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ALBANY, GA (WALB) - An Albany murder trial had to be stopped for the day when the defense attorney became ill. The trial is scheduled to resume Friday.
54 year old John Dodson, Junior is on trial charged with murder, armed robbery, and aggravated assault.
His lawyer, Jerry Brimberry, became ill during the trial Thursday morning, and the Judge continued it.
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Yields 40 rectangular cookies or 24 cookie wedges
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Baked and cooled cookies can be layered between sheets of parchment or waxed paper in an airtight container and stored at room temperature for up to 4 days.
nutrition information (per serving): Calories (kcal): 120; Fat (g): 7; Fat Calories (kcal): 60; Saturated Fat (g): 4.5; Protein (g): 1; Monounsaturated Fat (g): 2; Carbohydrates (g): 12; Polyunsaturated Fat (g): 0; Sodium (mg): 60; Cholesterol (mg): 20; Fiber (g): 0;
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by perlgrrl, 7/1/2012These are wonderful. I made them for my wedding as favors, and everyone raved about them. The cardamom adds just the right hint of spice to balance the shortbread. They are so easy to make and also freeze well.
by Lupini, 11/28/2011Years ago I used to enjoy a wholewheat version of regular shortbread in England. I love this recipe because it works great with a couple of changes....... Substitute all the white flour for wholewheat. Substitute all the white powder sugar for brown, or even better muscovada. Add a handful or so of chopped pistachios. Yum! Yum!


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[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] heard oral arguments [day call, PDF; merit briefs] Wednesday in two cases. In Carr v. United States [oral arguments transcript, PDF; JURIST report], the court heard arguments on whether the failure to register provision [18 USC § 2250] of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) can be applied retroactively to underlying offenses occurring before SORNA's enactment. The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that, since the violation of failing to register was not complete when SORNA became applicable to the defendant, his rights under the ex post facto clause were not violated [opinion, PDF]. Counsel for the petitioner argued that statutory interpretation principles require that the provision not be applied retroactively:
When Congress uses ordinary words in the statute, those words should get their ordinary meaning. In SORNA, the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, Congress did use ordinary words, and it used them in an ordinary way. But the government proposes that those words be given a most extraordinary reading.
[JURIST] Four Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees have been transferred to Albania and Spain, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] announced Wednesday. Three detainees, Tunisia native Aleh Bin Hadi Asasi, Egypt native Sharif Fati Ali al Mishad, and Libya native Abdul Rauf Omar Mohammad Abu al Qusin, were transferred to Albania [press release] and the fourth, an unidentified detainee from the Palestinian territories, was transferred to Spain [press release]. The transfers, approved with unanimous consent by the Guantanamo Bay Task Force, add to the more than 580 Guantanamo detainees transferred to other nations since 2002. There are still 188 remaining at the Guantanamo facility in Cuba. Earlier this month, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos announced that Spain would accept five Guantanamo detainees [JURIST report]. The country had previously agreed [JURIST report] to accept only two detainees, one Yemeni and one Palestinian, in response to a June request by the Obama administration, which continues its push to close the Guantanamo Bay facility, despite missing its self-imposed one-year deadline in January. The administration has run into several hurdles in closing the prison, including opposition from members of Congress and the suspension of detainee transfers to Yemen [JURIST report]. Spain and Albania join the growing list of countries that have recently accepted transfers, including Latvia, Switzerland, Slovakia, Afghanistan, Palau , Bermuda, Algeria and Somaliland [JURIST reports].
[JURIST] Twelve high-ranking Turkish military officers were formally charged on Wednesday for their role in an alleged plot to overthrow Turkey's government. Among those charged [Hurriyet report] were four admirals, two retired colonels, and a retired brigadier general. More than 50 officers were arrested [Reuters report] on Monday, including former Navy Commander Adm. Ozden Ornek and former Air Force Commander Gen. Ibrahim Firtina. Turkey's Chief of General Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug [official profile] is scheduled to meet [AFP report] with President Abdullah Gul [official website, in Turkish] and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday to discuss the detentions. The officers are accused of participating in the 2003 Balyoz Security Operation Plan [Taraf report, in Turkish], or "Sledgehammer plot," revealed last month by the newspaper Taraf [official website, in Turkish], which included detailed plans to bomb Istanbul mosques and provoke Greece into shooting down a Turkish plane.Turkey's secular nationalist establishment, including the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) [official website, in Turkish], has long conflicted with the ruling Justice Development Party (AKP) [party website, in Turkish]. In July 2009, Gul approved [JURIST report] a law that would allow the prosecution of military personnel in civilian courts and would prevent military prosecution of civilians during peacetime. Gul said that the law was necessary for accession [JURIST report] to the European Union (EU) [official website]. The Sledgehammer plot is similar to the Ergenekon [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] conspiracy, in which the secular group is suspected of planning to overthrow [JURIST report] the AKP. The Ergenekon group is also alleged to be involved in bombings, political assassination plots, and the death of journalist Hrant Dink [BBC obituary]. The probe into the Ergenekon conspiracy has been criticized as an attempt by the AKP to silence opposition and further its imposition of Islamic principles [JURIST report] in violation of Turkey's secular constitution [text]. Trials against the Ergenekon group [JURIST report] opened two years ago with more than 200 suspects in custody.
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Wednesday ruled [opinion, PDF] 9-0 in Maryland v. Shatzer [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report] that the Edwards v. Arizona [opinion text] prohibition against interrogation of a suspect who has invoked the Fifth Amendment right to counsel does not require suppression of statements if, after the suspect asks for counsel, there is a break of more than two years before resuming interrogation. The Court of Appeals of Maryland had ruled [opinion, PDF] that there was no break in custody and that the Edwards prohibition against interrogation still applied. Delivering the opinion of the Court, Justice Antonin Scalia explained:
It is easy to believe that a suspect may be coerced or badgered into abandoning his earlier refusal to be questioned without counsel in the paradigm Edwards case...in which the suspect has been arrested for a particular crime and is held in uninterrupted pretrial custody while that crime is being actively investigated. After the initial interrogation, and up to and including the second one, he remains cut off from his normal life and companions...[If] a suspect has been released from his pretrial custody and has returned to his normal life for some time before the later attempted interrogation, there is little reason to think that his change of heart regarding interrogation without counsel has been coerced....In these circumstances, it is far fetched to think that a police officers asking the suspect whether he would like to waive his Miranda rights will any more "wear down the accused," than did the first such request at the original attempted interrogation which is of course not deemed coercive. [citations omitted]
[JURIST] The Hungarian Parliament [official website, in Hungarian] passed a bill on Monday that prohibits denials of the Holocaust [JURIST news archive]. The law, which passed 197-1 [Politics.hu report] with 142 members abstaining, makes denying the Holocaust a criminal offense punishable by up to 3 years in prison. The bill was proposed by Attila Mesterházy [official profile, in Hungarian], the Hungarian Socialist Party [official website, in Hungarian] candidate for prime minister, and was the final item considered before the parliament breaks for April elections. The bill now moves to Hungarian President László Sólyom [official website, in Hungarian] for approval. A measure put forward by the opposition Fidesz [party website, in Hungarian] party to similarly criminalize the denial of human rights violations committed by the country's former Communist regime was defeated 178-146 [Haaretz report]. Two previous proposals to criminalize hate speech were struck down by the Constitutional Court of Hungary [official website, in Hungarian] in 2008 on the grounds that they were unconstitutional infringements [JURIST report] on the freedom of expression, and that the targeted speech was already marginalized. Hungary is home to more than 50,000 Jews, giving it the largest Jewish population among the eastern members of the EU.Hungary is not alone in attempting to criminalize denial of early 20th-century atrocities. In November, the German Federal Constitutional Court [official website, in German] upheld [JURIST report] legislation prohibiting public support and justification of the Nazi regime. In 2007, the European Union approved [JURIST report] a framework aimed at criminalizing denial of the Holocaust and other genocides after six years of contentious debate. In 2006, British politicians, writers and comedians urged members of the UK House of Commons [official website] to accept freedom of speech revisions in the controversial Racial and Religious Hatred Bill [text; BBC Q & A], which had been amended] by the British House of Lords [official website] to restrict punishable actions to "threatening words or behavior" rather than including words which may be insulting or abusive.
[JURIST] An Italian court on Wednesday found three Google [corporate website] executives guilty of privacy violations for allowing a video depicting bullying to be posted on its website. The court in Milan found that the three men, David Carl Drummond, George De Los Reyes, and Peter Fleitcher, violated the privacy rights [ANSA report] of a young man with Down's Syndrome when they allowed a video showing his classmates bullying him to remain on the Google Italy website from September to November 2006. All three men were given a suspended sentence, though prosecutors had asked for a one-year imprisonment. A fourth defendant, Arvind Desikan, was found not guilty of privacy invasion, and a defamation claim against all four defendants was dismissed. Google's Deputy General Counsel reacted to the news quickly, with a strongly-worded statement [Google Blog post] calling the decision an attack on "the very principles of freedom on which the Internet is built," and promising to appeal the ruling.Wednesday's ruling is the latest in a string of privacy-related legal troubles for Google. Last week, an internet privacy group filed a complaint [JURIST report] with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate whether Google's new Buzz service violates privacy laws and Google's own terms of service. Canada's Privacy Commissioner also raised concerns [press release] about the privacy protections present in the new social networking service. In January, Google threatened to withdraw [JURIST report] its services from China after hackers based in that country accessed e-mail addresses and other information from the accounts of human rights activists in December 2009.
[JURIST] The Irish Special Criminal Court [official website] on Wednesday dismissed the case against the only man criminally convicted for a role in the 1998 Omagh bombing [BBC archive; JURIST news archive], finding [RTE News report] that the evidence against Colm Murphy was not strong enough to support the conviction. In 2002, The Special Criminal Court originally sentenced Murphy to 14 years in prison for providing cell phones to those who planted the bomb. Murphy was granted a retrial [JURIST report] in 2005 when the appeals court found that the evidence against him had been mishandled by the police. During the retrial, the court found that the tainted evidence, which included false statements and illegal references to Murphy's previous convictions, could not support the case.Despite the lack of criminal convictions related to the bombing, which killed twenty-nine people and injured hundreds more, a civil lawsuit was successfully brought against those involved. In June, the Belfast High Court found [judgment text; JURIST report] four men, including Murphy, responsible for the bombing and awarded £1.64 million to 12 plaintiffs. In December 2007, a Belfast judge found Sean Gerard Hoey not guilty of murder [JURIST report] in relation to the bombing, ruling that there was insufficient DNA evidence linking Hoey to the bomb to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he made the device. In 2005, the Irish Public Prosecution Service dropped charges [JURIST report] against another suspect, Anthony Joseph Donegan.
[JURIST] A Haitian judge on Tuesday announced the forthcoming release of the last two US missionaries out of a group of 10 who were arrested on kidnapping charges [JURIST report] following the January 12 earthquake [JURIST news archive]. Eight members of the missionary group affiliated with the Central Valley Baptist Church [official website] of Idaho and the New Life Children's Refuge Charity [BBC profile] were released [JURIST report] last week. Laura Silsby, who is the leader of the group, and her assistant Charisa Coulter met with Judge Bernard Sainvil, who told [Reuters report] reporters that the women would be freed because there was no evidence of a crime. Silsby and Coulter had consistently denied any wrongdoing and said they only sought to help children who were suffering after the quake. The Americans were charged [JURIST report] in connection with their attempt to take 33 children across the Haitian border into the Dominican Republic, where the group stated they hoped to start an orphanage. Haitian authorities asserted, however, that many of the children were not orphans, but had been given up by their parents when the missionaries promised a better life for the children. The 10 were each charged with one count of kidnapping and one count of criminal association. Even as American and Haitian lawyers worked toward their release last week, it was reported that the eight released missionaries accused [NYT report] Silsby and Coulter of misleading them. The 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused massive damage to property and infrastructure in Haiti, and the death toll has now been estimated at 230,000.
[JURIST] US Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey Jr. [official profile, PDF] said Tuesday that he would not support a moratorium on discharging individuals from the military pursuant to the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy while Congress conducted a review of the practice. Casey, the highest-ranking officer in the US Army, made the statement while testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee [official website] regarding the 2011 Defense Authorization Request. When asked by Committee Chairperson Carl Levin (D-MI) if he would oppose such a moratorium, Casey expressed concern [committee webcast] that a moratorium would complicate the process of reviewing the policy, adding, "we would be put in the position of implementing [a repeal] while we were studying it." Secretary of the Army John McHugh [official profile] also testified, saying that the Department of the Army would not object to such a moratorium if passed by Congress, despite potential legal issues regarding ongoing discharges, but that his personal preference would be to not have a moratorium. Leaders from the Department of the Navy is scheduled to testify [hearing calendar] before the Armed Services Committee on Thursday, and they will likely face similar questions.Earlier this month, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates [official profile] announced the creation of a panel [JURIST report] to study the effects of repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and to provide a plan for implementing such a repeal. That same day, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen announced his support [NYT report] for repealing the policy. The possible change in policy has been an important issue for President Barack Obama, highlighted by its inclusion in the State of the Union address in January. Last month, Admiral Mullen's legal advisers suggested [JURIST report] that he delay any internal efforts to repeal the policy until 2011. In October, Obama pledged [JURIST report] to end the controversial policy.
[JURIST] The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) [official website] announced [press release, PDF] Tuesday that another round of formal climate talks will be held April 9-11 in Bonn, Germany to follow up on the recent UN Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen, Denmark [official website; JURIST report]. The decision to hold another session was made by the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties [UNFCCC backgrounder] during its first meeting this year in Bonn. UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer [UN profile] gave the reasoning for the new session:
Following the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, this constitutes a quick return to the negotiations. The decision to intensify the negotiating schedule underlines the commitment by governments to move the negotiations forward towards success in Cancun. This is further strengthened by the number of countries that have written to the secretariat with their country communications since Copenhagen.
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Mark Anthony Myrie, best known as Buju Banton, was born the youngest of 15 children on July 15, 1973 in the Kingston, Jamaica slum of Salt Lane. He started deejaying and "toasting" (speaking over music tracks) at age 13, and began recording music soon after. One of his biggest singles almost derailed his career: "Boom Bye Bye" advocated violence against gays, causing rabid protests against the performer, and forcing promoters around the world to cancel his concerts.
Early Life
Born in Kingston, Jamaica on July 15, 1973, Mark Anthony Myrie, better known as Buju Banton, had a love for music at an early age. "Buju," a word for breadfruit often used for chubby children, was a childhood nickname. He later adopted Banton as a tribute to one of his early musical influences, deejay Burro Banton. By age 13, Banton was performing with local sound systems, and a chance meeting with producer Robert French led to his first recorded single, "The Ruler." After taking a break to allow his voice to mature, Banton returned to recording with a rough, aggressive growl that would become his trademark.
Lyrical Controversy
Banton courted controversy in the early 1990s with his first major hit on the Penthouse label: "Love Me Browning" detailed his love of light-skinned women, and drew backlash from Jamaica's large dark-skinned population. After recording a follow-up single, "Love Black Woman," to appease his growing fan base, he found soon found controversy again with 1992's "Boom Bye Bye."
First recorded in 1988, when Banton was 15, "Boom Bye Bye" was re-released in 1992, and was reportedly inspired by an infamous man/boy rape case that occurred in Jamaica. The track advocated murderous violence toward gays, causing an international uproar. Gay and human rights advocates worldwide protested the song's homophobic lyrics, and successfully pressured promoters in several countries to cancel Banton's shows. The controversy created by the song almost destroyed Banton's career.
Acclaimed Musical Career
Nineteen ninety-two proved to be watershed year in more ways than one. Banton broke Bob Marley's record for the most No. 1 singles in a single year, with the help of his debut album, Mr. Mention.
Over his more than 20-year career, Banton has worked with some of reggae and dancehall's most prominent producers, including Bunny Lee, Winston Riley, Patrick Roberts and Donovan Germain. The increasing violence of mid-1990s Jamaica inspired Banton and other leading artists to embrace Rastafari teachings in their music and reach out to youth. Banton's hit single, "Murderer," inspired by the brutal murder of his friend and fellow deejay, Panhead, touched on the personal toll of violence.
Banton won Grammy Awards for best reggae album in 2009 and 2011, respectively, for the albums Rasta Got Soul and Before the Dawn.
Criminal Charges
In 2011, Banton was convicted of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense and using a telephone to facilitate a drug trafficking offense. He was sentenced to 10 years in U.S. prison.
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The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held in 1959, after Walk of Fame recording executives compiled a list of industry leaders who they realized would never get a star on Hollywood Boulevard, but deserved recognition. The group helped found the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, and named their award the "Grammy" as a nod to Edison's gramophone. Since then, hundreds of music industry members have received Grammys for their notable accomplishments in the field of music and recording. Here are the many winners of this now-prestigious award.
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Oracle® Application Express Application Builder User's Guide Release 4.1 Part Number E21674-05 |
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When you log in to Oracle Application Express, the Workspace home page appears. A workspace is a virtual private database allowing multiple users to work within the same Oracle Application Express installation while keeping their objects, data and applications private.
The following large icons display in the center of the page:
Application Builder. Use Application Builder to assemble an HTML interface (or application) on top of database objects such as tables and procedures. See "Application Builder Concepts" and "Using Application Builder".
SQL Workshop. Use the SQL Workshop to access tools for viewing and managing database objects. See Oracle Application Express SQL Workshop Guide.
Team Development. Use Team Development to track new features, non-feature related tasks (or To Do tasks), bugs, and milestones. Users can also provide real-time feedback which then can be categorized into features, general tasks, or bugs. See "Managing the Development Process".
Administration links to the Workspace Administration page. See "Workspace and Application Administration" in Oracle Application Express Administration Guide.
Click the Learn more link in the About box to view an informative introduction to Oracle Application Express. Topics covered include architecture, self service, security, Websheets, application development, SQL Workshop, Team Development, administration, and managing development.
About the System Message and News Regions
The system message displays at the top of the Workspace home page. The News region displays in the center of the page. Use these regions to communicate with other users in the workspace. To learn more, see "Defining a System Message" in Oracle Application Express Administration Guide and "Managing News Entries".
About Top Applications and Top Users
The Top Applications and Top Users dashboards display at the bottom of the page. These regions offer real time information about development activities in the current workspace.
The Search Workspace field displays in the upper right corner of the Workspace home page. Use this field to search for application names, application ID and page, workspace images, workspace theme names, and other workspace components. By default, this field is case sensitive and supports regular expressions.
For example, to navigate to a specific application and page use the following formats:
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is the numeric identification number (or ID) that identifies an application.
is the numeric identification number that identifies a specific page.
Consider the following examples:
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This region displays whether a newer version of Oracle Application Express or Oracle Application Express Listener is available.
The Accessibility Mode list displays in the lower right side of the page. Use the Accessibility Mode list to identify if a page is optimized for screen readers. Available options include: Standard, Screen Reader, and High Contrast. To learn more, see "Accessibility in Oracle Application Express", "Using Screen Reader Mode in Your Database Applications", and "Using High Contrast Mode in Your Database Applications".


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Alfredo Morales
- U.S. National Team: MNT
- Position: Defender
- Date Of Birth: May 12, 1990
- Height: 6-0
- Weight: 163
- Hometown: Berlin, Germany
- Club: Ingolstadt (Germany)
Skilled and versatile, Alfredo Morales possesses good control and poise for a player his age and is capable of being deployed either in defense or midfield. Possessing passports for the United States, Germany and Peru, he has played for the U.S. U-20 Men's National Team and is age-eligible for the 2012 Olympic Games. A member of the Hertha Berlin reserves since 2008, he is beginning to get opportunities with the first team.
- Called into the full National Team for the friendlies against France and Slovenia
- Played for the U.S. U-20 MNT in 2008 and 2009
- A consistent starter for the Hertha Berlin reserves, he made his first team debut in August of 2011
- Started against Bayern Munich on Oct. 15
2011: Called into the friendlies against France and Slovenia in November … Under-20s: Played in three matches in the Cape Verde Tournament in 2008, appearing against Cape Verde, Northern Ireland and Portugal … Joined the U-20 camp in Sarasota, Fla., in 2009, held in conjunction with the Development Academy Spring Showcase ... First Appearance: None … First Goal: None.
2011: Started against Bayern Munich on Oct. 15 … Made his debut for the first team Aug. 13, a 2-2 draw at Hamburg … 2010-11: Started 26 matches for Hertha Berlin reserves, scoring four goals … 2009-10: Started 26 games, scoring three goals.
Born in Germany, his father is a native Peruvian and his mother German … Father served in the United States military and became a citizen … He and wife Nadia are expecting their first child in the spring.


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Article ID: 2642485 - View products that this article applies to. SummaryThe "Directory Services PKI Interactive - Windows" troubleshooter was designed to collect information interactively to help troubleshoot Automated Data Capture System (ADCS) and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) issues. If you are working together with Microsoft Product Support Services, you should receive instructions about which selections to make during the manifest execution. The manifest offers two execution modes: Basic and Advanced. Collapse this image In Basic mode, the manifest collects logs and tool output that already exist on the computer. When you select this mode, the manifest runs and offers to upload or save the resulting file. In Advanced mode, you can gather data about a problem reproduction attempt, and the manifest prompts you for the kinds of logs and traces to collect. Collapse this image The items have the following meaning:
After you click Next, the manifest asks you to prepare for the problem reproduction phase of the manifest execution. Collapse this image When you click Next, begin at the problem reproduction. The manifest waits while you click the radio button at the top of the dialog box, and then click Next to stop the data gathering. Collapse this image Please do this when the reproduction attempt is completed.Then, the manifest execution collects the static data of the system. Collapse this image The logs should also contain events that were logged during the reproduction attempt. After this data is collected, you can start the upload. More informationThis article describes the information that may be collected from a machine when you run the Directory Services PKI Interactive – Windows troubleshooter. Information CollectedEvent Logs (System and Application)Collapse this table
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Manage your events in Sunrise Calendar
Sunrise Calendar is a beautiful tool that can simplify tracking and viewing your daily tasks, and integrates multiple calendar applications into a single, easy-to-use interface. Upon installation, you'll be asked to log in to your Facebook account, which mostly just adds birthdays to your calendar. After setup, however, you can log in to your Google account and your LinkedIn account. In fact, it is highly recommended that you add a Google Calendar so you can set up new calendars and add events. Most of the app's functions don't work without an integrated Google Calendar.
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A few days ago I arrived in Cairo again.
I will deliver a series of 11g Administration Courses for Oracle again.
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I was lucky enough to have my new camera with me to take some exciting shots.
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Loyola University Maryland has launched a search for the next dean of its school of arts and sciences, Loyola College.
Loyola College comprises all of the University's graduate and undergraduate programs in the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences with the exception of education. In addition to more than 30 undergraduate majors, these encompass graduate programs in seven disciplines, including doctoral programs in psychology and pastoral counseling. The dean will succeed James Buckley, Ph.D., who has held the position with distinction for the past 10 years. The next dean will play a critical role in advancing the University's current strategic plan, which focuses on the central goal of Loyola becoming the nation's leading Catholic, comprehensive university. A number of the plan's supporting initiatives call upon the leadership of the dean: serving undergraduates by establishing living-learning communities for all first-year students; enhancing the natural sciences; supporting graduate students by augmenting graduate-level services and programs; strengthening, in partnership with the University's other schools, Loyola's Clinical Centers; the addition of tenure-track faculty positions and support for faculty development; and the enhancement of the University's global studies program.
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The University is working with the search firm Witt/Kieffer to fill this position. Inquiries, nominations, and applications are invited. Those interested are encouraged to provide a letter describing their interest in and qualifications for the position, a résumé, and the names and contact information for five references. They should also read the leadership statement available at www.wittkieffer.com before preparing their materials. This packet should be sent by e-mail to Loyola's consultants, Jean Dowdall, Ph.D., and Jane Courson at email@example.com. Documents that must be mailed may be sent to Witt/Kieffer at 2015 Spring Road, Suite 510, Oak Brook, IL 60523. This search will be conducted with respect for the confidentiality of candidates. References will not be contacted without the prior knowledge and approval of the candidate. For full consideration, candidate materials should be received by Oct. 30. The new dean is expected to be appointed by March 2010 and to begin to serve in summer 2010.
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Underground water
In Queensland, a number of groundwater areas have been established to protect this natural resource. These groundwater areas are referred to in various ways under the legislation and subordinate legislation such as subartesian areas, subartesian areas or subartesian management areas but can be generically referred to as groundwater areas.
A groundwater area is an area identified in the Water Regulation 2002, a water resource plan or a wild river declaration within which management requirements for groundwater exist, that is, authorisation is required to access and/or construct works to take groundwater for certain purposes.
Correct management of bores and bore construction practices can reduce contamination or pressure loss in aquifers.
The Great Artesian Basin (GAB) is one of the largest artesian groundwater basins in the world and underlies approximately one-fifth of Australia.
Protocol - Authorised taking of water without a water entitlement under the Water Regulation 2002
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Stewart: The Global Payments System:
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May 09, 2000 | |
B. Stewart, Jr., First Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer Remarks by First Vice President Jamie B. Stewart, Jr. before the Bankers' Association for Foreign Trade Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I am delighted to be here today to take part in the annual meeting of the Bankers' Association for Foreign Trade.One of my major responsibilities as chief operating officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is to oversee the activities of our Bank in the payments system. Providing payments services for depository institutions is, as you know, one of the three principal tasks of the Federal Reserve, in addition to our responsibilities for monetary policy and bank supervision. Payments system risk is special primarily because the failure of a major participant to make payments can affect the ability of others to do so, potentially creating a problem for the entire financial system. I do not think it is an exaggeration to say that confidence in the whole financial system basically rests on confidence in the payments system. This is why making changes in the payments system and managing those changes are so important. This morning, I would like to focus my remarks on how I believe the new information and communication technologies are affecting the role of the Federal Reserve--as both service provider and policymaker--in the payments business. Further, I would like to comment on a few major challenges that the banking industry faces in payments. Finally, I would like to consider some of the emerging payments issues from the perspective of the Federal Reserve and to describe briefly what we at the Federal Reserve are doing. From its inception, the Federal Reserve has worked with commercial banks in the payments area to provide the U.S. economy with a variety of small- and large-value payment services. Cooperation between the Federal Reserve and the private sector is a critical element in ensuring that the payments system functions smoothly, especially during periods of stress in the financial sector. While in the past it was common to talk about credit-related problems as the only source of stress, we now recognize that because of the significant changes under way, operational failures--or technology-related problems--can also be a source of stress. One of the most important goals of the Federal Reserve today as a service provider and policymaker is to promote efficiency in retail payments by encouraging a shift from paper to electronics. To date, success has been limited. Close to 70 billion checks are written each year in the United States and the volume continues to grow, despite efforts by the Federal Reserve to promote the ACH system, which reduces unit processing costs by about one-half to two-thirds. This lack of success in the United States in moving toward a more electronics-based retail payments system contrasts sharply with the experience of several European countries. A household in Europe is four times more likely to make a recurring payment electronically than its U.S. counterpart--and those countries are realizing the cost savings. In this context, I would like to step back for a moment and highlight some of the changes that have been taking place in the payments system in the United States in recent years. As you well know, the payments system in this country is oriented around the Federal Reserve banks, the commercial banks, and various clearing organizations for checks and securities. In my view, the importance of payments services as a business line for U.S. commercial banks is not widely appreciated. Research undertaken at the New York Federal Reserve shows that payments-related revenue accounts for as much as 40 percent of the total net revenue of the nation's largest banks. Moreover, this revenue appears to be a rather stable source of earnings. In addition, many banks have leveraged payments services into a "suite of services" to meet a range of customer needs, including the provision of cash management products and portfolio management services. At the same time, technological advances in computers and telecommunications are generating more opportunities for banks to leverage their payments business further. These technological developments are not just evolutionary--they are revolutionary. Let me be a bit more specific and discuss some of the ways this new technology is affecting the payments business in the United States. First, the Internet is making it possible for consumers to receive electronic bills and to pay for them immediately, or to schedule payment at a future date, merely by pointing and clicking. Businesses are also able to access their banks over the Internet and initiate electronic funds transfers as part of a larger package of deposit and credit services that banks are beginning to offer on-line. Second, beyond these rather straightforward applications of the Internet, one of the most striking developments is the synthesis of new and existing services into enterprise resource planning or supply chain management. Many of these supply networks are clearly global in scope. Several large commercial banks in their role as trusted financial intermediaries are seeking to leverage their account relationships with corporate customers into supply chain management. To do so, they have forged alliances with technology companies to develop the software to facilitate business-to-business e-commerce. Just to be clear, what I mean by e-commerce is using computer networks for the procurement of inputs and the distribution of final goods, together with the execution of the associated payments, without reliance on paper documents and specific physical locations. There is no question that more timely and accurate information on product offerings, services and supply needs, orders, and deliveries are resulting in considerable cost savings for businesses. For example, improved information flows and better communications with suppliers and distributors are allowing more firms to operate with just-in-time inventories. Finally, banks are offering e-commerce services not only to their largest customers but also to small businesses, so that these businesses too are able to obtain volume discounts--estimated at about 15 percent of their procurement costs--by joining bank-sponsored trading groups. These technological developments pose a number of challenges. I would like to highlight four of these challenges that, in my view, basically pose interrelated strategic choices for the banking industry. The first challenge concerns what services to provide. All of the technological changes we have been witnessing create a host of possibilities for banks to leverage their payments business into other product offerings. Over time, these developments may lead to a redefinition of the bundle of services generally considered to be "commercial banking." Banks have a long history of being the "trusted facilitators of commerce." Now they are adapting themselves to fulfill the role of "trusted facilitators of e-commerce." As these technologies develop and consolidation takes place--not just domestically but also globally--it is important to keep in sight the interests of the customers, that is, the end users of the payments services. What the customers will be looking for in this new environment are lower transaction costs, reduced information costs, and less uncertainty in managing their materials, production, and liquid assets. Customers will also be looking to have the data and information they receive from their banks flow directly into their own computer systems. Customers--firms and households--will also be looking for simplicity and ease of use. Ultimately, the goal is to have a bank's system provide the information and guidance that firms and households need to manage their increasingly complex financial affairs. The banks that respond best to these customers' needs will use technology to dominate the market. A second challenge facing banks is how to manage the new technology. Change is occurring through rapid cycles of innovation. New products are leapfrogging others that have only recently been introduced. For example, before PC banking over proprietary networks had become established, it was superseded by PC banking over the Internet. This technology, in turn, could soon be superseded by wireless banking from a cell phone. Not surprisingly, senior managers are raising such questions as how banks should compete, how much risk they should take, how much cost they should incur, and how extensively they should become involved in the new technology. In this environment, where there is great uncertainty about customer acceptance, industry standards, and the cost effectiveness of any particular innovation, many banks will invest in multiple technologies. But banks have limited financing resources and need to produce a high return on their equity. As a result, banks will have to make choices under conditions of unprecedented uncertainty. My sense is that making large investments in technology under these circumstances will be very difficult for many banks, but given the importance of payments to many bank strategies, it will have to be done and done well. A third challenge that confronts banks is how to manage competitive relationships with nonbanks. Nonbank competitors are likely to be important in virtually every arena of existing bank activities. Every day a host of existing and start-up technology companies are working on projects designed to attack any identifiable inefficiencies in the financial services sector. One banking industry response for developing new applications has been to work through consortiums of financial firms, technology companies--including start-ups--the academic community, and in some cases, government agencies. Here again, I think, the comfort limits of many bank managers will be pushed. Making technology investment decisions will present cultural challenges for banks and require changes in mindsets for many bank managers. No longer will it be possible for banks to develop all of their business products and systems in-house. As a result, management may need to cooperate with technology companies and with other banks and perhaps to outsource certain core applications. Managers will also have to be flexible in devising and reviewing their business plans. None of this, of course, will come easily for traditional bank managers. A final challenge facing banks is how to ensure a smooth transition to the new technologies without sacrificing the safety and soundness of current operations. Now I am putting on my bank supervisor hat: Is it better for banks to develop new and innovative business lines as part of an existing, traditional business? Or, would a more effective strategy be to operate separate but parallel units, as some banking organizations are doing? These organizational questions are important because to succeed in this new environment, banks will need to attract and motivate managers to deal with the old technology at the same time as they put the new technology in place. They will also have to decide whether to assign managers exclusively to the new-technology business units, or to let their managers deal with the old and new technologies simultaneously. Most important, banks will have to ensure that the existing operations of clearing checks and letters of credit under the old technology do not break down before the institution is ready to rely fully on the new technology. This will be a real challenge when people see that the future lies in new technology, not the old. The risks of not managing the old technologies correctly are huge given the high volume of transactions and the high profitability of these businesses. These are just a few of the challenges the banking industry confronts as it sorts out the implications of the new technologies for the payments system. For its part, the Federal Reserve must grapple with many of these same challenges. We at the Federal Reserve must think about how to adapt the new technologies to the payments services we provide. We, too, have to consider what our relationships will be with nonbank participants in the payments system, such as Checkfree, EDS, and the ACH operators. And, of course, we also must make certain that any new technologies incorporated in the payments system do not compromise bank safety and soundness considerations. Like most of you, we are struggling to bring a traditional organization up to speed rapidly to meet the new technology challenges. However we meet these challenges, I believe that three aspects of the Federal Reserve's current role in the payments system will continue in one form or another. First, the Federal Reserve will remain committed to participating in the payments business as a service provider. At a minimum, the Federal Reserve must be involved in the payments system to make certain that all depository institutions--large and small--have equal access to the system. Furthermore, the Federal Reserve provides unquestionable finality in payments settlement. In the United States, the rules governing the participation of the Federal Reserve in the payments system were formalized by Congress in the Monetary Control Act of 1980. This act requires the Federal Reserve to recover the full costs of its participation in the payments system. It also calls on the Federal Reserve to ensure that all depository institutions have access to the payments system. The Federal Reserve's participation in the payments system is further governed by the principles set out in its own white paper, issued in 1984. This paper states that the operating services the Federal Reserve provides must yield clear public benefits. The services must also be ones that the private sector cannot be expected to provide with reasonable effectiveness, scope, and equity. Clearly, the Federal Reserve desires neither to be an unfair competitor nor to perform duties readily handled by the private sector. We are committed to not getting in the way of technological changes in the payments system. Second, the Federal Reserve will continue its oversight role in the payments system to promote the safety and soundness of domestic and international dollar-based payments systems. To this end, the Federal Reserve helps to establish sound principles for managing the credit, liquidity, and operational risks associated with payments and settlement systems. The Federal Reserve pursues the goal of safety and soundness in the payments system through its supervisory oversight of large depository and clearing banks as well as through cooperation with private-sector groups seeking risk reduction, of which a timely example is the CLS Bank. As the past several decades have documented, it is in the areas of clearing and settlement that problems in the financial sector can reach the critical stage. Missed payments by a participant are often the first manifestation of solvency or liquidity pressures. The inability of a single large participant in the payments system to meet its obligations can result in the inability of other participants to make payments as well, thereby creating gridlock in one part of the system that can quickly spread. During the period of the Asian financial crises and Russia's default on its external debt in 1997 and 1998, for example, the payments systems in some segments were occasionally strained. The Federal Reserve, along with other authorities, actively monitored these developments to ensure that the payments system continued to function smoothly. This included making certain that we were aware of liquidity and solvency issues at specific firms as well as market sentiments that could lead to systemic problems so as to ensure an uninterrupted payments and settlement environment. Third, the Federal Reserve will continue to work with the international community to improve the functioning of payments and settlement systems worldwide. In this effort, central banks, cooperating through the BIS Committee on Payments and Settlement Systems, have published a series of reports over the past several years covering a variety of important subjects: basic standards for net settlement systems, securities clearance, ways to reduce foreign exchange settlement risk, clearance of exchange-traded derivatives, security for emerging electronic-money products, design of real-time gross settlement systems, and core principles for payments systems in developing countries. As both a service provider and policymaker, the Federal Reserve is fully committed to seeing that advances in technology yield efficiencies and risk reductions in payments systems. For example, in the wholesale area, the Federal Reserve is already offering volume discounts for electronic payments made over fedwire. High-volume users have experienced as much as a 50 percent decline in fedwire prices over the past three years. In addition to expanding the operating hours of fedwire, the Federal Reserve has enhanced message formatting to permit greater use of "straight through processing." Further, it is offering a new net settlement service to help private-sector clearing arrangements settle with finality on a timely basis. Eighteen net settlement services have joined, including several of the major ACH and check clearinghouses, accounting for aggregate daily net settlement that ranges from $4 billion to $8 billion. As the Federal Reserve grapples with the challenges posed by the new payments technologies, it will, I believe, hold fast to certain basic principles. For one, it will not relinquish its commitment to making more effective the public-private partnership that has traditionally shaped the payments system. Working through the Federal Reserve's Payments System Development Committee, Fed officials have been meeting with private-sector processors of payments to better understand emerging technologies such as electronic bill presentment and payment. Second, in meeting the strategic challenges that lie ahead, the Federal Reserve will continue to ensure that its basic policy goals of efficiency, broad access, safety, soundness, and transparency are incorporated in the new environment. Finally, the Federal Reserve faces the question of how proactive to be. In my view, a careful review of its traditional role in the payments system shows that the Federal Reserve has been an important catalyst for significant, positive changes. Historical examples I would cite include the development of fedwire from a rather simple Morse code operation in 1918 to the high-speed, computerized, encrypted communications system it is today. Other examples would be the book-entry system for government securities created in the late 1960s and the magnetic coding on checks that permits high-speed processing. Despite these successes in the past, our leadership role in the future of payments technology is not assured. The basic strategy of the Federal Reserve at this point is to keep current with changing technology and industry needs. This in itself is a huge challenge. We are prepared to take a leadership role, if appropriate, in setting standards. But the attitude at the Fed is that we will stand aside and let the private sector implement new technology if, in our opinion, that will result in an effective and safe payments system for the future. In summary, change in the payments system today is taking place so rapidly that no one can be certain which efforts will result in commercial success and which will fail. The environment is like the venture capital business in that one needs so many investments--many of which will fail--in order to have one or two successful programs. If banks are not investing in some high-risk projects, they will be left behind. This is a situation in which banks' conservative culture and risk-averse attitude may be a competitive disadvantage. In this environment of uncertainty and rapid change, it is critical that basic values not get lost. Regardless of what else is happening, the most basic value of a commercial bank must remain its role as a trusted and efficient financial intermediary. As for the Federal Reserve, its most basic value must be its commitment to the efficiency and safety of the payments system as part of a healthy financial structure. I believe that, underpinned by a commitment to work together, the Federal Reserve and the private sector can arrive at solutions that will preserve the safety and soundness of this country's payments system to our mutual benefit. Thank you. |


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GDP data was released Friday revealing headline economic growth of 2.8% versus consensus of 3.1%. Real economic growth after inflation was only 1.7% for 2011. Negatively affecting the data were lower state and local government spending, private inventory investment and, believe it or not, federal government spending.
While the all-important, and much watched by the Fed, PCE (Personal Consumption Expenditures) was higher it was a disappointment overall. This may reflect what the Fed saw in the data (weak growth) which then caused them to keep interest rates low for a long period. They must worry this slow growth condition is going to be with us for a long time. This is hardly encouraging.
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A new tick-borne disease has emerged in the US Midwest—and the culprit is not a bacterium.
A genetic analysis that tracks the evolution of pathogens helped incriminate a Spanish anesthetist who infected hundreds of patients with hepatitis C.
Despite a fierce civil war, scientists led a 14-year grassroots campaign that has eradicated a parasitic disease from northern Sudan.
A tactic designed to nab repeat offenders also pinpoints the source of infectious diseases and invasive species.
A conference, started 10 years ago partly as a disease ecologist's birthday party, has become one of the most valued meetings in the field.
Comparing the protein profile of a 500-year-old Inca mummy to modern humans reveals an active lung infection prior to sacrifice.
Cockfighting and other cultural practices in Southeast Asia could greatly aid the spread of deadly diseases like bird flu.
Silk impregnated with bleach may provide a new way to fight the formidable spores of the anthrax bacterium.
As ecotourism becomes more popular, wild apes are succumbing to human diseases.
A veterinary vaccine spawned products that could clean the HIV virus from blood supplies.


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Posted: 10:29 p.m. Thursday, May 29, 2008
By Jamie Dupree
Top Democrats in the Congress gave the signal publicly on Thursday to uncommitted superdelegates: Make up your mind quickly after the primaries end next Tuesday.
Worried about a situation in which Hillary Clinton hangs on even longer, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have been making it clear to fellow superdelegates that it's time to choose sides.
"By this time next week, it will all be over give or take a day," Reid said in a speech in San Francisco on Thursday.
Reports also indicated that Speaker Pelosi was contacting some of the House members who are still uncommitted as well, and urging them to end this never-ending Democratic race.
About 200 superdelegates remain on the sidelines - of those, just over 60 are lawmakers in Congress.
The last thing top Democrats want to see is Obama super-duper close to clinching the nomination next Wednesday morning after the results are in from Montana and South Dakota, only to hear Hillary Clinton say that she's still going to fight on.
It will be interesting to say the least. Maybe the end is near.
Stay tuned.
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Plants & Fungi A - Z
Explore our profiles of plants and fungi.
These illustrated profiles contain a wealth of facts, including details on conservation, uses and habitats – as well as Kew's connections with the species. They have been chosen to inspire interest in plants, detail our science and conservation work and showcase star plants in the Gardens.
This is a constantly growing resource with new profiles added every week - so do be sure to check back regularly.
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Fritillaria meleagris (snake's head fritillary)
Snake's head fritillary has stunning, chequer-patterned flowers, and has become quite rare in the wild.
More: Ornamentals, Saving species
Fritillaria thunbergii (Thunberg fritillary)
Thunberg fritillary is widely cultivated and has been grown commercially as a medicine in China for 700 years.
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Gagnebina commersoniana
A small shrub from Madagascar, Gagnebina commersoniana was named in honour of the 18th century French naturalist J.-P. Commerson.
More: Legume family
Galanthus nivalis (common snowdrop)
The common snowdrop is one of the most popular of all cultivated bulbous plants, and its flowering is traditionally seen to herald the end of winter.
More: Alpines, Ornamentals, Traditions and beliefs
Galanthus panjutinii (Panjutin's snowdrop)
Galanthus panjutinii is an endangered snowdrop from Russia and Georgia.
More: Alpines, Kew discoveries
Galanthus woronowii (Woronow's snowdrop)
A snowdrop with wide, green, shiny leaves, Galanthus woronowii is currently the subject of research into sustainable harvesting of bulbous plants.
More: Ornamentals, Medicinal, Alpines
Galium aparine (cleavers)
Cleavers is a botanical hitchhiker with a medicinal past, present and future.
More: Traditions and beliefs, Medicinal, Coffee family
Gardenia nitida (glossy-leaved gardenia)
Native to west tropical Africa, Gardenia nitida is a small tree or undershrub with woody fruits and strongly-scented flowers.
More: Traditions and beliefs, Great plant hunters, Ornamentals
Gardenia thunbergia (white gardenia)
The large, showy, creamy-white flowers of the white gardenia have an overpowering scent, which is particularly noticeable at night and typical of moth-pollinated plants.
More: Coffee family, Medicinal, Ornamentals
Gazania linearis (treasure flower)
Treasure flowers, originally from South Africa, have been in cultivation since the 19th century, but are now also invasive plants in some parts of the world.
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Gentiana acaulis (stemless gentian)
Stemless gentian is a central European species and can be seen on the back of the Austrian € 0.01 (one euro cent) coin. It has also been chosen as the logo of the Alpine Garden Society.
More: Alpines, Ornamentals, Medicinal
Geranium farreri (Farrer's geranium)
Farrer's geranium is described as one of the most delicate and charming of all geraniums.
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Geranium macrorrhizum (rock crane's-bill)
Geranium macrorrhizum is an aromatic perennial with attractive soft leaves and pink or purplish flowers, and provides good ground cover.
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Gilbertiodendron dewevrei (abeum)
Gilbertiodendron dewevrei is a large, evergreen tree that dominates forests in parts of central Africa.
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Ginkgo biloba (maidenhair tree)
Ginkgo biloba, or maidenhair tree, has been described as a 'living fossil' because it is the sole survivor of an ancient group of trees older than the dinosaurs.
More: Trees, Kew favourites, Medicinal, Ancient
Gladiolus dzavakheticus (sword lily)
The eye-catching sword lily adds beauty to sub-alpine landscapes and lakesides, especially in foggy weather, when only its pink flowers are visible.
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Gloriosa superba (flame lily)
Flame lily is a climber with spectacular red and yellow flowers, but all parts of the plant (especially the tubers) are extremely poisonous and can be fatal if eaten.
More: Medicinal, Ornamentals
Glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice)
A herb belonging to the pea and bean family, liquorice is cultivated for its underground stems that are used to flavour confectionery; it is also valued for its medicinal qualities.
More: Legume family, Food, Medicinal
Gmelina arborea (gamhar)
Gamhar is a southeast Asian tree that produces high-quality wood, which is used to make furniture and musical instruments, such as Indian sitars and drums.
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Grevillea robusta (silky oak)
Silky oak is one of the finest flowering trees from Australia, with fern-like leaves and rich yellow, comb-like flowers in late spring.
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Guibourtia ehie (black hyedua)
A tall forest tree from west Central Africa, black hyedua is valued for its timber, which is used in general carpentry in Ghana as a substitute for rosewood (Dalbergia spp.)
More: Legume family, Building materials
Gymnosiphon afro-orientalis
This flowering plant does not photosynthesise, but depends on fungi instead for survival.
More: Kew discoveries, Little and large, Plant fungal relationships, Out of the ordinary
Hagenia abyssinica (hagenia)
A beautiful tree from African mountain forests, hagenia is much-used in local medicine.
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Harpagophytum procumbens (devil's claw)
Used for centuries by the indigenous peoples of the Kalahari as a medicinal plant, devil's claw is now also used in Western medicine.
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Hedera helix (common ivy)
A woody climber native to Europe, common ivy has long been collected for winter decorations and is an important food-source for wildlife.
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Heliamphora nutans (Venezuelan marsh pitcher)
Venezuelan marsh pitcher is a carnivorous plant from the mountains of Venezuela and Guyana. It has short cone-shaped pitchers with a small lid and nodding white flowers.
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Helixanthera schizocalyx
A striking new mistletoe, recently discovered in the 'lost forest' of Mt Mabu in northern Mozambique, is currently known from just five collections made in the same small area.
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Helleborus thibetanus (tie kuai zi)
Helleborus thibetanus is a delicate hellebore, separated from its closest relatives in western Eurasia by more than 5,000 km.
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Hemerocallis fulva (orange daylily)
The orange daylily bears a succession of striking orange-red flowers on long stems, but each flower lasts only one day, opening in the morning and closing in the evening.
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Hericium erinaceus (bearded tooth)
A wood-recycling fungus of conservation concern, bearded tooth has distinctive white football-sized fruitbodies, covered in icicle-like projections.
Heterospathe barfodii
Heterospathe barfodii is a critically endangered palm from Papua New Guinea with a striking white crownshaft and maroon young flowering stems.
More: Palms, Kew discoveries
Hevea brasiliensis (rubber tree)
Hevea brasiliensis, better known as the rubber tree, is the primary source of natural rubber.
More: Trees, Building materials, Gums and resins
Hierochloe odorata (sweet grass)
Hierochloe odorata is an aromatic grass native to Europe, Asia and North America, which has been used for incense and basketry by Native Americans.
More: Grass family, Traditions and beliefs, Textiles and dyes, Medicinal
Hoodia gordonii
Used for generations by the indigenous peoples of the Kalahari to quench their thirst, Hoodia gordonii is now widely used in the commercial production of slimming aids.
More: Medicinal, Beauty and cosmetics
Hordeum marinum (sea barley)
Sea barley is a wild relative of the well-known cereal barley (Hordeum vulgare).
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Houttuynia cordata (heart-leaved houttuynia)
Heart-leaved houttuynia is a creeping herb with fleshy stems and a scent that has been described as lemon, sandalwood, coriander or raw fish.
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Hyacinthoides non-scripta (bluebell)
Bluebells, almost half the global population of which is found in the UK, can create a stunning carpet of woodland colour during the spring.
More: Making the news, Ornamentals
Hymenophyllum tunbrigense (Tunbridge filmy fern)
Tunbridge filmy fern is a diminutive plant with an almost worldwide distribution in temperate rainforests and mountain cloud forests.
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Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus (chalara ash dieback)
Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus is a virulent fungal pathogen of ash trees that causes 'chalara ash dieback' in northern and central Europe and has recently spread to the UK.
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Ilex aquifolium (common holly)
Well-known as a festive winter decoration, common holly is one of Britain's few native evergreen trees.
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Ilex fargesii (Farges's holly)
Farges's holly, named after the French missionary Paul Farges, is a Chinese holly with glossy dark green leaves and fragrant white flowers, followed by red berries.
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Illicium verum (star anise)
An evergreen tree from China and Vietnam, star anise is cultivated for its aromatic fruits that are used to produce a spice similar in flavour to aniseed.
Imperata cylindrica (alang-alang)
Alang-alang is considered one of the ten worst weeds in the world, but has many uses as a traditional medicine.
More: Medicinal, Grass family, Beauty and cosmetics, Textiles and dyes
Ipomoea batatas (sweet potato)
A vine from the morning glory family (Convolvulaceae), sweet potato is widely cultivated for its edible root tubers.
More: Food, Ornamentals
Iris afghanica
Iris afghanica has been described as the finest plant introduction from Afghanistan, and the most superb of the regelia irises.
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Iris japonica (fringed iris)
Fringed iris is common in many parts of China and Japan and appears to have been cultivated in Europe since 1792.
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Iris latifolia (English iris)
English iris, which is in fact native to France and Spain, is a tall, sturdy, bulbous iris with deep blue flowers in mid-summer.
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Iris sibirica (Siberian iris)
The striking Siberian iris was first brought into cultivation in the Middle Ages, and is still widely grown in temperate regions.
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Iris variegata (Hungarian iris)
Iris variegata has striking bicoloured flowers and is the source of many of the most colourful bearded iris cultivars.
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Coreblade delivers tough tone, untamed dynamic response, and an explosive punch. Two of the four channels are voiced to offer completely different high-gain alternatives. The amp's phenomenally versatile Drive channel supplies the classic sounds of the early metal era, and the Clean channel offering tons of headroom, rendering even the most aggressive attack with sparkle and chime. Boost is separately switchable and three effect modules may be used simultaneously for each per channel. The ultra precise, remarkably musical IDB noise gate is available for all channels. Programmable potentiometers enable settings to be stored in 128 memory slots, and the included MIDI board affords easy access to these presets. Coreblade is the first tube amp worldwide that downloads presets directly to USB sticks and uploads new presets at the touch of a button. Best of all, every sound is all tube and no modeling. TSC, the built-in tube technician, ensures maintenance-free operation. It automatically biases the amp to extend tube life, shuts down defective tubes to get you through the gig, and indicates ratings to make tube selection an exercise in convenience. TSC even lets you operate EL34 and 6L6GC tubes simultaneously. Coreblade is the most advanced tube amplifier that money can buy - at least on planet Earth.
Channels | Clean, Drive, Ultra I, Ultra II |
Power | 100 Watts |
Poweramp | Shipped with 4x EL34, but also 6L6GC applicables |
Preamp | 3x 12AX7 |
Modeling | No |
Effects | 3 independent Digital-FX processors: Reverb, Delay, Modulation (Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo) |
Effects Loop | serial/parallel |
MIDI | built in |
Footswitch/Stageboard | MIDI-Board FSM-432 MKII included |
Switching Functions | 4xPreset, Bank up, Bank down, Tap Delay |
Special Features | All Controls are fully programmable; Adjustable Noisegate; USB-Backup; Tube Safety Control (TSC) |
Presets | 128 user presets |
Speaker Outputs | 1x 4 Ohms or 2 x 8 Ohms; 1x 8 Ohms or 2x 16 Ohms; 1x 16 Ohms |
Suggested Speaker Cabinet | MC412 SE & MC 412 CL |
Dimensions | 742 x 270 x 254 mm |
Weight | 18,2 kg/40,12 lbs |