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Observing Strategies
This page brings together information that might affect decisions on observing strategy in various GNIRS observing modes, and provide guidelines/tips to maximize observing efficiency and avoid some common errors. The other GNIRS web pages (and especially the Known Issues page) also give information about what to expect from the instrument. For information about actually setting up observations in the Observing Tool, please see the Observation Preparation section of these pages. If you discover errors or inconsistencies, please let us know!
Factors the PI may wish to take into account when designing observing sequences:
- Read modes, observing overheads and read noise
- Considerations affecting the maximum recommended exposure time
- Optimal design of the telescope offset sequence
- Slit orientation, taking into account the science needs, the importance of minimizing the likelihood that the target will drift out of the slit, and the importance of differential refraction
- The effect of slit width on signal-to-noise ratio in the J, H, and K bands where due to the plethora of narrow but strong OH sky lines, the noise varies rapidly with wavelength.
Read Modes
In the OT the read mode is automatically set based on the length of the individual exposures. However, its choice is not always the best one, because the OT does not take into account the background in the chosen wavelength range, or the brightness of the object to be observed. The choice of read mode can be edited to suit the user's needs. The following example illustrates the issues:
Maximum Exposure Times
The maximum exposure time you should use is set by several constraints:
(1) Saturation on the sky
(2) Saturation on the object
(3) Sky variations during a dither sequence
The GNIRS exposure times page gives safe limits for currently available configurations. You can check background in the ITC for any configuration by squaring the background value shown in the result, and then dividing by the number of pixels in the software aperture used. The background per pixel should be kept at ~50,000 electrons maximum for shallow well (K and shorter wavelengths), and ~100,000 for deep well (L, M). We recommend individual exposures generally not exceed 900 seconds.
Bright objects may saturate the array before the background does. Check the recommended exposure times and scale the values to your particular case. You can check for object saturation with the ITC by selecting the star brightness and the instrument configuration and, in the "Analysis method" section, selecting "Software aperture of diameter" equal to the pixel scale (i.e., 0.15 or 0.05 arcsec); you will then see the spectrum in the peak row of the array only and will be able to judge if it saturates the array. If your program uses cloud or seeing conditions worse than the median, you should still do the saturation check under median conditions (70% IQ and 50% cloud), as your program may be executed under better than requested conditions. In general, check anything brighter than 12th magnitude in K band and below, 7th magnitude in L, and 1st magnitude at M. As long as the integration times are only a few seconds, you might as well do 2-3 co-adds per position as well. This is especially advisable if you have set allowable cloud percentile to 70% or worse.
If you only need to spend modest amounts of time on your object to reach the desired signal to noise, doing a longer sequence or 2 repetitions is generally better than a couple of offset positions at the maximum allowable time. Use the ITC to see whether you lose predicted S/N by doing more, shorter exposures. If the loss is small (5% or less), you should get better sky removal with the shorter exposure times. This is mainly an issue at the shorter wavelengths, since you are always doing very short exposures at L and M.
For very faint objects, it can be better to maximize the exposure time at each dither position to minimize readnoise effects (and improve efficiency), even at the expense of slightly better sky subtraction. Often this is an important trade-off; again, use the ITC to experiment with your particular situation.
Offsetting (Nodding, Dithering)
Infrared observations generally require background subtraction. This is accomplished by moving the telescope slightly from one integration to the next (a.k.a offsetting, dithering, nodding). The offsets in the GNIRS Library are all of the form ABBA. Ideally, one should take observations at several (not just two) positions on the slit. This reduces the chances that bad pixels will severely affect specific wavelengths, and in ideal circumstances increases the S/N of the combined spectrum. This is not possible, however, when the slit is short or the object is extended, and it may not be advisable if the source is so faint that it might be difficult to identify all of the locations of its spectrum on the array. Here are some guidelines:
- When nodding along a long slit remember that smaller nods more accurately retain the target in the slit than do large nods. Although the slit is 50 or 99 arcsec long in long-slit mode, depending on the camera/pixel scale, it is not necessary to use all of it on small targets. For a point source, nods of 3-5 arcsec are ample.
- For objects of moderate extent (<50 arcsecs), large offsets can be used to keep the object in the slit. In this case, guiding should be enabled at all positions. This reduces efficiency somewhat for each nod, but is compensated by collecting source photons at all positions.
- For larger extended objects, offsets to sky are necessary which nominally do not require guiding - The PWFS should be set to "freeze" at the sky positions for maximum efficiency. It is a good idea to dither the sky positions by a few arc-seconds to facilitate removal of accidental point sources.
- The cross-dispersed (XD) slit is so short (5 or 7 arcsec, depending on the exact configuration) that ABBA is the only option, with a typical nod of ~3 arcsec. For an object larger than an arcsec or two it is necessary to nod the source out of the slit.
- The default offsets in the OT library in XD mode are -1",+2" for the science target and +1",-2" for the standard star. This is so that persistence from bright standard stars will not affect spectra of a faint science target. The 2" offset brings the target fairly close to the end of the slit, especially in worse-than-average seeing. Having some pixels at the end of the slit available to use for residual background subtraction when extracting spectra can be useful. If this consideration outweighs that of persistence for your science, then consider adjusting the offsets accordingly.
- Generally it is recommended to spend the same amount of time on object and on sky for best sky subtraction.
Slit orientation
The goal when doing spectroscopy with a narrow slit is to get as much light as possible from the astronomical source into the slit. The orientation of the slit can reduce the amount of light. Sometimes the slit orientation is determined by the science goal (e.g., the slit must be oriented along the long axis of a galaxy). When science is not the driver then the slit orientation should take the following issues into account.
- There can be flexure between the guider and the instrument. As the tracking of the telescope always has an EW component, and that component tends to be the dominate direction of tracking near the meridian, it is expected and indeed observed that the dominant differential flexure between an external guider (e.g., PWFS2) and the spectrograph is usually mainly in the EW direction. The information we have obtained so far about the GNIRS - PWFS2 combination is consistent with that, although there are anomalies. At present all GNIRS configurations in the GNIRS OT Library have the slit oriented EW (i.e., at 90 degrees), so that differential flexure will tend to cause drift of the spectrum along the slit as opposed to perpendicular to it.
- However, atmospheric differential refraction is also important to consider, especially when using narrow slits. The atmosphere refracts shorter wavelengths more strongly than longer wavelengths, which means that a white point source is spread out into a little spectrum along the elevation angle. If the slit is not oriented roughly along the elevation angle (the "parallactic angle") and is too narrow, some light will not pass through the slit. The effect is much larger in the optical than in the infrared, and is generally small enough that within a single GNIRS order (i.e., J, H, K, L, M) it is not a problem. However, in the cross-dispersed mode, particularly when airmasses are moderate to high and the long blue camera (0.05 arcsec pixels) and any narrow slit, or the short blue camera (0.15 arcsec pixels) with its narrowest (0.30 arcsec) slit are in use, it is important to consider it. The following table describes the effect.
|Shift in arc seconds along parallactic angle of point source from its location at 1.0 microns on Maunakea
(values ~16% higher on Cerro Pachon)
|Zenith Angle / Airmass
|30 deg / 1.15
|45 deg / 1.41
|60 deg / 2.00
Slit width vs S/N in the JHK bands
In many cases wider slit width and lower spectral resolution mean both higher throughput and better sensitivity. However, the latter (better sensitivity) is not necessarily the case in the J and H bands, and in the short wavelength half of the K band, where the sky background and the noise are dominated by a host of strong and very narrow OH lines. This is particularly true when using GNIRS in its low resolution mode (e.g., 0.15 arcsec pixels and 32 l/mm grating, or 0.05 arcsec pixels and 10 l/mm grating). Each of these gives R~1,800 when the narrowest slits (0.30 arcsec and 0.10 arcsec, respectively) are used. In the J,H, and K bands the GNIRS Integration Time Calculator shows that the S/N fluctuates by as much as a factor of ten on and off of the unresolved OH lines.
The effect of a wider slit is to broaden each region of low S/N due to each OH line. The effect is particularly noticeable in the H and K bands, which have the strongest OH lines. In the H band, for example, there are ~60 strong OH lines between 1.5 and 1.8 microns; thus on average they are separated from their nearest neighbors by 0.005 microns and at a resolving power of 330 a spectral resolution element will on average contain one such line. Thus at R=1800 an H-band spectrum will contain mostly data points at the high end of the S/N range. However, at R~540, obtained by using the short blue camera, 32 l/mm grating, and 1.0 arcsec slit, or R=600, obtained with the long camera, 10 l/mm grating, and 0.3 arcsec slit) each sky line will extend over ~0.003 microns in the spectrum and and the sky noise from those lines will be spread over half of the spectrum or more. That would be offset in part by the higher throughput (due to the wider slit) and by binning the data (with the 1" slit and the short blue camera one spectral resolution element corresponds to 6.7 spectral pixels).
Thus depending on the specific science the PI may wish to use a wide slit with its resultant higher throughput and more pixels per resolution element, or select a narrower slit width in these bands and accept some loss in throughput in order to obtain high spectral resolution and higher S/N in specific clean spectral intervals in the J, H, and K bands.


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Grilled Ratatouille Recipe
Fire up your grill and get ready for some serious smoke.
If you, too, are a sucker for grilled veggies, mix a bunch of them together with a tangy herb vinaigrette for this irresistible grilled interpretation of ratatouille.
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- Yield:serves 4 to 6 as a side
- Active time: 30 minutes
- Total time:30 minutes
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- 1/4 cup, plus 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 2 tablespoon white balsamic vinegar
- 3 teaspoons freshly minced garlic (about 3 medium cloves)
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh basil leaves
- 2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh marjoram leaves
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh thyme leaves
- 3 roma tomatoes, halved lengthwise
- 1 large zucchini, quartered lengthwise
- 1 large yellow squash, quartered lengthwise
- 1 medium globe eggplant, cut into 1/2-inch rounds
- 1 large yellow onion, cut into 1/2-inch rounds and skewered horizontally
- 1 red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and halved
- 1 yellow bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and halved
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Type of fire: Direct
- Grill heat: medium-high
In a small bowl whisk together 2 tablespoons oil, vinegar, garlic, basil, marjoram, and thyme. Season with salt and pepper to taste; set aside.
Place tomatoes, zucchini, yellow squash, eggplant, onion, and bell peppers on a large rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle remaining 1/4 cup oil over vegetables and season with salt and pepper to taste. Toss to thoroughly coat vegetables in oil and seasoning.
Light one chimney full of charcoal. When all charcoal is lit and covered with gray ash, pour out and spread the coals evenly over entire surface of coal grate. Set cooking grate in place, cover grill and allow to preheat for 5 minutes. Clean and oil the grilling grate. Place vegetable slices on grill and cooked until browned on both sides, about 3 minutes per side for zucchini, squash, and eggplant, about 5 minutes per side for tomatoes, onion, and peppers. Transfer vegetables to cutting board and cut into large dice.
Transfer vegetables to a large bowl, pour in herb vinaigrette and toss to combine. Serve immediately while warm or at room temperature.
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The next thing is a duel check back-flow assymbly . It's basically a duel check valve with test cocks installed to test the effectiveness of the check valves.
I believe that you meant to say double check instead of duel check valve. Two way different horses.
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I believe that you meant to say double check instead of duel check valve. Two way different horses.
Friday, July 2nd 2010, 12:28pm
I guessing that you are pointing out that "official" plumbing terminology tries to differentiate between the device known as a "duel check" (which is a device that consists of just two check valves back-to-back) and a "double check backflow preventer" (which is a device that consists of two check valves back-to-back between two shutoff valves, with test cock beteween these components allowing the operation of the two check valves to be tested independantly of each other).
But in some circles, words "duel check" and "double check" improperly get used interchangably (tomato / tamoto).
I initially learned most of what I know about irrigation at www.irrigationtutorials.com, and the irrigation egineer there tries to explain the difference between "duel" and "double". IMHO, his text is a bit confusing. So I try to focus on the test cocks to differentiate between the two devices rather than on a name


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The Doc presents his 2009 economic outlook
So now Dr Doom reckons he's lost a packet in Mr Madeoffwithyourmoney's Doom Fund.
Well, that's all very well, but how do we know Henry "Dr Doom" Kaufman is the real Dr Doom? I mean anybody can claim to be the good Doctor, and these days there are any number of jokers doing just that.
Take Nouriel "Dr Doom" Roubini, the economics prof from NYU. He's for ever popping up on telly to scare our pants off, and is always introduced as Doc D:
Then there's Mark "Dr Doom" Faber, who is so doomy he actually publishes the Gloom, Boom and Doom Report:
Then there was Tony "Dr Doom" Dye, the City fund manager who sadly died this year.
Which one is the genuine article? How many do we need?
Do try to have a happy New Year.
Because as the Doctors Doom keep telling us, it sure ain't gonna be prosperous.


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This Pen Translates Text As You Underline With It
Three designers have come up with a way to translate text as you underline it with a pen, Camille Bautista of Mashable reports.
The Ivy Guide is a device that fits over pens and pencils, and scans words for translation. To use it, all you have to do is press the translation button, underline text, and the Ivy Guide will then project its translation onto the page.
The device, which is still in its concept stage, recharges via USB and adjusts to different types of pens.
It's not clear how many languages the device will be able to translate, but the designers, Shi Jian, Sun Jiahao, and Li Ke, hope the device will help people better understand foreign languages and improve comprehension.
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Muscle Mustangs & Fast FordsNews & Views
Cobra Jet, Fiesta ST Take on Quarter-Mile at zMAX Dragway
Is there a replacement for displacement? Just for fun, two Ford competition cars were lined up at zMAX Dragway – a 5.0-L V-8-powered Cobra Jet Mustang with a 2.9L Whipple supercharger versus a 2.0L Ford Fiesta ST Competition car good for 550+ horsepower with an OMSE gearbox sporting custom ratios and a big turbo. Who takes the cake?
This heads up race takes place at the zMAX Dragway nestled at the Charlotte Motor Speedway with two incredible drivers – Roy Hill in the Cobra Jet and Tanner Foust in his Fiesta rally car. This test was to see how the two would compare in the quarter-mile.
Two cars made by the same company, but with two very different options. One is all-wheel-drive and the other is rear-wheel-drive. One has large displacement while the other has small displacement. One maneuvers on a dime while the other is pure American muscle. One dominates the NHRA Factory Stock Showdown and the other graces podiums across the world in the Global Rallycross Championship.
"I hit sixth gear before I was even halfway down the track," said Foust as he recapped racing his GRC Fiesta ST on a dragstrip for the first time. "As I was hitting the rev limiter, I could already hear Roy laughing."
The race may have been closer than one would think. For only having 2.0-liters of fury, the Fiesta ST held its own, but the Cobra Jet is used to kicking ass and taking names in the quarter-mile. Roy Hill took the win in his Cobra Jet, but Tanner wasn't too far behind.
If the CJ was to take on the dirt instead of the asphalt, you can bet that the Fiesta ST would likely perform laps around it. Either way, it was a fun race to watch.


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MIAMI — A homeless man whose face was chewed up in a bizarre attack along a busy Miami street last month is now 'awake and alert," according to doctors at Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center.
A photograph shown to reporters Tuesday portrayed Ronald Poppo walking down a hospital hallway, supported by hospital staff on either side of him.
The photo showed the upper two-thirds of Poppo's face covered in scabs. He's missing his nose and both eye sockets were covered, one with gauze and one with what appeared to be a skin graft. His gray beard was trimmed, leaving a mustache over his upper lip.
Doctors said Tuesday Poppo has lost one eye, according to CBSMiami:
His left eye is gone, it was gouged out during the attack, but his right eye is still there, said doctors at the Tuesday afternoon news conference. It's not known yet whether he has any vision in his right eye, it remains bandaged up. They hope he'll have a little vision left.
Doctors also said that 50-percent of Poppo's face was chewed off, and not 75-percent as previously reported.
Poppo has been at Jackson Memorial Hospital since he was attacked May 26 by Rudy Eugene. Emergency callers reported seeing a naked man swinging naked from a light pole on Miami's MacArthur Causeway a few minutes before the attack.
Surveillance video from a nearby building shows Eugene stripping Poppo and pummeling him before appearing to lie on top of him.
A police officer shot and killed Eugene. Autopsy results are still pending.
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Prospects Daily: Australia and Uganda cut policy rate, Brazil's industrial production accelerates
Financial Markets… The euro rose to a six-week high against the dollar, appreciating to $1.3077, and Europe's benchmark stock index (Stoxx Europe 600) gained for a second day, as growing optimism over a successful Greek buyback program boosted investor sentiment. Greece started the €10 billion ($13 billion) repurchase of government bonds maturing between 2023 and 2042 on Monday.
Italian and Spanish bonds advanced on Tuesday, with their 10-year yield dropping 4 basis points to 4.41% and 2 bps to 5.22%, respectively, as Greek optimism boosted demand for high-yielding region's government debt into year-end. Meanwhile, Greek bonds turned slightly lower after Monday's surge with results of the debt buyback due on December 7.
Gold for February settlement fell 0.9% to $1,705 an ounce on Tuesday, after falling a four-week low of $1,698.50 earlier, as concern over U.S. economy amid stalled budget talks weighed negatively on commodity prices. Copper for delivery in three months also dropped as much as 0.5% to $7,963.50 a metric ton, after reaching a six-week high of $8,045 yesterday.
High-income Economies…The Reserve Bank of Australia cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 3%, the lowest in three years. The sixth rate cut in the past 14 months reflects Australia's contained wage pressure, lower projected mining spending, and an unemployment rate at a 2½-year high—as well as concerns that the Australian dollar remains "higher than might have been expected" given lower export prices and a weaker global outlook, according to the central bank.
Producer prices in the Euro Area rose 0.1% (m/m) in October from the previous month, but producer price inflation edged down to 2.6% (y/y) in October from 2.7% in September due to base effects. A deceleration in energy-cost growth to 5.9% (y/y) in October from 6.9% in September was offset by acceleration in price increases for intermediate and non-durable consumer goods, partly reflecting strengthening demand.
Canada's central bank kept its benchmark overnight rate at 1%. In explaining its decision, the central bank said that although economic activity in the third quarter was weak, global economic conditions remain stimulative (though vulnerable to major shocks from the U.S. or Europe) and the pace of Canada's economic growth is expected to pick up through 2013, while inflation is expected to increase and reach the targeted 2 percent rate over the course of the next 12 months.
The number of people registering for unemployment benefits in Spain rose for the fourth month in November, rising by 74,296 from October to reach 4.91 million, as some firms used newly introduced labor rules to reduce the size of their workforce.
Developing Economies…Brazil's industrial production increased by 2.3% (y/y) in October compared to a one percent decline in September. On a monthly basis, industrial production rose by 0.9% in October reversing a one percent decline in September.
China and South Korea agreed to use proceeds of existing currency swap deals to settle bilateral trade between two countries.
Malawi continues to be an outlier from the global policy easing cycle, as it continues to tighten monetary policy to achieve macroeconomic stability, raising the policy rate by 400 basis points to 25.0%. Foreign exchange reserves have been falling since July, to an alarming level equivalent to 0.8 months of import cover as of end-October. Inflation rate rose to 30.6% (y/y) in October, up from 28.3% in September, with food price increases accounting for the bulk of the increase in inflation.
Uganda's central bank cut its Central Bank Rate (CBR) by 50 basis points to 12.0% as subdued inflationary pressure allows the bank to stimulate economic growth. November headline inflation rose to 4.9% from 4.5% in October, but remains within the central bank's 5% medium-term inflation target.
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The connection between the election and golf
There are as many facts and fallacies about the presidential election floating around as there are opinions, but here's a direct connection between the White House and the golf industry: Barack Obama's re-election means that golfers have won nine straight presidential elections dating back to 1980, and eight of the last nine presidential losers were non-golfers.
The last non-golfer to win the White House was Jimmy Carter in 1980, and to get there he defeated a golfer, Gerald Ford. Since then, golfers have won nine straight presidential elections – and the only golfer to lose in that stretch was George H. W. Bush, who lost to another golfer, Bill Clinton, in 1992.
Here is the full list of the golf winning streak:
--2012: Barack Obama (golfer) def. Mitt Romney (non-golfer)
--2008: Barack Obama (golfer) def. John McCain (non-golfer)
--2004: George W. Bush (golfer) def. John Kerry (non-golfer)
--2000: George W. Bush (golfer) def. Al Gore (non-golfer)
--1996: Bill Clinton (golfer) def. Bob Dole (non-golfer)
--1992: Bill Clinton (golfer) def. George H.W. Bush (golfer)
--1988: George H.W. Bush (golfer) def. Michael Dukakis (non-golfer)
--1984: Ronald Reagan (golfer) def. Walter Mondale (non-golfer)
--1980: Ronald Reagan (golfer) def. Jimmy Carter (non-golfer)
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Costco (NASDAQ:COST) disclosed a deeper-than-expected 15% slump in quarterly profits on Thursday as the warehouse club operator was forced to resort to deep holiday discounts.
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Shares of Costco retreated about 3% on the earnings miss.
The company said it earned $463 million, or $1.05 a share, last quarter, compared with a profit of $547 million, or $1.24 a share, a year earlier. The year-earlier period was boosted by $62 million of tax benefits.
Analysts called for stronger EPS of $1.17.
Revenue rose 6% to $26.3 billion, narrowly missing the Street's view of $26.65 billion.
Costco, which has 649 warehouses around the world, said same-store sales increased 5%, excluding currency impacts. Domestic same-store sales ticked up 4%, while international sales were up 5%.
Richard Galanti, Costco's chief financial officer, cited weaker sales and margins in certain non-food merchandise categories, especially during the holiday period. He also pointed to weaker margins in fresh food and lower international profits caused by a "significant weakening" of foreign exchange rates.
Shares of Costco fell 2.98% to $113.00 ahead of Thursday's opening bell, putting them on track to extend their 2014 dip of 2.1%.


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Make the dough by hand. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, and salt. Using your fingers, work the butter into the dry ingredients until it resembles yellow corn meal mixed with bean-sized bits of butter. (If the flour/butter mixture gets warm, refrigerate it for 10 minutes before proceeding.) Add the egg and stir the dough together with a fork or by hand in the bowl. If the dough is dry, sprinkle up to a tablespoon more of cold water over the mixture. Alternatively, make the dough in a food processor. With the machine fitted with the metal blade, pulse the flour, sugar, and salt until combined. Add the butter and pulse until it resembles yellow corn meal mixed with bean-sized bits of butter, about 10 times. Add the egg and pulse 1 to 2 times; don't let the dough form into a ball in the machine. (If the dough is very dry add up to a tablespoon more of cold water.) Remove the bowl from the machine, remove the blade, and bring the dough together by hand. Form the dough into a disk, wrap with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, at least 1 hour. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough with a rolling pin into a 12-inch circle about 1/8-inch thick. Transfer the dough to a 9-inch pie pan and trim the edges, leaving about an extra inch hanging over the edge. Tuck the overhanging dough underneath itself to form a thick edge that is even with the rim. Flute the edge as desired. Freeze the pie shell for 30 minutes. Set separate racks in the center and lower third of oven and preheat to 400 degrees F. Put a piece of parchment paper or foil over the pie shell and fill with dried beans or pie weights. Bake on a baking sheet on the center rack until the dough is set, about 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and lift sides of the parchment paper to remove the beans. Continue baking until the pie shell is lightly golden brown, about 10 more minutes. Cool on a rack. Lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees F. While the pie shell is cooling make the filling. In a large bowl, whisk together the pumpkin, brown sugar, eggs, half-and-half, spices, and salt until smooth. Return the pie shell to the baking sheet and pour in the filling. Bake on the lower oven rack until the edges of the filling are set but the center is still slightly loose, about 50 to 60 minutes. (If the edges get very dark, cover them with aluminum foil.) Cool on a rack. Serve room temperature or slightly warm. Copyright 2001 Television Food Network, GP. All rights reserved
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Among all the major categories of premium digital media, political news may be the toughest to make money on. It's incredibly fragmented; it has no endemic advertisers; the content is often unpredictable, sensitive and/or polarizing; and it relies highly on original reporting, making it especially costly to produce.
With all those black marks that make it both especially difficult and especially rewarding, it's refreshing to see MSNBC take up the experience revolution challenge: According to Mike Shields at Media Week, MSNBC is talking with BermanBraun about launching a new politics site with an out-of-the-box concept.
Based on the innovative work they've done for MSN's Glo and Wonderwall, it's a safe bet that if BermanBraun takes on the case, politics won't look the same after this makeover as it did before.
And that's a good thing. We know the old model is increasingly challenged to stay afloat. So we need someone in the industry to take some big risks and try their hand at a new approach to the category – which will hopefully not only increase engagement, but monetization.
While I don't expect that this will significantly replace any of the existing and valuable political coverage out there today, it does have the potential to inspire other news publishers to revolutionize their own experience for consumers – which is exactly what's necessary to improve the health of their business.


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60. What is wrong with leather and
how can we do without it?61. I can accept that trapping is inhumane, but what about
fur ranches?62. Anything wrong with wool, silk, down?
Additional topics: Wearing leather
#60 What is wrong with
leather and how can we do without it?
Most leather goods are made from the byproducts of the slaughterhouse,
and some is purpose-made, i.e., the animal is grown and slaughtered purely
for its skin. So, by buying leather products, you will be contributing
to the profits of these establishments and augmenting the economic demand
for slaughter.
The Nov/Dec 1991 issue of the Vegetarian Journal has this to say about
leather: "Environmentally turning animal hides into leather is an
energy intensive and polluting practice. Production of leather basically
involves soaking (beamhouse), tanning, dyeing, drying, and finishing.
Over 95 percent of all leather produced in the U.S. is chrome-tanned.
The effluent that must be treated is primarily related to the beamhouse
and tanning operations. The most difficult to treat is effluent from the
tanning process. All wastes containing chromium are considered hazardous
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Many other pollutants
involved in the processing of leather are associated with environmental
and health risks. In terms of disposal, one would think that leather products
would be biodegradable, but the primary function for a tanning agent is
to stabilize the collagen or protein fibers so that they are no longer
biodegradable." --MT
For alternatives to leather, consult the excellent Leather Alternatives
FAQ maintained by Tom Swiss ([email protected]). --DG
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#61 I can accept that
trapping is inhumane, but what about fur ranches?
Leaving aside the raw fact that the animals must sacrifice their lives
for human vanity, we are left with many objections to fur ranching.
A common misconception about fur "ranches" is that the animals
do not suffer. This is entirely untrue. These animals suffer a life of
misery and frustration, deprived of their most basic needs. They are kept
in wire-mesh cages that are tiny, overcrowded, and filthy. Here they are
malnourished, suffer contagious diseases, and endure severe stress.
On these farms, the animals are forced to forfeit their natural instincts.
Beavers, who live in water in the wild, must exist on cement floors. Minks
in the wild, too, spend much of their time in water, which keeps their
salivation, respiration, and body temperature stable. They are also, by
nature, solitary animals. However, on these farms, they are forced to
live in close contact with other animals. This often leads to self-destructive
behavior, such as pelt and tail biting. They often resort to cannibalism.
The methods used on these farms reflect not the interests and welfare
of the animals but the furriers' primary interest--profit. The end of
the suffering of these animals comes only with death, which, in order
to preserve the quality of the fur, is inflicted with extreme cruelty
and brutality. Engine exhaust is often pumped into a box of animals. This
exhaust is not always lethal, and the animals sometimes writhe in pain
as they are skinned alive. Another common execution practice, often used
on larger animals, is anal electrocution. The farmers attach clamps to
an animal's lips and insert metal rods into its anus. The animal is then
electrocuted. Decompression chambers, neck snapping, and poison are also
The raising of animals by humans to serve a specific purpose cannot
discount or excuse the lifetime of pain and suffering that these animals
endure. --JLS
"Cruelty is one fashion statement we can all do without."
--Rue McClanahan (actress)
"The recklessness with which we sacrifice our sense of decency
to maximize profit in the factory farming process sets a pattern for cruelty
to our own kind." --Jonathan Kozol (author)
#62 Anything wrong with
wool, silk, down?
What's wrong with wool? Scientists over the years have bred a Merino
sheep which is exaggeratedly wrinkled. The more wrinkles, the more wool.
Unfortunately, greater profits are rarely in the sheep's best interests.
In Australia, more wrinkles mean more perspiration and greater susceptibility
to fly-strike, a ghastly condition resulting from maggot infestation in
the sweaty folds of the sheep's over-wrinkled skin. To counteract this,
farmers perform an operation without anesthetic called "mulesing",
in which sections of flesh around the anus are sliced away, leaving a
painful, bloody wound.
Without human interference, sheep would grow just enough wool to protect
them from the weather, but scientific breeding techniques have ensured
that these animals have become wool-producing monstrosities.
Their unnatural overload of wool (often half their body weight) brings
added misery during summer months when they often die from heat exhaustion.
Also, one million sheep die in Australia alone each year from exposure
to cold after shearing.
Every year, in Australia alone, about ten million lambs die before they
are more than a few days old. This is due largely to unmanageable numbers
of sheep and inadequate stockpersons.
Of UK wool, 27 percent is "skin wool", pulled from the skins
of slaughtered sheep and lambs.
What's wrong with silk? It is the practice to boil the cocoons that
still contain the living moth larvae in order to obtain the silk. This
produces longer silk threads than if the moth was allowed to emerge. The
silkworm can certainly feel pain and will recoil and writhe when injured.
What's wrong with down? The process of live-plucking is widespread.
The terrified birds are lifted by their necks, with their legs tied, and
then have all their body feathers ripped out. The struggling geese sustain
injuries and after their ordeal are thrown back to join their fellow victims
until their turn comes round again. This torture, which has been described
as "extremely cruel" by veterinary surgeons, and even geese
breeders, begins when the geese are only eight weeks old. It is then repeated
at eight-week intervals for two or three more sessions. The birds are
then slaughtered.
The "lucky" birds are plucked dead, i.e., they are killed
first and then plucked. --MT


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Only a few Federal Reserve policymakers thought it would soon be time to "slow somewhat" the pace of the central bank's bond-buying at a meeting last month, while others emphasized patience in deciding when to start to wind down the stimulus program.
Minutes of the U.S. central bank's July 30-31 meeting, released on Wednesday, showed that almost all of the 12 members of the policy-making Federal Open Market Committee agreed a change to the stimulus was not yet appropriate.
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Investors are anxiously predicting when the Fed will start to slow its $85 billion in monthly asset purchases.
Policymakers noted that the U.S. unemployment rate - which stood at 7.4 percent last month - had declined "considerably" since the latest round of bond buying was launched in September, though there was disagreement on the cumulative improvement given, for example, the high number of Americans who had given up the hunt for work.
In the end, the Fed made no formal policy change at last month's meeting, saying in a statement on July 31 that the U.S. economy continues to need support.
(Reporting by Jonathan Spicer and Steven C. Johnson; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)


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I am going through Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation. In exercise 8.52., I do not understand why the solution in the book uses a helper function.
The book's solution:
- Code: Select all
(defun my-union (x y)
(append x (union-recursively x y)))
(defun union-recursively (x y)
(cond ((null y) nil)
((member (first y) x)
(union-recursively x (rest y)))
(t (cons (first y)
(rest y))))))
My solution:
- Code: Select all
(defun my-union (x y)
(cond ((null x) y)
((member (car x) y)
(my-union (cdr x) y))
(t (cons (car x)
(my-union (cdr x) y)))))
Mine seems to behave correctly. Does the book's solution have any advantages?
I found Lisp function: union while looking for an explanation and saw that my solution could not deal with non-list inputs, but the one from the book cannot either, and the Hyperspec says that the arguments of union should be proper lists.


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Surveillance of Health Care Personnel With HIV/AIDS
As of December 2002
December 2003
Of the adults reported with AIDS in the United States through December 31, 2002, 24,844 had a history of employment in healthcare. These cases represented 5.1% of the 486,826 AIDS cases reported to CDC for whom occupational information was known (information on employment was missing for 362,954 reported AIDS cases).
The type of job is known for 23,212 (93%) of the 24,844 reported healthcare personnel with AIDS. (See the box below.) The "other" category is comprised of maintenance workers, administrative staff, and other nonmedical staff. Overall, 73% of the healthcare personnel with AIDS, including 1,407 nonsurgical physicians, 3,962 nurses, 385 dental workers, 328 paramedics, and 92 surgeons, are reported to have died.
Fifty-seven healthcare personnel in the United States have been documented as having seroconverted to HIV following occupational exposures. (See box below for their occupations.) Twenty-six have developed AIDS. The exposures resulting in infection were as follows: 48 had percutaneous (puncture/cut injury) exposure; 5, mucocutaneous (mucous membrane and/or skin) exposure; 2, both percutaneous and mucocutaneous exposure; and 2, an unknown route of exposure. Forty-nine healthcare personnel were exposed to HIV-infected blood; 3, to concentrated virus in a laboratory; 1, to visibly bloody fluid, and 4, to an unspecified fluid.
In addition, 139 other cases of HIV infection or AIDS have occurred among healthcare personnel who have not reported other risk factors for HIV infection and who report a history of occupational exposure to blood, body fluids, or HIV-infected laboratory material, but for whom seroconversion after exposure was not documented. The number of these workers who acquired their infection through occupational exposures is unknown.
No new documented cases of occupationally acquired HIV/AIDS have been reported since December 2001. One new case of possible occupational transmission has been reported. The number of possible cases may decrease if individuals are reclassified when a nonoccupational risk is identified or may increase if new cases are reported.
1Healthcare personnel are defined as those persons, including students and trainees, who have worked in a healthcare, clinical, or HIV laboratory setting at any time since 1978. See MMWR 1992;41:823-5.
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Wes Welker Ruled Out Against San Diego Chargers with Concussion
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — As expected, coach John Fox has officially ruled out Wes Welker for Denver's game against San Diego on Thursday night because of a concussion.
The NFL's protocol for concussed players would have allowed Welker only to participate in light practice Thursday and only if he had passed baseline cognitive tests earlier in the week.
For competitive purposes, Fox had been coy about Welker's status during the week, other than to say the receiver's health was the team's top priority.
Welker was going low to catch a pass Sunday when Tennessee safety George Wilson legally hit him in the side of his neck, knocking him from the game.
Welker also sustained a concussion Nov. 17 against Kansas City but played the following week at New England.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Leonard Cohen is expected to return to the stage on Monday after he collapsed during a concert in Spain on Friday and was rushed to hospital.
The Canadian, who turns 75 on Monday, was halfway through a performance of his hit song "Bird on a Wire" at a show in Valencia when he fainted.
A clip from the concert posted on YouTube showed him sitting on a platform on the stage before keeling over.
His manager later told media that the singer had suffered a bout of food poisoning but had been reluctant to abandon the show.
Cohen was released from hospital and was said to be recovering well at his hotel over the weekend.
Organizers of his tour told the BBC that he was expected to be well enough to perform in Barcelona on Monday at the Palau Sant Jordi stadium for the final show in his nine-concert Spanish tour.
After Spain, Cohen is due to perform in Florida on October 17.
Cohen has been on tour since May, performing in Canada, Europe, New Zealand and Australia, after coming out of retirement.
He quit the music scene in the early 1990s and became a Buddhist monk but was forced out of retirement five years ago after losing his retirement savings.
He rose to fame in the 1960s with songs about sex, faith and betrayal performed in a deep baritone he once described in a song as "the gift of a golden voice." His best-known song, "Suzanne," was a hit for Judy Collins.
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Mr. Speaker, as stated many times, all language capabilities will be put in place so that there will be no danger for mariners. We will continue with the plan as we move forward. We look forward to the new operations.
House of Commons Hansard #100 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was banks.


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Jodi Arias listens during her trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Arias is on trial for the killing of Travis Alexander, in 2008. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Wallace, Pool)
PHOENIX (AP) — The one-time boyfriend Jodi Arias has admitted killing was "extremely afraid" of her before his death as she stalked him while he pursued other relationships, the prosecutor in her murder trial said Wednesday, attempting to discredit a defense witness who says Arias suffered domestic abuse.
Psychotherapist Alyce LaViolette has been testifying for more than a week about her conclusion that Arias was a victim of physical and emotional abuse.
Arias says the killing was self-defense, and that on the day of Travis Alexander's death in June 2008 at his suburban Phoenix home, he attacked her and she was forced to fight for her life.
However, no other evidence — other than Arias' accounts — have been presented at trial showing Alexander had ever been physically violent.
Authorities say Arias planned the attack. She initially denied involvement then blamed it on masked intruders. Two years after her arrest, she said it was self-defense.
She faces a possible death sentence if convicted of first-degree murder.
"Isn't it true that Mr. Alexander was extremely afraid of the defendant Jodi Arias based on her stalking behavior?" prosecutor Juan Martinez asked LaViolette on Wednesday.
LaViolette has repeatedly dodged Martinez's yes or no questions under cross-examination, explaining that he has been mischaracterizing her work.
"He was afraid of her, yes," LaViolette eventually conceded.
Martinez has been using electronic communications between Alexander and another woman to illustrate that fear. The prosecutor said in the exchange, Alexander says Arias has been stalking him.
Martinez reminded the witness of an instance after Arias and the victim had ended their formal dating relationship when the defendant came over to Alexander's home and peered in a back window. She saw Alexander "making out" on the couch with a woman.
"Isn't this stalking behavior," Martinez prodded.
"No," LaViolette replied.
Arias has said she continued a sexual relationship with the victim for months after their official breakup in June 2007.
Martinez also informed LaViolette of previous testimony from one of Alexander's friends that the victim wanted Arias to move away from Arizona after the breakup. Arias has said she broke it off, and that Alexander grew abusive.
"I just don't see stalking behavior," LaViolette insisted.
Arias has also said that a few months before the killing, she walked in on Alexander masturbating to photographs of young boys, yet there is no evidence to support her allegation.
Martinez pointed out how she continued to see Alexander for sex afterward and makes no mention of the incident in her detailed journals as he questioned whether it ever occurred.
"The journal doesn't make mention of anything about this incident, does it?" he asked.
"No, it does not," LaViolette replied.
"Other than the defendant's word, you really don't have anything that corroborates ... this allegation of child pornography, do you?" Martinez asked.
"No, I do not," LaViolette said.
Martinez is working to show that Arias is still lying in an attempt to discredit the witness's evaluation, which LaViolette has said was based in part on interviews with the defendant.
"Is there anywhere in the journals that you have seen where there's any indication whatsoever that Mr. Alexander physically hurt the defendant?" he asked.
"Most of the time, you have nothing more than someone's words," LaViolette said.
Later, defense attorney Jennifer Willmott reminded LaViolette that after the breakup, Alexander maintained contact with Arias, even inviting her to his home.
In January 2008, about five months before the killing, Willmott noted Alexander told Arias he loved her in a text message.
"Is that in any way behavior that supports him being afraid of her?" Willmott asked.
"Not that I can figure out," LaViolette said.
In fact, Willmott noted, Arias went to Alexander's home on the day of his death "at his beckoning."
"The fact that he would fall asleep and allow someone who he's supposedly afraid of to sleep next to him, is that typical behavior" of someone who is fearful? Willmott asked.
"No," LaViolette said.
LaViolette resumes testimony Thursday.
Alexander suffered nearly 30 knife wounds, was shot in the head and had his throat slit. Arias' palm print was found in blood at the scene, along with photos of her and Alexander from the day of the killing.
Arias said she recalls Alexander attacking her after a day of sex. She said she ran into his closet to retrieve his gun and fired in self-defense but has no memory of stabbing him.
She acknowledged trying to clean the scene, dumping the gun in the desert and working on an alibi. She said she was too scared and ashamed to tell the truth then but insists she isn't lying now.
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Planted this in August 2010 from the local independent garden store. First thing it did was loose all its leaves.
Still doing well. Has a small fruit starting to grow. Getting so big that it could well do with a trim.
Definatly a winner. Mainly because of its position I guess but considering its just two years in the ground im very happy with its rate of growth. Essentially its truly massive.
This is getting quite nice and big now.
This is really starting to take chape and begining to dominate its location. I think the first year it struggled because it was just establishing its self from the shock of being planted, but thats all over now and its got plenty of new foilage and has new shoots giving it increased and denser mass.
Apparently it fruits all round the year, but with the majority of the harvest ready for Winter.
I think my Meyers Lemon tree is struggling a bit, but im ever optimistic. There does look to be a fruit on it at the very top right of the photo which was taken in April 2011.
After the bad start where its leaves all curled up and fell off its really doing well now, as you can see from the photos, there lots of fresh rich dense foilage and new branches. Its was really thin and scrawny before from where it was doing god knows what but it looked like it was trying to esape, long thin leafless branches. I think next year this will maybe start to become a more dominant feature in this part of the garden and might hold back some of the weeds.


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Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation (DLHWC)
September 13, 2018
Notice No. 168
SUBJECT: Maximum and Minimum Compensation Rates Under the Longshore Act, Effective October 1, 2018; Adjustments of Permanent Total Disability and Death Cases
Section 6(b)(3) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act provides that prior to October 1 of each year, based on the national average weekly wage for the three calendar quarters ending June 30 of that year, the Secretary of Labor shall determine the national average weekly wage (NAWW) to be applicable for the 12-month period beginning October 1. It has been determined that the applicable NAWW for the period beginning October 1, 2018, and ending September 30, 2019, is $755.38.
Minimum and Maximum Rates
Section 6(b)(1) provides that the maximum rate of compensation under this Act shall not exceed 200 percent of the national average weekly wage. Therefore, the maximum compensation rate for total disability and death is $1510.76 (200 percent of $755.38). Compensation for disability subject to this maximum should be paid at 66 2/3 percent of the employee's average weekly wage, as determined under Section 10, subject to the limitation of $1510.76.
The minimum compensation rate payable for disability incurred after October 1, 2018, is $377.69 per week, which is 50 percent of the NAWW. However, if an employee's average weekly wage is less than this amount, he or she receives his or her entire average weekly wage as compensation for total disability.
In computing death benefits covered by this period, the average weekly wage of the deceased employee shall not be less than $755.38 per week. In addition, under the provisions of the 1984 Amendments, the total weekly death benefits shall not exceed the lesser of (1) average weekly wages of the deceased or (2) 200 percent of the NAWW. The 200 percent maximum benefit is $1510.76 per week, and is applicable to cases in which the death occurs during the period October 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019, except for District of Columbia Compensation Act (DCCA) cases which are not subject to the 1984 amendments.
The above-noted maximum and minimum rates for disability and death also apply to employees covered by the Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act (NFIA). The minimum rate does not apply to employees covered by the Defense Base Act.
Annual Adjustments
Under Section 10(f) and 10(h) of the amended Act, compensation or death benefits payable for permanent total disability or death cases which were incurred prior to October 1, 2017, are to be increased by the lesser of (1) a percentage equal to the percentage by which the applicable national average weekly wage for the period beginning October 1, 2018, exceeds the applicable national average weekly wage for the preceding period, or (2) 5 percent. (DCCA cases are always subject to the percentage increase in the NAWW without regard to the 5 percent limitation.) The percentage increase in the NAWW is 2.65 percent. As this figure is less than 5 percent, compensation is to be increased by 2.65 percent effective October 1, 2018.
Field or district offices of insurance carriers or self-insured employers paying benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act and related Acts (DCCA, Defense Base Act, Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act) will soon receive specific instructions from OWCP district offices and/or from the District of Columbia Government for making the adjustments on Section 10(f) and 10(h) cases, and should begin paying at the new benefit levels as soon as possible.
In case of questions about implementing these mandatory adjustments, any district office or the OWCP National Office, Longshore Division (Telephone: (202) 693-0038) may be contacted. For DCCA cases, contact the D.C. Government, Department of Employment Services (Telephone: (202) 671-1000).
Director, Division of
Longshore and Harbor
Workers' Compensation
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Fiction often truer than facts
Regarding Hugh Gilmore's fascinating column last week ["Speculations on Lance, the missing inch and fiction vs. memoir"] on fact and fiction, of course we need both.
I've thought that good art speaks a truth beyond facts.
Once when I was at Rhodes University in South Africa I was asked to talk on "News as True Fiction" or "News as True Lies." That's a worthy topic for discussion here as well as in developing countries where I work with local radio stations to strengthen their programming.
In 1981, Abe Rosenthal, then executive editor of the New York Times wrote:
"I wish I were a poet, because poets are the best reporters. They tell you what counts and they do it with few words. They tell the truth so plainly that every reader is struck immediately by the reality of the truth and doesn't need facts and figures to back it up. Someday a poet will write the best about China as poets write the best eventually about everything, damn them."
Thanks for Hugh's wise and thoughtful column; perhaps the conversation he started can continue.
Bill Siemering
Editor's Note: Bill Siemering was the first program director for National Public Radio and the inventor of NPR's first signature program, "All Things Considerered."
Open doors, open minds, open hearts
I am thrilled that Marion Schuenemann was looking for worship on Thanksgiving Day. In a letter to the editor in the Jan. 31 Chestnut Hill Local she writes of her deep disappointment in not having an Episcopal Church worship in Chestnut Hill on Thanksgiving Day.
The only disappointment is that she never found her way to Saint Paul's that hosted two services, one a glorious interfaith celebration on Thanksgiving Eve, and the other a celebration of the Episcopal Church's Eucharist, our Great Thanksgiving, on Thanksgiving Day itself at 10 a.m.
At Saint Paul's we say you will find open doors, open minds and open hearts. That was no less true on Thanksgiving than on any other day of worship. The good news is that Marion does not have to wait until next year. She can worship with us every Sunday at 8, 9 and 10:30 a.m. and every Wednesday at noon with prayers for healing.
We even plan to take worship out to morning commuters on Ash Wednesday. There is no need for disappointment at not being able to worship. Our doors and hearts are open!
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WOW…Amazing article ("Dancing career ended by drunk driver," Jan. 17). I see you really researched who I am as an artist, and I thank you for that.
I really appreciate your explanations and coverage of me as a youngster, young artist and who I am today, as well as the segues into the benefit (for three local non-profit organizations). It is the most important part for met – the giving back.
There is nothing more that can be done than your article. Hopefully, it will turn out to be a successful benefit for all those involved, and the response will be as good towards my work as it has been towards your article.
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Bald eagles spotted in this area
Yesterday afternoon while driving through Erdenheim Farm something caught my eye in the field to the right just after crossing the Wissahickon heading towards Chestnut Hill. I saw a very large bird with a white tail taking off away from me and was pretty sure it was a bald eagle, even though I could not see the white head that mature males and females have along with the white tail.
So, today I stopped in one of the entrances to Fort Washington State Park off of Mill Road and picked up a pamphlet and called the number provided for the Hawk Watch Observation Deck that is in the park. A sweet elderly lady told me that when they started this program 25 years ago, they might see two bald eagles per year migrate through, and this past year they spotted 175. Their recovery since the ban of DDT is now bearing fruit.
And there indeed has been a pair of mature bald eagles that have stayed in the area since October, and they are hoping they will nest here. She said they have been feeding on fish out of the Wissahickon Creek and on the occasional deer that are hit by cars out there. I feel bad for the deer, but this is really cool!
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Mt. Airy
Artist at Woodmere 'surprised, pleased'
I was very surprised and very pleased to see your article about me ("Exhibits opening this week at Woodmere honor Jamison, 87," by Louise Wright, Jan. 24). I never expected such a complete history of my life. Having done a little writing, I know how much thought you must have put in on wrapping all the varied subjects together into a cohesive article.
It was really great. Your (Wright's) memory is tremendous, and I thought you worded things so well. I really loved it all. Thanks so much for all that you wrote. You have a new admirer.
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Wizards pull away from Pistons, 106-82
Wizards guard Bradley Beal had to be helped off the court Friday
during a loss in Minnesota. A night later, he was back to help lead
a rout of the Detroit Pistons.
John Wall had 20 points and 11 assists, and Beal scored 10 of
his 15 points during the second quarter as Washington pulled away
for a 106-82 victory on Saturday.
Marcin Gortat scored 16 points, and Trevor Ariza added 15 points
for Washington, which snapped a three-game home losing streak and
has won four of its last five overall.
Beal left in the fourth quarter Friday after colliding with
Timberwolves forward Luc Mbah a Moute. An MRI Saturday was negative
and Beal started against Detroit and played 20 minutes.
"I woke up this morning feeling good, so I was hopeful that
would be a good sign throughout the day," Beal said. "The
(doctor) told me it was nothing but a little bone bruise. It's
going to take a little bit more than that to keep me from playing.
And it didn't hurt tonight, so that's a good thing."
One night after their worst defeat of the season, a 22-point
loss to the Wolves, the Wizards never trailed, pulling away late in
the first half and posting their biggest margin of victory this
"We got back a little bit of our identity that I thought we
lost last night coming out of Christmas break," coach Randy
Wittman said.
"We can only play one way, and that's a physical presence on
the floor. Tonight was more the team that we have to be. I thought
that right from the jump ball we took the fight in a physical
manner that we didn't at all last night."
Greg Monroe scored 14 points and Brandon Jennings had 13 for
Detroit, which has dropped four of five.
Detroit coach Maurice Cheeks kept starting forward Josh Smith,
who had five points in Friday's loss at Orlando and shot 2 of 7 in
the first half against the Wizards, on the bench for the second
"I just felt like I wanted to make a change and stay with the
guys I went with," Cheeks said. "It wasn't just him. (Kentavious
Caldwell-Pope) didn't start either."
Caldwell-Pope eventually played nearly 10 minutes of the second
"I mean it's unfair because like I told you before, I play the
game hard each and every day," Smith said when asked if he was
being singled out. "When I was younger I played this game free
year around. So why wouldn't I want to come out here and put my
best foot forward every time I step out?"
The Wizards took an 11-point lead in the first quarter as Gortat
scored 10 points.
Detroit pulled within 42-37 midway through the second quarter on
a basket by Will Bynum, but Washington went on a 20-4 run to end
the half, capped by two 3-pointers from Beal and a reverse dunk by
"Those were two great finds by John," Beal said. "He saw I
hit the first one and he came right back to me. That just shows his
IQ and the connection we both have, and he got me going."
Wall had 10 points in the quarter as well, and Washington scored
a season-high 62 points in the first half.
The Pistons went scoreless for the final 4:53 of the quarter and
shot 37 percent for the half. Washington meanwhile, hit 25 of 44
field goals (57 percent) in the first 24 minutes.
"Our transition defense has been bad. Our interior defense has
been bad," Cheeks said. "When you have a team that is shooting
well from the three and getting inside the paint, a lot of things
are going to give and we need to recover."
Detroit got no closer than 19 points in the second half and the
Wizards led by as many as 28.
"Being aggressive, attacking the basket, being more physical,"
Wall said of the win. "We got back to our defensive concepts and
we protected the rim and got a lot or rebounds."
The Wizards collected 34 assists. They outrebounded Detroit
46-38 and limited the Pistons to 11 offensive rebounds.
Wall has scored 20 or more points in a career-high six
consecutive games and it was his 10th double-double of the
NOTES: Beal, who came in averaging 19.2 points, missed nine
games this season with a stress fracture in his right leg. .
Washington had lost seven straight to the Pistons since beating
them Feb. 12, 2012. . The teams play Monday in Detroit. . Swati and
Zaziwe Mandela, granddaughters of the late Nelson Mandela, took
part in ceremony with District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray and
Wizards owner Ted Leonsis before the game.


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Members of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Technical Committee on Environment have endorsed the new SADC Biodiversity Action Plan for approval by the SADC Ministers of Environment at the next Ministerial meeting in May 2013. The SADC Technical Committee meeting, which was held from April 9 – 12, in Gaborone, Botswana, convened 11 SADC Member States who thoroughly reviewed and discussed the final draft of the Action Plan that was presented by IUCN ESARO.
"This is an important step towards achieving a more harmonized approach to biodiversity conservation in the SADC region," says Leo Niskanen, IUCN ESARO Technical Coordinator for Conservation Areas and Species Diversity. "The Action Plan builds on the SADC Regional Biodiversity Strategy and was developed by SADC Secretariat in consultation with all SADC Members States, and with support from IUCN, UNDP and CBD Secretariat."
Through the implementation of the Action Plan, SADC seeks to ensure that the region's citizens enjoy a healthy environment and enhanced quality of life derived from effective conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in line with international and regional commitments, while respecting national spiritual and cultural values.
The Action Plan outlines concrete activities within six strategic areas, namely: biodiversity governance, biodiversity based livelihoods, biodiversity for economic development, biodiversity management systems, biodiversity and climate change, and biodiversity and other development initiatives (such as energy and mining). These activities are aligned with the 10 year biodiversity strategic plan including the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, as well as national priorities and strategies of the member states.
IUCN aims to support the implementation of the SADC BAP through various new and existing initiatives, including the BIOPAMA project. IUCN ESARO staff are working with the SADC Secretariat, Member States and other development partners to identify specific projects and support structures for the implementation of the Action Plan.
For more information, please contact Leo Niskanen, IUCN ESARO Conservation Areas and Species Diversity Programme Coordinator on [email protected]


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Gerrard expects Cleverley to prosper
England skipper Steven Gerrard is predicting "a fantastic future" for Tom Cleverley, who confirmed his promise with another encouraging performance in the 5-0 win against Moldova.
The Manchester United player operated effectively behind main central striker Jermain Defoe in the World Cup qualifier in Chisinau. It helped England to compensate for the absence of the injured Wayne Rooney as goals from Frank Lampard (two), Defoe, Leighton Baines and James Milner ensured an easy win for Roy Hodgson's side.
Gerrard said: "Tom is going to be a good player. He is only a young boy. Games like that in Moldova will be fantastic experience for him. He is playing for one of the biggest clubs in Europe and he has broken into the England team so he has got a fantastic future. He keeps learning the game, keeps trying to improve, he is going to be a top player."
When asked if Cleverley could fill the role on Rooney's return, Gerrard said: "We will have to wait and see but he is doing a good job. He's played there twice now, against Italy and against Moldova, and he has done himself no harm at all.
"He can also play as a midfielder as well. It's important when you are young to play in a couple of different positions. It helps you get into starting elevens and he can do that."
Hodgson has shown himself unafraid to play youngsters like Cleverley and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain but Gerrard believes the senior players have a key role to play in their development.
He said: "The important thing with a football team is to get the right blend of youth and experience. I don't think it would be fair if you put 11 kids out in games like in Moldova. The older lads have got a lot of helping to do for these young lads.
"But it showed in Moldova that if you get the right blend of youth and experience, you can win football matches and that's what it is all about."
Gerrard knows England will face a sterner test when they take on Ukraine at Wembley on Tuesday.
He said: "Tuesday, with all due respect to Moldova, is going to be a lot bigger test for us. Ukraine showed in the Euros that they are a good team. If you stand off them, they can play a bit. But we are at home, have got our support behind us, and we want six points out of these two games. If we perform, and improve a bit from against Moldova, we can get that."


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text: I find it unacceptable to think that a machine shop is unable to make components to specifications. I have worked in an engineering environment at all levels over the years and have had few problems with components being fabricated incorrectly. As a rule,it is known how to do this stuff, and it is not exactly rocket science. Most small machine shops are well enough equipped that they can literally fabricate components for use in spaceflight (been there, done that). Cutting and drilling sheet metal to a drawing is not exactly a daunting, nor expensive task for them. I do my own sheet metal work. Mostly because I know how and can cut out the middle man and save even more time and money. I simply do not see why this should be such a daunting task. If people cant manage to use a pencil , hacksaw and a drill to make simple things then they might be better off buying commercially made hardware all the way and forget doing anything new and different... for the most part, I think that people have sufficient skill to handle the task. The cost savings is there, and the advantages are significant... of course this is why people do sometimes stack bare boards to build clusters. Glen On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 21:22 -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > hi ya > > On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Jim Lux wrote: > > > Uhh.. thermal management for large systems can be a lot more complex than > > just pushing bucketloads of air through. Ask the folks designing blade > > systems. > > seems to be an ongoing issue .. but that is where all the fun is > to have the cpu running lower than other equivalent boxes > > > >The cost of an aluminum plate and standoffs is trivial compared to a > > >case, > > standoffs is about $0.01 - $0.02 each ... > - you'll need say 4-6-9 of um for your motherboard ( a whole $0.10 :-) > > but the purchasing dept that has to place that order for 10 standoffs > is gonna cost a mint, say 10-15 minutes of phone call time and chatting > about the in-laws so that the next time they call, they can also talk > person-to-person instead of voicemail and crossing ones fingers for a > return call > > and we must not forget the $0.03 motherboard screws too :-) > > > and once you have made one plate all the others can be readily > > >mass produced using a template and a hand drill. > > alum plate is not much more expensive ... i hear numbers like $0.30/lb > of blank steel .. but you do have to buy it by the lb, say 4'x8' blanks > and have the "million dolar equipement" to cut and bend it into shape > > > The material cost may be low, but you're not going to be out making 90 odd > > aluminum plates with a hand drill (I assume you're talking an electric > > drill, not an "eggbeater"), unless you're not very picky about tolerances > > and fit. > > some folks are more sophisticated ... using dremel ... or tools from > ace/orchard ... > > > >I can fabricate a chassis for a mini itx cluster from aluminum plate and > > >aluminum angle stock with simple hand tools in about 2 days.... > > it should be about 5 minutes .. after finding the x-y coordinates > of the holes, assuming its just a flat metal and no cutouts > for the i/o brackets > > > and I > > >could do it in hours if I owned a drill press and cutoff saw. > > >The main point is, it can be done cheaply and with simple tools. > > unfortunately... its NOT that simple or realistic ... > > and more importantly.. repeatable > > > Yes, but if you pay yourself any sort of reasonable rate, it's not > > necessarily cheaper, especially when you consider assembly time. > > it 10x - 100x costs more in labor costs to: > - find the store to sell the metal > - find the purchasing folks to place the order > - find the folks to get quotes > - get the approval to place the order > - receive the parts > - get the parts from shipping/receiveing onto your desk > - .. endless list .. > > and since its not being shipped anywhere, we won't have to > buy $2.oo cardboard boxes and $15 foam for shipping > and all that handling and paperwork and christmas wrappings > > > 2 days of hiring someone basically competent is probably about $500. > > to get it done right ... it's more like $1,000/day ... and about 2-3 days > to get drawings that is usable by the machine shops > - cheaper labor will not always work better in the long run > so we've decided to pay the good boyz the extra $$$ to get the > stuff done right the first time .. and not worry about the > 1mon - 3mon delays due to screw ups with drawings by the > inexperienced "chassis" or sheet metal autocad'erz > > - anybody can draw lines and circles and bend here and bend there > but it does NOT mean the machine shop can build it per drawing > or that the system will work efficiently when it's on 24x7 > > - say, 80% of the drawings are wrong and has to have followup > phone calls to fix the drawings > > > fun stuff .. to get it done right ... > > c ya > alvin > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf


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Urbana, Illinois, the quintessential Midwestern University town, was a fine place to grow up, but it is sited in a landscape that is neither remote nor exotic.
Lifting up from Willard Airport just south of town, the near-absolute flatness of the landscape, planed by the last glacial advance, extends in a patchwork of corn and soybean fields to every horizon.
Something about the first-glance monotony of the Illinois landscape gradually instills a heightened sensitivity to the subtle detail inherent in a sense of place. Ray Bradbury, in Something Wicked This Way Comes, captures the essence of this perfectly. I think that living in Illinois also instilled a fascination with maps of the distant and rugged corners of the world.
I spent a lot of time poring over the maps that come with National Geographic. I've always been particularly drawn to the region corresponding roughly to the South Atlantic Anomaly, the vast expanse of the Southern Ocean that spans the temperate through subarctic latitudes. In the region roughly equidistant from South America, Africa and Antarctica, the maps show only a few specks of land: St. Helena, Tristan da Cunha, Gough, Bouvet. These islands, on the basis of their latitudes alone, seemed like they might be "habitable", but the colossal scale imposed by millions of square miles of deep water, left them completely unresolved.
Within a few years, we'll also know about extrasolar planets that just might be habitable. That is, we'll have specific, concrete knowledge of worlds with radii and masses similar to Earth, on orbits within their parent star's so-called habitable zones. But in all likelihood, for quite a while after that, a few spare, unadorned facts will constitute the bulk of our information about those planets — it'll be left to extrapolation, to flights of conjecture and guesswork, to fill in the details.
The situation seems oddly parallel to the maps of the Southern Ocean. I can remember ranging over the names and coordinates of the the cryptic dots in the expanse of blue, and wondering, what are they like? There was nothing about Inaccessible I. in the public library. There was hardly a mention, of St. Helena I. (U.K.), other than a few maddeningly sketchy fragments in the Encyclopedia Britannica. Napoleon, after Waterloo, had been famously dispatched there, precisely because of its remoteness and isolation. Almanacs are invariably fond of listing the fact that Bouvet is the most isolated spot of land on Earth.
Like a current-day version of the TPF mission, the advent of Google and the Internet have brought the worlds of the Southern Ocean into focus.
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Tristan da Cunha is dominated by a steep-sided 2000-meter volcano that last erupted in 1961. Two hundred and sixty people live on the island, making it the most isolated permanently inhabited spot on Earth. With Google, it's possible to explore in great detail, although actually going there is not easy. There's no airstrip. The only way in is by boat.
To get a better sense of scale, I superimposed the island on Urbana, Illinois, for a personalized juxtaposition of the exotic and the familiar.
Even more remote, is Gough Island. Until last year, it was hard to find good pictures of Gough. The views all seemed the same — a craggy heap of lava in the misty distance from the decks of ships. Recently, though, Google pointed me to an absolutely fantastic set of annotated photos, taken by Chantal Steyn, who spent an entire year during 2008-2009 on the island as part of an 8-person team that staffed a South African weather station on the Island. Suddenly, Gough comes spectacularly to life, the very picture of a habitable, yet alien world.
Mount Zeus on Gough Island. Image Source.
Further south, and far more formidable, is Bouvet. Nobody seems to be there, but oddly, the island has a top-level internet domain code (.bv) for which there are six registered hosts…
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This article will guide you through the installation and system preparation for FreeBSD 6.2. This article is not intended to produce a working system, but is the foundation for the progression to either a desktop system or a server. Once this document has been followed to completion, you may either choose to follow the Server or Workstation documents for your system deployment.
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Tilli Brotherton of Central Point and Brandon Hall of Rock Falls, Ill., plan to marry June 7, 2014, in Central Point.
Brotherton is the daughter of Cari and Charlie Brotherton of Central Point. She is a 2008 graduate of Crater High School and a 2012 graduate of Black Hawk College in Kewanee, Ill., with an associate degree in agribusiness. She works in patient services for Southern Oregon Orthopedics.
Hall is the son of Bobbie Folsum of Sterling, Ill., and Bradley Hall of Rock Falls, Ill. He is a 2008 graduate of Sterling High School, a 2011 graduate of Black Hawk College with an associate degree in agribusiness and a 2013 graduate of the University of Wisconcin-Platteville with a bachelor's degree in soil and crop science and a minor in agribusiness. He works as operations manager for West Central FS in Wataga, Ill.