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Tooling Article
Tooling Tips to Promote Profitable Punching
To help ensure quality in your punching projects while simultaneously driving out waste, fabricators should focus on three key areas of their CNC punch-press operations:
• Die clearance and press-station alignment;
• The condition and appearance of the slugs and punched sheets; and
• Basic preventive tool maintenance.
Die Clearance and Turret Alignment
Proper punching-tool use starts with careful handling and accurate placement in the turret.
A good lean work practice: Develop a standard die-clearance chart and train press operators to understand why it's important to use the correct clearance (Fig. 1). This will help them understand any problems that occur due to incorrect clearance.
Turret-press uptime also will increase when operators maintain accurate station alignment. This ensures the punch enters the center of the die, resulting in even die clearance around the cutting edge and optimum tool life. Extremely accurate tooling products are available to help maintain this important relationship.
Operators can use a specially designed alignment device to ensure proper tool alignment, which will help minimize tool wear and improve part quality.
Slugs Tell a Tale
The condition of the slugs and the punched sheet say much about the condition of the tooling and the quality of the machine setup. The slug is a mirror image of the hole, while the punched sheet represents the final result of the punching sequence. Examine both to verify correct punch-to-die clearance and tool angularity, and for clues that the tooling may have dulled.
Ideal slugs result when the fracture planes coming from the top and bottom of the material have the same angle, and form in alignment with each other (Fig. 2). This minimizes punching force and creates a clean hole with minimal burrs. Excessive clearance will create slugs with a rough fracture plane and a small burnish zone. The larger the clearance, the greater the angle between the fracture plane and the burnish zone. Excess clearance makes a hole with large rollover and fracture, so that the profile is somewhat pointed with a thin burr. Excess clearance also reduces tool life.
If clearance is too small, slugs will exhibit a fracture plane with little angle and a large burnish zone. Inadequate clearance makes a hole with small rollover and steep fracture, so that the profile is more or less perpendicular to the material surface. Insufficient clearance also will reduce tool life.
Punch and Die Maintenance Tips
| Fig. 1
Hole size—Small punches wear more quickly than larger punches.
Hole configuration—Sharp corners will wear more quickly than straight or curved edges, particularly on punches. Narrow sections will wear more quickly than heavier sections.
Punch face—The portion of the punch that strikes first does most of the work, and will therefore wear faster.
Punching stability—Reducing hitting shock while holding the sheet perfectly flat allows the punch to cut cleanly, prolonging punch life.
Stripping cleanly—Even stripping of the workpiece from the material contributes to longer tool life and optimum finished-part quality.
|Fig. 2
Tool material—Punch and die toughness and hardness vary by the type of tool steel used in their manufacture. Tool components also vary by product grade (good, better, best) and tool coating. And, tool quality and tool life vary among suppliers—your engineers should know the differences.
Punching speed—High punching speeds, under certain conditions, generate enough frictional heat to soften a punch. A softer punch will wear more quickly.
Lubrication—A lubricant will significantly increase tool life.
Material thickness—Thicker material will cause punches to wear more quickly.
Workpiece properties—Physical and mechanical properties of the workpiece material will greatly impact tool life.
Punch and die wear—Punches will generally wear more quickly than dies, since dies are less affected by the factors described above.
When to Sharpen
Indicators that tools may be dull include:
• The piece part has begun to exhibit excess rollover;
• The press is making more noise than it should; or
• The press is working harder than it used to.
|Fig. 3
When Punches Dull Prematurely
…clearance may be too tight. Total clearance (not per side) should be 20 to 25 percent of material thickness. During partial hitting (notching, nibbling or shearing), lateral forces can deflect the punch tip and tighten clearance on one side. Sometimes the punch tip may move far enough to shave the side of the die, which results in rapid deterioration of the punch and the die.
Punch-tip galling—adhesion of the workpiece material to the punch tip—results from excess pressure and heat. Operators can remove galling from the punch tip by rubbing with a fine stone, taking care to rub parallel to the direction of the punching motion. This will polish the surface that contacts the material, and minimize the likelihood of future galling. Do not use harsh abrasive methods such as sandblasting or belt sanding, as these techniques can create a coarse surface finish that promotes galling.
Where galling persists, fabricators can opt to use punch-tip lubrication pads. Another solution is to specify punches with a 2-deg. total back taper. This small size difference facilitates stripping and minimizes galling, without impacting grind life.
Grinding Considerations
When grinding punches, take care to match the hardness of the grinding wheel with the requirements of the tool steel. Generally, harder tool materials require softer sharpening wheels, and softer materials require harder wheels (Fig. 3). Balancing hardness and coarseness results in a wheel that optimizes the sharpening action. Follow the tool manufacturer's recommendations for sharpening.
Lightly dress freshly sharpened punch edges with an oil stone. This removes the corner of the tool—most vulnerable to chipping. Although this dressing operation creates only a tiny radius, it will strengthen the tool edge by distributing stresses, and minimize the likelihood of tool flaking.
Streamline and Organize
Certain punching operations wear out tooling more quickly than others. Shops that routinely evaluate their operations and look for more efficient operations will minimize tool wear and avoid damage to the tooling and the press.
For example, only perform nibbling with a turret press when it offers the most efficient process for making the part. Nibbling not only is time consuming, but it also can prematurely wear the tool's cutting edges, cause galling and lead to guide and turret wear.Lastly, lean fabricators will track the time their operators take to find, organize and load tools into their presses— nonproductive time—and take care to properly organize and store their tooling inventory. Likewise, only sharpen and lubricate tools when it's convenient for the operator, not at the time the tools are needed for a press run or are in desperate need of maintenance. MF
See also: Mate Precision Tooling
Related Enterprise Zones: Fabrication, Tool & Die


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I think it's sad when people cry they can't afford something they never even tried to save for. Sometimes things work out and you get the prize (yah Model S). Sometimes life gets in the way. Pick yourself up and try again.
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So here's another great idea that comes out of Israel: you're watching a music video and you get to choose how the video plays out. Instead of a linear progression determined by the director, the video producers have integrated numerous variations in the narrative and left it up to the viewer to choose which they prefer.
The variations, if not endless, are numerous. One music video of his band, demonstrated by Yoni Bloch at the 2010 Techonomy conference in Israel, featured 256 variations. Viewers could choose which person sings a solo, who the camera follows and more.
Bloch is naturally excited by the interactive technology, but he's convinced its application goes way beyond music videos. TV shows, movies and educational programs all are candidates for the technology, he said.
Bloch, 31, along with his "computer geek" band mates developed the software that makes the technology operate, and he's incorporated a company, called Interlude, to bring it to market.
He was in Toronto last week as part of Raw: A Forum for Fresh Ideas, sponsored by the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA). The event brought together local entrepreneurs to meet Bloch and Gary Lipovetsky, president and co-founder of Dealfind. Dealfind offers subscribers daily discounted retail opportunities. Technology maven and author Marc Saltzman hosted the event.
With his blue hoodie and ready smile, Bloch looks more like a rock fan from the Annex than a successful businessman – he gets excited when he describes his favourite band, the Pixies, as well as the Canadian indie group, Mother Mother, that he follows.
But it's a fact that technology firms are beckoning him, and in Interlude's year or two in business, "we're cash-flow positive and we're in the millions in revenue. It's been a good year," he said.
Interlude's interactive technology attracted the interest of Sequoia Capital, a venture capital firm that invested $3 million in the company. Interlude's customers include heavyweights such as Nokia, Intel Microsoft and Old Navy.
As for the rock-star element, Bloch has two Israeli gold records to his credit. It's not a big deal, he said rather modestly. In Israel you need to sell only 2,000 records to qualify. Bloch has also served as a judge on the Israeli version of American Idol, and MTV has twice given him awards for the most innovative music videos.
Bloch has always been ahead of the curve when it comes to innovation. In the late 1990s, when he was just getting started in the music business, he uploaded his songs to New Stage, an online archive of Israeli music and prose that preceded MySpace by about six years. One of his fans was the daughter of a senior record company executive. Her influence helped him get a record contract.
"I'm the first artist in the world to get a career started from the Internet," Bloch said.
Bloch considers himself part of a new generation of musicians who feel equally at home discussing art, technology and business.
He comes by his interests honestly. When he was five, his father, a physicist, bought him a Commodore 64 computer, while his mom, a painter, got him a piano. In his own way, Bloch represents the synthesis of both worlds.
That reflects something very special in Israel, Bloch said. "We don't do only one thing."
Not only does he play music, he also writes computer code and understands the business part of bringing it all to market.
Two and a half years ago he decided to create his own interactive music video. The concept took off because viewers enjoy altering the course of the story to suit them. What's more, the transitions are "seamless. They say the eyes blink, but ears do not," he said.
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Saltzman recently returned from his first visit to Israel as part of a small group of technology reporters invited there by CIJA. They visited startup companies, toured the Technion and explored the country's famed historical sites.
"I don't think many Canadians realize Israel is a startup nation," he said, referring to the book, Start-Up Nation, which outlines the country's success in developing new technologies and bringing them to market.
Many blue-chip American tech companies have located in Israel, and many technologies incorporated in devices we take for granted, including computer chips and the Xbox, were developed there.
One of the technologies he witnessed allows people through eye and head movement to turn pages on a tablet ebook and otherwise control content in an open application.
Called Umoove, it has tremendous implications for people suffering physical challenges, such as ALS patients, but it no doubt will see wider applications including games, Saltzman said.
Saltzman believes there are a number of reasons behind Israel's tech creativity:
• Israel is an island surrounded by hostile neighbours and to survive Israelis have developed the drive to succeed on a global scale.
• During young people's army service, "they learn a lot and they use cutting-edge technology. They have access to high tech at a young age." The networks created in the army can later be helpful when they go into business, Saltzman said.
• Israelis have chutzpah. "That ties into them being an island in a sea of hostility… Those who drive and push forward and kick down doors are often the ones who succeed.
• It's okay to fail in Israel. The national culture doesn't see failure as a deterrent to future success. Quoting Israeli venture capitalist Jonathan Medved, he said, "Israelis eat risk" and have a drive to succeed.
That's something Bloch can relate to. "In general, Israelis are very competitive. They all grow up in a small dot on the map, surrounded by enemies. We have dreams of doing big things," he said.
As for Interlude, "we want to be the standard of interactive video, but we want interactive video to be the standard" [in video], he said.


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Lawmakers tonight attended one of their favorite receptions of the year, sponsored by the Grand Junction Area Chamber Commerce.
Bob Hislop, a Republican running for the legislature from Grand Junction, was seated next to state Sen. Michael Johnston, D-Denver, and they got to talking.
It turns out that Johnston's parents started a bed-and-breakfast in Vail and nearly went bankrupt. Then President Fort started coming to town, the Secret Service needed a place to stay and business boomed.
Hislop, a retired Secret Service agent, stayed at the bed-and-breakfast.


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Potholes. If you hit one, it'll more than just jostle you around in the driver's seat. On the average L.A. residents for example spend about $746 dollars a year on their cars because of damage done by potholes. You get the picture. California motorists are all in the same predicament.
A recent statewide study concluded that California faces a $71.4 billion shortfall over the next 10 years to eliminate potholes and smooth out the roughest roads. And that means the future looks bleak because the state's budget woes aren't going to be fixed any time soon. Cities will have to look for other ways to make road repairs.
The same report said 35 percent of California's roads are in poor condition, which is the second worst in the nation.
So back, to L.A. -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa plans to scale back funding for such street work in the upcoming fiscal year because it needs the money.
Because L.A.'s in such dire financial straights, potholes will not only take longer to fill that means there will be more of them on the road. Ouch.
And what's made it worse of course is all that rain this year. The more water on the roadway to loosen the asphalt, the more craters will form.
A hundred miles south, San Diego. Rain's been brutal to the pavement too, but they've managed to find a way to fund and fix its potholes.
Mayor Jerry Sanders just announced the beginning of a massive project to perform a complete makeover of 134 miles of the city's most damaged streets. It's a project city officials say is of unprecedented scope in the city's history.
"Keeping the streets in good condition is one of the most fundamental jobs of city government," Mayor Sanders says.
San Diego, unlike L.A. which uses money from the general fund will be using money from a $103 million bond approved by the San Diego City Council. The bond is reserved for capital-improvement projects such as storm-drain and building repairs.
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San Francisco's potholes will be filled as usual but other services like street and sidewalk cleaning will suffer says Christine Falvey , spokesperson for the Public Works Department of San Francisco.
"Potholes are a symptom of poorly maintained streets," she says and that the city of San Francisco is looking at more sustainable funding for street maintenance since they know they can't depend on the state for any help.


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Alzheimer's disease, like cancer, is a social phenomenon: We all know someone, or at least have the experience of knowing someone, who knows someone who has had the disease. So when articles begin to be written suggesting a treatment that may delay the progression of Alzheimer's disease, that's big news. Today we will have a brief summary of what this discovery is all about.
Suzanne Craft and her colleagues published the results of a pilot study indicating that "a nasal spray form of insulin, used daily for 4 months, stabilized or improved cognition, function, and cerebral glucose metabolism in adults with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease" (Megan Brooks, Medscape Medical News, Intranasal Insulin Promising for MCI, Alzheimer's Disease).
Susan Brooks, PhD, (et al), of the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care Center System, in Seattle, Washington published their findings on September, 12, 2011 in the Archives of Neurology, with some of the results disclosed in a presentation at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease 2010.
It is known that "insulin abnormalities contribute to the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's Disease. Insulin levels and insulin activity in the central nervous system (CNS) are reduced in Alzheimer's disease; therefore, restoring insulin to normal levels in the brain may provide therapeutic benefit in adults with Alzheimer's disease.
The study included a group of 104 people divided into three equal groups: one receiving a placebo, one receiving 20 international units of aerosolized insulin a day, and one receiving 40 international units a day. Brain cells require insulin, and conditions such as diabetes and untreated high blood pressure, deplete the body of insulin, thus increasing the risks of developing or progressing Alzheimer's disease.
Dr. Crafts found that the most effective means to get additional insulin to the brain, and not to the rest of the body (which did not need more insulin), was directly to the brain – in this case, through the nose in the form of an aerosol injection.
The results, though not conclusive at this time, were promising. The group receiving the 20 international units of insulin a day showed "improvement in delayed memory and preserved general cognition compared with placebo." (Nancy Walsh, Staff Writer, MedPage Today, Insulin Nasal Spray May Slow Alzheimer's Disease, September 12, 2011).
These results will undoubtedly spur on more aggressive research in this field. And as we all know, research requires funding and support.
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Hong Kong *
Hong Kong experienced a series of protests in 2011 due to growing public frustration over soaring property prices, a widening income gap, and limited democratic rights. As in the previous year, the authorities' response indicated a reduced respect for freedom of assembly. In August, during a visit by Chinese vice premier Li Keqiang, the government took unprecedented measures to limit reporters' ability to cover the visit. The well-financed pro-Beijing political camp swept district council elections held in November 2011, amid allegations of vote rigging and division within the prodemocracy camp over recent electoral reforms.
Hong Kong Island was ceded in perpetuity to Britain in 1842; adjacent territories were subsequently added, and the last section was leased to Britain in 1898 for a period of 99 years. In the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, London agreed to restore the entire colony to China in 1997. In return, Beijing—under its "one country, two systems" formula—pledged to maintain the enclave's legal, political, and economic autonomy for 50 years.
Under the 1984 agreement, a constitution for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, known as the Basic Law, took effect in 1997. The Basic Law stated that universal suffrage was the "ultimate aim" for Hong Kong, but it allowed direct elections for only 18 seats in the 60-member Legislative Council (Legco), and provided for the gradual expansion of elected seats to 30 by 2003. After China took control, it temporarily suspended the Legco and installed a provisional legislature that repealed or tightened several civil liberties laws during its 10-month tenure.
Tung Chee-hwa was chosen as Hong Kong's chief executive by a Beijing-organized election committee in 1997, and his popularity waned as Beijing became increasingly involved in Hong Kong's affairs, raising fears that civic freedoms would be compromised. Officials were forced to withdraw a restrictive antisubversion bill after it sparked mass protests in July 2003.
Pro-Beijing parties retained control of the Legco in 2004 elections, which were marred by intimidation that was thought to have been organized by Beijing. In 2005, with two years left to serve, the deeply unpopular Tung resigned. He was replaced by career civil servant Donald Tsang, and China's National People's Congress (NPC) decided that Tsang would serve out the remainder of Tung's term before facing election. Tsang won a new term as chief executive in 2007, garnering 82 percent of the votes in the mostly pro-Beijing election committee.
Pro-Beijing parties again won Legco elections in September 2008, taking 30 seats, though few of those members were elected by popular vote. The prodemocracy camp won 23 seats, including 19 by popular vote, enabling them to retain a veto on constitutional changes.
In November 2009, the government published a consultation document on draft electoral reforms that would ostensibly serve as a transitional arrangement until the adoption of universal suffrage. Following months of public debate and closed-door negotiations, the Legco approved a compromise version of the reforms in June 2010. The new system would enable a narrow majority of Legco members to be elected by popular vote for the first time, but many in the prodemocracy camp criticized the plan for largely preserving the semidemocratic status quo and providing no guarantees of future universal suffrage.
In 2011, a string of demonstrations indicated public frustration over soaring property prices, a growing income gap, and slowly evolving restrictions on democratic rights. Continuing a pattern from the previous year, police adopted a more confrontational approach in dealing with protesters and journalists, especially during the official visit of Chinese vice premier Li Keqiang in August. During the second half of the year, attention turned toward chief executive and Legco elections scheduled for 2012. In November, Leung Chun-ying, a member of a mainland government advisory body, and Henry Tang, a high-ranking Hong Kong civil servant with ties to both the Beijing-friendly business sector and the Chinese Communist Party, announced that they would run for chief executive in March. Local media reported that Tang was the Chinese Communist Party's preferred candidate. However, by year's end, Tang's popularity had fallen after several gaffes and scandals, causing observers to speculate that the central government might switch its backing to Leung.
Hong Kong's Basic Law calls for the election of a chief executive and a unicameral Legislative Council (Legco). The chief executive, who serves a five-year term, is elected by an 800-member committee: some 200,000 "functional constituency" voters—representatives of various elite business and social sectors, many with close ties to Beijing—elect 600 of the committee's members, and the remaining 200 consist of Legco members, Hong Kong delegates to the NPC, religious representatives, and 41 members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), a mainland advisory body.
The Legco consists of 30 directly elected members and 30 members chosen by the functional constituency voters. All serve four-year terms. The Basic Law restricts the Legco's lawmaking powers, prohibiting legislators from introducing bills that would affect Hong Kong's public spending, governmental operations, or political structure. In the territory's multiparty system, the five main parties are the prodemocracy Civic Party, Democratic Party, and League of Social Democrats; the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong; and the business-oriented Liberal Party.
The NPC ruled in 2007 that universal suffrage might be adopted in 2017 for the chief executive election and 2020 for the Legco. The issue's omission from the 2010 electoral reforms heightened fears that the transition would be pushed further into the future. Under the 2010 changes, the election committee for the chief executive will expand from 800 to 1,200 members in 2012, but will otherwise retain its existing composition. The Legco will expand from 60 to 70 seats. Five of the new members will be chosen through direct elections based on geographical constituencies. Members of Hong Kong's 18 district councils will nominate the other five candidates from among themselves, and nominees will then face a full popular vote.
The reforms increased the importance of the district council elections held in November 2011, prompting a record voter turnout rate of 41 percent. Candidates from the pro-Beijing camp won a large majority of contested seats, amid reports of increased funding from Beijing-friendly businessmen, allegations of vote rigging, and a growing split within the prodemocracy camp over the compromise behind the 2010 reform package. Separately, the government announced in September that it would reduce the district councils' appointed seats in phases, with full abolition intended by 2020, reportedly backtracking from an earlier promise to eliminate them sooner. In the November 2011 elections, the total number of appointed seats was reduced from 102 to 68, while elected seats increased from 405 to 412.
Hong Kong is generally regarded as having low rates of corruption, though business interests have considerable influence on the Legco. In December 2011, the territory's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) detained at least 22 individuals after prodemocracy legislators reported instances of voters registering under nonexistent addresses. By year's end, six people had been charged with vote rigging, and the others remained under investigation. Hong Kong was ranked 12 out of 183 polities surveyed in Transparency International's 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index.
Under Article 27 of the Basic Law, Hong Kong residents enjoy freedoms of speech, press, and publication. These rights are generally respected in practice, and political debate is vigorous. There are dozens of daily newspapers, and residents have access to international radio broadcasts and satellite television. Foreign media operate without interference. Nonetheless, Beijing's growing influence has led to self-censorship. This stems in part from the close relationship between Hong Kong media owners and central authorities; at least 10 such owners sit on the CPPCC. Of the respondents to a University of Hong Kong survey released in April 2011, a record high 54 percent said the media practice self-censorship. In September, two news executives at Asia Television (ATV) resigned after the station erroneously announced the death of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin. The Broadcasting Authority fined the station HK$300,000 (US$38,600) in December and revealed that a senior executive had pressured staff to air the unverified news. In another set of incidents, Beijing-friendly media vigorously attacked two professors, rival media owner Jimmy Lai, the local head of the Roman Catholic Church, and a talk show host—all of whom had been critical of the central government, supported the prodemocracy camp, or granted interviews to independent Chinese news outlets.
Several cases emerged in 2011 of the Hong Kong authorities obstructing journalists' ability to cover certain events. In July, 19 journalists were pepper-sprayed by police during a demonstration marking the anniversary of the 1997 handover. Police also detained a citizen journalist and an intern photographer, the latter for "obstructing a public place"; the charges against her were dropped in September after she filed a lawsuit for unlawful arrest and detention. In August, during the visit by Chinese vice premier Li Keqiang, authorities kept journalists far from Li, granted them permission to cover fewer than half of the events he attended, and reportedly barred several cameramen from filming. After the Legco moved to a new complex in July, reporters were required to remain in a designated press area, limiting their ability to report on proceedings and interview lawmakers.
The selection in September 2011 of a former government official as director of broadcasting at the state-owned Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK)—the first time since the 1930s that a non–media professional was appointed to the post—heightened concerns over RTHK's editorial independence. In November, two longtime hosts of RTHK current affairs programs who were known for their criticism of the government were told that their contracts would not be renewed in 2012.
The Basic Law provides for freedom of religion, which is generally respected in practice. Religious groups are excluded from the Societies Ordinance, which requires nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to register with the government. Adherents of the Falun Gong spiritual movement remain free to practice and hold occasional demonstrations, though government pressure on them to remove banners from public places reportedly increased in 2011.
University professors can write and lecture freely, and political debate on campuses is lively. However, students who protested Li Keqiang's visit to the University of Hong Kong in August 2011 were manhandled by the police, and one was briefly detained.
The Basic Law guarantees freedoms of assembly and association. Police permits for demonstrations are required but rarely denied, and protests on politically sensitive issues are held regularly. Nevertheless, in recent years, police have become more confrontational with protesters. When a group of 40 demonstrators gathered in front of the central government's liaison office in February 2011, responding to online calls for a Tunisian-style "Jasmine Revolution" in China, they were outnumbered by 100 police officers; the police attempted to confiscate banners, claiming they were "blocking the view" of officers. The annual protest march held on July 1 to mark the territory's handover drew the largest crowd since 2004, with estimates ranging from 50,000 to 200,000. In the early hours of the following morning, police briefly detained over 200 participants for "illegal assembly" and "obstructing public places." The director of a local human rights group was also detained while filming the police clearing the crowd. In August, during Li Keqiang's visit, police blocked a group of 100 protesters from approaching the new government headquarters, where Li was attending a ceremony, and attempted to confiscate a mock coffin that commemorated victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
Hong Kong hosts a vibrant and largely unfettered NGO sector, and trade unions are independent. However, there is limited legal protection for basic labor rights. Collective-bargaining rights are not recognized, protections against antiunion discrimination are weak, and there are few regulations on working hours. The territory's first minimum-wage law took effect in May 2011.
The judiciary is independent, and the trial process is generally fair. The NPC reserves the right to make final interpretations of the Basic Law, effectively limiting the power of Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeals. In June 2011, the court departed from legal decisions made under British rule by adopting Beijing's more stringent guarantee of sovereign immunity, in a lawsuit involving a U.S. investment fund and the Congolese government. The court then asked the NPC to confirm its interpretation of the Basic Law, marking the first such referral by the Hong Kong judiciary. The NPC Standing Committee approved the decision in August.
Police are forbidden by law to employ torture and other forms of abuse. They generally respect this ban in practice, and complaints of abuse are investigated. Arbitrary arrest and detention are illegal; suspects must be charged within 48 hours of their arrest. Prison conditions generally meet international standards.
Citizens are treated equally under the law, though Hong Kong's 200,000 foreign household workers remain vulnerable to abuse, and South Asians routinely complain of discrimination in employment. Since foreign workers face deportation if dismissed, many are reluctant to bring complaints against employers. A Race Discrimination Ordinance that took effect in 2009 created an independent Equal Opportunities Commission to enforce its protections, but it has been criticized for excluding discrimination through government actions and against immigrants. In September 2011, the High Court struck down a law banning foreign household workers from applying for permanent residency after it was challenged as discriminatory by a Filipina maid who had lived in the territory for more than 25 years. Other types of foreign workers were allowed to apply for permanent residency after seven years.
The government does not control travel, choice of residence, or employment within Hong Kong, but documents are required to travel to the mainland, and employers must apply to bring in workers from China; direct applications from workers are not accepted. Hong Kong maintains its own immigration system, but periodic denials of entry to democracy activists, Falun Gong practitioners, and others have raised suspicions that the government is enforcing a Beijing-imposed political blacklist, particularly at sensitive times. In January 2011, the authorities denied visas to prominent exiled democracy activists Wang Dan and Wu'er Kaixi, who had planned to attend the funeral of a Hong Kong democrat, without explanation. In a rebuke to such practices, the High Court ruled in March that the Immigration Department was incorrect in its 2010 decision to refuse visas to technical staff of Shen Yun Performing Arts, a U.S.-based dance company whose performances include portrayals of China's persecution of Falun Gong.
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The Central Connecticut volleyball team finished the regular season with a three set victory over Quinnipiac on Sunday afternoon. The Blue Devils (17-12, 12-4 NEC) were led by senior Blaike King's eight kills.
The Blue Devils earned a 25-18 victory in the first set by connecting for nine kills on 21 attacks with just one attack error. Senior Emily Cochran was the only Blue Devil to record multiple kills in the set. CCSU also had 2.5 blocks in the set with sophomore Rachel Dunlap contributing two.
CCSU carried the momentum into the second set and won 25-11. King led the squad in the second set with four. Senior Jamie Rademacher contributed three kills and two blocks in the set.
In the third set, Central closed out the match behind three more kills from King. Senior Jennifer Waddill and Rademacher each contributed a pair of kills in the set.
As a team the Blue Devils posted 32 kills and six blocks. Central's hitters were efficient in the match recording a .311 hitting percentage.
Freshman Makenna Lommori had a match-high 23 assists and senior Allyson Porter contributed a match-high 13 digs.
Dunlap led the team at the net with four blocks in the match.
King (8), Rademacher (6), Cochran (5), freshman Heather Trueman (5), Waddill (3), Dunlap (2) and Lommori (2) all contributed kills in the match.
The Blue Devils finish the regular season third in the Northeast Conference and will be the #3 seed in next weekend's NEC Tournament. The tournament will be hosted by #1 seed and regular season champion LIU Brooklyn. Robert Morris will be the #2 seed and Saint Francis (PA) will be the #4 seed. The Blue Devils will face Robert Morris on the first day of the single elimination tournament.


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Actually, I probably should have mentioned that I EXTENSIVELY play an MMORPG called Final Fantasy XI. So I'm a pretty serious gamer (kinda). Anyway, another questioné; How much does...umm...whatever unit of measurement for RAM would another 512 cost (if I added that, it would make 1024)?


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Would it be possible to auto-reply to potential spam messages, including a simple text image (as used on many website signups)? Basically if the sender can then reply with this key text in the subject line they will automatically bypass your spam filter.
This would seem like a fairly simple technique that would allow you to use really aggressive filtering while still allowing genuine mailers (with real return addresses) to get their message through to you without too much fuss.
Each user would only need to use the one image, and it could be a simple word, name or number - there would be no need to generate cryptic ones on the fly like site signups, as the chances of a spammer receiving their message back and implementing some sort of automated deciphering tool would have to be very slim indeed.
So an auto-reply based on spam score, one image attached to the returned mail and one subject line filter - this strikes me as being pretty easy to set up?
It looks like Pocomail can already be configured to auto-reply based on a filter - is there a way to integrate this with the Bayesian spam filter? It seems like the Bayesian filter stands alone and can only delete or send mail to the junk mail box.
It also looks pretty straightforward to create another filter that would add senders to the whitelist (or address book) when they do this successfully - ie, if subject contains keyword then add sender to book?
How about this as the reply message:
Dear [sender],
We recently received an email from your address which didn't make it through our spam filters. We'd really appreciate it if you could send it again but this time include the following code in the subject line:
You only need to do this once and we'll make sure all mail from your address is accepted.
If you didn't send us a message, then a spammer has most likely used your address in the 'return' field of their email. Unfortunately this happens a lot with spam and there isn't much you can do. Please just ignore this message and have a nice day.
Am I missing anything, or does this seem like a good idea?


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Home ownership is one of the cornerstones of building wealth and the major decision around buying your first home can be stressful and really exciting all at the same time.
First-time homebuyers have a lot to think about and, to complicate matters, the rules continue to change and evolve.
Homebuyers plan
The homebuyers plan was first introduced in 1992 to help homebuyers use their RRSPs as a down payment for their first home. The plan originally allowed Canadians to borrow up to $20,000 from their RRSPs tax-free. In 2009, the government increased that amount to $25,000. Here are a few basic conditions to be aware of:
- You must be a first-time homebuyer;
- You must live in the home you buy;
- If you or your spouse withdraws an amount from an RRSP where you made contributions during the 89-day period just before the withdrawal, you may not be able to deduct part or all of these contributions for any year;
- You have to repay the money to the RRSP over a 15-year period;
- If you do not repay one-fifteenth of the borrowed amount in a year, you will have to add the amount to income and pay tax on that amount.
I think this is a great plan; I used it for my first home back in 1992. According to the Canadian Real Estate Association, an estimated two million have used it to purchase a home since the plan was introduced.
Changing Mortgage Rules
When I bought my first home, I remember having to come up with a minimum down payment of 10 per cent and the longest amortization I could get was 25 years.
Over the next 15 years, the banks started to "help" Canadians buy houses with zero-down mortgage options and by extending the amortization periods on mortgages to 30, 35 and eventually 40 years. In the end, this was not financially prudent and in 2008, the government introduced new rules eliminating 40-year mortgages and requiring a minimum down payment of five per cent.
Earlier this year, the government tightened up the rules again, moving the maximum amortization period on mortgages back to 25 years.
It's true that shorter amortizations make for higher monthly payments, but they also end up saving homeowners a lot in interest. For example, if you had a $100,000 mortgage at five-per-cent interest on a 40-year amortization, your monthly payments would only be $478.81, but your total interest would be $129,819.50. If you pay the same mortgage over 25 years, your monthly payment rises to $581.61 but your total interest falls to $75,480.04.
Changes to Qualifying Ratios
When you apply for a mortgage, the lender will run a couple of debt ratios to see if you qualify. These debt ratios have changed this year.
Your Gross Debt Service Ratio (GDSR) - including total cost of housing payments (principal, interest, taxes, and heating) - should not be more than 39 per cent of gross monthly income. The Total Debt Service Ratio (TDSR) - your entire monthly debt load (which includes other debts such as credit cards) - must be less than 44 per cent.
I don't see this change being much of an issue as these ratios were more restrictive in the past, with the GDSR at 32 per cent and the TDSR at 40 per cent.
My Five Cents
Buying a house used be like a rite of passage. You had to show that you had some financial discipline to qualify. You had to save a significant down payment, and be able to handle a 25-year amortization.
Although some will argue that going back to those rules, coupled with rising house prices, make it impossible to enter the housing market, remember that buying a home should be the result of good initial financial habits.
These rules may appear to be more restrictive, but they may be needed to address the growing debt problem in Canada. And debt is the biggest cancer to financial freedom.
Jim Yih is a financial expert. Visit his award-winning blog, RetireHappyBlog.ca


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Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 super-wide zoom lens
Get up close and personal with your subject
I got in a little time recently with the Canon 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 super-wide zoom lens. The "EF-S" in its name tells you that it's designed for Canon's 1.6x crop factor cameras (also called "APS-C" in yet another nod to the film days). Therefore, it works on the Rebels and my 40D, but not on a full-frame camera like the 5D or one of Canon's 1.3x cameras they make for journalists and serious hobbyists. On those cameras, the image would look like a circle in the middle of a black frame. On the Rebels and the 40D, the lens is meant to behave like a 16-35mm lens would on a full-frame camera.
The Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 super-wide zoom lens.
With a lens this wide, you can expect some distortion at the edges. It's particularly noticeable with vertical elements; they'll look like they're being drawn to the center by an unseen force. The picture below illustrates this — just look at the buildings on the sides.
Taken at 10mm, f/8, 1/60 at ISO 200. The buildings look almost
like they're coming toward us.
What's fun about a lens like this is that you can be right smack in front of your subject and get the entire scene in frame. I'm lucky my toes weren't showing!
This lens worked like a dream. It uses Canon's Ultrasonic (USM) focusing, so it's silent and lightning-fast. Movement while zooming is internal, and the front element does not rotate while focusing or zooming, helpful when you're using a filter. It's a fun lens, and it'll help you get some unique shots.
The Bellevue arch in Richmond, VA. 10mm at f/5.6, 1/200, ISO 400.


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New in box Ruger M77 .35 Whelen Wood/Blue. Product # 17117. American walnut stock wtih blue receiver and 22" barrel.****FACTORY PHOTO.****Purchaser is responsible for contacting a licensed FFL Dealer and sending a FFL copy to Halifax Supply. All major Credit cards are accepted with a 3% charge, cashiers checks or postal money orders. Purchaser is responsible for all shipping/handling costs which vary east coast/west coast and Alaska. East coast is $40, west of Texas is $60. All Pistols are shipped overnight, $60 minimum charge. Florida state sales tax is charged to in state customers. DEALER TO DEALER TRANSFERS ONLY. NO LOCAL PICKUP. We have been in business for over 50 years as a FFL dealer soconfidently. Call anytime, our phone is always on. Any questions feel free to call us 24/7 at Halifax Supply (386) 235-2274. If you do not see what you are looking for, please email us at halifaxsupplyyahoo. We currently have over 3,000 rare and unusual firearms in stock. Thank you.
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iFancyFood necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 153 diseños de 52 diseñadores freelance.
We are a new 'fancy food' online retailer called I Fancy Food. We want to project gourmet food with a fresh and modern feel.
I Fancy Food
We want to establish a presence as a store with fresh, new, fun and eclectic foods. We sell:
- better quality foods
- artisan foods
- imported foods
- gourmet foodsBut we are not a wine, cheese and caviar store! We also don't sell stodgy, uptight food (the old school definition of gourmet).
Food is optional, but not required, to be in the logo. If you do want to add it in, don't use fresh produce or other perishable items. At this time, we only sell things in jars, bottles, cans, and boxes.
- White background
- EDIT: After viewing a great logo with a black background, we are now open to a black background - preferably with white text and something colorful to liven it up.
- Clean and crisp
- Open to all lowercase letters, but not required.
- Modern and fresh
- Vector format
- Color separation
- Should say "I Fancy Food" with no other text
- No clip-art may be used; only vector art drawn by the designer him-/herself.
- The letters/words of the chosen, completed logo need to have perfect spacing
('tracking') BUT you don't need to do this unless/until your design is chosen as winner
- The completed logo needs to look perfect both small in size, as well as,
say, one foot wide.
- Any font used need to be either 100% free AND its license (needs to be provided)
must also allow the font to be used for a business logo.
- OR when commercial font(s) have been used, the logo designer needs to
express which commercial fonts were used (and license must allow for font to be
used for a business logo), and how much the fonts cost, and where to be
- No Script or overdone fonts. - No ALLCAPS
- No pastels or hot pink.
- Edited to add: After viewing samples with serving dishes and utensils, we feel we should exclude them from the logo because it gives it a restaurant feel, which we aren't. Thanks :)
- No clip-art may be used; only vector art drawn by the designer him-/herself.
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The following candidates have received backings . . .
New York City Mayor
Former Councilmember Sal Albanese was endorsed by the Transport Workers Union Local 101 in the Democratic mayoral primary, while his opponent City Council Speaker Christine Quinn landed support from the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.
New York City Comptroller
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer gained the backing of Teamsters Joint Council 16.
City Council District 19
Republican incumbent Dan Halloran bagged an endorsement from the NYPD Captains Endowment Association. Austin Shafran, one of four candidates in the race's Democratic primary, rolled out boosts from UFCW Local 1500.
City Council District 22
Costa Constantinides got a leg up from Communications Workers of America Local 1180.


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The J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge and Lover's Key State Park are being featured on C-SPAN's "Cities Tour" on April 19-20 to promote the unique features of mid-sized cities like Fort Myers.
Sanibel Island author Charles Sobczak was contacted by C-SPAN producers Christy Hinton and Debbie Lamb last month to recommend two locations to be profiled from his award-winning book, The Living Gulf Coast A Nature Guide to Southwest Florida. Not only did Sobczak give them his picks and some background information, but he personally agreed to take the producers around in his 23-foot catamaran fishing boat.
They departed from the Sanibel Boat Ramp and after docking at Lover's Key, toured with federal park rangers, and spent the rest of their day recording pelicans and migratory birds on "Ding" Darling's Wildlife Drive.
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Charles Sobczak. PHOTO PROVIDED.
"It was really fun and flattering," said Sobczak. "And I got a plug from the Lee County Library System."
Producers from C-SPAN had called the Lee County Library System inquiring about popular, informative local books, and staff recommended a number of titles including Uncommon Friends by James Newton and Sobczak's The Living Gulf Coast.
The Living Gulf Coast is a one-stop manual of local flora and fauna. It was awarded the Gold Medal for the Best Work of Adult Non-Fiction in 2011 by the Florida Publisher's Association and has continually been a best-selling regional title. The City of Sanibel recently purchased enough copies of Living Sanibel, a companion book, to provide to every current and new employee as a guide to living on the island.
"It's like an operating manual to the island," said Sobczak, who also writes a weekly nature column in The Islander.
C-SPAN has been deploying local content vehicles (LCVs) since it started the Cities Tour in 2011 and has visited 42 cities ranging from Tallahassee, Fla., to Chattanooga, Tenn.
Susan Swain, CEO of C-SPAN, said the network has two primary goals with the Cities Tour.
"The first is to more systematically go beyond the Washington beltway for our non-fiction book and history programming and highlight for our national audiences some of the unique culture and history of the cities we visit," she said in a prepared statement. "Secondly, with our LCV project engaging the grass-roots, we are continuing our long tradition of partnering with affiliates in their communities."
After premiering on April 19-20, the program will be archived for future generations.
For more information on the Cities Tour, visit series.c-span.org. And to learn more about The Living Gulf Coast, visit indigopress.net.


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Britney Spears has been offered a multi-million dollar deal to extend her Las Vegas residency 'Piece of Me', according to new reports.
The 'Work Bitch' superstar began her shows in December 2013 and is currently on the third leg.
President of Caesars Palace Gary Selesner admitted that the company initially took a "gamble" on signing Spears and told New York Daily News: "Britney Spears has been a great success for the company and will be extended, if she wants to do it, and I cannot see why not.
"She has been filling out the place every night, and she is enjoying it and is in good health."
Spears signed a $30 million deal for two years at Planet Hollywood last year, with the current set of shows expected to end in late 2015.
Executives have reportedly offered $12 million to extend the residency by one year into 2016 following its commercial success.
The sold-out residency show has seen a number of celebrities attend, including Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga.
It features a number of her greatest hits, including 'Toxic', 'Baby One More Time', 'Oops! I Did It Again' and 'Circus'.
'Britney: Piece of Me' has been outselling Celine Dion and Elton John, it was reported earlier this year.
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We chose this spot for our kitchen garden – in full sun, already fenced in, water nearby, and not too far from the kitchen door. Perfect!
Do you have a yard full of grass and a longing for fresh produce to feed your family? Why not install a kitchen garden? One that is easy to build and won't require much maintenance, where you can grow fresh veggies, small fruits, herbs, and maybe even some cut flowers.
Sound too good to be true? Follow these 5 simple steps and you will be growing in no time.
The fence actually adds more gardening space by providing a structure for vining crops to grow vertically. These luffa, or "dishcloth," gourds bloomed nonstop until frost and produced a pile of sponges while delighting the bumblebees.
Step One: Where and How Big (or small)?
"Location, location, location," is a term used often in the real estate business, but it also applies to choosing the perfect place yard for a kitchen garden. Use the following criteria to find the best location:
1. Sun – Chose a site that receives full sun six or more hours per day. A level spot is ideal, but a hillside can work, you will just have to do some terracing to keep your garden from running away.
2. Water – A hose bib, rain barrel, or other water source nearby is essential since a productive garden needs approximately 1 inch of water a week.
3. Proximity – Ideally, your kitchen garden should be in a "high-traffic" area close to the kitchen or doors where you see and walk by it daily. This way you won't forget to water, weed, or harvest on time. You are also more likely to notice any problems in their early stages, when they are much easier to rectify.
4. Call 811 – Know where your utility and gas lines are and don't plant a garden on top of a septic tank or drainage area.
5. If you have a fence that you can incorporate into your plot, all the better to protect your plants from critters (if that is a problem) and vertical space for vining crops.
Now that you have the perfect location, you need to determine the size. If this is your first garden, start small. Be successful, not overwhelmed. Gardening takes commitment and time, but don't worry if this is your first foray in food growing – there's no better way to learn then to just jump in.
One way to think of the garden is in square footage and how much is needed per person. Once that is established, then you can fill in the blanks, so to speak, with plants. Mel Bartholomew, author of Square Foot Gardening, suggests one 4-by-4-square-foot garden per adult to grow salad; another 4-by-4-square-foot garden to grow enough vegetables for supper meals; and a third if you'd like extra veggies for preserving. That is a total of 48 square feet per adult.
A quick and easy garden: Using a 25-by-4-foot-wide roll of landscape fabric and six or eight large wheelbarrows of compost dumped in mounds, I created a cucurbit boarder in a couple of hours that required no glyphosate and no weeding. You could plant any vegetables in mounds and tomatoes and climbing beans would love the fence.
I added cardboard to extend the bed to sidewalk and to reinforce the fabric where I accidently tore it with the wheelbarrow. Then I threw down some old hay, planted seeds for squash, cucumbers, pumpkins, and gourds. I added more straw mulch after the plants emerged.
John Jeavons writes in his book How To Grow More Vegetables that the average person needs 100 square feet for fresh vegetables and another 100 square feet for vegetables to preserve. The square footage will need to be increased in a row-type garden to allow room for paths between rows.
I've heard others recommend two 4-by-4-foot raised beds per family member to grow vegetables for fresh use with enough leftover to preserve.
In my kitchen garden, I have three 4-by-8-foot raised beds per person, which is 96 square feet per person. By planting spring, summer, and fall crops I usually have enough to eat fresh with plenty to preserve and share. I also sow seeds in succession throughout the season in order to have a continual harvest using less space.
Step Two: Prepare the Site
Before building beds all you are going to do is cut the grass short (unless its winter) and then cover the entire area with landscape fabric or thick cardboard, being sure to overlap well so no unwanted flora can pop through later. The ground covering will remain as a foundation for raised beds or mounds of soil that will be brought in and placed on top. You may need to use rocks or boards to hold it down until you get everything in place.
We built raised beds using 10-inch wide pine boards. It's more interesting and fun if the beds are different sizes and shapes.
Step Three: Build the Beds
If you decide to go the DIY route, there are a several ways to actually construct the beds. These are two that are quick and easy using pine boards. You can adjust to your building materials.
For one 4-by-8-foot bed you need three 2" x 10" x 8' boards. Cut one in half. Using corner brackets (3" x ¾") on the inside of the box, connect the boards together with screws. For added support, use a 4-foot board in the center of the bed. This is optional, but may keep bed from bowing later. If you don't have corner brackets, use a 2" x 2" x 10" wooden stake and install several screws from the outside boards into the stake on each corner.
Another fast, easy way to create garden beds that will last is to use treated lumber totally lined (sides and bottom) with heavy black plastic. Place them in a sunny spot (before lining) and they are ready to go. No need for a weed barrier underneath the beds.
What materials should you use to build the beds? There are several options, depending on your desires and pocketbook. You can use wood that hasn't been chemically treated; pine boards work and are inexpensive, but will have to be replaced about three to five years. Plastic or composite boards may not look as natural and will cost more, but they will not have to be replaced. Treated lumber will last a long time and can be used if you are willing to staple in a heavy plastic liner. Cedar is a good choice – it costs a little more, but is natural and is not prone to rotting quickly.
Stacked stone or brick is pretty and will never rot. Concrete blocks are inexpensive and easy to use plus create nice pockets for perennial herbs, but don't look as nice.
Raised beds or mounds can be anywhere from 4-12 inches or deeper. Root crops, such as carrots and potatoes, benefit from a deeper bed whereas crops such as salad greens and peppers don't need deep beds.
We set our wooden beds on top of plastic before filling them. This is composted horse manure we bought in bulk from a local farmer.
This is what it looks like two years later. The plastic is still under the entire area and the space around the beds is covered with wood shavings we got – for free – from a local sawmill. I add fresh shavings every spring.
Step Four: Fill the Beds
Soil is the foundation of your kitchen garden so this is where you really want to spend your time and money. Don't settle for mediocre when you can have a magnificent productive garden with fewer insect and disease problems.
When it comes to filling the beds or making mounds, you have several choices. You can buy a mix of soil-type products to fill the beds. Mel Bartholomew, author of Square Foot Gardening, recommends equal parts of compost, peat moss, and vermiculite.
A mix of potting soil, topsoil, peat moss, leaf mold, compost, and soil conditioner will give you nutrient-rich fill with great drainage.
How much compost or mix does it take to fill a bed? For a 4-by-8-foot raised bed that is 10 inches deep, it will take 1 cubic yard to fill. For mounds, I dump one large wheelbarrow full per mound.
Now simply enjoy your fresh and organic produce to feed your family … there's nothing better. Check out these 'Circus Circus' carrots we grew! • The border garden provided fresh, organic produce through the summer and we harvested pumpkins, gourds, and winter squashes in the fall. • 'Lemon' cucumber is an old-fashioned variety that Grandma grew. The fence was perfect for them to climb up.
Step Five: Plant!
Make a list of the vegetables you actually like to eat. Include one or two that you can't get at the store – this will motivate you when it's hot and you're tired. Since this article is about installing a garden, we're not going to list every potential vegetable, cultivars, planting times, etc. That's an entire other article!
A version of this article appeared in Carolina Gardener Volume 30 Number 5.
Photography courtesy of Cindy Shapton.


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Dian Fossey, the "Woman in the Mists"
by Lorraine Murray
— Recently, Advocacy for Animals presented an interview with the esteemed chimpanzee expert and conservationist Jane Goodall, who began her career as a protégé of Louis Leakey. Dian Fossey (1932–85) was another researcher who got her start under Leakey's guidance. She spent almost two decades studying and working with the mountain gorillas in Rwanda and became a leading anti-poaching advocate, a role that many believe led to her murder by unknown assailants in 1985. Following is the Encyclopaedia Britannica biography of Fossey.
Dian Fossey was born on January 16, 1932, in San Francisco, California. She trained to become an occupational therapist at San Jose State College and graduated in 1954. She worked in that field for several years at a children's hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1963 she took a trip to eastern Africa, where she met the anthropologist Louis Leakey and had her first glimpse of mountain gorillas. She returned to the United States after her trip, but in 1966 Leakey persuaded her to go back to Africa to study the mountain gorilla in its natural habitat on a long-term basis. To this end, she established the Karisoke Research Centre in 1967 and began a hermitlike existence in Rwanda's Virunga Mountains, which was one of the last bastions of the endangered mountain gorilla. Through patient effort, Fossey was able to observe the animals and accustom them to her presence, and the data that she gathered greatly enlarged contemporary knowledge of the gorilla's habits, communication, and social structure. …


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Hi Paul what is the build time for the bionix. Thanks Andy
Hi Paul what is the build time for the bionix. Thanks Andy
Bionix about 12- 14 hours. Tanarg about 100 ish - depending on how mechanical you are and how you tackle it - for instance one hour bursts and 30 mins of that will be lost finding tools and figuring out what to do next from the manual. 4+ hour sessions more effcient - but then again an hour every night of the week might will be quicker to finish than 4 hours every fortnight!
So fot the Bionix I'm guessing you guys need to sign it off once built? (or just an inspector?) in which case I'd likely want to come up to Sywell for a couple of days, book into a B&B and build it in the corner of your hangar! Stay for 2 days and then take it home all done. Now just to find that extra bit of cash... ...
The build time sounds good will there be a bionix at the NEC, if there is then i will have a run down. I like to see the £ rise against the Bl--dy euro. Andy
Sorry Andy, just noticed the question in your post there. yes there will be one at the NEC.
A long time and no news on the Bionix. What's happening? Had a look on the Flylight site and no news and the mag says still "test"... any idea when it will be available?
Went for a flight today near Paris with a French instructor. Bionix 15 with Tanarg trike. Very simple but very effective trim.


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Thank you to everyone that donated to Team Hanselman during the blog matching challenge! I don't have the final word yet, but it sounds like it was a great success! I got word this morning that the donations had indeed cross the $1000 mark. (Just before you called James! 😈 )
Anyway, I've made good on my pledge:
If you haven't donated yet, there is still time. The actual walk takes place on October 20th, 2007, and I'm pretty sure you can make donations right up unit that date. I will leave the donation banner in my side bar until then for your convenience.
Thanks again for your help!


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Software for Manufacturing
Production-Monitoring Software Captures Welding Data for Remote Review
The software, available at no cost to Power Wave owners, adds a new web browser-based user interface; a data-management system through Microsoft SQL server express; and support for Lincoln Electric's True Energy data. These enhanced features offer customers additional tools to help ensure increased uptimes and productivity. In addition to monitoring weld data, it allows for storing and sharing of files, monitoring production tasks, setting weld limits and tolerances, and tracking consumable inventory. Welding-machine faults also can be logged and e-mailed, while diagnostic troubleshooting can be performed from a remote location.
By integrating digital technology to networked welding equipment, key personnel are able to perform the following functions from anywhere:
• View the status of multiple Power Wave welding power sources;
• Pinpoint work-shift problems and evaluate production cycle and output using work-shift timers and production reports;
• Manage and set tolerance for each of 32 unique weld profiles;
• E-mail data to multiple users to provide information on specific events and potential or real-time problems;
• Automatically track wire usage and provide notification to minimize downtime for consumable replacement; and
Lincoln Electric Co.: 888/355-3213; www.lincolnelectric.com
See also: Lincoln Electric Co.
Related Enterprise Zones: Other Processes, Software, Welding


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US authorities have released a long-sealed post-mortem report showing that rapper Notorious B.I.G. was shot four times in a 1997 drive-by shooting in Los Angeles which remains unsolved.
The report describes one of the shots as fatal to the rapper, whose real name was Christopher Wallace. That shot tore through his left lung, heart and colon.
The killing has been the subject of police and FBI investigations and remains one of Los Angeles' highest-profile unsolved homicides. Wallace was killed after leaving a music industry event.
Chief Coroner Investigator Craig Harvey said a security hold placed on the autopsy report's release was lifted last week.
There was no reply to a phone message left for a lawyer who represents Wallace's family and widow, Faith Evans, seeking comment.


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Study is First to Analyze All Relevant Clinical Trials of Oral and Intranasal Calcitonin in Women
Results are Consistent with Calcitonin's 30-Year Safety Record and the Lack of Biological Plausibility
BALTIMORE, MD and PHILADELPHIA, PA – October 7, 2013 — Tarsa Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it presented a new meta-analysis showing that salmon calcitonin does not appear to be associated with an increased risk of cancer in postmenopausal women. The meta-analysis was conducted using data derived from approximately 11,000 women in 24 randomized, controlled calcitonin trials that included reporting of adverse events. The meta-analysis yielded an odds ratio close to unity with a narrow bound on the error of estimation, suggesting that calcitonin does not appear to be associated with an increased risk of cancer.
The data were presented in a plenary poster session at the 2013 ASBMR Annual Meeting.1 Tarsa is developing an oral calcitonin tablet for the treatment and prevention of post-menopausal osteoporosis.
In 2012, the European Medicines Agency withdrew calcitonin nasal spray from the market and limited the duration of use of other calcitonin products, due to a purported association with cancer. In early 2013, similar data were the topic of a joint meeting of the FDA's Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs and its Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee. At that meeting Tarsa representatives highlighted that:
- Despite 30 years of global use, no post-marketing surveillance reports from any regulatory authority have ever linked calcitonin with cancer.
- A previous meta-analysis conducted by Novartis2 did not include data from more recent clinical trials of oral calcitonins, including Tarsa's oral calcitonin product.
- Given that formal calcitonin carcinogenicity and mutagenicity tests in animals have all been negative and that cancer is biologically diverse, no plausible mechanism has been identified that could explain a putative increased cancer risk.
"There are only a few classes of agents available to treat osteoporosis, and the fact that millions of patients are currently going untreated, or opting out of treatment, underscores the need for more therapeutic choices," noted Dr. David Krause, Chief Medical Officer of Tarsa. "Calcitonin has been shown to have a modest but consistent positive effect on bone mineral density at the lumbar spine, and this more comprehensive meta-analysis confirms our earlier research showing that calcitonin does not appear to be associated with an increased risk of cancer."
At the 2012 ASBMR Annual Meeting, Tarsa presented an analysis that concluded there was no carcinogenicity signal in the two one-year long trials of its oral calcitonin, which enrolled almost 700 women.3
In a Phase III global, randomized, double-blind trial in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, known as the ORACAL trial, Tarsa's once-daily oral calcitonin demonstrated superiority to both placebo and nasal calcitonin spray in increasing bone mineral density at the lumbar spine after 48 weeks. In the trial, the safety profile of oral calcitonin did not substantially differ from nasal calcitonin or placebo. The trial results were published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.4
Tarsa is preparing to file an NDA in 2014 for the use of its oral calcitonin in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis.
Studies for inclusion in the new meta-analysis were identified from regulatory documents and the scientific literature and also included Tarsa's two long-term clinical trials of its oral calcitonin product. The meta-analysis was prepared under the supervision of lead author Dr. George A. Wells and Dr. Jonathan Chernoff. Dr. Wells is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine at the University of Ottawa and is a Professor in the Department of Medicine and a Senior Scientist at the Ottawa Health Research Institute. Previously, Dr. Wells was Chief of the Biometrics Division at Health Canada's Laboratory Centre for Disease Control. Dr. Chernoff is Senior Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer and holds the Stanley P. Reimann Chair in Oncology Research at the Fox Chase Cancer Center.
- GA Wells, J Chernoff, JP Gilligan et al. Does Calcitonin-Salmon Cause Cancer? Presented at ASBMR 2013 Annual Meeting, Plenary Poster Session, 5:45 pm, Oct 4, 2013, Discovery Hall-Hall C.
- Heep M et al. Calcitonin Use and Risk of Malignancy: A meta-analysis of 17 rsCT in patients with osteoporosis. Presented at ASBMR 2012 Annual Meeting. Abstract 1234, October 15, 2012.
- D Krause MD, NAS Hernandez LPD, M Vitagliano et al. "One Year Use of Oral Recombinant Salmon Calcitonin (rsCT) Is Not Associated with Increased Risk of Cancer. Presented at ASMBR 2012 Annual Meeting, Presentation No: LB-MO17, Oct 15, 2012.
- N Binkley, M Bolognese, A Sidorowicz-Bialynicka et al. A Phase 3 Trial of the Efficacy and Safety of Oral Recombinant Calcitonin: The Oral Calcitonin in Postmenopausal Osteoporosis (ORACAL) Trial. J Bone Miner Res. 2012, 27:1821–1829.
The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 2013 Annual Meeting is being held October 4-7, 2013 in Baltimore, MD. For more information, visit: www.asbmr.org/annual-meeting.
About Tarsa Therapeutics
Tarsa is developing a novel oral formulation of calcitonin for the treatment and prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis. This product has the potential to be the first approved oral calcitonin, a natural hormone with a long history of safety and efficacy as an osteoporosis therapy. Tarsa is based in Philadelphia, PA. For more information, visit www.tarsatherapeutics.com.
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PA. wannabe terrorist's sentencing delayed again
A western Pennsylvania man's sentencing on charges that he had a concealed gun when FBI agents arrested him on charges of promoting terrorism on the Internet has been postponed a fourth time.
A federal judge has pushed back the sentencing from Wednesday until Jan. 30 without explanation after his public defender filed a sealed motion.
In past court filings, public defender Marketa Sims has objected to government claims that 23-year-old Emerson Begolly reached for his gun and knowingly resisted FBI officers who arrested him suddenly in a parked car. Sims contends Begolly is autistic and was spooked by the agents but not attempting to harm them he was arrested in January 2011.
The former Redbank Township man faces a possible sentence of 15 years in prison and remains in custody.


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Orphan reunited with rescuer 40 years later
Baby rescued by marine in Vietnam
A Vietnamese marine and the baby he rescued during battle 40 years ago have been reunited.
"One act of kindness can change the world," Kimberly Mitchell said.
Mitchell was an orphaned baby who was saved by the marine, but it took 40 years for them to meet again.
"Today I get to say thank you to a man who took the time to save a baby," Mitchell said.
During a battle in Vietnam in 1972, 2nd Lt. Tran Khac Bao was removing people from a bridge that was about to be blown up.
Mitchell's mother was dead on the side of the road, and a dying man handed the baby to Bao.
Bao took Mitchell to an orphanage, and has finally been reunited with her. He said despite being nervous, this was the happiest day of his life.
Bao said he found Mitchell snuggled in a hat. Her passport showed she still has the Vietnamese name he gave her.
Mitchell was raised in the United States and had no idea she was saved as a baby until four months ago.


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In iPhone Photography, from Shooting to Storytelling, Richard Koci Hernandez celebrates the art of iPhoneography–how to shoot, enhance, and share photos with an Apple iPhone. The course covers an actual iPhone photo shoot and includes details on how to select and edit photos using a variety of iOS apps and how to interact with the vibrant iPhone photo community by sharing photos using the popular Instagram app. In a bonus chapter, Koci and a lineup of iPhone photography enthusiasts and journalists meet at the 1197 conference in San Francisco to discuss shooting techniques, photo-enhancement tips, and inspiration in the art of photographic storytelling.
View this entire course and more in the lynda.com Online Training Library.
It's been years since I've read or used any material from Lynca Weinman (I think she helped me with HTML or some design basics for the early web) but judging from the intro alone this looks like a great introduction to taking great photographs using your iPhone.


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Break new ground as you glide toward coveted ports aboard, Crystal Esprit, Crystal Cruises' sleek newly redesigned yacht. Discover all the innovative ways you can experience the world aboard a 62-passenger vessel, where all-inclusive luxury is just the beginning.
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Casual elegance permeates Crystal Esprit from its welcoming décor highlighted by soothing sea blues and cool whites to attentive service from 91 crew members catering to only 62 passengers.
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Crystal Esprit presents a privileged yachting experience, balanced with warm and welcoming surrounds and an all-inclusive philosophy — from the tranquil sea-views of your elegant suite to gourmet, wine-paired cuisine and deep cultural immersion in every port you visit. Should you want to linger a little longer on your journey, we can even extend your stay on land before or after your cruise to create the ultimate vacation.