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The sake lees (kasu) make a big difference in this recipe. You can find it at Japanese grocery stores and online. If you can't find the sake lees or do not have the time to hunt it down,...
Building a better pantry: yogurt
Have you ever tasted real yogurt?
No stabilizers, artificial (or "natural") flavorings or colors, or additives? Real, whole milk yogurt with live cultures? Some brands of Greek yogurt come close, but just as I've said in my other posts about making dairy products, it's so easy to make at home, why pay too much for an inferior product?
Making yogurt requires no fancy equipment. Hands on time is maybe 20 minutes. In fact, why more people don't make it is a mystery to me. Frankly, I would much rather spend 20 minutes making yogurt than going to the grocery store to buy yogurt. It's a small hassle I just don't need in my life right now.
Better yet, you can turn your homemade yogurt into all sorts of culinary marvels. Making plain yogurt allows you more freedom when it actually comes time to use the yogurt. Many cultures have yogurt sauce recipes that are great accompaniments to spicy or well-seasoned food.
Raita is an Indian yogurt sauce, often seasoned with garlic, chopped cucumber, and jalapeno. Tzatziki is a Greek yogurt sauce that you've probably eaten at some point, spooned over a gyro. Yogurt sauces are great accompaniments to grilled meats, roasted vegetables, spicy soups, and really anything that would benefit from a little tangy, bright kick in the pants.
Yogurt can be used in cakes and breads (in a pinch, I've used it in place of buttermilk in cornbread), as a dessert with some honey and fruit, or the usual way--at breakfast with granola.
But it's important that you know that yogurt isn't just for breakfast anymore.
Homemade Yogurt
Makes as much as you want
Have a sterilized container ready. This is the vessel you'll be making yogurt in. You do not need a yogurt maker. I have something called a Yogotherm--it's a plastic container lined with styrofoam into which a smaller plastic container fits snugly. The styrofoam insulates the milk, allowing the cultures to do their thing, and the milk will usually coagulate in 4 to 8 hours.
But really, you can use a variety of vessels for making yogurt. A wide-mouth jar would be a good place to start. You'll need to have a place to insulate it--a small cooler filled with towels works pretty well. Some people will leave it in a warm (but not hot--a.k.a. not over 120 degrees) oven. A heating pad is another good option. I've even heard of people sleeping with their jar of milk to keep it warm. But here's hoping you don't have to use that last method.
To sterilize your vessel, wash it with soap and hot water. Rinse thoroughly, and then rinse again with boiling water. Let it air out while you prepare the milk.
I make half a gallon of yogurt at a time. That sounds like a lot, but it lasts for weeks, and as I mentioned earlier, yogurt has more uses than as a granola accompaniment. You can make as much or as little as you please.
Pour your desired quantity of milk into a saucepan. Over medium heat, bring the milk up to 180°F, stirring often. This process is not only to kill bacteria, but it results in a thicker, creamier end product. If you really want to go wild with this step, you can hold the milk at this temperature for up to 30 minutes for a really creamy yogurt. If you do this, however, you'll want to use a water bath to prevent scorching. I never do this, but I know people who do, and they swear by it.
After reaching 180°F, your milk is ready to be cooled. Prepare a cold water bath in your sink, and hold the pan of milk in the water bath, stirring constantly, until the temperature reaches 118°F. Be careful at this stage because the temperature will drop rapidly, and if your milk gets too cool, it will not set properly. I like to remove the pan from the water bath at 120°F to prevent this from happening.
Add your cultures. This can be 1/4 cup yogurt with live cultures (that's 1/4 cup for a half gallon of milk; use a little less for less milk), or you can do what I do and actually buy a yogurt-specific culture in powder form. The reason I do this is because I find it delivers a consistently good result, while I've had some hits and misses with using yogurt as a starter culture. However, just go ahead and use yogurt for the first time before you commit to a pack of yogurt culture.
Stir the milk to incorporate the culture, and then insulate it using the method of your choosing. In four hours, check the milk. It may not be ready yet. If it isn't, don't fret. It usually takes 6 hours, and sometimes even 8 hours for my milk to become full-fledged yogurt. If your milk was cooler than 118°F when you started to insulate it, all is not lost. You may just have to wait longer for it to finish.
The particulars of your milk will determine its consistency. I use whole, unhomogenized milk, so my yogurt sets up very thick with a bright yellow cream top. If you use lowfat, nonfat, goat, or non-dairy milk such as soy or almond, your yogurt will not be as thick. In fact, it might be the consistency of drinkable yogurt. If you would prefer a thicker yogurt, there are a few things you can do.
One is to keep your milk at a high temperature for a longer period of time like we talked about earlier. You can also add milk powder before heating your milk--to the tune of 1/2 cup per half gallon. You can also alter the consistency of your yogurt after it has set by draining it in a colander lined with cloth (I use flour sack towels) until it thickens to your liking.
Please be aware that if you add powdered milk to your milk, the lactose content will be higher in the finished product. The reason yogurt is sour is because lactose (milk sugar) is metabolized by the bacteria cultures (acidophilus for instance) and converted into lactic acid, which is, as the name suggests, sour. Thus, cultured dairy products have less lactose than milk, and many well-aged cheeses have no lactose in them at all because all the lactose has been converted to lactic acid. This is why many who cannot drink milk can have cultured dairy such as yogurt or kefir.
Another interesting aside--skim milk contains more lactose than whole milk. You can thank me for that tidbit later.
Can I use mason jars to make
Can I use mason jars to make my yogurt in? After I've cooled it in the cold water bath, do I put the lid on the jar and then put it somewhere insulated until it sets, or leave the lid off? Where do you get the yogurt cultures?
This was so easy to make and
This was so easy to make and it made the most delicious yogurt. I did use some Greek yogurt for the cultures and it came out perfect. Poured it into my half gallon size mason jar, put it in the cooler stuff with towels, went to bed, and in the morning there it was. I am going to send away for the life cultures for the next batch.
LOL! Magic is right. I did
LOL! Magic is right. I did try this last batch with dry cultures and baby sat the milk in a water bath for 30 minutes to try and see how much creamier it would be. It is! More magic! I believe it's because of the evaporation of water while it sits. The level of the milk dropped about 1/2". So it'a little Greek like, thicker, but really creamier. So no matter how long you cook it or what container you use, THIS IS THE BEST DANG YOGURT!!
Will you be keeping this
Will you be keeping this recipe permanently on the website? I don't want to lose it.
Yes Teresa!
Yes Teresa!
it's fun to see people
it's fun to see people getting into yogurt making. I've been making it for several years and use it on cereal in the morning, tacos at night in place of sour cream, and just as a nice yogurt parfait with frozen berries and a drizzle of maple syrup on it. I use a crock pot liner for my setting vessel and put it in the oven overnight with the light on. I have also been on a three month run using some of the previous batch as a starter for the new batch. My first starter was Stoneyfield whole milk plain yogurt. Seemed to be the most culture-rich yogurt out there...and makes a great tasting yogurt. I usually then strain it for about 4 hours in a cheese-cloth lined colander. gets NICE and THICK! :-) And now for my next experiment, I'd like to see if I could score some raw milk from a farmer. Or maybe even some goats and see how different that turns out. Happy making and happy eating!
You said "if you add powdered
You said "if you add powdered milk to your milk, the lactose content will be higher in the finished product." Does that mean there will be more lactic acid and therefore the yogurt will be more sour?
I've always added 1/3 cup of powdered milk (enough for one cup of milk) to four cups of nonfat milk and my yogurt has always tasted too sour. If I switch to holding nonfat milk at 180 degrees for half an hour to thicken it, will my yogurt have a milder flavor?


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Yet Another Week (22 Straight) Of Muni Fund Outflows
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Municipal bond mutual funds and exchange-traded funds just extended their losing streak to 22 straight weeks. Lipper reported $746 million net outflow for such funds in the week ended Wednesday, which at least was better than the $1.3 billion outflow seen a week earlier. The four-week moving average outflow rose to $868 million from a $718 million average weekly outflow the week before.
Similar data released yesterday by the Investment Company Institute showed muni fund losses steepening, to $1.85 billion from $1.03 a week earlier.
The iShares S&P National AMT-Free Muni Bond (MUB) ETF closed up 35 cents Thursday at $105.13.

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Neuroscience (B.S.)
Neuroscience is the multidisciplinary study of brain function that draws on recent advances in computer science, biology, chemistry, physics, and cognitive science. It examines the brain's global biochemistry, the subcellular processes of its individual cellular components, its complex and extensively networked anatomical structure, and its remarkably adaptive physiology. The field considers neuronal development from early embryology through advanced senescence, and examines the brain's adaptive processes at the level of single neurons, through networks and systems of cells, on up to complete organisms. It studies the regulation and expression of behavior, and the complex interactions of multiple neuronal systems that underlie the emergence of cognitive function. The Neuroscience program at U. T. Dallas provides students with the opportunity to focus on the brain from a systems-level perspective, drawing on the behavioral and cognitive perspectives of psychology and the cellular and molecular perspectives of biology. It allows undergraduates extensive interactions with working neuroscientists who use the latest analytic techniques.
The Neuroscience program is designed to prepare students for admission to graduate or medical school, or for careers in related biomedical research, medicine, dentistry, and other health science specialties. Required courses and guided electives can include the approved pre-medical curriculum and offer an alternative to other traditional pre-medical majors. Students who wish to continue their education in the fields of medicine, dentistry or allied professional areas should register with the Health Professions Advisory Committee during their first semester. Students are encouraged to design a personalized degree plan of guided electives with their advisor that will combine courses from the related disciplines of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, computer science, psychology, and speech pathology and audiology in a way that will suit their individual interests and goals.
Students can complete Core Curriculum and Neuroscience major requirements in a minimum of 85 semester credit hours, leaving 35 elective hours. Students can complete Core Curriculum, Neuroscience major, and Pre-health Professions requirements in a minimum of 111 semester credit hours, leaving 9 remaining elective hours.
Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience Degree Requirements (120 hours)
I. Core Curriculum Requirements1:
42 hours
1 Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from accredited institutions of higher education. The courses listed in parentheses are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at U.T. Dallas.
II. Major Requirements: 64 hours (43 hours
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2 A required Major course that also fulfills a Core
Curriculum requirement. Hours are counted in Core Curriculum.
III. Elective Requirements: 35 hours
Premedical and/or other
pre-health professions students: 27 hours
* algebra based Physics courses
Minor in Neuroscience
Students who are not majoring in Neuroscience may minor in Neuroscience by taking 18 semester credit hours selected from the lists of major core courses and major related courses. At least 12 hours must be upper-division Neuroscience core courses. No credit hours may be used to satisfy both major and minor requirements; however, free elective hours or major preparatory classes may be used to satisfy the minor. At least one-third of the hours for a minor must be taken at U.T. Dallas.
Fast Track Baccalaureate/Master's Degrees
U.T. Dallas undergraduate students with strong academic records who intend to pursue a master's degree in Applied Cognition and Neuroscience at UTD may consider an accelerated undergraduate-graduate plan of study. When accepted into the program, students may take up to 12 hours of graduate courses that may be used to complete the baccalaureate degree and also satisfy requirements for the master's degree. Students must maintain a 3.0 grade point average and earn grades of B or better in graduate courses taken. The Fast Track makes it possible for students to complete upper-division undergraduate education and graduate training in three years, including summer study. To qualify for application, students must have completed at least 72 semester credit hours toward their bachelor degree, including at least 18 semester credit hours in major core courses at UTD. Apply to the Fast Track program through the Applied Cognition and Neuroscience Program Office. Students should consult with a graduate advisor regarding admissions criteria and plans of study.
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Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories ~ December 3
~Christmas Music~
I usually start listening to Christmas music in September. I haven't this year, but my standard policy is that it is never too early for a good Christmas carol.
I can remember the days when it was hard to find Christmas music on the radio except for on Christmas Eve itself. But, thankfully, I think just about every city has a commercial radio station that is playing carols from before Thanksgiving to Christmas Day. (and sometimes the day after!)
Even though there are a few really good new Christmas songs, I prefer those recorded by my favorites; Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Barbra Streisand. The recordings made from the 1940's through the 1960's are my preference, even though I enjoy new performers like Kelly Clarkson and Michael Buble' there is just something missing from today's music. Maybe it's because memories attach themselves to the music that surrounded them and they are always there when you hear that music again. All I know for sure is that at this time of the year, hearing the mellow tones of Crosby and Sinatra gives me that "Christmas Feeling".
"The Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories (ACCM) allows you to share your family's holiday history twenty-four different ways during December! Learn more at http://adventcalendar.geneabloggers.com."


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Chinese folk artists perform during the opening ceremony of the Spring Festival Temple Fair at the Temple of Earth park in Beijing, Jan. 30, 2014.
The Chinese Lunar New Year of the Horse also known as the Spring Festival, which is based on the Lunisolar Chinese calendar, is celebrated from the first day of the first month of the lunar year and ends with the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day.
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Trade Agreements with South-Korea, Panama and Columbia were passed in the Senate and House of Representatives yesterday.
See how the Texas delegation voted here.
All Republican reps from Texas supported it (except for the absent Ron Paul), while most Democrats voted against. We sought to get their explanations for their votes.
- Sen. John Cornyn, R-San Antonio : "This is a real jobs bill"
"Today Republicans and Democrats came together behind a real jobs bill proven to spur hiring and expand the economy. These deals will open doors to Texas exports and are welcome news to job creators who have waited too long for access to these markets."
President Barack Obama: "A major win for American workers"
"The landmark trade agreements and assistance for American workers that passed tonight are a major win for American workers and businesses. I've fought to make sure that these trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama deliver the best possible deal for our country, and I've insisted that we do more to help American workers who have been affected by global competition."
"I look forward to signing these agreements, which will help achieve my goal of doubling American exports and keeping America competitive in the 21st century."
Rep. Gene Green, D-Houston: "Will Jeopardize American Manufacturing"
"At a time when 14 million Americans are out of work – one million in Texas alone – it is important that Congress not turn its back on our nation's working families by voting for trade agreements that would hurt our domestic manufacturers. The Korea, Colombia, and Panama Free Trade Agreements are based on the same failed model as NAFTA, which has been one of the biggest factors in undermining our nation's manufacturing base over the past 15 years."
"Texas alone has lost 150,199 manufacturing jobs since NAFTA was signed and these agreements will lead to further job losses and larger trade deficits. The Economic Policy Institute estimates that the Korea and Colombia trade deals will displace 214,000 American jobs and increase our trade deficit by nearly $17 billion."
Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo: "The agreements will have a trickle effect"
"As the Chairman of the Pro-Trade Caucus and representing a trade-centric district in South Texas, I strongly supported the passage of the trade agreements. Laredo, Texas, my hometown, is home to the nation's largest inland trade post and the 6th largest trade port. These Free Trade Agreements will have a trickle effect in creating jobs in the 28th District of Texas and the rest of the state of Texas."
"I am pleased with the highly bipartisan agreements that will advance international trade, keep the U.S. competitive, and create a quarter of a million U.S. jobs."
Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, D-San Antonio "Will help San Antonio Companies"
"America is the greatest economy and manufacturing country in the world, but in the ever increasing competitive global economy, we must ensure that there are fair policies in place that allow American companies to access foreign markets. With its robust manufacturing presence, San Antonio companies will have greater access to international channels to increase exports of their products and in turn, create more local jobs."
Rep. Bill Flores, R-Bryan: "Passing important to Texas Economy"
"By passing these three long-pending trade agreements, we will increase competitiveness for American manufacturers and businesses and create well-paying jobs here at home without adding one dime of new government spending. The more goods and services that businesses export, the more they produce."
"Passage of these job-creating trade agreements is exceptionally critical to the future of the Texas economy as Texas ranks number one in the country in total exports. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, more than 17,000 jobs in the 17th Congressional District alone are directly supported by exports."
Rep. Francisco "Quico" Canseco, R-San Antonio: "Especially beneficial for farmers and ranchers"
"While the Colombia, Panama, and South Korea trade agreements will benefit all sectors of the American economy, these agreements are especially beneficial for American farmers and ranchers. In the 23rd District of Texas, which I have the privilege to represent, agriculture is an important part of the economy. These three agreements will expand market access for American agricultural producers and will ultimately boost American agricultural exports by billions of dollars."
"I'm pleased that these jobs-creating agreements have finally seen the light of day and received a vote in the House of Representatives."
Rep. Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands: "A signal to the world"
"By approving these three sales agreements with our long-standing partners in Colombia, Panama and South Korea, Congress has leveled the playing field so that America's manufacturers, farmers and technology companies can compete for new customers in these growing economies and create good-paying jobs here in America.
"With strong bipartisan support in Congress, today we signal to the world that America is back on the global trading field. America has stood on the sidelines for far too long, losing its credibility as a serious, reliable trade leader and allowing America to fall behind our global competitors. That ends today."
Rep.Pete Olson, R-Sugar Land: "Texas jobs are related to trade"
"Passing these free trade agreements is a critical step in creating American jobs. These agreements will establish a more level playing field for American businesses by helping open more foreign markets for our products and services, and making it easier for American businesses to compete in the global economy."
"In Texas' 22nd District alone, exports support over 107,000 jobs. Texas ranks first among all states in total exports, totaling over $190 billion and 3,000,000 Texas jobs are related to trade. Free trade means more American businesses making more money that can be used to expand and grow American jobs. Let's export American goods and services, not American jobs."
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IBM is pretty cool. As part of their ongoing research into data storage based on single atoms, they've made the world's tiniest film. It's called 'A Boy and his Atom'.
It uses a handful of carbon atoms (a figurative handful of carbon atoms, obviously). A few dozen individual atoms to create a little stop-motion tale about a boy with a big grin and an atom of his very own.
The IBM film-makers used a scanning tunnelling microscope to move the atoms around and create pictures. (An IBM scientist won the Nobel Prize for Physics for inventing the STM in 1986.) It took the team of scientist film-makers two weeks of 18-hour days. Take a couple of minutes and marvel at how frickin' awesome science is.
It's a simple story using phenomenally complex technology. And it's still a better love story than Twilight.


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Positive Effects of Depression Found in Research by Clarkson University Prof & Colleagues
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Sadness, apathy, preoccupation. These traits come to mind when people think about depression, the world's most frequently diagnosed mental disorder. Yet, forthcoming research in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology provides evidence that depression has a positive side-effect.
According to a new study by Clarkson University Psychology Professor Andreas K. Wilke, along with Bettina von Helversen (University of Basel, Switzerland), Tim Johnson (Stanford University), Gabriele Schmid (Technische Universität München, Germany), and Burghard Klapp (Charité Hospital Berlin, Germany), depressed individuals perform better than their non-depressed peers do in sequential decision tasks.
Read an abstract of the study at http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2011-07962-001.
In their study, participants -- who were healthy, clinically depressed, or recovering from depression -- played a computer game in which they could earn money by hiring an applicant in a simulated job search.
The game assigned each applicant a monetary value and presented applicants one-at-a-time in random order. Experiment participants faced the challenge of determining when to halt search and select the current applicant.
In addition to resembling everyday decision problems, such as house shopping and dating, the task has a known optimal strategy. As Wilke and his colleagues report, depressed patients approximated this optimal strategy more closely than non-depressed participants did.
While healthy participants searched through relatively few candidates before selecting an applicant, depressed participants searched more thoroughly and made choices that resulted in higher payoffs.
This discovery provides the first evidence that clinical depression may carry some benefits. For decades, psychologists have debated whether depression has positive side-effects.
While researchers have recognized that most symptoms of depression impede cognitive functioning, scholars such as Paul Andrews of the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics and Andy Thomson of the University of Virginia have proposed that depression may promote analytical reasoning and persistence -- that is, qualities useful in complex tasks.
Past research provides some evidence in support of this possibility, but it focuses on individuals with low levels of non-clinical depression.
The forthcoming article by Wilke and his colleagues shows that even severe depression might yield some beneficial side effects. Fully understanding the consequences of depression may help uncover its evolutionary roots and thus opening avenues for treatment.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in six alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
Photo caption: According to a new study by Clarkson University Psychology Professor Andreas K. Wilke (above) and his colleagues, depressed individuals perform better than their non-depressed peers do in sequential decision tasks.


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Unified Data Center IQ Contest : And if there is only ONE ..
First the news .. this week we got 455 answers ! So we definitely witness a fierce competition between the best brains!
Congratulations to our two first winners of a new iPAD !!
They already got an e-mail , and as soon as we have their agreement we will introduce them to you.
Now don't forget two important rules:
– If you show up at this point of the competition you still can win a weekly iPAD and catch up for the Grand Prize (valueed $2000) with bonus questions over the week-end
This week bonus question are about "desktop virtualization " Perfect timing as Citrix Synergy starts next week in Barcelona- Check the bonus question on www.Facebook.com/ciscodc – You have till Sunday evening PST to answer – And follow @ciscodc and @drombaut for some hints.
-Next week question will be about Unified Management solutions and more precisely Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud, SAP IT Process Automation, but also some questions related to Openstack. So check www.Facebook.com/ciscodc first thing in the morning (PST) on Monday .Remember ,the sooner you answer the questions, the more points you can get for the Grand Prize.
-Talking about Openstack and specifically about Cisco ONE (Open Networking Environment ), here are the answers
1.What are the initial programming languages supported by onePK? C and Java
2. What is the name of the OpenStack API that deals with L2 networking? Quantum
3. What is the name of the "packet steering" technology used to deliver virtual services? vPath
4. Which Cisco operating systems are supported by onePK? IOS -XR , NX-OS and IOS
5. Can the Cisco PoC controller support non-Cisco switches? Yes
Want to know more about Cisco ONE ?
Read today's Nathan Sowatsky blog Why onePK is Better
Congratulations to all the participants and especially those who provided a correct answer and were eligible to enter the iPAD raffle.
Grand Prize Race
In answering correctly the questions every week, your Unified Data Center IQ is growing – In addition , your participation to the week-end bonus questions gives you the opportunity to get more points , either to take the lead of the competition, or to simply catch up, if you miss previous participation .
If you want to know were you are, here are the results after 2 weeks (questions on Algo Boost/Nexus 3548 and Cisoc ONE) and one week-end (bonus questions on Oracle, NSFT and SAP on UCS).
If you are not in the 5% who have already 60 + points don't be discouraged.
With 3 bonus questions over the week-end and 5 questions this coming week , you can catch up – And in any case, you still can win an iPAD by answering the questions on Monday.
Good luck ..and tell me if you have fun !
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The National Corn Growers Association reminds growers that only one week remains to apply to serve on a NCGA action team or committee in the 2016 fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1. This service provides growers an opportunity to play an active role in shaping the future of their industry and to become a part of the national agricultural leadership community.
"As a grassroots organization, NCGA relies on its members to step forward and take an active role in developing the policies that will lead our industry forward," said NCGA First Vice President Rob Elliott. "We have opportunities this year in all of the areas the organization touches, thus allowing members to take their involvement to the next level while exploring in great depth the areas which interest them the most. I encourage those interested to apply prior to the August 14 deadline to ensure consideration."
Positions are available on all teams and committees: CornPAC, Ethanol Committee, Grower Services Action Team, Production and Stewardship Action Team, Public Policy Action Team, Research and Business Development Action Team and Trade Policy and Biotechnology Action Team. Positions are also available on the Corn Board standing committees, which are the Bylaws Committee and Nominating Committee.
Qualified applicants must be a NCGA member or prospective member and/or contribute to their state checkoff program, if applicable. Ideal candidates have interest or expertise in a particular area relevant to the team focus.
Action teams and committees are composed of up to 14 voting members representing a cross-section of corn production. The teams may utilize staff, growers and industry members to serve as resources, as determined by the action team or committee chair.
Duties of the action teams and committees include:
· Conducting an annual planning process regarding the work and results of the team.
· Defining programs to be implemented by the action team and implementing them with evaluation measurement for each program.
· Seeking necessary information and expertise to advise the team.
· Advising the Corn Board on policy positions or requesting action of the Corn Board.
· Keeping the Corn Board informed of all obligations and contractual relationships entered into and seeking Corn Board approval for contracts or obligations that are out of the ordinary, such as those that are multi-year obligations.
· Working through the Corn Board on public policy actions or positions.
Action team and committee applications are available by clicking here. Deadline for receipt of applications in the state corn association offices, where applicable, is August 14. State offices will then coordinate applications and submit directly to NCGA by August 19. Interested parties can contact Kathy Baker at the NCGA office with questions, at (636) 733-9004.


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Cover of Helen Julia (Hogue) Judson's Family Album, 1903-1910. Privately held by Herstoryan, Houston, Texas. 2009 [inherited from Lois Jacqueline (Judson) Wells, through her father William Levis Judson son of Helen Julia (Hogue) Judson of Dayton and Toledo, Ohio]
I am the keeper of a most wonderful treasure. This family heirloom was entrusted to me by my grandfather after my grandmother passed away; I was fourteen years old. I am so thankful that he was able to look past my age to see the special desire growing inside my heart that had been planted so tenderly by my grandmother. That decision changed my life.
For years the family files stayed closed, stored in boxes in my closet. Every now and then late at night I would peek through them like a child stumbling upon a hidden Christmas present - photos, albums, documents, certificates, travel books, ledgers, newspaper clippings, address books, dried flowers, eye glasses, gloves, and scrolls of hand-drawn family trees. I fell in love.
This is the first of three albums I would like to share with everyone. Several of the photos are labeled. Most of the photos are of lateral lines - siblings, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins. It is my hope that these images find their way to their descendants. A treasure such as this must be shared. Below I have listed members of the Judson/Hogue family. Those shown in bold are confirmed people in the album. The others listed are good candidates for those photos of unknowns. I have all the pieces I just need help putting it together!
There are 109 scanned pages plus the front and back covers. One post a week would take two years to post the entire album so stay tuned....
Locations include: Dayton, Ohio; Toledo, Ohio; Cumberland, Maryland; Kinney, Minnesota; Duluth, Minnesota; Lake Superior; the Harbor at Marquette, Michigan; and Mackinac, Michigan.
(1) Oliver Judson + Susan Raymond
-----(2) Lewis James Judson + Helen Julia Hogue
----------(3) Bertha J. Judson + William Reid
---------------(4) Judson E. Reid
---------------(4) Helen Reid + Unknown Hackman
----------(3) Charles Raymond Judson died age 3
----------(3) Helen "Nellie" Judson died age 19 months
----------(3) Margaret Louise Judson + Bruce Carter Wilson
---------------(4) Helen Wilson
----------(3) Lewis Raymond Judson + Ethel Kirk
---------------(4) Dorothy J. Judson + Burke
----------(3) William Levis Judson + Lois Elderkin Warren
---------------(4) William Warren Judson
---------------(4) James Judson died age 1
---------------(4) Lewis Frederick Judson
---------------(4) Phyllis Alois Judson + McKinney
---------------(4) Lois Jaqueline Judson + Horace Vaughn Wells
-----(2) Lucy Jane Judson + David Miller Martin
----------(3) George Malcolm Martin + Margaret B.
---------------(4) Dorothy P. Martin + George G. Brown
---------------(4) Burton Martin
----------(3) Harry Judson Martin + Clara B.
---------------(4) Edwin Martin
----------(3) Bessie May Martin + Herbert Kable Hawker
----------(3) Dorothy B. Martin
-----(2) Mary Elizabeth Judson + William Cox
----------(3) Charles Cox died age 1
----------(3) Oliver W. Cox + Mary C. Shellenbarger
----------(3) Harriet Cox died age 1
-----(2) Francis "Frank" Henry Judson
-----(2) George Judson died age 3
(1) Lindsey Hogue + Nancy Susan Taylor
-----(2) Helen Julia Hogue + Lewis James Judson
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-----(2) John Hogue + Marie Marsh
-----(2) Margaret Hogue + Andrew Mason
-----(2) Mary A. Hogue + James Wright
----------(3) William Wright
-----(2) Virginia Hogue + Unknown Dunn (?)
-----(2) Martha Hogue + Silas Dunn (?)
-----(2) Johanna Hogue + James Eden
-----(2) William R. Hogue + Maria L
----------(3) Hellen J "Nellie" Hogue
----------(3) Marie M Hogue
----------(3) Lottie L Hogue
-----(2) James Hogue + Fannie
-----(2) Henrietta "Nettie" D. Hogue + James William Richards
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TV star Kat Von D has dumped electronic dance DJ Deadmaus after a brief romance.
The top producer confirmed he was dating Von D in September as he cooed about his new girlfriend on Twitter, sharing snapshots of the couple online and gushing, "Yeah, im (in) love… inb4 (and before) I find a f**k to give over the Internet implodes over it… (sic) at least I'm happy!"
However, the relationship has since come to an end and it appears Von D was the one to call it all off.
In a series of tweets on Saturday, she wrote, "Man.. Can't say I didn't give it my best… Man, I sure was wrong. But at least he made it a no-brainer to break that off. lessonlearned… Now, we can get all of the 'I told you so's' outta the way… And move on."
She later cleared up any confusion by bluntly stating: "Clarification: Deadmau5 and I are no longer together."
Von D was previously engaged to Sandra Bullock's cheating ex-husband, TV mechanic Jesse James, but ended the relationship last summer, six months after he proposed.


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Perl Module Monday: Object::Tiny (and friends)
Seriously, I'm going to have to create a new tag with "module" in the plural form, at this rate. This week's post started out just looking at one module, but as it happens there are three variant forms of it that are just as interesting and useful as the original. So it would be highly unfair to leave any of them out.
Let's start with the module at the core of it all, Object::Tiny. Object::Tiny is exactly as the name implies: tiny. With the POD it's just under 9000 bytes, and not counting the POD the current version (1.08) is 553 bytes. I like the *::Tiny modules, I like seeing people getting the most functionality in a truly modular way with a minimum of code and no dependencies. Object::Tiny gives you a truly minimal way to create objects with simple (read-only) accessors. It also gives you a dead-simple constructor if you don't already have one (well, most of the time— I'll come back to this in a bit). And it does it all with an extremely small footprint and a minimum of intrusiveness.
Some might be wondering why you would need this— after all, the object you create from Object::Tiny is little more than a hash-reference with delusions of grandeur: the storage is just a basic hash reference (no extra keys or meta-data), the accessors are read-only by design (but see the bit on related modules further down) no additional methods besides an inheritable new() are provided, etc. But it's a hash-reference that can call methods, for one thing. And your users don't need to know that it is just a lowly hash-ref under the hood. Plus, there are plenty of applications for read-only data structures. Indeed, at its core, functional programming calls for immutable data. Writing methods to effect changes by returning new objects with the updated member values would be pretty trivial. You could, for example, define a clone() operation that allows updated values to be passed in as:
sub clone { my $self = shift; return __PACKAGE__->new(%{$self}, @_); }
(For the less-experienced Perl users, this calls the new() of the package that the code is in, with the contents of the existing object flattened from a hash to an array. In addition to that, it also passes any arguments to clone() itself. Because of the way array/hash flattening/conversion works, anything in the arguments will override similar-named keys in the original hash, effectively "updating" those keys.)
Of course, this being CPAN, you don't need to do that. You just need to consider one of the alternatives:
- Object::Tiny::RW – This variant creates accessors that are read/write, by slightly altering the code that is generated. Accessors will then be able to accept an argument that, if present, becomes the new value for the key: $obj->foo(2) sets the "foo" key to 2. Of course, no type-checking is done.
- Object::Tiny::Lvalue – This variant also creates read/write accessors, but rather than using the "$obj->foo(2)" syntax it creates the accessors as lvalue methods, allowing you to do the same thing with "$obj->foo = 2".
- Object::Tiny::XS – This variant breaks the "tiny" rule slightly by depending on Class::XSAccessor. It generates read-only accessors and the inheritable new() method using Class::XSAccessor. Interestingly, it does not generate read/write accessors like the other two variants do, even though Class::XSAccessor provides a simple alternative that does this. That might be worthy of a feature-request, if someone feels strongly about it.
Since the usage syntax of these is all identical (well, except for the lvalue variant), one could even prototype with one module and switch to another later on if so needed. Particularly with Object::Tiny vs. Object::Tiny::XS, since both adhere to the read-only model of the generated accessors.
One thing I have noticed in the logic of Object::Tiny that seems to be reflected in all three of the variants, is: the class is only added to your (calling) class' inheritance hierarchy if you do not already have something in your @ISA variable. If you do, it will not add itself to your inheritance path. This means that you won't get an inherited constructor in cases where you might be expecting to. For example, your class might utilize some form of an exporter and have that in the @ISA array. But it doesn't provide you a constructor. If you were expecting Object::Tiny to provide the constructor, you may be surprised when it doesn't. Mind you, the constructor it provides is dead-simple, but just be sure to know this behavior before it catches you off-guard. This behavior isn't a bug, either, because it makes sense that if your class inherits from another class, it is probably either inheriting a constructor or providing its own constructor as an override. So I don't consider this a problem with Object::Tiny, it's just something to be aware of when using it.
Object::Tiny (and friends): for your minimalist class-construction needs!


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Abdullah, Martinez Named to Maxwell Watch List
Nebraska senior quarterback Taylor Martinez and junior I-back Ameer Abdullah have been named to the watch list for the Maxwell Award as announced on Monday morning.
Martinez and Abdullah are among eight Big Ten players on the watch list and Nebraska is one of 17 schools with two or more players named to the Maxwell Award watch list.
The Maxwell Award, named in honor of Robert W. "Tiny" Maxwell, has been given to America's College Player of the Year since 1937. Maxwell's contributions to the game of football were extensive, including as a player, a sportswriter and an official.
The 6-1, 210-pound Martinez has already shattered several Nebraska records in his first three seasons as Nebraska's starting quarterback. Martinez has established NU records for career and season total offense, career passing yards and ranks second among quarterbacks in career rushing yards. Martinez's 39 career starts are the second-most of any returning player in the country, and his 2,858 career rushing yards are the most among active FBS players. Martinez was a first-team All-Big Ten pick by the Big Ten Coaches in 2012.
Abdullah teamed with Martinez in 2012 to give Nebraska pair of 1,000-yard rushers. Abdullah rushed for 1,137 yards and eight touchdowns as a sophomore and helped Nebraska lead the Big Ten and rank eighth nationally in rushing offense. Abdullah also posted the sixth-best single-season all-purpose yardage total in NU history with 1,884 yards. Abdullah was a second-team All-Big Ten choice in 2012.
Semifinalists for the Maxwell Award will be announced Oct. 29, while the three finalists for the award will be unveiled Nov. 18. The winner of the 2013 Maxwell Award will be announced as part of the Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards Show held on Dec. 12. The formal presentations of these awards will be made at the Maxwell Football Club Awards Gala hosted by Harrah's Entertainment Atlantic City on March 7, 2014.
The watch list candidates have been chosen by the Maxwell Football Club's selection committee, which analyzes both past performance and future potential. The Club reserves the right to make additions and deletions to these lists as the 2013 season unfolds. All members of the Maxwell Football Club, NCAA sports information directors, FBS head coaches and selected national media are eligible to vote for the awards.
The Maxwell Award is the first in a series of awards that will announce their watch lists over the next two weeks. The schedule for watch list announcements is as follows:
7-9: Mackey Award (tight end); Rimington Trophy (center)
7-10: Lou Groza Award (place-kicker); Ray Guy Award (punter)
7-11: Bronko Nagurski Trophy (defensive player): Outland Trophy (interior lineman)
7-12: Jim Thorpe Award (defensive back)
7-15: Butkus Award (linebacker); Lombardi Award (lineman of the year)
7-16: Biletnikoff Award (receiver)
7-17: Davey O'Brien Award (quarterback)
7-18: Doak Walker Award (running back)
7-19: Walter Camp Award (most outstanding player)


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Today I want to talk about "crushes", and I found myself sitting for a minute, trying to think of my title options in Spanish. I know how to say "in love" and things of that nature, but a crush is not love. After a quick search, I gathered these possibilities:
Estar embobado/a con alguien – To be besotted with someone
Estar colado/a por alguien – To be cast by someone
Encaprichado/a de alguien – To be infatuated with someone
Estar prendado/a de alguien – To be smitten with someone
Tener un flechazo – To have an arrow shot
Estar pillado/a por alguien – To be caught by someone
Tener un metejón – (difficult to give a literal translation, maybe something like "To be really into")
Estar remetido/a – To be tucked in
Estar perdido/a por alguien – To be lost for someone
Perder la chaveta por alguien – To be haywire for someone
Estar templado/a como las cuerdas de una guitarra – To be tempered as the strings of a guitar
All of these are fabulous in their own way – but none of them, for me, carry the sentido of "crush" – that silly, intoxicating feeling that makes one feel like a 10 year old girl crying into her pillow for New Kids on the Block just because she hearts them SO much. (…um, not that I know anything about that…pero, hands off Jonathan. He's mine.)
So, why am I, (una mujer casada!), talking about crushes? Well because I have one!
Now I'm sure you're wondering who my crush is. Well, he is a man with an inspiring story that came from very humble beginnings. He came to the U.S. from Mexico to work farms in California at a young age. He loved to write songs and he loved to sing. Some people told him he wasn't good enough, but after the death of his mother who always encouraged him, he followed his dreams. You may now know him as "Espinoza Paz".
To add to my juvenile feelings for him, él tiene frenos iguales a los que yo tenía when I was in middle school, which I find completely adorable.
The best thing about Espinoza is how shy he can be. (For all you timidos out there, some girls like that so just be yourself!)
"It's just a little crush,
Not like I faint every time we touch
It's just some little thing,
Not like everything I do,
depends on you."
Okay – now you have to spill the beans. Who is your crush?


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From early work on Australian suburbs to the more public and international playfulness of his contemporary poetry, Chris Wallace-Crabbe has selected poems from eleven collections published between 1959 and 1993 for this book. The poet sought to include poems that, in the mind of his friends, critics, and not least, himself, still "worked." He also intended this selection to bear witness of his past selves in poetry. The poems trace an arc from his life in Australia to the "combination of seriousness and decorative hedonism" found in his poetry today. The result is a fascinating overview of a poet whose style reveals the depth, joy, and fragility of language.
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In theory, customers should be able to feel the software performance improvements from first-hand experience.
In practice, sometimes the improvements are not noticible enough, such that in order to monetize from the improvements, it is necessary to use quotable performance figures in marketing in order to attract customers.
We already know the difference between perceived performance (GUI latency, etc) and server-side performance (machines, networks, infrastructure, etc).
How often is it that programmers need to go the extra length to "write up" performance analyses for which the audience is not fellow programmers, but managers and customers?


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Rock Hill, S.C.-Brevard College student-athlete Kim Koivu has been named a 2013 First Team All-SAC selection for men's golf, the league announced on Thursday.
Koivu posted six top-10 performances this season, and won the individual title at the Irish Creek Intercollegiate. The sophomore finished fourth in the conference in adjusted scoring average at 73.89.
Koivu was a First Team All-SAC selection and the conference's Freshman of the Year in 2012.
Lincoln Memorial senior Jamie Chapman was named the South Atlantic Conference Player of the Year.
Chapman's adjusted scoring average of 73.20 was the best in the SAC, according to results from Golfstat.com. He won October's State Farm Invitational with a final score of five-under par, and also recorded top-10 finishes at the Tusculum Fall Classic, the Spring Kick-Off Intercollegiate, the Tusculum Invitational and the Natural State Classic.
Chapman was an All-SAC Second Team selection in 2010 and 2011, and is only the second men's golfer from LMU ever to win SAC Player of the Year accolades, joining Eric Kennedy in 2010.
Accompanying Koivu and Chapman on this season's All-Conference First Team are Newberry senior Chandler Gruenemeier, Wingate senior Brian Denton, Carson-Newman junior Jonathan Kim-Moss and Carson-Newman senior Gavin Hay. Gruenemeier finished second in the conference in adjusted scoring average at 73.63, followed by Denton at 73.81, Koivu at 73.89, and Kim-Moss and Hay - who tied for the final first-team selection - at 73.97.
Denton, Hay and Kim-Moss were all All-Conference First Team honorees last season, and Hay made the First Team in 2011 as well.
Denton and Hay had three top-10 performances this season while Gruenemeier and Kim-Moss recorded two. Denton placed first at the J. Ralph Hargett Memorial.
Newberry sophomore Jon Weiss, Tusculum freshman Nick Forsberg and Lincoln Memorial freshman Connor Froning each earned selections to the 2013 All-SAC Second Team, as did Wingate's Tyler Stone, the conference's Freshman of the Year.
LMU's Travis Muncy was named the SAC Coach of the Year for the first time in his career after leading his team to a pair of tournament titles and a total of 11 top-10 finishes at events this season. He becomes the first coach from LMU to earn the award.
Next up for the honorees is the 2013 Food Lion SAC Golf Championship, which gets underway on Sunday in Sevierville, Tennessee.
2013 SAC Men's Golf Awards
SAC Player of the Year: Jamie Chapman, Lincoln Memorial
SAC Freshman of the Year: Brian Denton, Wingate
SAC Coach of the Year: Travis Muncy, Lincoln Memorial
All-Conference First Team
Jamie Chapman, Lincoln Memorial (Sr.)
Chandler Gruenemeier, Newberry (Sr.)
Brian Denton, Wingate (Sr.)
Kim Koivu, Brevard (So.)
Jonathan Kim-Moss, Carson-Newman (Jr.)*
Gavin Hay, Carson-Newman (Sr.)*
* tied for final first-team selection
All-Conference Second Team
Jon Weiss, Newberry (So.)
Tyler Stone, Wingate (Fr.)
Nick Forsberg, Tusculum (Fr.)
Connor Froning, Lincoln Memorial (Fr.)


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Looking forward to new gta game which should fill the time I'm about to spend sitting on my arse/laying down following my upcoming hip replacement.
StarCitizen looks good though its only in pledge state and a finished game isn't likely until 2015 apparently.
If you want something different and fun then I suggest Kerbal space program. Still in development stage so no campaign or missions but you can build your own space program in sandbox currently and explore the kerbal systems planets and moons. If you want some YouTube videos on it search for Scott Manley.


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HUD Launches New Campaign Against Housing Fraud Areas Hard-Hit by Foreclosures Most Susceptible to Scamsby GDN Shared Post June 10, 2011
According to the federal department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), an estimated three million families have already lost their homes to foreclosure since 2007. But, the worst may still be ahead; analysts now predict that as many as eight million more Americans could face foreclosure by 2012.
With so many desperate homeowners looking for solutions, a new kind of consumer fraud has found a ready-made market. Families fighting for their homes and financial survival can be gullible to shady businesses that promise guaranteed mortgage modifications or a halt to foreclosures already in progress. Oftentimes, aggressive sales pitches to troubled homeowners claim that serious financial problems can go away as soon as payment of an advance fee is made. Other solicitations call for sharing personal financial information over the phone or online to quickly solve a housing dilemma.
The spread of these and other consumer scams have now trigged a new campaign by HUD and other consumer groups with dual goals. Know It. Avoid It. Report It is a new campaign that seeks to: 1) direct homeowners facing foreclosure to trusted housing resources and counselors; and 2) solicit the support of homeowners to shut down scammers who target communities of color and the elderly. The campaign includes support from the Federal Trade Commission, NeighborWorks America, and the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law. Using a combination of traditional and social media, the effort will also include multi-lingual brochures, posters and flyers along with multiple outreach activities in hard-hit areas such as Miami, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
"You can't go around Miami without seeing all these promises to 'help' and the result is that too many people are being taken advantage of," said Ed Jennings Jr., HUD Southeast Regional Administrator.
"With millions of homeowners in foreclosure or at risk of losing their homes as they fall behind on mortgage payments, and eight million Americans expected to face foreclosure now through 2012, the timing of this campaign could not be more prudent," continued Jennings. "When you know better, you do better."
Another outreach effort in HUD's campaign featured a two-hour telethon on June 1 with more than 20 housing counselors in the studio of Los Angeles' KMEX-TV. Counselors answered viewer calls and also sought information to determine whether callers were at risk of being scammed and provided information on how and where to report scams.
Although HUD's campaign has begun in three heavily-affected markets, every state where large numbers of foreclosures have occurred is also a potential target for this new kind of fraud. Residents of other states with large foreclosures include: Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
Anyone, regardless of where they live, can dial a toll free help line at 1-888-995-HOPE (4673), or go online for more advice on how to avoid housing scams at www.loanscamlert.org.
Additionally, the Center for Responsible Lending has state-by-state information on the number of foreclosures and the costs of bad lending practices, including payday loans, bank overdraft loans, and overcharges in auto financing. It is available at: http://www.responsiblelending.org/mortgage-lending/tools-resources/factsheets/
With communities of color already having lost $350 billion of wealth through foreclosures, everyone should be on guard against promises of debt relief that sound too good to be true. If there really was a quick and easy fix to the foreclosure fiasco, it would have happened before so many families lost their homes.
Charlene Crowell is the Center for Responsible Lending's communications manager for state policy and outreach. She can be reached at: email@example.com.


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14th November 2016
Budapest – In six Central and Eastern European (CEE) markets, 1,098 acts were approved between 1 August 2015 and 1 August 2016. This is 5.5% more than in the same period last year, when 1041 acts were approved. Out of the 1098 acts, 483 had a direct impact on business: more than a third of these impacted the business sector in general (37%). Out of the sector-specific laws, the largest amount of acts were approved for the finance sector (17%) as opposed to last year when agriculture was the most impacted (14%), says the Grayling AcTrend Report 2016, prepared by Grayling CEE Public Affairs Practice Group.
Grayling AcTrend Report scrutinized laws passed in six CEE countries - Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia - between 1 August 2015 and 1 August 2016. The report also provides an overview on the political environment and outlook on governments' activities across the region.
Similar to previous years' results, the most active countries of the region remained to be Romania, with 299 acts passed, Poland with 227 and Hungary with 186. However, the research found only a moderate, 5.5% increase in the number of acts passed compared to last year, totaling to 1098 acts passed in the six CEE markets over the course of the twelve-month period.
44% of the approved acts (483 out of 1098) had a direct impact on business, while more than a third of them affected the business sector in general (37%). Out of the sector-specific laws, the largest amount of acts approved was in the finance (17%) and service (12%) sectors. ICT, industry and interestingly energy were among the least impacted sectors across the region.
Although governments introduced most of the acts related to the business sector (75%), 24% of them were submitted by MPs. As opposed to last year, the most productive MPs are from Poland (43%), Romania (27%) and Bulgaria (25%), while Hungary ended up as fourth (22%). The high number of acts proposed by Polish MPs during the last year was the result of rushing through legislative change before the general election in October 25 in 2015. The number of acts submitted by MPs in Romania increased for the second year in a row. The main reason is the approaching end of the parliamentary term. Likewise, the new electoral law will reduce the number of MPs in the next Parliament, which stimulates lawmakers to make an impression in an attempt to secure eligible seats on their party's candidate list.
Across CEE, 18.8% of approved acts with an impact on business were passed by an extraordinary procedure, slightly more than last year. As in 2015, it was the most common method this year as well in Romania, where 52% of acts were approved using the Government's Emergency Ordinance. In Slovakia and the Czech Republic, every act in 2015/16 was approved through a standard procedure, whereas an extraordinary procedure was used to adopt 6-7% of acts in 2014/15. In Slovakia, it was simply not necessary to use an extraordinary procedure and there was an election year, so the Slovak political scene was focused on standard political activities.
Almost half of the adopted acts generated significant media coverage, which is 15% higher than last year. The biggest increases were recorded in Slovakia (39%) and Romania (20%). In Romania, the final year of the current parliamentary term has introduced important legislative changes with an impact on both society and business. In the pre-election campaign in Slovakia, the media, which is not sympathizing with ruling party, SMER highlighted every possible issue which could have negative effect on the party's popularity.
'Parliaments of the six CEE countries we analysed continue to be very active in legislation. Over the three years we prepare Grayling AcTrend report, MPs in Romania, Poland and Hungary have been the most active lawmakers: 68% of the acts approved by Parliament in this region was passed by the legislators of the three countries. For the future we expect fluctuations in this respect in Romania and in the Czech Republic where general elections are due in the upcoming 10-11 months, and also Hungary has 18 months left from this electoral period' – commented Gergely Ábrahám, Head of Public Affairs Practice Group of Grayling in CEE on the study.
About this Study
This report was prepared by Grayling Central & Eastern Europe (CEE)'s Public Affairs Practice Group and examines laws passed in six CEE countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia) between 1 August 2015 and 1 August 2016. Grayling's Public Affairs teams used publicly available data (mainly parliamentary websites) for the research and the report covers acts of Parliament only. In terms of media coverage, Grayling's teams did not make a quantitative analysis of the coverage generated by each piece of legislation; if an article focusing on the act in question appeared in one of the most respected and/or widely-read media titles, it was categorized as an act which generated 'significant' media coverage.
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So I thought I would recap here what speakers I really liked or discovered at the Show. I am not going this year, as I am going for a short trip to France to see my family and take care of my children that are or will be in Paris for their studies on an exchange from their Australian Universities.
Hopefully, I will have some time (between Cotes-du-Rhone and Camembert...) to research there some more French vintage products and I can entertain you again "on topic!
And to stay on my favourite brand, here is a shot of the new Thiel speakers on the Bryston stand (ah,ah, you didn't see this one coming, did you?).
The combination of Bryston amplification, 24/192 multichannel live recordings from iTrax and matching Thiel monitors and subwoofers ended up being one of the most sensational demos at the Show.
They evemn make their own version of the OPPO player.
But what is less known is their recent foray into loudspeaker design.
These fine little monsters are a very capable team and are built as two separate cabinets, my favourite arrangement, just in case you have not noticed already...
Very good demo and great conversation with the Director all the way from Scandinavia, who happens to know my ex-distributor in Norway, Martin Viktorin - small world!
Kondo + Audio Note Japan - Reincarnation of an ancient art
Beautiful to look at, beautiful to listen to, beautiful to talk about...
It is the nirvana for a lot of audiophiles in Japan, and for some of us, mere mortals, elsewhere in the World as well.
The closest system I have heard from the Pierre Riffaud/Tosca/Ocelia combo (punt intended...) I listened to at Point Musiques in Paris over my last trip.
It is craftmanship of the highest order, as well as technically very sound and painstakingly researched and executed.
A few kilograms of finesse in a world of brutes - better than chocolate? You tell me.
Morel is an Israeli company more famous for their drivers (I am about to trial one of their tweeters...) than for their speakers, but hopefully this will change as these beautifully crafted products sound as good as they look. Stay tuned!
REGA - Another first for BMRs in High End speakers
In the bass, they use two drivers of different sizes in separate enclosures for a smooth and extended bass response. Again the BMRs have trouble getting the right level below 120Hz, hence the separate subwoofer arrangement.
Copmared to Naim, who decided to reengineer the BMR drivers, REGA uses a standard unit and spent the money on a complex filter and beautiful cabinet. And BTW, it sounds great as well!
Waterfall Audio + Tributaries cables
They teamed up with Tributaries, a relatively new range of high-end cables, where my friend Helma Paulson (ex Export Manager for Audioacess and Harman Kardon) is doing a very good sales job (she could sell ice to Eskimos, really...) and she almost convinced me that these cables were actually make a difference! Maybe I should ask for some samples....
Audiolineaire, Focal and other French ambassadors
In the New Year, I will give you a (short...) report on T.H.E. Show which is held concurrently at the Flamingos.
In the meantime, I thank all of you that ventured to this site, some more than once - I love Google Analytics - and I wish you a very Happy New Year and many happy returns in 2013.
I will try my best to continue to entertain and inform you. See you in January!


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Editors note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Offices Master Gardener Program, appears every other week during the growing season.
By Darrin Parmenter
And you thought the gardening season was over. ... Ha!
While the annuals are long gone and the perennials start their long hibernation, there is still time to plant those spring bulbs. November can potentially be too late to plant, but with this warm (and snow-free) fall, we can still dig relatively easily in the unfrozen soil.
As a general rule, plant the bulbs about four times the height of the bulb and make sure you plant them with the growing tips up (and the root plate down). This means that the larger bulbs, such as lilies and daffodils, need to be planted 9 to 10 inches deep. Bulb augers attached to a drill can greatly assist in the digging of the hole.
Some great (and not so common) choices from Lisa Bourey, director of horticulture with Durango Botanical Society:
Eremurus spp.: The pop in your garden, these tall spikes are very showy. Typically bloom in early summer and are about 4 feet tall. Zone 5.
Chionodoxa spp.: Frequently referred to as Glory of the Snow; 5-10 flowers per stem and do well as naturalizers. Plants grow to 10 inches tall and are hardy to zone 3. Try planting them in the lawn.
Fritillaria spp.: Another fun plant in the garden that can act as a showcase in the late spring. Bell-shaped flowers that come in all colors and heights. Hardy to zone 4 and perfect for the rock garden.
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After posting about the new features arriving in Acrobat X / XFA 3.3 I received several requests for samples. So today we'll have a look at a sample that uses a generic column chart to display form data. If you have used flash inside Acrobat 9, the concepts here should be very familiar. And before we go any further, I should remind you that you don't (yet) have the tools to design this form yourselves. You need to wait for the next version of LiveCycle Designer. But in the meantime, you can look at the script and internals of the sample form using the current version of Designer.
First, here is the sample PDF, here is the flex project for the chart swf.
Some comments about how to use the form:
- In the "Type" field, select the column chart variation you want: clustered, overlaid or stacked.
- Edit the hex values in the color fields to choose the colors for the 5 data series that can be created
- Click "Start Chart" to create the chart with its first data series
- Click "Add Row" to add another row of dataa — and to include it in the chart. (the new row values are randomized)
- Edit some of the sales values in the table. Notice how the chart reacts when you exit the field.
Now the nitty gritty:
A Generic Column Chart
If you use Flash Builder to create a column chart, it's pretty easy to define it with declarative markup when the data source is well understood. In my case I wanted a skeletal chart definition and allow it to be modified by actionscript methods — which would in turn be called from the form JavaScript.
To achieve this, the sample column chart exposes three methods:
- reset() — get rid of existing data and restart the chart
- addSeries() — add a new data series to the chart
- updateValue() — notify the chart that one of the values in its data series has changed
The actionscript in the sample chart calls ExternalInterface.addCallback() to register each of these methods.
These three methods provide all the parameters needed for the chart (title, data, colors, labels). There are plenty of other chart properties that could be exposed by an energetic developer who is a little more industrious than me.
A couple other pointers for developing flash for embedding in PDF:
- Round-tripping the flash to test in Designer is cumbersome. I'm continually exporting release builds from Flash Builder. For expedient testing I added buttons to the chart sample to call the relevant methods so I can test from within flash builder. Then when I'm happy with the result I comment out the buttons.
- You need the right settings so that your embedded flash will respond to document zoom events. The magic bit is this code in the application element:
<mx:Application applicationComplete="stage.scaleMode=StageScaleMode.EXACT_FIT;" …>
Embedding the Flash
To embed the flash, I created a host field with the same aspect ratio as the flash application — in this case my flex specified: <mx:application width="675" height="450"/> so I made the dimensions of my host field: w=6.75in h=4.5in.
I specified a poster image to use when the flash is not active. To get a suitable image, I took a screen shot of the empty chart, cropped it and saved as a jpg.
In order to pass in chart data and chart parameters, the form JavaScript calls methods on the flash object using the 'invoke' method on exObject:
chart.ui.exObject.invoke("reset", …);
Restoring the state of the flash object
When re-opening the form we need to restore the state of the embedded flash object. If the flash were a simple widget with a data value, we'd likely use the multimedea calls to save/restore data:
ExternalInterface.call( "multimedia_saveSettingsString", "…" );
state = ExternalInterface.call( "multimedia_loadSettingsString" );
If we called these methods, the widget data would be saved/restored from the form data associated with the host field. However in the case of our chart, we want to restore the chart from the data in the table.
I failed in my first attempt to restore the flash data. I called the chart reset() method from the docReady event. The problem was that the flash object was not yet activated and the call was ignored. The solution was to have the embedded chart call a script object method when it was activated. From actionscript this looked like:
This calls the initialize() method on the chartHelper script object. The initialize method then uses the reset() and addSeries() methods to re-populate the chart.


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A total of 27 municipalities from throughout the Hudson Valley ranked high on a newly released survey by Niche.com that lists the 100 best suburbs to live in the country based on crime, public schools, cost of living, job opportunities, and local amenities.
Twenty-two of the 27 locales are in Westchester.
Here's a look at the locations that ranked in the Top 100:
- No. 4 - Ardsley (Greenburgh): Ardsley is a small town, close to NYC (only 25 minutes by train) and a great place to raise children. In addition to low violent crime numbers, it features many small shops and restaurants.
- No. 6 - Bronxville: Bronxville which rated an A+ for school and an A- for crime, is considered one of the best places foodies and families and is within 30 of the New York City.
- No. 8 - Pelham: Pelham is known as a close-knit community who are quick to help each other. It's also known for its superior schools and low crime rate.
- No. 9 - Rye: Rye is one of those places that offers friendly residents, great schools, fun beaches and is close to NYC.
- No. 14 - Briarcliff: Briarcliff is a family-focused community with highly-rated schools and recreation activities in a safe environment.
- No. 15 - Scarsdale: Scarsdale is ranked as a quaint high end and safe place to live. It is close to the train and has plenty of small shops. It can be expensive.
- No. 16 - Irvington (Rivertowns): With only a little over 7,000 residents, Irvington has A+ schools, small shops and plenty of friendly neighbors.
- No. 17 - Chappaqua: Known for its lovely small shops and restaurants, Chappaqua also offers superior schools and is a great place for families.
- No. 19 - Hastings-on-Hudson (Rivertowns): Hastings-on-Hudson is a beautiful but old town with nice river views and is full of "artsy" residents including music producers, artists, and those in the medical field.
- No. 24 - Croton: Croton-on-Hudson offers A+ schools, friendly people that are easy to meet and an atmosphere that is perfect for raising a family.
- No. 28 - Armonk: Known for its "preppy" lifestyle, Armonk offers superior schools, great restaurants and a good place to raise children.
- No. 29 - Hartsdale: Hartsdale, known for its zero violent crime rating and top-notch schools, also offers a large variety of restaurants and shops.
- No. 36 - Larchmont: Picked for its great location to the water, Larchmont offers a balance of the big city and suburban life.e because you can easily commute into New York City on the train.
- No. 51 - Katonah (Bedford): With a population just barely tipping 2,000, Katonah is known for its A+ schools and quiet lifestyle.
- No. 52 - Dobbs Ferry (Rivertowns): With a waterfront within walking distance, four-star dining and great schools, Dobbs Ferry is popular with residents.
- No. 54 - Suffern (Ramapo): Suffern is touted as being an excellent place to live and raise a family with great school districts, shopping, and restaurants in a quaint setting.
- No. 55 - South Nyack (Orangetown): South Nyack is known for its great schools and active nightlife while still being a good place to raise children.
- No. 56 -Tarrytown: With little crime issues and friendly, outgoing residents, Tarrytown is also known as a great place to raise a family.
- No. 63 - New City (Clarkstown): New City was ranked for its A+ schools, small-town feel and friendly residents.
- No. 68 - Montebello (Ramapo): Known for its zero violent crime rate and A+ schools, Montebello is a favorite with people who work in NYC.
- No. 73 - Rye Brook: Known for being a "great little town" with a police department that cares and responses quickly.
- No. 75 - Upper Nyack (Clarkstown): Expensive, but with zero violent crimes and A+ schools, Upper Nyack is popular with families.
- No. 85 - Pleasantville: Pleasantville is a place where neighbors help each other and give back to the community. It's also known for its diversity.
- No. 90 - White Plains : Known as a clean, fun town, White Plains offers plenty of restaurant and activities for families and singles.
- No. 94 - Mamaroneck : Friendly, well-kept and very safe are the words used to describe Mamaroneck.
- No. 96 - Tappan (Orangetown): Known for its parks and playgrounds and good schools, Tappan is also close to NYC.
- No. 100 - Harrison: Known for its "townies" whose families have lived in the area for generations, Harrison is also a favorite for its very advanced schools.
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Our free pattern download is for the same quilt, but substitutes warm autumn colors of burgundy, tan and gold surrounding assorted pink, lime, green, teal, yellow and blue solid block centers. This modern looking quilt can easily be adapted to your own fabric choices. You might choose to use a charm pack from a single fabric collection for the block centers, adding coordinating solids for the subsequent block patches, strips, sashing and borders.
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Anritsu Company introduces its Manufacturer Test Suite (MTS) for use with its MT8820B/MT8815B Radio Communication Analyzers. The MT8820B/MT8815B with MTS offers manufacturers of W-CDMA/HSDPA and GSM/GPRS/EGPRS mobile phones a cost-effective and highly-efficient solution to conduct RF adjustments and RF Tx/Rx parametric tests on the production line.
MTS is a special combination of hardware and software that runs on the MT8820B/MT8815B analyzers. Full adjustments of mobile phone RF Rx/Tx levels and complete RF Tx/Rx parametric tests of W-CDMA/HSDPA and GSM/GPRS/EGPRS mobile phones can be made with the MT8820B/MT8815B, when the instruments are equipped with MTS. The solution also allows manufacturers to evaluate audio performance of W-CDMA/GSM mobile devices.
The basic instrument configuration offers RF adjustments and RF Tx/Rx parametric tests in the Test Mode. A call processing option can be added that brings those functions to the basic configuration. Baseband chipset-specific RF adjustment functions can be added as options as well.
Covering a frequency range of 30 MHz to 2.7 GHz, the MT8820B/MT8815B are measuring instruments that conduct basic Tx and Rx measurements of W-CDMA/HSDPA, GSM/GPRS/EGPRS and CDMA2000 1X/1xEV-DO systems. The MTS complements the MT8820B's unique Parallelphone Measurement capability, making the MT8820B an excellent test solution for production lines. The Parallelphone Measurement option allows two different mobile terminals to be connected and tested simultaneously with a single MT8820B. This functionality significantly improves manufacturing efficiency by reducing production costs (return on investment and energy saving) and space.
The MT8815B is a compact, high-accuracy, high-speed tester for single RF measurements made at the manufacturing, repair, and maintenance stages. It is the ideal solution for service points (sales offices) and repair centers when used in combination with the MT8510B Service Tester.


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Stimson's Introduction to Airborne Radar, 3rd Edition
Author: George W. Stimson, Hugh Griffiths, Christopher Baker and Dave Adamy
Year: 2014
Format: Hardback
Product Code: SBRA5050
Pagination: 772pp.
Stock Status: In stock
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An absolute 'must have' for all radar enthusiasts, this new and updated edition is widely acknowledged as the only book to offer a complete overview of modern airborne radar principles of the last 15-20 years.
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Greatly expanded from the best-selling second edition by George W.Stimson, Stimson's Introduction to Airborne Radar, 3rd edition provides a complete overview of the major developments in air and space borne radars in line with advances in modern technology.
For the past 15 years, the near-legendary 2nd edition (1998) has been recognised as the best-selling book of its kind and widely acknowledged as "the first radar book anybody should own" and this 3rd revision of the classic book is set to be no different.
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Stimson's Introduction to Airborne Radar, 3rd Edition has been completely modernised to include a higher degree of routine adopting of electronic scanning and high resolution imaging, together with a much greater use of digital technology.
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George W. Stimson was the author of Introduction to Airborne Radar (1st and 2nd editions) and served as an engineer on Southern California Edison's frequency-change project before being hired by Hughes Aircraft Company. Working closely with the company's top designers, Stimson observed first-hand the fascinating evolution of airborne radar and with the help from Hughes engineers updated the first edition with 11 new chapters.
Hugh Griffiths holds the THALES/Royal Academy Chair of RF Sensors in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at University College London, UK, He has published over 300 technical articles and papers and is the Editor-in-Chief of the IET Journal - Radar, Sonar and Navigation. In 2013, he won the prestigious AF Harvey prize from the IET.
Christopher Baker is the Ohio Research Scholar in Integrated Sensor Systems at The Ohio State University. He has been actively engaged in radar system research since 1984 and is the author of over two hundred publications.
David Adamy is an internationally recognised expert in electronic warfare with over 47 years' experience in the field and is a past National President of the Association of Old Crows.
Contributors: Simon Watts, Tony Kinghorn, James Stiles, Shannon Blunt, Eli Brookner, David Blacknell
Book readership
Suited to those who are experienced and new to radar, Stimson's Introduction to Airborne Radar, 3rd edition will be a hugely beneficial reference text for a vast number of radar enthusiasts including;
- radar and general defence engineers
- military pilots
- students studying radar, aviation and aeronautics
- defence contractors
- avionic technicians
- all levels of radar personnel
Even those not actively in the field of airborne radar will find benefit from this book as the core principles are applicable to many areas of surface based radar. Therefore, this is not only a first choice for those beginning their research journey into radar but it will also be a hugely beneficial reference text for a vast number of people in the industry.
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Sample chapter of Stimson's Introduction to Airborne Radar, 3rd edition
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For radar experts and amateurs there is much here to expand understanding of the very latest concepts and techniques. The authors clearly understand their audience, and have produced a work that will quickly become essential to anyone wishing to understand airborne radar.
Darren Coe, MSc CEng, MIET, Principal Scientist – Airborne Radar, QinetiQ Malvern


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