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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Four players in double figures, led by sophomore Billy Bender with 17 points, helped MIT secure a 76-53 win over visiting WPI in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) men's basketball action on Wednesday night. Noel Hollingsworth added a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds as the Cardinal and Gray, ranked No. 9 in the country in the latest D3Hoops.com Top 25, downed WPI for the first time since 2003. With the win MIT improves to 14-1 and 2-0 in NEWMAC play. WPI, which has captured at least a share of the NEWMAC regular season crown in each of the past six seasons, falls to 11-3 (0-2 NEWMAC).
MIT scored the first eight points of the game capped by a Mitchell Kates lay-up at the 16:27 mark. A three-pointer by Bender with 11:12 to go in the first gave the homestanding Engineers an 18-8 advantage. However, the visitors from Worcester would battle back with a 10-3 run over the ensuing 2:58. Jeffrey Robinson began the spurt with a traditional three-point play and a Fernando Perez lay-up with 8:14 on the clock closed the gap to just three. That would be as close as WPI would get the rest of the way however, as senior co-captain Billy Johnson scored seven of MIT's next 12 points during a key run that would push the hosts' lead back to 13.
Coming out of the break trailing 40-27, the Worcester Engineers scored the half's first four points to close within nine. However, Tech outscored WPI 10-2 over the next 4:46 to open up a 17-point advantage that it would not relinquish.
Perez was the only WPI player to score in double-figures, finishing with 10. Robinson played a solid game at point guard, tallying eight points to go along with six assists. MIT held the visitors well below their season average of 82.8 points per game while limiting WPI to just 40.8% shooting.
Kates (11 points, 6 assists) joined Burke (12 points) in double figures as Tech shot 61.7% from the field, including 7-15 from three-point range. MIT also had a 34-21 advantage on the glass.
Both teams will continue with conference play on Saturday, January 16. WPI hosts Coast Guard at 1:00 p.m. while MIT travels to Clark for a 2:00 p.m. start.


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Safety Study of Once a Day ART and Opiate Substitute. (3OD)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00324688
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : May 11, 2006
Last Update Posted : March 12, 2014
- Study Details
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|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Viread
|Phase 4
Patients with a history of opiate abuse (IVDU) are not only a patient population that is frequently difficult to reach by the healthcare system, but it also exhibits specific problems in HIV-treatment (ART). These patients frequently have a chaotic lifestyle, which makes it difficult to take medications regularly. Amongst the reasons for this are housing difficulties, intoxication and substance abuse.
The introduction of opiate substitution treatment can help to provide some structure and certainty to patients. Even so IVDU patients are often started on ART later than others and have a greater tendency to have treatment interruptions and sub-optimal adherence to ART. The end result can be treatment failure and the development of drug resistance.
There is an unmet medical need for ART regimens that make adherence easier and may be suitable for co-administration with once-daily opiate substitution.
The availability of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (DF) 300 mg offers new options in the creation of once-daily regimens with reduced potential for drug-drug-interactions. It is believed that it is now possible to construct viable once daily HIV treatment regimens for patients who have either never received prior therapy or who have no history of drug resistance. Tenofovir DF is administered as a single 300 mg tablet once daily with food for the treatment of HIV infection. This once daily dosing schedule of tenofovir DF makes it an attractive option for simplified dosing regimens in many subjects, including methadone-maintained individuals infected with HIV. Because many opiate-maintained subjects are required to have their methadone dosing directly observed in the clinic, there is considerable interest in using directly-observed therapy (DOT) in such subjects. Given that tenofovir is eliminated renally and methadone is predominantly hepatically metabolized, the potential for a pharmacokinetic interaction is low. However, other antiretroviral agents with substantial renal elimination such as didanosine and stavudine have been shown to interact pharmacokinetically with methadone. Thus, it is important to demonstrate that tenofovir DF and methadone can be administered together safely and without concern for a pharmacokinetic interaction and/or alterations in the efficacy, safety, or tolerability of methadone maintenance such that dose modifications would be required. This can also be influenced by the other products in the combination therapy.
HIV/HBV coinfection is a frequent issue in this population (> 20%). Treatment with TDF, which is active against HBV, could help to stabilize the chronic HBV infection, even in cases with Lamivudine-resistance.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Enrollment :
|60 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Open-label Multicenter Study to Assess the Efficacy, the Tolerability and the Adherence of a Once Daily (QD) Taken Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Containing the NtRTI Tenofovir DF 300 mg in Combination With the Best Suitable Once a Day Regimen Being 1 NRTI Plus 1 PI or 1 NRTI Plus 1 NNRTI in HIV-1-infected IVDU- Patients With Opiate Substitution Being Either Antiretroviral-naive or With Suppressed Viral Load and Without a History of Virological Failure
|Study Start Date :
|March 2003
|Study Completion Date :
|June 2006
- Proportion of patients with HIV RNA < 400 and with HIV RNA < 50 copies/mL at Week 48
- Proportion of patients with HIV RNA < 400 and with HIV RNA < 50 copies/mL at Week 24
- Time to failure or ART discontinuation. Virological failure is defined as 2 consecutive measurements 4 weeks apart with viral load of HIV RNA > 400 copies/mL
- Adherence to HIV treatments (Medication Adherence Self-Report Inventory [MASRI] questionnaire, monthly evaluation through patient diary)
- Adherence to opiate substitution treatment
- Correlation of adherence to ART and HIV RNA levels
- Percentage of patients with HIV-1 RNA below limit of detection < 400 copies/mL and 50 copies/mL and adherence level > 95%, > 90%, > 85%, > 80%, > 75%, > 70%, > 50% and < 50%
- Dose adjustments for methadone
- Proportion of patients with any adverse event (AE)/serious adverse event (SAE)
- Proportion of patients with AE/SAE classified by body system
- Proportion of patients with each AE/SAE
- Distribution of intensity of each AE/SAE (the highest intensity per patient for each event will be considered)
- Distribution of relationship to study drug (the strongest relationship to study drug per patient for each event will be considered)
- Distribution of toxicity grade (the highest grade per patient for each test will be considered)
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Ages 18 years or older
Previously documented diagnosis of HIV-1 infection:
- by antibody assay (enzyme immunoassay confirmed by western immunoblot); or
- positive HIV culture; or
- detectable plasma HIV-1-RNA levels by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).
- Receiving stable opiate substitution (stable methadone level for ≥ 2 weeks prior to entry into the study) with methadone, levomethadone or buprenorphine
Antiretroviral (ARV) therapy-naïve(*) and with:
- CD4 counts < 351 cells/µL; and/or
- HIV-1 plasma levels >= 30,000 copies/mL (*)less than 3 months of ART for vertical transmission is considered as ARV therapy naïve.
- Or restarting ART after treatment discontinuation with no evidence of prior HIV virological failure (virological failure defined as 2 consecutive measurements 4 weeks apart with viral load of HIV RNA > 400 copies/mL while on ART)
Or currently receiving stable ART therapy and with virological suppression (< 400 copies/mL), for at least 6 months and:
- suffering from adherence problems because of dosing of current ART; or
- suffering from side effects on the current recorded ART.
- Able to give informed consent
- In the opinion of the investigator is likely to be able to complete the study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Need for antiretroviral therapy which is not according to protocol
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women
- Females of childbearing potential not willing to use a barrier method(s) of contraception during heterosexual intercourse during the duration of the study
- Contraindication to use of tenofovir DF 300 mg or another concomitant medication
- Known hypersensitivity to the active component or excipients
- Prior receipt of tenofovir
- Evidence of clinical, genotypic, or phenotypic resistance to any ARV
- History of virological failure while on previously recorded ART regimens (virological failure defined as 2 consecutive measurements 4 weeks apart with viral load of HIV RNA > 400 copies/mL)
- Acute, life-threatening infection or malignancy that needs systemic therapy
Any clinical laboratory findings obtained during screening that could be a risk factor for the patient during the study:
- Grade 4 increase of any laboratory value
- Grade 3 (> 5-10 upper limit of normal [ULN] increase in transaminases) at the screening visit
- Any other clinical condition or prior therapy that, in the opinion of the investigator, would make the patient unsuitable for the study or unable to comply with the study requirements.
- Current use of medication that, in the investigator's opinion or sponsor's opinion, will interfere with the study medication
- Participation in other clinical trials
- More than three months of ART treatment for vertical transmission prophylaxis
- Current receipt of adefovir dipivoxil
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00324688
|Gilead Sciences
|Munich, Germany
|Study Director:
|Thomas Mertenskoetter
|Gilead Sciences
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00324688 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|May 11, 2006 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|March 12, 2014
|Last Verified:
|March 2014
Keywords provided by Gilead Sciences:
HIV-1 infection
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases

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I've rekindled my passion to learn Ancient Greek. I am a Linguistics major and a polyglot, so I don't often have trouble deciphering what's what and why's why. Putting aside this "difficulty of learning a language," as well as cost for the most part (I've saved a bit for this purpose), what books would you guys recommend? I'd like to learn to write, too, so if there are any series that emphasize that, I would be very happy to hear about it!
Also, are there any specific recommendations on the books of this website? I have looked at a few but am still unsure of which to try.
I also own:A Brief Introduction to New Testament Greek, Samuel G. Green
A First Greek Course, Sir William Smith
A Short Syntax of New Testament Greek, H.P.V. Nunn
First Greek Book, John Williams White
First Greek Grammar Accidence, W. Gunion Rutherford
First Greek Grammar Syntax, W. Gunion Rutherford
Homeric Greek - A Book For Beginners, Clyde Pharr
Introduction to the Language and Verse of Homer, Thomas D. Seymour
NT Greek in a Nutshell, James Strong
Oxford Grammar of Classical Greek, James Morwood. Seems more like a reference grammar than anything else.
An Introduction to Greek, Crosby and Schaeffer. Personally, this book seems unappealing because it does not really teach the alphabet, other than provide a list of them with the sounds all at once; and everything is IN Greek.
Thanks very much, I remember how helpful people were last time I came around the boards
Also, does anyone have a review of:
Learn Ancient Greek OR Learn Latin
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A year ago, Motorola combined high-end hardware with Android Honeycomb to create the Xoom—a solid, but slightly-overpriced, tablet. In December 2011, the company launched the Xyboard—a thinner, lighter, more powerful Android tablet, which also has 4G connectivity.
In this week's episode of Cracking Open, I show you what's inside the Motorola Xyboard 10.1 and explain why prospective buyers might want to wait a few months before picking one up.
Our Xyboard 10.1 has a 1.2GHz Texas Instruments OMAP processor, 1GB of DDR2 SDRAM, 16GB flash storage, a 10.1" IPS TFT active matrix LCD (1280 x 800), 802.11 b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth 2.1 EDR, 1.3MP front-facing camera and 5MP rear-facing camera. The Xyboard 10.1 measures 6.8" (H) x 9.9" (W) x 0.4" (D). It weighs 1.3 pounds.
Full teardown gallery: Cracking Open the Motorola Xyboard 10.1
Cracking Open observations
- Excellent build-quality: As with the Xoom and Droid Razr, Motorola's experience building high-quality devices comes through in the Xyboard. The tablet feels sturdy in your hands, has an efficient, clean interior, and solid construction.
- Built-in 4G: Unlike the Xoom, which used a discreet 4G card, the Xyboard's 4G chips are soldered directly to the motherboard.
- Processor switch: Instead of going with Nvidia's latest Tegra processor, Motorola used a Texas Instrument OMAP processor in the Xyboard.
- Evolutionary, not revolutionary: For all intents and purposes, the Xyboard is an upgraded Xoom. The Xyboard has a faster processor, better display, and comes in a 64GB model, but both have a similar internal design, come with Android Honeycomb, and have a premium price tag. If Motorola had released the Xyboard six months ago, I wouldn't be knocking the Xyboard so hard. But with the iPad 3 just around the corner and Asus' quad-core Transformer Prime already on the market, the Xyboard's hardware will soon be, if it isn't already, outdated.
- Overpriced: And when you consider the device's high price, $699 for a 16GB model without a 4G contract, I think consumers should wait to see what Apple and other tablet makers release in the coming months before buying a Xyboard.
Internal hardware
Our Xyboard 10.1 test machine has the following hardware:
- 1.2GHz dual-core Texas Instruments OMAP processor
- 16GB flash storage
- 10.1" IPS TFT active matrix display (1280 x 800)
- 5MP rear-facing camera
- 1.3MP front-facing camera
- 3.7V, 7,000 mAh Li-Ion battery
- IR Transmitter
- Samsung K3PE7E700M-XGC1 4Gb LPDDR2 RAM
- Maxim MAXQ610 16-Bit Microcontroller with Infrared Module
- Qualcomm RTR8600 multi-band/mode RF transceiver for LTE bands
- TriQuint TQM7M5013 Quad-Band GSM / GPRS / EDGE-Linear Power Amplifier Module
- Avago A2FI140 048345
- Unknown Motorola IC? (MOT 14621 011-R 1F746-2)
- Unknown IC (77701-2 72827.1 1137 MX)
Bill Detwiler has nothing to disclose. He doesn't hold investments in the technology companies he covers.
Full Bio
Bill Detwiler is Managing Editor of TechRepublic and Tech Pro Research and the host of Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Prior to joining TechRepublic in 2000, Bill was an IT manager, database administrator, and desktop support specialist in the social research and energy industries. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Louisville, where he has also lectured on computer crime and crime prevention.


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Monday, 24 September 2007
Apple Crumble Teacake
You can serve it at room temperature for tea with some whipped cream, or warm for dessert with custard or ice cream. Or with my awesome custard cream, (the recipe for which is set out further down under the title "Custard cream"):
I love the way the apples are cushioned by the cake, it all puffs up around them while baking – it's great when you cut a slice and get to see how far the apples have bedded down. There's a great mix of taste and texture too – light, crumbly, buttery sponge; soft sweet apple chunks and the sugar and spice, slightly crunchy crumble topping. Heaven on a plate, and what better time of year than autumn to celebrate the apple?
For the cake:
200g unsalted butter
4 eggs
200g caster sugar
200g plain flour
2 apples (I used Braeburn but Gala or Cox would work too)
For the crumble topping:
50g caster sugar
50g plain flour
50g unsalted butter
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
How to make:
- preheat oven to 180°C/fan oven 160°C/350°F/ Gas mark 4 and line a 23cm springform cake tin with baking paper – I prefer the cake tin liners you can buy, the ones that look like giant cupcake cases, because then there is no need to grease the tin.
- Make the crumble topping by putting all the ingredients in a bowl and rubbing the butter in until you get a coarse crumb texture. Put to one side.
- Now make the cake: melt the butter in a saucepan and then leave to cool.
- Put the eggs and sugar into a large bowl and whisk. This is where a free standing mixer, such as a kitchenaid really earns its keep as you can let it whisk away whilst you get on with other things. If you haven't got one, use as electric hand whisk as this takes a lot of whisking. At least 10 minutes. Whisk until the mixture has increased hugely in volume and is very pale and fluffy. It should soufflé up to 4 or 5 times it's start size. In my kitchenaid it came about 2/3 of the way up the bowl.
- Add the flour and melted butter (strain the butter through a sieve so the white bits that will have formed don't get in the mix) to the egg mix and fold in thoroughly.
- Pour (it will be runny) into the cake tin.
- Peel and core the apples and cut each one into 8 segments.
- Lay these gently on top of the cake mix; it is important that you do this carefully so they don't disappear into the mix.
- Sprinkle the crumble topping over the apples.
- Bake for approx 1.5 hours or until a skewer comes out clean. Probably best to start checking on it after 1 hour 10 mins as different ovens cook at different speeds.
- Cool in tin. I find that the cake dips a tiny bit as it cools but nothing dramatic.
- Bask in glory at the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.
8 comments:
- slush said...
Beautiful! Can I ask what kind of pan your using for this? I think Id like to give it a shot this month sometime with all the apples coming into season. Thanks!
- 1 October 2007 at 13:49
- The Caked Crusader said...
Thanks for the question - I used a 23cm (this is a big cake!) springform tin i.e. the kind with the clip on the side so it's easy to get the cake out without damaging it. I wouldn't recommend using a smaller tin as the cake may spill over when it rises.
Most kitchenware sellers have a good selection of springform pans. As you line the tin with baking paper it doesn't have to be an expensive tin or non-stick.
Hope this helps! Happy baking!
- 1 October 2007 at 15:01
- Annemarie said...
This looks very, very good - I'm a sucker for anything with a crumble topping. Thank you, caked crusader!
- 3 October 2007 at 12:22
- Dolores said...
You are so-oooo my new baked goods hero! It's 10:00 PM here, I have an 8:30 meeting in the morning, and I'm seriously considering firing up the oven and baking this tonight. THAT is inspiration!
- 11 October 2007 at 06:11
- Antonia said...
This looks absolutely divine. Apples, crumble AND cake. My idea of heaven. Pleased to have discover your blog!
- 4 January 2008 at 22:02
- Ann said...
I like all your dessert.. they were so yummy...
- 10 October 2010 at 10:47
- Sumaiyyah said...
I had an awful time choosing between all your apple cakes... they all look so lovely and tempting! I finally settled on this one (and will blog about it soon) but I only just read your comment on using a 9-inch pan- I think I used an 8-inch one! The cake is in the oven now... I hope it'll turn out okay...
- 28 October 2011 at 02:07
- Simply bakes said...
Your cake looks absolutely beautiful! And the way you described it...makes me want to try your recipe too! Definitely going to bookmark it thanks alot!:D
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I've been off the court for a couple of years but I'm looking to get back in. I'm very active on the court and looking to play for an hour or more. I am available some weeknights and Sunday early mornings.
I'm looking for a fun workout and rallying more than competitive sets.
Please let me know if you're interested!
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1. Re: starling framework for mobile contentsinious Mar 26, 2012 8:24 AM (in response to codeBeastAdobe)
If you know how to code an application there's not much difference in creating a game as a complex application. Some of the terminology and approaches might be different in very subtle ways but ultimately they're the same. It can still be done in a traditional MVC pattern.
Once you understand that using the GPU means you're coding the work that some of the built-in flash classes used to do for you, the rest is pretty easy. There's not a lot built in to the API to let you use standard flash classes, like a MovieClip. If you want to animate something you need to learn how to use sprite sheets and manually create animations. There's plenty of utils (http://www.texturepacker.com/) to help you make sprite sheets. Here's a starling over video (http://gotoandlearn.com/play.php?id=147) that uses that util that shows you the basic process.
While it takes a lot more code to do seemingly a lot less, starling does resemble the display list and a lot of the way flash already works to bridge the gap. The benefit is a huge performance increase on both desktop and mobile devices. But if you don't know how to make even a single app, you've got a lot more to learn than starling. Especially if you're considering targeting mobile devices.
2. Re: starling framework for mobile contentcodeBeastAdobe Apr 9, 2012 12:34 AM (in response to sinious)
Thank you very much. I had already seen those links and yes they are great.
I have recently been chaecking out unity3d which looks amazing. Not sure if I am supposed to ask here but here goes
1. Can I use unity 3d and export to flash or use my mini flashgames inside unity?
Please ignore if this is not pertinent in this forum - BUT I can't see any games forums in here and MOST uses of flash seem to be for games
btw - the code looks real easy to learn in unity so similar to actionscript. Also by being a games engine it looks real quick to mock up a game not like in AS3.
3. Re: starling framework for mobile contentsinious Apr 9, 2012 8:18 AM (in response to codeBeastAdobe)
Whatever path you feel most comfortable on as well as the framework supporting your ultimately goals is the right path.
To answer, Starling, Away3D, Flare3D, Unity3D, etc all use Stage3D. There are 2 ways of using Stage3D.
If you expect to use it on mobile devices then you'll be working on AIR for Mobile. Just hit up the AIR forum and you will see mobile is one of the forums. You will need AIR3.2 to utilize Stage3D. In this method you'll produce an IPA (iOS mobile app) or APK (Android app).
Otherwise Flash Player also supports Stage3D. You don't need AIR to use it, just Flash Player 11.x (11.2 is currently out). You will produce the traditional SWF that goes on any website or can be played locally.
It's important to keep in mind that mobile devices are resource strained. Stage3D runs on a layer BELOW the flash Stage, just as does StageVideo. Any children you add to the display list will appear OVER Stage3D. On a modern computer this isn't a huge deal, although mixing Stage3D with the display list hurts performance. On mobile it hurts it a lot. You should plan ahead to use either all display list or all Stage3D. Mix them as little as you can.
4. Re: starling framework for mobile contentcodeBeastAdobe Apr 10, 2012 12:02 AM (in response to sinious)
http://www.photonstorm.com/archives/2568/the-reality-of-developing-web-games-with-flash-ht ml5-and-unity
If you check out this link title number 10. It warns of the issues with using stage3d. It won't work on MANY derivers older than 2009 - a little scary I think whereas unity will have no problem.
Therefore it looks like stage3d via starling framework would be fine on mobile etc... but not the best idea for the browser.
Yes, the idea to go with starling would be to use spritesheets as indicated in the above tuts by Lee Brimelow. The only bummer is having to code via starling for mobile and use the display list for browser.
However, it doesn't look too bad for the tuts.
5. Re: starling framework for mobile contentsinious Apr 16, 2012 8:38 AM (in response to codeBeastAdobe)
Note they did push this back to 2008. And hey, that's 4 years ago. How old do you expect people who have smartphones to have and in the context, a person with a 4 year old smartphone is probably very used to things "not working".
For the browser you're talking desktop (or android). For the desktop Starling is pointless, just use the normal display list. Any computer will laugh at a properly coded flash piece in AS3. As for android devices with their flash players, that's entirely different. Using starling for android flash makes a lot of sense.
Depends on what your audience is really. Learning to use Stage3D is a good idea overall. It's here to stay, is much faster than anything else and in the future will be a HUGE part of developing in flash. Just look at the timeline of gigaflops per second between GPU and CPU and you'll see why learning to harness the power of the GPU is very much in your interests.
6. Re: starling framework for mobile contentcodeBeastAdobe Apr 16, 2012 9:06 AM (in response to sinious)
Hey Sinious - looks like you know what you are talking about. I'm researching via companies and forums and coming up with a lot of information. Can I ask you quickly - are you in the gaming industry? We are going to start an online gaming company via strategic head hunting - hired guns who already know how to prgm virtual worlds etc... We have a massive client base. We are an English teaching company based in Spain and should are about to gain some major contracts around the whole of Spain. We develop flash mini activities and we are looking to "jump" into facebook development with viral marketing etc... This is a sharp learning curve but people and pros are being really responsive.
Sounds like you would be a great consultant. Please advise... If not, just ignore the mail - I get all sorts of answers from "we are a pro studio and interested" to "don't waste my time." We have amazing stuff btw in the way of graphics... I look like an amateur but remember I'm the CEO not the CTO. I need to look better than the CTO hence my forum posts...
7. Re: starling framework for mobile contentsinious Apr 16, 2012 9:15 AM (in response to codeBeastAdobe)
I do not program games, sorry. I use these engines specifically to speed up my content on devices. I work for global companies like Siemens who expect everything created for them show strong brand and function perfectly. Thus I've always been on the forefront of what runs best.
I wish I could say I can help but this technology is very new for mobile. We're talking a long development cycle with a release ONLY in the last month or so. Expect vast changes and hiccups to what they have but also expect it to mature. Stage3D for the browser isn't all that old yet either although it's a lot more mature than devices and people often liken smartphones to computers when they are basically solar powered calculators in a real comparison. That means you really need to code using best practices and understand the tech you're using to get the best results. Stage3D is too new to really "consult" on for devices. Surely you will find absolutely no "college" courses on it, it's brand new.
Being a gamer since the Commodore64 makes me "in" the gaming industry since I had to program the games by hand from a book that came with it just to play haha, but I'm not a game programmer. Just a standard programmer, jack of all apps rather than master of any.
Good luck with your venture.
8. Re: starling framework for mobile contentcodeBeastAdobe Apr 16, 2012 9:29 AM (in response to sinious)
Great to hear. btw - The stage3d thing was only one part of what I am looking into. It's NOTHING to do with our core business, I was only investigating for mobiles.
Our main business is on pcs via facebook like farmville etc... It sounds like your exactly the right person to speak to. You do NOT have to develop games - we have people for that. We are looking for consultancy for technical advice.
a. Flash optimization for bandwidth etc...
b. Providing solutions for "bottlenecks" with too much pho requests to server etc...
c. And more...
If you are in that field then great and if not you probably no some yet-to-be future "King Pins" that you could "throw my way"
btw - My father is Austrian - so I am English-Austrian (my mother is spanish but I can't be half of each - hey let's make me a third of each. You sound like you may be German or Austrian or at least Scandanavian...
If I can code a game in flash AS3 or unity3d then YOU can in 2 days of training - you won't believe what you can create with these frameworks... chcek out their site - Siemens - sounds good BUT omg that must be boring - no insult intended but I bet you would loe to make games.
My brother codes in c# for Lloyds bank and wishes he was "dead" well at least something different. IMAGES make you feel you are really making something NOT just code that has no graphical interface - it's not natural.
Hey - I put these mails and thoughts out there and people are respondning well. We hope to be number one at least in the spanish market.
9. Re: starling framework for mobile contentsinious Apr 16, 2012 9:43 AM (in response to codeBeastAdobe)
Haha Siemens has a ton of industries. We mostly create content for their PLM and Healthcare divisions which believe it or not is actually pretty fun. It's all about creating huge tradeshow kiosks, ipad apps for salesmen to walk around describing products with in 3d, etc. Ultimately they call it 'work' because it's not supposed to be fun .
I live in the USA, RI to be specific. Smallest state. I started the first LAN gaming center here. That's how much I used to be into gaming. However when I had to play games the whole day because that's what my business was it actually ruined games for me overall. Once anything becomes "work", I don't think it ever really remains fun. That's just me though.
Your optimization of bandwidth will probably lie in making sure you're using a binary transfer, if you're not already. Adobe has a binary protocol to optimize packet transfers drastically already so if you're not already doing that, look into that.
And sure, I'd love to make games. Ultimately a program is a program, whether it involves a boring brochureware interface or an exciting 3d game. It's all just programming. You can hit me up in private message if you want to tell me about what you're doing.
10. Re: starling framework for mobile contentcodeBeastAdobe Apr 16, 2012 11:28 AM (in response to codeBeastAdobe)
Finding it hard to send a private hence this post: will investigate tomorrow: Cheers
Hi Sinious. Just been reading through some of your posts and yeah - you are on the edge of all the new stuff. Important in this fast moving industry.
Let me jot down some quick points and some time in the near future we may get the ball rolling
1. Client base: Should be a few hundred thousand users
2. Business model: English teaching via: bricks and mortar + online interactive multimedia
3. Multimedia: Facebook apps + virtual world + mobile apps (android and ios)
4. Prefered technology: Flash + unity3d (via facebook sdk)
5. Artists: The best
6. Studios (I have the collaboration of what I think are world class studios - they love the pitch and would like to collaborate - IMAGE is everything - from concept design to end product)
7. Contracts (credibility): I have the numer one "player" in the world. That credibility is opening doors - a little too fast - hence the rush for technicians. That is the teaching world of course not the games world. PLUS we have the main "player" (excuse my abuse of the term but I like to use it) - in Spain on board too.
8. Money: These "players" know who they are and their importance and ABUSE financial terms BUT they give massive credibility to a company hence the interest from other companies.
Today is a bad day to write up a spec - just trying to give you some idea of what we are about to achieve and get you interested.
We NEED consultnacy REAL BAD
We have been researching other companies and the tech is awesome. Via facebook - one of the companies in the top 10 in Spain has been recruiting
1. Backend: server specialist
2. php senior coder
3. flash developer
4. flash artist: most stuff is bitmap (texture packer etc...)
They have 40 in their team and only develop 3 MAIN games at the moment - I have seen so many flaws in their game BUT it's in the top 20 facebook apops in the world -WOW. 3 million euros this year and growing. Get the market and ie: DUP of 17 million people will see your new game immediately.
We are going to get that client base through the collaboprations of the two major spanish institutions so we need to have the technology to be able to take it on. Marketing will be vial through facebook invites etc...
Is it exciting - f*** yeah!!! Never seen this in 30 years in business. I am also amazed at the lack of professionalism of most companies. The USA do it AMAZINGLY I can't get over what they do - Jesus - you must be taught this stuff at school or something.
There is a company in Barcelona that have produced 3 million turnover in 3 years - am I impressed - NO. I know my market.
You don't need to send me a detailed mail fo rthe moment because I haven't sent you specific details yet of your possible involvemnet but I know you will love this.
OK - leave it fo there. When I get some free time (selling every day at the moment) - I will send you a detailed overview and you can decide whether to get involved or not.
ps: A couple of things - I have other dweveloipers who create for pro companies for the XBox and PS3 - angry birds versions ie: physics engines BUT better etc... written from scratch - a studio that develops for disney and the like - I mean I'm dealing with pros - this is all about getting together an elite team to create the BEST user experiences. Each and everybody must be the best in their field.
btw - do you know anything about
a. Multiplayer: smartfox etc...
b. server side technology
c. php
d. unity3d (you learn it in 2 days apparently - unity scripting, javascript, c#
We will speak in a week or so - I will show you a showcase of games etc...
Cheers (btw - do I call you Sinious or have you got a "real" name -. I don't mind - I am Gerry or codeBeast )
11. Re: starling framework for mobile contentsinious Apr 16, 2012 1:30 PM (in response to codeBeastAdobe)
I sent you a private message. Look for it in the button bar where your user name is displayed. It should say you have a private message.


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I have lived by Mill Creek for over 25 years, first with my husband, Sam, and now by myself. That makes me the official old-timer there, I guess.
There was no bridge over the creek on South Main when my family moved to Moab in 1955. I often heard tales of those two buddies, Bill Meador and Sam Taylor. Meador lived across the creek on what is now South Main. When a storm was imminent, the boys would find out what their respective mothers were cooking for supper and decide on which side of the creek to stay, depending on the menu. Sometimes the storms didn't give them enough time, and they might have to endure liver.
Mine was the GCHS Class of 1957, with a roll call of 32 members. On our senior trip, we visited the roaring Geneva Steel Mills and also the new Utah State Prison at Point of the Mountain. One is now defunct and dismantled, the other scheduled for a move to new digs, according to reports. Gone and mostly forgotten.
On our senior sneak day, however, we chose Old City Park and the enticing waters of Mill Creek, where we happily tried to drown each other, plus Gene Leonard and Robby Robinson. Superintendent Helen M. Knight didn't show her face, but if she had, a splash or two would have been all anyone would have dared attempt.
As I said, Sam and I moved our family to the plot of land that includes a section of Mill Creek over 25 years ago. A plywood fort was built and became enmeshed in the tangled underbrush of the creek over the years. Someone let loose some unwanted peafowl there, and they made their own ruckus for some time before wildlife got 'em. And in the right conditions watercress was to be had.
One year, Sam and I decided to "borrow" water from the creek for our garden. We worked and worked setting up our unique system, but when we turned it on, the whole thing blew up. We had put the pump at the wrong end of the pipe. So much for water thievery.
Another year, Sam had the opportunity to buy two yearling steers (wild from the desert). We built a stout pen, and in the dusk of the evening they were delivered. They leapt from the back of the stock carrier into the pen and out the other side, never to be seen by us again.
Another year, I decided to raise sheep. Having become a spinner, I thought I would raise my own raw products. And the sheep did well, to the point where I had about five ewes with about eight babies (several sets of twins), and the big, friendly ram, Pretty Boy.
Now any waterway is also a highway for wildlife, ours being from the La Sals to the river. The sheep pen, of course, was by Mill Creek, and one dark and stormy night both a cougar and a bear came down their personal highway and noticed my sheep. Pretty Boy was hauled over a four-foot fence as if nothing were there. The ewes were also hauled off.
That was the last of my sheepherdess days. I am content to have the beautiful Mill Creek Parkway alongside my property, and its steady stream of hikers and dogs. I have been to the Riverwalk in San Antonio, and it has its own charms. But it's got nothing on the Mill Creek Parkway.


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A man was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm Tuesday afternoon in Ocean County.
According to WPVI-TV, a 48-year-old resident of Berkeley Township was struck by lightning while fishing around 1:15 Tuesday afternoon at Island Beach State Park. Lightning possibly hit the man's fishing pole.
The victim was conscious and alert after being hit, however, he was complaining of leg numbness. The man was taken to Jersey Shore Medical Center for treatment.


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Blonnie Brooks avait besoin d'un nouveau design de logo et a lancé un concours sur 99designs.
Un gagnant a été sélectionné de 168 designs proposés par 13 designers freelance.
Blonnie Brooks Photography - http://www.blonniebrooks.com
I am a photographer who focuses on wedding photography with natural expressions, casual relations and a fresh, organic-type appeal. I love for real emotions and natural expressions to shine through in my photos.
I am a photographer because I love everything about it... from the first click of the shutter, to post-processing, to sharing with the world. I'd do it for free if there weren't things like bills and new lenses and LIFE to pay for. I want to sell my whole -experience- to a client, not just photographs.
My target audience is women in their 20s-40s with focus on their children, family, love and marriage. They're a little boho, fun and a little elegant and stylish.
No stock/clip-art.
I would like a design that incorporates the B's in my name in the form of butterflies. I am not opposed to just the first "B" as the butterfly (in Blonnie) and that alone could be the standalone logo as well. I would like the "B" to be recognizable as a B, though. Again, not too ornate. I am not opposed to a serif font.
Butterflies to me: ethereal, nature, rebirth, freshness, earthy, free spirit, uniqueness and new beginnings. I have designed the logo for my company with this in mind, but I feel that it's a little too generic, blah and not unique. see my website for what I mean: http://www.blonniebrooks.com
My business' main focus:
Timeless, yet modern/sunny photographs.
My -main goal- is to have a logo that gives me the ability to use the graphic element as a stand alone and recognizable emblem. As it is now, I do not believe you can pull the "B"s from my name out and have them be seen as a standalone/recognizable symbol of my company.
The logo needs to be able to reduce well and not be so ornate that the details would be lost upon reducing.
I prefer that the logo to be primarily orange and black .. golden hour/natural type colors (but feel free to give me new ideas/colors) and be fine if I needed to put it on a black or white background by changing the text color.
Another idea I had was to make the front/back wings of the butterfly emphasized oppositely on each "B" (wings half closed) and have them come together as one full butterfly for the main logo.
I can revise my website scheme to match the feel/colors of the logo.
THANK YOU in advance for your hard work. :)
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my blood is western irish,
in a valley aflame with golden gorse,
and the glow of the white hawthorn
our people laid
upon a carpet of heather,
waiting for the end.
my soul recognizes the
sparse loneliness of this place,
it courses through my veins.
in the shadow of Patrick's mountain
the keening voices of men who are dust
float on the winds
crying out for redemption.
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One of the themes today over at GeneaBloggers is Church Record Sunday. I thought immediately that Sundays were often baptismal days for the newborns of our communities. Baptisms were typically held after Mass.
Baptismal records from the parishes that my family attended have been a great source of genealogical information for me. Not only do they prove the birth of a child, they often contain nuggets of genealogical data if you're willing to scrutinize the record.
For Polish Catholics, a typical baptismal custom was to name a child after the saint whose name day the child was born on. So you may find perhaps that a family has three or four sons. The eldest son wasn't named after his father; but the fourth son was. That may leave you scratching your head if you are more familiar with the custom of naming the eldest son after his father. However, check the birth dates. You may just find that the father and son share a common saint name or birth date. Another common tradition was to have siblings or other very close relatives as sponsors or godparents. So this information can lend insight or connections in linking families together.
Also with older Catholic baptismal registers, you'll have to read and review many pages before you find your relative. This is a difficult task at times–Catholic records are often written in Latin. Plus, you will need to familiarize yourself with the priests' handwriting. Often it was ornate and often it is difficult to read. Ink blots, smears, age-related fading also factor in.
The Catholic baptismal records for the Toledo Dioceses are not indexed; however, they are available in digital format from familysearch.org. So if you know an approximate date of birth of your relative from northwest Ohio and you believe he or she may have been Catholic, it's worthwhile to peruse some of these records.
The Catholic Gene posted a great list of Latin terms to help with understanding these records.
Occasionally, you may stumble on a baptismal record that holds a wealth of information. This happened when I was researching the children of Joseph Plenzler and his wife, Eva Dauer. Two of their children, Robert and Mary, contained more data than I expected. This is how I learned the surname of one of my great-great grandparents, Aumiller. The priest recorded the parents and grandparents of the newborn. See this snippet.


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Everyone keeps talking about what a remarkable job Schwartz has done rebuilding Lions franchise. But the world "rebuilding" barely covers it. What Schwartz has performed in Detroit probably should qualify as an exorcism. To change the culture of losing that has haunted that organization is remarkable. All that said, this is still a team of undisciplined hot heads. Seattle and Oakland are the only teams that have committed more penalties this year. Schwartz is a good guy, and he's going to be a good coach, but at some point, it's fair to point out it doesn't seem like a random coincidence that he was Albert Haynesworth's defensive coordinator when Haynesworth stomped on Andre Gurode's head, and he was Ndamukong Suh head coach when Suh stomped on Evan Dietrich-Smith's arm.
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Gisele Bundchen & Tom Brady Visit Boston Park with the Kids!
Gisele Bundchen carries her kids Benjamin, 3, and Vivian, 8 months, while heading to a local park on Friday afternoon (August 30) in Boston, Mass.
The 33-year-old supermodel was joined for the family day out by her husband Tom Brady and his six-year-old son John. Love seeing this family together!
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Tom played with the boys and later rode scooters alongside them as they made their way home.
Earlier in the week, Gisele was spotted bringing Benjamin and Vivian to the park by herself.


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I love my small group. There are seven of us--grandmothers, stepmothers and mothers of babies--separated by a span of almost 30 years. Our life experiences are varied, our faiths have come about via strikingly different stories--and yet, when we sit in a circle we are just women pursuing a deeper walk with our mutual Lord.
Unlike other groups I have been in before, we were not all friends before we started. I still marvel when I look around the room at the unexpectedly beautiful symphony of these lives in one circle. It has a been a glorious testimony of God's handiwork to watch Him take these various threads from random parts of my life and weave them into a beautiful tapestry of community.
This morning as we shared about some of our challenges with motherhood, I was struck by the progression of the conversation. There were moments of vigorous head nods as we could identify with a common struggle. There were misty eyes of remembering the feelings of overwhelm or frustration. But perhaps the most beautiful part of the conversation was when a brave Mama stepped out for a moment and challenged us to not accept the status quo.
We were speaking of a specific temptation that 6/7 of the group confessed to sharing. As we patted each other on the back with reassurances of "It's OK," "That's normal," and "I blow it in that area too," I could sense the stress on one of our group members' faces.
In her mild and graceful way she asked, "Is it really Ok? Isn't there a better way?"
And we all sighed with an appropriate conviction that she was challenging us to not just accept the status quo. Instead of simply surrendering to this particular struggle as an accepted part of the territory of parenthood, this woman's pure hearted questioning was refreshingly challenging. There was not judgment, just honest conversation among women who had earned the right to speak truth into one another's lives.
As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17 NIV
I am a big fan of authenticity. But in a world filled with confessions of how 'untogether' we all are I was reminded that perhaps the pendulum swings too far sometimes. I am not supporting hiding behind masks and falsehoods, nor am I suggesting that we judge one another's every move and motive. I am simply saying there is a place in all of our lives for confession among people who love us enough to push us to strive for God's best for our lives.
This is not about BEING the best or DOING the most. It is about SEEKING Him and His best for our lives.
I was reminded today why women's small groups are so much more than a 'social outlet.' They are the very realization of God's encouragement to us in Hebrews: "And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching." Hebrews 10:24-25 NIV
True community is a beautiful thing.
Asking the Lord to keep the eyes of my heart open to the extraordinary lessons of every day life.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
On Being Iron Ladies
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- Arlene Grimm said...
Your post was very timely Jmom. Our church is starting a mentoring program encouraging the older women to be true Titus 2 women. I am going to be one of the mentors to a small group and I look forward to this opportunity for us to spur each other on to love and good works. We are using Susan Hunt's book, Spiritual Mothering.
- Lindsey said...
Such truth in your words. Thankful for the women over the years who have had the courage to speak truth in love into my life. I love it even more when it's women of so many different ages and backgrounds that do it. Such a beautiful representation of the body of Christ!
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Thank you to Alexandra Torres and the Glendale Register for the front page article in the February 14th issue of the entitled "The Other Side of Myrtle."
It was a refreshing and positive report, and much closer to the truth than a very negative article, which I feel was very detrimental to business in Glendale, that appeared in another local paper last week whose name we will not mention.
Yes, it is true that there are a few popular businesses like Belmont Steaks that have been forced to leave upper Glendale due to expiring leases and unaffordable rent increases, but there are others, like Forest Park Dental, who simply needed more space to expand and took the opportunity to purchase a building less than a quarter-mile away rather than continue to pay rent.
If purchasing a building can't be considered as investing in the neighborhood and a positive sign of burgeoning business, I don't know what can!
As the saying goes, "You can be part of the problem or part of the solution", so I would like to invite all the local media to report all the wonderful and positive attributes of Glendale and Ridgewood.
I agree that the news is the news, but I also know that with great power there also comes great responsibility. There will always be a great negative ripple effect when reporting negative information, so such information must be published with great care and with a serious regard to the damage it may cause to local existing or potential businesses.
Contrary to some rumors, the business atmosphere in Glendale is alive and well and we have exciting plans to bring outdoor art exhibits and musical performances to the new Veterans Triangle (when it is completed), as well as to selected open areas of Ridgewood, like Venditti Square in cooperation with the Myrtle Avenue BID and the Ridgewood LDC.
Plus, plans are under way for monthly family attractions that will bring pedestrian traffic from all over Queens and beyond to patronize businesses in the entire area of mid-Queens. Watch for our announcements in local papers, on Facebook and on the Glendale Connection blog site.
Patricia Anne Gatt
Glendale Chamber of Commerce
P.S. The way I see it, the main problem facing businesses in Upper Glendale is the terrible lack of parking due to the prolific amount of bus stops along Myrtle Avenue and on 80th Street. I am quite sure that some of these bus stops can be consolidated to allow room for more parking to make it easier for consumers to access local businesses.


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just in the subject of spreading the word on how bad or good Sabayon is I just checked Feature Story by Jesse Smith:
http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue ... 07#feature
Correct me if I am in any way wrong.
I am just wondering why is it that the article actually show flaws that may not be related to Sabayon?
Let's take this quote for example:
Some guy, whoever he is, has a lot of power to write an article about one distro but merely touches the system, doesn't really make a real effort to use the system in various ways for an extended period of time, download and test all version of SL and see what the system is capable of. For example how many features actually work out of the box that don't work on other systems, especially Multimedia with codecs.For now though let's focus on the Xfce edition, which is what I decided to download.
And to quote further:
Isn't this an issue with the way Xfvce has is set up? Since I use KDE I also have issues with sound and setting up the microphone and it is the most cumbersome thing every time I install SL with KDE. But these are not Sabayon issues, are they? The KDE network applet was always a problem after a fresh install, but now on KDE 4.7.2 this has worked for the first time on my 2 laptops and I don't think any issues were SL related.The distribution was able to properly detect all of my hardware on both machines. My Intel wireless card worked with no configuration on my part and sound volume was set to a low, but audible, level on both machines.
And finally:
Who is this guy? What kind of a statement is that? Is that a word of professional?On the other hand, if you are, like myself, looking for something a little more predictable, a little more boring, then Sabayon probably isn't the right choice.
A site so powerful like distrowatch.com should give us professional opinions, not private feelings.
Sabayon is THE most predictable of distros, that I know because I've been using many distros before and this is exactly why I switched to Sabayon - it IS PREDICTABLE, if I install the system it works straight out of the box and SL has never let me down.
All the main bugs and glitches so far were KDE development feature enhancements, constant migrations and changes from one version of the kernel to another, from one version of KDE to another and that is when any system can become less predictable. So far for the past ..... some 5 years if I had issues with new versions of Sabayon I could predict fixes would arrive in no time. I had other distros, but they've always been a big disappointment, because I would have to spend days and days to 1)find out how the system works, 2)to fix something myself by googling.
As for the recent SL7 we can see Sabayon is constantly improving, Linux has never been so sharp as it is now, both visually and under the bonnet.


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Should Bosses Access Workers' Genetic-Test Results?
Employers increasingly are running up against a federal law that governs how genetic information can be used. Lauren Weber reports. Photo: Getty Images.
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Purulia: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged that the UPA government was bent on depriving central assistance to the state, which would assert its rights.
"The Centre wants that we die of hunger. But as long we are in power in the state, we will not let that happen. We may be poor, but not beggars," Banerjee told a rally here in Purulia district.
"We know how to get back our rights," she said, but did not elaborate.
Whether central help was available or not, her government would assist farmers with tractors and agriculture inputs and also electricity for irrigation since diesel was hardly affordable after the hike in its price, the chief minister said.
"We will build our own resources to sustain our agriculture," she said.
Her government could achieve many things in the last one and a half years despite severe fund constraints, she claimed.
"I challenge the opposition to charge me with defamation if I have given any false promise to the people," the firebrand leader said.
Banerjee also attacked a section of the media and urged the people not to give credence to canards against the government.
Among other things, a lac research centre, a multi-super specialty hospital, 12 model schools and an ITI would be established in the backward district, she said.


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Subject: Counterfeit Cashier's Checks
Date: May 22, 2008
Description: Rabobank, N.A.
Counterfeit Cashier's Checks of Rabobank, N.A., Arroyo Grande, CA
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Bainbridge saws
I wanted to reply to Brad Hays' request [December 2001, page 46] for information on gears for his Bainbridge cutoff saw, model 712. Boston Gear has both gears available through your local bearing dealership.
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
Roadside Flowers
13 comments:
- Steve said...
Number five looks like purple vetch, sometimes called cow vetch.
- August 12, 2010 at 6:01 AM
- :36 said...
3 seems very much like a Fuchsia, an easy I.D. with it's characteristic wasp-waist and heavy black anther lobes/stigma.
In my ignorance I can only guess that 4 could be a mallow, a cranes-bill, or some kind of rose...
Are #s 5 and 10 bell heather and heather, respectively?
7 might be golden-samphire
http://www.irishwildflowers.ie/ seems like a site that could help confirm things for those better versed in wildflowers.
- August 12, 2010 at 6:06 AM
- Annelotte Fellinger said...
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- August 12, 2010 at 7:44 AM
- Annelotte Fellinger said...
I know these names in Dutch only, so I looked up the latin names:
#1 is Ranunculus arvensis
#3 is fuchsia
#5 is some sort of Vicia (cracca maybe?)
#10 is indeed heather
and #6 might be heather too, but difficult to see (did you collect leaves too? that would make it heaps easier)
#4 some sort of Pelargonium? would have te see the leaves though.
- August 12, 2010 at 7:45 AM
- Bookish said...
#1 Buttercup
#3 Fuchsia
#5 Vetch
I wish I knew more about Irish wildflowers!
- August 12, 2010 at 8:33 AM
- sarah meredith said...
we have #5 on my farm in upstate NY and have always called it "wild lupine" - but maybe it is vetch, although there is also something on the rosier side with more of a rounded flower which we call vetch. and #4 looks like some kind of wild rose. #10 - heather, to be sure, and #3 does look like a fuchsia - how nice it must be to find that growing wild at the roadside!
- August 12, 2010 at 9:50 AM
- meyerprints said...
- August 12, 2010 at 11:28 AM
- Don Cox said...
Very hard without the leaves and some idea of the overall shape of the plant.
1.Some kind of buttercup - but there are many flowers with five yellow petals
2.Bog Bean
3.Fuchsia, a garden plant
4.Sweet Pea
5.Tufted vetch
8. Tormentil, Potentilla erecta
9.probably gorse or broom
- August 12, 2010 at 12:45 PM
- Don Cox said...
Good books - there are two both by Fitter and Blamey. Both seem to be out of print but there are lots of used copies of the older one (which I use) on amazon.co.uk
Useful web site.
- August 12, 2010 at 12:48 PM
- Kate Higgins said...
#4 looks like a "Wild Irish Rose" but without leaves it's hard to tell, #1 is buttercup..the invasive kind, # 3 is Fuchsia but the perennial kind, not the annual kind and #10 is definitely Heather. I've got relatives in County Cork...somewhere. Although with a name like Kathleen Higgins, I've probably got relatives everywhere in Ireland.
- August 12, 2010 at 7:19 PM
- Tyler J said...
So cool that those with the expertise are jumping in, as per usual (it's one of the highlights of this blog, aside from the whole Gurney contribution).
This might be a simpleton question, but have you tried asking at one of the pubs? Seems like there would be an expert enjoying a pint that could tell you loads about the fauna there.
- August 13, 2010 at 1:59 AM
- James Gurney said...
Tyler, and all: yes, I'm grateful (and impressed) with all the botanical knowledge behind the comments. Sorry I didn't include more leaves.
I did bring the sketchbook to a pub, but opened it at the wrong angle and all the flowers fell on the dark floor. I gathered them up the best I could and arranged them again. My goal is to glue them down and write in all the names ye have given me.
- August 14, 2010 at 5:16 PM
- Leeann H said...
1. Buttercup
2. Heather
3. Fuschia
4. Wild Rose
7. Dandelion
9. Firbush
10. Lavender
The other names escape me, but I hope the rest are right!
- Leeann, County Meath
- August 15, 2010 at 11:20 AM


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Federal common core education standards discussed
PLYMOUTH - While the state of Indiana takes a "pause" to re-evaluate the move by public schools to Common Core Standards the debate at the grass-roots level has begun to heat up.
We The People of Marshall and Fulton County hosted speaker Joy Pullmann, a Research Fellow at The Heartland Institute based in Chicago to speak on the subject at the Plymouth Library on Thursday night. Pullman addressed a capacity crowd that included State Representative Tim Harman and State Senator Ryan Mishler on details about the educational movement that was accepted as part of the Indiana public education system in 2010.
Common Core has been adopted by all state education systems in the nation except for Texas, Virginia and Nebraska. Minnesota adopted only part of the program. Recently the Indiana General Assembly paused implementation of the program for further study and debate.
Pullman studies Common Core for the Heartland Institute and presented the assembled with several concerns about the adoption of the program.
First of all the right of privacy seems to be greatly threatened by the way tests are administrated online. Pullman says that "data mining" or collection is a main objective of the standards tests that are administered entirely on the internet. According to Pullman the data is used ostensibly to research and gain information on ways to improve learning and testing but extensive personal information about the specific student and their family that has nothing to do with the test is made readily available - not just to those working on Common Core but to the federal government.
Pullman stated the quality of the program was also questionable. She pointed to the fact that previous Indiana standards for students were higher than those in Common Core. She said many experts believed that in spite of claims of Common Core proponents as a way to "catch up" with international standards, the program actually was considered "mediocre" when compared to those programs.
Cost was another concern in Pullman's research. She stated the emphasis the program places on technology would mean a minimum of one computer for every two students. The resulting need for new textbooks, teacher training, wireless broadband connections and IT support would be an enormous investment for school systems.
Pullman stated that the initial constitutionally stated reason for having public education was to have an educated populace that was capable of participating in their own self government and be college and career ready. She said that Common Core's oft repeated goal is to prepare students for the work-force.
She did state that several things about Common Core appeared to be positives; an emphasis on leading students away from "self centered" weak writing, and an emphasis on classic rather than "pulp" literature.
Pullman encouraged those who had concerns to become involved and also invited those present to go over her research themselves. The Heartland Institute website is http://heartland.org/ Pullman's "policy brief" for the organization is available at http://heartland.org/policy-documents/common-core-poor-choice-states.
(Published in the Aug. 12 print and e-editions of the Pilot News)


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Many folks who follow the NCAA hoops tend to focus a lot of their attention on the East Coast action, failing to stay up a couple of extra hours to experience the West Coast game. It has been a few years since a dominant team has come out of the Pacific time zone.
Flashbacks to the Arizona / UCLA crews of the late 90's run through my head as I write this…….(ah, what could have been for Eddie O!).
However in place of the elite squads, the Northwest has provided the NCAA and the NBA with elite individuals like veterans Brandon Roy, Jamal Crawford and Jason Terry.
The most recent addition, Kevin Love, is re-writing the books for the lowly Timberwolves.
This season the Pac-10 has increased by two clubs, adding Colorado and Utah, both of which will struggle in the West Coast battle.
1. UCLA – The Bruins will have the top front court in the Pac-12 this year with Reeves Nelson and Joshua Smith, but problems at the guard spot may cause problems in securing the conference championship.
2. Arizona – Without a doubt, the Wildcats will have the biggest individual shoes to fill this season with the loss of Derrick Williams to the NBA. Look for a more balanced attack this season, with some assistance from the incoming class.
3. California – The Bears return four of five starters this season with hopes of returning to the Madness after last year's hiccup. If you were to morph the Bears and Bruins together they would make one heck of a team, as the Bears strength lies in their backcourt of Jorge Gutierrez and Allen Crabbe. Look for Vancouver native Emerson Murray to play a stronger role off the bench in his sophomore season.
4. Washington – Exit Isaiah Thomas, enter Tony Wroten. While hopes are that the fresh phenom can continue where the Huskies left off last year, the lack of returning starters might equal a couple of bumps in the road this season. Looking at the roster, the mass of hybrid type players will allow Romar to interchange players without losing much on the rotation. Expect Terrance Ross to step up as one of the nightly leaders in the box score, while fans will hope that freshman Shawn Kemp Jr will possess some of pops explosiveness around the rim.
5. Oregon – The Ducks, for the first time since 2007, look like they might be able to do some damage come tournament time. Led by forward EJ Singler, the team will look to a trio of newcomers to help round out the roster as Olu Ashaolu will battle for a starters spot right off the bat while Jabari Brown, the Ducks most prized recruit since Aaron Brooks, will fill the role at the two guard spot. Coach Altman had a lot of pressure taking over for Ernie Kent last year, but it looks like things are finally back on track in the pond after a rough final two years under Kent.
6. Stanford– Had Jeremy Green stayed with the Cardinal this year, they almost certainly would have had a date to the March dance, however Green is gone and so to may be Stanford's chances of returning to the top 68. A trip to the NIT is not out of the question, but chances are Josh Owens, Dwight Powell and incoming point Chasson Randle have eyes on the bigger prize.
7. Oregon State – The Beavers are hoping to be known for more this year than just Jared Cunningham's vertical (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX_yAi_M1Y8). Missing out on a chance to get their groove on for over twenty years, the Beavers may very well still find themselves sitting in the bleachers, but at least they will be a fun group to watch trying to get a date.
8. Arizona State – Not much has gone right for the Sun Devils in recent years, including an ugly 4-14 Pac 10 record last season. The building blocks are in place with junior forward Trent Lockett and diaper dandy point guard Jahii Caron, but the team needs a third scoring option to step up this season, the question however is who?
9. USC – The Trojans made a surprise appearance during the Madness last year, but a lot of that success lied within the talents of departed forward Nikola Vucevic and injured guard Jio Fontain. With Fontain on the IL as a result of a torn ACL, the Trojans will have no senior experience on their roster. Hopes are that a trio of freshmen (Byron Wesley, Alexis Moore and Greg Allen) will step up to the plate.
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10. Washington State – Oh what might have been for the Cougars had Klay Thompson and DeAngelo Casto remained on campus for one more season. No such luck for Coach Ken Bone, who will desperately need someone other than guards Fasial Aden and Reggie Moore to provide a scoring source this season. The focus for the Cougars this season will be to establish depth and a identity for next season. Freshmen DaVonte Lacy and Greg Sequele should be given a fair chance to show their worth.
11. Utah – I hate to have to put the newcomers at the bottom of the list, but with consideration to their roster, they really don't belong anywhere else. Coach Krystkowiak can only hope to plant the seeds needed in order to return the Utes to an elite club. Senior guard Josh Watkins should have the green light to as he sees fit, as quite frankly there isn't much else in the cupboard.
12. Colorado – After getting the shaft from the tournament committee last spring, the Buffaloes will fall on hard times this year, losing four double digit scorers, most notably guard Alec Burks. With little left over, the impact players may come in the form of two transfer guards, Jeremy Adams and Carlon Brown.