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If this is the best weapon the Clinton campaign's got to fight the rising tide of Obamania, they are in worse shape than I thought. In recent days the Democratic campaign has become a tad nasty — really a tad. This photo of Obama in native Somali dress on a past tour of the continent was reportedly circulated by a Clinton staff. The photo made it to The Druge Report today. And this is supposed to make him look bad how? If I were more paranoid, I'd think this "attack" was so lame it was orchestrated by someone trying to make the Clinton campaign look bad, which it does.
Frankly, the media's characterizations of harsh words seems a bit overblown. Maybe I've just been in too many editorial board meetings.
Here's an example from the Reuters story linked above:
Clinton mocked Obama's speeches in which he emphasizes hope and promises change, telling supporters the problems facing the next president would not be easily solved.
"I could just stand up here and say 'Let's just get everybody together, let's get unified.' The sky will open, the light will come down, celestial choirs will be singing and everyone will know we should do the right thing and the world will be perfect," she said at a rally in Providence, Rhode Island.
Obama fired back in Lorain, Ohio, criticizing the New York senator for changing her position on the North American Free Trade Agreement pushed through by her husband, former President Bill Clinton.
"She has essentially presented herself as co-president during the Clinton years," he said. "So the notion that you can selectively pick what you take credit for and then run away from what isn't politically convenient, that doesn't make sense."
Or, here's my translation:
Clinton: "Oh hope-schmope, blah, blah, blah."
Obama: "I know you are, but what am I?"
If this is the dems' idea of nasty exchange, they are going to be killed by the GOP in November. They know how to play dirty.


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Haida Gwaii was rocked by a 7.7 magnitude quake Oct. 27th that briefly triggered a tsunami alert for the B.C. coast.
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|Residents of Village 23 on the edge of Boeung Kak lake dismantle their homes yesterday to make way for a controversial lakeside development. (Photo by: Pha Lina)
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Tuol Kork district authorities have given 18 families living in Boeung Kak lake's Village 23 one week to dismantle their houses, accept compensation and relocate to Dangkor district.
Affected residents say their homes, which lie in the path of a planned access road to the controversial Boeung Kak lake development, will be bulldozed if they fail to meet the deadline.
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To determine whether it is or not, we need to know exactly what CCD is?Go ahead...I'm listening.... :-D
Brendhan,Thank you.I'll select the first item to throw in my thoughts. "Few or no bees in or around the colonies"I have serious problems with that. Much of the noted CCD has been observed in the southern states where bees have ample opportunity to leave the hive if they are sick. Yes, bees if they can, will abandon their hives.CCD is also a fall event for the most part. And in colder areas of the north, we may very well be seeing CCD, but beekeepers inspecting after the colony dies (finished off by freezing) may see dead bees on the bottom board, etc., as bees did not leave the hive due to cold temps. So it is dismissed as NOT CCD because bees are found in great numbers in the hive.I think making a blanket statement, that CCD has signs such as no bees in the hives, a little misleading, and wrong.And I also do not buy into the whole "not robbed out" comments. I have many dead hives that are not robbed out due to a whole host of things. If you have been paying attention from day one, they initially said bees would not rob for weeks. And now that timeframe has been widdled down to a "few days". I stated from day one, that robbing may not of been seen in these yards due to a flow, not any healthy colonies to care about robbing, etc. There are times I can put out a frame of honey in my healthy yards and bees will ignore it for days. Now I see "If robbed, it is delayed for a number of days".Anyways....I know these are not your statements. The way things were quickly placed on a list and cast in stone, then repeated so often that it is mere fact, simply changes over time. And for some beekeepers such as in the north, I state they may very well have CCD but not have the signs so outlined by others, then dismissed.I do think the first guy in the original post has pesticide issues. But since half of all beekeepers think CCD is chemical related...i guess saying he has CCD is not that far off... :-D
Well, I agree with Kim Flottum's comments on there. Not sure of the location, but considering the color of the grass, I'd theorize that the first hatch of the year, or perhaps the nurse bees from this spring are just doing orientation flights and finding out they can't.T-mites?Of course if it were nosema ceranae, isn't that a component of CCD too?


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ESPs on the Firing Line
School Funding Crisis Nothing to Shake a Stick At
By Dave Arnold
I once heard a story about a group of soldiers in battle who were outnumbered and forced to retreat. In their haste, they lost their weapons and ammunition. Their escape also went awry as they soon found themselves surrounded by the enemy.
Their situation looked hopeless. One young private asked if they were going to surrender and the commanding officer replied, "No!" The officer picked up a stick and handed it to the private and said, "Point this at the enemy and say "bang, bang." They might not notice the difference." As dumb as this may sound, this is almost the point at which some of our schools are at today.
We Cannot Waver
Many of our school systems are operating on borrowed money with their backs to the wall. They are surrounded by debt and have limited options for funding, yet they refuse to retreat. Educators refuse to surrender the fight for quality schools. We will not forego our commitment to promote great public schools for every student -- no matter the odds against us.
We all know this is a fight we in education cannot lose. Even if it means pointing a stick as our only defense. We will never quit on our students.
Dire Situation
Several states are in a financial crisis and have not made any funding payments to their schools during this school year. We have all heard that California is near bankruptcy, but Illinois and several other states are not far behind. California has a debt of $24 billion. Illinois, where I'm from, has a $13 billion deficit and counting.
However, California has a population of approximately 37 million people while Illinois registers at about 13 million. That makes the residents of California having a deficit of roughly $648.64 per person while Illinois' debt would be approximately $1000 per person. The state of Illinois now owes some school districts hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding, depending upon the school district size and programs offered.
Since the source of needed funds is somewhat in question at this time, schools are being forced to make cuts. One of Illinois Education Association's UniServ directors, Marcus Albrecht, has been warning every teacher and education support professional (ESP) that this will be the year of the biggest reduction in force (RIF) that our union has ever seen.
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We have heard of some school districts with plans to reduce their ESP staff to less than 50 percent of what it is now. Marcus said at an IEA region council meeting that "in the past we have experienced waves of RIFs, but this time we've got a tsunami coming!"
I don't know how it came about, but somehow it has become standard procedure at many schools to cut ESP staff first and then look at other areas. I've never run a business, but this is the direct opposite of my thinking. I think that I would first examine areas that would save me the most money rather than waste time whittling away a nickel and a dime at a time at areas that are vital to my survival. Schools cannot survive without ESPs.
It is rare that you hear of a school district reducing the number of administrators. In Illinois, the state issues a report card to students' parents listing the average number of teachers and administrators a school has per 100 students. It also shows where their school district might be wasting money. The state report often clearly spells out to some school districts that they are wasting thousands of dollars on extra administrators.
ESPs First to Go
Yet, it is ESPs who are usually given first consideration during a RIF. I have heard rumors that some school districts eliminate custodial staff and have teachers clean their own classrooms. What about the bathrooms? Another rumor involves the elimination of lunch programs and cooking staff. In that scenario, students "brown bag it." Then there's the one calling for the elimination of bus service, forcing students to walk or ride to school with parents.
As Marcus says, "a tsunami is coming" and it is certain that a multitude of ESP will be swept away by RIFs. In some areas, the number of ESPs is determined by health and safety regulations. But, this assumes that the state's health and safety departments will survive the tsunami themselves. They too are surrounded by crippling debt. And you can't point a stick at a tsunami of debt and expect to survive.
More Dave's columns.
(Dave Arnold, a member of the Illinois Education Association, is a custodian at Brownstown Elementary School in Southern Illinois. He can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.)
The views expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NEA or its affiliates.
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Every now and again, we get the chance to stop and draw breath, to reflect a little. Today is BBH's 30th birthday and, to mark the moment, Nigel Bogle wrote to everyone who works here. It's a personal perspective on the story of BBH, sure, but in reading it, it struck us this might be something of value beyond these four walls. A celebration of – and provocation to – our industry, not just this agency.
Today BBH is 30 years old. Happy birthday to one and all.
As this day approached I found myself reflecting on what the last 30 years has taught us about running an advertising agency. We have learned a lot, obviously. Thirty years is a long time. A lot about the importance of attracting and developing the best people, creating the right environment, having clear beliefs and values. But for me, above all else we have learned one simple thing:
It's all about the work. Or, as John puts it: 'All roads lead to the work.'
I know this is a blindingly obvious thing to say. An advertising agency's reason to be is to produce work. But the fact remains that when we singlemindedly put the quality of our work above anything else, then everything else falls into place. And when we say it's all about the work, we are talking about the relentless pursuit of creative excellence. Game changing creativity that has the power to change the fortunes of brands and businesses. Ideas that break out of the confines of their category and enter popular culture.
That is not easy to do. It not only requires talent, it requires trust. It is harder in some categories than in others. It requires an environment that inspires trust in the clients who entrust their brand communication to us. That is a responsibility every one of us shares, not just those directly involved in the creation of our product. It is why I have said many times that all of us are involved in the work. The way a client is greeted on entering the building, the efficiency with which we handle their financial affairs, even the quality of a cup of coffee, these things all help to create the environment where we can be the best we can be and our clients will trust us to take the calculated risks we need to take.
Over the last 30 years we have been more consistent than many of our competitors both here in London and across our network. But on closer inspection you will see that we have had our ups and downs. The quality of our creative work has not always been top drawer by the high standards we judge ourselves against. And, reflecting upon the reasons for that, more often that not it has been because we got distracted. By obsessing about new ways of working, shipping in armies of consultants, (one of my bigger mistakes) too much introspection, coping with growth, dotcom madness, whatever. All well intentioned, but in their pursuit we took our eye off the ball that matters most and our product quality dropped. And then our confidence drops too and that is not good because the thing that you put in the fuel tank of an agency is confidence. And as the doubt creeps in you can start to question your belief.
BBH was built upon a set of beliefs, many of which others did not believe in. 20 plus years of no creative pitching, a policy the Financial Times called "suicidal." The belief that we could build a strong global network that competed with the big boys, with a tiny number of offices. A holding company chief said "not in my lifetime" when I told him years ago that was our vision. He's still alive.
We have chosen to zag while the world zigs. We have nailed our colours to our first belief, "The Power of Creativity and the Primacy of the Idea". It is not easy being BBH. We have chosen a demanding path. A path that relies on confidence and self belief. And we have learned from those ups and downs that nothing reconfirms belief and builds confidence better than doing great work. Hence the lesson we have learned above all others. It's all about the work.
Consider BBH London's work for The Guardian. (And I could reference many other fine examples of BBH work over the years). A brilliant piece of communication, rooted in a fundamental truth about the brand, created by a team of talented people working with a visionary client. It has spread like wildfire and the concept of open journalism is being talked about from here to Australia. It has become news in its own right and entered popular culture. It is game changing.
But with all that come other good things. People want to know who created the film. People want to share it. Most people love it. Some hate it. That's okay. Many of our clients admire it. It increases the interest people have in working at BBH anywhere in the world. It puts a spring in our step. It makes us proud. It makes us confident. It reaffirms our belief in ourselves. It makes the phone ring with calls from prospects wanting to meet us. And, perhaps most importantly, it inspires us to try even harder in all we do to reach for that level of excellence. So many other things fall into place when all we do is focus on the work.
Thirty years. One simple lesson. Running an advertising agency is a very simple business that on occasions we can make complicated. As long as we remember all roads lead to the work then the next 30 years can be even better than the first 30.
There is one other very important lesson that John, John and I learned before we started BBH. You cannot create a great agency or do great work without great people, working well together. We have been privileged over the last thirty years to have brilliant people join us all over the world and in many cases build their careers with us. Everything we have achieved as a business is down to all of them and all of you. Thank you to every single one of you for making BBH the very special company it is today.
All the best.


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In another file I want to read in all three of those things and do work on them. I can read in the TreeNode just fine and the int, but when I get to reading in the byte array I get that it is of size zero. Is that saying that it doesn't exist? I am using `in.available()` after I read in the TreeNode and int so I can see how big I need to make my new byte array and I always get 0. Am I somehow saving the array wrongly or am I reading it in wrongly?
Here is where I save the objects:
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(savedFileName); ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(fos); out.writeObject(root); out.writeInt(numberOfZeroesAdded); out.writeObject(encodedByteArray); out.close();
And here is where I am trying to read all three things in
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream("huffmanTrial.huff"); ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(fis); root = (HuffmanNode) in.readObject(); System.out.println("root "+ root.getCount()); numberOfZeroesAdded = in.readInt(); System.out.println("zeroes: "+numberOfZeroesAdded); sizeOfArray = in.available(); System.out.println("Size of array: "+sizeOfArray); encodedByteArray = new byte[sizeOfArray]; in.readFully(encodedByteArray);
I get `Size of array: 0`
I know for sure that the array that I am saving is not empty because just two lines before I save it, I print its contents. What am I doing wrong?


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|Kim K - One shoulder dress
|Rihanna - Fitted basics & bandage skirt
|Angelina Jolie - wrap dress
|Zoe Saldana, Miranda Kerr and Nicky Hilton - tank tops
|Kim K - One shoulder dress
|Leighton Meester - Pussy bow blouse
|Rihanna - Fitted basics & bandage skirt
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Love this post!! I totally agree with you, these items (at least for me) will never go out of style in my wardrobe!! I adore the blouses and the ones with the neck ties are even better!! Especially if they are very big!!
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omg you have given me so much inspiration and new ideas, Kim K looks flawless as usual, I love what Nicki Hilton is wearing too. Great blog hun , I am now following.
LOVE the one shoulder tops and dresses! They are classy and classic! And I'm especially trying to collect pussy bow blouses! I realized how versatile they can be, and I LOVE THE polished look they create! -Jessica
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Love the post..I agree trends come and go, it's good to have staples in the wardrobe that will go with everything at any time!! xxReplyDelete
I am fan of bandage skirt and wrap dress !bout not so skinny to carry those off shoulder though liked them very much :(
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very inspiring post!Love the first blue dress!
Great post! I really like the images you posted as the examples. Very nice selections and perfect examples.ReplyDelete
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i really love the fitted basics, thanks for sharing
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i love what you've picked out! such gorgeous pieces
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First of all, Lovely post:)
I love one shoulder and wrap dresses. They are good for any body type. Tanks, how can I DO WITHOUT THEM*SIGHS*<3
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bandage skirt is my favorite one, great post
I love a classic wrap dress, and will only buy it from DVF, I own 6 to date. Thank you for visiting my blog, love yours as well! WOuld you like to follow each other?ReplyDelete
I love bandage skirts and body con dresses! :))
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Gorgeous!! I love every style you mentioned esp the bandage skirts and wrap dresses. Always stylish and sexy!
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Love all the trends you show, great post dear!!!!
fantastic post and amazing selection..
i like the first...
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Love this trends! Rihanna look is fantastic! <3<3ReplyDelete
ahh i definitely agree on some of theses!
This post is very inspiring I liike it !!
i love the dress at the top- so pretty! xxReplyDelete
I'm loving all these trends they're not just very fashion forward but also so chic.
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That's so true the pussy bow blouse never goes out of style!!ReplyDelete
Thank you for your lovely comment June! ;) Totally agree re: Grecian & Pussybow. Preeeeety sure that's my two trademarks, along with lace... LOVE this post! xxxReplyDelete
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I like the style of Miranda kerr...
She's cool and beautiful...
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Cute picks! I love the houndstooth top Leighton Meester is wearing! It's my absolute favorite print! She is so stylish!
Dang...Rihanna looks awesome in that pic. And I agree with your picks...these items are timeless:)ReplyDelete
ah this is a great post. i agree, i think all of these are essential in every closet! and i never really thought of how long the one-shouldered look has been in style - for thousands of years!
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Great post! I have that asos wrap dress with tie waist in Cobalt Blue! Great pick!
Love this post! My favorite is the yellow wrap dress. Sooo cute!
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Houston (0-0-0) vs. FC Dallas (0-0-0) at Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas
All-time record: Houston leads the series 7-2-5
TV info
4 p.m. ET; TeleFutura (Spanish), FSN Southwest (English), MLS Direct Kick
What's at stake?
Not only are these two teams opening the season with an old-fashioned Texas Derby, but they are also playing for El Capitán, a replica 18th-Century Mountain Howitzer Cannon given to the winner of the season series. Houston has held the cannon in three of the last four seasons, including last year.
Last meeting
Striker Jeff Cunningham scored the only goal 20 minutes in as FC Dallas prevailed 1-0 at Pizza Hut Park last August. It was only FCD's second-ever win over the Dynamo, with both wins coming in Frisco. Cunningham redeemed himself after missing a penalty kick just a few minutes before his first-half tally.
Remember when?
The first time these two met was in May 2006 at Robertson Stadium in Houston, and it hasn't gotten much better. Houston won 4-3 in front of more than 21,000 fans.
Heroes & villains
FCD vs. Pat Onstad: The veteran Dynamo 'keeper has been between the posts for all 14 matches between these two clubs, and has seven wins and a goals-against-average of just 1.14 to show for it. Onstad has allowed FCD to score multiple goals only three times.
Jeff Cunningham vs. Houston defense: In eight career starts against Houston, Cunningham has four goals and three assists. Two of those came during his two-year stay with Real Salt Lake, one with Toronto FC and the game-winner for FCD last August.
Stat that makes you go, "Hmm…"
Neither team has won a season-opener since 2006. That year, the Dynamo won their inaugural match, 5-2 over Colorado at Robertson Stadium thanks to four goals from Brian Ching. FCD beat Brimstone Cup rival Chicago 3-2 in their '06 opener as Dallas native Kenny Cooper netted the game-winner in his MLS debut at Pizza Hut Park.
He said it
"For me, that is a different type of game. I have my mindset for every game but this one has a little added spice. To beat Houston in the opening game at home is doubly satisfying. We get the three points like normal when we win, but against Houston, it has a different flavor." – FCD goalkeeper Darío Sala


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Dinner Tonight: Moorish-Style Chickpea and Spinach Stew Recipe
Healthy and delicious recipes from Serious Eats
I found this recipe from Jose Andres Tapas: A Taste of Spain in America while searching Recipe Gullet for a way to use chickpeas. Though I already have a chickpea soup I quite like, I was lured here because of the paste made from the bread and garlic--and the use of paprika and saffron. I couldn't wait to use that latter spice, as I had just gotten it as a gift and looked forward to busting out the little red threads and seeing what kind of culinary ecstasy they could induce.
I was so excited about this soup that I probably built it up a little too much up in my imagination. It was a fine soup with a beautiful, deep red broth. But since I wasn't completely leveled by it, I came away a little disappointed. To be fair, the original recipe starts with dried chickpeas that are cooked from scratch, a step that would have certainly added more flavor but also one that would have taken a lot longer. Sadly, I took the short cut and ended up with a soup that I wished had just a little more flavor.
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- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 6 garlic cloves, peeled
- 2 slices white bread, crusts removed
- 2 tablespoons sweet paprika
- 1 pinch saffron
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar
- 1 twenty-eight-ounce can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 1/2 pound spinach, roughly chopped
- Salt and pepper
Pour the olive oil into a large pot over medium heat. Add the garlic cloves, and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally until browned on both sides. Remove garlic and set aside.
Add the bread to the pan; cook on both sides until browned, about 2 minutes. Remove and set aside.
Turn off the heat, and let the pan cool for a minute. Then add the paprika, saffron, and cumin, and stir for a few seconds. Then pour in the sherry vinegar and stir until combined.
Place the garlic and bread in a mortar and pestle. Smash until it becomes a thick paste.
Dump the chickpeas and spinach into the large pot with the paprika-and-saffron mixture; pour in 4 cups of water. Bring to a simmer; cook for 5 minutes. Stir in the bread-and-garlic paste; cook for 5 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper and serve.
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This water butt maintains its shape, even when full of water and its opaque plastic reduces algae growth in the sunlight. It's rotationally moulded for strength and durability and has a 2 year warranty against manufacturing defects.
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4-Port Gigabit Ethernet Network Card - PCI Express, Intel I350 NIC
Add four Gigabit Ethernet ports to a client, server or workstation through a single PCI Express slot
Product ID: ST4000SPEXI
- Add four 10/100/1000 RJ-45 Ethernet ports to a client, server or desktop through one PCIe slot
- Intel I350-AM4 chipset with Intel® Virtualization Technology for connectivity
- PXE network boot
- Fully compliant with IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab
- Auto MDIX support
- Autonegotiation support
- Wake-on-LAN support
- Up to 9K jumbo frame support
- IEEE802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)
- Supports IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging
- Full or low-profile (LP bracket included) installation
- Full duplex support
Here's a dependable and cost-effective way to add four high-performance Gigabit Ethernet ports to your server or desktop computer, through one PCI Express slot.
Reliable network connectivity with high performance
This Gigabit Ethernet network card features the Intel® I350-AM4 chipset, designed to deliver the power, performance and enhanced capabilities you need for reliable network connections to your server or computer. The Intel chip provides a number of advanced driver options including IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation / teaming support, which enables you to add additional bandwidth to your system.
Compliant with IEEE 802.3/u/ab standards, the network card provides full support for high-performance, four-channel networking and maximum throughput up to 1000Mbps in each direction (2000 Mbps total) - up to ten times faster than 10/100 Ethernet.
Cost-effective access to multiple networks
The quad-port Gigabit network card makes it easy to access multiple networks. It offers a cost-effective solution for IT professionals in government, educational, corporate, health care, or business environments where access to multiple networks from numerous workstations is needed. The server adapter card gives you four redundant, independent Gigabit Ethernet ports and it supports advanced features such as Jumbo Frames and VLAN tagging.
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Compatible with a broad range of operating systems, this versatile PCIe Gigabit NIC is suitable for many business and enterprise applications - including virtualized environments with multiple operating systems, requiring multiple shared or dedicated NICs. The 4-port Gigabit network card is equipped with Intel® Virtualization Technology for Connectivity (Intel® VT-c) which reduces system latency and improves networking throughput. Four dedicated ports allow you to maximize your virtualized server's networking efficiency and create a more agile data center.
With a dual-profile design, the PCI Express network card installs easily into a wide range of computer/server chassis, regardless of form factor. The card is equipped with a full-sized bracket, and includes a low-profile/half-height installation bracket that you can use as needed.
The ST4000SPEXI is backed by a StarTech.com 2-year warranty and free lifetime technical support.
- Easy access to multiple networks, ideal for government, education, health care, corporations or other high-end server applications
- Add more network ports to a workstation or server for redundancy or virtualization
- Ideal for desktop PC clients, servers and workstations with few PCI Express slots available
- An effective replacement Ethernet network card for legacy equipment
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|Intel - I350-AM4
|Industry Standards
|IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T, IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX, IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T
|IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Tagging
|IEEE 802.3x Full Duplex Flow Control
|Auto MDIX
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|2000 Mbps (full-duplex)
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|1 - PCI Express x4
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|Windows® 7, 8, 8.1, 10
Windows Server® 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019
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|90 g [3.2 oz]
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|Package Width
|17.1 cm [6.7 in]
|Shipping (Package) Weight
|162 g [5.7 oz]
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|1 - Instruction Manual
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- Download the latest drivers from the StarTech.com website (http://www.startech.com/Support). You can find the part number and product ID on the product's packaging.
Note: Windows will typically save the files to the Downloads folder that is associated with your user account (for example, C:\Users\your_name\Downloads).
- Once the download is complete, right-click the zip folder that you downloaded, select Extract All, and follow the on-screen instructions.
- Open the appropriate folder for your operating system.
- Right-click on either Windows 32bit.exe or Windows 64bit.exe as appropriate for your operating system.
- Click Run as Administrator.
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- Follow the on-screen prompts to install the device drivers and restart the computer when prompted.
- Your computer will automatically complete the driver installation and your device should be ready to use.
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- Ethernet cables
- Network devices
- Computer system
To test your setup components, try the following:
- Use the Ethernet cables, network devices, and computer system in another setup to see if the problem is with the components or the setup.
- Use different Ethernet cables, network devices, and a different computer system in your setup to see if the problem persists. Ideally, you should test a component that you know works in another setup.
When you test your cables, it is recommended that you do the following:
- Test each cable individually.
- Use short cables when you are testing.
When you test the Ethernet cables, network devices, and computer system, it is recommended that you do the following:
- In Device Manager, check under Network Adapters. To open Device Manager, press the Windows key + R, type devmgmt.msc, and press Enter.
- If you are using a USB network adapter and you do not see the network adapter listed in Device Manager, refer to the following FAQ: https://www.startech.com/support/faqs/technical-support?topic=expansion-cards#usb-cannot-detect-windows.
- If you are using a PCI/PCIe network adapter and you do not see the network adapter listed in Device Manager, refer to the following FAQ: https://www.startech.com/support/faqs/technical-support?topic=expansion-cards#pci-pcie-cannot-boot-os-or-detect-windows.
- If you are using a CardBus/ExpressCard adapter and you do not see the network adapter listed in Device Manager, refer to the following FAQ: https://www.startech.com/support/faqs/technical-support?topic=expansion-cards#cb-ec-cannot-detect-windows.
- If the device is listed with an error, follow the instructions on the product page to reinstall the drivers.
- Check to see if your network devices (for example, a network switch, router, and so on) use compatible protocols (for example, 10/100, Gigabit, and so on).
- Make sure that the link LEDs on the adapter are illuminated when it is plugged into a network device. If the link LEDs are illuminated, it means that a good electrical connection exists between the devices.
- If you use a wall jack with an Ethernet cable, make sure that the jack is patched in properly.
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- Product installation and/or mounting should be completed by a certified professional as per the local safety and building code guidelines.
- Cables (including power and charging cables) should be placed and routed to avoid creating electric, tripping or safety hazards.
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From Australia comes a trainer that is quieter than the rest.
What is it
JetBlack is an established Australian company that is entering the US shores with a more significant presence in trainers and eyewear. This JB Z1 Fluid trainer is compact yet stable. It features a unique 'elastomer' type roller that reduces noise and tire wear.
Price is $330 without the rubber mat or trainer block.
Why you want it
Winter is fast approaching and as much as you hate training indoors, it's either that or stop your active lifestyle, eating and beer drinking habits. Showing up with bad legs and 10lbs overweight during the spring will just delay your maximum enjoyment of the sport.
JetBlack is here to offer you a compact solution that you can set up in the living room, while you catch up on your favorite Netflix series that you missed out on. JetBlack comes with a mat to protect your floor or carpet and it is quiet enough that you can put your watts in without making the house sound like a wind tunnel.
Another benefit is, since the trainer interface with the tire is not metal, your tire is preserved and wear is much slower. There's nothing worse than wearing out your nice $60 tires or having to put in another 'trainer tire' just to do some indoor training.
Video: Here's the Jet Black trainer in action. Note that it's quieter than normal trainers.
Is it all good?
The interface between the tire and the roller is finicky. Too loose and it will slip. Too tight and it will cause a lot of friction. In this case, you don't want the tire to slip since it will damage the elastomer roller. So err on the side of tight and turn that knob 1.5 times after contact.
The flywheel is not a heavyweight at 2 kilos or 4.4 lbs. The result is a pedaling motion that does not have a lot of coasting inertia. The pedaling action may be choppy if you are not smooth or you change speeds a lot. Some trainers these days have 10lb. flywheels, so the wheel spins for a while even after you stop pedaling.
We're hoping JetBlack will offer some flywheel add-ons or upgrades in the future. Meanwhile, JetBlack offers the R1 aluminum rollers too as an alternative. Their roller is sturdy and folds flat for easy storage or transport.
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The JetBlack Z1 Fluid Hydrogel Trainer features progressive fluid resistance up to 900 watts for a workout that will test any level of cyclist. The Hydrogel Roller reduces noise By 55% and tire wear by 25-30% – great for indoor training at home.
JetBlack's new SRS Smart Release System is a simple and secure way to quickly mount your bike on your trainer.
Adjustment is made at one side and a quick-release lever operates on the other, so once you have got your trainer set up for your bike mounting it is a breeze. And, the adjustment means if you have more than one bike – no problem, you can quickly set up for that one too.
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The only way to start this story is by opening a door - the door leading into the Loony Gas building.
The workers at the Standard Oil Refinery in New Jersey, gave the building that name, waving goodbye to their colleagues when they entered the shadowed opening, promising to have undertakers waiting when they came out. The building was only one year old, that fall of 1924, but it had earned the nickname.
It looked harmless enough from the outside, the usual style of factory buildings on the New Jersey site, the familiar rectangle of neat red brick with narrow windows set in stone. Inside, the first impression was also of routine, noise and heat, the hiss and clank of the pipes, the grumble and clatter of the retorts. And then the unfamiliar, a smell carried by vapors rising from the machinery, not the usual odor of gasoline, but the dull musty scent oftetraethyl lead.
Five years earlier, a chemical engineer working for General Motors had discovered that tetraethyl lead cured a stubborn knocking problem in the car engines. Even GM's best cars, its elegant Cadillacs, banged so loudly under the hood that customers worried that the engines were breaking apart. The noise was a natural byproduct of the engine's design in which gasoline tended to mix with air, heat, spontaneously ignite and explode, sometimes loudly enough to startle a driver into losing control.*
Tetraethyl lead – or TEL as the industrial shorthand referred to it – solved that problem. As we know now – or, more accurately, have known for decades now – it caused many more. But what most people don't know – and what I didn't learn until I started researching the toxicology of the early 20th century – is that scientists warned of, and tried to prevent, those lead-based problems back in the 1920s. Their evidence was, in fact, so solid that that some cities, like New York, attempted to block its use. They were overruled by a federal government that preferred to ally itself with major corporations. A cautionary tale, you might say, although not a lesson we've followed with any notable consistency.
Tetraethyl lead was nothing new back then; it was actually a 19th century discovery from European laboratories. But that innovative GM engineer, one Thomas Midgley, Jr., put it to a new use. (Midgley would later become notorious among environmentalists for his contribution not only to leaded gasoline but to the worldwide use of chlorofluorocarbons).
Midgley was working under the direction of GM research head Charles Kettering when he made his key discovery regarding those knocking engines: tetraethyl lead (a chemical blending of lead, carbon and hydrogen) bonded with the fuel, enveloping it into a happily non-explosive material.
Both the automobile and the oil industry took instantly to Midgley's anti-knock solution, pouring money into production facilities, advertising its wonders. One of the earliest factories to make the additive was the Standard Oil facility in Bayway, New Jersey. And it was there, in the loony gas building, that the warning signs became obvious.
In the twelve months since the company had begun making the anti-knock ingredient, plant laborers' fear of the place had steadily increased. The men who worked in the TEL building, in the clanking heat and drifting vapors, had become increasingly odd - moody, short-tempered, unable to sleep. Some of the workers started getting lost on the familiar plant grounds, had trouble even remembering their friends. And then, in October of 1924, laborers from that same building started collapsing, going into convulsions, babbling deliriously. By the end of September, 32 of the 49 TEL workers were in the hospital and five of them died.
Standard Oil issued a coolly dismissive response: "These men probably went insane because they worked too hard," the building manager told The New York Times. Those who didn't survive had merely worked themselves to death, he continued, due to enthusiasm for the job.
Other than that, the company didn't really see a problem at all.
The Standard Oil explanation failed to impress the state of New Jersey. It ordered the plant closed. The local district attorney wasn't impressed either. He called the chief medical examiner from New York City, Charles Norris, and asked if his innovative chemistry division could do some research into the compound.
Norris was happy to do so. He hadn't liked Standard Oil's position either. He decided, in fact, to issue his own statement, contradicting the industry's perspective on TEL in explicit terms: "The fact that it is readily absorbed and highly poisonous was discovered in Germany about 1854 when tetraethyl lead was discovered, and it has not been used in industry during most of its seventy years since then because of its known deadliness."
Investigators discovered that before the illnesses at Standard Oil, another TEL processor, theDuPont Company, had lost two workers at its Dayton, Ohio plant. They had died from lead poisoning. Lead was well known, as Norris emphasized, for its tendency to damage the nervous system. And lead-laced vapors, like those emitted in TEL manufacturing, absorbed through the skin and were inhaled directly into the lungs.
It turned out, in fact, that months before the New Jersey workers died, several of the supervisors at the loony gas building had recommended that the production be shut down. They'd become alarmed themselves by the way the increasingly bizarre behavior of the workers and by the signs of obvious illness.
Standard Oil did not back down. In answer to this new round of criticisms, the company organized a press conference at its Manhattan offices (not in New Jersey, of course), featuring the developer of tetraethyl lead himself. Midgley assured reporters that handled properly there was nothing dangerous about his prized discovery. To prove it, he washed his hands in a bowl filled with TEL. "I'm taking no chances whatever," he said. "Nor would I take any chances by doing that every day."
Like Standard Oil executives, he blamed the workers, both at Dupont and at the New Jersey plant, for failing to protect themselves properly. Gloves and masks had been available at the refinery; it was the workers' responsibility to wear them. But they weren't well educated men, a company vice president explained to the reporters, and perhaps the employees hadn't realized that working with TEL was "man's work", with all the risks implied.
He was right, of course, that the loony gas workers didn't know what the risks were. But neither - even at that moment - did he.
The first of a two part blog series on the early history of leaded gasoline. I discovered this while researching The Poisoner's Handbook and this post is based on that book. I've always considered it a fascinating and troubling part of our forgotten chemical history.
**The description of the anti-knock problem was updated in response to a very smart comment which pointed out that I had described it as a product of incomplete combustion when the explosions actually tended to occur pre-combustion as pockets of air and gas circulating in the engine ignite. For some excellent and more technical descriptions, do check the comment section.


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The Large Hadron Collider forward (LHCf) experiment is designed to use the LHC to verify the hadronic-interaction models used in cosmic-ray physics. Forward baryon production is one of the crucial points to understand the development of cosmic-ray showers. We report the neutron-energy spectra for LHC $\sqrt{s}$=7 TeV proton–proton collisions with the pseudo-rapidity η ranging from 8.81 to 8.99, from 8.99 to 9.22, and from 10.76 to infinity. The measured energy spectra obtained from the two independent calorimeters of Arm1 and Arm2 show the same characteristic feature before unfolding the detector responses. We unfolded the measured spectra by using the multidimensional unfolding method based on Bayesian theory, and the unfolded spectra were compared with current hadronic-interaction models. The QGSJET II-03 model predicts a high neutron production rate at the highest pseudo-rapidity range similar to our results, and the DPMJET 3.04 model describes our results well at the lower pseudo-rapidity ranges. However, no model perfectly explains the experimental results over the entire pseudo-rapidity range. The experimental data indicate a more abundant neutron production rate relative to the photon production than any model predictions studied here.


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It's the stuff of Democrats' 2016 dreams.
Mayor Julián Castro and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met for the first time Saturday in Los Angeles, where Clinton was honored for her "role in inspiring the creation of the Mexican American Leadership Initiative, a group of prominent Latinos who support philanthropic projects in Mexico and promote what Clinton called 'a shared future' between the two nations," the Washington Post reported.
The meeting — memorialized in a photo on Castro's Facebook page, captioned simply "Today in Los Angeles" — sparked comments from Clinton/Castro daydreamers on the social media site. More than 4,100 people had liked the post at 8:30 p.m., Saturday.
The most frequently asked-and-answered question for the mayor (aside from identifying himself from his identical twin) is whether he is considering a run for higher office, following his Democratic National Convention keynote speech in 2012. Perhaps a run for president? Perhaps as a vice presidential running mate? Perhaps in 2016?
Castro insists it's not in his political plans. Not even if Clinton/Castro Twitter handles, hashtags, bumper stickers and Internet memes give (probably false) hope to supporters. Not even if party leaders and poll numbers suggest he actually may have a shot.
The America's Voice/Latino Decisions 2016 Presidential Survey, which polled 1,200 Latino presidential election voters and published this summer, showed significant favorability for Castro, who is in his third term as mayor.
"It's political grist of which Castro won't partake in milling," Express-News reporter Josh Baugh wrote.
"It's flattering talk, but that's all it is — talk," Castro told the Express-News in a July 3 article. "I don't want to play the speculation game. There's not a person in America who can predict what's going to happen in 2016."
Castro spoke Friday in Chicago at a Latino Policy Forum breakfast, where he told supporters that he would likely seek a statewide office as a political next-step.
Castro's office told NBC Latino that the comments weren't a detour from the mayor's usual comments on the issue. Jaime Castillo, the mayor's spokesman, said the mayor told him he had said what he usually says, the news site reported. Something along the lines of "I'll take a look around and see what's available statewide."
Still, it will be difficult for Democrats — hoping to capture the coveted Latino vote and keep the White House in 2016 — to give up the fight. Castro's beaming smile in the photo with Clinton Saturday suggests he, at least, shares their enthusiasm — for Clinton.


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As the Republicans conclude their national convention Wednesday and Thursday, and Democrats prepare for theirs next week, you would not be wrong in thinking that something is missing from both presidential tickets.
Romney-Ryan and Obama-Biden are both narrow tickets. And taken together, the two tickets and four men miss a number of American bases. Here are five of those missed bases:
5. No Californian. Before you call your blogger a provincial for bringing this up, it's worth remembering that there were Californians, thanks to Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, major party tickets in 1952, 1956, 1960, 1968, 1972, 1980, 1984, and 1996 (Yes, I'll count '96 GOP vp nominee Jack Kemp, a graduate of LA's Fairfax High).
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But it's been a dry spell.
This year, the candidates do have California ties.
Mitt Romney owns a home in La Jolla. President Obama did his first two years of college at Occidental. But that's it.
Heck, there aren't even any Westerners. Unless you count Obama as a Hawaiian instead of a Chicagoan, there is no candidate from the West for the first time since 1992 (Bush-Quayle and Clinton-Gore).
This is a problem, for the West and for the country. We're home not only to the largest state in the union, California, and two of the top six cities, LA and Phoenix. But the West also contains some of the most economically distressed parts of the country. It's strange to have no candidate with ties here when the country's economic problems are a front-and-center issue.
4. No Southerners. The absence of Southerners on the ticket is also peculiar. Though that was also true in 2008. Since LBJ, Southerners have been thought to have a leg up in presidential politics. We've elected Carter, the two Bushes, and Clinton, and tickets have routinely made space for Southerners in the vice presidential spot.
3. No scientists
The failure of American politics to embrace science, and scientists, is a problem for the country. So many of our economic challenges, not to mention education challenges, are tie up in science. It would make sense to have a scientist on the ticket. Instead, we have three lawyers and Paul Ryan, who is both the son of and the husband of lawyers.
2. No veterans
For a country so often engaged in war, it's a milestone for none of the four members of the two tickets to have any military experience.
Of course, maybe that's not so surprising, given that politics is about winning elections. And the last five presidential nominees who had served in a theater of war -- McCain, Kerry, Gore, Dole, Papa Bush -- lost the presidency to candidates who had no such service.
1. No women.
Half the country is unrepresented.
Lead Prop Zero blogger Joe Mathews is California editor at Zocalo Public Square, a fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Social Cohesion, and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (University of California, 2010).
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Recommendation and Reference Letters
Although the terms are frequently used interchangeably, the purpose of reference and recommendation letters can be different.
Recommendation Letters
A letter of recommendation may be used in the job search but may also be used for other purposes, including applications to graduate or professional schools, application for membership in an organization, or in volunteer situations where the entity requires in-depth knowledge of a person's character.
When writing a recommendation letter, negative criticism or defamatory comments should not be included. Check to make sure you are following the policies within your organization regarding the type of information allowed and use of official letterhead.
Effective letters of recommendation verify experience, confirm competence, and build credibility. The type of information included depends on the type of letter and its intended audience.
Other Resources
- Graduate or Professional School Recommendation
- Reference Letters
- Requesting a Letter
- Writing a Letter
Graduate or Professional School Recommendation
Graduate programs may require submission of multiple letters and frequently specify procedures for the letter writers and for the applicants.
These letters are usually written by faculty members, academic advisors, or administrators; however, other people may also write them. These letters are intended to provide information that is not in the application and demonstrate how the applicant stands out from others.
The recommendation writer should have a good understanding of your academic history, interests, goals, and direction. Many programs will require that the letters of recommendation be sent directly to the specific departments or admissions offices. In this case, the applicant may sign a waiver of confidentiality and relinquish rights to access the information in the letters. These types of letters include the following information:
- Academic performance
- Honors and awards
- Initiative, dedication, integrity, reliability
- Willingness to follow school policy
- Ability to work with others
- Ability to work independently
- Speak to leadership ability
- Demonstrate maturity
- Compliment your character
- Any information not readily apparent from admission scores or transcripts
Reference Letters
A reference letter is generally used by candidates in the job search process to demonstrate skills, abilities, and experience to prospective employers. Reference letters can be long or short, but should be recent and professional in tone and format. Well-written, positive letters can be very helpful in a job search or application process. Reference letters pertaining to previous employment can be written by former employers, direct supervisors, or managers with knowledge of the abilities and experience of the former employee. These letters include any or all of the following information:
- Previous positions held in the company
- Summary of job responsibilities
- Strengths, skill, and talents
- Initiative, dedication, integrity, reliability
- Ability to work with a team
- Ability to work independently
It should be a recent reference letter; letters that are older than a year may not be relevant to the goal. However, a letter written several years ago about a job that is directly relevant to the goal may be just as or more effective than a recent letter from a job that is not relevant to the current goal.
Some employers may request character references that focus on work ethic, dependability, and motivation level. The credibility of the letter writer is very important to all types of reference or recommendation letters, but even more important for character references. Choose people who know you well and who are not related to you.
Requesting a Letter: Choosing the Right Person
The letter of reference or recommendation can have a profound effect on your future. Choose wisely who you approach to write a letter. Make the process as easy as possible for the writer by providing information needed to develop a positive, accurate recommendation. If the writer suggests it, you may offer to compose the letter and provide a draft to be edited and finalized by the reference.
When you request a recommendation letter, explain the need and the reason in a straightforward way. Choose someone who can write well, is a credible reference, knows you well, and thinks highly of you and your abilities. Select individuals with the highest or most relevant job title to add credibility. Provide the writer a copy of your resume, specific instructions, and any additional information which will ease the process of writing the letter.
Ask for the letter far enough in advance that writing the letter is not a burden to already busy professionals. Explain your need and its importance to your goal — whether it is academic or career-related. You want references and letters from people who are genuinely happy to help you toward your goal. Try not to put the letter writer on the spot; if they seem unsure or provide an excuse for not being a reference, accept their reason gracefully.
Writing Your Own Reference/Recommendation Letter
Your chosen references may ask you to write the letter for them. Write a first draft and identify it as such when you present it to your reference so that they may add to or change the content as necessary. Be careful of using the same first draft with all of your references; you don't want the admissions committee or the prospective employer to receive two identical letters of recommendation!
It is easy to supply an electronic draft that the writer may add to or revise according to his or her needs. In your draft, provide an accurate assessment of your performance, strengths, and competence. Don't be shy about communicating your strengths.
- Provide a list of your strengths, talents, and abilities.
- Highlight major accomplishments you want to emphasize.
- Match the information in the draft to the specific goal.
- Use a professional vocabulary, format, and tone.
Writing A Reference/Recommendation Letter For Someone Else
Only agree to provide a letter if you have the time, know the individual well, and honestly feel comfortable writing it. The more personalized a letter of recommendation, the more effective it is. Include how long and how well you know the candidate; indicate that your judgments are based on sound information. Also, it may be advantageous to include personal insights or anecdotes that cannot be obtained from a resume, transcript, or interview.
Be honest in your assessment of the candidate
However, don't be negative. If you truly are not able to recommend the person in writing, then don't agree to provide a letter. Be honest, yet tactful with the person about your feelings, intentions, and any concerns you may have. Both parties must be aware and informed regarding information or the inability to provide a good recommendation.
Consider what you would want to know if you were the recipient and provide that information
It is possible to ask the requester to provide a draft letter for you to edit; a copy of the resume; or any other relevant documents, including employment history, transcripts, or a short biography.
Letters of recommendation are generally written in a classic format with an introduction, body, and conclusion
However, some specific requirements may be included in the instructions. Ask the requester to provide you with any pertinent instructions relating to the recommendation letter. In most cases, any well-organized format is acceptable.
Letter writing tips
Keep the letter to one page in length. Print on letterhead if possible. Sign it personally.
Introductory paragraph
State the purpose of the letter. Explain how you know the individual and for how long. State the nature of the relationship: subordinate, co-worker, student, etc.
Body of letter
1 or 2 paragraphs addressing pertinent information about the individual's experience, knowledge, abilities, and skills. If relevant, you may need to explain why the person is seeking a new position. Do not assume common knowledge; also do not explain layoffs, company relocations, etc.
Closing paragraph
Express the level of confidence in the individual. Explain how or to what extent he or she is suited to the job or academic program.
Do not use templates available in books or on the Internet
Since they are easily available, then others are also using them and you don't want the letter to contain wording that the recipient has read numerous times before. The letter should be your recommendation of the person in your own words. Be sure that the format, style, and tone remain the same throughout the document. Changes in font or font size indicate text has been cut and pasted which is not a strong indication of the letter writer's credibility or opinion.


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Snuff Bottle and Stopper
Elongated Panels
Faceted Design on Elongated Form
Artist/maker unknown, Chinese
Made in China, Asia
18th centuryMedium:
Opaque yellow glass with carved decoration; pink tourmaline stopper Dimensions:
3 9/16 x 1 1/8 inches (9.1 x 2.8 cm)Curatorial Department:
East Asian ArtObject Location:
Currently not on viewAccession Number:
1944-20-645Credit Line:
Gift of Major General and Mrs. William Crozier, 1944
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Snuff-made of tobacco that is ground into a powdered form and spiced with aromatic substances-was introduced to China from Japan in the late seventeenth century. Chinese elites believed that the powder had medicinal properties, and initially used cylindrical medicine bottles to hold this new "Japanese tobacco." Soon after, the Kangxi Emperor (reigned 1662 - 1722)-known for his fondness for snuff and a devoted patron of the arts-established a series of workshops in Beijing to manufacture small, high-quality objects for court use, including snuff bottles. The repertoire of bottle shapes, materials, and motifs dramatically expanded under imperial patronage, and artisans facilitated the dispensing of the tobacco by adding stoppers with attached ivory spoons.
Snuff bottle production reached aesthetic and technological heights during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (1736 - 1795), who particularly appreciated the artfulness of the miniature containers. Members of the Qianlong court frequently exchanged the exquisite receptacles as gifts, and by the mid-nineteenth century, snuff bottles had become mandatory items of apparel for Chinese gentlemen and those who aspired to this status. The popularization of these vessels helps account for the many glass bottles produced to resemble jade, agate, quartz, lapis lazuli, and other precious materials: glass snuff bottles were less expensive and a good imitation passed all but the closest scrutiny. Chinese interest in snuff bottles as collectibles continued into the twentieth century, when delicate, inside-painted wares dominated the market.


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Did you know...
How can I find out about my relatives who came into Baltimore from the 'old country'?
The Furlong Baldwin Library holds a wealth of documents and records, including ship registries, immigrations files, birth and death certificates, church registries, civil and military records, and other documents suitable for genealogy research. With the Enoch Pratt Library and the Maryland Archives, MdHS is among the best resources in the area for researching family history.
How can I find out about the background of the house or property I'm living in… thinking of buying… etc.?
The Furlong Baldwin Library collections include important city and county maps, land and business records, historical prints and photographs that can help you with researching an individual property, business or neighborhood. The Maryland Historical Trust maintains a registry of historic properties throughout the state that also might be helpful in this research: mht.maryland.gov.
I need information about getting my home registered as a historic property… finding guidelines for restoring or renovating a historic property… reporting a historic property that is being threatened by development.
MdHS does not maintain the registry, determine what qualifies as 'historic', or set the standards for restoration or renovation of historic properties. Contact: the Maryland Historical Trust: 410- 697-9591, mht.maryland.gov , Preservation Maryland: 410- 685-2886 www.preservationmaryland.org, or the Baltimore Commission on Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP): 410-396-4886 chap.baltimorecity.gov.
I want to report damage to, or find information about one of the roadside historical markers.
Historic Roadside Markers are placed and maintained the Maryland Historical Trust: 410- 514-7600. A full listing of all markers and their locations is available at their website: mht.maryland.gov/historicalmarkers/.
Can you help me research… get an appraisal for… find a conservator for… an item I have in my collection?
For researching an object, contact the Enoch Pratt Free Library. They have an excellent collection of non-circulating reference books on fine and decorative arts in their Fine Arts area, and many references on Maryland in the Maryland Room. Other resources maybe available at your local public library or county historical society.
For appraisals: Local antique dealers and auctioneers such as Alex Cooper, Richard Opfer, or local branches of Sotheby or Christies may be willing to assist you. You can also submit a request online at the International Society of Appraisers: 312-981-6778 or at their website www.isa-appraisers.org. You'll be asked what kind of object you want appraised and your geographic location; and you'll get a referral to someone in your area.
For conservators: Again you can inquire at local antique dealers and auctioneers for a referral, or contact the International Society of Conservators: 202-452-9545, or at www.conservation-us.org. You'll be asked what kind of object you want to have conserved and your geographic location; and you'll get a referral to someone in your area.
I have an item that I'd like to donate or sell to the museum or library. Who can help me with that?
MdHS has a very specific process for reviewing and considering any objects or materials to be donated or purchased for the collection. All items to be considered must have a significant Maryland connection: i.e.: made in Maryland, owned or used by a prominent Marylander, or someway involved with Maryland historic locations or events; and they should address a need or want in rounding out our holdings. For objects for the museum (china, paintings, jewelry, sliver, furniture clothing weapons, sculpture, linens, quilts, etc.) Contact Harrison Van Waes at 410-685-3750 x 331 or email: [email protected]. Provide as much information about the object, its condition and it's relation to Maryland and digital images if possible. The request will be researched and recommendations presented to the Collections Committee which will make the final decision to accept or acquire the object.
For library materials (manuscripts, books, prints, photographs, paper ephemera, etc.) Contact Mr. Francis O'Neill, 410-685-3750 x 359. Mr. O'Neill will review the offer and make a recommendation to accept or decline the materials.
Can you give me a number for -------- County Historical Society?
A complete listing of all Maryland County Historical Societies is available at the Maryland State Archives website: http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/histsoc/html/county.html
Where is the Edgar Allan Poe house… grave?
Poe House Museum is at 203 N. Amity St. near the intersection with Lexington St. Please phone ahead: 410-396-7932. Poe's gravesite is at Westminster Church, Intersection of Fayette and Green St. near University of Maryland Medical Center.
Where is the house where Wallis Simpson, later Duchess of Windsor lived?
221 East Biddle Street.
Where is the house where Gertrude Stein lived?
215 East Biddle Street.
What is the connection with Nipper, the RCA Dog?
The RCA Victor nascot's, statue was on top of the D& H Distributing Co. on Russell St., the local RCA Distributor. He came to us from the Baltimore City Life Museum.
Baltimore Basilica of the Assumption, 1821 designed by Benjamin Latrobe
Hours 8:30am - 4:00 Tours at 9, 11, and 1 pm.
Where can I see the famous Baltimore Painted Screens?
Exhibit at Hatton Senior Center, 2825 Fait Avenue and the American Visionary Art Museum.
What is the source of the design for the Maryland State Flag?
The flag combines the family banners of the Calvert family, gold and black stripes with diagonal inset, and the Crossland family, the red and white 'cross bottony'. It was adopted officially in 1904.
What is the meaning of the figures and words on the Maryland Seal?
The current Maryland seal design was approved in 1854 and is based on the original Great Seal commissioned by Cecil Calvert in 1648. The obverse depicts Cecil Calvert in armor on horseback. The legend in Latin translates: "Cecil, Absolute Lord of Maryland and Avalon, Baron of Baltimore". The Reverse, the more familiar side, depicts the Calvert and Crossland arms quartered on a shield, with an earl's coronet on top. The helmet represents absolute authority. The farmer represents Maryland and the fisherman represents Avalon, Cecil's province in Newfoundland. The inscription on the banner translates: "Manly deeds, Womanly words". The border inscription translates: "With Favor Wilt Thou Compass Us as with a Shield".
Why is Maryland called "The Old Line State"?
The nickname comes not from the 'Mason - Dixon Line' boundary, but from the valiant stand made by men of the 1st Maryland Regiment at the Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776. 400 men held off over 20,000 advancing British and Hessian troops, to permit George Washington and the rest of the Continental army to retreat to Manhattan. The Marylander's 'held the line' and lost about half their number before being overwhelmed.


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Coccidioidomycosis: chest X ray with a miliary pattern suggesting fungal or mycobacterial disease
Chest radiograph of an HIV-infected patient, CD4 count <50 cells/µL, demonstrating a miliary pattern that is suggestive of either mycobacterial or disseminated fungal disease (clinical information may help in assigning the relative probabilities). The diagnostic approach should evaluate both possibilities. The diagnosis in this patient was disseminated coccidioidomycosis.
Laurence Huang, MD, University of California San Francisco
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Members of this group might be interested in one or more of the online courses offered by the University of Manchester, UK. The courses can be taken as individual units, or for credits towards a Masters degree. http://octette.cs.man.ac.uk/bioinformatics/qualifications/index.html The courses running next semester, from March 2012, include : Mathematics for metabolic modelling Introduction to BioHealth Informatics Bioinformatics for transcriptomics http://octette.cs.man.ac.uk/bioinformatics/modules/transcriptomics.html For further information, please visit our programme website : http://octette.cs.man.ac.uk/bioinformatics/index.html If you have any questions, or would like advice on the options, please contact our office for Advanced Professional Education (ape from cs.man.ac.uk).


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Hotels in Hong Kong
Find a place to stay
Top neighborhoods in Hong Kong
Top landmarks in Hong Kong
Find out more about Hong Kong
Hong Kong, which is known officially as the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a city on the southern coast of China near the Pearl River estuary and bordering the South China Sea. Hong Kong is considered a world city much like New York, Paris, London, Rome, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and Tokyo. The area of Hong Kong underwent a 99-year lease to Great Britain beginning in 1898. But for the four-year period where it was under Japanese control during World War II, the lease continued until 1997 when it was ceded back to China. Visitors to Hong Kong will enjoy the expansive skyline, the natural harbor, and the immense population density. Visiting Hong Kong is a rich experience of a lifetime, however taking care of the necessities, such as booking at one of their many Hong Kong hotels, must be taken care of first. Hotels.com provides for all kinds of Hong Kong hotels, including 3-star, 4-star, and 5-star offerings. An excellent guest rating system accentuates the wonderful service that Hotels.com provides.
Things to See and Do in Hong Kong
The remarkable city of Hong Kong has many things to offer the visitor. One particularly popular attraction for both visitors and locals is Victoria Peak. People enjoy scaling the top of the peak in order to catch the fantastic views of the city. One word to the wise would be to make sure to climb the Victoria Peak on a day where the cloud cover is clear, otherwise the view will not be so good. Another area that is popular with locals is Kowloon Park, which features giant life-sized statues of popular cartoon characters in the Hong Kong area. The park also has a variety of Tai Chi performers for people to take in, including many such artists available on a Sunday. Tourists and residents alike also enjoy the Happy Valley race track programs, where horse racing remains a popular activity. The Tiger Palm garden is another area that many tourists like to visit. There are other locations for the Tiger Palm gardens, including one in mainland China and one in Singapore. The Tiger Palm garden also features a wide variety of art, including a number of art prints that visitors can take in.
How to Properly Relate To The Locals in Hong Kong
Be aware of your surroundings when in Hong Kong. For example, make sure you follow all rules carefully, such as not smoking or chewing gum on the beach. It is allowed, but make sure that you properly wrap the chewing gum back into the wrapper before you dispose of it or you will be charged a hefty fine. Of course, you will also need to know some things about the language. Unlike the rest of China, Hong Kong residents speak Cantonese rather than the Mandarin spoken on the mainland. Due to its long history within the British Empire, many locals in Hong Kong also speak English, but not everyone. Everyone appreciates the gesture of tourists learning a few key phrases such as "please" and "thank you", and appearing to be humble will go a long way towards ingratiating yourself with the local people. Mobility in China is a bit different from what you are used to in the US, as people aren't free to simply pick up and move wherever they want - this means that many locals in Hong Kong have long-standing ties to the city and are very proud of its relatively high standard of living compared to rural China.


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Twelve stately old pine trees have been removed from the front of Elliott Point Elementary School.
FORT WALTON BEACH � Twelve stately old pine trees have been removed from the front of Elliott Point Elementary School.
Principal Janet Norris requested that the trees be removed because their roots were damaging the school�s parking lot and their sap had become a nuisance.
�People were refusing to park in the spaces because of the sap dripping from trees,� said Bill Smith, director of facilities for the Okaloosa County School District.
Norris could not be reached Tuesday for comment.
Steve Bolton, program director for the school system�s maintenance department, said his crews removed everything but the stumps last week. The stumps will be ground down sometime before students return to school Aug. 19.
The school sits on Hughes Street across from Ferry Park. Some people who use the park�s walking trail got a jolt when they noticed the trees being removed.
�At first I was just shocked. Those pine trees are pretty darn big,� said Tisha Maraj, who has walked at Ferry Park nearly every day for nine years. �It�s a shock when you don�t see them.�
The cost to remove the trees well short of $1,000, Bolton estimated. The wood was carted off to a landfill.
Bolton said along with the damage the 12 trees were doing to the parking lot, tall pines like the ones removed also are susceptible to lightning strikes.
Maraj said when she saw the downed trees, some of which appeared to be about 100 years old, she hoped they had been taken down for a good reason.
�In my mind I trusted whatever reason they had was a good one,� she said. �I wouldn�t think they would just cut them down.�
An Elliott Point administrator said Norris has formed a group that will re-landscape the school grounds surrounding the parking lot with �more appropriate foliage.�
�We�re recommending something that is low maintenance,� Bolton said.
Although the root damage to the parking lot is evident, Bolton said the school district does not have money in its budget to resurface the lot at Elliott Point or anywhere else in the county.
�Funding will go to things like roofing and keeping things running,� he said.
Contact Daily News Staff Writer Tom McLaughlin at 850-315-4435 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @TomMnwfdn.


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Letterhead and Business Cards
The University has made a small refinement to its stationery, including letterhead, envelopes and business cards, to reflect the standard University identity. In order to be consistent, the Columbia name is now presented in the official University font, Trajan Pro, and uses Columbia blue, in this case, Pantone 294. While this may seem a subtle change to some eyes, it will help us present a more unified look and feel in all of our communications.
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Lady Gaga got the royal treatment when she performed for the Queen of England last night.
The outrageous singer known for her eclectic style wore a conservative floor-length red latex dress with Elizabethan frills during the Royal Variety Show in London last night after which she met Her Majesty face-to-face.
Gaga, in sparkling red eye makeup, made the Queen giggle when she curtsied and shook her hand after the performance, according to MTV UK.
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The day's top national and international news.
The "Poker Face" singer sat a top a swing suspended 30 feet in the air as she played a piano held up on giant stilts while performing the song "Speechless" with the Queen looking on, according to London's Daily Mail.
"My father is here tonight, and I wrote this song for him," Gaga told the crowd, according to the Belfast Telegraph.
The singer said she had to scale back her performance and tailor it to the sensibilities of the royal family -- including cutting out a bloody scene where she pretends stabs herself on stage.
"I wanted to do the suicide scene but was told it wouldn't be appropriate. I've also had to tone things down generally," she told Britain's Daily Mirror.
"But it' doesn't matter because I'm a massive fan of the Queen -- I was so excited and have even been practicing my curtsy. When I first came up with what I was doing, I said, 'Oh my f---ing God.' It's fabulous. I hope the Queen likes it. "
Miley Cyrus was also at the performance.