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PUBLISHED: 26 Apr 2012 21:46:00 | UPDATED: 27 Apr 2012 12:53:25PUBLISHED: 27 Apr 2012 PRINT EDITION: 27 Apr 2012Tony Abbott, right, said 'everyone in the Parliament was aware of rumours' about Peter Slipper. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Laura Tingle
Forty years ago this July, Steve Lewis, News Ltd's national political correspondent, and I shared the stage of the Sydney Town Hall.
It's a long story but some people might find it appropriate that Lewis appeared as a caveman, complete with a spear made out of foil, while I was part of a rumbling brown paper volcano that spat out fire and brimstone, courtesy of some red and yellow crepe paper stuck to my fingers.
Ten years ago this June, I followed Lewis into the job as The Australian Financial Review's political correspondent.
This week, we've all been following Steve and his spear.
Months and months of pursuing House of Representatives Speaker Peter Slipper culminated in Lewis's exclusive report last Saturday of "sensational" allegations of sexual harassment and (more) misuse of Cabcharge dockets.
It brought to a swift end a short period of relative calm for the government last week and led to a new frenzy of "government in crisis, hanging by a thread, Prime Minister hopeless", news coverage.
Now, would Peter Slipper be a complete dope, and an appalling one at that, if he sent the text messages documented in the Federal Court documents and said the things he is alleged to have said to his young male adviser? Of course.
Does the stench of sleazy sexual innuendo and misuse of taxpayers' money hurt the government? Absolutely.
But the path of such stories so often proves to be more complicated than the first set of allegations would suggest.
Remember Godwin Grech? There is a link in the two controversies in that Lewis broke both stories.
But what is more significant to remember is how, for maybe five hours one Friday night in 2009, it appeared that a Treasury officer had implicated not just the prime minister but also the treasurer in activity that could have cost both of them their jobs.
Then it started to spectacularly unravel, causing close to mortal damage to the then leader of the opposition, Malcolm Turnbull.
The story turned into one about an opposition taking too big a leap in its attack on the government, too tempted by the prize of such big scalps.
There is no reason to believe the Slipper controversy will unravel in quite the same way this time.
But it is interesting to look at what the opposition has said about the affair, ponder how it has unfolded, and consider what the net result might be on the Parliament and our political debate.
The opposition has been a little more careful about how it has approached the Slipper allegations than it was about Godwin Grech.
Nonetheless, Tony Abbott was able to issue a statement at 9.15am on Saturday while campaigning in the electorate next to Slipper's in Queensland that said that Slipper must stand aside "until these matters are concluded before the courts".
The opposition was able to put two of its frontbenchers on Sunday morning television programs to talk about the Slipper issue, despite the Sunday morning programs becoming increasingly exasperated by the fact the opposition will only put up one talking head a week for the four programs competing for "talent", to keep its message tightly controlled.
On Monday night, Abbott made his first appearance this year on the ABC's 7.30 to talk about it.
As all opposition spokesmen have been saying, Abbott says the crucial thing about the allegations reported by Steve Lewis were that they had been "referred to a court".
"These are matters where legal documents have been lodged," Abbott said on Saturday. "These are matters that are now to be the subject of proceedings in court, so these are of a vastly more serious and substantial nature than anything that has been alleged against Mr Slipper in the past."
That would be the very long past when he was a member of the Coalition and faced a range of allegations about his behaviour over many years.
Abbott said on Sunday: "I think everyone in the Parliament was aware of rumours about the Speaker", but that "there's a world of difference between rumours and a formal complaint, let alone the beginning of actual legal proceedings." (Even though the "proceedings" are still only allegations.)
Had the complainant, James Ashby, had any assistance from anyone in the Coalition preparing his case? Chris Uhlmann asked Abbott on 7.30 on Monday night.
"Not that I'm aware of," Abbott replied.
Did he think it was possible? After all, Ashby was a former member of the Liberal National Party in Queensland? "Look ,I had no specific knowledge of this until I read the newspapers on Saturday morning," Abbott said. "To the best of my knowledge, no one in the Coalition had specific knowledge of this until they read the newspapers."
Uhlmann didn't ask whether Abbott had asked his colleagues if they did have any specific knowledge before Saturday.
Yet some in the Coalition say it had been known within opposition ranks for weeks, if not months, that Lewis was pursuing the Slipper story, including, some say, the Ashby angle.
Ashby filed his complaint in the Federal Court last Friday.
Yet the Crikey website reported this week that "four days before filing his allegations, Ashby was corresponding with our journalist Andrew Crook over the Sunshine Coast Daily and its campaign against the local member".
Ashby wrote that the paper's "relentless barrage of distasteful stories continue to harm his chances of running at the next federal elections in the seat of Fisher".
Go figure, really.
Last night, it emerged that Ashby's allegation that Slipper had handed over blank Cabcharge dockets fell over, raising questions about the veracity of his other allegations.
The police are yet to report and Slipper says he will make a more detailed statement next week. Both may change the way this story plays.
The larger story in the Slipper allegations has always been what it means for the government's numbers in Parliament.
The most likely scenario, despite all the drama, is that Slipper will stay "stood aside", not resign, possibly indefinitely.
That means the Coalition still has one less vote than it did before Slipper left it to become Speaker.
The government may have been dragged through the mud, but it still has the numbers. The Slipper story means the door has been opened for all sorts of personal mud to be thrown. Like the Godwin Grech affair, we don't know where it will end, or whether someone will find themselves on the wrong end of a foil spear.
Laura Tingle is the Financial Review's political editor.
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During the Sixty-third session of the World Health Assembly, held in Geneva in May 2010, the 193 Member States of WHO reached an historical consensus on a global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol by adopted resolution WHA63.13. The adopted resolution and endorsed strategy gives guidance to both Member States and to the WHO Secretariat on ways to reduce the harmful use of alcohol.
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I am installing Red Hat Linux 6.0 on a partition. When I try to make my partitions for Linux, it gives me an error saying "boot partition too big". I tried to use fdisk and it says my hard drive has 1655 cylinders, not 1024, and it will cause problems. How can I get around this? —Will Brown, firstname.lastname@example.com
Create a primary partition (the first one) with 10MB; its mount point should be /boot. This is the directory where all the boot images reside, and it needs to be under the 1024 cylinder. The root partition (/) can then be any size, and will not have any problems. —Paulo Wollny, email@example.com
Most PC bioses are still unable to access data beyond the 1024th cylinder. This prevents LILO from booting a kernel that's lying beyond the 1024th cylinder. To get around this, short of getting an alternate architecture without all those ancestral PC limitations, you need to have your boot partition (either /boot if you have one, or your root partition otherwise) completely under the 1024th cylinder. —Marc Merlin, email@example.com
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This question involves Windows networking, and more specifically, netbios name lookup. Netbios, which is at the core of Windows networking, was very badly designed and grew from there. While UNIX uses DNS for name lookup, Windows originally used a complicated name lookup scheme based on the election of a local name browser on your subnet and broadcast queries for each name lookup. Because it is broadcast-based, it doesn't work across subnets (which is your configuration), and it was "improved" with the addition of WINS.
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I'm interested to hear all of your opinions on immersion vs counterflow wort chillers. Asside from the obvious better performance, is the counterflow worth the added expense, and extra hassle of cleaning and sanitizing? My free time is very limited and I'm interested in making great beer, not having the trickest system. Also, I wouldn't be using a pump, so it would be a gravity fed counterflow.\ Uh oh,.. Glass is empty.
If you are concerned about time, then I think that you may be more happy with an immersion chiller. Both will give you good results, but all the IM needs is to be put into the boil for the last 15 minutes to sanitize. After the boil, a quick rinse to get off the hop particles is all that is necessary. The counter flow will require a lot more attention than that.
I've used both. Here's what I can say... The CFC gets the job done faster - period. It takes the wort from boiling to almost ground water temp in just a few seconds, and 5 gals only takes 15-20 mins. I noticed more cold break when I made the switch and I think the beers have been clearer without the chill haze problems I had before. All of the cold break goes into the fermenter, but I haven't seen any ill effects. The CFC is definately more work to sanitize and maintain. I bought one that has vinyl tubing on the outside and it's really been a pain. The tubing has slipped off when it was cold and it constricted. One of the solder points has also broken that I had to fix. The other thing is a CFC takes more attention to get the temp right in the fermenter. This assumes you're not recirculating the output back into the kettle. If you are, then most of the points I made are moot. One of my next purchases will be a plate chiller. A shirron is only a little more than a cheap CFC and cheaper than some of the all copper CFCs like the Chillzilla. Plus, you can throw a plate chiller in the oven to sanitize - way easier than having to drain sanitizer through a CFC and then trying to drain it all out!
I just recently purchased a Therminator and March pump. After doing just one batch with them, I'm sold!
I'd say get youself one of these: Seriously though. I like the immersion because I also use it to filter by beer out of the keggle and end up with very clear wort.
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I use a bastard CFC.. Take an old cooler, fill it with ice water, and just put your looped copper tubing into it. Gravity is a B10TCH though. I use CO2 and a corny to move mine through, about 2 psi takes 10 min to get to 70 f
I like the immersion better, remember it is very important to go from boil to below 140f as fast as possible so DMS does not form. With the CFC you still have hot wort waiting to be run through and sitting above 140
This is a reasonable arguement which is why I personally suggest that any CFC or plate chiller is fully exploited only with a March pump and recirculation. You can chill a 5 gallon batch pretty quickly with an IC as long as you get the wort whirlpooling. You can see how equipment upgrades is a slippery slope. One may argue that one chiller is better than another, but then you're buying a pump too. Oh the pump is great, but now you want a hopstopper to filter out hops so it doesn't clog up the works. You like the CFC but it's too big and now you want a plate chiller. Ground water too warm? Oh, just another pump and a bucket of icewater.


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Ugh, this so did NOT work for me. In the beggining of this year I had black heads on my forehead and was getting a new pimple every other week. I used this stuff EVERYDAY. Heck, once I ran out of the first bottek I bough another one.
Didn't clear up a thing.
Luckily I switched to Acne Free. Much better.
I just started using this product about a month ago in conjunction with "the regimen" (http://www.acne.org/regimen.html) - I wash in the AM and PM and apply Neutrogena "on the spot" benzoyl peroxide treatment (http://www.neutrogena.com/product/on-the-spot-+acne+treatment.do?sortby=ourPicks) according to the instructions for "the regimen". It does seem to be working pretty well. I definitely have a decrease in blemishes all around and the scars that were there are healing and fading away. I'm not sure how the Burt's Bees product would work on it's own. Probably not that well for me as I had previously been using Neutrogena's salicylic acne treatment and it really didn't help too much. For a while my skin began to clear but it didn't last.
I travel a lot and a big negative I have for this product is it's packaging. Totally leaks like crazy. No matter how tight you screw the lid on, even taping down the pop top, it still leaks and I end up losing a lot of product to my ziploc bag.
All in all a good alternative to using other chemically derived salicylic acne treatments.
I have combination skin. I have a very oily/shiny forehead, nose, upper lip, and chin. I've been getting interested in natural/organic foods and figured hey why not try natural/organic skin products? I did a lot of research on the web, going on forums and various websites. I found that this Burt's Bee's cleanser had the highest reviews. So, I bought it and gave it a try. I seen a decrease in my oiliness and adult acne. I was very satisfied. It really does work!
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I was having a baaad break out- so i was on a product binge to find a solution. At first it appeared that the BB's acne products were helping but it actually caused my skin to break out more in the end!
The cleanser it self left my skin feeling soft but it never felt like I could wash the whole product off- like the oil was trapped underneath my skin. I don't think salicylic acid is a good thing for me.
Sucks cause I used this for maybe two weeks and have so much left. Damn expensive too....
When I first heard of this and read the reviews, I thought I would fall in love with the product, but unfortunately it falls a bit short for me. I have sensitive combination skin, with pretty regular breakouts. In general, salicylic acid works pretty well for me, so I thought the 1% concentration would be ideal. The texture reminds me very much of what castile soap is like. While it is runny, I only need a dime-sized amount to produce a decent amount of lather to cleanse with. It washes off makeup pretty well, although sometimes my skin does feel the slightest bit tight. I've gone through half the bottle now, but as far as reducing breakouts and improving the general condition of my skin, it has neither harmed nor helped it. The high price point and the scent (not bad, but by no means my favorite) is also making me feel pretty ambivalent towards this. I will not repurchase as there are cleansers out there that I like much better.
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This cleanser did not work for me at all instead of preventing acne it did the complete opposite. My skin has been breaking out alot due to stress and I read in a magazine that this was a good cleanser for sensitive skin since it is natural. First of all you dont get that much product, I got the biggest size a 5 oz bottle for $10 which is a little bit expensive for such a small amount. This claims to be a gel but I found it to be more fluid and thin. The packaging is not great at all if you squeeze the bottle too hard too much product comes out since its so liquidly. The smell is ok and the cleanser forms up a little bit. After I started using this my skin begain to break out more which I figured it was just purging so I keep using it. Much to my dismay a few days later I work up with big red bumps on my cheek that im pretty sure are hives . I think this would be good for sensitive skin but be careful and do a test patch first.
I loved this cleanser, the packaging..not so much. I tended to lose some of the cleanser since it had a very watery texture, perhaps a pump would have worked better. Although my face did feel clean after using it. It was like a breath of fresh air and soothing to the face. Did it clear the acne, no. I felt no change in my acne it just felt nice. FYI I did use the entire system.
My skin type: oily, sensitive, acne-prone. I got this to help clear a bad flare-up I got from trying coconut oil as a moisturizer. It comes in a rigid plastic bottle with a disc-top cap (you press on one end of the cap and the product comes out of a small rectangular hole on the other end). The cleanser itself is a gel that's watery enough to drip out of the hole, which is good because the bottle is hard to squeeze. It's too watery to just unscrew the cap and pour, though.
I use a nickel-sized amount on my face and neck using just my hands in the morning. In the evening, I use a quarter-sized amount on my face and neck with the Shiseido Cleansing Massage Brush after removing my makeup with Albolene and a tissue. I haven't tried using it to remove makeup alone, but it does a good job of removing the Albolene/makeup residue left behind after I wipe most of it off with the tissue.
No miracles for the first few days, but it seemed to be helping, so I added the toner from the same line. It's been a week now, and my face is a lot better. It's not completely clear, but it's healing nicely from the havoc wreaked upon it by the coconut oil. I still have teeny pimple bumps all over my face, but the giant, red, flaky itchy patches and larger pimples are gone.
The combination of the cleanser and toner are a bit drying, so in the morning, I follow them with Muface Daily Moisturizing Complex and Nivea Cream (from the blue tub), and at night, with Burt's Bees Naturally Ageless Intensive Repairing Serum and Radiance Night Cream. Even though my skin is oily, it's sensitive and has a tendency towards getting flaky if irritated, but so far, this combination is working.
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I have no idea how this has gotten such good reviews. I guess it workd for some people...
I have mildly sensitive combination skin. I had been using the Yes To Tomatoes ace Lotion and Cetephil before I switched to Burts Bees, in hopes that the many zits/clogged pores on my forehead and blackheads on my nose and chin would be cleared up. Boy, was I dissappointed.
-Makes my skin feel clean
-Has kind of a nice citrus/spicy smell
-Bottle leaks at the top when you turn it over to pur the gel onto your hand, leaving a gross sticky residue all over the top
-Did not clear my acne
-Seemed like to was striping my skin of all moistures and natural oils
-Must use moisturizer immediately after drying face since this leaves skin tight
-Kinda Expensive
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I wanted to like this stuff so much, but it's just not doing much for my combo/oily/acne prone and occasionally sensitive skin. It doesn't smell great (and I'm one who usually really likes "weird" product smells, so that says something), it feels overly drying to the point where I have to slather on a lot of moisturizer, especially at night, and I feel like even with using BP treatment, the acne around my chin, jawbone, and upper neck has actually gotten worse. I've suffered a couple of really rather disgusting breakouts--huge whiteheads that bleed at the slightest touch--while using this stuff. I think I'm just sensitive to some ingredient in it. :(


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Bright red lichens draw our attention to the trunk of Ilex opaca, American Holly
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Lichens are symbiotic composites of fungi, algae and often cyanobacteria. They can be classified into structural forms: fruticose (shrub-like), foliose (leaf-like) and crustose (crust-like). Note the different forms below.
Usnea, with the flat spore-producing disks in the image above, is a fruticose lichen that has been used medicinally for at least 1000 years.
Epiphytic plants
Both resurrection fern and spanish moss are epiphytic plants, commonly seen growing on live oak, Quercus virginiana.
Solidago sp.
Goldenrods are extremely important to insect populations; aside from their nectar they are a larval host for many species (115 lepidopteran sp!) and attract insect predators as well.
Airlie Garden residents
The turtles seen here are probably yellow-bellied sliders. Although adults are omnivorous, the juvenile feeds heavily on insects.
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The larvae of Bagworms, in the Psychidae family of lepidopterans, manufacture these protective cases from leaves, twigs and silk soon after they hatch.
These natural engineers have caused them to be the subject of bio-inspired applications and products.
Northern Cardinal
Although adult cardinals can eat seeds and fruit, insects are an important part of the nestlings' diet. Native plants ensure a healthy food supply for their young.
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I was eating supper a few nights ago at one of my favorite local restaurants, and upon getting my check found out someone had paid for my meal and that of my fiance who was with me. I was in my military uniform, having gone there straight from work, and was told someone did it as a thank you for my service. I saw who it was, but I did not know them.
That happens often enough to not be really uncommon, actually. Sometimes folks ask about deployments overseas, sometimes folks just say thanks for serving. That is really nice and I appreciate folks' sentiments when they do that but I honestly don't know how to respond, especially when folks pay for things for me. I was paid for my service already by all of you, and you all paid for the training and gear and medical care and everything else. One of my deployments (I've had three) had a farewell parade, and one of them had a welcome-home parade. It's pretty uncommon to get any hassle from folks over it all too, even from those who oppose the wars in the big picture. So I don't feel taken advantage of or scorned or any of the negative connotations we've heard of from some folks in the past.
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CIF SS Girls Basketball Playoffs: The Wolfpack Devours Bishop Amat 50-45Great Oak Advances to the Semifinals To Face #1-Seed Tuesday March 4Sunday, March 2nd, 2014 Issue 09, Volume 18.
Great Oak led Bishop Amat by seven points at the half but the Lancers came roaring back in the third period to take a 36-33 lead. Thats when the Wolfpack defense kicked in. With 3:08 left in the period, the Lancers could not find the basket. Great Oak held them scoreless until only 22 seconds remained in the game. By then it was all over. The Wolfpack was led by junior Mikayla Williams who scored 21 points against the Lancers. Senior Roya Rustamzada added 17 points for Great Oak and sophomore playmaker Cheldon Alcantara guided the Wolfpack offense. Bishop Amat senior guard Paulina Santana led the Lancers in scoring with 22 points. Seniors Dagmar Ramirez and Janae Chamois finished with nine points apiece against the Wolfpack. The victory sends the Wolfpack into the CIF Southern Section-Ford Division 1A Semifinal Playoff game -- Final Four --for the first time in school history. This was Great Oaks fourth trip to the quarterfinals. They played in three successive games in 2007, 2008 and 2009 only to be stopped short. Great Oak will be at home for the Semifinal Playoff game and will face Bonita High School. The Bearcats are the top seed in the tournament and the reigning Hacienda league champions. They have a record of 27-2 this season and crushed M.L. King 55-32 last night. The Wolfpack will have to find a way to stop seniors Nikki Wheatley and Kandyce Smith. Point guard Wheatley, who is the reigning player of the year for her area, scored 29 in the second round win over Rancho Cucamonga. Underdog Great Oak fans know that whatever the odds, the Wolfpack is toughest when their backs are to the wall and especially playing at home in the Wolfs Den. Go PACK! Game time is 7pm. 0 comments Be the first to share your opinion on this article!
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Fascination with Festival FoodSavory, Sweet and Avocado – the three Avocado Festival food groupsThursday, April 18th, 2013 Issue 16, Volume 17.
Savory â Smoky-flavored Lau Lau & Kalua Pork! What was the Avocado Festival missing in the past? Hawaiian Barbecue! This will be L&L Hawaiian Barbecues first year at the Avocado Festival. The Chula Vista company is owned by Rudy Arucan, who was born and raised on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu and has been on the mainland for eight years. This vendor serves BBQ chicken, chicken katsu, ahi poke, kalua pork, lumpia and other delights from the South Pacific. Try their delicious Hawaiian Plate (Lau Lau and Kalua Pork), which is a recipe straight from the islands made with hefty pork chuck wrapped with taro leaf (Lau Lau), steamed to perfection, and served with savory, smoky-flavored Kalua pork. One popular item is the Chicken Katsu â tender pieces of boneless chicken coated with special seasoning and deep-fried, then served with the special L&L Barbecue Sauce. L&L makes its own barbecue sauce that is a bit of sweet and sour and not too spicy. For the fresh fish lovers L&L Hawaiian Barbecue offers Ahi Poke, which is raw ahi tuna served with rice. Sweet â Awesome Funnel Cakes! The Sweet Stop is true to its name. This company, owned by Al and Liz Larson of Riverside, has been at the Avocado Festival for four years; and now has two festival locations where they offer funnel cakes, cotton candy, smoothies and fresh-squeezed lemonade, among other goodies. Their most popular item is Funnel Cake and they find several ways to make these funnel cakes a delight â adding strawberries, whipped cream and the classic powdered sugar, and sometimes topping them with Hersheys syrup, and caramel. My grandmother would call this "gilding the lily," but the Larsons have developed a way to make their funnel cakes even more decadent! New this year is their Banana Split Funnel Cake that includes classic powdered sugar, a banana, ice cream, strawberries, whipped cream, Hersheys syrup, caramel, nuts and a cherry on top! The Larsons attend 100 events a year and Al said that the Avocado Festival is definitely one of their favorites. "We enjoy it â it is a great event in a wonderful city filled with good and friendly people." Avocado â Great Guacamole! Holy Guaca-moly, a name inspired by the television show, "Batman," is a local award-winning (almost 30 so far!) company started by George Bamber and his wife, Gayle. They create just one food item â guacamole, but they do it right. Holy Guaca-moly has been offering guacamole and chips at the Avocado Festival since the second year of the festival. The first year they worked the festival, the Bambers set up a camping tent, which was extremely hot inside. But, they improved their booth and returned the next year and the next and now you will find Holy Guaca-moly at three festival locations. What makes Holy Guaca-moly so delicious? They do not add any preservatives and use only Hass avocados. (It takes 80 boxes of avocados to make the Avocado Festival guacamole.) George also mentioned that they "keep it chunky," which adds to the flavor. He said that many of the brands found in grocery stores are not as thick in consistency because they add preservatives to the mix â in order for the preservatives to work the guacamole needs to be thinner. He also mentioned that all guacamole will oxidize and turn color in time. George said that there is a bit of lemon juice in their recipe, but he said that many people add too much lemon juice which ruins the flavor and makes it thinner. Holy Guaca-moly doesnt "kill" their guacamole with lemon juice. No, its just perfect the way it is. So there you have it. Visit the Avocado Festival on Sunday, April 21 and sample the three food groups â savory, sweet and avocado! Local restaurants will be open as well offering delicious meals for hungry visitors. 1 comments
I cannot wait for S U N D A Y ! I am excited!
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New York architect Rafael Viñoly has developed a 14-week training course for architecture students and young practitioners. He is teaching it from his office.
The course, which began in September with two-hour weekly sessions, attracted 53 applicants worldwide. Viñoly hand-picked the 19 participants, who range from students enrolled in architecture schools to architects starting their own practice, based on the quality of their portfolio and applications. The participants are not employed by Viñoly and do not pay a fee for the course.
Why would an architect, with a busy schedule and projects around the globe, take on such a course? There is a need to address the questions of people coming into the workforce, to offer a pragmatic set of techniques that can be explained and taught, says Viñoly.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (834 votes).
In short: Weather and cost downers but still fun.In full: The organisers really need to sort the weather out is that too much to ask? ,-) Again an excellent race. I was worried the new wave system would mess everything up but I got close enough to the front before messing up my race! A PB nearly certain here. It is expensive bit well organised. If you don´t run many big races it is worth while as there is a good atmosphere and the pompey locals are good supporters.Date of review: October 29, 2008
In short: Weather terrible, but still enjoyed, could have done with more signs up showing where the baggage drop is etcDate of review: October 28, 2008
In short: Fifth time of running and as good as alwaysIn full: Great race my fav of the year ! even if it always rains and the wind is never behind us runners.I agree that the wave system was a bit odd - I don't recall putting down a time but was suprised to find myself in orange A - as I only manage about 77mins I thought this was to far up the field so started at the back of my wave - still found myself darting through people for the first mile so feel very sorry for faster guys than me in waves further backDate of review: October 28, 2008
In short: My first big raceIn full: This was my second only race ever, first being a 5k back in June. Seemed very well organised and with some lovely supporters who obviously didn't mind the weather. Apart from a short period of rain the weather was ok as not too much wind. I noticed an awful lot of runners overtaking me and I gave an over estimation of my time (more than 2 hours) and was at the back of white wave C but given green wave A (couldn't get through to the green wave as made it to the baggage area late).Apart from all that was simply glad I made it to the end quite frankly! Date of review: October 28, 2008
In short: My 1st 10 Miler- Really EnjoyableIn full: Rasied loads of cash for a superb Charity, met loads of nice people on my way round. Great crowd support.Superb !Date of review: October 28, 2008
In short: A great 10 Mile raceIn full: The weather aside, this race was organised perfectly (as you would expect from the great run organisers). However, it would have been nice to have more bands around the course as well as for them to keep playing for the people all the way at the back coming in after 2 hours. Excellent goody bog. Lovely medal. Lovely t-shirt. I will definitely be back next year.Date of review: October 28, 2008
In short: My 1st race so nothing to compare with, but no hills was very encouraging.In full: Well worth doing, well organised and I expected trouble getting out of the Car Park but it may have taken 45 minutes but these things happen with so many runners. I thought it was well organised and well supported on a damp day, roll on 2009.Date of review: October 28, 2008
In short: Loved itIn full: I really enjoyed the race, despite the weather. I was really pleased as I achieved my target time and in general the wave system seemed to work better than many races. I started in Orange C and didn't get too badly held up. Having said that there were still many over ambitious runners in the Orange wave and quite a few white wave runners appearing in the starting line up. The only other issue I had, was if people are being constantly overtaken, or walking, please move to the side of the road - or don't tut when people plough into you or barge past you! It may be a 'fun run' to some people, but to many it is a serious PB hunting ground.That said I will absolutely do it again!Date of review: October 28, 2008
In short: Great first 'Big' race, shame about the weatherIn full: This was my first 'Big' race (previous max was a 10k) and it was truely Great. The route was varied from the coast, through the dock area and out into the town and back, with some really good support along the way. The start was, given the number of people, surprisingly good and smooth, even though I was near the back of the last wave to go. There was enough water stations, if not enough people manning them at times. All in all, my only negative from this race was the lack of signs at the finish telling you where things were, I managed to wander aimlessly around for about 5 minutes after collecting my goody bag looking for the charity tent area. But by then, nothing could dampen my spirits and I will be back!Date of review: October 28, 2008
In short: Same old GSR !In full: Got to Portsmouth at 09:00 to find the normal GSR weather, hosing it down and blowing a gale ! However, running on the sea front in late October should we really be surprised ? Weather eased off for the race, which was a marked improvement over last year, but perhaps an earlier date should be looked at given the number of people attending (running and spectating). Great support as always, and the multi-wave start help get everyone running in the slightly tight and twisty first mile, though, as noted already, having started in Orange wave C should I really have been overtaking people from waves A and B within 1.5 miles ? Still, a good race for beginners and those seeking a PB alike.Date of review: October 28, 2008


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COST ACCOUNTANT - Greenwood, MS
The cost accountant position is accountable for the ongoing analysis of process constraints,
target costing projects, margin analysis, and tracing costs back to underlying activities.
The cost accountant must also construct and monitor those cost-effective data
accumulation systems needed to provide an appropriate level of costing information to
Principal Accountabilities:
- Construct data accumulation systems for a cost accounting system
- Create and review the controls needed for data accumulation and reporting systems
- Coordinate physical inventory counts and cycle counts
- Investigate cycle counting variances and resolve issues
- Update standard costs in the bill of materials
- Review standard and actual costs for inaccuracies
- Validate the cost of goods sold as part of the month-end close
- Accumulate and apply overhead costs as required by generally accepted accounting principles
- Work with the materials review board to locate and dispose of obsolete inventory
- Conduct ongoing process constraint analyses
- Report on breakeven points by products, work centers, and factories
- Report on margins by product and division
- Report on periodic variances and their causes, focusing in particular on spending variances
- Analyze capital budgeting requests
- Perform cost accumulation tasks as a member of the target costing group
- 3+ years of accounting/finance experience, or 5+ year's experience in industrial engineering.
- Undergraduate degree in Finance or Accounting
- Excellent analysis skills
- Ability to collaborate with a multi-department team
- Experience manipulating large databases.
DESIGN ENGINEER - Cooking Products - Greenwood, MS
Viking Range is seeking an experienced design engineer for its Cooking division. The position will have the responsibility of designing, developing and releasing to production product assemblies and sub-assemblies while working within a design team atmosphere. A very competitive compensation and relocation package will be offered. This position will be located in Greenwood, MS.
Essential Job Results:
- Provide expertise in various materials including sheet metal and die casting.
- Work within a team environment with other Viking Range engineers and designers to achieve production build dates.
- Assist and guide other engineers and designers in related and/or nonrelated engineering disciplines.
- Plan, prepare and provide project schedules, reports on design progress and recommendations for improvements to project objectives and processes.
- Communicate with vendor community about technical aspects of purchased parts and assist the purchasing department in related procurements.
- Analyze product applications; answer customer inquires related to product designs.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering required (BSME preferred).
- Minimum of 5 years experience in the design and engineering of cooking appliances or related products.
- Experience with electronics, structures and/or prototyping.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong project management skills.
- Knowledge of 3D Parametric CAD preferred.
DESIGN ENGINEER - Electrical Wiring/Harness - Greenwood, MS
Viking Range is seeking an experienced, innovative Electrical Wiring/Harness Engineer. This position is responsible for the development and release of specifications and designs to support the wire harness development of all Viking Range products while managing the quality, cost and timing of responsible programs and suppliers. The position will be located in Greenwood, MS, approximately 100 miles south of Memphis, TN.
Essential Job Results:
- Development of specifications for electrical schematic, wiring, and harness with respect to
the following:
- Platform product level requirements and specifications
- Agency requirements (both domestic and international)
- Marketing and Industrial Design requirements
- Design and release of product schematic and wiring diagram by working with cross-functional team (Platform Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Service, etc.)
- Design and release of final harness assembly design by working with cross-functional team
(Platform Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Service, Supplier, etc.)
- Preparation of 3D routing of wiring harness for obtaining actual length, clearance with respect to other mechanical parts, support to be provided, protection and clearance in high temp zone
- Preparation of 2D layout drawing for obtaining length, connector, grommet location, bracket and support design, etc.
- Documentation of wiring harness design in CATIA V5 and IGE-XAO. Document control in Smarteam PLM
- Interact with supplier for component selection, manufacturing and assembly
- Selection of terminals, connectors and other harness components
- Plan, lead, execute and summarize results for Design Reviews (wire harness, components, standoffs)
- Continuous improvement for existing designs
- Engineering technical support to Procurement for:
- Supplier evaluation
- Quoting of electronic components
- Engineering technical support to Service for:
- Resolution of field issues
- Development and implementation of field diagnostics
- Support development of service documentation
Desired Skills and Experience:
- Hands-on wiring harness design and development with global team interaction
- Reviewing layouts and circuit drawings, preparing BOM, releasing procedure for drawings and interpreting schematics
- Good knowledge of cable and harness design techniques
- Experience with new product innovations, value re-engineering and saving costs using various techniques
- Tools knowledge (CATIA, IGE-XAO, FMEA, DFM, DFA, Poke-Yoke)
- Auto/Appliance electronic/electrical design at assembly, sub-assembly level
- Exposure to working in a cross-functional team
General Requirements:
- Dependable and timely
- Willing to do what it takes to get the job done
- The ability to establish priorities and manage project assignments
- Advanced organizational, problem solving and analysis skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with others
- Demonstrated ability to maintain a sense of urgency, initiative and a commitment to work and assignments
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
- Minimum of 5 years of wire harness development experience
- Project management experience (preferred)
- Broad experience in appliance design/development (preferred)
- Experience with statistical design concepts (preferred)
- Programming and hardware design experience (preferred)
MANUFACTURING ENGINEER - Greenwood, MS
Job Purpose: To evaluate the entire manufacturing system in a continuous effort to improve by analyzing current processes, systems, and product designs for elimination of waste and recommend potential areas for improvement.
Reports to Manufacturing Engineering Manager
Essential Job Results:
- MUST BE WILLING TO CONTINUE LEARNING NEW PRODUCTION METHODS by reading, studying, attending seminars, and participating in group discussion.
- IMPROVE LABOR UTILIZATION by auditing the current standard against the planned standard and recommend areas for potential improvement; then update the standard to reflect this improvement.
- PREPARES WORK STANDARDS AND OPERATOR GUIDELINES by writing or updating policies, procedures, and work methods.
- GATHER INFORMATION AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM by spending a majority of their time on the plant floor documenting current conditions and analyzing the system for improvements.
- CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL TEAM EFFORT by accomplishing other duties that may be directed by the Manufacturing Engineering Manager.
Education, Experience, and Skills Required:
- Bachelors of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering
- Computer Skills such as CAD, MS Excel, MS Access or Other Database Software
- Ability to Organize and Prioritize
- Must Adapt to Changing Situations and Work Tasking
- Strong Verbal, Written, and Interpersonal Skills
- Coop Manufacturing Experience is a Plus, Particularly in a Pull Production System
PROJECT MANAGER - Greenwood, Mississippi
This position is responsible for project management, data analysis and documentation needed to support new product introductions, including developing schedules, tracking the part release process, and driving the organization to deliver action items to meet milestones and production. In addition, the position will be expected to complete various weekly activities and projects both within the team and various Viking Range departments.
General Requirements:
- Dependable and timely
- Willing to do what it takes to get the job done
- The ability to establish priorities and manage multiple project assignments
- Advanced organizational, problem solving and analysis skills
- Strong attention to detail and excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with others
- Demonstrated ability to maintain a sense of urgency, initiative and a commitment to work and assignments
- Basic understanding of the engineering process – design milestones, ECN, deviation, PPAP, engineering specs, FMEA, etc.
- Basic understanding of product sub-systems and how they work
- Advanced computer and typing skills (ability to manage data between multiple programs, use short-cut keys, formulas, etc.)
REFRIGERATION SENIOR ENGINEERS - Greenwood, MS
Viking Range is seeking experienced, innovative engineers for its Refrigeration division. The Senior Engineer position will be an expert technical and design resource that champions the consistent use of high performance design practices and standards for the Refrigeration division. This person will engineer, lead and manage multi-functional teams to carry out an aggressive product plan for the development of new refrigeration product. A very competitive compensation and relocation package will be offered. Viking offers excellent fringe benefits and takes pride in maintaining a very positive, people and family oriented working environment. The Company's continued growth provides ample opportunities for advancement. Engineers will be located in Viking's Refrigeration Products Plant in Greenwood, MS, approximately 100 miles south of Memphis, TN.
Essential Job Results:
- Provide expertise in the design and engineering of current and future refrigeration products and systems.
- Identify design/performance requirements for refrigeration products and systems.
- Participate in or lead the Viking Product Development Process for various refrigeration products and systems.
- Develop and manage project plans and timelines within the scope of the Viking Product Development Process.
- Develop and maintain high performance design practices and standards.
- Utilize sound project management tools for the execution of the project.
- Drive usage of modeling, analysis and simulation tools in the design process for optimization and robustness.
- Work with manufacturing/suppliers to document technical aspects of components and interaction of designs within manufacturing and assembly.
General Requirements:
- Expertise in the design, function and performance requirements of key components in a refrigeration product and system.
- Experience leading complex product development initiatives from concept through production.
- Ability to apply expertise across multiple projects to ensure high performance design practices and standards are met.
- Flexible and willing to do what it takes to get the job done.
- Self-starter that exhibits creativity.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or engineering technology required.
- Minimum 8 to 10 years experience in new product engineering and refrigeration design.
- Prior project leadership experience is preferred.
- Experience with electronics, structures and/or prototyping.
- Knowledge of 3D Parametric CAD is preferred.
WAIT STAFF - Greenwood, MS
Giardina's is seeking an individual to enthusiastically wait tables and represent the organization in an extremely positive manner. This position will be night hours.
- Strong work ethic
- Previous restaurant experience preferred
- Friendly personality
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A study and evaluation of mass media and how it shapes societies and cultures. The focus provides the media consumer with a historical and a theoretical perspective on newspapers, magazines, books, Internet, television, radio, public relations, advertising and motion pictures. Course content discusses media law and ethics, controversial topics as well as topics of current interest. Recommended: English Level 5, Reading Level 5 or 6. Hours: 54 lect/disc. Field trips required. Offered: F, S. CCS: Occupational Education. Transferable: UC, CSU and private colleges. CAN JOUR 4; BC GE 3b; CSU GE D.8; IGETC 4.
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NFL Matchups is a new card collection game from Mobage, allowing fans to build teams by collecting their favorite football players. The app features all 32 NFL teams, more than 1,000 NFL players to draft, and has fantasy-integrated player stats that get updated every week based on their performance. It also has realistic modes for users to play, which gives them the ability to select their favorite players, pick their formation, and adjust things at halftime when needed.
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20th Century Boys Book 16
Posted in Manga Reviews on August 23, 2011 by Johannaby Naoki Urasawa; adapted by Akemi Wegmuller
published by Viz; $12.99 US
The last few pages of Book 15 caused quite the discussion amongst 20th Century Boys fans of my acquaintance, as it showed the return of a character whose unseen presence lay under the entire middle section of the series so far.
Book 16 thus feels like a tease, since it doesn't follow up on that brief appearance. There's also more playfulness in its structure, incorporating the reader in its games. The cover approach, in which the kids seem to be talking directly to the viewer, continues on through most of the first chapter, which puts the reader in the story, taking a significant character's point of view.
That character is the Friend as a child, finally showing us how he felt about always being on the outside of Kenji's gang of friends. His wounded viewpoint consists of feeling smarter than the others but also keenly aware of how he's left out of their plots. He may find what they do silly (or he may just be telling himself that to soothe the wound), but he still wants to be part of it, to belong. As kids, they're selfish and thoughtless, unaware of how mean they're being. It's all complicated by his self-centered assumptions and willingness to be offended.
This chapter, even without remembering all the details of the bigger plot, is a wonderfully painful character study of being the outsider. I hadn't thought of how the Friend came to be who he was from this internal focus previously. In many ways, he's too much a cartoon super-villain for that, but Naoki Urasawa drags us inside his head, showing how the smallest action as a kid can have long-standing, unexpected influence later in life. After all, that's the theme of the book, so it makes sense that that principle applies to all the characters, not just the "good" ones.
Still, even early on, this kid is manipulative and annoying. He's focused only on what he wants and how others think of him, learning the power of information dropped in the right ear and the effect of playing on others' beliefs. The previous scenes in the "haunted" house are revisited and elaborated upon to show more of his motivation, especially revealing how what matters to him is of no importance to anyone else. He seems to easily become obsessed, even to the point of it being considered mental illness. That may have been something the reader could figure out from previous events, but here, it's both spookier and sadder, seen in a child who's so mixed up about what should be important.
Urasawa's staging is, as always, masterful, but it's the characters' expressions that really draw in the reader. I was marveling at how well he retells a classic story of a lonely child outsider, layered with creepy reminders of pieces of the tale we already know (including scenes of how the Friend's coterie of assistants came together) … and just when it was getting really powerful, there's a cliffhanger, and Urasawa flips us back to the future from the half-book flashback. Darn him!
Now, we're in the post-plague world, where places have been quarantined and the near-superhuman Otcho is the only character we know. There's yet more foreboding of doom, and perhaps one more chance to defeat the Friend and the world he's built. It's at these times, where the story leaps ahead once again, that my intellect thinks, "That's a cheap trick to build suspense, cutting away and leaving yourself a gap where you can say anything happened." Yet I'm still reading it, and I still want to see good win out in the end. Plus, Urasawa's gorgeous scenes of rubble-filled village streets are cinematic in their appeal and detail.
20th Century Boys reminds me, in a way, of the Indiana Jones movies. They're both a creator's homage to the pulp entertainment they loved, and they're both most enjoyable if you experience more than think about them. Because, in this case, the brain is going to point out just how much of a tease it all is, while the heart is hoping for Kenji to return once again, or for at least his spirit to live on.
(The publisher provided a review copy.)
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10/26/2011 at 7:56 PMWhen I started reading I was really taken aback because I had built up quite a bit of anticipation for seeing the fallout of the Friends' plans finally come to fruition. To be launched into an explanatory flashback to the time they were kids was jarring. Knowing the way Urasawa can draw stories out, I was glad to see that it was over halfway through the book. I was somewhat disappointed that there was yet another timejump, but it seems that by this time all the original participants may finally be so long in the tooth that I hope the central characters will be drawn from the younger characters introduced along the way – the priest from the last volume, Kanna, the kids in this one, etc.
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DANVILLE — Another Montour County person was charged with a meth lab Tuesday. According to The Daily Item, 48-year-old Allison Swisher of Mexico Road was arraigned on charges that she was running a lab in her home.
Swisher has been locked up on a quarter million dollars bail following her arrest. Police say she was caught yesterday operating a four pot operation in her home. She was already set to face sentencing today for a former offense of driving under the influence of meth.
Swisher was raided by crews from the Northumberland Montour Drug Task Force and troopers from the clandestine lab unit. This is the second meth lab discovered in Montour County this year. The first one was in Danville. (Codi Jade)
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The first lady does a lot more than support the president behind the scenes -- she champions causes, hosts big events, makes public appearances and much more. See how much you know about first ladies through history.