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Parking changes intended to provide improved service
Posted September 11, 2006; 04:49 p.m.
The University has made several changes in its parking regulations that will be effective Sept. 15.
The changes are intended to provide improved and consistent service to members of the University community.
They are:
• New pre-printed parking passes for one-day visitors are available to department administrators. Department administrators may now request up to 20 visitor passes at one time from the TigerCard/parking office. Departments will no longer have to wait until a visitor requests a pass, giving the department much greater flexibility. When a visitor is expected, the department administrator simply must complete the pre-printed pass by writing in the date and giving it to the visitor to be placed on the left corner of the dash. Departments may even wish to mail passes in advance of the visit with instructions on where to park. The lot assignment for the visitor is the same as the lot assignment for the occupants of the building. The request form for passes is available online.
• New pre-printed parking passes for short-term overnight guests are available to occupants of University-owned housing. Residents may request up to five passes at one time in advance of having an overnight guest. The pass must be completed with the date once the guest arrives and placed on the left corner of the dash. Passes are required in the housing parking lots from 2 a.m. to 8 a.m. When the TigerCard/parking office is closed, pre-printed passes will be available from booth officers on Elm Drive. There are visitor areas at the Graduate College and at Lawrence Apartments where parking is allowed without a pass for up to 48 hours. Longer-term visitors should go to the TigerCard/parking office on the A floor of New South to register their vehicles.
• Overnight parking is permitted. Previously prohibited, parking between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. is now allowed for faculty, staff and graduate students in all campus lots (except lots 8, 9 and 18) with a valid University parking permit; undergraduates must park overnight in lot 23. Vehicles should not be left for an extended period and should not be parked overnight when snow is predicted.
Members of the University community are reminded that there are penalties for parking violations on campus. During each academic year, a driver can receive one warning. A second violation will result in a citation for $20 if paid in the first 10 days or $30 if paid after 10 days. After three citations, the fine is raised to $50 for each additional ticket until the end of the year on June 30.
Campus drivers also are reminded to use "Authorized Vehicle" cards for special short-term parking circumstances. Department administrators may request AV cards from the TigerCard/parking office to be shared among their employees. Notes on dashboards are not recognized as permits.
University parking regulations are available online. Those who have questions or need more information may contact the TigerCard/parking office by phone at (609) 258-3157 or by e-mail.


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Mauritania Population: 3,437,6103 VISITORS FROM HERE!
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|Independent from France in 1960, Mauritania annexed the southern third of the former Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara) in 1976 but relinquished it after three years of raids by the Polisario guerrilla front seeking independence for the territory. Maaouya Ould Sid Ahmed TAYA seized power in a coup in 1984 and ruled Mauritania with a heavy hand for more than two decades. A series of presidential elections that he held were widely seen as flawed. A bloodless coup in August 2005 deposed President TAYA and ushered in a military council that oversaw a transition to democratic rule. Independent candidate Sidi Ould Cheikh ABDALLAHI was inaugurated in April 2007 as Mauritania's first freely and fairly elected president. His term ended prematurely in August 2008 when a military junta led by General Mohamed Ould Abdel AZIZ deposed him and installed a military council government. AZIZ was subsequently elected president in July 2009 and sworn in the following month. AZIZ sustained injuries from an accidental shooting by his own troops in October 2012 but has continued to maintain his authority. The country continues to experience ethnic tensions among its black population (Afro-Mauritanians) and white and black Moor (Arab-Berber) communities, and is having to confront a growing terrorism threat by al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
Most of the population is concentrated in the cities of Nouakchott and Nouadhibou and along the Senegal River in the southern part of the country
|Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western Sahara
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 1,030,700 sq km
land: 1,030,700 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Size comparison: slightly larger than three times the size of New Mexico
|Land Boundaries:
| total: 5,074 km
border countries: Algeria 463 km, Mali 2,237 km, Senegal 813 km, Western Sahara 1,561 km
|754 km
|Maritime claims:
| territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
|desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty
|mostly barren, flat plains of the Sahara; some central hills
|Elevation extremes:
| lowest point: Sebkhet Te-n-Dghamcha -5 m
highest point: Kediet Ijill 915 m
|Natural resources:
|iron ore, gypsum, copper, phosphate, diamonds, gold, oil, fish
|Land use:
| arable land: 0.44%
permanent crops: 0.01%
other: 99.55% (2011)
|Irrigated land:
|450.1 sq km (2004)
|Natural hazards:
|hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind blows primarily in March and April; periodic droughts
|Current Environment Issues:
|overgrazing, deforestation, and soil erosion aggravated by drought are contributing to desertification; limited natural freshwater resources away from the Senegal, which is the only perennial river; locust infestation
|International Environment Agreements:
| party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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| noun: Mauritanian(s)
adjective: Mauritanian
|Ethnic groups:
|mixed Moor/black 40%, Moor 30%, black 30%
|Arabic (official and national), Pulaar, Soninke, Wolof (all national languages), French, Hassaniya
|Muslim (official) 100%
|3,437,610 (July 2013 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 39.8% (male 686,596/female 681,224)
15-24 years: 20% (male 335,998/female 351,367)
25-54 years: 32.2% (male 512,045/female 595,195)
55-64 years: 4.5% (male 68,960/female 84,303)
65 years and over: 3.5% (male 51,736/female 70,186) (2013 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 76.3 %
youth dependency ratio: 70.7 %
elderly dependency ratio: 5.6 %
potential support ratio: 17.9 (2013)
|Median age:
| total: 19.8 years
male: 18.8 years
female: 20.7 years (2013 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|2.29% (2013 est.)
|Birth rate:
|32.31 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
|Death rate:
|8.5 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|-0.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)
| urban population: 41.5% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization: 2.91% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Major urban areas - population:
|NOUAKCHOTT (capital) 709,000 (2009)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.86 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.82 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2013 est.)
|Mother's mean age at first birth:
|21.9 (2001 est.)
|Maternal mortality rate:
|510 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 57.48 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 62.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 52.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 61.91 years
male: 59.65 years
female: 64.23 years (2013 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|4.15 children born/woman (2013 est.)
|Contraceptive prevalence rate:
|9.3% (2007)
|Health expenditures:
|4.4% of GDP (2010)
|Physicians density:
|0.13 physicians/1,000 population (2009)
|Hospital bed density:
|0.4 beds/1,000 population (2006)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 52% of population
rural: 48% of population
total: 50% of population
urban: 48% of population
rural: 52% of population
total: 50% of population (2010 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 51% of population
rural: 9% of population
total: 26% of population
urban: 49% of population
rural: 91% of population
total: 74% of population (2010 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|0.7% (2009 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|14,000 (2009 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
|fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.)
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|12.7% (2008)
|Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
|15.9% (2008)
|Education expenditures:
|3.9% of GDP (2011)
| definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 58.6%
male: 65.3%
female: 52% (2011 est.)
|School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
| total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 8 years (2011)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Mauritania
conventional short form: Mauritania
local long form: Al Jumhuriyah al Islamiyah al Muritaniyah
local short form: Muritaniyah
|Government type:
|military junta
| name: Nouakchott
geographic coordinates: 18 04 N, 15 58 W
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
|Administrative divisions:
|13 regions (wilayas, singular - wilaya); Adrar, Assaba, Brakna, Dakhlet Nouadhibou, Gorgol, Guidimaka, Hodh ech Chargui, Hodh el Gharbi, Inchiri, Nouakchott, Tagant, Tiris Zemmour, Trarza
|28 November 1960 (from France)
|National holiday:
|Independence Day, 28 November (1960)
|12 July 1991
|Legal system:
|mixed legal system of Islamic and French civil law
|18 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: President Mohamed Ould Abdel AZIZ (since 5 August 2009); note - AZIZ, who deposed democratically elected President Sidi Ould Cheikh ABDELLAHI in a coup and installed himself as President of the High State Council on 6 August 2008, retired from the military and stepped down from the presidency in April 2009 to run for president; he was elected president in an election held on 18 July 2009
head of government: Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed LAGHDAF (since 14 August 2008)
cabinet: Council of Ministers (For more information visit the World Leaders website )
elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; election last held on 18 July 2009 (next to be held by 2014)
election results: percent of vote - Mohamed Ould Abdel AZIZ 52.6%, Messaoud Ould BOULKHEIR 16.3%, Ahmed Ould DADDAH 13.7%, other 17.4%
|Legislative branch:
| bicameral legislature consists of the Senate or Majlis al-Shuyukh (56 seats; 53 members elected by municipal leaders and 3 members elected for Mauritanians abroad to serve six-year terms; a portion of seats up for election every two years) and the National Assembly or Al Jamiya Al Wataniya (95 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held in November 2009; National Assembly - last held on 19 November and 3 December 2006 (election scheduled for 16 October 2011 postponed, rescheduled for 31 March 2012 and then postponed indefinitely)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - CPM (Coalition of Majority Parties) 45, COD 7, RNRD-TAWASSOUL 4; National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - CPM 63 (UPR 50, PRDR 7, UDP 3, HATEM-PMUC 2, RD 1), COD 27 (RFD 9, UFP 6, APP 6, PNDD-ADIL 6), RNRD-TAWASSOUL 4, FP 1
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (subdivided into 1 criminal and 2 civil chambers, each with a president and 5 counselors); Constitutional Council (consists of 6 members) judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court president appointed by the president of the republic to serve a 5-year renewable term; Constitutional Council members appointed - 3 by the president of the republic, 2 by the president of the National Assembly, and 1 by the president of the Senate; members serve single, 9-year terms with one-third of membership renewed every 3 years
subordinate courts: High Court of Justice (cases involving treason and criminal acts of high government officials); courts of appeal; wilaya (regional) courts (located at the headquarters of each of the 13 regions); commercial and labor courts; criminal courts; moughataa (district) courts; informal/customary courts
|Political parties and leaders:
|Alternative or El-Badil [Mohamed Yahdhi Ould MOCTAR HACEN] Coalition of Majority Parties or CPM (parties supporting the regime including PRDR, UPR, RD, HATEM-PMUC, UCD) Coordination of Democratic Opposition or COD (coalition of opposition political parties opposed to the government including APP, RFD, UFP, PNDD-ADIL, Alternative or El-Badil) Democratic Renewal or RD [Moustapha Ould ABDEIDARRAHMANE] Mauritanian Party for Unity and Change or HATEM-PMUC [Saleh Ould HANENA] National Pact for Democracy and Development or PNDD-ADIL [Yahya Ould Ahmed El WAGHEF] (independents formerly supporting President Abdellahi) National Rally for Freedom, Democracy and Equality or RNDLE National Rally for Reform and Development or RNRD-TAWASSOUL [Mohamed Jamil MANSOUR] (moderate Islamists) Popular Front or FP [Ch'bih Ould CHEIKH MALAININE] Popular Progressive Alliance or APP [Messaoud Ould BOULKHEIR] Rally of Democratic Forces or RFD [Ahmed Ould DADDAH] Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal or PRDR [Mintata Mint HDEID] Socialist and Democratic Unity Party or PUDS Union for Democracy and Progress or UDP [Naha Mint MOUKNASS] Union for the Republic or UPR Union of Democratic Center or UCD [Cheikh Sid'Ahmed Ould BABA] Union of the Forces for Progress or UFP [Mohamed Ould MAOULOUD]
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|General Confederation of Mauritanian Workers or CGTM [Abdallahi Ould MOHAMED, secretary general] Independent Confederation of Mauritanian Workers or CLTM [Samory Ould BEYE] Mauritanian Workers Union or UTM [Mohamed Ely Ould BRAHIM, secretary general] other: Arab nationalists; Ba'thists; Islamists
|International organization participation:
|ABEDA, ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AMU, AU, CAEU (candidate), EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO (pending member), ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
|National symbol(s):
|star and crescent
|National anthem:
| name: "Hymne National de la Republique Islamique de Mauritanie" (National Anthem of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania)
lyrics/music: Baba Ould CHEIKH/traditional, arranged by Tolia NIKIPROWETZKY
note: adopted 1960; the unique rhythm of the Mauritanian anthem makes it particularly challenging to sing
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Mohamed Lemine El HAYCEN
chancery: 2129 Leroy Place NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 232-5700 through 5701
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Jo Ellen POWELL
embassy: 288 Rue Abdallaye, Rue 42-100 (between Presidency building and Spanish Embassy), Nouakchott
mailing address: BP 222, Nouakchott
telephone: [222] 4525-2660 through 2663
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Half the population still depends on agriculture and livestock for a livelihood, even though many of the nomads and subsistence farmers were forced into the cities by recurrent droughts in the 1970s and 1980s. Mauritania has extensive deposits of iron ore, which account for nearly 40% of total exports. The nation's coastal waters are among the richest fishing areas in the world but overexploitation by foreigners threatens this key source of revenue. The country's first deepwater port opened near Nouakchott in 1986. Before 2000, drought and economic mismanagement resulted in a buildup of foreign debt. In February 2000, Mauritania qualified for debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative and nearly all of its foreign debt has since been forgiven. A new investment code approved in December 2001 improved the opportunities for direct foreign investment. Mauritania and the IMF agreed to a three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) arrangement in 2006. Mauritania made satisfactory progress, but the IMF, World Bank, and other international actors suspended assistance and investment in Mauritania after the August 2008 coup. Since the presidential election in July 2009, donors have resumed assistance. Oil prospects, while initially promising, have largely failed to materialize, and the government has placed a priority on attracting private investment to spur economic growth. The government also emphasizes reduction of poverty, improvement of health and education, and privatization of the economy. Economic growth remained around 5% in 2010-12, mostly because of rising prices of gold, copper, iron ore, and oil.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $7.824 billion (2012 est.) $7.356 billion (2011 est.) $7.082 billion (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $4.199 billion (2012 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|6.4% (2012 est.) 3.9% (2011 est.) 5.1% (2010 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $2,200 (2012 est.) $2,100 (2011 est.) $2,000 (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
|Gross national saving:
|17.1% of GDP (2012 est.) 17.5% of GDP (2011 est.) 15.4% of GDP (2010 est.)
|GDP - composition, by end use:
| household consumption: 87.7%
government consumption: 16.9%
investment in fixed capital: 30.5%
investment in inventories: 0.1%
exports of goods and services: 68.6%
imports of goods and services: -103.9% (2012 est.)
|GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
| household consumption: 87.7%
government consumption: 16.9%
investment in fixed capital: 30.5%
investment in inventories: 0.1%
exports of goods and services: 68.6%
imports of goods and services: -103.9% (2012 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|dates, millet, sorghum, rice, corn; cattle, sheep
|fish processing, oil production, mining (iron ore, gold, and copper) note: gypsum deposits have never been exploited
|Industrial production growth rate:
|9% (2012 est.)
|Labor force:
|1.318 million (2007)
|Labor force - by occupation:
| agriculture: 50%
industry: 10%
services: 40% (2001 est.)
|Unemployment rate:
|30% (2008 est.) 20% (2004 est.)
|Population below poverty line:
|40% (2004 est.)
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: 2.5%
highest 10%: 29.5% (2000)
|Distribution of family income - Gini index:
|39 (2000) 37.3 (1995)
| revenues: $1.143 billion
expenditures: $1.263 billion (2012 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|27.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
|Fiscal year:
|calendar year
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6.5% (2012 est.) 5.7% (2011 est.)
|Current account balance:
|-$659.8 million (2012 est.) -$549.4 million (2011 est.)
|$2.66 billion (2012 est.) $2.799 billion (2011 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|iron ore, fish and fish products, gold, copper, petroleum
|Exports - partners:
|China 48.6%, Italy 7.5%, Japan 7%, Cote dIvoire 6.7%, France 4.7%, Spain 4.1% (2012)
|$2.916 billion (2012 est.) $2.656 billion (2011 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|machinery and equipment, petroleum products, capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods
|Imports - partners:
|China 12.9%, Netherlands 10.5%, US 7.8%, France 7.7%, Brazil 5.6%, Germany 5.5%, Spain 5.1%, Belgium 4.7% (2012)
|Debt - external:
|$2.897 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $2.709 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
|Market value of publicly traded shares:
|Exchange rates:
|ouguiyas (MRO) per US dollar - 296.6 (2012 est.) 281.12 (2011 est.) 275.89 (2010 est.) 262.4 (2009) 238.2 (2008)
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|Electricity - production:
|474 million kWh (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 161
|Electricity - consumption:
|440.8 million kWh (2009 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|0 kWh (2010 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|0 kWh (2010 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|253,000 kW (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|61.7% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|38.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|7,738 bbl/day (2011 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|10,000 bbl/day (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|20 million bbl (1 January 2012 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|18,120 bbl/day (2011 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|12,870 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|2.89 million Mt (2010 est.)
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|Telephones in use:
| 72,300 (2011)
country comparison to the world: 157
|Cellular Phones in use:
|3.315 million (2011)
|Telephone system:
| general assessment: limited system of cable and open-wire lines, minor microwave radio relay links, and radiotelephone communications stations; mobile-cellular services expanding rapidly
domestic: Mauritel, the national telecommunications company, was privatized in 2001 but remains the monopoly provider of fixed-line services; fixed-line teledensity 2 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular network coverage extends mainly to urban areas with a teledensity of roughly 100 per 100 persons; mostly cable and open-wire lines; a domestic satellite telecommunications system links Nouakchott with regional capitals
international: country code - 222; satellite earth stations - 3 (1 Intelsat - Atlantic Ocean, 2 Arabsat); fiber-optic and Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) cables for Internet access (2009)
|Broadcast media:
|broadcast media state-owned; 1 state-run TV and 1 state-run radio network; Television de Mauritanie, the state-run TV station, has an additional 6 regional TV stations that provide local programming (2008)
|Internet country code:
|Internet hosts:
|22 (2012)
|Internet users:
|75,000 (2009)
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| 30 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 116
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 9
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 21
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 2 (2013)
|728 km standard gauge: 728 km 1.435-m gauge (2008)
| total 11,066 km
paved: 2,966 km
unpaved: 8,100 km (2006)
|(some navigation is possible on the Senegal River) (2011)
|Ports and terminals:
|Nouadhibou, Nouakchott
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|Military branches:
|Mauritanian Armed Forces: Army, Mauritanian Navy (Marine Mauritanienne; includes naval infantry), Islamic Republic of Mauritania Air Group (Groupement Aerienne Islamique de Mauritanie, GAIM) (2013)
|Military service age and obligation:
|18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2012)
|Manpower available for military service:
| males age 16-49: 718,713
females age 16-49: 804,622 (2010 est.)
|Manpower fit for military service:
| males age 16-49: 480,042
females age 16-49: 581,473 (2010 est.)
|Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
| male: 36,116
female: 36,826 (2010 est.)
|Military expenditures:
|5.5% of GDP (2006)
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|Transnational Issues
|Disputes - International:
|Mauritanian claims to Western Sahara remain dormant
|Refugees and internally displaced persons:
|refugees (country of origin): 26,000 (Western Saharan - Sahrawis) (2012); 69,676 (Mali) (2013)
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By Sun Herald, Biloxi/Gulfport
There will be quite a number of new faces at city halls from Bay St. Louis to Moss Point this summer because many incumbents have chosen not to seek re-election in this year's municipal election on June 4.
Candidates have until Friday to make their intentions known. (Except in Waveland, where the city charter calls for elections in 2014.)
As for voters, they have until April 6 to register to vote in the May 7 party primaries.
Sun Herald political editor Michael Newsom reports how the races are shaping up on today's front page.
The contests are as varied as the cities themselves. Gulfport, for instance, is in the unusual position of not having an incumbent mayor seek re-election for the second election in a row. But in Biloxi, Mayor A.J. Holloway, now serving an unprecedented fifth term, is seeking a sixth.
In D'Iberville, unless Democrats or independents come forward this week, all city offices will be filled in the Republican Primary.
In Diamondhead, residents of the newly incorporated city will be going to the polls for the first time to install city officials by ballot.
Former U.S. Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill coined the phrase "all politics is local," and city hall is about as local as you can get. It is the level of government closest to constituents, which makes it exceptionally personal at times.
We commend those willing to step into the spotlight to seek these offices.
For those in the running or considering it, a 50-page Municipal Election Handbook is available from the Secretary of State's office at sos.ms.gov/links/elections/2013/2013MunicipalElectionHandbook.pdf.
Its sections include: Who is in Charge?, Qualifying Procedures, Campaign Finance Disclosure, Inside the Polling Place, and Security and Accounting for Ballots.
It's a good place to start if you'd rather run city hall than fight it.


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Thanks cfastie. You are right that the black edges normally will cause the stitching problems. I did not crop the images after rotating since my hands/fingers stopped me. Also, one of my stitcher requires that all images be same size. In my case, the rotation was less/equal to 2 degree, the small edges was covered by large overlap. It was just an experiment to me. I will give the Lightroom a try. Thanks again.
I would think the black edges would wreak havoc with the stitching. Maybe they all get eliminated due to the overlap? Or maybe the edges were not black but a clear matte (but I don't think that's possible in jpegs)? Adobe Lightroom will batch rotate and crop inside the original, so no black edges, and no hassle! Keep up the great gigapan work.
Hi cfastie, 1. I really do not know why it was working. I do know is that my original individual images all skewed right, making me thinking that that was the reason that the original gigapan photo had a curved shape. It might be not. Anyway, I wanted to correct the positions of images by turning them left. Then it worked! 2. The rotating was done manually for each image. What a job! I am working on a Python program to see if it can help with the batch rotating. Not working yet. After rotating, the JPEGs are still rectangular with some black edges. I did not resize the images.
miao, Great trick! 1. Why does this work? 2. How did you rotate the images? Don't jpegs have to be rectangular?
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Panorama size: 1207 megapixels (92004 x 13128 pixels)
Input images: 315 (45 columns by 7 rows)
Field of view: 23.6 degrees wide by 3.4 degrees high (top=3.0, bottom=-0.4)
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Camera make: Canon
Camera model: Canon PowerShot SX20 IS
Image size: 4000x3000, 4103x3138 (12.0 megapixels - 12.9 megapixels)
Capture time: 2010-05-01 22:36:02 - 2010-05-01 23:18:49
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Exposure time: 0.0015625
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Vertical overlap: 37.7 to 54.9 percent
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Sociologist Robert Wuthnow and his team of researchers interviewed more than 700 people in small towns around the country for a project that offers new insights into where small towns fit in 21st-century America. While their populations are small, these communities continue to play a big role in American life, he says. Read more.
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ROBERT WUTHNOW: The total
population in these towns,
these small towns, is about
30 million people,
demographically a fairly small
percentage, culturally, huge.
We are a nation that started
as a nation of small towns.
For much of our history,
we have been a
culture of small towns.
Small towns are still very much
in our consciousness.
MICHAEL HOTCHKISS: What's
ahead for small towns?
ROBERT WUTHNOW: A lot of people
have predicted the
death of small towns.
It is true that many small
towns are declining,
especially if they've
already become quite
small or already declining.
My view is a little bit
more mixed than that.
There's also a lot of social
resilience in small towns.
A town of anywhere from 2,000 to
5,000 people, up to 10,000
people, is likely to
do pretty well.
I would predict that in the
next 10 years or 20 years,
there will still be at least
30 million people living in
small towns.
MICHAEL HOTCHKISS: Are people in
small towns a lot different
from people who don't
live in small towns?
ROBERT WUTHNOW: It is true that
people in small towns are
more likely to vote Republican
than people in cities and more
likely to be conservative on a
lot of social issues, such as
abortion, homosexuality, and so
forth that might influence
how they vote.
That was one main conclusion.
The second main conclusion,
though, was that when they
actually get to talk in their
own words about how they
think, they're usually in the
middle of the road, and
they're usually very complex
in their understanding of
these issues.
MICHAEL HOTCHKISS: What helps
small towns succeed?
ROBERT WUTHNOW: Well,
what helps a lot is
where they're located.
But then there are some things
we found that can actually
make a difference.
Leadership makes a difference.
A lot of these towns have a
very strong sense of civic
pride, community involvement.
They put on festivals, they
attract tourists, and then
especially if they have some
professional leadership,
they're able to attract small
businesses, sometimes small
manufacturing plants.
They're increasingly relying
on the internet, on
technology, on the fact that
people can get inexpensive
housing and still commute
to a larger place.
MICHAEL HOTCHKISS: So why does
all of this matter for those
of us who don't live
in small towns?
ROBERT WUTHNOW: My main hope
in doing this project was
first of all, to encourage
greater understanding of the
variety of small towns, the
complexity of small towns, and
secondly, to engender a certain
degree of respect, so
that there was an appreciation
of what small
towns have to offer.


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Blacksburg/Christiansburg always seems to have the cheapest gas in the state. I always stop at the Sheets in Christiansburg to top off the tank on my way to my Dad's house.
I paid $3.27 a gallon yesterday for regular at Costco here in Frederick, MD. My manual says my car should only have premium, but that's cutting into my action figure money so I've switched without any noticable differences.


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As in many other countries, monasteries in Israel have opened their doors to Christian tourists, and invite them to visit, sleep, and experience the spiritual atmosphere.
The monks, known for their asceticism and humility, spend most of their time studying, praying, and performing spiritual work, but they also earn their living in various ways such as artwork, agriculture, and providing lodging and accommodations. They are known for their pleasant manners and hospitality, and receive guests in a warm, homelike atmosphere.
Rooms in monasteries are humble and simple, but are clean and meticulous. These places combine a pastoral panorama, well-tended gardens, and beautiful architecture with a spiritual experience.
There are monasteries scattered throughout the country. Most are isolated and located far from urban centers in order to heighten the feelings of holiness, isolation and asceticism. Some, like the monasteries in the Judean Desert, are located in special nature sites. Others, such as the Beatitude Monastery on Mount of Beatitude, are situated near traditional Christian holy sites and a few are located within Christian communities, such as the Benedictine Monastery in Abu Gosh. Visitors can enjoy these unique locations, tour the surrounding area, and visit other nearby sites.
Many groups of pilgrims who come to Israel stay in monasteries on a more permanent basis. In addition to sightseeing and visiting holy Christian sites, they gather in the monasteries for prayer, meetings, and inner contemplation.. The quite and calm, the special authentic character, and the beautiful scenery in the monasteries attract Christian tourists, for whom a visit to a monastery constitutes a religious and spiritual experience in an atmosphere of holiness and tranquility.


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Roland System 700
The System 700 was a great big modular analog synthesizer system from Roland. A major player in the modular synth market, it competed against monsters like the Moog Modulars and the ARP 2500 & 2600. A very fat sounding synth. Incredible flexibility and great sound and design. Unfortunately this synth requires a lot of knowledge about synthesis and signal flow in order to maximize its full potential. Truly a professional instrument, even by today's standards! It is used by Vince Clarke of Erasure, Human League, Richard Barbieri, Vangelis, Nitzer Ebb, Aphex Twin, Hans Zimmer, and Depeche Mode.
The System 700 consists of the Main Console (pictured center), the Keyboard Controller, and five optional "blocks" (pictured above surrounding Main Console). A complete system as pictured above has a total of 47 modules (see Tech. Specs for modules info). Most System 700s were sold in the following configuration blocks:
"Block 1" (Main Console): This is the Heart of the System, and it contains all the basic modules necessary for a professional system. It has 3 VCOs, 2 VCFs, 2 VCAs, 2 LFOs, 2 ADSR egs, Noise, Ring Mod, Voltage Processor, S/H, Envelope Follower, "Integrater" (Lag Processor), Mixer, 2 X 5 multiples, Headphone Monitor Module, and an Output Module, which includes Stereo VUs, a six-position test-tone, Phase Shifter, Spring Reverb, and voltage controlled Panning. Most common module connections (power, cv, gate) are made internally for easier patching.
"Block 2" (Keyboard Controller): The 61-key two-voice Keyboard with Portamento and Pitchbend controls.
"Block 3" (Sequencer): a 3 X 12 step sequencer with Pulse Shaper, Clock Oscillator, and Series / Parallel output sections.
"Block 4" (VCO Bank): 6 VCOs, a dual ADSR envelope generator, LFO, Sample and Hold, 2 X 5 Multiples, and a small Mixer.
"Block 5" (VCF/VCA Bank): 2 VCFs, 3 VCAs, 2 dual ADSR envelope generators, 2 X 5 Multiples, and a Gate Delay.
"Block 6" (Interface/Mixer): a Frequency-to-Voltage Converter Interface, a VCA, 9-channel Audio Mixer, and a Fixed Filter Bank.
"Block 7" (Phase Shifter/Audio Delay): a 2-channel Phase Shifter and a 2-channel Audio Delay, 4 input Analog Switch, and a (1X12, 1X4, 1X8, 3X4) multiple.
Blocks 3 through 7 were options and could be arranged by the original owners in any way. Roland also released a Lab version, the "Laboratory System 700", the size of one lower wing cabinet with 3 VCOs, ring mod, VCA, mixer, LFO, Sample & Hold, Dual Envelope Generator, and VCF. Full Systems can cost as much as $18,000 and the Lab System is between $3,500 to $4,000!
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- Demos & Media
Manual - Roland has made manuals for most of their products available as free PDF downloads.
- Specifications
- Polyphony - Monophonic
- Oscillators -
702A,B,C,D,E: VCOs with four waveforms (sine, triangle, sawtooth, and rectangle), PWM, and range knobs (LO to 2'), and a pitch control (+-12 semi-tones)
702A: has a PWM input and slider, and LFO1 mod input is hard-wired
702B: has a hard-wired ADSR1 and LFO1 modulation inputs and sync
702C: has a Sample & Hold and LFO1 input and sync
702D: like A but with a socket instead of hard-wired mod inputs
702E: like B&C without the hard-wired inputs
708A: Noise and Ring Modulators
706A,B: LFOs (rate/delay)
709A,B: Sample & Hold Modules
- Filter -
703B,C,D: 12dB VCFs
703E,F: 24dB VCFs
715A: Multimode Filter, Mixer
704A,B,C,D: VCAs
705A: Dual Envelopes
707A: Envelope Follower
- Arpeg/Seq - 717A: Analog Sequencer
- Keyboard - 701A: 5-octave 61-note keyboard
- Control - 712A: CV Processor
713A: Gate Delay
- Effects - 720B: 2-channel Phase Shifter
721B: 2-channel Audio Delay
- Misc. -
710A,B: Multiples
711A: Output module (Stereo VUs, a six-position test-tone, a Phase Shifter, a Spring Reverb, and voltage-controlled Panning)
714B: Frequency-to-Voltage Converter, Envelope Follower
716A: Mixer
718A: Power Supply
723A: Analog Switch
- Date Produced - 1976 - 1982
- Websites of Interest
- Shop for Keyboards, MIDI & Gear
Guitar Center: Synths and MIDI
Sweetwater: Hot items in Keyboars section
The Musician's Friend: Keyboard gear
AMS: Brand synths and accessories
The Woodwind & Brasswind Store
music123.com: Synth Blow Out Deal Section
zZounds: Keyboards and MIDI equipment
- Resources & Credits
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Additional information supplied by Rod MacQuarrie and SynthMuseum.com.
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- Magazine picks 154 best new hotels around the world
- List includes 62 hotels under $300
- Initial list was a thousand names strong, before being whittled to 154
It's a tough life, being one of 36 anonymous reporters for Conde Nast Traveler magazine's annual Hot List.
Evaluating hundreds of new hotels around the world, testing rooftop pools, drinking signature cocktails and flickering a judgmental eye over superlative properties.
Yet again this year, that indefatigable crew managed to get through the job. The magazine's 17th annual Hot List Issue rounding up the best new hotels of 2013 hit newsstands on Tuesday.
Galleries are also available on the Conde Nast Traveler website.
The magazine says its initial list was a thousand names strong, before being whittled down to the final 154.
Hotels that made the cut ranged from the one-suite Howie's HomeStay in Thailand to the massive and elegant 745-room Mulia Resort in Bali, and included a converted 17th-century monastery on a cliff as well as a safari camp next to Masai land.
Whimsical lists include a roundup of best perks, extras and amenities, including "Best Use of Body Parts" and "Best Way to Warm Your Toes."


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Splashback Tile Matchstix Fate 3 in. x 6 in. x 3 mm Glass Mosaic Floor and Wall Tile Sample
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An ideal tile for a kitchen backsplash or bathroom surfaces, the glass and stone combination of Splashback Tile sample size Matchstix Fate Glass Tile creates a beautifully multi-dimensionally effect. The mesh backing not only simplifies installation, it also allows the tiles to be separated which adds to their design flexibility. Full size tiles available. See item 204279047 for full size tile.
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- 0.125 square foot per piece, each piece sold individually. Piece weight equals 0.8125 lb.
- Grade 1, first-quality stone and glass tile for wall and top use
- 6 in. width x 3 in. length x 3 mm thick
- Glazed smooth finish with some random shade and tone variation
- P.E.I. Rating III is suitable for medium-duty residential floors including kitchens, halls, corridors, balconies, terraces and areas used more often with normal footwear and small amounts of dirt
- Non-Vitreous flooring has water absorption of more than 7% for indoor use
- C.O.F. greater than .50 is recommended for standard residential applications and is marginally skid resistant. Indoor use
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- T. Emrich
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- Size
- 1.72 Gigapixels
- Views
- 56676
- Date added
- Dec 27, 2008
- Date taken
- Dec 26, 2008
- Gear
GigaPanBot motorized pan/tilt ...
- Categories
- Galleries
- oni galleri, Winter Wonderland
- Competitions
- Tags
- stubai, christmas, austria, alps, ski, kuehtai, resort
- Description
Situated at an altitude of 2020 m Kühtai is Austria's highest winter sport village and because of this it has best snowconditions from beginning of December till spring. The slopes are next to the hotels, so no walking or driving is neccessary. Besides 30 km of ski and snowboard slopes, Kühtal excels in its great offer of ski tours. Every Wednesday and Saturday night skiing possible
The panorama is made up from 560 images at focal length of 400mm. It was shoot on Christmas eve.
All the other spherical panoramas can be viewed here 360cities.net/area/kuehtai
Additional information on the equipment used can be found on my web page www.gigapanbot.com
Any commercial use or publication of the image, in whole or in part, without prior written authorization of the copyright holder is strictly prohibited.
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Yes, I've looked at most of your images – my German immigrant grandmother told me "We learn most from what is best." Your equipment, techniques, and results are outstanding and there is much to learn by studying your work. If you're ever in Texas, let me know and we'll shoot a couple of gigapans together.
Hey Jimmy, Thank You! Seems you reviewed most of my images ;-)
ypu large size images (1.7 gigapixels) are breathtaking and are technically unequaled - stunning results
Thank you Payam! Actually I could not use the full resolution as the image was exceeding again the 4Gb limit, so I had to reduce the resolution from 110.000 to 72.000 pixel.
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University community invited to CPUC meeting, Oct. 1
Posted September 24, 2007; 10:53 a.m.
The Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) will hold its first meeting of the academic year from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, in Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture. All members of the University community are invited to attend.
Agenda items include the introduction of Alison Boden, the new dean of religious life and the chapel; information on planning for the University's upcoming fundraising campaign presented by the development office staff; and a demonstration of "Second Life," a virtual world that includes a Princeton University "island," by Janet Temos, director of the Educational Technologies Center, who will focus on its uses as a teaching and learning tool.
The CPUC, which first met in October 1969, has the authority, according to its charter, "to consider and investigate any question of University policy, any aspect of the governing of the University and any general issue related to the welfare of the University; and to make recommendations regarding any such matters to the appropriate decision-making bodies of the University or to the appropriate officers of the University."
Membership includes six senior officers of the University, 15 faculty members, 12 undergraduates, seven graduate students, four alumni and seven staff members. The complete list of members is available on the CPUC website.
Meetings are presided over by President Tilghman. The proposed meeting dates for the rest of the year are Nov. 12, Dec. 10, Feb. 11, March 10 and April 21. All are at 4:30 p.m.
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Hot Plants Are Cool
The sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) can maintain temperatures of around 30°C even when ambient temperatures drop to freezing (0°C) that's more than human can do.
Warm-blooded, Smarm-blooded, Make Way For Hot Plants!
Do you know someone who thinks they know everything about plants? Well, maybe they do and maybe they don't, but there is a great way to test them...ask them about hot plants. Ask them about organisms that maintain temperatures above ambient temperature, and see if they get a quizzical look and start talking about warm blooded animals. If they do, they don't know everything about plants because those marvelous photosynthetic organisms we share this planet with have quite a few tricks up their sleeves (which of course they don't have, sleeves that is, but you get the idea), and one of those tricks is thermoregulation!
- In The Heat Of The Night at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5fQkeqU3Pw
Extension Investigation
Use the resources below to answer the following questions:
- What are some of the techniques that flowering plants (angiosperms) use to attract pollinators?
- How does the temperature of male florets compare to the temperature of female florets? Is this pattern consistent with thermogenesis being involved in the pollination process? Why or why not?
- How does Colocasia esculenta prevent self-pollination? Does it surprise you that a plant can be so sophisticated in its behavior? Why or why not?
- If plants are able to thermoregulate, why don't they maintain constant elevated temperatures like warm-blooded animals? Think carefully about the costs and benefits of these behaviors.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5fQkeqU3Pw
- http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/132/1/25.full
- http://5e.plantphys.net/article.php?ch=e&id=503
- http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/103/7/1159.full.pdf
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2634508/
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Don your favorite cocktail dress or black tie for a night of celebration at the Charleston Battery Special Night for Special Olympics Gala. Enjoy hor d'oeuvres, cocktails, auctions, and music while mingling with athletes, coaches, and friends to show that you are a fan of acceptance, joy and the Special Olympics. The Daniel Island Club, 600 Island Park Dr., Daniel Island. Saturday, 6:30-10pm. $75. (843)795-5316, www.so-sc.org.


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The tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq offers a milestone to reflect on the war's costs and consequences. In early 2013, the fragile government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki faced a number of challenges, including rising sectarian strife, a resurgent al-Qaeda, and spillover violence from the conflict in neighboring Syria. The following materials provide expert analysis and essential background on major issues surrounding the Iraq campaign.
CFR Interview: Iraq Invasion Ten Years Later: A Wrong War
The Bush administration's decision to wage war on Iraq in 2003 still looms large for its flaws and its damage to U.S. interests, says CFR President Richard Haass.
Foreign Affairs: Iraq in Retrospect
"Thanks to problems of both conception and execution, the Iraq war ended up becoming the most egregious American foreign policy failure since Vietnam," writes Gideon Rose, editor of Foreign Affairs. Here are some highlights of the magazine's coverage of the war over the last decade.
CFR Interview: Difficult Times Ahead for Iraq
"The coming year will not be an easy one for Iraq," says CFR's Meghan O'Sullivan. The government of Nuri al-Maliki, despite some security and economic gains, faces a number of challenges including strong opposition from Sunnis, Kurds, and fellow Shiites.
Foreign Affairs: The Iraq We Left Behind
The democratic project Washington had envisioned for Iraq is "rapidly fading away," in a country that now resembles "something close to a failed state," writes former CFR Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow Ned Parker.
CFR Expert Roundup: Was the Iraq War Worth It?
Four top experts--CFR's Max Boot, Andrew J. Bacevich, Michael Ignatieff and Michael O'Hanlon--debate whether the Iraq invasion and extended occupation merited the cost in blood, treasure, and U.S. credibility.
"A decade after the American-led invasion, Iraq is a place of patchy progress and dysfunctional politics," writes the Economist. Among the many challenges, sectarian tensions are distracting the Maliki government from much-needed investments in infrastructure and driving away foreign money, especially in Baghdad.
Foreign Policy: The Iraq War That Might Have Been
Through an extensive audit of internal government documents, Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor shed light on a number of "lost opportunities that might have dramatically shortened the Americans' ordeal in Iraq or decisions whose full significance was not apparent until years later."
Project Syndicate: The Iraq War Ten Years Later
"Even if fortuitous events lead to a better Middle East in another ten years, future historians will criticize the way Bush made his decisions and distributed the risks and costs of his actions. It is one thing to guide people up a mountain; it is another to lead them to the edge of a cliff," writes Harvard University's Joseph S. Nye.
Foreign Affairs: The End of the Age of Petraeus
The U.S. approach to counterinsurgency, championed by General David Petraeus, helped produce stunning results in parts of Iraq and Afghanistan. In retrospect, however, the fuss over the doctrine seems overblown. It achieved mere tactical successes and only in combination with other, non-military factors, writes Fred Kaplan.
AP: Ten Years After U.S. Invasion, Kurds Look to the West
As the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan prospers and insulates itself from Sunni-Shia sectarian disputes, oil sales to Turkey and Western support raises hopes of independence, writes Karin Laub.
CFR Backgrounder: Al-Qaeda in Iraq
Sectarian divisions have boosted al-Qaeda in Iraq, a longstanding threat to the country's stability. This Backgrounder profiles the group and discusses its growing role in the unrest in neighboring Syria.
From the invasion in 2003 to the departure of the last U.S. troops in 2011, this chronology follows the milestones that shaped the conflict in Iraq.
Essential Documents
Learning From Iraq: Final Report from Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, March 2013
Poor planning, a failed strategy to engage Iraqis in their own country's reconstruction, and a rush to rebuild that didn't wait for the establishment of "sufficient security" are some of the main lessons to be learned from U.S. efforts in Iraq, says this special report to Congress.
Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister al-Maliki, December 2011
President Barack Obama announces the end of the U.S. military intervention in Iraq in a joint press conference with the Iraqi prime minister in which both leaders "reaffirmed our common vision of a long-term partnership between our nations."
U.S. and Iraq and Strategic Framework Agreement, U.S. and Iraq, November 2008
The agreement between the United States and Iraq "sets the foundation for a long-term bilateral relationship between our two countries," said President George W. Bush.
Duelfer Report on WMD Search in Iraq, September 2004
This investigation by the Iraq Survey Group looks into the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, stating that no significant stockpiles of WMDs were found there after the U.S. invasion.
President Discusses Beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom
President Bush explains his strategy and reasons for invading Iraq in a radio address two days after the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Joint Resolution Authorizing Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq
With this resolution, the U.S. Congress authorized President Bush to go ahead with his plans of military intervention in Iraq.


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They look like the best figs yet!!!!
They look like the best figs yet!!!!
No matter how I die, even if there is a suicide note; it was murder. Cheers!
They look cool. I wonder if they are going to produce a 2nd set with Darth Vader, Han Solo, Stormtrooper, the Emperor, and some others since they were missing from the first set.
Yo momma. That's right, I said "yo momma".
Yeah, these look great. Where's the Clones?
I think it's a little strange. Take a look at the photo of these. Can you notice what I have. Most of these are bounty hunters. But I know why....because they rule!
Yeah, Kubricks look cool, but I'm a LEGO man to the end, so that's where my loyalties will lie.
"See? This is why we need a clone army."
Now these are dang COOL!!!!
Resevoir Dogs figs for my LEGO set.......... dang!!!!!
No matter how I die, even if there is a suicide note; it was murder. Cheers!
Please excues my ignoresant, but what are Kubricks?
"I'm sick and tried of these motherfrakkking Sith on this motherfrakkker plane!"
Mace Windu - Episode 2.5: Sith on a Plane
They're these funny little 3" Japanese action figures made by Medicom that are done sort of like Lego mini-figures except bigger, more articulated, with no building-brick sets to interact with, and from licenses Lego would probably never touch.
Let's see if AC moves this thread to the OTHER section since they have nothing directly to do with Lego.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.


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An exposure of the Mather Gorge Formation, downstream of the 'emergency exit' trail off Billy Goat Trail loop A, and upstream of the first sandy beach. Immediately upstream of this outcrop is a prominent belt of amphibolite, and there are large angular amphibolite boudin blocks embedded in this strange rock. Interprete...


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This is a view from the artist's own house at Vernonnet, on the River Seine 65 kilometres west-north-west of Paris. The house was called Ma Roulotte (My Caravan). An alternative title for this painting is The Flowering Apple Tree, and we can see the tree right in the centre of the composition.
Without the striking perspective of the balcony, the picture would look quite decoratively flat, for in the rest of the scene there are no opportunities for lines moving towards a vanishing point, and few for showing more distant objects as fainter or bluer — although, once you work out that they are there, the distant hills glimpsed through the trees are blue.
Darting towards us is a child, right arm outstretched as though pushing aside the plants that appear to be crowding his path through the garden. The entire garden is painted in such a way as to insist that it is as alive as the child.
The top part of the picture is dark, yet the massive shaded trunks of the trees and the heavy green foliage are as vibrant in their own way as the myriad blossoms on the band of slighter trees below them. The bottom half of the composition is bathed in direct sunlight, conveyed by numerous licks of near-white paint that leave us in no doubt of the vegetation's lushness.
Grandeur in the background, gaiety in the blossoms, and profusion in the long grass of the foreground: 'A picture is a series of interconnected marks that finally form the object', explained Bonnard, 'the area over which the eye travels without a hitch.'


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I am quickley learning that going home at the end of a hunt empty handed can be just as rewarding as bagging a bird. The same can't exactly be said for other types of hunting (for the most part). So what was your most memorable empty handed hunt?
I took my brother out mid spring season last year. We played tag with a tom, but he didn't want to leave the hens he already had. Even after the argument I got into with one of them [:D]! Hunting ends at noon during the spring in NY, and around 11 we heard something making its way over to us. A hen popped out from the bushes and started cutting up a storm looking for her "friends" making all the noise. At one point, she must have been only a few feet from us. It was great. Then the toms and jakes showed up... We were literally surrounded by gobbles. It was getting hard to tell exactly how many were there. They were right there!...but wouldn't step out from the thick cover. 11:30, 11:45...they were just out of sight. They gobbled at everything we did. I could have farted and they would have answered! Noon hit and we had to leave. now we didn't have a clue how we were going to get out of there without busting up the bunch. We just slowly unloaded when the hen had her back to us and sat there for about another 20-30min, silent. They eventually wandered away and we snuck out. It was awesome, even though we didn't even SEE a tom. I came back the next day to find that they were all well withing range, just behind cover [:@]!
You don't get that with any other type of hunting! A bad day hunting deer is a good day of stating at trees! A bad day of duck hunting is a good day of decoy spread practice! A bad day of turkey hunting is....still fun!


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Yesterday I merged my mod_virgule changes in with CrackMonkey's tree. So now there's a mod_virgule tree which has an XML configuration file (for virtual hosting--no more recompiling! at least, not as much) and CrackMonkey's awesome "Last Read" hacks (as seen on Badvogato, among other places). Next stop: GNOME CVS.
I dusted off my modified jhcore last night. Maybe now that I know real (as opposed to net.) people, it will see some use. I debated a little bit about whether I should use a Cold Project core, since I'm much more familiar with the language, and tinnkered with the idea of a Scheme MOO, but decided to go with jhcore simply because it's very robust and I don't get much hack time these days. The first MOO I launched was pretty successful until I axed it and replaced it with a ColdCore. The users tried to use it, but eventually everyone ditched it.
Seems like I'm not content unless I have too much stuff to work on.
Working on mod_virgule now, and raph has perused through my patch archive. This included him seeing a rather flippant comment about a quick hack I inserted to make something work. I hope he didn't take it the wrong way, but I realize now that when you're treading in the tracks of your elders, it's wise to show a little respect.
raph, I think Advogato as it stands is just about ideal for its purpose. It's a community for free software developers, and the projects et cetera are targetted toward that sort of group. Adding additional rooms to this forum would be out of place, IMHO. Do one thing, and do it well.
If, however, you wanted to make Advogato its own room, inside a larger board, I imagine that would be fairly well received. But perhaps your best bet is to virtual host a new site with new users. I would like to end up with something that can continue to run Advogato more or less as it exists today, perhaps with a few extra amenities, but something which is also capable of supporting a larger BBS-like site with multiple topical message boards.
Wouldn't it be cool if the rooms could be distinguished by virtual host name? books.advogato.org, rants.advogato.org, what have you. Then www.advogato.org could be what it is right now.
I got on to say something about how there was more traffic to the mod_virgule archive than I expected, and ask if I should start a mailing list, but then I saw binaryfoo's diary entry and it changed the flavor of my day. It's cloudy out, perfect weather for introspection. Today has ceased being a good day for work.
More on thunk. The spouse factor seems to be an oft-overlooked hacker-related issue, and I don't doubt that folks on Advogato would have quite a bit to say about this. Maybe there's something relevant in the linuxchix mailing list archives.
If you run a mod_virgule, you may be interested in my patch repository.
I just registered thunk.geek using the OpenNIC system. Pretty cool. I'm glad to see that something like this has finally happened, and that there's enough support behind it to make it stick. At least, it looks like it's going to stick. Hooray! The Internet is (mostly) free again.
I feel honored that I'm now responsible for half of all bruce's diary entries :-)
So the article on GObject renewed my interest in Objective C. The last time I used it for a project I totally loved working with it, it seemed sort of like C with objects. As opposed to C++, which is like C with objects and operator overloading and a template system and data hiding and... I suppose C++ has its place somewhere, but I'm more a fan of Python's "we're all consenting adults" object system, and it seems like ObjC is much closer to that than C++.
I think ObjC might be a relatively easy sell at work, since it allows the kind of object oriented programming we tend to do with structs, and doesn't require any additional libraries. I wish I knew more about performance impacts, and I wish I could remember what dynamic binding meant. Maybe I'll work on the grad school application tonight...
I'd like to think that if I had something interesting to say here, I'd say it. But here I am, writing this diary entry anyway.
maelstorm: is the Colin from ColdStore the same dude who did some work on Cold MUD?
I ran into the other PHPix2 developer today at the sandwich shop downstairs. Turns out he works in the building next to me. What a riot. We talked about various problems he was having with trying to get a multi-user upload capability into PHPix2, definitely got some creative juices flowing. He suggested we sit down and plan things out sometime. The package might be getting a lot more attention now that we each have a face associated with it :-)
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
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The U.S. Postal Service closes an era in Tupelo later this week when outbound mail processing – including an automatic Tupelo zip code imprint – ends and processing moves to Memphis in a money-saving scheme.
USPS announced in 2012 it was considering closing 160 of its 461 processing sites by February, which begins Friday. Tupelo has been under consideration for closure or consolidation into some larger processing site from the beginning, but the final decision was a long time coming.
The USPS promises service quality won't decline, but skeptics abound because the Post Office, as it is called universally, has been declining in mail and package delivery volume since the start of delivery services like FedEx and UPS, and the almost instantaneous use of email and the Internet.
Customers also know that the Postal Regulatory Commission issued an advisory opinion in late September questioning the plan.
In a Reuters News Service article, the PRC said USPS considering slowing delivery times as a response to lower mail volume had caused it to "overlook other cost-cutting options."
"The commission's range of potential net savings estimates is lower than that projected by the Postal Service," according to the non-binding, advisory opinion.
However, no amount of persuasion and pressure by well-connected officials, from the Tupelo mayor's office to the U.S. Congress, has been able to derail the plans for Tupelo.
Last May, the agency said it would consolidate 140 of its 461 processing sites by February, with more to follow. The plan also involves shrinking where customers can expect mail to be delivered the next day, with the eventual expectation that delivery would slow further.
The PRC also said the Postal Service focuses on moving processing from small plants to large ones, but that it "found that it could save more by looking at productivity rather than size."
However, the opinions are advisory and not binding.
So, beginning in a few days the Tupelo response and that of many other historic hubs of postal business, should be focused on measuring the commitment to same-level service, or even improvements.
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Head Basketball Coach Bob Walsh Holds Leadership Academy at RIC
Head Basketball Coach Bob Walsh leads a session at his Dynamic Leadership Academy.
Rhode Island Head Basketball Coach Bob Walsh's problem-solving philosophy is simple – if you can't find what you're looking for: create it.
That's how Walsh came to establish the Dynamic Leadership Academy, a two-day conference for basketball coaches at all playing levels and of all years of experience, that took place at RIC for two days this month. "It isn't a typical clinic," Walsh said. "It's leadership driven. I don't think there's a lot of great opportunities for coaches to get out there and learn leadership skills."
Walsh said the idea for the clinic came largely from talking with other college coaches about the coaching business and noting how little leadership training is provided on the job, despite its importance in building a winning team.
"I realized 75 percent of coaching is teaching leadership (such as) instilling confidence, motivation and mental toughness," Walsh said. Though he has been talking with colleagues about the clinic for a year, he only opened registration six weeks in advance and he attracted about 80 coaches from colleges, high schools and preparatory schools. "I'm very happy with that," Walsh said. "I do think it's been successful."
The Leadership Academy included seminars, roundtable discussions and interactive training sessions on topics that included building a championship culture, evaluating talent, building a confident team and creating a productive professional networking plan.
Speakers included Providence College Head Basketball Coach Ed Cooley and Cox Sports' Vin Parise. Walsh also led some clinic sessions.
Mike Evanovich, a graduate assistant coach under Cooley at Providence College, who also played basketball for Cooley at Fairfield University, was one of the participants at the academy. He plans to make college basketball coaching his career and noted that learning about leadership is key. "Good leadership is important in a coach because you have to get people to believe in what you say so that they want to do what you believe in," Evanovich said. "I hope to find here a couple of new ideas and ways to look at things."
Walsh planned to deliver ideas on how the coaches could use leadership skills to establish a team culture that will sustain success. "Most of us work as an assistant coach and hope to one day be a head coach. Then you become one and you do what you liked and don't do what you didn't like, but that's not really being trained to lead a program," Walsh said.
Walsh's former assistant coach Matt O'Brien, who has worked for five years as an assistant coach at the University of Vermont, came to see his mentor in action.
"I rely on Walsh for guidance, and it's interesting to see the way this is presented," O'Brien said. "I want to learn a better way of connecting with the kids I coach and to become part of making the program I run better."


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Campbellsville/Taylor County Anti-Drug Coalition partnered with local law enforcement and others to give residents an opportunity to dispose of unwanted and expired medications.
According to Karen Hayes, coalition co-chair, 1,400 medications weighing 226 pounds were collected.
Those who were unable to attend Saturday's drop off can bring unwanted medication, with the exception of injectibles and syringes, to a collection box in Campbellsville Police Department lobby.
Shoppers searched for bargains last week at the annual KY 55 yard sale.
The sale extended through several counties and vendors set up in Taylor County last Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Campbellsville Trail Town Task Force recently initiated "Get Fit Taylor County Week," which will be celebrated May 6-11.
The week is funded by McDonald's Corp. to gear up for an August Connextions event at Green River Lake State Park.
The Task Force is dedicated to raise awareness about the benefits of exercise and the abundance of recreation opportunities in Taylor County through these events.
Author and Campbellsville native Janna McMahan will help celebrate the opening of the Taylor County Public Library, a library that she says was pivotal in her life.
As an 11-year-old with a great desire to read, McMahan begged her parents to allow her to volunteer when Campbellsville opened its first community library.
Decades later, McMahan will return to her hometown to help celebrate the opening of the new Taylor County Public Library.
Lucas Pennington
Campbellsville University
Fred Luter Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Convention, will speak at Campbellsville University's chapel service on Wednesday, April 10. The service will be at Ransdell Chapel and is free and open to the public.
A Clean Taylor County event will be Friday, April 26, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the paved back parking lot of the former Fruit of the Loom building.
Those attending should enter and exit off West Main Street only. Signs will be posted.
There may be a long line of those dropping off unwanted items, so organizers ask that those attending be patient and watch for traffic and workers.
Those wishing to drop off items must be in line before 4 p.m.
Joan C. McKinney
Campbellsville University's Semper Paratus Severe, the veterans' club at CU, will present a program on post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and service dogs at 7 p.m. Friday, April 5, in Ransdell Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.
It's a way to fight obesity and cancer, and get a little color.
Those passing by Miller Park on March 16 might see something a bit unusual. People will be sprayed with colored cornstarch as they compete in a 5K walk and run.
And the event will raise money to fight two causes, obesity and children's cancer.
Campbellsville's "Color to Conquer" walk and 5K run will be Saturday, March 16, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Miller Park. Registration begins at 7 a.m.
Samantha Stevenson
Campbellsville University's International Justice Mission Club has organized a week, March 11-15, dedicated to standing up against modern-day slavery and sex trafficking.
The International Justice Mission is one of the coalition partners for the End-It-Movement, a campaign to help raise awareness and end slavery and human trafficking.
Rebekah Southwood
The annual "Adopt-a-Grandparent" Day is Tuesday, April 16.
Campbellsville University English as a Second Language students are volunteering their time to help senior citizens with household projects in Taylor County.
Last year more than 70 students participated. This year, the ESL Department hopes to find 12 to 15 senior citizens who would like eager students to help them with their household duties.
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These are eligible prospects:
Houston WR DeWayne Peace
Purdue WR O.J. Ross
Central Florida DE Toby Jackson
UNLV DE James Boyd
UNLV DT Nate Holloway
South Alabama CB Damond Smith
Sounds like non of the supplemental guys this year are going to get drafted. Probably all headed to the undrafted rookie market.


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The King Crabb wrote:Inside a canopy with a thin layer (~1/16") of acrylic separating them from the water, no weight will be placed on the acrylic.
If going in a canopy, I would look at wiring/mounting a array of 4 bulb sockets & use hi-eff CFL. Similar to what I have in my fish room.
Would be lightweight & easy to install.


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Münter painted 'Girl with a Red Ribbon' during a visit to the Bavarian village of Murnau. The portrait is one of a series of small studies of women and children that Münter painted between 1908 and 1911.
The furrowed brow and sideways gaze of the unnamed girl convey an intense and thoughtful expression. Planes of non-naturalistic, complementary colours differentiate the angles of her face giving it a mask-like quality. Münter's use of bold colour was influenced by the paintings of Henri Matisse and Paul Gauguin, which she had seen in Paris, and also by the work of Vincent van Gogh.
In 1909 Münter bought a house in Murnau and settled there with her partner Wassily Kandinsky. In Murnau, she began to collect traditional religious icons and glass-paintings (Hinterglasmalerei). She not only experimented in the Bavarian glass-painting technique but incorporated its stylistic dark outlines and jewel-like colouring into her oil paintings.
With its youthful subject, simplified forms and glowing colour, 'Girl with a Red Ribbon' can be viewed both as Expressionist reinterpretation of local votive images and a sophisticated response to contemporary art of the Parisian avant-garde.
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Serological tests for TB are unreliable
An estimated 1.5 million patients undergo diagnostic tests for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in India every year and this number has been steadily increasing along with the number of confirmed cases. The adverse scenario is further compounded by the lack of reliable serological diagnostic tests.
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The lack of a dependable serological test is so acute that even the World Health Organization (WHO) in its policy recommendation suggested that a ban be implemented on such tests as unreliable serological tests give imprecise results and cause inconsistent diagnosis of TB, thus leading to risk to human lives. This recommendation was taken very seriously and the Indian government recently banned the use of serological tests for TB. Trends in the TB diagnostic markets in India have been rapidly changing and serological tests have recently drawn a lot of criticism from experts.
Dr Madhukar Pai, associate professor, McGill University, Canada, said that, "Repeated results have shown that these tests are inaccurate and misleading and are costly. So, just because doctors are widely using them does not make it right. Popularity of a test or product does not make it valid. You need hard scientific data to show that the tests are valid and accurate."
Roland Maes 21 February 2013 at 02:16 PM
Dr. M.Pai is biased in his assesment of the accvuracy of the Anda serological test for TB. I give you here his publication: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-qJMwWQuaNkt_UurjVLFdNBuD4B-jZXHvMuASTEPHwQ/edit?usp=sharing my response to it is here: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzOCEfOSmeiUZDZOWktTZ1VEWm8/edit?usp=sharing Pai promptly removed it from the journal where he published(PloS medicine).I submitted a corrective answer to the Indian Journal of Laboratory Physicians, exposing the benefits of TB-serology but this paper is on hold : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J9IBt8YMule7565tztLKa_9lEoFI4cX7A8fmMKv1rDo/edit?usp=sharing, while still hoping for a publication, I can send it to you on a confidential basis. The experts who decry the szerolgy deny the expertise of those Indian investigators (over ninety publications) who found it beneficial. With the recent evidence that the new Indian strategy designed to stamp out TB resulted in its increase, it seems to me normal that the tenants of this strategy attempt to justify it: the ban on serology is within this strategy , as stated by The Hindu: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzOCEfOSmeiUcUVEb3VfYW15Tzg/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzOCEfOSmeiUM2EtX0p1RFBZLXc/edit?usp=sharing
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But listen, during my entire military career, at no time did I consider that I was not serving on your behalf, along with the rest of your ilk. It would have lightened my load considerably, however, had I known you didn't need anyone to fight for your freedoms. Wish I'd known then that you and the rest of the leftists would willingly stand by and watch their freedoms get legislated away.
The only part of this current fiasco I am livid over, is how much of a burden you are willing to place on my grandkids and their offspring. For that, I will never forgive you or your party.


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Ultimate Mix Tape: Aerosmith's Joe Perry Lists 60 Minutes of Music That's Closest to His Heart
Vol. 1-Smokestack Lightning (1991)
"They were catching the tail end of the British Invasion that the Beatles had started. But they weren't just writing cute little pop songs for a bunch of screaming teenage girls. The Yardbirds used their pop context as a training ground for hot guitarists like Clapton, Page and Jeff Beck, who drops a tasty little guitar solo in this song where a verse would normally be.
"Suddenly, soloing was becoming a real part of the song's basic structure. And he was experimenting with bluesy, distorted tones. Here he starts to define how far you could really take the electric guitar as a solo instrument."


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"Quiet titan" Hudson Cattell gets life award at Eastern Wine Expo
Hudson Cattell talked not of himself –but of others – as he received the lifetime achievement award at the Eastern Winery Exposition in Lancaster March 7.
That should have surprised no one. Despite a gondola full of high honors and near reverence from the wine community, Cattell, 80, remains a humble throwback to the era of gentlemanliness.
He labored up to the stairs to the dais, helped by a cane and expo session co-ordinator Richard Leahy to receive the well-deserved plaque for a body of work going back to 1976.
He reminded the audience of the saying about a woman being behind every successful man. In his case it was two women. First, young journalist Lee Miller, who helped found what at the time was a newsletter, and helped him turn it into Wine East magazine. Lee, of course, went on to make history rather than chronicle it – going on to found the pioneering Chaddsford Winery with Eric Miller. Then came Linda Jones McGee who became Cattell's Wine East partner.
Again, if you want to hear about Hudson Cattell's honors and accolades, the last person to ask is Hudson Cattell. He's happy being known as a journalist.
"I thank the people in the wine industry for the chance to chronicle them," he said.
A lifetime member of the American Wine Society, he received that group's coveted Award of Merit in 1991, an honor shared by luminaries such as Robert Mondavi, Mike Grgich, and Kent Rosenblum. In 1986, he received the Vinifera Perpetual Monteith Trophy, as impressive as it sounds.
Wine East has been subsumed into Wines & Vines magazine. Cattell continues his work there and elsewhere. He and McKee have written "The History of Pennsylvania Wines" which will be published late this spring. They are collaborating on a history of wine and grapes in the eastern United States since Prohibition.
I've been "interviewed" by Cattell. He has a subtle way of asking questions that often aren't really questions. Rather, he speaks in seemingly benign observations and pseudo-questions designed to draw out someone's views and opinions. First, subject may wonder what Cattell is going after. Soon, they are opening up to him and realize later they are in the hands of a master; someone who operates on a level few journalists will reach.
After Cattell received his award, Carlo DeVito, author of the East Coast Wineries blog, and I had a good laugh. We joked as Richard Leahy built up the suspense at the podium – talking of the awardee's work covering the eastern wine industry—we each had our fingers crossed hoping it would be us. We know we are awkward ingénues, ours supporting roles to four-decades of work and influence by eastern wine journalism's leading man, the quiet titan Hudson Cattell.


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Family: Caprimulgidae, Nightjars view all from this family
Description ADULT MALE Has grayish plumage overall, but close inspection reveals subtle and intricate dark lines and bars, and rufous flush to wings and nape that create superb cryptic pattern resembling tree bark. Dark chin and face are separated from blackish chest band by white throat. Note dark crown and white tips to outer tail feathers. ADULT FEMALE Similar, but tips to outer tail feathers are buff. JUVENILE Similar to adult.
Dimensions Length: 7-8 1/2" (18-22 cm)
Habitat Locally fairly common summer visitor (mainly Apr-Sep) to north of range, birds wintering from southern U.S. to Mexico. Breeding birds from south of range are probably mostly resident, or partial altitudinal migrants. Favors a range of dry habitats, but typically rocky ground with scrub and grass cover.
Observation Tips Presence is easiest to detect by listening for song, after dark in spring. Sits tight when roosting and hard to spot in daytime.
Range Texas, Rocky Mountains, Southwest, California, Plains, Western Canada, Northwest
Voice Song, uttered after dark, is a liquid poor-will or poor-weeup.
Discussion Western North America's smallest nightjar. Has a plump body, relatively short, rounded tail and wings, and proportionately large head. Mouth and gape are huge, allowing bird to engulf flying nocturnal insects, such as moths and beetles. In winter, metabolic rate slows down considerably and it enters a torpid state akin to hibernation. Sexes are separable with care.


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A victory for the Fast Ferns and a pass mark for the Fast 5 concept.
New Zealand's star-studded line-up ousted England 23-21 in last night's Fast5 grand final, in a battle of attrition that was contrary to what the shortened version of the game is all about, capping off a weekend of otherwise spectacular action.
The question still remains whether it is worthwhile the INF redirecting their limited resources into a spin-off version when there is still much that needs to be done to grow the original game, but as a concept, Fast5 is an improvement from its previous incarnation, FastNet.
After disappointing crowds over the first two days of the tournament, Vector Arena was at near-capacity for finals day with 5,500 fans packing into the venue. With their sparkly wigs, pink feather boas and questionable dance moves, the crowd helped create a festival atmosphere Netball New Zealand were hoping for.
The Fast Ferns did their part to delight the fans - both with their play out on court, and their pre-match antics.
Introduced on court wearing bright pink bandannas, the Ferns relished the chance to play the entertainers, performing the Gangnam Style dance before the national anthems.
There was a chance it could backfire badly and they'd end up looking like geese if they didn't put on just as stronger show against England out on court.
One of New Zealand netball's most well-known names of yesteryear, Dame Lois Muir, calls the new series "an exciting work in progress".
But wing attacks and wing defences of the world needn't fear for their future. Muir believes much like rugby sevens, Fast5 won't take over from the traditional form of the game, and the event will attract a different style of athlete.
Many have highlighted the success of the African nations in the tournament as having positive spin-offs for the global game, but it remains to be seen whether the profile of the likes of the Malawi Queens and South African netballers will be boosted after their impressive results this weekend.
One of the best features of Fast5, for Kiwi fans anyway, is that Australia do not reign supreme on the purple court.
The Fast5 Diamonds (or should that be rough?) finished dead last in the tournament, having struggled to adapt to the concept. Winless after the round robin section, Australia were edged out by an energetic Malawi side in yesterday's 5th/6th playoff.
Despite their poor showing over the weekend, Australian coach Lisa Alexander leapt to the defence of her young side.
"I think it needs to be very clear to the netball public that we were taking into this competition a development team and yes we don't like losing, but we also have to respect the other teams, Malawi did a great job," said Alexander.
But given all but one of the Australian team have solid ANZ Championship experience, it was hardly a team of rookies that took the court for the Diamonds, and they should have been much more competitive than they were.
South Africa showed the benefit of their experience in the Quad Series, finishing with bronze after pulling off a shock 38-34 win over Jamaica in the play-off for third and fourth.
The Ferns proved they mastered the strategy of Fast5 earlier in the day with a commanding 52-18 win over Jamaica in their semifinal match-up. The Ferns poured on the points in their powerplay quarter, before bringing on their defensive guns to restrict the Sunshine Girls to just two for their double-scoring quarters.
Fast5 World Series
Final standings
1 New Zealand
2 England
3 South Africa
4 Jamaica
5 Malawi
6 Australia