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Surplus rainwater should be stored underground instead of in dams to prepare for drought, a scientific study says.
The National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training has made the recommendation as the federal government tables Australia's first national Murray-Darling Basin plan in parliament.
Researcher Andrew Ross says Australia should be "banking" its water underground as an alternative to traditional dams during times of heavy rain.
"There is enormous national potential to store surplus water in aquifers, ensuring sufficient water is available for cities, homes, industry, farming and the environment when drought strikes," he said in a statement.
"Historically, Australians have relied on dams to provide water for agriculture and cities.
"This strategy is not sufficient to cope with increasing climate variability or droughts as demand for food and water grows."
Up to 3000 billion litres (GL) of water a year evaporates from the Murray-Darling Basin, he said.
That level of evaporation almost matches the 3200 billion litres a year the government is hoping to flush back into the Murray-Darling Basin, under its plan unveiled last week and tabled in parliament on Monday.
Mr Ross, who has researched integrated surface water and groundwater management, said storing water underground would ensure sufficient was available for Murray-Darling Basin agricultural production and environmental flows, and avoid the shutdown of irrigation.
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Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone pondering bid for governor
SOMERVILLE — Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone said he continues to mull a bid for governor in 2014, but he has no firm timetable for when he will make a decision.
"I'm inspired that I get so much encouragement to consider it, which I am,'' the Democrat told reporters after an event with Governor Deval Patrick welcoming a new business to the city.
"The opportunity to do the innovative work that's been lauded nationally, internationally here in Somerville at a statewide level is intriguing to me and I'll come to some conclusion in the near future,'' said Curtatone, who is serving his 10th year as mayor.
Curtatone, 47, said he would consider what was right for his family before making a decision on whether to run. But, he added, which Democrats end up running for the Corner Office could influence his choice, too.
"I'm going to make my decisions based on my own personal analysis,'' he said. "But to say that you ignore the field would not be truthful. You need to calculate that in your thinking.''
State Attorney General Martha Coakley and US Representative Michael E. Capuano, both Democrats, have said they are also considering running for governor.
Asked whether he was waiting to see whether Capuano — a Somerville resident and former mayor of the city — would run before he made a decision, Curtatone did not directly answer the question.
"I have not spoken to Mike Capuano about his consideration for governor nor has he spoken to me about mine,'' Curtatone said. "We're close colleagues and friends. My decision is based solely — on many things — but most importantly, on the impacts on my family and where I am, professionally, in my life.''
Treasurer Steven Grossman, state Senator Daniel A. Wolf, former Obama administration official Donald M. Berwick, and biotechnology executive Joseph Avellone are all running for the Democratic nomination.
Republican Charles D. Baker, who was the GOP nominee for governor in 2010, is also seen as likely to run again.
Patrick, elected for a second time in 2010, has said he will not run for a third term.


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You've probably had those moments of frustration because an attachment was too large to send via email. Today Google announced that by using Google Drive, Gmail users can attach and send files as large as 10GB. Yes, 10GB.
Before, Gmail users were only able to send 25MB attachments, making it difficult to send large Powerpoint documents to colleagues and sending us over to services like Dropbox or Box. Now all you have to do is upload and host your documents and files onto Google Drive, and click on a new "Insert files using Google Drive" button that you'll find on the bottom of your email compose page right next to the paperclip attachment icon.
Note that this feature will only be available in the new compose page, which is a feature that you have to opt into. Otherwise you're going to be stuck with the 25MBs.
An additional feature that Google is adding into the mix is based off of its "forgotten attachment detector," which will identify whether the recipients already have access to those files that are being sent. You've probably seen the "forgotten attachment detector" in action already when you've tried to hit "Send" despite having forgotten to attach a file. Luckily Google had your back and reminded you of the missing attachment. The update to the detector, according to Google Product Manager Phil Sharp, will prompt users with the option to change the file's sharing settings. This includes Drive links pasted into emails.
Before this, it was possible to attach Google Drive files in the body of emails, but this would have had to been done through Google Drive and not Gmail. When you open up a file in Drive, there's an option to attach the document through "File" and "Email as attachment." The update really is about the convenience of a one-click button in Gmail.
Google's strategy is one that we've seen already from Microsoft, which in the past has based SkyDrive features into Hotmail, and now Outlook. Since many companies and individuals are on Gmail already and the update will more tightly integrate Gmail and Drive, this move could spur sales of extra storage space. Right now Google offers just 5GB of free storage space on Drive, which is accessible through Gmail and it's going to be far more convenient to clock a single button in the compose page to attach large files.
The feature will be rolling out "over the next few days."


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Burda 8860 (out of print)
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An out-of-print classic published in the early 2000s, and a great shirt pattern. The fancy details of the illustrations obscure the possibility of a nice, straightforward classic shirt. This pattern has deep vertical darts and bust darts (although they are not shown in the diagrams), and is quite shapely. This one has also become a favourite of mine, and I have made a few examples. With luck you might be able to find it on eBay.
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Jul 22, 2013, 12.22 PMby freyastark
I have now made a second version in a teal and black Liberty print. This time I improved the fit by moving the bust darts downwards to coincide with the apex of my bust, and adding extra ease at the sides of the front pieces equal to a larger size. I also added the equivalent amount to the sleeve tissue on the front side, which I tapered to nothing by the elbow to avoid excess fullness at the cuff. The result is an excellent fit and a new favourite shirt.
Jan 10, 2013, 03.44 AMby nouvellegamine
very nice and great fit!
Jan 7, 2013, 03.58 PMby ctharp
Wow, your shirt looks great! Good fit, good fabric!
Jan 7, 2013, 11.44 AMby Mary Athey
This is lovely on you. I.ve decided that this year i.m going to make myself blouses and tops and trousers.i.m going to have a wardrobe clear out and then decide what I need. I tend to make dress after dress.as.i.love them lol x
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Help fund dissertation research into [topic that no one cares about except me] and help me clean out my closet at the same time. You can contact me by PM here or via brenton DOT peterson AT gmail.
This stuff is now on eBay, along with some new additions. See post below. If you want additional pictures of anything or have any questions, just let me know.


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Women in Computing workshop mentored girls in November
November 16, 2013
High school girls created their own websites, games and animations during a Women in Computing technology workshop at Michigan State University on Saturday, Nov. 16.
The event was designed to attract more female students into the employment-rich fields of computing, said Teresa Isela VanderSloot, academic adviser in the MSU Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
More than a dozen MSU student volunteers led sessions on creating web pages with HTML and CSS, as well as basic programming concepts using Scratch. The event was open to girls in middle school and high school.
"Participants worked closely with MSU computer science students and talked to them about why this is a great career option for women," VanderSloot said.
She noted that the current large demand for programmers in the job market will continue to grow in the years to come. "I encourage parents to continue to bring their daughters to MSU and let us teach them the basics while we surround them with women in computing who are very excited about this incredible field."


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First of all: Thank You For Supporting Me!
My name is Zsolt Gulyás. Cellist and Modern composer for television, games. Primary sound is Fantasy, Electric and Traditional Orchestration, but create any genre like Comedy, Rock/Metal or Electrical. I like to experiment with other genres as well.
Currently signed to New York based CouldB Entertainment in 2012, under the wings of Ken Parks, former VP of MTV Networks, and now I write music for various US TV.
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I was fortunate to have two trips to Barbados during my 2012 working sabbatical in St Lucia. Its a quick 40 minute flight and a change of pace . Barbados has to have some of the most beautiful beaches in the Caribbean and a very keen gardening community. I visited Hunte's Garden, www.huntesgardensbarbados.com It was a truly inspirational garden moment not unlike my visits to Powis Castle in Wales or Sissinghurst in England. The sense of intimacy, plant combinations, colours, and the unique layout was captivating. Under 2 acres in size in a large caldron shape from a collapsed cave thousands of years ago. Bajan Anthony Hunte has created an oasis par excellance in a span of only two years! Evidence of his lifetime in the plant nursery industry. A one way staircase leads down gracefully to the bottom of the garden bowl with paths leading off into intimate garden spaces each complimented by a table and chairs to sit, relax and soak up the atmosphere ( including Maria Callas) I have never seen so many plants so tastefully presented and in such health and vigor, Not a patch of bare earth to be seen! After a relaxing break of packed nibbles in a comfy armchair I ascended the staircase to be dazzled by all the plant beauties I missed coming down. Past a huge chaudiere or cauldron filled with tropical waterlilies to the outbuildings of a past sugar plantation now used as Anthony's residence. He welcomes you onto the veranda overlooking the garden below. I had a very tasty rum punch and wonderful conversations with Anthony and other visitors. A return visit is a must ......Well done Anthony!!! .....at the bottom of my pics im posting the address of a video interview of Anthony found online...It will give an enhanced view of the garden.
Anthony Hunte "Gardener Extraordinaire"
One of Anthony's Arrangements
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – For most of the season the success of MIT men's basketball has been defined by outstanding outside shooting and an efficient offense. Caught in a defensive struggle in the semifinals of the NEWMAC Championship Tournament on Saturday, the Engineers held Babson College to one field goal in the last eight minutes en route to a 50-39 victory and their second appearance in the conference title game in four years.
Ahead 37-32 with 7:46 left in regulation, Babson (13-14) senior star Zach Etten was whistled for his fourth foul of the game. The call proved to be devastating as MIT (19-8) closed the game on an 18-2 run.
Senior Jimmy Bartolotta scored a game-tying high and season-low 13 points on 5-of-14 shooting to lead the Engineers. For the second game in a row, freshman Jamie Karraker knocked down several timely outside shots to finish with 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting from three-point range. With defense proving to be the critical factor in Saturday's tilt, senior Bradley Gampel authored the night's top performance. Scoring nine points, while adding five rebounds and four assists, Gampel set a single-game Institute record with eight steals.
The Beavers were paced by Etten, who scored 13 points on 6-of-16 shooting. Rookie forward Kris Noonan added 10 points and a game-best 11 rebounds for the double-double. The season's third battle between these teams featured eight ties and seven lead changes with both squads shooting well below 40% for the game.
MIT, which turned the ball over 12 times in the first half, committed just three turnovers in the second frame to fuel the late rally.
The Engineers led for most of the first half and were up 20-17 at the break, but five quick points by Babson to open the second half kept MIT on the defensive until the pivotal closing stretch.


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"Oh no, Susie, how could they?"
She took in the image before her, an old lady in the advanced stages of dementia, tied to a chair, with her stockings puddled around her ankles. She walked towards her oldest friend and stroked her cheek, getting out her handkerchief she spat fiercely on it and removed the dried food around Susie's mouth.
Susie looked past her and said nothing. May replaced the handkerchief in her handbag and walked out of the home back towards the town. The memories of Susie Quinn came thick and fast... her mother had warned her... a parasol... Susie could you not stop in your own house at mealtimes?... Jack whistling whilst Susie kept him waiting for another hour.
May drifted back to the early 1920s when she had first met Susie, a slip of a girl with a drunken sot for a mother and no father to speak of, her friendship with Susie was the only time she had crossed her mother. Susie was the brains of the outfit, she was the ideas woman and if there was trouble involved she would be close by.
May thought of her the evening she had turned up in her so called new silk skirt, aged just nine she had found a broken old parasol. Susie carefully removed the silk from the spokes and with untutored needle and thread fashioned a garish skirt in blue and green to extend her meagre wardrobe. Mrs Costello said nothing, a rarity, as Susie explained that not everyone could wear silk and wasn't she lucky that she could?
Mrs Costello frequently told her daughter that she really should not be friends with Susie, she was not a nice girl, but frankly for May that was the fascination she was just so different. Even after the evening at the circus, when sitting spellbound under the big top as the band struck up the latest hit of the day and the audience sang along she remained steadfast to her chum. Although she did admit in later years she was completely nonplussed as the rest of the audience started to sing, "If you knew Susie like I knew Susie, Oh,Oh, Oh what a girl!" Had her mother told them all, or was Susie really that infamous?
As she walked into the town, she stopped outside St Begnet's Church in Dalkey and decided to slip in, a candle for Susie would do no harm. Her eyes adjusted to the dim light and as she lit her penny candles she flew back to the day that Susie had lit every candle she could find in the church as she was worried that Jesus might get frightened on his own in the dark. May suppressed a smile at the thought of the Priest's face as he watched his profits go up in smoke, albeit the holy kind. Mind you this was nothing compared to the theological worry that Susie had about her kitten, convinced that if the cat died without a proper christening he would end up in hell she set about saving his mortal soul. Dressing the kitten in an old net curtain and tucking him into a pram she wheeled him down to the Church and taking him through the sixpenny door she took him over to the Baptismal font and dunked him... the cat screeched and legged it... lace curtain trailing... which is when the priest arrived. Once the kitten was captured he listened to her explanation and agreed that perhaps the catechism did not apply to kittens.
May went into Dunnes Stores and marched to the hosiery shelves, her eyes ran along till she found the stockings. She picked up several pairs and took them to the till. Walking back to the home she grew slower, her hip was playing her up but she wanted to get back to the home to Susie.
She thought of how Susie would always appear at 6.00pm as Mrs Costello fed her army of children, twelve in all, one for every month of the year and with Susie one over. Mrs C swore that the child could smell food a mile away.
As they grew older Susie became a fastidious and glamorous dresser, her beau Jack would stand whistling Lily of Laguna at the front gate waiting for her to come out... never less than 30 minutes late but as he would always exclaim, "Ah but Susie, you are a fashion plate, too good for the likes of me."
May walked back into the sitting room, she gently pulled the mismatched American tan stockings from Susie's legs. She unpeeled the new silk stockings with the lacy tops from the packet and eased her friend into them as she did so she started to hum, "If you knew Susie" and as she finished, Susie's bony hand grabbed hers. And Susie smiled.
Susie Quinn was my mother's best friend and this was the last time she saw her as Susie died six weeks later. As a child I grew up with stories of Susie and longed to christen a cat like Susie... "oh, oh, oh what a girl!


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Prescription pills crackdown sparks heroin abuse spike in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) - Successful efforts to crack down on prescription pill abuse in Tennessee has had some unintended consequences, including a rise in heroin busts and overdoses, according to the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse.
What started as an escape turned into a trap for Joey Banks, A former heroin addict.
"It led me down a path of destruction," Banks said. "I literally thought I wouldn't have another happy day in my life."
Banks' battle with heroin is one he almost lost.
"It about took my life twice," Banks said. "I overdosed twice."
Banks said his addiction started with an addiction to prescription painkillers. The state says he's not alone.
Efforts to regulate prescription pills left addicts looking for another way to feed their addiction. A recent spike in heroin busts shows more people are turning to the highly addictive drug, according to the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse.
Addiction Campuses in Brentwood connects addicts with rehab services. The staff is fielding fewer calls about prescription pills and more calls from people addicted to heroin, according to Brian Sullivan, spokesperson for Addiction Campuses.
"We deal with people every day where another minute is too late," Sullivan said. "It's a huge problem. It's an epidemic that needs immediate attention."
Banks beat his addiction and now works at Addiction Campuses, helping other addicts find lifelines.
"It's the best feeling in the world," Banks said.
Banks said for every person he helps, there are others who instead of picking up the phone pick up the needle, and every time could be their last.


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In the hours after the acquittal of George Zimmerman late Saturday, the tweets began pouring out.
"This might be in bad taste," wrote Questlove Jenkins of the Roots, "but in light of this verdict? i really INSIST you people see Fruitvale Station not now but RIGHT NOW."
The musician was referring to "Fruitvale Station," Weinstein Co.'s drama about Oscar Grant III, an unarmed African American who was shot by a white BART police officer in 2009. The movie was released in seven theaters this weekend just as Zimmerman's trial in the death of Trayvon Martin wrapped up in Florida. Many have drawn parallels between Grant and Martin.
GREAT READ: Oscar Grant film delivers a vital message
As early as Friday, it was clear "Fruitvale Station" was resonating with moviegoers. On Sunday, Weinstein Co. estimated that the movie would collect $377,285 by weekend's end. That would amount to a $53,898 per-theater average -- the third-highest of the year for a film in limited release, behind only "Spring Breakers" and "The Place Beyond the Pines."
Erik Lomis, the independent studio's head of theatrical distribution, said he did not know the Zimmerman case would be concluding this weekend when he selected the release date for "Fruitvale."
"It just so happens that the timing is right and maybe it's in the public zeitgeist now," Lomis said of the picture, which stars Michael B. Jordan as Grant. "It's not going to hurt us -- but we're not saying 'If you're upset about the Zimmerman case, go see this.' "
The movie played in three Northern California locations, including Oakland's Grand Lake Theater, where a special Bay Area premiere for Grant's friends and family was held in June. On Sunday, Lomis said the Oakland cinema had sold more tickets to the movie than theaters in New York or Los Angeles had.
PHOTOS: Oscar Grant subway shooting story on film
A manager at the Grand Lake who declined to give his name said the theater seats 550 patrons and nearly every one of the movie's six daily showings was sold out.
"We had a very nice crowd -- everybody behaved and there was no problem with anybody," he said, referring to nearby violence in Oakland on Saturday after Zimmerman's acquittal.
The movie appealed to a wide swath of filmgoers this weekend; 43% of the crowd was white and 29% was black. About 32% of the opening weekend crowd was 25 to 34 years old; 18% was over the age of 55. The movie has received overwhelmingly positive reviews and earned an average grade of A from audiences, according to market research firm CinemaScore.
"Fruitvale Station" is one of the few films released so far this year that pundits have described as a serious Oscar contender. Last year, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" was one of the few Academy Award nominees to open in the summer. It launched with a per-theater average of $42,426 and went on to gross $12.8 million.
Next weekend, "Fruitvale" will expand to six additional markets and will be playing nationwide by July 26.
Jury finds George Zimmerman not guilty
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Cultural references to astronomy abound in movies, books and particularly in the English language. Of course, I'm steeped in space and astronomy, so you'd expect ME to use terms like "light-year" and "1/r2 " and "cosmological" and things like that. But, it's everywhere. I bet even YOU have used some astronomy-generated term lately.
Just as we came from the ashes of old dead stars, sometimes the words we say also come from the stars. Take "light-year" for example. It's really a term that we use to talk about how far a beam of light travels in a year at a constant speed of 299, 792, 458 meters per second.
The total distance (if you do the math right) turns out to be 9,460,730,472,580 kilometers (or 5,878,630,000,000 miles). That's how astronomers use the term, as in "The Andromeda Galaxy lies some 2.5 million light-years away" or "The light from that nebula traveled some 1,500 light-years to get here."
In everyday language, you often hear the term used like this: " He was light-years ahead of his time." In this case, it seems like the speaker is using a unit of distance to refer to someone being advanced in some way. Not exactly a proper usage, but people get the idea.
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Another word is "cosmic", which scientists usually use in terms like "cosmic rays", which are those little high-speed particles moving through space (and matter, including us). The only way to detect them is by how they affect the matter they collide with.
So, if a stray cosmic ray hits some solution in a special detector, it causes a little flash of light, and we can detect that and the cosmic ray's trail and say "Aha, a cosmic ray just pinged us!" But, in general use, the term "cosmic" is from an older Greek term kosmikos, which is related to how we refer to the whole universe, the vastness "out there" stretching to the limits of the known universe.
And, nearly every day, you can hear someone say "Wow, cosmic!" or "Thats really cosmic!" Usually they're expressing their awe and admiration of something in a very slangy way. Like, totally cosmic, dude.
"Solar" is another word you hear a lot, usually in terms of "solar heating" or "solar power". It refers to the Sun, which is also known as Sol, and hence, heat from our star becomes "solar heating" and you can capture it with those panels and eventually you get electricity.
That's a pretty obvious one. "Lunar", which refers to our Moon, which is also known as Luna, gets corrupted to the term "looney" — which can mean "crazy" or "whack" or, if you're in Canada, is a unit of currency. For the trifecta, I suppose you could use a looney to buy a ticket to a cartoon by "Looney Tunes" and perhaps the Moon will show up in one of the sequences.
One of my favorite (and incorrect) usages of astronomy terminology is one made famous in Star Wars IV (which was the first Star Wars movie, but is now the fourth one in the series). The line is "… it's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs."
Science-literate folks immediately jumped on that one because parsec is a unit of distance in astronomy. It's roughly 3.2 light-years long. It's not a unit of speed.
But, apologists for the movie's obvious mistake in the script have now pointed out that it really just Han Solo bragging that he'd found a short-cut to the planet Kessel — rather than taking the usual route of 18 parsecs, he found a shorter route. Okay… I suppose that's a reasonable way to explain an obvious script lapse. And, it did teach a new word to folks who hadn't studied astronomy before.
Of course, we have many other usages in our languages — the terms "stellar" and "star" point out the good qualities in a person or action, as in "She's the star of her own show" (she's the brightest or a luminary), and "his stellar qualities were apparent to all (to describe the good, outstanding qualities of a person). How many of us have ever used the term "black hole" to describe something, as in "That office is a black hole of information" (meaning a place where no information can escape)?
From space science we get a whole galaxy (if you'll excuse the expression) of language idioms. One of my favorites is to say "Houston, we have a problem" whenever I encounter an obstacle or a problem in everyday life. I've also heard people (mostly on planes taxing down the runway) say "And, we have liftoff" at wheels-up time.
You could probably spend days (or at least hours) thinking of other usages, which just goes to show you that space and astronomy are reflected in our language. And I think that's just cosmic!
Carolyn Collins Petersen blogs at TheSpacewriter's Ramblings.
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Talk:Independent Orthodox churches
Let's rename this article "Independent churches" so as not to cause any confusion, ok? Fr. John
- As you may imagine, I'm in favor of the name as it is. :) The introductory paragraph makes it crystal clear what's being referred to, so I can't see any confusion arising except perhaps from someone who doesn't look at the article itself (which would indicate a confusion probably so invincible as to be insurmountable even by a name change). The reason I'd be against "independent churches" is that term could refer to anything from what the article's about to your corner Southern Baptist church. I'd also venture to guess that anyone doing a Google for information of this sort will probably use the word "orthodox" in the search. I'm willing to concede to a change in the name, though, if that's the consensus. —Fr. Andrew talk contribs (THINK!) 15:12, January 15, 2006 (CST)
- Perhaps putting 'Orthodox' between quotes could serve as a mid-way solution?
- Independent "Orthodox" Churches
- Well, it's that way in the intro paragraph. I'm not sure if that would interfere with searching or not. —Fr. Andrew talk contribs (THINK!) 06:31, January 16, 2006 (CST)
- I don't think quotes should be in titles -- it complicates things too much. I see Dn. Andrew's points, but still don't like the title as is. What if called it "Independent Movement" or "Non-Canonical groups" or something like that? Fr. John
Al Green's Website
I have a problem there being a link to Green's website. It is flawed in a number of ways, beginning with (1)the definition of canonical at the top of the page. It is a statement from the American Carpatho-Russian diocese about its own identity as a church under Constantinople. Most Orthodox in the world do not fit that description.
It is also (2) out of date. I know of at least one entity that dissolved years ago, namely, The Orthodox Church of the West -- which was a group of American parishes under the Orthodox Church of France. And even when it existed, Green's commentary was false -- he claims that the OCW's location was "secret." His polemical attitude gets the best of him.
He (3) lumps together lots of disparate bodies. There is a world of difference between the Orthodox Church of France, which has spent most of its history under the blessing of unquestionably canonical Orhtodox churches and years under the archpastoral care of at least one Orthodox saint (St John of Shanghai and San Francisco), and the various independent churches that promote active homosexuality and other beliefs and practices alien to Eastern Orthodoxy. Isolation from Constantinople or other canonical Churches is not the logical equivalence of being "uncanonical." If so, the OCA spent much of her history prior to 1970 as "uncanonical."
I also have a problem with his treatment of the Ukrainian situation. The Ukrainians in the US that are under Constantinople, for example, were -- in Green's thinking -- simply uncanonical before they came under Constantinople. Now when Patriarch Bartholomew received them under his protection some years ago, he began by telling them that they were already canonical, and no one was re-baptized, re-christmated, re-ordained, etc.
In short, the truth is a good deal more complicated and nuanced than Mr Green imagines, and I don't think that such an unsophisticated and flawed treatment of the subject should be a link on an encyclopedia website. Fr. Lev
- Fr. Lev, I think you offer a good critique. I'd like to leave both the link and your comments so that people can get the fullest picture possible. ((User:FrJohn/sig))


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The Social Security Administration has raised the monthly payment amount for disability recipients in 2014 by 1.5%. Social Security disability recipients will receive an additional 1.5% of what they had been receiving in 2013. SSI disability recipients will see their monthly benefits raised from $710 to $721 per month for individuals and from $1,066 to $1,082 per month for couples (assuming no deductions). The 1.5% increase also applies to retirement benefits as well.
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- The maximum taxable earnings amount for workers increases slightly to $117,000 and the SSI resources limit remains the same: $2,000 for an individual and $3,000 for a couple. This is a welcome increase for the disabled workers in this country.
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This is a lesson about using gravity to assist in spacecraft navigation. Learners will relate an elastic collision to the change in a satellite's or spacecraft's speed and direction resulting from a planetary fly-by, often called a "gravity assist"... (View More) maneuver. Both hands-on and online interactive methods are used to explore these topics. (View Less)
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Valldal is the 30 kilometer long valley going from the fjord in the south to the famous Trollstigen in the north. Valldal is in the south-east corner of Møre og Romsdal county in West Norway The village Sylte at the Norddalsfjord (a branch of Storfjord) is the centre of this agricultural district. Norddalsfjord is the northern branch of Storfjord, while the more famous Geirangerfjord extends to the south. Valldal is the western border of the Reinheimen - Norway's youngest national park.
Valldal is surrounded by attractive alpine mountains and steep, green hills. A wild river runs through the valley creating several nice waterfalls, including Holsfossen (10 kilometers upstream), Gudbrandsjuvet (15 km upstream) and Skjerdsura (16 km upstream) - these waterfalls are next to the road.
Despite the high latitude, Valldal has a mild climate and is famous for cherries, apples, raspberries, and strawberries produced on a commercial scale. The thick forrests is home to a large number of red deer, roe deer and other wild animals. In the high mountains towards the east, rein deer and wolverine enjoy endless wilderness.
Road 63 through Valldal connects, Trollstigen and Geiranger, two of Norway's major attractions, to each other. Because of it's natural beauty, involving both wild, alpine mountains, green fertile vallies and deep fjords, and impressive road constructions this has been named the "Golden Route".
From Sylte (Valldal village) there is a local road to Tafjord, a tiny village at the mouth of a wild, narrow valley. From Tafjord village the road leads to the 100 meter high Zacahricasdammen, a concrete water dam in the extensive Tafjord hydro power production system. This is also the gateway to the network of paths and huts in the Tafjord mountains, the western part of Reinheimen national park.
Get in[edit]
Route 63 from Åndalsnes via Trollstigen (summer only). Route 63 from Geiranger (short ferry at Eidsdal).
Route 650 from Ålesund.
In summer there is a scheduled car ferry from Geiranger to Valldal. The ferry has limited capacity and runs only two or three times a day, make a reservation or arrive early to make sure that there is space for your car. The ferry is expensive but provides a 2 hour cruise on the Geirangerfjord.
From Valldal there are buses from Ålesund, Geiranger and Åndalsnes few times every day.
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There is one road (route 63) running through the valley. There are few buses every day from Valldal via Trollstigen to Åndalsens. It is possible to get around by bus but relatively time consuming and gives no freedom stop at nice and interesting places. A car or bicycle gives the best opportunity to travel your own way.
There are a couple of taxis in the valley. Unless you are in the village, you must order the taxi by phone and be prepared to wait for it.
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Nature and wilderness is Valldal's prime attraction. Waterfalls, gorges, alpine mountains, glaciers, and lakes are all around.
"The snake" - a geological formation in the cliffs above Valldal village.
In Holsfossen (waterfall 10 km from fjord) next to the road there is a tiny power station recently reopened after 50 years.
The gorge and waterfall at Gudbrandsjuvet (15 kilometers upstream). Rapids/waterfalls at Skjerdsura near Gudbrandsjuvet. According to the Sagas, king Olaf the Saint built the first road through the Skjerdsura boulders in year 1028.
Visit the Zacahrias dam in Tafjord. See Muldalsfossen waterfall on the road between Tafjord and Valldal.
Norwegian nature is free to anyone, but it's offered as it is - only the most accessible dangerous places are protected with fences and signs. Do not walk on glaciers without proper training and equipment. Be extremely careful on slippery slopes (particularly near waterfalls).
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Hike to or around numerous charming "sæters" (outfarms), scramble the hills to summits for a spectacular panorama, go white water rafting on Valldal river, try fishing in the fjord. Salmon fishing in the river is reserved for owners, but permission to fish for a specific period can be purchased at the tourist information in Valldal village.
Walk the small road to Muldalen and visit the abandoned farms at the shelf overlooking the spectacular Muldalsfossen. The small road starts close to the small bridge after the 5 kilometer tunnel on the road from Valldal to Tafjord.
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You can buy hand- and homemade jam and juice at the local shop, Norsk Baerindustri, which you can find in the street at the backside of the church. It has a healthy selection of jams and juices, pressed and simmered in the small factory behind the shop and sourced in the main from local farmers.
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Try locally produced strawberries, raspberries, sweet cherries, apples and other fruits available from mid summer to September.
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Although many tourists rush to world-famous Geiranger, neighbors like Valldal offers inexpensive accommodation a short trip from the crowded and narrow Geiranger village.
Valldal is dominated by camping and caravans. Fjellro turisthotell is the only hotel in Valldal. A large number of cabins ("hytter") are available along the main road.
The tourist information office in Valldal is in the village close to the marina.
Get out[edit]
In summer there is a scheduled car ferry from Valldal to Geiranger. The ferry has limited capacity and runs only two or three times a day, make a reservation or arrive early to make sure that there is space for your car. The ferry is expensive but provides a 2 hour cruise on the Geirangerfjord.
From Valldal there are buses to Ålesund, Geiranger and Åndalsnes.
By car: roads to Geiranger (short ferry at Linge), Ålesund and Åndalsnes via Trollstigen.


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A quarter century of black italics, Microsoft has decided to add some colour to its logo.
The same style of colours that were in the old Windows logo, to be precise.
Microsoft's announcement of the new logo stated that the it intends to convey the company's diverse set of products. If you look at the video below, a quick reading takes away that the blue is for Windows, green is Xbox, orange is office and the yellow is for ... everything else?
The grid layout could be an homage to the style-formerly-known-as-Metro, and it also comes with bonus grid illusion that I now cannot unsee.
Expect to see the new logo across Microsoft's websites, marketing assets, advertising and stores, starting today.
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text: Market Strategy: A Timely Matter February 6, 2012 07:28 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Jerry Gulke Top Producer Market Strategy Columnist Email If you follow my column, you might realize that there is a method to my madness. Markets seem to react to daily sound bites of news, which makes putting the bigger picture into perspective more difficult. I find it beneficial to review old columns to validate their importance to the times. A lot has happened since the summer. Revisiting my columns might be helpful as we focus on 2012. Summer 2011: "Price Discovery Process." If pictures are worth 1,000 words, the monthly corn chart said it all. Price attacked the 2008 high but failed and turned lower, posting a monthly sell signal similar to 2008, which suggested price rationing of demand had already begun and multiyear highs were in the making. September: "The 800-lb. Gorilla." The spotlight was on China and its ability to grow corn to satisfy internal needs while importing nearly 60% of all the exportable soybeans in the world. I questioned the validity of the market's expectations for corn imports, and, to date, China has imported a disappointing amount of U.S. corn because its crop set another record. The first year-over-year decline in soybean imports in five years validated the $3.50 collapse from the high posted on Sept. 1 to the December $12 low. October: "The Value of the U.S. Dollar." The downtrend of the dollar had been successfully broken and technical price signals were flashing a buy. The U.S. economic situation might have looked bad, but other economies were looking worse. Soybeans are most sensitive to the relationship of the U.S. dollar and the Brazilian real. The four-month uptrend and the uncertainty of the European economy continues to loom as a nemesis to grain prices. November: "Land—To Buy or Not?" While economists feel there isn't a land bubble in sight, I noted the divergence between commodities (CRB Cash Index), equities (NASDAQ) and housing (Toll Brothers stock). The relative difference was likely as wide as it was going to get. Commodity prices have since dropped as the world deleveraged to reduce risk while embracing the equity markets. Toll Brothers stock has since doubled in price. Selling what is high and buying what is low might be vogue in 2012. December: "A Pause That Refreshes?" Was the drop in corn prices from September to December a pause that refreshed with a new uptrend? Or was the ensuing December rally thwarted by the January USDA limit down report, the pause before another leg down that puts $4 in front of the futures price? Price is a great fertilizer. Those with high land costs have to plant regardless of price, while those who have debt-free land will easily profit. Will the 10 million unplanted acres from 2011 get planted, and, if so, to what crop? Any further demand reduction suggests we might not need a trendline yield if we plant 94 to 95 million acres of corn. January: "Soybeans Come Full Circle." Being plagued with nearly 10 million metric tons more global soybeans on Sept. 1 than a year earlier signaled that soybeans were overpriced relative to competition, and prices lost a full year's gain. The end of a bull market often leads to a 90% retracement of gains. Soybeans and wheat have done so; only corn has not yet. Rains might have come in time for soybeans in South America; however, production of corn and wheat in other countries threatens to offset losses in Argentina's corn crop. Grain price action has been about as textbook during the past seven months as I have witnessed. The 2008 market was one of fear due to energy demand and use of food for fuel. The 2010 bull market was never all about demand; it began with production destruction in the Ukraine, then Canada and finally in the U.S. Demand proved to be price-sensitive, just as it should be. The future now depends on weather and economic stability or the lack thereof. We walk near a precipice where supply could exceed demand for longer than we expect. We might come full circle and see a two- to three-year demand-building phase similar to 2008 to 2010. Jerry Gulke farms in Illinois and North Dakota and is president of Gulke Group Inc., a market advisory firm with offices at the Chicago Board of Trade. Gulke Group recently published Technical Analysis: Fundamentally Easy. For information, send an e-mail to email@example.com or call (815) 520-4227. Back to news


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A senior Federal Aviation Administration official is under investigation for possible violations of the Hatch Act after comments he made at a town hall meeting in Seattle were submitted by a watchdog group to the Office of Special Counsel.
John J. Hickey, FAA's deputy associate administrator for aviation safety, may have violated the law in May, when he remarked on possible budget scenarios based on the outcomes of the November election.
In emails exchanged with the government watchdog group Cause of Action, an FAA employee who attended the meeting remarked that Hickey's comments may have been construed as political pressure. In one email, unedited, the employee said,"I would not be able to quote Mr. Hickey exact words, but what I took out of it was, if the conservative republication gain control of congress then the FAA could be looking at as much as a 15 percent cut in budget and we may be looking at furloughs." The employee added that Hickey may have said, "if the liberal Democrats take control of congress then we would be looking at a flat budget. In short if the Republicans win office our jobs may be effected (furloughs) if the Democrats win office then our jobs would not be effected."
In a separate email released by Cause of Action, another employee did not personally take offense to Hickey's comments, but the politics of an election season may have made the comments "a hot-button issue."
Hickey, a career civil service employee since 1990, was visiting Seattle in an effort to reach out to the agency's workers in that region, according to the emails Cause of Action released.
The 1939 Hatch Act prohibits federal civil service employees in the executive branch from engaging in certain political activities, including actively campaigning on behalf of candidates, using their official titles at political events and fundraising. Recent violators include a General Services Administration employee who sent an email using her work account to organize a political fundraiser. All violations of the Hatch Act are investigated by the OSC, an independent oversight body within the federal government.
In an interview with NPR, Carolyn Lerner, the head of the OSC, said the law was meant to focus efforts on cases where employment was conditional on joining or fundraising for a particular party.
"Coercion cases I think are the most serious and really what the Hatch Act was intended to address, where joining a particular party is a condition of employment," Lerner said.
John Mahoney, the Chair of the Labor & Employment Law Practice Group at Tully Rinckey added that planning agency budgets around political realities was not by itself an illegal as per the Hatch Act, but the employee's comments could have pushed the bar.
"This employee's comments may have crossed the line into partisan pressure," Mahoney said.


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Legislature Asking Agencies to Profile More Budget Cuts [AUDIO]
Four federal agencies and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation have come up with a plan for improving the protection of sites held sacred by American Indians and Alaska Natives. Doug Randall has the details. The Wyoming Legislature will direct state agencies to prepare for a range of budget cuts gong forward. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.


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Monday, April 06, 2009
Taste and smell
I have been thinking about questions involving taste and smell lately, as, recently, an offhand comment from a friend surprised me and got the cogwheels turning. I was talking about a dish I like – a foodstuff/aromatic pairing that was once (when Alain Senderens boldly used it a couple of decades ago) shocking and deliciously offbeat, but which has now become fairly standard: lobster with vanilla.
This friend recoiled. "I can't stand the taste of vanilla in savory foods. It reminds me too much of horrible overoaked Chardonnays."
Not only was my plan for a lobster bread pudding with vanilla sauce sent spiraling right down the drain, but the comment got me thinking. Does tasting and drinking wine transform our vision of food?
I know it transforms our way of smelling in the world. Sometimes when I walk out into the street, I am overwhelmed by one odor or another. I pick things apart. Leather from jackets hanging in front of a clothing store; roasting chickens with thyme and tarragon stuffed in them; and of course, the manifold unsavory scents we have to endure. There are places in the world, too, that smell corked. (I remember the unmistakable corkedness of a street off Leicester Square filling my nostrils in London last fall.) My nose is sharper than before I was interested in wine, obviously. Those muscles have been trained.
People are taught not to wear perfumes or use strong-smelling soap before tastings, but some wine geek friends eschew them always (well, maybe they're always drinking?).
But, getting back to tastes: I wonder if loving wine, and especially certain types of wine, has broadened my palate for food. Are there some foods I liked less, which I now enjoy because they evoke some flavor component in a wine I have come to love?
Fodder for thought.
7 comments:
- Gavin said...
This topic is of great interest to me.
Yes, I believe that appreciation of wine greatly expands food appreciation and vice versa. For example, there are people who love Loire reds and people who detest them. Those who love them almost always love (or at least like) green vegetables or tomato-based sauces, which are marked by the same underlying chemical which gives the leafy green aroma to the wine. Likewise, those who detest Loire reds, cannot come at green vegetables.
Where it becomes interesting is when they develop an interest in Loire reds for their other qualities and then begin to start appreciating tomato, haricots verts, asparagus, spinach...
Another example is lovers of soft cheese who pass over the great hard cheeses -- particularly Beaufort and Comté. As they start to appreciate wines of great minerality, like Corton-Charlemagne, Chablis, Manzanilla, so they start to appreciate those cheeses, I have found.
- April 6, 2009 at 5:57 PM
- the vlm said...
My nose is sharper than before I was interested in wine, obviously. Those muscles have been trained.
Well, this is not clearly true. Some research I did as a graduate student (unpublished, I'm lazy, but my masters thesis is bound at UNC) showed that there was no evidence of detection threshold differences between experts (recruited wine professionals) and amateurs there was a slight difference in initial levels of the variance about the "intensity" judgment. This showed a difference in the judgments of amount, but not necessarily kind. Interestingly, the gap between amateurs and pros closed over repeated sessions.
So, while there does seem to be some prima facie evidence for differential tuning at the olfactory epithelium, there is very little experimental evidence.
So, what you most certainly have is an expanded vocabulary and memory for olfactory sensations and better judgments about intensity but not, strictly speaking, better sensitivity.
I love it when Lit majors muse scientific.
- April 7, 2009 at 10:44 PM
- Sharon said...
I love it when scientists try to read Lit musings! I was abounding in your sense, VLM. "Detection threshold differences" was not what I was referring to in the supposed "trained muscle" of my nose (a metaphor, see?), but rather, yeah, a better set of skills at identifying what scents are. When you were seven, did you know what bergamot smelled like?
- April 8, 2009 at 3:35 PM
"Detection threshold"
Dude, are you sure you left your keys over there?
- April 8, 2009 at 4:58 PM
- the vlm said...
I grew up in a bergamot family.
What you were implying is that your sense of smell was more acute. As far as we can prove, that isn't true. It appears that you just have better labels.
I left my keys at Joe's.
- April 8, 2009 at 10:24 PM
- Thomas @ the blog wine cellar said...
Does tasting and drinking wine transform our vision of food?
Answer: Absolutely
I totally agree that in the process of constantly anylizing wine and aromas profiles it changes your perspective on food and positively broadens a persons palate for food.
I often think about this and it helps me to persue new and exciting food and wine pairings.
- April 10, 2009 at 3:09 PM
- pisto said...
I cannot stand grated carrots or eat any kind of industrial salad which includes them. They always taste corked, at least in Spain. Plain awful.
And I love Loire reds!
- April 12, 2009 at 11:39 AM


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Bluffton has reason to celebrate.
The official opening last week of the Don Ryan Center for Innovation was the final step in a two-year process that moves the town forward in the economic development arena. It also will lead to a diversification of the local economy which also is important.
Kudos to the elected officials who did not give up and who embraced ideas from developers and the business community.
The technology incubator is a partnership between the town of Bluffton, Clemson University, Buckwalter Place and CareCore National.
Bluffton was chosen by Clemson for the state's first pilot project and should be proud of that achievement. Clemson officials were impressed by the town's commitment to the project and its business partners.
The town, during its recent spring retreat, listed the Don Ryan Center for Innovation as one of its top priorities. And it delivered on that promise last Thursday evening as the ribbon was cut and the doors opened for good.
Town Manager Anthony Barrett will be an integral part of the equation as he works with the center's first executive director, Jordan Berliner, and others to find additional innovators and partners to join the incubator.
Berliner brings expertise to the pilot project as he's been in this role before in other markets. He's used to recruiting new business and we are counting on that experience to help make the incubator headline news around the state and around the Southeast.
Four companies were introduced as initial innovators. They are:
• Greenbug All Natural Pest Control;
• Surface Scientifics;
• NutriFusion and;
• Jester Communications.
The project also would not have become reality without its corporate sponsors. Those include: Nexsen Pruet, St. Joseph's/Candler, Hargray Communications, BFG, Regions Bank and CareCore.
The opening of the center is an incredible achievement and should be celebrated. The next step in the process is adding to the mix and creating even more momentum. Making the Don Ryan Center for Innovation a "must-see" stop on every economic development tour that comes through the Lowcountry should be at the top of the town's punch list.


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DENVER—A Greeley man is suing over the federal health care law, which requires most employers to cover birth control free of charge for female workers.
Stephen Briscoe owns companies that operate nursing homes and senior residences. He says in a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Denver that requiring coverage of abortion-inducing contraceptives like the morning-after pill violates his religious beliefs as an evangelical Christian.
Churches and other houses of worship are exempt from the mandate, but religious charities, universities, hospitals and some for-profit businesses also have objected on religious grounds.
President Barack Obama's administration has proposed a compromise for a third party or insurers to provide free access to birth control for employees of non-exempt religious entities. Briscoe's lawyers say that wouldn't accommodate individual business owners like Briscoe.


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Qin Zhang
Associate Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
University of Illinois
Qin Zhang gives farm equipment a brain. The mechatronics expert at the University of Illinois grew up in China on a farm, worked in a tractor factory and studied mechanical engineering in college. He later earned a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in ag engineering. He speculates on the future of smart equipment.
FIN: What is mechatronics?
Zhang: Mechatronics is a combination of mechanics, electronics and information process. Basically, it is the technology for automation of equipment. The term was invented in the 1980s with the emergence of computer technology and electronics into the traditional equipment in the field. I believe it was invented by a scientist in Japan. An example of mechatronics is measuring the speed of an engine and the load and then adjusting the amount of fuel injected into it, which is called fuel injection.
Where will mechatronics take us in the future?
The newest advancements in mechatronics are on agricultural tractors with autoguidance products. Operators push a button and the tractor follows the rows. This is a revolutionary change in ag machinery.
Next, companies will introduce products that automatically operate. In probably 10 years, there will be machines that go autonomously from the garage to the field to do work and then go back to the garage when done. We've already passed the concept stage because we tested autonomous tractors on campus eight years ago. So, technologically, we have the ability to manufacture these.
What's the holdup for autonomous tractors?
The primary obstacles are legal and economic. In some states it is not legal to run a tractor without an operator. And we can build an autonomous machine for farm work, but it must be affordable. We have shown that the concept works but at a high cost because high-end components must be used. So the challenge now is to design such a tractor with low-cost components, and that is probably not the job of a university.
How do you envision autonomous tractors working on a farm?
When a full autonomous system is deployed, farmers will still manage the operation, fuel the tractors, and add fertilizer, seed and implements. I can see a fleet of machines, maybe 10, and a master tractor leading the other tractors in the field. This lead tractor will tackle the first 20 rows of the crop, and the second "slave" tractor will take the 20 rows behind. We call this a master-slave or leader-follower system. Each machine does exactly the same thing. If one stops, they all stop at the same place. That's one model.
A second model is where 10 machines are autonomous, and each works on its own as programmed. One tractor does not interact with another, but altogether they are doing the same work.
Both models have advantages and drawbacks. The master-slave is simple to operate but is not flexible and can't handle irregular situations. Everything has to be exactly the same for each tractor. For example, if there's a pump located in the middle of the field, a slave tractor will drive into it.
How will service be provided for autonomous tractors?
With autonomous technology, it is easy for a dealer to provide support because of prognostic technology, computing power on the machine, and process sensors that access the condition of the machine. Equipment breakdowns will be predicted and a signal will be sent to a dealer or service center to tell what machine will have what problem in how many hours. The system informs both the dealer and the owner to schedule maintenance.
When will we see commercial autonomous tractors?
I think the industry is looking at this but not pursuing it for the near future. Manufacturers will prepare the technology over the next 10 years but won't put a big effort into it until society is ready to move in that direction.


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Black Friday is so three days ago. Now, it's all about the fabulous deals that can be had on Cyber Monday.
Many retailers aren't waiting until the actual Monday after the U.S. Thanksgiving to offer their online deals. They're often available days before Cyber Monday, and Canadians are increasingly joining the party. According to BMO's annual report, 44 per cent of Canadians plan to shop online this Cyber Monday. For example, Future Shop expects to attract more than one million shoppers to its site this Cyber Monday, and to double its sales over 2011.
If you're going to be shopping online, be prepared. Make sure you've signed up for any accounts you need to to make your purchase. If your cyber deal is available from a U.S.-only retailer (for example, Sears only in the U.S.), make sure shipping costs aren't exorbitant. And read all the fine print especially when it comes to dates and restrictions on travel deals.
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