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Dorothy Hindman has emerged as one of the most interesting composers of her generation. Her music, a blend of punk/grunge with a European spectralist sensibility has been called "intense, gripping, and frenetic," and "a showpiece experience for the performer and an engaging and refreshing one for the listener."
In 2015-2016, her music will receive more than forty performances including a chamber music retrospective concert at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall in March 8. International performances of her music this season include France, Germany, Copenhagen, Sicily, Estonia, London, and Montreal, and festivals including Iron Composer 2015, the Australian Flute Festival, the Havana Contemporary Music Festival, the Festival Eleazar de Carvalho in Brazil, the 2015 Birmingham New Music Festival, and New Music Greensboro.
Hindman has composed for top performers including Bent Frequency Duo, Empire City Men's Chorus, bassist Robert Black, cellist Craig Hultgren, guitarist Paul Bowman, percussionist Stuart Gerber, and Corona Guitar Kvartet. Orchestra performances include the Women's Philharmonic Orchestra, the Alabama Symphony, the Brevard Symphony Orchestra, and the North Florida Symphony Orchestra.
Her music appears on ten CDs, including her critically-acclaimed Tapping the Furnace (innova). Other labels include Albany, Capstone, and Living Artists. Scores available from Subito Music, NoteNova, and dorn/Needham. dorothyhindman.org


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Helimeds 6, 5th October 2015
In the last of the series we're back with the Welsh flying medics as they're called to the most critically ill or injured patients in Wales.
This week on Helimeds a famous climber comes down to earth with a bump whilst abseiling in Snowdonia, presenter Andrea Byrne will be getting my boiler suit on and joining the Brecon fire crew for a training session and we'll join them and Helimed 57 on the Brecon Beacons to rescue a young pair from carnage.
Helimeds 2, 7th Sept 2015
This week on Helimeds we're with the crews as they fly to Barry where a man on a moped has crashed head first into metal railings, presenter Andrea Byrne meets the porters at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff who double up as fire crew for the helipad and and we capture the dramatic scenes in the Swansea Valley after a grandmother suffers multiple knife wounds.
Helimeds 5, 28th Sept 2015
This week on Helimeds: a five year old boy falls 20 feet through a farm shed roof near Abersoch, a dramatic emergency call takes us to Pontypridd where a student nurse has received a massive electric shock and the North Wales crew are surprised to discover that they've been called to save a Lord.
Helimeds 4, 21st Sept 2015
This week on Helimeds, the new doctors and critical care practitioners face up to some challenging training, a father falls through a cattle shed roof playing hide and seek with his son and a two car head-on collision leaves one passenger in agony at the roadside.
Helimeds Episode 3, 15th Sept 2015
This week on Helimeds, the Swansea crew have a language barrier to overcome when a German motorcyclist is thrown off his bike, we follow the doctors fighting for a seat on the air ambulance, and discover what happened to a mid Wales farmer who was crushed when felling trees.
Dr Ami Jones on Wales at Six
In the new series of Helimeds we follow the developments as Wales leads the way with Consultant Doctors, specialist kit, blood and drugs on board their air ambulance helicopters. One of the leading Consultant Doctors, Dr Ami Jones, came into the studio Monday night to discuss the development with Jonathan Hill.
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Helimeds Episode 1, 31st Aug 2015
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A new series of Helimeds with new flying doctors
A brand new series of Helimeds starts on Monday, 31st Aug, on ITV Cymru Wales at 8pm.Read the full story ›
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Helimeds: Wales Air Ambulance doctor explains CPR
On Friday's Wales at Six, Andrea Byrne was joined by Dr Gareth Roberts.Read the full story ›
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Helimeds Episode 5, 3rd Oct 2014
Andrea Byrne presents the fifth episode of Helimeds following the helicopter crews of the Wales Air Ambulance.Read the full story ›

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Two months after Sandy: Right wingers delay aid to storm victims
John Leslie
Source: Socialist Organizer
This past week, the US House of Representatives passed a $50.7 billion aid package, 78 days after Hurricane Sandy ravaged areas of the northeast. During the previous session of Congress, the Senate had passed a $60.4 billion relief package, which was then referred to the House. The House adjourned before considering the question.
Tea Party aligned Republicans delayed passage of the aid bill by trying to attach an amendment linking aid to cuts in the Federal budget. Republican Congress members and NJ Governor Christie joined Democrats in condemning this reprehensible failure to act. Several pointed to disaster aid that had been sent to the states represented by these members in the past. The bulk of the aid is for infrastructure repairs and reconstruction, as well as funding for FEMA grants to homeowners and to bolster Federal Flood Insurance.
New jersey's fishing industry, which sustained $160 million in damages will only receive a fraction of the necessary aid. The relief package passed by Congress only allocates $5 million for both New York and New Jersey for the fishing industry.
Two months after the storm, thousands are still waiting for help. In New York, approximately 15,000 are still homeless. Thousands of homes remain damaged or destroyed. Reconstruction and debris removal continues. Many municipalities have had to remove more trash in a short period of time than they usually dispose of in a year, putting a heavy strain on resources. Mayor Bloomberg's "Rapid Repairs" program has only served a fraction of the homeowners who signed up for help. Rapid Repairs was intended to get power and heat restored in a short period of time, the truth is that only about a third (4200 out of 12,500) of homes have been repaired. Mold and other toxic substances remains a real problem for reconstruction efforts.
There were approximately 200,000 left homeless right after the storm and there are not reliable figures on how many have returned to their homes, but it appears that thousands in New York and New Jersey remain homeless, either in hotels or other temporary housing.
Reconstruction in Jersey shore towns has proceeded slowly, with many working class people struggling to rebuild. For example, in Manasquan, NJ, 60 percent of the homes in town were damaged. Seventy eight structures were condemned and an additional 56 are currently deemed uninhabitable. Much of the reconstruction work is being done by faith-based groups, including Habitat for Humanity. In contrast, the casinos in Atlantic City were up and running within days of the storm. In fact, the media in the region is downplaying the problems in order to bolster the tourism industry at the Jersey shore.
charity is not enough!
As laudable as it is, volunteer efforts and charity is not enough to rebuild the storm damaged areas of the northeast. What is necessary is a massive public works jobs program to rebuild the region and its infrastructure. This will require mass mobilizations to demand emergency aid, jobs and reconstruction in the interests of workers and oppressed people. A housing and reconstruction plan should be formed with the active participation of all residents. All work should be done at union wages and with full union benefits.
Responsibility for paying for this crisis should not fall on the backs of workers and the oppressed. Workers and their organizations, either in the workplaces or in the communities must mobilize to demand that all U.S. troops and mercenaries be withdrawn from Iraq and Afghanistan and the money used to aid reconstruction. Taxes should be raised on the richest one percent to help pay the cost.
In the longer run, given the increased threat of major disasters caused by global warming, the entire U.S. economy must restructured in the interests of working people with special attention to conversion of the energy industry to sustainable sources. The energy and banking sectors, too, will need to be nationalized under workers' control.
Such a fightback in the interests of working and the oppressed will require a break with the two parties of big business and the formation of a party of our own — a Labor Party based on the unions — as the first and necessary step to put an end to the predatory, profit-driven, capitalist system that is responsible for these and other crises the world over


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After Stevie Wonder hit it big with "Superstition" in 1972, it's no wonder Jeff Beck was perhaps the first to cover it.
While working together in the studio for Wonder's "Talking Book" album, on which Beck played guitar, Beck concocted the drum beat around which Wonder built the rest of "Superstition." So Wonder offered the song to Beck.
However, Motown studio chief Berry Gordy thought Wonder ought to keep it for himself. So "Superstition," by Stevie Wonder, was released by Motown in October 1972.
By that December, Beck was cutting that song in the studio with his new power trio, Beck, Bogert & Appice.
"Superstition," Beck, Bogert & Appice, from "Beck, Bogert & Appice," 1973. It's out of print but is available digitally. When this LP came out, the "Superstition" cover was about the only thing many critics liked about it.
Dig this, too. Now that, friends, is a '70s power trio.
Beck has played "Superstition" at his shows for years.
Here, he accompanies Wonder. This is from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th anniversary show at Madison Square Garden in New York in October 2009.
We now direct you to our other blog, The Midnight Tracker, for more early '70s supergroupery from Beck, Bogert & Appice.


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Automated system through designing electrical circuits and PCB layout.
Simple and easy DipTrace does not require a learning curve and is perfect for small amateur handicrafts. The program consists of the following modules: Schematic (to create a multi-sheet multi-level circuits with built-in simple simulation), PCB Layout (development boards using manual or automatic routing systems and components optimize the location and size of boards), Pattern Editor and Component Editor (to edit buildings and the components, respectively.) DipTrace contains the minimum possible number of controls when working editable objects are highlighted, thus providing an assessment of the situation. Changing one element or circuit board is reflected in all its dependent objects. Autorouter copes with complex multilayer boards that have different types of radio components and support files Specctra DSN / SES lets you connect an outside breeder. The program conducts numerous inspections of the project (new items in the library, affordability and integrity of connections, clearances, dimensions) at various stages of work that can detect and fix errors "on the fly." Creating a SPICE netlist to simulate project allows any external simulator, export / import functions make it possible to continue to work in other applications (P-CAD, PADS, OrCAD, Eagle), as well as use netlists Accel, Mentor, Allegro, Tango and Protel. DipTrace board in exports necessary for the production formats DXF, Gerber RS-274X (with support for TrueType fonts and raster monochrome images), Excellon N / C Drill. Standard library programs include more than 100 000 items from the most reputable manufacturers and convenient development tools allow yourself a few minutes to produce radio parts of any size and complexity. Thanks to a set of three-dimensional models of buildings can be built in the space of the rotating 3D-picture appearance of the final product.
Since the development of DipTrace programmers engaged in domestic and radio electronics, it is expected that the program itself, textbook, reference materials and other more completely in Russian. DipTrace was created by OOO "Novarm" and distributed in Russia through partner company JSC "Softline".
In addition to the maximum version DipTrace Full, there are versions of Extended, Standard, Lite Starter and different number of available pins, signal layers and, of course, price. To assess the capabilities of the program, you can download a 30-day trial. There is also a crack software, an extensive library of 3D-models of buildings and detailed tutorial from the manufacturer in Russian, which describes step by step all the stages of the development board. In addition, there is a special free version of DipTrace Freeware limited to 300 pins and two layers.
DipTrace operating systems: Linux, Mac OS and Windows NT, 2000, HP, Vista, 7 (32 - and 64 - bit). Manufacturer does not recommend the package to run on Windows 95, 98 and ME. Also, the program does not work in Windows 8, even when activated compatibility mode
Distribution of the program: Freeware (free with limitations) and Shareware (fee required), price - 600 rubles
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First of all, apologies for the brief layoff. I have not contributed to TRUTHOLOGY in more than a month! It has certainly been a busy beginning of summer, no doubt. Very stressful too!!
Speaking of stress, I recently realized that my life is NOT stressful. My job is NOT stressful. My finances are NOT stressful. And my kids are NOT stressful. I'm willing to bet that your life is NOT stressful either….not in the least bit.
I believe that the stress we experience comes from our own personal expectations. Don't get me wrong….there is nothing wrong with ambition, but when your drive to succeed is measured against your own expectations, many times this can create stress. Essentially, it is the pressure that we put on ourselves to meet our own expectations which makes life stressful….not life itself.
Having said that, I have given much thought to the idea of going on a "cleanse" for the month of July. Only I'm not talking about your standard "Super Juice Cleanse" or "48-Hour Miracle Diet"; what I'm considering is a "Life Cleanse"!
What if, for just one month, I were to live free of all personal expectations. What a refreshing thought! I'm already so careful about what I put in my body on a daily basis, so I can extend this to what I put into my mind. In other words, without changing my ethic and drive one iota….I can simply adjust how I hold myself accountable. Instead of being accountable to my own expectations of future outcomes (which is impossible), accept the results and appreciate them for what they are….which, after all, is the way they were meant to be.
I believe this to be a worthy pursuit in lowering stress levels. Care to join me? Let's do it!


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Drug rehab centers have come about as a blessing, not only for the sinking addict, however for the society as a whole. Reforming and freeing individuals is a godly act. Not all can indulge in such activities. These centers are not like health centers or resorts in the real sense. They have to work with unforeseeable humans who sometimes can even turn violent.
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Inpatient drug treatment is a place that you go to genuinely take an action off of the merry-go-round of dependency. A tranquil and tranquil environment is perfect, where you return in touch with the person that you as soon as were, the individual that you have actually lost. It is a location that you will discover yourself coming face to face with your dependency and preferably deal with to face with yourself, a place where you can start to like yourself when again.
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What if we added a couple of more conditions on to that ad, so that in order to get that "Free" million dollars, you had to discover ways to walk all over once again, you needed to invest 3 months in a inpatient rehabilitation centers, and needed to have 2 more surgical treatments to repair issues and infections that happened from the original surgery. Then on top of that, explain that their daily activities would need to be permanently altered and they might not play sports, run, jog, ski, play football, basketball and whatever they preferred to do prior to the mishap. The number of people do you think would still be standing at the door looking for that "Free" million dollars? Nobody.
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Due to the fact that it looks like parmesan cheese, the drug was called cheese. The drug is typically snorted and can be extremely addicting. With many different dealerships making the drug, the amount of heroin per hit frequently differs. While the majority of hits are 3% heroin, some will have up to 8% heroin. This leads to kids, who have actually had mild drug experiences they might handle with their very first few hits, having actually to be rushed to the emergency clinic from overdosing.
Everyone has his/her own individual rock bottom, and, regrettably, often that bottom IS the fiery pits of hell. Pray they decide to reach out and touch faith by finding their own individual Jesus prior to they hit that everlasting bottom. He will provide peace, serenity, strength and hope to sustain lasting recovery. You can count of it!


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Last week went surprisingly well! I felt full and didn't cheat. I planned my calories for an anniversary party we went to and I ate a little bit of the gluten free spicy carrot cake I made. It was SO sweet! I could barely eat it. Everyone said it was tasty, so I'm guessing I just weaned my taste buds from the sugar.
This week I'm trying a couple new recipes. If you are reading this and have some great low carb ideas, I would love to see the recipes.
Monday: Low Carb Pepperoni Pizza Chicken, Salad with avocado and dressing
Tuesday: Green Chili Turkey Taco Salad
Wednesday: BBQ Meatloaf ,Salt & Vinegar Roasted Cauliflower, Mashed potatoes, Peas
Thursday: Cheap Korean Beef over rice for the family, over broccoli slaw for me
Friday: Rosemary Garlic Pork Loin, mashed potatoes, salad, roasted parmesan green beans
Saturday: Dinner with friends
Sunday: Cauliflower Pizza (didn't get to try it last Friday, it was too busy)
2 eggs with Berry Smoothie or Veggie Scramble with apple
Tuna Avocado Wrap with tomatoes
Spicy Asian Meatballs (leftovers from last week) over a salad with sesame oil and vinegar dressing
BLT and avocado salad
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The Biggest And Greatest Guide To Jewelry
When it comes to making a jewelery purchase, you may feel overwhelmed on what to get. If you are properly educated on the topic of jewelry, this decision can be made a little bit easier. The following article is going to provide you with this necessary information so you will know what to look for in a piece of jewelry.
Don't use harsh chemicals like turpentine or bleach to clean jewelry. Harsh chemicals will dull your stones and dissolve the enamel on your jewelry.
If you don't have any jewelry cleaner handy, try using toothpaste with baking soda to help clean tarnish off of your sterling or pure silver jewelry. Just rub the toothpaste on the tarnished area with a soft cloth and clean off. Make sure to dry the jewelry to prevent future tarnishing.
When storing your fine jewelry in a chest or case, wrap each piece in a small piece of velvet cloth. That way harder gemstones will not scratch softer gemstones and metals. It also helps pieces not get tangled with themselves and the velvet helps to keep the pieces safe from excess moisture.
Try adding some industrial metals to your collection. There is more to metal jewelry than just gold and silver. Industrial metals include stainless steel, titanium, tungsten carbide and tungsten. Industrial metals provide a much nicer shine and are more durable and less susceptible to damage. Titanium is known for being more lightweight, stainless steel and can be polished until it practically glows. Tungsten carbide can resist scratches for a long time, as well as being a dark metal.
IF you're thinking of buying your child jewelry, a charm bracelet is an excellent way to go. Add a new charm at every milestone, such as, his or her first lost tooth. When your child grows up, he or she will have a special story that is attached with each charm.
Take your face shape into account, when choosing jewelry. A round face looks best with jewelry that features vertical lines and strong angles. Jewelry with curves softens the strong angles of a rectangular face. A heart-shaped face is flattered by jewelry that creates width at the chin. An oval face can wear any style jewelry.
Personalized Jewelry
Purchase meaningful jewelry for any occasion. Giving jewelry as a gift leaves a long lasting impression on the intended recipient. However, you can always add a personal touch by having the jewelry piece engraved with a personal message or add a charm of great importance. Personalized jewelry given as a gift always makes a loving gesture.
Personalized jewelry will never fail as a gift, especially for Mother's Day. A ring with the birthstones of all her children will make a Mom beam with delight. You could also get a bangle bracelet with her childrens' names engraved on the inside. My favourite is a ring with "I Love You" engraved on the inside.
If you are stuck on what gift to buy for a female, jewelry always works. Make sure you know what size the intended person wears in rings and necklaces before making your purchase. There is nothing worse than purchasing a nice piece of jewelry that doesn't fit the intended recipient. Do your research before making your purchase.
When wearing jewelry, less is more. You don't need to wear a necklace, earrings, bracelets, a watch, and rings to make your outfit look complete. Choose pieces that work well with your outfit and what you're wearing. One well chosen bracelet or necklace will draw more compliments than multiple striking items.
If you are considering a titanium wedding band, remember that it cannot be re-sized and may be a bit more difficult to cut off in an emergency than rings made from precious metals. Titanium rings are less likely to bend or crush under pressure, however, so an accident that would heavily damage a gold or platinum ring may not harm a titanium one.
As was stated in the beginning of this article, purchasing jewelry can be an overwhelmed experience. However, now that you have some jewelry knowledge, going to a jeweler can be a more relaxing experience. Use the advice from this article to get a piece of jewelry that you can enjoy for years to come.…


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Tinkerbell is the favorite fairy of most little young girls. Tinkerbell is now going to come to your houses and will shower magical dust on the decorations of Halloween. What you need to do is download PSD tinkerbell pumpkin carving templates and then tie its printout on the soft pumpkin.
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You are getting a beautiful tinkerbell illustration here where you have the cute fairy showering star-dust with her wand in your party. This template is really handy to use on your pumpkin.
You are getting a very tinkerbell fairy here carved in stencil. It's stylish, cute and everybody in your party will just love to see the nice fairy sprinkling star-dust with her wand.
The template here comes up with lovely silhouette of the dear tinkerbell fairy followed by a dramatic trail of star dust. You can carve it on your pumpkin and then glow from inside.
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Packing up a box of memories; that was how the young girl felt. She didn't have much, hadn't been long in the home, but the memories were there. She didn't know if they would all fit into the shoe box with its coloured elastic bands around it to stop the lid from coming off, but she would try and force them in anyway.
'Tea's ready,' came the shout from downstairs. 'Hurry up Tania, you'll want ya' fish fingers before you 'ave to go.'
Tania smiled as the last swirls of the kind lady's voice spun their way up through the part-open door to find her. She would miss this lady. There had been others she didn't miss, that was for sure, but this one … yer, she'd miss her. And as she gathered up the last of the memories from the crowded bedroom that, for the last three months, she'd been sharing with two others—they were staying, lucky them—she crossed her fingers, nails bitten down to the quick, that the next place she went with her memory box would be like this.
In the kitchen she pecked at her tea. Maybe, if she ate slowly time would slow down also, maybe the spindle arms of the austere clock face would take pity on her butterflied stomach and hesitate. Just for her.
'What you thinking 'bout, love?' asked the kind lady.
Tania smiled up at her through a few fish-crumbs. She didn't reply, she never did, she never spoke to anyone apart from the memories that she carried in her box.
And then the clock hands did their work and dragged the sound of the glass-muffled car engine to her door.
And she left with a hug from the kind lady, crossed fingers and her box of rubber band-wrapped memories; her friend.
©Davey Northcott 2014
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Get into the swing of the Spring Racing Carnival by securing your seat for Werribee's Cox Plate Luncheon on Thursday, October 25.
Presented by Drive Financial, the inaugural edition of the event will be held at at Werribee's spectacular new function space, Chirnsides by the River, and boasts a lineup featuring some of the racing industry's leading figures.
On the eve of the Moonee Valley Racing Club's Cox Plate Carnival, hear from Racing Victoria Executive General Manager of Racing Greg Carpenter, Group One-winning trainer Troy Corstens, renowned race caller Matt Hill, and leading racehorse syndicator Brad Spicer while being treated to a two-course meal and drinks package.
Tickets are $80 per person or $750 for a table of 10. Sales must close at 5pm on Friday, October 19.


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Seafood Champion Awards
First presented in 2006, the Seafood Champion Awards recognize individuals and companies for outstanding leadership in promoting environmentally responsible seafood in ways that lead to industry innovation and change. SeaWeb established the award to honor those in the seafood industry whose past and/or present contributions demonstrate a commitment to innovation that leads to change.
Seafood Champion Awards categories:
- Seafood Champion Award for Leadership — An individual or entity that displays leadership by organizing and convening seafood stakeholders to improve the sustainability of seafood or ocean health.
- Seafood Champion Award for Innovation — An individual or entity that identifies and applies creative new solutions to address: ecological challenges; existing market needs; barriers to sustainability.
- Seafood Champion Award for Vision — An individual or entity that establishes a clear and compelling vision of the future that inspires positive change for sustainable seafood in fields such as: technology; policy; products or market; conservation tools.
- Seafood Champion Award for Advocacy — An individual or entity who positively influences public policy, uses the media to raise the profile sustainable seafood, or influences public discourse and engages key stakeholders by publicly championing advances in sustainable seafood.
2019 nominations are now closed.


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Pioneer has studied the problem of quadraphonic receivers with the aim of enabling you to play every four channel program source a available today - and tomorrow, and they have succeeded, it's all four channel in four different ways.
The Latest CD-4 Demodulator
Playing CD-4 records with full fidelity and space expanding four channel realism is easy with the Pioneer QX-747. They have a built-in CD-4 demodulator of the latest design, clear sound localisation in the four channels is achieved by simple manipulation of CD-4 separation controls.
SQ Full Logic Matrix Decoder
Newly developed integrated circuits for the matrix logic and gain control section of this advanced full logic SQ decoder help to obtain the very best separation between the front and rear, as well as the left and right channels, essential for the true to life reproduction of sound field when you play an SQ encoded four channel record throught either the Pioneer QX-747 .
Regular Matrix (RM) Decoder
The RM position on the four channel mode selector of both Pioneer QX-747 is to be used when you play any matrix four channel record other than SQ or wish to synthesise four channel stereo from a normal stereo disc.
Other Four Channel Features:
A 4 CH-MPX out terminal is located on the back panel enabling you to hook up an FM four channel adaptor to receive FM discrete four channel broadcast when they become available in the future.
A four channel level indicator
All The Power You Need For A BIg Four Channel Sound
QX-747 A produces 20 watts per channel at 8 ohms (four channels driven) 20 Hz to 20 kHz with a total harmonic distortion of 0,5%
Specifications QX-747 A
Audio Section
Continuous power:
4 x 30 W; 2 x 55 W (1 kHz, 4Ω)
4 x 25 W; 2 x 45 W (1 kHz, 8Ω)
4 x 20 W; 2 x 40 W (20 - 20,000 Hz, 8Ω)
45 W/ 4-ch.; 65 W/2-ch. (each channel driven DIN 1kHz, 4Ω)
THD at rated output power 1 kHz, 8Ω (IHF): <0,5%;
THD at 4 x 50 mW, 8Ω, 1 kHz (DIN): <0,2%
Power bandwidth 4 channels driven: 7 Hz - 40 kHz
Frequency response at AUX input DIN: 10 Hz - 25 kHz (+0,5 dB, -1 dB)
Input sensitivity impedance:
Phono: 2,2 mV/50 kΩ
Tape monitor, Tuner, Aux: 140 mV/100 kΩ
Bass control (100 Hz): ±10 dB
Treble control (10 kHz): ±10 dB
CD-4 Demodulator Section
Input sensitivity: 2,5 mV
Input impedance: 100 kΩ
Distortion: 0,07%
Signal-to-noise ratio: >70 dB
Separation 1 kHz: 50 dB (left to right); 30 dB (front to rear)
Frequency response: 20 Hz - 15 kHz
FM Section (87,5 to 108 Hz)
IHF: 10,8 dBf
DIN (26 dB S/N ratio, 40 kHz dev.): 1,3 μV
Capture ratio: 1 dB
Selectivity (±400 kHz): 60 dB
S/N ratio (mono): 70 dB
Image rejection: >80 dB
THD (stereo) 1kHz: <0,4%
Stereo separation 1 kHz (DIN): >40 dB
Subcarrier suppression: 65 dB
MW Section (525 - 1605 kHz)
Sensitivity (IHF): 15 μV/m
Image rejection: >45 dB
IF rejection: >55 dB
S/N ratio: 50 dB
Power consumption: 340 W
Dimensions (W x H x D): 550 x 160 x 420 mm
Weight: 19,1 kg


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I talk to my best friend and friends all day long. We are each other's lifeline to sanity. One day, my BFF and I were talking. It had been a particularly trying week with my kids and I was at my wits end and feeling inundated by noise and the sense of drowning was becoming overwhelming. I needed a break. I have yet to go away anywhere by myself since my six year old was conceived!!! This is in no way a woe-is-me type of blog. Rather, it's a blog to show you what is possible and why guilt should not wear you out when all you are trying to do is stay afloat and not just survive… but thoroughly enjoy this one life we are granted. My husband gives me every arsenal I need to conquer the day, conquer my demons, and win over what my mind sometimes (and very often) tells me I cannot accomplish.
So on this day, I was texting with my BFF and I was telling her I need to get away, but giving her all the reasons why I couldn't. She then just said, "why? why can't you? It's not like you can't afford it. It's not like you don't have help with the kids, so why don't you just go or go buy yourself those shoes you've been wanting?" She continued to tell me, she is all about "self-preservation parenting" because if she doesn't do that, she wouldn't be useful to herself or to her family. (She's a little wise one, that best friend of mine… she really is). And so, it clicked. It made so much sense.
I pour on guilt because my husband works hard so I can stay home and raise my kids, so I don't want to spend his hard earned money on "extravagant things," just because I can. I can. Yes, to a certain degree, my life has been blessed but that doesn't mean I don't have a sense of consciousness and gratitude for the amount of work my husband puts into affording us this lifestyle. That being said, I do feel like what all parents need is to allow themselves certain freedoms and pick me ups here and there just to make this journey more manageable and fun. My husband needs his friends and Vegas as much as he needs air and water… I need alone time and my girlfriends just as much with an occasional splurge on something nice. I believe not every day has to feel like a sacrifice for the kids. No, it doesn't make me selfish. It doesn't make me less of a mother with no sense of priorities. It makes me a happier mother, wife, and woman. And that is worth its weight in gold.
Here's the catcher, always live within your means. Do not compare your lives to others. My husb and I were just having a conversation during dinner with some friends last night, and it's so true that everyone else's lives seem prettier and greener from the outside but that is not always the case. Live within YOUR means. Do not crucify yourself or your spouse if some things others have isn't in your cards. Appreciate what is yours.
People get so caught up LIVING OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES that you really forget to just live your own. That is so disingenuous to the life you were meant to live. That steals away from your sanity and your ability to preserve a sense of authenticity in your life.
Life is good. It's meant to teach you about YOU. You can't do that when you are living a life that is not organic to you. So while I'm all about leaving something for yourself, make sure it's something worth the effort, time, and money. Because if it's not, it's just not worth wasting moments with your family and loved ones. It just isn't for me.
I love this picture of O from behind. We went on an impromptu walk to Rite Aid and then on the way back we went to the park. What was supposed to be a quick trip turned into a 4.5 hour excursion. And it was pure bliss. Even with the scorching hot sun. I loved it.
Prior to our departure, I asked O what she would like to wear for our walk. I was thinking shorts and a T-shirt. But nope. Girlfriend said (and yes, she's been copying me using the word "hey girlfriend… dude girlfriend." Really, I need to stop talking to her so much… ahahahahahahaha)… "Momma, I need to wear my beautiful, wedding dress for our walk."
I said, "Boo, we are just going on a quick walk."
O: But momma, I NEEEEEEEED to wear my wedding dress.
How do you say no? You don't. Actually, I try not to get too involved in her outfit coordination because it's a freedom she should own. So even with the crazy hair pins and what not… I try to let it go.
Exhibit #1: See this…done exactly as the boss ordered!!!
Her dad, on the other hand, says… "don't you think she'll stick out too much? Draw too much attention and take away from the class?" Ahahahahahahaha. I'm sure she does to a certain degree, but I don't care. It's her freedom to express herself.
Anyways, I loved this day. It reminded me of what childhood is all about. To explore. To learn. To live without fear of scrutiny and judgment. I loved that she didn't care if her pretty dress got dirty. I loved that she let go of her OCD tendencies to not like getting dirty and took her shoes off and ran into the sand. I loved that she looked exhilarated while throwing sand into the air. It was a moment of pure joy. And a reminder of innocence and love. I hope and pray I never forget this feeling.
This kid… she gives me so many gifts daily. Yes, headaches too. But I am so immensely thankful she walked into my life.
Side note: ****And a quick shout out to my sister for stepping up as a Cancer Survivor Mentor!!! Yay. My sis feels embarrassed when I say she's a survivor. But she is. That's fact. She down plays her cancer bout because she thinks she had the easy one. No one has an easy battle with cancer. Cancer (that bitch… ) is cancer. I'm so proud of her for becoming a mentor for a young 36 year old woman who is going through her own battle against this A-hole disease. It has spread from her thyroid to her lungs and hips due to improper diagnosis… please keep her in your prayers


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Eyes blaze bored, scrutinizing her latest meal stumbling in drunken shock.
Hundreds of years lacking companionship tugs her mind.
Floating soundless, debating her dilemma: mortal or immortal.
He screams.
Irritation fuels his silence.
On to the weekend challenge. This week we're again asking you to stand on the shoulders of another writer. But this time that other writer is you. Take one of your former Trifecta or Trifextra 33 word entries and build upon it with another 33 words. If you are new to the challenge you can use a Trifextra entry from one of the other community members, with their permission of course.
These are the first two weekend challenges from which I continued this segment: Crimson Liquid and Survive To Exist


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"The Wonder Years" meets "The Notebook" in this true-life coming-of-age love story.
If you remember your first love, your first date and your first kiss, then Feels Like the First Time will take you back to those moments. Shawn met Dawn when she moved in next door in 1976. Soon, they were best friends, then became each other's first loves. Shawn was outgoing but bookish, Dawn, beautiful and reserved. Their storybook romance came to an end when Dawn's parents forbid them to see each other.
They obeyed – for 27 years, until a chance meeting swept them up in a storm of emotions and memories. Can the sweet bond of first love not only survive into middle age, but flourish?
Feels Like the First Time lets you share in the magic of young love in small town America in the 1970s. No matter how much the world changes, some things – timeless music, high school dances, making out in the backseat of a Chevy Vega, and of course true love – will always remain the same.
"Both Sides Now," the best selling sequel to "Feels Like the First Time" is also available for the special price of just $2.99 this week. "Both Sides Now" tells of the same events, but from Dawn's perspective.


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Installing flash player on Ubuntu 14.04 is not a very complex scenario. I frequently face it because you need to update it in a regular interval. Adobe flash player is one of the most essential applications you need to play video. For Ubuntu 32 bit you can either manually add it through the software centre or you can better add it through the command line. Open your terminal and type:
Get my all books here….
sudo apt-get update
Next type:
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer
Hopefully it'll work for the 32 bit. But for Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit the procedure is little bit different.
Open the terminal and type:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
It'll open the 'sources.lit' file. After opening it you need to uncomment the below lines .
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner
Then you have to update the repository by typing
sudo apt-get update
Next install it.
sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin
Now just open Adobe Flash Player Version in your browser and you can see the flash player version details.


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The political activist's poetry suggests that in many ways, she is now a victim of her own sacrifices
19 Jun, 2013
Today is Tuesday, my birthday… / Right now my mind doesn't indulge in bowels / So, I'm stealing time from 'leisure' / It frightens me when I muse over the reason of birth and death / When I ponder over the way I'm passing my time from morning till night
Irom Chanu Sharmila
Thus starts Birth—1,000-line 'prose poetry', as its translator Tayanjam Bijoykumar Singh describes it, published in the second half of Minnie Vaid's book, Iron Irom: Two Journeys. Singh has said that the poet in Irom Sharmila, who has been fasting for the repeal of India's Armed Forces Special Powers Act for over a decade now, cannot be restrained despite her being kept in solitary confinement.
This genesis of this poem can be traced to when Deepti Mehrotra, the author of Burning Bright: Irom Sharmila and the Struggle for Peace in Manipur, gifted her a notebook with a pink and blue cover and white sheets. The revolutionary promised that she would use the book to write a very long poem, a poem of 1,000 lines. "I will write about society. I will write about my experiences since childhood. I will write about what I have seen," she had said.
However, the poem, written in 'stream of consciousness' mode, is not easy to read. All poetry must dance. There can be no excuse for a lack of rhythm, or flow. This ambitious poem, which seeks to tackle the existentialist crisis of birth and death, fails to draw you in either by exciting your curiosity, or by the sheer beauty of its language or range of emotions. What comes through is the image of a lonely figure, a tube fixed to her nose, writing in her notebook in an isolated room.
Loneliness is Irom's muse, and so is memory. Confined to her room in Imphal's JN Hospital, dealing with hours that threaten to not dissolve easily, Irom started to write and paint. Her fast-unto-death had started in 2000 after the massacre of civilians by the armed forces in Malom in Manipur.
Revolutionaries are intriguing people. One wonders what makes them stand against the might of authority, or sacrifice the pleasures or comforts of things that consume our lives and imagination. Minnie Vaid writes in her half of the book—a short journey through Manipur's volatile history and an interview with Irom—that once when granted an audience with Irom by the State, she asked her what motivated her to write poetry. "I like to report on society through my writings, it is only a means by God…" she answered.
And truly, the long poem has touched upon everything, from the ownership of land and industrialisation, to feuding tribes and the rising cost of education. Yet there isn't a story here. There isn't enough to make the reader see her world the way she sees it.
That Irom is a victim of her own image is evident in the way she attempts to write on universal truths and dilemmas. Irom ponders the questions of birth and death, wonders about the duties of man, chides man for being selfish, for digressing from what the Lord had said, and wonders about the purpose of life.
If born one is sure to die / One should rather be proud of doing something for the society / One should be satisfied of performing the duties given by the lord …
Obviously, there are limitations to what she can express. A revolutionary, too, is a human being with wants and desires and an urge to love like any other. But more than anything, Irom is the symbol of a protest. And it seems that for the greater good—what human rights groups and sympathisers have stamped her fast's aim as— it is best to deal only in grand thoughts. For symbols of peace and larger-than-life characters like her, free expression has the inherent danger of distracting us from their 'grand sacrifice'.
That Irom Chanu Sharmila would have the urge to explore the meaning of her life, and of a struggle that is in its thirteenth year without food, a tube fixed to her nose, her bones brittle and her hair thinning, is understandable. But mere expression by a revolutionary who is widely venerated is not a reason for adulation.
Irom is child-like in many ways, and that is preserved in the poem. There is wonderment at her own purpose in life, in this world.
Why did He send me to this world / He has put me amidst relatives, enemies and friends / But 'in what form of guise' is what I'm interested to know…
There is existentialist crisis. There are insertions of her own grand endeavour, her sacrifices, references to her own life as a public figure, who has given up food, water and love out of choice. Choice is what sets her apart. She wasn't forced to fast; she wanted to. But over the years, especially after she fell in love, she seems to have become a prisoner of her own sacrifice. For this fast cannot be broken over something as paltry as 'love'.
One of the important problems with the poem is that it may also have been lost in translation. The translation comes with the disclaimer that Singh had only hoped to convey 'larger elements' of its style and imagination and narrative form. This is why he probably fails her. As we read the poem in English, it is bereft of soul and passion. 'Her lines run freely, without any punctuation marks at times. It is however tolerable in verse,' the translator writes, as if in apology mode.
As per Singh, Irom has done a 'comparative study of two persons, one an indolent and the other a hardworking one… She has painstakingly painted a picture of an ideal world where men can live as friends. Characters of different personalities as she sees in the present-day society are sketched with meticulous care.' But there are no characters. There are lines where she hints at her own experiences.
Segregation of my motherland from other country / Only when man has lost the greed for land / Countries would start loving one another / All would be able to 'reap' together real happiness devoid of killings …
She also speaks about the songs of ferrymen when they break the 'tranquillity across the water surface…'. She gives us the sounds of her land, the 'torong torong' of the oars as boats glide across the water, parting the surface with melodies. Such lines are difficult to find, tucked away as they are in between tedious lines where pontification is mixed with lament.
I, a human, love my own self and wish to attain higher stages / Do not wish to cause trouble to loved ones, rather would accept anything / Others will love me as I love myself…
Grandness in thought and writing is sometimes tedious. But that's what makes Birth a poem of her life—not because she writes about herself, but because she doesn't. That would make her commonplace. Irom isn't to be blamed. For she is trapped in her own image. Nothing short of 'grandeur' and 'universal' can be associated with her. Lost in translation, and lost in the narrative of her sacrifice, there she is, the frail woman with the tube in the land 'where the abnormal is normal'.
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3 commuting options that are greener than bicycling
Since I already wrote my annual Bike to Work Week article and my 5 tips didn't exactly go viral, I thought I'd change it up today (Bike to Work Day) and point out that there are a few other commuting options that are potentially greener (with a few important caveats).
Bicycling is widely considered the most efficient mode of transportation on the planet, so you might be skeptical that you can commute to work in any greener way, but I'm pretty positive the options below are genuinely greener... when the stars are aligned right.
First, before jumping into those other options, here's a useful infographic that ranks various transportation modes by efficiency. The data are apparently from 2005, but not much has changed since then.
(Note: I believe there's an error in the infographic and "Plug-In Hybrid" should be "100% Electric Car." Also, the most efficient electric car in the US is now the 100% electric BMW i3, which gets 124 MPGe.)
Okay, so, what's greener than going 984 MPG to work on your bicycle?
1) Jumping on the bus, tram, or subway.
According to the infographic above, a bus only gets about 38 MPG and a passenger train gets about 72 MPG "per person." However, your transit options are going to be running anyway, with or without you. The fuel economy figures for those modes come from assumptions regarding ridership level in order to create a "per person" MPG rating. However, the small extra weight you add by stepping on board doesn't add very much at all to the energy the bus, tram, or subway requires. Unfortunately, I'm not actually sure how much extra energy each of those uses when you get on board, so it would be swell if any of you have done research in this field and could provide more detailed insight.
(Of course, this assumes that you have a transit line nearby that you can quickly/efficiently walk to.)
2) Jumping in your neighbor's car
That is, carpooling... but with the assumption that neither you nor your carpooling partner have to go very far to meet up (and especially that there's no need to drive more for any part of the carpooling trip). The rationale is the same as in #1. From what I've found, the MPG of that extra person is between about 1500 and 2000. (Of course, it depends a lot on the car itself.)
Again, however, just a couple of extra miles with the poor efficiency of a gasmobile puts bicycling back on top.
3) Telecommuting
This is a rather obvious one for someone who already works from home. Telecommuting requires zeroa gallons of fuel. It's also been shown to benefit both the employee and the employer in many ways, so I think it's something many people could bring up with their boss, make the case for, and potentially explore.
However, there's also a caveat with this one. Basically, we need to exercise in order to be healthy. If your bike commute is your way of exercising, then you may as well write it off as a commuting option that requires zero gallons of fuel. If taking transit or telecommuting would make you start going to the gym or would make you join a sports club, then you may actually end up causing net environmental harm if you dropped bike commuting.
In the end, as with many things, it comes down to your unique situation. And there are also many non-environmental reasons to choose one commuting option over another. But since TreeHugger is all about being green, I figured it would be fun to tease out the potential green benefits of these other 3 (less glamorous) commuting options.
Related: The #1 factor that has allowed me to live car-free easily and pleasurably for 10 years


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Episode 71: How To Hire Your Acquisition Manager
July 8, 2016
Justin Colby reviews where to find your acquisition manager, how to hire them, and what their responsibilities are.
In this special podcast you will learn:
- How to live the life of an ENTREPRENEUR?
- How to find and hire your property, lead and acquisition manager?
- Knowing the purpose of hiring a manager – What skills you must look for?
- How important is hiring an assistants in your real estate business?
- Why training and agreements are so important when hiring people
- The power of using video tutorials to train your team
- Strategies to hire and build a great team


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Holy Land Hand-Carved Serpentine Stone Pocket Fish, Jesus
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Made in Biblical Antioch!
This amazing stone pocket fish is made in Biblical Antioch-Turkey, where the followers of Jesus were first called Christians. This all hand made stone fish is carved from a natural stone called black serpentine, which is unique to Antioch.
So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch. (Acts 11:26- NIV)
Package includes one serpentine stone.
- Material: Black Serpentine natural stone
- Size - 1.5" * 0.5"
- Sku: otr-103
Made in Turkey
*Due to the hand-carved nature of the stone, size, shape and design may vary.


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Hey everyone, welcome back to another blog post. Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend, it's back to a full long tiring week for me. Sorry I didn't get to put up a post for Friday I had a hectic Thursday and then Friday was pretty tiring due to me packing for my big move for the end of June. This post is long overdue and actually took more of my time I really wanted to get to this post I am super excited to show what I've got for my summer wardrobe pieces, I actually already posted what i got to my Instagram lately I am super excited to style these together.
The first item is a cream knitted dress I got, i found this dress in the special prices for only $19.00 CAD. I always love looking into the special price section whenever I can because I always try to get the most out of zara when ordering online just because of delivery fees ranking up the prices. Most of the time its always a difference from shopping in person then from online, I love the texture of this dress I love how I can style this up or down in various ways and how it fits me like a glove it was worth the order.
This next piece are these cute summer sandals I absolutely love them because they're really versatile I can pretty much style them with any outfit, that is what I love about them. These shoes were $49.90 CAD, they go already so well with the cream knitted dress I showed earlier. I can't wait to wear them this summer another worth the buy!
I also got this cute Mini city bag that is snake print and bright green, as soon as I seen this I literally had to have it for my summer word robe. I feel like this piece can go with almost anything I wear in the summer plus am kinda into snake-print at the moment to be honest, and what I have noticed is that I love it on shoes and accessories but not so much on clothes. This bag went for $39.90CAD which isn't bad considering the quality and style.
Next is another item I thought that was just super cute because it just brought back memories, which is a cute vintage cartoon T-shirt. Zara has a huge collaboration section with a lot of cartoon t shirts you've might have seen some or even other influencers wearing them. I love that they brought that to their store for the type of style Zara is I actually wouldn't expect that to be honest but I love how they are styling vintage cartoon with their elegant style. I have already bought two shirts you might have seen my other post on Instagram with the Tinker bell T-shirt and this one I got has all the Disney princess on then and I saw that Tiana was on it so you know I just had to get that! You can pair these with cycle shorts for the summer or even cute jeans or jean shorts or even cute maxi skirt and make it a dress up yet down style.
I did buy other items for this haul but I do not want to make this haul super long, so I will be doing a separate part two post on the rest of my four items for the next blog post. I hope you all enjoyed my little mini haul post I just had to do a post on these items I am super excited for the summer I feel like its been cold forever and am all about the colour for accessories. What are your go to style piece for this summer? Let me know in the comments I always love to hear from you all! Remember to comment and like! Thank you all for reading see you Wednesday post hopefully I can get it up by then.


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Genomes to Life Contractor-Grantee Workshop I
Arlington, Virginia, February 9-12, 2003
Session Chairs:
DOE Contact: Dan Drell (BER)
Genome sequence analysis is providing new insights into evolution, biodiversity, gene transfer, and is even challenging the current concept of species in prokaryotic biology. Comparative genomics is an evolving discipline that is benefiting from expanding genome sequencing efforts. The objective of this session is to explore several of the new approaches and scientific insights that are evolving from comparative genomics and to discuss how high-throughput gene sequencing can best facilitate advances in comparative genomics. The format for this breakout session includes a series of overviews by George Garrity (Michigan State University), Frank Larimer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Camilla Nesb (Dalhousie University), and Paul Richardson (Joint Genome Institute). Participants are encouraged to informally share their views and results.
Dr. George Garrity Carolus Linneaus in the postgenomic era
This discussion will focus on a problem that plagues us all to some degree or another - biological nomenclature. Ideally, our formalized system of nomenclature is supposed to improve communication among biologists. In reality, it seems to be a major obstacle, especially when misapplied. Although the problem is evident in the literature, it is most severe in the sequence databases, which now serve as the principal source and repository of data used in comparative biology. Moreover, the sequence databases tend to propagate such errors for a variety of reasons. As biological data proliferates and interconnects, it depends increasingly on software infrastructure, and it becomes increasingly obvious that biological names do not meet the requirements of a good identifier, in strict computing terms. A good identifier should be unique and persistent. As an outgrowth of my current DOE funded project, we have been exploring a practical and workable solution that we believe will help solve the problem in a future-proof fashion.
Dr. Frank Larimer Comparative Genomics of Microbial Photoautotrophs & Relatives
Dr. Camilla Nesb - Comparative Genomics: What to do? Some simple methods"
Comparative approaches including: suppressive subtractive hybridization; sequencing strain-specific loci on lambda clones identified by hybridization to subtraction clones; Long - walk PCR from conserved genes; and BAC cloning of environmental DNA will be discussed. Examples using the genus Thermotogales with the genome sequence of Thermotoga maritima MSB8 as the reference will be provided.
Dr. Paul Richardson - "The genome sequence of Ciona intestinalis offers clues to vertebrate origins."
The whole genome sequencing strategy for Ciona will be described, as will methods used to identify genes. Comparisons of selected gene families found in Ciona with those of other chordates and vertebrates will also be described.
Speaker Contact Information
Dr. George M Garrity
Bergey's Manual Trust
152 Giltner Hall
Dept of Micro/MI State Univ
East Lansing, MI 48824-1101
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Dr. Frank Larimer
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Dr. Camilla Lothe Nesb,
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University
5850 College Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada B3H 1X5
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Dr. Paul Richardson
DOE Joint Genome Institute
2800 Mitchell Drive, B100
Walnut Creek, CA 94598 USA
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Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in South-Western Uganda has won the prestigious Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor, which honours businesses that consistently earn top ratings from TripAdvisor travellers.
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"We are so pleased that one of our most popular lodges, Bwindi Lodge is affiliated with Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, the now award winning attraction,"
"We of course want to thank all of our guests and staff as well as the travel media for acknowledging the success of the Park and subsequently our lodge."
TripAdvisor is the world's largest travel site that recognises the power of travellers' feedback.' We are proud to recognise the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest for earning exceptional traveller rating over the past year,' confirmed Christine Petersen, the President Trip Advisor for Business. The CAM Bwindi Impenetrable Conservation Area Pontious Ezuma says that this certificate is a testimony to the reliably high standards in the park.
Volcanoes has operated its Bwindi Lodge next to the National Park with great success for over ten years and have enjoyed bringing guests to this remarkable natural landscape, not least because of the magical mountain gorillas that call the forest home. The lodge has been built close enough to the forest to feel a part of it and the gorillas don't see a difference, either, having been known to come for a visit occasionally, much to the delight of our staff and guests.
At this stunning eco-lodge with eight bandas, clients can spend the day on the terrace, which juts out into the forest, mesmerized by its exotic sounds watching primates and birds in the canopy. The walk to the river through regenerated bush we have carefully nurtured as a buffer zone is magical. The lodge is an hour's flight from Entebbe, a long drive day's drive from Kampala or six hours' drive from Kigali.
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Tons Of Things And So Less Time, Life At Times Is So Hard….
Yes, that's a truth. Its been tons of things that I have just done in these last two days of mine and still, the list of things is not finished. And to make things more spicy, I am going overseas for a very tough module for which I have done a lot of preparation but still, the heart is beating so much fast because I am aware both about the complexity of the module and the mandatory condition that I must perform well, if not in the best manner, in it. Whether I shall be able to do so or not, I am not sure.
Last week session of mine was a very pleasant experience. There were just four delegates, three guys and one gal but all of them were very friendly and eager to learn the technology of which I was taking the session. One delegate out of four was very witty and he did bring so many moments in the sessions which brought not just smiles but laughter on the faces of all of us. There was one particular thing that he was really interested or was mentioning about, about my wedding :-) . I guess since I did speak about Oracle and the related people to it a lot so much that it left an expression that this is the only thing that I do(which is not true at all) and I probably haven't ever fallen in love with a gal other than falling in love with oracle db! I maintain a very strict distance with the delegates when I am in the session so I didn't answer any such questions and dodged them with my signature style, with a smile :-) . But still, I had a very great time and the delegates gave me so much of respect and honor. One delegate brought a chocolate for me and on the last day and another went completely out of the way to drop me at an office from where I had to collect my passport for an upcoming travel. It was raining so much but still, she and her husband dropped me right on the spot. We all went outside to lunch thrice and it was a great fun. Overall, it was a very nice time that I spent with the delegates and I am happy that I could share with them whatever little I know about oracle db. Though I am not really happy with the rating that I have received and I am not sure the reason of it but still, I am very thankful to the guys for their respect and friendliness and I hope that I was able to tell them a thing or two and make their time and money spent worthwhile. Thanks a bunch guys and I hope I shall meet you all soon.
I have spent the entire day today and the yesterday's night in the preparation of the module that I am going to handle now. There is a huge pressure on me about me and you can imagine from this that I am very tensed about it since the moment I have to come to know about the complexities involved in it. I hope that all would go fine but I am not sure about it. Why? Well call me stupid but even before I have started for it, there are troubles coming up in it and that's what is making me so tensed and nervous, not a good thing to see happening if you ask me!
I need to wake up really early tomorrow so I shall try to have a nap if possible now. Its going to be a long tour and its going to be a really tough week coming ahead. There are tons of things that I need to finish as I said already above and I really have no idea how I shall finish them all. Life is indeed so hard at times and with me, I guess most of the times!


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Used 2017 Forest River RV Cherokee Grey Wolf 26DBH
The Cherokee Grey Wolf 26DBH travel trailer by Forest River offers a single slide out, a u-dinette, and a rear set of double bunk beds.
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1. What is the name, class, and spec of your primary tank?
Theck, a protection paladin. Theck's been my main since release in November 2004.
Ironically enough, Theck was almost a warrior.I started playing with a group of Diablo II friends, and when I told them I was thinking of rolling a warrior, the ringleader said "No way, roll a paladin instead. They're just as good as warriors, but they can heal too." Note that this was at release, and warriors were in a pretty weak state back then, they got buffed a lot pretty early in Classic WoW, if my memory is correct.
2. What is your primary group tanking environment? (i.e. raids, pvp, 5 mans)
Generally 25-man raids. I do enjoy tanking 5-mans, but there's only so much time in the day, I have a lot of alts, and generally Theck isn't in need of the valor points.
3. What is your favorite cooldown for your class and why?
It's a toss-up between GAnK and Holy Shield. GAnK simply because it's powerful and awesome-looking. It's one of the best spell animations/effects in the game right now, in my opinion. Holy Shield because it's a cooldown that I've been wanting for quite a while and because I put a lot of time into defending it in community discussions. Even a week or two before 4.2 arrived, I feel like the discussion about Holy Shield had shifted tone towards the positive, and I'd like to think that I played an important role in helping the community change their mind about the ability.
4. What tanking CD do you use least for your class and why?
Guardian of Ancient Kings, actually. I use Holy Shield and Divine Protection pretty heavily, and I've gotten pretty good at using AD in situations where I can get the "1up" proc to trigger. Since GAnK is our big cooldown, I tend to hang on to it for really dire situations or cases where none of the other options are available. LoH earns an honorable mention because of its long cooldown, but I use it pretty frequently despite that limitation.
5. What do you feel is the biggest strength of your tanking class and why?
By far, I think a paladin's biggest strength is our versatility. We have buttons to press for everything. Our utility spells are second to none, and we can make significant threat<->survivability trades on-the-fly. We're the Swiss Army Knife of tanks.
Sure, we have all the baseline "tanky" stuff, but because of our hybrid / combat support roots we also get things like HoSac, HoProtection, HoSalv, Lay on Hands, WoG, Holy Radiance, and Divine Shield. Other tanks might have an ability that emulates one or two of those, but none have the whole suite. It's almost unfair – you can play so many stupid game-breaking tricks with LoH or Divine Shield alone that all the other tanks would be jealous, let alone the Hand spells and significant raid-healing capabilities.
6. What do you feel is the biggest weakness of your class and why?
A lot of people would say "mobility" here, and I have to admit that one thing I absolutely love about playing my warrior alt is the ability to Charge, Intercept, and Heroic Leap all over the place. But I don't really see that as our biggest weakness. Don't get me wrong, we do suffer in that department. But we have more ranged abilities than the other tanks (Judgement, AS, a second taunt that can pick up multiple mobs, Exorcism in a pinch), which more or less makes up for it. Sure, we can't move to the mobs as easily as a warrior, but no other tank has as many ways to grab mobs from range and pull them in.
In truth, I think the biggest weakness is a meta-weakness. The protection paladin subspec has been ground up and rebuilt in every major expansion. I certainly think that the Cataclysm rendition is the best one so far – it's much better than being "the AoE tank" in BC or "the faceroll tank" in Wrath. But having your mechanics rebuilt every expansion is a double-edged sword. The good side is that every iteration, the devs have been learning more about what works and what doesnt, and they've been able to incorporate that into our new mechanics. The bad side is that the core mechanics change every expansion, so they never really get the time to mature. That's not to say that we're not raid-capable or balanced or anything, but when you look at the mechanics, you can definitely see the "rough patches" around the edges that the devs didn't have time to smooth out.
The best counter-example of this is the protection warrior; they've been tweaking and refining the same basic concept for 6 years now, and it shows. It's elegant, has all the tools it needs, and in general "just works." They've had the time to take the mechanics and adjust them until they evolve into one coherent, intuitive kit. Druids are pretty well-off, as they've kept most of the same core mechanics since BC. DKs are probably still in the same boat as we are.
7. In a raiding environment, what do you feel, in general, is the best tanking assignment for you?
I tend to be an add-hound. My co-tank is also a paladin, so it's not a matter of which class is better-suited to which role. I have a fairly extensive track record of being good at handling multiple mobs. Whether it's good reactions, judicious use of mouseover macros, raid awareness, or something else entirely, I just seem to have a knack for "rounding shit up." So I tend to take those jobs – Felmyst, OS3D, Halion, Maloriak, Nefarian, you get the picture. If there are "many whelps," I'm the guy who handles it. In many cases, the add tank has a more demanding job than the boss tank – ask anyone who's tried both roles on Heroic Nefarian.
8. What tanking class do you enjoy tanking with most and why?
I generally find that it has less to do with class than with player. A good player of any class is a joy to play with, and a bad player of any class can be a frustration.That said, I really do enjoy tanking with another paladin. We have such a strong skill set that doubling up on paladins can almost break certain encounters, and it's nice knowing that the other tank can do everything you can. The downside is that while you can exploit "stupid pally tricks," you don't get to exploit "stupid warrior/druid/DK tricks" on fights where those help.
9. What tanking class do you enjoy tanking with least and why?
Warriors. Not because I don't like warriors, but because every time I see them Heroic Leap I die a little bit inside out of jealousy. Also, I absolutely hate the new sound for Devastate.
10. What is your worst habit as a tank?
Cooldown Hoarding. It's something I've actively been working to fix lately. I have a tendency to sit on cooldowns and save them for emergencies. Often that means I don't pop them until it's too late. It's one of the reasons I loved the new Holy Shield implementation – it gives me the guilt-free cooldown I needed, so that I can hit it at the first sign of danger. I've been getting a lot more liberal about my cooldown usage in general lately though, since the Firelands encounters I've seen so far seem to have fewer prescribed "use this cooldown here" mechanics.
11. What is your biggest pet peeve in a group environment while tanking?
Other tanks that are taunt-happy. It's one of the few things that drives me really batty, especially when it's a new app tank. Spreading the mobs around to minimize the intake on each tank is one thing, but taunting my only mob away when you already have a few of your own is just irritating. Watching you go splat after you do is kind of fun though.
12. Do you feel that your class/spec is well balanced with others tanks for tanking?
If anything, I think that paladins are a little stronger than the other tanks right now. We have pretty high baseline mitigation and a lot of cooldowns to leverage. The best analogy I can come up with is that we're a DK with a shield – lots of cooldowns with much less spike damage. And of course, the versatile raid utility spells we bring to the table doesn't hurt our case.
13. What tools do you use to evaluate your own performance as a tank?
Surprisingly, I don't look at my own WoL parses very much. Most of my self-evaluation comes more immediately and in-game, either by looking at Acheron death logs to see what I did wrong or by figuring out which fight mechanics I need to react to more quickly or effectively. If I didn't die or screw up, then generally the only room for improvement is micromanaging a little better to boost DPS. While that's a laudable goal, it's secondary to "getting the job done." A dead boss is a dead boss, whether it was a pretty kill or not.
14. What do you think is the biggest misconception people have about your tanking class?
That paladins are a faceroll class. It's a stigma that we acquired in Wrath and never really went away. The "new and improved" 939 rotation isn't a huge help in that department, since it's so similar to the old 969. I'd argue that it's finally on-par with the difficulty of a warrior or bear rotation, but the cost of failure (i.e. hitting the wrong buttons) is much less severe for a paladin. It'll take a complete re-work of our rotation to fix that though, so I don't expect to see it happen until 5.0.
15. What do you feel is the most difficult thing for new tanks of your class to learn?
I think that smart use of party/raid utility is probably the toughest thing. The rotation isn't hard to pick up, nor is the basics of using cooldowns. But they're often so focused on these "must hold threat, must survive" parts of tanking that they miss the more subtle aspects of their toolkit.
Learning how to use utility spells is more of an art than a science. Saving party members and avoiding wipes through the use HoSac, HoSalv, HoProt, WoG, Holy Radiance, and so on is one of our biggest strengths. But it's not something that beginner tanks normally concern themselves with, and it's one of those things that you just have to get a feel for through practice.
16. So, how about that whole vengeance mechanic, eh?
Mel and I have had long, longconversations about this. In short, I don't think it's a fundamentally flawed mechanic, but the implementation causes more collateral damage than it needs to. I think that with some refinement, it could be a lot smoother and more enjoyable.
For example, if it stacked faster and/or stacked on dodges or parries as well, it wouldn't be as subject to avoidance-related RNG issues. Similarly, it's basically useless for an off-tank in its current form, and makes tank-swapping unnecessarily complicated ("hey, stop attacking for a few seconds until I get some Vengeance"). If there was an additional "underdog" component, something like "You also gain Vengeance when attacking opponents of higher level," it would make the off-tank feel less useless, would stack faster in PvE, but wouldn't have any effect on PvP.
17. Stamina, Combat Table Coverage, or total Damage Reduction?
I've generally been in the Stamina/CTC camp. TDR was relevant when healers ran OOM healing a tank in the first month or two of Cataclysm, but I think most raiding guilds have progressed past that point. In T11 I went for a balance of Stam and CTC since block-cap carried a significant health cost. As I accumulate more T12 I'm going to aim for CTC to block-cap and then convert any excess itemization to stamina.
18. What tanking class do you feel you understand least?
Death Knights. I tanked some ICC raids on a warrior alt in Wrath, so I'm pretty familiar with warriors. I've tanked a few heroics at 85 on my druid alt, so I feel like I have a rudimentary understanding of how they work. But I've really never played a DK at anything near the level cap, so I just don't have a firsthand feel for how their mechanics work.
19. What add-ons or macros do you use, if any, to aid you in tanking?
Lots. I run around 150-200 addons at any given time, though most of them aren't strictly tanking-related. The tanking-specific ones I do use are TidyPlates, BigBrother to tell me when someone's taunted my target, PowerAuras for special boss notifications/reminders and rotation assistance, Grid and Clique for efficient Hand/Taunt/WoG use on party members, and PitBull for a more informative unit frame layout.
I also use a lot of macros. The one I use most heavily is my mouseover/taunt/cleanse macro, but I also have a keybind or two for targeting or encounter-specific macros that get swapped in and out. I also make use of macros for self-WoG, self-HoSalv, self-HoFreedom, a cancelaura macro for Divine Shield, and probably a few others I've forgotten.
20. Do you strive primarily for balance between your tanking stats (stam, mastery, avoidance), or do you stack some much higher than others, and why?
It depends on the encounter that's giving us the most trouble at the time – I don't generally bother tailoring my gear for farm content. In the past, I've switched from full stam stacking to full CTC depending on what the fight rewarded most. I haven't yet stacked avoidance for any fight, but I could see it happening for heroic Baleroc, for example. If I'm not trying to optimize for any particular fight, I tend to go for a mix of stam and CTC, though now that block-cap is fairly easy to reach I'll be pushing for that first.


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Coming Up Next Week On Jamie's Radio Show – An Interview With Joe Lovano
April 12, 2011 BBC Radio 2 Show, Jamie Cullum News 0 Comments
Next week, American jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano reflects on his career and the musicians who influenced his style. He also talks about his latest projects, including Bird Songs, a new album with Us Five, which explores the music of Charlie Parker.
Find out more about Joe Lovano here