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Last week, a worker painting some siding on our house told me, a little too late as it turned out, that he had spotted a cardinal's nest with a little baby inside it, in the lilac bush outside my kitchen window.
Delighted, I climbed on to the kitchen platform and hung precariously out the window to get a closer look the nest. But the baby was gone, most likely old enough to have flown away on its own. The little nest he had left behind looked a little sad but still really cute.
I was disappointed, but not for long. Summer is the season of avian abundance here in the Washington area, and there are many such delightful surprises and moments these beautiful creatures offer all through the season, making our humid summers more bearable and even fun than they would otherwise be.
Imagine this. We live not far from a busy road, but in the summer it is not the sound of traffic that floats in through the windows each morning…it is the morning raaga sung by hundreds of birds, each singing, cackling, even making cat-like meowing sounds. What a melody to wake up to!
Woodpeckers beat a rhythmic tattoo on tree barks, hummingbirds pause magically in mid-air, wings whirring, to sip sweet water, pairs of cardinals fly around in scarlet arcs…it is almost impossible not to adore these little fellows while at the same time feeling just a little jealous of their boundless freedom.
Now I am no bird expert, and I barely know the names of most of the birds I see, with the exception of the most commonly found ones.
But that's no reason why I can't enjoy the gifts they offer.
I can sit for hours at my window, watching birds drink water from the bird dish, or peck at the food I just put out in a birdhouse Desi fashioned out of an old lampshade. I especially love to watch them carefully and judiciously pick out pieces of grass and twigs, presumably for a nest. In fact, these little fellows often rip out my new little seedlings in the vegetable garden right out, making me mad, but only for a minute.
Anyway, coming to today's post, Makki di Roti and Sarson da Saag is exactly the kind of comfort food I crave after a great afternoon of bird-watching.
To understand just how quintessentially matched this duo of dishes from the North Indian state of Punjab is, think of cookies and (soy) milk, or biscuits and gravy.
Makki di Roti is basically a roti made with corn and wheat flour, not very unlike a tortilla. The best way to eat this delicious bread would be to tear it with your fingers and dunk it into Sarson da Saag, a vibrant green vegetable dish made with pureed mustard leaves and spinach. Add to the plate a sliver of lemon and a few chopped onions, and you've got a meal to die for.
So here you go, with my recipe for an Indian classic, so delicious it is guaranteed to make you feel like you just went to Punjabi heaven.
Makki di Roti
2 cups corn flour, like masa harina
1 cup whole-wheat durum flour (use regular whole-wheat if you can't find this)
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp salt
Water to make dough
Place all ingredients except water into a large bowl or into the bowl of a stand mixer. Knead, adding a little water at a time, until the dough comes together. It should be soft and pliable but not sticky.
Set aside for at least half an hour.
Pull out a piece of the dough, enough to make a ball about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Roll into a smooth ball, then, using flour to prevent it from sticking, roll out to about 6 inches in diameter.
Heat a griddle, brush with some oil or spray some cooking oil on the surface, and cook the roti, about 2-3 minutes on each side or until golden-brown spots appear on each side.
Sarson da Saag
1 10-oz package mustard greens
1 10-oz package spinach
Place the greens in a skillet with 1/2 cup of water and boil until the greens are quite tender, about 10-15 minutes.
Set aside to cool for a few minutes. Then grind to a puree in a blender.
Heat 1 tbsp vegetable oil in a skillet.
Add 1 onion, finely diced, and saute until it begins to turn golden-brown.
Add 1 tbsp grated ginger and 6 cloves of garlic, minced, and stir together for a minute.
Add 1/4 cup of corn flour (the same flour used for the rotis). Stir with the onions until the roux is fragrant, about 2-3 minutes.
Add the puree of leafy greens and 3 chopped jalapeno or serrano peppers. Stir well.
Cook, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes until the greens are thoroughly cooked. Add some water if necessary to keep the greens from sticking to the bottom of the pan.
Add 1 tbsp garam masala (recipe follows) and salt to taste. Mix well, then turn off the heat.
Serve hot with some chopped onions, some lemon, and Makki di Roti.
Garam Masala for Sarson da Saag:
3 pods of green cardamom
3 cloves
2 1-inch pieces of cinnamon
1 tsp black peppercorns
1 tsp coriander seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
Toast all ingredients on a low flame in a skillet for about 5 minutes or until fragrant. The coriander seeds should be reddish-brown. Cool and grind to a powder in a spice grinder.


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If good growing conditions persist, it will be normal to find 250-bu.-per-acre pockets of corn in Midwest fields this fall. Meanwhile, national average yields could be in the 170-bu.-per-acre range.
"I think 250 (bu. per acre) is going to be a norm. That's going to be the norm in pockets," Bob Utterback, Utterback Marketing Services, tells the U.S. Farm Report Market Roundtable. "What's going to happen is in Monday's crop condition report, I think the poor is going to go to the average. We're not going to see this deterioration."
Weather conditions this year appear to be similar to those in record crop years, agrees Gregg Hunt, Archer Financial Services.
"Up to this juncture, if the weather holds out, and it doesn't get excessively hot in August—which doesn't seem to be in the cards at the moment—that it is, without question, very, very similar to other record crop years that we've seen, and '04 comes to mind as being about as perfect a pattern as I've seen in any two particular crop years up to now," Hunt explains. "So yeah, you had a lot of holes in the fields in that year, excessive rain, and then you stayed cool. … This time around, it looks like their forecasts for something in the 170s is a very strong possibility."
Assuming those yields hold true, the markets will turn to the question of what conditions will create a bottom in the market.
"The structure of the market, the real risk, is $3.50 to $3.65 flat price," Utterback says. "I'm not really more bearish than that. The problem is that the deferreds come down to the front end, the farmer stores it clear to next summer. He takes it out cheaper than he put in with his storage cost, he's got nothing sold for '15, and without a weather event, without a major producer between now and next summer, things could get really, really messy until we finally flush the market and create the usage. So we're really asking ourselves, how is this bottom going to be formed? That's what will be the debate now over the next several months."
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TUSCALOOSA, ALA. - Madison Academy rushed for 364 yards en route to a 31-14 win over Leeds Thursday as the Mustangs rolled to its second straight Class 3A state football championship.
The Mustangs (15-0) also closed a perfect season as Coach Eric Cohu registered his 100th career win. Cohu (100-21) saw his team win their 25th straight win – as well s giving Madison Academy a state title won at Jordan-Hare Stadium and Bryant-Denny Stadium over the last two seasons.
Class 3A championship game MVP Malik Miller, a husky 6-foot, 225-pound sophomore, churned out 168 yards rushing on 20 carries. He scored twice on runs of 1 and 20 yards. He also had a 43-yard non-scoring run. Junior running back Kerryon Johnson added 93 yards on seven carries and scored the game's first touchdown on a dazzling 43-yard touchdown run. LaMarkus Martin also had 78 yards on 13 attempts and a 3-yard TD run to close out the scoring with three minutes remaining in the final quarter. Nathan Geis kicked four extra points and a 45-yard field goal.
Leeds junior quarterback Tadarryl Marshall led Coach Keith Etheredge's Green Wave (12-3) with 139 yards rushing on 25 carries and completed 11-of-23 passes for 147 yards and one TD. Jacoby Lockhart hauled in four catches for 64 yards and one TD covering 28 yards. His score cut the Mustangs lead to 21-14 with 50 seconds left in the third period. Tre Nation also scored on a 1-yard run in the third period.
DeAngelo Webster had nine tackles, Tyler Wright and Adam Mitchell added seven stops each. Isaiah Sharp-Perry also made an interception to pace the Leeds defense.
Taylor Ziak's 11 tackles led the Mustangs defense. Logan Hamlett add nine stops and Nicholas Tomlinson had eight. Madison Academy had the three sacks and seven tackles for losses.
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Starting with version 2.2 Doctrine ships with a Paginator for DQL queries. It
has a very simple API and implements the SPL interfaces ``Countable`` and
.. code-block:: php
use Doctrine\ORM\Tools\Pagination\Paginator;
$dql = "SELECT p, c FROM BlogPost p JOIN p.comments c";
$query = $entityManager->createQuery($dql)
$paginator = new Paginator($query, $fetchJoinCollection = true);
$c = count($paginator);
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echo $post->getHeadline() . "\n";
Paginating Doctrine queries is not as simple as you might think in the
beginning. If you have complex fetch-join scenarios with one-to-many or
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TRACY - Two weeks after Donnie Daoust's 17th birthday, the laughter stopped.
TRACY - Two weeks after Donnie Daoust's 17th birthday, the laughter stopped.
The once happy, healthy boy with an infectious laugh who managed to find great joy in the smallest things despite the limitations of cerebral palsy died officially of respiratory failure on May 26, 2012.
His mother says his wheelchair led to his death and has filed suit against the company responsible for it.
"This whole thing was just a failure of the system that was designed to protect children just like Donnie. It can happen again. It needs to be examined and corrected, and we need to do our best to save others from going through this," said Vivian Daoust (pronounced DOW), the woman who was by Donnie's side every day of his life.
Last spring, Daoust, 50, of Tracy filed a wrongful death and product liability lawsuit in San Joquin Superior Court against ATG Rehab, since summer known as Numotion. The nationwide company, with a service center in Stockton, customizes wheelchairs and provides certified experts in complex rehabilitation technology to make sure the chairs meet the special needs of the individuals they are intended for.
Daoust, who lives frugally on limited income, is pursuing her suit without the benefit of an attorney since none that she contacted could afford to take it on. The court has scheduled a case management conference for 8:45 a.m. Monday in Department 41.
She contends that when her son's new wheelchair was delivered in June 2010, key parts were missing and a final evaluation of Donnie's posture, pelvic alignment and positioning in the chair was not performed at that time by the company's technician.
Daoust also contends that:
� The company neglected to follow up in a timely manner "to a critical issue that could indicate a serious potential problem." When follow-up occurred, the company's representative "neglected to bring any type of temporary or permanent corrective equipment" to provide for Donnie's comfort and safety.
� The company neglected to listen to Daoust's observations about her son's discomfort and deteriorating condition, nor did they evaluate Donnie for potential lower body supportive issues.
� The company neglected to consider "possible textbook signs that there was a problem with the chair."
The lack of a properly fitted rehabilitative seating system for Donnie was the primary contributor to the scoliosis that led to eventual breathing and swallowing problems, Daoust said. At a top weight of just 50 pounds with no muscle mass, Donnie was unable to adjust himself in his chair.
The longer he sat in the chair, which he sat in hours each day to ride a special-needs school bus to the county-run Redwood School northeast of Stockton, the more congested he became as he extended his head back as far as possible with the new headrest, as if trying to lift up his body, the suit contends.
Not only did that posture cause respiratory distress as mucus would build up at the back of his throat and in his sinuses, it led to a pressure sore on the back of his head, Daoust said. At home, Daoust would place Donnie on her lap to help him clear the mucus, and he would return to his typical, cheerful self, she said.
Daoust said she was in constant communication with the full-time school nurse about how to deal with Donnie's worsening condition, suspicious that the new chair wasn't right but not yet aware of just how significant the problems were.
Consultations with California Children's Services, the state agency that covered the costs of Donnie's medical needs, were unsatisfactory, she said. More than a year before he died, Donnie was admitted to Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland, where doctors determined that his scoliosis was so severe and his poor condition so frail that he would not survive surgery. For the next several months, asthmatic attacks became commonplace.
A year after Donnie's pressure sore appeared, an ATG Rehab technician provided him with a replacement headrest. Daoust contends that if the technician noticed Donnie's labored breathing or his scoliosis, "he never mentioned it. The interesting part is that by this time, Donnie's shoulders were extremely tilted from the scoliosis. I was using pillows at home to lift his low side. This means that when the technician fitted the headrest, one shoulder would have been pushing up against the underside of the headrest and signal the potential for a pressure sore."
If the headrest had been property installed, Daoust said, the technician would have seen the problem.
Representing Numotion, attorney Thomas Scully with the law firm of Walsworth Franklin Bevins & McCall in Orange, provided the following statement:
"We recently received a lawsuit filed by Mrs. Daoust, and we will carefully review all of the materials provided to us. We continue to sympathize with her on the loss of her son last year. However, we cannot comment on pending litigation or in any way publically address the private health concerns of her son."
Daoust said she did not file her lawsuit for personal monetary gain.
"Obviously, nothing is going to do anything for me. I still have flashbacks and shut down mentally. It will be years before I will ever overcome it. I want to see that it never happens again, that no family goes through this again, that no child suffers again," Daoust said.
In addition to Daoust, the lawsuit has been filed on behalf of her estranged husband and Donnie's father, Richard Daoust, and their older son, Shane Daoust, 25, who also provided much of Donnie's care while he was alive.
Vivian Daoust, who operates a bird sanctuary at her rural home east of Tracy, has surrounded herself with countless friends both feathered and otherwise. Her 21-year-old dun-colored horse, Mr. Dunnigan, was a constant favorite for Donnie, although he couldn't ride him. He did, however, have an older swayback mare that he would ride, and he participated in equestrian therapy. He also took great pleasure in swimming.
Should Daoust receive compensation for Donnie's death, some of the money would go to her son, Shane, and the remainder would go toward the creation of Donnie's Paradise Equestrian and Aquatic Center, a year-round place for children to learn about animals, have some fun and bring some laughter into their lives, she said.
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Baltimore, Md., Nov 14, 2012 / 03:55 am ().- Although they shelved a strongly debated statement on the economy, the U.S. bishops' approved moving ahead with the reorganization of their communications department, and the publication of documents on preaching and confession.
The bishops voted by a margin of 202-25 to hire a director of public affairs to help improve the conference's communications effectiveness and strategy.
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, explained that while all the details of the position have not been finalized, "the potential for being a spokesperson would be part of his or her job description."
He explained that the person who fills the new position will coordinate communications efforts and will be able to speak to the media for the bishops, directing them to relevant statements by the bishops and applicable Church teaching.
The bishops voted in favor of creating the position on Nov.13, the second day of their fall general assembly in Baltimore.
The meeting also included a lengthy and intense discussion about a proposed document entitled "The Hope of the Gospel in Difficult Economic Times."
The bishops had authorized the drafting of the document at their gathering last June, agreeing that a timely statement on poverty and the economy was necessary.
Rather than a major document, the bishops called for a brief pastoral message of about 12-15 pages, expressing concern and solidarity for those struggling under the current economy and offering them hope in Christ.
Because it was agreed that the timeliness of the message was key, the bishops authorized its drafting under an abbreviated schedule.
The proposed statement prompted a lively debate over what the scope and content of such a document should include. While several bishops voiced support for the idea behind the statement, there was also suggestion that it could be improved with more time.
Several bishops posited that this may be a good time to revisit their previous statements on the economy in the context of modern circumstances.
Others suggested that the topics of tax reform and unions should be discussed at greater length, along with the proper role of government in aiding those in poverty.
The question of how these various topics could be adequately covered while remaining in the allotted page length was repeatedly raised. Some recommended the creation of shorter pamphlets instead, allowing for better dissemination among the faithful.
With Cardinal Dolan warning that "we get burned if we rush documents," the bishops ultimately rejected the document, while also noting that some other type of statement could still be proposed with a clear consensus on what the bishops expect.
A document entitled "Preaching the Mystery of Faith: the Sunday Homily" was accepted by the bishops in an effort to renew and revitalize preaching during the Mass. Homilies must always be a Christ-centered "summons to conversion," presented with love an offering the truths of the faith, it said.
"The ultimate goal of proclaiming the Gospel is to lead people into a loving and intimate relationship with the Lord," the document explained.
The bishops also approved a short document inviting all Catholics to participate regularly in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, particularly during the Lenten season.
The document draws the connection between Penance and the New Evangelization and expresses the Church's eagerness to welcome those who have been away from confession for a significant length of time, as well as those who struggle with hesitation or uncertainty about the sacrament.
During the meeting, the bishops also approved their 2013 budget and heard reports on conference work in the areas of cultural diversity, national collections and Haiti earthquake relief efforts.
A new national collection for the Archdiocese for the Military Services was approved, as well as creating new staff positions in the National Religious Retirement Office and the Subcommittee on Native American Affairs.
They also passed a strategic plan for 2013-2016, which is centered on the New Evangelization and emphasizes faith, worship and witness. The plan includes detailed areas of focus for each year, covering topics such as marriage and family life, sacraments, faith in the public square, migration, cultural diversity and respect for life.
A measure to add the optional memorial of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos to the U.S. liturgical calendar also received approval from the bishops.
Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi of Mobile, Ala., said that Fr. Seelos holds "contemporary significance" because he was "remarkable in his pastoral zeal" and "came to serve this country because of the need."
"(T)hat can be a source of encouragement to our seminarians and our priests who come to us from other countries," he observed.
Discussion of the HHS contraception mandate also came up during the second day of the meeting, with Cardinal Dolan explaining that the conference remains committed to its principles, even as the mandate's Aug. 2013 implementation date for religious organizations draws closer.
"Right now I can tell you, the only thing we're certainly prepared to do is not give in, not violate our consciences, and not obey what we consider to be something immoral," he said at a press conference, adding that this conviction "would have an enthusiastic unity among the bishops."
Throughout different dioceses, bishops are currently talking to people who work in charity, health care and education in order "to see what options are open to us," he explained.
"No door is closed, except the door to capitulation," he said.
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"Dr. Ablow's insights inspired me to find the faith I had lost in myself, to have the courage to stand up and show myself compassion and to not be afraid of the very thing I had been hiding from since I was a young child"
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Libertyville entrepreneur puts fashion on wheels
When a friend gave Gina Crater-Lilja a sweater as a gift, she asked where the friend bought it. Off a truck, the woman said.
That's hardly the answer Crater-Lilja expected. But she loved the sweater and looked into a growing trend on the West Coast that offers fashion stores on wheels.
That's where Crater-Lilja got the idea to create Fashion in Motion in Lake County a couple of months ago. She partnered with Dominic Balbi of Buffalo Grove, obtained a former bread truck and converted it into a high-end women's fashion boutique.
"When you come home from work, a lot of women don't have time to shop," she said. "So to fill that need for women who love the opportunity to get stylish clothes from a boutique, and do it on a lunch break, we decided to do this."
Fashion in Motion can be used for private parties or be found parked at area businesses or events, including Bodyworks Fitness and Health Spa in Libertyville on Saturdays and the Libertyville Farmers Market on Thursdays, among other locations. Interested shoppers can see the schedule at fashioninmotiontruck.com.
"We only get six to eight pieces of one style. So when it's gone, it's gone," she said.
The truck has the look and feel of a boutique with hardwood floors, crown molding, a dresser with a lamp, a small dressing room and other touches. It's targeted for women 35 and older, she said.
Crater-Lilja, an Ohio native, came to the Chicago area about 20 years ago for a sales and marketing job. She moved to Libertyville about 15 years ago. A fitness buff, she enjoys working out and doing various fundraisers for animal shelters or other good causes, she said.
She also enjoys driving the Fashion in Motion truck.
"It's hard to drive, so I had to learn to use the mirrors," she laughed.
She also had to anchor everything inside the truck, so it would maintain a neat and orderly look, just in case she had to make a quick stop.
"I had to learn a lot," she said. "You also have to be creative, but it also has been a lot of fun."
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Newly elected Des Plaines Mayor Matt Bogusz met with Feldco Windows Siding and Doors President and owner Doug Cook to discuss the community and commerce in Des Plaines. Cook also gave the mayor a tour of the facilities, where about 100 people work.
Facelift for Naperville homeowners
Naperville residents Steve and Laura Kovarik won the grand prize in the Hardie Home Outdoor Living Sweepstakes, an exterior home makeover valued at up to $30,000. Those on hand to present the award included Naperville Mayor George Pradel and Dave Donofrio of Naperville, the director of products and segments for James Hardie Building Products. The Chicago company plans to use James Hardie products to completely add new siding,
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Rob Crowell has been named Business Unit Director of the Functional Materials business at Elgin-based DSM Functional Materials Inc., effective Sept. 1. He will oversee operations of the unit, which includes facilities in Elgin; Stanley, N.C., Hoek van Holland, The Netherlands; and Shanghai, China.
Gerard van Grinsven has been appointed president and CEO of Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Schaumburg. He was previously in the same position at the Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital in Detroit. ... Lori McConville is the owner of the newly opened Marvin's Toy Store in downtown Crystal Lake. She was a kindergarten teacher in the Crystal Lake school district. ... Shawn Greenwald has joined Topco Associates LLC in Elk Grove Village as senior vice president and chief information officer and reports to the firm's CEO Randy Skoda.
Brett Hintz, general manager of TopGolf in Wood Dale, is the new chairman through June 2014 of the Woodfield Chicago Northwest Convention Bureau. ... Tim Broccolo of Glencoe, John Sassaris of Hoffman Estates and Robert F. Hallberg of Elmhurst have been promoted to group presidents of commercial banking at Chicago-based MB Financial Bank. ... Eric Thiegs has been named senior vice president of business development at National Gift Card Corp. in Elgin.
Kashyap V. Trivedi and Zubair A. Khan have formed the new law firm Trivedi & Khan LLP in Schaumburg and Chicago. It will concentrate on residential and commercial real estate, commercial litigation, business transactions and creditor and debtor disputes. ... Brian Nagle of South Barrington and Jerrod Wigal of Chicago have rejoined the Capital Markets group of Cushman & Wakefield in Chicago. Nagle is now executive vice president and Wigal is director, focusing on office property investment sales in the Midwest.
Stephen T. Dennison is now project manager at Engineering Enterprises Inc. in Sugar Grove. ... Self-help author Anthony Robbins will "Unleash the Power Within!" July 18-21 during his visit at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel, 1551 N. Thoreau Drive in Schaumburg.
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2010 Master's degree in Computer Science at the University of Venezia "Ca' Foscari". 2006 Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at the University of Urbino "Carlo Bo".
Born in Switzerland, raised in Italy, firmly believes in peace between cheese and pasta.
Interested software architecture and UI/UX design. Knows .NET better than most of his relatives. Has great fun with full stack web and mobile app development, which is also pretty sad.
Amateur photographer, part-time drummer, full-time C# rockstar.
Some projects:
- OnTopReplica: popular window management utility tool for Microsoft Windows. Creates a real-time, always on top, "replica" of any window.
- Sinonimi+Contrari: the best and fastest Italian thesaurus for Windows Phone 8.
- SmartRoadSense: crowdsensing road quality tracking app. Exploits GPS and accelerometer data in order to determine the road quality you are traveling on and collects it. Developed by University of Urbino.
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Elwood Jensen, a medical researcher whose ground-breaking work in the field of endocrinology and breast cancer led to revolutionary and life-saving treatments, died of complications from pneumonia on Dec. 16 in suburban Cincinnati, the University of Cincinnati announced. He was 92.
He was repeatedly nominated for the Nobel Prize for his discovery of hormone receptors while at the University of Chicago in the 1950s and 1960s.
At Chicago, Jensen focused on the impact that breast tissue had on estrogen while most other researchers analyzed how the hormone influenced tissue. At the time, the standard treatment for breast cancer was to remove the ovaries or adrenal glands, but after creating a way to radioactively tag estrogen, Jensen found that only a third of breast tumors carry estrogen receptors.
The discovery allows doctors today to identify which patients will respond to anti-estrogen therapy and which need chemotherapy or radiation. The finding has helped them treat breast, thyroid and prostate cancer and is credited with saving or prolonging more than 100,000 lives a year.
His discovery of estrogen receptors "is beyond doubt one of the major achievements in biochemical endocrinology of our time," Gene DeSombre, a University of Chicago professor emeritus who worked with Jensen, said in a statement.
When Jensen received the prestigious Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award in 2004, the Lasker Institute said he had "transformed the treatment of breast cancer patients."
Dr. Sohaib Khan, a professor of cancer biology at Cincinnati and a friend, said Jensen's greatest disappointment was not winning the Nobel, a fact he brought up during their last conversation about a week before his death.
"He was talking about how fortunate he was to live a life like he has," Khan said. "But one qualm he had was that he did not get the Nobel Prize. He felt pretty strongly that he really deserved it, and most people in the field think exactly the same way."
Nobel Prizes are not awarded posthumously.
Elwood Vernon Jensen was born Jan. 13, 1920, in Fargo, N.D., and grew up in Springfield, Ohio.
He majored in chemistry at what is now Wittenberg University in Ohio and received his doctorate in organic chemistry at the University of Chicago.
After he was required to retire from the University of Chicago at age 70, he did research with other organizations, including the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. For the last 10 years, Jensen was a professor in the University of Cincinnati's department of cell biology, neurobiology and anatomy.
While Khan called Jensen's work "monumental," he described the man as down-to-earth, funny and ever ready to share a story about his days as a college boxer or how he had climbed the Matterhorn in the Alps in 1947.
Survivors include his second wife, Hiltrud, known as Peggy; a son; and a daughter. His first wife, Mary, died in 1982.


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Bruno Mars likes to mix it up. Almost every song on his second album dabbles in a different genre
The 27-year-old singer-songwriter-producer shows growing sophistication, musically and lyrically, on "Unorthodox Jukebox," a retro-pop collection of 10 tracks with elements of rock, funk, country and reggae. There's even a heartbreaking piano ballad.
Mars hinted at his versatility on his 2010 debut, "Doo-Wops & Hooligans," a set of love songs that yielded the hit singles "Grenade" and "Just the Way You Are," which won a Grammy Award.
He draws from a broader range of musical influences here, recalling Michael Jackson, Parliament and even The Police. And there's still love, but also lots of sex.
He channels Prince on "Gorilla," all prowess and desire. "You got your legs up in the sky," Mars sings. "You know what I like. You're a dirty little lover."
He proclaims "your sex takes me to paradise" on the '80s-tinged single "Locked Out of Heaven." And on the island-style reggae tune "Show Me," he urges his lover: "You say you're a woman who knows what she likes, then show me."
But a man cannot live on sex alone.
The heartfelt "If I Knew" is reminiscent of a gently country "Teen Angel," and Mars is at his best on the bare piano ballad "When I Was Your Man."
"My pride, my ego, my needs and my selfish ways caused a good, strong woman like you to walk out my life," he sings, full of regret. "No, I'll never get to clean up the mess I made, and it haunts me every time I close my eyes."
— Sandy Cohen, Associated Press
Green Day completes the trilogy with 'Tre'
As record sales continue to wane, one has to wonder about the logic behind separately releasing a trilogy of albums over the course of three months. Maybe when you're a punk band coming off a pair of hugely successful concept albums turned into a Broadway smash, you do things a little differently. Still, it's an unusual way to release your ninth, 10th and 11th studio albums.
"Tre," the final installment of the trilogy is a bit more diverse than the others, with a slightly mellower and more mature sound that embraces a variety of styles. Imagine 1997's "Nimrod," but with more songs like "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)." Look no further than the opening and closing tracks to sum it up. There's the country blues-inspired "Brutal Love" to start, and the piano ballad "The Forgotten" to end.
While a common thread runs through the trilogy, each record is distinctly different.
The first, "Uno," returns the band to their pre-"American Idiot" sound with a dozen rocking songs that are melodic and highly energetic. The songs are also more mature, with themes like married men on the brink of infidelity. Standout tracks on this riffy guitar assault include "Fell for You" and "Oh Love."
"Dos" attempts to capture the no-frills sound of a garage rock band, but it feels like a drop-off after "Uno." Some of the tracks work well, namely, "Stray Heart" and "Lady Cobra," but others don't fire on all cylinders.
Overall, this last installment of the trilogy shows another direction of the band's evolution.
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|2012-09-30, 08:19
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Join Date: Aug 2011
The phantom troupe members were surprised by Uvo's disappearance.
Killua was the only one who saw their true strength.
Tailing those two was not a good idea, but I guess they had no other choice.
Gon & Killua walked straight into a trap.
They are no match to even one of those phantom troupe guys.
Being brought into their hideout means they're not gonna release them ever.
|2012-09-30, 12:56
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Although i do understand that the Spiders are strong,i was a little bit disappointed that they showed Killua not standing a chance against Sphinx at all...
I understand Gon,since he's inexperienced.
But Killua,i was expecting a bit more,at least while it was still 1 v 1.
|2012-09-30, 13:56
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Retracing my steps.....
Ya that would be the equivalent of Luffy from chap. 1 being able to take on one of the Shichibukai. It's just too early in the game, though (as illustrated by Phinx's whistle at Killua's skill) he still did a good job of trying to escape considering.
|2012-09-30, 14:06
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
I didn't mean to see him win,but pulling an escape would make sense.
What i also mean,that usually no matter how strong the opponent is,even when it was Gon vs Hisoka,Gon still landed one punch Hisoka didn't expect,but in here it seemed so ridiculously one sided that it hurt my eyes.I'm not really arguing,just saying.
@TooPurePureBoy,Technically Luffy didn't change that much from the first chapter to the chapter he defeated Crocodile,but i get your point
|2012-09-30, 17:29
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Supreme Ruler of Crowatia
Join Date: Jun 2009
Age: 28
Well they have been Nen users as long as Kurapika and have more battle experience (Heavens Arena) than him yet they didn't even come close to him. I was hoping they'd at least make it out of their respective rooms.
|2012-09-30, 18:28
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Kurapika has abilities that revolve around Nen, he already has a hatsu...As for Gon and killua they still only learned the basics. They didn't develop any sort of technique such as Franklins finger shooting, Shalnarks phone, Kurapika's chains. etc.
The difference amongst the 3 of them, Kurapika was driven to develop his nen as quickly as possible. Gon and Killua on the other hand were only taught the basics and never really explored how to use their affinities to the max. Later on you'll get why Gon and Killua are still noobs when it comes to Nen.
|2012-09-30, 19:38
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Retracing my steps.....
Kurapica is a special case. For one he has genetics on his side, those red eyes making him a specialist capable of 100 percent in all categories of nen is something almost nobody can do. He sacrificed his nen and his life for a stronger aura. Doing so allows him the power needed to realize his imagined ability that most would not even have thought of.
Killua and Gon are different. Every decent Nen teacher they meet is going to stress training from the basics slowly because they have so much raw talent. It would be a shame to risk a precious gem by rushing the cut.
|2012-10-05, 05:23
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Hi, i first introduce myself. I was a lurker here since long time, and i watched the 99 e 2011 adaptation but didn't read the manga.
I didn't like the Chrollo filler in last episode for an indirect reason.
There they shows when and how Chrollo managed to know about Neon. It was occasionally.
That drives the fault of it directly to Kurapica and Dalzollene.
I mean, i already found very strange watching 7 bodyguards hired and paid to protect Neon, just going on their own in an attack mission leaving Neon with 5 dog in substitution. Their main goal was to protect Neon at all costs, that's why they were hired for. The Phantom Troupe didn't approached or even get near to Neon in any way, nor there was any evidence or suspicion that they were interested to her.
If there was a Mafia member interested in kidnapping Neon or seeking revenge he would have easily find her (like PT did) and get rid on the 5 dog.
So the decision to go all-in in an attack mission contradicting their main goal was a very very bad decision, unbelievable to me and i i think that is very strange.
I appreciated more the 99 adaptation change where Dalzollene stayed at the hotel to protect Neon (it's still 1 out of 7 but it's better then nothing).
Back to the filler, stating the moment where Chrollo learned about the Nostrade Family, gives us to know that the PT didn't know her completely before.
So it just leads the fault directly to Kurapica, with his kidnap of one PT member he put Neon in danger (still i know that he cares more his personal goals, but this fact is given), and Dalzollene that should have avoided that (i suppose that bodyguards have to be in a defensive stance, and not doing an attack mission against stronger enemies that have not threaten Neon in any way).
Without the filler, you could think the Neon was one of the Chrollo main objectives since the beginning of the auction (like i did watching the 99 adaptation).
But in the 2011, Chrollo didn't know anything about her if Kurapica didn't attract their attention, so the future events are Kurapica's fault (which i could understand he don't care about it) and Dalzollene's very very huge fault, which acted pretty stupid and against his main goal in my opinion.
What do you think?
|2012-10-06, 08:15
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Socially Inept
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Retracing my steps.....
Ya I would definitely say that Kurapica's actions put Neon in danger when she otherwise wouldn't have been ( at least from the spiders). That said I'm sure he doesn't give a shit that he put some girl (no matter how cute and ditzy) who thinks the body parts of his destroyed clan make great "collectors items" in danger.
|2012-10-07, 07:24
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
I really doubt that the Majority of PT can intimidate Hisoka though,since he was only interested in the leader of the group,he did know that he couldn't take on them all,which is why he's looking for an opening to face Chrollo alone.
Although in the latest episode it makes me wonder why he didn't make a move,since it seems like every member was present in the hideout,so he had a chance to face Chrollo.
Maybe he didn't want to look suspicious or something...
|2012-10-07, 10:03
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A Very Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Sullivan County, NY
Age: 43
We still got to see Nobunaga cry....
From looking at the older series and the newer one, I have to say I like the changes that were made to episode 50. Nobunaga's Nen looks a lot cooler and his En is so much more subtle and powerful. I like the choice of not showing the bubble around him as he walks. It really makes it feel more powerful.
I also like the fight scene. It helps prove why Nobunaga feels the way he does about Uvo.
|2012-10-07, 11:23
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singing heartbreak
Pfft, I didn't feel as much emotion when Nobu cried in 2011 as I did in 1999. In 1999, they kind of built their relationship up showing that they were closer to each other than other Spider members; specifically when Nobu and Uvo argued about whether Uvo should go after the chain user. When Nobu cried in 1999, it really felt like he lost a close friend, due to how the scene was portrayed, and previous scenes they were involved in, but in 2011, it felt like their relationship wasn't any different from other Spiders until now. Other than that, both series were about on-par with one another in terms of content.
|2012-10-08, 02:28
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Join Date: Nov 2006
2011's filler aside, i've always thought that danchou was tipped-off neon's existence because of the ryodan's first auction attack. remember the discussion with ubo in the hot air balloon? no judas within the group, very vague tip but someone important within the mafia ranks thought it was reliable. those hints would've made danchou endlessly curious, with his search ending in neon's feet
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|2012-10-14, 00:58
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singing heartbreak
I must say, for once, 2011 trumped 1999 in terms of content. The music, scene transition all felt better in 2011 than 1999. I cringed when that Rolento-looking dude fell to the floor after Kuroro stopped his Nen(by opening the window, which I thought was well done =03). Seeing the other Spider members just running through the mafia was a visual treat too. I hope they animate the next battle with the Zoldykes as well as the 1999 version.
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LODI - Tokay High Senior Oscar Leyva and his parents stood in front of the Lodi Unified School District Board of Trustees on Tuesday night as Principal Erik Sanstrom cited an impressive statistic.
LODI - Tokay High Senior Oscar Leyva and his parents stood in front of the Lodi Unified School District Board of Trustees on Tuesday night as Principal Erik Sanstrom cited an impressive statistic.
Leyva was one of 54,000 national applicants for the Gates Millenium Scholarship offered through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Sandstrom said. Leyva will attend Stanford University, all expenses paid.
Even more astounding, perhaps, is that Leyva was one of three in San Joaquin County to win the scholarship. McNair High senior Sophia Dhillon and Lathrop High senior Nicholas Vaughn also won the award.
"They pick 1,000 out of 54,000 applicants for this thing," Sandstrom said. "It's incredible."
To apply for the Gates scholarship, students must write a series of essays that details their background, their achievements and their future goals. Winning is difficult, but the reward is sweet. The Gates Foundation pays all expenses through all levels of college until the scholar earns a doctorate degree.
The scholarship does not have an expense cap. Applicants must have a minimum 3.3 GPA and display other leadership abilities. Financially, the student's family must be eligible for a Pell Grant, which means a wealthy family would not be considered for a scholarship.
Leyva, 17, moved to America five years ago. As the son of Church of God ministers, he left his birthplace in Hermosillo in the Mexican state of Sonora at 4 when his parents took up missionary work in Ecuador.
Over the next seven years, his family moved five times to different churches in Ecuador.
"I had to meet new people, make new friends, every time," Leyva said. "I didn't have a hard time adapting in Ecuador to new schools and new friends. Until I came here."
Dhillon, 18, will attend the University of California, Los Angeles, in the fall and will focus on chemistry, although she'll keep an open mind regarding what will ultimately be her major. She said she applied for the scholarship and didn't think she would win it.
She came home one day in April to find a packet addressed to her.
"I knew it had to be Gates," she said. "It's so exciting. After grants, I calculated that UCLA will cost $8,600 a year. Gates covers it all."
Vaughn, 18, spent most of his childhood on an Army base where his father, Valentino Vaughn, was stationed as an officer. He said he "can't put into words" how winning the scholarship makes him feel, but he knows he wants to stay close by.
Vaughn will attend University of the Pacific, which allow him to deepen his roots in San Joaquin County. "We've moved so many times I feel privileged to have spent four years at Lathrop High," the future electrical engineering major said.
Vaughn said he received his Gates packet in the mail not knowing if he had won or was receiving a condolence letter.
"The first word I read was 'congratulations' and I went ballistic," he said.
Record staff writer Dana Nichols contributed to this report.
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AACo connects families in need to people who want to help
What if you could see the child's face light up when you drop off a new toy? Or watch the worry slip off the faces of a family when you deliver a Christmas dinner they weren't sure they were going to have?
The Anne Arundel County Department of Social Services' Holiday Sharing Program has been matching people who want to help families and seniors during the holidays for 32 years.
Tanya Steele, the special program and volunteer coordinator at the county's Department of Social Services, matches the families and seniors in need to donors who want to help. Once she makes a match, the donor delivers the holiday goodies straight to the people at need, giving both sides a personal connection.
This year's connections are up to you. Steele says 1,700 families and 2,500 kids still need donors.
Go to Anne Arundel's link under the local offices tab on the Department of Human Resources website at www.dhr.state.md.us to fill out a donor form. You can choose to help with gifts, food or both for families or seniors.
If you want to help but don't feel comfortable with the face-to-face meeting, send money to ease a family's tight holiday budget. Send donations to Holiday Sharing Program, Anne Arundel County Department of Social Services, 80 West St., Annapolis MD 21401.


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Tadashi Yanai, the chairman, president, and CEO of Uniqlo parent Fast Retailing, has a problem with his succession plan.
He doesn't have one.
That's not because he's not trying. He simply doesn't think that anyone else is worthy of the position right now. They're not ready.
"I think I may not be able to retire," he told reporters at a meet-and-greet, according to Women's Wear Daily.
He continued:
"That may sound like a very good thing, but actually for me it's terrible. The biggest part of my job now is to quickly develop successors, and around the world I am working to develop new business leaders in the company.
But unfortunately at the moment there is no one who meets my expectations, so together they all have to learn more."
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The coolest sculpture park you've never heard of
Before I visited the Changchun World Sculpture Park, its website nearly persuaded me not to.
"Grade AAAA tourist attraction," a header proclaimed. The online gallery displayed bland stone sculptures with murkily translated titles like "Harmony Continue" and "Picture of Touring in Spring."
But I was traveling through Changchun anyway, so on a frosty winter afternoon, photographer George Henton and I hailed a taxi in the city's nondescript downtown. Some 20 minutes later we cleared the turnstiles at the nine-year-old sculpture park's stadium-like entrance gates.
And I'm glad we bothered.
Although Changchun, a city of more than seven million in northeastern China's Jilin Province, doesn't feel particularly international, its 92-hectare sculpture park contains around 450 works by artists from more than 210 countries.
Dozens of the sculptures are excellent, and the surrounding landscape -- trees, power lines, construction cranes and high-rise apartments -- offer striking geometric contrasts.
Dina Merhav, a Israel-based artist who has visited Changchun three times, says she's impressed by the variety and quality of the park's sculptures.
Merhav has 15 sculptures on display across China, and she says Changchun officials are more "enthusiastic" than officials in other Chinese cities about establishing "cultural dialog" with international artists.
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Bringing the art world to China
In how many provincial Chinese cities can you stroll a path lined by sculptures from Iraq, Vietnam, Guyana and Uruguay?
Some of them, including the signature "Friendship Peace Spring" spire, are a little sappy, but many are on a par with pieces in American and European museums and art galleries.
Changchun World Sculpture Park is not the largest on earth, but it's "one of the largest sculpture parks in China," according to Dr. Cameron Cartiere, a sculpture and public art specialist at the Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver.
In three hours circumventing the park's 11-plus-hectare lake, I saw more than 100 sculptures by artists from five continents. I might have stayed longer if my fingers weren't freezing.
Changchun isn't exactly the "City of Sculpture," as the park's brochure claims, but if you like contemporary art and you find yourself heading northeast from Beijing, this largely unknown cultural landmark deserves a spot on your itinerary.
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1. 'Peace' by Joseph DeAngelis, Canada
From a distance, this human-sized sculpture of a hand flashing the peace sign doesn't look all that remarkable.
But a closer look shows the bronze casting is wrapped in metal wires and studded with tiny mechanical gears -- a suggestion, perhaps, that peace is a not just a state of being, but a process.
Another evocative but ambiguous detail is the metal piping protruding from the hand's base. Has the hand been severed, or is it simply under construction?
2. 'Window of Spring' by Feng Wei and Feng Qiang, China
Spring is a ubiquitous topic at the park, and this sculpture by a team of Changchun artists is one of the more provocative interpretations.
The roughly two-meter-high red rectangle recalls the bright-orange "gates" that the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude famously installed in New York's Central Park in 2005.
But what's with the mirror? Is it directing our gaze back to spring, ahead to fall, or upon ourselves?
3. 'The Girl Who Lost Her Kite' by Scott Wampler, United States
With its cubist "kite" that rotates in the wind, this sculpture recalls the late Alexander Calder's "mobiles," those whimsical and freewheeling metal contraptions that spin on even the slightest air currents.
The difference? Whereas a dozen Calder mobiles can fit into a room of a museum, Scott Wampler's candy red "girl" is eight metes high and dwarfs everything in her vicinity.
4. 'Security Point' by Jorge Luis Santana, Cuba
This neon-green sculpture is among the loudest and most colorful pieces in the park. Its title, coupled with its author's home country, suggests a wry reference to a communist police state.
But the sculpture is also playful -- indeed, if it were palm-sized and plastic, it might be a nice children's toy.
What is Santana's sculpture getting at? And what did China's communist authorities say when he finished it?
5. 'Spirits fountain' by Jesús Moroles, United States
Moroles, or a Changchun official, has selected a good spot for this sculpture. Its assembly of wiggly concrete "spirits" -- which look a bit like lanky humans -- appears to be engaged in a visual dialog with the trees and apartment blocks filling the backdrop.
Set against the trees branches' diagonals and the buildings' verticals, the undulating forms look more animated then they might if set against a bare hillside.
6. 'Friendship Peace Spring' by Ye Yushan, Pan He, Cheng Yunxian, Wang Keqing, Cao Chunsheng
From a distance, the park's signature thematic sculpture, "Friendship Peace Spring," looks vaguely like an Egyptian obelisk, but the concrete pillar is adorned with climbing flowers and scantily clad maidens.
"Highly hold the banner of Peace, Powerfully play the note of Friendship, Gaily greet the beautiful Spring!" a placard declares.
Well, OK. Considering its size -- 29.5 meters -- and all the hype about it in the park brochure, this sculpture was a disappointment.
7. 'The Observer' by Javier Abdala Estable, Uruguay
"The Observer" begs the question: What has this guy seen? It's seems from his gnarled ear, lopsided chin and busted eyeglasses that he may have been roughed up for witnessing something he wasn't supposed to.
Or perhaps that's just the Uruguayan artist Javier Abdala Estable calling attention to his facial features. Either way, that face draws us in: it's tough, and weathered, but oddly inviting.
8. 'The Unseen Helper' by Winslow M. Craig, Guyana
Winslow M. Craig's "The Unseen Helper" is a perfect sculpture for winter. Passing by it close to dusk, I nearly overlooked the helper -- a metal figure who is helping a stone figure carry what looks like a heavy sack -- because his or her frame was almost indistinguishable against snow and bare tree branches.
The sculpture, which seems to dignify manual labor, recalls works by José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera and other 20th-century Mexican muralists.
9. 'First Sphere' by Guo Huaixing, Changchun
"First sphere" is a sculpture by a local artist of a bare-chested man swinging an axe, or perhaps a medieval weapon.
It has been placed in a copse of evergreens, suggesting the guy may be a lumberjack who feels constrained by flannel. It's unclear where or what the sphere is.
10. 'Extending inspiration of peace' by Mark C. Weisbeck, United States
Installed on a parking lot-sized stone patio, these somber-looking arches overlook a highway and a valley of bleak, half-finished buildings.
In a sense, the frenetic and un-charming background appears to undermine the tranquility the arches are trying to establish.
It's interesting to consider how the sculpture would look if set against a more pastoral background -- a mountain range, say, or a field of daisies.
Getting there: Changchun is in Jilin Province 900 kilometers northeast of Beijing. The sculpture park can be found at the south end of Renmin Street, Changchun, China; +86 431 85379001; www.english.jl.gov.cn. A 20-minute taxi ride from downtown Changchun costs about RMB 25 (US$4).


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GLOBALFOUNDRIES Offers Enhanced 55nm CMOS Logic Process
|(Nanowerk News) GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced additional enhancements to the foundrys 55-nanometer (nm) Low-Power Enhanced (LPe) process technology platform 55nm LPe 1V with qualified, next-generation memory and logic IP solutions from ARM. The 55nm LPe 1V is the industrys first and only enhanced process node to support ARMs 1.0/1.2V physical IP library, enabling chip designers to use a single process that supports two operating voltages in a single SoC.
|The key advantage of this 55nm LPe 1V offering is that the same design libraries can be used whether you are designing at 1.0 voltage or 1.2 voltage power option, said Bruce Kleinman, Vice President of Product Marketing at GLOBALFOUNDRIES. What it means is that same set of design rules and models can be adopted, with no extra mask layer or special process required. This translates into cost saving and design flexibility without compromising on the power and optimization features.
|Based on ARMs 1.0V/1.2V standard cells and memory compilers, GLOBALFOUNDRIES 55nm LPe 1V enables designers to optimize their design for speed, power and/or area and is especially beneficial for designers who are faced with power constraints in designing System-on-Chip solutions.
|ARM offers a comprehensive, silicon-validated platform of 8-track, 9-track and 12-track libraries along with high-speed and high-density memory compilers for GLOBALFOUNDRIES advanced 55nm LPe process.
|The combination of 1V and 1.2V operation along with supporting level shifting logic provides the best combination of low power, high performance and reduced chip area, said Dr. John Heinlein, vice president of marketing, Physical IP Division at ARM. Dual-voltage domain characterization support coupled with Artisan next-generation memory compiler architecture reduces dynamic and leakage power by more than 35 percent, compared to previously available solutions.
|The 55nm LPe 1V is especially suited for high-volume, battery-operated mobile consumer devices, as well as a broad range of green or energy-saving products. PDK and EDA tools are available now, along with MPW shuttle availability.
|Artisan memories offer flexible manufacturing options and are shipping in billions of products worldwide. Part of a broader platform of Artisan physical IP from 65nm to 20nm, these next-generation memories include low voltage and stand-by modes enabling extended battery life, ultra high-speed caches for maximum processor speed, and proprietary design techniques resulting in reduced area for low-cost SoC designs.
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|GLOBALFOUNDRIES is the worlds first full-service semiconductor foundry with a truly global footprint. Launched in March 2009, the company has quickly achieved scale as the second largest foundry in the world, providing a unique combination of advanced technology and manufacturing to more than 150 customers. With operations in Singapore, Germany and the United States, GLOBALFOUNDRIES is the only foundry that offers the flexibility and security of manufacturing centers spanning three continents. The companys three 300mm fabs and five 200mm fabs provide the full range of process technologies from mainstream to the leading edge. This global manufacturing footprint is supported by major facilities for research, development and design enablement located near hubs of semiconductor activity in the United States, Europe and Asia. GLOBALFOUNDRIES is owned by the Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC). For more information, visit http://www.globalfoundries.com.
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This classic text introduces students to the fundamentals of instructional design and helps them learn the concepts and procedures for designing, developing, and evaluating instruction for all delivery formats. The new edition builds upon the foundation of previous editions with clear discussions on the impact of critical new theories, new technologies, and the Internet. The book addresses current design processes used in instructional settings and delivery systems across many areas of curriculum and business, including Internet-based Distance Education. Hallmark Features *The text clearly describes and models the instructional design process as it is practiced in educational and business settings, allowing students easy transfer of important topics. *The conceptual base for each step in the instructional design model is clearly defined and described in an accessible manner.*Application of and decision-making about instructional design concepts are illustrated through a serial case study example carried through the steps of the design model in each chapter of the book. *Opportunities are provided for readers to apply new concepts through practice and feedback activities at the end of each chapter. *Up-to-date references and recommended readings with annotations allow students to further explore the concepts presented in the text. *This new edition uses course management technology to illustrate design. The new CourseCompass website includes: goals and objectives for each step in the model, illustrations of preinstructional materials, rubrics for evaluating products for each step in the model, concept quizzes, and much more.
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The WINERAM Experience is a six part web-series about New Zealand's wine industry, it's natural beauty and the adventure sports. Given that, you'll learn about more than just wine! You'll see which spots are the hottest destinations to visit in New Zealand, which wineries are making some of the best wine from those regions, and of course how to get your adrenalin pumping with some insane adventure sports.
Join American wine-o Colin West and local Kiwi girl Jo Holley as they go backpacking and travel New Zealand to check out the best wineries, hottest destinations and extreme sports New Zealand is world-famous for.
WineRam Experience - Episode One
Colin flies into Queenstown, the adventure capital of the world to meet up with Jo Holley who has plans to show him around New Zealand. But Jo quickly throws Colin in a gondola going up a mountain to meet local talented mountain biker Josh Clark. A challenge then arises and Colin is up against Jo in a race! After losing the race, Jo takes Josh Clark down the road into Central Otago's Peregrine Winery where he gets to taste local wines with Jo. On the other hand, Colin has to do work in the vineyard while learning more about the first stage of the winemaking process,canopy management. The day comes to an end with the group going helicopter camping at Cecil Peak.
WINERAM Experience - Episode Two
Episode 2 takes place in Christchurch and the Greater Canterbury wine region with focus on Waipara and Pegasus Bay Winery. Our presenters Jo Holley and Colin West have taken off from Queenstown and the Central Otago wine region and arrived in Christchurch to meet Ed Donaldson of the Pegasus Bay wine family. From here Ed is going to join our presenters as they check up on the positive progress of Christchurch since the earthquake and explore the greater Canterbury and Waipara region before tasting wine and learning about the second stage of the wine making process at Pegasus Bay Winery!
WINERAM Experience - Episode Three
Watch as our presenters, Colin West and Jo Holley, head to Marlborough during their last days on New Zealand's South Island. Here they meet up with John Forrest, of Forrest Winery, and Joshua Scott of Moa Brewery, for some early morning spear fishing followed by microbrew and wine tasting paired with the day's catch! Colin practices harvesting grapes while Jo learns more about the brewing process at Moa – both leave with a better appreciation of brewing and winemaking's mix of art and science.
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Episode 4 takes us just outside Martinborough in Wairarapa hunting with Glen Ora Hunting Adventures before touring Martinborough Vineyard. After learning about the grape sorting process our presenters, Colin West and Jo Holley, get their hands (and feet!) dirty helping winemaker, Paul Mason, make the next batch of wine. As a reward for all their hard work Colin and Jo get to relax with a pinot noir tasting. Be sure to check out www.wineram.com for past episodes and behind the scenes action!
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Episode 5 takes us up to the Hawkes Bay Wine Region for some top end Syrah at Trinity Hill Winery with legendary winemaker John Hancock. Adventure to be had there included a quick trip north to Jo's home town of Gisborne to catch up with New Zealand Surfing Series Champion Bobby Hansen, see some waves and then go tackle and sheer some sheep! Be sure to check out wineram.com for past episodes and behind the scenes action!
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Often we are asked whether holidaying in New Zealand is better by self driving a rental car or by joining an escorted coach tour. Of course, there are pros and cons that need to be considered and it largely depends on the style of vacation that suits you best.
Guided coach tours certainly offer relaxing days when you can ease back into your comfortable coach seat and enjoy New Zealand's spectacular scenery through wide panoramic windows. Being more elevated in the coach means you'll see everything!
Having a professional driver, and often a tour director as well, ensures all the daily logistics and details are taken care of. You'll depart each morning on time so that there is no rushing during the day. Refreshment and photo stops are synchronised and any activities planned for the day are carefully scheduled. It might sound a little "organised", but it works, so you can relax and enjoy your holiday. Each day will roll out beautifully. Your luggage will be magically delivered to your room each night, you'll always have preferential seating in the hotel restaurant for dining and you'll always arrive at sightseeing and activities right on time.
When selecting an escorted coach tour, take into account the number of days you have available for your New Zealand tour. As a rule of thumb 14 days is the minimum you'll need to cover the highlights of both the North Island and South Island. If you have 18 days or more, even better! If time is short, perhaps select a one island tour. For the North Island 8 days is ideal and for the South Island, 10 days is perfect.
Other considerations include the standard and style of accommodation you prefer and the meals & sightseeing included. Some people prefer all meals to be included, others like to have more options to dine out independently. For excellent value for your holiday dollar, low cost escorted tours that stay in good quality 3-3.5 star tourist hotels will be the way to go. If you prefer a little more luxury with a premium guided tour, then look for tours staying at 4 star hotels and resorts.
You'll be travelling with other people and this can be a wonderful opportunity to socialise and make new friends from all around the world. Typically the maximum coach capacity will be 48 people, travelling in comfort with onboard bathroom and dual doors for easy entry and exit. Although the coach capacity might be 48, often some departures will have fewer people. If you prefer a more intimate experience, a "small group" tour might be more suitable. These tend to travel in smaller coaches, typically without onboard bathroom, and can visit gorgeous places just a little off the beaten track. Some offer special features such as overnight cruising at Milford Sound.
Booking early and taking advantage of early-bird discounts can save you $100s - literally! So start your planning well in advance, at least 6 months, so you get the best deals for your airfares as well as your New Zealand coach tour. For New Zealand summer coach tours (October to March), early bird deadlines are usually late April but sometimes there can be special offers to watch out for.
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You are gonna love this. Had it been me I think I would have called all the ladies I know.
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BMW is lucky the guy didn't have an accident when in "this condition." He could have added "caused distracted riding" to his suit.
You will note, very few BMW riders are delighted with factory saddles. Perhaps it is just modesty that prevents most of us from complaining about the real problem Not too many good words about Corbin saddles either in recent years. So what do us wimps do? We bitch a bit, then spend several hundred dollars on after-market saddles that provide "comfort" as we individually define that term.
Now that we have a leader, maybe we should be looking at a Class Action Suit against BMW for ALL our saddle woes! Yeah, that will fix things! If successful, it will raise the price of new (and used) bikes by several thousand dollars - but hey, it is the principal that matters. A happy butt (and also other nearby anatomical parts) is our RIGHT!
Cave contents: 16 R12RS, 13 Toyota Tacoma, 03 Simplicity Legacy, 97 Stihl FS75, Dewalt DW625 & SawStop PCS175
1) My expectations are never low enough & 2) Incompetence is infinite ........David Brooks
More proof that anyone can sue anyone else about anything at all. Does remind me of a story of a friend of mine who had prostate surgery and
got a penis pump installed...and found that certain motorcycle seats had a distracting effect on him....
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that original article was posted about a year ago.
wonder how it worked out? Given that we never heard anything else on it, i suspect that his case eventually went limp.
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The evidence wouldn't stand up in court.
Like Pastorious - he hasn't got a leg to stand on, but at least he still has a spring in his step.
The court probably recognized him as just another hardened criminal.
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I rode to Hollister last week and had a one-piece seat installed on my 2003 R1150RS - the techs there said they had a great laugh about it at the time - not heard anything since.
Please note that Corbin no longer offers the Erection Option on their seats...:-(
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now the court should make him pay part of the defense costs for Corbin and BMW
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1) My expectations are never low enough & 2) Incompetence is infinite ........David Brooks
Don't they try these types of cases before a civil jury, in most states?
I looked at the Court Clerk's Minutes online; the Minutes are the Clerk's notes of what transpired in the courtroom. The case was indeed mid-trial and before a jury; a number of witnesses had already testified.
It's common in civil litigation that after the Plaintiff has presented evidence, the Defendant/s move for nonsuit - asking the Judge to rule that, as a matter of law, the evidence presented is insufficient to submit to the jury. In this case, the Judge found that while the Plaintiff had established that he had priapism, he did not present more than speculative evidence that his condition was caused by the ride on the bike. To proceed to the jury, the Plaintiff had to show credible evidence (not speculation) that the ride on the bike caused this physical condition. The Judge concluded that the Plaintiff had not made this showing.
Defendant/s can now move to recover their costs of suit (filing and service fees and deposition costs).
David Brick
Santa Cruz CA
Thanks Dave.
The facts of this case obviously didn't sit well with the judge.
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Posted: 02/24/2014 by AFIT Public Affairs
United States Army Chief Warrant Officer 4, Elbert Peak, is the first joint instructor for the Cyberspace Professional Continuing Education courses conducted at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton Ohio.
Chief Peak, who has proudly served 24 years in the US Army, brings cyberspace operational experience from the joint, operational, and tactical levels in penetration testing, computer forensics, intrusion detection, incident handling, and systems integration.
Chief Peak received a Master's of Science degree in Software Engineering from California State University, Fullerton, a Master's of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Florida Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor's of Science degree in Computer and Information Science from the University of Maryland. He holds fourteen technical certifications including CISSP, GSEC, GSNA, Security+, Network+, A+, and MCP. His recent research interests include: cyber operations, reverse engineering malware, network penetration testing, and software measurement and testing.
Cyber 200 and Cyber 300 courses, conducted by the Center for Cyberspace Research at AFIT, are senior and master cyber professional rating courses designed for all Department of Defense (DOD) cyberspace professionals. The courses are centrally focused on providing students with an understanding of the integration and application of cyberspace capabilities, as well as the design, development, and acquisition of cyberspace systems. They also explore cyber asset capabilities, limitations, vulnerabilities and employment in joint military operations. Cyber 200/300 courses are continually updated to provide DOD cyberspace professionals with current, cutting-edge curriculum material keeping pace with rapidly changing cyberspace operations.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A judge rejected the by Oklahoma-based Hobby Lobby and Mardel that contraceptive health insurance laws violate the owners' religious beliefs.
In a case brought by the Hobby Lobby chain of crafts stores and the Christian bookseller Mardel, businesses founded by the Green family of Oklahoma City, Okla., U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton said in a ruling on a preliminary injunction Monday the retailers were "secular, for-profit corporations" and did not have free-exercise rights under the First Amendment.
The stores challenged the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's provisions pertaining to certain employer-funded contraception device and pills that will go into effect Jan. 1. The suit was assisted by the Washington-based Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, the (Oklahoma City) Oklahoman reported Tuesday.
"We disagree with the decision and we will immediately appeal it, said Becket's general counsel Kyle Duncan in a statement. "Every American, including family business owners like the Greens, should be free to live and do business according to their religious beliefs."
Hobby Lobby CEO David Green, in a statement Monday, said his company, the largest non-Catholic-owned business to file a lawsuit against the coverage mandate, is operated "in a manner consistent with Biblical principles," adding he had no moral objection to what he termed "preventive contraception" and would continue to cover those under Hobby Lobby and Mardel health insurance plans.


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