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Estuarine-terrestrial habitat gradients enhance nursery function for resident and transient fishes in the San Francisco Estuary. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 637,(2020).
North Delta Arc Study 2019 annual report: Cache and Lindsey Slough water quality, productivity, and fisheries. 2019 North Delta Arc Annual Report Final.pdf (5.72 MB)(2020).
Suisun Marsh Fish Study: trends in fish and invertebrate populations of Suisun Marsh January 2018 - December 2018. Suisun Marsh Fish Report 2018 Final.pdf (3.16 MB)(2020).
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Delta Smelt and the Politics of Water in California. Fisheries. 43,(2018).
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Habitat partitioning by native and non-native fishes and decapods in novel habitats of the upper San Francisco Estuary. Biological Invasions.(2017).
Delta Smelt: Life History and Decline of a Once Abundant Species in the San Francisco Estuary. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science.(2016).
Fish distribution in the cache slough complex of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta during a drought. IEP Newsletter.(2016).
Physical controls on the distribution of the submersed aquatic weed Egeria densa in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and implcations for habitat.. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. 14(1),(2016).
Zooplankton biomass and chlorophyll-a trends in the North Delta Arc: two consecutive drought years. 28(3),(2016).
A conceptual model of the aquatic food web of the upper San Francisco Estuary. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science . 13(5),(2015).
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Stress Relief: Prescriptions for a Healthier Delta Ecosystem. 32. Main Report Delta Stressors (9.72 MB)(2013).
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Where the Wild Things Aren't Making the Delta a Better Place for Native Species. Public Policy Institute of California.(2012).
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Habitat complexity and the ecology of flooding islands (polders) in the Sacramento-san Joaquin Delta, USA.(2011).
Linking Trophic Ecology With Slough And Wetland Hydrodynamics, Food Web Production And Fish Abundance In Suisun Marsh.(2011).
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Newtown pastor reprimanded over prayer vigil participation
NEW YORK (AP) -- A conservative Lutheran group has reprimanded a Newtown, Conn., pastor for participating in an interfaith vigil after the Sandy Hook massacre.
The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod said the Rev. Rob Morris of Christ the King Lutheran Church inadvertently gave the impression he condoned joint worship by offering the benediction at a Dec. 16 event with other religious leaders for the elementary school shooting victims.
The church constitution bars clergy from praying with representatives from other religions, including some other Lutheran groups, for fear of giving the appearance theological differences about salvation and other doctrines aren't significant.
The vigil included Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Baha'i leaders. President Barack Obama and Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy attended.
In a statement posted Feb. 1 on a denominational blog, the Missouri Synod president, the Rev. Matthew Harrison, said Morris took "specific and commendable" steps to avoid violating the church's constitution: Morris requested an announcement before the event that participating clergy were not endorsing each other's views, and he read from Scripture.
Harrison concluded that the event was joint worship since other clergy wore their vestments and the vigil included prayers and religious readings.
"There is sometimes a real tension between wanting to bear witness to Christ and at the same time avoiding situations which may give the impression that our differences with respect to who God is, who Jesus is, how he deals with us and how we get to heaven, really don't matter in the end," Harrison wrote.
Morris does not believe he engaged in joint worship but has apologized, Harrison said.
"I accept his apology," Harrison wrote, and made what he called an earnest request that no one file a complaint against Morris under the denomination's disciplinary system.
Harrison declined to comment further Thursday. But Vicki Biggs, a spokeswoman for the denomination, said, "We are proud of the work Pastor Morris has done in Newtown and how he has served the community in so many ways."
In his own statement, Morris underscored the steps he took to avoid any appearance he was supporting other doctrines.
"To those who believe that I have endorsed false teaching, I assure you that was not my intent, and I give you my unreserved apologies," he wrote. "I did not believe my participation to be an act of joint worship, but one of mercy and care to a community shocked and grieving an unspeakably horrific event. However, I recognize others in our church consider it to constitute joint worship and I understand why."
The denomination has been struggling for years with this rule, which is currently under a broad review. The church constitution requires congregants to renounce "unionism and syncretism of every description." A Missouri Synod pastor, the Rev. David Benke, was suspended for a time after participating in a Yankee Stadium interfaith service soon after the Sept. 11 attacks that was held in Yankee Stadium. About two dozen pastors and a few congregations had complained about Benke's involvement.
The Rev. Gerald Kieschnick, the former Missouri Synod president who had defended Benke, has also spoken out in support of Morris. Kieschnick wrote on his blog that Morris was "responding in a pastoral way to people in need of healing and hope." Outsiders watching this dispute will "shake their heads in disgust and dismay. For them, the image of our church becomes one of isolationism, sectarianism and legalism," Kieschnick said.
The 2.3 million-member Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, based in the St. Louis area, is separate from the larger, liberal Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, based in Chicago.

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Microsoft has published information about a new zero-day vulnerability in its Word product. There is a real-world exploit for the vulnerability and it is currently being exploited in the wild. Microsoft says it is "aware of limited, targeted attacks directed at Microsoft Word 2010."
According to Microsoft's Dustin Childs, the vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker and allow "remote code execution if someone was convinced to open a specially crafted Rich Text Format (RTF) file or a specially crafted mail in Microsoft Outlook while using Microsoft Word as the email viewer."
Microsoft's immediate response has been to publish a one-click Fix it which basically disables support for RTF in Microsoft Word. Although Microsoft wants to "encourage all customers using Microsoft Word" to apply the Fix it, disabling RTF support could be troublesome for those who rely on this document format.
The vulnerability, which was reported to Microsoft by members of the Google Security Team, can be exploited via email or via the web. In the email scenario, the attacker sends a specially crafted RTF document as the contents of the message. The vulnerability is exploited when the message is previewed or opened in Outlook where Microsoft Word is the email viewer. An attacker could also exploit the vulnerability by sending a specially crafted RTF document as an attachment. In the web scenario, the attacker would need to trick the user into downloading the document and then opening it.
This remote code execution vulnerability exists because of bugs in the way that Word parses maliciously crafted RTF documents. The bugs cause a memory corruption and give the attacker a way to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability can also be exploited through Microsoft Outlook if Word is used as the email viewer, which it is by default in Microsoft Outlook 2007, Microsoft Outlook 2010, and Microsoft Outlook 2013.
Microsoft is working on a full fix but it isn't known if the Redmond company will be able to develop and test the fix by April 8th, the date of the company's next Patch Tuesday. Patch Tuesday is the name given to Microsoft's monthly security updates which patch Microsoft's products to fix security issues.
Interestingly, support for Office 2003 ends April 8th and Microsoft has included Word 2003 Service Pack 3 in its list of affected products. If Microsoft doesn't manage to release a full patch by April 8th then Office 2003 could remain vulnerable without any hope of a solution. Even if Microsoft does release a patch now, this incident highlights the dangers of using Microsoft products which have reached their end-of-life.


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The Franklin County Veterans Affairs Department is a federal agency that provides services to veterans, including Armed Forces veterans and Reserve veterans. The VA also provides housing assistance to veterans who meet the eligibility requirements, as one of the VA programs for at-risk veterans in Franklin County, Missouri. Veterans can receive housing benefits through collaborations between local Franklin County Housing Authorities and the VA, particularly for homeless veterans. The VA also leases land and buildings for veteran housing programs. Veterans can learn more about their eligibility for Franklin County housing services through a local Veterans Affairs Office or the Veteran Affairs website.
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Tom Morello Charts Similarities with Obama, Talks Election 2008
Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello can't help notice the similarities between himself and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. "Well, you know, being the half-Kenyan Harvard graduate from Illinois in his early forties, not running for president this year's election gives me a unique perspective," Morello tells Rolling Stone's Austin Scaggs. "I've always felt more comfortable on the other side of the barbed wire fence, you know, lobbing musical Molotov cocktails at the party."
"If America elects a black president it will be a different country than the one I've seen my entire life and that would be a step definitely in the right direction," Morello added.
A member of Rage Against the Machine supporting a presidential hopeful? Has the band softened on its radical edge? " I don't think it has anything to do with rebelling against a President. It has to do with policy. The Democratic Congress was elected in 2006 to end the war and they rolled over like lap dogs," Morello adds. So who does Morello think will win this election? "In the next presidential election America will get the president it deserves. If after eight years of Bush's foreign and domestic crimes that we elect a Republican president, you know, it seems to me like you should be able to run a barnyard animal against a Republican and win in a ninety-ten split," Morello says. "So if America elects McCain over, you know, the clearly intelligent, erudite, fair-minded Barack Obama, then either way we'll get the President we deserve."
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
2 comments:
- Tim said...
I hope the people of my country aren't ignorant enough, as a whole, to elect another conservative, war hungry, out of touch republican. I don't want to believe that it could happen, but I'm preparing for the worst...Sarah Palin? WTF Man.
- September 5, 2008 at 2:20 PM
- Unknown said...
"America will get the president it deserves"
And that's definitely coming true under Obama. Take the comment as you will and take a guess at what i mean.
He too is represented by greed, funded by greed and rolls over for the same "powers that be". But we know you don't give a fuck. Given your opinions you could care less about this nation or its people.
- September 17, 2009 at 9:10 PM
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GENERIC NAME(S): Gemfibrozil
OTHER NAME(S): Lopid Tablet
Gemfibrozil is used along with a proper diet to help lower fats (triglycerides) and raise "good" cholesterol (HDL) in the blood. It may also help to lower "bad" cholesterol (LDL). Gemfibrozil belongs to a group of drugs known as "fibrates." It works by decreasing the amount of fat produced by the liver. Lowering triglycerides in people with very high triglyceride blood levels may decrease the risk of pancreas disease (pancreatitis). However, gemfibrozil might not lower your risk of a heart attack or stroke. Talk to your doctor about the risk and benefits of gemfibrozil.
In addition to eating a proper diet (such as a low-cholesterol/low-fat diet), other lifestyle changes that may help this medication work better include exercising, drinking less alcohol, losing weight if overweight, and stopping smoking.
How to use Lopid
Take this medication by mouth as directed by your doctor, usually twice a day (30 minutes before your morning and evening meals).
Dosage is based on your medical condition and response to treatment.
If you also take certain other drugs to lower your cholesterol (bile acid-binding resins such as cholestyramine or colestipol), take gemfibrozil at least 1 hour before or at least 4-6 hours after taking these medications. These products can react with gemfibrozil, preventing its full absorption.
Take this medication regularly in order to get the most benefit from it. Remember to take it at the same times each day. Keep taking this medication even if you feel well. Most people with high cholesterol/triglycerides do not feel sick.
It is very important to continue to follow your doctor's advice about diet and exercise. It may take up to 3 months before you get the full benefit of this drug.
Side Effects
Stomach upset, stomach/abdominal pain, or unusual taste may occur. If any of these effects persist or worsen, tell your doctor or pharmacist promptly.
Remember that your doctor has prescribed this medication because he or she has judged that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects.
This medication may rarely cause gallstones and liver problems. Tell your doctor right away if you notice any of these serious side effects: severe stomach/abdominal pain, persistent nausea/vomiting, yellowing eyes/skin, dark urine.
This drug may rarely cause muscle problems (which can rarely lead to a very serious condition called rhabdomyolysis). Tell your doctor right away if you develop any of these symptoms: muscle pain/tenderness/weakness (especially with fever or unusual tiredness), signs of kidney problems (such as change in the amount of urine).
Tell your doctor right away if you have any serious side effects, including: signs of infection (such as fever, persistent sore throat), easy bruising/bleeding, unusual tiredness, irregular heartbeat, numbness/tingling of arms/legs.
A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is rare. However, get medical help right away if you notice any symptoms of a serious allergic reaction, including: rash, itching/swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), severe dizziness, trouble breathing.
This is not a complete list of possible side effects. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
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In Canada - Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to Health Canada at 1-866-234-2345.
Before taking gemfibrozil, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or to other "fibrates" (such as fenofibrate); or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients, which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your pharmacist for more details.
Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of: liver disease (such as biliary cirrhosis), gallbladder disease, kidney disease, alcohol use.
Before having surgery, tell your doctor or dentist about all the products you use (including prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and herbal products).
This medication is not recommended for use during pregnancy. Consult your doctor for more details.
It is unknown if this medication passes into breast milk. Because of the possible risk to the infant, breast-feeding while using this drug is not recommended. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.
Drug interactions may change how your medications work or increase your risk for serious side effects. This document does not contain all possible drug interactions. Keep a list of all the products you use (including prescription/nonprescription drugs and herbal products) and share it with your doctor and pharmacist. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicines without your doctor's approval.
Some products that may interact with this drug include: asunaprevir, "blood thinners" (such as warfarin), colchicine, repaglinide, "statin" drugs (such as atorvastatin, lovastatin, simvastatin).
This medication can slow down the removal of other medications from your body, which may affect how they work. Examples of affected drugs include elagolix, irinotecan, pioglitazone, selexipag, a certain combination product used to treat chronic hepatitis C (ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir/dasabuvir), among others.
If someone has overdosed and has serious symptoms such as passing out or trouble breathing, call 911. Otherwise, call a poison control center right away. US residents can call their local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. Canada residents can call a provincial poison control center.
Do not share this medication with others.
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Do not flush medications down the toilet or pour them into a drain unless instructed to do so. Properly discard this product when it is expired or no longer needed. Consult your pharmacist or local waste disposal company.Information last revised May 2020. Copyright(c) 2020 First Databank, Inc.
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13th-century English Book of HoursManuscript
An early Book of Hours from England. Popular in the late Middle Ages and the early Renaissance, Books of Hours were pra...
Aristotle in LatinManuscript
This 13th-century manuscript contains Gerard of Cremona's (c. 1114-87) translations of Aristotelian works on natural phi...
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After Archbishop Hubert Walter's death in 1205 and the rejection of other nominees to the see of Canterbury, the monks o...
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This volume contains a variety of historical and legendary material, including the Trojan War, Alexander the Great and t...
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Psalter with the Hours of the Virgin MaryManuscript
The 20 full-page illuminations at the beginning of this Psalter form one of the most outstanding prefatory cycles to sur...
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Hope to share some game thoughts via iPhone throughout. Go pack. Holding to my latest 34-13 score – for pack of course. Our defense goes nuts.
Be at the game
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Dave in Tucson Says:
January 15, 2012 at 4:11 pm |
Awful tackling. Can't get a stop on 3rd down. Not looking good.
Stevek Says:
January 15, 2012 at 7:09 pm |
Andy, generally your instincts have been really good; however, this game showed how truly flawed and one-diemensional the 2011 team was. In my gut, I felt this all year long. Rodger's stellar play in first two-thirds of year masked our flaws. However, with cold weather, Rodgers performance began to tail off. As a result, their flaws became too much to overcome. Let's hope 2012 brings us a more balanced team. Really appreciated your comments and insights throughout the year. Look forward to more in 2012.


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Beer and wine do not have to be scary on Halloween, or do they!
Halloween or "All Hallows' Evening is the annual holiday observed around the world on Oct. 31 (Wednesday in 2012), the eve before the feast of All Hallows. It is believed, All Hallows' Eve initially incorporated traditions from pagan harvest festivals and festivals honoring the dead (e.g. Mexico days of the dead), particularly the Scottish Gaelic Samhainn (a Gaelic harvest festival held on Oct. 31–Nov. 1). Typical Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, carving jack-o'-lanterns, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories, and watching horror films. Traditionally, Halloween costumes represent supernatural figures such as monsters, ghosts, skeletons, witches, and devils. However, modern costume selections have extended to popular characters from fiction, cartoon characters, and celebrities. The practice of dressing up in costumes and begging door to door for treats on holidays dates back to the Middle Ages. Trick-or-treating is similar to the medieval practice of "souling". The "soulers" visited houses, sang a song, collected money, food, drink, or whatever was given to them. They were often poor people (at first adults) and aside from songs, in return for these gifts would say prayers for the dead. Starting in the late19th century souling was mainly done by children.
If you are planning a family party or just want to have some fun on or around the Halloween holiday, consider these fun menu items. Candy corn pizza: Plain cheese pizza, make a ring of cheddar around the outside edge and mozzarella in the center. Cut into wedges (like candy corns). Worms on a bun: slice hotdogs and place in boiling water for no more than two minutes until they curl. Place in your favorite BBQ sauce and serve on a bun! Finally, with apple season upon us and New Hampshire producing some of the best apples around, try the classic caramel apples. You will need one bag Kraft caramels, four to five tart large apples (e.g. Granny Smith), chopped nuts (cashews, almonds, or macadamias– assuming no allergies), and melted white chocolate to create that "web" look (I never said this was healthy, but they are fun).
For beverages, you can go non-alcoholic with caramel apple cider. The following is a suggested recipe:
64 ounces fresh apple cider
4 ounces orange juice, fresh squeezed or good quality bottled
7 cloves
2 cinnamon sticks
1/4 t ground allspice
Caramel sauce to taste
Top with whip cream
Heat all the ingredients (except the all spice and whip cream), serve in festive mug and top with the ship cream and sprinkle all spice on top.
As for those who like a good glass of wine or beer, here are some fun suggestions.
Evil Dead Red (Alesmith Brewing Co.) is a Halloween specialty brew. It starts with a pleasant hop aroma followed by a nice malty sweetness. Well-rounded and well-balanced. Smooth, medium-bodied. Lush and rich on the palate with a semi-dry finish. ABV is 6.66%.
Unibroue (Chambly, Quebec) Maudite: Maudite is Qu�b�cois for "damned," as this strong dark ale was named after eight lumberjacks who supposedly made a pact with the devil. Malt, orange, wild spices with fragrances of coriander and cloves and floral hop notes. Taste characterized by a robust maltiness and spiciness that is counterbalanced by an assertive crisp hop finish. ABV 8.0%.
Wychwood Brewery (UK but available in NH) King Goblin: A special reserve brew so spooky that it's only brewed on a full moon. King Goblin is hand crafted from roasted chocolate and crystal malts, with a timely infusion of four different hops to produce a generously rich, full, smooth beer of exceptional quality and character. A full, rich, sublimely fruity & satisfying indulgent beer; a beer for the connoisseur of the finer things. ABV 6.6%
Some these wines may not be available in NH, but you are likely to find them in Maine or Massachusetts. A popular wine is Hocus Pocus. This wine is a blend of cool and warm climate Syrah (Biodynamically farmed). AV 14.5%.
EMH Vineyards (Calistoga, CA) Black Cat Cabernet has a bouquet of rich cherry and raspberry, with waves of blueberry, chocolate and rose petal — all within a framework of sweet oak. Medium body, soft tannins — balanced. AV 13.9%
Halloween is a time to be thankful for the harvest, reflect on family members that have passed, and share food and beverages with family or even friends and neighbors. Enjoy!
Nelson A. Barber, PhD is an associate professor in the Department of Hospitality Management at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire and is often referred to as "Dr. Wine."
Halloween beverages a Boo-tiful experience
Beer and wine do not have to be scary on Halloween, or do they!


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Stepping back from remarks a few weeks ago that suggested that Zynga was about to go on a shopping spree, Zynga chief executive Mark Pincus said the $180 million acquisition of Draw Something-maker OMGPOP was a "rare instance."
Although OMGPOP was certainly a step up from anything Zynga has ever done before, Pincus said it didn't represent a change in strategy from last year. He said Zynga will continue to be "prudent and bottom line-oriented" in its decisions today during the first-quarter earnings call. That's a change in tone from an interview with Bloomberg a few weeks ago when he said that he expected to do "a few" OMGPOP-sized deals in the next three to five years. His remarks helped send shares tumbling 13.9 percent from the day the story appeared.
Mostly because of the OMGPOP deal, Zynga raised its annual guidance to $1.425 billion to $1.5 billion in bookings, up from $1.35 to $1.45 billion before. The company didn't comment on how much OMGPOP will exactly contribute to Zynga's bottom-line, but one might be able to infer from the guidance change that it's anywhere from $50 to 75 million in bookings. Keep in mind though that this increase might include revenue not only from "Draw Something," but other titles Zynga might be able to launch and cross-promote through the game.
Before OMGPOP, Zynga had mostly bought small teams in the $5 to 20 million range. In late 2010, however, Zynga bought a company called Newtoy, that was behind the hit game "Words With Friends" for $53.3 million in cash and stock. They were able to in turn increase their mobile users tenfold through the deal by the time they filed for an initial public offering. The OMGPOP deal helped Zynga raises its daily active users on mobile to 21 million in the first quarter, up from 12 million in the fourth.
Zynga has about $1.5 billion in cash and securities that it could use to buy companies, down from $1.9 billion at the end of last year because of the OMGPOP deal plus the $228 million it spent to buy its headquarters in San Francisco.
Here are Pincus' full comments from the earnings call:
"We are happy to provide accurate expectations about our M&A strategy. The strategy hasn't changed since the roadshow and as we've spoken to all of you — our primary focus — and the way we've built this business has been about organic development and growth of games that have led to a network that we have further leveraged to bring more successful games to market. That's what you should expect to continue to drive growth.
Draw Something was the second major product line that we went out and acquired. It was a rare instance for us. We believed it was not just accretive financially, but we were excited about its growth and what this game meant for mobile-social gaming. It was a new experience that had a level of sharing that's never seen before in gaming. It was setting new boundaries in social media and viral growth that hadn't been seen before.
We saw a whole new phenomenon that is not only more exciting for mobile-social gaming, but we saw a property that very quickly becoming mainstream. We thought it would be synergistic to our network and infrastructure. We thought it would be more valuable to Zynga and that we could organically build from it.
It does not represent a change in our strategy or our approach to large investments in our data, analytics and hosting infrastructure.
At every point, we've been very careful, prudent and bottom-line oriented to make investments where we could connect the dots to an accretive return."


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Launching a new space industry
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The $10 million Ansari XPRIZE was designed to lower the risk and cost of going to space by incentivizing the creation of a reliable, reusable, privately financed, crewed spaceship that finally made private space travel commercially viable.
On October 4, 2004, XPRIZE captured the world's attention by awarding the $10 million Ansari XPRIZE—the largest prize in history—to Mojave Aerospace Ventures for their SpaceShipOne. Led by famed aerospace designer Burt Rutan and his company Scaled Composites, with financial backing from Paul Allen, the team's winning technology was licensed by Richard Branson to create Virgin Galactic. With the awarding of this competition, a brand-new $2 billion private space industry was launched.


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Gun control groups controlled White House
The White House knew its post-Newtown effort would require bringing key gun-control groups into the fold. So the White House offered a simple arrangement: the groups could have access and involvement, but they'd have to offer silence and support in exchange.
The implied rules, according to conversations with many of those involved: No infighting. No second guessing in the press. Support whatever the president and Vice President Joe Biden propose. And most of all, don't make waves or get ahead of the White House.
(PHOTOS: Politicians speak out on gun control)
In exchange: a voice in the discussions, a role in whatever final agreement is made and weekly meetings at the White House with Biden's chief of staff, Bruce Reed — provided they don't discuss what happens there.
"The implication is very, very strong when they are calling these meetings and we are all sitting there," said one regular attendee, who like the others, would only speak about them anonymously. "It's not like they're being bullies, it's them bringing everybody together, not being one-off meetings with groups that might be interested in things other than the bottom line, not providing the forum for that kind of stuff."
"You're glad to be in the room," another participant in the Reed meetings said. "Because this issue has been dead for a long time and now there's a real opportunity there."
For the White House, which wouldn't comment about Reed's meetings or the relationships with the gun control groups, this strategy was about insuring the president had a united front as he pushed for new laws — and that he won't shoulder the blame if and when the negotiations fail.
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But he's forced a major change on some of Washington's noisiest advocates: the Brady Campaign, Third Way, Mike Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Americans for Responsible Solutions, the organization founded by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and her husband, Mark Kelly. In past fights, gun control groups sparred with each other and got used to dictating the agenda to allies in Congress.
(Also on POLITICO: NRA campaign in high gear)
Now they're just happy to be included in the discussion, and still holding out hope that something might happen.
"There is a lot of reliance on how the White House sees the strategy and the tactics going forward," said Paul Helmke, who was the Brady Campaign president from 2006 to 2011. "We need the White House."
That's held true even as the hopes for any legislation has dimmed on even the most basic measures. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday ended the bipartisan talks on universal background checks with Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and filed his own bill without co-sponsors or the suggestions made by Coburn and Sens. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.V.).
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George Trevor Nurse (1928 -2010)
George Nurse was born on 7 August 1928 in Vryheid, Natal, South Africa, the first of six children of a station master and his wife. Able to read and write at an early age, he read widely and voraciously, amassing knowledge which he deployed for the rest of his life. George was educated at Durban Boys High School and qualified in medicine at the University of Cape Town in 1951.
His first jobs were at Transkei mission hospitals and in government service in Nyasaland (now Malawi). This was followed by a stint as medical officer for a Norwegian fishing fleet in the Antarctic, where the crew entered him in a competition to establish which ship could 'produce' the individual with the greatest increase in body weight during their Antarctic months. George applied himself to the chocolate bars and other gastronomic treats which the crew provided. A photograph shows his 'gross' appearance at the end of the voyage!
In 1964 he obtained the Diploma in Public Health at Bristol University. After another stint in the Antarctic with the fishing fleet he returned to Nyasaland in the employ of the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association. Here he completed work for his PhD thesis, 'The Physical Characters of the Maravi', in anthropology from Wits University with Professor PV Tobias as his supervisor in 1974.
From 1972 to 1977 George was a productive research worker in the Department of Human Genetics in the School of Pathology, the South African Institute for Medical Research and University of the Witwatersrand. He published many articles on anthropology, medical genetics and linguistics, and two books: Health and the Hunter-Gatherer (1977) with T Jenkins and The Peoples of Southern Africa and their Affinities (1985) with JS Weiner and T Jenkins.
When carrying out research on the genetics of the people of Rehoboth in South West Africa (now Namibia) in 1974 -1976, we needed to read the only major anthropological study on the population by Eugen Fischer, 1913. As our field worker, Patrick Pearsen, and I could not read German, George translated the 330 page book into English for our benefit!
George left for Papua New Guinea in 1977 (telling a newspaper reporter that he hoped it would not be a case of 'out of the frying pan into the cooking pot'!). His research in the Institute for Medical Research on haematological traits, including the thalassaemias and ovalocytosis, demonstrated that both conferred protection against malaria.
In 1982, George married Gwen Duffy, a Scottish social worker. After a stint in Saudi Arabia, they moved to Papua New Guinea, where both worked at the University of Port Moresby (1984 -1990). Thereafter they moved to Johannesburg, where George was Director of the SAIMR Blood Transfusion Service. After returning to the UK in 1992, George continued writing and translation (specialising in French, German, Norwegian and Afrikaans).
In many respects George was a genius and a polymath. He told me that someone had told him he had Asperger's syndrome, and I think he had some features of it. He was certainly eccentric. He claimed to have owned a slave, a young white South African man, who had advertised in a Johannesburg newspaper that he was for sale. George had an incredibly good memory and an encyclopaedic knowledge of subjects ranging from linguistics, to literature, music and history including the history of slavery.
George failed to qualify in medicine at the first attempt, the Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology having warned him that he would fail him if he sat his practical exam with his beard in place. George did not comply, was failed, and informed that he would be failed again if the beard was still luxuriant! At his second attempt George shaved off his beard before the practical examination and passed. We had 'birthday parties' celebrating the rebirth of his beard during the years he worked in my department!
George Nurse, a polymath and a bibliophile, built a fine library, which he bequeathed to the relatively young Catholic University of Malawi in Blantyre. Most of the books were about Africa, in particular Malawi and its history, so they have an appropriate home in the country in which George had spent much of his professional life.
George left precise instructions on what should happen on his death. He chose the music, stipulating exactly where each piece should be placed and even provided an oration. George's brother, Milton, did not read that oration at the funeral, saying: 'It would not be appropriate for me to read out words which were not my own and in some cases expressing ideas with which I do not agree'.
George Nurse is remembered for his scholarship, humour, eccentric ideas and accompanying antics. At a memorial gathering at the National Health Laboratory Service in Johannesburg there was laughter and joy as he was fondly remembered, and many stories about him told.
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Despite the number of terrible things Walter White has done over the course of five seasons on Breaking Bad, the formerly meek high school chemistry teacher-turned-meth kingpin still has viewers who cheer him on in his disastrous journey.
But Sunday's episode -which to this viewer's eye was the last step in Walt's transformation from Mr. Chips to Scarface - certainly has to bring an end to all of that, right? Probably not.
Breaking Bad "Ozymandias" recap: The king of kings has fallen
Yes, Walt (Bryan Cranston) was undoubtedly responsible for the circumstances that ultimately led to the death of Hank (Dean Norris) and his partner Steve Gomez (Steven Michael Quezada) at the hands of neo-Nazi Jack (Michael Bowen) and his crew. And yes, Walt not only handed Jesse (Aaron Paul) over to be totured and killed by Todd (Jesse Plemons), but he also spitefully twisted the knife by confessing that he watched Jesse's ex Jane (Krysten Ritter) die instead of saving her. And yes, finally, Walt wrestled his wife Skyler (Anna Gunn) to the floor with a butcher knife before kidnapping Baby Holly and leaving the house.
As awful as any one of those things may be, Walt defenders can still point to a couple redeeming moments. Walt did beg - and offer $80 million of his buried cash - for Jack to spare Hank's life. After kidnapping his own daughter on impulse, Walt did leave Holly in safe hands before leaving town. And he delivered a scathing Heisenberg rebuke to Skyler that was actually meant to ensure the police would put all the blame for Walt's criminal activity squarely on his shoulders. Are these last glimmers of humanity anomalies, or is there still a chance for redemption for Walter White? TVGuide.com chatted with co-executive producer and "Ozymandias'' author Moira Walley-Beckett to dissect the episode. Breaking Bad postmortem: Is it all over for Walt?
Creator Vince Gilligan has said this is the best episode of the entire series, and I think I have to agree. Should we even bother watching the last two? Moira Walley-Beckett: [Laughs] It's pretty incredible, unreasonable praise. I think that he feels as proud of this episode as I do. So much happens in it. Some of its parts are so extraordinary. ... But I think he's being overboard with his kudos and his praise. ... [It] takes nothing away from the next two episodes. They are massive, and the finale is going to leave the Breaking Bad legacy that we all really hoped for.
While the previous episodes all built to one big moment, you're right that this episode had major moments throughout. Was it always intended to happen that way? Walley-Beckett: The episodes preceding [this one] were laying a lot of tracks for the plot, the things that had to happen. This was an ultimate "chickens coming home to roost" episode. We knew that Hank was going to die, and this is where it fell out. We knew we wanted Walter Jr. to find out. We knew we wanted to disassemble the family, and we knew we wanted to permanently fracture the relationship between Walt and Jesse - for that moment anyway. There was a lot that we needed to do in this episode because we knew what was coming next, and we had to plan for that. So, this episode wound up really crowded with incredible events.
Let's start with Hank's death. It seemed a bit inevitable from the previous episode, but how did you decide how it would play out? Walley-Beckett: We felt that Hank deserved to go out like the honorable man that he was - that he would go out with grace and with dignity and give nothingto Walt. [The fact] that Walt's begging on his behalf, it's nothing that Hank would have ever done, and Hank wasn't grateful for it. Hank has always been a guy who knows the score and knows the lay of the land. So it was really, really important to us to make sure that Hank got to go out with dignity. We all actually talked about the dialogue, in terms of the, "My name is ASAC Schrader, and you can go f--- yourself." We only get one f--- a season, and this is where we wanted to use it for sure.
As you said, Walt basically begs for Hank's life. Were you and the writers trying to purposely keep a glimmer of redemptive quality in Walt? Walley-Beckett: One of Walt's primary motivators for the entire series is family. For Walt to offer up everything that he made, in terms of money - that he would be willing to have done all of this for nothing, which as previously stated, he just couldn't live with - in order to save Hank we felt was a really monumental moment within the character. Nothing is ever black and white, nothing is ever a straight line with any of the characters. I think that Walt surprised himself in that moment.
Breaking Bad postmortem: Has Walt corrupted everyone?
If that was a moment of good in Walt, he quickly shatters it when he transfers all the blame for Hank's death onto Jesse. It's not enough to have Jesse killed, but he has to tell him that he let Jane die. Walley-Beckett: That is exactly right. It was pretty cool for me, having written "Fly" with Sam Catlin and having Walt dance up to that moment when he's in a drug-induced haze of almost telling Jesse because his conscience is burdened. And then to get to drop it in here as this twist of the knife - Walt says it because it is the most damage he could do to Jesse in that moment. It's his way of killing him. Walt knows that this information will kill Jesse inside, and that's his goal in that moment because Jesse must pay for all of these events that have transpired. He now can lay the blame on Jesse in his mind.
For some reason, I've always thought about the flash-forward being about Walt coming back to save Jesse. It doesn't seem like the kind of thing he'd want to do after this episode. Walley-Beckett: In that moment, [the relaitionship] s completely fractured. Essentially Walt just said, "Let Jesse die. And instead of killing him right here in front of me, you guys want to torture him for a day? You want to send him into the worst death possible? Fine by me." So, yeah, in that moment, Walt is done.
Walt Jr. also has his entire world turned upside down in this episode. Walley-Beckett: It's tragic. It's absolutely Greek tragedy because Jr. refuses to believe. He refuses to believe until he simply can't. And after witnessing the fight with his mom and dad, and with the beautiful shot ... of Skyler and Jr. huddled on the floor and Jr. protecting his mother, Jr. does something that we don't see coming. It's where the scales drop from his eyes. He sees his father and believes, finally, that everything he's been told is true. Not only does he call the police, but he lies for his mother. He says to the police, "My dad pulled a knife on my mom." He knows perfectly well that's not the case, but that's a huge, huge turning point for Jr. It's a tough moment for Walt, who's now been ratted out by his surrogate son and his real son. Walley-Beckett: Yeah. It's a horrible moment of realizing for Walt. He's clung to family - all of this was for family. And as he's staring at them huddled and Jr.'s pulling out the phone, he sees that he's lost them. So, he takes the one person with him who he may not yet have corrupted. He snatches Baby Holly and goes because she's all he has left.
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You don't see many fugitives making their great escapes with babies in tow. Walley-Beckett: It's an absolutely spontaneous decision on Walt's part. He's got his barrel of money. He isn't thinking clearly, he hasn't thought ahead, and he's just taking what's left of his family and going. And then that incredibly pointed moment in the bathroom... when Baby Holly cries for her mama and he looks in her eyes, he knows he's doing the wrong thing. It's a turning point for him there.
You guys got an amazing performance out of that baby! Walley-Beckett: We got so lucky. We had two young actresses who played Baby Holly, and you see them both in the episode. That scene in the bathroom... her mama is just standing right there. She was looking at her, and Bryan was playing the scene, and she just started saying, "Mama" and Bryan went with it. We got something more beautiful than we had ever hoped for.
That moment inspires him to make the call to Skyler. Even though he's so nasty, he's ultimately doing it to protect the family, right? Walley-Beckett: That is exactly right. He calls to try to do the right thing by portraying himself as a monster and by saying that Skyler knew nothing. [He knows] that she would have the police there because of Holly. It's an incredible ploy on his part to have to play the monster of Heisenberg while he's being fundamentally Walt White. It is a huge gesture of love, and it's the final cutting of the umbilical cord of the family. That is what allows him to call [Saul's] disappear-er and go.
But again, even though we see Walt at his worst in this episode, we still see glimmers of humanity in that phone call. Can he be redeemed? Walley-Beckett: That's the really cool fine line. Is he speaking how he truly feels? Is it an act? Is it all of the above? But emotionally, at the end, he's cut the umbilical cord to his family and everything he knows and everything that he's done all of this for. We'll see next week what transpires in terms of his thought process and emotional process. Despite what we know of the flash-forward, right now he seems broken. Do you think he feels like he's lost, or does he already have a plan? Walley-Beckett: I think it's debatable. Walter White, and Heisenberg, has certainly proven that he's always got a plan. He's always trying to think of another way. At the end of this episode, he's lost everything, [but] we'll see what happens in his mind after that.
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The President of the Generalitat, Artur Mas, officially opened the Mobile World Centre Barcelona Espacio Movistar this afternoon, accompanied by Barcelona's Mayor and President of the Mobile World Capital Foundation, Xavier Trias, the Secretary of State for Telecommunications and the Information Society, Victor Calvo-Sotelo, the Vice President of the Foundation, and the President of Telefónica España, Luis Miguel Gilpérez, the Managing Director of the GSMA, Anne Bouverot, and the President of Fira de Barcelona, Josep Lluís Bonet. Together, they spelt out the word 'Welcome' on touch screens and as such declared the Centre open.
Located in Plaza Catalunya, the Mobile World Centre Espacio Movistar wants to turn the heart of Barcelona into an international benchmark in technology with the largest ever showcase of mobile telephony. The space, occupying 1,800 square metres on three floors, is a unique place to promote the use of new information and communication technologies to citizens, a chance to experiment with these technologies and show the potential of mobile communications to different segments of the population. In addition, the Mobile World Centre Espacio Movistar also aims to promote business opportunities for companies in this sector.
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The MWCentre will make Barcelona the permanent centre of global mobile technologies, where people, companies and institutions work together to take full advantage of mobile technologies to transform our daily lives and create new business opportunities.
Promoted by Spain's Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, the Autonomous Regional Government of Catalonia, the city of Barcelona, Fira de Barcelona, and GSMA - which represents the interests of 800 mobile operators worldwide and more than 200 companies in the mobile ecosystem - the project is based on four pillars: the MWHub and MWCongress, focusing on industrial and business development, the MWCentre and MWFestival with a higher social and civic impact. An Executive Committee is headed by Executive Vice Presidents John Hoffman and Agustín Cordón, and Managing Director Ginés Alarcón.
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This article will be of interest to anyone replacing the rear view mirror in their General Motors (GM) or other vehicle, whether you are purchasing a replacement mirror from GM SPO, Gentex, Donnelly, or another manufacturer.
Installation information is included for Do-It-Yourselfers (DIY), including wiring harness connector pinout data.
Perhaps the most valuable tip we can give to a vehicle owner planning to purchase a replacement mirror is COMPARE PRICES !
The U.S. government can throw as many billions of dollars at General Motors as they wish, but they're unlikely to change the fundamental problems at the automaker. Problems that have brought what was once a cornerstone of the American economy to the brink of extinction, dependent on a government bailout for it's survival.
GM is not competitive for many reasons. They are hobbled by high labor costs. They lag in innovation, particularly in the area of electric and hybrid vehicles. In our opinion, they can't compete with Japanese auto manufacturers on quality (or perceived quality) or customer loyalty. They're certainly not competitive on pricing when compared to aftermarket parts suppliers. For most vehicle repairs, we think you'll spend a lot less, and get a better job done at a private garage, then you would at a GM dealership. This might come as a shock, but in our opinion, Mr. Goodwrench isn't.
As we've stated previously, we believe that their new vehicle warranty isn't worth the paper its printed on. And GM seems to follow pricing policies usually associated with companies that sell hammers and toilet seats to the Pentagon.
Case in point…
Our GM vehicle was built with an auto-dimming electrochromic rear view mirror. Some rear view mirrors in late-model vehicles are marvels of modern technology, containing On-Star controls, handsfree cellphones, compasses, thermometers, back-up camera displays, garage door openers and other gadgets. But our mirror is just an auto-dimming mirror, with none of these other bells and whistles (see this NY Times article on these "bells & whistles"). On most of the auto dimming mirrors that we've seen in GM vehicles, after a few years of service, the magic liquid inside tends to leak out of the mirror. This either renders the dimming feature inoperative, fogs the mirror, or leaves it with an uneven or blotchy reflective surface.
For the past few years, the liquid crystal stuff (or whatever the chemical is) in our mirror has been leaking out, increasingly producing areas on the mirror's surface that are either always clear or always dark. We finally decided to replace the mirror.
We checked with our friendly GM dealership's parts department. They quoted us a price of $284.00 for a replacement rear view mirror, excluding the cost of installation.
Almost $300.00 for a rear view mirror ? Sounded awfully expensive to us, so we started to look at aftermarket mirrors. Virtually all American cars use a standard "wedge" type glass mount. The mirror attaches to a glass-mounted "button", which hopefully stays attached to the windshield when you remove your old mirror from the vehicle.
Our search for a replacement mirror lead us to products manufactured by two predominant manufacturers of automotive mirrors, Donnelly (now called Magna Donnelly?) and Gentex (see company info). It seems that Donnelly sells exclusively to automotive manufacturers (OEMs), and not to the automotive aftermarket. Gentex sells to OEMs (probably the vast majority of their business), but they also sell their products to aftermarket suppliers (in our case, through a distributor named Mito Corporation).
We ended up purchasing a brand new, in the box, Gentex electrochromic rear view mirror that is virtually identical to our vehicle's original mirror, for under $70.00, including shipping ! That's less than a quarter of what General Motors wanted for a replacement mirror.
When you consider the fact that GM certainly pays much less for mirrors than the RoutingByRumor Corporation does, that probably equates to a markup of 400%, 500% or more. What word best describes that sort of profit margin ? "Criminal" might be a bit too strong. How about egregious. How about unconscionable. How about stupid ? How many businesses that try to fleece their customers are able to stay in business ? It certainly seems to indicate that GM doesn't make their money selling cars. They make their money (or at least they did) by selling parts and service; Service that we've never been very impressed with in the first place.
The only caveat is that we had to replace the wiring harness connector that powers the mirror, because the Gentex mirror uses a 7-pin connector, while our original equipment Donnelly mirror used a 3-pin connector (our vehicle does not have auto-dimming external mirrors, and the Gentex mirror we installed does not have a temperature or compass display). But replacing the connector was a quick and easy procedure. The hardest part was getting the old mirror off of the windshield. Maybe it helped that we popped our Stevie Nicks album "The Other Side Of The Mirror" into the CD player while we installed our new mirror. To quote Stevie, "This is me talking to you. This is me talking to ya".
The Gentex mirror we purchased came with very limited hookup information. We found the following pinout data on the Web, and we're guessing that this information will apply to all Gentex mirrors that use a 7-pin connector.
If you're trying to figure out what type of connector Gentex (and Donnelly) use on their mirrors, our research indicates that the 7-pin Gentex harness connector (as well as the 3-pin harness connector on our original Donnelly mirror) are "VH" series connectors, from JST Manufacturing. Their U.S. website is at www.jst.com. View JST's data sheet for the VH series connectors here. These connectors (and the necessary crimp terminals) are available from Digi-Key.
We're not sure if the wiring color coding is standard on all vehicles, so we would be more concerned with the function associated with each pin on the connector (pin numbers are molded into the connector housing on the wire-side of the connector, but you might need a magnifying glass to read them).
WARNING: Before you begin working on your mirror's wiring harness, we strongly suggest that you either pull the fuse(s) that protect your accessories (ACC, RAP, ACC1, ACC2, etc., depending on your vehicle), as well as the fuse that protects your backup lamps. In lieu of pulling the accessory fuse(s), remove your key from the ignition and open a door to deactivate the Retained Accessory Power (RAP) circuit, if present and utilized by the mirror. If you really want to play it safe, disconnect your vehicle's battery, following your vehicle manufacturer's recommended procedure (for your safety). This will prevent you from blowing a fuse, should you inadvertently short or ground a lead while working on your mirror's wiring harness.
. 1 …………….. WHITE …………………………. +12v (SWITCHED B+)
At a minimum, you must connect pins 1 & 2 (+12V & ground) for your auto dimming Gentex mirror to operate.
Not all Gentex mirrors or all vehicles will utilize all pins, but we believe pins 1 – 5 should be functional on all Gentex mirrors. If your experience differs, please let us know by posting a comment to this article.
Pin 3 is used to clear the mirror when the vehicle is placed in reverse. (DO NOT connect pin 3 to ground, since this will blow a fuse (or possibly damage your mirror) when you put the vehicle into reverse gear.)
Pins 4 & 5 are used to control outside mirrors on vehicles equipped with auto-dimming outside mirrors.
Pins 6 & 7 are used on mirrors that incorporate a temperature display. If a temperature probe is connected, either lead from the temperature probe can be connected to either pin.
Of course, your best source of information is your vehicle manufacturer, or the manufacturer of your new mirror. The above information is believed to be correct, but we take no responsibility for its accuracy.
A Volt-Ohm meter is an indispensable tool for any installer, and we recommend that you use one whenever working on your vehicle's electrical system.
In our opinion, the auto-dimming feature of the Gentex mirror performs as well as, or better than, our original equipment Donnelly rear view mirror, even taking into account how it operated when our vehicle was brand new. We saved more than $200.00 by not buying the mirror from GM, and probably much more than that, if the dealership would have installed the new mirror for us. The Gentex mirror we purchased appears to be manufactured in the U.S.A. (see this article about their Zeeland, Michigan plant & headquarters buildings), and came with a three-year warranty. We said the Gentex mirror "appears" to be made in the USA, because the only indication we were able to find was the letters "U.S.A." on the carton label in 2-point type. Not "Made In U.S.A." or "Assembled In U.S.A.". Just "U.S.A.". We're left to guess that Gentex may be embarrased to admit where the mirror is manufactured. If their products are indeed made in the USA, why don't they state that fact prominently on the carton, with "MADE IN U.S.A." clearly visible, like they are proud of it !
We always welcome the opportunity to buy products made in America. We think that buying American made goods, and supporting American workers, is the best way to repair the failing U.S. economy. The U.S. Government's economic stimulus plans certainly won't do that.
Let's hope that if we should ever have to file a warranty claim with Gentex or Mito (their aftermarket distributor), that they honor their warranty better than General Motors has, on the numerous occasions that we've had problems with GM products.
As an aside, here's an article we stumbled upon about another Gentex product, designed to solve one of nighttime driving's most annoying and dangerous problems.
So the question we are left to ponder is this… Why does General Motors think it can gouge consumers for replacement parts ? If you said "because they're General Motors", think again. In our case, they couldn't. And when you consider the fact that they are teetering on the verge of bankruptcy, begging for federal bailout money, it's clear to us that their policies, including their pricing policies, are a failure. All of the GM dealerships that have gone belly-up, and those who continue to struggle to survive, in an American new car market that has all but evaporated, are testament to their failed business model. And of course, the decrepit U.S. economy doesn't help either.
Ya know, our mention of Stevie Nicks' album "The Other Side Of The Mirror" is quite appropos, because when our GM dealer gave us their price for a new mirror, we suddenly recalled the advice that Alice received from the Mad Hatter… "Better run for your life".
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With first-hand expertise and infinite selection of dozens of major pearls retailers on all the islands, visitors quickly discover that this is the best place in the world to learn about and shop for pearls. Visitors are encouraged to visit several merchants during their vacation to learn about judging quality and style to help determine their preference.
Tahitian pearls can be found at shops in resorts and cruiseships, at pearl showrooms on Tahiti, Bora Bora, and Moorea, also at family pearl farms on Huahine, Taha'a, and throughout the Tuamotu Atolls.
Pearl shops such as Robert Wan, Tahia Collins or the Tahiti Pearl Market are all recommended places to begin the search for your own perfect Tahitian Pearl!
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17 CFR § 166.5 - Dispute settlement procedures.
(a) Definitions.
(1) The term claim or grievance as used in this section shall mean any dispute that:
(A) Arises out of any transaction executed on or subject to the rules of a designated contract market,
(B) Is executed or effected through a member of such facility, a participant transacting on or through such facility or an employee of such facility, and
(C) Does not require for adjudication the presence of essential witnesses or third parties over whom the facility does not have jurisdiction and who are not otherwise available.
(ii) Arises out of any retail forex transaction (as defined in § 5.1(m) of this chapter).
(2) The term customer as used in this section includes any person for or on behalf of whom a member of a designated contract market, or a participant transacting on or through such designated contract market, effects a transaction on such contract market, except another member of or participant in such designated contract market. Provided, however, a person who is an "eligible contract participant" as defined in section 1a(18) of the Act shall not be deemed to be a customer within the meaning of this section.
(3) The term Commission registrant as used in this section means a person registered under the Act as a futures commission merchant, retail foreign exchange dealer, introducing broker, floor broker, commodity pool operator, commodity trading advisor, or associated person.
(b) Voluntariness. The use by customers of dispute settlement procedures shall be voluntary as provided in paragraphs (c) and (g) of this section.
(c) Customers. No Commission registrant shall enter into any agreement or understanding with a customer in which the customer agrees, prior to the time a claim or grievance arises, to submit such claim or grievance to any settlement procedure except as follows:
(1) Signing the agreement must not be made a condition for the customer to utilize the services offered by the Commission registrant.
(2) If the agreement is contained as a clause or clauses of a broader agreement, the customer must separately endorse the clause or clauses containing the cautionary language and provisions specified in this section. A futures commission merchant or introducing broker may obtain such endorsement as provided in § 1.55(d) of this chapter for the following classes of customers only:
(i) A plan defined as a government plan or church plan in section 3(32) or section 3(33) of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or a foreign person performing a similar role or function subject as such to comparable foreign regulation; and
(ii) A person who is a "qualified eligible participant" or a "qualified eligible client" as defined in § 4.7 of this chapter.
(3) The agreement may not require any customer to waive the right to seek reparations under section 14 of the Act and part 12 of this chapter. Accordingly, such customer must be advised in writing that he or she may seek reparations under section 14 of the Act by an election made within 45 days after the Commission registrant notifies the customer that arbitration will be demanded under the agreement. This notice must be given at the time when the Commission registrant notifies the customer of an intention to arbitrate. The customer must also be advised that if he or she seeks reparations under section 14 of the Act and the Commission declines to institute reparations proceedings, the claim or grievance will be subject to the pre-existing arbitration agreement and must also be advised that aspects of the claim or grievance that are not subject to the reparations procedure (i.e., do not constitute a violation of the Act or rules thereunder) may be required to be submitted to the arbitration or other dispute settlement procedure set forth in the pre-existing arbitration agreement.
(4) The agreement must advise the customer that, at such time as he or she may notify the Commission registrant that he or she intends to submit a claim to arbitration, or at such time as such person notifies the customer of its intent to submit a claim to arbitration, the customer will have the opportunity to elect a qualified forum for conducting the proceeding.
(5) Election of forum.
(i) Within ten business days after receipt of notice from the customer that he or she intends to submit a claim to arbitration, or at the time a Commission registrant notifies the customer of its intent to submit a claim to arbitration, the Commission registrant must provide the customer with a list of organizations whose procedures meet Acceptable Practices established by the Commission for dispute resolution, together with a copy of the rules of each forum listed. The list must include:
(A) The designated contract market, if applicable and if available, upon which the transaction giving rise to the dispute was executed or could have been executed;
(B) A registered futures association; and
(C) At least one other organization that will provide the customer with the opportunity to select the location of the arbitration proceeding from among several major cities in diverse geographic regions and that will provide the customer with the choice of a panel or other decision-maker composed of at least one or more persons, of which at least a majority are not members or associated with a member of the designated contract market, if applicable, or employee thereof, and that are not otherwise associated with the designated contract market (mixed panel), if applicable: Provided, however, that the list of qualified organizations provided by a Commission registrant that is a floor broker need not include a registered futures association unless a registered futures association has been authorized to act as a decision-maker in such matters.
(ii) The customer shall, within forty-five days after receipt of such list, notify the opposing party of the organization selected. A customer's failure to provide such notice shall give the opposing party the right to select an organization from the list.
(6) Fees. The agreement must acknowledge that the Commission registrant will pay any incremental fees that may be assessed by a qualified forum for provision of a mixed panel, unless the arbitrators in a particular proceeding determine that the customer has acted in bad faith in initiating or conducting that proceeding.
(7) Cautionary Language. The agreement must include the following language printed in large boldface type:
Three Forums Exist for the Resolution of Commodity Disputes: Civil Court litigation, reparations at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and arbitration conducted by a self-regulatory or other private organization.
The CFTC recognizes that the opportunity to settle disputes by arbitration may in some cases provide many benefits to customers, including the ability to obtain an expeditious and final resolution of disputes without incurring substantial costs. The CFTC requires, however, that each customer individually examine the relative merits of arbitration and that your consent to this arbitration agreement be voluntary.
By signing this agreement, you: (1) May be waiving your right to sue in a court of law; and (2) are agreeing to be bound by arbitration of any claims or counterclaims which you or [name] may submit to arbitration under this agreement. You are not, however, waiving your right to elect instead to petition the CFTC to institute reparations proceedings under Section 14 of the Commodity Exchange Act with respect to any dispute that may be arbitrated pursuant to this agreement. In the event a dispute arises, you will be notified if [name] intends to submit the dispute to arbitration. If you believe a violation of the Commodity Exchange Act is involved and if you prefer to request a section 14 "Reparations" proceeding before the CFTC, you will have 45 days from the date of such notice in which to make that election.
You need not sign this agreement to open or maintain an account with [name]. See 17 CFR 166.5.
(d) Enforceability. A dispute settlement procedure may require parties utilizing such procedure to agree, under applicable state law, submission agreement or otherwise, to be bound by an award rendered in the procedure, provided that the agreement to submit the claim or grievance to the procedure was made in accordance with paragraph (c) or (g) of this section or that the agreement to submit the claim or grievance was made after the claim or grievance arose. Any award so rendered shall be enforceable in accordance with applicable law.
(e) Time limits for submission of claims. The dispute settlement procedure established by a designated contract market shall not include any unreasonably short limitation period foreclosing submission of customers' claims or grievances or counterclaims.
(f) Counterclaims. A procedure established by a designated contract market under the Act for the settlement of customers' claims or grievances against a member or employee thereof may permit the submission of a counterclaim in the procedure by a person against whom a claim or grievance is brought. The designated contract market may permit such a counterclaim where the counterclaim arises out of the transaction or occurrence that is the subject of the customer's claim or grievance and does not require for adjudication the presence of essential witnesses, parties, or third persons over whom the designated contract market does not have jurisdiction. Other counterclaims arising out of a transaction subject to the Act and rules promulgated thereunder for which the customer utilizes the services of the registrant may be permissible where the customer and the registrant have agreed in advance to require that all such submissions be included in the proceeding, and if the aggregate monetary value of the counterclaims is capable of calculation.
(g) Eligible contract participants. A person who is an "eligible contract participant" as defined in section 1a(12) of the Act may negotiate any term of an agreement or understanding with a Commission registrant in which the eligible contract participant agrees, prior to the time a claim or grievance arises, to submit such claim or grievance to any settlement procedure provided for in the agreement.


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Physical withdrawal occurs when those in question are devoid of their "fix." This is where Addiction Rehab Toronto comes into play. They have the tools necessary to combat the symptoms of withdrawal. Alcohol detox center is for those who have passed the point where they feel completely in control of their addiction, but realize that it's there.
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Solar energy is an ideal cost-saving supplement to a conventional hot water and heating system. But the challenge is to get the two systems to work seamlessly together to get the most out of the sun - even on the cloudy days.
Wisconsin-based Hot Water Products was asked to incorporate such a system for heating and domestic hot water at a local nursing home. The challenge for Service Manager Dan Movrich was to find a pump that could adjust to the ever-changing sun conditions.
Movrich considers the solution based on the variable speed Grundfos TPE to offer "the most energy efficient hot water system on the market today."
The situation
A Wisconsin nursing home asked heat transfer products distributor, Hot Water Products, to renovate the facility's boiler-based heating and domestic hot water system. Care center management wanted to consider solar heating in order to shield the center from increases in energy costs and to help the center gain energy independence.
The nursing home uses domestic hot water for the laundry, residence rooms and the kitchen, averaging 400- 500 g/h. Solar water heating would provide a supplemental hot water source for the indirect water heater, which is coupled to a new high-efficiency boiler.
The first step was to find an energy-efficient pump that could operate cohesively with a solar hot water system designed for 1.8 g/min. with a 12° F differential temperature. The biggest challenge was the variable flow and the means to control the flow to maintain the differential temperature.
The Grundfos solution
Dan Movrich's top choice of pump was the Grundfos TPE in-line circulator. Integrated variable frequency drive (VFD) and differential temperature sensors mean that the pump can automatically regulate flow according to the weather conditions. The system's heat exchanger can then maximize the availability of solar energy.
In full-sun conditions fluid on the arrays is heated relatively quickly so the pump runs at maximum speed using 4000 W. When the energy available from the sun drops, the pump reduces speed, using only 400 W. The slower flow allows the arrays to transfer more energy to the fluid.
The outcome
Since the TPE continuously matches flow to the sun's intensity, the plate heat exchanger operates at optimum efficiency no matter how much or how little the sun shines. "The energy obtained by the arrays reduces boiler run time and results in lower utility bills," explains Dan Movrich. "So scraping every bit of temperature difference from the arrays is vital."
For Hot Water Products, installation was "plug-and-pump" as all the sensors and the controller are integrated into the Grundfos TPE.
Maximum utilization of solar energy - Integrated automatic flow regulation - Plug-and-pump installation
Wisconsin-based Hot Water Products
Grundfos provided
- Maximum utilization of solar energy
- Integrated automatic flow regulation
- Plug-and-pump installation
Pumps installed
- TPE 40-240 series 1000
Dan Movrich, Service Manager, Hot Water Products
"The Grundfos variable speed TPE is the perfect solution for hot water solar applications. The smart pump technology saves energy and works with the solar system for the most energy-efficient hot water system on the market today."
If you need a similar solution, please contact us for further information.
If you need a similar solution, please contact us for further information.


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