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Amazon.com founder Jeffrey Bezos, who revolutionized the book business, is now aiming to do the same with one of the nation's most storied newspapers.
The Seattle billionaire has agreed to purchase the Washington Post for $250 million, saying Monday that he was "very optimistic" about the paper's future.
The Post, like the newspaper industry as a whole, has been beset by a rapid decline in print advertising, a loss of subscribers and challenges in building up online revenue.
In a letter to Post employees, Bezos indicated that he wouldn't make radical changes in editorial operations and would continue to emphasize accountability journalism. But he said the paper will need to "invent" and to "experiment," focusing on the Internet and tailored content, to address the changing habits of readers.
Bezos, 49, was on nobody's list of likely entrants into print media.
"This is the first time a true digital native is buying a newspaper publishing company," said Alan D. Mutter, a media consultant and former newspaper editor. "Jeff Bezos has the means, motive and opportunity to re-envision what it means to be a newspaper in the digital era."
Bezos will own the Post outright, buying it with his own money, not Amazon's. By taking it private, he won't be subject to shareholders seeking quick returns.
Bezos, a Princeton University graduate, founded Amazon in 1994 as an online book seller. He quickly added other services and built it into the world's biggest online retailer, with $61 billion in sales last year and 97,000 employees worldwide.
Over the years, he also has made some eclectic investments, including unearthing old rocket engines from the bottom of the ocean and building a futuristic clock that is supposed to keep time for 10,000 years. But generally, he has focused on new technologies.
He's known as a patient leader who is willing to absorb losses as he builds businesses.
Amazon lost $39 million last year, despite its revenue growth. Rather than focus on profit, the company has been making huge investments in warehouses and costly entertainment ventures such as the Kindle devices and Amazon Instant Video.
"His philosophy is to invest for growth, profits be damned," media analyst Ken Doctor said. "If you apply that to a newspaper, you see a very different perspective than just cut, cut, cut, which is what everyone else has been doing."
Bezos has a long-standing relationship with Donald Graham, chairman and chief executive of the newspaper's parent firm, Washington Post Co. Graham advised Amazon in the development of its Kindle e-reader and serves as a director of social media giant Facebook.
An emotional Graham, alongside his niece, Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth, broke the news of the sale late Monday. Reporters and editors gathered in the Post's auditorium gasped.
"Our revenues had declined seven years in a row. We had innovated, and to my critical eye our innovations had been quite successful in audience and in quality, but they hadn't made up for the revenue decline," Graham said. "Our answer had to be cost cuts and we knew there was a limit to that."
The paper, known for its political and investigative journalism, has won 18 Pulitzer prizes in the last decade. Its coverage of the Watergate scandal led to the resignation of President Nixon and inspired a generation of students to become journalists.
The Post has been closely held by a single family for eight decades and remains one of the most powerful media outlets in the country.
In a statement Monday, Bezos said he intends to keep current management, including Weymouth and Executive Editor Martin Baron, in place.
"I understand the critical role the Post plays in Washington, D.C., and our nation, and the Post's values will not change," Bezos said. "Our duty to readers will continue to be the heart of the Post, and I am very optimistic about the future."
Tech analysts speculated that Bezos could help wean the paper off its dependence on conventional advertising, and some suggested that he might try to integrate the Post with Amazon products and services.
Bezos helped pioneer online retail and has been at the forefront of modernizing publishing through e-books and new media forms, propelled by Amazon's Kindle e-reader and similar devices.
Faced with declining print advertising and circulation, newspaper publishers have been looking to digital advertising as a potential savior. But digital ad sales have flattened and in some cases fallen. Some newspapers, including the Post, now charge for online access.
Circulation at the Post, a unit of publicly traded Washington Post Co., was down to 447,700 as of June 30, a 7 percet decline from a year earlier.
Through the first six months of this year, the company's newspaper division as a whole lost $49.3 million on an operating basis, compared with a $33.2-million loss for the same period in 2012. Print advertising revenue fell 6% for the first six months this year, according to the company.
The financial strains have taken their toll in the newsroom. In recent years, the company closed all of its national bureaus and has changed executive editors twice, recently hiring its third in five years. In 2010, it sold Newsweek magazine for just $1.
"Although it's the namesake, the newspaper is bringing minimal value to the company," said Liang Feng, an equity analyst at research firm Morningstar Inc. "We think the sale makes business sense."
Investors have long pressured management to shed its newspaper division and instead focus on the company's lucrative Kaplan educational unit, as well as its healthier television and cable TV holdings, Post-Newsweek Stations and Cable ONE.
Still, Washington Post stock has risen nearly two-thirds in the last 12 months, gaining $8.75, or 1.6%, on Monday to close at $568.70. News of the sale, which came after the markets closed, drove the stock up an additional 5% in after-hours trading.
Because he holds a supermajority of the stock, Graham alone was able to determine the company's fate.
The sale includes a handful of small publications, including the Fairfax County Times, but not Slate.com or Foreign Policy magazine. It comes amid widespread upheaval in the newspaper industry.
In June, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. spun off its newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal. Last month Tribune Co. said it would follow suit, separating its eight dailies, including the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, from its other interests. Time Warner Inc., meanwhile, plans to unload its struggling magazine division, which includes Time magazine.
The Post deal is the third media transaction in as many days involving major brand names.
On Saturday, New York Times Co. said it would sell the Boston Globe to John Henry, owner of the Boston Red Sox, for $70 million, a fraction of the $1.1 billion the Times paid for the paper two decades ago. Also on Saturday, digital news company IBT Media said it would acquire Newsweek, which now publishes only online.
"The newspaper business is going through a restructuring," said Jay Rosen, a professor of journalism at New York University. "Fundamentally different types of ownership will be required."


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Based on the popularity of my other crock pot "real food" recipes I think you guys will love this one, too. Slow cookers are great for entertaining because you can easily get all the work done in advance and have your house smelling amazing when guests arrive (we use this basic, inexpensive slow cooker). I just made these fajitas myself the other day and my daughters kept asking me "What smells so good??" They couldn't wait to dig in and if you make the tortillas in advance it will just take some grated cheese, sour cream, and cilantro (plus any other fixings you like on your fajitas), and your feast will be ready in no time. I am getting hungry just talking about it. But don't take my word for it…you must try it for yourself!
- 1 ½ lbs flank steak, preferably grass fed (we buy ours from Baucom's Best at the Matthews Farmers' Market)
- 1 ½ teaspoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon coriander
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce, preferably the low-sodium variety
- 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 – 5 bell peppers, any color
- 1 onion
- Whole-wheat tortillas, grated cheese, fresh sliced avocado, cilantro, lime slices, fresh spinach leaves, sour cream, hot peppers, etc.
- Mix together the dry spices with a fork including the chili powder, cumin, coriander, salt and pepper.
- Rub the spice mixture over all sides of the flank steak and place it in the bottom of the slow cooker. Sprinkle the soy sauce on top.
- Top the flank steak with the diced jalapeno and minced garlic. Slice the bell peppers and onion and throw those on top of the steak as well.
- Turn the slow cooker onto HIGH and cook for 5 – 6 hours or until the steak can easily be shredded with two forks.
- Drain the meat and peppers well then serve with the recommended fajita "fixings" (listed above).

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was looking at how the spring compressor tool (from AutoZone) goes on the coil to compress it, and wasn't able to get the safety pin to go in place because the coil is to think. Then it hit me, do you start at the top of the coil (flat part) with the tool, get the pin in place and rotate it down the coil, hooking up the second part, and continue rotating down/around the coil till its in place and lock it down?
If so, how do you take it off once its assembled? I must be missing something on getting this tool to work with the safety pins.
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Silver medal winners Elana Meyers and Lauryn Williams, right, hold up the flag after their final run during the women's bobsled competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics. / Associated Press
The team from the United States USA-1, piloted by Elana Meyers with brakeman Lauryn Williams, speed down the track Feb. 19, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. / Associated Press
KRASNAYA POLYANA, RUSSIA — As the last few teams competed in the bobsled on Wednesday Ś and former Detroiter Lauryn Williams tried to make Olympic history by becoming the first woman to win gold medals in the Winter and Summer Games Ś fireworks shot into the air.
Actually, the fireworks seemed to shoot down in the air.
Seriously. It was the strangest thing. As the sleds whizzed by the finish line, you had to look down to watch the fireworks because they came from a small village down below the mountain.
Which was a fitting symbol for this night.
The ending was beautiful and thrilling and different in its own way Ś but just not as great and magnificent as it could have been.
Williams, who spent a good part of her childhood in Detroit, was the brakeman for a U.S. bobsled team piloted by Elana Meyers that won the silver medal.
So instead of becoming the first woman to win a gold medal in both the Winter and Summer Games, Williams became the first U.S. woman and fifth athlete overall to win a medal at both Games.
Which is still incredible. But itÆs just a little different from what could have been. Like a low hanging firework display that doesnÆt quite reach the horizon.
ōI didnÆt come here to make history,ö said Williams, 30, who won a silver medal in the 100 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and a gold in the 400m relay at the 2012 London Olympics. ōI came here to help Team USA. I did the best I could to help Team USA. It wasnÆt about history for me.ö
Gold slips away
HereÆs the part that makes it sting even more: Williams was on a sled in position to win the gold.
After their second run, Williams and Meyers had a .23 of second lead over CanadaÆs Kaillie Humphries and brakeman Heather Moyse.
After their third run, that lead shrunk to .11 seconds.
On their fourth and final run, they let it slip away. They nicked the wall and seemed to almost skid sideways for a moment, losing precious time while finishing with a total of 3 minutes, 50.71 seconds Ś a tenth of a second behind Humphries and Moyse, who won the gold for the second straight Olympics.
ōI just made some mistakes,ö Meyers said. ōThe second run, out of Curve 2, kind of bite us. We lost our speed. It just slipped away.ö
Williams certainly did everything she could to win it. In all four runs, she had the lowest start time pushing the sled. In fact, she set the track record with a 5.12 second start, which she matched in the third start.
ōI feel like IÆm in the presence of like Jesse Owens when I look at Lauryn Willams,ö said Lolo Jones, another track star turned bobsledder. ōWhen I looked at Lauryn Williams come out of that sled, I was so emotionally chocked up. She just broke history. I couldnÆt believe it.ö
Jones, whose bobsled team finished 11th, was the one who suggested that Williams should try bobsledding. They were in an airport in Rome, heading for a track meet last summer.
ōShe said you could eat,ö Williams said. ōThat was the part that interested me. I didnÆt have to lose weight. In track and field, IÆve tried to manage my weight for the last couple of years.ö
Seven months later, Williams is still learning the sport, all the little things, like pulling the break. In a training run with Meyers over the weekend, Williams did a little ōwhoopsie.ö As in, ōwhoopsie,ö I forgot to pull the brake quickly enough and they crashed and wrecked their sled.
ōTime escapes you when your head is down,ö she said. ōIÆm in a sprint sport and speed is the thing, but I wanted to make sure we were past the finish line before I pulled the brake. I may have gone a little overboard.ö
'I think he would be proud'
Williams was born in Pittsburgh, but moved to Detroit when she was 3 with her mother, Donna Williams, shortly after her parents divorced. Donna was a middle-school teacher in Detroit and they lived on the west side. ōWe didnÆt have a lot growing up,ö Williams said.
But Donna, who retired a few years ago and moved to Miami to be near Lauryn, taught her daughter to survive. ōTo get in any environment and be able to adapt and learn and thrive even,ö Williams said. ōMy mom has always been great at that.ö
And thatÆs what Lauryn Williams has done in bobsledding: Thrived in a new environment.
Before she entered seventh grade, Williams moved back to Rochester, Pa., to live with her father, David Williams. In Pennsylvania, Williams set high school state records in the 100 and 200 meters and was voted class president all four years.
Her father died of leukemia at 55 in October 2008 Ś two months after Williams finished fourth in the 100 in the Beijing Olympics.
ōI think he would be proud,ö Lauryn said after her bobsled medal. ōHeÆd be really excited. HeÆd be really happy.ö
No margin for error
Now, letÆs try to put this in perspective because itÆs important to see how close Williams came to pure greatness; how close she was to three gold medals.
Blink your eyes as fast as you can. That takes about one-third of a second. Now, think about Williams.
She lost the gold medal in the bobsled by .10 of a second, after four runs that covered more than three total miles.
And now, consider this. At the 1994 Summer Olympics, Williams finished in second in the 100-meter dash Ś missing gold by .03 seconds.
So if you add it up, she has missed two gold medals, in two different sports, by .13 seconds... or less than a blink of an eye.
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Here is a little something, something to throw into the pot. Skin color has nothing to do with the freedom of Blacks. This is a "Chart of Race Distinctions" that the Catholic Church used for it's records. You are supposed to be able to find this chart within this book; L. Centil Tippenhauer, Die Insel Haiti – Leipzig, 1893 – p. 448 By Rene Le Gardeur.
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In Phase Two (anticipated August-November 2014), those organizations or individuals selected through the Phase One RFQ will enter into a contract with RWJF to develop and submit their designs, which we anticipate will be the conclusion of the contract. We do not anticipate that any one design submitted will be implemented as submitted. Instead, we will engage in a review process of all submitted designs including seeking external feedback. After reviewing the designs and reflecting with stakeholders, in Phase Three (anticipated January 2015); we will release a Call for Proposals to invite organizations to apply to be a national program office (NPO) to manage the program(s). Finally, in Phase Four (anticipated Fall 2015), we will launch the new programs and release Calls for Applications to invite individual candidates to apply for the first cohort of each of the four new programs.
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Suspect pleads not guilty to attacking Milwaukee deputy
MILWAUKEE - A suspect who allegedly attacked a Milwaukee Sheriff's deputy pleaded not guilty in court on Wednesday.
Brandon Bell, 22, reportedly went after the deputy while he was conducting a traffic stop.
Bell faced a court commissioner on Wednesday.
Investigators say he was a passenger in Matthew Sleider's car when deputy Douglas Burmeister pulled them over for possibly driving drunk.
The criminal complaint alleges that Bell "attacked the deputy from behind" and "began to punch him in the face with a closed fist three to four times.
The complaint continued, "Deputy Burmeister fell to the ground with Bell continuing to punch him 30 to 40 times to the face," then began to "head butt him" while yelling "where's your friends now?"
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Studies of single-walled carbon nanotubes-induced hepatotoxicity by NMR-based metabonomics of rat blood plasma and liver extracts
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Nanoscale Research Letters 2013, 8:236 doi:10.1186/1556-276X-8-236
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The toxicological effects of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were investigated after intratracheal instillation in male Wistar rats over a 15-day period using metabonomic analysis of 1H (nuclear magnetic resonance) NMR spectra of blood plasma and liver tissue extracts. Concurrent liver histopathology examinations and plasma clinical chemistry analyses were also performed. Significant changes were observed in clinical chemistry features, including alkaline phosphatase, total protein, and total cholesterol, and in liver pathology, suggesting that SWCNTs clearly have hepatotoxicity in the rat. 1H NMR spectra and pattern recognition analyses from nanomaterial-treated rats showed remarkable differences in the excretion of lactate, trimethylamine oxide, bilineurin, phosphocholine, amylaceum, and glycogen. Indications of amino acid metabolism impairment were supported by increased lactate concentrations and decreased alanine concentrations in plasma. The rise in plasma and liver tissue extract concentrations of choline and phosphocholine, together with decreased lipids and lipoproteins, after SWCNTs treatment indicated a disruption of membrane fluidity caused by lipid peroxidation. Energy, amino acid, and fat metabolism appeared to be affected by SWCNTs exposure. Clinical chemistry and metabonomic approaches clearly indicated liver injury, which might have been associated with an indirect mechanism involving nanomaterial-induced oxidative stress.


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Full name | Koninklijke Voetbalclub Kortrijk | |||
Nickname(s) | De Kerels | |||
Founded | 1901 | |||
Ground | Guldensporenstadion, Kortrijk |
Capacity | 9,399 | |||
Chairman | Joseph Allijns | |||
Manager | Yves Vanderhaeghe | |||
League | Belgian Pro League | |||
2013–14 | Belgian Pro League, 8th | |||
Koninklijke Voetbalclub Kortrijk (often simply called KV Kortrijk or KVK) is a Belgian professional football club based in Kortrijk, West Flanders. They play in the Belgian First Division, and they achieved their best ranking ever during the 2009-10 season, finishing 4th after the play-offs. KV Kortrijk was founded in 1971, though their roots can be traced to 1901. They are registered to the Royal Belgian Football Association with matricule number 19. The club colours are red and white. They play their home matches at the Guldensporenstadion, named after the Battle of the Golden Spurs which took place in Kortrijk in 1302.
KV Kortrijk enjoyed a first spell in the first division in the early 20th century, between 1906-07 and 1910-11. They eventually had to wait 65 years to return at the highest level, when they enjoyed 15 seasons at the top flight, interrupted by a season in the second division (between 1976-77 and 1978-79 and between 1980-81 and 1991-92). KV Kortrijk also played the 1998-99 season in the first division before they returned to the Belgian Pro League in the 2008-09 season.
In 1901 SC Courtraisien was founded. The club merged with FC Courtraisien in 1918. They received in 1951 the name Koninklijke Kortrijk Sport. They had the matricule n°19 like the oldest club SC Courtraisien. Stade Kortrijk was founded in 1923 with matricule n°161. Because Stade Kortrijk and Koninklijke Kortrijk Sport didn't play well anymore, they merged in 1971. They could play with matricule n°19 and the new name was KV Kortrijk.
Due to a bankruptcy, KV Kortrijk had to relegate in 2001 to the third division. From 2004 to 2008 KV Kortrijk played in the second division, however in the 2007-08 season they managed to get promoted to the first division.
- Belgian Cup:
- Runners-up (1): 2011–12
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- Winners (2): 1905–06, 2007–08
- Runners-up (2): 1979–80, 1997–98
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- Winners (3): 1976, 1980, 1998
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KV Kortrijk's colours are generally red and white. The home kit is usually all red with a white trim, and red shorts. The away kit is similar, except in blue. The club's logo is a white shield, split into thirds by a red upside-down, V-like shape, and the letters "KVK" are split into each third, in a red font. On top of the shield is a crown.
KV Kortrijk play their home matches at the Guldensporen Stadion. It is located in Kortrijk, Belgium, and the current capacity of the ground is 9,399. In the summer of 2008, the grounds capacity was increased from 6,896 to 9,399, after Kortrijk's elevation into the Belgian First Division. Guldensporenstadion literally means "Stadium of the Golden Spurs". The stadium is named after this in reference to the Battle of the Golden Spurs which, in 1302, was fought in Kortrijk. The stadium has a traditional local stadium look about it, and is single-tiered all around the ground.
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what will invoke this ?
i recommend creating a kind of protocol for file access (such as what your servlet will implement with post parameters, where you can list, copy, rename, move, delete, create, get.) - every operation on file and directory operations within the restricted shared folders. then have the server configured to connect to the other serve,r such as a http client (e.g. commons-http client)
oh yea, what is teh cient supposed to be, a web browser clicking a screen to do the operations, a java desktop application ?
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According to the UK Sun, Eddie Murphy has been tapped to play the villainous Riddler in the next Dark Knight film.
Amidst much speculation that director Christopher Nolan wasn't ready for another Batman movie, word has leaked that Murphy inked a deal to play the seriously goofy bad guy in the next installment.
This marks a sudden and surprising departure of Johnny Depp who, rumor has it, was afraid it would conflict with the schedule for Pirates 4.
Rumor around the Warner Brothers lot is that Shia LaBeouf will play Robin and Rachel Weisz will be Catwoman.
Christian Bale and Michael Caine will be returning as Batman and Alfred, respectively.
The Dark Knight sequel is planned for a summer 2010 release.


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Dave's Rating:
a contender for Worst Kid Movie of 2006.
The Basics: Superhero teens (plus one super-strong 6-year-old) and their reluctant ex-superhero leader (Allen) have to save the world from a bad guy named Concussion, who's actually Allen's ex-superhero brother. Featuring bad songs by Smash Mouth and product placement by M&M's and Wendy's, it's a contender for Worst Kid Movie of 2006.
What's the Deal? This is the kind of awful child-targeted movie that my dad used to take me to see on his one day of court-allowed visitation per week. He'd toss back a six-pack and we'd go to something just as barfy as this. Then he'd sleep it off while I took his money and bought all the candy I could shovel into my mouth. That still counts as fun to a kid, though, so don't be surprised if your young ones want to go.
Teaching Young Boys How to Romance the Ladies: You do it like the oldest teen boy in this movie. Watch and learn. When you're in the antigravity paintball hurling simulator and you're flying around all crazy, grab the girl and tackle her "by accident." Voilà! Now you're in the missionary position.
Dear Jennifer Aniston: Hey, Jen, remember when Rumor Has It came out, and I admonished your pal Courteney Cox to help you pick better scripts? Here's where you pay it forward. It's not like either of you guys have to work for the rest of your lives. Get on the ball, will you two?
The Return of Chevy Chase: He's a wacky scientist in this movie. He's older now. Chunkier. Puffier. But that's not the problem if you think he looks odd, you should just take a gander at Allen's weirdly mutating face of mystery. The problem is that Chase is still not funny.
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Cecil Frances Alexander
Cecil Frances Alexander | |
Undated photograph of Cecil F. H. Alexander
Born | Cecil Frances Humphreys April 1818 Dublin, Ireland[1] |
Died | 12 October, 1895 (aged 77) |
Nationality | Irish |
Occupation | hymn-writer, poet |
Notable work | Hymns for Little Children |
For the novelist, see Annie French Hector, 'Mrs. Alexander'
Cecil Frances Alexander (April 1818, Ireland – 12 October 1895[2]), was a hymn-writer and poet.
Alexander was born in Dublin, the third child and second daughter of Major John Humphreys (of Norfolk, land-agent to 4th Earl of Wicklow and later to the second Marquess of Abercorn), and Elizabeth (née Reed). She began writing verse in her childhood, being strongly influenced by Dr Walter Hook, Dean of Chichester. Her subsequent religious work was strongly influenced by her contacts with the Oxford Movement and in particular with John Keble, who edited one[3] of her anthologies. By the 1840s she was already known as a hymn writer and her compositions were soon included in Church of Ireland hymnbooks. She also contributed lyric poems, narrative poems, and translations of French poetry to Dublin University Magazine under various pseudonyms.[4]
Her book, Hymns for Little Children reached its 69th edition before the close of the nineteenth century. Some of her hymns, e.g. "All Things Bright and Beautiful", "There is a Green Hill Far Away" and the Christmas carol "Once in Royal David's City", are known by Christians the world over, as is her translation of "Saint Patrick's Breastplate". She issued Verses for Holy Seasons (1846); The Lord of the Forest and His Vassals (1847; a children's allegory); and Hymns for Little Children (1848).
In Strabane in October 1850 she married the Anglican clergyman William Alexander, afterwards Bishop of Derry and Archbishop of Armagh. Her husband also wrote several books of poetry, of which the best known is St. Augustine's Holiday and other Poems. She was six years older than the clergyman, causing great family concern.[5]
Alexander was involved in charitable work for much of her life. Money from her first publications had helped build the Derry and Raphoe Diocesan Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, which was founded in 1846 in Strabane. The profits from Hymns for Little Children were also donated to this school. She was involved with the Derry Home for Fallen Women, and worked to develop a district nurses service. She was an indefatigable visitor to poor and sick.[6]
Seven hymns penned by Alexander were included in the 1873 issue of the Church of Ireland Hymnal, and eighteen of her works were contained in A Supplement to Hymns Ancient and Modern (1889). They continue to be well-accepted, as nine of her works were contained in both the 1960 and the 1987 editions of the Church of Ireland Hymnal. A posthumous collection of her poems was published in 1896 by William Alexander, titled Poems of the late Mrs Alexander. She is commemorated by an Ulster History Circle blue plaque in Bishop Street, Derry city.
Further reading[edit]
- A Green Hill Far Away: A Life of Mrs C.F. Alexander E.W. Lovell, 1970, Friends of Derry Cathedral.
Wikisource has original works written by or about: Cecil Frances Alexander |
- ^ She was born at her parents' home, 25 Eccles Street, Dublin. http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=alexce Cambridge.org website, page for Cecil Frances Alexander, accessed 5 February 2012
- ^ A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
- ^ Hymns for Little Children
- ^ Her "Burial of Moses" appeared anon. in Dublin University Magazine (1856) causing Tennyson to profess it one of the few poems of a living author he wished he had written. http://www.poemhunter.com/cecil-frances-alexander/biography/Poem Hunter website, page for Cecil Frances Alexander, accessed 5 February 2012
- ^ Poem Hunter website
- ^ Poem Hunter website
External links[edit]
Wikiquote has quotations related to: Cecil Frances Alexander |
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London: J. M. Dent & Sons. Wikisource
- Cecil Frances Alexander, Ulster History Circle
- Cecil Frances Alexander at University of Toronto Libraries


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According to new research, stress can be contagious! When in the presence of someone who is stressing – you can become stressed. That means we can all be negatively affected by "secondhand stress!"
Michele Many, Assistant Professor of clinical psychiatry at the LSU School of Medicine, is quoted as saying, "If we can sense each other's stress level, each other's anxiety, then we can be more responsive and helpful to each other." Professor Many says that because we tend to be empathic towards others – we can even be affected by the stress of strangers.
At home, at work or anyplace – don't you find yourself affected by the stress of others? The research shows that men and women are equally affected by "secondhand stress."
There was a time when no one was concerned about "secondhand smoke." I grew up in a household where both of my parents smoked – at home – in the car with the windows rolled up – and I worked with people who smoked in the same studio I was in. No one thought anything about "secondhand smoke."
Have we reached a turning point with "secondhand stress?" If this is further accepted and supported by research – then why not apply new rules and regulations to those people who choose to stress? Businesses could ban "stressing" in the workplace. Employees who stress would be required to take "stress breaks" and go outside to stress. Then we would see groups of people standing outside of businesses "stressing!"
Why should those of us who choose not to stress be exposed to the stress of others? The anti-stress campaign could include warnings of the negative impact that stress has on our lives. Parents would be encouraged to never stress in front of their children.
The campaign to protect Americans from "secondhand stress" would ban stressing in restaurants and even in bars and nightclubs. People who choose to stress would be seen as second-class citizens and criticized for their stress habit.
Soon - people would be trying to convince their friends and loved ones to stop stressing because of the negative effects of stressing. Some would say they couldn't live with or date anyone who stressed.
And there would be the ultimate debate over whether to ban stressing in all public areas. Should anyone be exposed to people stressing if they are just trying to have a good time at a local park?
The more I think about how successful bans on smoking have been due to the effects of secondhand smoke – I can't help but thing about all the good that would result from a ban on stressing in the workplace, at home and even in public places!
If you want to stress – it's legal – but that's your business. But you shouldn't have a right to stress around me!
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Life assurance: freedom to provide services (until November 2012)
The European Union is recasting the special rules relating to the freedom to provide cross-border services in the life assurance field with a view to simplifying existing legislation.
Directive 2002/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002 concerning life assurance (recast) [See amending acts].
This Directive governs the taking-up and pursuit of the self-employed activity of direct insurance by undertakings established, or wish to become established, in a Member State. It particularly concerns life assurance based on a contract and certain savings operations based on a contract.
Conditions for obtaining authorisation
The taking-up and pursuit of direct insurance is subject to prior authorisation. Authorisation is sought from the authorities of the home Member State, is valid for the entire European Union (EU) and allows the insurance company to carry on business there, under either the right of establishment or the freedom to provide services.
In order to apply for and obtain authorisation, an insurance company must meet certain criteria: it must adopt the required legal form, possess the minimum guarantee fund, and provide the information required by the monitoring authorities. Any refusal of an authorisation must be explained and notified to the company concerned. If this is the case, the competent authority in the home Member State must inform the competent authorities in the other Member States, who must take appropriate action.
Agencies or branches established in the EU but belonging to companies whose head offices are outside the EU will be authorised subject to meeting certain conditions: they must be authorised under their national legislation, establish an agency or branch in the territory of the Member State, and designate a general representative who must be approved by the competent authority.
Financial supervision
Financial supervision is the responsibility of the home Member State's authorities, which must monitor the insurance company's entire business and its state of solvency. They must also ensure the existence of technical provisions, sound administrative and accounting procedures and adequate internal control mechanisms.
Prudential valuation
- The Directive lays down precise criteria for the prudential valuation of shareholders and management in connection with a planned acquisition, together with clear rules for their application. This valuation procedure is undertaken by the competent authorities working together.
The Directive requires the competent authorities to appraise the suitability of the proposed acquirer and the financial soundness of the proposed acquisition against the following criteria:
- the reputation and financial soundness of the proposed acquirer;
- the reputation and experience of any person who will direct the business of the insurance company as a result of the proposed acquisition;
- the ability of the insurance undertaking to comply, and continue to comply, with the prudential requirements;
- the existence of reasonable grounds to suspect an operation or attempt to launder money or finance terrorism.
Professional secrecy
The Directive lays down strict conditions for the use of confidential information: the competent authorities may use such information only in the course of their duties, and persons working for them are bound by professional secrecy.
Technical provisions and investment diversification
Insurance companies must constitute technical provisions, the amount of which is calculated according to actuarial assumptions, and the interest rate for which is fixed by the competent authority in the home Member State. Insurance companies must make available to the public the bases and methods used to calculate technical provisions.
The Directive requires insurance companies to diversify their investments. In this connection it defines the thresholds which insurance companies must respect when investing the assets covering technical provisions.
Solvency margins and guarantee funds
Every insurance company must have an adequate solvency margin. This may consist of its assets — paid-up share capital, reserves and profit or loss brought forward — or other financial assets belonging to the insurance company.
One third of the solvency margin constitutes the guarantee fund, which must amount to a minimum of €3 million. The guarantee fund is reviewed each year.
Contract law and insurance conditions
The contracts referred to by this Directive are subject to the law of the 'Member State of the commitment'. However, certain provisions offer the freedom to opt for a different contract law. An insured person who enters into an individual life assurance contract on his or her own initiative has a period of between 14 and 30 days to cancel the contract.
Right of establishment and freedom to provide services
Any insurance company that proposes to establish a branch within the territory of another Member State or which intends to carry out its business in one or more Member States under the freedom to provide services must notify the competent authority in its home Member State and provide it with the necessary information. It is the task of the Member State concerned to take the necessary measures to rectify any irregular situation in which an insurance company in its territory finds itself.
Cooperation between Member States and the Commission
The competent authorities in the Member States must work closely together with the Commission, assisted by the Insurance Committee, in order to facilitate the monitoring of insurance companies.
This Directive is repealed by Directive on the taking-up and pursuit of the business Insurance and Reinsurance from 1 November 2012.
Act | Date of entry into force | Deadline for transposition in the Member States | Official Journal |
Directive 2002/83/EC |
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Directive 2004/66/EC |
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Directive 2005/1/EC |
13.4.2005 |
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Directive 2005/68/EC |
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10.12.2007 |
Directive 2006/101/EC |
1.1.2007 |
1.1.2007 |
Directive 2007/44/EC |
21.9.2007 |
20.3.2009 |
Directive 2008/19/EC |
20.3.2008 |
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Ron Paul and Hillary Clinton on Education and Technology Policy
As part of my ongoing series covering the positions of the presidential candidates regarding education and technology, I wanted to share some of my latest policy discoveries, this time coming from Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY).
Rep. Paul has just given an interview with technology blogger Mike Arrington. As you may recall, Arrington put out a call for questions to ask of the candidates, and he incorporated some of the questions I suggested regarding edtech, digital literacy and the digital divide. He hasn't asked every question to every candidate, but when he does, I want to make sure all of you see the responses.
In the Ron Paul interview, Arrington asked one question regarding education and technology. Here's their exchange:
MA: Fair enough. Lets talk about education for a moment. There are some statistics that suggest the U.S. is falling behind in terms of the per capita basis in encouraging youngsters to study math and science and go into technology fields. Do you think the government has any place or ability to help bridge the gap when it comes to technology education.
RP: Well the federal government has no legal responsibility or authority to do so. If you happen to belong to a local school district and they're not doing the job, yes you can run for school board and emphasize certain things. That's generally how the system has worked over the many years of our history. But what we need is more competition in schools. This is similar to the question "well they're not doing well in spelling", but lo and behold if you have home schoolers and private schoolers they do very well in spelling or in arithmetic. Why can't we do the same way with technology? We need more competition. We need more local control. We need the families and parents in charge and I think we would solve a lot of these problems. But if it's a reflection of a culture where people are lazy and they don't want to study — I don't happen to believe that's the way we are.
I think it's the meddling in our school system, more concerned about all our money going to Washington and then coming back, with worrying about "No Child Left Behind", and living up to regulations and lack of funding because we don't have as much money. I think that's where the real problem lies.
Paul's response should come as no surprise, given the fact he's always been an advocate of shrinking the size of the federal government and allowing the market to sort things out. It would have been interesting, though, to hear his thoughts on how the market might get more involved in addressing issues like technology literacy and the digital divide.
Meanwhile, a few people have asked me why I haven't passed along responses from Sen. Hillary Clinton. So far, Arrington hasn't been able to organize an interview with her yet, so my edtech-related questions will just have to wait. However, her campaign website offers a small amount of information that's worth passing along. For example, her policy position page on innovation and competitiveness makes reference to improving diversity in the high-tech workforce, as well as improving broadband infrastructure:
Support initiatives to bring more women and minorities into the math, science, and engineering professions. Increasing the educational attainment of women and minorities, particularly in math, science and engineering, is critical to our future as an innovative nation. Women comprise 43% of the workforce but only 23% of scientists and engineers. Blacks and Hispanics represent 30% of the workforce, but only 7% of scientists and engineers. Unless women and underrepresented minorities develop strong math, science, and engineering skills, the average educational attainment of the American worker will decline. Hillary Clinton proposes that the federal agencies adopt criteria that take diversity into account when awarding education and research grants. She also proposes that the federal government provide financial support to college and university programs that encourage women and minorities to study math, science, and engineering.
Support initiatives to establish leadership in broadband. Under the Bush administration, the country that invented the Internet has slipped to 25th in the global rankings for broadband deployment. In order to accelerate the deployment of sophisticated networks, Hillary Clinton proposes that the federal government provide tax incentives to encourage broadband deployment in underserved areas. She also proposes financial support for state and local broadband initiatives. Various municipal broadband initiatives are underway around the country to accelerate the deployment of high speed networks. The initiatives are useful for education, commerce, technology development, and the efficient provision of municipal services.
Meanwhile, her official site also has a section on education, but unfortunately, there are no references to either technology or the Internet. In the past, she has shown support for the E-Rate program, and one could surmise that she would not change that position if she were in the White House. You might also try to glean some assumptions from the fact that her husband was a strong supporter of the E-Rate and bridging the digital divide while he was in the White House. But assumptions, of course, don't translate into actual policy positions, so it will be interesting to see if she addresses them more directly on the campaign trail. If you hear anything, I'd sure love to find out about it. -andy
I think Hillary is wrong. I believe just minorities shouldn't be given special consideration just because they are female or black. Everyone is equal and needs to work to get where they want to go in the United States. My son happens to be a white male. He should have every opportunity to succeed and be able to access financial aid the same as others. It's about people working hard, and being raised with ethical and positive values—not the color of their skin that should be considered when giving out opportunities in the science, math, and engineering fields.
I like Ron Paul's ideas better than Hillary's because I prefer local ideas for local schools. That even includes broadband nationwide. Cities need to compete for jobs and tax payers (home owners) and greater access to broadband is a key element to help expand any city's economy. Federal plans tend to be too one size fits all, like NCLB, which worries me.
I agree with Ron Paul. When are we, as individuals, going to take responsibility for our own lives instead of expecting the government to do it for us? Sen. Clinton's plan has consequences that extend far beyond education. She's splitting us up again. I am an American, as are my Black, Asian, Hispanic, etc. friends. I am certainly not implying that we should abandon diversity within our culture. We should, however, be treated identically by our American federal government, and, as Americans, we need to remember that in order to be a self-governing nation, we must stay educated and maintain personal responsibility.
Hillary's plan scares the crap out of me. Her plans for everything in general entail taking money from workers and giving it to other special groups. Hmm, that's not Constitutional. I work in schools as a campus technician. Tons of funds are burned up paying for extra help for spanish speaking students. Teachers are squeezed between meeting those needs, and trying to progress the rest of their classes. An alternative would be for working spanish families that want their students to do well in school, to pay tutors, like other working families do if and when their students need tutoring. Otherwise the entire student population is dumbed down, learning less altogether, so that 'no child is left behind', meaning, no Spanish child. Socialistic/collectivist programs like Hillary's have already encroached on the individualist concepts established in our Republic. (and we are a Republic; not once in the Constitution is the word 'democracy' used! - do they teach that in schools??) Ron Paul's grasp of our true foundations elevates the individual, reminding us that we are born with inalienable rights, it is not that groups obtain rights for groups from the government to be funded by other groups. Frustrated teachers confide in me almost daily about the ridiculous federal mandates that they must teach to the test, to score points for federal monies which don't even amount to much. Parent organizations on the other hand, are quite zealous in raising funds to purchase technologies and anything else the teachers wish for and have purchased wireless mobile laptop labs, desktop computers, projectors, etc. Involvement by parents and the local communities is a much more sensible approach to the education of the students in those communities. I'm voting for Ron Paul who in no way condones socialistic, collectivist, group rights. He's right on in asserting, as did the writers of the Constitution, that each person in this country possesses individual rights and does not have the right to be supported by a government taking from others and re-distributing resources.
For those of you favoring Ron Paul and his methods as well as this ridiculous No Child Left Behind Act, I strongly urge you to read Elaine M. Garan's In Defense of Our Children. It's a marvelous book that even the biggest simpleton can understand. Perhaps this book will change your mind about the contradicting policies that this No Child Left Behind Act contains. I strongly urge those of you who speak about the Constitution and this country's forefathers to read over our constitutional rights as citizens of the U.S. and then go on to read Garan's book. It's an easy and quick read. You'll be surprised at who's actually running the show. Many of you will be shocked at what you learn.


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2014.08.01 The article "Low-lying neutron unbound states in 17Be" has been accepted for publication in PRC. More...
2014.07.10 The MoNA Collaboration held its annual meeting in conjunction with the FRIB Workshop. More...
2014.03.17 Experiment 12004 "Determination of the energy gap between the sd-pf neutron shells in 25O" was sucessfully run at the NSCL. More..
The MoNA collaboration is has a strong undergraduate research component. Since the start of the project in 2000 over 150 undergraduates have been an integral part of detector construction, data-taking and data analysis. Undergraduate researchers have been co--authors on peer-reviewed journal articles from the MoNA Collaboration- in some cases they have been the first author.
Detector Construction
The MoNA and LISA detectors were built at primarily undergraduate institutions across the country. The undergraduates then came to the NSCL to install and configure the detectors.
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COLUMBIA — Sixth Ward residents offered suggestions on how Columbia's bus system can be restructured at a forum Monday night.
Columbians for Modern, Efficient Transit is speaking with Columbia residents in different wards to aggregate information on what people want their bus system to look like, as changes seem imminent.
Following a dinner at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Shepard Boulevard, the crowd answered questions in small groups.
Attendees said they'd like the bus system to have:
- More frequent bus service.
- Better funding.
- More community, college and grade-school riders.
"I'd like to see the buses run at night because there's night classes at Columbia College," Mariel Stephenson said. "It would help in terms of accessibility."
Stephenson also said she'd like to see the city use electric buses.
Janet Ballard said educating students about how the bus system works should be a priority.
"Sixty percent of the population turns over every three years," Ballard said. "Constant re-education would be important."
Attendees said challenges to realizing those goals include:
- Students aren't familiar with bus routes except the Black and Gold routes.
- The bus system is difficult to understand.
- There's a perception that only poor people ride the buses.
Dan Marshall, a graduate student at MU studying philosophy, said bus passes should be sold at places besides Wabash Station.
Students and others might ride more if passes were sold at the MU Bookstore, the Columbia Public Library and grocery stores, Marshall said.
Michelle Windmoeller said she missed her son's band concert when she misread a bus route timetable.
"This is difficult to read," Windmoeller said, motioning to a large foldout route map on the table. "And I'm an educated person who's ridden the bus many times. By having more frequent service, you eliminate the need to read this very complicated thing."
Attendees said to realize their goals for the bus system, Columbia Transit should:
- Advertise in local media about the benefits of riding the bus.
- Partner with businesses to get more private-sector employees to ride.
Sarah Wolcott said people should ride the new route to the Columbia Farmers' Market, even if they don't take the bus during their daily routines.
"We have to change public perceptions," she said.
Mike Peplow said the only thing that would change perception is if everyone rides.
"I hear ads on KBIA all the time," Peplow said. "I don't know how much that's changed public perception. Partnerships with larger businesses in town will help with that. Currently, not enough people from the private sector are riding."


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EXCLUSIVE: Battleworld Gets Dangerous in Marvel's July 2015 Solicitations
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It's not going to be easy to be objective with this, because it's really hitting on a lot of my major comics pleasure centres.
It's like Warren Ellis/Masumone Shirow-style technofetishism married to Paul Pope-style post-Cyberpunk romanticism, and Bryan Lee O'Malley-style absurdism with art by some sort of ungodly mutant artbaby spawn of Dan (Amazing Joy Buzzards) Hipp and Jim Mahfood. There's even flashes of China Mieville in there somewhere. Golly.
'King City' is the story of Joe. Joe is a professional lockpick, and also a Cat Master, which means that he owns, and is trained to operate, a strange cat which operates as a kind of universal magical tool/weapon/domestic pet. Joe makes his living stealing stuff, an as is typical for this kind of story, he ends up attracting the attention of the wrong people.
Also involved are Pete, Joe's best friend, who ends up in a mess of trouble with another group of extremely unpleasant people, Joe's ex-girlfriend Anna, and Anna's new boyfriend, Max, a veteran of the Korean Zombie Wars is having problems of his own. It's a glorious mess of Eastern Bloc Sasquatches, Lethal Snot Rockets, Alien Mermaids, Questionable Eating Habits, Sex, Love, Regret and Unfairly Hung She-Males.
'King City' does several things very, very well indeed. Firstly, it creates an incredibly rich and strange world which seems to have a life beyond the adventures of the main characters. Every character in every scene seems to have a life and a story of their own.
Also, while Graham does, at times, pepper the script with technological buzzwords in what, for the sake of brevity, I'll call Ellis-style, he does so in a way that entices, rather than alienates, the reader.
Secondly, while the technofetishism does come thick and fast, it knows that it's there as setting, and not as a replacement for character. At it's heart, 'King City' remembers that it's about its characters, and their stories, and even though putting the brains of Walt Disney and Theodore Roosevelt into giant cyborg spider bodies and having them fight is pretty damn cool… it's the characters, their stories and the wonderful, magical, magnificent city that have me desperately wanting the second installment of this series RIGHT NOW.
Plus, a crossword, activity pages, and handy lockpicking hints! How cool is that!?
'King City' is written, illustrated and created by Brandon Graham, and published by Tokyopop.
Okay, this sounds like a slot machine I want to play. If there's any copies left next time I'm in the city, it shall be mine.
You should check out his book ESCALATOR if you haven't already.
Pol Rua, you have succeeded in piquing my interest.
Quite a good book. Not much on the plot, but it has a great feel. It's like reading a slow-motion version of Sharknife.
Read it twice in a row over the weekend.
F-ing LOVED it.
Ed, This is the first thing I've seen of his, and I'm definitely interested in checking out anything else he's involved with.
So, yeah, 'Escalator' here I come.
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Help with Baby/Toddler-friendly Setup on S3
Okay so I have a 15 month old. My wife and I have done a fairly good job thus far keeping him away from TV and our two S3 phones so that he can enjoy toys and dirt and other things like we did years ago and not be hypnotized by technology just yet. BUT...when the little guy does by chance grab that phone, he now knows the little home button makes the screen light up which displays a pic of him and he gets the biggest smile every time. That's great and all, but then he swipes to unlock and has access to dialer, text, etc. Thankfully he usually loses interest after about a minute but I'd rather he didn't dial someone up or send a quick gibberish text like he's almost done a couple of times... so my two questions are:
1) If he does make it onto the phone and holds onto it with the "grip of death", what are some good apps for babies/little kids that basically lock the screen so that you our little guy can't "tap" his way out of it easily and get back to the home screen? Most little baby apps that I've tried are too easy to exit IMO.
2) Any ideas on the lock screen? I generally just use the basic swipe unlock but he's now figured that out and other lock screens have that "emergency call" option which is even worse giving him a one button access to the dialer. Any ideas? Also, can the notification bar be disabled while it's locked so he can't swipe down and unlock by tapping a notification, etc.?
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Re: Help with Baby/Toddler-friendly Setup on S3
My suggestion would be to buy a low end android. I have seen androids go on sale for $20 no contract. That way, if he breaks it, no biggie, and no worries about accidentally dialing or anything, just set it to airplane mode.
Sent from my Verizon Galaxy S3 - 02-01-2013, 10:24 AM #3
Re: Help with Baby/Toddler-friendly Setup on S3
My sister and brother-in-law did that -- just gave my niece their old Droid Eris to mess around with. It doesn't have active service any more and they're certainly not using it any more, so they don't really care what she does with it. She mainly just pulls up Angry Birds and plays it.
To the OP, if you put a PIN or password on your lockscreen, the notification bar is disabled until the correct PIN/password is entered. May even work with pattern lock as well. Kids or no kids, it's a good idea to have a security on your lockscreen anyway so that if you ever lose your phone or have it stolen, there's less a chance your personal data will be compromised. - 02-01-2013, 02:41 PM #4
- 02-02-2013, 02:03 AM Thread Author #5
Re: Help with Baby/Toddler-friendly Setup on S3
My old BB Tour ended up in a bowl of Salsa when my at the time Toddler got frustrated that a Disney Princess game wasn't loading fast enough. So a case that is shock and liquid proof is a good investment if you decide not to go the retired phone route. Lucky for me I was able to rescue the phone before it sank completely in the bowl. After the Salsa Dried up I was able to gently scrape and blow out the remnants that got behind the battery cover and all over the internals.
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Once they come out with this, LifeProof Case for the Samsung Galaxy S3 | LifeProof Or find something similiar and you'll probably be good.
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This treatment applies to the following species:BRONCHITIS VACCINE
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Recommendations for use: This product is manufactured from SPF (Specific Pathogen Free) eggs and is a live virus vaccine of chicken embryo origin for initial vaccination and revaccination of chickens as an aid in the prevention of infectious bronchitis, Mass. type.
This product is recommended for initial vaccination of chickens at five weeks of age or older.
This product can also be used in replacement birds before 16 weeks of age that were previously vaccinated. Parental immunity and immunological incompetence are major factors in preventing young chickens from developing immunity. The duration of immunity resulting from vaccination is also directly related to the age of the chickens and their susceptibility. The most satisfactory vaccination schedule may vary from one area to another, depending on such factors as the incidence of disease and concentration of poultry flocks. The following vaccination schedule would be applicable to most areas but may be tailored to local conditions.
Preparation of vaccine for intraocular use:
1000 Doses - Rehydrate to 30 ml
Remove aluminum overseal and stopper from the vaccine bottle and pour part of the diluent into the bottle. Shake well and pour the vaccine back into the remaining diluent and place the dropper tip on the diluent bottle. The vaccine is now ready for intraocular use.
Method of vaccination: The vaccine may be administered by way of the eye (intraocular). When used intraocularly, birds should be held on their side and one drop of the mixed vaccine should be allowed to fall into the open eye. Birds should be held until the drop of vaccine disappears. Care must be taken to prevent injury to the cornea of the eye with the dropper tip.
Preparation of vaccine for coarse spray (aerosol) use:
1000, 2000, 2500, 5000, 10 000, 20 000 Doses
Rehydrate the vaccine with cool distilled water in an amount sufficient to vaccinate the required number of chickens according to the directions of the spray cabinet or field spray manufacturer. Field spray application should be used only in houses that can be tightly closed. Close all windows, doors, ventilators, etc and turn off fans. Spray each 1000 doses of vaccine directly into the faces of 1,000 birds. Leave house closed for at least 15 minutes after spraying. Always use eye goggles and a respirator.
Preparation of vaccine for drinking water use:
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Remove the aluminum overseal and stopper and add clean non-sanitized water to the vaccine vial. Replace the stopper and shake well. Pour the contents into a container of non-sanitized water. Shake well and dilute the vaccine as outlined in the chart below. A dried skim milk powder should be used as a vaccine stabilizer at the rate of 8.0 grams per gallon of water. The powdered milk is added prior to the reconstitution of the vaccine.
Method of vaccination: Withhold all medication and disinfectants from the drinking water 24 hours before and 24 hours after vaccination. Rinse waterers with clean non-sanitized water and remove all water from chicks for at least two hours prior to vaccination. Provide adequate space so that at least two-thirds of the birds can drink at one time. Add mixture to water as per following chart.
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Amount of water per 1000 doses |
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Layer Type Birds |
Gals |
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8-10 |
30-38 |
5-6 |
20-25 |
9 weeks - 15 weeks |
10-12 |
38-45 |
8-9 |
30-33 |
16 weeks - 20 weeks |
13-14 |
49-53 |
10-11 |
38-42 |
Divide the mixed vaccine into the waterers.
Provide no other drinking water until all vaccine has been consumed.
Store vaccine between 2-7°C (35-45°F).Precautions
Vaccinate only healthy birds.If there are susceptible laying birds on the premises there is a possibility that the virus might spread from the vaccinated to the susceptible birds and affect egg production.
Use entire contents when a vial is first opened.
Burn this container and all unused contents.
Keep permanent vaccination records including vaccine serial number.
Do not vaccinate within 21 days before slaughter.
The use of this vaccine is subject to State laws wherever applicable.
Vaccine contains Gentamicin as a preservative.
This vaccine was carefully produced and passed all tests in accordance with US Government requirements.
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Growth was led by airlines from the Middle East, Latin America and North America, which all recorded an increase in passenger travel above 10 percent, the Geneva-based federation of air carriers said.
World passenger loads - a measure of how full planes are - were 74 percent in the first half of the year, a full percentage point up from last year, IATA said. In June, loads on North American passenger planes were as high as 83.9 percent.
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Hubbles big impact in many areas is being able to demonstrate unequivocally that we understand whats going on whereas prior to Hubble we only had an inkling. That I think by itself, the totality of that understanding, makes it one of the greatest instruments ever.
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Casiio Exilim EX-S7 Performance, Timings, and Image Quality
Shooting Performance
The EX-S7 took about two to three seconds to start up and shut down, which is not bad. I was impressed by the absence of shutter lag. As the performance tables show, its times for focus acquisition, when pre-focused and not pre-focused, are extremely short, in DSLR territory. I occasionally had problems finding focus, especially in low light, but the EX-S7 is a quick camera when it comes to shutter lag.
Shutter Lag (press-to-capture, pre-focused)
Camera | Time (seconds) |
Casio Exilim EX-S7 | 0.01 |
Canon PowerShot A3100 IS | 0.01 |
Sony Cyber-shot S2100 | 0.02 |
Nikon Coolpix S70 | 0.02 |
AF Acquisition (press-to-capture, no pre-focus)
Camera | Time (seconds) |
Casio Exilim EX-S7 | 0.16 |
Canon PowerShot A3100 IS | 0.41 |
Nikon Coolpix S70 | 0.67 |
Sony Cyber-shot S2100 | 0.68 |
It's a different story when you want to take successive photos. While shot-to-shot time with the flash enabled was moderate – between four and five seconds – times did not improve with the flash off. Most small cameras take only two or three seconds between photos without the flash, so the EX-S7's slowness is disappointing. As the studio timing shows, the EX-S7 is also very slow in continuous shooting mode, managing only 0.4 shots per second. The EX-S7 has a high speed continuous shooting mode that takes a quick four shots per second, but the images are low resolution – only two megapixels.
Continuous Shooting
Camera | Frames | Framerate* |
Nikon Coolpix S70 | 2 | 1.5 fps |
Sony Cyber-shot S2100 | ∞ | 1.0 fps |
Canon PowerShot A3100 IS | ∞ | 0.9 fps |
Casio Exilim EX-S7 | ∞ | 0.4 fps |
Flash range is up to 9.5 feet at maximum wide angle and 5.2 feet a maximum telephoto. The flash can be set to auto, off, on, soft and red-eye reduction (flashing twice).
Lens Performance
The lens produces photos that are sharp in the center but bit soft in the corners. Vignetting was successful. Chromatic aberration (purple fringing) sometimes appears in high contrast shots.
I found barrel distortion to be present at wide angle but there was no pin cushion distortion at maximum zoom:
Video Quality
The EX-S7 shot HD movies adequately. The movies were smooth with good sharpness, color and decent sound. Optical zoom cannot be used in movie mode. Our sample video offers a view of the cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C.
Image Quality
Images from the EX-S7 had very pleasing color, though overexposure was sometimes a problem. The images are generally sharp, with minor softness in the corners, which is almost impossible to see unless the photo is blown up.The EX-S7 has white balance settings for daylight, overcast, shade, day white fluorescent, daylight fluorescent, tungsten and manual. Auto white balance consistently performed well.
Auto White Balance, 3200k incandescent light
As the studio images show, the EX-S7 produces its best images at low ISO levels. Noise becomes visible at 200 ISO, but is not a major problem until 800 ISO. For a relatively low priced camera, the EX-S7 does pretty well in this regard.
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