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Yamaha YFZ450R SE 20102010 Yamaha YFZ450R SE specifications, pictures, reviews and rating |
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The YFZ450R Special Edition is almost as much fun to look at as it is to ride. The YFZ450R SE features striking midnight blue plastic with quick-release fasteners for no-tools installation and removal of the front and rear fenders, special graphics, a black swingarm and a dealer-installed GYTR black front grab bar. |
General information | |
Model: | Yamaha YFZ450R SE |
Year: | 2010 |
Category: | ATV |
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Price as new (MSRP): | US$ 8999. Prices depend on country, taxes, accessories, etc. |
Engine and transmission | |
Displacement: | 449.00 ccm (27.40 cubic inches) |
Engine type: | V2, four-stroke |
Compression: | 11.6:1 |
Bore x stroke: | 95.0 x 63.4 mm (3.7 x 2.5 inches) |
Fuel system: | Injection. Yamaha Fuel Injection (YFI) , 42mm |
Fuel control: | DOHC |
Ignition: | Digital TCI: Transistor Controlled Ignition |
Cooling system: | Liquid |
Gearbox: | 5-speed |
Transmission type, final drive: | Chain |
Chassis, suspension, brakes and wheels | |
Front suspension: | Independent double wishbone, w/ Kashima coated piggy back shocks, High/Low speed compression, rebound and threaded preload adjustment, 9.8-in travel |
Rear suspension: | Cast aluminum swingarm w/ piggyback High/Low speed compression, rebound and threaded preload adjustment, 11.0-in travel |
Front tyre: | 21/7-AT10 |
Rear tyre: | 20/10-AT9 |
Front brakes: | Double disc |
Rear brakes: | Single disc |
Physical measures and capacities | |
Weight incl. oil, gas, etc: | 183.7 kg (405.0 pounds) |
Seat height: | 810 mm (31.9 inches) If adjustable, lowest setting. |
Overall height: | 1,064 mm (41.9 inches) |
Overall length: | 1,796 mm (70.7 inches) |
Overall width: | 1,240 mm (48.8 inches) |
Ground clearance: | 114 mm (4.5 inches) |
Wheelbase: | 1,270 mm (50.0 inches) |
Fuel capacity: | 9.84 litres (2.60 gallons) |
Other specifications | |
Starter: | Electric |
Comments: | 2WD; Sealed O-Ring Chain, Eccentric Adjustment |
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A Mac utility for setting the power management (APM) level on SATA hard drives.
It can be used to eliminate "chirping" or "clicking when idle" noises in some HDDs.
- OS X 10.5 or higher.
- SATA hard disk with APM support.
- Does not work with external USB or Firewire drives.
Further information can be found in the usage guide.
New! (Aug 25, 2012) version 1.2.
- Improved support for systems with multiple drives.
- Detects all APM compatible drives automatically (No need to edit .plist file for Optibays, Mac Pros, etc).
- New uninstall script.
Installer Package | hdapm-1.2.dmg |
Source code | hdapm-1.2-source.tar.gz |

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It's been a bit of a touchy subject for certain companies, but with transistor counts and power requirements hitting astronomical levels, heat is an ever-present demon that needs to be dealt with.
We've seen lots of solutions for dealing with GPU/VPU heat, some passive and others active, some huge and others more compact, some successful, others not so.
It's tempting to assume that just because a manufacturers sells a graphics card with a particular cooler fitted that it's perfectly capable of doing its job, but we also need to remember that most cards these days are based on original reference designs, and these tend to put a lot of emphasis on low noise, low weight, small size and reduced manufacturing costs, but not necessarily great cooling. This is why so many aftermarket coolers perform better and, in some cases, look better too.
On trial today is the very latest VGA cooling kit from the folk over at Jetart. The last VGA cooler we looked at from the Jetart stable was quite clearly designed for graphics cards from previous generations and, though it performed well, it wasn't really an ideal choice for the current crop of high power pixel engines.
Today's offering is a different beast entirely. It's bigger, it's heavier, it comes with eight rather than four RAM sinks and it looks good too, always a bonus.
As ever let's look over the specs:
Compatible to all nVIDIA & ATi VGA cards (click for Compatibility Chart)
Extra 8 pcs Memory Heatsinks Included
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If you're looking for market analysis, content, and services for small dynamic markets, Feed-back.com is a great place to start. Here's a sampling of our market analysis / content / services.
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Ongoing closures threaten access to health care for millions of Americans. Nearly 20% of Americans live in rural areas, and many no longer have local access to acute care services. Read more….
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Defining the term "medical spa" is the trickiest part of evaluating what's going on in the U.S. skin care market. According to industry sources, "medical spa" typically refers to a business that offers aesthetic enhancement services such as chemical, injectable, and light-based treatments. Facilities usually emphasize a spa-like setting. Regulations vary significantly from state to state, and consumers are warned by professional organizations to carefully evaluate various factors such as who is performing the procedure, whether there is oversight by a medical director, etc. Read more….
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"Wild Cards"
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Justice League episode | |
"Wild Cards" | |
Airdate: | December 6, 2003 |
Production Number: | 48-49 |
Airdate Order: | 47-48 |
Animation Services by: | Dong Woo Animation Co., LTD. |
Written by: | Stan Berkowitz and Dwayne McDuffie |
Directed by: | Butch Lukic |
Episode images (8) |
"Wild Cards" is the forty-eighth and forty-ninth episodes of Justice League. It originally aired on December 6, 2003.
Part I
In the Watchtower, Green Lantern and Hawkgirl are trying to hack into bank records and get into an argument. Lantern points out that Hawkgirl only ever behaves like this when they are alone. Though she denies it, they appear on the verge of kissing when they are interrupted by a call from Batman.
Batman confronts a television network executive for selling airtime to a certain "Gwynplaine Entertainment", telling him that it is actually the Joker. The executive quickly calls to shut off the channel station before the Joker goes on air, but they see that the Joker has bought the same amount of airtime on all the other channels as well to broadcast his own reality television special from Las Vegas: he's planted a time bomb somewhere on the Strip, and only the Justice League can disarm it, because if anyone else tries he'll detonate it immediately. The bomb is set to go off in just under twenty-three minutes. Joker's also planted a large number of cameras all over the city, allowing him, and the viewers, to keep track of the League's every move.
As people flee the city in panic (save for one old woman, who spends the entire ordeal playing slots, unaware of her surroundings), the League — Superman, Batman, Hawkgirl, Lantern, and the Flash — arrive in Vegas. Superman quickly locates the bomb with his x-ray vision, but the League is attacked by Joker's own squad of superpowered henchmen, the Royal Flush Gang. As they battle the League, Joker explains their origin: a group of five kids born with superpowers, they were taken from their families and imprisoned by the government as teenagers to be trained as human weapons, until Joker freed them.
As the rest of the League fights, Batman defuses the bomb, only to find it is a fake. Superman scans the Strip, and finds twenty-five bombs, with just under fourteen minutes left. There's no way to tell which might be more fakes and which are real without searching them all out.
The League splits up to disarm them, with the Gang continually popping in to hinder their efforts. Batman, impressively, manages to talk Flash through disarming a bomb even while battling one Jack.
At one casino, Green Lantern and Hawkgirl get into another argument over defusing a bomb. The Joker mocks the romantic tension between them, and decides, just for fun, to press his detonator. Hearing a beep, Lantern ejects Hawkgirl from the building, just as the bomb explodes with Lantern still inside much to Hawkgirl's stress and shock.
Part II
Frantic, Hawkgirl searches the wreckage of the casino for Lantern. She finds him, gravely injured. She tries to revive him with CPR, then finally succeeds with an impromptu electroshock from her mace. Abandoning the bomb hunt, she flies Lantern to get medical help, ignoring Batman's orders to return as quickly as possible.
Still fighting Jack, Batman manages to down a helicopter carrying Harley Quinn. Batman plays on her jealousy by insinuating Joker's seeming affection for Ace, the last member of the Gang. This causes Harley to punch him, seemingly knocking him out.
By now, there is only one bomb left, with only a few minutes remaining. Superman holds off Ten and King while Flash tries to disarm it, but Joker distracts him. With exactly one second left, Flash just grabs the bomb and disappears – incredibly, managing to run it out of the city, drop it, and get away, as it is exploding.
The Joker applauds the League's success, but then reveals the horrific true nature of his plan: Ace has a basilisk gaze, the power to drive people insane just by looking at them, either in person or on TV; a power so dreadful, she was taken by the government as a toddler. The whole bomb plot was a ploy to drive up the viewership of the program to the maximum – by Joker's estimate, sixty or seventy million people are now watching – and now they can't look away, as Ace has them mesmerized. In a few minutes, their minds will all be destroyed.
A furious Harley arrives at the studio, inadvertently leading Batman to Joker's hideout. Batman confronts Joker, but is disabled by Ace. Joker attacks him, literally "kicking him while he's down", and Batman tries to defend himself. As they struggle, Batman plucks something out of Joker's pocket – the mind-control headband that Ace's government handlers used to pacify her. Seeing it, Ace is enraged, and turns her power on Joker, driving him into a catatonic state. Ace walks out; Batman is too weak to follow her.
Up in the Watchtower, Hawkgirl reports to Batman that Lantern is out of danger. She tries to apologize for disobeying him, but Batman cuts her off, telling her she did the right thing. Hawkgirl goes to check on Lantern, who wakes up and confronts her, saying it is time for them to admit their feelings for each other. She demurs, but can't deny the way she feels. For the first time, her headdress is removed (on screen), revealing her face, and they kiss.
Back in Las Vegas, the old woman finally wins the jackpot on the slot machine.
- Green Lantern's and Hawkgirl's relationship will later be put to the test in "Starcrossed".
- When Ten says he's stronger than Superman, the Man of Steel dismisses it by saying he's heard it before. This alludes to the Superman: The Animated Series episode "The Way of All Flesh" in which Metallo claimed the same thing.
- Harley Quinn references the time the Joker traded her up for a commuted sentence, which was mentioned in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Trial".
- It is later revealed in the Justice League Unlimited episode "Fearful Symmetry" that the Royal Flush Gang were products of Project Cadmus.
- It is also revealed in the Justice League Unlimited episode "Epilogue" that the genetics technology that Joker used on Tim Drake in Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker came from Cadmus, thus hinting that he stole it from Cadmus at the same time he freed the Royal Flush Gang.
- The Joker states that Harley always returns to him, referring to several Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures episodes where Harley forgave him in spite of his abusive behavior, namely "Harley and Ivy", "Harlequinade", "Trial", "Joker's Millions" and "Mad Love".
Background information
Home video releases
- Justice League - Season Two (DVD)
- Justice League - Season Two (Blu-ray)
- Justice League - The Complete Series (DVD)
- Justice League: Doom (2DVD, Blu-ray only)
Production inconsistencies
- When Batman tells the television executive that Gwynplaine Entertainment is the Joker, the executive reacts in shock before Batman finishes his sentence.
- Batman tells the Flash to disarm the bomb by disconnecting four wires in a specific order. After Flash's hands stop moving, all of the wires (more than four) have been disconnected. Likewise, when Superman disarms a bomb, he uses his heat vision to disconnect different wires, and in a different order.
- When Superman and Flash start having hallucinations by watching Ace, there are no people around them, but when the camera cuts to a wider view, there are several people standing behind them.
- Part I ends with Hawkgirl calling out for John in horror, with 7:00 to go on Joker's onscreen timer. However, at the beginning of Part II, Hawkgirl is seen on her feet at 7:06 trying to rescue John.
- When Superman is trying to convince Ten and King to give up, he claims they have "less than a minute", but the timer is at 1:10. However, Superman cannot see the timer, so this may be justified.
- The Joker does not perform his trademark laugh at any point in the entire episode.
- This episode marks the first time Hawkgirl's face is seen.
- Aside from a cameo on one of the Joker's monitors, Wonder Woman and J'onn J'onzz do not appear.
- This episode also marks the last appearance of Joker and Harley Quinn in the DCAU (though their final chronological appearance was in Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker), and also Arleen Sorkin's final performance. Both Sorkin and Mark Hamill would reprise their characters six years later in the video game Batman: Arkham Asylum.
- The Joker's countdown starts just below twenty-three minutes, the average length of a half-hour television episode without commercials.
- The Joker's line about stealing the kids away from their government handlers, "and they would have gotten away with it, too, were it not for me meddling with the kids!" is a spoof on the well-known catchphrase from Scooby-Doo. Hamill has often voiced characters in the direct-to-video movies of Scooby-Doo.
- Joker buys his airtime using the alias "Gwynplaine Entertainment". Gwynplaine is the hero of Victor Hugo's novel "The Man Who Laughs", a circus performer who was abducted and mutilated as a child, a permanent grin carved into his face. Batman's creator, Bob Kane, admitted that he used Gwynplaine as a model when he created the Joker. "The Man Who Laughs" is also the name of a comic serial featuring Batman and the Joker.
- Hawkgirl mockingly refers to Queen, after she assumes her metal armor and sword, as "Joan of Arc".
- During the scene after Joker tells Ace's back-story, a man in a mouse suit with a coffee mug walks behind the two, indicating that Ace's insanity-inducing mind power has started to take effect over the audience.
- Contrary to Ten's belief, it seems unlikely that any of the bombs would have been powerful enough to kill Superman, since his clone, Bizarro, had managed to survive an explosion equivalent to half a kiloton, or 500 tons, of TNT in "Identity Crisis". In real life, the largest conventional, i.e. non-nuclear, explosives top out around 50 tons of TNT.
- Flash's stunt with the last bomb is similar to one Batman pulled with a bomb planted by the Clock King in "Time Out of Joint".
- When explaining the Royal Flush Gang's abilities, it is said that Ten cannot feel pain. Yet, he is clearly in pain when fighting Superman, judging by his facial expressions and yells.
- The episode is a subtle crossover with the Teen Titans animated series, as the members of the Royal Flush Gang are all voiced by actors from that series, with similarities to their Titans characters.
Royal Flush Gang | Actor | Teen Titans | Similarities |
Ten | Khary Payton | Cyborg | Built physique and super-strength |
Jack | Greg Cipes | Beast Boy | Shapeshifting |
Queen | Tara Strong | Raven | Mind control over objects |
King | Scott Menville | Robin | Staff wielding leader |
Ace | Hynden Walch | Starfire | Large, glowing eyes |
- Bruce Timm has confirmed that the kids' distinctive-looking "headmaster" was designed as a cross between Marvel's Professor Charles Xavier, from their X-Men title, and DC's John Lynch, from Gen-13.[1]
- The final scene is similar to a famous scene from Alfred Hitchcock's film To Catch A Thief, when a couple falls down onto a couch, kissing, and then the camera shifts upward to show fireworks going off outside.
- Near the end of the episode, Ace turns on Joker, using her powers to render him catatonic. However, his appearance in the flashback sequence and in the future in Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker clearly means that he somehow revives from this experience. This is just one in the many times Joker has survived an apparently life-threatening situation.
- The casino that explodes with John inside is named after Amos Fortune, the villain who originally founded the Royal Flush Gang.
Actor | Role |
Maria Canals | Hawkgirl Old lady (uncredited) |
Kevin Conroy | Batman |
Phil LaMarr | Green Lantern |
George Newbern | Superman |
Michael Rosenbaum | The Flash |
Mark Hamill | The Joker |
Arleen Sorkin | Harley Quinn |
John C. McGinley | Network Executive Bookie (uncredited) |
Greg Cipes | Jack |
Scott Menville | King |
Khary Payton | Ten |
Tara Strong | Queen |
Hynden Walch | Ace |
Uncredited appearances
Part I
Hawkgirl: Aha, that's it. Right there. |
Joker: Ah ah ah, don't touch that remote. I know it's heartbreaking to have your favorite shows preempted, but look what you're getting instead: me! And a whole truckload of mindless violence and wanton property damage; everything that makes TV great! So stay tuned, you won't believe your eyes. |
Joker: The Royal Flush Gang! Jack, Ten, King, and... uhhh... Queen! |
Joker: Oh, you're breaking an old man's heart, kids. Stand up to them, like I would! If I were there, and if I had superpowers, and...Oh, for Pete's sake, go back there and beat on them! |
Joker: I can't believe he didn't suspect a trap. See what happens when you don't watch enough television? |
Joker: Whew! Is it just me, or is there something going on between those two? Will Green Lantern ever admit to his feelings? Will Hawkgirl ever stop sublimating her passions with that BIG HONKING MACE?! Will True Love conquer all? |
Part II
Joker: Ooh! Medical drama, life and death stakes, compelling human conflict...RATINGS! |
Batman: Harley, where's Joker? |
Joker: You know, our show was picked up by all the news channels. And the last 15 minutes or so's been running on the Broadcast networks. According to my projections, we've got somewhere between 60-70 million people watching right now, and that was the point all along. This whole thing was a stunt, to get as many of you watching as possible, and it worked! My Royal Flush Gang provided the conflict, the Justice League brought the star power, and I brought the shocking surprise ending. Everyone watching this show right now is witness to my greatest joke ever. In just over five minutes, you'll all be hopelessly, incurably insane. |
Joker: Even as I speak, millions of you slack-jawed couch potatoes are losing your grip on reality—which, in my opinion, is highly overrated anyway. But you can't look away, even though you know something's terribly wrong. And the best part: I'm immune to all this because I'm already crazy. Turn it up, baby! |
Old lady: Well, it's about time. |
Previously produced episode: "Comfort and Joy" | Episodes of Justice League | Next produced episode: "Starcrossed" |
Previously aired episode: "Hereafter" | Next aired episode: "Comfort and Joy" |


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Col de Tentes rankings
Difficulty ranking world: 645 (all)
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Difficulty score: 126.77 what?
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The average percentage thus is 5 %.
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Jarrold Bridge
Norwich- Architectural Lighting
Download Case StudyLighting Technology Projects successfully completed a project to provide a durable, energy-efficient illumination solution for the Jarrold Bridge, a brand new bridge connection designed to provide easy pedestrian access from Norwich centre to the north-east side of the city across the River Wensum.
Part of a £1.5 million investment by local business Jarrold and Sons to regenerate their former factory site, the award winning bridge was officially opened to the public in June 2012 and was blessed in a ceremony by the Bishop of Norwich.
LTP worked closely with SH Structures to deliver the project which meets the client's aesthetic and environmental expectations, whilst also providing a safe and well-lit environment for pedestrians utilising the bridge.
UniLED flexineon, UniLED colonnade lights and PLM metal halide in-ground uplights were specified and used in the installation.
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Small, discreet, yet superbly powerful. They use the same high quality materials as the entire range. Uniquely cast in aluminium, with an aluminium tweeter and aluminium coated bass/midrange driver, these are speakers that demand attention. The AVP305s are for those who want performance without losing living room space. The satellites are capable of being either freestanding, wall mounted or placed on stylish stands that incorporate cable management to hide unsightly wires. The centre channel is perfectly matched both visually and sonically to give the clearest vocal and front surround effects and the 200W subwoofer adds the explosive quality to produce the dramatic surround sound reproduction recorded on modern media. The AVP305 is the definitive Celestion Home Cinema system. |


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The MMDS Units, like the CalAmp 31732 Down Converter, they need a DC-supply of 16-22 Volts in order to operate. The difference with usual Electronics equipments is that the DC voltage must be "inserted" into the RF cable. In other words, they using the same
cable for both jobs:
a) the coaxial-cable is used in order to drive - down into the Shack the receiving signal.
b) the coaxial-cable is used in order to supplying the MMDS with the necessary DC-Voltage.
These units are known as "DC insertion" or "DC injection". In practice a "DC-in" unit is a pretty simple circuit. Fig.1 shows the diagram.
Reversely the C1 capacitor stops the DC-current (DC-blocking capacitor) and allows to pass only the RF-signal.
The unit is shown in Fig.2. It's being constructed into a small metallic box. On the left side is the output to VHF receiver (BNC) and the "Red-Black" cable for the Voltage supply. On the right-side is the "F-type" connector for the Coaxial cable of CalAmp 31732.
My Homebrew "DC-in" unit |
P.S: you can replace the VK200 by 4 turns of 0.25mm wire into a small ferrite bead.
Also the 10uH coil by winding 10-15 turns on the body of 100Kohms 1/2 W resistor.
Have Fun
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The airline failed to reach any agreement with its 4,800 pilots, however, and that's bad news. Now the pilots' union has authorized a strike if Northwest gets the court approval it's seeking to void the pilots' existing contract and impose new terms.
Northwest got itself into this mess, and now it wants its employees—the people who actually fly the planes and deal with customers on the front line every day—to get it out of it. No dice, say the workers.
As I mentioned earlier in the week, Northwest is looking to cut total labor costs by about $1.4 billion. No one wants it to come to a strike, least of those of us who are frequent travelers. A strike does no one any good in the long run. But $1.4 billion? Shame on Northwest for getting itself to this point in the first place.


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Wind speed measurements of Doppler-shifted absorption lines using two-beam interferometry |
Applied Optics, Vol. 51, Issue 12, pp. 1853-1864 (2012)
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Wind speed can be measured remotely, with varying degrees of success, using interferometry of Doppler-shifted optical spectra. Under favorable conditions, active systems using laser pulse backscatter are capable of high resolution; passive systems, which measure Doppler shifts of atmospheric emission lines in the mesosphere, have also been shown. Two-beam interferometry of Doppler-shifted absorption lines has not been previously investigated; we describe such an effort here. Even in a well-defined environment, measuring absorption line Doppler shifts requires overcoming several technical hurdles in order to obtain sensitivity to wind speeds on the order of
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(120.0280) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Remote sensing and sensors
(120.2440) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Filters
(120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry
(120.4640) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Optical instruments
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Original Manuscript: September 26, 2011
Revised Manuscript: February 15, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: February 16, 2012
Published: April 11, 2012
Robert M. Pierce and Shane E. Roark, "Wind speed measurements of Doppler-shifted absorption lines using two-beam interferometry," Appl. Opt. 51, 1853-1864 (2012)
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dc.contributor.author | Sundararajan, Vignesh | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-10-20T15:47:52Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-10-20T15:47:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-10 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10680/224 | |
dc.description.abstract | In Drosophila, crossing two closely related species can generate viable but sterile male offspring,typically an outcome of postzygotic reproductive isolation. Hybrids between species of the Drosophila simulans clade show disruption mainly after the meiosis stage of the spermatogenesis pathway, which eventually affects the production of mature sperm. Whole genome investigations (using microarray) of the clade identified that misregulation in sterile hybrids was caused by post-meiotic breakdown. However, either the use of non species-specific genomic platforms or the choice of tissue sampling (whole bodies rather than testes) has made the results of previous investigations prone to ambiguity.Down regulation of spermatogenesis genes specific to interspecies hybrid testes was further supported by lack of differences in gene expression in hybrid ovaries (interspecific), hybrid whole body samples (interspecific) and hybrid testes (intrapsecific) when compared to their respective parental species. However a preliminary protein assay did not suggest a difference in expression between D. mauritiana and interspecies sterile hybrid for bam and sa. These results suggest that misregulation in hybrid sterile males is solely transcriptional and exclusive to testes in interspecies hybrids. The results presented in this thesis do not support down regulation driven by hybrid male sterility. It is possible that transcriptional down regulation of spermatogenesis genes in interspecific hybrids could be the result of rapid divergence experienced by the male genome among the closely related species of Drosophila (i.e. the male sex drive hypothesis). Alternatively, allometric changes due to subtle testes-specific developmental abnormalities in sterile interspecific hybrids, as suggested by morphological analysis, might also contribute to differences in gene expression. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Winnipeg | en_US |
dc.subject | Genetics | en_US |
dc.subject | Drosophila interspecies hybrids | en_US |
dc.subject | Spermatogenesis genes | en_US |
dc.title | Transcriptional Down Regulation of Spermatogenesis Genes in Drosophila Interspecies Hybrids | en_US |
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Speaking at a travel industry conference in Melbourne today, Etihad's local national sales manager Wayne Borland said that Perth was "definitely on the radar", with Adelaide also "on the list".
The WA capital has long been tipped as Etihad's next Australian port and makes even more sense in light of the airline's alliance with Virgin Australia, which now has three Airbus A330s with business class shuttling daily between Sydney and Perth on its 'Coast to Coast' service.
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Top Tips - February 2012 - Bowling Ball Weight
I've reached the age (54) where it has become difficult to keep the speed up with a 16-lb. ball. For the best carry, am I better off staying with a 16-pounder and throwing it slower, or going with a lighter ball and throwing it faster?
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For those who wish to maintain a strong game and eliminate the possibility of injury, decreasing ball weight can be a good suggestion. It is especially recommended for middle-aged bowlers who use heavier balls and are watching their averages drop gradually.
We don't want anyone to consider giving up the sport because they aren't enjoying themselves. Besides, the goal is to roll the ball comfortably and knock down a lot of pins. Bowlers are still using 16-lb equipment. However, technology has provided bowlers at all levels with more options. Eliminating the 16-lb ball may be a good start to improve your game. But be aware that throwing the ball harder can put a strain on your arm and shoulder, which could cause discomfort. On the other hand, slowing down a heavier ball will make it tougher to roll the ball through your target with any velocity.
Current bowling technology allows bowlers to select lighter equipment, choose from various coverstocks and weight blocks, and not lose pin carry. That's why my center counsels many middle-aged and senior bowlers to consider moving to lower-weight balls. While you may have had a long history of success with a 16-pounder in the past, it's time to consider ways to make minor adjustments as you get older and physical conditions change. USBC coaches and/or local pro shop operators can assist you. They can evaluate your game and are prepared to help you decide on a weight and ball that will fit your needs.
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As we age, our bodies become less flexible and can also lose strength. As a result, I almost always recommend 15-lb equipment over a 16 lb ball because the technology of today's bowling balls can make up for some of the weight difference. That said, lowering your ball weight may not necessarily increase your ball speed, but it may help with release consistency and accuracy.
Ball speed comes from your tempo, or the speed of your approach. If you have a slower tempo, your ball speed will most likely be slower. Speed consistency is more important than the amount of speed generated. If you have trouble maintaining a good ball speed, you have a few options. The best way to increase that speed would be to pick up the pace of your approach. Do this by increasing your foot tempo. Just make sure your swing tempo matches the increase of your foot speed.
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Via Justin (Human Law) Patten the IPKat has just been introduced to the IP ADR Blog which, as its name suggests, addresses the increasingly popular option of alternative dispute resolution - in particular mediation - in the contentious arena of intellectual property. This blog is brainboxed by Victoria Pynchon (left) and Les Weinstein (right) whose dazzling smiles suggest that they know a thing or two about maintaining a high-profile dental presence. The IPKat will be watching this blog carefully, knowing how many good ideas that really originate in European ADR circles were, quite coincidentally, pre-invented by our American cousins ...
Last Friday a dedicated band of UK legal bloggers and their friends came together in London for a day's face-to-face discussion of matters of mutual interest, hosted by IP information-crunchers CPA.
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More important than anything else, the IPKat felt, was the comfort of knowing that he was not alone: blogging is a solitary activity and, though it need not be a lonely pastime, it often is. But it struck the IPKat that the bloggers present were not sad souls hiding behind their screen personae: they were pretty sociable, outgoing types who probably employ their blogs as a means of burning off the excess of social energy which, if directed elsewhere, would probably be far less constructively deployed. Thanks, Geeklawyer and everyone else for making the event so interesting and informative.
At the recent INTA Meeting in Chicago, the IPKat and Merpel had the good fortune to attend a session of one of that organisation's excellent subcommittees - the one that tries to build bridges between trade marks as a practical subject and trade marks as an academic discipline. At this session two very pertinent questions were asked: (i) why don't trade mark practitioners take the time and trouble to read the writings of academics writing in the field of trade mark law and ((ii) why don't trade mark professors take the time and trouble to write the sort of articles that trade mark practitioners want to read?
These questions reveal a good deal about the workings of both trade mark practice and academe itself. Many law teachers write more for their academic peers than for the professions, since their academic credibility depends on how their colleagues in teaching and research view their output, while many legal practitioners do not consider that the often theoretical analyses of university-based writers - sometimes couched in terminology that reflects economics, psychology and other disciplines that they are not so familiar with - are addressed to them.
The IPKat sympathises with both positions and feels that something can and should be done about this disjunction of output and consumption. As a small start he says: if any practitioners who read this blog can identify a particular subject involving trade mark law, can they please email him here and he'll compile a list and publish it on this weblog. The second step will be to find some friendly academics who might consider the viability of these subjects. Merpel adds, the third step is presumably to find a means of educating practitioners to read something other than legal updates and case notes and to prove to them that academic writing can be quite improving ...
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Thanks for the shout out Jeremy. The blog will also cover IP arbitration issues, which is Les' specialty. Because I'm the obsessive blogger, however, you're right to note that the "ADR" covered will primarily be the mediation alternative. We DO hope to add value to the field. Best, Vickie
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One small detail from the Mountain Bike World Cup time trial that was held here five years ago will tell you all you need to know about Durango. The course ran through the Steamworks Brewing Company, entering where the front window had been removed, passing the bar, and exiting via the side patio. That's not the only clue that off-road biking trumps most other priorities in this dirthead arcadia, where the undammed Animas River flows past a backdrop of 13,000-foot-plus San Juan peaks. Photos and jerseys autographed by storied local riders—Ned Overend, Juli Furtado, Myles Rockwell—are boilerplate restaurant decor around the Victorian downtown. The Durango Coffee Company sells six different Tom Danielson blends, named for the Discovery-team rider and 2005 Tour de Georgia winner who stuck around after graduating Fort Lewis College. Indoctrination starts early: There's a junior-high mountain-bike program and a Durango Wheel Club junior development team. Already graduated? Tuesday-night group rides subdivide into levels A through C and head off for terrain that starts right in town—there's the rolling, 42-mile high-desert Horse Gulch network, the forested singletrack of 40-mile Hermosa Creek, or the steep shale of six-mile Test Track, to name a few. Fast-twitch riders fill up their calendars with weekly time trials and the brutal 48-mile, 5,700-foot-elevation-gain Iron Horse Bicycle Classic to Silverton each May.
With the Denver and Salt Lake City job markets both more than 300 miles away, all too many starstruck new arrivals join the ranks of advanced-degree holders who end up waiting tables.
Moab, Utah. Why do thousands of riders pilgrimage to this onetime uranium boomtown? Because the prospectors left a thousand miles of singletrack winding over slickrock and through red-rock canyons. The 12,000-foot La Sal Mountains are an uncrowded bonus.
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The Vice President reports to the President and serves as the Chief Academic Officer of Pratt Community College and provides strategic and operational leadership to the Division of Instruction. The successful candidate will provide oversight for all academic affairs supporting academic programs...
We offer 52 academic and technical degree options to choose from, listed below.
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Having fun in the sun is something that we can all enjoy, as long as we look after our skin. Sun protection is a vital part of any summertime skin routine; however, this can also apply in the wintertime, especially when skiing. Over the past decade, sun protection and awareness has been heightened due to the increase in the number of skin cancer cases. Developed knowledge of UVA and UVB rays, plus the damaging effects of free radicals on the skin, has also boosted the need for the incorporation of sun protection within our skin care routines. How does the sun affect our skin? UVA and UVB rays from the sun have a withering effect on facial skin. The creation of free radicals erodes and destroys skin cells. Normally hydrated skin will be drained of moisture due to sun damage and once skin is burnt by the sun, and it may never be the same again. Burnt skin ages quicker than facial skin that employs effective sun protection. Fine lines and wrinkles can appear prematurely and skin can become visually sallow. This is due the loss of collagen, which is a protein within the skin that maintains its elasticity and vitality. Ways to protect your skin from the sun. There are many ways to prevent sun damage and make the most of sun protection. It's always advisable to avoid periods within the day when the sun is the highest in the sky. If it is necessary to go out at these times, always keep skin covered up and also use a protection cream with a high SPF level. Using sun screens with high protection factors is advisable to block the damaging effects of UVA and UVB rays. Making a few slight changes to your skin care routine during times of sun exposure will have long-term benefits for your skin. Changing your regular moisturizer to a moisturizer with an SPF level will boost your sun protection throughout the day. Taking care of your lips in the sun is vital. With lighter skin tones, lips hold barely any melanin, which is a skin pigment that protects your skin from sun exposure. Lips are also prone to moisture-loss and chapping. Using a lip balm or protector with a sun block will prevent burning and wrinkles around the mouth. UV filters and SPF levels. Anthelios SX from La Roche Posayis an SPF 15 moisturizer with sunscreen that protects skin from UVA and UVB rays. Within this everyday moisturizer is an ingredient called Mexoryl SX that acts as a UV filter, protecting skin cells and maintaining a youthful appearance. Applying this sun protection daily cares for facial skin in multiple ways – most importantly filtering UV rays and keeping skin hydrated. Peter Thomas Roth's oil-free sunblock is another product that protects skin effectively to ward off aging, as well as offers the powerful SPF 30. This fragrance free product is a non-irritant that can be used on all skin types. Using a sun block at the beach or while skiing is advisable as sea water, sand, and snow are very reflective and increase sun exposure by up to 80%! Using sun protection within your skin care routine is common sense – protect your skin from the elements and your keep your skin's vitality. Sun protection will keep skin looking youthful, vibrant and hydrated.
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When Truffles said "cockamamie food puns", the captions said "Cockamamie corn!"
Big Ball marks the second time Chowder becomes incredibly huge and round from having too much of something in his body. The first time was in The Vacation.
"The Brain Freze" aired July 9th.
"Big Ball" aired July 2nd.
Break the Fourth Wall:
1) Mung askes Chowder to move out of the screen and says "Your head is blocking the vehicle".
2) After the team breaks, Truffle says "I hate this show" and Mung looks at the screen and says "Don't judge me" after he tells Chowder to warm a bench.
Credits: While sweeping, the music begins playing and Shnitzel starts dancing. Then Truffles pops up and says, "What are you doing?!" Shnitzel told her he was just dancing, Truffles showed him how it's done, and she begins boogeying down.
Big Ball's full title is Field Tournament Style Up and Down On the Ground Manja Flanja Blanja Banja Ishka Bibble Babble Flabble Doma Roma Floma Boma Jingle Jangle Every Angle Bricka Bracka Flacka Stacka Two Ton Rerun Free for All Big Ball.
Super Mario Bros.:
The hats that the team wear with red and an "M" symbol on it is a parody of Mario's hat from Super Mario Bros.
Ice Age:
When Gazpacho was a mammoth named Flazpacho, he looks similar to Manfred (Manny for short), the wooly mammonth from the Ice Age movie series.
Calvin and Hobbes:
The long winded name game for the sport Mung Daal and Truffles play against each other might be a parody/tribute to a sport played in the famous comic strip series, which was called Calvin Ball. The sport of Calvin Ball, like the sport played in Chowder had no clear rules, no concrete obstacles, no clear objectives, no one ever really scored, and it was impossible to win the game since the rules and objectives and the obstacles kept changing while the game was being played all the time.
Super Mario Bros.:
The big lizard dinosaur who lifts up the Marzipan City coliseum after Truffles scores the winning goal, looks very similar to the main antagonist from the famous video game series from Nintendo. The antagonist was named Bowser who is also known as King Koopa.
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The story "State sees a record surge in temp jobs" (July 21) painted an overly optimistic picture. A surge of skilled, flexible, contract jobs is welcomed during an economic recovery. A surge of low-wage, temporary jobs does not inspire confidence.
Minnesota's family shelters are being filled by administrative assistants and customer service specialists who have lost work. Families employed by staffing agencies are stuck between low-paying jobs and public assistance.
It's cyclical. Employers rationally favor a résumé with robust steady, not temporary, work experience. Let's welcome signs of economic life, and be realistic about what the data means.
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To Say Nothing of the Dog | |||||
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A review by Steven H Silver
What To Say Nothing of the Dog did was highlight one of the problems I noticed in
Doomsday Book but couldn't put my finger on. In both books, the main characters are,
ostensibly, historians. However, none of the characters, whether it is Kivrin from Doomsday Book, or
Ned Henry and Verity Kindle from To Say Nothing of the Dog think like historians. Nor do they seem
to know anything about history beyond what they learn after they leap into the past. The historical
arguments Willis portrays in To Say Nothing of the Dog, most notably Peddick's debate with
Overforce over whether history is the result of grand forces or individuals, is extremely watered down
and none of Willis' twenty-first century historians involve themselves in the debate or even bring any
advanced arguments to the topic when listening to the nineteenth-century Oxford dons argue.
The novel, as indicated by the subtitle, has a loose plot as the time travelers search for an artifact
known as the "Bishop's bird stump." However, little progress is made in the search, and the
nature of the bird stump is never clearly understood. The scavenger hunt never really grips the reader.
In her earlier novel, Willis inflicted her modern Oxfordians with a plague
to get them to behave irrationally which, in turn, permitted them to act in a manner
consistent with the plot. Here, in To Say Nothing of the Dog, Willis vests Ned Henry with
time-lag, a sort of version of jet-lag, and nearly everyone else with an almost unnatural fear and
loathing of Lady Schrapnell. Her project to restore Coventry Cathedral is the catalyst for all
the action in the novel.
To Say Nothing of the Dog is heavily based on Jerome K. Jerome's classic novel
Three Men in a Boat (1889). Instead of being subtle about her novel's lineage,
Willis uses the Victorian novel's sub-title as her title, mentions the novel in the dedication,
and has Ned Henry, who seems to know about as much about Victorian literature as he does about
any history, often quote Jerome's novel. It causes the reader to wonder why he has so much
of the work memorized.
I have read several stories by Connie Willis which I have enjoyed. However, these have all
been short stories or novellas. At longer lengths, based on the three Willis novels I've read,
I'm afraid I subscribe to the minority opinion that her work is vastly overrated. While I'm sure
To Say Nothing of the Dog will sell well and may even garner Willis another Hugo or
Nebula, it is another Willis book which adds to my opinion that she should stick with short fiction
and stay away from time travel.
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July 8, 2010 – St. Paul, Minn. – Dr. Shilad Sen, assistant professor in the Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science Department at Macalester College, has been awarded a four-year, $1.2M grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study tags, or words that people use to describe videos, photographs and web pages online. The grant will lay the groundwork for research collaboration between Macalester College and the University of Minnesota. Macalester's portion of the grant is about $250,000.
The grant, which includes support for undergraduate student research, will allow students to learn multiple research methods while gaining valuable experience with real online communities.
"I'm particularly excited that the grant supports a newly formed collaboration between the Grouplens research group at the University of Minnesota (http://www.grouplens.org) and my research lab at Macalester," said Sen. "We'll be holding many symposia and social events between the two groups over the coming years. Our students will collaborate with a world-class graduate research lab that studies online communities."
The grant is called Collaborative Research: Guiding Folksonomy Development to Enable Novel Tagging Applications. It studies tagging, the assignment of descriptive labels to objects such as videos on YouTube.
Sen and his students will develop ways to measure the health of a tagging system, create tools that help users improve the tags in a system, and explore new web applications that use tags to navigate a collection of items (videos, photos, etc.). Improving the effectiveness of tagging will help millions of users find the information, products, and services they seek.
Two of the students who benefitted from working with Sen were enthusiastic about the award.
"These opportunities will help students academically (they'll be able to design and run awesome experiments), while preparing them with techniques and tools to stand out as unique prospects in a competitive job market," said recent Macalester graduate Isaac Sparling.
David Klock is also a recent Macalester graduate. "My work with Dr. Sen last summer introduced me to the cutting edge of tagging research, an area rapidly growing in importance in the technology industry. This grant will enable him to involve many more students in this work and put Macalester on the map in the tagging field."
"Dr. Sen's research has already benefitted all of us who use the web," said Provost Kathleen Murray. "The grant allows him and his students to continue to find ways to improve our web experiences."
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LOS ANGELES – In one of those flashbacks that makes you remember when all the 10th-grade girls were hissing at the homecoming queen, Sports Illustrated came out with an anonymous player poll last week.
The goal was to identify the most overrated pitcher in the minds of the major leaguers themselves. Under the cloak of namelessness, 14 percent of them made Angels left-hander C.J. Wilson the winner.
Now, you can dislike the homecoming queen because she wears too much mascara or shows a little too much leg or hangs out with the tattooed guys back behind the school buses. Or you can dislike her because you're not the homecoming queen.
But you can't deny that she's pretty, and that's what this undisclosed number of Wilson's colleagues was saying.
"I don't care who thinks he's overrated," pitching coach Mike Butcher. "I think all of us are glad he's around."
The reason is that Wilson was around when Dan Haren really wasn't there, or when Ervin Santana was on alternating current, or when Jered Weaver was getting his back straightened.
He has held the Angels' most important component together. The club is leading the American League in quality-start percentage and runs permitted per game. Wilson has turned in a quality start in 11 of 14 appearances (he was kayoed by a first-inning rainstorm in another one ) and has gone at least seven innings in six of those starts, including Wednesday night's game against the Dodgers.
Wilson did not get the victory after seven resolute innings, but neither did the Dodgers. Erick Aybar's first home run of the season, in the ninth, won the game and the series for the Angels, both by 2-1 margins.
"He's very, very, very well prepared," Butcher said. "It starts the day after his start. He studies the hitters, develops a plan, watches video. A lot of visualization, a very structured plan. He's open to a lot of things."
But in many ways Wilson is an old-style bulldog left-hander. Not since Tom Glavine has a guy been so reluctant to "give in," to throw a routine strike because that's what the scoreboard says he should do.
Wilson is unbothered by walks. They don't send base runners into sprint mode. Doubles do, and Wilson won't let you hit those.
"He walks guys, but he can punch them out, too," Butcher said. "He comes inside, breaks a lot of bats, gets grounders. He'll get out of whack like everybody else but he knows himself so well that he can get himself out of it. I get a kick out of watching the way he goes about things."
Wednesday was typical. The Dodgers had two-out, scoring-position opportunities in the first, second and sixth innings and never got a hit. There were Dodgers on base in each inning but the fifth and they got just one run, on Andre Ethier's first-inning gap double.
Wilson walked five. Just one of those walks scored. He threw double-play balls in the third and fourth and thought he had thrown another in the sixth, except it was ruled that Aybar actually had possession of Juan Rivera's flare before he dropped it.
Wilson led American League pitchers in ground ball double plays last year, with 31. He has 14 in 14 starts this year. He also led the AL in hits per nine innings last year (six) and in slugging percentage-against (.311) in 2010. This year the league is hitting .190 against Wilson. That's second in the A.L to Chicago's Chris Sale, and Wilson finished second in 2010.


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Equipment from Zeigler, John Deere, Apache, Fast, Yetter, Ag Leader shown at N.A. Farm and Power Show
Mar 18, 2013-
Apache AS1025 self-propelled sprayer
Equipment Technologies displayed the self-propelled Apache AS1025 sprayer with a Tier 4i compliant, 173-hp, 6.7L Cummins engine featuring a variable geometry turbocharger for increased response time. Top road speed is 35 mph. The sprayer was named "Application Product of the Year" for a third year in a row at the 2013 National No-Till Conference. Visit http://www.etsprayers.com/.
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The John Deere 4830 self-propelled sprayer displayed at the show featured the new direct-injection, non-mix foam marker system. The system has a capacity of 1.5 gal. and provides a better quality foam with less concentrate than traditional systems do. The 4830 sprayer is equipped with a 1,000-gal. tank, a 100-ft. boom, and Auto Air springs for operator comfort. Visit deere.com.
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Fast 8313 fertilizer applicator
The 8313 pull-behind liquid fertilizer applicator from Fast Manufacturing features 17 coulters, a Hypro pump, and hydraulic fold toolbars. Visit www.fastsprayers.com.
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RoGator 900 sprayer
Ziegler Ag Equipment displayed the RoGator 900 self-propelled sprayer. The RG900 features an 8.4 Tier 4i engine with 306 hp and AGCO's e3 technology. The sprayer comes with a standard 900-gal., stainless-steel tank and four boom options – 80, 90, 100, or 120 ft. Visit www.zieglercat.com.
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Ag Leader Seed Command
The Integra display from Ag Leader is a 12.1-in. color display that allows farmers to monitor, map, record and control all field activities on one display. When it is combined with SeedCommand, a farmer can manage all planting operations including seed population, hybrid/variety mapping, and seed meter performance. Visit www.agleader.com
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Yetter Air Adjust Residue Manager
Yetter's Air Adjust Residue Manager is the first in the 2940 Air Adjust series of products. With the Air Adjust system, row cleaner adjustments can be made from the tractor cab. Height and down pressure may be adjusted independently from each other. Visit www.yetterco.com.
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Yetter Maverick 2984
Yetter's Maverick HR Plus features a design with more clearance around the residue manager and the knife so residue, including cornstalks, will flow easily without plugging. Use in spring and fall. It is available for application of dry fertilizer, liquid fertilizer, anhydrous or a combination. Visit www.yetterco.com.
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Exhibits at North American Farm and Power Show
Farmers walked through equipment at the recent North American Farm and Power Show held in Owatonna, Minn.
The North American Farm and Power Show held last week in Owatonna, Minn., featured new equipment from major companies. Among the exhibitors were Equipment Technologies with the Apache AS1025 self-propelled sprayer, Zeigler Ag Equipment with a new RoGator, and John Deere with the 4830 self-propelled sprayer. Fast Manufacturing displayed a pull-behind fertilizer applicator. Yetter exhibited new residue managers, and AgLeader showed the company's new Integra monitor.
See other new equipment from the N.A. Farm and Power Show.


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Ideas about Art
Copyright © 2011 Kathleen K. Desmond
Author(s): Kathleen K. Desmond
Published Online: 20 APR 2011 09:53AM EST
Print ISBN: 9781405178839
Online ISBN: 9781444396010
About this Book
Ideas About Art is an intelligent, accessible introductory text for students interested in learning how to think about aesthetics. It uses stories drawn from the experiences of individuals involved in the arts as a means of exposing readers to the philosophies, theories, and arguments that shape and drive visual art.
- An accessible, story-driven introduction to aesthetic theory and philosophy
- Prompts readers to develop independent ideas about aesthetics; this is a guide on how to think, not what to think
- Includes discussions of non-western, contemporary, and discipline-specific theories
- Examines a range of art-based dilemmas across a wide variety of disciplines - from art and design and law to visual and museum studies


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According to Norm, The University of Leiden in the Netherlands uses an extract from Michael Moore's Stupid White Men in its English grammar test, in which Mr Moore rants about the stupidity of most of his countrymen.
Norm thinks this is outrageous. I think it's funny.
We mock the Americans for being fat, stupid inbred rednecks. We mock the French for being arrogant, lazy and malodourous; we mock the Germans for being officious and boring; we mock the Scots for being drunk, violent and on the dole. We're aware it has only a limited basis in reality, but it annoys the relevant group and therefore is worthwhile.
Norm is right to say that there would have been more of a fuss had the university chosen a text that focused on any other nation or group. However, he draws the wrong conclusion from this. Rather than trying to excise anti-Americanism, we should aim to treat people of all nationalities the way we treat the Septics.
5 thoughts on "Hooray for the Dutch"
Am I the only person sad enough to recall that one of the University of Leiden's most distinguished alumni is Paul Verhoeven, director of the delightfully anti-American Starship Troopers?
Anti-American? Why, over here, we found it delightfully patriotic. I think some sectors of the Right took it too literally, as they now believe America is repelling an invasion of giant insects.
Equally, some sectors of the left welcome our new insect overlords.
It's high time Derek and Clive were put on the syllabus.
"We're aware it has only a limited basis in reality, but it annoys the relevant group and therefore is worthwhile"
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Mitt Romney has told his wife that she gave a "fabulous" speech to the Republican National Convention.
To the cheers of convention delegates, Romney joined his wife Ann on stage at the end of her speech at the party's convention at the end of her speech.
In a speech aimed at showing the warm, human side of her husband, Ann Romney told of how they have stood together through tough times in their 43 years of marriage, including her battles with multiple sclerosis and breast cancer.
She told delegates that her husband had worked hard to achieve his success, and she said it "amazes" her to see that success being "attacked."
Ann Romney also set out to show that she and her husband understand the plight of America's struggling families. She spoke of Americans who need to work extra hours to make ends meet, and who don't know how they will pay the rent or the mortgage. And she said it's women who often bear the heaviest burden.
She said her husband is someone who "will not fail" and "will not let us down."
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Number of Seeds | 100 |
Spacing in Row | 12 inches |
Spacing Between Rows | 12 to 18 inches |
Planting Depth | ½ inch |
Days to Germination | 10 to 14 days |
Days to Maturity | 60 |
Height at Maturity | 12 to 18 inches |
Width at Maturity | 4 inches |
Artwork by Edward Coppola.Edward Coppola is an artist in Staten Island, NY. He works in mixed media, including collage, diorama sculpture, and photography. He is an adjunct professor and chief college laboratory technician in photography at Brooklyn College/ City University of New York. He received his MFA from Brooklyn College in 1998. His most recent solo exhibitions were at the New York Open Center; the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn; and University College Art Gallery, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ. His work has been included in many group shows in New York and around the U.S.
From the Artist: "My collages incorporate found images and small natural objects such as seeds into carefully painted depictions of the connections between inner and outer universes. The layering of paper, paint, and mixed media serves as a metaphor for the layers and veils of memory and consciousness. Often there are references to macrocosm and microcosm, to outer space and the inner space of the human body and mind, to mundane everyday existence and the timelessness of the universal. I try to find beauty and humor in my visual interpretations of the unity of the physical, spiritual, and metaphysical realms. My many influences include Expressionist, Symbolist, and Visionary painters; early science fiction movies; fairy tales; vintage children's book illustrations; the displays at the American Museum of Natural History; and the homemade grottoes for religious statues that I saw in my Brooklyn neighborhood as a child. In my work, I try to recapture the thrill and sense of wonder that these influences evoked in me."
Medium: Collage, gouache, and kohlrabi seeds on paper
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