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WASHINGTON – The director of the Arizona Municipal Water Users Association told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday that there is no "silver bullet" to the problem of rising demand for water from the Colorado River.
Kathleen Ferris pointed to Arizona's years of successful water management policies that have kept water use at virtually the same level since 1957, despite an exploding population. But while conservation and reuse are essential, Ferris said other measures need to be taken, such as the augmentation of supplies.
"We have to expand our thinking," Ferris told a subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
She was one of several government, tribal and expert witnesses who appeared before the Subcommittee on Water and Power to discuss the Bureau of Reclamation's December study on water supply and demand in the Colorado River Basin.
That study laid out challenges for the river, which provides drinking water to nearly 40 million people, generates 4,200 megawatts of hydropower, delivers water for farm irrigation and provides recreational opportunities that help drive tourism in the region.
The study said the river is facing demand from growing populations and is undergoing a drought that has put flows at their lowest levels in at least 100 years – and possibly the lowest in 1,200 years. It projected that in 50 years, demand could outstrip supply of river water by about 3.2 million acre-feet per year.
The bureau does not make specific recommendations, instead outlining the threats and "the range of solutions … that may be considered to resolve those imbalances," said bureau Commissioner Michael Connor in his testimony.
Taylor Hawes, the director of the Colorado River Program at the Nature Conservancy, told the hearing that states in the basin are heading into uncharted territory.
"The future will not look like the past," she said.
Besides the environmental issues at stake, Hawes said the Colorado also needs to be preserved because of the recreation it provides and the jobs that come with that. Hawes said the Colorado River contributes $26 billion to the economy and supports about 234,000 jobs in the six basin states: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
She also said famers need to be consulted about prospective solutions. Hawes said that the Colorado River Program works with farmers to ensure that any measures taken to protect the Colorado River do not infringe on property rights.
"All of those things need to be explored," Hawes said, and solutions need to be "feasible and cost-effective."
Witnesses said one part of the solution is conservation – an area that Arizona has been particularly successful at, Ferris said.
A large part of the state's success is due to the Groundwater Management Act, which regulates the use and conservation of groundwater in Arizona's most heavily populated areas.
"Since 1980, Arizona has pursued a comprehensive approach to water management," Ferris said. "We implemented many programs to reduce consumption and increase efficiency."
In addition to the conservation of water, Arizona has treated and reused water and required new residential subdivisions to prove they have a 100-year assured water supply.
Those efforts won kudos from committee members.
"I've always praised what has been done in Arizona," said Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. "A lot of forethought went into it."
Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., filling in for the subcommittee chairman, also praised Arizona for its success in water conservation.
"It is a tough balancing act," Flake said. "We've managed to do it pretty well in Arizona."
Ferris said state governments – not the federal government – need to develop solutions.
"If we need federal or congressional help, then we can come forward and ask," Ferris said. "I'm not sure we're there yet."


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Current regulations aren't enough to warn customers and protect them against data breaches at financial institutions, one U.S. senator said during a hearing Tuesday.
Senator Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, questioned why Citigroup took about a month to report a breach affecting more than 360,000 credit card accounts in North America. Citigroup, which confirmed the breach in early June, never notified Menendez's chief of staff that his account was compromised, Menendez said.
The staffer attempted to use his credit card and was declined, then called Citigroup to discover his account was hacked, Menendez said. "It seems to me there is a fiduciary responsibility by the [financial] entity to proactively tell their customer that has happened," he said during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing.
Citigroup did not testify at the hearing, and a company representative did not immediately return a phone message seeking comment on Menendez's criticism. But Leigh Williams, president of the BITS division of The Financial Services Roundtable, said he has "no doubt" that banks and other financial services companies have a responsibility to notify customers of breaches.
"Do you think a month to notify customers is an appropriate time frame?" Menendez asked.
"I think that as soon as an institution understands what has occurred, they have an obligation to notify their regulators, under regulatory rules, and they have a fiduciary and a business responsibility to notify customers if there's any way those customers can begin to take action to protect themselves," Williams said.
The banking industry is "constantly" improving its cybersecurity efforts, Williams said.
In the past six years, U.S. financial services companies have reported 288 data breaches, with 83 million records compromised, Menendez said. He questioned whether banks were doing enough to protect their customer accounts.
Menendez called for a national law requiring breached businesses to notify affected customers. More than 45 states have breach notification laws, making it difficult for businesses to comply with all of them, said Stuart Pratt, president and CEO of the Consumer Data Industry Association, a trade group representing data brokers.
Menendez also called on the Senate to pass his Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, which would allocate new money for cybersecurity research and scholarships.
But Marc Rotenberg, president of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), warned lawmakers to avoid preempting strong state laws with a weak federal data-breach notification law. Rotenberg questioned Williams' assurances that financial institutions are serious about cybersecurity.
"The experience of consumers today is actually very different," Rotenberg said. "It may be the case that financial institutions are spending a lot of money to safeguard this data, but what consumers are seeing is more and more breaches. We have a problem, and this problem is getting worse."
Existing regulations may not help small banks better protect data, because of limited resources, added Kevin Streff, director of the National Center for Protection of Financial Infrastructure at Dakota State University in Madison, South Dakota.
Small banks and small businesses are the "soft underbelly of underprotected targets," he said. About 70 percent of small and medium-sized businesses lack basic cybersecurity controls, Streff added.
Small banks can't afford to pay "six-figure salaries" to IT security professionals and often add cybersecurity responsibilities to a staff member's duties, Streff said. The U.S. government can help by providing funding for training for cybersecurity professionals, he said.
Grant Gross covers technology and telecom policy in the U.S. government for The IDG News Service. Follow Grant on Twitter at GrantGross. Grant's e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com.


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You may have pulled out a jacket or a sweater in recent weeks as the weather starts to cool, and like us, bears are finding their own way to keep warm – with a belly full of salmon.
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Q&A: Inovio CEO on DNA Vaccines
Thursday, February 21, 2013
One area of biotechnology that has drawn a lot of attention in recent years is DNA vaccines. Unlike traditional vaccination that uses an infectious agent (such as a weakened version of a virus) to stimulate the immune system, DNA vaccination tries to generate immune responses by injecting genetically engineered DNA molecules into body tissues.
Pennsylvania-based Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. INO -4.55% specializes in DNA vaccines. Many of its vaccines – for cancers, leukemia, hepatitis C and other diseases — are in mid-stage clinical testing phases.
Inovio Chief Exeucitive Joseph Kim, who is attending The Wall Street Journal's Unleashing Innovation conference in Singapore this week, shared his views on the future of DNA vaccines.
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In San Francisco in the 1950s, Margaret was a woman trying to make it on her own after leaving her husband with only her daughter and her paintings. She meets gregarious ladies' man and fellow painter Walter Keane in a park while she was struggling to make an impact with her drawings of children with big eyes. The two quickly become a pair with outgoing Walter selling their paintings and quiet Margaret holed up at home painting even more children with big eyes.
But Walter's actually selling her paintings as his own. A clash of financial success and critical failure soon sends Margaret reeling in her life of lies. With Walter still living the high life, Margaret's going to have to try making it on her own again and re-claiming her name and her paintings.


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*A pink is a small bud worn in the lapel.
Monday, February 12, 2007
Paris Pinks*
*A pink is a small bud worn in the lapel.
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- Anonymous10:12 AM
Beautiful...Love the Pink. But I really love the shot of the flowers with the chair in it...Second picture to last...That would be great framed.ReplyDelete
Beeeautiful pictures. I love pink peonies (and thank goodness, they bloom around my birthday *g*). For Valentine's, an armful of pink tulips would capture my heart. ;-)ReplyDelete
Another watercolor to drive me madReplyDelete
Oh Paris you're being bad!
I will be tres bleu
Until I get a boite from you
A cadeau to me from me
Now another...we'll have to see...
the watercolor paintings are incredible.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12:12 PM
Oops.. noticed the disclaimer about your photos and art works. I was thinking when I said that about framing photo that you could have cards &/or prints...not just your watercolors..for framing...they are SO good.ReplyDelete
Yes, I finally broke down and added the copyright info AND the ^%$# capcha nonsense for commenters.ReplyDelete
Just to much spamming going on here at Paris Breakfasts
Quelle domage :(
- Anonymous2:28 PM
You have the true meaning of,ReplyDelete
"Pretty in Pink!" in your paintings and photos gathered here.
The second painting looks like the leaf in caressing the chocolate heart!
- Anonymous5:28 PM
Hope the ^%$# capcha stuff works.. as that spaming has been like Graffiti on a beautiful wall. ;-(ReplyDelete
Love the pinks in the first picture...the ribbon looks so satiny smooth and the flower looks so soft.ReplyDelete
I _really_like these - they may be my favorite ones so far and that's a hard decision! But I love pink so much! These aren't for sale?
The beautiful flowers make me wish for spring.ReplyDelete
What an inspiring post
- Anonymous6:52 AM
Beautiful watercolours and good inspiring pictures to paint more!ReplyDelete
I do not usually THINK pink,
But I can easily LINK pink !
Sending you a few web "vitrines"
that you may be likely to lick !?
Can you find any single thing
that you could pick
or at least click ...
Help yourself
from my web shelf !
It is blustery cold and snowing here. I just cae in from shovelig snow. I knew if I checked out your blog I would be greeted with either hot chocolate or something warm. You never fail me. Springtime, flowers in Paris, You miracle worker you!ReplyDelete
Sweet watercolors and chocolates!ReplyDelete


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We recently blogged about the attacks on American diplomats in Havana (see U.S. Diplomats in Cuba Sonic Attacks: As Serious as Mild TBI/Central Nervous System Damage? August 24, 2017); 16 USG Employees in "Sonic Attack" and More on The Secret History of Diplomats and Invisible Weapons August 28, 2017).
Former FSO James Schumaker who served in the USSR and later Russia and Ukraine and was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in 1985 reminded us of the Moscow microwaves controversy and recently notes that the lesson is that "party doesn't matter — every administration tries to bury bad news when Embassy personnel are the only ones affected."
Via the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST) Oral History:
U.S. relations with Moscow through the decades have been problematic at best while the embassy itself has been the subject of spy scandals, eavesdropping and other Cold War intrigue. One of the strangest episodes was revealed in the 1970s, when the U.S. confirmed that the USSR had been beaming microwaves at the embassy for the past 15 years. One concern was that the Soviets were trying to inflict physical harm on the Americans working there.
Microwaving Embassy Moscow brought back a flood of memories to James Schumaker, who served most of his career in the USSR and later Russia and Ukraine. In this account, he describes how U.S. Ambassador to the USSR Walter Stoessel threatened to resign, the widespread concern many Americans posted at the embassy had regarding potential health problems, especially when two ambassadors died of cancer, and his own experience with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.
James Schumaker: The existence of the microwave problem had been kept under wraps for years, first because no one knew that there might be health consequences, and later, according to unconfirmed reports, because Henry Kissinger wanted to avoid damaging chances for détente. When Ambassador Stoessel (seen at left) learned about the problem, he threatened to resign unless the Embassy community was told. As a result, the microwave story was finally made public in a press conference called by the Ambassador.
In the wake of Ambassador Stoessel's announcement, many in the Embassy community felt betrayed about being kept in the dark for so long, and still more were anxious about the effect the microwaves might be having. Some thought that the microwaves were used by the Soviets to activate the numerous listening devices they had emplaced in the building prior to American occupancy.
Others believed that they were a jamming signal designed to foil our own electronic snooping devices (a highly classified report that came out in the 1970s leaned to this interpretation, and this is what the Soviets told us as well). Still others thought that the Soviets, who apparently knew a lot more about microwaves than we did, were using them to affect the mental states of Embassy employees.
For the most part, I was blissfully unconcerned about the microwave controversy. At the time, it seemed to me that it was an issue taken more seriously by Embassy spouses, who were afraid for their children, than by the Embassy leadership, which in fact was in the crosshairs of whatever the microwaves might be doing.
Periodically, I would see Soviet technicians standing side by side with American techs on the upper floors of the Chancery. They were measuring ambient levels of microwave radiation. Naturally, the Soviet equipment didn't find anything, while ours did. I thought it was funny at the time. Screens were put up on the Chancery windows, which were said to diminish the amount of microwave emanations getting into the Embassy. I didn't think much about that, either. I just continued to do my work and not think about the possible consequences.
Microwaves continued to be beamed at the Embassy throughout my tour, and, though the levels went up and down over the years, emanating first from one, and then two locations, the microwaving of the Embassy continued until at least 1988. Over the years, thousands of Americans were exposed.
Shortly after my tour was over, I found out that my cavalier attitude toward the microwave issue was not at all justified, at least in my own personal case. Med informed me in late 1979 that my own white cell count was much higher than normal, and advised me to continue testing. In 1985, my white cell count got high enough for MED to recommend that I see a hematologist, so I went to a local doctor in San Clemente, Dr. Tsang P. Fong.
He did a bone marrow test (the one where they hammer a spike into the pelvic bone – very uncomfortable). The test confirmed that I had Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) stage zero, but that chemotherapy was not advisable, since I had no symptoms and the cure would be worse than the disease.
I determined to fight the disease as best I could by leading a healthy lifestyle, although, paradoxically, I then volunteered for a high-risk assignment to Kabul in 1988. Perhaps in the back of my mind I had this feeling that I could take more risks, since I didn't have very long to live anyway — a kind of "who cares?" illogical approach that has gotten me through many crises in life. State Medical knew about the CLL diagnosis and downgraded me to a "2" Medical clearance, but didn't stop me from going overseas, mainly because the jobs I was volunteering for often had no takers.
Read in full James Schumaker's account here.
William Andreas Brown discusses the widespread concern among Americans working at the embassy at the time and their anger at the State Department for its lack of transparency on the issue. Excerpted from his Oral History interview conducted by Charles Stuart Kennedy beginning in November 1998.
William Andreas Brown: I have to tell you what a shock it was in about 1972 or 1973 to wake up to the great, microwave scandal and to find that Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and his associates had kept from us the fact that for years we had been bombarded by microwave apparatuses, directed straight at the embassy in Moscow. I remember being one of a small group of officers in 1972 or 1973 when news of this development broke. We raised our voices in despair, dissent, and so forth.
We were finally ushered into a room where Larry Eagleburger, Kissinger's Special Assistant at the time, briefed us and made some sort of presentation, assuring us that steps would be taken, and so forth. He said that medical studies were under way, and the evidence thus far was that these microwaves had not been deleterious to our health.
This was somewhat reassuring until, at the end of the meeting, Larry Eagleburger said, "Now, rip up all of your notes and give them to me. Nobody can leave with notes on this discussion." One said to oneself: "What in the hell is going on here?"
It turned out that the Soviets had been bombarding us with microwaves, beginning in about 1964 or 1965. Why they had done this remained a mystery. How they had bombarded our embassy remained somewhat of a mystery, as well as why they had done so. Also a mystery was what was the response. We were furious. We felt betrayed by the leadership of the Department of State and by the Secretary of State himself…I'm speaking now of the microwave radiation scandal, as I would call it, of the early 1970s, which harked back to the early 1960s.
Many of us who had served in the embassy felt betrayed as people who had put so much into our efforts and who had volunteered to serve in Moscow. We probably would have volunteered anyway to serve in Moscow, even if we had known about this. However, we learned only years later that this had happened and that information on it had been kept from us. Foreign Service physical examinations routinely include a blood test.
Unbeknownst to us, the Department of State was testing our blood to see what, if anything had happened to us as a result of the microwave radiation. This was a pretty jolting realization.
Q: Before we leave that matter, was consideration ever given to our saying to the Soviets: "If you keep up this nonsense, we will close our embassy in Moscow?"
BROWN: Or, we could say, if the Soviets kept up this nonsense, we would do exactly the same thing to the Soviet Embassy in Washington. But, oh, no, that would have been nasty, and nothing like that was done. We felt pretty strongly about this. It affected morale and assignments to positions in the embassy.
Q: What was the purpose of what has to be regarded as this campaign by Soviet authorities against the health of members of the staff of the American embassy in Moscow?
BROWN: This takes you into realms that I'm really not qualified to discuss. I was aware of various theories and of measures and countermeasures that might be taken. However, the point is that microwave emissions were being beamed at us. This point came home to me particularly one day when a visiting technician from the State Department came with equipment and said, "Do you mind if I set this up in your office?"
I said, "Okay, but why here? Why in my office?" He said, "Because actually there are at least two beams being directed at the embassy. One comes in from the front of the embassy building, and one comes in from that great, white building over there, which is called the 'White House.' You know, where the Russian Parliament meets."…
"One beam comes this way, and the two beams intersect right here at your desk. So I'd like to set this up." I thought: "My God! It makes you think." But the Soviets weren't turning these beams off. This was a disturbing development. As I said, it affected assignments to positions in the embassy in Moscow, as well as other things.
Read in full William Andreas Brown's interview here.


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Two teams outside the playoff hunt will strive for improvement Sunday night, when the Minnesota Timberwolves host the New Orleans Hornets.
The T'Wolves have lost two straight and four of their last five. New Orleans has also dropped two in a row and has lost five of its last six.
Minnesota's last setback was particularly discouraging. The Wolves blew a 20- point third-quarter lead en route a 108-100 defeat on the road to the Houston Rockets Friday.
It became Houston's largest comeback victory in Toyota Center history.
"Maybe we were running out of gas," pondered Minnesota guard Ricky Rubio. "These kinds of games you can see who wants to win and who doesn't want it, I know they're fighting for a playoff spot, but our chances are basically over. But we can't play like that. We have to want to win every game."
Six Timberwolves scored in double figures, led by 19 points apiece from Derrick Williams and J.J. Barea. Rubio added 14, followed by 12 from starting center Greg Stiemsma and 10 each from Luke Ridnour and Mickael Gelabale.
In addition to serious long-term injuries to Kevin Love, Chase Budinger and a slew of others, the Wolves were without Nikola Pekovic and Andrei Kirilenko. Both have missed multiple games, Pekovic with an abdominal strain and Kirilenko with a calf strain.
Neither is expected back for Sunday's game.
New Orleans completes a three-game road trip on Sunday, but it has not been a successful sojourn outside the Big Easy. The Hornets are 0-2 with losses in Brooklyn and Washington.
On Friday, the Hornets dropped the third quarter by 10 points and the Wizards won by a 96-87 count. John Wall went off for 29 points on 12-for-15 shooting for Washington.
"I felt that John Wall was disrespected tonight; we just let him shoot shots like he couldn't make them and he made us pay," Hornets coach Monty Williams said. "You want to keep him out of the paint, but you don't want to give him shots. I thought our guards didn't compete at a high level to give our team a chance to win for 48 minutes."
Eric Gordon paced the Hornets with 20 points. Greivis Vasquez added 18 and first overall pick Anthony Davis chipped in 16 points and seven rebounds. Ryan Anderson was the only other New Orleans player in double-digit scoring with 13.
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Avoid "Turkey" of a Thanksgiving with a 10-Minute Pre-Trip Vehicle Check
One way to avoid a turkey of a Thanksgiving road trip is to make sure the vehicle you will be driving is running well. A 10-minute pre-trip check is small potatoes compared to a big helping of inconvenience if you break down many miles away from home, according to the Car Care Council.
"A pre-trip vehicle check provides peace of mind, helping reduce the chance of costly car trouble and providing an opportunity to have any repairs performed by one's own trusted technician before hitting the road," said Rich White, executive director, Car Care Council. "While no inspection can guarantee a car's performance, it's comforting to know proper precautions were taken to ensure a stress-free Thanksgiving road trip."
The Car Care Council suggests the following 10-minute vehicle check to help ensure safety and reliability on the road:
- Check the tires, including tire pressure and tread. Uneven wear indicates a need for wheel alignment. Tires should also be checked for bulges and bald spots.
- Check all fluids, including engine oil, power steering and brake and transmission, as well as windshield washer solvent and antifreeze/coolant.
- Check the hoses and beltsthat can become cracked, brittle, frayed, loose or show signs of excessive wear. These are critical to the proper functioning of the electrical system, air conditioning, power steering and the cooling system.
- Check lightingto identify any problems with exterior and interior lighting as the chance of an accident increases if you can't see or be seen.
- Check wipers.Wiper blades should be replaced every six months. Make sure the windshield wipers are working properly and keep the reservoir filled with solvent.
The Car Care Council also recommends that motorists restock their emergency kit. To save on fuel costs during the trip, the council suggests that motorists avoid aggressive driving, observe the speed limit and avoid excessive idling. Gas caps that are damaged, loose or missing should be replaced to prevent gas from spilling or evaporating.
The Car Care Council is the source of information for the "Be Car Care Aware" consumer education campaign promoting the benefits of regular vehicle care, maintenance and repair to consumers. For a copy of the council's Car Care Guide or for more information, visit www.carcare.org.


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When Customs and Border Protection (CPB) first got its drones, the rationale for the acquisition was that the unmanned aircraft would help improve monitoring and surveillance along the U.S.-Mexico border.
But now, CPB may be thinking about arming its Predator drones with "non-lethal weapons."
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) obtained a report produced by CPB in 2010 that shows the agency has considered equipping its Predators with "non-lethal weapons designed to immobilize" targets of interest. Given the date of the report, it is possible that the weaponization has already taken place.
Predators were first developed for the U.S. military in the 1990s, and are designed to fire missiles, such as the Hellfire. It is unclear at this time what kind of weaponization CPB has in mind for the drones.
Whatever their plans are, "CBP needs to assure the public that it will not equip its Predators with any weapons—lethal or otherwise," wrote EFF's Jennifer Lynch. If it doesn't, Congress should halt the expansion of CBP's Predator drone program, EFF argues.


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Pet stores that care about puppies don't sell them.
That's because the majority of pet stores that sell puppies carry dogs from cruel and inhumane puppy mills. Puppy mills are like dog-making factories with the mother dogs spending their entire lives in cramped cages or kennels with little or no personal attention or quality of life. When the mother and father dogs can no longer breed, they are discarded or killed. Consumers who purchase puppies from pet stores or over the Internet without seeing a breeder's home firsthand are often unknowingly supporting this cruel industry.
Help stop this cycle of cruelty simply by choosing to adopt your next pet from a shelter or rescue, or by only purchasing a dog from a responsible breeder who will show you where your puppy was born and raised. And that's not all—you can do even more by refusing to buy pet supplies from any store or website that sells puppies. Where you spend your dollars makes a difference. Make a statement when you shop!
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Uh oh. I think I may have waited a bit too long to share the recipe for this tart with you. Feel that? Smell that?
September in Seattle actually means the end of summer produce-wise. Those things that many of you get in July (squashes, tomatoes, corn, etc) we don't really get until September. I've said this before but as amazing as our markets are in the peak of summer – tables filled to every square inch with berries, peaches, peas, green beans – fall is the produce season that makes me swoon. Heirloom tomatoes, corn, and summer squash sit right next to booths with winter squash, carrots, eggplants, and all manner of peppers. For the next six weeks or so, I will be a very happy shopper.
This lovely tart was inspired by three things. One, my new rectangular tart pan. Two, a similar tart that Ashley made last summer in a class I attended. Three, a crust from this book I keep yammering on about. Ok, four – those gorgeous tomatoes that keep calling my name. This is actually quite simple. A cornmeal studded crust, soft goat cheese mixed with fresh basil, perfect tomatoes, salt. Oh all right, I did use a secret weapon.
Rather than just drizzle the top with olive oil, I took a cue from Purple Citrus & Sweet Perfume and mixed together some pomegranate molasses, lemon juice, and olive oil. I drizzled that simple but intoxicating mixture sparingly over the top and gave it a healthy sprinkle of sea salt. You know how once in a while you take a perfect bite? What is in your mouth is an ideal mix of texture and flavor? This tart is full of those bites. The cornmeal in the tart dough gives it a delightful crunch and a bit of sweetness – also, the crust has more heft which is a nice contrast for the creaminess of the goat cheese. The tomatoes, of course, are the star but they are certainly helped along by the sour punch of the lemon and pomegranate molasses. I hope you don't have to wait until next year to give this a try.
One funny note. I balanced the tart on the railing of our deck for these photos. I am a bit vertically challenged and was having trouble getting enough distance from it to get a good photo. I didn't want to put it on the ground. Randy, who is 9 inches taller than I am, offered to take a shot. So here is the view from 6 feet.
One last piece of news! My friend Jen and I are doing another yoga retreat together on October 1st. These dates always sell out which is why I've never mentioned them beforehand. This time, with the busy fall that we are all diving into head-first, there are a few spots. Come join us on Bainbridge Island for the most amazing yoga day complete with lunch made by me. Details are here.
One Year Ago: Peach and Heirloom Tomato Salad
Two Years Ago: Nutella Pound Cake (probably the most popular recipe on my site)
Heirloom Tomato Tart with Basil Goat Cheese and Cornmeal Crust
Dana Treat Original (inspired by many)
Serves 6-8
If you don't have a 14 x 4-inch rectangular pan, this can also be made in a 9-inch round tart pan. I also made mini tarts for a party and used colorful cherry tomatoes as the topping. You will have left over pomegranate molasses mixture but it's pretty great on just about any vegetable.
For the crust
1 1/3 cups flour
¼ cup yellow cornmeal
½ tsp. kosher salt
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces and chilled
1 large egg, beaten
For the tart
8 ounces soft goat cheese, such as Montrachet
2 tbsp. heavy cream
¼ cup (packed) basil leaves, sliced into thin ribbons, plus additional for garnish
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
6-8 (depending on size) heirloom tomatoes, mixture of colors
2 tbsp. pomegranate molasses
2 tbsp. lemon juice
6 tbsp. olive oil
Sea salt
Make the crust
Place the flour, cornmeal, and salt in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Process until well combined. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles bread crumbs. Add the egg and process until the mixture comes together. Dump the dough out onto a lightly floured board and knead to bring it together into a cohesive mass. Flatten into a rough rectangle, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 2 hours.
Preheat the oven to 400ºF. Roll the pastry out into rectangle about 1/8th of an inch thick. Carefully transfer the dough to the pan. This dough is very stiff and can be difficult to roll out without tearing and cracking. You can also just press it into the pan with your fingers rather than rolling. Trim any edges. Prick all over the bottom with a fork and place the pan in the freezer for 10 minutes. Remove from the freezer, line with parchment paper or foil, and pour in pie weights or dried beans. Bake for 15 minutes. Carefully remove the pie weights, return to the oven for 8-10 minutes, until the crust is a nice golden brown. Cool completely.
Finish the tart
Place the goat cheese in a large bowl and mash roughly with a fork. Add the cream and mix well to combine. (The cream will make it, um, creamier, and will also help with the chalkiness that goat cheese tends to have.) Gently mix in the basil. Season with salt and pepper. Scoop the goat cheese into the cooled crust and smooth it with a spatula. Slice the tomatoes and layer them in decoratively.
Mix together the pomegranate molasses, lemon juice, and olive oil. Drizzle the mixture over the top of the tart. Sprinkle with a healthy pinch of your best sea salt and a few more ribbons of basil.


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The Adventure Cycling blog covers bicycle-travel news, touring tips and gear, bicycle routes, organizational news, membership highlights, guided tours, and more. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter for daily updates. Interested in becoming a guest blogger for Adventure Cycling? Share your story with us.
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Adventure Cycling enjoyed a fantastic year last year in terms of memberships, advocacy, tours and new resources, but 2014 promises to be even better.
One of the great ironies at Adventure Cycling is that one of the most unpleasant sections of our legendary TransAmerica Trail is the 8-mile stretch between Lolo, Montana, and our home base in Missoula, Montana. We routinely get pleas from visiting cyclists: "Can you fix that #@*&%# part of the route?" Well as of last week, we can answer: "Yes, we have a fix!"
One of the biggest hurdles to great bike travel in the United States is the lack of consistent and affordable support for bicyclists on Amtrak, coach carriers, and airlines. Imagine if you could roll your bike safely onto a train or into a cargo bay on a motor coach anywhere in the U.S. — just think of the travel options this would open up for bike overnights, weeklong trips or cross-country trips.
Teens and tots on two epic cycling trips — and tips on how to get kids out on a bicycle tour.
Bad roads, good drivers, good bad food, great towns, disappearing snowbirds, simmering swamps — we experienced it all and more in the South, cycling over 1,000 miles from Charleston to Key West. Here's a Top 10 list of some highlights.
Spring has sprung here in Western Montana (well, kind of) but just as important, there are new welcoming signs on our headquarters building to greet visiting cyclists and let them know they've arrived at the mecca of bicycle travel.
Three Adventure Cycling staff (Ginny Sullivan, Winona Bateman, and myself) traveled last week to the National Bike Summit in Washington, DC. Although it was my eighth summit, it felt really new and fresh. Here are five highlights!
Over the last few months, Adventure Cycling has been very busy working to create new opportunities for bike travel in North America, for example by developing new routes like an Idaho hot springs off-pavement route and Bicycle Route 66, and advancing an official U.S. Bicycle Route System.
If you've ever cycled much on public roads, you've almost certainly had a motor vehicle come too close and scare the heck out of you. Or if you're Gina Evans or Arlen Hall, you've actually been hit by a truck or car at high speed.
Cyclists face a lot of nemeses on the road, from rumble strips to distracted drivers. Another one is bad chip seal.
When you read the title, you were probably thinking: "uh, Jim, there are nearly two months left in 2012." But actually, Adventure Cycling's fiscal year 2012 concluded on September 30 -- and it was a record setter in so many ways.
I just got back from the Adventure Travel World Summit in Lucerne, Switzerland, and as usual, was blown away by the growth in this sector of the tourism market.
On Monday, I wrote about my experience riding a segment of the Rhine River Bicycle Route (in Germany), and while I did it for the sheer enjoyment, I also did it to see first-hand the parallels between European routes and those being developed as part of the U.S. Bicycle Route System (USBRS).
Jim Sayer from Adventure Cycling (in the middle) with Richard Weston, a co-author of a new report on the economic impact of bike tourism in Europe, and Camille Thome, secretary-general of the Departements et Regions Cyclables, a leading French advocacy group, in Nantes, France.
It's been a sad week for cycling, but if you think I'm writing about Lance Armstrong, you would be mistaken. I'm deeply saddened by the death of Leslie Bohm, one of the best people I've met since taking the helm at Adventure Cycling seven years ago.
I really enjoy working at Adventure Cycling Association. I could probably write a list of 100 things that are terrific about this organization from the mission to the members to the staff to the unique headquarters.
Yesterday, June Curry, an amazing woman and a hero to many thousands of cyclists worldwide, passed away at the age of 91. June's story has been told many times but here's the snapshot:
Greetings from Vancouver, British Columbia and Velo-City 2012, the international conference focused on all things bicycling, from urban bike facilities to bike touring.
Do you know that gut-wrenching feeling when your bike has been stolen off the street? You left it there a few minutes ago and, coming back, it's gone, the lock clipped, your heart sinking fast? That's the way I felt yesterday when the transportation committee of the U.S. House of Representatives voted by just two votes to keep biking and walking programs out of the next long-term transportation bill.
Breaking ground for an expanded bike-travel "mecca," approval of the first new official U.S. Bicycle Routes in nearly three decades, a cool new website to promote overnight bike trips, record map sales and lots of new route development and improvement: these are just a few of the highlights from a rock-solid year for Adventure Cycling Association.
Last month, I wrote that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) had issued an important new technical advisory (TA) on rumble strips for the first time in 10 years.
This coming week, I'll be traveling with Adventure Cycling's special projects director, Ginny Sullivan, to the 10th annual National Bike Summit. The summit has come a long way since its inception when, as Congressman Jim Oberstar joked, you could fit the attendees in a phone booth.
We in the American bicycling community are so fortunate to have Congressman Jim Oberstar as our friend and leader.
We are two weeks into our family's trip down Adventure Cycling's Pacific Coast Route from border to border — and are woefully behind in posting blog bits about our adventure thus far.
We have been receiving reports from around the country of the indiscriminate application of rumble strips or stripes to secondary roads, often prime cycling roads in the countryside. For example, a popular connecting road between Memphis and the Natchez Trace had been "rumbled." With only a two foot shoulder, it made it nearly impossible for cyclists to navigate the road without going into a high-speed travel lane.


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Let's be honest: an all-singing adaptation of James Jones's sprawling novel 'From Here to Eternity' sounds like an cataclysmically daft idea. But in actual fact, Tim Rice's first new musical in 13 years very nearly works.
Following the lives, loves and, uh, violent deaths of a group of GIs posted to Hawaii in 1941, Jones's semi-autobiographical story really isn't jazz-hands stuff. But first-time West End director Tamara Harvey's ruggedly masculine production strikes an appropriately gritty tone. With Rice and collaborator Stuart Brayson's bluesy, percussive songs, the roiling bass rhythms of the soldiers' voices and Soutra Gilmour's stark, semi-derelict sets, there is little frivolous about the show.
Crucially, it has a magnetic lead in Robert Lonsdale's enigmatic loner Private Robert E Lee Prewitt. He could be a brooding cliché, but in his first musical role, Lonsdale hits the right balance between hero, dickhead and vulnerable young man. And he has a fascinating voice, not a million miles away from Jack White's bluesy yelp – he injects paint-stripper intensity to the show's stronger numbers.
The elephant in the room is the 1953 film. For the most part, the leads escape the shadows of their screen counterparts, most notably Ryan Sampson, whose Private Angelo Maggio is drastically different to Frank Sinatra's – puny, pugnacious and fluid of sexuality, there are intriguing shades of Chelsea Manning in his portrayal.
However, the movie's iconic image, of Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster doing it in the Oahu surf, hangs off the show like a dead weight. Clearly Rice and co felt the scene's inclusion was crucial. But they don't seem particularly enthusiastic about it, and the sub plot about upstanding Sergeant Milt Warden having it off with the lonely wife of his commanding officer feels clangingly half-baked.
Blandly affable Darius Campbell and pouting Rebecca Thornhill struggle to inject interest into poorly sketched characters, lumbering ballads and an asinine love story. You can't help but feel that everyone involved knows the only point of the whole romance is the arse-baring love scene that closes the first half.
Even without them, it'd still be flawed: the many perfunctory deaths feel poorly suited to the musical format – it feels weird that a key character can literally die without anybody making a song and dance about it.
In a strong year for new musicals, 'From Here to Eternity' is nothing like the best. But it's a spunky effort from Rice and Harvey, and certainly more interesting than anything Rice's erstwhile writing partner Andrew Lloyd Webber has mustered in recent times. If nothing else, the gauntlet is convincingly thrown down for Lloyd Webber's 'Stephen Ward', which opens in a couple of months.
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INDIANAPOLIS – Kobe Bryant's availability for Friday night's game will be a game-time decision.
The Lakers' star has spent the past two days treating what he calls the worst sprained ankle of his career. He was injured after landing on the foot of Atlanta's Dahntay Jones in the closing seconds Wednesday night. NBA officials said Thursday a foul should have been called on the play.
Bryant always has been a fast healer, and that appears to be the case. Two days after saying Bryant was out indefinitely, coach Mike D'Antoni walked off the court following the team's shootaround and said Bryant is getting better every day — perhaps enough to play Friday night at Indiana.
The Pacers say they expect Bryant to play and be at full strength.


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Less than two years ago, the board of directors of the Feminist Press, the independent publisher of women's writing founded in 1970, voted not to renew the job contract of executive director Jean Casella, who had worked at the press for nine years. According to Casella, the board was "dissatisfied with my work as a fund-raiser, and felt that the press now needed someone with more experience in administration and financial management." In February, the board announced it had found that someone.
Gloria Jacobs has worked for years as a journalist covering women's issues and as an activist involved with women's organizations. A former editor of Ms., she has also worked at the United Nations, where she wrote and edited reports on the effects of war on women, gender discrimination, HIV, and other subjects. During her third month on the job, Jacobs spoke about her new position as executive director of the oldest independent publisher of women's writing in the world.
How important is fund-raising for a nonprofit like the Feminist Press?
Huge. Just huge. I remember thinking, when I was first being interviewed, that there must be some way to sell books in such a way that we don't have to rely on donations. But the more I look at it, the more I realize it's like a museum or dance or anything else—you sell tickets, you charge people to come in, but that can't begin to cover the cost of providing something that is essentially nonprofit. [These books are] not being produced in such a way that you get the most money, because that's when you're geared to creating best-sellers rather than creating books that are important or ensuring that important books stay in print. People call us all the time and say, "My book is going out of print by a mainstream publisher—would you be interested in it?" And we are interested in it; that's part of what we do. Because we don't have to look at the bottom line, it makes it possible for us to do that. But because we don't have to look at the bottom line, we have to raise money.
The press has had to evolve as other women's publishers have emerged over the years. How would you describe its current niche?
It's a work-in-progress, so to speak. We continue to feel that it's very important for us to find "lost women's voices," and as someone said the other day, "It's amazing how many women are still lost." At the same time, we've moved very strongly into publishing translations of important works from other countries. One of our next books, Touba and the Meaning of Night, is an Iranian book, banned in Iran. The author, Shahrnush Parsipur, has been imprisoned, both by the Shah and by the religious government—she's in exile now. And there's no one in the mainstream press at this point who would take on publishing a translation from Farsi of something that they didn't know was going to be a huge best-seller. That's very important for us. So we've become much more of an international press.
In what direction do you hope to lead the Feminist Press?
I want to expand the press's reach. I want to make sure that women don't feel intimidated or threatened by feminist literature. I want us to be, in a sense, a hub for up-to-date information about women around the world. I think it's very exciting to do that through writers. People are very interested to hear what writers have to say and are very moved by books. You know, being able to have a good read is one of the best ways to discover something about yourself and the world, rather than to be preached at.
Eleanor Henderson is a writer living outside Charlottesville, Virginia.


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NONYANE, DE et al. Spinal schistosomiasis in the era of tuberculosis. SA orthop. j. [online]. 2011, vol.10, n.4, pp.36-38. ISSN 2309-8309.
Spinal schistosomiasis although rare is a welldescribed entity. We report an unusual manifestation of ectopic spinal schistosomiasis involving T6/T7 with spinal cord compression in a patient on treatment for a suspected TB of the spine. The patient had T6/T7 vertebral destruction with complete paraplegia. This patient was treated at a rural hospital for spinal tuberculosis without neurological improvement and was diagnosed with spinal schistosomiasis by both histopathological means as well as serology. In areas endemic for schistosomiasis and tuberculosis, in patients with paraparesis irrespective of the level of the spinal lesion, schistosomiasis should be looked for as a differential diagnosis, especially in patients with poor response to an antiTB treatment regimen.
Palabras clave : Schistosomiasis; tuberculosis; spine lesion; exposure; early treatment.


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Because he has absolutely nothing else to do, the Maytag Repairman is visiting a couple Warner Stellian Appliance stores this Thursday, Oct. 11.
The iconic figure has been biding his time since 1967 (see
But he's still absolutely available. So cards it is.
His likely adept skills at solitaire won't necessarily translate to Go Fish. So come try your hand and give him some company.
If cards aren't your thing, we'll take your picture and get you an autograph.
Thursday, We'll be at our Edina appliance store, 3533 W. 70th St. (across from the Galleria) from 9-10 a.m.
Then we'll hop over to our Falcon Heights/Roseville/St. Paul appliance store (so amazing it has three names around here), 1711 N. Snelling St. (two blocks north of the State Fairgrounds), from 11-noon.
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Resignation of Non-executive Director
LONDON, MONTREAL and NEW YORK (3 August 2015) - Optimal Payments Plc (LSE AIM: OPAY, "Optimal Payments" or the "Company") announces that Stephen Shaper, a non-executive Director, has notified the Company of his decision to step down from the Board with immediate effect. Mr Shaper has been a non-executive Director of the Company since 2012.
The Company will commence an immediate process to seek a replacement non-executive Director for Mr Shaper.
Dennis Jones, Chairman, said: "On behalf of the Board, management team and shareholders, I'd like to thank Steve for his significant contribution over the last four years as this company has grown so successfully. We wish him the very best for the future."
Joel Leonoff, President & CEO, said: "On a personal note, I'd like to extend my gratitude to Steve for his significant contribution to the growth and outstanding success at Optimal Payments. Steve has a long history with Optimal as he served as a board member on the earliest iteration of the business, Surefire Commerce. Over the years Steve has become a mentor, friend and trusted advisor to the Executive Team. We wish Steve the best of luck in his future endeavors and continued success in his pursuits."
For further information contact:
Head of Investor Relations
Jessica Stalley
Optimal Payments Plc
+ 44 207 182 1707
Canaccord Genuity Limited (Nominated Adviser & Broker)
Simon Bridges / Mark Whitmore
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7523 8000
Tavistock Communications (Financial PR)
Simon Hudson/Andrew Dunn/Simon Fluendy
+44 20 7920 3150
About Optimal Payments Plc
Optimal Payments is a global provider of online payment solutions, trusted by businesses and consumers in over 200 countries and territories to move and manage billions of dollars each year. Merchants use the NETBANX® platform and services to simplify how they accept credit and debit card, direct-from-bank, and alternative and local payments; and the NETELLER® service to increase revenues and capture new customers. Consumers use the multilingual and multicurrency NETELLER and Net+® Card stored-value offering to make secure and convenient payments. In July 2014, Optimal Payments acquired Meritus Payment Solutions and GMA as part of the company's commitment to strengthen its presence in the US market. Optimal Payments Plc is quoted on the London Stock Exchange's AIM, with a ticker symbol of OPAY. Subsidiary company Optimal Payments Ltd is authorised and regulated as an e-money issuer by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FRN: 900015).
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D-8EX packs a lot of mixing power into a small space, making it an ideal companion in your remote truck or secondary on-air/production room.
With the D-8EX, you get 24 motorized-fader input channels, expandable to twice that number WITHOUT increasing the console's footprint. A PAGE button on each channel permits you to access a second channel with full, immediate recall of that channel's settings, bringing the total number of available channels to 48. It also features true surround, 4 sub-masters, 2 main buses, 2 aux sends, and extensive processing (4-band parametric EQ, filters, compressor/limiter).
This console also includes an intuitive touchscreen for extensive metering and control of lesser used, set-and-forget controls.
Like all Wheatstone television consoles, the D-8EX is a control surface; all audio I/O is housed in the Wheatstone Gibraltar IP Mix Engine or Gibraltar Network rackmount router/mixer.
24 motorized input faders (with access to 48-channels of audio via the PAGE button)
IP networked console
Main busses: one 5.1 program, one stereo program
Submasters: 4 stereo
Mix-Minus: 8 mono with automatic confidence feed switching
Loudness Metering with large LKFS readout and momentary, short-term, peak reading and program duration level history display
Auxiliary sends: 2 stereo (direct rotary control from fader channel)
Bus minus: direct mix-minus feed from every input fader channel
Outputs from all busses and bus-minus are configured within the Network router matrix and can be analog and/or digital, or not fitted
One 5.1 (audio booth), two stereo studio feeds
Phase reverse
Surround pan / balance control and blend
Stereo mode control
4-band, parametric equalizer with variable high & low pass filter
Compressor / Limiter
Expander / Gate
Variable delay on all input faders
99 show presets for complete recall of console setups
Page Function Doubles Your Capabilities
With the D-8 EX's page funciton, you have double the number of input channels - each having access to any source or destination on the network - without increasing your footprint by a single inch. Simply press the page button on any channel to call up that channel's other page. The motorized fader will snap to its current position and all accessible settings will follow. It's like getting a free add-on control surface.
The Integrated Touchscreen Graphical User Interface
Metering, and control of all secondary functions, is via the large touchscreen. The softbuttons at the top of every screen will take you instantly HOME to the MAIN screen, to INPUT setup (level, EQ, dynamics), MIX-MINUS, BUS-MINUS, HELP, or INFO. Every function is no more than two or three clicks away.
Main Screen
Metering that rivals even the megabuck consoles – the upper half of the main screen is dominated by large high-resolution meters for every monitor, aux, group and master output.
The lower half displays metering of input level for the sources assigned to each of the 24 input channel strips. The incredibly intuitive superimposed fader knob on each meter lets you quickly adjust input sensitivity to optimize source level — see the level indication directly where you are adjusting.
Below the input meters and touchscreen faders are the input channel strip indicators and buttons. The color changes to indicate channel on/off. Press the button to put the channel into SET Mode, switching to the INPUT screen for that channel strip.
The Loudness Range meter provides a level history over the course of your program with a Program duration display and a reset control on the D8EX surface. The Loudness Meter can be set to read any of the Stereo Program or 5.1 Program busses. The large LKFS readout helps your operators maintain CALM compliance, avoiding more noticeable downstream corrections.
Comprehensive input-related settings and status indication: Adjustable input filtering removes unwanted LF and HF energy; adjustable input delay allows precise sound/video alignment; phase reversal; assignment to bus-minus and direct out (pre or post). This screen shows the combined resulting curve of the filters and EQs.
A total of 32 bus- and mix-minus outputs make the D-8EX a powerful and flexible console for live television news, talk shows, sports, drama, and special events.
Eight mix-minus outputs — each with a separate build of sources — are used for intercom, phone coupler, ISDN, and remote truck feeds.
The Modules
Everything you need to mix - and a way to make them yours - right there at your fingertips
Input Module
24 identical input channel strips in an intuitive uncluttered layout
SET: Assigns the channel strip for programming of bus/group assignments on the output and monitor panels and secondary functions on the touchscreen; includes full router-based source selection
AUX: Two independent auxiliary outputs with level control and individual ON/OFF
MUTE: Four channel mute groups, assigned on the OUTPUT PANEL, LED indicated on the channel strip
5.1/ST1 and ST2 ASSIGN: Assigns the channel strip to the two master outputs
GROUP 1, 2, 3, 4: Four output groups, assigned on the OUTPUT PANEL, LED indicated on the channel strip
MIX-MINUS: Eight mix-minus outputs, assigned on the MONITOR PANEL, LED indicated on the channel strip
TB: Talk/IFB to the output associated with the current source assigned to the channel strip
PAGE: Select between two input channels for this strip
PFL: Listen to the source on theCUE/PFL speaker SOURCE DISPLAY: Source assigned to the channel strip
ON: Module ON/OFF
FADER: Motorized 100mm full-throw fader
Output Module
Control center for all masters and group outputs
INPUT CHANNEL MUTE ASSIGN: When a channel strip's SET button is pressed, assigns that channel to the mute group
INPUT CHANNEL GROUP ASSIGN: When a channel strip's SET button is pressed, assigns that channel to the submaster group
AUX TB: Talk/IFB to the aux outputs
SET 5.1/ST, ST2, G1, G2, G3, G4: Configures the selected output bus for programming of secondary functions on the touchscreen
GROUP ASSIGN: Assigns the group to the two master outputs
GROUP TALKBACK: Talk/IFB to the group outputs
MUTE MASTERS: Mutes the input channels assigned to that mute group
PFL: Listen to the group on the CUE/PFL speaker
MASTER and GROUP ON/OFF: Output ON/OFF
MASTER and GROUP FADERS: Motorized 100mm full-throw fader
Monitor Module
Presets, control room, studio, mix-minus, aux feeds
MIX-MINUS MASTER, MIX-MINUS ASSIGN: 8 mix-minus outputs; select the output and control the level
AUX MASTERS: Output master level control
MASTERS TB and CUE/PFL: Output level controls
PROGRAMMABLE: 6 buttons to perform virtually any system function: fire salvos, activate presets, trigger logic/GPI MIX
MINUS TALKBACK: Talk/IFB to the eight mix-minus outputs
MONITOR SETTINGS and BUS-MINUS: Accesses the touchscreen for monitor and bus-minus settings
CONF: Confidence directs a pre-assigned source, typically station program, to the mix-minus outputs during setup and show breaks; confidence can be switched from the front panel or by remote control from the station's automation system or MC switcher; status is indicated on the panel and touchscreen
PROGRAM/PREVIEW: 99 nameable programmable presets that instantly reconfigure the console: source selection, all bus assignments, gain, dynamics and EQ settings
SOURCE SELECT: Selects the source for any input strip or monitor when its SET button is pressed; each module or monitor output can access any system source, or only those on a pre-programmed limited "visibility" list
METER: Source select for the switched meter on the touchscreen
MONITOR MIX PRESETS: One-touch recall of pre-programed mix configurations
CONTROL ROOM: Speaker monitor source display, level control, and SET to access the touchscreen for secondary settings
STUDIO 1 and 2: Speaker source display, level control, talk/IFB to the studio speakers, and SET to access touchscreen for secondary settings
Failsafe Redundancy
It's all about staying on the air - every second of every day - without fail
Wheatstone's experience in designing audio consoles for all broadcast realms as well as pioneering networking comes together in the D-8EX. More power to handle modern needs with a user interface that is pure joy to get your hands on. And with Wheatstone's built-in safeguards, you can rest assured that you'll always be on the air...with or without fail.
Redundant Components
If a DSP chip fails in a traditional console, it tends to take the entire card with it, leaving the board dead. Thus, having a backup DSP chip on the same card is not really a solution. With Wheatstone, a hot-spare DSP card can be utilized with automatic failover in the event of a problem with the primary engine. Because any source can be assigned to any fader, even catastrophic damage to a fader module on the console (as from a drink spill or falling object) only means that the damaged faders are out of action. The sources can be rerouted to other faders, and the show goes on.
Redundant Power
Gibraltar Network cage utilizes internal modular power supplies and can accommodate up to two units for redundancy.
On the Gibraltar Network and Gibraltar IP Mix Engine cages, power supplies are internal and can be single or dual modules.
The back provides access to the cards' connections.
Gibraltar: Create a System with IP-Based Audio Network or Traditional Networked Router Frame
Wheatstone has long been the leader in networked audio and routing for broadcast. Whether you are interested in a traditional frame-based TDM network or are looking at an IP-based system that can utilize AES67 to function with emerging standards, Wheatstone has mature, field proven, bullet-proof networking that provides the functionality to make the most of your applications and needs.
Gibraltar brings an exceptionally powerful engine to the mix. There are 1,024 channels of DSP available. For a modern studio, consider that for every input you'll need a minimum of 6 channels of processing for 5.1 surround as well as 2 channels for stereo processing. Add to that processing for all major output and monitor busses (stereo and surround mains, submixes, aux sends, mix-minus, tracks, control room, studios and headphone feeds) and you'll see that it adds up to a lot.
Each of our consoles taps the power of Gibraltar to provide unparalleled mixing capabilities and most can be ordered with a traditional TDM-based Gibrlatar Network with a cage that allows you to choose cards for your specific installation, or an AoIP-based Gibraltar IP Mix Engine in which most of the same functions are accessed via our BLADE-3 interface boxes.
> Learn more about Gibraltar IP Mix Engine and WheatNet-IP Networks > Learn more about Gibraltar Traditional Network Frames
Above: Gibraltar Traditional Frame-Based TDM Network.
Below: Gibraltar IP WheatNet-IP AoIP-Based Newtwork
Plenty of I/O Available Wherever You Need It
The optional 4RU StageBox One is for extending console I/O, providing 32 mic/line inputs, 16 analog line outputs, and 8 AES3 inputs and 8 AES3 outputs as well as 12 logic ports and dual Ethernet ports. StageBox One works with all WheatNet-IP audio networked consoles.
Genuine Wheatstone Add-Ons
Whether you are setting up interview suites or desks, or just making workflow more intuitive and efficient, Wheatstone has the gear you need to get the job done.
Dimensions, console:
52-1/4"/132.7cm wide
23"/58.4cm deep
4"/10.2cm high
Height with monitor: 16.5"/41.9cm
Power: External, dual D-sub connectors for redundant power
Mixer Link to Gibraltar: RJ45
Ethernet: RJ45
Cue audio: D-sub
Keyboard: USB


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FIFA's Sepp Blatter awaiting clarity on Russia's anti-gay law
Country set to host 2018 FIFA World Cup
FIFA President Sepp Blatter expects a reply within days from the government in Russia, the 2018 World Cup host, after requesting clarification of its law prohibiting gay "propaganda."
Blatter told The Associated Press on Sunday that he asked "by letter and by personal contacts" up to President Vladimir Putin for details about legislation which has provoked an international furor ahead of the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
"The office of Mr. Putin has promised to me that they will send all these documents in the first days of September," said Blatter. "And I have also asked the Swiss embassy to look and to help us to obtain the correct versions of that."
'When you speak with the Russians, they don't speak about discrimination, they speak about protection [of minors]. That is different. I said, 'So please give me the evidence that you are protecting somebody and not discriminating.'—FIFA President Sepp Blatter
Russia's law prohibiting promotion of "nontraditional" sexual relations has been fiercely denounced by activists and criticized by U.S. President Barack Obama.
FIFA joined the IOC in asking Russia how the law would apply during their events, and if athletes and fans face discrimination.
"For the time being we have received only protests and demands from our football, sports or Olympics people. I have received nothing officially from the Russians," said Blatter, who is also an International Olympic Committee member.
FIFA legal statutes state that discrimination is "punishable by suspension or expulsion" for individuals in football or member federations.
"When you speak with the Russians, they don't speak about discrimination, they speak about protection [of minors]. That is different. I said, 'So please give me the evidence that you are protecting somebody and not discriminating,"' Blatter told the AP on the sidelines of his annual charity football tournament in his family's home village.
Issue to be discussed at FIFA meeting
Blatter intends to table the issue at an Oct. 3-4 meeting of the 27-member FIFA executive committee, which includes Russia's sports minister Vitaly Mutko.
Blatter said he expects to meet with Mutko on 2018 World Cup business ahead of the board meeting in Zurich.
He also offered to help the IOC liaise with Russian authorities, and support the Olympic body's new president who will be elected in a Sept. 10 poll which Blatter will attend in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
"I can help the IOC because they will have a change of president," Blatter said.
Last Thursday, the IOC announced it had a reply from Russia to clarify how the law would operate around the Feb. 7-23 Winter Games.
"We have today received strong written reassurances from the Russian government that everyone will be welcome at the games in Sochi regardless of their sexual orientation," outgoing IOC President Jacques Rogge said in a statement.
Still, the letter did not address directly what would happen to Olympic athletes or fans if they make statements or gestures which Russian authorities consider to be propaganda.


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The 22 Biggest Product Fails Ever From New Coke to the Apple Newton, a look at high-profile products that flopped.
This story originally appeared on Business Insider
Launching a product is hard to do.
"Less than 3% of new consumer packaged goods exceed first-year sales of $50 million -- considered the benchmark of a highly successful launch," say Joan Schneider and Julie Hall, co-authors of The New Launch Plan.
That's part of the reason that the most heavy-hitting names in business -- from Pepsi to Netflix, Microsoft to McDonald's -- have had some of the biggest belly flops.
Here's a look at 22 of them and what we can learn from these epic fails.
Aimee Groth contributed reporting to this story.
1957 — Ford Edsel
Bill Gates cites the Edsel flop as his favorite case study. Even the name "Edsel" is synonymous with "marketing failure." Ford invested $400 million into the car, which it introduced in 1957. But Americans literally weren't buying it, because they wanted "smaller, more economic vehicles," according to Associated Content:
Other pundits have blamed its failure on Ford Motors execs never really defining the model's niche in the car market. The pricing and market aim of most Edsel models was somewhere between the highest-end Ford and the lowest-end Mercury.
It was taken off the market in 1960.
1975 — Sony Betamax
The 1970s saw a war in home video formats between Betamax and VHS.
Sony made a mistake: It started selling the Betamax in 1975, while its rivals started releasing VHS machines. Sony kept Betamax proprietary, meaning that the market for VHS products quickly outpaced the company.
1985 — New Coke
In the early 1980s, Coke was losing ground to Pepsi. So it tried to create a product that would taste more like Pepsi.
While New Coke fared OK in nationwide taste tests before launching in 1985, it turned out those were misleading.
Coke abandoned the product after a few weeks and went back to its old formula. It also gave its product a new name: Coca-Cola Classic.
1989, 1992 — Pepsi A.M. and Crystal
In 1989, Pepsi tried to target the "breakfast cola drinker" with Pepsi A.M. It lasted only a year.
In 1992, Pepsi tried again, this time with a clear cola, "Crystal Pepsi." No dice -- it died in 1993.
1989 — RJ Reynolds smokeless cigarettes
In the 1980s, just as anti-smoking campaigns were heating up, RJ Reynolds put $325 million into a new product: smokeless cigarettes.
They didn't work, and people weren't buying them -- so four months later, they were gone.
1990 — Coors Rocky Mountain Spring Water
This was an interesting experiment in brand extension. Coors Rocky Mountain Spring Water launched in 1990 and didn't fare well. It turns out beer drinkers want only one thing from their favorite label: beer.
1993 — Apple Newton
The Newton is held up as an example of Apple's bad old days -- before it was the world's most valuable company.
Forbes says the Newton PDA flopped for a number of reasons: Its price started at $700, it was 8 inches tall and 4.5 inches wide, and its handwriting recognition was so bad that a classic "Simpsons" episode made fun of it.
1995 — Microsoft Bob
Microsoft Bob was supposed to be a user-friendly interface for Windows, a project that was at one point managed by Bill Gates' now wife, Melinda. Microsoft killed it one year after launching it in 1995.
"Unfortunately, the software demanded more performance than typical computer hardware could deliver at the time, and there wasn't an adequately large market," Gates later wrote. "Bob died."
1996 — McDonald's Arch Deluxe
In 1996, McDonald's introduced the Arch Deluxe, which never caught on. It was intended to appeal to "urban sophisticates" -- outside of its target demographic. To reach this group McDonald's spent $100 million, which makes it one of the most expensive product flops in history.
1997 — Orbitz soda
Although the soda, which looks like a lava lamp, appealed to young kids, it was not tasty (people compared it to cough syrup). It disappeared off shelves within a year of its 1997 debut.
However, Orbitz is still sold on eBay. But it'll cost you.
1998 — Frito-Lay WOW! Chips
File this under "too good to be true": In the late 1990s Frito-Lay rolled out a miracle food, a line of chips with the upbeat branding of WOW! The marketing claim was tantalizing -- a compound called Olestra allowed for a fat-free potato chip.
But it was not to be.
"While it provided the satisfaction of tasting just like fat, (Olestra's) molecules were too large to be digested by the body, passing directly through the digestive tract unabsorbed," writes Fast Company. "Sadly, the result was similar to that of a laxative -- stomach cramps and diarrhea prevailed."
1999 — Cosmopolitan Yogurt
Cosmopolitan made an interesting decision to launch a brand of yogurt in 1999. Needless to say, the yogurt market was already saturated, and Cosmo's readers were content enough reading the magazine.
2006 — Microsoft Zune
The Zune was built to take on the iPod.
It didn't.
Robbie Bach, the former leader of Microsoft's home entertainment and mobile business, gave his explanation as to why:
We just weren't brave enough, honestly, and we ended up chasing Apple with a product that actually wasn't a bad product, but it was still a chasing product, and there wasn't a reason for somebody to say, oh, I have to go out and get that thing.
The good news is you can still grab one on eBay, along with that bottle of Orbitz.
2006 — Mobile ESPN
Mobile ESPN, introduced in January 2006, was one of the biggest flame-outs of "mobile virtual network operators," or MVNOs, in the past decade, which also included Amp'd Mobile, Helio, Disney Mobile, and others.
The idea was that ESPN would exclusively sell a phone that offered exclusive ESPN content and video, leasing network access from Verizon Wireless. But ESPN had only one phone at launch, a Sanyo device selling for $400.
No one bought it, and ESPN quickly shut down the service, instead providing content to Verizon's mobile Internet service.
Sponsored mostly by Toshiba, HD DVD was supposed to become the hi-def successor to the DVD when it launched in March 2006.
But the Sony-led Blu-ray faction ended up winning the format war when Warner Bros. announced it was dumping HD DVD for Blu-ray on Jan. 4, 2008.
About a month later, Toshiba said it would shut down its HD DVD efforts.
2007 — Joost
Joost, originally known as "The Venice Project," was supposed to be a peer-to-peer TV network for the future, invented by the European geniuses behind Skype. The company recruited a rising star -- Mike Volpi -- away from Cisco to become its CEO. It got a deal with CBS.
Joost was supposed to reinvent the way we consumed professional video.
Instead, Hulu, a joint venture between News Corp., NBC, and Disney, became the go-to site for TV episodes on the web.
Meanwhile, Joost had all sorts of problems with its P2P architecture, its bulky software player, its content library, etc. After launching in September 2007, it never took off, with its scraps selling in late 2009.
2008 — Google Lively
For some reason, Google thought it had to compete with Second Life with a virtual world called "Lively," which came out in July 2008. (Except that unlike Second Life, Lively was supposed to be sex-free.)
When the economy went down the toilet, those dreams faded fast, and Google quickly pulled the plug by November 2008.
2009 — JooJoo
In the era of a $499 Apple iPad, an inferior tablet computer that also costs $499 doesn't work. (You may remember this device from its previous title, the CrunchPad.) It came out in 2009 and was gone by 2010.
2009 — The Nook
Launched in 2009, Barnes & Noble has now spun off the NOOK into its own company, orphaning the under-achieving e-reader. Sales had been plunging for a while.
Brian Sozzi, chief equities strategist at Belus Capital Advisors, explained the demise to us: "Shoppers couldn't get beyond Barnes & Noble being a destination for something they no longer want or generally care about, books," Sozzi said. "Barnes & Noble management perpetuated that by not investing aggressively enough in marketing to alter perception."
2011 — Qwikster
In September 2011, Reed Hastings announced that Netflix would spin off Qwikster as a DVD rental business. This move met tons of criticism, and Hastings backtracked on his statement 23 days later.
2011 — HP Touchpad
HP gave up the TouchPad and its mobile OS, WebOS after just a month and a half on the market.
The tablet was no iPad killer, selling just 25,000 units for Best Buy over the 49 days it was on the shelves.
And, in fairness to HP, the TouchPad wasn't that bad. It was rough around the edges, but those could have been smoothed in the coming months. It just didn't really do anything better than the iPad, which means it's just like every other tablet out there.
2013 — Facebook Home
With Home, Facebook tried to become the homescreen for your phone.
It failed. From our review:
So what happens when you have no control over what appears on your phone's home screen?
It becomes a mess.
In less than a month of being released, the two-year subscription plan dropped from $99 to $0.99. The consensus between reviewers and critics: Home worked only for the most fanatical of users.
"It was fine for a Facebook addict," one reviewer noted. "But [it] seems to run through a lot of data and battery. Uninstalled."
The flop is reflected by a reorganization in the company.
"Facebook has disbanded the team of engineers originally assigned to work on Facebook Home," The New York Times' Mike Isaac reports.


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Disease: Keratoconus
We see through the cornea, which is the clear, central part of the front surface of the eye. Normally, the cornea has a round shape, like a ball. Sometimes, however, the structure of the cornea is just not strong enough to hold this round shape. The normal pressure inside the eye makes the cornea bulge outward like a cone. This condition is called keratoconus.
What Causes Keratoconus?
Often the cause of keratoconus is unknown. Some studies have found that keratoconus runs in families, and that it happens more often in people with certain medical conditions. But most often, there is no eye injury or disease that could explain why the eye starts to change.
Keratoconus usually begins in the teenage years, but it can also start in childhood or up to about age 30. The changes in the shape of the cornea occur slowly, usually over several years.
Someone with keratoconus will notice that vision slowly becomes distorted. The change can stop at any time, or it can continue for several years. In most people who have keratoconus, both eyes are eventually affected.
Can Keratoconus Damage Vision?
Keratoconus does not make people go blind. However, the changes to the cornea will make it impossible for the eye to focus without eyeglasses or contact lenses .
Keratoconus can be dangerous if laser vision correction surgery -- LASIK or PRK is performed on the eye.
Anyone with even a small amount of keratoconus should not have laser vision correction surgery.
How Is Keratoconus Diagnosed?
The doctor may notice some things during the examination, or the patient may mention symptoms, that could be caused by keratoconus. These include:
- Sudden change of vision in just one eye.
- Double vision when looking with just one eye.
- Objects both near and far look distorted, but not blurred. In other words, small details of the objects are clear, but the shapes or colors look wrong. Later, distant objects do become blurred.
- Bright lights look like they have halos around them.
These things might be related to keratoconus, but your doctor must measure the curvature of the cornea to be certain. Several different instruments can be used to measure the curvature of the cornea.
One instrument, called a keratometer, shines a pattern of light onto the cornea. The shape of the reflection of the pattern tells the doctor how the eye is curved. There are also computerized instruments that make three-dimensional "maps" of the cornea, a process called corneal topography.
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