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Winter Weather Advisories in place until 3am for Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Fond du Lac, Dodge and Washington Counties.
Low pressure pulls slowly across the state today keeping a light snow machine in place at least tonight. Snow totals for most will be in the 2-4" range by midnight. In the advisory area snow totals will be 3-5". A few spots may see locally higher amounts closer to 6-7". The snow will persist through midnight in the advisory area.
Salters/plows are out-but slick spots are likely for today and tonight across all of southern Wisconsin. Temperatures will hold in the low 30s on light east winds today.
Light snow lingers Saturday morning and gradually tapers off. More sunshine for Sunday and Monday with highs in the upper 20s. Much colder air for later next week.
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Facebook Promoted Posts vs Sponsored StoriesBlog Post: July 19, 2012
Great Post Justin. We've been testing Promoted Posts since May as well and have seen similar successes - in terms of major increases in visibility on Facebook. Having a post promoted in the middle of the page vs. an ad on the right side certainly helps as well. Similar to a Google SERP, when your ad gets placed on the right side of the page, you notice a huge drop in CTR. What we haven't seen so far is a corresponding increase in clicks off Facebook to the client site . More visibility on Facebook has not translated into visibility off Facebook for us
I'd be interested as well to hear if anyone has tested posts with clear off-site calls-to-action. We are seeing so so results at best on that as well.

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Volunteers Complete Teacher Training Project in Peru
Each year in Peru during the long school holidays in January and February we run a teacher training program for the local Peruvian English teachers. The scheme is very popular with the local teachers and we rely on the volunteers to keep running the course.
Despite extra challenges this year posed by the serious flooding in the region, the volunteers continued with the classes and were able to present the teachers with certificates of achievement at the end of the 6 weeks.
Italian volunteer Irene Bucelli tells us:
"Taking part in the Teacher Training program in Peru has been incredible. Volunteering abroad is meant to be an unforgettable experience but I dare to say that this particular project can be placed as one of the most gratifying, challenging and significant experiences to have in life.
For six weeks we have been teaching both English and teaching strategies to Peruvian teachers. This particular project involves not only Projects Abroad but the Ministry of Education itself. Teachers are attending the course aiming to get a certificate that they need to get more hours to fill up their schedules, but they might as well just want to improve their English. The certificate they obtain at the end is therefore really important to them.
Personally, as I aim to work in education, I want to stress how much I learnt from this experience. It really was a full-time job and it helped me to understand what teaching is (and is meant to be) at a depth I never experienced before.
I now wish I will have the chance to take part in this project again, and this is a feeling I share with everyone in our teaching group. We are already thinking about how to make it possible despite our many engagements!"
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Police in South Carolina want you to have a rose for your sweetie on Valentine's Day. All you have to do is turn in a gun.
Authorities are running the "Guns for Roses" program Saturday at two locations in the central part of the state.
Anyone who turns in a gun gets a free rose and a Best Buy gift card. A handgun gets a $100 gift card, while a rifle or shotgun nets a $50 gift card.
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Richland County sheriff's spokesman Lt. Chris Cowan says there has already been a great turnout at one Columbia location and deputies have seized about 75 guns in the first 90 minutes. Cowan says one man brought six handguns.
He says there is no amnesty for the gun owners. The weapons are checked to see if they are stolen and ballistics test will also be done.
This begs the question, exactly how far will we go for a Best Buy gift card? If this does become successful, maybe President Obama can look at this and implement it on a nationwide level. Or, maybe we can get some dumb athletes to hand in their gun so they don't shoot themselves in their own thigh.
Happy Valentine's Day and remember, it don't matter how you get you special someone a gift, as long as it's legal.


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Eighty-three of the nation's 100 largest corporations, including Citigroup, Bank of America and News Corp., had subsidiaries in offshore tax havens in 2007, and some of the companies received federal bailout funding, a government watchdog said Friday.
The Government Accountability Office released a report that said Bank of America Inc., Citigroup Inc. and Morgan Stanley all had more than 100 units in countries that maintain low or no taxes. The three financial institutions were included in the $700 billion financial bailout approved by Congress.
Insurance giant American International Group Inc., which has received about $150 billion in bailout money, had 18 subsidiaries. JPMorgan Chase & Co. had 50 units and Wells Fargo & Co. had 18; both financial institutions received government bailout money.
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Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., who requested the report, have pushed for tougher laws to fight offshore tax havens around the globe. Levin, who leads the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, has estimated abusive tax havens and offshore accounts cost the U.S. government at least $100 billion a year in lost taxes.
"I think we should take action to shut down these tax dodgers and we will be introducing legislation to do just that," Dorgan said.
General Motors Corp., which received $13.4 billion from the federal rescue package, had 11 offshore subsidiaries while GM's financing arm, GMAC LLC, had two offshore units. GMAC, whose majority owner is private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP, received $5 billion from the Treasury Department in late December.
Citigroup said in a statement that it has more than 4,000 subsidiaries around the globe "which enables us to serve hundreds of millions of individuals and institutions in more than 100 countries." Officials with Bank of America and News Corp. declined comment. Messages were left with several of the companies identified in the report.
Separately, the GAO said 63 of the 100 largest federal contractors maintain subsidiaries in 50 tax havens.
Levin noted that many competitors use the tax havens to varying degrees. PepsiCo Inc. has 70 subsidiaries while the Coca-Cola Co. has eight units. Caterpillar Inc. had 49 while Deere & Co. had three.
"We need to put an end to the use of offshore secrecy jurisdictions as tax havens," Levin said.
The GAO said the subsidiaries could be established in the countries "for a variety of nontax business reasons" and that having a business unit in one of the countries "does not signify that a corporation or federal contractor established that subsidiary for the purpose of reducing its tax burden."
Citigroup had 427 units in 23 countries, including 91 subsidiaries in Luxembourg and 90 in the Cayman Islands. Morgan Stanley had 273 units, News Corp. had 152 and Bank of America had 115. Procter & Gamble Co. had 83 subsidiaries and Pfizer Inc. had 80 in the jurisdictions.
Several major corporations have announced plans to leave Bermuda, a leading offshore business center, amid the global financial crisis and fears of tighter tax rules. Tyco Electronics Ltd., which makes electronic components, and Foster Wheeler Ltd., an engineering and construction company, are reincorporating in Switzerland — which has a tax treaty with the U.S. — for tax and other reasons. Covidien Ltd., a health care products company, is heading to Ireland.


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Dr. Steely performs neck lift surgery (platysmaplasty) to remove excess skin and fatty tissue from the neck for a smoother look. He also tightens neck muscles to redefine the jaw line, restore a normal chin and create a younger, fitter looking facial appearance. A neck lift is often combined with a face lift, brow lift, eyelid surgery and/or liposuction surgery for a proportional aesthetic solution.
Many males would like very much to remove the hanging skin below their chin – the so called "turkey neck" – and do not wish to undergo a full neck lift. For these patients, Dr. Steely uses a special procedure called the T-Z-plasty (see below) which has a high rate of satisfaction among patients who have it performed.
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The track work will consist of a continuous loop with sidings to the winery and an engine shed. A small vineyard will be set on one end. Other predominant features will be a fuel tank, a roadway/parking area with a truck and a small trestle across a bog.
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I wouldn't mind there being a complete compatibility with sparc64 and powerpc between:
openbsd and freebsd
openbsd and netbsd
netbsd and freebsd.
I've asked on the freebsd mailing list about linux compatibility for the ppc architecture- this would be good on some low end machines- and learned that they are working on such.
Okay, so what's your opinion on what compat layer has value?
This post has been altered. I was feeling bad but now I am not.
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You're not the only person that has problems, you're seeing conspiracy where there isn't one.
The binary compatibility layers were quite important at one point, but a lot of stuff has open source replacements.. Netscape was once distributed as a Linux/BSDI-only binary at one point.
They do not support emulating binaries from other architectures, the compatibility layers consist only of system call translations.. ABI compatibility.
As for your impatience, someone else will respond when they have something to say.
Take care of yourself.
I know that. Unfortunately, I have to explain myself at times.
It seems that NetBSD has the most compatibility options.
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Yeah, I get that from FreeBSD at times also.
"Blah blah blah didn't end on cylinder boundary." Happened when I used an Ubuntu PPC disk to partition the G4.
Something that OpenBSD has over FreeBSD are more supported architectures.
I never use compatibility layers for anything, so sorry if I'm unsympathetic.
I think effort spent on compatibility layers or effort to keep something like ffs compatible between forked BSD projects is wasted effort. It's the sort of thing you'd need to be paying developers for and more than that would have it be part of their job requirements that they maintain such an interface across every release with a formal QA organization checking up on them. Since the other projects you'd be maintaining compatibility with are changing too, it would be a frustrating requirement even if you were being paid and had organizational support.
For a project like OpenBSD, it's completely the right thing in my opinion for them to throw away these compatibility layers whenever they want and to tell users in clear terms that they shouldn't expect to use FFS filesystems or disklabels from other BSDs under OpenBSD and expect it to work.
Furthermore, this is a case where giving a patch isn't enough, you (and some other people?) would have to be in it for the long haul. If you give them a patch to keep up some small part of the compatibility layer, what should they do with it? They could take it and hope that more patches will come so that they'll more or less keep something sort of working. Or they could say to themselves that they don't like offering half-working flaky solutions that aren't long term sustainable and suggest that anyone wanting such a compatibility layer gather their own project together with other interested parties and maintain it themselves outside the main tree. If I were doing an OS, I'd at most offer some simple mechanism that redirects system calls so that the layers could be done as userland libraries and suggest anyone wanting such a thing start something up on github or whatever their preferred place for putting their code is. It's the sort of thing that ought to be in the ports system, not in the main tree.
Seems to me in this they're actually less idealistic and purist in how they've approached it since some of these layers still exist. I guess some of their developers must have used them for something once upon a time or use them now.
The other aspect not mentioned in this thread (I failed to stress this explicitly enough in my earlier response...) is that the OpenBSD project does not let user requests determine either policy or direction without accompanying code submissions. Pleas for feature requests without code are simply ignored. It is important to understand that the target audience of the OpenBSD project is the project developers themselves. The rest of us merely benefit from their work, but we have no say in how the project is managed. Those interested in OpenBSD should take the time to familiarize themselves with the project's goals publicly stated at the following:
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In my previous blog article http://blogs.adobe.com/globalization/invoking-icu-from-adobe-air-applications-2, I demonstrated using the AIR3 ActionScript Native Extensions feature to invoke ICU from an AIR application. I used the AIR developer tools to compile and build various components. In this article, I demonstrate the same using the prerelease version of Adobe Flash Builder 4.6. It is much simpler to do this in Flash Builder avoiding the cumbersome command line.
The prerelease version of Adobe Flash Builder4.6 has a new Flex SDK version 4.5.2, which has AIR3 integrated. Please download the sample files as follows.
- Download AirIcuExtension MS Visual Studio project (AirIcuExtensionNative)
- Download AirIcuExtension actionscript library and ANE files (AirIcuExtension)
- Download AiricuExtensionTest test project (AirIcuExtensionTest)
You will need the following software to build an ICU extension for AIR platform.
- MS Visual Studio 2010 (to build AIR native extension DLL coded in C/C++)
- Adobe Air 3 download (To build Adobe Actionscript extension) from http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/air3.html . Install the AIR 3 runtime.
- Adobe Flash Builder 4.6 prerelease version. Please see
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/whats-new-flex-flash-builder-46.html https://prerelease.adobe.com/callout/default.html?callid=DC919522A42544798C33ECB4041FC5DC
for details. Download it to C:FB4.6.
- ICU 4.8 binaries (http://site.icu-project.org/download/48). Download windows 32bit VC2010 zip. Unzip the libraries to any folder. My sample downloaded to C:icuicu4.8.1win32 folder.
1 Building ICU extension for Adobe AIR
Adobe AIR t native extensions, also known as 'ane' or 'ANE' files are archived packages. These consist of
- ActionScript wrapper classes calling into external DLLs
- The external DLLs
- XML file describing details of external DLLs
The archived ANE files are used just like SWC libraries in integrating into an AIR application. In other words, ANE file is a library and it has public ActionScript APIs.
Covering all details about the ActionScript extension is too much for this blog article, but I will explain the steps to build this sample and run. Below are the sequential steps and commands.
1.1 Building Windows AIR ICU Extension DLL
1) The AirIcuExtensionWin folder has the Visual studio solution 'AirIcuExtension.sln'. Open this in MS VS2010.
2) The file AIRIcuExtension.cpp has the necessary code needed to interface with Adobe AIR 3. It also has the wrapper routines calling ICU C functions.
3) This is a DLL project and the build output is AirIcuExtension.dll
1.2 Building ActionScript Library in FB 4.6
1.2.1 Building the ActionScript library
Create a new ActionScript Library project and name it AirIcuExtension. See the downloaded ActionScript FB4.6 library project.
1.2.2 Packaging ActionScript native extension
To package an ANE, you still need to do it in commandline. FB 4.6 does not have a feature yet to generate ANEs in the IDE.
Open the binAirIcuExtension.swc is a zipped archive. Open it using WinRAR or WinZip program and extract the library.swf file in the swc package into the AirIcuExtensionbin folder.
The folder srcresources contains file extension.xml, AirIcuExtension.dll and ICU dlls icudt48.dll, icuuc48.dll, icuio48.dll and icuin48.dll. The file external.xml defines the external library details to AIR runtime.
For simplicity, place the AirIcuExtension.dll, ICU dlls and extension.xml files in AirIcuExtensionbin folder. All these files are packaged into a zipped archive called AiricuExtension.ane using the following command.
C:FB4.6sdksbinadt -package -storetype pkcs12 -storepass <passwd> –keystore <AIR certificate> -tsa none -target ane AirIcuExtension.ane extension.xml -swc AirIcuExtension.swc -platform Windows-x86 library.swf AirIcuExtension.dll icudt48.dll icuin48.dll icuio48.dll icuuc48.dll
Using Adobe FlashBuilder4.6 or C:FB4.6sdksbinadt program, one can generate an AIR certificate.
The output is an archive file AirIcuExtension.ane in the AirIcuExtensionbin folder.
1.3 Building the Test program AirIcuExtensionTest.mxml
Now that we built and packaged the native extension package AiricuExtension.ane, we are ready to use this and call ICU services in a test program.
The folder AirIcuExtensionTestsrc contains the test file AirIcuExtensionTest.mxml. The descriptor file AirIcuExtensionTest-app.xml has the details of native extension.
Flash builder4.6 has a new feature to link Flash applications with ANE files. As you see from the FB4.6 project properties 'Flex Build Path' command, there is a new tab for Native Extensions. Using 'Add ANE' button, add the AirIcuExtension.ane file present in the AirIcuExtension/bin folder as shown below.
Also see the 'Flex Building Package' command in the project properties, there is a new tab for Native Extension. Please make sure that the check box for AiricuExtension is On.
The output swf file AirIcuExtensionTest.swf is placed in the bin-debug folder.
1.4 Building AIR package for executing AirIcuExtensionTest
The final step is to package the above AirIcuExtensionTest .swf and AirIcuExtension.ane files into an AIR executable folder. We can do this in FB4.6 now instead of using tedious command line.
- IN FB4.6, select AiricuExtensionProject and execute menu command Project->Export Release Build…
- In the ensuing dialog, choose Signed native installer radio button. We can only create native installers as we are using OS specific ANE package.
- In the Native Extensions tab, make sure that the AirIcuExtension.ane checkbox is On.
- Finish creating the release build after entering the correct AIR certificate credentials.
The output of the above command is an installer AirIcuExtensionTest.exe. By executing it, you can install the test program.
2 Conclusion
The sample illustrated how to invoke ICU from ActionScript. The AIR ICU extension is easy to build using the upcoming AdobeFlash Builder 4.6 release. ANE is a great feature for AIR developers and AIR applications can make use of the platform or ICU provided globalization services.


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Chris Rock, known for his comedy, had to put the jokes aside and deal with a legal challenge over his documentary about hair. A woman asked a federal judge in Los Angeles to stop next Friday's nationwide release of Rock's film "Good Hair."
But the judge has rejected her bid and the show will go on.
Regina Kimbell claimed her 2006 documentary "My Nappy Roots" is the basis for Rock's documentary and contends the comedian stole the concept from her.
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But Rock has said in interviews that he got the idea for the film when his 6-year-old daughter asked him why she didn't have "good hair."
Kimbell was seeking $5 million in damages and an injunction preventing Rock and HBO Films from distributing and showing "Good Hair" without Kimbell's consent and from "designating anything other than 'My Nappy Roots' as the inspiration" for Rock's film. Kimbell contends she screened her film for Rock in 2007.
In Kimbell's feature-length film, celebrities and others discuss such hair techniques and styles as the conk, press and curl, the Afro, the Jheri curl, and dreadlocks. The film won the best documentary prize at the 2007 Hollywood Black Film Festival.
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AspEncrypt is an Active Server component that brings security to your applications through encryption. With AspEncrypt, you can encrypt data, send S/MIME-based secure mail, compute one-way hash values, generate and verify digital signatures, issue and manage X.509 digital certificates, and more. This component can be used in an ASP/ASP.NET or VB environment on Windows 2000/XP/2003/2008/Vista/7.In this article we will tell you about "How to Use AspEncrypt as a Client-site ActiveX Control".
Starting with Version 2.0, the AspEncrypt.dll file contains an ActiveX control component called XEncrypt which can be used on the client side inside Internet Explorer 4.0+. All the cryptographic operations offered by AspEncrypt can now take place on the user's machine and not just the web server. XEncrypt exposes the same properties and methods as CryptoManager with the exception of a few methods not applicable to client-side operations. Most importantly, XEncrypt allows your Web-based application to perform operations involving the user's private key such as digital signing or data decryption without jeopardizing the security of the private key. XEncrypt does not require a registration key, so you do not need to purchase a license for every client machine XEncrypt will be downloaded to. However, XEncrypt will only work under IE and not any other environment such as VB, etc. For containers other than IE, you must continue using the CryptoManager object which requires a registration key.
The XEncrypt ActiveX control resides in the same DLL as the rest of the AspEncrypt objects, aspencrypt.dll. To use XEncrypt on the client side, your web page must reference it using the <OBJECT> tag, as follows:
<OBJECT CLASSID="CLSID:F9463571-87CB-4A90-A1AC-2284B7F5AF4E" CODEBASE="aspencrypt.dll" ID="XEncrypt"></OBJECT>
The CLASSID attribute is the globally unique identifier (GUID) of the XEncrypt control. The CODEBASE attribute points to a relative path of the file aspencrypt.dll on your server. For this code to work, you must place the file aspencrypt.dll in a virtual directory on your web server where the browser can find and download it from. Note that you do not need to register aspencrypt.dll in that location. Your web server may have the file aspencrypt.dll registered in, say, the system folder c:\winnt\system32, and another copy of that file placed in the same virtual directory as the HTML or ASP files that reference it. The ID attribute is to be used by client-side VBScript to reference the XEncrypt control (see code samples below). AspEncrypt is a digitally signed DLL, so when your users run this page for the first time, they will see a dialog box similar to this: XEncrypt is an invisible control with no user interface. It can only be invoked by client-side script. The code sample http://localhost/aspencrypt/client_side/simple_client.asp demonstrates simple text encryption and decryption performed on the client side:
<OBJECTclassid="CLSID:F9463571-87CB-4A90-A1AC-2284B7F5AF4E"codeBase="aspencrypt.dll"id="XEncrypt"></OBJECT> <FORM NAME="myForm"><INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="txtEncr" SIZE="60" VALUE="Text to encrypt"><INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" OnClick="Encrypt" VALUE="Encrypt">
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text: The third substantive session of the UN Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks was held at UN Headquarters in New York from 15-26 August 1994. During the first week delegates reviewed the Chair's RNT. General comments were delivered in the Plenary and consultations were carried out in informal-informals. During the second week, the Chair issued a Draft Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (the "Draft Agreement"), based on the comments that delegates had made on the RNT. Informal consultations on the most difficult issues were then carried out between the Chair and interested delegations. Delegates reacted to the text and the last version of the Draft Agreement was issued in document A/CONF.164/22 before the Conference adjourned.


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PHILADELPHIA — Just days after the official end of one of the snowiest winters on record, another storm began its trek up the Interstate 95 corridor Tuesday, blanketing Washington and dropping flurries in Philadelphia on its way to Cape Cod, which was expected to be hardest hit.
A blizzard warning was in place for Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket beginning early Wednesday. Forecasters warned of wind gusts as high as 70 mph with near-zero visibility at times, including during the morning rush hour. As much as 10 inches of snow could fall there.
After months of back-to-back-to-back snowstorms, most Americans were ready to embrace spring when it began last week. But the feeling of relief turned to dismay Tuesday when it became clear winter wasn't going away quietly.
"I'm ready for summer," 25-year-old nurse Krystina Smith declared as she rode the subway in Boston. "It's April. When will it stop? I have to work tomorrow, and I don't want to have to shovel again before I go in."
The National Weather Service insisted the timing, though unwelcome, wasn't out of the ordinary.
"It is not unusual to have storms this late in the year," weather service spokesman Bill Simpson said, adding that April has seen quite a few big storms in the past. The Boston area got more than 2 inches of snow in an April storm last year and was blanketed with almost 2 feet the same month in 1997.
"The snowfall can go early or stay late," said William Babcock of the weather service. "When you are in New England, it all depends on the year."
A powerful low-pressure system was expected to develop off the Mid-Atlantic coast Tuesday night. Where and how much snow falls will depend on the storm's track. But wind and temperatures of 20 to 25 degrees below normal were expected to cover the Mid-Atlantic states and New England as the storm traveled from southern Virginia to Maine.
More than half a foot of snow was forecast to hit southeastern Massachusetts on Tuesday evening into Wednesday, and parts of coastal Maine could also see snow. The weather service also warned of coastal flooding and significant beach erosion along the Massachusetts coast.
On Cape Cod, the heaviest snowfall was expected early Wednesday, and that could make it a rough commute into work, Simpson said. Snowfall totals there could range from 5 to 10 inches.
Boston and northern Massachusetts could get 2 to 4 inches of snow, and coastal New Hampshire may see 1 to 2 inches. Areas west of Boston to Worcester are forecast to get about an inch.
"I can't wait for it to warm up," said 20-year-old Dajuan Davis, of Boston, a massage school student bundled up in a heavy jacket. "I'm from North Carolina. I'm not used to this cold weather."
Elsewhere, coastal Rhode Island, Connecticut and eastern Long Island in New York are expected to get 2 to 5 inches, while New York City is expected to get less than an inch. Portions of New Jersey and Pennsylvania could get 2 to 4 inches of snow.
Far eastern Maine could get 8 to 14 inches. Washington County, on Maine's eastern tip, could see wind gusts of 50 mph that will likely cause scattered power outages, said meteorologist Mike Kistner.
By Tuesday night, 3.8 inches of snow had fallen at Dulles International Airport, bumping the total for the season to 52.8 inches, said meteorologist Amy Bettwy in Sterling, Va. That tops the 50.1 inches that fell during the 2002 season, making this the unofficial third snowiest winter in the Washington area since record-keeping began in 1962, Bettwy said. The ranking will become official after midnight.
The precipitation in Washington and northern Virginia was expected to change over to rain by late evening.
The Northeast has had below-normal temperatures this spring. And, with Easter less than a month away, many people — and businesses — are ready to say so long to snow and frigid temperatures.
"Business has been down almost 10 percent," said Bill Zimmer, owner of multiple restaurants and hotels on the Cape. "Enough is enough."


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Birmingham way!? Somewhere around London!? Shropshire!? These were the sort of answers I was getting at my football - albeit Premiership - obsessed office in Sussex the week before this fixture, when I walked around with a clipboard asking football fans 'Where do Forest Green Rovers reside'!? Time simply flies by at my place of work.
Evidently, two coach loads of Doncaster Rovers fans were also clueless as to the whereabouts of 'The Little Club On The Hill' (nod to Wikipedia) some years back as they'd arrived in London for their away fixture with FGR. Whoops/snigger.
They are actually based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, lying in one of the Stroud Valleys in the Cotswolds. It's a delightful village and one which would grace any pre-match drinking session. Hell, you could even take your wife there when - get this - there wasn't even a match on. It has a bit of a reputation of being tricky to get to but in reality, it's not that hard. Only 90 minutes out of London Paddington on the train (hello Donny fans) to Stroud and then a 4 mile bus/taxi/*cough* walk to Nailsworth. It's worthy (Nailsworthy?) of the trip.
Lewes approached this match in pretty good shape. I say that but they'd actually lost their last - gulp -17 games in a row. They were also (thumbs through little black book of excuses) without half of their first team squad including, shinning light/man of the season/all round class in a glass David Wheeler who was away playing for England (schoolboys). Their manager had also resigned a few weeks beforehand, the club had only just batted away the threat of administration, they'd been relegated during the week and resorted to scratching around other teams apprentice players to gather a squad together for this match. Apart from that they were in fine shape.
On the previous Saturday, Forest Green Rovers had scored 5 (five!) goals in just one half (one half!) of football away (away!) to Altrincham. To put this into a smidgen of perspective, it had taken Lewes 1625 minutes of football to notch up their last five goals. Unfair sides or what!?
The Lewes away support this season has become stuff of legend. Turnouts include; Altrincham (5), Salisbury (3), Torquay (4), Wrexham (13), Burton (15) etc etc...if Noris Mcquirter was still alive, surely he'd be jotting these figures down in his Guinness Book of Records notebook. For this match Lewes actually had a respectable turn out of 13. 10 on the club mini bus and 3 of the European Football Weekends team; Cynical Dave, Big Deaks and myself who had travelled to the game by train from Brighton.
We were met upon our arrival in Nailsworth by EFW Facebook member and FGR fan Phil Sheppard and his merry band of mates. These lads were spot on and a pleasure to spend the day with. We kicked off with a couple of pints in the Village Inn, walked across to The Britannia and then, like men we walked up (up!) the steep hill to the ground - actually because we'd missed the bus - and had another couple of pints in the clubs own pub 'The Green Man' attached to the main stand.
FGR's 1982 Wembley Triumph. Still talking about it now? (tick).
Clubshop fully stocked (tick).
Inside the Green Man we were joined by members of the Forest Green Rovers Ultras who go by the name of the 'Rockwool Army' - named after the stand that they reside in during games making no little noise in the process. Fans were getting misty eyed as they chatted to us about winning the FA Vase at Wembley (1982) and their rivalry with Gloucester City.
Lewes took the lead in the game (I'm sorry, run that one by me again - Ed). Yes - it's true - we witnessed it all with our very own mince pies, Lewes actually took the lead. Joe Keehan opened the scoring in the 5th minute when he unleashed a shot downwind that flew into the bottom corner of the net. 1-0 to The Rooks. If only York City hadn't sent us down in the week. All we'd have had to do is win the next seven games in a row with York, Ebbsfleet and Grays not gaining a further point and outscore the aforementioned Ebbsfleet by 52 goals to boost our goal difference and we'd be staying up. Nuts.
Don't panic Mr Mannering. Normal service was shortly resumed. Rovers scored four times in reply, Lewes had two players sent off and conceded their mandatory penalty. Still, in fairness, Lewes didn't disgrace themselves and their youthful looking team can be fairly pleased with their afternoons work, save for the sendings off. The first one was fairly dubious as skipper Anthony Barness pulled down hatrick man Andy Mangan. Some say he got the ball but the ref thought otherwise and as he was the last defender he had to go. The 2nd was fully deserved, Stefan Cox stamped on Rovers substitute Paul Lloyd and I'm not too sure that's in the rules. Red card son.
How many grounds can you say that the sheep on the hills get a good view!?
The Rockwool Army
Lewes fans invade the pitch. Cynical, Danny and Big Deaks.
Bradley the Badger. Club Mascot or at least I think s/he is.
Welcome to sunny Gloucestershire.
Jack Russell - all round(er) legend.
So leaving our new friends behind - who'd agreed to attend the EFW Oktoberfest in Holland and Belgium - the EFW team made their way back to Brighton. It was still jauntiness personified on the way home despite the inevitable defeat and relegation. Relegation is actually no bad thing for Lewes. Beer will be allowed back on the terraces next season (hurragghh) and we can change ends at the half time interval of every game (hurrraggghh). Relegation's what you need.


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Penn State Abington sports scoreboard
Penn State Abington sports scoreboard
Scores and student athlete honors for the week of Oct. 21.
Women's soccer
Abington 1, Cabrini College 1
Abington 7, College of St. Elizabeth 0
Women's volleyball
Bryn Athyn College 3, Abington 0
Susquehanna University 3, Abington 0
Ursinus College 3, Abington 1
Abington 3, Alvernia University 1
For box scores and complete game coverage, go to www.abingtonsports.com/index.aspx.
Two Abington student athletes were honored by the North Eastern Athletic Conference for the third consecutive week:
Co-men's Cross-Country Runner of the Week: Alexander Kane
Women's Cross-Country Runner of the Week: Valerie Santangelo
For more information on Abington NCAA Division III athletics, go to www.abingtonsports.com.
Last Updated October 28, 2013


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Love Breaking Bad and wondering what to do when the show wraps up this summer? Better Call Saul.
Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan has publicly hinted that he'd like the show's universe to continue in some form, most likely via a spinoff starring Bob Odenkirk as sly, ethically-challenged attorney Saul Goodman. Now that production has wrapped on the series' final eight episodes, attention will now turn to what's next — and perhaps getting a deal done for the new show.
Insiders stress that no deals are in place yet — including ones for Gilligan, who just returned from the show's New Mexico set, or Odenkirk. Gilligan would create the pilot with Breaking Bad writer Peter Gould — who wrote the Season 2 episode "Better Call Saul" (in 2009) that first introduced the character. Sony Pictures TV and AMC will also have to come to a deal as talent is put in place.
Odenkirk has expressed interest in a show, and even joked with Rolling Stone last year that he could see Saul as either the mayor of Las Vegas or as a flashy Los Angeles lawyer. Gilligan, too, has said several times in interviews that he'd like to make the show happen. As Saul himself once said, "Let's just say I know a guy...who knows a guy...who knows another guy."


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Pecan Pie Ice Cream Recipe
Pie meets ice cream in this rich and creamy pecan-vanilla ice cream amped up with a salty molasses-twinged gooey swirl.
Note: Let the ice cream base firm up in the freezer for a few hours before adding the swirl, otherwise the swirl will integrate too much into the base and sink to the bottom of the container. When adding the swirl, fold it in just enough to distribute with a large spatula or spoon.
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- Yield:makes about 5 cups
- Active time: 1 hour
- Total time:5 hours, plus an overnight chill
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 cup milk
- 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped
- 2 cups (about 8 ounces) pecans, toasted and roughly chopped, divided
- 6 egg yolks
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/4 teaspoons Kosher salt, divided
- 1/2 cup light (clear) corn syrup
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 teaspoons bourbon
For Pecan-Vanilla Ice Cream: Bring cream and milk to a simmer in a heavy saucepan over medium heat. Add vanilla and 4 ounces pecans, turn off heat, cover, and let steep for 1 to 2 hours.
Whisk egg yolks and granulated sugar together in a mixing bowl until thoroughly combined. Pour dairy through a fine mesh strainer into yolk mixture, whisking constantly. Whisk to combine and return mixture to saucepan. Discard pecans and vanilla bean. Cook dairy mixture over medium heat, whisking frequently, until a custard forms on the back of a spoon but a swiped finger leaves a clean line. Strain custard into an airtight container (preferably wide and shallow), stir in 1/2 teaspoon salt, and chill overnight or at least 6 hours. The next day, churn in ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions. Chill in freezer until firm but not totally solid, 2 to 3 hours.
For Bourbon Pecan Swirl: In a small, heavy saucepan, combine corn syrup, brown sugar, molasses, butter, and remaining 3/4 teaspoon salt. Cook on low heat until all ingredients are combined and sugar is fully dissolved. Stir in remaining 4 ounces toasted pecans. Stir in bourbon and reduce heat to very low, keeping sauce just warm enough to stay mobile.
Using a large spoon or flexible spatula, quickly fold pecan swirl into ice cream, just enough to distribute without integrating swirl into base. Return to freezer to harden for 2 to 3 hours before serving. Pecan chunks may have settled to the bottom of the container, so scoop all the way to the bottom when serving.
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text: Catching RedBits differences in .NET 2.0 and .NET 2.0SP1 October 15, '07 Comments [6] Posted in ASP.NET | Learning .NET | Microsoft | Programming Sponsored By When you install .NET 3.5 on your system, while the .NET CLR is the same and runs the same, there's some additional Properties and Methods that were added to the Base Class Libraries in order to make some 3.5 features like LINQ work as well as fix a few customer issues. Daniel Moth has a very nice diagram explaining what "RedBits" and "GreenBits" mean. "When we say red bits, those are Framework bits that exist in RTM today i.e. NetFx v2.0 and NetFx v3.0...When we say green bits, we mean brand new assemblies with brand new types in them. These are simply adding to the .NET Framework (not changing or removing) just like Fx 3.0 was simply adding to v2.0 without changing existing assemblies and without changing the CLR engine." Krzysztof has a blog post about these new (kinda obscure) APIs and fortunately a nice FxCop Rule you can drop into your C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Team Tools\Static Analysis Tools\FxCop\Rules folder and you'll get a nice warning if you bump into one of these APIs. To be clear, they are not something you'll bump into in your regular life, but it's possible. Dan Moseley blogged about this from the MSBUILD point of view. The situation you might get into would be that you'd develop on a Visual Studoi 2008 system with .NET 3.5 and targeted .NE T Framework 2.0 (but you have 2.0 SP1 with these new 2.0 methods), then you deploy to an older system that has only .NET 2.0 RTM (not Service Pack'ed). At this point you might get a MethodMissingException because that older system might not have the new method or property. Of course, you could just install the latest 2.0, but if you don't want to, then don't use the new methods/types/properties. Hence the optional FxCop Rule. Krzysztof send me a text file with the list of new Properties and Methods and I wrote a little program to generate an HTML file that shows the additions (many are new overloads) and links them to MSDN help. I couldn't get to the exact method overloads so do make sure the parameters line up when you're reading the help. http://www.hanselman.com/blog/content/binary/RedBitsChangesv2.html NOTE: This is a different list from the original diff I did between 3.5 and 2.0. The original list was the differences between all of 2.0 and 3.5 and this list is JUST the BCL. Just the core. « If your method can't do what it's name p... | Blog Home | The Five Second Rule - Does it Apply Int... » About Scott Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author. About Newsletter Sponsored By Hosting By Comments [6] Share on: Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or use the Permalink


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As part of the Starz portion of the TCA Press Tour, President and CEO Chris Albrecht took some time to talk about the shows they currently have in production, and what their upcoming slate will look like. During the interview, he spoke about how they decide what original programming will be done for Starz and what will be done for Encore, the production challenges of the Michael Bay pirate series Black Sails (currently in pre-production in South Africa), how they came to the decision to end Spartacus, their desire to continue to work with that show's creator Steven DeKnight, and when Black Sails, Da Vinci's Demons, Marco Polo and Noir could hit the air. Check out what he had to say after the jump.
Question: What shows do you currently have in production, right now?
CHRIS ALBRECHT: We've completed production on Spartacus: War of the Damned and Season 2 of Boss. We are in production on Da Vinci's Demons. We are about to start production, in a couple of weeks, on the second season of Magic City. And we are in pre-production in South Africa on Black Sails, the pirate show that Michael Bay is bringing to us. We are excited about all of those shows that we have going.
How do you decide which shows are for Starz and which shows are for Encore?
ALBRECHT: The expensive ones are for Starz. No. We decided, as part of our Encore strategy, to broaden and strengthen and help focus the Encore plexus by adding original programming. Throughout my career, I've realized that there are a lot of great opportunities out there to be associated with programming. It may have started elsewhere, as Crimson Petal did in the UK. So, our main strategy for Encore is to go through those types of partnership acquisitions. In the mini-series area, we are going to have a regular year-round, weekly presence on Encore of classic mini-series and a new mini-series that we are bringing. For the time being, I think the home of mini-series will be on Encore.
How are you going to accomplish Black Sails with all of the production complications that you might have at sea? Will anything you developed on Spartacus, as far as green screen, be beneficial to Black Sails?
ALBRECHT: Yes, I think all of the innovations that have happened in film and television are going to help accomplish something really unique on Black Sails. We are certainly not going to be doing what we did on Spartacus, which is to shoot the show all interior. One of the reasons to go to South Africa is because we can create great standing sets, both interior and exterior, and have the opportunity to create an actual water set outside, which will allow us to build a boat and probably part of another ship to be able to really bring that world to life. Michael Bay and his team are experts in exciting tentpole-type film and television, and the combination of their film experience plus the great television writers that have come on will be really successful in bringing us something really unique. We are looking to put on these big canvas shows, and Black Sails is going to fit into that. The scripts have been terrific. Everything that we are trying to do is incredibly ambitious, and this is certainly in that category.
What went into the decision to end Spartacus? When it began, had you anticipated it having a longer run?
ALBRECHT: I joined Starz when we were editing the first season of the show. And I think the producers and those of us at Starz were always well aware that this was going to be a very different show once the rebels were in the hills and the Romans were in the town. How do you get the protagonists and antagonists together, in the same space, without somebody having to die? So, we ended up having to tell two distinct stories, which is never the ultimate way to create a great serialized drama. So then, of course, we had the tragedy with Andy [Whitfield], which made everything very difficult and pushed back. Having said that, the show has been remarkably successful and, ultimately, what all of the producers felt, along with us, was that, rather than trying to string out a story and have one more battle, or one more argument between the rebels, or one more villain show up, we would follow the trajectory of the history and bring the Spartacus story to fruition because it was better to leave people wanting more than to risk repeating ourselves and diminishing the overall impact of the franchise. But, it was a very difficult decision and one we certainly didn't want to be in the position of making.
Will Steven DeKnight be doing something else for you?
ALBRECHT: Steven DeKnight has an overall deal with Starz, and he just returned from Hawaii where he shot a proof of concept piece. It's not a pilot. It's just a scene or two for a show that he's developed, that we are very high on, called Incursion. It's a sci-fi piece that's kind of Band of Brothers meets Halo. Again, it's incredibly ambitious, and it involves a lot of creature work and things like that. But, Steven is a sensational writer, and he certainly is as good as anybody that I've met, at being able to write for premium television.
When will viewers get to see some of your new shows, such as Da Vinci's Demons, Black Sails, Marco Polo and Noir?
ALBRECHT: Da Vinci's Demons will be on most likely the second quarter 2013, but nothing is announced yet or set in stone. Black Sails will hopefully be on in very early 2014, potentially in the Spartacus slot, but nothing is set. The scripts for Marco Polo are absolutely, positively fantastic. The challenge of making that show in China has proved to be as formidable as we feared. It's not like making a movie in China where, once you load up and you leave, you're gone. We have to be able to come back and capture something that's going to feel like a major feature film, on a television budget, and do it, hopefully season after season, so we are taking more time than the producers thought. I don't have any news on when that will air because we are still very much in the planning stage, although we spent plenty of money and invested a lot of time in making all of those plans. We ran into some creative challenges on the script side of Noir, but it is absolutely in our zone. Rob Tapert, Josh Donen and Sam Raimi are terrific executive producers and partners for Starz. We want to do as many things as we can with them. We have a couple of things with them, but Noir is certainly the thing that we all see as a must-figure-out. So, we are still getting the scripts together, but I'm very confident that Noir will be on. I just can't tell you when.


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Zac Vawter walks so naturally it takes a moment to realize he's using an artificial leg.
That's because this is the world's first thought-controlled bionic leg, an amazing experiment the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago says "represents a significant milestone in the rapidly-growing field of bionics."
After Vawter lost his limb in a motorcycle accident, the Seattle father of two began using a regular prosthesis, the one he still uses every day. The most basic movements, he said, were unnatural, which makes this new technology such a giant step forward.
"The bionic leg responds quickly and more appropriately," Vawter said, "allowing me to interact with my environment in a way that is similar to how I moved before my amputation. For the first time since my injury, the bionic leg allows me to seamlessly walk up and down stairs and even reposition the prosthetic by thinking about the movement I want to perform."
Dozens of pioneering experts teamed up to make it happen. Dr. Levi Hargrove, lead scientist of this research at RIC's Center for Bionic Medicine, said he developed a system to use neural signals to safely improve limb control of a bionic leg.
Hargrove said an incredibly smart, tiny computer on the leg listens to the electricity in Vawter's muscles, allowing him to move like everyone else.
"This new bionic leg features incredibly intelligent engineering," Hargrove said. "It learns and performs activities unprecedented for any leg amputee, including seamless transitions between sitting, walking, ascending and descending stairs and ramps and repositioning the leg while seated."
Dr. Hargrove said they essentially rewired the nerves Vawter would have used if he still had his real leg, attaching them to a different set of muscles. When he thinks "walk up the stairs," the leg instantly responds.
"This is a huge milestone for me and for all leg amputees," Vawter said.
Right now this is a first, but there's hope that the bionic technology could be commercially available in three to five years.
Chicago Doctors Unveil First Thought-Controlled Bionic Leg
Bionic leg described as "huge milestone" for patients with amputations
Zac Vawter walks so naturally it takes a moment to realize he's using an artificial leg.


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Money that one has invested. For example, one uses capital when building a factory to make a new product. Likewise, one uses capital when one buys a single share of a stock. Free flow of capital into investments is thought to be a major component of economic growth. Generally speaking, businesses can only expand when they are able to raise capital from investors or borrow it from a bank or through a bond issue. See also: Capitalization, Capitalism.
Capital is money that is used to generate income or make an investment. For example, the money you use to buy shares of a mutual fund is capital that you're investing in the fund.
Companies raise capital from investors by selling stocks and bonds and use the money to expand, make acquisitions, or otherwise build the business.
The term capital markets refers to the physical and electronic environments where this capital is raised, either through public offerings or private placements.
- the funds invested in a BUSINESS in order to acquire the ASSETS which the business needs to trade. Capital can consist of SHARE CAPITAL subscribed by SHAREHOLDERS or LOAN CAPITAL provided by lenders.
- GOODS such as plant, machinery and equipment which are used to produce other goods and services. See CAPITAL STOCK, INVESTMENT.
capitalthe contribution to productive activity made by INVESTMENT in physical capital (for example, factories, offices, machinery, tools) and in HUMAN CAPITAL (for example, general education, vocational training). Capital is one of the three main FACTORS OF PRODUCTION, the other two being LABOUR and NATURAL RESOURCES. Physical (and human) capital make a significant contribution towards ECONOMIC GROWTH. See CAPITAL FORMATION, CAPITAL STOCK, CAPITAL WIDENING, CAPITAL DEEPENING, GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION, CAPITAL ACCUMULATION.
(1) In architecture, the top part of a column.(2) In finance: (a) All the accumulated goods, possessions, and assets used for the production of income and wealth. (b) The amount invested in business.


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I'm wondering how it is correct to structure sentence and what punctuation should be used. In particular, is the next sentence correct:
I was wondering if there's any progress on the issue.
Or should I put a question mark in the end of it. Also, can it be restructured to:
I was wondering: is there any progress on the issue?


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Arsenic in Pressure-treated Wood
Poisoned Playgrounds
Arsenic in Pressure-treated Wood
View and Download the report here: Poisoned Playgrounds
The wood in most playground sets, picnic tables and decks contains potentially hazardous levels of the same poison at the center of the debate over the safety of America's drinking water: arsenic. An Environmental Working Group analysis finds that even if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency keeps its promise to lower permissible levels of arsenic in drinking water, it will not be able to protect the nation's children from arsenic unless it regulates a more pervasive source of arsenic in "pressure-treated" wood.
Outside of the wood products industry, it's a little-known fact that arsenic-laced wood is just about everywhere: in playground equipment, picnic tables, decks, fences, docks, foundations - basically, any outdoor use of lumber. Virtually all of the lumber sold for outdoor uses in the United States is pressure-treated, a misleading term that hides the fact that the wood is injected with vast amounts of toxic compounds to preserve the wood and kill termites.
The most common wood preservative used in the United States is chromated copper arsenate (CCA), an insecticide that is 22 percent pure arsenic. Numerous laboratory and field studies show definitively that potentially hazardous amounts of arsenic in CCA leach out of pressure-treated lumber, where it may be ingested or absorbed by people or animals, or may contaminate water sources or soil beneath the wood.
Our analysis of national data from 180 wood samples shows that treated wood is a much greater source of arsenic exposure for children than arsenic-contaminated drinking water. Based on an extensive review of the scientific literature, EWG estimates that a 40-pound child who plays daily on arsenic-treated wood could be exposed to more than five times the arsenic allowed under EPA's proposed drinking water standard (10 parts per billion) that has been delayed for more review by the Bush Administration (Figure 1). Less than 10 percent of all water systems in the U.S. contain arsenic at 10 ppb (USGS 2000), whereas the vast majority of American children have some contact with CCA-treated wood.
Figure 1. Treated wood is a much greater source of arsenic for children than drinking water or food
Arsenic is classified as a "known human carcinogen" by the U.S. EPA and the World Health Organization, and children are at greater risk from arsenic than adults because they are less able to metabolize the metal (NRC 1999). An average five-year-old, playing less than two weeks on a CCA-treated playset would exceed the lifetime cancer risk considered acceptable under federal pesticide law (see Endnote in Appendix for calculation details). A recent analysis by the University of Florida found that the lifetime increased risk of cancer for children regularly touching pressure-treated wood was as high as 1 in 1,000, a thousand times the risk deemed acceptable for pesticides under federal law (FDCA).
Study after study has confirmed the risks of arsenic wood preservatives, and over the past year there has been a flood of new evidence. It is clear that arsenic levels in commercially sold pressure-treated wood are high enough to pose an increased risk of cancer and other serious illness in the long term, and acute poisoning that could result in seizures or permanent nerve damage in the short term. Those risks are significantly increased for children, whose growing bodies are more susceptible to the harmful effects of arsenic.
Relying on a 1990 study by the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), the wood products industry claims that pressure-treated wood is safe. But an EWG analysis shows that the CPSC study is seriously outdated and inadequate. Among other shortcomings, the 1990 CPSC study:
- was based on tests that significantly underestimated arsenic contamination and exposure;
- fails to account for evidence linking arsenic to internal cancers;
- fails to account for new evidence that arsenic is an endocrine disruptor;
- fails to account for a recent study showing that children metabolize arsenic less efficiently than adults;
- and fails to consider the wood products industry's own analysis showing unsafe levels of arsenic on wood surfaces.
In recent months concern over pressure-treated wood has spread from the playgrounds of Florida, where dozens of public playgrounds have been closed after detection of high levels of arsenic, to the nation's capital, where the EPA announced on May 9 it was fast-tracking a review of cancer risks from CCA-treated wood. The debate over EPA's drinking water standards has raised public concern about arsenic, but the risk of exposure from pressure-treated wood is just as significant, and very likely more widespread. To protect the public from this significant source of arsenic exposure, the Bush Administration should suspend the use of CCA as a pesticide, and ban its use in consumer products. Congress should repeal the special exemptions CCA enjoys under hazardous waste laws.
View and Download the report here: Poisoned Playgrounds


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You've heard other students talking about it, you've seen flyers and blog posts on it and now you want to know more! So here we go…
Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global program that matches students up with open source, free software and technology-related organizations to write code and get paid to do it! The organizations provide mentors who act as guides through the entire process, from learning about the community to contributing code. The idea is to get students involved in and familiar with the open source community and help them to put their summer break to good use.
Accepted students gain exposure to real-world software development and employment opportunities in areas related to their academic pursuits. Participating organizations are able to identify and bring in new developers. Best of all, more source code is created and released for the use and benefit of all; all code produced as part of the program is released under an open source license. The fact that you get to write code that people from all over the world can use - how cool is that!
This program has brought together thousands of students and mentors from over 118 countries worldwide. As of November 2019, 686 open source projects, from areas as diverse as operating systems and community services, have participated as mentoring organizations for the program. Successful students have widely reported that their participation in GSoC made them more attractive to potential employers and that the program has helped greatly when embarking on their technical careers.
Goals of the Program
The GSoC program has several goals:
- Get more open source code written and released for the benefit of all.
- Inspire young developers to begin participating in open source development.
- Help open source projects identify and bring in new developers.
- Provide students the opportunity to do work related to their academic pursuits during the summer: "flip bits, not burgers."
- Give students more exposure to real-world software development (for example, distributed development and version control, software licensing issues, and mailing list etiquette).
A Brief History of Google Summer of Code
Google Summer of Code began in 2005 as a complex experiment with a simple goal: helping students find work related to their academic pursuits during their school holidays. In GSoC's first year, 40 projects and 400 students participated. By the conclusion of the 15th Google Summer of Code in 2019, over 16,000 students have been accepted into the program. Best of all, most of the organizations participating over the past 15 years reported that the program helped them find new community members and active committers.
GSoC has grown immensely over the last 15 years and in the process helped students make the most of their summer by working on exciting open source projects.
You can take a look at the appendix if you're interested in a more extensive history of the program.


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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State guard Keith Appling says he'll be "all right" in the Midwest Regional semifinals against Duke.
Appling practiced Monday with his banged-up right shoulder in a protective wrap after taking a pad off his left knee.
He hurt his shoulder in Saturday's win over Memphis with 8:35 left in the game and didn't return. He has been playing with a sore knee.
Appling hopes he doesn't have to play with any protection when the third-seeded Spartans play the second-seeded Blue Devils on Friday night in Indianapolis.
The 6-foot-1, 190-pound junior is Michigan State's leading scorer, averaging 13.3 points a game, and has a team-high 3.4 assists per game.
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BOSTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A powerful inside effort from Tim Duncan Wednesday created a successful start to a long road trip in San Antonio's 112-100 decision over Boston.
The Spurs began a six-game journey that will also take them to Indiana, Toronto, Washington, Orlando and Miami. They improved their road record this year to 5-1.
Duncan scored 20 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, hitting 7-of-12 shots from the field while the Spurs were hitting 58 percent as a whole.
Tony Parker was 12-of-17 and finished with 26 points. Tiago Splitter came off the bench to hit 9-of-11 and score 23 points.
San Antonio took an eight-point lead into the fourth quarter, outrebounded Boston by 16 and allowed the Celtics only one offensive rebound.
Rajon Rondo had 22 points for the Celtics and Paul Pierce scored 19. Boston lost its second straight and fell to 3-3 at home.


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Commodity prices will fall "significantly" in 2013 due to strong corn and soybean production in 2013, USDA's chief economist predicted today at the agency's annual Agricultural Outlook Conference in Arlington, Va.
Joe Glauber predicted that corn prices will average $4.80 a bushel in 2013/14, down 33% from the marketing year before. Soybean prices, he estimated, would fall 27% to $10.50 per bushel. A return to normal weather conditions, he predicted, will result in higher production that will depress prices.
"There's no reason to believe that we won't be looking at normal yields this year," said Glauber, noting recent improvement in drought conditions, particularly in the eastern Corn Belt. "Historically, there's little correlation between rainfall one year and the next."
Better weather, combined with more planted acres, should result in strong farm incomes in 2013, he said. Net farm income, according to ERS data released earlier this year, will equal $128 billion, the highest level in real terms since 1973.
Livestock producers, on the other hand, won't feel the beneficial impact of lower feed prices until later in the year. Net cash income for the livestock industry, according to ERS's forecast, will fall in 2013 due to a 6% increase in feedstock prices.
Glauber expects that farmers this year will plant at least as many acres for corn, soybeans, wheat as they did last year. But that will vary by crop. He expects corn planting to be down 0.7% while soybeans are up 0.4% and wheat is up 0.5%. "Combined acreage for those crops topped 230 million acres in 2012, and will likely approach similar levels for 2013," he said.
Corn and soybean production should be up as a result large plantings and better weather. USDA forecasts that corn production will be up 34.8% to 14.5 billion bushels and soybeans up 12.9% to 3.4 billion bushels.
The industry will be supported by record agricultural exports for 2013, according to USDA estimates. "The pace of exports this year has been impressive. In the first three months of the fiscal year, the U.S. exported $43 billion of agricultural products, greater than what we exported annually in the early 1990s," Glauber said.
Meanwhile, the United States, which used to command 70 to 80% of the world corn export market, is likely to relinquish its leadership position. This year, because of the drought, and strong yields in the Southern Hemisphere, the U.S. is likely to finish second to Brazil. "I expect this to be a very temporary situation," he said.
Increased production of corn and soybeans should rebuild historically low stocks. World corn stocks are at the lowest levels since 1993/94. Wheat stocks have dropped to 2008/09 levels.
Corn purchases by ethanol producers this year won't return to 2011/12 levels. Glauber forecasts that 4.675 billion bushels of corn will go into ethanol, down from the 5 billion bushels bought in 2011/12. The economist explained that people are buying less gasoline due to economic problems and the increased fuel efficiency of cars.
Lower feed prices later in the year may stem the loss of cattle. Glauber noted that the country lost 3.4 million head in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas in the last two years. During the summer, 60% of pastures suffered drought conditions. Without more rain, he said, "unfortunately we could see further liquidation."
Higher feed prices will lead record prices for livestock, dairy and poultry this year. Overall food prices, though, won't increase as much. ERS forecasts that the food portion of the Consumer Price Index will rise by only 3 to 4% in 2013, below food inflation levels of 2008 and 2011.
The big variable in Glauber's forecast is the weather. While the percentage of the country in drought condition has declined 5.4% since January, 56% of the land mass remains in drought conditions. "A key uncertainty is whether the historic drought of 2012 persists through 2013," he concluded


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Preview of Midwest Youth at World Youth Day
From July 22 to August 6, twenty-one Midwest Focolare youth, along with five chaperones, attended the festivities and activities of World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland, which included a one week youth school entitled, You Got Me. The post WYD school was held in Jasna, Slovakia, sponsored by the Youth for a United World of the Focolare Movement.[more]


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In response to my series on Automating Outlook with Ruby, several readers have asked about accessing the Inbox and managing messages.
We start by using the win32ole library to create a new instance (or connect to a currently running instance) of the Outlook application object:
require 'win32ole'
outlook = WIN32OLE.new('Outlook.Application')
Next we'll get the MAPI namespace:
mapi = outlook.GetNameSpace('MAPI')
To get a reference to the Inbox folder, call the MAPI object's GetDefaultFolder method, passing it the integer 6, which represents the Inbox folder:
inbox = mapi.GetDefaultFolder(6)
To get the Personal Folders object, call the MAPI object's Folders.Item method, passing it the name of the folder.
personal_folders = mapi.Folders.Item('Personal Folders')
To reference a subfolder, call the parent folder object's Folders.Item method, passing it the name of the folder.
baseball_folder = personal_folders.Folders.Item('Baseball')
You can get a count of a folder's unread items by calling the UnreadItemCount method:
puts "#{inbox.UnreadItemCount} unread messages"
A folder object's Items method returns a collection of message objects, which you can iterate over:
inbox.Items.each do |message|
# Your code here...
You can also pass the Items method a (1-based) index to retrieve a single message:
first_message = inbox.Items(1)
Once your code tries to access methods and properties of a Message object, an Outlook security dialog will prompt the user to allow access to Address Book entries. The user must click a checkbox to allow access and select a time limit between 1 and 10 minutes.
Message objects have dozens of methods/properties, including:
To see a complete list, you could call the ole_methods method, as explained here. So to view a sorted list of the Message object's methods and properties, we could do this:
methods = []
inbox.Items(1).ole_methods.each do |method|
methods << method.to_s
puts methods.uniq.sort
To delete a message, call its Delete method:
To move a message to another folder, call its Move method, passing it the folder object:
baseball_folder = personal_folders.Folders.Item('Baseball')
So, if we wanted to check our Inbox and move all messages that contain 'Cardinals' in the subject line to our 'Baseball' folder, we could do something like this:
inbox.Items.Count.downto(1) do |i|
message = inbox.Items(i)
if message.Subject =~ /cardinals/i
As reader Ana points out, we should use the Count and downto methods to ensure that our inbox.Items index stays in sync, even as we move messages out of the Inbox. Otherwise, we run the risk of a message being skipped when the message above it is moved or deleted.
That concludes our program for today. Feel free to post a comment here or send me email with questions, comments, or suggestions.


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Wednesday 5 Aug 20
09:00 pm Free The Cavern Pub
The Amazing Kappa (also known as Kappa) have been resident at the Cavern since 1999 and are one of the finest bands you will ever see…fact!
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Fronted by the legendary Liverpool guitarist Paul Kappa there is something for everyone in one of their shows and no one leaves a Kappa show disappointed.
Great showmanship and great musicianship throughout in a fabulous blend of rock & roll, rockabilly, melodic ballads and lots more – many classics and some of Kappa's own fine songs thrown in. Led Zeppelin, Elvis, The Beatles, and Queen – all done in their own inimitable style!
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Oh yeah, so that's why we were attempting to trade one of our better defenseman in the off-season, for a top centre. Although it is still early with a long way to go, five shots in five games is just not going to cut it. That is the shot total for our incumbent first line centre Tyler Bozak and you don't have to be a hockey aficionado to realize that is just an unacceptable level of production for a supposed top line forward and especially your top line centre. Outside of one nice setup and two other cheap assists Bozak (6 games, 0 goals, 3 assists, 5 shots) hasn't quite been performing to the level we expected going into this season.
The jury was definitely out and Leafs fans were split when discussing and debating whether Bozak had the goods to be the main man and be the playmaker for our best goal scorer in Phil Kessel and I'd say the results thus far have left more doubters than believers at this point. The Leafs were desperately trying to land a top six centre and you can certainly see why Brian Burke felt this was a necessity as the Leafs simply do not have one on this roster.
Tyler Bozak played two shifts in the third period and Mike Zigomanis found himself on the top line late in the second period after Ron Wilson had seen enough. Even Nik Kulemin took a turn at centre at one point late in the third period as the Leafs were desperate to give the offense some much needed life. If the Brad Richard to Toronto rumours haven't officially started I think it is safe to say they might very well start now.
No need to panic though as I was never that high during the four game winning streak and I won't get too low during a short two game losing streak. There was bound to be a night where we just weren't the better team on the ice and for the majority of the game tonight the Maple Leafs were just soundly outplayed in almost all aspects of the game as they lost there first regulation time game 2-1 to the New York Rangers.
The Rangers outhit, outshot and out hustled the Maple Leafs. We might start finding it harder to score when Clarke MacArthur isn't putting the puck in the net at an Alex Ovechkin like pace during the first four games. We were sloppy and turned the puck over repeatedly and hardly anyone not named Luke Schenn (or Jonas Gustavsson) had a very good game for the Leafs.
Somebody needs to wake Nik Kulemin up and tell Kris Versteeg he is now on the first line and he can feel free to score anytime now as the pair has been fairly abysmal since the first game of the year. Our sand paper was solid again but there impact will always be negligible based on relatively low minutes for the third and especially fourth line. Luke Schenn played a very solid and smart game most of the night, throwing some massive hits and showing poise and patience with the puck and even displaying a few dangles.
Derek Boogard and Colton Orr finally fought tonight, the first time they have ever met and it was a very spirited and highly anticipated bout. First, TSN had some shoddy camera work after Pierre Maguire warned they were about to go at it the camera instead was focused on the Leafs in the offensive zone for at least six seconds after the whistle had blown.
Luckily they showed a replay of the entire fight and it was fairly close with Boogard scoring a close decision in my opinion. Orr got the jump and landed a few decent right hands early but Boogard had a huge and undeniable reach advantage and pounded Orr with quite a few good ones before Orr got an impressive takedown to end the fight and the crowd on it's feet. Did you know that Boogard hasn't scored an NHL goal since early in the year 2006? Colton Orr is a sniper (4 goals or so per season) compared to the Boogey Man when considering Boogard has scored only 2 career goals in nearly 600 NHL games!
Chalk it up to a tough night and a determined New York Rangers team but this game did remind all of us exactly why Brian Burke was hoping he could add a legitimate top centre to a roster not exactly brimming with offensive dynamos or physical specimens capable of driving the net and creating the needed space for our skilled wingers to operate with a bit more freedom.
So no points tonight, the first game that claim can be made and gaining nine points out of a possible twelve is a run I'd take anyday of the week. Let's get refocused and put in a solid effort versus the hated Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday and get back in that win column, quickly.
What would you be willing to move for Brad Richards?


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I heard this puzzle from Bob Koca. Suppose we play misere tic-tac-toe (a.k.a. noughts and crosses) where both players are X. Who wins?
That particular puzzle is easy to solve, but more generally, has $n \times n$ impartial tic tac toe, in both normal and misere forms, been studied before?


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- Congressman Al Lawson and CAFS students at the Farmer's Roundtable event.
- Harambee Festival - Learning about insects.
- Dr. Mbuya explaining the importance of water quality and the impacts of contamination.
- Goat meat cooking demonstration conducted by Cooperative Extension.
- CAFS Living Learning Students(LLC) students inspecting bee colonies.
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Wysocki, Anne Frances. "The Sticky Embrace of Beauty: On Some Formal Problems in Teaching about the Visual Aspects of Texts." In Writing New Media. Eds. Anne Frances Wysocki, et al. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 2004. 147-198.
Wyscoki argues for an alternative understanding of beauty, aesthetic, and form that is grounded in the local and the particular rather than universal generalities and maxims that visual designers use for composing images and texts, universal rules that were developed first through Kant's philosophy. Kant believed that the judgment of beauty is inherent and universal, happening when a person sees and appreciates its structure in terms of its formal relations. This allows the object (or body) deemed beautiful to be made abstract and distanced, a dangerous ethical situation. Wysocki, seeing this tension, argues that composition teachers, instead of just teaching students about design by instructing them in general, accepted rules for visual arrangment, should question the social and cultural practices that deem something efficient, pleasing, or visual, analyzing and creating to make what we take for granted unfamiliar to us so that we might appreciate and understand its particularities. In this way, she shows how form is rhetorical, informed and mediated by choices grounded in history and cultural context.
Quotable Quotes
How can we teach visual communication in such a way "That form does not override content, so that form is, in fact, understood as itself part of content, so that, finally, I better understand how to support students (and myself) be generously and questioningly recipricoal in our designings" (144)
"Form is itself always a set of structuring principles, with different forms growing out of and reproducing different but specific values" (159).
"If we believe that to be human is to be tied to place and time and messiness and complexity, then, by so abstracting us, this desire dehumanizes us and our work and how we see each other. This is dangerous." (169)
"The web of social and cultural practices in which we move give us the words and concepts, as well as the tastes, for understanding what we sense" (171).
Notable Notes
Kant Critique of Judgment
The New Yorker Peek advertisement – woman's body
design elements aren't neutral – design values can't just be looked at analytically….ours are grounded in industrializaiton, standardization, linear, order, efficiency (Nazi memos)
assignments ask students to learn design principles deductively by gathering designs. Also, redesigning web sites and textbooks
reciprocal relationship – we need "approaches that see form as this kind of recognition, tying us to others and to our times and places" (170)


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Cowdry, who has been with the mobile operator for 13 years, will remain at O2 for the next few months to ensure a "smooth transition", as the Telefonica-owned mobile brand seeks a replacement.
An O2 spokesman said a search for a replacement has already begun, and added the company "will take the opportunity to look both externally and within the Telefonica group".
Cowdry will join in May and report into Camelot UK Lotteries managing director Andy Duncan. She will hold the role of marketing and consumer director and have overall responsibility for the consumer insight and marketing of The National Lottery and additional games within the portfolio, including scratchcards.
She has been brought in to replace Bateson, who has been transferred to a commercial director role at consultancy arm Camelot Global Services.
Duncan said: "As the steward of the UK National Lottery and all its game brands, we have an enormous responsibility to the nation to keep the brands as fresh, as engaging and as relevant as possible.
"The position of marketing and consumer director for The National Lottery is a unique and exciting role and, in this position, Sally will be responsible for further developing the brand to ensure it ultimately drives further sales growth and returns to National Lottery Good Causes."
During her tenure at O2, Cowdry oversaw the introduction of the brand's first pay monthly SIM-only scheme, the launch of The O2 and its Priority scheme, which gives customers special access to music, sport and retail experiences.
Cowdry joined BT Cellnet, which was rebranded to O2 in 2002, from BAA-owned Heathrow Express in 1999.
Camelot has made the high-profile appointment as it seeks to fend off competition from Richard Desmond's Health Lottery. In August, Desmond triumphed in a bitter legal dispute, which saw Camelot claim the Health Lottery should not have been awarded a licence by the Gambling Commission.


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Editor's note: 2013 was the first production model year of the Mini Cooper Paceman for the U.S.
As a style statement, the 2013 Mini Paceman is pretty cool, with its sleek window line, clean body sides and muscular fenders. It definitely wears the Mini-on-steroids look better than the slightly awkward Countryman. And no matter the size, you won't mistake it for anything else. But if you're looking for practicality, the Paceman probably isn't for you.
While Mini casts the Paceman as a crossover, it does not feel as spacious, tall or practical as something like the Toyota RAV4 or Ford Escape. The Paceman's interior does feel much bigger than that of the regular Mini, but in terms of cargo space and interior roominess, it's still on the mini side, pardon the pun.
Getting in and out sure is easy, at least for the front-seat occupants, since the tall-ish body puts the seats at perfect slide-in height. Getting in back requires the usual slide-seat-and-duck-under-seat-belt process. Once installed, though, two adults will find plenty of space in their own individual buckets. Our tester was equipped with the full-length center rail, a feature that bisects the interior front-to-rear with hip-looking tunnel-style storage/armrest with integrated cup holders. This makes it difficult to slide across the rear seat if two passengers are getting in on one side, but such is the price of style.
Our test car also came with metallic paint, leatherette seats, a panoramic sunroof, keyless entry and starting and the Premium Package 2, which contains automatic headlamps, folding heated exterior mirrors, Harman Kardon speakers, automatic climate control and park distance control. As such, it felt well equipped, though for its $35,545 price the Paceman's whimsical interior design (huge round speedometer, Mickey Mouse-ear air vents, etc.) starts looking sophomoric, as tested.
While every 2013 Mini Paceman is fun to look at, the performance-oriented S model is even more fun to drive. Our test car came with a 6-speed manual transmission, and with its superb steering, all-wheel-drive grip (hence the All4 designation) and road-hugging suspension, the Paceman S really brought out the driver in us. The turbocharged engine makes a healthy 181 horsepower and 177 lb-ft of torque — just enough to motivate it with enthusiasm for back-road shenanigans but not so much power that it'll get away from you the way similarly priced muscle cars can. Besides, at high speeds, the loud interior and brittle ride may prompt you to slow down to a more sensible pace.
So what's the point? Has anyone been clamoring for a whimsically styled, 2-door crossover? Not really. But for individualists who love to drive, occasionally like to take their friends on adventures and have a soft spot in their hearts for adorably designed, plus-sized, well-built British coupes, the 2013 Mini Paceman S might just fit the bill.


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Jaeger LeCoultre Luxury Watches
Jaeger Lecoultre Watches - Traditional Craftsmanship
If you are a luxury watch connoisseur, then this is definitely the brand for you! Jaeger Lecoultre meticulously combines traditional craftsmanship with cutting-edge design to make unique watches. It is the fusion of past, present and the future that makes their style so effortless yet elegant.
Jaeger Lecoultre is a Swiss brand company that was founded in the 19th century. Customer satisfaction along with innovative design is their top priority. They are also quite popular for their clocks and introduced their first alarm watch in 1950. The company started from a small workshop founded by Antoine Lecoultre and flourished to become a huge name in the watchmaking industry that it is today. Since its birth, the company has created more than 1200 calibers. Jaeger Lecoultre has a huge variety of products to offer from watches with a classic flair to sleek and simplistic watches for women as well as men.
A few of the most most renowned Jaeger Lecoultre watches include:
Jaeger Lecoultre Reverso
Jaeger Lecoultre is well known for Reverso. The Jaeger Lecoultre Reverso comes in stainless steel and is inspired by the art deco movement. Therefore; it means that it is characterized by geometric shapes with a 'streamlined look.' It is timeless in design. With the passage of time, the Reverso has undergone evolution from only stainless steel sports watch to the ultimate depiction of luxury design. Its features include two dials and day-night indicator. The Reverso model is available for men and women.
Since this model was started in 1931, it has come a long way since then. However, the basic principles of its design have not changed much. An interesting fact is that one of its rarest collections featured a portrait of an Indian lady. Its straps can be manufactured in steel and leather. Recently, Jaeger Lecoultre collaborated with Christian Louboutin to produce a very stylish version with an avant-garde twist.
Jaeger Lecoultre Master
The Jaeger Lecoultre Master model, despite having its complications, is generally rounded in shape is designed in order to appeal to the senses. These watches represent the values of classic watchmaking with focus on functionality accompanied by simplistic aesthetics. It is available in three ranges:
1. Master Grande
It is created according to the principles of sidereal time. Sidereal time was an ancient technique used by astronomers to record time under the constellations. Its depth of display is highly captivating and a treat to the customer's eyes. Another intriguing feature is the map of constellations in the display which adds to its intricacy.
2. Master Ultrathin
The ultra-thin model does not only serve the purpose of fashion but is also extremely comfortable. In short, it is light on the wrist. It aims to reduce the thickness of mechanical watch movements.
3. Master Control
This series was created in 1992 in the company's Grand Maison headquarters. Each watch is characterized by attention to detail and crisp lines. The Master control watches have undergone a number of tests for durability and performance. They are waterproof and highly accurate.
The Master watches are sold in a variety of materials from stainless steel to platinum to white and rose- gold. Minimalism is the main feature of the Jaeger Lecoultre master watches. This line celebrates the beauty of 19th-century watches. The dials mostly have a grainy finish. The colors of these watches are usually soft and subtle tones. Customers are stunned by the detailed working of Master watches to this day. You can find the Jaeger LeCoultre Master collection for sale on WatchShopping.com.
Jaeger Lecoultre Polaris
This collection exudes elegance, spirit, and sportiness. It is designed to function as a companion to travelers. It portrays the significance of an active man's life. It not only pays homage to classic design but is an amalgamation of functionality and grace. Most of these watches really shine when worn casually. However, they can also be worn to business meetings and formal occasions.
This series comes in a number of finishes with sunray, grained and opaline dials in blue and grey. The Polaris watches are also water resistant with several options for straps including leather and steel.
Buy Jaeger Lecoultre Watches
The luxury industry is transforming rapidly due to its customer's demands. Jaeger Lecoultre has become a big name in the world of luxury watches and novelties. A variety of Jaeger Lecoultre watches are available in both local and online stores. This gives customers the opportunity to explore their options, do more research on the specifications and finally choose the most suitable product.
A number of discounted deals are available online which can prove to be valuable to the buyers. Moreover, people living in countries where this brand does not have outlets can purchase the most luxurious watches from the comfort of their homes. This is not only beneficial to the customers but also to the business itself. So what are you waiting for? Your favorite watch is just a few clicks away!