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Jeanette Espinosa's snooping tactics were about as effective as Spy vs. Spy. |
The FDLE launched an internal investigation into Espinosa's actions after receiving an anonymous letter this past October 8 detailing her indiscretions. She received a ten-day suspension without pay, a demotion, and a 5 percent pay cut. But she still has access to the databases, which should concern Florida residents.
Espinosa, who earns $1,809 every two weeks, declined comment. FDLE spokeswoman Kristen Chernosky says the agency has increased oversight of Espinosa's work but that she is off suspension and back on the job.
In similar situations, FDLE has not only fired employees but also criminally charged them, says one of Espinosa's colleagues who asked to remain anonymous.
According to the investigative report into Espinosa, whenever an analyst logs on to the FDLE database, a disclaimer pops up that states, "FDLE resources are for official business only. Misuse will result in loss of resources, disciplinary action, or criminal prosecution."
Espinosa disregarded the warning.
She looked up the driver's license history of one crime lab analyst, five special agents, two special agent supervisors, former FDLE Commissioner Guy Tunnell, his wife, the spouse of another agent, and the son of a detective. Asked by the internal affairs investigators why she snooped on these people, Espinosa replied, "Curiosity."
In one example, that curiosity prompted her to look up the driver's license information of a private citizen who was rumored to be a supervisor's gay lover. Espinosa claimed she researched the man to "dispel a rumor that the supervisor was dating a minor."
She pleaded for her job when she got busted. According to the report, Espinosa acknowledged "what she did was wrong, however noted that she was not using or printing information for a criminal purpose or to better herself."
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Office of the Vice President for Sectors and Knowledge
The Vice Presidency for Sectors and Knowledge (VPS) is responsible for developing knowledge to support member countries in the design and execution of their development projects and programs, promoting integration and trade, supporting program and project executions, and expanding the Bank's knowledge.
VPS supports dialogue with the countries and the preparation of each country strategy, and also designs and executes the Bank's financial and non-financial products in the countries in sovereign guaranteed operations, regional programs, and programs to support regional integration. It also develops a demand-driven learning program for staff skills in support of business needs.
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We were a little surprised, and a little bemused, by the news that President Barack Obama has already endorsed a Colorado candidate for the U.S. Senate.
The election won't be contested until November of next year, but that didn't stop our decisive, even impetuous president from making his choice known: Michael Bennet.
Bennet, who has had a varied and successful career in business, education and government, was appointed to fill Ken Salazar's unexpired term by Gov. Bill Ritter earlier this year, after Salazar resigned to become secretary of the interior.
Ritter's choice was not universally applauded. Bennet, whose only political experience had been a stint as Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper's chief of staff, was virtually unknown to Coloradoans living outside the Denver metropolitan area. Given the choice, most Democrats might have preferred Andrew Romanoff, who had served as speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives during 2004-08.
Politically savvy, personally amiable and remarkably gifted at achieving bipartisan compromise on important legislation, Romanoff was liked and respected on both sides of the aisle.
After hesitating for several months, Romanoff officially declared his candidacy last week, as did Republican Jane Norton.
Norton, a Grand Junction native, has been involved with Colorado government and politics for more than two decades. From 1988-93 she served as regional director of the Department of Health and Human Services, and was subsequently elected to a term as lieutenant governor during the Owens administration. Norton joins a crowded Republican field, which includes two-term Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck and Aurora City Councilman and charter school founder Ryan Frazier.
Meanwhile, former Rep. Scott McInnis and his erstwhile protégé, GOP state senate minority leader Josh Penry, are squaring off for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. And despite a few missteps, we think we know who the Democrats will nominate and who will receive the coveted presidential endorsement: Ritter.
We have no problem with President Obama's support for Bennet. The president learned his politics in the rough-and-tumble school of Chicago's South Side and, as last fall's election showed, he can play hardball with the best of them.
He wants to make sure that Democrats hold on to the Salazar seat, and he'd like to avoid a bloody, expensive primary — and, like all Americans, he has the right to his opinion.
But the interests of Colorado residents are best served by grueling primaries between able candidates. Romanoff vs. Bennet, Norton vs. Buck and Frazier, McInnis vs. Penry — sounds like democracy to us.
Primaries have a purpose. They require incumbents, or candidates anointed by party insiders, to make their case to party members statewide. At their best, they allow the least likely of candidates to shine on a larger stage and surge forward to victory.
Remember 2007, when a young, relatively inexperienced Illinois senator launched his campaign for the nation's highest office? He was derided by some for his hopeful audacity, but he contested every primary and every caucus, knocked off the favorites, gave Americans an unexpected choice — and won.
We don't know who will prevail in our primaries, let alone emerge victorious during November 2010. Only two will succeed, and the rest will endure mercilessly public defeats.
During a 2008 interview with PBS's "Frontline," former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle talked about a meeting with Obama during 2006.
"He talks to you about the possibility of running for the presidency. What do you tell him?" Daschle was asked.
"I tell him he should do it," Daschle said. "We went to my favorite restaurant and took the kitchen table in the back where nobody could see us. We had a bottle of wine and a great meal. … I argued that windows of opportunity for running for the presidency close quickly. And that he shouldn't assume, if he passes up this window, that there will be another."
Contested elections are the essence of our democracy. To the contestants, we applaud you for taking Daschle's advice.
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Barr, Alastair J. and Watson, Steve P. (1993) Non-peptide antagonists, CP-96,345 and RP 67580, distinguish species variants in tachykinin NK1 receptors. British Journal of Pharmacology, 108 (1). pp. 223-227. ISSN 0007-1188
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The potency of the non-peptide antagonists CP-96,345 and RP 67580 on NK1 receptor-stimulated [3H]-inositol phosphate accumulation in cell lines or tissue from three different species has been examined. 2. We have used: UC11 cells, derived from a human astrocytoma, and rat LRM55 glial cells, both of which express large numbers of functional NK1 receptors, and the well characterized guinea-pig ileum which expresses both NK1 and NK3 receptors. 3. RP 67580 has an approximately 25 fold lower affinity for NK1 receptors in human UC11 cells (Kd = 194 nM) than in rat LRM55 cells (Kd = 7.9 nM), in contrast CP-96,345 has an approximately 200 fold lower affinity in rat LRM55 cells (Kd = 210 nM) relative to human UC11 cells (Kd = 0.99 nM). The pharmacological profile of CP-96,345 and RP 67580 in guinea-pig ileum was similar to that observed in human UC11 cells. 4. In conclusion, we have demonstrated that previously reported species differences in binding affinities for the non-peptide NK1 antagonists, CP-96,345 and RP 67580, are also observed in inhibition of NK1 receptor stimulated hydrolysis of inositol phospholipids.
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Leadership Development in the office of Student Life is hosting this year's College Union Poetry Slam Invitational at Barnard College! Fifty-nine poetry teams from around the country will perform over the course of four days. Due to the amazing abundance of poets, the readings are broken into several bouts and locations. The charts below contain the dates, locations and time slots for the two days of preliminaries, the day of semi-finals, and the day of the final rounds:
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Further appointments to town boards were made on April 19.The selectmen appointed Gray Cornwell to serve as an alternate to the Zoning Board of Adjustment and Mike O'Sullivan to the Water Resources Board.
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Develin, 24, spent the entire 2011 season and postseason on the Cincinnati Bengals practice squad. The 6-foot-3, 251-pounder was originally signed to the Bengals practice squad out of the United Football League late in 2010 for the final five games of the season.
Develin, who played defensive line at Brown from 2006-09, was signed by the UFL's Florida Tuskers in 2010 and converted to fullback. He did not have a carry during the regular season, but caught three passes for 17 yards and one catch for 26 yards in the championship game against Las Vegas.
As a senior in 2009 at Brown, Develin led the team in sacks (5.0) and tackles for loss (16). He also posted 53 total tackles, one interception and two fumble recoveries. As a junior in 2008, he registered 34 tackles, 3.0 sacks and 9.5 tackles for loss.


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The County Attorney is appointed by the Board of County Commissioners and advises the BOCC, elected County officials, County departments and volunteer citizens boards on all legal issues including, but not limited to policy-making, regulations, operations and programs of the county. The County Attorney is responsible for drafting resolutions, ordinances and intergovernmental agreements, reviewing County contracts and, as directed by the BOCC, prosecuting and defending civil lawsuits brought by and against the County. The County Attorney also provides legal advice and assistance with open space acquisitions, represents the People of the State of Colorado in dependency and neglect cases and is the staff liaison for the Healthy Rivers and Streams Fund Citizens Advisory Board and the Conflict of Interest Committee Citizens Board.
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In addition to the County Attorney, the office is comprised of an Assistant County Attorney, two certified legal assistants and the Code Enforcement Officer. The mission of the County Attorney's Office is to provide timely, accurate and clear legal advice, to disseminate code information and insure code compliance by all citizens, and to protect and defend Pitkin County.
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While at the paper, he won a National Headliner Award for a Northeast Magazine story about the ostracized widow of the state's first casualty in Iraq; wrote about his post-Katrina, flooded out home in New Orleans; and was part of a team of reporters that broke the stories of alleged corruption at Hartford City Hall that led to the arrest of Mayor Eddie A. Perez.
Before his time at the Courant, Jeff worked at the Meriden Record-Journal and as a freelancer for the New York Times. He lives in Middletown with his wife, two daughters, and their cats.
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With the frigid temperatures we have had here in the U.S., many of us have been focused on the conditions for Sunday's Super Bowl XLVIII. Model and polo star Nacho Figueras offered us this bit of perspective today, with a glimpse from the 30th St. Moritz World Cup on Snow. The world's most prestigious winter polo event, underway through February 2, is not played on a grassy field, but rather atop the frozen Lake St. Moritz in Switzerland. Take that, Super Bowl!
More WhoSay Posts of the Day:
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Vodafone UK is Clearly Wrong – The User-Agent String Issue
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Nigel Choi has kindly invested his last weekend to provide the community with evidence of how the Novarra/Vodafone transcoding service disrupts the mobile experience:
For several weeks a firestorm has been taking place at Vodafone's Developer Forum (Betavine, Mobile Internet Content Adaptation forum)
Simply put…
Vodafone UK started striping out essential device identification information that mobile phones send to content providers (i.e. the User-Agent String.)
The User-Agent String is used by developers and content providers to deliver mobile-optimized sites OR device-optimized content/services.
Vodafone's actions thwart the efforts of companies in the mobile ecosystem who set out to provide a customized mobile presentation of their services, hurt these companies financially, and is counter to the advancements facilitated by groups such as the W3C and dotMobi.
For a distilled explanation of the Vodafone User-Agent string issue and how it affects the mobile Web please visit "Vodafone UK is abusing its position" by Luca Passani.
Mike Butcher over at Techcrunch UK has picked up on the story.
Luca Passani:
I am irritated with Vodafone. More that that. I am furious. I see an abuse and I am not sure what to do about it. But it's an abuse. A Big one. Perpetrated by a large company in a dominant position against a myriad of small companies and against its own customers. An abuse that is damaging a whole industry in its infancy. I am talking about the industry of the mobile internet. I am talking about the possibilities for existing and new companies to have a new channel for selling content and services to consumers, and about a company which, from one day to the next, decides to pull the plug on the infrastructure that made this possible. The plug is pulled because this decision makes some tiny extra business sense for the big abusive company here and now, but it has no legitimacy whatsever, and the reason why the big abusive company can do it is merely technological: they manage the pipe the brings the data from the service provider to the consumer, and they decided to exploit this possibility to cut everyone else out.
Is this legal? I don't know. Probably not. The problem is that, being this a relatively new field, there are no specific established regulations which spell out clearly what companies can or cannot do. By exploiting this uncertainty, the big abusive company is applying its dirty tricks and hoping to get away with it.
The abusive company I am talking about is Vodafone UK and the abuse is their decision to strip out essential device identification information that mobile phones send to content providers in order to let them serve customized content for each user's device.
I want to bring the problem to public attention, make people aware of the issue and get everyone involved to do something about it. Read on…
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[…] Today I read on multiple weblogs (Mike Rowehl, Barbara Ballard, David Harper), about Luca Passani's rant on Vodafone's mishandling of the User-Agent HTTP header. […]
[…] Mobile Web developers and content providers are up in arms and rightly so about Vodafone's actions. A grass-roots campaign has been mounted by Luca Passani, co-author of the open source WURFL library which is used by thousands of sites to determine the capabilities of phones hitting their sites. WURFL of course relies on the User-Agent. Winksite co-founder, David Harper has also denounced Vodafone's actions as have mobile usability expert Barbara Ballard and Mobile Monday founder Mike Rowehl. Today the mainstream tech press started to pick this story up with items on Techcruch UK and InfoWorld.This is a serious issue. Vodafone is clearly wrong. As defined by the W3C, the purpose of the User-Agent header is to identify the originating browser. More importantly Vodafone is breaking a long established de-facto standard in mobile-web development that the User-Agent is the best way to identify a particular handset for the purpose of optimizing content delivery. Vodafone is breaking the mobile web. As the second largest mobile carrier in the world they have enormous power and are setting a dangerous precedent. If you are a mobile developer or user who wants to see quality content please let your voice be heard. Things you can do: […]
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He is concerned that the civilian technology also contains the nucleus of the technology used in military systems. On top, even some of the civilian technology applications might be critical to national interests.
"A123 is making equipment that's going to be useful for these new smart grid power systems that [the United States] is going to depend on so heavily for its electricity; and the Chinese will now know what's inside them and how to switch them on and off. Letting that knowledge transfer essentially to the Chinese government. And I have to assume that anything known of a significant nature of a Chinese corporation is soon known by the Chinese government," Tonelson says.
The Chinese will now know what's inside them and how to switch them on and off.
-Alan Tonelson, U.S. Business and Industry Council
Given the close relations, Lu Guanqiu, the president of the board of Wanxiang has to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), this suspicion is not unfounded. Lu, who is ranked number 33 on Forbes's Mainland China Rich List with assets of $1.87 billion, is also chief political comissar (commissioner) at Wanxiang. While some business people hold these titles pro forma, Lu is engaged in Party activities.
According to Chinese media, Wanxiang is said to have an "advanced Party branch," the CCP body that Lu heads within the organization, and "outstanding Party workers." He attended political meetings in Beijing in the past and frequently espouses Communist theories at gatherings with other company Party members.
Alan Tonelson thinks that the CFIUS disregarded these issues because it focuses more on investment income and a false understanding of security, "They take a very narrow definition, namely transactions that have to do with military specific systems," he says.
Foreign Direct Investment is Desirable
Excluding security concerns, this focus on foreign direct investment (FDI) is actually desirable, says Selig Sacks Esq. co-chair of the U.S./China corporate practice at Foley & Lardner LLP.
"If you look historically, FDI has worked in countries, it has created more jobs, it has increased the amount of research and development, it has sponsored innovation, it has allowed for industries to be developed. … FDI is a resource to be treasured. It would be unfortunate if the United States would be losing out to Europe and elsewhere on FDI that would be coming into the United States," he commented at a panel discussion hosted by Fordham Law school Jan. 28.
He believes that Chinese companies can learn to become good corporate citizens in the United States and care about jobs and the community. In turn, production and jobs can be boosted domestically. "There will be an enormous influx of Chinese capital into the United States," which in 2012 increased 41 percent to $6.5 billion.
Euan Rellie, founder and senior managing director at investment bank Business Development Asia LLC, who also spoke at the Fordham event, agrees. "I think it will become a flood before too long," and explains that Chinese companies are trying to build their brands in the United States. "Chinese companies have on the whole not succeeded in building global brands," something the United States is "very good at."
He also thinks that Wanxiang has an advantage over other Chinese companies, having built up a bilingual and bicultural workforce. "They know how U.S. M&A deals work," he says.
Nonetheless, both Selig and Rellie provide words of caution about sensitive technologies. "There is still a lot of sensitivity among certain industries, anything technology or telecom related seems to be highly sensitive," says Rellie, while Selig advises to "Isolate military applications from civilian [uses]," just like it has been done with A123 Systems. "American companies have to be sensitive to these security concerns," he concludes.
Evidence That Chinese Companies are Targeting Sensitive Assets
While foreign direct investment is desirable, there is substantial evidence that Chinese companies go for sensitive U.S. assets.
"The U.S. Intelligence Community ('USIC') judges with moderate confidence that there is likely a coordinated strategy among one or more foreign governments or companies to acquire U.S. companies involved in research, development, or production of critical technologies for which the United States is a leading producer," says the CFIUS annual report.
In 2010, CFIUS issued a recommendation to block the sale of 3Leaf Systems to Chinese telecommunication equipment company Huawei. 3Leaf created a technology that could combine the computing power of several computers.
Another deal that fell through due to security concerns was the $1.8 billion acquisition of Hawker Beechcraft by Superior Aviation of Beijing Co. Hawker's defense business was supposed to be sold separately to mitigate these concerns, but this created insurmountable problems concerning the company's union labor force.
Alan Tonelson does not think that the administration is taking the threat of technology transfer and its consequences serious. "Just last week in his second Inaugural Address, the President declared that 'We cannot cede to other nations the technology that will power new jobs and new industries – we must claim its promise.' The President thought well enough of A123 and its potential to support it with more than $130 million in federal subsidies. Now he's handing it on a silver platter to Beijing."
With additional reporting by Matthew Robertson
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A yummy way to start a Saturday of holiday shopping or just eating some very good food is happening on Dec. 2, 2006, and it's for a wonderful cause. Restaurants and caterers that are among the best in High Point are donating their prize grits dishes for a morning of fine breakfast dining to benefit the Community Clinic of High Point. The Clinic provides health care for those in our community who are medically in need. Food will be available from 7 am to 12 noon at the Millis Regional Health Education Center, and the cost is only $5 per person. Children under 10 eat free! Just one item on the menu, from Real Creations, is Hot Gouda Cheese Grits with chives and other seasonings served with hickory smoked bacon strips for dipping! Food contributors include M.Stephen's, Southern Roots, High Point Country Club, Blue Water Grill, J&S Cafeteria, Tom's Place, The Silver Fox, String & Splinter Club, Pomodoro, Real Creations and J. Basul Noble's. Checks should be made payable to HPRHS/Puttin' on the Grits. For more information, contact Julie Samuels at 878-6292.


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What a way to start off the morning.
I get up today to help out at the school for the orchestra festival, and while I'm milling around, waiting for things to happen, my Mom calls me.
It turns out, that my grandpa back home had a stroke. Geez, just what I need! I have a concert, a big solo, and this orchestra festival to worry about, and here we have this big huge thing that tops 'em all!
Things are OK with him, though. He's flirting with the nurses (good thing), and he's walking and talking. He's probably going to have to go into rehab, but the main thing is that he's all right. Yay for semi-happy endings!
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So the concert was a lot of fun. My solo sucked, but people really seemed to like it. If they're happy, I'm happy. :-D I get another chance at it tomorrow, so I'm going to try and make the most of it.
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Oh. My. Gosh. I can't f*cking believe it. I'm still in shock and awe.
"What the hell is she talking about?" some of you may be asking yourself.
Do you remember my last blog entry, where I gave the cute waitress boy my phone number and asked him to come to the choir concert? Well, I wasn't sure if he was going to come or not. I didn't hear from him all day. I waited. I checked my voicemail. Nothing.
"It figures," I said to myself. Of COURSE a cute boy like him wouldn't call me. If I had a dime for everytime a cute boy was supposed to call me and didn't, I'd be rich enough to buy us all pink Cadillacs.
The disappointment behind me, I decided to go on with the rest of my day. I called my friend Paul and made sure that he was still riding with me to the concert, and he was. We arranged to meet, and I hung up my cell phone.
I drove a little bit longer, and my phone rings.
"It must be his new cell phone number," I said to myself.
"Hello," I answered.
"Hi Mike," the unfamiliar voice said, "It's ________."
It was he!
"I just wanted to let you know that I won't be able to come to your concert tonight." He went on to explain that his folks were having some sort of family get-together, and he had to be there.
"Sorry I can't come, and sorry it took me so long to call you," he offered.
"Oh, that's quite all right. I'm just glad that you called and that I knew for sure. Thanks for letting me know," I said. "You know, you have my number and everything--you should give me a call sometime and..."
"...we should hang out or something," he said, completing my sentence for me.
We both thought it a good idea, and so I'm just waiting for him to call me sometime. I'm very optimistic that something will, in fact, happen. I am just TOTALLY shocked that he called me to let me know he WASN'T coming. Most boys would have just waited until they ran into me again sometime in the (distant) future and offer some lame excuse why he didn't come. Yay for social graces! :-D
Wish Momma luck, kids. Things are swell, things are great, gonna have the whole world on a plate. Starting here, starting now, honey, Everything's Comin' Up Roses!
See ya on the next one!
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Product News · LMT Communications, Inc. · Mar 05, 2015Dental Wings is very pleased to announce that it has entered into a long-term collaboration with Heraeus Kulzer for the worldwide distribution of the new Dental Wings Laser Milling (DWLM) technology, and the development of Heraeus Kulzer materials that take advantage of this unique process. Together...
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Miscellaneous · LMT Communications, Inc. · Jan 27, 2015Today, The Foundation for Dental Laboratory Technology ("The Foundation") is proud to announce the winner of the 2015 Kois Center Education Grant:
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Product News · Axsys Dental Solutions · Jan 25, 2015Stratasys releases the Objet Eden260VS Dental Advantage 3D Printer that delivers expanded solutions for digital dentistry.
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Product News · Axsys Dental Solutions · Jan 25, 2015Axsys Dental Solutions introduces the new Versamill 5X-200 5-Axis Dental Machining Center for in-house fabrication of dental prostheses.
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Effective Dental Bar Design: Critical Considerations for Fit, Function and Manufacture
Miscellaneous · Axsys Dental Solutions · Dec 21, 2014The biggest challenge we see in the manufacturing of dental bars is the actual design of the bar itself. What we see is technicians designing bars that quite frankly are either not manufacturable, would require extensive bench-work or when machined, would never function for the intent in which they were designed. Further we see designs with extraneous geometry and even incorrect geometry included in key areas of the designs. These problems are typically the result of: untrained or improperly trained...
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Roland Offers Free BOFA DustPRO Vacuum with Purchase of DWX-50 Before End of Year
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Ask a Poultry Farmer: The right way to sex fowl, Part 2
This is the second part of our discussion on sexing poultry. As with chickens, there are a number of reasons you want to sex poultry while they're young. Click here for part one.
Turkeys, waterfowl and guineas all can be vent-sexed as day-olds. Like chickens, this is difficult to do and is hard on them.
Sometimes the best way to separate the males from the females is to keep your eyes and ears open.
Tom turkeys will have larger caruncles, wattles & noodle (the thing on their nose). They will also strut but hens will too, sometimes.
Geese are the hardest. They can be vent sexed as adults but this too is very hard. I've seen seasoned judges have trouble doing it. Sometimes the size of the bird will help.
Ducks are the easiest. An adult male will have a curled tail feather, but the best way is the hen has a very loud quack (like we all think of with a duck) while the male barely whispers. (It's kind of like people.)
Guineas: The males have a larger helmet & wattles. The males make a "CHI-CHi-Chi-chi..." sound while the females sound is "buck-wheat, buck-wheat".
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John B. Moeschler, MD - Pediatrics, Medical Genetics
Dr. John B. Moeschler reviews medical content for Healthwise, a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better health decisions. Dr. Moeschler is board-certified in pediatrics and medical genetics and has served on various national committees including Dysmorphology Committee, American College of Medical Genetics, Board of Directors for the American Association of University Affiliated Programs, the Information and Education Committee for the American Society of Human Genetics, and the Committee on Genetics, American Academy of Pediatrics. He was also the AAP liaison to the Committee on Genetics of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Moeschler served on the Editorial Board of Genetic Resource, published by the Massachusetts State Genetics Program and the New England Regional Genetics Group. He is the Consulting Editor for Mental Retardation, published by the American Association on Mental Retardation. Dr. Moeschler is a journal referee for Pediatrics, the American Journal of Medical Genetics, Annals of Plastic Surgery, and Mental Retardation.
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- MD: University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, 1975
- Internship: Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 1975–1976
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- Fellowship, Developmental Disabilities, University of Washington, Dept. of Pediatrics, Child Development and Mental Retardation Center (A University Affiliated Program), Seattle, WA, 1978–1980
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- American Academy of Cerebral Palsy & Developmental Medicine (Fellow)
- American Association on Mental Retardation (Fellow)
- American Society of Human Genetics (Fellow)
- Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps
- Society for Developmental Pediatrics (Fellow)
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- Park JP, Moeschler JB, Davies WS, Patel PI, Mohandas TK (1998). Smith-Magenis Syndrome resulting from a de novo direct insertion of proximal 17q into 17p11.2. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 77(1): 23–27.
- Park JP, Moeschler JB, Hani V, Mohandas TK (1998). Maternal disomy and Prader-Willi syndrome consistent with gamete complementation in a case of familial translocation (3;15)(p25;q11.2).American Journal of Medical Genetics, 78(2): 134–139.
- Mohandas TK, et al. (1999). Paternally derived de novo interstitial duplication of proximal 15q in a patient with developmental delay. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 82(4): 294–300.


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Ferrari F10 - front wing variations 25 September 2010
The Ferrari drivers had three different front wings to choose from on Friday at Marina Bay - a Monaco-spec, a Silverstone-spec and a new Singapore-spec. Felipe Massa tested the new one, but spent more time on the Monaco version with its single flap. Fernando Alonso alternated between the Silverstone and Singapore specs, which differ only in the small fin on the outside of the endplate, which has been moved backwards by around 8cm. Both drivers went on to qualify and race with the new wing. Ferrari also have a new floor, revised in the tea-tray section.


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Hey Gavin,
This is the most widescreen article I've read about us yet–and I'm on the media team, I've read pretty much all of them!
You've really captured our successes and our challenges without sugarcoating or resorting to easy caricature. Thank you. Sorry I didn't get to meet you at the park, but I hope you'll find the time to come visit as we winterize. There'll be more to write about by then! :)


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Chocolate Mousse-Brownie Trifle
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Nutritional Information
(per serving)
Calories | 359 |
Total Fat | 25g |
Saturated Fat | 13g |
Cholesterol | 93mg |
Sodium | 104mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 32g |
Dietary Fiber | 2g |
Sugars | n/a |
Protein | 4g |
Calcium | -- |
John Uher/Woman's Day
Serves: 24
Total Time: 2 hr 25 min
Prep Time: 25 min
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- 1.5 tablespoon(s) cornstarch
- 1⁄3 cup(s) sugar
- 1⁄4 cup(s) sugar
- 1.5 cup(s) 1% lowfat milk
- 3 large egg yolks
- 1 package(s) chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract
- 3.75 cup(s) heavy cream
- 3 tablespoon(s) amaretto (almond-flavor liqueur)
- 2 box(es) brownie bites (we used Entenmann's)
- 1 pound(s) strawberries, quartered if large, halved or whole if smaller
- Toasted sliced almonds, for serving
- Have a 3 1⁄2- to 4-qt clear-glass bowl, preferably straight-sided ready.
- Make the mousse: In a medium saucepan, combine the cornstarch and 1/3 cup of the sugar. Whisk in 1⁄2 cup of the milk. Whisk in remaining 1 cup milk, then the egg yolks. Bring to a boil, whisking constantly, until the mixture thickens, 10 to 12 minutes; remove from heat.
- Add the chocolate chips and stir until melted; stir in the vanilla. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and cover with plastic wrap pressing it directly against the surface of the mixture (this will prevent a skin from forming). Refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour.
- Meanwhile, using an electric mixer, beat 2 cups of the cream in a large bowl until soft peaks form. Fold in the chilled chocolate mixture. Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Using the electric mixer (you don't have to clean the beaters) beat the amaretto, remaining 1 3⁄4 cups cream and 1⁄4 cup sugar and in a large bowl until stiff peaks form when beaters are lifted.
- Cut half of the brownies in half horizontally and half diagonally.
- Spread 2 cups of the mousse in the serving bowl. Place half the rectangular-shaped brownies in a row against sides. Arrange 10 brownie triangles on mousse. Spread top with 1 1⁄2 cups of the amaretto-flavored cream; press remaining rectangular brownies around sides. Scatter 1 cup of the strawberries on top. Repeat cream, berry and mousse layers. Top with remaining brownie triangles, cream and berries. Sprinkle with almonds, if desired. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
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Wendy Hulshoff - 01/03/2011
It's different, the music is different and above all it's fun, it's a new Ria Vos dance! Great dance, which fits very well to the music. The music makes you want to get up and dance. Dancing the moves up and down while she sings "bring me up and bring me down" adds easily some funny extra's to this dance. My favourite dance of the moment. Brilliant dance, this should be a big hit - soon!!!!!


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[UPDATE] JUPITER ASCENDING Moves to February 2015
By Merrill Barr on June 3, 2014
UPDATE: Deadline now reports the film's delay was due to a desire by the Wachowski's to have more time to complete VFX work on the film.
It's been a while since last we saw a new film from The Wachowskis. Cloud Atlas was nice, but it also wasn't a fully Wachowski picture, considering the inclusion of Tom Tykwer in the director's chair. Though Cloud Atlas was a fascinating movie in its own right, what we want now is a new "solo" Wachowskis picture. We want something fresh from the team that gave us the uber-popular Matrix trilogy and uber-cult flick, Speed Racer. That need was supposed to be satisfied this July with an all-new space opera from the duo titled Jupiter Ascending, but unfortunately, it now seems we're going to have to wait a few more months for it to invade our eyeballs.
While no reason is currently being given, Variety is reporting the film has been delayed by Warner Brothers until February 2015 — February 6th, 2015 to be exact. Currently, the studio has Liam Neeson's Run All Night slated for the slot, but that's now expected to change. The major release against Jupiter Ascending will now be Legendary Pictures' Seventh Son instead of The Purge: Anarchy, Planes: Fire & Rescue and Sex Tape.
It's always hard to speculate on why these last minute shifts are made, but clearly something major has gone down behind the scenes. Warner Bros. marketing campaign for the film had already been kicked into motion with some trailers and posters when this announcement came, so this will sadly go down as a financial loss going into the new February date.
Were you looking forward to Jupiter Ascending? Are you upset you now have to wait until February to see it? Let us know in the comments below.
Yeah i'm sure it had nothing to do with the fact its opening weekend was tracking in the low 20s (movie cost 150 million)
Nope, sorry; don't believe it. It was moved to February because February is the studios' dumping ground for all their awful films that they know won't make any money.
Face it: This is going to be another Wachowski turd sandwich. -
I was really excited for this film. But more time for VFX never hurt anyone. I don't know whats going on, and as always, I will withhold judgement until I see the film myself
Mila Kunis is eye candy and that's about it. She made that OZ turd even more unwatchable. That voice, sexy though it may be, is not fun to listen to when it's trying it's damnedest to emote, which Kunis thinks requires her to yell loudly. Don't get me wrong, when casted correctly, like in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" or "Ted", she's fine. But casting her as the next Neo? Really? It looks like a huge miscast to me. She just does not have the chops to carry what appears to be a deadly serious piece of big budget sic-fi. I'd love to be proved wrong here, but Kunis will likely be a huge target for critics when this releases. It's not an easy thing to do, to cast that archetypal role properly. They could have spent weeks looking for an unknown, or they could have picked a hundred other established actresses to carry this film. The Wachowskis had one good film in them and if this tanks like predicted, I don't see how any studio would even consider giving them money in the future. [b][/b]
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By KEVIN JAKAHI
Tribune-Herald sports writer
HONOLULU — Damien Packer wasn't interested in scholarship offers from other colleges. When coaches called, he politely turned them down. He wanted to head to the University of Hawaii, even if it meant paying his own way and walking on.
It was a promise he made to himself and his inspirational best friend, his grandpa Edwin Villanueva, who passed away in 2012. That was Packer's senior year at Keaau High and it was filled with highs and lows.
In April of 2012, he sparked the Cougars to the Big Island Interscholastic Federation track and field championship, the school's first official league title in any sport. He was the 110-meter gold medalist, and a reliable speed merchant, adding points in the 200, 400 relay and triple jump.
A month later at the Hawaii High School Athletic Association state championships, he was part of the 400 relay runner-up team. He finished seventh in the 100 meters. But at least he brought home a memorable silver medal, along with his three teammates.
His success carried over to other sports as well, particularly football. Packer was a two-time All-BIIF first team pick at wide receiver and defensive back. He was named the team's defensive MVP as a senior.
He also played basketball for three years at Keaau, which captured the BIIF championship in 2003 but was later stripped of the title due to an academically ineligible player. (The BIIF ruled the championship vacant for the 2002-03 season.)
Packer was named the school's Athlete of the Year as a senior in his 2011-12 class. But before all that glory, he dealt with agony. His "papa" died on Jan. 1, 2012, starting the New Year off on a somber note for Packer, who relied on the support of his mom, Angela Packer, and his faith.
Villanueva, 75, was born in Olaa and was from Pahala. He was a retired supervisor at the former Ka'u Sugar Plantation and an Army veteran. Along with Angela, he part of Packer's close-knit support system.
"He went in for emergency heart surgery. They fixed the problem, but they found another problem and went in for immediate surgery. He didn't make it," Packer said. "It was tough, very, very tough. My mom really helped me. Instead of his death breaking me, I used it. It made me a stronger person and I used it as my fuel, my drive.
"Growing up, it was just me and my mom. My papa was like my father figure. They were supportive. He encouraged me to never settle for anything less than your goal, and if you want your goal, go get it. We talked and he knew how bad I wanted to play Division I football. I made a promise before my papa passed away to play Division I football. I was set on coming here."
Packer understands he could have eased his mom's financial burden accepting a scholarship on a smaller stage somewhere else. But when he recalls his mom's struggles and her resolve to make ends meet, it reinforces and strengthens all the values he's learned from her and his papa.
"I grew up in a single-parent home. I've seen her struggle and the hard times she's had," he said. "She has always pushed through. I got the never-quit attitude from her. We're religious, Christian. I turn to Him.
"She's sacrificed a lot for me to be in this position to walk on. She's helped me get here. She's my biggest influence, along with my papa."
When Packer talks about his papa, the pride in his voice shines brighter than a sunrise. When he looks in the mirror, the 6-foot, 205-pound freshman cornerback sees a reflection of his papa and mom.
"My papa taught me mental strength. That is key," Packer said. "I've seen him go through a lot of surgeries, stay mentally strong and always trust in God. He was a plantation worker. He worked a hard, long life. He always stressed mental toughness. He would emphasize the mental side over the physical side, how strong the mind is.
"It's definitely helped me for football. The playbook is huge. There's a lot of studying. In high school, I was working out with my speed and strength. But in college, a lot of it is mental awareness, knowing all the situations, formations. I have a far way to go, but I'm making a lot of progress. The coaches are great. They really help me out with my game. I've got four more years. It's only up for me from here on out.
"There are a lot of ups and downs, a lot of things that challenge me, mentally and physically from football. But I never give up. It's an attitude I've adopted from them. It's not easy and you can struggle a lot, especially as a walk-on. But I get strength from them and the Lord and I push through."
It is abundantly clear that there is nothing more important to Packer than honoring his family, not through statistics like tackles and interceptions, but rather with mental toughness, pushing through when times get tough. His papa and mom did that all their lives. It's his turn. It is his life's work.
And Packer is a homegrown product. He is FBI (From the Big Island) and he wears that distinction like a treasured T-shirt. He is a proud 2012 graduate of Keaau High.
When walk-ons shoot for goals, most of the time earning a scholarship is atop the totem pole. Walk-ons have to prove themselves every day, in every drill and all the time because there are 85 scholarships, with an additional limit of only 25 per year.
All of the full-rides are handed to recruited players on a silver platter. In the recruiting world, it's a fact of life that walk-ons are at the bottom of the totem pole. But Packer wants something else, in his mind a brass ring that's far more significant than a scholarship.
"My family motivates me and where I come from. Puna doesn't necessarily have a good reputation," Packer said. "For the kids coming from there, my brothers and sisters through the school, I want to make it and give back, and show them that good things can come out of Puna, and you can come out of Keaau High.
"I want to give hope that nothing is impossible no matter where you come from. Great things come out of Keaau. It's another big reason I came out here and didn't want to settle for a junior college or another smaller school.
"Being a walk-on, from my point I look at the cup as half-full. It's a blessing to even have this opportunity to be part of the team, and put on the gear with everybody else. Through hard work, the scholarship will come. I'm blessed to be part of the team, going on the field with the guys and calling myself a Hawaii football player.
"And being able to represent where I'm from, it wouldn't be the same if I put on another jersey in another part of the country. I play for the state, the people I grew up with, my family, my community every day. I want to make them all proud."
This is the second in a three-part series about Big Islanders about the University of Hawaii football team.


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South Jeffco voters will weigh in on term-limit extensions for county elected officials and new school board members on November's mail-in ballot.
The proposed term-limit extensions were driven primarily by District Attorney Scott Storey, who announced last spring that he'd like to seek a third term. Jeffco elected officials are allowed to serve only two consecutive terms, so Storey wants to ask voters if they will allow him and Sheriff Ted Mink to run for a third.
Officials at the Jeffco health department want the county's anti-smoking laws to be even stricter than those enforced by the state, but at least one county commissioner thinks the suggested clampdown may go too far.
"Workers should be able to have clean air," said Dr. Mark Johnson, director of the Jeffco Department of Health and Environment, as he described the Colorado Clean Indoor Air Law. "It's a good law, but not as good as it could be. It's only moderately strong."
The Jeffco Sheriff's Office was called in to help the new management of Mr. Biggs after the power went out for more than an hour during a musical performance.
Businessman Art Cormier purchased Mr. Biggs several weeks ago and is in the process of upgrading the facility to handle more events, including musical performances, dancing and boxing matches.
Cormier said that during a dance with live bands the night of Oct. 10, the power went out for more than an hour, and he called the sheriff's office to make sure there were no negative incidents.
Times are tough in the good old USA, but Caryn and Peter Boddie of South Jeffco are hoping that area residents still can find a few spare dollars for the less fortunate in other countries.
"There are a lot of fund-raisers," Peter Boddie said. "But this is one of the only ones where you can help people in other countries and participate in something and connect to people in other countries."
Jeffco soon will offer same-sex domestic partner benefits to employees after a recommendation from the county's benefits oversight committee last week.
The proposal was one of several recommendations the employee group presented to the county commission Oct. 6. The commissioners approved the plan during a vote Oct. 13. The benefits package would include medical/vision, dental and other benefits, and be available during the county's open enrollment period starting this week. The benefits will take effect Jan. 1, 2010.
Running on your home course can carry a heavy burden.
"It's tough because people expect you to do better because you know the course by heart," said Columbine's Nikki Funkhauser following her fourth-place finish at the 2009 Jefferson County League Championships on Oct. 16 at Clement Park.
Funkhauser was the top finisher in the Class 5A girls race for the Rebels. She crossed the finish line with a time of 20 minutes, 18.3 seconds.
Emily's List, an organization that was formed to support the election of pro-choice Democratic women, is named based upon what has become an increasingly true idiom of political campaigns. Emily stands for "Early money is like yeast." Candidates' ability to raise funds in the early stages of campaigns has something to do with how they will use that money in their campaigns, but has much more do to with how their campaigns are viewed by others.
LAKEWOOD — There are very few instances where one can imagine the final score of a Columbine and Bear Creek football game mattering so little.
When a player, student, citizen and young gentleman such as Rebels quarterback Danny Spond is seen with knees buckling on the sideline, and has to leave Jefferson County Stadium in an ambulance after having his jersey and shoulder pads cut off of him, what happened between the lines is a distant footnote.
DENVER — The last shall be first for the Chatfield tennis squad.
And by last, we're talking about the Chargers' No. 4 double squad. And by first, we're talking about the fourth-place finish of Kevin O'Brien and Ben Gleave on Oct. 17 at the Class 5A state championships at Gates Tennis Facility.
"We got a good draw this year (and) we definitely felt like we could take advantage of it and just go as far as we possibly could," O'Brien said.
AURORA — Chatfield was thrilled when it found out last week that it had earned one of the final at-large spots in the Class 5A 32-team softball regional tournament.
You can imagine, then, their elation upon defeating Cherokee Trail 12-0 at Aurora Sports Park to clinch the second state-qualifying spot out of Region 3.


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Fidelity National Financial, Inc. And J. Alexander's Corporation Announce 73.8% Of Shares Tendered In Support Of FNF Tender Offer Giving FNF Control; Announce Subsequent Offering Period To Acquire Remaining Shares
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF), a leading provider of title insurance, mortgage services and restaurant and other diversified services, and J. Alexander's Corporation (NASDAQ:JAX) ("J. Alexander's") today announced the preliminary results of a tender offer through FNF's indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary, New Athena Merger Sub, Inc. ("Purchaser"), for all outstanding common stock of J. Alexander's.
The tender offer and withdrawal rights expired at 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on Wednesday, September 19, 2012. According to the depositary for the tender offer, approximately 4,451,627 shares (excluding approximately 321,133 shares subject to guarantees of delivery) were validly tendered and not withdrawn as of the expiration time. This represents approximately 73.8 percent of J. Alexander's outstanding shares of common stock on a fully diluted basis, giving FNF control of J. Alexander's. The Purchaser has accepted all shares that were validly tendered and not properly withdrawn and will promptly pay for such shares at the tender offer price of $14.50 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest and less any required withholding taxes.
In response to the completion of the tender offer, Lonnie J. Stout II, President and Chief Executive Officer of J. Alexander's, stated, "We are pleased with the successful completion of the first step of the transaction with FNF and believe it represents a significant achievement for our shareholders by maximizing value and providing them with a substantial cash premium for their shares. We look forward to a successful merger closing."
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FNF and J. Alexander's also announced today that the Purchaser is commencing a subsequent offering period to acquire the remaining untendered shares of J. Alexander's common stock. The subsequent offering period will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, September 26, 2012, unless extended. During this subsequent offering period, holders of shares of J. Alexander's common stock who did not previously tender their shares into the initial tender offer may do so, and the Purchaser will immediately accept and promptly pay for any shares properly tendered, for the same $14.50 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes, that is payable to stockholders who tendered their shares during the initial offering period of the tender offer.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Rabbitohs claim Charity Shield
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