batter will level itself. Place in preheated oven and bake 12-14 minutes until puffed and golden. Check halfway through baking. If necessary, reverse position of pans so that madeleines bake evenly. Remove from oven and allow to cool about 5 minutes. With the tip of a kitchen knife inserted between cakes and mold, lift out cakes and transfer them to a cake rack to cool completely.
Note: Madeleines will keep quite crisp for several days in an airtight container.
A delectable Greek powdered cookie typically prepared at Christmastime.
Makes about 3 dozen
1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter
1/2 confectioners' sugar
1 large egg yolk
2 teaspoons brandy
1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup finely chopped almonds
To finish:
1 tablespoon rose water (optional)
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1. In a stand-up electric mixer or in mixing bowl with hand-held electric beater, cream together the butter and sugar about 8 minutes. With mixer at medium speed, add the egg yolk and brandy and continue to beat for about 3 to 4 more minutes. Meanwhile sift the flour, baking powder and baking soda into a bowl and stir in the chopped almonds. On low speed gradually add the flour mixture to the butter sugar mixture until a soft buttery dough is formed, about 1 to 2 minutes. Do not overwork. Cover and let the dough rest at room temperature for about an hour.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.


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Mitch Bradley has been mauled by a bear. Einar Gilkyson has been mauled by life. Ever since Einar's only son died in a car accident 12 years earlier, the Wyoming rancher has lived a bitter life that has driven away almost everyone who ever loved him, including his wife. Only Mitch remains, a ranch hand and lifelong friend who relies on Einar's care after tangling with a grizzly.
You'd think Einar might be happy when his widowed daughter-in-law, Jean, shows up needing his help. In tow is 11-year-old Griff, a granddaughter Einar never knew existed, but Einar is unmoved. He hates Jean, blaming her for the wreck that killed his son. For her part, Jean knows Einar can't stand the thought of her, but she's broke and fleeing an abusive boyfriend, and the only family she has left in the world is Einar.
Eventually, it's Griff's wide-eyed innocence that begins to worm its way into Einar's crusty heart, and Mitch's gentle prodding also helps break him out of his shell. What follows is a story about family, forgiveness and coming to terms with life as it happens.
Despite having plenty to be angry and bitter about, Mitch refuses to give in to negativism. And while it's strange to speak of "forgiving" a wild animal, Mitch seems to do just that and seeks what's best for the bear. ("The bear was just doing what bears do," Mitch says.) An exception to Einar's bitter outlook is how he takes care of Mitch, massaging ointment into his wounds, administering pain medicine, serving him meals and being an all-round friend. Indeed, Einar's treatment of Mitch is the personification of the self-giving love spoken of in Scripture. Einar eventually comes to see that he needs to seek forgiveness from Mitch, which leads him to see that he should also forgive Jean.
Griff doesn't let Einar's bad attitude dissuade her from trying to break through his tough exterior. One of Jean's co-workers, Nina, generously offers her home to Jean and Griff without asking anything in return.
The movie makes it crystal clear how wrong it is for men to hit the women they love, be they wives or girlfriends. (Its method of communicating that truth is brutal, though. More on that in "Violent Content.")
Einar jokes about dying, saying, "Maybe I'll send you a postcard from the other side." He also says, "I don't like some guy trying to sell his angle on God." While not explicitly spiritual, Einar spends a lot of time at his son's grave, talking to him. Einar asks Mitch, "You think the dead care about our lives?" Mitch answers, "Yeah, they even forgive us our sins." Mitch frequently discusses his dreams, and at the end of the film he describes a dream where he was flying high over the ranch ("From up there I could see there's a reason for everything").
It doesn't take long for Jean to enter into a sexual relationship with the sheriff. In one scene, it's implied they're having sex in the sheriff's SUV. Einar confronts Jean, "Are you screwing Crane Curtis for protection or sport?"
Griff blurts out her assumption that one of her teachers is a lesbian. She also mistakenly thinks Einar and Mitch are homosexual because they live together. (In truth, Mitch lives in the bunkhouse and Einar in the main house.). The two men laugh at the suggestion and have a bit of fun with it, complementing each other on physical characteristics, but the ultimate message in the exchange is a positive one: Men can love each other and care deeply for each other without being gay. Still, dialogue includes endorsements of those who do participate in gay relationships ("I mean it's cool, everybody needs love," Griff says. Einar replies, "You've got that right, little girl").
While not sexual in any way, it's still worth noting that two scenes show Mitch having his pants and underwear pulled down for a morphine injection in his buttocks. What does have sexual overtones is Mitch's recounting of one of his dreams; he makes an oblique comment about oral sex with a woman. Jean frequently wears low-cut blouses. Einar comes to the rescue of a waitress who is being sexually (and physically) harassed by two drunken cowboys. …
He clubs both with a coffee pot and then holds a knife to one man's throat, threatening to kill him if he ever harasses her again.
Jean's most recent ex, Gary, has an explosive temper. At the beginning of the movie Jean has a bruise on her face where Gary had presumably hit her. In a later scene Jean punches him in self-defense. He then backhands her, grabs Griff and drags her to his car. Einar comes to the rescue, shooting out the tires and engine block of Gary's car. He then smashes through the glass with the rifle butt, drags Gary's head through the window and knees him in the face. He also punches him several times—hard enough that you think Gary might be dead. (In an earlier scene Einar had pointed the rifle at Gary and threatened to kill him if he ever came back.)
The bear knocks Einar to the ground. It growls and charges at Mitch but does not complete the attack. In a fit of anger, Einar smashes a chair against a post. Gary kicks a table.
Two f-words. Seven s-words. Both Mitch and Einar are inveterate cussers, with "d—" making more than 20 appearances; God's name is paired with it about 15 of those times. God's and Jesus' names are abused another five times. There are also about 25 combined uses of "h—," "son of a b–ch" and "a–." Crude slang references male genitals.
Mitch requires regular injections of morphine. Einar is a recovering alcoholic, but he keeps bottles of booze stashed around his ranch. On occasion he pulls out an unopened bottle, telling Mitch, "Sometimes I just like to look at it." Later, distraught over a turn of events, he finally gives in and starts to drink from one of the bottles. [Spoiler Warning] Einar was, by his own admission, a "falling-down drunk." And he was intoxicated when Mitch was mauled. Consquently he was unable to save Mitch, and his inaction turns out to be the source of much of the guilt he possesses—guilt that he tries to project onto Jean.
Einar goes into a bar but orders a club soda. Nina says of two drunken cowboys, "It must be hard to be that drunk this early in the morning." Einar replies, "Not if you've been drinking all night." Nina adds, "You would know." Gary is a chain smoker and in one scene drinks a beer.
Einar and Griff break into the compound of the animal-control officer and steal a trailer. (Einar half-sarcastically figures that since it's government property, and he pays his taxes, he's got a right to borrow it.) They then break into a zoo to free the bear. After the bear has injured Einar, Einar lies to a nurse and doctor about the nature of the injury, getting Griff to lie for him also.
An Unfinished Life is a well-written, engaging story. The process by which Griff and Mitch gradually draw Einar out of his self-imposed prison of bitterness is truly moving. It turns out the unfinished life was not Einar's son's but his own.
Director Lasse Hallström is famous for teasing all sides of an issue. In The Cider House Rules he took on abortion. In Chocolat he tackled religion. And if he had brought that same sensibility to An Unfinished Life he would have spent half the movie exploring the motivations for domestic abuse. He doesn't. Here, he's only interested in providing a cathartic payback of sorts for everyone who has ever been touched by it. So, as if sensing that he needed another subject to explore while blasting abusers, he and writers Mark Spragg and Virginia Korus Spragg incorporated a monumentally terrifying bear to serve as a metaphor for the way life can mess you up. It works. At least it did for me.
The luscious cinematography and the interaction of the two heavyweight actors Robert Redford and Morgan Freeman are also gratifying to witness. (Incidentally, Jennifer Lopez comes off as a bit of a lightweight next to them.) Like Cinderella Man, though, viewers interested in the film's probing lessons on life, death, abuse and relationships are made to endure crudity and profanity. The movie also exhibits a cavalier attitude toward illicit sex and one brutal beating that goes too far.


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Location: National Peanut Research LaboratoryTitle: Analysis of moisture content, total oil and fatty acid composition by NIR reflectance spectroscopy: a review
|Kandala, Chari
|Sundaram, Jaya
|Puppala, Naveen - University Of New Mexico
Submitted to: Springer Verlag
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/11/2012
Publication Date: 1/11/2012
Publication URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-3-642-27637-8/contents
Citation: Kandala, C., Sundaram, J., Puppala, N. 2012. Analysis of moisture content, total oil and fatty acid composition by NIR reflectance spectroscopy: a review. Springer Verlag. 146:59-80.
Interpretive Summary: none required.
Technical Abstract: Near Infrared (NIR) Reflectance spectroscopy has established itself as an important analytical technique in the field of food and agriculture. It is quicker and easier to use and does not require processing the samples with corrosive chemicals such as acids or hydroxides. However, for a long time the samples had to be grounded into powder form before making any measurements. Thanks to the development of new soft ware packages for use with NIR instruments, NIR techniques could be used in the analysis of intact grains and seeds. While most of the commercial instruments presently available work well with small grain size materials such as wheat and corn, they were found to be not suitable for large kernel size products such as shelled or in-shell peanuts. In this chapter principles of NIR Reflectance spectroscopy are discussed in particular reference to the water and oil bands, and the application of NIR in the rapid and nondestructive measurement of moisture and total oil contents in shelled and in-shell peanuts. Also discussed is the applicability, and limitations of NIR reflectance method in the analysis of fatty acid composition of different varieties of peanuts while they are in their shells. Ability to rapidly and nondestructively measure the water and total oil content, and analyze the fatty acid composition, will be immensely useful in the grading process of grains and nuts.


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Firms to invest at home
The Ministry of Economic Affairs said it has approved 11 applications by overseas Taiwanese businesses to invest in Taiwan since the beginning of the year, with the combined proposed investments totaling more than US$4 billion.
The applications reflected the success of measures implemented to expand domestic investments to boost export momentum, the ministry said in a statement on Friday, adding that the companies planning to make the investments play a crucial role in the global supply chain.
The total value of the new investment projects was assessed at NT$126 billion (US$4.36 billion) and they are expected to create about 16,000 jobs, the ministry added.
The 11 businesses that have secured government assistance include metal casings manufacturer Catcher Technology Co (可成科技), suitcase producer Eminent Luggage Co (萬國通路) and tire maker Kenda Rubber Industrial Co (建大輪胎).
New car sales on the rise
Sales of new cars during the first 10 days of the month rose 108 percent compared with the same period last month to 9,612 units as car vendors continued promotions started last month, the latest industry data released last week showed.
However, sales showed were down 40.4 percent from a year earlier, the data showed.
Out of the 9,612 cars sold in the period, 2,316 units were imported, up 107 percent from a month earlier, but down 35.2 percent from a year earlier, statistics show.
Hotai Motor Corp (和泰汽車), the local sales agent for Toyota Motor Corp, said sales for the rest of the month are expected to accelerate because of the Lunar New Year holiday, which will take place from Feb. 9 to Feb. 17.
SinoPac Securities Investment Service (永豐金投顧) on Saturday said car sales this month are expected to reach 43,000 units, up 7.5 percent from a year earlier.
Myanmar 'unripe:' businessman
A Myanmar-based Taiwanese businessman on Saturday said that the investment environment in the formerly isolated state is not ripe because of its immature legal and banking systems, as well as its underdeveloped infrastructure.
The businessman, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told reporters that despite Myanmar having established the general principles of investment law, detailed regulations have not been drawn up, leaving investors somewhat lost.
There are also no foreign banks in the country, only representative offices for foreign banks, he added.
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TAITRA led the 20 companies to participate in the annual show from Tuesday to Friday last week and the firms are estimated to have generated more than US$10 million in sales, the council said in a statement.
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Ah, Japan! On a regular basis, I get emails from readers wanting to know about where they should go on their trip to Japan. Where should I stay? What should I eat? Questions like that. For a moment, forget that.
I always feel like visitors to Japan are asking the wrong questions. Instead of asking what's already in numerous guidebooks, it's probably better to ask: what words do I need to get around?
By my count, there are five basic words that will help make your trip to Japan smoother. Yep, five.
Here goes:
• Kore: "This". "Kore" (pronounced "ko-ray") is incredibly useful when ordering food. You can simply point at a picture on the menu and say "kore". Ditto for shopping. Just point and say "kore". Easy! "Kore" is used for things close to you. You should know that "sore" (pronounced "so-ray") means "that" and is used to refer to things close to the person you are talking with. "Are" (pronounced "ah-ray") is used to refer to things that are far from the both of you. It means "that over there". But if you get mixed up, just point!
• Kudasai: "Please". "Kudasai" (pronounced "koo-duh-sigh") is also useful while ordering. So if you find something you want and say, "kore kudasai" ("this please"), you are well on your way to communicating with locals! You can also put other things in front of "kudasai" and order. For example, "miso ramen kudasai" ("miso ramen please") or "biiru kudasai" ("beer please").
• Doko: "Where". "Doko" (pronounced "dough-ko") can help you find things. You can ask where the station is, where the toilet is, or where a shop is. For example, if you don't know where Tokyo's geek district Akihabara is, you could ask, "Akihabara doko?" ("Where's Akihabara station?"). If you wanted to know where the toilet is, you could say, "Toire doko?" ("Toy-ray doko?" or "Where's the toilet?"). Or if you wanted to know where retro game shop Super Potato was, you could ask, "Super Potato doko?" ("Where's Super Potato?").
Yes, in school, students learn the longer "Super Potato wa doko desu ka?" ("Where is Super Potato?"), but Japanese people do say things like, "Super Potato doko?" It's short and sweet. Remember it!
• Sumimasen: "Excuse me/Sorry". If you are taking the subway in Japan or navigating crowds of people, learn "sumimasen" (pronounced "sue-me-mah-sen"). You will use it a lot, if you bump into someone. It's just good manners to excuse yourself. Be polite.
• Wakarimasen: "I don't understand". If someone starts talking to you in Japanese and you don't understand, you can reply with a "Wakarimasen" (pronounced "Wah-ka-ri-mah-sen"). You can even add a "Sumimasen" after uttering it to apologise! Once again, being polite in Japanese is key. And after saying "Wakarimasen", if you begin speaking English slowly, whoever you are speaking with, will understand that, yes, there is a language barrier and hopefully find an English speaker to help you. Hopefully.
This list, of course, does not apply to people who already speak the lingo. Those folks will have a much smoother time because if they get into a pickle, they can express themselves in a way locals will understand. What's more, they can talk to regular folks in the language everyone speaks.
Japanese people do study English in junior high and high school. Since reading is the focus, most people in Japan do not feel comfortable speaking English. Listening is also difficult for many.
If you do not speak Japanese, I would be hesitant to start with remembering things like numbers. Shop clerks will usually show you the amount you owe, whether that's pointing to the register or even showing you a calculator. Also, since the majority of things have price tags, there might be less of a point asking the price.
The caveat is that in some restaurants, prices are written in kanji characters instead of Roman numerals. If that happens, you can point to the characters and simply say, "Wakarimasen". Or if you are feeling adventurous and have a good handle on the numbers, ask, "Kore ikura?" ("How much is this?").
The word "arigatou" (thanks) is very famous in the English speaking world, so it wasn't included in this list. Use it if people help you along during your travels.
And if you do speak Japanese and see visitors from other countries who seem to be having a tough time communicating, do the nice thing, and see if you can help them out of whatever jam they are in!
Safe travels and enjoy your time in Japan.
A note about the pronunciations: These are not the official pronunciations by any means, but hopefully will help English speakers say these Japanese words. An important thing to keep in mind is that Japanese vowels are similar to Spanish ones. If you speak Spanish, pronounce Japanese words the same, and you'll have a pretty decent accent!


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They seemed to pop up almost overnight. In strip malls and on street corners across the country, frozen-yogurt shops suddenly offered an exciting new option for America's collective sweet tooth, teasing at healthfulness and innovating with self service and customization. Once concentrated mostly in warm coastal cities or urban centers, fro-yo concepts spread to countless towns, suburbs, and neighborhoods across the country, with names like Pinkberry, Red Mango, and Menchie's.
Fro-yo's sudden hot streak appeared to threaten a mass melting of one of America's tried-and-true dessert darlings: ice cream. Indeed, some of the nation's top ice cream concepts took a beating with fro-yo's arrival. Between 2009 and 2011, Cold Stone Creamery's annual sales dropped to $366 million from $430 million, and its store count dropped to 1,086 from 1,198. Baskin-Robbins, meanwhile, saw sales drop to $496 million from $570 million and store counts tumble to 2,457 from 2,597 in that same time period.
But ice cream brands say they're nowhere near ready to surrender.
"Ice cream is so entrenched in the American culture that it's not really even close at all to being transplanted as being what people want, whether it's after dinner or after seeing movies," says David Wild, director of franchising for South Florida–based Sloan's Ice Cream. "I don't think that it really stands a chance of being overthrown, just because it has so many roots in American culture."
With the frozen-dessert market more crowded than ever, ice cream brands are finding new ways to stay competitive. Classic concepts are leaning on their popular product lines and loyal customer bases while rolling out new offerings. Many have learned from frozen yogurt's use of novelty and are making their products more customizable than ever.
Ice cream newcomers, in the meantime, are adding their own unique twists to the dessert by tapping into the local-foods movement, handpicking artisan-quality ingredients, promoting healthier options, and innovating with new techniques and flavors.
Insiders say these shifts within the ice cream industry have poised it for a bounce back; many believe frozen yogurt has reached its saturation point.
"They come and go. But Americans will eat ice cream until the end of time," says Michael Branigan, vice president of marketing for Pennsylvania-based Bruster's Real Ice Cream.
Executives with Sloan's say the brand is not just setting itself apart from frozen yogurt, but also from others in the broader, congested dessert arena. The sensory-overload stores are billed as a dreamland for kids and adults. Whimsically decorated shops are covered in bright colors and lit with twinkling chandeliers, and offer a variety of ice creams, candy, toys, chocolates, and baked goods.
"We are so unique and different that we really almost don't have any competition," says founder and owner Sloan Kamenstein, a classically trained chef turned ice cream proprietor. "Because there's nobody that does everything all together in one space the way that we do it, with the fun atmosphere and all the excitement of coming to our stores."
Kamenstein says the company will pursue an aggressive growth plan in the next few years. So far, 17 franchises are signed and the company hopes to open 200 stores within five years.
Some ice cream operators are taking a page right out of fro-yo's playbook. Whereas that category has thrived on the self-serve model, in which customers can choose their precise portion preferences and toppings and be charged by weight, nearly all ice cream shops have relied on a model that set standards for portions and toppings.
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"One of the things the yogurt shops offer is control," says Dave Guido, senior vice president of operations and franchise sales at Bruster's. "So we promote the fact that you can customize your product at Bruster's, the point of distinction being that we'll do that for you."
There's no question that frozen-yogurt shops have encroached upon 200-unit Bruster's territory. But executives don't see fro-yo as a direct threat. In fact, the brand thinks its biggest competition comes from quick-service giants like Wendy's, McDonald's, and Burger King, which continue to experiment with dessert options. While those companies may not offer the same intense focus on dessert, they do offer a convenience and affordability that's hard to match.
That's what ice cream chain Dairy Queen sees as one of its key advantages. Most Dairy Queen stores have drive thrus, so customers can get popular items like Blizzards quickly in the size they want, while still choosing from countless combinations of flavors and add-ins.
"There's no question that just the sheer number of outlets offering frozen sweets has grown," says Dairy Queen's executive vice president of marketing Barry Westrum. "But if you look at the trends in the ice cream industry—consumer demand for convenient single-serve options, their desires for eating on the go, portion size, customization, unique flavors—all of those trends really play into our favor."
With 2012's sales topping $2 billion, Dairy Queen's 4,600 U.S. stores swallow about 40 percent of the frozen-dessert market, according to Technomic.
Westrum thinks frozen-yogurt customers will start to find the self-service model expensive and inconvenient. Brands like Dairy Queen, he says, can still develop fresh offerings mixed with a high level of customization. The brand continues to roll out new Blizzard flavors, including Chocolate-Covered Pretzel, Lemon Meringue Pie, S'mores, and Peanut Butter Brownie, as customers increasingly come to expect new-and-improved products.
"As you look at consumer trends in all forms of how they eat today, consumers love what they love," Westrum says, "but they're always looking for what we call 'safe adventures' in those popular items."
That sense of adventure is being scooped into cones and dishes in many new ways across the ice cream industry. As customers develop more sophisticated palates, higher-end ice cream stores have started offering bolder flavors previously unheard of in ice cream, like bacon, avocado, and tomato. Others, like Utah-based Sub Zero Ice Cream, are experimenting with liquid-nitrogen freezing, hoping to spark a new frozen fad through science.
Ben & Jerry's has integrated a swath of fair-trade ingredients, while Baskin-Robbins resurrected its flavor-of-the-month promotion. And Carvel joined forces with sister brand Schlotzsky's to open up new daypart and demographic opportunities.
The competition with frozen yogurt isn't necessarily new to these ice cream companies. Many outlasted the 1980s fro-yo boom, when brands like TCBY enjoyed explosive growth. But insiders believe today's fro-yo success is stronger—and actually tastes different.
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- What are their roles in society
- Their impact on people and social groups
V. Power, Authority And Governance:
- Definitions of the terms: power, government, and authority
- The impact of the three terms on society and individual
- Power and authority in relation to language learning and teaching: teachers practices and actions in class- students freedom and autonomy in their learning, i.e. learning styles and strategies)
VI. Production, distribution, and consumption: economy (its impact on language learning)
- What is to be produced and distributed in Algeria?
- The impact of the Algerian economic development on language learning ( the introduction of ICTs)
- Language production ( do ICTs technologies foster students language production)
VII. Civic Ideas and Practices:
- What means Civic ideas and practices?
- How is the meaning citizenship involved?
- What is the balance between individual rights and responsibilities?
- Regarding learners: how can they be responsible? And recognize their rights in learning? ( in relation to accountability in learning)
It's hard to tell from an outline. The stuff there looks fairly standard- it all depends on how well they cover the contents. Saying you're going to define culture is one thing, defining it is another.
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In case the person who reported this as irrelevant to language thinks his/her objection has been ignored, I think it's worth spelling out that in this forum it is a point that can reasonably be raised - although as Tdol has just said, it can't reasonably be answered.
The first two questions in Section VII are very poorly worded (grammatically).
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.


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Mayor Charlie Latham says he's now making it his top priority and wants drivers' feedback.
Jax Beach resident Matt Parker says parking has been a problem for years.
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The beach may be considered of small town of 22,000 residents, but it has more than 9 million visitors each year, which contributes to the parking issues.
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Evening on the Pier
A 6 second long exposure (at f/11) of Galveston Pleasure Pier, taken on a late autumn night in 2013.
Texas City
This is Pierce Marsh - a wetlands between Texas City and Galveston, 2013. Interstate 45 runs right alongside it, and i remained true to my word that one day i would take the exit and shoot some photos. Glad i did.
Morning Sky
This is probably my favourite spot and favourite time of the year for sunrise shots of the Galveston Pleasure Pier. The sun comes up right behind the ferris wheel, creating these fantastic glowing backdrops. This was my second year trying out this spot, in 2015.
Pleasure Pier
I don't usually like black and whites with a lot of detail; but this one works for me given the contrast offered by the bright lights of the rides - this is Galveston Pleasure Pier, 2015.
Galveston Sunset
An eight second exposure from the primary shot in an HDR process - lots of different ways to shoot the Galveston Pleasure Pier in low light, and all lots of fun. 2015
Bright Lights of Galveston
An eight second exposure (at f/10) of the Galveston Pleasure Pier. This was taken on a July Saturday night, after I had spent a few hours on the jetty waiting for a sunset. It didn't actually happen, so I waited a little while longer to capture the long exposure. 2015
A six second exposure, I believe taken with a 'big stopper' filter, of the Galveston Pleasure Pier on a summer's night in 2015.
Galveston Island State Park
This is an evening shot of the beach at Jamaica Island State Park in Galveston. Most of the day trippers had gone, leaving the seagulls to investigate any remnants. Texas, 2013
A textured image of the Pierce Marsh wetlands adjacent to I-45 near Galveston Island, Texas, 2013.
Galveston Sunrise
I stopped to take this one because i loved the way the sunrise reflected on the sand ripples - this is the Galveston Pleasure Pier, October 2013.
Rippled Beach
A glorious morning view of Galveston Island at sunrise; Texas; 2013. I love these kind of shots that allow me to capture the detail in the extreme foreground.
Wild Sunrise
A personal favourite of mine - A distant tropical storm make for some nice waves at sunrise on Galveston Island, 2013. I did get my feet wet taking this one, but it was totally worth it.
Piercing Sunset
I was expecting the sunrise to light up the underside of the clouds and waited in anticipation. Didn't get what I expected, but this was more than ok. Galveston Island Seawall at sunset, January, 2014, Texas.
Glorious Morning
I was all set up to take long exposures and HDR images, but this one was taken with just one hand held shot. Loved the way the waves were crashing and thought it deserve the long exposure treatment. Galveston Island Pleasure Pier, Texas, 2013
Glorious Sunset
I loved the very long shadows in the Galveston Island Seawall sunset image - so typical for this time of year in Texas, January 2014.
Moonrise over Kemah
This was taken on Halloween, when I unwittingly was treated to a magnificent moonrise over the City of Seabrook and Kemah, Texas, 2012. Shame about those political banners - trying to soil a lovely evening view.
Kemah Fairground
This is a heavily treated image of the fairground (or the 'shows' as we say in Scotland) at the Kemah Boardwalk, Texas, 2012. Took a while to get this shot, as I waited patiently for the ferris wheel to stop before the viking ship swung.
Kemah Boardwalk
This is another treated image of the Kemah Boardwalk, on Galveston Bay in Texas, 2012. I applied bubble wrap texture to the star field and bumped up the saturation on the tower for this more unusual effect.
Kemah Tower
One of my favourites from a trip to the Kemah Boardwalk on Halloween night in, Galveston Bay, Texas, 2012. This is a more pronounced 'bubble wrap' treatment on the night sky, with colours and highlights cranked up.
Fairground lights at Sunrise
This is a 36 second exposure of the sunrise over Galveston Island, Texas, 2015. From prior visits to shoot the pier, it seems they turn the lights on and test the rides at dawn, which very much helps with the lighting for these images.
Glorious Galveston
This is one of my favourites of my sunrise images on Galveston Island. No HDR processing for this image as i loved the way the rolling waves had been captured. Another glorious sunrise in Texas, 2015.
Fall Sunrise
One of the reasons that I go to Galveston Island to capture the sunrise in October is because the sun comes up over the Gulf right behind the pier - creating such great opportunities for silhouetted images like this. Texas, 2015
Port Aransas
A chance photograph when out for dinner having spend the day on the beach at Corpus Christi - this is a glorious sunset on the marina at Port Aransas, Texas, 2014.
Pelican Sunset
We had no intention to stop at San Luis Pass, but being able to drive onto the beach was such a novelty that we had to take some time here. And I'm glad we did - the sunset was magnificent and offered up such silhouetted opportunities like this. Texas, 2013.
Sunset at San Luis
This is a view of the small jetty at San Luis Pass. The sunset was very subtle, but captivating nonetheless. Texas, 2013
USS Texas
This is the USS Texas, a World War I Dreadnought, at home in Houston, Texas.The Texas is somewhat troubled, however, with severe degradation of the hull - major works are required to keep this monument in a semi-reasonable condition.
Glorious San Luis
Possibly one of my favourite Texas image - hand held shooting with a 300mm lens; i just kept on shooting as I watched these pelicans fly into the sunset. This is the San Luis Pass, Texas Gulf Coast, 2013.
Galveston Seawall
Landry's is a familiar sight in any Gulf coast resort, so why not capture an image of their restaurant location along the seawall in Galveston. This is a long exposure on a fall night in 2015.
Galveston Sea Wall
A stormy day looking back along Seawall Boulevard in Galveston. This shot was taken during the beach nourishment works to dispose of sand dredging from the Big Reef offshore area. 2017.
Fishing on the Jetty
This is the south jetty at the entrance channel between the Gulf of Mexico and Bolivar Roads at Galveston. You can see clearly how sheltered the entrance channel is compared to the beach. Wouldn't fancy fishing out there! Texas, 2017.
Willie G's
A great place for a meal after a day on the seawall in Galveston - loads of nice restaurants along this strip next to the Port of Galveston, and plenty of photo opps too! Texas, 2017.
Long Shadows at Galveston
I love the way the winter sunset casts such long shadows on the beach at the Galveston Seawall - this was taken form the pier after a chance drive down to the coast the day after Thanksgiving, 2017.
Galveston County Beach
Not the most enticing beach in the world, but not many in Texas are. This is a single shot of the Gulf of Mexico beach on the Bolivar Peninsula, west of Rollover Pass. 2018.
Highway 87
A black and white of Highway 87 and the interesting array of telegraph poles than line this coastal road along the Bolivar Peninsula in Texas. 2018.
Pierce Marsh
Lying between Bayou Vista and the GIWW, this is a long exposure of the Pierce Marsh wetlands, adjacent I-45 and just outside Galveston. 2018. 10 second long exposure with the big stopper filter.
Pierce Marsh Flats
A 15 second long exposure, converted to black and white, of the Pierce Marsh wetlands, between Texas City and Galveston. 2018.
Summer Saturday in Galveston
A short long exposure (4 seconds) of the Galveston Pleasure Pier, on a hot Saturday afternoon in July of 2018.
Galveston Groynes
An early Spring Saturday afternoon on the seawall at Galveston. These groynes are probably border line dangerous, but people are undeterred nonetheless. Texas, 2019.
Early Evening Waves
Early evening on the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier. The setting sun lit up the waves nicely on this early Spring afternoon. Texas 2019.
Galveston Bay Morning
Early morning on Galveston Bay, close to the GIWW on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, 2019.
Intracoastal Waterway
Bolivar Peninsula, 2019.


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The 1969 New York Mets were, in one respect, like a lot of other phenomena from that long-ago, undead decade: even people who weren't yet born "remember" that championship team, in much the same way they "remember" Woodstock, the moon landing, MLK's assassination, Altamont, the release of The White Album and other cultural and political touchstones of the era.
The '69 "Amazin' Mets" of Seaver, Clendennon, Koosman, Kranepool, Jones, Agee, Grote and the rest are part of pop-culture lore as surely as Electric Ladyland and the police riots at the Democratic convention in Chicago in 1968 -- not because they were the most dominant team of the age, but precisely because they weren't. They were the Bad News Bears of the majors . . . except that, in the Mets' case, they actually won it all in the end.
Here, at the beginning of another hopeful, already troubling season in Queens -- with the Mets scraping by, playing .500 ball -- LIFE.com remembers the marvelous 1969 team with a series of color photos made late in the summer of that celebrated, improbable season.
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So much about the game of pro baseball has changed in the four-plus decades since these pictures were made -- from the fit of the uniforms to the players' body types to the use of extraneous batting, running and fielding gear (hardly any back then, and so much these days) -- that one might almost be forgiven for thinking the photos in this gallery document an entirely different sport than the one played today.
But look a little closer, and the core elements of the pursuit remain unchanged: bat, ball, glove, grass, dirt, sweat and -- perhaps above everything else -- camaraderie. Those guys on the Miracle Mets genuinely seemed to be having fun while working their tails off, against all odds and expectations, in the pursuit of a World Series title.
They seemed, in other words, to really like one another. Simply amazing.
Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter @lizabethronk.