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IDF Europe is pleased to announce the launch of three questionnaires aimed at assessing access to quality medicines and medical devices in diabetes care in the European Region. In recent years, and in the context of the current financial crisis, access to diabetes care has become a key issue in countless countries around Europe. The nine month study has the objective to assess whether people living with diabetes across Europe have equal access to high quality/ innovative diabetes medicines and medical devices, which will be measured by highlighting the existence of barriers or inequalities in access at local, national and regional level.
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Because he has done a much better job with it than the republicans that have held the office in our lifetimes.
I would be ashamed to call myself a Democrat after what Harry Reid has said, even Jon Stewart had the guts to put Reid in his place. More Dems should stand up and say enough is enough. Run your campaign with your record and let the chips fall where they may.
Is Romney's tax return going to determine whether or not you vote for him? seriously doubt it since by your statement you are assuming that both candidates are crooked
Just saw a new ad on TV during the Olympic coverage...they led with how much Romney made (20 million) but only paid 14% in taxes...well of course he did, because his investment income is taxed at a different rate than John Q Public that is taxed at 30-35 % and has little to no investment income....but who paid more in taxes ?
Sounds like we should be looking for a president that is on welfare and doesn't have two nickels to rub together. Thats what i am hearing at least. A responsible, intelligent, wealthy man who knows how to make money by not spending it sounds prudent to me.....
I just don't understand why you guys are ok with people that make much more money than you paying less as a percentage of their income than you do. Their is nothing wrong with making a lot of money, but their is something wrong with having less fortunate people carry your water.
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COLUMBUS, Ind.—Twenty years ago, Toyota Industrial Equipment Mfg., Inc., or TIEM, opened its first Toyota lift truck manufacturing plant outside of Japan in Columbus, Indiana. Yesterday, the world's largest lift truck manufacturer (No. 1 on Modern's 2010 list of the Top 20 Lift Truck Suppliers worldwide) commemorated the plant's 20th anniversary.
The ceremony also celebrated the launch of the new 8-series, 4-wheel electric AC lift truck with a line-off ceremony. The new line of AC-powered lift trucks, which is said to deliver longer runtimes and quicker acceleration for increased productivity, will be manufactured exclusively on the 126 acre, 998,000 square foot campus.
The anniversary and launch was attended by TIEM's 600-plus associates; Tetsuro "Ted" Toyoda, president, Toyota Industries Corporation; Kazue Sasaki, president, TIEM Brett Wood, president, Toyota Materials Handling, U.S.A., Inc., along with other Toyota executives and leading Toyota lift truck dealers.
"Toyota prides itself on manufacturing products that embody industry leading safety, quality, durability and reliability," said Kazue Sasaki, president of TIEM. "During the last two decades, TIEM has achieved a number of manufacturing milestones thanks to the support of our customers, dealer body, associates and community. We look forward to another 20-plus years of manufacturing excellence in Indiana."
Toyota has invested $113 million in the Columbus facility which has built more than 350,000 lift trucks, Sasaki noted. The plant produces more than 78% of all Toyota lift trucks sold in North America.
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- Lectures
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In collaboration with the Portuguese Studies program in the Department of Modern Languages, the Institute supports lectures which enrich the academic experience of students, faculty and the community.
September 21, 2010, 4:00 p.m., Craig-Lee Hall
"Being Portuguese: Reflections on ethnic identity in translocal contexts, the Azores, Lisbon and southeastern New England", presented by Professor Miguel Moniz, Instituto Universitá rio de Lisboa.
November 9, 2009 , 4:00 p.m., Sylvan R. Forman Center (East Campus), Room 200
"Fernão Mendes Pinto e a Ásia Portuguesa" presented by Professor Jorge Flores, Departments of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies and History, Brown University.
April 27, 2009 , 5:00 p.m., Sylvan R. Forman Center (East Campus), Room 200
"A ciência no tempo dos descobrimentos portugueses" presented by Professor Onésimo T. Almeida, Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Brown University.
April 13, 2009 , 4:00 p.m., Sylvan R. Forman Center (East Campus), Room 200
"Post Independence Lusophone Africa" presented by Professor Peter Karibe Mendy, Department of History, Rhode Island College.
April 6, 2010, 5:00 p.m., Sylvan R. Forman Center (East Campus), Room 200
"Expansão portuguesa e sociedades não-europeias na época moderna" presented by Professor Jorge Flores, Departments of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies and History, Brown University.
November 24, 2008, 5:00 p.m., Craig-Lee Hall 102
"Bossa Nova: Música e a Ditadura (1964-84)" presented by Professor Dá rio Borim, Department of Portuguese, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth.
November 17, 2008, 5:00 p.m., Craig-Lee Hall 102
"Um olhar sobre a Amazônia indígena: os Yanomami do Brasil" presented by Professor Gale Goodwin Gómez, Department of Anthropology, Rhode Island College.
Providing opportunities for professional development for teachers of Portuguese in Rhode Island and nearby Massachusetts and Connecticut is a primary objective of the Institute's mission. Workshops for teachers are sponsored in part by the Coordenação Ensino Português, EUA , Instituto Camões, Lisbon, Portugal.
March 10, 2010, 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Alger 110
"O Novo Acordo Ortográfico" presented by Professor João Malaca Casteleiro, Academia das Ciências de Lisboa and
"Ajente sabe isse: Helping our students write/spell in Portuguese" presented by Professor Glaúcia Silva, Department of Portuguese, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth.
January 16, 2010 , 9:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m., Alger 110
"Instructional Technology in the Portuguese Classroom" presented by Professor Silvia Belo Oliveira, University of Massachusetts - Boston.
The Institute is pleased to offer the non-credit course "Survival Skills in Portuguese for Beginners". This is an adult enrichment course for those who wish to develop basic understanding and fluency in the Portuguese language. It is designed to provide introductory vocabulary and grammar as well as basic communication skills for adult students with little or no fluency in the language.
In addition to the introduction to the Portuguese language, the course will introduce you to the culture of Portugal as well as touching on the cultures of the Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) world, i.e. Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé e Príncipe, East Timor and the region of Macau.
The course runs for 10 weeks during the fall semester (part 1) and for 10 weeks during the spring semester (part 2) with two hour classes on Saturday mornings on the Rhode Island College campus.
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From time to time, the Institute will sponsor events of interest to the general public. These events may focus upon such topics as history, folk culture, ancestry or current trends in Portugal and the Lusophone World.
Past events:
April 4, 2009, 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Alger Hall 110
"Tracing Your Portuguese Roots: A Genealogy Workshop" presented by genealogists Cheri Mello of California and George Pacheco of the Family History Center, Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
As part of the Institute"s mission to reach out to the Lusophone community, youth- and family-centered activities are planned to engage young students in the excitement of learning the Portuguese language and Lusophone cultures. Events are theme-driven to give youngsters the opportunity to learn more about the language, culture, history, literature, geography, music and art of the Lusophone World.
Bilingual Calendar Art Contest:
Since 2004, the annual calendar art contest has been sponsored in conjunction with the organization "Day of Portugal and Portuguese Heritage in RI, Inc." Students enrolled in Portuguese programs in Community Portuguese schools, public and private charter, middle and high schools are invited to submit drawings and paintings about aspects of the Lusophone World. Students from ages 5 through 18 complete artwork based on specific age-appropriate themes about Portuguese literature and Lusophone cultures from around the diaspora.
Judged by an impartial panel, twelve winners are selected, three each in four age categories. The winners" artwork is featured (one for each month) in the bilingual calendar of the following year. Winners and recipients of Honorable Mention are recognized at the annual "Festival do Mundo Lusófono" at Rhode Island College. Over 1,000 students of Portuguese in Rhode Island have been impacted by this program since 2004.
Past Events:
June 13, 2009, 1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., RIC Campus Mall
Dia da Juventude: 2009
Presented in conjunction with the Celebration of the Day of Portugal and Portuguese Heritage in RI, Inc. of 2009, the Mall Area of the Rhode Island College campus was filled with Lusophone-related activities for youth of all ages. From face-painting and ceramic painting to the "Regata das Caravelas" for young ones to the "Climb Pico" Rock Wall and "Foosball Tournament" for older kids, there was something for everyone to enjoy. Relay races were set up into teams for groups of all ages. The "Discover Portugal Race" set school teams to navigating stations around the campus to answer questions about Portuguese language, culture, history and geography. The top three teams with the most points won cash prizes and a trophy for their schools or programs. Participants and organizers wore red, yellow and green T-shirts to form a human Portuguese flag. The highlight was an appearance by the star of the Manchester United Soccer Team, "Nani".
May 31, 2008, 1:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m., RIC Campus Mall
Dia da Juventude: 2008
The first Dia da Juventude was held in collaboration with the Celebration of the Day of Portugal and Portuguese Heritage in RI, Inc. of 2008. A variety of activities to challenge the knowledge and imagination of community youth filled the Rhode Island College Mall. Face painting, "Regata das Caravelas" (Raingutter Regatta), "Climb Pico" (rock wall climbing), Foosball, Rancho Folclórico demonstrations and craft exhibits with Portuguese themes were among some of the activities. Soccer demonstrations by Steve Ralston, Captain of the N.E. Revolution, and the Sting-rays were a high point. The afternoon ended with the "Novas Estrelas" Talent Competition held in Gaige Hall featuring performances of Portuguese music in both Mini and Maxi age groups.
As part of the mission of the Institute, forums, conferences and workshops are sponsored with the objective of promoting the interchange of cultural and scholarly information.
"Community Radio and Peacebuilding in Guinea-Bissau"September 24, 25, 2010, Alger Hall 110
International scholars and journalists convened for the conference entitled, "Community Radio and Peacebuilding in Guinea-Bissau" on Sept 24th and 25th following the Inaugural Banquet on Sept 23rd. Dra. Maria Barroso Soares opened the conference as the keynote speaker. Presentations and panel discussions followed which included topics such as historical perspectives on Guinea-Bissau, the role of community radio in Africa in general and Guinea-Bissau in particular, women in the peacebuilding process and the art of language in ethical communication. Dr. Peter K. Mendy is the Institute's principal academic advisor on this project.
Following the conclusion of the conference, IPLWS hosted a roundtable discussion for the Associação da Communidade da Guiné-Bissau nos EUA to facilitate discussion about issues of community concern. The event coincided with the International Week of Peace and Guinea-Bissau Independence Day (Sept. 24th).
(L to R): Nelson Herbert Lopes, Umaro Djau, Antonio Pacheco, Luisa Handem Piette, Michelle Betz
"Trans-Atlantic Relationships: Sharing Experiences in the Political and Economic Trajectories of the Azores and Rhode Island",
September 15th and 16th, 2010, Faculty Dining Center
The IPLWS hosted professors from the University of the Azores, Professor Luis Andrade and Professor Carlos Amaral, and Mr. Steven Barbosa of the European Youth Parliament-Azores at a forum comparing and contrasting the economic and political trajectories of the Autonomous Region of the Azores and the State of Rhode Island. Topics discussed involved the role of each within the contexts of American federalism and European regionalism.
Professors Mark Motte, Francis Leazes, Michelle Brophy-Baermann and Distinguished Visiting Professor Gary Sasse of the Political Science Department represented Rhode Island College's participation in the discussions. Dr. Mark T. Motte was the principal academic advisor for this project. RI State Senator Daniel DaPonte, Chairman of Senate Committee on Finance and RI Rep. Hélio Melo, Deputy Chairman of House Committee on Finance provided practical perspectives on shaping fiscal policy and tax structure. This forum was sponsored by the European Youth Parliament - Azores and the IPLWS.
(L to R): Steven Barbosa, President, European Youth Partliament - Azores and Professor Luís Andrade, University of the Azores
Study Abroad
Students of Portuguese at Rhode Island College may have the opportunity to study Portuguese at the University of the Azores on the island of São Miguel during the summer. The University of the Azores has been offering the Curso de Verão for many years providing an opportunity to study Portuguese language and literature in an intensive three week course while experiencing the life and culture of the Azores.
Students who are selected for financial support by Institute choose either the beginning, intermediate or advanced level course with the advice of their academic advisor or the Chair of the Department of Modern Languages. Students who successfully complete the summer course are eligible for RIC credits in Portuguese toward their degree requirements as determined by the Department of Modern Languages.
RIC Students of the 2012 Curso de Verão with Professor Silvia Oliveira
Opportunities are available to students of Portuguese to assist in projects undertaken by the Institute. Such projects may involve research, operational and event assistance, interviewing, transcription and other tasks relevant to the mission of the Institute. Internships have been provided for students to participate in the following projects:
- Luso-American Elected Official Oral History Project
- Peace Radio Project
- Integration of Portuguese Immigrants and Their Descendants in the United States and Canada


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Gaucher's (go-SHAYZ) disease is the result of a buildup of certain fatty substances in certain organs, particularly your spleen and liver. This causes these organs to become much larger than normal and can affect their function.
The fatty substances associated with Gaucher's disease also can build up in bone tissue. This weakens the bone and increases the risk of fractures. If the bone marrow is affected, it can interfere with your blood's ability to clot.
An enzyme that breaks down these fatty substances doesn't work properly in people who have Gaucher's disease. Treatment often includes enzyme replacement therapy.
An inherited disorder, Gaucher's disease is most common in Jewish people of Eastern and Central European descent (Ashkenazi). Symptoms can appear at any age.
Signs and symptoms of Gaucher's disease can vary widely. Siblings, even identical twins, with the disease may have different levels of severity. Some people who have Gaucher's disease have no symptoms at all.
Most people who have Gaucher's disease experience varying degrees of the following problems:
More rarely, Gaucher's disease can affect the brain, which may cause abnormal eye movements, muscle rigidity, swallowing difficulties and seizures. One rare subtype of Gaucher's disease begins in infancy and typically results in death by the age of 2.
If you or your child has any of the signs and symptoms associated with Gaucher's disease, make an appointment with your doctor.
Gaucher's disease is passed along in an inheritance pattern called autosomal recessive. Both parents must be carriers of a Gaucher's genetic mutation for their child to inherit the condition.
People of Eastern or Central European Jewish (Ashkenazi) ancestry are at higher risk of developing the most common variety of Gaucher's disease.
Gaucher's disease may increase the risk of:
You're likely to first bring any symptoms to the attention of your family doctor. He or she might refer you to a doctor who specializes in blood disorders (hematologist) or to a doctor specializing in inherited disorders (geneticist).
Before the appointment, you may want to write a list of answers to the following questions:
Your doctor might ask some of the following questions:
During a physical exam, your doctor will press on you or your child's abdomen to check the size of the spleen and liver. He or she might also recommend certain lab tests, imaging scans and genetic counseling.
Blood samples can be checked for levels of the enzyme associated with Gaucher's disease. Genetic analysis can also reveal whether you have the disease.
People diagnosed with Gaucher's disease typically require periodic tests to track its progression. These may include imaging tests such as:
You may want to consider genetic screening prior to starting a family if you or your partner is of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage or if either of you have a family history of Gaucher's disease. In some cases, doctors may recommend prenatal testing to see if the fetus is at risk of Gaucher's disease.
While there's no cure for Gaucher's disease, a variety of treatments can help control symptoms, prevent irreversible damage and improve quality of life. Some people have such mild symptoms that they may not need treatment.
Many people who have Gaucher's disease have seen improvements in their symptoms after beginning treatment with drugs that:
If your symptoms are severe and you're not a candidate for less invasive treatments, your doctor might suggest:
Having any chronic illness can be difficult, but having a rare disease like Gaucher's may be even harder. Few people know about the disease, and even fewer understand the challenges you face. You may find that talking to someone else who has the disease or has a child with Gaucher's is helpful.
The National Gaucher Foundation has a mentor program that connects people who have the disease. To find out more, you can visit its website or call 800-504-3189. Additionally, your doctor may know if there are any local support groups in your area.
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I managed to download the PDF from google docs.Cool project...and thanks for taking the time to document it.Can it spin around on two wheels?It would be neat if the robot could stand up all by itself (4->2 wheels).
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Trudy Lee Leemkuil Erickson, age 64, died suddenly and unexpectedly at her Monona home, Wednesday, November 14. She was born in Burlington, WI, on December 9, 1947 the daughter of the late Wilbur and Margaret Hamilton Leemkuil.
Trudy graduated from Burlington High School in 1966. She graduated from UW-Madison with honors (after almost failing her freshman year-- one of her favorite stories). After graduation, Trudy taught science at Forest Park Middle School in Franklin. Throughout the years, she volunteered for many organizations, delivering food and companionship for Meals on Wheels, tutoring and mentoring through Love, Inc., visiting often with the elderly and infirm, and one of her favorites--sharing artwork with children as the "Picture Lady."
Trudy devoted her life to raising her children and to loving others. Caring, devoted, and inspiring, Trudy placed great emphasis on her family and her faith, and was a true, loyal friend. Trudy and Lief Erickson, Jr., were married for over forty years. She is also survived by her sons Christopher (Janae), Bradley (Patty), Lief III (Emily); daughter Elizabeth and friend Camille; four grandchildren, Berkley, Geneva, Finley, and Eleanor; her sister and best friend Kay (Mark) Dudley; her brother Dirk (Helen) Leemkuil; and numerous nieces, nephews, and dear friends.
On behalf of the family, we want to thank you for your thoughts and prayers. Please join us in celebration of her life on Monday, November 19th, 2012. Visitation is at 1:00 pm, followed by a Memorial Service at 2:00 pm.
Blackhawk Church
9620 Brader Way
Middleton, WI 53562
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations be made to Rogers' Memorial Hospital Foundation to support mental health services and awareness, a cause dear to Trudy's heart.


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The Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi will come this century
Part 2 Characteristics of Hazrat Mahdi (as) in the Hadiths (8/20)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will Initially not be Recognized by the Great Majority of People
People will See Hazrat Mahdi (as) in Their Homes and on the Streets and will Frequently Watch Him; But They will not Realize He is Hazrat Mahdi (as)
Sadr al-Sayrafi says: I heard from Imam Abu Abdullah Jaffar Sadik that: ... Our modest imam and the owner of this [occultation] [HAZRAT MAHDI (as)], who is deprived of his rights and denied will MOVE AMONG THEM AND WANDER THROUGH THEIR MARKETS AND WALK WHERE THEY WALK. BUT THEY will NOT RECOGNIZE HIM [HAZRAT MAHDI (as)] until Allah lets them to know him, just as with the Prophet Joseph (as). (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 189)
Amr ibn Sa'd relates from Commander of the Faithful Ali ibn Abi Talib (as): "... I swear by Ali's Lord that hujjat [HAZRAT MAHDI (as)] will BE UP AND WALK IN THE PATHS OF THIS WORLD, AND will ENTER HOMES AND PALACES, AND will TRAVEL IN THE EAST AND THE WEST OF THIS PLACE, AND HIS WORDS will BE HEARD AND HE will SEE AND GREET THE COMMUNITY, but he will not be known until the promised time and until this voice comes from the sky." (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 167 )
Our Prophet (saas) states that in the period prior to the appearance of Hazrat Mahdi (as), he will frequently be seen among people, that people will see him as they sit in their homes and walking on the streets, and will see images of him and hear his voice on the television and the Internet, that they will hear his name, but that they will still fail to grasp that he is Hazrat Mahdi (as). It is also stated that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will walk among people in the bazaars and markets, but that nobody will recognize him as they do not expect him to be Hazrat Mahdi (as). This information provided in the hadith shows that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be someone who is known, someone with a high profile, whose fame and renown are familiar to all, but that nobody will recognize him by his title of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will not Say, "I Am Hazrat Mahdi (as)" But He will Permit Them to Grasp "The Truth of the Mahdi" by Lifting the Fog of Unawareness from Their Eyes
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will never say, "I am Hazrat Mahdi (as)." Allah will reveal him to people through the signs described through the mouth of our Prophet (saas). One of these signs is that "HAZRAT MAHDI (as) IS AGAIN THE PERSON WHO BEST DESCRIBES HAZRAT MAHDI (as)." Hazrat Mahdi (as) will present Hazrat Mahdi (as) in the best possible way, through his work and by his wise and accurate interpretation of the hadiths of our Prophet (saas) and statements of Islamic scholars. One hadith reveals that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be someone who has personal knowledge of the information about the End Times imparted by our Prophet (saas), for which reason he will be the only person best able to interpret the hadith of our Prophet (saas) concerning the End Times:
Abu Bashir says: I heard Imam Muhammad Baqr say: "... He said: When Hazrat Mahdi (as) appears he will follow in the path of the Messenger of Allah (saas). ONLY HE [HAZRAT MAHDI (as)] CAN EXPLAIN THE WORKS OF THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH..." (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 191)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will sharpen people's foresight and understanding through these wise accounts. He will not openly say, "I am Hazrat Mahdi (as)." But he will spiritually clear the fog of unawareness in front of people's eyes by indicating the existence and power of Hazrat Mahdi (as), thus enabling them to see "the truth of Hazrat Mahdi (as)." The more Hazrat Mahdi (as) speaks about Hazrat Mahdi (as), the more people will form a definite opinion regarding him and wish to follow him spiritually.
One of the Pieces of Wisdom Behind People's Inability to Recognize Hazrat Mahdi (as) is That He is Under Allah's Protection
BUT ALLAH will HIDE HIM (HAZRAT MAHDI (as) FROM PEOPLE AGAINST THE OPPRESSION, CRUELTY AND WASTE OF PEOPLE'S EARTHLY DESIRES. (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 162)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will Initially be Reluctant for His Name to be Known
It appears from the information provided by the hadith of our Prophet (saas) that Hazrat Mahdi's (as) name will not be well-known in the run-up to his coming. The only way for his name not to be well-known is the use of a pseudonym. For that reason, Hazrat Mahdi (as) will conceal his own name in the early days of his activities, and will use another name rather than his own.
Mufaddal ibn Umar says: I was in the presence of Imam Abu Abdullah Jaffar-i Sadik, and there were others with me, too. The imam told us, "NEVER MAKE THE NAME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (as) WELL-KNOWN..." (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 174)
Our sheikh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni relates the same hadith: May Allah increase your salvation, WHAT DOES THE IMAM SAY IN THE HADITH ABOUT THE NAME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (as) NOT BEING MADE WELL-KNOWN? "DO NOT MAKE HIS (HAZRAT MAHDI'S (as)) NAME WELL-KNOWN..." (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 175)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be Visible to People, But Allah will for Long Conceal The Fact That He is Hazrat Mahdi (as)
Almighty Allah will draw a veil between him [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] and other people, and they will see but not recognize him. (Qamal ud-din Vol. 2, p. 351)
Sincere Muslims will Love and Appreciate Hazrat Mahdi (as) and His Followers in Time
... Hazrat Prophet (saas)... said this: Jibril told me that, my Ahl al-Bayt [my Descendants] will be opressed after me. This opression will last until Hazrat Mahdi (as) who is one of them will appear, UNTIL THEIR [HAZRAT MAHDI (as) AND HIS STUDENTS)] GLORY IS EXALTED AND MUSLIM COMMUNITY will UNITE IN LOVING THEM. IN THAT TIME, THOSE WHO REVILE AGAINST THEM will DECREASE, THOSE WHO DO NOT LOVE THEM will BE DENIGRATED AND THOSE WHO PRAISE THEM will INCREASE. [Hidayet Önderleri, Hz. Muhammed Mustafa, (The Pioneers of Salvation, The Prophet Muhammed Mustafa (saas)), 1st Volume, p. 314]
In the End Times; before the emergence of Hazrat Mahdi (as), Muslims will be subjected to severe oppression, violence and suffering. However people will understand that Hazrat Mahdi (as) has come by the successive manifestation of the portents of the End Times. In this period, the names of Hazrat Mahdi (as) and his followers who are devoted to Allah with sincere faith will begin to be mentioned a lot. Their reputation will spread all around the world. Then Islamic community will slowly begin to unite in loving Hazrat Mahdi (as) and his students. But until then cruelty, oppression and maltreatment against Hazrat Mahdi (as) and his followers will continue and there will be those who slander Him. However in time the number of these people will decrease – except for those who repent and change their intentions – and these people will fall into a despicable and inferior position. The number of people who love and praise Hazrat Mahdi (as) will greatly increase in time.
Hazrat Mahdi's (as) Name and Renown will Constantly Spread before His Coming
One of the important clues in the recognition of Hazrat Mahdi (as) is that "Hazrat Mahdi's (as) name and renown will constantly spread worldwide before his coming." Even if they do not realize that he is Hazrat Mahdi (as), they will , in various ways set out in the hadith, frequently see Hazrat Mahdi (as), hear his voice, learn his ideas, follow his work and activities and make frequent reference to him. The hadith describe this time, when everyone makes frequent reference to Hazrat Mahdi (as), mentions his name, speaks about him and will feel great love and affection for him:
HAZRAT MAHDI (as) will APPEAR AND EVERYONE will SPEAK OF HIM, ABSORB HIS LOVE AND TALK OF NOTHING ELSE. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 33)
When Hazrat Mahdi (as) comes, PEOPLE will EMBRACE HIM WITH LOVE AND AFFECTION. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 37)
Hazrat Mahdi (as) is the most auspicious of people (in his time). His followers and those who swear allegiance to him... will have Gabriel before them and Michael behind. HE [HAZRAT MAHDI (as)] will BE LOVED BY ALL LIVING THINGS. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 58)
Salama Ibn Zufar says: "... HAZRAT MAHDI (as) will APPEAR AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF EVIL, CRUELTY AND OPPRESSION, AND WHEN NO PERSON LIVING IN OCCULTATION will BE AS LOVED AND ADORED AS HIM." (Al-Hawi lil-fatawi, Vol. 2, p. 159)
Certain it is that he [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] will not appear UNTIL HE IS THE MOST BELOVED OF ALL because of the evils that people face. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-Zaman, p. 27)
ALLAH will FILL EVERYONE'S HEARTS WITH LOVE OF HIM [HAZRAT MAHDI (as)]. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 42)


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Alternate name: Chinese Lespedeza, Sericea Lespedeza
Family: Fabaceae, Pea view all from this family
Description Introduced. A semi-woody, leafy-stemmed perennial introduced from Asia that invades native habitats in North America.
Height: 3-5' (0.9-1.5 m).
Leaves: compound; divided into 3 narrowly oval leaflets, each to 1" (2.5 cm) long.
Flowers: whitish, purple-tinged pea flowers borne singly or in small clusters in leaf axils.
Fruit: small pod.
Habitat Disturbed habitats, fields, roadsides, open woodlands.
Range Asia native; naturalized in the United States from Massachusetts to Florida and west to Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Texas.
Discussion This introduced plant is considered a noxious or invasive pest. Widely planted for erosion control, it spreads into open areas, crowding out native flora and heavily self-sowing, so that it remains for years in a site. In some areas it is illegal to plant Chinese Bush-clover.


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Gray's big game isn't enough for Bearcats
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Sophomore forward Mark Nwakamma scored 23 points and Hartford (8-6, 1-0 AE) held off visiting Binghamton (2-12, 0-1 AE) 71-68 in the America East opener for both teams Jan. 2 from Chase Family Arena.
The Hawks didn't hold their first lead until the second half and withstood a frantic final 10 seconds when the Bearcats drilled two three-pointers to keep the outcome in doubt.
The Bearcats shot a season-high 54 percent—including 62 percent in the second half—but Hartford forced 22 Binghamton turnovers and grabbed 16 offensive rebounds which led to the Hawks having 19 more shot attempts in the game.
The loss overshadowed a brilliant shooting performance from senior guard Jimmy Gray, who hit 7-of-8 shots to match his career-high of 24 points. He was 6-of-7 from three-point range – most makes in his career – and added 4-of-4 marksmanship from the line for his game-high total.
Hartford opened the second half with a 10-0 run to grab the lead for the first time and the Hawks held off Binghamton down the stretch with free throws and several clutch three-pointers – the biggest coming from sophomore guard Wes Cole, whose only made shot was a huge three-pointer with 24 seconds left that pushed Hartford's lead to 67-62. Prior to that, Binghamton senior guard Mike Horn hit a pair of free throws with 47 seconds left to cut the margin to two, 64-62.
After Cole's three, Binghamton missed a deep three with 13 seconds left and had to foul. Cole made a pair of ensuing free throws and Hartford seemed to have the win locked up. But Gray nailed a three-pointer with eight seconds left and after two Hartford misses from the line, junior guard Rayner Moquete hit a three with 4.6 seconds left. After an inbounds and foul with 2.7 seconds left, the officials met and reset the clock at 0.5 seconds and a pair of Hartford free throws closed out the scoring.
"Offensive rebounding and turnovers are the key stats," head coach Tommy Dempsey said. "The numbers bear out that we played pretty good offensive basketball. I thought our shot selection was very good and we made some big shots down the stretch. But we didn't secure some rebounds and were very loose with the ball. We had our chances and every time they made a run we got ourselves back in the game and gave ourselves a chance to win. I thought our bench played well and overall, it was one of our more competitive games on the road this year."
The Bearcats got off to a quick start, thanks in part to cold shooting from the host Hawks, who misfired on seven of their first eight shots. Gray scored Binghamton's first five points and Binghamton led 12-2 six minutes into the contest. But Hartford responded with a 16-6 run that featured four three-pointers. The teams were knotted at 18-18 before the Bearcats scored six straight and took a 26-23 lead into intermission.
Hartford launched 23 three-point attempts in the opening 20 minutes and made just five. However, the Hawks grabbed 10 offensive rebounds and forced 11 Binghamton turnovers, which led to 15 more shot attempts on the offensive end.
But the Hawks opened the second half on a tear, scoring 10 points in a 1:44 span to forge ahead 33-26. Nwakamma scored eight straight as Hartford's press forced four BU turnovers in the short span. The Bearcats steadied themselves and tied the game at 41-41 with a 15-8 run that featured a pair of threes from Gray.
Moquete and freshman guard Jordan Reed added 13 points apiece. Moquete hit 4-of-8 field goals and Reed made 5-of-13 shots but came up short in his bid for a third straight double-double. He still grabbed a game-high seven boards. Reed entered the game leading the conference in rebounding (10.3) and was second in scoring (17.3). Reed ranks 17th in rebounding - the only player under 6-foot-5 among the top 140 rebounders across the country.


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While I'm not ready to do more Rogue's Galleries, I've been reading - or rather rereading what I want.
I decided to read ALL the post-Jedi straight through right into New Jedi Order. I'm using the Essential Chronology's ordering in the back, to determine my read order.
Started with Tales from Jabba's Palace and learned Ephont Mon, Tessek, and Bib Fortuna survived - but only Ephont didn't end up with their brain in a B'Omarr Monk Jar though.
Then I reread Han Solo's Journal and Mara Jade, followed by Boba Fett's adventures in the Bounty Hunter Wars. Let's just say I haven't been bored. Then Fett: Agent of Doom.
Next to most of these, I preferred Truce at Bakura and Shadows of the Empire: Evolution. They were much better written than I recall. Once you get used the Ssi-ruu and the entenchment idea (with a pretty big leap of faith), you get a pretty cool story.
Now I'm reading all the Rogue Squadron Comics. Mike Stackpole is always awesome -whether he's writing his books - or the comics!


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The Incredible Hulk
Credit: Salvador S?inz
Source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Feriabarriojurocareus002.jpg
License: CC BY-NC 3.0
You probably recognize the superhero atop this amusement park ride. It's The Incredible Hulk. If you've read The Hulk comics or seen the movies then you probably know how he became so incredible. Gamma rays are the reason.
The Back Story
- Gamma rays are electromagnetic waves with incredibly high energy. In fact, they are the most energetic of all electromagnetic waves. They also have the shortest wavelengths and highest frequencies.
- Could a man actually be changed to a super-strong hulk by gamma ray exposure? Not a chance. More likely, the rays would kill if not totally destroy him.
- You can learn more about gamma rays and what produces them by watching this short video:
What Do You Think?
Read about The Hulk and gamma rays at the links below. Then answer the questions that follow.
- http://www.planet-science.com/categories/over-11s/human-body/2012/04/superhero-science-the-hulk.aspx
- http://www.livescience.com/2590-gamma-rays-incredible-hulking-reality.html
- Define the electromagnetic spectrum.
- What are gamma rays? How do gamma ray photons differ from visible light photons?
- What produces gamma rays in the universe? What produces gamma rays on Earth?
- In The Hulk stories, how do gamma rays supposedly transform Bruce Banner into The Hulk?
- How do gamma rays actually affect matter? How would a big dose of gamma rays really affect Bruce Banner?
- Do gamma rays appear green? Why or why not?
- How can gamma rays be used?


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had a lot of fun just now going through 'Higher-order Perl' by Mark Jason Dominus. Damian Conway, co-designer of Perl6 wrote his 'Praise for Higher-Order Perl...':
"It raids the deepest vaults and highest towers of Computer Science, and transforms the many arcane treasures it finds - recursion, iterators, filters, memoization, partitioning, numerical methods, higher-order functions, currying, cutsorting, grammar-based parsing, lazy evaluation, and constraint programming - into powerful and practical tools for real-world programming tasks, file system interactions, HTML processing, database access, web spidering, typesetting, mail processing, home finance, text outlining, and diagram generation.
Along the way it also scatters smaller ( but equally invaluable ) gems, like the elegant explanation of the difference between "scope" and "duration" in Chapter 3, or the careful exploration of how best to return error flags in Chapter 4.
this and that & that could be useful to me as well. thanks
I love mathieu in 'Rois et Reine'. Happy Valentine's Day.
selected from 25 fav quotes on journaldev by PANKAJ
* A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street. (Doug Linder)
* Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. (Martin Golding
* Programming is like sex. One mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life. (Michael Sinz)
* Deleted code is debugged code. (Jeff Sickel)
* Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen. (Edward V Berard)
If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. (Edsger Dijkstra)
* Software undergoes beta testing shortly before it's released. Beta is Latin for "still doesn't work. (Anonymous)
* Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning. (Rick Cook)
* It's a curious thing about our industry: not only do we not learn from our mistakes, we also don't learn from our successes. (Keith Braithwaite)
From Philip Wadler's 'Java Generics and collections'
Part II provides a comprehensive introduction to the Collections Framework. Newton is reputed to have said, "If I have seen farther than others, it is because I stand on the shoulders of giants". The best programmers live by this motto, building on existing frameworks and reusable code wherever appropriate. The Java Collections Framework provides reusable interfaces and implementations for a number of common collection types, including lists, sets, queues, and maps. There is also a framework for comparing values, which is useful in sorting or building ordered trees. (Of course, not all programmers exploit reuse. As Hamming said of computer scientists, "Instead of standing on each other's shoulders, we stand on each other's toes.")
Thanks to generics, code using collections is easier to read and the compiler will catch more type errors. Further, collections provide excellent illustrations of the use of generics. One might say that generics and collections were made for each other, and, indeed, ease of use of collections was one of the main reasons for introducing generics in the first place.
Java 5 and 6 not only update the Collections Framework to exploit generics, but also enhance the framework in other ways, introducing interfaces and classes to support concurrency and the new enum types. We believe that these developments mark the beginning of a shift in programming style, with heavier use of the Collections Framework and, in particular, increased use of collections in favor of arrays. In Part II, we describe the entire framework from first principles in order to help you use collections more effectively, flagging the new features of Java 5 and 6 as we present them.
Following common terminology, we refer to the successive versions of Java as 1.0 up to 1.4 and then 5 and 6. We say 'Java before generics' to refer to Java 1.0 through 1.4, and 'Java with generics' to refer to Java 5 and 6.
The design of generics for Java is influenced by a number of previous proposals—notably, GJ, by Bracha, Odersky, Stoutamire, and Wadler; the addition of wildcards to GJ, proposed by Igarashi and Viroli; and further development of wildcards, by Torgersen, Hansen, Ernst, von der Ahé, Bracha, and Gafter. Design of generics was carried out under the Java Community Process by a team led by Bracha, and including Odersky, Thorup, and Wadler (as parts of JSR 14 and JSR 201). Odersky's GJ compiler is the basis of Sun's current javac compiler.
interesting synchronicity --> http://advogato.org/person/hypatia/diary/312.html
Evan Prodromou — CTO & Founder
Evan Prodromou is the founder of StatusNet Inc and the creator of the StatusNet software. His 20 years of software development experience began at Intel, then at Microsoft in the early 90s, which he left in 1996 to concentrate on the growing Web. He led the development of Segasoft's pioneering Heat.Net gaming community, developed distance education software for Fourth Dimension Interactive and CourseNet, led Open Source Web-based application development for Intalio, and helped develop the SAML specification at Securant (later acquired by RSA).
His experience with Open Source software began in 1996 when he wrote the first documentation for Perl on Windows servers. He has made contributions to many Open Source projects, including Debian, Freenet and MediaWiki (the software that runs Wikipedia).
In 2003 Prodromou founded Wikitravel.org, a free, up-to-date world-wide travel guide with a Creative Commons license. The site was sold to Internet Brands in 2005, and Prodromou developed software and did community management for the next three years. He continues to run a publishing company based on the travel site (Wikitravel Press) and has founded two other wiki sites (Vinismo for wine and Keiki for parenting). Wikitravel won the 2007 Webby Award for Travel.
Prodromou created the StatusNet software in 2008 and launched the open source community Identi.ca in July of that year. He served as the company's CEO until December 2010 and now leads the development, systems, and technical support groups. Prodromou won the 2008 Google Open Source Award for his work on StatusNet.
IBM names Virginia Rometty as its new president and CEO effective Jan.1, 2012. She will replace Sam Palmisano who is retiring but will remain as IBM's board chairman.
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.
Keep up with the latest Advogato features by reading the Advogato status blog.
If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!


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"When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground."
- Cersei, Game of Thrones
Viewed from here, Thursday's game of thrones in the West Island had a distinctly farcical, dramatic and intriguing sniff of George RR Martin's fictional saga of Westeros about it.
Concerned courtier Simon Crean called the bluff of or smoked out the conniving schemers working to destabilise Julia Gillard's rule on behalf of the renegade in the shadows, Kevin Rudd.
Considering minister Crean was a Gillard supporter before he became a Rudd backer and his actions allowed her to strategically ambush her opponent, there has to be a touch of mystery about his motives even if he's been dispatched to the backbenches until September. However, most likely he was trying to break the circuit on the leadership standoff.
By slamming back with a defiant parliamentary speech and immediate leadership ballot before the Rudd faction was ready and with two of his backers out of the country, Gillard has turned Rudd into a three-time loser.
The man who had the opportunity within his grasp has quite probably missed his last chance to regain the leadership. Given bad odds if he challenged, Rudd opted for the apparent safety of the middle ground - a numerical no-show. He needed to play "to win" and make more of an effort to shift the caucus his way.
The fallout has been bloody. Key Rudd supporters have suffered - by last night seven MPs had been dumped or resigned from positions of responsibility and it wasn't expected to end there - and they won't want to put their necks on the line again. Rudd now has a serious deficit of credibility as an alternative leader. Yesterday a spokesman released a statement saying "there are no circumstances under which he will return to the Labor Party leadership in the future".
Rudd's poll standings are high among people who do not know him - the public.
But he cannot shift the opinions of a sizeable section of a critical constituency - his colleagues - even though changing the leader now would have at least given the party enough time to ease him in before the election.
Gillard had hoped that her victory over Rudd a year ago would put an end to the regular sniping from his faction which has proved a major distraction for the Government and easy meat for the Opposition.
The polls have shown that in times of relative party peace and organisation, Labor's numbers improve and have at times been competitive with the Coalition.
If, as seems likely, Labor lose the election, who in the party will get the blame? Most likely Rudd and his forces. They refused to take defeat and shut up, failing to give their party a chance to build confidence with the electorate.
And surely the party, should it lose, would want to move on with a fresh face and fresh start rather than return to a symbol of past division.
Gillard has once again displayed her Aussie battler toughness, her fraternal enemies temporarily cowed.
But she is limping to the line, unpopular in the streets and suffering from many old wounds.
It all brings to mind another line from Game of Thrones: "power resides where men believe it resides".
The public, pollsters and pundits believe power really resides not with the Government but with the government-in-waiting - Tony Abbott's Coalition.
The big loser this week was Rudd but the underlying election trajectory hasn't changed. There is so little time for Labor to turn it around.


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Iranian filmmaker to discuss work, March 8
Posted February 28, 2007; 05:42 p.m.
Abbas Kiarostami, an internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker, will discuss his work at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 8, in the Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
Kiarostami will be in the United States for the opening of a major retrospective of his films and photographic work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which will run through May 28. He will speak at Princeton along with Hunter College film historian Ivone Margulies.
Kiarostami's 1994 film "Through the Olive Trees" will be screened at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 4, in the Stewart Film Theater.
One of the founders of the New Wave period in Iranian cinema in the 1970s, Kiarostami makes films that play with the relationship between documentary and fiction. He has received numerous international honors, including the Cannes Film Festival's top prize, the Palme d'Or, for "Taste of Cherry" in 1997, the Jury Grand Prize at the Venice Film Festival for "The Wind Will Carry Us" in 1999 and the Akira Kurosawa Lifetime Achievement Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 2000.
Kiarostami founded the Cinema Department at the Institute of the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, one of Iran's most prestigious film studios. He also has published works of poetry and collections of his photography.
The lecture is sponsored by the Program in Visual Arts as part of the John Sacret Young '69 Spring Lecture Series. It is co-sponsored by the Committee for Film Studies, the Program in Media and Modernity, the Department of Near Eastern Studies, the Department of German and the Department of Art and Archaeology.


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I just got my copy of Training a Retriever Puppy by Bill Hillmann. I watch up through day 15 which seems like a great approach. I have actually bought and watched all his other DVD's prior to this one so it was right in line with his other DVD's as far as techniques which I love his approach. I am plan on following his methods all the way through my formal training.
The "days" are definitely a little confusing as from my reading on RTF that these are not days but "sessions". No biggie, just take it slow and progress each training session.
One thing that stood out was that Bill does not use the word "here" during his initial training before the sit command is solid. My question is, do you not use the command "here" for everyday activity around the house, playing, etc? So no use of the "here" command at all until the pup has sit down solid? Or do you just not use it during these training sessions?
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Alternate name: Hercules'-club, Prickly Ash
Family: Araliaceae, Ginseng view all from this family
Description Aralia spinosa is an aromatic spiny deciduous shrub or small tree growing 2–8 m (6–25 ft) tall, with a simple or occasionally branched stem with very large bipinnate leaves 70–120 cm (28–48 in) long. The trunks are up to 15–20 cm (6–8 in) in diameter, with the plants umbrella-like in habit with open crowns. The young stems are stout and thickly covered with sharp spines. The plants generally grow in clusters of branchless trunks, although stout wide-spreading branches are occasionally produced.
The flowers are creamy-white, individually small (about 5 mm or 0.2 in across) but produced in large composite panicles 30–60 cm (12–24 in) long; flowering is in the late summer. The fruit is a purplish-black berry 6–8 mm (0.24–0.3 in) in diameter, ripening in the fall. The roots are thick and fleshy.
The doubly or triply compound leaves are the largest of any temperate tree in the continental United States, often about a meter (three feet) long and 60 cm (two feet) wide, with leaflets about 5-8 cm (2-3 in) long. The petioles are prickly, with swollen bases. In the autumn the leaves turn to a peculiar bronze red touched with yellow which makes the tree conspicuous and attractive.
The habit of growth and general appearance of Aralia spinosa and related tree-forming Aralia species are unique. It is usually found as a group of unbranched stems, rising to the height of 3.5–6 m (12–20 ft), which bear upon their summits a crowded cluster of doubly or triply compound leaves, thus giving to each stem a certain tropical palm-like appearance. In the south it is said to reach the height of 15 m (50 ft), still retaining its palm-like aspect. However, further north, the slender, swaying, palm-like appearance is most characteristic of younger plants that have not been damaged by winter storms.
Bark: Light brown, divided into rounded broken ridges. Branchlets one-half to two-thirds of an inch in diameter, armed with stout, straight or curved, scattered prickles and nearly encircled by narrow leaf scars. At first light yellow brown, shining and dotted, later light brown.
Wood: Brown with yellow streaks; light, soft, brittle, close-grained.
Winter buds: Terminal bud chestnut brown, one-half to three-fourths of an inch long, conical, blunt; axillary buds flattened, triangular, one-fourth of an inch in length.
Leaves: Clustered at the end of the branches, compound, bi- and tri-pinnate, three to four feet long, two and a half feet broad. The pinnae are unequally pinnate, having five or six pairs of leaflets and a long stalked terminal leaflet; these leaflets are often themselves pinnate. The last leaflets are ovate, two to three inches long, wedge-shaped or rounded at base, serrate or dentate, acute; midrib and primary veins prominent. They come out of the bud a bronze green, shining, somewhat hairy; when full grown are dark green above, pale beneath; midribs frequently furnished with prickles. Petioles stout, light brown, eighteen to twenty inches in length, clasping, armed with prickles. Stipules acute, one-half inch long.
Flowers: July, August. Perfect or polygamomonoecious, cream white, borne in many-flowered umbels arranged in compound panicles, forming a terminal racemose cluster, three to four feet in length which rises, solitary or two or three together, above the spreading leaves. Bracts and bractlets lanceolate, acute, persistent.
Calyx: Calyx tube coherent with the ovary, minutely five-toothed.
Corolla: Petals five, white, inserted on margin of the disk, acute, slightly inflexed at the apex, imbricate in bud.
Stamens: Five, inserted on margin of the disk, alternate with the petals; filaments thread-like; anthers oblong, attached on the back, introrse, two-celled; cells opening longitudinally.
Pistil: Ovary inferior, five-celled; styles five, connivent; stigmas capitate.
Fruit: Berry-like drupe, globular, black, one-fourth of an inch long, five-angled, crowned with the blackened styles. Flesh thin, dark.
Habitat Canyons & valleys, Watersides (fresh).
Range Mid-Atlantic, Plains, Florida, Southeast, Texas, Great Lakes, New England.
Comments Colonizes freely by rhizomes and suckers. These can be dug out, but A. spinosa is still far too aggressive for small spaces. A pioneering species in the wild, this plant often disappears as the forest develops around it.
Exposure Preference Partial shade.
Flower June - August
Native Distribution Florida to e. Texas, n. to New York & Ohio R. valley; naturalized northward
Site Preference Open woods; thickets; flood plains; rocky pastures
Soil Preference Moist, well-drained, fertile to poor soils. pH tolerant.
Wildlife Value Seeds are favored by birds; leaves are browsed by deer.


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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The head of the International Monetary Fund on Sunday welcomed the Bank of Japan's new aggressive easing program as a helpful step to support global growth.
"Monetary policies—including unconventional measures—have helped prop up the advanced economies, and, in turn, global growth. The reforms just announced by the Bank of Japan are another welcome step in this direction," said Christine Lagarde, the IMF's managing director, in a speech to a conference on the Asia economy in Hainan, China.
New BOJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda last week announced an expansion of purchases of government bonds. Under the plan, the central bank will buy JGBs so that their amount outstanding will increase at an annual pace of about ¥50 trillion ($530 billion). The steps are designed to boost inflation to a 2% rate.
Lagarde cautioned that monetary policy cannot "shoulder the lion's share" of the effort to spur growth.
"There could also be unintended consequences — including from exit — that policy makers need to plan and watch for," Lagarde said.
She said that Japan also needs to find a lasting way to lower its budget deficit.
U.S. week ahead: Fed, earnings
The Fed releases minutes from its March meeting and earnings seasons kicks off. Photo: Getty Images
The IMF is set to release an update on the global economy in the coming week.
In a brief preview, without the numbers, Lagarde said the report would show, "a substantial portion of the global economy looks better today than it did last year."
"Growth continues to strengthen and broaden among the emerging and developing economies. And we are beginning to see momentum pick up in the U.S.," Lagarde said.
But there are still risks from a "patchy recovery," and "fiscal risks" including the need for Congress to raise the debt ceiling again, she said.


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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 2:13 PM GMT on September 21, 2010
Hurricane Igor is tenaciously hanging on as a Category 1 hurricane, and is causing trouble in Newfoundland, Canada. Winds at Sagona Island, over 100 miles to the northwest of Igor's center, were sustained at 68 mph, gusting to 86, this morning, and were 56 mph, gusting to 84, at St. Pierre. Offshore, at the Newfoundland Grand Banks Buoy, winds peaked at 56 mph and significant wave heights hit 39 feet as the center of Igor passed by. Rainfall amounts of 3 - 5 inches are possible for the capital of St. Johns, where winds are already at 29 mph, gusting to 43 mph. Weather radar out of St. Johns is estimating rainfall amounts of up to 1/2 inch per hour from Igor.
Figure 1. Hurricane Igor as seen by the MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra satellite at 11:15 am EDT Monday September 20, 2010. Image credit: NASA.
Potentially dangerous Caribbean disturbance 95L forms
A tropical wave (Invest 95L) moving westward at 10 - 15 mph though the Lesser Antilles Islands is bringing gusty winds and heavy rain to the islands this morning, and has the potential to develop into a dangerous Caribbean tropical storm or hurricane late this week. The wave brought sustained winds of 30 mph to Barbados this morning, and heavy rain squalls will continue over the Lesser Antilles today. Radar from Curacao and satellite loops show that 95L's thunderstorm activity is disorganized, though increasing in areal coverage and intensity. Wind shear over the Caribbean is very low, less than 5 knots, and is forecast to remain low for the rest of the week. Water temperatures and oceanic heat content in the Caribbean are at their highest levels in recorded history, so there is plenty of fuel for development. NHC is giving the disturbance a 20% chance of developing into a tropical depression by Thursday. I'd put the odds higher, at 30%.
The wave should continue moving westward near 10 - 15 mph through Friday, when it will arrive near the northern coast of Nicaragua. Most of the models show some development of 95L by Thursday or Friday, and the disturbance will bring heavy rains to the Netherlands Antilles Islands and north coast of South America on Wednesday and Thursday as passes to the north. Heavy rains may also spread to Southwest Haiti and Jamaica on Thursday. When 95L reaches the Western Caribbean Friday, steering currents will weaken and the storm will slow, potentially bringing life-threatening heavy rains on Friday and Saturday to northern Nicaragua and northern Honduras. If the center of 95L remains over water, the storm could easily develop into a powerful and dangerous hurricane over the Western Caribbean this weekend. With a strong trough of low pressure expected to dive southwards over the Eastern U.S. and form a "cut-off" upper level low over the Southeast U.S. this weekend, this potential hurricane could get drawn northwards across western Cuba into the Gulf of Mexico. Equally likely scenarios are that 95L will stay in the Western Caribbean, or that the storm will make landfall over Nicaragua and dissipate on Friday, and never reach the Western Caribbean. It is too early to assign probabilities on which of these three scenarios is the most likely.
Figure 2. Morning satellite image of the potentially dangerous Caribbean disturbance 95L.
Tropical Storm Lisa forms
Tropical Storm Lisa, the 12th named storm of this exceptionally active 2010 Atlantic hurricane season, is now churning over the waters of the far Eastern Atlantic. Lisa is currently in an environment of low wind shear, 5 - 10 knots, which is expected to continue through Thursday. Sea Surface Temperatures are a little cool, just 27°C, and there is some dry air to the north which may slow down development. Lisa is not likely to intensify into a hurricane, which would break our string of three straight major hurricanes that have developed (Igor, Julia, and Karl.) By Thursday, upper level winds out of the west are expected to increase, bringing high wind shear of 20 - 45 knots over Lisa for the remainder of the week. It appears unlikely that Lisa will affect any land areas.
Typhoon Fanapi deluges China
Typhoon Fanapi made landfall in mainland China about 150 miles east-northeast of Hong Kong Monday morning as a Category 1 storm with 75 mph winds, dumping the heaviest rains seen in a century to the southern Guangdong Province of China, according to the provincial weather bureau. Rainfall amounts of 550 mm (21.6") were recorded in the hardest-hit Shuangyao Township in Yangchun City. Thousands of people are stranded due to washed out roads and bridges in the region. In Taiwan, where Fanapi struck as a Category 2 typhoon with 105 mph winds on Sunday, the damage total is estimated at $210 million. Fanapi killed three people on the island, and brought rains of up to 1400 mm (4.6 feet) to mountainous regions in the interior. Taipei 101, the second tallest building in the world with more than 100 stories, reportedly swayed some 15 cm in Fanapi's winds.
Georgette soaks Baja
Tropical Storm Georgette has formed in the Eastern Pacific, just off the coast of Baja California. Georgette is just the seventh named storm of a near-record quiet season, and the first storm in the Eastern Pacific since Hurricane Frank died on August 28. Georgette's main threat is heavy rain, as the storm is expected to make landfall over Baja California later today and rapidly weaken into a tropical depression by Wednesday.
Elsewhere in the tropics
The GFS model predicts a series of three tropical distubances will develop in the Caribbean over the next 1 - 2 weeks. The NOGAPS model predicts a new tropical depression will form off the coast of Africa about seven days from now.
Third warmest August on record for the globe, and 2nd warmest summer, says NOAA
August 2010 was the globe's third warmest August on record, behind 1998 and 2009, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies rated August 2010 the seventh warmest August on record. Both NOAA and NASA rated the year-to-date period, January - August, as the warmest such period on record. August 2010 global ocean temperatures were the sixth warmest on record, land temperatures were the second warmest on record, Northern Hemisphere temperatures the warmest on record, and global satellite-measured temperatures for the lowest 8 km of the atmosphere the warmest on record (Remote Sensing Systems data) or 2nd warmest on record (University of Alabama Huntsville data.)
The summer of 2010 was the second warmest summer on record, behind 1998, according to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), and the 4th warmest summer on record according to NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. It was the warmest summer on record over land areas, and fifth warmest for ocean areas, according to NOAA.
For those interested, NCDC has a page of notable weather highlights from August 2010.
Figure 3. Departure of surface temperature from average for August, 2010. Image credit: National Climatic Data Center (NCDC).
La Niña intensifies and approaches the "strong" category
The equatorial Eastern Pacific Ocean is nearing strong La Niña conditions. Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) over the tropical Eastern Pacific in the area 5°N - 5°S, 120°W - 170°W, also called the "Niña 3.4 region", dropped to 1.5 - 1.6°C below average during the first two weeks of September, according to NOAA. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology put this number at 1.3°C below average (as of September 19.) Moderate La Niña conditions are defined as occurring when this number is 1.0°C - 1.5°C below average. Temperatures colder than 1.5°C below average would qualify as strong La Niña conditions. NOAA is maintaining its La Niña advisory, and expects La Niña conditions to last through the coming spring.
Both El Niño and La Niña events have major impacts on regional and global weather patterns. For the next month, we can expect La Niña to bring cloudier and wetter than average conditions to the Caribbean, but weather patterns over North America should not see much impact. Globally, La Niña conditions tend to cause a net cooling of surface temperatures. Thus, while the past twelve month period has been the warmest globally since record keeping began in 1880, the calendar year of 2010 may end up just shy of being classified as the warmest year ever.
August 2010 Arctic sea ice extent 2nd lowest on record
Northern Hemisphere sea ice extent in August 2010 was the second lowest in the 31-year satellite record behind 2007, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Strong high pressure centered north of Alaska, combined with low pressure over Siberia (the Arctic Dipole Anomaly), acted together to produce a strong flow of warm air into the Arctic, causing the near-record melting. Ice volume in August was the lowest on record for August, according to University of Washington Polar Ice Center. Arctic sea ice is currently near its annual minimum, and 2010 will end up having the second or third lowest extent on record, behind 2007 (and possibly 2008.) The fabled Northwest Passage through the normally ice-choked waters of Canada, as well as the Northeast Passage along the coast of northern Russia, remained open for ice-free navigation as of September 21, and have been ice-free for a month. This is the third consecutive year--and third time in recorded history--that both passages have melted open. Mariners have been attempting to sail these passages since 1497, and 2005 was the first year either of these passages reported ice-free conditions; 2008 was the first year both passages melted free.
"Hurricane Haven" airing this afternoon
Tune into another airing of my live Internet radio show, "Hurricane Haven", at 4pm EDT today. The call in number is 415-983-2634, or you can post a question to firstname.lastname@example.com. Be sure to include "Hurricane Haven question" in the subject line.
Today's show will be about 30 minutes, and you can tune in at http://www.wunderground.com/wxradio/wubroadcast.h tml. The show will be recorded and stored as a podcast.
My next post will be Wednesday morning.
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Folks from Tennessee may want to call Senator Alexander at 202-224-4944 to ask him to sponsor SB 170.
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Tennessee Senator Holds Key Vote to Protect Hunting on Public Land
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Senator Lamar Alexander is in a key position to help pass legislation that would protect hunting, fishing and recreational shooting on millions of acres of federal public land. Senate Bill 170, sponsored by Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski and West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin, states that fishing, hunting and recreational shooting have a key place on National Forests and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands. It provides protections for these activities against attacks by the animal rights lobby, which has fought to stop hunting on all public lands.
The key provision of the Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act (S.170) is the Open Until Closed language, which mandates that National Forest and BLM lands are open to hunting, fishing and recreational shooting unless specific steps are taken to close those lands for necessary and demonstrable reasons.
Open Until Closed is a game changer for the future of hunting, fishing and recreational shooting on public land. It closes the door on abusive lawsuits filed by animal rights groups intended to shut American sportsmen and women out of millions of acres of Forest Service land and Bureau of Land Management land. The U.S. Sportsmens Alliance advocated and led the passage of a similar law in 1997 that now protects sportsmens access to millions of acres of National Wildlife Refuge land.
To have a chance to pass the Senate, S.170 will need to attract support from Senators from both parties and from all regions of the country.
Take Action! Senator Alexander is key because he is from a state where hunting is prominent and he is up for re-election in 2014. Sportsmen should call 202-224-4944 to ask him to cosponsor S.170 because it is vital to the future of hunting on public lands.
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According to Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh teammate Sidney Crosby's agent, Pat Brisson, has spoken with the KHL's Metallurg Magnitogorsk about the possibility of joining the team.
Erik Karlsson has revealed that he has been playing for nearly a month with two hairline fractures in his left heel.
Marian Gaborik has undergone an unspecified procedure that will prevent him from being ready for training camp.
Joe Thornton was playing with a torn MCL and ACL in the playoffs.
Carey Price would like to sign an extension with the Montreal Canadiens.
Andrei Markov would like to finish his career with the Montreal Canadiens.
Dennis Seidenberg has agreed to a one-year, $1.25 million extension with the New York Islanders.
Marcus Johansson scored a late tying goal and an overtime winner in Game 6 to lead the Capitals to a wild 2-1 overtime win over the Maple Leafs on Sunday evening.
Johnny Gaudreau was named a finalist for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy on Sunday.
Clarke MacArthur netted the overtime winner in Ottawa's 3-2 victory against Boston in Game 6 Sunday afternoon.
David Krejci (lower body) isn't available for Game 6 on Sunday.
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A photo of the W.S. Reid Stables in the early 1930's. The stables are believed to have been on West Washington Street, near the present hardware store. Walker Sydney Reid (1885-1975), left, is shown standing with Pete Bearden and two mules. This photo and another were taken to celebrate the sale of the mules by Mr. Reid to Mr. Bearden. Photo courtesy of Mr. Reid's grandson, Stratton Hicky.