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Thomas Hastert, has pled guilty to 59 felony counts of embezzlement, securities fraud, and selling unregistered securities.
Hastert brokered over 270 hard-money loans in Nevada, Sacramento, Sutter, Butte, Placer, and Yolo Counties between September 2004 and September 2007 for real estate development projects. Hard-money loans typically provide high returns for private investors and are secured through collateral such as real estate.
Hastert secured $20 million from several investors, using the funds to broker hard-money loans to borrowers seeking to develop homes on real estate.
In the criminal complaint, Hastert is alleged to have:
- Misled investors. Hastert told investors that borrowers had excellent credit scores and were capable of repaying the loans. This proved to be untrue. Many borrowers had poor credit scores, did not make regular payments on the loans, and held properties that were in foreclosure.
- The loans that Hastert brokered were required by law to be placed into a special trust account overseen by a third-party escrow firm to ensure the project was being built. Hastert never did. Hastert used the money to pay his office expenses and other development projects. There was no oversight.
- Hastert told investors he would personally oversee the development of the land. In one instance, he was asked by investors to drive them to a particular property that was supposedly under development. Hastert could not locate the property.
- Set up fake investors, known as "straw men," to keep concerned investors at bay. Hastert filed documents with a county recorder's office saying that his secretary owned a majority interest in the investment, despite the fact that she had never invested a single dollar. If a legitimate investor tried to initiate foreclosure proceedings, Hastert would contend that the supposed majority owner opposed the action.
- Embezzled fees. Hastert was entitled to collect a 3% fee on loans he brokered. However, he took all his fees up-front as if the loan were fully funded. In fact, some loans never fully funded, and others took more than a year to fully fund.
"For three years, Hastert pulled off an elaborate real-estate scam, squeezing millions out of investors," Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. said. "Hastert's days of swindling are at an end, and he will spend the next 5 years in prison."
Brown filed criminal charges against Hastert in the Nevada County Superior Court in February 2009 for embezzlement, securities fraud, selling unregistered securities, and filing false documents.
Hastert will be formally sentenced on June 25 in Nevada County Superior Court. He is expected to receive 5 years in prison.


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From the days of the PS one, this downloadable game allows you to play the classic original on your PSP handheld system or PS3 home console.
Harry Mason and his daughter Cheryl are heading to a small midwestern resort town. Suddenly, Harry sees a dark figure in the street and swerves to avoid it, causing a serious accident. After coming to, Harry realizes that he has smashed the car and Cheryl is missing. Further, it has started to snow in the middle of summer, and the town appears to be deserted. You must guide Harry through the town while he searches for his daughter and tries to discover what happened in this strange community. Along the way, you will explore a hospital, elementary school, and the streets of the town. Since Harry is an ordinary guy, he will have to catch his breath after running and will often miss his target when shooting. The entire game is given a frightening feeling with eerie lighting effects especially since the town is dark and the vast majority of lighting comes from a flashlight. Will Harry be able to save his daughter and escape the town in Silent Hill?
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Go to the Games Section of your Xbox 360 Dashboard and click on "Browse Games". The Sales and Specials app is currently located in the upper right corner of the "Featured" page (the first section when you browse games). This morning Madden 13 was the featured game on the Sales and Special app.
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The Chain Reaction feature is a series of specials that are dependent on each other, get the first deal and your eligible for the next and the next and so on. The free bi-plane from the Toy Soldiers game is the first leg of the current Chain Reaction deal.
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"Happy Birthday Suzanne,
make seem like we really mean it"
LMAO! I laughed out loud when I saw this one! I wonder if the baker boy got fired?
yes! I busted out laughing when this one made the internet rounds. It just begs the question "Do people ever think at work?"
it's dumb to add 'and underneath that'... but worse to write 'and under neat that' !!
I can't believe no one else caught this and commented on it. It says under Neat. not, under-neath. It is neat, I'll give it that.
I was working at a Walmart bakery as a decorator when my mom emailed that to me. I posted it on our wall.
ok, this seriously Takes The Cake. Makes me wonder how people get out of bed safely in the morning!
I like the mispelling of "Underneath"
Under Neat
I used to work at a bakery that wrote the greetings on marzipan- on one cake the happy birthday was written, and then the person's ENTIRE address was written below it (from the order slip)
I just found your site and had to go through every post. I'm now crying because I've been laughing so hard.
This site is amazing!
Keep it up.
-that girl down south
Do people have to pay for these "cake wrecks"??? While they are funny...if I had carefully planned some get together with a cake and got something like this...I would be mad!
Oh THANK you so much for this making this blog. I haven't laughed this hard in a long time.
Great blog! I had to read all the posts, I couldn't stop...
That was too much - like the other poster I just went through every single post and now I'm crying with laughter. I just woke the kids up twice laughing so loud. Comguadulations on a great "blog"!
I first read about this cake on Snopes. They have several more "cake inscriptions gone wrong" and some are hysterically funny. One dates back to 1942!
Go to Snopes and search for "cake talk."
Found your site on the guardian webpage today and loving your work but I have had to stop, I am literally weeping with laughter at this cake.... it hurts :)
I have to disagree with Jondi who wrote "...if I had carefully planned some get together with a cake and got something like this...I would be mad!"
Think about the entertainment value of this blog. Now, imagine it in real life...you and your friends/colleagues/whatevers laughing hysterically at the mistakes, and laughing even harder at the people who don't see anything wrong. These cakes are worth every penny.
(sorry if this a duplicate post, but I think my earlier attempt failed)
I would guess that the phone call went like this:
"Write 'Best Wishes Suzanne', and then write underneath that 'We Will Miss You'..."
I guess. o_o That's the only thing I can think of that would translate out into this particular breed of fail.
Talk about literal.
A friend had that happen: He left a message saying, "Hi, this is Mike Barker over at ____ Labs, could you please send me the results I need, etc."
The girl sent it to "Mike Barkerover".
I think the misspelling, "Under Neat" says it all.
I love it...of all the pictures, this is the only one that got me all-out laughing.
Read through the whole blog (got here from the Aug 1st Woot WWWoundup) and enjoyed it... but for some reason (maybe it was a built-up effect) this post literally made me fall over laughing... twice. Wow.
Ok, clearly the cake was decorated by someone who doesn't speak english and doesn't understand the meaning behind "underneath that"
Clearly the person was given the words to write on the cake. The cake decorator (immigrant) spelled it all out having no idea of its meaning.
The person writing the instructions should have know this and adjusted accordingly. The incorrectly spelled word is the "icing on the cake" but, it's not the real mistake here. The fact that underneath that was written on the cake is the big joke.
I just read every post on your site and I'm in tears.
Oh my god! I firmly believe that people should be required to take an i.q. test before they are allowed to breed. Wow.
I'm more worried that these cake decorators just don't speak English! You'd think that would be a requirement!! lol
Hey! I just went through all your posts and I have to say, this blog is amazing :) Thanks for sharing these wrecks with us ;)
I live in the country where this cake was decorated and it is so true!
I have been to the bakery dept of this grocery store!
Found this blog via CollegeHumor.com about an hour before I had to go to work today. I had to talk myself down from the laughing/crying jag I was on. I think my wife wonders if I need to be medicated. Gads, I haven't laughed this hard in FOREVER. The photos are, of course, priceless, but your wit in your descriptions is the (dare I put it this way) the icing on the cake. Great blog! Bookmarked!
I know plenty of native English speakers who would make a mistake like this... don't blame immigrants for cakes gone wrong!
I thought it was "under neat that" you were supposed to write "we will miss you". Hello??? That h isn't silent!
This is the downfall of oral instruction. When I was a kid, I was about to compete in the state spelling bee in our state capital (Phoenix). So my sister sent me a telegram that was supposed to say CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BEST SPELLER NOW ON TO PHOENIX. It actually read CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BEST SPELLER HOW UNDEFEATED. Oddly, it still worked . . . Now I just want some cake.
This has truly made my day! Hilarious stuff!
When I graduated from college, I put in an order for a cake with a simple border and a couple of groupings of lavender roses. The cake I received was decorated with a big... brown... "Indian head".
The worst part? I ordered the cake from the bakery WHERE I WORKED.
My family still brings it up every once in a while. They think it's hilarious.
This is amzingly funny. I'm so glad you have this blog.
On a vagely related note. The place where I used to work is on East Haven Dr. I once got a call from a person asking to speak to "East" I asked him to repeat that and he said "East" again. So I asked if he wanted to talk to a Mr. East Haven. He said yes. I then explained to him that was out address, and hung up, stifling giggles.
What's amazing is.... several posts on here misspell "misspell" making fun of the kid that probably had to transcribe this from whoever took the order. I bet the baker was handed some chicken scratch of a note as to what should be on the cake.
Well, look on the bright side: That cake decorator's got GREAT penmanship.
LMAO -- That's too good! I see underneath is misspelled, too. :-) At least the decorator has good handwriting, though -- quite likely better than the person who took the customer's message!
You have TOTALLY made my evening. Morning.
It's 2:33 am, I stumbled across this blog by accident, and I am .. in love.
This site is just hilarious and I'm readin' every single post.
Okay, clearly Anonymous from August 4th doesn't speak English (capital E) either. Oh, and by the way, sentences end with a period and "known" is the past participle of "to know", incase you didn't know.
I love this site, and I was in stitches until I read your ignorant comment. I'm surprised it was published to be honest, since this is not an immigrant-bashing forum. Boo.
He was just writing what it say, right?...
LOL!!! this is hilarious! I've been laughing since I found your site!
This is hilarious!
I do feel bad for the bakers where I live as most of them don't even speak English as a second language. After living abroad, I can totally see myself having made that mistake.
Totally made my day!
and they spelled underneath wrongOX
Sometimes... when I am sad or bored... I look at this cake and feel better about myself.
Thankyu "ckae" wrekcs four exclamation points
oh dear.
Yes. They're doing a FINE job of educating us.
I read through just about every post last night, but couldn't keep my eyes open any longer. Imagine my joy/shock/surprise when I opened an email forward first thing this morning... only to find this exact cake!
Yippee!..let's go see about submitting this one to Cake Wrecks.
You can probably guess the rest.
Hey, at least you know I read the guidelines...
Thank you, thank you, thank you - you've made my year! This is the funniest blog I've seen in ages. I will now be on the look out for cake wrecks in Krakow!
This blog is SOO funny!
At the end of the semester, our teacher brought a cake that he swore was supposed to say "Thanks for the semester" instead it said "Thanks for September!"
Must have been one heckuva month!
Oh how I wish I would have taken a photo!!
My hubbie just called from downstairs and told me to keep it down. I had been laughing so hard at the other cakes and then came to this one and lost it! I think I peed my pants a little.


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Any items that are marked "Closeout," "Bargain Bin," or "Scratch and Dent" are not eligible for returns under any circumstances. These items are deeply discounted and are considered final sales. No refunds will be issued for these products. In select cases we may allow for returns/exchanges of these products for store credit, as well as a 20% re-stocking fee and the buyer will be responsible for any shipping costs.
Royal International LLC Limited Warranty Terms & Conditions
Royal International, LLC. proudly offers One Year Limited Manufacturers Warranties and Two Year Limited Manufacturers Warranties on select products from the following brands: Derby Originals, Tahoe Tack, Paris Tack, and CuteNFuzzy.
Warranty Eligibility and Registration
Our warranty information is given on individual product cards. We recommend that buyers register their products online so that important information like the product purchase date and the lot number of that product is entered and recorded into our system. The buyer should, if possible, also save the warranty card that came with their product. Doing so will expedite the warranty claims progress.
Product warranties are voided if the product is purchased secondhand or transferred from the original registered owner. A dated proof of purchase must be present at the time a warranty claim is submitted. The warranty only covers the main body of the product and does not cover any replaceable straps, snaps, velcro closures, or other accessories which may be purchased separately. Warranties are only valid for the specified duration, with a start date set as the date of purchase.
In order to register your product online, all you have to do is go to derbyoriginals.com and click the banner on the top of the page that says "Warranty Registration". There you will be directed to fill out a form with your product and purchase information. Completing this process will greatly speed up the warranty return/replacement process later on, should you need to, so we encourage all buyers to take this extra step.
What our Warranties Cover
Our limited warranties on our products are offered only towards manufacturing defects of the product. Any and all damage to products that are caused by abuse, normal wear and tear, or accidents are not covered. Replaceable parts such as hardware, straps, snaps, and velcro closures are not eligible for warranty coverage and instead, replacement parts can be purchased through us.
We are unable to offer full warranty coverage on most of our products due to the nature of their use: products designed for use with horses and other livestock animals are often at a very high risk of damage by the animal. Minor damage* is to be expected in most cases due to the nature of horses rubbing blankets on fences, chewing on and pawing at hay bags, etc. We will look at each warranty case individually and decide what the best course of action is on a case by case basis.
How to Initiate the Warranty Coverage Process
To claim a replacement on a defective product that is under warranty, you must follow the steps below:
You must call us at (330)494-4066 or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com and inform us of the warranty defect, and if possible include information such as the vendor you purchased the item from, proof of purchase, your warranty registration information (if you registered the product), and include a description of the damage/defect the item has, or send us photos.
If you are a local customer, you may call us and arrange to bring the defective item into our headquarters to be examined by one of our Tack Experts. Our Tack Experts will examine the item thoroughly and determine whether the item does have manufacturing defects/quality issues, or if the damage is due to an accident, abuse, or normal wear and tear. If the product has minor damage* and is usable with repair, then up to a $20.00 gift certificate will be awarded to the customer to cover the costs of repairing the item, and the warranty will then be voided for the duration of the warranty period on said item.
If our Tack Experts determine that the item in question is not covered by warranty damage, they have the right to refuse repair or replacement coverage. If it is determined that the item is covered by our warranty, then a replacement, or suitable repair will be approved.
Minor damage is defined as repairable damage such as loose stitching, minor rips, tears, or holes, broken replaceable hardware, etc.
If the customer is unable to bring the item in question to our business, then photos of the item in question can be emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com. Within two business days, one of our tack experts will check these photos, and at their discretion offer up to a $20.00 gift certificate for minor repair, allow for a replacement (either fully covered by us, or partially covered by us), or deny the warranty claim.
By registering your item for a warranty, you agree that all legal disputes are to be filed in the Massillon Court, Ohio only.
Proportional Warranty Values
In the case of hay-holding products such as hay bags, hay nets, or hay bale bags, they are often seen as toys by horses once they are empty, and are chewed on, pawed at, or otherwise damaged. Because of this, they can be worn down very fast or damaged and so although they are warrantied items, they are warrantied at a proportional value. To see these values throughout the entire duration of the warranty period, view our chart below.
Time Since Purchase Proportionate Value Credit For Manufacturing or Material Defects Only
1 month 100% of retail price
2 months 80% of retail price
3 month 70% of retail price
4 months 60% of retail price
5 month 50% of retail price
6 months 50% of retail price
7- 11 months 30% of retail price
11 to 12 months 10% of retail price
*In order to combat warranty fraud, all warranty claims submitted within three days of the end of the warranty period, will be scrutinized very closely. All warranties submitted during that period will only have a 5% proportional value.
Return Policies
If the item in question is found to be damaged by abuse, an accident, or any other non-covered reason, the customer may pick the item up, pay to have it shipped back to them, or have us destroy the item. All replacement items will be shipped out at the customer's expense, and the shipping costs must be paid before the item will be sent out. If a customer gives us a product to be repaired, the item will be repaired, and then shipped back to the customer at their expense. All warranty items may be picked up for free by the customer at our warehouse location of they prefer. Our pick-up/drop-off details are listed below.
Warranty Pickup/Drop-Off Information
Pick-Up/Drop-Off Times 10am – 4pm
Pick-Up Days Monday – Friday
*Excluding federal holidays
Location 7900 Whipple Ave NW
North Canton, OH 44720
The vendor or retailer you originally purchased your Limited Warranty Item from is not liable for any warranty issues and cannot be held accountable for warranty issues or replacements. Only Royal International, LLC. Can offer warranty replacements, refunds, or exchanges. Customers can contact us by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com, or calling us at (330)494-4066.


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Pumpkin Patch
Saturday, October 12, 2013
11:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Please note: This event has already taken place. Please use the Search options on the right to find upcoming events.
October is pumpkin month at the Farm Museum. Enjoy wandering through the planting fields to find your favorite pumpkin.A fun farm treat for the whole family.
Queens County Farm Museum in Queens Farm Park
Directions to this location
73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral, NY 11004
Price of pumpkin is based on pumpkin size.
Event Organizer
Queens County Farmhouse Museum
Contact Number
(718) 347-3276


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Closing the Gender (Data) Gap: Clinton, Kim Launch New Efforts for Better Gender Data
The phrase "gender gap" may be well known – but what about the gender gap for data? Today at an event at the Gallup Organization in Washington, D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim called for better data-gathering on girls and women as an essential way to boost women's empowerment and economic growth.
"Gender equality is vital for growth and competitiveness," said Dr. Kim at "Evidence and Impact: Closing the Gender Data Gap" in Washington, co-hosted by the State Department and the Gallup Organization.
But the lack of gender-disaggregated data hampers development efforts in many countries, Dr. Kim said.
"We need to find this missing data. We need to make women count."


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A Missouri mystery: Timber wolf or coyote?
From high up in a tree stand, the hunter poised his crossbow.
A coyote was coming into range. A big one. From the look of it, maybe even record size for Missouri.
The shaft zipped with deadly aim. But when the hunter climbed down and inspected his "coyote," he noticed things. The muzzle was wider. The legs seemed too long, the ears too short. And it was even bigger than the bowman realized.
This, he thought with rising panic, was no Howard County coyote.
Missouri, with its ever-growing bear census — perhaps 650 statewide — and smattering of mountain lions, has had only two wolf sightings in the last decade.
Perhaps one more as of Nov. 2.
The Missouri Department of Conservation got a call. The hunter said he'd been inside the Franklin Island Conservation Area, where he was licensed to hunt both deer and coyote.
But wolves are listed as a protected species in Missouri. The worried bowman, who asked to stay anonymous, wasn't in trouble, despite regulations against killing a mountain lion, bear or wolf unless they present a danger. This kill was an honest case of mistaken identity, the department decided.
Word spread fast about the carcass heading to the department's Columbia location. Seasoned biologists and animals agents crowded in, eager to see such a rare sight.
It weighed in at 81 pounds.
"Yeah, I think it's a timber wolf," said Jeff Beringer, a top mammal biologist.
Was the immature male someone's "pet?" No tattoos or transponder tags. No collar or evidence of one.
Biologists inspected paws, toes, nails for the calluses that develop from the pacing of a caged animal. Nothing.
No lice, mange or broken teeth, either.
"A very healthy, strong specimen," said Beringer. "Probably on a walkabout, and probably from one of the lake states."
The necropsy of stomach contents also will offer clues.
"If we find a half-eaten taco then we'll think this was probably somebody's pet. But I don't expect we'll see anything more than what we guess would be in there," he said. More like a diet of rabbits, voles and squirrels.
DNA has been sent to an Oregon lab, but the origins of this creature won't be known for more than a month.
If the sample genes cry "wolf " in this case, the old record of a 74-pound coyote will hold. If it's a coyote, however, the department will release the body to the hunter.
Timber wolves, also known as gray wolves, once lived in northern Missouri, but were gone by the late 1800s. Two years ago, a 103-pound female killed in Carroll County came from a wolf pack up north, DNA showed. Same as the one shot in Grundy County in 2002.
But there are some wolves in Missouri. From the 63 wooded acres in Eureka about 20 minutes from St. Louis, neighbors sometimes hear their howls at the Endangered Wolf Center.
"No, that animal, if it were a wolf, wasn't one of ours," said Regina Mossotti, director of care and conservation. "We don't have any timber wolves here."
Coordinating with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the center has reintroduced dozens of Mexican grays and reds into the wilds of New Mexico and North Carolina. Never in Missouri.
The center was founded in 1971 by Marlin Perkins, known for his TV show, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom.
"Only 58 Mexican gray wolves are left in the wild," she said. Red wolves are not much better, numbering around 100, and all living in North Carolina. "If it wasn't for Marlin Perkins we'd probably have no more Mexican or Red wolves at all in the world.
"But the deer population is skyrocketing at record levels in Missouri. If you ask me, we need wolves. Look at Yellowstone…."
The reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park was an experiment back in 1995. After much debate and political haggling, 31 were brought from Alberta to the huge national park.
"We have 90 wolves right now," said Erin Stahler, who studies them daily. "I'd also say the wolves here definitely have a bright future."
Hearing about the animal shot in Missouri, she looked at photos. "It doesn't look like one of our wolf lines. I'd guess it's from Minnesota," she said.
In Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, timber wolves were removed from the endangered species list. Wisconsin is opening a hunt until February, allowing a kill of 116 creatures. Minnesota's hunt, open until November, is allowing 400 to be killed. So far, between the two states, around 90 wolves have been shot.
Stahler is not against hunting wolves, if the populations can bear it. "If it helps to ease public anxiety by having a wolf harvest season, then do it. It lets humans feel in control. People and their livelihoods come first."
Besides, she said, "After all this time, we've learned at least one thing about wolves.
"They are very resilient animals."


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I've found
BigDecimal a bit harder to use than either Java's
double primitive type or
Double class.
Java doesn't store, calculate, or return the exact representation of the actual floating-point value in some cases.
In this installment, we'll add the ability to move files around via drag-and-drop (something JavaFX easily implements), and open files for viewing and editing using JavaFX controls.
This month,
Dr. Dobb's Journal is devoted to mobile programming. We introduce you to Apple's new Swift programming language, discuss the perils of being the third-most-popular mobile platform, revisit SQLite on Android
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He says it every year — and it always proves to be true. "We're going to have the best show ever," Lee Todd predicts."
But he has even more reason this year for that upbeat forecast. With the expansion of the Memphis Cook Convention Center, the show will have an additional 35,000 square feet of exhibits, making it far and away the largest show ever.
The 51st annual event, set for Feb. 28-March 1, will feature an extensive array of equipment, products, and services, and says Todd, who is show manager, "We're looking forward to having the biggest attendance ever. We hope everyone has these dates circled on their calendars."
The show is sponsored by the Southern Cotton Ginners Association, with Delta Farm Press as co-sponsor.
The exhibit is the largest indoor assembly of agricultural products and equipment in the Mid-South, and the largest cotton equipment trade show in the nation.
Both exhibit space and the number of exhibitors have increased substantially each year, Todd notes, but growth has been limited by the space available at the convention center. With the expansion finally complete, this year there's room for exhibitors who've been on a waiting list and for long-time exhibitors to expand their space.
"In effect, it's just going to be a brand new show," he says. "Everything will be arranged so people can move about more easily. There'll also be expanded food service, so those attending the show will have a wider choice for meals and breaks.
"The show will offer the latest technology, the newest equipment, and the most up-to-date information available to help farmers get ready for the new production season," says Todd."
For the past half-century, he says, the show has been a magnet for leading farmers, ginners, equipment manufacturers-distributors, chemical companies, and providers of a wide variety of services and products for all Mid-South crops.
"There's just one reason for the show's growth and success: It's one of the best ag exhibits in the country, and we intend to keep it that way. We put a lot of effort into improving the show each year. We want everyone to know that when they come to the show, they'll have one-on-one access to the very latest in agriculture."
Sledge Taylor, Como, Miss. ginner and president of the Association, says today's farmers "have to stay abreast of the many changes that are taking place in agriculture, and this show is one way they can get the latest information of interest to them."
In addition to the exhibits, the program includes several Ag Update Seminars, featuring leaders from various industry segments, who offer information on marketing, research, and other important topics. The speaker lineup is:
Friday, Feb. 28, 8:30 a.m.: Richard Bell, Riceland Foods chief executive officer, will present the market outlook for grains; Bobby Green, the new National Cotton Council chairman, will provide an update on council activities; and Memphis cotton merchant William Dunavant will give his annual forecast for U.S. and world cotton.
Saturday, March 1, 8:30 a.m.: Berrye Worsham, president of Cotton Incorporated, will discuss how the producer-funded research and promotion organization helps U.S. growers; O. A. Cleveland, Jr., cottonexperts.com, will discuss cotton economics for 2003; and the program will conclude with a farm legislation update by a staff member from the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee.
At the same time all this is going on, the Southern Cotton Ginners Association and its member organizations will be holding their annual meetings. They include the Arkansas-Missouri Cotton Ginners Association, the Mississippi Cotton Ginners Association, the Tennessee Cotton Ginners Association, and the Louisiana Cotton Ginners Association. Most association meetings and events, including an honors reception/banquet, will be held at the historic Peabody Hotel.
At the annual meeting of the groups Thursday, Feb. 27, at 1:30 p.m. in the Venetian Room at the Peabody, speakers will include: Rick Holder, president, National Cotton Ginners Association; Jerry Marshall, Cargill Cotton Inc., and Jerry Gilbert, Mississippi State University.
Delta Farm Press will publish the official program for the show, which will be distributed to all subscribers in the Feb. 21 issue and to the Alabama circulation of the Feb. 19 Southeast Farm Press. The program will also be available to all show attendees.


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Eye candy link of the week ffffound.com - image porn for the arty types.
Weirdest redesign of the week: Navy to mask Coronado's swastika-shaped barracks. Blame googlemaps.
Paula Scher will design your letterhead for free via HP. Say wha? Ms Scher who always yaks on about the value of design is giving it away? Ah, but she's only giving away really simple templates with two font choices and three colours, not much meat there. Still, there's talk about it in the HOWDesign forums, even twice. Is HP trying to woo designers over to their systems with this? Because if they are, they're doing it wrong.
Speaking of bad design, 'Halo 3' limited-edition tins packaging scratches the disks inside. Ooops!
Lolcats have been showing up in the adforums. How apropos that adtothebone now has the inevitable lolcat/admacro crossover.


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SAN FRANCISCO — Programmable logic supplier QuickLogic Corp. and top-tier EDA vendor Mentor Graphics Corp. have entered a multi-year OEM agreement by which QuickLogic customers get access to Mentor's Precision Synthesis tool within the QuickLogic Quickworks field-programmable gate array (FPGA) development environment, the companies said Tuesday (Dec. 28).
According to the companies, using an interactive graphical environment, designers gain the flexibility to cross-probe between HDL and schematic views. The tool performs "what if" timing analysis with instant feedback, enabling designers to make confident decisions for fast and accurate timing closure, the companies said.
"Precision Synthesis is being used for FPGA designs with their complex timing challenges and system performance requirements," said Tom Hart, chairman, president and CEO of QuickLogic (Sunnyvale, Calif.), in a statement. "We are very pleased to partner with Mentor Graphics in providing our customers with advanced synthesis and debugging capabilities, ease of use and reliability. Via this important new partnership, we believe that our customers using the Precision Synthesis tool will be able to easily target QuickLogic devices and reach the unprecedented levels of performance and power-conscious functionality needed for their future designs."
Precision Synthesis is scheduled to be fully integrated into the QuickWorks FPGA development software in early 2006. Users may also run Precision Synthesis QuickLogic Edition in a stand-alone mode and create a standard electronic data interchange format (EDIF) netlist in the QuickWorks design environment.
The new Precision Synthesis QuickLogic Edition supports QuickLogic's programmable logic devices, including Eclipse I, Eclipse II, QuickMIPs and QuickPCI. Beta support is also available for the QuickLogic's newly announced PolarPro devices, the companies said.
"QuickLogic is a low-power programmable logic leader, and this decision to choose Precision Synthesis as its OEM offering is a strong testament to the design, analysis and productivity benefits delivered by our advanced synthesis technology," said Simon Bloch, general manager, Design Creation and Synthesis division, Mentor Graphics (Wilsonville, Ore.). "Clearly, this partnership will help designers leverage the exceptional value offered by QuickLogic devices, especially in exciting new application areas such as low-power FPGA design."


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By George Crosland
Southern California is the kind of place where you never know whom you might see. Still, it was surprising to see some of the best rippers in the world show up to Mountain Highs Pro/Am Triple Jump competition. I thought all the heavies would be freezing their butts off at the Grand Prix in CO, so it was really cool to see the talent that showed up for this rootsy comp in sunny So Cal. Then again, first prize was $6000, a quad, and a trip to Turtle Bay resort in Hawaii, enough to get anyone up for a day of shredding.
The three jumps were pretty mellow, about 40 feet from lip to landing. These were jumps that many ?normal? riders could make, not the 80 feet and up monster jumps that are common in pro comps today. The riding was far from normal, more like insane. The landing on the first jump was a little short but the snow was soft so whatevs. Fun was the call for the day. None of the competitors were hurt too badly, and spectators could watch between shredding their own lines.
While waiting for the results, participants were treated to free Wahoo?s tacos, Beer and Bacardi. The free alcohol was a change of pace; most events discourage alcohol, let alone provide it for free. A band was playing, and everyone was digging the scene. According to the winner, Shaun White, ?The jumps were kind of scary, but fun? ?Sick for Mountain High, they definitely pulled it off?.
Two different generations were competing. The youngest pro was Eric Jackson (15) and the oldest pro was Shane Smart (31). The pros went first, then the ams got to take their runs. The pros and ams were scored separately. To take the overall win, a rider had to land all three jumps, so consistency was the key. There was also a category for the single-best trick. Each rider only got two runs to try to hit their best maneuvers. There were some 1080?s going down, but for the most part, solid three jump combos took the top spots. The crowd was yelling for the local riders from the sidelines. It was great because the crowd was hyped to be so close to the action. At many of the larger events, the crowd is pretty far from what?s going on.
Local ripper and Mt. High park shaper Shane Smart pulled a double front flip to 900 combo, which earned him third. Shane also got a $6000 Rolex watch because the double flip scored him the best single trick. Blaise Rosenthal took a solid second. Shaun White rode strong (what else is new?) and won what I think was his first event in the US this season. His first run was a 180-900-540 combo and his second run was 7-5-switch 7 combo. Amateurs went after the pros and there was some talent in that class as well. Nicholas Sibyan, in the am class was only 10 years old! Some of these guys will be ruling Generation Z. Last year was a big year for competition with the Olympics and all. This year the contest scene seems a little more chill. Maybe that?s why the Triple Air comp was a good time; everyone was just there to ride and have fun.
1. Shaun White $6000, Kawasaki Quad, Trip to Hawaii
2. Blaise Rosenthal $3000
3. Shane Smart $1500
4. J.P. Tomich $750
5. Roger Yu $575
6. Sean Tedore $450
7. Danny Williams $375
8. Peter Benchetler $350
9. Nate Sheehan $325
10. Claton Shoemaker $300
11. Chris Wychoff $275
12. Jake Beechler $250
13. Matt Hammer $225
14. Rahm Klampert $200
15. Todd Pearson
16. John Jackson
Best Trick
Shane Smart $6000 Rolex watch for Double Front Flip, I think
1. Nathan Cromar
2. Chad Tarbell
3. Cody Clemmons
4. Kyle Lopicollo
5. Brent Beeson
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Hello, I lurk a lot on Concept Art before and so I decided to open my own topic of sketches and scribbles that I will hopefully update once in a short while. Comments and critque is ofcourse welcome.
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Hello, I lurk a lot on Concept Art before and so I decided to open my own topic of sketches and scribbles that I will hopefully update once in a short while. Comments and critque is ofcourse welcome.
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Some muscle studies from a book named Anatomy for the artist by Sarah Simblet (I got the Dutch edition though). Hopefully after the weekend more sketches.
Darn, did'nt made my promise. I had a small period where I did'nt draw much, ah well here's a update. I just need to get the hang of It again...
Sucky period. There's not much this time, sorry.
The first one is some quick drawing from still life at my desk the other day and yes I have that Cammy figure.
The second is a shadow perspective excersise I did for school.
And the third one is from a 90 seconds excersize from the website: http://www.posemaniacs.com/blog it's in Japanese though but easily to navigate.
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Perspective study, for understanding environment placement better.
C&C is still welcome...
Keep doing, what you are doing everyday. That's the secret. Sketching is to the artist what shadowboxing is the the boxer, or playing the piano to the pianist. You get the idea. Do it all of the time.
Hey DARAF, thanks for the comment! I will keep that in mind and try to help remember myself to that.
Beginning to take environment more and more seriously. I love ancient buildings, especially Roman buildings. This sketch is done with a reference of a Roman church (It's a WIP). Though, I adjusted some points to my own. Some points where frustrating, but I learned at least from it.
It's good that you draw this much. I see some improvment already. Keep posting!
I like the recent perspective studies, they appear quite solid compared to the perspective from mind you did earlier on somewhere in February (or posted there at least).
Keep up the work .
Zombie_dla: Thanks man, though I find my self not so productive as I wanted. I replied as well in your sketchbook.
Psychodude: Thank you, I will try to get a hang of perspective as much as I can. Drawings are going to look better with a good understanding of perspective after all.
So, here is the inked and coloured version. The scan is poorly since the paper size is 26 x 36 cm and my scanner is for A4 scans.
Another perspective drawing, this time without reference in 2 point perspective. Did'nt want to cast sunlight because I thought for now it will only get too complex at the moment. I started with a grid and drew randomly blocks and played around with It.
Some bone study. These can come in handy to make abstract alien stuff now I look back at it.
I googled some images from eyes, lips and ears and use them as a reference to study them.
Environmental doodles I did today:
Drawing in the backyard from life that is.
A quick update this time.
First one is from life and a study of an edged cube.
The second is done from http://www.posemaniacs.com/blog except the head on the very left.
Third is googled, a shaking hand which was from a drawing and a manequin head photo.
The castle ruin is from http://www.castlewales.com/listings.html I don't know anymore which one I picked. It's not finished though and I don't think I will finish it for now either.
And just some photoshop + tablet fun.
Some arm studies, the crosshatching is hard to understand. I made an animated GIF as a reminder how it works and what changes the most within this aspect. I scanned it from a anatomy book by Louise Gordon.
your line work looks like it has dramatically improved.
halflife99: Thanks for your comment. I'm glad to hear that, honestly did'nt know that myself.
Head studies from Loomis:
First: ink practice from mind.
Second: referenced from random pages of fineart.sk.
Foot study and some pose maniacs drawings.
Wow, keep up the studies, they're looking great.
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Thank you, Purplerose. After looking in your SB, the same goes to you.
I try to focus more on the head and to draw it in different styles then I'm used to. It all looks boring to me for now, so gonna practice only heads from mind and reference for now till i'm a bit more satisfied.
Also some rock studies I did today. Never thought a rock could be so shapeful. Only 2 rocks used and changed angels per drawing.
Great stuff you have here! I especially like your cross hatching, because it's something I've been working at, to no avail. Keep up the awesome!
Hello Master Aerethos, thanks for the reply. Good luck with the cross hatching practice! I enjoy doing them.
A quick update, want to finish the day with some head studies. They're from Burne Hogarths draw the human head book.


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River-Kai Wheeler seems like any 3-year-old boy. He loves trains, swimming and surfing. To a casual observer, the only thing different about him is his backpack, which he has been wearing since he was 6 months old.
River-Kai Wheeler seems like any 3-year-old boy. He loves trains, swimming and surfing. To a casual observer, the only thing different about him is his backpack, which he has been wearing since he was 6 months old.
"We were in a grocery store," recalled his mother, Catherine Wheeler-Mejia of Newburgh, "and someone said, 'What idiot would put a backpack on a little baby?'
"I turned around and said, 'That backpack is my son's life machine. It keeps him alive. That's what kind of idiot I am.'"
Wheeler-Mejia began her mission that day to raise awareness about children who need feeding tubes to get the proper nutrition to thrive and grow.
"You have to do your own advocating," she said. "He's only 3, and he's going to take that in. He knows he's different, and he's very smart. I don't want him to think he's so different that he's ashamed."
Wheeler-Mejia began blogging about River-Kai (riverkai.blogspot.com) and her journey to find answers.
River-Kai was born with a rare birth defect of the intestines. His small intestines were strangling his colon for his first nine weeks of life. He had his first surgery at 9 weeks old and has had a feeding tube since the age of 6 months. To date, he has had seven major and minor surgeries.
"His stomach won't tolerate food at all," said Wheeler-Mejia. "River-Kai is only one of many children that depend on some type of feeding tube to either survive or help heal them while getting the proper nutrition. All stories are different — some more severe than others — but when it comes down to it, all of us who have 'Super Tubies' in our life are truly blessed for the miracle of tube feeding."
Dr. Michael Halata of Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Weschester Medical Center and Children's and Women's Physicians of Westchester, has been caring for River-Kai.
"Someone like River, he has a stomach that does not demonstrate normal motility," said Halata. "When you try to do a big amount at once, he doesn't tolerate it well. Therefore, he has a continuous drip."
If a person can't tolerate adequate calories by mouth, calories can be given via an intravenous drip or a feeding tube. "When you give calories by IV, there are more side effects," said Halata, "infection, negative impact on the liver. You can bypass this with feeding tubes; it's a safer way."
Halata will be changing River-Kai's feeding tube soon so that it goes through his stomach and enters his small intestine directly in the hopes of giving him larger, less frequent feedings. This will give him more independence, as he won't need to wear the backpack 16 hours a day.
Wheeler-Mejia said she gains needed support from other Super Tubie moms through feedingtubeawareness.com.
"For some it's lifelong, and for some, it's not a pretty story. It's sad, but it's something that allows these kids to survive and be kids. A lot of these kids go to school, play football, go to college. Everybody's story is different."
Wheeler-Mejia said she now carries business cards she had printed up that explain River-Kai's condition to onlookers and people who make inappropriate comments in public.
"It's hard to put yourself out there, but you have to educate people. It's only helping your child. You're trying to protect their self-esteem for later in life."


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Toronto, SD Bank Robbed
The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are looking for a man who robbed a bank in Toronto, South Dakota on Wednesday afternoon.
Kyle Loven of the FBI says a white male with a black, semi-automatic handgun entered the First Bank and Trust in Toronto around 3:45pm Wednesday.
He approached bank employees and demanded money from the vault.
He gave a white trash bag to one employee and told the employee to fill it with cash.
The robber took an undetermined amount of cash and fled.
He is described as a white male, 6'2" and weighing 200 to 210 pounds.
He wore a black jacket and a black ski mask, and he was last seen driving a small red SUV.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the FBI at (605) 334-6881 or the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation at (605) 592-0003.