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"The crop is made. Short of a weather disaster, such as a hurricane or flooding, the crop in Texas should approximate 4.8 million bales, up from last year's 4.3 million bales," said Jose Peña, Extension economist in Uvalde.
Texas leads the nation in cotton production, producing 25 percent to 30 percent of the 15 million to 20 million bales produced annually in the United States, he said. The South Plains produces 80 percent of the cotton in Texas.
This year's cotton crop in Texas is making excellent progress, Peña said. About 65 percent of the crop is rated normal and on schedule, compared to only 47 percent of the crop a year ago at this same time. In Texas, 5.8 million acres were planted this spring, a 3 percent decrease from last year's 6 million acres, he said. Carl Anderson, Extension economist in College Station, said cotton producers planted fewer acres because of low cotton prices last year. In mid-August, Texas cotton prices received by producers averaged 31 cents per pound, an increase from last year's 28 cents per pound.
Even though Texas lost 1.2 million of the planted acres to dry weather and hail storms, 4.6 million acres of the 5.8 million acres planted are expected to be harvested, he said.
Peña said that is an 8.25 percent increase from last year's 4.2 million acres.
South Texas lost about half the crop to drought, Anderson said. The harvest is progressing well in the Coastal Bend region and Brazos Valley. The harvest is in full momentum in the region south of Austin, Peña said. The crop is at various stages of maturity from Austin to Lubbock. The first bale was harvested and delivered for auction in Harlingen on June 15 by Lorenzo and George Rodriguez of Rodriguez Farms in Santa Rosa, he said.
Now, almost one-half of the counties in South Texas have baled their first bale, Peña said. Even though about 56 percent of the crop is considered mature, only about 19 percent has been harvested.
Anderson said the South Plains needs one more month of dry, sunny weather to mature to full potential and six more weeks for harvest. Ideally, harvest should be finished by Thanksgiving.
Peña said yields are estimated at an average of 501 pounds per acre, which is a 20-pound increase from an average of 481 pounds per acre produced in 2001.
"Rains in early September were very beneficial for fall and winter production in South-Central Texas," he said. "On the other hand, the rains caught the southwest Winter Garden region in the middle of harvesting a very good cotton crop and delayed the harvest, and will cause some grade and yield degradation damage. After a relatively dry spring, mid-summer rains in the High Plains provided an excellent weather environment for cotton production. Last year's severe drought had a very adverse effect on average yields and acres harvested."
Anderson said the best weather conditions for cotton are warm, sunny days with good soil moisture.
The current dry weather has been ideal for harvest, he said. Plant diseases and insects have done little damage this year.
"Because of an abundant world cotton supply and subsequent low market price that is about half the cost of producing cotton, producers are highly dependent on the income safety net provided in the new Farm Bill," Anderson said.
Bob Robinson, district Extension director in Amarillo, said cotton is rated fair to good; a few fields are reported excellent. The rains delayed the defoliation effort, and bolls continue to open.
The following specific livestock, crop and weather conditions were reported by district Extension directors.
PANHANDLE: soil moisture is very short to surplus. Corn harvest has been begun with very good yields. Sorghum is almost completely headed. Peanuts are in good condition; harvest of irrigated peanuts is under way. Wheat planting is half complete; fall and beet armyworms continue to cause stand losses. Range conditions are fair. Cattle are in good condition.
SOUTH PLAINS: soil moisture is short to adequate. Range and pasture conditions are poor to fair. Some livestock supplemental feeding has begun. Cotton is fair to good. Corn and sorghum harvest continues. Peanut harvest is starting. Sunflower harvest is soon to be in full swing. Winter wheat planting continues.
ROLLING PLAINS: soil moisture is short. Fall field preparations and wheat planting are in high gear to take advantage of the limited rainfall. Some wheat has already emerged. Peanut harvest will begin soon; peanuts are rated fair to good. Grain sorghum harvest is half complete with good yields. Livestock are in good condition because of better-than-average pasture conditions.
NORTH TEXAS: soil moisture is short to surplus. Cotton is fair to excellent. Peanuts are fair to good. Range and pastures are fair to good. Corn, soybean and sorghum harvests are nearing completion. Cotton, rice and peanut harvest has begun. Wheat and oat planting have begun. Livestock and pastures are doing very well. Winter pasture planting is in full swing. Sweet potato harvest continues with best yields in years and good quality.
EAST TEXAS: soil moisture is short. Warm season forages are in good condition. Winter pasture preparations are under way. Cattle conditions are good. Peanuts good. Sweet potato harvests continue with good yields.
FAR WEST TEXAS: soil moisture is short to surplus. More rain needed to help drought conditions. Very little dryland cotton will be harvested. Supplemental feeding continues.
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS: soil moisture is adequate. Wheat planting has been delayed because of fear of grasshopper damage. Volunteer wheat is emerging. Fall planting field preparations and hay bailing continues. Armyworms are becoming a problem. Pasture and range conditions remain poor. Livestock are in good condition; supplemental feeding continues.
CENTRAL TEXAS: soil moisture is short. Peanut harvest has begun. Cotton yields are better than expected. Wheat and oat planting are under way.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS: soil moisture is short. Rain has hurt the first rice crop, pastures are flooded and annual hay fields have taken a turn for the worst. Producers are ready to begin cool season annual planting. Rain has benefited watermelons but may cause diseases.
SOUTHWEST TEXAS: soil moisture is adequate. Forage availability is above average. Hunting activities begin to dominate ranch activities. Cotton harvest continues with excellent yields. Planting resumed for fall spinach, cabbage, carrots and spring onions. Green beans have been planted and are making good progress. High incidence of culls and disease damage is reported. Peanut harvest is gaining momentum. Small grain planting is beginning.
COASTAL BEND: soil moisture is surplus. Late replanting of some sorghum and cotton remain unharvested. Hay fields need to dry up to be harvested. Weed pressure is elevated. Second rice crop looks good. Livestock are in excellent condition.
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Medical marijuana hopefuls bring presentation to Norwich
Norwich - Tracey Gamer-Fanning stood before the City Council Monday night and firmly announced that if her firm receives its state license to produce medical marijuana later this month, she would be the face of its success.
"It's not smoking pot," Gamer-Fanning said. "I'm going to show you what we're going to do for Norwich. That's me."
Gamer-Fanning, 42, of West Hartford, was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in 2006 and given three to five years to live. She went through surgery and suffered paralysis. Radiation, powerful pain medications, anti-seizure drugs and anti-nausea medicines left her bedridden and incapacitated.
She wanted her life back, and a physician quietly recommended she try medical marijuana. She now takes medicinal cannabis oil that dissolves beneath her tongue. She said it has eliminated her previous side effects and allowed her to go on with her life.
"I am now starting the first medical marijuana pharmaceutical company in Connecticut," said Gamer-Fanning, a board member on Vintage Foods. She said she also co-founded the Connecticut Brain Tumor Alliance and has raised $1.5 million for brain cancer patients.
Vintage Foods Ltd., with an office in Ledyard, and Bloomfield-based Nascent Sciences LLC are among 16 companies that have applied to the state Department of Consumer Protection for one of three state licenses to produce medical marijuana under the new state law legalizing medical marijuana. State officials are expected to award licenses early this year.
Both companies hope to locate their businesses in the former Decorative Screen Printing building at 9 Wisconsin Ave. in the Stanley Israelite Norwich Business Park. Pharmaceutical production facilities are allowed in the industrial park zone.
Claudette Carveth, spokeswoman for the state Department of Consumer Protection, said the agency is on track to make licensing decisions by the end of January. Vintage Foods officials will meet with the state on Monday.
Gamer-Fanning called herself the "heart" of the company, with David Kimmel as the "brains." During the half-hour informational presentation to the council prior to the regular meeting Monday, Kimmel described in scientific detail the numerous chemical components that can be derived from the cannabis plant.
While acknowledging the smiles and smirks he often receives when discussing his proposal, Kimmel insisted the company is not about "smoking pot." He said people smoke marijuana for medical benefits, because there is no alternative, but he said it is an inefficient medical delivery method.
Kimmel's company would use high-tech research in the works in countries outside the U.S. to derive pills, oils, topical skin treatments, trans-dermal treatments and doses that dissolve beneath the tongue or between cheeks and gums. Developing exact, consistent medical doses is the goal for patients who need reliable treatments, Kimmel said, for treatments of cancer, epilepsy, glaucoma and Crohn's Disease.
"We are not promoting the idea of smoking cannabis," Kimmel said. "Our program is for the truly ill, seriously ill patient."
Kimmel said he wrote in his state license application that he would only grow marijuana for smoking "if forced to" by the state. The proposal includes a research partnership with Yale University School of Medicine to develop pharmaceutical cannabis products.
Jason Vincent, vice president of the Norwich Community Development Corp., said he first contacted Kimmel and three other companies to invite them to consider Norwich because the operation could bring financial benefit to the city. The completely indoor operation would use large amounts of electricity, purchased from Norwich Public Utilities, along with natural gas and water from the city-owned utility.
But Vincent said he later became a strong supporter of the scientific basis for the project and the potential to help patients deal with difficult diseases.
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Inn at the crossroads
The inn at the crossroads[2][3] or crossroads inn[4] is an inn that lies at the crossroads between the kingsroad running north-south, the river road west through the riverlands to the westerlands, and the high road east to the Vale of Arryn. It is sometimes called the Old Inn and was formerly named the Two Crowns, the Bellringer Inn, the Clanking Dragon, and the River Inn.[4]
The inn sits to the north of the Trident,[5] near the ruby ford.[6] It lies in lands that used to belong to House Darry. The inn is three stories tall with turrets and chimneys made of white stone. Its south wing is built upon pilings that rise over a bed of weeds. (Once the Trident flowed under that wing, but the river has moved since then.) On the north side there is a stable with a thatch roof and a bell tower. The building is surrounded by a low wall of broken white stones.[4] It was run by Masha Heddle, and is currently managed by her niece Jeyne Heddle.
An inn has existed at this spot for hundreds of years. The current inn was raised during the reign of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen, who built the kingsroad. He and Queen Alysanne stayed there, and the inn was named the Two Crowns in their honor. But after one of the innkeeps built the bell tower, the name was changed to the Bellringer Inn.
The inn eventually passed into the hands of a knight who had been crippled, Long Jon Heddle. Jon Heddle had taken up ironworking in his old age, and forged a new sign to hang in the yard, a three-headed black iron dragon. The inn became known as the Clanking Dragon for the noise the sign would make in the wind.
During the First Blackfyre Rebellion, Daemon Blackfyre took a black dragon as his emblem. Lord Darry, then overlord of the inn's lands, was a famous Targaryen supporter. He saw the inn's black dragon sign and became angry; he cut it down, hacked it to pieces, and threw it into the river. Eventually one of the iron dragon's heads washed up on the Quiet Isle, red with rust.
The sign was never replaced and people eventually forgot about the dragons. The inn became known as the River Inn, since at that time the Trident flowed beneath its back door and half its rooms were built out over the water. It was said that the inn's guests could throw a line out their window and catch fish. There was also a ferry landing at the inn, where travelers could cross to Lord Harroway's Town and Whitewalls. However, c.220 AC-230 AC, when Masha Heddle's grandfather was the innkeeper, the river moved. These days the smallfolk call the inn the crossroads inn.[4]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
While traveling to King's Landing, the royal retinue of King Robert I Baratheon stops at the crossroads inn.[6][7] Prince Joffrey Baratheon is wounded by the direwolf Nymeria near the ruby ford south of the inn.[6]
Catelyn Stark and Ser Rodrik Cassel stay at the inn at the crossroads while returning to the north from King's Landing. There they encounter Tyrion Lannister, whom they arrest and take with them when they leave. Masha Heddle begs the nobles to take their fight elsewhere, but is refused.[5]
Later, Lord Tywin Lannister takes revenge on Masha Heddle, hanging her on a gibbet in the yard of the inn. He takes the inn as his quarters while he is encamped at the crossroads. Tyrion sees Masha's body when he meets his father at the inn, after leaving the Eyrie with his clansmen.[2]
A Clash of Kings
After Tywin goes to Harrenhal, Lord Roose Bolton recaptures the crossroads from the Lannisters, and presumably takes the inn with it.[8]
A Storm of Swords
Masha Heddle's nephew reopens the inn, bringing in whores to attract customers.[4] Visiting the inn for wine and information, Sandor Clegane and Arya Stark happen upon three of Gregor Clegane's men. After a brief conversation, in which Sandor warns the innkeeper that the Mountain's men plan to torture him to find out where he keeps his gold, a fight breaks out. Sandor and Arya kill Polliver, the Tickler, and a Sarsfield squire, but Sandor is badly wounded in the mêlée.[7]
A Feast for Crows
Raff the Sweetling questioned Masha Heddle's nephew and his whores for the death of Gregor Clegane's men.[9] Later, the innkeeper is questioned again by the Brave Companions, and killed by Rorge.[10] The inn is left vacant. Later, two of Masha's nieces, Jeyne and Willow, reopen the inn for business and it serves as a refuge for orphan children. The Heddles and the inn are now connected with the brotherhood without banners; in addition, Gendry now works for them as a smith.[4]
In 300 AC, Brienne of Tarth, Podrick Payne, Septon Meribald, and Ser Hyle Hunt travel to the crossroads inn. Septon Meribald tells his companions the history of the inn and the Heddle family. The group passes hanged men in the vicinity, alleged perpetrators of the raid on Saltpans, which leads Hyle to say the inn should now be called the "Gallows Inn".[4]
Brienne and her companions are greeted at the inn by Willow Heddle, Gendry, and the orphans. Several of the children are armed with crossbows, leading Hyle to suggest the inn should be called "Crossbow Inn", and Brienne to think that "Orphan Inn" would be more accurate. Jeyne Heddle is not there (away with the Brotherhood), but Septon Meribald trades his food for rooms at the inn. A fight ensues when outlaws from the Brave Companions arrive and threaten Willow and the children. Brienne defends them and Gendry joins in the fight; Rorge and Biter are slain, but Brienne is badly wounded.[4] Jeyne Heddle tends to Brienne's wounds after the battle, but Brienne, Hyle and Podrick are all given over to Lady Stoneheart.[11]
Chapters that take place at the Crossroads Inn
- A Game of Thrones: 15. Sansa I
- A Game of Thrones: 28. Catelyn V
- A Game of Thrones: 69. Tyrion IX
- A Storm of Swords: 74. Arya XIII
- A Feast for Crows: 37. Brienne VII
Podrick: Is the dragon sign still there?
Meribald: No. When the smith's son was an old man, a bastard son of the fourth Aegon rose up in rebellion against his trueborn brother and took for his sigil a black dragon. These lands belonged to Lord Darry then, and his lordship was fiercely loyal to the king. The sight of the black iron dragon made him wroth, so he cut down the post, hacked the sign into pieces, and cast them into the river. One of the dragon's heads washed up on the Quiet Isle many years later, though by that time it was red with rust.[4]
- Podrick Payne and Septon Meribald
Hyle Hunt: I never dreamed that keeping an inn could be so deadly dangerous.
Meribald: It is being common-born that is dangerous, when the great lords play their game of thrones.[4]
- Hyle Hunt and and Septon Meribald
- ↑ The Lands of Ice and Fire, Westeros map.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 56, Tyrion VII.
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Inn at the Crossroads.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 37, Brienne VII.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 28, Catelyn V.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 15, Sansa I.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 74, Arya XIII.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 39, Catelyn V.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 27, Jaime III.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 20, Brienne IV.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 42, Brienne VIII.


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2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon red wine vinegar
2 cups cooked wild rice, cooled
1 cup thinly sliced fennel
1 cup pomegranate arils
1 shallot, very thinly sliced
1 stalk celery, very thinly sliced
Whisk together the vinaigrette in a small bowl. Set aside. Toss together the salad ingredients. Stir in vinaigrette. Serve at room temperature.
Quick Tips: If you have one, a mandoline makes quick work of thinly slicing the vegetables. I bought this inexpensive mandoline last year and it works well.
I like to make the wild rice for this salad the day before. Refrigerate it then fluff it with a fork before adding the remaining ingredients.


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The days in which universities can sit idly by and hope that the country's urban school problems solve themselves are over, says RIT President Bill Destler.
That's why RIT is partnering with Uncommon Schools, an award-winning charter school manager, in developing a charter high school in Rochester next year.
"The goal of this program is not just to encourage more students to pursue a college-ready high school education and graduate from high school," Destler says. "Our ultimate goal is to graduate these kids from four-year colleges."
The school will open next fall with a 60-student ninth grade class, growing by 2018 to about 500 students in grades 9 through 12. The location of the school has not yet been determined. Charter schools are publicly funded so students do not pay tuition to attend, but the schools operate independently from local school boards.
The high school will be the fifth Rochester school operated by Uncommon Schools, which currently manages 38 schools in five cities. It will serve students already enrolled in Uncommon's four Rochester Prep schools, which have about 1,000 students in grades kindergarten through 8.
While the high school curriculum will focus on the fundamentals for college success, the partnership will provide students additional exposure to courses and careers in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The students will have access to the university's classrooms, laboratories and facilities. RIT students could serve as tutors and mentors and faculty would be encouraged to advise charter school staff on the latest developments in their fields.
The partnership was made possible by a donation from longtime RIT Trustee Ronald Zarrella, former chairman and CEO of Bausch & Lomb, who is funding RIT's contributions to the partnership.
Zarrella says he had been talking with Destler about starting a charter STEM high school with RIT for several years. After visiting other successful charter schools around the country, he learned the importance of getting involved with an accomplished charter school operator.
Uncommon Schools has been recognized as one of the top charter school management organizations in the nation, recently receiving the Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools. More than 78 percent of its students are low income and 98 percent are African-American or Hispanic. Across Rochester Prep schools, 84 percent of students were eligible for free and reduced price lunch in 2012-2013, the latest figures available.
Destler says the university will continue its commitment to affiliations already established with the Rochester City School District, including its Rochester City Scholars scholarships and Middle College readiness skills programs.
RIT is not the first university to collaborate, or found, a charter school. The Preuss School UCSD, on the University of California, San Diego campus, is a charter middle and high school for low-income, highly motivated students who strive to be the first in their families to graduate from college, says Principal Scott Barton.
The school opened in 1999 and at least 90 percent of each graduating class has been consistently accepted to four-year colleges and universities. The class of 2013 was the first to have a 100 percent acceptance rate.
Rochester Prep parent Mia Marbury likes that the new high school will emphasize not only college readiness but also college completion.
"They'll get to interact with college students and experience college life," she says. "It will give them the sense that they can graduate from college." —Includes reporting by Krista Bellardo


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It's only been a few days since a clash with Syria looked imminent, but the looming military conflict has already sent jittery oil prices beyond $110 a barrel to fresh two-year highs.
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Nervousness about the fallout of the conflict is set to trickle down to American drivers in the form of moderately higher gasoline prices just as they kick off one of the busiest driving weekends of the year.
However, the impact will likely be limited and $4-a-gallon gasoline is seen as unlikely, at least so long as the situation in the Middle East doesn't spiral completely out of control.
That's because Syria isn't a major oil producer, the domestic supply-and-demand situation doesn't seem to support substantially higher prices and the U.S. still has the 700-million barrel Strategic Petroleum Reserve in its back pocket.
"We are much more insulated vis-a-vis global oil price shocks than we were during the first Arab Spring," said Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at GasBuddy. "I think the outlook for gasoline still suggests 'temperate prices' through the end of the year, despite the very high crude numbers."
That's not to say gasoline prices and other petroleum products won't experience at least a short-term bump.
According to AAA, the national average price of gasoline ticked up to $3.546 on Wednesday from $3.542 on Tuesday and $3.533 a week ago. Yet gasoline prices remain below the year-ago level of $3.756 as domestic supplies continue to be padded by the ongoing shale boom.
"I don't think we're going to go to $4 unless this thing really escalates," said Darin Newsom, senior commodities analyst at DTN, who sees only an "outside chance" of emotions pushing prices that high.
Newsom predicted the average price of gas could climb another 20-30 cents to about $3.85 a gallon, an increase that could crimp discretionary spending just as the U.S. economic recovery continues to struggle to gain steam.
'Nowhere Near as Vulnerable'
After soaring $3.09 a barrel on Tuesday, crude jumped another $1.09 on Wednesday and closed at $110.10 -- its highest settle since May 2011. Crude closed well off its intraday high of $112.24.
"Every geopolitical event that has occurred over the last ten years or so has seen a similar market reaction. Normally once the event happens and it seems that it is of short duration markets tend to revert back to more normal value trading levels," Dominick Chirichella, founding partner of Energy Management Institute, wrote in a note.
American drivers have a number of factors going in their favor in terms of gasoline prices.
For starters, unlike Europe, the U.S. is not nearly as reliant on Middle Eastern oil as a few decades ago. While the U.S. imports about 1.1 million barrels of oil a day of Saudi crude and another 750,000 bpd from Iraq and Kuwait, those numbers are dwarfed by the 10 million bpd from domestic production and our friends in Canada.
Domestic supplies have benefited tremendously from the shale boom, which has helped boost U.S. production by about 2 million bpd from the first quarter of 2011.
"We are nowhere near as vulnerable as we were in 2003 or 1990," said Kloza, referring to the beginning of the last two wars in Iraq.
It's also worth noting that Syria is not a major oil producer, nor is it a major transit point for oil and gas exports like Egypt. The country has been producing about 50,000 bpd and hasn't been able to export any oil since being slapped by international sanctions near the end of 2011.
At the same time, seasonal factors are likely to play a role as gas prices tend to trade at about par to crude prices during the fall, versus at a premium leading up to the peak summer months.
After the key driving holiday of Labor Day, Kloza estimated gasoline demand will tumble about 300,000 to 400,000 bpd, removing further pressure from the energy markets.
The 700M Barrel Question
Energy traders will be watching closely to see if the U.S. begins hinting at a decision to tap the SPR, which holds nearly 700 million barrels of crude, more than earlier crises. Kloza said that amounts to about 140 days of supplemental supply if every country except Canada refused to sell to the U.S.
Asked about the potential of tapping the SPR, a senior Obama administration official told FOX Business: "We are continuously monitoring the global oil supply and demand situation."
The White House last decided to unleash the SPR during the Libya crisis in 2011, selling 30.64 million barrels of crude from the reserve.
Chirichella told FOX Business he believes the U.S. will tap the SPR if there is a military strike on Syria, a move that would immediately send prices lower.
Others believe such a move would be premature, especially if some of the political calculations are removed from the equation.
"From a purely analytical point of view, I don't think there's a reason to do it," said Newsom, citing the supply-and-demand situation.
For all those reasons Kloza said the "odds favor temperate or perhaps even lower" gas prices through the end of 2013.
Of course, predictions for a limited boost to oil prices could quickly be proven wrong by an escalation of the conflict in Syria. Such outcomes could include violence spilling over into neighboring countries, a more intense intervention by the U.S. beyond surgical missile strikes or even a broader regional war.
FOX Business reporter Sandra Smith contributed to this report.


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Have You Heard About… Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone on audiobook
… the many voices of Jim Dale, the narrator for the Harry Potter audio books? As my first foray into the world of audio books, I tried listening to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone a couple months ago, and I felt like I was discovering the series all over again. I won't go into a plot summary of the Harry Potter books, since most everyone is familiar with the story, but I will say that listening to the books on CD is completely magical.
Jim Dale, a well-known British actor, narrates the entire series, and brings the characters to life in a way that goes beyond mere imagination. (Need proof? Listen to Chapter four of The Sorcerer's Stone, when we are first introduced to Hagrid. Jim's voice for the bearded giant exceeds anything our imaginations could ever convey.)
And while nothing will ever be able to take the place of my Harry Potter book collection, I'm really happy that I gave these audio books a listen. It's like being treated to story time as an adult, and by the time I finish the seventh book, I know that I will be just as sad to leave Hogwarts as I was when I first finished the series. So, thank you, Jim Dale. Thank you for bringing Harry Potter to life for me again.
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Melges 32 Fleet Readies For Gold Cup Competition
2 December 2010
Twenty-one teams have registered to compete at the 2010 Melges 32 Gold Cup Regatta, hosted by the Lauderdale Yacht Club, December 3-5.
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. - On December 3-5, the International Melges 32 Class Association (IM32CA) will proudly usher in yet another classic Gold Cup Regatta, hosted by the Lauderdale Yacht Club (LYC). The red carpet has been rolled out for this first-class event welcoming every owner and competitor, promising the best in Melges 32 competition, racing conditions and camaraderie.
Twenty-one teams have traveled from all across North America, Great Britain and Italy to compete. Among those poised for victory are defending Gold Cup champion Rod Jabin (Annapolis, Md.) onRamrod with 2009 Melges 24 World Champion Chris Larson serving as tactician. One of Jabin's top adversaries, 2010 Winter Series and European Champion Joe Woods (Torquay, UK) with tactician, Olympic Gold Medallist Paul Goodison on Red is also in attendance. "The pressure is on." said a very relaxed and smiling Jabin prior to Wednesday afternoon practice. "Our team is a little different this year, but we're looking forward to some great racing, so it should be fun." Jabin debuted in the Melges 32 class at the '09 event beating Woods by a single point.
Other teams expected to excel and do well include Kip Meadows (Rocky Mount, N.C.) and tactician, multiple match racing champion Andy Horton on roXanne; the young and energetic 2010 U.S. National Champion Ryan DeVos (Macatawa Bay, Mich.) on Volpe pairs up with the extraordinary Ed Baird on tactics; East Coast Champion Alex Jackson (Riverside, Conn.) on Leenabarca will be assisted by Volvo Ocean Racer Rob Greenhalgh's tactical expertise, and Lanfranco Cirillo (Torri del Benaco, Verona, Italy) on Fantastica employs the incredible talents of the legendary Michelle Paoletti.
The IM32CA would like to welcome fleet newcomers Alexis Michas (New York, N.Y.) with tactician Mark Mendelblatt on VIVA; A Scow-boy Joel Ronning (Excelsior, Minn.) on Catapult with tactician Bill Hardesty and Oscar Strugstad (Bournemouth, Dorsett, UK) will be joined by tactician Andy Beadsworth on Dawn Raid.
"The class is thrilled to be back in Ft. Lauderdale for Gold Cup." commented International Chairman and Class President Jeff Ecklund (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.), who will take the helm of STAR. "This is the best fleet of grand prix performance yachts to be a part of right now. Our World Championship in San Francisco produced a record-breaking 32 Melges 32s further proving the health of the class. It's really awesome to see a fleet as robust as this, and it seems that with almost every event we see new faces."
"We are also quite excited about our Take A Junior Sailing Day program at Gold Cup." continued Ecklund. "Twenty-one lucky youth sailors will get the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity on Saturday, December 4 to sail with and against the very best in the sailing world." Ecklund has been a strong supporter and advocate of the Lauderdale Yacht Club Junior Sailing Program, as well as a driving force behind its integration with the Melges 32 Gold Cup Regatta. A complete list of junior sailors and the boats they will sail on will be published shortly.
Full Entry List
1.) Phil Lotz | Dalton Bergan, Arethusa
2.) Jason Carroll | Dave Ullman, Argo
3.) Michael Dominguez | Anthony Kotoun, Bronco
4.) Joel Ronning | Bill Hardesty, Catapult
5.) Malcolm Gefter | Jon Mollicone, Celeritas
6.) Oscar Strugstad | Andy Beadsworth, Dawn Raid
7.) Dalton DeVos | Chris Rast, Delta
8.) Lanfranco Cirillo | Michele Paoletti, Fantastica
9.) Bob Hesse | Brad Boston, Lake Effect
10.) Alex Jackson | Rob Greenhalgh, Leenabarca
11.) Steve Rhyne | Charlie Smythe, Mojo
12.) John Taylor | Andrew Campbell, Ninkasi
13.) Rod Jabin | Chris Larson, Ramrod
14.) Joe Woods | Paul Goodison, Red
15.) Kip Meadows | Andy Horton, roXanne
16.) Geoff Pierini | Max Skelley, Shakedown
17.) Jeff Ecklund | Harry Melges, III, STAR
18.) Stuart Simpson | Nigel Young, Team Barbarians
19.) Alexis Michas | Mark Mendelblatt, VIVA
20.) Ryan DeVos | Ed Baird, Volpe
21.) Steve Howe | Morgan Larson, Warpath
View Full Crew List
2010 Melges 32 Gold Cup Official Event Website
Friends, family and fans of the Melges 32 will be able to tune-in and enjoy the racing action and developments from a distance, special thanks to Sail 22's all new Sailing Updates and Sail Groove. They have teamed up to bring as-it-happens coverage from the water as well as after racing sailor interviews. Don't miss it!
Daily race reports, press release and photos will be available at the official website of theInternational Melges 32 Class Association. If you are unable to attend the 2010 Melges 32 Gold Cup, stay in touch by subscribing to the IM32CA RSS Feed or visiting the Official Melges 32 Blog. The Melges 32 can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.
The 2010 Gold Cup Regatta is the first of three, major 2011 Winter Series events for the Melges 32 in North America. On January 17-21, the fleet will assemble in Key West, Fla. for Premiere Racing'sKey West Race Week and Miami Grand Prix on March 10-13.
In Europe, things will heat up in the spring with yet another spectacular line-up of Audi Sailing Series events beginning in March, leading up to Copa Del Rey on August 1-6, culminating at the2011 Melges 32 World Championship in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.


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The Orioles put an interesting spin on how they decided the draft order for their annual team fantasy football draft this past weekend – with the help of some Maryland blue crabs.
Reliever Darren O'Day wanted to do something more exciting than just picking names out of a hat. At first, O'Day was thinking about having a snail race, but he soon found out snails aren't that easy to purchase.
"It's hard to buy them," O'Day said of the snails. "I was looking out looking in the garden, and I looked down in the harbor because I live right down by the water and I saw crabs everywhere. I thought, 'Beautiful. That's what you do in Maryland. Crabs and football, right?'"
So the Orioles put their fantasy football draft order fate in the hands -- or rather, claws -- of crustaceans.
O'Day went to local crab house Cravin' Crabs and bought two dozen live blue crabs. Their claws were taped, and along with closer Jim Johnson, the league's commissioner, O'Day picked 12 crabs to represent each of the fantasy league's 12 team owners and labeled them.
They then unleashed the crabs and conducted a race – about eight to 10 yards long – through one of the ground-level tunnels at Camden Yards before Saturday's game against the Royals.
"Jim and I were trying to think of something creative because everybody just does the blind draw," said O'Day, who tweeted a photo of the crabs Wednesday. "And we wanted to do something big. We were going to do snails, but crabs just seemed better to us. It seemed more apropos. It was more exciting than any other draft order."
Chris Davis' crab crossed the finish line first, earning him the top pick in the draft.
"He basically just dominated everybody," Davis said of his crab. "[Right-handerJason] Hammelhad a crab that was about a foot away from the finish line that actually beat everyone's down there and then just decided to pull over on the side of the road. My crab just went up and over him -- just completely demolished him."
After the race, the contestants – even Davis' winning crab – met a difficult fate.
They became crab dip.
Davis said he hasn't decided who to select with the overall pick.
"Obviously the fans around here probably want me say I'm going to take Ray Rice with my first overall pick, but I don't know who I'm going to take," Davis said.
"It remains a mystery," he added. "Maybe Bart Starr."


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SPRINGFIELD TWP, Mercer County — A man was hurt when he took a hard landing while parachuting Saturday evening at the Grove City Airport, authorities said.
The man, in his early 30s, suffered pain in his knee and back. He was flown by medical helicopter to an unknown Pittsburgh hospital.
Authorities did not identify the man whose condition was not known this morning.
The man was a student at Skydive Pennsylvania when he apparently lost control of his parachute while landing at the airport about 6:45 p.m.
"The sky dive went as planned until the landing," said Cecil Smith, owner of Skydive Pennsylvania, which operates a skydiving school and center next to the airport in Springfield Township.
The Springfield Township Volunteer Fire Department and Superior Ambulance were called.
"He was conscious, alert and oriented when we got there," Doug Dick, a paramedic and EMS chief for the private Superior Ambulance Service, said of the injured man. "He did very well."
The man's injuries were not considered serious.


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Trump on Sessions: He did not say anything wrong
Trump on Sessions: He did not say anything wrong
President Trump issued statement just hours after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced his would recuse himself from any investigations involving the Trump campaign.
Here is the full statement:
"Jeff Sessions is an honest man. He did not say anything wrong. He could have stated his response more accurately, but it was clearly not intentional. This whole narrative is a way of saving face for Democrats losing an election that everyone thought they were supposed to win. The Democrats are overplaying their hand. They lost the election and now, they have lost their grip on reality. The real story is all of the illegal leaks of classified and other information. It is a total witch hunt!"


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Pets, Pets, Pets
Four score and seven cats a week ago! On March 11, 87 feral cats were altered and vaccinated at no cost to their caretakers…thanks to the teamwork of seven veterinarians plus many vet techs and volunteers, all who donated their skill and time to make the first "Last Hope Free Spay/Neuter Day for Feral Cats" a huge success. TNR (Trap-Neuter Release) is the only sound and humane approach to controlling the feline surplus. Free clinics, such as this, help make TNR a community reality.
This grand "spayathon" was the brainchild of Dr. L. Gay Senk of the LI Cat Project (www.licp.org), Linda Stuurman president of Last Hope, and Diane Pionegro Basic Pet Care's vet tech manager. Dr. Peter Lutgen graciously lent his Basic Pet Care hospital in Lindenhurst while he was in Scotland. In the height of the surgical frenzy, his hectic hospital seemed like a veterinary "Risky Business" (with tomcats but no Tom Cruise). Miraculouslythings went back to normal and all cats were picked up when the day was done.
Some of the doctors operated the whole day while others took shifts. Special thanks also go to Dr. Foster, Dr. Juliano, Dr. Lyons, Dr. Larmore, Dr. Santora, and Dr. Zollo (whose team operated inside her mobile hospital in the parking lot). Licensed vet techs came from various local hospitals, Little Shelter and Canine Companions for Independence. We also had the assistance of students in the Suffolk Community College vet tech program, Last Hope members and cat care givers including singer, Mrs. Gary U.S. Bonds.
During "Operation Catsnip", coordination and organization were essential. Many of the cat feeders had to synchronize the trapping of their feline waifs. Easier said than done. Cats are adept at "vamoosing" when they sense something is up. Registration at the clinic was the only chaotic time since everyone arrived at 9 AM. Each cat and carrier had to be IDed several ways to assure returning the right cats to the right colony/caregiver. Later cards on the carriers and traps had to match the leg tags on anesthetized kitties. Heart stickers meant "no ear tip"; green circles verified that shots were given.
Dr. Senk has a wonderful system. Most vaccines were drawn the day before. Males are done first because castrations go faster. Each procedure had stations- a "knock down" room; 2 areas for altering males; 2 rooms for spaying females, 2 spots to administer fluids which help the cat to pass the anesthesia and regain an electrolyte balance. An exam room was reserved for painless ear tipping (the universal sign that a cat is already sterilized), vaccines, a shot of penicillin, and ivermectin for earmites and roundworms. More spays and neuters were done in the Zollo trailer hospital.
We had a wash room for scrubbing and soaking surgical instruments in "surgical milk". Vets color code their hemostats and scissor sets with tape markers. I learned the fine art of wrapping surgical kits for the autoclave. Also easier said than done. So slow, I'd starve if I had to do this for a living.
All day volunteers took feline temps and walked around snuggling groggy cats in blankets because proper body temperature
after surgery is crucial. Chilled cats were monitored and nestled with microwaved bean bags. On the way to the recovery area, the cats got Advantage for flea control. It was sad to consider that this post-op comfort might be the only time some frightened ferals would ever be held or stroked by loving hands.
A "Fancy Feast" awaited the staff downstairs. You need good food, the staples, like veggie chili or chocolate mousse, to keep going. We had enough helpers that folks could take a break and refuel on Papa Pionegro's luscious lasagna. I kept making excuses so I could go down for more.
This free feral cat spay event is merely a start to curtailing the LI cat overpopulation. Nancy Peterson, HSUS Feral Cat Program manager and president of Cat Writers, reminded me each feral cat can potentially produce 100 to 400 kittens in 7 years. These offspring have a high mortality up to 75 percent.
Therefore our clinic prevented thousands of unwanted kittens from being born- where most would have suffered or died before their first birthday. The next spayathon is in the planning stage. When I kept saying we should do this every week, I spied exhausted workers giving me the evil eye. I sensed they were plotting to take me to the "knock down" room.
For Adoption: "Spooky" the poster dog at Babylon Town Shelter (643-9270) Lamar St. W. Babylon is trying a new tactic this week. He's posing as a cat in hopes that he'll appeal to "cat people" since his tale of woe hasn't touched a dog lover yet. This sweet, Shepherd/Greyhound in Cage 3 is about 8 years "young" though it seems that he has been on his own for much of his life. He had a quasi- home at Kydd's Marine in Lindenhurst until an arsonist burned it down in January. Folks near the boatyard turned him into the shelter because he is officially homeless now.
"Spooky" is a delight out of the cage. He is housebroken, loving to people, walks like a show dog on a leash. He tolerates other dogs and cats. He is pacing and not kenneling well. He needs to be in a home, a real one for the rest of his days. Might you have room in your heart and home for "Spooky"?
+Other dogs: an enormous Newfoundland- a Landseer- in Cage 45; "Rusty" the Husky in Cage 1; "Noah"- the comical Chow mix in Cage 15; "Brewster"- a young Retriever mix in Cage 41; a female German Shepherd in Cage 95.
+Shelter cats: "Sundance"- a neut. orange fellow in C-9; "Emily"- a sweet tabby kitten in C-4; "Tuba"- a gorgeous spayed longhaired tortie in C-10.


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Notes on the Computer Modern parameters
Dimensions are mostly in units of 1/36pt, because I originally worked
on graph paper with 36 pixels per point (in 1977). This experience made
me familiar with such units, so I later decided to make METAFONT produce
proofmode output at the same scale.
The basic fonts cmr5--cmr17 scale proportionately in most vertical
dimensions (e.g., the x_height in 5pt is half that in 10pt), but
horizontally the smaller fonts are more extended and have relatively
heavier weight (especially in hairlines).
The slanted fonts cmsl8--cmsl12 are identical to their unslanted
counterparts except that they have slant=1/6.
Font cmdunh10 is the same as cmr10 except that body_height, asc_height,
cap_height, and fig_height have been drastically increased.
The bold fonts cmbx5--cmbx12 have similar vertical dimensions to the ordinary
roman (except that the x_height is a bit taller and bar_height is lower);
they use bolder pen strokes, of course, and they are rather more extended.
Font cmb10 is like cmbx10 except not extended (i.e., 1em=10pt in cmb10,
but 1em=11.5pt in cmbx10); it also has slightly shorter cap serifs. Font
cmbxsl10 is like cmbx10 but slanted.
The typewriter fonts cmtt8--cmtt12 have the same x_heights as their
roman counterparts, but they have shorter ascenders and longer descenders.
Their math_axis is based on ascenders only. The stroke weights are
almost all identical to the corresponding roman stem weight.
Font cmsltt10 is a slanted version of cmtt10; cmvtt10 is non-monospaced.
The sans serif fonts cmss8--cmss17 are analogous to cmr8--cmr17; they have
slanted counterparts with slant of 12 degrees. A few other isolated sans
serif fonts appear in the standard set, as demonstrations of how other
varieties could be made: There's a demibold condensed version, cmssdc10,
and a bold extended version, cmssbx10. (The title pages in The TeXbook use
cmssdc10 at 40pt and a magnified version of cmssbx10 called cminch; to
save font storage space, cminch is restricted to digits and uppercase
letters only.) Finally, there's a pair of fonts called cmssq8 and cmssqi8;
these are in a rather different style (extended, with short ascenders
and descenders), used for the end-of-chapter quotations in The TeXbook.
The font cmfib8 is another `demonstration' of parameters; it's a serifed
font whose proportions are based on Fibonacci numbers. Also, the font
cmff10 is a weird concoction of little use except for testing.
The text italic fonts cmti7--cmti12 have parameters like their roman
cousins, except that they are more condensed and slightly lighter.
The math italic fonts cmmi5--cmmi12 are not condensed and not
quite as light.
Four special italic fonts are provided as demonstrations of further
possibilities: cmbxti10 is a bold extended text italic; cmmib10 is
a bold math italic; cmit10 is an italic typewriter font; cmu10 is
an unslanted italic with the same stem weights as cmr10.
The math symbol fonts, cmsy5--cmsy10, have the same parameters
as the corresponding math italic; these fonts also have special
parameters of their own. There's a bold math symbols font for
demonstration purposes: cmbsy10.
The math extension font, cmex10, has the parameters of cmr10.
The extended ASCII font, cmtex10, has the parameters of cmtt10, except
that the slant is positive (for a few characters that will be slanted).
And finally there are two caps-and-small-caps fonts, cmcsc10 (to match cmr10)
and cmtcsc10 (to match cmtt10). These fonts are unusual in having two
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I step out the door of my Los Feliz apartment and head to the parking lot where my rust-colored bicycle awaits. Strap on the helmet. Key open the bike lock.
It's another sunny morning in L.A. The pavement rolls by under my single-speed bicycle. Commonwealth Avenue. Talmadge Street. And finally, Sunset Boulevard.
Dodge, roll, brake, roll. Shattered windshield glass. An opening car door. A downed branch of a palm tree. Sun in my eyes, I pedal my way downtown, glancing with schadenfreude at the traffic backed up on the freeways.
I moved to L.A. in early December from Milwaukee, where I had been bicycling to work for years, even through the frigid winter months. I figured I would never bike again. My head was filled with all the preconceptions Midwesterners have about this sprawling city. In no particular order: There is no public transportation, the car is king, nobody walks, lousy drivers abound, the air quality stinks and you're bound to get killed if you try to ride a bike.


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Three retail companies are poised to cash in big on Black Friday, J Rogers Kniffen CEO Jan Kniffen said Wednesday on CNBC.
"I think Macy's is going to be on top because they best in class," he said. "I think they are running a department store as well as anybody has run one right at the moment."


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Accenture is positioned in the "Winner's Circle" in the second HfS Blueprint Report: Workday Services 2016 for its excellence in both execution and innovation.
The report, which assessed 16 major partners for Workday, recognized Accenture as a global services leader offering full capabilities across the Workday services value chain. Noting that Accenture is "focused on delivering transformative business outcomes from its Cloud First Applications team, the report highlighted the following qualities of Accenture: quality of account management team, engaging clients and developing communities, incorporating feedback, geographical scale and tools development.
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"We are proud to be recognized for our strength in innovation and excellence in the 'Winner's Circle' of this HfS report for the second consecutive time," said Saideep Raj, Cloud First Applications lead at Accenture. "This is a testament to the collaborative work we do with clients to help transform finance and HR with Workday. Accenture has implemented some of the world's most complex and far reaching Workday solutions, enabling more than 2 million employees."
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SALINAS, CA--In the coastal valleys of central California, where more than 80% of the United States' strawberry crops are grown, there is developing concern about the impact of these vast production systems on groundwater contamination. According to a study published in the August 2013 issue of HortScience, changes in growers' cultural practices and the introduction of new cultivars has increased strawberry yields in the region by 140% during the past 50 years. But as crop yields have increased, water quality has diminished; water quality monitoring in these coastal valleys has shown that groundwater often exceeds Federal drinking water standards. Strawberry growers are facing increasing regulatory pressure to improve their management practices in order to protect groundwater.
Looking for ways to help strawberry producers address these critical issues, Thomas Bottoms and Timothy Hartz from the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of California, Davis, along with Michael Cahn and Barry Farrara of the University of California Cooperative Extension in Salinas, studied nitrogen (N) fertilization and irrigation management practices in fall-planted annual strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) fields. Their multidimensional research was designed to determine soil mineral nitrogen, monitor irrigation applied, and estimate crop evapotranspiration. They also surveyed growers regarding their nitrogen (N) fertilization practices. "Our primary objective was to document plant and soil nitrogen dynamics (in annual strawberry production) under the environmental conditions and current grower management practices of the central coast region of California," said corresponding author Timothy Hartz. "Additionally, we evaluated strawberry response to preplant controlled-release fertilizer (CRF) application rates in three commercial field trials."
The researchers determined that strawberry biomass nitrogen accumulation showed a consistent pattern across fields with limited N accumulation from fall transplanting through March, followed by a consistent rate of crop N uptake through the rest of the production season. "Our research determined that current nitrogen fertilization practices did not efficiently match the crop N uptake pattern observed," Hartz said. He explained that in California's central coastal region, most strawberry fields are planted after vegetable crops. "These fields typically have significant residual soil mineral nitrogen. Therefore, justification for preplant controlled-release fertilizer (CRF) in this production system appeared to be to ensure N availability throughout the winter, when NO3-N leaching by rainfall is possible. However, the replicated trials showed that preplant CRF rates had a minimal effect on strawberry nitrogen accumulation through the June sampling, by which time the vast majority of controlled-release fertilizer nitrogen had been released."
The researchers' evaluation of irrigation practices showed that efficient drip irrigation management was demonstrated in many fields. "In only one of the nine highest-yielding fields was seasonal irrigation more than 120% of evapotranspiration. The consistency of crop N uptake over the spring and summer provided a guideline for N fertigation. Adjusting for higher fruit yield potential under California conditions, this supports prior research that found N fertigation averaging 0.5 to 0.9 kg/ha per day to be adequate for peak production."
"Our results suggest several ways in which N management could be improved in this production system," the authors wrote. "The replicated controlled-release fertilizer (CRF) rate trials indicated that routine use of high CRF rates was not an efficient practice. Reducing CRF rates, particularly in heavier textured soils that are less easily leached, could substantially improve N use efficiency."
The complete study and abstract are available on the ASHS HortScience electronic journal web site: http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/content/48/8/1034.abstract
Founded in 1903, the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) is the largest organization dedicated to advancing all facets of horticultural research, education, and application. More information at ashs.org
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Original Article:
Crop and Soil Nitrogen Dynamics in Annual Strawberry Production in California
Thomas G. Bottoms, Timothy K. Hartz, Michael D. Cahn, and Barry F. Farrara
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… and incidentally why he's so popular:
Spielberg is one of the greatest screen stylists in history, but he is a deeply conventional in his thinking. He has the imagination of a white suburban baby boomer who grew up wholly enamored of America's civic mythology, where figures like Abraham Lincoln (like the citizen soldiers of the Second World War) loom like gods.
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Pressure sensor family receives new diagnostic capabilities
Emerson Process Management has expanded its Advanced HART Diagnostics Suite on the Rosemount 3051S Series of sensors for pressure, flow and level measurement. New features expand diagnostic coverage beyond transmitter electronics to identify and prevent abnormal process and installation issues.
The new power advisory diagnostic helps ensure the integrity of the electrical loop by detecting unwanted changing electrical conditions, such as water in the terminal housing, ground loop issues, corrosion of terminals, or an unstable power supply. The Advanced HART Diagnostics Suite also includes statistical process monitoring technology, to measure and analyze previously unseen process noise, providing intelligent process insight. This has led to a significant expansion in the range of process diagnostic applications such as detection of furnace flame instability, incipient distillation column flooding, and valve or pump cavitation.
"The expanded capabilities of Advanced Diagnostics on the Rosemount 3051S gives plant personnel additional insight into their facilities – insight they can use to make informed decisions that will optimize the availability, efficiency and reliability of their plants," said Dave Wehrs, vice president of pressure design and engineering for the Rosemount division of Emerson Process Management.
The new transmitter was put through the rigorous IEC 61508 safety certification process by exida, resulting in a safe failure fraction of 96.8%. Safety can be further improved by utilizing power advisory diagnostic and statistical process monitoring to uncover previously undetectable failures of the electrical loop and in the process connection, including plugged impulse lines.
The company says that combining the high safety rating with advanced diagnostics enables 10-year proof test intervals and the safest installation possible. "The end result of having equipment with low failure rate and high diagnostic coverage is not just improved safety but also lower downtime," said Dr. William Goble, principal partner of exida.
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The Rolla Knights of Columbus teamed up with Santa Claus Sunday afternoon to give gifts to children who otherwise may not have gotten presents this year.
The Rolla Knights of Columbus teamed up with Santa Claus Sunday afternoon to give gifts to children who otherwise may not have gotten presents this year.
The St. Patrick's Parish Rolla Knights of Columbus Council 2627 hosted an event for area children and their families at the St. Patrick's Parish gymnasium, where children age 12 and under received gifts from Santa.
According to Mike Meyer, Knights of Columbus member, about 100 children were served Sunday.
That is up from 87 children served last year, he said.
Meyer said the Knights approached local food banks for a list of names of children to help this season.
Meyer said because there is a greater need this year, the Knights contacted other groups such as GRACE (Greater Rolla Area Charitable Enterprise) and Shop With a Cop and divided the families up among the groups so a child would get a present with the help of at least one of those groups.
"We wanted to make sure each child gets a present for Christmas. We don't want to see one child go without Christmas," Meyer said.
Meyer said the Knights talked with the children's parents and tried to find what interests each child have.
"We wanted to get something we know they are going to enjoy ... that this is what they want and this will make their Christmas," Meyer said.
"The children are really what it's all about," he said, adding that the parents are grateful.
"People were very gracious and told us, 'Without you guys, our children wouldn't have anything for Christmas.' ... It's all worth it," Meyer said, adding that "the rewards are 100-fold."
Families came up one at a time to Santa to receive their gifts.
Meyer said he, his fiancee, Judy Bell, and Diane Fennewald, of the Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary, spent about six hours shopping for presents.
"I just wanted to give back," Fennewald said.
In addition to gifts, the children and their families ate a Christmas dinner.
Meyer said he has personally been involved with this program for the last three years, but the Knights have been involved in it for much longer - since about 1979.
This will likely be Meyer's last year helping with this program, but he expects someone to pick up where he left off.
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Catch tomorrow's stars of stage and screen today, when some of Penn State's best Musical Theatre students perform in King of Prussia on Friday, March 7, and in Pittsburgh on Saturday, March 8. Attendees will join Penn State Alumni Association Executive Director Roger Williams, and Dean of the College of Arts and Architecture Barbara Korner for a chance to mingle with students, alumni and other Penn Staters.
Penn State's Musical Theatre program is an internationally acclaimed, marquee program. The program typically auditions more than 400 applicants to fill 12 to 14 spots each year. Penn State Musical Theatre alumni are currently performing on Broadway, in national touring shows, in films and on television. The Philadelphia area event on March 7 will take place at the Radisson Hotel Valley Forge. A reception is scheduled for 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., with the Musical Theatre program following. The Pittsburgh event on March 8 will be held at the Sheraton Station Square, with the reception set for 6 to 7 p.m., and the musical program beginning afterward.
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Vibram Boss: IP Enforcement Is A Waste Of Time; You're Better Off Building A Relationship With Customers
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"Candidly, you have to realise that intellectual property only gets you so far," says Mr Post. "At the end of the day it's really about your relationship with the consumer."What the company realized was that focusing on lobbying and enforcement just wasn't effective. Instead, educating customers on the difference between real and fake Vibrams, and showing why they'd want to buy the real ones (i.e., giving them a "reason to buy") was much more effective. The company put up a page showing customers how to spot a fake, and saw that it worked.
Vibram offered vouchers to customers who had unwittingly bought fake Five Fingers, so that they could buy the real product at cost price.Amusingly, the article quotes Susan Scafidi, a professor who is well known for her support of ratcheting up intellectual property laws on fashion/clothing, suggesting that Vibram speaking out and connecting with its customers on this issue was a mistake: "It was a risky move, according to Ms Scafidi, who says that a company associating its name - however tangentially - with counterfeit goods could damage its brand." Beyond the fact that she was empirically wrong about this, that makes no sense. Being open and honest with fans, and explaining why they'd want to support the company whose product they like (and why counterfeit products are inferior quality) seems like a smart strategy. It's hard to see how that could "damage the brand" at all. In fact, it seems almost guaranteed to do the opposite, as it appears to have done here.
The company also put up a page on its website alerting customers, enlisted the help of bloggers and asked fans of its Facebook page to get the word out.
Within a year, the deluge of complaints from customers who had bought fake products slowed to a trickle.
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I mentioned in last week's Rock The Week post that I'd started devouring the S/S12 edition of Company High Street Edit, and now I've pretty much finished reading it, I thought I'd share its awesomeness with you. Almost every page has a carefully folded top corner, pointing to a piece of clothing I now covet, or a page layout that I love. This happens with none of the other magazine I read regularly.
That's because Company's biannual fashion offering is a delight to read and a feast for the eyes. I find that every page has something to offer me, and even if I don't like a particular trend (I'm looking at you, peplums) I find a caption, a hairstyle, or illustration to enjoy. This collage/scrapbook style design has now been adopted by Company for it's flagship monthly title – since the redesign three issues ago, the magazine has shifted to a more fashion-heavy publication, with gorgeous matt paper and a new compact size.
I don't want to give too much away if you're planning on buying a copy yourself, but this issue features some beautiful clashing florals, street style, a hilarious article on customer service by Katie Mulloy and a rye look at some surprising FROW figures.
My memory card reader is playing up and I can't find my camera lead (because we STILL haven't finished unpacking yet) so you'll have to make do with a few photos taken on my mobile phone, and suped up with my Poladroid app. The fact that I'm using a computer programme and smart phone to give my photos a vintage feel has not been lost on me!