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Economists React: China's Lending, Investment Slow
Accustomed to vigilantly watching for signs of excessive debt, observers of China's economy got a shock when July's statistics came out Wednesday: the lowest pace of credit creation since 2008. New bank lending tumbled to 385.2 billion ($62.5 billion), compared with 1.1 trillion yuan in June. Even stranger, the broader measure of credit known as total social financing fell below the level of bank loans, indicating net repayments in the less transparent "shadow banking" realm.
Meanwhile the growth of industrial production, fixed-asset investment and retail sales all also fell in July. And the housing sector remains in trouble, with sales down 10.5% on-year in the January to July period.
Economists try to make sense of all this:
Today's monetary data should not be viewed lightly. It means that the financial system is engaging a rapid de-leveraging process, which could have significant repercussions on the real economy…Furthermore, it also suggests that the past monetary policy tweaks have not worked as intended. Although the People's Bank of China has always been reluctant to ease, China's macroeconomic objectives will eventually outweigh the current monetary policy inertia. We believe a reserve requirement ratio cut is imminent in order to restore confidence. – Liu Li-Gang and Zhou Hao, ANZ
In the previous month, credit data was much stronger than market expectations, which raised market speculation on the possibility of further monetary easing. Today's credit data send a clear signal that monetary policy will remain stable. We have argued that the strong credit data in June is only temporary; similarly, we think the very weak credit data in July is also temporary…Given the shift in monetary policy operation framework, and the high monthly volatility, it is important for the central bank to improve policy communication and transparency of its policy implementation. – Haibin Zhu, J.P. Morgan
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July's economic numbers were all lower than market expected, indicating pace of recovery was still mild. We believe more measures are still needed from the government to ensure steady economic growth… The central bank will stay with targeted easing and will use rediscounting, relending and pledged supplementary lending to pump more liquidity to commercial banks to support selected industries, as guided by the government. We also expect to see an improvement of new loans in August. – Fan Zhang, CIMB
The real activity data released today suggests that, after a modest pick-up in economic growth in May and June driven by policy support and somewhat better global demand, growth momentum softened again in July…We think exports will remain supportive to China's overall growth but we do not expect much further acceleration in export growth after the pickup in the first seven months, given the unconvincing state of and outlook for global demand momentum. Domestically, we expect real-estate activity to remain subdued, in spite of the easing of restrictions on housing purchases…We expect the government to interpret such an outlook as challenging and thus to broadly maintain the policy stance it has pursued in recent months. – Louis Kuijs, RBS
Beside seasonal volatility, we think the negative surprise in the loan data reflects the downside risks to growth, such as overcapacity and the housing downturn. Recently local press has been picking up stories about banks reducing their loan exposure to some private-sector borrowers. The sharp contraction in short-term corporate lending as well as non-bank credit activity suggests that banks' risk aversion is indeed on the rise. Meanwhile, household loans (i.e., mortgages) also saw a decline despite repeated easing efforts by local authorities. – Qu Hongbin and Julia Wang, HSBC
--Compiled by Richard Silk. Follow him on Twitter @richardjsilk


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Uniform Placement
Where to Place Insignia on a Uniform
A Visual Guide for Awards, Badges, Patches and More
Girl Scout badges, patches, awards, and other insignia should be presented, worn, or displayed only after Girl Scouts have completed the requirements outlined in official program materials.
Girl Scouts at each level have one required element (tunic, sash or vest) for the display of official pins and awards, which will be required when girls participate in ceremonies or officially represent the Girl Scout Movement.
For girls ages 5 to 14, the unifying look includes a tunic, vest, or sash combined with their own solid white shirts and khaki pants or skirts. Girl Scouts in high school have the option of wearing a scarf that unites their look with that of Girl Scout sisters around the world. Girl Scouts at the Daisy and Brownie levels have a full uniform ensemble available.
For adult members, the unifying look is an official Girl Scout scarf (or tie for men) worn with official membership pins and combined with their own navy blue business attire.
Click on a grade level above to find out where to place insignia on a Girl Scout uniform.
See How to Wear Official Girl Scout Insignia (PDF)
See National Proficiency Badges (PDF)

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Beech (genus Fagus) is the common name for a genus of ten species of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia and North America. The leaves of beech trees are entire or sparsely toothed, from 5–15 cm long and 4–10 cm broad. The flowers are small single-sex, the female flowers borne in pairs, the male flowers wind-pollinating catkins, produced in spring shortly after the new leaves appear.[1]
There was a beech tree by the edge of the Black Lake, on Hogwarts Castle grounds.
The true match for a beech wand will be, if young, wise beyond their years, and if full-grown, rich in understanding and experience. Beech wands perform very weakly for the narrow-minded and intolerant.[2]
Such wizards and witches, having obtained a beech wand without having been suitably matched (yet coveting this most desirable, richly hued and highly prized wand wood), have often presented themselves at the homes of learned wandmakers, demanding to know the reason for their handsome wand's lack of power. When properly matched, the beech wand is capable of a subtlety and artistry rarely seen in any other wood, hence its lustrous reputation.[2]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First mentioned)
- Pottermore


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The first gen Type-X 12" subwoofer from Alpine, reviewed in 2005, had our evaluators saying things like, "Alpine has done an incredible job in creating a wonderful sounding subwoofer." That wasn't enough for the engineers though; they had to make it even better. Alpine improved the Type-X woofer in '08. Cosmetically, it's hard to distinguish any changes at all aside from the obvious difference in color of the two-piece, cast-aluminum frame—now a semi-gloss black. But dive deeper into the technical side of things and the real story unfolds.
One of the primary goals in reinventing the SWX 12 was to improve efficiency. Initiating this meant addressing the issue of weight, starting with the three-layer cone. Tipping its hat to the original, the new gen SWX uses a parabolic-shaped cone with a carbon-fiber layer out front and a Kevlar-reinforced paper layer at the rear. The big difference, however, is the core material in this sandwich that has changed from an aluminum honeycomb to Rohacell—essentially, a foamed acrylic polymer. This strong material is extremely lightweight, thus lowering the moving mass of the driver, and thereby improving efficiency. Rohacell also benefits the cone by adding more bonding surface area with the other layers (compared to the aluminum honeycomb), improving rigidity. Additional stiffening comes from Alpine's force transfer assembly," an 8-armed injection-molded polycarbonate and glass fiber structure that supplies attachment and suppport to the rear of the cone and a collar at its base, which connects to the voice coil former.
The second step in bettering efficiency was to address the motor components. While the new structure still uses a three-magnet stack, most of the metal components have been altered to fit the larger 80mm (2.83"), six-layer dual voice coil (VC). Size is not the only thing that changed with the VC. Interestingly, three of the six winding layers reside inside the VC former while the other three wrap around the outside in a traditional manner. Dividing the layers up in this fashion helps maintain cool VC operating temperatures by doubling the wire surface area in contact with the surrounding air. The design also doubles the area in contact with the "Twin=Wall" aluminum former, the latter helping wick heat away. This is particularly important since the VC wire is now made of aluminum (instead of copper, as in the previous generation), which is less tolerant of heat than copper. While your first inclination may be to question this decision, it actually benefits the driver by lowering the mass of the moving parts. These design elements also allow the driver to maintain its impressive power handling numbers listed as 1,000 watts RMS and 3,000 watts peak.
The increase in VC size also required changes in the metal components of the motor structure. The most notable is the redesign of the Compound Radius Curve (CRC) pole piece. The pole piece is the magnetic return in the center of the VC that usually (and in the case of the SWX-1243D) contains the vent hole you see at the rear of the driver. At the top of the pole, the newly designed CRC helps smooth the air flow and focus it through the copper shorting ring and heatsink. More importantly, the shape of the CRC controls the flux fringe field—the dispersion of magnetic flux within the magnetic field. By changing its design, Alpine was able to extend the range of the magnetic flux, thus bettering the magnetic X-max over that of the mechanical X-max. This means that the VC will always stay within the magnetic gap, lowering distortion at high-power levels. It also increases the efficiency of the motor, and with efficiency you get better response and more output.
These improvements should go a long way in the perfromance of this driver, so let's get to the good stuff.
Getting Ready
Normally, I prefer to test subwoofers in the recommeneded enclosures listed in the owner's manual; but Alpine was up front in saying that the best performance would be achieved in a larger-than-recommended sealed enclosure nettting 1.5 ft3 (the manual recommends 0.65-1.25ft3). Per this recommendation, I built an enclosure from 3/4" MDF with a 1.5" faceplate and minimal polyfill inside. I inserted the thoughtful VC configruation jumpers in the proper slots to achieve a 2-ohm load and connected the 12-gauge speaker wire to the gold-plated brass block terminals (insulated by an injection-molded form) using the provided hex wrench to secure the set screw. The C-shaped rubber gasket stretched over the basket's mounting flange provided a tight seal against he enclosure. Once screwed in place, a slick cosmetic rubber cover press fits on top of the gasket, hiding the screws altogether.
The enclsoure was placed in the rear cabin of my F150 and adjusted to the optimum postion. For this test, I installed a 2,200-watt Zapco C2K 9.0. After a little adjustment, the crossover was set to 70Hz at 12dB to achieve the best transition with my system's midbass.
Usher Confessions
At "mega" volume, I released the pause button and secured myself for the powerful bass not that kicks off "Confessions". I actually repeated this scenario numerous times as I was impressed with how strong and natural the SWX went from 0-45Hz and back to 0Hz. The sharp punches that followed were snappy with an abrupt decay. Exactly as desired. It was almost as if a mule were kicking the back of my seat. However, I didn't find the rendering of the staggered bass lines as spectacular. They just weren't as distinguised as I'd like, with the lowest notes sounding too similar, and leaving the impression as if it weren't extending low enough. But I later dispelled that inital impression by playing the following track, "Caught Up". Here the lowest notes came through with authority, but did seem to do better at moderate- to high-volume levels—at low volume it just wasn't as articulare as it could have been. Score: 8/10
Diana Krall "All or Nothing at All"
The scaling of the string bass in this track really works the crossover area between the midbass and subwoofer. It's here that a system's transition between the bass ranges is delineated. With the Alpine, there was absolutely no draw to the sub's location—the bass seamlessly transitioned betweeen the front stage and the sub so well that I verified that the sub was actually playing. The bass stayed up front and well-focused throughout the entire track. Very ncie.
While listening to the timbre, I noticed a slight anomaly. At low-volume levels, the defining tones of the strings were less resolved that I like. However, goose the volume to medium and moderate levels and the SWX-1243D comes alive, providing a nice bit of resonance to the front end. Score: 9/10
Ziggy Marley "Gone Away"
Overlapping bass lines can be troublesome for some speakers,. With this in mind, it's easy to see why "Gone Away" can be a difficult track for subwoofers. The heavy electric bass guitar often dominates the track's lower frequencies, overshadowing the drum beats.
Once again, I noticed that volume dictated the sub's level of accuracy. While not bad at low levels, there was a definite improvement at moderate volumes—not uncommon on larger format subwoofers such as this, and nothing that would be discernable when placed hehind the back seat or at driving levels. Note shifts of the guitar were easily detectable and the drum was reasonably taut with a little power behind it.
As with Diana Krall, the transition from the midbass of the front stage and the subwoofer was remarkably smooth. The sub also maintained a good, complementary image that was up front with the rest of the system that never stepped out of place. Score: 8.5/10
Techmaster P.E.B. "Bass Computer"
Power Supply "Bass Boom Bottom"
While re
arranging my music collection, I found some "real" bass CDs I thought were long lost. Back when bass was big and crusin' was cool, these CDs got a lot of play by subwoofer-loaded ground shakers that could rattle your mirrors from 10-car lengths back. The label on Techmaster P.E.B. reads: "Caution" Ultra Low Bass May Damage Speakers," which may have carried some truth with subs of its time. Today's drivers are far more advanced—but that didnt' stop me from trying.
I first delved into Power Supply and pulled up the title track, "Bass Boom Bottom". This is an intense, electronically derived composition that has nearly constant bass the entire duration of the song. Hoping my electical system would hold up, I cranked the volume knob until the system reached the "neighbors are complaining" level. The Alpine woofer clearly had no problems with my action, as it stretched its surround to near max. Its output was quite spectacular—enough to make me surrender to the beast in the box.
With Techmaster came the ultra-low frequency goods. The lowest notes of Bass Comptuer" came through with authority, proving the SWX-1243D to be rather linear on the frequency scale. To that end, playing "Bass by Numbers" provided further prooof of its abilites. Driving these ultra-low frequencies at high volumes, I was highly impressed at the composure of the Alpine subwoofer. In short, it nvever seemed to display nonlinear behaviors or exhibit even the slightest hint of cone breakup. Its output (at comparable power levels) performance neared that of the ultra-impressive Critical Mass UL12 I had on hand for reference, but at a quarter the price. That of all things is pretty impressive in itself. Score: 9/10
Candlebox Candlebox
Most every track on Candlebox's self-titled album is loaded with drum kicks, like every good rock album should be. The pace and ferocity of the hammer hitting, cracking the skin of the kick drum differs slightly between the tracks and when accompanied with a bass guitar the sub should be able to maintain good distinction.
I started off with "He Calls Home." In this slower-paced track the kicks should play through the accompanying bass guitar. Here the Alpine scored high with the kick drum very distinct as the snap of the hammer was presented with good attack and decay. The bass had a nice bit of resonance in its fundamental tones and again the SWX showed it can play nicely with the other speakers in the system.
Tracking back to "Don't You," I paid close attention to the double kicks and how they differed from the individual beats. Again the Alpine proved to be fast and accurate, making it easy to detect changes in the amplitude of the drum kicks. Score: 9.5/10
Alpine's latest iteration of the venerable Type-X sub is further proof that the company is serious about sound. While the improvements over the previous gen may go unseen, they're a definite step in the right direction.
Alpine really has built an outstanding performer in this competitive price range-a musical subwoofer that is capable of turning out some serious SPL. Needless to say, I really enjoyed my time spent auditioning it. Regardless of the music genre, it was one of the most transparent subwoofers I've added into my system, and that goes a long way in terms of long-term listening enjoyment. If you have $500 for a subwoofer, check out this from Alpine.


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Clowns in Perth
Do your kids love magic tricks? Do balloons twisted into animal shapes delight them? If so, a clown at their next birthday party might be the best surprise they could possibly imagine! There are lots of clowns in Perth available for hire who offer a range of services and fun kids activities for your little one's special event.Read more
Board sports for kids in Western Australia
Bring your board during your next visit to Western Australia! From skating to surfing, there are lots of board sports that your children can enjoy in Western Australia.Read more
National parks in the Perth region
Enjoy the weekends and school holidays immersed in nature! Get back in touch with nature and discover the stunning sceneries that the Perth has to offer. The region is known for its outdoor lifestyle, that's why visiting the national parks here should be at the top of your "activities for kids in Perth" list.Read more
kids activities in Perth
Get to know the fun activities and things to do with kids in Perth! Looking for fun family activities and kids activities in Western Australia? Try WA?s centre of happenings, the City of Light ? Perth!Read more
paddle sports for kids in the Perth Region
Have a cool summer at Australia's water sports paradise – Perth!

Activities for kids in the Perth region include thrilling water sports for kids like jet skiing, surfing, and paddle sports. Get wet in Perth!Read more
Family Holidays in Western Australia
Find the perfect destination for your family holiday!

The Australian holidays are perfect occasions to spend quality time with the family.Read more


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Nail Lacquer
Essie Nail Lacquer is a nail lacquer that retails for $8.00 and contains 0.5 oz. ($16.00 per ounce). There are 366 shades in our database, which you can select from in the View a Shade dropdown menu below or jump to these sections: Review.
The average rating based on all reviewed shade(s) in this formula is shown below.
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Based on 13 Reviews, 143 Quick Reviews
The Good: Easy To Apply (66), Just Right (50), Long-wearing (45), Great Value (42), Glossy (29), Travel-friendly (6), Creamy (2), Spreads Easily (1)
The In-Between: Highly Pigmented (53), Buildable (24), Thin (18), Sheer (9), Thick (9)
The Bad: Streaks (11), Chips Easily (10), Hard To Apply (6), Watery (5), Pools (3), Stains (3), Goopy (1), Bubbles (1)
13 Written Reviews
By Gina 6 years ago.
Shop Till I Drop is a sheer summer peach (more peach than coral) that can be used for French manicure. It goes on very sheer and thin, which can be a challenge for self-applicatiion to avoid pooling or streaking.
By Marta // The Glow Lab 7 years ago.
I love to use this shade when I want a different/fun look for my nails. It is a bold teal color with metallic finish. What I love most about this shade is that even though it has that metallic finish, you don't get any streaks during the application and with two coats you get full coverage.
By Marta // The Glow Lab 7 years ago.
I really like to use this color when I want to wear something subtle on my nails. It gives some sheer nude color and a glossy finish. You can get more opacity if you use 3 to 4 coats, but the application is a bit tricky because you can get some streaks if you are not careful. Still I think is a beautiful color and I recommend it to anyone who needs a classic nude shade with good value.
By Marta // The Glow Lab 7 years ago.
Even though I love the color once applied, I find it quite difficult to use. The formula is a bit too thick and you have to be careful because if you use too much product it can take forever to dry.The color is a lovely shiny mint and looks perfect for spring/summer. It lasts around five days on me with a topcoat. I think is a good product for the cost, but still I think the formula could be improved.
By Budziak 7 years ago.
This shade looks better in the bottle than it does on the nails, the shade just doesn't translate well. It's a beautiful dark (almost vampy) teal with purple duochrome tone. It's really pretty but the purple is hardly there on finger tips :-( It just ends up looking like a dark teal or black if you just glance at it.
By Budziak 7 years ago.
Another one of my favorite polishes, this is consistent with the Essie formula and the shade is a bright metallic teal, not quite blue but not quite green. Eye catching and a tad punk/grungy :-) It also kind of reminds me of an 80's prom dress.
By Budziak 7 years ago.
She's Picture Perfect is a great spring/Easter time polish. Its not just another boring periwinkle, it's a baby violet/blue base with a hint of brighter purple/magenta shimmer. Very pretty.
By Budziak 7 years ago.
This is my HG nude. Remember when mannequin nails were a big hit? Well this is it! This shade has a tiny hint of a peachy pink tone to make it not look like plain white-out on nails. It can chip and dull if you don't put a top coat but other than that I love it!
By Budziak 7 years ago.
Another one of my favorites. Same great easy to use formula. This shade is a dark raspberry metallic magenta. Another great eye catching polish for the summer, this shade looks great with a tan but my nc25 hands can pull it off!
By Budziak 7 years ago.
This shade is my go-to pedicure shade, especially in the summer. It's such a bright metallicy orange with cool toned shimmer, I love it. It's like happiness in a bottle and perfect for tropical vacations. Definitely an eye-catcher.
By Budziak 7 years ago.
The formula is great, just like every other Essie polish. It's a creme consistency but it just looks off and muddy on my nc25 complexion. Seriously, it looks like I dipped the tips of my fingers in some clay based mud and had them dry, not a good look but I can see it looking great on darker skin tones!
By Budziak 7 years ago.
A Crewed Interest is the prettiest pastel peachy color. It looks great as a base under Essie's Luxeffects Pure Pearlification and it is a must have for spring. This is definitely one of my favorites, it's worth every single cent and I would buy multiples of it!


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Road Safety for Children
Accidents on the road are a major cause of injury and death for children of all ages. Find out how you can help to keep your child safe by setting a good example and teaching them the rules of the road.
Set a good example yourself
You should start teaching your child about the dangers of the road as early as possible so they develop a good road and traffic awareness. You can set a good example by:
- explaining road safety and getting them to talk about it
- use the Highway Code
- encouraging your child to notice and discuss what they see around them on the road
- always crossing roads at the safest place, preferably a pedestrian crossing
- never using a mobile phone or listening to music while crossing the road
- never taking risks as your child will copy you
- wearing bright, fluorescent or reflective clothing when you're out and about so drivers can see you
- practicing judging speed and distance with them
- helping them to work out the safest routes for journeys they make
When your child needs a car seat
When travelling in a vehicle, children need to use the right car seat until they reach 135 centimetres tall or age 12. The type of car seat your child needs depends on their weight. Find out which seat your child needs.


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By Robert Preidt
HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, June 7 (HealthDay News) — Anxiety-related sexual problems occur among young adults with congenital heart disease who have implanted heart defibrillators, a new study finds.
Their anxiety about the possibility of receiving a shock from their implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) can lead to sexual dysfunction, according to the study in the June issue of the journal HeartRhythm.
The researchers looked at 70 patients with an ICD and 110 patients without an ICD, average age 32, and found that those with ICDs had a high level of shock-related anxiety. Elevated anxiety was associated with poorer sexual function in both men and women.
This is the first study to reveal that shock-related anxiety is associated with sexual dysfunction in young adults with ICDs, according to the researchers. They said the findings point to the need to address these issues in order to improve the quality of life for these patients.
"ICDs are increasingly being implanted in this young and vulnerable patient population, yet the psychosocial issues are often overlooked. Our study is an example of dynamic research intended to help us better understand this growing population," lead author Dr. Stephen Cook said in a news release from the Heart Rhythm Society.
"Improving outcomes and the quality of life in these young adults is critical and our results clearly show the importance of addressing their psychological well-being," added Cook, who is with the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Congenital heart defects are among the most common types of birth defects, according to the news release. In 2000, the estimated number of U.S. adults with congenital heart disease was between 650,000 and 1.3 million, and the number rises each year. This means that a growing number of adults with congenital heart defects are receiving ICDs.
For patients with shock-related anxiety, early identification might lead to help such as education, treatment planning and referral to a mental health expert, the study authors said.


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DNR urges people to cut down on holiday waste
DNR offers up suggestions to reduce excess elimination
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin environmental officials are urging people to cut down on their holiday waste.
The federal government estimates the volume of household waste jumps 25 percent between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day as families dispose of gift wrap, decorations, packaging, disposable plates and leftover food.
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources waste reduction officials suggest replacing old light strings with energy-efficient strings, using timers to turn lights off, using washable dishes and silverware and dividing leftovers among visitors.
They also suggest giving family and friends gift cards, using reusable bags when shopping, wrapping gifts in newspapers, recycling wrapping paper, saving gift boxes and bows for other occasions.


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This is a question asked out of curiosity, and because I can't understand the Wikipedia page.
I have often been told that PA cannot prove the validity of induction up to $\epsilon_0$, which has been expressed to me roughly as the claim that $\epsilon_0$ is well-ordered. I understand what ordinals are, and what $\epsilon_0$ is. I also understand first order logic and axiom schemes, so I understand how the induction axiom scheme formalizes the notion that $\omega$ is well-ordered.
What I don't understand is how one could formulate the statement that $\epsilon_0$ is well-ordered as a first order sentence in arithmetic. Would someone mind spelling this out for me?


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Streamliner train: City of Denver
Twenty thousand people packed Union Station to see the new City of Denver passenger train in 1936. It was one of Union Pacific's elite fleet of streamliners and the last word in modern travel luxury. In direct competition with the Burlington Zephyr, the City of Denver cut travel time between Denver and Chicago to 16 hours.
When it arrived at Union Station on June 15, its red and gold engine pulled four sleeping cars, an observation lounge, two day coaches, a dining-cocktail lounge car and the "Frontier Shack" car, which was a "replica" of pioneer taverns in Colorado mining towns.
The streamliner was formally dedicated three days later, on June 18, 1936. Governor Ed Johnson and Mayor Benjamin Stapleton gave speeches. The governor's daughter, Grace, proudly broke a bottle of champagne on the engine while intoning, "I christen thee the City of Denver." KOA radio station picked up the ceremonies and broadcast them over the NBC network from coast to coast.
Following the ceremonies, passengers streamed aboard filling every one of the 182 seats in the sleeping cars and coaches for the maiden trip.
This video shows a couple of streamliners from the 1930s. The first is the City of Denver.
(What a beauty. Maybe Arlo should have sung about it instead of "City of New Orleans.")


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The game was refused classification (rated RC) and banned from sale in Australia yesterday.
"It's regrettable that government policy in Australia is denying adults the right to play Syndicate
," said an EA spokesperson in the response we received this morning. "The game will be not be available in Australia despite its enthusiastic response from fans."
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Syndicate$11.75on Amazon
"We were encouraged by the government's recent agreement to adopt an 18+ age rating for games. We urge policy makers to take swift action to implement an updated policy that reflects today's market and gives its millions of adult consumers the right to make their own content choices."
According to the Classification Board report, the fact that enemies and corpses "can be explicitly dismembered, decapitated or bisected by the force of the gunfire" was a major problem.
Civilians can be targeted also, but cannot be dismembered. The report did, however, note that in cooperative gameplay "points are awarded for civilian casualties."
The report concludes:
"In the opinion of the Board, the game contains intense sequences of violence which include detailed depictions of decaptitation and dismemberment that are high in playing impact. The game also contains the ability to inflict repeated and realistic post mortem damage which exceeds strong in playing impact. It is therefore unsuitable for a minor to see or play and should be Refused Classification pursuant to item 1(d) of the computer games table of the Code."
The last game refused classification in Australia was The House of the Dead: Overkill for PS3, but Sega successfully appealed the decision and the rating was lowered to MA15+.
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an excellent, accessible, clearly delineated, and insightful introduction to the development, doctrine, and practice of Islamic criminal law from the sixteenth century to the present. Peters's volume,the second in the Cambridge University Press series Themes in Islamic Law, brings together various lines of scholarship on practice and theory into one well-organized work divided into six chapters, including a brief introduction and a conclusion.
For Schull, chapter 3 is the author's strongest. "Peters utilizes the Ottoman Empire as a case study to explore the implementation of Islamic criminal law and to illustrate its relationship with state authorities during what he refers to as 'the pre-modern period' (sixteenth to eighteenth centuries)." He demonstrates "the Ottoman state's weighty influence on the implementation, interpretation, and enforcement of Islamic criminal law." The author "also effectively illustrates the interaction of state (qanun) and Shari`a law in the state's efforts to maintain power and order."
Overall, the book "makes an invaluable contribution to the fields of history, Islamic studies, and comparative legal studies, and will, I believe, serve as the impetus to additional research."
The full review is here.


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AngelHack Fall 2012 Washington D.C
Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 9:00 AM - Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 5:00 PM (EST)
What should I build?
Create a prototype (hack) of something that you believe solves a big problem. You don't need a business plan or anything crazy like that, but you should be able to show the big idea potential of your hack. AngelHack is a launchpad for you to flush out and validate projects you've always wanted to build. Previous winners include: Appetas, GiveGo, TapFame, SnapStore, ShareBrowse, Kloutron, & Blue Dragon Security.
What are the rules?
All code must be FRESH. Prior to the hackathon you can create your design, wireframes, logo, and user flows. You can even build hardware. But to make things completely fair you can not write any code whatsoever until the hackathon starts. All code must be built at AngelHack.
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It's 8:19 AM on the first day of my three-day cleanse and I am already hungry. I am sure this is one of my issues, but just the idea that I cannot eat makes me want to whip up a feast. This is how I function. Tell me I cannot make it through 6 months of grueling chemotherapy without throwing up once, and I can. Tell me I cannot have a child, and I will. However, in this instance, telling me I cannot eat (okay, the new-age correction is that I am choosing not to eat) just makes me want to eat more.
I have chosen to do a three-day fresh organic juice cleanse for a number of reasons. I wanted to see what it was like not to have to cook or prepare meals three times a day for a few days. I wanted to see if I could purge some closets in the spare time. I am a novice "cleanser," which means I have pretty much never skipped a meal in my entire life. In fact, I am one of the few women in the world who I know that has never been on a diet. This system has always worked for me in the past, but in the dawn of this new year, I am willing to try something new.
I am in a time management crisis. I have far too much to do in the smallest window of time. I imagine everyone struggles with this, but some more so than others. Because I am juice-fasting, I decide to take a couple of days off from the gym. This means I have already freed up an entire day from my schedule over the three days between cooking, cleaning up, and exercising.
I begin by ordering my Ritual Cleanse online. I am fortunate to live in an area where I can pick it up the following day less than two miles from my home. It costs $90 per day for the juices, which are all organic and fresh pressed, and packed in a simple organized cooler. There are six 17-ounce juices of varying components meant to nourish and detoxify your body and mind. At first, it may sound expensive, but when you think of how much you eat or drink in a day ($5 Starbucks anyone?) it seems reasonable. I decide to buy one day's worth for two of us, and enlist my willing and able friend to juice for us for the following two days — he is a pro, having done a 30-day cleanse in the past.
It's strange the way you start to notice things. For example, I love cooking and I miss the companionship and pleasure of sitting around a table with friends or family eating freshly prepared, incredible food. I miss it a lot, in fact. It saddens me when I cancel a long-planned lunch during my cleanse, and I observe that I think about food a lot more than usual since I am not eating it. My friend tells me one of the secrets is not to talk about it. Originally, I planned on staying close to home, and now I feel the need to get out before I gnaw on the kitchen cabinets. I want to distract myself, but isn't this the lesson? I tune in, feel the feelings, and face the fear. Last night, I cleaned out some closets. Is it just my imagination or is it easier to let go of things you don't need while you are on a cleanse? I conclude it is, in fact, easier.
I had grandiose ideas of meditating upon awakening, spending the days hiking and sitting, dreaming and just doing nothing. Over the three days, I meditate once, read a magazine in the sun, and take one long winter hike in the hills above the ocean. Life gets in the way, and work, and caring for a child. I can see the power the cleanse has to free the body, mind, and soul. I have a half-day left, but I do feel lighter, better, and still hungry for more.


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Static analyzers try to find weaknesses in other programs that could be triggered accidentally or exploited by intruders. A report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) entitled Static Analysis Tool Exposition (SATE), edited by Vadim Okun, Romain Gaucher, and Paul Black, documents NIST's Static Analysis Tool Exposition -- an exercise by NIST and static analyzer vendors to improve the performance of these tools.
The static analyzers (and languages) in the study included Aspect Security ASC 2.0 (Java), Checkmarx CxSuite 2.4.3 (Java), Flawfinder 1.27 (C), Fortify SCA 5.0.0.0267 (C, Java), Grammatech CodeSonar 3.0p0 (C), HP DevInspect 5.0.5612.0 (Java), SofCheck Inspector for Java 2.1.2 (Java), University of Maryland FindBugs 1.3.1 (Java), and Veracode SecurityReview (C, Java).
According to NIST's Vadim Okun, SATE was a long-overdue idea. "Most modern software is too lengthy and complex to analyze by hand," says Okun. "Additionally, programs that would have been considered secure ten years ago may now be vulnerable to hackers. We're trying to focus on identifying what in a program's code might be exploitable."
While the SATE 2008 process was not designed to compare the performance of participating tools, it was successful in understanding some of their capabilities in a wide variety of weaknesses. SATE demonstrated that results from multiple tools can be combined into a single database from which further analysis is possible. While the backtrace explanations were useful, the study concluded that the evaluation might have been more efficient and less error-prone by closely integrating with the navigation and visualization capabilities of the tools.
Future studies should plan for the possibility that the tools may generate more warnings than they can evaluate. Consistent criteria for warning selection are needed to address any analytical resource limitations in a way that produces cleaner data. It is important to use a clear definition of true positives and false positives from the beginning, although there may still be subtle difficulties in producing consistent evaluations. Finally, if any comparative analysis is to be performed, warnings will need to be normalized to account for tool-specific differences in how warnings are reported and quantified.
Okun believes that there's a good deal of research remains to be done. The effort was not only highly demanding, but it also showed some goals may be out of reach. While users want static analyzers to find all the problems in a piece of software, but also raise no false alarms, "that's not achievable," Okun says. "We want to show people that this isn't a trivial process, but the tools are improving and it makes good sense to use them."


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The Solaris ABI is the set of supported run-time interfaces that are available for an application to use with the Solaris operating environment. The most important components of the ABI are in the following list:
The interfaces provided by the Solaris system libraries, which are documented in section 3 of the man pages
The interfaces provided by the Solaris kernel system calls, which are documented in section 2 of the man pages
The locations and formats of various system files and directories, which are documented in section 4 of the man pages
The input and output syntax and semantics of Solaris utilities, which are documented in section 1 of the man pages
The main component of the Solaris ABI is the set of system library interfaces. The term ABI in this chapter refers only to that component. The ABI contains exclusively C language interfaces, as C is the only language for which the Solaris operating environment provides interfaces.
C source code that is written to the Solaris API (Application Programming Interface) is transformed by the C compiler into a binary for one of three ABI versions. The three versions are 32-bit SPARC, 64-bit SPARC, or 32-bit Intel. While the ABI is very similar to the API, the source compilation process introduces several important differences:
Compiler directives such as #define can alter or replace source-level constructs. The resulting binary might lack a symbol present in the source or include a symbol not present in the source.
The compiler might generate processor-specific symbols, such as arithmetic instructions, which augment or replace source constructs.
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For these reasons, source-level (API) compatibility does not provide a sufficient expectation of binary compatibility across Solaris releases.
The Solaris ABI is made up of the supported interfaces provided by the operating system. Some of the interfaces that are available in the system are intended for the exclusive use of the operating system. These exclusive interfaces are not available for use by an application. Prior to the SunOS 5.6 release, all of the interfaces in Solaris libraries were available for application developers to use. With the library symbol scoping technology available in the Solaris link editor, interfaces not intended for use outside of a library have their scope reduced to be purely local to the library. See the Linker and Libraries Guide for details. Due to system requirements, not all private interfaces can have such a reduced scope. These interfaces are labeled private, and are not included in the Solaris ABI.


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HOUSTON (AP) Omar Strong scored 27 points and Texas Southern rolled past Alabama State 97-65 Monday night.
All five scorers were in double figures for the Tigers (8-14, 7-2 SWAC), who have won three in a row and seven of their last eight games after opening the season 1-13.
Lawrence Johnson-Danner had 20 points and six assists, Ray Penn contributed 19 points and eight assists and Fred Sturdivant had 13 points, 14 rebounds and three blocked shots. Aaron Clayborn had 11 points and nine rebounds for Texas Southern, which led by as many as 38 points in the second half.
The Tigers were 16 of 28 from 3-point range, with Johnson-Danner making six and Strong and Penn hitting five each.
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Intimate Worlds: Indian Paintings from the Alvin O. Bellak Collection
By Darielle Mason, with contributions by B. N. Goswamy, Terence McInerney, John Seyller, and Ellen Smart. All color photography by Lynn Rosenthal
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One of the world's finest private collections of Indian "miniature" paintings, a promised bequest to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is represented by some ninety works of art created in workshops across India over the course of four centuries. The paintings, all reproduced in full color and accompanied by a detailed scholarly examination, span the period from before the rise of Islamic Mughal rule in northern India during the 1500s to the heyday of the British Raj in the late nineteenth century. The "intimate worlds" evoked by these images vividly illustrate Hindu, Muslim, and Jain religious stories; offer visions of life at court; and explore the pleasures and pains of love. Essays include a statement from the collector and an introductory history of courtly painting on the Indian subcontinent, as well as discussions of the history of the collecting of Indian art, hierarchies of taste, and the relationship between artists and patrons.


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Lately, America's leaders have talked a lot about the need to rebuild. Has it begun?
Over the next couple of weeks, The Atlantic Cities will explore America's rebuilding efforts in a four-part series. This is the first installment.
Speaking at a construction workers' conference in Washington in late April, President Barack Obama acknowledged that our highways are clogged, our airports overwhelmed, and our roads and bridges in need of repair.
"American workers built this country, and now we need American workers to rebuild this country," said the president. "Join us in this project of rebuilding America."
Whether political point or post-downturn reality, the call to rebuild has been gaining traction among politicians, activists, businessfolk, and pundits, and it's about more than just infrastructure. If dubbing this an era of rebuilding requires some optimism, it might also be a necessity, particularly for American cities.
Leaders have been urging their citizens to rebuild at least since the ancient Greek statesman Pericles called his people to reconstruct their capital after Xerxes' burning of Athens in 480 B.C. Today, embattled European leaders invoke the better days to come. Egyptian presidential candidate Amr Moussa recently laid out his Rebuilding Program for post-Mubarak Egypt.
Then there's the U.S. These last few years represent the country's most difficult economic period since the Great Depression. Yet our climb out of that earlier hole offers little to inform our current situation. The initiatives established under the New Deal – such as the National Recovery Administration, the Works Progress Agency, and the National Labor Relations board – focused on construction and industry and empowering American workers.
Today, Americans are struggling to recover not only from the devastation of the Great Recession, but also a loss of faith in financial institutions, housing, American manufacturing, even the very idea that hard work inevitably pays off.
Most low-skilled jobs are gone and never coming back, and in many ways, it's cities that have suffered most. Municipal governments are hundreds of millions of dollars in debt and facing bankruptcy. Vast neighborhoods have been hollowed out by foreclosures and blight.
While Detroit's magnificent collapse is widely known, Chicago, for one, has suffered a subtler decline. As reported in a recent OECD study on the Chicago region, overall job growth here has trailed the national average for decades. And from 1960 to 1990, more than 96 percent of new regional jobs were created outside downtown Chicago, the de facto regional capital.
That economic shift away from cities was the root cause of America's urban collapse. Starting in the 1950s, the middle class – and the American Dream – migrated from urban neighborhoods to the suburbs. Industry and corporations soon followed.
Ester Fuchs, director of Columbia University's Urban and Social Policy program, details the fallout in the latest issue of Columbia's Journal of International Affairs:
America's great cities were left in economic free fall, with concentrated poverty, unemployment, high crime rates, failing public schools and severely deteriorating physical infrastructure, including roads, mass transit and parks. Academics and policy makers agreed that cities were irrelevant to America's economic future; they would become places for poor minorities who could not afford to move to the suburbs. Urban policy became code for social-welfare policy.
Power players came to view cities as irrelevant to economic vitality. The reelection of Ronald Reagan in 1984, writes Fuchs, "showed it was possible to win a presidential campaign while losing the vote in America's major cities."
Now it's come full circle. Americans began returning to cities in the mid-1990s, sparked in part by Mayor Giuliani's turn-around of New York City. Today, both the U.S. and the world are more urban than rural. And just as we've come to accept that cities are the engines of the global economy, the economic downturn has pulled back the curtain on our long-festering national secret.
That explains why Chicago officials are worried that their city attracts a fraction of the information workers drawn to coastal cities like Los Angeles and Seattle, and why they've begun to focus on rebuilding.
In recent weeks, local and national observers have been debating Mayor Rahm Emanuel's innovative method of financing a city-wide infrastructure rebuild. The three-year-old Rebuilding Exchange hopes to change the way Chicagoans demolish and reuse housing stock, while the Rebuild Foundation is expanding its community-through-culture vision across the Midwest.
Of course, the local is national. At Chicago's Green Festival last weekend, Van Jones spoke about his new book, Rebuild the Dream, which lays out a vision to repair our government and renew the middle class. Similarly, Obama has made middle class revitalization a central policy goal.
A new non-partisan organization, Americans United to Rebuild Democracy, seeks to set Congressional term limits and clean up campaign financing in an effort to restore faith in elected leaders. New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman recently acknowledged, "our country needs a renewal."
Still, the latest jobs report shows sluggish growth nationwide, while new home construction remains particularly low in the Midwest. And construction workers, like those Obama spoke to last week, still can't find work.
Yet on the day of his speech, One World Trade Center became the tallest building in New York City. Just one small step on the way to 1776 feet, but perhaps an apt moment to mark the start of the Rebuild Era.
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Issue(s): Whether the offense of aiding and abetting the use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(1)(A) and 2, requires proof of (i) intentional facilitation or encouragement of the use of the firearm, as held by the First, Second, Third, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits, or (ii) simple knowledge that the principal used a firearm during a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime in which the defendant also participated, as held by the Sixth, Tenth, and District of Columbia Circuits.
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The slow down sign said that I hit 34 heading downhill on Massachusetts. Or maybe that was the speed of the car behind me. Just imagine how fast I'd go if I didn't wear parachute pants for work (I work as a backup dancer in an all-white MC Hammer revue) and actually had any ability/willingness to adopt an aerodynamic posture.
There's a slight rise on Massachusetts between California Street and Decatur Place. I only noticed it for the first time today, after wondering for weeks why it is that I always seem to slow down between the bottom of the hill and Stanton Circle. It's because of that. Along that stretch, I also realized that my right quad kind of hurts. Time for Bicycle Space yoga nights? Or maybe I'll skip the yoga and take part in THE CUPCAKE CAPER! The chance to ride around the city, solve a real-life fake mystery and win a Brooks saddle and matching handlebar grips sounds pretty awesome. (Unfortunately, I've got theatre tickets. Theatre spelled this way means that the tickets are expensive) But you should go. Yes, you.
Here's some random building near Dupont Circle. It's the home of the Cosmos Club. I'm pretty sure it was built by Pele and Giorgio Chinaglia in the late 70s.
|What happens why I get bored at stop lights: Contextless pictures.
All the stopping gave me ample time to think about my "stopping style" which isn't a thing (yet). I put my left foot down, rest my bike diagonally on the left leg and put my leg hand on my hip, slouch, and I drum away mindlessly on my handlebar with my right hand, looking off nowhere in particular, maybe at the cyclists stopped across the way. What's your (entirely made up thing) "stopping style"?
I don't mean to toot my own horn, but I'm fairly certain that this bike blog is the favorite local bicycle commuter blog of the President of the United States of America. I mean, what else could explain this afternoon's absence of caution tape at the security gate at Madison Place, NW? Invariably, President Obama was outraged at the minor inconvenience caused to me (and other maybe) and order someone who order someone who ordered someone who order someone to remove it. What else could explain it? The fact that they had to temporarily lower the barriers to allow a car to pass an in so doing damaged the tape and they didn't have any tape to reapply the barrier or maybe just didn't care? Ockham's razror. In any case, when I saw that the tape was down, I headed right down the to the barriers, slowing to a stop and I looked to the guard inside, asking grammatically (syntactically?) incorrectly "Can I ride through?" to which I received a big thumbs up. Well, I don't know how big, relatively or objective, the guard's thumb was. I'm glad I stopped to ask instead of just blowing through because that seemed like the right thing to do. We'll see if it's back up tomorrow or if, through the power or a barely read blog, I became the change I wished to see in the world. (There's no way this is anything more than sheer coincidence. I'm not delusional. It'll be back tomorrow)
Behind sweat pants guy on Penn again. Bike commuters are still a rather small community.


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BlackRock Inc.'s Laurence D. Fink, who heads the world's largest asset manager, said the firm will announce fee reductions for large exchange-traded funds next quarter, after losing market share to rivals.
"We expect to be announcing a whole strategy in how are we addressing the fee issue related to these large, liquid, core types of ETFs," Fink, who is chief executive officer of New York-based BlackRock, said today at the Barclays 2012 Global Financial Services Conference.
BlackRock, the world's largest ETF provider, has lost market share as rivals such as Vanguard Group Inc. attract investors. BlackRock's U.S. market share in the ETF business fell 1.4 percentage points in the first half of this year to about 41 percent, compared with an increase of 1.7 percentage points for Vanguard to 18 percent, according to a report by State Street Global Advisors.
Fink, whose company drew $23.5 billion deposits into its iShares ETFs this year through June 30, said in July that he wasn't pleased with BlackRock's ETF market share in the second quarter.
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"It's great to get insight into the era of 80's rock-n-roll via a treasure trove of photographs skillfully captured in front of Mark Weiss' camera lens. THE DECADE THAT ROCKED!! is the perfect time capsule for Mark's work finally being released upon the masses in 2017."
Phil Collen / Def Leppard
"I've known Mark Weiss since he was a teenager. He was relentless in the pursuit of his art. Mark would knock on my hotel door all hours of the day and night wanting to take photos. He definitely had and still has the rock and roll spirit."
Ozzy Osbourne
"Not only is FATHER WEISS responsible for helping me get the Gig with OZZY, he's also responsible for some of the most ICONIC ROCK PHOTOGRAPHY OF ROCK'S MOST LEGENDARY Bands and Artists of ALL TIME... THANKS FATHER WEISS!!! YOU RULE!!! KEEP IT ICONIC!!!"
Zakk Wylde
"Judging from the kind of rock artists and bands that Mark is drawn to, you wouldn't automatically think of including Blondie. What there is that makes sense is the ease that Mark has with bands and his "bedside manner" so to speak. He just looks like the right guy behind the camera and has a way of putting everyone at ease and getting five or six people to all look good at the same moment is not easy. He loves what he's doing, truly and it shows in the shots and coupled with his long association and enduring passion, he's just a great rock photographer. What more could a girl like me ask for?"
Debbie Harry / Blondie
"I have known Mark for many years. I consider him not only to be an incredible photographer but a good friend as well. His passion for photography always seems to capture my passion for rock and roll.He truly seems to love what he is doing and has been with me through thick and thin. His photos always seem to capture the moment"
Bret Michaels
"Mark - You're a true artist; that goes without saying. But to see you fighting to 'get the shot' last week brings me back to the 70's, the Project days, on thru to today. You're a true survivor man, and that ain't easy. We're few and far between and you're one of us!"
Joe Perry
"From the first time I walked into the set Mark Weiss had built for Twisted Sister's Stay Hungry album cover shoot, I knew he was a creative force. More that "just a photographer," Mark can work with an artist and help to bring a creative idea to life visually. He doesn't know the words "that can't be done." "Mark Weiss is to rock photography as hair is to 80's metal...You just can't have one without the other!"
Dee Snider
"Why is it that nearly every great photo I see of myself says -'photo by Mark Weiss'?"
Sammy Hagar
"These shots were just pictures to some, but to many they are memories. Thanks for sharing."
Jon Bon Jovi
"Mark is easy going and a pleasure to be around. He takes awesome shots. He has a definite character all his own. You can see one of his shots and go, "That's Mark." He sees things and plays off of them in a comfortable environment. There is no stress with Mark." He is like a brother to me and the best at what he does."
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"I've known Mark for 25 years. He is absolutely the best rock photographer, period! He has a tireless energy and passion for the art of capturing rock and roll. Whether it's live, studio, or candid, he always catches the cool moment !!! Here's to many more years of Rock & roll and many more rolls of film my friend!!!!"
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There is always a starting line.
There is always a starting line.
Last week progress began on the Cape San Blas Lighthouse relocation project with the removal of the large lens at the top of the tower.
Professional Lampist Joe Cocking, the only certified lampist in Florida, set up a pulley system last Wednesday and successfully removed the lens by Thursday afternoon.
Special air-tight boxes were constructed for the lens.
They were fabricated with materials provided by the city and there was a slight delay in operations when another box had to be constructed at the last minute.
Cocking dismantled the lens and packed each piece of glass into the boxes, wrapping them in a copper paper to keep any moisture out.
Cocking pointed out that a major obstacle to the removal process was that the lighthouse lacked a center well. Common procedure is to lower the boxes down the middle of the interior.
�You always need to be flexible,� said Cocking. �There�s always something unexpected.
�You have to be Gumby.�
According to the lampist, the danger of using the pulley system, or �old school physics,� as he called it, was that the boxes stood a greater chance of being blown around by winds coming off the water.
Luckily, the wind was busy elsewhere and the lens made a safe journey to ground level.
Arlyn Danielson, curator for the U.S. Coast Guard was on hand to oversee the process.
�The Coast Guard owns all lighthouse lenses,� said Danielson. �For preservation reasons decommissioned lenses often go to a museum or are borrowed by lighthouse groups to interpret maritime history.�
The lens will be restored and ready to reinstall if and when the lighthouse is relocated to Port St. Joe.
While the additional box was being crafted down below, up in the lighthouse tower Kathleen McCormick, the director of collections in St. Augustine, was hard at work dismantling the clockwork mechanism which regulates the weights which ascend and descend, rotating the tower�s lenses, and controlling the rate at which it flashes.
McCormick has a museum conservation background and has been visiting lighthouses with Cocking for more than eight years, helping with adjustments, repairs, dismantling or even just appreciating the technology.
�I have a fascination with 19th Century machinery,� said McCormick. �Railroad technology, music machines, clockwork gears and lighthouses�it�s all very similar.�
McCormick pointed out that a unique feature of the lighthouse is that it�s constructed of steel. Most lighthouses constructed around the same time were made of brick, stone, wood or iron.
When lighthouses were built at the turn of the 21st Century, they were constructed with whatever materials were most readily available and designed to fit the local geographic and climatic conditions.
Cocking said that the hardest part of the job wasn�t lowering the lens, but rather clearing out the wasps that had made the lighthouse their home. During their first visit several weeks ago, Cocking and McCormick had to ascend through more than 100 stairs of stinging terror.
Bids have been received for the relocation of the lighthouse though they have not been presented to the public. Bids for moving the keepers� quarters and oil house were due this week.


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Water Ceremonies and Fire Ceremonies
Puja is a generic term which means worship, but generally puja means a water ceremony and yagna means a fire ceremony. In the listing below, puja is used as a generic term. Therefore, any of these ceremonies may be performed either as water or as fire ceremonies. Usually the fire ceremonies begin with a short water ceremony.
Water is representative the Spirit, which flows through all and is received from heaven, just as water flows downhill.
Fire flames up to heaven carrying our prayers to the highest levels. It is also the great purifier. For Great Initiations, ceremonies using water and fire are inferred in most of the texts on ceremonial worship.
Feminine Principles
Gayatri Puja
The Gayatri Mantra is nearly the universal mantra of the Far East. Practiced by both Hindus and Buddhists from a variety of sects, it is taught as the principal mantra for "Illumination of the Intellect." The long form of the Gayatri Mantra is used in this ceremony. Gayatri puja is done to aid in the journey to illumination.
Durga Puja
Sitting astride a tiger and holding a thousand instruments of destruction, Durga has a beatific countenance. She protects the righteous and destroys the demonic. It is said she is exquisitely beautiful to the devotee or seeker of truth and terrible to behold to the evil doers, both seen and unseen. Durga puja is performed to invoke protection as an active principle in one's life.
Lakshmi Puja
This is the Goddess of abundance of every kind. Abundance in this sense means love as wealth, peace as wealth, health as wealth, enough food to eat as wealth, children as wealth, and, of course, prosperity as well as any other form of abundance you can think of. Lakshmi is represented as either sitting or standing upon a lily pad with elephants on either side, trunks upraised. She is dressed in a gold and/or pink Sari. Gold coins are pouring from her slightly outstretched hands. Lakshmi puja is performed to promote abundance in life according to oneÂ's need and desire.
Saraswati Puja
Holding the musical instrument, the vina, in one hand, and a string of prayer beads (japa mala) in the other, Saraswati is the shakti of spiritual knowledge. She has before her a stack of books, representing the scriptures where knowledge is revealed and recorded. Saraswati is propitiated through this ceremony for success in the arts and sciences, and spiritual pursuits of any kind.
Kwan Yin Puja
Kwan Yin is the feminine form of Avalokiteshwara. Alternately masculine and feminine throughout history, this Bodhisattva is the great benefactor most commonly propitiated by the mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum." Here the feminine mantra "Namo Kwan Shi Yin Pu Sa" is used in conjunction with puja mantras normally associated with propitiation of Avalokiteshwara. Kuan Yin puja is performed to invoke the dynamic principle of compassion.
Kameshwari Puja
Kama means desire. Eshwari means the supreme feminine principle. This puja helps to fulfill certain noble desires and lead one to the formation of higher, spiritual desires. Leading one to the Sacred Heart Center, whose root (seed) mantra is "Hrim," this puja can produce feeling of joy as well as tangible power. Kameshwari puja invokes a particularly joyful and powerful form of the great feminine energy.
Masculine Principles
Ganesha (Ganapati) Puja
Traditionally, Ganesha is revered as the remover of obstacles in any endeavor. His mantra always appears prominently near the beginning of any puja performed in India, to insure that any obstacles to the ceremony are removed in advance. Tibetans do not follow this tradition.
With the body of a young boy and the head of an elephant, Ganesha is one of the more unusual aspects of Divinity found in the East. Red, Gold and Green are often associated with Ganesha, and the symbols surrounding him are the goad, which moves one ever onward on the spiritual path, and books where scriptures reveal aspects of Divine Truth. Ganesha Puja helps remove obstacles and invoke success in endeavors.
Dattatreya Puja
The first guru written about in the Vedic tradition was called Dattatreya, reputed to be the Guru of all the gurus. Although there are stories and legends describing this figure, it is not clear whether they are real or apocryphal.
The true teacher is within. Outer teachers and the Masters on the inner planes guide us ever closer to our divine nature. To the extent that any teacher is a clear and true reflection of our own nature, that teacher aligns us within. Hence, by any road, the true teacher lies within.
In that spirit, the Dattatreya Puja is a ceremonial propitiation of any teacher, either within or without. This ceremony has been used by certain groups of devotees to propitiate their specific teacher or guru either in the body or out. For other groups, the service has been used to propitiate the universal inner teacher that leads us on life upon life. Dattatreya puja is done to propitiate the spiritual teacher and preceptor, either as principle or to honor a specific teacher or guru.
Shiva Puja
Shiva is often referred to as the great masculine principle. However, Shiva is most completely represented as the energy of the Holy Spirit, both masculine and feminine, without form, and a consciously responding and sentient power. There is some correlation to the Fohat of the Esotericists. The Shiva Linga, often interpreted as phallic, is really the masculine and feminine conjoined in union. In fact, the earliest classical references to the icon call it a Yoni-Lingham (masculine-feminine), which is easily explained through examination of the common lingham that is provided for the ceremony.
Today, Shiva is often represented either as the Lingham or the Nataraja, also known as the "Dancing Shiva." Nataraja is a masculine figure with strikingly feminine overtones, with one foot lifted in a poise of dance. A large halo of flames surrounds the figure that is dancing on the body of a "negative force." This tableau represents the ongoing destruction/transmutation of the universe.
But even this destruction is misunderstood. Shiva, as the kinetic holy spirit, spiritualizes everything. The material universe cannot hold an infinite amount of spiritual charge. At some point in the spiritualizing process, the universe becomes so spiritualized that it undergoes a change of state. It is classical application of the principles of physics, or in this case, metaphysics. The material universe appears to be destroyed. But in fact, it has transcended to a higher state beyond the mere physical.
Shiva ceremonies promote health and expansion of consciousness.
Vishnu Puja
According to Vedic teachings, Vishnu is the only aspect of divinity that takes human form. In that sense, every spiritual teacher who has ever walked the earth embodies the principle of Vishnu, the Preserver. In the lore of India, certain great personalities have been described as Avatars or Incarnations of Vishnu.
Rama Puja
Rama, the perfect man, husband, king, son and his perfect wife, Sita, are nearly always propitiated together. This is a powerful healing ceremony in additional to invoking the spirit-quickening energy of the Avatar Rama.
Krishna Puja
Krishna is often called an incarnation of divine love. Promising to send aid even during Kali Yuga, the current spiritual winter, Krishna puja invokes the power of divine love into our life, whether in relationships or in the bhakti of spiritual devotion. Krishna puja moves in the twofold direction of liberation through contact with the divine self and through the principle of divine love.
Panduranga Puja
Panduranga Vittala is the name used in parts of southern India for the "coming one," also called Kulki. This Avatar will be the 10th and final incarnation of Vishnu. It is assumed that there is one remaining crisis that we will be unable to overcome unaided. After that, our species will be advanced enough to mitigate whatever difficulties confront us. The legend of the coming one is approached in different ways in different religions. In Hinduism, there is no agreement as to when this avatar will appear. But most spiritual scholars and pundits assert that it will be approximately 427,000 in the future near the end of Kali Yuga.
This puja puts one in harmony with the energy of the Vishnu Avatars in general and the Kulki Avatar in particular. Those seeking to follow the path of empowered service will benefit greatly from this ceremony.
Avalokiteshwara Puja
The Great Bodhisattva Avalokiteshwara is the source of the Bodhisattva Vow, the quintessential recognition of service to others as part of the path to the supreme. The Mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum," as well as its longer form, is used in this ceremony which, like the Kalachakra Ceremony, combines aspects of Tibetan and Hindu (Vedic) methods and mantras. This ceremony honors that great Being who has given us the Bodhisattva Vow and promotes spiritual progress by linking us with the power and fellowship surrounding the Mani Mantra.
Gender Neutral
Satya Narayana Puja
(Universal Puja of India - Takes Two Hours)
This puja can only be scheduled for an in-person ceremony, not in absentia.
The Divine Self within, the Universal Flame of Truth, is propitiated through the Satya Narayana Puja: the Universal Truth Worship in the Vedic Tradition. Satya Narayana is the threefold flame of the Esotericists, the divine Self of the Shaivites and the Divine Beloved of the Vaishnavites.
The Narayana Suktam, Purusha Suktam and Sri Suktam are used in this ceremony, as well as planetary mantras designed to reduce the effects of karma. A short story from the Skanda Purana (read in English) is also traditional. This puja takes slightly longer than the others. It is traditionally done for the fulfillment of noble desires.
Planetary Puja
(Karmic Reduction Puja -Takes Two Hours)
Of the four types of karma described in Eastern texts, Prarabdha Karma, the position of the planets at the time of our birth, is the one kind of karma that cannot be changed. But though this astrological DNA remains constant throughout our life, the way we receive planetary vibrations can, indeed, be changed. Using astotaras containing 108 mantras for each of the seven planets and the two karmic nodes of the moon, this ceremony can ease the way we are forced to deal with difficult planetary alignments and natal configurations. This puja is performed to soften and reduce planetary karma of all kinds.
Esoteric Prosperity Puja
(Three to Four Hours)
Everyone desires prosperity. There may be karmic periods where achieving economic prosperity is very difficult. The Esoteric Prosperity Puja is a complex and very effective Ganesha-Lakshmi puja with many mantras of several shaktis, Kubera, and especially Ganesha and Lakshmi, chanted prior to the abhisheka. There are two Ganesha Astotaras and one Lakshmi Astotara for the offering.
Special Custom Pujas
Custom pujas are occasionally designed and performed for a variety of purposes. If you have some difficulty or problem that does not appear readily addressed by one of the foregoing ceremonies, a custom puja can be prepared to address the situation.
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Grant Balfour, Greg Holland named American League All-Stars; Brian McCann named to National League All-Star roster
Oakland Athletics right-hander Grant Balfour and Kansas City Royals right-hander Greg Holland have been named American League All-Stars and will replace inactive pitchers Bartolo Colon of the Athletics and Hisashi Iwakuma of the Seattle Mariners, A.L. manager Jim Leyland announced in conjunction with Major League Baseball today. In addition, Atlanta Braves catcher Brian McCann has been selected as a National League All-Star and will replace inactive first baseman and teammate Freddie Freeman, N.L. manager Bruce Bochy announced today.
Balfour and Holland are first-time All-Stars, increasing this year's total of first-timers to 38, extending the new record. McCann becomes an All-Star for the seventh time in his career, following six consecutive appearances from 2006-11.
Balfour becomes the first Australian pitcher ever to be named to the Midsummer Classic and only the second Australian player overall to earn an All-Star berth, joining catcher Dave Nilsson of the Milwaukee Brewers in 1999. Balfour, 35, is in his 11th Major League season. The right-hander holds a 1.67 ERA and 25 saves in his 39 games this season. He has fanned 38 batters in 37.2 innings, allowing 27 hits and 13 walks.
Holland, 27, is 2-1 with a 1.80 ERA and 22 saves this year. The 5'10" right-hander has struck out 60 batters in 35.0 innings of work (21 H, 11 BB) this season while holding batters to a .171 average. Holland's 15.43 strikeouts per nine innings (min.: 30.0 IP) leads the Majors, and only three pitchers ever have posted a better mark over a full season. The North Carolina native seta Royals record in 2012 with 12.22 strikeouts per nine innings (min.: 60.0 IP).
McCann, who is the only player in franchise history to have been named an All-Star in each of his first six Major League seasons, was hitting .291 with 12 home runs and 32 RBI entering play today. The 29-year-old, who was the MVP of the 2010 All-Star Game in Anaheim, collected at least one extra-base hit in seven consecutive games from June 29th-July 6th, all while playing the catcher position. According to Elias, he is just the second Brave since 1900 to accomplish the feat, joining Earl Williams (July 1972). Over his last 16 games since June 23rd, he is hitting .410 (25-for-61) with four home runs, 15 RBI and eight multi-hit contests. McCann joins Freeman and closer Craig Kimbrel as Braves representatives at the 2013 Midsummer Classic.
Other announcements regarding the All-Star rosters will be made later today, including substitutions for other All-Star pitchers who are starting today. The current A.L. and N.L. All-Star rosters accompany this press release.
The 2013 All-Star Game will be played at Citi Field on Tuesday, July 16th. The 84th All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX Sports; in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and RDS; and worldwide by partners in more than 200 countries via MLB International's independent feed. Pregame ceremonies will begin at 7:30 p.m. (EDT). ESPN Radio and ESPN Radio Deportes will provide exclusive national radio coverage of the All-Star Game. MLB Network, MLB.com and SiriusXM also will provide comprehensive All-Star Week coverage. For more information, please visit allstargame.com or mets.com/asg.


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Sodium Chloride
Veterinarian Reviewed on June 20, 2012 by Paulina Nelega, RH
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Sodium Chloride
Sodium chloride is also called salt or table salt and is classified as an ionic compound and has a chemical formula of NaCl. Sodium chloride is found in the oceans and seas, it is also found in the cells of multicellular organisms.
Salt may also be called edible salt and is basically used as a preservative, a condiment and an ingredient in many foods and recipes all around the world. Sodium chloride is mass produced all around the world by evaporation of salt water from the sea. Rock salt is also mined and may be called halite.
History and Origin
The origin of the use of rock salt dates back during the prehistoric ages when food was preserved using seawater. Fish, meat and game that were caught were then preserved quite well in salt water basically because of its sodium chloride content.
The United States was considered the top producer of table salt in the world but it was overthrown by China in 2005. It was estimated in 2010 that the production of salt on a worldwide scale reached 270 million tones.
Ancient Uses
During ancient times, salt was considered to be a rather expensive commodity. It was an indispensable ingredient in food preservation, cooking and in preparation of dishes everywhere around the world.
Modern Uses
In modern times, the use of sodium chloride extends from the boundaries of the modern kitchen. It is also used in many industries all around the world. It is needed in the manufacture of paper, textiles and pulp. It is an important ingredient in the manufacture of many personal care products such as soaps, shampoos, bath products and in making detergents for clothes.
The property of sodium chloride to draw out bacteria through the power of osmotic pressure makes it an important ingredient in food preservation. Meats, pickled vegetables, preserved fruits and many other food stuffs can easily preserve their taste, color and flavor when sodium chloride is added to other methods of preservation such as via deep freezing, freeze drying and air drying.
The use of sodium chloride in the many metabolic processes of the body is indispensable. Although salt is needed by the body, the excess of this compound may cause illnesses like cardiovascular diseases and hypertension. Adequate amounts of sodium chloride may benefit people by ensuring the health of cell membranes. Nutrients in the gastro intestinal system are easily absorbed with an adequate amount of sodium chloride in the body.
Adequate values of sodium chloride in the body may help regulate blood pressure as well as maintain normal blood volume. Various processes of the body are also regulated like the rennin-angiotensin balance.
Side Effects
There are no significant side effects on the daily intake of salt. The Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine has established an ideal sodium chloride intake per day for men, women and children. In excess, sodium chloride may increase blood pressure and may often lead to cardiac illnesses. The elderly and pregnant women are advised to regulate their salt intake to prevent high blood pressure and other chronic complications. As always it is best to discuss your use and intake of sodium chloride with a qualified doctor.
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