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SANFORD — Carl J. Lamb Elementary School is joining Sanford Junior High School for the Sanford Backpack Project, in which individuals and groups are encouraged to donate food to help feed local students who are hungry at home. The school is hoping to fill and send home backpacks with hungry students every Friday. Peanut butter, jelly, cereal, oatmeal, macaroni and cheese, tuna fish, canned chicken, spaghetti sauce, pasta, chili, soups, beef stew, nonperishable food items and money for bread are examples of donations that the school is seeking. If you have any questions, or would like to donate in any way, please call the school at 324-8481.
SANFORD — A silent and live auction to benefit St. Thomas School will be held at the Sanford Town Club at 4 Washington Street on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. Items up for bid will range from ski lift tickets to weekend getaways to golf packages. Tickets cost $15 if purchased in advance and $20 if bought on the day of the event. There will be live entertainment, hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. For more information, visit online at www.saintthomassanford.org.
SANFORD — The Sanford Professional Firefighters & Paramedics IAFF Local 1624, with the assistance of East Coast Marketing Group, will host its 5th annual fundraiser for the Imelda Fund, which goes toward those in need of heating assistance within the Town of Sanford. There will again be two PG-17 comedy shows that will be held on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, at the Nasson Community Center at 457 Main Street. The first show will start at 7 p.m. and the other at 9 p.m. East Coast Marketing Group, of Westbrook, will be calling local businesses and residences to raise support and enthusiasm on behalf of Local 1624 for this very important cause. Doors will open at 6 p.m. for the first show. For more information, send an email to email@example.com.


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Henry Ward Beecher, (born June 24, 1813, Litchfield, Conn., U.S.—died March 8, 1887, Brooklyn, N.Y.), liberal U.S. Congregational minister whose oratorical skill and social concern made him one of the most influential Protestant spokesmen of his time.
He was the eighth of the Rev. Lyman Beecher's 13 children and showed little promise at various schools until he went to Amherst College in 1830. Though never distinguished as a scholar, he became a superior speaker and popular leader.
After three postgraduate years in Cincinnati, Ohio, at Lane Theological Seminary, of which his father became president in 1832, Beecher in 1837 became minister to a small Presbyterian congregation at Lawrenceburg, Ind. He gradually cultivated his pulpit technique, there and in a pastorate at Indianapolis, Ind. (1839–47), and came to believe that a sermon succeeds by focusing on the single objective of effecting a moral change in the hearer. A highly successful preacher and lecturer, Beecher furthered his reputation through Seven Lectures to Young Men (1844), vivid exhortations on the vices and dangers in a frontier community.
In 1847 he accepted a call to Plymouth Church (Congregational), Brooklyn, N.Y., where he drew weekly crowds of 2,500 by the early 1850s. Though his influence upon public affairs was sometimes exaggerated, both his pronouncements and his personal life were regularly matters of national and even international interest. He gradually became more emphatic in opposing slavery, and his lectures of 1863 in England won over audiences initially hostile to him and to the Northern point of view. Increasingly outspoken after the Civil War, he supported a moderate Reconstruction policy for the South, favoured Grover Cleveland's candidacy in the 1884 presidential campaign, and advocated woman suffrage, evolutionary theory, and scientific biblical criticism. His outlets for these issues, in addition to Plymouth Church, were the Independent, a Congregational journal he edited in the early 1860s, and the nondenominational Christian Union (later Outlook), which he founded in 1870.
Beecher, always considered an emotional and sensual man, became in the 1870s the subject of rumours alleging immoral affairs, and he was sued in 1874 by his former friend and literary protégé Theodore Tilton, who charged him with adultery with his wife. Two ecclesiastical tribunals exonerated Beecher, though the jury in the civil suit failed to reach agreement, as have later students of the evidence. Despite the scandal, however, he remained active and influential until his death.
Besides his sermons, Beecher's many works include Evolution and Religion (1885); Life of Jesus the Christ (1871–91); Yale Lectures on Preaching (1872–74); and a novel, Norwood: A Tale of Village Life in New England (1867).


text: Lord & Taylor is the American department store founded in 1826 by Samuel Lord and George Washington Taylor. recognised for its flagship store on New York's prestigious Fifth Avenue, the brand has become a go-to for style conscious individuals worldwide, recognised for its collections that range from homeware to fashion. Whether you're looking for a gift for a loved one or a treat for yourself, Lord & Taylor's collection of necklaces are an easy option. Choose from stunning pendants and bold, beaded necklaces.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Tuesday warned against extending all the U.S. tax breaks to give Washington additional time to broker a deficit reduction deal, saying it would create more uncertainty in the markets.
Seven weeks are left for the Obama administration and Congress to deal with the so-called fiscal cliff, or $600 billion worth of tax hikes and spending cuts that will go into effect next year and may trigger a recession if Washington does nothing.
With lawmakers and the White House bickering over how to put the country on a sustainable fiscal path, a number of lawmakers and think tanks have argued for more time.
"That will leave all the uncertainty you don't like on the table," said Geithner at an event sponsored by the Wall Street Journal, in his first public comments on the looming fiscal crisis since U.S. President Barack Obama won re-election last week.
Earlier, Geithner and Obama met with leaders from the country's biggest labor unions and liberal groups where Obama repeated his campaign promise to raise taxes on the wealthiest and hold tax rates down for those earning below $250,000, according to attendees.
At the event, Geithner said it was not feasible to reduce the deficit over the long term without additional revenues.
"If you believe ... we shouldn't be asking middle class Americans to pay more in taxes, then I don't see how you do this without higher rates," said Geithner, who is expected to stay into early next year to help the White House negotiate with Congress.
Obama has made an effort to reach out to congressional leaders since winning re-election and on Friday will meet with top Democratic and Republican lawmakers to start budget negotiations.
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Students Pitch a Business with a Difference
By Dennis Walikainen | Published
India's first nonprofit online bookstore may have been born at Michigan Technological University this week. In the second annual business plan competition, Jodhbir Singh and Aman Bamra won the top prize of $1,500, plus $2,700 in local business services for their plan for Books With Purpose.
"Books With Purpose would help address India's illiteracy crisis," Singh, a graduate student in electrical engineering, explained. "Thirty-five percent of India's population is illiterate, and we would donate one book to under-supported schools for every five we sell."
Singh and Bamra (an undergraduate in computer science) said they would approach India's middle and upper classes, part of the world's third largest book market, to support their mission and their business, especially targeting rural areas, where illiteracy is more prevalent.
"Our vision is to empower underprivileged children through access to books," Singh said. "In the future, we aim to bring the ratio of purchase-to-donation to one-to-one." Singh plans on returning to India after graduation to pursue the business.
Bamra added that the online book-buying business in India is still in its infancy. "It's like it was in 1999 in the US," he said. The pair also said government-run book purchasing for schools is inefficient and sometimes corrupt.
As part of the business plan competition, the future businessmen and women orally presented their ideas after the panel of judges had reviewed their written plans.
Other fledgling businesses garnered cash awards, and all showed innovation and initiative.
Two Bows, a company founded by Jessica Tompkins, a junior majoring in management, took second place. Her business plan was already familiar to the crowd. She won an elevator pitch competition last fall with her business, which creates hunting apparel for women "that could also be worn elsewhere."
Targeting "outdoorsy females, ages 12 to 50, in the northern states," Tompkins has already started producing demos of her clothing to further sell her idea, including the blouse she was wearing.
"We would eventually like to expand our online e-commerce sales and even donate proceeds to families of breast cancer patients and the Dream Hunt Program for terminally ill children," she said. Second place brought her $500, which she said she would reinvest in the company.
Third place and $250 went to Collin Stoner and his company, Selene, which will manufacture electric motor drivers. He has already been working with a company called Medical Minds to promote his device, which could be used to move the beds in CAT scan machines, for example.
"I've spent 400 engineering hours making the prototype," Stoner said. "And each one would have its own, unique computer chip, making duplication by competitors difficult."
Other businesses pitched to the judges included retirement planning for lower income and middle-class people who might have fallen on hard times; cloud computing with improved information gathering; and a social network site for environmentally conscious people and organizations.
Bob Mark, professor of practice in Michigan Tech's School of Business and Economics, who emceed the event, handed out the cash prizes to students and announced that there are plans for a major increase in funding next year, in cooperation with Central Michigan University. Mark said he sees the beginning of a mutually beneficial relationship with Central, with expanded entrepreneurial opportunities and other academic relationships.
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.


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I am new here and looking forward to the educational and sometimes amusing social interactions here on the forums page.
Permit me an introduction.. My name is Allen, I live about an hour north of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. and ride a pretty stock 1974 R90/6 with 47,000 miles on her.
I was T-boned on her about 6 years ago when a bitch ran a stop sign. A head injury resulted and the bike sat for years with the occasional spinning of the engine with a few pumps on the kickstart. Sold her last year for $1400 US with a gentlemanly agreement on a stipulation that I get first right of refusal should the new owner pass it on. I said goodbye to her and figured I may get a call in a few or several years. I received a call only 6 weeks later asking me if I want it back before he changes the color. I asked what he had done to her. He said that he cut, straightened and re-welded the frame bent at the fork yoke, refurbished the forks, straightened the slight bend in rims, installed new tubes, tires, stainless brake lines, brake pads, replaced instrument cluster with rebuilt one, replaced headlight bucket and lens, rebuilt the carburetors, popped out oil can dent in fuel tank and prime painted the tank and fenders. Said he had $2200 in parts into her and had receipts. I asked how much to buy her back. He said $3600. I said you're not profiting anywhere. He replied that he cannot put a price on his labor so he won't and that he loves repairing motorbikes. He also said he was ready for another project and needed quick cash.
I was in Scranton, Pennsylvania with the $3600 and my truck within 3 hours.
She rides beautifully tracking true and better than ever.
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Laundry/Bathroom Combinations from Innerspec
Swedish real estate site Innerspec is always worth a look for inspiring interiors. Browsing the listings yesterday, we noticed a lot of available apartments with combination laundry/bathrooms. Although kitchen and bath laundry combos are common in Europe, we see them less frequently here in the US. If you're laying out a small space, don't discount these rooms as a possible spots for your washer/dryer...
Each of these bathrooms presents interesting options for places to stow a washing machine: under the counter, in an oddly shaped nook, or even in the wall. Click through the links, then click "Alla bilder" for more photos of each space.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 13th Mar 2013 17:58 UTC
Andy Rubin, who created Android and has led its development both at Android Inc. and later at Google, has decided to step down as the big Android boss at Google. Having created the world's "most-used mobile operating system", as Google CEO Larry Page refers to it, I'd say his stint has been successful. Interestingly enough, he will be succeeded by Sundar Pichai - Chrome OS boss. Yes.
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RE[4]: Most used mobile operating system???
by themwagency on Thu 14th Mar 2013 21:56 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: Most used mobile operating system???"
RE[5]: Most used mobile operating system???
by JAlexoid on Fri 15th Mar 2013 22:33 in reply to "RE[4]: Most used mobile operating system???"
I provided evidence showing as much. What have you provided?
You gave an example where Android users browse the web less - I concur with that.
Then you made a false claim based on data that is no way representative of your statement.
IDC and Gartner say that Android is bigger. Google says that Android is bigger(over 750mil devices activated to date, compared to 550 mil iOS devices).
Android has a larger install base. Android has a larger market share(We're talking global here).
All corroborated by numerous independent sources.
I made no such comment (in this thread)
That was an example of a deceitful statement, I was not even attributing that to you.


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WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania has turned out to be safe for the Democrats after all. The state's 20 electoral votes are going to President Barack Obama.
Pennsylvania had been considered to be in Obama's column for much of the campaign. But in recent days, as polls appeared to narrow, Mitt Romney's campaign saw an opportunity. There was a late advertising blitz for Romney, and the candidate added visits to Pennsylvania Sunday and again on Election Day.
Voters in Indiana have rejected one of the two Republican Senate candidates whose campaigns ran into trouble because of comments about rape and abortion. Democrat Joe Donnelly defeated Republican Richard Mourdock, who slipped in the polls after saying during a debate that when a woman who is raped becomes pregnant, it's what "God intended."


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Thomas Rawls Eligible?
Thomas Rawls will announce his decision on the 31st of January, it's between UM and CMU, although he doesn't have a Michigan offer yet.
That might change next weekend when he takes his official visit to Ann Arbor. Rawls has refused to reveal his new ACT score, because he wants to surprise people on the 31st. I think he'll inform the coaches next weekend that he has qualified, and then he'll get the offer that Fred Jackson has been DYING to give him.
Then of course he'll accept and become part of our class, and I for one would be thrilled. If you haven't seen his senior highlights, shame on you. Link below.


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To experiment with fungi, mycologists often need to grow them. Simply allowing bread to become moldy is not an experiment. An Experiment is the test of an idea. Often, this idea is expressed in the form of the question: what? What if...? What happens when...? What kind of effect...? Experiments are designed to use the methods and materials that will give the most complete and accurate answer to an inquiry.
Designing Growth Experiments
Fungi break down and absorb orgtanic material for their nourishment, so any experiment must first provide them with food. Oxygen and moisture are also necessary. A material for the growth of fungi for experiments is called a medium. Most commercially prepared media for growing fungi are extracts of plant materials like potatoes. A medium that is specially prepared to contain only the exact nutrients required by one species of fungus is called a "Minimal medium". The choice of growth medium depends on the question that is being asked.
If the question is "What kinds of fungi grow naturally on bread?" the choice of medium is simple. You could just put a slice of bread in a plastic bag, close it to retain moisture and await mold growth. However, observing only one slice of bread would not make an effective experiment. Your chosen slice may not have any mold spores on it, or contain spores of all the species present in the loaf. It might be too dry to allow growth. You would have to use a number of bags to account for all reasonably possible growth fullures and successes. The slices of bread would be replicates. Replicates allow the treatment to be repeated often enough to allow you to determine if they results are significant or the product of random chance. You will also need to decide how to record your results.
Do you identify each species of mold by its scientific name, or do you just describe them (fluffy red colonies, white fuzzy spots, blue-grass velvet, etc.) A more complicated question requires the design of a more complicated experiment. At first glance, "What effect does the preservative in some breads have on mold growth?" seems as if it could be answered with a loaf of bread and some plastic bags, like the first experiment. However, the best experiment on the effect of a preservative on mold growth would use two loaves of bread. These loaves would be identical in preparation and ingredients, except for the pressence or absence of a preservative. The bread without the preservative would be the control and the bread containing the preservative would be the treatment. Replication of both treatment and control gives the experimenter a way to understand the effect of substance by showing what happens when it is both present and absent.
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DUDLEY Kingswinford passed up what might have been their best remaining chance of victory this season when losing to fellow strugglers Sheffield Tigers.
Dismal DK now have only three games left to avoid the unwanted tag of going an entire campaign without a win.
They travelled to third-from-bottom Sheffield with a slight degree of optimism. However, it was not long before any thoughts of a first victory were dispelled.
Despite early DK pressure, it was Tigers that opened the scoring. Following a line out, their forwards recycled the ball well before centre Nicholas Thomson crossed for the try. Thomas Outram added the extra points.
An identical try, this time seeing winger Peter Swatkins going over, was scored soon after. Once again, Outram added the extras.
A penalty took the score to 19-0 to the home side before DK hit a penalty of their own to register their first score.
But Tigers hit back straight from the restart when Nick Thomson scored his second try to give them a 24-3 half time lead.
More Sheffield tries in the second period took the game well away from DK.
Only when they were 45-3 down with the game drawing to a close did they register their first try to leave the full time score at 45-8.
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The Shrinking Blankey - Baby Bop's blankey seems to be getting smaller; she's convinced it's shrinking. But Barney shows her that, actually, she is growing. Baby Bop is not sure she likes this idea at first, but Barney soon helps her see that growing and changing are very good things! Things I Can Do - Baby Bop isn't satisfied with the things she can do. D
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From a Best Picture re-do to a record-setting win, read our list of memorable moments. Plus, find out what all the talk of Jet Skis is about.
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Check out candid photos of the Academy Award nominees during the making of their movies.
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text: So my lo had her gastro specialist appt. today. He said everything seems fine, but wants me to cut out dairy, peanuts, eggs, soy and wheat. Also wants me to supplement with formula to try and help her poop more than every couple days, and says babys not gaining enough weight. She weighed 7 pds 12 oz at birth and he weighed her and she only weighs 8pds 14 oz. She is breastfed on demand, and eats alot. I feel like im doing everything wrong now. She took a lactose test so I dont see why i have to cut out dairy, when it came back and said shes not lactose intolerant. dont know what I should do now.


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SANTO DOMINGO, D.R. - The men's basketball team won its opening two games of its foreign tour to the Dominican Republic Friday defeating San Carlos 97-74 and San Lazaro 100-88.
Click here to view a photo gallery from the games
Both games were played in Santo Domingo which is 55 kilometers (34 miles) from the team hotel in Juan Dolio. The Bisons left the hotel at 9 a.m. local time for their 10 a.m. game against San Carlos.
The ride to the game was an experience in itself. From all appearances there are no rules of the road in the Dominican. It's truely lawless. A three-lane road may have as many as five cars driving side-by-side on it. And then there are mopeds driving between cars. Many intersections do not have stop signs or stop lights so traffic is literally coming together and the most aggressive driver makes it through the intersection. And for the intersections with stop lights, well, drivers seemed to ignore the light signal.
Both buses made it safely to the gym even though players and staff were doing their best not look at the window in anticipation of near-crashes every few seconds.
In the morning game the Bisons used strong first and fourth quarters to defeat San Carlos 97-74. Freshman Malcolm Smith led the Bisons with 18 points. The game was sloppy affair with many turnovers.
As part of the mission of the foreign tour, a Bisons player will give a testimonial at halftime of each game to the opposing team and crowd. Justin Glenn spoke at halftime of the first game. Click on the image at the top right of this story to play the video of his message.
The team returned to the hotel to eat lunch and rest up between games. The adventure back into Santo Domingo was no less interesting than the morning trip. The drivers took the team to the wrong gym initially. It was obviously the wrong gym as it was undergoing a renovation and there wasn't a playing court. The correct gym was a short drive away.
In the night cap the Bisons played a much crisper game defeating San Lazaro 100-88. Malcolm Smith once again led Lipscomb with 18 points. Jordan Burgason got the Bisons rolling early with three 3-pointers in the first quarter. He finished 4-of-8 from beyond the arc. Damarius Smith had a team-high nine rebounds while Martin Smith brought down seven boards.
The team arrived back at the hotel about 10:15 local time and had dinner before heading to bed. There are no games or appearances scheduled for Saturday, but the team will visit some landmarks and a market in Santo Domingo in the morning.
Lipscomb 97, San Carlos 74
Scoring: Malcolm Smith 18, Zavion Williams 13, Jordan Burgason 12, Deonte Alexander 12, Carter Sanderson 10, Jacob Arnett 10, Martin Smith 8, Damarius Smith 6, Robert Boyd 4, Marvin Williams 4.
Lipscomb 100, San Lazaro 88
Scoring: Malcolm Smith 18, Robert Boyd 16, Jordan Burgason 14, Zavion Williams 13, Carter Sanderson 11, Stephen Hurt 8, Deonte Alexander 7, Marvin Williams 6, Damarius Smith 5, Jacob Arnett 2


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Social function Procedure: To help us do a task or make something. They can be a set of instructions or directions.
Text organization:
1. Goals ( the final purpose of doing the instruction)
2. Materials ( ingredients, utensils, equipment to do the instructions)
3. Steps ( a set of instruction to achieve the final purpose)
Language features :
Text organization:
1. Goals ( the final purpose of doing the instruction)
2. Materials ( ingredients, utensils, equipment to do the instructions)
3. Steps ( a set of instruction to achieve the final purpose)
Language features :
- Use of imperative ( Cut…….., Don't mix……..)
- Use of action verbs (turn, put)
- Use of connectives(first, then, finally)
Social function recount: To tell the readers what happened in the past through a sequence of events.
Generic Structure of Recount:
Generic Structure of Recount:
- Orientation ( who were involved, when and where was it happened)
- Events ( tell what happened in a chronological order)
- Re-orientation ( optional – closure of events)
Language features Recount:
- Use of pronouns and nouns ( David, he, she)
- Use of action verbs in past (went, studied)
- Use of past tense ( We went for a trip to the zoo)
- Use of adverbial phrases
- Use of adjectives
Social function narrative: To amuse or entertain the readers with actual or imaginary experience in different ways. Narrative always deals with some problems which lead to the climax and then turn into a solution to the problem.
Generic Structure Narrative:
Generic Structure Narrative:
- Orientation ( who was involved, when and where was it happened)
- Complication ( a problem arises and followed by other problems)
- Resolution ( provide solution to the problem)
Language features Narrative:
- Use of noun phrases ( a beautiful princess, a huge temple)
- Use of adverbial phrases of time and place ( in the garden, two days ago)
- Use of simple past tense ( He walked away from the village)
- Use of action verbs ( walked, slept)
- Use of adjectives phrases ( long black hair)
Social Function descriptive: To describe a particular person, place or thing.
Generic Structure descriptive:
Generic Structure descriptive:
- Identification (identify phenomenon to be described)
- Description (describe parts, qualities, characteristics)
Language features descriptive:
- Focus on specific participants
- Use of attributive and identifying processes
- Frequent use classifiers in nominal groups.
- Use of the Simple Present Tense
Social function news item: To inform readers or listeners about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.
Generic structure news item:
Generic structure news item:
- News worthy event ( tells the event in a summary form)
- Background events ( elaborate what happened, tell what caused the incident)
- Sources ( comments by participants, witnesses, authorities and experts involved in the event)
Language features news item:
- Information on the use of head lines.
- Use of action verbs( hit, attack)
- Use of saying verbs( said, added, claimed)
- Use of passive sentences ( Aceh was hit by Tsunami in 2004)
- Use of adverbs in passive sentences (The victims were badly injured)
Social function report: To describe the way things are (for example: a man -made thing, animals, plants). The things must be a representative of their class.
Text organization report:
Text organization report:
- General classification (introduces the topic of the report/tells what phenomenon under discussion is.)
- Description (tell the details of topic such as physical appearance, parts, qualities, habits/behaviour).
Language features report:
- Use of general nouns ( Whales, Kangaroo, Computer)
- Use of present tense(Komodo dragons usually weigh more than 160 kg)
- Use of behavioural verbs (Snakes often sunbathe in the sun)
- Use of technical terms ( Water contains oxygen and hydrogen)
- Use of relating verbs (is, are, has)
Social function analytical exposition: To persuade the readers or the listeners that something in the case, to analyze or to explain.
Generic Structure analytical exposition:
Generic Structure analytical exposition:
- Thesis (usually includes a preview argument. It introduces topics and indicates the writer's position)
- Arguments (consists of a point and elaboration sequence. The number of points may vary, but each must be supported by discussion and evidence)
- Reiteration (restates the position more forcefully in the light of the arguments presented)
Language features analytical exposition:
- Emotive words such as : alarmed, worried.
- Words that qualify statements such as: usual probably
- Words that link arguments such as: firstly, however, on the other hand, therefore.
- Usually present tense
- Compound and complex sentences
Social function spoof: To tell an event with a humorous twist.
Generic structure spoof text:
Generic structure spoof text:
- Orientation (who were involved, when and where was happened)
- Events ( tell what happened in a chronological order)
- Twist (provide the funniest part of the story)
Language features spoof:
- Use of connectives (first, then, finally)
- Use of adverbial phrases of time and place (in the garden, two days ago)
- Use of simple past tense (he walked away from the village)
Social function hortatory exposition: To persuade the readers or the listeners that something should or should not be the case.
Generic structure hortatory exposition:
Generic structure hortatory exposition:
- Thesis ( stating an issue of concern)
- Arguments ( giving reasons for concern, leading recommendation)
- Recommendation (stating what ought or ought not to happen)
Language features hortatory exposition:
- Emotive words: alarmed, worried
- Words that qualify statements: usual probably
- Words that link arguments: firstly, however, on the other hand, therefore
- Usually present tense
- Compound and complex sentences
- Modal auxiliary: can, may, should, must
Social function explanation: To explain the process involved in the formation or working of natural or socio cultural phenomena
Generic structure explanation:
Generic structure explanation:
- A general statement to position the reader
- A sequenced explanation of why or how something occurs
- Closing
Language features explanation:
- Focus on generic, non-human participants.
- Use mainly of general and abstract nouns, action verbs, simple present tense, passive voice, conjunction of time and cause, noun phrases, complex sentences, and technical language.
Social function discussion: To present information and opinions about more than one side of an issue ("for" points "against" points)
Generic structure discussion:
Generic structure discussion:
- Opening statement presenting the issue
- Arguments or evidence for different points of view ( pros and cons)
- Concluding recommendation
Language features discussion:
- Use of general nouns: alcohol, abortion, smoking, etc.
- Use of relating verbs: is, are, etc.
- Use of thinking verbs: think, feel, hope believe, etc.
- Use of additive connectives: addition, furthermore, besides, etc.
- Use of contrastive connectives: although, even, if, nevertheless, etc.
- Use of causal connectives: because, because of, etc.
- Use of modal auxiliary: must, should, etc.
- Use of adverbial manner: hopefully.
Social function review: To critique an art work or event for a public audience
Generic structure review:
Generic structure review:
- Orientation ( background information on the text)
- Evaluation ( concluding statement : judgment, opinion, or recommendation. It can consist of more than one.
- Interpretative Recount ( summary of an art works including characters and plot).
- Evaluative summation: the last opinion consisting the appraisal or the punch line of the art works being criticized.
Language features review:
- Focus on specific participants
- Use of adjectives
- Use of long and complex clauses
- Use of metaphor
- Reviews are used to summarize, analyze and respond to art works. They may include: movie, TV shows, books, plays, concerts, etc.


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By Crash
Some may recall my enthusiastic blog report last fall on the Paradise Tattoo Gathering… Well, I'm gonna do it again! The World Wide Tattoo Conference, brainchild of Italian tattoo artist Alex De Pase and co-hosted by Gabe Ripley and TattooNOW.com, is a new first in the tattoo world; a two-day seminar event for professional tattooers, boasting lectures from six highly respected and influential global artists. More than 200 tattoo artists from around the globe travelled to St. Charles, Illinois to attend this specialized tattoo conference…
It's difficult to describe to members of our community just how profoundly different an environment it is to be surrounded by nothing but enthusiastic tattooers eager to learn, grow and (eventually) make meaningful contributions of their own to the legacy of our sacred craft. It was a transformative experience for all involved, attendee and presenter alike.
On the first day, registration lines were already forming at 8:30 a.m. for the 10 a.m. start time. Even more amazing is the fact that they were there with smiles on their faces: no griping, no whining, nothing but pure excitement to be in attendance. The 10 a.m. lecture was by the WWTC's creator (Alex De Pase) who (with the help of an interpreter) covered some of the basics of drawing and tattooing the human facial structures. This was followed by a short lunch break and another two-hour presentation (this one by fan-favorite Bob Tyrrell) on his techniques for black and gray portrait work.
Bob's seminar (like all the others) ended with an enormous ovation from the grateful crowd. Guy Aitchison's lecture, "The Extra Mile is Never Crowded," received a standing ovation from the crowd and the other participating lecturers. But day one wasn't over yet! After a one hour dinner break, all six presenters gathered on stage for a two-hour Q & A session on the topic of, "Finding your own style," moderated by Jeff Gogué.
Day two opened with an amazing (and highly recommended) seminar on holistic tattooing by Nick Baxter, followed by Boris' discussion of photo-realism techniques and ending with an inspiring (and candid) presentation by Jeff Gogué on laying aside your hang-ups in order to achieve future goals… Another standing-O, dinner break and panel discussion, this time moderated by Guy. The excitement and appreciation in this room were palpable by the end of this groundbreaking event, with people standing in line at every break just to thank the artists for teaching them something new and for inspiring them to reach their potentials.
What was TAM doing there?
Well, we were invited! And I was very curious to see how a specialized event like this one went down… I've got to say… it's the hunger and humility of the attendees that made the show!
Besides… I've long been an advocate for showcasing all the things great about the tattoo world and the artists who have, and continue to shape it. Most importantly, one of our primary goals at TAM is promoting positivity within our community and the larger culture. It is my firm belief that our future depends upon our collective ability to mature and adapt to this quickly-changing tattoo world we find ourselves in, and to move ourselves individually, from chronic and ineffective talking to intentional and cooperative actions to affect change for positive results in the future!
Well, I caught another glimpse of our collective potentials during this event, and I will continue to invite and encourage as many as possible to join in and contribute in as many ways, with as many varied perspectives as possible.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nsSKUwyc6Q&w=560&h=315]
(The WWTC will be in London on Sept. 26-27, 2012.)


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Car Review
2013 Chevrolet Malibu: New vs. Old
When the 2008 Chevrolet Malibu debuted, it was a stunning departure from the previous model, a quantum leap forward in terms of design, comfort and driving dynamics. That model aged well, and Chevy changed very little about it during a surprisingly brief five-year run. The 2013 Chevrolet Malibu is completely redesigned, representing an evolutionary rather than revolutionary advance for Chevy's midsize family sedan. But is it worth what turns out to be a substantial price premium over certified used versions of the previous Malibu?
Fuel Economy
The previous-generation Chevrolet Malibu was offered with a choice between a 4-cylinder engine and a V6 engine.
The standard 169-horsepower, 2.4-liter 4-cylinder engine was paired with a 4- or 6-speed automatic transmission from 2008 to 2010. Starting in 2011, the 6-speed automatic was standard on all trim levels. With the 4-speed automatic, fuel economy ratings were 22 miles per gallon in the city, 30 mpg on the highway and 25 mpg in combined driving. The 6-speed automatic provided better fuel economy: 22 mpg in the city, 33 mpg on the highway and 26 mpg in combined driving.
The redesigned 2013 Chevrolet Malibu is equipped with a new 2.5-liter 4-cylinder engine with direct fuel injection and 197 hp. A 6-speed automatic transmission is standard, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says the new Malibu will return 22 mpg in the city, 34 mpg on the highway and 26 mpg in combined driving. Those numbers are essentially the same as the old Malibu, but the 2013 Malibu is making 28 more horsepower.
The upgraded engine for the old Malibu was a 252-hp, 3.6-liter V6 engine bolted to a 6-speed automatic transmission. Fuel economy was rated 17 mpg in the city, 26 mpg on the highway and 20 mpg in combined driving.
For 2013, the Malibu's more powerful engine choice is a turbocharged 2.0-liter 4-cylinder engine generating 259 hp. What's more, this engine delivers 260 lb-ft of torque from 1,700 rpm to 5,200 rpm, making the Malibu feel particularly powerful. A 6-speed automatic transmission is standard, and the Malibu Turbo is rated to get 21 mpg in the city, 30 mpg on the highway and 24 mpg in combined driving, representing a significant increase over the old Malibu's optional V6 engine.
From late 2008 to early 2010, Chevrolet sold a hybrid-powered version of the previous-generation Malibu. It was a mild hybrid, unable to accelerate without firing the gasoline engine. Combined, the gas engine and the electric assist motor developed 164 hp, delivered to the front wheels through a 4-speed automatic transmission. The Malibu Hybrid was rated to get 26 mpg in the city, 34 mpg on the highway and 29 mpg in combined driving.
For 2013, the Malibu Eco employs a hybrid power train, now called eAssist. The eAssist powertrain remains a mild hybrid but now uses a lithium-ion battery pack and a 6-speed automatic transmission. The combined horsepower rating is 182, and fuel economy measures 25 mpg in the city, 37 mpg on the highway and 29 mpg in combined driving. That combined driving rating is the same as the old Malibu Hybrid.
If fuel economy is your priority when choosing between a new or a used Malibu, there is no difference between the redesigned 2013 Chevy Malibu and the old Malibu when it comes to the standard 4-cylinder engine or the hybrid powertrain. Rather, the benefit of paying extra for the new car is additional horsepower without a penalty in miles per gallon.
When it comes to selecting between the old Malibu with the V6 engine and the new Malibu Turbo, the benefit of buying the 2013 model is clearer. Based on EPA fuel economy ratings, the new 2013 Malibu Turbo is significantly more fuel efficient than the old Malibu V6, and it offers a more useful and entertaining torque curve.
The previous-generation Chevy Malibu offered six airbags, a traction control system, a stability control system and 4-wheel-disc anti-lock brakes with brake assist as standard equipment. It also had OnStar telematics with a free six-month subscription to Automatic Crash Notification service, which activated if the airbags deployed, put a live operator in touch with the Malibu's occupants and dispatched rescuers to the scene of the accident.
The redesigned 2013 Chevy Malibu includes all of these features but adds four additional airbags and a more sophisticated braking system with cornering brake control and hydraulic brake-fade assist. The new Malibu is also available with rear parking assist sensors, a reversing camera, a forward collision alert system and a lane departure warning system.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the new 2013 Malibu is a very safe family sedan, getting a 5-star overall crash test rating from the NHTSA and a Top Safety Pick rating from the IIHS.
The previous-generation Malibu was also considered to be a safe car, earning a 5-star overall crash test rating from the NHTSA in 2008, 2009 and 2010, with the IIHS naming it a Top Safety Pick in mid-2010, 2011 and 2012. Prior to mid-2010, the IIHS determined the Malibu's rear-impact injury prevention capabilities as "marginal" in 2008 and 2009, and "acceptable" in early 2010. Also, after the NHTSA strengthened its crash test program for the 2011 model year, the Malibu's overall test result fell to an overall rating of four stars, thanks in part to a 3-star rating for front passenger protection in a frontal impact crash.
As a result of the NHTSA's upgraded crash test parameters in 2011, the redesigned 2013 Chevy Malibu is the safer of the two vehicles, thanks to its 5-star overall crash test rating from the NHTSA and its expanded list of standard and optional safety features. The old Malibu, however, is nearly as safe a vehicle in its own right.
According to Consumer Reports, the Chevy Malibu's reliability record is average, though it should be noted that the engines and transmissions are generally trouble-free.
This average reliability history makes a new 2013 Malibu's 3-year/36,000-mile basic warranty, 5-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty (8/100 for eAssist components) and 5-year/100,000-mile roadside assistance program with courtesy transportation all the more appealing; however, the 2013 Malibu's engines are new and unproven, and Chevy's certified preowned (CPO) vehicle program is impressive.
Every previous-generation Chevy Malibu that meets CPO requirements passes a 172-point inspection and is documented with a detailed vehicle history report. The CPO Malibus come with a 12-month/12,000-mile bumper-to-bumper limited warranty, and a 5-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty backed up by 24-hour roadside assistance. Chevy also throws in a free trial of OnStar telematics service and satellite radio, and 2 years/30,000 miles of free scheduled oil changes, tire rotations and vehicle inspections. Plus, consumers selecting a CPO Malibu can return it within three days or 150 miles with a money-back guarantee.
We're going to call this one a draw. The previous-generation Malibu might rate average in terms of reliability, but the powertrains are reliable and Chevy's certified preowned program benefits are mighty impressive. The new 2013 Malibu provides a longer basic warranty but does not include free oil changes and tire rotations, and the redesigned car is equipped with new, unproven powertrains.
As this article is written, 2008-2012 CPO Malibus range in price from $10,800 for a 2008 Malibu LS with almost 75,000 miles on the odometer to $24,900 for a nearly new 2012 Malibu LTZ with fewer than 3,500 miles. Compare these prices to new 2013 Malibus, which are priced from $23,150 for a Malibu LS with no options to $35,200 for a Malibu LTZ with every option.
Interest rates are commonly higher for used cars than they are for new cars, but through the end of 2012 Chevrolet is offering short-term loans on CPO Malibus with a 1.9 percent interest rate. Add all the benefits associated with Chevy's CPO program and the clear advantage in terms of value goes to the old Malibu.
The new 2013 Malibu is available with three features that are increasingly difficult to live without, and several options that are nice to have. In our opinion, the addition of a reversing camera to the 2013 Malibu's option list is the most important upgrade over the old car. But we also can't overlook the importance of Chevrolet MyLink technology, which allows for easy smartphone pairing, Bluetooth hands-free calling and music streaming and the operation of mobile applications via the in-dash color touchscreen.
Additional technology upgrades offered with the redesigned Malibu include active electronic grille shutters to improve aerodynamics and highway fuel economy, a forward collision alert system, a lane departure warning system and rear park assist sensors.
As is normally the case with a complete vehicle redesign, the 2013 Malibu proves to be more technologically sophisticated than the old Malibu.
AutoTrader's Recommendation
The redesigned 2013 Malibu is an improvement over the previous-generation Malibu, but the new car's upgrades are incremental rather than monumental.
Combined fuel economy ratings for the standard 4-cylinder engine and the hybrid powertrain are identical. The two cars are evenly matched in terms of reliability. The old Malibu protects occupants in a collision almost as well as the new Malibu, and the old Malibu represents an outstanding value. The new Malibu Turbo offers significant gains over the old V6 engine in terms of fuel economy and is more fun to drive. The new Malibu also offers more sophisticated safety and infotainment technology than the old car.
For most people, that's not a compelling enough argument to spend thousands of dollars extra for the new 2013 Malibu. However, there are a few exceptions. If you're buying the Malibu Turbo, or really want a rear parking camera or Chevy MyLink hands free technology, the new 2013 makes sense. Not so much because it represents an incredible value, but because older Malibus just don't have those features. If saving money is more important than extra horsepower or having the latest in-car tech, we'd suggest giving a CPO Malibu a close look before paying a premium for the redesigned model.


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I realize this is an older topic but I have tried every single suggestion on here to no avail, on Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 x64 desktop.
I found a solution to my problem, after 3 days of debugging and searching the net so I thought I'd share it here.
I have the combination of a M$ Server08 with authenticated shares that I'd like to mount on startup (all entries on my fstab), which worked great. The problem was at shutdown...
My /etc/fstab looks like:
I was getting the CIFS VFS cmd 50 errors on shutdown or reboot. I tried:Code:#WINDOWS SERVER SHARES //18.104.22.168/user /media/user cifs credentials=/etc/samba/.smbcredentials,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0 //22.214.171.124/ITEngShare /media/ITEngShare cifs credentials=/etc/samba/.smbcredentials,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0 //184.108.40.206/EngineerShare /media/EngineerShare cifs credentials=/etc/samba/.smbcredentials,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0 //126.96.36.199/ITEngShare/ScannedDocs /media/ScannedDocs cifs credentials=/etc/samba/.smbcredentials,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0
- Using Max Durden's script at the beginning of the post
- Changing the shutdown order of my scripts (rc0.d and rc6.d)
- Adding the umount -a command to my /etc/gdm/PostSession/Default
- Changing my umountfs.sh to a number smaller than my wpa-ifupdown
- Using various different scripts found in various other sources for this problem
I also was using network-manager for gnome, which a lot of people mentioned as being one of the culprits for the system hang during shutdown and reboot.
Finally I installed wicd and removed network manager; That solved the shutdown issue (although I am not convinced that my drives are being properly unmounted due to the sheer speed of shutdown... Someone might be able to shed light on this one?), but it created a new problem: Nothing was getting mounted at startup, due to the fact that wicd will not connect to the network until well into the GDM session has started.
So the solution was simple: Add the network information manually to /etc/network/interfaces. That causes ifup to pick it up during bootup before fstab is read, hence giving me consistent results.
Just add your interface to the file /etc/network/interfaces. In my case I added to the bottom of the file (static IP):
I hope this helps others that are frustrated by this seemingly overlooked issue with Ubuntu.Code:auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 188.8.131.52 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 126.96.36.199 dns-nameservers 22.214.171.124
I forgot to add my rc0.d and rc6.d as they stand today:
Code:lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2010-08-25 11:49 K20mono-xsp2 -> ../init.d/mono-xsp2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2010-08-25 09:22 K20postfix -> ../init.d/postfix lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2010-08-26 13:40 K20wicd -> ../init.d/wicd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2010-08-23 11:26 K74bluetooth -> ../init.d/bluetooth -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 353 2009-09-07 14:58 README lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 2010-08-23 11:26 S10unattended-upgrades -> ../init.d/unattended-upgrades lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2010-08-23 11:26 S15wpa-ifupdown -> ../init.d/wpa-ifupdown lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2010-08-23 11:26 S20sendsigs -> ../init.d/sendsigs lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2010-08-23 11:26 S30urandom -> ../init.d/urandom lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2010-08-23 11:26 S35networking -> ../init.d/networking lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2010-08-26 11:32 S40umountnfs.sh -> ../init.d/umountnfs.sh lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2010-08-23 11:26 S60umountroot -> ../init.d/umountroot lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2010-08-23 11:26 S90halt -> ../init.d/halt


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - All the Bad and Ugly Things About Macedonia Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in All the Bad and Ugly Things About Macedonia Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Macedonia and the Balkans View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message TRCourageJoined: 04 Jan 2005Posts: 29 Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 12:50 am Post subject: All the Bad and Ugly Things About Macedonia TOPIC: All the Bad Things About Macedonia Every country has its unsavory and grim points. No country is immune. So now it is Macedonia's turn to face the truth. On the other thread, I weeded out the one real negative I have read here about Macedonia so I could start a thread devoted to just that one issue - The Bad and The Ugly things about living and working in Macedonia. Now here it is, uncensored.... Alex Shulgin - Posted: Dec 09, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A magazine editor I know and another journalist (very experienced journalist who kicked off his career reporting on the Vietnam war and since then has been to pretty much every trouble spot in the world) went there to do a story about 6 months ago. The editor said he was constantly *beep* himself, and the other guy said it was the most unpleasant country he had ever been too. Sounds like it is best avoided for a few years yet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (and, No, I don't know what *beep* means. ) Okay, now it is your turn. And if you haven't heard any horror stories from people who have vacationed or worked in Macedonia, then you really need to read some articles I will soon post here in this thread. Back to top TRCourageJoined: 04 Jan 2005Posts: 29 Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 12:58 am Post subject: The Magla Vocables The Magla Vocables By: Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written: December 8, 1999 The Macedonians have a word for it - "Magla", fog. It signifies the twin arts of duplicity and ambiguity. In the mental asylum that the swathe of socialist countries was, even language was pathologized. It mutated into a weapon of self defence, a verbal fortification, a medium without a message, replacing words with vocables. Easterners (in this text, the unfortunate residents of the Kafkaesque landscape which stretches between Russia and Albania) don't talk or communicate. They fend off. They hide and evade and avoid and disguise. In the planet of capricious and arbitrary unpredictability, of shifting semiotic and semantic dunes, that they inhabited for so many decades (or centuries) - they perfected the ability to say nothing in lengthy, Castro-like speeches. The ensuing convoluted sentences are Arabesques of meaninglessness, acrobatics of evasion, lack of commitment elevated to an ideology. The Easterner prefers to wait and see and see what waiting brings. It is the postponement of the inevitable that leads to the inevitability of postponement as a strategy of survival. It is impossible to really understand an Easterner. The syntax fast deteriorates into ever more labyrinthine structures. The grammar tortured to produce the verbal Doppler shifts essential to disguise the source of the information, its distance from reality, the speed of its degeneration into rigid official versions. Buried under the lush flora and fauna of idioms without an end, the language erupts, like some exotic rash, an autoimmune reaction to its infection and contamination. And this newspeak, this malignant form of political correctness is not the exclusive domain of politicians or "intellectuals". Like vile weeds it spread throughout, strangling with absent minded persistence the ability to understand, to agree, to disagree and to debate, to present arguments, to compare notes, to learn and to teach. Easterners, therefore, never talk to each other - rather, they talk at each other. They exchange subtexts, camouflage-wrapped by elaborate, florid, texts. They read between the lines, spawning a multitude of private languages, prejudices, superstitions, conspiracy theories, rumours, phobias and mass hysterias. Theirs is a solipsistic world - where communication is permitted only with oneself and the aim of language is to throw others off the scent. This has profound implications. Communication through unequivocal, unambiguous, information-rich symbol systems is such an integral and crucial part of our world - that its absence is not postulated even in the remotest galaxies which grace the skies of science fiction. In this sense, Easterners are nothing short of aliens. It is not that they employ a different language, a code to be deciphered by a new Champollion. The Cyrillic alphabet is not the obstacle. It is also not the outcome of cultural differences. It is the fact that language is put by Easterners to a different use - not to communicate but to obscure, not to share but to abstain, not to learn but to defend and resist, not to teach but to preserve ever less tenable monopolies, to disagree without incurring wrath, to criticize without commitment, to agree without appearing to do so. Thus, Eastern contracts are vague expressions of intentions at a given moment - rather than the clear listing of long term, iron-cast and mutual commitments. Eastern laws are loopholed incomprehensibles, open to an exegesis so wide and so self-contradictory that it renders them meaningless. Eastern politicians and Eastern intellectuals often hang themselves by their own verbose Gordic knots, having stumbled through a minefield of logical fallacies and endured self inflicted inconsistencies. Unfinished sentences hover in the air, like vapour above a semantic swamp. In some countries (the poorer ones, which were suppressed for centuries by foreign occupiers), there is the strong urge not to offend. Still at the tribal-village stage of social development, intimacy and inter-dependence are great. Peer pressure is irresistible and it results in conformity and mental homogeneity. Aggressive tendencies, strongly repressed in this social pressure cooker, are close under the veneer of forced civility and violent politeness. Constructive ambiguity, a non-committal "everyone is good and right", an atavistic variant of moral relativism and tolerance bred of fear and of contempt - are all at the service of this eternal vigilance against aggressive drives, at the disposal of a never ending peacekeeping mission. In other countries, language is used cruelly and ruthlessly to ensnare one's enemies, to saw confusion and panic, to move the masses, to leave the listeners in doubt, in hesitation, in paralysis, to gain control, or to punish. There, symbols are death sentences in both the literal and the figurative senses. Poets, authors and journalists still vanish regularly and newspapers and books are compiled into black lists with dreadful consequences. In these countries, language is enslaved and forced to lie. There are no news - only views, no interest - only interests, no facts - only propaganda, no communication - only ex-communication. The language is appropriated and expropriated. It is considered to be a weapon, an asset, a piece of lethal property, a traitorous mistress to be gang raped into submission. And yet in other places in the East, the language is a lover. The infatuation with its very sound leads to a pyrotechnic type of speech which sacrifices its meaning to its music. Its speakers pay more attention to the composition than to the content. They are swept by it, intoxicated by its perfection, inebriated by the spiralling complexity of its forms. Here, language is an inflammatory process. It attacks the social tissues with artistic fierceness. It invades the healthy cells of reason and logic, of cool headed argumentation and level headed debate. It raises the temperature of the body politic. It often kills. It moves masses. Submerged in and lured by the notes issued forth by the pied piper of the moment - nations go to war, or to civil war, resonating with the echoes of their language. Language is a leading indicator of the psychological and institutional health of social units. Social capital can often be measured in cognitive (hence, verbal-lingual) terms. To monitor the level of comprehensibility and lucidity of texts is to study the degree of sanity of nations (think about the rambling "Mein Kampf"). There can exist no hale society without unambiguous speech, without clear communications, without the traffic of idioms and content that is an inseparable part of every social contract. Our language determines how we perceive our world. It IS our mind and our consciousness. The much touted transition starts in the mind and consciousness determines reality. Marx would have approved. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright Notice This material is copyrighted. Free, unrestricted use is allowed on a non commercial basis. The author's name and a link to this Website must be incorporated in any reproduction of the material for any use and by any means. Sam Vaknin, PhD - http://samvak.tripod.com/pp36.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back to top TRCourageJoined: 04 Jan 2005Posts: 29 Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 2:24 am Post subject: Revealing Insights into Macedonia Revealing Insights into the Politics, History & Culture of Macedonia Homo Balkanus http://samvak.tripod.com/pp25.html The Elders of Zion http://samvak.tripod.com/pp37.html Herzl's Butlers http://samvak.tripod.com/pp27.html The Dance of Jael http://samvak.tripod.com/pp29.html The Rip van Winkle Institutions http://samvak.tripod.com/pp38.html The Eureka Connection http://samvak.tripod.com/pp62.html The Author of these Articles is a Racist http://samvak.tripod.com/pp41.html The Poets and the Eclipse http://samvak.tripod.com/pp24.html The Honorary Academic on higher education & Macedonia's Brain Drain http://samvak.tripod.com/pp28.html The Caveman and the Alien http://samvak.tripod.com/pp35.html Back to top jamesfromscotlandJoined: 13 Oct 2005Posts: 23 Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:49 am Post subject: Egad, Blimey..what wonderful use of language Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15323 Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 10:52 am Post subject: But what does it MEAN ? What are all these words FOR ? Back to top khmerhitJoined: 31 May 2003Posts: 1874Location: Reverse Culture Shock Unit Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 5:23 am Post subject: I went to bed and woke up, and i was still readin it. My local is run by macedonians. i hear they cheat the taxman thru certain ruses such as buying their stock from retail outlets, thus avoiding a record of their purchases. does that help/? 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Magento - Fix small layout mistakes and adjustment to packing Slip
Hello, small Magento job, we want to fix a layout mistake on our template, the menu drops out of place, this was working but another freelancer made some changes and now in 2 screen sizes there is a mistake. Also we want the packing slip edited a little bit, just reformatting and deleting some details.
If you know what your doing this should take less than 1 Hour.
27 威客就此工作平均出价 $51
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(Adds details about panda cub)
WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (Reuters) - The giant panda cub that died at the National Zoo in Washington last month succumbed to liver disease caused by inadequately formed lungs, officials said on Thursday, releasing findings they hope will help them learn more about breeding the endangered black and white bears.
The cub, born on Sept. 16, died when it was six days old in an agonizing blow to wildlife conservation efforts.
Veterinarian Suzan Murray of the National Zoo said officials were unsure why the cub's lungs failed to form properly, but said the scientific community hopes to learn more about the causes of death in giant panda cubs.
Murray said the cub's mother, Mei Xiang, who gave birth after years of failed efforts at conception, at age 14 could be nearing the end of her cub-bearing years. But Murray did not write off the possibility Mei Xiang could again give birth.
"We're hopeful that she would be able to again in the future," she said at a news conference.
The cub was never given a name, in line with a Chinese tradition that pandas are not named for 100 days. The arrival was cause for celebration among zoo officials and wildlife conservationists around the world given the daunting odds for the endangered species reproducing in captivity.
Fewer than 1,600 giant pandas are known to exist in the wild in China, and about 300 live in zoos and wildlife centers around the world. Breeding is a critical challenge. One in five cubs born in captivity die in their first year of life, the National Zoo said on its website.
The cub's death on Sept. 23 was discovered after panda keepers and zoo volunteers heard a distress sound from Mei Xiang. The zoo's staff failed to revive the cub with lifesaving measures, including CPR.
Since then, zoo officials have been closely monitoring Mei Xiang, who spent a couple of weeks cradling a rubber toy as if it were a cub.
Don Moore, an animal behaviorist at the National Zoo, said the mother had recently set aside the toy and her behavior was slowly returning to normal. He said she was still down about 20 pounds (9 kilograms) from her usual 240 pound (109 kg) weight.
He said the zoo had received a flood of support for Mei Xiang.
"We did get a lot of cards and letters and even stuffed animals," he said.
(Writing by Paul Thomasch and Dan Burns; Editing by Vicki Allen)
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Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" has nothing on Team Maldonado when it comes to happy
holiday endings.
A year ago, jockey Edwin Maldonado and his agent, Vic Lipton, were on the outside looking in trying to get a foot in the door on arguably the nation's most competitive riding colony not just when it comes to winning races, but gaining mounts on live horses.
Scrooge was not giving them a prize turkey for dinner.
"We were two dead men walking," said the diminutive Lipton, an agent for more than four decades. "I was physically dead; he was professionally dead."
Lipton looked like he was at death's door, due to a liver ailment that pared his weight to an unsightly frailness. Maldonado was revving his motor but essentially spinning his wheels.
Business was bah, humbug.
"But we got back together," continued Lipton, whose first rider was top apprentice H.K. "Duke" Wellington at Caliente in 1969. "I think Edwin and I set an example for other people because every day they were rooting us on."
Fast forward to Dec. 16, the final day of the Betfair Hollywood Park meet. Maldonado wins his first major riding title and only the second of his career. In September, he captured the Fairplex Park crown.
At Hollywood, Maldonado outlasted perennial Southern California kingpin Rafael Bejarano by one victory, 30-29. It was a stunning signature accomplishment for the 30-year-old Maldonado, who at 5-7, physically stands head and shoulders above the typical jockey.
He looks and speaks like the average guy, lives in Baldwin Park with his girlfriend, Angel, and his three daughters, Mackenzie, 13, Genesis, 8, and Alicia, 3, and comes from a racing family. His father and grandfather were jockeys. Edwin has been riding since 2002.
"The success we've had has been inspiration to many of our peers," Lipton said. "We start from scratch every day."
Lipton evaded a question on his chronological age, responding philosophically. "Like Einstein said," Lipton pointed out, "a man 30 can feel 90 and a man 90 can feel 30, so biologically, I'm in my 20s.
"The reason my health failed was due to my arrogance. I had half a liver. I didn't think it would affect me, but it did."
Two of Maldonado's top patrons are trainers Doug O'Neill and Jeff Bonde. "He worked very hard in the mornings to get into those barns," Lipton said. "He didn't always ride the horses he worked, but he started winning for them and it progressed from there."
"Time and patience," Maldonado said when asked the major reasons for his overnight success. "Vic helped me a lot in that respect, and I never stopped working, even though I knew I
would never ride the horses I was working.
"But I knew eventually they would give me a shot. There were a couple times when I thought about leaving, but I stayed and it paid off. When I first came to Southern California in 2010, I met Vic. He was my first agent, but he had some personal problems and we split up. I went through two agents but I didn't do as well as I had with Vic so we had a talk and I went back with him.
"Winning the title at Hollywood went down to the last day, so that was pretty exciting," continued Maldonado, who is named on eight horses on opening day. "Bejarano won five races in two days to close the gap when I thought I was out of the woods, but I wasn't."
No less an authority than Julio Canani had high praise for Maldonado. "He can ride," the trainer said. "Horses run past him but he keeps trying. His horses come back on. He tries hard for the minor awards, and that's what trainers and owners appreciate. They need every dollar of purse money they can get."
"Edwin has a good work ethic," said Bonde in explaining why he rides him. "He's a talented kid who's a good gate rider and a good finisher. He's my kind of rider."
Dickens would have agreed.
Neil Drysdale has had The Lumber Guy since the gray son of Grand Slam ran a bang up second to Trinniberg in the Breeders' Cup Sprint at Santa Anita on Nov. 3, when the colt was moved from trainer Michael Hushion to the Hall of Fame trainer at Betfair Hollywood Park.
"He's doing well so far," Drysdale said of The Lumber Guy, who shows five published workouts over Hollywood's Cushion Track since his Sprint runner-up effort under John Velazquez, who comes in from the East Coast to ride The Lumber Guy in the Malibu.
With rain falling on Santa Anita into Monday morning, the main track was closed to workouts although the training track was open. Drysdale said The Lumber Guy, the 3-1 morning line favorite, would run in the Malibu even if the track were off.
Owned by Barry Schwartz, The Lumber Guy has s four wins from seven starts and earnings of $735,800. He already has a Grade I win, coming in the Vosburgh Invitational over a "good" Belmont track last Sept. 29.
The field for the Malibu, race eight of nine: Fed Biz, Mike Smith, 9-2; Jimmy Creed, Garrett Gomez, 6-1; Drill, Martin Garcia, 4-1; The Lumber Guy, John Velazquez, 3-1; Politicallycorrect, Joel Rosario, 6-1; Basmati, Mario Gutierrez, 20-1; Castaway, Joe Talamo, 20-1; Private Zone, Martin Pedroza, 10-1; Guilt Trip, Rafael Bejarano, 12-1; and Unbridled's Note, Corey Nakatani, 9-2.
Reneesgotzip worked hard from the No. 1 post position to win the Dec. 1 Skillful Joy Stakes by a neck under Garrett Gomez at Betfair Hollywood Park. The race originally was scheduled at six furlongs on turf but moved to Cushion Track due to inclement weather.
The 3-year-old daughter of City Zip owned by the Lanni Family Trust faces another daunting task on opening day, Wednesday, at Santa Anita when she takes on 4-5 morning line favorite My Miss Aurelia in the Grade I La Brea Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at seven furlongs.
"Reneesgotzip is doing great," said trainer Peter Miller, coming off a highly successful 2012 in which he captured his first training title, at Del Mar. "She didn't like the track at Hollywood that day. It was real deep and tiring, but she won in spite of it."
Miller knows that 2011 Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic runner-up My Miss Aurelia is the one to beat. "She's a very good filly," Miller said. "It should be a helluva race."
The La Brea field: Mamma Kimbo, Mike Smith, 6-1; Nechez Dawn, Edwin Maldonado, 8-1; Reneesgotzip, Garrett Gomez, 4-1; Creditcardroulette, Joel Rosario, 20-1; My Miss Aurelia, Corey Nakatani, 4-5; Candrea, Martin Garcia, 10-1; and Book Review, Rafael Bejarano, 4-1.
Smart Ellis is the Joe Btfsplk of Thoroughbred race horses. Bltfsplk is the Al Capp character in Li'l Abner who is the world's biggest jinx. He walks around with a perpetually dark rain cloud a foot over his head. Once he appears on any scene, dreadfully bad luck befalls anyone in his vicinity.
"Steadied, five wide into stretch; bit awkward start; off slow, steadied; rallied, bump late; inside, bumped, steadied," are but five of Daily Racing Form's trouble line comments on Smart Ellis in his nine career starts. He seems to encounter the Bermuda Triangle in every race.
Richard Mandella is hoping for clear sailing for Smart Ellis in the Grade III Sir Beaufort Stakes scheduled for one mile on turf on opening day.
"He was born in trouble," said the Hall of Fame trainer, who conditions the chestnut son of 2004 Kentucky Derby winner Smarty Jones for long-time clients Wertheimer and Frere, who also bred the chestnut colt. "Even one race (on turf at Del Mar in July) he won he had trouble."
With an erratic local weather pattern of late, there was a chance the race could be moved to the main track. "He'll probably run any way," Mandella said.
The field for the Sir Beaufort: Fit to Rule, Edwin Maldonado, 4-1; Press Baron, Victor Espinoza, 10-1; Smart Ellis, Julien Leparoux, 9-2; Big Bane Theory, Joe Talamo, 9-2; Midnight Crooner, Martin Garcia, 3-1; Conspiracy, Garrett Gomez, 8-1; Battle Force, Mike Smith, 6-1; and Silentio, Rafael Bejarano, 9-2.
FINISH LINES: Joel Rosario, a 10-time Southern California riding champion who last year moved his base of operations to the East Coast under the direction of top agent Ron Anderson, is named on six horses opening day, but Anderson said the native of the Dominican Republic won't remain at Santa Anita. "From time to time he'll have stakes mounts at Santa Anita," Anderson said, "but he'll mainly be in Florida and where ever the stakes mounts take him." . . . Retired trainer Mel Stute, 85, still recuperating in Pomona from a spill in which he suffered a head injury, hopes to celebrate Christmas with a post-holiday visit at a satellite facility. "He seemed really, really good yesterday when I visited with him," said his son, trainer Gary Stute. "He shouldn't be in there much longer. He still can't lift himself out of the chair, but other than that, he seemed really good. Hopefully, we'll get him to Fairplex for a while on opening day."


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The Orc in the alpha, and maybe more so in the beta, give you a great advantage at level 1. If you convert all of the glyphs as a human, you get a modest +% bonus and could probably kill a level 2. If you convert all of the glyphs as an orc, you could very likely take down a level 3 creature as long as it has low damage. This allows you to level up faster in the beginning, which makes you much strong later on.
Since we were on the topic of magic vs. phys damage earlier, here's a quick way to make the fireball much more useful, and the wizard pretty much amazing: throw an item in that reduces the cost of burndayaz by 1. Most classes cast for 5, where then the wizard can cast for 4. That's a whole lot of fireballs and AM pleasing power.
There are also a ton! of items that make a physical damage user stronger - really big sword, the tri-sword, turog's equipment, all of the blacksmith items, long sword, etc. Where is the love for mages? Where is the item or glyph or boon that reduces enemy magic resistance? Or the wand that increases fireball's damage by +1/level (exactly like AM's boon)?


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Programs \ Public Policy \ MOFGA Position Statements \ National Animal Identification System
MOFGA Position Statement on the National Animal Identification System
(adopted August 10, 2006)
The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) strongly opposes the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The program proposes that livestock farmers register their premises, identify all newborn animals and flocks, and track movements of new animals from one owner to another. It is intended to cover every place where farmers keep livestock - from huge feedlots and confinement dairies with 20,000 animals or more, to small backyards where families keep three chickens to produce fresh eggs for themselves.
MOFGA opposes this program because:
MOFGA's Approach to Animal Health
Society must rethink the way it tackles animal health problems, and it must empower farmers to help find solutions. The Department must support these efforts directly. Any animal wellness program implemented to help prevent the spread of an animal disease epidemic should be voluntary, confidential, provide appropriate exemptions for farms not participating in interstate commerce, and emphasize a continued investment in livestock health. This will require the active participation of a wide range of farmers, as well as more technical veterinary support from the State.
Appropriate Actions


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The walrus just became my new favorite animal.
This all started tonight when my cousin posted a picture on Facebook of herself and her younger sister, circa 1989. They are seated in a little red wagon and my younger cousin looks like her face has begun the slow, painful process of eating itself. Seriously, her cheeks are freaking huge. Like, physically impossible huge. No child should ever suffer the immense weight of so much face fat at such a young age. "Behemoth" doesn't begin to describe their sheer magnitude. They appear to have their own gravitational pull. It's sad, really.
"She looks like a pufferfish wearing a bonnet," I wrote under the picture.
"She was the size of a baby walrus growing up," my cousin replied.
"I can't hold my pee in I'm laughing so hard," her younger sister typed with her walrus hands, peeing all over herself in a fit of uncontrollable laughter.
This hilarious discussion led to me Googling "baby walrus," which was a delight in and of itself because I knew in my heart of hearts that this term has never been Googled before by anyone anywhere. Go ahead and do it later and tell me how awesome the image results were for you.
While we're on the subject of walruses, I've long held the notion that no human better resembles the walrus - and vice versa - than Wilford Brimley. If you put a walrus in a Quaker Oats or Liberty Medical diabetes testing supplies commercial, I wouldn't know the difference. I'd be like, "Look at that walrus riding a horse trying to sell me oatmeal! I bet he has diabetes!" (For the record, diabetes is no laughing matter. Wilford Brimley pronouncing it "diabeetus" is however.)
There exists on YouTube a clip of Wilford Brimley's face morphing into that of a walrus. The resemblance is uncanny. The whiskers, the mustache, it's beautiful. As if that isn't amazing enough, someone with far too much time on their hands - probably a pimply Danish hooligan named Kaarll - created an unreal YouTube remix entitled "Wilford Brimley's Diabetes Dance Mix." Again, search for it after reading this and send me a mental high-five. I couldn't make this stuff up better if I tried.
If I may digress, just think for a minute about how cool it would be to own a walrus and train it to do tricks for your friends…
Obviously, the first trick I would teach Ben (that's what I'd name him) would be to sing along in a British accent to The Beatles' "I Am the Walrus." On every "goo goo g'joob" he'd lift his John Lennon glasses with his flipper and cross his walrus eyes and there would be much frivolity indeed. "LOL!" my friends would exclaim.
I'd train him to valet cars at various large social gatherings such as wedding receptions or neighborhood block parties. He'd wear a red velvet tuxedo jacket and do a horrible job.
I'd sign him up for toothpaste commercials.
We'd be best friends.
That is, until he had to go back to his walrus family at sea (understandable) and we'd be forced to part ways. He'd gently pat my side with his walrus flipper, entrust me with his John Lennon glasses, and clumsily waddle off the dock and into the cold, bitter waters of goodbye, while tender strains of "I'm Free" by John Secada would meander about softly in the distance.
"Godspeed, sweet friend. Godspeed," I'd say.
Fade to black, credits, hilarious outtakes of Ben as a valet setting off car alarms and losing keys over a Smashmouth song.


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This pattern is for even count peyote stitch using a Delica 11/0 seed bead palette. There are 12 colors. Image of worked up piece, large bead graph, bead legend and word chart included. Measures 1.32" x 6.71". Need a different size? Convo me with your request. Patterns not to be reproduced or distributed in any way. They are for your personal use to make for yourself or to sell the FINISHED bracelet, not the pattern. BASIC SKILLS NECESSARY peyote stitch SIZING / FINISHED MEASUREMENTS 1.32 x 6.71


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Better Roads Digital Magazine
Issue link: http://read.dmtmag.com/i/187662
BLIZZARD Blizzard's new Speedwing plow "thinks for itself" with wings that automatically angle forward or back (based on blade position)to maximize plowing efficiency. When angled for windrowing, the trailing wing folds back in line with the moldboard while leading wing retains its forward position to capture more snow, reduce spill-off, and allow use of the entire blade. www.blizzardplows.com; (414) 354-2310 Buyers Products' VMD-Series plows feature stainless moldboard for high corrosion resistance and are designed for half-ton pickups. HINIKER The new VF series flare-wing trip-edge V-plows from Hiniker feature deep-curl flared wings, providing the capacity to push snow farther and higher. Double-acting hydraulic cylinders provide positive hydraulic control. Quad halogen headlights have up to twice the power of typical sealed beam lamps. Also available in a conventional level-top configuration, the new VF series is available in 8.5- and 9.5-foot widths. Ribs incorporated into the steel superstructure of the plow combine with a 2-inch steel torque tube for strength. The moldboard is low-friction, high-density polyethylene that is corrosion-free, dent-resistant and never needs refinishing. www.hiniker.com; (507) 625-6621 The Boss Power-V DXT is their new V-plow for pickups; it features a tapered and dual-trip moldboard. Its design mimics those built for larger commercial trucks. WESTERN PRODIGY The Western Prodigy thinks for itself -- delivering multi-position winged plow performance in a unit that's as easy to operate as a straight blade. When positioned for straightahead plowing, both wings automatically angle forward, defaulting to a "scoop" position that clears an 8-foot-7-inch swath. As the blade angles left or right for windrowing, heavy-duty coil compression springs and cable assembly pull the trailing wing back until it aligns with the moldboard while the leading wing remains angled forward to capture more snow and clear a 7-foot-10-inch swath. Available for both pickups and skid-steers. www.westernplows.com; (414) 354-2310 Fisher Engineering's XLS plow, designed for half-ton pickups, features a straight blade with extendable, adjustable-angle wings. a plow; time spent doing this is time not making money. How does the plow lift? Chain lift plows are considered old school because they've been around forever, but they lift higher than those lifted by hydraulic arms, allowing you to stack more snow due to the extended available height. Are the hydraulics, hoses, and cylinders protected? Hydraulic lines, fittings, manifolds, and cylinders are the most often damaged parts of a plow. Employing a cover keeps these parts semi-protected (no plastic cover will keep the ice and snow chunks completely away, but it's a good first line of defense). If you have those questions and concerns answered, then the hardest part of purchasing the next plows for your fleet and corporate operation is over. The buying is easy. Western's new Wide-Out uses a straight blade with adjustable wings; the plow can be extended from 8 to 10 feet wide by extending the wings, which can be angled to scoop as well. propickupmag.com PROPICKUP 45 PP1013_Snow Plows.indd 45 9/9/13 9:02 AM


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As of Aug. 1, I have been a resident of the Southwest for 13 years. The year we moved to Texas, 1999, we arrived in the middle of a prolonged dry, hot, dusty spell. It had not rained over much of the region for several months, at least not substantial rain. And temperatures pushed above 100 daily. We figured it was an aberration.
We learned different.
I don't know how many of the last 13 years have been unusually dry—I'm not even certain what the term unusually dry would mean in a region that seems to be "usually dry." But I don't recall a summer since 1999 that didn't feature at least a month or so of dry weather—at least in part of the region.
Farmers and ranchers, I've discovered, expect occasional drought. They've learned to live with it. They endure, somehow. Last year, however, truly was an aberration—drier, hotter and windier than most had ever encountered. This year's dry stretch, in comparison, may be just a common, run of the mill, average drought. Rainfall has been scarce but not totally absent.
Coming so soon after last summer's record heat and drought, however, makes this one adequate to create problems. Add in decreasing water supplies, water use restrictions and more hot weather, and the drought of 2012 may not reach the superlative descriptions (some unprintable ones) of the 2011 dry spell, but it'll do.
Since the first year I was a Texas resident, I've heard about the State Water Plan, the formula that legislators and planners hope will guide water use for the next 50 years so the state doesn't run out. It's a big job. As far back as 10 years ago, state agencies were facing the daunting task of assuring that Texas would have enough water to satisfy the needs of a rapidly growing population. That scenario now looks out 40 years and the chore is no less daunting, likely more so, that it was in 2000. The population is growing; water resources are diminishing.
A recent water management conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico, addressed the problem, one that faces most of the Western states. The overriding conviction of conference participants was that the problem will only increase in importance and that water consumers—agriculture, industry, municipalities and private citizens—must develop plans that include conservation, more efficient irrigation for crops and a better understanding of the need to balance needs of various segments of society.
One speaker, Billy Kiffen, Texas AgriLife Extension, explained how he provides all his water needs with rainfall in a remote part of Texas where municipal water is not available and wells are not possible.
"We did it last year on less than 5 inches of rainfall," he said. He admitted that it was not easy and that a few times he was a bit concerned, but 5 inches proved to be enough. That may seem an extreme measure, but as populations grow and demand increases, rainfall harvest may become a critical means of capturing and utilizing rainwater that otherwise runs off into streets and sewers.
Other speakers also discussed methods to improve agricultural water use—better, more efficient irrigation systems, better pumping facilities and other techniques. The solution to a looming water problem likely will not be one silver bullet.
Water, one speaker said, may be a limited resource but is also a renewable one. The limitations of that resource, however, have been apparent this year as more than 50 percent of the United States has been subject to significant drought. Balance and cooperation, Brian Hurd, New Mexico State University economist, said, will be crucial in addressing an issue that will only become more acute as populations and water demand increase.
"Water," the conference theme reminded, is "The foundation of agricultural sustainability."


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Apple, Microsoft, and others, a little over a month ago in a letter to the EU, warning that the EU's new proposed unified patent law could lead to more patent trolling:
To mitigate the potential for abuses of such power, courts should be guided by principles set forth in the rules of procedure to assess proportionality prior to granting injunctions. And PAEs should not be allowed to use injunctions for the sole purpose of extracting excessive royalties from operating companies that fear business disruption.
A new front opened today in the patent wars between large technology companies, as a consortium that owns thousands of patents from the Nortel bankruptcy auction filed suit against Google and other manufacturers alleging infringement. Rockstar, which is owned jointly by Apple, Blackberry, Ericsson, Microsoft, and Sony, filed suit in US District Court in Texas. In addition to Google, the consortium has alleged infringement by Asus, HTC, Huawei, LG, Pantech, Samsung, and ZTE.
They're not just scumbags - they are lying scumbags.
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No, I think his response wasn't responding to what he wanted the parent to say, but was himself broadening the scope to point out that there were no good options if they wanted to boycott companies on that basis. Its what's refereed to as a leading question.
Mike: Hi Dave.
Dave: Hi Mike. Did you beat your wife last night?
In that example Dave isn't implying that anything in Mike's comment suggested that he was beating his wife, his question is suggesting that he commonly does this based on information outside their current conversation.