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Posted 03 March 2009 - 06:52 AM
Karel Bernard
Canon G9 in Ikelite Housing; SubStrobe DS-160
WA lens Ikelite W-20; Inon UCL-165 M67 Close-up Lenses
Posted 23 April 2009 - 06:01 AM
I sold a complete Gates housing system and Sony HD Camcorder to Scubaspud25. There were problems with Paypal, so he phoned me and arranged a different way to pay. He was very patient considering Paypal was playing up.
He is a good person to deal with, honest and reliable.
Posted 27 April 2009 - 11:58 AM
I'll add my own experience while I was busy trading these last months. so thumbs up to these highly recommended traders :
- Jeff/ Synthetic who I bought a 5D housing from at fantastic price and arranged my problems shipping to France.
- Dan/ danandrewclem for a swift sale of a port body, clean of any VAT
- Steve/ pxguru who brought his 8" dome from Malaysia to the UK so that my shipping and import tax bill was almost nil.
- Gary/ GHP who purchased from me a Ike dual sync chord (still between Paris and the Uk at the moment) and paid me at supersonic speed.
Pls have a look at my Flickr photo gallery and leave a comment.
Posted 30 April 2009 - 07:43 PM
I bought some ULCS arms and clamps from Bill. Very honest and reliable. This was a very easy transaction. Would recommend.
Posted 01 May 2009 - 07:51 AM
Just wanted to say that this forum is first class for purchasing or selling items, nothing to do with ebay, thanks to honest likeminded members.
I'll add my own experience while I was busy trading these last months. so thumbs up to these highly recommended traders :
- Gary/ GHP who purchased from me a Ike dual sync chord (still between Paris and the Uk at the moment) and paid me at supersonic speed.
Thanks to Luko for sending the above mentioned cable so quickly, it arrived a couple of days after posting.
Very nice to deal with. Polite, courteous, and speedy.
After all, good manners cost nothing.
Posted 01 May 2009 - 07:56 AM
Item arrived within a few days. Amazing, considering it came from the middle of no-where.(Well, Exmouth in Aus, that is !! )
Posted 16 June 2009 - 11:13 AM
Cheers Marjo
Canon 5D MK2 - Sea and Sea housed - 17-40L 100mm - Sigma 15mm FE - twin YS250 pro's and gadgets galore
Posted 22 June 2009 - 07:16 AM
Posted 08 July 2009 - 07:12 AM
All the best Dennis
Canon 5D MK2 - Sea and Sea housed - 17-40L 100mm - Sigma 15mm FE - twin YS250 pro's and gadgets galore
Posted 10 July 2009 - 07:57 PM
Posted 15 July 2009 - 10:45 PM
Karel Bernard
Canon G9 in Ikelite Housing; SubStrobe DS-160
WA lens Ikelite W-20; Inon UCL-165 M67 Close-up Lenses
Posted 04 August 2009 - 03:07 AM
I did not receive all the accessories I was supposed to. Still unresolved and communication now lacking.
I would not deal with this person again.
Regret having to make this post
Lenses: 8
Strobes: 5
Ideas: 0
Posted 18 August 2009 - 04:36 AM
Communication was lacking from the beginning -- didn't even get the claim he'd shipped them until after opening Paypal Dispute. During dispute never got the requested postal receipt scanned and emailed to me. Dispute escalated to claim and was ruled in my favor, but money somehow "can't be recovered from his account". Usually this only happens because people delete all their funding information to prevent it. (I'm now beginning to understand a prior rant I read by someone else about Paypal )
Off to call my credit card holder and try for a chargeback. But in short, David Baxter is not someone I would choose to do business with again, even if the strobes or my money do magically 'appear' someday.
(EDIT: And I feel bad that the last 2 postings on this thread are negative, although both involve the same seller. I am compelled to state I have bought other items as a result of WP postings from other sellers over the years that went very smoothly, just unfortunately didn't post in this thread to thank them as I probably should've!)
Edited by rtrski, 18 August 2009 - 06:43 AM.
Current rig: Sony SLT-alpha55 in Ikelite housing, Sigma 105mm f2.8 DC Macro w/ Ike 5505.58 flat port or Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM behind UWCamStuff custom 5" mini-dome. Dual INON z240 Type IVs triggered with DS51 for TTL mimicry, or DS51 alone with home-made ringflash assy for macro.
Topside, unhoused: Sony SLT-alpha99,
Sigma 150-500mm + 1.4TC (Saving for Sony 70-400 G2), Sigma 15mm diagonal fish, Sony 24-70mm f2.8 CZ, Tamron 180mm f2.8 Macro...all the gear and nary a clue...
Posted 25 August 2009 - 01:58 PM
Thanks JD,
Dennis Wagner
Posted 30 August 2009 - 11:16 AM
I have just made a transaction with JD @ email@example.com. He purchased strobes that I had for sale at a fair price, and sent me the funds immediately. We had a very open line of communication, and I would not hesitate to buy/sell items to him in the future. I hope he finds the strobes satisfactory, and as advertised.
Thanks JD,
Dennis Wagner
I bought the cords from the same ad. Dennis sent them quickly! Great condition. Great communication. A highly recommended seller!!!
Thank you!!!
Thomas C. Kline, Jr., Ph. D.
Oceanography & Limnology
Currently used housed digital cameras: Canon EOS-1Ds MkIII, EOS-1D MkIV, and EOS-1DX; and Nikon D3X. More or less retired: Canon EOS-1Ds MkII; and Nikon D1X, D2X, and D2H.
Lens focal lengths ranging from 8 to 200mm for UW use. Seacam housings and remote control gear. Seacam 60D, 150D, and 250D, Sea&Sea YS250, and Inon Z220 strobes.
Posted 06 September 2009 - 08:22 AM
5 Gold Stars
Purchased an Ikelite smart charger from him. Excellent communication. Fast shipping. A great experience.
Posted 07 September 2009 - 03:11 PM
If Don wouldn't mind sharing a little of the spot light, I'd also like to expand my thanks and gratitude to members
All smooth transactions and fantastic to work with. Everyone was non-nonsense, easy to deal with and communication was terrific.
High recommendations and regards to all of them!
Posted 10 September 2009 - 02:18 PM
Posted 15 September 2009 - 03:50 AM
Very quick email responses; package was posted within an hour after payment. Materials received in excellent condition.
Posted 05 October 2009 - 07:47 AM
I bought a new Patima G9 Housing from him. Though he is not the direct dealer, the housing is REALLY NEW. Some people might use the gear for some time before selling off their item as "new", but Steve is really a highly reliable seller.
Very prompt reply through email.
Highly responsible: He mentioned that he will be away for a short trip so you wont be waiting and wondered why there is no news.
Item is very well packed and brand new. MINT Condition.
He also has his Ebay account under the name "Slafter" - 100% Positive Feedback. Highly Recommended Seller!!


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Having just watched season one of the cable television series "The Americans." in which Russian spies kill our own FBI agents in Washington D.C., I question the wisdom and the "fairness" of the Oyster Bay Town Board's waiving of parking and beach permit fees for Russian diplomats; while charging American citizen Town of Oyster Bay residents, who live in Plainview, Old Bethpage, Oyster Bay, East Norwich, Hicksville, Syosset, Jericho, Massapequa, Glen Cove, Farmingdale, Woodbury, Locust Valley, Sea Cliff, Bayville, Brookville, Muttontown, Mill Neck, Bethpage, Lattingtown, and other fine, upstanding communities, $60 for annual automobile beach stickers.
I'd like to tell U.N. Russian Mission spokesman Alexey Zaytsev that his fellow Russians are not the only Long Islanders who "love Oyster Bay's beaches and the open water waters and high-wave beach at Tobay," and I'd also like to tell Town of Oyster Bay spokeswoman Marta Kane that if "it's one of those things we've done for decades as a sign of goodwill" to Russians, our Town should show the same goodwill to its own hard-working, tax-paying employees and residents. Town Supervisor John Venditto should either "Make Putin Pay" or else have to deal with seeing all of us defect to Russia where I'm sure the local Moscow government will be happy to let us swim for free inside its Luzhniki Stadium complex, which hosted the U.S.-boycotted 1980 Olympics.
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Before I got married, the thought of breastfeeding was kind of intimidating and I wasn't sure that I wanted to ever do it. I mean come on, who wants to have a kid attached to them every 2 hours all the live long day? And who would want to have to be the only one that had to get up at night to feed the baby? Not me.
But after Philip and I got married, and from the moment I found out I was pregnant with Bennett... I had an immediate change of heart. It was like a little voice whispered to me "hey!!! quit being selfish, breastmilk is the very best you can give to your baby, don't you want your baby to have the best?? also? the bond you will create with your child through breastfeeding will be unlike anything you've ever experienced. oh and hey, it's cheaper, too." Ha ha. Seriously, I feel like that really happened.
After that, it was never a question in my mind. I was going to breastfeed Bennett, and all other future babies. When Bennett was born, it was a little weird at first but we settled in and it was awesome!!! I nursed him until he pretty much weaned himself around 10-11 months and I am so happy that I did. I do have a few regrets, though. Like not having a pump. HELLO! What was I thinking?!? You never know when you might need a stash of milk. Like... when I went back to work and would be gone for 3-4 hours at a time. Hubby had to supplement with formula. It wasn't the worst thing ever but it did make me sad. Or for that time when Bennett went on a nursing strike and would only take a bottle for 2 weeks. Would have been nice to have a milk storage then, too. To this day, I'm not sure why I never bought a pump. It was probably because they are so darn expensive and I'm pretty cheap.
This time around??
Yes, I'm absolutely breastfeeding Easton. We had a rough couple of days at the beginning where he struggled a little. This is about the point where a lot of people would give up and say "oh well, we'll just buy him forumla." And... that's OK. But for me, I really wanted, no I NEEDED to work through it. It's frustrating and can be exhausting when you feel like the baby just is not getting the hang of it, but, I'm so happy that I stuck with it. After several days, Easton caught on and now he eats wonderfully. Sure, at times, it can feel a little bit tedious to sit down to nurse him every couple of hours, and to wake up at night and nurse him-- when I could easily have Daddy get up to feed him. But the bottom line is that when I chose to have children, I chose to put them first. I made a promise to myself that I would always do my best to give them the BEST. And I feel that breastfeeding is best for my children.
Oh and also this time?
I learned from my mistake. I bought a pump. Hallelujah!! I got the Medela Pump in Style Advanced. It has been such a must have. At the beginning I was producing SO much milk!!! Hellooooo uncomfortable engorgement, seriously, it's no joke. Not to mention that since East was having a tough time at first, I could pump some milk and then give him a bottle if I needed to. This pump really saved me. If you are planning to breastfeed... even if you aren't planning to give your child any bottles at all... a pump will still come in handy. Trust me. You will want it. You just never know what circumstances might come up that you will wish you had it!
What a blessing this will be when I start all of my photo sessions again next month and Easton will be home with Daddy!!
So that's my story. These are all my personal feelings and I don't expect everyone to agree with me but I really just wanted to document all of this!
Thanks for listening :-)


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Mint Julep Scones
04.19.13 by Jackie
If you love the official drink of the Kentucky Derby, you will adore these mint-flavored scones. I used my favorite Mint Julep Sugar from our friends over at Bourbon Barrel Foods for this sweet treat. The raw sugar creates a crunchy, sweet topping with a rich caramel flavor and a refreshing hint of mint.
Pair these with the Southern cocktail and I promise you won't be disappointed!
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Healthy lives start in backyard
A suburban back shed has become the unlikely location for a successful program that is improving young people's health.
Aboriginal teenagers are being trained in fitness and nutrition to help prevent heart disease and reduce anti-social behaviour.
The shed behind a house at Athol Park in Adelaide's western suburbs has been transformed into a fully-functional gym.
After helping one of his friends lose 70 kilograms, Scott Weinert decided to put his knowledge to wider use, opening his home to Aboriginal youth to teach them about healthy living.
"I want to educate these young fellas about the food side of things and the fitness side of things so they can take that into life and that's where you're going to bridge the gap," he said.
The qualified chef and nutritionist teamed up with personal trainer Cameron McKinnon to kit out the shed.
Most of the money for the equipment has come from donations and fundraising.
"A lot of time's gone into this, you know, it's not something that's providing income or a job for anybody," Cameron McKinnon said.
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The goal of research in my lab is to understand how the status of lysosomes is sensed and how lysosomal function is regulated to meet cellular demands. The basic building blocks (amino acids, sugars, lipids and nucleotides) released by degradation of lysosomal substrates represent important sources of energy during starvation and of material for new macromolecule synthesis to support cell growth and/or remodeling. Conversely, lysosomes are critical for the turnover and clearance from cells of damaged organelles and protein aggregates. The importance of maintaining optimal lysosomal function is illustrated by contributions of lysosome dysfunction to human neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease, Frontotemporal Dementia, Parkinson's disease and lysosomal storage disorders such as Batten's disease. Furthermore, the role played by lysosomes in sensing cellular energy and nutrient levels and transducing this information into signals controlling growth represents a potential therapeutic target in cancer. With this growing appreciation of the roles played by lysosomes in health and disease, we ultimately seek to address the following fundamental questions:
(A) How do cells sense and regulate the status of their lysosomes?
(B) How is lysosomal function altered in disease states?
(C) Can lysosomal function be modulated for therapeutic purposes?
To address these questions we combine live cell imaging to monitor the dynamic recruitment of proteins to lysosomes with proteomic approaches to define the molecular basis for this recruitment and high-throughput siRNA screening to identify new mechanisms controlling lysosomal homeostasis. Insights obtained through these strategies will contribute to answering fundamental cell biological questions concerning organelle homeostasis and are expected to be of direct relevance to human health.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Recipe: Coconut Pancakes
Note - coconut flour tends to create dry pancakes as the flour is completely de-fatted, so be generous with your coconut oil and stingy with your cooking time.
Coconut Pancakes
50g coconut flour
4 pastured eggs
3T melted coconut oil (plus extra for frying pan lubrication)
1/2 cup (or so) water
1. Combine flour and eggs in a large bowl.
2. Add oil and stir well.
3. Gradually add water to the mixture whilst stirring, until the consistency is just shy of runny. (You could try going for a runnier mixture, but this will make your pancakes even more fragile)
4. Add a generous blob of oil to your frying pan and heat until oil is about to sizzle.
5. Spoon desired amounts of mixture into the pan and press/stretch into flat shapes.
6. Leave to fry until base is firm and edges begin to brown.
7. Flip pancakes carefully, washing for splashing oil. Allow to cook until other side has browned and centre is firm.
8. Remove from heat and serve immediately, or keep warm and covered (trap steam to maximise moisture level of pancakes).
Sensational served with fresh or defrosted fruit (defrosted has the bonus of resultant juice being used to add more moisture to the cakes), dollop dairy cream, grated 100% cacao solids, and maple syrup if you consume sugars.
Variant - Cocoa-Nutty Coconut Pancakes:
In place of the straight coconut flour, use 30g coconut flour, 20g almond flour, and a tablespoon of unsweetened cocoa powder. Yum!
UPDATE: 4th Feb, 2010
I just made another batch of coconut/almond pancakes, but this time the ingredients & ratios were thus:
15g almond flour
15g coconut flour
1T macadamia nut butter
2 large pastured eggs
2T water
The macadamia butter added back some of the oils wrenched out of the nut flours in a more effective way than by adding coconut oil back into the mix. The batter was smooth and a bit runny - runny enough to pour into the pan, and just thin enough to really fluff up, with bubbles reaching the top of the cooking pancake and everything!
(Ooooh, bubbles!!)
Utterly divine, and served savory with cream cheese for variety! (Apologies for the effects of over-heated butter - I dry my hair while my breakfast cooks, so I was a bit far away to notice it starting to brown!)
13 comments:
- Monica said...
Oh my gosh these sound amazing.
- January 27, 2010 at 3:55 PM
- spartanic said...
OK so I'm in my office right now and those pictures sure make me wanna bite the mouse pad.
Congratulations for your work, I've been following your blog recently.
Primal girl, you rock!
Greetings from Romania.
- January 28, 2010 at 12:32 AM
- Shantel said...
I love your blog!
I'm just beginning a paleo lifestyle and seems I really like so far.
Those coconut pancakes look so good!
I seen a video of a guy making them and bookmarked it. Now I really want to make them!
- January 31, 2010 at 12:24 PM
- Jezwyn said...
Thanks lovelies! I was planning to make another batch of these this evening, for dinner, but as we arrived home from weekend away, we found our house to be the temperature & humidity level of your average summer greenhouse, so cooking was out of the question! Maybe for breakfast on Tuesday...
- January 31, 2010 at 7:53 PM
oh these are good.. did the chocolate ones.. yummy.
If only i could get the fresh cream from the Otways up here in Sydney.. that'd be perfect!
- February 3, 2010 at 8:27 PM
Hello Girl Gone Primal this is Paleo Guy (sounds all cryptic...lol)
Found about your blog and recipes through paleohack, amazing site!
I have lots of cocnut flour and have yet to master the uses of it! So thanks for your recipes!
You can check my recipes on my Paleo blog! Take Care
Paleo Guy
- September 23, 2010 at 6:56 PM
- Mitchell said...
What about substituting coconut milk for the water? I was going to make a batch of these coconut pancakes, but add some coconut flakes and sub the water for coconut milk. Would that work, or would I end up with a big mess?
AWESOME blog btw, I've been recommending it to everyone.
- September 25, 2010 at 10:09 PM
- Jezwyn said...
Hi Mitchell! I bet coconut milk would work deliciously!
- September 26, 2010 at 9:33 PM
- The Bendy Tree said...
I made your Coconut Pancakes this morning and they were wonderful. My wee ones put agave nectar on theirs, and I topped mine with sweetened roasted pumpkin mascarpone cheese and a side of scrambled eggs. Lovely. It was a nice way to start off a busy morning. I am going to make a version of your Coconut Curry Soup later today. I need to use up the rest of the roasted pumpkin I have from Thanksgiving. Thanks for your blog, recipes, effort. I look forward to reading much more of your blog!
- November 30, 2010 at 2:06 AM
- SuperAYLA said...
My coconut pancakes stuck too much to my pan :( but I used the remaining batter in some silicone muffin cups and backed at 350 F for about 45 minutes (they were browned on top a little) and they turned out fabulous. Thank you!
- March 28, 2011 at 8:43 AM
- Holly said...
Mmmm. I just tried this recipe for dinner, and they are AWESOME!
One note however, if you're expecting them to feel like a pancake, they're a little heavier, not the smooth, fluffy traditional pancake.
The flavor is so good, and I found myself eating less than I normally would have when having pancakes. So satisfying.
Thank you!
- March 13, 2012 at 12:33 PM
- Stephanie Crededio said...
I just made these and I absolutely LOVE them.. Thank you so much for sharing. I love your blog!! What do you think a serving amount is for these coconut pancakes lol.. there too good, portion control is out of the question .
Thank you
- September 26, 2012 at 3:08 AM
- Jezwyn said...
Hi Stephanie,
My experience is more like Holly's - I find the pancakes very filling so I don't usually need more than one (i.e. the size of one tea cup saucer).
- November 11, 2012 at 5:33 PM


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March 4, 2009
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Last Meeting: 2/2/08 at UCSB
Result: UCSB 3, HAW 1 (32-30, 30-32, 36-34, 36-34)
2009 Series: Have not met
2008 Series: UCSB led 2-0
All-Time Series Record: HAW leads 39-26
Last HAW Win: 1/14/06 at UCSB
Result: HAW 3, UCSB 1 (36-34, 28-30, 30-28, 30-21)
Current Streak: UCSB four wins
This season, fans have the option of purchasing men's volleyball tickets for home matches online through Ticket Return. Additionally, tickets are available by calling the Ticket Office at 805.893.UCSB or by visiting the Ticket Office, located in the Intercollegiate Athletics building on campus. Individual match prices are $7 for adults, $5 for seniors (55 and above), and $3 for youths (ages 4 to 13).
KCSB 91.9 FM, UC Santa Barbara's student station, will once again provide live coverage of select men's volleyball matches on 91.9 FM and online at KCSB.org. Here's the remaining season schedule:
Mar. 11 vs. George Mason - 91.9 FM and online at KCSB.org
Apr. 1 vs. USC - 91.9 FM and online at KCSB.org
UCSB men's volleyball matches can be followed live online for no charge with Gametracker. All home matches and select road contests will be included. Just log on to UCSBgauchos.com, go to the men's volleyball schedule, and click on the Gametracker link for the match you're interested in. You can follow each point and see player statistics and bios. Gametracker runs on PCs and Macs.
Two matches this season have been designated Santa Barbara News Press Kids to College nights - Friday, Mar. 13 vs. UCLA and Saturday, Apr. 4 vs. Pepperdine. All youth (8th grade and under) will be admitted to these matches free! The program is designed to give local youth the opportunity to experience the thrill of top-notch collegiate athletics events in person. For more information, please call 805.893.UCSB or visit UCSBgauchos.com.
UCSB began its longest road swing of the season with a pair of losses, 3-1 at USC and 3-0 at top-ranked Pepperdine. Against the Trojans, UCSB hit just .167 while getting out-blocked 14.5 to 5.0. Jeff Menzel had a match-high 24 kills, but four USC players hit double figures in put-aways as the Trojans swung at .346 for the match. The Gauchos won the second set after hitting .516. At Pepperdine, UCSB upped its hitting percentage to .231, but the Waves finished at a stellar .455. Again the Gauchos had problems at the net, getting out-blocked 14.0 to 3.0. Pepperdine's Paul Carroll led all players with 22 kills. For the Gauchos, Menzel had 13 kills while Cullen Irons and Jake Rosener each posted 11. Rosener added a career-high seven service aces. The Waves have won seven consecutive matches against the Gauchos.
Jake Rosener dropped in a career-high seven service aces at Pepperdine. He now ranks first in the MPSF in aces per set in league matches and third in all matches. In addition, he ranks 13th in the country. The seven aces ties for second on UCSB's single match record list. Evan Patak had seven aces five times between 2006 and 2007. The school record for aces in a match is eight, set by Patak in 2004.
With 18.0 points at Pepperdine, Jake Rosener became just the third Gaucho to lead the team in point production in a match this season. Scott Slaughter led UCSB with 18.0 points vs. Long Beach on Feb. 7 and tied Jeff Menzel for a team-high with 15.5 points against Pacific on Feb. 20. Menzel has led UCSB in the other 12 matches this year.
Five of UCSB's last nine matches have gone to five sets. Unfortunately, the Gauchos hold a heartbreaking 1-4 record in those contests. The extended-length matches started on a high note with a win over BYU back on Jan 30 as UCSB came back from two sets down. In the loss to BYU, UCSB was up 2-1. Against UCSD, the Gauchos came back from 0-2 only to lose. At UC Irvine and Stanford, UCSB was up 2-1.
UCSB has played 10 of its 15 matches at home, with a record of 4-6. However, the team is in the midst of its longest road swing of the year - four matches between Feb. 26 and Mar. 6. The Gauchos are 0-5 on the road thus far. The next home match will be Mar. 11 vs. George Mason.
Senior Mike Runkle has now seen time at setter, outside hitter, and libero during his UCSB career. This season, he's had four starts at libero. At UC Irvine, he had a career-high 22 digs. That total tied for ninth on UCSB's single match list (along with Olympian Todd Rogers and Jan Carlo Zegarra).
Setter Vince DeVany has been toying with his single match career-high assist total all season. He tied it with 60 against BYU, then broke it with 65 vs. UCSD. Devany then totaled 69 at UC Irvine and established his most recent career-high with a whopping 78 helpers at home against Stanford. He ranks fifth nationally, averaging 13.14 assists per set. The sophomore has 1,264 career assists, 775 this season and 489 as a true freshman in 2008.
Slaughter, attack, kill. Sounds like words from the script of Texas Chainsaw. Middle blocker Scott Slaughter has proven to be a horror to opponents. He currently ranks seventh in the country in attack percentage (.458) and 16th in blocks per set (1.27). Slaughter recently recorded a new career-high in kills with 15 vs. Stanford and has twice banked a career-high 10 blocks in a match this season. He is the only Gaucho besides Jeff Menzel to lead UCSB in kills in a match this year.
Middle Sam Moisenco has also come on lately. His 14 kills and 16.5 points against Stanford were both new career-highs. His .778 hitting percentage against Pacific on Feb. 20 was also a career-best.
This year's Gaucho squad consists of just two seniors - Mike Runkle and Matt Thobe. There are two juniors, six sophomores, and five freshmen. The recent regular starting lineup features four sophomores (Devany, S; Irons, OH; Menzel, OH; Slaughter, MB) and a pair of juniors (Moisenco, MB; Rosener, OPP) with a sophomore at libero (McGuire).
Cullen Irons set new career-highs with 19 kills and 21.0 points against Stanford.
Jeff Menzel set a new career-high with 32.0 points against Stanford and matched his career-high with 29 kills. To date, Menzel has 762 career kills and will need 185 more to break into UCSB's top-ten. If he eclipses 1,000 career kills, Menzel will be the 10th Gaucho in the history of the program to reach the benchmark.
Jeff Menzel's arm has shown a lot of stamina as he has by far taken more swings than any other Gaucho. He has amassed 710 attack attempts this season. Second on the list is Jake Rosener with 291. As a team, UCSB has 1,920 attacks, almost 37% of those coming by way of Menzel's arm. For his career, Menzel has 1,702 attempts. He'll need 261 more to crack UCSB's top-ten list. The school record for career attempts is 4,208, held by Donny Harris (1994-97).
UCSB has received National Letters of Intent from two highly-touted recruits - middle blocker Dylan Davis (Corona del Mar, Calif./Corona del Mar High School) and setter Oliver Deutschman (Pacific Palisades, Calif./Crossroads School) - that will don the blue and gold for the 2010 season. The six-foot-eight Davis is widely considered the nation's top class of 2009 middle blocker and one of the top two recruits at any position. In club ball, Davis' highly-ranked Balboa Bay team won a silver medal in the 17-and-under division at the 2008 Junior Olympics, where Davis was tabbed a First Team All-American. He was also a starter on the U.S. Youth National Team that won gold at the 2008 NORCECA Championships and qualified for the 2009 Youth National World Championships in Italy this coming summer. Heralded as the top setter in the country from the class of 2009, Deutschman won gold at the 2008 Junior Olympics, topping Davis' Balboa Bay squad in the 17-and-under title match. Like Davis, the six-foot-four Deutschman was named a First Team All-American following the tournament. He was also a starter, along with Davis, on the U.S. Youth National Team that won the 2008 NORCECA title and qualified to compete at the 2009 Youth National World Championships in Italy.
As a championship-caliber program, UCSB Athletics recognizes the responsibility that goes with it. This simply means all student-athletes, staff, and fans will behave with a champion's approach, creating a safe environment at games and events. All of those who attend, compete, or work at Gaucho events are caretakers of the passionate, exciting, and great experience UCSB is known for. This is "The Gaucho Way."
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The U.S.-NATO Alliance: The Bedrock of Transatlantic Security
By DipNote Bloggers on March 31, 2017
On March 31, Secretary Tillerson visited Brussels, Belgium to attend the NATO Foreign Ministers Meetings, continuing the United States' high-level engagement with NATO. During this meeting, Secretary Tillerson aimed to engage in discussions on three important issues -- ensuring NATO has all of the necessary resources to fulfill its mission; building on NATO's involvement in the fight to defeat ISIS and other counterterrorism actions; and NATO's posture in response to Russia's aggression in Ukraine and elsewhere.
As he delivered an intervention during the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting, Secretary Tillerson underscored the importance of the United States' alliance with NATO. "The U.S. commitment to NATO is strong and this Alliance remains the bedrock for transatlantic security," he reaffirmed.
Secretary Tillerson continued, "This Alliance was forged from the ashes of World War II, and for more than half a century has been a necessary defensive measure against common threats. Our bond remains essential for facing national and international security challenges in an increasingly unstable world. At the top of this list is defeating ISIS, which is a threat to all member countries and partners."
As the Secretary underscored the need to ensure that NATO has all of the necessary resources -- financial and otherwise -- to fulfill its mission, he made clear that is no longer sustainable for the U.S. to maintain a disproportionate share of NATO's defense expenditures. "Allies must increase defense spending to meet their commitments in accordance with the Wales Pledge on Defense Investment. The Alliance's ability to secure the transatlantic community depends on it," he stated.
On fighting terrorism, Secretary Tillerson called on NATO to step up its efforts. "NATO can and should do more. Fighting terrorism is the top national security priority for the United States, as it should be for all of us," he said. Secretary Tillerson made clear that while we do not believe NATO has to lead everywhere in the fight on terrorism, the organization must add value where it can and provide greater support.
The Secretary pointed to NATO's work in Afghanistan as a critical example of NATO providing essential support in the global terrorism fight. Secretary Tillerson stated, "The ongoing commitment of NATO Allies and partners to peace in Afghanistan, including to an eventual settlement between the Afghan government and the Taliban, protects this Alliance's interests, and, when successful, ensures that Afghanistan never again becomes a safe haven for terrorists."
The Secretary also addressed NATO's important role in countering both non-violent, but at times violent, Russian agitation and aggression. The Secretary noted, "The United States is committed to ensuring NATO has the capabilities to support our collective defense. We understand that a threat against one of us is a threat against all of us, and we will respond accordingly. We will uphold the agreements we have made to defend our allies."
Secretary Tillerson looked ahead to the upcoming NATO Leaders Summit as an opportunity to continue to address each of these issues and to take stock of progress that has been made. As he concluded, he reiterated the United States stalwart commitment to the alliance with NATO and to ensuring all members in invested in its shared responsibilities. "The United States will not abandon its allies or forget its friends. Many of the nations in NATO have been working together for decades to protect shared freedoms, shared values, and shared security. But we cannot keep protecting them without meeting our shared responsibility of financial and other resources."
Editor's Note: This entry is also published on Medium.com/StateDept.
For more information:
- Secretary Tillerson's remarks to NATO-Ukraine Commission
- Secretary Tillerson's NATO Foreign Ministerial Intervention Remarks
- Secretary Tillerson's remarks on arrival to the North Atlantic Council Foreign Ministers Meeting


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Diabetes and Reproductive Health for Girls
This free resource helps girls with diabetes learn about the changes in their bodies as they mature.
Girls will learn how diabetes can affect their reproductive health and how hormones and puberty can impact blood glucose levels.
Topics covered include:
- Puberty
- Starting a period
- Sex
- Birth Control
- Pregnancy
For a free copy of this booklet, call the American Diabetes Association at 1-800-DIABETES (800-342-2383)
Diabetes and Reproductive Health for Girls was adapted with permission from READY GIRLS! (Reproductive health Education & Awareness of Diabetes in Youth for Girls) from the University of Pittsburgh.


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Fines coming for loose livestock
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Cattle getting loose between Hillsboro and Peabody have become such a recurring problem that Marion County Commission intends to enact fines for frequent offenders.
Sheriff Rob Craft said Thursday that his department had responded to 40 calls about cattle being loose in the area between Hillsboro and Peabody during 2012.
Safety is his biggest concern in wanting to put a stop to cattle getting loose. Hitting a cow with a car is generally much more damaging than hitting a deer and much more likely to lead to injuries.
County Attorney Susan Robson said she had researched what other counties do about cattle that get loose. Some fine repeat violators, with fines escalating for additional violations. Commissioner Roger Fleming said he would want any fine to be enough that it would be cheaper for someone to fix their fence than pay multiple fines.
The county could also require owners to pay the cost of recapturing and penning cattle on the loose.
The commission asked Craft and Robson to draft a plan.
County will publish notices in 3 newspapers
The commission voted to publish all of the county's legal notices for the remainder of 2013 in the Marion County Record, Hillsboro Star-Journal, and Peabody Gazette-Bulletin.
The Record is the county's official newspaper for legal publications. Hoch Publishing Company, owner of the newspapers, offered an 83-percent discount to publish in the other two newspapers as a way to increase dissemination of the information.
In other business:
- Holub noted that a bill had been reintroduced in the state legislature that would exempt a wide variety of industrial equipment from property taxes. The bill is sponsored by the Kansas Chamber of Commerce.
- Robson will send a notice to people with delinquent 2008 property taxes that the county will begin work on a tax sale this year. There are about 40 properties with delinquent taxes from 2008 totaling about $73,000.
- Robson will draft a resolution offering a reward of up to $500 for information leading to successful prosecution of people who dump garbage in county ditches or damage traffic signs.
- Cardie Oil Inc. of Tampa will supply 6,550 gallons of fuel to Road and Bridge Department for $21,232. Cooperative Grain & Supply of Hillsboro bid $22,368.
- The sales tax report from the State of Kansas for November sales showed approximately triple the usual sales tax receipts — $165,987 for general county sales tax and $147,204 for the jail sales tax, up from $53,695 and $47,682, respectively, for the same month in 2011. County Treasurer Jeannine Bateman said she would look into the unusually high amount.
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Apple is widely reported to be developing a lower cost iPhone to expand sales and market share around the world.
But how low-cost is low-cost? Probably not as low-cost as you think.
J.P. Morgan analysts Gokul Hariharan and Mark Moskowitz think Apple's lower priced iPhone is actually going to sell for $350. This would make it more of a mid-priced smartphone than a low-priced smartphone.
In Apple's most recent quarter it reported an average selling price of $613 for the iPhone. This includes a mix of high-end iPhone 5s, and lower cost iPhone 4s.
John Paczkowski at All Things D wrote up their note. He's usually a smart Apple writer, so the fact that he's writing this up adds a little more credibility to the idea.
Paczkowski points out that Apple priced the iPad Mini at $329 when everyone was thinking Apple would sell it for under $300. Despite pricing the Mini above the price of the Kindle Fire HD, or Google's Nexus 7 tablet, the Mini is the best selling tablet on the market.
Apple likely thinks that iOS is worth a slight premium compared to a cheap Android phone.
Hariharan and Moskowitz estimate Samsung has 30%-35% of the mid-smartphone market. They believe Apple could swoop in and take 20-25% of the market.
They've also included this moderately confusing chart to demonstrate how many units that could mean for Apple. We think this suggests a single-to-double digit million units.


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KDE 4.2 is due to be released at the end of January 2009. This is another significant milestone in the ever improving and evolving KDE4 series. KDE 4.2 is the result of the hard work of hundreds of developers, artists, documenters, translators, bug triagers and other technical experts.
Vision for the future computer interface remains the focus of the KDE4 series. KDE 4.2 brings new improvements and possibilities for interaction with your computer and workspace that were never possible in the KDE 3.5 series.
For the most part, the workspace will behave as a user familiar with KDE3.5 expects. Improvements in that area since KDE4.1 include:
Some issues still remain in KDE4 which will not be fixed in time for KDE4.2. If these are still large issues for some users, KDE3 is still available, usable and supported on some distributions.
All applications in the KDE official modules have seen many improvements, bugfixes and new features. As in the case of KDE4.1, some applications familiar to users of KDE3.5 are not yet ported to KDE4 and some of these follow their own release schedules. Users should note however, that KDE3 versions of these applications do still work flawlessly alongside KDE4 applications and in a KDE4 workspace.
Since the release of KDE 4.1, Amarok 22.214.171.124 has been released. Other notable and popular applications are under continuous development, and some of them may be released near the time of KDE4.2 release including Digikam and KOffice.
KDevelop is still under heavy development, and will not be ready for a release in time for KDE4.2. However, a compromise of releasing a beta of KDevelop with KDE4.2 has been reached. KDevelop is expected to see a full KDE4 release several months after release of KDE4.2.
Other applications such as Konversation, Kaffeine and K3B do not yet have KDE4 versions, but work is continuing on bringing them to KDE4.
Project (Current Version - Final Release Date)
Krusader is an advanced twin panel (commander style) file manager.
Binaries are available for all three major platforms. The developers are looking for volunteers to help put together screenshots for visual changelogs.
An alpha release of 1.1 (the KDE 4 port) is forthcoming, but not yet released.
The KDE4 port is under way but requires major rewriting to support Phonon and other new features. No releases scheduled at this time.
KPlayer 0.7 is the KDE4 port of KPlayer that was released on the same day as KDE 4.0. KPlayer 0.7.1 is planned for fall 2008 and will include a KDE4 port of its multimedia library which still used KDE3 compatibility layer in version 0.7.0.
The KDE4 port of Basket is currently in a pre-alpha state.
The KDE4 port will not be released to sometime after version 1.1, which will be the last KDE3 release.
An alpha release of 4.0 (a rewritten from scratch version) is forthcoming, but not yet released. Normal users should continue to use the stable KDevelop 3.5.2 version for the time being.


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Microsoft has announced availability of Silverlight 2, an update to its cross-platform web browser plug-in for developing rich Internet applications. At the same time, Microsoft announced funding for Silverlight development via Eclipse, primarily through a relationship with Soyatec to lead a project to integrate Silverlight development capabilities into the Eclipse IDE. Soyatec plans to release the project under the Eclipse Public License Version 1.0 on SourceForge and submit it to the Eclipse Foundation as an open Eclipse project.
Additionally, Microsoft also will release the Silverlight Control Pack and publish on MSDN the technical specification for the Silverlight Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) vocabulary. The SCP, which will augment the built-in control set in Silverlight, will be released under the Microsoft Permissive License, and includes controls such as DockPanel, ViewBox, TreeView, Accordion and AutoComplete. The Silverlight XAML vocabulary specification, released under the Open Specification Promise (OSP), is aimed at third-party ISVs to create products that can read and write XAML for Silverlight.
"The Silverlight Control Pack under the Microsoft Permissive License really addresses the needs of developers by enabling them to learn how advanced controls are authored directly from the high-quality Microsoft implementation," said Miguel de Icaza, vice president, Engineering, Novell. "By using the OSP for the Silverlight vocabulary, they further solidify their commitment to interoperability. I am impressed with the progress Microsoft continues to make, and we are extremely satisfied with the support for Moonlight and the open source community."
Beyond funding development in the Eclipse IDE, Microsoft currently delivers tools for Silverlight with Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Studio 2. In addition, support is now extended to Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition, which is a free download.
Silverlight 2 features include:
- .NET Framework support with a rich base class library. This is a compatible subset of the full .NET Framework.
- Built-in controls. These include DataGrid, ListBox, Slider, ScrollViewer, Calendar controls and more.
- Advanced skinning and templating support. This makes it easy to customize the look-and-feel of an application.
- Deep zoom. This enables interactivity and navigation of ultrahigh resolution imagery.
- Comprehensive networking support. Out-of-the-box support allows calling REST, WS*/SOAP, POX, RSS and standard HTTP services, enabling users to create applications that integrate with existing back-end systems.
- Expanded .NET Framework language support. Unlike other runtimes, Silverlight 2 supports a variety of programming languages, including Visual Basic, C#, JavaScript, IronPython and IronRuby.
- Advanced content protection. This now includes Silverlight DRM, powered by PlayReady, offering content protection for connected Silverlight experiences.
- Improved server scalability and expanded advertiser support. This includes new streaming and progressive download capabilities, superior search engine optimization techniques, and next-generation in-stream advertising support.


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Shane Battier
Forward - Miami Heat
Drafted: 1st Round (6th pick) by the Memphis Grizzlies (2001)
2013-14 Stats: 30 games, 4.2 PPG, 1.8 RPG, 0.5 APG, 0.5 SPG, 0.6 BPG
Battier tied his second-highest scoring output of the season Friday against the Sacramento Kings, netting nine points on 3-of-5 shooting from the field, including a near perfect 3-of-4 from beyond the arc. Battier is currently shooting .389 from beyond the three-point line this season.
Elton Brand
Forward - Atlanta Hawks
Drafted: 1st Round (1st pick) by the Chicago Bulls (1999)
2013-14 Stats: 24 games, 3.1 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 0.6 APG, 0.3 SPG, 0.8 BPG
Brand continues to see increased playing time following the injury of Hawks' starting center Al Horford. Brand recorded double-digit minutes in eight of his last 10 appearances, including a season-high 20 minutes against Utah in a 118-85 Hawks' victory. Two games earlier, Brand netted a season-high eight points, while also contributing seven rebounds and three blocks in a winning effort against the Los Angeles Lakers.
Carlos Boozer
Forward - Chicago Bulls
Drafted: 2nd Round (35th pick) by the Cleveland Cavaliers (2002)
2013-14 Stats: 30 games, 14.6 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 1.6 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.5 BPG
Boozer earned his ninth double-double of the season after collecting 10 rebounds and notching 21 points against the Memphis Grizzlies Monday. The power forward shot 9-of-16 from the field in the winning effort. Boozer is averaging 12.6 points and 8.1 rebounds in his last 10 appearances.
Luol Deng
Forward - Chicago Bulls
Drafted: 1st Round (7th pick) by the Phoenix Suns (2004)
2013-14 Stats: 21 games, 19.4 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 3.9 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.2 BPG
Deng returned to the Bulls' lineup after missing significant playing time due to an Achilles injury. The small forward played in just three of the Bulls' last twelve games prior to his appearance against the Toronto Raptors Tuesday. In his return, Deng scored 16 points and collected four rebounds in 34 minutes of action. Prior to sitting out five games, Deng scored 17, 26 and 18 points against the Raptors, Orlando Magic and Houston Rockets, respectively. Deng remains the team's leading scorer, averaging 19.4 points per game this season.
Mike Dunleavy
Forward - Chicago Bulls
Drafted: 1st Round (3rd pick) by the Golden State Warriors (2002)
2013-14 Stats: 30 games, 10.4 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 2.2 APG, 0.6 SPG, 0.3 BPG
Dunleavy scored 13 points in 25 minutes of action against the Toronto Raptors Tuesday. The small forward shot 5-of-8 from the field, his fifth most efficient shooting performance of the season. Dunleavy posted a season-high six assists against the Oklahoma City Thunder Thursday, while also scoring 11 points in a Bulls' 107-95 loss.
Gerald Henderson
Guard - Charlotte Bobcats
Drafted: 1st Round (12th pick) by the Charlotte Bobcats (2009)
2013-14 Stats: 33 games, 15.0 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 2.7 APG, 0.8 SPG, 0.4 BPG
Henderson tied his third-highest scoring output of the season Saturday, netting 22 points on 11-of-17 shooting from the field in 39 minutes of action. The .647 shooting percentage marks the guards most efficient shooting game of the season, while the 39 minutes of playing time matches Henderson's season high. Henderson's current season averages in rebounds, assists and points per game are higher than his career averages in each of the statistical categories.
Kyrie Irving
Guard - Cleveland Cavaliers
Drafted: 1st Round (1st pick) by the Cleveland Cavaliers (2011)
2013-14 Stats: 31 games, 22.2 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 6.1 APG, 1.1 SPG, 0.4 BPG
Irving narrowly missed matching his season-high 41 points after posting 40 against the Atlanta Hawks Thursday. Irving also notched nine assists in the losing effort. A prolific scorer, Irving scored double-digit points in all but one game this season for the Cavaliers. The point guard leads the Cavaliers in a number of categories, including points per game, assists and steals. Irving currently remains day-to-day with a left knee contusion.
Josh McRoberts
Forward - Charlotte Bobcats
Drafted: 2nd Round (37th pick) by the Portland Trail Blazers (2007)
2013-14 Stats: 32 games, 8.0 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 4.3 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.6 BPG
McRoberts continues proving himself a facilitator for the Bobcats, recording five or more assists in five of his last 10 appearances. McRoberts also contributes on the boards, collecting five or more rebounds in seven of his last 10 games. McRoberts' average points per game, rebounds per game and blocks per game this season are all higher than his career averages.
Mason Plumlee
Center - Brooklyn Nets
Drafted: 1st Round (22nd pick) by the Brooklyn Nets (2013)
2013-14 Stats: 26 games, 6.4 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 0.3 APG, 0.5 SPG, 0.7 BPG
Plumlee saw the most playing time of his young NBA career Tuesday, playing 38 minutes against the San Antonio Spurs. Plumlee took advantage of the increased playing time, recording the first double-double of his NBA career, netting 15 points and collecting 13 rebounds. Plumlee's 13 rebounds led all players in the contest.
Miles Plumlee
Forward - Phoenix Suns
Drafted: 1st Round (26th pick) by the Indiana Pacers (2012)
2013-14 Stats: 30 games, 10.0 PPG, 9.1 RPG, 0.6 APG, 0.6 SPG, 1.8 BPG
Plumlee, now with nine double-doubles this season, recorded three in his last seven games. The centers most recent double-double came against the Philadelphia 76ers, with Plumlee scoring a season-high 22 points and collecting 13 rebounds. Plumlee brought down 20 rebounds two games earlier against the Los Angeles Lakers, also a season-high.
J.J. Redick
Guard - Los Angeles Clippers
Drafted: 1st Round (11th pick) by the Orlando Magic (2006)
2013-14 Stats: 17 games, 15.8 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 2.0 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.2 BPG
Redick remains out of the Los Angeles Clippers lineup following a wrist injury suffered Nov. 29.
Austin Rivers
Guard - New Orleans Pelicans
Drafted: 1st Round (10th pick) by the New Orleans Hornets (2012)
2013-14 Stats: 21 games, 4.2 PPG, 0.9 RPG, 0.9 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.0 BPG
Rivers saw his highest scoring output of the season Sunday against the Denver Nuggets, scoring 17 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the field. Rivers also collected a rebound, contributed two assists, and posted one steal. Rivers played a season-high 27 minutes one game later against the Golden State Warriors, bringing down a season-high four rebounds.
Kyle Singler
Forward - Detroit Pistons
Drafted: 2nd Round (33rd pick) by the Detroit Pistons (2011)
2013-14 Stats: 33 games, 8.3 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 0.6 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.5 BPG
In his last ten appearances, Singler is averaging 9.5 points on .531 shooting from the field. Singler followed a season-high 18-point performance by scoring double-digit points in nine of the Pistons' next 15 games.
Ryan Kelly
Forward - Los Angeles Lakers
Drafted: 2nd Round (48th pick) by the Los Angeles Lakers (2013)
2013-14 Stats: 10 game, 3.0 PPG, 1.8 RPG, 0.4 APG, 0.0 SPG, 0.3 BPG
Kelly saw increased playing time in his last four appearances, including a season-high 19 minutes of action against the Milwaukee Bucks. Kelly's most productive game came against the Philadelphia 76ers, when the power forward posted a career high in rebounds (6), points scored (7) and blocks (2).


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If you want to get into the weeds of climate science and policy (and other science issues), you should bookmark the science blog of Roger Pielke Jr of the University of Colorado. Pielke is not a climate skeptic. Like Bjorn Lomborg, he accepts the conventional or "consensus" view that future climate change could be potentially very serious 100 years out from now. Here I should disclose that I have a slightly different view about climate change than John; I don't think climate change is a complete hoax. I think it is far from adequately understood and almost certainly to be recognized someday as having been vastly overestimated (like most past envrio-scares from the population bomb through acid rain). The cabal pushing the issue are acting in supremely bad faith, and their prescriptions (Kyoto Protocol, etc) are idiotic and tyrannical.
That said, aspects of this issue are worth taking seriously, and few do it better than Pielke, who, while accepting the so-called "consensus," spends a lot of his time knocking down the extravagant and often reckless claims of the climate campaigners, like this fisking of Paul Krugman's recent column invoking climate change to explain Egypt. Needless to say, the climate campaigners hate Pielke for this. You can read my Weekly Standard review of Pielke's fine new book The Climate Fix here for additional background on what I regard as his superior analytical approach to climate issues.
Roger has an interesting post up this morning about two new papers that throw cold water, so to speak, on one of the favorite talking points of the climate campaign–that climate change will mean a huge increase in extreme weather events that will be extremely costly to the economy and will threaten millions of lives. One of the studies Pielke cites concludes:
Given empirical evidence about the link between climate and damages, climate change is calculated to increase the damages from these five extreme events [local storms, heat waves, cold spells, floods, and droughts] by between $11 and $16 billion a year by 2100. There is little supporting evidence that climate affects deaths from these events (except for the possibility of local storm deaths increasing).
The last sentence there is especially telling. This projection is for the year 2100, which means the potential upper-bound $16 billion cost would amount to 0.015% of global GDP in the year 2100, practically a rounding error in the economy 90 years from now, and way lower than projections the Al Gore crowd likes to throw around.
What coal-funded stooge produced this study? The World Bank. Strangely, though, the link Roger puts in his post is not working this morning; it says "access to this document has been denied." Has the World Bank blocked access to the study because its findings are . . . inconvenient? (Though a second similar World Bank paper Roger links to is available, so it could be a simple case of bureaucratic confusion.) It wouldn't be the first time that a study was suppressed or altered though. Two years ago the International Energy Agency in Paris produced a report that called into question climate orthodoxy about energy trends, and after they took fire from the climate campaign more or less recanted completely in their next big energy survey.
Let's keep our eye on this, and also watch to see whether this World Bank study gets any notice from the media that otherwise reports slavishly any study that concludes doom is upon us.
UPDATE: The World Bank link is now fixed (or a different one is working–Roger's original link still seems to be dead for some reason.)


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Preparing for summer and the using of a Micro Bikini or Brazillian Bikini, has lots of females stepping up their physical fitness and health routine by hitting the fitness center for buns of steel. It likewise has them headed for the salon for fresh Brazillian swimwear wax. This procedure eliminates nearly all of the pubic hair on women leaving only a thin strip of hair in the center. The procedure is slightly unpleasant for some, however many feel the outcomes are worth it.
The result is you look great in your tiny bikini without revealing any hair down below.
Why a Brazillian Bikini Wax?
A Micro Bikini or Microkini leaves little skin covered. In order to prevent embarrassing pubic hair from escaping the confines of such skimpy swimwear, many ladies visit their local health spa for a Brazillian Bikini wax. Little hair remains, that it is nearly impossible for such a display screen of unpleasant hair to show.
Even when it is the dead of winter, many ladies choose this extreme form of hair removal. The appeal of waxing is that lasts relatively longer than shaving and is not as irritated by tanning or suntan oils.
Beyond cosmetic factors, numerous ladies and their partners like the feel of an almost hairless pubic area. The sexual look is thought by lots of to spice up their sex life and with more people taking year-round vacations, the chance to wear micro bikinis are a fashion statement.
For some females who are pestered with that condition referred to as hirsutism, where excessive hair grows, it is a necessary part of grooming to regularly wax. Pubic hair in this can route up the abdominal area or down the legs. Waxing offers the clearest and tidy skin when coarse hair is removed.
Other Methods of Hair Removal
So how does waxing compare to epilators and sugaring? With epilators usually, one hair is removed at a time. After numerous treatments that hair might never grow back. Some laser techniques can do areas of the body at one time. This is a more expensive method and many ladies opt for their razor, just before putting on their micro bikini.
Sugaring works like waxing. The sugar is sticky and traps hair as it dries. When a fabric strip is put over the covered area and after that pulled the dry substance comes off taking the hair at the roots with it. This is the exact same procedure as used with waxing.
With the Brazillian swimsuit wax or sugaring, the hair does grow back after 1 click here to 3 weeks depending on the person's hair development. It must be permitted to grow long enough for the wax to comprehend the hair before the treatment can be repeated.
Tips for Keeping Skin Fresh and Clear
To make sure the waxing looks excellent and doesn't trigger irritation the skin can be prepared prior to hand and treated later. Moisturizing before will make the hair softer and more quickly eliminated. Toning the skin with an astringent following the waxing will close the pores and minimizes redness and inflammation due to the swimwear wax.
A Brazillian bikini wax can make wearing tiny bikinis and microkini a carefree experience. Numerous females discover it makes them feel clean and well groomed and continue to stay up to date with their swimwear wax year after year.
In order to avoid awkward pubic hair from escaping the boundaries of such tiny bikinis which have become the fashion norm for many ladies, lots of ladies visit their regional health spa for a Brazillian Bikini wax. Little hair stays, that it is nearly difficult for such a screen of unpleasant hair to reveal.
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AFIT's New Cyber Labs Analyze Risks to Users of Hand-Held Mobile Devices
Posted: 02/24/2014 by AFIT Public Affairs
As hand-held mobile devices and wireless usage continues to grow world-wide, the risks to users have continued to increase. To help combat these emerging threats, the Center for Cyberspace Research (CCR), located at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), opened two new laboratories on December 5, 2013, the Wireless Exploitation or WiX lab and the Hardware Reverse Engineering lab.
According to Cisco's Visual Network Index: Global Mobile Traffic Forecast, mobile data traffic grew 70% in 2012 and is nearly twelve times the size of the entire global internet in 2000. CCR affiliated faculty and research engineers are educating and equipping graduate students to defend the United States against future cyberspace threats involving hand-held mobile devices and wireless technology.
Cyberspace can be categorized into two realms: a physical realm and a logical realm. The physical realm includes "hardware" or electronic circuits and the associated electromagnetic signals they create and process. The logical realm includes "software" which is the ordered set of instructions or logic that tell a computer what to do. These two realms are inextricably connected as software algorithms do not operate without hardware. Likewise, current electronic systems such as mobile phones, wireless tablet computers, gaming systems, and GPS systems, to name a few, incorporate numerous embedded computers which require software to operate.
The new labs are dedicated to DOD-focused research between hardware and software interactions in order to strengthen secure operations and communications in and through cyberspace. This is accomplished with an array of advanced equipment utilized for the sensitive electronic and wireless communications devices preventing device malfunctions and ensuring research tests and data collection accuracies. This research will be critical as the DOD continues to forge a new path into the ever evolving cyberspace warfighting domain.
The mission of AFIT is to advance air, space, and cyberspace power for our armed forces, the Nation, and its partners by providing relevant defense-focused technical graduate and continuing education, research, and consultation. AFIT accomplishes this mission through three resident schools: the Graduate School of Engineering and Management, the School of Systems and Logistics, and The Civil Engineer School. AFIT also manages all Air Force health, line, legal, and chaplain graduate education at civilian institutions.


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This is good advice for anyone, but particularly good advice for those in the public eye whose words and deeds are documented for all the world to see — now and a few months from now when they turn out to be rubbish. Some more good advice for public officials is this: Before you give away public property, try to figure out what it might be worth.
"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."
— Mark Twain
This is good advice for anyone, but particularly good advice for those in the public eye whose words and deeds are documented for all the world to see — now and a few months from now when they turn out to be rubbish.
Some more good advice for public officials is this: Before you give away public property, try to figure out what it might be worth.
Even if you think a building the school system owns might be of "negative value" or is a "liability," get it appraised to see what the public's property is actually worth. It being the public's and all, the public might appreciate you getting something that approaches its actual value in exchange for it.
I bring up this issue because until recently, the Terrebonne Parish School Board was trying to literally give away a building that — get this — turns out to be worth $1.1 million.
I can't help but think these folks might be a little more conscientious about protecting the value of their personal property than they are of the taxpayers'.
I hope so, at least.
I don't want to think these people's husbands and wives have to worry about coming home to find out their home has been given away.
After all, there wasn't any point in having it appraised. It probably wasn't worth anything anyway.
No, it is doubtful that they treat their own property like that. But make no mistake: That is exactly how they treat the public's property.
So the school system has a piece of property at Grinage and Academy streets in Houma that it uses to house several offices where 80 employees work. It no longer wants the property or the building, so it started the process of selling the whole thing — land and building. One of the first steps was to have it appraised. Not the building, mind you, since that had "negative value" and was a "liability," according to Superintendent Philip Martin back in June.
By this week, though, those words had changed.
"We've come to the conclusion that an appraisal should include everything you intend to sell," Martin declared with newfound wisdom earlier this week. "That includes every speck of dirt and every grain of sand."
And every $1.1 million building, apparently.
How does this happen? I don't know. Heck, I still don't know why the school system purposely misled voters leading up to its failed attempt to pass a huge tax increase back in May.
Knowing what we know now, it is easy to guess why the board waited until after the election to try to give away its million dollar building.
I mean, it's hard to claim you don't have enough money if you're giving away public property $1.1 million at a time.
Then again, claims that were difficult to defend characterized the school system's campaign for the unprecedented tax hike.
The system's website made a few claims about the "facts," claims that were demonstrably untrue yet left on the site until the election.
The website claimed, for instance, that a 20-year tax was actually a 10-year tax. It also laughably claimed that parish taxpayers pay more for garbage collection than they do for the schools. Apparently, the system was using a small difference in the size of the garbage and schools' millages to make this claim — without factoring in the millions in revenue created by the schools' 2-cent sales tax, which is, the last I looked, a tax.
So the school system wasn't trying to give away its $1.1 million building while it was poor-mouthing its own finances and asking for ever more from the parish's taxpayers. But it didn't take long afterward for it to try exactly that.
And in the midst of all this — knowing the school system's trouble with the truth and its trouble with attaching a realistic value to public possessions — Martin says he is "mystified" by the fact that some find the system's actions suspicious when it comes to this proposed giveaway.
Mystified? Him? Well, what is mystifying to me is when the school system wants to give away public property worth $1.1 million. It is even more mystifying when it is done by a system that is begging for tax increases and cutting positions and programs because of a supposed lack of money.
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Justin Bieber was in Houston this weekend where he was seen partying at Nox Houston with Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
The 19-year-old's other stop that evening was to a strip club called V Live, where a according to a stripper who goes by the name Diamond, he touched her. The stripper tweeted about her experience saying:
I've Danced For A lot Of Celebrities And They Normally Don't Phase Me But Justin just Had Me In Shock !
Perez Hilton responded to her tweets calling Bieber a "child" and suggesting that dancing for Rihanna would be a real shock.
The attention has garnered the stripper many vulgar and poorly-spelled attacks on her character. Bieber's fans, often called "bieleber's," have been known to attack random strangers they disagree with online. Diamond discovered this the hard way.
It's difficult to believe that this is the first time a celebrity has touched a stripper, so perhaps this is an example to other strippers: what happens in the club, should probably just stay in the club. Also, this is what you get when you let teenagers in the club.
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Oklahoma Men's Basketball Arrives in Europe
The Sooners departed Norman Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. CT, flew from Oklahoma City to Dallas, and then endured a nine-and-a-half hour flight to arrive in Paris, France, at 10 a.m. local time (3 a.m. CT). From there the team bussed for three-and-a-half hours to Ghent, which is about 30 miles northwest of the capital city of Brussels.
After arriving at their hotel -- which sits in the heart of the city's medieval skyline -- OU players and staff were on their own for the rest of the afternoon and evening to experience Ghent's impressive scenery and its numerous shops and restaurants.
"It's cool to walk around and see this beautiful place," said sophomore guard Je'lon Hornbeak. "We got to eat the mini crepes and Belgian waffles -- and I want to try a snail when we get back to France, too. But at the same time, we're ready to play basketball."
The travel-weary Sooners don't have much time to recover before their first game, which will take place Thursday at 8 p.m. (1 p.m. CT) against the Ghent Hawks, a semi-pro team.
"Long day, for sure" said Hornbeak of the long trek across the Atlantic Ocean. "Our bodies may be tired but we'll be ready to go tomorrow night. That won't be a problem."
After breakfast on Thursday, the team is scheduled to take a three-hour guided tour of Ghent. Then it's a little rest before the first of five games during OU's week-and-a-half excursion. The Sooners will also play games Friday and Saturday in Belgium before returning to Paris for games Aug. 14 and 15. Between the groups of games, the squad will travel to Normandy, France, to tour the sites of the World War II D-Day invasions.
Players on the trip include seniors Cameron Clark and Tyler Neal, junior D.J. Bennett and James Fraschilla, sophomores Isaiah Cousins, Buddy Hield, Hornbeak and Ryan Spangler, and freshmen Frank Booker, C.J. Cole and Jordan Woodard.
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William makes a compelling argument here why the climate models may be
Let's use Dick Cheny's "1% rule," which he used to justify the Iraq
invasion. This rule states that if there is even a very small chance
of a catastropic event then one is justified in taking measures
against it. In the Iraq case, Cheney was speaking of thepossibility of
The obvious application to you and to me is the seatbelt rule. The
chances of me being in a catastropic accident are very very small
(I've driven and been driven for over 70 years and it hasn't happened
yet). Yey I put on my seat belt and happily pay the extra $$ for an
airbag in my vehicular contrivance -- because of the 1% rule. It is a
good rule.
So -- apply this to the IPCC reports. They run multiple models and all
say we are in serious trouble. Maybe they are all wrong. Maybe the
science is not as robust as some people think. Let's take the most
optimistic view of all this we can. Is there even a 1% chance the IPCC
is right and the denialists are wrong? Even a 0.1% chance?
It seems to me -- in this case -- we ought to be taking all measures
to prevent a global catastrophe. Even if it costs us something. Even
if it costs us a lot.
On 11/30/09, William Hamilton <email@example.com> wrote:
> Hi John
> I'm not a mathematician, but I spent 33 years developing computer models of
> various systems. Most of the systems I modeled were pretty well-behaved, but
> in the mid 70's I developed a radar bomb-scoring system (RBS) for the Navy.
> The Navy uses huge quantities of ordnance in training. Not only is this
> costly it leaves tons of unexploded ordnance around that eventually has to
> be cleaned up. And the noise annoys civilians, making it necessary to do
> training in remote locations. They wanted me to write a program that would
> track an aircraft making a practice bomb run and simulate the bomb
> ballistics to determine whare the bomb would land. In addition to being able
> to detect the moment when the bomb was released, we had to determine or
> estimate the bomb's initial velocity with respect to the aircraft and
> correctly model the bomb's aerodynamics, which were highly nonlinear. There
> was an additional complication: some bombs, known as cluster bombs,
> consisted of a shell containing a number of smaller "bomblets". At a
> specified altitude the shell would open and the bomblets would be released.
> Of course the bomblets had completely different aerodynamics from the shell,
> so the solution had to be stopped an restarted with new initial conditions.
> We tested the RBS system by having aircraft drop real practice bombs (bombs
> without explosives but with the correct mass and aerodynamics) and comparing
> the real impact point with the predicted. As I remember the results were
> close enough to be usable, but had the bombing been from any higher altitude
> or had the aircraft been taking evasive action they wouldn't have been.
> Variations in barometric pressure and humidity affected the results too.
> But trying to predict climate years in advance is a great deal more
> difficult than trying to predict a bomb trajectory from an aircraft flying a
> few hundred to a few thousand feet above the deck.
> I've spent some time looking at computer models of climate. Most of them are
> too complicated to be easily analyzed. Even a retiree has limited time :-).
> And most of them are too big to be run on the equipment available to me: a
> macbook pro. But the complexity of the models argues for careful assessment
> by people not having a vested interest in the accuracy of the models. I
> don't know whether this has been done.
> However there is one paper by Tobias and Weiss: Resonant Interactions
> between Solar Activity and Climate that you can get at
> http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1175%2F1520-0442%282000%29013%3C3745%3ARIBSAA%3E2.0.CO%3B2
> that uses the Lorenz equations to model the earth's climate. They find a
> stochastic resonance phenomenon that can result in warming of the earth's
> climate with very small variation in solar activity. Now one might rightly
> question the simplification of using the Lorenz Differential equations to
> model the earth's climate, but still the model points out a possible
> connection between solar activity and earth's climate. I made a fairly
> extensive study of the CCSM climate model, one of the models commonly used
> by the GW community, and solar input is just a constant, so that model
> doesn't model solar variation at all. The GISS model is somewhat more
> difficult to analyze, and I haven't yet determined how or whether they model
> solar variation.
> Another approach to studying climate dynamics is that used by Scafetta. His
> web site is http://www.fel.duke.edu/~scafetta/ on which he has reprinted
> many of his papers. In addition there is a video of a talk he gave at the
> EPA back in February that is worth watching. Among other things Scafetta has
> done extensive analysis of the statistics of climate data and solar output
> and found "echoes" of the solar input in the climate data, leading him to
> conclude that solar variation is exciting global warming. (I'm not doing
> justice to Scafett' research, which is extensive)
> So, while I admit the possibility that the various climate models used by
> IPCC could be correct, I am very leery of basing policy decision on them
> until more analysis of the models and their input data and results is done
> by an impartial party.
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 6:34 AM, John Walley <email@example.com> wrote:
>> I found this to be very interesting. I wonder if any of the mathematicians
>> on the list have any comment?
>> John
>> November 30, 2009
>> The Mathematics of Global Warming
>> By Peter Landesman
>> http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/the_mathematics_of_global_warm.html
>> The forecasts of global warming are based on the mathematical solutions of
>> equations in models of the weather. But all of these solutions are
>> inaccurate. Therefore no valid scientific conclusions can be made
>> concerning
>> global warming. The false claim for the effectiveness of mathematics is an
>> unreported scandal at least as important as the recent climate data fraud.
>> Why is the math important? And why don't the climatologists use it
>> correctly?
>> Mathematics has a fundamental role in the development of all physical
>> sciences. First the researchers strive to understand the laws of nature
>> determining the behavior of what they are studying. Then they build a
>> model
>> and express these laws in the mathematics of differential and difference
>> equations. Next the mathematicians analyze the solutions to these
>> equations
>> to improve the understanding of the scientist. Often the mathematicians
>> can
>> describe the evolution through time of the scientist's model.
>> The most famous successful use of mathematics in this way was Isaac
>> Newton's demonstration that the planets travel in elliptical paths around
>> the sun. He formulated the law of gravity (that the rate of change of the
>> velocity between two masses is inversely proportional to the square of the
>> distance between them) and then developed the mathematics of differential
>> calculus to demonstrate his result.
>> Every college physics student studies many of the simple models and their
>> successful solutions that have been found over the 300 years after Newton.
>> Engineers constantly use models and mathematics to gain insight into the
>> physics of their field.
>> However, for many situations of interest, the mathematics may become too
>> difficult. The mathematicians are unable to answer the scientist's
>> important
>> questions because a complete understanding of the differential equations
>> is
>> beyond human knowledge. A famous longstanding such unsolved problem is
>> the
>> n-body problem: if more than two planets are revolving around one
>> another,
>> according to the law of gravity, will the planets ram each other or will
>> they drift out to infinity?
>> Fortunately, in the last fifty years computers have been able to help
>> mathematicians solve complex models over short time periods. Numerical
>> analystshave developed techniques to graph solutions to differential
>> equations and thus to yield new information about the model under
>> consideration. All college calculus students use calculators to find
>> solutions to simple differential equations called integrals. Space-travel
>> is possible because computers can solve the n-body problem for short times
>> and small n. The design of the stealth jet fighter could not have been
>> accomplished without the computing speed of parallel processors. These
>> successes have unrealistically raised the expectations for the application
>> of mathematics to scientific problems.
>> Unfortunately, even assuming the model of the physics is correct,
>> computers
>> and mathematicians cannot solve more difficult problems such as the
>> weather
>> equations for several reasons. First, the solution may require more
>> computations than computers can make. Faster and faster computers push
>> back
>> the speed barrier every year. Second, it may be too difficult to collect
>> enough data to accurately determine the initial conditions of the model.
>> Third, the equations of the model may be non-linear. This means that no
>> simplification of the equations can accurately predict the properties of
>> the
>> solutions of the differential equations. The solutions are often unstable.
>> That is a small variation in initial conditions lead to large variations
>> some time later. This property makes it impossible to compute solutions
>> over
>> long time periods.
>> As an expertin the solutions of non-linear differential equations, I can
>> attest to the fact that the more than two-dozen non-linear differential
>> equations in the models of the weather are too difficult for humans to
>> have
>> any idea how to solve accurately. No approximation over long time periods
>> has any chance of accurately predicting global warming. Yet approximation
>> is exactly what the global warming advocates are doing. Each of the more
>> than 30 modelsbeing used around the world to predict the weather is just a
>> different inaccurate approximation of the weather equations. (Of course
>> this is only an issue if the model of the weather is correct. It is
>> probably
>> not because the climatologists probably do not understand all of the
>> physical processes determining the weather.)
>> Therefore, logically one cannot conclude that any of the predictions are
>> correct. To base economic policy on the wishful thinking of these
>> so-called
>> scientists is just foolhardy from a mathematical point of view. The
>> leaders
>> of the mathematical community, ensconced in universities flush with global
>> warming dollars, have not adequately explained to the public the above
>> facts.
>> President Obama should appoint a Mathematics Czar to consult before he
>> goes
>> to Copenhagen.
>> Peter Landesman email@example.com the author of the 3D-maze
>> bookSpacemazes for children to have fun while learning mathematics.
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Nursing for diversity
Four South African students welcomed by CSB/SJU nursing department
February 15, 2012
By Ben Besasie '12
This semester the CSB/SJU Nursing Department reversed roles with studying abroad. For three weeks, they welcomed two faculty and four nursing students from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Students and faculty were able to learn from and about a different culture without leaving their own community. The Center for Global Education is committed to offering opportunities like this on campus for students who are not able to study abroad.
"Having students from other countries enriches our campus ethos," Joe Rogers, director of the Center for Global Education, said. "Using a short-term exchange approach helps diversify our community."
For the past eight years, CSB and SJU nursing students have been traveling to South Africa to find diversity elsewhere. This year, the students as well as faculty and staff played the host. They provided a rich experience combining academics, culture, and social experiences, allowing CSB, SJU and South African students to compare and contrast their experience.
"It allows us to gain an approach from a different cultural point of view. We learn from them," Rogers said.
Junior Madeline Burns, nursing major, learned about the differences in nursing education from the South African students. While talking about their clinical rotation in the labor and delivery floor, they discussed the different training guidelines. CSB and SJU nursing students do not need to perform any newborn deliveries, while the South African nursing students need to deliver 60 newborns to graduate.
"Delivering that many babies was very surprising, but quite eye-opening at the same time because we instantly learned how much of a positive impact these students will have in the health care provided in South Africa," Burns said.
She also found it shocking that the South African nursing students were astonished with all the computers and supplies CSB and SJU students work with on a daily basis in the classroom. To welcome the visitors, Burns invited the four students to her apartment for dinner. They ordered Gary's Pizza for the complete St. Joseph experience.
"I will be forever grateful for the time I have spent with these students and I am excited for them to show me their campus in South Africa when I go on the Nursing May-term to Port Elizabeth, South Africa," Burns said.
Senior Emily Marks, nursing major, was also intrigued by the nursing education differences. CSB and SJU nursing students need to complete about 1,200 clinical hours whereas South African nursing students will graduate with 4,200 clinical hours.
"Being surrounded by a population primarily of Midwestern Catholics sometimes limits our understanding of the realities around the rest of the world," Marks said. "Getting to learn from other cultures allows us to become more well-rounded and knowledgeable of other perspectives that exist in the world."
Gary Gillitzer, adjunct instructor in the CSB/SJU nursing department, facilitated the visit for the South African students to demonstrate the many qualities that make good nurses, no matter what the setting.
"Nurses attempt to improve and maintain the human condition and this is the same in all cultures and settings," Gillitzer said. "We are all part of an increasingly global world. We can learn from them and they from us."